Separation Anxiety
By FlowerPower1o1
A/N: If I ever make you wait that long for an update again, kill me. It's that simple. Hopefully, we only have two or three more chapters to go . . . because I realized that I'm a really bad writer.
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The roof exploded, revealing twenty Black Mages with wings, flapping in the air, keeping all of them covered.
"Doctor Tot!" Beatrix exclaimed, leveling Save The Queen in her hands and watching the mages above her warily. "Why are you doing this?"
Tot laughed, an evil laugh unlike the kindly tutor they knew. "Didn't you ever wonder why I moved to Treno after Brahne began her plans to dominate the Mist Continent?" he said. "We both had the same goal in mind, just different ways of accomplishing it. I moved here to begin my planning to take over."
"What about helping us six years ago?" Eiko screamed, in a rage. "What was that all about?"
Tot smirked. "Kuja's plans were interfering with mine. I helped you to get him out of the picture so I could start my own plans - stealing the most powerful of all the eidolons and combining their powers to make one incredible super-eidolon. None could stop me!"
"Stop this," Eiko snarled as she raised her Angel Flute to her lips. She blew a shrill note into it . . . and did nothing. She blinked in surprise. "What the . . . ?"
"Oh," Tot said, eyes widened. "Are you looking for this?" He raised his hand, which housed a glowing ring. A thin beam of light shot to the sky, and a dark figure descended through the air, stopping above the castle. The massive form of Madeen, the Holy eidolon, roared with the rage of its new summoner.
"Like I said," Tot said as Eiko sunk to her knees, struck speechless. "I need the power of the eidolons . . . Phoenix's powers of rebirth, Odin's massive strength, Bahamut's fiery wrath, Atomos' darkness ability, and Carbuncle's defensive strength. Add to that the power of the rest of your summons . . . Well, it's formidable to say the least . . ."
"You're forgetting something, Tot," Eiko snarled as her summoner's horn began to shimmer. "I have more than eidolons to hurt you with." She stood up again, her body erupting in energy. Her horn grew long and pointed as her hair shimmered with greenish tinges. Long white wings grew from her back. Eiko Carol, Tranced, raised her hand and snarled.
"HOLY!"
The strength of the spell, combined with Eiko's Trance strength, blasted Tot's observation globe from its supports and sent it crashing to the ground. Tot himself screamed as he smashed through the back of the globe and against the wall.
Madeen wavered in the air as Tot's hold on the eidolon faded. The glowing figure dissolved and returned to Eiko. Tot slowly got up and shook his head. "I guess I'll have to try one of mine," he said. "Ozma! King of shadows and pain! Come forth from the void and lay waste to my enemies!"
The massive ball that was Ozma appeared above the tower, spinning in the air as it waited for someone to attack it. Eiko leapt into the air, flapping her wings. Amarant and Quina, to their surprise, also lifted with her. "GO!" Eiko yelled to Beatrix, Vivi, and Blank as the three in the air landed on the tower's parapet. "We'll handle this!"
The Black Mages had fled at the sight of Ozma, fleeing back into the city. Tot grinned as he saw Blank charge him, his Thief Sword out. "Ta ta," he mocked the thief, teleporting just as Blank's sword struck where the doctor had once been.
"Come on Blank!" Vivi said as he spun and ran down the steps of the tower with Beatrix close behind him. "Let's get him!"
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Ozma let out a growl as Eiko twirled her Angel Flute threateningly. "Flare Star," a dry, dusty voice said. Eiko, Amarant and Quina were thrown by the attack.
Amarant went to step forward and stopped at the edge of the parapet. "I can't reach it," he said. He raised his hand and cast No Mercy instead, watching as the powerful fireball hits Ozma and explodes.
Quina jumped forward. "Frog Drop!" she yelled as a giant glowing frog fell from the sky and exploded on Ozma.
Just then, a thunder attack ripped through the sky and struck the spinning ball. A Grand Dragon flew overhead, just as Ozma cast its Doomsday attack. The dragon got the full force of the spell and vaporized.
Freya dropped from the sky, striking the eidolon with her lance and then jumping back to the parapet in midair. "Am I late?" the Dragon Knight asked.
