Foreword- If you send me an email (finalballz@yahoo.com) containing an idea
for a character that you would like to use in my story then I will
certainly use it. If you want to know what to put in the profile of the
character just look at the Afterword of Chapter 9 (Esthar's Endless Swarm)!
Alexander stopped charging his cannons. He stepped in front of the group, shielding them from Seifer's view.
Seifer smirked. "You guys are so pathetic! You to use a GF to protect you from me! How cowardly! Well I guess I'll level the playing field. I'll use my GFs to destroy yours, and then I'LL destroy YOU! Prepare yourselves!"
"HELL FIRE!" "ZANTETZUKEN!" "BROTHERLY LOVE!" "1,000 NEEDLES!" "SILENT VOICE!" "TSUNAMI!"
GF summoning sphere's erupted from Seifer's body. The slammed into the ground at random locations revealing a menagerie of summon beasts.
There was Ifrit, a hideous ogre that controlled the element of fire.
Odin, overlord of death, who rode a horse with six legs.
The Brothers, Sacred and Minotaur, were companions that oversaw the forces of Earth.
Cactuar, a harmless looking Cactus with a face.
Siren, a beautiful maiden with a voice that could kill.
And finally, Leviathan, A huge snake-like dragon the ruled the essence of the ocean.
Seifer's GF's assembled in a disorganized group. Cloud and company's stood in a line. This battle was inevitable.
"ATTACK! HIT THEM WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT! WE'LL SHOW THEM WE ARE THE STRONGEST!" screamed Seifer to his GFs. Ifrit, Odin, The Brothers, Cactuar, Siren, and Leviathan all charged.
Quezacotl, Shiva, Tonberry, Carbuncle, Alexander, Diablos, Bahamut, Pandemona, Gilgamesh, and Cerberus all stood their ground for a few seconds before they too, charged. Rinoa, Cloud and the others were all a safe distance away from the GFs.
Leviathan shot a huge jet of water at Shiva. Shiva froze the water before it got to close to her. She kicked the huge ice shard and it shattered into a million tiny pieces.
Gilgamesh disappeared. Odin jumped off of his horse. He began running away from his horse at a mind blowing pace. Odin turned around just in time to see Gilgamesh slice his horse in two. Odin was overcome in a fit of rage. Gilgamesh took out all four swords and charged at Odin.
Carbuncle and Tonberry were getting attacked by Ifrit. Ifrit was swinging pretty fast and it took a lot of quick thinking and swiftness on Carbuncle's and Tonberry's part to dodge his furiously flying fists.
Shiva now focused her attention on Siren. Shiva focused for a second before sending an ice beam toward Siren. Siren noticed the blast and took in a deep breath before she let out an ear piercing scream. Shiva grabbed her head in agony. The blast disappeared because she couldn't concentrate on it anymore. No other GFs were being affected by this scream, just Shiva.
Bahamut and Leviathan had begun a huge blast battle in the sky. Most of the blasts never connected. The ones that did seemed to shake the GF only a little. Quezacotl appeared behind Leviathan and blasted it with a huge thunderbolt. Leviathan roared in pain before slamming Quezacotl in the head with a tremendous tail slam. Quezacotl's unconscious body slammed into the ground below. Bahamut was furious.
Gilgamesh and Odin finally met. Odin was at a slight disadvantage. Although his sword was quite large, he only had one. Gilgamesh had four. Odin overlooked this and begun the clash. Odin was able to match blows pretty well with his one sword. Gilgamesh started to swing more furiously. Odin kicked up the pace as well. They seemed to be almost equally matched.
The brothers decided to team up on Pandemona. Pandemona was able to take hits pretty well, but the bothers punches and kicks were slowly wearing him down. Pandemona slammed Sacred, the tinnier of the Brothers, back pretty far. The bigger one, Minotaur, ran over to where Sacred landed. He picked him up. Sacred horns began to glow. Minotaur grabbed Sacred's hands and launched him toward Pandemona. Sacred slammed into Pandemona which caused Pandemona to take off. Pandemona then slammed into Cerberus. Pandemona and Cerberus were both unconscious. Sacred's attack was a two for one.
Cactuar was starting to make Diablos mad. Cactuar was extremely fast, and he also had a knack for launching Cactus spines deep into your flesh. Diablos seemed to have met his match in a small, swift, and utterly harmlessly looking cactus with legs. Cactuar leaped into the air and slammed into Diablos' head. The spines appeared to be draining Diablos' energy. Cactuar leaped from the ground and slammed into Diablos' head. He collapsed with a terrible clunk on the sand below.
