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~*~Ando~*~
The moon was highlighting the land, making it look beautiful. I stood outside, admiring the scene. The stars were shining upon the field, illuminating it. It had been three days since we all split up, unknowing what would become of us. I only hope things are fine at the castle. If anything does come up, I'm sure Sugano and the others can handle it. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen Ryo since Claude woke up. I wonder where he went. I looked up as I heard a sound. A bird flew by overhead. It looked vaguely familiar to me...
"Poor thing." A soft voice said from behinde me. I looked back to see a woman. She was looking at the bird. I looked back to see it flying towards the ground, unusually fast. It hit the ground and lay still.
"Yes." I said.
"Life ends for everyone." The woman said.
"May I ask who you are?" I asked, facing her. Her brown hair and green eyes caught my attention, as well as the expression on her face. I seemed to know her...from...
"My name is Sage." She said. "I see you are well, Ando." That got my attention faster than a flying doll.
"Then you're." I began.
"Yes I am." She answered. My eyes wondered to her ears, and indeed. She was Nedian.
"But, how'd you get here?"
"I don't really know. The only thing I remember is seeing a tall figure with a sharp blade." Sage looked off to her side. I walked up to her.
"I'm glad we meet again." I said. She looked up at me.
"I understand horrible things are happening."
"Indeed." I sighed. "Senseless killing everywhere."
"Once he is resurrected, there will be unimaginable violence." Sage said.
"What?"
"Monsters will tear people apart, both physically and emotionally." Sage muttered the last three words.
"What does all this mean?"
"I don't know who it refers to, or what it means, I just know I should tell you." Sage looked at me with eyes of sorrow. She gave me that look when she had this kind of feeling.
"I think I might." I muttered.
"What?"
"Remember that tall guy you mentioned earlier?"
"Him?"
"Yes, his name is Falceon, and he is terrorizing the land here." I said. Her expression didn't change. She just looked past me and out at the land. She seemed absent minded in a way. She was so calm, so blank. It wasn't right. She walked past me and to the railing.
"So the one who brought me here is named Falceon." She said softly. "I do not know who this is, and yet it sounds familiar." She closed her eyes and looked down. A single tear ran down her cheek.
"Sage?" I walked up to her.
"Ando, I really shouldn't be here, for your sister's sake." Sage looked up at me. "If I stay much longer, Falceon could come with powerful beasts and kill you." Her voice cracked among the silence.
"Sage..."
"I must go." She ran past me and into the hall.
"Go where?" I called out. She continued running. I stood there, staring into the darkness of the hall. I sighed and looked up at the moon. Clouds rolled by. We must hurry if we want to save Expel. If it shatters in our hands, then we've lost. We must shatter as well. I walked down the hall and walked into my room. As I went in, I collapsed onto my bed. I don't believe it, she actually lived. All this time I thought she was gone...but I was wrong...I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep. Shortly after so, it crossed my mind that Falceon might want her in his purpose as well...
"Hey Ando." I shot straight up and saw Rena.
"Oh, just you." I mumbled as I lay back down.
"Don't tell me you're going back to sleep."
"Why?" I asked.
"You've been sleeping long enough" Rena said.
"I just went to sleep."
"Just now?! You were up all night?" I looked out the window.
"...ok, so, I didn't just go to sleep." I said as I got up.
"Anyway, have you seen Ryo lately?" Rena asked as we walked out into the hall.
"Ryo? No."
"Really? He hasn't come back since Claude woke from unconsciousness." She stopped and looked out a window. "Maybe he left..."
"Possibly, but I don't think he's the kind of person to just walk out on people." I said.
"Maybe." We continued to walk on down the hall. As we did, something outside caught my eye. I looked out and saw what looked like a dragon of some kind on the horizon. Then another, and some flying. Shit, were the monsters attacking? Claude appeared at the end of the hall.
"Hey, the baddies are coming." Claude announced.
"Great." I said. I ran back to my room as fast as I could. As I turned the corner, IU ran into the general.
"Whoa son, what's the hurry?" He asked. The hell. Is he that stupid?
"The monsters are coming." I said. His face went from casual to serious.
