Well...I decided that I would start a story of my own...It will be Jazz 2 related after the first chapter...if anyone wants to be included, let me know...

Character Profile

Name: Joshua Lightwalker
Race: Human
Weapon: Two Swords and a Laser Blaster.
Bio: A young teenager who searches for adventure. Freeing struggling planets under the grasp of evil in the Video Dimension (where Video Game Characters are real), he is well known and respected. A gifted warrior, his swordsplay is unique and envied by many swordsman.
Personallity: Calm and serious, but also full of energy and happy. He worries about others that could be in trouble, and has a bad habit of being unable to move near girls...
Appearance: He wears a red cap on backwards, and has brown hair. His eyes a green and he wears a white t-shirt. He has black pants and one mechanical hand.

Go to the War Tavern characters sticky. Read it through. Use whatever characters sound cool to you. I'm sure nobody will mind, and it's a great source of characters!

Risp's Advice Co. is not responsible for any flaming that may result from stealing characters. Stealing characters is not for people who are unpopular or who have been away from the fourms for more then four months. Common side effects of stealing characters include dizzyness, nausea, and getting yelled at by angry storywriters. Consult your doctor to see if stealing characters is right for you.

We usually post our character profiles in the stickied "Everyone's characters" thread. A word to the wise, if the author of a character has not made a note that it is ok to use that character, I would PM them first and make sure. Most of them won't have a problem but some people can be a little touchy at times. Any of mine are fine to use.

Other than that, welcome to the WT, and I hope to see you write soon!

Coppertop is so welcoming and inviting.

You're just jealous. :P

Got it! This might take me a while though....going through every single one...Meh...
Might as well start....

Chapter One: Carrotus.

Space...a huge void...devoid of life...well, most forms of life. Many planets are scattered through the dimensions...There's our dimension, where everyone works, gets drunk and ponders why other dimensions couldn't exist...

It's a secret hidden from everybody on Earth...a chosen few know, and those few roam through the dimensions, fighting of the evil that plauges them...

Then, there is the Video Dimension, where Video Game Characters exist, they breath, they eat, but they are constantly battling against the forces of evil. There is little, if any human life on these planets in this dimension.

Our Story begins, in the Jazz Sector. Where there has been no contact from any of the planets for sometime. Deciding to investigate, a young warrior, by the name of Joshua Lightwalker, sets out to discover why...

>< = thoughts of Joshua.

>I wonder what could have possibly happened? The possiblity of Devan Shell attacking is impossible. His army is nearly destroyed...So...Why is there a block on communications...?<

Joshua looked up at the consle, the display came to life, showing the captial planet of the Jazz Jackrabbit realm. Looking down at the planet which seemed to be covered in mostly vegetation, a strange beam of energy shot out from it!

"What the...?!" Joshua yelled angrily.

He veered his ship to the right, the beam narrowly avoiding his ship. He felt the ship shudder and tried to see the source.

"No! It couldn't be!!!"

A huge series of Battleships were lined up behind him. Lasers firing like made. He felt sweat trickling down his face and pressed a button. The ship instantly turned around, which caused the Battleships to stop. On board, thier leader adjusted his glasses and looked.

"Well, well, well...It's the Ultimate Gamer! Heh...Continue fire! He must not be allowed to reach the planet alive to warn them about our battleships! By now, my forces should have already captured most of the rabbits on the planet!" Devan laughed.

Joshua flinched when that voice echoed through his comlink. There was a huge blast of laser fire, and the ship started to plummet towards the planet. Pressing another button, a door on the ship opened, and Joshua looked down.

"Earth Pillar!"

A pillar of hardened rock and clay rose up next to him. Standing on it, he found a laser turret lined up at him. There was a loud blast of energy, and Joshua fell to the ground, unconcious...

"Devan! The boy has been eliminated! We should..."

"Fools! He's been able to survive much worse than that! Find him and finish the job! Now!" Devan ordered.

Two Squads of Turtles raced out of a nearby base, heading in the direction of a forest, while a green rabbit with blue eyes raced after them....

So far I've decided on...

BlackSheep, for laughs...

SteelTalon for evil assassin...

Phoneix Wing for arguments...(character hates humans)

Stormy Thunderbolt for shy character....

(It's an adventure...Kinda like the Fellowship in LotR...)

Splash for Mercenary....

Coppertop. (Be nice to have Moderator's characters aprreciated...)

Lie for...randomness...

Ki for a small creature which is not evil...

Transcendence: Angel :P

Ayodee: Evil Demon

Love Intrest:....Uh....Beats me!

Besides, he'd probably faint if he got a girlfriend...heh...

My own Additional Characters:

Name: Assassin Aharon
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Outfit: A black tuxedo with a white, blood-stained shirt. His hair is black and his eyes are a dark red.
Race: Human/Demon
Weapon: Anything evil, but prefers to use his blood-stained sythe which he has used to kill millions.
Bio: For every hero, there is one who follows the darkness and Assassin Aharon is no exception. After attempting to destroy planet Earth three times, but his plans were thrawted by Joshua and his friends. Killed in battle against Joshua when they were fighting in his own dimension where his memories exist, he vanished...but being in Joshua's memories, caused him to come back. No matter how many times he falls, he will return...
Powers: Darkness, Hell-Fire, Oblivion

Quote: "Joshua, you don't realise that soon, your blood will be on the ground, your body and mind broken, and your remains be thrown into the depths of oblivion..."

Name: John Darken
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Outfit: A suit of black, blood-stained armor. His eyes are also red, his shirt is grey as well as his trousers.
Bio: Joshua's father. Abandoning him and his siblings at an early age, he has been regaining his powers of darkness. Thrawted for trying to destroy the Earth and our dimension, he was defeated, but spared. Humliated, his rage and powers grow. And soon, he will make his son pay...
Powers: Darkness, Earth, Dragon

Quote: "My son, you disappoint me...I have embraced the darkness, yet you and your brother do not. Perhaps it is time, a lesson should be taught...Yes...It is this...The Darkness...will eventually consume you...until you are nothing but what you swore to destroy..."

Okay...

Trazz Jackrabbit, husband of Stormy.

Hmmm....Man I really need to go through the characters again...it's like...way too many to choose! And some characters, compared to mine, are like...really old...(No offense)...it's just I'm not used to using characters over 25 years...Owwww...my head hurts

Still, I'm trying to think who I'd pair Joshua up with...heh...Most of the characters I posted before (the ones that I found on the character board), I thought were interesting...but still, I have other characters, just not using them in this story...I'd hurt myself...and my head...

Any Ideas for a girlfriend for my character, Copper?

Man...I think I need to get some sleep....

People here psend too much time pondering why other dimensions *do* exist, seriously, you can't hardly read a good book these days without bumping into alternate realities.

And you gotta feel sorry for all those charaters, stucj in the eternal war of their respective games. I'm gonna go find a chocolate fudge dimension, I'm all depressed now.

