A/N: Here we are at the second half to finish this crossover. I really want to get this over with.
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Rocky road
It is near the sunset at a rocky road in an open forest. The skies become a mix between blue and light orange.
After previously defeat the bestiary, Noctis, Gai, Mana, Ignis, Gladiolus, and Prompto are seen walking and picking their feet up. Noctis' group couldn't believe what they just saw, Ouma Mana have the ability to harness crystals coming from her majestic body.
"Whoa, you're on fire today, girl." Prompto gives a compliment to Mana.
"Explain how you be able to do this?" Ignis questioned the pink-haired girl.
Mana simply gives a smile and is about to ignore him until Gai quickly step in.
"I'll take care of this." Gai responded to his mistress and answers to Ignis, "It's a long story. In our world, she receives it from an unknown circumstance that I have to get involve to save her, even if I once sacrifice myself to do so."
Noctis and his friends are briefly stunned by this revelation, especially the part of the implication that Gai and Mana were once dead before.
"That means you guys are revenants or something?" Gladiolus questioned.
"Sort off." Gai answered.
"What kind of world looks like for you two?" Noctis pondered about the guests' setting.
"It's something post-apocalyptic, and not an easy task for a former Undertaker." Gai answered to the Lucis heir.
"And as of now, I can do more that just firing my crystals, but you boys have to find out." Mana assured to the young men.
Prompto can just whistle at Mana's words in mind. The party continues to keep walking until they reach some sort of a tunnel. They stop for a moment, but they hear a faint air and a low sound inside.
"Did you hear that, folks?" Ignis quietly warned.
"Yeah, I'm hearing it alright Iggy." Gladiolus responded.
The low sound then slightly rises to some kind of an animalistic growl.
"That must be the Behemoth." Noctis begin to realize upon hearing the sound closer.
"Whatever it is, we have to go in." Gai suggested to the group.
Taken the blond haired man's words by heart, the group decides to enter the tunnel.
Inside the tunnel starts by being made of rocks and roots like an underground rocky path, but as the people keep walking, debris buildings and stones are made as well in ruins. As the sound of the monster is getting close, Gai and Noctis' group go right through the right corner that outside of the tunnel made out of metal debris above come a sight to see.
A large bull monster with a tough purple hide, long horns (which part of his right horn is missing), tuffs of hair of his neck, and a scar on his one eye is seen sniffing on top of the debris to find food. This is Deadeye, the Behemoth that the party is looking for to kill.
"Best be quiet while we sneak through." Ignis whispered to his cohorts, knowing they can't attack head on straight away.
The group does so that each takes a turn to sneak and crawl through the Behemoth's scent. The first is Ignis, then is Gladiolus, and next is Prompto who they made it to the other side. As Noctis is about to go next, the Behemoth's head smells through the debris, but his eyesight is poor to can't see the presence of some intruders. As the Behemoth moves away, Noctis crawls safely to meet up with his friends.
Now it's Tsutsugami Gai and Ouma Mana's turn, in which both decide to go together. The Behemoth's scent then feels something odd as Deadeye's scarred head reach through to find the source. Gai and Mana move back a bit while the former covers his lover, making Mana's presence decrease a bit so that the monster would not find out. Noctis and his groups have their slight concerns at the moment, but it wanes as the Behemoth begins to leave the area. Gai and Mana make it through nevertheless.
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(Cue Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae - Enemy Approaching Theme)
A few minutes later, the party begins to head outside as the area is surrounded by mist.
"Aw man, I can't see!" Prompto complains while looking around the mist.
"But that was a close one, right?" Gai wondered.
"Yeah, we still have to track down the Behemoth, wherever it is." Gladiolus said to Gai.
Suddenly in front of the group, they notice footsteps are heading back to its destination. The party hides beside one of the boulders and peeks to see Deadeye wandering.
"It's heading back to its lair." Ignis muttered.
"Then we should follow it without being notice." Noctis responded.
Follow Deadeye back to its lair.
(End Theme)
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(NOTE: INCOMPLETE SCENE)
As the party continues walking, they devise a plan to spring a trap upon the Behemoth. Glados will shoot at its blindspot.
(Cue Final Fantasy XV - Omnis Lacrima)
Party fights Behemoth as boss. Noctis is about to summon Ramuh as a last resort only that Mana uses her newfound abilities to defeat it and Gai and Noctis deliver the finishing blow.
(End Theme)
"Yeah! This is our ticket in getting our car back!" Prompto "I think I'm having a moment…"
"Yeah, we'd uh, need to get some rest before heading to Cindy's tomorrow." Gladiolus
(NOTE: INCOMPLETE SCENE)
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Outside/Nightfall
Hours later, it is nightfall as the skies transition from the yellow evening to the blackish-blue skies that are filled with stars. The full moon is seen as well, in which it reminds people having some wonderful memories of camping, especially in the summer.
