Star Ocean: Present meets future.
Reminder; I do not own Star Ocean, just the character that I have created and the fighting style I created for him.
Chapter 1: A strange new world…
(And if you did not know, ' means that the character is thinking that')
When I woke up, I was in a weird bed in an even weirder looking room. It looked like one of those sci-fi movies I used to make fun of. I got out of the bed, I notice something that was different, that I was in my boxers. I quickly looked around the room for my clothes when I found a closet; I found a pair of black jeans and sleeveless black shirt. I put them on, and then put on my socks and shoes. 'Now, where in the hell am I?' I thought to my self as I walked over to the door. 'Well one thing has gone right, these glasses sure do help me se better' I thought as reached up to fix them better on my face when I noticed something else. I wasn't wearing glasses, "What the heck is going on?" I ask allowed as I walked out the door in to a long hallway. I walked down the hallway into another room where six strange devices sat and a women standing against the wall. I walked over to her and asked, "Excuse me, but where am I?"
She looked at me with a confuse look and replied. "You're in the transporter room of the grand resort hotel. These transporters take you to the lobby."
'Grand resort hotel, where have I heard the name before...' I thought as I was walked into the transporter. It charged up and with a flash, I was gone, it felt like I was broken apart and then pieced back together really fast. I then appeared in a room that looked just like the room I was in. So I walked out of that room and into a hallway that went in two directions. I went down the hallway until I encounter a door on my left. 'Why not, maybe it will help me find out where the heck I am.' I thought as open the door and walked in to a room with a fountain in the middle. What really shocked me the most was the two people that I saw next to a control panel in the wall. One was a boy with bright blue hair and the other was a girl with brown hair. 'What the heck, is that who I think it is? It is, that Fayt. And if that is Fayt, then that must mean that I'm in Star Ocean: till the end of time, Awesome!' I thought until the other thought hit me, 'Wait isn't this the place that gets destroyed, crap, I've got to think of a way out of here!' I stood there, thinking of how to get out of here, when someone said to me "Hey?"
I looked around and noticed that fayt was looking at me, so I walked over to them and said, "Yeah, what's up?"
"Well I wanted to ask you if you have played one of these battle simulators before." He asked me.
"No, I haven't", I said back, which is the truth, since we don't have this kind of technology where I come from.
"Well, would you play it with us? My friend is a new player and she doesn't want to be the only one who doesn't know how to play?"
"Well sure, I'd love to." I said excitedly.
"Oh, by the way, I'm Fayt Leingod." The blue haired boy said.
"I'm Sophia, Sophia Esteed." The brown haired girl said with a smile.
I was about to tell them my name when I thought, 'Since this is a game, I should probably use my character name instead.' I then said to them, "I'm Aaron Ryisen."
"O.K." Fayt said as he turned to the control panel and began typing. He then turned back to me. "What kind of weapon would you like to use?" He asked me.
I thought for a minute and said, "I would like to use two swords, a long one and a short one."
"Alright." He said as he began to type again.
After a couple more minuets of typing… "Alright, I'm done." Fayt said as the game room door opened.
The three of us walked into a room that looked dark with a ring in the middle as soon as we walked into the middle of the room, the room change into a bright green color and the computer began to speak.
"Welcome to the battle simulator. Please set battle parameters."
Fayt then looked at Sophia and me and said, "Well, what do you two want to do? Let's start from the beginning… You wanna take a look at the instructions?"
"I dunno… should I?" Sophia asked.
"We probably should, because we can't have any fun if we don't know how to play." I said.
Sophia blushed with embarrassment and said, "Okay I…I will."
So Sophia and I started to read the instructions while Fayt was setting the game parameters.
After about five minutes into reading it, I started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Sophia asked.
I calmed my self down and said, "I just remembered why I don't read instruction booklets."
After Sophia finished reading the instructions, she started to laugh as well, "They do make you feel stupid."
"Alright, let's play." Fayt said, "Computer, start."
