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"Welcome back to Battle Theater! I am Jenova Remnant aka Fishie and the gentleman accompanying me is I.K.A Valian. We will be your hosts and primary judges for this event and hope you all enjoy it!" The crowd cheered loudly. Many were wearing BT T-shirts and waving BT flags.
Valian regarded the normally quiet girl suspiciously. "I thought you didn't like to speak in front of large crowds of people?"
Fishie turned to Valian and shrugged. "Thank Tia, she helped." Valian nodded and let Fishie continue the introduction. "Here at Battle Theater, two contestants will fight to the death unless they are unwilling to make the final blow. In that case, we, the judges will decide the winner." Fishie gestured grandly toward the Field of Battle.
"Now, let's welcome our first combatant, Gladiator Queen, Raine Sage!" A silver haired woman with an orange coat steps out into the middle of the arena, a staff in her hand. Her mouth dropped in awe and her eyes sparkled as she took in the enormous grandiose stadium.
"Next is the Last Ancient, Aeris Gainborough!" A young woman in a pink dress with her long brown hair in a braid appeared a few yards from Raine, a staff also in her hands. She too was stunned by the awe imposed on her by the coliseum. After a few moments though, she noticed the other woman and gave a friendly smile with a nod before going back to gawking at the surroundings.
"And our third judge is the oh-so-lovable robot, Gir!" A small robot in a green dog costume appeared next to Valian and stared blankly at the crowds of people that sat in front of him. The crowds grew so quite that one could hear a pin being dropped. Gir picked it up afterwards and then looked up at the crowds again.
"Meow!"
"Uh…" Fishie just blinks, stifling a laugh before facing the crowd once more. "Anyways, let's the fight begin!" Once more the crowds erupted in applause, anticipating a great battle after the last one between Kratos and Cloud. Gir hopped up onto his Judge seat and after spinning around in it like a dog preparing to lie down, he jumped up and landed on his head, staring out at the contest of strength between the two healers.
Raine looks at Aeris curiously, the brown haired woman returning the look. "A Cetra? What is that?" Aeris started to open her mouth to answer but was cut off by Valian.
"Raine! Aeris! This isn't history class or an archeological dig site! You two will fight or-"
"Fight or die! Fight or die!" Gir chanted jumping up and down in a circle, bobbing his head. "Fight or die! Fight or die!" The crowds though seemed to like the mantra and started chanting along with Gir.
'Your not seriously gonna kill us if we don't fight each other are you?" Aeris asked, looking a tad amused by the dancing robot. The crowd was still chanting "Fight or die!" with Gir and some of them even stood up and tried to emulate, with varying degrees of success, his uncannily deranged dance.
"Fight or die!" Gir chanted while dancing, receiving bemused glances from the other two judges. "Fight or die!" blasted from the stands, buffeting the two combatants standing on the Field of Battle.
With a sigh, Fishie turned back and nodded. "Unfortunately, it looks like you have no choice in the matter… if you wish to live. But you do not have to kill your opponent unless you wish to do so."
"I guess we fight then." Raine sighed. "What a shame. I would have loved to study the architecture of this structure." She held her staff ready in front of her, glancing forlornly up at the grand coliseum surrounding her. Aeris nodded, grim and determined expression set on her face. She muttered to herself and a small green orb in her arm began to shine brightly.
"Barrier!" A semitransparent wall shimmered around her for a moment before seeming to fade away as another orb, this one yellow, began to glow. Raine watched cautiously as the Cetra's staff, the Princess Guard began to glow in the small golden glow as the orb in her arm. Aeris rushed at the half elf swinging the staff down. "Deathblow!"
Raine's eyes widened as the sound of metal on metal filled the air and she felt herself being pushed back by the other woman. Shifting her weight slightly, Raine pushed Aeris' attack back before closing her eyes in concentration and muttered quietly to herself.
"Ray!" a ball of white mana formed above Aeris who looked at it curious as it shimmered before launching random beams of light at the ground. The Cetra attempted to dodge but was hit by a beam, causing her to scream out in pain, as the light burned her arm.
