Welcome to the next chapter of the story. I decided to switch things up a bit. Francis the Snivy will regain consciousness, and will fight Kuja one-on one (with magic buttons of course). This battle will be in Sylvain. Here are the headlines;
A) Francis regains consciousness- Francis finally revives after taking a huge hit to save Opal inside A.L.O, but he has no clue that Pascal, his Amarcian Tales of Graces friend, is Kuja's next female target.
B) The Angel Speaks her Wish- Colette and the trapped teammates finally regain consciousness. Colette, Lloyd's girlfriend, and Tales of Symphonia teammate, makes her wish to protect Lloyd, and Francis the Snivy in anyway she can, even if it means to sacrifice herself.
C) Kuja AT Francis Round I- Francis and the team returns to play A.L.O, but as soon as Francis enters, Kuja issues a challenge to him. Kuja wants Francis to die, but no one agrees. Kuja throws the hammer down by pressing a magic button to suck the life out of Francis, and poisoning him before the duel countdown clock even starts….
Chapter is in Freya, Francis and Colette's point of view
I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING
Last Lines before the bell
After receiving a threat from an unknown source, we did not want to take our chances. Kuja is very dangerous, and if he manages to place a hand on Francis, he will pay big time. Zidane is now pulling into the medical center parking lot.
"We have to move now!" Zidane exclaimed as the team ran off the bus like kids going to Disneyland in Anaheim, CA.
The team running off the bus like kids reminds me of a vacation idea, Disneyland. I wish this was that, but Francis is unconscious, and Kuja is on his way to try to kill us. No vacation for us yet. As we walked inside the medical center, we saw a sight we did not want to see, a blood trail. I pray to god that Francis is still alive. The nurses allowed us to go to Francis's medical room located on the 4th floor. Approaching the elevator, we found more blood. Now our fear of Francis being injured is potentially coming true.
"Kuja will pay" Freya Cassandra mentioned
Freya Cassandra, Francis the Snivy's human sister, led the way outside the elevator on the fourth floor. She and the rest of us followed the blood trail. The blood is becoming very thick now. As we approached the room, we found a females headband in blood. We looked at it, and it happens to have Opal's name on it. This lead to a guess that Opal saved Francis from being injured. Our guess was right when we opened the room. Inside was the unconscious Francis, and the injured Opal. I ran to her.
"Opal! You ok!?" I yelled
"Kuja….attacked me" Opal told me in a weakening voice.
I grabbed towels to help stop the bleeding. Opal was bleeding on her arms. There was a stab area on the back of her right leg. Cassandra and I carried our friend onto the medical bed besides our unconscious hero. We called some nurses over to monitor her condition. While waiting for the nurses, we found a note on Francis's bed. What is written had fear on it. It concerned a member of the team who is on reserve.
"THE AMARCIANS SHALL DIE! (*1)PASCAL SHALL BE ERASED FROM EXISTENCE, THEN IT SHALL BE FRANCIS, LUNA, ETC ERASED FROM LIFE!" The note read.
When I arrived in the team, Pascal was in the main team. Francis made a reserve team for training purposes. Regardless where Pascal ended up, we have to save her. She lives in the Amarcian Enclave, which is located in Santa Barbara, half way between Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Our new saving mission, save Pascal from being erased from existence.
Current Scene
Location: Los Angeles Medical Center (RL)
Time: 8:30 PM (Tuesday)
Francis's current status: Unconscious for 4 hours (Fainted at 4:30 PM)
A.L.O Maintenance Time: From 8PM to 2PM (Wednesday)
After arriving to the L.A Medical center, the team saw that Opal was badly injured protecting Francis from harm. The team also knows it is now 4 hours since Francis fell unconscious from injuries sustained after saving Opal from an attack from the possessed Leo. The team hopes that Francis will regain consciousness soon.
(Freya's turn)
"You never deserved this" I told myself referring to Francis the Snivy.
Luna, Colette, Talavera, Asuna, and many innocent girls never deserved this from Kuja, and now we are worried that Kuja is on his way to Santa Barbara to try to kill Pascal, our Amarcian teammate in the reserve team. My mind is telling me to do two teams. One goes to save Pascal, while the rest keep Francis safe.
I gathered everyone toward my area to tell them the plan.
"Guys, my idea is to do two teams. One of us teams goes to save Pascal, the other will stay here and keep an eye on both Francis and Opal" I commented as everyone started chatter
It is not even 1 minute that I made the call, and everyone has two lines. The teams are set.
