Over dinner that night Seifer and Irvine were doing a tag team retelling of the battle within the complex after Kirinis and Alex left atop Ridley to stop the missiles.
     “.... And then Seifer here unlocked the Fire Cross mark 3, utterly devastating the army before us... please pass the pepper.... and then Anassa and Karna used some sort of duel combo attack to take out something five times their combined size.”
     “Irvine, you’re embarrassing me,” Seifer said, nearly choking on his drink, “you also played a key part in this battle.”
     “And they’re embarrassing me as well,” Anassa said, her face twisted in disgust. Karna chuckled at that.
     “Yeah, but your part was so much cooler,” Irvine replied to Seifer as he added some pepper to his food.
     “Come here you...”
     Seifer got Irvine into a headlock, knocking the cowboy’s hat to the floor, and proceeded to give him a noogie. The two burst into laughter, which caused the other people at the table to sigh, before Seifer leaned over and kissed Irvine on the lips. Adderson turned to Alex and said, “Are they always like this?”
     “Oh, now and again,” Alex replied, sighing before taking a bite of mashed potatoes, “Usually I’m the one who has to kick their butts.”
     “Maybe in your dreams,” Irvine said as he and Seifer tossed crumpled napkins at him, which bounced off of him and landed in his food. A twitch formed around Alex’s left eyebrow.
     “My food... that was my food,” he said in shock, “you.... are SOOOOO dead!”
     “Oh crud! He’s not going to...”
     “Mega BRANDO!”
     The people sitting at the table, as well as the table itself, were blown up by the spell. Several tables around them also received damage from the effects, and several windows in the area shattered due to the force of the shockwave created, giving the smoke a chance to escape.
     “Oh man, we’re fried,” Karna said as he fell out of his chair.
     “Never mess with the mage,” Alex said from the chaos, “I thought you all would have learned that by now.”
     “Is this how you end every adventure?” Kirinis and Adderson asked nobody in particular as they brushed the dust and soot from their clothes.
     “More or less,” Selphie sighed as she began to brush her hair back into place, “more or less.”
     “Guys, we have a new mission for you,” Tenal said as he stepped through the chaos to hand them a small folder, which Selphie took from him. “And in the future,” he added, “please refrain from blowing up garden property, since I need to bust MY ass to get it fixed.”
     “Jessica’s in trouble,” Selphie said as she read the contents of the folder. A light breeze alerted her to several people speeding past her, all on their way out the door to the main building and the exits. “Hey, wait for me!”
<music: ‘Chrono Cross’ intro. theme>
     <The credits for episode 3 roll as Alex dashes out of a side door, followed by Seifer, Irvine, Adderson, and Karna. On an overhang near them is Anassa, who leaps into the air while running, flips a few times, and lands next to Karna, continuing her run. As they speed past the front entrance Squall, Rinoa, Kirinis, and Selphie run to catch up to them. Zell and Quistis come speeding through the exit gates atop Zell’s jet board, narrowly avoiding several students and innocent bystanders.
     The group sets out over the plains and through woods, startling flocks of birds into flight and getting the jump on random monsters as they pass through. They then run near the ocean on their way to Balamb Harbor, with passers by waving to them and cheering them on. They eventually reach Balamb town and harbor, where Fujin and Rajin are awaiting them on Cid’s private schooner. They leap aboard with seconds to spare, as the pilot is anxious to get going. Quistis and Zell barely make it, with Zell’s jet board taking a header into the harbor. Once all are aboard they speed off towards Trabia Garden.>
End episode 3

     “Hey, Adderson here. Boy, it’s great to finally join the action again, even if I’m in another world. But hell, Alex is here and he knows his way around, so I guess I’m safe. Anyway, in the next episode we’re off to Trabia again, where the lands are being rampaged by something leftover from the second sorceress battle. What is it? Stay tuned to Slayers Fantasy episode four and find out.”
     Anassa: “It’s absolutely magical.”

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