Chapter 1
In the Beginning
Steena awoke slowly opening her eyes. She managed to get onto her elbows and look around. Serge and Kid were by a fire cooking. She didn't see anyone else.
"Where is everyone else?" Steena asked. Serge and Kid shrugged.
"We were the only ones 'ere mate." Kid said looking at the night sky. Serge finished his meal and handed a plate to Steena and began filling it up.
"We're on Opassa Beach." Serge said quietly eating.
"I thought so." Steena said unsure. Kid looked at her oddly.
"You got the funny feeling somethin's wrong with the others also?" Steena nodded. At least she wasn't alone. Serge gulped down his food and spoke softly,
"Why don't we check out Termina when the sun rises tomorrow? Then we can get some sleep and feel refreshed for anything." They all agreed on it and continued eating.
High atop a hill overlooking Opassa Beach was a man wearing a trench coat. Behind stalked Lynx when he joined him.
"Those are the three who can bring back their memories. We should eliminate them." Lynx said icily.
"I agree, but we don't have anything we can send their way." The man replied in a colder harsh tone.
"We have found the second Masamune. It's resting at Death's Door." Lynx said calmly.
"Good. Then we'll need to find both Einlanzers. Once we do we'll seal them up in Chronopolis so that we don't need to worry about the Chrono Shadow." Lynx nodded understanding the plan completely.
"What about the other warriors who achieved the rank of Chrono?"
"The Chrono Legionnaire is placed in one of the three hiding places. He is dormant. All three I believe don't know what they are, which is a good thing. The only threat I see right now is the Chrono Trigger. With the Chrono Cross in his possession he holds the key to our defeat." The man replied to Lynx. They both glared at Kid and Serge on the beach. The man then noticed something that made him growl in anger.
"What is it?" Lynx asked.
"They have Steena with them. She probably already knows something is different than she last remembers." The man said coolly. "No problem, I'll just have to exterminate her." Lynx looked at The man.
"I think it would be wiser to let the Irrational One do the slaying if it comes to anything. I hardly doubt anyone can defeat him one on one. Not even we together could defeat that man."
"Together we could defeat that man. I know more about him then you'll ever know. Besides, he is at a disadvantage." Lynx raised an eyebrow.
"How so?" He asked.
"With his memory wiped he already forgot his true way of thinking." The man started.
"Ahh, I remember something about them." Lynx said stretching his mind trying to think of it.
"Well. I took the liberty of taking a little reminder of him and placing it in a safe place." Lynx looked at him intrigued to find out what it was. The man revealed a small gold locket. Lynx took it and opened the inside contents. It revealed a picture of two young girls. One around 22, the other around 6 or 7, both blonds, the younger had blue eyes; the older had brownish hazel colored eyes.
"Heh heh heh. Where is the second one?" Lynx asked.
"I threw it into the Dead Sea, without any memory of what it is he'll just pass it by and not even think twice." Both men laughed as the mysterious man took the locket back and placed it around his neck. They both took one last look before departing into the darkness followed by a small group of Shadow Cats.
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"Come on Serge! Get up!" Steena said shaking Serge violently. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the sun had barley made it to the peak of the mountains far away. It had to at least be around 5:00 in the morning.
"Ya lazy bum Serge! Get UP!" Kid said dropping a pale of water onto Serge. He squealed loudly as the icy water hit his bareback.
"I'M UP!" He yelled glaring at Kid.
"Tch, Uh huh! Thanks to me!" Serge just dropped the subject as he put his shirt on. They put out the fire and packed whatever they had found and set off for Termina.
"My mom or at least the inhabitants of my home village should give us a tasty breakfast for a small fee." Kid and Steena all thought the idea was a good one. They continued down the road as they all talked merrily.
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With a loud groan a man slowly woke up. As he looked around he saw he was lying on a pile of bones.
"You're lucky those bones were weak, they broke your fall pretty well." Came a voice. Instantly he snapped to attention looking around the area. A small skeleton was standing next to him. He instantly jumped back in shock before he could control himself.
"Did you just talk?" The man asked the skeleton.
"Of course I talked, you expect me to bark or something?" The skeleton said sarcastically. He jumped again not expecting a response. "What's your name buddy?"
"My name?" He asked confused.
"Ya you know, your name, that little thing that tells people how to distinguish you in a crowd?" The skeleton said again in the same tone. The man racked his brain hard trying to remember who he was. Every time he grasped something it slipped like wet soap in a fist. "It shouldn't be a brain teaser; I mean you've been going by it for awhile now haven't you?"
"For the life of me I can't remember anything about me." The man trailed off.
"Let's just call you Bob."
"Only if you want to be missing a couple of bones you will!" The man cut him off quickly.
"Ok.how about.George?"
"No dice, and I'm not going to tell you about the rabbits either."
"Patrick?" The skeleton asked hopefully.
The man stopped a second before nodding, "Sounds good, so I'm Patrick and what do I call you?"
"I'm Skelly."
"Am I the only one that finds that corny?" Patrick asked.
"Apparently, unless you have anything else to say I suggest we sleep now." Skelly said quickly. Patrick looked at the horizon to see that the sun was going down. He followed Skelly to the inside of the island where they eventually rested.
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With a loud thump he hit the ground. He groaned as he felt pain jolt through his body. Looking around he saw green plants. Slowly trying to get up the man slowly got to his knees before falling unable to get up, he rested his cheek on the earth and felt strength slowly build up in him.
"Who-um You-um?" A small girl said. She looked at the man curiously before looking at the sky.
"I don't know, but I sure don't feel too hot." the man mumbled.
"Are you-um my-um Father?" she asked hopefully. He did look a lot like her lost father.
"I don't know kid, but do me a favor ok?" The man mumbled.
"What?" She asked eagerly.
"Don't talk so loud. My head is ringing."
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"Where am I?"
"You are nowhere." Came a soft reply from a man's voice.
