Note: This was a story that I first posted at the Official Baten Kaitos Forums under the username of "Ayrill." This fic has been edited slightly from its original version, but the overall content remains the same. The first chapter is a little short ends a bit suddenly, but that all improves as the story goes on. I will continue to post chapters as long as I know that there are readers who wish to see it (it's a pretty long fic, so I have no reason to post it if no one is reading it).
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Part 1: Imperial Business
"Ugh, I'm not doing it!" Lyude protested.
"Oh, come on! We need that magnus!" Xella argued.
"Don't you have a lot of Aqua Bursts already?"
"That one's at a higher level. No go fetch it, Lyude!"
"I refuse to retrieve it from... there." said Lyude, gesturing to the toilet.
Yes, the party was in the bathroom of the Imperial Fortress. They had been in the Fortress all day to get any magnus they might have missed on their last visit, and also to take photographs of some of the rare and evil beasts, as the team was low on cash.
"Ok, ok, maybe we can get one of the others to do it." Xella decided, "How about you, Gibari? You've always been a fan of water. ...Gibari?" She and Lyude looked around, but there was no sign of him, or anyone else.
"Great," said Lyude, "now one of us has to-" "No, not us, you!" Xella shot.
"But I..." Lyude began, but it was not in his nature to argue, especially with someone like Xella. He sighed and said, "Fine, Xella. I'll... get the magnus..."
Xella smiled, Meemai chirped, and Lyude looked down uncomfortably into his distorted reflection in the stagnant water of the silver toilet bowl.
"The Great Mizuti thinks that leaving behind our comrade might have been a not so great decision..." Mizuti said as he, Kalas, Savyna, and Gibari went down a long corridor whose metallic walls shimmered. Kalas looked back at Mizuti, "Hey, if anyone asks, we were out stea-...er finding weapons from the fortress." he demanded as they reached the open air.
Savyna shook her head, "And yet, we are outside? What do you intend to say, that we were trying to steal an Iron Beetle?"
"Not steal, find!" hissed Kalas.
"Find? But that's just-" "I didn't steal anything!" interrupted Kalas.
"So, how much longer do you think they're going to be?" pondered Gibari.
"The Great Mizuti believe not too much longer..." the masked one said. Almost instantly after he finished the sentence, an explosion was heard from inside the great fortress.
"...Well damn." Mizuti said.
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Lyude woke up, not knowing how much time had passed, to find himself in a bright room. Everything in it seemed to reflect light into his eyes. He shielded his face with his gloved hand, and noticed that it was covered in a sparkling substance. Curious, he turned his head to one side and let his crimson eyes adjust to the brightness. Once he finally realized where he was, he let out a shrill scream. All around him was fancy furniture in an assortment of colors, all made of candy and glittering with sugar coating. Even the bed he lay upon seemed to be made of a giant, lime green gumdrop, and the covers made from a smooth, white frosting.
But what had become of the others? How was he still alive? Why was he in Mira? ...The answers would come into his memory soon enough.
Meanwhile, while the rest of the party should have been scouring the fortress for Xella and Lyude, they were instead being perused by some heavily armored soldiers who had noticed the explosion (as if they possibly could have missed it).
"We can't hold them off for too long." said Savyna, "Just keep going until we reach our ship in Mintaka."
"Hey, not all of us are expert runners ya know!" said Gibari, far behind, "Slow down, will ya, Savyna!"
"Ugh, you're hopeless! Why don't you just fly or something?"
Soon enough, they made it out of the territory of the Imperial Fortress, with the soldiers dead on their tail (Gibari's anyway) until then. As a matter of fact, the guards completely stopped the persuit when the party left the walls of the fortress.
Panting, Gibari looked back and said, "I... guess we lost them?"
"The Great Mizuti senses signs of stupidity back at the shiney palace. Dumbness. Foolishness. Village idiots."
Just like Mizuti said, the two not so bright soldiers stood at the entrance of the Imperial Fortress. The first soldier looked at the other and said "You think we should follow them?"
"Nah, lets have one of the important people do it. Here, give me that cell phone magnus."
Once he had the card, he asked, "Uh... do you know Vallye's number?"
"No... the only phone number I know is Skeed's. Well, him and that one crazy officer anyway. Not that I'd ever call that lout."
"Drat, this is no good. Go ask the other guys if they know her number."
And so it began, and without any of them knowing exactly how much more crazed it could get.