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Chapter 40: Down to Crater (Yay! 40 chapters!)
I know the last chapter ended with them at the crater but let's backtrack.
On the airship as it heads to the Northern Crater.
Cloud: Couldn't believe you were back.
Aeris: Leave it to Perry. I knew he'd do it.
Cloud: I had my doubts. Which is kinda why I want to talk to you.
Now we're with Perry and Yuffie. Three guesses what she's doing.
Yuffie: I hate...urk...this thing.
Perry: Just lie down and you'll be fine.
Yuffie: Why didn't you...come to Wutai?
Perry: To bring sis back.
Yuffie: Come there with me after.
Perry: Sure thing.
Tifa: Thought I'd find you two here.
Perry: What brings you here?
Tifa: Just wanted to sit and talk.
Perry: You seem very happy for what we're about to do.
Tifa: I just had to tell you.
Perry: Me?
Tifa: Next to Cloud. I trust you the most.
Perry: What's the secret?
She whispered into my ear and it shocked me.
Perry: He did?
Tifa: Yes.
Perry: Congratulations! I'm happy for you Tifa. I also wanted to tell you something too.
Tifa: Really?
Perry: Let's go onto the deck.
We walked up to the deck. We had our privacy.
Tifa: What did you want to tell me?
Perry: Just that I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. I mean, you found me when I came here. I wouldn't have joined AVALANCHE without you. I never would have made it this far. I would have continued to hate my world without journeying with everyone. So to make it short, thanks Tifa.
Tifa: Your welcome, Perry. I mean I couldn't just leave you in Sector 7.
Perry: Well thanks anyway.
We hugged one another.
Tifa: I'm going to do my best to help everyone.
Now we're with the rest of them.
Barret: Never thought that Aeris would actually be brought back. That kid sure surprised us.
Vincent: He did. I always thought he just cared about that girl Yuffie.
Red XIII: He's almost as mysterious as Cloud. He's an interesting person.
Cait Sith: But my fortune was wrong.
Barret: Whatcho talkin about?
Cait Sith: At the Temple of the Ancients Aeris wanted to know how compatible Cloud and her were. It was a perfect match. But Cloud chose Tifa. I was wrong.
Barret: If ya tell me, that's not much of a surprise.
Cait Sith: Hey. I'm a business man, not a machine. Well, maybe.
Barret: You make my head hurt.
We had arrived at the crater. Now it was the hard part.
Cloud: Everyone. Let's tread quickly.
Cid: Some leader.
We left the Highwind and went into the heart of the crater. It was dark except for the lifestream light coming out. We had to jump across some rocks. Aeris needed some help with that.
Cloud: What's wrong?
Aeris: I can't make this jump. Still feels like I'm just using my body for the first time.
Perry: Grab on.
She got on me piggyback and I jumped with her. We made it.
Perry: I can carry you the rest of the way if you want.
Aeris: Yeah. We may need to jump like that more than once.
She was very alert for someone piggyback. Usually they fell asleep. Guess it was that serious. I had almost forgotten this was a game. This felt like reality to me. It was. We arrived at the two branches in the road.
Cloud: Two directions.
Cid: Which way are you going Cloud?
Cloud: Left(right for those of you looking at the game screen)
Barret: I'm heading Left.
Tifa: Me too.
Vincent: I'll go right.
Red XIII: I'll take right.
Perry: Me too.
Yuffie: I guess right.
Aeris: I got right.
Cait Sith: I'll take left.
Cid: I'll go left then.
Cloud: Don't the rest of you die on me! Gotta get through to Sephiroth!
Vincent: He shall no longer be a problem.
Cid: I'm gonna show him what's what.
Barret: Time to rock! The LAST mission.
Perry: Good luck guys.
I was still carrying Aeris. She decided to get down after awhile. We didn't find any enemies just yet.
Perry: Strange. No resistance.
Yuffie: Maybe they're scared of us.
Perry: Hopefully.
