Well now that ff.nt is finally back up here is the next chapter comin at
ya. Why has Chrono gone back to 600 AD? What happened to the future? And
where is Magus off too?
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Chapter 9
His eyes glowed dark ebony red, the fires of hate and rage burned like a bonfire within them. His red eyes complimented the color of his long hair that took on the color of fresh blood. Appearing out of the ground like a demon sent from hell, he destroyed cities with the single slash of his large sword and he drew a destructive line across continents that eventually blanketed the world. The world became blanketed in dark clouds, filling the sky with lightning and sending the bone shattering sound of thundered as his war cry. The screen was replaced with static signaling its end.
Turning around and glancing at the two youths that stood before him, Belthasar studied them for a few moments. They claimed to have spoken to him before and they must have as he was the only one besides the other Gurus that had known about the wings of time. The silence of his studying was interrupted as Marle and Lucca finally took in all the info given to them.
"Why..why", sputtered out Marle in disbelief.
"Why would Chrono do that?", asked Marle again.
"What..what happened to him after this", asked Lucca to Belthasar.
"He was eliminated 1 year later by a robot, yes that was it. It called itself Robo, stopped by here claiming to know me just as you had. It also seemed to recognize the one responsible for this, said he was going to take care of it", he explained.
"By then most of the populace had been eliminated. What little resistance we had, crushed. Only a few domes that had been thought to be deserted housed the remaining people", explained Belthasar.
"Oh my god..what happened to Robo", asked Lucca not knowing if she wanted to know.
"I am not exactly sure but I recorded a large explosion from the source of the battle. I ran the magnitude of the explosion through my database and the only thing that could produce such an explosion would be the self- destruction of Robo's core. I believe he did it voluntarily", explained Belthasar as he displayed a picture of the blast crater on the monitor. It was at least a mile wide and ΒΌ of a mile deep, the crater itself had been turned into a glass bowl as the extreme heat that the explosion had caused.
"Oh my...god", said Lucca.
"Why..", continued Lucca as tears escaped her eyes.
"Don't ask me how he did it, even our most powerful of weapons wouldn't stop the monster", said Belthasar in amazement as he pulled the video up and fast forwarded it to a clip where the United World's Army was trying to fight Chrono.
He had always worried about Lavos destroying the world, never expecting that Lavos would be defeated by a 3 mere youths like it had. Marle watched it again with Belthasar but something caught her eye as it played and then she realized what it must be.
"Wait, stop the video", order Marle.
The video froze on the current frame, it showed Chrono holding a grand sword one-handedly as it was about to slam down on a single unfortunate tank. The sword had markings on the side but they couldn't be made out.
"Can you make the words on the sword readable", asked Marle.
"Yes, give me a few seconds", said Belthasar as he moved his fingers across the keyboard as if playing the piano.
On the screen the name "Melchoir" was printed out, "There we are that's what it says", he reported.
"The Masamune...", whispered Marle to herself.
"Lucca we need to go", said Marle quickly as she got up and walked over to Lucca.
"Why did you do it Robo", Lucca cried to herself.
"Lucca we need to go", said Marle again.
"Why...", continued Lucca.
"Lucca!!", shouted Marle.
"Why go, can't you see? The future is worse because of what we did. Do you want to make it even more horrid than it already is?", said Lucca.
"We have to try", said Marle to Lucca.
"And see more of my friends die?", asked Lucca to Marle.
"We won't die. If we defeated Lavos we can figure this out", argued Marle with Lucca.
"Lavos was just another monster, another knot on our rope. Before it wasn't personal, now it's our own friend we have to stop!" argued Lucca back.
"Look, you go and I'll stay here", commanded Lucca.
"Are you kidding, you can't stay here. Why would you want to?", asked Marle at Lucca's crazy request.
"I don't know, learn something about the Chrono Trigger or something like that", said Lucca as she lifted her head up for a moment.
"I need time to think, just go and I'll join you guys up later", commanded Lucca again
"Promise?", asked Marle.