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Beatrix, Vivi, and Blank were in the card stadium, battling the Black Mages. The problem was, more and more kept coming.
"Is it just me," Blank yelled as he threw one of his pyrotechnics at a mage, setting it on fire, "or have we been fighting an awful lot lately?"
"I don't mind it," Beatrix said as she took out five Black Mages at once with Climhazzard.
Tot appeared across the stadium, raising his ring once more. "Nova! Dragon Guardian of the land of memories! Smite my foes with the force of your magic!" Then he teleported out again.
The roof of the card stadium was slashed open as the massive Nova Dragon ripped a new skylight in it, dropping into the massive opening and facing the three companions. It sent out a massive Shockwave as it landed, blasting the general, the mage, and the thief across the floor.
Blank was the first to recover, surprisingly enough. He closed his eyes and his body crackled with energy. Beatrix smiled as she knew what was coming.
Blank's hair turned from red to blue. His skin became silver and shiny, his clothes turning purple. The Thief Sword in his hands became a double-sided weapon, like the swords Zidane used to use in his traveling days. Blank, in full Trance mode, raised his sword and cast his very own Dyne ability. "Frigid Ring!"
A blue circle of energy appeared around the enemy, mystical symbols twirling around it. The circle exploded, sending an icy breeze through the stadium. The Nova Dragon screamed as it was attacked, jumping back a step. Beatrix stepped forward, reversing her sword blade and summoning her white magic. "Holy!" she yelled, and the crystalline magic burst against the Nova Dragon, again knocking it back.
Vivi twirled his Mace of Zeus. "Comet!" A giant flaming hunk of rock flew down through the ceiling and exploded against the Nova Dragon, who roared and leaped forward. It slashed forward with its claws, throwing all of them back.
That was when Fratley dropped from the hole in the ceiling, using his own Dragon Knight ability. A transparent dragon's head appeared around his body and flew at the Nova Dragon, snapping viciously. While the Nova Dragon was stunned, Blank leapt forward, still Tranced, and struck it with his double-sided sword. Beatrix stepped forward, raising the Save The Queen. "Shock!" The silver explosion of Shock flashed around the Nova Dragon, and it let out one final roar as it dissolved into nothing. Beatrix sheathed her sword and did her signature post-battle hair flip. "It's a good thing you showed up when you did, Fratley," she said to the Burmecian. "The Nova Dragon could have had us after that one hit."
"Freya went to the others to help them with the other creature at Tot's tower," Fratley replied.
"There's still Black Mages everywhere, and we still have Tot to worry about," Blank said, still Tranced.
And that was when the sky over the card stadium was blotted out by a large shape moving over the card stadium. The four in the stadium looked up.
"That was an eidolon, wasn't it?" Vivi asked.
"Yeah," Blank said. "But which one?"
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Freya cast her Dragon Crest ability. The dragon head that burst forth from the ground exploded all around Ozma, damaging it, but the eidolon still stayed in the air.
Eiko blew into her Angel Flute. "Carbuncle! Eidolon of many powers! Come from the void and give us the power to Reflect!"
Carbuncle itself did not come forward, probably because of the danger of Ozma, but a red light shone all around the four on the parapet, casting Reflect on them. This was good, because Ozma had just cast Doomsday again. The shadow magics reflected off everybody and struck Ozma full force, healing it with the dark power.
"This thing too strong!" Quina yelled as she cast Mustard Bomb. The fire magic tore through Ozma, but didn't wound it at all.
Eiko raised her hand, trying to cast Madeen, but was unable. "My magic is drained," she gasped. Amarant pulled Quina's old Needle Fork from their supplies and threw it at Ozma. It his the spinning ball and disappeared, damaging it only slightly. "We're screwed."
Ozma started spinning around and around, getting ready to cast Doomsday . . .
And then exploded as a Mega Flare hit it, shattering into a million pieces and disappearing.
The four on the parapet winced, looking to the spot where Ozma had been a moment before. Now, a giant dragon flapped its wings, hovering in the air, growling slight, steam coming from its nose.
Bahamut.
And perched on its head sat Dagger, dressed in her white blouse and orange jumpsuit from her traveling days, smiling at them. "Am I late?"
