DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters here. They are owned by their respective owners. PLAESE DON'T SUE ME!!! I'M VERY POOR ^_^;
NOTE: words in means their thoughts or when they talk to someone through thoughts.
~*~ means they're in a dream mode/state another ~*~ means end of the dream state/mode.
THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
by: Rhys Icewind
Chapter 2 - Strange Visions
After deciding on which group goes and stays, the group went to their rooms to take a break. They were given two rooms: the girl's and the boy's room. The girl's room was infront of the boy's room. Each room had four beds, but one of the beds in the boy's room was given to the girls since they lacked beds.
"OK. So, Selphie and Sakura sleep on that bed together, I sleep here, Umi will sleep on the bed by the corner, Rinoa will sleep to the bed to the left of it, and Shayla will sleep on the extra bed" Quistis instructed.
"HEY! why do I get the extra bed????" the red-hed protested.
"you picked it out remember?" Selphie sleepily said.
"Yeah, it's (yawn) your fault..." Sakura added in a very sleepy tone.
"ok..guys..(yawns)...let's just go to sleep...I'm dead tired." Rinoa was heard to say.
"ditto!" Umi followed.
Quistis followed and slept, while Shayla mumbled as she made herself comfy in her bed. As soon as they all closed their eyes, they fell asleep.
* * *
"you think it's really worth it?" Zell asked his companions.
"worth what?" Irvine replied.
"y'know, goin' here n'all...somethin' tells me that this is no good." the blonde looked out the door window.
"we can't do anything. It's the client's orders. Let's just rest up for tomorrow's work." Squall said as he tucked himself in.
"ditto" Irvine followed as he closed his eyes. As soon as he did that he started snoring.
"oh man!" zell said in a complaining tone, "this is going to be a looong night" and he walked over to his bed and put a pillow over his head and tried to catch some Z's.
* * *
In the middle on the night, a shadowy figure moved stealthily across the halls. His muscular features showing in his body-fitted, black suit. The figure avoided the watchful cameras with ease as he slipped from one hallway to the other. Suddenly, figure came to a halt when he reached a dead-end hall with two doors facing each other. He peeked at the door to the left but didn't enter. He decided to enter the other one instead.
He decided to enter the girl's room.
Inside, the lights were off and he blended in with the darkness. He moved slowly towards the bed near the corner. But instead of facing the bed beside the corner, he faced the bed to the left of it. There, he saw a woman with black hair sleeping soundly.
The figure gently put his index finger on her forehead and suddenly, Rinoa's body started to glow.
~*~
"Squall, you're so sweet!!!" Rinoa said when she saw the candle light dinner table.
"Anything to make you happy love." the teenager replied.
Rinoa gave Squall a peck on the cheek and they stared at each others eyes. Suddenly, Rinoa's vision started to blur. She rubbed her eyes and tried to refocus her vision, but to no avail. Then, everything round her started to turn and turn making her dizzy. She tried to grab Squall for support but then, she saw her hands glowing white.
As she stared at her glowing hands, arms and body everything around her turned black. Then, she reappeared in a beautiful room fit for a princess.
"Whoa...what's going on?" she asked herself.
Rinoa looked around and down below, she saw a little girl with beautiful red-orange hair. She was crying and was looking battered. Rinoa went closer to try and cheer her up and that's when she found out that she was only a ghost there.
"I wish I could help you..." rinoa murmured to herself.
Just when an idea was occuring to her, she saw another ghost across the room.
"ULTIMECIA!!!! don't you dare hurt this girl!!!" she shouted as she put on a fighting stance between Ultimecia and the girl. But Ultimecia just passed right through her. "Wha-" rinoa said, looking puzzled.
Rinoa then turned around to see Ultimecia looking more solid and opaque. Rinoa didn't do anything this time, knowing that it was no use. She just watched and waited.
"what's wrong little girl?" the sorceress asked.
"wha-...WHO ARE YOU?!?! HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE!?!!?" the little girl shouted.
"don't worry, I won't do you harm" Ultimecia told her gently.
"yeah...right" Rinoa murmured.
"let me heal you..." Ultimecia offered.
"don't come any closer!!" the girl shouted back.
~*~
Mean while, Umi, being the most sensitive in the group, sensed something strange. She was still half-asleep but still, she felt something strange.
"Rinoa..." whispered the half-asleep Umi.
The shadowy figure was startled and immediately stopped what he was doing. Then, he looked around and left.
