A/N: Just to make it clear, this is a sequel story to Dissidia. Since in that story Cid said that many more parished, and as seen with Lightning's party, when they parish they were absorbed by Shinryu, so that gave me this idea, I hope you enjoy.

Long after the conflict, the great Dragon Shinryu traveled through the void. His mind only on one thing, Taking over all the worlds. He felt that he had gathered enough power in the conflicts before to do so. However when Shinryu went to one of the worlds he planned to conquer, he faced a powerful foe. The Warriors of Light of that world, they proved to be quite powerful as they faced him. However Shinryu is the greatest enemy Bartz has faced yet. After a long battle between the dragon and the warriors, the great Dragon has taken a lot of damage, but took his toll on the party. His powerful attacks made the party use up all their potions, and the magic can only help them so much. Bartz looked to his comrades, Galuf was on his knees, Lenna was losing conscienceless, and Krile was already on the ground not moving, but at least breathing. Bartz didn't have much in him either, but he mustered all his strength into a Flare spell, hoping to finish the job. The great dragon fall to the ground, it's head falling right in front of Bartz.

"Wait," Shinryu said, "I recognize you."

"Wait what?" Bartz said, "What are you talking about?"

"Hehehe," the dragon chuckled, "The great conflict was not to long ago, but then again you may never have seen me after your last memory purge."

"What are you talking about!?" Galuf asked, "What great conflict!?"

Bartz however knew exactly what he spoke of. Bartz still had his crystal to remember his comrades from there by.

"You have weakened me," The dragon said, "I give you props for that, but you cannot kill me, pawn of Cosmos."

"Haven't been called that in a long time," Bartz said thinking back, "But tell me, why are you not finishing us off now if we still can't beat you."

"You see my power wanes cause of your efforts." The dragon said, "And old comrades of yours are returning to a world, doomed to fade into the void."

"Wait What?!" Bartz exclaimed

"Bartz?" Lenna asked, "Care to fill us in on what is going on."

"Later," Bartz said, "Explain now!"

"Very well," Shinryu said, " You see, throughout the conflict, I absorbed every fallen warrior. But now I can no longer hold their essence. I think one of your friends from this world might be among them, a young man, no wait, a lady."

"Wait," Lenna said, "Could it be Faris?"

"Who?" Bartz asked, much to the party's surprise.

"I will take my leave," The dragon said, "Now that warriors are in that world, I might be able to start a new cycle."

The dragon flew away from us, and all they could do was get to an inn to heal. Bartz carried Krile to one of the beds and the party began to fill each other in. Bartz told them about the great conflict, and apologized for not telling them about it sooner, he just never found the time to talk about it.

"Well that's an amazing tale," Galuf said, "But how do you not remember Faris?"

"Well," Bartz said, "You see my memory was wiped every time I was revived in the conflict, I guess memory of her never returned."

"Well if she is in a world that is falling into the void," Lenna said, "Then we need to go save her!"

"I don't think that is possible," Bartz said, " I mean I am not sure how to get to that world, let alone bring you guys there."

"We'll find a way," Galuf said

"But for now we I think we should rest," Lenna added.

"Yeah, that sounds like a smart plan," Bartz said.

The party all then went to bed, but Bartz could not sleep. He pulled out his crystal, it no longer glowed like it once did, but it was still intact. Bartz remember all the good times he had with Zidane and Squall, and the final battle with Chaos was the most fun he ever had. He now longed to go back, find this Faris girl, and bring her home. Maybe if he met her he could remember her. He held the crystal out in front of himself, started pleading in his head to go back. But nothing happened. Bartz then went to sleep, Lenna was right, he still needed rest after that battle.

Next Chapter: The Warrior and the God