Crimson Mask:
Chapter 4: Howls of the Mask
By
Squall Morpheus Leonhart
The chaos began with the explosion after explosion. Soon dragons: Tiamats, Ruby
and Blue, Grendels and T-Rexes attacked. Every single type of monster of the
Island Closest to Hell was there. All the guests that couldn't fight were gone
and all that remained was the Gang, Edea, Cid, Laguna, Kiros and Ward. Cid
finally shown everyone why he became Edea's knight; saber in hand, he spilt a
Grendel in half.
"Focus on the Tiamats, they are the strongest," commanded Seifer as he gutted a
Grendel with Hyperion.
"Roger," yelled everyone else.
No one noticed a man watching the battle with great interest. He was on the
highest platform on stage in the shadows. He wore a thick black cape and a black
ensemble. In his hand was the Lionheart, on his face, a scar between his eyes.
His eyes of quicksilver, lined with crimson, glowed as he smiled evilly.
The Gang handled the Tiamats as the others took the other dragons. Running
toward a Grendel, who was intent to slice Irvine in half, a black wolf tackled
the small dragon.
Irvine
turned to thank the wolf but gasped as he saw its face. The wolf turned and
jumped, its claws bared as it struck a Tiamat in neck. When the blood flowed
out, the wolf drank its fill to gain the dragon's life energy as it did with the
others it killed.
Edea used her guardian, Leviathan's Tidal Surge to flood and drown the land
dragons. Rinoa used Siren's, her own guardian, Silent Rhapsody to silence the
airborne dragons. Soon with the combined forces of the humans and wolf, only one
Tiamat remained.
Quistis performed her Shockwave Pulsar as Irvine used pulse shot. Then Zell
followed with My Final Heaven. Selphie performed Full Cure as Seifer delivered
the deathblow.
"Fire Cross," he yelled, "Black Destiny."
He cast a fire spell then followed it by jumping in the air and slashing
downwards. Soon he did a sideswipe slash. The fire spell in the process did not
go out but lingered until the second slash then intensified into a fire tornado.
After the Tiamat disappeared into oblivion, the watcher clapped. Everyone turned
to look at him. In the eyes of the wolf, fury laced itself around its crimson
eyes.
"Bravo, bravo, if I do say so myself. She wasn't kidding when she said you were
the best. Pity the Lionhearted wasn't here, but at least the Crimson is,"
laughed the watcher, "isn't that right Crimson?"
The watcher pointed to the wolf, which began to change into a man with a katana
in hand. He was dressed in the same outfit when he killed the fugitive in the
alley. The crimson mask covered his entire face, two black lines ran down from
the where the eyes were to the chin end of the mask, curving to meet the pointed
end. Squall unsheathed the katana, as everyone gasped as they saw a wolf became
a man. Squall spoke in a dark emotionless tone, "Why are you here, Ares?"
"I'm here to get what was truly mine," said the watcher, Ares, as he jumped to
the ground.
"Squall," asked Rinoa, shocked, surprised to see the new comer in the light of
moonlight.
"No, Ares is my name, and as for him let's just say I stole his precious sword,"
responded Ares, "and when I did it was drenched in blood but he took my sword."
Ares pointed to Squall. "The sword that is rightfully mine. The sword that when
merged with this blade with be able to summon the gods of the Ragnarok here.
Hyne cannot save you from that."
"Hyne, however, made sure that these two blades were given to his direct line of
descendants. Griever will not be summoned to destroy the world, the same with
Shiva, Bahamut and Diablos," said Squall fiercely as he gripped the katana
tightly.
"No, but once I kill you, they will," spoke Ares as he finally attacked Squall.
Squall dodged as the others tried to come near him but it was futile, an
invisible shield cast by Ares blocked their way. Ares jabbed Lionheart as
Wolfheart parried. Soon all was silent except for the clangs and sparks flying
made by the two sister swords. Squall may have been trained with the gunblade
during SeeD, but no one knew he secretly trained with the saber and katana as
well.
