Slayers and Chrono Trigger are copyrighted 1998 by Squaresoft (CT) and Software Sculptors (Slayers) Guest appearance by charecters from Tenchi Muyo, the first movie. (C) by Masaki Kajishima and charecters from Ah! Megami-sama by Kosuke Fujishima. Also guest starring Sailor Moon Charecters created by Naoko Takeuchi. Also guest starring people from Yu Yu Hakusho and Ranma 1/2. All rights reserved for their respective companies and creators. Setting is after the Slayers episodes of the main Slayers TV series when Sylpheel joins them against Zanifar/Rezo, and extends the Slayers time in Syraag, letting Sylpheel join them in a off shoot quest to find another legendary sword. A year after the events in Chrono Trigger, after Ah! My Goddess ends, and after the second movie of Tenchi Muyo! This includes a toddler daughter of Tenchi’s. The Sailor Moon bit happens some time before the middle of Sailor Moon S, before Haruka and Michiru recieved their talismans. For the Yu Yu Hakusho, its a few months after the King Yakamo incident. The Holy Sword : Book I of V Stone Breaker Prologue “You think we’re going the right way Lina?” Lina Inverse turned around, slight annoyance portrayed on her face. “Of course Gourry. I have have knack for finding treasure.” “Didn’t you just follow the bandits to their hideouts and then blast them?” Gourry asked. Lina bigsweated. “Um...occasionally.” The other four sighed. Zelgadis looked at the thin sorceress. “I think you’re just leading us in a wild goose chase. The Holy Sword, not the Syraag one, is supposed to be only a myth.” Amelia looked up. “Hey, that’s right! What is the story behind it?” “Its a long story which dates back to the war of the gods and demons,” Lina started, “Over a million years ago, a young god forged the Holy Sword and used it to fight Shabernigdo and his troops. The sword was successful but in the process, was cast down to earth in a flaming hail of fire, stone, wind and ice. They say that the sword is buried beneath a monolith and will rise up to be pulled from its resting place by a powerful person.” “And you’re just chasing a myth?” Zelgadis asked incrediously. Lina stared at him. “You do realize that people said the Philosopher Stone was a legend?” “Many times.” Zel grumbled. “Miss Lina, do you even know where we are?” Sylpheel asked curiously. “Sure I do!” Lina fell silent. “Well?” the others chorused. “I think we’re somewhere in the new world, that much is certian.” Everyone facefaulted. Lina turned around, a grin on her face. “Don’t worry! It’s not like something is going to hap...Aaaaa!” Suddenly, a swirlling portal of energy opened below Lina, swallowing her up. Gourry yelled her name and jumped in after her. Amelia, Zelgadis and Sylpheel leapt in after the others as the swirlling portal closed behind them. Falling. That’s how you could discribe the passage down the crossing through the wavy black and blue backgrounds. Falling, with a feeling that you are being bended all over. Twisting as you fall around without the feeling you are actually falling. Then comes the feeling of crossing the sudden event horizon as you approach a deep black circle of darkness. And then... Chapter I : A princess and a sorceress Five Guardia police sat in the meal hall, playing a rousing game of Poker. Every so often, one would point out behind the others and say something stupid like, “Look! A Monster!” or, “Look! Lavos!” or somethings as stupid as, “Look! Its Madonna!” This was always an attention grabber. It also gave a chance to take a peek at the others cards. One of them slapped down his cards. “Full house! Beat that!” Another man, slightly lankier in build and his face hidden behind a low brimmed cap, eyed him with large blue eyes. “Really,” he drawled in a slightly tenor voice. He put his cards down. “I only got two pair. A pair of ones, and another pair of ones.” The other four guards facefaulted. The cards were pairs all right : Pairs of four aces! The guard laughed broadly as he scooped the G’s into a large overflowing bag. He stood and shouldered it. “Thanks for the game guys. Tommorow at 9:00 PM if you feel like it.” he chuckled and exited the room. The other four sat in shellshocked silence. Wordless glances were stolen at each other. “He...” “Beat....” “Us...” “Effortlessly.” “D’OH!” Upstairs, the same young man crept into the room, owned by Princess Nadia. Once inside, he whipped off his jacket to reveal a shapely figure. Princess Nadia removed her cap and started to laugh. She laughed and laughed. Unbenownst to most of the people in the castle, Nadia, or as she liked to be called, Marle, was an ace poker player and quite a club hangout person. This was meaning that she had to sneak out of the castle by climbing out her window by the ivy covered hangers under her window. Luckily for her, no one had discovered her nightly poker playing routines and her nightclubing sprees. Heck, even her father didn’t know that she had purchased a outfit which consisted of a tight belly shirt, and a leather skirt, much like Tifa Lockheart’s from FFVII. She laughed and laughed as she stripped for bed. “Oh man! That was classic!” she said between bursts of supressed laughter. She slipped on her customary sheer nightgown and jumped into bed, removing her hair tie, letting her blond locks cascade over her shoulders. She laid back and pulling her covers over her neck and turned on her side. “I wonder what they’ll do when they actually find out what I’ve been doing for the last four weeks.” Marle grinned a feral smile. “At least they get a loan from me every so often.” She sniggered and fell asleep. A series of knocks were announced in the front door of Guardia castle. The Chancellor walked down the steps and opened the door. A young girl with fire red hair, a red and yellow outfit with a cape and oversized shoulder pads with two gems in each pad. A thin sword hung from her left hip. Large ball-like earrings hung from each ear, and a black headband was worn under her hair. “Excuse me...um..” “Chancellor.” Lina nodded. “Chancellor. I am Lina Inverse, and...this sounds difficult but, I don’t know where I am.” “Really..” The thought, ‘She’s crazy’ was running through his mind like an runaway horse. “Yes, um, I was walking with some of my friends when a swrilling blue thingy appeared right underneath me. I fell and I think the rest followed behind. But...I don’t know where they landed, or where the hey I am.” “Swirlling...blue circle?” The Chancellor’s eyebrows bobbed in realization. “Come in. We have an expert on your...condition.” “Your Highness, Princess Nadia, we have a situation.” Nadia leaned back in her chair, a relaxed poise displayed on her body. “What is it Chancellor?” “We have a Gate Traveller.” Nadia’s jaw dropped in astonishment. “Nani?!” The Chancellor nodded and stepped aside. Lina Inverse stood behind him. Marle looked at her. She could feel something was more to the girl besides her outfit. “May I ask who you are?” “Lina. Lina Inverse from the Kingdom of Sayruun. Pardon my saying so but I think I’m not on my world anymore.” Nadia blinked several times. “Am I hearing you correctly? You’re not on the correct world? How’s that possible?” “Maybe the blue portal transported me here.” “But the Gates are only for time travel.” “Nani?!” “It’s true. I’ve travelled time. But after we destroyed Lavos, the Gates closed permantly.” Nadia stood. “We should go to see Lucca. She’s the expert on the Gates and the Epoch.” “I guess so. Thank you princess.” Nadia groaned. “Call me Marle.” “He’s waking up.” Gourry heard a musical soprano voice speak above him. A harsh light penetrated his closed eyes. “Augh.” he moaned. He tried to open his eyes. A female figure was standing over him in his blurred vision. “Sylpheel?” he asked. “The young man hath awakened and called a name your highness. Though I doth not e’en heard a name such as he called.” The other voice was low and gutteral with a midieval accent used in most upper class people. Gourry’s vision cleared to see a youngish looking woman in a long dress and a frog faced man on the other. Wait a second, it is a frog. Gourry shrugged. Big whoop. He sat up in the bed, the cold washcloth falling from his forehead. “Where am I?” “The Kingdom of Guardia, ciara 600 AD.” Queen Leene answered. “May I ask who you are?” “Gourry Gabriev. I’m a Travelling Mercenary out to destroy the Mazoku which roam the world.” “Gourry Gabriev? I hath not heard of such a name in Guardia. tell me young sir, do you hath have travelling companions?” “Um...” Gourry thought hard, “ yeah, sir..?” “Mine name is Frog, though once I bore the name Glenn. But Frog hath suited mine form well. This is Queen Leene of the Royal Court of Guardia, married to King Guardia of hence, fifteen years ago.” “Um, Guardia, you say Sir Frog? I was travelling with four other people. One is Lina Inverse, a powerful Sorceress who I’ve been travelling with for quite some time, Princess Amelia Will Tess De Sayruun, Daughter of Prince Philoniel De Sayruun, Zelgadis, a part man, golem and demon, who is a magic user as well, and Sylpheel, my old friend. I don’t know where they are.” “Well Sir Gourry, the knights of the square table found you up in the Donderas Mountians, unconcious. You have been asleep for over a week.” “A week?! Oh man!” Gourry then looked around. “Where’s my sword?” “The sword which hath accompanied you on your arrival into this area is perched in the corner of this room.” Gourry let out a breath he didn’t remember he was holding. Then again, he rarely remembered anything. “Good, I’d hate to be apart from my sword.” Leene blinked. “What is the special attatchement of your sword to you, if I can ask?” “Oh, the sword is a family treasure. The weapon is special. Can I have it?” Frog reached over and gave it to him. Gourry thanked him. Pressing a secret latch on the sword, the blade dropped into the scabbard. “Mind standing back?” The two stepped back. Gourry held out the sword and took a breath. “Light Come Forth!” A meter long blade of pure hardened light shot from the sword, and formed. Frog stared. “Amazing.” Gourry nodded. “The Sword of Light transforms the holders will into a pure energy blade of light. It can defeat monsters, ghosts and other special high powered monsters.” “A weapon of such power and might could be used against good people.” Leene said. “Tis true mine Queen,” Frog agreed, “I believe if one had the sword, one could possibly destroy innocents.” “That’s why I keep it on my person at all times.” “You sure we’re in the correct planet brother?” A young man of an apparent age of seventeen, dressed in pure white, a mechanical watch-like device on his left arm and a hilt with no blade in it, hanging from his side walked up behind the other man. “I’m sure Ki. We’re on the right planet.” Ki was a younger teenager of an age of fifteen, with coal black hair, brown eyes, and dressed in total black with the same mechanical device on his left wrist. The stiff breeze of the Guardia night attended the brothers short black hair. Behind them, two other men, one older by about a couple dozen years and the other, the same age as Ki, came up behind the two. The older man was about thirty-two years old, with a muscular build and a large war axe strapped to his back. Another device was strapped to his left wrist. He was dressed in a leather tunic and loose black pants. The younger was blonde, with short hair in a somewhat brush cut, at his side was a long staff type sword. It bore a thick blade on one end, the other end sported a staff like handle which extended about half a meter out. The older man looked at the brothers. “Hey Sarryn, you ready to go and find the blade?” Sarryn turned around, a cocky grin on his face. “Who do you think your talking to? I’ve been around for over four thousand years. Trust me.” He reached to his device and tapped it. The device flared and his pure white clothes dissapeared to be replaced by a set of clothes, composing of a cloth tunic, loose baggy pants, and his empty hilt hung at his side. Suddenly, he shifted to a beautiful long haired female version of himself. The other three leaped back in astonishment. Ki stared. “When...did you pick up that trick?” Sarryn shrugged. “A few centuries ago. Was talking with Urd when I said that I wondered how the other half lives.” “And...?” Johnathan, the older one asked. “She gave me a spell which allows me to shift sexes at will.” “Your warped man.” Farl deadpanned. “Not really. I’ve been knocked into womens areas by seveal perverts in my lifetime so the shifting is a nessary part of my survival.” “...” the three were speechless. “Aaaaanyways,” Johnathan said, “we got to find the Stone Breaker. Take a era and report back in two days.” Everyone nodded. Johnathan raised his arm and a blast of energy shot out from the device and opened a swirlling blue Gate. Farl stepped through, and then Ki entered. Johnathan lingered for a moment. “Take care Sarryn.” “See you in a few hundred centuries...or two days, whichever comes first.” Johnathan saluted his ancient commander and stepped through to appear in 600 AD. A pounding at the door rose Lucca out of her bed. Grumbling as she scratched her head, she stumbled down the steps and towards the door. “I’m coming!” she yelled as she neared opened the door. Behind it was Marle and another girl she didn’t recognize. “Hey Lucca!” Marle said, in her forever bright and chipper attitude. “And a happy thanksgiving to you two Marle.” she grumbled. “Aren’t we the grouch in the morning?” “Come in. Sit down.” Lucca weaved her way towards the bathroom. Slamming the door behind her, the sounds of a shower was heard. “I guess she means we can sit down Lina.” The pair sat down across from each other. Lina leaned back in her chair, propping her feet up on the table. “So...what’s your experience with those Gates?” “Long story. It started a year ago, when I snuck out of the castle to go to the Millenial Fair....” “Ayla help you walk properly. You break leg when fall from mountian range.” Amelia winced as she tried to put pressure on her newly healed leg. When she landed in 60, 000, 000 BC, she fell quite a distance until she impacted and broke a leg. Unfortunately, she was knocked unconicous when she hit, making it impossible to cast a healing spell. When Ameila awoke two days later, she found that her leg was supported and the bones mended by some magical force. Ayla came in then and in her broken Japanese, told Amelia that she had found her at the base of the mountians, carried her to her home, healed and had taken care of her for the past two days. Amelia was surprised nonethertheless. But the real shock was that she was in 60, 000, 000 BC on a planet she never knew existed. Amelia stumbled on a rock, her left leg painfully spasming within its confines of the splint. Falling foward, she felt Ayla’s strong hands catch her from behind. Amelia blushed. “Why Amelia face turn red?” “Uh? Oh, nothing really Ayla-san.” “Then we continue training walking, yes?” she asked. “Sure.” Gingerly, she planted her leg foward, and then took another step. Then another, and another until she walked better than she had done last time. “The leg is better.” Ayla commented. “Ayla only use tribal medicine and knowlage. Not magic. Ayla magic not strong enough to cure leg fully, only Marle use strong magic for good life.” “Marle? Who’s that Ayla-san?” Amelia asked. “She very strong woman from way beyond Ayla time,” she said, “Ayla have many friends from beyond blue Gate, and Marle very powerful woman in healing. Marle rule Planet with father, so is princess, like you.” “Wow! Her powers must be used for the cause of justice!” Ayla nodded. “Is good use for magic. Ayla no use magic but can have techniques. Ayla have techs like Rollo Kick or Tail Spin. What you have?” “I’m a sorceress-cleric. I can use a lot of Shamanism.” “What is Shamanism?” “The four elements of nature and spirit are manipulated to the users whims. Like now, the weather is cold, right? Well, I can fix that. Help me to the door.” Amelia hobbled over towards the worn leather flap with Ayla’s help. The two emerged into the cold day of winter, the temperature about minus 4 degrees. Amelia braced herself on the hut and motioned for Ayla to get back. “Fire....” a large ball of flaming energy formed in her outstretched hands. “...ball!” The blast of power flew out of her hands, igniting in a flare of fire. The Fireball travelled along the tops of the drifts, melting a path towards a tree where it impacted and started a toasty warm bonfire. “You use Fire techniques?” “Not exactly. Lets see...Deliver O wind at my command, the power of lightning into my hand...” The electricity crackled around her hands and she thrust them out in front of herself. “Giga Bolt!” The whole place loomed with a discharge of electrical power. “Lightning too?” Ayla asked. “Wind actually. Then there’s the Water group... You who crosses between sky and earth, raging water, gather in my hands and give me power... Demona Crystal!” She blasted the drifts in the meeting area with a freezing water wave. The whole area became a skating rink with stands included. Obviously, Amelia is very proficient with Shamanism. “And then there’s two more classes, Earth and Spirit. Lemme try the Spirit group. Elmekia Lance!” The bright green lance in her hands fizzled out. “What happened?” she asked, confused. Ayla answered. “On planet, there four types of magic : Fire, Lightning, Water and Shadow. Amelia cannot use normal magic which not match seal on planet.” “You mean that I can’t cast the Ra-Tilt if its nessary?” Amelia lamented. “I suppose is correct. Can use Fire, Water and Wind though.” “I guess you’re right. Um, my companion, Miss Lina is a very promenant Black Magic user. Is that allowed?” “Ayla not know. Should ask Speekio but Ayla no know way to travel to End Of Time. Ayla would guess that Black would be Shadow. But still not sure.” “I guess so,” Amelia shivered, “but for now, lets get inside. I’m freezing.” “No wear skins or furs Amelia. You only wear loose cloth.” “Yeah I guess.” “You think he’s human?” one asked. “Tests show that he’s a mixture. What do you think Robo?” “Perhaps he was an experiment of sorts. But I haven’t seen any power levels in a failed one.” another one, a male voice with a slight mechanical edge to it said. Zelgadis was not having a good day. He was unconcious for most of it but when he actually awoke, he was flooded with questions, most being of his name, place of origin, what he was and so forth. He was in a bad mood for most of it since he couldn’t find Amelia anywhere on the compound. I mean, how can someone loose track of a loudmouthed justice freak? He reasoned. Currently, he sat on the edge of a very uncomfortable metal chair, sitting as slouched as he could muster in the ungiving metal seat. Right now, he was trying to snooze as the parimedics tried to classify what he was. Dammit, he was a man! Well...a third man for now. But that’s just until he was cured of his condition. The mechanical man, Robo, was standing in the middle of the room, computing the data they had gained from checking everything about Zelgadis. Needless to say, the didn’t get any blood work but the rest was astonishing. For a week now they had been putting him through a series of tests, poking, prodding and other embarrasing things. “You done yet?” he asked the mechanical man. “Yes. Data storage complete. You may go now.” “Back to the hospital or can I actually GO?” Zel asked sarastically. “You can go actually. You can go and get a room in a hotel.” “Thanks.” he said. Zel jumped off the high chair and clasped his cloak over his shoulders. Picking up his sword, he buckled it to his belt and strode out of the room. Outside, he found a technological wonder which was really advanced in his terms. He’d seen Caimerian tubes and other assorted technologies for specific uses but never anything like this. He stood, slackjawed, taking in the sights of all the steel and glass buildings, the hover cars and people walking around. Some of them nodded with a smile and a couple stopped for a short chat. Zelgadis reflected that he had never found a place with so much good natured friendliness. The odd person avoided him and looked at him and his pebbled rock skin from afar, jaws resting on the ground. “So much technology. Wonder where I really am?” “2301 AD,” Robo said from behind him, “I thought you wern’t from this place since you carry midevial garb and a sword. Tell me, I am curious, where are you from?” Zel sighed. “I wish I knew actually. Um, we haven’t been introduced properly because of all the tests. You are...?” “Robo. Though I have been called Prometheus or R66-Y in the past, Robo will do.” “Robo. Where do people get lodging?” “The hotel on Chronos street provides good food and a warm bed for the night for only 30g.” “G? How much is a G?” “A G is a strip of silver, worth about 10 gold pieces.” “That can be covered easily. I got a bag of Gold in my cape.” “Then I’d suggest taking the penthouse suite. Its very comfortable and I believe there is no one staying there.” Zelgadis raised an rocky eyebrow. “How do you know?” “When I was built, I was built with an interface which allows me to access all the city’s files from the master command center. I, like my breathern, are robots, designed for many tasks such as computing, medical work, I was designed for both Medical, Law Enforcement and Temporal Disturbance tracking.” “Temporal whatsis?” Robo smiled as best as his hinged jaw allowed him to. “Hold on one second.” He hefted his arm and yelled. “YO! TAXI!” A yellow air cab screeched to a halt. A blue robot stuck his head out. “You need a lift Robo?” “Indutibly Rodimus. Drive at a pace a human can stand, okay?” “Sure. Hop in! This one’s on me.” All through Arris Dome, a sound could be heard. It sort of went like this : “Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!” Two minutes later in front of the Guardia Hilton, a very frazzled Zelgadis stepped out of the cab, followed by Robo, ready to catch his friend at a moments