Acronos: "You did? (Rereads first chapter) What? I don't see it!"
Read 'till the ending, oh character of mine.
Maioko: "I read a bit of it, now I actually play a decent sized role!"
Acronos: "Alright, now I'm slightly interested, I'm reading it."
Now, to anyone who might, out of the kindness of their heart, be reading this, please begin reading as well, and do me the immense favor of reviewing, thank you.
Destiny Islands
Towards the early morning, Tidus arrived first on the islands, which was a bit rare in itself, but what was even stranger was that while walking around, sorting out a few thoughts, he tripped over something. His first tendency was to think someone had finally arrived and look around for the offender to determine whether to attack him or her, yell at him or her, or apologize. When he saw no one at eye-level, he just kicked a bit of sand, which resulted in a groan of pain. He jumped back yelling and taking out his pole. He looked down and saw that it was a person, seemingly older than him.
They had dug a hole, but it looked recent. At that moment, Tidus' friend Wakka arrived and asked what was going on. Tidus said that he'd found this guy washed ashore, but when he said, "washed ashore" he remembered the way they'd found the last person who washed ashore; cold, wet, feverish, and utterly miserable. So, finding pity in his heart, he told Wakka to help him get this person to a warm place. They dragged him to the nearby seaside shack and put him down, followed by setting up a makeshift bed.
Since this person was soaked, they took off the wet clothes for drying, and making sure that the person could get warmer quicker. By this time, most kids were arriving on the islands, and wondered what could be going on. Tidus told them not to disturb the person who'd washed ashore, so they just left him alone. Later on, he woke up, not feverish due to a slight resistance to hypothermia. We know this person by many names, but his real one was Acronos, (what, you thought I'd write about someone else washing ashore in the present tense?).
Acronos, (thinking aloud): "Ow, what happened? Where am I? Ow, I can only remember certain things… Name, one location I was, some sort of mission guideline, where I'm from, limited information on what happened, and information on how I fight. Mentally Okay, I'm in a place I don't know, my clothes are hanging to dry, my weapons are visible, what else? Hmm, cozy place. Better get back into clothing. Geez, my clothes are soaked! Oh yeah, I washed up here somehow. Well, I get the feeling that my stuff's in this pocket back here. Yeah, it is! At least my trench coat isn't wet. It's warm and humid here. Time to find out my location." So he went outside and looked around. He couldn't really see anyone specifically. He could see some movement far off on some elevated wood platform. There was someone practicing sword attacks on an island close by. A girl was sitting at a dock talking with a boy.
He could vaguely make out someone swimming nearby. There appeared to be someone else on the nearby island as well. A girl appeared to be walking towards a hole in a mountain. A woman was wandering around with no particular place to go. The last person visible was someone meditating under a waterfall.
Acronos began to really notice the heat now, and he was almost sweating. To remedy this, he took off his shirt and replaced it by leaving his trench coat on and open, aside from one belt buckle on the chest to keep it from falling off. He also changed his pants to shorts, despite being light and combat-ready, they also could become shorts that ended at his knees. He wore his gloves despite the heat, their usefulness in combat too valuable to ignore, and since only the fingertips were cut off, and the part below was the thinnest part, he could still use his hands. He couldn't do anything about his hair, but it wasn't bothering him, messily spiky as it usually was.
After moving a bit, he thought that the people on the nearby island (paopu fruit one) would be the best to talk with. With that in place, he jumped from the level of the seaside shack to three feet above the bridge to the island. When he landed, he did it without a sound, just like he walked, a force of habit, but useful anyway. He was still unnoticed by the two, who appeared to have feelings for each other, judging by how the girl was smiling and laughing, and how the boy seemed really happy just to be around her. He waited for a moment when they weren't laughing and simply cleared his throat to get their attention.
The girl gasped and had a staff out in an instant, but the boy already had had his pole out and charged before thinking. Acronos merely moved out of the way, put one finger on the back of the boy's neck and one in between his shoulders and gently pushed him to the ground. The boy got up, now frustrated and planning on attacking, but rethought that when he noticed that he didn't know this person, and he knew only one person who could do that move, but didn't know if they could do it that instantly. The boy merely asked: "Who are you?"
Acronos: "My name is Acronos. Pleased to make your acquaintance, but certainly not under terms of fighting. What's your name?"
??? : "I'm Tidus. Nice to meet you to, and again, not while fighting. (Raises hand to shake, Acronos takes it)"
??? : "I believe I haven't introduced myself either. I am Yuna. Pleased to finally be able to speak with you."
Acronos: "Nice to meet you. Um, what do you mean, 'finally'?"
Yuna: "Everyone was interested when you washed up. Someone did the same thing only two days ago. Everyone is wondering if you know each other."
