Well, I'm back and it's time for a new chapter. It took a bit longer than I anticipated because I was helping my Dad clean out the basement after we got back from vacation and I found my old collection of Final Fantasy and kinda got caught up replaying them all, one week = 6 games and now I feel like the walking dead. This is where the story starts to become very original so I hope you all still enjoy it as much as when it was based so heavily on the game.
Lass wasted no time, He immediately threw his chain at the enormous monster that Kaze'aze had become. The long, whip-like strands of armor-like fur moved quickly, knocking the chain away. Lass retrieved the chain and spun it around at his side while resting the scimitar across his shoulders. He looked, with narrowed eyes, directly into the monsters eyes. The others snapped out of their shock and readied their weapons, forming up with Lass.
"Careful, everyone. Her power has risen, to an even greater level than before."
Kaze'aze roared and stomped her feet on the ground. The ground cracked under the immense power and enormous chunks of earth began to fly in the sky. Before the heroes knew it, Kaze'aze was standing on a small platform the was in the centre of a giant crater. Kaze'aze roared to the sky again. The chunks of earth that were still in the air stopped falling and the ones that had fallen to the ground rose up and floated in the air along with the others. Lastly, the platform Kaze'aze was standing on rose up from the ground, floating into the air and stopping above all the others. Kaze'aze stomped her feet into her chunk of rock and lightning bolts surrounding it, shooting out to the other chunks creating connection which caused the chunks of stone to rotate around Kaze'aze's, as if in orbit.
"Come and face your death."
"She's not taking us seriously." Lass seethed, "What she's done here, it's like... she's playing a game, toying with us. If she wants to fight in the air, so be it."
Lass launched his chain, embedding it in one of the stones and swinging himself up on top of it. "I'm with Lass on this one, I didn't get to fight her before, but she still has to pay for cursing me." Ryan swung his arms open and transformed into the Nephilim. He unspread his wings but just before he took off Amy latched on to his back. He glared at her with his golden eyes and she pointed up at the rocks above them. Ryan begrudgingly took off with Amy along for the ride, they got down next to Lass and Ryan reverted back to his original form. Kaze'aze opened her mouth slightly and spit an enormous blast of flame at the three, they split up, all jumping of the stone they were on an onto three different stones which had just passed their own. The fireball destroyed the rock they were on, blowing it to pieces. As soon as it was gone, another stone broke free from the ground and took the destroyed ones place in the orbit. Kaze'aze jumped from her stone and landed on another one in the orbit, causing small pieces to fly off in all directions. Lass jumped from the rock he was on and attempted to move closer to Kaze'aze. Ryan and Amy did the same.
Lass landed on a stone that was very near to Kaze'aze's he threw his chain at her but she ht it away with her claw. Lass retrieved the chain and threw it again, as Ryan came up behind Kaze'aze, his crescent blade ready Kaze'aze turned to block Ryan's attack with her claw and tried to swipe at Lass' chain. Due to the distraction Ryan caused Kaze'aze missed the chain and it coiled around her claw. Lass jumped from the stone he was standing on and swung below Kaze'aze's. He pushed his scimitar far into the stone and held onto it so he could hang underneath. He pulled on the chain, stopping Kaze'aze from using her right claw and pinning her to one side of the stone. Ryan held his crescent blade in front of him as he dashed towards Kaze'aze. Kaze'aze swiped at him with her free claw but missed due to her lack of mobility. She tried to lift and swing her chained arm but Lass held tightly to his scimitar and pulled back on the chain in an effort to prevent his arm from coming off. Kaze'aze stumbled because she couldn't release her arm from the chain and Ryan smashed his crescent blade into her head. Kaze'aze's fur really was like armor, Ryan discovered, as he felt the shock from his vibrating blade run all the way up his arm, numbing it. He switched his weapons arm and jumped backwards to remove himself from Kaze'aze's attack range. Kaze'aze's eyes were slightly closed and it took her longer than usual to raise her head. Although Ryan lost use of his arm for a time, it seems he did damage her. Kaze'aze finally lifted her head, she then lifted her free claw and smashed it into the rock they were standing on. Ryan looked worried and immediately charged Kaze'aze with his crescent blade in his movable arm. He avoided Kaze'aze's attacks , ran past her head and smashed his blade on Lass' chain, trying to release it. As soon as hte chain was released and had fallen off the stone Ryan jumped to a new stone that was nearby. lass had to wait for the rock to break before he could dislodge his scimitar but the moment it did he spun in the air and latched his chain onto Ryan's rock, swinging onto it and just barely missing the falling debris.
