(June 23 2024)—-
It's been about eleven days since we beat Akechi, and we've been living in his massive lakeside estate. Narukami, Suomi and I have all had to take it really easy, but Narukami got off the easiest out of the three of us. He's been wearing a giant bandage around his left ear which had to be stitched back on after it nearly got shot completely off. Suomi, on the other hand, was seriously injured so she's had to stay in the master bedroom with the lights off and the curtains drawn. She suffered a serious concussion, which means she can't read a book or look at a screen while she's recovering. I also had to stay in the dark bedroom, but I only had to be there for five days, since my concussion wasn't as bad as hers. Even though I could leave the bedroom after those five days, I still stayed in there with Suomi and kept her company. She's such a fun person to talk to and I've enjoyed just being able to relax. Narukami spent most of the days with Nanako, but he would come into the room and hang out with us very frequently, which would always be a great time. The fight with Akechi was far more difficult than I thought it would be. I had always thought of Akechi as being smug and confident, but that fight with him showed me that he was kind of a coward. He tried literally everything he could to try and stop us from getting near him. The only reason why I was able to kill him was because he had run out of options completely. Even though Narukami Suomi and I won in the end, we barely made it back alive, thank God we did though. I had never been as exhausted in my life as I was the few days after defeating Akechi, and even a few before that. The fight wasn't over, though. I still had to go to Neptune's region... and I didn't want to force Narukami or Suomi through it. This is my fight, it doesn't have to be theirs.
"Catman!" I heard a quite familiar little voice say. "Can we play together?" It was Soppo. She climbed up the bed, came next to me and started jumping.
"Of course we can!" I said happily. "I've been wanting to get out of this room and get some sunlight." I walked over to the curtains and opened them, since I knew Suomi's head was better.
"EEEEK!" Suomi yelled. She was looking at herself in the mirror across the room. "My hair is a mess!"
"I think it looks cute." I admitted. Suomi started blushing profusely and smiling.
"Well, I should probably clean myself up," Suomi said. "But you and Jr. go have fun!" Suomi went into the bathroom, and I took off with Soppo.
"What do you want to do, Soppo?" I asked.
"Can we go exploring?" Soppo asked with wide eyes.
"That sounds like fun!" I said. I went to grab my AK-47. I knew the threat in the region was over, but I couldn't be too safe. I ended up searching for a while since it wasn't where I left it. Soppo then jumped up to my hand and grabbed onto it. She wanted to lead me into another room, but she's so small she couldn't reach my hand.
"I want to show you something I made for you, Catman!" Soppo said. She ran down the hallway and I followed her. She led me into the dining room, and I saw my AK on the table. Soppo had colored it with crayons to match the color of my fur and my clothes. It looked awesome!
"Did you do this for me?" I asked.
"I did!" Soppo said with an excited jump. "You killed the bad man who killed M4! I made this to say 'thank you!' Oh, I also colored the bad man's metal rod!" She ran to the other end of the table (It's a huge table! I forgot to mention, Akechi's estate is the nicest house I've ever been in) and she showed me Akechi's old crowbar, which she had also colored for me. I looked at it closer and she had written 'Bad man's? No… it's catman's now!' Everything looked amazing! When I go to Neptune's region just to the North, I'll go there in style. I picked up Soppo and gave her a huge hug.
"These look beautiful, Soppo. Thank you." I said gratefully. "Now, want to go explore?" Soppo climbed up to my shoulders and lightly hit the back of my shoulder.
"Let's go exploring, Catman!" Soppo yelled. I grabbed my AK and slung it over my shoulder then I went to the garage. Right when I stepped in, I remembered watching IDW get shot and killed right when she entered. I stood there dazed for a bit, remembering it in graphic detail. I also couldn't help but remember all the deaths that were still fresh in my head. P90 had gotten chewed up by the MG in the train station while we were taking it. I hope they're doing well in the Lord's kingdom. "Catman?" I heard off in the distance. I snapped out of it. I looked around and saw Soppo still on my shoulder. I was so out of it. "Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." I said. Soppo got off my shoulder and climbed onto an ATV.