[Good stuff BTW]

Wait, why does Joshua's father have a different last name then Joshua?

He changed it for Show Biz.

He had an affair

No, Joshua and his brother, Zac kept thier last names from thier mother. Thier father and other brother Dakoda were named Darken.

:P

Still thinking...where did I put my Cola bottle...I need Caffine to keep me awake....Zzz...

Oookay...Chapter 2!

Chapter: Awakening

There was nothing but a black void...but something...someone was standing there...their back was turned from the others who looked on, as the figure got to his feet. The two soldiers instantly froze with fear as he walked past them.

Breathing a sigh of relief, was their mistake. They quickly found a large sycthe, piercing right through their chests, blood pouring down the blade until they lay on the floor, dead.

"Fools. Never express your relief when I am in your prescene...

On Carroutus...

"C'mon kid, get up. This isn't the time to be sleeping!" a voice called.

Joshua's eyes opened, temporarly blinded by the light before it was smothered by the dark clouds in the sky. Looking over him was a green rabbit with a blue blaster.

"Hey, Are you alright? You were muttering in your sleep about an accident..." the rabbit started.

Joshua got to his feet and dusted himself off. Looking around, he was expecting the planet to be mostly vegetation...he was taken surprise when most of the surroundings seemed to be made of factories, creating toxic fumes into the air.

"Owww...I should've been more careful..." Joshua said, looking at the rabbit.

"Odd. I didn't expect a human to come to this planet in this time of peril! You see, Devan Shell is releasing a larger army we have ever face before...There were too many for all of us, so we retreated. My brother and sister as well as a few others are in hiding at our resistance..." the rabbit explained.

"Wait a second...We better get to this resistance. I hear some turtles coming....Hey! The name's Joshua Lightwalker. I'd tell you more about myself, but we better get out of here first!" Joshua suggested.

"Jazz, Jazz Jackrabbit. We better hurry. These turtles are smarter and faster than before..."

After at least ten minutes of running, they had reached an old forest, which was a surprise to Joshua. Why would there be a forest in all this machinary?

The forest shimmered and turned into a metallic forteress, which made Joshua smile, but the turtles had found them.

"I'll take these guys, Jazz! Get moving!"

Jazz stood beside Joshua and loaded his blaster, this made his feel a bit more relaxed, usually he had to fight more troops on his own.

"Surrender, Joshua! We know who you are and what you intend to do! Hand yourself over and Devan may be quite merciful!" the leader offered.

Joshua stood there, smirking before he had drawn his swords and had taken on an offensive stance.

"Omega Slice!"

Joshua raced towards the turtles and thrust his swords beside him. Charging straight through the army, apparently not doing any damage, until a purple beam of energy blasted through them, causing them to vapourize.

"Hmph. That was disappointing..." Joshua muttered while Jazz stood thier, mouth wide with surprise...

Just realised I'm the only one here...bummer...Meh, Might as well keep typing...

Chapter 3: The Resistance.

As the large doors opened to the base, Joshua looked around in confusion. This
technology was not as advanced as he had thought. The room he was in was quite large, making him feel uneasy, but he continued to follow Jazz.

After walking for a few minutes, they had reached the center of the base, where a red rabbit, who looked like he was insane because of his scruffy appearance and eyes which kept spinning in circles, there was a blue rabbit wearing a red dress and small crown, whichJoshua quickly concluded that she was royalty, and the last rabbit in the room was yeloow, had purple shorts and t-shirt and was looking at him curiously.

"Uh...Hi...I'm Joshua Lightwalker. I'm here to assist in the destuction of Devan's army. I expect you are all experts with various fire-arms?" Joshua asked.

The red rabbit nodded wildly, before pulling out a small green gun, which he fired a bullet into the air, which somehow brought down a small U.F.O.

"Riiiiight...So I presume he's crazy..." Joshua said, edging away slowly.

"That's normal for him. Spaz always acts this when he's bored...or there's nothing going on in his tiny mind..." the yellow rabbit sighed.

Joshua thought for a second and tried to communicate.

"HE-LL-O SP-A-Z. DO Y-OU UN-DER-STAND ME?" Joshua said slowly.

There was laughter before Joshua simply fell forward, anime style. He got to his feet and looked at the two female rabbits.

"I guess you are Princess Eva....and this must be Lori...Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt if you guys explained what's going on." Joshua asked.

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Only one here?

Guess so...

Man...

Yeah, thats the problem, people don't reply enough. Its like 'Hellooo...? Anybody here? Anyone....?'

Aah, sorry, haven't checked in a bit. I'll just repeat what I have already said - it's nice to see someone actually writing.

Hmmm...Thinking of Joshua turning into a rabbit for a few chapters because when Joshua goes to certain planets, he SOMETIMES morphs into certain characters...like when Sora's outfit changes in Kingdom Hearts...

Better put up a description of Joshua (Rabbit)

Appearance: All white fur and green eyes. He has green arm cuffs and a blue and red blaster. His weapon of choice is the normal rapid fire.

...This sucks. I might as well watch the other stories. I guess I can't stick to Jazz 2 story line...I might as well post my story from GameFaqs. Enjoy.

S.P.I.K.E Invasion



Chapter One

It was a day of darkness, the world had fallen into despair as dark shadows of evil closed it's grip on the planet. World leaders lead thier armies into battle, millions die. Destruction and death is everywhere, but in the darkness, there is always a light. No matter how small, it will shine and save the planet. In this case, the light is a small band of heroes, called...The Gaming Force...

As these heroes strive to regain the powers they once lost, they find themselves surrounded by the dark forces summoned by it's leader...and they are in danger.

>Encounter<

Dark Soliders attack!

As the small band of heroes equipped thier weapons, they were each unique. One of them, was an axe-master. He carried a large, double sided Dragon Axe. His abilites were to use Fire spells. He wore a basketball outfit, which was red and was quite tall. His name was Seb.

Beside him was a small boy, around 13. He quickly created an aura around his hands and two daggers of ice were formed. He was able to create millions of them, and could cast Ice spells. He wore a blue jacket and was named Zac.

The one in the center wore a red cap backwards, allowing his hair to poke through the hole. He drew two swords, one he had forged with his own hands, and the other was one he found on his journeys. He wore cyber armor which was colored in Green, Blue, Red and Purple. His shoes were of his own design, colored in the same way, but were called the Air Blasters. He nodded at his friend and brother. His name was Joshua. He was a master of Earth and Light abilites.

"Fools, resistance is useless, surrender now..."

The soldier didn't finish his sentance. He was sliced clean in half by Seb's axe. While Joshua and Seb attacked normally, Zac watched out for danger and cast Blizzaga and Ice Pillar as much as he could. After all the fighting, they were victorious.

"...Man, people on Earth hate us. We were once normal kids...until that tornado that warped us through time and space, and awakening our powers which were to remain dormant. But we do not age..." Joshua said, placing his swords back in thier sheaths.

Zac looked behind them and saw another squad, accompnied by a heavily armed tank.

