GCB Fanfics: The Fanfiction Project

June 12th, 2003


A scythe and a sword swung heatedly in the morning breeze, swung by two fighters who were much more than capable.

Crono was the one that was parrying, more often than not. Crono had always tended to lead by example, rather than by words or an assertive personality. He was just content to do what he needed to do and let the others follow. Frog, Ayla, Marle, Lucca, Robo... They'd all been content to let him lead. He was the alpha male of the group, almost by default.

Magus had always challenged this. He found himself more often than not being Crono's rival... Partly because he remembered the boy from the past. Crono was always a Reaper, a stormcrow, a bringer of ill fortune, to all the times he went to. 600 A.D., he showed up and had to fight Magus. Prehistoric times, he showed up when humans were oppressed by lizards. Zeal had been calm and peaceful... Perfect... For so long. Crono showed up, it all falls down.

Crono was a Jonah of the world of Earth... The world that for so long had been ruled by a giant hedgehog.

Magus was taking out some of his agression against the leader of a group that only led by default. Magus was the natural leader in that group of seven... But he was also the outcast. No one wanted anything to do with him.

Magus alternated the places where he swung his scythe. First, the blow came up, barely blocked in time to stop cutting off Crono's ear. Then, the blow went almost straight down, aimed at Crono's shoe. The boy had to dodge out of the way, and rushed back up at Magus with his katana outstretched.

Crono, for all his leadership, could not read people. He did not realize that Lucca loved him as more than a best friend. He didn't see the hurt in Frog from the past, not at first. And he couldn't see Magus's desire to lead. He couldn't see where all the wizard's agression was coming from.

Crono's katana swung at Magus's shoulder, but was blocked by a swinging scythe, in a whirlwind motion. Crono had to duck to avoid having himself struck by the giant scythe, and in doing so, dropped his weapon, and Magus kicked it away, before Crono could reach. The elf-like warlock smiled.

"It was too easy to see what you were going to do with the blade. You always swing somewhere at my torso, and I know where to hold my scythe to block it. Try and mix it up a little."

Crono nodded.

"Truth be told," the wizard went on, "You'll be able to use magic in regular fights, and that will help. But you should refine that techinique of yours..."

"Yeah, I know. It's just tougher with a katana, you know."

"Not really. It's all the same to me."

Magus detected something very important about Crono, this time around.

Magus didn't know if he was playing to win. He didn't think he had the heart... Or the skill. Just look at who the boy had to face last time. Dante? Lara Croft? Solid Snake? All gun fighters.

Kefka, Mario, and Sephiroth weren't gun fighters.

But Magus didn't care. As Crono walked away, back to Nook's shop, Magus smiled, showing his fanged teeth.

"Let's hope the other swordsman is that easy."

It was almost time. Off in the distance, the monkey, AiAi, was practicing precision rolling, and finding out that a wall wasn't a great target. Link was fencing with Isaac... And winning big time. One of them wouldn't last long, the monkey and the Hylian.

"The black wind's howl begins to grow..."




Today's Author: Sir Bormun
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