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Chapter 2
"So Layle," Firion asked as he, Cloud and TIdus followed their new, comrade so to speak. "You say that you and your friend have a way in which can take us home?"
"That's right, pal," Layle spoke back, walking slightly ahead of the group.
"And this method lies in the hands of a Moogle?" Cloud continued in his comrade's stead.
"Why haven't we heard of this from Cosmos? Even the Warriors of Chaos flap their gabs and tell us this kind of stuff sometimes right?"
Layle stopped and looked back at the trio, thinking back for a moment at how he met them.
Cloud met swords with one of his doppelgangers, looking into its emotionless, lifeless even, eyes. The force from the impact pushed the two away from each other and they slid back a few feet. Cloud quickly responded to this by firing a ball of fire that approached his opponent at a moderate speed. Before the manican could regain itself the fireball crashed into its face, causing a small expolosion. The manican fell to its back.
Tidus flipped out of the way of a horizontal slash from the fake Cloud's sword. Another manikin approached Tidus midair but it was easily evaded as well when Tidus placed his feet on its head and hopped off it. It felt he was flying as Tidus' momentum kept him midair temporarily, a ball materialized in his hand and he threw it down. The ball bounced off the first manikin and returned to the ace blitzball player. Tidus kicked it back down and it bounced off the second. "New move," Tidus shouted as he let the ball blaze by his head and threw his weight downward. He threw his sword to the ground and just as the water filled blade hit concrete, Tidus landed on the ground to claim his sword and press it deeper. Chunks of the ground burst out of place, lifting the two manikins into the air.
"Get over here." The manikin was yanked through the air by a knife on a rope where it immediately met Firion's fist. The punch pushed it back away off the floating platform in which they all fought. The manikin continued to fly back until a boulder that appeared to be displaced in space cut its course. The manikin disappeared in flash of light, indicating its version of death. Firion stopped upon noticing the rock. Indeed it was displaced. It was also engulfed by a sphere of magic that obviously kept it airborne.
"Pretty smooth move there," a strange voice appeared from over head. Firion looked up to find a young boy with blonde hair and goggles over his eyes. A small twinkle came from his right cheek revealing there was a small crystal embedding there. The boy reached a hand out for the hovering boulder and pointed it at Cloud. The spike haired boy dodged the rock, not looking at it, as it sweep across the ground and pushed the manikins into oblivion below. Cloud brought his eyes to the strangers in goggles, who remained perched on the isolate piece of rock. The stranger smiled in return.
"Are we all well?" Firion called as he Tidus regrouped around Cloud.
"Eh, nothing to complain about," TIdus placed his right hand over his left shoulder, exercising it to make sure there were injuries or any other signs of pain. "But who is that guy?"
The trio held a short are off with the stranger. "Hello there," the stranger broke the silence, "you three must be Warriors of Cosmos."
"Are you friend or foe?" Firion called in response.
The stranger pushed himself off of the hovering boulder and landed smoothly before the three warriors. He pushed his goggles back over his hair. "The name's Layle, and I'm no Warrior of Chaos."
"Greetings," Firion stepped apart from his group. "My name is Firion and these are my comrades, Cloud and Tidus."
Before Cloud and Tidus could perform any gesture of greeting, "So where are you guy's headin'."
"We are on our way to Cosmos to seek her guidance. If you are a Warrior of Cosmos then I ask that you please join us in our passage. One should not cross the terrain alone with manikins lurking about."
Cloud folded his arms. Something didn't feel right about this stranger. As he stood in thought, Layle, Tidus and Firion walked around him and went about their way to Chaos's shrine.
"Something wrong," Tidus looked back.
"It's nothing."
Onion and Terra were hesitant approach the woman at first. While she wore no smile or friendly expression, a pleasant vibe came from her very presence; there was no darkness in her.
"Warriors of Cosmos," the woman broke the silence. "My name is Aqua. You seek the crystals, do you not."
"How do you know we are Warriors of Cosmos?" Onion replied.
"Please, there is no need for such hostility. I'm not your enemy. I don't want to hurt you."
"Who was the guy in the black cloak?" Terra's soft voice sounded as if it carried fear.
"Let's leave this place. I will answer all of your questions along the way."
Terra and Onion Knight made their way past the blue haired woman, revealed to be name Aqua, who followed only a step behind.
So what did you think? I thought that since there are more than just the traditional final fantasy games that perhaps it would be a good idea for one such as Crystal Chronicles to take a step in the Dissidia universe. Please send me reviews.