Leviathan had Bahamut trapped. He had wrapped himself around Bahamut and began to squeeze. The pressure around Bahamut was beginning to be too much for him to tolerate. He let out one last roar before he disintegrated into tiny summoning sphere particles. The particles returned to Irvine.
Seifer's GFs clearly had the advantage in this battle. Not even one of Seifer's GFs was unconscious or gone. This was not looking good for Cloud and the others.
Leviathan charged up a huge ball of energy. He shot it at Cloud and the others. The blast slammed the ground right in front of the group and caused a huge shockwave. The shockwave sent everyone backward. No one was injured. The only exception was Rinoa who had fallen unconscious. Gilgamesh, Carbuncle, and Pandemona disappeared abruptly. There were now only three GFs that could fight, Tonberry, Alexander, and Shiva.
Odin was surprised by the sudden exit of Gilgamesh. He saw Tonberry's knife and decided to fight him. Ifrit was still trying to pound him but Tonberry was just too fast. But before Odin could run three summon spheres collided in the center of the battle field.
The middle set of spheres erupted in flames. Two grand wings emerged from the huge fireball. The fireball resided to reveal a wondrous bird, The Phoenix.
The other two revealed less marvelously colored creatures. One set revealed a Chocobo, which Cloud was surprised to see. He hadn't known that Chocobos lived on more than just his planet.
The last set also reputed in flames, although the fireball was considerably smaller than the one the Phoenix created. The flames disappeared to reveal a small tiger like dude, a Moomba.
Selphie noticed a figure on the top of a tall mountain that was near them. She pointed him out to the others. But he disappeared before the others could see him. Selphie sighed.
The Moomba got right into the action. He ran towards Ifrit, who was about three or four times bigger than him, and gave Ifrit a quick and powerful kick to the stomach. Ifrit grabbed his stomach in agony. Although the Moomba's kick was hard and strong Ifrit was only hurt for a second before he recuperated. He grabbed Moomba by the neck and threw him with all of his might at the ground. After the dust cleared Ifrit saw that the Moomba was at the bottom of a two foot deep crater. He laughed. Tonberry charged forward.
The Chocobo was pecking Siren like mad. Siren was being pummeled by the Chocobo's hard beak that she couldn't take a breath deep enough to scream as loud as she had when Shiva was attacking her. Shiva walked up casually.
"Siren, Siren, Siren. Isn't this enough to make you scream? Well too bad the one you unleashed on me will be the last one you scream in a while. Bye- Bye" said Shiva calmly. Shiva raised her hand and a small blast of blue jetted from the tips of her fingers. The frozen body of Siren smashed into a million small particles after Chocobo gave her one final slam. Shiva smirked.
Phoenix wasn't very happy. He saw Quezacotl, Cerberus, and Diablos on the ground unconscious. He looked towards Irvine and the others and he saw that Rinoa was also unconscious. He started to glow. He launched four fireballs into the sky, each one landed on one of the unmoving sufferers. All four were instantly brought back into consciousness. Phoenix took off after Sacred and Minotaur, who were the closest.
Rinoa stood up. She felt dizzy. She shook her head and quickly came back to reality. All of the sudden Gilgamesh, Carbuncle, and Pandemona appeared on the battle field with a flash. Since they hadn't been defeated or called back into Rinoa's body before Rinoa passed out and was unable to concentrate on them they, technically, weren't gone, just powerless and bodiless. But now that Rinoa was able to concentrate on them they regained their bodies and their power. The scales of this GF battle was slwly being tipped in Cloud and company's favor.
Selphie heard a noise approaching from behind. She turned and saw a sphere that looked exactly like the one that Seifer rode in. It stopped about fifteen feet away from Rinoa and the others. It glowed for a second before a beam erupted into the ground.
A tall figure emerged from the light. He was wearing a blue vest, a white undershirt, black pants, and black shoes.
"OH MY GOSH! LAGUNA IS THAT YOU!?" screamed Selphie as she ran up to him. The man nodded. "Hey, I have a question Laguna. Aren't you the president of Esthar?" Laguna nodded. "Then why are you wearing those clothes? I thought you normally wore a flowing white cloaky thing."
