The Final Fantasy Showdown: Let's Begin This

The Final Fantasy Showdown: Let's Begin This

By: ToumaKemp

Chapter 3

Disclaimer! Folks, I own none of the Final Fantasy Series. I do not own Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, or Final Fantasy IX. I also do not own the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. I just used them to make up a fun story that I feel everyone will like. Please don't try to sue me because I do not have any money to give you.

Author's notes: Just read. I don't really care. Just don't flame me. BTW, denotes talking to self.

"Once again, I'm Hashiba Touma…"

"And I'm Shu Rei Fuan!" Shu is literally bouncing on his seat. "I can't wait for this next match. The first two matches have already shown a lot."

"Calm down, Shu. Let's move to Shin, who's on the floor now with the combatants."

"Our next combatants are Barett and Red XIII…" Barett locks his Missing Score in place. Red XIII calmly strides to the arena.

"…and Irvine and Zell!" Irvine checks his Exetor. Zell back-flips to the center.

"I'm ready. I'm ready." Zell begins shadowboxing.

"Zell, save it for them." Irvine places a calm hand upon his jumpy friend. Zell slows down.

"Okay."

"Alright, guys. Here are the rules. This arena is now an actual battleground complete with various terrain, including hills, trenches, boulders, and lots of camping areas. Everyone has automatic limit breaks. In addition, Irvine cannot use any Pulse Ammo. Hand those over now."

"Damn." Irvine pulls out the ammo he had loaded into his gun already along with the rest of the bullets he held inside his coat. He then begins loading AP Ammo.

"Barett cannot use Catastrophe. Red XIII cannot use Cosmo Memory. Zell cannot use My Final Heaven."

"Why not?"

"Your ability to run around the world would give you instant sight to the location of your enemies. They can't do that, so neither can you."

"Fine."

"Now, Irvine and Zell turn around."

"Why?"

"Do it or forfeit." They turned, although grudgingly.

"Barett and Red XIII, run over there." Shin points to a boulder. The two comrades make their way to the hiding place. Shin walks over to the other two. "You guys run over there." Irvine and Zell run over to the covering. Shin starts running off the battleground. "Alright, guys! Fight!" Shin vaults for the safety of the control booth.

Barett immediately jumps up. "Ungarmax!" He lets loose a barrage of machine gun fire everywhere.

Irvine studies the shots for a minute, then switches his AP Ammo with Shotgun Ammo.

"What are you doing?" Zell asks. "Just fire!"

"I might be able to hit them both at once. Scatter Shot." Irvine moves from his hiding place and fires twenty shots. Each bullet flies to help scatter the boulders and rocks in an attempt to uncover the two enemy entities. "Damn." Irvine quickly switches to Fire Ammo and fires five shots into the clearing.

Red XIII walks out onto the fire. "Nanaki, you idiot! What do ya think ya doing?"

"My armor has Elemental linked with Fire. I'm fine. Stardust Ray!" Stars fall from the sky, raining down upon the two SeeD.

"I just wanna bust into 'em," Zell muttered.

"Stay here until one of them does something stupid. We have the advantage."

Red XIII looked over at Barett. "Aren't you going to do anything."

"Satellite Beam." Since Barett couldn't see his enemies, he just aimed in the direction he had seen bullet fire. Energy beams sliced down, blistering the boulders in front of Irvine and Zell.

"Shit!" Zell ran for a new cover.

"Zell! You just gave away our position!" Irvine ran in the opposite direction, hoping that this would pull at least one of the attackers off of Zell.

"I got this dick head shooter. Go after that wuss." Red XIII nodded as Barett shot after Irvine.

Good. I got the shooter. Irvine replaced the Fire Ammo with AP Ammo. I wonder if he can withstand this for very long. He pumped his shotgun, then turned and fired one shot. The bullet went through three boulders and crashed into Barett, instantly dropping his HP down to 4000. Two more ought to do it. Irvine took four more shots, finally dispatching Barett.

"Where is he?" Zell muttered. He really wanted to bust someone up. He turned the corner just to be jumped by Red XIII.

Red XIII was in a frenzy. He wanted to get this over quickly and get back to Barett before something serious happened. "Earth Rave." He pounced on Zell at least five times, silently calling forth elements to help hurt Zell.

Zell flipped back, two-thirds of his energy depleted. "Let me show you something SPECIAL." Zell smiled evilly. "Booya!" He grabbed Red XIII and viciously kneed him. "Heel Drop!" He brought his foot up in an axe kick and slammed it down on Red XIII's head. "Mach Kick!" He roundhouse-kicked the creature. "Heel Drop!" Another kick. "Booya!" Another knee. Light seemed to glow around his body. "Different Beat!" He somersault-kicked Nanaki around five times, ending up high in the air. He then brought his foot down on Red's head, allowing gravity and his weight to bring the two down.

Nanaki realized fairly quickly that he was going to be a pancake if he didn't do something quickly. He quickly thought up a great idea. "Typhoon!"

"What?" But before Zell could question Nanaki's words, an ugly little demon appeared. "The hell?" Typhoon blew a gust of air, throwing Zell back into the air. Nanaki was blown to the ground, where he looked up in pride. Meanwhile, rocks began uprooting as the typhoon increased its power. Suddenly, the typhoon flipped over, sending Zell to the ground along with the rocks. Zell winced as he realized he had almost no energy left. He looked up to see Red XIII standing over him. "Uh oh."

"Blood Fang." Red XIII ran through Zell, robbing him of the rest of his energy. He then sniffed the air. "Barett's down." He began running in Barett's direction and quickly regretted it. Irvine was standing right where Barett was. Oh well. Let's see if I scare him a little. He jumped into the air.

"Sorry, big cat." Irvine carefully but quickly raised his weapon and fired, sending an Armor Shot through the lion's head. Irvine tucked his gun away as Shin ran out.

"The winners are Irvine and Zell!" Shin began to grab Irvine's hand, but the combatant was already gone, two Phoenix Downs floating down to touch the fallen bodies.

"Come on, Zell, let's go." He was holding another Phoenix Down, with which he grabbed Zell's hand, pulling him to his feet.

"Yeah. We win?"

"Yeah."

"ALRIGHT!"

"Nothing to cheer about right now. Come on. There are a lot of girls to see and boast our exploits to later."

"That was…odd." Shu finally broke the long silence.

Touma blinked a couple of times. "Um…folks…uh…there you have it. A most brutal and well-fought match. Give it up for these fine competitors."

"Who's next?" Shu asked.

"We can't say that right now. Stay right here, we'll be back."

End notes: That was a rough fight.