Disclaimer: The Final Fantasy series belongs to Square Enix. Big Time Rush belongs to Nickelodeon TV and Music Corp.
A/N: Happy B-Day to Logan! Same age as Carlos, he's turning 22 today! And to celebrate, here's another chapter for you Logey fans (and Final Fantasy fans also) to enjoy!
::Big Time Final Fantasy::
-Ep.10: Big Time Reunion-
Following their big time victory over Emperor Artemis and his Espers, and having won major popularity across Ivalice with a whimsical tune from their land of origins, the Warriors of Light—also known as Big Time Rush—are about to set out once again into the Final Fantasy skies to carry on their destined journey… but this time, they're not going alone.
~Cid de la Lufaine~
xXx
Welcome to the Rabanastre Aerodrome. We're pleased to offer skyferry service to your chosen destinations. The PA radio blared across the Dalmasca Aerodrome.
It was very busy the day after the Ivalice Sky Tourneys. Of course it was obvious and expected, as half of these many people who came to participate in the tourneys came from out of town. Of course it wasn't just the out-of-towners that were filling up the Aerodrome. There was also an airship that got everyone's attention. It was the grand-prize of the Sky Tourneys, won by Big Time Rush following their heroic involvement against the Dark Emperor and his dark plot against Ivalice.
Passages to Archades for singles are 300 gil—families, 600 gil—return fare not included. Kids ride free. The PA radio blared again.
The airship was parked along with the other skyferries, and was spotted through a ceiling-to-floor window at a small alcove waiting area by many Dalmascan citizens. It looked like a massive dreadnought, similar to the Garland Airship. Its coated color was ivory white and its edgings were tinted of fine gold. The head of the ship once carried the flag of Dalmasca, was now replaced with a white flag carrying the crest of Cosmos. The airship was made public, and half of the Ivalice population was seen purchasing fares to board it. The Magick Sisters, Reina and Jack were apparently in charge of the airship business, sitting behind ticket booths to collect revenues.
"Thank you, sir!" Valerie greeted warmly, "Please take your ticket to the boarding gate to your right. The Airship will be leaving very soon."
Jack counted all the gils, grinning from ear to ear "Whoooo~! Would you look at all the cash we GOT! Jackpot!"
"I know, right?" Fate exclaimed, high-fiving Jack.
Tina, Chocolate and Ryuji spotted them behind the desk. They turned curious and nervous.
"Uhh, guys? What are you doing?" Tina asked. Chocolate cocked his head.
"What do you think we're doing?" Fate muttered. "We're collecting revenues."
"For a prize won by the Warriors of Light?" Ryuji blinked.
"You got a problem with that?" Reina asked Ryuji sternly. Ryuji frowned.
"We're getting people to board our airship!" Valerie explained, "People who are willing to pledge their service to the Warriors of Light and to fight alongside them on their destined journey to defeat Chaos and his Villains of Darkness."
"Plus they get special hotel and cruise treatment during the journey!" Jack explained, "It's a win-win!"
Tina and Ryuji briefly looked at each other then faced the group again.
"Okay…" Tina drawled, "But did you discuss this with the guys?"
The group froze up.
"Wait…" Aria turned to her companions, "Did we discuss it with the guys?"
There was an uneasy tension. The group suddenly dropped everything they were doing, Jack, Reina and Fate jumped over the desk while Aria and Valerie shuffled through the small doorway besides them, and all sped off for the airship, shoving and toppling customers and nearby travelers who were in the way. Customers quickly got tensed and started complaining.
xXx
The guys strutted down the massive Airship Atrium, admiring its fancy stylish look. It was like being on a cruise ship, except it wasn't one for the waters; it was a flying one. The atrium expanded over thousand of feet; fit for over a thousand people. There were dozens flight of stairs and many exits and entryways to various places on the ship. A large chandelier illuminated the atrium with its glorious light, and drawn around it and across the ceiling were masterpiece drawings—ancient but exquisite—of Cosmos, her 10 Warriors, and of course the Warriors of Light.
"There they are!"
The guys stopped numbly on their tracks. They saw the crowd of people pouring into the atrium and heading straight toward them.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" they screamed, yet they didn't have the chance to flee before the crowd could tackled them.
The OC characters entered the ship's atrium as well. Jack quickly went for a phone booth nearby, picked up the receiver and spoke. His voice rang across the ship's PA system.
Ladies and gentlemen, you'd find this ship to be to your likings. But please quickly find your cabins where you will stay and don't bother our fine heroes here if you don't want to have your ticket and your pledge revoked. Thank you!
The crowd heard the message and quickly left the heroes alone to mind their own business. The BTR guys recovered.
"What's going on?" James asked, blinking, "And why am I seeing stars?"
"Sorry guys," Aria said, "But we kinda took this airship to a whole new level."
"Say hello to the S.S. BTR!" Jack said, sweeping his arm across the atrium now full of people. "Accommodations to the S.S. BTR sponsored by Big Time Rush. Giving you the best entertainment most difficult to find in the entire Final Fantasy world."
"You're turning our airship into a cruiseship?" Kendall blinked.
"Cooool!" Carlos exclaimed and James agreed along, "I know, right?"
"But… isn't that gonna be a problem?" Logan said, "We don't have the necessary assets to hire people to provide services, like foods and entertainment, management and accounting, supplies and marketing…" he paused uncomfortably, "…oh! And who's gonna take care of the pets? Some of us hate cat stains, y'know?"
The boys agreed, reminiscent of their times at Gustavo's Mansion with Gustavo's cat.
"Wow! You guys catch up so well." Fate said cheerfully.
"Don't worry about a thing guys." Jack said, "I've organized the whole thing!"
All eyes turned blankly to Jack.
"…okay. Half of the whole thing." Jack corrected, "But since your performance last night, we got like thousands of people—like warriors, magicians, and adventurers—willing help you guys on this whole defeat-Chaos-thing. So we've arranged them to make a pledge to us by boarding this ship and join us on the adventures beyond the Final Fantasy universe on the mission to defeat Chaos. Plus, they're all your newest biggest fans."
"Aaand, they're all getting a cruise ship special treatment." Valerie expanded her arms in the air cheerfully, "Yeaah!"
The guys turned enthusiastic. "Sweeet!" Carlos exclaimed.
"And we don't want to have another hollow airship anymore, like the one we've lost." Valerie begged.
"Oh, I hate a hollow airship." James said, "Not enough people to admire me."
Then Reina added sarcastically, "It's no wonder Barthandelus destroyed it."
"You can do whatever you want with the ship." Kendall said cheerfully.
"Good!" Jack replied, "Glad you feel that way. Because the airship business is our jobs only. Your jobs are to deal with all the dirty work. Later."
And the OCs took off in haste, leaving the guys speechless.
"Dirty work?" Logan repeated nervously.
"Who cares?" Kendall exclaimed, "The whole ship is like a party now! A social gathering! A get-together!"
"Now fit for over 3000 people." James added, "And they all like me—!" he then caught himself, "…I mean, us."
"Let's social gather!" Carlos cheered and the guys took off on their meet-and-greet.
xXx
Passages to Archades for singles are 300 gil—families, 600 gil—return fare not included. Kids ride free. The PA radio blared once more at the Aerodrome, where the 10 Warriors of Cosmos have gathered, not far from the ticket booths.