"We should retreat back to the base, hopefully we can locate the others in time..." Zac said.

"I'M THE LEADER HERE! BRO!" Joshua yelled angrily, causing Zac to flinch.

"Enough. We must get to the base, now!" Seb commanded.

They nodded and raced towards the outskirts of the city, where few tread now...

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So how was that? Should I include you guys in it? If so, post your name for the story and your ablities, as well as what side your on.

Chapter Two.

"So, I presume your troops failed me again, General Jessica..."

Jessica looked around anxiously, looking for a way to escape. She was well aware of the penalty for failure. Her eyes started to fill with tears, and she started to kneel, crying.

"I BEG YOU, DAKODA! GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE!!!" she pleaded.

The dark warrior was surprised by this reaction, and smiled evily. He nodded at Jessica.

"Very well...I will permit you one last chance, to kill those brats. I want Seb alive! He's darkness may prove useful. My brothers mean nothimg to me. I offered them the infinte power of Darkness, and they rejected me..."

Dakoda turned away and looked down at his clawed hand. It shimmered a dark black and died down.

"Do not...fail me again."

At the base...

"No...Please don't...I can't..."

"Do you surrender your heart to the eternal night? Do you realise that you were a fool..."

And then reality. Joshua woke up, sweating and shaking with fear. His dark shadows, were filling him with the thing he hated the most.

A young teenage girl raced into the room and quickly hugged Joshua.

"H-Hey! I'm fine! Aisha!"

Aisha was 14. She had brown hair, flowing down her shoulders and her eyes were green. She was wearing her dress which was purple in color and two wings that allowed her to fly. She was following Joshua since the day they met.

"You okay? I knew you were having a nightmare again..." Aisha sighed.

Joshua got out of his bed and looked out the window. There wasn't much to look at. Only the desolate wasteland Earth had become. He turned from Aisha and spoke.

"It's Dakoda...He's coming...Why must he torment me? I want to leave the darkness he offers...but I can't..."

Aisha walked up next to him and snuggled against him.

"You know...We've been together since we were kids...And...I think I've fallen in...ah..." Aisha stammered.

"I know. You love me. But I can't tell you how I feel. We can be together, but I don't think we are exactly..."

Joshua remained silent and didn't move.

"If you leave me to think about it...I might..." Joshua said.

Aisha nodded and left. She knew this meant no.

>Sorry, Aisha. I can't...<

Chapter Three.

A lone figure made his way through the city. As he made his way past the lowly thieves and mutant monsters, he finally found a building he was looking for.

"So...I guess the kid who wants to save the world is in here, huh? We'll see if he's even strong enough to defeat me! This duel shall be another victory...and after he's shattered, I will save the world for the glory!" he yelled.

His red coat was blown around in the wind, revealing a black t-shirt with a the word 'Slayer' on it. Before he could walk inside however, a figure dropped behind him and drew his twin swords.

"Heh. I guess you overestimate your chances. The name is Joshua. You must have some important buisness if your here by yourself, or your working for S.P.I.K.E..." Joshua muutered

The other person laughed and drew two guns from his hands. His glasses shone brightly and he fired. The bullets simply rushed past him as Joshua created a wall of stone. With a simple push of his hand, the wall fell, landing on the opponent.

"Not bad..."

He retaliated using his gun as a club. Joshua took the hit and fell to the ground. His head was bleeding slowly. He moved his hand to the wound and was in a bad mood.

He started to let out a yell as he thrust out his arms and a golden aura surrounded him. He charged at the foe and he was thrown against the ground.

"Enough?"

The figure got to his feet and laughed.

"I guess you are worthy of beign the Ultimate Gamer after all, Joshua. I am Toxic. As you can see, I am a fighter who wants to free this planet. But, we may have some difficulty..." Toxic sighed.

"...Okay...Go on inside. There's somewhere you can rest..."

As Toxic walked inside, Joshua heard his voice.

"Hey! Who's this chick?!"

Joshua raced inside after him.

"No flirting!"

Toxic groaned.

Meanwhile...

"So, you think you can simply make me accept your offer?! You are a fool! You will find out why, I Veneon exist!"

With a simple, sloid movement, he drew his sword and slashed the guard in half. His blood dripped down the wall and an alarm sounded.

"(-). Might have company." Veneon sighed.

He ran out of the room and found guards rushing at him with guns. With a simple slash of his blade, a beam erupted from it, cleanly slicing them into pieces. Robbing thier bodies, he found a few Mega-Plasma guns and raced to his motor bike. He looked like Zack, out of Final Fantasy VII, but this was no game, and soon, he would realise an awful truth...

Chapter 4

"So, Toxic...Could you fill us in about your life?" Joshua asked.

"..."

"Okay...If I explain why I ended up here, will you tell us?" Aisha asked, winking at Toxic.

Toxic instantly nodded, anxious to hear about Aisha's adventures before she arrived at Gaming Force.

"It started on a rainy night...and I was all alone...I was only six years old at the time, when a weird creature came up to me and shook with cold. I took care of it, and feed it. When I turned 10, it seemed to change and it grew wings...The creature spoke to me, saying 'You are pure of heart...your will be free from darkness...'. Then, two wings sprouted out of my back!" Aisha explained.

"Sounds like you were an angel to it..." Toxic said.

Aisha nodded.

"I guess so...Anyway...I was instantly found by people who thought I was a freak of nature, and planned to lock me away...until Joshua came and rescued me..." Aisha said.

Aisha snuggled up against Joshua who instantly turned a bright red while Seb laughed and Toxic growled. Joshua moved and Aisha fell on the couch.

"Okay...Now, you can explain..." Joshua groaned.

"So...It...ah...(-) it! All I remember is fighting in this battle...It was a in a place of shadows...where a dark master almost turned me from the light. He got me good though, and my body was filled with toxic chemicals...I would've died, if it weren't my ability to manipulate the poison, and use it as a weapon..." Toxic said.

"...Cool story..." Joshua laughed.

Meanwhile...

"You failed to get Veneno to join us?! Then so be it! If he will not join us, eliminate him. He must not be allowed to join Gaming Force! Even though they have finacial difficulty, since I control who has the money, they can still convince him! All troops! Destroy them! Jessi! Lead them! You will defeat my brother, Joshua and bring him here alive, before I crush him..." Dakoda yelled.


Veneno was racing through the busy streets of the metropolois, dodging and weaving through cars and the S.P.I.K.E troops after him. He twirled his two Mega-Plasma Guns and lashed them to the exaughst. He fiddled with the triggers and as he accelerated, the triggers were pushed, releasing a wave of plasma energy. Explosions erupted everywhere and he was thrown forward, his bike smashed into a enemy car and exploded, which Veneno landed safely and saw a huge, rundown part of the city. He ran towards it, knowing he didn't have much time....

Chapter 5

Venono had finally managed to avoid the S.P.I.K.E troops by concealing himself in the shadows. He limped over to the ledge of the platform and leaned on his walking stick.

