Author's Note: I know that you're not allowed to travel through time with four people, but this will change later on.
Also, since Sasuke's Susanoō is purple and he has the Amaterasu like his brother, I had his element be the same as Magus.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Chrono Trigger/Cross!
X~X~X
When the cold, stoic, once-vengeful Sasuke Uchiha opened his eyes, he saw nothing but a gray void. As he sat up, he saw that he was in an unknown area that was surrounded by the gray void. Off to the right side was a bucket that seemed to be filled to the brim with Granny Smith apples that was next to the door that lead to a room with seven pillars of light, two of them missing, and an unused dock was off to the left side of the area, which was surrounded by a fence that surrounded the entire perimeter of the void as Sasuke got up. He could also see an unused empty bucket that had a spark in it in the top left corner.
"It's a wonder why he has all these weapons on him." A female voice said as Sasuke looked to see the blonde haired young woman from before put a kunai down on the floor next to his other weapons.
"Keep telling yourself that." The bespectacled lavender haired young woman said, sticking a long stick in her gun to clean it from the access gunpowder as Sasuke noticed that her helmet was off and the length of her hair was eerily similar to Sakura's.
"You're up, finally." A male voice said as Sasuke turned to the spiky red haired young man that was holding his sword.
Sasuke took a second to take his sword out of the red haired swordsman's hand. "Where am I?" He asked, grasping the handle of his sword.
"You're at the End of Time." An elderly voice spoke, almost surprising Sasuke.
Sasuke looked up to see an elderly man dressed in a long brown trenchcoat with a matching bowler hat on his head. He had his hands on a small, wooden cane as he looked at the young Uchiha.
"The... End of Time?" Sasuke repeated, looking at the old man.
The old man nodded as he watched Sasuke unclasp his sword. "Yes. Crono found you lying on the ground in the prehistoric age and he brought you over here." He said, addressing the spiky red haired young man as Crono.
"But how did you get to the prehistoric age with us?" Crono asked, looking at Sasuke.
Upon learning that he was in the End of Time as well as knowing the three people as Crono, Marle, and Lucca, the young Uchiha told the trio, as well as everyone that was in the End of Time, about his past life that led to the massacre of his entire clan up to his quest for revenge and Itachi's fated demise that led Sasuke getting himself thrown into 12,0000 B.C. through a time gate.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Marle's voice screeched, almost making Sasuke want to shut her up.
"You're telling us that your older brother slaughtered your entire family and relatives in one night? How awful." Lucca said, breaking down into tears as she remembered the incident with her mother three years ago.
"I see… well, why don't you go and get your new powers?" Crono asked, already getting used to the new swordsman besides him and Frog, who was known as a knight named Glenn.
Sasuke looked at Crono strangely, but shrugged and headed downstairs, narrowly avoiding having his hand bit by a blond haired cave woman named Ayla, who said that he was strong like Crono. The young Uchiha opened the door to find a small room with a koala looking thing in the middle.
"A newcomer! I'm Spekkio, the Master of War and you seem to have Shadow magic in you." It said, looking up at Sasuke and began chanting his magic words. The Uchiha felt a dark purple aura surrounding his body and smirked.
Sasuke left the room shortly after obtaining his new powers and headed up to the gate room, where he saw Crono, Marle, and Lucca standing at the center pillar leading to Proto Dome, 2300 AD.
"By the way," Crono interrupted, walking to Sasuke. "You never told us your name, since you're new."
"Its Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke said to him before he was teleported into Proto Dome.
"That's interesting." Lucca said, observing the spot where Sasuke was once standing as she pushed her glasses up to her face.
"Sasuke Uchiha..." Crono repeated, crossing his arms. "Interesting name he has."
Marle looked at Crono and Lucca. "He's almost as cold as Magus."
"Marle… Oh Gods, I agree with you." Lucca said, nodding at Marle.
Crono nodded. "Let's follow him…"
The trio also entered the Gate and headed towards the Future.
X~X~X
January 2300 A.D.
After they crossed the ruins of Laboratory 32 by beating Johnny in a bike race, the four entered the Sewer Access where the trio told Sasuke their story and about the impending doom that was to happen in the year 1999 caused by a monstrous alien parasite known as Lavos. At first, Sasuke didn't believe them but took his time to absorb the information that he was given.
"Alright, let me get this straight. You guys are trying to prevent a life absorbing beast that fell from space sixty five million years ago, that a wizard tried to summon to his castle in the middle ages, from destroying the entire world in the year 1999 and wiping out all signs of life?" Sasuke asked, looking at the trio as he filled the holes in the blanks. "And you guys think that 12,0000 B.C. is really the time that you'll beat this thing?"
"That's right, and is it true that you once had three black commas on the back of your neck that allowed you to transform into a winged demon that this... snake man gave you?" Marle asked.
"Orochimaru." Lucca said, pushing her glasses up to her face.
"Yes. He gave me the Cursed Seal so that I can have power to kill my brother and restore my clan." Sasuke said upon realizing that the Cursed Seal of Heaven was gone.
"But what I don't get is that how can you restore your entire clan if you're just one guy, Sasuke?" Crono asked, crossing his arms and looking at the young Uchiha.
"Good point, Crono…" Marle said, folding her arms also.
"Not even I could wrap my brain around that." Lucca said, adjusting her glasses.
Sasuke stiffened as he felt his heart suddenly stop. He hadn't even thought about that. Lowering his head, the young Uchiha felt a hand clasp on his forearm.
"Don't worry, Sasuke. I'm sure you'll restore your clan somehow." Marle said, smiling.
"Let's talk about this another time. We have to find this Belthasar guy that you three keep on talking about." Sasuke said as he led the team downstairs, where they solved a bunch of puzzles until they came across a giant centipede looking monster talking to a scout that Crono, Marle, and Lucca had encountered before.
Sasuke smirked and grasped his sword in reverse angle. Stunned and unsure what his reaction was for, Crono stood still for a moment as Sasuke formed a barrier of Chidori around his body, literally surprising him and Marle just as they were about to ready their weapons. Crono and Marle both froze as the raven haired young man leapt into action with his katana out.
'By the Gods, how is he controlling that lightning?' Marle asked herself, putting an arrow on her crossbow.
'Oh Gods, it looks like Magus and I aren't the only ones who can use lightning magic.' Crono thought, taking out his katana from his scabbard as Marle and Lucca combined their powers to form a cylinder of fire and ice. Crono felt his heart accelerate as he surveyed Sasuke's incredible speed and suddenly, his thoughts hit him hard.