"I do. I just returned from a trip to Winhil to see Raine. I had to land in that mountain before I came here because I was afraid that my transporter would be attacked by the GFs that are being controlled by Seifer. Plus there was a small malfunction in the saucer, so I ended up landing before I knew about the GF's. I decided to help you when I first saw you down there fighting with Seifer. So I didn't even know you were down there before I landed. You guys are lucky that I came here though because my Phoenix summon seemed to be a great help."
"Yes. It was. We appreciate your assistance President Laguna." said Rinoa. Laguna smiled.
"I've told you about a million times Rinoa. You don't have to keep calling me 'President' all of the time. You only have to call me 'President' when we are in an important business setting. Not when we are fighting together or lounging around or whatever."
"I'll try harder Presi... Laguna." said Rinoa, who was now a shade of deep red. Laguna laughed.
Ifrit was still laughing at the Moomba. The Moomba wasn't unconscious but he was pretty hurt. Tonberry didn't think it was that funny. He snuck up behind Ifrit before jumping in the air and putting a huge gash in his back. Ifrit let out a huge roar! But before Ifrit could turn Tonberry leapt off of Ifrit's back and landed on the ground. He immediately took out his electro-lantern and sent a huge bolt of lighting into Ifrit's open wound. Ifrit's body began to pulsate violently before he erupted in a wave of summon sphere shards.
Cactuar was toying with carbuncle. He would run up to him and blast him with one needle before kicking him in the face. He smiled each time he did this. Carbuncle got up after about the seventh needle. He charged up the ruby on his forehead and blasted Cactuar with a red-hot ruby blast. After the blast was finished Cactuar was nowhere to be found.
Seifer was starting to get angry. He held his hand out toward the GF battlefield. His hand started to glow a shimmery, glowy, silver color. Small golden bolts of lightening were forming around Seifer's hand as well. A ball began to form in the palm of Seifer's hand. After he let it grow for a few seconds he stretched his arm farther toward the battle before he screamed "ULTIMA!"
Numberless destructive silver beams erupted from the ball that was on Seifer's hand. They flew with direct precision toward the GFs being controlled by Cloud and company. Seifer's GFs all disappeared and reappeared behind Seifer before any of the blasts could hit them. Seifer's eyes were beginning to glow.
The GFs that Cloud and Company were controlling were trying to dodge the blasts. The tinier GFs were doing a better job of this. Carbuncle managed to dodge about three or four blasts before he was hit by one. The effect was disastrous. Carbuncle started to glow the same color as the Ultima blast. After about a few seconds of glowing he exploded in a flash of Summoning Sphere particles. Rinoa and the others were horrified.
Quezacotl was next. He found out the hard way that his lightning bolts had no effect on the beams. He erupted in the same way as Carbuncle. Selphie and the others could hardly bare to watch this mayhem. It quickly got to too many were erupting at once.
After Quezacotl, Shiva got blasted, then Bahamut, Cerberus, Pandemona, Tonberry, Moomba, Chocobo, Gilgamesh, Phoenix, and finally Diablos. Alexander was the last one standing. He was farther back than the other GFs and hadn't been even targeted yet. But this changed quickly. Alexander got pummeled by about seventeen blasts. He was disintegrated instantly. He didn't even have time to start glowing. Selphie burst into tears. The end seemed so near to them.
Seifer's hand stopped glowing. He smirked. "Ok. You may kill them now!" The GFs that Seifer summoned that were left charged.
Cloud ran forward. He drew out the Oracle's Sword. He flashed and was once again adorned with the Oracle's Armor. Yuffie quickly started transforming into Darkside.
Before the opposing GFs could even get within 30 feet of the group the sound of screeching tires filled everyone's heads causing them to pause and turn to see where the sound was coming from. There was a Balamb Garden armored car sitting in the sand about 20 feet away from the group. Before anyone could question it's being there the door was kicked open and two summoning spheres erupted from the opening. They collided and began to take form between the opposing GFs and the group.
The shimmering figure the spheres began to shape into the form of a humanoid being. There was a huge flash before the GF was revealed. It was a gray, lion-like, type creature with wings. It stood its hind legs. It had random shards of fabric tattered around his body. This GF was known as Griever.
"Is that...?" wondered Selphie. She couldn't even finish her own question, she was just too astonished.
"Who could have summoned him? I thought he only accepted worthy and great GF summoners to take him as their GF." affirmed Irvine. Rinoa nodded.
