Kenshin: Back to the old dusty trail?
Draconis: (glares) This isn't becoming a thing Kenshin, I don't care how much you want it to be.
Kenshin: Aww...
Draconis: For those confused. I did something similar to this in my other story.
Kenshin: More shameless plugs!
Draconis: Whatever. Let's get started.
Final Fantasy VI: A Retold Tale.
Chapter 21
The Dream World.
Draconis: Begin!
(start)
The party was back in the cave at the Veldt. Both to ask questions about the dragon and to find Interceptor. Kenshin had been concerned about finding Gau when they first came here and when he first arrived he was disappointed not to find him. They walked toward the chest he found Shadow's Ninjato Striker and pulled a lever nearby.
(thud!)
"What was that?" Terra asked.
"Sounds like something moved." Edgar said.
The party they had together was, Terra, Kenshin, Edgar, and Cyan. "Come on." Kenshin said.
They followed the newly opened path until they found Interceptor and a wounded Shadow. Everyone ran up to him. "Look at all these wounds..." Terra said.
"!" Cyan slid into a stance, shooting toward his right. He was knocked back, caught by Edgar.
"What the? ! It's an ambush!" Edgar said.
"Get ready!" Kenshin said laying a hand on his sword seeing a white skinned behemoth stomping out. It opened the fight with a pearl spell aimed at Edgar who shielded himself.
"Whew...that hurt." Edgar said.
Kenshin jumped toward it, slashing at it's face. The behemoth leaned back and punched Kenshin's sword, grinding it to a standstill. "Tch." Kenshin kicked off of the behemoth and landed back near the group. "Terra, you about done with that scan?"
"Yes, It has weaknesses to fire and poison." Terra said.
"Alright, let's work on weakening it first." Kenshin said. "Cyan, get one of your sword techs ready."
"Right." Cyan said.
"Meanwhile Edgar you pepper him with your crossbow, but don't detonate the damn things." Kenshin said.
"Got it." Edgar said firing bolt after bolt into the behemoth's skin, making it roar in agony.
"Sword Technique Gou! Empowerer!" Cyan said as he fired a white energy into the beast which returned to him.
The beast fired another pearl at Kenshin who merely stood there as it hit. "...You idiot." He said as it did minimal damage, the dust settled and everyone saw Kenshin holding a shield that broke immediately. "Terra, use Fire 2."
"Already on it." Terra said. "Fire 2!"
"Grrrh!" The behemoth growled as it was whipped across the chest by the flame.
"Edgar." Kenshin said as it readied another spell.
"Yeah?" Edgar said.
"Detonate." Kenshin said with a smirk.
Edgar mirrored his smirk. "You got it." Kenshin jumped in the air as the arrows all exploded.
"GRRRAAAHHHH! !" The beast roared in pain, watching Kenshin coming in as the dust settled.
"Heavenly...Fire Strike!" Kenshin shouts as he struck the behemoth with his signature attack.
When that dust settled the behemoth was no more. Kenshin landed and turned around. "And that, is how you kick some ass."
Edgar shot his fist in the air cheering. Cyan nodded in approval and Terra went over to Shadow. "Everyone, I can't do anything for Shadow-San in this cave. We need to get him to a town to heal."
Kenshin nodded. "Let's go to Thamasa then."
(break)
Thamasa
Strago's house.
Shadow laid in bed, tossing and turning, as if having a nightmare. Kenshin walked into the room to see if he was awake. "Hm...?" He walked up to the side of the bed as Shadow stopped moving around. "Well...Tritoch's slow ass still isn't here...so I guess I could see what's going on.
He placed his hand gently on Shadow's forehead to not wake him and closed his eyes.
He saw a man walking in the Thamasa plaza wearing Shadow's current attire, sans the headgear, but plus a cloak. A hound chased after him. "Hm...you came to fetch me?" He said to the dog. "I won't be coming back however. I want you and the girl to live in a peaceful world."
"Girl?" Kenshin thought to himself. "He couldn't be referring to...Relm could he?"
The man ran out of town and the dog soon followed. "That man must be Shadow himself and his dog Interceptor." Kenshin thought.
The vision ended and Kenshin saw he had a knife at his throat. His body had reacted on impulse and he had Shiroi Tengoku's tip at Shadow's throat.
"What were you doing?" Shadow said with a glare.
"If you must know, I was looking at your dream to see what you were tossing and turning for." Kenshin said. "I apologize, but...
"!" Shadow pushed the knife in further. "Stay out of my head, boy."
