Hoboslayer: Oh look, fat boy's back.. Wow.

Hazard 13: New and not improved.

Death: Shut up and let me out of here.

Hazard 13: Where's Night?

Night Joe: (appears from a rip in time) Wow. Cave people ARE stupid.

Hazard 13: Ummm… yeah. Anyway, I need to actually finish this chapter, after like five months, so I'll do the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own FFTA, but I own the game cartridge and my GBA, so there.

Ch. 9 (post author's note) Fish in an Ocean

After Ezel's idea, we went over to the pub, and I saw that it was a pretty rough place (i.e. the sign was blackened, and there was a dead guy on the floor by the door. So, we went inside, and Ezel decided to go get a beer, and I went to get us a table. After nearly shooting some annoying people who got in my way, I finally found an empty table. I looked back to see the others at the bar, talking to the bartender. As Vinjn slapped some gil onto the counter, he turned and left to go outside. Did he owe him money or something? Nite Joe and Sred02 came over to the table I was holding (literally, with the people in the pub fighting to take it) and Nite Joe told me that he had Vinjn go get some Zodiac Ore for him, and that it would take a battle for him to come back.

"So, why a battle?" I asked. "Can't he just hurry up or something?"

"It's enchanted, man." Sred02 said in annoyance.

"I need the metal so that I can make weapons and crap." Nite Joe had always made wood, and even metal weapons in real life, so apparently he wanted to here.

"I already ordered a new version of my old Iron Bar." He finished. Somehow, the blacksmith I talked with made it out of both mysidia alloy, and materite, so it's hella strong."

We all had stopped at stores along the way to the pub, stores that Marche had evidently disregarded for the main places in town, that had general weapons, not specialized stuff that we wanted. We all had our own weapons ordered. Special weapons, with no actual A-abilities attached, but they were good. Besides, we already knew many moves, just from knowing the moves in the game, from memory.

I decided to go outside for a little while to see if I could get something from the next door armory, which advertised Masasume 100s. These would come in handy for Sred02, who was relatively weak compared to us. (we fought enemies, he ran away from them.)

As I walked over to the shop in question, I felt a small bump to my left, and a hand thrust into the pocket I kept the ring I stole from one of the homeless dudes. I knew instinctively it must be a thief. A clumsy thief. So, as I spun around, I pulled my Outsider out and was about to shoot the thief, when Ezel's voice rang out. "Azoth!", and everything went black.

(My dream)

Where am I…? Ether. That fool…him and his little moogle friend…If I return…he shall pay…

(back to normal world)

'Wow. Freaky dream…kinda short…My head hurts, maybe cuz I hit that wall, as I fell asleep. Wait, then why am I on the floor, surrounded by boxes? Whatever.' I thought.

As I tried to get to my feet, I stumbled, and my vision slightly flickered. I looked to my left, then my right, and I saw Ezel, Nite Joe, and Sred02. I walked towards them (or tried to), and they came over.

"Sorry I had to do that, but that kid…Nite Joe recognized him and, so did Hoboslayer." Ezel said.

"Where is Hoboslayer, anyway?" I asked.

"Down here dumbass." A voice, Hoboslayer's, yelled from on the ground, to my right. "Next time, could you tell me how strong the alcohol they serve is, so it doesn't hurt so much?" he said, and with a heave, he got up, by using the hilt of his Eclipse, and he angrily swung it at a building support. It splintered and a judge fell from the balcony on top of it, and was going to "red card" Hoboslayer, who yelled: "Oh shit", but Sred02 threw a small Ninja knife that stuck the card into the wall of a nearby building. The judge naturally was pissed, and he took out his sword, Lionheart, and shoved it towards Hoboslayer, who sighed, and said "You goddamn judges never learn." With that, he took his Eclipse off his back, and cut the judge in half, from head to…you know…As we all stared, impressed, Night Joe suddenly used a quick spell, "STOP!" on seemingly nothing.

"Umm…"

"Night Joe?"

"What the…"

"eh?"

As we all looked on, a shape appeared from the area affected by Night Joe's Stop spell, which we recognized as…

"That archer lady!" yelled Sred02.

"You."Night Joe said.

"Interesting." I said.

"Stupid. Idiot. Rabbit. Bitch." Breathed Hoboslayer

"?" Ezel did not apparently have any idea as to who this was.

Anyways, we (except Ezel) recognized the archer as the viera person, Shara, who always hung out with the Ritz person. However, they were not supposed to us, they were supposed to go battle Marche, and get their asses kicked. Strange. After a few moments, Shara was back in time, and fell down a few inches, dropping her Seventh Heaven bow, which in reality is incredibly weak, and she looked at all of us, with an unbelieving stare.

"How? What did you…?" She was incredulous.

"I can see cloaked or concealed units, it's something I can do…" Night Joe responded.

"You know Reveal? But only Coerls can…" She trailed off.

"SHARA!" A voice yelled. It was the crazed pink haired lady, otherwise known as Ritz. "You were supposed to check back in with me, once you had freed Doned!"

"I was going to, but h-he stopped me somehow." Shara's voice was shaky.

"But you were Concealed, weren't you?" Ritz asked.

"yes, I don't know how he did it."

Ritz jumped out from behind a building, and turned to us.

"Prepare for a battle, because we-"

Her voice was cut off by a large rumbling noise. A ripple appeared in the space in between us and "Clan Ritz", and disappeared.

"Oh, no."

"This can't be…"

"Hell, no…It's not possible…not here, anyways." I said. There were not supposed to be any ripples HERE.

The ripple appeared again, but as we all tensed, the ground started shaking, and a pool of pure blackness became visible, and a darker figure within it floated out, and the figure dropped to the ground, on (His? Hers? It's?) feet, where the ground started to smoke. He looked at me, and said "Where the hell am I?"

Hazard 13: Well, more for next time…Review dammit.

Death: I have finally arrived.

Hazard 13: Not necessarily… Anyways, Nite Joe and Hoboslayer are on vacation in Hawaii, so whatever…Once you've read this, and reviewed, go away…