~*~
Rinoa just stared at the girl as she glowed with power. She just transformed after saying a few words. Her power suit was like an armor made of gold. Infact, Rinoa was surprised that this girl was actually fighting Ultimecia. She was practically fearless.
"Stop, I'm here to help..." Ultimecia cooed.
"NO!! LIAR!!!! GO AWAY!!!" the girl shouted firing power balls at her.
Ultimecia easily doged the attack. "I'm here to help....they lied to you didn't they?" Ultimecia said, making the girl freeze before she could fire another power ball.
"H-how did you know that??!!?" the girl asked in a panicked voice.
"I know everything...your troubles...your secrets...everything....I kan help you...just trust me.." the sorceress replied.
"NO!! DON'T BE FOOLED!!!!! SHE'S A LIAR TOO!!!" Rinoa shouted in a vain attempt to stop the girl from trusting Ultimecia.
Suddenly, everything went black and and rinoa started to get dizzy again.
~*~
Rinoa suddenly jerked and rose from her bed, breathing heavily. And being finally awakened by the noise, Umi rose from her bed too.
"Rinoa, are you ok?" Umi gently said, rubbing her eyes.
"no, it's no-nothing....I'm fine thanks" she gave the blue-haired SeeD a goofy smile.
"ok..." Umi replied in an unsure tone.
* * *
"Good morning everybody!!" greeted the cheerful cook.
"good morning!!" came Selphie's cheerful reply. "what's for breakfast??"
"It's ham 'n' eggs, bacon, hotdog.."
"did someone say hotdog??" Zell appeared beside Selphie.
"yeah, it's one of our menus for today." Selphie answered.
"I'll have four please!" the blonde teenager ordered.
"OK! four hotdogs coming right up!" the cook gleefuly said.
Meanwhie, Quistis, Rinoa, Umi, and Sakura sat in one table munching happily on their food. Shayla-shayla sat with Selphie, Zell, and Irvine while Squall sat with Gordon.
"where are we headed today?" Squall asked.
"to the site. We're going to explore the nearby regions to see if there are anymore artifacts there." the scientist replied.
"how far is it?" inqured the SeeD.
"about 40 kilometers from here. Don't worry, we'll take the moon buggy with us." Gordon smiled at his breakfast-mate.
* * *
After eating breakfast and discussing the plans further, the group went off. The three elementals were with the group and so was Squall and Rinoa. Quistis, Selphie, Irvine and Zell were left in the LD to guard it from any invasion with Quistis as the leader.
When the group arrived at the site, all were just amazed at the ancient buildings that they saw. It was incredible.
"WOW!! I never thought someone had ever lived on the moon!" Shayla-shayla exclaimed.
"Incredible..." Umi followed.
"Majestic..." Sakura added.
"It's so beautiful!!!" Rinoa finished.
"yes...truly incredible..isn't it?" Gordon smiled. "and until today, were still finding out who lived here and as to why they became extinct."
The group continued on to another smaller dome located near the moon-castle. There, they removed their special moon-suit.
"that was a relief!" Shayla said as she stretched herself.
"you'll get used to those thing soon enough" greeted a scientist whose hair was braided into pigtails and was wearing glasses.
"Korhan!! how..?" sakura asked.
"I left earlier that you did..." she smiled at the brunette. "well? what are you waiting for? Ami is already suited up for your expedition" she added.
And so, the group was led towards the changing chamber.
* * *
After the group changed in a more comfortable space suit, they rode the buggy towards the eastern portion of the site.
"were going to start here" Ami told them.
"Why can't we take the buggy?" Umi aked.
"there are sinkholes here...we can't afford to be trapped here." the scientist replied.
Gordon looked at all of them and said, "now, we need you not only to guard us, but also to look. Look for anything out of the ordinary"
The SeeDs just nodded.
* * *
Back at the LD...
Irvine and Selphie started to play the triple triad while Quistis kept on the look out.
"I wonder how long are we going to stay here?" Zell sighed.
"They told me that when they come back, we'll be off back to our home planet." Quistis said.
Irvine shifted in his chair as Selphie was getting the better hand. Then, Selphie looked at Quistis and asked, "how can they be sure?? they don't need us anymore?"
Quistis looked at her and looked away again. "They said they already ordered more Esthar soldiers and they'll be here before they come back"
"oh, you mean they're sending back-ups?" Irvine grinned as he just turned two of Selphie's cards into his.