'That's not magic at all. I think this guy's using some sort of chakra around his body that's similar to my lightning based spells.' Crono thought, shaking his head from his thoughts.
Crono wrapped his fingers around his sword and drove it into the legs of the creature as he and Sasuke exchanged blows to the beast until Sasuke sliced the tail of the creature with a fūma shuriken and surged his Chidori through his sword as he stabbed its heart. Sheathing his sword, Crono let his head fall as he gasped for air as he tried to recover his shaking form. His eyes slowly rose to meet his obsidian onyx ones as Sasuke sheathed his own katana after he looked at the dead beast as the massive creature gave out one last screech, rolled onto his back, and died.
"Is everyone alright?" He asked the trio, not looking at them. As the three nodded, Crono walked up to Sasuke.
"What was that surge of lightning that you had around your body? It was pretty intense compared to my lightning spells." Crono said, still panting. It took ever ounce of will-power for Crono to keep himself in check as Sasuke smirked and took interest at what he was talking about.
"That was called Chidori Stream." Sasuke said, looking at him.
"Chidori Stream?" Crono and Marle repeated in unison, confused by the name.
"Literally meaning 'One-Thousand birds Stream'. The sound that it makes sounds like a thousand birds chirping, and when I channel it through my snake sword, I can instantly numb my target that the sword makes contact with, but it consumes an extremely large amount of my chakra." Sasuke said, looking at Crono and Marle with a smirk on his face.
Crono raised an eyebrow and let his head fall to his shoulder. "I thought so. That's incredible." He said with wracked breath as Sasuke led them towards the Keeper's Dome.
"So..." Lucca said. "This is the Keepers Dome."
They walked inside, but found out that Belthasar wasn't there.
But his Nu was.
Crono walked forward to it.
It was sleeping.
"Eh... Excuse me..."
The Nu woke up.
"Please do not disturb my slumber."
Crono nodded and walked into the room.
"Look!" Lucca said, and pointed on a door.
It had Zeal engraved on it.
Crono held up Marle's pendant.
The door opened, and they walked in. The room they came into had one more door on the other wall. As they walked towards it, a voice said:
"To those who opened the door..."
"Crono! Was that you?" Lucca said, suprised.
Crono shook his head.
"Was it you?" Marle asked, looking at Sasuke.
"I didn't say anything." Sasuke said, shrugging his shoulders.
The voice continued.
"I am Belthasar, the Guru of Reason. I once lived in the Kingdom of Zeal. A great disaster in Zeal somehow threw me into this era. To my surprise, Lavos exists here, and I suspect, in other periods as well. Aeons ago, Lavos descended from heavens. Burrowing deep into the world's core, he began to consume our planet's energy, and grow stronger. Lavos disappeared briefly when he was summoned away by a great wizard who lived in Guardia, in the year 600. In 1999, Lavos claims this area, and reigns from high atop Death Peak. Lavos continues to replicate... like a giant parasite, he is consuming our world. Forced to live here, I continued to conduct research on Lavos. But I am growing old. And it's impossible to keep sane in such trying times. So before I lose it completely, I shall safeguard my data, and my ultimate creation... How I long to return home... But I have grown frail... So you... YOU, who have opened the door! I leave things in your hands. Only by mastering time, itself, do you stand a chance against Lavos. The odds will be against you... But you are true heroes. The world is in your hands. Open now, the last door, and take what you find there. My last invention... My "Wings of Time" ..."
"Wings of Time!" Lucca exclaimed.
Crono opened the last door. They came into a big room, and in it was a huge machine. It looked like a silver cylinder.
"This must be the machine Belthasar spoke of." Lucca said.
Robo beeped. "The Wings of Time! I believe I have heard of this device."
"Is this it?" Sasuke asked.
Crono looked back on the door they came from and then saw something block it.
"Hey!" he shouted.
Then he saw that the thing who blocked the door was moving inside. Then he realized that it was the seats for the machine someone pushed in. Then Crono saw that it was the Nu.
"Scared you, didn't I? It's me... BELTHASAR!"
"Say what!" Lucca said, surprised.
"I guess you must be the guy that we've been looking for…" Sasuke said, looking at the Nu.
"I copied my memory into this thing. What do you think? Anyway,there's something I need to explain. Namely, how to transcend time! But first, hop aboard!"
Crono, Robo and Lucca each took a seat, and the seats hovered up into the machine.
"First." Belthasar said. "Name my time machine." Crono thought for a long time.
"How about 'Lucca I'." Lucca suggested.
Crono shook his head. "Nope. Epoch. That's a good name for a time machine."
Lucca nodded.
"Okay. Better than 'Marle I'."
Belthasar explained the controls, and then the Nu fell back into sleep.
"Let's take this back to the End of Time and see what that old man has to say about it." Sasuke said as he also jumped into the time machine.
Crono nodded and switched some buttons.
The surrounding environment turned into lines, and then everything looked like some red-yellow mixture.
"Warp speed?" Lucca said. "Epoch is capable of THIS?"
They landed just outside the main room. Crono jumped out, followed by Robo and Lucca.
"Hey." The old man said. They walked to the others and took a seat.
"Interesting. So he actually finished the 'Wings of Time'. In fact, he gave his life for it. Why not put that device to good use. Take it to the ancient land of Magic."
"We will." Crono said. "Marle? Frog? It's your turn now."
"Okay!" Marle said and rushed to Epoch.
Frog walked easily and took a seat in the back. Crono placed himself in the front and then helped Marle to get in. Crono set the time meter on 12000 BC.
X~X~X
With a flash, Epoch traveled through time to 12000 BC, the dark ages.
When the environment turned normal, Sasuke, Crono, Marle and Frog could see nothing but snow.
Crono opened the capsule glass,and jumped out, followed by Marle, Sasuke and Frog.
"What are we going to do now?" Marle asked.
"I don't know." Crono answered. "Schala told us to save some guru on the mountain of Woe."
Marle nodded. "Yeah. I guess that's best to do. The Prophet will see us if we go up there."
Frog pointed on the floating mountain. "That one?"
Crono looked at it. "Could be. Don't know for sure. Let's go there. It's our best alternative for the moment."
Sasuke shook his head. "I'm not sure. But we can't take any chances."
With high speed, they walked towards the floating mountain.
"Look! A cave!" Marle suddenly exclaimed.
Crono looked after a cave and after a few seconds found it. Then he looked closer on the mountain. It was attached with a chain on an island far out in the ice cold ocean.
"Let's check that cave out. It will hopefully lead us to that island."
The others agreed.
"This looks so... Man made!" Marle said as they entered.
