Note: It's finally the final chapter as we bid farewell to this fan fiction. If you want us to make a sequel, we will be eager. However, with the less enthusiastic mood we are currently receiving, we highly doubt you'll want on. So, here's the final chapter!

This chapter's events are based on a homicidal anime that my friends had started watching months ago and gave me ideas on... how to end things in here.

It's the final day and the last few hours of their lives in Haven City. Trust will be made or broken in this short time. A hard decision will be made and a bond will be destroyed. This could be the battle that will destroy a clan that had defied fate for nearly five years. It is time to seal the fate of the past dead and return the lost souls to their homes...

... but at what cost will be needed for the peace to come?

And how will they be able to get home?

Chapter 28
The Ninth Day & the Goodbye

Day 8, 7:20 pm

Kanji stood in the throne room as he sat along on the king's chair, waiting for someone. He then saw Baron Praxis enter the room with his Krimzon Guard and Erol. Smirking slightly, the Aero clan leader rested his chin on his hand as he said, "Welcome to my palace, Baron."

"Kanji, you're alive," the Baron said with astonishment as Erol took out his blaster and shot at the man. Kanji stood up and placed his hand up, deflecting the shop up to the ceiling as the glass roof shattered around them.

Lisa: I bet you guys forgot about that detail… or not.

Baron and his men covered their heads as the shards neither pierce neither their armor nor their protected heads. Kanji just stood there as the glass seemed to avoid him, except for a shard that scratched his face.

The KG Commander then looked up as something was landing from the roof; it was Lucas on one of the KG zoomers. He then saw Naoe and Wolf jump down and land on either side of Kanji. Naoe got into his chanting stance while Wolf went to into the starting style of Lightning Strike.

Lisa: I was playing Jade Empire… and I'm starting to fall in love with Bioware games… XD

Lucas landed the zoomer close as Baron Praxis then noticed someone else in the red haired man's arms.

Erol then charged at Lucas as he took out a long sword and was about to strike down Lucas when Naoe appeared in front of him and punched him back. The Commander lost his footing as he rolled back to where his men stood.

"What will you do with the girl, Kanji?" the Baron demanded as he readied his own sword.

"It won't matter to you since you have already lived your usefulness," Kanji stated as a figure stepped from behind the throne.

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I started to regain consciousness when I heard Baron Praxis's voice. I was still in Lucas's arms as I felt a bit weak. When I heard another familiar voice, I looked to the source to see Kanji standing in front of the throne.

My eyes widened as I saw Kor stepped from behind the large chair. I shouldn't be that surprised that he would be involved, but it just seemed too soon for this conflict to happen. And where was Jak?

Lucas kept holding me like he would with a bride as he and Naoe walked toward Kanji. As we got closer to the throne, Kor walked toward Baron Praxis and Erol. I saw him starting to fidget slightly, realizing what was about to happen.

"Baron! Erol! Run!" I shouted as I reached out to them.

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Baron and Erol were slightly confused by the warning until they saw Kor starting to tear apart; a huge creature growing out of the man as Kor's skin was torn to shreds and leaving no trace of the vulnerable old man.

Baron Praxis then noticed who it was. "I thought we had a deal, Metal Head!" the Baron exclaimed as he readied his sword.

"It seems that these humans gave me a bigger proposition than your Eco transaction," Kor spoke as his voice sounded more demonic.

"Father!"

The Baron turned to see Ashelin enter the throne room with Mango who had his blaster readied on the Metal Head leader. His daughter looked shocked as she then said, "What is going on, father?"

"Get out of here, Ashelin!" he demanded as he turned to look at his enemies. His eyes widened as he saw the Metal Head glowing as a purple orb seemed to be growing in front of Kor's mouth. Without a second's notice, Kor fired the orb at him and his men, sending them across the room and into the wall that was behind them. Some of his soldiers were blown sideways into the windows and downward to their deaths.

Down below…

"I can't believe we have to be the ones shopping," Tucker complained as he, Church, and Caboose were in the Bazaar to buy supplies and food for their division in the Underground.

"It's because we're the only Underground troops living in that area," Church spoke bluntly as he took a radish-looking fruit and paid the woman.

Caboose was near the pets booth, ignoring the sign that said, "Out to Dinner" as he looked at the pets. "Can we get one, Church?" he asked his friend.

Church sighed as he walked over to where his comrade was looking at, seeing a very menacing Croco dog that seemed to be foaming too much in the mouth. He kept staring at it as he finally spoke, "Uh… Caboose… why don't you just… pick a different pet? I think… this one is waiting for his owner."

"Oh… okay," Caboose said with defeat as he kept looking around. Tucker turned to see his teammates at the booth as he was about to call out to them when he noticed something falling from the sky…

…make that several things falling.

"Church, Caboose, move!"

The two looked up and were able to jump back in time as three bodies fell on to the booth, shattering the wooden roof to pieces. Caboose sat on the dirt ground while Church knelt, ready to attack the KG as he recognized the red armor.

"God damn it!" shouted one of the KG as he stood up, removing his helmet. "That's the last time I listen to that stupid commander."

"Griff?" Tucker spoke as he recognized the KG from their battles against each other. Said KG looked at him and said, "Woah… this is awkward…"

The other two removed their helmets, revealing them to be Donut and Simmons. "What the hell happened up there?" Simmons asked as he held his head, feeling the ache growing.

"You guys are lucky to be alive," Church stated as he ignored the fact that these guys were their enemies.

Simmons looked up and noticed how high the fall had been. "Well, thank god for this sliming pit we're in that we're alive." He stated as he got up, and was about to put his helmet back on when he noticed something slithering inside of it.

The three KG looked down to see that they had fallen and broke a large crate of snakes which were now gliding on the ground or crawling up their armor. Griff and Donut then started panicking as they frantically pulled them off as they danced around, trying not to touch the slithering reptiles.

"Ah! Snakes! AH! Oh my god! ONE LOOKED AT ME!!"

Lisa: ROFL! I got that from a funny movie. Whoever finds out what it is gets something cool.

Francy: Like what?

Lisa: uh… I don't know… Oh, I'll let them choose!

Michelle: Just hope we can get it.

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Lucas looked down at the young girl as she had her armed stretched out toward the direction where Baron and Erol were laying, covered by a glowing green orb. Ashelin saw this as the orb slowly faded, revealing that the two men had received no damage.

Michelle: Nice job, Lisa. You just saved our enemy.

Kanji suddenly appeared in front of Lucas, and slapped Lisa across the face. Naoe froze as Wolf smirked. Lisa just stayed still, her hand quickly dropping to her side as Lucas still held her close.