Quistis gave a nod.
I hope they come back soon... quistis thought as she looked through the glass windows.
* * *
Umi didn't know what lead her to that place...
She just went there...
Umi parted from the main group a while ago without the group noticing. Sakura had just found something extraordinary when Umi got the urge to go to a different direction. Now, she stood right infront of the entrance of a huge cave.
The blue-haired SeeD got one of those handy-dandy-stick-glow'ems from her bag and gave it a shake. The rod glowed a bright yllow-orange and Umi threw it inside the cave, lighting it up.
"this place is HUGE!" Umi told herself.
As she held the glowing stick high above her head, something caught her attention from the corner of her eye. She went over for a closer look.
When she looked at the eastern wall of the cave, there was something embedded in it. Umi stared at it and realized that it was a necklace. As she stared at the necklace, a feeling suddenly stirred inside her, a feeling that told her this necklace was a long-lost item of hers and she had finally found it.
"that can't be..." she murmured "I don't remember owning anything like this... but stil..."
Umi reached for the pendant and pulled it out from the wall. The pendant was small, but beautiful. The pendant was like a small droplet of water. It was made of a translucent, torquoise blue colored stone that was unknown to Umi.
Umi held it out infront of her and studied it intently when suddenly, the cave started to shake. Umi immediately ran outisde and watched as a huge beast rose from the cave. It was a dragon of somesort with two pairs of wings. The dragon was of a crimson color and had not one sign of mercy in its face. The beast looked a round and saw a lone girl standing, holding the necklace in its hands. The beast opened its mouth as if forming a smile, showing its sharp fangs.
* * *
By this time, the group still hadn't notice Umi's absence. They were just too busy with Sakura's architectual find.
Rinoa on the other hand, was keeping a look-out when she saw a streak of blue heading towards a certain direction. The blue reminded her of Umi whom she realized hadn't talked for quite a while.
"Sakura, where's Umi?" she asked.
"Umi? why, she's over there...." Sakura looked around to find Umi and point her out but, she found no blue-haired SeeD. Just the blue-haired scientist.
"oh no..." Rinoa gasped.
"SHE'S MISSING!!!" shouted the little brunette.
Everybody immediately stopped and stared at the two.
"who's missing?" Squall inquired.
"UMI! Umi's missing!!!" Rinoa told him.
Everybody was just shocked silent at this revelation.
And as if on cue, they heard a loud roar coming from somewhere. They all looked at each other thinking of the same thing: Umi.
"what direction???" Shayla asked
No one answered.
Rinoa then remembered the blue streak. It headed North-West from where she was facing. I hope i'm making the right desicions.. she thought, worried. "north-west." Rinoa said in a firm tone, pointing towards the north-west of the direction she faced.
"you sure?" Squall asked her.
"as sure as the sun rises in the east" she told them. Though inside, she wasn't sure at all.
* * *
Umi stood there, finding nothing to do but fight the thing. So, summoning all her strength, she then casted aura on herself. Suddenly, the dragon flew up then slammed its body on her. Fortunately, Umi was able to avoid the attack. Then, Umi casted sleep on the dragon, who evaded the attack.
"darn!!!!" she shouted in anger.
The dragon slashed Umi who barely escaped the attack, causing minimal damage. Umi then casted ultima on the dragon but only caused minor damage.
"...wonder what's the weakness of this thing. SCAN!!!" she shouted. "WHAT!!!! 1095000 HP LEFT???!! and NO WEAKNESS!!!!"
Umi snapped back, just in time to see a fira spell heading her way. The spell unfortunately hit but then, Umi's Aura spell kicked in.
"payback time!....OCEANIC RAGE!!!!!!"
Suddenly, Umi was surrounded by a huge amount of water. The water then twirled around her. Summoning her sword from the orb on the back of her left hand, the water went inside the sword. Umi then dashed forward and made 10,000 quick slashes, plus water damage.
The dragon flinched which gave Umi another chance for a blow. This time, Umi casted Ultima but barely made contact, causing only very minor injuries. Then, fully recovering from the last blows, the Dragon's eyes glowed red and used a shockwave pulsar on her.
Umi then just lay there, with only a few HP's left, waiting for the dragon's final blow.
* * *
As the group zoomed along, passing huge boulders and mountains, everybody started to get panicked seeing no sign of Umi and a best nowhere.
"what if she's eaten?? what if she lost?" came shayla's panicked voice.
