DDRist Kingdom: Final Destination
By
Sega1cool
AN/Disclaimer/Blah,Blah,Blah.....: So, it comes to this.....Ryan's POV and the beginning of an ending and the ending of a beginning.
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Morning: Outside Castle
This was it, we had finally made it to the castle.
"So, who all is going to battle?" I asked.
Most looked at me and Terry and said no way.
"So, you mean that just me and Terry are entering?"
They agreed, saying we had the best chance to win and save our friends.
We approached the grand door to the castle.
"Strange, there's no guards or anything. It's almost like they want us to come."
There was a sign with directions.
"So, we put our ten chips in like this.....and then turn." I said, nothing happend.
"Here, I'll put mine in." Terry said, putting his over mine.
He pushed on the knob.....and it went in.
He opened the door.
"Allright, let's go." I said.
All of us walked through and were greeted by Konamison's assistant.
"Welcome and thank you for your patience. If you follow me, we will begin."
We followed this guy to a new room, on a balcony overlooking a floor.
We waited for awhile, almost falling asleep.
Just then, Konamison entered.
"Ah, welcome my two finalists. Your duel will show who will fight me for the chance to
win it all. Now, unlike what you've been doing, these battles will be more interesting."
Konamison snapped his fingers and an electronic field appeared. On each side was a DDR
machine, a small monitor, and a electronic laced board on an table.
"You will use these," he said, holding up a deck of cards, "this is DDR battle. Each
person has a deck of sixty cards. These include character, bonus, extra, and other
miscellaneous cards. The trick is you draw a card, lay down a character card and based
on your performance on the song you choose, Attack and Defense will be based on your Perfects and Greats times 10 and 100, respectively. Your life points are now 2000,
but that
means the game is now increasingly harder. Oh, and depending on preference, it can be
single versus single, or Double versus Double, whatever your preference. Now, rest up
and be prepared, tommorow, you start the duel and one of you will face me....."
We sat in the main room between all of our rooms and chatted.
"Dude, that Konamison dude is a bit creepy." Rage said.
"Yeah, no doubt." Emi replied.
"Well, I think that this is going to be one interesting finale." Mia said, having
swapped with Terry.
"Yeah," I said, "but considering this is based on DDR, the characters are probably
those from DDR."
"So, what you're saying is that are 'personas' for a lack of a better term, will fight
each other?" Johnny asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." I replied.
I looked at the clock.
"Wow, we've been talking for almost 4 hours." I said.
"Well, you better get your sleep." Charmy said, "I'd hate for you to lose because your
tired."
"Hey, I'm the Ultimate DDRist. Sleep is not something I have to worry about." I said,
arrogant as always.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Mia said, "It's best I get to bed as well. I'd hate for Terry
to suffer because I didn't get any sleep."
We each went to our rooms.
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Mine and Charmy's Room
I held my deck in my hand and was laying my cards out on the table.
"Wow, look. Here's my card." Charmy said, holding up a card with her in her 4th mix
outfit.
"Yeah, I've also got your 3rd mix and 5th mix cards as well."
"Seems that Konamison knows what you like..." Charmy said with a smile.
"^_^' Yeah, he did give off a feeling as if he knew what I was doing before I did it."
"What else do you have?"
"Well," I said, "there's a 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th mix cards. I'm guessing they're some
kind of bonus cards. Add power or defense more than likely."
"Oh, hey who are these guys?" Charmy said, holding up two character cards.
"Holy shit, it's U1 and 2MB. Those are like the rarest characters in DDR. They're
probably the strongest characters in the game."
"Man, there's so much to DDR I didn't know." Charmy said.
"Yeah, and there's too much of DDR that I know." I said.
I finished going over my deck, and me and Charmy settled into 'cuddle' mode and soon
were asleep.
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Terry's/Mia's Room
Mia was sitting at the table, a mirror across from her.
"So, let's look over this deck." Mia said.
In the mirror was Terry, or rather his reflection.
"Okay, lay out the cards and let's see what we've got." Terry said.
"Hmm, here's three you'd like." Mia said, holding up three familiar cards.
"Interesting, Emi from 3rd, 4th, and 5th. What a coincidence."
"I've never seen this person before." Mia said.
"Ah, the Disc's." Terry said, "Disc:A and Disc:B."
"Disc creatures?"
"They're pretty much robots, they were only in 3rd mix, but they were pretty
interesting. Once you got the combos rolling, their entire body glowed."
"Ah, cool. They should be helpful in your duel against Ryan."
"Yeah, it's kinda weird, battling a friend, ya know. I always did have a feeling that
it might come to this."
"He'll give his all, Terry. You'll need to give your all as well."
"Right Mia."
Mia finished putting the deck back in order and then went to bed.
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Next Morning: DDR Finals
I awoke to the sunlight shining through my window.
"*yawn* Well, today's the day. Time to take on Terry....this won't be easy." I said, getting out of bed and stretching.
Charmy woke up and stretched as well.
"Morning!" she said, her usual smile across her face.
"Morning, Charmy. Nice to be inside away from the cold for once, eh?" I said.
"Yeah, but I still needed my 'teddy bear'." she said, teasing me.
"Hey...stop that...come on, we're going to be late." I said, going through the door.
We met Terry and the others on the way towards the arena.
"So, today's the day, huh?" Rage said.
"Yep, seems like only yesterday we started this adventure....and now it'll soon come
to a close." I said, 'If only they knew....' I thought to myself.