(Cue Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae - Camping Theme)
In a forest, the party has set up a campsite within and tents are already been put. A camp fire is in the middle for the people to cook up food. Gladiolus and Ignis are sitting on a bench to prepare the accustoms, while Prompto is being the usual slacker. Mana is seen sitting down on the ground and gives a smile to the night's sky.
Not too far away, Gai and Noctis are seen in a cliff watching the skies. They then turns to face each other.
"Long day, is it?" Noctis asked his new guest.
"Yeah, we work together as a team to take down that beast." Gai concurred of how teamwork usually completes a difficult task. "These three friends of your remind me of my former teammates."
"Who are they?" Noctis asked.
"Their names are Argo, Shibungi, and Oogumo." Gai connects them to Noctis' friends before he sighs, "Besides them, two major people I knew are Shinomiya Ayase and most of all, Ouma Shu."
"Ouma Shu?" Noctis pondered before figure out something, "Wait, isn't Mana related to this person?"
They briefly turn to see their friends hanging out and talking to one another before resuming their conversation.
"Yes, Shu is Mana's younger brother and I was actually a childhood friend of his." Gai truthfully answered.
Noctis is briefly surprise at this information as Gai turns to stare at the night.
"We knew each other since kids, but we haven't seen each other for some time until in our late teen years with different roles." Gai explained. "I was the leader of a resistance group while Shu is a high school student, but he wields a special power that makes him join us. The rest is history."
"I get it." Noctis respond to Gai's words. "That old friend of yours alongside his sister your with reminds me of this young girl named, Lunafreya Nox Fleuret."
"Who is she like?" Gai pondered.
"All I remember was that she is part of the Fleuret family. We use to have some sort of a childhood connection till political feuds made us distant. I wonder if I fight for her sake, should we meet again." Noctis explained about some of his backstory and one of his purposes of fighting.
The blond-haired former resistance leader listens well to what Noctis has to offer.
Gai then begins to chuckle and remembers something during his past life, "You know, this reminds me of my dialogue: A life with no adventure in it is boring. The least a friend can do is stir up a little trouble in your heart."
Noctis takes it in mind about the sort of adventure he experiences. As soon as they finish talking, both young men are heading back to the campsite in meeting up their comrades, and to enjoy the rest of the night. The screen then fades black.
(End Theme)
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(Cue Final Fantasy IX - Good Night)
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The next day, morning comes for the sunrise's light to brighten the campsite. A rest is worth it for the party to fully recover after yesterday's battles.
Noctis and his three best friends slowly wake up from their sleeping bags and get out of their tents. Once they get some fresh air, they figure out that Tsutsugami Gai and Ouma Mana are gone in sight.
"Hey Noct, where did that pink-haired chick and that guy go?" Prompto asked about their guests.
Noctis does not say anything for a moment since he remembers the last conversation he has with them. Nevertheless..
"They wonder off somewhere far away.." The black-haired prince responded.
Despite all this, the party feels that they miss their new companions. As they wrap up their campsite, it is time for them to meet up with Cidney.
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Gas Station
A few hours later, Noctis and his group have arrived back to the gas station. Having enough gils for completing the repairs, their car is back on fuel in good shape. Guess killing that Behemoth pays off for these young men.
With that said, Noctis' group is taking their leave as the black car is driving away from the gas station.
"Come back anytime, you hear?!" Cidney cries out to her clients and saying their farewells while waving her arm with a positive grin.
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Switching to the black car on the roadway, Ignis is driving the automobile with Gladiolus sitting in the front. Noctis and Prompto are sitting in the back. The black-haired prince wonders when they will see the two guests again, even though it's impossible to tell.
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Elsewhere in distance, Gai and Mana are seen on top of a cliff watching the car driving away. Mana is holding 'Triton's hand as they both observe the fantasy world surrounding them before walking away and disappear.
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O'er rotted Soil, under blighted Sky, A dread Plague the Wicked has wrought. In the Light of the Gods, Sword-Sworn at his Side, 'Gainst the Dark the King's Battle is fought. From the Heavens high, to the Blessed below, Shines the Beam of a Peace long besought. Long live thy Line and these Stones divine, For the Night When All comes to Naught.
—Cosmogony 15:2, "Nadir"
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A/N: That's it, this one-shot crossover is the most challenging and ambitious one.
Okay, I admit I didn't finish that climatic battle with the Behemoth, I feel I don't know how to get it right, alongside most readers don't pay much attention to this one-shot. Now I'm reminded why the development of FFXV is extremely complicated and long. Yeah, I think that A Titan's Heart is enjoyable and relatable (with Shu and Eren meet) than Gai & Noctis as some stand alone.
I should let you readers know that this is the last time I am doing a one-shot, following that is a major co-story entitled Shinnen:New Year that will be my final fanfiction ever. That one is definitely going to be fun compare to this.
When I plan on getting a Playstation 4 someday, this game will be my top list sometime after college though job employment still comes first.