Acronos: "I guess I need to introduce myself more than once, huh?"
Tidus: "Yeah. Well, shall we introduce you?"
Acronos: "That'd be great! But first, where am I?"
Yuna: "You're on Destiny Islands." So a few introductions took place. Acronos met Selphie and her boyfriend Irvine. (FF pairings forever!) He met Wakka and Lulu, and judging by how Lulu looked, he wasn't going to be asking if they were in love any time soon. Three girls arrived later then everyone else, the first inadvertently introducing the others.
??? : "Sorry guys, had to find Tifa and Kairi."
Tidus: "S'okay."
Acronos: "(looks dazed, points to Tifa a says in monotone) Tifa Lockheart. From Nibelheim, lived in Sector 7 of Midgar for long period of time, however. Apparently cares for Cloud Strife. Age: 21. Defeated Sephiroth along with AVALANCHE at 20. After world was destroyed, became a few years younger along with Cloud, Squall, Yuffie, Cid, Sephiroth, and Aerith. Was transported to Hollow Bastion, continued relations with Cloud, Aerith got in way of confession, however. Others of world of Nibelheim and Midgar became younger too. Weapon of choice: hand-to-hand combat, taught by Zangan. (Points to Kairi) Kairi. Apparently cares deeply for Sora. Princess of Hollow Bastion in theory. Probable father is not to be mentioned at present. Princess of Heart. Occupied Sora's heart for time from destruction of Destiny Islands to Hollow Bastion. Gave lucky charm: 'Oathkeeper'. Weapon of choice: chain-link Bo staff. Ugh, what the heck happened? I feel like I was momentarily possessed…. What's up? (By the way, just let this information go for now, it doesn't play an immediate role)"
Tidus: "Um, how'd you know all that stuff about Tifa and Kairi? We didn't even know some of that stuff."
Acronos: "What stuff?"
Tifa: "All that information."
Acronos: "What information?"
Tifa: "The information you just blurted out in monotone."
Acronos: "Hmm, well that's weird. I don't remember saying anything. Not that I remember much right now anyway, but that's besides the point."
Tifa: "What do you mean?"
Acronos: "I can only remember my name, where I'm from, some sort of mission, a general thought on how my world was destroyed, how to fight and the Realm of Sorrow."
??? : "Your name wouldn't happen to be Acronos by any chance, would it?"
Acronos: "Yeah, that's me, at your service."
??? : "Well, you said there was a one in several billion chance of us meeting again when we last spoke a year ago in the Realm of Sorrow. Small universe, isn't it?"
Acronos: "Maioko? Is that you?"
Maioko: "The one and only."
Acronos: "Great to see you!"
Maioko: "Same to you!"
Kairi: "You two, know each other?"
Acronos: "Yeah, by some odd coincidence."
Kairi: "Well, works for me. Where are you from, Acronos?"
Acronos: "A place called Earth."
Maioko: "Even smaller universe, that was my world!"
Acronos: "Damn, this is a tiny universe!"
Tidus: "Well, that's cool, but now we have another person to house. Hmm, wanna stay at my place? If my dad's not home, you can surely stay."
Acronos: "Something just popped into my head. Is your father by some chance Jecht, who invented the Jecht shot? Also one heck of a bad guy from my odd thought."
Tidus: "You forgot to mention how conceited and narrow minded he is. Is there something you're not telling us? Two times you knew specific information on us, yet we just met. How?"
Acronos: "I…Don't…Know."
Mini-computer on Acronos' wrist: "Accessing data on Final Fantasy X. Information?"
Acronos: "Huh? Um, Tidus?"
Computer: "Star player of Zanakand Abes. Son of Jecht. Repressed by father, is glad to go forward in time as the dream of the fayth after the destruction of his hometown. Meets Yuna, and with the help of her and the rest of her guardians, defeats the entity called Sin permanently."
Tidus: "Wow, we rock! List guardians."
Computer: "Accessing… Tidus, Auron, Wakka, Lulu, Rikku, Kimahri."
Yuna: "I have heard of everyone but Kimahri."
Acronos: "Umm, Rikku is with two k's, not the guy who Sora was friends with."
Yuna: "Oh."
Acronos: "Hmm, well, this computer is very useful. It stores some of the data in my mind. Battle data too! Cool!"
Tidus: "Back to the original subject, you staying or not?"
Acronos: "I'll build myself a house… Behind the Seaside shack! It might take a while, but I think I can do it. As to your offer, thanks, but I'll just sleep in a sleeping bag out here."
Maioko: "You sure? It gets really cold here at night."
Acronos: "No problem, I'll be fine unless there's a tornado." At this everyone laughed. However, someone new arrived.