"Tell me, are you close to Relm?" Kenshin asked.
"..." Shadow scowled. "That is none of your business."
"Whatever you say." Kenshin said lowering his blade as Shadow lowered his. "But I'm not going to stop pressing the issue. If you are indeed close to the girl, why did you leave?"
"Tch..." Shadow said nothing more.
"However, if you'd like me to, heal up and I'll fight you. You win, I'll drop the issue in it's entirety." Kenshin said.
"Fine." Shadow said. "How will I know you're coming? I've been fighting at the Coliseum lately."
"Simple, I'll put this up." Kenshin said holding out the Striker.
"!" Shadow reached for it only for his wounds to act up and Kenshin to yank it away. "Very well. I'll be waiting."
"In addition to telling me about yourself, you'll join our group, agreed?" Kenshin asked.
"Fine." Shadow nodded. "Now leave, Interceptor will be enough guard for me."
"Alright, get well soon." Kenshin said moving to walk down the stairs
"Wait." Shadow said, something being on his mind.
"Hm?" Kenshin said.
"You are unafraid to face me. Why?" Shadow said.
"Simple." Kenshin said. "We've both walked a bloody path to get here." He stated with narrowed eyes. "Now, if that's all, I'll be on my way."
Shadow watched him leave with narrowed eyes. "That boy...he wasn't lying."
Kenshin walked out of the house and walked toward Leo's grave. "..." He looked down at it. "Hey, it's been awhile Leo. A year if I remember correctly." He closed his eyes. "I wish...there was more I coulda done to save you."
He was silent for a few moments before opening his eyes. "But I promise you...I'll stop Kefka and get this world back on the right track."
"Well, you've certainly done a fine job of that so far." A familiar voice chimed in his head.
"Oh, it's you." Kenshin thought. "You sure took your sweet ass time getting here Tritoch. I was starting to get used to using my old powers again."
"Well don't do so any longer." Tritoch said. "The restriction goes back on now." "As for your clone technique, you can only use one at a time."
Kenshin bristled at this. "If my powers weren't so restricted we might not be in this situation right now."
"You say that." Tritoch said. "Can you prove it?"
"I will when I beat your ass." Kenshin thought. "Let me ask you something Tritoch."
"What?" Tritoch said.
"If the Warring Triad brought an Elemental Knight to this world in the War of the Magi, and I have the powers he used...why am I being hindered?" Kenshin thought.
"This is not the War of the Magi, boy." Tritoch said.
"You're right, it's worse." Kenshin thought cutting the connection.
(break)
Days later.
Doma.
Kenshin, Terra, Setzer, Celes and Cyan entered the castle. "Why are we here?" Cyan asked.
"Because, there is a rumor that if you sleep here, you wake up surrounded by demons." Kenshin said. "If something like that is going on, won't the demons spread once people stop coming?"
"He has a point Cyan." Celes said.
"I suppose." Cyan said.
"So, we go to sleep and get attacked by demons, good plan." Setzer said, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
"Oh quit being such a baby." Kenshin said rolling his eyes.
"He has a point Kenshin. What if something happens to us while we're asleep?" Terra asked.
"We'll be fine." Kenshin said. "I'm a light sleeper."
The group walked into a room with six beds and laid down. "Whelp, see you all later." Setzer said.
The night passed and everyone woke up, everyone except Cyan. "Oi, old man wake up." Kenshin said shoving his shoulder.
"..." No response.
"...what the?" Setzer said hearing a lot of noise coming to their door.
Three identical characters dressed as boys came into the room. One hopped forward. "I'm Curley."
"I'm Larry." The second one said.
"I'm Moe." The final one said.
Kenshin deadpanned. "What are you three supposed to be...the Tree Stooges of this world?"
"The Three Dream Stooges." Curley corrected. "This man's soul is ours." He said pointing at Cyan. A line that was repeated by Larry and Moe.
"Today we dine well! !" The Three Dream Stooges said hopping into Cyan's soul.
"Like fucking hell you will!" Kenshin hopping in after them.
"Kenshin!" Celes and Terra said hopping in after him.
"Hah..." Setzer sighed. "Geronimo! !" He said hopping in after them.
Kenshin found himself face down in a floating area, in a spatial distortion, next to him was Celes. "Uhnn...Neechan?" He said.
"Yeah?" Celes said.
"What the hell happened?" Kenshin asked.
"We were chasing those idiots, then I don't know what." Celes said.
