"Well, I've been doing this for about an hour now, and god am I hungry, cold, slightly exhausted, and... hello secret footing area thing" Said Hope, before he stood on a little ledge. "Ok, where do I go now... I'm too lazy to climb any... I'm at the top already!" Declared Hope, as he noticed that he was in a room, lit by blue unseen lights. "Ah, there it is. The Kiwami Lockseed. The power to kill gods, and hopefully, save my friends" Said Hope, as he walked over to it. Suddenly, a sword almost cut Hope's head off, but Hope dodged it. "007" Said Hope. "That's not my name" Said Sword. "Oh, it is your name" Said Hope. "No, my name is Sword" Said Sword. "You don't remember your fusion halves?" Asked Hope. "What is fusion!?" Asked Sword. "As said by a certain gem, a cheap tactic used by lesser gems to get stronger. More or less, she... or he, it's a matter of choice really, what she said. Unfortunately for her, she used this 'cheap tactic' about five minutes later. Now, I didn't time how long it really was, but I guess it was more like two minutes. I don't know, the episode went by pretty fast" Said Hope. "... What?" Asked Sword. "... Shut up! Baka! It's an ok show with a... dear lord, we went off track there for a second" Said Hope. "Yeah" Said Sword. "Um... where are we?" Asked Hope. Suddenly, Sword was struck by lightning, killing him. "Oh, jeez, what the fuck!?" Asked Hope. "I did that" Said Seeker. "Dude! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Shouted Hope. "Ok. Anyway, would you like to know why I did it?" Asked Seeker. "No" Said Hope, before he grabbed the Kiwami Lockseed. "Done with this. Now, time to help Ruby, then save my friends, and lastly, kill Orphan" Said Hope. "I'm sorry, you want to kill an orphan?" Asked Seeker. "What? No, I said kill Orphan" Said Hope. "Yeah, kill an orphan" Said Seeker. "Kill Orphan! You know, your lord and saviour!?" Asked Hope. "No, this orphan you want to kill is not my lord and saviour" Said Seeker. "Ok, fuck this! I'm done! Roll credits!" Declared Hope.
(Switches between 8 different face shots of Hope, Lightning, Sazh, Vanelle, Snow,
For DEAR! For REAL!
Hope 2 and Emily, and Fang.) (Hope punches the screen, revealing the title)
If you can't save one person, then you don't have the capability to save the world.
(The title gets blown away)
If you have time to think then immediately, bust right through Do it anyway!
(It then changes to a shot of rose petals raining down around Hope)
On our way to solving mysteries, hiding our wavering Identity, we'll come running,
(It then changes to a shot of red, white, black and yellow smoke blowing into Hope)
at mach speed, with no hesitation, to the goal… at top gear! Like a Spinning Wheel
(Cuts to Hope, Sazh, Vanelle, Hope 2, Emily and Lightning, chained up)
fate begins to turn For Real! Kicking up asphalt! I'll be there!
(It then changes to a shot of a phoenix and a chimera, with Hope and Emily)
I'll be there!
(Ends with a book opening)
I'll be there!
"Keep pushing them back!" Declared Ruby, as the crowd from last chapter (who remembers last chapter?) kept pushing PSICOM back. "We got them on the run!" Declared a man. "No one has died as well!" Declared a woman. "True facts!" Declared Ruby. The crowd then finished off the PSICOM Soldiers, and then celebrated. "Thank our lord and saviour, the lady in the red hood!" Declared the crowd. "Hip hip!" Declared a man. "Hooray!" Declared the crowd, before they threw Ruby into the air, and caught her. "Thanks, guys" Said Ruby. "Hey, Ruby" Said Hope, as he walked over to her. "We won, and I'm a hero" Said Ruby. "Hey, that happens to me, at least 80% of the time. It sucks sometimes" Said Hope. "Being a hero? How can it suck?" Asked Ruby. "Simple. People can sometimes absolutely hate what you do. Some people start roomers about you, say you're a bad person. Some people take this so far, that they make 'hit squads', so to speak, to kill you. Your foes will team up to try to kill you, make a... rouges gallery to try to kill you. As long as you can beat them, ignore the roomer makers, then they are just pains in the butt. Cramps. The common cold week for you" Said Hope. "Anyway, what's next?" Asked Ruby. "Getting into space" Said Hope. "How?" Asked Ruby. "Well, saving my friends. And we have there capital city, and a weapon made to kill there lord and saviour. We have there King and Queen in our hands. All we have to do is make a deal" Said Hope. "What kind of deal?" Asked Ruby. "That's the best part" Said Hope, before he pointed his sonic screwdriver into the sky.
