Author's note: I changed the category into the KH/FFVII crossover section due to the confusion. There will also be some changes into the FFVII CC storyline to suit this story a bit better and fix a few things the game failed to make sense. I'm also adding some of the DMV scenes from the original game as well.
Also to avoid further confusion, please read "Sailor Moon-Continuum" part 1 and part 2, though it will reveal spoilers. However, I am in the progress of re-writting it to make it a bit more clear with new added contents.
Let's continue, and remember the important notes here:
The Bold is the Author's Notes.
The Italic is both memories and dreams.
The Bold & Italic are the names of the worlds.
The Brackets (-and Bold-) are the BGM(which will never happen, but one can dream, right?).
I do not own anything.
CHAPTER 4: The traitorous SOLDIER.
After being told to be careful(and also to keep Yuffie safe), Zack followed the young ninja through the alley and back into the Second District of Traverse Town to the place where Merlin the powerful Wizard would be, in hopes to help Zack discover a way to get back home and seek out the answers to his dreams and why his body changed. On top of that, a couple of people from his dreams are real, but at the same time, none of them recall anything like Wutai or Midgar. Heck, Zack was still finding it strange himself.
Just then, three more Heartless appeared from the ground, and blocked their path. Zack got into defense and stood in front of Yuffie to protect her, reaching out for his sword. "Yuffie, leave this to me!" he said.
"Oh these guys are too easy. Let me handle them." Yuffie smirked, and before Zack could protest, the fourteen year old took out a small sharp bladed Shuriken, and she rushed over towards the Heartless. Yuffie then swinged and threw her weapon like a frisbee with half of her might and it spun while hit the three Heartless shadows, destroying them instantly. When the shuriken spun back towards Yuffie, she caught it skillfully, and grinned in victory.
When she turned to give Zack a victory sign, the young man was speechless. Yuffie was completely different compared to her younger self in Zack's dream earlier.
"Whoa..." Zack muttered. He knew that he was skilled when he was Yuffie's age, but unlike most girls he'd seen, she handled it like a pro. He then grinned nervously and muttered, "Heh, remind me to never get on your bad side."
"Well, I'm not the great ninja for nothing." Yuffie said, proud of herself. "I've been training since I was very little, so, I'm not a kid anymore."
Zack shook his head, placing his hands on his hips, and muttered to himself, "Boy oh boy. Phil would be shocked if he saw her coming to the Coliseum." also thinking back of Aqua and her silver-haired friend named 'Sailor Moon', though Zack had a slight suspicion that the silver-haired girl had a different name, but he never really thought about it much.
Still, he made a promise to Leon, even if Zack had seen just now that Yuffie is old enough to defend for herself. Not to mention that she self-trained herself in her ninja skills.
Or maybe she was born to be a Ninja.
Following Yuffie's direction, Zack and Yuffie were in the lower part of the Third District, where a fountain with lights and a dog couple sat in the corner. Just making it to the middle, Zack couldn't help but wonder how Yuffie, Leon and Aerith got to Traverse Town in the first place.
"So um, Yuffie." Zack spoke up, while trying to be careful in not huring the girl's feelings. "What was your home town like?"
Yuffie stopped in her tracks at the question, causing Zack to stop as well. The young ninja thought about it, then turned to him and shrugged, answering, "To tell the truth, ever since we got here, everyone forgot what our home looked like. All I remember is being there, it's name being Radiant something, but now it's called Hollow Bastion. Maleficent is an evil witch who came with a bunch of Heartless."
"A witch, huh?" Zack muttered, troubled by these new information. Hades was bad enough due to being the Lord of the Underworld and God of the Dead. Curiosity getting the better of him, he added, "What did she look like?"
The young ninja shook her head, saying, "I only saw a quick glance of her; She was mean, having a dumb old staff, green skin and black worn out robes." trying not to shudder at the memories of that. Seven years ago, she was, well, seven years old, if you do your maths properly.
"She sounds like an old hag." Zack thought, getting the image of what Maleficent looked like in his head, and, the very thought of it made him shudder a little.