Kenshin looked around. "Well...this place looks fucked up."
Celes nodded and got to her feet. Kenshin followed suit. "I guess we follow the path." Celes said.
Kenshin nodded and they walked until they got to a group of three doors. They went into the one on the right and came out to two other doors. Kenshin opened the left one and poked his head in. "Dead end."
"The right one then." Celes said. Kenshin nodded and they went into the door. They came out and saw one of the stooges next to Setzer. They ran up to him and he said. "I'm not ready to fight you yet, see ya!"
"Tch." Kenshin said with a scowl.
Celes shook Setzer awake. "Uhhn? Where the hell are we?" The gambler spoke.
"We don't know." Kenshin said. "Come on we gotta find Terra." Setzer nodded and got to his feet.
Celes looked over and saw another door. "Over there."
The two men followed Celes and found themselves next to another door. Kenshin went into it and immediately cursed as it put him back where he and Celes started. "Hang on...goddammit." Kenshin said making his way back to where they were.
"Hmhmhm..." Celes giggled into her hand.
"Hahahaha..." Setzer laughed.
"Egh..." Kenshin sighed in frustration. "Ok, over here." Kenshin said taking one of the staircases up to another door. They came out in a separated area with another door. Walking up to it, they tried to open it when it repelled Setzer.
"Aagh, what the hell? !" Setzer said.
"Hmm." Kenshin noticed four tiles around the door. "Hm...I guess we're supposed to come here after finding Terra."
"Seems like it." Celes said.
"In other news." Kenshin stabbed his sword behind him, killing a Pan Dora. "I'm getting a little sick of all these enemies we've been running into on our way to the doors."
"Tell me about it." Setzer said. "Eh, I guess it gives me time to work out the kinks in this slot machine."
"How the hell did you get the Falcon in here to drop bombs?" Celes asked with an exasperated expression.
The three went back to the starting point. Going back to the three doors they went through the middle door and ended up back at the pathway they had just left. "Cripes..." Kenshin said going through the nearby door again and going through the left door of the three. They finally arrived at where Terra was and Kenshin chased away the stooge. He cradled Terra in his arms and jostled her awake. "Mornin' sleepyhead."
"Kenshin, Celes, Setzer..?" Terra got up and looked around. "Where are we..?"
"Still trying to figure that out." Celes said with a comforting smile.
"Come on, let's get back to that door we were getting repelled from." Setzer said. "I dunno about you three, but I want out of here."
"Agreed." Kenshin, Celes and Terra said. The reunited group made their way back to the repelling door. They first came up to two different doors. One higher up, one below them. "Hang on." Kenshin said going through the lower door. He reappeared next to them a few moments later. "Loop." Everyone nodded and went to the higher door. Finding themselves back on the path where Setzer was found and used the door there to get back to the area with the repelling door. They entered only to get kicked out. The Dream Stooges came out.
"Oh, finally ready to rumble?" Kenshin asked.
"You know it!" They said.
"Alright, let's do it then." Kenshin said unsheathing his sword.
"Bolt 2!" Moe shouts.
"Ugh!" Kenshin grunted as the spell hit him.
"Fire 2!" Terra said aiming at Moe.
"Aagh!" Moe shouts. "Haste!" He said casting his spell on Curley.
"Heheheh..." Curley said appearing in front of Setzer and kicking him in the face, stomach and right leg in quick succession.
"Grh..." Setzer said with a glare. "7-Flush!" He said as multi colored lights hit all of the stooges.
"Ice 2!" Celes said hitting Moe.
"Agh! Why are you focusing on me? !" Moe shouts. "Reflect!" He casts his spell on Larry and Curley.
"Shit, call off the magic!" Kenshin ordered. "We go to full physical!"
"Right!" Setzer said keeping his slot machine out.
"Ok!" Celes said slashing her sword at Larry.
"Grh!" Larry grunted as it struck
Kenshin dashed forward and cut a gash into Curley's chest before he could evade. "Gah!" He shouts. "Pearl Wind!"
A healing breeze healed all of the stooges injuries. "Shit! Focus on the flying one! It's their white mage!"
"Shit!" Curley cursed as Kenshin dashed at him again.
"Come on, Come on!" Setzer said. "YES! !" He shouts. "X Bomb!" He shouts as an unmanned version of the Falcon flew overhead and dropped bombs on the stooges.
"Serene Demon Sword!" Kenshin shouts cutting through Curley after the explosions.
"Aaaahhhhhh! !" He roared out as he vanished into thin air.