Vincent: As long as we do what we set out to do.
Red XIII: Try and find things to use. We may need them.
The rooms were very strange. We all went to the path with the water and roots. Very strange. We had to swim to the other sides, only we weren't wet in this water.
Aeris: Strange. We should be soaked.
Perry: Doesn't make sense but let's continue.
Vincent: Wise choice.
Then we found an enemy waiting in the next room. A Magic Pot.
Perry: OH crap!
Red XIII: What is the problem?
Perry: These are quite annoying.
Magic Pot: Gimme Elixer please!
Yuffie: No way!
Perry: Do it or we can't kill it.
Yuffie: No fair.
Vincent: Well, give it one.
I tossed an Elixer at it and it was happy.
Perry: Yuffie, steal it.
She ran up and took it back.
Vincent: Let's attack.
He shot it with the Death Penalty. He must have gotten it when he was left off before arriving here. The Magic Pot died.
Perry: Once we give it to it stealing it back will still have it take damage.
Aeris: Well, let's continue.
Perry: Wait.
I ran to the center of the light and found a support materia. (AN: Forgot which one)
Aeris: I found something else.
She found the W-Magic. She offered it to us but nobody wanted it. Well Yuffie did but we ignored her.
Yuffie: Geeze! I'm glad that I get all the materia after this.
Perry: Even mine?
Yuffie: We'll talk.
Vincent: Let's just continue. If you're through talking.
We entered the area with the black rocks to jump on. After careful navigation we made it to the center. Cloud was there waiting with everyone else.
Cloud: You're late. But I'm glad you are all safe.
Barret: Did you find anything?
Aeris: A few things.
Cloud: Well this is the center of the planet.
We decided to go down. To end it all. I was very scared. I mean, I could die down there.
Cloud: Let's mosey.
Cid: Damn! I've had it! Sound like a leader for once. Say "move out" or something!
Cloud: Move out!
We all walked down but we were stopped.
Aeris: I hear something. Danger. Let me ask.
She knelt on the floor and said some things then got back up.
Aeris: The planet senses danger. Enemies coming. One is approaching the center.
Cloud: Sephiroth.
Vincent: And more.
Monsters appeared on the floor next to us. We prepared to fight.
Cloud: Let's fight.
Barret: No you take two of us and go down. We'll meet up later!
Cloud: Fine. Vincent, Cid, it's up to us.
The two jumped down and they left in the green light.
Perry: Man, this isn't going to be easy.
Tifa: I'm ready to fight.
Yuffie: I might be.
Cait Sith: Think of it as a major practice run.
Barret: C'mon let's go!
It was two Dragon Zombies. Very deadly.
Perry: Work together.
The dragons wasted no time to attack. They hit all of us. It was painful.
Yuffie: ow. Now I'm ready!
I used Ultima(it leveled up)on the two. Did some damage, but not enough.
Tifa: Yuffie, throw your weapon and I'll do the rest.
She threw Conformer and it hit one of the dragons. Tifa ran up and pummeled the other then somersaulted it, swept it, dropped the other one, uppercut the last one, and finally grabbed one and drove it from the top of the cavern to the floor. They were both dead.
Tifa: That's how its do...
She fell backwards and I ran to catch.
Aeris: How is she?
Perry: She's very tired.
Aeris: Stand back.
Aeris used some kind of spell to give Tifa her energy back.
Tifa: Thanks. I overdid it.
Perry: Can't imagine if you used Final Heaven.
Tifa: Final Heaven?
Perry: It's your last limit skill. Very powerful.
Tifa: I never learned that one.
Perry: I'll show you when this is over.
Tifa: If we make it that far.
Perry: We'll make it.
Yuffie: Yeah. We're making it out of here.
Perry: Exactly.
Red XIII: Do you feel diferent?
Cait Sith: I'd tell you but I don't feel anything.
Aeris: I feel odd.
Perry: Me too.