Tidus: "what took so long, Auron?"
Auron: "It was a bit hard getting up from under the waterfall."
Acronos: "Yeah, meditation's hard to just stop."
Auron: "And you are now the second person to understand that, Maioko being the first. Might I inquire as to your name?"
Acronos: "Acronos."
Auron: "Nice to meet you."
Acronos: "So, what's there to be done around here?"
Tidus: "Fighting!"
Auron: "Meditation."
Yuna: "Practicing white magic."
Lulu: "Practicing black magic."
Wakka: "Playing sports!"
Maioko: "Swimming!"
Selphie: "Training!"
Irvine: "Target practice!"
Kairi: "You could look out onto the sunset or ocean like Riku used to, if Tidus lets you."
Tidus: "I'm never giving up the island without a fight! It's my training ground! I may have others, but I like this one."
Acronos: "I was going to go with the staring at the sunset idea, but…"
Tidus: "C'mon, I know everyone's wondering if you can fight!"
Yuna: "But Tidus, you're one of the best on the island!"
Acronos: "Well, I'm willing to do a lot for that view, it looks as though it's very beautiful."
Tidus: "All right! Best two out of three! Ready?"
Acronos: "Always. (Draws keyblade)"
Tidus: "Uh-oh. Not sharp, metal weapons. Sticks, or wood."
Acronos: "Are those palm trees on the island owned by anyone?"
Tidus: "Huh? No, why?"
Acronos: "Can I cut them down?"
Tidus: "If you can do it without any help, I guess…" Acronos jumped up to a thin palm tree on the island, cut it out with one slash, cut it to about the size of his keyblade, makes it thinner where he'd hold it, and jumps back down.
Tidus: "(Gapes) Uhh, strength isn't everything."
Acronos: "True, speed and technique are the ones that matter. Plus, I can't channel all that into this stick without breaking it."
Tidus: "Phew, thought I'd end up with a broken skull."
Acronos: "No, but definitely a few bruises."
Tidus: "Bring it on!" So they got ready to fight. Acronos decided not only to take it easy, but also to not use any techniques or magic. Tidus ran at him, Acronos just pushed him to the sand like before. Tidus got back up; back flipped away, and then did a front flipping slash. Acronos just dodged it and tapped Tidus in the back of the head. Of course, if you can cut a tree in half with one slash, even taps hurt a lot. Tidus massaged his head and then just did a horizontal slash. Acronos blocked, twitched Tidus' pole away, and twitched his stick into Tidus' unguarded side. Tidus reeled a bit, but got right back up. He then charged straight at Acronos, and at the last possible moment, spun in mid-air, catching Acronos off guard slightly.
Acronos reacted totally by instinct, tripped Tidus, hit him upwards in the stomach, and before Tidus' momentum could send him upwards, hit his left fist into Tidus' back. Tidus was instantly knocked out.
Acronos: "Aw, crap. Cura!" a green aura surrounded him, then passed into Tidus, effectively waking him.
Tidus: "Ow, did anyone catch that boulder? Was that you Acronos? Man, you're unreal!"
Acronos: "Be that as it may, you still have two battles to go. You ready?"
Tidus: "This time I'm not holding anything back!"
Acronos: "You mean you were before?" Tidus charged, then jumped, spun, and landed with his back facing Acronos, then jumped high and landed a powerful slash, which a rather surprised Acronos blocked. Tidus then back flipped away and did it again, narrowly missing.
Computer: "Spiral cut, first overdrive. Jump slash, almost as powerful as final overdrive."
Tidus: "Oh yeah, well if you think that's good, try this!" Tidus ran around, slashing at Acronos quickly, but he dodged and tapped Tidus on the back of the neck, knocking him down.
Acronos: "You need work on that one, you leave yourself wide open."
Tidus: "Well, this doesn't!" Tidus charged, and had his blade up, looking like he was going to slash. Acronos guarded, (Cloud's guard, but with the flat facing out), and Tidus jumped onto the sword and jumped back, high into the air.
Computer: "Energy rain. This attack is very hard to dodge. Quite powerful." Tidus charged beams of energy into his sword, then swung his sword, sending them at Acronos at high speeds. He thought for a millisecond, and then jumped into the air, casting blizzaga downwards, which blocked the blast from the energy.
Tidus: "You know magic?"
Acronos: "Plenty, I'll show you the rest later. But I doubt that I'm as good as Lulu."