Yuffie nodded in agreement, but then continued, "But I think what also attracted Maleficent was because our lord of our home, Ansem, was studing the Heartless." becoming sad as she added, "Sadly, his reports were scatterted to other worlds. So far, some worlds are still in tact."
Zack couldn't help but feel sorry for Yuffie, and for Leon and Aerith too. To think something like that happened to the three of them, and other people in their world, having been forced to flee and spend the rest of their lives in this town, Zack couldn't imagine what it would be like. He then realised that he was feeling a bit home sick himself, but he also wished he could help the others. Not to mention that Yuffie most likely lost her parents, so, she was on her own. Come to think of it, Leon and Aerith were young too, so, they were alone as well.
"Must be rough." He muttered.
The young female ninja nodded, then smiled a little and stated, "At least I still have my friends." referring to Leon and Aerith, adding with a giggle, "Even old man Cid."
"No way!" Zack stuttered, remembering the guy he met in the store back in the First District. Even Cid came from Hollow Bastion or Radiant whatever-it-was?
Just then, the same powerful and painful jolt he felt earlier after he defeated Leon hit his head again, and Zack gasped breathlessly, and again, his vision was becoming blurry and darkening.
"Zack!?" Yuffie cried out, alarmed, but Zack couldn't hear her, or even realise she was panicking, because in the next second...he blacked out again.
(Fragments from Zack's dream)
Fragment 10: As Zack and Angeal head back to the helicopter and had left Fort Tamblin, the two stopped as they heard someone running towards them. Both SOLDIERs turned around to see Lazard approach. The Director looked out of breath, but the man, being full in business, hid it, but that didn't mean he was like the President.
"My apologises for being late." Said Lazard. "I have to admit that I'm not used to being out on the field."
Angeal shook his head, saying to his surperior, "It's perfectly fine, Director. You didn't have to come."
The Director of SOLDIER shook his head, stating, "I wanted to see the results of the operation at the end of the war. It is my duty to see through it personally." before turning to Zack and said his name, to which the younger SOLDIER stood in attention. "You performed your duties admirably at Fort Tamblin. You took out a lot of enemy units for us. I was only expecting you to distract the enemies. Most impressive."
Zack grinned at this.
"You have trained him expertly, Angeal." Lazard praised to Angeal, "He has promising potential."
The 1st Class SOLDIER shrugged, stating, "He's still young, but you're right. Zack had always had potential ever since I first layed my eyes on him."
While Zack blinked in confusion at his mentor's statement, Angeal then told them, "Sephiroth is waiting. Let's hurry."
Hearing that name while Lazard and Angeal walked off, Zack was shocked and amazed. "Sephiroth? You mean the Sephiroth?" he asked. The very thought of actually meeting the man himself for real brought excitment to him. "Awesome! I'm finally gonna meet the hero Sephiroth for real!"
(~Encounter-FFVII: Crisis Core~)
But then suddenly, Zack heard movement behind him and turned just in time to see strange men with carved daggers surround him. Instantly seeing them as enemies, Zack unsteathed his sword and brought them out.
Fragment 11: After Zack defeated the strange new enemies, he caught up with Angeal and Lazard, only for all three of them to see two more men in red uniforms and masks on the ground, dead. Then two more appeared behind them and all turned to see. Zack got into defence, but Angeal placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him.
"Leave them to me." Angeal told his pupil, "Zack, you take the Director to safety."
"In the meantime, contact Sephiroth." Lazard commanded.
Angeal shook his head, stating, "Zack is more than enough, and I can handle them. Now go."
Despite being worried for his mentor and friend, Zack nodded, then turned to the Director and said, "This way, sir." leading the Director to safety while Angeal took on the strange enemies.
Once the two made it into the safe distance, two Infantryman scouts appeared, and both sighed in relief at the sight of Lazard being unharmed. "Thank goodness you're alright, Director." said one of the Infantryman.
Nodding, Lazard then turned to Zack and told him, "I will be alright, Zack. Go and assist Angeal."
"On it!" Zack replied with determination, and while making sure Lazard was safely taken away by the two Infantryman, Zack made a back track to where he came from to find his mentor, calling out to him. But by the time Zack returned, the only thing he found were the dead bodies of the mysterious men.
Angeal is nowhere to be found. Nothing bad happend to him, did it?
