Author's note: Next week I'm back on track… if FFXIII-2 doesn't hold me back. If it's anything like… that sorry excuse for a prequel, it won't since I'll have to force myself to finish it. Here's hoping that it isn't. Enjoy.

An Unending Struggle

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Golden Trio: Assemble!

"C'mon guys, we're all civilized people here, aren't we?" Bartz pleaded as he slowly backed away from the door.

"Put. My Leon. Down!" Rinoa growled with flames in her eyes.

"Okay okay! See? I'm putting him down…" He slowly laid down the baby onto the cradle. "Now, can we talk?"

"Hands off the looser." Seifer spat, still pointing his Hyperion at Zidane's throat.

"Sorry, but that's the one thing I can't oblige!" Edge exclaimed in a very over the top way.

"Oh what is he doing…" Zidane mentally facepalmed as he saw Edge jump off the window, tying Squall midair, okay that was impressive but still…. Why did he just do that? Realizing their lack of choice now, he grabbed Naminé and followed him, just as Bartz threw a smoke bomb to cover their escape. It was then that they realized that there were no accessible roofs near the Presidential Residence, at least not close enough to jump to them, that meant they were in the open… when the whole city would probably be alerted in minutes. "Edge! What the hell?" He shouted as he caught up to the ninja.

"Do you really think that they would let us do something very similar to brain washing to Squall?" Hearing that Squall began flaying his legs, trying to get up, but with both his arms and mouth tied up, he wasn't going anywhere. "Now, hurry up Naminé!"

"But we can't!" She exclaimed. "Think about it! If Squall just returns talking about an inter-dimensional war and how he knew Bartz and Zidane there and god knows what else, are they really going to believe it? How do we prove that we didn't just brainwash Squall to get near them?"

"Well, whatever you want to do, do it fast. But let's get outta here first." Bartz pointed in the direction they were running, the gate.

"Oi,oi! Where do you think you're going?" Zell asked, jumping to block the gate.

"Turn left!" Zidane exclaimed before looking.

"Oh, do you like me that much?" Selphie flirted.

"Scratch that, right!"

"I wouldn't try that." Unsurprisingly, the young teacher was already blocking the right path.

"And before you ask, we're here." Rinoa stated as she and Seifer approached from behind.

"What now genius?" Zidane shot at Edge as they slowly backed into the middle of the formation.

"Don't go blaming this on me, who woke up the baby?" Edge glared back.

"Will you just shut up and try to find a way out of this?" Bartz shouted.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. I personally don't want to shoot you down, but I can't say the same about those snipers." Seifer pointed out.

"What the heck is Seifer saying? Like I want to kill people…" Irvine lamented as he heard Seifer from their intercom.

"Just shoot for the knees idiot." Selphie told matter of factly.

"Well, why don't YOU do it? I mean, "shoot the knee Irvine, it's easy Irvine, it's just ten centimeters wide and you're at merely five hundred meters from the spot!". Shooting the knee ain't easy Selph, you've been playing too much Skyrim."

"HAVE NOT!" She shouted back.
"Selph, I'm your boyfriend AND the owner of the console you play with, I KNOW you are."

"Define, too much."

"Selphie! Stop distracting Irvine!" Selphie jumped back to avoid the following whip. Did Quistis just try and hit her? She must be PISSED.

"Kay kay!" She replied, faking off the pure fear she felt.

"Okay then… I'll just shoot the old man… or maybe one of those two… definitely not the cute gi…. The girl." He quickly corrected himself just as Selphie was going to burst, and oh boy could she be annoying.

"You can't hit what you can't see!" Edge exclaimed, throwing smoke bomb into the ground, covering the four in a wall of smoke.

"Do it…" Seifer said gloomily.

"Right… but how?" Irvine didn't want to do it, but they couldn't take any chances, whoever they were, they were professionals, they couldn't waste this chance. He played close attention to the smoke, ready to shoot even the most faint shadow. After a brief moment, he saw it. A small shadow, one that seemed to be a leg. Without thinking twice he shot. Just as he pressed the trigger however, the three males emerged from the smoke, one of them carrying Squall, but none of the carried…

"NAMINÉ!" Zidane shouted, cursing not remembering to pull her up with him.

Clank.