A kid emerged from the car. He had reddish-tan hair. He looked like he was only fourteen or fifteen years old. He reached back into the car and pulled out a Gunblade. He started to run toward the group.
Griever just stayed their floating in front of the opposing GFs. He extended his hand a spear appeared with a small flash. Griever swung the spear with great precision around his body as a demonstration to make the other GFs nervous. It seemed to be working because the other GFs started to back down from where they stood.
The boy reached the group quickly.
"Hello. My name is Travis. I am here because the Oracle named Archemidius gave the GF Griever. He told me to drive to the Estharian Plains and help Cloud." explained Travis.
"Archemidius? He sent you here?" wondered Cloud.
"Yes. I was in the middle of Gunblade Warfare when a strange hooded man asked to see me. He took me a safe distance away before he started to explain this all to me. He explained the whole ordeal that Cloud had to face. He told me that I should help him because I'm the most qualified one at Balamb Garden to take on such a task. I'm guessing they chose me because I'm the star student in all of the Gunblade classes I'm in. My swordsmanship is outmatched only by Squall and Seifer." explained Travis
"Well any ally is better then none. I'm guessing that you'll be accompanying us on our entire journey?" interjected Cloud. Travis nodded.
"Headmaster Cid told me to, as well as Archemidius. Archemidius also gave me this." said Travis as he held up a duplicate Oracle's Materia. "Archemidius said that I was the Chosen One's Partisan. I'm supposed to follow you everywhere you go from now on."
"I could use the help. I'm glad that the Oracle's finally figured out that it would be a help to have a few permanent helpers." said Cloud, looking at Yuffie, "I guess I can't say no to someone who's willing to help me complete my grueling quest to save the universe. The journey has already been a dangerous one. Many of my friends have lost their lives. It will be a great sacrifice on your part to totally abandon everyone you know and love, just because an Oracle and your Headmaster told you to. I am sure you will be a great asset." Cloud finished, as he turned to Travis.
"Well I guess we better clear things up here so we can get to the Ragnarok," said Irvine with a smile. Travis, Cloud, and the others all nodded.
Travis took a step forward. "Griever! Stop showing off and teach them a lesson!" Griever smiled and nodded. He turned back towards the opposing GFs. He laughed before he disappeared.
Odin was on guard. He leaped into the air. He swung his sword at nothing but connected with something. Griever appeared almost instantly after the clanging of metal erupted from the invisible source. Odin and Griever were very skilled in the art of weapon warfare. But Griever easily outmatched Odin. Odin attempted to swing again before he was slammed into the ground by a downward kick from Griever, who was moving as quick as lightning.
Odin created a crater of his own. He stood up for a bout a second before his stomach erupted violently spewing blood and guts everywhere. The cause of the gash was obvious, Griever. But griever hadn't appeared yet. After a few seconds he did. His spear was shoved right into the hole in Odin's chest. Odin shattered violently into a trillion tiny pieces of Summoning Sphere.
Leviathan, Sacred, and Minotaur all looked scared. Griever disappeared again. Leviathan was next. He started to retreat backwards at an alarming speed. But before he could even move a few feet he was split into about sixteen pieces. Each chunk of Leviathan erupted in a cloud of Bubbles, which dissolved before they could reach the ground.
Sacred and Minotaur, like Odin, tried to fight Griever. Griever easily dodged their attacks and disappeared. Griever appeared in the air. He held up two fingers. A tiny ball of energy appeared on both. He pointed his two fingers at the Brothers. The two balls launched toward the terribly scared duo. The balls slammed through the Brothers body an exploded after they hit the ground. There was no trace of the Brothers anywhere.
Before the smoke could clear a battalion of newly formed Ultima blasts erupted from this newly formed cloud of dust. Griever easily dodged these attacks. Seifer's last ditch effort at victory failed.
Travis called Griever off. Seifer charged through the still unsettled smoke, his Gunblade drawn.
Cloud ran forward. Travis grabbed his Gunblade and charged after Cloud.
Seifer stopped and held out his hand. He gestured for Cloud and Travis to come closer.
"Bring it on!" yelled Seifer before his entire body started to glow.
Afterword- I hope this wasn't too much of a repeat chapter. I was using this chapter as an introduction to Travis. I thought I would be better if Griever was summoned at the last second during a loosing battle. I also used Laguna instead of another character at the recommendation of Alexandra (The Alexandra who reviews my story a lot). So if you liked Laguna's appearance thank her for it!