"Looks like any ordinary cave from what I possibly could tell." Sasuke said, a fierce scowl on his face.
"Yeah!" Crono said and looked around on the cave. "You think this is..."
"The village of the Earthbound Ones?" a voice said.
They looked around, trying to see who it was.
"Calm down!" Crono said. "We are not any Enlighten Ones."
"Speak for yourself…" Sasuke said, crossing his arms.
"Then come in."
Crono snuck further into the cave, followed by Frog.
Marle came just after him.
Sasuke followed her last.
A man waited outside a new cave opening.
"This is Algetty, the village of the Earthbound Ones."
Crono nodded and entered.
Many people, not very unlike them in the dark future, sat around a camp fire.
"You're from above?" a man said.
Crono nodded.
"The Queen put the Mammon machine in the Ocean palace to absorb Lavos's energy. Is that safe?"
Crono shook his head. "I dunno."
"She locked the guru of Life up on the Mountain of Woe for opposing her. The situation is hopeless."
"Not hopeless." An old man said. "The guru of Life said that sir Janus has stronger powers than even miss Schala. Janus must be using her and the Queen to get to Lavos."
"Does every Enlighten One treat you bad?" Marle asked.
"Probably." Sasuke said, crossing his arms. "Considering that they've been forced to live down here by the Queen herself."
A woman shook her head.
"No. The three Gurus and miss Schala treat us as equal. But now when the Gurus are gone..."
"All life is doomed…" Sasuke added.
Crono could hear a few kids saying:
"Wonder when miss Schala's coming to play with us?"
Marle looked on Crono.
"What a terrible place... I mean terrible time! Let's do something! Let's go to that mountain and pick down the Guru."
Crono nodded. He turned to the elder.
"Excuse me, but... How do I get to the Mountain of Woe?"
"What are you going to do there?"
"Save the Guru."
The old man look skeptic first, but then he changed his mind. He pointed on a new cave opening.
"Follow that cave, and you'll get there. But beware! There might be monsters in there."
"Don't worry." Marle said.
"We'll be careful." Sasuke said.
Sasuke, Crono, Frog and Marle walked into the cave, to search for the lost Guru. The cave was dark and scary, but luckily, didn't contain any monsters so far...
"How long can it be?" Crono asked, didn't really caring about what the answer would be, just interested to start a conversation.
"I don't know." Marle said. "How far away did the island seemed to be?"
Crono shook his head. "Dunno."
"At least a few kilometers." Frog said.
"Okay..." Marle said. "How long have we been walking?"
"Not that long." Crono said and smiled.
"I KNOW THAT." Marle said, trying to sound irritated.
"You know..." Crono said. "You're cute when you're angry."
Marle looked at him.
Crono didn't really expect this reaction.
"I'M NOT ANGRY AT ALL! GOT IT?"
"Sure!" Crono said and smiled as he looked away.
Marle looked in the opposite direction.
"Ouch! What the heck was that for, Sasuke?!" Crono rubbed his head and glared at Sasuke, who just punched him on the head.
Sasuke groaned as he shook his head. He knew that Crono was exactly like Naruto for some reason.
" 'Tis isn't the right time to think about ladies." Frog said and held his Masamune harder.
"I agree with you." Sasuke added, giving Crono his infamous Uchiha glare as he increased his pace, moving at a speed even shinobi would be amazed at.
"Fine!" Marle said. "Sounds like you three heroes can make it without me!" She stopped.
Frog croaked. "Thou missed my point."
"Are you done?" Sasuke asked, glaring at Marle as she walked past him. "You really are… annoying!"
"Call me annoying again and I'll freeze you!" Marle said, glaring back at Sasuke.
Crono walked to her.
"Sorry, Marle... I didn't mean to..."
"Well, well..." Marle said. "Whatever you meant, I guess I just took it wrong. Now, we've got things to do. Let's hurry."
She walked even faster and put an neo-electric arrow on her new crossbow.
"Look!" Marle suddenly said and stopped. "A chain!"
And there it was. Just a small chain in the ground, leading upwards.
"There's an other one!" Crono said and pointed deeper into the cave.
That one was much bigger. Probably more then one meter width.
It led upwards through a small tunnel.
Marle ran forward to it.
"I think we can pass here!"
"No, you can't..." a voice said.
"Who?" Marle asked.
As a response, someone kicked her in the face.
A brown imp came walking down the chain.
"You'll regret that!" Crono said and leaped forward with his sword.
But something big came in his way.
Sasuke's eyes widened at this.
"Stop, you moron!" Sasuke said but his words didn't reach Crono.
Crono leaped into it, and was thrown back.
They looked up on the newcomers.
It was two big beasts, one red and one blue.
The imp laughed. "Haha! You can't pass here!"
"I can't agree there!" Crono said and slashed his sword against the red beast.
His sword made a small cut, but didn't get through the deep skin. The red beast ran him over.
"Aoohohhaaa..." Crono yelled. "Well... I'm used to this technique..."
Frog held up his Masamune, jumped up, and dove down. His sword made a deep cut on the red beast.
The imp jumped up on the blue, and directed them both to crush Frog. But being a frog had a few positive sides.
Frog simply jumped up, and evaded the attack.
"Grrr..." the imp said.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes on the imp.
"You're mine!" Sasuke said, pulling his katana out and activating his Sharingan as he did so.
Sasuke gripped his sword and stabbed the red beast in one swift thrust all the way to the hilt.
But his blade didn't pierce through the skin.
Sasuke was also thrown back as the blue beast trampled him.
Marle summoned her ice powers and fired an ice crystal on the blue beast. It's wounds healed.
"What?! The blue one absorbs ice powers!"
Crono nodded. "Let's see how he handles lightning!"
Crono gathered all magic energy and fired lightning in every direction. The lightning barely damaged any of their opponents.
"We need Lucca!" Crono said.
"I agree..." Marle said as she fired an arrow on the blue beast. "...for once."
Crono jumped back to evade an attack from the red beast. "You don't hate her, do you?"
"No." Marle said as she reloaded. "But she hates me."
"Stop talking." Frog said from the other edge of the room. Crono picked up his gate key and activated a new gate.
"It works even here!" Crono exclaimed as a new gate grew.
Sasuke groaned as he tightened the grip on his sword.
"Just shut up already." Sasuke growled, grasping his katana and slashing the imp. He narrowly avoided getting himself trampled over by the red beast.
"Who'll go?" Marle said. "You can't, Frog is out of reach... Then it have to be me."
Crono nodded. "I call ya back."
Marle jumped into the gate, and Lucca came out.
"Whoooaa..." She looked on the two beasts. "Hey! Where did ya find these guys?"
