Tales of The Symphonic Abyss: Dawn of The Second Descendent
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Chapter 5: Saving Fon Master Ion & Largo! Face Off Against Khan & Nappa!
Along the way to the Zao Desert's Oasis, Luke and his group walked in front of the Manor shared by Michael's and Niko's families. Niko then saw her grandfather, Chrome, standing in front of the manor's entrance. It seemed like he was looking for someone. She ran up to him.
Niko – "Hey grandpa!"
Chrome – "Hello Niko, my dear. How are you doing?"
Niko – "Just fine. And so is everyone else in our current group."
Chrome looked at the six people his younger granddaughter was traveling with.
Chrome – "Master Luke, Master Guy, Lady Natalia. It's great to see the three of you again. You as well Lady Anise."
Luke/Guy/Natalia/Anise – "Likewise Chrome."
Chrome – "Colonel Curtiss, Miss Grants. It's an honor to meet you both."
Tear/Jade – "Same to you Chrome."
One of the knights stepped out of the manor to see if Chrome was okay.
Niko – "Marcel!"
Niko ran over and hugged Marcel.
Marcel – "Hey Niko."
Chrome – "Ah, Marcel, great timing. Could you head back in and grab Roku for me?"
Marcel – "Sure. Be right back with him."
Marcel quickly rushed back into the manor to fetch Roku.
Anise – "I've never seen Marcel before."
Niko – "He's only been a member of the family military for less than three years. That, and-"
Natalia – "And?"
Niko – "He's also my boyfriend."
Luke – "I don't see a problem with that."
Anise – "I don't either."
Niko – "Then you all can know why there should be one. Cause I'm 17."
Natalia – "And Marcel?"
Marcel – "I'm 25."
Marcel had heard the entire conversation on his way back out and decided to save Niko the trouble of stating how old he was.
Luke/Guy/Natalia/Anise – "8 YEARS?!"
Luke – "Wait. Why are we shocked about this?"
Niko – "You guys don't think that our relationship is weird?"
Natalia – "Not one bit. You're our friend Niko. And because of your relationship with Marcel, that technically makes him our friend as well."
Marcel – "Nice to know that you and Michael have a great group of friends."
Niko – "I know. So what do you and gruncle Roku need grandpa?"
Chrome – "Besides the fact that Roku and I promised to do some grocery shopping in Chesedonia, with Marcel acting as an escort for us, but I was also talking to master Michael earlier. I was gonna tell him to stop by and pick something up, but it completely slipped my mind. By the time I realized it, the call was already over. Then I remembered that he said you and your friends were gonna pass by the manor. So I was wondering if the three of us could join you all as far as the Oasis and give this to Michael."
Chrome showed a necklace that had nine of the exact same kind of gem on it.
Jade – "That's a weird idea of a necklace."
Chrome – "This necklace may look strange, but according the legend, only those of the Masi family are allowed to wear it."
Roku – "Apparently the necklace does something that ties into a so-called 'dormant' power that they have."
Tear – "What kind of power?"
Marcel – "No one knows. But it seems that the power has been in Michael's family for a very long time."
Guy – "That's not a lot of intel to go on."
Luke – "Times something is better than nothing."
Tear – "That's true."
The group, now in the company of Chrome, his brother Roku, and Marcel, moved towards the Oasis. Once there, they came across Sync and Dist, who had on completely different outfits.
Luke – "You two look different."
Dist had on what looked like a pure white lab coat, but Michael's mom Tracie had fitted it out to make it easier for Dist to control his Kaiser Mechs. The colors were mostly white with gray trim. Sync's, meanwhile, was a cross between a hiker's and martial artist's outfits. The clothes were loose enough to give him as much free range of movement as he wanted, yet they also kept his body temperature normal under extreme conditions. The colors for his outfit were light green with black, white, and gold trim.
Guy – "Anything from Michael and Arietta?"
Sync – "Nothing yet."
As soon as Sync said that, Michael and Arietta returned to the Oasis.
Anise – "Speak of the devil."
Arietta's new outfit was just a long sleeve shirt and long pants. However, that version was used when she walked in cold places (Mostly in the northern parts of Aldurant). The current version has the shirt as a t-shirt (Zippers halfway down the upper arm part of the sleeve from the shoulder) and the long pants as shorts (Zippers at the knee portion of the long pants).
Arietta – "Seems like we got back just in time Michael."