"don't say that!" Sakura shouted.
"Let's just hope we find her before any bad things happen." Ami concluded.
As they went, Rinoa stared at a huge rock coming their way. Rinoa rubbed her eyes as she thought that she saw a hooded man holding Umi in his arms. But when she looked again it was still there. Then, the hooded man reminded Rinoa of someone...death!! Umi's in big danger!! she thought. "NOOOOOO!!!" Rinoa shouted more panicked than ever.
All in the vehicle stared at her as her body glowed with white light. The light shone brighter and brighter until no one could see a thing. Then, they disappeared.
* * *
The group reappeared in an unknown place after the bright light had gone, leaving Rinoa unconscious.
"where are we?" Gordon held his head in his hands.
"LOOK!!! THERE'S UMI!!" Ami yelled.
The gang saw the dragon monster about to trample on the unconscious and beaten body of Umi.
"UMI!!!" shouted the three SeeDs.
Suddenly, the three glowed with white light as well. But instead of disappearing, the three's attacking power grew to a great level.
Shayla-shayla's light shifted from white to red, with the glow from her jewel adding on the red. Then, fire surrounded her body and she moved towards the creature. When she punchede the creature, it went in blue-black flames. But before the dragon could recover, Sakura came next.
Sakura's septre glowed a brighter mint color. Suddenly, all the cards from her inventory (Except the player and GF cards. She keeps them in a secret place) scattered and surrounded her. Then, all the creatures in the cards were summoned all at once and they all attacked the dragon. After that still, Squall was next.
His Lionheart glowed a brighter blue and so did his body. Squall held his Lionheart high and the sky suddenly turned pitch-black. Lightning hit the creature and it was so strong that the dragon was thrown back to the already destroyed cave. Then, Squall attacked it and slashed and divided the thing into five pieces.
The monster was just plain dead after that.
The three fell to the ground the last drop of strength squeezed out of them. But of the three, Squall was the only coinscious person.
how did we do that? was the only question that popped in Squall's head.
* * *
END OF CHAPTER 2
end note: Hiya! hope you're liking it so far. If you thought that the previous chapter was bad, I hope I made it up here ^_^;. Anyway, Thanks for reading this and the previous chapter. Hope to see ya in the next chapter! ^-^
NOTE: words in means their thoughts or when they talk to someone through thoughts.
~*~ means they're in a dream mode/state another ~*~ means end of the dream state/mode.
THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
by: Rhys Icewind
Chapter 2 - Strange Visions
After deciding on which group goes and stays, the group went to their rooms to take a break. They were given two rooms: the girl's and the boy's room. The girl's room was infront of the boy's room. Each room had four beds, but one of the beds in the boy's room was given to the girls since they lacked beds.
"OK. So, Selphie and Sakura sleep on that bed together, I sleep here, Umi will sleep on the bed by the corner, Rinoa will sleep to the bed to the left of it, and Shayla will sleep on the extra bed" Quistis instructed.
"HEY! why do I get the extra bed????" the red-hed protested.
"you picked it out remember?" Selphie sleepily said.
"Yeah, it's (yawn) your fault..." Sakura added in a very sleepy tone.
"ok..guys..(yawns)...let's just go to sleep...I'm dead tired." Rinoa was heard to say.
"ditto!" Umi followed.
Quistis followed and slept, while Shayla mumbled as she made herself comfy in her bed. As soon as they all closed their eyes, they fell asleep.
* * *
"you think it's really worth it?" Zell asked his companions.
"worth what?" Irvine replied.
"y'know, goin' here n'all...somethin' tells me that this is no good." the blonde looked out the door window.
"we can't do anything. It's the client's orders. Let's just rest up for tomorrow's work." Squall said as he tucked himself in.
"ditto" Irvine followed as he closed his eyes. As soon as he did that he started snoring.
"oh man!" zell said in a complaining tone, "this is going to be a looong night" and he walked over to his bed and put a pillow over his head and tried to catch some Z's.
* * *
In the middle on the night, a shadowy figure moved stealthily across the halls. His muscular features showing in his body-fitted, black suit. The figure avoided the watchful cameras with ease as he slipped from one hallway to the other. Suddenly, figure came to a halt when he reached a dead-end hall with two doors facing each other. He peeked at the door to the left but didn't enter. He decided to enter the other one instead.
He decided to enter the girl's room.