"I'll explain later!" Crono said and slashed after the imp. "Roast the blue one!"
Lucca nodded. She summoned her magic and placed a fire explosion under the blue beast. It died.
"Yep..." Lucca said. "Just leave it to Lucca the great!" Then the red one ran her over.
Crono dove forward and drilled his sword into the red beast.
"Frog! Use you water magic!" Frog nodded, and summoned his powers.
"No wait!" Crono said. "Gimme something for my sword."
Frog nodded. He summoned his water powers and fired a bubble high up in the air. Crono jumped up, placed himself inside the bubble and dived down with water surrounding him. The red beast died.
"Bigger they are..." Crono started but...
"Will you shut up?" Sasuke asked, sheathing his sword.
"We know the rest." Lucca interrupted.
"Where is the brown imp?" Frog asked and looked around.
"Gone." Crono said.
"We don't have time for this." Lucca said. "Where are we anyway?"
Crono looked up. Small water drops came down from the ceiling. "Under water."
"SAY WHAT?"
"We're under water. We found the earthbound village, and a cave to the floating mountain led from there. And here we are."
Lucca nodded. "I see."
Crono picked up the gate key. "I guess it's most fair to let Robo in, right?"
Lucca nodded. "Sure."
Crono created a gate, and Lucca stepped into it, and Robo came out.
"Let's go!" Crono said. "To the top!"
Frog took the lead up the chain, followed by Crono, who was explaining what had happened.
They climbed up the gigantic chain and got up on Mt. Woe. The fog made it possible to see only a few meters ahead, so it made the climbing difficult.
"How far have we've been climbing?" Crono asked after an eternity.
"Only a few hundred meters." Robo answered.
Crono carefully placed his feet on safe places, not to fall down.
"I think it's getting easier from here." Frog said.
Crono looked up and could see him climb up on an edge.
"Yes it is!" He said when he was up.
Crono hurried up and looked around. No more climbing. They could walk on paths up to the top from here.
"What's that noise?" Robo said as he came up.
Crono listened, but couldn't hear anything. "I don't hear anything."
"Same here." Sasuke said, shaking his head.
"Me neither." Frog said.
"Well..." Robo said. "I guess that my hearing system is malfunctioning."
They walked up on a path, leading to the top. Suddenly a gargoyle jumped down.
"Hey!" Crono said. "You live in this period too?"
The gargoyle threw a big rock on him.
"Aaaooo..." Crono yelled.
Frog drew the Masamune and jumped for the gargoyle. It moved quickly away, and made a loud noise.
"Not good." Robo said. "I think he is calling for his friends."
"You think?!" Sasuke said, irritated enough to leave them.
Two more came jumping down.
Crono swung his sword after one of them, but missed. Three more came down.
"They're getting more for each second!" Crono yelled.
"Let us go up there." Frog said and pointed on a plateau. Crono nodded and ran up, to avoid any stones. They came up to an open battlefield. About twenty gargoyles came after them.
"Moments like this..." Crono said. "Calls for some magic."
Lightning flew out of him and knocked down most of the gargoyles.
Frog slashed two with his sword, and Robo hit one. The remaining fled in panic.
Crono looked after them.
"Let's go." He finally said. They walked up the mountain.
"I..." Robo said.
Sasuke grabbed Crono's shoulder and motioned him to turn around.
Crono turned around. "Huh?"
"Can Lucca take my place?" Crono looked strange at him.
"Sure... But why?"
"I fear... That I won't be useful here."
"Okay..." Crono opened a new gate. "Hey! It works even here!"
Robo walked in and Lucca came out.
"You're up?" Crono nodded.
"Then Marle shall take mine." Frog said and walked into the gate before it closed.
Marle came out. "Hi! What's happening?"
"We've almost reached the top of Mt. Woe."
Marle nodded. "Okay... So the guru should be here somewhere?"
Crono nodded.
"Let's go to the top and search there." Lucca suggested.
"I agree with you." Sasuke said, nodding.
Crono nodded.
They walked up.
"Look!" Crono said as they reached the highest platform.
He pointed on a cage, not unlike an ice cube.
"The Guru of Life's trapped in here." Marle said.
Then, the cage faded out.
"It's disappearing!" Lucca exclaimed.
"What's going on?" Crono said.
Sasuke rested a hand on his sword, preparing himself for another onslaught.
"Get back and prepare yourselves!" Sasuke demanded, taking out his katana from his scabbard.
In the same moment, a huge thing came up from a big hole in the ground. It looked like a well-armored machine, with two huge arms.
In a matter of seconds, Crono was holding in his sword, Marle had her crossbow ready, and Lucca was holding her gun.
Crono jumped up and used his spin-cut technique. He aimed for the big head, and cut his sword deep into the... thing. It counterattacked by firing flashes between it's arms, and by that way created a huge discharge.
Crono felt like a doll, when he was tossed down to the ground. He looked up. Marle and Lucca was also on the ground. Crono resisted his pain,and rose up. Then two huge fire explosions came out of it's hands. Crono was thrown down again.
"Everybody okay?" Crono said as he looked up.
Marle's burned face gave him an answer.
"Stupid question..."
Marle sat up and fired an neo-electric arrow on the face. Flashes appeared around the face, and it gave her enough time to cast her cure spell on Crono and on herself, before it got normal.
"Marle, watch it!" Crono screamed, and Marle rolled to the right, just to avoid being crushed by the monsters hands. Crono fired a lightning bolt on the head, but didn't do very much damage.
"Lucca?" No response.
"Marle! Cure her!" Marle nodded and casted her cure spell on Lucca. She slowly rose. She picked up a small grenade from her bag and threw it on the monster. The monster covered itself with it's arms.
Crono jumped up and slashed the face, but his sword was too weak. Marle looked on Lucca. Lucca nodded.
"Antipode!" Marle fired an ice crystal, and Lucca made it explode with her fire powers. A big crack appeared on the monster's helm. One arm moved up, and somehow revived the main body.
"It's useless as long as it got its arms!" Marle yelled. "Crono! Cut them off!"
Crono leaped forward and slashed one hand. It fell off. The other one knocked Crono down.
Marle ran forward and casted a cure spell on him, while Lucca made a fire explosion on the main body.
When Crono got up, he cut off the other arm.
"Let's toast him!" Lucca said and launched a fire coil.
Crono jumped up, and caught it and dived down, to slash the face. His firesword made a big crack. Marle fired a standard arrow,aiming for the crack, but missed with a few centimeters.
Crono jumped up again, but suddenly, two new arms came up and stopped him.
