Man, I want to try a tournament fighting fanfic and not work on this one as much for a little while, but I have to get done with a few chapters first (mainly because, as you found out last time, I'm in this fanfic and I need to reveal my powers because I... I hate ruining surprises, you'll see).
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Chapter 29: Preparing
(Author's Note: they've all introduced themselves to each other, so they're acting like they know each other, sort of, okay?)
They arrived at the Golden Saucer within the hour. "Okay," Thorien said, "if I know Leaf like I think I do, she'll be at the bar, waiting for her turn at karaoke." Draco, Ashley, Julie, and Cole were walking with him, but Cole was pretending to be some sort of stuffed animal of Ashley's.
"Karaoke?" Asked Draco. "What is that?"
"Well," said Thorien, "as far as I can figure out, it involves getting in front of a bunch of people and making a complete idiot out of yourself. But Leaf loves it, so..."
They walked to the bar. There was an eighteen year old-looking girl up on the stage singing with a beautiful voice, and obviously having a great time. She was very beautiful, even though she was wearing red battle armor, with a short sword in a holder on her hip. She had short cut brown hair and life-filled blue eyes. But then, Julie noticed that she seemed different than the other people. Her ears were long, like an elf's, but also more defined with inward curves, like a human's. Draco seemed to notice this, too. He turned to Thorien and said, "is that Leaf? A Half-Elf?"
"Yup." Said Thorien. "Come with me. You four need to meet her, although she won't be happy..."
Leaf stopped singing and sat down at the bar counter, where a hawk was standing. As soon as Leaf sat down, the hawk climbed up onto her shoulder.
Thorien put his hand on her shoulder. "Hello, Leaf."
She turned and saw Thorien. "Oh crap," she said, "I'm on vacation Thorien, you said you could handle it."
"I know, I know," said Thorien, "but-"
"You said it was an easy mission. You meet Omega, tell him where to go, kill that Psycho guy if he couldn't, then take him to a vehicle through the Window. Say, where's Billy?"
"That's kind of the problem, Leaf," said Thorien, "something happened that made him very, very bad, do you know anything that could have caused it? It looked like a cloud of green gas."
"I think I know what could have caused it," Leaf said, "are you sure it wasn't his Battle Rage?"
"No. There wasn't any battle, Leaf."
Then Leaf noticed the others. "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?" She asked, smiling, and the hawk let out a low cry.
They all introduced themselves to Leaf. "Nice to meet you," she said, stroking the hawk's head, "I'm Leaf Ilphukiir, a mercenary sorceress and a fighter, and this is my familiar, Jupiter." She said, gesturing towards the hawk. "So, I know the spell that can stop it," she said towards Thorien, "it's the same spell that stops his battle rage, but we have to keep him still to do it. Jupiter, find Spyke, he's probably the only one that can keep Billy stationary for at least a split second. Your friend might be a little easier to restrain." Then she shrugged her shoulder, and the hawk flew out of the bar, and off into the sky.
"Okay," said Thorien, "we need to get back to the desert quickly, we don't want anyone else to get hurt..."
There was a sound of gunfire and screaming. Then they heard Billy's voice shout, "everybody get down, dammit!!! We're only looking for a small group of people, then we'll leave without hurting anyone else, probably..."
"Yeah," they heard Omega's voice say, "just keep quiet and you won't get hurt, or at least killed..."
"We need to get out now," Cole whispered.
"There's a back door right over there," said Leaf, pointing to a door in the wall, "I'm at this bar all the time."
They started to sneak out the back door. Then, when Ashley was the only one not through, they heard Omega shout, "hold it right there!!! You stay here and find them, I'll catch the runners..."
"I see a chance," Leaf said, "he doesn't know we're who he's looking for. If we can separate him from Billy and get him onto your ship..."
They ran to the Highwind and ran up the ladder, with Omega coming after them. He leaped onto the Highwind, landing right in the middle of the outside deck.
"Grab him!" Leaf shouted, and before Omega could even draw his blade, Thorien had him in a full-nelson, and the others tried to hold him still.
Leaf's hands started to glow. She shouted, "dulche et decorum!!!" And a ball of energy shot out of her hands and hit Omega. Thorien let go of him and Brian slumped onto the ground.
He woke up later and introductions were made with the FF7 characters. "I have a plan," Leaf said, "we have a friend who's usually able to hold him for a few seconds before he breaks loose. That gives me just enough time to cast that spell on him, too. We need to distract him. I can't tell you what he is, because I swore not to, but I'll tell you not to judge him by his appearance. He's much, much stronger than you think."
"You mentioned something called Battle Rage," Cole asked Leaf, "what's that?"
"Usually, when Billy is injured in battle, he becomes obsessed with the fight. He becomes extremely insane and dangerous." Leaf said, frowning, "so who wants to fight him?"
"Me," said Brian, and everyone looked at him, "I don't know how to explain this, maybe it's because after Omega left my body, I still had some of his personality that seems to have merged with mine, but I want a piece of Billy. I don't want help unless he's about to kill me."
