The Legend of Dragoon
Generation
Lloyd returned to the main throne in the Death City of Mayfil. He threw the
double doors open and stomped on through the walkway.
Melbu Frahma sat very nonchalantly upon his large, enormous seat. Rose stood
next to him.
"Looks like someone's angry," Rose joked, "What happened to whatever plan you
were working on?" Rose had no idea of what Lloyd and Melbu Frahma were trying
do; destroy the Dragoons of their world to alter the future.
"Shut up wench," Lloyd growled.
"What did you call me?!" Rose shouted angrily. She clenched her fist as bolts
of dark power began to pulsate.
"Stop it this instant," Melbu Frahma demanded loudly, his voice echoing.
The both of them stopped their feuding and turned away from each other.
"Bickering like young children. How pathetic are the both of you!" Melbu
scolded, "We are already at the end! Leenus brought back the Moon Dagger from
Zenebatos and the Moon Gem is with us thanks to Rose! This is no time for
foolish, selfish pride!"
Rose and Lloyd both bowed down to him.
"Yes, you are right," Rose acknowledged.
"We apologize," Lloyd added.
"Now, Rose...Lloyd and I need to discuss something. Would you please excuse
us?" Melbu Frahma asked politely.
"As you wish," Rose agreed as she turned around and walked out the throne room.
"Lloyd, what of your plan?!" Melbu complained, "What happened?!"
"I was just about to attack the original Dragoons with full force..." he
explained, "But, then, the Dragoons of the future appeared and attacked my men
and I."
"Their power is diminished in this time. You could not defeat them?!" Melbu
yelled.
"I almost had them killed, but then...the one called Sakura released an enormous
amount of power from the new power that was bestowed upon her in the future,
that of the Eternal Dragoon," Lloyd finished, "It was too strong...even for
myself."
"You told me that the Eternal Dragoon was born from the power of both the White
Silver and Divine Dragoon Spirits, correct? Two potent holy powers conjoined
together...She could pose a problem for us," Melbu thought to himself.
"That's not exactly true..." Lloyd mentioned with an infamous grin.
"What do you mean?" Melbu asked.
"During the time I spent in the future, I discovered many things. One of them
was that the girl, Sakura, was not even truly human. She was created by Soa
himself in order to fulfill the purpose of saving the world when the time came.
The gods could not predict Sakura and Shana coexisting in the same time period.
The power of the Divine Dragoon cannot belong with both of them," Lloyd told his
master, "The power in this time is with Shana, correct? Which means Sakura
cannot possess it."
"So...you're saying she is disappearing?" Melbu asked with a hopeful smile.
Lloyd nodded, "If Shana were to ever summon the Divine Dragoon's power, Sakura
would disappear...forever. Never to return."
Vanishing Act
The Death City of Mayfil
The city of Tokyo was misty. Nobody was on the streets, hurrying to where they
needed to be. Only one shadowy figure stood in the middle of the barren
streets.
It was Sakura.
"Where am I?!" she asked, as her voice echoed throughout, "Julie!! David!!
Bryant!! Somebody answer me!!"
"Sakura!" someone yelled.
"That voice...That's Bryant's voice!!" Sakura cried. She turned to look towards
the sidewalk. She saw herself walking along in her school uniform. Bryant was
calling out to her, running.
This was a memory from the past.
The other Sakura noticed the calling as she stopped and turned around.
"Sakura!" Bryant called as he ran after her.
"Oh, no." she gasped, "Not now."
Sakura smiled as she watched like it was some sort of movie. It even brought a
tear to her eye.
Bryant caught up to her as he stopped to catch his breath, "You're pretty fast."
"What do you want?" Sakura asked.
"I wanted to see if you were all right," Bryant said.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"I saw what happened back there," Bryant said.
"Oh..." Sakura replied sadly.
"Are you okay?" Bryant asked.
"I'm fine," Sakura said, "Just leave me alone." Sakura began to walk off with
her briefcase in front of her.
"You know, you try to be strong, but you can't fool me," Bryant told her.
Sakura stopped, "What?"
In that moment, Bryant vanished like the wind and into the misty city. The
other Sakura did the same. The memory just simply...faded away.
"Eh?! Wait!!" Sakura cried, "But, that was...That was..."
The Dragoons were back at the beach watching over their unconscious friend.
Bryant held her in his arms, brushing a strand of hair off to the side.
"She seems to have stabilized now," David stated.
"Oh, Sakura..." Julie sighed worriedly, "Why does all this happen to you?"
"I...I just can't believe it," Bryant said, "What I...What we all saw. It just
seems like a dream. No, a nightmare."
"She was...vanishing, wasn't she?" Julie asked sadly.
David nodded, "Yeah. But, there's gotta be a reason for it."
"Would Kai know?" Bryant wondered.
"Maybe," David replied.
"Then we'll ask him about it," Julie said in an optimistic tone.
"There's only one problem," David told her, "We have no means of contacting him.
How are we supposed to help Sakura if we can't even speak to him? We don't even
know what's the problem." David began to grow frustrated.
Bryant tried to calm him down as much as he could, "It's all right David. We
just have to hope Kai will contact us soon."
"Yeah, but meanwhile the end of the Dragon Campaign War is almost here. The
Moon That Never Sets will descend to the earth on the Divine Tree. Or something
like that," Julie reminded them, "That's when the real test begins."
"Shana and the others are probably heading to the main Wingly fortress," David
stated, "Which means..."
"Lloyd will be there," Bryant added, "We have to stop him."
"But, how can we when...our strongest warrior is...is..." Julie struggled to
say. Tears began to form in her eyes.
"I know, Julie..." David said in a comforting tone, "Like Bryant said, we will
get through this. It's just...gonna take some time."
All of them returned to watching over Sakura, with worried looks on their faces.
At this point, there was nothing neither of them could do.
Everyone in the crowd quieted, watched, and listened.
Sakura was still within the depths of her mind. Now, she stood upon the stage
at her school. A very special memory that she held close to her heart was the
scene. She looked around to see what was going on. She saw the dress she was
wearing and the setting that appeared around her.
"T-This is..." she thought to herself.
Suddenly, the song started. Without even thinking twice about it, she began to
sing into the microphone with the utmost calmness. She was feeling perfect at
that one moment.
Julie smiled profusely. She was so proud of her. She was so proud of where
Sakura's gotten in her life. She was glad to be apart of it.
David and Yui held hands and watch attentively. David was also happy for
Sakura. Sakura had always been the most understanding. He was happy he was
able to be apart of her growth.
Bryant's heart was beating so fast. He could tell the song she was singing was
directed towards him mostly.
As she sang, she gave him a quick wink as she smiled.
Bryant's feelings were all meshed into one. It was indescribable. He was just
so happy to see the woman he loved up on that stage.
Finally, Professor Drake was actually crying. A tear fell from his eyes. He
had never seen Sakura like he did at that moment. He was pleased with the young
woman he had raised.
Sakura noticed his crying and also began to cry. She loved and cared for him so
much. She was happy to know that she was making him proud.
She saw that the memory was taking place once again in her mind. "This
day...This night...An important memory..." Sakura thought, "One that I promised
I would hold onto forever."
But, the happiness she felt when reliving the experience would end very
suddenly. Just like in the last memory she saw before, the audience began to
vanish like wind as mist began to form inside the auditorium.
Julie disappeared.
Then David and Yui.
Professor Drake was next.
Followed by Bryant.
The final thing that dissipated was the auditorium and the stage.
Sakura was alone once again. She could not stop crying as she felt to her
knees, burying her face in her palms. "Why?! Why?!" she sobbed, "What is
happening to me?! Why are all the things I hold so dear to my
heart...vanishing?!"
The tears fell from her cheek, hitting the hazy floor. "I...I...I don't want to
lose any of my precious memories!! I don't want to lose my precious friends...!
My family!" she continued to cry. Then, all of a sudden, she looked to her
body. It was starting to vanish once again. "No...No, not again!!" she
shouted.
"Bryant!! Look!!" Julie pointed out, "She's disappearing!!!" Fear struck her
entire body. She couldn't stop shivering from it all. She couldn't lose
another good friend.
"No!!" Bryant cried, "Sakura!! Sakura!! Don't leave me!!!"
Little by little, her body was fading. Bryant could see his own hands beneath
her.
David grew frustrated. He didn't know what he could do. He had to find some way
to help her. He ran towards the sea, facing the sky. He clenched his fists and
gathered the strength. "Kai!!! Professor!!!" he yelled with every single fiber
in his being, "I know there has got to be some way you can hear me!!! Please!!!
Hear me!!! We need your help!!! Before...Before she disappears from all of our
lives forever!!!"
The Jade Dragoon Spirit in David's right pocket began to glow. It looked as if
it was trying to help him.
Professor Drake was in the kitchen, washing dishes as he normally would. He was
trying to get his mind off all of the problems everyone was facing, including
him. He didn't know what he would do if anything happened to Sakura.
Kai was still standing stolidly at the sliding doors. He seemed deep in
thought. Or it could just be his usual manor of being.
Unexpectedly, however, a shining green light appeared in the center of the room.
David's voice called out, "Kai!! Professor!!"
Both of their heads turned as soon as they heard the voice. They both ran
towards it.
"David?!" Drake gasped.
"You can hear me?!" he asked, "Thank goodness!"
"What's wrong? Is everything all right?" Kai asked him worriedly.
"No!! It's Sakura!!" David replied.
"Sakura?!" Drake shouted, "What is it?!"
"She's...She's vanishing!!" he cried, "We don't know what's going on and we
don't know how to help her!"
"Oh no...Already, so soon..." Kai sighed sadly.
"What do you mean?! You mean...you knew about this?!" David shouted angrily.
"This is not the time for this!" Drake yelled, "We need to help her and there's
only one of us who can!"
Kai nodded in agreement, "All right. I'll try and make another connection to
the past. That's the only way I can help you."
"Please, please hurry!!" David told him as the green light faded away.
Melbu Frahma stood in the center of his enormous throne room. His devilish
Wingly wings sprung forth from his back. "It is time...to begin..." he smiled
to himself.
Lloyd, Rose, and another Wingly woman stood behind him. The Wingly woman had
short, platinum blue hair. She was the soldier that had been mentioned earlier,
Leenus. The three minions stood stolidly and proudly behind their leader. This
was the day they had been waiting for all along.
"God of Demons...God of Hell..." Melbu Frahma spoke. His voice began to echo
with many voices. It was an incantation that he was beginning to speak. "To
us, your servants, you left us three Divine Moon Objects..." he continued,
"Objects that would use Soa's own creations against him, when the time was
right. That time...is now."
The three Divine Moon Objects appeared in front of him. A ray of moon light
shined down from the air above them upon the gem, the dagger, and the mirror.
"I beg of you...Moon That Never Sets...Shine your omnipotent light upon us and
open the doorway to your power!!" he finished with a loud cry.
Outside of their floating fortress, The Moon That Never Sets began to glow even
brighter than before. The countdown to the end had already begun.
