Kaze no Klonoa 3: The Dark Side of Phantomile

Disclaimer I don't own Klonoa or any related characters in this story. I own some characters and the idea and not much else. Now that that's out of the way let's get this started J

Vision 7: Haka-Serjuu no Temple Part I

Author's Note: Every spell in this story is of my own creation. That's surprising given that most of the ideas in this story are derived from ideas that other game companies have already thought of : p Also, I apologize very much for this chapter being very late. I've been feeling sort of strange lately with my writing skills and you can predict what happened after that. Also, the microsoft word I've been using was a trial (go figure...) so I've also been having pride issues...but, it's here just for you. This chapter has more involvement with the plot, so...I'll stop talking now...

Part I

"Mmm...hmm..? Where am I?", Klonoa says as he finally awakens.

He looks around and finds that he is lying in a field. There are many melted clocks around, and trees whoes leaves are a nice sky blue color. Klonoa raises an invisible eyebrow in question and continues to focus his thoughts on the strange dimension...until he hears playful laughter in a voice like his own...well when he was younger. Klonoa turns to where the laughter is coming from and runs in that general direction; jumping over rocks and stone tablets as he goes. He keeps running...running...and running until he notices that the crunchy, dead grass under his feet is replaced by green, healthy grass, as a vast field with nothing but grass and trees unfolds itself before the dream traveler. In his moment of awe, Klonoa doesn't notice someone coming up from behind him until he is knocked down via collision.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?", a voice says. Klonoa gets up and turns around and is stunned by the sight he sees.

A young cabbit is standing right there in front of Klonoa. He looks alot like Klonoa, except that he is more of a navy blue color instead of black. His collar has many oval shaped jewels encrusted on it and silver and gold tassels chasing the collar. The pac-man sign on his hat has one angel wing on it and one devil wing and his eyes are blue; lighter than his fur, mind you. He also has a long, silver ponytail that touches the ground and a patch of silver hair on his upper chest. His pants look like Klonoa's old ones...except they are black and they have armor on their legs with both the insignias of the moon kingdom, Cress and the sun temple, Coronia on them. Instead on sneakers, the blue cabbit wears boots that go up to his knees and have armor on their toes; reason enough for Klonoa not to upset him.

"I'm okay. What's your name; I'm Klonoa!", Klonoa says; kneeling down to talk to the younger cabbit.

"Surenia! I'm sorry I bumped into you.", the young cabbit, now known as Surenia says. He clutches a doll that Klonoa feels a little uncomfortable about; it's a doll of himself, the dream traveler.

"Hey, do you know where I am?", Klonoa asks. Surenia puts a finger to his chin in thought. Seeing it now, Klonoa can see that Surenia's tail is a lot more puffy than his and the end of it flares like a flame and glows like a blue one.

"I dunno. I don't even know where this is...but, I have fun here for some reason. On another note, you look like my doll. Klonoa, right?", Surenia says.

"Yup! One more question...have you seen a floating, spirit like thing around? Or a boy with long blue hair? It's the same person, but he takes on different forms."

"Uh-uh. Sorry. Well, I'm gonna go now. See ya!"

Surenia runs off, still clutching his Klonoa plushie and Klonoa himself just sits down and puts his finger to his chin in thought.

"Where am I? Am I under a spell...or maybe I'm in a coma, like when Janga struck me with his poison claws.", Klonoa says, "...the last thing I remember was that serpent beast getting ready to strike me with some sort of plasma blade..."

"Are you that confused, Klonoa of the Wind?"

"Whoa! Who said that!" Klonoa jumps at the sudden voice and he also draws his wind saber.

"Relax...I am not your enemy. Mearly a guardian..."

"Guardian? Of this strange realm!"

"It is strange to you, because you already exist..."

"Exist?"

"Is there an echo in here...oh wait, my voice makes echoes...not funny? Alright...but yes, exist. This realm exists between time and space; light and darkness...maybe that's why I appeared..."

"What do you mean? Who are you?"

"...how could you forget me so fast?"

"...Surenia!"

As soon as Klonoa says his name, Surenia appears behind him and hangs on his back. Surenia looks at Klonoa with a smile and puts his doll in Klonoa's face.

"Bingo...or do you prefer bingo?", Surenia says. When the tone in his voice shifts, the end of Surenia's tail glows red instead of blue. Klonoa shakes him off out of pure fear.

"What the hell! Are some kind of bipolar being?", Klonoa says. Surenia strides toward Klonoa and the latter continues to keep his distance until the former jumps at him and latches onto his shirt with claws that come out of his fingers like a cat's.

"What are you...afraid of me now? Don't be...I won't hurt you unless I have to.", Surenia says. He stares at Klonoa, who is sweating by now because of seeing Surenia's innocent blue eyes, turn into a sinister red. Klonoa takes a swipe at Surenia with his wind saber and the latter falls to the ground from the impact of the sword. Given the chance, Klonoa runs in the opposite direction as fast as he can.