"Okay, next question, who am I?" A man looked at him and stepped out of the shadows.
"My name is Miguel, and I was hoping you could tell me who YOU were."
"Well that's the trick. I don't know my name. Where I am, who I am, what I am, anything!" Miguel walked up to the man and helped him up.
"The best I can do is helping tell you where you are, nowhere." Miguel said softly.
"Really, that's very descriptive." Miguel laughed softly.
"However, the official name of the place you are currently at is none other than the Dead Sea." Miguel looked at the man carefully.
"What's wrong?"
"I have this strange image popping in my head and you are in it. You were mounted on top of me ready to punch me into nothing. "
"Better than I was thinking at first." Miguel laughed again.
"Would you care for some food?"
"No Miguel. I would like to know who I am. Now if you would excuse me I must go and look for something."
"What is it?"
"I don't know. But something's telling me to look for it." Miguel pondered what he meant but shrugged it off.
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"That'll be 25 gil." Said the cashier.
"Very well." Serge said handing out 25 Gil to the cashier.
"Thank you very much sir. Enjoy your hecrum soup." Serge smiled as he brought three bowls of soup to a table. Steena looked around and her face was covered with a troubled look.
"What's wrong mate?" Kid said blowing softly on a spoonful of soup.
"Something's wrong. I got this feeling about something that is wrong with this world. If you guys noticed the local book library has no books on Dragons. Not one."
"So? It's a small town." Kid replied taking a sip of her soup.
"Well, she does prove a point. This town is very big about myths and legends. I do remember this one book about the Water God." Serge chipped in taking a bite of his bread.
"So whatta ya sayin mate?" Kid asked confused.
"No dragons exist in this world." Steena said calmly taking her first sip of the soup.
"And that's bad because.?" Kid asked trying to figure it all out.
"Even if we did defeat the Time Devourer the Dragons and their legends would live on don't ya think?" Serge said cluing in Kid. She got the big picture now. Serge took a sip of his soup and then pointed to a girl.
"Let's test a theory." Serge said quietly getting up. The girl was a brunette and had an apron around her waste. Serge walked up to her and asked politely, "Do you know who I am?" The girl looked at him and replied shortly after,
"Someone who is in my way?" Serge tried to hide his feelings as he stepped back.
"Your name is Leena right?" She nodded her head.
"Why does it matter?" she asked.
"Do you know anyone by the name of Serge?" She shook her head. It confirmed Steena's feelings. Even in the other world Serge had died at an early age. Enough time for Leena to know the name.
"Nice talking to you." Leena said in a weird voice. Serge just waved and went back to his soup.
"Freaky." Kid said quietly. Steena ate quietly.
"Ya guys wanna know what's worse than death?" Serge asked quietly. They nodded. "Being forgotten." They remained quiet as Serge continued his food consumption.
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"That's not good." The man said trailing off. "They found out. I gotta make sure they don't find the clones of Diss and the other's." Lynx popped up behind The man.
"Angry as usual, you sure do have a lot to be angry about." The man glared at Lynx for his comment.
"Why don't you stalk the clone at Marbule? Make sure no one knows who he is and create some stupid myth that he's an insane psycho killer. Got it?" Lynx nodded once slowly and left with a small group of Shadow Cats. The man looked at Steena carefully.
"She can't reach Termina. Or else they'll find one of the clones." The man turned on a heel and left the area with his own Shadow Cats following in pursuit.
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"Here we are. Two hours of walking and we make it!" Steena said happily as everyone in the town was busy walking around doing this and that. Kid took in the air and grew very excited. She jumped onto several crates getting higher until she was at the peak.
"Looks like the Viper Parade! Glad to know he's still around!" Kid yelled back to them.
"That's a relief. But what are the chances of him remembering who we are?" Serge asked Steena. Steena shrugged. She took a look around and her eyes fell upon a tall muscular man who was walking away. Something about him seemed familiar.
"Is that my eyes or is that Shaun!" Kid yelled. Steena had something inside her click and she realized it was Shaun. She began to run to him when a man stepped in front of her.
"Sorry." The man said icily. Steena looked at him and tried to look under his hood. The man quickly walked away before when he stopped and deliberately tripped Kid. She fell to the ground hard and Serge stopped his pursuit on Shaun to help Kid up. Steena wondered why The man would do that and decided to follow him. She followed him all over town until she realized she was walking in a pattern. She gave up the chase and went back to Kid and Serge who were at the docks.
"He already was way off into the ocean when we arrived. Where were you?" Serge asked.
"Following the guy that tripped Kid," Steena said annoyed. Kid looked around the crowd and spotted The man looking at them high atop a crate.
"He's up there mate!" Kid said pointing to him. Serge and Steena both advanced on The man when he took out a red sword and jumped down into the crowd causing everyone to back away. Steena realized she was only going into battle weaponless. Serge drew up his Swallow.
"Oh just bring it!" The man said as he charged at them full speed. He swung in a hard left hitting Steena hard and causing her to fall down clutching her wound in pain. Serge did a few blocks before he was able to bash away with his own offense. With two swift motions The man had the upper edge again and eventually was able to trip Serge. Dragoons entered the area quickly when one shouted,
"By order of the Acacia Dragoons I order you stop your fighting!" The man laughed as the Dragoons doubled in numbers. He held his hand open facing the Dragoons and electricity shot out of the fingertips blowing all of the Dragoons down.
"What the?" Steena said puzzled. The man drew up his sword and walked over to Steena. He crouched over her and looked at her through his hood. She tried to see the face but couldn't make it out.
"Good-bye." The man said coldly as he lifted the weapon up. Steena recognized the Masamune now that she was closer to it. The man was about to get off the death strike when Kid jumped out from The man's left and kicked him away.
"Take that!" Kid said about to stab The man with her dagger. The man was already on his feet when Kid landed. "How'd ya move so bloody fast?" The man laughed before he was gone in a blink. Kid searched the nearby area and found he was gone.
