Phew... I made it.

Nero - You had to stop for ramen...

Me - What?! You ate most of it!

Nero - 2 bites is most of it?

Me - I only got one!

Vanellope - Shut it up and get to reviews already! :I

Me - Fine...

Ayla Spruce - THE WAIT IS OVER! X3

Nero Loveless Highwind - Very dramatic indeed. ;3

Cut the crap and CHAPTAH STARTO!

Chapter 28

360 Degrees of Seperation

Ralph was staring out his window after a long day at work. Ray had yet to return from the mines and he was getting worried. He only left the house nowadays to work, then he'd just go back home right afterwards. "Just get back safely." Ralph thought to himself as he went to bed early.

As players filed out of Litwak's Ralph got off the mudpile and tried to walk home, but was stopped by an out-of-breath Vanellope on the Lickety Split 2.0. "They found Ray! He's in GCS! Hop on quickly!" she weezed out as Ralph sat on the back. "Step on it President Fartfeathers!" Ralph playfully scolded Vanellope as they took the tunnel towards GCS. While they drove, Ralph did something he hadn't done all week. He smiled.

A crowd had gathered around the missing codemaster. His short sleeve shirt was burnt into a single strap across his chest with one sleeve intact while his shoes had singe marks on the edges. His pants were miraculously fine. When Vanellope's cart pulled up, they cleared a path so Ralph could get to his love.

"Ray! Speak to me!" Ralph barked as he shook Ray from side to side. A small groan could be heard from him as he turned on his side. "Five more minutes Ralph. I need sleep." He mumbled unconciously as he batted the hand away from him. "You're alive!" Ralph cheered as he tossed him up in the air and caught him. "And obviously not getting any sleep anytime soon." Ray jested as he knocked out again in Ralph's arm. "Clear out! Codemasters coming through!" Sarah demanded as the characters dispersed and her and Justin walked up to the behemoth. "We should get him to your house." Justin suggested as they teleported to the hut.

It was 3 hours later that Ray finally regained conciousness. "Ugh... Where am I?" he inquired as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "You're home. Finally." Ralph answered as he laid a chaste kiss on Ray's lips. "What was that?" Ray inquired as he pulled Ralph in for a real kiss. A really long kiss to be clear. About 3 minutes long. They broke off when Sarah reminded them that Justin, Felix and Big were also in the room. "Oh shit... Sorry." He apologized as he snuggled into Ralph. "So what happened? Did you win?" Justin queried as he sat in Big's lap. "Well..."

One Week Ago...

Ray began to float as the codes around his arms morphed themselves into swords. "Code Blade!" Ray shouted as he charged himself. He slashed himself across the chest, but it only half-killed him off. "I just want someone to treat me like I matter!" Jack barked as he threw a bomb at Ray. "But that's behind me!" Ray barked back as he deflected the bomb into the air where it exploded. "People always use me, so I use other people that let me." "That's the old me!" Ray shouted to the sky as he slashed Jack back into his human form.

"Look... Everything you said was true. It was just hard to admit it. The world has hurt me. I've cried myself to sleep on numerous occasions. I've been stepped on and humiliated, but you shouldn't take it out on the people who actually care. Treat them how you want to be treated. After all... You're me and I'm you." Ray explained as his shadow nodded in agreement. All of a sudden, a bright light flashed and a person in a silver and green spandex suit holding bombs appeared before him. "The strength of the heart required to face oneself has been made manifest. I am your Persona, Boomgetsu Jack." the figure stated before reentering Ray's body.

"Uhh... Damn! Izanami lied to me! She said this power would kill you using your own ineer self!" Ashton barked as he pulled a card from thin air. "Persona! Magatsu Izanagi!" he barked as a blood red warrior with a trench coat and ice skates holding a weapon appeared above him. "Fine! If were playing it that way! Persona! Boomgetsu Jack!" Ray bellowed as his persona appeared as well. The two clashed in midair for a bit before Jack summoned a huge bomb and chucked it at Izanagi destroying him and dealing a huge blow to Ashton. "I'll take you down right here and now! FINAL BLAST BOOMGETSU JACK!" Ray had Jack summon the biggest bomb he could and dropped it in the shaft. "I take the risk so you won't survive..." Ray whispered as the mine caved in on itself leaving no rock unturned.

Ray woke in an all white void. He was floating. Floating and nothing else. He wasn't breathing as far as he could tell and his heart had completely stopped. "You idiot! Always throwing yourself under the bus for others... You're lucky I'm you or I'd kick your ass." Jack said as he floated next to Ray in his human form.

"Where are we?" Ray inquired as he stared at his other half. "The Code Chronicle apparently. They choose whether or not a codemaster gets another shot when they die inside a game." Jack explained as the Code Tribunal appeared before them. "But shouldn't a codemaster be considered a game character and respawn?" Ray inquired as he floated in place. "Yeah, but hidden games aren't like the others. You're not supposed to enter those because of the same reason were here now." "Because you can die?!" Ray exclaimed as he looked at his arm. "Yup."

"Codemaster Ray and Jack. You stand before the tribunal in hopes of getting a continue. How do you plead?" The red member inquired. "Ready to press start." Ray answered almost instantly. "Ok... You get the continue." The green member acknowledged as he banged his gavel and Ray's vitals kicked back in. "Wait... That's it?!" Ray exclaimed as he stood on an invisible piece of ground. "Yeah... Everybody gets one." The blue member enlightened as all but one disappeared.

"Also you've been unconscious for a week and your brother got you off the hoook for going into a forbidden game. Don't ask how." a familiar voice explained from under a silver hood. "Lan?" Jack queried as the hood pulled back to reveal the twin. "I snuck on the tribunal to kill you from the inside and helped you get off scot free. Happy?" "Very." Ray replied as he hugged his brother. "Yeah well... I saw what happened in the mine and I can't bring myself to do it. Truce?" Lan inquired as he held out his hand. "Truce. Welcome back." Ray replied as he hugged the air from his brother's lungs. "Yeah well... I have to drop you in Litwak's GCS but you'll see me soon. Later!" Lan yelled as he summoned a vortex and tossed his brother through it.

"And here I am." Ray stated as he finished telling everyone what happened. "Whoa... That sounded rough. So is Ashton finally dead?" Sarah inquired as she pushed herself back into her seat. "I hope so, because he was a bitch to kill." Ray grumbled as he spun a card in his palm. "I've never seen a card like that before." Justin spoke as he stared at the card in Ray's hand. "It's my other half. My Persona, Boomgetsu Jack." Ray explained as he dismissed it. "Amazing. Further study is needed to fully understand such power." Justin gawked as he dove into his Ipad journal. "While you do that, I'm going back to sleep." Ray stated as he knocked out again on Ralph's lap.

Whew... I like this chapter

Nero - Oh so Persona...

Me - Yep. And you can guess who I made the final elite member. There is only one left right?

Vanellope - *holding clipboard* Alastor, Freiza, Roxas, Maleficent, Tubba Blubba, Kratos, Ashton. Yep. One more.

Me - Good. Well. REVIEW!

And next chapter soon... Hopefully.

Preview: As they wait for the final Elite member, Ray's dreams get even weirder. He's only scratched the surface of what his younger self meant. Will he reach his potential soon or will the next Elite member be a "BEAR-Y tough fight? STAY TUNED!