Pascal Rescue Squad- Team A
Jennifer Alexander
Atem (New)
Henry
Beldam
Vivian
Zidane
Vivi
Princess Garnet
Francis the Snivy and Opal watch- Team B
Jasmine
Sally
Gracie
Freya Crescent
(Francis) Karla Crescent
(Francis) Freya Cassandra
Francis the Serperior
Francis Crescent
Princess Suyapa
Jaden Williams (OC from friend)
Kristen (OC from cousin)
Opal
We are now set to start this mission. I had the Pascal Rescue team head on down to the parking lot to get the bus ready to go to Santa Barbara, the site of the Amarcian Enclave. As I long around at my team, I picked up 7 healers, 3 of them are Francis's (*1)CSULA friends, one of them is his cousin, one is a high school friend, and a few more are the same name first name counterpart of different races. This is cool because I get to meet Francis's friends too. We started chatting with each other, but 10 minutes after we began talking, we heard a moan from one of the medical beds. When we peeked over, it was the voice we wanted to hear, Francis has finally revived. We could not be more happier at this moment.
(Francis's turn)
-My eyes are starting to open for the first time in four hours. My legs and arms still in pain after a very strong attack. I managed to fight the pain to open my eyes and revive to my team-
"Where am I?" I asked as I looked around the room
"You are in the medical center. You saved me from Kuja" Opal commented to me
"I taught Leo attacked me. What happened to the 'erase dating Talavera' thing?" I asked her
"Kuja possessed Leo during the Crescent Cup and Kuja is now attempting to kill you, your human girlfriend, and more innocent victims." My human sister tells me
Its been a long time since I have seen my human sister. She is 10 years old, bears my first name, and is very pretty. She hugs me for the first time in 2 years.
"Brother, you are alive, and even if you are no longer human, we all still love you for saving us from harm" She commented as she continued to hug me
The entire team that was present hugged me, but I noticed some members are missing.
"Guys, where is the rest of the team?" Concern took over as I asked
"Kuja is attempting to kill Pascal in her hometown. They went to Santa Barbara to attempt to save her" Freya told me as she gave me a cup of tea
"Thanks Freya" I told the wonderful Burmecian
"Of course Francis. Just tell me if you need a thing. We will help you. After all, you saved Opal from the initial pain. She still got injured when Kuja went into the Real World after playing Alfheim" Freya stated as we drank our cups of tea.
As we were having our cups of tea, Freya hears the A.L.O messenger app go off. She checks her messenger to see whats going on.
ALOMA- Freya Crescent- Subject: Maintenance Work Finished
To all Players:
Thank you for waiting. Our maintenance finished way ahead of schedule.
New to the game:
1. Kuja's Lair- A dungeon inspired by Kuja…
2. New items in Sylvain:
Double Potion pack- 400 Yud each
Memory Charm- 500 Yud each
Dual Leaf Sword- 1,500 Yud
Mages Wand- 500 Yud
Thanks again for waiting and we hope to see you again in Alfhiem Online.
From: A.L.O Maintenance Staff
After hearing the portion on Kuja's Lair, I knew trouble would soon come. I pray to god that my friends are ok….Kuja will pay if he puts a hand on my human girlfriend, and Lloyd's girl.
A.L.O- Unknown Area
Time: 8:45 PM (Tuesday)
Colette's Status: Regaining consciousness
Luna: Regaining consciousness
Talavera: Regaining consciousness
Asuna: Unconscious for past 7 hours (Fainted at 1:45 PM)
High above Alfheim is a birdcage on top of a big tree. There, 4 victims are trapped by Kuja, and are starting to regain consciousness. One of them is still unconscious however, as one of the now conscious victims stirs.
(Colette's turn)
I start to regain consciousness days after Francis the Snivy saved my life on that day I joined this team. I look around, and I saw more members of the team regain consciousness, but one of them is still out.
"Where are we?" One of the other members asked
It turns out that the girl that was asking is Francis's human girlfriend Luna. Figured that out by looking at her bracelet that read "X+Y= Francis + Luna" meaning that they love each other since X is Francis, and Y is Luna. I went to her area
"Miss Luna, may I have a chat with you?" I asked the heroes human girlfriend
"Of course" She told me as we both sat down
The day I joined the team was the day that Francis saved me from being injured, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Luna for the initial save.
"Luna, I wanted to say thank you for saving me too" I hugged her as I said my thanks
"Colette, you are very welcome. You know, you already said thank you to Francis already" Luna commented as I continued to hug her
"In what way?" I asked as she released the hug
"You have shown it in your heart that you care for people. You, Colette, have a very kind heart, and Francis knows you already thanked him" Luna replied back to me
Luna is an amazing girl already. A kind heart with an angel. I have a feeling she will ask me about being an angel. And moments later, she pops the question.