"She's tough," Lass said as he watched Kaze'aze fall onto a new stone that was beneath the one she destroyed.
"Did you expect less?" Ryan pointed to a stone nearby to the one Kaze'aze was on. "We need to use that one."
"How?"
"Just try get her on top of it, trust me."
"Ok then, I'll try." Lass threw his chain to the rock that Ryan had indicated. He swung to the rock and stood on top of it, swinging his chain in a circle at his side. Kaze'aze saw Lass and charged fire into her mouth. Lass swung his chain, aiming for her open mouth. Kaze'aze was forced to close her mouth before she was able to spit the fire. She lashed at Lass with the fur on her back. Before the fur reached Lass, Ryan came from behind and hit Kaze'aze on the back of her head with his crescent blade. He then flipped over her head and jumped to the rock that Lass was on. Kaze'aze stood on her hind legs and thunder began falling on the Lass and Ryan's location. They carefully and nimbly avoided the thunderbolts. Kaze'aze then threw two dark orbs at the rock. Ryan threw an orb of energy, as he would when transformed, and Lass fired his chain at the orbs, destroying them before they hit the rock. Kaze'aze became angry at the two warriors and leapt from her rock to theirs.
"To the side, quick!" Ryan yelled as he dove as far to the side of the rock as he could without falling off. Lass followed suit. Kaze'aze landed and roared. Suddenly the three heard a quick melody and a large magical circle with a musical note in the centre opened up beneath Kaze'aze. The circle began firing off beams of pink energy which didn't hit Kaze'aze but instead flew over her and attached themselves to the other side of the circle. Before long Kaze'aze was forced and pinned down. Lass looked around and found Amy playing her violin on an entirely different rock. She stopped playing for a moment and changed her bow's position, then she began again, this time with a slightly slower melody. This time orbs of energy rose from the magic circle around Kaze'aze. Lass jumped off the air and went up next to Amy. Ryan jumped to a different rock that was close enough to get to. As soon as tehy were off my changed the tempo and the orbs exploded, one after another. Roars of pain could be heard from Kaze'aze as Amy's magic exploded around her. As the smoke from the explosions began to fade an enormous figure jumped from the rock. Lass quickly wrapped his arm around Amy's waist and used his chain to swing off the rock just as Kaze'aze landed. Amy began playing again and another magic circle opened on Kaze'aze's new rock. This time only four beams wrapped around her paws, anchoring her to the rock. Lass could hear Amy panting at his side as he touched down on another rock.
"Sorry, that first attack took to much out of me." She apologized.
"Don't worry you did some real damage to her, leave the rest to us." The two looked down and saw Kaze'aze breaking the strings of energy that had her anchored. "Find a safe place and hide, rejoin us when you get some energy back."
Lass threw his chain and swung down to a rock which was closer to Kaze'aze, he saw Ryan land on a rock on the opposite side of her. While Kaze'aze focsed on Lass, he saw Ryan point upwards, towards the rock that was at the centre of the other rocks orbit. Lass nodded slightly, thinking he understood. INstead of attacking Kaze'aze like he had been he jumped to a higher rock and another after that. Kaze'aze fired orbs of darkness at Lass, destroying every rock he jumped off of and replacing them with new ones. After four or five orbs Kaze'aze started jumping after Lass. Lass started using his chain to cover longer distances and keep away from Kaze'aze. He started taking a strange path going down before coming back up, leaving Kaze'aze confused but allowing her to catch up to him. Kaze'aze started dropping lightning bolts near Lass as she chased him down. With Kaze'aze only a single rock away from him he reached his goal of the centre stone. He jumped as far along the stone as he could, landing very near the back edge. Just as Kaze'aze came into sight Arme opened her cauldron firing a torrent of rock and magic at the monster and Lire began firing off beams of green energy into her chest. Lass heard a distinct sound from behind Kaze'aze. Kaze'aze writhed in the air and Lass saw Elesis with her spear embedded deepl into Kaze'aze's back. Ryan came flying up in Nephilim form and punched Kaze'aze, causing her to fly a short distance further into the air. Ryan caught Elesis and joined Lass, Lire and Arme.
