Lily: Hey there, everyone!
Fantasy: -Pops up randomly- Master!
Lily: O.O! Fantasy…don't scare me like that!
Erika: -Laughs-
Fantasy: Oops, sorry, Master.
Daniel: -Sighs- Please enjoy chapter ten, everyone.
(Nicole's P.O.V)
As the gang and I started to walk up some random stairs, I turned towards Fantasy who was currently walking next to me, not showing one bit of emotion on his face. What a weird kid.
"So…Fantasy," I heard Stephanie start up. Fantasy blinked his blood red eyes and turned towards Stephanie.
"Yes?"
"Were you the one who pulled Nicole into her TV? It would make a lot of since…" Stephanie said. Stephanie was right. That would make a lot of since if he was the one who pulled me into my TV.
Fantasy nodded his head. "Yes, I was the one."
"I knew it!" Stephanie exclaimed to herself.
Each of my friends and I sweat dropped.
Conway coughed and little and I became concerned. Was he becoming sick? That wouldn't be good. Glancing a look at me, Conway shook his head no to tell me that he wasn't sick. I nodded, but I was still a bit worried.
"Anyway," Conway spoke then, "Fantasy, why didn't you show yourself until now? Why did you decide to show yourself at this moment, instead of when we all first came into this world?" he asked.
Fantasy nervously chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck as he kept his head down.
"Be-because, I needed to observe you all for a while. To…to see if you all really had what it takes to help Vaan and the others on their quest. If you didn't, I was just going to send you back home. But, after watching you all, you have what it takes, so I finally decided to make myself appear and explain everything." Fantasy simply explained, "Also…I would have gotten killed."
"By who?" Anna questioned.
Fantasy sighed before he pointed index finger at Erika who was whistling a innocent tune. Opening one of her eyes Erika stared at all of us, who stared back at her.
"What?" she asked.
We shook our heads, "Nothing…"
Erika shrugged.
And then that's when Balthier walked up to us. Oh god he was so…sexy.
"Now, before we go any further, I wish to know if you can even fight." Balthier said as he looked over at Fantasy.
"I can," Fantasy nodded. "I have my staff and I can use magicks. I can be very helpful in sticky situations." Balthier then grinned as he liked hearing Fantasy say this.
"Good, welcome to the group then." Fantasy smiled and stared at Balthier's back as the older man began to walk back over to Fran and the others.
"He's nice," Fantasy complemented.
"I know, right?" I grinned.
Fantasy nodded.
"What?! All you know is the simple stuff? I thought that since you brought us back in time, then you would know a lot cooler stuff!" Erika exclaimed.
"Um, I do, but I cannot show you anything at the moment. Sorry, Erika," Fantasy said, bowing his head down slightly and giving Erika an apologetic look.
"Hey…I just noticed something about Fantasy…" Stephanie mumbled.
With a blink of his eyes, Fantasy swiftly turned around to face Stephanie, saying, "And what is that?"
"You're Japanese," Stephanie simply replied grabbing Fantasy and pulling him towards her, pinching his cheeks. Fantasy didn't seem too happy with that.
"I can't move my face." Fantasy mumbled.
"And I don't care," Stephanie replied with a slightly harsh tone.
Everyone, and I mean everyone in the gang blinked.
"What's wrong with Stephanie?" I asked.
"Maybe she's upset because you became so close to Fantasy earlier when you only knew him for five minutes." Anna spoke.
"Is that possible?" I then questioned.
"Oooh! I have a question!" Erika shouted as she raised her hand in the air, hoping Fantasy would just suddenly pick her.
"What is it, Erika?" Fantasy asked as he was finally freed from Stephanie's grasp.
"If you took us back in time…which is where we are right now, then how the hell do we still have to have Save Crystals?" Erika asked.
"Ah, well, Daniel was playing Master's game at the time, so when I had shut off the Playstation 2, part of the game and past got a bit mixed up in it all. Sorry if that was confusing." Fantasy said.
"Uh, that's okay. I have a question though," Anna said, "How'd you know that the others and I would jump into Nicole's TV right after she was taken? How the hell did you know that we would go after her?"
"Yeah! We could have just left her in there and sometimes I think we should have…" Erika said with a bored look on her face.
"HEY!!" I screamed at her.
"You didn't let me finish!" Erika quickly said. I sighed and told her to continue. Erika cleared her throat. "As I was saying…even though I think that we should I have her in there…I usually mentally slap myself. If we never came after Nicole…I would SO miss her cooking."
Cue one sweat drop.
"ONLY my cooking?" I asked her.
Erika sighed, "Fine, fine, I would miss you so much, Coley!"
Cue one more sweat drop.
"Suuure you would." I teased her.
"I would though!" Erika gasped.
I smirked. "Mmm-hmm, right,"
"Damn you woman!"
I laughed. It was so fun to mess with Erika.
"Well, how I knew is…because…you all love her and would never leave her behind. She helped you through so many things…I didn't think that any of you would leave her behind. Plus, her dad would be ready to kick some ass if he found out his daughter was missing." Fantasy explained.
"Holy shit…didn't think the kid cussed." Daniel said.
"But he's right." Anna added.
"You all just keep getting more interesting every time we learn something new about you all." Balthier said looking at us.
"How so?" Stephanie asked.
Balthier grinned. "Because you're all from the future, says the little man." He said pointing at Fantasy.
"Hey, can you tell us what the future is like?" Vaan asked as he looked over my friends and me.
Anna shrugged and looked down at Fantasy. "Can we?"
Fantasy nodded. "Go right ahead, but only explain the simple stuff to them."
