The Final Fantasy Showdown: Let's Begin This

By: ToumaKemp

Chapter 4

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: Wow. No notes this time either. Read and enjoy!

"You know me; Hashiba Touma…"

"And of course, the wonderful Shu Rei Fuan! We've had a hard time coming up with the next two fighters, but here they are!"

"And to introduce them, Lady Kayura!"

"Hi Touma! Thank you for inviting me here."

Touma flashes a grin. "My pleasure."

"You know you don't have to call me 'Lady'."

"Just giving respect where respect is due."

"Aww, that's so sweet!"

"Anything for you."

Seiji whacks Touma on the back of his head. "Quit flirting while we're on the air."

"Sorry." Touma rubs the sore spot on his head.

"First, let's bring out Selphie Tilmitt!"

Selphie runs out. "Whoo-hoo!" She starts bouncing around and ends up tripping on some of the loose debris left over from the last match. "Tee-hee, I'm fine!"

Kayura covers her embarrassment with her hand for a moment, then regains her composure. "Next is Yuffie Kisaragi!"

"Alright! Where's the materia?" Yuffie looks around, expecting to see materia.

Kayura regards Yuffie for a moment before continuing. "Okay, girls. Here are the rules. Selphie, you cannot use The End or Rapture. Yuffie, you cannot use All Creation, Knights of Round, or Bahamut ZERO linked with Quadra Magic."

"It's alright. Cloud won't give me Knights of Round, Bahamut ZERO, or Quadra Magic anyway."

"Oh no!"

Kayura turns toward Selphie. "What's wrong?"

"I forgot to give Cait Sith back his bag! It's still in my pocket!"

"What are you yappin' about?" Yuffie inquires.

"Well, Cait Sith told me to hold onto a bag for him. I stuffed it into my pocket and totally forgot about it!" Selphie thought for a minute. "Well, it'll stay in my pocket until the match is over. I guess it'll be fine."

"Alright, then. I guess that's it. You can fight now." Kayura disappears in a blizzard of cherry blossom and wisteria flower petals, only to reappear in Touma's lap. "Miss me?"

Touma fell to the floor, barely dodging the clipboard Ryo had chucked at him, and smiled. "Not anymore; now that you're here. You know, I just keep falling for you."

Shin turned to Nasuti. "I didn't know Touma or Kayura could act like that."

"Give them a break. Touma's finally got a girlfriend, and Kayura's just learning how to be human, especially after being possessed like she was." Nasuti smiled. "I think it's cute."

"You would," Seiji retorted.

Nasuti stared at Seiji. "You must really like the couch, don't you, Seiji?" Seiji put his hands in the air, signifying defeat.

Naaza and Anubis stared at their old leader. "Tough one minute, soft the next. I'll never understand women."

"Amen to that, Naaza," Anubis replied. "To think that someone as tough as her would resort to childish games for some wimp."

Kayura began to stretch. In doing so, her hands skimmed past the hilts to her blades. The jitte shined for a brief moment as she quickly pulled them halfway out and pushed them right back into their scabbards. Both Naaza and Anubis jumped, expecting to be hit by something. "What's wrong boys?" she asked without turning around. "Scared of me? Or, more importantly, my wrath?" She returned her hands to Touma's neck as the two began to back away.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Selphie was making quick work of Yuffie, who suffered from a lack of proper ninja training. That was her own fault. Selphie first got rid of Yuffie's Conformer, then began aiming for pressure points. Lucky for Yuffie that she had the Enemy Skill materia on her Titan Bangle. Thank God Cloud gave me something other than the Ziedrich. "Big Guard!" Once Selphie's Strange Vision began bouncing off the barrier, Yuffie rebounded back and began assaulting her rival with a melee of thrown items and magic. "Back off!"

"Yeah right! I've got a match to win!" Selphie swung her nunchaku, but was shocked when Yuffie nimbly jumped over it and to her shuriken.

"Yes! Materia!" She jumped into the air. "Comet 2!" Huge boulders rained upon Selphie. "Ultima!" A green mist washes over Selphie. "Flare!" A super-hot flame lights up around Selphie. Selphie continued to stand, undaunted. "What?"

"Apocalypse."

Touma instantly jumps up from his chair, almost dumping Kayura on the ground. "What's Apocalypse?"

Seiji and Ryo are fumbling and throwing papers around, trying to get as much information about the spell as they possibly can. They throw their hands in the air a few moments later.

