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AN: NOOOO!!! I think my computer got hit by a virus or a hacker or something cuz my internet's like all screwed I wanted to update earlier but I couldn't get it to work. Anyways, sorry everybody for the hold up but hopefully it'll work now...
Chapter 13: So fast...
Yeah I'm crazy I know. I just basically saw a huge pile of shit and jumped right into it. And now I was basically in one of the worst possible situations you could ever be in. Face to face with Raijin with tons of people watching including Rinoa...
"Raijin, why the hell are you here anyways?" that was puzzling me.
"Shut up Squall. I'm here to fight you. I've waited a long time for this." he had a sort of manic look in his eyes.
I heard Rinoa whisper something that only a metasite would be able to hear.
"Don't do it Squall."
I grinned even though noone could see me. She was worried about me, I don't blame her.
"Hahahaha! Don't worry miss, I won't hurt him TOO bad." Rinoa glowed scarlet. Of course, Raijin heard her too.
Raijin stood about 6'7" tall and his armor was a fiery orange color. He had razor sharp spines that grew almost all over his body. I never really found out how he moved with all those spines everywhere. Maybe that's why he doesn't move. That was his weakness, slow as an ox. Of course, compared to regular humans he can show off with his little jump kick tricks but against a metasite he is SLOW. But he can dish out a ton of damage if he wanted with that huge ass blade of his. His blade was almost three feet wide and had a weird serrated edge that was nonetheless effective. Because his blade was so big and so heavy, he could literally smash giant metal slabs with it.
Myself? I stood at about 6 feet with my metasite and I only had a single blade on my right shoulder. The rest of my armor was very round and spherical. I wasn't even very muscular, in a word, compared to Raijin I looked like a big fat juicy steak thrown into a piranha tank. I was more or less dead meat.
"Why do you do this Raijin? You know you don't stand a chance against me without Fujin here to back you up."
I could almost feel the heat coming off of this guy he was so mad. He hates it whenever anyone disses him when his partner's not with him. Wait a second...I DID feel heat coming from him. SHIT! I dodged left just as Raijin let loose a harsh energy blast right where I was a split second ago. The nova blast burned a hole the size of a small crater in the middle of a bank that was behind me.
Projectile attacks are used for stunning or distracting metasites. They don't work when you try to kill metasites. I have no idea why, it's just natural that we heal so fast that they don't hurt us. The real killers are close range weapons, swords, blades, spears, etc. They hurt the most 'cause we can't heal them as quickly for some weird reason.
I had to get in close if I wanted to hurt him. I could feel him charging to unleash another one of those things. I opened up my wings which had strange resemblances to dragonfly wings. Using the two boosters on my back and my wings as assistance I quickly fluttered from one place to another. I dodged Raijin's fireballs and quickly closed the distance by hopping on cars and over large slabs of concrete that had been broken off the buildings.
I was a few meters away from him and I focused my mind on gathering my own energy. Unlike Raijin's hot blasts, mine were icy cold. My right palm started feeling cold and I brought it forward feeling the waves of energy following my hand.
SEEEW!
A blinding blue globe lanced from my hand towards Raijin. A normal human would see it like an extremely bright gunshot. Raijin and I saw it clearly. The glowing ball shot across the distance between me and Raijin. I was too close, he didn't have time to even think of dodging it before it exploded on his left arm.
I seized the opportunity and was in striking range before he had a chance to recuperate. He wasn't THAT bad though. He had his huge blade out and he knew what was coming next.
You see, in Galbadia I was famous for my overall skill but there was one attack that set me apart from all the other metasites. I was the only one who could perform this move with such accuracy. My blade could strike the opponent with surgical precision and then be in front of my face in ready position to strike again. And the scary thing was that I could perform this in half the time a human blinks his or her eyes. In fact, Lionheart cuts through the air so fast that it cracks like a whip almost. And now, Raijin was about to see first hand why I was so famous for this little skill I developed.
THWAPP!
Raijin's blade was in the way but I hit him with so much force that he skidded about a meter backwards. His blade was still vibrating from the hit. Good.
I continued my attack. I was relentless with my strokes and Raijin was losing ground. He was getting weaker and weaker and he was only barely blocking my attacks.
