Sirius: hey people thank you all so very much for your wonderful reviews, I'll try my best to keep you all satisfied. Please keep reviewing. Sorry if I updated so late I was busy but hopefully I'll be able to update every week, oh and there are things I forgot to mention Italics are flash backs and bold words are characters thoughts. I don't own star ocean.

Siren: Enjoy the 2nd chapter!

THE BEGINNING OF ETENITY

Ch.2: New Discoveries

Albel let a chuckle escape his lips, "Don't make me laugh, fool, everyone knows you can't bring a dead person back to life."

"We're not really going to bring Nel back to life," Fayt explained, "we're just going to turn back time a little."

Albel laughed, "You truly have gotten more stupid during the years."

Fayt sighed, shaking his head, "Somehow I knew this would happen"

"Look don't believe us if you don't want to, we're just here to tell you there's a way to bring her back." Cliff leaned on a nearby tree, "If you're not interested just tell us to leave and we'll be happy to."

Albel glared at the blond but soon found himself gazing up at the statue, he couldn't help but wonder if it was true, if it was, then Nel would be alive again and everything would be okay.

"How are you going to turn back time? That's impossible."

Fayt nodded, "Yes, it was…but thanks to a strange girl, who developed this mysterious device that could."

"But," Cliff interrupted, "it's not that simple in order to turn back time you would have to go to the different dimensions in this world and fix the problem that caused this world to be corrupted."

Albel frowned staring blankly at the two men as if they had gone mad.

Fayt laughed, "I guess we're not making ourselves clear, here let me explain in detail. In this world there are six dimensions including ours, there could be more but we've only detected six, we have no idea which dimension is the real world but I guess you could say that this dimension is our real world, if something goes wrong in one of the dimensions it would cause a ripple effect and disrupt the other remaining dimensions, we came here to tell you that we can bring back Nel because Nel's life force was detected somewhere in another dimension meaning she could very well still be alive. We believe that Nel died in this world because something happened in one of the other dimensions. Because we think our world is the sixth dimension we get the most effect, so we were to travel to the other dimension and fix what was not meant to be, we are able to turn back time and Nel from dying."

Albel stood silent for a moment taking in all the information he just received, somehow he couldn't bring himself to believe what the blue haired man had said but still if there was the slightest chance to save Nel he would take it even if it was unbelievable.

"And how are we exactly supposed to travel to these other dimensions?"

Just then a loud noise caught their attention. The three men turned to see a cloud of dust form nearby.

"Right on cue," Cliff said heading toward it, with Albel and Fayt close behind.

They soon stood on the edge of a huge crater, by that time the dust had disappeared revealing a small space craft smack right in the middle. The door slid open and out popped a girl.

"WOOOHOO, THAT WAS FUN!" The girl cheered flapping her arms wildly while running in circles.

The trio stood with looks on their faces as if at a loss for words. Seriously they had no idea how you could possibly have fun falling from the sky at such speed to cause a huge crater on the ground.

"Who's this new idiot?" Albel asked.

Cliff and Fayt sighed before answering, "Our new nightmare."

The girl smiled and waved wildly when she caught sight of the two men, "Yo, Cliff, Fayt, I'm hungry, got any food!"

Quicker than the blink of an eye the girl stood before them. From up close the girl was rather beautiful but looked very young. She stood around five feet tall; her long black hair was tied back into a ponytail as her bangs fell over her right eye leaving her left one exposed. The girl wore a green top decorated with black lace; the skirt she wore was the same color and was also decorated with black lace. To finish off her look black strings crisscrossed around her legs and arms.

"Look little lady, we have no food, you'll just have to wait," Cliff frowned.

"Hmph!" The girl pouted crossing her arms and turned her back on him. A smile grew across her face when she stood face to face with Albel.

"Ah, you must be Albel Nox."

"What if I am?" The swordsman sneered.

"Nice to meet you, I've heard lots about you, I'm Kanan, a proud member of Quark, I was sent here by Mirage to assist you and the others to complete this mission," Kanan announced.

Albel continued glaring at the girl but asked, "How old are you?"

"15!"

Albel took a step back, "A child! This is no place for a--,"

Before he could finish two hands came up behind him and cover his mouth.

"He means he's happy to have you help!" Fayt smiled standing on his left side.

"Yeah!" Cliff agreed on his right.

Albel struggled to get the two men off him, he wanted to tell the girl to go home to her mom or something and take a nap this wasn't a place for little kids and he didn't want to be stuck babysitting a child, but he suddenly stopped when a breeze drifted by, slightly moving her bangs to the side revealing her hidden eye. Her eyes were different colors, her left was a deep green, a color of innocence and joy but her right one was the complete opposite. It was red the same as his, the color that represented hate and blood. At that moment she reminded him of … himself.

"Albel?"

The former captain snapped out of his thoughts and turned, "Do whatever you want."

Kanan smiled, "I'm going to get something," she announced before heading back to the ship.

Albel looked up at the sky and continued thinking about the girl, when he thought about it, the girl looked exactly like him maybe not her left side but her right, her eye, the way she looked at him.

"Are you shocked about how much the girl looks like you?"

Albel turned to find Cliff standing in front of him.

Knowing Albel wasn't going to answer he continued, "Yeah, I was shocked too when we let her on to our ship, just like Maria we found her on an escape pod, Mirage insisted we bring her in so we did, when I saw her I thought I died and went to Hell, she looked so much like you that I thought maybe you had a long lost little sister but even though she might not act as cold as you, when she snaps you can say goodbye to your happy painless death, she's not at all lie you."

