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Everything's falling apart.
Where...where did everyone go?
Is it really you?
Welcome home, Serah.
Lightning. Why are you here?
Because you want me to be.
In this place, you can see all your heart's desires come true.
You've changed history, and you're back where you belong. This is it. Your adventure's over.
Serah, come with me. Your family's waiting.
Yes. My family...
That's right. I'm home. My family are all here.
Deep in my heart, the truth still glinted like a razor. This wasn't real. It was a dream.
If I accepted it, my journey through time would end.
But...
My sister was here. Snow was here. If I stayed, I would be everyone I'd ever loved.
This is what I'd been searching for, all this time. I'd found my home. I'd found happiness.
I couldn't do it.
When I had lost faith in the future, Noel came and gave me hope.
Snow left his home and his friends. He traveled through time to save others. Hope worked feverishly to save Cocoon.
And then...
There was Vanille and Fang, trapped in crystal, holding Cocoon in the sky.
I couldn't desert them to live in this world of dreams. I couldn't betray them.
Lightning, I'm so sorry.
Don't give up.
No. That's not my sister!
Serah.
Vanille? Is that really you?
Well, that's a good question. Hm, put it this way. It's the real me, but inside a dream. I'm still sleeping in the crystal pillar, you see.
And you're dreaming away, too. So it's like, we're meeting inside each other's heads.
So this is a dream, after all.
But, why did you come?
Because you needed help.
Oh, you've never met Fang before, have you?
We've come to pull you out of this fantasy of yours.
You're trapped in a dream that never ends, somewhere in the Void Beyond. If we don't help, you'll never wake up.
And that, my girl, is why we're here.
Good one, Fang.
Thank you.
We're just showing you a way out.
You're the one who made the decision to wake up and leave this world.
If you hadn't rejected the fake Lightning, we would never have been able to reach you, and you'd still be stuck in your dream.
I almost believed her — the fake Lightning, I mean. But then, I remembered my sister is fighting in Valhalla.
Snow and Hope, they're fighting their own battles as well. Out of all of us, I was the only one who was running away from the truth.
That's all right, because now it's your turn to help someone. You're not the only one who's trapped in dream they can't wake up from.
You mean Noel!
You need to go and find him. I reckon you can save him, Serah.
Fang? Vanille?
Guess our time's up, huh?
Yes. We have to go back now.
See you around.
Noel, I'll save you.
Okay. It's time to find Noel.
Guess what, Lightning? I met Vanille again.
She saved me once three years ago, and today she came to help me. I owe her my life twice now.
And I met Fang for the first time, too. We only talked a while, but she kind of reminded me of you.
Even though they're still trapped in crystal, they reached out to me, showed me a way out of my dream.
One day I'm going to pay them back. I promise.
I wonder what kind of dream Noel is living in. Whatever it is, I'm going to wake him out of it — and together, we'll find you, Lightning.
Lightning. I've come a long way and it's all thanks to Noel.
That's why when I reach Valhalla, I want him with me.
So here I am, inside the memory of a lost future. I've come to lead Noel away from this cold, distant world.
Boy, oh boy. This one put up a tough fight. Hunting alone is harder than it looks.
Noel!?
But this should do it for the birthday feast.
Noel!
Caius!
Did you get one?
Yeah. All by myself.
You're improving. It must have been a difficult hunt.
Naw, it was as easy as anything. No problem. Too easy, in fact. I got bored.
Yes, you are ready to become the one true Guardian.
Why does there have to be one "true" Guardian? I don't get why I have to replace you.
Because, Noel, that is the way. You are ready to challenge me to a duel.
If you defeat me, the sacred pact passes to you.
Just as I ones defeated my predecessor.
What happened to him, anyway?
I killed him.
That is the law of the Guardians. There can only be one.
Noel. If you wish to succeed me...
You must kill me.
There's no way, Caius. I want to fight you, not kill you.
You can't do this. I need more time before I can beat you.
You can't just... leave like that.
I wanted to get stronger than Caius, so I began training with swords.
I'd never beat him at his own style, so I went with two blades.
If I didn't kill Caius, I couldn't become the next Guardian.
But there was no way I was following some musty old rule like that.
Problem was, I wanted the power of chaos that all Guardians were given.
Caius Ballad, I wanted to stand at your side and help protect Yeul.
But you, Caius... you left before I had the chance.
Hey, I'm back!
Hi, Noel. How was the hunt?
I bagged a huge one. I wanted something special for tonight.
You mean for my birthday? So you remembered!
How could I forget? Tonight's feast will be the best yet!
Although, I wish we could have more people, like in the old days. Maybe a party with just three people will be kind of depressing.
No, it won't. It'll be lots of fun. As long as you and Caius come, it'll be great.
Well, okay. If you say so.
Yeul!
I was nothing but a disappointment. In the end, I couldn't save you.
I couldn't accept her fate, or forgive Caius for leaving.
But more than that, what I truly couldn't forgive...
...was myself, and my own helplessness.
Well? Are you ready to kill me?
No, I'm not. Today's Yeul's birthday, Caius. It's not the time for this.
Look. I will fight you, but not to the death, and not until tomorrow.
After I win, I'll receive the power of the Guardian. Then we can leave this place, and protect Yeul together.
Leave and go where?
To wherever other people are living, of course.
I know. I know there are more people out there, somewhere.
If we find them, Yeul won't have to feel so lonely anymore. She'll feel happy again.
That is a vain hope, and you of all people should know it.
But, there must be something we could do.
There is one thing.
Kill me.
Not this again.
The Heart of Chaos beats in my chest - a manifestation of Etro.
Should this heart stop beating, the goddess will die once again.
When the goddess dies, the chaos of Valhalla is unleashed.
The chaos has the power to warp the timeline and destroy the past.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't care how many times you ask, I'm not killing you!
If you cannot...
...you must die instead.
It's as I feared. You are too weak.
I don't understand you, Caius. This talk of killing you, and destroying the past.
You think any of that will make Yeul happy? Do you really?
I don't want to please her. I want to save her.
Where are you going? You're going to leave us, just like that?
I shall go to Valhalla. I will kill the goddess, and set Yeul free.
And that's how Caius came to abandon us, and made Yeul and I the last two humans left in the world.