"...That is the last time I do running for a while...I guess it was lucky I didn't collapse because of the lack of muscle in my leg...but...why does S.P.I.K.E want aid from a fighter like me? After the events that just took place, I'm probably going to be hunted down..." he sighed, sitting down on a old, dusty chair.

It seemed to hold his weight, until a newspaper hit him in the face and he flinched, causing the chair to break into pieces of wood. Cursing for a few seconds, he picked up the newspaper and found it was dated back at least a year ago. He unfolded it and read the title page.

"Saved...heh...probably doesn't mean anything back then. The world is still in chaos. I might as well keep reading..." he laughed.

"A young band of heroes, called Dragon Force changed thier name to Gaming Force, after thier powers they inherited from the video game dimension...and to avoid copyright with a game produced by Sega..."

He stopped reading and looked around. No-one was in sight and he kept reading.

"Of course, these kids were harshly chased from the city, called freaks of nature, and unable to save the world from the state it is in now. Leader of the force, is a young boy the age of 15 named Joshua. His Dna which was captured from a piece of his hair, boggles scientists as they found out that none of them age at all. Wether this is true, we will find out..." he said, finishing the artical.

He turned the page over and smiled.

"...(-)...nothing else. Okay...If this 'Gaming Force' really exists, I'm going to track them down. After all, they probably know more about S.P.I.K.E than I do!" Venono yelled.

He slowly made his way outside and saw a lone motorcycle. He found a tracking device, and smashed it. He started the engine, and drove of into the distance.

Jessi watched from the shadows and smiled evily. She drew her communicator and a hologram of Dakoda appeared.

"Good news, Dakoda. The fool has gone for the bait. Now all we do is simply follow him. By the time he reaches the base, the bike will detonate. However, before it does, it will transfer the coordinates directly to us." Jessi explained.

"Excellent...Everything is going ahead as planned...now...we must interogate one of thier friends...a old flame of Joshua's...a girl named...Amy Hart..." Dakoda laughed.

"Yes, master."

Chapter 6

As the moon finally rose over the city, Joshua looked up at the dark sky. Stars were no longer glowing with thier radiant light. Everything that was once full of life, was now mechanical. Humans had robotic parts replacing thier weak ones, made of flesh and bone. People were no longer themselves. And each of them had more than one dark secret. Some they knew, and kept to themselves, others were unaware of the dark past they had.

Joshua, even though he was a hero, a warrior of light, darkness had once taken a grip on his very life, controlling him until he was saved by his friends.

"It was so long ago. When I returned from the darkness...I thought I would never be able to harness the power of light again...but now, I am a full-fleged hero. There is only one person who has light and darkness inside them...and that's Seb...He was under Dakoda's control...until he met us. He couldn't kill us, because we defeated him. Wanting to have the power that he desired, to defeat us, he joined us on our quest...even when Dakoda attacked, Seb had changed and claimed he was his own master, not someone's puppet..." Joshua said.

"Yeah...That's right..." Seb said, appearing behind him.

"...Then you went on your own, because you were called by something. Your parents...they told you they were proud of you...but they said darkness still was in your heart. You continued to use both light and dark, becoming a powerful warrior. I guess that's why you're capable of..."


"There was another girl that following you...right? You really liked each other. But, something happened. She was killed in the last battle before we could go home. There was nothing we could do. She couldn't be buried, and she..." Seb started.

"DON'T talk about her. Please. Don't remind me of the mistake I made." Joshua groaned.

Suddenly, everything went in a red haze and Seb vanished from sight. He was gone. But Joshua felt a headache, growing stronger until he fell to his knees in pain. The suffering was unbareable and he let out a cry of anguish and pain. Everything went dark...

As he came to, he was surrounded by black walls. Everything was shrouded in darkness...laughter...heartless laughter echoed through the room and Joshua was face to face with a dark figure. The long, grey hair and the suit of a criminal...Assassin Aharon...

"So, you return to the memories that you once had? Fool. Before you killed me in the battle that cost me everything, I transfered my remaning power to your mind. This dimension represents your memories, and I'll destroy them, everytime you try to recover some important memory, it will be gone...and you will not stop me..."

Assasin Aharon drew his sword. It's dark, silver glow struck fear into Joshua's heart, but he braced himself and began to fight. His twin swords clashed against Aharon's, but there was a wave of darkness, and Joshua was flung back. He lay on the ground, stunned.

Leaping to his feet, his blades circled around him and they hurled themselves at Assasin Aharon. He mearly laughed off the attack and threw the blades back. Direct hit. Joshua fell to the ground, blood was dripping from his wounds as he held his stomach.

"Foolish boy. You know that you can't defeat me, now...You will...SUFFER!"

Chapter 7

Assasin Aharon charged up an aura around his sword and body, then leapt into the air. The darkness seemed to close in on Joshua, pushing into him, causing constant damage, and Joshua gasped for breath. With a simple swipe of his blade, Joshua was thrown backwards, and looked down at himself. His arm had a bleeding stump at the end of it, where his hand once was.

"Just because this seems like a dream...it's quite real. Now...do you surrender?"

Joshua got his feet, clutching his arm and shook his head.

"Stubborn to the end...poor fool...Heh...Looks like I'll finish you now..."

With a simple leap, he became doubled. Then, both of the copies multiplied until Joshua was surrounded by millions of Assasin Aharons.

With a simple slash, all of the Assasin Aharons began slashing towards Joshua, hitting him, wounding him severly. Before he fell, a golden aura surrounded him and he vanished.

"(-)...I was close to killing him...No matter...He'll pay later..." Aharon laughed.

As Joshua returned to reality, something was wrong...his hand was no longer there. Aharon was right. All of the wounds he had sustained...were real...

Painfully getting to his feet, he quickly found himself discovered by a dark figure, approaching him.

"D-(-) it..." he said, collapsing into unconciousness.

Chapter 8 & 9

"I sometimes wonder why I stand in this world of darkness...People say I'm a beacon of light, leading the way...but so many people ave fallen into the foul darkness they once hated, embracing it. I know there was another girl...she was...young...and had a crush...on...me..." Joshua started, trying to remember.

He formed a picture in his mind. Purple hair, green eyes...yellow overalls on pink clothes. They had known each over since she turned eleven. By now, she was probably fifteen.

"E...E...(-)...I can't think of her name...all I remember is...she didn't want to be alone...I tried to understand her, but when Aisha started to have crush on me and decided that I had to choose who to love...I just became a person who stopped caring about romance and all that junk..." Joshua sighed.

In reality...

"Pysically, he's badly hurt...mentally however, his brain is functioning perfectly. All body systems are operating."

"...He's fine...Phew...I thought I was going to lose Joshua for good!" Aisha sighed with relief.

"...Aisha. He isn't exactly in love with anyone. He probably likes that over girl..." Zac whispered.

"What?! You mean that kid...E...E...what's her name again?" Aisha asked.

Joshua's mind...

"I hear them...they're talking about that other girl..."