"How can you use magic without materia?" Aeris asked, another green orb glowing in her arm as the glow eventually covered her entire limb. "Cure!" the spell healed the burned skin, returning it to its previously unmarked state. "I've never seen anyone cast magic without Materia."
Raine blinked in interest as she watched the healing spell take effect. "Materia? Is that what you call the orbs that allow you to perform magic?" Aeris nodded, accessing another green orb, causing it to glow bright. "Fascinating."
"Mbarrier!" Another semitransparent wall shimmered in front of the Cetra as Raine prepared for her own spell, mana charging around her.
"Light! Photon!" The mana moved from Raine and surrounded Aeris in its blinding light before exploding and sending Aeris flying across the arena. She slammed into the transparent wall around the Field of Battle and slid down to the ground in a heap.
"Yeah! Big boom!" Gir cheered from the Judges seats, "Gir likes big booms!"
Aeris shakily stood back up, out of breath and bloodied but not dead, a magic barrier shimmering slightly before fading once more. Raine squinted from across the distance, nodding to herself as if mentally recording something.
Bowing her head and clasping her hands together as if in prayer, Aeris was surrounded by a white glow. "Seal evil!" the glow left Aeris as a plume of smoke shaped light which turned green as it slammed into Raine. Instead of knocking her back however, it froze her movements and silenced her spells.
Raine found herself watching Aeris take her sweet time healing her wounds. Once fully healed, Aeris started running toward Raine in preparation to attack. Raine, meanwhile, noticed that she was slowly regaining her ability to move, meaning the spell that held her was wearing off. Raine also noted a slight shimmer of the barriers that protected the Cetra, signaling that it protected her no more.
"This should help. Sharpness!" Raine glowed for a moment before the light faded and she ran at Aeris, swinging her staff downwards, over her head. The two locked staffs and grunted under the effort, attempting to out push the other.
After a few seconds, the two broke apart and played the dangerous game of staff fighting. The poles echoed through out the coliseum and resonated in the two healers' hands as the broke apart again.
In response to the numbing of their arms, the two gripped their staffs tighter and went at each other again. Aeris brought her staff up to block but was pushed down to a crouching position, this time Materia glowing in her arm.
"Blizzard! Level 2!" The air in the stadium grew cold, allowing everyone to see their breath. Spike of ice shot up around and under Raine, throwing the half elf away from the Cetra and in to the air before she fell to the ground and slipped on the now ice covered ground.
Upon touching the ground, a large ice crystal encased the Professor before exploding, sending pieces of icy shrapnel everywhere other then towards Aeris, who stood calmly as the ice melted away, leaving the battle field wet and somewhat muddy.
Raine stood up slowly, shivering from the momentary cold and bleeding slowly from several cuts on her body. She didn't react in time and was knocked back several feet as Aeris charged and swung at her with her staff.
After rising to her feet once more, Raine gathered mana around her once more as she prepared for another spell.
"First Aid!" Her wounds closed up smoothly as she gathered yet more mana for another spell, Aeris watching the half elf carefully as she accessed another materia.
"Ray!"
"Blizzard! Level 2!"
The ball of searing light Mana reappeared above Aeris once more, launching the beams at the Cetra as she cast Blizzard again. The ice acted almost as a shield above Aeris, taking the beams of light till the ice shattered.
Shards of razor sharp ice rained down on the Cetra, a large chunk lodging itself in her shoulder. Screaming in pain and falling to her knees, Aeris clutched the wound as the ice melted, leaving the gash to bleed freely.
Raine stepped calmly up to the injured Cetra. She held her staff ready in case of an attack but with Aeris' wound, Raine doubted the other woman would continue to fight. At least not till it started to rain. Aeris mumbled something to herself, a hand on the ground as she began to glow a pale green.
"Planet, hear my plea! Pulse of Life!" A blinding light emanated from the woman, causing Raine to take a step back in surprise. The light quickly faded, leaving the half elf dazed as Aeris stood, wounds completely healed, before her. The Deathblow materia glowed brightly as Aeris raised her staff, the golden glow surrounding her weapon. "Deathblow!"
"Force field!" the barrier shimmered from the blow as Raine kept the spell active till Aeris leapt back. Raine was breathing hard. She had used too many spells to attack and defend. The blows she'd gotten from Aeris hadn't helped either. "How much longer can I last?" she wearily asked herself.
