Episode 1.4: Flame Buster's true power?
"Time for a break." I sat down on a stone in the white sand peering off into the distance of the beach. I haven't left Phon Coast yet because it's too damn long! My fucking god! I mean come on! In the game what Phon Coast was like afew screens before it was overwith and then you went to the Titchita Uplands?
But no in real fucking life! When your REALLY here it's like 400 fucking..kilometers! I've been walking and fighting off Zu's, Flans, Giant Frogs, Floating Fish and those flying Wyvern birds for over three hours. It's all good for practice and everything but come the fuck on! There is a such thing as TOO much practice...this beach is infested with monsters.
" Hmm are we getting any closer to the Silikawoods?" I groaned rocking from side to side weakily.
" It doesn't seem like it," Belias replied appearing on my shoulder in his mini form.
" Awww." I lowered my head losing hope. "We gonna be stuck here forever."
" We will if you keep stopping to take breaks." Belias said kicking me in the back of the head.
" Sorry but it's just, I'm not used to walking TEN MILLION MILES A DAY!" I jumped high and kicked chibi Belias with an action background anime kick sending him flying into the distance.
"THAT'S IT!!"
Belias all of a sudden grew huge and stomped towards me, he grabbed me by the neck and started to choke me to death. I poked him in the eye then he let me go and slapped Flame Buster on the back of his ankle causing him to drop to his knees. "Argh!" He roared with one of his back arms grabbing me by the neck and slamming me into the ground.
"GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMM" A new low and moaning like groan razzled through the air. Belias and I looked to our right to see a huge turtle standing just infront of us. It raised it's large right leg and attempted to stomp me into the ground.
I rolled backwards and slid away from the giant turtle with Flame Buster in my hand. I held the spear with both hands and standing on my side like Kimarhi. "What the hell is that?!" I yelled pointing at it. "That thing is HUGE!!"
" I know this creature..." Belias said.
" Then who is he?" I asked.
"This is the fabled creature Adamantoise, it's a legendary monster over three thousand years old." Belias explained.
" So does that mean it's really strong?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, no doubt age hadn't an impact on it's strength." Belias replied.
"Then WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!! WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" I yelled turning around and starting to run. I felt stomping along the ground as I ran with Flame Buster thrown across my shoulder like KH Sora. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed like Jim Carry running for my life. Until the pressure of the ground lightened...a huge shadow flew over me and slamming down just infront us was Adamantoise.
" Shit..." I said stepping back slowly.
"It looks like it won't let us leave..." Belias said sitting on my shoulder.
"Well then I guess we're just going to have to fight it." I said as my knees trembled. Come the fuck on not everybody is a fearless hero! Besides you should see the side of this thing it's bigger than a three story house!
"RRRRRRRRWWWWWWWWWWWWWGGGAAAAAAAA!!" It moaned like a humpback whale. I took one step back as it tried to slam it's huge foot on me again. I slid away from the fiend then leaped straight up as high as could. Amazingly I flew like twenty feet into the air, it was cool but I didn't have the time to be at awe of myself.
I raised it up like I was gonna do the Braver slash then turned the blade upside down with an attempt to drop the point into it's back. I slammed down stabbing it's back.
BAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!
It sounded like a gong, Flame Buster was trembling with vibrations that came up to me and made my entire body quiver. I floated into the air alittle flying off of Adamantoise's back slowly. I hit the sand feeling alittle tingly. Adamantoise attempted to slam his large foot down on me again...I turned quick and held up Flame Buster like a tac and Adamantoise slammed his whole foot down on it and I kept it held up.
I slashed to the side knocking it's foot back then slid away from it.
" You know what would prove useful right now?" Belias asked sitting on my shoulder as I panted hard.
" What?" I said wiping away alittle sweat from my forehead.
" A special technique that you can call your own! If physical attributes aren't in effect then use magical." Belias informed.
" Great but I don't know any..." I started before Adamantoise rushed me like a bull with it's head sticking out at me. I jumped up high flying towards his back and placed one palm on it's back flipping right over it. I landed down behind it and it slammed into a rock formation.
" After inspecting your fights I've finally figured out the trick behind Flame Buster." Belias said. "It is a fire based weapon."
" I know that!" I yelled. Whenever I swing Flame Buster I could feel a slight heatwave, I thought it was because I was working so hard but it couldn't be that. It was because of Flame Buster... And whenever I hit an opponent a spark like two stones clicking together would flare off whenever the blade of the lance hit something. That's when I dubbed Flame Buster a fire based weapon.
" Yes but what you don't know is how to maintain that heat, your weapon is fire based but by the way your using it the weapon doesn't get any fire charge." Belias explained.
"What are you talking about?" I asked sounding like Tidus as the Adamantoise fully recovered from it's headslam. It stomped around to face me...It stuck it's hands, feet and head into it's shell and began to spin counterclockwise towards me at highspeed like a saucer.
O.o- (How I was looking when I saw this.)
I stood there like an idiot and it slammed into me sending me flying into the air in a spiral. I kept my hand on the lance while hitting the sand hard. I laid there for acouple seconds then stood up as Belias continued to explain to me. " Your using Flame Buster all wrong...it's strength doesn't lie in the blade but in it's cloth."
I looked at the end of Flame Buster's staff where the chain was, and at the chain was a long fire orange sash. It was about five meters long like a big red rug and it danced in the wind like a flame itself. For some reason it never touched the ground it always danced in the air and it was so long it could wrap around my body five times.
" The cloth?" I said raising an eyebrow.
" Yes, Flame Buster's true power lies in the cloth, the cloth is what feeds the blade flame and power inside the weapon. With your infinite fire magic you've been only using the lance and underminding the cloth and because of it Flame Buster never really recieved any fire power." Belias explained. " The cloth fed off of what little fire power in your surrounding aura and managed to light off every so often with a candle flame."
" So I'm suppose to focus my Mist Energy into this cloth is what your sayin?" I asked grabbing the cloth from behind with my left hand. The second I touched the blade like a leech I felt it sapping strength from me. I could see orange energy leaving my wrist and palm and going into the cloth.
The focused flame energy traveled through the cloth and went straight into the lance. The lance's heavy and thick aerohead blade split in two and opened up like some sort of plasma cannon. On the inside was a crimson red blade surrounded by a ring of fire, that blade on the inside stuck out like a long needle making Flame Buster another meter long. I felt great heat from this new blade...
" This is Flame Buster's true power." Belias said.
I looked up at Adamantoise and grinned evilly. Adamantoise stuck it's head feet and upper feet in it's shell again to try that spinning technique again. I merely stood there confident as it spun and flew towards me again.
I wrapped the sash around my left wrist and grasped Flame Buster with both hands. Adamantoise drew close and swung Flame Buster down as he drew close. The blade struck Adamantoises shell as he was spinning. A huge wall of fire shot up and my body was surrounded by fire... Adamantoise pushed me back and I was sliding back and back cutting lines into the sand with my feet.
"Errrrrrr!!" I cringed. The huge flame wall infront of me was getting smaller and smaller along with my strength fading. "HAAAAAAAAAA!!!" I slashed upward sending Adamantoise flying into the air about ten feet he fell back landing on his back as I dropped to one knee.
Adamantoise rolled over and took off running into the distance.
"I won!" I said laughing weakily just before everything turned white."What?"
I felt my body lean forward and hit the ground.