A rather unexpected sound for everyone present, Irvine wasn't one to miss. But he didn't, even through the smoke screen. Still fuming from the impact, a crimson blade was covering Naminé's knee, the silver haired teen kneeling right beside her.

"She's with us." Riku said stoically as he got up.

"NAMINÉ!" Kairi shouted, glomping the poor girl, flooring both. "You're alive!" She exclaimed with tears in her eyes.

"I guess…. You know each other?" Rinoa asked.

"Oh yeah, she's me!" Kairi replied as she happily shook the tears of her face. Not surprisingly most people didn't know what to say, or how to respond even, they even forgot that they were supposedly chasing the three guys that had just landed from their jump, or that they should probably untie Squall.

"Rewind a bit please…"

"Long story." Riku dismissed, cutting off the ropes that bound Squall's hands and freeing his mouth.

"How long?"

"Oh you don't even want to get me started!" Sora exclaimed, jumping on top of the two girls. "But I'm glad you're safe. Riku's glad too, but he's emo, he doesn't know how to show it."

"Ever since Sora heard emo it's just like they had given him a new toy…" Kairi tried to explain.

"More importantly, does that story help us in any way?" Squall asked stoically as he rubbed his wrists to increase the blood circulation.

"No, but it's a really good sto…"

"Then you'll tell us when we're out of this mess." Squall interrupted. "Now, if you know each other, and assuming that you are on our side, why would you tie me up and sneak in the residence?" The look he shot made it impossible for Naminé to look back, and worse, how was she going to explain this?

"W-well, I didn't know Kairi and the others were here… or alive… we got separated." She began, stealing glimpses of Squall as she moved on.

"Fine, I get it, I'm not going to ask for details, but the whole kidnapping me needs to be explained."

"W-we didn't think you'd trust us, knowing the situation you were in. What I was going to try to do was unseal some memories you have stashed deep inside your mind, memories about a war you were called for, outside of this world, and that nobody that was inside remembers. That doesn't sound very believable, does it?"

"After what I saw yesterday… I don't really know, but you're right in the department of me being suspicious of you." Squall crossed his arms and closed his eyes, in deep thought. "Can you verify what she said?"

"She can do stuff to your memories alright! About the war-stuff, I have no idea!" Sora replied, throwing his arms behind his neck.

"And can she… put things that never happened?" Seifer interrupted.

"Oh, she can alright, she can mess you up so bad you need a year to reco… and I shouldn't have said that, should I?" Sora could feel the back of his head being burned off by his friend's glares. "But she's different now! She won't do that aga… I need to learn to shut up!"

Squall was still trying to decide if he was going to trust that girl with his mind or not, before remembering that there were other parts to the picture.

"And the three of them, do you know them?" He asked as he checked the group out. He didn't know them… but he felt he should. There was something about that kid with the… tail? And the one in the blue vest that felt… nostalgic.

"Nope, maybe Naminé does." Sora replied.

"Seriously Squall, if it weren't for us, your ass would be forfeit! Remember when we saved ya yesterday?" Bartz intervened, frankly, he was tired of standing there, doing nothing. "The story we have to tell, well, you're gonna hear it, because you need too."

"Yesterday…? Fine, get inside." If they were telling the truth, Squall wanted to hear the rest of it.

"Okay then, I'll go make some hot chocolate!" Rinoa exclaimed, running past everyone and into the kitchen.

"Sir! We caught two suspects observing the residence!" Squall heard a guard call.

"Get your hands off me!" The redhair shouted as she tried to shake off three guards.

"Unhand me! I am a member of the Acacia Dragoons!" The blonde was much feistier, they needed the rest of the squadron to slow his movements.

"Friends of yours?" Squall asked Bartz coldly.

"Nope."

"They're also with us." Serge said as he walked past Squall, who waved the guards to let the go. "So, you actually managed to find your way here Glenn." He joked, patting the blonde on the shoulder.

"Very funny Serge. Next time, why don't you try and look for us?" The redhaired girl complained as she got the guards off her.

"I was busy Leena, c'mon, at least you had company!" He said, trying to defend himself.

"He spent more time obsessing about his swords having scratches more than he kept me company! This the last time I hold on to this for you!" Leena shouted back, slamming a covered object against Serge's chest.

"Thanks Leena."

"Pfft, save it!"

"Women…" Glenn commented.

"Yeah…" Most males agreed.