"Where did they come from?" Crono yelled.
The two new hands fired a new fire explosion, knocking Crono, Marle and Lucca to the ground.
Lightning had emitted from Sasuke's entire body as he charged in but the left hand punched him in the stomach, knocking the young Uchiha out.
Marle searched desperately for an ether, but couldn't find any.
"Damn..."
Crono grabbed his sword and looked up. "You're going down!"
He jumped up, just to cut off one of the arms, but the monster had learned.
Crono was knocked down again. Marle suddenly found an explosive arrow. Not much, but something.
"Crono! Keep the arms away from the head!"
Crono nodded and leaped forward. One arm smashed him to the ground, and he didn't move.
Sasuke panted harshly as he pressed his palm to the side of his upper body, wondering if one of his ribs was broken. He got to his feet, channeled his Chidori Stream through his sword and raced towards the arms, causing one to fall off.
"One down!" Sasuke said, smirking.
Lucca fired a shot with her gun, and made a big hole in the arm.
Then she placed a fire explosion between the two arms. Both arms were knocked in two different directions.
"That's your chance! Go!" Marle aimed for the crack.
"You think you can hit it?" Lucca shouted.
"Trust me." Marle said and pulled the trigger. With a flashy explosion,the monster disappeared in thousands of pieces.
"Have I ever told you that you are a master shooter?" Crono suddenly said.
"Crono!" Marle said and ran to him. "I thought you were out."
"Not me." Crono said with a smile. Marle and Lucca helped him up.
"He was a pathetic loser." Sasuke said, sheathing his katana.
The crystal slowly faded back. The outer hull scattered.
"M, Melchior?" Marle said and looked on the man who was standing in front of her eyes.
"Indeed, I am Melchior. Have we met before?" Melchior said.
Then Crono remembered that people had been talking about Melchior. But he hadn't made the connection. But now every card fell on it's place.
"More importantly, can you tell me anything about the Ocean Palace?" Melchior said.
"It's almost complete!" Crono said. "And the Queen will move the Mammon Machine down."
"Which is not a good sign considering that Lavos is also down there as well." Sasuke added, crossing his arms.
"I see..." Melchior said. "The Queen has degenerated to that degree... The more energy the Mammon Machine absorbs, the further the Queen degenerates. Her spirit has been stolen by the infamous immortal, Lavos." Then the ground started to shake.
"We must flee! The seal has been broken! The mountain will collapse!"
"What seal?" Crono asked, but didn't get any answer.
Sasuke looked at Crono.
"Why are you always this stupid?" Sasuke asked, looking at Crono.
"Elder! The Mountain of Woe is about to crumble!" a man said panicly.
The elder of the Earthbound village walked quickly up to the surface. He saw how the gigantic chain, which was attached in the mountain scattered and the mountain fell.
X~X~X
"Lavos sleeps deep underground, while consuming the energy of this planet. If the Mammon Machine is brought closer to him, he may awaken! We must hurry before it's too late!" Melchior said.
They were inside the elder's room.
In here were Crono, Lucca, Marle, Sasuke, Melchior and the elder.
A man came in.
"Elder! Schala's here."
"What? Schala's here?" Melchior said and turned to the room opening.
They all did. Schala came into the room, followed by Janus.
"Miss Schala... Why have you come to such a miserable place?" the Elder said.
Schala looked at him with a kind look. "Stop degenerating yourselves! We Enlighten Ones were once the same as you. The only difference is that we are under Lavos's control..."
Schala was so glad to see Melchior, she didn't notice Crono, Marle, Sasuke or Lucca.
"Melchior!" she said. "After the Mountain of Woe fell, I thought I would find you here!"
Melchior put his hand on her shoulder. "Is it safe for you to leave the palace?"
Schala looked down. "That no longer matters. The Ocean Palace is now operational!"
'Damn it!' Sasuke cursed.
Melchior looked down. "Then all is lost!"
"But without me, the Mammon Machine won't work." Schala said. "I have turned my back against that evil device!"
"We'll help!" Crono said. "To do whatever's necessary."
"Why do I have to get myself into these situations?" Sasuke mentally asked himself, but nodded nonetheless. "Same here, Your Highness."
"Oh, you!" Schala said. "How did you... no time... I'm glad you're safe."
"I've kept the Skyway open. Hurry! You must stop... my mother!"
"Why don't we keep it right there..." a voice said. They all turned around.
"Dalton!" Schala exclaimed.
"Tisk, tisk, tisk my dear." Dalton said. "Your presence is required elsewhere!"
Melchior stepped forward. "Dalton! Leave her alone!"
Dalton laughed. "Ah! The geezer speaks!" He smiled.
"Silence, old man!" Dalton launched a fireball, which threw Melchior back, and in a matter of seconds, Dalton had ran to Schala.
"Argh!" Melchior yelled.
Dalton hit Schala, which forced her to her knees. He looked down on her. "You'll come to the Ocean Palace with me."
Then he turned to the others. "Do anything funny, and Schala's dust. Got it?"
Janus ran forward to him. "Schala!"
Dalton hit Janus and made him fly across the room. "The Queen's children all seem to have a problem with authority, don't they?"
In less than one second, Crono had his sword up, Marle her crossbow, Sasuke his katana, and Lucca her gun.
"Stay back. The life of this woman means nothing to me!"
Crono holstered his sword.
'Damn it all.' Sasuke thought, holstering his sword as well.
Dalton looked down on Schala. "Shall we get going, Schala, dear? Your mother awaits!"
With a flash, Dalton, Schala and Janus disappeared.
"Damn it!" Sasuke cursed, shielding his eyes.
Melchior looked right into the wall.
"Melchior!" Lucca exclaimed.
"I'm all right. But we must save Schala, or else..."
The elder walked up. "Impossible! Even though it's coming from YOU, Melchior..."
Melchior looked down. "If the Queen is allowed to fulfill her dream, all life as we know it, is doomed!"
Crono shook his head. "Not as long I can do something about it!"
Melchior looked on him. "You're willing to challenge the queen?"
Crono nodded.
"You've done so much for us... and I don't even know your names!"
Marle giggled. "You'll find out soon enough!"
Melchior didn't really understand what she said. "What ARE you talking about?"
Lucca pulled on Crono's arm. "Come on, Crono!"
"I will do anything they're not ready for." Sasuke murmured, a smirk crossing his lips.
They turned around, but Melchior stopped them.
"Wait, take this with you. It's made from the same red stone as the Mammon Machine. With it, you can destroy the machine!" He handed over a red knife.
Never had anyone in the Zeal kingdom seen something like this.