"I'll tell the other soldiers." He hurried down the hall. I ran down the hall and to my room. I grabbed my sword and ran out. I was halfway down the hall when it hit me. Hikeru and Leon! I ran back down the hall and opened Hikeru's door.
"Hikeru!" I went over to her bed.
"Mm, yeah?" She mumbled.
"Get up, the monsters are coming." She looked at me, wide awake.
"Some good morning." Hikeru got out of bed.
"You get Leon and bring him to us, you know where that is right?" She nodded. "Good, I'm gone." I ran out of the room and down the hall. Down stairs and out the door. Clouds were rolling in, blocking the sky. Claude, Ashton and Rena were ready. Rena stood near the door, for safety. I ran out near Claude and Ashton.
"Anything happen?" I asked.
"Not yet." Ashton said, gripping his swords.
"What about Ryo?" I asked.
"Dunno." Claude said. The monsters covered the horizon line. I concentrated on their movements. Minutes what seemed like hours passed, tension building. Suddenly, there was a near defining sound in the air. Without warning, a huge hand emerged from the ground and knocked us all back. I stood up and looked at the hand. It's solid rock. Then another hand came from the ground. Soon after, an enormous monster revealed itself. Blood red eyes, long arms, stubby legs. It was at least five or six times taller than me. We were all surprised, that's for sure. I aimed my sword at its head and used Raging Flames. As it hit, smoke built up around its head. When it lifted, the creature was shielding itself. I looked at the others. Claude aimed his sword at the creatures head and from his sword erupted a blue beam. It struck the beast. It howled in pain before stomping the ground, creating a powerful shock wave.
"Obviously its head is its weak point." I said. "But we can't keep attacking him like this." When I finished saying that, a beam of ice shot from Ashton's direction. It wasn't aimed at its head however, but its feet. I looked at Ashton who had his eyes shut. Ururun, I think, did it.
"We strike its feet until it comes to the ground." Ashton said. His voice was different, serious. He opened his eyes and in place of the emerald green, was a glowing blue.
"Are you sure?" Claude asked. Ashton looked at him.
"Positive." Ashton said, before shooting forward to attack. Claude and I joined. It didn't take long before it fell. The beast looked dazed when you looked it in the eye. Ashton's eyes became red and he leaped atop its foot and ran up to its head.
"Now's our chance." Claude said. We followed Ashton and joined in attacking. We gave it everything we had. Just as Claude was about to use one of his abilities, we were thrown off. I hit the ground hard, I'm sure we all did, but still. Just as it was about to bring its fist down upon us, a huge firebird flew overhead and ran into it, followed by two blades of energy. I looked back to find Dias and Ryo, behind them was everyone else. What are they doing here?
"You guys alright?" Ryo said, walking our way.
"Yeah." I stood up. "Perfect timing."
"It would be very nice if you would help me out here." I turned to find Claude pined down by a dragon. A sword spun at the dragon and destroyed it. It spun back to its rightful owner, Sugano.
"Lets get rid of this thing." Sugano said.
"You guys keep him busy." Claude said, standing up and holding his sword up.
"We should keep our distance of the beast." Dias said. I once again used Raging Flames, and we all began to use long-range attacks. The monster was confused as of what to do. Being hit constantly. It began to back off and stomp some monsters behind it. I glanced over at Claude, who looked almost ready, but I've never seen this before. I continued using Raging Flames until Claude was ready. But something happened before that. The monsters hand began to gather light from nearby, causing it to get darker. We all stopped firing at it and watched. It raised its hand, slowly into the air, higher and higher.
"Claude, hurry." Ryo shouted at him.
"Everyone, back off." Claude said. We did as told. Claude's sword began glowing yellow as he ran. The monster looked down on him and more light began to gather. Claude jumped high in the air and leveled with the monsters chest. His sword then shot a powerful beam at its heart. It hit the beast, and went through it. Its eyes flickered. It raised its hand, but couldn't attack. The creature fell back and hit the ground, shaking it. Claude landed on the ground and knelt over. We all walked over to him.
"He wasn't to hard." Ryo said.
"At least there aren't any more monsters coming." Claude said, standing up straight.