"What do you mean?" Albel finally asked.

"I'm saying she's a hundred times worst."

"I tried doing examinations on her but nothing comes up," Fayt explained, "we have no idea what planet she she's from or if she is indeed human or not."

"I'm back!" Kanan yelled running toward the three men with a rather big box in her arms.

"What's that?" Cliff asked reaching for the box.

"Don't touch!" Kanan yelled, "I need you all to agree with completing this mission no matter what, Mirage entrusted me to see to it that we complete this mission and I will not back out, now I need your word that you will not run away from this."

"Yeah, Yeah, I agree." Cliff shook his head.

"I do too," Fayt was the next to agree.

The three stood and watched Albel waiting for his reply.

"Hmph, whatever." Was all he said.

"Great!" Kanan cheered setting the box down in front of the men, "before we go I need you all to change."

"Why?" Cliff asked.

"God, you're unbelievable, weren't you paying attention to Mirage when she explained the mission?"

The blond stared at her blankly.

"Arghh, the reason why you have to change is because when we get to the other dimension there will already be another you there, and if people were to see you, it would cause that dimension to become unbalanced and therefore effect the other worlds, we don't need that, now change!"

Kanan opened the box and the trio peered into it.

"WHAT THE HELL!" they all yelled in unison backing away from the box.

"Is this some sort of joke, maggot?" Albel asked anger growing in his voice, "I will not wear such a thing."

Fayt smiled, 'I will have to agree with Albel on that."

"Yeah, I'm not going to anywhere near it!" Cliff agreed.

One hour passed and the three beautiful women stood before Kanan. Well at least two of them were a close comparison to beauty.

"I'm going to kill your wife, you know that," Albel sneered at Cliff.

"Look I don't like this either, you know." he shot back.

"I want to die, why do we have to dress like girls?" Fayt moaned falling to the ground.

In the one hour that had passed Kanan was able to convince them to wear the clothing that Mirage ordered for them and add any cosmetic help to anyone that needed it.

Albel was the best looking, the outfit Mirage had gotten him matched him perfectly a short purple shirt and a lacy violet top, he still wore his stockings and his boots but it didn't matter, it matched. With his hair already long, he tied it into a ponytail. Fayt was second best, he wore a tight long black skirt, slits on both sides and a black halter top, complete with a straight blue haired wig.

Cliff was the worst looking of all, not that he wasn't pretty as a girl but his face expression killed the look and he was quite buff and masculine. It was an impossible task to make him seem more feminine. He wore a long white frilly skirt, along with a long loose sleeve top, and a curly blond wig was placed atop his head.

The three men were equipped with silicon breast that surprisingly looked real. Albel donned the B cup, Cliff a C, and Fayt and A.

"If this gets out to anyone, I'll skin both of you alive." Albel threatened.

"I'd rather be skinned alive than tell people I cross dress." Cliff frowned.

"Okay lets hurry up with this, the sooner we finish the sooner we can get out of these things," Fayt looked up at Kanan, "okay start."

Kanan nodded, closed her eyes and cupped her hands over an object around her neck.

Albel watched in amazement as the world around him turned black and suddenly he was falling.

"What's happening?" Albel thought to himself as he fell.

Just then a blinding light flashed and he fell on something a little softer that he floor.

"Aggh…can't…breathe…help…can't…."

Albel looked down to see what he had landed on. With instant reflex Albel got up and watched as the blond he crushed took a deep breath of air.

"What the hell! Were you trying to kill me?" Cliff yelled.

Albel shrugged and looked around, "maybe."

Cliff sighed before making his way towards Fayt and Kanan who stood a bit way examining the place.

Albel's eyes widened when he recognized it. They were in Ayrigliph. The inn was close by and he recognized it immediately. How strange it was to see it again, he had gotten used to seeing its rubble but now it appeared as if it had never been touched.

"Hey worms I know where we are." Albel announced.

But no one replied.

"Hey worms, I know where we are," he repeated but still there was no reply.

"Didn't you hear me--," Albel started but stopped when he caught sight of the other three standing a short distance away laughing.

It would be an understatement if he called it laughing because Cliff and Kanan were hysterical, rolling around on the floor, holding onto their stomach as tears poured from their eyes. Fayt on the other hand controlled himself a little better; his hand covered his mouth as he chuckled softly to himself.

Albel stood before them and asked, "What are you worms laughing about?"

"Hol…holy…crap, I can't ……can't breathe," Cliff chocked out in between laughter.

"I can't…I can't believe….it….it's too…CRAZY!" Kanan knelt down next to Cliff slapping her hand on the ground as more laughter escaped her mouth.

Trying hard to find a reason for this fit of madness Albel turned to Fayt who still had his hand on his mouth while the other pointed ahead. Albel looked in the direction of the finger. A tall man stood a little bit away his back turned on him. He had short black hair and was dressed in what seemed to be a scholar's uniform. The man bowed to a young woman before turning around.

Albel's eyes widened as he yelled, "WHAT THE F IS THAT THING!"

Glasses? Short hair? A scholar's uniform? The man who stood in front of him was none other than himself!

Sirius: OMG, things are getting interesting! I wanted to lighten up the mood a little so I add a oc, a big apology goes out to those who hate oc but she won't be matched up with anyone…maybe…well at lease not any of the main characters, hopefully she doesn't bug anyone that much. And another apology if the story so far confused you a little or a lot, but you'll understand more as the story goes on, I'll update in a week so see you soon.

Siren: Hoped you enjoyed the story and please review, and if you haven't read; Another life, Less Ordinary (another Alnel fic) go check it out.