Meanwhile, on a giant space station
"Sir, someone or something is hacking into our communications systems" Said a man. "Where is he?" Asked another man. "He's... he's in Palumpolum" Said a man. "Impossible! Nobody can hack into this ship from down there. Nobody should even have the time to be able to do this" Said a man. "Hello, hello, hello, paging giant space ship, hello, anyone on giant space ship?" Asked Hope, over the loudspeakers. "Um... what do we say?" Asked a man. "Nothing. I can hear every little word in that room. Now, I am sending up a total of 5 DNA specs, now, I have also hacked into the engines of your ship, and I swear to fucking god, if you're answer is less then 5, I will kill everyone inside that ship. Now, my question is this. How many of those people with those DNA specs are alive, and on that ship?" Asked Hope. "... 5" Said a man. "Good. You were telling the truth. Now, my friend as claimed this city, and I have claimed the thing that can kill Orphan. Now, here is my demand. If you give back my friends, I will give you one of the two" Said Hope. Someone then tapped Hope on the shoulder. "It's ok, Ruby. I got this. Anyway..." Said Hope. "Um, mister. We regret to inform you that the people you wanted aren't on the ship anymore" Said a man. "Hold on... who kill them!?" Asked Hope. "Hope, we're right behind you" Said Emily, who was behind Hope with Lightning, Hope E, Snow, Fang, Sazh and Vanelle. "Oh... ok then. Um... I guess nothing's getting blown up today" Said Hope.
Meanwhile, in Palumpolum
Hope them put the sonic screwdriver in his pocket, turned around and hugged Lightning. "You're okay... you're alive" Said Hope, while crying. "... Yes. Yes I am" Said Lightning, as she returned the hug. "But..." Said Vanelle. "No, Vanelle" Said Fang. "So, what do we do?" Asked Lightning. "Storm the castle" Said Hope. "How?" Asked Hope 2. "Travel. Or..." Said Hope. "Or what?" Asked Lightning. "Everyone, hold hands" Said Hope. "Ok. Why?" Asked Fang. "We are all going to storm the castle. Together" Said Hope. "Ok, sure" Said Fang. Everyone then held hands, and they all faded away.
Meanwhile, in Orphan's Cradle
"We made it" Said Hope. "Alright" Said Emily. "Wow" Said Lightning. "What do we do about those?" Asked Vanelle, as some Tonberrys and Cei'th wandered over to the group. "We fight through them" Said Hope. Hope then took the Kiwami Lockseed out of his pocket. The Kiwami Lockseed then turned into a Golder Zander Thunder, and a Zander Thunder. "Hold on, there's a bogey on our tail" Said Snow. "Ok. Lightning, let's fight the bogey" Said Hope, before he and Lightning turned around, to see Seeker. "Don't worry, he's friendly" Said Hope. "I cannot allow you to kill Orphan" Said Seeker. "Oh, so you actually used you're brain" Said Hope. "What do you mean?" Asked Seeker, making Hope fall over. Hope the quickly stood up. "What do you mean, what do you mean!?" Asked Hope. "No matter" Said Seeker, before he fired lightning at Hope and Lightning, witch they dodged. "Well, that would have been ironic" Said Hope. "What would have been?" Asked Lightning. "Being killed by lightning" Said Hope. "Isn't that a coincidence?" Asked Lightning. "I think not" Said Hope. Seeker then made a sword, and charged at Hope and Lightning. Hope then opened up the two Zander Thunders, and three Pteragordon Zyudenchi floated into the duo. "Raiden Technic: Hyper Afterglow!" Declared Hope, as he pushed the two handles against eachother. Hope then slashed through Seeker, with the words Zander Thunder appearing on his back and front. Seeker then exploded. "You did it" Said Lightning. "Yep" Said Hope. Suddenly, a giant Seeker appeared. "What the hell?" Asked Hope. "Hoohmaru! Senryumaru! Genbumaru! Bakyomaru! Pandamaru! Magorimaru!" Declared a booming voice, before six giant animals appeared. "It's good to have you back Em" Said a man in a golden cowboy outfit with a golden helmet, on top of the fish. "Not really" Said a lady in a red ninja outfit with a red helmet, on top of the bird. "It's a matter of opinion. Now, start the Gekiatsu Dai Oh transformation" Said the gold cowboy. "Ok" Said the rest of the team.