"He used electricity like Paul does!" Steena said getting up slowly.
"Ya, but it could have been an element." Serge said quietly.
"No way. It was to well concentrated to be an element. He was able to arc it so that all the Dragoons were fried at once." Serge sighed knowing she was right.
"So either it's tha freak or someone who is like tha freak." Kid chipped in annoyed with the situation. "Either way it isn't good if they attacked us." Steena nodded knowing very well Kid was right. Be it Paul or one man from his world with the same powers or something else, he was a threat. And worst of all he carried the Masamune. The deadly blade that draws out one's hatred. Serge picked Steena up and took her to see a doctor. Kid followed thinking about Shaun.
"It doesn't make sense though. That was Shaun. So why is he here?" Steena and Serge shrugged having no clue. "I hope we were just wrong the whole time." Kid muttered.
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"That was close." The man said to Lynx wiping off some dirt on his coat.
"And you tell me to be careful." Lynx commented under his breath. The man shot a dirty look at Lynx and continued on,
"We need to find a way to eliminate Steena. She poses a great threat to us. They can't be allowed to find the whereabouts of the clones." Lynx nodded understanding.
"I'll send an army of Shadow Cats to slow them down for now. Perhaps we should send in the girl." Lynx offered.
"No, they'll be able to pull her back from the wiping. She's not ready yet. Not until she takes care of Dissinger." The man replied icily. Lynx nodded understanding. He wished he could rid himself of The man, but he was too powerful. To cross him was suicide. For now he had to deal with the pressure of being an infidel to The man. Soon he would try the slow process of mind controlling The man. The man glared at Lynx.
"Send the cats. It looks like they are going after Shaun's clone!" The man ordered pointing to the docks. Lynx nodded once as the sky above them began to grow dark.
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"So you're Miguel."
"Yes, and I really wish you'd stop throwing stuff everywhere. You're bound to break something!" Miguel said softly as he dodged a toaster being tossed at his head. "Like my head!" Miguel said louder catching The man's attention.
"Sorry." And he began to look around again.
"What are you looking for anyway?" Miguel asked annoyed as another piece of debris flew his way.
"No clue. I was told to look for something, so I'm looking." This puzzled Miguel. He looked down and saw a gold chain before it was tossed away attached to a broken piece of a wall.
"Is it small?" Miguel asked ducking another incoming object. The man crawled through an air duct as his reply echoed,
"Like I said, no clue!" The man popped out the other end shortly after. "Nope, not here." He said softly dusting himself off and crawling into another air duct. He entered through the top and came out the bottom. Miguel thought of The man as a rat. "Nope, not here." He said dusting himself off before jumping into a pile of garbage.
"Um, why dust yourself off when your going to get dirty ten seconds later?" Miguel asked.
"One must always look presentable in any circumstance." The man replied.
"Right." Miguel said trailing off trying to understand the odd logic. "Well, I guess I could find something in here somewhere." Miguel said looking around for the gold chain he saw earlier.
"OUU!" The man squealed with delight. He brought out a diary and held it in pride. "A thingy!" The man opened the book and took out a coupon to a bookstore. He tossed the book to the side and Miguel grabbed it carefully. He looked at the diary and his eyes widened.
"T-T-T-THIS IS WAZUKI'S DIARY!" Miguel said in shock. The man looked at Miguel as if he was seeing him for the first time. "Wazuki was my old friend. My best friend to be exact." Miguel said skimming through the diary. "My god." Miguel was trailing off as he slowly sat down. The man began searching again as he encouraged Miguel to read something.
"Go on!" Miguel cleared his throat and began to read carefully.
"Today I met Margi for the first time. I was too embarrassed to talk to her, and Miguel was kind enough to point that out to the whole world. At first I was mad, but I have to admit. If it wasn't for Miguel I wouldn't have met Margi and been able to get her to go out with me." Miguel laughed softly.
"Remember that day?" The man said softly as he tossed a stuffed bear to the side.
"Very clearly." Miguel said softly being reminded of his past. "I miss Wazuki." Miguel said as his eyes began to water up.
"Well Miguel." The man said softly as he picked up a wallet and looked at it. "If it means anything to you, I'll be your friend." Miguel looked at The man as he jumped into another pipe and came out the other end in front of Miguel. "Wadda ya say?" Miguel laughed as he nodded.
"It's nice to have friends." The man crawled back in the whole and shrieked jumping out into Miguel's arms.
"IT'S A BIG MONSTER IN THERE!" Miguel dropped The man and looked in the hole. Miguel looked into the eyes of a squirrel. He began to laugh as he looked at it. The squirrel jumped onto The man and crawled all over him until it rested on his head. Miguel fell down laughing as he tried to breath. The man looked nervous until he laughed. Both couldn't control themselves as they laughed hysterically.
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Serge slashed another Shadow Cat away as he rebounded and slashed again to finish it off.
"Ya got Deja vu yet?" Kid yelled as she kicked a cat away. Steena didn't reply to bother as she looked around. She kicked an incoming cat away and swung her blade fiercely as she cut the throat of another Shadow Cat. Kid and Serge were able to strike together at once effectively.
"There are not as many as there were before." Serge noticed as he pointed the information out to everyone. Steena took advantage of an open window and concentrated all her strength until she was able to cast a bright light. Soon all the cats were gone and the sky was back to normal.
"Now why didn't I think of that?" Serge said rubbing his head. "Shadow's can't survive the Holy Light spell."
"Hurrah, you defeated my kittens. Now I'll have to make sure you don't go anywhere!" Lynx yelled as he casted a large black orb at Serge. Kid tripped Serge so the orb missed.
"Some people don't take a hint when they die." Kid muttered glaring at Lynx.