"Can we drive on this?" Soppo asked. "It looks like fun!" I remember thinking to myself how much fun the ATV looked, the only problem was it didn't have a secure place for Soppo to sit. I was deathly afraid of Soppo flying off and getting really hurt. I stood there thinking about how I could keep Soppo safe while I drove, then I saw some duct tape hanging on a workbench, so I spent a little bit of time making a baby-bjorn. I made sure to secure it at least three times to make sure it wouldn't break. I slipped Soppo into the bjorn, put it on my chest, then opened the garage door and we took off. It was so much fun feeling the wind in my fur and I even got some air going over sandy dunes. Soppo was laughing hysterically the whole time. She suddenly started rapidly tapping my chest to get my attention. I slammed on the brakes because I thought she was uncomfortable.
"You ok?" I asked.
"Look." Soppo said, pointing to our left. I looked over and saw a wooden billboard with Akechi's face on it. It was complete and utter propaganda. It said 'We will keep the faces of evil in the sand.' I scoffed at the billboard. "Can we destroy it?" Soppo asked. I looked down at her and smiled. I got off the ATV and readied my AK. "Use the bullets to make Akechi have a funny face!" Soppo said in an amused manner. I used short controlled bursts to make Akechi look like he was cross-eyed then I shot a straight line across his mouth. I used about three full mags to do this. I still had a few more full mags, don't worry. I stood there and stared at the billboard. I thought it would make me mad to see Akechi thinking he was the hero in all of this, but looking at the billboard made me kind of happy. That billboard was one of the lies Akechi was telling everyone, but now the truth came to the light. I wanted to destroy it completely, but I decided to leave it. That billboard standing there is now a mockery of Akechi, especially now that he's cross-eyed and has a goofy smile. I got back onto the ATV and kept going off jumps.
"Catman?" Soppo said loudly. "Can we go back to the hospital?" I was surprised Soppo wanted to go back, but I thought 'eh, why not?' as we were heading there, I realized why she wanted to go back.
—-
We drove for a very long time, and the longer we drove the less I enjoyed it. It's not that I was getting tired of driving the ATV, it was still awesome, it's just that… I didn't want to go back to the hospital. Despite the fact we won in the end, losing the hospital and two girls because of it was probably one of the biggest failures I've ever committed. We pulled up to the hospital, which was once somewhat vibrant was now completely dead. It was burnt to a crisp and what little metal I could see was warped and distorted. I got off the ATV and just stood there staring at it. I suddenly realized Soppo wasn't in the baby bjorn, so I panicked for a few seconds until I saw her walking slowly towards the side of the hospital where I buried M4. I followed her. I wasn't sure how she would hold up emotionally, so I wanted to be there for her. She walked over to M4's grave. I just stood there with her, I wasn't sure what she wanted me to do.
"M4…" Soppo started. A vise in my stomach tightened. I felt so terrible for Soppo having to go through this. She's only a baby. Soppo kept standing there in silence. I slowly walked closer to her and crouched behind her. I softly put my hand on her head, and right when I did that she started breathing rapidly. I quickly picked up Soppo and held her tight. She buried her face into my shoulder and cried bitterly.
"It's ok Soppo. I know it's hard." I said while forcing back tears. "Do you want to leave now?"
"No." Soppo answered. "I... I have something I want to say... to M4." She took a few seconds to calm down then wiped her tears with her stubby little arms. "M4… the bad guys are dead now. I helped Catman kill some of them." Soppo then made a motion that she wanted me to put her down, so I did, gently. She walked right up to the makeshift tombstone. "I know it's not your fault for leaving me. The bad guys took you away, but Catman got rid of them. Catman was very brave… just like you." I walked next to Soppo.
"We would have had a difficult time getting into Akechi's estate if Soppo here hadn't unlocked the door for us." I said to M4's grave. I then addressed Soppo. "You were also very brave, Soppo, just like M4." Soppo smiled at me then lifted up her arms, which is her way of saying 'pick me up, Catman.' I picked her up and we both just stood there looking at the grave. "M4 is proud of you, Soppo... and so am I." I said.
"Can you talk to dead people, Catman?" Soppo asked with intrigue.
"No, I just know." I said. "All anyone wants for the child they care for is that child growing up to be strong and independent. You played your part in helping us win." Soppo looked up at me.
"But I made the sirens in the house turn on." Soppo said with regret in her voice. "All the bad guys knew where you were."
"The sirens would have been tripped either way." I told her. "You helped us get in the house and you're still with us today. That's what matters to me."
"Thank you for bringing me here, Catman." Soppo said. "We can go back to our big house now."
