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Note : Is this the final chapter with Vegnagun? Who knows? Well, I do. LOL. Kidding. But seriously…

Dun, Dun, DUNNNN!

Special guest appearances! Yay! Well, voice appearances anyways, since they're actually sent, so…

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Without even turning around, Carlos sighed and lowered his head a little. "Both T.J. and Vegnagun belong to him now." he said quietly.

"Zhane…" I muttered sadly. How could this get so bad?

We watched as T.J's body twisted around to look at us before turning back and beginning to play the organ that sat on the top of Vegnagun's head. Only, you could see the ghost of Zhane sitting there as well, pyreflies swarming around their bodies.

"I have a plan." Carlos continued, still not turning to face us. "Can't call it a smart one, though."

"What's that?" Dustin asked curiously.

"He acts through another's body. Stop the body and you stop him." Sighing heavily, his head drooped even more, and he seemed reluctant to say what he was about to say next. "I'll shoot T.J."

"No!" Dustin cried, his eyes growing wide.

I felt my eyes grow wide as well, and Cassie looked ready to faint. Blake was pale, but was also glaring at Carlos' back, and Carlos… Well, he continued to explain, as if not realizing our response to his plan.

"His body will be useless, but if we're lucky, he won't die. Zhane will abandon T.J. and he'll come back for me."

Cassie opened and closed her mouth a few times, a deep frown on her face as her eyes glistened with tears. "What then?" she asked shakily as she closed her eyes tightly, already knowing the answer.

"I will die."

The way he said it, it was like he didn't care. But then again, he didn't get the name Deathseeker for nothing. Maybe he really didn't care if he died, but I certainly did. I was so tired of people killing themselves. They never thought their plans through and sometimes took stupid actions for no reason.

I mean, even if he did die… What was to stop Zhane from using Cassie, Dustin, or even me? For some reason, Zhane didn't seem able to possess Blake, and I think it was because he was still in his body from earth. I was me, but I was in Spiran Tori's body, making me vulnerable to things like this.

But my point is… What's to stop him from using someone else?

"My body has already been rigged. I'm taking Zhane with me." he said tightly.

"Carlos…" I whispered quietly.

"But…" Cassie shook her head and took a step forward, raising her arm as if to try and stop him. "You're our captain."

"Exactly." he said grimly.

Shaking my head violently, I frowned deeply and took a step forward, glaring at Carlos' back. "I don't like your plan. It sucks." I said softly. It felt strange to talk like this, after two years of letting people do what they wanted, but I was so tired of useless death!

Carlos spun around in shock and gaped at me. Cassie and Dustin also gaped silently in shock, but Blake… He was smiling with a look of pride and agreement, as if to say 'that's my girl!'.

"Your plan is awful!" I said, louder than before. Holding my hand to my chest, I took a deep breath and fought off the tears that threatened my eyes as I remembered back to the day I had to kill the Aeons, send Cam, and watch Blake disappear, two years ago. "Think about it. It's no different from what we did two years ago."

We made stupid, rash decisions!

"We destroyed our own allies." I felt the pain of the Aeons and shuddered as a sob wracked me, but refused to cry. "We destroyed the Aeons who had fought together with us, at our sides. We didn't have a choice then, we believed that was the only way we could save Spira."

But was it? Was there really no other way?

"Do you know what it felt like, to watch them die? Right before my eyes?"

I felt like I was dying inside. I felt like a murderer, killing my friends.

"It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had." I nodded, but still felt awful. "I gave in, I accepted, I believed." Shaking my head, I sighed and closed my eyes tightly, feeling a tear streak down my cheek. "I allowed it to be true."

But I never asked why. Why did I allow it? Why didn't I find another way?

"I thought I'd be able to go through with it without ever doubting myself. But I… It's hurts so much." More tears fell and I sniffed with a sad smile.

Wakka's voice rang out loud, faint but loud enough for everyone to hear. "Forgive us."

"Everyone was so happy. 'Great job, Tori. You did it. You saved us all'." Looking to Blake, I let out more tears before looking to the ground, remembering the pain I felt when he disappeared. He had been gone for two years, and I had begun to give up hope of ever seeing him again.

