Ai... After a long period of working for my school choir's concert, I am finally free to start work again!

I own no Golden Sun, or else there would be an anime and a few movies up by now.

Chapter 7: Back to Where they Came From

"What did you do to the Art Museum, huh?" The tallest, fattest and bulkiest policeman asked. "And don't think you can escape from the Great Mr. Goon!" (This is taken from Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers Mysteries)

"Very funny, and what are you going to do with those big black stuff? Fling it at us?" Jenna taunted. Kara and Jeremy looked horrified.

"Guys! Those guns can kill!" Jeremy whispered urgently. Both he and Kara raised their hands.

"Well?" Mr. Goon asked impatiently. "If you don't drop your, ah, dangerous weapons immediately, we will open fire! At the count of three... One... Two..."

"Fire my foot!" Garet growled. "I'll show you fire!" Before anyone could stop him, Garet had cast Liquifyer on Mr. Goon. Screaming with terror, the policeman dropped to the ground, badly burnt.

"Whoa! He's got such low defense!" Ivan yelped. Terrified, the rest of the policemen raised their guns.

"Run!" The adepts, Kraden, Jeremy and Kara raced out of the building. Jeremy gave a yell as something shot through his shoulder. Not daring to stop, they charged back to the hotel on foot.

Panting heavily, they sat down.

"Jeremy! Your shoulder's bleeding!" Kraden cried. Jeremy stared. His left shoulder had a wound still bleeding.

"Can you Ply it, Mia?" Kara asked anxiously.

"The bullet is stuck in it, closing the wound would make it worse," Piers said.

"He's got to go for treatment," Kraden said.

"I'm fine!" Jeremy said. He winced as Kara touched his arm.

"No you're not! You're coming with me to the hospital!" Kara said fiercely. Mia began to bandage up the horrible wound.

"And us?" Felix asked.

"You guys have to go after Alex! I'll be fine, don't worry!" Jeremy said, putting on a cheerful face.

"But... We don't even know what Alex is going to do next..." Jenna said slowly.

"Look at it this way," Feizhi said. "Alex somehow found out that the Apocalypse Blade is here in Singapore, so he came to look for it. So don't you think he'd be searching somewhere else for another Living Weapon?"

"That's right! Apocalypse, do you know where the all other weapons are?" Felix asked.

"We were sent all over the world! And in fact, I'm not even sure how come I'm in this 'nice' place where practically everyone who looks at me isn't an Adept." Apocalypse replied. "But... I think there's some in Japan."

"Japan?" Garet asked cluelessly. "What's that?"

"Well, it makes sense. I mean, Golden Sun the game originated from Japan," Kara explained. "So there must be something of Golden Sun in Japan. Or maybe you guys can find out how to send Alex and yourselves back. I mean, it might be something like Digimon where you guys were sent here by your creator."

"My mom didn't send me here." Garet said.

"Shut up, G. What's Digimon?" Sheba asked.

"... Never mind..."

"So the plan---Kara and Jeremy go off to heal their wounds, the rest of us go to Japan, right?" Isaac asked.

"I'll sponsor you guys for the trip, "Jeremy said, smilling weakly. "It's the only thing I can do now."

"You've already done more than enough," Mia said gently. "You've helped us out so much, both you and Kara."

"R-Right..."

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"Just a few more hours before we land, everyone!" The cheery air stewardess said.

"Yeah, can't wait to see what this 'Japan' looks like. We actually came from this place, I'm going to kill the creator of our game for not making me the main character," grumbled Garet.

"You know, it's not very nice being the main character," Felix commented. "Remember Kara's reaction when we left?"

(Flashback)

"Oh please, please come visit us in America before you return to Weyard!" Kara begged, holding on to poor Isaac by his arm.

"I-I won't promise anything, but..."

"No!! You must come!! It's really a dream come true, seeing characters of my favourite game come out!"

"But..."

"Let go of him! We'll go if we can, okay?" Jenna yelled, pulling the really flustered Isaac away from his adoring fan.

"You're mean! Just because you've been with Isaac longer than I have..."

(End of Flashback)

Garet laughed.

"But yeah, maybe it's not just because Isaac's the main character, but also because girls think he looks cute," Piers said casually.

"Right, as if I don't," Garet grumbled, leaning back on his seat. Piers and Felix exchanged glances, trying not to laugh out loud.

"Felix!" Sheba hissed from the row in front, where she was sitting with Feizhi and Ivan. "Come and see!"

Curious, Piers, Garet and Felix walked up. Sheba, giggling, pointed at the row of seats in front. Jenna, near the window, was leaning on Isaac's shoulder as snoring gently. Isaac himself was asleep too, his head slightly tilted as he sat back. Mia on the other side, was in a very similar position as Jenna.

"Right, Isaac gets all the girls!" Garet grumbled again. "Mr. Main- Character."

Felix coughed. "I'm a main character too, and I don't see girls throwing themselves at me. And I didn't know Mia liked Isaac. Jenna leans on anybody around."

"I think she's just tired," Ivan said, looking. Feizhi bit her lip and turned away. Felix sighed and tried to pull his sister off Isaac. Jenna swatted at his hand.

"Go away, you nasty boar. That brown hair of yours just freaks me out," she said. Felix looked shocked. The others laughed. Isaac stirred and opened his eyes. He immediately saw everyone staring at him.

"What?"

"Isaac, you had better not have done something to my sister," Felix said in a serious voice.

"What?? I..." Isaac turned and saw Jenna leaning on him, mumbling something about pigs. "Jenna!!?"

"And hey, what about the other side?" Ivan teased. Isaac groaned when he saw Mia, also asleep but silent.

"Will someone tell me what happened?"

"Well, I guess you fell asleep. Then Mia and Jenna fell asleep on you," Piers said.

"As if he doesn't know that," Garet said enviously. Isaac sighed. He pushed Jenna to lean on the window sill, then put the big pillow the plane supplied next to Mia. Climbing out of his seat, Isaac scowled at the goofy grins on his friends faces.

"Thanks a lot, guys," he grumbled.

"Tough being cute?" Ivan said, grinning.

"Shut up, Ivan!" His face red, Isaac moved in front to get to the food tray. Just then, a piece of paper flew down and rested at his feet. Surprised, he picked it up. On it was a picture of a famillar blond, surrounded by Venus Djinn.

"Whoa!" Isaac stared. "And that's... the Gaia Blade?"

"No way!" Flint grumbled. "I look cuter in real life!"

A young boy of about 12 ran up. He stared at Isaac.

"Have I met you somewhere?"

"Umm, well..."

"Anyway, can I have my drawing back? It flew off..." the boy said.

"Umm, yeah..." Isaac passed him the piece of paper. The little boy smiled. Taking the piece of paper, he stared at Isaac. Then he looked at the drawing. Then at Isaac again. His eyes strayed to the sword on Isaac's back.

"You sure know how to cosplay..." He said, awed. "You're Isaac, right?"

"Yeah." Isaac sighed. "No, I'm not cosplaying. I'm Isaac, from the game of Golden Sun."

"Right. And I'm Ivan from Golden Sun. Nah, my name is Laika." The boy joked. (See the categories of most of my fics, and you'll know why I chose this name)

"No, because Ivan is over there." Isaac pointed.

"Honestly!" Laika laughed.

"Yeah. Honestly." Isaac turned his palm upwards. Sap bounced out happily. Laika's jaw dropped.

"Holy!"

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Well, finished yet another chapter...

The name Laika is picked off, but the personality is actually taken from my brother. Sort of.