THWAPP! THWAPP! THWAPP! Now! An opportunity! His blade had been smacked to one side and it opened up a window that I could capitalize on. He wasn't bad, the small undefended area would be almost impossible for a right-handed swordsman to hit. That's why lefties are annoying.
THWAPP! SEEEEW!
The area between his neck and his chest had a deep gash glowing across it. Thin wisps of fluorescent yellow smoke spilled from the wound. Metasite blood. Raijin fell quickly to the ground covered in glowing yellow smoke.
I didn't leave time for last words. I never do. When I kill, I do it quick so the opponent has no time to try for a final attack. Raijin had a long way to go as a fighter, he was not even close to my level. Foolish to try and fight me.
I could see Irvine, Rinoa, and Quistis standing in the same corner they were before with their mouths hanging open. I suffered no injuries during that fight, not even a scratch.
"Squall, you okay?" Irvine spoke up at last.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"W-wow, that was amazing man." he had an idiot grin plastered all over his face and his eyes were glowing. Guess the shock had worn off.
"Whatever" I started to remove the armor. The plates were the first to go, they split into thin strips of tough exoskeleton and reverse wrapped into my back. Then the tendrils that bore into my skin which gave me control of the metasite began to peel off and suck back into my back like the plates. I guess this impressed some people since there was a lot of "Ohhh" and "Ahhh" from the approaching soldiers.
"Holy shit!"
"Crazy"
"Absolutely incredible!"
Praise from all the people watching that duel. Rinoa still had the shocked look in her eyes but I could see a smile playing on her lips. I couldn't help smiling a little myself. Everybody was crowding around me.
Then a strange thing happened. At that exact moment that Rinoa smiled. I felt happy with all the attention like I did when I was a kid. It spread like warmth throughout my entire body and I temporarily forgot about the fact that I had let my secret out and that everybody knows I'm a metasite and that I'll probably be sent to a special metasite class or kicked out of school.
"Hi Squall" she had finally walked up to me. Quistis was behind her. "Hey"
"Good work out there Squall, full marks" Quistis gave me a small wink. I laughed. I just saved all their asses and she was talking about full marks. The irony of it all.
"How's it going? You liked that fight?" what the hell am I talking about? That's not something you ask a girl! IDIOT!!!
"Yeah that was awesome" Rinoa's eyes were twinkling like it was the coolest thing in the world that two metasites each of which could have easily wiped out the whole town by themselves had just duked it out and now the body of one of them was lying not five feet away.
"Errr....that's good" IDIOT LEONHART! STOP BEING AN IDIOT!!! WAKE UP!!!
"Yeah" she smiled. I breathed.
"Ummm how 'bout I just leave you two here for a while. I'll go check to see if the transports are here. It's a pretty long walk from this side of Balamb to the Garden so I called for transports." she blushed a little and started walking away.
"I'll go with you." I said it at exactly the same time as Rinoa. STUPID. Damn metasite should have stopped me.
Rinoa giggled and she went red too. I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks but this time my metasite did help me keep my cool and I didn't show my embarrassment.
"I'm just gonna go help out with the clean up. See you later." the scary thing is that I was so nervous and I had no clue why. I walked away looking like I had just had surgery on both my legs.
I headed towards where Irvine was turning over cars with a few of the other soldiers. Of course I could hear them well before I could see them. They were just behind a building that had been knocked over.
"Man, that was nuts wasn't it?"
"Yeah, never seen a metasite fight like that before." The soldiers were talking about my fight with Raijin. Nobody dared to go close to Raijin because we all know that a metasite self destructs after death when anything touches it.
"Me neither." Irvine joined in the conversation. I decided I would join Quistis and Rinoa after all since I didn't want them to see me. I needed to think how I would explain this to everyone since news would spread fast and Rinoa would soon know I lied to her. Yeah I was a little bastard, I know. I should've won an Oscar for that performance though. I was so damn convincing.
Irvine was still talking.
"Did you see that control? That power? Holy shit man, never seen anything like it."
"Got that right commander, he's not like any of the metasites we have here. Where did he come from anyways?"
"Uhhh...no idea." hahaha Irvine was a terrible liar. But I guess the soldiers weren't too bright since they didn't question any more.
"But geez...so fast...."
I grinned.
AN: Alright, thanks for all your great reviews. I really appreciate it. Again, sorry for the long update, I'll try to get the next one up sooner. Keep em' coming you guys!
