3rd Floor Corridor (Quarters)
Umi "This is your room." Sophia and the others enter the room. "If you want to take a bath, the bath hall is down the hall in B Corridor."
Sophia "Thank you, a bath sounds nice." She looks around the room that reminded her of a hotel room. Umi leaves. She looks around again. "KEEN-JII!!!"
Q "I don't think Yosho will punish us all for the actions of one when he can read minds."
Sophia ".He can. wow. that's why you didn't talk. because he can read minds."
Q "No. I didn't feel like talking." He turns and walks to the first bed on the right.
Sophia "O.K." She follows him.
Q "Besides, I like to hear you talk. Your reaction to things." He glances back at her, "still fascinates me."
Sophia She looks at him a moment.
Q
Sophia "Why is everyone picking on me today?" Q continues to look at her only his focus seems to be on something else. "Really, Q, what's the matter?"
Q "Hum. it's nothing." She yanks on his cape. He looks at her, as the tugs continuously get more aggressively. "Is there something you want, Sophia?"
Sophia "Apologize to me," she says angrily.
Q "And what am I apologizing for?" His reply obviously wasn't what she wanted to hear. She starts punching him in the gut. More surprised then hurt he grabs her wrists. "Please don't be angry, Sophia." She pulls away, but he wraps his arms around her. "My apologizes for upsetting you."
Sophia "I'm not talking to you." She closes her eyes. "Now let go!" When he doesn't she struggles, but his grip kept her tight in place. "I said let go!"
Q "I thought you said you weren't talking to me." His voice comes out small and almost hypnotic. His eyes start to burn into hers as his face moves closer to hers. Suddenly he releases her surprise in his eyes. He backs up a bit.
Sophia "Q, what's the matter?" She sees the uneasiness on his face.
Q "I'm, I'm sorry. Sophia. I didn't mean to hurt you."
Sophia "You didn't hurt me, Q. What's wrong?"
Q "It's, it's nothing." He turns away from her, but she grabs his arm. She carefully takes off his heavy cape. It falls to the floor with a loud thud.
Sophia "You're tired aren't you?" He doesn't answer, so she continues. "You took Kenji's place on guard duty, didn't you? You don't have to protect me, Q especially when it puts your health at risk. You know you can't control your cravings if you get sick. Now I want you to get some rest. We don't need a wild vampire on this ship." Q sits on the bed. "I'll wake you up later for dinner since blood is only necessary when you're ill."
Q "You're not going to make faces when I take off my boots again, are you?"
Yosho's Room
Yosho is seen in his room looking at a picture of two young boys and a young woman next to what looks like Yosho's ship.
Yosho "Has it already been 10 years since that day?" Yosho begins to reminisce about his past and of his first love Volpheed and his brother. Kane Blueriver.
10 years Ago Planet Sapphire
Grand Alicia "Kane, Yosho, I just got some bad news."
Young Kane "What's wrong Grandma?"
Young Yosho "We can take it." Alicia begins to cry as she embraces Yosho and Kane. "Grandma, are you alright?" His question only makes her hold them tighter as she tells them the news.
Grand Alicia She sniffles before blurting it out. "Kane, Yosho, your parents," crying more now, "were killed by NIGHTMARE." Yosho and Kane are surprised by the news.
Young Kane "No, it can't be, can it?!" he cries out.
Young Yosho "No, I won't believe it!!" he screams breaking away and runs out the house.
Grand Alicia "Yosho, come back!"
Young Kane "Mommy!" He sniffles, "Daddy!"
Grand Alicia "Oh, Kane, Yosho, I'm sorry I had to tell you the truth."
Somewhere in a Junkyard
Young Yosho He continues to cry as he runs. "Mommy!" He sniffles, "Daddy!" A door opens next to Yosho and a soothing light leads him in. "Where am I?" He continues to walk until he reaches a door. Yosho opens the door and enters the room. A young woman is sitting alone in a chair. She stands up and speaks.
Young Woman "What's wrong?" She gives Yosho a smile that seems familiar.
Young Yosho "Mommy? Mommy!!!" Yosho runs to the young woman and automatically latches to her. "I knew. Grandma was lying, you're not dead!"