Inside, the lights were off and he blended in with the darkness. He moved slowly towards the bed near the corner. But instead of facing the bed beside the corner, he faced the bed to the left of it. There, he saw a woman with black hair sleeping soundly.
The figure gently put his index finger on her forehead and suddenly, Rinoa's body started to glow.
~*~
"Squall, you're so sweet!!!" Rinoa said when she saw the candle light dinner table.
"Anything to make you happy love." the teenager replied.
Rinoa gave Squall a peck on the cheek and they stared at each others eyes. Suddenly, Rinoa's vision started to blur. She rubbed her eyes and tried to refocus her vision, but to no avail. Then, everything round her started to turn and turn making her dizzy. She tried to grab Squall for support but then, she saw her hands glowing white.
As she stared at her glowing hands, arms and body everything around her turned black. Then, she reappeared in a beautiful room fit for a princess.
"Whoa...what's going on?" she asked herself.
Rinoa looked around and down below, she saw a little girl with beautiful red-orange hair. She was crying and was looking battered. Rinoa went closer to try and cheer her up and that's when she found out that she was only a ghost there.
"I wish I could help you..." rinoa murmured to herself.
Just when an idea was occuring to her, she saw another ghost across the room.
"ULTIMECIA!!!! don't you dare hurt this girl!!!" she shouted as she put on a fighting stance between Ultimecia and the girl. But Ultimecia just passed right through her. "Wha-" rinoa said, looking puzzled.
Rinoa then turned around to see Ultimecia looking more solid and opaque. Rinoa didn't do anything this time, knowing that it was no use. She just watched and waited.
"what's wrong little girl?" the sorceress asked.
"wha-...WHO ARE YOU?!?! HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE!?!!?" the little girl shouted.
"don't worry, I won't do you harm" Ultimecia told her gently.
"yeah...right" Rinoa murmured.
"let me heal you..." Ultimecia offered.
"don't come any closer!!" the girl shouted back.
~*~
Mean while, Umi, being the most sensitive in the group, sensed something strange. She was still half-asleep but still, she felt something strange.
"Rinoa..." whispered the half-asleep Umi.
The shadowy figure was startled and immediately stopped what he was doing. Then, he looked around and left.
~*~
Rinoa just stared at the girl as she glowed with power. She just transformed after saying a few words. Her power suit was like an armor made of gold. Infact, Rinoa was surprised that this girl was actually fighting Ultimecia. She was practically fearless.
"Stop, I'm here to help..." Ultimecia cooed.
"NO!! LIAR!!!! GO AWAY!!!" the girl shouted firing power balls at her.
Ultimecia easily doged the attack. "I'm here to help....they lied to you didn't they?" Ultimecia said, making the girl freeze before she could fire another power ball.
"H-how did you know that??!!?" the girl asked in a panicked voice.
"I know everything...your troubles...your secrets...everything....I kan help you...just trust me.." the sorceress replied.
"NO!! DON'T BE FOOLED!!!!! SHE'S A LIAR TOO!!!" Rinoa shouted in a vain attempt to stop the girl from trusting Ultimecia.
Suddenly, everything went black and and rinoa started to get dizzy again.
~*~
Rinoa suddenly jerked and rose from her bed, breathing heavily. And being finally awakened by the noise, Umi rose from her bed too.
"Rinoa, are you ok?" Umi gently said, rubbing her eyes.
"no, it's no-nothing....I'm fine thanks" she gave the blue-haired SeeD a goofy smile.
"ok..." Umi replied in an unsure tone.
* * *
"Good morning everybody!!" greeted the cheerful cook.
"good morning!!" came Selphie's cheerful reply. "what's for breakfast??"
"It's ham 'n' eggs, bacon, hotdog.."
"did someone say hotdog??" Zell appeared beside Selphie.
"yeah, it's one of our menus for today." Selphie answered.
"I'll have four please!" the blonde teenager ordered.
"OK! four hotdogs coming right up!" the cook gleefuly said.
Meanwhie, Quistis, Rinoa, Umi, and Sakura sat in one table munching happily on their food. Shayla-shayla sat with Selphie, Zell, and Irvine while Squall sat with Gordon.
"where are we headed today?" Squall asked.
"to the site. We're going to explore the nearby regions to see if there are anymore artifacts there." the scientist replied.
"how far is it?" inqured the SeeD.
"about 40 kilometers from here. Don't worry, we'll take the moon buggy with us." Gordon smiled at his breakfast-mate.