"You're tired too?" Raine nodded at Aeris, who looked fully healed, but in actuality was leaning heavily on her staff for support. They both looked up at the judges. Gir, they were unsurprised to find out, was jumping up and down and screeching like a monkey. "Can't you just decide who the winner is now?"
"We could, but you both seem to have some fight left in you." Fishie said, grinning a devilish grin from ear to ear as the two combatants sighed, reluctantly nodded, and raised their weapons once more. "Alright then, let the fight continue!"
'Fine," Raine sighed, gathering mana again. "Then let's end this quick."
Raine closed her eyes, a massive amount of mana gathering beneath her as a strange rune covered the battlefield. Aeris looked around uneasily, and charged at Raine, deciding that it would be a good idea to get an attack in before-
"Scared Shine!" the rune exploded in a flash of light, hitting Aeris hard as she screamed in pain before crumpling to the ground. Though she was unconscious, she was quite badly hurt, made all the more apparent by her ragged breathing.
Gir looked at the battle field, robotic eyes wide. "I'm gonna sing the Doom Song now. Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom!" Suddenly, the crowd inexplicably started singing the Doom song along with Gir. Fishie covered her ears and moaned in annoyance.
"You don't by chance have any duct tape do you?" Fishie asked Valian, looking a little more than annoyed as Gir continued to sing the "doom song". Valian looked down at Gir and then back at the crowd, which had just gone into the chorus for the Doom song.
"Nope, sorry." Valian shook his head. 'Just try to tune it out. Besides if you can't beat them, join them. Doom doom doom…"
"Doom doom doom doom doom!" Gir now sat on the ground, rolling around in circles and foaming at his doggy suit mouth. With a sigh, his fellow judges looked back at the arena.
Raine walked over calmly, examining her wounds briefly. "Your wounds are severe, but nothing I can't handle. First Aid!" Aeris' breathing calmed as the spell healed her most severe wounds and Raine gave a final check on her wounds before facing the judges. "Hm…I've healed most of her wounds so she'll leave here with only a few scratches and cuts. Just make sure there treated otherwise she might get an infection."
"Alright, we'll pass the message on to her friends." Fishie nodded, watching as the still unconscious Aeris disappeared from the battlefield. "And congratulations Raine, you're our second ever Battle Theater Champion! Now if you like you may return home."
"Actually, if I could study the-"
Valian jumped up and shouted, "No Raine, you can't, bye bye!"
Raine pouted and was about to object when she disappeared in a manner similar to Aeris, leaving the arena empty of all combatants.
"And Gir, Thank you for…." Valian started looking at the small robot still wearing the green dog costume. The foam at his mouth had since soaked into the costume, making the head sag onto the robot inside.
"I'm gonna roll around on the floor for a while. KAY?" Gir proceeded to do so. Fishie slowly approached the small pseudo-dog.
'Gir… it's time for you to go home now." Fishie said, looking amused as the robot rolled on the floor.
Gir stops and jumps back to his feet, arms wide. "Let's make biscuits! LET'S MAKE BISCUITS!"
" Uh…no thank you Gir!" Fishie said hurriedly, waving good bye as the strange robot disappeared. With a sigh, she turns back towards the main arena. "And thank you to all who came to witness the second fight of Battle Theater! We hope you enjoyed it!"
Okay, same as last time, here is how you can enter your own choices for future matches. Me and Valian would like that all suggestions for fight are made in reviews. But we must ask that you only request one combatant and you list these things along with your entry:
Name of Character (Any character from any story, game, movie, etc.)
Weapon (Only One)
Short and Brief Background Info
Abilities (Magic and/or Skills)
And remember, ONLY ONE ENTRY PER REVIEW! If more than one is submitted then only the first on the list will be taken as the submission.
And here is the Fight List
NEXT FIGHT: Sephiroth VS Fox McCloud
PENDING MATCHES:
1) Irvine Kinneas VS Sheena Fujibayashi
2) Tiamatt VS Jedi Master Yoda
3) Hikaru/Misaki VS Luke Skywalker
4) Vexen VS Raven Kanzaki
5) Benawi VS Kakashi