"What the hell?" Naoe shouted as he then charged at Kanji. Without a warning, Kanji snapped his arm out and sent the Possessor flying into the wall that separate the room from the hallway, making him land in it unconscious.

"Naoe!" Lisa shouted but was quickly silent when she felt Kanji snatch her chin and brought her attention to him.

"Listen to me very closely, my daughter. You are now under my 'loving care', so you best behave if you want to live longer than today," Kanji warned before releasing her, walking toward the Baron and Erol.

Kanji then summoned a sword as he kept stalking toward them. He ignored the warning calls to the Baron's daughter as he saw her disappear from the hallway. Smiling evilly, he stopped right in front of them and stated in a sinister tone, "Time to die, my king…"

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Day 8, 7:49 pm.

Outside of the palace, Ashelin was frantically trying to reach the Underground base. However, due to what had just happened minutes ago, her mind was completely blank as her body was just leading her anywhere.

All that went through her mind was by now, her father is dead.

As she kept on running, she didn't notice bumping into someone who held her shoulders, keeping her from running off.

"Ashelin, is that you?"

Looking upward, she quickly recognized the tattooed face of Torn. Her breath slightly out of it, she tried to explain what had happened. However, as the words spilled out, none of them seemed to make sense to her.

Torn, thankfully, understood as he carefully led her back to the base as he text all everyone he knew who was sure to be involved in what could happen.

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"What the hell is going on?" Michelle demanded as she and many others stood in the main room of the UG base.

Neko sat on a crate while Duo stood next to her.

Merry and Ta-kun sat on the lower bunk that was closest to the room while Vanessa and Bryan were standing nearby.

Sakura sat over with Markus who was standing next to Michelle.

Mango stood with Jack Sparrow as he kept taking swigs from a bottle.

Yuki stood near the back as Shuichi stood with him, the younger boy showing a sign of agitation.

Jak stood alone as he watched Torn standing where he usually stood as the Shadow spoke. "We need a good and solid plan before we charge in there."

"What plan?" Yuki spoke. "This is now officially hopeless."

"Yuki yuki!" Shuichi said, trying to calm him.

"I'm really getting tired of this bullshit that has been happening here ever since I got here," Yuki stated infuriated. "All I wanted was to get you out of here and back to our normal lives."

"You don't think we want that as well," Merry shouted as she sat up. She gestured to herself, Ta-kun, and Bryan while saying, "We've been here for two years either getting tortured or dealing with the looks of rejection from everyone."

"I wasn't talking to you, child!" Yuki shouted as he was ready to stalk toward her when Shuichi stepped in front of him.

"Yuki, stop it! We mustn't fight!"

"It wouldn't matter if we start fighting like this," Markus spoke as he laid against the stone wall, looking a bit out of it as he had taken the news of his brother's "obsession" a bit hard. "We just need to find the Metal Head lair before midnight tonight."

"What's going to happen then?" Jak asked as he got a bad feeling crawling up his spine.

Sakura stepped forward as she explained. "Tonight is the eve of the slaughter of the Aero clan. I believe Kanji is aiming to rebuild our clan by using some kind of ritual; a forbidden I must add."

"What does this ritual do exactly," Michelle asked.

"It is suppose to bring the dead back to life," Sakura spoke. "But the ritual failed years before our sons were born."

"Mother…" Markus said as he quickly stood up, staring in disbelief. His mother looked at him before looking away.

"Kanji wanted to revive his family after they were slaughtered one night by a serial killer from Haven. It ended with… disastrous results."

"How… disastrous was it?" Neko asked.

"The… dead came to life and… spread a disease that nearly killed our clan completely and all of Haven City." Markus stated bluntly.

"I don't remember hearing that in the original game," Michelle commented as she waited for Markus to continue.

"If he does this, this whole world will end and all life will cease to exist," he spoke. He then walked over to stand with Jak. "We have to head to the palace now, Jak. Dark is the only one who can stop this ritual. He's done it before."

Suddenly, Jak's features changed to the familiar appearance of Dark as the alter ego spoke. "Yeah, and it got me almost killed and forced myself to a life of immortality. Oh, might I add to the fact it's not just my life at stake this time?"

"You really think that the blond is going to object to this?" Markus quickly countered before pointing at Yuki who seemed to almost make a threatening advancement. "And I don't mean you, author!"

"You've done this before?" Merry asked as she stood up and stood in front of him.

"Rather painful, worse than taking stabs from the Krimzon Guards," Dark commented as he scratched back of his head. "The ritual needs at least a sacrifice, and his father nearly used two of them to 'quench the thirst'."

"You mean…" Bryan spoke, realizing what he had meant.

Dark nodded and said, "Kanji was going to kill his two daughters in order to bring the dead back to life. We were lucky that Michael was able to pull one of them out before it got out of hand."

"Out of hand?" Vanessa exclaimed. "Things are already out of hand as it is! We have some psychotic man who happens to be a twin of our man here!" She pointed at Markus who muttered a "you're welcome".

"We have a man with alter ego problem who seems to have calmed down a bit." Dark growled slightly before his features change back to the hero.

"We have the hugest problem in universe and how are we going to solve? We are just going to waltz in there, is that it?" Vanessa stated angrily.

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Day 8, 8:09 pm.

"Me and my big fat mouth," Vanessa muttered as she, Merry, and Neko stood in front of the doors to the palace.

"But you should know that was the best idea we have come up with throughout this whole adventure," Merry said, trying to cheer up her friend.

"I didn't say it that we should do it! I was being sarcastic for crying out loud!" Vanessa snapped.

They were all wearing the female version of the KG armor, and she didn't really feel comfortable. Especially since her long hair was scrunched up in her helmet.

"Let's just get this over with," Neko suggested as she patted a large crate very hard, receiving a knock from inside. "Sorry!"

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"Neh, Lisa-chan, let's go get dinner together," Lucas chirped as he entered the bedroom. His blood sister sat in a chair in a far corner of the room, huddling as she held her legs close to herself.

The red haired brother scowled as he walked over to her and made a gentle attempt to pull her out. When she snapped her arm away, Lucas sighed and forcefully pulled her up. Her white dress flowed and went done passed her knees.

"You really are being a naughty little sister," the man stated as he then force her to the floor. Lisa was about to sit up when he suddenly was on top of her, but not on her. His body kept her from moving away as she looked at the dark expression on his face.

"This is really becoming frustrating to me," Lucas said. "Don't you want your last hours alive be a great moment?"

"Wha…what do you mean?" Lisa spoke as she was about to push him off when he grabbed her hands and placed them above her head.

"You should know what'll happen now, right?" Lucas spoke, his voice sounding more serious.

"Haku douzo, Lucas-dono."

Translation: Off please, Lucas.

