Disclaimer:Nope, I don't own Camelot, Golden Sun, or Nintendo. I wish I did.
Reemergence Chapter One:
Not again.
That was what ran through Ivan's mind, as he saw Jenna again, drunk off her ass, tossing herself around worse than a Tolban hooker.
Everyday since Isaac's death, Jenna had been at the local bar from sun-up to sun-down, and then some after that.
True, Isaac's death had been hard on everyone, but Jenna had taken the hardest blow.
Garet had taken up gambling. He was in with some bad people, and it didn't help that his temper flared every time they met.
Mia didn't know. She had gone back to Lemuria with Piers, to train with true Mercury adepts. Likewise, Piers also remained blissfully unaware of this sad truth.
Felix had stayed locked up for a couple days. Losing his childhood friend will make you not want to see anyone. Like, EVER. But he didn't say there. Last Ivan had heard, he was in Tolbi, and wasn't there for the wine. Apparently, there was a warrant out for his arrest, accusing him of the murder of over 11 people.
In fact, the only people who remained even moderately sane were the two Jupiter adepts, Ivan and Sheba. The only hypothesis they had to describe this was that, as Jupiter adepts, they were less attached to worldly matters and, in turn, people in the world. Not to say they couldn't like, love, or hate – Just that they accepted Death as something natural.
Because this story will make more sense from the beginning, that's where it will start.
Things began to decline soon after the fall of Mt. Aleph. After discussing matters in Vault, our heroes made the plans to rebuild Vale, not far from its original site. Felix and Isaac and Garet were the most enthusiastic about this plan, and Ivan got excited too. Sheba was happy too, that her friends' homes could be rebuilt. Piers was happy for them, but had to return home, however temporarily. Mia was more excited about the opportunity to go to the home of Mercury, and they left together soon after.
Three months into construction, and about a quarter of the village had been restored. The inn-slash-tavern had been rebuilt. And that is about as far as construction got.
The great saviors had been called back to the Karagol Sea – apparently, the old Kraken had itself an entire family, and they were on a rampage. So, they did what any self-respecting hero would have done, and went in aid of those in need.
Arriving at the dock, they immediately found it to be under siege. Three Krakens, all bigger than a ship, were whipping, throwing, and generally making a mess of things.
Engaging a fight with those beasts, unwise as it may have been, the group did it anyway. Using their greatest psynergies, they were quickly defeated, although they were exhausted from doing so. Resting, they would sail out the following day.
The next morning, Sean and Ouranos had appeared to help out. They, along with Felix and Isaac, tool their own ship to Tolbi docks, while Garet, Jenna, Ivan, and Sheba took another ship.
The ships traveled side by side for sometime before they encountered problems. The wind picked up, and big, heavy and gray rain clouds gathered above. Instead of rain hitting hull, it was hail, and instead of lightning hitting the water, it seemed as if Ivan and Sheba had been usingSpark Plasma very generously.
The storm forced them to make anchor, but that didn't help. In the middle of the night, they were assaulted by 2 more Kraken, who appeared to be the last of them, but they were colossal – Bigger than Dullahan, at least.
The battle ensued, and it appeared to be over quickly – and not in a good way. The Kraken had nearly annihilated Sean's boat, and had saved Jenna's for later. It seemed as if all were lost, until the four did something…drastic. First, Isaac summoned Megiddo, a feat by itself. Then, both Isaac and Felix used Odyssey on the beast, each hitting at an angle from the eye to the brain. Ouranos launched Sean into the air and he performed a move similar to Planet Diver into the beast's head, and it sank to the bottom of the sea floor.
Unfortunately, there was one left. This is where the extreme measures kick in.
You see, with Alchemy unleashed, Djinni are unneeded, because you can perform the same feats without them. Including summons. And they were significantly more powerful too, but you know what they say: Great power comes with great responsibility.
Ignoring that rule, Isaac did something foolish. He used his own power to summon Judgment. If the strain on his spirit hadn't been enough, what happened next would kill him for sure. And indeed, it did.
For you see, with Alchemy unleashed, summons could be exponentially stronger.
Ivan didn't see exactly what happened, only that a great, colossal being floated above them all, and dropped the greatest bomb one would ever see. Crashing down, the Kraken all but disintegrated into nothing, but the blast didn't stop there. It blew Sean's boat to bits. The shockwave created a large wave, rocking Jenna's boat back and forth.
The passengers of the other ship were blown skyward, and landed far away. All but one. A burnt body floated in the water beside the boat, draped with a large, red scarf.
Felix, on the other hand, saw exactly what happened, and watched Isaac fry, directly before being sent flying through the air, he landed face-p, and floated. He made no effort to swim anywhere, because he felt no desire to live. He had just seen his best friend cook. Washing on Crossbone Isle, he soon realized that Sean and Ouranos had expired as well. As soon as he had the will, he ventured into the cave, and eventually resurrected the ship of Deadbeard, and sailed to Tolbi docks, unbeknownst to the others, and began his life of crime.
On sight of his body, Jenna wept for Isaac. She wept and wept, and then wept some more. Jumping into the water, Garet dragged his body back onto the boat, so he could be buried in the ground, where any true Venus adept would want to be.
Sailing back to Kalay, the group grew a procession, gathering more people as they continued their journey back to Vale.
The funeral was simple, yet grand. Everyone he had ever met, the ones that liked him anyway, all were present. He was buried in a majestic marble coffin, engraved with images of the lighthouses surrounding Mt. Aleph, underneath Golden Sun
And so, back to how we started, Ivan looked on Jenna, rolling with laughter, and smelling of Proxian whiskey. She attempted to walk off with two guys and some girl, but passed out on the way. They left her.
Dear Jupiter, please. Not again.