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Begin Epilogue: The World We Saved
Me and Shulk flew down with our wings as the others transformed back to normal and ran up to us.
"I can't believe you did that, Sharla!" Miyuji exclaimed. "It looks like we're finally going back home after all this time."
"This isn't the first time something like this has happened." Zell snarked.
Gonta, Kiyo, Ajia, Gita, Dora, Beshi, and Kiba nodded in confirmation as Sae spoke. "Some of us were there, it was amazing."
Shulk laughed as he turned to face me. "Sharla, because of you, we were able to kill Rantaro and get my complete fighting ability back."
"Yep. I'm glad we did so, otherwise you would've been a goner." I said.
"Got it." Ajia muttered before turning to face us. "Shoku just called me to say that the plan was a big success and that the academy has been destroyed for good."
"That's great news! Let's meet them back home!" Gita shouted in excitement.
"I'm on it." I said as I pointed my Monado outwards towards the other side of the vortex we were in. "You guys might want to hold onto something."
In a flash of light and what felt like an instant, we were teleported back to the world created after Zanza was defeated. Me and Shulk transformed back to normal and my Monado vanished when Fiora, Melia, Riki, Miyadera, Shoku, Kenko, Seiyo, and Saki ran towards us.
After telling them everything that happened during the killing game, we started up a game of beach volleyball with Riki as the 'ball' to his dismay. I looked out at the view of the beach.
"Sharla?" Zell called out my name as he, Miyuji, Gonta, Kiyo, and Ajia walked up to me.
I turned around to face them. "Oh. I was just thinking about what the future has in store after the killing game and everything."
"I'm certain that the future is bright for all of us." Miyuji said. "After what happened back there, we all deserve this victory."
"I agree." Gonta confirmed.
"We might not know what the future holds, but that means we can imagine all of the possibilities." Kiyo brought up.
"It wasn't good in the past. But I know that now we can have the happy ending we all strived for." Ajia admitted.
"That's true." Zell said. "Come on! Let's play some volleyball before we go our separate ways!"
"Alright, Zell." I obliged with a laugh. "Regardless of the future, we'll face it together... as friends."
After that, we all ran over to play a game of volleyball before we have to go to our own homes. I couldn't help but smile the whole time.
Now we can put the killing game and the Killing Titan War behind us and head towards our bright future together. I thought to myself.
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The End
(A/N: And with that, this rewrite is officially complete! With 5 class trials, a destroyed academy, 14 deceased students, and 6 lucky survivors. This doesn't mean I'm done just yet! On or near the official release of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, I'll begin work on this story's prequel, Killing God Havoc! It'll be done in two side-by-side arcs called the 'Disciple Arc' and the 'Monado Arc', so when work does begin, reading just one of these arcs won't get you far. Stay tuned for that and keep up on my Tumblr for character bios of the prequel and lore that'll might or might not appear in the story itself. Until next time, don't get cooked, stay off the hook!)