"I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!!!" shouts Rash, "i can't just sit here and watch that...witch have all the fun!!!! and the credit too...grr..."
"calm down, Rash." said a woman voice. a woman-cat appears..
"what do you want, furball?"
"it's Sly, you idiot!!" hisses the cat, and saw a vision of Crono and his friends.., "so..you want to get rid of them too??"
"OF COURSE!!! but that Shade is always in the way!! she does nothing but helping these humans and get the credit!!" then Rash hesitates, "hey..!! what are you doing here anyway??? weren't you ordered by the prince to stay on Mars??? there are still life energy inside!!"
"well...who cares?? i like things..planets with colors..like Earth..or used that is!! besides, this game is getting HOT!!!" purrs Sly
"grrr...!! i don't trust you..you and your sneaky plans..!!"
"fine. you do want to get rid of Shade and these humans, corrrrrrrrect?"
"yeah..how?!"
"hey..relax. you see that small boy Cronus?? i believe he's the future child of Crono and that..Marle!!"
"IMPOSSIBLE!!! right..?"
"you're always thinking in the wrong side, Rashy. Cronus have the future pendant. kill him, and get the pendant, and the sealed door to the Ruby will be yours.." whisper Sly, "then with the ruby, we're invincible!! we don't need the Entity, the Lord, and even the royal family!!!"
"then i can destroy Shade.." smiles Rash
"rrrrrrriiigght.." smiles Sly..
they keep on going...and found the next temple..
"weird..Crono and Marle hardly talked at all?" whisper Lucca
"whatever it is..let's not talk it out loud??" whisper Frog
"THEY BROKE UP." shouts Cronus, the whole team heard it.
"CRONUS!!!!" shouts Lucca, "YOU..!!!"
"crono.." whisper Uranus.
"let's go in." said Crono, as if they didn't hear Cronus..
"?" blinks Uranus, "they really don't care, huh?"
"BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO!!!" shouts Cronus,trying to get attention
"oh just shut your beak, kid." murmurs Lucca
inside the temple, it is colored brown...a Topaz (brown gold crystal) pictures are everywhere..
"what does this temple symbolizes?" asks Crono
"don't know." whisper Uranus
"it's the 'goddess of strength and power' idiot." murmurs Cronus, "how can you not know?? you have the pendant, Crono."
"WELL THIS STUPID THING DOESN'T SHOW WORDS, DOES IT??" yells Crono
"MAYBE YOU'RE JUST TOO DUMB TO READ IT!!!"
"YOU'RE GETTING ON MY NERVES KID!!!"
"IT'S MR. KID TO YOU, SPIKY HEAD!!!!"
"OH I OUGHTA..!!!!! YA KNOW, ONCE I FOUND YOUR PARENTS, I'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT YOU!!!"
"FINE BY ME. THEY NEVER CARED. YOU'RE WORST THAN THEM."
"SHUTT UP!!!!"
"NOOOOO!!!!!!"
"S-H-U-T U-P!!!!!!!!"
"N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OO-O-O-!!!!"
they argues very loud.
"OH SHUT THE HELL UP!!!! OR I'LL CUT BOTH OF YOUR TONGUES OUT!!!" shouts Magus
"..." they stopped
"whew!! finally, silence." sighs Marle
"no." whisper Cronus.
"hm!! i'm not immature like him..i'm 17, not 8 yrs.!!" murmurs Crono
"HA HA!!!! I BEAT YOU!!!" laugh cronus
"SHUT UP!!!" shouts crono, "OR I'LL BEAT YOU....PHYSICALLY!!!"
"SHUT UP OR AYLA BEAT YOU BOTH!!!!" shouts Ayla, real angry, "you two argue too much!!! in my village, you argue much you like that person!!"
"NO WAY!!!!" freaks crono
"DREAM ON!!" freaks cronus.
"good." nods ayla
they got to the altar...Robo beeps, "cronus is right. it says...the temple is built for 'the goddess of strength and power'. only the 'one that wore the power' can reveal its power.."
"must be your pendant, crono." said Lucca
"his pendant..? the power?" blinks Uranus
Crono raises his arms, holding the pendant...it glows..!!
the light shines on Ayla..!!
then the goddess appears...it's Ayla..but much in a serene form, "thank for freeing me, crono. me knows you come one day from past..!!"
"from the past..?? wait a min. you know my future self?" asks crono
"don't be dumb, crono!! of course!! you the leader of us!!"
"i STILL don't get it.." said crono, "you can never understand ancient people..[sigh]"
"me goddess of strength, and power. you want ruby?? me one of guardians of Star Ruby. want ruby?? prove worthy. we FIGHT!!!" shouts the soul, and turns into a huge black cat..!!
"ROBO..!!" freaks crono
"i know..i know..analyze??" sighs robo, "getting it.."
"[ROAR!!!!!]" the cat attacks..!!
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Cronus is knocked away by the cat..!!
"CRONUS!!" shout marle
"DARK MATTER!!!"