"Ge-ki-at-su! Achaaa! Ge-ki-at-su! Achaaa! Gekiatsu Dai-Oh!" Declared the booming voice, as the animals transformed into a giant warrior. "Hey, you 9 might want to get running. Orphan like a fight" Said the gold cowboy. "Yeah. Don't keep your date with destiny waiting" Said a lady in a white ninja costume, and a white helmet. Ruby, Hope, Lightning, Snow, Fang, Emily, Sazh, Vanelle and Hope 2 then ran into the building. "Good times" Said the gold cowboy. "Yeah, but let's take him down" Said the White Ninja. "Ok" Said the gold cowboy. Seeker the tried to fire lightning at Gekiatsu Dai Oh, but it dodged, and kicked Seeker a few times, and then punched him a few times. "Ok, now, the finale!" Declared a lady in a blue ninja costume, and a blue helmet. "No, better idea. Slash and shoot" Said the gold cowboy. "Ok. Gekiatsu! Chou Fever!" Declared the ninjas and the cowboy. The ninjas and the cowboy then came out of the chest of Gekiatsu Dai Oh, and they all slashed and shot Seeker, making him explode. "Nailed it" Said the white ninja. "We won!" Declared the red ninja, before they all jumped into the air.
Meanwhile, with the team
"Now, where are we?" Asked Hope. "I don't know... found him" Said Lightning, as they walked into a room, with a floating statue in the middle. "What? He's a statue? What do you mean?" Asked Hope. "I think he may transform" Said Vanelle. "Into?" Asked Hope. "How long have you been alive?" Asked Lightning. "Few months now" Said Hope. "What?" Asked Lightning. "I've only been alive for about 6 months or so now. I was a fucking ghost! Oggidy boggidy boo!" Declared Hope. "Ok then" Said Sazh. Suddenly, the statue shattered, and Orphan came out. "So, who comes to kill me? Who comes to take my head?" Asked Orphan. "Us, the... did we think of a team name?" Asked Hope. "The thirteen" Said Lightning. "Ok... The Thirteen are here to take you down!" Declared Hope. "Well, that would be intimidating, except you didn't ever bother to bring 13 of anything" Said Orphan. "Well, that's ok. We're still going to beat you" Said Hope. "I am a god! There is no way you could beat me!" Declared Orphan. "Well, there is this" Said Hope, as he held up a crystal. "The Omasu? That is your everyday average crystal that can turn into anything you subconsciously chose" Said Orphan. "Well... shit" Said Hope. "Maybe you were looking for the Chozetsu Juu? There in the same place, you just had to go down all the holes" Said Orphan. "And how many where there?" Asked Hope. "Four" Said Orphan. "Ok, fuck you" Said Hope.
The Omasu then changed into a Brake Gunners, and Hope started to shoot Orphan, but Orphan didn't feel the shots. Orphan then laughed. "Did you expect me to be able to feel that?" Asked Orphan, before he used wind magic to send the group into a wall. "Still breathing" Said Hope. The Omasu then changed back into it's original form. "Please, just go down. I don't want to waste my time trying to kill you" Said Orphan. "No" Said Hope. "Ok then" Said Orphan. Orphan then cast Death on the group, set for one minute. "Think of a plan quick" Said Orphan. "Already have" Said Hope. The Omasu then split into two. One of the halves then turned into a sword, and the other turned into a Elodon Crystal. "Presenting! Winger Wizardragon!" Declared Hope, as he cut the Elodon Crystal in half, summoning a silver dragon. "Ok, the stage has been one third of the way set! Now, I must ask my fate driven friends to summon there Elodon Crystals" Said Hope. "Ok. Hope we only have 30 seconds" Said Lightning. Lightning, Hope 2, Sazh, Vanelle, Fang and Snow then summoned there Elodon Crystals, and placed them and there sigils diagonal to both Winger Wizardragon and Orphan. "Ok, that's two thirds. Now, Winger Wizardragon! Strike Phase!" Declared Hope, before Wizardragon turned into a giant foot. "The stage is set with ten seconds left" Said Hope, before he jumped off of a wall, and kicked his foot into the middle of the Strike Phase, and kicked through the Elodon Crystal Sigils, and into Orphan, driving him through the ground. They kept going, until Hope was suddenly ejected back up into the room he was previously in. "I think we did it" Said Hope. "Well, we should have died by now. We did it" Said Fang. "Well, the world is saved. Let's go home" Said Hope, as Lightning, Hope 2, Sazh, Vanelle, Fang and Snow's L'ce brands disappeared. Everyone then walked out of the room.
This story isn't over. Not yet. Tricked all who hated. Made smile all who liked.