Kaze no Klonoa 3: The Dark Side of Phantomile

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Vision Finale: Toward Eternity...

Part I

Klonoa and Huepow run through the corridors of the palace of Cress. Seeing as there are no monsters in the palace, it was quite an easy trip. When there was a door, it was just blown apart by Huepow's magic or Klonoa's thunder attacks (he was still in his alternate form, seeing as he didn't know how to revert). Finally, they reached the top of the palace; the throne room. For Klonoa and Huepow, it was a new spectical for the duo, seeing as the room wasn't in the palace the first time they were there. The minute the heroic duo entered the room, they set their sights on their enemy: Yami.

"Yami...you will not recieve any mercy from me this time..." Klonoa growls. Yami narrows his eyes.

"Really...well, you certainly show gratitude when it's convenient for you...after all I've done for you, you still wish to kill me.." Yami says.

"What could you have possibly done for him, you demon?" Huepow screams.

"Klonoa...I know you know what I'm talking about...all those times your life was in danger. When you fell from the waterfall in the forest, I gave you the board. When you were falling in the depths of Surendan, I saved you from death...and of course, I tried to keep you from experiencing more sorrow..."

"Klonoa? Is he-"

"Yes, Huepow...it's true...Yami saved me from dying twice, but that doesn't mean I'm not ready to kill him. I may never find my real home and I may never see any of my friends again, but I will still protect those I love and Phantomile...for you, Huepow."

"Klonoa..."

"Bastard...bastard! You would dare to...I was wrong about my feelings for you, Klonoa. I should never have met you...if I never wanted to meet you, than I wouldn't be nearly as miserable as I am! You will die here and now...Phantomile will be destroyed by my hands."

"Oh, now you feel like being evil! When your dreams are crushed and you know that nothing can go your way now, you show your true colors! All right, fine; we'll take you on."

"Huepow...I wish to fight Yami. He's my dark side...and my problem. I'll send him off myself."

Huepow looks at Klonoa and the dream traveler smiles confidently. Huepow nods and backs up and Klonoa steps forward. Though he is bigger than Yami, Klonoa knows that taking chances here would be a bad idea. He knows that Yami's power is driven by his desire and malice; his memories of all of the horrid things that happened to him in the past. Right now, Yami's aura is flaring thus defining Klonoa's fears, but the tiger is undetered. Klonoa allows the energy in his body to surge, thus creating a massive electrostatic aura around his body.

"You won't get away with any of the pain that you've caused me. I'll kill you all...I'll kill you all and devour your precious dreams! My nightmares...my sorrow...my anger...will be all yours! RAWWRRRR!" Yami screams. His body is enveloped in a huge dark aura and Klonoa prepares for his grand battle with his dark side...

Part II

The creature Klonoa faces now strikes his memories hard. Yami wraps himself in a large, dark blue orb and six dragon arms and claws stick out of its sides. A long black neck extends from the orb's surface and splits into three necks with three hydra heads. Each head has four horns sticking out of the sides and two coming from the tops of the heads and piercing red eyes. Huge legs and feet also surface from the orb and land on the ground with a huge thud and a tremor, causing cracks in the floor. Three tails extend from the orb and obtain three fins. Finally, four wing-like appendages rip out of Yami's back and pierce through the back of the orb, causing blood to trace their edges. Each head lets out a large roar and Yami stands tall before Klonoa.

"Klonoa...I now realize how foolish we've both been. I was foolish for thinking that we could be together...and you were foolish to think that you could break your curse. Than again, it's only fitting that we both be fools..." Yami says.

"You really think that I wanted to break my curse? Get real! Shinkuu Verrai!" Klonoa yells.

The dream traveler's spell discharges from his mouth in the form of a large beam of thunder energy. Yami takes the blast to his chest, but shakes it off and fires black flames from all of his heads. Klonoa jumps back and begins to prepare an arrow. He keeps Yami distracted by blasting bolts of lightening at him and dodging attacks when they come.

"Alright...eat this!" Klonoa growls. He fires off a thunder arrow and it sails through the air and towards Yami.

"Never! Black Dreamscape!" Yami screams.