"Well," Terry said, "you better give it all you've got, cause I will."
"Don't worry, I'll give you a challenge worthy of a finale."
Terry and I split off towards the bottom of the arena while the others went to the
balcony.
"Welcome and good morning, players." Konamison said, seated in his chair overlooking
the field, "So it comes to this. Two of DDR's best facing each other...and what makes
it even more interesting is that you two are friends....hmm...will their friendship
stay true or will one give it all to win? Oh, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
You all know the rules for 'DDR Battle' so good luck and I await the winner."
"So," I said, getting onto my machine, "you ready?"
"I was born ready." Terry said, getting on his machine.
We placed our decks on our seperate fields and began the battle.....
Terry and I each drew four cards to begin with.
Terry's hand:Emi(3rd Mix), 4th mix machine, Freeze Arrow, and Disc:A.
'Allright, this should be a good hand for now.'
"I lay down this card face down and choose my song."
Terry choose 'Afronova' and went at it....
....the result screen came up.
"210 Perfects and 20 Greats. Allright." Terry said, flipping over his card.
"I should have seen this one coming." I said, as his character was Emi in her 3rd mix
outfit.
My hand: Charmy(4th Mix), 4th Mix machine, Gallop Step, and Roulette.
'Hmmm, I've got a good counter to this.'
"I lay this one face down, and I lay another face down."
I choose my song, my signature song 'B4U'.....
....the result screen came up.
"200 Pefects and 25 Greats...Time to call on her." I said, flipping over Charmy's card.
"I should have seen you do that, but she's not strong enough to beat Emi." Terry said.
I shook my head,"Tch, tch, you should know better than to get cocky." I said, flipping
over the 4th mix card.
"What does that do?" Terry asked.
"Since this Charmy is from 4th mix, then using her home machine gives her a power bonus."
Charmy's attack raised to 2300 and was therfore stronger than Emi.
"Say goodbye to Emi....now that sounded akward...Charmy use 'Ray Zap'."
Charmy pulled a Ray Gun from out of her pocket and fired at Emi.
"Nooooo." Terry said as Emi was zapped, thus being eliminated.
"That leaves you at 1400 life points, dude." I said.
"Yeah, wait to go Ryan!" Charmy shouted from up on the balcony.
"You can do it Terry, don't give up!" Emi shouted from up on the balcony as well.
Charmy and Emi stared at each other.
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ladies, please, stop this bickering." Rage said, trying to stop them.
They both looked at Rage and Rage backed away quickly, as they were giving him the 'look'...you know, the 'look'.
Meanwhile,
'I need to draw a new card that will help.'
Terry drew a new card...."Ah, this'll help."
Terry placed the card down and picked his next song, 'Bumblebee'....
....result screen came up.
"180 Perfects, 19 Greats." Terry said, flipping over his card.
"No way, how?" I said, seeing Disc:A appearing.
"Ha, now try and win." Terry said.
'Hmm,' I thought, 'something's up. His stats are lower, what could he be up to?'
"Okay then, Charmy attack Disc:A with 'Ray Zap'." I said.
"Ha, you fell for my trap." Terry said, turning over a card he had face down.
Charmy then froze in place.
"What?" I asked.
"Well, this is Freeze Arrow, a trap card, it freezes your character and reduces their
attack power by 600, dropping her's to 1700. Disc:A use 'Spring Squeeze' and beat down
Charmy."
"No, Damn!" I said as Disc:A wrapped around Charmy and squezeed her out of existence.
My life points dropped to 1300.
"Not bad, but you've yet to see my true powers." I said.
'I need to draw one of the two to get into this.'
I drew my next two cards....'Hmm, Charmy(5th Mix), and yes, this is the card I needed.'
"You may have frozen my Charmy, but now I'll annihalate your disc." I said, laying the
card down and selecting the next song, 'Dam Dariram (KCP Mix)'..
...result screen came up.
"180 Perfects, but 75 Greats." I said, turning over the card revealing....
"Who is that?" Terry asked.
"Let me introduce you to 2MB." I said.
"So what, his attack power is the same as Disc:A's." Terry said.
"Go ahead and attack if you wish....." I said.
"Fine, Disc:A use 'Spring Squeeze' and annihilate that shadow."
Disc:A attempted to squeeze him, but in turn was sucked into 2MB's shadowy presence.
"What?" Terry said, noticing his life points dwindle to 500.
"Oh, I forgot to mention....2MB's special ability to absorb other characters."
"But their attack power was equal..."
"You can thank this, " I said, holding up the Gallop Card, "this gives 2MB a whopping 600 attack bonus."
'Hmmm, very impressive, Ryan.' Konamison thought, 'Quite a good draw to get such a rare card.'
"So, what're you going to do now?" I said to Terry.
'Pray.' he thought to himself.
Terry drew another card...."Ah, yes, this one."
Terry choose to Roulette the next song....the roulette slowed and landed on 'Cowgirl'....
....resutls appeared.
"230 Perfects and 20 Greats." Terry said, flipping over the card revealing....
"...Disc:B.." I said, "Disk:A didn't do too well, how do you think she'll help you?"
"Then attack and let's see what 2MB has." Terry said.
"Fine, 2MB use 'Shadow Blast' and unwind that Disc:B."
2MB charged and turned into a formless, dark mass of energy.
2MB hit, but Disc:B disappated 2MB.
"How?!" I asked, my life points dropping to 300.
