Chapter 20

Written By Illuminet

Disclaimer: Refer to the first chapter

"..."-Indicate Speech

'...'-Indicate Thought

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Spirit World, Small house, family room

"Hey everyone! Come quickly, you all have to see this!"

Flonne said. Soon Krichevskoy and Lamington stepped into the family room.

"What is it Flonne?"

Lamington asked. Krichevskoy's wife soon entered from the kitchen

"What's happening?"

She asked. Flonne shooed the three over to the television set.

"Hm...I was never really comfortable watching this magic box."

Lamington said, but watched anyway.

"Just watch! Laharl and Etna are being wed on Celestia."

Flonne told them. The other three in the room came closer to view the screen with increased interest. They all watched as Michaelangelo gave his long speech about the importance of the union made by the three races. Shortly after that had been done, he went ahead and read the marriage vows that the two Demons had to agree to so they could finalize the marriage. Afterwards they watched Etna crown Laharl as the new Overlord before everyone.

"Wow! How romantic..."

Flonne and Laharl's mother kept watching the rest of the celebration while Krichevskoy and Lamington left the room.

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Spirit World, Town of Divergence

"It looks like a long and prosperous age may be upon the worlds and their races, eh? Our plans didn't work out quite like we had in mind, but in the long run, everything turned out okay in the end."

Lamington said as he walked beside Krichevskoy.

"No, this isn't the end, but the start of a new beginning. One which I hope will last for many ages to come. Of course, nothing's absolute."

Krichevskoy said.

"We can only hope for the best."

The Angel and the Demon looked in surprise to see Baal leaning against a house. The two didn't even notice Baal had been there in the first place until he spoke.

"You have to show me how you do that. I can never sneak up on others."

Krichevskoy said with a chuckle escaping his lips.

"Well, I was the Lord of Terror at one point."

Baal said, walking up to the pair.

"Your right, though, Baal. We've done all we can physically. Now the rest must be left to the younger generations. But as time passes, there will always be someone who will try to rise by using force and tyranny. Whether the worlds are ready to face such a threat when the time comes is up to the people."

Lamington said. Krichevskoy nodded.

"Yes...life is never stable. Chaos will ensue due to instability, but it will be up to the younger generations to understand the problems and fix them to keep the worlds safe. We've done all we could."

Krichevskoy stated as he walked ahead.

"Where are you off to?"

Baal asked the former Overlord. Krichevskoy assumed his Vyers form.

"I completely forgot that I have work that needs to be done. The same goes for you Lamington. We should be on our way."

Vyers warned.

"Your right. Oh well, I didn't want to be late but...I suppose there is a first for everything. Farewell Baal."

The two walked off, leaving Baal to himself.

"It will be nice...to see my long time wish for peace finally obtained. Laharl, your strong. Stronger than I was. You were able to lay down your Demon pride and seek help and comfort, something I was never able to do and because of that, I am to blame for many of my misdoing on the physical plane of existence. I was too weak to fight off Raol's control over me and I steadily fell deeper and deeper into my own darkness. You've risen above your own darkness. Never forget that strength you drew upon."

Baal said softly as he looked towards the sky as it continued to shift it's colors every so often.

"Don't worry, he won't. Once Laharl overcomes something once and for all, he makes sure it never gets the best of him ever again. That's a trait that has never left him since he was still a child."

Baal turned when Flonne spoke to him. He had been off in his own world and hadn't noticed her there.

"You know him the best, so I will believe your words. I too should also be off. I still have much to atone for before I'm even allowed to go through my Prinny stage yet."

Baal said. Flonne nodded.

"Yeah, same here. But it was worth it staying by his side to help him, and that's why I'm very proud of him."

Flonne said with a smile. Baal nodded.

"I see. Farewell, I too need to be off somewhere."

Baal concluded, beginning to walk off.

"Don't be a stranger, Baal. Come by anytime."

Flonne told him.

"Thank you."

He muttered before he treaded off.

"Please help each other take care off all the worlds, Laharl and Etna."

Flonne said in a small prayer before she went back to the house to help Laharl's mother.

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The races and their worlds have begun to prosper with the true peace becoming a reality. When disorder and chaos comes again, and peace finally comes to an end, no one can be sure...that time has yet to make an appearance!

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Note: Sorry about the very weak and disappointing finish. I may have rushed things a little too much, but I wanted to get what I could done with the time I had free for spring break(which wasn't much since our house needed some major repairs due to heavy rains.). Chapters 18 and 19 were originally suppose to be one whole piece, but I wanted to make the story end with an even number of chapters(call me weird, but that's how I like to end most multi chaptered stories of mine for some reason...). Chapter 20 here( originally to be chapter 19.) was intentionally meant to be a small short piece depicting some conversations between the deceased characters for a little change of pace from focusing so much on Laharl. Anyway, hopefully most of you readers enjoyed the whole story for the most part. I guess I got fairly side tracked with my fascination on Baal that he took over a huge part of the story(he wasn't suppose to have such a large role in the story, but I couldn't help myself.). Anyway, I'm beginning to ramble a bit too much now. Hopefully readers will like other pieces I write as I try and improve my story telling skill, though I have a long way to go before then.

See You Again.

-Illuminet

P.S. To Nessmk, I'll try and have the BOF:DQ story you requested up from anywhere between two weeks to a month. If I get lucky...