Battle Cue: The Tumbling (Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep)
The group heads inside the ruined city and travels until they find King Eraqus near a monster. And makes Kida look worried for him.
"Master!" Kida called out. As he began to get up.
"Urgh... That bedamned clapperclaw blocks the path!" He angrily said.
"Master-" Naoto began as she approached him.
"Silence!" He shouted, much for Naoto shocked to see him shouted at him like that. "There is no time for chatter! That beast is the guardian of these ruins. It can change its weakness at will... Make yourselves useful and defeat it!" He demanded.
They have no idea why he act like that, but it doesn't matter anymore. They have to focus on fighting that monster, Salty and Kida are combining their attacks together, Naoto and Butch are using their skills together, Gandalf and Diggs are using their Magic at them, Angus and Duncan and use their moves and they finally defeated it.
"Oh! Look at it! Such energy! This is the true power of the crystals...!" He said with a smirk. As he watch Salty and his team destroys it for good this time. As he began smile."Good work! Very good..." As he began to laugh evilly as he shoves Salty and his team aside and heads deeper into the ruins.
Music Cue: Shaded Truth (Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep)
"Master!" Kida and Naoto cried out in unison.
"The earth crystal should be just ahead..." Salty assumed as he and his team head inside the crystal room and find Eraqus next to the earth crystal.
"Master!" Kida and Naoto called out.
"This is bad! Something's gotta be controlling him!" Gandalf assumed.
Eraqus moves in front of them, Kida and Naoto block him from Salty and his team. Because they don't want them to hurt their master, even though he was control by someone, but it's still Eraqus who was being controlled.
"Salty, stop!" Kida begged.
"Don't even try it!" Naoto said.
"Move out of the way!" Angus shouted
But theh shake their heads. As Eraqus moves towards them as his grinned.
"Heh... With the seven of you gathered like this, it will be easier to destroy you all!" He said deviously.
At that moment, the ruins shake, causing everyone to look around. Suddenly, a fourth meteor falls from the sky, knocking everyone but Eraqus down. The puppy from Gandalf's visions enters the room and fires a spell at Eraqus, knocking him down, as Salty and Gandalf are getting up to their feet.
Music Cue: Face Myself (Persona 4)
"Master!" The puppy called out as she runs towards Gandalf and she looked relief to see him. "Master! I'm so glad you're okay!
Gandalf turns away, confused, before suddenly getting an enlightened expression on his face. He turns back to the puppy.
"Lizzie... You're...Lizzie ...!" He answered as he look suprise to see her again.
She runs around him a bit before stopping." Master, I missed you so much..." She said as she hugged her.
Kida, Angus, Salty, Duncan, Catherine, Butch and Naoto get to their feet and then Kida and Naoto rush over to Eraqus to see if he's okay and being controlled by someone as they look worried to him. Then they all look at Lizzie wondering if she did it.
"Oh, don't worry. I just hit him with a little strike of Thunder! He should be okay." Lizzie wandered much for their relief.
Then Eraqus began to get up and look at Kida and Naoto.
"Ughhh... Where... Kida...Robin? Robin... is that you!?" He asked as he look shock to see Robin again as they nodded to him. "It really is you... Robin! I can't believe it! You're alive!"
"Master!" Robin said as she hugged him, everyone look so happy to see their reunion. Then Duncan began to blow his nose with a handkerchief that Angus have him. Suddenly, the room darkens, and they stares at the crystal shatters, scattering the shards around the room. The seal breaks, and a beam of light flies onto the earth crystal's base. And then Gandalf know who it was as he look serious.
Music Cue: Shaded Truth (Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep)
"Saix...!" He shouted. As the light began to form Saix. And he looks like a Warlord, with grey armours and dark helmet with a cape.
"Gandalf. It's good to see you again...for it means I have returned!" He said as he began to laugh as the crystals shards begin to crowd the six heroes, before heading towards Saix
"Crystals! Obey my magic... Give me your power! Smite these vermin!" Saix cried out.
"You think we're gonna just sit back and let you do whatever you want!?"
The crystal shards attack Salty, knocking him down along with Angus, Duncan, Butch and Diggs.
"Guys!" Kida cried out, Salty and his friends gets up as Exdeath becomes a light again.
"Hah! Now the crystals have been destroyed. Next shall be your world, Galuf! And I know where the heart of Atlantis is!" He said as began to flees. Eraqus runs forward.
"Master!" Kida and Naoto called out in unision as he looks at everyone.
"Everyone including the dog from another world. I fear your work is still unfinished. You must not allow the world to take over by him..." He warned as he raises an arm and begins to draw power into himself. "Light of earth! Come forth and reclaim your essence from me!" He chanted.
The room shakes, and the crystal shards begin to attack Eraqus, knocking all of them back. He gets up, steps forward, and allows the crystal shards to attack him again before he is knocked down again.
"Master!" Kida and Naoto cried out as they began to help him, but Eraqus stopped them for coming near him.
