A/N: I guess I have no new attacks to add right now. And I see some of you see right through my plan, but it's all just a plot, no one knows what I really have planned.
Dis: only small percent of material in this fic is owned by this author. Legally no ownership of any of it's contents. Conclusion: he does not own (pushes Divera down) damn it talk like a human, I don't own Chrono trigger (Divera cracks whip it me falls to floor half dead)
Hakura walks up front of the group almost as hard as stone in an attitude. In his mind he has made a terrible mistake he knows he'll pay a price for. Lucca and Divera have also seemed to become tense around each other. Crono just is a little on edge do to the attack from the golem and Hakuras transformation. Lucca slowly walks up to frog.
"hey frog, did you catch Hakuras transformation?"
"aye, that I did. 'tis a strange one indeed. Though a kind hearted one he seems hard to bond with. That transformation slowly eats away at him, an inner evil really"
"he is a Cascader" Divera had begun walking beside them in the midst of there talk. "he uses his evil energy to protect and otherwise serve the good of humanity. He used it to protect you Lucca. You were in grave danger, you are lucky. I only saw this transformation once. He had no control of it then, he turned on me. I barely escaped thanks to this eye piece. I found out what made him tic, and I "unplugged it" so to speak"
"what did you do?"
"I won't say, you'll figure it out soon enough" with that she left in a minor mood.
"something 'tis bothering her"
"I wonder what" Lucca thinks for a while on the subject. Tapping her finger to her chin every so often.
"let us not dwell on it Lucca, we've matters to attend to now"
"yes of course" Lucca snaps out of her thoughts instantly.
Hakura steps into a large room, completely empty. He looks around it and just stands still. The others walk into the room to. They look at Hakura and see him just standing there, with his eyes closed.
"is something wrong?" Crono approaches Hakura, a small spark of energy shocks Crono causing him to step back.
"danger level increase. Grand monster approaching. Identify: horned beetle type. Massive weight. Skill: grand"
"in other words, very tough to beat. We need to teach her common English" Lucca sighs.
The monster bursts through a wall and attack s the group immediately. Crono jumps into the air and slashes the beast. Frog attacks the wide end of the beast. Lucca casts Flame Toss well Divera cracks her whip. Hakura still just sits there. The monster scuttles over to Lucca and rams her hard. Crono looks over at Frog and nods for the attack. X Slash. Massive damage to the monster. It flips on it's back revealing a softer spot. Lucca jumps up and fires a round there. The creature squeals in pain as it flips over again. Divera cracks her whip at it again, a bare miss. The Creature then takes it chance at ramming Hakura. Before it even begins to move Hakura attacks throwing it's guard off. He quickly signals to Frog and Crono, as he jumps into the air he signals to Lucca and Divera to use their Inventors Cycle move. They make a small robotic mobile bomb. It walks to the beetle boss and explodes with a fierce explosion. Causing it to fly into the air belly up. The three men come down on the beetle with there blades and deal it a deadly blow. The monster fades away and a chest appears from nowhere. They can hear muffled screams and commands from the box.
Crono bravely walks up to the chest and opens it. The lock opens and inside he finds…the queen (dun dada dun da! Oh wait, that's the link sound). Crono unties her binds and undoes the gag.
"arrgh, those nasty imps. I'll kill them all"
"I can see where Marle gets her attitude from" Lucca whispers over to Frog. He just chuckles a bit before going back to he regular decorum.
"as for you fine sir, I thank you for saving me. As a reward I'll give you the chance to marry my daughter"
"whoa, what?" Crono stumbles at the question.
"oh I am only kidding. I have no daughter yet. But please may you escort me back to the castle, I'll let you have one nights stay there"
"no really we must be going" Crono says scratching the back of his head.
"nay, you must attend. And be properly rewarded"
"no we really couldn't"
"take it Crono, we are already messing up time. She's the queen she's married to the King what could happen"
"I guess your right"
"splendid" the queen walks to the front beside Hakura and the rest guard the back. Lucca resumes her thought of what could snap him out of his chaotic trance.
Back at the Castle…
"oh thank the heavens, wait. What is this. The queen should be safe in her room. This must be an imposter. Kill them all!"