A/N: If I ever make you wait that long for an update again, kill me. It's that simple. Hopefully, we only have two or three more chapters to go . . . because I realized that I'm a really bad writer.
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The roof exploded, revealing twenty Black Mages with wings, flapping in the air, keeping all of them covered.
"Doctor Tot!" Beatrix exclaimed, leveling Save The Queen in her hands and watching the mages above her warily. "Why are you doing this?"
Tot laughed, an evil laugh unlike the kindly tutor they knew. "Didn't you ever wonder why I moved to Treno after Brahne began her plans to dominate the Mist Continent?" he said. "We both had the same goal in mind, just different ways of accomplishing it. I moved here to begin my planning to take over."
"What about helping us six years ago?" Eiko screamed, in a rage. "What was that all about?"
Tot smirked. "Kuja's plans were interfering with mine. I helped you to get him out of the picture so I could start my own plans - stealing the most powerful of all the eidolons and combining their powers to make one incredible super-eidolon. None could stop me!"
"Stop this," Eiko snarled as she raised her Angel Flute to her lips. She blew a shrill note into it . . . and did nothing. She blinked in surprise. "What the . . . ?"
"Oh," Tot said, eyes widened. "Are you looking for this?" He raised his hand, which housed a glowing ring. A thin beam of light shot to the sky, and a dark figure descended through the air, stopping above the castle. The massive form of Madeen, the Holy eidolon, roared with the rage of its new summoner.
"Like I said," Tot said as Eiko sunk to her knees, struck speechless. "I need the power of the eidolons . . . Phoenix's powers of rebirth, Odin's massive strength, Bahamut's fiery wrath, Atomos' darkness ability, and Carbuncle's defensive strength. Add to that the power of the rest of your summons . . . Well, it's formidable to say the least . . ."
"You're forgetting something, Tot," Eiko snarled as her summoner's horn began to shimmer. "I have more than eidolons to hurt you with." She stood up again, her body erupting in energy. Her horn grew long and pointed as her hair shimmered with greenish tinges. Long white wings grew from her back. Eiko Carol, Tranced, raised her hand and snarled.
"HOLY!"
The strength of the spell, combined with Eiko's Trance strength, blasted Tot's observation globe from its supports and sent it crashing to the ground. Tot himself screamed as he smashed through the back of the globe and against the wall.
Madeen wavered in the air as Tot's hold on the eidolon faded. The glowing figure dissolved and returned to Eiko. Tot slowly got up and shook his head. "I guess I'll have to try one of mine," he said. "Ozma! King of shadows and pain! Come forth from the void and lay waste to my enemies!"
The massive ball that was Ozma appeared above the tower, spinning in the air as it waited for someone to attack it. Eiko leapt into the air, flapping her wings. Amarant and Quina, to their surprise, also lifted with her. "GO!" Eiko yelled to Beatrix, Vivi, and Blank as the three in the air landed on the tower's parapet. "We'll handle this!"
The Black Mages had fled at the sight of Ozma, fleeing back into the city. Tot grinned as he saw Blank charge him, his Thief Sword out. "Ta ta," he mocked the thief, teleporting just as Blank's sword struck where the doctor had once been.
"Come on Blank!" Vivi said as he spun and ran down the steps of the tower with Beatrix close behind him. "Let's get him!"
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Ozma let out a growl as Eiko twirled her Angel Flute threateningly. "Flare Star," a dry, dusty voice said. Eiko, Amarant and Quina were thrown by the attack.
Amarant went to step forward and stopped at the edge of the parapet. "I can't reach it," he said. He raised his hand and cast No Mercy instead, watching as the powerful fireball hits Ozma and explodes.
Quina jumped forward. "Frog Drop!" she yelled as a giant glowing frog fell from the sky and exploded on Ozma.
Just then, a thunder attack ripped through the sky and struck the spinning ball. A Grand Dragon flew overhead, just as Ozma cast its Doomsday attack. The dragon got the full force of the spell and vaporized.
Freya dropped from the sky, striking the eidolon with her lance and then jumping back to the parapet in midair. "Am I late?" the Dragon Knight asked.