* * *
After eating breakfast and discussing the plans further, the group went off. The three elementals were with the group and so was Squall and Rinoa. Quistis, Selphie, Irvine and Zell were left in the LD to guard it from any invasion with Quistis as the leader.
When the group arrived at the site, all were just amazed at the ancient buildings that they saw. It was incredible.
"WOW!! I never thought someone had ever lived on the moon!" Shayla-shayla exclaimed.
"Incredible..." Umi followed.
"Majestic..." Sakura added.
"It's so beautiful!!!" Rinoa finished.
"yes...truly incredible..isn't it?" Gordon smiled. "and until today, were still finding out who lived here and as to why they became extinct."
The group continued on to another smaller dome located near the moon-castle. There, they removed their special moon-suit.
"that was a relief!" Shayla said as she stretched herself.
"you'll get used to those thing soon enough" greeted a scientist whose hair was braided into pigtails and was wearing glasses.
"Korhan!! how..?" sakura asked.
"I left earlier that you did..." she smiled at the brunette. "well? what are you waiting for? Ami is already suited up for your expedition" she added.
And so, the group was led towards the changing chamber.
* * *
After the group changed in a more comfortable space suit, they rode the buggy towards the eastern portion of the site.
"were going to start here" Ami told them.
"Why can't we take the buggy?" Umi aked.
"there are sinkholes here...we can't afford to be trapped here." the scientist replied.
Gordon looked at all of them and said, "now, we need you not only to guard us, but also to look. Look for anything out of the ordinary"
The SeeDs just nodded.
* * *
Back at the LD...
Irvine and Selphie started to play the triple triad while Quistis kept on the look out.
"I wonder how long are we going to stay here?" Zell sighed.
"They told me that when they come back, we'll be off back to our home planet." Quistis said.
Irvine shifted in his chair as Selphie was getting the better hand. Then, Selphie looked at Quistis and asked, "how can they be sure?? they don't need us anymore?"
Quistis looked at her and looked away again. "They said they already ordered more Esthar soldiers and they'll be here before they come back"
"oh, you mean they're sending back-ups?" Irvine grinned as he just turned two of Selphie's cards into his.
Quistis gave a nod.
I hope they come back soon... quistis thought as she looked through the glass windows.
* * *
Umi didn't know what lead her to that place...
She just went there...
Umi parted from the main group a while ago without the group noticing. Sakura had just found something extraordinary when Umi got the urge to go to a different direction. Now, she stood right infront of the entrance of a huge cave.
The blue-haired SeeD got one of those handy-dandy-stick-glow'ems from her bag and gave it a shake. The rod glowed a bright yllow-orange and Umi threw it inside the cave, lighting it up.
"this place is HUGE!" Umi told herself.
As she held the glowing stick high above her head, something caught her attention from the corner of her eye. She went over for a closer look.
When she looked at the eastern wall of the cave, there was something embedded in it. Umi stared at it and realized that it was a necklace. As she stared at the necklace, a feeling suddenly stirred inside her, a feeling that told her this necklace was a long-lost item of hers and she had finally found it.
"that can't be..." she murmured "I don't remember owning anything like this... but stil..."
Umi reached for the pendant and pulled it out from the wall. The pendant was small, but beautiful. The pendant was like a small droplet of water. It was made of a translucent, torquoise blue colored stone that was unknown to Umi.
Umi held it out infront of her and studied it intently when suddenly, the cave started to shake. Umi immediately ran outisde and watched as a huge beast rose from the cave. It was a dragon of somesort with two pairs of wings. The dragon was of a crimson color and had not one sign of mercy in its face. The beast looked a round and saw a lone girl standing, holding the necklace in its hands. The beast opened its mouth as if forming a smile, showing its sharp fangs.
* * *
By this time, the group still hadn't notice Umi's absence. They were just too busy with Sakura's architectual find.
Rinoa on the other hand, was keeping a look-out when she saw a streak of blue heading towards a certain direction. The blue reminded her of Umi whom she realized hadn't talked for quite a while.
"Sakura, where's Umi?" she asked.
"Umi? why, she's over there...." Sakura looked around to find Umi and point her out but, she found no blue-haired SeeD. Just the blue-haired scientist.
"oh no..." Rinoa gasped.
"SHE'S MISSING!!!" shouted the little brunette.
Everybody immediately stopped and stared at the two.