"I thought Lynx was dead?" Serge asked stupidly. Steena dove in and kicked Lynx in the stomach and did a roundhouse kick that landed on Lynx's jaw. Steena sprawled to the floor clutching her wound before getting back up. Lynx landed on the floor as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Steena was diving in for another attack when The man jumped into the battle and tackled her down. Steena was able to lift both legs onto The man's stomach and hoist him off of her. Lynx was already about to strike when a dagger knocked his Scythe out of his hand. The man kicked Steena away and yelled,
"We gotta get out of here. Viper's men are coming!" Lynx and The man quickly fled form the scene as Kid picked up her blade.
"That's right ya chickens. RUN!" she taunted. Serge helped Steena up as Dragoons arrived to the combat area.
"Like, what's going on here?" Came the all too familiar voice of Marcy.
"Two men attacked us while we were trying to get into our boat." Marcy looked oddly as she motioned for the Dragoons to take a hike.
"I'd believe ya if ya weren't so stupid." Marcy said coldly. Serge looked at Marcy confused. "Don't act dumb! That boat belongs to Acacia Dragoons!" Kid and Steena sighed heavily as they drew their weapons. Another fight was about to begin. As Marcy pulled on her gloves a large dart hit her in the side as she fell down. Steena was the first to see what happened.
"She'll be fine. Just a tranquilizer dart from something." Steena said calmly. Kid jumped into the boat, as did Serge. Steena grabbed Marcy and placed her in the boat applying a soft cloth.
"Why tha bloody hell does she 'ave ta come?" Kid asked.
"She'll be useful." Steena said with a devilish grin on her face. Kid just muttered her complaints while Serge steered the boat to Guldove.
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"Morning sleepy head," Skelly said quickly.
"Morning dead guy who'll die again if he tries to be cheerful around me ever again," Patrick mumbled sadistically. Skelly took a step back not having a full measure of The man.
"Not a morning person?"
"Never was, now excuse me as I slowly become lucid." Patrick said grabbing his head as he got up. He looked around the area before getting up. "Excuse me a second," he slowly walked off.
"Where ya going?"
"Bathroom, you think I can hold it forever?" He said walking off.
"There goes the world's strangest man." Skelly said softly.
"DAMNIT!" The man blared as he began hitting the ground.
"I thought you said you were a dead shot." Lynx taunted. The man turned to Lynx and grabbed him by his collar. "Must we always be violent with each other?" Lynx yawned tiredly.
"DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? THEY'LL FIND SHAUN AND THEN THEY'LL BRING HIM BACK!" Lynx understood perfectly.
"Yes, but what were to happen if we killed Shaun before they got there?" Lynx grinned. The man grunted loudly as he slapped Lynx with his backhand.
"YOU FOOL, WE CAN'T KILL THE CLONES!" He shoved the book, Time Lines For Dummies, In Lynx's face.
"Obviously I know you're a dummy, why are you shoving this book in my face?" Lynx said annoyed rubbing his face with his paw where he was slapped.
"Here, read this!" Lynx read the passage carefully allowed.
"Don't kill any clones." Lynx thought it was pretty simple to understand. He took the book out of The man's hands as he looked at the author. Something about it seemed vaguely odd and familiar. He dismissed it pocketing the book. "We'll need to get there first and slow them down while Shaun is busy doing whatever the hell he is doing." The man screamed in anger again.
"DIDN'T YOU READ THE DAMN DOCUMENTS? SHAUN LIVES IN GULDOVE!" Lynx remained quiet as he spoke softly his next words.
"Oh." The man grabbed Lynx as he dragged him away. "Might want to inform me of where we are going?" The man replied quickly.
"Chronopolis. We're going to see if we can convince Shaun through his programming to take a leave of absence." Lynx nodded as he broke free and walked with The man.
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The man watched as the little girl went around gathering various berries. He didn't know why but just watching her run around was calming. He looked around when the girl ran over to him.
"Here-um, eat!" She said grinning ear to ear. The man nodded eating a few of the berries and smiling, as they tasted great.
"You're good at this.who taught you to collect berries like this?" He asked.
"You did-um daddy!" The girl said solemnly.
"Why do you keep calling me daddy?" He asked quickly.
"Cause you are.aren't you?" She asked tears filling her eyes.
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"Skelly what is there to eat in this infernal place?" Patrick asked bitterly.
Skelly shrugged, "I haven't eaten in years. Look at me! I'm skin and bones!"
"Skelly, enough with the puns already!" Patrick said quickly.
"Or what you'll PUNish me?" Skelly said jokingly. Patrick growled as he went off looking for food. Skelly tagged along behind him. "Pat man, why the sour attitude?" Skelly asked.
"I'm hungry." Patrick said tersely. His stomach growled to underline his statement.
"Well you might be able to fish for something." Skelly said quietly.
Patrick spun around facing his friend, "Fish with what? I don't have a fricking POLE!"
"It was just an idea you weren't meant to shoot it down!" Skelly blared back.
"Whatever Bones." Patrick mumbled smiling.
"What was that?" Skelly asked.
"I said whatever Bones," Patrick said chuckling now. He kept chuckling until he saw a small flaming creature make its way to him. He watched in awe as it approached, Skelly started shaking uncontrollably.
"Pat.that's a will o' the wisp man, you don't want to mess with this thing!" Skelly said starting to back off. Patrick merely dropped into a fighting stance.
"I don't think we get a choice in the matter." He said before ducking as a fireball flew over his head. Skelly joined him at his side tightening the gloves on his hands. Patrick had to back off from the high heat, but amazingly it was as if the heat was feeding him as new energy immediately coursed through his veins. Skelly smacked the Will o' the Wisp hard with his gloves a few times before backing off. Patrick got an idea and started throwing dirt at the creature slowly putting out its flames. "Toodles." Patrick said as he did a roundhouse kick sending the Will o' the Wisp flying into a pile of bones before it exploded into a huge fireball.
"Toodles?" Skelly asked incredulously.