Tidus: "Are you ready for this one?" Tidus ran and began hacking and slashing madly. Acronos dodged a few and guarded most of them, but couldn't find an opening to attack. Tidus then gave a very powerful horizontal slash that sent Acronos back a few feet. Tidus then stabbed his sword into the ground and jumped off it into the air. Wakka, recognizing the attack, threw a Blitzball at Tidus. Tidus was now upside-down, facing Acronos, and had a Blitzball heading towards his leg. Acronos recognized the attack as Blitz ace way too late, and couldn't dodge or block the Blitzball that was kicked insanely fast towards his stomach.
Acronos doubled over, most of the wind knocked out of him, that hurt. Tidus, knowing Acronos wouldn't stay like this too long, ran in and did Spiral Cut on Acronos' head. Acronos reeled, and Tidus continued attacking, until Acronos managed a foothold and tackled Tidus, sending him a bit away.
Acronos: "Great job, I wasn't expecting that much."
Tidus: "How'd you survive that? Nearly everyone is knocked out by the time I use Energy Rain! Are you still holding back? If so, quit toying with me and hit me with everything you've got!"
Acronos: "Alright, but you'll regret that in the morning… Sonic Blade!" After finishing the strikes, Acronos slashed Tidus into the air, followed by a quick aerial combo ended by a slash that sent them both to the ground. Before Tidus hit, Acronos did a horizontal slash, sending him flying close to the ground. Acronos then jumped high into the air, and sped down, smashing both feet into Tidus' stomach. When Acronos got off, he noticed how many bruises he'd inflicted."
Acronos: "Ow, man, he'll feel that in the morning. Curaga!" A brighter green light hit Tidus this time, and he opened his eyes.
Tidus: "Ugh, did you have to hit me so hard?"
Acronos: "I thought that after your assault, you could take that. I can take what I hit you with."
Tidus: "Prove it."
Acronos: "Use all your overdrives, I'll stand still." Tidus did so, knocking Acronos to the ground, but he got right back up, apparently not seriously hurt.
Acronos: "Told you. Now, can I go to the island?"
Tidus: "Wow… Sure! The sights to see are: The sunset and the paopu fruits."
Acronos: "Paopu? What the heck are those?"
Tidus: "The star shaped ones."
Acronos: "Cool, how do they taste?"
Tidus: "Never had one."
Acronos: "Anyone?" Nobody answered. "Okay, why not? Is there some curse on them? They look ripe, and there are plenty of them."
Tidus: "There's a legend about them, it says…" Selphie, looking at Acronos and Maioko, clamped her hand over Tidus' mouth.
Selphie: "Ehehehe, it's nothing really important. Just, Uhh, you have to share one, and nobody's wanted to."
Auron: "What are you talking about? Everyone here is capable of sharing. There's just that pointless legend that stops everyone."
Acronos: "What legend?"
Auron: "Well… (Selphie gives death glare)……… Maybe someone will tell you later."
Acronos: "Huh?"
Auron: "…………….."
Acronos: "…. (Blink)? …. (Blink)? Uh, right. I'm gonna watch the sunset when it happens, and plan my house until then, okay?"
Auron: "…"
Acronos: "O…Kay? Uh, later." Acronos jumped to the palm tree, sat like Riku used to, and began creating a holographic sketch. When it was complete, he looked at the sun, adjusted his clock to it, checked it, (4:00) and then began wondering about the day.
Acronos: "Today was a good day. Definitely fun. I've met everyone on Destiny Islands, and won my favorite place to be. I've got a house plan sketched out, and I know how to get rock, wood, fire, and glass for free. How am I going to get lighting and water, though? Hmm, I have magic, but it's too much mp and too little convenience to continually cast water, over and over. Hmm, water…gem? Compressed magic? That might just do it! I think I can do it. Hmm, Tidus said I could get rid of these palm trees, and I'll need them for my house, plus, training's gonna be hard with them in my way. I guess I'll get rid of them… When I need them. I feel like training, there's a bit of a clearing where I pulled out that tree for my weapon. Where to store the wood? Guess right on this island. Hmm, now what? I guess I'll train until sunset. After that, I'll start work. Computer, any idea where to find metal nearby?"
Computer: "Processing… None on this island. Find a job and buy some. Possibility of locating scrap."
Acronos: "Might work, thanks computer. Think the job sounds better. Training time! "
So Acronos trained with his knife, since that had fewer techniques to try out. After a while, he felt very confident with the weapon, and the sun began to set.
Maioko: "What 'cha doing?"
Acronos: "Finishing training and watching the sunset."
Maioko: "I heard it's really beautiful, but I've never sat around to see it. Can I watch it here?"
Acronos: "I'm not possessive over land, sure you can. Where do you want to sit?"
Maioko: "Hmm, there!"
Acronos: "But that's my spot!"
Maioko: "Too bad! Sit next to me if you absolutely have to have your spot."
