Chapter 9: Of Gods and Eds

While mostly everyone went inside, Eddy stayed with Ed outside trying to wake Edd up. "I think you knocked him into a coma big guy. I don't think I could even take that many shots to the head."

"Well Eddy, I could always try that again."

"You don't mean…"

"Yup."

He hoisted Edd up and-

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"…"

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"..nuh?"

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"Ow!"

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"Ow, Ed, didn't we agree you'd-"

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"Ow, stop this!?" Ed dropped Edd abruptly, deep in thought.

"I recall no such deal."

"Ugh, anyway, what's going on, last I check, we were fighting a plant moxter, Ed was busy being Ed, and you Eddy were trapped in a bedsheet. Someone fill in the blanks between then and now please. And someone explain why I have a bayonet lodged in my pants!"

"Lord Ohalland, guide our feet." said Wakka, in a pious manner, Tidus almost never saw him in. Not wanting to insult, he got into the same position as Wakka, though he did not make a prayer.

"Well isn't all that just pleasant?" graoned Edd sarcastically. "I certainly hope those Luca-whatevers don't press charges, or we'll be in even more trouble. Were stuck in this world if you've forgotten, and"-

"Hey guys look at the color-y chicken."

"Not now Ed, we don't know how long we must be here until we can go home"-

"Aww, it's frozen in time, the cute little dickens."

"What Ed?"

He was right. A bird was frozen in mid-flight right above them. "Um Double D, are there any birds that do that."

"It's impossible Eddy…just impossible"

"No, not when time is frozen" said a familiar voice. The Eds jumped with a start, looking for the source of the voice. Ed finished looking at the bird just in time to notice a cloacked boy standing right next to him. "GAAAAHHH!"

"Hello again Ed children."

"So it was you entrapped us in this second of time.

"Yes, I wanted to check on your progress so far. Remarkable actually."

"I'm sure there's more reason than that to do something like freeze time." Edd said with a frown.

"Yeah, what he said." came Eddy.

"Yeah, what …uh...who said what again?" came Ed.

"That little remark earlier. Don't plan on returning home anytime soon. You have a great role to play in the universe, even after this there will still be worlds beyond that which require your aid."

"Why, don't they have heroes that can handle the situation?"

"Regrettably no. They could, but with minimal chance of success. With you, chances are…still quite low… but they are much higher than if you didn't."

"Really. And why tell us, the ones you dragged who knows how far across the cosmos, this? That even with are help, will probably die."

"In time you will know. Until then let me grace you with that knowledge, and a gift."

Yuna came stumbling out of the Cloister, still exhausted from her commune with the fayth. But alt least she succeeded. Another Aeon would now heed her call. The Aeon Ifrit. She stumbled out of the Cloister, supported by Tidus and her staff. Tidus noticed the Eds coming in from the entrance. "Well," he said, with a mix of anger in his voice, "where were you huys all this time."

"Well, they were, uhm…trying to wake mu up, see I suffered quite a massive panic attack, and because of that, it takes me ages to come to." Grinned Edd sheepishly.

Tidus looked towards Eddy, who was beaming, and Ed, who was smiling as stupidly as he always is.

"Hey guys, did something happen to your weapons? They look kinda different."

In fact, they were completely changed. Larger, lighter and crafted so artfully that even a master smith would look on them with envy. The boy had changed them saying "Weapons truly worthy of heroes such as yourselves." But when Eddy asked if the same could be done for his clothes the boy replied "Uh, no."

Edd quickly rose to the question "No, of course not there the same as always, we just, well polished them because they were so filthy. Well would you look at the time we must be going, must not be late for the boat now."

And like that, Wakka instantly forgot his suspisions and ran off. "Off to Luca at last!"

And with that, Wakka walked off with the Eds, their voices slowly dying. "Say why do all these monsters leave money after dying?"

"That's an excellent question, I have no idea brudda'

So there you go, two chapters I had holed up for who knows how long. Okay bye.