A/N: sorry for the last one being so short I'll make it up soon. Anyway time for the untimely death of Crono. Oops, I've said too much XD. Well we'll see…
Dis: I proclaim that this disclaim it to contain any disdain that I do not own the acclaimed Chrono Trigger. (hehehe, say that three times over)
The guard push Crono onto a wooden block and cover his head with a black cloth.
"any last words?" a grunt asks.
"no, only that I am glad my friends can't see this"
"very well then, off with your head" the grunt raises the axe high above his head. He swings the axe down towards Cronos exposed neck.
In a simple instant the axe disappears. The grunts look around for anything that could have done this.
"I see nothing, what happened"
"wait! Look!" a Grunt points to Hakura tossing the axe up and down in his hand.
"get him!" a grunt commands. Before he even takes a step a hole appears in his head, the blood oozes out the wound and forming a puddle.
"what the hell!" another one curses before being tossed of a nearby edge. One left.
"run in fear maggot" Hakura says in a demonic tone.
"never!" a shadow forms over the grunt. He turns around to see Crono there with his blade high above his head. The grunt turns a ghostly white before fainting.
"hahahe, oh man, I've always wanted to do that" he chuckles. "come on we got to get out of here!"
"I don't think so" a voice calls from nowhere.
"what the?" Hakura looks around to try and spot the source. "Divera!"
"I'm on it. The source is not human, robotic. Coming from…" before she could answer the Dragon Tank plows over the bridge and knocks off Hakura and Divera into the courtroom below.
"it's just us Lucca"
"fight with all your might" she draws her Power Gun and fires on the head. The bullets make a great impact but the tank plows over them with the attack.
"oh, damn it. What was that. We can't read it's movements. Be on the guard" Crono attacks the head again. The Flint Blade causes a flame to spit forth from the edge. The head melts away slightly but is still there nonetheless. It retaliates again. Lucca jumps towards the dragon tank and land atop it. She cocks the gun to its head and fires.
"you are terminated" (copyright owned by terminator do not sue)
the tank spews forth flames from the empty head socket. Lucca manages to stay on top the tank. Crono decides that if the tank has no wheels then it can't move. He goes for the wheel and attacks. A dent is made but not any real damage. Lucca fires at the body only to have hot coals sprayed into her face. She falls off the tank onto the canopy. Blinded by the coals she gets up still raring to fight. The tank soon begins to glow.
"oh no. it's gonna blow! Lucca run!"
"I can't I'm blinded. Go on without me!"
"you know I can't do that. You to valuable, you my friend I can't let you go!"
those words hurt Lucca more then helped. Tears come to her eyes as she attempts to get up. She falls back down after a sharp pain comes from her legs.
"I can't I think my legs are broken"
"damn it. Hang on I'm coming over" Crono steps back to set up for a jump but before he starts to runs a women. Tall slender and blonde stops him. She holds a books in here hands of a rare looks about it.
"stop, you've no time" she picks him up and jumps off the side of the bridge.
"wait my friend is up there!"
"she is taken care of. Now hold still or I'll drop you"
Crono and the women drop into the courtroom, where a battle is almost underway.
"Crono you've made it…and have made a new friend I see"
Crono pushes himself away from the women. "she is no friend. Where is Lucca!"
"I told you she is safe"
"hey I was in the middle of revealing my evil plot" the councilor shouts.
"no need you old hag. Show us who you really are so we can kick your real ass"
"fine then" the councilor claps his hands together and a flash of light comes to the room. The group looks at what he has become, another horned beetle thing but this time blue.
"you killed my ancestor and now I'll kill you!"
he storms towards Crono and crashes into him. Crono slides back from the impact and gets back up.
"identified: Yakra III. Heavy armor beetle. Physical effectiveness 20. Chance of victory 37. Magic is needed"
"your right, there's no way we can kick him easily"
"fight on boys" the women stands tall opening her book. "I'll cover you"
"alright then" Hakura nods.
Hakura attacks the beetle hard. The sword bounces of the hard shell but a small chip came out. Crono tries his sword. No damage from the blade but the flames sprayed forth scared Yakra. Yakra tries charging the women. She blocks with her tome, and retaliates with a hard downward punch. The Beetle lay flat on the ground from the impact. A small crater lay where the fist made impact. Divera tries her whip but no damage is dealt. Crono and Hakura try there hand at a Division slash but that was not much more effective then a regular attack. The beetle stomps upon Crono and rolls off him. The Women raises her hand and calls forth Rigid Flames. Millions of flaming thorns emerge from her book and strike the beetle. His shell heats up so much that it begins to melt. Soon his shell is so soft his defense is nothing. Crono and Hakura go for the finishing blow. The beetle keels over and bleeds it's heart. His stomach open showing his innards. The three high five and start to walk out the door when Crono looks back at the women. She is just standing there looking towards the sky and it starry haze, it's almost mourning.
"are you alright, that beetle must have done a number on that book"
"no it's alright, you should head out. My sister is at the front with Lucca. You and her need to talk as well. Something has come up and if you ignore it she may pay dearly"
"oh, um, thank you for saving us. I hope we meet again"
"we will, don't worry"
"um…"
"come on Crono we got to hurry!" Hakura drags Crono out of the room by his arm.
After a long talk with the king and the newly released councilor the group finds themselves back in his good book. The group heads out to explore the world more. Crono up front with Divera, Lucca back with Hakura.
"um. Crono, about back in the cell…"
"hmm, what, I've almost forgotten the whole ordeal"
"you mean you don't remember what I did?"
"not really, though I did have a strange dream where you kissed me. Pretty silly huh?" he scratches the back of his head at the last comment. Divera smile and giggles a bit. Lucca and Hakura are a little tense in there conversation.
"Lucca why do you chose to use a gun? When you hit me that hurt rather much"
"well, I guess it's been a preference. I am not really one to approach someone"
"really, the way I see you and Crono I'd almost think you were the one to talk first"
"no, our friendship kinda started of as a bitter rivalry. I was still inventive as a kid, I made random machines and improve them. When I met him he accidentally stepped on one of my machines. He did apologize but I wasn't listening. I punched him good and he didn't cry, the first guy that I punched and he didn't cry. I kind of admired him after that. He had told me that when he first saw me he didn't think much of me, always plating with machines, no real friends. He wasn't one for technology and I saw that clear as day. He still falls asleep when I try and explain how it works"
"man you two have been through a lot. But I see that you still hide things from him. Something that no invention could ever replace. Your lucky to have a friend like him. As you know Divera is more like a computer then a human"
"yeah, she hasn't shared much of herself with us"
"she doesn't really have a past. She's more implants then human, the ear piece she has on holds her life together. And her eyepiece is just to keep tabs on me"
"she told me that she had once stopped your transformation. But never said how, when she said I may have to do the same she seemed angry"
"I could guess. It's this sword. The more blood it takes in the stronger it gets, but my ability to wield it stays the same. Which reminds me, I need to get my shield back, think Crono and the others won't mind if you come with?"
"what, why me"
"well my shield is a marvel of this world, I figured you might like it. What do ya say?"
"sure, it's not like there could be any danger"
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oh no, going by themselves, it's almost cliché. Anyway, this may be my last one for a bit, need to watch more Chrono Trigger to find out the next mission. And I'll respond to all reviews from this chapter and on. So you may become famous here. Anyway I love all my readers. Reviewers I love more.