"Ugh, yes I promise", agreed Lucca as she shooed Marle away with her hand.
"Ok, I'll come pick you back up later", reluctantly said Marle as she re- covered her face with the veil.
Marle open the massive metal door and closed it behind, sending an echo about the room. Belthasar walked over to where Lucca sat in self-pity.
"So how do you know about the Chrono Trigger", asked Belthasar.
Breathing in deeply and then exhaling she answered, "It's a long story, a long story".
"Take your time, I'm not going anywhere", said Belthasar as he sat Indian style on the ground next to Lucca. -------------------------
The small gate stood before Magus, the energies in it pulsating and creating a haunting echo. Removing the pendant he had hung around his neck he held it forward to the gate, forcing the gate to increase its size enough for a few people to fit in. Before stepping in the gate a rogue thought crept into his mind.
'Why do I care', thought Magus to himself.
'Do I feel that I owe him', continued Magus.
'What exactly am I in this for', questioned Magus.
'To prevent another Mother?', asked Magus to himself.
'I don't know yet but I know that it is important to my mission for some reason, just something I know', concluded Magus to himself as he jumped into the gate. It shrunk in size and warped Magus through space and time to Truce Canyon 600 AD. --------------
The small town of Porre was quaint, to say the least. The children were outside and playing. The adults were out at work, earning the money that they lived on. The large fountain in the town even glistened with energy as though it itself was content and happy. The lone hooded figure walking through the town was a sight out of place in such a happy place, though no one paid him any mind. Making his way the local weapon shop, he stepped through the worn door frames and was greeted by the shop owner.
"Welcome to Andy's shop O weapons. The largest weapon dealer this side of the Zenon Bridge", spoke the shop keeper as Chrono approached the counter.
"What can I interest you in today stranger?", asked Andy.
"I've got the latest sword used even by Guardia's royal soldiers. Or how bout the new auto-crossbow, can fire 10 arrows a second, has a tripod to mount on, and has a special belt fed mechanism", continued the shop keep.
"We can even make exact duplicate of you current.", said the shop keeper as he was interrupted by Chrono grabbing him by the shirt collar and pulling him forward to meet his glare.
"Have you seen a walking Frog around here?", asked Chrono.
"He's...he's at..the ..augh .the.mayor's house", got out the shop keep as he tried to breathe.
Pushing Andy backwards and causing him to fall on his ass, Chrono walked back out the door but paused right before leaving.
"Tell anyone you have seen me and I will hunt you down and kill you, then I will kill your family", threatened Chrono before he left, leaving a very frightened shop owner staring blankly at where Chrono had last stood. ----------------
The bar was a bustling place this time of the day, all the men came to rest after a hard day of work and at the same time to complain about it. It was almost packed save for one table in the back that the two friends had agreed to meet at after leaving the Mayor's house. Frog and Chrono pushed through the swinging doors at the front and quickly spotted the table.
"Chrono, how hath thee fared?", asked Frog as he sat down in a chair next to the table they had claimed as their own.
"I have been ..good", responded Chrono as he took the seat of his own.
"Thou voice say good, but thou visage tells otherwise", commented Frog.
"Put it down as due to the stress of running a kingdom", said Chrono making up an excuse.
"Perhaps that it be", agreed Frog as the waitress came up to take their orders.
"What'll it be for ya boys today", she asked.
"I am parched, a jug of ale shall wet my whistle", said Frog.
"Just the strongest stuff you have", said Chrono without looking up.
"Aye, a brave one tonight eh. Well they'll be here in a sec boys, so sit back and relax", said the waitress as she left.
"Why are you in Porre", asked Chrono to Frog.
"A vile band of rogue mystics hast been removing the goods from trading shipments. My journey here ended just last night, tonight I finish my job", said Frog.
"And you Chrono, why doth thou seek me out?", ask Frog.
"I came to ask for your help", responded Chrono as he noticed the waitress coming back with their drinks. Placing them on the table ,"I know that ya takin care of those mystic raiders so these drinks are on the house boys", said the waitress to Frog.