After Yami yells that phrase, a large swirling vortex opens beneath him. It expands into a dome shape and devours both its summoner and the dream traveler. Huepow attempts to follow, but he does not make it in time and, before he can realize it, both Klonoa and Yami vanish from the room...

Part III

Klonoa wakes up and not only finds that he is back to normal, but that he is also on an island floating in the middle of a pitch black dimension; save for the multicolored spirits floating through the air. Klonoa draws his sword and walks on and notices a familiar figure. Zyre lies in the center of the island with the incantations on his body glowing purple and his eyes leaking black tears.

"...Zyre?" Klonoa says. Though he says it very silently, Zyre apparently hears him.

"...Klo...no...a? Is that you? Your voice...it brings me...pleasure. Such a calming feeling..." Zyre whispers.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm hiding."

"...hiding? From what or who?"

"Yami. He's really angry at me. He said he was going to banish me if he ever found me."

"You're a nightmare beast, though. Couldn't you just kick his ass regardless?"

"I'm not a normal nightmare beast. I don't grow as fast as a normal nightmare beast such as Djermegandre or Useria...I don't even know if I grow at all. That's why I ran from Surendan; I didn't belong there. Ever since then, I've been looking for somewhere I belong...and I've been failing miserably. I might just let Yami banish me..."

"Zyre, everyone and everything has a reason to live. You can't just give up all of your dreams and your will itself."

"Oh? And why can't he?" comes the voice of Yami.

Klonoa and Zyre look forth and Yami's figure stands clearly defined by a large orb of light in the background. Yami wears red knee high boots with armored toes and a purple scarf. He also wears blue gloves and a belt with two sword sheaths on it. He gives Klonoa and Zyre a disgusted look, draws his swords and rushes at Klonoa. The dream traveler catches the shadow traveler's strike on his wind saber, but the latter just roundhouses the former causing him to slide across the floor. Klonoa wipes his mouth and dashes at Yami once more, clashing with his dark side infinetely.

"Dammit...it's a battle of just skill, now." Klonoa thinks.

"I know...which one of us is more skilled with a blade?" Yami respondes.

"you can read my mind?"

"Of course, I can. I am you...and you are me. We are of the same ethereal essence, Klonoa; whether you believe it or not is up to you."

Klonoa goes for a broad slash after breaking away from Yami, but the shadow traveler dodges and begins to thrust at Klonoa at high speed. Klonoa rapidly runs backward to avoid getting hit, but his ground begins to thin as he approaches the edge of the island. As his adversary's attention is diverted, Yami grabs him by the throat and holds the dream traveler over the emptiness of space. He grabs Klonoa's wind saber and throws it across the floor.

"...now what, Klonoa? Now what?" Yami whispers.

"...fuck...can't get out of...grasp..." Klonoa struggles to say.

"You should have stayed with me when you had the chance. Goodbye, Kaze no Klonoa!"

Yami throws Klonoa into the abyss and all the dream traveler can do is let out a yell of "magya!" (it's what he says when he dies of falling in the games). Zyre runs after him, avoiding Yami in the process, and jumps into the void after Klonoa.

"...fool..." Yami says, as he walks away...

Part IV

"What's happening to me? I feel so light now...where am I going, if I'm going anywhere at all...Huepow..."

Klonoa falls through a black void, noticing that he's lighter. His clothes have disappeared and the white swirling vortex below him defines the situation he is in. All hope seems lost...until a black purple-ish glow shines in the air above him. Zyre is dropping down at a respectable speed and upon seeing Klonoa, he smiles victoriously. He continues his decent, not realizing that the vortex below is pulling Klonoa towards it. Zyre grits his fangs and increases his decent speed; so much that he's beginning to gain a hot white aura around him, as he plunges into the vortex after Klonoa...

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Zyre reaches out his hands to attempt to grab Klonoa, but the dream traveler is soon sealed in a tranparent orb. Zyre looks around the white space and takes note of the many souls that are sealed there.

"Phantomilians, no doubt. Oh well, I'm only here for one." Zyre thinks to himself.