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Beatrix, Vivi, and Blank were in the card stadium, battling the Black Mages. The problem was, more and more kept coming.
"Is it just me," Blank yelled as he threw one of his pyrotechnics at a mage, setting it on fire, "or have we been fighting an awful lot lately?"
"I don't mind it," Beatrix said as she took out five Black Mages at once with Climhazzard.
Tot appeared across the stadium, raising his ring once more. "Nova! Dragon Guardian of the land of memories! Smite my foes with the force of your magic!" Then he teleported out again.
The roof of the card stadium was slashed open as the massive Nova Dragon ripped a new skylight in it, dropping into the massive opening and facing the three companions. It sent out a massive Shockwave as it landed, blasting the general, the mage, and the thief across the floor.
Blank was the first to recover, surprisingly enough. He closed his eyes and his body crackled with energy. Beatrix smiled as she knew what was coming.
Blank's hair turned from red to blue. His skin became silver and shiny, his clothes turning purple. The Thief Sword in his hands became a double-sided weapon, like the swords Zidane used to use in his traveling days. Blank, in full Trance mode, raised his sword and cast his very own Dyne ability. "Frigid Ring!"
A blue circle of energy appeared around the enemy, mystical symbols twirling around it. The circle exploded, sending an icy breeze through the stadium. The Nova Dragon screamed as it was attacked, jumping back a step. Beatrix stepped forward, reversing her sword blade and summoning her white magic. "Holy!" she yelled, and the crystalline magic burst against the Nova Dragon, again knocking it back.
Vivi twirled his Mace of Zeus. "Comet!" A giant flaming hunk of rock flew down through the ceiling and exploded against the Nova Dragon, who roared and leaped forward. It slashed forward with its claws, throwing all of them back.
That was when Fratley dropped from the hole in the ceiling, using his own Dragon Knight ability. A transparent dragon's head appeared around his body and flew at the Nova Dragon, snapping viciously. While the Nova Dragon was stunned, Blank leapt forward, still Tranced, and struck it with his double-sided sword. Beatrix stepped forward, raising the Save The Queen. "Shock!" The silver explosion of Shock flashed around the Nova Dragon, and it let out one final roar as it dissolved into nothing. Beatrix sheathed her sword and did her signature post-battle hair flip. "It's a good thing you showed up when you did, Fratley," she said to the Burmecian. "The Nova Dragon could have had us after that one hit."
"Freya went to the others to help them with the other creature at Tot's tower," Fratley replied.
"There's still Black Mages everywhere, and we still have Tot to worry about," Blank said, still Tranced.
And that was when the sky over the card stadium was blotted out by a large shape moving over the card stadium. The four in the stadium looked up.
"That was an eidolon, wasn't it?" Vivi asked.
"Yeah," Blank said. "But which one?"
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Freya cast her Dragon Crest ability. The dragon head that burst forth from the ground exploded all around Ozma, damaging it, but the eidolon still stayed in the air.
Eiko blew into her Angel Flute. "Carbuncle! Eidolon of many powers! Come from the void and give us the power to Reflect!"
Carbuncle itself did not come forward, probably because of the danger of Ozma, but a red light shone all around the four on the parapet, casting Reflect on them. This was good, because Ozma had just cast Doomsday again. The shadow magics reflected off everybody and struck Ozma full force, healing it with the dark power.
"This thing too strong!" Quina yelled as she cast Mustard Bomb. The fire magic tore through Ozma, but didn't wound it at all.
Eiko raised her hand, trying to cast Madeen, but was unable. "My magic is drained," she gasped. Amarant pulled Quina's old Needle Fork from their supplies and threw it at Ozma. It his the spinning ball and disappeared, damaging it only slightly. "We're screwed."
Ozma started spinning around and around, getting ready to cast Doomsday . . .
And then exploded as a Mega Flare hit it, shattering into a million pieces and disappearing.
The four on the parapet winced, looking to the spot where Ozma had been a moment before. Now, a giant dragon flapped its wings, hovering in the air, growling slight, steam coming from its nose.
Bahamut.
And perched on its head sat Dagger, dressed in her white blouse and orange jumpsuit from her traveling days, smiling at them. "Am I late?"