AN: NOOOO!!! I think my computer got hit by a virus or a hacker or something cuz my internet's like all screwed I wanted to update earlier but I couldn't get it to work. Anyways, sorry everybody for the hold up but hopefully it'll work now...
Chapter 13: So fast...
Yeah I'm crazy I know. I just basically saw a huge pile of shit and jumped right into it. And now I was basically in one of the worst possible situations you could ever be in. Face to face with Raijin with tons of people watching including Rinoa...
"Raijin, why the hell are you here anyways?" that was puzzling me.
"Shut up Squall. I'm here to fight you. I've waited a long time for this." he had a sort of manic look in his eyes.
I heard Rinoa whisper something that only a metasite would be able to hear.
"Don't do it Squall."
I grinned even though noone could see me. She was worried about me, I don't blame her.
"Hahahaha! Don't worry miss, I won't hurt him TOO bad." Rinoa glowed scarlet. Of course, Raijin heard her too.
Raijin stood about 6'7" tall and his armor was a fiery orange color. He had razor sharp spines that grew almost all over his body. I never really found out how he moved with all those spines everywhere. Maybe that's why he doesn't move. That was his weakness, slow as an ox. Of course, compared to regular humans he can show off with his little jump kick tricks but against a metasite he is SLOW. But he can dish out a ton of damage if he wanted with that huge ass blade of his. His blade was almost three feet wide and had a weird serrated edge that was nonetheless effective. Because his blade was so big and so heavy, he could literally smash giant metal slabs with it.
Myself? I stood at about 6 feet with my metasite and I only had a single blade on my right shoulder. The rest of my armor was very round and spherical. I wasn't even very muscular, in a word, compared to Raijin I looked like a big fat juicy steak thrown into a piranha tank. I was more or less dead meat.
"Why do you do this Raijin? You know you don't stand a chance against me without Fujin here to back you up."
I could almost feel the heat coming off of this guy he was so mad. He hates it whenever anyone disses him when his partner's not with him. Wait a second...I DID feel heat coming from him. SHIT! I dodged left just as Raijin let loose a harsh energy blast right where I was a split second ago. The nova blast burned a hole the size of a small crater in the middle of a bank that was behind me.
Projectile attacks are used for stunning or distracting metasites. They don't work when you try to kill metasites. I have no idea why, it's just natural that we heal so fast that they don't hurt us. The real killers are close range weapons, swords, blades, spears, etc. They hurt the most 'cause we can't heal them as quickly for some weird reason.
I had to get in close if I wanted to hurt him. I could feel him charging to unleash another one of those things. I opened up my wings which had strange resemblances to dragonfly wings. Using the two boosters on my back and my wings as assistance I quickly fluttered from one place to another. I dodged Raijin's fireballs and quickly closed the distance by hopping on cars and over large slabs of concrete that had been broken off the buildings.
I was a few meters away from him and I focused my mind on gathering my own energy. Unlike Raijin's hot blasts, mine were icy cold. My right palm started feeling cold and I brought it forward feeling the waves of energy following my hand.
SEEEW!
A blinding blue globe lanced from my hand towards Raijin. A normal human would see it like an extremely bright gunshot. Raijin and I saw it clearly. The glowing ball shot across the distance between me and Raijin. I was too close, he didn't have time to even think of dodging it before it exploded on his left arm.
I seized the opportunity and was in striking range before he had a chance to recuperate. He wasn't THAT bad though. He had his huge blade out and he knew what was coming next.
You see, in Galbadia I was famous for my overall skill but there was one attack that set me apart from all the other metasites. I was the only one who could perform this move with such accuracy. My blade could strike the opponent with surgical precision and then be in front of my face in ready position to strike again. And the scary thing was that I could perform this in half the time a human blinks his or her eyes. In fact, Lionheart cuts through the air so fast that it cracks like a whip almost. And now, Raijin was about to see first hand why I was so famous for this little skill I developed.
THWAPP!
Raijin's blade was in the way but I hit him with so much force that he skidded about a meter backwards. His blade was still vibrating from the hit. Good.
I continued my attack. I was relentless with my strokes and Raijin was losing ground. He was getting weaker and weaker and he was only barely blocking my attacks.