"Well, they aren't coming, but we're going to them." Ryo said. Claude, Rena, Ashton and me looked at him. "It's time."
"Time to go for the leader." Sugano added.
"You 're the leader Claude, you know the way." We all looked at him.
"That's why you were gone." Claude said. Ryo nodded.
"You can do it." A voice said. Everyone turned around to find a woman.
"Sage."
"Ando, I cannot go with you, so I will stay here." She said.
"That's fine." I walked up to her. "Maybe we should keep Leon and Hikeru here."
"But..." Leon protested.
"Leon." Claude knelt next to him. "We'll be fine, we can't risk getting you two hurt."
"But what if, I won't get in the way, please."
"Leon..."
"Leon." Sage knelt next to him and whispered something in his ear. He looked at her, either confused or surprised. "Trust me."
"...alright...Claude, be careful."
"Yeah, all of you." Hikeru said.
"We will." Claude stood up and faced the horizon.
"This is it." Ryo said. "Lead us, Claude." Claude nodded and looked towards the horizon. Suddenly, there was a shock wave that hit us all. The touch was evil, pure evil. Then, the sky became black and the ground started to shake. A huge explosion appeared on the horizon, followed by a large purple globe thing that shot into the sky. Lightning shot from the ground around the area. The ground quit shaking. We all stared.
"Oblivion." Sage said. I looked at her.
"That's what it is?" I asked.
"Yes. And you must get there as soon as possible." Her expression never changed. It began to rain. The water was black. I looked up in the sky. As I did, there was a blue streak that shot across. I don't know what it was, but it didn't seem threatening. It seemed more...encouraging.
"We'd better get going." Sugano said. "Now every second counts."
"Right..." Claude began walking. We followed. I could hear Leon behind us, calling. The time was coming, the time when we either die fighting, or save all living things....
Or both.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Divine Soul: Sorry for the wait. I'm dieing out of Star Ocean, and kina forgetting this. Please start threatening me with sharp pointy objects that scare people and make them think you're an insane PINK crazy mental maniac...or just with something threatening.
~*~Ando~*~
The moon was highlighting the land, making it look beautiful. I stood outside, admiring the scene. The stars were shining upon the field, illuminating it. It had been three days since we all split up, unknowing what would become of us. I only hope things are fine at the castle. If anything does come up, I'm sure Sugano and the others can handle it. Now that I think of it, I haven't seen Ryo since Claude woke up. I wonder where he went. I looked up as I heard a sound. A bird flew by overhead. It looked vaguely familiar to me...
"Poor thing." A soft voice said from behinde me. I looked back to see a woman. She was looking at the bird. I looked back to see it flying towards the ground, unusually fast. It hit the ground and lay still.
"Yes." I said.
"Life ends for everyone." The woman said.
"May I ask who you are?" I asked, facing her. Her brown hair and green eyes caught my attention, as well as the expression on her face. I seemed to know her...from...
"My name is Sage." She said. "I see you are well, Ando." That got my attention faster than a flying doll.
"Then you're." I began.
"Yes I am." She answered. My eyes wondered to her ears, and indeed. She was Nedian.
"But, how'd you get here?"
"I don't really know. The only thing I remember is seeing a tall figure with a sharp blade." Sage looked off to her side. I walked up to her.
"I'm glad we meet again." I said. She looked up at me.
"I understand horrible things are happening."
"Indeed." I sighed. "Senseless killing everywhere."
"Once he is resurrected, there will be unimaginable violence." Sage said.
"What?"
"Monsters will tear people apart, both physically and emotionally." Sage muttered the last three words.
"What does all this mean?"
"I don't know who it refers to, or what it means, I just know I should tell you." Sage looked at me with eyes of sorrow. She gave me that look when she had this kind of feeling.
"I think I might." I muttered.
"What?"
"Remember that tall guy you mentioned earlier?"
"Him?"
"Yes, his name is Falceon, and he is terrorizing the land here." I said. Her expression didn't change. She just looked past me and out at the land. She seemed absent minded in a way. She was so calm, so blank. It wasn't right. She walked past me and to the railing.