Joshua put his hand in his backpack. He felt a weird object and pulled it out to see it. It looked a jewel, but it was hanging by a small chain. He looked around it, finding something engraved on it.

"For Joshua..."

Joshua turned the jewel and a small piece of paper fell out. He snatched it and started to read.

"Joshua...I always remember the day you saved me...from that monster...I want to let you know that I think you're the cutest boy I've ever meet...but...I wonder if you like me more than a friend...I was too afraid to tell you this myself, but I wanted to say that I love you...Please, I hope you understand...I don't wanna be alone anymore...Signed...The name's been erased..." Joshua sighed.

"EIKO! That's her name! Eiko!" Joshua heard.

"Eiko...? You mean that girl that summons Carnbuncle? I remember her now..."

>Flashback...<

Joshua and Eiko were sitting in front of a lake. They were skipping a few rocks across the water before they returned to the bench they were sitting on. The sun was slowly going down over the lake, creating a dazzling reflection in the water.

"Umm...Eiko? You're..."

Joshua looked over to see Eiko leaning on his shoulder. Tired.

"I'm really sleepy...I think...I'll..."

Joshua looked out at the lake and saw the moon had started to rise. Something felt weird though. He felt something. He looked down to see Eiko, wrapping her arms around Joshua.

"I weally...wike...you..." Eiko muttered, sleeptalking.

Joshua went a bright red and decided that he'd let Eiko sleep...

>Flashback ended...<

"I wonder where she is now..." Joshua muttered.

Light suddenly poured in through the darkness, and Joshua looked up, seeing everyone looking down at him.

"Hi..."

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Note: I accidently got the names mixed up a few chapters ago. Amy Hart is supposed to be Eiko Carol. Yes, I know I'm taking a character out of Final Fantasy, and you think she's only six, but if you didn't see in the story, she's a lot older. How she got to Earth will be revealed later. How they knew each other? It's coming soon! But I got Amy Hart mixed up with another story that I'm writing...

Chapter 10

"I guess you've finally awoken. I'm the guy who saved you earlier. Name's Venoen, and you must be that 'legendary hero' who save the Earth millions of times." he mocked.

"Very funny. Why do you think this building is here? We ARE real, we DID save the world and I don't need your stupid adittuide. If you've got anything important to say, do it now."

Venoen leaned on his walking cane and showed Joshua a movie of what he did to the S.P.I.K.E troops that tried to convince him to join S.P.I.K.E.

"I want to destroy them as much as you do, but it's suicide for one person to do alone. So I read this article...it told me about what you guys have done." he explained.

"Hey, Venoen! It's me! Toxic!" he yelled.

"Get lost kid. One, I don't know you, and two, I'm in the middle of an important discussion with this kid called Joshua! Besides, if you let me join, I can pinpoint you to that girl you were muttering about in your sleep." Venoen offered.

"Eiko...Alright. You better hope you don't betray us, or else."

"Don't you remember me at all?! I was that kid who was at that mercanary place! You remember! The kid who worked with you as an apprentice for a while?"

"Oh, Toxic. You're not so whiney now as you were then..."

After the introductions, they started preparing for training...

Meanwhile...At S.P.I.K.E headquaters...

"Ah...Eiko. Our little friend...Do you know why you are here?" Dakoda asked.

"Because...I summoned Madden on all of the Gamma Squad?" Eiko laughed

"Actually, that's one of the reasons...now...you're going to tell me everything about your boyfriend, before I decide to slice you into ribbons..." Dakoda threatened.

"You're bluffing. You know I'm too valuable to be killed. Why don't you give up? Joshua and his friends will come and rescue me soon enough..." Eiko retorted.

"Foolish girl...Are you that desperate to see your boyfriend? If so, I'll let you go if you tell me everything about him."

"You don't even know your own brother?! That's sad!" Eiko laughed.

"You little..."

"Enough, Dakoda. I shall take over from here...Let someone who is a master of darkness show you how to torture her..."

"Silly boys!"

Eiko started to make her hands glow, a white beam of light erupted from them, knocking Dakoda and his master to the ground.

"You let her escape!" Dakoda yelled.

"Not really. She's going to find Joshua and lead us to him...when she gets there, Joshua will be torn between the two girls, and..."

>superjwren329 pops up<

"No spoiling the plot!"

>superjwren329 leaves<

"Yes, author, please, don't erase us from this story..."

Chapter 11

As Venoen left for his own quarters, he bumped into Toxic. It wasn't long before the two had started to talk about old times and things they had did in the past. Blowing up old organizations, performing assassination attempts and other things.

"You ever wonder why we exist sometimes? Do you ever think that you have some great destiny in front of you? Why is it, that the forces of light try to make the world better, but the forces of darkness claim to do that too…everyone has to find their way through their own darkness…" Joshua thought to himself, listening to Toxic and Venoen from a distance.

Meanwhile, in Aisha's room…

"Joshua…When Eiko comes here, your going to have to choose…I don't understand why we're fighting over you…I want to be with you! Eiko's not even from this planet! Even though she's from Gaia, which was in the Video Dimension, and she ended up coming back with us…sometimes…I wish you didn't save her…" Aisha said, crying to herself.

"Why was I created? Why do I have to suffer these burdens?!" Joshua yelled.

Zac's room…

"Joshua's too trusting…he doesn't even know the past of those weird guys who joined us. I don't get it. HE gets the girls! Who do I get?! No-one…except someone back in the other dimension…the Chaos Emeralds altered her Dna, transforming her into a human…" Zac started.

Seb's room.

"This doesn't make sense…how can the Chaos Emeralds re-arrange one's Dna? All I've found is that its powers can do things to one's who can't handle them properly. Either they can use them, or they get transformed so they can use their power…all of us managed to endure it, because we came from this dimension, but I still need more proof…Villains coming from the darkness and into the light…like Dr. Neo Cortex. He was a friend of Joshua's…" Seb said, checking through his research notes.

"Joshua…I hope you're ready to die…" a voice echoed through his mind.

Something was coming. And before Joshua could alert the others, it had smashed through the wall into the room where Toxic and Venoen were talking. Their weapons drawn, the three of them raced outside to see a creation of S.P.I.K.E…

A Dark Rebirth Shadowdroid...

Chapter...12 & 13

The robot lunged at them. But unknown to them, a dark warrior was controlling the cyborg, but it seemed hesitant to strike at Joshua though.

"I want him alive! Kill his companions!" the warrior thought.

As the machine seemed to take damage from thier fierce attacks, Zac and Seb came running into the fray. Before they had a chance however, the robot shimmered and exploded, sending debris at them.

"Ugh..." Zac groaned.

The figure who was controlling the robot laughed and drew a dark sword. Before anyone could react, he lunged at Joshua. It missed and Zac charged at him, but before his attack hit, the sword was thrust back, stabbing Zac straight in the chest. Blood splattered over the wall and ground, creating a crimsion stain.

"ZAC!" Joshua yelled in horror.