notice. “I think I’m gonna be sick.” Zel muttered. “Not good. Here, drink this.” Robo pulled a flask out of the storage space inside his cylindrical body. Zelgadis greatuflly accepted it and chugged the milky substance down. “Vanilla.” Zel licked his lips clean. “So, what was that?” “Tonic. A little potion which tastes like vanilla and cures nearly all physical discomfort. Quite useful.” “At least it works. Thanks.” “Don’t mention it. Oh, by the way, if you need a tour around Arris Dome, just call me on the vid window.” “Vid Window? What’s that?” Robo groaned a metallic groan. “I’ll show you everything inside.” “Janus? Come for dinner!” Magus picked his frame out of his easy chair, marking his place in his book titled History of Final Fantasy. He unfastened his long cape and hung it on the coat rack. Entering the kitchen, the sweet aroma of exquisite cooking assulted his nostrils. Taking in the smell with a deep breath, his mouth starting to water. Magus had to admit that ever since finding Sylpheel in the cliffs of the new green lands of 12,000 BC, he found that he found everything he missed in his sister. The genuine smile, the delicious cooking, and someone to actually talk to in his cavern home in the mountian. To top it all off, he felt like he had his sister back, and insisted that Sylpheel call him Janus to remind him of happier times. And this was one of the happier times hands down. Magus sat down at the dinner table, his mouth watering. He inhaled deeply. “Smells Delicious Sylpheel. What’s for supper?” “Roast Rack of Lamb, with sauce, Rice, greens and home cooked buns.” “Gotta admit this is a feast fit for a king. Arigato Sylpheel-chan.” Sylpheel blushed and sat down, opening the pots, letting warm mist flow from the pots. Sylpheel reached for the spoon to dish out the food. After grace, Magus and Sylpheel dug into the delicious food, Magus savoring every bite. “Delicious Sylpheel. Really Delicious.” Magus ate the food in a few minutes until he felt warm and content from the heat and taste of the food he consumed. “I’m glad you like it Janus. It’s one of my special recipies which I cooked for Gourry-san.” “Gourry? Is he your boyfriend?” Sylpheel smiled a bit. “I’d like to think that way but I think he has a crush on Miss Lina.” Magus stared. “Isn’t she only after the Sword of Light?” “Maybe. But perhaps she likes him but won’t acknowlage it.” Magus snickered. “Perhaps. After dinner, I’ll start trying to find a way to send you back home. But you’re always welcome here.” Sylpheel smiled and nodded. “Thank you Janus.” End Chapter 1 Authors notes. I can’t really be blamed for the actions of the charecters. My brain controls my throughts, my hands move by themselves and I can’t control anything that the others do or say. In other words, I don’t take responsibiliy for the crossover events. Everything is controled by the stars...and three other human influences. Aurgh! One small note on Chrono Trigger, most of you want to find out of who the person that you have to save is. You know, the one who is close to you, find this person fast? Well, it’s no secret. Put it this way, you help her no matter what you do. Okay, to do this, you have to go through the Black Omen, kick all the monsters butts, take out Zeal, take out Lavos’s outer shell, and then travel back to the End Of Time. When you arrive there, talk to Gaspar. He’ll say, and I’m trying to quote directly here, “Thank you for saving Queen Zeal. She is now totally human thanks to you.” What a major rip! But I’m not complaining. So, for all you people who are straining their brains on who the mystery person is, just read this and bang your head on the table a few times on missing such an obvious piece of the puzzle. Oh, one other thing, I’m a Chrono Trigger Veteran, logging over three hundred hours on the game and this is the closest thing that can happen with that person. If you can actually find a way to save here without killing her, I’d like to see you try. Aaron Ziegler, I’m addressing you directly for this. I’m betting that saving Zeal is the only solution for this whatsoever. Chapter 2 : Of bars and women Sarryn sighed and tossed her black locks. It was two days and still she hadn’t found the Stone Breaker. It was getting very frustrating. With a sigh, she picked up the geography book. Since she had decided on using her younger female form, (he could change his looks to match a thrity year old) she decided to enroll in the local high school to learn about this planet while searching after school for the Elemental blade. So far, even with her teleporting skills, she couldn’t find anything. The teacher was the chancellor and he emerged from the doorway, the princess and another girl behind her. The girl looked familiar somehow. “Class, this is a new addition to us. Meet Lina Inverse.” “Hello everyone.” she said politely. “Miss Lina, you can take your place beside Sir Crono and Madam Lucca.” Lina nodded and walked over to the empty desk, her long black cape swirlling as she sat down. Sarryn stared at her. ‘I know that face. I just can’t place it.’ An eracer flew out and whapped Sarryn-chan on her head. “Sarryn! Go stand in the hall.” Sarryn groaned. “Hai.” “Hey Sarryn! Wait up!” Marle jogged up to the half man/woman and slapped her on the back. “You going somewhere after school?” Sarryn shook her head. “Nah. Whacha doing tonight?” “Hanging out with Lina, Crono and Lucca. Wanna come? We’re going to the nightclub in the south contenant.” Sarryn raised an eyebrow. “Nightclub?” Marle beamed. “Yeah! The black artist D Daddy is playing at the south village nightclub in Porre. Its only 5g’s for entrance. You 18?” “Yeah.” Sarryn nodded. ‘Sheesh,’ she thought, ‘I’m over four thousand years old. I can pass for any age they can throw at me.’ “Um, Sarryn? Yoohoo? Moshi-Moshi? Epoch to Sarryn hello?” Sarryn snapped out of her thoughts. “Oh, yeah. Yeah, I’m 18.” Marle grinned. “Great! I’ll pick you up later at eight. Sounds okay?” Sarryn grinned as well. “Sure.” Marle slapped her on the back, flooring Sarryn with her strength. She then laughed and skipped away, laughing loudly. Sarryn picked herself off the floor, groaning in pain from Marle’s blow. “The girl can hit.” She looked around the school yard. Nothing. Narrowing her eyes in slight concentration, her body filled out into more masculine porportions. Sarryn inhaled as he pressed the device on his watch, changing his dress to a loose pair of a black tank top, a denim jacket and denim jeans. He stretched, bones loudly cracking. “Feels good to be out of the smaller body.” He then concentrated again. “Darinias Jarinaia.” The winds picked up slightly to lift the Holy Knight off the ground. Levitating off the ground by about a meter, he scanned the town of Truce, hoping to pick up some trace of energy left by the Stone Breaker. “Shiek Light.” he chanted. A light, about the brightness of a oil lamp filled his vision. Now with enhanced magic vision, he found the trace of energy left by the Stone Breaker. “Perfect.” he let himself down on the ground and tapped his watch device. A small screen unfolded from the watch and Johnathan appeared. “John? You there?” “Where else would I be?” John chuckled. “What’s up?” “I found a trace of the Stone Breaker in Truce Village. You might want to get there pronto.” “Gotcha. Johnathan out.” Sarryn lowered his wrist and the screen folded back into the watch. He then checked the time. “Hmm...just enough time to go and get a bite to eat at Truce Cafe.” Ki was strolling down the streets of Arris Dome, his head swivilling from side to side, taking in the sights. He had switched back to a plain black shirt and jeans. An alarm rang on his watch. He looked down and saw it was time to report in. He ducked into a alley and tapped his watch communicator. The screen unfolded and Farl appeared. “Hey Farl, you busy?” “Yeah. I was chasing down dinner when you called. Whassup?” “You find anything yet?” “Nada. This place is too prehistoric for my own taste. After I’m done here, I’ll Gate back to 12,000 BC to check on the areas there.” “Good. I’m calling John and Sarryn. They should have found something by now.” “Kay. See ya later.” The screen flickered off and Ki leaned back on the building. Suddenly, he felt something was amiss. His stomach was growling. “I’m hungry.” The clash of metal on metal was heard as two lone combantants dueled it out in the back yards of Guardia castle. Frog leapt up and chanted, “Leap Cut.” He bore down on Gourry, his large Masamune outstretched. Gourry leapt up and met him head on with a clang of metal. Pushing away from Frog, Gourry jumped back and sprung off the tree. He came in with a heavy slash which nearly took Frogs head off. Frog parried and leapt back. “Slurp Cut!” He lashed out his long red tongue and wrapped it around Gourry’s weist. Reeling in, he smacked Gourry on the top of his head with the flat of the Masamune. Gourry leapt back, rubbing his head. A large bump was forming on the top. Frog smirked. “Lower thine guard and thou art letting thine enemy in.” “I guess you’re right. Lets see how the battle ends with my special sword. He repaced the sword in his hilt, and clicked the secret button. Pulling it out, he tossed it in the air and grabbed it with both hands. “Light Come Forth!” The meter long blade of pure energy formed from the hole in the hilt. Frog nodded. “Thine position is powerful young Gourry. But I wish well against the mighty Masamune. New Technique, Bubble spray!” Frog summoned a large water bubble and then with his sword, jabbed the bubble of water. A torrent of water blasted towards Gourry. Gourry eeped and dodged away. He rolled a ways away and came up in defencive. “That was spur of the moment?” “Thou art correct. Come, let us parry.” A clash of hardened light and Dreamstone echoed around the courtyard as they fought hard and fast, each not giving the other quarter. Soon, they fought to a standstil. Gourry lay on his back, gasping for air as with Frog who sat, propped on a tree trunk. Gourry gasped. “Water.” he croaked. “Thou hast an idea. Come, let us drink.” The two lay on the ground, nither moving. Gourry tilted his head towards Frog. “You want to move?” “Nay good sir. I have expended most of mine energy in sparring. Let us rest for the time being.” The two spend a good hour laying on the ground. Leene watched the two lay on the ground, a smile perched on her full lips. King Guardia came up beside her and looked out the window. “The young man is very energetic.” he commented. “Very. Looks like Frog and young Gabriev are getting along very well.” “I see. Leene, have you taken notice where young master Gourry was found? He was found in the Donderas Mountain Range. He could be from the past or future.” “But is it not that the Gates were closed after Lavos was destroyed by young Crono and the others?” Leene questioned. “I do not know. But perhaps by some sheer luck, the Gates were reopened.” Leene frowned slightly. “This couldn’t be good. From what Lucca said to me, the Gates only stayed open until Lavos was destroyed. I fear ther could be something else in store for the young ones.” Guardia XXI nodded grimly. “If there is another menace, all time could be at stake again.” Somewhere in the future, in the top of a tall building, a evil entity layed in wait. This time, everyone in all the universe will perish, it thought. Not just the Jurai, but everyone. Its eyes glowed with dark energy as the formless mass spirited away into the sky. Lina thrust out her hands. “Elmikia Blade!” The energy fizzled out. She screeched in frustration. “Why dosen’t it work?!” Crono was watching from the sidelines and commented that maybe her magic wouldn’t work on Guardia. Lina shot the red haired swordsman a dark glare. “Well duh! What was your first impression? Aurgh!” she pulled at her red hair in frustration. “Let’s try this! Stone Spiker!” She slammed her hand to the ground and a slight temor rummbled throughout the area she was standing on. Lina facefaulted. Lucca sat on the other side of the clearing, typing at her laptop. “You’re using elementals, right? Why not try your Black Magic?” “At this point, I’ll try anything. Dark Flare!” Black and purple energy swrilled around her hands, and a energy ball flew out of them. It impacted with a force which shook the forest. Lina lit up. “I’m back in buisness!” “Interesting. Try a fire spell.” “Mondo Burst!” Dozens of fire arrows blasted out and incenerated a stump. “You can use fire too? What kind of seal around your world do you have?” Marle questioned. “A shield that allows hundreds of different spells to be casted. I’m trying out the Wind spells now.” Placing her two fingers at her forehead, she chanted, “Levitation!” immeadately, she rose up into the sky and did a few loops. “Whoa. Can you teach us that?” Lucca asked. “Sure.” Lina landed and sat down. “I’ll give you the spell. Winds which sweep between sky and earth, send one up to the heavens. Then you chant levitation.” Crono stood and repeated the spell, forcing his lightning powers into the spell. Slowly, he rose into the sky, a bit wobbily but flight nonethertheless. Marle cheered him on. “Go Crono! Yeah!” Crono’s attention slapped away from maintaining the spell and he dropped to the ground with a thump. He then said that it’s difficult to maintain the levitation spell. Lina waved it off. “You’ll get used to it. Now comes the water spells. Lets see...I know!” She raised her hand un in the sky. “Freeze...” An huge icicle appeared in her hand. She grasped it. “Arrow!” Chucking the arrow, an passing Imp became a popsicle. Everyone bigsweated. “Um, sorry just a reflex.” Marle looked up. “Nice aim. Lemme try.” she concentrated and a thin arrow appeared in her hands. “Freeze...” the energy of the crystal jumped through the roof. Lina gasped and tackled Lucca and Crono, shouting, “Get down!” “Arrow!” she finished. A mini glacier appeared, coating the area with frost. Lina poked her head up, a pair of icicle earrings on her ears. Lucca came up with a snow santa hat. Crono came up with a beard. He then held up a wooden sign which read, “Merry Christmas.” Marle blushed as the ice melted away. “Gomen ne.” Lina sighed. “Your control needs work.” but then she laughed. “You guys learn fast.” Lucca shrugged. “What can we say?” Marle nodded in agreement. a beeping came from her watch. She looked at it and gasped. “Oh! I’m supposed to pick up Sarryn to go the nightclub in Porre. “Another nightclub? Geex, those things come up fast.” Lucca commneted. Crono nodded in agreement. He spoke, saying that maybe he should go there too for Marle’s protection. “Protection?” Marle scoffed. “I don’t really need a bodyguard,” she turned around, a sweet smile on her face, “but I appreciate the sentiment. Ja nae.” Farl sat down crosslegged in the bar. Rasing up a hand, a cider was slid down the polished oak counter top into his hand. “Thanks.” he mumbled, while drinking down the cool liquid. He smacked his lips and ordered another. After a few more ciders, he ordered a Barbeque plate. The food was prepared and handed to him, the chef eying Farl with a cautious eye. Within minutes, the food was consumed and Farl was totally satisfied. “Good stuff. How much?” “700g’s,” the chef said gruffly. “I hope you have enough to pay for it.” “Would fifty gold pieces handle the amount plus tip?” The chef’s eyes widened and he nodded like a kid being handed his allowance. “Oh totally sir! That’s enough to pay for the tip as well over two times.” “Keep the tip.” Farl stood, swept the loose strands of his short blonde hair and walked out of the resturant. ‘Sarryn said, ‘check Truce Village, there’s a trace of energy from the Stone Breaker.’” Farl narrowed his eyes and a soft light played over his vision. Sure enough, there was a trace of the Elemental Blade in the area. But too faint to pinpoint accurately. He shook his head dejectively. “I can’t get a lock on it.” he muttered. “Not enough traces of it.” He sighed and pointed his arm towards the alley. With a burst of energy, a Gate formed and he jumped through it. “Here it is. The Porre Nightclub. Home of the best bands in the whole kingdom of Guardia.” Sarryn looked the area over appreciatively. Looked a lot like the old bar that he and Urd used to go to every so often. Loud, darker, lots of drinks. ‘Feels like home.’ Then he thought of the home he had left. ‘Well perhaps not.’ Marle paid the enterance fee and the two girls slipped inside. Inside was a darker nightclub with several patrons in the area, drinking, listening to music and several other activities which one wouldn’t want to participate in. As they walked around, men started to oggle Marle because of her outfit which was a miniskirt and shortsleeved belly shirt. ‘Geez,’ Sarryn thought, ‘the Senshi wore more than what Marle’s wearing.’ After securing a table near the stage, a attractive wattress came up to the pair. “What’ll you have?” “Guardia special.” Marle said. “Just spring water.” The wattress looked at Sarryn funny and took down her order. As she left, Marle bent over to Sarryn. “Water? Do you even drink?” she whispered. “I have a high level of alchohol intolerance in my genetic make-up. Besides, after trying to match drinks with an old friend, I’ve lost the taste for high level beverages.” Marle shrugged. “Suits me. Me? I got a really high tolerance level from always drinking in the Palace banquets.” Sarryn blinked a few times when the music started. The black singer wore a white outfit and black shades. He started to sing Be Missing You Always. As the music started to swell over the crowd, so did Marle’s intoxication. She was foolishly grinning as two men, about mid twenties came up to them, wicked grins on their faces. “Hey good looking, wanna get down?” he asked in a rough voice to Marle. Marle was totally drunk and nodded stupidly. The man grinned and swept the princess off her feet. as they started to walk away with their catch, Sarryn jumped to her feet. “Hey! Put the lady down boys. Before you get hurt.” The two men turned around, both having lecherous grins on their faces. “Who’s asking? The princess?” Sarryn seethed. They were either being totally dumb or incredibly brave to challenge her. “I said, put her down. She dosen’t have a clue about what’s going on.” “And you’re gonna stop us?” snickered the other man. He pulled a wickedly curved knife from his back and pointed it at her chest. The other, carrying Marle, sat her down away from the impending chaos and drew a pistol. They circled as Sarryn stood there, hands in her pockets. “You better not try to stop us little lady.” “Little lady?” Sarryn asked, playing along. Her fist tightened into a hard ball. “Yeah,” the younger one chortled, “we could take you right on the spot.” “Do try.” She said sarcastically. Then, she whispered a single word. “Barrier.” A faint glow surrounded herself. “Come and get some.” she taunted. The two men obliged her. The older one shot a bullet from his pistol as the other lunged for her throat. They suddenly impacted on a shield surrounding her. Groaning, the younger stood up, brandishing his knife. “Bitch.” he snarled. “You trying to hurt me and my friend? Big mistake.” Suddenly, she held out her hands in front of her. At once, a flaming sword formed in her hands, causing the crowd to stagger back from the heat. Large sweatdrops rolled down the youngers head. “Wanna try again?” she taunted. He growled and launched himself at her. She brought down the sword and it cut neatly through the blade... and his left arm in a cut which would have made a Dark Jedi proud. He screamed in pain as he staggered back from his dismenbered arm. “Bitch!” he screamed at her. “Now now, it’s not nice to call people names. Wind Wake!” Gale force winds blasted out from her hands and slammed the man into the wall. She turned towards the other, her sword flaring brightly. He cowered as the throngs pushed him into the fighting area. “Want some too?” she asked. “Nothing kind lady. Just leave me and my brother alone.” he asked, kneeling on one knee, bowing and scraping. “Brother eh? I have a younger brother too. I’ll heal him for you to keep the family ties. But you have to promise to keep away from Marle and me.” She reached down and picked up the severed arm. Walking over to the unconcious man, she placed it at his bloody stump and chanted. “God who reigns above all, bring down healing hands to save the sibling of the man behind me. In they great name I ask for mercy on the one who wrongs us. Recovery.” In a spray of light, the man woke up and found his arm was back on the right arm, instead on the ground. Sarryn nodded and walked over to Marle. She picked her friends slight build and carried her out, tossing a handful of gold coins to the manager for damages. End Chapter 2 Authors notes : So what if it was a bit bloody? I had to do this sometime in the story and I figured it might as well be now. I was hurried with this story since my brother wanted to play FF7 on the computer. Go fig. Anyways, if you want to get the feeling for this chapter, watch the bar fight in Fatal Fury : Legend Of The Hungry Wolf. You’ll get the picture. Till next chapter. Chapter 3 : Drunk, tired, and wasted Sarryn carried Marle out the door, her arms trembled under the younger girls weight. “Who would have thought that a princess weighed so much?” she asked herself. Marle sat in her arms, peacefully sleeping with the occasional laugh when she awoke in a drunken stupor. Sarryn bigsweated. “Oh man, I can’t bring her home like this, King Guardia will flip if he hears his daughter went to a bar.” Marle snuggled into her arms and Sarryn blushed a bright red. “I suppose I’ll have to bring her to my place for the night.” She closed her eyes and spoke the teleportation chant. “Langua Sarina Diamand.” A bright white glow blasted from the sky and the pair dissapeared in white light. Zel furiously ate the large steak set in front of him, drawing long stares from the other resturant diners. Robo sat across from him, watching Zelgadis eat. “You must not eat very much.” he