"Wake up" "Wake up" "Wake up!!" "Everything's gonna be okay" "You're gonna be fine" "Don't worry"
Flashes of images. Flashes of visions. Flashes of... old memories.
"Come find me when you're back! Okay, bro!" A strange girl shouted at Jun. More flashes of images came into Jun's mind.
"Wake up" "You promise??" "I promise!"
"Aaah!!!" Jun wakes up screaming on his bed. He breathes heavily as light shines through the windows.
"What... was that?" He puts his hand on his head. "A... dream?" He asked "It felt... real"
"Jun, is something wrong?" Lilly knocked on the door.
"No... I'm fine" Jun answered.
"It felt like... my whole body was burning... who were those people in my dream? I feel like... I know them" he said in his head. "We can talk about it downstairs. I made us breakfast"
In Jun's head "I talked to him the other day," Mark says "And uh... he told me... that he wanted you all dead"
"Who? Xuanyu?" Jun asked in his head and then out loud.
"Moises" He answered "He said he wanted to go to war with you all... and I just thought- You know-... I've been preparing... And I haven't slept in two days... and now he's gone"
Jun finally understood what he was trying to tell him earlier "Oh... You're upset because... you were preparing to fight him and then you come to war and then... then... he died and you've... prepared for nothing"
Mark replied "Yeah, waste of time... wasted... nights... days.... I could've slept"
Jun was speechless and held his head "I guess... I did call him to come to war for nothing"
Mark looks up at the sky "I... I don't know what I want, "he says.
Jun stares around the town and then turns to him and looks into his eyes "Do you want another war to start?" He asked.
Mark clenched his face, wondering what Jun was about to offer. Jun held his sword tighter "I could get you that if you want it" Jun remembered those words as he sat on his bed "I should go get some breakfast" he said.
He then remembers the citizens of Izuzunu. He stopped and stood there, pondering about the situation. He sighs as he walks downstairs.
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 4, CHAPTER 32, WEDDING DAY
ELECTION STAGE, A WEEK LATER
Mark hugs Angie "You know you're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen" They both giggled. Evelyn watches from the election stage with Chloe. "I can't believe they're gonna get married" She laughs. "Yeah. I've never seen Mark smiling too" Chloe added. "Wait, oh my god. You're right… what the hell" Evelyn realized.
The wedding was still being made with the help of Phoenix, Quin, and Misha.
Meanwhile, Jun is getting death threats from the civilians of Izuzunu. They painted the outside of his house with letters spelling "You suck!" "You killed us all!" "You're weak!"
Jun isn't sad.. he's more angry. Lilly has moved out of Jun's house and made a new one next to Max's old house. Max's house is abandoned and is somehow filled with leaves, roots, and trees in it. Jun told Lilly to move out immediately so she wouldn't get death threats like him.
Xuanyu has moved away from Mainland, Morichi and begun a new city far away with Nugget and 07. They moved next to Mark's house in the desert next to the plains.
Xuanyu's old house is now owned by no one and has been sitting there since the war. Jun thinks of taking over it, but not yet.
Everything in town was intact except for Jun's and Max's house. Irene lived at the first house they've ever made and it has been untouched ever since.
"And done!! With the wedding palace!!" Phoenix smiled "Mark! Look! It's beautiful!!" He jumps off the roof and lands with Mark.
"It's cool," Mark says. Jun watches from the windows of his house "A wedding, huh?"
Mark looks across the river, where Jun's house is located.
"Jun," Mark said, thinking about what he's doing right now.
CHLOE'S HOUSE
"Oh my gosh! That dress looks so good on you!!" Evelyn screamed out. Angie puts on a white dress for the wedding "Really? I thought this might of been too small"
"It's perfect!!" Evelyn shouted. "Chloe, who taught you how to make beautiful clothing?" Lilly asked.
"Hmm... I'm not sure. I guess it was maybe in my past life" She shrugs. Angie asks "You think... Mark would like this look though. I think-"
"You'll be fine! Mark is wearing a suit too!" Evelyn laughs off "I'm so jealous I want to wear that dress too"
"Wait, I have dresses for everyone here too" Chloe goes into her closet filled with chests. "What!?" Evelyn shouts. Everyone wears their dresses and looks at themselves in the mirror "Gorgeous" Angie smiled. "Funny… a wedding right after a war," Chloe said.
MARK'S HOUSE
"That suit looks good on you Mark!" Phoenix shouted out loud. Mark laughs "It's a bit tight though, but I think I'll be fine"
"How do I look?" Phoenix tries his suit on too. "Amazing!" Mark shouted out "I'm surprised Chloe can make us all a single pair"
"Yo, what's up guys-" Quin stood there holding a bunch of flowers in his hands. Looking at them in the suit "Um... why are you guys wearing that?" He asked.
"My wedding, it's starting soon... And that flower" Mark takes 2 flowers from Quin's hands "Thanks" He puts them on the left side of his suit and gives one to Phoenix. "That's a lot better," Phoenix replied.
Quin looks shocked "I never thought you'd get married all of the sudden... You've grown so big" Quin cries out and hugs Mark.
"Yeah yeah" Mark walks away "We gotta get ready. It's starting soon"
In their basement, they're getting prepared to go to the wedding. They both pick up their backpacks filled with weapons in case anything happens there.