Surenia doesn't take kindly to this and his eyes change to a bottomless black and as soon as they do, his whole body is engulfed by a light as bright as the sun itself. Surenia emerges from the light and has taken on the form of a white wolf. He has long locks of hair trailing down the sides of his head and ankle fur that curls like the wind. He has many black markings on his body and a long bushy tail that breaks off into three tails; two shorter than the center one. A circular device on his back has the marks of all of the elements on it and a dark blue mist emenates from it. His long ears curl back towards his back and they appear striaght as he runs after Klonoa. The dream traveler continues to run; through the seemingly endless plain.

"Did I lose him?", Klonoa asks. No sooner does he say that, does a wave of energy begin to make its way towards Klonoa. Klonoa takes notice quickly and reacts by properly bakflipping to dodge the attack. Ten seconds after he does that, the transformed Surenia comes into site with his fangs barred.

"Shit!", Klonoa says.

The dream traveler holds up his wind saber defensively and then parries the claw swipe from Surenia. Klonoa rolls around behind Surenia and strikes him with a jumping slash that he executes Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker style. Surenia jumps back and than the device on his back begins to spin. The insignia of fire glows and two large fireballs appear at his sides that turn into double blades that are connected by a chain. The chain latches around Surenia's body and the two swords float in the air; brimming with a red energy. Klonoa grips his wind saber and charges for Surenia without a single thought in his mind.

Surenia dodges Klonoa's attack and spins his body in such a way, that both blades srike Klonoa and burn him on contact. Klonoa grips his wounds and prepares to deliver a counterattack until...everything stops. Surenia stops; the wind stops; everything stops.

"...huh? What is--", Klonoa says.

"Klonoa! Wake up! Klonoa!", a voice says.

"Huepow! Where are you! I'm here!"

"Klonoa! Please wake up!"

"HUEPOW!"

Everything begins to fizzle like TV static and Klonoa begins to rise off the ground, as his body begins to take on a spirit-like form...

Part II

Klonoa's eyes snap open and he rises so fast that he and Huepow literally bump heads. The two of them rub their heads as they digest what just happened. Klonoa feels around on his body to check for any major wounds. He sees that there are no gashes on his body so he goes back to another pressing issue.

"Huepow, are you alright?", Klonoa says. Huepow looks back at him with one of his eyes half-closed.

"Oh, yeah Klonoa, I'm fine. I just bumped my head into yours; that's all. How about you? You were out of it for quite some time.", Huepow says. He's still in his battle form.

"I'm fine, given what I just saw in that dream or whatever it was...now that I'm awake, we need to continue our mission..."

"Yeah...I just wish I knew where Yami and that freak, Zyre, were..."

Silence. Klonoa and Huepow think long and hard about what their next move is. Suddenly, Klonoa snaps his fingers which causes Huepow to look over at the dream traveler.

"That's it!", Klonoa says.

"A dream stone for your thoughts?", Huepow replies.

"Huepow, I'm thinking about taking a trip to the dark side of Cress."

"What, you think that Yami is there?"

"Of course! If there's any place that's ideal for evil plots, than Cress is definetely that place...of course, we're still gonna have to go through the sun temple..."

"Coronia...well, we can do it! There hasn't been anything that's hindered our progress before."

"True. I already have a plan as to how we can get up there, too!"

Klonoa immediately stands up and puts a hand on his glove that bears the mark of the nightmare beast, Useria. Klonoa makes some motions with his hands and a magic circle appears beneath his feet. A torrential wind stirs up and a cyclone of water surrounds the dream traveler and, before long, the nightmare beast Useria decends from the sky and makes a graceful landing next to Klonoa. The dream traveler strokes Useria's feathers and the bird nuzzles Klonoa affectionetly. Klonoa leans on Useria's massive body and smirks at Huepow.

"Ready to go for a ride?", Klonoa asks smugly.

"...you're sitting up front.", Huepow replies.

The two heroes get on Useria's back and, with a command from Klonoa, Useria takes flight and begins to ascend towards a structure in the sky. As the clouds sail by Huepow and him, Klonoa has many thoughts on his mind.

"Surenia...what the hell is he? He said he doesn't exist...but, does he have anything to do with Yami or the darkness in general?", Klonoa thinks to himself. As he contemplates his strange dream, Klonoa looks out the corner of his eye and...

"...Surenia?", Klonoa says. The small cabbit sits next to Klonoa on Useria's back, but disappearrs as soon as Klonoa mentions his name. Klonoa blinks twice and jumps up when Huepow taps his shoulder.

"Klonoa...are you okay?", Huepow asks. Klonoa solomely nods and pushes his bangs out his line of vision as a distant temple comes into view...