The six Dragoons of the Dragon Campaign War were already flying towards the
direction of the Death City of Mayfil in order to stop the Wingly Empire once
and for all. Nevertheless, they were all immediately stopped when they saw the
three beams of light shining towards the illuminating Moon That Never Sets.
Shana felt the evil and strong power swirling all around her. She grimaced,
squinting her eyes and holding her head.
"Shana, are you all right?!" Meru cried.
"It's begun..." she replied in an ominous tone.
"What has?!" Albert asked worriedly.
Kongol looked over to the lustrous moon. "THE END." he stated.
"They really do have the three Divine Moon Objects then," Haschel said.
"Melbu Frahma has already activated them! Which means...!" Dart gasped.
"The Divine Tree will rise soon and The Moon That Never Sets will descend upon
its branches...inflicting death and destruction to the entire world..." Shana
finished for him, "If Melbu Frahma joins with the moon's power, there will be no
stopping him."
"Then we'll have to stop him before he even gets the chance to," Dart told his
friends in a determined tone.
"Dart's right!" Meru agreed with optimism, "We've already gotten this far!"
"We cannot stop now!" Albert added, "We shall do this for all of the people who
have helped us!"
"For the all the people whose lives have been lost because of this war!" Haschel
shouted.
"FOR HUMANS, GIGANTO AND ALL LIVING CREATURES." Kongol said.
"For our entire world," Shana ended.
"Dragoons! We fly! We'll end this now!" Dart told his team.
Within seconds, the six Dragoons spread out their wings and set off to the Death
City of Mayfil.
During the time that all of those events occurred, Kai had made another
connection to the past as another transmission was made with the Dragoons.
Sakura was awake and was being held by her lover, Bryant.
They all stood in front of the image of Kai and seemed to be in quite a dispute.
"So you did know all along?!!" David asked him with the utmost fury.
"You sent us back here knowing that this was going to happen?" Julie cried,
tears streaming down her face, "I can't believe you would do this Kai!"
Sakura was silent as she leaned on Bryant's body. She looked away from her
friends as she listened to their argument. She didn't know what to say, so she
didn't butt in on the conversation.
Kai looked sad and ashamed. There really was no excuse for what he had done.
He felt like a disappointment. "I had orders from Soa himself. He knew that
there was a large risk of this occurring. But...He said that we had to take
this chance, for if we didn't...He had already foreseen the destruction of the
past and the future," Kai tried to explain to them so they'd understand.
"But...for Sakura to disappear!! To vanish forever, never to return!! Even you
would risk THAT?!" Bryant screamed, "She wouldn't just disappear!! She would be
gone from our lives!! That's what makes this so important! My life is what it
is because of HER! I know you feel the same way!!"
"Please, Bryant. Be angry at me all you want, but...just remember, she has not
disappeared just yet. She can still be saved," Kai reminded him, "If you all
can complete your mission before Shana summons the Divine Dragoon, Sakura will
be safe and you all can return home."
"So...this is what Lloyd meant when he said: 'I will hurt you in the worst way
you could ever imagine'..." Sakura finally spoke up, "This is what he meant. He
knew all along of what could happen. He had this planned from the beginning."
"Milady, do not worry. You will be safe," Kai reassured her.
"As long as she is away from Shana, she'll be fine...right?" Julie asked, hoping
for a good answer.
Kai nodded in agreement, "Yes."
"Look!! Look at the sky!!" David yelled, pointing to The Moon That Never Sets.
They could all see the three beams of light shining from the ever-glowing moon.
Kai realized what was happening, "It has already started. The Divine Tree will
come forth from the earth soon and the moon will descend. That is when your
true mission begins." The feed of Kai began to dissipate.
"Kai!!" Julie shouted.
"Wait! You can't leave us now!!" Bryant yelled, "Not after all this!!"
"There is nothing else I can do now!" Kai cried as he began to fade away, "The
rest is up to you!" With those words, he was gone.
"He's gone," David sighed, "What are we to do now?"
"The fate of the past, present, and future rests on us now," Julie told him.
"Lloyd was right..." Sakura said softly. She began to walk away from her
friends, facing the shimmering moon. "That is the worst way anyone could ever
hurt me..." she said. A tear fell from her face and onto the sand.
Her friends saw the glimmering tear and grew sad, truly realizing the magnitude
of this situation and what it meant to all of them, not just her.
Sakura looked straight up towards the sky as more tears followed. "The fact
that I could disappear...doesn't bother me so much..." she sobbed.
"Eh?!" Bryant gasped.
"It's the fact that...I won't remember any of my precious memories with all of
you. It would be as if they never even happened...And I...I don't want that!!"
she continued cry, burying her face in her hands.
"That's why...we won't let it happen," Julie told her.
Sakura turned around to see them.
"We want to be able to share all of those important memories together, all of
us," David stated, "All of us together, with you."
"So, because of this, we are going to continue on. Not just for us, not just
for the world...but, for you...For you make my life complete, Sakura," Bryant
smiled. He walked over to her and wiped the tears from her face.
"B-Bryant..." she cried, "I love you." They both embraced one another, and then
Sakura turned to her other two dear friends. "I love you all," she smiled, "And
you're right. We will share all of those treasured memories and make new ones.
And if you all will be by my side, I'll continue on too."
All of her friends nodded with a cheerful smile.
They all had their friendship and their love for one another with them. With
that, they could accomplish almost anything. That was the secret weapon they
took with them on this journey, with it they will complete it.
Sakura wiped the last tears from her face and stepped forward to face all of her
friends. "We transform, one last time. To save our world and to so that
everyone will be able to share their precious memories as well," she told them
firmly.
Sea Wave Dragoon Power!
Julie's 'Sea Wave Dragoon Spirit' shined as water bursted out from it,
transitioning into the actual transformation sequence. The background was
colored in different shades of blue. Julie's body was now a silhouette of
color. Her silhouette had her arms up in the air and her legs fairly close
together, very femininely. The water, that had appeared from the spirit,
appeared as streams and wrapped around Julie's body like ribbon. When the
water disappeared, Julie was now in her normal form, her shining blue armor now
on. Her armor was a pale blue, her Dragoon wings matching. Julie was in her
braided hair style, but now what was holding her hair were seashells. Julie's
thin, dragon-like sword appeared in her hand. She spun around once and
finished in her stance.
Jade Dragoon Power!
Out of David's 'Jade Dragoon Spirit', wind bursted out like a hurricane. His
green silhouette appeared standing straight with his arms and legs spread out
apart. His eyes were also closed. The wind full of swirling green leaves
bustled around his silhouette. The leaves swirled around his chest, arms and
legs creating his shimmering Dragoon armor. Leaves passed by close up as his
normal figure appeared. His headband appeared on his forehead as did his
weapon. A lance with a sharp curved double blade made out of a special bark, as
in wood. Then, his jade dragon wings bursted out of his back. At the end of
the transformation, he stood in a stance with his weapon in hand facing the sky.
Red-Eye Dragoon Power!
Bryant held the spirit close to his chest as he said the magic words. He then
spread out his arms as fire bursted out of the spirit, going into the
transformation. He is also a silhouette with different shades of red and orange
inside. The background moves upwards behind him. Bryant's arms spread out
open, as rings of fire appear. The rings of fire spun over different parts of
his arms, legs and over his head. The rings of fire moved down, up, and across
the specified body parts making his Red-Eye Dragoon armor appear. At the end of
the transformation, Bryant's wings burst out of his back and his large red sword
appears. He ends the transformation in a fighting stance.
Eternal Dragoon Power!
Sakura held the Eternal Dragoon Spirit into the air. Rays of brilliant white
light emerged and spiraled out of the magic gem as she called out the enchanted
words. The magical symbol inside the Dragoon Spirit began to spin and twirl
around. It emerged from within its power, transitioning into her transformation
sequence.
Sakura, now in a holy white silhouette, spread out her arms and her white angel
wings. The Eternal Dragoon Spirit was placed on her chest, still glowing
brightly. The background around her was of different shades of white and light
gray, moving and transitioning around as she transformed. Glistening silver
ribbons appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around her chest. They morphed into
sparkling white feathers, revealing her armor chest plate and her skirt.
She twirled around once as she lifted her arms into the air. More platinum
ribbons emerged and gently wrapped around them, again morphing into feathers
afterwards revealing her gloves and armlets. These were also of the same color
and golden lined and trimmed. The ribbons then proceeded to drape around her
legs, transforming into her boots. She spun around once again. The wings
covered her for a moment and then returned. She was now out of silhouette form.
The wings also changed. Instead of having artificial Dragoon wings as before,
she wore artificial angel wings on her back. Closing in on her face, the golden
heavenly symbol appeared on her forehead. Two feather-shaped hairpins also
appeared on both sides of her head. In front of her, her new weapon came into
sight. It was still a bow, but was now in the shape of two wings at each end.
The ends were lined with gold. She stood in her original stance, having
transformed.
Melbu Frahma still stood in front of the three floating treasures. He had an
evil, sinister grin firmly planted upon his face. He almost wanted to lick his
lips in delight. This was exactly how he wanted things to transpire.
"Your plan has been set into motion," Leenus said in her seductive tone of
voice.
"The end draws near, my lord." Rose stated.
"Soon the Divine Tree will rise up from the earth..." Lloyd added, "What shall
we do until then?"
"The Dragoons will not stop. They all have strong hearts and strong wills to
fight. We have to make sure they do not interfere with my plan," Melbu told
them, "We will set off to the Divine Tree once it has come into view. Until
then, stay on guard."
Then suddenly, the sound of magic attacks and explosions could be heard from all
around them.
They all turned to the windows to see what was going on outside their fortress.
Melbu Frahma gasped with disgust on his face, "The Dragoons!!"
The six Dragoons had finally arrived outside the floating Death City of Mayfil.
They were being attacked by a swarm of Virage from all sides.
Meru and Haschel flew together, side by side, as they were being chased by three
Virage. The Virage fired purple laser beams from behind them. Meru and Haschel
swiftly moved from one side to the next, dodging each attack. The both of them
looked at one another, and nodded in agreement. They decided it was their turn
to take the offensive. They stopped flying and turned around to face their
enemies.
The Sea Wave Dragoon twirled around as many streams of water spiraled up to both
of her hands. It created a magical whirlwind of water. "Sapphire Whirlwind!!!"
she shouted as she stopped spinning and fired the whirlwind onto the Virage.
The Violet Thunder Dragoon lifted his clenched fist into the air. Bolts of
purple lightning appeared and began to shoot onto his fist, giving him power.
"Atomic...!!!" he began calling out the spell as the lightning bolts began to
create a massive ball of lightning. "...Thunder!!!" he finished the spell as he
threw the ball from his fist towards the three monsters.
The two magic attacks were enough to disable and destroy the three Virage.
An image of the Earth appeared behind the Golden Eye Dragoon, Kongol. The earth
itself released from beneath a Virage and entrapped it while lifting it into the
air. The Golden-Eye Dragoon floated up into the air, leveled with the Virage.