THWAPP! THWAPP! THWAPP! Now! An opportunity! His blade had been smacked to one side and it opened up a window that I could capitalize on. He wasn't bad, the small undefended area would be almost impossible for a right-handed swordsman to hit. That's why lefties are annoying.
THWAPP! SEEEEW!
The area between his neck and his chest had a deep gash glowing across it. Thin wisps of fluorescent yellow smoke spilled from the wound. Metasite blood. Raijin fell quickly to the ground covered in glowing yellow smoke.
I didn't leave time for last words. I never do. When I kill, I do it quick so the opponent has no time to try for a final attack. Raijin had a long way to go as a fighter, he was not even close to my level. Foolish to try and fight me.
I could see Irvine, Rinoa, and Quistis standing in the same corner they were before with their mouths hanging open. I suffered no injuries during that fight, not even a scratch.
"Squall, you okay?" Irvine spoke up at last.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"W-wow, that was amazing man." he had an idiot grin plastered all over his face and his eyes were glowing. Guess the shock had worn off.
"Whatever" I started to remove the armor. The plates were the first to go, they split into thin strips of tough exoskeleton and reverse wrapped into my back. Then the tendrils that bore into my skin which gave me control of the metasite began to peel off and suck back into my back like the plates. I guess this impressed some people since there was a lot of "Ohhh" and "Ahhh" from the approaching soldiers.
"Holy shit!"
"Crazy"
"Absolutely incredible!"
Praise from all the people watching that duel. Rinoa still had the shocked look in her eyes but I could see a smile playing on her lips. I couldn't help smiling a little myself. Everybody was crowding around me.
Then a strange thing happened. At that exact moment that Rinoa smiled. I felt happy with all the attention like I did when I was a kid. It spread like warmth throughout my entire body and I temporarily forgot about the fact that I had let my secret out and that everybody knows I'm a metasite and that I'll probably be sent to a special metasite class or kicked out of school.
"Hi Squall" she had finally walked up to me. Quistis was behind her. "Hey"
"Good work out there Squall, full marks" Quistis gave me a small wink. I laughed. I just saved all their asses and she was talking about full marks. The irony of it all.
"How's it going? You liked that fight?" what the hell am I talking about? That's not something you ask a girl! IDIOT!!!
"Yeah that was awesome" Rinoa's eyes were twinkling like it was the coolest thing in the world that two metasites each of which could have easily wiped out the whole town by themselves had just duked it out and now the body of one of them was lying not five feet away.
"Errr....that's good" IDIOT LEONHART! STOP BEING AN IDIOT!!! WAKE UP!!!
"Yeah" she smiled. I breathed.
"Ummm how 'bout I just leave you two here for a while. I'll go check to see if the transports are here. It's a pretty long walk from this side of Balamb to the Garden so I called for transports." she blushed a little and started walking away.
"I'll go with you." I said it at exactly the same time as Rinoa. STUPID. Damn metasite should have stopped me.
Rinoa giggled and she went red too. I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks but this time my metasite did help me keep my cool and I didn't show my embarrassment.
"I'm just gonna go help out with the clean up. See you later." the scary thing is that I was so nervous and I had no clue why. I walked away looking like I had just had surgery on both my legs.
I headed towards where Irvine was turning over cars with a few of the other soldiers. Of course I could hear them well before I could see them. They were just behind a building that had been knocked over.
"Man, that was nuts wasn't it?"
"Yeah, never seen a metasite fight like that before." The soldiers were talking about my fight with Raijin. Nobody dared to go close to Raijin because we all know that a metasite self destructs after death when anything touches it.
"Me neither." Irvine joined in the conversation. I decided I would join Quistis and Rinoa after all since I didn't want them to see me. I needed to think how I would explain this to everyone since news would spread fast and Rinoa would soon know I lied to her. Yeah I was a little bastard, I know. I should've won an Oscar for that performance though. I was so damn convincing.
Irvine was still talking.
"Did you see that control? That power? Holy shit man, never seen anything like it."
"Got that right commander, he's not like any of the metasites we have here. Where did he come from anyways?"
"Uhhh...no idea." hahaha Irvine was a terrible liar. But I guess the soldiers weren't too bright since they didn't question any more.
"But geez...so fast...."
I grinned.
AN: Alright, thanks for all your great reviews. I really appreciate it. Again, sorry for the long update, I'll try to get the next one up sooner. Keep em' coming you guys!