"Now, where is everyone?" Crono asked himself as he walked through the Whale. The damned ship could hold a country worth of people inside, how was he supposed to find anyone? Luckily, he was passing by a room when he heard some noise coming from it, it was worth a shot, he thought. So he opened the door.

"LOOK INTO MY EYES!" Just as Crono entered he had to dodge a controller that Zack had thrown into the air.
"Oh c'mon!" Zack shouted, ruffling his hair. A strange, chilling sound followed, finishing with an explosion.

"Have a nice death!"

"HYPER COMBO K.O!"

"Girls are not supposed to beat men in videogames!" Zack snorted.

"Still letting me win, Master Fair?" Aqua mocked as she ruffled Zack's hair further. "Five-zero, I guess we're even then! No more dates. "

"You're wrong there missy. Whoever lost would get the wonderful prize of getting a date with the one who won." Zack said with a mischievous grin.

"I didn't agree to that!" Aqua shouted.

"As a matter of fact, you did." Zack pulled out a… contract? "You signed this, remember?"

"I did not!" She hastily replied, reading it and seeing her signature in it. "You just made me sign it when I was drunk, didn't you?"

"Hum, hello? Did I miss something?" Crono asked with a light hearted tone, kind of look he gave them was enough for Aqua to realize how close her head was to Zack's.

"Crono! Didn't see you there!" Aqua fumbled between sentences, till trying to mask her deep crimson cheeks.

"I don't doubt it. Where is everyone?" Crono asked with a smirk.

"They said something about going to get a snack." Zack replied.

"I'll go get them!" Aqua hastily said, leaving the room in five seconds flat.

"Never thought I'd see you pull a stunt like this Crono." Zack joked.

"I don't see what you mean." Crono replied as he shrugged.

"Keep talking hotshot. What happened to you anyways? You seem awfully cheerful if you ask me."

"Tch, just… you know… stuff." He replied, fiddling with his badge.

"So, can I assume it has something to do with that badge and that sword?" Crono should have known it would be too obvious.

"Tell you what, you tell me what this is, and I'll tell you what happened." Crono suggested, pointing towards the black box bellow the television.

"Crono, you had time travel! How do you not know what are video games?" Zack looked genuinely dumbstruck at his friend.

"Video games… Oh, that thing Luca invented… never thought it would catch on like this though! It was just a bunch of squares when I saw it." For the first time in a very long time, Crono actually managed to grin at memories of his friends. "Mind if I… give it a try?" He asked, holding the controller.

"No problemo dude, just don't get better than me okay? I got this for Christmas, but Aqua's enough to make me want to just stick to my new bike…" Zack joked, grabbing his controller.

"Are you telling me Crono was actually… happy?" Aya asked, still not believing what Aqua had told her when they bumped in the corridor.

"He did look like it, why?" Aqua asked, not knowing Crono for more than a few days left her unaware of his mental state.

"Boss never opened up to us!" Luso began.

"And when he did try and give a smile, it was forced!" Adelle continued.

"It looked like he had always the weight of the world on his shoulders." Marche finished as they reached the door, slowly opening it and peering through the creak.

"X-factor!" Was the first thing they heard, well, it wasn't Crono or Zack.

"That's not so bad…" Zack's voice commented, the sound of nervous button mashing accompanying it.

"OBJECTION! I've got all I need!"

"Oh for fudge's sake!" And that… was a remote flying.

"The one who actually committed the crime…. Was you! No alibi, no justice, no dream, no hope! It's time to pay for your crimes! Take this!"

BOOM!

"Hyper combo K.O!"

"Screw this, I need a snack!" Zack was this close to punch through the screen, but screaming angrily was all he did.

"Oh, don't be a sore loser Zack, maybe I can give you some tips!" Crono joked with a large smile plastered on his face.

"I'm glad to see that you were right Aqua…" Ramza said with an equally big smile tarnishing his lips.

"So…" Squall began, taking a sip of his mug of hot chocolate, the one with a little teddy bear drawn in it, he had already mentally cursed Rinoa for that. "We have reinforcements coming?"

"Yuppers!" Zidane replied, pulling a marshmallow from the bag and throwing it in the air, only to have it being grabbed by Bartz just as it reached his mouth. "HEY! Rinoa gave that to me!"