"Golden Gaea!!!" he yelled as the image of the Earth began to shine a golden
light. The light engulfed his body giving him more strength. He pointed both of
his hands to his target and released all of that energy onto it.
The Virage that stood in Kongol's way was completely obliterated. There was
nothing left of it.
"THAT TEACH VIRAGE NOT TO MESS WITH GIGANTO," Kongol smiled.
Albert was just nearby and had just fended off a Wingly soldier with his staff.
He looked over to where Kongol was and saw another Virage coming up from behind
him.
It sneakily approached, already charging up its laser attack.
"Kongol!!! Watch out!!!" Albert cried from afar.
However, he was too late. Just as Kongol turned around to see what his friend
was warning him about, the Virage released the laser beam, hitting Kongol
straight into his chest.
"Aggghhh!!!!" Kongol screamed in pain as he was thrown across the air. He was
blown straight into the wall of the Death City. The blast was so hard that he
was stuck in the dent that was created by the impact.
He was unconscious.
"Kongol!!!" Albert shouted.
The Virage began to approach the injured Giganto at this point.
Albert knew he had to help him. Kongol was completely helpless, and he had to
protect him. He immediately spread out his Dragoon wings and soared off towards
the Virage. He caught the Virage off guard and stuck the blade part of his
staff into the Virage's back.
"Waaarrrgghhh!!!" the Virage cried in pain.
Albert stabbed him again, and then again, and once more. "Stay away from
him!!!" he yelled as he did so. When he went to stab the Virage once again, the
Virage swung back its arm hitting Albert across the face and pushing him back.
The Virage's purple blood began to run through the open wounds.
"Now we end your life!!" Albert told it.
The Jade Dragoon clenched both fists. Large streams of immense green wind
formed out of his fists. He brought his fists at his sides pointing upward and
yelled out the spell, "Emerald Typhoon!!!!" He then thrusted one fist after
another releasing the devastating attack.
The blasts of violent wind struck straight through the Virage, soon destroying
it.
Albert rushed to the aide of his oversized friend. "Kongol!! Are you all
right?!" he cried. He flew right next to him.
Kongol squinted his eyes when he heard the regal voice and soon opened them.
"HUMAN KING...SAVE KONGOL?" he asked.
Albert smiled, "Yes."
"KONGOL THANK HUMAN KING," Kongol smiled back, faintly.
Dart slashed at a Wingly soldier with his large, red sword. He then turned
around to dice at another one.
Right at his side, Shana used her arrows made of light to strike through the
other opposing soldiers. One by one she pulled out arrows, and even sometimes
shot three at a time for more precision.
"We can't keep...!!" Dart began to say as he attacked another enemy,
"......going like this!!"
"I know!!" Shana agreed. She fired another arrow from her bow. "We have to get
inside before the Divine Tree rises!" she shouted.
"All right then!" Dart agreed. He took out his Dragoon Spirit and contacted his
allies. "Meru, Haschel, Kongol, Albert! We're going to make a break for the
city! Meet us inside!" he told them.
"Got it!" Meru replied.
"We're on our way!" Haschel shouted.
"KONGOL UNDERSTAND," he agreed.
"We'll be there shortly," Albert acknowledged.
Dart put the spirit back onto his armor and then looked to Shana, "Let's move."
She nodded in agreement, "Right!"
The two of them spread out their wings and flew through the opposing enemies,
taking them out as they went along.
They were soon being followed by a group of soldier and one Virage.
Shana looked back to see them, "They're on our tail!"
"We've gotta lose them!" Dart shouted, "Follow me!"
He led the White Silver Dragoon into the Death City as their enemies followed
them inside.
The enemies stopped when they entered as the two Dragoons they were following
had just suddenly vanished into thin air. They looked around and couldn't see
anything but debris from the battles.
Little did they know, Shana and Dart were hiding behind a large statue of Melbu
Frahma.
The soldiers and the Virage quickly gave up and flew back off into the sky.
"They're gone," Dart stated.
"We'd better hurry and find Melbu Frahma, quickly..." Shana told him.
They both flew out of their hiding place and landed in the center of what seemed
to be a town square.
Meru, Haschel, Kongol, and Albert arrived soon after.
"Oh, I'm so glad you two are all right!" Meru shouted with relief and happiness.
"Yes, we're fine," Shana smiled.
"And you?" Dart asked them.
"We're all in one piece," Haschel replied.
"We need to hurry," Albert said, "We haven't much time."
"HUMAN KING RIGHT," Kongol nodded.
"Yes, we know," Dart thought, "We just need to find out where Melbu Frahma is
and then..."
Just as he was speaking, a black sphere made of magic surrounded the Dragoons.
"What?!" Shana gasped.
"What's going on?!!" Meru screamed.
In the blink of an eye, the sphere disappeared without a trace.
It quickly reappeared in a split second inside Melbu Frahma's throne room.
The sphere disappeared.
"Where are we?" Haschel asked.
"Welcome Dragoons..." Melbu Frahma spoke from behind them, with his usual
menacing smirk.
The Dragoons turned around to face him.
Across the three divine treasures, Melbu Frahma sat upon his throne with his
three strongest warriors at his side.
"Melbu Frahma!!" Shana shouted.
"Look!! There it is!!" Julie pointed out as the four Dragoons arrived near the
Death City of Mayfil.
"Everything seems all right so far," Bryant stated, "We'd better move."
Bryant was just about to take off when Sakura stopped him.
"Wait!" she shouted.
"Why? What is it?" Bryant asked her.
"David, can you zoom in on the city using your computer?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah," he nodded. The dragon eye came out of his armored headband, covering
his left eye. Inside, he could see the city. The computer closed in on it and
then zoomed in to get a very good close up. He could see the Wingly soldiers
and Virage surrounding the vicinity. "We've got trouble," David told them as he
put his computer away.
"What do you mean?" Julie wondered.
"An army of Winglies and Virage have the entire place surrounded. We could
never break through," David told them.
"But, we've got to do something!" Sakura pleaded, "I'll fight them if I have
to!"
"No, Sakura!" Bryant yelled, "You're not fighting this time!"
"W-What?!" she gasped.
"You...aren't coming with us," Bryant told her.
"What?! You're crazy! Of course I'm coming with you! We all have to fight
together!" she said.
"Sakura, don't you realize you're disappearing?!" Bryant shouted at her.
Sakura was stunned.
"You heard Kai! We have to keep you away from Shana at all costs! Because...if
we don't...you'll...!" he cried.
"We want you to be safe, Sakura." David said, "This is for the best."
"But, I can't let you go in there by yourselves! And not with all of those
enemies waiting to kill you!!" she shouted, "I can't let you! You don't need to
protect me..."
"Sakura..." Julie said softly. She took her close friend by the hand. "You
have always been by our side. You...have always put yourself on the line to
make sure we're safe, right? Let us return the favor. Let us protect you,"
Julie smiled, "We're doing this because we love you."
"But...But...!" Sakura sobbed, "I don't want anything to happen to any of you!!"
"We'll be careful," Bryant told her, "We just have to make sure Lloyd doesn't do
anything out of the normal. We'll just be on surveillance, you could say."
Sakura wiped the tears from her eyes and regained her composure. "I obviously
can't stop you," she laughed, "All right then. But, don't think I won't help
you."
"What are you gonna do?" David asked.
"I'll clear the way for you to get inside," Sakura replied, "I'll help you all,
just like you've always helped me."
They all smiled at one another.
Everything was quiet within the army of Winglies and Virage. They all kept
their guard up, making sure nobody interfered with their master's orders.
Then instantaneously, from the sky above, a magical gate made of holy white
appeared facing down on them.
The Winglies and Virage covered their eyes from the bright light.
Sakura had her arms reached towards the sky. "Get ready to go," she told her
friends.
They all nodded in acknowledgement.
"Gate of Heaven!!!" Sakura finally shouted.
The holy gate slowly opened its doors as brilliant and vibrant rays of white
light shot downwards towards the opposing army.
"We'll be back soon," Bryant said.
Sakura smiled, "I'll be waiting."
"Dragoons, let's fly!" David shouted.
The three of them spread out their wings and set off towards the city as the
army was distracted by the powerful spell.
Sakura was worried for all of them. She just hoped they wouldn't have to
battle. She didn't know if they would be able to survive another battle.
Kongol and Haschel were both blown into the marble walls of the throne room.
The Wingly, Leenus, hovered above them. "Ha ha ha! This shall be your last
breath!" she laughed.
Meru swiped at Rose with her large hammer.
Rose swiftly moved out of the way and then hit her with her blade.
Albert tried hitting her with his staff.
She blocked it with her own weapon.
Albert tried again, and then again, and again. Rose continued to dodged each
attempt at a strike.
"Be gone!" she shouted as she made her offensive move and struck him in the
chest, pushing him away.
Dart came at her from above with his right fist blazing with fire. "Flame
Shot!!" he shouted with the utmost intensity. He released an immense fire ball
at Rose.
She flew out of the way as the attack crashed into the floor, creating an
enormous crater.
"Melbu Frahma!! Please, stop this!!" Shana pleaded. She tried to make him
understand.
Melbu Frahma still stood upon his throne with Lloyd at his side.
"You can't want this! To have the world be destroyed!" she continued.
"You ignorant fool!" Melbu replied, "You don't understand anything do you?!
About what my race has had to endure! Being neglected and discriminated against
by you humans and the very Heavens themselves! I do want this to happen! This
is what I have been living for! The day when I would take revenge on you humans
and the ever powerful Soa himself!! Ha ha ha!!!"
"No, you're wrong!! Not all humans are like what you say!!" Shana cried, "Many
of us are loving, caring, and kind to all creatures! There will always be those
few who are ignorant, like you say! But, not all of us! You're the one who is
ignorant!!"
"Shut up!!!" Melbu Frahma yelled at the top of his lungs. He let out a
humongous blast of dark energy bolts at the White Silver Dragoon.
She was defenseless and was knocked down to the floor.
"Shana!!!" Dart shouted. He was just about to fly to her aide when Rose stepped
in front of him. "Out of my way!" he demanded.
"We have some unfinished business to take care of!!" she replied sarcastically.
She punched him in the face and continued to try and swipe at him.
Dart wanted to get away, but couldn't because of the oncoming blows of the Dark
Dragoon. He didn't know how he could help her now.
Shana weakly got up onto her feet. She stumbled just a bit, but still managed
to get up on her own. "Why...can't you understand that life is precious?" Shana
asked him, "Life is not something to be taken for granted! And you treat it as
such! You wish to destroy life! I can't let you continue any longer, King of
Winglies!"
Melbu Frahma stood up from his throne and began to descend the steps towards the
main floor. He could see the two battles going on around him.
Rose and Dart fighting at one side.
Meru, Albert, Haschel, and Kongol fighting Leenus at the other.
"What do you intend to do about it White Silver Dragoon?" Melbu asked her.