"who's missing?" Squall inquired.
"UMI! Umi's missing!!!" Rinoa told him.
Everybody was just shocked silent at this revelation.
And as if on cue, they heard a loud roar coming from somewhere. They all looked at each other thinking of the same thing: Umi.
"what direction???" Shayla asked
No one answered.
Rinoa then remembered the blue streak. It headed North-West from where she was facing. I hope i'm making the right desicions.. she thought, worried. "north-west." Rinoa said in a firm tone, pointing towards the north-west of the direction she faced.
"you sure?" Squall asked her.
"as sure as the sun rises in the east" she told them. Though inside, she wasn't sure at all.
* * *
Umi stood there, finding nothing to do but fight the thing. So, summoning all her strength, she then casted aura on herself. Suddenly, the dragon flew up then slammed its body on her. Fortunately, Umi was able to avoid the attack. Then, Umi casted sleep on the dragon, who evaded the attack.
"darn!!!!" she shouted in anger.
The dragon slashed Umi who barely escaped the attack, causing minimal damage. Umi then casted ultima on the dragon but only caused minor damage.
"...wonder what's the weakness of this thing. SCAN!!!" she shouted. "WHAT!!!! 1095000 HP LEFT???!! and NO WEAKNESS!!!!"
Umi snapped back, just in time to see a fira spell heading her way. The spell unfortunately hit but then, Umi's Aura spell kicked in.
"payback time!....OCEANIC RAGE!!!!!!"
Suddenly, Umi was surrounded by a huge amount of water. The water then twirled around her. Summoning her sword from the orb on the back of her left hand, the water went inside the sword. Umi then dashed forward and made 10,000 quick slashes, plus water damage.
The dragon flinched which gave Umi another chance for a blow. This time, Umi casted Ultima but barely made contact, causing only very minor injuries. Then, fully recovering from the last blows, the Dragon's eyes glowed red and used a shockwave pulsar on her.
Umi then just lay there, with only a few HP's left, waiting for the dragon's final blow.
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As the group zoomed along, passing huge boulders and mountains, everybody started to get panicked seeing no sign of Umi and a best nowhere.
"what if she's eaten?? what if she lost?" came shayla's panicked voice.
"don't say that!" Sakura shouted.
"Let's just hope we find her before any bad things happen." Ami concluded.
As they went, Rinoa stared at a huge rock coming their way. Rinoa rubbed her eyes as she thought that she saw a hooded man holding Umi in his arms. But when she looked again it was still there. Then, the hooded man reminded Rinoa of someone...death!! Umi's in big danger!! she thought. "NOOOOOO!!!" Rinoa shouted more panicked than ever.
All in the vehicle stared at her as her body glowed with white light. The light shone brighter and brighter until no one could see a thing. Then, they disappeared.
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The group reappeared in an unknown place after the bright light had gone, leaving Rinoa unconscious.
"where are we?" Gordon held his head in his hands.
"LOOK!!! THERE'S UMI!!" Ami yelled.
The gang saw the dragon monster about to trample on the unconscious and beaten body of Umi.
"UMI!!!" shouted the three SeeDs.
Suddenly, the three glowed with white light as well. But instead of disappearing, the three's attacking power grew to a great level.
Shayla-shayla's light shifted from white to red, with the glow from her jewel adding on the red. Then, fire surrounded her body and she moved towards the creature. When she punchede the creature, it went in blue-black flames. But before the dragon could recover, Sakura came next.
Sakura's septre glowed a brighter mint color. Suddenly, all the cards from her inventory (Except the player and GF cards. She keeps them in a secret place) scattered and surrounded her. Then, all the creatures in the cards were summoned all at once and they all attacked the dragon. After that still, Squall was next.
His Lionheart glowed a brighter blue and so did his body. Squall held his Lionheart high and the sky suddenly turned pitch-black. Lightning hit the creature and it was so strong that the dragon was thrown back to the already destroyed cave. Then, Squall attacked it and slashed and divided the thing into five pieces.
The monster was just plain dead after that.
The three fell to the ground the last drop of strength squeezed out of them. But of the three, Squall was the only coinscious person.
how did we do that? was the only question that popped in Squall's head.
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END OF CHAPTER 2
end note: Hiya! hope you're liking it so far. If you thought that the previous chapter was bad, I hope I made it up here ^_^;. Anyway, Thanks for reading this and the previous chapter. Hope to see ya in the next chapter! ^-^