Young Woman "I'm sorry little boy, I'm not your mother." She holds him. "My name is Canal Volpheed."
Young Yosho "Mommy!" He settles himself on Canal's lap.
Canal She holds Yosho even closer to her and begins to sing to him.
"Wishing on a dream the seems far off,
hopping it will come today,
Into the star lit night, foolish dreamers turn agree,
Waiting on a shooting star,
But what is that star is not to come; will their dreams fade to nothing?
When the horizon darkens most,
We all need to believe there is hope!
Isn't nature watching closely over me?
Can there be a guiding light I've got to see.
I know my heart should set me back.
There's a hole within my soul.
What will this emptiness inside of me?
Am I to be satisfied without knowing?
I wish that for a chance now I'll believe.
Is my star to come.?
Yosho smiles at Canal as he falls to sleep in her lap. "Sleep little
boy; you are safe with me." Morning comes and Yosho awakes to see
he's still in the lap of Canal.
Young Yosho "Good morning Miss Canal," he smiles at her.
Canal You don't need to call me miss. what happened to your mother?"
Young Yosho "Grandma said that they were killed by Nightmare."
Canal "Did you say Nightmare?"
Young Yosho "Do you know them?"
Canal "They are an evil organization bent on gaining the ultimate 'Dark Star,' but in order to do so, they need to find the lost ships and the five weapons forged form them.
Young Yosho "I know that name. It's the same name as the weapons my parents gave to my brother and me. I believe they were the 'Dark Star Weapons.'"
Canal "So, that's whey your parents were killed. Poor boy. You know what? I'll tell you a secret if you tell me your name."
Young Yosho My name is Yosho Blueriver."
Canal
Young Yosho "Are the Blueriver's really the chosen descendants?"
Canal "So you're psychic, huh." She stands up and walks to the seat in front of the room. "Come here, Yosho." He walks to her and sits in the chair. "This is the command seat for the Lost Ship Sword Breaker!"
Young Yosho "This is a lost ship?"
Canal "Yes, and if you like, you can become the captain of my ship."
Young Yosho "Wow, this is your ship?"
Canal "Yes, I am the holographic project of this ship's main computer." She explains who she is and also teaches him how to command the ship. "See, isn't it easy. I'll also be here for you."
Young Yosho "So, Canal, you have been alone al this time. Well, I won't leave you. I'm captain, so I won't abandon you." Canal holds Yosho in her arms.
Canal "Thanks."
3 years later, somewhere in space above Sapphire X.
Grand Alicia "Ahh. damage report!"
Canal "The left and right fun ports are damaged, engines are at 68% efficiency. The only weapon functioning is the PSYCHO CANNON."
Grand Alicia "Very well, looks like the time has come. Canal, you have to erase your memory of everything before this except of Kane and activate the Psycho Cannon.
Canal "On it."
Voice "Is the great Alicia frightened to fight?"
Grand Alicia "After the cannon is fired, . ".return to the new guard. Kane will be your new captain, as according to my will."
Canal "Understood. I'll make a copy of myself for Yosho, so he won't forget me. Beginning charge sequence, data has been erased, cannon is ready!"
Grand Alicia "FIREE.!!!!" With her last breath, Alicia fired the Psycho Cannon, ending her life defeating her enemy Nezard. As instructed to, Canal returns to the surface and tells Kane and Yosho of Alicia's death.
Kane "So, she's gone now."
Yosho "She used up all her psychic energy." After a while, Canal tells Kane of Alicia's last command and appoints Kane as the captain. "What do you mean, Canal. I thought I was your captain?"
Canal "I have no record of appointing Yosho as captain." She turns to Kane. "Please insert your ID number to confirm registration." Turning back to Yosho, "I do have this disk for you, it's labeled 'Sorry Yosho' it seems to be in my encryption, but I can't breach the password." She hands him the backup disk. "I probably knew you from before, but since I was ordered to delete all memory up to the battle, I have not recollection of you."
Kane "There, all done, ID input is completed."
Yosho "Kane, how could you?"
Kane "I've always wanted a ship and here I got one." Yosho laughs uncontrollably.