"So the one who brought me here is named Falceon." She said softly. "I do not know who this is, and yet it sounds familiar." She closed her eyes and looked down. A single tear ran down her cheek.
"Sage?" I walked up to her.
"Ando, I really shouldn't be here, for your sister's sake." Sage looked up at me. "If I stay much longer, Falceon could come with powerful beasts and kill you." Her voice cracked among the silence.
"Sage..."
"I must go." She ran past me and into the hall.
"Go where?" I called out. She continued running. I stood there, staring into the darkness of the hall. I sighed and looked up at the moon. Clouds rolled by. We must hurry if we want to save Expel. If it shatters in our hands, then we've lost. We must shatter as well. I walked down the hall and walked into my room. As I went in, I collapsed onto my bed. I don't believe it, she actually lived. All this time I thought she was gone...but I was wrong...I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep. Shortly after so, it crossed my mind that Falceon might want her in his purpose as well...
"Hey Ando." I shot straight up and saw Rena.
"Oh, just you." I mumbled as I lay back down.
"Don't tell me you're going back to sleep."
"Why?" I asked.
"You've been sleeping long enough" Rena said.
"I just went to sleep."
"Just now?! You were up all night?" I looked out the window.
"...ok, so, I didn't just go to sleep." I said as I got up.
"Anyway, have you seen Ryo lately?" Rena asked as we walked out into the hall.
"Ryo? No."
"Really? He hasn't come back since Claude woke from unconsciousness." She stopped and looked out a window. "Maybe he left..."
"Possibly, but I don't think he's the kind of person to just walk out on people." I said.
"Maybe." We continued to walk on down the hall. As we did, something outside caught my eye. I looked out and saw what looked like a dragon of some kind on the horizon. Then another, and some flying. Shit, were the monsters attacking? Claude appeared at the end of the hall.
"Hey, the baddies are coming." Claude announced.
"Great." I said. I ran back to my room as fast as I could. As I turned the corner, IU ran into the general.
"Whoa son, what's the hurry?" He asked. The hell. Is he that stupid?
"The monsters are coming." I said. His face went from casual to serious.
"I'll tell the other soldiers." He hurried down the hall. I ran down the hall and to my room. I grabbed my sword and ran out. I was halfway down the hall when it hit me. Hikeru and Leon! I ran back down the hall and opened Hikeru's door.
"Hikeru!" I went over to her bed.
"Mm, yeah?" She mumbled.
"Get up, the monsters are coming." She looked at me, wide awake.
"Some good morning." Hikeru got out of bed.
"You get Leon and bring him to us, you know where that is right?" She nodded. "Good, I'm gone." I ran out of the room and down the hall. Down stairs and out the door. Clouds were rolling in, blocking the sky. Claude, Ashton and Rena were ready. Rena stood near the door, for safety. I ran out near Claude and Ashton.
"Anything happen?" I asked.
"Not yet." Ashton said, gripping his swords.
"What about Ryo?" I asked.
"Dunno." Claude said. The monsters covered the horizon line. I concentrated on their movements. Minutes what seemed like hours passed, tension building. Suddenly, there was a near defining sound in the air. Without warning, a huge hand emerged from the ground and knocked us all back. I stood up and looked at the hand. It's solid rock. Then another hand came from the ground. Soon after, an enormous monster revealed itself. Blood red eyes, long arms, stubby legs. It was at least five or six times taller than me. We were all surprised, that's for sure. I aimed my sword at its head and used Raging Flames. As it hit, smoke built up around its head. When it lifted, the creature was shielding itself. I looked at the others. Claude aimed his sword at the creatures head and from his sword erupted a blue beam. It struck the beast. It howled in pain before stomping the ground, creating a powerful shock wave.
"Obviously its head is its weak point." I said. "But we can't keep attacking him like this." When I finished saying that, a beam of ice shot from Ashton's direction. It wasn't aimed at its head however, but its feet. I looked at Ashton who had his eyes shut. Ururun, I think, did it.
"We strike its feet until it comes to the ground." Ashton said. His voice was different, serious. He opened his eyes and in place of the emerald green, was a glowing blue.
"Are you sure?" Claude asked. Ashton looked at him.