We all looked at one another and we began to disappear. When I could see again we were in front of a large blue orb.
Cloud: Holy!
Aeris: It is the Holy! My prayer.
She closed her eyes and prayed again. But she was interupted.
Cloud: Wait!
In a flash Sephiroth was there. He just blinked and it hurt all of us.
Barret: ah! Is this the true power of Sephiroth?
Red XIII: My body is about to tear itself apart.
Yuffie: I don't know if I can go on.
Perry: Together. We can all go on together!
Cloud: I'm not giving up yet.
In one more flash we separated into groups. Cloud, Cid, Barret. Tifa, Yuffie, Aeris. Vincent, Red XIII, me. Cait Sith was with us partially. Didn't fight much.
Cloud: We're here to see Aeris' prayer through. Come planet show us your answer! And Sephiroth, to the settling of everything!
He spun around and appeared as Bizarro Sephiroth. We had to concentrate on the five parts.
Perry: Guys, just use magic that target everything! It'll die faster!
Tifa: Sure thing!
Yuffie: Tetra Disaster!
She summoned the large boar like creature and it did a bit of damage to all the parts. Three of them died(arms and head).
Cloud: Black Cauldron!
He summoned up Hades. With dark magic he overwhelmed Sephiroth.
Vincent: It is working.
The core was weak.
Perry: Odin!
I summoned my usual summon. He hit the core and killed it.
Tifa: Only one left.
Sephiroth: not quite
The head revived itself. Then...
Sephiroth: Heartless Angel!
An angel hovered and we all felt drained.
Barret: Damn.
Then our strength returned.
Perry: What the hell?
Cid: The &*$^
It was Cait Sith. He used a Megalixer on us.
Cait Sith: Not much of a traitor am I?
Perry: Thanks.
With our strength at full.
Perry: Ultima!
I used Ultima. It killed the rest of the pieces. Sephiroth slowly fell into the hole. But then it all went black.
Well. Almost there. Can't you wait for 41?
Don't worry. The story won't nessesarily end after the game.
Chapter 40: Down to Crater (Yay! 40 chapters!)
I know the last chapter ended with them at the crater but let's backtrack.
On the airship as it heads to the Northern Crater.
Cloud: Couldn't believe you were back.
Aeris: Leave it to Perry. I knew he'd do it.
Cloud: I had my doubts. Which is kinda why I want to talk to you.
Now we're with Perry and Yuffie. Three guesses what she's doing.
Yuffie: I hate...urk...this thing.
Perry: Just lie down and you'll be fine.
Yuffie: Why didn't you...come to Wutai?
Perry: To bring sis back.
Yuffie: Come there with me after.
Perry: Sure thing.
Tifa: Thought I'd find you two here.
Perry: What brings you here?
Tifa: Just wanted to sit and talk.
Perry: You seem very happy for what we're about to do.
Tifa: I just had to tell you.
Perry: Me?
Tifa: Next to Cloud. I trust you the most.
Perry: What's the secret?
She whispered into my ear and it shocked me.
Perry: He did?
Tifa: Yes.
Perry: Congratulations! I'm happy for you Tifa. I also wanted to tell you something too.
Tifa: Really?
Perry: Let's go onto the deck.
We walked up to the deck. We had our privacy.
Tifa: What did you want to tell me?
Perry: Just that I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. I mean, you found me when I came here. I wouldn't have joined AVALANCHE without you. I never would have made it this far. I would have continued to hate my world without journeying with everyone. So to make it short, thanks Tifa.
Tifa: Your welcome, Perry. I mean I couldn't just leave you in Sector 7.
Perry: Well thanks anyway.
We hugged one another.
Tifa: I'm going to do my best to help everyone.
Now we're with the rest of them.
Barret: Never thought that Aeris would actually be brought back. That kid sure surprised us.
Vincent: He did. I always thought he just cared about that girl Yuffie.
Red XIII: He's almost as mysterious as Cloud. He's an interesting person.