"Disc:A and Disc:B are linked. Since you destroyed Disc:A, Disc:B gained a power bonus
from his essence, making it 2600."
'Oh no, he's got me on the ropes.....I must get myself together.' I thought.
I drew my next three cards.....'Well, let's see 5th mix machine, Turbo skates, and....
yes, now I will win.'
"Prepare to lose my friends." I said, laying down three cards, one character and two
others.
I choose the one song that could help me.....but it wasn't there.
"Oh, I forgot to mention," Konamison interupted, "no long version can be used. That
would lead to some messy issues in overpowering...sorry."
'Damn!, now what?'
I looked at Charmy, she could tell I was in trouble.
What song was I going to choose?
If I didn't pick right, this was the end.
Then it hit me, the perfect song.....'Look To The Sky'...but on Trick....
....results came up.
"125 Perfects, 20 Greats."
"Ha, that won't help you." Terry said, not noticing something.
"I wouldn't be quite so sure, I choose Trick for a reason." I said.
Charmy seemed to know what's going on.
"Charmy, what's he babbling about?" Sonic asked.
"Well, you saw that he freestyled, right....and he has those two other cards...trust me, this will be good."
I showed my character, Charmy from 5th Mix.
"Ha, so predictable." Terry said.
I started to laugh, "You still don't see it....I also play the 5th mix card, raising
her attack power to 1750, and I also use this card, the Turbo Skates, to increase her
attack power to 2100 and my freestyling gave her an additional 300 attack power."
"So, that's still only 2400, not enough."
"But there is still this one card.....this will change the tide of battle....I lifted
the card, flipped it over and revealed the 'Ultimate Arrow' card.
"This card gives any character the power of all previous characters, making Charmy's
an unstoppable 4000."
"Then I've lost." Terry said, his eyes starting to tear up, "Finish Ryan, do it."
"I'm sorry Terry. Charmy, 'Speed Kick Flash'!"
Charmy dashed in and delivered a fatal kick to Disc:B, turning the over-grown slinky
into dust.
Terry's life points dropped to 0.
Afterwards, we were outside the arena talking.
Terry and I shook hands.
"Congrats, man. Looks like you are the Ultimate DDRist." Terry said.
"Yeah, whatever. You gave me a run for my money." I said.
"Just don't lose to Konamison. We've got some big things riding on it."
"Right, I won't lose to him."
A few minutes later, after recouping from the last battle, I reenterd the arena to face Konamison.
"Ah, so I finally get to face you, the great Ryan."
"I won't go easy on you."
"Oh, I wouldn't expect you to." Konamison said, "Are you ready?"
"First things first, I've been onto you ever since the beginning....."
The others were puzzled.
"What's he talking about?" Charmy asked.
"Don't know, let's listen." Terry answered.
"If I win, I want you to set our friends free, and disban G.U.N."
"So, you've figured me out, eh?"
"It wasn't too hard."
"Fine, but if I win....."
".....oh, let me guess, you want my Millenium Arrow."
"Your quick, Ryan, I'll have to be quicker than."
We started our match, this time doing a Doubles battle.
We drew our first hand.
My hand: Charmy(3rd Mix), Freeze Arrow, U1, and PS2.
'PS2?'
Konamison drew his hand:*blocks them from author's view*
(A:Hey, you can't do that. Konamison: I just did, now get on with the story. A: Stupid
characters...)
Konamison layed one card down and then choose his first song, 'Breakdown'....
....result screen came up.
"235 Perfects and 18 Greats." Konamison said, showing he had drawn.....
"...Terry?" I said, seeing a version of him appear on the field.
"Yes, this is from my special deck." Konamison said.
My turn.
I layed down two cards and selected my song, 'Candy (Vocal)'....
....result screen.
"220 Perfects and 21 Greats." I said turning over the card revealing U1.
Konamison laughed, "Hahaha, you won't beat me with that."
"Then bring it." I said.
Konamison attacked, "Terry, use 'Dancing Slash'."
Terry pulled out his saber and charged U1.
"I don't think so." I said, flipping over the PS2 card.
U1 donned some kind of electronic suit and deflected the saber attack, sending right
back at Terry his own attack.
Terry screamed in pain as he was sliced by his own saber, bringing down Konamison's
life points to 1000.
"Very nice, Ryan. I would've expected nothing less....but it is far from over."
Konamison said, drawing some new cards.
"Ah, I'll place these two face down."
Konamison selected his next song, 'D2R'...
....results came up.
"200 Perfects and 14 Greats." he said, revealing his next card....
"Oh, God, now Sonic?" I said.
"There are many things you've yet to see." Konamison said.
"Now take this, Sonic attack U1 with 'Spin Slash Dash'."
The Sonic copycat curled up and spun like a saw blade, slashing my 'mecha'U1 to pieces.
"Damn, that drops me to 900."
"It's time I did what I came for and the whole reason I created this tournament....To
steal your Millenium arrow..." Konamison said as a black mist surronded the arena.
"What the...?" I said, as we were hidden withing this mist.
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Inside the Mist
"Where are we?" I asked Konamison.
"We are in the darkness between dimensions, a fitting place for your end."
"We'll see about that."
I drew a new card, 'Huh? This is impossible...this...this card is...'
I smiled, "It doesn't matter how powerful you are, Konamison. I have a power greater than anything...."
"And what might that be?" he asked.
"You will see soon enough."
I looked at my four cards, this was the perfect attack. I only had one chance.
