Epilogue - An Undocumented Battle

Subtitle: Restore hope for the future by crushing the gate to the Rift whence the manikins come― Each with reflections of their own, the four head for the gate in the land of discord.

<Movie>
Laguna: Hmmm… Guess we go this way?
Yuna: No, I don’t think so. We came from over there, so we should be headed this way.
Laguna: Ahh, right! That’s what I meant to say.
Vaan: You really are hopeless, aren’t you?
Laguna: I’ve been called worse. Well then, shall we? Light―hm? What’s wrong?
Vaan: C’mon. That’s not the right way. We’ll end up going in circles listening to Laguna.
Lightning: We’ve got company.
Tifa: They’re here!
???: Tifaなんだっけ
Laguna: You two came all this way to catch up with us? Would I be right in guessing you’re here to send us off to dreamland?
Kain: Ahh. So you’ve caught wind of my plan.

Tifa: So you’re going to stop the manikins?
Yuna: Yes. We have to do something. If we don’t stop them now, there’ll be even more to fight later.
Kain: I trust you know that you may well meet your ends?
Laguna: Just as well as you do.
Vaan: We all want to win this thing. We’re just going about it different ways.
Tifa: Guess so. Well, ya know what… I’ll help too. We’re trying to do the same thing after all.
Kain: Then let us go. The longer we talk, the greater their numbers grow.
Vaan: “Us”? Meaning, you too?
Kain: If you fail your lives are wasted. It’s best I add to your numbers.
Laguna: Well, not gonna argue with that. Better to have more help than less. But still…
Lightning: Do what you want.

<conflicting Virtues>
Yuna: What could that be? What a strange enemy.
Laguna: Looks like… they’re clumping together. Like a platoon?
Tifa: Then we have to fight as a party! I’ll go first!
Vaan: Aww, no fair, Tifa. I want to fight, too.
Kain: We don’t know when we’ll be forced to fend for ourselves again. We must be ready.
Lightning: True. We don’t get to choose who or where we fight. We should take turns going first.

[Before party battle]
Laguna: A “round-robin” and “tournament”, huh? I think I get it, but I don’t get it…
Lightning: It’s “one-on-one” or “the strongest survives.” But that’s only a guess without trying ‘em.
Laguna: Yeah, you’re right! Let’s give ‘em a shot!

[Talk to Kain]
Kain: Don’t worry about me. Summon me when you need my assistance.

<Movie>
Kain: Lightning.
Lightning: What?
Kain: I will not ask your forgiveness, but I apologize.
Lightning: When you turn your weapon on someone, apologies don’t cut it.
Kain: You’re right.
Lightning: The others, they’re really all right?
Kain: Yes. Of that you can be sure.
Lightning: Right. If you hadn’t started tracking down the truth, I don’t think any of us would have ever made it out of here. You’ve got my thanks for that much. That’s it. Don’t expect me to forgive you for dragging other people down with you.
Kain: Understood.
Lightning: We’ve got a long, hard fight up ahead of us. If you’re coming, I wanna see you fight harder than you ever have.
Kain: Then you’ve nothing to fear.

<Field>
Lightning: There’s an evil presence to the south― The manikins must be gathering there.
Laguna: Well, guess we’ve finally made it this close.
Tifa: It looks like we’ve come to the point of no return.
Yuna: Let’s go and fulfill our mission!

[Laguna talks to Lightning]
Lightning: If I had been incapacitated like the others… I wouldn’t be here. I would have awoken in the final battle and gone forth. ― What a sick joke. I’ve had enough of having others control my destiny and sacrificing others to make it.

Lightning: There’s no time to “sleep.” We’re going to fight now.

[Talk to Kain]
Kain: In hindsight, leaving the rest to our sleeping comrades may be a cruel fate. We can only send them forth with hope, even if they are to lose their memories again. We just have to believe in them now. ― I’m certain they will be successful.

Kain: Let us proceed, to our final battle.

[Talk to Vaan]
Vaan: Ya know, I’ve been thinking… How old do you think Cosmos― Uh, nevermind, it’s nothing. It’s nothing… really… What I’m trying to say is… Cosmos has been fighting for a long time, right? I just started to think that she’s had to see her warriors battered and then disappear.

Vaan: Cosmos’ll crack a smile once the fighting’s really over, right?