The aura around the area between Shana and Melbu Frahma changed into a white and
holy place. She floated into the air as clouds materialized above her and began
to release beams of holy light. "God, give me power!" she cried, her hands in a
praying form. Behind her, 'Heaven's Gate' appeared and began to open. "Gate of
Heaven!!!" she called out the final spell as the gates opened and massive beams
of white light shot outward towards Melbu Frahma.
Melbu's demon wings sprung forth from his back and came forward to cover his
entire ancient body. The beams of light struck his wings but caused no damage
whatsoever. It could not even phase him in the slightest.
"Ah!! No!!" Shana gasped.
Bryant, David, and Julie had just arrived outside the throne room. They could
hear the entire battle raging on inside. Explosions and magical spells racing
onward.
"So far, everything seems to be going as it should," David stated.
"But, still...It's so hard to just stand here and do nothing! I wish I could
help them!" Julie cried.
"I know, Julie. But, we just have to stay still until its all over," Bryant
tried to calm her down.
"Oh, and trust me..." Lloyd began to say as he appeared behind them, "...It'll
be all over soon enough."
"Lloyd!!" Bryant yelled.
"Ah, now where is that Divine Dragoon?" Lloyd asked in an insulting way.
"You knew about what would happen to her if she came here, didn't you?! You had
this planned from the beginning!!" Bryant shouted angrily.
"That I did," Lloyd smirked, "She will disappear soon enough."
"But...I thought you wanted Melbu Frahma to join with The Moon That Never
Sets!!" David stated.
"That's where you are wrong," Lloyd replied, "I do want her to. But, of course,
you all don't know my true purpose. I grew more knowledgeable the amount of
time I spent in your world. New plans come up."
"We won't let you do whatever you wish!!" Julie shouted, "We'll stop you!!"
"Fight me then!!!" Lloyd yelled back as he ran towards them.
"Something isn't right," Sakura said to herself. She was still outside the city
walls waiting for her friends. "I have a bad feeling as if...they need my
help," she said.
"You Dragoons are powerless against me!!" Melbu Frahma laughed, "You are all
weak!!"
"No!!" Shana cried, "I won't let you do this! I won't let you destroy our
world!!" She looked around the entire room for another solution and saw the
three Divine Moon Objects floating within the three beams of moonlight. She
knew she had to do something to stop the events that were about to transpire.
She gathered her strength and her courage and ran towards the beams of light.
"Shana, wait!!" Meru shouted from afar.
"Don't do it!" Albert yelled.
"SHANA!!" Kongol shouted.
"Come back!!" Haschel added.
Dart stopped battling with Rose when he heard the screaming of his friends. He
looked back to see Shana running towards the Divine Moon Objects. "Shana!!
No!!" he cried.
Shana leaped towards the objects and grabbed onto the one placed in the middle,
the Moon Mirror. She tried to pull and take it out, but couldn't. The Moon
Mirror retaliated against her by releasing bolts of dark magic onto her body.
"Ahhh!!!!!" she screamed in pain.
"Shana!!!" Dart yelled.
Now Shana wanted to let go, but the Moon Mirror would not let her either. It
was shocking her with dark magic.
All of the Dragoons and even the Winglies stopped to watch what was going on.
Leenus, however, noticed something from outside the window and rushed towards
it. She looked down to the earth to see an important event occurring below
them. "My lord!! Look!!" she shouted.
Melbu Frahma rushed to the window to see. He smiled with the utmost delight
when he saw what was happening. "It's rising!! It's rising!! Ha ha ha!!!" he
laughed sinisterly.
The Moon Mirror finally released Shana as she fell to the floor lifelessly.
Outside of the throne room, Lloyd had already defeated the other Dragoons. They
lied helplessly upon the floor below him. "The time has finally come," he told
them.
The Dragoons lifted up their heads to see him.
"You all will finally see what it was I've been wanting to do all along," Lloyd
said as he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He reappeared in the throne room, next to Melbu Frahma. "The Divine Tree is
finally rising," he told him.
"Yes, it is," Melbu grinned, "We depart for it."
Rose and Leenus joined them both.
Melbu Frahma took one last look at the six Dragoons. "My revenge upon you
humans comes into sight for the first time," he said. He then vanished along
with Rose and Leenus.
The three of them reappeared outside the city walls as the descended towards the
earth.
"We've got to go after them!!" Haschel shouted.
"Let's go," Albert said.
"What about Shana?" Meru asked.
"She will be staying here, with me..." Lloyd stated. He quickly disappeared the
reappeared next to Shana.
"Shana!!!" Dart cried as he rushed towards her.
Lloyd pointed his palm at the Dragoons, causing to slowly dissipate to the
outside.
"What?!" Meru gasped.
Dart was stopped in his tracks as he tried to reach out to Shana, "Shana!!!"
"Say goodbye. For this will be the last time you see her," Lloyd told him.
Soon enough, the Dragoons appeared outside the city walls.
Dart banged on the wall in frustration, "Shana!!"
"MUST SAVE HER," Kongol said simply.
"Kongol's right," Haschel agreed.
"We'd better hurry! Before it's too late!" Dart shouted.
They all looked towards the side and saw The Moon That Never Sets descending
towards the Earth.
The doors to the throne room slowly opened up. Bryant and the other Dragoons
crawled through to see what Lloyd was trying to do.
Shana was still unconscious, lying upon the floor.
The Dragon Buster appeared in Lloyd's hand.
"You know, I thought that I should just continue on with my plan and let history
take its course as it rightfully should," he said, "But, then I thought: But,
what if this young girl still manages to transform herself into the Divine
Dragoon? My plan could be ruined. That's why...I kill you now, and kill two
birds with one stone. Both you and Sakura will be gone as thorns in spine."
"N-No...!" Bryant struggled to shout.
Lloyd lifted into the air and then pointed his sword downward to the fallen
heroine. "Die Divine Dragoon!!!" he yelled as he rapidly came down towards her.
Within the split second, a white boot leaped off from next to Bryant.
He could see it and saw the woman fly towards Lloyd and Shana.
Lloyd continued to strike down, but didn't not strike down on the White Silver
Dragoon. He struck into the marble floors. "What?" he asked, "Where did
she...?"
Bryant, Julie and David gasped when they saw who it was that saved Shana.
Sakura held the unconscious Shana in her arms and faced the evil Wingly.
"You!!" Lloyd yelled.
"I won't let you do this," Sakura told him, "Even if it costs me my life, I will
protect her so that she can go on and live her life as she should."
"If that is your wish, then I shall have you die together!!!" Lloyd yelled as he
shot a large blast of dark magic at the Eternal Dragoon.
Sakura leaped out of the way, dodging the attack.
Lloyd tried to hit her once again, this time catching Sakura off guard.
Sakura saw the blast coming at her and knew she didn't have enough time to
escape. But, she knew she had to protect the young woman that she held in her
arms. She turned her back to the oncoming attack, shielding Shana as she was
hit. She was blown across the floor, but did not let Shana gain even a scratch.
She was determined to make sure she lived.
Lloyd slowly approached the duo.
Sakura looked at her hand and saw that she was starting to disappear once again.
"No!" she thought to herself, "Not now!" She was afraid that this would disable
her from protecting the White Silver Dragoon. But, she then looked at Shana's
sleeping face and felt a warmth she had felt previously. It was the same
feeling she felt when she transformed herself into the Divine Dragoon and was
possessed by her spirit.
"Give it up Sakura!" Lloyd shouted, "This ends here!"
"I won't let you harm her," Sakura said as she stood up onto her feet, "Because
of her...Because of Shana...I have what I have. Because she gave everything to
the world I have the love in my heart and the ability to live. And now, I will
give everything to her!!" She gently placed Shana onto the floor and then
turned to face Lloyd.
Her golden symbol began to shine upon her forehead, drawing strength. The area
around them changed into what could've been a planetarium. It was like they
were levitating in the outer reaches of space.
Sakura took her bow and pointed it at Lloyd. She raised her other arm into the
air. The stars around her began to gather and come together, forming massive
energy, into her palm. She clenched down upon it, creating a large arrow made
completely of light. She placed it upon the bow and pulled back.
"Celestial...!!" she began to shout, as she pulled back. Even more power from
the universe came together, but now upon the point of her arrow. "...Arrow!!"
she finished, letting the arrow fire on.
The arrow soared across the gap like a comet in space.
Lloyd tried to block the arrow using a type of barrier magic, but struggled to
do so. "Urgh...!!!" he grimaced, "Aagghh!!!!" He couldn't fight back any
longer and was blown through the wall behind him.
The wall was completely destroyed and crashed down upon him, revealing the
outside.
Lloyd reappeared outside the debris, "This...This means nothing Dragoons! We'll
see what you can do when my plan comes into fruit!" He then disappeared without
a trace.
Sakura was just about to fall over when Bryant rushed to her side and held her.
"Sakura!" he shouted.
"Are you all right?!" Julie cried worriedly as she and David flew next to them.
She nodded faintly, "I'll be...fine."
"We've gotta go! You can't be near Shana like this!" David warned her.
Shana weakly opened her eyes to look up and see what looked like an angel of
light, due to her hazy vision. "Angel...?" she asked.
Sakura knelt down to her, "You'll be all right, Shana. It'll all be all right."
Shana fell back into her sleep.
"Let's go!" David shouted.
Bryant helped Sakura up as they all flew out through the opening created by the
battle.
Soon thereafter, the other Dragoons broke through the throne room door and
rushed to Shana.
"Shana!!!" Dart shouted. He hurried and knelt down beside her, holding her in
his arms.
"She's safe," Albert sighed in relief.
Shana slowly began to reawaken.
"Shana!" Meru shouted happily.
"THANK GOODNESS," Kongol said.
"Shana, what happened?" Haschel asked her.
"I'm not sure..." she said faintly.
Dart helped her up onto her feet.
"But, there was an angel here," she told them.
"An angel?" Dart wondered.
"I think...I think she protected me," Shana stated, not really too sure.
"It must be true then," Albert said as he looked around, "There obviously was
another battle in here."
"Perhaps you really do have a guardian angel watching over you, Shana," Haschel
suggested.
"Maybe," she smiled.
Meru walked over towards the opening that led to the outside, "But, even
still...Can your guardian angel protect us against that?"
The Divine Tree sprouted its many thick branches from the earth, awaiting The
Moon That Never Sets' descent. Soon enough, however, the moon gently landed in
place at the top of the Divine Tree.
Melbu Frahma, Rose, Leenus, and Lloyd floated above it. What they had been
working towards all along was finally in sight. It was time for them to claim
their prize.
Sakura and her friends were up above in the sky watching the same event. Their
mission was almost complete. They had protected the Dragoons of this time for
now, but now had to complete the final stage. They needed to go to the Divine
Tree and create another Dark Dragoon Spirit so Sakura could summon the Divine
Dragoon when the time came. Nevertheless, Sakura's life was at risk if Shana
were to transform herself while Sakura was there. Everything was life or death.