The computer started up again, "Player 1: Fayt Leingod. Character: Sword master Adonis Klein. User level: AAA. Player 2: Sophia Esteed. Character: Flare witch Cecilia Femina. User level: E. Player 3: Aaron Ryisen. Character: Sword master Roji Rensoma. User level: E. Battlefield: Remote city of Listia. Monster Level: E Setup complete. Continue?
"Okay. We're ready." Fayt said.
"Preparing to commence. This simulation system may abort a game if it detects that player safety is at risk." The computer was saying until Fayt interrupted it. "I know that. Just start."
"Confirmed." The computer said, "Commencing game."
A green translucent armor appeared on everyone, Fayt go a sword as a weapon, Sophia got a staff, and lastly, a long, Japanese style sword appeared in my hand and a shorter one at my hip, I swung the long sword, it felt good in my hands and wasn't heavy at all, 'Duh, it a game idiot' I thought to my self.
Then four hyena like enemies appeared with axes in hand. Two of them ran towards Fayt and Sophia, so I was left with two. The first one ran at me with its axe swinging wildly. When it was almost in range, I spun around with the long sword extended , cutting the first hyena in half. The second hyena started to hesitate, so after I regained my balance I took the short sword off my side and ran at the hyena. When I got into range, the hyena lashed out with its axe. I slashed at the axe with my short sword, knocking the hyena off balance and then thrusted the long sword into the hyena's chest, which caused it to fade out of existence. I then waited for the others to finish the monsters they were fighting. As soon as they finished, the armor and weapons disappeared and Sophia sighed loudly and said, "… that wore me out."
"But wasn't it fun?" Fayt asked.
"Well, it wasn't too bad, I guess." Sophia said, out of breath.
"It was great!" I said excitedly.
Fayt looked at Sophia and then at me and said, "What do you say we stop for now and go get a bite to eat or something? You look pretty bushed."
"Yeah, that would be nice, Fayt." Sophia said and then she looked at me and said, " What about you, do you want to come along too Aaron?"
"Well, sure. If you would let me, that is." I said as I thought to myself, ' If I stay with them then I won't die on this stupid planet, and that also means more fights..'
"Sure I don't mind, hey Sophia, let's go find my mom and dad, and I'm sure they would like to meet you, Aaron." Fayt said.
"Right, let's go find them." Sophia said as we began to walk to the exit of the simulator when a slight rumble happened.
" What the?" Fayt yelled as the rumble stopped. Then, the computer started to speak.
"Level two tremor detected. The System will be temporarily deactivated for your safety. We apologize for any inconvenience."
" An earthquake?" Fayt said, with a hint of confusion in his voice. Right after he said bigger rumble.
"Eek!" Sophia shouted as she rapped her arms the nearest person's waist so she wouldn't fall down, which was me.
The earthquake became more violent as Fayt shouted " Whoa!" and fell to the ground. I held on to Sophia until the earthquake started to calm down.
" Are you alright, Sophia?" I asked her because her head was still buried in my chest.
She pulled away in an instant, and turned a bright red, "Yeah I'm fine."
I then turned to Fayt and said, "Fayt, you o.k.?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said as he picked himself up off the ground as the computer's voice boomed over the intercom that could be heard through the entire hotel.
"This is an emergency alert. Hyda IV is currently under attack by an unidentified space craft. All civilians should follow immediate evacuation instructions on the nearest console. I repeat: All civilians…"
Fayt then yelled, "Computer! What's going on?"
"Remote station # 7, Hyda III, and Hyda IV are currently under attack by unidentified ships. Remote station # 7 has scrambled its own ships to mount a counter attack, but they are outnumbered and therefore unable to provide evacuation assistance to Hyda IV." The computer answered back.
Fayt yelled at the computer again and it began to show a video display of the attack. 'Oh great…' I thought, ' I just have to say calm and follow Fayt and Sophia and I will be alright.
Fayt then said, "Aaron, Sophia, let's go." We all then ran out of the room and through the lobby and back into the hall I used to get their, as we entered the transported room a short haired woman in a uniform began to speak.