"Colette, I know you are human, but how are you an Angel?" Luna asked me
"Well you see, back in my hometown, in a different world, a tree stood in the middle. That was like our life tree. The problem was that in order to keep it standing, a person must be chosen to do this. That chosen person is selected to go on a journey to release 5 seals. The seals are of fire, wind, water, light, and the final one is angelic. The downside to releasing one of them seals is that you will lose one thing that made you human. An example would be when releasing the seal of fire. I would gain my angel wings, but lose the ability to taste food. This would continue until the final seal where you lose your heart and memory. That is when you are officially sacrificed, and end the journey of regeneration" I finished my speech
"Wow. Do you still carry your angel wings?" Luna asked me
"Check this out" I said as I stood up and my wings grew on my back.
"Amazing" Luna stood there in awe.
"Good news is that I do not lose my taste this time. I actually kept them as a souvenir. Francis would love this. You too Luna" I told her
"Hehehehe" Luna laughed as she hugs me.
"My wish is to help protect Francis, Lloyd Irving, and all of our friends, even if it means that I may sacrifice myself to do so. Even with my sacrifice, they will know that an angel form above is watching" I commented as Luna smiled
"And I agree" Luna commented
(Francis, Lloyd, please….be safe. May Martel (Tales of Symphonia character) guide you both to a safe journey to saving us and our friends)) I taught to myself…
As I scanned the area, another girl came to us. According to Luna, the girl approaching us is Jennifer Talavera, Francis the Snivy's human high school friend.
"You ok Talavera?" Luna asked as she walks over to her friend
"Yeah, but where are we?" Talavera asked as another girl woke up
The girl waking up looks to be 16 to 18 years old, almost Francis's human age. She looks at us with a smile. A smile that was happy.
"Hello to you folks. Im Asuna Yuki" Asuna said to us as she introduced herself and walked toward us
Asuna Yuki, from the S.A.O animie? Amazing. We all bow down to her as if Asuna was a respected person.
"Thanks girls, but no need to be formal" Asuna commented as we stopped bowing
Its a pleasure meeting Asuna. She is Kirito's girlfriend from the Animie, and we get to talk with her, but we have not forgotten about our unconscious hero as she pops the question we are waiting for.
"Are you the main leader Colette of this wonderful team?" Asuna asked me
"I am not the main leader of this team. You see, the leader was knocked unconscious 4 hours ago according to Freya and Opal, two other members of the team. His name is Francis, and he is amazing. The thing with our hero is that he spreads kindness, and that is why he leads this team" I gave my speech
"Wow. Reminds me of my boyfriend Kirito. He loves me because we love each other. By the way, is Francis human, or Im I just guessing? Asuna asked as she hugs us
"Hi Asuna, Im Luna, and I am Francis's human girlfriend. You see, Francis was human until Kuja turned him into a Snivy, a pokemon. Kuja is trying to kill Francis all because he and I love to spread kindness" Luna commented telling Asuna about the status of the mission.
"My goodness. Francis is innocent, and he never deserves to die like that. I bet Kuja is still trying to kill him" Asuna sadly said as I hug her
"Not just him. Kuja is trying to kill me, Colette, Talavera, and any human girl wearing shorts, and a shirt. In other words, he is trying to kill human girls who have their legs, and arms exposed. Im one of them girls" Luna said making me scared of Kuja.
Kuja is a dangerous person. Trying to kill human girls with their arms and legs exposed is really sad, and for no reason too. It is our duty to protect the residents that reside here and the real world.
(May Martel guide these innocent victims to safety from Kuja's evil hands. May Martel protect Lloyd, Francis and the rest of the team on rescuing us, and their friends in danger) I prayed silently to myself
Los Angeles, CA (Medical Center)(RW)
Time: 10 PM (Tuesday)
Back in Los Angeles, the team has split up into two to save Pascal, and to watch Francis and Opal. They both are conscious, but are forced to stay in case of more unconsciousness to follow.
(Francis's turn)
It is now 10 at night on a Tuesday, and I got to see my friends, my same name counterparts, and my human sister. We got to hug each other, but moments later, our Offline messengers are alarming signaling a message.
Messenger- Francis the Snivy- Inbox- "Kill Francis (1)"
ONCE I KILL YOU, NO ONE WILL EVER SEE YOU AGAIN! GET TO SYLVAIN NOW TO CHALLENGE ME!
