---- A Harsh Decision ----

Disclaimer : I don't own Breath of Fire.

Chapter One : Flashbacks

"It is your fate...no...it's not that. It's all up to a decision you have the right to take yourself..." The last words of the elder reached deep within his mind, and as soon as they were spoke, the elder slowly vanished away, and in the place he was standing, a beautiful, shiny ball, containing undomitable concentrated power stood there, right in front of his eyes"

"The world is in your hands"

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Ryu felt the cold breeze outside. "Might it wasn't a good idea to leave my jacket inside the tent. I am going to be frozen in this rate" But he could not go back into the tent. What if he ended up waking the others? All he wanted was to be alone. But he could never be alone, even if he wanted it. He was always followed by the ghosts, of a not so long ago past. Ryu saw a Eye Goo, standing close to the shore "Eye Goos...they will never give up, will they? " He blew that one easily, with his nice Dragon Sword.

Ryu got to the shore the goo was at. He looked down the river, it was pretty shade, just like the one that He, Teepo and Rei used to play, near MT. Glaus. There were rumours about weird monsters who used to swim there, so nobody were crazy enough to go there, except for that three. Ryu then had a flashback of a childhood image.

They were playing some kind of "target" game, where the catch was to hit the other with something LIGHT (teepo always broke that rule) so it could stun the people for a moment, and the person who threw the thing got to hide. Teepo did that. but Rei quickly spotted him and said "found". Everything was silently, until Teepo replied "That's not fair! Take that!" Teepo took a big wooden piece near the shore and threw it at Rei's. "Man, that hurts!" Rei got up, but this wasn't necessary. He saw Ryu jumping the cliff. Ryu got Teepo off-guard and unlashed a hard hit on his back. "WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Teepo let out a loud cry. "Come on, Teepo, this doesn't even hurt!" Rei laughed at him "Yes...it does!" Teepo was K.O'ed by the river, Ryu really did get him that time. "A bit harder and you could've killed me..."

" Geez...I will not kill you Teepo, unless..."

"Unless?" Teepo was really curious at what Ryu was going to say.

"Unless you steal my biscuits again!"

But no biscuits were stolen, and still, Teepo was dead.

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