Everyone reluctantly agreed to this and the Highwind landed where Leaf had told them to. Omega stood there, Justice Blade drawn, not knowing what would happen next.
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Chapter 29: Preparing
(Author's Note: they've all introduced themselves to each other, so they're acting like they know each other, sort of, okay?)
They arrived at the Golden Saucer within the hour. "Okay," Thorien said, "if I know Leaf like I think I do, she'll be at the bar, waiting for her turn at karaoke." Draco, Ashley, Julie, and Cole were walking with him, but Cole was pretending to be some sort of stuffed animal of Ashley's.
"Karaoke?" Asked Draco. "What is that?"
"Well," said Thorien, "as far as I can figure out, it involves getting in front of a bunch of people and making a complete idiot out of yourself. But Leaf loves it, so..."
They walked to the bar. There was an eighteen year old-looking girl up on the stage singing with a beautiful voice, and obviously having a great time. She was very beautiful, even though she was wearing red battle armor, with a short sword in a holder on her hip. She had short cut brown hair and life-filled blue eyes. But then, Julie noticed that she seemed different than the other people. Her ears were long, like an elf's, but also more defined with inward curves, like a human's. Draco seemed to notice this, too. He turned to Thorien and said, "is that Leaf? A Half-Elf?"
"Yup." Said Thorien. "Come with me. You four need to meet her, although she won't be happy..."
Leaf stopped singing and sat down at the bar counter, where a hawk was standing. As soon as Leaf sat down, the hawk climbed up onto her shoulder.
Thorien put his hand on her shoulder. "Hello, Leaf."
She turned and saw Thorien. "Oh crap," she said, "I'm on vacation Thorien, you said you could handle it."
"I know, I know," said Thorien, "but-"
"You said it was an easy mission. You meet Omega, tell him where to go, kill that Psycho guy if he couldn't, then take him to a vehicle through the Window. Say, where's Billy?"
"That's kind of the problem, Leaf," said Thorien, "something happened that made him very, very bad, do you know anything that could have caused it? It looked like a cloud of green gas."
"I think I know what could have caused it," Leaf said, "are you sure it wasn't his Battle Rage?"
"No. There wasn't any battle, Leaf."
Then Leaf noticed the others. "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?" She asked, smiling, and the hawk let out a low cry.
They all introduced themselves to Leaf. "Nice to meet you," she said, stroking the hawk's head, "I'm Leaf Ilphukiir, a mercenary sorceress and a fighter, and this is my familiar, Jupiter." She said, gesturing towards the hawk. "So, I know the spell that can stop it," she said towards Thorien, "it's the same spell that stops his battle rage, but we have to keep him still to do it. Jupiter, find Spyke, he's probably the only one that can keep Billy stationary for at least a split second. Your friend might be a little easier to restrain." Then she shrugged her shoulder, and the hawk flew out of the bar, and off into the sky.
"Okay," said Thorien, "we need to get back to the desert quickly, we don't want anyone else to get hurt..."
There was a sound of gunfire and screaming. Then they heard Billy's voice shout, "everybody get down, dammit!!! We're only looking for a small group of people, then we'll leave without hurting anyone else, probably..."
"Yeah," they heard Omega's voice say, "just keep quiet and you won't get hurt, or at least killed..."
"We need to get out now," Cole whispered.
"There's a back door right over there," said Leaf, pointing to a door in the wall, "I'm at this bar all the time."
They started to sneak out the back door. Then, when Ashley was the only one not through, they heard Omega shout, "hold it right there!!! You stay here and find them, I'll catch the runners..."
"I see a chance," Leaf said, "he doesn't know we're who he's looking for. If we can separate him from Billy and get him onto your ship..."
They ran to the Highwind and ran up the ladder, with Omega coming after them. He leaped onto the Highwind, landing right in the middle of the outside deck.
"Grab him!" Leaf shouted, and before Omega could even draw his blade, Thorien had him in a full-nelson, and the others tried to hold him still.
Leaf's hands started to glow. She shouted, "dulche et decorum!!!" And a ball of energy shot out of her hands and hit Omega. Thorien let go of him and Brian slumped onto the ground.
He woke up later and introductions were made with the FF7 characters. "I have a plan," Leaf said, "we have a friend who's usually able to hold him for a few seconds before he breaks loose. That gives me just enough time to cast that spell on him, too. We need to distract him. I can't tell you what he is, because I swore not to, but I'll tell you not to judge him by his appearance. He's much, much stronger than you think."
"You mentioned something called Battle Rage," Cole asked Leaf, "what's that?"
"Usually, when Billy is injured in battle, he becomes obsessed with the fight. He becomes extremely insane and dangerous." Leaf said, frowning, "so who wants to fight him?"
"Me," said Brian, and everyone looked at him, "I don't know how to explain this, maybe it's because after Omega left my body, I still had some of his personality that seems to have merged with mine, but I want a piece of Billy. I don't want help unless he's about to kill me."
Everyone reluctantly agreed to this and the Highwind landed where Leaf had told them to. Omega stood there, Justice Blade drawn, not knowing what would happen next.