"Is it really necessary?" asked Terra, "I feel like we're stalking them."
"We're not stalking anybody. We're following somebody." Tidus clarified.
"I have to agree with Terra." Squall spoke, "Boarding the ship only makes us look desperate for their attention to this world."
"But isn't that what we want?" Tidus argued, "For the guys to care about the world's fate? Because I don't know if you've noticed, but we've lost Cosmos, and it won't be a matter of time till Shinryu comes in to judge this final match."
"I am fully aware that we've lost Cosmos." Squall argued, "We've ALL been there! We've ALL seen her go down! But I still say this is a bad idea!"
"Aw, come on!" Onion Knight argued, disappointment painted all over his face, "How long are we gonna have to wait for that opportunity. Huh?"
" 'Till another Warrior of Darkness strikes?" Tidus added.
"Oh hell no." Bartz said, shaking his head; then Zidane added, "Not gonna happen, man."
The warriors soon became tense and started arguing over their point of views. Cloud blew between his fingers, producing a whistling sound that subdued the argument.
"Look everyone." He said, "The idea here is that we board the ship, and we join them on their destined journey. They already know what they are supposed to do since they met Bahamut."
"Yes." Firion replied, "And that is to defeat Chaos."
"Exactly." Cloud agreed, "So we're boarding this ship." He then turned his attention toward Terra and Squall, who cringed to the idea, "…whether you like it or not."
"Right!" Tidus cheered, "So all in favor…"
"I don't like it." Warrior of Light interrupted Tidus's vote poll. All heads turned to his attention. Disappointment painted on the rest of the group's faces.
"Aww..." Tidus lowered his arm.
"And why not?" Cloud asked, his voice almost croaking with bitterness.
"Like Terra and Squall implied, it makes us look desperate." The Warrior replied, "And besides, these Warriors of Light… these Big Time Rush, they call themselves… still need time to deal with the fact that they have been chosen to defeat Chaos and end this war once and for all."
"Exactly." Terra and Squall agreed. Warrior of Light went on, "And we don't want to stress them out further by telling them that Cosmos passed away AND they got a limited amount of time to bring her back to life to prevent Shinryu's arrival. I mean, they shouldn't know about it just yet, right?"
Warrior of Light noticed Firion, Cecil and Cloud's tensed expression. He narrowed his eyes, "They SHOULDN'T know about it, right?"
"Arus," Firion began, addressing the warrior by his real name, "they HAD to know."
Warrior of Light scowled, "…okay, why?"
"Why?" Cecil's voice raised in shock, "Did you not see what happened to them with Artemis recently? Chaos did more than just kill Cosmos; he brought that Dark Emperor back from the depth of Hell." he looked over his group, "Their forces are not holding back! They are moving as we speak!"
"Cecil is right." Lightning, who was nearby joined the conversation as she stepped over to the Warriors of Cosmos, "And it's not just Artemis. Their old airship was destroyed by Barthandelus. Chaos brought him back as well."
The warriors exchanged voices of stunned revelation to the news. Two dark rulers brought back by Chaos was not faring well for the warriors of Light.
"Which is why they ended up in Ivalice." Tidus concluded, pointing out the result to the four guys' ordeal.
Lightning then turned back to the Warrior of Light, "So forget this 'let's lay low, or we don't want to look desperate' routine. This is war, not a kiddie game of Call of Duty."
"So it's decided then!" Bartz said, almost cheerfully, "We're boarding the ship!"
"I'll get tickets!" Zidane said and turned around.
"Fine." Warrior of Light sighed in defeat, "We'll board the ship and we'll acquaint the Warriors of Destiny. But don't mind me asking, do they know of Shinryu's coming?"
"No." Cecil replied.
"Good. Keep it that way till the time is right." And the Warrior stepped ahead. The rest of the crew followed.
xXx
Attention passengers of the S.S. BTR, please join us at the Sky Deck to celebrate your well-deserved departure as we are ready to take off. Don't forget to say goodbye to your loved ones by the port as they will be waiting for you.
And once again give a big round of cheers and support to our newest heroes of Light, and hottest musical band Big Time Rush, as they are journeying into the sea of destiny for mankind everywhere! Say goodbye now!
And just like that, the S.S. BTR hovered into the air. The mass crowd of Dalmascan citizens waved their goodbyes to their friends and beloved onboard the ship; a wave of cheers, applause and goodbye tears and kisses rippled through both crowds.
Next stop… into the beyond.
The massive airship zoomed into the sky, and the world of Ivalice soon became a distant speck for the ship.
xXx
-S.S. BTR, Main Atrium-
James waltzed down the main atrium. He was amazed by the number of people on board the ship, it was as if he was on a cruiseship… a flying cruiseship… and he loved it.
And it's not just because of the cruiseship crowd, but because of the attention he was getting. Everywhere he went, the people kept calling and screaming out his name in praise, and kept throttling him with autographs and picture requests. It was just like back in Hollywood, when he got popularity over the band and his pretty looks.
"Now that's what I call getting the special treatment." He smiled.
"Kupo-po!"
He turned around at the sound of Mog's voice. Mog and Vivi squeezed into the crowd to close in on James.
"James Diamond, right?" Mog squealed, "Tell me, Kupo! Tell all of your fans out here. And I want you to answer me fairly and truthfully, okay Kupo?"
James shrugged, "Ohh…kay." He smiled.
"How do you keep your hair so smooth?" Vivi asked.
"And the pretty face pretty clean?" some fans squealed and the rest squealed along.
"And the teeth all white?" Vivi curiously asked. "Don't forget the whitey teeth. My teeth are kinda not white. See?"
Vivi flashed a smile. It was like a pile of brown stuffings and dumps jammed to a garbage chute. Everybody cringed in disgust.
"I have a question for James Diamond." A voice was heard nearby, prompting everyone to turn to its source. There stood Kuja. The mage approached the group.
"Well... actually it's more of a comment than a question." Kuja smiled.
"Oh cool." James smiled back at Kuja.
"Yeaahh..." Kuja smiled back, "I must applaud you for your performance back in Ivalice." He chuckled, "That Emperor was nothing more but a chump."
James smiled again, proud of his accomplishment.
"But then again, hate to disappoint, but wannabes never prosper." when Kuja said that the crowd exclaimed an awe of tension, "Oooooh..." and James's smile vanished to a pissed-off glare.
"Take it from me, someone who's..." Kuja repeatedly snapped his fingers, as if trying to say something that somehow couldn't escape his lips. He faced James again, "What do you call someone who is reeeeally talented and is adored by many no matter how hard they try not to?"
"Oh yeaah…!" James grinned, "You mean like a diva?"
Ooooh… the crowd exhaled more awe of tension. Kuja's eyes narrowed deep and his smile no longer present.
James shrugged, "Would have said something else like a Prima Donna or a starlet or something, but your thong was kinda like a giveaway."
OHHHH! More mocked outburst from the crowd. Now Kuja's face wrinkled in fury. He swept his arm up and a ball of light shot out of his hand and exploded before the laughing crowd. Everyone jumped back, startled as the magic spread out in incinerating dusts.
