Beta: This story is betaed and yeah. All art credit goes to me and all design credit goes to Nyanyo (Except I designed Xavier :P )
DISCLAIMER: Nyanyo doesn't own Final Fantasy
Previously on "Final Fantasy Explorers The Paladins"...
Our Heroines made a choice that would change their lives forever, for it might be the end of their old lives but it's also the start to their new ones.
Chaos looks down at us, looking pleased he let out a roaring laugh, "HAHAHAHA! So all of you decided to accept? I thought at least a few of you would decline." We were having a bit of trouble standing, his booming laugh made the room shake. Shelbie, the first attain her balance, steps forward.
"You have a very powerful laugh Mr. Chaos sir." Shelbie back to being herself had put a smile on her face, Wow... She got her balance back fast, I'm still shaky. While I was thinking this I didn't notice Tasha trying to get my attention.
"Hey, Aracely snap out of it! It wasn't that bad of a shake." Coming back to reality I finally notice Tasha who was standing right in front of me.
"Oops, Sorry guess I spaced out." Feeling embarrassed, I decide to ask if she needed me for anything. "Um, do you need me for something Tasha?" Giving me a slight grin she turns her back to me and signals me to follow her.
"While you were in your own little world, everyone started to gather near the edge of the platform, Chaos wants to give us something." When she finished explaining she speed up so that she could join the others, Hmmm...I wonder what he wants to give to us? When I finally join everyone else I stand next to Sasha, and notice Miranda jumping up and down, ecstatic about getting something and Shelbie's futile attempt to calm her down.
"PRESENTS! PRESENTS! PRESENTS!" Chanting this non-stop she didn't hear a single word coming from Shelbie.
"Miranda! Calm down- AH! Be careful where you swings those arms!" After a while she gives up, probably only so she wouldn't get any more buses than she already had.
"Wow. She sure is excited." Sasha says to me laughing slightly, enjoying the show Miranda put on.
"I feel bad for poor Shelbs! She deals with stuff like this every day." I said. Chaos giving up on waiting for our attention he tries another method.
"Eh Hem!" Stopping everything we were doing at that moment we give our attention to Chaos. "Good, now I have something to giv-"
"WHAT IS IT!? WHAT IS IT!?" Being cut off mid-sentence by Miranda he gives her a menacing look that could scare the most fearless of monsters.
"U-um...I'll shut up now." Quickly she runs behind Shelbie and uses her as a shield.
"Really Miranda! Seriously!" Somehow Shelbie gave Miranda an even more disturbing stare than Chaos, and Miranda backs off.
"S-sorry…" Saying this frightened she moves beside Shelbie instead of behind her, SHEESH! That look could kill a god. Making sure he had our attention he continues.
"Like I was saying I have something for all of you," he stops and waits a second to see if there were any interruptions, no one does, he goes on. "This gift is more a necessity than a present, for you being dressed like that will get you killed. To survive in this world you will need these." With a wave of a hand, we all start floating and our clothes changed into some type of armor.
"Wow! T-this is amazing!" We all look at our new outfits in disbelief, I then look up at Chaos giving him a thankful smile.
"So, do all of you like your new wardrobe?" He asked even though he could already tell that we loved Them.
"YES! YES! YES!" Once again Miranda started chanting.
"..." Tasha was completely speechless
"OMG! How did you know I love cat stuff!" Sasha exclaimed drooling over her blue, hooded cat cloak.
"What a pretty outfit! I love it!' Shelbie's eyes were glued to her new wardrobe.
"Wow….These outfits are amazing!" Everyone was ecstatic about the change. Once everyone calmed down I got the courage to ask a question I was wondering about. "These outfits are really cool and all, but how will they protect us? They don't have any protection." When I finished we all looked up and waited for a response.
"They don't have metal protection, they have magical protection. The clothes I just gave you have the power to decrease the amount of damage and pain when attacked. Also, every outfit hatheirre own special enchantments. So all of you are perfectly protected." After hearing him say that we all feel better.
