Final Fantasy: Rise of Despair

Grrrrr… still short on ideas for my survivor story. Oh well, we now join Jessica, Will, and Jason in another misadventure chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not Final Fantasy: Tactics Advance, I do own the characters and plot.

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Roda Volcano

"What the heck makes you think that a masamune sword is up here?" Will asked, clearly exasperated that Jessica would think this. The party of three was somewhere up Roda Volcano, the volcanic island south just off of the Ivalice mainland, with lava running down the sides of the volcano in rivers.

"I don't know." Jessica said.

"Doh!" Will slapped himself in the face. "Why me?" He asked.

"I'm pretty good she has a good reason." Jason said. "I'll follow her anywhere" Jason thought.

"You know you're always kissing up to her." Will said to Jason.

"Uh… no I'm not." Jason said quickly.

"You're not praising me then?" Jessica asked.

"No it's not that!" Jason shouted.

"So you are kissing up to her!" Will accused.

"Uh… wait no… it's… uuuuuhhh…" Jason then passed out.

"Say, what's wrong with you?" Jessica asked. She waited and got no response. "Oh well, Will carry him." Jessica ordered.

"What! Why would I do that?" Will asked.

"Because I don't have the same physical stamina." Jessica said moving along.

"Ugh…" Will groaned and picked up Jason and slung him over his shoulder. After a while of walking they came across a large boulder. "Well, looks like we can't go on, let's go home now." Will said.

"No way! Will, use earth render to split that thing apart." Jessica ordered.

"What! But a tremor could cause an eruption." Will said.

"Come on, the volcano's supposed to be dormant, so what could possibly go wrong?" Jessica asked. "So please?"

"No." Will asserted.

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please!"

"No."

"PLEASE!!!"

"Okay…" Will squeaked out. He closed his eyes tightly, "Earth render." He slammed his foot in to the ground and caused a tremor to move in front of him in a straight line. The tremor split the gigantic boulder in half and cleared the way.

"Alright let's…" Jessica started to say when the whole volcano started to shake violently. "Huh?"

"Gah! It's going to erupt!" Will shouted.

"Huh? But five years ago I heard it was still dormant…" Jessica whined.

"THAT REPORT WAS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO? YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!" Will shouted. That's when lava began to rush down the sides of the volcano. "HOLY (censored in order to keep this a "T" rated story.)!!!"

"Let's run!" Jessica shouted. The two of them began running like mad down the volcano trying to outrun the lava. The two of them then jumped in to the ocean and began swimming for their lives as the lava spilled in to the sea and slowly expanded the island a few inches while most of the newly formed rocks spilled sunk in to the ocean.

"I hate you…" Will moaned. That's when Jason woke up.

"Whoa… what'd I miss?" Jason asked.

"Oh well, I guess we won't find the sword here. Let's go!" Jessica shouted as she started to swim North.

"Wait a minute! The shore closest to us is West!" Will shouted.

"Why would we want to go back?" Jessica asked.

"Jason…" Will started.

"Yes?"

"Would it be asking too much for you to shoot me?" Will asked.

"Why would I do that?" Jason asked.

"Oooooooohhhhh…"

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I hope you enjoyed that brief pause. Next chapter will be a chapter continuing with the main story.