[Talk to Laguna]
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<Inherited Memories>
Vaan: I wonder how the crystal’s supposed to show it self...
Yuna: If we had the time to adapt to her powers, would things have been different?
Laguna: But how would we have adapted? I mean, maybe I’m just not cut out for it―
Vaan: Yeah, maybe not.
Laguna: You know, you really should watch your mouth.
Vaan: But maybe things went wrong because our minds and Cosmos’s mind became distant.
Yuna: Our minds became... distant?
Vaan: We’re too busy fighting the manikins. We’re nowhere near ready for Chaos.
Laguna: Hm, you’ve got a point. Now even our final objective has become about the manikins. If we can destroy the door to the Rift, the next ones can share their minds with Cosmos. So in a way, what we’re about to do is really important, and really close to the crystals.
Laguna: Hmmm. You’re actually making good sense, Vaan. Our enemy becomes Chaos only in the next conflict. Then we’ll share Cosmos’s will.
Yuna: Maybe you’re right. I would like to believe that.
Laguna: Well, I guess it won’t hurt anymore if we’re wrong... So maybe we should believe.

<なにかのＧａｔｅｗａｙ＞
ムービーの有無未確認

[Talk to Kain]
Kain: I have a foreboding feeling...

[Pheonix Down]
Vaan: Take a look at that red feather. What’s it used for?
Kain: That’s a Phoenix Down. It revives fallen warriors.
Yuna: They seem to be quite rare. We should use them sparingly.

[After cleared]
Tifa: There is another cycle, right?
Kain: That I do not know myself. It’s not as though I saw proof.
Lightning: Yet you went around knocking allies out?
Kain: There was hope in my actions. Not hope― but a gamble, perhaps. I took a risk to believe in a chance, rather than live as a pawn to disappear.
Tifa: You should have talked to us.
Kain: If I did, no one would be asleep and everyone would be here.
Lightning: I guess... you’re right about that.
Kain: I could only knock them out alone... Protect them from our enemies― We are only able to attack the gate thanks to all of you.
Lightning: We haven’t done anything yet. If you want to take a chance, we need to first stop those manikins from appearing...

<Field>
Kain: Their numbers are slowly increasing...
Lightning: Everyone, be ready to fight at any time.
Vaan: Don’t sweat it, a group of this size is nothing. This should be a breeze.
Yuna: I’m fine as well. I can fight at any time.
Laguna: Hm, we’ve come a long ways, but don’t you think they’re holding back? Or maybe not...

[Talk to Kain]
Kain: Their presence grows stronger. The gate must be near. We’ve no clue as to their true numbers, but if we fail, all hope is lost.

Kain: It is true that their numbers grow as we speak...

[Talk to Tifa]
Tifa: Say, what do you think’ll happen to Chaos’s warriors? Since Cosmos’s warriors will be freed, you think the same will happen to Chaos’s? Sorry... I was just curious! We have to stay focused.

Tifa: It’s alright... I’m sure we’ll do just fine.

<Gateway of Artificial Life>
Lightning: The presence is near. We should be close. Keep your guards up.
Tifa: Any advice, Kain?
Kain: Hm... Attack their compatriots. It might be late to mention, but keep that in mind.
Tifa: That’s great advice! I’ll do my best.

[Moving]
Yuna: The KP Chance conditions have become challenging, haven’t they?
Kain: Break opponent within 60 seconds? Difficult, but not impossible with right tools and skills.

[Talk to Kain]
Kain: Stay alert... The enemy nears.

[After cleared]
Tifa: We must be getting close.
Yuna: You can almost feel the evil here.
Vaan: Manikin headquarters, huh? I wonder what it’s like inside.
Tifa: Someone’s sure relaxed.
Vaan: Well it’s not like I’m not worried. Just... You know... we’ve never been there.
Tifa: Well, I guess that’s something.
Yuna: I suppose...
???: There ya go!
Tifa: It doesn’t seem as scary if there’s something to look forward to. Right, Yuna?
Yuna: Well... I guess so. I’ll just pretend I’m looking forward to this too then.
Laguna: There’s not a lot to really be looking forward to now, is there?
Kain: This from Sir High Spirits?
Laguna: Ah, touché! But see, I’m trying to keep everyone positive. It’s calculated. Come on, it was just a joke! No need to glare at me.
Lightning: Nobody’s glaring.
Kain: She’s just concerned.
Laguna: Concerned? Oh, about all the manikins, right!
Exdeath: Searching for something? Continue down this path, and there will be no return for you.
Tifa: Great, thanks for the tip. We’ll be sure to keep that in mind.
Exdeath: Assuming you should survive.
Golbez: For the time being, you may indulge us in battle here. By the time we’re done, all will be over.
Kain: What?
Golbez: Surely you sensed something amiss? The manikins are all but gone from this place.
Lightning: What’s going on?
Golbez: The manikin horde should be arriving at its destination as we speak.
Yuna: Its destination?
Vaan: Where’s that?
Kain: So this is your game.
Vaan: What do you mean?
Golbez: Even a goddess could not hope to defeat such overwhelming odds. But she will have to do her best. The manikins march on Cosmos’s throne.
Lightning: They what?
Golbez: Have you forgotten? Warriors robbed of their master disappear into the darkness. A true demise, from which there can be no hope of rescue or return.
Kain: The rest of you go on ahead!
Tifa: Kain?だっけ？
Vaan: What about Cosmos?
Kain: It’s too late.
Vaan: Too late!?
Laguna: Even if we went back now we’d never make it in time. Only thing we can do is trust our last line of defense to hold.
Kain: There’s a limit to what one man can do. Every moment we waste is a blow against him. I’ll hold them here while you destroy the portal! If you don’t hurry, we’ll fail at even that!
Yuna: But... are you sure?
Kain: I can hold my own. When I’ve finished with them, I’ll follow behind.
Lightning: See ya on the other side. Come on, let’s go!
Exdeath: Quite the kind-hearted soul, aren’t we, Golbez?
Golbez: It matters little what they know now. They have no means of stopping that which is to come.
Exdeath: Truly?