"Still Squall, it's all business with you aintcha?" Bartz continued as he munched on his marshmallow, as if there wasn't a monkey boy clawing at him the whole time. "I mean, we just told you the most mindboggling story you will ever hear, and the only thing that interested you was… the reinforcements."

"It's not like I'm not surprised, it's just that I don't like showing it."Mind monologue, Squall's most treasured possession, where would he be if he couldn't talk to himself? "Yes."He said stoically.

"Oh, that's not true Squally! Stop faking it, you're actually craving to know more!" Rinoa exclaimed, quickly snatching Squall's mug and drinking it in one gulp.

"Rinoa…" Squall said, in his equivalent of embares… who am I kidding, he was just annoyed.

"No hot choco for a liar liar pants of fire!" Rinoa replied in the most childish voice most of the room had ever heard. Odd couple that was.

"Do as you like… You set a great example for the kid."

"At least I'm honest!"

"Will you two just get a room? On second thought, scratch that, the last thing we want is a another kid." Zell's commentary was enough to not only cancel the discussion, but also cleaning up any signs of stress the group had leftover.

"Mental note: Zell has to go."

"Sooo, back to important-ish things, what do you say about getting your memories back?" Edge asked.

"Well, it's a risk but… Those two really take me back, I just know where. Besides, if something goes wrong, Rinoa will notice." Squall nodded and got off his seat, leaving his mug on his wife's lap. "Fine, just do it quick oka-" Out like a light.

"You got better at this!" Sora complimented, more scared than happy.

"Practice makes perfect."Naminé replied happily, still locked in a conversation with the girl who could very well pass as her twin sister.

"Look, if I can ask, what did Leena give you Serge?" Kairi asked out of the blue, her violet eyes focusing on the object covered by a thick brown cloth that Serge was carrying.

"This? Well, it's hard to explain exactly what it is, but I'll try." Serge replied, slowly unwrapping the object. Just as the last layer of cloth was about to disappear a tremor shook the residence, followed by a flicker of the lights.

"What was that about?" Zell asked, quickly moving outside. Even in the night sky it was easy to distinguish the giant cloud of dust and smoke that began covering the layer of the shield.

Suddenly, Rinoa's phone rang, she quickly reached out for it, not even sparing the caller a look.

"Rinoa here." She said, holding the phone close to her ear as she paced around the meeting room.

"Rinoa, where's Squall?" A distressed voice asked from the other side of the line.

"What happened Laguna? He's asleep right now." She lied. Not that Laguna would be against it, but it saved time.

"The Horizon Bridge… it was destroyed…" Just as Laguna said that, RInoa dropped the phone, her body shivering all over.

"We're trapped… with them." She said before letting herself fall onto the couch, staring blankly at the window, the smoke clearly visible.

"Can someone explain?" Bartz asked.

"The city is linked to the Great Salt Lake, the place where we were fighting, by just one bridge, the Horizon Bridge. Up until now, none of the monsters had dared to try and cross it, since it was our terrain. But now that we shielded the city completely, they knew we couldn't stop them from crossing it. Now that they destroyed it, and assuming they crossed it, as soon as the shield breaks, they will be inside the city. Even worse is that our backup plan failed with that regard." Seifer explained, crunching his fist in fury.

"What was it?" Bartz asked.

"Last case scenario, we would use the airships to send the civilians out, and lure the monster in, blowing up the bridge in the process." Seifer snorted at such a desperate plan. "At least it would buy us sometime."

"Three things. One, that's stupid and suicidal. Two, a broken bridge would not even slow them, they can move through the Rift and bam. Three, it will never reach that point." Zidane said determinately.

"What makes you think that?"Quistis interrupted. "Have you seen the rate those things appear? You kill one, three more crawl out. Worse, if they kill one of us, they either get a new member or get stronger!" Just them she saw a flash of silver, a giant key appearing right in front of her. She traced it right to its spiky haired owner.

"Then it's simple, just don't die." Sora said matter of factly. "When I was fifteen I destroyed more than one thousand of those things… in one afternoon! If you people can keep up with the Master here, it'll be a sinch!"

"One thousand? You're joking kid, Seifer killed the same amount ya know?" Who invited Rai?

"From where I come from, Seifer's a pushover, I'm surprised he can pull his weight around here." Aaaaand the cockiness got to his head. Before he even finished the sentence, he was already chocking at Seifer's glare. But he quickly regained his composure and turned the situation to his advantage. "Of course, feel free to beat me, if you can."