commented. Zel nodded between bites. “With the trouble we get into, we spend more time running than eating. Normally, I only drink coffee, not eat anything usually.” “Special metabolism Zelgadis?” Robo asked. “Something like that. I’m used to not eating but now I’m hungry.” He picked up the bread and started to eat that one as well. When he was done, Zelgadis dropped a few handfulls of coins on the table, leaving a gratious tip. Outside, the pair walked down the road, towards the Guardia Command Centre. On the way there, Robo briefed him on the things going on in the monitor room. Robo told him everything about Lavos and the fight to save the future. “...so this Lavos is a intergalactic paricite, who lived underground, sampling on DNA of other creatures?” “Yes. I had the first hand opportunity to destroy him with the rest of my comrades. His power is immence as with his evil. When he arises from the ground, Lavos destroys most of the life on the planet, decimating most population areas, and destroying all plant life as we know it. When it emerges, it takes up residence on a high peak and starts to spawn offspring which will migrate to other planets to begin another lifecycle. It’s a terrible monster which had the ability to destroy us with one shot. we were lucky to destroy it when we had the chance in 1000 AD.” “This Lavos sounds like a Mazoku.” Robo looked at him blankly. “A Mazoku is a monster which was on the dark side of the wars thousands of years ago. It could be possible, but perhaps this Lavos is a member of the Demon race which fought for control in our world.” “Curious. Though I do see the connection, how do you think it’s possible that a demon from your world was able to come to ours?” “I don’t really see how it could happen but maybe it tried to escape destruction from the king of gods and landed here on Guardia.” Robo mulled over the situation. “Likely, but not easy to prove.” Suddenly, without warning, clouds rolled into the sky and lightning coaleced on the tower. Robo looked up. “Very abrupt. The weather does not change this fast usually.” Zelgadis felt the stone hairs on his neck suddenly raise. He whirled around, looking for someone, or something. “There’s something here.” Robo’s inner scanners picked up a entity which was loosely concentrated. “To the north, about 2 clicks. I can’t get a lock on it easily.” Zel went for his sword. “It’s evil. I can feel it.” The sky went black. Zel yelled “Lightning!” and a ball of light appeared in his hands. Tossing it into the darkness, a face was illuminated. The face looked like a three eyed monster, pure white with black facial markings. His body was swrilling with dark energy. Or was it matter? The white face split into a manicial grin. “I feel power.” it said in a voice which was dripping with murder and mayhem. “I feel energy. You will join the Jurai once I finish with the two of you.” “Like hell I won’t.” Zelgadis growled. He unsheathed his sword and lunged. A deep cut appeared on the mosnters left arm. It just grinned and backhanded the Golem into a building. Zelgadis grunted slightly as he picked himself out of the wall. Robo turned to face him. “Power...It’s off the scale!” He went into battle mode. “Uzi Punch!” His arm flew off connected to a chain. It slammed over and over again into the monsters face, staggering it slightly. Robo’s jaw dropped. “He’s not even phased?” Robo was one with the wall. The monster grinned evily. “This is the best this world has to offer? Well then, once I destroy your heros, I’ll go to the next world. And the next, and the next. Until the House Of Jurai finds me and we do battle again.” “Who’s this Jurai?!” Zelgadis yelled at him. “The House of Jurai is a powerful house which defeated me 1000 years ago. They tried to destroy me with the weapon of there’s but my essence was not destroyed.” He grinned savagely. “I floated around in space until I found this world and it’s Lavos. I used its power to rebuild my body and now...” He reached out and grabbed Zelgadis by the throat and started to squeeze. “...I’m going to kill until they find me in this wretched galaxy.” “Not if I get something to say about it Kain.” A keen blade parted the arm from Zelgadis’s neck. Kain roared in pain. “Who dares?” he rumbled. “I care.” Ki stood at the ready. He was dressed in black combat armor, making him nearly invisible. His sword flashed with energy. “Ki of the Knights of the Round. Get ready to rumble.” He leapt high into the air and held out a hand. “Dark Bomb!” Spheres of black energy surrounded his arm and blasted Kain several times. Kain was pushed back a step. “I thought there was more challenges here!” He flung out his arms, extending them farther out towards Ki. Ki illuminated his sword and yelled, “Light Swipe!” The energy enhanced blade cut through Kain’s arms. “How’s that?” Kain only snarled and knocked him into a building, collapsing it on Ki. Kain smiled evily. “You were no match for me boy.” Suddenly, the rocks blasted out from the rubble. Ki stood there, sword at the ready, his armor slightly damaged. “Okay, that was impressive.” He leapt up and spun around fast. His words seemed to echo around the buildings. “Darkness beyond twilight, in crimson blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time.” Zel looked up and recongized the spell. “The Dragon Slave?!” “Is where thy power grows. I pledge myself to conqour, all the foes who stand, against the mighty gift bestowed upon my unworthy hand.” The bright red energies of the Dragon Slave leapt through the roof. “Dragon Slave Condenced!” The powerful spell blasted out and struck Kain. Kain roared in pain as he shook with the impact of the suicide spell. But unlike Lina’s Dragon Slave, this one shot up into the sky in the form of a fire red dragon, the radius of the blast contained within a meter. Kain roared in pain. “I can’t be beaten yet! I’ll be back!” With that, he dissapeared from sight within the blast. The spell dissapated and Ki came back to earth. He looked over to Zelgadis. “Watch yourself next time, kay?” With that, he dissapeared in a black fog. Lucca looked up from her reading. A thought crossed her mind. “Wonder where Marle is? She usually comes here after drinking.” She then shrugged it off. “Sarryn-chan will take care of her.” Sarryn slipped into house she had bought. It was situated in the middle of the forest where the old Church was located. She breathed in the forever hanging smell of bread. Tossing off her shoes, Sarryn walked upstairs, and into the guest room where she laid Marle on the plush bed. Marle grumbled and turned over on her stomach. Sarryn shook her head in mock exasperation. “How can she get so plastered in such a little time?” Sarryn blue out the candle at her side and patted the princess on the forehead. Marle smiled in her sleep and turned over. Slipping off her jacket, she turned around and reverted back to her male form. He walked down the hall and dressed for bed. He relaxed and read a copy of the novel, “The Five Tribes of the Silver Millenium.” Sarryn himself was once a resident of the Silver Millenium and he was head of the royal guard and Princess Serenity’s main guard and close personal friend. Sadly, he was asked to leave by the Almighty himself to train in the Holy Magics up in Asgard. With much thought, he agreed and left to train. It was on his physically (he lived for over 1000 years since the last visit) sixteenth birthday that he was allowed to visit the Moon Palace one last time. But to his horror, he found only the remains of the once proud kingdom was now dead. The ruins seemed a week old. He was late by a week. His family was dead. That was the beginning of his quest as Belldandy came down and spoke with him, telling him to find three others to help in the quest for the Holy Blade the Almighty forged a long time ago to help in the battle over the planet in the beta quadrant. After travelling the planets, he found a fighter from Jurai who was skilled in the Shadow arts. Though powerful, he lacked the presision to control them effectively. That led to Johnathan’s joining. Johnathan was a magic teacher who taught Ki to use his powers wisely. Since Johnathan resided in Syraag, he could teach the techniques very well. Ki and Sarryn were good friends and later, Ki was adopted into the Excalibur Family. They met Farl in Grandseal during a tournament. Farl was a expert swordsman, unhindered by his small frame and youth. He was allowed to join. Thus, the Knights of the Round were formed. Sarryn turned off his light and laid back in his bed. He closed his eyes...and a beeping awoke him in the morning. He reached over and tapped the alarm clock but it wasn’t the alarm clock. “Urgh?” He pushed the watch to flip up the screen. Ki appeared on the watch screen. “You awake?” “I wasn’t,” Sarryn said sarcastically, “until a second ago. What’s up?” “There was a monster attack here in 2300 AD. It was Kain.” Sarryn snapped awake. “Kain?” he asked, tossing his sheets aside, snapping the device on his wrist. “How did Kain survive the Cannon blast?” “Don’t know. I’ll call the Galaxy Police Headquarters if you want.” “Go ahead. Inform them about Kain. Perhaps they can send a fleet.” “I think there will have to be a Jurai presence aboard the fleet. I’ll call Washu.” “Okay. Oh, one other thing, I used the Dragon Slave Condenced on Kain. he got away before the full blunt of the attack destroyed him.” Sarryn frowned. “This is not good. Keep on searching for the Breaker in your time. I picked up a trace in the area that corresponds to Truce Village in your time. Try checking the areas around it.” “Gotcha. Take care.” Ki signed off. Sarryn laid back in his bed. But sleep was not coming as he remembered the monstocity Kain was. He was there on that fateful day when the House of Jurai and the fleets of the Galaxy Police surrounded the criminal. Kain fought with a vicious vengance against the bondings of the energies of the Emperor of Jurai and the added Subspace generators to draw him into the prison. Standing on the bridge of the Jurain Royal Ship, he watched in awe as one of the most powerful people on the face of the galaxy, next to Queen Serenity, focused his Tenchi-ken into a supernatural beam of containing energies. Sarryn could of sworn that he heard Kain promising to destroy the line of Jurai as he was being ripped around by the gale force energy waves. The Emperor stumbled with the lack of power he was sending out. Sarryn rushed to his side, breaking free of the Police line. Holding out his hands, he channeled Holy Energy into the older man, feeling his friend’s strength ebb away. With renewed vigor, he poured the elements of his home on the Moon, the power of his Rekai, the strength of his chi, and the energies of his friend, Sheng Long, the eternal dragon. The energy storm renewed more viciously as Kain was sucked into Subspace, only to return a thousand years later. “Kain,” Sarryn whispered. “After all this time, he’s back. No doubt he’s holding a grudge as well.” He turned over and closed his eyes, trying to go to sleep. He fell asleep in two hours. Johnathan sat in his room in Porre Inn, trying to read a book he had brought along in his dimentional pocket bag. It contained a history of his city, Syraag. There, a swordsman of light defeated the demon beast Zanifar. Later, about a year ago, Zanifar was reborn, following a chain of rebirths. Some might say that someone was playing a pretty nasty trick on Miss Lina Inverse and Co. One of her companions was a decendant of the Swordsman of Light, young Master Gourry Gabriev. Somewhat stupid but loyal to a fault and has the brute strength of an ox. He carried the Sword Of Light. As Johnathan reflected, who knew that the demon beast was a mist creature? For that matter, who knew Little Sylpheel was the one who took the Holy Sword of Syraag? He reached over to his nightstand and picked up his nearly empty glass of cider. Drinking it down, he closed the book, blew out his candle, closed his eyes...and was rudely awakened by a looming head of death. Well, to be accurate, the monitor of his watch had popped up and expanded to maximum size, looming over his bed. The face just happened to be Farl who was holding a alarm clock and making a face. Nonethertheless, Johnathan set a new worlds record for the Guardia High Jump. “Yaaaaugh! Farl! Don’t do that you crazy idiot!” A harsh stream of words was directed towards the laughing warrior, brandishing a ringing alarm clock. “Sorry, but this is important John,” Farl appologized, “Ki called in a few minutes ago. He said that he fought a monster in 2300.” John only yawned and turned over. “So let him worry about it.” “Will you get up and listen?!” Farl demanded. “Kain is still alive!” That brought John out of bed in a hurry. “What?!” he exclaimed. “Contact Sarryn or Ki. And we’ll meet in 1000 at 1900 hours.” Authors notes : Um...if you want a total explination of how Kain survived, um...I’ll have’ta work on that. All I can say is that Kain was able to preserve his essence. After a couple of years, he found Lavos in the underground cavern where it dwelled. There, Kain slowly drained its power away, during the Dark Ages along with Zeal. With enough power, it continued to drain energy, weakening Lavos to the level where it could be taken out by Crono and his band. The final destruction of Lavos enabled him to power up to immence proportions, constructing his body to full potential. Chapter 4 : Lies and Truths Marle awoke the next morning to the scent of eggs and meat cooking from a earthen stove. She inhaled the heavenly scent as she slipped out from under the tangled sheets. Making a quick pitstop at the bathroom across the hall, she quickly washed up and combed her hair with a brush she found in the basket next to the sink. “Mmmm, I wonder where I am?” she asked herself as she put her hair up in a ponytail. She ventured out into the hall, headed towards the origin of the delightful smells. Peeking out into the kitchen, she found a handsome young man wearing a housecoat and slippers, cooking breakfast. His ebony hair seemed to gleam in the rays of the sunlight as he skillfully tossed pancakes up in the air, fried the eggs and cooked the steaks. “Ano...where am I?” He looked up. “Oh, you’re awake Princess.” Marle glared at him suspiciously. “How’d you know that?!” she demanded. “My sister goes to school with you. And besides, who doesn’t know about your fight to preserve the future?” Marle let her guard down slightly. “Who’s your sister?” “Sarryn. Oh, where’s my manners? I’m Garrick, her older brother.” “Garrick huh? She never really speaks about you much.” “We keep apart while I travel around. We had this house built as a place to come home to. It’s not much but its home.” Marle took a chair and sat down in it. “And home is where the heart is. I’m starved, what’s for breakfast?” “Pancakes, syrup, fresh apple juice, eggs and steak. I always enjoy a large breakfast when the time is right.” Garrick served her a large platter full of food. Marle thanked him and immediately dug in with relish. Garrick smiled and sat across the way, eating his plate as well, but at a much slower pace. After a while when Marle slowed down her frantic eating, she looked up questioningly. “So, how come I’m here and Sarryn isn’t?” “Sis went out, travelling towards Porre village. She said she would be back in a day or so. You were really hung over last night.” Marle blushed. “So I get drunk easily. I get used to it.” Garrick snorted. “As if. She had to save you from two guys who wanted to take you away.” “Take me away? What do you mean by that?” she asked innocently. Garrick facefaulted. “I’ll...tell you when you’re older.” Marle shrugged and returned to eating. Garrick had a large sweatdrop sliding down the side of his skull. In a dark realm, Kain sat, nursing his wounds. His face twisted into a demonic grin as he felt the faint pulsing of the essence of Lavos delivering its phenominal power into his battered body. He inhaled with a raspy breath. “He was strong. He was powerful. He must either join me or die,” he said, grinning a megalomaniacal grin. With a thought, he started to pull his energy from the dark forces of humankind : anger, fear, dispair, the evils of human nature. He started to laugh. A long loud psychotic edge of pure crazed fury. Somwhere, Kodachi Kuno and the spirit of Kefka shuddered. “Thanks for helping me Robo,” Zelgadis said while lifting his battered (which was nearly impossible to do) body from the med tank. Robo nodded and handed the chimeria a towel to dry off. “Don’t thank me, I just brought you here. Thank the guy in black. He saved both our butts.” Robo thought for a minute. “I am curious Zelgadis, what was the spell he used?” “That was the most powerful attack spell in Black Magic history, next to the Giga Slave. It was called the Dragon Slave. Though I never saw someone with such mastery and control over the spell.” “What do you mean Zelgadis?” “The spell has the ability to destroy this whole dome and then some. But he was able to cast the spell that the radius was only a few feet. Usually, we would have been toast if he used the full radius of the spell, but this guy casted it so that the Dragon Slave was still insanely powerful, but contained.” Zel grinned. “He would probably give Lina a run for her money.” Robo nodded and handed Zel his cloak. “You know,” he began, “we can go to the city hall and check the past records to see if your friends are listed.” “Records huh? That could work.” Amelia stood in the shelter of a tree, bundled up in a long skin jacket and pants, holding a large knife in her hands. He pressed her back up against the large tree trunk, waiting for the runner pack to come close enough. To her left stood Kino with his large long bow in his hands, the shaft stretched back. To the right stood Ayla, her large club and her iron fist held ready. “Amelia ready?” Ayla asked. Amelia nodded, “I’m ready Ayla-san.” Ayla looked past her to her husband. “Kino ready?” “Kino ready.” “Amelia send fire into group when Ayla say so. Kino send shaft into most wounded and Ayla defeat.” A second later... “Burst Rondo!” THWANG! WHOCK! The three hunters stood over their kill triumphantly. The burning flesh smelled a lot like beef and Amelia was getting very hungry. With much effort, they hauled the beast out of the mountian range and back to the Chieftian’s Hut. “Find anything yet Janus?” The dark sorcerer shook his head. “The records are very vague about your world.” He dropped a scroll and picked up a book. “You brought a lot of documents but none of them deals with something like this before.” With a growl of frustration, he tossed the book behind himself and picked up a weathered scroll. Nearby, sitting crosslegged in the corner, Sylpheel sat reading the historical records of the planet. Fortunately, sometime in the early days around 15,000 BC, old documents were found, dating a historical record dating back from 60,000,000 BC. Ayla apparently had developed the modern writing system and wrote about her friend Amelia Will Tess De Sayruun. This pleased Sylpheel greatly and she read about everything they had done. The only thing she was saddened about was that Amelia had a record of dying in 60,000,070 BC, outliving her Prehistoric friends, staying Chieftain in Ayla’s absence while she took care of the newer generations. But the fact that Amelia was alright made her happy. And fortunately, her happiness spread to Magus who was somewhat in the process of becoming a puff ball around her. Across the room, Magus yawned loudly. Snapping his book closed, he stood, brushing the lint off his cape. “I’m going to bed. You can stay up longer if you wish,” he said briskly as he strode into his chambers. Sylpheel shook her head slightly. ‘He has to loosen up somewhat.’ Gourry strode the Village of Truce, looking around the small shops and residences. “Whoa. Wonder if Lina has it this good?” He walked down the road, heading towards the Mountian range. In the mountian range, he climbed up a rope ladder, quickly kicked a Imp and a Roly out of his path, and crossed the bridge, jumping down the small ridge. He emerged into the clearing where Frog stood, leaning on the trees. “Young Gourry, are you ready?” “I guess. what are we here for anyways?” Frog facefaulted. “Methinks that the young master is slightly brain dead.” he grumbled. “Uh?” “Nothing. May we partake into the void? Must be warned, thine life could be at stake if ye decide to cross time without proper protection on oneself.” “I guess I’m ready. Frankly I don’t really care!” “You are reckless!” A pause followed. “But I must admit I hath been in yonder tracks before.” Frog grinned. “Come, let us try to access the Gate.” Ki wandered the streets of Arris Dome, a masking field covering his person, hiding the aura of immence power from Kain. To tell the truth, he was slightly nervous. Kain had nearly destroyed the Juraian homeworld until he was brought to a halt by the Emperor of Jurai. He shuddered to think about what would happen if he had succeded. ‘Damnit, Kain’s free, alive and kicking. Plus, he’s targeting the heroes of this world.’ His face twisted into a frown as his hand clenched and relaxed over and over. ‘If only he was destroyed back when Lord Tenchi went into the past, none of the coming chaos will happen. I shudder what would happen if he was allowed to roam free, destroying all of the other planets. The World of Balance, The four planets of Fire, Ice, Rock, and Bone. Cybertron, Grandseal, and other limitless places.’ He shuddered slightly. Lina laid back in her chair in the banquet hall, her arms propped up behind her head. She rubbed her stomach in delight. “Great meal. You’re cook does good work.” The cook nodded and exited into the kitchen. Sarryn looked up from behind her already depleted stack of meats, bread and juice. “You really eat a lot.” For a second, she was tempted to make a crack about her chest size from behind small after eating so much. But then a memory swept over the top of her mind. “Sarryn, whatever you do, if you ever encounter Lina Inverse, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, make fun of her body. You’ll find yourself on the recieving end of a fireball or something worse.” Sarryn wisely stiffled a comment which would lead towards a painful end. Instead, she looked at Crono and asked him about their adventures through time. A few hours later, a knocking at the door brought in two new guests... “Lina!” Lina’s head jerked up in surprise and shock at the blonde swordsman, glomping her in extasy. The events which had taken place next were classic. First, Lina hugged him, then she smacked him around for leaving her alone, after that, she got him into a mercy headlock for being a pervert, and finally, a shuttle which looked like a swordsman was seen flying towards Leo. Everyone blinked. Twice. “So, I met your brother today,” Marle commented from out of the blue while she and Sarryn walked in the gardens together. “Really...is that so?” she said in her lilting, non assuming voice. “Yeah!” She said enthusistically, “He was really nice! And I like his name, Garrick. He looks a lot like you as well.” “We’re twins in a sense,” Sarryn replied. Marle looked up at her, blue eyes confused. “he was the same age as I am when he came to my house one day. He was poor, tired, but a great swordsman. To save him from starvation and his wounds, I treated him, and eventually, I had to develop a pychic link bewteen him and myself. I can hear him right now in Medina.” “Wow...” Marle whispered, “you can do that?” “I’m a healer in a sense. I never touched the Black Arts like Lina-san did.” “Can you show me?” Sarryn froze for a second. “Um...I’m not sure. You see...I’m sorta...hunted.” “Nani?” the princess asked. “It’s true. There is a evil entity here on this world, hunting for power and destruction. I can feel its presence here. In fact...” Suddenly her eyes widened and she grabbed Marle.”Down!” A large explosion rocked the gardens as a energy ball blasted down from the sky. Running with Marle under her arm, she leapt the fountian and hid behind it. A single word escaped her lips : “Kain.” Authors notes : Kain was the pivotal charecter in this whole story and I want to acknowlage the creator of Tenchi Muyo! for this awsome villian. Chapter 5 : Secrets revealed Crono rushed out of the castle, his Rainbow held in his hands. Lina, Lucca, Frog and Gourry came out and stopped behind him. There in the middle of the gardens was a white faced evil entity with a dark shapeless body, flowing around like paper in the wind. The entity inhaled and growled. “I smell power!” With that, it lunged for the group... and slammed its fist into where they were standing a second ago. Lina charged up a spell as she flew into the air. “Fire...” she reared back and threw the flaming energy. “ball!” The power impacted into the form, driving it back into the castle walls, making a huge crater. “You are powerful! You will join me or die!” “Gee tough choice.” Lina commented as she formed a blazing fireball between her hands. “Don’t mind joining.” Gourry said obliviously as he formed the Sword of Light blade. With a yell, he ran and slashed at his supposed stomach, the blade dissapearing into its formless mass. The creature only laughed and tossed Gourry into the wall. “Fire2!” The ring of energy expanded out from the center of where he stood, rocking the area with magical explosions. “Lightining2!” “Water2!” “Demona Crystal!” Discharges of electricity, water, and ice rocked the area, clouding the place with dust. Several other attacks followed in the first volleys stead. Meanwhile, Sarrryn poured a tonic on Marle’s injuries from the shrapnel of the inicial attack. She looked sadly at her. “Damnit, you didn’t have to get so close to me,” she whispered sadly. Marle grinned. “Would you have rathered I stayed in the blast range?” “Touche.” Marle sat up behind the fountain, gazing at the firefight. “What is that thing anyways?” “Kain.” “A what?” “Kain is a evil intergalactic criminal who delights in killing thousands for his own twisted purposes. He was brought to justice by the Royal Family of Jurai one thousand years ago. Then, two years ago, he escaped Subspace and tried to destroy the Masaki family. He was presumed dead after the Dimentional Cannon was used against him. They were wrong.” “And what does he want now?” “Possibly revenge, senseless bloodshed, violence among other things,” Sarryn shook her head. “I should be out there helping.” A stitch of pain coursed through his side where her shirt and side was torn through by a stray piece of stone. Marle looked at her strangely. “You want to go out there? In your condition? You’re wounded!” Sarryn grimaced. “I fight with odds like this all the time.” Marle shook her head. “You have a death wish. Let me help. Cure.” The healing energies coursed into her wound, healing the wounds. Marle leaned back, tired. Suddenly, a shriek, highly identifiable from Lucca pierced the air. Marle jumped up and the blood drained from her face. Lucca was being strangled by the monster, and the others were too hurt to help. “Noooooo! Ice2!” The huge blocks of ice, breaking the grip of Kain’s hand on Lucca’s throat. Kain looked at her, eyes glittering. “You have power as well. You will join or die.” Marle screamed as a wave of energy tossed her into the wall. Kain grinned. “You can never defeat me.” “There’s still someone standing Kain.” Everyone looked up to see Sarryn, her dress billowing in the air. Kain chuckled. “You expect to defeat me little girl?” “More than you imagine.” She raised her left arm and energy started to swirl. Her hair was tosled in the wind as the words she spoke would now echo in the ears of those who heard it. “I am Sarryn! Leader of the Knights of the Round! You have destroyed worlds Kain! Prepare to die!” with that, she slapped the watch which opened and flared. With a burst of light, energy traced her body, changing it to more masculine features. Her dress was changed to white armor, loose white pants, and a cape. His hair shortened to a short cut. In his hands, a hilt appeared and a flaming white blade formed, coating the handle as well. Then with a flash of light, the sihloette of a large dragon appeared behind him. “Sarryn!” Marle gasped. “Very impressive boy...but you won’t survive to gloat about it!” With that, he lunged for the stock still teenager. Suddenly.... “Holy Flare!” A dome of white energy expanded from his position, knocking Kain into the air. Sarryn leapt after him, sending White Fire Bolts after him. Kain lashed backwards with an energy bolt which knocked the Knight into the castle wall. Sarryn groaned and stood, his sword solidifying into a pure metal blade. “Okay...that was impressive. But you’re going down Kain!” Sarryn cupped his hands in front of his body, a intence light growing. “Hey Kain! Catch!” He tossed the energy ball towards Kain who caught it reflexitively. Kain stared at it. “Is something going to happen?” he asked incrediously. “Now that you mention it...yup! ‘Weapon of light, child of light, emerge from your coccon of holy power.’...” His eyes snapped up as he thrust out his arms. “BAHAMUT ZERO!” The energy ball flared and dissapated into the sky. They waited in silence as Kain stood around, looking at him, the proverbial sweatdrop rolling down the front of his white face. “Um...hate to be a drag Sarryn but isn’t something going to happen? IN THE NEXT CENTURY PERHAPS?!” Lina yelled. “Sure somethings going to happen.” Sarryn replied. Kain crossed his arms. “So?” he demanded. Sarryn pointed a finger up to the sky, a sly grin on his face. Kain looked up, and then... Witnesses said later that a blinding bolt of energy lanced down from space, striking the gardens of Guardia castle with a shockwave that decimated parts of the forest. Upon closer inspection of the night sky, you could see a huge dragon circling the earth at a approximate hight of a thousand kilometers. Sarryn laid on a soft bed, his injuries being tended to by the castle maids. To the side of the bed sat Marle, asleep in the chair. Across the bedpost sat Lina, Lucca and Crono, all in various states of sleeping or awareness. Right now, Lina was boring holes into Sarryn’s slightly chared body. If looks could kill...he would be six feet under already. He groaned and winced as the disinfectant solution was dabbed on his arm. “Hold still,” the maid said soothingly, “you’ll aggrivate the burns.” “If I wasn’t tapped so much, I’d just cast Cure2 on myself.” Sarryn grumbled. “In any case, you would still require some sleep to recharge your powers. Now, get some rest.” Sarryn awoke the next morning with his teammates hanging over his head. Ki shook his head disparingly. “You had to call Bahamut ZERO, didn’t you? I told you to not to!” The Knight pushed his body up to a sitting position and glared at Ki. “Hey, I was sort of out of options here idiot! Besides, you casted the Dragon Slave, and you didn’t hear any complaint from me didja?” “That’s no excuse!” Ki’s hand clenched into a fist and growled menacingly. Then in a more subdued voice, “did you get him?” “I don’t think so. I can still feel his presence around the world.” Sarryn narrowed his eyes and reached out to test the lifestream bonds. “I think he’s drawing negative emotions to fuel his power.” Farl groaned. “Another megalomaniacal villian who draws dark energy to survive. Why don’t we just invite Queen Beryl for the Grandseal Festival?” “I’d rather invite Megatron instead.” was Sarryn’s answering reply. “There...” Sylpheel stood from her kneeling position at the foot of the bed. “your leg is totally healed.” “Thanks Sylpheel!” Amelia flexed her legs a few times to make sure that everything was strong enough. In the corner, Zelgadis and Magus leaned back on the wall, conversing in lower tones. “You care about Amelia, don’t you?” Magus asked. “And what would you think about that?” Zel answered briskly. “You hate to see her injured or in trouble. For that, you protect her on every turn.” “So what if I do?” “You love her.” Zel facefaulted. “Is that so huh? Then why are you so close to Sylpheel huh? Answer that shadow man!” “She reminds me of my sister.” was Magus’s reply. Zel blinked and looked at the dark sorcerer. Magus continued. “In the year 12,000 BC, my sister and I lived in the kingdom of Zeal. We were happy, until our mother was corrupted by the power of the creature called Lavos. She sacrificed herself to save us from dying in the undersea palace. I never saw her again.” Zel, wisely stayed quiet. But his feelings were in a deep churning turmoil. Magus had suffered at the hands of a relitive, and lost something dear to him. For himself, it was his humanity. For Magus, it was his sister. Zel stayed silent for most of the day as he walked the palace grounds. Washu Habuki leaned back in her chair, idely toying her finger on the SMITE button. Just then, a little cabbit bounced across the screen, pulling a sign that said “you have mail”. “Finally,” she muttered. As she read the letter and accessed the files, the blood from her face drained away to give her a pasty white complexion. “Oh shit,” she whispered horsely. “TENCHI! GETRYO-OHKIPACKEDANDREADYTOGORIGHTNOW! MOVEMOVEMOVEMOVE! MOVEYOUJACKASSES!” Washu inhaled deeply to replenish her oxygen starved system. “Mom, what are you blabbing about?” “Let me repeat...THERE’SGOINGTOBEACATYLISMWHICHWILL ULTIMATELYDESTROYTHEWORLDSINTHEWHOLEUNIVERSE, ANDTHE FREAKIN’PSYCHOISBACK!!!!!” Washu eeped and dragged in another breath. “Nanda?” everyone asked. “Kain. He’s alive...” Washu passed out from oxygen deprivation. “Washu-chan?” Washu awoke and bolted upright, her chest heaving in anxiety. “Are you alright?” Tenchi stared at the little scientest, a questioning look on his face. “Um...you said something about Kain?” “Yeah...he’s alive.” Everyone jumped back in horror, clinging to the nearest support strut. The unlucky strut was actually Mihoshi who came in the door, sopping wet from her customary landing in the lake. Behind her was Kyonne, wringing the water from her hat. “Ano...what’s going on?” Reluctantly, everyone let go and stumbled to the floor. “Kain...” Tenchi whispered, shivers of horror running up his spine. “the psycho is back?” Washu nodded, brushing the lint from her shoulder. “I got a message from an...” she blushed, “old friend of mine. He’ll explain it in detail.” The hologenerator opened and a figure dressed in white appeared atop the screen. He bowed low and looked up with dark brown eyes. “Good day everyone. and good day Lord Kasohito. I am Sarryn Excalibur, Holy Knight, leader of the Knights of the Round, and Washu’s old...friend.” To this, Washu blushed a bright crimson, and Ryoko nudged her mother, a devilish grin on her face. “I must address a issue of important matters. I am on a world which has low level technology, exempted by Balthasar’s machines and Gaspar’s time egg and other assorted things. In any case, the magic levels here are quite limited with some exceptions. I have met up with the most powerful fighters of this world, most of them powerful physical fighters, some powerful magic users, some both.” Sarryn took a breath and continued. “Kain has attacked this world, in a chance to lure the Jurain family here to Guardia. In so far, we have held our own against his attacks, using spells and summoning espers to help out in the battle. But, we are steadily loosing ground. At the time of this recording, Kain has already gained much of the southern contenant under his control, destroying anything and anyone he feels is expendible. Please brace yourself.” The scene changed to a sight of a smoking world, the southern contenant and parts of the islands to the east, covered with black smoke. Large explosions could be seen from the orbital view. The scene switched back to view Sarryn, looking slightly weary. “The devestation will not stop until one of the family of Jurai comes to fight him in a last stand. If any and all support will be accepted. Thank you.” With that, the holoprojector shut down with a mechanical humm. Silence hung over the people in the house like a thick fog. Tenchi broke the silence. “This is not good, is it?” “Kain,” Ryoko growled in barely contained fury. “That monster is back. And he’s not going to stop this time.” “And we’re going to stop him,” Yoshu said, standing up. “Sarryn?” The voice was angelic, a soft melody not unlike wind chimes waving in the wind. Sarryn recognized the voice. He reached out and grasped the easily recognizable soft hand. The scent of springtime filled his nostrils with long forgotten memories. He smiled. “Belldandy.” The brown haired goddess leaned over and hugged her friend. “I missed you you big oaf.” she whispered into his ear. “Hey, would I leave my friends before Koemna said so?” Sarryn sat up, drawing his legs into a yoga position. “So, how’s earth?” “Good. I found someone...special.” Belldandy blushed. “A mortal? Really? Lemme guess, ‘I wish to have a girlfriend as nice as you’ or something like that?” “About,” she admitted. After a second, she cleared her throat and sat down on the edge of the bed. “I have some great news! Your Princess is reincarnated! The Royal Court now lives!” Sarryn blinked in shock but then grabbed her shoulders in extacy. “Really? Princess Serenity is alive?!” Bell laughed, a musical chime in the air. “Yes she is alive. You can see her soon.” “Wonder if she would remember her old childhood friend?” “Maybe. From what the Yggdrasil said, her guardian cats memories are slightly swisscheesed from staying in a cold sleep capsule.” “Luna? How is she?” “She...is very well. Mind you she can’t remember how to transform into her humanoid form without the Ginshouzu.” “Hmm...is Artemis still around?” “He is.” “Probably still a slacker. Never around when the heavy lifting started.” Sarryn commented, slightly bitter. “Perhaps. The Almighty has given you leave to visit 20th century Tokyo now for a few hours.” “What? But what about Kain? He could attack!” Belldandy shook her head. “After gaining territory in the southern contenant, he was sufficiently drained. It will take him at least two days to recharge his evil powers. If only we could help.” “If only? Has dad decided that us mortals have to sort this out ourselves?” “That, and you have to get that sword blade soon.” She reminded him. Sarryn slapped a hand to his forehead. “Of course! The Stone Breaker! I’ll tell the guys to cast the Shiek Light spell on the others to find the sword blade while I’m gone.” He stood and walked out the door, Belldandy watching him leave. “Good luck Sa-chan, you will probably need it.” Authors notes : Don’t go anything to say for now. Just that the next one will be a short interlude for a while. Chapter 6 : Visits The Guardian looked up, feeling something amiss. She stood from her chair in the coffee shop and strode out into the street. Her green-tinged black hair shone in the sunlight as she peered into the sunny street. Something was wrong. But familiar. “Usagi-chan!!!!” Minako Aino dashed up to the fleeing senshi leader. “Where are you going?” “To the temple! I am soooo late!!!” “Really? I guess we’re both late.” “Somethings not right,” Rei said after the fire reading. “Something is different here.” “I don’t detect anything Rei,” Ami answered, “are you sure?” “Positive...well, nearly.” Suddenly Ami’s computer rang out as a Daimon was detected in the park. Sarryn looked around, blinking. This was different from his last visit. Then again, he visited earth quite early in the Feudal Period. She had been here for a day now and nothing interesting had happened. Suddenly, a ripping sensation blasted through his chest as a shining crystal appeared in front of his torso. Sarryn blinked. “Hey!” he picked the crystal up in his hands and inspected it intently. “it’s been a while since I’ve seen this.” “Nani? He didn’t faint!” “Ara...he hasn’t keeled over yet!” Sailor Moon was confused. Usually when someone got his or hers heart crystal stolen, they collapsed. Taking no chances, she dashed over, yelling. “Huh? Since when did the Princess run around in a senshi fuku?” Sailor Moon ran up, slightly panting. “Hey! Put your heart crystal back! You’ll die!” Sarryn narrowed his eyes, inspecting the sixteen year old in front of him. “Since when did removing the heart crystal kill you?” Sailor Venus blinked in surprise. “You can’t feel it?” “Naw. But if It’ll make you happy, I’ll return it.” “Hold it!” Sarryn spun around, his eyes blazing. There stood Uranus and Neptune, with angry looks on their faces. “We want the talisman, kid,” Uranus threatened. “...and we won’t leave until you give it to us.” Neptune finished. “Tough,” with that, he returned the crystal into his heart. Uranus seethed. “That just cost you dearly kid. World Shaking!” “NOOOOOO!” the inners screamed. The attack slammed into his chest with a bright flash. Uranus smirked. Sailor Moon and the rest of the senshi stared in horror. Suddenly, the dust was swept away in a tornado wind, to reveal Sarryn standing unscathed. “Was that supposed to hurt? Well...” he raised his arm out in front of himself, “it didn’t.” His hand lit up in orange energy. “Enemy Skill Tech! World Shaking!” Uranus screamed as the high energy attack blasted her into a grove of trees. Sarryn lowered his arm, a blank expression on his face. “Remember that I meant you no harm. Ray Wing!” He rose into the air and flew off, leaving the rest of the sensh, slackjawed. Sarryn slid down the wall, gasping for air. That attack hurt more than he had remembered it to. And another thing was brought up in his mind : when did Uranus attack people like that just for a talisman? She seemed quite angry that he had returned the crystal to his heart. He brushed his sweat drenched black locks from his eyes and whispered a small spell to mask his energy and ki signiture from the senshi or whoever tried to take him out. Next, he tapped the communicator and switched his clothes to a pair of baggy jeans and a black shirt. For the finishing touch, he shifted to a female as he stood and walked out of the darkened alley. Ami sat in Rei’s room, surrounded by the inners. She frantically tried to relock on the fading energy pattern in the southern part of the district. She tapped the keyboard several more times and uncharecteristically cursed several times while slapping the minicomputer several times. “Chikuso! The signals dissapeared off the board!” she slumped down on the wall, shutting her eyes, trying to relax the stress bleeding from her whole person. Makoto leaned against the wall and sipped her root beer. “I don’t get it, I mean, how can someone survive Uranus’s attack? And turn it against her? I don’t know about you but that was incredible when he flew off into the sky.” Rei nodded slowly. “I felt a strange energy coming from him when he used his powers.” “Like what?” Luna asked curiously. “It wasn’t evil but it was really familiar. Almost...angelic somehow.” Rei slumped slightly and heaved a sigh. “I don’t know but I get the feeling I’ve seen that level of power before.” “That’s easy, look at Usagi,” Minako pointed out. Rei shook her head. “While Usagi has the crystal, this power exceeds hers. It was like a bright beacon in the darkness, filling the whole world with light in every turn. You don’t suppose this guy is a reincarnated Silver Millenium person, do you?” Luna and Artemis shook their heads. “There was no one with this level of power in the Silver Millenuim save for someone with a huge Glave in her hands. But that power can be easily corrupted.” Luna answered. Sarryn looked at the top of the steps leading towards the Hikawa Shrine. She sighed and brushed the loose strands of her ebony hair back behind her ear. “I can feel the Princesses power inside this place. But what can I say? Can I awaken her memories?” A stabbing pain shot through her side as the wound became more aggrivated. “Augh...Regen.” The soft red light covered her body. The pain eased slightly but then suddenly, her side felt like it was splitting through. She cried out and held her side as crimson liquid seeped through her clothes. “Damn...the Regen spell doesn’t work. Cure.” she gasped out. The sparkling green lights surrounded her wound, but only to ease the pain for a few seconds. She grimaced and stumbled up the steps of the Temple. As she reached the top, her mystic senses told her that the Princess was in the building to the left. She stumbled towards it, and knocked at the sliding door. She groaned and stumbled back, holding her chest and side. “Someone’s at the door,” Ami said. “I’ll get it.” Usagi stood and slid open the door. A scream came from the outside of the door. The girls bolted up to their feet, running towards the door. Rei reached the door. “Usagi! What’s wrong!” Usagi was hunched over a still figure. She grasped the girls arms and tried to drag her into the room. Ami ran over and picked up her legs. Together, they hauled her into the room and set her on the bed. Ami aimed her computer at the girls side. “She’s bleeding from a side and chest wound. It’s not even cauterized. Looks like a energy weapon from a science fiction movie. There’s not even enough residual energy left to identify the weapon.” Usagi ran in with a bowl of hot water, and several bandages. “Here’s the stuff.” Ami nodded and started to rip the girls shirt, faintly blushing at her chest size. “Give me the facecloth.” Makoto soaked the cloth and handed it to Ami who used it to clot the blood. Then she wrapped her chest with the gauge and laced it with antiseptic. Ami shook her head in disbelief. “I just checked the wound. I’m amazed, because a wound like this would have killed a lesser woman. You don’t think she was used in a experiment, do you?” Rei probed the unconcious woman’s mind with her limited psychic senses. “I don’t sence any agony in her mind. But...” The girl started to moan and toss in her sleep. She started to mumble incoherantly. “Kain....Jurai....” she groaned as she tossed. “Serenity.... Damn you Beryl...” Everyone’s eyes bugged out in shock. Luna blinked in shock. “She... she knows about the Silver Millenium!” Artemis nodded. “Shhh, lets see if she says more.” Sarryn found herself in the middle of destruction. Awful scenes flashed in front of her eyes. The deaths of thousands, the destruction of the Kingdom. Voices echoed in her ears. YOU LEFT THE KINGDOM OF YOUR HOME. YOU LET THEM TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AGAINST QUEEN BERYL. She shook her head vehemantly. “NO!” She shouted angrily, “I WAS NOT TO INTERFERE! EVEN IF I WAS TOLD ABOUT IT, I COULDN’T HELP THEM FIGHT AGAINST THEM!” Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of him. It was a face he never thought he would see again : The face of his Queen. “You have left us to die.” she accused. “you left our kingdom to burn. You are nothing.” “NO! DAMNIT, IT WASN’T MY FAULT! STOP IT!” Sarryn awoke screaming. She gasped for air as her eyes focused on the solid blue eyes of a face she thought she wouldn’t see for a very long time : The face of his Princess. “Ara....what am I doing here?” she asked. “You fainted after knocking on the door,” Ami supplied. “now, could you answer our questions? Like who are you?” “I...I’m just a girl from the main areas of Tokyo. My name is Sarryn.” Rei frowned. “Sarryn? I’ve never heard of that name before. Is it new?” “Yeah...it is.” Then Rei glared at her. “Okay, lets stop beating around the bush here. You know about us and of the Moon Kingdom. Now spill.” Sarryn shook her head disparingly. “Same old Lania, still feisty as ever.” she turned to look at her. “You of all people should remember sooner or later. After all, you were the historian.” Rei concentrated but came up blank. “Nothing.” Sarryn sighed. “I’ll help.” she placed her hands on her forehead and concentrated. She then started to speak. “Loving hand of God, people of this planet, giving life water of the earth,” her hands started to glow, “I ask for kindness and mercy to restore this ones mind. Let the memories flow as they were meant to be...Memory Blast!!!” The light flared as Rei was flooded with memories. Memories long forgotten from her long forgotten past of a young man, about fifteen years old, playing with her, the rest of the inners, and Serenity. Then he left again for a last time. Rei turned shimmering eyes towards her face. Suddenly, she threw her arms around her slim neck and kissed her deeply. Sarryn’s eyes widened in shock. Last time she checked, Mai wasn’t this passonate. She pulled away and held Rei at arms length. “Whoa...when did you get so passionate?” Rei blinked, confused. “I...I can’t remember.” “Maybe this will jar your memory.” he shifted into his normal male form, grimacing slightly from the stretching of the wound. Everyone gasped in shock. Ami ran her computer over his body several times, not believing the change in his physiology. “I don’t believe it. Gender, facial features, genetic make-up even! Even his blood make-up has shifted to Testosterone!” Her eyes glazed slightly as the prospect of the scientific recognition. “It’s a little spell I picked up a couple of centuries ago.” Sarryn walked down the street, Rei walking beside him. Rei was unusually silent as she matched her old boyfriends pace. Sarryn’s face displayed a large smile as he walked down the road. “Peaceful, isn’t is Mai?” he said, breaking the ice. Rei nodded slowly. “Yes...it is.” “You seem detatched from all this somwhat,” he commented. Rei sighed. “I don’t know. I mean, what happens when you find your old boyfriend is still alive and immortal?” “Very unnerving I would guess.” Rei nodded and grasped his hand, leaning on his broad shoulder. Suddenly, her head snapped up and she looked around. Sarryn felt it too. “Uh oh.” “What is it?” she whispered. “Makai demons. I’d say about high B class. You make a break for it and I’ll cover you.” He reached into hyperspace and pulled his sword hilt. Then, demons appeared, chanting : “KILL THE KNIGHT!” “GO!” Rei bolted for an opening with demons trying to block her when she passed them by. “Wind Barrier!” The shining globe of energy encased her and she was levitated out of the war zone. “He is aware of us.” One said. “All the more reason to destroy the Holy One.” another answered. “Defeat him and prepare for the next phase.” This one was female. “As you wish.” “HOLY FLARE!” The dome of white energy obliterated the surrounding demons with a single shot, and knocking the rest of them down on their knees from the shockwave. Sarryn ignited his sword and slashed himself a pathway through the angry masses. He turned around and held out his hands. “Ripping Torrent!” The blast of pure water turned the fire demons into helpless weaklings and he quickly finished them off with several well placed sword swipes. One came up behind him and slashed at his injury. The Knight winced and fried him with a fireball. Leaping up into the sky, he concentrated his Chi energy into his fingers and thrust them down. “Crackling Pilliar!” The thin beam dug into the ground. The ground buckled and groaned as a huge pilliar of Chi energy blasted out from underneath the demons, sending them up into Lower Earth Orbit. He turned around briefly to see a flash of red energy burning behind a grove of trees. Two more demons came at him, intending to maim. A blast of fire incinerated them. A sharp pain attacked his side as a claw swipe reopened his wound. He leapt back, cluching at his side. He winced as he stabbed his sword point into the ground, shouting, “Crater!” At once, the ground collapsed in on several demons. Sailor Mars ran out of the grove of trees, and immediately decided to forego the customary speech. “Burning Mandala!” Rings of mystic flame burned into the backs of the grouped demons, incinerating some, and turning the heads of several others. Mars leapt up and delivered a kick to the head of a unluckly demon who happened to be stupid enough to get in her way. She landed and snapped the neck with her locked feet. Letting loose a gout of flame, she followed it up again with several palm strikes. Sarryn battled his way towards Mars, grinning slightly through his aching side. “Miss me?” he asked playfully. “Less talk, more fighting.” she said while lashing out with a Fire Soul. “I thought you’d never ask sweetheart. Bram Blazer!” The bolts of power ripped into the surrounding monsters. Sarryn narrowed his eyes. “There’s a portal somewhere here. Wait a second...there’s a B class here.” “Reigun!” A blast of pure rei blew the crowd to hell as a young man with slicked back black hair stood with three others. One was a red head with a rose whip, another with a pure reiken sword, and the last one with a katana. A whisper escaped Sarryn’s lips. “Koenma.” Yusuke launched into the fray, breaking jaws and other assorted limbs and nessasary bodily parts. Kuwabara made shishkabob with his reiken. Hiei was a black blur, cutting down monsters at a time. Kurama was lashing out with his rose whip, decapitating many. Sarryn fought his way through the crowd to fight beside Yusuke. “Hey, you’re decended from the Makai, aren’t you?” Yusuke shot him a surprised look. “How’d you know?” Sarryn snorted. “What? I can feel the Youki from a mile away. Yaaaahh!” He slashed another with his gleaming white sword, following up with several giga bolts. “You work for Koemna?” “Rekai Detective,” he affirmed. “Who are you anyways?” “I think now’s not the time for introductions.” He delivered a vicious kick to a jaw and neatly powered up his sword. “These are getting annoying.” The other only nodded as he blasted another group. Suddenly, a high pitched scream of agony rang out through the air. Everyone turned to the source and found Sailor Mars being held hostage by a demon. This one looked potentially vicious, being his power rating as a high B class. The knight’s eyes widened in shock. “NOOOO! LET HER GO YOU BASATARD!” The Youkai only laughed : a gutteral sound made in the back of his throat. “You must be joking. Having a dark Senshi working for us can help our energies grow stronger.” Sarryn started to tremble as the demons flocked towards the side of their leader. His fist tightened as whisps of white energy started to flow. Kuwabara’s eyes widened in shock. “Guys! He’s starting to power up! Get back!” “Do ask he says, GET BACK!” He burst up with white flame, powering up to full with a scream of rage. White energy exploded and the demons writhed in pain from the pure energies released. The Rekai Tantai shielded their eyes from the pure blast. When the light died down, the man was covered with gleaming white armor and clothes. A word escaped Kurama and Hiei’s lips. “Oh my god.” Sarryn leapt up into the air and hovered. He clasped his hands together and started to chant. “Light which burns within the eternal shade of blue, I call all power within me to head my commands. Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed. In they great name I call the power of the human soul and of the spirits of Espers! Come forth and draw my command!” The outline of a angel appeared in his body as everyone stared in awe. Sarryn’s eyes glowed blue. “I am Serapham! I have come to heed the command! I call the heavenly blasts from up above!” he put his hands out in front and yelled : “Angelic Wrath!” In a span of a blink of an eye, all the demons were destroyed, Mars was freed, and the portals to Makai were closed. Yusuke, Hiei and Kurama collapsed to their knees, feeling incredibly weakened from the blast of pure Holy power. Yusuke gasped and panted from the draining blast. “What... what the hell was that?” “A Holy energy blast, channeled through Serapham the angel. I appologize for any and all wounds to your bodies I accedentally inflicted. But for now, I must ask a favor.” Kuwabara stood for the group. “Of course. Anything.” “Make sure Sailor Mars gets reunited with the Senshi. She...is very dear to me.” The weary knight glanced to his fainted companion, a smile on his face. “Keep her safe until she awakens. And give her this,” he pulled out a ruby moon from under his cape. “And now, I must go. Kain awaits.” “Take care whoever you are.” Yusuke said. “My name is Sarryn Excalibur. Farewell.” He pointed his left in front of himself, the portal forming into a rippling lake of energy, not unlike water in a crystal lake. He stepped through and the portal closed behind him. Authors notes : Don’t complain, just wait, eveything will be explained soon. Chapter 7 : Battle Preperations Marle stood along side with the Knights, awaiting the final landings of the crystalline ship. A blast of exhaust came out of the vents, Marle’s hair was whipped around as the ship landed. A hatch opened and a ramp extended. Out stepped a elderly man, a young teenager, and three young girls, two with spikey manes of green and red, and the last with long purple hair in two long ponytails. They were dressed in contempoary clothes, matching the period of 1998 on earth. The elderly man came up and stuck out his hand. Johnathan grinned and grasped it with a firm grip. “Welcome Lord Yoshu. I am second in command, Johnathan.” Yoshu grinned widely. “I am pleased to meet you. I’m curious, where is your leader?” “Sarryn is...” He was cut short as a pool of liquid energy appeared with a wave of backlash. The white cloaked knight stepped out, his clothes marred slightly by a stain of blood. He waved at the group joyfully. “Hey everyone! Hey Yoshu, long time eh?” Sarryn winced slightly as the stitch in his side deepened. “Little help?” Tenchi ate slowly in the banquet hall, seated bewteen both princesses. Listening to the story, his face drained of blood. Kain was alive by draining the energy of the creature known as Lavos. His spirit was able to endure the cannon blast, allowing him to return, more powerful than before. “I can’t believe that Kain’s still alive,” Ryoko growled. “I don’t believe it myself Ryoko,” Washu admitted while picking at her food. “But Ki was attacked first. And the rest were attacked in succession afterwards.” “But what can we do Washu-chan? What if we can’t destroy Kain again?” Ayeka interjected. “Then it is a good day to die.” Tenchi said in a flat monotone. At the head of the table, Sarryn was conversing with the magic users at length. “...it’s a long shot, but if I can pull some strings up in heaven, I’ll be able to draw enough power to create a shield around this planet to allow the rest of the other magic spells to be used. My summons can be used but that’s because the Magicite crystals were used to create my armor.” “So with the new shield around the world, we can use the Earth and Spirit groups?” Lina asked. “And quite a lot more. I have over four thousand years of magical experiance. I can teach you summons, combonation spells, and some of my special techniques.” Sarryn took a long drink from his goblet. “Sounds good to me. When do we begin?” “Immediately. I called some of the goddesses to come down and help.” Frog blinked. “Goddesses? Thou hath some influence in thine divine ways Sir Sarryn.” “None as true as that,” a sultury voice echoed in the room. Ki started to sweat nervously as a platinum haired woman wearing a sheer tiger striped collar and a blue silk dress stepped out into the dining room. “U-Urd, what are you doing here?” Ki gulped nervously. “Oh, didn’t you know? Sarryn invited me here,” she purred sdeuctively. “Pity there’s no TV’s in this world or else I would have gotten down here sooner, ne?” “Ah heh heh heh...” Ki trailed off, while fingering his collar, large sweatdrops running down his forehead. “Its been two years and he’s still stuck on Urd,” Farl muttered under his breath to Crono who snickered. “You think he was laid sometime last year by the way he’s acting.” Johanathan shot from out the side of his mouth. Ki elbowed his mentor roughly in the side. “Shut up!” he hissed nervously. “What’s up your ass?” Farl asked. Realization dawned on his face. “You did get laid!” Farl was one with the foot. Belldandy, Skuld and Urd finished their chanting as the magic shield formed around the world with a pulse of light. Sarryn stood to the side, leaning on the wall. “Finally,” he muttered. “Last time they did this, it took a full week.” “Don’t blame us. The Yggdrasil crashed that morning. We had to get Moon Rock Bracelets in a hurry.” Urd snorted. “If you wanted to, you could have leant us some power.” “I just wanted to make you sweat,” Sarryn grinned. “In any case, we should start teaching everyone some magic,” Johnathan said, picking up a pair of talismans while snapping in a yellow crystal and a pale ruby colored crystal. “This is for the non magic users or who can’t fling energy.” He handed them to Gourry and Tenchi who hung the talismans over their necks. Gourry fingered the flat surface in confusion. “What does this do?” he asked. “The yellow crystal is a Enemy crystal materia. Sarryn is the only one who regularly uses it. To learn attacks from the materia, you have to get hit with it first.” “Sounds painful,” Tenchi observed. “Slightly. But we can give you another command crystal to cast the Barrier, Mbarrier and Wall spells.” “I don’t get it.” Everyone facefaulted. “Never send a moron to do a sorceress job,” Lina commented. “Whatever.” Farl picked up his longhandle sword and started to polish it. “But in any case, we’ll teach you all at least one summon spell and other spells and our own spell variations.” Kain growled fercely as he drew more power to restore his energies. That battle had taken more out of his body than he had thought possible. But now, he felt the familiar energies of the Jurai on the planet. He chuckled as the power of the dark forces were absorbed into his body. Silently, he thanked the Alien Species for sending their genetic mistake to this planet. The four knights had taken the groups to a side of the already decimated gardens, slowly coaxing their inner powers to call espers, monsters and heros through their own power. Lina stood in the middle of the group, gathering energy into a small ruby she held in her palm. The gemstone pulsed and glowed with the energies needed to summon a monster, esper or hero. Across the way, Johnathan taught Tenchi, Ryoko, Ayeka and Gourry how to draw elemental energy from the surrounding landscape. To everyone’s surprise, Gourry found he could draw earth and water energy the easiest of all the non magic users. Marle came out with a tray of drinks and sandwiches. Passing them around, she sidled up beside Sarryn and handed him a cool drink. “Thanks,” he grunted as he drained the lemonade. “Ahh. That’s a lot better.” Marle frowned slightly. “I don’t understand you sometimes.” He turned questioning eyes towards the slightly angered princess. “You could have told me about you being a guy.” Sarryn narrowed his eyes. “Is that all?” She shook her head, her ponytail swishing around. “Its just that you haven’t been too truthful since then.” she turned to glare at him. “How old are you?” “Four thousand and twenty five next month.” he replied. “Really? You look seventeen years old.” “I like to hide my age.” Turning around, he stared at the young princess. “It’s a reminder for me.” “Reminder?” she asked, confused. “It...is something I want to remind myself about. Something happened a thousand years ago and I just want to remember everything.” he sighed heavily and hung his head. “I was a good friend of the inner senshi. One of the most trusted people in the Silver Millenium for most of the Bronze and Silver ages. Then...” He hung his head in his hands, a tear rolling down his face. “I...I’m sorry. It must have been too personal to talk about.” she appologized. “Its okay. Its just that my trip brought back too many unwanted memories.” he recomposed himself as he drew himself up to his full height. “How’s the training going?” “Most of them have learned the summon spells just like you and the others taught them. I have the Shiva spell.” Sarryn grinned widely. “Ice esper. How appripriate.” a faint tremor ran throughout the ground. “Kain is nearly at fighting power. He will come tommorow at midday at the latest,” he observed. “Then we will wait. We are good at waiting.” Authors Notes : Battle preps continue in the next chapter. Chapter 8 : Additions The four knights walked the roads of the Guardia highways in 2300 AD. Behind them, trailed Crono, Lina and Gourry. Gourry and Lina were arguing as usual with Crono trying to be the peacemaker. Large sweatdrops rolled down their foreheads as they walked in front of the squabbling pair. Behind the whole group, a group of people trailed behind, towing their accessories that they purchased in the future. Farl turned around grumpily. “Shut up you two before I have to remove your freakin heads from your freakin shoulders!” Sarryn created the portal and ushered the workers through with the equiptment. The Crono stopped and asked if they were heading back to the present. Sarryn nodded. “Yeah. But I gotta report in for a bit.” “Report in?” Lina asked curiously. Johnathan snorted. “He’s going to go and speak with THE God. I swear he gets more privilages than we do.” “You mean...?” Lina asked, fully knowing the answer. “Yeah. I gotta go. Hey, J, take ‘em back to 1000.” His clothes swirled around his body as he lifted into the heavens with a gust of wind. Ki folded his arms across his chest and stared up into the sky. “My brother the demi-god. The story of my life.” “Bell? Are you here?” His voice echoed around the deserted office where Belldandy worked. “She is not here.” Sarryn whirled around, his sword already ignited. He relaxed as he saw the Almighty standing there, hands stuck in his pockets. “Oh sir. Um, where’s Belldandy?” Kami-sama shook his head jokingly. “She’s off on earth for extended leave. A kid named Keiichi Morisato wished for a girlfriend just like Belldandy.” Kami-sama grinned, “she’s down there now.” “Oh, um, I just wanted some advice on the next fight.” Three hours later... The two men, one the creator and the other, a four thousand year old Silver Millenium resident, were laughing drunkenly as they slug down shots of Corillian Brandy. Just then, a teenaged looking man, with three