Taking a closer look to the soldiers, Zack's brow furrowed and he frowned. "Huh? These guys aren't Wutai Troops. They're not even ShinRa Troops." he thought to himself.
But before Zack could take an ever closer look, all of the sudden, he noticed something glowing and his eyes widened as a red fire materia was floating by itself. Before Zack could ponder on what was happening, the materia glowed so brightly he had to shield is eyes with his arm. When the light faded, he suddenly found himself in a fiery hot place, not even in the forest.
Before Zack could think where he was, he heard a growl behind him and spun around and he gasped in shock. It was a huge beast that had two goat legs, looking like a demon with horns, and sharp clawed hands, fire spreading all over it's body. Zack suddenly realised what this thing was;
It was the fire Summon, Ifrit, which can also be found in the Fire Cavern near Balamb Garden and used as GF for SeeDs.
"A summon? Where did it come from?" Zack asked, before taking out his sword to fight it.
However, just before Zack could do anything, suddenly someone rushed to the side of Ifrit and with a single swift swing of the mauseme, the Summon quickly exploded into nothing. Everything then around Zack and the other person returned to normal and they were back in the forest in Wutai. (~End Encounter~)
When Zack looked up as he puts away his sword, his eyes widened as he realised who just saved him. The familiar long hair, the long sword. Sephiroth. He just appeared out of nowhere and had defeated Ifrit in a single blow, not even breaking a sweat, and not even tired. Zack stood frozen in awe. Sephiroth really was much more powerful than he had ever imagined. Not even the simulation version of Sephiroth was this strong.
"Holy..." Zack muttered, speechless.
(~Organization XIII-KH: Birth by Sleep~)
Sephiroth didn't even notice Zack's shocked expression. Instead, the Legendary SOLDIER turned his attention to the dead bodies of the mysterious enemies. Kneeling on one knee, Sephiroth took off the helmet of one of them, and he was met with the face of man with orange-red hair.
"Genesis?" Sephiroth muttered, frowning.
When Zack saw this as well, he asked in confusion, "The missing SOLDIER 1st Class?" not understanding at all. That couldn't be right.
When Sephiroth took off the helmet of the other dead soldier, both of them saw that this one also looked like Genesis. Zack was shocked. "They're the same."
"A Genesis copy." Sephiroth muttered in realization.
"Copy?" Zack asked, stunned. "You mean there are human copies?" He never heard or seen human copies or clones before. He heard some few rumors of copies before, but never thought there would be living copies-human copies at the least.
Instead of answering Zack's question, Sephiroth instead questioned, "Where is Angeal?"
Remembering that Angeal was missing, Zack looked around, just as lost, as he answered, "Last time I saw him he was about to fight these guys. When I came here, he wasn't here."
Sighing, Sephiroth muttered, "So he's gone too." standing up.
"What? What do you mean?" Zack asked, suddenly getting a bad feeling about this.
In a hint of anger, Sephiroth muttered, "It makes sense. Genesis deserted, and made copies of himself to attack us. This means Angeal has done the same as well. They're traitors."
Shocked and suddenly angered by this theory, Zack, not wanting to believe that Angeal, his mentor and best friend, would do anything like this, to side Genesis who betrayed ShinRa, would end up betraying the company as well...much less betray Zack.
"No!" Zack nearly shouted, "I know Angeal. He wouldn't betray us. Never!" something happened to Angeal and not because of betrayal. It has to be that case.
But Sephiroth remained silent.
Instead, the two looked for Angeal, but could not find him, and as much as Zack didn't want to leave without his mentor, he had no choice and followed Sephiroth towards the ShinRa chopper that would take them back to Midgar. Lazard was waiting by the side of it.
"Good work, both of you." Lazard praise. He then frowned as he realised there was one person missing. "Where is Angeal?"
Sephiroth, motionless as ever, replied, "He is nowhere to be found. I'll explain later." quietly adding, "I fear that the situation is growing more grave by the minute. We must be prepared."
Zack lowered his head. Why would Angeal betray them? Much less betray Zack and leave him behind? None of it made sense.
What was going on?
(~End Organization XIII~)
"Hey! Zack! Wake up!"