He looked back at me with the same sad look, obviously remembering the same thing as me. He looked so sad and helpless.

Not until the end… Always.

I love you.

He'd given up everything to come back to me. His home, his career, our friends… And his big brother, his remaining family. I knew it hurt him. It hurt me to see him this way, and if I'd had my choice, I would've prevented him from coming back, just so he could be with them.

But would he really have been happy?

"There were too many smiles to count, and I know…that I was smiling too. But now, when I look back…The people who should've been there, weren't. The ones who should've been smiling with me, weren't there!" And, aren't here.

This is your world now.

I clearly remembered the sad look on Cam's face as he faded into pyreflies, and Spiran Tori's memories of her father surfaced.

Her father's voice rang through the air sadly. "We had no choice."

Shaking my head, I lowered my hand from my chest and frowned. " 'We had no choice'. Always, 'We had no choice'." I said in a robotic tone, beginning to hate those words. "We say them again and again, but you know… The magic never worked! The only thing we're left with is regret."

Her father's voice seemed more sympathetic now, and a little stronger. "Tori… I'm sorry."

"No." I said softly, feeling my heart clench painfully.

There's another way. There has to be another way!

"I don't want this anymore." Smiling a little, I looked into Carlos' sad eyes before switching my gaze to the others, noticing that Cassie and Dustin looked horribly sad, and Blake looked ready to collapse. His pain practically radiated from his body, and he refused to lift his gaze from the ground to look at anyone. At his sides, his fists were clenched tightly, and he shook slightly.

"I don't want friends to die…or fade away. I don't want battles where we have to lose in order to win." Looking back to Carlos, I pleaded with him. "Carlos, I know that what you say is what you mean to do. Give me your resolve. Believe in me."

Trust me.

"Hmm… So you have a plan?" he asked reluctantly.

Cassie looked at me. "Light?" she asked softly.

"That's plan B, but first…" Turning to Dustin, I nodded. "Hey, Dustin. No matter how monstrous it looks, Vegnagun is still just a machina. So we can take it apart, right?"

He placed a hand on his chin and seemed to think about it. "Uh, yeah… Uh, maybe?" he offered hesitantly.

"You never used to be the think-before-you-act-type." A voice called out, and we turned to find Marah walking towards us with a smirk, Cassidy and her goons following after her. "What gives?"

"Cassidy!" Carlos called out in shock, seeing her walk forward with a raised eyebrow.

Shrugging, she smirked. "And I never was the wait-like-a-good-girl type, isn't that right, Carlos?"

Looking confused, he remained silent as he observed everyone.

"Vegnagun can be destroyed. Abso-posi-you better believe it! You know why?" Marah said firmly.

Dustin smiled and nodded as he pumped a fist into the air. "'Cause people built it!"

"Right!" I agreed, glancing to Blake to see that he was looking more composed and ready to fight. "All right everyone! It looks like we can stop that thing after all!"

Suddenly, Vegnagun began to shake violently and moved a little further away. It was obviously reacting to our feelings and plans.

Laughing, Bulk held his stomach and grinned at the monstrous machina. "Now it's pissed!"

"Witless little widget, isn't it?" Skull asked with a sneer.

"What about Zhane?" Carlos asked me.

Grinning, I nodded and placed my hand lightly over my Songstress Dressphere. "Plan B."

"Oh?"

"Love." I said simply.

Rolling her eyes, Marah shook her head. "Nuu puo! (Hoo boy!)"

"The ultimate illusion." Carlos said with a shake of his head.

"It'll work!" I insisted. "I've come this far to bring Karone's feelings to Zhane. I'm not stopping now!"

Cassidy sighed dreamily and looked towards the sky. "The power of love conquers all! So romantic! Count me in!" she said in a dreamy tone.

Suddenly, the shaking grew worse, and Vegnagun slowly moved to stand up on the platform. It became so bad, that we had to move off the platform and run back to the main path to avoid falling into a bottomless abyss with the rest of the debris that made up the platform we had been standing on.

Then, I heard three familiar voices of the long since departed.

"It's just bluffing!" Jecht called.

Cam's voice called next. "This relic's getting rusty!"

"Tori, you have your friends!" Spiran Tori's father called.

