This is my first attempt at a fanfiction so I apologize if it's kinda messed up.
I do not own Dissidia/Final Fantasy or any of it's characters, they belong to Square-Enix.
Warnings: Violence, Mild Swearing
A lone figure sits on the stone shrine where Cosmos once sat and trembles. Remembering those haunting words the Goddess spoke before she was killed by Chaos, the figure shifts his eyes across the nine lifeless bodies lined up in front of him. He raises his face to the gray colored sky, tears streaming down his bruised and blood caked cheeks, and shouts.
"Is this what you meant! Meant by knowing true darkness!" The figure sobs. "I understand now! So please, bring them back! I don't want to be alone anymore!"
He drops his head back down and wails loudly. Physically beaten and mentally broken, he raises a dagger to his chest. One last sniffle and the blade is thrust inward.
12 Days Prior
The ten Warriors of Cosmos stand horrified as they watch the goddess they sworn to protect be engulfed by the God of Discords flames.
"Cosmos, No!" Squall shouts but it's to no avail.
Cosmos looks back sorrowfully at them as her body disincarnates into nothing. Gasps and soft whimpers emit from the group as they come to terms with what they had just witnessed. But before they are able to grieve, a loud and boisterous laugh echoes around them. Exdeath and Kefka materialize before them and begin their verbal attack on the already emotionally damaged warriors.
"It's all of your faults that Cosmos died!" Kefka jovially shrieks. "Because you were too weak, she gave you the last of her strength in the form of those crystals you hold and perished!"
That was the final blow that crushed their souls and turned them into trembling, powerless mounds of flesh. Terra slumps to her knees, with her hands covering her paled face, letting out soft whimpers. Onion Knight, who would have usually been right at the lone girl's side trying to comfort her, stands stiffly with his face contorting between a look of complete horror and sadness. The Warrior of Light looks down at the crystal in his hand and lets it drop to the ground as he covers his mouth, feeling ill. This was his fault. If he was a better leader, they would never have been defeated the first time, and the Goddess wouldn't have had to give up her powers to them. It was all his fault.
"Foolish little worms." Exdeath chuckles lowly as he lifts his hand into the air. "Now it is time for you all to return to the VOID!"
In a flash, the remaining Chaos minions appear and converge on the dejected warriors. Sephiroth is the first to reach his target and thrusts the Masamune forward. Cloud attempts to parry the attack with his own sword but fails and is impaled through his right pec. Tidus gasps and tries rushing to his comrades aid but is halted with a blow to the side of the head that sends him hurdling across the landscape. He hit's the ground and continues tumbling, head over heels, until coming to stop. Tidus slowly pushes himself to his knees, as blood gushes from his nose and lip. A shriek from behind snaps the blonde out of his daze as he quickly turns, seeing the Onion Knight being dangled in the air by one of Cloud of Darkness' snakes. The redhead is slammed to the ground and then flung into the air only to be slammed back down again. Squall runs by, preparing to shoot the yellow snake creature to free the boy, but is hit in the kneecap by one of Ultimecia's Dark Arrows. He crumples to the ground with a wail and holds the bloody limb to his chest while wincing. The Cloud of Darkness chuckles and flings the unconscious Onion Knight into the older teen, sending them both backwards on the ground just as the time witch unleashes a barrage of arrows. Squall, unable to move either of them out of harms way, quickly shields the smaller boy as the arrows rain down upon them. Explosions rattle the terrain as Terra and Zidane try to evade the combined attacks of Kuja and Kefka. Terra spins around quickly and returns fire with a Holy spell that hits Kefka in the leg but dodged by Kuja.
"Damn it, damn it, DAMN IT! That little witch! I'll make her pay!" Kefka snaps and zips after them while lobbing more spells in their direction.
Kuja rolls his eyes and begins to follow but slows his pursuit when something catches his eye off to the side. Firion and Cecil stand back to back, panting and bleeding profusely, as they have a standoff with their Chaos counterparts. Kuja smiles coyly and whips an Ultima spell at them. It hit's the ground by their feet, sending the two warriors tumbling and screaming. The Emperor shoots the eccentric man a nasty look as Golbez stands up at full height, most likely cursing him out. Kuja flips his hair snidely and continues to follow after Kefka. Firion sits up slowly while cringing as Cecil switches to his Paladin form before grasping at his limp arm.
"Cecil are you all right?"