"Positive." Ashton said, before shooting forward to attack. Claude and I joined. It didn't take long before it fell. The beast looked dazed when you looked it in the eye. Ashton's eyes became red and he leaped atop its foot and ran up to its head.
"Now's our chance." Claude said. We followed Ashton and joined in attacking. We gave it everything we had. Just as Claude was about to use one of his abilities, we were thrown off. I hit the ground hard, I'm sure we all did, but still. Just as it was about to bring its fist down upon us, a huge firebird flew overhead and ran into it, followed by two blades of energy. I looked back to find Dias and Ryo, behind them was everyone else. What are they doing here?
"You guys alright?" Ryo said, walking our way.
"Yeah." I stood up. "Perfect timing."
"It would be very nice if you would help me out here." I turned to find Claude pined down by a dragon. A sword spun at the dragon and destroyed it. It spun back to its rightful owner, Sugano.
"Lets get rid of this thing." Sugano said.
"You guys keep him busy." Claude said, standing up and holding his sword up.
"We should keep our distance of the beast." Dias said. I once again used Raging Flames, and we all began to use long-range attacks. The monster was confused as of what to do. Being hit constantly. It began to back off and stomp some monsters behind it. I glanced over at Claude, who looked almost ready, but I've never seen this before. I continued using Raging Flames until Claude was ready. But something happened before that. The monsters hand began to gather light from nearby, causing it to get darker. We all stopped firing at it and watched. It raised its hand, slowly into the air, higher and higher.
"Claude, hurry." Ryo shouted at him.
"Everyone, back off." Claude said. We did as told. Claude's sword began glowing yellow as he ran. The monster looked down on him and more light began to gather. Claude jumped high in the air and leveled with the monsters chest. His sword then shot a powerful beam at its heart. It hit the beast, and went through it. Its eyes flickered. It raised its hand, but couldn't attack. The creature fell back and hit the ground, shaking it. Claude landed on the ground and knelt over. We all walked over to him.
"He wasn't to hard." Ryo said.
"At least there aren't any more monsters coming." Claude said, standing up straight.
"Well, they aren't coming, but we're going to them." Ryo said. Claude, Rena, Ashton and me looked at him. "It's time."
"Time to go for the leader." Sugano added.
"You 're the leader Claude, you know the way." We all looked at him.
"That's why you were gone." Claude said. Ryo nodded.
"You can do it." A voice said. Everyone turned around to find a woman.
"Sage."
"Ando, I cannot go with you, so I will stay here." She said.
"That's fine." I walked up to her. "Maybe we should keep Leon and Hikeru here."
"But..." Leon protested.
"Leon." Claude knelt next to him. "We'll be fine, we can't risk getting you two hurt."
"But what if, I won't get in the way, please."
"Leon..."
"Leon." Sage knelt next to him and whispered something in his ear. He looked at her, either confused or surprised. "Trust me."
"...alright...Claude, be careful."
"Yeah, all of you." Hikeru said.
"We will." Claude stood up and faced the horizon.
"This is it." Ryo said. "Lead us, Claude." Claude nodded and looked towards the horizon. Suddenly, there was a shock wave that hit us all. The touch was evil, pure evil. Then, the sky became black and the ground started to shake. A huge explosion appeared on the horizon, followed by a large purple globe thing that shot into the sky. Lightning shot from the ground around the area. The ground quit shaking. We all stared.
"Oblivion." Sage said. I looked at her.
"That's what it is?" I asked.
"Yes. And you must get there as soon as possible." Her expression never changed. It began to rain. The water was black. I looked up in the sky. As I did, there was a blue streak that shot across. I don't know what it was, but it didn't seem threatening. It seemed more...encouraging.
"We'd better get going." Sugano said. "Now every second counts."
"Right..." Claude began walking. We followed. I could hear Leon behind us, calling. The time was coming, the time when we either die fighting, or save all living things....
Or both.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Divine Soul: Sorry for the wait. I'm dieing out of Star Ocean, and kina forgetting this. Please start threatening me with sharp pointy objects that scare people and make them think you're an insane PINK crazy mental maniac...or just with something threatening.