I choose the one song I knew I could AA, 'Can't Stop Fallin' In Love (Speed Mix)'....
....when the results came up, I couldn't beleive it...
"300 Perfects and 14 Greats.....time to finish this." I said, flipping over the two
cards.
One was Charmy from 5th mix......
"That was expected." Konamison said.
"But I bet this wasn't..." I said, throwing down....
"Impossible, this cannot be!" Konamison said in surprise.
"Me!" I said, as a duplicate of me appeared on the battle field.
"Ha, that power still won't stop my suped up Sonic. Hahahaha! I'm afraid you've lost."
"Oh, I wouldn't say that." I said picking up another one of my face down cards...."The
Couple Mode....allowing both Me and Charmy to execute a finishing combo blow and with
the 'Passion of Dancing' card maxing our attack power at 4000 each, this gives new
meaning to overkill. Charmy and Ryan, take that hedgehog down with 'Dual Dance Drop Kick'!"
The duplicate Charmy and Ryan held hands and charged the Sonic duplicate, jumping high
into the air and coming down with a super-charged double drop kick that flattened the
hedgehog doppleganger and wiped out all of Konamison's remaining lifepoints.
"Noooooo! I've been beaten!" Konamison said, the black mist retreating.
"Look," Terry said, "the mist is disappearing."
"And it looks as if Ryan won." Emi said.
"I knew he would, I had a feeling about it." Charmy said.
Konamison was collapsed against the wall, he appeared to be fading away.
"You fool, you may have beaten me, but at what price?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You should know, I am G.U.N. G.U.N. is merely creations from me, when I go, they go."
"But isn't that a good thing?" Emi asked me.
"Too bad I won't be around to see this." Konamison said, breathing his last.
I walked over to his empty clothes and picked up his millenium arrow.
"Here." I said, handing it to Terry, "I hope it helps you and Mia."
"Thanks, man, but what was he babbling about?" Terry asked me.
I sighed heavily.
"First things first, let's head back to my house and get away from here."
They agreed and we made our way to the pier and boarded the boat back to the mainland.
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My house
We were all gathered in the living room.
"Okay, now will you tell us what Konamison meant?" Emi asked.
"Well, your not going to like it, but here goes.....you see, awhile back, I discovered
that G.U.N. was merely an illusion created by Konamison. While they were fake, they
still did things that were seen as real and in fact were. With him gone, G.U.N. will
vanish and be gone forever....."
"Okay, then why did you say we're not going to like it?" Charmy asked.
"Because that means the breakdown between dimensions will be restored. That means all
seven of you will be going back."
"Seven?" Rage asked.
"Yes, or rather eight. You see...I found out your little secret Terry, your not from
this Earth...your from an alternate one called Lunar."
"How?" Terry asked.
"Remember when we first met and I scanned your thoughts...that's when I found out."
"But then why didn't you say anything?" he asked.
"Because it didn't seem necessary at the time." I answered.
"Wait, does that mean that...." Charmy started to say but couldn't finish.
"Yes," I said, starting to tear at the eyes, "that means that all of you will be returning as well."
"NO! I can't, I won't leave you!" Charmy said, latching on to me.
"I'm sorry, Charmy. There's nothing I can do. I don't want to lose you, too. I can't
take being away from you, to lose love again...." I started to almost cry, but caught
myself.
"Yo, it's happening." Johnny said, his arm turning see-through.
"Johnny, no."
"See you on the other siidddeeee........"
The others started to go, one by one.
"Ryan, I'll use my magic to give you enough time with Charmy, but be quick, I'm not
sure how long it'll last after I'm gone." Mia said.
"Thanks and farewell. Good luck in getting back to normal."
Mia/Terry disappeared and it was just me and Charmy.
Charmy was crying, she didn't want to go.
I didn't want her to go, too.
"Charmy, before you leave, I want you to have this...to remember me by." I said, placing my Millenium Arrow around her neck.
"But Ryan, won't you need this?"
"No, best you have it where no one can get it, than for it to be here and fall into the wrong hands."
"Then, I want you to have this." she said, taking off her bowtie and putting it on me.
"Never forget me, I'll always love you." Charmy said.
"And I'll always love you, till the day I die and beyond." I said.
We held each other for the longest time, tears running down our cheeks.
Then she started to fade from sight.
"Charmy, don't go!"
"I'm sorry, Ryan. I love you!" she said, vanishing.
"No,No,No....CHARMY!" I shouted, my voice echoing through my empty house.
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EPILOGUE
That was nearly a year ago. I still play DDR, always wondering how the gang is doing.
Mia had tried to create gaps in dimensions to see us, but eventually she became too
discouraged after failing so many times, and the few times she did, it lasted very shortly.
I miss Charmy, and its been hard not having her through this year.
As for G.U.N., the govt. created some B.S. coverup as to the disappearance.
They said some freak storm wiped out the entire base.
Only I know what happend for real, as well as Sonic and Shadow.
Speaking of those two, they've become quite the heroes lately, they've already saved
Earth twice....with my help, of course.
I think back to that day, when it all started.....I can still see her face, that
charming smile, her interesting hair style and her love that completed me.
Perhaps, one day, I will see her again...but until then, I live my life, never forgetting the one who truly loved me and opened my heart......
(A/N: However, Ryan's adventure is not over......this is merely an end to a beginning
and a beginning to a new adventure.....Stay tuned for the next story in this series: DDR HEARTS.........'You never know, what will happen, the next time'.........)