"One down." Kenshin said.
"Shhhiiiiiittttt!" Larry said taking off.
"Hey where the hell, watch out! !" Moe said as he saw Larry run off the edge of the dreamscape.
"Two down." Kenshin said with a smirk. "Ladies, Gentleman."
"Yes?" Setzer, Celes and Terra said.
"Dust this bitch." Kenshin said turning his back to Moe.
"Fire 2!" Setzer, Terra and Celes said incinerating Moe in hellfire.
"Alright. Let's move." Kenshin said as he and the party proceeded through the door. They came out on a train. "Huh...the Phantom Train?" He said looking around.
"You've been here before?" Setzer asked.
Kenshin nodded. "Sabin, Cyan, Shadow and I accidentally hopped on this train when we were all separated before the battle at Narshe."
"Oh...How I wish I could have went with them..." Kenshin heard in his mind.
"?" Kenshin looked around.
"What is it?" Terra asked.
"... Nothing, I just thought I heard something." Kenshin said. "Was that Cyan's voice?"
"Well come on." Celes said walking toward the next train car. "We won't get anywhere by standing around." Nothing of interest was inside so the proceeded onward. As they were about to enter the next car they saw Cyan hopping across the previous car's roof, being chased by a spirit. He fell and ran into the next car. "Wait!" Celes said.
When they got into the next car, he was gone. "What the hell?" Setzer said with narrowed eyes. "He was just here."
"We should just keep going." Kenshin said. He saw a switch at the far end of the car, in front of it was six open chests, in two rows of three. He pulled the switch and one chest on the top row closed as well as two on the bottom.
Celes read a book next to the exit. "Remember the pattern. It might just save your life."
"Alright. Third one on the top, first and second on the bottom." Setzer said.
"Alright, Let's keep going." Terra said. They went into the next car.
"Hoo boy..." Kenshin said seeing a bunch of stuff in the way. As well as a bunch of switches. He pull the closest one and the chairs next to him split apart. "Come on." Kenshin said.
"There's another one over here, but it's blocked." Celes said.
"Try the next one." Setzer said seeing another one down from it.
Terra nodded and pull the switch and row of boxes moved backward. "That should help." Kenshin said hitting the first switch again moving the chairs in front of the switch Celes was talking about moved out of the way. "There, it's not blocked anymore."
Celes hit that switch and a booth chair near the wall turned around. "How does that help? !" Celes shouts.
"Hang on." Kenshin said. "Get out of there." He said flipping his switch again. "Terra hit yours."
"Right." Terra said. The boxes moved back where they were.
"I thought so." Setzer said. "We can get through the bottom now."
Once they navigated the maze, they found six chests not unlike the ones in the previous car. "Well, put in the order and throw the switch to open the door." Setzer said.
"Right." Kenshin, Terra and Celes said doing just that.
Setzer threw the switch and the door opened. They proceeded and found a smaller car. Kenshin went it. "Empty." He said. "Hey there's the engine." They all went in there and saw nothing there as well "What the? Ugh..." Kenshin said. "Go back."
What shocked everyone was how they ended up in Magitek suits, in what looked to be a mine shaft..
"How did...?" Celes said, thoroughly confused.
"I have...no idea..." Terra said rubbing her temple.
"Let's just keep going." Kenshin said. "We're bound to get to the end sooner or later."
They saw Cyan getting chased down by bandits and followed. They went followed a path that seemed to go on forever. "Kenshin...is it just me or are we going around in circles?" Celes asked.
"We better not be." Kenshin said with a scowl.
"At least we're making good money off of the magiteks in here." Setzer said.
"What I find funny is that Terra has the same magitek she was using when we first raided Narshe." Kenshin said with a grin.
"W-Well, it's not like I can control that." Terra said.
"I'm just givin' ya crap Terra." Kenshin chuckled as they went into the same room they had went in before. "Hang on, turn around and go back.
Everyone nodded and did so. "Are you fucking kidding me?" Setzer said with a facepalm seeing Cyan standing near a bridge.
"Just needed to break the loop, of course." Celes said with a sigh.
They advance across the bridge only for it to break under the massive weight of the magiteks. "WE SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE ACROSS AT THE SAME TIIIMMMMEEEEE! !" Kenshin shouts.
They came to in the Doma Castle bedroom. "...Are we...back?" Terra asked looking around.
"I don't think so." Kenshin said. "Cyan's not here." He felt a couple of presences appear behind him and turned around to find a woman and a boy. "You...you're Cyan's wife and son.