"what your highness!" Hakura bellows. "we have some news. When we came here earlier the queen you had was in a way an imposter, but if we tell you who she is then something catastrophic may occur, it would take out this entire land, leaving your kingdom sunk into deep waters. We know who this person is and are pursuing her as we speak. So you have no worries"
"hmm, that story does have logic to it, so be it. Inform me just who might have wanted to over throw me when you can"
"will do King" Hakura walks back out of the castle to wait. Crono walk up to the Queens room and looks around. Nothing,
"where could Marle be?" he says under his breath.
Foot steps are soon heard headed his way. He looks around to find a place to hide, under the bed he goes. A few seconds go by when the foot steps stop, it seems they have stopped outside the bedroom door. Crono tenses up, they step into the room. Crono sees the shoes the person wears, he knows them anywhere. Lucca's shoes are easily spotted. He was about to crawl out from under the bed when he heard her weep. He waited knowing that this may be a bad idea but he had no real choice. What was he to do after emerging from under the bed. Casually say "I was waiting for Marle to return" that would just raise more questions. He decides to wait it out.
"Crono, why? Why do you do this. You barely know her, and yet you risk life and limb for her. What about me? Sure I come on strong, but that's only to cover up my weak nature. Crono please, tell me why? Why don't you care this much about me?"
Crono couldn't help but shed a small tear, now knowing this. But what is he to do now? He can't just come out and say anything, then she'll know he was listening. "this could take some helpful thought" he thought to himself. Then Lucca walked out of the room. Crono got out from under the bed, and dusted himself off, he looked out of the room before sitting back on the bed. Moments after a spark of energy arose from beside him. Marle was coming back. He ran down stairs to get everyone and then returned. The rest excluding Hakura came up to see this miracle.
"Magical energy surge, massive-"
"oh shut it" Lucca cut her off. "we know what the hell it is"
soon Marles image was able to be seen, a few more seconds and she had her physical body back. Crono was the first to stand up and greet her, the rest joined in the hug, all but Lucca. She just sat there looking down to the ground.
(Lucca POV)
I walked out of that room, either in anger or jealousy. It had to be anger, what do I have to be jealous about. That frisky biscuit getting in trouble. I walked out of the castle and there was Hakura sitting at the base of the tree. I sat down beside him if not just so I didn't feel alone. It was a fair few minutes before he spoke.
"he is only protecting her, he is human after all"
I was surprised he said it that way, but I had a guess this guy wasn't human to begin with. His muscle size to actual strength was impossible, that sword was defiantly a two hander. It was night now, I looked up at the stars like I always do before I go to sleep. And soon I found myself drifting of to sleep. But just before I want under I felt something touch my side, I didn't jump at all. It felt warm but also a relieving chill to it as well. I fell asleep there.
The next morning I awoke relaxed and not as tense as I usually do. I looked around at my surroundings I was outside. Oh that's right I came out here to see Hakura. Where is he? I was about to look about when I felt the ground beneath me move. Oh my god!. I fell asleep in his lap! I am so embarrassed if anyone knew about this I'd be facing it for the rest of my life.
"um, can you get your elbow out of my face?" Hakura muffled behind it.
"what? Oh, I'm sorry"
"it's alright, listen don't get go thoughtful about this, you were shivering so I wrapped you up in my overcoat and held you, it was logic not admiration"
his words seemed cold but I knew he didn't want to insult me. I got up and gave him back his trench coat, or overcoat as he called it. I don't know what it is about him but it seems to occupy my time a lot. He is not a machine but his friend seems half that. But why is he my interest. Bah, it does not matter. We need to press on.
(regular POV)
the group heads up to the portal they got here from and Lucca pulls out a remote control.
"what's that?" Crono said eyeing it like a new toy for a toddler.
"it's a time gate controller, with it we can open and close these time gates. Watch" she hits a button and the time gate opens up wide. Lucca jumps in first then Crono hesitantly comes next, the rest soon follow. Frog has decided to stay behind.
1000 AD
the group finds themselves back at the fair. Everyone gone and the festival over. They all look around and then head off. They first head back to the castle to check see if everything has remained relatively unchanged. They enter the front doors only to be held at spear point.
"hey what the!" Crono spouts.
"you people are under arrest for kidnapping the princess!"
everyone just stands there open mouthed.
"time repercussion. We have altered our destiny" Divera states.
"no is not the time" Lucca groans.
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there you go, another pull your hair out abrupt stop ending. I like doing that haha, please don't hurt me (winces in fear) I'll make it up to you.