"Now Shinryu!" Ronan screamed from behind the five as Shinryu unleashed a large orb of energy into Kaze'aze. Kaze'aze went flying backwards, smashing through three of the large rocks, which were immediately replaced, and finally losing enough momentum to crash and stop on the fourth that she hit. Ronan jumped down onto the rock with the others and returned Shinryu to his world.
"Where were you guys while me and Ryan were fighting!" Lass yelled angrily.
"Are we missing someone?" Ronan asked sounding worried.
"Where's Amy!" Elesis screamed.
"She was worn out, so she's resting on a different rock." Lass explained.
"Which one!"
"I don't know! All those detours I took got me turned around!"
"There she is!" Lire exclaimed as she pointed down at a rock that was approaching the rock that Kaze'aze was on. To make matters worse, Kaze'aze was beginning to get back up. Ryan, still in Nephilim form, went flying off the rock towards Amy. He sped past Kaze'aze, who was up and ready to attack, and charged for Amy. He grabbed her just as Kaze'aze threw a dark orb at them. The rock was destroyed behind them as Ryan sped away from Kaze'aze. Kaze'aze gave chase but Ryan's wings gave him a distinct advantage over Kaze'aze and he easily got away from her. Ryan hid behind one of the rocks as Kaze'aze went by, heading towards the centre rock. Rya then landed on a nearby rock, out of Kaze'aze's sight. He had been in Nephilim form for to long and took his original form as soon as he landed. Because his arms had gotten smaller Amy was forced to wrap her arms around his neck to stop herself from falling. She carefully got out of Ryan's arms as he dropped to one knee, panting heavily.
"Go help them... I'll be fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, now go, quick. We gotta stop Kaze'aze, I'll be joining you guys if you give me a few minutes."
Amy nodded, "Alright, be careful." Amy jumped from the rock and headed towards the centre.
Kaze'aze reared back her head and fired an enormous fireball at the warriors. Arme opened her cauldron to absorb it, but it was to powerful and some of it made it through so Ronan guarded with his dragon arm. Even so Ronan's arm was slightly burned.
"That fire is really concentrated." Ronan commented. "Grant's lightning didn't even phase me but this..."
"Well luckily I got some of it to help us, "Arme said, still absorbing the attack. "Everyone split up!" Lire jumped to another rock at Arme's words. Ronan called Shinryu to carry him and Elesis since neither were good at jumping and Lass grabbed Arme around her waist and swung off of the rock. Kaze'aze jumped and landed on the centre rock just as Amy reached Lire's rock.
"She took the centre back." Amy commented.
"Don't worry Amy, she just gave us exactly what we were waiting for, we can win now."
"What?"
"Fire. We made a plan when Ryan went to get you, Everything I have to do is ready so now it's up to Lass and Arme. You get some attack ready as well."
"When do I attack?"
"You'll know." Lass jumped from rock to rock and stopped just in front of Kaze'aze. He stared directly into her glowing green eyes. Kaze'aze dropped lightning bolts on Lass' location which he nimbly avoided. She added the fur on her back into the attack and Lass continued to carefully avoid any damage. She threw a dark orb while still dropping the lightning and attacking with the fur. Lire raised her crossbow and shot a beam of green energy, destroying the orb before it got anywhere near Lass.
"Why aren't we helping him?" Amy asked Lire, concerned.
"Just watch, it's starting." Amy looked up to see that Kaze'aze had become frustrated and was charging the immensly powerful fire breath. Lass stood there, staring at her and doing nothing else. Kaze'aze pushed herself to the rock she was standing on with her stomach almost to the ground and then pushed forward releasing the flame breath. Lass smiled and threw the chain directly into the centre of the fire breath and it engulfed him. Amy tried to charge forward to help Lass but Lire held her back. Suddenly, the fire stopped and Kaze'aze let out a pained roar. Amy looked at her to see that Lass's chain had gone in threw her mouth and came out her back, latching itself onto the rock. She looked back at Lass, he was slightly singed but had no serious damage.