Four people, two boys and two girls, ran across the floating continent like there was a fire.
Crono ran into the transporter cave followed by Lucca and Marle. They used it to get up to the palace.
"Wait..." Marle said, exhausted. "I... Let's switch party members, okay?"
Crono nodded. "Sure. Lucca?"
Lucca nodded, also exhausted.
Perhaps Crono was also exhausted, but he didn't care.
"I'll call you back!" He said. "Let's switch to... Ayla and Robo."
He created a gate, and the girls entered. Robo and Ayla came out.
"Where Ayla at?" Ayla said.
"Outside the palace." Crono said. "The Ocean Palace is complete! And the Queen got Schala! If they get the Mammon Machine working, Lavos will awaken!"
"And we need to get down there as soon as possible." Sasuke added.
Robo beeped panicly. "Let's hurry!"
So, the boy, the primitive woman, the avenger and the robot ran straight into the palace and headed for the Queen's room.
The people had probably not seen a robot before, but Crono didn't care.
Just outside the entrance to the hall, two maids stood. They looked hypnotized.
"The Ocean Palace is complete. Zeal will rule forever!" One said.
"Where's Schala?" Crono asked.
"The Queen took Schala with her to the Ocean Palace. We Enlighten Ones will finally attain immortality!"
"That was everything I wanted to know." Crono said and entered the Queen's hall.
Once they came in, they saw Dalton sitting on the Queen's throne.
"Phooey! Why is the Prophet allowed inside while I'm stuck with guard duty?"
Crono, Ayla and Robo lined up.
"Ha! There you are... I let the Prophet go, knowing he'd mess up sooner or later. But I've no use for you anymore. You're history!"
"I don't think so." Sasuke said.
Dalton let an iron orb fall from the ceiling, to land on Ayla.
"Urufff..."
Crono jumped up and slashed Dalton with his sword.
Robo opened a few holes in his hull. Laser beams came out of them, and searched for Dalton.
Sasuke unleashed his Chidori discharge, ran the current through his sword, and slashed Dalton with it. Dalton was forced to his knees.
"N...nooooooo! I'm going to be immortal! I CAN'T be beaten now!"
Dalton hovered up. A gate opened under him. He dove down in it.
Crono watched it. "Let's follow. I bet it leads to the Ocean Palace."
Sasuke nodded. "Okay."
Crono jumped in, followed by Sasuke, Robo and Ayla.
The room they came into had almost all black walls. On some places, there were small holes in the ground, with a yellow-red liquid in.
There was an opening on the south side. Mune was standing there.
"The black energy grows... Something scary is waking up!"
Mune jumped up, spun around, and disappeared.
X~X~X
Meanwhile in the mammon chamber, deeper inside the palace…
"Schala, raise the power of the Mammon Machine to its limit!" Zeal said.
Schala looked down. "..."
"Schala! You dare to disobey me?!"
"All right, mother..." Schala raised her hands and the room turned red.
Looking in excitement were 8 highranked Zeal people. In there was also the Prophet.
"Oh.. what bright splendor! The incredible power of Lavos!" The Queen exclaimed.
Schala collapsed. "Aagh..."
The Prophet turned to her, but didn't say anything.
"..."
X~X~X
Through the halls of the Ocean Palace, Crono, Ayla, Sasuke and Robo ran.
"Halt!" Some guards shouted, but Crono ignored them.
"This way!" Crono ran down some stairs.
After an extra long stair, they came into a big room. Four soldiers were waiting for them.
"Sorry, but you won't get any further!"
Crono drew his sword. "That's a mistake."
The soldiers were using some stick-looking things as weapons.
Probably magic, but Crono didn't want to know.
Crono swung his sword against one of them, who parried with it's stick.
Robo tackled one over the edge, and Ayla kicked down two.
Finally, Crono pulled back his sword, crunched, and rolled over the side.
He kicked the soldier, and was just going to cut him with his sword, when he didn't like the position. So, he simply pushed him off the edge.
"Let's go!"
They ran down more stairs.
Suddenly, a mage got in their way.
"And where are you going?"
"To rescue Schala. Tell us where she and Zeal are or die." Sasuke threatened, pointing his katana at the mage.
The mage created four fire balls over his head and launched each of them on each of the members.
Sasuke deflected one with his sword.
Crono got two.
After Ayla had resist the shock caused by the fire ball, she jumped up and kicked the mage backward.
"Physical won't work!" The mage laughed.
"Crono! Give me lightning!" Ayla said.
Crono nodded and fired a lightning bolt on Ayla. Ayla's body began to glow, and she jumped forward and touched the mage.
Crono's powerful lightning energy was transferred between them, and the mage was transformed into something black and smoking.
"Let us continue!" Robo said.
"Right!" Sasuke said.
Robo took the lead and continued further into the dark palace. Then, they met Masa.
"The ancient Red Rock has been passed down through the ages. From it, a magic pendant, and a knife were made. We embody Melchior's dreams, sealed within the knife... Now hurry, if you plan to confront the queen. We're counting on you!" he said.
Then he jumped up, spun around, and disappeared.
X~X~X
Meanwhile in the mammon room, deeper in the palace.
"Ahh, I can feel it! The pulse of eternal life! Ha, ha, ha...!" Zeal said.
Schala's hands started to shake uncontrollably.
"D...dark.. force...wild energy! Aughhh!" She collapsed.
The Prophet turned to her. "...!"
A servant walked forward. "Th, the Mammon Machine! Your majesty, it's too dangerous!"
Zeal fired a lightning bolt, which threw the servant backward.
"Mother..!" Schala exclaimed.
"Don't stop Schala! We're almost there... Immortality will be ours! Zeal will have the glory it deserves! Mwa, ha, ha... Too long have I waited!"
X~X~X
"What IS this thing?" Crono exclaimed.
"It looks like an elevator device." Robo answered.
They had ended up in a cylinder former room, on a platform, high above the ground.
"If my calculations are correct, all we have to do is push this button." Robo said.
He pressed one button. But instead of moving, ten soldiers came in.
"Oops..." Crono said. "Wrong button."
"Idiot…" Sasuke said, pulling his sword out.
"We are outnumbered!" Robo said.
"Ayla strong! Ayla fight!" Ayla said.
The soldiers placed themselves in a circle around Crono, Sasuke, Ayla and Robo.
"Max cyclone?" Crono asked.
"As you wish." Robo answered.
Crono jumped up on Robo, and they both spun around. A shockwave came out of them, striking all enemies down.
"Nice." Crono said when he jumped down.
"Not nice." Ayla said when all of them rose.