By
Sega1cool
AN/Disclaimer/Blah,Blah,Blah.....: So, it comes to this.....Ryan's POV and the beginning of an ending and the ending of a beginning.
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Morning: Outside Castle
This was it, we had finally made it to the castle.
"So, who all is going to battle?" I asked.
Most looked at me and Terry and said no way.
"So, you mean that just me and Terry are entering?"
They agreed, saying we had the best chance to win and save our friends.
We approached the grand door to the castle.
"Strange, there's no guards or anything. It's almost like they want us to come."
There was a sign with directions.
"So, we put our ten chips in like this.....and then turn." I said, nothing happend.
"Here, I'll put mine in." Terry said, putting his over mine.
He pushed on the knob.....and it went in.
He opened the door.
"Allright, let's go." I said.
All of us walked through and were greeted by Konamison's assistant.
"Welcome and thank you for your patience. If you follow me, we will begin."
We followed this guy to a new room, on a balcony overlooking a floor.
We waited for awhile, almost falling asleep.
Just then, Konamison entered.
"Ah, welcome my two finalists. Your duel will show who will fight me for the chance to
win it all. Now, unlike what you've been doing, these battles will be more interesting."
Konamison snapped his fingers and an electronic field appeared. On each side was a DDR
machine, a small monitor, and a electronic laced board on an table.
"You will use these," he said, holding up a deck of cards, "this is DDR battle. Each
person has a deck of sixty cards. These include character, bonus, extra, and other
miscellaneous cards. The trick is you draw a card, lay down a character card and based
on your performance on the song you choose, Attack and Defense will be based on your Perfects and Greats times 10 and 100, respectively. Your life points are now 2000,
but that
means the game is now increasingly harder. Oh, and depending on preference, it can be
single versus single, or Double versus Double, whatever your preference. Now, rest up
and be prepared, tommorow, you start the duel and one of you will face me....."
We sat in the main room between all of our rooms and chatted.
"Dude, that Konamison dude is a bit creepy." Rage said.
"Yeah, no doubt." Emi replied.
"Well, I think that this is going to be one interesting finale." Mia said, having
swapped with Terry.
"Yeah," I said, "but considering this is based on DDR, the characters are probably
those from DDR."
"So, what you're saying is that are 'personas' for a lack of a better term, will fight
each other?" Johnny asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." I replied.
I looked at the clock.
"Wow, we've been talking for almost 4 hours." I said.
"Well, you better get your sleep." Charmy said, "I'd hate for you to lose because your
tired."
"Hey, I'm the Ultimate DDRist. Sleep is not something I have to worry about." I said,
arrogant as always.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Mia said, "It's best I get to bed as well. I'd hate for Terry
to suffer because I didn't get any sleep."
We each went to our rooms.
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Mine and Charmy's Room
I held my deck in my hand and was laying my cards out on the table.
"Wow, look. Here's my card." Charmy said, holding up a card with her in her 4th mix
outfit.
"Yeah, I've also got your 3rd mix and 5th mix cards as well."
"Seems that Konamison knows what you like..." Charmy said with a smile.
"^_^' Yeah, he did give off a feeling as if he knew what I was doing before I did it."
"What else do you have?"
"Well," I said, "there's a 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th mix cards. I'm guessing they're some
kind of bonus cards. Add power or defense more than likely."
"Oh, hey who are these guys?" Charmy said, holding up two character cards.
"Holy shit, it's U1 and 2MB. Those are like the rarest characters in DDR. They're
probably the strongest characters in the game."
"Man, there's so much to DDR I didn't know." Charmy said.
"Yeah, and there's too much of DDR that I know." I said.
I finished going over my deck, and me and Charmy settled into 'cuddle' mode and soon
were asleep.
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Terry's/Mia's Room
Mia was sitting at the table, a mirror across from her.
"So, let's look over this deck." Mia said.
In the mirror was Terry, or rather his reflection.
"Okay, lay out the cards and let's see what we've got." Terry said.
"Hmm, here's three you'd like." Mia said, holding up three familiar cards.
"Interesting, Emi from 3rd, 4th, and 5th. What a coincidence."
"I've never seen this person before." Mia said.
"Ah, the Disc's." Terry said, "Disc:A and Disc:B."
"Disc creatures?"
"They're pretty much robots, they were only in 3rd mix, but they were pretty
interesting. Once you got the combos rolling, their entire body glowed."
"Ah, cool. They should be helpful in your duel against Ryan."
"Yeah, it's kinda weird, battling a friend, ya know. I always did have a feeling that
it might come to this."
"He'll give his all, Terry. You'll need to give your all as well."
"Right Mia."
Mia finished putting the deck back in order and then went to bed.
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Next Morning: DDR Finals
I awoke to the sunlight shining through my window.
"*yawn* Well, today's the day. Time to take on Terry....this won't be easy." I said, getting out of bed and stretching.
Charmy woke up and stretched as well.
"Morning!" she said, her usual smile across her face.
"Morning, Charmy. Nice to be inside away from the cold for once, eh?" I said.
"Yeah, but I still needed my 'teddy bear'." she said, teasing me.
"Hey...stop that...come on, we're going to be late." I said, going through the door.
We met Terry and the others on the way towards the arena.
"So, today's the day, huh?" Rage said.
"Yep, seems like only yesterday we started this adventure....and now it'll soon come
to a close." I said, 'If only they knew....' I thought to myself.
"Well," Terry said, "you better give it all you've got, cause I will."