"Hold on..." I said. "There's one more thing I want to do here." I walked over to UMP-45's grave. The memory of her death still makes me sick to this day. That's something I don't think will ever change. I stood there looking at the giant rock we put at the head of her grave. "Well 45, we did it. Akechi is gone. I made sure to use your gun to finish him off. It wasn't much, but it was the most I could do." I stood there thinking even more about what I saw that day. Her head had gotten split open by that dang crowbar... 9 was so overcome with sadness she had lost the will to live for some time... and Akechi seemed entertained as he was killing 45, laughing at her as she suffered from the unbearable pain. I collapsed to my knees in front of her grave. "I'm so sorry you had to die like that... you deserved so much better. You deserve to be here with us right now, sharing this victory." I looked up at the heavens, where I knew 45 was watching over us. Maybe that's an explanation as to why our all-or-nothing attack ended in our favor. "It doesn't matter where you are now, this victory is still yours." I knelt there for a while not saying anything, then I shuffled over to M200's grave. She died in such a flash, and I had never really processed it. It was easier to process her death since Akechi wasn't still running around here alive and well... but that would never replace her being here.
"That was a great speech, Catman." Soppo said as she patted my chest with her stubby little hand.
"It wasn't easy to come here, but I'm glad we got the closure we needed." I said as I walked back to the ATV.
"By the way, I'm sorry about biting your face, Catman." Soppo said out of the blue. It took me a few seconds to realize she was talking about that time before we set out to take the hospital. It was so long ago.
"It's ok, I forgive you." I said. She didn't need to apologize, but it was a very cute thing for her to do. We headed back to the estate, but I stopped in Bordertown on the way. Most of the girls were staying there with the locals to help them rebuild their town. I was also able to visit P90's grave. The locals had built a small memorial for her in the middle of the train station's boarding gate, possibly in the exact place where she died. I didn't lose too many girls to the war, but all the girls I lost were a constant weight on my heart. I still needed to press on and do what I came to this dimension to do; defeat Chris-Chan. At least now the region is safe for all the girls still here. Soppo and I headed back to the estate after a while in Bordertown.
—-
"Oh my gosh, that is so cute!" I heard when I got back to the estate and walked into the common area with Soppo still in the baby bjorn I made. I turned to see Springfield behind a counter. It looked like she had turned the common area into a really nice coffee shop. There were a bunch of girls sitting in the common area, chatting, drinking and having a good time.
"Hi, Springfield!" I said happily. "How's your leg doing?"
"It's a lot better now." She said, "I don't have to use crutches anymore, I just can't put too much weight on it. Oh, by the way, welcome to Cafe de Springfield! Do you want anything?" Soppo started waving her little hands excitedly.
"I wanna hot chocolate with extra chocolate and put caramel in it!" Soppo said.
"The usual, got it, hon." Springfield said. "What about you, Shikikan?"
"Ummm… do you have any angry orchards?" I asked.
"Mein gütte," I heard Kar98k say from a couch that was in the far corner of the room. "Drink responsibly this time." She eyed me in a serious tone.
"Don't worry, I'm only gonna have one!" I snapped. Springfield promptly got me an angry orchard and made Soppo her hot chocolate. I made sure to drink the angry orchard slowly this time. I don't know what happened last time, but I woke up with a crazy headache. I know I'm not allergic to apples. "Springfield, do you mind if I stand on the counter? I have something I want to say to everyone." Springfield chuckled a bit.
"By all means." Springfield said. "But whatever you're going to say, just keep it clean."
"Clean…?" I asked in confusion.
"You're cute." Springfield said. "Go ahead, say what you want to say, just please don't fall." I stood on the counter and got everyone's attention. Everyone in the room stopped chattering and the room fell silent.
"This region is now cruelty-free, and I owe it all to each and every one of you!" I said with my angry orchard raised. "I don't know how I can possibly thank you all for everything you've done. I see each and everyone of you as a member of my family. This victory belongs to all of us, and I couldn't be happier to have fought alongside all of you." The entire room became filled with happy chatter.
"I bet Chris-Chan is soiling himself!" MP5 said excitedly. "I would pay anything to see that!"
"You want to watch a greasy man-child pee himself?" Spas-12 said while stuffing her face with muffins.
"If we keep our eyes on his tv show, we'll probably get to see a rage video from him." AKM pointed out.
