Chapter 2: Preparations
Both of the teams for the two universes got familiar with their castle bases. They were practically identical in terms of layout and size. Each castle had a high stone wall that surrounded it on four sides. There was a large main gate at the front of the wall that opened up into the castle's courtyard. Inside of the castle were several rooms. Each castle also had a very high tower that contained a machine that displayed the locations of each orb.
Both the teams found that edible fruits grew in the forest near their bases. I river flowed near the base of Zael's team (*The Square/Enix team) that had several fish. Near the base of Raimuz's Team (*The Capcom team) there was a lake. Each group decided to assign people to different tasks. Some would gather food and a few people would stay at the castle and try to get the ancient machinery working.
Zell, Sion, Kou, Yuffie, Wakka and Rikku went fishing in the river near their base. They had made makeshift fishing poles out of large sticks, hooks and string that they had found in the castle.
"Back where I'm from fish is our staple food, you know? It's so much water around you can't get around it" said Wakka.
"Yeah too much fish there I'm getting sick of it, yuck!" said Rikku.
"I'm a hamburger and French fries kind of guy" said Kou.
"Actually I could really go for a hot dog right now" said Sion
"Oh man, if you want hot dogs come to Balamb Garden! They have the best hot dogs ever! They are so great that I can never get enough of them! The thing is you have to get them quick because the cafeteria always runs out of them" said Zell.
Zell got so excited about the hot dogs that he pulled his rod back and the hook grabbed the seat of his pants. Not realizing this Zell cast his rod out again.
-RIIIIIPPP-
"Aww man my pants!"
A big hole ripped in the back of Zell's pants and his underwear was showing.
"Ha Ha nice cactuar underwear Zell" laughed Yuffie.
Everyone laughed at the tiny cactus creatures printed on Zell's underpants.
Tifa, Quistis, Selphie, and Aya gathered fruit in the forest nearby.
"You notice how they got nothing but girls to pick fruit?" said Quistis
"Yeah, I know all the guys backed out of this job I guess they think it's too girly or something" said Tifa.
The girls filled up the fruit in the baskets they had found in the castle then made their way back to the base. On the way back the girls heard some rustling in the trees and bushes then suddenly it stopped.
"Did you hear that?" said Aya.
Aya set down her basket of fruit then went to go investigate the bushes. All of a sudden a large creature leapt out of the foliage. It looked like a large warthog that stood on its hind legs. It towered over the women then let out a loud squeal. Its large tusks dripped saliva as it bent over and charged toward them.
"Look out!" yelled Selphie as they all dived out of the way.
Their fruit went everywhere and the hog monster just trampled over it.
"Oh no, it took us so long to pick all that! That's it!"
Selphie was infuriated at the hog monster. She pulled out her nunchaku and hit the monster across the face. The monster yelled in pain then tried to rush at Selphie.
"Oh no you don't!" yelled Quistis.
She pulled out her whip and lashed it out to the monsters leg. It wrapped around its right leg and she tripped it up. The monster hit the ground but quickly got back up.
"My turn!" said Tifa as she rushed toward the hog creature.
She hit it with a right punch directly to his stomach and it doubled over in pain.
"Say goodnight" said Aya
Aya focused her parasite energy into her hands and shot a large stream of energy toward it. The energy connected and the hog monster finally fell to the ground dead. Selphie walked over to the dead monster and nudged it a little with her foot.
"Is it dead?" she said.
"I think so" said Quistis.
"He ruined all of our food. Now what are we going to eat?" said Selphie.
"Well he is a pig so that means pork chops right?" said Quistis.
Meanwhile back in the Square teams base Cid took a look at the ancient machinery while Barret, Squall, and Rinoa watched. The machine took up most of the space in the room in the high tower. It had a control board that contained several buttons and knobs and a large monitor was mounted above it on the wall. Cid opened up some of the panels underneath the control board and took a look at the circuitry.