"You are the one I want. The darkness flows inside you, not that pathetic brother of yours."

With a swing of his sword, everyone except Joshua was frozen in time.

"Come, join me...and accept the darkness!"

"...Never. Scum like you who try to hurt my friends don't deserve to live..." Joshua angrily threatened.

"See?" The villain smiled evily. "Your anger is already giving you power. And...that is no way to treat someone like...ME!"

With a simple motion, the villain flung his cape and cloak, revealing a black haired man, a scar across his face and red eyes. His hand was a mechanical claw and he looked like a war general back in mediaval times.

"No...You dirty !^%$@!#&!" Joshua yelled angrily.

"Hah...I knew your reaction towards me would be a good one, after all, you should despise the one who abandoned you!"

"My own father...a ultimate warrior of darkness...I should've know..."

With that said, Joshua lunged at his father with a frenzy of attacks. His brother was dying, his heart was breaking and everything wasn't right!

"Fool. Even if you win...the darkness will devour your soul!"

"..."

Joshua continued, but all of his attacks were blocked. Before he knew it, he was attacked with such fury, his father decided to end it. With a simple slash, Joshua felt a sharp pain and his hand was gone.

"Don't make me kill you..."

Joshua leapt into the air and was cut down. He fell against the wall.

"I guess I win. I'll spare you...for now..."

As Joshua lay on the ground, bleeding, he saw his brother, fatally wounded and dying. Painfully getting to his feet and staggering over to Zac, he looked at the deep wound.

"...I...I'm...gonna...die...So..." Zac groaned in pain.

Joshua grimaced at the amount of damage the attack Zac had sustained. If he was a normal person, it would have killed him instantly.

"Joshua...The...light...it's...growing...brighter.. ." Zac swallowed.

Everyone was racing to Joshua's side

"Zac...My brother...why did you do that?!" Joshua yelled in anger and sorrow.

"...Because...Our Dad...he was going...to kill you...he wanted...to kill us...all...and I..." Zac started.

"Relax. We're going to get you healed. We're not going to let one of our own die like this!" Joshua assured him.

"Joshua...You...can't...stop...my death...now...defeat...Dakoda...and Dad...so I won't...die in...vain..." Zac coughed.

Rain started to pour down heavily. As it landed on everyone, Zac smiled as he saw something.

"Tell...the...girl...who...I...helped...through...h er...sorrow...I...loved her...and...Joshua...I...will always...watch...over...you..from..the...light..." Zac sighed.

With that, his blue eyes lost thier bright spark and they closed. Joshua hugged Zachary and gently placed him down on the ground. His only brother who walked in the light like him...now he was dead. Joshua started to cry.

"Joshua...I'm sorry...It must be hard to lose someone..." Seb started.

Joshua stopped crying and angrily drew his swords.

"How would you know and why would you care?! You don't have any family! You don't have anyone to lose! You haven't suffered the life I have! Your parents didn't abandon you! You were from a rich, healthy family you spoilt brat!" Joshua yelled at Seb.

"Joshua?!"

"You should all learn...you are no good babysitting brats! But...I'm the biggest fool of all...I could have saved him...and you just all disgust me!"

Joshua's eyes started to change into black. His body was slowly beign surrounded by an aura of darkness.

"You'll...all PAY!"

Joshua thrust his swords into the air, before he brought them smashing into the ground. Everyone else watched in shock, as beams of purple energy erupted beneath them, engulfing them in a shpere of darkness. Racing up to it, Joshua shattered it with his swords, instantly causing everyone to fly into a wall, knocked unconcious.

Coming to his senses, realising what he did. He knew he could not change the past...so, with his sadness, and darkness inside him, he raced of into the depths of the city, where he remained...

"Joshua's gone...We have to find him! If he goes over to S.P.I.K.E...we're all goners..." Veneno groaned, getting to his feet.

"Not a good idea. If he's still angry at us, he will." Sen groaned, clutching his side.

Chapter 14.

"...I've lost everything...my sanity...my brother...my friends...is this how it's supposed to be?! Lost in darkness?! And...I'm all...alone..." Joshua yelled, slicing at an old statue.

"...Joshua..."

Joshua span around at the voice. So familiar, it sounded like an angel.

"Eiko?"

She ran up to Joshua and hugged him. Joshua went a bright red and turned away.

"It's been so long...we haven't seen each over for at least a few years! You've grown up from the young teenager I knew..." Joshua sighed.

"Joshua...I've missed you...but why are you so sad? You have friends, you have your brother..." Eiko started.

"...He's dead. My father killed him while he was trying to save me..." Joshua said quickly.

Eiko looked at Joshua's face. It was filled with sorrow and she sat down beside him, wrapping her arms around him.

"I know he tried to save you...because he knew that you were the leader of everyone, he wanted to save you. He knew you had to live..."

"Eiko...Can't you do something?" Joshua asked.

"...If I could get Aisha to help me after we beat S.P.I.K.E...we might be able to bring him back...we might not. We have to hope..." Eiko said.

"How do you know?"

"Because...the power of light is stronger than you think...and...your friends want to help you..."

"Eiko...Thank you..." Joshua said, a tear falling from his eye.

Rain continued to fall and Joshua looked outside as the weather started to get worse. After agreeing to go back the next day to explain everything, they began to talk.

"So...how did you manage to find me?" Joshua asked in a curious tone.

Eiko showed Joshua a necklace that he gave her a long time ago.

"Remember? When the jewel grows red, you'll know my heart will be near yours...You said that to me when we were younger."

Joshua nodded.

^My past hasn't always been filled with happiness...now...I don't even know if I'm a hero of light, or a minion of the darkness...^ Joshua thought.

"And until now...you've wanted me to keep these safe..." Eiko said.

She took of her backpack and something let out a bright flash. It was all seven of the Video Crystals.

"You made me promise to look after them...for some reason, Dakoda couldn't find them. I guess we were lucky...Why aren't you happy?" Eiko asked.

"Because...I can't simply turn into my alter ego! I haven't used the power of the Ultimate Gamer since the Great Gigatron...and I almost lost you..." Joshua said.

"...Could we spend tonight together, like old times? I want to be a couple again..." Eiko whispered in Joshua's ear.

Joshua's face lit up and nodded.

"Okay. Aisha's already starting to fall for Toxic anyway...I guess we can spend one night together...but I like you as a friend, nothing more..." Joshua said.

"..."

That wasn't entirely the case. Joshua did secretly love Eiko. But dislpaying emotions towards her could cause them grave danger...or ending up becoming married and being parents too.
Waiting patiently for Eiko get changed, Joshua walked outside and up at the sky. A beam of light seemed to shine down.

"Zac. I will bring you back...after this is all over...I promise. I won't let the one you care about know about this sorrow..." Joshua muttered.

The light glowed brighter, then vanished.

"He'll always watch over me...so...he can guide me through the darkness...even when my friends have left me..." Josua said to himself.