markings on his forehead and under his eyes. His forehead was adorned with a diamond shape with jade hues. Under his eyes were triangles, moving in a line, straight, running parallel with his slanted eyes. His close cropped black hair mixed with his dark skin. He wore a turquoise suit with a thin sword strapped to his back. His neck bore a gleaming white scarf and on the sides of the collar, he wore a thunderbolt medalion. He took one look in on the scene and he groaned in dismay. The Kami was drunk again. “SIR!” he bellowed. Kami and Sarryn fell out from their chairs, holding their heads in pain. “The agony!” Sarryn groaned. “Mercy! Uncle! No shout no more!” Kami moaned. He flapped his hand onto the top of the chair, and pulled his body back up on the chair. “Gabriel, what have I told you about shouting when I’m slightly drunk?” “Gomen nasai. I came and you and Sarryn were laughing foolishly. But in any case, I came to ask a favor sir.” Kami grunted, fully sober. “Speak my son.” “I wish to help the Knights of the Round in the battle.” Gabriel replied. Kami-sama was silent for a second until he spoke. “I will allow it to happen, until the final battle. Then, you cannot interfere.” “Understood.” Kain screamed out his rage as he unleased a bolt of pure ebony energy towards the small village. It never stood a chance. He laughed manically as the winds stirred up the burning flames in the roasting village. He grinned as he carved a deep trench in the ground, destroying the forest in the southern contenant. Jurai will die, as with all those who would oppose him. He floated at a slow pace, savoring the dying screams of the innocents. The groups lined up, hands at the ready. They lined up in this order : Johnathan, Lina, Crono, Gourry, Marle, Sarryn, Zelgadis, Robo, Farl, Amelia, Magus and Gabriel. They stood at the ready for the inicial bomardment. A black mist formed at the front of the group as Ki formed out of the mists. “Fire the volley when he comes.” “I don’t think that’s going to be possible,” Johnathan grunted. “He’s coming with friends.” A collective cry of SHIT! permiated the air. A whole legion of demons were running towards them, headed by a huge Ruby Colored monster...or was it? “Damn, he’s brought a WEAPON!” Johnathan cursed. The huge weapon reared back with his claws. Weapons appeared around the groups. A glowing thin broad sword was unsheathed. A glowing sword shot out of a mystical hilt. The long handle extended to form a double edged blade from crimson flame. A small handle formed a large mace from its glowing contact. Two blades extended from the jade armor gauntlets. A hardened sword of metal slipped out of the wooden sheath as with another thinner sword. A scythe was brought out from under a dark cloak. Metal arms went up in defence. Iron fists were raised. A crossbow was unhooked from a back. A Wondershot was raised. A meter long sword of dreamstone was drawn. And finally, a huge polearm with a halbard/scythe was extended from a small handle with a flash of pure radient energy. Farl Bloodaxe sidestepped the charging demon and brought his staff sword down his opponents neck, neatly removing the head from the shoulders. He proptly rammed the end of the staff end into a gut, following with a sucession of fist strikes, flooring the demon behind him. He lit his weapon and swiped a row of charging monsters, reducing them to fading ash. Gourry ran through a group of monsters, a series of rapid sword strikes, decimating several. He turned around to block a club strike and immediately drove his sword into the stomach of a troll, lighting his sword with freezing energy. It fell to the ground, and proptly shattered. Lina tossed off several dozen rapid fire fireballs and proptly whipped around and cracked a jaw. She cursed and blasted a charging demon with a blazing pilliar of flame. “Man, they’re everywhere! Elmikia Lance!” The green bolt went through a row of heads. Frog parted a demon from its soul with a slice of his thick Masamune. He leapt up and chanted “Leap Cut!” The blade made demon shishkabob as he ran through several more unholy creatures. “Burst Rondo!” Amelia was turning everywhere, back to back with Lucca blasting several different foolish monsters. A swipe from a long sabre caught her attention : and was instantly melted along with its holder. He cried out in rumbling rage as he melted into a slag. Lucca blasted a group of monters and alternated with Fire, Fire2, and Megabomb techniques. Gabriel slashed his way through the grouped monsters. He whirled around and slammed his heel into a row of jaws. He shouted, “Flare Slash!” and leapt into the air, creating a vortex of heated wind. Combined with the damp day, a mini tornado formed, lifting several dozen attackers. Tenchi came in, his Master Key fully ignited for attacking. He slashed and carved a pathway into the demons, Ryoko behind him, finishing off anyone who survived the first onslaught. She then changed the energy sword into balls and flung them, incinerating many. Tenchi leapt up into the air and brought down the Tenchi-ken hard on a monster. It howled and lashed back with a hairy fist, catching the Jurain Prince on the jaw. He stumbled back, woosy, only to be saved a grusome death by Ryoko who soared into the air and grasped him, lifting him out of the melee combat zone. “KamehameHA!!!” Two more attackers went to meet their makers courtasy of Sarryn’s KamehameHa blast. He sent the blade of the polearm into the ground, shouting : “Blazing fist!” A huge shockwave of pure Chi hit the rushing monsters and whoever else was too stupid to get in the way. Wrenching the Silence Glave replica from the ground, he parted a soul from its demon inhabitant and followed up with several attacks, his polearm whirlling around with killing blows. “Lightning2!” “Ice2!” “Shock!” Three attacks merged into a giant ray of irridecant light as the three time wariors fought side by side. Marle yanked the “borrowed” sword from the corpse and immediately slashed another one coming up behind her. Crono decapitated one and impailed another while charging his sword with lightning for the extra power. He commented that they were everywhere. “No kidding!” Marle shot back while removing a creature of a nessary limb. “They don’t seem to quit, do they?” “I suggest a triple tech is nessary, don’t you agree?” Crono shook his head and said that he was too drained of power to cast a triple tech at the current point in time. Robo nodded and Uzi-punched a godless creature from the playing field. “Arisha Dist! Giga Volt! Bram Blazer! Fireball! Elmikia Lance! Elmekia Blade! Flare Arrow!” Lina was having the time of her life, able to use all these weapons of destruction. She fried another one and electrocuted several others. Needless to say, many of the demons didn’t want to get in her way, hence the large space around her. “Soul Blazer!” Two more attacking youma went to hell by a annoyed and injured teacher. “Flare Lazer!” Johnathan winced at the pain in his side as he fired more and more powerful attacks. Kain floated at the side of the Ruby WEAPON, grinning manicially. The carnage was inviting as he drew the energy from the hostility emitting from the monsters as they died one by one. He luxuriated in the dark energies to refill his power. “Good, good! The power is perfect! I have more power than before!!!” He laughed insanely as the steams of power flowed into his black shapeless body. Sarryn grimaced as the increasing power levels in Kain rose exponentially with the death toll counts. “Oh shoot. This is not good.” He rose into the air and enhanced his view with magic. “Chikuso! He’s drawing energy from the destruction around here! Everyone pull back!!!” Farl turned around and stared at him, while elbowing another in the face. “Whadda mean ‘pull back’?!” “We’re only feeding Kain more power! We have to pull back and fight later!” “You heard the man!” Johnathan roared, “PULL BACK!!!” Kain laughed more as the pathetic humans pulled away from the fighting. They were running like ants after the hill was destroyed and he revelled in their fear. Authors notes : This is sorta my main project until I actually get around to writing more of Pokemon 1/2 so don’t expect more updates with the other stories until this is mostly finished. I’m cutting it off here for some time since I got some pretty low grades right now. I’ll work on this later. Ja. Chapter 9 : Divine interferance Marle paced the room, her usually stable temper being pushed to its limits. A distant scream of agony waffed into the room and she grimaced. Near the end of the hall, Washu typed frantically at her virtual computer padds, trying to find that mythical sword. For a little piece of rock, Washu thought, its shielded pretty darn good. Tenchi and Gourry lay on the beds set up in the corner of the room, their wounds being tended to. Gourry was healing fast while Tenchi was still trying to stay in the realm of conciousness. Unlike Gourry, Tenchi was not really used to melee combat. Johnathan sat grimly while sipping a cup of tea Sylpheel had offered him. His side was bandaged several times over to keep it from bleeding any more. Ki and Magus stayed in the shadows, drawing power from its inviting darkness. Both were stotic, their faces showing no emotion. During the fight, Ki had regressed back to his dark former self, not caring about anything but when to strike, leathaly and quickly. Sarryn finished casting a full Heal4 around the room, mending most of the injuries inflicted on several of the fighters. Sylpheel also added her white magic powers to help with the recovery process. Outside, screams wafted into the room. sending cold shivers down everyone’s spines. Upstairs, Crono stood, watching as the huge Ruby WEAPON was rampaging in the southern continant, its hulking red form distinct across the blood red sky. Marle came up behind him, and wrapped a scarf around his neck. “Take it,” she said quietly, “its still cold out.” Crono grudgingly accepted the scarf, its warmth encircling his muscled neck, relaxing the tention built up during the fight. He uttered a thanks and turned his gaze back onto the devistation already scarring the lands. Marle opened her mouth to say something but thought better of it. She turned around and walked back inside the castle. As she decended the stairs, the familiar form of Sarryn’s female body met her on the stairs. Atchika, as Sarryn liked to be called in her new body, was smiling sadly. “How’d it go?” she asked. “Fine,” Marle replied, decending the stairway. “How’s he doing?” “He’s doing better,” came the answer. Atchika sighed and stopped the blonde on the steps. “Something’s bothering you. What is it?” Marle looked hurt for a second but then her face hardened into a grim mask. “We’ve destroyed Lavos in this era. But...what if something happens again? What if Kain is able to destroy us? Then what will happen to all the inoccents? Will they suffer as the people of the old future did?!” By now, she was shouting out, not caring on who heard her cries. Marle buried her face in the taller girls shoulder, crying. Atchika wrapped her arms around the girl and whispered conforting words to her. The sobbing lasted into the night. Washu downed her sixty-seventh cup of Juraian coffee blend that Sasami had given her and resumed typing at the keyboard. Soon, her computer beeped as it locked onto a faint energy pattern near the Truce Town. Washu grinned, locked the computer into a scanning procedure, and immdiately fell asleep. Dawn broke into the sky of Guardia, its reddish hues from the battle before giving way to a serene blue sky. Down at the entrance to the Guardia forest, three people stood, shouldering digging materials and lamps. Crono beconed and they started to walk towards his house. Last night, Washu found a small temple under where Crono’s family had built the house. The entrance was behind his house, buried under several meters of rock and dirt. Upon reaching the house, Crono went inside and came out a few minutes later, his mother trailing behind him. Crono’s mother bowed low. “Konichiwa! My son said that a temple is buried under our house, is that correct?” “Yes ma’am it is. We would like to dig under your house where we discovered the entrance to the temple.” “Of course, just go right ahead and dig.” Three hours later... “Hey I found it!” Marle’s cry brought Sarryn and Crono to where Marle was staring at a door, etched with a symbol of three triangles in a large triangle pattern. Crono looked at the symbol and asked what it was. Sarryn looked at it and blink-blinked. He then groaned. “It had to be them. Only they could do something like this.” “What is it?” Marle asked, curious. “Bell, Skuld and Urd decided to play a little joke on us,” was the reply. “They sealed it with their little Triforce symbol. Now how’d that song go?” He pulled out a Oricania from his pouch and played a Lullaby. The symbol flared and the heavy stone doors opened with a groan of rusty hinges. He flipped the Oricania and stuffed it back into storage space. The trio dencended into the dark depths. “You think they’ll be okay?” Gourry asked. “Don’t worry they’ll be fine,” Lina responded. “But what if something bad happens to them?” “They can handle whatever comes at them.” In contradiction to what Lina said, the three were running away from a freakin huge Octopus, which was taking potshots at their backs. “I’m sure they’re fine,” Lina commented while leaning back on the wall. The three were swinging Indiana Jones style across a pit of venimous snakes. “Don’t worry. If they can survive, anyone can.” Clip of them screaming as a legion of the undead are converging on their co-ordanates. Flamethrowers are immdiately put into use. “I mean, what’s the worst thing they could encounter in that dark, dank temple?” They were running from a purple dinosaur in sheer terror, who was trying to be their friend. A blast of flame took it right out as its carcas was roasted to tenderness. Marle, Crono, and Sarryn were gasping for air, while leaning on the stone walls. This was too much. “The snakes were fine, the rolling boulders were okay. Even the undead were better than demons!” Marle took a big breath and screamed with a huge head, “BUT THE PURPLE DINOSAUR I WILL NOT TAKE!!!!!!” “Look on the b-bright side,” Sarryn gasped, “what more can they throw at us?” A legion of monkeys with huge mallets came a-chargin in, their faces marked with insanity. Sarryn facefaulted. “Hmph.” Marle grunted, “did you have to ask?” Crono grumbled and yoinked the author into the story, and threatended him to flip to the next scene. The author hastily complied. A circle with the Triforce symbol stood in the center of the room, a marble blade standing out from the center of the symbol. Sarryn snorted. “Very funny guys,” he muttered. Crono nodded and stepped up to the sword, grasped the handle... and was immediately thrown back by a shockwave of power. Marle rushed to his side, nursing his sore ribs. Sarryn readied a Wall spell and grasped the handle. The shockwave of power pushed him back a step as it made the room shake. He frowned. “Wierd,” was the comment. “it’s rejecting us. That never happened before.” Crono asked what was going on. “The sword is rejecting us from taking it out from the stone. I think its waiting for someone else.” He then looked thoughtful. “Maybe if I try this song...” The Royal Lullaby once again floated into the air as he played the sweet notes. The air shimmered as it displayed the face of a familiar black haired woman. “Sylpheel?” “Are you sure about this?” Sylpheel asked nervously. She stood in front of the sword, nervously twiddling her thumbs. “I’m sure Sylpheel. The image was of you. You must be the one to pull the sword.” Sarryn folded his arms to punctuate the sentance. Lina and Zelgadis stood off to the side. Lina was complaining loudly since she couldn’t pull the sword from the monolith. Zel was sorely tempted to bash the shrimpy sorceress into next week. Sylpheel steeled herself and slowly reached for the sword. She reached out and grasped the handle, her eyes shut tightly. Nothing happened. She curled her fingers around the sword and added another hand. Bracing herself on the stone, she inhaled sharply...and pulled the sword out from the stone. It flared brightly as the marble sword reformed into a graceful blade, worthy of a womans hands. Sylpheel smiled and taking a unknown power, she grasped a casing for it and sheathed the lengthy sword at her side. Everyone applauded as Sylpheel bowed low, her face flushed with excitement. Amelia laughed and hugged her friend. “Great job Miss Sylpheel! You’ve done it!!!” Sylpheel nodded and hugged back. “I did, didn’t I?” “Wow, so that’s the Sword we’ve been looking for huh?” Gourry asked. Lina groaned. “Gourry you moron, that’s not the sword we’re looking for!” “Actually it is,” came the reply from Zelgadis. “that sword is a legendary Holy Sword. Though it looks different from what I thought it would.” “That’s because it’s only a quarter of the full sword.” Johnathan nodded sagely at the others expressions. “the sword is actually one of the elemental blades, needed to be combined with the other three swords. The four elements plus a Spiritual Element are needed to change all of them into one sword.” “So, this sword is only one of four weapons?” Sylpheel asked. “Indeed.” Lucca yawned loudly. “I don’t know what you guys are going to do now but I need more sleep.” Yoshu nodded. “We all do. Come, let us leave this place.” They turned to go but as they opened the door, the scary purple dinosaur chased them back inside the room. Tenchi and Yoshu slammed the door shut. “I thought you guys killed it!!!” Tenchi yelled, frightened. “PBS is keeping it alive!!!” Farl yelled back, equally scared. Gabriel nodded and started chanting. Soon, the room filled with sparkly light as a blue light rose from the ground. “Gabriel Express now boarding for the trip back up above ground. Allll aboard!!” They wasted no time getting back above ground. “The planets are aligned...the time is right...” one said. “Everything is as told...the time is right...” another agreed. “We must be wary of things to come....” another said. “All things are in harmony...in two years... everything will be as fortold in the legends...” the first voice added. “To succeed, they will loose one close to them...the time is now... ‘till all are one.” “Till all are one...” “Till all are one...” Sylpheel swung the sword around, its weight not holding any strain on her arms. The sword felt light, an extention of her arm itself. Her mind and body was in harmony with the wind as it shrieked when the keen length of silver flowed through the air. She smiled and swung the sword around, her mind and body focused as one. Then she woke up. Sylpheel looked around the bedroom in the Guardia Royal Castle. She had taken the dark embrace of warmth in the room to quell her nervousness. In all her life, Sylpheel had never used a sword before and was quite adament about using a sword in an upcoming battle. True, she would never be able to fight normally with the sword as in her dreams, but she alone could hold the weapon. But they were relying on her to fight. Silently, she wished that something could make everything turn out right. Sylpheel turned over and went to sleep in the wake of an inqusitive owl looking in her room from a branch, hooting softly. The breakfast table was, for the destruction outside and most of the others moods, bright and cheerful. Sasami, the cooks and Crono’s mother were serving breakfast and many dug into the food. At one end, Ryoko, Lina, and Gourry were tearing into the food, as well as fighting over the last noodles that were in the bowl in front of them. The other end heraled Tenchi, Ayeka, Yoshu who were eating at a more civilized pace. The rest of the members of the other two teams were eating more quickly, ready to train some more before they decided to take on the Ruby WEAPON that Kain had somehow drawn out of sleep, deep in the earth. Everyone ate, chatting animatedly as more food was brought out for everyone. Soon, the table was cleared and each person went out to train for the next battle. Sarryn hovered over the fountain, his legs in a lotus position and his eyes closed. He felt the rushing of the water, the songs of the birds, the serene sky and earth, and then... the pain of the scarred world crying out for the help it needed. Soon, another person floated up and “sat down” beside him. It was Gabriel. “Hey, whatcha thinking?” he asked. “Nothing much,” Sarryn replied. “only that if we fail, then this world is dust.” “You sure are looking on the dark side,” Gabriel commented lightly. Sarryn grinned, “I guess that being as old as I am can make you a little senile.” “Senile? You? In about another four thousand years.” Sarryn laughed, albit forced. He then looked out into the patches of dark land. “I can feel the lands agony. How much more can it take? If things continue...I’ll have to use my last resort spell.” Gabriel’s eyes widened in shock and grasped his friends shoulders, spinning him around to look at him. “NO!” he yelled, “there is no WAY you’re going to use that spell!!! It’s too dangerous! A scarifice spell like that could kill you!!! I won’t allow it!!!” “Gabriel, listen!! LISTEN DAMMIT! If the situation requires my life to save it, then so be it. I’m sorry.” Sarryn stood up from his floating position and spun up back into the clouds, to fly aimlessly like he used to in the Silver Millenium. Sylpheel swung the sword again, its weight unusually light. An extention of her arm. Its keen blade parted the air like a hot knife through butter. The sword was fashioned to her arms length, giving her extentions where there was not enough length to it. She swung the weapon, the weight draining from her arms. She felt free and danced around, the sword moving in a kata, that would make most weapon masters green with envy. She smiled and used the sword against practice dummies, the weapon seperating each part with grace and precision. Sylpheel