He walks up to the orb that holds Klonoa and begins to pound against it viciously. When that doesn't work, he charges up a breath attack and releases it on the orb. The prison blows open and Klonoa's body floats into Zyre's arms. Looking at Klonoa's face, Zyre can readily tell that the dream traveler is having a nightmare, but at the same time he can feel a tremendous power building up inside of him. Zyre's body begins to be covered in a thick purple aura and his symbol begins to appear on Klonoa's chest.

"Alright! That's our ticket out of this hell hole! Klonoa, give me the power of your nightmares! RAWWWRR!" Zyre yells.

The moment Zyre yells that phrase, black and white angel wings rip out of his back and cover both his body and Klonoa's body. When they stretch back, Zyre takes on the form of a mighty dragon and bursts through the white dimension, roaring proudly. Klonoa is encased in a blue orb on a golden necklace that Zyre now wears, and a large glaive rests on his back. Zyre spreads his wings and begins to take off toward the isle that Yami still inhabits...

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With a piece of white, glowing chalk, Yami traces a magic glyph on the ground with a very blank look on his face. Once he finishes the circle, a strong wind begins to whip up. Yami turns his gaze toward the white vortex in the distance and he sees the source of the wind: Zyre. The dragon's wings flap majestically as he makes his way toward the island and he lands with just as much grace. Yami is completely stunned by this and even more so when he sees Klonoa resting in the orb on the dragon's necklace.

"Zyre! You devoured Klonoa?" Yami yells.

"Hey, it helped me out. Besides, what do you care? You're going to die in a few seconds..." Zyre growls, as he stomps forward.

Yami dashes at Zyre, but the dragon leaps into the air, taking flight as he does so. Zyre lets out a grand blast of white flames that rip along the ground as they burn Yami. The shadow traveler lets out a loud scream and screams once again as Zyre hits him hard with his tail. Yami hits the ground and rises very slowly. He blasts Zyre with a large dark spell, but Zyre absorbs the energy and releases it the form of many blades of energy. Yami dodges, but takes a sharp blow from Zyre's glaive. Yami hits the ground and loses his swords as he does.

"Keh...and I was scared of you? Vetoro Banishu!" Zyre roars. He builds up a large amount of dark energy in his body and fires it off at Yami. The shadow traveler takes the blow and begins to disintegrate. Yami is left as a purple orb and Zyre reverts back to his normal form. Klonoa is released and he looks around rubbing his temples. He sees the purple orb and looks at it intently.

"That's Yami. I used a banishing spell on him and he turned into that. You can do whatever you want with it, meanwhile..." Zyre says.

He raises his arms and the energy from his body reacts to the magic glyph that Yami drew and a portal opens. Through it, Klonoa can see Phantomile recovering from the dark influence. He rushes to go through the portal, but stops when he thinks about Zyre.

"Zyre...you should come with me. We can go to a lot of dream realms together, since I'm going to be leaving soon..." Klonoa says. Zyre smiles at him and walks up to him.

"Sure. I'll come, especially since Djermegandre and Useria are going too." Zyre says with a smile. They both shake hands and walk through the gate...

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In Breezegale, Klonoa, Zyre and Huepow sit on a large windmill. Klonoa looks out at the land with a blank stare and Huepow just remains silent. Klonoa is once again dressed and he rises with clenched fists.

"Klonoa..." Huepow whispers.

"...don't worry about it. It's my fate...besides, I won't be traveling alone this time." Klonoa says. He jumps down from the windmill and summons Djermegandre and Useria, despite the looks of all of the villagers around him. He also pulls Zyre over to join the scene.

"You seem to be getting good at that." Huepow says.

"Yep! This time, I've got my own travel party. With their powers, I should be able to visit any dream realm I want, so I could come back and visit you." Klonoa says.

As soon as he says that, a strong wind blows across the fields and Klonoa takes off his hat, wipes his brow, and than replaces it. He gives Huepow a reassuring look.

"Well...I guess this is good-bye again, huh?" Huepow says.

"Yeah...but, it's not good-bye as much as it is see you later." Klonoa responds.

"Klonoa...okay. See you later and stay out of trouble with those nightmare beasts."

Klonoa laughs than nods. He signals to the nightmare beasts and Klonoa and his team begin to walk off, causing ripples as they do. A tear leaks from Huepow's eye as he sees Klonoa and his team disappear...walking off to the future...toward eternity...

The End

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