"Get back! The crystal...must be saved..." He said as he back up, and the crystal shards circle him, before he grabs them and flings them into the air. The room stops shaking, as he collapses. The others run to him.
Music Cue: Living With Determination (Persona 3)
"Master! Hold on!" Kida said as she look worried.
"You can't die!" Naoto begged as Eraqus looked at her with a smile as he began to cough blood.
"Robin... Forgive me... I wasn't...much of an owner to you... Kida... Robin... Please, help each other from the surface and the ocean... Be each other's strength..." He declared and then look at Salty "...be with Kida, protect Atlantis and be a guardian to Aquaman...as I cannot..." He weakly said. As he began to close his eyes
"Wait..? Master! You can't-" Kida begged as she began to cry and so does Naoto.
"Don't... don't leave us!" Naoto begged.
They reach out towards him, but he dies and stay silent, depressing everyone. Then, the room begins shaking again. Everyone looks around.
Music Cue: Crisis (Persona 3)
"What's going on!?" Salty exclaimed.
"It's the ruins... they're falling!" Gandalf explained.
"We've gotta get out of here! Everybody to the airship!" Salty announced.
Everyone except Kida heads for the door. They leave, while Salty watches as Naoto heads for Kida.
"Kida... Come on!" Naoto said as she help her up. And carried Eraqus lifeless body.
The three run through the door, and the 10 of them run through the ruins as it falls and make it to the airship. Naoto runs to the wheel.
"Hold fast, this'll be a bumpy ride!" She said as the airship flees as the Ronkan Ruins crashes onto the ground.
Music Cue: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)
Everyone is looking over the side of the airship. Naoto and Catherine walks over to Lenna who is still depressed for losing her Master.
"Kida..." Catherine and Naoto said softly in unison.
"Eraqus... He's gone, isn't he..." Kida sighed as Catherine comfort her.
Salty, Diggs and Butch comes out of inside the ship and goes to the bow where Gandalf is standing at the very tip.
"Gandalf... Something wrong?" Butch asked.
"Yeah... We've got to get moving, and now!" Gandalf announced, much for their surprised.
"Huh? What's going on?" Diggs wondered in confused.
"It's all come back to me... I remember everything. Saix is an evil warlock from my world... Thirty years ago, he came here to destroy this world's crystals and turn the world into darkness. I and three others- the Twilight Animals- sealed him with the power of the crystals." Gandalf explained. "Everything was fine for thirty years...we thought it was all over. But something bad was happening to the crystals. Once we figured it out, we took the meteors and came back here..." Then he look sad. "But I was too late... Saix not only been freed, but has returned to our world..."
And they all look over the side, depressed. "That's because we used too much of the crystals' power, right?" Salty pointed out sadly.
Gandalf shakes his head and walks over to him and pats his shoulder.
"No... We were the ones who left Saix on this world in the first place. Back then, we should have dragged him back to our world, like he said..."
"But what about the Heart of Atlantis? What happened to it?" Salty asked.
"It was hidden away in my world, because me and the others wants to prevent Saix from finding it, but after he found it. He was going to take over it and rule your world. Even have the Atlantans go extinct." Gandalf answered.
Later, the group is next to the meteor Lizzie came on. Lizzie is standing on the meteor while Gandalf looks at the others.
"So you guys are really going back?" Diggs asked as Gandalf nodded.
"Yup. We've got to seal Saix again. Lizzie's meteorite should still have some juice left... Probably only enough for one more trip, though." He said and then he smile at them. "Everyone... Thank you so much for everything. I'll miss you guys." He said as Lzzie jumps off, and they start to head inside the meteor, but stop when Butch calls to them.
"What kinda nonsense is that? We're going with you!" Butch declared, but then Gandalf stop him.
"No, you're not. This is the last meteorite. That means that if you went to my world, you'd never be able to come back here." He explained and then look sad to him and his friends "Farewell!" He goes inside. Krile waves to the other three.
"Goodbye!" She said and heads inside the meteorite.
"Guys! Wait!" Salty shouted.
The two are transported away to their planet. Salty and his team fly around on the airship a bit before landing. Salty is looking over the side, depressed, then Kida approached him.
"Salty..." Diggs softly said.
"Yeah?" Salty replied.
"So, we've been talking..." Naoto began.
"They're still fighting Saix in that other world, and..." Catherine started.
"We've got to avenge Eraqus!" Butch cried out.
Music Cue: I'll Face Myself (Persona 4)
"Yes! What's more..." Angus said.
"Gandalf... He's..." Naoto hesitated.
"He's one of us." Salty replied. Much for their suprise to see that he still care for him.
"Salty!" Diggz exclaimed.
"We knew you'd get it!" Duncan pointed out.
"Let's go then- to the other world!" Salty declared.
"...But how do we do that?" Duncan asked.
"The meteorites don't have enough power to warp anywhere..." Angus stated.
"Well, when I think meteorites, I think Cid! He'll probably know something." Butch suggested, as they all headed back to Atlantis.