Acronos: "Whatever, same basic area." So they watched the sun go down together. Selphie watched them and an evil grin of matchmaking spread over her face. This would have frightened Acronos, had he been looking in the general direction. However, he was watching the sunset, absolutely mesmerized. The same thing was occurring with Maioko.
Maioko: "Wow… Beautiful."
Acronos: "Amazing, I wouldn't mind seeing a thousand of these. Even more if possible."
Maioko: "What, you like sitting next to me that much?"
Acronos: "Wha? Hey, c'mon!"
Maioko: "Hahaha! You should have seen the look on your face, it was priceless!"
Acronos: "Hey, no fair! You surprised me!"
Maioko: "Don't be surprised then."
Acronos: "New place, surprises around every corner. I'll loosen up later on, maybe after a good workout and some sleep."
Maioko: "Worked for me."
Acronos: "Cool. Whom're you bunking with?"
Maioko: "Selphie. She's having a sleepover tonight, though. Dunno why. Wait, I shouldn't have said that. Don't tell the rest of the guys, Selphie says they'll raid!"
Acronos: "Hmm… I don't know…"
Maioko: "Aw, c'mon!"
Acronos: " Haha! Sure! Anything after that priceless look!"
Maioko: "Grr. (Pushes him into the water. Acronos grabs her wrist on the way down, sending them both into the water)"
Acronos: "Geez, you're soaked!"
Maioko: "Me? You look like you've been through the wash cycle!"
Acronos & Maioko: "(Staring contest, followed by laughing loudly)"
Acronos: "That was fun."
Maioko: "Yeah, but now I'm rowing soaked."
Acronos: "Should've thought of that before you pushed me in."
Maioko: "What's that supposed to mean?! (Splashes him)"
Acronos: "Hey! (Splashes back)"
Maioko: "Now we're really soaked!"
Acronos: "Well, that's the understatement of the century."
Maioko: "Not necessarily."
Acronos: "True. Seeya!"
Maioko: "Goodbye!"
After most people left, Acronos started work on his house. Since I doubt many people want to hear about carving, all I'll say is that Acronos concentrated the fire attack to create a cutting laser. Before this, he moved the seaside shack over a few yards. After cutting out a big center room he worked out a few other rooms to the side. He made one higher up and decided to have that as a bedroom.
When he finished, there were two bathrooms, two bedrooms, and a kitchen that also functioned as a place to eat, a small dining room, a living room, and a small office. They weren't the biggest of rooms, the large area in the middle of the house containing the living room, the kitchen, and the dining room. The bathrooms were placed near the bedrooms, but so that you didn't need to walk through the room to get to one. This applied to the downstairs one; Acronos' room was directly connected with his bathroom. Upstairs only was the bedroom and office, so it was cut a bit smaller.
To give a full tour, you enter into a small room from outside, then you go forward into the living room, to the left, there's a staircase leading upstairs. There's a pillar marking the point where kitchen ends and dining room begins. From this pillar going side to side is a wall that has (For now) just doorways into the kitchen and dining room. The stairs are at the moment just a rock right triangle that's got a few indentations in it. Both bedrooms are still just space, the bathrooms too.
In Acronos' bedroom he carved out a few windows, they were just rectangular holes, but they managed. The last touch Acronos managed before dozing off was to add a few windows downstairs as well. Now, as to how this type of building could possibly be achieved, firstly, the spell gravity can be used for both bringing things down, and levitating them, also, there is a bit of support due to decent thickness of the rock walls. All the rock that was cut was stuffed into the pocket in back of the trench coat, which really put Leona's saying that it could hold anything to the test. Now Acronos had basically a cave with a few holes for windows. (Okay, so that was more than a bit, but it wasn't the most boring thing yet, I hope.)
Selphie's sleepover
Selphie: "Everyone's here?"
Everyone: "Yeah!"
Selphie: "Great. So, Tidus or Wakka didn't find out about this?"
Yuna & Lulu: "No."
Maioko: "Well, I accidentally told Acronos, but I made him promise not to tell."
Lulu: "Are you sure he can be trusted?"
Maioko: "Hmm, I guess…"
Kairi: "He seemed trustworthy. A little odd, but trustworthy."
Selphie: "Speaking of him, what do you all think?"
Yuna: "Isn't it a bit early to make a judgment about his personality? We just met him."
Selphie: "True, but I'm sure everyone has some opinion about him."
Maioko: "Is this gonna happen with everybody who washes up?"
Selphie: "Probably. So, anyone?"
Yuna: "He is rather strange, but very kind. He appears to enjoy most things."
Lulu: "I don't quite trust him. Even though I've said that about nearly everyone, do you remember how he knew all about Kairi, Tifa, and much about the rest of us? He also said something about a mission, what could it be?"