"Never… mock me, James Diamond." Kuja threatened, "You do NOT want to see me being mocked."
"Oh yeah?" James said, "What are you gonna do about it?"
Then someone from the crowd began chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" and the crowd joined in, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"
James and Kuja looked around the gathering crowd chanting that phrase and pumping their fists in the air, itching for that moment James would swing a punch at Kuja, and Kuja would shoot out a powerful Firaga at James.
But both characters stood still. James appeared nervous. Kuja could sense it.
"Looks like the crowd wants something." Kuja said.
And on cue, the crowd hollered cheers of approval. James nervously shook his head. It wasn't about not willing to fight Kuja, but his pretty boy face was on the line there. And every fight always ends up affecting the face: the eyes, the nose, the jaws…
"W-well, I…" he stammered, trying to come up with a good excuse to back out, "…I never fought before in my life. I don't think I'm cut out for this."
The crowd groaned. Some people in the audience started booing and soon the crowd followed. James didn't like that response, "Wh-hey! It's true! I don't wanna fight someone I don't know!" he lied. Of course, James was a terrible liar.
"But I know you full well." Kuja said, "Well enough to know that you're a chicken." He briefly paused, "Bwack!"
The crowd gasped in awe to Kuja's insult and cheered on as loud as ever. James glared daggers at Kuja. That insult did the trick. No longer he was thinking about his face, James stepped forward till he was nose-to-nose with Kuja. He was now fully determined to swing a fist at his opponent's pretty boy face. Kuja was slightly shorter than James: kinda about Kendall's height.
"Well then," James said, "Bring on the chicken."
The crowd roared in cheers, but James went on over their cries, "Seven-thirty tonight. In this Atrium. Sharp."
"It's a date." Kuja answered, then walked away flipping his gray wavy hair back, its large strands slapped James's face on cue. James was all red. Veins pumped on his forehead and his fingers curled to fists. "Oh, believe me lady. It will."
xXx
"Hey Kendall."
Kendall heard Tina calling his name and turned to her attention. "Hey Tina." He smiled.
"Wanna grab lunch at the Mogstaurant?" Tina proposed. "Ryuji made some mean Calzones!"
The Mogstaurant was a restaurant run by Moogles. They served the best-tasting dishes that are world-class among the Final Fantasy universe, especially places where Moogles usually live. Ryuji was head-chef in that restaurant, and was apparently the only worker there who was not a Moogle.
"Nice!" Kendall said, "You guys eat Calzones here in this world?"
"Yeah!" Tina beamed, "You know calzones?"
"They're my favorites." Kendall replied, "That and Pizzas!"
"Sweet! Then—!"
"Kendall?" Another female voice called his name. Kendall turned around and immediately he stopped dead on his feet, bug-eyed, his smile completely gone at her sight. She was blonde, elegant, sported a majestic princess outfit but more importantly she looked just like his ex-girlfriend Jo!
"Princess Sarah…?" Kendall said her name.
"It is you!" The princess smiled, "My prince. My savior." She wrapped her arms around Kendall in a full embrace. Kendall felt her touch like a blazing sensual fire running through his nerves. Immediately he returned the hug. Tina stopped smiling when she saw Kendall paying all attention to the princess.
Kendall and Sarah pulled away, "I can't believe this…!" Kendall said, "Wait, what are you doing here? In this ship? Where is your father? Are you alone? Gosh, you look so beautiful."
Sarah laughed, not minding all the barrage of questions Kendall was bombarding her with. Kendall loved that laugh. It reminded him too much of his ex-girlfriend Jo Taylor. She always brightened up the room whenever she laughed. Gosh, he loved her and still missed her. The last time he and Jo spent time together was the day before she left for her big movie role in New Zealand not long ago. The pain of losing her was still fresh, even though he had managed to move on.
"Thank you." Sarah brushed a lock of her blonde hair over her ear, "Thank you. Actually, I came alone. Father and I came to Ivalice for the 12th Annual Sky Tourneys. That didn't turn out well as you can see."
Kendall nodded in agreement. What could have been a festive moment turned into something called an end-of-the-world scare for Ivalice when Emperor Artemis tried to use him and his friends to take down Ivalice's queen Ashe and strengthen the Chaos Warriors in the war. Luckily for the guys, the Emperor was defeated... for now anyway.
"…but when we saw that you guys were the ones who defeated that evil Emperor and won that ship, I just couldn't stand by and not see you." Sarah confessed.
"So, you came here without your father?" Kendall concluded.
"Ugh…what a rebellious child you are!" Tina said, forcing a smile through her teeth. Kendall finally noticed Tina and her Chocobo still standing behind them. Sarah giggled nervously.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Kendall stepped aside to introduce the girls, "Princess, this is my friend Tina and her Chocobo pal Chocolate. We've traveled together. Tina, this is Princess Sarah."
Tina offered a handshake but Sarah formally greeted with a curtsy, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Lady Tina."
"Oh… r-right." Tina tried to curtsy but she was bad at it. Her legs crossed and her bending was sideways and out of shape. That made Kendall and Sarah laugh out loud. Even Chocolate was laughing.
"That's really funny Tina!" Kendall exclaimed.
"Way funny." Sarah agreed.
Tina noticed Chocolate laughing and ruffling its feathers like crazy. She pulled out her staff and swung. Chocolate plopped to the ground, no longer laughing.
"I will teach you how to curtsy later." Sarah cheerfully stated. Tina could feel an eye roll coming but she forced herself not to do it. Instead she forced a bitter smile.
"WHOA!" Kendall quickly shifted to Sarah, his face glimmered with an idea, "We should totally grab lunch and catch up!"
Hearing Kendall say that to Sarah had Tina get a huge knot in her stomach.
"That restaurant called Mogstaurant?" Sarah proposed, "I heard they make the finest calzones."
Tina gaped.
"You like calzones?" Kendall exclaimed, "Me too!"
Tina's jaws were now on the floor.
"Great. Then let us take our leaves." Sarah wrapped her arm around Kendall's and the duo left, no longer paying attention to Tina who was still frozen in shock.
Jack came up to Tina, eating a calzone, "Hey, China!" he said with his mouth full, "Gosh, Sheesh calzone is amaching. You should try shome." He cut a portion of the calzone and dropped it into Tina's open jaws.
But Tina didn't close her jaws.
He blinked, "You might wanna…" he pulled Tina's jaws from the ground, closed it to the calzone, and worked her jaws together, forcing her to chew, "There you go!"
xXx
"It's Astrolomog Kathy's Ultima Fortunes, here to give glints of hope in your rough journeys ahead."
Logan read the signpost besides a tent in the middle of one of the ship's busiest corridors. The tent had a dark-bluish color and was adorned with stars of the faintest orange glow. A crescent moon as sparkling as diamond was at the tent's peak and the entryway was covered with a velvet lilac sheet.
Carlos who was besides Logan lit up at the sight of the tent, curiosity already possessing him, "Ooh! Let's go in!" He stepped forward but Logan grabbed his arm, stopping his tracks.
"No, we can't." he shook his head, "It's too risky."
Carlos sighed, disappointed.