Part III

Once the duo reaches the structure, they are taken aback by what they see. The sun temple is not what is floating in front of Klonoa and Huepow; this temple is much bigger and is sitting on a floating island, surrounded by a sinister aura. The grass on this land is dead and the trees are all either burnt or crushed...in fact, the temple is the only thing that is in relatively good shape. It is a grand structure with many statues of Useria and Djermegandre on its pedestals. There is a large crest on the door that reads, "Vana mohera sekai no tamashi to tsuki no Surenia" and a statue of a wolf is on top of the temple itself. Klonoa recognizes the stone wolf; it is the same wolf that Surenia transformed into in Klonoa's dream. Useria lands on the large island and lets Klonoa and Huepow off. Klonoa looks around and feels a somewhat familiar feeling about this place...

"I don't know why...but, I feel like I've been here before...", Klonoa says.

"That's because you have, Kaze no Klonoa!", a familiar voice says.

Klonoa and Huepow immediately turn towards the temple entrance and there stands Surenia. He still holds his Klonoa plushie in his hand, except now the toy has no shirt and purple pants. Klonoa draws his wind saber and Huepow draws his cress saber. Surenia walks down the large set of stairs and stands at the foot of said stairs; staring at the two with an innocent, if not unpleasant, smile.

"This is where it all began, Klonoa. This is where the five sages of Namur endowed you with the incredible ability to control the nightmare beasts. Speaking of nightmare beasts...", Surenia states. He motions towards Useria and the aqua phoenix just looks at Surenia with a look that Klonoa has never seen on her face. Klonoa attempts to call back Useria, but it fails for some reason.

"What! Why can't I--", Klonoa says.

"You can't call her back because of the magical energy surrounding this place. This is also a familiar place for Djermegandre and Useria, too...", Surenia says.

"Alright, enough talk! Who are you and what do you want!", Huepow yells.

"...Klonoa didn't tell you about the dream I sent him? Oh well...my name's Surenia! I don't really want anything from you...at the moment."

Huepow begins to lower his weapon, but Klonoa stops him.

"Don't get too comfortable...this kid will turn on you in an instant...", Klonoa says. Surenia frowns, but it soon grows into a growl and his eyes turn a demonic red and so does his tail. The elemental device appears on his back and his hands are covered in fire. The fire explodes into the chained blades that he attacked Klonoa with in the dream.

"I'll teach you some respect, prince of Cress and Kaze no Klonoa...", Surenia growls.

Surenia charges forward at super speed and attempts to hack Klonoa in half, but the dream traveler jumps back and retaliates with a broad horizontal slash. Surenia dodges left and also dodges an attack from Huepow. Surenia charges energy and releases it in the form of a large breath of fire. Klonoa and Huepow each jump forward, dodge the attack and deliver a double attack towards Surenia. The attack connects and Surenia hits the ground.

"You can't win this battle, Surenia. Why don't you just get out of our way!", Klonoa says. Surenia responds by growling deeply and then he transforms into his wolf form. Surenia jumps forward and strikes the heroes with a broad claw swipe. The two are hit and they stumble back clutching their burning wounds.

Surenia slams the ground with his swords and columns of fire rip towards Klonoa and Huepow. Thinking fast, Klonoa quickly tells Useria to lend him her power and the aqua phoenix does so. Klonoa is then enveloped in a strang aura and his eyes turn purple. Black and blue, metallic wings thrust out of Klonoa's back and long talons thrust out of his feet along with metallic wing designs coming out of his hat. The dream traveler's hands are enveloped in a blue aura and he creates a barrier to shield Huepow and him from the flame. Huepow takes a long look at Klonoa and he is simply amazed.

"Klonoa...you can do that!", Huepow says.

"Now's not the time for talk," Klonoa growls "We have to take this guy down!"

Klonoa jets forward, his wings giving him a burst of speed along with allowing himself to float a little off the ground. Surenia rushes forward at his opponent and begins swiping his swords at the transformed dream traveler. Klonoa dodges every single swing and delivers a swift roundhouse that sends Surenia sailing to the ground. Seizing the opportunity, Huepow jumps out from behind Klonoa and holds his hands out, as his hands begin to charge with magical energy.

"I'll take care of you the same way I took care of Zyre! Miyara Blessa!", Huepow says. The prince's eyes glow white and he discharges the spell. This time, however, the target moves and the spell dissipates as soon as it hits the ground. Surenia jumps up and he raises his paws; they begin to charge with red energy in the form of lightening. The energy builds into a giant sphere and Surenia has a huge smirk on his face.

"If you survive this, than I'll let you live otherwise, but if you don't...well, I don't need to explain, do I?", Surenia growls.

"He actually expects us to survive such an attack!", Klonoa says.

"Don't worry...I've got a plan...", Huepow whispers. As soon as he does, Surenia releases the energy and the huge, blood-red sphere plummets towards the ground and towards our heroes...

To Be Continued...

ValkierieDjermegandre: What's that? SUSPENSE! Just joking. Again, I apologize about this being so late and I hope that nothing like this happens again.