Part I: Miscalculations

Gatoris tried to get up to make sure Yuffie got to Junon, but was too weak. He sent some tonberries with her, and hoped this worked. He just needed another day to heal. Gatoris fell back down in his bed. And of course, his sleep would not be easy. He began to have a vision. No blood this time, but he was still nervous. Gatoris was in a large hallway. He walked to the end, and opened the door. There was a beautiful garden, filled with flowers. The thing that caught Gatoris’ eye was the rose bush. They were white roses, just like he had been giving Aerith and Angelina. There was also a woman watering them. It looked like Aerith, but Gatoris had a feeling it wasn’t. "Beautiful, aren’t they?" she asked. The voice confirmed Gatoris’ gut feeling. It was Angelina. Without turning around, she kept talking. "You know, I haven’t really absorbed the serenity and calm here before, but now that I have, I feel at peace. And please Garrett, don’t start crying again..." Too late. "I can’t help it. It just breaks my heart that Pikachu captured you. I just hope Yuffie gets the job done..." Angie turned around. "You realize you made a slight error in that..." Garrett began to think. He couldn’t come up with it. "You sent evil to fight evil. I fear that she may join against you," Angie added. It clicked. Yuffie was Sephiroth’s daughter, meaning that ... "Jenova. Damn, how could I forget that?" Angie hugged Garrett tightly. "It’s okay. You were just trying to get me back. You still can. Pikachu will not kill me. I’m too valuable of a bargaining chip to lose." With that, she faded from sight.

Gatoris woke up. Shit, he thought. Yuffie was a big mistake. I gotta go after Pikachu myself. he looked over to his table. The Vulpix was still there, holding the Pokéball. Gatoris thanked the creature, and was surprised when it replied. "Forget about it..." it said in a Jersey accent. "Lemme guess... you’re Almathea’s right?" The Vulpix nodded. Gatoris prepared for battle, both physical and mental. He knew what Pikachu would stoop to. After removing his blood from the Masamune, he sheathed it and headed out.

Yuffie was nearly at Junon when it hit her. She began to hear a voice. it claimed to be that of her mother’s. It began to tell her what to do. "Go to Junon. Our ally needs us now..." Yuffie obeyed the voice, just as her father once had. This had sealed the fate of the ninja.

Gatoris could feel the revival of Jenova was complete. He was cursing himself for this oversight. When he got to Junon, he tried to find a way up to the top. Unluckily for him, the elevator was out of service. He would have to climb up the electrified support. But that would be half the fun.

Kefka was on Junon beach. He could have cared less about what was going on. He, in his demented little mind, still ruled all he saw. Even if Pikachu had put him on guard duty. He was laid back in an beach towel, soaking what sunlight that poked through the upper part of the city.

Gatoris got to the beach, and saw the demented clown on the beach. Only one thing went through his mind: "You have got to be kidding me! This freak, guarding the ultimate evil? I feel sorry for him!" Gatoris accidentally said this rather than thinking it, getting Kefka’s attention. He got up, prepared to fight. "Huh? Silence! You’re history, bub..." Gatoris laughed as the half-baked clown tried to walk his way. This made Kefka angry. "Take this, you son of a submariner!" the nut said, trying to cast magic at Gatoris. Apparently, no one told Kefka he needed materia. Gatoris grabbed him and punted him into the ocean. Gatoris prepared to scale the tower, but was stopped. He began to have, for lack of a better phrase, a Cloud moment.

Part II: Complications Set In...