"Yeah, but I think my arm dislocated. How about you?"
Firion bites his lip and winces while placing his hand on the chard flesh that has begun peeling from his leg. "Not to bad."
"Fools, you shouldn't ignore your enemies."
The two men look back just in time to see the Emperor prepare a Light Crest and dodge it. Bartz looks up from the crater he's hiding in and gives a sigh of relief but a cackle draws his attention to the sky above where Exdeath has just appeared.
"Hiding like a coward will not save you from your demise, worm." The destroyer bellows. "Give up this foolishness and accept defeat like the rest of your comrades have already begun to do."
Bartz back flips out of the crater and points his copy of Onion Knights sword at his foe while scowling. "My friends will not be defeated so-"
A blood curdling scream echoes across the land, snapping Bartz out of his rage and towards its direction. Horrified eyes watch as a body is struck to the ground with a giant blade wedged through its chest cavity. Blood splatters through the air as Bartz lurches forward in pain, with the same crimson liquid seeping down his chin. The mimic looks down at the blade sticking through his chest and slowly begins to plummet to his knees as he gasps. The blade slowly slides out and levitates back to it's wielder as Bartz's hit's the ground with a thud. He looks up at another one of the armor clad destroyers, who stares back and chuckles as he pulls his giant sword out of the twitching body at his feet. Bartz pants painfully as he turns his head to the left, witnessing Tidus being flung around like a rag doll, as Jecht delivers harsh blow after blow to his son. The brunette huffs and turns his head to the right this time as the clinking of boots descend upon him. A leather gloved hand reaches down and grasps at Cloud's hair, yanking him to his knees, as the blonde man gasps out with tears forming in his eyes.
"Look at you, faking emotions. So pathetic."
"I'm not…faking." Cloud chokes out before emitting a yelp when Sephiroth yanks harder on his hair. "St, stop!"
"Very well, I'll put an end to your pitiful existence, puppet."
Cloud gasps as he is flung effortlessly into the air with Sephiroth close behind. The tip of the Masamune makes contact with Cloud's thigh, ripping it open slightly, before being pulled back and thrusted forward again. The ex-general continues his torture even going as far as to slicing the blonde's neck before embedding his blade through his enemies gut, right to the hilt. A slight grin twists on the silver haired man's face as he kicks Cloud off the blade and hurdling toward the ground.
"Firion! Help him!" Cecil shouts before succumbing to the immense pain coursing through his body and passing out.
Firion snaps his head towards the direction of his falling comrade and begins to run forward but quickly stops. He whips his axe at the Emperor, who is preparing one of his spells, hitting him in the shoulder and halting the spell before dashing off to help his friend. The Emperor growls angrily while ripping the weapon out and chucking it to the ground before beginning the incantation for his Flare spell. Firion continues running, stumbling sometimes from the pain in his leg, and gets into about a five foot radius of his final destination when the Flare spell connects against his back. It explodes upon contact, singeing Firion's ponytail, cape, and any exposed skin it can. He slams to the ground with a wail as the smell of bunt flesh wafts through the air mixing with the already lingering smell of blood. A sudden thud lets Firion know he has failed in saving his friend. He looks forward sorrowfully at the panting blonde, who is struggling with every ounce of his being to stay conscious.
"C, Cloud…." Firion whimpers out and begins reaching out to him but stops when an all too familiar crest materializes underneath them. "No."
Terra and Zidane, the only ones who are still in fighting condition, are halted when the crest appears under their feet. Terra looks to the sky seeing a barrage of Dark Arrows zipping in their direction, not noticing the glowing orbs forming around her and the others, until Zidane makes a sound of dread. Terra closes her tear filled eyes and clutches the smaller teens hand in a way reminiscent of how a mother would to comfort a frightened child. In what seemed like an eternity, the arrows strike the orbs and detonate them, causing mass explosions that rattle the entire landscape. The explosions cease and the dust and debris slowly begins to clear revealing the horrific scene splayed out across the land. Golbez is the first of the Chaos Minions to react when he sighs and folds his arms.
"I believe that last attack was a bit, excessive."
"I thought it was just right!" Kefka says followed by a jovial cackle.
Wisps of light swirl around the ten fallen warriors, and one by one they disappear until all that is left are pools of blood and bits of shredded cloth.
"Hm. The first act is done." Kuja says and turns, walking towards a portal that has just materialized. "Now it's time for the second to begin."