"And who the heck is this Astrolomog Kathy anyway?"
The lilac sheet ripped open and out stepped an elegant lady, "Why that would be me!" she cheerfully said.
"WUUAAAH!" Carlos and Logan jumped back, startled.
The lady before them was none other than Ultimecia. Of course they didn't know her yet. She sported the costume of her possessed shell Edea Kramer: a skin-tight dress of a black color with a purple gradient along the bottom, and with a plunging neckline and fur ruffle around her shoulders. The most striking of her appearance was the shell-themed headpiece adorned with jewels glued over her left temple with gold veins stretching over her cheek to her bright golden eyes.
Ultimecia smiled genuinely.
Logan gulped, "Are… y-you… Kathy…?"
"Why of course I am, handsome." Ultimecia said, gently running her slick yet monstrous finger over Logan's cheek down his chin, "Who would I be?"
"A witch." Carlos said.
Ultimecia glanced over at him, her smile still captivating; it got Carlos to change his tunes, "I mean…!" he gulped, "…not a witch per se. More like an… enchantress or… something."
Logan elbowed his friend to stop talking.
"Well, I have been called many things." Ultimecia said, turned on her heels and ripped open the sheet leading to the inside of the tent. She stepped asides and beckoned, "Right this way, little ones."
The duo entered the tent. It was quite large and spacious. The light was dimmed up on the top and their wall—or rather the fabric of the tent—all emitted dark purplish color. Sitting before them was a wooden table, covered by a jet black sheet, and on the table was not a Crystal Ball, but an actual Crystal, twirling in place and extracting its colored radiances like a disco ball at a nightlife dance party. Sitting on the other side of the table was yet another figure: Kefka Palazzo. He was outfitted with a turban colored in various shades of green with gold and some red details, puffed sleeves, and a green and yellow skullcap. Despite the atmosphere in the tent, the turban colors were easy to see. And so was his face: a light-skinned delicate face with an orange hue color, narrowed tired-looking eyes, but with a Joker's smile. A sinister face that was not at all welcoming.
"Okay, I'm leaving!" Logan turned around, ready to walk out. But Ultimecia towered over him, blocking his way.
"Wait a minute." Carlos wrapped one arm around Logan's shoulder while resting his other hand on his other shoulder. He leaned in to whisper, "This is good." His gaze knowingly at Kefka.
Logan blinked, staring at his friend before staring at Kefka. "Okay, how is that good?" He whispered back. Their gazes were still on Kefka, "These two looked like they got something on us!"
"Which is why it is good." Carlos replied, facing Logan, "Obviously they got something about us, something that could help us... or destroy us. So if we can find out what they are, we can take that to our advantage."
Logan was now facing Carlos, "Is that a plan I'm smelling?" he looked nervous, "Oh heck no Carlos, I am not falling into one of your plans again."
"Aw c'mon! My plans have always been flawless!"
"Really? Which one?"
"No time to dwell in the past!"
The two friends were now standing in front of the eccentric figure behind the table, grinning at him. "Heeyy…" they said nervously.
"Weelll…come. My fellow customers." The man behind the table spoke, "You must be the ones."
"Two of the Four Warriors of Light." Ultimecia replied, stepping over to the table to join Kefka, "We are very lucky to have you here."
"Very lucky."
"Ohh… shucks." Logan grinned while Carlos laughed nervously, "We are lucky indeed."
"Lucky as a rabbit's feet." Carlos commented.
"Foot."
"Right."
"And because you are so very lucky…" Kefka went on, "We're gonna read over your fortunes, for free."
Kefka moved his face up-close and personal to the guys. The guys leaned back, eyes wide open, "How does that sounds?" Kefka whispered hoarsely.
"Ohh…kay…" Logan and Carlos said together, chuckling nervously.
XxX
James couldn't believe that mage guy called him a chicken just because he didn't wanted to fight. James was no chicken, and when it comes to fighting he knew exactly where to deliver his punches, and where to block when on defense mode. The answers were both obvious: the face.
James was pissed off, but worried at the same time of the outcome to the upcoming fight at seven thirty that evening. His face was on the line there, but all he wanted was to teach this guy a lesson about respecting celebrities like James. Who did he think he is, he thought. To talk to him about fame and fortune like a noob?
But then again, James had no idea who he was and what was his beef. He may just as well be either a heckler or one of Chaos' Warriors.
Dismissing that thought he went on, stomping on the ship's floor and mumbling to himself when he crashed right onto someone. He stumbled, almost lost his balance but quickly stood firm. Angrily he turned to the person he bumped into, "HEY, WATCH IT PAL!"
Before he knew it the person swiftly turned around and thrust a powerful kick on his chest, "HIIIYA!"
James felt a blast of pain that pushed him down on his knees, then the person, who sounded like a girl, grabbed him in a chokehold and swung him over her, slamming his back onto the ship's floor. James yelped in pain.
The girl gasped, realizing what she had done, "Oh my gosh!" She ran up to James and knelt beside him, "Are you okay?"
James slowly opened his eyes to see the girl. She had long lavender hair, blue eyes and wore black shorts with a black top and frilly purple sleeves, a gold and silver peineta on her head, and tan boots. Like James she wore a blue crystal, but as an amulet on her chest. But the most striking feature about her was her pointed ears: Prishe!
"Y-yeah…" James squealed in pain, "I'm fine… ugh…"
"Here. Let me help you up." Prishe grabbed James' arm and slowly pulled him up, "Again, I am SO, so sorry. I thought you were a Warrior of Darkness. I never thought I'd pin down an actual Warrior of—!"
She was suddenly cut off when James yelled a Kung-Fu cry and pulled her down the ground so fast, she found herself under him. James posed with one fist tugged to his rib and another fist near her face.
"Well played, Young James." Prishe smirked, "Well played."
James stood up, his eyes widened, "How did you know my name?"
Prishe swung her legs up to her face then leapt forward back to her feet. She exhaled, brushing off her clothes, "Well, everybody knows James Diamond, One of the Four Warriors of Light bearing the Water Crystal of Light. Also known as Big Time Rush, if I'm correct."
Prishe rested her hand on her chest, "My name is Prishe. I'm one of Cosmos' Warriors." She looked over her shoulders, "The others should be on the ship also, but…" she turned back to James, "…guess we lost our way."
"Prishe huh?" James smiled, "For a girl, you really know how to kick butt."
Prishe grinned from ear to ear.
"Hey." James pointed, "Maybe you should teach me how to fight!"
"Don't you already know how to fight?"
"I have a big fight to win without affecting…" on cue he waved his hands over his face, "…this beauty."
Prishe nodded.
"So I really want to finish this guy before he can finish me."
"Let me guess." Prishe smiled, "His name is Kuja?"
James frowned. The one thing he failed to know about that mage guy was his name, "I…think you can call him that." He said.
Prishe pulled out a picture of Kuja from her black top and showed it to James. Immediately James turned red at his picture, "That's him!" he said bitterly.
"Figures." Prishe put away the picture, "You don't have to worry about him. I beat him once. I can help you beat him. It'll be like beating him again."
xXx
The Mogstaurant was quite fancy, with a slick mirror floor spreading out across the room and filled with thousand of tables and chairs made of fine gold and silver cushions. Each table had a muscaloe flower and was always decorated with the finest china plates, glasses and utensils, welcoming any guests for any occasion.