Kairi: "Wait! I got it! I knew I saw something familiar about him! He had a keyblade! Not like Sora's, but if he had a keyblade, then he should've met up with Sora at some point. I've got to talk to him!"
Lulu: "Kairi, I hate to remind you, but when Sora received the keyblade, the Islands were destroyed. Riku also had a keyblade, and it could have destroyed everything. Plus, have you heard those legends of keyblade masters? Several speak of unimaginable destruction!"
Kairi: "That may be true, but Acronos didn't seem like the type to destroy things. I think he's got a good heart."
Lulu: "Maybe. I'm still keeping a close watch on him."
Selphie: "So, Yuna thinks he's nice, Lulu doesn't trust him, but will give him a chance, Kairi thinks he's got a good heart and might know where Sora is and how to get to him, and I think he's almost as hot as Irvine, I mean, did you see under that coat? What about you, Maioko? You know him."
Maioko: "He's a good guy. Rather friendly, sorta innocent, very strong, definitely is a warrior, a bit annoying at times; he can also go against everything you know, but nice in general. And Selphie, down girl!" Everyone laughed at that, and then they went into what ever it is girls do at sleepovers. (I'm a guy, how would I know!?)
The next day
Wakka: "What happened here, ya?"
Tidus: "Weird."
Auron: "Didn't Acronos mention that he would build a house?"
Wakka: "In solid rock? He may be strong, but this is a bit much, ya?"
Acronos: "Yawn! (Very sleepy) Good morning… It's only 7:30. Why are you staring at my house-to-be?"
Auron: "You actually carved out all this rock?"
Acronos: "(Eyes slightly closed) Concentrated fire spell equals cutting laser. Works wonders on rock. Is everyone already here?"
Tidus: " O_O Umm, not yet."
Acronos: "Need sugar and food. Got any?"
Wakka: "I got an egg."
Acronos: "(Grabs egg and cooks it with a fire spell.) I like eggs cooked this way. (Eats it)"
Tidus: "Are you always like this in the morning?"
Acronos: "If I have to wake up early, or I'm in a different place then normal."
Tidus: "Right… Umm, here comes Lulu. Oh crap, she looks pissed, look sharp!"
Lulu: "Alright, what happened here?"
Acronos: "Carved my house with a concentrated fire spell. Problems? If so, I still have the rock."
Lulu: "How has the mountain not caved in?"
Acronos: "Thick rock and a reversed gravity spell."
Lulu: "Oh. How are you going to supply lighting, food, water, and basic tools?"
Acronos: "I was going to ask you about those. If you have the time, I'd like to learn to create a compressed magic gem. As to the rest, I think I can get a job."
Lulu: "Compressed magic? Do you know all the third level spells?"
Acronos: "Yeah."
Lulu: "We'll only be able to do one a day or so, creating the kind of gem you need is work that requires all your mp."
Acronos: "I've got some drinks that'll restore all my mp in a flash."
Lulu: "Ethers?"
Acronos: "And Elixirs."
Lulu: "How many in total?"
Acronos: "(Starting to wake up) oh, about ten Elixirs and twenty Ethers."
Lulu: "Good, that's all you'll need. Meet me in an hour."
Acronos: "Sure."
Lulu: "Are you going to leave those holes in the rock?"
Acronos: "No, I plan to make some glass."
Lulu: "How?"
Acronos: "I heard somewhere that when lightning strikes sand, it leaves glass. I figure that if I put sand in a box exactly as big as the windows and cast a firaga spell on it, I'll have windows in no time!"
Tidus: "You'll need the box."
Acronos: "I've got that, it's made of stone and can be adjusted."
Auron: "Show us then."
Acronos: "I haven't tried it before, but, what the hell." He adjusts the box to its smallest size and pours sand into it. He then focuses all the fire magic he can, and throws the box into the air, then casts firaga, flare, and thundaga on it. Before it can land, he casts blizzaga on it. He then cautiously walks up and puts his hands near it. Seeing that it wasn't too warm after the freeze, he opens it away from him, so the steam escapes away from him. When the steam clears and he looks in, there was glass!
Acronos: "Hot damn! It worked!"
Maioko: "What worked?"
Tidus: "Acronos just made glass out of sand!"
Maioko: "Of course, everyone can do that. Where's your furnace?"
Acronos: "(Points to his chest with his thumb) Right here!"
Maioko: "Huh?"
Lulu: "Acronos took sand from right on the beach, put it in that box, threw it into the air, cast heat spells on it, followed by a frost one, and created glass in only a few moments. As you said, anyone with magic can do it, but it was rather interesting."