"Sooooo...Can you tell us what the enchantments are?" Miranda asks as if she had an alternative goal, which she didn't.
"Sure, let's start with Shelbie." He turns his head so he could look at Shelbs, "Your class is White Magic, White Magic users specialize in healing and some defence. So your armor provides more health and increases your abilities by 22%." When he finished Shelbs opened her mouth to ask a question, but before she could ask it he answered it. "And that staff your holding enhances your power by 30% and there are certain spells that you can only do with that staff." Wow thats amazing! Shelbs was almost speechless, but was able to step a bit closer.
"So I'm basically a healer?" She asks just to clarify.
"Yes, but the downside is that you don't have much attack magic." Shelbs seems satisfied with his answer and walks back to the group. "Moving on, Tasha you are a tank so you armor allows you to withstand a major beating and you have a lot of health." Looking down at her he waits for a reaction.
"Cool, but are you sure this is the class for me?" She seemed more like herself than usual, chaos seemed satisfied.
"Next, we have-"
"OO! Is it me! Please say it me!" Miranda is very impatient and always wants to know everything, I wait for that deadly stare he gave her last time but he simply ignores it and continues.
"Yes Miranda, it is your turn. Your class is black magic so you specialize in destruction magic and attack magic, your gloves give you all the power you need to cast spells, You don't have a very good defence though." Ecstatic with her results Miranda squeals like one of those girls who get excited over anything and everything. "Now for Sasha, your class is mage. Mages are able to use black and white magic, but sometimes the spells aren't as powerful as they should be."
"I can live with that." Happy with her abilities she starts playing with the ears on her hoodie.
"Last but not least, Aracely. Your class is Explorer, your class has the most options, you will be able to use many different abilities. It won't be easy though. Also, your battle axe was made to be able to adapt to many different abilities, it's also indestructible."
"Wow, thats awesome!" Life won't be the same, but were all ready to take it on.
"Know that you're all caught up it's time for all of you to get going, and try to land safely." Some what confused I ask.
"Wait, what do yo-" Before I had the chance to finish my thought we were falling from the sky. "OK I GET IT NOW!?" Panicking I look around, Shelbie fainted, Miranda's screaming, Tasha put her hands over her eyes, and Sasha was completely calm. As we neared to ground I closed my eyes and braced for impact, but nothing happened, nothing hurt.
"Hey, open your eyes." I heard a voice, and it wasn't anyone I knew and it sounded like a boy.
"HEY DUDE! THERE WERE 5 FALLING PEOPLE AND YOU ONLY TRIED TO GET THAT ONE!?" I heard another voice, it was someone different and they sounded peeved.
"Ya, you could have at least tried to catch another one!" Then a third voice, which was also male.
"But…..I knew you two would catch them." The stranger says this without guilt, his tone was very blunt.
"DUDE! THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE!" After that comment I decided to open my eyes, I looked up at my savior. Long, red, messy hair tied in a loose ponytail over his right shoulder, and silver eyes. Also, handsome facial features, and he has a nonchalant expression.
"Hmm? Oh you're awake, are you ok?" He asked sincerely and looked at me with those silver eyes.
"Y-ya I'm fine!" I stumbled a bit, not knowing how to respond that's all I could say
He kept staring at me even after I finished talking, "U-m...Can you put me down know?" Realizing he was staring he put me down.
"Sorry, just got lost in thought, my name is Sebastian." He introduces himself, That's a nice name.
"YA RIGHT SEBI! IT'S NOT THE TIME TO LOOK AT GIRLS!" I look over to see another guy with yellowish orange hair and red eyes, holding Miranda over his shoulder and Shelbie under his arm.
"I wasn't gawking." he responds, but he doesn't seem offended.
"Dude you were totally gawking" Then I notice the other guy with silver hair and blue eyes, who had Tasha under his left arm and Sasha over his right shoulder.
"You guys are so immature" He says smirking.
"Wait- us , us imposible! you got it backwards dude! Also, hey my name is Blaze nice ta mecha." He introduces himself to me and continue scowling at Sebastian.