Ryuji came to a table, ready to take an order, "Hey guys, welcome to the Mogstaurant. I'm Ryuji and you will love my very special—!"
Ryuji froze when he saw who was at the table: Kendall and Princess Sarah, both of them laughing and smiling, and having a grand time. He couldn't stop staring at the princess… and then at Kendall… but mostly the princess.
"Tina?" he called her, hoping to think that he's not wrong with the mixed-up names.
"Oh no, that's not Tina." Kendall corrected Ryuji cheerfully, "That's Sarah."
Ryuji stumbled, "Sarah? As in the Princess Cornelia Sarah?"
"Yeah!" Kendall replied.
"It's so nice to meet you, Sir Ryuji." The princess smiled to the Dragoon. "Kendall speaks so fondly of you."
"Not that fondly I hope!" Ryuji had a sweatdrop and looked nervous, "We barely know each other." He dropped his notebook and pen on the table, "Excuse me while I speak to my…" he pulled Kendall's ear, dragging him off his seat.
"OW!" Kendall jerked.
"…fond friend." Ryuji finished the sentence with a smile. His smile vanished to a cold stone face as he dragged Kendall away by the ear. "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."
Ryuji let go off Kendall. "OOOWW…" Kendall rubbed his ear.
"Dude. I thought you were having lunch with Sarah…" he quickly shook his head, "I mean, Tina!"
"I was." Kendall said, "…that was until I saw Sarah again." The smile returned to his face, "We have got to catch up."
Ryuji looked back at the princess who was alone at the table. He then faced Kendall again.
"Catch up on what? You barely met her." A gasp suddenly escaped his lips, "Are you still thinking about that girlfriend of yours again? Josefine what's-her-face?"
"It's Jo. Taylor."Kendall corrected him, "And no, I've moved on. I'm a new person now. Now if you'll excuse me, I got some catching up to do."
And Kendall was off again.
xXx
Back at the Atrium sitting area, Tina had told her friends the Magick Sisters and Jack on everything that happened with Kendall. She slumped forward glumly, with a fist resting on her chin. Valerie was braiding her hair, while Aria and Fate kept close to her company besides her. Chocolate was on the ground, still in pain from the blow Tina gave him on his head, and Jack sat across from the girls.
"I can't believe Kendall…" Tina muttered. "And that Sarah girl. What does she have that I don't have?"
"Money." Jack said, "Beauty." He paused, "Royalty." He smiled, "Blonde hair." He giggled, fantasizing.
Tina and the girls slowly turned to his attention, glaring.
He noticed the staring and his smile vanished, "Sorry."
Tina jerked up, "That's it!" she exclaimed, "I'll have blonde hair!"
Terra along with Onion Knight, Bartz and Zidane spotted the girls and Jack. They hid behind a ficus plant and spied on the group.
"Is that really necessary?" Fate asked, "Your hair is fine that way."
"No. I need a new look." Tina said, "If it's blonde ladies that Kendall likes, then it's blonde ladies he's gonna get… but where will I find a makeup artist to make me blond?"
That's when Zidane made his first move. "It's easy!" He said cheerfully as he left the ficus and approached the group. The startled others tried to stop him, not to meddle, but it was too late.
"We'll make your hair fantastic!" he said to Tina, "You won't even see a difference!"
The OCs appeared confused, "Wait…" Aria said, "Wouldn't blonde hair be different than black hair?"
Zidane paused, noticing his mistake, "…okay, you will see a difference." He faced his comrades who were still hiding in the ficus, "Have you met my peeps?"
Bartz, Terra and Onion Knight finally left the ficus, no longer their hiding place since Zidane involuntarily called out to them.
"They are barbers, fashion artist, makeup extraordinaire…" Zidane hesitated.
"Think the word you're looking for is hairstylists." Aria helped him out.
"Right." Zidane replied.
The group was still staring at the new group that was with them. There was something different about these guys. Jack then pointed out the difference, as if he recognized them, "Aren't you guys Warriors of Cosmos by any chance?"
"Yes we are." Bartz truthfully said but then Zidane elbowed him to a lie, "NO, we're not!"
"We'll make your hair fantastic!" Zidane added. Tina smiled.
"Aw…" Terra giggled enthusiastically, "I always wanted to make people's hair. It's been my dream!"
"My dream is to become a man." Onion Knight muttered in complaint, "Not a lady." He glared at Zidane hissing, "I haven't even reached puberty yet and you're already turning me into a freak!"
XxX
Back at the Astrolomog Kathy's Tent. Carlos and Logan exchanged nervous looks before eyeing Kefka and Ultimecia. The silence felt very long and painful, until Kefka finally spoke the first words,
"So…!" he said, "How would you like to hear your fortunes?"
The guys were still silent.
"I know!" Kefka turned to Ultimecia, "Why not let Ultimecia read your fortunes."
Ultimecia menacingly glared at Kefka. Kefka put his hands over his mouth as he just realized the mistake he just made. The guys once again stared puzzlingly at each other.
"I'm sorry, did you just called Kathy Ultimecia?" Logan asked.
"It's only a nickname." Ultimecia corrected, "Given to me by my very own, very stupid cousin Kefka Palazzo. Please forgive his manners."
"Just so you know, Kathy." Kefka bitterly said to the witch, "Your cousin is not that stupid!"
As Kefka and Ultimecia went on arguing, Carlos noticed a torn page of an article scotched at the far corner of the tent behind the villains. The article was from an old Bonga Bugle issue. The title: "Great Astrolomog Kathy: grandiose achievement in past, present, and future predictions." The picture on the torn issue: A Moogle with spectacles! The subtitle under the photo was a giveaway: Kathy.
Carlos stared at the picture for a good moment, before his eyes slowly moved to meet Logan's. Logan frowned, puzzled by his friend's sudden pause. Carlos pointed him the picture. Now Logan was frozen solid.
The villains have finished talking about the future and all their mumbo-jumbos when the two friends finally turned back to them.
"So…!" Kefka moved his fingers around in a sinister fashion, "What do you want to know? We can talk about your love life."
"Like one of you four will finally have closure with the love of your life." Ultimecia predicted.
Carlos and Logan stood frozen.
"Okay, they may be impostors." Logan whispered to Carlos, "But they are really lousy at predicting the future."
"…Something's not right here." Carlos looked askance, "Something weird…"
Kefka kept playing with his fingers, his jaws widened to a frightening grin. Ultimecia looked no different, quietly giggling to herself. That made Carlos and Logan twice as nervous as before.
xXx
"Let's get started!" Both Prishe and Zidane yelled out in two scenarios. Prishe was pumped in training James in the art of fighting. Zidane and his crew were pumped to give Tina's hair a treat. Well, him except Onion Knight who was very skeptical about the idea.
Prishe taught James a sequence of kicks, punches, and flying blows; which James obviously failed at it since he wasn't that much of a gymnast. So Prishe decided to go onto the gymnastic lessons; but James was highly opposed to it. His reputation as a guy was on the line and feared that onlookers would point and make fun of him. So Prishe decided to bring a Ninja to challenge James in the acrobatic arts. The Ninja walked through walls, ceilings, and threw surprise attacks at James. James tried to pound on the Ninja, just once… but the Ninja was too swift for him.