"I'm next!" Lire said as she jumped to a new rock and began firing bolts in a way that seemed almost random. The bolts flew through the chains of lightning that were holding the rocks in the air. As the bolts passed through the lightning Lire turned them into the green energy, severing and cancelling the lightning bolts. The rocks began to fall. Lire snapped her fingers and bolts on the bottom of each rocks activated pushing them into the sky. She brushed her hair from her face and snapped her fingers again causing a secon bolt in each rock to activate and fire towards Kaze'aze. The rocks impacted and blew to pieces as they bombarded kaze'aze weakened and pinned down form. Lire landed back on the rock with Amy. "Your turn."
Still confused, Amy began playing a song that fired several beams of energy into Kaze'aze, causing her to scream out in pain. She heard the flap of wings behind her as a large orb of clear energy came rushing past them and adding to the damage that Amy's song was causing. Amy turned around to see Ryan in Nephilim form land and revert to his elvish form. He was panting heavily, lacking energy.
"How is Lass alive?" trying to ignore his own fatigue.
"Why do you think we needed Kaze'aze's fire? Arme made him resilient, Alchemy really is very convenient. I'm out of bolts now, but Ronan and Elesis should be finishing up any second now." Amy looked back up at Kaze'aze. Shinryu flew over head.
"Now Shinryu!" Shinryu unleashed a stream of fire onto Kaze'aze's writhing, monstrous body. "You're up." He told Elesis who was sitting behind him. Shinryu stopped it's stream as Elesis launched herself off of it's back. She held her spear behind her back and jabbed it down just as she reached the rock, piercing Kaze'aze's head and crushing her skull. Ronan dropped down next to Elesis and returned Shinryu to his home. He walked over and released the end of Lass' chain so he could retrieve it.
"She's dead." Elesis said as she pulled her spear from Kaze'aze's head. "For real this time, I hope."
"Let's hope." Suddenly Ronan and Elesis felt the rocks beneath them shake. "They're going to fall!" Ronan yelled to the others, "Find a way off quick!" Ronan summoned Shinryu who picked up him and Elesis. Shinryu then rushed over to get Lass and grab Arme. Ryan forced himself to his feet and transformed into the Nephilim, again. He picked up Amy and Lire, spread his wings and jumped off the rock. The seven warriors managed to make it down before the many rocks crashed to the ground, breaking apart in the enormous crater that Kaze'aze had created in front of her castle.
"It's over this time, right?" Amy asked as she and Lire supported an exhausted Ryan.
"We can only hope," Ronan answered. "That's what we thought before and look at what happened."
"Well Kaze'aze's dead again, at the least." Arme commented as she looked down into the crater where all the rocks had fallen. On top of the rocks was the broken body of Kaze'aze. The beatly body began to glow blinding the warriors for a moment. When the light died down the Beast had been replaced by Kaze'aze's human body, once again decapitated. The body and head fell between cracks in the rubble, dissapearing from sight.
"Let's get going." Lire suggested as she dropped Ryan's arm and sat on the ground. "I think that potion Arme gave me is wearing off."
"Probably, Lass, Ronan one of you carry her!" Lass picked Lire up and carried her on his back. "Let's go." Arme was about to take the lead but stopped when she noticed someone walking towards them.
"What's wrong Arme?" Elesis asked.
"The Knightmaster." Arme answered pointing straight ahead. Elesis looked forward and saw that Knightmaster Aurora was certainly walking towards them.
"Knightmaster Aurora? What are you doing here?" Elesis yelled as she ran up to her.
"I heard you kids were going up against Kaze'aze soon. I had hoped to arrive and speak to you before you left but I had trouble finding a ship."
"How did you hear about us all the way on Bermesiah?"
"I've been on Ellia for some time now, helping to keep monsters away from Orinig while you kids prepared for your battles."
"You're the reason why Orinig has been safe from Kaze'aze's soldiers?" Aurora nodded.
"I see, thank you."
"Yes, however that's not why I'm here."
"What's wrong?"
"We never told you kid master Urashin's full prophecy."
"Full prophecy?"
"Yes. Master Urashin predicted everything that Kaze'aze did however, in a seperate reading, he saw a figure of evil. The figure was that of a normal man, but the evil he saw was great. He also saw that defeating this evil will once again, fall to you. It's not something we want to force upon you and so, of course you have every right to refuse."