"Thank thee much lass", responded Frog as nodded his head as if bowing.
"What doth thou require my help with?" asked Frog as he sipped his ale.
"It's Magus. He has put Lucca and Marle under some spell. They have attacked me already and I fled barely escaping with my life", said Chrono as he then chugged his whole drink in one gulp and wiped his mouth with the side of his gloves.
"THE FIEND", practically shouted Frog as he pounded his fist on the table.
The crowd in the bar paused to look at them for a few seconds and then went back to whatever business they had been doing before.
"I think he is after the crown", said Chrono.
"I shall assist thee Chrono, it seems as though I have unfinished business with the dark one", said Frog as he took a big gulp from his mug.
"Good, good. We shall leave tomorrow", requested Chrono.
"I shall meet thee shortly at the Inn, I have some fiends to vanquish", said Frog as he finished his drink off and left the bar.
"See you then, old friend", silently chuckled Chrono as Frog left.
'The poor fool doesn't suspect a thing', chuckled the older voice in Chrono's head.
'I told you to leave him out of this', requested the younger voice.
'Too late boy, he will be a useful pawn indeed', said the older voice.
'They will stop you, even if it means killing us', said the younger menacingly.
'But they will be to busy fighting off Frog to stop me. This is almost too easy', said the older voice.
'They will stop you, I trust them', said the younger voice before leaving the conversation.
'Poor boy, to believe that they could defeat me', said the older voice to itself as he sat up from the chair and left the bar as well. --------------------
'Filthy beasts', thought Magus to himself as he was bounced around in his saddle by his horse.
It was clear that whoever Magus had 'borrowed' the horse from didn't use it to ride very much. It was a dark black mustang, the color was the only reason Magus had chosen it over the other horses he could have stolen and was now regretting that decision. The squire at the castle door had also been quite helpful, that is after he had a scythe next to his neck, and 'volunteered' to tell Magus all that he had seen that day. Crossing the Zenon Bridge he saw the town of Dorino, though some called it SanDonrino. Having been to the future he knew that Dorino eventually dissipates and its inhabitants are sent to Guardia or Porre. Dorino and Porre were always competing, economically, against each other. In the end Dorino's economy was destroyed and the townspeople had to abandon the town in hopes of finding jobs. The orange color of the sky alerted Magus to the fact that it was almost night, the time when he felt he most fit in with his surroundings. Something told him that he should stay at the Inn though. Be it some sixth sense, a vision from the future or what but he listened to it. Dropping his "borrowed" horse off at the stable he found his way to the local Inn.
"Umm..Good evening to ya sir", greeted the male Inn keeper that was startled by Magus' looks.
"Will ye be stayin for the night", she asked.
"Indeed, what is the price?", asked Magus.
"Umm, 20 gold", responded the inn keeper.
Magus reached into his sack of gold and pulled out 20 gold pieces, placing them on the table he headed for his room when his ears picked up something.
"Lad, doesn't that one right there look a tad suspicious to ya", said a brute voice behind Magus.
"Reminds me of that Magus fellow", said another voice.
"Aye, that can't be Magus. If it was we'd all be dead by now", came in another voice.
"He has a point ya know. Besides that other fellow that passed through here earlier today was worse", said the first voice again.
"Smelled like rotten food the lad did. Must have been sick or something coss he never responded to a word I said to im", said the first voice.
Walking into his room and closing the door behind him, Magus grabbed an apple out of his pouch and sat on the bed while chewing it. It seems that Chrono was just a tad ahead of him, tomorrow he would probably encounter him. Why the idiot turned to the Frog for help was beyond Magus, Frog was more likely to help Magus if he found out what Chrono had done.
'Frog helping me again, what a strange world we live in' commented Magus to himself.
A slight breeze entered through the open window at the far end of Magus's room, tossing his long hair around before it dissipated again.
"The black wind howls", whispered Magus to himself.