"Yes." Elayne nodded. "Please...save my husband...save Cyan..."
"Where are we?" Setzer asked.
"We're inside of...Cyan's soul." Elayne said.
"I thought so." Kenshin said with a nod.
"My husband, Cyan...continues to torture himself." Elayne said. "For his failure to defend Doma, the world is dying slowly and then there's his family."
Owain hopped forward. "A beast known as Wrexsoul is taking advantage of him. "He's a complete monster, made up of wretched souls dispatched in meaningless wars." "They're wrecking havoc on Papa! Please help him!" He pleaded.
"We will." Terra said with a resolute nod.
Kenshin nodded. "We'll take of it."
Elayne and Owain smiled and disappeared. Kenshin, Terra, Celes and Setzer left the bedroom and made way for the throne room. They found Cyan prone on the floor with a flame demon with a cross behind it hovering over him. Kenshin fired an Ice 2 Spell at him making him retreat. "Stay the hell away from the old man!" He shouts.
"You must be Wrexsoul, we want Cyan back!" Celes shouts readying her sword.
"You're too late! His pain has reached critical mass! Nothing can stop his feelings of rage and despair I grow stronger with his anger hatred, and guilt, and observe!"
Cyan sprung to his feet and shot toward Kenshin, his katana grinding against Kenshin's blades. "Tch." Kenshin grunted.
"Kenshin!" Terra said in worry.
"I'm fine! Take care of Wrexsoul!" Kenshin said.
"He's right Terra, Kenshin can handle himself, but if we don't beat Wrexsoul, Cyan won't be free!" Celes said
A couple of soul shavers appeared next to Wrexsoul. "I'll possess your body, I won't appear again until you're about to expire!"
Wrexsoul disappeared. "Shit." Celes said looking over at Terra and Setzer. "Which one of us is it?" She muttered.
"Bolt 3!" The soul shaver said taking aim at all three of them. Celes and Terra dodged while Setzer took a bit of damage through a shield.
"Bastard! Chocobop!" Setzer said pointing at it. Chocobos tackled into the creature.
"X-Zone!" Terra shouts as a black void ripped open and devoured the Soul Shaver.
"Come on out!" Celes said.
"Hehehe...I'm over here fool!" Wrexsoul said using Cyan's voice. "Dispatch!"
"Grh!" Kenshin grunted as Cyan knocked his swords into the air.
"Slash!" Cyan shouts cutting a small gash into Kenshin's torso.
"Tch! Cure!" Kenshin said healing his wound.
"Kenshin! We're coming to help!" Celes said.
"No! Don't!" Kenshin said. "If we all four gang up on him Wrexsoul will just let Cyan get killed!"
"!" Terra, Celes and Setzer froze. "So..."
"I'm the only one who can fight him." Kenshin said. "I fought him a lot when I was still a leader of Vector.."
"Heheheh." Cyan laughed sinisterly. "We'll see about that."
"We shall." Kenshin said shooting toward him, holding Kuroi Jigoku in an Iai position. "Demon Decapitation!" He shouts slashing the back of his sword at Cyan's head, hitting him.
"Gah!" Cyan said. "Gh...Slash!"
Kenshin stopped the attack with Shiroi Tengoku and kicked Cyan in the stomach. "Grh!" He scowled and shot toward Kenshin. He spun his blade one and slashed it downward. Sword Tech Roku! Eclipse!" (A/N: Stunner)
Kenshin's eyes widened seeing a storm of energy swords coming down on him. He slashed above. "Heavenly Fire Strike!"
"Heh...took the bait you stupid bastard." Cyan said. "Sword Tech Yon! Flurry! (A/N: Also known as Quadra Slam)
Cyan slashed Kenshin across the right leg, circled around and attacked his left arm. He zipped to Kenshin's left and slashed his left leg before shifting over to his right and slashing his right arm. Cyan then moved to Kenshin's front and kicked him in the chest sending him into the wall.
"Kenshin!" Terra shouts.
"Tch!" Kenshin dove under a slash at his neck and drove the butt of his sword into Cyan's knee. It buckled and Kenshin bashed the back of his blade into the back of Cyan's head.
"Grrhh!" Cyan growled in anger.
"Cyan wake up! Try and fight it!" Kenshin shouts. "The last knight of Doma is now a plaything for a poltergeist? !"
"Guh..." Cyan said with a scowl. "Ken...shin..." He strained out.
