It came sooner again. It's going to be a while before this is completed. It may be months or maybe a year (but I hope it won't be a year). But I won't be one of the authors who start and then abandon. I will get this completed I swear.

*This story assumes you've played the previous Gurhal-centric Phantasy Star games, so spoilers from PSU to PSPo2 are abound.

*This story wouldn't have been done without Devifoxx's Infinity Story Guide. I have received verbal permission from Devifoxx to use his guide as reference. (It's really awesome)

*I do not own Phantasy Star, its characters, or the plot that is deemed canon. That belongs to Sega. I only own my OC Ami. Any other player characters I use that aren't mines will receive proper disclaimers.

Note: 'This is Wynarl speaking in dialogue parts'

New Client, Same Goal

You'd think I'd be done with the whole saving the world thing.

"Tusakanova, we should get going."

"It's Satomora, actually. I had it legally changed to go by my other last name. But even then, just call me Ami. I was never one for formalities."

Apparently not.

After the initial shock of the woman, Nagisa, I clashed blades with in GRM being my newest client Emilia brought her to my room.

Why did it always have to be my room?

'I don't know what game you're pulling but you're not going to fool me.'

'Game?'

'Ami, tell her! She used that power, she must want to finish the job.'

'Emilia stop. Nagisa right? I apologize for Emilia's outburst. She overreacts at times. But I do have to agree, I felt something weird so the initial trust isn't there yet. Explain to me again what it is you have to do?'

To put it simply, she wanted to stop the trigger that was creating Dumans. Apparently, we've been going about it the wrong way. We need to look further into the Seed, than subspace. It was only natural we first started on subspace, since the world almost got taken over because of it.

But still, everything revolves back to the Seed.

'Ami darling, you're wandering in your thoughts.'

"Stop calling me that."

This also brought the main reason why she chose me.

Wynarl is a male Ancient taking host inside Nagisa. It was his voice I kept hearing when we were in GRM. My bond to Mika made this possible to happen. And because of that, it was much easier to understand Nagisa's motives. Since apparently she's not too good at explaining in simple terms.

So that's how we ended up in some remote location in Neudaiz.

"It's nearby."

"It's?"

"Our target, but there's something blocking my ability to sense it fully. We need to clear it out."

"Hmm, you're right that there is something blocking. The photon count is way too low to block anything like that."

"Ah, that's right. You do exhibit newman's sensitivity to photons."

Our trip through the area brought us in contact with minerals. Nagisa felt that it was these minerals that was blocking her abilites. So we had to destory them. There were quite a lot of them. I think we had gotten half of them before we had to take a break. There was an increase of creatures in the area as we went along.

But still, I couldn't help but wonder about Nagisa.

What was she doing in GRM?

What was that stone?

Where did it go after she touched it?

I had to find out these answers.

"Nagisa, I-"

Only to be met face first with the tip of her sword.

...it wouldn't be the first time.

My time in the Guardians gave me a fair share of people doing this.

"It's only you Satomora. It's best you not startle me like that. I might have killed you by accident."

"I'm pretty hard to kill, so yeah."

As Wynarl had pointed out to me. The other reason why it was mainly me instead of Emilia she wanted was because of my experience.

'She knows how strong you are. She felt it during your little battle.'

"I felt her power too."

'Nagisa is strong, that I can admit to. But she couldn't do alone. Not anymore.'

"Anymore?"

'I'm getting ahead of myself. How do you feel about the whole Duman situation?'

"Satomora, Wynarl lets go."

'We'll talk later.'

I noticed the closer we got to Nagisa's target, the more creatures seem to pop up. I wonder if it was a sign. Anyway, we cleared the area of creatures. That's when we saw it.

"The 105th fragment."

105th?

Whatever that fragment was, I felt something bad from it. Seeing her absorb it made me a bit weary. That power inside her body. I had to know why she had to absorb such a fearsome stone.

"Nagisa, that stone. You did the same thing in GRM didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

'I asked you about the Duman situation earlier. These stones we believe are the source of their creation. We don't know why it happens, but it completely changes a human's genetic structure.'

"I'm not suprised to be honest that it affects humans. Changing a Human's genetics did bring us the creation of Newmans and Beasts."

'But that's not all. We think these stones' existence are the reason even after the Seed and Kumhan are gone Gurhal is still in decline.'

What?

Wynarl basically explained that the darkness is manifesting itself to ressurect Dark Falz. Those stones gain more power by absorbing all the negative emotions. If left unchecked it would bring the perfect situation for Dark Falz to take over. The creation of Dumans were a sign that we didn't have much time left. This is Nagisa's true goal.

But wait.

I thought Dark Falz was completely gone when Rykros was sealed away permanently?

Apparently not.

I wanted to ask her about that.

But she was busy passing out.

"Nagisa!"

'Nagisa!'

"I'm fine..."

To be honest, I did panic a bit when she collapsed. I should be used to it. But there's always that moment that pure panic washes over me. But she was breathing normally. Wynarl assured me she was alive too. Just tired out from the crystal. And this revealed another reason why a bodyguard was needed. At this point, she was pushing her limits. Wynarl can only do so much lacking a physical body. And if she were to get attacked while she's passed out, then you might as well had said goodbye to Gurhal. Nagisa doesn't seem like the type to freely tell others her goal. So I carried her to my room.

'I feel kinda bad of asking this of you Ami.'

"It's fine, I couldn't leave her out there."

'But still thank you. I'm glad you're a girl though. If this was a guy's room I would be worried. Nagisa does have a nice figure. And this is one of the rare times she's innocent. A perfect page out of one of those books. Unless you're into that sor-'

"If you finish that sentence, so help me I will smack you."

So it seems Emilia was dead on with calling him a pervert.

Luckily Emilia called before Wynarl can get into details with that situation. So he was right about the research. There was some correlation between those infected with the Seed virus and the vaccine. At least at the basic level. Emila had to spend more time with Shizuru to start working the finer details of this discovery. So I would be with Nagisa by myself for a bit longer.

I wasn't mad about the situation.

She is a researcher deep down.

But still, she's my partner.

Anyway as soon as she disconnected, Wynarl had a request for me. A personal one in fact.

"It's nothing dubious is it?"

'What, no. Why would I a-'

"You want me to answer that?"

'So snarky... But not this time. Be nice to Nagisa and be her friend for me.'

"Why?"

He didn't explain.

He really had no need to ask me. Nagisa's a bit odd. I do admit that much. But she's not a bad person. And she seems to honestly trying to save Gurhal.

As a former Guardian, I can feel her determination.

But she would need a bit of guidance to blend into society better.

I think I can manage that.

Short intro is short. It'll get longer, hopefully.

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