'It's the wind, the black wind. Tomorrow is going to be a long day', said Magus to himself as he fell asleep sitting up in the bed.
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Chapter 9
His eyes glowed dark ebony red, the fires of hate and rage burned like a bonfire within them. His red eyes complimented the color of his long hair that took on the color of fresh blood. Appearing out of the ground like a demon sent from hell, he destroyed cities with the single slash of his large sword and he drew a destructive line across continents that eventually blanketed the world. The world became blanketed in dark clouds, filling the sky with lightning and sending the bone shattering sound of thundered as his war cry. The screen was replaced with static signaling its end.
Turning around and glancing at the two youths that stood before him, Belthasar studied them for a few moments. They claimed to have spoken to him before and they must have as he was the only one besides the other Gurus that had known about the wings of time. The silence of his studying was interrupted as Marle and Lucca finally took in all the info given to them.
"Why..why", sputtered out Marle in disbelief.
"Why would Chrono do that?", asked Marle again.
"What..what happened to him after this", asked Lucca to Belthasar.
"He was eliminated 1 year later by a robot, yes that was it. It called itself Robo, stopped by here claiming to know me just as you had. It also seemed to recognize the one responsible for this, said he was going to take care of it", he explained.
"By then most of the populace had been eliminated. What little resistance we had, crushed. Only a few domes that had been thought to be deserted housed the remaining people", explained Belthasar.
"Oh my god..what happened to Robo", asked Lucca not knowing if she wanted to know.
"I am not exactly sure but I recorded a large explosion from the source of the battle. I ran the magnitude of the explosion through my database and the only thing that could produce such an explosion would be the self- destruction of Robo's core. I believe he did it voluntarily", explained Belthasar as he displayed a picture of the blast crater on the monitor. It was at least a mile wide and ΒΌ of a mile deep, the crater itself had been turned into a glass bowl as the extreme heat that the explosion had caused.
"Oh my...god", said Lucca.
"Why..", continued Lucca as tears escaped her eyes.
"Don't ask me how he did it, even our most powerful of weapons wouldn't stop the monster", said Belthasar in amazement as he pulled the video up and fast forwarded it to a clip where the United World's Army was trying to fight Chrono.
He had always worried about Lavos destroying the world, never expecting that Lavos would be defeated by a 3 mere youths like it had. Marle watched it again with Belthasar but something caught her eye as it played and then she realized what it must be.
"Wait, stop the video", order Marle.
The video froze on the current frame, it showed Chrono holding a grand sword one-handedly as it was about to slam down on a single unfortunate tank. The sword had markings on the side but they couldn't be made out.
"Can you make the words on the sword readable", asked Marle.
"Yes, give me a few seconds", said Belthasar as he moved his fingers across the keyboard as if playing the piano.
On the screen the name "Melchoir" was printed out, "There we are that's what it says", he reported.
"The Masamune...", whispered Marle to herself.
"Lucca we need to go", said Marle quickly as she got up and walked over to Lucca.
"Why did you do it Robo", Lucca cried to herself.
"Lucca we need to go", said Marle again.
"Why...", continued Lucca.
"Lucca!!", shouted Marle.
"Why go, can't you see? The future is worse because of what we did. Do you want to make it even more horrid than it already is?", said Lucca.
"We have to try", said Marle to Lucca.
"And see more of my friends die?", asked Lucca to Marle.
"We won't die. If we defeated Lavos we can figure this out", argued Marle with Lucca.
"Lavos was just another monster, another knot on our rope. Before it wasn't personal, now it's our own friend we have to stop!" argued Lucca back.
"Look, you go and I'll stay here", commanded Lucca.
"Are you kidding, you can't stay here. Why would you want to?", asked Marle at Lucca's crazy request.
"I don't know, learn something about the Chrono Trigger or something like that", said Lucca as she lifted her head up for a moment.
"I need time to think, just go and I'll join you guys up later", commanded Lucca again
"Promise?", asked Marle.
"Ugh, yes I promise", agreed Lucca as she shooed Marle away with her hand.