My friends and I nodded as we started to tell Vaan, Balthier, Basch and Fran about electronics, schools, and other stuff like that. We stopped at the top of the steps as we told them. After ten minutes of talking, Basch looked away and around the area we were in and it became silent. Well, until Basch spoke.
"Marquis announced my execution two years ago. If he found out about me still alive, his position would be find compromised." Basch stated suddenly.
"The men he's been funding bear little love for the Empire. Balthier said glancing at Basch. "They won't be thrilled to discover rumors of your death, in fact, greatly exaggerated. If we were to raise a clamor to that effect, we might just get their attention."
Vaan then stepped up. "Nothin' to it! Erika and I will just go around town spreading the word. How 'bout this?" Vaan said grabbing Erika's hand a running up to random people on the street.
"I AM THE GREAT BASCH ROSENBRUG OF DALMASCA!!"
"YES! AND I AM HIS SISTER!!!" Erika yelled, as well.
"Does Basch even HAVE a sister?" Anna looked up at her brother.
Daniel stared blankly at his little sister. "How the hell am I supposed to know?"
"Well...I don't know!"
"All right you two, meet us back here once you're done spreading the word." Basch told Vaan and Erika, who both nodded their head's before rushing off.
The rest of us just sat around...waiting...
Vaan and Penelo were talking amongst themselves. Anna, Conway, Daniel, Stephanie, Ashe, Basch, Fran and Fantasy were all sitting in a circle, talking as well. So the only ones left was Balthier and I...I shifted a little, and blushed. I didn't know what to say to him. I was never really a good conversation starter when it came to people I really like. Or, more like had a crush on… To be honest, it was kind of awkward right now. Between Balthier and I.
"Uhm…" I mumbled. I fiddled with my fingers. "So…uh…you have any siblings?" Dumb question, I know.
"I'm an only child." Then he turned to look at me. "Don't you already know this, though? Just like you know everything that will happen soon,"
"Ah…" I lowered my eyes to the ground. "Well, yeah…I figured you were an only child and all. But, I don't remember EVERYTHING that happened in the game. There are some bits and pieces that I forgot, but I know a lot of the big things…" I trailed off.
"And you still can't tell me, can you?"
I shook my head. "Sorry…"
I heard Balthier chuckle. "I have to admit, you're quite interesting, Nicole." He said.
I blushed again. "Thanks…?"
"No need to be shy now." Balthier winked at me.
I blushed even more. In fact, I'm pretty sure my face turned as red as a tomato. Damn, why did he have to be so sexy??!!
"That's a bit odd…" I blinked and looked over at Basch. "Those two should be back by now…" He continued.
"You're right." Stephanie agreed, looking worried. "Something might be wrong." I could tell she already knew, and that she was hinting towards Basch about it.
"Shall we go look for them?" Fran spoke up.
We all nodded and left to go look for Vaan and Erika.
(-Erika's P.O.V-)
"An explanation is due, and I will hear it! The Empire's hounds grow passing bold indeed." A man said.
"A shame if they learned the Marquis trafficked with the likes of you." I blinked as Vaan and I turned to see Balthier and my friends.
"Yay! Basch and the others are here!" Erika squealed. I jumped from my seat and hugged Basch in happiness. Plus…I couldn't resist. He was just so damn sexy!
I felt a pair of eyes on me and I blushed in embarrassment. I probably freaked him out.
"Oops sorry," I mumbled letting go of him.
"Agents disguising as guides? And a hideout behind a tavern? Not earning much points for originality, are we here?" Balthier said. This angered all the men.
"Now you've done it!" Said a Bangaa man, the man who brought us inside.
"Wait!" The man said, raising his arms and standing up.
"Huh I think his name is Havharo." Daniel whispered as he tried to remember this part while rubbing his chin.
"It's amazing that we can barely remember many parts of the game." Anna muttered, crossing her arms.
Havharo put his arm out in front of the Bangaa and walked slowly towards Basch. As the man came closer Basch got in front of me, being protective and I smiled at this. "So, Captain Ronsenburg is still alive, now is he?" Havharo mumbled, mostly to himself. "I knew that there must be a lot more to it, but to find you at the end of this tale…" he then chuckled "Ah, to see the Marquis' expression on his face when he knows about it." Havharo said,
"He has a point there." Daniel said.
"What?! Where's the point? I don't see anything pointy and pokey and silvery." I said as I looked around like a maniac. My friends just sighed and stared at me.
"When we get home…we should get her some help." Anna muttered. They all silently agreed.
"I actually should like nothing more," Basch stated. "I shall meet him and I will see for myself."
"How say you, My Lord?" Havharo asked Basch.
"I'll arrange a meeting with the Marquis. We'll expect you to be at his estate." A man in the room said. The man then left the room to tell some guy that we're going to meet him and so, we headed out of that place and to where we had to go next. As we walked out of the small building, something growled, and a moment later I realized it was my stomach.
"I'm so hungry!" I then whined.
"I knew we should have ordered food back at Sandsea back at Rabanastre." Anna sighed.
"But we couldn't, we ran out of time, just by searching for it and we had to go back onto our journey again." Daniel said.
"Whatever…"
"Dammit, I'm still hungry and you all should know what happens to me when I'm hungry for too long." I said in a warning voice. My friends shuddered.
"What happens?" Vaan asked curiously.
"She gets blood thirsty, literally." Nicole replied. The next thing I knew, everyone-minus my friends-took a step back.
Conway: Well…that was a bit weird. Nicole and Erika acting like lovers to Vaan/Basch. Creepy…anyway! Join us next time on, Our Adventure with the Final Fantasy Gang: Enter Vossler and Anna's love sickness! Stay tuned!