"I see what you want to do… and I like it. Fine, let's all make a contest, of who can get more of those and come back alive!" Seifer offered.

"I'm in!" Sora replied.

"We are too!" Zidane said, grabbing both Bartz and Edge, who shrugged.

"You'll always act on impulse, won't you Zidane? Fine, I already did have a bet going on, I can let more people in." Squall pointed out as he got back to his feet.

"Well, that was fast." Bartz commented.

"I went straight to business, Cosmos just upgraded the crystal and sent me home with my memories." He explained, twirling his crystal. "Speaking of which…" He quickly grabbed his phone and dialed a number. "I'm going to regret this..."

"Squall! I need to-"

"I know already, but I need you to come here… right now!" He demanded. Laguna moaned and said that he was going as fast as he could. What did we learn kids? Sons should order fathers around. This is such a kid friendly story!

"What was that all about?" Rinoa asked.

"Remember Laguna? Twelfth cycle?" Squall asked the duo.

"Yeah so?" Both asked in unison.

"He's my…" He took deep breath and sighed. "Father." He almost spat.

And they laughed and laughed.

"Th-that guy is your dad?" Bartz managed to ask in the middle of his burst of laughter. "Oh the irony of this is too much!"

"So he had reasons to stick onto you like glue!" Zidane commented.

"Remember when he tried to pluck your tail?" The two seemed completely unaware of the mess they were making in the room, or the awkward stares from nearly everyone.

"Hey! Not cool man! He almost tore it off!" Zidane tried to seem angry, but his face said otherwise.

"Are they going to reminisce very… single… moment?" That's why Squall didn't want to call Laguna. He saw this coming from a mile away.

"Am I the only one who wasn't called there?" Rinoa shouted in a mix of childish jealousy and annoyance. She did manage to shut them up though.

"And that's why I married her…"

"Beats me. You should ask Crono that." Zidane replied as wiped off the tears and fixed his blond pony-tail that had been undone from rolling on the floor.

They all failed to see Serge's cringe as he heard that name.

"Cro-what now?" Laguna had just walked into the room. "Sorry, got lost in the hallways!"

"How does he get lost in his own hallways… Nevermind." Squall shook his head at his father's capability to get lost in his twenty year old house. "Naminé, can you give this guy a piece of your medicine?"

"Watchu tal…"

"Thanks." Squall said quickly as he saw his dad hit the ground face first. He had to admit, it was amusing.

"Sooo, does this mean we can be a team again?" Bartz asked excitedly. He seemed a little too into it for Squall's tastes, but it was just Bartz being Bartz.

"Whatever."Squall said in defeat. They would just stalk him either way, it would be less creepy this way.

"YES! Dissidia's strongest team is back!" We gotta a find a name for us! How about… the Avengers!"

"Seriously Bartz?" Zidane asked with a "are you retarded" look staining his face.

"But Zidane… think about it. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" He yelled in a very over-the-top way.

"Next time you get near a TV, I'll smash it. I promise." Zidane said in a cold tone.

"And they're at it again…"Squall covered his face with his hand as the two started bickering about a "team name" and how retarded the other one's was.

"So Sora. Pretty nice sword you got there. Is that… watchama call it? Keyblade?" Edge asked as he looked at the silver key with the gold rectangular handle.

"Yup! But how do you know what that is?" Sora asked confused. It's not like his weapon was the most ordinary thing in existence.

"You wouldn't happen to know about this tall, blue hair and… how do I put this… HOT!" Edge asked, receiving a confused stare instead.

"How do you even GET blue hair?" He asked.

"Soooo, you don't know her. Weird… you have the same symbol as her." He pointed out, pointing at the crest that Sora had on his shoulder.

"This, nah, you must be confusing it with something else. Only Keyblade MASTERS get this, and we only got ours a few months ago. I think Master Yen Sid would have warned us if there was another one of us."Sora replied, shaking off any doubt. And he got hammered for it. "What was that for Riku? That hurt!"

"What if she's a Keyblade master from this world?" Riku pointed out.

"I don't think she's from our world." Edge replied.

"AHA!" Sora exclaimed, raising his hand like Riku had done.

"Don't. You. Dare!" Riku threatened.

Smack.