"Don't ask me.it just popped out."
Steena awoke slowly opening her eyes. She managed to get onto her elbows and look around. Serge and Kid were by a fire cooking. She didn't see anyone else.
"Where is everyone else?" Steena asked. Serge and Kid shrugged.
"We were the only ones 'ere mate." Kid said looking at the night sky. Serge finished his meal and handed a plate to Steena and began filling it up.
"We're on Opassa Beach." Serge said quietly eating.
"I thought so." Steena said unsure. Kid looked at her oddly.
"You got the funny feeling somethin's wrong with the others also?" Steena nodded. At least she wasn't alone. Serge gulped down his food and spoke softly,
"Why don't we check out Termina when the sun rises tomorrow? Then we can get some sleep and feel refreshed for anything." They all agreed on it and continued eating.
High atop a hill overlooking Opassa Beach was a man wearing a trench coat. Behind stalked Lynx when he joined him.
"Those are the three who can bring back their memories. We should eliminate them." Lynx said icily.
"I agree, but we don't have anything we can send their way." The man replied in a colder harsh tone.
"We have found the second Masamune. It's resting at Death's Door." Lynx said calmly.
"Good. Then we'll need to find both Einlanzers. Once we do we'll seal them up in Chronopolis so that we don't need to worry about the Chrono Shadow." Lynx nodded understanding the plan completely.
"What about the other warriors who achieved the rank of Chrono?"
"The Chrono Legionnaire is placed in one of the three hiding places. He is dormant. All three I believe don't know what they are, which is a good thing. The only threat I see right now is the Chrono Trigger. With the Chrono Cross in his possession he holds the key to our defeat." The man replied to Lynx. They both glared at Kid and Serge on the beach. The man then noticed something that made him growl in anger.
"What is it?" Lynx asked.
"They have Steena with them. She probably already knows something is different than she last remembers." The man said coolly. "No problem, I'll just have to exterminate her." Lynx looked at The man.
"I think it would be wiser to let the Irrational One do the slaying if it comes to anything. I hardly doubt anyone can defeat him one on one. Not even we together could defeat that man."
"Together we could defeat that man. I know more about him then you'll ever know. Besides, he is at a disadvantage." Lynx raised an eyebrow.
"How so?" He asked.
"With his memory wiped he already forgot his true way of thinking." The man started.
"Ahh, I remember something about them." Lynx said stretching his mind trying to think of it.
"Well. I took the liberty of taking a little reminder of him and placing it in a safe place." Lynx looked at him intrigued to find out what it was. The man revealed a small gold locket. Lynx took it and opened the inside contents. It revealed a picture of two young girls. One around 22, the other around 6 or 7, both blonds, the younger had blue eyes; the older had brownish hazel colored eyes.
"Heh heh heh. Where is the second one?" Lynx asked.
"I threw it into the Dead Sea, without any memory of what it is he'll just pass it by and not even think twice." Both men laughed as the mysterious man took the locket back and placed it around his neck. They both took one last look before departing into the darkness followed by a small group of Shadow Cats.
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"Come on Serge! Get up!" Steena said shaking Serge violently. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the sun had barley made it to the peak of the mountains far away. It had to at least be around 5:00 in the morning.
"Ya lazy bum Serge! Get UP!" Kid said dropping a pale of water onto Serge. He squealed loudly as the icy water hit his bareback.
"I'M UP!" He yelled glaring at Kid.
"Tch, Uh huh! Thanks to me!" Serge just dropped the subject as he put his shirt on. They put out the fire and packed whatever they had found and set off for Termina.
"My mom or at least the inhabitants of my home village should give us a tasty breakfast for a small fee." Kid and Steena all thought the idea was a good one. They continued down the road as they all talked merrily.
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With a loud groan a man slowly woke up. As he looked around he saw he was lying on a pile of bones.
"You're lucky those bones were weak, they broke your fall pretty well." Came a voice. Instantly he snapped to attention looking around the area. A small skeleton was standing next to him. He instantly jumped back in shock before he could control himself.
"Did you just talk?" The man asked the skeleton.
"Of course I talked, you expect me to bark or something?" The skeleton said sarcastically. He jumped again not expecting a response. "What's your name buddy?"
"My name?" He asked confused.
"Ya you know, your name, that little thing that tells people how to distinguish you in a crowd?" The skeleton said again in the same tone. The man racked his brain hard trying to remember who he was. Every time he grasped something it slipped like wet soap in a fist. "It shouldn't be a brain teaser; I mean you've been going by it for awhile now haven't you?"
"For the life of me I can't remember anything about me." The man trailed off.
"Let's just call you Bob."
"Only if you want to be missing a couple of bones you will!" The man cut him off quickly.
"Ok.how about.George?"
"No dice, and I'm not going to tell you about the rabbits either."
"Patrick?" The skeleton asked hopefully.
The man stopped a second before nodding, "Sounds good, so I'm Patrick and what do I call you?"
"I'm Skelly."
"Am I the only one that finds that corny?" Patrick asked.
"Apparently, unless you have anything else to say I suggest we sleep now." Skelly said quickly. Patrick looked at the horizon to see that the sun was going down. He followed Skelly to the inside of the island where they eventually rested.
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With a loud thump he hit the ground. He groaned as he felt pain jolt through his body. Looking around he saw green plants. Slowly trying to get up the man slowly got to his knees before falling unable to get up, he rested his cheek on the earth and felt strength slowly build up in him.
"Who-um You-um?" A small girl said. She looked at the man curiously before looking at the sky.
"I don't know, but I sure don't feel too hot." the man mumbled.
"Are you-um my-um Father?" she asked hopefully. He did look a lot like her lost father.
"I don't know kid, but do me a favor ok?" The man mumbled.
"What?" She asked eagerly.
"Don't talk so loud. My head is ringing."
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"Where am I?"
"You are nowhere." Came a soft reply from a man's voice.