Subtitle: Those who awake after their defeat find themselves without memories of the past. Those left behind can only carve what was lost deep into their own hearts...

<Field>
Tifa: They’re this way!
Vaan: Let’s just find ‘em and end this quickly... and head back to Cosmos.
Yuna: Vaan...
Laguna: You’ve got a point there, Vaan. If that’s the case―we gotta go.
Lightning: Let’s go. We’re gonna destroy the portal to the Rift!

[Talk to Lightning]
Lightning: We will close the gate to the Rift― That’s the only goal to focus on now. We can’t worry about anything else. Kain and the others are in the same boat. Worrying won’t help us now, since we can’t go back... So... I’ll believe in them― and carry on.

Lightning: Onwards to the gate! We’re ending this now!!!

[Talk to Yuna]
Yuna: What we’re about to do is relevant to everyone and their futures. If I tell myself that, I feel a little at ease, even in this crisis. If our fight will save the sleeping warriors from disappearing... Then I’ll fight... No matter what.

Yuna: When the fighting’s over, I... I wonder if he’ll remember me...

<Gateway of Lost Innocence>
Lightning: So I have to trust my back to Kain... He should make it back... safely...

<Recurring Tragedy>
Vaan: Is Kain going to be alright by himself?

<To a Foreign World>
Vaan: I’m... glad that I’m with all of you now.
Lightning: I agree... but we don’t have time for talk. We head out once we’re all ready.
Laguna: Alright, everyone! Check your equipment! Everything lookin’ good?
Tifa: Supplies are important, but a blue gateway’s close by. Training a little wouldn’t hurt.
Yuna: I’m prepared. Let’s go, to the gate to the Rift!

[Get 1000 gil]
Tifa: Gil! What perfect timing! Why don’t we get something with this?
Laguna: Don’t go wasting it all. I’ll hold onto the gil for now.
Vaan: Laguna... why don’t you buy something? There’s something you want, right?
Laguna: Vaan... How should I say this? You’ve become a gentleman.

[After battles]
Tiaf: Would we have gotten back all our memories if we kept fighting in this world?
Lightning: Yeah, if we’re to believe Kain. Not that having our memories would make a difference.
Laguna: Unless that’s the ticket to going back home, but that doesn’t seem to be the case, either.
Lightning: ―Are you getting nervous, Tifa?
Tifa: No, not really. I don’t remember enough of anything to make me nervous. I actually feel secure, being together with my friends. But... maybe I’m a tiny bit scared. Because you guys are my only friends―It’s just, to think that there might be more precious friends locked away...
Lightning: Tifa...
Tifa: Guys... can I call you my friends? Not just you guys, but everyone who’s sleeping, too...
Laguna: Come on, of course we’re friends! It makes Uncle Laguna sad to hear you ask that now.
Lightning: Our battles together are what I remember best. Those memories matter most to me as well.
Tifa: ―Thank you. What matters to me now―what I’ve missed―is the feeling that I’m not alone. So no matter how scary things might get―I know that everything will be alright.

