FF8-The New Challenge
Ch.14
Discalimer: I don't own FF8 and I'm not making money off this.
authors note: This chapter goes to QuyckSylver, who has always had something nice to say about my work.
authors note2: the in this chapter means thinking or silently talking to one's self/GF.
**************************************************************************** ** Josh and the others paked up the van they had borrowed, and prepared to go home. Squall had called, saying that there was a emergency, and that their vacation was cut short. Josh had just loaded his and Seifers Gunblades into the back of the car, and left to get some of Fujin's bags. She hadn't bought alot, but what she had bought had been heavy. Josh smiled to himself, and felt sorry for Raijin and Seifer. Shelly and Quistis had bought enough to open their own shop. As Josh helped to carry the final load down, he thought he heard someone speaking. He looked around, and saw no one who would have said anything.
After loading everything into the van, everyone loaded up. On the ride back to garden, every one slept. Josh and Seifer switched when one of them got tired. Once they reached the ferry, every one got out for a good stretch. The boat was about twenty feet wide, and fifty feet long. Josh saw that theirs was the only vehicle, as the vessel pulled away. Agian, he thought he heard someone, and when he turned, he saw no one.
Josh shook his head. I'm going crazy. I keep thinking I'm hearing things.
{(Your not going cray, Josh. I'm senseing something powerful nearby.)} Sander spoke through his thoughts.
[(Indeed, I can sense it also. It is stronger than me)] Elementos sounded very concerned
What should I do?
{(Warn the others!!)}
[(Quickly!!!!!!)]
"We got trouble guys!!!" Josh called the others. They all looked at him. "There's something powerful, very powerful, and it's not far of."
Quistis and Shelly got their weapons(Shelly uses twin daggers) from their belts. Fujin snatched hers and Raijins weapons off the seat of the car. Kent drew his sword. Seifer's and Josh's weapons were still under all the luggage. "Here." Kent brought out an extra dagger, and handed it to Seifer "That's all I have."
"Don't worry about me." Josh looked around. "I'll be fine."
{(Above!!)} Sander's voice screamed into Josh's thoughts. Josh leaped back out of the way just as a spear came hurtling down.
"Thanks Sander." Josh looked up, to see a long-haired man come down. The man looked like something from a fairy tale. His face was flawless, with black hair, green eyes, and an evil look that could wilt flowers. He wore a silver martial-arts suit, with a crimson cape.
"You were lucky, next time you won't be." The man stood and pulled his spear from the floor of the ferry. "You may fight monsters well, but can you fight yourself?"
"No man can fight himself." Kent sneered.
"Is that so? You soon will." The man raised his spear above his head. He glared at Josh agian, and then lept up into the air.
"Friend of shadow, foe to light, face them in an even fight. Warrors of Shadow arise, raise your weapons to the skies!!!"
The evening sun had cast long shadows across the vessel, and now, each shadow cast by a person (the Red-Warrior not included) seemed to take on form, as if it were living. From the shadows, rose dark forms of each of the seven SeeDs they looked similar, except, they were each wearing crimson , and they each had the true weapon of the SeeD(Josh was still unarmed, but his shadow had a Steel-Gunblade that looked like the DragonSoul.) Each of the Shadows eyes were solid black, and they all wore the same evil expression as the man who had summoned them.
"Meet your own self. They know all your moves before you make them. Now we will see who shall win." The Red-Warrior disappeared. The shadow- warriors attacked, and for the most part, they were parried, but Josh still had no weapon, so he had to dodge. Whips cracked agianst each other, Bo- sais slammed, swords clashed, Shurkins clanged, and daggers rang.
The dark-Josh seemed to have the advantage. "What happened to even fight?" Josh shouted.
"Is anything ever truly even?" The Dark-Josh responded with a sneer.
