Last Chapter Summary. Dark Phoenix comes to Professor X tells and tells him of the upcoming war. Among the things she eluded to is the 4th dimension, the Gatekeepers, and what will be a war between worlds.

In this chapter, the 5 Warriors of Cosmos re-group as they are summoned into World B.


Wake up. You have another quest to finish. I know you have never felt like this before – freedom, almost as if you can think and move as if you haven't been able to before. But it's time to move.

Usually I won't tell you anything, but because the pacts are broken, there's no use in continuing Cid's experiment. It's true that much of you are synthetic, because, like Cosmos or Chaos, you were designed for a purpose – to defend the light.

Because Garland, the knight charged with defending Cornelia, was getting crazy and out of hand and because Garland reached out for Chaos, when World B was made, a warrior who could fully oppose Garland was needed. After tons of manikins were created, the optimum warrior was made of the wisdom of a mage, strength of a fighter, speed of a thief, skill of a ranger, experience of a monk, a heart of a healer, and the mind of your maker, Cid. You became "Leo the Warrior," but because you were created with no memory or companion, your name didn't exactly stick, so Prishe, a warrior of Vana'diel gave you another name, "Warrior of Light."

Who are you?

Shinryu. Gatekeeper of World B. And I need your help, you and your 4 companions. So please, wake up!

*Wake up*

Where am I? Shallow waters. Floor as white as snow but as hard as granite. A throne that radiates warm light. Floating, glowing streams. This is… this is Order's Sanctuary. Cosmos should be here on this throne… There's Lightning. "Lightning, where are the others? There are supposed to be 3 others."

"It's just us for now. What do you mean there needs to be 3 others?"

"A voice. A voice told me everything I have ever wanted to know. I have a name… Leo. He called himself Shinryu. Do you know him?"

"No, wait, yes. That wasn't a dream… 3 others… Shinryu's in trouble. We have to get to the Northern Continent."

"Northern Continent? Ah yes. How do you know that?"

"Shinryu told me. He told me a lot, like… Are you familiar with crescent lake?"

"Yes, that's near Mt. Gulg… I'm still wondered at how we remember all of this"

"We have to get there, a companion is there."

"Let's go then, we cannot waste time."

*They race down to the edge and take their leap down the tower*

*At Melmond, just west of Order's Sanctuary, another awakes*

Time. It will not wait no matter how hard you hold on. So I am here to set things right. All the information is still light in my head, but I hope I can get this right. This stone, this crystal amidst earth, this should teleport me to where I wish to be…

*Touch the stone then vanish*

*Leo and Lightning arrive in Castle Cornelia*

"This… I feel like I was once here. I was called here for… What's that?"

"That is a… manikin? I would say so… except that looks to much like Luneth. Luneth? Onion Knight? Is that you?"

*Unsheath onion sword as he runs and jumps*

"Lightning!"

*Swords clash. The onion sword and the sword of light*

"Warrior! He looked real, but it's just another soulless manikin…"

*Blazefire Saber shifts, turns into a gun, and shoots. Bullet bounces of the manikin*

*Laughs* "Lightning, you hurt my feelings, calling me *ah%$w#oeah* soulless."

"Cloud of Darkness! Leo, how do you think this happened?"

"It's a Counterfeit Youth with Cloud's memories. It happens, that's how I was made."

"Made?"

*Counterfeit Youth leaps forward and shouts*

"Not now!"

*Battle ensues*

The youth drops and starts slashing quickly at Leo. Leo instinctively lifts his shield and thrusts it forward, launching beams of light and throwing the youth into the air. The youth immediately recovers and fires a shard of ice at Leo and then he drops down to the ground, spins around, controlling the earth, and thrusts his sword toward Lightning, launching her in the air. As she flies through the air, she shoots the youth four times and then jumps of the flying earth toward the youth, tackling him. Unfazed, he lands on the ground. "You haven't seen nothing yet." He starts willing powers around him and shifting. He then jumps up and changes, from an Onion Knight to a Sage. He then starts twisting and launching comets at both Leo and Lightning. At a moment of sync, Lightning glows blue, and then chases for the youth and starts slashing at him. He is launched forward with a gunshot toward Leo, who then tosses his shield up to the falling youth, jumps to catch his butler, and slashes the youth to his bitter end.

*Battle ends*

"I was wrong. I thought this was the *ah%$w#oeah* time for manikins."

*The youth dies*

"Is it just me, or are the manikins stronger then the last cycle?"

"This was supposed to be the manikins world. Where manikins can flourish. That's he was stronger. Well, Light, that's what we're looking for. The Teleportation Stone."

"Let's get moving then."

*The two vanish*


Next Chapter Summary. Picking up from where we left off, Leo and Light searches for their three other companions. Also, who was the mysterious warrior at Melmond? Is he also a companion? These and a whole lot more will be answered in the next chapter.

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