Alexander stopped charging his cannons. He stepped in front of the group, shielding them from Seifer's view.
Seifer smirked. "You guys are so pathetic! You to use a GF to protect you from me! How cowardly! Well I guess I'll level the playing field. I'll use my GFs to destroy yours, and then I'LL destroy YOU! Prepare yourselves!"
"HELL FIRE!" "ZANTETZUKEN!" "BROTHERLY LOVE!" "1,000 NEEDLES!" "SILENT VOICE!" "TSUNAMI!"
GF summoning sphere's erupted from Seifer's body. The slammed into the ground at random locations revealing a menagerie of summon beasts.
There was Ifrit, a hideous ogre that controlled the element of fire.
Odin, overlord of death, who rode a horse with six legs.
The Brothers, Sacred and Minotaur, were companions that oversaw the forces of Earth.
Cactuar, a harmless looking Cactus with a face.
Siren, a beautiful maiden with a voice that could kill.
And finally, Leviathan, A huge snake-like dragon the ruled the essence of the ocean.
Seifer's GF's assembled in a disorganized group. Cloud and company's stood in a line. This battle was inevitable.
"ATTACK! HIT THEM WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT! WE'LL SHOW THEM WE ARE THE STRONGEST!" screamed Seifer to his GFs. Ifrit, Odin, The Brothers, Cactuar, Siren, and Leviathan all charged.
Quezacotl, Shiva, Tonberry, Carbuncle, Alexander, Diablos, Bahamut, Pandemona, Gilgamesh, and Cerberus all stood their ground for a few seconds before they too, charged. Rinoa, Cloud and the others were all a safe distance away from the GFs.
Leviathan shot a huge jet of water at Shiva. Shiva froze the water before it got to close to her. She kicked the huge ice shard and it shattered into a million tiny pieces.
Gilgamesh disappeared. Odin jumped off of his horse. He began running away from his horse at a mind blowing pace. Odin turned around just in time to see Gilgamesh slice his horse in two. Odin was overcome in a fit of rage. Gilgamesh took out all four swords and charged at Odin.
Carbuncle and Tonberry were getting attacked by Ifrit. Ifrit was swinging pretty fast and it took a lot of quick thinking and swiftness on Carbuncle's and Tonberry's part to dodge his furiously flying fists.
Shiva now focused her attention on Siren. Shiva focused for a second before sending an ice beam toward Siren. Siren noticed the blast and took in a deep breath before she let out an ear piercing scream. Shiva grabbed her head in agony. The blast disappeared because she couldn't concentrate on it anymore. No other GFs were being affected by this scream, just Shiva.
Bahamut and Leviathan had begun a huge blast battle in the sky. Most of the blasts never connected. The ones that did seemed to shake the GF only a little. Quezacotl appeared behind Leviathan and blasted it with a huge thunderbolt. Leviathan roared in pain before slamming Quezacotl in the head with a tremendous tail slam. Quezacotl's unconscious body slammed into the ground below. Bahamut was furious.
Gilgamesh and Odin finally met. Odin was at a slight disadvantage. Although his sword was quite large, he only had one. Gilgamesh had four. Odin overlooked this and begun the clash. Odin was able to match blows pretty well with his one sword. Gilgamesh started to swing more furiously. Odin kicked up the pace as well. They seemed to be almost equally matched.
The brothers decided to team up on Pandemona. Pandemona was able to take hits pretty well, but the bothers punches and kicks were slowly wearing him down. Pandemona slammed Sacred, the tinnier of the Brothers, back pretty far. The bigger one, Minotaur, ran over to where Sacred landed. He picked him up. Sacred horns began to glow. Minotaur grabbed Sacred's hands and launched him toward Pandemona. Sacred slammed into Pandemona which caused Pandemona to take off. Pandemona then slammed into Cerberus. Pandemona and Cerberus were both unconscious. Sacred's attack was a two for one.
Cactuar was starting to make Diablos mad. Cactuar was extremely fast, and he also had a knack for launching Cactus spines deep into your flesh. Diablos seemed to have met his match in a small, swift, and utterly harmlessly looking cactus with legs. Cactuar leaped into the air and slammed into Diablos' head. The spines appeared to be draining Diablos' energy. Cactuar leaped from the ground and slammed into Diablos' head. He collapsed with a terrible clunk on the sand below.