smiled and sheathed the sword. And this was not a dream. Authors notes : This was my original intent to let only Sylpheel be able to use the sword. In fact, it works nicely to the drama in this story. Till next chapter. Ja. Chapter 10 : From Dusk to Dawn The forest glave was slent with the songs of birds singing sweetly in the light of dawn. The water rushed through the stream banks, the earth produced more shoots and soft green grass. It didn’t last. In an instant, the purple energy flashed out, carving a deep trench in the forest. More bolts fell from the now reddish purple sky. By now, all the residents of the smaller towns had taken up residence in the castle, pushing its resorces to the limit. Kain growled and unleashed another bolt of energy, hoping to find something of use in the earth. For much of the time spent on Guardia, he had felt a power source he could try to use. But now, it was gone. He howled his frustration to the uncaring sky and unleashed a huge bolt of energy at the castle. The bolt streaked along its path, and struck a forcefield, shaking the land around it. Inside, the tremors fell most of the soldiers to their knees as the vibrations shook the castle violently. Marle stumbled up the steps towards her fathers bedroom. Inside, her father was sitting at the window, his rugged face tight, drawn and weary. He looked much older than he really was. “Marle, the attacks are resuming,” he said, not turning around. “what is your plan?” “We are still trying to find out if we can draw him into a void or drain his powers. To beat Kain, we have to sever his ties to the negative energies taken from this world.” The king nodded slowly. “That could be done with a huge surge of positive energy but I doubt even in this Kingdom there is enough positive energy to overwhelm Kain’s powers.” Marle studied her toes while rocking slightly. “I know the feeling,” she whispered. “But nonethertheless, we have to fight him, no matter what he does.” The king was silent when Marle turned to go but he stood and cleared his throat. Marle turned around, waiting for what he was about to say. “Nadia,” he spoke slowly, “I want you to have this,” he handed her a small ring. “it was your mothers. And I want you to keep this on you to give you strength. Be careful darling.” King Guardia pulled his daughter into a tight hug. After a minute, Marle pulled herself away and left. “The most powerful magic and physical fighters will attack the Ruby WEAPON at the already devistated Porre Town. There we can minimize civilian casualties. Half of you will distract Kain’s forces with an attack at the town just before the Zenan Bridge. The rest will gather with the Guradia Army that have come here through our Time Gates and reinforce you at these co-ordanates.” Sarryn tapped a small area near the back of the bridge. “There, will be our last defence save for Tenchi, Yoshu and Washu. You three will use the Light-Hawk Wings and Washu’s technology if you see fit to do so. Any questions?” A low mummur went through the crowd. Sarryn smiled grimly. “This will be a tough battle but our last stand is now. The WEAPON team will be Crono, Ayla, Robo, myself, Lina, Gourry, Zel and Johnathan. Sylpheel will be our ace in the hole so she will be kept back as a healer until Kain makes his move. Lets go.” “Well here comes the unholy butthole now! Thanks for burning everything down you stupid bitch!” Everyone stared at Johnathan strangely. He grinned and said, “it’s from South Park. Lets move!” The Ruby WEAPON reared back and jammed its claws into the dirt. A slight tremor moved under their feet and its claws poked out from the back. “Watch it! It’ll try to use its quicksand attack! First volley now!!!” Lina grew an exponentialy huge fireball in her hands. “Fireball!” The enormous ball of flame struck the WEAPON and it reared back, a burn mark clear in its armor. Johnathan grinned. “BLAST ASH!!!” The attacks continued. “FREEZE ARROW!” “Ice Sword2!” “Triple Kick!” “Demonic Crystal!” “White Flamethrower!” “Uzi-punch!” Bolts of fire, ice, enchanced kicks, shamanism, white flame and punches assulted the huge weapon. It was pushed back a few steps, its armor battered and broken. The WEAPON roared and slammed its claws into the ground, and its voice rumbled like a thunderstorm. “Earthquake,” was the attack phrase. Streams of power blasted out into the fray, turning most of the rampaging trolls into smoking piles of dust. Aerial assults were used by the flying magic users as they rained down bolts of destructive power atop the monsters. The battle raged while many guards fell, only to be dragged away towards the back lines where Amelia and Sylpheel were tending to the wounded. Sylpheel’s hands were shaking at all the carnage she felt in the air. The power was not unlike Rezo when he took on the powers of the mist demon Zanifar. Her hand went instinctively to the graceful curved blade of marble hanging from her belt for support. The handle felt cool, inviting to be used for the good of this planet. She smiled slightly. But this time, there was no humor in the smile, only grim realization. Amelia found herself looking at Sylpheel, her face twitching slightly in nervousness. She had only seen that smile once before : they were at the ruins of the new and old Syrrag, fighting Zanifar/Rezo for the good of mankind. Sylpheel had helped everyone recover and during the healing process, Amelia had asked her about what she was smiling about. “Miss Sylpheel? Why are you smiling?” “Oh? Just thinking of what would have happened if we had to fight to the bitter end.” Amelia felt a chill go up her spine. “And what was the thought exactly?” “Just thinking what would happen if Rezo had to deal with a Dragon Slave up close and personal.” she answered in a low tone. Amelia “eep”ed and backed off slightly. Snapping out of her flashback, Amelia stood and walked over to another group of people to tend their wounds, at the same time, casting nervous glances at Sylpheel. “Hurricane Force!” The hurricane force winds slammed the still quite alive Ruby WEAPON back a few steps. It chuckled and opened its mouth to unleash a breath weapon. Fortunately, the attack took several seconds to power up and by the time he had shot the attack, the remaining three : Lina, Gourry and Sarryn, were able to dodge the attack with minimal injuries. “Man he never gives up, does he?” Lina commented. “He’s tougher than rock,” Gourry noted, while hefting his sword. Sarryn pushed himself up with his sword and brought his hands together. “Rage of the wind, fire and earth, combine and work as one! Encase Coccon!!!” As one, tenticles of fire, water and earth snaked up under the WEAPON, encasing it a hard shell of diamond hard crystal. Sarryn breathed a sigh of relief. “That should give us more time to fight,” he said while leaning on his sword for support. “Yeah but he’s starting to break free!” A shard of crystal fell from the stone, followed by more. Sarryn snapped his fingers in annoyance. “Can’t he stay down for once?!” he groused, upset. Lina narrowed her eyes and started the oh so familiar chant for the Dragon Slave. Just then, with a once-in-a-lifetime flash of insparation, Gourry had an idea. “I know! Light Come Forth!!!” The blade of hardened will burst from the sword and he started to run. By now, Lina was into the near end of the spell. “Let those who oppose us be destroyed! With thine spiritual power held within my hand, symbolizing the power you and I hold!!!” She then remembered a vague memory from a couple of years ago. ‘This seems familiar somehow.’ she mused to herself. The beam of power flowed into Gourry’s sword and multiplied by a factor of a hundred. “DRAGON SLAVE!!!” The sword cut through the crystal, rendering the whole thing to dust. When the swordsman stepped away, the form of Ruby WEAPON burst out of the crystal, its body starting to evaporate. They celebrated wildly but suddenly, they felt a sharp pike in the magic streams. Even Gourry, who was normally brain dead, could feel it. “Kuso! An Desperation Strike!!! Everyone get back!” Sarryn’s warning came too late as the beam of ruby colored power lanced out, and destroyed.... “My god,” Sylpheel whispered. “Kami-sama save us,” Lina croaked out. “No...” Johnathan rasped. “Father....” “Washu....Ayeka....Sasami....Grandfather....” Crono blinked several times, unbelieving what had happened but then started to chant a prayer sent down by his family thoughout the ages for the loved deceased. The once proud Guardia Castle...was totally disintrigrated mercilessly. Its burnt out husk devoid of all life within. Marle stepped up in front of the group, the monsters retreating from the battle scarred lands. She stared up into the sky...and screamed out her pain to the cold uncaring night sky. Authors notes : Washu, Yoshu, Ayeka, Sasami and other favorite charecters are dead. But I still promise a happy ending. Trust me, they will live...They will live. Oh yes, they WILL live. Chapter 11 : Ashes of Eden “NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!” The mornfull cry echoed around the sky as the Princess of Guardia, the only living Royal family member, and the sole heir of the Throne collapsed on the blood stained ground, sobbing her eyes out. Across the way, Crono pushed his way through the crowd, and let Marle drape herself over his shoulders. Crono hefted her in her arms and asked where they could stay someplace safe. Lucca shook her head. “there’s nowhere safe anymore Crono.” She looked around, flames licking the sides of the forest and the hulk of Ruby WEAPON in the southern contenant. “At least, if we find shelter, then we might be able to sleep for about two hours before fighting again.” “I know a place,” Sarryn said from the rear. “But it will take most of my power to get there.” “Where is it?” Lina asked. “It is a planet far from here. The remnants of my old family live there and it will be safe from Kain for a while. But then after regaining our strength, we must go back.” “You mean earth?” Tenchi asked, wiping his tears from his face. “Exactly. I can find shelter from my friends there and family. But when I left earth a few days ago, all memory of my being there was eraced within a half hour. So I’ll have to find my little sister.” “Little sister? I thought you were four thousand years old!” Lucca joked in an effort to lighten the mood. “Har har,” he forced out, “seriously though, they are reincarnated.” “But I don’t want to leave,” Marle choaked out. Crono agreed and said that they couldn’t abandon the planet after all they fought for. Sarryn sighed. “Well there is one way we can save the planet and I’m ready to do it but...” “B...but what?” Marle asked. “It would take my life to cast. Its the Eternal Dragon Assention Blaze. It’s my forbidden spell which would take the expenditure of all my power. Including my life force.” “I never knew...” Lina mummured silently. “Is it that powerful?” Amelia asked. “It is. I had tried it before...and I was nearly dead when I used it the last time before sealing the spell up into the back of my mind. It has the power to restore life, fix the surroundings, and even compress time into a tight ball for an instant. In all exactivity, it’s more powerful than the Light-Hawk Wings, The Crystal of the Silver Millenium, and the Giga Slave.” Tenchi gulped at the amount of raw power one could do with that spell, exacting its horrible price on the casters life itself. “I am ready to use it...but first, we must go to earth.” The white knight drew his sword and started to chant in latin. Soon, the chanting was been made for all the ears present. “Winds on the four corners of the earth, come to me as one. The life of all things preserved into a small power within this blade. The mighty heavens, the meek earth. All the souls of human kind are strong. Give this weapon power from the stars and let its blade cut through the fabric of space and time itself.” He moved the blade in a wide circle and cut two streaks through it, in a X motion. The power glowed bright blue as he held his hands to the glowing circle. “X-Zone,” he whispered. The symbol glowed and sprung to life, the four flaps bursting out with liquid energy. The teenager sighed and gestured the other gaping people through the portal. Hino Rei looked up from her fire, her higher level psychic sences sencing spiritual energy. A LOT of spiritual energy. She reached out with her mind and tried to touch the power flow. She could catch a glimpse of a young man, a petite red head, a spikey haired red head and a teenager with close cropped hair and a thin ponytail trailing down the back. Then the images stopped and the fire burned down to its normal height. Rei took in a deep breath and steeled herself. They felt powerful, so powerful that they could destroy this planet. Four months ago was the battle with Pharaoh 90 and the Snow Queen. Hotaru had grown up back into a young girl but she seriously doubted that if Hotaru transformed into Sailor Saturn, she couldn’t control her powers just yet. Rei turned towards the sacred fire to gain more answers from its cleansing flame. “Hi. We need lodging for about two weeks.” The hotel manager eyed the man in white critically. “Sir,” he said slowly, “this is a five star hotel. You can not get a room without prior reservation.” Sarryn leaned over and stared the hawk nosed man in the eye. “We’ve had a bad day and I’d just like to get some rest. Here’s a ruby, and knock yourself out.” He pressed a gemstone into the manager’s hand and the hawk nosed man went from suspicious to bowing and scraping. “Yes sir!!! Five suites will be prepared for you and your entonague. Marvin!” A thin bellboy ran up, “yes’r?” “Take these people up to the suites 100 to 105. You know the drill.” Lina flopped back on the bed, extremely tired from the attack. She noted the dimming sunlight in Toyko and found the city charming. Amelia and Sylpheel came in the door and looked out the huge window. “Wow, it’s so big out there,” Amelia commented. Sylpheel nodded and undid her cape, “it is, I’m glad we got a room with this sort of view.” “Who cares about the view?” Lina spoke from the bed, “the food has got to be good. Speaking of which, since we’re living off of Sarryn’s money, we might as well eat in the dining room downstairs.” Lina then thought of something. “Speak of the devil, where is Sarryn anyways?” “Mr. Excalibur said he had something to go and do. Said something about fullfilling his destiny,” Amelia replied. *Knock knock* Michiru Kaiou rose from her position on the couch, treading silently across the plush carpet of the apartment. She peeked out the door to see a young kid, about Hotaru’s age. Unlaching the chain, she swung the door open. “Yes?” she asked. The little boy turned cute eyes up to her. “Miss? Is Hotaru in? I’m a classmate.” Michiru was prepared for many questions but none so amazing as one of Hotaru’s classmates coming to her home. “Of course...” she said slowly. “I’ll go get her.” Soon, the little purple eyed girl came down the hall, sufficently prepared for any teasing this boy was about to inflict on her. Instead, he smiled and asked, “are you Hotaru Tomoe?” “Yes, and you might be?” she asked. “I’m Eric Garin, I’m a philipino student in your school.” He looked up to the older turquoise haired girl standing near the kitchen door. “May I please speak with Hotaru alone for a minute?” Michiru thought it over. “I guess it couldn’t hurt. Go ahead.” Once Hotaru closed the door, she whirled on him, ready for any teasing. After a second, one of her eyes flitted open, only to be met with a curious look from the young boy. hotaru visibly relaxed. “Since you’re finished tencing, I’d like to show you seomthing.” He closed his eyes and concentrated, a deep purple sigil appearing on his forehead. Hotaru gasped and stared. The sigil was of the planet Saturn. “How...who are you?” she asked. ‘Look deep inside Hotaru-chan,’ a small voice came from deep within her mind. ‘remember me. Please.’ Hotaru thought back, her memories of the Silver Millenium. Playing as a young girl with her brother, meeting Princess Serenity. Becoming the Senshi of Death and Life. Earning the title of Master Scientest along with her cousin Ami, or better known as Senshi Mercury. she remembered. Hotaru blinked, “Sarryn?” she asked quitely. The child nodded. “It’s me...Imoto.” Hotaru choaked back a tear and flung her arms around her brother. He hugged back with equal fevor. Hotaru cried quietly, resting her head on his shoulder. Sarryn whispered words of confidence and support as the tears flowed from her face. Kain roared out his frustration as another town bit the dust. Where the hell had those wretched humans gone with the Juraian family?! They couldn’t have gotten far. With a resigned sigh, he settled for blowing the whole countryside to rubble. A shrine atop a hill heraled a elderly woman who’s small form hidden a enormous power inside it. She was known as Genkai. To her student Urameshi Yusuke, she was known as Master. As of this moment, the Master of Reiki was nervously pacing the stone walkway in front of the temple. Something was not right, someone with enormous Reiki, even more than Yusuke was prowling the streets of Toyko, ready to go off like a time bomb. Botan had dropped off at the temple a while ago, saying that a man with enough power more than many Youkai and maybe more had showed up. To this, the others had ran off, looking for the man with this sort of power. Botan had said she would check with the offices to see if they had a record of him on file. She hadn’t returned in over five hours. Yukina, a Ice Maden, peeked out of the doors of the home, her young features creased with worry. After Botan had left along with the others, she could feel quite a lot of power building in Toyko. She only hoped that nothing as drastic as King Yakomo were threatening this place. “We’ve been searching for over five freakin hours and still this thing hasn’t appeared! Arugh!!!” Kuwabara was not having a good day. Neither was Yusuke for that matter, his eardrums being hammered by the taller mans griping. “Shut up Kuwabara before I’ll have to hurt you,” he grated out through clenched teeth. Kuwabara sniffed and turned his head skyward... only to see a young girl fly across the sky. With no oar transport. Kuwabara did the most logical thing to a man who faced many demons, battled the Demon King Yakomo, and went to Sasharashi College would do. He freaked. Yusuke suddenly found his sight suddenly removed as a babbling Kuwabara clamped to his face, nearly pulling him over on his back. “Getoffame!” Yusuke heaved the bigger man off his face with his Youkai strength and set him on the grass. Kuwabara had, by now, passed out from oxygen deprivation. “Typical,” Yusuke grumbled, “he sees something and he passes out. You’d think he saw a ghost.” “Or a reasonable facimile to it,” joked a voice behind him. Kurama and Hiei came up behind the demon hybrid, chuckling at Kuwabara’s predicament. Well, Kurama was the only one laughing. But he was the one laughing hard. “What’s with the great and mighty Kuwabara huh? He saw a ghost and passed out from fright?” “Be nice,” Hiei muttered under his breath, too low for anyone to hear him. “Actually, he saw a girl fly overhead,” chimed in Botan who just appeared in the sky overhead. “That girl Kuwabara saw was the girl we’ve been looking for.” “Where’s she headed?” Yusuke asked. “Towards the Nerima district. And she seemed like she was in a hurry.” Yusuke sighed. They were in for a looooong night. Shampoo Lao, the great grandaughter of the Matriach of the Chinese Village of Amazons, was currently wiping down the tables in the Nekohanten when a young girl walked into the resturant. “Nihao! Welcome to Nekohanten. Shampoo take order, yes?” The girl smiled and sat down. “One deluxe Ramen bowl, extra beef. And i’d like to speak with Cologne.” Shampoo blinked. The Ramen order was customary. But speaking with Cologne was another thing. “Alright, Shampoo go get.” Soon her order came and Atchika set about eating the Ramen order. In a few minutes, the elderly woman pogoed into the room on her cane. She stood in front of the table, looking at the newcomer. “You said you wanted to speak with me?” Cologne asked. Atchika nodded and finished her Ramen. “I did honored Matriarch,” came the reply. Cologne raised an eyebrow. “Indeed, and what buisness do you have with me?” “Just wanted to check out a familiar Ki signiture in the area,” the girl replied. “You of all people should recognize mine.” Cologne narrowed her eyes ans stared intently for a few minutes until she shook her head. “I don’t feel any power coming from you girl. Are you sure we have met before?” “Quite frankly, yes. If you want...” she trailed off as another familiar siginiture zoomed past with a hoard of shrieking women on its tail. Her eyebrow twitched in frustration. “The lecher is still alive?! I though I maimed him for life!” This comment sparked a memory in Cologne’s mind as vague instances with a young black haired girl came to the surface. Atchika turned her attention towards the old woman. “I guess I should prove my familiarity towards you.” With that, she raised her power levels to maximum. Every martial artist in the whole district staggered under the power she was giving off. After Cologne had readjusted her composure, she smiled. This smile however was to be kindly, not to scare children. “Atchika,” she said, “it’s been a long time.” “Very long Cologne-chan,” Atchika replied. “I see you’ve aged somewhat.” “And you haven’t aged a day,” Cologne countered. “I see that keeping your training up has given you a very youthful body.” “Not exactly. I age normally but I use my magic reserves to change from body to body, keeping my youthful looks intact. Saves constant training time. Especially what has happened now.” Cologne nodded and sat down across from the immortal. “And what is it that happened, pray tell?” “Kain survived the last battle in 1977. He is now attacking another world. My team and our friends are now here