Hearing Yuffie's voice, Zack slowly woke up, finding himself lying on his back for the second time today. Groaning, he slowly sat up as his world returned to him. He just had more of the strange dreams that didn't make sense, but at the same time, it made his stomach twist uncomfortably. Human copies? That didn't sound good.
"These dreams are driving me nuts." Zack grumbled to himself, as he stood up. He then noticed Yuffie having a mixture of a concerned and annoyed look on her face.
"You realise how worried sick I was!?" Yuffie cried out. "I thought for a split second that you were dead!"
Zack cringed, both at Yuffie's loud tone and her hysterics, though he could hardly blame her. "Sorry about that." he replied, shrugging. But then he thought about the Angeal in his dreams. Why would he desert the other Zack like that?
"Looking for someone?" an unfamiliar voice echoed around the two. Zack and Yuffie, startled and alarmed, looked around for the source of the voice, but can't see anyone. On alert, Zack brought out his sword while Yuffie took out her Shuriken, both getting into defense.
"How long has it been since I last saw you?" The voice continued, and sounded like it was smirking. It was a male voice, and for some reason, Zack felt it was familiar, but he couldn't figure out how or why.
"Who's there!?" Zack demanded.
"I'd rather settle down if I were you, Zack." The voice chuckled, and Zack's eyes widened in shock. How did the voice know his name? Where was it coming from?
Yuffie, in similiar confusion, yelled out, "Show yourself, you creep!"
(~The Summoned-FFVII: Crisis Core~)
"Maybe a little reminder can help." the voice contiuned.
Before Zack and Yuffie could ask again, suddenly, a red crystal marble appeared, floating. Zack's eyes widened as he quickly remembered the Summon in his dream. Even Ifrit is real!?
Suddenly realising that Yuffie is in serious danger if she gets caught in this, Zack cried out, "Look out!" and pushed her out of the way just as the red crystal glowed brightly and Zack was absorded into a surrounding red area. Yuffie landed hard on the ground outside of it, and when she recovered, she was horrified on what happened.
"Zack!" Yuffie screamed.
Inside the fiery area, as if he was transported into another dimension, like in his dreams, Zack came face to face with Ifrit. The black-haired man held a tight grip on his sword, preparing to fight. Zack felt his heart beginning to race. Zack knew one thing; this beast wasn't going to let him go without a fight, as the dream he'd seen earlier proved that. Zack had to trust in his own abilities, for the real Sephiroth wasn't here to save him, and he wasn't going to back down either.
Zack ran towards Ifrit. The beast, having been waiting, then jumped into the air. Zack rolled to the side out of the way as Ifrit landed, bring his enormous fist crashing onto the ground. The impact split the rock wide open and sent shards flying through the air. Ifrit was unfazed and ploughed straight through them, charging towards the swordsman. Zack dived out of the way again as the beast charged past him. When he got to his feet he turned to attack, only to find that Ifrit had also turned and was heading towards him.
With no time to dodge, Zack braced his body for the collision. When it came he cried out as his whole body was jarred by the force. Somehow he managed to hold his ground, and he pushed back against his opponent.
Ifrit snarled. Up close, Zack could feel the heat rising from the beast's body.'It's like he's practically made from fire,' he wondered. Then he scowled. 'No. I gotta focus!'
He dug in his heels. Ifrit responded by pushing harder. After some effort, the beast began to push him back. Zack pressed his heels harder into the stone, but his soles slid across the surface. Realising that he was winning, Ifrit grinned and pushed even harder. Soon Zack was being forced back at an increasing rate, moving faster and faster.
Glancing back over his shoulder Zack saw, to his alarm, the edge of the platform. Realising that the beast intends to force him over the edge, Zack braced himself and then dove to the side. The sudden loss of resistance caused Ifrit to stagger and fall. His shoulder slammed into Zack, knocking him onto the ground. After he had recovered from that, Zack turned back and raised his sword to cut Ifrit down while his back was turned.
He never got the chance. After falling, Ifrit planted his palms against the ground and then kicked with his feet. His clawed feet slammed into Zack's torso, forcing the air out of his lungs. He was thrown back across the platform. He landed and rolled several feet before at last coming to a stop.