Leviathan had Bahamut trapped. He had wrapped himself around Bahamut and began to squeeze. The pressure around Bahamut was beginning to be too much for him to tolerate. He let out one last roar before he disintegrated into tiny summoning sphere particles. The particles returned to Irvine.
Seifer's GFs clearly had the advantage in this battle. Not even one of Seifer's GFs was unconscious or gone. This was not looking good for Cloud and the others.
Leviathan charged up a huge ball of energy. He shot it at Cloud and the others. The blast slammed the ground right in front of the group and caused a huge shockwave. The shockwave sent everyone backward. No one was injured. The only exception was Rinoa who had fallen unconscious. Gilgamesh, Carbuncle, and Pandemona disappeared abruptly. There were now only three GFs that could fight, Tonberry, Alexander, and Shiva.
Odin was surprised by the sudden exit of Gilgamesh. He saw Tonberry's knife and decided to fight him. Ifrit was still trying to pound him but Tonberry was just too fast. But before Odin could run three summon spheres collided in the center of the battle field.
The middle set of spheres erupted in flames. Two grand wings emerged from the huge fireball. The fireball resided to reveal a wondrous bird, The Phoenix.
The other two revealed less marvelously colored creatures. One set revealed a Chocobo, which Cloud was surprised to see. He hadn't known that Chocobos lived on more than just his planet.
The last set also reputed in flames, although the fireball was considerably smaller than the one the Phoenix created. The flames disappeared to reveal a small tiger like dude, a Moomba.
Selphie noticed a figure on the top of a tall mountain that was near them. She pointed him out to the others. But he disappeared before the others could see him. Selphie sighed.
The Moomba got right into the action. He ran towards Ifrit, who was about three or four times bigger than him, and gave Ifrit a quick and powerful kick to the stomach. Ifrit grabbed his stomach in agony. Although the Moomba's kick was hard and strong Ifrit was only hurt for a second before he recuperated. He grabbed Moomba by the neck and threw him with all of his might at the ground. After the dust cleared Ifrit saw that the Moomba was at the bottom of a two foot deep crater. He laughed. Tonberry charged forward.
The Chocobo was pecking Siren like mad. Siren was being pummeled by the Chocobo's hard beak that she couldn't take a breath deep enough to scream as loud as she had when Shiva was attacking her. Shiva walked up casually.
"Siren, Siren, Siren. Isn't this enough to make you scream? Well too bad the one you unleashed on me will be the last one you scream in a while. Bye- Bye" said Shiva calmly. Shiva raised her hand and a small blast of blue jetted from the tips of her fingers. The frozen body of Siren smashed into a million small particles after Chocobo gave her one final slam. Shiva smirked.
Phoenix wasn't very happy. He saw Quezacotl, Cerberus, and Diablos on the ground unconscious. He looked towards Irvine and the others and he saw that Rinoa was also unconscious. He started to glow. He launched four fireballs into the sky, each one landed on one of the unmoving sufferers. All four were instantly brought back into consciousness. Phoenix took off after Sacred and Minotaur, who were the closest.
Rinoa stood up. She felt dizzy. She shook her head and quickly came back to reality. All of the sudden Gilgamesh, Carbuncle, and Pandemona appeared on the battle field with a flash. Since they hadn't been defeated or called back into Rinoa's body before Rinoa passed out and was unable to concentrate on them they, technically, weren't gone, just powerless and bodiless. But now that Rinoa was able to concentrate on them they regained their bodies and their power. The scales of this GF battle was slwly being tipped in Cloud and company's favor.
Selphie heard a noise approaching from behind. She turned and saw a sphere that looked exactly like the one that Seifer rode in. It stopped about fifteen feet away from Rinoa and the others. It glowed for a second before a beam erupted into the ground.
A tall figure emerged from the light. He was wearing a blue vest, a white undershirt, black pants, and black shoes.
"OH MY GOSH! LAGUNA IS THAT YOU!?" screamed Selphie as she ran up to him. The man nodded. "Hey, I have a question Laguna. Aren't you the president of Esthar?" Laguna nodded. "Then why are you wearing those clothes? I thought you normally wore a flowing white cloaky thing."