[Cleared floor 1]
Vaan: Say, Laguna... How did you find out about the door to the Rift, anyway?
Laguna: Because I have intel-gathering skills! ...Nah, one of them just flat out told me. ‘Course, I was also told to be prepared for endless battle and certain doom.
Lighting: Be prepared for certain doom―So are you?
Laguna: Hmmm... Actually, Light, don’t we have things to do before we think about that?
Vaan: Yeah, no use thinking about doom. We’ll just destroy the door and go home.
Lightning: It’s not gonna be that easy. They’re coming at us with greater numbers than we’ve ever seen.
Vaan: I know that.
Lightning: Do you? Because you’re only going to be a burden if you’re not serious.
Vaan: Are you going into this to lose? Is that how you beat an enemy?
Lightning: What? You cocky little―
Laguna: Hey, hey, kids. Let’s not fight each other. Please, I beg of you, for me?
Lightning: ―I wouldn’t call this a fight.
Laguna: We’re all marching forward to stop the manikins. You, me, Vaan, all of us. The best way to prepare ourselves for what’s coming up ahead is to stay united. Okay? Honestly, I wish there were an easier way to go home. I don’t wanna go diving into danger. That’s the same for everyone―but none of us has the choice of backing out now. I can’t just snooze and let the others handle the dirty work...disappearing aside.
Lightning: Laguna...
Laguna: You know...I’m hardly one to preach, but I’m sure we’ll know what to do when the time comes. ...Or so I read in a book somewhere.
Vaan: Oh, Laguna... A book?

<Floor 2 のどこか >
Yuna: If we destroy the door to the Rift, we can restore calm here, like the other gateways――and those sleeping in the unlocked gateways can wake up and start fighting again.
Lightning: Those sleeping... You mean Chaos’s warriors?
Tifa: Yuna...maybe you should stay behind. You have people you want to protect here. Your memories are from your homeworld. You won’t forget him even if you slept.
Yuna: But I―
Lightning: You don’t have to come. If he matters to you, stay with him.
Yuna: No, I should― I will do what I can do. I’ll fight―so that Sir Jecht and Tidus can put an end to their duel in the future. They’ll be alright; those two are strong. I’ll believe in them, and walk my own path.
Yuna: This is the end of out time here. The next will be yours. I wish I could have walked together with you, but there’s no path for us to walk on yet. I’ll make your path this time. Everything’ll be okay, right, Tidus?

[Cleared Floor 2]
Yuna: I can feel the manikins just teeming up ahead. We’re close to the door to the Rift.
Vaan: As soon as we break it down and get rid of all the manikins, we win for good.
Lightning: There you go again. When are you gonna quit being so naive?
Vaan: What are you picking on me for? Does the word “win” bug you that much?
Lightning: Yeah, when you say it like it’s nothing. Do you really have a grasp on what we’re doing here? If you’re going to waste your life, go to the next conflict! I’ll put you to sleep myself!
Yuna: Light!
Vaan: ...Heh, if you care about me that much, why don’t you just say so?
Lightning: What!? I don’t―
Vaan: Calm down. I’m only saying that we’re going to “win” after a lot of thinking, and I mean it. You’re not putting anymore to sleep. We came this far; we’re going all the way.
Lightning: ...Mouthy brat. So you can talk the talk. We’ll see if you can walk the walk. Come on.
Vaan: ‘Course, if we lose, I won’t be able to go get that girl. But I think she’ll make it fine. If I can’t go, someone else will find her. I just hope she can say what she’s feeling. Then any warrior of Cosmos would help her. Well, only the guy in the horned helmet might slay her if he finds her first. So, hang in there, T― Wait, what was her name? Tidus? No. Tifa? No... Oh, right. Terra. That’s her name.

[Floor 3]
Laguna: Hm? Oh, what! Leg...leg cramp!
Vaan: You alright, Laguna? Here, grab my hand.
Yuna: The path’s disappeared? We can’t go back...
Lightning: It’s...for the best.
Tifa: Let’s keep going, come on!

<Cutscene>
Vaan: That’s it. The door to the Rift.
Yuna: We made it. Now all that’s left is destroying it. I wonder if Kain and Cosmos are still alright.
Laguna: Don’t worry, they’re fine! We’ve gotta believe in them. They’re counting on us, ya know.
Vaan: Well, let’s do this.
Lightning: Wait.
???: At last you’ve reached the end of the line.
Lightning: Step aside.
Kefka: “Step aside,” she says. Do we look like sidesteppers? Your little game ends here, kids.
Vaan: What are you, crazy? All we have to do is go through you.
Ultimecia: Through us, and through the new manikins preparing to emerge at this very moment? You believe you can defeat us all?
Tifa: We’ll do fine. Just stay out of my business.
The Emperor: Ahh... The vitality of youth! Let us see how long it takes to bring that to heel.
Yuna: This time, there’s no getting away.
Cloud of Darkness: You came.
Laguna: Yeah. Can’t stay, though... Got plans up ahead.
Garland: There is nothing ahead that will change your situation. The only thing that awaits you is your inevitable doom.
Lightning: So, what’s your point? You can spout threats all day, we’re not turning back now!