Crono fired lightning on many of them, Sasuke slashed, Ayla kicked and Robo tackled. It didn't take very long.
The elevator was filled of dead corpses when they were finished.
"Let's move on." Crono said and pressed another button.
The elevator moved down. The new room was larger then most of the past.
In the middle of it was Dalton standing.
He was smiling.
"You're starting to tick me off." Sasuke said, grasping his sword.
"You made it THIS far. Maybe I underestimated you... But this is the end! THEY will take care of you! Come, Golem Twins!"
A big portal opened, and two Golems came out. Laughing, Dalton teleported himself away.
"Strange creatures!" Robo said.
"Yeah." Crono replied. "But I've met one of these before."
"Before you guys had met me, that is." Sasuke added to be more specific.
Robo throttled up, and tackled the left Golem. It counterattacked with an iron orb.
Robo went out.
Crono summoned his lightning magic and fired lightning in every direction.
The right Golem copied the tech and used it.
Ayla and Crono were knocked to the ground.
Sasuke darted around to avoid getting hit and slashed the left one with his sword as hard as he could before he got hit by an iron orb.
The right Golem casted a heal spell on it's twin.
Crono got up and leaped forward with his sword.
He drilled his sword deep into the body of the left Golem.
It waved with it's hands. Ayla jumped up and kicked it.
Crono backed off.
Robo got up and opened his hull,and fired laser beams in every direction.
The two Golems got black burn lines all over their bodies.
Both Golems raised their hands and two iron orbs fell down.
Crono and Ayla got one on their heads, completely knocking them down.
Robo tackled the left one and succeeded to make it fall.
Sasuke got up and slashed the right Golem with his sword and instantly dodged the iron orb the other one had dropped.
Robo opened his hull again, but this time he fired heal beams on Crono and Ayla.
A new orb knocked down Ayla. Crono leaped forward, and cut the right Golem.
Once the cut was complete, he turned his sword around and made a double cut.
The right Golem scattered.
The left one, who was knocked down, got up and looked around panicly.
The room turned black and small green objects flew around.
Crono felt an enormous pain, and he held his hands over his head to protect it. Once the spell was over, the last Golem scattered.
The Dalton came back. "They beat the Golem Twins!? All right, this calls for the Golem Boss."
Dalton was just going to raise his hand when the room turned red and a strange sound could be heard from the room behind him.
"W, what's this strange force? Could this be... Lavos's energy?! I've got a bad feeling about this... All my work will be in vain if I expire before I'm immortal!"
Dalton put his cape over his arms. "This is your lucky day! Bye-bye!" He teleported himself away.
Sasuke got up.
"Damn, he got away!" He cursed, sheathing his sword and joining Crono.
Crono was first going to enter the room Dalton protected, when he remembered Robo.
"You okay?"
Robo beeped. "I have been better. May I go to End of Time."
Crono nodded. "Sure. Trade with..."
"Frog?" Robo suggested. Crono nodded.
"Ayla tired after battle with evil man. Want to trade."
"Okay... Trade with..."
"Crono want Marle?" Ayla said.
"Say again?" Crono said.
"Ayla think Crono like Marle. But no worry. Ayla trade Marle."
Before Crono got time to answer, Ayla entered the gate, and Marle came out. After a second, Frog was with them.
Crono explained fast what had happened.
"Let's hurry!" Marle said.
Crono nodded and ran into the room.
They ran into the new room. Just behind the door was a catwalk way on which a Nu stood, blocking the way.
"This is the hall of the Mammon Machine... Now is the time to turn back, nu..."
Crono pushed it over the edge. "Sorry." he said and ran further into the room.
Truly, this was the hall of the Mammon Machine.
At the end of the room was the device standing.
In front of it stood the Queen, on the left side, Schala and on the right side the Prophet.
Six servants were also in the room,standing in a row, three on each side. They placed themselves between the rows.
"Schala!" Marle exclaimed. "We're here to save you! C'mon!"
Frog freed his hands from his cape.
"We shan't allow thee to meddle with Lavos, Queen!"
Sasuke looked at the Mammon Machine.
"Your time is up, Zeal!"
The servants backed off.
Schala turned around. "You're..!"
Then big flashes came out from the Mammon Machine.
"Help!" Schala shouted and fell down on her knees.
The Prophet hurried to her.
"Schala..!"
But the Queen came between.
"What are you doing, Schala? I need your help here!"
Even more flashes came up.
"Crono...!" Marle said. "The red knife!"
Frog pulled on his arm.
"Crono, use the old man's knife to stop the Machine!"
"There's no time to waste!" Sasuke said, looking at him.
Crono stepped forward, and threw the knife against the machine.
But the knife stopped in the middle of the air.
Crono felt how all hope drained. Then...
"Here we go, Mune!" Masa's voice said.
"Ready, big brother!" Mune's voice replied.
The sword flew with incredible speed against the machine and drilled deep into the device. They recognized the knife now.
"T, 'tis... ...the Masamune?!" Frog said.
Another card fell on place for Crono.
Of course it was! Melchior lived in this period... And it was made of dreamstone... the red rock!
The Queen turned to the machine.
"Th, the Mammon Machine!?" A red glow surrounded it.
"It's coming..!" the Prophet said.
"N, no stop!" Schala said. "That sword alone can't stop it!"
"Why do I have a feeling that this is going to be a bad idea…?" Sasuke asked himself, shielding his eyes and hearing an ear-splitting scream that clearly indicated that he, Frog, Crono and Marle just woke up Lavos.
X~X~X
Suddenly, with a white flash, Sasuke, Crono, Marle and Frog found themselves face to face with Lavos.
The environment had changed. From Ocean walls to some blue pulsing color.
They were standing on something invisible.
Then came destruction from heaven... Big brown-yellow things fell down and exploded as they hit Crono, Marle and Frog.
It all ended with a huge explosion.
Lavos' magic was horrible.
Crono, Marle and Frog all fell to the ground.
Crono couldn't move, but he saw what happened.
Sasuke sucked in air through his teeth and covered his ears, expecting the worst.
"Damn it!" Sasuke growled above Lavos's bloodcurdling scream as he also collapsed.
Lavos roared loudly.
But then, the Prophet came.
"I've waited for this..." he said.
With a fast handmove, he threw off his cape and showed his real identity.
Magus.
"I've been waiting for you, Lavos. I swore long time ago... That I'd destroy you! No matter what the price! It is time to fulfill that vow. Feel my wrath, Lavos!"
Then, Zeal and Schala came into the room.
Crono had seen all this. In his dream. He was waiting for everybody except Zeal to be knocked down.