Cait Sith: But my fortune was wrong.
Barret: Whatcho talkin about?
Cait Sith: At the Temple of the Ancients Aeris wanted to know how compatible Cloud and her were. It was a perfect match. But Cloud chose Tifa. I was wrong.
Barret: If ya tell me, that's not much of a surprise.
Cait Sith: Hey. I'm a business man, not a machine. Well, maybe.
Barret: You make my head hurt.
We had arrived at the crater. Now it was the hard part.
Cloud: Everyone. Let's tread quickly.
Cid: Some leader.
We left the Highwind and went into the heart of the crater. It was dark except for the lifestream light coming out. We had to jump across some rocks. Aeris needed some help with that.
Cloud: What's wrong?
Aeris: I can't make this jump. Still feels like I'm just using my body for the first time.
Perry: Grab on.
She got on me piggyback and I jumped with her. We made it.
Perry: I can carry you the rest of the way if you want.
Aeris: Yeah. We may need to jump like that more than once.
She was very alert for someone piggyback. Usually they fell asleep. Guess it was that serious. I had almost forgotten this was a game. This felt like reality to me. It was. We arrived at the two branches in the road.
Cloud: Two directions.
Cid: Which way are you going Cloud?
Cloud: Left(right for those of you looking at the game screen)
Barret: I'm heading Left.
Tifa: Me too.
Vincent: I'll go right.
Red XIII: I'll take right.
Perry: Me too.
Yuffie: I guess right.
Aeris: I got right.
Cait Sith: I'll take left.
Cid: I'll go left then.
Cloud: Don't the rest of you die on me! Gotta get through to Sephiroth!
Vincent: He shall no longer be a problem.
Cid: I'm gonna show him what's what.
Barret: Time to rock! The LAST mission.
Perry: Good luck guys.
I was still carrying Aeris. She decided to get down after awhile. We didn't find any enemies just yet.
Perry: Strange. No resistance.
Yuffie: Maybe they're scared of us.
Perry: Hopefully.
Vincent: As long as we do what we set out to do.
Red XIII: Try and find things to use. We may need them.
The rooms were very strange. We all went to the path with the water and roots. Very strange. We had to swim to the other sides, only we weren't wet in this water.
Aeris: Strange. We should be soaked.
Perry: Doesn't make sense but let's continue.
Vincent: Wise choice.
Then we found an enemy waiting in the next room. A Magic Pot.
Perry: OH crap!
Red XIII: What is the problem?
Perry: These are quite annoying.
Magic Pot: Gimme Elixer please!
Yuffie: No way!
Perry: Do it or we can't kill it.
Yuffie: No fair.
Vincent: Well, give it one.
I tossed an Elixer at it and it was happy.
Perry: Yuffie, steal it.
She ran up and took it back.
Vincent: Let's attack.
He shot it with the Death Penalty. He must have gotten it when he was left off before arriving here. The Magic Pot died.
Perry: Once we give it to it stealing it back will still have it take damage.
Aeris: Well, let's continue.
Perry: Wait.
I ran to the center of the light and found a support materia. (AN: Forgot which one)
Aeris: I found something else.
She found the W-Magic. She offered it to us but nobody wanted it. Well Yuffie did but we ignored her.
Yuffie: Geeze! I'm glad that I get all the materia after this.
Perry: Even mine?
Yuffie: We'll talk.
Vincent: Let's just continue. If you're through talking.
We entered the area with the black rocks to jump on. After careful navigation we made it to the center. Cloud was there waiting with everyone else.
Cloud: You're late. But I'm glad you are all safe.
Barret: Did you find anything?
Aeris: A few things.
Cloud: Well this is the center of the planet.
We decided to go down. To end it all. I was very scared. I mean, I could die down there.
Cloud: Let's mosey.
Cid: Damn! I've had it! Sound like a leader for once. Say "move out" or something!
Cloud: Move out!
We all walked down but we were stopped.