Maioko: "Cool! Let's see!" Acronos shows it. It is very clear glass with few impurities, and those are hard to see. It's not perfect, but very good for a theory on its first try.
Acronos: "This is great, now I can have windows!"
Auron: "Acronos, glass of that quality is worth a good deal. You can sell it for a profit. Not only that, but if you can figure out a way to dye it, you can help a church with its stained-glass windows. If they don't pay you very well, they are certain to give you something."
Acronos: "Sweet, now I can buy a sink and plenty of pipes. Metal in general!"
Wakka: "Your house will be finished in no time, ya?"
Acronos: "Definitely! I'm going to do some work right now!" So Acronos took out the palm trees on the paopu fruit island, except for the curved one and another rather nearby. He then gave the kitchen some cabinets, put in the stairs using the ones that originally were in the seaside shack, added some other wood-based things like doors, and used some excess wood to make an inclined plane leading to the paopu fruit island, this plane was at an easy angle and also was hollow. To explain a bit better, it's a thick board at as little an angle as possible, with plenty of space to go under. He barely finished when his alarm told him to run as quickly as possible to find Lulu. She was waiting near the waterfall, not much of a run, but still enough for a chance at being late.
Lulu: "You're not late. That's rare. Well, lets begin. Lets start with waterga so as not to get hurt. Before anything, try it on your own." Acronos concentrated all his mp into the spell and focused it as much as possible, but just barely missed it.
Lulu: "Close. Imagine the gem and its qualities. Try to focus on the element itself, not just the spell." This time he got it. Then he drained a bottle of Ether.
Lulu: "Okay, firaga. Be careful, just try the same things, but more centered towards fire." Again it worked. Again he drank a bottle of Ether.
Lulu: "Just keep at it." Thundaga, blizzaga, graviga, stopga, flare, Ultima, and Curaga were all compressed within a half hour.
Lulu: "Excellent. Why don't you learn a few barrier spells from Yuna? Those might be useful too." To make it short, Acronos learned and compressed Reflect, Shell, Protect, Haste, Null-blaze, null-shock, null-tide, null-frost, Esuna, and compressed two status attacks into powder for quick attacks. After that he made some glass windows and added a few other things, like a pipe system carved into rock, and rock handles for cabinets, as well as a refrigerator, (Which used the ice gem to work), a stove, (Fire gem) some lights, (Candles by the long distance fire gem, and lights by thunder gem), toilets, (Water from the long distance water gem, and the pipes ended in one place where gravity would compress waste into almost nothingness, then fire would destroy the tiny amount left, disgusting to mention, but I've got to be realistic), showers, (Water gem, leads to a fire gem that creates stream, stored for steam cooking), a table, and just for the hell of it, he made a small chandelier (Glass surrounding fire, protect, shell, reflect, and all defenses are on it as well). Since he was under the influence of Haste the whole time, this didn't take him too long. Until sunset from early morning, yes, but still not long compared to other things.
Acronos: " Now all I need is some metal pipes, a few handles, doorknobs, other metal stuff I can't remember right now, a bed or two, a bookcase and books, and that's it! " Acronos went outside, where he met Wakka.
Wakka: "Hey, you've been working too hard on that house, ya? You should take a break. By the way, how's it going?"
Acronos: "A break would be a good idea, and I'm almost done."
Wakka: "What!? How?"
Acronos: "Haste spell, never work without it."
Wakka: "Ah. Well, what's left?"
Acronos: "I just need some metal to work with, and beds."
Wakka: "Well, then go to the port islands."
Acronos: "Huh?"
Wakka: "The Islands are divided up. One is for homes, one for adults and work, one for kids, one for business, marketing, and ships, and a few others for fun and government."
Acronos: "Whoa, I didn't expect that much, but I should've. Well, is the church on the Port/business Island?"
Wakka: "Ya, it is. Anyway, after that's done, maybe we should all have a tournament."
Acronos: "A tournament? Well, I guess that's okay for fun and rest, but…"
Wakka: "And afterwards me and Tidus will make a barbecue for everyone, we'll have a party!"
Acronos: "Alright, lets ask everybody. Since I'm the only one living on this Island, I'll clean up, plus the leftovers will feed me for a while."
Wakka: "Okay, lets ask." Everyone agreed and began to plan in their own ways. Meanwhile Acronos just went to his tree to watch the sunset, only to be interrupted.
Kairi: "So there you are! I've been looking for you. When you were working you were moving too fast, but now I've got something to talk to you about."
Acronos: "Sure, wazup?"