"I do. I just returned from a trip to Winhil to see Raine. I had to land in that mountain before I came here because I was afraid that my transporter would be attacked by the GFs that are being controlled by Seifer. Plus there was a small malfunction in the saucer, so I ended up landing before I knew about the GF's. I decided to help you when I first saw you down there fighting with Seifer. So I didn't even know you were down there before I landed. You guys are lucky that I came here though because my Phoenix summon seemed to be a great help."
"Yes. It was. We appreciate your assistance President Laguna." said Rinoa. Laguna smiled.
"I've told you about a million times Rinoa. You don't have to keep calling me 'President' all of the time. You only have to call me 'President' when we are in an important business setting. Not when we are fighting together or lounging around or whatever."
"I'll try harder Presi... Laguna." said Rinoa, who was now a shade of deep red. Laguna laughed.
Ifrit was still laughing at the Moomba. The Moomba wasn't unconscious but he was pretty hurt. Tonberry didn't think it was that funny. He snuck up behind Ifrit before jumping in the air and putting a huge gash in his back. Ifrit let out a huge roar! But before Ifrit could turn Tonberry leapt off of Ifrit's back and landed on the ground. He immediately took out his electro-lantern and sent a huge bolt of lighting into Ifrit's open wound. Ifrit's body began to pulsate violently before he erupted in a wave of summon sphere shards.
Cactuar was toying with carbuncle. He would run up to him and blast him with one needle before kicking him in the face. He smiled each time he did this. Carbuncle got up after about the seventh needle. He charged up the ruby on his forehead and blasted Cactuar with a red-hot ruby blast. After the blast was finished Cactuar was nowhere to be found.
Seifer was starting to get angry. He held his hand out toward the GF battlefield. His hand started to glow a shimmery, glowy, silver color. Small golden bolts of lightening were forming around Seifer's hand as well. A ball began to form in the palm of Seifer's hand. After he let it grow for a few seconds he stretched his arm farther toward the battle before he screamed "ULTIMA!"
Numberless destructive silver beams erupted from the ball that was on Seifer's hand. They flew with direct precision toward the GFs being controlled by Cloud and company. Seifer's GFs all disappeared and reappeared behind Seifer before any of the blasts could hit them. Seifer's eyes were beginning to glow.
The GFs that Cloud and Company were controlling were trying to dodge the blasts. The tinier GFs were doing a better job of this. Carbuncle managed to dodge about three or four blasts before he was hit by one. The effect was disastrous. Carbuncle started to glow the same color as the Ultima blast. After about a few seconds of glowing he exploded in a flash of Summoning Sphere particles. Rinoa and the others were horrified.
Quezacotl was next. He found out the hard way that his lightning bolts had no effect on the beams. He erupted in the same way as Carbuncle. Selphie and the others could hardly bare to watch this mayhem. It quickly got to too many were erupting at once.
After Quezacotl, Shiva got blasted, then Bahamut, Cerberus, Pandemona, Tonberry, Moomba, Chocobo, Gilgamesh, Phoenix, and finally Diablos. Alexander was the last one standing. He was farther back than the other GFs and hadn't been even targeted yet. But this changed quickly. Alexander got pummeled by about seventeen blasts. He was disintegrated instantly. He didn't even have time to start glowing. Selphie burst into tears. The end seemed so near to them.
Seifer's hand stopped glowing. He smirked. "Ok. You may kill them now!" The GFs that Seifer summoned that were left charged.
Cloud ran forward. He drew out the Oracle's Sword. He flashed and was once again adorned with the Oracle's Armor. Yuffie quickly started transforming into Darkside.
Before the opposing GFs could even get within 30 feet of the group the sound of screeching tires filled everyone's heads causing them to pause and turn to see where the sound was coming from. There was a Balamb Garden armored car sitting in the sand about 20 feet away from the group. Before anyone could question it's being there the door was kicked open and two summoning spheres erupted from the opening. They collided and began to take form between the opposing GFs and the group.
The shimmering figure the spheres began to shape into the form of a humanoid being. There was a huge flash before the GF was revealed. It was a gray, lion-like, type creature with wings. It stood its hind legs. It had random shards of fabric tattered around his body. This GF was known as Griever.
"Is that...?" wondered Selphie. She couldn't even finish her own question, she was just too astonished.
"Who could have summoned him? I thought he only accepted worthy and great GF summoners to take him as their GF." affirmed Irvine. Rinoa nodded.