Before he could walk inside, however, he felt a sharp pain in his head and collapsed to the ground...

Chapter 16

Gaming Force HQ...

"So, everything is running smoothly in the Video Dimension...Robotnik's signed a treaty, agreeing that he will un-robotize everything...all of the Final Fantasy characters have managed to rebuild thier world after the Great Gigatron, and Dr Neo Cortex has almost designed a way for all of them to warp through the dimensions to get to Earth!" Seb explained from the transmissions he had recieved.

"So, everything's finally cooled down. The villains have joined the side of light...except for Cortex who was helping us out since the start. So, all we have to do is wait til they get here. They are really keen to see what type of place Earth is..." Aisha thought.

"..."

"Anything else that we should know?" Veneno asked.

"Nah...We didn't report about Zac's death. Aisha claims there might be a way to revive him. We'll have to wait and see..." Seb started.

The communicator instantly shimmered and Joshua's face instantly appeared.

"...Hey guys...I guess sorry doesn't quite mean it about what I did awhile ago..." Joshua sighed.

"You're (-) right! You've got some nerve..." David started.

"Shut up." Seb replied instantly to David's comment, causing him to go quiet.

"Well...As you can see, I'm perfectly healthy, and guess who I found?" Joshua said, motioning to a figure behind him.

Eiko came into view, wearing a white dress. Her hair was still it's radiant purple and she smiled.

"Woah...She's hot..." Toxic started.

Aisha slapped him.

"You do remember we are going out...right?" she glared at Toxic.

Toxic started to sweat and laughed casually.

"O-Of course!" he grinned.

"I intend on returning soon. If I can just have a download of recent info that's happened, I'll get moving." Joshua said.

There was a few seconds of transmitting, and Joshua pressed a few buttons on his watch, causing the reports to come into view.

"Thanks. I'll be back soon!" Joshua nodded, ending the transmission.

"Joshua...I hope you're happy with Eiko...because...I like Toxic more..." Aisha thought, nuzzling against him.

"A-Aisha..." Toxic stammered, going a bright red while everyone laughed.

detail Uhhh...Didn't exactly write this chapter...willingly...

Chapte 17

As Joshua showed Eiko around the city, she was kind of disappointed. The date so far ws kind of boring. There was nothing fun to do at all. She finally looked up at Joshua and said.

"Mind if we go somewhere I want to go to?"

Joshua just nodded in agreement. Anywhere would be better than what they were doing now. Before he knew it, they were both floating in mid-air before they vanished. Everything seemed to go by in a rainbow haze of colors before they landed in Madain Sari, village of the summoners.

"Huh?! How did we get here?!" Joshua yelled in surprise.

"I always can come home when I'm lonely...it's changed since we came here last..."

"Care to show me around?" Joshua asked.

Eiko nodded happily.

Seeing all of the moogles started to make Joshua dizzy. Finally, after it started to get dark, Eiko and her moogles told Joshua to wait outside while they got dinner ready. Time seemed to drift slowly as Joshua looked up at the cloudy sky.

"So many memories...returning to where they belong..." Joshua said.

To his surprise, something was coming from over the horizon. He focused and realised it was just an airship flying overhead. He sighed and waited. Finally a moogle told Joshua dinner was ready and started to walk back.

"...I can't mess this up...I just want him to love me..." Eiko whispered.

As the meal was placed in front of them, Joshua looked down happily at the meal.

"PIZZA!"

Joshua quickly ate a slice and happily smiled. After the meal was finished, Joshua raced up to Eiko and hugged her.

"That was SO good! I haven't had pizza like that for years! Thank you Eiko!" Joshua said happily.

Eiko suggested that they should go for a walk by themselves. Making sure no-one was following them, Eiko sat down on the bench in front of the ocean. As the stars started to shine, Joshua looked over at her.

"Eiko...I...I want to say something..." Joshua said, nervously.

"...Joshua...Are you okay? You're blushing."

Joshua turned towards Eiko and sighed.

"Eiko. I might as well tell you this now, before I find it too hard to get off my chest later...the truth is...all along, I've been in love with you, snd not Aisha. You're the only one who's always been beside me through these adventures...from start to finish...I remember everything that we did togther...and you...don't have to be alone anymore...because...I will always be beside you." Joshua said.

He looked at Eiko's eyes, shining bright before he kissed her gently. They reluctantly pulled apart and looked at each other.

"I...I...Joshua...I thought you said you only liked me as a friend."

"Well...I didn't want you to know until now. Any earlier could've been dangerous to either of us. And I want to protect you. Because...you mean everything to me, Eiko. And I couldn't afford to lose you..." Joshua said quietly.

"Joshua..."

"Heh...I guess you want to yell at me now, for not telling you earlier..." Joshua said, bracing himself.

"No...I'm just so happy...I thought I would always be alone..." Eiko sobbed, breaking into tears.

Joshua hugged her, until she dried her tears and looked up at Joshua.

"I want to be with you too...please..."

"Okay...Just close your eyes and hold out your hand..."

Eiko waited as she felt something warm slide over her finger. It felt smooth and when she opened her eyes, she was looking down at a ring.

"Joshua..."

She hugged him, before she started to cry.

Chapter 18

At S.P.I.K.E HQ...

"So, are the preperations ready? We need to create this cyborg now!" Dakoda yelled

With a few quick movements, a robot was finished, and power was flowing through the room at a dangerous speed. Bottles of liquid broke, walls shattered while the cyborg moved it's fingers.

"Excellent...The plan is complete...and Assassin Aharon lives again!" Dakoda yelled with glee.

"Scum. Your first mistake was releasing me from the shadows...and now, I will defeat you, your father and brothers!" Aharon yelled, drawing his Mamasamune.

"Idiot."

With a click of his fingers, Aharon fell to the ground.

"We control you. Once your purpose is fufilled, you'll be destroyed..." Dakoda muttered.

"FOOLS! I, ASSASSIN AHARON WILL TRIUMPH!"

Before Dakoda could respond, Aharon leapt into the air and dark beams of energy rushed into his body as his eyes to a dark red.

"Mwahahaha... Dark Ultima Masher!"

A huge purple dome enveloped the headquaters, causing it to start to explode. Debris flew everywhere, and Dakoda and his father looked in horror as Assassin Aharon walked towards them, his eyes glowing.

"You...will obey...me..."

They nodded.

"Good...Now, if you watch...this..."

With a thrust of his hands, missile turrets rose out of the ground and pointed upwards into the sky.

"What are you doing?!"

"Destroying Joshua, and Madain Sari...that place, and that Ultimate Gamer...is a threat..."

The computer quickly brought up the coordinates, and the missiles were unleasehed, firing through the night sky, gaining speed until they finally tore through the gap seperating the dimensions. At Madain Sari, it had reached daybreak. Joshua was awoken by a loud noise, which shook the ground. Eiko, who had been leaning against him, asleep, fell to the ground.

"Ow...What's happening...?" Eiko asked, rubbing her head.