Kairi: "First off, have you seen Sora before? Preferably recently…"
Acronos: "Hold on, a memory's coming back. Oh yeah, I met Sora as a spirit a week or so ago. I have no idea why I was a spirit, but I know I helped him. I believe you had a dream about him then. I got your minds together, so that Sora would survive being engulfed in darkness. You see, I got his friends back to their home in time, but Sora and I had to face an army of heartless and this freak that called himself Blasphemy. I got my first summonable heartless in that battle, they're different heartless from the rest. When we kicked Blasphemy's sorry ass, he engulfed the world we were on in darkness. A little before that, I gave Sora the ability to travel to worlds that he'd heard the location of. Since he doesn't know the location of this one in interspace, he can't get here. Before you ask, I read the spell, and I can't remember it. I get the feeling that I'm being led into several memories, not just finding them randomly."
Kairi: "Oh. Have you seen anyone else?"
Acronos: "No, unfortunately."
Kairi: "Sigh. Does anyone know where the Islands are?"
Acronos: "Hmm, did you mention it to the people in Traverse Town?"
Kairi: "I think so."
Acronos: "Then someone will know, and probably tell Sora, maybe they already did."
Kairi: "If they did, then why didn't Sora come back?"
Acronos: "Kairi, I really don't know. He is the keyblade master, so I think he has a responsibility to the worlds and their peoples, not just his emotions. I'm sure he thinks about you almost continuously, hey he may be right now!"
Kairi: "But you're a keyblade master, why aren't you out there?"
Acronos: "I have a reason for being here, I may not know it, but I do have one. Besides, I have yet to pass some sort of test."
Kairi: "Your world was destroyed?"
Acronos: "Yeah, why?"
Kairi: "Did you see it?"
Acronos: "Yeah, and please don't go too much farther, there are some rather painful memories there."
Kairi: "Sorry, but I think that's test enough."
Acronos: "True. How many of these sunsets have you seen?"
Kairi: "I lost count after two thousand."
Acronos: "I hope I can see that many."
Kairi: "You'll get bored. Just like Riku."
Acronos: "I won't end up like him. I know one thing about life that he probably didn't. If life is getting boring and repetitious, break out of the curve and make a new thing."
Kairi: "Well, now I don't have to fear you and someone here trying to kill each other."
Acronos: "Hehe, hey, what was it like, being in Sora's heart, then leaving?"
Kairi: "I don't really know how to describe it. It was just… Knowing… It was being one with another. I guess that's what'll happen again when I truly fall in love and share a paopu."
Acronos: "Hey, since Selphie's not here, what's the deal with the paopu?"
Kairi: "Hehe, find someone you care for and share it with them, then I'll tell you."
Acronos: "So you have to be good friends with someone to share it?"
Kairi: "Really good friends."
Acronos: "The only person that comes to mind at the moment is Maioko. I've known her longest, plus we're good friends."
Kairi: "Hmm, I think it'll be good."
Acronos: "You sound like it's really serious, it's just a fruit."
Kairi: " (Smiling) you'll see. Just don't share it with anyone but Maioko, but she should agree to it."
Acronos: "How else do you share?"
Kairi: "True." Here comes something interesting. Acronos looked at the paopu fruits on his right. Kairi, at the same time, looked at a pair of seagulls to her left, thinking about her and Sora. She moved in to get a better look as they were leaving, then realized exactly where she was and where Acronos was, faces only centimeters apart! Kairi also realized that she was falling slightly, to her left. The pair of seagulls came back, and they saw…
Cliffhanger of all my cliffhangers!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kairi: "Hey! I don't wanna kiss Acronos! No offense."
Acronos: "None taken and agreed!"
Hmm, well… Kairi, I'll whisper something into your ear so the readers can't hear.
Kairi: "(Listens) Well… I guess I can handle that."
Acronos: "What, what!?"
Sora: "Don't I have any say in this pairing?"
All will be explained in due time, but here are some sentences to make it better or worse. By the way, I hope they'll be in order.
"That wasn't supposed to happen."
She leaned her head on his shoulder and he asked: "Since we're both hungry, wanna share a paopu?"
"WHAT!!! THAT'S WHAT A PAOPU DOES?!!!!!!!!!!"
"This could be bad."
"Oh well, gotta make the best of this odd situation."
"YES! My house is complete!"
"Hey, come closer, I'm freezing."
Sora: That only made it worse!"
So? Haha! Anyway, just wait 'till the next chapter; boy have I got things planned then!
Acronos: "Somehow, I get the feeling that I should be afraid, very afraid."
Not necessarily. Your house does get complete, with many books, and maybe some sort of T.V, radio and phone system!
Acronos: "BOOYAH! I guess I can handle the first few moments of the chapter then."
Oh you will, you will. (Insidious laughter)
Acronos: "0_0, umm, gulp? Why me?"
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