A kid emerged from the car. He had reddish-tan hair. He looked like he was only fourteen or fifteen years old. He reached back into the car and pulled out a Gunblade. He started to run toward the group.
Griever just stayed their floating in front of the opposing GFs. He extended his hand a spear appeared with a small flash. Griever swung the spear with great precision around his body as a demonstration to make the other GFs nervous. It seemed to be working because the other GFs started to back down from where they stood.
The boy reached the group quickly.
"Hello. My name is Travis. I am here because the Oracle named Archemidius gave the GF Griever. He told me to drive to the Estharian Plains and help Cloud." explained Travis.
"Archemidius? He sent you here?" wondered Cloud.
"Yes. I was in the middle of Gunblade Warfare when a strange hooded man asked to see me. He took me a safe distance away before he started to explain this all to me. He explained the whole ordeal that Cloud had to face. He told me that I should help him because I'm the most qualified one at Balamb Garden to take on such a task. I'm guessing they chose me because I'm the star student in all of the Gunblade classes I'm in. My swordsmanship is outmatched only by Squall and Seifer." explained Travis
"Well any ally is better then none. I'm guessing that you'll be accompanying us on our entire journey?" interjected Cloud. Travis nodded.
"Headmaster Cid told me to, as well as Archemidius. Archemidius also gave me this." said Travis as he held up a duplicate Oracle's Materia. "Archemidius said that I was the Chosen One's Partisan. I'm supposed to follow you everywhere you go from now on."
"I could use the help. I'm glad that the Oracle's finally figured out that it would be a help to have a few permanent helpers." said Cloud, looking at Yuffie, "I guess I can't say no to someone who's willing to help me complete my grueling quest to save the universe. The journey has already been a dangerous one. Many of my friends have lost their lives. It will be a great sacrifice on your part to totally abandon everyone you know and love, just because an Oracle and your Headmaster told you to. I am sure you will be a great asset." Cloud finished, as he turned to Travis.
"Well I guess we better clear things up here so we can get to the Ragnarok," said Irvine with a smile. Travis, Cloud, and the others all nodded.
Travis took a step forward. "Griever! Stop showing off and teach them a lesson!" Griever smiled and nodded. He turned back towards the opposing GFs. He laughed before he disappeared.
Odin was on guard. He leaped into the air. He swung his sword at nothing but connected with something. Griever appeared almost instantly after the clanging of metal erupted from the invisible source. Odin and Griever were very skilled in the art of weapon warfare. But Griever easily outmatched Odin. Odin attempted to swing again before he was slammed into the ground by a downward kick from Griever, who was moving as quick as lightning.
Odin created a crater of his own. He stood up for a bout a second before his stomach erupted violently spewing blood and guts everywhere. The cause of the gash was obvious, Griever. But griever hadn't appeared yet. After a few seconds he did. His spear was shoved right into the hole in Odin's chest. Odin shattered violently into a trillion tiny pieces of Summoning Sphere.
Leviathan, Sacred, and Minotaur all looked scared. Griever disappeared again. Leviathan was next. He started to retreat backwards at an alarming speed. But before he could even move a few feet he was split into about sixteen pieces. Each chunk of Leviathan erupted in a cloud of Bubbles, which dissolved before they could reach the ground.
Sacred and Minotaur, like Odin, tried to fight Griever. Griever easily dodged their attacks and disappeared. Griever appeared in the air. He held up two fingers. A tiny ball of energy appeared on both. He pointed his two fingers at the Brothers. The two balls launched toward the terribly scared duo. The balls slammed through the Brothers body an exploded after they hit the ground. There was no trace of the Brothers anywhere.
Before the smoke could clear a battalion of newly formed Ultima blasts erupted from this newly formed cloud of dust. Griever easily dodged these attacks. Seifer's last ditch effort at victory failed.
Travis called Griever off. Seifer charged through the still unsettled smoke, his Gunblade drawn.
Cloud ran forward. Travis grabbed his Gunblade and charged after Cloud.
Seifer stopped and held out his hand. He gestured for Cloud and Travis to come closer.
"Bring it on!" yelled Seifer before his entire body started to glow.
Afterword- I hope this wasn't too much of a repeat chapter. I was using this chapter as an introduction to Travis. I thought I would be better if Griever was summoned at the last second during a loosing battle. I also used Laguna instead of another character at the recommendation of Alexandra (The Alexandra who reviews my story a lot). So if you liked Laguna's appearance thank her for it!