"Don't worry, I'll give you a challenge worthy of a finale."
Terry and I split off towards the bottom of the arena while the others went to the
balcony.
"Welcome and good morning, players." Konamison said, seated in his chair overlooking
the field, "So it comes to this. Two of DDR's best facing each other...and what makes
it even more interesting is that you two are friends....hmm...will their friendship
stay true or will one give it all to win? Oh, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
You all know the rules for 'DDR Battle' so good luck and I await the winner."
"So," I said, getting onto my machine, "you ready?"
"I was born ready." Terry said, getting on his machine.
We placed our decks on our seperate fields and began the battle.....
Terry and I each drew four cards to begin with.
Terry's hand:Emi(3rd Mix), 4th mix machine, Freeze Arrow, and Disc:A.
'Allright, this should be a good hand for now.'
"I lay down this card face down and choose my song."
Terry choose 'Afronova' and went at it....
....the result screen came up.
"210 Perfects and 20 Greats. Allright." Terry said, flipping over his card.
"I should have seen this one coming." I said, as his character was Emi in her 3rd mix
outfit.
My hand: Charmy(4th Mix), 4th Mix machine, Gallop Step, and Roulette.
'Hmmm, I've got a good counter to this.'
"I lay this one face down, and I lay another face down."
I choose my song, my signature song 'B4U'.....
....the result screen came up.
"200 Pefects and 25 Greats...Time to call on her." I said, flipping over Charmy's card.
"I should have seen you do that, but she's not strong enough to beat Emi." Terry said.
I shook my head,"Tch, tch, you should know better than to get cocky." I said, flipping
over the 4th mix card.
"What does that do?" Terry asked.
"Since this Charmy is from 4th mix, then using her home machine gives her a power bonus."
Charmy's attack raised to 2300 and was therfore stronger than Emi.
"Say goodbye to Emi....now that sounded akward...Charmy use 'Ray Zap'."
Charmy pulled a Ray Gun from out of her pocket and fired at Emi.
"Nooooo." Terry said as Emi was zapped, thus being eliminated.
"That leaves you at 1400 life points, dude." I said.
"Yeah, wait to go Ryan!" Charmy shouted from up on the balcony.
"You can do it Terry, don't give up!" Emi shouted from up on the balcony as well.
Charmy and Emi stared at each other.
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ryan!"
"Terry!"
"Ladies, please, stop this bickering." Rage said, trying to stop them.
They both looked at Rage and Rage backed away quickly, as they were giving him the 'look'...you know, the 'look'.
Meanwhile,
'I need to draw a new card that will help.'
Terry drew a new card...."Ah, this'll help."
Terry placed the card down and picked his next song, 'Bumblebee'....
....result screen came up.
"180 Perfects, 19 Greats." Terry said, flipping over his card.
"No way, how?" I said, seeing Disc:A appearing.
"Ha, now try and win." Terry said.
'Hmm,' I thought, 'something's up. His stats are lower, what could he be up to?'
"Okay then, Charmy attack Disc:A with 'Ray Zap'." I said.
"Ha, you fell for my trap." Terry said, turning over a card he had face down.
Charmy then froze in place.
"What?" I asked.
"Well, this is Freeze Arrow, a trap card, it freezes your character and reduces their
attack power by 600, dropping her's to 1700. Disc:A use 'Spring Squeeze' and beat down
Charmy."
"No, Damn!" I said as Disc:A wrapped around Charmy and squezeed her out of existence.
My life points dropped to 1300.
"Not bad, but you've yet to see my true powers." I said.
'I need to draw one of the two to get into this.'
I drew my next two cards....'Hmm, Charmy(5th Mix), and yes, this is the card I needed.'
"You may have frozen my Charmy, but now I'll annihalate your disc." I said, laying the
card down and selecting the next song, 'Dam Dariram (KCP Mix)'..
...result screen came up.
"180 Perfects, but 75 Greats." I said, turning over the card revealing....
"Who is that?" Terry asked.
"Let me introduce you to 2MB." I said.
"So what, his attack power is the same as Disc:A's." Terry said.
"Go ahead and attack if you wish....." I said.
"Fine, Disc:A use 'Spring Squeeze' and annihilate that shadow."
Disc:A attempted to squeeze him, but in turn was sucked into 2MB's shadowy presence.
"What?" Terry said, noticing his life points dwindle to 500.
"Oh, I forgot to mention....2MB's special ability to absorb other characters."
"But their attack power was equal..."
"You can thank this, " I said, holding up the Gallop Card, "this gives 2MB a whopping 600 attack bonus."
'Hmmm, very impressive, Ryan.' Konamison thought, 'Quite a good draw to get such a rare card.'
"So, what're you going to do now?" I said to Terry.
'Pray.' he thought to himself.
Terry drew another card...."Ah, yes, this one."
Terry choose to Roulette the next song....the roulette slowed and landed on 'Cowgirl'....
....resutls appeared.
"230 Perfects and 20 Greats." Terry said, flipping over the card revealing....
"...Disc:B.." I said, "Disk:A didn't do too well, how do you think she'll help you?"
"Then attack and let's see what 2MB has." Terry said.
"Fine, 2MB use 'Shadow Blast' and unwind that Disc:B."
2MB charged and turned into a formless, dark mass of energy.
2MB hit, but Disc:B disappated 2MB.
"How?!" I asked, my life points dropping to 300.