"Okay, next question, who am I?" A man looked at him and stepped out of the shadows.
"My name is Miguel, and I was hoping you could tell me who YOU were."
"Well that's the trick. I don't know my name. Where I am, who I am, what I am, anything!" Miguel walked up to the man and helped him up.
"The best I can do is helping tell you where you are, nowhere." Miguel said softly.
"Really, that's very descriptive." Miguel laughed softly.
"However, the official name of the place you are currently at is none other than the Dead Sea." Miguel looked at the man carefully.
"What's wrong?"
"I have this strange image popping in my head and you are in it. You were mounted on top of me ready to punch me into nothing. "
"Better than I was thinking at first." Miguel laughed again.
"Would you care for some food?"
"No Miguel. I would like to know who I am. Now if you would excuse me I must go and look for something."
"What is it?"
"I don't know. But something's telling me to look for it." Miguel pondered what he meant but shrugged it off.
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"That'll be 25 gil." Said the cashier.
"Very well." Serge said handing out 25 Gil to the cashier.
"Thank you very much sir. Enjoy your hecrum soup." Serge smiled as he brought three bowls of soup to a table. Steena looked around and her face was covered with a troubled look.
"What's wrong mate?" Kid said blowing softly on a spoonful of soup.
"Something's wrong. I got this feeling about something that is wrong with this world. If you guys noticed the local book library has no books on Dragons. Not one."
"So? It's a small town." Kid replied taking a sip of her soup.
"Well, she does prove a point. This town is very big about myths and legends. I do remember this one book about the Water God." Serge chipped in taking a bite of his bread.
"So whatta ya sayin mate?" Kid asked confused.
"No dragons exist in this world." Steena said calmly taking her first sip of the soup.
"And that's bad because.?" Kid asked trying to figure it all out.
"Even if we did defeat the Time Devourer the Dragons and their legends would live on don't ya think?" Serge said cluing in Kid. She got the big picture now. Serge took a sip of his soup and then pointed to a girl.
"Let's test a theory." Serge said quietly getting up. The girl was a brunette and had an apron around her waste. Serge walked up to her and asked politely, "Do you know who I am?" The girl looked at him and replied shortly after,
"Someone who is in my way?" Serge tried to hide his feelings as he stepped back.
"Your name is Leena right?" She nodded her head.
"Why does it matter?" she asked.
"Do you know anyone by the name of Serge?" She shook her head. It confirmed Steena's feelings. Even in the other world Serge had died at an early age. Enough time for Leena to know the name.
"Nice talking to you." Leena said in a weird voice. Serge just waved and went back to his soup.
"Freaky." Kid said quietly. Steena ate quietly.
"Ya guys wanna know what's worse than death?" Serge asked quietly. They nodded. "Being forgotten." They remained quiet as Serge continued his food consumption.
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"That's not good." The man said trailing off. "They found out. I gotta make sure they don't find the clones of Diss and the other's." Lynx popped up behind The man.
"Angry as usual, you sure do have a lot to be angry about." The man glared at Lynx for his comment.
"Why don't you stalk the clone at Marbule? Make sure no one knows who he is and create some stupid myth that he's an insane psycho killer. Got it?" Lynx nodded once slowly and left with a small group of Shadow Cats. The man looked at Steena carefully.
"She can't reach Termina. Or else they'll find one of the clones." The man turned on a heel and left the area with his own Shadow Cats following in pursuit.
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"Here we are. Two hours of walking and we make it!" Steena said happily as everyone in the town was busy walking around doing this and that. Kid took in the air and grew very excited. She jumped onto several crates getting higher until she was at the peak.
"Looks like the Viper Parade! Glad to know he's still around!" Kid yelled back to them.
"That's a relief. But what are the chances of him remembering who we are?" Serge asked Steena. Steena shrugged. She took a look around and her eyes fell upon a tall muscular man who was walking away. Something about him seemed familiar.
"Is that my eyes or is that Shaun!" Kid yelled. Steena had something inside her click and she realized it was Shaun. She began to run to him when a man stepped in front of her.
"Sorry." The man said icily. Steena looked at him and tried to look under his hood. The man quickly walked away before when he stopped and deliberately tripped Kid. She fell to the ground hard and Serge stopped his pursuit on Shaun to help Kid up. Steena wondered why The man would do that and decided to follow him. She followed him all over town until she realized she was walking in a pattern. She gave up the chase and went back to Kid and Serge who were at the docks.
"He already was way off into the ocean when we arrived. Where were you?" Serge asked.
"Following the guy that tripped Kid," Steena said annoyed. Kid looked around the crowd and spotted The man looking at them high atop a crate.
"He's up there mate!" Kid said pointing to him. Serge and Steena both advanced on The man when he took out a red sword and jumped down into the crowd causing everyone to back away. Steena realized she was only going into battle weaponless. Serge drew up his Swallow.
"Oh just bring it!" The man said as he charged at them full speed. He swung in a hard left hitting Steena hard and causing her to fall down clutching her wound in pain. Serge did a few blocks before he was able to bash away with his own offense. With two swift motions The man had the upper edge again and eventually was able to trip Serge. Dragoons entered the area quickly when one shouted,
"By order of the Acacia Dragoons I order you stop your fighting!" The man laughed as the Dragoons doubled in numbers. He held his hand open facing the Dragoons and electricity shot out of the fingertips blowing all of the Dragoons down.
"What the?" Steena said puzzled. The man drew up his sword and walked over to Steena. He crouched over her and looked at her through his hood. She tried to see the face but couldn't make it out.
"Good-bye." The man said coldly as he lifted the weapon up. Steena recognized the Masamune now that she was closer to it. The man was about to get off the death strike when Kid jumped out from The man's left and kicked him away.
"Take that!" Kid said about to stab The man with her dagger. The man was already on his feet when Kid landed. "How'd ya move so bloody fast?" The man laughed before he was gone in a blink. Kid searched the nearby area and found he was gone.