Sent from : ? at 10:05 PM (Tuesday)
Reading this message sent chills through me. I could tell its Kuja. We decided to go back into the game, but before we did, we told the other group.
"LINK START!" We all yelled as we teleported back into the game
A.L.O Sylvain Area
Time: 10:07 (Tuesday)
Status: Kuja AT Francis Round 1
The team has arrived in Sylvain ready to see Francis duel Kuja for the first time in a while. The team stands by Francis side as the Sylph crowd cheers Francis on.
(Still Francis's turn)
As we see Sylvain in front of us, a lot of Sylphs are here to cheer me on. So many green outfits. Im green so I count as a pokeSylph right? 10 points for me. As soon as the Sylphs started chanting my name, a dark cloud formed in front of us signaling that Kuja is here to face me.
"I see you have accepted my challenge to you" Kuja laughed at me
"Kuja, you are so evil! You killed so many innocent victims including my Burmecian sister, Lyra Crescent!" I yelled making sure he remembered what he did to her
"She was trash, and deserved to die! Your NEXT!" Kuja yelled at me, but I kept up the fight
"KUJA! You will lose! I will win!" I yelled as my human sister stood in her spot as a referee
My human sister is about to try to referee a battle. I taught her how to do it, but with Kuja facing me, I told her to have Opal do it. After all, I saved her from being attacked by this evil. As Opal sets the duel up for us, I felt a pain in my body. All I had to do was look at my HP bar on the top left corner to find out why.
Francis the Snivy
HP: 220/250 (Level 3)
Status: Poisoned
Also interesting is that Kuja is also doing it, but I know once he presses a magic button, he sucks the life out of me. I see if reaching for the back of his pocket ready to do the thing that I'm afraid of. Using my speeed, I rushed toward him hoping to taking that button away from him, but his hand moved so fast that by the time I got there, a blue life stream is being sucked out of me. No choice but to run back to my spot and try to win the duel with less HP.
Francis's HP: 180/250 (Status: Poisoned)
Kuja's HP: 270/270 (Status: Poisoned)
I bet Kuja is trying to suck the life out of me, and poison me to kill me today. Guess what, I aint giving up. The duel countdown clock finally starts, and Kuja starts laughing.
"I CAN FINALLY KILL YOU!" Kuja laughed as he aimed his sword at me
"I will not lose!" I countered as the bell rang to begin the duel
As soon as the bell rang, Kuja snaps his fingers, and several vines came out from the ground and started wrapping around me. As soon as they got to me, more life streams are being sucked out of me. I grew my challenge flag right off the bat. Kuja is cheating to kill me.
"Challenge accepted!" Opal yelled making Kuja very angry
"I counter!" Kuja yelled trying to hide his cheating ways
Im breathing very hard. Im poisoned, Kuja sucking the life out of me, and he counters that. He won't win this challenge.
Francis's HP: 90/250 (Status: Poisoned)
Kuja's HP: 340/340 (Status: Poisoned)
While Opal was reviewing the review tape, Kuja was ready to use a sword to try to attack Opal. Kuja ran toward Opal, but I ran after Kuja ready to take an attack to save Opal. Kuja tries to stab Opal's exposed right leg, but I got my arm in there in time to save her. I yelled in pain to grab her attention.
"AHHHHHHHH!" I yelled out in intense pain
The pain was just like what happened when Leo used that sword power. Kuja possessed Leo that is for sure. Opal tells me for safety reasons to log out right away. Is a second blood attack happening to my real body like the last time? I tried to log out, but….
Francis the Snivy- Settings- Logout (Button missing)
This is not good. My log out button is missing. This could be the day that I die. I hope not and I will not die without a fight.
"Opal, I can't log…out" I said to her with a weakening voice
"Francis, be careful. Please win for you and us" Opal tells me as she hugs me
I know Kuja is cheating he just hides it. As soon as my teammates log out, its me VS him in a battle to my potential death….
"Finally I can kill you!" Kuja yelled at me
"KUJA! YOU CHEATER!" I yelled hoping to get a something out of him
"CHEA-TER!" The Sylph crowd chanted as they rallied behind me
Kuja is about to count down to the duel, and my potential death. No log-out, stay in A.L.O like in S.A.O…
NEXT FRIDAY: Francis VS Kuja: Francis's Death?
Francis and Kuja go one on one, but in this duel, Kuja sets Francis's pain absorber to level 1 so when Francis logs out after the battle, he will die. Can Francis win against the odds? Find out on Friday.