Lucas was suddenly lifted up and thrown back into the chair that Lisa had been sitting in. Looking up, he watched Naoe carrying the girl and placed in her on the bed and placed the covers over her. "Oi, Naoe-kun, you really shouldn't butt in when you're not needed," Lucas warned as he sat up, rubbing his neck as the Possessor's grip had pinched his skin slightly.

"I'd rather have her get some sleep before…" Naoe trailed off as he slowly looked at the clock.

9:11 pm

"Then maybe she shouldn't be a virgin no more," Lucas bluntly stated as he laughed. He then received a large pillow hitting his face as he fell back into the chair.

"Get some sleep, you pedophile!" Naoe snapped as he threw the man out of the room.

Once outside of the hallway, Lucas quickly stood up and dusted himself off. The door to the room was slammed shut and he heard the audible lock echoing throughout the long hall. Scratching his head, he mutters to himself before coming across some of the KG soldiers rolling a rather large crate through the hallway.

"Halt there, babes," Lucas said as he walked toward the crate. He looked at it carefully and saw that it read "fragile" in big and bold letters. Scratching his head, he asked, "What's this for?"

"We are bringing more Eco for the Metal Heads, sir," one of the soldiers stated.

"Damn, I swear those things will need a diet plan if this keeps up," Lucas muttered before directing them toward the storage room. After they bid him farewell, he suddenly felt a familiar aura coming from the crate.

Shrugging, he walked away and said, "Must be just that stupid stuff we've been having this week."

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Moments later…

"I was ready to crap my pants there," Vanessa muttered as they entered the storage room, as they stopped moving the crate. Once it was in place, the top of it popped open as Jak and Markus gasped for air.

"Oh my god… I never alcohol would smell so bad," Markus moaned out as he crawled out of crate and landed on the cold floor while Jak tried to hold in the vomit that was threatening to come out. Michelle then stepped out as she stretched her limbs, a smirk on her face.

"Dudes, you missed the funniest thing ever in there!" she exclaimed. "When you hit that bump back there and when the crate tilted over, Markus tried to grab the sides but grabbed…"

Before she could finish, Markus closed her mouth with his hand as his eyes was twitching slightly. "Don't you dare mention that story, Michy," he warned as he slowly took the hand away and helped Jack Sparrow get out of the crate.

Daxter stretched his body as he had nearly gotten squashed numerous, accidentally and purposely, inside the crate. "Damn you guys lay off the food would ya?" he joked as he perched on Jak's shoulder that was now conscious from the fumes.

Jack Sparrow was the last to come out as he took another swig of his rum. "Sorry about that, mates. I didn't know it would take up so much of the oxygen."

"Next, make a hole in the crate so we can breathe fresh air," Daxter suggested before Jak stood up and said, "We should split up into teams."

It was quickly decided that Merry went with Jak, Michelle paired with Markus, and Vanessa and Neko went with Jack Sparrow.

"I got a bad feeling about this," Neko warned. Michelle glared at her and said, "Don't say that!"

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"Naoe."

The Possessor turned to look at the girl as she was now sitting in the bed, staring at him.

"Can we go home now?"

Naoe sighed as he walked over to the bed and sat at the edge. Looking at her, he said, "We have to work with them in order to get home. It's the only way."

Lisa looked down in defeat before Naoe asked, "What about Jak? Won't you miss the guy?"

She nodded her head as she pulled the blanket over her mouth to hide her expression, and the small tears. Naoe patted her head as he checked the clock again.

9:16 pm

"Only less than four hours left," he mentally stated as he then heard the girl mutter something. After asking her to repeat herself, she said, "Is it wrong to fall in love with someone who shouldn't exist?"

Naoe chuckled as he then thought back to his life before this, searching for his old love for many centuries. Sighing, he said, "You shouldn't worry about what others think of it, including me. I did care at first because I was worried that this man would be dangerous, but who isn't?"

He heard the girl giggling slightly before continuing.

"If you had asked me that question when we were back home, I would have said that you were having a fan girl fetish. However, this is real and the way you feel is real. I think you should just stay here."

He sensed the startled reaction as the girl got up and stared at him in surprise. Chuckling, he then said.

"Before that incident with Lucas, you were really happy. I know that I was imprisoned most of the time but Lucas was watching you. I wasn't sure of his reason then, but I knew one thing for sure. That 'Jak' character made you laugh and smile more than you would when I had first met you. He has a split personality disorder, but then again, who doesn't these days? ...What I'm trying to say is that you should just stay here instead of going home. If you do go home, your mother will force you to go away and then you'll live with regret. Do you want to live like that?"

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Mango sat in the zoomer garage as Keira kept on working the zoomer that Jak would be riding in the final race, if there was going to be a tomorrow.

Mango sighed as he laid back on one of the finished zoomers. He then noticed a shadow loom over him a few minutes later as he got up and saw Ayako staring at him. The other Possessor smiled to him and said, "It looks like this is goodbye to both of you."

Keira turned once she recognized the voice and asked, "What do you mean?"

Ayako sighed and said, "At around midnight, everyone who were pulled from their world will be sent back. Thankfully, most of them will lose memory of this and it would be like a bad dream."

"Wait, 'mostly'? What do you mean by that?" Mango asked.

"Kanji is going to start the ritual tonight and nothing will stop from this world from becoming destroyed."

Keira quickly stood up as she was about to speak when Mango asked the question for her. "What about everyone that are from this world? What will happen to them?"

"You'll all die, but who'll care?"

The three turned to see Mariah glaring at them, her side bleeding as her eyes were filled with insanity. "Our clan will be prosperous again and your blood will pave the road to our rebirth! It will be just like before when it was peaceful without you stupid Haven citizens came and stole our Eco!"

Mariah then charged at Ayako and took out a dagger, stabbing the man in the stomach. Mango quickly reacted as he pulled out his blaster, shooting Mariah in the head. It was happened to quick that Keira was shocked to see the stoic stare in Mango's eyes. It soon disappeared as fast as it came as Mango realized what he did.

Ayako stepped back as the knife was still in his stomach. Staring down at it, he fell back but he didn't feel the cement. Looking up with slightly blurring eyes, he saw Mango and Keira's figures looming around him.

"Don't try anything to heal me, Mango." he warned as he noticed the man was about to leave. "That was a pretty good shot."

"I... I don't know what came over me," the man stuttered as he stared back at the now deceased Mariah whose eyes were wide open and blood pouring slowly from her head.

"It was just instinct, my dear friend," he said as he looked at Keira. "Take care of each other and love each other. You'll be more lucky than your friend, Keira, that I know for sure."

Then, the hands of death took him...

