DISCLAIMER: Same as always people. Nothing new to add this chapter!

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Sara and Chibi Dude continued to walk around the island. Sara moaned.

"What's wrong Sara?" Chibi Dude asked, a look of concern crossing his face. "You don't plan on randomly dying on me, right? Cause I'm the only one who can do that."

"No… it's not that…" Sara muttered. "It's just… I'm so… hungry… need… food…"

"Oh yeah, I forgot…" Chibi Dude responded. "You humans actually have to eat and sleep. I don't have to worry about all that, because I'm a drawing!"

Chibi Dude then began to point and laugh at Sara.

His laughter was quickly stopped by a stab to the gut, as Sara thrust Blaze through him.

She pulled out her weapon, and let Chibi Dude's dead body slump to the ground.

"Ok," Sara said, walking away from Chibi Dude's corpse. "There has to be food SOMEWHERE on this island."

She looked up to the sky, and sighed.

And that's when she noticed the large trail of smoke rising high into the air.

"Hey, that's smoke!" she said, pointing out the obvious. "And where there's smoke… there's fire! And where there's fire… there's usually people! Maybe it's someone's campfire!"

Sara then broke out in a run, the idea of a nice, campfire roasted meal floating in her mind.

However, she was disappointed to find the smoke coming from the town at which Ian and Roy had fought earlier, which was now burnt to the ground.

"DAMMIT!" Sara cried out. "If someone wanted to burn this place down, couldn't they have done it after I got some food?!"

She then continued to look through the ashes, cursing excessively while she did.

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Omega John flew at Katsu, his copied Symphony Edge glowing with dark energy.

Katsu had also gone into a full on charge at John, the true Symphony Edge seeming to sing as it whipped through the air.

The two combatants swung their blades at each other.

However, the conflict was ended as Logoth stepped in, blocking the real Symphony Edge with Austere and the fake blade with Void.

"Alright you two," Logoth said, glaring at both Katsu and Omega John. "Break it up. We've work to do."

"See John?" Katsu said, grinning. "Honestly, you're much too violent. You've even forgotten the task at hand!"

'Too violent, yeah,' Omega John thought-replied. 'But you were fighting back!'

Katsu opened him mouth to protest, but then stopped. After a few seconds, he grinned. "Okay, so I don't have an excuse for that one, but that isn't the point! We're sitting around trying to kill each other while a bunch of targets wander the forests aimlessly!"

"Yield your skirmish! NOW!" Logoth yelled, causing both John and Katsu to jump.

Katsu slid Symphony Edge back into its hidden scabbard, and then began to walk away. He turned back, one more time, and grinned at John cruelly.

Katsu then continued to walk off, but John flared with dark energy.

'Bah! You're just like those creepy Morphs!' Omega John thought replied, his rage still overflowing.

'Well, to Hell with your "mission," I've got my own goddamned agenda!'

Omega John then crouched down.

'Oh, and Katsu, I swear I will kill you.'

And, with an evil grin, Omega John teleported away.

"He'll never learn…" Katsu said.

"And now Logoth, I think there is something we should settle now…"

Katsu turned to where Logoth had stood earlier, but no trace of the vampire remained.

He smiled, and walked off. Their confrontation would have to wait.

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Nick wandered the beaches of Battle Island, dragging his puppet behind him. Eventually, he came upon Scott, who was on his knees, screaming aloud.

"WHERE IS EVERYONE?!" he yelled, hands above his head.

"Uh, right behind you," Nick replied, slinging Crisis onto his back.

Scott looked back, grinned, and stood up.

"Bout time someone showed up…" he said, but suddenly stopped. He then pointed at Crisis.

"What the hell is that?"

"This?" Nick replied, pulling Crisis off his back and holding the puppet out by one hand. "It's my weapon… I guess."

There was a long silence.

"That puppet… is your weapon?" Scott asked, confused.

Nick shrugged. Suddenly, he wasn't so sure himself.

"Whatever," he said, re-slinging Crisis onto his back. "Let's go find Sara and the others."

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Scott walked along through the forest, while the clouds still continued to gather around the island. Eventually, he came upon a beach. He walked onto the soft sands, and was debating about taking another nap, when something caught his attention from the corner of his eye.

"Hey!" he said aloud. "It's Nick and-"

Scott stopped, puzzled.

"… Is that me?" he asked, confused. "What the hell?"

Scott had little time to ponder this, however, as Chibi Dude respawned right in front of him. And, as normal human reaction, Scott swiftly killed him with a chop to the throat.

"Damn…" he said, watching Chibi Dude's decapitated body fall to the ground. "I hate it when they respawn in front of you! God!"