Yosho "So, this is how it ends. Everybody I ever loved goes away for some reason. First our parents are murdered, and now, the only person I ever bared about." He laughs some more. "Has no recollection of me." Laughing harder he runs off to the junkyard where he first met Canal. In the distance he watches as Sword Brecher takes off. He pulls out a holo- inducer and inserts the disk. "I wonder what Canal left me." The holo- inducer activates and Canal's hologram appears before him.
Canal "Yosho, I am sorry, but it looks like we can't be together."
Yosho "Canal. why.?"
Canal "I've left this copy of my memory, so a piece of me will always be with- activating computer me Canal 02, take care."
Yosho "Canal, CANAL!!"
Canal "Yes, Yosho? What's wrong?"
Yosho "Canal, is it you?"
Canal "It's me, but only a copy. I couldn't copy the real thing, but I'm with you."
Yosho "Damn it, Kane, Alicia, I'll get Canal back if it's the last thing I do."
Back in Yosho's Room
Yosho "Hhmmm.ah. I must have dozed off. Humph, Kane, I will get Canal back, no matter what it takes."
Canal "Yosho, what's wrong?"
Yosho "AH, Canal, don't just appear like that behind a person."
Canal "Te, he, why so jumpy?"
Yosho "Hmmmm." Yosho ponders for a moment with a sad look on his face. Canal has an idea. She pulls Yosho onto his bed and rests his head in her lap. "Ca, Canal, what are you doing?"
Canal "Yosho, you look depressed. Want me to sing to you our lullaby?"
Yosho "Sure Canal, why no." She begins to sing for him and a sense of relief passes over him. "Thanks Canal, that really helped."
Canal "I knew it would, it's our song from when . oh I'm sorry; I forgot I'm. only a copy. of the real Canal Volpheed." Yosho embraces her as she begins to weep. "Huh?"
Yosho "Even if you are a copy, you are still Canal to me. I will always stick to my promise."
Canal "Yosho!" Yosho "Let's go walk off this depression, can you run a last minute check on them?"
Canal "Sure." Canal disappears and Yosho leaves.
Umi "This is your room." Sophia and the others enter the room. "If you want to take a bath, the bath hall is down the hall in B Corridor."
Sophia "Thank you, a bath sounds nice." She looks around the room that reminded her of a hotel room. Umi leaves. She looks around again. "KEEN-JII!!!"
Q "I don't think Yosho will punish us all for the actions of one when he can read minds."
Sophia ".He can. wow. that's why you didn't talk. because he can read minds."
Q "No. I didn't feel like talking." He turns and walks to the first bed on the right.
Sophia "O.K." She follows him.
Q "Besides, I like to hear you talk. Your reaction to things." He glances back at her, "still fascinates me."
Sophia She looks at him a moment.
Q
Sophia "Why is everyone picking on me today?" Q continues to look at her only his focus seems to be on something else. "Really, Q, what's the matter?"
Q "Hum. it's nothing." She yanks on his cape. He looks at her, as the tugs continuously get more aggressively. "Is there something you want, Sophia?"
Sophia "Apologize to me," she says angrily.
Q "And what am I apologizing for?" His reply obviously wasn't what she wanted to hear. She starts punching him in the gut. More surprised then hurt he grabs her wrists. "Please don't be angry, Sophia." She pulls away, but he wraps his arms around her. "My apologizes for upsetting you."
Sophia "I'm not talking to you." She closes her eyes. "Now let go!" When he doesn't she struggles, but his grip kept her tight in place. "I said let go!"
Q "I thought you said you weren't talking to me." His voice comes out small and almost hypnotic. His eyes start to burn into hers as his face moves closer to hers. Suddenly he releases her surprise in his eyes. He backs up a bit.
Sophia "Q, what's the matter?" She sees the uneasiness on his face.
Q "I'm, I'm sorry. Sophia. I didn't mean to hurt you."
Sophia "You didn't hurt me, Q. What's wrong?"
Q "It's, it's nothing." He turns away from her, but she grabs his arm. She carefully takes off his heavy cape. It falls to the floor with a loud thud.