Tina and the gang took over a spa room located northwest of the S.S. BTR. Zidane and crew gathered up the essential products for Tina's hair. The Magick Sisters and Jack took Tina to a makeup room, twirled her chair away from the mirror and wrapped a white sheet around her shoulders, leaving only her face and head of hair exposed. Tina appeared excited for this extreme makeover.
Finally James decided to go to acrobatic classes with Prishe. Little by little, and yet at such short amount of time, he managed to learn the basics of wall-walking, ceiling-walking and even air dash and break his fall. He challenged the ninja once more who still proved to be a pain in the butt with his Vanish attack and surprise attacks. But James quickly outnumbered the Ninja. The ninja vanished and in a split-second James delivered an Aurablast in the ceiling. The ceiling reflected the Aurablast and a rain of Aurablasts came down on the arena, eventually striking down the Ninja out cold.
Back in the makeup room, the gang put on some Vaseline on Tina's hair, then in one bowl mixed together some hair dye and highlight dye. They poured them all on Tina's hair and started massaging it. Tina felt like she was having a spa treatment… free of charge of course.
More gymnastic practices and monk-style fighting for James, and now it's time for the flying punches and kicks. All he had to do was to apply air-dash with a kick or a punch coming with it. But everytime he tried that he would land hard on the ground. Prishe encouraged him with more practices. Finally he was nailing it.
HIIIYAAAAAAA!
James dashed toward Prishe, then launched at the cardboard she was holding with a flying kick. The board split in two and James' feet connected into Prishe's ribs, sending her flying straight to a wall. The wall crumbled onto her and she was gone into that billowing cloud of smokes and debris.
James landed firmly on the ground. He ran to Prishe to see if she was okay.
The smoke cleared up. James could see Prishe. She looked fine, although she had some bruises from the wall rush she just had and was covered in dusts.
"Perfect!" she smiled while still coughing. James smiled back.
"You are now… cough… hack… ready to deal with Kuja!"
James victoriously pumped his fist in the air.
"Now… cough-cough! Get me out of that smoke… hack…!"
"Right." James carried Prishe to his arms and ran off.
xXx
"BEHOLD!" Bartz waved his arms in the air, "…my latest masterpiece. From the lover of all adventures, you will LOVE this latest beauty."
Zidane, Onion Knight, Terra, the Magick Sisters, Chocolate and Jack gathered around Bartz and Tina. Bartz removed the sheet off Tina's head to reveal her new hairdo.
The small crowd broke into shallow gasps.
Tina's hair was neither blonde, nor brunette. It was pink! A light cherry color like the kind of pink seen in little girls' room, the kind of pink in little dolls' clothing, the kind of pink seen in Strawberry milk, ice cream and Pepto-Bismol. Worse, it was glowing, shimmering under the makeup lights of the room.
"What do you think guys?" asked Bartz. Tina smiled, unaware of the abysmal result her friends thought possible.
Onion Knight tossed a towel he was holding, "I'm out," and then walked away. The small crowd remained silent. Tina's enthusiastic smile started fading, realizing something was wrong.
"WOAAOW!" Jack broke the silence, "I gotta say this is the best hairdo ever!"
Tina's smile returned, "Really? You think it's gonna catch Kendall's attention?"
The small crowd laughed, exchanging positive, but still painful responses, "Ohh, YEAAAH… it'll blow his mind!" Jack exclaimed.
"A lot of minds." Fate joked.
"Okay maybe not a lot." Aria argued.
"I'm scared…" Valerie mumbled, with Terra agreeing, "Me too."
Silence again.
"…but it's not finished!" Zidane suddenly announced, much to Bartz's surprise, "It's not?"
"No." Zidane gnashed his teeth, glowering at Bartz, "It's not! In fact," he then sneaked behind Tina, "this next one requires Anesthesia."
"Ana what now?" Tina turned to look at Zidane but next thing she knew she felt something very heavy land on her head then everything went black. Zidane had pulled out his daggers and with sheer force slammed Tina's skull with its hilt.
With Tina unconscious, Zidane could now scream at Bartz, "WHAT THE HELL, BARTZ?"
"You TOLD me to do my best!" Bartz argued.
"Yeah, not to murder her hair!" Zidane argued back, "The girl said she wanted blonde hair. By blonde hair I mean sheer luscious blonde hair the luscious color of vanilla pudding. Not the color of strawberry shortcake!"
"I told you we couldn't trust them!" Jack snapped at the girls before facing the Warriors of Cosmos, "Y'all the worst hairstylists ever!"
"Jack." Aria said, "You never said once that they were the worst hairstylists ever. Heck, you asked them for their business cards!"
Jack stood still. "Yeah?" He pulled out the business card and tore it up, "…well, now I don't have to call you." He flipped the torn pieces in the air like confetti then like a spoiled child mumbled to their faces, "I'm not getting pink hair."
xXx
Back at the Astrolomog Kathy's Tent,
"Would you really like to know which one of you four will finally have closure with the love of your life?" Ultimecia asked.
"Okay, why would we have closure with the love of our lives, when we didn't even MEET the love of our lives?" Logan exclaimed, "What kind of an astrolomog are you?"
"A really good one I gotta tell you that." Kefka said before cracking his signature laugh: a high-pitched whooping cackle that sent chills down the guys' spines.
Carlos straightened, as if he knew that laugh.
"So…" Kefka went on, "If I were you, I would put all of my predicting eggs into the basket of Kathy over here and go with the flow."
"Wait a minute…" Carlos said, staring calculatingly at Kefka with a glimmer of knowledge in his chestnut eyes, "I know you."
Ultimecia looked tense. Logan turned curious. Kefka's eyes widened, "Uhh… no you don't." his laughter turned nervous.
"Yes…" Carlos moved closer, "…I do." He then pointed, "You're that creepy clown who captured me the other day and replaced me with that impostor of mine Solrac."
"What?" Logan gaped.
"Oh! Oh!" Ultimecia laughed, "You kids and your imagination." She then glared at Kefka from one eye's corner, still smiling through her teeth, "I told you not to do the cackle."
Kefka slammed his hands on the table, "You can't prove anything!" he barked, glowering at his rival.
"Logan." Carlos called, his sharp eyes still meeting Kefka's psycho ones. He tugged his hand before Logan, "Summon me a glass of water, please."
Logan pointed on Carlos' hand and Zing! A glass of water shimmered into view from a cloud of mist and sparkles. Carlos, now with the water glass on hand moved it closer between him and Kefka. He smiled then chugged the liquid to Kefka's face.
Kefka startled. Everyone jumped off their seats to avoid the splash. The orange hue paint on Kefka's face and skin vanished to reveal the blemish dry color with deep-rooted clown makeup. Logan's jaws dropped. Ultimecia stared back with widened eyes.
Carlos smiled, "Now I can prove something."
"Clown!" Logan screamed.
Kefka growled.