Thinking of a plan, I nodded determinedly to myself and turned back to the others. "If we all attack at once, we can do this! We need to split up!"

"Leave the legs to us!" Cassidy instructed, pointing her fan to one of Vegnagun's legs.

Carlos nodded and exchanged a glance with Marah. "We've got the torso!"

Turning to the others, I nodded. "And that leaves the tail!"

Once everyone agreed, it was time. The final battle was about to begin. "Okay, let's go!" I called as we rushed up to the different platforms and split up.

Running up to a small platform where the tail was swinging above, we readied ourselves for battle. The first thing I did was pull Blake aside and sigh.

"Vegnagun's too powerful. I think we're gonna need to morph." I said quietly.

He shot an uncertain glance to Marah and Cassidy's groups and frowned. "Well, I dunno."

"This is Spira." I reminded him. "The rules are different here."

Nodding hesitantly, he gave a small smile. "You really felt that way?"

Blinking in confusion, I was trying to figure out what he meant, but a second later, and he shook his head.

"Never mind. Now's not the time to be talking about that. Let's do it!"

With a firm nod, I moved to his side and we both raised our morphers.

"Ninja Storm!"

"Thunder Storm!"

"Ranger Form! HA!"

Once we were morphed, I grabbed my Ninja sword. "Ninja Sword, gold mode!" I called as my sword began to glow brightly. Running forward, I jumped high into the air and slashed the top of the tail on my way down.

"Thunder staff, full power!" Blake called, charging forward to slice at the bottom of the tail.

Cassie changed into her Trainer and used Flurry to attack. "Flurry, shield!" she called as Flurry created a powerful shield all around us.

Dustin ran forward with his twin daggers and sliced at the tail furiously before running back.

Raising my hands in front of me, I focused my energies and aimed at the tail. "Power of water!"

"Power of thunder!" Blake echoed as he shot his energy at the tail.

Shaking violently, the tail swung low at us. It hit Dustin and Cassie, knocking them back a ways, but Blake and I jumped and flipped over it. Once we landed, we combined our attacks again.

"Flurry, flock!" Cassie called as she slowly stood up. A large flock of falcons flew through a portal and swarmed around the tail, scratching it repeatedly.

With a final shake, the tail collapsed and laid motionless on the ground.

"One down." I murmured quietly to myself.

"What's next?" Cassie asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Looking around, Dustin's eyes widened and he pointed over a ways. "Tori, they're in trouble!"

As I looked over, I noticed Cassidy with Bulk and Skull, having trouble weakening the leg. Both Bulk and Skull were on their knees, clutching at wounds, and Cassidy was barely standing, but the leg stomped on the platform harshly, and the resulting force knocked her to her knees.

"Let's go!" I called, running over to them.

"Boss! Let's get the heck outta here!" Bulk called weakly.

Cassidy frowned and glared at him. "You want to get the heel?" she snarled.

"You can 'heel' us when we get home." Skull said with worry.

As we approached, them, Cassidy looked at me in surprise and confusion. "Who're you?" she demanded suspiciously.

"It's me." I said as we stopped right behind them.

Shaking her head, her gaze traveled to where Marah and Carlos seemed to be having trouble. "I'll leave this one to you. I'm going to cheer Carlos-baby on!"

"Got it!"

Once they ran off, I raced forward and drenched the leg with my water powers, before Blake followed suit with his thunder powers. With a frown, I hesitated on my next move and avoided getting hit by missiles that shot from openings in the leg. I know I need all the strength I have, but… Which is more powerful? My Ranger powers, or my Summoner dressphere?

Feeling around on my Garment Grid, I closed my eyes and concentrated on each of the dresspheres. Songstress… Useless. Vegnagun's impervious to status inflicting attacks. Thief, Gun Mage, Trainer and Warrior, not strong enough. Black Mage… Well, I can use water in my morphed form, and Blake thunder, which is stronger than any single spell I can cast. Mascot… Uh, no. I don't think so. Likely not strong enough anyways. I blushed as I my hand brushed the dressphere, and I continued on,

Then, my eyes shot open and I gasped silently. I had the perfect dressphere, but would it work? It was stronger than any other dressphere, my Summoner, and my morph, but it would take a lot of energy to use it. But I wouldn't be able to use it when I confronted Zhane because I'd need to use my Songstress.