"Oh boy!" MP5 yelled. "We'll get to watch it on a high-def TV instead of the crappy box ones back at the hospital."
"I also want to take this moment..." I started, "To remember everyone we've lost. Their sacrifices got us to where we are now. I will always be thankful for the parts they played, and I will never forget them." I stayed in the common area for a while, talking to the girls and drinking my angry orchard… slowly… all the while Kar98k was staring me down. I mean seriously, what was her problem? I know I drank a few too fast a while ago but it was ONE TIME! Anyway, after a while, I wandered outside to give myself a break from the constant noise. I stepped onto the giant patio in the back, overlooking the lake. Just on the other side of that lake was Neptune's region. I felt a feeling of dread. All the struggles I went through to take Akechi's region… I had to do it again. Not only that, but if I take Neptune's region, I'll be one step closer to leaving this world.
"Needed a break from the party?" I turned to see Narukami coming out to the patio with me. "It's pretty loud in there." He said.
"Yeah…" I started. "I'm just looking at the next region I have to take."
"Don't worry about it." Narukami said confidently. "We're going to take it, it may take a while, it may be hard, but we will win in the end."
"We?" I asked, feeling perked up. "I assumed you wanted to stay here with Nanako."
"I do… more than anything." Narukami admitted while staring at the distant region across the giant lake. "But I also want to help you finish what you came here to do. You helped me get my Sister back, and that's something I will always owe you for."
"Don't forget about how you saved my life at the beginning of all this." I reminded Narukami. "I think you and I are even."
"Still…" Narukami said, still staring at the horizon. "I want to help you out. If I ever got news that you died out there, I would never be able to live with that... I already have a death that is eating away at me..." Narukami's focus seemed to dwindle, but then he snapped right back. "Besides, I know Nanako will be ok. She and UMP-9 are very close now, so I trust 9 to look after her. I'll go with you and help you every step of the way." I was very happy to hear that Narukami wanted to go with me. I made a vow to myself to make sure to have Narukami's back out there. After everything is done, I want him to go back to Nanako. I stared across the lake and looked at the region over there. I remember seeing what looked like a city way off in the distance. I could tell; to get there we would have to go through a lot of barren desert, something I was no stranger to. Looking at all the land we needed to take reminded me of something important.
"Speaking of when you saved my life at the prison…" I started. "I remember the day before Chris-Chan sentenced me to death, I saw his honor guards lining up a bunch of people against the wall to shoot them, and he pulled two of them out of the line and kept them alive." I looked at Narukami and he looked at me with a surprised face.
"Really?" He asked. "I wonder why they were pulled out. Did you hear anything the guards said?"
"No." I answered. "They were too far away. I heard murmurs but nothing specific. I couldn't see anything either. I was so dehydrated. Also I had just been hit on the head and knocked out before this happened." I looked back out to the horizon. "Think they're out there somewhere?" Narukami looked back at the horizon and pondered for a few seconds.
"We have time to find them." Narukami said with a determined tone. "There had to have been a pretty good reason for Chris-Chan to want them alive. The only question is… what is that reason?" Narukami and I stood there in silence for a while. I stood there wondering what Neptune would do to me if she captured me. Akechi was all about pain and suffering… so it can't get worse than that. Right?
"I'm going to have your back out there, Narukami." I said to Narukami as I held my fist out for a fist bump. Narukami returned it.
"You can call me 'Yu,' if you want." Narukami said. "You don't need to keep calling me by my last name."
"Well then let me retry that..." I said lightheartedly. "I'll have your back out there, Yu." Yu once again returned my fist bump, but he kept his fist pressed up against mine.
"I'll watch your back as well, Klonoa." Yu said confidently. "You feeling ready to go back in? I'm in need of a refill." He then held up his nearly-empty glass. We walked back into the estate together and re-joined the girls.
—-
Yu partied for a while after we went back in, but I got tired pretty quickly, considering earlier on in the day I toured most of the region on an ATV with Soppo. Oh yeah, speaking of Soppo, she drank her hot chocolate super quickly, ran around for a long time then promptly passed out. I brought her to one of the bedrooms so she could be away from the noise, since she gets kind of cranky if she gets woken up from a nap. I went to the bedroom where Suomi was. She was laying there with some sort of cushion on her forehead.
"You ok?" I asked her.