"Mr. Cid, do you think you can fix it?" asked Rinoa.
"Do I think I can fix it?!?"
Cid stopped what he was doing and looked at Rinoa.
"Barret I don't think this girl realizes who I am! You think I need to fill her in?
"Oh lord not this again." Barret covered his face then went looking through some tools that were scattered about.
"Young lady, I'm Cid Highwind! I can drive, fly, steer, fix, build, construct, and repair any kind of machine it doesn't matter what it is! Now you two go tell the others that this thing will be up in a little while."
"Okay Mr. Cid." Rinoa smiled and she and Squall walked out of the room.
After a few steps they heard a loud noise that sounded almost like pots and pans clanking together. Then they heard Barret and Cid talking.
"Cid, what the hell did you just do?"
"Oh, don't worry about that I think that was just an extra part. We don't really need that. Hey, Barret can you hand me that screwdriver over there?"
Rinoa looked at Squall and laughed.
"I hope he doesn't screw up too bad" said Squall.
Rinoa and Squall made their way to the courtyard area where all the others were. Vincent and Irvine talked about their guns. Volt and Red XIII stood watch on the wall while Cloud and Seifer chatted a little.
(* Here are some of the conversations between these characters)
"This type of ammo is demolition ammo, but this right here, this is pulse ammo it's the best and pretty hard to find" said Irvine.
"That is interesting. Being able to switch to different types of ammo sounds like it would bring a great advantage on the battlefield" said Vincent.
(* Red XIII, and Volts conversation)
"I'm getting a little impatient waiting around here. I want some action"
Volt cracked his knuckles as he said this.
"I believe that their will be plenty of action here soon enough once we meet these warriors from the other universe" said Red
Red XIII turned and once again looked out to the large floating island. It was such a strange place. Suspended in the air yet it thrived and lived like any normal ecosystem. It was so full of trees, rivers, and life.
(*Cloud and Seifers conversation)
"Yeah so I gave Squall that scar of his while we were sparring. Then he gets mad and scars me too. But anyway, me and that Rinoa girl used to have a thing going but now she's with Squall. . .
Squall came in at the end of Seifer's ranting and told Cloud about the machine.
"Cloud, Cid says the machine should be up and running soon."
"Good, I know how Cid gets around machines. I hope he didn't get too weird."
Red XIII shouted from the wall.
"The others are back with food!'
Volt pulled a lever that opened the main gate and in came the two food gathering groups. Wakka, Yuffie, Zell, Rikku, Sion, and Kou walked in with several bags full of fish they had caught. They walked into the courtyard and set the bags of fish down in front of everyone. Then the fruit gathering group came in only they didn't have any fruit. They tied up the large hog and they all pulled it into the courtyard.
"So, I suppose fruit gathering didn't go so good, eh?" said Wakka.
The group then started to prepare and cook the fish they had caught. They got rid of the hog monster because they weren't too sure if it would be good to eat. Not long after they started eating Cid and Barret came rushing from the tower.
"The machines fixed it's missing a few parts but it's fixed" said Cid.
"There are four orbs and there is one west of this base. We should hurry and get to it before the others do" said Barret.
"Should we go in full force?" asked Quistis.
"Well we are not quite sure what we are up against. I say we all go together. There is a chance that the other people have located the orb too so we may need the extra manpower" said Aya.
Everyone agreed with Aya and the Square team made their way to the location of the first orb.
Meanwhile the Capcom team made their preparations.
"Look out!" yelled X
X, Captain Commando, and Hayato quickly backed up from the control panel of the machinery as it began to spark and catch fire.
"That can't be good!" yelled Hayato.
X pressed a button on his buster gun and it shot out a foam type substance that extinguished the flames.
"I think the generators overheated. What we need is a lot of fresh water to cool it down" said Captain Commando.
"Hmm I'll find some" said Hayato.