"We already beat Kaze'aze, what out there could be any worse?" Ryan asked confidently, despite his lack of energy.
"I only wish we knew. You all fought Kaze'aze for us, that alone is something we can never thank you for and so please think carefully about what you want to do next."
"I'll fight." Ronan said without hesitation. "I'll fight, no matter who comes against me."
"Ha, yeah, now that Kaze'aze's dead and I'm free from this curse I want to make sure the world's around for me to live in." Ryan added.
"I'm still finding myself, however if this is something that only I can do, I will do it and I will make sure there is a world for my true self to live in."
"Father is avenged, but he loved the world I won't let it be destroyed or taken over or whatever this new enemy wants."
"Eryuel island can't back out now, of course I'll help."
"I'm the only one left of the violet mage guild, you're clearly going to need me."
"I don't really know what's been going on or why someone like me was chosen to do this but if I can protect people then I'll fight with all my might."
Aurora stared at the seven warriors who had all answered immediately and without hesitation. "Thank you." She said almost silently, "You kids are truly inspiring."
"So then, I guess our first order is to find our next enemy."
"Allow me to save you the trouble." A new voice said from behind Aurora. Everyone looked towards the voice. Walking slowly and clamly down the same road that Aurora came on was a man, roughly the same age as Aurora. His jet black hair fell over his piercing eyes and his lips were twisted into a sinister smile. He wore very light armor and strapped to his back was a giant sword. Aurora's eyes widened in surprise.
"Faren?"
"It's been awhile, Kat. A lot has happened since we separated. I've gained... amazing power."
"Faren you can't be the one from the prophecy."
"Oh, but I am, this world is mine for the taking as soon as I kill those worthless heroes."
"What happened? We all thought you had died alongside Eiau!"
"Who told you that?"
"Grant, of course. He was the only one with you two, when it happened!"
"Oh my, you still don't know, about Grant?"
"Don't know what?"
"He was a traitor." Ronan said from behind Aurora. "He had been working with Kaze'aze."
"What?"
"Yes indeed, he had been obeying the commands of that woman and I had been pulling her strings all along." Aurora drew her blade. The warriors also drew their weapons, though they were all worse for wear, with the exception of Lire and Ryan who didn't have enough energy left to fight. Aurora looked deeply into Faren's eyes. "One on six isn't particularly fair, you know. Perhaps I'll call in some backup."
Faren turned and snapped his fingers. A giant demonic creature appeared behind him. The creature had black skin with gold cuffs around his arms and legs. It had green magic markings along it's arms, two enormous bat-like wings on his back and spiky white hair.
"Kill them, Anmon." The creature, named Anmon, charged forward at a ridiculous speed that put Kaze'aze's beast form to shame. Aurora threw her hand forward and a wall of ice appeared in front of her. Anmon rammed the ice headfirst causing it to crack, though not break. Faren raised his arm again, "Come back Anmon." he called as Anmon stopped pushing against the ice and returned to Faren's side. Aurora dropped the ice barrier in an attempt to regain energy in case they needed another. "My, your ice magic has grown quite powerful, hasn't it? Being able to stop Anmon's charge, quite powerful indeed. Perhaps I need more backup."
"He has more!" Arme exclaimed sounding frightened. Faren snapped his fingers again and a giant red monster with a single eye appeared behind him. Afterwards the earth behind him began to lift into the air and form up into the shape of a man creating a giant stone golem. The warriors could feel that both creatures had immense power.
"Now how about, a little reunion?" Faren raised both his arms to the sky and brought htem down hard causing darkness to fly up from the ground. The warriors couldn't believe what came out of the darkness. The first to exit the darkness was Gaikoz, however he was different. His armor had changed. What was once blood red armor with golden trim had become a deep purple with blue trim. His white mask was replaced by a black one and his eyes now glowed gold rather than red.
"Gaikoz?" Ronan asked stupidly. "You... you're..."
"Yes, thanks to master Faren, I now have another chance to punish the world for the death of my wife. And you, my young descendant, shall bear witness to it all." Ronan stepped back, frightened as he remembered the last time he had fought Gaikoz. "Grant isn't here to save you this time boy. I still wonder, why he destroyed me in the first place but, only one person can answer that question and he rots in the ground as we speak." Ronan clenched his teeth as Gaikoz continued insulting Grant.
