Alright, guess what time it is? Its time for the thrilling conclusion to the Lord of the Pen trilogy! Alas! With the completion of this fic, all shall be over…'tear' But that isn't for at least a couple more chaps. But enough w/ the intro… I'll just say this now: If ya haven't read the others ya should.

Okay! Now be amazed as I intro Denethor!

Enjoy!

Around mid-day, Kratos Aurion arrived at the citadel of Minas Tirith. His mission: To speak with the one replacing Denethor and locate Faramir. He sighed as his 'companion' appeared.

"It's-a me!, Mario!"

Shaking his head, they entered the throne room where Denethor waited…a rather short Denethor. His hair had to count for at least a foot of his height.

Kratos approached him and bowed. "Are you the one replacing Denethor…Hiei?"

The guy just glared at him.

"We are looking for your son, Faramir."

Hiei's eye twitched. "What? Who the hell told you that?"

"A very knowledgeable friend of mine, Legolas. He told me you would know where he is."

"Hn let me tell you this straight. I have not once, nor will I ever have a son. And if I ever find this Legolas, he shall pay dearly for his words."

Kratos and Hiei held eye contact until finally Kratos nodded.

"Very well. I see this is a waste of both our times… Sorry to have bothered you."

He turned to leave when he noticed Mario not following. Mario had walked up to Hiei and…Poke! Poked him. Hiei glared at him and removed his jacket, unsheathing his sword.

"I would refrain from doing that again," he said darkly.

"Momma-mia! It's-a male-a stripper!"

One quick slash and Mario lay decapitated on the floor. Hiei looked to Kratos expecting a challenge.

All he did was fold his arms and leave mumbling, "How am I going to tell Link this?"

Later

-Gasp! It returns!-

That night Kratos was touring the city when a huge demonic light shot up toward the sky.

"W-What is that light? Is it a form of the mana cannon?" he asked to no one in particular.

"It is a light from the Dead City… This world is surely doomed…" said a man to his right. He wore a long dark cloak and half his face was covered by a mask…

"I must contact Legolas somehow. But…he's in Rohan…"

"I've heard tell that the beacons of Minas Tirith connect the lands of Rohan and Gondor. Perhaps, if you were to light them Rohan would come…" said the Phantom.

"Beacons?" he paused. "That's it!" He turned to thank him but the Phantom was already gone…

Not wasting any time, Kratos hurried to the beacon and lit it with a fireball.

"Now we wait…"

Link-Pikachu-Legolas

Link was sorting through his equipment -which takes a while- when suddenly the mountain caught fire. Thinking they were under attack he looked for Legolas.

"Legolas! Legolas, the mountain's on fire!"

"What? Wait, calm down. What happened?" asked Legolas.

"The mountain! It suddenly caught fire!"

"It-" He gasped and looked at the mountain. "The beacons! The beacons of Minas Tirith are lit! Good work Kratos!" He turned to Cid, "Gondor calls for aid. What will you do?"

"Hmph, why the hell should I help them?"

"Lord Cid, this is what the army we built is for!" said Marth

"That right?" He paused. "Then it'd be a shame to waste it." He faced the Fellowship. "What th' hell we wait 'in for?-! Giddy-up!"

And so the Riders of Rohan left for Gondor…

Meanwhile

Squall and his men had been trying to stave off the attack on Osgiliath. But when Organization 13 showed up, things took a turn for the worse.

"Retreat! Everyone fall back! Retreat!" Squall shot a penguin as he ran for the exit. "Retreat!" he called again.

They had made it halfway to Minas Tirith when Marluxia and Xigbar descended upon them. Together they made short work of Squall's army. Just when they were about to be annihilated Kratos showed up and used Hell Pyre.

Marluxia and Xigbar dodged and were forced to retreat. With them gone the rest of the army safely arrived in Minas Tirith.

Squall took a moment to catch his breathe then turned to face Kratos. "I must thank you for saving me."

Kratos was about to respond when he went into Squall Mode.

"Are you perhaps a companion of Cloud and Riku?" he asked three minutes later.

He stared at him amazed, "How- You've seen them?"

"Yes, not two days ago."

"Then we still have a chance…" He paused. "Tell me what you know…"

Link and co.

On their way to Gondor they decided to make camp. That night Link had an unexpected visitor…

"Who's there?-!" he called. He reached for his lantern and when the light fell on his visitor he gasped. "What are you doing here?"

"Mr. Link…" said Smith. "I come on behalf of the author…"

"The...author?" he asked confused.

Smith nodded. "She told me to give this to you…" He pulled out a sword and handed it to Link.

"The Master Sword! But how?"

"She also told me to deliver this message…" He pulled out a blue piece of paper and gave it to Link. It read:

Link,

OMFG! I love you SOO Much! But not that way! Srry bout sword -forgot- Anywho, go thru the mountain and get the army dudes. Leggy'll know what Im talking about. Also, that 'Mario issue'…don't worry about it. I took care of it.

See ya!

P.S-Kratos is fine.

He finished reading it and looked at Smith even more confused.

"Its nice to know Kratos is fine but what is the rest about?"

"You expect me to know?"

"Yeah…guess not…" He put the note away and turned to leave. "Guess I'll go find Legolas…Thanks."

So five minutes later he found Legolas who knew exactly what I was talking about. And soon they departed, or tried to… Zelda got in the way…

"Link, where are you going? You cannot leave on the eave of battle! I-We need you!"

He sighed, "I must go. It is the author's will."

"Well, if I cannot disuade you…Let me go with you!"

"No!"

"But I can fight!" she argued.

Linked sighed and embraced her. "It'll be okay, I'll be fine… I need you here so you can watch over things while we're gone." He pulled back and looked at her. "Okay?"

She looked at him, tears in her eyes, and nodded.

"Thank you…" He smiled and left, leaving Zelda behind.

Aww…how cute!

Anyways… I redid this so it'd be longer, cuz you guys deserve the best!

Special thanx goes especially to Yoko Kiara. (How'd I do on my Hiei?) and xXSummerXx (Yay Phantom!) cuz they've been there since the beginning. Yay, Cookies!

If ya want more yer gunna have to wait till chap 2!

Till next chap!