"Due to the state of emergency, all transporters have been redirected to send guests to a special floor, where a large transporter waits to take you to the emergency shelter. After the arrival of all guests at the shelter has been confirmed, the transport Jammer located in the evacuation facility will be activated. Please evacuated in an orderly and speedy manner."
Fayt and then Sophia disappeared as the walked on to the transporter and I followed soon after. When I reappeared, Fayt and Sophia were waiting in a room with one door. "Alright, let's go." Fayt said as Sophia and I nodded in agreement, and we ran out of the room into a giant hallway that branches off many times. Their, Fayt identified two of the people.
"Hey!" Fayt yelled out to them, and Sophia yelled out.
"Uncle Robert, Aunt Ryoko!"
The brown haired man turned, and when he saw Fayt and Sophia, he sighed with relief and said, "I'm glad you're here."
"You guys too, Dad!" Fayt said back to him.
Then the woman that Sophia called Ryoko ran up to her and embraced her and said, "What a relief! I was so worried."
Then Fayt's father began to stare at me and asked, "And who is this?"
Fayt then pointed to me and said, "This is a friend of Sophia and me, his name is Aaron Ryisen."
"He could be…" Robert said under his breath when Fayt asked him, "What's going on dad? Is Aldian attacking?"
Robert stopped looking at me and began to speak, "Probably not. From the looks of their weapons, it's most likely…"
"Most likely what?" Fayt asked.
"Never mind, we must get out of here. Let's go." Robert said as the group continued to them emergency transporter.
As they approached the corridor that led to the transporter, a male soldier stopped them and said, "Please wait here."
Robert asked the soldier, "Is something wrong?"
"There's a long line to use the transporter up ahead. You'll have to wait your turn here." The soldier replied.
Robert said, "I see. We'll wait here then."
We waited to use the transporter when shots came from the hallway we were in and one hit one of the soldier . I knew what was happing, then two mysterious soldiers 'cough veendini cough' appeared in the distance.
"Damn! How'd they get in this far?" the soldier said as he turned to us. "Keep moving forward!"
"Fayt…" Sophia said with a sense of fear in her voice.
"Yeah!" Fayt said as we were about to start running to the transporter when them mysterious soldiers got into the range and saw are group, he then pointed his gun at us and said, "Here they are!"
"Run for it!" the male soldier yelled at us when he began to firing at the mysterious soldiers, but was killed by them.
"Robert…" Fayt's mother said to him.
He looked at her and nodded, "Yes, as I suspected."
"Dad?" Fayt yelled in confusion.
Robert then turned to us and yelled, "Run, you three."
"Uncle Robert?" yelled the startled Sophia
"Robert then yelled again, "Just get out of here!"
"But!..." Fayt started to say when he was cut off by his mother.
"Get moving now, you have to protect her!"
"That's right, hurry! Don't worry about us!" Robert yelled.
After a short silence, Robert then said, "It's all right. We'll be at the Evacuation facility soon."
"Promise, Dad?" Fayt asked.
"Promise!" Robert said.
Fayt looked at his parents one last time before turning to face Sophia and me. He then said, "Sophia, Aaron, let's go!"
"Okay!" Sophia said as the two ran down the corridor.
I was about to follow them when, "Wait, Aaron was it?" Robert said to me.
"Yeah, that's me." I said.
He looked at me for a little bit and said, "I have a favor to ask you, will you watch over those two?"
I thought for a moment and said, "Sure, but I'm not sure how much help I could be though."
"Thanks, and good luck on your journey." Robert said.
"What?" I yelled. 'does he know that I'm not from here?' I thought.
"Here, I want you to have this." Ryoko said as she pulled a pendent out of the purse she was holding and handed to me. The pendent was a small yin-yang with a pair of wings on it, a white one and a black one.
"What's this?" I asked.
"It's a good luck charm." She said.
I put it on around my neck, if fit perfectly, "Well, I better catch up to them." I said as I ran off after Fayt and Sophia.
Little did I know what that pendent had in store for me…