"What do you think you can do?" Zeal said. "Hmph! A false Prophet... You'll be a snack for the great Lavos!"
Schala moved in her way.
"Mother, please stop! This power can only end in ruin!"
"Get away from here, Schala! The almighty life force of Lavos lives in all of us... You are a part of it! You cannot change fate now! Oppose me, and I will destroy you also!" She fired lightning on her daughter, forcing her to the ground.
"Heeelp..." Schala said with a weak voice.
"One more..." Crono thought.
"Damn… you…" Sasuke got out.
The Queen jumped up on Lavos and turned to Magus. "Come Prophet, feel the power of Lavos!"
Lavos opened his beak, and flashes surrounded Magus. They forced him down on his knees.
"That's it." Crono thought.
"But wha..." Magus tried to get up. "Ungh! Aaah! My powers are being drained! Unghh... I won't... be beaten! I survived the darkness to defeat you, Lavos!" Magus rose.
"Take this, Lavos!" Magus rushed forward and attacked the beak with a magic rod.
Lavos' shell turned blue for a little moment, but got back it's original color after just a second.
"Wh, what..? It doesn't work?! Aaughhh!" Magus was thrown backward and didn't move.
"Foolish one!" Zeal laughed. "Your measly power can't touch Lavos! This is from me to you!"
Lavos roared, and the roar made Crono roll over one side. The spell which held Crono still broke.
"You shall enjoy eternal life..." Zeal continued. "As a part of Lavos! Uwa, ha, ha, ha...!"
Marle looked up. "Can you move, Crono? Please help Schala!" her head fell down again.
"Magus! Thou art mine to defeat!" Frog said, but even he fell down again.
"S, Schala... Are you all right?" Magus whispered.
Schala looked up on Crono. "Please... Escape... Crono! Humans can't hope to defeat it."
"So..." The Queen said. "You are Crono? Why don't you do as Schala says, and run away, yelping in terror? Isn't your life precious to you? Uwa, ha, ha, ha!"
"Do something, you idiot!" Sasuke said urgently, lifting his head up only to have it thrown down again.
This was all so familiar to Crono. He knew what was going to happen. How could he stop it?
He looked on Marle. He could see her pretty, but bleak face.
Crono said something to her. He didn't really pick up the words.
Apparently, neither did Marle.
He wished he could say some last words, but he didn't know if she would hear them. He took a last look at her, and then faced Lavos' beak.
"Haven't given up yet? What do you hope to do?" Zeal said. "You challenge Lavos with that battered body of yours? Mwa, ha, ha... See the power of Lavos and feel his wrath!"
Crono made sure his body covered those behind him.
Lavos opened his beak and roared. Big flashes appeared around Crono.
"Crono!" he heard Marle scream.
Marle's pendant Crono carried started to glow and flew off, hovering in front of Crono.
"Take care of her." Crono said.
Sasuke nodded. "Okay, I will." He said, tears forming in his eyes as he quickly wiped them away.
"Sorry, Marle." Crono's last thoughts were.
His body scattered in thousand pieces.
"Crono?! Crono!"
Sasuke felt as if a paralysis jutsu had been cast upon him as he watched Crono disintegrate into nothing.
"Another close comrade goes up in flames…" he said, closing his eyes.
X~X~X
With a light flash, they disappeared from the area and came back to the hall of the Mammon Machine.
"I can't beat him. Lavos...!" Magus said, still sitting on his knees.
In fact, they were all doing the same thing.
"Crono!" Marle said. "Where's Crono?!" she looked around, but he wasn't there.
She put her head in her hands and cried.
"NOOO!"
Frog croaked.
"Argh! We must plan our escape! The Palace crumbles!"
"First my entire clan, then Itachi, now this…" Sasuke said, closing his eyes.
Schala rose up.
"The last of my pendant's power will send you to safety. I know you can't forgive her but... please don't hate mother, or our kingdom. I'm so sorry! Now, off you go!"
Magus thought for a second.
"...!"
Then they all were teleported away.
Schala fell down on her knees again. Alone.
"…Crono…"
X~X~X
In that moment, Lavos woke up.
The earth opened itself and Lavos came up. Huge fireballs erupted from his body and was fired in every direction. Wild energy flew straight up and drilled through the flying island. The islands scattered and slowly sank down, when Lavos wasn't giving it any energy.
Big cliffs fell off the main island, and the people inside the houses ran around, looking for some way to save themselves. The kingdom of Zeal fell into the dark and cold water.
In the earthbound village, people heard explosions, but didn't know what it was. Then, a man came running in.
"Zeal is falling!"
The ran up to the surface to see. And so it was. The islands sunk down. When the islands fell down in the water, it created a huge tidal wave. It was truly HUGE. Panicly, the earthbound people ran away from the hill. With a big crash, the wave struck the land.
On this day, the land changed forever...
X~X~X
From the cockpit of the Epoch, Sasuke opened the glass dome and carefully carried the unconscious forms of Marle and Frog to one of the built huts, where he gently lied them down next to the fire that was already started by the remaining Earthbound villagers, that had survived the destruction of the Ocean Palace and the Fall of Zeal that was caused by the huge spiky monstrosity that Sasuke guessed was Lavos, when he walked in.
Utilizing his chakra to his hand and seeing how her throat was displayed so invitingly, Sasuke leaned forward and placed his fingers on Marle's neck, giving a relieved sigh when he felt her fluttering heartbeat. Though he wasn't a medical ninja like Sakura or Karin, his power was undoubtedly a thing of beauty.
'The both of them must be delirious over what just happened back at the Ocean Palace.' Sasuke thought, looking at Marle's unconscious form as he quietly moved his fingers away from her neck. 'Still, I can't believe that Crono sacrificed himself to save us and Schala at the cost of his own life…'
"Crono…" she moaned softly against Sasuke's incredible warm touch, forcing the young Uchiha to shake his head with a frown on his face.
Sasuke thought that the outcome was something beautiful. Her long strawberry blonde hair was tussled amongst the floor, with her brilliant blue eyes staring at nothing filled with sadness and despair as Sasuke carefully wrapped the two remains of his long sleeved white haori, that he used to wear during his years spent under Orochimaru's rule before his fight with Deidara of the Akatsuki until after Deidara blew himself up in a kamikaze-like explosion with his detonating C4 clay in a last-ditch effort to kill Sasuke, around her small body and headed outside, where the young Uchiha found something glimmering in the snow and, upon realizing it was the pendant that Crono held on for Marle before his heroic sacrifice, Sasuke gave the small piece of jewelry to the Earthbound elder in the commons.