"He used electricity like Paul does!" Steena said getting up slowly.
"Ya, but it could have been an element." Serge said quietly.
"No way. It was to well concentrated to be an element. He was able to arc it so that all the Dragoons were fried at once." Serge sighed knowing she was right.
"So either it's tha freak or someone who is like tha freak." Kid chipped in annoyed with the situation. "Either way it isn't good if they attacked us." Steena nodded knowing very well Kid was right. Be it Paul or one man from his world with the same powers or something else, he was a threat. And worst of all he carried the Masamune. The deadly blade that draws out one's hatred. Serge picked Steena up and took her to see a doctor. Kid followed thinking about Shaun.
"It doesn't make sense though. That was Shaun. So why is he here?" Steena and Serge shrugged having no clue. "I hope we were just wrong the whole time." Kid muttered.
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"That was close." The man said to Lynx wiping off some dirt on his coat.
"And you tell me to be careful." Lynx commented under his breath. The man shot a dirty look at Lynx and continued on,
"We need to find a way to eliminate Steena. She poses a great threat to us. They can't be allowed to find the whereabouts of the clones." Lynx nodded understanding.
"I'll send an army of Shadow Cats to slow them down for now. Perhaps we should send in the girl." Lynx offered.
"No, they'll be able to pull her back from the wiping. She's not ready yet. Not until she takes care of Dissinger." The man replied icily. Lynx nodded understanding. He wished he could rid himself of The man, but he was too powerful. To cross him was suicide. For now he had to deal with the pressure of being an infidel to The man. Soon he would try the slow process of mind controlling The man. The man glared at Lynx.
"Send the cats. It looks like they are going after Shaun's clone!" The man ordered pointing to the docks. Lynx nodded once as the sky above them began to grow dark.
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"So you're Miguel."
"Yes, and I really wish you'd stop throwing stuff everywhere. You're bound to break something!" Miguel said softly as he dodged a toaster being tossed at his head. "Like my head!" Miguel said louder catching The man's attention.
"Sorry." And he began to look around again.
"What are you looking for anyway?" Miguel asked annoyed as another piece of debris flew his way.
"No clue. I was told to look for something, so I'm looking." This puzzled Miguel. He looked down and saw a gold chain before it was tossed away attached to a broken piece of a wall.
"Is it small?" Miguel asked ducking another incoming object. The man crawled through an air duct as his reply echoed,
"Like I said, no clue!" The man popped out the other end shortly after. "Nope, not here." He said softly dusting himself off and crawling into another air duct. He entered through the top and came out the bottom. Miguel thought of The man as a rat. "Nope, not here." He said dusting himself off before jumping into a pile of garbage.
"Um, why dust yourself off when your going to get dirty ten seconds later?" Miguel asked.
"One must always look presentable in any circumstance." The man replied.
"Right." Miguel said trailing off trying to understand the odd logic. "Well, I guess I could find something in here somewhere." Miguel said looking around for the gold chain he saw earlier.
"OUU!" The man squealed with delight. He brought out a diary and held it in pride. "A thingy!" The man opened the book and took out a coupon to a bookstore. He tossed the book to the side and Miguel grabbed it carefully. He looked at the diary and his eyes widened.
"T-T-T-THIS IS WAZUKI'S DIARY!" Miguel said in shock. The man looked at Miguel as if he was seeing him for the first time. "Wazuki was my old friend. My best friend to be exact." Miguel said skimming through the diary. "My god." Miguel was trailing off as he slowly sat down. The man began searching again as he encouraged Miguel to read something.
"Go on!" Miguel cleared his throat and began to read carefully.
"Today I met Margi for the first time. I was too embarrassed to talk to her, and Miguel was kind enough to point that out to the whole world. At first I was mad, but I have to admit. If it wasn't for Miguel I wouldn't have met Margi and been able to get her to go out with me." Miguel laughed softly.
"Remember that day?" The man said softly as he tossed a stuffed bear to the side.
"Very clearly." Miguel said softly being reminded of his past. "I miss Wazuki." Miguel said as his eyes began to water up.
"Well Miguel." The man said softly as he picked up a wallet and looked at it. "If it means anything to you, I'll be your friend." Miguel looked at The man as he jumped into another pipe and came out the other end in front of Miguel. "Wadda ya say?" Miguel laughed as he nodded.
"It's nice to have friends." The man crawled back in the whole and shrieked jumping out into Miguel's arms.
"IT'S A BIG MONSTER IN THERE!" Miguel dropped The man and looked in the hole. Miguel looked into the eyes of a squirrel. He began to laugh as he looked at it. The squirrel jumped onto The man and crawled all over him until it rested on his head. Miguel fell down laughing as he tried to breath. The man looked nervous until he laughed. Both couldn't control themselves as they laughed hysterically.
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Serge slashed another Shadow Cat away as he rebounded and slashed again to finish it off.
"Ya got Deja vu yet?" Kid yelled as she kicked a cat away. Steena didn't reply to bother as she looked around. She kicked an incoming cat away and swung her blade fiercely as she cut the throat of another Shadow Cat. Kid and Serge were able to strike together at once effectively.
"There are not as many as there were before." Serge noticed as he pointed the information out to everyone. Steena took advantage of an open window and concentrated all her strength until she was able to cast a bright light. Soon all the cats were gone and the sky was back to normal.
"Now why didn't I think of that?" Serge said rubbing his head. "Shadow's can't survive the Holy Light spell."
"Hurrah, you defeated my kittens. Now I'll have to make sure you don't go anywhere!" Lynx yelled as he casted a large black orb at Serge. Kid tripped Serge so the orb missed.
"Some people don't take a hint when they die." Kid muttered glaring at Lynx.
