Thanks again for the reviews. Anyway, here's chapter five. Enjoy!

Sea of Tears, Lunatea

The force of Dark Death's bomb blew Klonoa back. He landed on a rocky cliff. When he got up, he saw that the bomb had hit the Bell of Sorrow, and the impact had blasted everyone to different ends of what appeared to be the Sea of Tears. The debris had landed right over the Bell of Sorrow! What luck! But now, he saw that Dark Death was stationed atop the Bell, and humungous black tentacles protruding from his sides were reaching out to four corners of the island.

Then, Klonoa heard footsteps. He looked to his right, and say Reyza running toward him, the High Priestess at his side. "Klonoa!" he shouted. "We've come to help you!"

"Reyza!" he yelled to the prophet. "Have you seen anyone else?"

"Yes, Klonoa," he said calmly, "they're fine. But now, we must stop this menace before he destroys us!" He pointed to the tentacles at the north and west sides of the island. "I've instructed your friends to take care of those tentacles there. You and I must take care of the ones there." He pointed to the tentacles at the east and south sides of the island. "The King of Sorrow and Flieber are working together to destroy the north one, while Leorina and Tat are taking care of the west one. You get the south, and I'll get the east!"

"How are you going to fight them, Reyza?" Klonoa asked. "You don't even have a…"

"A ring?" Reyza finished. He pulled a ring with a yellow diamond out of his robe.

Klonoa was stunned. "How did you…?"

"No time to explain!" the prophet said hurriedly. "You have to get rid of the tentacle on the south!"

"Right," said Klonoa, "got it!"

"All right then," said Reyza, "good luck." The High Priestess hopped into his ring, and he flew off for the east.

Klonoa looked at his ring. "Ready, guys?" he asked.

"Ready," said Lolo from inside his ring. "Let's do this!"

"Yeah!" said Popka. "Ready when you are!"

Klonoa smiled, and began running to the southern end of the island. Once he got there, he was instantly shocked. The tentacle looked even bigger up close. It was creating strange monsters. Klonoa shot a wind bullet at one of them. It inflated and floated on his ring, like any other monster. A mini-tentacle stretched out of the original tentacle and tried to swat Klonoa. He barely dodged it, and was thrown against a dead tree. He got up just in time to dodge another strike. He saw it then: the weak spot. A small gray core, hidden beneath the mini-tentacles. He threw the monster at it, and the tentacle broke apart a little. He kept dodging and throwing monsters at the core until the tentacle finally snapped and fell into the Sea of Tears. Then, one by one, the other tentacles fell. He ran through the caves and found his way to the center island, where the Bell of Sorrow was located.

Everyone was there. Leorina, Tat, the King of Sorrow, Flieber, and Reyza, with the High Priestess inside his mysterious ring. They were all there to help him, ready for whatever Dark Death may throw at them. He smiled. Even though the situation was dire, he was glad he had such good friends.

Then he saw a strange, dark smoke coming from the top of the Bell. Dark Death floated high into the air. The dark smoke bellowed out of his eyes and mouth, and soon, in his place, and the place of the Bell, stood a gigantic monster. It looked like a dragon's head, except it had ram-like horns protruding from its head. It roared, and then echoed, "I don't care if I can't take your world, Klonoa! I'll take this one instead! I still have the Elements, and…" He stopped. "Wait…their power…it's gone…where did they go?"

Everyone but Klonoa smiled. They each had an Element in their hand: Reyza had Tranquility, Leorina had Discord, Tat had Indecision, Flieber had Joy, and of course, the King of Sorrow had Sorrow. "You're done for, Dark Death!" laughed Reyza. "Give it up!"

"What the…?" said Klonoa, puzzled. "How did you get those?"

"Easy," said Tat. "They fell from the sky, and we each had one where we were standing." She handed hers to Klonoa. "I think you know what to do."

Everyone gave his or her Element to Klonoa. He let his ring absorb them. It glowed with their rainbow colors. Klonoa smiled. "Let's finish this."

The dragon snarled. "I don't need those anymore!" he said. "I have enough power to destroy you all!" He broke out of the island, blowing everyone back to the outer rim of the Sea of Tears. He let out a ground-shattering roar and spat a black fireball at Klonoa.

Klonoa wasn't scared. He simply held out his ring and shouted, "Lolo! Defend!" A glowing Lolo came out of his ring, and formed a seemingly rainbow-colored shield around Klonoa. The fireball was decimated as it hit the shield. Lolo smiled at him, and he smiled back. "Ready?"

"Ready!" she said excitedly.

"Okay!" said Klonoa. "Lolo! Popka! Attack at full force!"

A glowing version of Popka came out of his ring. The duo of Lolo and Popka came together as one, forming a giant, radiant bird. Klonoa bounded onto its shoulder, and commanded it to fly at the dragon. It obeyed, and the fight began. The two flying beasts rocketed at each other. The dragon spat fire, but the bird countered with a sparkling beam of energy. The bird scratched, the dragon clawed. The bird pecked, the dragon bit. They seemed equally matched. But the bird had something the dragon didn't. It wasn't made up of just three people; it was made up of three friends. It was about to find out that friendship conquers all.

They were both worn down. The battle was coming to an end, but in whose favor, no one could guess. The whole group on the rim of the island below watched in anticipation, waiting to see who would make thelast blow.

Then, suddenly, the bird charged up one last beam of light. Klonoa, Lolo, and Popka, the trio of friends, the team that saved the world once before, were putting their heart and soul into this one final assault. The large sphere of energy burst out of the bird's mouth and hit the dragon directly in the chest. It split open, and its form disintegrated into dark smoke. Dark Death fell from the sky, and landed in the ocean. Klonoa, Lolo, and Popka blacked out, and headed down toward the ocean as well. They hit the seas, and their friends only had mere minutes to save them…

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There's chapter five. Stick around for the conclusion to the story in chapter six! (And review some more, please!)