Garrett was once again within his mind. For once, Zack was not the one staring him down. This person looked like... him. "Damn, you’re fast, Pikachu. I never got up to you!" Garrett yelled. The other person seemed offended. "Hold up, Garrett! I am not with Pikachu! I am you, just from a parallel dimension." he said. Garrett looked his other self over. He looked exactly like him, except for his manner of dress. He was in an uncomfortable looking tuxedo with a cape. "Let me guess. Your dimension is one where Angie ends up as Serena, and I’m stuck as Darien, right?" The other Garret was getting angered. "No, dammit! Think back to your life on Amalthea! You were a servant to the princess." Garrett began to get it. "...but in your existence, I was a prince and she was a servant." The other Garret was a bit happier. "Close. You were the King. Angelina was the Queen, and there was still a Princess Chastity. She was your daughter." The real Garrett was taken aback by this alternate reality. "Pikachu tried to take over the planet. I managed to stop him, but the three of us were severely wounded. when it came time to heal us, there was enough energy for only two. I let them go..." King Garret remembered. "...but you died, and have regretted it since. Join the club." Garrett had heard this before about him. "No. It is what Pikachu’s parting gifts were which I regret. He cursed them with immortality, and me to be a spirit forever." the King said in a somber tone. A flashback then followed.

The setting was the castle on Amalthea. It was a serene picture. King Garret and Queen Angelina were sitting on their thrones. All was peaceful, until the door opened. Princess Chastity, who her father inexplicably preferred to call Almathea, ran into the throne room screaming. "There’s a rat in my room!" she proclaimed. "Almathea, honey..." King Garret began, "why tell me? Couldn’t have you have one of the servants remove it?" Princess Chastity hesitated before replying. "He said he wanted to see you..." Garret’s jaw dropped as soon as those words left his daughter’s mouth. He grabbed his sword and proceeded to the room.

"So... you’re Pikachu. I’ve heard a lot about you." the King spoke of the little yellow rat now in front of him. "News travels fast... I was told that if I take this planet, the rest of the universe would fall into place." the rat talked of his plans. "Another nut, are you? Well, prepare to die!" Garret began to raise his sword. "I’d look behind you..." Pikachu blurted out. Garret turned around and saw a Machamp laying down two bodies. They were unconscious, but badly wounded. "You son of a bitch..." Garrett was now full of rage. "You will pay for that one." Garret began to hack at the rodent, but he had produced a sword of his own. "Swordplay, eh? Fine by me." The two exchanged blows for a while. They then attempted to score critical hits at the same time. Somehow, both connected. Garret and Pikachu fell to the floor.

The servants that hadn’t been killed by Pikachu came into the room. They had brought the last of the healing supplies. "Sir, we only have enough to heal two people. Who do we heal first?" one servant asked Garret. Weakly, he gestured to the Queen and Princess. "Th... them... heal... them first..." He than began to cough up blood. A servant questioned the King’s words. "No time to... argue... Just heal them..." With these words, Garret collapsed. He was conscious long enough to hear Pikachu’s last words: "I present thee, Princess Chastity and Queen Angelina, with the gift of eternal life. As for you, King Garret... I curse thee to spend eternity as a wandering spirit!" Garrett then blacked out.

Christ, Garrett thought. Pikachu is a true bastard. Not just for killing his doppelganger, but also separating him from his love. "Let me guess again. You want to join me in finishing him off." Garrett said. King Garrett applauded. "Took ya long enough..." The two joined, and Gatoris continued.

He looked up at the pillar, and got a bright idea. Why the hell didn’t he teleport up there? He did so, and looked around at the top. He didn’t see the person behind him with a club.

While knocked out, the two Garrets had time to talk. "Ever since that day, I have been following Pikachu, waiting for the day to end his reign. I have especially been watching parallel dimensions. Now the time has come. With all your strength..." King Garrett began. "Hold up..." Garrett stated. "I lost most of that power when I was ambushed by his cronies." The king cursed under his breath. "...but I have a plan." Garrett continued. "Ever hear the expression ‘fight fire with fire’? Well, we can fight mind games with mind games!" King Garrett thought his counterpart had finally lost all sanity. "You flipped? That’s crazy! That’s..." "...about the best plan I’ve heard!" Zack decided to chime in. "He would never expect it! King Garret, he thinks you are dead and in another dimension, correct?" King Garret nodded. He also seemed to get it now. "My presence would make him vulnerable to a final blow! Good going, Garrett!" The three laughed a little, then Gatoris came to.