"I thought Lynx was dead?" Serge asked stupidly. Steena dove in and kicked Lynx in the stomach and did a roundhouse kick that landed on Lynx's jaw. Steena sprawled to the floor clutching her wound before getting back up. Lynx landed on the floor as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Steena was diving in for another attack when The man jumped into the battle and tackled her down. Steena was able to lift both legs onto The man's stomach and hoist him off of her. Lynx was already about to strike when a dagger knocked his Scythe out of his hand. The man kicked Steena away and yelled,
"We gotta get out of here. Viper's men are coming!" Lynx and The man quickly fled form the scene as Kid picked up her blade.
"That's right ya chickens. RUN!" she taunted. Serge helped Steena up as Dragoons arrived to the combat area.
"Like, what's going on here?" Came the all too familiar voice of Marcy.
"Two men attacked us while we were trying to get into our boat." Marcy looked oddly as she motioned for the Dragoons to take a hike.
"I'd believe ya if ya weren't so stupid." Marcy said coldly. Serge looked at Marcy confused. "Don't act dumb! That boat belongs to Acacia Dragoons!" Kid and Steena sighed heavily as they drew their weapons. Another fight was about to begin. As Marcy pulled on her gloves a large dart hit her in the side as she fell down. Steena was the first to see what happened.
"She'll be fine. Just a tranquilizer dart from something." Steena said calmly. Kid jumped into the boat, as did Serge. Steena grabbed Marcy and placed her in the boat applying a soft cloth.
"Why tha bloody hell does she 'ave ta come?" Kid asked.
"She'll be useful." Steena said with a devilish grin on her face. Kid just muttered her complaints while Serge steered the boat to Guldove.
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"Morning sleepy head," Skelly said quickly.
"Morning dead guy who'll die again if he tries to be cheerful around me ever again," Patrick mumbled sadistically. Skelly took a step back not having a full measure of The man.
"Not a morning person?"
"Never was, now excuse me as I slowly become lucid." Patrick said grabbing his head as he got up. He looked around the area before getting up. "Excuse me a second," he slowly walked off.
"Where ya going?"
"Bathroom, you think I can hold it forever?" He said walking off.
"There goes the world's strangest man." Skelly said softly.
"DAMNIT!" The man blared as he began hitting the ground.
"I thought you said you were a dead shot." Lynx taunted. The man turned to Lynx and grabbed him by his collar. "Must we always be violent with each other?" Lynx yawned tiredly.
"DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? THEY'LL FIND SHAUN AND THEN THEY'LL BRING HIM BACK!" Lynx understood perfectly.
"Yes, but what were to happen if we killed Shaun before they got there?" Lynx grinned. The man grunted loudly as he slapped Lynx with his backhand.
"YOU FOOL, WE CAN'T KILL THE CLONES!" He shoved the book, Time Lines For Dummies, In Lynx's face.
"Obviously I know you're a dummy, why are you shoving this book in my face?" Lynx said annoyed rubbing his face with his paw where he was slapped.
"Here, read this!" Lynx read the passage carefully allowed.
"Don't kill any clones." Lynx thought it was pretty simple to understand. He took the book out of The man's hands as he looked at the author. Something about it seemed vaguely odd and familiar. He dismissed it pocketing the book. "We'll need to get there first and slow them down while Shaun is busy doing whatever the hell he is doing." The man screamed in anger again.
"DIDN'T YOU READ THE DAMN DOCUMENTS? SHAUN LIVES IN GULDOVE!" Lynx remained quiet as he spoke softly his next words.
"Oh." The man grabbed Lynx as he dragged him away. "Might want to inform me of where we are going?" The man replied quickly.
"Chronopolis. We're going to see if we can convince Shaun through his programming to take a leave of absence." Lynx nodded as he broke free and walked with The man.
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The man watched as the little girl went around gathering various berries. He didn't know why but just watching her run around was calming. He looked around when the girl ran over to him.
"Here-um, eat!" She said grinning ear to ear. The man nodded eating a few of the berries and smiling, as they tasted great.
"You're good at this.who taught you to collect berries like this?" He asked.
"You did-um daddy!" The girl said solemnly.
"Why do you keep calling me daddy?" He asked quickly.
"Cause you are.aren't you?" She asked tears filling her eyes.
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"Skelly what is there to eat in this infernal place?" Patrick asked bitterly.
Skelly shrugged, "I haven't eaten in years. Look at me! I'm skin and bones!"
"Skelly, enough with the puns already!" Patrick said quickly.
"Or what you'll PUNish me?" Skelly said jokingly. Patrick growled as he went off looking for food. Skelly tagged along behind him. "Pat man, why the sour attitude?" Skelly asked.
"I'm hungry." Patrick said tersely. His stomach growled to underline his statement.
"Well you might be able to fish for something." Skelly said quietly.
Patrick spun around facing his friend, "Fish with what? I don't have a fricking POLE!"
"It was just an idea you weren't meant to shoot it down!" Skelly blared back.
"Whatever Bones." Patrick mumbled smiling.
"What was that?" Skelly asked.
"I said whatever Bones," Patrick said chuckling now. He kept chuckling until he saw a small flaming creature make its way to him. He watched in awe as it approached, Skelly started shaking uncontrollably.
"Pat.that's a will o' the wisp man, you don't want to mess with this thing!" Skelly said starting to back off. Patrick merely dropped into a fighting stance.
"I don't think we get a choice in the matter." He said before ducking as a fireball flew over his head. Skelly joined him at his side tightening the gloves on his hands. Patrick had to back off from the high heat, but amazingly it was as if the heat was feeding him as new energy immediately coursed through his veins. Skelly smacked the Will o' the Wisp hard with his gloves a few times before backing off. Patrick got an idea and started throwing dirt at the creature slowly putting out its flames. "Toodles." Patrick said as he did a roundhouse kick sending the Will o' the Wisp flying into a pile of bones before it exploded into a huge fireball.
"Toodles?" Skelly asked incredulously.
"Don't ask me.it just popped out."