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Day 8, 9:39 pm

As he, Daxter, and Merry searched the palace for the ritual sight, Jak was conversing with Dark in the privacy of their linked minds.

"I guess we should finish what I was showing you. It's almost time for the final battle and soon I will have to go to sleep."

"What do you mean by that," Jak asked as he noticed different screens appearing around him. He recognized some of the moving frames and others he couldn't. He then came across the one that showed the first time he saw that girl.

She looked so determined to try to buy him to get out of the ammo depot and it was amazing how in a week's time he would fall for someone who was nearly five years younger than him.

He soon came by a screen showing Dark twirling Sara around as they laughed together.

"Treasure your memories, Jak."

The blond hero turned to look at Dark as the surrounding dark abyss started to disappear and be replaced with the last few moments of his other self's past life.

"Sister!"

Jak turned to see the scene play out when Dark fully disappeared. Lisa was pushed away as Lucas quickly caught her.

"Dark! Don't die on me!" Sara shouted as she kept trying to banish the Dark Eco. Soon it was too much as she was starting to become absorbed by it.

"Sister!" Lisa shouted as she ran to Sara as the two began to glow, Lisa was light blue and Sara was light purple. As the light blinded Lucas, he quickly noticed the portal was starting to disappear. As he was about to make his attempt on keeping it open, he noticed someone on the other side doing the job.

"Wolf!"

Jak was surprised to see the half breed there and was more surprised that he came from that world.

"Hurry up and get them here, Lucas!" Wolf warned as he seemed to perspire as the strain was becoming to much for him. Lucas then turned to see Dark standing with no bruises and his sisters were... fading.

"Sara! Lisa!" he shouted as he ran toward them, aiming to catch. However, they both faded before touching his waiting hands. They became orbs of light before fusing together. Looking at it, Dark quickly realized as he saw the dark stare he was getting from Lucas.

"You... you did this to them..." Lucas claimed as he slowly stood up as the twin-colored orb stayed in his hand. "You caused this to happen to them..."

"Lucas..." Dark began to say. "I... didn't... I didn't mean for this..."

"Shut up!"

A sudden pulse radiate from the red haired man as Dark was pushed back and fell into the Dark Eco, his body dissolving in the purple liquid. Lucas turned to see Michael staring at him with shock. "Lucas, hurry! I'm... starting lose grip!" Wolf exclaimed.

A loud explosion was heard from their entrance to cavern Lucas ran to the portal while his mouth was moving, like he was chanting. Once he got to portal, he tossed the orb into the portal as Wolf lost grip. Lucas stood in front of the now closed portal as the figures from behind it began to blur.

"Lucas!" he heard Wolf shout out before the portal disappeared, leaving just an empty archway.

The red haired twin turned to see the Krimzon Guards charging in with the Baron following them.

"Jak, wake up!"

The blond hero quickly jolted from his daze as he noticed that they were approaching a rather large door. "Well, that speaks 'evil' with all its might," Merry joked. Daxter just rolled his eyes while Jak looked intently on it.

"Well, well, if it isn't the hero."

The two turned to look to see Wolf standing far behind them, his hand on his hip and held a toothy smirk. Without warning, he took out a shurikan and threw it at Merry, aiming her heart. The impact forced her against the wall as she slid down, her eyes becoming empty in an instant.

Jak was shocked as Wolf laughed. "Oh my god! I killed a Dark Warrior with one hit? This is going to be so easy!"

Jak looked fast enough to see Wolf dashing towards him. He quickly placed his arms in front of himself as the half breed tackled him into the room. As Jak felt himself roll on a dirt floor, he looked back to see a familiar creature staring down at him.

"Dude, that is so not good," Daxter said slowly as Jak cautiously stood up to look at the creature. It was really huge and the creature's head was oddly familiar.

"K...Kor?"

The creature laughed loudly as he looked down at the hero. "It's good to see you again, Jak."

"The feeling's mutual," Daxter answered for his friend sarcastically. Jak shook his head as he inspected the room when the familiarity hit him harder than reality; it was the same room in the vision Dark had shown him. The only difference was there wasn't a pool of Dark Eco, or any sign of the purple liquid, anywhere in the room.

The portal was on Kor's right, as empty as it has been for many years.

"Let me kill the worst excuse for a hero." Jak turned to see Wolf detracting his claws and the deranged look growing in his eyes. "I always wanted to finish off this boy, ever since I saw him."

Jak stepped back as he felt a twinge of fear, but it soon disappeared as he took out his Scatter Gun, ready to shoot when needed.

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Day 8, 11:02 pm

Entrance of Palace

"Who knew that we would be storming the castle like this?" Duo stated as he did a jump to a guard and then a head butt to render than man unconscious.

Ta-kun kept summoning dark shadows as they attacked any nearby Krimzon Guards.

Bryan kept knocking down enemies, although he was over doing it with the loud "Bruce Lee" sounds.

Yuki was punched down all the KG that got near while Shuichi kicked them mostly as he jumped over two of them, pushing them toward Yuki as his boyfriend punched them both.

Torn and Ashelin were shooting down any remaining KG, but they just kept coming.

"I'm more surprised that we have lasted this long," Bryan commented before doing a drop kick.

"Please," Ta-kun begged. "Don't jinx it. I am getting pissed off already with this."

Duo then quickly took out some kind of roller wheels as he ran toward a group of Krimzon Guards, placing them on the soles of his shoes, and started to skate towards them. They were battery-powered by movements of his feet so he didn't need to skate in the normal way.

Lisa: Think of Air Gear.

Markus: What if they don't know what "Air Gear" is?

Michelle: There's a thing called YouTube... idiot...

Duo then jumped in the air and landed on the face plate of the leader of the squad. His turns turned as it burned on the metal mask, making it hotter and hotter by the friction. One of the guards tried to shock him but he jumped on the pole and his skates pulled him fast, causing him to knee him in the face.

Jumping to the ground, he quickly skated to Bryan who knew what to do. Quickly grabbing him, he twirled around as the boy revved the wheels, kicking the surrounding KG.

Lisa: I was watching the "Master Chick vs Samus" when this idea came to view so there's your visual.

Meanwhile, Ta-kun then pulled the shadows back to her as her arms were surrounded by the mass, becoming large black monstrous claws. Some of the shadow spread to her left side of her face as she showed a stoic but murderous look in her eyes.

My... what big armor you have...

The side of her face that had the mass spoke but she didn't move her own mouth. The KG in front of her was shaking in fear.

Torn stopped shooting to watch the shadow tear the soldier apart with surprising ease. Slightly sickened, he turned back to his shooting as a KG almost got to close. The man died to a shot to the mouth, causing the KG to fall back far.