He surveyed his surroundings. He seemed to be inside some gigantic, metal ball. Gatoris felt the lump on the back of his head. "Miss me, Gatoris? I’m back!" said a raspy voice behind him. He turned around to see Yuffie. "Actually, Jenova..." Gatoris began to joke. "things had been getting dull." "Funny man, eh?" She quipped back. "In that case, do you see the humor in this?" Yuffie pointed upward to a chain. There were two people tied to it. Gatoris had nothing to say about it. ‘Thought not. Soon, your wife and friend will be the first sacrifice for Pikachu!" Jenova cackled. "Enough, you brain-dead moron!" piped a voice. Gatoris saw his chance. "Pikachu... remember me?" he said, trying to add a touch of regality to his voice. "Ah, Gatoris. Welcome to the beginning of the end!" the rat said. Gatoris drew his sword. "Yeah, it is the end..." With this, Gatoris disappeared, and was replaced by King Garret. "...the end of you!" Pikachu was partially taken aback. "How’d you get here? You were lucky I only reduced you to a spirit two thousand years ago. I guess you want to be fully destroyed...." Pikachu did not seem to notice Gatoris was preparing to take out his ally Jenova. "Shall we try this again?" Pikachu muttered, and produced a sword. "Been waiting millennia for this..." Garret said in a deadpan manner. Both began to exchange blows, similar to the manner they had two thousand years ago. With that going on, Gatoris finally finished his spell.

A white light enveloped Yuffie, which distracted Pikachu. King Garret took this advantage to strike a serious blow to the rat. Gatoris, not wanting to screw this up, grabbed the Pokéball from his back pocket. He hurled it at the beast, and it enveloped him. After eons of being on the loose, Pikachu was finally contained.

Part III: Is It Over Yet?!?

Even with Pikachu and Jenova gone, one disciple remained: Goku Tonberry. He arrived on schedule. "You may have got the master, but you will never get me!" he said, confident he would win. "Yuffie, you and Garret get the girls down. This kuso yaro is mine..." Gatoris was ready to go. "Remember the last time I did this?" Gatoris yelled. "I almost killed you! I should have let you die." Goku ignored this. He went straight for the big attacks. He fired a Kamehameha at Gatoris, who seemed unfazed. "Oh, and by the way... did you like my handiwork? It was hard, but your wife had a lot of fight..." Goku was referring to something Gatoris had no idea about. Then, Garret screamed something at him: "They’re both hurt badly. I think Aerith may be dead..." This was the push Gatoris needed to regain all his power, and then some. Goku was second-guessing his earlier comment after he saw Gatoris’ eyes. His pupils were gone. He was also gathering energy from around him. "You son of a bitch... you would actually stoop to killing innocent women..." Goku Tonberry was witnessing history: Gatoris was the first non-saijiyan being to go super-saijiyan. (Note: Can it actually be called super-saijiyan if he is not a blood saijiyan?) The entire ball shook. "She.. she’s just pining..." Goku tried to back out of it. "This time... there is no second chance. Prepare to meet your maker." Goku hoped that meant he was going to be hurled to the sun. He was wrong. Gatoris punched him in the chest. His fist went straight through, and he pulled out Goku’s heart. About twenty seconds later, Goku Tonberry was dead. Gatoris threw the heart at a wall and returned to normal. He rushed over to Aerith.

Gatoris held Aerith in his arms. He could sense that she was still alive. But one thing disturbed him: he could not sense Angelina there. Had she given up her life in order for Aerith to live? He began to cry. Then he felt someone grab his shoulder.

(Author’s note: This is where I have decided to have an alternate chapter {and subsequent end} to the Chronicles. To read it, look for the ‘Alternate End’ Chapter. To read what truly happens, continue to Chapter Fourteen.)