"It will be soon.......DragonSoul, to my hand!!" The weapon appeared in Josh's outstretched hand, and Josh started to parry and fight back. As the Red-Warrior had said, the shadow-fighters knew every move before it was made. They responded with incredible accuracy. Josh also seemed to know exactly how to block his opponents attacks. "There has got to be a way to win this!!!!" He thought for a second. His shadow seemed to know his moves exactly..his moves!!
"Worth a shot." Josh figured. He threw his weapon down, and jumped. Instead of jumping all the way over, he let his feet drag a bit. His feet contacted with the shadow's face. "Didn't know I could do that, did you? Of course not, I didn't either."
"You will pay for that." Josh flipped all the way back over his opponent, and grabbed the DragonSoul agian.
"I think not."
The shadow-Josh seemed to know exactly what to do, he jumped forward, and jabbed. Josh barely managed to sidestep, but when he did, he saw his opening. He swirled, and connected with the back of his shadows neck. The blade slide through like it was cutting paper. His opponent melted back into his shadow, releasing a billow of red steam. Josh looked down, his Shadow hadn't missed. His leg had been stabbed, just above the knee.
He turned, and used his DragonSlash technique on the Shadow-Fujin. It also became a regular shadow, after issuing smoke. Fujin threw her Shirkin into Quistis' Shadow, and the pattern continued, until all the Shadow-Warriors had been defeated.
Everyone had minor scratches and Bruses, except Josh. The point of the blade was still in his leg. His Shadow had cut clean to the bone, and the tip was embedded an inch above the knee-cap. Fujin rushed to his side. She looked at his leg. "Oh, Josh." The ferry was run by Remote, and there wasn't a first aid kit on board. Fujin used a shirt to stop the bleeding, and a peice of rope to hold it on. Seifer and Raijin helped him into the van. Fujin got in first, and they laid his head in her lap. They were still over three hours from Balamb, and had almost an hour drive from there to the Garden where Josh could be treated.
As they made their way, Fujin told Josh about her past, and how she had been rejected because of her looks. She said that no-one had ever protected her the way he had. As she talked, Josh thought. He remembered when he had meet Fujin, and how when he had been going through the test for the DragonSoul, she had been on his mind. After it healed him, he was glad he could see her agian. Josh's eyes widened.
"Thats' it." He nearly sat up, but the pain in his leg stopped him from going all the way up. "I need the DragonSoul!!" Seifer brought it to him, crrying it on a cloth. "You healed me once...can you do it agian? Will you?" Josh placed the blade on his leg, and felt the power as the blade glowed. When he removed it, his leg was healed, without even a scar.
"That's amazing." Fujin gawked at the spot where his leg had been gashed.
"Thank-you, my friend." Josh closed his eyes, and the DragonSoul disappeared. It returned to it's sheith.
When the Ferry arrived, Fujin insisted that Josh report to the Infermary, and get an X-ray. The scan revealed nothing to prove there had ever been a wound.
Dr. K., as she had affectionatly been nicknamed by several students, ran several more tests. Josh sat throught them, and waited patiently for the diagnosis. Part of it was because while he was waiting for her to get the next test ready, or was reading the output from her machines, Dr. K allowed Fujin to keep Josh company.
Fujin cuddled close to him, and allowed him to hold her in his lap. She told him more about how much she had felt left out. He enjoyed knowing that he could makle such an empact in someone's life. Eventually, Fujin fell asleep in josh's arms, and Dr. K allowed him to carry her to her room, so long as he agreed to come back the next day. **************************************************************************** ** Thanks to all my Reveiwers.
Quycksylver-- I wanted to make Fujin lose her temper to, but I thought it would make the story smoother if only Josh did.
Fluffybunnies--Glad your loving my fic.
Faultering Hues-- sweet moments..and bloddy ones? peculiar combination. so..was the chapter worth the wait..or do I need to throw in more carnage and gore?