"Awwww…..My head…" Shelbie starts to wake up. "W-what happened….All I can remember is fal- OMG HOW ARE WE ALIVE!" Blaze noticing her panic puts her down.
"Don't worry you're fine, I caught you and your friend hear before you guys could hit the ground, and my two friends here caught your other friends." Saying this with a calm and collected manner he calms Shelbie down.
"Oh, thank you that was very Kind." Shelbie says with a sweet smile making Blaze go red.
"I-it was nothing! Nothing at all! Hahaha!" He stands up and turns his head in the other direction hoping Shelbie didn't see his face.
"Dude now you the one gawking." Sebastian says bluntly making Blaze even redder and Shelbie confused.
"SHUT IT SEBASTIAN!" Blaze says angrily.
"...Nyano….? WHERE IS NYANO!" Sasha looks around in a panic but calms down once she spots me.
The guy holding Sasha puts her down next to me and introduces himself.
"You guys are hypocrites. I'm Xavier, nice to meet chya." Xavier says doing a two fingered salute and sticking out his tongue.
"Good to see your awake, falling like that is not that safe, I don't recommend it ."
"Thanks, guess I owe you then." Sasha says looking at Xavier.
"No need, It was exciting." He says blushing slightly. "I love your cat hooded thingy. It's super cool I love cats!" He seems nice. Then I see Tasha waking up.
"Hmmm….What happened…." Tasha looks around, "Is everyone ok?" She ask to those of us who were awake.
"I'm fine, this nice man caught me." Shelbie says makeig Blaze redder than ever. I didn't think he could get any redder, he looks like a tomato right now.
"I'm good too." Sasha adds in.
"I'm not aching, bruising, or bleeding. So I'm fine." I say jokingly lightening the mood. Miranda finally wakening from her slumber freaks as soon as she is fully contuse.
"WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT-" Miranda says being cut off.
"SHUT THE HEL- *Ehem* Sorry, could you kindly SHUT IT!" Blaze clearly done with Miranda's fit. Stunde by his harsh words she shuts up.
"Agreed." Sebastian being very blunt on the matter.
"Come on guys, give the lady a bone, she just did the scariest stunt in her life. It probably would have been pretty cool if it didn't go wrong." Xavier being overwhelmingly optimistic, acts out the hole experience.
"It wasn't a stunt! we were just minding our own business, than we were just falling from the sky!" Tasha, clearly not happy about being accused of having a choice in the matter, stares daggers at Xavier.
"S-sorry, didn't mean to offend you." Xavier stunned by the reaction he got, apologizes. That was a bit harsh…Seeing that she might have gone too far, she scratches the back of her head.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you, we've just been having a weird day…" Apologizing for her harsh words she smiles at him, signaling that she meant no harm. Blaze looking around at all of us carefully. suddenly a smirk appears on his face.
"Hey, are all of you explorers? I just noticed you equiptment, I'm a monk. Xavier is a knight, and this jerk hear is a freelancer." Pointing out each of his companions he looks back at all of us. "What are your classes?" The first to respond to his question was Tasha.
"I'm a knight." She said confidently.
"Lets just hope she isnt anything like our Sebi." Xavier says jokingly.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that." Tasha says looking away from Xavier. Next to step up was Shelbie.
"I'm a white magic user." Before any of the guys had a chance to respond Miranda pounces on Shelbie.
"And I'm Black magic!" Miranda said excitedly.
"Miranda! Please get off of me!" Shelbie said in her quiet tone while Miranda simply ignored her.
"Wow, talk about polar opposites!" Xavier commented enthusiastically thinking it was hilarious that Miranda wouldn't even listen to what Shelbie was saying.
"And I'm a-" Sasha was cut off by an excited interpretation.
"You're a Mage right? I'm one too!" Xavier said pointing a finger at his face.
"How did you know?" Sasha says questionably, How did he know? I thought silently to myself.
"He has a good intuition," Sebastian snays clearly seeing our confusion. then the boys looked at me and Blaze asked the same question he asked before.
"So what's your class?" Asking with an excited look in his eye.
To Be Continued….