Then Squall turned the tide and became aggressive by launching his Limit Break,
Wolf Howl. He pounced on Ares like a wolf and struck down before slashing again
at his side over and over again. Soon his finale, something he doubted even
Seifer could survive, Crimson Strike came. Crimson Strike was a strong dive then
continuous strike at all enemies, graceful and controlled as it ended Squall
slashed his katana both up and down, right to left. A cross blazed as his eyes,
underneath the mask, and blade turned crimson.
Ares, however, survived and performed his own break, Abyss. Abyss consisted of a
diagonal strike to the left and then followed by a slash downward in the center
of the victim, after that, a thrust into the stomach. During the downward slash,
Squall's mask split and fell as Ares rammed into his stomach. As the mask fell,
everyone except Cid and Laguna gasped. Kiros and Ward did not know about Storm
Chaser's true secret, expecting Laguna to tell them in the near future.
Squall groaned as Lionheart was extracted but he did not fall or collapse.
Instead he stood and held Wolfheart in place as he continued to fight. His
powers as an Ancient would not let him die that easily. Squall attacked Ares in
the shoulder and pierced the cape as the katana went through his back. Squall's
eyes did not turn sapphire like they did when he and Seifer fought no they
turned crimson.
Wolfheart's black blade glowed white as Squall did another Wolf Howl. This time
the finale was Silent Destruction, a strike like Rough Divide but repeated not
once but five times. As the final strike was delivered, spikes of ice formed
from the ground and pierced Ares. Squall was no longer in control of his
actions; his mind chanted kill, kill, kill as his anger took control.
'Ares is the one responsible for my mother and brother, he will die,' thought
Squall angrily.
Laguna pounded on the shield three times and after the third pound it was gone.
Ares dropped Lionheart and grabbed hold of a passing Tiamat. Then all too soon,
he was getting away. Squall in anger; focus all of his energy and the ones he
took from earlier into a huge flare and cast it on the Tiamat, who survived.
Squall threw Wolfheart at the disappearing dragon.
Laguna was at Squall's side after he thrown the sword, he placed a hand on
Squall's shoulder as he began to shudder and collapse to the ground. Blood still
flowed through his gut wound. Squall screamed Ares's name whilst he pounded his
fist on the grass before him as the katana fell back to the ground and pierced
the ground, reflecting Squall's image as he shuddered once more.
"Let me go, Dad," said Squall, trying to get up.
"No, you need to heal and rest," protested Laguna, kneeling next to his fallen
son.
"That's right, Crimson. Even the Elite of Elite, the Best of the Best are still
vulnerable," said Cid.
Squall gasped, "You know where to find me," he said as he faded into the night.
Laguna knew where he was going and stood. Kiros and Ward nodded and prepared to
get a car ready for them.
Edea questioned Cid, "You knew about this, why didn't you tell me?"
"He is on indefinite leave, he is still a SeeD but he has something he must do,"
said Cid to his wife.
"Where is he going," asked Selphie.
"To the Sorceress Memorial, where we are going," stated Laguna, calmly, walking
to the Palace, "are you coming or not?"
AN: Short but it had a good fight scene don't you think? Next one should be soon
as it is the one where Raine and Squall's brother are waking but what of Squall?
I'll let you think about that. As for Edea and Raine being sisters, well let's
just say I need someone to truly need to understand the responsibility of the
Leonhart line. I kept forgetting to say this but what is it with me and longhair
guys? As for Squall's black hair, well let's just say as he grows it longer it
turns darker and makes him sexier. Another thing, Squall is 5'10" because I
would think he would grow it bit more after the war and I don't like anyone to
really tall compare to their mate. A hint of the coupling or should I say
couplings.
Special Thanks to:
Redrum (You just have to wait and seeā¦)
GG (I'm happy you like it so far and I hope you like this sword fight too)
Here's your quote
Don't try to fool me, I know you
Squall Morpheus Leonhart
2002