Generation
Lloyd returned to the main throne in the Death City of Mayfil. He threw the
double doors open and stomped on through the walkway.
Melbu Frahma sat very nonchalantly upon his large, enormous seat. Rose stood
next to him.
"Looks like someone's angry," Rose joked, "What happened to whatever plan you
were working on?" Rose had no idea of what Lloyd and Melbu Frahma were trying
do; destroy the Dragoons of their world to alter the future.
"Shut up wench," Lloyd growled.
"What did you call me?!" Rose shouted angrily. She clenched her fist as bolts
of dark power began to pulsate.
"Stop it this instant," Melbu Frahma demanded loudly, his voice echoing.
The both of them stopped their feuding and turned away from each other.
"Bickering like young children. How pathetic are the both of you!" Melbu
scolded, "We are already at the end! Leenus brought back the Moon Dagger from
Zenebatos and the Moon Gem is with us thanks to Rose! This is no time for
foolish, selfish pride!"
Rose and Lloyd both bowed down to him.
"Yes, you are right," Rose acknowledged.
"We apologize," Lloyd added.
"Now, Rose...Lloyd and I need to discuss something. Would you please excuse
us?" Melbu Frahma asked politely.
"As you wish," Rose agreed as she turned around and walked out the throne room.
"Lloyd, what of your plan?!" Melbu complained, "What happened?!"
"I was just about to attack the original Dragoons with full force..." he
explained, "But, then, the Dragoons of the future appeared and attacked my men
and I."
"Their power is diminished in this time. You could not defeat them?!" Melbu
yelled.
"I almost had them killed, but then...the one called Sakura released an enormous
amount of power from the new power that was bestowed upon her in the future,
that of the Eternal Dragoon," Lloyd finished, "It was too strong...even for
myself."
"You told me that the Eternal Dragoon was born from the power of both the White
Silver and Divine Dragoon Spirits, correct? Two potent holy powers conjoined
together...She could pose a problem for us," Melbu thought to himself.
"That's not exactly true..." Lloyd mentioned with an infamous grin.
"What do you mean?" Melbu asked.
"During the time I spent in the future, I discovered many things. One of them
was that the girl, Sakura, was not even truly human. She was created by Soa
himself in order to fulfill the purpose of saving the world when the time came.
The gods could not predict Sakura and Shana coexisting in the same time period.
The power of the Divine Dragoon cannot belong with both of them," Lloyd told his
master, "The power in this time is with Shana, correct? Which means Sakura
cannot possess it."
"So...you're saying she is disappearing?" Melbu asked with a hopeful smile.
Lloyd nodded, "If Shana were to ever summon the Divine Dragoon's power, Sakura
would disappear...forever. Never to return."
Vanishing Act
The Death City of Mayfil
The city of Tokyo was misty. Nobody was on the streets, hurrying to where they
needed to be. Only one shadowy figure stood in the middle of the barren
streets.
It was Sakura.
"Where am I?!" she asked, as her voice echoed throughout, "Julie!! David!!
Bryant!! Somebody answer me!!"
"Sakura!" someone yelled.
"That voice...That's Bryant's voice!!" Sakura cried. She turned to look towards
the sidewalk. She saw herself walking along in her school uniform. Bryant was
calling out to her, running.
This was a memory from the past.
The other Sakura noticed the calling as she stopped and turned around.
"Sakura!" Bryant called as he ran after her.
"Oh, no." she gasped, "Not now."
Sakura smiled as she watched like it was some sort of movie. It even brought a
tear to her eye.
Bryant caught up to her as he stopped to catch his breath, "You're pretty fast."
"What do you want?" Sakura asked.
"I wanted to see if you were all right," Bryant said.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"I saw what happened back there," Bryant said.
"Oh..." Sakura replied sadly.
"Are you okay?" Bryant asked.
"I'm fine," Sakura said, "Just leave me alone." Sakura began to walk off with
her briefcase in front of her.
"You know, you try to be strong, but you can't fool me," Bryant told her.
Sakura stopped, "What?"
In that moment, Bryant vanished like the wind and into the misty city. The
other Sakura did the same. The memory just simply...faded away.
"Eh?! Wait!!" Sakura cried, "But, that was...That was..."
The Dragoons were back at the beach watching over their unconscious friend.
Bryant held her in his arms, brushing a strand of hair off to the side.
"She seems to have stabilized now," David stated.
"Oh, Sakura..." Julie sighed worriedly, "Why does all this happen to you?"
"I...I just can't believe it," Bryant said, "What I...What we all saw. It just
seems like a dream. No, a nightmare."
"She was...vanishing, wasn't she?" Julie asked sadly.
David nodded, "Yeah. But, there's gotta be a reason for it."
"Would Kai know?" Bryant wondered.
"Maybe," David replied.
"Then we'll ask him about it," Julie said in an optimistic tone.
"There's only one problem," David told her, "We have no means of contacting him.
How are we supposed to help Sakura if we can't even speak to him? We don't even
know what's the problem." David began to grow frustrated.
Bryant tried to calm him down as much as he could, "It's all right David. We
just have to hope Kai will contact us soon."
"Yeah, but meanwhile the end of the Dragon Campaign War is almost here. The
Moon That Never Sets will descend to the earth on the Divine Tree. Or something
like that," Julie reminded them, "That's when the real test begins."
"Shana and the others are probably heading to the main Wingly fortress," David
stated, "Which means..."
"Lloyd will be there," Bryant added, "We have to stop him."
"But, how can we when...our strongest warrior is...is..." Julie struggled to
say. Tears began to form in her eyes.
"I know, Julie..." David said in a comforting tone, "Like Bryant said, we will
get through this. It's just...gonna take some time."
All of them returned to watching over Sakura, with worried looks on their faces.
At this point, there was nothing neither of them could do.
Everyone in the crowd quieted, watched, and listened.
Sakura was still within the depths of her mind. Now, she stood upon the stage
at her school. A very special memory that she held close to her heart was the
scene. She looked around to see what was going on. She saw the dress she was
wearing and the setting that appeared around her.
"T-This is..." she thought to herself.
Suddenly, the song started. Without even thinking twice about it, she began to
sing into the microphone with the utmost calmness. She was feeling perfect at
that one moment.
Julie smiled profusely. She was so proud of her. She was so proud of where
Sakura's gotten in her life. She was glad to be apart of it.
David and Yui held hands and watch attentively. David was also happy for
Sakura. Sakura had always been the most understanding. He was happy he was
able to be apart of her growth.
Bryant's heart was beating so fast. He could tell the song she was singing was
directed towards him mostly.
As she sang, she gave him a quick wink as she smiled.
Bryant's feelings were all meshed into one. It was indescribable. He was just
so happy to see the woman he loved up on that stage.
Finally, Professor Drake was actually crying. A tear fell from his eyes. He
had never seen Sakura like he did at that moment. He was pleased with the young
woman he had raised.
Sakura noticed his crying and also began to cry. She loved and cared for him so
much. She was happy to know that she was making him proud.
She saw that the memory was taking place once again in her mind. "This
day...This night...An important memory..." Sakura thought, "One that I promised
I would hold onto forever."
But, the happiness she felt when reliving the experience would end very
suddenly. Just like in the last memory she saw before, the audience began to
vanish like wind as mist began to form inside the auditorium.
Julie disappeared.
Then David and Yui.
Professor Drake was next.
Followed by Bryant.
The final thing that dissipated was the auditorium and the stage.
Sakura was alone once again. She could not stop crying as she felt to her
knees, burying her face in her palms. "Why?! Why?!" she sobbed, "What is
happening to me?! Why are all the things I hold so dear to my
heart...vanishing?!"
The tears fell from her cheek, hitting the hazy floor. "I...I...I don't want to
lose any of my precious memories!! I don't want to lose my precious friends...!
My family!" she continued to cry. Then, all of a sudden, she looked to her
body. It was starting to vanish once again. "No...No, not again!!" she
shouted.
"Bryant!! Look!!" Julie pointed out, "She's disappearing!!!" Fear struck her
entire body. She couldn't stop shivering from it all. She couldn't lose
another good friend.
"No!!" Bryant cried, "Sakura!! Sakura!! Don't leave me!!!"
Little by little, her body was fading. Bryant could see his own hands beneath
her.
David grew frustrated. He didn't know what he could do. He had to find some way
to help her. He ran towards the sea, facing the sky. He clenched his fists and
gathered the strength. "Kai!!! Professor!!!" he yelled with every single fiber
in his being, "I know there has got to be some way you can hear me!!! Please!!!
Hear me!!! We need your help!!! Before...Before she disappears from all of our
lives forever!!!"
The Jade Dragoon Spirit in David's right pocket began to glow. It looked as if
it was trying to help him.
Professor Drake was in the kitchen, washing dishes as he normally would. He was
trying to get his mind off all of the problems everyone was facing, including
him. He didn't know what he would do if anything happened to Sakura.
Kai was still standing stolidly at the sliding doors. He seemed deep in
thought. Or it could just be his usual manor of being.
Unexpectedly, however, a shining green light appeared in the center of the room.
David's voice called out, "Kai!! Professor!!"
Both of their heads turned as soon as they heard the voice. They both ran
towards it.
"David?!" Drake gasped.
"You can hear me?!" he asked, "Thank goodness!"
"What's wrong? Is everything all right?" Kai asked him worriedly.
"No!! It's Sakura!!" David replied.
"Sakura?!" Drake shouted, "What is it?!"
"She's...She's vanishing!!" he cried, "We don't know what's going on and we
don't know how to help her!"
"Oh no...Already, so soon..." Kai sighed sadly.
"What do you mean?! You mean...you knew about this?!" David shouted angrily.
"This is not the time for this!" Drake yelled, "We need to help her and there's
only one of us who can!"
Kai nodded in agreement, "All right. I'll try and make another connection to
the past. That's the only way I can help you."
"Please, please hurry!!" David told him as the green light faded away.
Melbu Frahma stood in the center of his enormous throne room. His devilish
Wingly wings sprung forth from his back. "It is time...to begin..." he smiled
to himself.
Lloyd, Rose, and another Wingly woman stood behind him. The Wingly woman had
short, platinum blue hair. She was the soldier that had been mentioned earlier,
Leenus. The three minions stood stolidly and proudly behind their leader. This
was the day they had been waiting for all along.
"God of Demons...God of Hell..." Melbu Frahma spoke. His voice began to echo
with many voices. It was an incantation that he was beginning to speak. "To
us, your servants, you left us three Divine Moon Objects..." he continued,
"Objects that would use Soa's own creations against him, when the time was
right. That time...is now."
The three Divine Moon Objects appeared in front of him. A ray of moon light
shined down from the air above them upon the gem, the dagger, and the mirror.
"I beg of you...Moon That Never Sets...Shine your omnipotent light upon us and
open the doorway to your power!!" he finished with a loud cry.
Outside of their floating fortress, The Moon That Never Sets began to glow even
brighter than before. The countdown to the end had already begun.