"Apocalypse is a spell we drew from Ultimecia during time compression. We don't know too much about it, since none of us really had to use it. We just drew as much as we could just to see how it would affect junctioning. We weren't even supposed to use it, but I guess Selphie has other plans."

"Thank you, Zell. Back to the floor."

Yuffie shakes her head. "That hurt! Alright! That's it! Doom of the Living!" Yuffie grips her Conformer and begins to furiously swipe at Selphie. About ten hits later, Selphie's pockets rip, and Cait Sith's bag falls to the ground, spilling its contents. Yuffie instantly stops, noting everything in the bag. "Materia! A lamp? What's this?"

Selphie stoops down to view the contents. "You know, I recognize that lamp. I think Squall got a lamp just like this one just before our first mission! There might be a Guardian Force in there. Let me have it."

"Sure. I just want the Materia." Yuffie collects the Materia.

"Well, let's see what's in here." Selphie rubs the lamp. The lamp begins to shine, then suddenly explodes in her face. Cait Sith suddenly appears in the battlefield and begins to grow to gigantic proportions. Before Selphie can act, Cait Sith mercilessly crushes her with his foot. As Cait Sith steps back, Yuffie grins evilly. "Neo-Bahamut! And guess what? It's both W-Summoned and linked to Quadra Magic! You're toast!"

Cloud steps into the control booth. "I don't remember giving Yuffie Neo-Bahamut, W-Summon, or Quadra Magic."

"Why are you equipping Yuffie?" Shu questions.

"We can't trust Yuffie to give back the Materia, so we give her stuff that still need to be mastered. They're useless to her unless mastered because she can't get into enough fights on her own to master them."

"Oh." Touma turns to Ryo. "Should we disqualify her for that? She can't use Cait Sith like that."

Ryo shook his head. "I have a feeling the situation is about to be resolved." He pointed out to the field.

Neo-Bahamut was finishing its fourth circling when Selphie was suddenly cured completely. Yuffie, Cait Sith, and Selphie turned to see who had cast the spell.

"This is an unfair advantage. The battle is to be one-on-one."

"Irvine!"

"Are you alright, Selphie?"

"I'll live now."

"Good. Hold on." Irvine pointed his Exeter towards the sky and shoots away Neo-Bahamut with his Hyper Ammo. "See, I'm not a part of this match, so I can use whatever bullets I want. Also, that guy Shin forgot to remove the automatic limit break from me." Irvine pointed and fired a Hyper Shot point blank at Cait Sith. "That should even up the competition." He pointed his gun at Yuffie. "I could end it…"

"I've got it, Irvine." Selphie placed her hand on the shotgun. "Go sit back down. I appreciate you looking out for me, but I can handle this." She began to lower the gun, then viciously swung her Strange Vision at Yuffie's head. Yuffie could not block the shot in time, and she went down, knocked out cold. "Yeah! I won!"

"Well, no you haven't." Kayura appears on the scene. "We were never informed about Apocalypse, so your using it was strictly forbidden. Remember on the contract, it said that you would not use any abilities that we did not know about."

"It said that?" Kayura nods. "Sorry."

"Well, that stiff Ryo wants me to declare a forfeit on both sides for this match, but given that you were beating the crap out of Yuffie, you are the unofficial winner. I can't make it official since you did break the rules, but that should be good enough."

"I don't think it is." Irvine lifts his Exeter, only to have it brutally knocked out of his hands. In return, he finds the blade of one of Kayura's jitte up to his neck.

"I may look physically younger than you, but I have 400 years of battle experience. Do not test me. Besides, we don't want to get Touma upset." She points up with her other blade to where Touma had already notched an arrow to his bow. Irvine wisely bows and walks out. "Sorry I can't make you the official winner, Selphie, but you should be happy in the fact that you were able to beat Yuffie."

"Thank you, Kayura." Selphie walks away.

"Well, that it for this fight," Shu remarks. "Touma, you can take Irvine off your sights now. He's not going to touch Kayura."

Touma reluctantly brings his hands together, dropping the arrow and collapsing his hankyu. "At least it was an interesting match. The control booth has never been interesting before."

"We can make it more interesting." Kayura was back in the booth. Everybody else went blank.

"Is anyone going to revive Yuffie and Cait Sith?" Shin asked.

End notes: Oops. Got a little carried away with the Troopers… Oh well. And maybe it's not in anyone's best interests to mess with Irvine…