"Disc:A and Disc:B are linked. Since you destroyed Disc:A, Disc:B gained a power bonus
from his essence, making it 2600."
'Oh no, he's got me on the ropes.....I must get myself together.' I thought.
I drew my next three cards.....'Well, let's see 5th mix machine, Turbo skates, and....
yes, now I will win.'
"Prepare to lose my friends." I said, laying down three cards, one character and two
others.
I choose the one song that could help me.....but it wasn't there.
"Oh, I forgot to mention," Konamison interupted, "no long version can be used. That
would lead to some messy issues in overpowering...sorry."
'Damn!, now what?'
I looked at Charmy, she could tell I was in trouble.
What song was I going to choose?
If I didn't pick right, this was the end.
Then it hit me, the perfect song.....'Look To The Sky'...but on Trick....
....results came up.
"125 Perfects, 20 Greats."
"Ha, that won't help you." Terry said, not noticing something.
"I wouldn't be quite so sure, I choose Trick for a reason." I said.
Charmy seemed to know what's going on.
"Charmy, what's he babbling about?" Sonic asked.
"Well, you saw that he freestyled, right....and he has those two other cards...trust me, this will be good."
I showed my character, Charmy from 5th Mix.
"Ha, so predictable." Terry said.
I started to laugh, "You still don't see it....I also play the 5th mix card, raising
her attack power to 1750, and I also use this card, the Turbo Skates, to increase her
attack power to 2100 and my freestyling gave her an additional 300 attack power."
"So, that's still only 2400, not enough."
"But there is still this one card.....this will change the tide of battle....I lifted
the card, flipped it over and revealed the 'Ultimate Arrow' card.
"This card gives any character the power of all previous characters, making Charmy's
an unstoppable 4000."
"Then I've lost." Terry said, his eyes starting to tear up, "Finish Ryan, do it."
"I'm sorry Terry. Charmy, 'Speed Kick Flash'!"
Charmy dashed in and delivered a fatal kick to Disc:B, turning the over-grown slinky
into dust.
Terry's life points dropped to 0.
Afterwards, we were outside the arena talking.
Terry and I shook hands.
"Congrats, man. Looks like you are the Ultimate DDRist." Terry said.
"Yeah, whatever. You gave me a run for my money." I said.
"Just don't lose to Konamison. We've got some big things riding on it."
"Right, I won't lose to him."
A few minutes later, after recouping from the last battle, I reenterd the arena to face Konamison.
"Ah, so I finally get to face you, the great Ryan."
"I won't go easy on you."
"Oh, I wouldn't expect you to." Konamison said, "Are you ready?"
"First things first, I've been onto you ever since the beginning....."
The others were puzzled.
"What's he talking about?" Charmy asked.
"Don't know, let's listen." Terry answered.
"If I win, I want you to set our friends free, and disban G.U.N."
"So, you've figured me out, eh?"
"It wasn't too hard."
"Fine, but if I win....."
".....oh, let me guess, you want my Millenium Arrow."
"Your quick, Ryan, I'll have to be quicker than."
We started our match, this time doing a Doubles battle.
We drew our first hand.
My hand: Charmy(3rd Mix), Freeze Arrow, U1, and PS2.
'PS2?'
Konamison drew his hand:*blocks them from author's view*
(A:Hey, you can't do that. Konamison: I just did, now get on with the story. A: Stupid
characters...)
Konamison layed one card down and then choose his first song, 'Breakdown'....
....result screen came up.
"235 Perfects and 18 Greats." Konamison said, showing he had drawn.....
"...Terry?" I said, seeing a version of him appear on the field.
"Yes, this is from my special deck." Konamison said.
My turn.
I layed down two cards and selected my song, 'Candy (Vocal)'....
....result screen.
"220 Perfects and 21 Greats." I said turning over the card revealing U1.
Konamison laughed, "Hahaha, you won't beat me with that."
"Then bring it." I said.
Konamison attacked, "Terry, use 'Dancing Slash'."
Terry pulled out his saber and charged U1.
"I don't think so." I said, flipping over the PS2 card.
U1 donned some kind of electronic suit and deflected the saber attack, sending right
back at Terry his own attack.
Terry screamed in pain as he was sliced by his own saber, bringing down Konamison's
life points to 1000.
"Very nice, Ryan. I would've expected nothing less....but it is far from over."
Konamison said, drawing some new cards.
"Ah, I'll place these two face down."
Konamison selected his next song, 'D2R'...
....results came up.
"200 Perfects and 14 Greats." he said, revealing his next card....
"Oh, God, now Sonic?" I said.
"There are many things you've yet to see." Konamison said.
"Now take this, Sonic attack U1 with 'Spin Slash Dash'."
The Sonic copycat curled up and spun like a saw blade, slashing my 'mecha'U1 to pieces.
"Damn, that drops me to 900."
"It's time I did what I came for and the whole reason I created this tournament....To
steal your Millenium arrow..." Konamison said as a black mist surronded the arena.
"What the...?" I said, as we were hidden withing this mist.
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Inside the Mist
"Where are we?" I asked Konamison.
"We are in the darkness between dimensions, a fitting place for your end."
"We'll see about that."
I drew a new card, 'Huh? This is impossible...this...this card is...'
I smiled, "It doesn't matter how powerful you are, Konamison. I have a power greater than anything...."
"And what might that be?" he asked.
"You will see soon enough."
I looked at my four cards, this was the perfect attack. I only had one chance.