The six Dragoons of the Dragon Campaign War were already flying towards the
direction of the Death City of Mayfil in order to stop the Wingly Empire once
and for all. Nevertheless, they were all immediately stopped when they saw the
three beams of light shining towards the illuminating Moon That Never Sets.
Shana felt the evil and strong power swirling all around her. She grimaced,
squinting her eyes and holding her head.
"Shana, are you all right?!" Meru cried.
"It's begun..." she replied in an ominous tone.
"What has?!" Albert asked worriedly.
Kongol looked over to the lustrous moon. "THE END." he stated.
"They really do have the three Divine Moon Objects then," Haschel said.
"Melbu Frahma has already activated them! Which means...!" Dart gasped.
"The Divine Tree will rise soon and The Moon That Never Sets will descend upon
its branches...inflicting death and destruction to the entire world..." Shana
finished for him, "If Melbu Frahma joins with the moon's power, there will be no
stopping him."
"Then we'll have to stop him before he even gets the chance to," Dart told his
friends in a determined tone.
"Dart's right!" Meru agreed with optimism, "We've already gotten this far!"
"We cannot stop now!" Albert added, "We shall do this for all of the people who
have helped us!"
"For the all the people whose lives have been lost because of this war!" Haschel
shouted.
"FOR HUMANS, GIGANTO AND ALL LIVING CREATURES." Kongol said.
"For our entire world," Shana ended.
"Dragoons! We fly! We'll end this now!" Dart told his team.
Within seconds, the six Dragoons spread out their wings and set off to the Death
City of Mayfil.
During the time that all of those events occurred, Kai had made another
connection to the past as another transmission was made with the Dragoons.
Sakura was awake and was being held by her lover, Bryant.
They all stood in front of the image of Kai and seemed to be in quite a dispute.
"So you did know all along?!!" David asked him with the utmost fury.
"You sent us back here knowing that this was going to happen?" Julie cried,
tears streaming down her face, "I can't believe you would do this Kai!"
Sakura was silent as she leaned on Bryant's body. She looked away from her
friends as she listened to their argument. She didn't know what to say, so she
didn't butt in on the conversation.
Kai looked sad and ashamed. There really was no excuse for what he had done.
He felt like a disappointment. "I had orders from Soa himself. He knew that
there was a large risk of this occurring. But...He said that we had to take
this chance, for if we didn't...He had already foreseen the destruction of the
past and the future," Kai tried to explain to them so they'd understand.
"But...for Sakura to disappear!! To vanish forever, never to return!! Even you
would risk THAT?!" Bryant screamed, "She wouldn't just disappear!! She would be
gone from our lives!! That's what makes this so important! My life is what it
is because of HER! I know you feel the same way!!"
"Please, Bryant. Be angry at me all you want, but...just remember, she has not
disappeared just yet. She can still be saved," Kai reminded him, "If you all
can complete your mission before Shana summons the Divine Dragoon, Sakura will
be safe and you all can return home."
"So...this is what Lloyd meant when he said: 'I will hurt you in the worst way
you could ever imagine'..." Sakura finally spoke up, "This is what he meant. He
knew all along of what could happen. He had this planned from the beginning."
"Milady, do not worry. You will be safe," Kai reassured her.
"As long as she is away from Shana, she'll be fine...right?" Julie asked, hoping
for a good answer.
Kai nodded in agreement, "Yes."
"Look!! Look at the sky!!" David yelled, pointing to The Moon That Never Sets.
They could all see the three beams of light shining from the ever-glowing moon.
Kai realized what was happening, "It has already started. The Divine Tree will
come forth from the earth soon and the moon will descend. That is when your
true mission begins." The feed of Kai began to dissipate.
"Kai!!" Julie shouted.
"Wait! You can't leave us now!!" Bryant yelled, "Not after all this!!"
"There is nothing else I can do now!" Kai cried as he began to fade away, "The
rest is up to you!" With those words, he was gone.
"He's gone," David sighed, "What are we to do now?"
"The fate of the past, present, and future rests on us now," Julie told him.
"Lloyd was right..." Sakura said softly. She began to walk away from her
friends, facing the shimmering moon. "That is the worst way anyone could ever
hurt me..." she said. A tear fell from her face and onto the sand.
Her friends saw the glimmering tear and grew sad, truly realizing the magnitude
of this situation and what it meant to all of them, not just her.
Sakura looked straight up towards the sky as more tears followed. "The fact
that I could disappear...doesn't bother me so much..." she sobbed.
"Eh?!" Bryant gasped.
"It's the fact that...I won't remember any of my precious memories with all of
you. It would be as if they never even happened...And I...I don't want that!!"
she continued cry, burying her face in her hands.
"That's why...we won't let it happen," Julie told her.
Sakura turned around to see them.
"We want to be able to share all of those important memories together, all of
us," David stated, "All of us together, with you."
"So, because of this, we are going to continue on. Not just for us, not just
for the world...but, for you...For you make my life complete, Sakura," Bryant
smiled. He walked over to her and wiped the tears from her face.
"B-Bryant..." she cried, "I love you." They both embraced one another, and then
Sakura turned to her other two dear friends. "I love you all," she smiled, "And
you're right. We will share all of those treasured memories and make new ones.
And if you all will be by my side, I'll continue on too."
All of her friends nodded with a cheerful smile.
They all had their friendship and their love for one another with them. With
that, they could accomplish almost anything. That was the secret weapon they
took with them on this journey, with it they will complete it.
Sakura wiped the last tears from her face and stepped forward to face all of her
friends. "We transform, one last time. To save our world and to so that
everyone will be able to share their precious memories as well," she told them
firmly.
Sea Wave Dragoon Power!
Julie's 'Sea Wave Dragoon Spirit' shined as water bursted out from it,
transitioning into the actual transformation sequence. The background was
colored in different shades of blue. Julie's body was now a silhouette of
color. Her silhouette had her arms up in the air and her legs fairly close
together, very femininely. The water, that had appeared from the spirit,
appeared as streams and wrapped around Julie's body like ribbon. When the
water disappeared, Julie was now in her normal form, her shining blue armor now
on. Her armor was a pale blue, her Dragoon wings matching. Julie was in her
braided hair style, but now what was holding her hair were seashells. Julie's
thin, dragon-like sword appeared in her hand. She spun around once and
finished in her stance.
Jade Dragoon Power!
Out of David's 'Jade Dragoon Spirit', wind bursted out like a hurricane. His
green silhouette appeared standing straight with his arms and legs spread out
apart. His eyes were also closed. The wind full of swirling green leaves
bustled around his silhouette. The leaves swirled around his chest, arms and
legs creating his shimmering Dragoon armor. Leaves passed by close up as his
normal figure appeared. His headband appeared on his forehead as did his
weapon. A lance with a sharp curved double blade made out of a special bark, as
in wood. Then, his jade dragon wings bursted out of his back. At the end of
the transformation, he stood in a stance with his weapon in hand facing the sky.
Red-Eye Dragoon Power!
Bryant held the spirit close to his chest as he said the magic words. He then
spread out his arms as fire bursted out of the spirit, going into the
transformation. He is also a silhouette with different shades of red and orange
inside. The background moves upwards behind him. Bryant's arms spread out
open, as rings of fire appear. The rings of fire spun over different parts of
his arms, legs and over his head. The rings of fire moved down, up, and across
the specified body parts making his Red-Eye Dragoon armor appear. At the end of
the transformation, Bryant's wings burst out of his back and his large red sword
appears. He ends the transformation in a fighting stance.
Eternal Dragoon Power!
Sakura held the Eternal Dragoon Spirit into the air. Rays of brilliant white
light emerged and spiraled out of the magic gem as she called out the enchanted
words. The magical symbol inside the Dragoon Spirit began to spin and twirl
around. It emerged from within its power, transitioning into her transformation
sequence.
Sakura, now in a holy white silhouette, spread out her arms and her white angel
wings. The Eternal Dragoon Spirit was placed on her chest, still glowing
brightly. The background around her was of different shades of white and light
gray, moving and transitioning around as she transformed. Glistening silver
ribbons appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around her chest. They morphed into
sparkling white feathers, revealing her armor chest plate and her skirt.
She twirled around once as she lifted her arms into the air. More platinum
ribbons emerged and gently wrapped around them, again morphing into feathers
afterwards revealing her gloves and armlets. These were also of the same color
and golden lined and trimmed. The ribbons then proceeded to drape around her
legs, transforming into her boots. She spun around once again. The wings
covered her for a moment and then returned. She was now out of silhouette form.
The wings also changed. Instead of having artificial Dragoon wings as before,
she wore artificial angel wings on her back. Closing in on her face, the golden
heavenly symbol appeared on her forehead. Two feather-shaped hairpins also
appeared on both sides of her head. In front of her, her new weapon came into
sight. It was still a bow, but was now in the shape of two wings at each end.
The ends were lined with gold. She stood in her original stance, having
transformed.
Melbu Frahma still stood in front of the three floating treasures. He had an
evil, sinister grin firmly planted upon his face. He almost wanted to lick his
lips in delight. This was exactly how he wanted things to transpire.
"Your plan has been set into motion," Leenus said in her seductive tone of
voice.
"The end draws near, my lord." Rose stated.
"Soon the Divine Tree will rise up from the earth..." Lloyd added, "What shall
we do until then?"
"The Dragoons will not stop. They all have strong hearts and strong wills to
fight. We have to make sure they do not interfere with my plan," Melbu told
them, "We will set off to the Divine Tree once it has come into view. Until
then, stay on guard."
Then suddenly, the sound of magic attacks and explosions could be heard from all
around them.
They all turned to the windows to see what was going on outside their fortress.
Melbu Frahma gasped with disgust on his face, "The Dragoons!!"
The six Dragoons had finally arrived outside the floating Death City of Mayfil.
They were being attacked by a swarm of Virage from all sides.
Meru and Haschel flew together, side by side, as they were being chased by three
Virage. The Virage fired purple laser beams from behind them. Meru and Haschel
swiftly moved from one side to the next, dodging each attack. The both of them
looked at one another, and nodded in agreement. They decided it was their turn
to take the offensive. They stopped flying and turned around to face their
enemies.
The Sea Wave Dragoon twirled around as many streams of water spiraled up to both
of her hands. It created a magical whirlwind of water. "Sapphire Whirlwind!!!"
she shouted as she stopped spinning and fired the whirlwind onto the Virage.
The Violet Thunder Dragoon lifted his clenched fist into the air. Bolts of
purple lightning appeared and began to shoot onto his fist, giving him power.
"Atomic...!!!" he began calling out the spell as the lightning bolts began to
create a massive ball of lightning. "...Thunder!!!" he finished the spell as he
threw the ball from his fist towards the three monsters.
The two magic attacks were enough to disable and destroy the three Virage.
An image of the Earth appeared behind the Golden Eye Dragoon, Kongol. The earth
itself released from beneath a Virage and entrapped it while lifting it into the
air. The Golden-Eye Dragoon floated up into the air, leveled with the Virage.