"I'm not sure if we can hold off much more," Ashelin stated as she did a roundhouse kick to two KG. "They better get done with getting rid of Kanji."

Torn then muttered, "I know they will, but I feel will lose in a way."

"That is really encouraging to hear," Yuki sarcastically said as he threw a KG toward Shuichi who did a roundhouse kick at the soldier.

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Markus looked around as Michelle stayed close behind him. They soon entered the almost demolished prison as the cells were thrashed open but the occupants were just outside, bleeding and most likely already dead...

... or just a few seconds from it.

They then heard sounds of slashing and screams as they followed where the blood seemed anew. Getting a bit closer, Markus quickly hid them both as he peeked over behind a fallen pillar.

In the center of the room where the experiment table was, he saw Lucas stabbing into a man as he kept shouting out about how is his sins tainted the ones he loved. He kept bringing down the dagger as the poor man kept crying in pain, begging him to stop. Markus kept Michelle from looking, but he knew what she was hearing. Turning to look at her, he quietly told her, "Please hide somewhere, Michelle. I can't get you involved in this matter."

Giving her a quick kiss, he quickly stepped back and jumped near the bridge that connected to the landing of where his twin brother stood. He then summoned a sword and called out, "Lucas!"

The red haired twin turned as he slashed down once more, the man finally dead as his eyes bulged out and his mouth wide open. Lucas licked the blade as he turned to see his brother. He twirled it in his hands before holding the handle.

"Hello, brother dearest," Lucas taunted as he tossed knife to his other hand. "Care to play soldiers again with me? It's been so long."

"This isn't a game, Lucas," Markus told him. "Were you so weak to father's ways that you have lost your true goals?"

Lucas laughed maniacally as he then stopped smiling. "This should be fun."

Michelle looked from behind a fallen debri as she watched Markus trying to block the fast swift slashes his brother kept throwing at him.

"Spare the rod, spoil the child! Remember that, my dear brother?" Lucas taunted more as he kept slashing him, ignoring the sparks that kept coming from the rapid friction between the two. The red haired brother soon changed tactics as he then sheathed his dagger and started punching at the man. Markus couldn't de-summon his sword as he kept trying to block each blow. He then notice that as his brother kept punching the blade, he would purposely nick his knuckles on the sharp ends as blood started to smear the blade.

"Open your mind, Lucas," Markus pleaded, but he knew his cry fell on deaf ears as his brother kept on punching at him, never tiring.

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Day 8, 11:33 pm

"Are you ready?" Naoe asked as he tightened his tie. He turned to see Lisa standing in front of a mirror, looking upon herself. She wore the white dress that went an inch past her knees, but it was nearly covered by a cloak that she slowly placed the hood over her head. The girl nodded her head as she walked toward Naoe and held his hand like a child would with a parent. As Naoe opened the door, he turned to look at Lisa and said, "I'll make sure we get out of here safely."

When the girl nodded, he turned around and froze as something felt weird in his stomach. Plus, the lights of the hallway was being covered by something, or someone, standing in front of him. Looking down, he saw what appeared to be a hilt of a knife, and the blade was in him. He felt blood flowing from his throat as he spluttered slightly, hitting someone on the face of his killer, Kanji.

"You are relinquished from this world, my friend. I will take it from here." Kanji smirked as he twisted the blade before pulling it out. Naoe tried to keep a good grip or tried to close the door, but his body wouldn't listen as his hand let go of Lisa's and clutched his stomach, begging for the blood to stop falling out. "Damn... you..." Naoe muttered as the blood spilt from his lip. Kanji just laughed and reached past him once the Possessor fell to his knees.

He felt Lisa be pulled from behind him.

He heard her calling his name.

He saw her being pulled away with tears falling from her eyes.

He tasted his own blood as the world was disappearing around him.

He could do nothing but lay in his own blood.

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Michelle: Uh... you okay?

Lisa: Sure! Why you ask?

Michelle: Um... well... there sure is... uh... a lot of blood in these scenes.

Lisa: I blame the anime you guys showed the "Ki-pah!" girl.

Silver: Hey! That is an awesome anime!

Izzy: Finish the goddamn story!

"I'm getting really worried, guys," Neko warned as they entered what seemed to look like the training room. Vanessa saw a huge rack of shock poles and blasters. Jack Sparrow got closer to the room as they soon notice someone standing in the middle of the large room, where the sparring ring was.

It was a young man. His black hair was slicked back and he wore some kind of armor that reminded Neko of Cloud or Zack.

The man turned to look at them and then summoned... a Keyblade?

Neko became wary as she summoned hers, noticing that the man's was an Ultima. Muttering a curse, she asked, "What's your name?"

The man stood in a stance similar to Riku as he answered, "Name's Oliver. You think you can beat me with that weak excuse of a weapon?"

Vanessa stood with Neko as her appearance changed. Her brown hair went to silver as her skin turned pale. Her eyes filled to black, but it didn't show insanity as Jak had in the beginning. Her nails retracted to claws as she got into a fighting stance.

Jack looked between the girls and the man as he said, "I'll be over here if you need me." He then ran off to what looked like a vault.

"If he thinks that's were the doubloons are, he has a sad life," Neko joked but get a jab to the shoulder from her friend.

Oliver smirked and said, "Who wants to go first?"

Neko was about to tell Vanessa a plan when her friend immediately charged at the man. "Wait!" Neko called to her friend, but her voice was silenced by the sounds of blade against blade.

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Day 8, 11:50 pm

Wolf brought down his claw the tenth time, finally destroying the empty Scatter Gun. Jak black flipped from the second strike as he landed a few feet away from the man. Looking up, he only had time to bring his arms up as Wolf punched him, sending him to the wall.

"Weak!" Wolf announced as he laughed loudly. "You are so weak! You aren't a hero!"

"Shut up."

Wolf stopped laughing as he looked at the almost broken man. He would break this man soon, but he noticed something weird emitting from the renegade. As Jak slowly got up, his goggles and scarf fell off around his neck and head, landing on the dirt ground. He was breathing hard as Daxter seemed to clench on to the boy's shoulder tighter.

"You okay, buddy?" his friend asked. He didn't get an answer verbally, but when his friend looked up, he saw it in his eyes. Smirking, he leered at the half breed and said, "You're gonna get it now!"

Wolf looked a bit confused but was soon sent flying back. It happened in a matter of one second as he hit the opposite wall. Small debris from the ceiling fell but none were deadly as some hit his head. Wolf looked at Jak, expecting to see Dark in his place.

The figure still had the blond-greenish hair and green eyes. His skin was still light tannish. He was still Jak.

"No... freakin'... way..." Wolf said as he stood up and flinched. Looking down, he noticed his side bleeding. "No way you could have hit me that fast and that hard."