So, I guess, I had no choice, really.

Powering down, I gave Blake a smirk and pressed the button on my Garment Grid as Cassie and Dustin distracted the leg. Feeling the surge of power, I almost cried out in shock. I'd never felt anything like it before!

Light blinded me, and I closed my eyes tightly. Feeling myself rotate in the air, something covered my body in a tight cocoon, almost like a second skin. I curled up on myself, and felt faint.

Then, something felt like it was surrounding my and I took a deep breath as I thrust my body straight, standing in mid air. Opening my eyes, I looked down at myself and found myself attached to a large light blue flower, with vines coming from the center of it and circling around my waist to hold me in place. I was wearing a revealing white dress, and my hair fluttered around my face, which, with a shock, I noticed was white.

Closing my eyes again, I raised one white gloved hand into the air slowly. "Sometimes a power too great to be bridled can only be set free." I murmured quietly as I opened my eyes and thrust my hand forward.

Three circular disks shot forward and sliced deeply into the leg, injuring it badly. Then, I focused on draining energy from it, and one of the vines wrapped around my waist, unwrapped itself and shot towards the leg, wrapping around it and causing it to glow white as the energy seeped into me.

I noticed Blake staring at me in his trainer, his jaw dropped and his eyes wide. What? I mentally questioned, seeing his awed gaze. Blinking for a moment, I giggled and shook my head, turning back to the fight.

Cassie had transformed into her Full Throttle dressphere, almost looking like a bird with a body and wings made up of swords and daggers.

Dustin had changed into his Machina Maw and was shooting volleys of missiles at the leg.

And I was in Floral Fallal.

Combining our powerful attacks, the leg of Vegnagun soon fell and we changed back into our regular dresspheres before taking a deep breath and healing up.

"Look!"

Everyone turned and Dustin's cry and saw that Carlos and Marah were in deep trouble. They were barely conscious and the body was still going strong.

Cassie turned back to use and gave us a worried frown. "I'm going."

Running up the path, we soon found Bulk and Skull too weak to make it all the way up to Vegnagun's body. They were on their knees and panting as they stared worriedly up to where Cassidy was with the others. Hearing us approach, they turned around and pleaded with us.

"Please…" Skull breathed weakly.

Bulk pointed to Cassidy. "Help the boss."

"The Gullwings are on it!" I said firmly as we raced past them and to the torso.

When they saw us, Carlos, Marah and Cassidy ran off with nods and grateful smiles as we took their places and got ready for battle.

It's time. I thought warily as I grabbed my guns. Morphing and my Floral Fallal were out of the question at the moment, but Summoner was still available. Still, I wanted to wait a bit before using it. I didn't know how Zhane would react to a Summoner, after Karone. It could work as an advantage, or as a disadvantage.

Aiming my guns at the glowing core of the torso, I let lose a volley of shots that hit on the mark and backed up to avoid one of the blasts of energy shot at us.

It seemed that the others had done a good job at weakening the core, because it blinked with a dark light, erratically. It looked ready to quit, and Vegnagun's massive body shuddered each time it was hit again.

Blake used Ladon's lightning breath on it, and the electrical surge went through the whole body of the giant machina. Then, Dustin threw a grenade, and it shuddered even more violently.

Finally, Cassie used Flurry to attack, and the body gave an even more violent shudder before stopping moving very suddenly. Was it over already?

The shuddering grew worse, and the body began to collapse. Running back a few feet with the others, we watched as Vegnagun collapsed, falling off the giant platform, until the head landed, with a loud bang, on it. Now, Vegnagun was only supported by it's head, and we stared in shock.

Was it finally done? Had we defeated Vegnagun?

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Well, is it done? Did they finally defeat Vegnagun, or am I being a pain by saving the rest for the next chapter? LOL. Either way, you'll soon find out. ANNNND, either way, the next chapter will be called Vegnagun, FMp4. So you won't be able to tell THAT way! LOL

Awww! (sniffs and wipes away a tear) I love that speech Tori made. I always loved that speech since I heard it in the game.

Hope you like it.

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"Karone?"

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Thank you everyone for your encouragement.

Tenshi.