She looked at Joshua, who saw the missiles heading down at rapid speed.

"Monster capsules...So, S.P.I.K.E decided to try and wipe us out with simple monsters..." Joshua muttered

Millions of monsters instantly appeared, surrounding Joshua and Eiko. Figthing thier way out, they found there were too many of them to handle. Eventually, they were closing in.

"Joshua..."

"Eiko?"

"Run!"

They charged through a few ranks of the enemy monsters, before they were stopped, the ones in the further ranks were a lot larger and too strong for them to be toppled.

"Any other ideas?" Eiko asked.

Joshua reached into his backpack and his hand found something. A rope. Tying one of his swords to each of the ends, he hurled it into the distance and it planted firmly into the ground. Finding them trapped, they used the rope to cause the monsters to fall over. Joshua pulled the rope, and the sword came flying back. Grabbing the middle of the rope, he looked in his backpack again, finding a large, steel rod, about a few meters in length, Joshua slashed the rope and lashed his swords tightly to each end. Lifting the rod above his head, he began to spin it until it was a large blur, slicing through all of the monsters. Unfourtantly, the plan shortly failed after the some of the smaller monsters attacked.

"This can't be good..." Eiko muttered.

Joshua lay, exaughsted. Eiko shed a tear from her eye and looked at the monsters.

"Forgive me,Joshua...But, you have to live...I want...you to be happy...and to do that...I have to let you go...goodbye..."

Chapter 18 (cont)

Eiko quicky reached for her flute and began to play a short, simple tune. It had no effect until she was floating a few inchs of the ground. Her hair band she wore, broke, causing her long hair to flow down her back. White light started to shine around her, and Joshua's eyes slowly opened.

"E-Eiko?"

The light around Eiko started to grow larger until it became a pillar of white, expanding until everything was enveloped by it. The light slowly died down, until Joshua saw nothing was left. All that was there was a single creature which made it's way to Joshua, standing before him.

"What have you done with Eiko?!" Joshua stammered.

Although it looked harmless, he thought it could do great harm. Joshua raced up to the monster and slashed right through it. Letting out a loud roar, it fell to the ground. Joshua looked around. No sign of Eiko. But something was floating in front of him.

Chapter 19

"Dakoda! What are you doing here?!" Joshua yelled in anger.

"...Fool. I presume you don't realise what you've done..." Dakoda muttered.

Joshua looked at Dakoda with a confused look.

"I came here to capture Aisha. Since that other brat, Eiko escaped. She refused to do my bidding when she was my prisoner, and now, I need someone to replace that bratty girl..."

"For what reason?" Joshua cautiously asked.

"Do you ever wonder why the planet is shrouded in darkness? It is because, in Earth's orbit, is my greatest creation, the S.P.I.K.E space station! On board it, over half a million of my troops, ready to overwhelm the Video Dimension, and conquer these miserable planets...and don't worry about Earth, as soon as I capture Aisha, I'll blast it with the Great Giga Blaster! Killing millions, and the planet...Do you know why, I need either Aisha or Eiko?" Dakoda asked.

"...Why?"

"Because, to power the cannon, I need someone who's human...but not of the planet Earth. Eiko and Aisha, are the perfect subjects. When I couldn't force Eiko to submit, I decided she was of no use to me and altered her Dna. When she used the attack, she uses most of her enegry to..."

"What?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO EIKO?!" Joshua yelled in anger.

"It's not what I have done, but what YOU have, brother! Do you realise the monster you slayed?! It was harmless, and in your fear, you killed it!"

"..."

"Do you realise this? Or you afraid to admit it? I will explain it in a way your pathetic brain can understand. The creature of light you slayed is none other than the girl you swore to protect! Despite turning into the creature you saw, she still thought of you, Joshua. Look at what you have done!"

"...No..."

Joshua looked over at the creature. It slowly started to transform into Eiko.

"She was a like an angel. Like Aisha, she had the power to allow the Great Giga Blaster to be used!!!"

"YOU MONSTER!"

"Relax. I've given her enough strength to say good-bye. Since I'm that kind..."

Joshua raced to Eiko's side.

"J....Joshua...He...tricked...me...and...I transformed...into that form...so I could save you...I'm...sorry..." Eiko painfully admitted.

"...I'm the one who should've known about this...then...you...wouldn't have...Tell....Aisha...my sister..."

"Your sister?! But..."

"We had to be seperated...otherwise...we would've...been captured...and this world...would...not exist...Joshua..." Eiko sighed.

With that, her eyes lost thier bright, purple glow and closed. Her hand unfolded while holding Joshua's and she lay still.

"Eiko...Don't go...Please...I have so much...Eiko...Answer me...I don't want to lose you too..." Joshua whispered, tears forming in his eyes.

"EIIIIIKKKOOOOO!!!!"

Maniacal laughter was heard behind him.

"You always were soft..."

"YOU! YOU BLACKHEARTED MONSTER!!!"

Joshua slashed at Dakoda who simply blocked it.

"Fool. I, am now invincible...with Assassin Aharon leading the way, I am invuneralble, and soon, there will be nothing but darkness! In the end, you will fall..." Dakoda muttered, vanishing.

Joshua fell besides Eiko's body, and tears flowed from his eyes. His love was gone, and his chance to bring Zac back. Without Eiko's powers...

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Joshua let out a loud yell and began to slash things that got in his way, rocks, trees, until he was exaughsted, and his twin swords were broken...

Chapter 19.2 (sheesh, these chapters have to be smaller...)

Suddenly, a see-through figure appeared before him. An old friend.

"D-Dower!"

"Surprised to see me? We haven't spoken for at least a year!"

"That would be that you had to stay at Courscant, rebuilding the Jedi Temple. Everything seems well where you are....I wish I could say the same..." Joshua muttered.

"I already know about everything. Trust me, soon enough, things will get better soon enough. I'm only ninteen. And I'm already a teacher, a jedi master and still managed to play Star Wars on my labtop..."

"...You've always been ninteen, and everyone refers to you as MR. Dower, what's up with that?" Joshua asked.

"Well...It should be Sir Dower, only...there was a slight mess-up in the ceremony when I was knighted. The queen accidently said Mr, even though I was only seventeen, and the name stuck, That's why...now, can we get back to the matter at hand?" Dower asked.

Joshua nodded.

"Right...Eiko...and...Zac..." Joshua sighed.

"Things aren't always as bad as they seem. I know. I don't fear the dark-side like other jedi, I've experianced both sides, and both sides have given me a extensive view on the light and dark. I know that even though your heart my be consumed by hatred, as long as you see light, you will not fall completly." Dower explained.

"...So does that mean Eiko could be..."

"She exists in your memories. Remember her, and you will see her again...soon. As long as you have hope, the Gameboy Jewels that give you power, will never lose thier power."

The Gameboy Jewels instantly lit up, causing the jewels to regain thier color. They floated into the air and landed into Joshua's hands. The fragments of his swords instantly came back together. His anscestor's sword glowed brillantly.