Aeris: I hear something. Danger. Let me ask.
She knelt on the floor and said some things then got back up.
Aeris: The planet senses danger. Enemies coming. One is approaching the center.
Cloud: Sephiroth.
Vincent: And more.
Monsters appeared on the floor next to us. We prepared to fight.
Cloud: Let's fight.
Barret: No you take two of us and go down. We'll meet up later!
Cloud: Fine. Vincent, Cid, it's up to us.
The two jumped down and they left in the green light.
Perry: Man, this isn't going to be easy.
Tifa: I'm ready to fight.
Yuffie: I might be.
Cait Sith: Think of it as a major practice run.
Barret: C'mon let's go!
It was two Dragon Zombies. Very deadly.
Perry: Work together.
The dragons wasted no time to attack. They hit all of us. It was painful.
Yuffie: ow. Now I'm ready!
I used Ultima(it leveled up)on the two. Did some damage, but not enough.
Tifa: Yuffie, throw your weapon and I'll do the rest.
She threw Conformer and it hit one of the dragons. Tifa ran up and pummeled the other then somersaulted it, swept it, dropped the other one, uppercut the last one, and finally grabbed one and drove it from the top of the cavern to the floor. They were both dead.
Tifa: That's how its do...
She fell backwards and I ran to catch.
Aeris: How is she?
Perry: She's very tired.
Aeris: Stand back.
Aeris used some kind of spell to give Tifa her energy back.
Tifa: Thanks. I overdid it.
Perry: Can't imagine if you used Final Heaven.
Tifa: Final Heaven?
Perry: It's your last limit skill. Very powerful.
Tifa: I never learned that one.
Perry: I'll show you when this is over.
Tifa: If we make it that far.
Perry: We'll make it.
Yuffie: Yeah. We're making it out of here.
Perry: Exactly.
Red XIII: Do you feel diferent?
Cait Sith: I'd tell you but I don't feel anything.
Aeris: I feel odd.
Perry: Me too.
We all looked at one another and we began to disappear. When I could see again we were in front of a large blue orb.
Cloud: Holy!
Aeris: It is the Holy! My prayer.
She closed her eyes and prayed again. But she was interupted.
Cloud: Wait!
In a flash Sephiroth was there. He just blinked and it hurt all of us.
Barret: ah! Is this the true power of Sephiroth?
Red XIII: My body is about to tear itself apart.
Yuffie: I don't know if I can go on.
Perry: Together. We can all go on together!
Cloud: I'm not giving up yet.
In one more flash we separated into groups. Cloud, Cid, Barret. Tifa, Yuffie, Aeris. Vincent, Red XIII, me. Cait Sith was with us partially. Didn't fight much.
Cloud: We're here to see Aeris' prayer through. Come planet show us your answer! And Sephiroth, to the settling of everything!
He spun around and appeared as Bizarro Sephiroth. We had to concentrate on the five parts.
Perry: Guys, just use magic that target everything! It'll die faster!
Tifa: Sure thing!
Yuffie: Tetra Disaster!
She summoned the large boar like creature and it did a bit of damage to all the parts. Three of them died(arms and head).
Cloud: Black Cauldron!
He summoned up Hades. With dark magic he overwhelmed Sephiroth.
Vincent: It is working.
The core was weak.
Perry: Odin!
I summoned my usual summon. He hit the core and killed it.
Tifa: Only one left.
Sephiroth: not quite
The head revived itself. Then...
Sephiroth: Heartless Angel!
An angel hovered and we all felt drained.
Barret: Damn.
Then our strength returned.
Perry: What the hell?
Cid: The &*$^
It was Cait Sith. He used a Megalixer on us.
Cait Sith: Not much of a traitor am I?
Perry: Thanks.
With our strength at full.
Perry: Ultima!
I used Ultima. It killed the rest of the pieces. Sephiroth slowly fell into the hole. But then it all went black.
Well. Almost there. Can't you wait for 41?