"Well…" Ultimecia proceeded to remove her costume also. With a snap of the finger, her black skin-tight dress flickered out only to be replaced in a split-second by her original red velvet gown costume, "Looks like we got busted."
Logan looked on in panic to Ultimecia's transformation. But Carlos managed to stand on his ground.
"GRAAAAWWL!" Kefka's high-pitched scream shattered the Crystal on the table, startling the guys, "This was my best costume yet! The makeup was expensive!"
He slammed his hands on the table and slowly stood up with a grim look on his face. Carlos and Logan stared in fright. "You…" he grinned, "…are gonna pay… dearly for it."
"RUNNN!" Logan screamed and Carlos followed. The guys took off running in panic. Kefka leapt over the table and gave chase. Ultimecia snapped her fingers again and her delicate form shifted into a black crow with flashing golden eyes. The crow took flight out of the tent.
xXx
Tina slowly opened her eyes, out of what felt like a long sleep. She didn't remember even falling asleep, but while she was dreaming she could have sworn to have heard small noises… accusing voices saying all negative things about her hairstyle. Something that she was afraid to hear was her having the worst hairstyle. It was a good thing that she was changing it to blonde. All to impress Kendall of course.
She blinked and there she saw Zidane, Terra, and Bartz's faces hovering before her. Then Chocolate, the Magick Sisters and Jack were also seen behind them.
"Hiiii, Tina." They all waved at her.
"Hiiiii…" Tina sounded groggy.
"You had a good sleep?" Bartz asked her.
"Yeah, I don't remember getting tired." Tina confessed.
"It's the Anasthesia." Zidane giggled.
Fate shook her head, muttering, "No it's not."
Zidane, Bartz and Terra still smiled, though they were tensed smiles. Tina smiled back, the effects of the blow she got made her not care about anything right now. It was like a drug.
"Oh my gosh, this is horrible!" Valerie exclaimed. All eyes glared at her. She hesitated, "…that we've missed out on the Fifth Anniversary of Lady Ashe and her late-husband Lord Rasler's Wedding! Supposed to be a big celebration."
The group ignored Valerie.
"So." Tina said, "When do I get to see my new look?"
"Well…" Zidane was about to speak when Carlos and Logan's scream sharply cut him off.
Carlos and Logan's scream soon reached the entire ship and the crowd in the ship watched them take off across the Atrium. Ultimecia in her Crow Form and Kefka were hot on their trails, with thousand of zombies and ghosts sprawling behind.
The onlookers ran out of the way screaming and watched the villains and the monsters zooming right past them, barely knocking some of them outta the way. The monsters took off leaving a powerful gust of wind that almost carried them off their feet.
"Why couldn't you just leave bad enough alone, Carlos?" Logan screamed, "Now they're gonna finish us for GOOD!"
"Aw, man!" Carlos lamented, "Now we're in big time trouble!"
Prishe and James suddenly dropped from the ceiling and in front of Carlos and Logan, stopping their tracks. James sported a blood-red kung-fu outfit. His hair tied to a matching bandana. Carlos and Logan immediately got out of the way. Kefka and Ultimecia stopped. The zombies and ghosts fled.
"Now, James-San!" Prishe ordered.
"Stand back, Gakusei." James grinned.
"Uh-oh." Kefka squealed.
"HA!" Both James and Prishe tugged their fists toward their opponents and flying punches pelted on Kefka and Ultimecia in multiple combos. The duo then threw a two-hit uppercut-and-meteor smash-combo, drilling them to the ground, and finished with Spin-hook kicks, sending them flying straight to a cocktail bar. All the bottles and glasses shattered in millions of shards. That quickly got the crowd's attention.
Kefka and Ultimecia's bodies suddenly disintegrated into crystallized bodies and vanished in smokes: Manikins in disguises!
"HA!" Prishe and James posed.
The crowd cheered and hooted.
"Whoa! How did you do that?" Carlos exclaimed.
"Yeah! How did you do that?" Logan repeated.
"Little bit of monk-style practice." Prishe replied before bowing to James. James bowed also. "You've done exceedingly well, Young James."
"Arigato, Master Sensei." James spoke, as if in a dramatic Japanese karate movie where everything he said were translated in subtitle, [I did everything I could, to impress you and your dynamic wits. Like they say, the student…] he raised an eyebrow and broke the fourth wall, […has become the master.]
Prishe stopped smiling, "Okay, that's my line." She interjected, "…and uh…don't talk like that."
James cleared his throat and his voice returned to normal, "Got it."
"Sweet!" Prishe said, "Now you're ready to face-off against Kuja!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Tina's blood-curdling scream echoed across the ship. All heads turned to her direction. She stomped into the Atrium and the crowd broke into a mixture of gasps and whispers at the sight of her hair.
Her friends and the Warriors of Cosmos followed. "Tina we're sorry! We did everything we could!" Zidane exclaimed.
"No, WE did everything we could." Bartz yelled at Zidane, "YOU stood back and did NOTHING!"
"But look at her hair!" Valerie exclaimed, "It's hideous!" then Aria added, "Real hideous." And Fate finished, "Horrendous beyond belief."
Tina pulled the scarf of her white mage outfit, hiding her now glowing pink hair. Her flushed face matched the color. "DON'T TELL ME TWICE!" she barked, "OR THREE TIMES!"
"I think it's cute." Reina who was nearby mockingly joked. All eyes stared blazingly at her. "What?" she exclaimed, "I'm not entitled to my opinion?"
"We did a horrible thing." Terra complained, "What is your boyfriend gonna say now when he sees this!"
"Your boyfriend?"
Tina's face was now a blood-red color when she heard Kendall say that. She slowly turned around to face him. And Kendall was shocked to see her face under that glowing pink hairstyle.
"Tina?" he approached her, "Wh-what happened?"
"What happened?" She hissed, "YOU made it happen! I was trying to come up with a new look to drag your attention away from Princess Sarah—and now my hair is R-R-R-R-U-U-U-U-U-I-I-I-I-I-I-N-N-N-N-N-E-E-E-ED…"
James, Carlos and Logan all turned to Kendall, stunned, "Princess Sarah?"
"Now, now wait a second here guys." Kendall said, "Princess Sarah and I are not an item. Believe me."
"You were having lunch with her." Ryuji who joined in the conversation reminded him. "Told me straight up you wanted to catch up." Now James, Carlos and Logan looked twice as shocked, staring at Kendall hoping for an explanation.
"Okay…" Kendall admitted, "I was. But… see… I'm not in love with her. I'm in love with Jo."
Silence.
"Well, not anymore in love with Jo… because…" he sighed, "…okay. The only reason why I wanted to hang out with Princess Sarah and wanting to catch up with her was because I wanted to have closure with Jo. And because Sarah reminds me too much of Jo, I had to do it. Jo and I never got that chance to have closure when she left for that big movie role." He faced his three best friends when he said these three words, "remember?"
"Right… we had difficulties cheering you up." James remembered.
"Exactly." Kendall went on, "So, I explained to the Princess everything that went on in my life and she gladly accepted taking the role of my ex-girlfriend. She understood me, I understood her. We finally had that closure we deserved to have." He then corrected again, "Me and Jo."
The crowd who was listening broke into sighs and awes.