Anise – "What do you mean by that?"
Michael – "No sooner do we get into Chesedonia, do we find out where Ion is being taken."
Jade – "And that would be…"
Arietta – "The Zao Ruins itself."
Natalia – "If we hurry, we can catch up to them."
Luke – "Maybe it'd be better if we quickly stocked up on supplies first?"
Dist – "Already taken care of. We practically doubled the amount of supplies needed for a trip, mostly due to how many people our group has."
Arietta – "Make it triple then. Michael and I decided to do the same thing in Chesedonia before we started our way back here."
Luke – "Never mind then. We have more than enough."
Chrome – "Before you all get moving, here's this for you Michael."
Chrome handed Michael the necklace.
Michael – "Thanks Chrome. I meant to stop by earlier and get it."
Chrome – "No problem. When you told me that Niko and the others were stopping by on their way to the Oasis, I figured that I would just save you the trouble of flying back here and just bring it to you myself."
Michael – "Thanks."
Michael put on the necklace.
Chrome – "Now hurry along and save Fon Master Ion."
Everyone – "Right!"
Michael and the others quickly left for the Zao Ruins to save Ion. After a few moments, Chrome, Roku, and Marcel left for Chesedonia. Inside the ruins, the group run into Largo and Asch who are being confronted by Khan and Nappa. Suddenly, Sync launched himself at Nappa.
Niko – "Stop, you idiot! You'll only get yourself killed!"
Sync tried to attack Nappa, but was knocked away. His mask was also knocked off, showing that his face was the same as Ion's. Sync stood back up.
Sync – "I'm Not Done Yet!"
Nappa – "That's The Spirit Kid!"
Sync – "Take This! Stone Dragon Ascent!"
Sync's attack hit, but it only stung Nappa's left hand at best.
Nappa – "Not bad kid. That one actually stung a little."
Sync – "Sorry Michael. I just wasn't strong enough."
Arietta – "Move Sync! He's gonna kill you!"
Nappa slowly walked over to Sync.
Sync – "Sorry Arietta. I just don't have the strength to move."
Nappa brought his left foot above Sync's head.
Nappa – "Ah, don't worry kid. When Michael sees that I've beaten you to a bloody pulp, I'll make sure to tell him just how 'noble' you were!"
Nappa brought his foot down, only to completely miss. That was due to Sync's body disappearing. Both Nappa and Khan were stunned. Nappa looked around, then quickly looked behind him as Sync was being held up by a familiar redhead.
Sync – "Luke?!"
Luke – "You can consider this repayment for saving my sorry butt on the ship to Baticul yesterday."
Khan quickly looked up into the air to his right, seeing Michael just floating there. Michael then lowered himself to the ground.
Michael – "Asch! Are you and Ion alright?"
Asch – "We're fine."
Khan watched as Michael's power level started rising on his scouter.
Khan – "His power level's increasing exponentially."
Michael then started walking towards Nappa.
Nappa – "Oh! Somebody's eager! Well you'll get no argument from me."
Nappa went to punch Michael, who disappeared from sight.
Khan – "And he's fast."
Nappa quickly looked around. He found Michael walking away from him, closely followed by Luke and Sync.
Michael – "This way you two."
Luke silently followed Michael, carrying Sync along the way with no problems. The trio walked over to Largo, who was lying on his back.
Michael – "You doing alright there Largo?"
Largo – "Never better…"
Michael slowly helped Largo into a sitting position, making sure to not make the large God-General any worse off than he already was. Luke then sat Sync beside him.
Michael – "Do you still have the senzu beans on you Luke?"
Luke – "Yeah. Break one in half?"
Michael – "Please."
Luke took out a senzu bean, broke it, and gave a half each to the two God-Generals. They were soon back on their feet. The duo went to step forward to assist Michael, but Luke stopped them.
Luke – "Let Michael handle this one you two. He's practically the only one strong enough to go toe-to-toe with them after all."
Sync – "But…"
Largo – "Luke's right Sync. Just let Michael handle them."
Asch – "Even I want to see how this fight goes."
Michael then slowly walked back towards Nappa, scowling at the large Fonian.
Nappa – "Oh no. You don't want to make that face at me. Unless, that's the face you want to be greeted with by your friends on the other side."
Michael – "This Ends Now! And You're Gonna Pay!"
Michael's energy starts flowing out of him, causing numerous pebbles and small rocks to rise into the air.