"I'm fine, I just got a headache." Suomi said. "I went down to the party for a bit, but it got too loud."
"I didn't think loud noises bothered you." I said. "Remember shortly after you got hit in the head by HK's trap? You started listening to loud music shortly after."
"That's different." Suomi fidgeted and blushed. "Death metal music relaxes me, and people exhaust me… I mean… MOST people exhaust me." I climbed into bed and got comfortable. "Did you have fun with Soppo today?" Suomi asked me.
"I did. It was kind of a roller coaster though." I said. "We went back to the hospital."
"Oh?" Suomi asked. "Why did you go back?"
"Soppo wanted to visit M4's grave and tell her that we won." I said sadly. "I still can't believe Soppo did that on her own volition." I sat there thinking of the brief moments I had with M4 before she was killed. "Other than that, I suppose I had fun. I'm just glad I could be there for Soppo."
"How did you do with going back to the hospital after everything that happened?" Suomi asked me. "I know I would have been kind of shaken up." I just sat there after she asked that question. It was like I was experiencing everything everything all over again. I started tearing up.
"If I had done a few things differently…" I paused to let the lump in my throat go away. "Maybe we wouldn't have had to go through anything I put us through."
"Klonoa…" Suomi started as she put her arm around me. "You're always going to lose a few lives in a war like the one we just fought. Most of us are still here now, and you're the reason why. Did you know that more of us were dying before you came along? You saved so many lives. Way more than you lost." That made me feel a bit better.
"I still feel like M4's and Negev's deaths could have been prevented… if only I hadn't become so complacent." I said with some residual tears going down my cheeks.
"I get why you wanted a long break." Suomi said. "You went through so much since you came here. But now you can take all the time you need. The war is over." Suomi then embraced me.
"It's not over for me yet." I said. "I still have a job to do."
"Well…" Suomi started. It was a few seconds before she finished her thought. "You can stick around here for a little while longer… right?"
"What if Neptune sends her men over here?" I thought outloud. "I made the mistake of thinking the enemy would stay at bay before and it cost lives. I can't make that mistake again."
"True…" Suomi said sadly. "I just don't want to see you go. I'll worry about you." We sat there in silence for a few minutes. I wanted so badly to ask her to come with me, but I also didn't want to put her through anything else. Then a thought hit me: Yu, me and her make a really good team, and every fight we were in together constantly proved that. I decided to go for broke.
"Want to come with me?" I asked hopefully. Suomi's face lit up instantly.
"Really?" She said happily. "You want me to go with you?"
"I do." I insisted. "You, me and Yu can do anything as long as we stick together. I need you, Suomi."
"YES!" Suomi exclaimed. "I'll stick with you until the end." She once again hugged me tightly. Just then, Yu walked in.
"Am I interrupting something here?" Yu asked.
"N…no. Nothing is going on here…" Suomi said while in a flustered state. I'm not exactly sure why she got embarrassed by that.
"Sounds like Suomi can come with us to take Neptune's region." I happily reported.
"Excellent." Yu said. "The more the merrier… I'm just kind of worried about leaving Nanako here… I know UMP-9 will take great care of her, but still. What if Neptune comes here and tries to take the estate?"
"Let's leave here tomorrow and start taking as much of Neptune's territory as we can." I strategized. "This will make it harder for them to get an attack force to the lake and it will also allow us to warn everyone here."
"I know there are enough supplies strewn around here to make some defense emplacements." Suomi chimed in. "The other dolls here might even be able to put mines in the water since the only way to get from this region to the next is the lake."
"What if we need to get across the lake?" I asked.
"We'll know the mines are there." Yu said. "We can also try and get a map of where the girls will set them up." Yu grabbed a notepad and started writing down all the ideas we came up with. We had come up with a pretty airtight plan to keep the estate safe from any attack.
(June 24 2024)-—-
The three of us got up early and started setting up defenses around the estate in case the girls had to defend themselves from Neptune's honor guards. It took most of the day to get everything set up, but we had everything done by that evening. We were able to get a car onto a boat that would bring it across the lake. Yu, Suomi and I were set to get across the lake and start taking land from Neptune, but first we had to say our goodbyes.
"I'm going to miss you, big bro." Nanako tearfully said as she hugged Yu.
"I'm going to miss you too, Nanako." Yu said with a shaky voice. "Be good for big sis UMP-9, ok? She'll be taking care of you."