"Damn bridge sure took a while." Vanitas spat, kicking a pebble down the abyss.

"So impatient. We have all the time in the world my dear boy." Ultimecia said in a mocking tone. "These bugs have to way out now. I will enjoy squashing them."

"Yeah, then how do we get in old hag?" He asked aggressively, hitting the barrier with his foot. "This crap's sturdy."

"Watch your mouth around us fool." The Cloud slithered, her snakes approaching Vanitas a bit too much for his tastes.

"Whatever. You got a plan or what?" He asked, taking a step backwards to put some distance between him and the snakes.

"One might say so." Ultimecia said as she proceeded to pull out a lion shaped pendant. "An old memento from the time I spent with that lion kub."

"Just get on with it, I just want to get these meat shields of my back so I can finally suppress my urge to throw up." He finished, spitting on the teen's direction. "What? Get those faces out of my sight, especially you pretty boy, you make me sick!"

The boy cringed his fist and teeth and stepped towards him.

"You sure you wanna go that way?" Vanitas asked quietly. The teen just shook his head and turned his back.

"Don't get on their bad side…" The girl warned him.

"A bit too late for that." He replied, still irritated.

"At least don't get on their "to kill list", okay?" She asked with a very preoccupied tone, she had just seen Vanitas gesturing a decapitation sign at them.

"I'll try, if we're not in it already."

"Woah… I got a complete new vision of the world now! Thank you son!" Laguna exclaimed as he got back from his induced coma. "Oh, and the monkey kid too! Sorry 'bout the tail."

"No probs Laguna." Zidane shook off. "Now, will you just tell this guy how "the justice league" is corny and thoughtless?"

"You've been watching way too much TV kid." Laguna reprimanded playfully, letting off a heartily laugh. Pity that entire atmosphere was thrown out the window when the blackout ensued. "What the…?" Laguna quickly got his phone out and dialed the head engineer's number. "What happened Frank?" He's the kind of president who's on casual terms with everybody… how unexpected I know.

"The barrier needs the power Laguna!" He replied in a very tired and desperate voice.

"But didn't you say that…"

"There's something hitting it! Something… massive! I hoped it lasted longer… but you've got to get the troops ready!"

"Okay, thanks Frank, keep her up as long as you can!" Laguna said, disconnecting the line. "We have work to do."

"So now you use a talking sword. Pfft, cheater." Zack joked as he munched on a piece of bread with Nutella. "GOD, this was the thing I missed the most when I was dead!"

"HEY! It's not the sword that makes the owner, it's the owner that makes the sword!" A voice from Crono's back yelled.

"Feisty one at that. Still, Masamune? Wasn't that…" He looked around to see if Cloud was around and whispered. "Sephiroth's sword?"

"Same name…" Crono began.

"LAZY PRODUCERS!" Locke shouted, jumping into the kitchen."It has been too long! Time to get some ACTION!"

"What is he on?" Crono sighed.

"I told you Terra, you can't give Locke free reign on the kitchen!" Celes yelled. "Look at how he gets when he's had too much sugar."

"Dude, Locke, calm down." Shin slapped him on the back of the head, snapping him out of his excitement.

"Did you get tied up to a bed for… what is that light?" A strange pulse of energy flooded the ship. It felt like Terra and Cloud's crystals but it was different. It wasn't as calm and peaceful as the last pulses. It was a stream of bright flashes that tingled inside, just like it was trying to warn them. They suddenly had a feeling that they needed to go faster.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Terra said, looking to the dark space outside.

After their fair share of bumping into walls, Squall and the group finally managed to get to the outside of the residence. And they weren't pleased with what they saw.

Complete panic.

People screaming, running around like headless chickens, obviously needing a leader. Squall quickly grabbed a bystander to snap him out of it.

"Calm down man! What happened?" He shouted. The terrified man mumbled uncontrollably, his eyes never meeting Squall's as he pointed upwards.

"T-that!" He screamed, pushing Squall away and running into the crowd.

"Griever…"

Next Chapter:

"Two on one? Fine, come on!"

"We're late!"

"Sorry, I really didn't want to have to do this…"

Post-Chapter Note: Okay, okay, not the most interesting chapter. But this chapter was really that chapter that I HAD to make, not that I WANTED to make. Don't kill me just yet. Next three chapters will be special, I promise.