"FALCON ATTACK!!!" shouts Uranus
"FIRE 20!!!"
"I GOT IT!!" smiles robo, "it's power: 450 weakness: none."
"WHAT??!!!" freaks crono, "THIS IS GETTING HARDER!!!"
"NOTHING HURTS IT...unless.." whisper Uranus.
"WE HAVE TO COMBINE OUR POWERS TOGETHER!!" shouts Uranus
"but will it work??" said Magus
"don't know...but we got no choice!!" shout Crono,
"LIGHTNING!!!"
"ICE!!!!"
"FIRE!!!!"
"WATER!!!!"
"[HISSES] STRENGTH!!!" shouts Ayla
"SHADOW!!!" shouts Robo
"WIND!!!" shouts Uranus
"DARK SHADOW!!!"shouts Magus
they all raises their arms, as each of them a ball of magic grows..!!
it combines together...creating a huge light ball..!!!
"ATTACK!!!!" shouts Crono, and they send the combined ball of magic straight to the big cat..
"[ROAR!!!!!!!]" the cat dies..
they all kneels down, and smiles
"we did it.." breaths Lucca, trying to catch her breath..
"that was hard..and this was only the 3rd temple we come across.." whisper Robo.
the cat turns into the soul again, "YOU VERY STRONG!!! me know you win..and you get ruby. crono strong, but team work STRONGER!!! power from heart is the power from pendant. if you learn to use it, you can destroy Great Lavos and evil!!!"
then the soul give Crono the Topaz crystal..
"Cronus..?" crono blinks, after he receives the crystal.
"HAHAHHAHA..YOU'RE MINE NOW!!!" laughs Rash. Cronus backs off, and take his knife out, "STAY AWAY!!!!"
"DON'T EVEN BOTHER KID." hisses Sly, appear from Cronus's back, "i'm gonna make it easy on ya, give us the pendant."
Cronus grab hold of his pendant, "NO!!!! i promised my dad and mom that i can't give it to ANYONE, including YOU UGLY CAT!!!!"
"ROOOOOARR!!! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME UGLY??!!" hisses Sly, "i have power and beauty...and NO ONE TOPS THAT!!"
"LET'S JUST KILL HIM AND GET THE PENDANT." roars Rash
"my pleasure..now, should i start a SCAR in your left face..or the right??" hisses Sly, her claws extracts sharp and pointy nails..
"..." Cronus hold onto his pendant, very scared..
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!" shouts X, and come out from the shadows..
"and you are..?" said Rash
"...that will be none of your concern!!! leave that boy alone..he's defenseless." said X
"oh yeah??!! THEN WE'LL KILL YOU INSTEAD!!!" roars Rash, and attacks
SLASH!!!!!!
[silent]
[ROAR!!!!] Rash's arm begins to bleed..!!
X put his scythe away, "you still want to fight?"
"ggrrr..." Sly notice Crono and his friends coming, "LET'S GO RASH!! we're outnumbered..BUT WE'LL BE BACK FOR YA KID!!!! DON'T THINK THIS IS THE END OF US!!!!"
Sly and Rash disappears..
"CRONUS!!!!" Crono and his friends run to him, "YOU OKAY??"
"yeah.." whisper Cronus, a little surprised by X.
"huh?" crono notice Cronus is staring at X, "it's you again.."
"yes...and i can see you have grown stronger than before, Crono." said X, as crono listens.., "and you will keep on growing. i will advised you and give you direction of how you get the Star Ruby..but i can't help you in the battle."
"SO YOU WERE HERE ALL ALONG??? WE WERE ALMOST KILLED BY THAT CAT!!!! AND ALL YOU DO IS SIT HERE AND BE PRETTY???" shouts Lucca
".." X lowers his head, "sorry. but it's not my job to help you in any way in battles. I know the battles you're fighting in temples are getting harder, but you must win. sometimes, it may be unbeatable." then X looks up to Crono, "When times become so tough that you can't beat it by sword or pendant, you must beat it from the heart...that's where the true power is from."
"then can you tell us who Cronus is?? i mean, what happened?" asks Marle
".." X stare at Cronus, "i can't tell you. but please do me this favor. protect him by my behalf."
then X disappears.
"i still don't get it.." murmurs Crono, "so where's our next stop??"
"hmm.." Lucca stare at the North, "i think all the temples are built in the North direction...maybe that's where the Star Ruby is, at the North end."
Frog join Lucca, "our next temple might be beyond the mountains.."
"WE HAVE TO CLIMB??!!" freaks Crono
"what?? the chicken here is SCARED!!!" said Cronus
"HEY!!! HOW CAN YOU BE SO MEAN??!! YOU WERE A LITTLE INNOCENT BOY IN A MINUTE AGO..YOU ARE SUCH A BRAT!!!!"
"you're BRAT-ER"
"NO, YOU ARE"
"YOU"
"YOU"
"YOU"
"YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!" freaks crono, as they climb the mountain.
"NO, YOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!"
"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!"
"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!! BOTH OF YOU!!!" shouts Magus.