"Golden Gaea!!!" he yelled as the image of the Earth began to shine a golden
light. The light engulfed his body giving him more strength. He pointed both of
his hands to his target and released all of that energy onto it.
The Virage that stood in Kongol's way was completely obliterated. There was
nothing left of it.
"THAT TEACH VIRAGE NOT TO MESS WITH GIGANTO," Kongol smiled.
Albert was just nearby and had just fended off a Wingly soldier with his staff.
He looked over to where Kongol was and saw another Virage coming up from behind
him.
It sneakily approached, already charging up its laser attack.
"Kongol!!! Watch out!!!" Albert cried from afar.
However, he was too late. Just as Kongol turned around to see what his friend
was warning him about, the Virage released the laser beam, hitting Kongol
straight into his chest.
"Aggghhh!!!!" Kongol screamed in pain as he was thrown across the air. He was
blown straight into the wall of the Death City. The blast was so hard that he
was stuck in the dent that was created by the impact.
He was unconscious.
"Kongol!!!" Albert shouted.
The Virage began to approach the injured Giganto at this point.
Albert knew he had to help him. Kongol was completely helpless, and he had to
protect him. He immediately spread out his Dragoon wings and soared off towards
the Virage. He caught the Virage off guard and stuck the blade part of his
staff into the Virage's back.
"Waaarrrgghhh!!!" the Virage cried in pain.
Albert stabbed him again, and then again, and once more. "Stay away from
him!!!" he yelled as he did so. When he went to stab the Virage once again, the
Virage swung back its arm hitting Albert across the face and pushing him back.
The Virage's purple blood began to run through the open wounds.
"Now we end your life!!" Albert told it.
The Jade Dragoon clenched both fists. Large streams of immense green wind
formed out of his fists. He brought his fists at his sides pointing upward and
yelled out the spell, "Emerald Typhoon!!!!" He then thrusted one fist after
another releasing the devastating attack.
The blasts of violent wind struck straight through the Virage, soon destroying
it.
Albert rushed to the aide of his oversized friend. "Kongol!! Are you all
right?!" he cried. He flew right next to him.
Kongol squinted his eyes when he heard the regal voice and soon opened them.
"HUMAN KING...SAVE KONGOL?" he asked.
Albert smiled, "Yes."
"KONGOL THANK HUMAN KING," Kongol smiled back, faintly.
Dart slashed at a Wingly soldier with his large, red sword. He then turned
around to dice at another one.
Right at his side, Shana used her arrows made of light to strike through the
other opposing soldiers. One by one she pulled out arrows, and even sometimes
shot three at a time for more precision.
"We can't keep...!!" Dart began to say as he attacked another enemy,
"......going like this!!"
"I know!!" Shana agreed. She fired another arrow from her bow. "We have to get
inside before the Divine Tree rises!" she shouted.
"All right then!" Dart agreed. He took out his Dragoon Spirit and contacted his
allies. "Meru, Haschel, Kongol, Albert! We're going to make a break for the
city! Meet us inside!" he told them.
"Got it!" Meru replied.
"We're on our way!" Haschel shouted.
"KONGOL UNDERSTAND," he agreed.
"We'll be there shortly," Albert acknowledged.
Dart put the spirit back onto his armor and then looked to Shana, "Let's move."
She nodded in agreement, "Right!"
The two of them spread out their wings and flew through the opposing enemies,
taking them out as they went along.
They were soon being followed by a group of soldier and one Virage.
Shana looked back to see them, "They're on our tail!"
"We've gotta lose them!" Dart shouted, "Follow me!"
He led the White Silver Dragoon into the Death City as their enemies followed
them inside.
The enemies stopped when they entered as the two Dragoons they were following
had just suddenly vanished into thin air. They looked around and couldn't see
anything but debris from the battles.
Little did they know, Shana and Dart were hiding behind a large statue of Melbu
Frahma.
The soldiers and the Virage quickly gave up and flew back off into the sky.
"They're gone," Dart stated.
"We'd better hurry and find Melbu Frahma, quickly..." Shana told him.
They both flew out of their hiding place and landed in the center of what seemed
to be a town square.
Meru, Haschel, Kongol, and Albert arrived soon after.
"Oh, I'm so glad you two are all right!" Meru shouted with relief and happiness.
"Yes, we're fine," Shana smiled.
"And you?" Dart asked them.
"We're all in one piece," Haschel replied.
"We need to hurry," Albert said, "We haven't much time."
"HUMAN KING RIGHT," Kongol nodded.
"Yes, we know," Dart thought, "We just need to find out where Melbu Frahma is
and then..."
Just as he was speaking, a black sphere made of magic surrounded the Dragoons.
"What?!" Shana gasped.
"What's going on?!!" Meru screamed.
In the blink of an eye, the sphere disappeared without a trace.
It quickly reappeared in a split second inside Melbu Frahma's throne room.
The sphere disappeared.
"Where are we?" Haschel asked.
"Welcome Dragoons..." Melbu Frahma spoke from behind them, with his usual
menacing smirk.
The Dragoons turned around to face him.
Across the three divine treasures, Melbu Frahma sat upon his throne with his
three strongest warriors at his side.
"Melbu Frahma!!" Shana shouted.
"Look!! There it is!!" Julie pointed out as the four Dragoons arrived near the
Death City of Mayfil.
"Everything seems all right so far," Bryant stated, "We'd better move."
Bryant was just about to take off when Sakura stopped him.
"Wait!" she shouted.
"Why? What is it?" Bryant asked her.
"David, can you zoom in on the city using your computer?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah," he nodded. The dragon eye came out of his armored headband, covering
his left eye. Inside, he could see the city. The computer closed in on it and
then zoomed in to get a very good close up. He could see the Wingly soldiers
and Virage surrounding the vicinity. "We've got trouble," David told them as he
put his computer away.
"What do you mean?" Julie wondered.
"An army of Winglies and Virage have the entire place surrounded. We could
never break through," David told them.
"But, we've got to do something!" Sakura pleaded, "I'll fight them if I have
to!"
"No, Sakura!" Bryant yelled, "You're not fighting this time!"
"W-What?!" she gasped.
"You...aren't coming with us," Bryant told her.
"What?! You're crazy! Of course I'm coming with you! We all have to fight
together!" she said.
"Sakura, don't you realize you're disappearing?!" Bryant shouted at her.
Sakura was stunned.
"You heard Kai! We have to keep you away from Shana at all costs! Because...if
we don't...you'll...!" he cried.
"We want you to be safe, Sakura." David said, "This is for the best."
"But, I can't let you go in there by yourselves! And not with all of those
enemies waiting to kill you!!" she shouted, "I can't let you! You don't need to
protect me..."
"Sakura..." Julie said softly. She took her close friend by the hand. "You
have always been by our side. You...have always put yourself on the line to
make sure we're safe, right? Let us return the favor. Let us protect you,"
Julie smiled, "We're doing this because we love you."
"But...But...!" Sakura sobbed, "I don't want anything to happen to any of you!!"
"We'll be careful," Bryant told her, "We just have to make sure Lloyd doesn't do
anything out of the normal. We'll just be on surveillance, you could say."
Sakura wiped the tears from her eyes and regained her composure. "I obviously
can't stop you," she laughed, "All right then. But, don't think I won't help
you."
"What are you gonna do?" David asked.
"I'll clear the way for you to get inside," Sakura replied, "I'll help you all,
just like you've always helped me."
They all smiled at one another.
Everything was quiet within the army of Winglies and Virage. They all kept
their guard up, making sure nobody interfered with their master's orders.
Then instantaneously, from the sky above, a magical gate made of holy white
appeared facing down on them.
The Winglies and Virage covered their eyes from the bright light.
Sakura had her arms reached towards the sky. "Get ready to go," she told her
friends.
They all nodded in acknowledgement.
"Gate of Heaven!!!" Sakura finally shouted.
The holy gate slowly opened its doors as brilliant and vibrant rays of white
light shot downwards towards the opposing army.
"We'll be back soon," Bryant said.
Sakura smiled, "I'll be waiting."
"Dragoons, let's fly!" David shouted.
The three of them spread out their wings and set off towards the city as the
army was distracted by the powerful spell.
Sakura was worried for all of them. She just hoped they wouldn't have to
battle. She didn't know if they would be able to survive another battle.
Kongol and Haschel were both blown into the marble walls of the throne room.
The Wingly, Leenus, hovered above them. "Ha ha ha! This shall be your last
breath!" she laughed.
Meru swiped at Rose with her large hammer.
Rose swiftly moved out of the way and then hit her with her blade.
Albert tried hitting her with his staff.
She blocked it with her own weapon.
Albert tried again, and then again, and again. Rose continued to dodged each
attempt at a strike.
"Be gone!" she shouted as she made her offensive move and struck him in the
chest, pushing him away.
Dart came at her from above with his right fist blazing with fire. "Flame
Shot!!" he shouted with the utmost intensity. He released an immense fire ball
at Rose.
She flew out of the way as the attack crashed into the floor, creating an
enormous crater.
"Melbu Frahma!! Please, stop this!!" Shana pleaded. She tried to make him
understand.
Melbu Frahma still stood upon his throne with Lloyd at his side.
"You can't want this! To have the world be destroyed!" she continued.
"You ignorant fool!" Melbu replied, "You don't understand anything do you?!
About what my race has had to endure! Being neglected and discriminated against
by you humans and the very Heavens themselves! I do want this to happen! This
is what I have been living for! The day when I would take revenge on you humans
and the ever powerful Soa himself!! Ha ha ha!!!"
"No, you're wrong!! Not all humans are like what you say!!" Shana cried, "Many
of us are loving, caring, and kind to all creatures! There will always be those
few who are ignorant, like you say! But, not all of us! You're the one who is
ignorant!!"
"Shut up!!!" Melbu Frahma yelled at the top of his lungs. He let out a
humongous blast of dark energy bolts at the White Silver Dragoon.
She was defenseless and was knocked down to the floor.
"Shana!!!" Dart shouted. He was just about to fly to her aide when Rose stepped
in front of him. "Out of my way!" he demanded.
"We have some unfinished business to take care of!!" she replied sarcastically.
She punched him in the face and continued to try and swipe at him.
Dart wanted to get away, but couldn't because of the oncoming blows of the Dark
Dragoon. He didn't know how he could help her now.
Shana weakly got up onto her feet. She stumbled just a bit, but still managed
to get up on her own. "Why...can't you understand that life is precious?" Shana
asked him, "Life is not something to be taken for granted! And you treat it as
such! You wish to destroy life! I can't let you continue any longer, King of
Winglies!"
Melbu Frahma stood up from his throne and began to descend the steps towards the
main floor. He could see the two battles going on around him.
Rose and Dart fighting at one side.
Meru, Albert, Haschel, and Kongol fighting Leenus at the other.
"What do you intend to do about it White Silver Dragoon?" Melbu asked her.