Sophia "You're tired aren't you?" He doesn't answer, so she continues. "You took Kenji's place on guard duty, didn't you? You don't have to protect me, Q especially when it puts your health at risk. You know you can't control your cravings if you get sick. Now I want you to get some rest. We don't need a wild vampire on this ship." Q sits on the bed. "I'll wake you up later for dinner since blood is only necessary when you're ill."
Q "You're not going to make faces when I take off my boots again, are you?"
Yosho's Room
Yosho is seen in his room looking at a picture of two young boys and a young woman next to what looks like Yosho's ship.
Yosho "Has it already been 10 years since that day?" Yosho begins to reminisce about his past and of his first love Volpheed and his brother. Kane Blueriver.
10 years Ago Planet Sapphire
Grand Alicia "Kane, Yosho, I just got some bad news."
Young Kane "What's wrong Grandma?"
Young Yosho "We can take it." Alicia begins to cry as she embraces Yosho and Kane. "Grandma, are you alright?" His question only makes her hold them tighter as she tells them the news.
Grand Alicia She sniffles before blurting it out. "Kane, Yosho, your parents," crying more now, "were killed by NIGHTMARE." Yosho and Kane are surprised by the news.
Young Kane "No, it can't be, can it?!" he cries out.
Young Yosho "No, I won't believe it!!" he screams breaking away and runs out the house.
Grand Alicia "Yosho, come back!"
Young Kane "Mommy!" He sniffles, "Daddy!"
Grand Alicia "Oh, Kane, Yosho, I'm sorry I had to tell you the truth."
Somewhere in a Junkyard
Young Yosho He continues to cry as he runs. "Mommy!" He sniffles, "Daddy!" A door opens next to Yosho and a soothing light leads him in. "Where am I?" He continues to walk until he reaches a door. Yosho opens the door and enters the room. A young woman is sitting alone in a chair. She stands up and speaks.
Young Woman "What's wrong?" She gives Yosho a smile that seems familiar.
Young Yosho "Mommy? Mommy!!!" Yosho runs to the young woman and automatically latches to her. "I knew. Grandma was lying, you're not dead!"
Young Woman "I'm sorry little boy, I'm not your mother." She holds him. "My name is Canal Volpheed."
Young Yosho "Mommy!" He settles himself on Canal's lap.
Canal She holds Yosho even closer to her and begins to sing to him.
"Wishing on a dream the seems far off,
hopping it will come today,
Into the star lit night, foolish dreamers turn agree,
Waiting on a shooting star,
But what is that star is not to come; will their dreams fade to nothing?
When the horizon darkens most,
We all need to believe there is hope!
Isn't nature watching closely over me?
Can there be a guiding light I've got to see.
I know my heart should set me back.
There's a hole within my soul.
What will this emptiness inside of me?
Am I to be satisfied without knowing?
I wish that for a chance now I'll believe.
Is my star to come.?
Yosho smiles at Canal as he falls to sleep in her lap. "Sleep little
boy; you are safe with me." Morning comes and Yosho awakes to see
he's still in the lap of Canal.
Young Yosho "Good morning Miss Canal," he smiles at her.
Canal You don't need to call me miss. what happened to your mother?"
Young Yosho "Grandma said that they were killed by Nightmare."
Canal "Did you say Nightmare?"
Young Yosho "Do you know them?"
Canal "They are an evil organization bent on gaining the ultimate 'Dark Star,' but in order to do so, they need to find the lost ships and the five weapons forged form them.
Young Yosho "I know that name. It's the same name as the weapons my parents gave to my brother and me. I believe they were the 'Dark Star Weapons.'"
Canal "So, that's whey your parents were killed. Poor boy. You know what? I'll tell you a secret if you tell me your name."
Young Yosho My name is Yosho Blueriver."
Canal
Young Yosho "Are the Blueriver's really the chosen descendants?"
Canal "So you're psychic, huh." She stands up and walks to the seat in front of the room. "Come here, Yosho." He walks to her and sits in the chair. "This is the command seat for the Lost Ship Sword Breaker!"
Young Yosho "This is a lost ship?"
Canal "Yes, and if you like, you can become the captain of my ship."