"He's right," Jak mentally agreed as he sighed, searching for any sign of Dark, but his presence seemed to have disappeared. He also felt stronger, in a bad way. He usually felt like this when he was near a large Dark Eco source.

Was just being were the Dark Eco used to be making him stronger? No, it couldn't have. Even if there was the pool of that stuff right nearby, he couldn't have gotten powerful. He has been near large amounts of the liquid form, and none of those events had he felt stronger.

He then heard clapping toward where they had entered the large room as he turned to see Kanji. The Aero clan leader was smirking at him before placing his hands on his hips and turned to look at Wolf. "It seems you are becoming a broken asset, Wolf."

"Please, let me have just a few more minutes, Kanji. I can kill the rookie," Wolf pleaded. Jak was slightly taken off by this; the half breed was suddenly afraid. He heard Kanji just gave a small laugh before nodding to the Metal Head. Without warning, Kor flew down and ate Wolf.

Jak looked shocked as Daxter showed a disgusted look. "Aw gawd that's nasty," Daxter stated. The renegade heard audible crunching from the Metal Head leader but it didn't last as the monster gulped.

"Delicious," Kor said as he turned to look at Jak. "You'll make an excellent main dish."

Jak stepped back as Kor advance slowly toward him. "I thought Metal Heads eat Eco, not people!" Daxter screamed as he pulled on Jak's hair.

"No, Kor!"

They turned to look at Kanji as the man pulled in Lisa. Jak saw the girl as she saw him. Kanji let her go as she ran to Jak, hugging him.

"Jak!" she cried as the renegade held her close.

"Good to have you back, baby cakes," Daxter said as Jak smiled. Making the girl look at him, he wiped her tears as he kissed her forehead.

He then realized something; she was the reason she got stronger. Her body was a Dark Eco container. Looking up at Kanji, the man said, "What? No thanks for reuniting her to you? No thanks to the upper hand in the battle?"

"You caused all this!" Jak stated as he placed the girl behind him. He felt Lisa grab the back of his blue shirt.

Kanji then looked at him with a dark glare as he walked to stand across from him. "You really don't know how to show gratitude."Then from the shadows of the large room, Jak and Lisa saw Sakura walk out of them and stand with Kanji, holding his arm affectionately.

"It's midnight," Kanji stated. Jak saw Daxter pull out the communicator. The time read:

Day 9, 12:00 am

"Mother?" Lisa called, wondering what was going on when she saw the woman suddenly start to glow. She stood away from Kanji as she held her arms apart, and started singing.

Furimuita sono ushiro no (shoumen daare?)
Kurayami ni tsume wo tatete (yoru wo hikisaita)

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Prison

Markus suddenly felt weird, like something bad was going to happen. He then noticed Lucas stopped punching his blade as he seemed to be looking far behind him. Before he could do anything, Lucas was suddenly standing on the debris that had covered Michelle from his view. He quickly grabbed the girl by the neck and pulled her up. She was clawing at his grip as she was dangling from the ground.

"Let her go, Lucas!" Markus demanded.

"Markus, help!" She cried, but the grip around her neck tightened, closing her breathing.

"Please!" Markus pleaded as he fell to his knees.

"Now you'll know how I felt when our sisters died," Lucas stated proudly as a loud audible snap was heard throughout the room. Markus's widened as he saw Michelle just stop her movements.

"No..." Markus watched as his brother tossed the girl at him. Markus caught her, holding her as her eyes were filled with no life. "Don't do this... don't leave me here alone..."

He placed his head on hers as he ignored the look of triumph in his brother's stance.

Amadare wa chi no shizuku to natte hoho wo
Tsutaiochiru

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Front Entrance

Bryan and Ta-kun were surrounded as her shadow trick was starting to lose its touch. All of the soldiers were somehow stronger than before as the punches they had thrown become really strong.

"You think we'll go home?" Ta-kun asked Bryan. The Mexican male turned to his friend and smiled.

"If we do, we should just pass this as a nightmare," Bryan suggested.

His friend nodded her head as they then stood straight, their backs against each other as their hands entwined. Closing their eyes, they awaited the barrage of pain.

The last thing they heard was Torn's voice, calling for them.

Mou doko ni mo kaeru basho ga nai nara

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Training Room

Becoming impatient, Neko charged at Oliver as Vanessa slashed her claws downward.

Oliver saw this as he threw the girl at her, causing both of them to tumble back. Neko quickly got up while Vanessa held her stomach, feeling pain from being grabbed on the bare skin.

Jack then walked beside them, holding some kind of bomb. Neko looked at him with a serious stare before hearing a yelp beside her. Turning to look, she saw a large claw wrapped around Vanessa. The claw retracted as it pulled its victim back to Oliver who drove the Ultima into her heart.

"Vanessa!!"

Quickly taking out the blade, Oliver tossed the now corpse aside and focused his attention on the African. Neko turned her attention to Jack Sparrow and said, "Look for Jak! He should be still going down that hallway we took a left from!"

She then charged at Oliver, not seeing Jack giving a last look before Oliver suddenly appeared before her. She then felt pain in her stomach as she looked down, seeing the Ultima driven through her. "Die..." he commanded, twisting the blade.

Neko was starting to lose her grip when she quickly thought of something quickly. She then drover her Keyblade into his heart as well, smirking at the last victory she would have in this world.

Kono yubi tomare watashi no yubi ni
Sono yubi goto tsuretette ageru

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Front Entrance

Yuki turned to see Shuichi grabbed by a KG, the pink haired singer trying to struggle out of the grip. "Shuichi!" Yuki called as he aimed to knock the living daylights on the soldier for touching Shuichi.

However, two of the KG grabbed him from behind and held him back as another one stood in front of him. "Yuki!" He heard Shuichi call for him, but he couldn't see anything. However, his suspicion on what they were doing to his lover was answered when he heard a loud gun shot and a body hitting the floor. Looking down at the floor, he saw a pool of blood forming behind the soldier.

He slowly looked up, seeing the barrel of the gun. Then everything went bright...

Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori e
Ato modori wa mou dekinai

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Stadium

Mango looked up to notice the sky changing color. Keira had her hands together, praying for the deceased Possessor before seeing the frightened look on his face.

"Is this it?" he muttered before feeling Keira's hand holding his. He tightened his grip and pulled her into a hug.

Hitorizutsu kesarete yuku (aoi honoo)
Kurayami no sono mukou ni (asa wa mou konai)

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Lucan watched as the sky over Fort Lauderdale was turning rather a sickly color as the clouds seem to be heading toward the West Coast. He muttered a curse as he turned to Raphael, his right hand man, and ordered him to ready a jet for Los Angeles.