The swordsman got to his feet. His chest was aching, and it hurt to breathe. Zack clutched at his chest as he bent down to pick up his sword, which had skidded along with him.
Before his fingers could close around the weapon, darkness fell over him. Without looking up Zack leapt backwards. A fireball slammed into the ground where he had stood, forcing the ground to split wide open. Zack was hit by the shockwave and thrown back again. His sword, also caught up in the blast, went the other way.
Zack skidded to a stop. He looked up and saw that another fireball was heading towards him. He heard a whoosh and saw that another one was approaching from his left. A second whoosh followed and he saw a third one flying up from his right. Zack clenched his jaw. Crouching down low, he prepared himself and then broke into a sprint, dashing for his sword.
The fireballs soared overhead. As though responding to his movements, they turned in the air and headed towards him. Sweat ran down Zack's brow as he pushed his body harder, his body aching with each step. His sword was just ahead. Zack stretched out his arm, reaching for it.
The fireballs converged and struck the ground. The impact made the ground shudder and lurch. A cloud of smoke and flame swept across the battlefield, and everything was covered in an impenetrable fog. Ifrit, who was watching nearby, let out a roar of triumph. Then he stopped in mid-roar and looked ahead.
Before him, the clouds parted. Zack emerged, his sword in his hand, the blade glowing from the heat of the fire. The firelight was reflected in his eyes as he ran out of the flames and charged straight at Ifrit. The summon started to leap out of the way, but before his feet could leave the ground Zack thrust out and plunged his blade deep into the beast's chest. Ifrit roared.
Zack withdrew his blade. Without waiting for the beast to retaliate, he spun and brought his sword down in a slashing arc across the beast's torso. A deep red slash marked where the blade landed, oozing blood.
But Zack was not done yet. He then closed his eyes and, remembering how he suddenly casted fire earlier, thought of ice, and then he felt his hands become cold of ice. Zack looked at his hands to find them having Ice magic slide into the weapon, filling it with as much power as it could hold. This added strength weighed heavily upon the weapon, and, realising that melted ice turned into water and fire was weak against water, and Zack could feel it straining to contain it. He had to act fast.
Leaping into the air, Zack raised the sword high and brought it down with all his strength, straight onto the beast's head.
The reaction was immediate. A gust of icy blizzards released from the blade, descending and sweeping around Ifrit. Stunned by the blow, Ifrit toppled forward. Zack, meanwhile, jumped back out of the way.
The melted ice turning into water circled around Ifrit, growing more intense by the second. Inside Zack could see Ifrit's silhouette. For a split second, he felt a pang of fear. Ifrit was a fiery beast; flames were his natural element. Would they even have an effect?
His answer came in the form of a terrible scream. It was deep and terrifying, and made his blood run cold. Inside the flames he saw Ifrit throw up his arms in a gesture of defeat. The flames drew sharply inwards and then exploded. Zack raised his arms to shield himself as a wave of heat passed over him, making his skin tingle.
When the shockwave passed, Zack lowered his arms and looked ahead. Ifrit stood before him. His arms were still raised, but his skin was dark and scorched, the flames of his hair and body dimmed. Then Ifrit's hands fell to his sides. He slid forward, landing facedown on the stone floor.
Panting and feeling cold sweat trickle from his forehead, Zack sighed in relief. He actually defeated a beast all by himself for the first time in his life, and a very tough one at that. Maybe it was due to his newish body that increased it. Just then, the summon just then disappeared into a dust of magic, and then the area around Zack returned to normal. He was back in Traverse Town. (~End the Summoned~)
"Zack!" Yuffie cried out as she saw Zack return. She ran up to him and before he knew it, she nearly glomped him by throwing her arms around his waist, causing him to nearly lose his balance. He then realized that she had been gravely worried.
It proves his point when she looked up and tears were threatening to escape her eyes. "You stupid jerk. Do you have a death wish or something?" Yuffie asked.
"Uh, not exactly." Zack muttered, a twinge of guilt and feeling sheepish. He was relieved that the teenaged girl was safe.
"Most impressive. It seems that you have remembered how to fight properly for now." the voice from earlier spoke, alarming Zack and Yuffie who lets the latter go.