I choose the one song I knew I could AA, 'Can't Stop Fallin' In Love (Speed Mix)'....
....when the results came up, I couldn't beleive it...
"300 Perfects and 14 Greats.....time to finish this." I said, flipping over the two
cards.
One was Charmy from 5th mix......
"That was expected." Konamison said.
"But I bet this wasn't..." I said, throwing down....
"Impossible, this cannot be!" Konamison said in surprise.
"Me!" I said, as a duplicate of me appeared on the battle field.
"Ha, that power still won't stop my suped up Sonic. Hahahaha! I'm afraid you've lost."
"Oh, I wouldn't say that." I said picking up another one of my face down cards...."The
Couple Mode....allowing both Me and Charmy to execute a finishing combo blow and with
the 'Passion of Dancing' card maxing our attack power at 4000 each, this gives new
meaning to overkill. Charmy and Ryan, take that hedgehog down with 'Dual Dance Drop Kick'!"
The duplicate Charmy and Ryan held hands and charged the Sonic duplicate, jumping high
into the air and coming down with a super-charged double drop kick that flattened the
hedgehog doppleganger and wiped out all of Konamison's remaining lifepoints.
"Noooooo! I've been beaten!" Konamison said, the black mist retreating.
"Look," Terry said, "the mist is disappearing."
"And it looks as if Ryan won." Emi said.
"I knew he would, I had a feeling about it." Charmy said.
Konamison was collapsed against the wall, he appeared to be fading away.
"You fool, you may have beaten me, but at what price?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You should know, I am G.U.N. G.U.N. is merely creations from me, when I go, they go."
"But isn't that a good thing?" Emi asked me.
"Too bad I won't be around to see this." Konamison said, breathing his last.
I walked over to his empty clothes and picked up his millenium arrow.
"Here." I said, handing it to Terry, "I hope it helps you and Mia."
"Thanks, man, but what was he babbling about?" Terry asked me.
I sighed heavily.
"First things first, let's head back to my house and get away from here."
They agreed and we made our way to the pier and boarded the boat back to the mainland.
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My house
We were all gathered in the living room.
"Okay, now will you tell us what Konamison meant?" Emi asked.
"Well, your not going to like it, but here goes.....you see, awhile back, I discovered
that G.U.N. was merely an illusion created by Konamison. While they were fake, they
still did things that were seen as real and in fact were. With him gone, G.U.N. will
vanish and be gone forever....."
"Okay, then why did you say we're not going to like it?" Charmy asked.
"Because that means the breakdown between dimensions will be restored. That means all
seven of you will be going back."
"Seven?" Rage asked.
"Yes, or rather eight. You see...I found out your little secret Terry, your not from
this Earth...your from an alternate one called Lunar."
"How?" Terry asked.
"Remember when we first met and I scanned your thoughts...that's when I found out."
"But then why didn't you say anything?" he asked.
"Because it didn't seem necessary at the time." I answered.
"Wait, does that mean that...." Charmy started to say but couldn't finish.
"Yes," I said, starting to tear at the eyes, "that means that all of you will be returning as well."
"NO! I can't, I won't leave you!" Charmy said, latching on to me.
"I'm sorry, Charmy. There's nothing I can do. I don't want to lose you, too. I can't
take being away from you, to lose love again...." I started to almost cry, but caught
myself.
"Yo, it's happening." Johnny said, his arm turning see-through.
"Johnny, no."
"See you on the other siidddeeee........"
The others started to go, one by one.
"Ryan, I'll use my magic to give you enough time with Charmy, but be quick, I'm not
sure how long it'll last after I'm gone." Mia said.
"Thanks and farewell. Good luck in getting back to normal."
Mia/Terry disappeared and it was just me and Charmy.
Charmy was crying, she didn't want to go.
I didn't want her to go, too.
"Charmy, before you leave, I want you to have this...to remember me by." I said, placing my Millenium Arrow around her neck.
"But Ryan, won't you need this?"
"No, best you have it where no one can get it, than for it to be here and fall into the wrong hands."
"Then, I want you to have this." she said, taking off her bowtie and putting it on me.
"Never forget me, I'll always love you." Charmy said.
"And I'll always love you, till the day I die and beyond." I said.
We held each other for the longest time, tears running down our cheeks.
Then she started to fade from sight.
"Charmy, don't go!"
"I'm sorry, Ryan. I love you!" she said, vanishing.
"No,No,No....CHARMY!" I shouted, my voice echoing through my empty house.
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EPILOGUE
That was nearly a year ago. I still play DDR, always wondering how the gang is doing.
Mia had tried to create gaps in dimensions to see us, but eventually she became too
discouraged after failing so many times, and the few times she did, it lasted very shortly.
I miss Charmy, and its been hard not having her through this year.
As for G.U.N., the govt. created some B.S. coverup as to the disappearance.
They said some freak storm wiped out the entire base.
Only I know what happend for real, as well as Sonic and Shadow.
Speaking of those two, they've become quite the heroes lately, they've already saved
Earth twice....with my help, of course.
I think back to that day, when it all started.....I can still see her face, that
charming smile, her interesting hair style and her love that completed me.
Perhaps, one day, I will see her again...but until then, I live my life, never forgetting the one who truly loved me and opened my heart......
(A/N: However, Ryan's adventure is not over......this is merely an end to a beginning
and a beginning to a new adventure.....Stay tuned for the next story in this series: DDR HEARTS.........'You never know, what will happen, the next time'.........)