Fujin: Wind Goddess-- you asked for action, you got it. don't worry about yopur fanfic.. It's good
Ch.14
Discalimer: I don't own FF8 and I'm not making money off this.
authors note: This chapter goes to QuyckSylver, who has always had something nice to say about my work.
authors note2: the in this chapter means thinking or silently talking to one's self/GF.
**************************************************************************** ** Josh and the others paked up the van they had borrowed, and prepared to go home. Squall had called, saying that there was a emergency, and that their vacation was cut short. Josh had just loaded his and Seifers Gunblades into the back of the car, and left to get some of Fujin's bags. She hadn't bought alot, but what she had bought had been heavy. Josh smiled to himself, and felt sorry for Raijin and Seifer. Shelly and Quistis had bought enough to open their own shop. As Josh helped to carry the final load down, he thought he heard someone speaking. He looked around, and saw no one who would have said anything.
After loading everything into the van, everyone loaded up. On the ride back to garden, every one slept. Josh and Seifer switched when one of them got tired. Once they reached the ferry, every one got out for a good stretch. The boat was about twenty feet wide, and fifty feet long. Josh saw that theirs was the only vehicle, as the vessel pulled away. Agian, he thought he heard someone, and when he turned, he saw no one.
Josh shook his head. I'm going crazy. I keep thinking I'm hearing things.
{(Your not going cray, Josh. I'm senseing something powerful nearby.)} Sander spoke through his thoughts.
[(Indeed, I can sense it also. It is stronger than me)] Elementos sounded very concerned
What should I do?
{(Warn the others!!)}
[(Quickly!!!!!!)]
"We got trouble guys!!!" Josh called the others. They all looked at him. "There's something powerful, very powerful, and it's not far of."
Quistis and Shelly got their weapons(Shelly uses twin daggers) from their belts. Fujin snatched hers and Raijins weapons off the seat of the car. Kent drew his sword. Seifer's and Josh's weapons were still under all the luggage. "Here." Kent brought out an extra dagger, and handed it to Seifer "That's all I have."
"Don't worry about me." Josh looked around. "I'll be fine."
{(Above!!)} Sander's voice screamed into Josh's thoughts. Josh leaped back out of the way just as a spear came hurtling down.
"Thanks Sander." Josh looked up, to see a long-haired man come down. The man looked like something from a fairy tale. His face was flawless, with black hair, green eyes, and an evil look that could wilt flowers. He wore a silver martial-arts suit, with a crimson cape.
"You were lucky, next time you won't be." The man stood and pulled his spear from the floor of the ferry. "You may fight monsters well, but can you fight yourself?"
"No man can fight himself." Kent sneered.
"Is that so? You soon will." The man raised his spear above his head. He glared at Josh agian, and then lept up into the air.
"Friend of shadow, foe to light, face them in an even fight. Warrors of Shadow arise, raise your weapons to the skies!!!"
The evening sun had cast long shadows across the vessel, and now, each shadow cast by a person (the Red-Warrior not included) seemed to take on form, as if it were living. From the shadows, rose dark forms of each of the seven SeeDs they looked similar, except, they were each wearing crimson , and they each had the true weapon of the SeeD(Josh was still unarmed, but his shadow had a Steel-Gunblade that looked like the DragonSoul.) Each of the Shadows eyes were solid black, and they all wore the same evil expression as the man who had summoned them.
"Meet your own self. They know all your moves before you make them. Now we will see who shall win." The Red-Warrior disappeared. The shadow- warriors attacked, and for the most part, they were parried, but Josh still had no weapon, so he had to dodge. Whips cracked agianst each other, Bo- sais slammed, swords clashed, Shurkins clanged, and daggers rang.
The dark-Josh seemed to have the advantage. "What happened to even fight?" Josh shouted.
"Is anything ever truly even?" The Dark-Josh responded with a sneer.