"No!" he heard Arme yell from beside him. He looked back to the darkness to see Elena coming from the darkness. She was clearly Elena but her purple dress was now pure black and her bluish hair had become a shining silver. The staff she held in her hand now looked far superior and far more dangerous than her old one. "Elena, not you to."
"Yes, thanks to master Faren I've been given another chance to kill you and prove to Urashin that I was always the better pupil. Afterwards I shall take my rightful place as ruler of this world."
"You always were better." Arme muttered under her breath as she fought back her tears.
"Well now, this is certainly more fair isn't it. Six on six, wonderful." Faren said mockingly.
"I guess I have no choice." Aurora said as she reached into her armor and pulled out a strange pendant.
Faren raised an eyebrow. "Oh my, didn't I give you that? You held on to it all these years?"
Tears started to form in Aurora's eyes. "Of course I did, you gave it to me, but now it's time to destroy it." Aurora squeezed the pendant until it shattered in her hand. She threw the pieces behind her, passed the seven and onto the ground. The pieces began to shine and they disappeared, becoming an enormous portal. "Go through there, I'll hold them here."
"But if you stay, you're going to die!"
"I have to hold them here so none of them follow you. Now go, quickly!" Elesis reluctantly turned and ran towards the portal, helping Lire up as she went. Amy and Arme helped Ryan and they went through the portal. Faren pointed at the warriors and the portal and gave the order to attack. All five of his minions charged at once. Aurora unleashed as much energy as she could into an enormous wall of ice that barely held up from the onslaught of attacks. Ronan looked back at Aurora as he entered the portal.
"Thank you and, goodbye." He said as he ran through the unknown portal to a new and unknown place.
Aurora closed her eyes as her magic began to run out. Tears ran down her face as the wall melted, quickly. "Good luck to you all, If only I could have been of more help." Aurora's ice wall shattered and the five enemies, along with Faren stood on the other side, waiting for her. Suddenly aurora felt something around her waist. She looked down to see a chain had wrapped itself around her. She looked back to find that Lass was standing just in the entrance of the portal as it closed.
"You dying here, won't do anyone any good." He pulled hard on the chain, lifting Aurora off the ground and pulling her into the portal just as it closed. Faren stood there, staring at the empty space, calm as ever. He grunted and walked to the giant crater Kaze'aze had left behind. He threw a dark orb into the crater which found it's way down below the rubble. A burst of dark magic erupted from below the rubble, blasting it away and there stood Kaze'aze, revived. Her red dress has become black, her skin had gone from white to tan and her black hair had become blonde. She floated to the edge of the crater just in front of Faren and opened her eyes. She stepped back, almost repulsed at who she saw.
"You! But I killed you."
"And now I've revived you, and so you shall serve. I will give this chance and allow you to rule when all becomes mine. Do you accept."
"Yes..." Kaze'aze answered without the need for serious thought. "I will serve you and so we can bring this world to it's knees."
The sun beat down on a large shrine. In front of the shrine a young girl with short, light pink hair decorated by a pink flower ornament swept the leaves. She wore a loose fitting, white, silk robe and red hakama. Suddenly there is a quiet yet very strange noise in the room directly behind her. She slowly walked forward, and pushed the door open just slightly, just enough for her to see inside. Inside, eight people lay unconscious on the ground. She held in her voice and slowly closed the door. She walked, calmly and coolly, along the outer hall and enteed a large room. Inside, a large, older man with deep red hair sat at a small table, which was very low to the ground, sipping alcohol from a small cup. He wore a loose fitting blue robe which hung over only one shoulder leaving the other exposed. The young girl walked to the other side of the table and sat on her knees with her hands folded in her lap. The man refilled his cup from the bottle resting on the table and drank it before he spoke.
"Is something wrong, Sakura?"
"I believe they're here, the one's you spoke of. Master Eiau, is it finally beginning?"
Phew geez, now I'm even more tired. And I feel the need to explain (Because I'm almost certain that there's going to be someone out there who will think this is a naruto cross-over) the Sakura here is the Sakura pet that could (at one point) be obtained from Gacha in game. I loved looking at her picture (Very well done) And I'm kind of a japanophile so I figured I'd slip her in.
Well please review. Cya