"Ok, I'll come pick you back up later", reluctantly said Marle as she re- covered her face with the veil.
Marle open the massive metal door and closed it behind, sending an echo about the room. Belthasar walked over to where Lucca sat in self-pity.
"So how do you know about the Chrono Trigger", asked Belthasar.
Breathing in deeply and then exhaling she answered, "It's a long story, a long story".
"Take your time, I'm not going anywhere", said Belthasar as he sat Indian style on the ground next to Lucca. -------------------------
The small gate stood before Magus, the energies in it pulsating and creating a haunting echo. Removing the pendant he had hung around his neck he held it forward to the gate, forcing the gate to increase its size enough for a few people to fit in. Before stepping in the gate a rogue thought crept into his mind.
'Why do I care', thought Magus to himself.
'Do I feel that I owe him', continued Magus.
'What exactly am I in this for', questioned Magus.
'To prevent another Mother?', asked Magus to himself.
'I don't know yet but I know that it is important to my mission for some reason, just something I know', concluded Magus to himself as he jumped into the gate. It shrunk in size and warped Magus through space and time to Truce Canyon 600 AD. --------------
The small town of Porre was quaint, to say the least. The children were outside and playing. The adults were out at work, earning the money that they lived on. The large fountain in the town even glistened with energy as though it itself was content and happy. The lone hooded figure walking through the town was a sight out of place in such a happy place, though no one paid him any mind. Making his way the local weapon shop, he stepped through the worn door frames and was greeted by the shop owner.
"Welcome to Andy's shop O weapons. The largest weapon dealer this side of the Zenon Bridge", spoke the shop keeper as Chrono approached the counter.
"What can I interest you in today stranger?", asked Andy.
"I've got the latest sword used even by Guardia's royal soldiers. Or how bout the new auto-crossbow, can fire 10 arrows a second, has a tripod to mount on, and has a special belt fed mechanism", continued the shop keep.
"We can even make exact duplicate of you current.", said the shop keeper as he was interrupted by Chrono grabbing him by the shirt collar and pulling him forward to meet his glare.
"Have you seen a walking Frog around here?", asked Chrono.
"He's...he's at..the ..augh .the.mayor's house", got out the shop keep as he tried to breathe.
Pushing Andy backwards and causing him to fall on his ass, Chrono walked back out the door but paused right before leaving.
"Tell anyone you have seen me and I will hunt you down and kill you, then I will kill your family", threatened Chrono before he left, leaving a very frightened shop owner staring blankly at where Chrono had last stood. ----------------
The bar was a bustling place this time of the day, all the men came to rest after a hard day of work and at the same time to complain about it. It was almost packed save for one table in the back that the two friends had agreed to meet at after leaving the Mayor's house. Frog and Chrono pushed through the swinging doors at the front and quickly spotted the table.
"Chrono, how hath thee fared?", asked Frog as he sat down in a chair next to the table they had claimed as their own.
"I have been ..good", responded Chrono as he took the seat of his own.
"Thou voice say good, but thou visage tells otherwise", commented Frog.
"Put it down as due to the stress of running a kingdom", said Chrono making up an excuse.
"Perhaps that it be", agreed Frog as the waitress came up to take their orders.
"What'll it be for ya boys today", she asked.
"I am parched, a jug of ale shall wet my whistle", said Frog.
"Just the strongest stuff you have", said Chrono without looking up.
"Aye, a brave one tonight eh. Well they'll be here in a sec boys, so sit back and relax", said the waitress as she left.
"Why are you in Porre", asked Chrono to Frog.
"A vile band of rogue mystics hast been removing the goods from trading shipments. My journey here ended just last night, tonight I finish my job", said Frog.
"And you Chrono, why doth thou seek me out?", ask Frog.
"I came to ask for your help", responded Chrono as he noticed the waitress coming back with their drinks. Placing them on the table ,"I know that ya takin care of those mystic raiders so these drinks are on the house boys", said the waitress to Frog.