(~Burdened Truth-FFVII: Crisis Core~)
The two of them then noticed a man near a large double door. Zack's eyes widened in shock. Memories from his dream earlier. The orange-red hair, the red leather coat, the SOLDIER trademark symbol on the belt. Everything.
"You!?" Zack gapped, shocked. "The SOLDIER...Genesis..."
Genesis smirked, finding this amusing. He then said, "So you figured out who I am already."
Unable to believe it, Zack shook his head, asking, "What's going on? Am I still dreaming?" as his fight with Ifrit somehow felt like a dream, but the heat was real, though.
"This is no dream, Zack." Genesis replied, smoothly. "The day has come for you to remember the truth."
"Remember the truth?" Zack asked, confused. "I don't understand."
"Who's this creep?" Yuffie asked to her companion, just as confused as he was.
The red-haired SOLDIER shook his head, and instead of answering, he continued, "Just so you know, Angeal is no longer in your world."
Hearing his mentor's name, the real Angeal, Zack asked, demanding as he felt a bad feeling about this, as another deja vu was hitting him hard. "What?" before realising that Genesis might have something to do with the real Angeal just as the Angeal in his dream went missing. "Wait, what have you done to him?" Zack demanded.
"It has been eight years since you've last seen him." Genesis stated, smirking cruely, "He too is part of the truth."
Did this guy think the Angeal Zack knew was the same one from his dreams or rather, somewhere else? What was going on? Nothing made sense. And what did he mean, Angeal wasn't in Olympus Coliseum anymore? Zack had to know. "No way! Angeal is my friend! He isn't like the other guy in the dreams-"
"There is only one Angeal." Genesis cuts him off, adding, "And only one Zack-which is you." and at Zack's confused gasp, the red-haired man concluded, "Let's meet again somewhere more...comfortable."
Turning around, Genesis walked away, just as a corridor of darkness opened up, and stepped inside it. Once Genesis disappeared into the darkness, the corridor vanishes as well. Zack and Yuffie stood, frozen in awe and horror as they just witnessed a corridor of darkness, and Genesis disappearing right into it. (~End Burdened Truth~)
After a moment of silence, Yuffie muttered softly, "Creepy."
But Zack didn't answer her. Instead, his thoughts turned to the Angeal he knew. He wouldn't really have left their world too...would he? But then again, Zack hasn't seen him in eight years. Was that really the case? For one thing, Hades never approached him about seeing someone that knew Zack in the Underworld, so, that meant that Angeal was still alive.
His thoughts were interrupted when he and Yuffie heard another voice, seemingly an elderly one, spoke out, "Oh, I thought I might find you here."
(~Innocent Times-KH: Birth by Sleep~)
When Zack and Yuffie turned around, an elderly man in a blue gown with a matching pointy hat, with a ridiculously long gray beard that went down to the man's blue shoes, wearing round glasses, approach them. He was holding a brown long stick that was easily a wand. Yuffie sighed in relief as she recongised the elderly man. It was Merlin.
"Now that was a close call." Merlin continued, "You youngsters really should learn how to be careful and expect anything, especially the unexpected."
"Huh? You saw the entire thing?" Zack asked, confused.
"Well, of course I did, my dear boy." Merlin replied, "After all, I made that monsterous beast you fought against go away."
"Wait, you made that thing disappear?" Zack blinked, surprised, caught off-guard. No wonder Ifrit just 'poofed' out of existance. That explained something at least.
Merlin, seeing Zack's confusion, continued, "The name is Merlin, and just so you know, I am a powerful Wizard."
"Oh, so you're the guy Yuffie wanted me to meet." Zack realised, then became sheepish again, and muttered, "Sorry about that, Merlin. I'm Zack, and thanks for helping us out."
"A pleasure to meet you, Zack. Though I think I should be thanking you for protecting little Yuffie here from that danger." Merlin replied.
"Hey!" Yuffie pouted, insulted in being called 'little'. "I'm fourteen and 9 months old thank you!" placing her hands on her hips in sheer annoyance. Why did everyone treat her like a kid? She was capable of looking after herself for crying out loud!