Young Yosho "Wow, this is your ship?"
Canal "Yes, I am the holographic project of this ship's main computer." She explains who she is and also teaches him how to command the ship. "See, isn't it easy. I'll also be here for you."
Young Yosho "So, Canal, you have been alone al this time. Well, I won't leave you. I'm captain, so I won't abandon you." Canal holds Yosho in her arms.
Canal "Thanks."
3 years later, somewhere in space above Sapphire X.
Grand Alicia "Ahh. damage report!"
Canal "The left and right fun ports are damaged, engines are at 68% efficiency. The only weapon functioning is the PSYCHO CANNON."
Grand Alicia "Very well, looks like the time has come. Canal, you have to erase your memory of everything before this except of Kane and activate the Psycho Cannon.
Canal "On it."
Voice "Is the great Alicia frightened to fight?"
Grand Alicia "After the cannon is fired, . ".return to the new guard. Kane will be your new captain, as according to my will."
Canal "Understood. I'll make a copy of myself for Yosho, so he won't forget me. Beginning charge sequence, data has been erased, cannon is ready!"
Grand Alicia "FIREE.!!!!" With her last breath, Alicia fired the Psycho Cannon, ending her life defeating her enemy Nezard. As instructed to, Canal returns to the surface and tells Kane and Yosho of Alicia's death.
Kane "So, she's gone now."
Yosho "She used up all her psychic energy." After a while, Canal tells Kane of Alicia's last command and appoints Kane as the captain. "What do you mean, Canal. I thought I was your captain?"
Canal "I have no record of appointing Yosho as captain." She turns to Kane. "Please insert your ID number to confirm registration." Turning back to Yosho, "I do have this disk for you, it's labeled 'Sorry Yosho' it seems to be in my encryption, but I can't breach the password." She hands him the backup disk. "I probably knew you from before, but since I was ordered to delete all memory up to the battle, I have not recollection of you."
Kane "There, all done, ID input is completed."
Yosho "Kane, how could you?"
Kane "I've always wanted a ship and here I got one." Yosho laughs uncontrollably.
Yosho "So, this is how it ends. Everybody I ever loved goes away for some reason. First our parents are murdered, and now, the only person I ever bared about." He laughs some more. "Has no recollection of me." Laughing harder he runs off to the junkyard where he first met Canal. In the distance he watches as Sword Brecher takes off. He pulls out a holo- inducer and inserts the disk. "I wonder what Canal left me." The holo- inducer activates and Canal's hologram appears before him.
Canal "Yosho, I am sorry, but it looks like we can't be together."
Yosho "Canal. why.?"
Canal "I've left this copy of my memory, so a piece of me will always be with- activating computer me Canal 02, take care."
Yosho "Canal, CANAL!!"
Canal "Yes, Yosho? What's wrong?"
Yosho "Canal, is it you?"
Canal "It's me, but only a copy. I couldn't copy the real thing, but I'm with you."
Yosho "Damn it, Kane, Alicia, I'll get Canal back if it's the last thing I do."
Back in Yosho's Room
Yosho "Hhmmm.ah. I must have dozed off. Humph, Kane, I will get Canal back, no matter what it takes."
Canal "Yosho, what's wrong?"
Yosho "AH, Canal, don't just appear like that behind a person."
Canal "Te, he, why so jumpy?"
Yosho "Hmmmm." Yosho ponders for a moment with a sad look on his face. Canal has an idea. She pulls Yosho onto his bed and rests his head in her lap. "Ca, Canal, what are you doing?"
Canal "Yosho, you look depressed. Want me to sing to you our lullaby?"
Yosho "Sure Canal, why no." She begins to sing for him and a sense of relief passes over him. "Thanks Canal, that really helped."
Canal "I knew it would, it's our song from when . oh I'm sorry; I forgot I'm. only a copy. of the real Canal Volpheed." Yosho embraces her as she begins to weep. "Huh?"
Yosho "Even if you are a copy, you are still Canal to me. I will always stick to my promise."
Canal "Yosho!" Yosho "Let's go walk off this depression, can you run a last minute check on them?"
Canal "Sure." Canal disappears and Yosho leaves.