Chapter Ten
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For a moment, they just stared at each other, unable to move, while the whole village watched in confusion. Marle wasn't really sure what to do. Should she run to him? No, she was still mad at him. After all, he was kissing another girl. And besides, this was not the time or the place for those kinds of emotions... LITERALLY! She closed her eyes, inhailed, and said, "Ayla, I have to get going."
"Huh? But, that your man! You no wanna see him?" Ayla asked in confusion.
Marle shook her head. "I'm afraid someone else will have to make your cloths." She turned and began to walk away.
And then, for the first time, she heard Chrono raise his voice to her.
"GET BACK HERE!" He shouted. "I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU!"
"No!" Marle shouted. "I've gotta go find Magus and kick his butt! Besides, isn't Stella waiting for you back home?"
Chrono grunted as he ran after her. "That's what I need to talk to you about! I didn't mean it when I was kissing her! I was just--" He was cut off when Ayla stepped in front of him with an angry look on her face.
"You kiss other woman? You cheat on your woman!?"
Chrono held up his hands and frantically shook his head. "No! It wasn't like that! You see--"
At that moment, a gust of wind blew. The sky became darker and it became colder. Then, Magus' was heard laughing. He appeared out of nowhere on the top of Ayla's hut, leering evilly. "Hello there, Marle... I've travled a long way to find you."
Marle stared at him angrily. How in the world was she going to defeat someone as powerful as this guy? She ran a few feet closer to Chrono and threw him the sword, which he caught. He made himself ready to fight, so did everyone else in the village.
Ayla spoke up. "This my village! You leave!"
Magus just laughed out loud. "You foolish simpleton! You have no idea just how much power I have!" He raised his arm in the air and snapped his fingers. Lightning flashed in the sky and thunder began to roar. Everyone watched as the air began to move around in a circle. It absorbed all of the clouds as it got bigger and stronger. Wind was rushing everywhere. Buildings were being lifted off of the ground and being absorbed into the swirling wind.
"TORNADO!" Ayla shouted as all of the huts were blown away. "RUN FOR COVER!"
Marle tried her best to run to Chrono, but Magus appeared right in front of her. He wrapped his arm around her, firmly holding her in his grasp. "Now then..."
"LET ME GO! CHRONO! HELP ME!" Marle shouted over the wind as she struggled.
Chrono was fighting the mighty wind as hard as he could. "I'M COMING, MARLE!"
Magus grabbed the broken gate key out of Marle's hand, pointed it and pressed the button. As the portal opened up, he looked down at Marle. "Wherever this portal leads will be our new home... together." With that, they both jumped inside.
"CHRONO!" Marle shouted as it closed up on them.
Chrono quickly whipped out his own gate key and pressed the button. "I don't know where they're going, but I'll find them!"