"This can't be good," Lucan thought as he got the phone and called his superior, relaying the bad gut he was feeling.

Kagami no naka de ugomeki nobashite kuru musuu no te de
Saa dareka wo koko e izanainasai

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Jak noticed Lisa holding her head as she started to scream very loudly. He tried to ask what was wrong but she wouldn't look at him as the pain was unbearable.

"What is this? This voice... it's sounds so beautiful, but it hurts!" she mentally screamed as her vocal cords were too busy screaming to say it.

Oni san kochira te no naru hou e
Donna ni nigetemo tsukamaete ageru

Jak, feeling helpless, held her close, whispering that everything will be alright as he turned to look at Kanji who was smirking at the man before looking over to the portal. The renegade looked also and was shocked to see it working.

Higurashi ga naku kemono michi kara
Kikoeteita koe wa mou nai

The portal was filled with red as he saw... things flying out of the portal and around the room, ignoring them. Their voices sounded ghostly and foreign as he couldn't understand a word they said. He then felt the girl go limp.

Jak looked down at Lisa, seeing the emptiness in the girl's eyes. "Lisa?" Daxter looked also, feeling afraid for his friend. She wasn't breathing.

Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori e
Ato modori wa mou dekinai

Jak touched the girl's neck, praying for a pulse.

There was none...

"No..." Jak muttered as the girl's eyes just stared far away, no life was in them.

Oni san kochira te no naru hou e
Donna ni nigetemo tsukamaete ageru

Kanji started to laugh maniacally as his wife was becoming dimmer.

Higurashi ga naku kemono michi kara
Kikoeteita koe wa mou nai

Sakura then sighed and looked sorrowful at Jak as he held the girl to himself, hearing him asking her to be alright.

"It was the only way, Jak."

She nearly flinched when the blond shot an angered look at her when he looked up. "Killing your daughter was the only way to what? Be together with that bastard?"

"You don't get the concept of transferring people across worlds, do you?" Kanji said as he stepped forward. Jak just continued glaring at them as he sighed and bluntly explained.

"The only way for them to ever leave this world is to die. It doesn't matter how they got here."

"They... die?" Jak slowly said as he soon realized something. What about her friends? Would they die too...

Or are they dead already?

"Now it's time for you to go on to the next world, and you won't be seeing my daughter there!" Kanji said, charging at the renegade. He summoned a large blade as he aimed to slice them both in half.

Before he could bring down his blade, Markus appeared and parried with his father. Utterly surprised, he was pushed back as Sakura watched the conflict. Jak then noticed Captain Sparrow running with what looked like a... bomb?!

"Found you, blondie," he declared as he got near him. When he knelt down, he saw the dead girl in his arm. "Lady's dead too?"

"The others?" When he saw the pirate nod his head, Jak just looked down at the dead girl before finally closing her eyes. He couldn't bare to have those eyes look at him. She's gone...

"How could you, father?" Markus shouted as he kept sharing strikes as he and Kanji tried to skewer each other. "She was your daughter! You forced Mother to do this just to revive an already dead clan? This is destiny, father! You can't avoid it!"

"Shut up, Markus!" Kanji saw an opening and was about to expose it when he was suddenly tackled down by a strong force. Looking up, Kanji saw Duo over him with a dagger ready to strike him. He quickly pushed him off, but the blade cut his arm deeply.

Lisa: I'm on the verge of having writer's block because this is the final chapter! Just work with me on this!

Cringing, he glared at the young mechanic. "What's wrong?" Kanji taunted, seeing the pained look in his eyes. "Are you mad that everyone you know and care about are dying around you?"

"Shut up! You helped them kill everyone! Is this what you think will redeem yourself?"

"You kids and your stupid morals!" He said as he was about to attack Duo when he suddenly saw a tendril wrap around his leg. "What the fu..."

He was suddenly yanked into the air as the ghosts stopped flying around, looking at the dangling man. As he struggled, he noticed that he was the center of attention before yelling out, "What are you doing?"

He heard Kor laugh as the creature started to flap his wings. "This isn't wear this world's final stand will be. You just gave me more power than you can imagine and I want to show you how."

Suddenly, the spirits flew into Kanji, making him feel like he was being teared apart from the inside. Jak turned his attention away as he heard the sound of blood splatter and the sound of Kor eating the body. Looking back up, he saw the Metal Head leader grinning down at him. "We shall meet at my nest, Jak. Be ready for the final battle."

The creature then fly threw the ceiling, leaving them to deal with the remaining spirits. Jak then saw Markus raise his blade in the air and shouted out, "Baindo!"

Suddenly, the spirits were pulled to the blade as some tried to float away. However, they were soon sucked in to the sword as Markus quickly sheathed it. He then turned to look at the portal. Looking back at Jak and his dead sister, he was about to walk toward it when Sakura stopped him. "Hold on, my son."

"Mother?" he turned to look at her when he was suddenly hugged. The woman was short than him as he was taken back by the hug.

"Please live on."

"But who will..."

Sakura pulled away and placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's time for me to go now. I've been alive for more than I should be. And the purpose for my existence is dead. I will send their spirits home."

As she walked past him, she stood before the portal as she closed her eyes again. She started to glow as did Lisa.

tsuki no KAASU tsumetai yume no naka de...

Jak then felt nothing in his hand as the girl started to fade away. He desperately tired to grab her, but she soon disappeared as her form was replaced with a light blue orb.

kotoba no nai sekai de bokura wa ai wo kataru itsuka kimi ni todoku made

Hearing footsteps, he turned to see Torn and Ashelin enter the room and saw that other orbs flew in, each their own color.

kizu darake no kainade daki yoseta kuchibiru no
haritsumeta negai tokashitakute

A light green floated toward Markus while a red one flew to Duo. The orbs changed form as they turned into ghostly forms of Michelle and Neko.

nee aishiatta kako no utsukushisa sutesareba
ashita motto kirei na yaoru e yukeru kara

"Neko!" Duo shouted as he tried to hug her, but fell through her. Turning around, he saw her knelt in front of him, but he didn't feel a breath from her face or the feeling of her hand on his shoulder.

"I'm going to miss you, Duo," she replied. "I'm sorry I can't stay. You would have been a great reason to stay."

tsuki no KAASU
tsumetai yume no naka kara kimi wo tooku tsuresaritakute

Markus looked at Michelle as she was floating at eye level. "So, I guess this it, huh?" he said. Michelle nodded but she looked sad. Of course she was. This was would be the last time they would see each other.