"Oh, I see. Closure." James said with a smile, "Kinda like when you forgot your good-bye kiss."
"GAAAAAASSSSSSP!" The crowd gasped in horror at that sentence. "…you… forgot… the goodbye kiss? THAT'S YOUR—!"
"Yes! Yes! I know. It was our thing." Kendall quickly interrupted, easing the crowd's tension. "We've been through this already."
He then turned over to Tina, "By the way, the princess left the ship to return to her father. So you don't have to worry about her anymore."
"Ohh! That's what the fortune teller was saying earlier," Carlos said, "'one of you four will finally have closure with the love of your life'."
"Carlos, that fortune teller was Ultimecia." Logan reminded Carlos, "And that freak with her was Kefka."
The four Warriors of Cosmos gasped when Logan said these two names. Kefka and Ultimecia were on this ship? Before they could say that, the Warrior of Light Arus spoke from amongst the crowd as he stepped over to join the heroes. He was with the rest of the Cosmos' Warriors, "Wait a minute…! Kefka and Ultimecia were on this ship?"
"I told you they were in trouble." Cloud said to the Warrior. "They needed our full undivided protection."
"You know these guys?" Logan asked Arus.
"Know them?" Terra answered, "They're Warriors of Chaos. What are they doing here on this ship?"
"Oh, they're not the only ones." Prishe said, "Kuja came to James. Wanted to deal with him one-on-one."
Before everyone could cried out "What?" James reassuringly said "Don't worry guys. Prishe prepared me." He struck a Kung-Fu pose, "I'm ready for him."
"So you're ready huh?" Kuja spoke, and the crowd began to cheer. Kuja descended from above, gracefully floating inches from the slick ship floor, and couple of feet facing James.
"Then, let's duel."
James took a fighting pose, "Then let's."
"Theatrhythm style." Kuja snapped his finger and the entire Atrium transformed. Its color, texture morphed into the graphic style of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. James was on the right, with Kuja on the left. They stood before an audience like in a musical stage.
A Chibi version of Axel descended before the audience on puppet strings and broke the fourth wall with the most adorable Chibi voice ever. "WeLcOmE To ThE ThEaThRhYtHm BaTtLe MuSiC SpEcTaCuLaAaAaAaR! ArE Y'aLl ReAdYyYy, PaRtY PeOpLlLlLeEeEeEe?"
"REAAAAADDYYYYY!" the audience cheered in their own Chibi chipmunk voice also.
"StArT!"
"A PeRfOrMaNcE fRoM YoUrS TrUlY," spoke Chibi Kuja in his Chibi voice also, "YoUr SpEcIaL ReQuIeM!" Then a chipmunk music of, 'S'Aimer by Phil Control' began to play. Of course the song wasn't an FF or a BTR song. It was totally different but totally cute in Chibi chipmunk format. Chibi Kuja swung his arms around at every bang, slams and hits to the tune as if he was conducting the music himself. Chibi James stood there confused, until the bang, slams and hits that Chibi Kuja kept throwing in the air unleashed invisible forces that struck Chibi James at every tempo and rhythm to the song, Theatrhythm Battle Music Style!
"Ow! oW! OWWW! HEEYY! No FaI—OWW!"
The audience cheered on.
"WhAt Is GoInG On?" squealed Chibi Kendall in the audience to Chibi Prishe.
"I dUnNO! I ThOuGhT We wAs hAvInG a ReAl FIGHT! NOT An ThEaTeR TrAsH BaTtLe!"
"DiD sHe JuSt SaY a BaAd WoRd?" squealed Chibi Logan.
"... ..." Chibi Carlos was mute.
"Ow! oW! Ow! oW! Ow! oW! Ow! oW! Ow! oW! Ow! oW! OWWW!"
"HeRe CoMeS tHe FiNaLe!" Chibi Kuja cracked his knuckles and delivered the final note, which unleashed thousand of Holy Spells, raining down on Chibi James like downpour. The final note went into a fade out The audience roared in cheers and applause.
Before everyone knew it the entire ship returned to its original color and form, and everyone was no longer in these cute Chibi forms anymore.
[Final Fantasy victory fanfare + BTR 'Famous' victory fanfare – VILLAINS' STYLE]
The crowd broke into groans and sighs for the defeated James. James was on a couch, exhausted like he had danced for one hour straight without stopping. His friends, along with the heroes of Cosmos and the OCs were around him, with some trying to fan him with a large handfan one of the Magick Sisters had summoned.
Kuja scoffed, "Pathetic." He turned around, his back facing James and haughtily flipped his gray hair like a diva, "Talent can sometimes be cruel. Wake me up when you get one."
He vanished in a fade-out and the crowd started booing. James grumbled angrily. Finally the crowd dispersed to mind their own business.
The guys approached James. "James, you're okay?" Kendall asked him.
James sighed, "…yeah. I guess… I'm not cut out for this. I mean, I hate the guy but... he's really talented."
"What are you talking about?" Carlos argued, "You're twice as talented as he is!"
"Yeah, if it wasn't because of your dream to become famous, we wouldn't have made it as Big Time Rush." Logan said.
"Don't worry about it James." Tina said, "Someday, you're gonna teach that Kuja a lesson, thetra…whatever or not."
James and the guys cheerfully pumped their fists in the air.
"Not when I can help it." Zidane added, "Kuja needs more than just being taught a lesson."
Tina turned her attention to Zidane, Bartz and Terra. "…yeah, speaking of teaching lessons." her fingers danced in the air and Poof! A formal piece of documents appeared to her grasp in pink dusts and sparkles, "…I'm filing a lawsuit."
She handed him the lawsuit just as a judge magister stepped in before Tina.
"What?" Zidane exclaimed, "What for?"
"Hair abuse!" Tina said, "I'll see you in court. Come on, Chocolate." Tina walked away and her Chocobo followed behind.
"UH-OH! UHOH! OHHHH!" the Warriors of Cosmos muttered together, as if in harmony to the Big Time Rush theme song.
Zidane turned on his heels and took off running.
"Hey, where are you going?" Bartz shouted.
"AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE AS POSSIBLE!" he shouted, "YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING!"
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed Big Time Final Fantasy. I am ending this story as of today.
Just kidding! LOL ROFL! My plan actually is to take a break from posting out new chapters this year. So therefore the final chapter for this year will be up on Kendall's birthday: November 2nd. New chapters will be back next year. I'll let you know when via Twitter. In the meantime, here's a preview.
On the Next Episode of Big Time Final Fantasy
-Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan reminisce and look back at all their Big Time Rush adventures from Minnesota, to Hollywood, to the day… everything changed.
"Hey what is that?" James said as the guys gather around a package from inside their Palm Woods' crib.
Kendall opened the package to reveal the Grimoire (from FF Tactics A2)
"What kind of book is that?" Logan wonders.
"A magical one?" Carlos wonders.
Kendall flips through the pages. He stares.
"The pages are blanked."
A strong wind overwhelms the crib and the boys screamed and struggled to hold their balance. The Grimoire flipped its pages violently through the winds.
Find out exactly how the guys entered the Final Fantasy…
…on the final Big Time Final Fantasy episode of the year… on Kendall's birthday.
~Big Time Grimoire~