Chapter Fourteen...
Edge groaned as he woke up. He yelled as he felt grass on his face. He looked around. It was bright green and this was...
"California?" he asked, looking around. He held up his hands as electricity began flowing through them. It was back…his Mana was back! And that meant! He let out a yell of joy as he jumped up and began running around. He found the usual FAF get-together areas and saw DJ and Mora having some pizza, "DJ! MORA!"
He hugged the two before jumping away, whooping.
"Did he get into D-Dude's test formulas again?" DJ asked.
"If he did, why didn't he invite ME?" Mora asked.
CM and Hikari were having ice cream not far away.
"GUYS!" Edge shouted, kissing both on the cheeks, "IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU!" Edge ran away, whooping and howling like a monkey.
"Did Edge just kiss me?" ChaosMagemon asked, looking confused.
"What's gotten into Edge-san?" Hikari asked.
"Dunno." Said TL as he swung down from a ledge, all the while upside-down and with the bottom of an ice cream cone in his mouth.
CM stammered at TL's entrance before asking, "Why do you do that?"
Edge then saw Kitty and ran straight at her, catching her in a tight hug.
"KITTY!" he exclaimed, "I missed you SO much!"
"Um...it's only been five minutes, Edge." Kitty said, looking confused.
"If that's Edge, tell him to RETURN MY FREAKING PORTAL DEVICE." Came Rook's irritated voice, "And a punch for me!"
Edge took the device off his wrist and handed it to Kitty.
"The Assassins still hang out in Tokyo, right?" Edge asked.
Tokyo, Japan...
Edge took a ship to Japan and promptly tracked down the Assassins as fast as possible. Entering into their HQ, he saw Sogekihei the sniper firing her rifle at a target as Zchazz wailed on a punching-bag. Glory-Feather the part-Gryphon was practicing wind spells as Dark-Blaze the part-Dragon worked on some explosive. Kali, the Indian-Japanese martial artist delivered a series of kicks to a dummy as Sasori knocked it around so far that all Edge could see was it getting knocked around. Poz, meanwhile, was drinking Diet Coke.
"It's not the the same." He groaned, falling onto the desk.
Edge walked over and saw Tohokari Kotetsu, the team's half-Darkness leader, meditating.
"Tohokari?" Edge asked.
"Who does it look like?" Tohokari asked, looking over with an irritated look.
"Well, I kinda messed up history for a bit and met your mother." Edge said, pulling out an envelope. He saw Tohokari suddenly reach for his blade, wincing. 'Okay, okay, no, not a wise choice to start a conversation with!' "She wanted me to give you this."
Tohokari took it and saw the name was his own and in his mother's handwriting. He took it and opened it up. He read it and his eyes seemed to water.
"Get out...NOW." he ordered.
Edge did so, nearly running into Kali. He always figured she and Tohokari had a thing for each other.
"He's not used to showing emotion." She said, "Do not take it personally. I am sure he is very grateful."
"Tell him he's welcome...and that it's not the end of the world." Edge smiled, walking out.
Los Angeles, California...
Edge returned to the FAF HQ and came across TSS. He promptly explained the entire story.
"So, after the talk I gave you, you wound up going back in time and stopping Azazel's invasion before it began, and wound up completely altering the timeline?" TSS asked.
"And nearly destroyed the universe while I was at it." Edge replied.
"THIS is why you should think before you act." the SWAT-clad vampire scoffed.
"But it made me realize what you tried telling me." Edge said, "I can't save everyone, which makes the times I DO save people all the better. Azazel's war still happened and millions died, but I saved trillions by making things back to normal."
"Good job, kid." TSS said, smirking.
"And...thanks for everything." Edge said, "If it weren't for you, I would've died like everyone else back there."
"You're welcome, I guess." TSS said, turning and leaving.
Edge smiled, but his thoughts turned inwards. He probably shouldn't tell people about the other realities he saw. Something in his gut told him it had to be like that. He just smiled. Everything was back to normal and the universe wasn't about to be destroyed.
All was well...
In the recesses of the multiverse, the potential energy from the history Edge wiped out formed another universe in the infinite array of possibilities. It wasn't the hellhole world Edge had wiped out, far from it. It was a world much like the one he recreated. The players were familiar, but different. This world was just beginning...
The End
or...
The Beginning
Theme Song: Dreams of an Absolution by Lee Brotherton and Jun Senoue
Cast:
Lion's Edge: Josh Keaton
The Face: Derek Stephen Prince
In the night-light, do you see what you dream?
All your troubles, are they all what they seem?
Look around you, then you may realize
All the creatures saw with the light.
The Shadow Syndicate: Crispin Freeman
Shadow-DJ/Angelic-DJ: Will Friedle
And I might know of our future,
But then, you still control the past.
Only you know if you'll be together.
Only you know if we shall last!
Mora Nara: Scott Menville
TLSoulDude: Eric Vale
In the night-light, do you still feel your pain?
For the valor you waited, never came!
If you were able, would you go change the past?
There's a furball with one last chance!
Hikari Ino: Stephanie Sheh
Drake Darkstar: Scottie Ray
And I might know of our future,
But then you still control the past.
Only you know if you'll be together,
Tonight!
DarkMagicianmon/ChaosMagemon: Christian Bale
Kitten Hachi-Chan: Michelle Ruff
Cause every night I will save your life!
And every night I will be with you!
Cause every night I still lay awake,
And I dream of an absolution!
Cause every night I will make it right!
And every night I will come to you!
But every night it just stays the same,
In my dream of an absolution!
Yukari Kotetsu: Maria Canals
Michael Tsutsu: Bruce Campbell
In the night-light, do you see what you dream?
All your triumph, and all you'll ever be?
Look around you, then you may realize,
Happiness lies trapped in misery!
Poz Hebereke: Quinton Flynn
Angelic Soldier/Deathly Soldier: Nolan North
And who knows what of our future?
We can all try to change the past.
Only you know if you'll be together,
Tonight!
Ranger24: Yuri Lowenthal
PhoenixoftheDarkness: Dakota Fanning
Cause every night I will save your life!
And every night I will be with you!
Cause every night I still lay awake,
And I dream of an absolution!
Dakota Campbell: Jennifer Hale
Airnaruto45: Kevin Conroy
'Cause every night I will make it right!
And every night I will come to you!
But every night it just stays the same,
In my dream of an absolution!
Tal Ordo: Travis Willingham
X Prodigy: Liam O'Brien
Cause every night I will save your life,
And every night I will be with you!
Cause every night I still lay awake,
And I dream of an absolution!
Blacknova: Hugo Weaving
Lucifer: Brad Swaile
Cause every night I will make it right,
And every night I will come to you!
But every night it just stays the same,
In my dream of an absolution!
Ray Phoenix: Steve Blum
TemhotaTech: Scott McNeil
And you'll see (And you'll see)
What you'll be (What you'll be)
And you'll see
All you can (All you can)
And every night (And every night)
And every night (And every night)
And every night (And every night)
I will dream (I will dream)
And you'll see (And you'll see)
That this is my dream (What you'll be)
And you'll see
Every night
I will always dream (Cause every night)
Sovereign64: Troy Baker
And every night
And every night
I will dream (I will dream)