Merlin rolled his eyes, and grumbled, "You really should learn how to respect your elders, young lady. One day that attitude of yours will land you in trouble."
Despite that Merlin was saying this to Yuffie, Zack couldn't help but feel like he was being lectured on that subject as well. Not only that, he felt uncomfortable with both of them bickering and thought that maybe it was best if he kept his mouth shut until they finished with their argument. On the other hand, he had a feeling that this would take a while.
"Um, excuse me?" Zack finally spoke up, causing the two of them to stop their bickering and turn back to him.
Yuffie and Merlin then both realised that Zack was still there, and both chuckled sheepishly. Yuffie then said to Merlin, "Zack came here from another world earlier today and he needs help to figure out how to get back home."
"Not only that," Zack continued, "I think that guy from my dreams might know something about my friend Angeal, and I need to figure out what's going on." for he realised that, despite he wanted to know about his dreams, he was worried about Angeal and felt that he had to figure out what Genesis is up to.
Merlin could sense the troubleness in Zack, and then nodded. "You're worried about your friend, I see." and when the younger man nodded, the Wizard then thought, "Alright then, this should come in handy."
With a wave of his wand, and chanting a magic spell, a star shaped crystal item appeared in Merlin's hand. It also had a small lightning strike shape attatched to it. Merlin walked up to Zack and placed the star crystal in the young man's hand, explaning, "This is called the Star-Shard. It's a powerful transport device that can take any one who wields it to other worlds. Or at least, this one will."
Zack was examining the item as Merlin explained to him about the object. When he heard that this crystal can take him to other worlds, Zack exclaimed in amazement, "So this thing can take me to other worlds? Cool!"
"But you must be very careful with it, Zack." Merlin cautioned quickly, "You would need to learn how to control it. Otherwise it could take you randomly to places at random times."
Now a little worried at this, Zack then asked, "So, how do I control it?"
"Think about where you want to go." Yuffie figured.
"But I've never been outside of my world before until now. This won't be easy." Zack pointed out.
"Then I suggest you think about the person you want to go to and where they are." Merlin suggested.
Think about the person where he wanted to go and where they are? Zack thought about it, then he figured that it made more sense. If he thinks about Angeal and wanting to see him, then maybe he can find him wherever he is. Nodding, he thought, "I hope you're right. Thanks, Merlin."
"Oh! One more thing." Merlin quickly remembered, "Don't tell anyone about other worlds or where you're from. It's top secret."
That made sense as well, as Zack quickly figured. If anyone knew about other worlds, then someone evil, like Hades for example, or Maleficent, could cause trouble to the worlds. Nodding in agreement, he replied, "Top secret. Got it!"
"Hold on. You're not leaving now, are you?" Yuffie asked.
"Well, no time like the present. I know that guy has something to do with what happened to me and to my friend. I have to find out sooner or later." Zack replied. Not only that, he was worried about his home world, and his friends at the coliseum too.
"You gonna okay by yourself, Zack?"
"Yeah, I can take care of myself." Zack replied, then he remembered and requested, "Hey, can you guys give Leon and Aerith message for me? If I'm lucky, I'll come back for a visit."
Now looking foward to Zack's return sometime soon, Yuffie nodded eagerly, "Will do!"
"Now remember, be careful with that Star Shard." Merlin cautioned again.
Zack nodded, promising he'll be careful. He then stepped back, looked at the Star Shard, and then held it tightly in his grasp, before closing his eyes and did his best to focus. 'I want to go where Angeal is.' he thought in his mind.
Suddenly, as if responding to Zack's thoughts, the Star Shard then glowed brightly, causing Zack to cry out in alarm. He then covered up in the light and is zipped away like a shooting star and he was screaming as he went. Yuffie and Merlin watched him go.
Zack was off on his journey. (~End Innocent Times~)
A/N: So Genesis makes an appearence and Zack's off on his new journey. I think he's learning how to use the Star Shard quicker than Mickey did when he first used it. Next time, Zack's first stop is a Disney world and I can give you a clue what it is.
In a land of Honor, things start to happen before an invasion where one warrior will make a difference in three years to come.
Please continue your reviews, fellow readers, and I'll see you in the next chapter. By the way, Happy New Year!