The aura around the area between Shana and Melbu Frahma changed into a white and
holy place. She floated into the air as clouds materialized above her and began
to release beams of holy light. "God, give me power!" she cried, her hands in a
praying form. Behind her, 'Heaven's Gate' appeared and began to open. "Gate of
Heaven!!!" she called out the final spell as the gates opened and massive beams
of white light shot outward towards Melbu Frahma.
Melbu's demon wings sprung forth from his back and came forward to cover his
entire ancient body. The beams of light struck his wings but caused no damage
whatsoever. It could not even phase him in the slightest.
"Ah!! No!!" Shana gasped.
Bryant, David, and Julie had just arrived outside the throne room. They could
hear the entire battle raging on inside. Explosions and magical spells racing
onward.
"So far, everything seems to be going as it should," David stated.
"But, still...It's so hard to just stand here and do nothing! I wish I could
help them!" Julie cried.
"I know, Julie. But, we just have to stay still until its all over," Bryant
tried to calm her down.
"Oh, and trust me..." Lloyd began to say as he appeared behind them, "...It'll
be all over soon enough."
"Lloyd!!" Bryant yelled.
"Ah, now where is that Divine Dragoon?" Lloyd asked in an insulting way.
"You knew about what would happen to her if she came here, didn't you?! You had
this planned from the beginning!!" Bryant shouted angrily.
"That I did," Lloyd smirked, "She will disappear soon enough."
"But...I thought you wanted Melbu Frahma to join with The Moon That Never
Sets!!" David stated.
"That's where you are wrong," Lloyd replied, "I do want her to. But, of course,
you all don't know my true purpose. I grew more knowledgeable the amount of
time I spent in your world. New plans come up."
"We won't let you do whatever you wish!!" Julie shouted, "We'll stop you!!"
"Fight me then!!!" Lloyd yelled back as he ran towards them.
"Something isn't right," Sakura said to herself. She was still outside the city
walls waiting for her friends. "I have a bad feeling as if...they need my
help," she said.
"You Dragoons are powerless against me!!" Melbu Frahma laughed, "You are all
weak!!"
"No!!" Shana cried, "I won't let you do this! I won't let you destroy our
world!!" She looked around the entire room for another solution and saw the
three Divine Moon Objects floating within the three beams of moonlight. She
knew she had to do something to stop the events that were about to transpire.
She gathered her strength and her courage and ran towards the beams of light.
"Shana, wait!!" Meru shouted from afar.
"Don't do it!" Albert yelled.
"SHANA!!" Kongol shouted.
"Come back!!" Haschel added.
Dart stopped battling with Rose when he heard the screaming of his friends. He
looked back to see Shana running towards the Divine Moon Objects. "Shana!!
No!!" he cried.
Shana leaped towards the objects and grabbed onto the one placed in the middle,
the Moon Mirror. She tried to pull and take it out, but couldn't. The Moon
Mirror retaliated against her by releasing bolts of dark magic onto her body.
"Ahhh!!!!!" she screamed in pain.
"Shana!!!" Dart yelled.
Now Shana wanted to let go, but the Moon Mirror would not let her either. It
was shocking her with dark magic.
All of the Dragoons and even the Winglies stopped to watch what was going on.
Leenus, however, noticed something from outside the window and rushed towards
it. She looked down to the earth to see an important event occurring below
them. "My lord!! Look!!" she shouted.
Melbu Frahma rushed to the window to see. He smiled with the utmost delight
when he saw what was happening. "It's rising!! It's rising!! Ha ha ha!!!" he
laughed sinisterly.
The Moon Mirror finally released Shana as she fell to the floor lifelessly.
Outside of the throne room, Lloyd had already defeated the other Dragoons. They
lied helplessly upon the floor below him. "The time has finally come," he told
them.
The Dragoons lifted up their heads to see him.
"You all will finally see what it was I've been wanting to do all along," Lloyd
said as he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He reappeared in the throne room, next to Melbu Frahma. "The Divine Tree is
finally rising," he told him.
"Yes, it is," Melbu grinned, "We depart for it."
Rose and Leenus joined them both.
Melbu Frahma took one last look at the six Dragoons. "My revenge upon you
humans comes into sight for the first time," he said. He then vanished along
with Rose and Leenus.
The three of them reappeared outside the city walls as the descended towards the
earth.
"We've got to go after them!!" Haschel shouted.
"Let's go," Albert said.
"What about Shana?" Meru asked.
"She will be staying here, with me..." Lloyd stated. He quickly disappeared the
reappeared next to Shana.
"Shana!!!" Dart cried as he rushed towards her.
Lloyd pointed his palm at the Dragoons, causing to slowly dissipate to the
outside.
"What?!" Meru gasped.
Dart was stopped in his tracks as he tried to reach out to Shana, "Shana!!!"
"Say goodbye. For this will be the last time you see her," Lloyd told him.
Soon enough, the Dragoons appeared outside the city walls.
Dart banged on the wall in frustration, "Shana!!"
"MUST SAVE HER," Kongol said simply.
"Kongol's right," Haschel agreed.
"We'd better hurry! Before it's too late!" Dart shouted.
They all looked towards the side and saw The Moon That Never Sets descending
towards the Earth.
The doors to the throne room slowly opened up. Bryant and the other Dragoons
crawled through to see what Lloyd was trying to do.
Shana was still unconscious, lying upon the floor.
The Dragon Buster appeared in Lloyd's hand.
"You know, I thought that I should just continue on with my plan and let history
take its course as it rightfully should," he said, "But, then I thought: But,
what if this young girl still manages to transform herself into the Divine
Dragoon? My plan could be ruined. That's why...I kill you now, and kill two
birds with one stone. Both you and Sakura will be gone as thorns in spine."
"N-No...!" Bryant struggled to shout.
Lloyd lifted into the air and then pointed his sword downward to the fallen
heroine. "Die Divine Dragoon!!!" he yelled as he rapidly came down towards her.
Within the split second, a white boot leaped off from next to Bryant.
He could see it and saw the woman fly towards Lloyd and Shana.
Lloyd continued to strike down, but didn't not strike down on the White Silver
Dragoon. He struck into the marble floors. "What?" he asked, "Where did
she...?"
Bryant, Julie and David gasped when they saw who it was that saved Shana.
Sakura held the unconscious Shana in her arms and faced the evil Wingly.
"You!!" Lloyd yelled.
"I won't let you do this," Sakura told him, "Even if it costs me my life, I will
protect her so that she can go on and live her life as she should."
"If that is your wish, then I shall have you die together!!!" Lloyd yelled as he
shot a large blast of dark magic at the Eternal Dragoon.
Sakura leaped out of the way, dodging the attack.
Lloyd tried to hit her once again, this time catching Sakura off guard.
Sakura saw the blast coming at her and knew she didn't have enough time to
escape. But, she knew she had to protect the young woman that she held in her
arms. She turned her back to the oncoming attack, shielding Shana as she was
hit. She was blown across the floor, but did not let Shana gain even a scratch.
She was determined to make sure she lived.
Lloyd slowly approached the duo.
Sakura looked at her hand and saw that she was starting to disappear once again.
"No!" she thought to herself, "Not now!" She was afraid that this would disable
her from protecting the White Silver Dragoon. But, she then looked at Shana's
sleeping face and felt a warmth she had felt previously. It was the same
feeling she felt when she transformed herself into the Divine Dragoon and was
possessed by her spirit.
"Give it up Sakura!" Lloyd shouted, "This ends here!"
"I won't let you harm her," Sakura said as she stood up onto her feet, "Because
of her...Because of Shana...I have what I have. Because she gave everything to
the world I have the love in my heart and the ability to live. And now, I will
give everything to her!!" She gently placed Shana onto the floor and then
turned to face Lloyd.
Her golden symbol began to shine upon her forehead, drawing strength. The area
around them changed into what could've been a planetarium. It was like they
were levitating in the outer reaches of space.
Sakura took her bow and pointed it at Lloyd. She raised her other arm into the
air. The stars around her began to gather and come together, forming massive
energy, into her palm. She clenched down upon it, creating a large arrow made
completely of light. She placed it upon the bow and pulled back.
"Celestial...!!" she began to shout, as she pulled back. Even more power from
the universe came together, but now upon the point of her arrow. "...Arrow!!"
she finished, letting the arrow fire on.
The arrow soared across the gap like a comet in space.
Lloyd tried to block the arrow using a type of barrier magic, but struggled to
do so. "Urgh...!!!" he grimaced, "Aagghh!!!!" He couldn't fight back any
longer and was blown through the wall behind him.
The wall was completely destroyed and crashed down upon him, revealing the
outside.
Lloyd reappeared outside the debris, "This...This means nothing Dragoons! We'll
see what you can do when my plan comes into fruit!" He then disappeared without
a trace.
Sakura was just about to fall over when Bryant rushed to her side and held her.
"Sakura!" he shouted.
"Are you all right?!" Julie cried worriedly as she and David flew next to them.
She nodded faintly, "I'll be...fine."
"We've gotta go! You can't be near Shana like this!" David warned her.
Shana weakly opened her eyes to look up and see what looked like an angel of
light, due to her hazy vision. "Angel...?" she asked.
Sakura knelt down to her, "You'll be all right, Shana. It'll all be all right."
Shana fell back into her sleep.
"Let's go!" David shouted.
Bryant helped Sakura up as they all flew out through the opening created by the
battle.
Soon thereafter, the other Dragoons broke through the throne room door and
rushed to Shana.
"Shana!!!" Dart shouted. He hurried and knelt down beside her, holding her in
his arms.
"She's safe," Albert sighed in relief.
Shana slowly began to reawaken.
"Shana!" Meru shouted happily.
"THANK GOODNESS," Kongol said.
"Shana, what happened?" Haschel asked her.
"I'm not sure..." she said faintly.
Dart helped her up onto her feet.
"But, there was an angel here," she told them.
"An angel?" Dart wondered.
"I think...I think she protected me," Shana stated, not really too sure.
"It must be true then," Albert said as he looked around, "There obviously was
another battle in here."
"Perhaps you really do have a guardian angel watching over you, Shana," Haschel
suggested.
"Maybe," she smiled.
Meru walked over towards the opening that led to the outside, "But, even
still...Can your guardian angel protect us against that?"
The Divine Tree sprouted its many thick branches from the earth, awaiting The
Moon That Never Sets' descent. Soon enough, however, the moon gently landed in
place at the top of the Divine Tree.
Melbu Frahma, Rose, Leenus, and Lloyd floated above it. What they had been
working towards all along was finally in sight. It was time for them to claim
their prize.
Sakura and her friends were up above in the sky watching the same event. Their
mission was almost complete. They had protected the Dragoons of this time for
now, but now had to complete the final stage. They needed to go to the Divine
Tree and create another Dark Dragoon Spirit so Sakura could summon the Divine
Dragoon when the time came. Nevertheless, Sakura's life was at risk if Shana
were to transform herself while Sakura was there. Everything was life or death.