"Stay under you foolish failure of a man!" Wrexsoul shouts turning Cyan's body toward Kenshin. "SwordTech Gou! Dragon!" (A/N: Empowerer)
Kenshin dodged out of the way and glared. "Think Cyan...what would Elayne and Owain think if they saw you now?"
"!" Cyan's eyes went wide.
"Cyan...my love...what's happened to you...you're a..." He heard Elayne's voice say.
"Papa...stop! No! You're..You're a..." Owain said with fear in his voice.
"MONSTER! !" They both shout.
Cyan began thrashing around swinging his sword wildly. "What are you doing? !" Wrexsoul roared.
"GET! THE HELL! OUT OF MY BODY! !" Cyan roared as Wrexsoul shot out of his back.
"Cyan!" Celes said.
"Kenshin, we aren't finished yet, follow my lead and do as I do." Cyan said.
"You got it." Kenshin said.
Cyan nodded and dashed toward Wrexsoul and slashed him across the chest. Kenshin followed suit as Cyan circled around and slashed his back, followed by Kenshin as well. The two attacked his arms and shattered his cross. "SwordTech Shichi! Tempest!" Cyan shouts. (A/N: QuadraSlice)
Kenshin jumped away as Cyan prepared a final technique, shooting toward Wrexsoul. "SwordTech Hachi! Oblivion!" (A/N: Cleave)
"DAMN YOU BASTAAAARRRRRDDDDSSSSS! !" Wrexsoul roared as he faded away.
"Hah..." Kenshin sighed. "Whew. Good thing you came to when you did Cyan."
"Thanks be to you, all of you." Cyan said. "If you hadn't journeyed in here. I would still be in that thing's grip." "I heard my wife and child's voices."
"I see." Kenshin said. "Sorry for bringing them up to you."
"No, it's fine." Cyan said shaking his head. "It woke me up. They'd be ashamed to see me in such a miserable state. It gave me the strength to come to grips with my own suffering."
Kenshin felt a couple of presences to his right and glanced over. "? !" He stared in a mild amount of shock.
"It's them..." Setzer said.
"Cyan..." Celes said in a distant tone.
"Cyan-San." Terra said pointing to them.
"Wha?" "!" Cyan stared in absolute astonishment seeing Elayne and Owain before him. He turned to them. "E-Elayne...O-Owain..." He said in a breathless tone.
"Thank you my love." Elayne said with a peaceful smile.
"Papa's strong!" Owain cheered.
"No..." Cyan shook his head. "I didn't do anything until the end...not then...not when the world nearly ended." "I've lost my honor."
"No!" Elayne shouts. "It's not that you've lost your honor, it's that you have too much of it." She and Owain walked up to him, and placed their hands on his blade before backing away. "My love...we shall always be together."
"Papa...We love you!" Owain said.
They began glowing. "Please wait!" Cyan pleaded. But it was for naught as they turned to spirits and flew to the ceiling before turning into a sword and stabbing into the floor.
"We will always be at your side." Elayne and Owain said.
Cyan walked up and grabbed the sword. "..."
Everyone was pulled out of the soulscape and reappeared in the bedroom. Cyan looked down at the floor. "Elayne and Owain live on in my heart. I must leave the past behind."
"It's not so much that you need to leave it behind, but that you shouldn't let it tie you down." Kenshin said.
"Yes." Cyan unsheathed his blade and looked at it. "This blade shall reclaim the future of this world!"
Terra and Celes smiled, Setzer chuckled and Kenshin set his Kuroi Jigoku alongside it. "All of our blades shall fight for the future."
The group left the room and prepared to leave the castle. "Hang on." Kenshin said walking toward the throne room. "Is it still here?" He said looking up at the throne. "Ah, it's." He grabbed it. "The magicite...Alexander."
"Another magicite." Terra said as he returned. Kenshin nodded and tossed it to her. She caught it
"So...what do we do now?" Celes asked.
"I heard of a mansion where paintings are coming to life, it was before you all found me." Cyan said.
"I see. Then let's get on the ship and go there." Setzer said.
With that, the group made their way back toward the Falcon, ready to investigate another disturbance.
(chapter end)
Draconis: That's the end of that.
Kenshin: So I'm going to fight Shadow?
Draconis: Sure, why not?
Kenshin: (shrug) OK...
Anyway, I found the alternate names for Cyan's SwordTech (Bushido) attacks on the FF Wikia, I think I'll just use them from now on.
Next, the party re-bolsters it's ranks some more, see you then.
Draconis678 out.