<VS Kefka>
Kefka: Whaddaya say ya give me back that thing of mine you borrowed?
Vaan: Why don’t you try and take it?

<VS Ultimecia>
Ultimecia: Throwing away a life once spared...
Tifa: Who said I was?

<VS The Emperor>
The Emperor: I look forward to seeing this tragedy unfold.
Yuna: This is my story. It has a happy ending!

<VS Cloud of Darkness>
Cloud of Darkness: You’ve chosen death. Now, let us see it!
Laguna: Sure. I got your death right here.

<VS Garland>
Garland: I will grant you true and utter annihilation.
Lightning: Bring it on! I don’t need a second chance!

<Movie>
Garland: Are you still trying to win?
Lightning: You want me to finish you off, just say the word.
Garland: I think you should be having this conversation with the manikins.
???: We’re leaving. Forget the puppets, they’re expendable. This is farewell, warriors of Cosmos. The manikins will keep you company until the sky falls upon your heads.

Tifa: Things still look pretty rough for us, huh?
Lightning: I’m sure you all understand our ...situation. We came here to destroy the portal that connects this world to the Rift. It’s the last thing left for us to do. But once we charge into the middle of those manikins, there’s no coming back.
Yuna: But there’s no other way. I’ve come to accept that.
Vaan: Yeah. I think I’m just gonna have to accept it as well. If that’s what it takes to win.
Tifa: It’ll give us a chance the next time around.
Lightning: I was the one who wanted to fight until the end. I dragged you all into this. I’m sorry.
Tifa: Light...
Laguna: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait? Did I just sneak another glimpse of Lightning’s softer side?
Lightning: Laguna...
Laguna: We all knew how this would end from the start. No one here was stupid enough to expect otherwise.
Vaan: Actually, this is all news to me.
Laguna: Okay, maybe one of us...
Vaan: Hey, I thought it might come to this. But even then, I still stuck with you.
Yuna: Nothing we do here will be in vain. Our efforts will save someone in the next battle.
Tifa: Too late for doubts. And nobody blames you. We’re already involved in this.
Lightning: Guys...
Laguna: Alrighty then. Let’s do it!
Tifa: Okay!
Yuna: Ready!
Vaan: Count me in!

Lightning: Kain! Are you hurt!?
Kain: It’s nothing. I can still stand. Come, let us see this thing done. Heh, I told you I’m fine. It’s not over yet...not by a long shot.
Lightning: Right.
Kain: When the next battle begins, we will surely be on the road to victory. Forget the past. Do not torment yourself with looking back. Now is the time, Lightning. I am at your side. We must face forward.
Lightning: Face forward. We can’t go back.

WOL: They have come. Cosmos. At this moment, I can but lead you towards certain defeat. You wished for victory. You wished for an end to this conflict. As things stand, I regret there is nothing more I can do.
Cosmos: It is I who should have done more. I wanted... I wanted to save you all from this nightmare.
WOL: Your divine power exists to protect this world. If you wasted it on your servants, and allowed the world to fall, what purpose would that serve? We are warriors―the chosen few who were summoned to this land to secure victory for the goddess of harmony. Cosmos. There will come a future in which that victory shall be won. And so I ask you: believe in that future. Stand by your heroes as they look to the next battle. Though I once fought in the name of light, that honor may now be lost to me. However... The light I hold within my breast, never once has it flickered of faded. This I swear: I shall do my utmost to protect you until the very end.
Cosmos: I cannot―
WOL: Cosmos. Though I cannot join you in future battles, I pray you forgive me.

WOL: Cosmos!

Subtitles: The stability of this world is ensured by the goddess of harmony. Her divine power flows outwards in an endless stream―a soothing current to suppress the violent and destructive energy of the god of discord. But in this battle, the long-standing rules were shattered. In defiance of fate, the goddess of harmony chose to divert her power from its eternal task. She sought to protect the lives of her chosen heroes, and invited her own demise. As a result of this act, the energies of chaos were set free to rage, unrestrained. The very fabric the world was irrevocably unspun. Barely a fragment of this reality emerged from the destruction. But still the dragon performed its purifying ritual, setting the stage for the conflict to begin anew. With even the memories of their fallen companions scoured away, the warriors are restored to life alongside the goddess of harmony. Once again, the heroes of Cosmos step forth, and fight to seize victory.