for some sanctuary until we find out how to defeat Kain once and for all.” “I see. And you are here to tell me what?” Sarryn sighed, reverting back to his normal form. “Only you will remember this talk. In 1992, I will return to reclaim the Flare Sabre from the temple of fire in Mount Fiji. It may take my life to do so, praying that I do not cast the ultimate spell in this last fight.” “And if you do? Then what?” Cologne asked. “I will appoint another with my powers until I can return to the mortal plane to regain my full power levels again.” Cologne grew silent for a second until she spoke, “Then you should pass it down to Shampoo.” Sarryn shook her head, “Shampoo is not part of this battle. If she gains the Holy Powers, the little one will not know how to use them correctly. Many a technique is very dangerous and powerful. No telling what she would do with my powers.” “True,” Cologne mused, “but she is of your line.” Sarryn groaned, “Don’t remind me. I think I made a mistake coming back to visit the tribe. Rinse wanted to fight me.” “And you won,” Cologne pointed out. “Yeah but that was before I found out that she was your grandaughter.” Cologne snickered slightly before recomposing her stern demeanior. “In any case, if you come back to visit later, then look us up. Shampoo will probably be married to her fiancee anyways.” Sarryn arched his eyebrow. “Really? Who was the unlucky sap who defeated her?” This earned a sharp rap on his skull. “The ‘unlucky sap’ in question is Ranma Saotome.” “Ranma Saotome? I think I remember that name somewhere.” Flashback : Its in Ranma’s old boys school. Sarryn is one of the teachers, who is trying to teach both Ranma and Ryoga the fundamentary physics. This ended up in the useage of a Stone Glare technique. Ranma and Ryoga are stone statues for the rest of the class. “Oh yeah, I remember! I taught Ranma and his friend Ryoga in their old school. Had to seperate them several times.” Sarryn remised. “So you taught the lost boy? I have too. In fact...” A loud shout of RANMA PREPARE TO DIE!!! echoed across the street as the building known as Ucchan’s Okonomiyaki-ya shook with the sounds of martial artists fighting. Sarryn blinked while checking over his shoulder at the fighting. “This happens often?” “Every day. Sometimes, Son in Law has done something to anger one of his fiancee’s and it turns into a full fist fight.” “Multiple fiancee’s? He isn’t of Yoshu’s line, is he?” “I haven’t checked. But if he is of Juraian decent, then this will work out nicely.” Cologne grinned, “this could have merit if he is.” “I’ll check. We’ll be heading back in about a week. Only a couple of days should have passed by when we go back.” “Good. I will drop by in a couple of days.” Sarryn nodded and stood, heading out the door. “See ya Cologne!” “Take care great grandson,” came the reply. Authors notes : Sarryn’s been around a long time, and he seems to bring everything down on himeself. Strange, ne? Chapter 12 : From Death and Beyond Sarryn woke up screaming. It had happened every day for the last week the crew were on earth. The same dream, a huge dragon looming in the background, the gastly shape of Metallia to his back, the horrible laughter of Kain and Beryl, and other things were springing into his mind. He stumbled into the bathroom and splashed his face several times to relieve some of the cold sweat running down his face. Soon, he was able to return to bed, still restless after the obligitory nightmare. Marle looked withdrawn as she always did after they had fled Guardia. Her crystal blue eyes were dead, void of life instead of the happy sparkle in them. She had dreams, no, she could call them visions. They were always the same, the planet calling out to her as a dome of white light burst from the surface. The white void where she saw her life played across from scene to scene. The eventual blackness. And finally, the bracelet. Marle had no idea what the bracelet was about. She supposed it represented her bond with the planet or something like that. But after a repeating monitone of the same dream, she was tired from trying to figure out its meaning. Tenchi ate silently at the breakfast table, trying to figure out what had become of his life. One day he was a normal teenaged boy with a average success rate with females. Now, he had too many to handle. Ryoko was his best friend after sixteen years watching him. Ayeka and Sasami were normal grindings of reality into the otherwise Anime-style life he had. Mihoshi was entertainment, plain and simple, and Kiyone was mature and a great friend. Washu, excempting the fact she was Ryoko’s mother was great fun to be around, without the random experiment done on him. Sadly, he wondered what life would be like if he lost the rest like he lost Washu, his grandfather, Ayeka and Sasami. Lina Inverse slept rather peacefully. She woke up in her dream, in a familiar forest and an elderly man sitting down at the waters edge. Lina thought hard on his name and then, she kicked him into the waters edge, laughing. Rouudy Gabriev clambered onto the edge of the bank, gasping for air. “Why’d you do that for?” he asked. “It’s been a while Rouudy,” she said while sitting down beside him. “So how’s the afterlife?” “Oh I’m not dead, I’m hiding in the islands.” “What?! And here I was trying to conpensate myself from your death!! No thanks to you!” Rouudy laughed, “If you’re trying to mourn my passage after two years, then there’s no use trying. Have you met my great grandson? He’s quite the swordsman.” “Not really,” she mused, “if he’s anything like you, he has got to be powerful and gallant.” Rouudy bigsweated, “I...wouldn’t say that exactly.” he muttered. “But I think you know him.” “And who is it?” Rouudy facefaulted. “I can’t believe you never seen it yet! The sword! The family sword!!! Gourry! Gourry! The halfwitted swordman who’s trailing after you! You’re trying to get my sword!!!” “WHAAAAAAAAATTTT!!! That jellyfish for brains is your decendant?!” Lina burned with a huge battle aura. “And here I am, never noticing his fully name!” Rouudy wisely backed off a few steps. “Anyways Gourry is my decendant. He may not be the smartest boy in the land but he does have the guts to fight.” “Tell that to him when we faced off against Shabernigdo,” Lina growled. “I see you faced off against the dark lord, eh? Well no matter. If you were able to defeat the Dark Lord then you should be able to destroy Kain.” “And like how do we do that?” Lina shot back. “By doing what we did a long time ago. Power up the sword with a Dragon Slave.” Lina opened her mouth to comment but found that she couldn’t counter his reasoning. “I guess...thanks Rouudy!” “No problem. Now wake up, you’re heading back home today.” Lina awoke to the crystal blue sky of Tokyo. The symbol flared into a portal and the group of fighters stepped out into the destruction of the planet. The whole area was smoking rubble with gouts of flame and lava flaring up in the ground. Marle shivered slightly. “”It’s like...like...” “The old future.” Robo finished. “The whole place is totally slagged. Worse than Lavos.” Crono clenched his fist and vowed that Kain would pay. Everyone else nodded grimly. Kain grinned as he felt the familiar powers of the Juraian family back on the planet. Now, the final battle will start. Authors notes : The final battle is coming. Wait for the ultimate powers on hand. Chapter 13 : I call the powers of the gods above.... Magus lifted his head, feeling the mystic flow of power. “The black wind howls...it is time for Armegeddon.” A resounding cry came from the edge of the horizon as Kain roared his defiance to the people who would oppose him. In the group of people, Gabriel was saying goodbye since he couldn’t participate in the final battle. Soon, everyone was assembled and ready to fight. “First volley!” “Lightning2!” “Elmikia Lance!” “Icicle Lance!” “Bram Blazer!!” “Fire2!” “Earthquake!!!” “Flare Arrow!!” Kain reeled under the poundings of energy sent his way. So far, he was attacked with a first volley of lightning, ice, earth and fire and he was reeling slightly. His face twisted into a slight grin. The volley actually hurt. “That was very good,” he rumbled, “now,” he formed a huge ball of purple energy, “it’s my turn.” He flung the energy at the group, blasting Gourry and Zel who happened to be in its flight path into the remaining wall. Lina growled and fired off a Blast Ash, knocking him a few steps back. “That’s for hurting Rouudy’s decendant,” she readied another fireball, “and this, is for Zel. FIIIIIREBALL!” The flaming energy slammed Kain into the sky. Kain however, didn’t feel a thing. He instead, grinned. “Thank you for your negative energy. I am now powered back up.” Lina dropped her hate immdiately. “Oh...” She had no time to utter anything else as she was flung into the air by another purple blast. Lina came down hard, slamming her head on a rock, knocking herself unconcious. Marle grimaced and clasped her hands. “Ice2.” a chilling wind blasted into the air as two ice blocks formed over Kain. It slammed into his form once and shattered over a forceshield. “Sylpheel, are you ready?” The young girl shifted nervously as she balanced the curved marble blade in her hands. “I guess,” she said quitely. Sarryn senced some discomfort in her posture. “You’re not thrilled about this, are you?” Sylpheel nodded and sheathed the graceful blade at her side. “I’m not so sure about fighting like this. If I was not the only one who can fight with this sword, then I would have greatfully given the sword to someone else.” “I know is tough. Let me tell you a story. Over a thousand years ago, I had to make a choice : I had to choose developing my powers, or stay with my family. I chose my training over my family. While I regret leaving them for a long time, I have gained a wisdom that is unsurpassed even by Washu. But even my choice came with a price. I was not able to defend the Silver Millenium and keep it from its destruction. True, the people were reincarnated, but it was not the same.” “Do you regret it?” Sylpheel asked. “chosing the Art over your family?” “...sometimes. But when I see my sister in her new life, I can see her life before herself. It may be challenging, but very satisfying to see all the wonders of the 20th century.” Sylpheel blinked and then looked at the fierce battle raging a half kilometer away. “When will I fight?” she asked. “You will know. All things come to what it started to.” “Ra-Tilt!!!” The beam of astrial power struck the criminal in the chest, forcing it back a few more steps. Amelia, who had casted the spell was already tired from fighting at high level spells. Several people were already out of the battle, Tenchi, Gourry, Zelgadis, Lucca, Ayla, Frog Johnathan, Ki and Farl. The rest were weary, battered but still able to fight. Crono and Marle got up and started one of their Double Techs. “Ice Sword2,” they chanted. Crono dashed towards Kain and leapt up, sword in a downwards strike position. Marle channeled a bolt of ice into his sword and he brought it down on his head, several dozen times before landing...and getting kicked into the forest. The snapping of the remaining trees from Crono’s flight plan was enough to render the swordsman unconicous. Lina and Marle were soon remaining, save for their aces in the hole. “Got any ideas?” Lina asked. “Not particularly. How bout you?” “Nope. Only thing I haven’t tried is a Giga Slave.” “Isn’t that really dangerous?” Marle asked. “Extremely,” came the answer, “but at the way things are going, its either us or him.” A low chuckle came from Kain as he floated to hover in front of him. He was bleeding purple blood and half his mask was crushed but otherwise, he was alright. “You all have spririt,” he said, “but otherwise, your defences are pitiful. I haven’t felt this good in a battle for over five centuries.” “Oh YEAH? WELL CHEW ON THIS!!! DRAGON SLAVE!!!” Kain took the burst of raw energy straight in the face. His white face mask was crushed and his body flowed into a huge black dragon. From his prone position, Tenchu could only comment from deep within the dark resses of his concious mind, “This seems all too familiar.” “Now?” “Now.” Kain roared out in pain as a sword bit into his shoulder, the white hot crackling energy from the contact buzzing his mind with pain. Another followed, this one on the opposite shoulder from another weapon of seemingly similar descent. Marle looked up from tending some of the injured to grin at the two. “Hey, finally you guys show up,” she commented. “Yeah well, we had to go and cash in a few checks, you know, to live confortably and all that,” Sarryn responded jokingly. Sylpheel nodded and turned her attention to Kain who was still reeling from the attacks. When he stopped howling in agony, Kain’s eyes focused on the marble sword she carried in her hands. “That sword,” he rasped, “that sword is the power felt! Give it to me!!!” “Like hell we will,” Sylpheel growled out. She gathered magic around the sword and thrust it at Kain’s face, yelling, “Mystic Soul Blade!!” The curved blade fired several rapid fire energy pulses at his face, gaining a agonized scream from Kain as he clutched at his wounded body. Sarryn struck second. “Howling Wind Blaze!!” His weapon shot out a long stream of wind propelled fire which mixed into a blazing inferno of power. Kain recieved the attack in the chest. His body sprayed purple blood once more. Kain yelled out his anger and fired off a huge purple blast. Sarryn grasped Sylpheel and yanked her out of the way. It impacted but had enough of a shockwave to knock the girl unconicous on a rock. Kain laughed, “so, the pitiful girl didn’t even last a few blasts of my true power. I was just holding back actually.” “You sick monster,” Sarryn whispered through bloodied lips, “have you no feelings for anything?” “None whatsoever,” Kain said while striking at the Knight. Sarryn flew back to land at Marle’s feet. He clutched his head and groaned. “You see,” Kain continued, “I enjoy all the destruction that I inflict on this planet and much more. I want to turn this whole universe into a sea of chaos. For that, I must destroy all the foundations of the future.” He grinned and chuckled manically. “So that’s your game is it?” Marle stood, unheeding Sarryn’s protests. “You play games with every lifeform on the planet, ready to destroy everything in your way? You’re like a common megalomanical villian who’s goal is world and universal domination!” Kain growled and shook with anger. “The way I see it, you can’t hold down the fact that every plan of yours will turn out wrong. Hmpth, looks like you’ve gotten everything backwards. Bonehead!!” Kain screamed out and lashed out, catching Marle on the face. She spun around and fell into a crater where the Princess rolled down into the bottom. He laughed. “Such pitiful creatures. To think they could destroy my power is a laugh. I can destroy this planet in an instant.” “Then why don’t you?” “Huh?” Kain looked at the thin sorceress who stumbled to her feet. “Why don’t you? It would save many people a senceless death and the acompanying pain.” “I enjoy the screams of people in agony. I enjoy the way they grovel at my feet. I ENJOY, THE WAY THEY BEG FOR MERCY, AND THE WAY THEY FIND OUT, THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN NONE!!!!” Lina joined Marle in the crater. Sarryn growled and stumbled to his feet. “You BASTARD!!!” he screamed. With a fluid motion, he ripped off his bracers and tossed them to the side. He purposefully strode over to Sylpheel and said, “I need to borrow this.” Surpisingly, the blade reformed to a large blade, worthy to be held by him. He looked at it, and gave the weapon a once over. The Knight spun around to face Kain, weapon at the ready. “So, you want to try your luck too? I could annihalate you right here and now.” “Then lets get the preliminaries over with,” came the reply. He concentrated and a light pinprick shone from his sword. The winds started to change as dust and dead leaves swirled in the gale force winds. His cape fluttered in the wind as he started to chant in Latin tones. The words were, “Forgive me father, for he does not know what he is doing. For all my sins, I commit them to you on this passage to your love.” Marle crawled out of the crater, dragging the comatose form of Lina Inverse behind her when the gale force winds hit her face, tosling her ponytail. She squinted in the dust and found that Sarryn was casting a spell. Not just any normal spell, but a spell with took quite some time and power. She then realized with a start, that he was casting the Ultimate Spell. His forbidden spell. The Eternal Dragon Assention Blaze. The winds picked up to tornado force. Winds sweapt the lands and started spinning around the lone figure on the battle field. He chanted in low tones as the winds picked up dust and leaves. He looked up and started the spell. “God above who reigns in the light, hallowed by thy name. Thine power is of the mercies you heap upon the plane of our existance...” Streams of yellow power started to flow from his chest and hands into the surrounding winds, changing it to a yellow glow. “....thy power you have bestowed upon my person is loving and just....” More power started to flow into his hands and the sky darkened. Lightning crackled in the sky as a soft rain started to fall. “Thy power of the earth and soil is all caring...” A stream of power flowed into the whirlwind and changed it to a green light. “In thy great name I call all my power before me...” Raging tongues of flame gathered into the winds and changed it to a bright red flame. “Power of the ages come down like water in a rainfall....” The rain started to mix with the reddish flame, changing it to a aqua blue light. “And the east, north, south and west winds call before my beconing call....” The light abruptly changed to white. “The human emotions which fuel Chi and Ki combine as with the Spiritual essence of Rekai flow....” The light turned even brighter... With the power of the dragons enter the flow of time...LET ALL POWER COME BEFORE ME AND HEED MY CALL! DRAGONBALLS!!!” From a point in space, seven orange balls blasted into the atmosphere and appeared over the horizon. They mixed and shot up into the sky. A long white glow came from them and a snakelike form shot out from them. A green scaled serpant like dragon appeared. Its whiskers waved and growled in a booming voice, “your desire is granted.” Sarryn leapt into the air, the sword raised high. The glowing winds shot into the weapon, becoming a white glowing ball atop the blade. He grinned and shot downwards towards Kain. Kain had not been idle while his opponent had been casting his spell. He gathered all his power into a dark energy ball, ready for the chance to unleash it. With a roar, he unleashed the torrent of purple energy. “ETERNAL DRAGON ASSENTION BLAZE!!!” Sheng Long fired a huge beam of irridecent light from his mouth... Sarryn recieved the blast into his sword.... He came in contact with the attack thrown at his body.... Kain screamed... The whole world was bathed in a blinding white light. Authors notes : Its nearly done! Thank the lord! Epilogue Marle grasped Sarryn’s form in her arms. When the light had faded, she had found that the whole world was restored. The castle was rebuilt, the air sweet and the ground green. And...everyone who died in the battle, were restored back to life. But it came at a price. Sarryn was dead and it took his life to restore everything. She weapt tears of sadness as the Knight’s body lay still in her arms. As she tightened her grip on his body, a gemstone fell from his shirt. She noticed it and gathered it up in her hands. Ki looked at it and grunted, “Marle, check the gemstone.” She released her grip on Sarryn’s lifeless body to check the gemstone. It suddenly flared with blue light as a small hologram sprung from the gemstone. Marle gasped as the figure smiled at her. “Hi Marle,” the chibi-Sarryn said, “If you’re hearing this, I’ve used the final attack. But don’t fret since I have good news. Since I have passed away, I must choose a sucessor to my powers when I deem myself retired. Take the bracelet in my shirt and slip it on your wrist.” Marle reached into his shirt and withdrew the golden bracelet. She realized with a start that the bracelet was the bracelet in her dreams. “The bracelet is your link to your armour and weapons. Take the bracelet and press the ruby in the middle.” Marle tapped the ruby and in an instant, her clothing rippled into a set of armour and whitish blue clothing. “Amazing,” Lucca said from the side. “The armor should have fit you with some alterations. Now, the sapphire will activate your powers. Be careful since you can get staggered from the power rush.” Marle collapsed on her backside from the blast of power rushing through her system like a black coffee high. “Wow...” “Finally, take the Stone Breaker.” Marle cautiously picked up the weapon and stared at it. “”It’s so light,” she mused. “The weapon will be in your possession until I return. Take care.” The glowing gemstone faded back to its normal bluish hues. “So where are we headed?” “To earth,” Johnathan said. “we need to get a lifestyle there for a while until he returns.” “We have a place in Tokyo. It’s a old Dojo in Juuban District. Since you’re a legal adult, we just need to get you registered in the Tokyo archives.” “Then what?” “We wait.” “It has begun...” “It was begun...” “Life is now together...let the second test begin....” “Agreed. Two years will be done before we start...” “Agreed. Till all are one...” “Till all are one...” “Till all are one...” Authors final notes I’ve been writing this story for most of the school year in 1998 and I’d just like to say that I hope you’ll enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. It’s not as long as I first thought it could be but there was no way I could drag this story on and on. But just enjoy the story and tell me through my E-mail. Have a Merry Christmas. Shaun Garin 25/12/1998