"Thank thee much lass", responded Frog as nodded his head as if bowing.
"What doth thou require my help with?" asked Frog as he sipped his ale.
"It's Magus. He has put Lucca and Marle under some spell. They have attacked me already and I fled barely escaping with my life", said Chrono as he then chugged his whole drink in one gulp and wiped his mouth with the side of his gloves.
"THE FIEND", practically shouted Frog as he pounded his fist on the table.
The crowd in the bar paused to look at them for a few seconds and then went back to whatever business they had been doing before.
"I think he is after the crown", said Chrono.
"I shall assist thee Chrono, it seems as though I have unfinished business with the dark one", said Frog as he took a big gulp from his mug.
"Good, good. We shall leave tomorrow", requested Chrono.
"I shall meet thee shortly at the Inn, I have some fiends to vanquish", said Frog as he finished his drink off and left the bar.
"See you then, old friend", silently chuckled Chrono as Frog left.
'The poor fool doesn't suspect a thing', chuckled the older voice in Chrono's head.
'I told you to leave him out of this', requested the younger voice.
'Too late boy, he will be a useful pawn indeed', said the older voice.
'They will stop you, even if it means killing us', said the younger menacingly.
'But they will be to busy fighting off Frog to stop me. This is almost too easy', said the older voice.
'They will stop you, I trust them', said the younger voice before leaving the conversation.
'Poor boy, to believe that they could defeat me', said the older voice to itself as he sat up from the chair and left the bar as well. --------------------
'Filthy beasts', thought Magus to himself as he was bounced around in his saddle by his horse.
It was clear that whoever Magus had 'borrowed' the horse from didn't use it to ride very much. It was a dark black mustang, the color was the only reason Magus had chosen it over the other horses he could have stolen and was now regretting that decision. The squire at the castle door had also been quite helpful, that is after he had a scythe next to his neck, and 'volunteered' to tell Magus all that he had seen that day. Crossing the Zenon Bridge he saw the town of Dorino, though some called it SanDonrino. Having been to the future he knew that Dorino eventually dissipates and its inhabitants are sent to Guardia or Porre. Dorino and Porre were always competing, economically, against each other. In the end Dorino's economy was destroyed and the townspeople had to abandon the town in hopes of finding jobs. The orange color of the sky alerted Magus to the fact that it was almost night, the time when he felt he most fit in with his surroundings. Something told him that he should stay at the Inn though. Be it some sixth sense, a vision from the future or what but he listened to it. Dropping his "borrowed" horse off at the stable he found his way to the local Inn.
"Umm..Good evening to ya sir", greeted the male Inn keeper that was startled by Magus' looks.
"Will ye be stayin for the night", she asked.
"Indeed, what is the price?", asked Magus.
"Umm, 20 gold", responded the inn keeper.
Magus reached into his sack of gold and pulled out 20 gold pieces, placing them on the table he headed for his room when his ears picked up something.
"Lad, doesn't that one right there look a tad suspicious to ya", said a brute voice behind Magus.
"Reminds me of that Magus fellow", said another voice.
"Aye, that can't be Magus. If it was we'd all be dead by now", came in another voice.
"He has a point ya know. Besides that other fellow that passed through here earlier today was worse", said the first voice again.
"Smelled like rotten food the lad did. Must have been sick or something coss he never responded to a word I said to im", said the first voice.
Walking into his room and closing the door behind him, Magus grabbed an apple out of his pouch and sat on the bed while chewing it. It seems that Chrono was just a tad ahead of him, tomorrow he would probably encounter him. Why the idiot turned to the Frog for help was beyond Magus, Frog was more likely to help Magus if he found out what Chrono had done.
'Frog helping me again, what a strange world we live in' commented Magus to himself.
A slight breeze entered through the open window at the far end of Magus's room, tossing his long hair around before it dissipated again.
"The black wind howls", whispered Magus to himself.
'It's the wind, the black wind. Tomorrow is going to be a long day', said Magus to himself as he fell asleep sitting up in the bed.