"Don't you worry, Narukami." UMP-9 said confidently. "I'll keep her safe. Do try and visit us when you can… all of you." HK416 then walked up to me, and I'm surprised to be saying this, but she hugged me.
"I can't believe you actually freed us, you over-baked gingerbread man." HK said with a hint of affection in her voice. I think that might be the nicest thing she will ever say to me. "If you three need any help over there, call me up and I'll come in and do everything correctly." Well, I didn't expect HK to be kind to me for too long. As HK let go of me, I couldn't help but notice Soppo standing there and looking up at me with a tear in her eye. I went over to her and picked her up.
"Please don't leave me, Catman…" Soppo said in between small sobs.
"I'm not leaving you." I reassured Soppo. "I'll come back and visit you as much as I can. I really wish I could stay here with you, but this is something I have to do." Soppo started calming down a little bit. I wanted to make it absolutely clear that I wasn't trying to get away from her. Soppo reached her stubby little arms out for a hug, so I brought her close to me so she could wrap her little arms around me as much as she could.
"You're strong, Catman." Soppo told me. "You are strong and brave. Try to not get hurt, ok?"
"I'll do my best." I said. "I love you, Soppo."
"I love you too, Catman." Soppo said with a cute little laugh. "Come back soon so we can play together!"
"I'll come back as soon as I can." I said. I put Soppo on the ground gently, then G11 walked up to me.
"Shikikan, I just want to say thank you." G11 said with a faint smile. "You made me a better doll. I've learned from my mistakes, and I won't be negligent anymore, I promise."
"I believe you, G11." I said proudly. "Thank you for keeping Nanako, Soppo and I safe from I. ." G11 smiled and nodded.
"If you ever need another sharpshooter, I hope you'll give me a call." G11 said. "I'll do anything to keep my Shikikan safe."
"I'll keep that in mind." I said. "You take care of yourself G11." G11 nodded, then AK-12 walked up.
"Dasvidaniya, Shikikan." AK-12 said. She leaned in close to me and brought her voice down to a hushed tone. "Take care of Suomi out there, would you? She's already been through so much."
"Don't you worry." I said. "I won't let anyone hurt her." Unfortunately I spoke too loudly and Kar98k overheard me.
"Klonoa und Suomi sitting in a baum, K-U-S-S-E-N." Kar started singing. Suomi's cheeks went red.
"Kar, please don't do this again…" Suomi pleaded.
"It's ok, Suomi, just let her get it out of her system." I said begrudgingly.
"...First comes liebe, then comes hochziet, then comes ein baby in the kinderwagen." Kar finished the song. "Und you know what they must do to get ein baby, ja?" Suomi suddenly looked shocked.
"Ok, that's it we're leaving now!" Suomi said with haste as she lightly pushed me and Yu onto the boat.
"Bye Shikikan! Stay safe out there!" All the girls said in unison. We got onto the boat with MP5 and AR-15, and the boat started moving. As we got further away from the estate, I started feeling very uneasy. I wasn't sure what the next region would be like, I also wasn't a hundred percent positive we would find anyone who could help us fight, much less a group as strong as the girls. I really wanted to bring them with us, but they all need to keep Akechi's region from being retaken. Plus, I don't want Nanako's nor Soppo's lives in danger any longer. The boat hit land and that feeling of uneasiness turned into a feeling of light dread. I was definitely worried. I was going to miss everyone dearly.
"Here we are, Shikikan." MP5 said sadly. "Be careful out there, and if you three need any help, don't hesitate to reach out." What she said kind of eased my feeling of dread.
"Thank you, MP5." I said. "I'll come for as many visits as I can." The two girls dropped the ramp of the boat onto shore, and we climbed into the car.
"We put some ammunition in the trunk." AR-15 said. "It's in fireproof cases, so it won't explode on you."
"Thanks, AR." Yu said with a nod as he turned the car's ignition on.
"I just want to thank you all again for freeing the hospital." AR said. "I had been fantasizing about the fight for freedom. I knew there would be losses, but I never could have known we would have as good a Shikikan as you, Klonoa." I was blushing. We said a few more goodbyes, then Yu drove the car off the boat and onto land, towards possibly more victories, but definitely uncertainty. As long as I have Yu and Suomi with me, we can win any fight we find ourselves in.