"I'll bring more arrows just in case someone tries to kill us" They both laughed. "By the way, have you asked Jun if he's coming?" Phoenix asked. Mark stops what he is doing "Yeah... I did"
TWO DAYS AGO, OUTSIDE JUN'S HOUSE
"Are you coming to my wedding Jun?" Mark asks. "Maybe... " He answered. Jun looked a bit dirty, tired, and depressed as he stood between the doorframe of his front door. "Why maybe? It's gonna be so freaking awesome!" He laughed. "Because... I got stuff to do on that day" Jun answered.
"I see. You don't want to go because there will be a lot of citizens, huh?" Mark asks. "I'm sorry... I really can't come... They're gonna ruin your wedding if I go. All they're gonna do is insult me. I can't do anything to change the way they look at me!" Jun punches the wall.
"It's okay... I understand how you feel right now" Mark felt bad "I can't believe the citizens are acting like fools towards you"
"Just because I'm weak and couldn't kill Moises... Does that really mean it's my fault?" Jun looked like he was about to cry.
"Don't cry... It's not your fault... It was all of our fault. We didn't even have a plan, to begin with, you were the only one... So that was the only way" Mark spoke.
"But... if we would've just killed them earlier-" Mark shuts Jun's mouth "No... what's done is done"
Jun looks down "I might be at the wedding... but I might just watch through my window. I'll see you whenever" Jun says bye and walks back inside his house.
PRESENT-DAY, BORDERS OF IZUZUNU
"Looking fresh bro!!" Phoenix keeps complimenting Mark. Mark laughs "I know I do"
They both enter Mainland, Izuzunu, and hide next to it a tree "We're gonna fly in there with our suits bro, and we're gonna look flashy dude! we're gonna look so cool!" Phoenix exclaimed.
"I'm so stressed bro" Mark looks out to see if anyone is at the wedding palace "They are all over there. Alright, let's go"
They get out of their hiding spot and jump into the river "Fly!" Mark jumps out of the water and as he flies through the sky. His armor shined red with flames bursting out like a bird "Woah!" Misha yelled, "That's the fire spellbind!"
The fire spellbind is a powerful energy that surrounds the armor. The fire spellbind, also known as the first fire, is used as a protective shield around the host. The host can manipulate the energy with their body.
Phoenix puts a disc into the jukebox as it starts playing music. "Woah!" Mark exclaimed "I'm gonna be dancing up in here"
"Jesus, Mark.. Mark... you look fucking fabulous!" Misha exclaimed. "Thank you" Mark smiled as he danced. "Why is he the best man!!?" Quin shouted at Mark.
Mark and Phoenix began laughing "Because you weren't here! You came wearing normal clothes!"
"And you wanted to be the priest!? I feel disrespect, I'm gonna- grind on that disrespect" Misha exclaimed.
The crowd began laughing as they were having a weird conversation.
"I feel... Sexually harassed" Quin shouted out.
"Yeah? Quin, do you want the smoke?" Phoenix asked as Quin accidentally punched Phoenix.
"Oh?" The whole crowd stares "Who do you think you are? Huh!? Who do you think you are!? You want the Ogre Pumfter huh!!?" Phoenix pulls out his crossbow. "Get- Don't! Don't! Don't! This is my wedding!" Mark yelled.
A few minutes later they get out of the palace and head down to the red paths to walk through.
"I'll start my speech when you guys get on stage," Misha says.
"God... they look so fucking fabulous," Misha says again.
Mark and Phoenix began walking down the red carpet paths and onto the wedding stage. "What beautiful scenery," Mark says.
Mark then turns his head to the right and sees the most beautiful girl ever. Angie in the dress.
The wedding music begins to play as Angie slowly walks through the paths as Lilly and Chloe throw flowers down.
"Woah," Angie exclaimed as she looked at the wedding palace. "Damn... This is beautiful" Nugget says to 07.
Edison sat with Evelyn and Quin as they watched Angie walk to the stage on the right side. The citizens were happy and smiling. Their faces filled with joy as they watched Angie walk.
She finally makes it onto the stage as the sun is about to set.
"Okay! Speech from uh-.. The priest! Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, to this fabulous day! Our magnificent gods-" As Misha began to speak, Mark noticed Xuanyu not being here yet "Where's Xuanyu?" He asks Phoenix.
Phoenix shrugs "I don't know"
"-Mark and Angie. And finally... After so many years, these wonderful people are together. God, thank you. Can we have 10 seconds of silence please"
Misha began to countdown the 10 seconds. Xuanyu pops out of nowhere, running out of breath "I'm here! I'm here!!!" he screamed as he fell in the middle of the path. "What the-!?" The whole crowd saw.
"What the freak!? Wha- You- What the- What-!? What just happened!!? That 10 seconds of silence, some dude just-.. just-" The crowd and Mark began to laugh as Xuanyu got up from the ground "Ouch... Sorry," Xuanyu scratches his head as he gets up from the ground.
After that incident, Xuanyu sat down next to Nugget and 07. "Where the hell were you!?" Nugget asked. "I'll tell everyone later," He whispers.
"Tell everyone what?" 07 asked. "About Jun," Xuanyu answered. 07 and Nugget looked at Xuanyu with a concerned face.
VALVINA PRISON
Jun sat in the cells at the Valvina Prison. Jun looked dead and depressed as he couldn't even lift his head "I guess... I really did have this coming"
TO BE CONTINUED..