"It will be soon.......DragonSoul, to my hand!!" The weapon appeared in Josh's outstretched hand, and Josh started to parry and fight back. As the Red-Warrior had said, the shadow-fighters knew every move before it was made. They responded with incredible accuracy. Josh also seemed to know exactly how to block his opponents attacks. "There has got to be a way to win this!!!!" He thought for a second. His shadow seemed to know his moves exactly..his moves!!
"Worth a shot." Josh figured. He threw his weapon down, and jumped. Instead of jumping all the way over, he let his feet drag a bit. His feet contacted with the shadow's face. "Didn't know I could do that, did you? Of course not, I didn't either."
"You will pay for that." Josh flipped all the way back over his opponent, and grabbed the DragonSoul agian.
"I think not."
The shadow-Josh seemed to know exactly what to do, he jumped forward, and jabbed. Josh barely managed to sidestep, but when he did, he saw his opening. He swirled, and connected with the back of his shadows neck. The blade slide through like it was cutting paper. His opponent melted back into his shadow, releasing a billow of red steam. Josh looked down, his Shadow hadn't missed. His leg had been stabbed, just above the knee.
He turned, and used his DragonSlash technique on the Shadow-Fujin. It also became a regular shadow, after issuing smoke. Fujin threw her Shirkin into Quistis' Shadow, and the pattern continued, until all the Shadow-Warriors had been defeated.
Everyone had minor scratches and Bruses, except Josh. The point of the blade was still in his leg. His Shadow had cut clean to the bone, and the tip was embedded an inch above the knee-cap. Fujin rushed to his side. She looked at his leg. "Oh, Josh." The ferry was run by Remote, and there wasn't a first aid kit on board. Fujin used a shirt to stop the bleeding, and a peice of rope to hold it on. Seifer and Raijin helped him into the van. Fujin got in first, and they laid his head in her lap. They were still over three hours from Balamb, and had almost an hour drive from there to the Garden where Josh could be treated.
As they made their way, Fujin told Josh about her past, and how she had been rejected because of her looks. She said that no-one had ever protected her the way he had. As she talked, Josh thought. He remembered when he had meet Fujin, and how when he had been going through the test for the DragonSoul, she had been on his mind. After it healed him, he was glad he could see her agian. Josh's eyes widened.
"Thats' it." He nearly sat up, but the pain in his leg stopped him from going all the way up. "I need the DragonSoul!!" Seifer brought it to him, crrying it on a cloth. "You healed me once...can you do it agian? Will you?" Josh placed the blade on his leg, and felt the power as the blade glowed. When he removed it, his leg was healed, without even a scar.
"That's amazing." Fujin gawked at the spot where his leg had been gashed.
"Thank-you, my friend." Josh closed his eyes, and the DragonSoul disappeared. It returned to it's sheith.
When the Ferry arrived, Fujin insisted that Josh report to the Infermary, and get an X-ray. The scan revealed nothing to prove there had ever been a wound.
Dr. K., as she had affectionatly been nicknamed by several students, ran several more tests. Josh sat throught them, and waited patiently for the diagnosis. Part of it was because while he was waiting for her to get the next test ready, or was reading the output from her machines, Dr. K allowed Fujin to keep Josh company.
Fujin cuddled close to him, and allowed him to hold her in his lap. She told him more about how much she had felt left out. He enjoyed knowing that he could makle such an empact in someone's life. Eventually, Fujin fell asleep in josh's arms, and Dr. K allowed him to carry her to her room, so long as he agreed to come back the next day. **************************************************************************** ** Thanks to all my Reveiwers.
Quycksylver-- I wanted to make Fujin lose her temper to, but I thought it would make the story smoother if only Josh did.
Fluffybunnies--Glad your loving my fic.
Faultering Hues-- sweet moments..and bloddy ones? peculiar combination. so..was the chapter worth the wait..or do I need to throw in more carnage and gore?
Fujin: Wind Goddess-- you asked for action, you got it. don't worry about yopur fanfic.. It's good