"Will you forget about me?"

dokomade yukeru ai wo shinjite ii basho made

Markus looked at her with shock as he noticed the sadness multiply. Shaking his head, he smiled and said, "Not as long as I breath."

itami wo mada shiranai kodomo dake no yarikata de
kimi wa kimi wo tozashiteru

Torn and Ashelin saw a pair of yellow and pink orbs float in front of them as they changed into Naoe and Shuichi. They were then follwed by a brown orb and a purple orb, revealing Bryan and Ta-kun.

mimimoto de sasayaita hajimete no ai no kotoba massugu na hitomi madowasetai

"You guys were great to fight along side with," Torn said. Yuki nodded while Shuichi laughed. Bryan bowed while Ta-kun said, "Damn right, tattoo face."

Torn looked pissed but smirked. Ashelin then stepped forward and said, "You'll be missed."

nee kimi wo dakishimete atatamerareru naraba
donna batsu mo tsumi mo ima wa kowakuna

Jack Sparrow saw an orange orb as Vanessa appeared. "Well hello there, lass." He sticked out his hand and when her hand fade through it, he asked, "I'm still drunk, right?"

tsuki no KAASU
tsumetai yume kara samete kimi to tadayoi tsunagiatte

Vanessa laughed and replied. "Nope. You're still the drunken pirate." Jack laughed as he then said, "Bid thee farewell, darling. Hope we meet in the high seas."

dokomade yukou ai no shijima wo te ni suru made

Jak then saw her spirit replace the orb as she floated towards him, smiling at him softly. "I have to go now, Jak."

nee aishiatta kako no utsukushisa sutesareba
ashita motto kirei na yoru e yukeru kara

Lisa's spirit stayed floating in front of Jak as he was still kneeling on the floor, hardly believing that this was it. This was the end of her life here.

"I don't want you to go, please," he pleaded as he tried to grab her face, but froze when she slowly held his and placed it on her cheek.

tsuki no KAASU
tsumetai yume no naka kara kimi wo tooku tsuresaritakute

"I really wish I could stay, but I can't," she told him, her voice sounded far away but she was here. "Little can be done for me to stay."

Jak turned to see a golden orb float near Lisa as it changed to Naoe who held her arm gently. "It's time to leave." He watched the girl nod as she let go of his hand and floated away toward the portal.

dokomade yukeru ai wo shinjite ii basho made

Jak quickly stood up, his hand to grab her. Surprisingly, it did as he pulled her back to him and held her close. "Promise me this at least," he asked in a low whisper.

dokomade yukeru ai wo shinjite ii basho made

Lisa waited as she heard him whisper in her ear. "Don't forget about me."

She smiled softly as she turned and kissed him on his head. She mouthed out an answer, but it wasn't heard. Jak smirked as he let her go as her form finally faded away again and all the orbs flew into the portal.

yoru no mukou futari dake de

Sakura then faded as she watched all the lost spirits return home.

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I woke up with a start as heard a loud thud from outside the living room window that over looked my backyard. Looking around, I saw that I was indeed in the living room. My friends, Neko, Annie, Vanessa, and Michelle, were asleep on the couches. The TV had turned off due to sleep mode. The PlayStation 2 was still on, the controller still in Vanessa's hand.

I shook my head, trying to recall what my dream was... or was it even a dream?

Looking down, I felt a sensation in my hand as it felt suddenly empty. I then heard a loud moan as Neko got up and looked around. "Are we... back?"

Michelle sat up as she noticed Annie sound asleep with a pillow under her head. Vanessa woke up as well as she was on the floor. Looking around, she finally recalled that she had came into this room after entering.

Everyone saw Annie and immediately glomping her, saying that we're glad she was alive and if she was okay.

"What is wrong with you guys?" Annie said as she pushed Vanessa off of her.

"You mean you don't remember?" I asked.

"Remember what? Because all I remember all of you guys knocking early so I just used the computer for a bit and then went to sleep myself," Annie stated, getting awkward stares from everyone.

"But... you were there!" Michelle exclaimed, shouting on about what had happened. However, Annie just denied it. I guess with the fact that she died earlier than us, she forgot about everything. In a way, I was glad. I didn't want her to tease me for falling in love with a game character.

But I guess this was it. In a matter of a night, we had experienced nearly eight full days of being in Haven City and meeting interesting people.

Although I hated that place, I loved the people there.

I just wished I didn't leave, or at least found a way back.

"You alright, Lisa?"

Turning around, I saw Naoe entering the living room as he was wearing only a pair of sleeping pants as Michelle and Neko gawked at him. Sighing, I replied. "Just had a crazy dream, Naoe. You?"

Naoe smiled softly and replied. "Me too." I guess he remembered too.

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Markus watched as the Underground got ready for what might be the last battle with the Metal Heads. He saw Torn order some KG soldiers as some of them seemed to be a little inadequate for the situation while Daxter was copying him from behind, causing some of the soldiers to laugh slightly. Looking more around, he saw Mango and Keira talking with Duo who seemed like he was okay now, but he knew what his mind was on when he told of some large gun in front of the Metal Heads' nest. Ashelin was talking with some other soldiers and the two Samos before his attention fell upon Jak who sat on the steps near him.

"Can't believe it's almost over," Markus said as he stretched his arms.

When he didn't get an answer, he then said, "Look, we need you to get your head in out of the clouds and into this. If you want her to keep your promise, you might as well make a promise to yourself as well."

Jak looked up at him and asked, "And what would that be?"

"Stay alive until you see her again," Markus smirked as he started to walk over to the KG carrier that was bound for the nest. Jak quickly stood up, looking shocked. Slightly pissed, he then exclaimed, "How would you know she'll come back?"

Markus stopped at the foot of the ramp before turning and said, "You love her right?" When the renegade nodded his head, he continued. "Well then, she'll find a way. She is my sister after all."

The End...

Lisa: OMFG! collapse off chair

Izzy: Thank god we are done with this story!

Marielle: What about the sequal?

Izzy: Who cares? Not like anyone wants to have a sequal to this.

Lisa: Well we kind of indicated that we might do it in the beginning.

Izzy: Well, if the people want a sequal, they have to tell us. For now, let's just get ready for Anime Expo.

Lisa: Uh... you mean I should get ready. You're not going, remember?

Izzy: ... Shut up...

Francy: Anyways, time for the last review reply and we have...

Izzy: Just two...

Michelle: Would you stop talking after everyone? How about you reply them?

Izzy: Fine!

SAChan23: Yes, he is a perverted freak. Thanks for reading!

Silvermisty: Well thanks for the review and yes, they are lucky to get to go to Axpo 08. Thanks for reviewing.

Lisa: So that's it?

Michelle: Vacation!

Poricha: We still have to get ready for Anime Expo next week.

Michelle: ... I hate you...

Lisa: See you next time!

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