Hayato left the machine room in the tower and went to the courtyard. Most of the others were there but some were out searching for food. Morrigan flirted with Dante. Cammy, Chun Li, Ken, Ryu and Zangief did some training with each other. Sho, Hoover, and Jennety stood watch on the high wall and Guile, Jill, and B.B Hood were in the middle of a conversation.
(*Here are some of their conversations)
"Dante, I just love your silver hair. You have got to be the best looking demon I've ever met."
Morrigan ran her fingers through Dante's hair while staring him in the eyes with a seductive look.
"Well since most demons have large wings, horns, or goat faces I'd say I'm doing pretty good in the looks department. Of course you're not so bad yourself."
Morrigan just giggled a little. Dante knew all about demons, since he was half demon himself. Morrigan was a succubus that seduced men and stole their souls. Let's just say seduction was written in her DNA.
"Wonder if she wants my soul?" he thought.
(*Cammy, Chun Li, Ryu, Ken, and Zangief's conversations)
"Ok Cammy, try getting your kicks up a little higher like this."
Chun Li demonstrated first then Cammy tried.
"Like this?"
"Yes that's much better."
Zangief gathered a pile of large stones and prepared to use them to help Ken and Ryu train.
"Are you ready?" yelled Zangief in the distance.
"Yeah I'm going to take this first one" replied Ken.
Zangief lifted the large stone and hurled it high in the air.
"HADOKEN!"
Ken shot his fireball at the stone and it burst into pieces.
"Not bad Ken. I see you've been practicing a bit" said Ryu.
(*Jennety, Sho, and Hoover's conversation)
Hoover pulled the pacifier from his mouth and lit a cigarette.
"Hoover, you have to quit smoking, it's not good for you" said Jennety.
"Yeah, you are a baby after all" said Sho.
"How many times do I have to tell you morons? I have a rare disease. I look like a baby but I'm really 25 years old"
"Right . . . A 25 year old that still uses a pacifier and wears diapers" said Jennety.
Hoover ignored him and went on smoking his cigarette.
"I can see the others returning with food" said Sho.
(*Guile, Jill and B.B. Hood's conversation)
". . . and then the Umbrella Corporation created Nemesis to hunt down all the members of S.T.A.R.S" said Jill.
"This Umbrella Corporation doesn't sound any better than Bison's Shadowloo Organization" said Guile.
"I would have filled that Nemesis guy full of lead" said B.B Hood.
Jill and Guile stared at B.B for a moment because she came out of her innocent little girl routine when she made that comment. Realizing this B.B tried to cover it up.
"I mean . . . I'm glad that you're ok . . . and not dead . . ."
Jill and Guile didn't buy this lame cover up, but they ignored it anyway. Hayato approached Guile to tell him about the machine.
"Hayato, how are things going with the machine?" asked Guile
"Not good, the generator is over heated and we need a lot of fresh water to cool it down."
Then Sho pulled a lever that opened the main gates and those in the food gathering group came in. Guy, Maki, Sakura, and Strider came in with baskets full of fruits and vegetables that they had found in the surrounding forest.
"Well, since they've been out maybe they know where some water is" said Jill.
Hayato walked up to them and asked if they had seen any fresh water while they were out there.
"Well we did see a lake nearby" said Sakura.
"Good, can you show me where it is?"
"Yeah, I'll show you"
Guy, Maki and Strider decided to tag along with them. They grabbed a few buckets and made their way to the lake. It wasn't too far away and the group started filling up their buckets with water, all except Strider.
"Strider what's wrong man?" asked Guy
"I have a bad feeling."
A few seconds after Strider said that a large beast burst out of the lake and surprised them all. The beast shot out of the lake and into the air. Then it landed on all four of its scaly legs right behind the group. It looked a lot like a Crocodile only much bigger and its body was covered with several bony plates. It stared the group down with its glassy yellow eyes then opened its large mouth and let out a hellish roar.
-RRRAAAARRRR-
"Ok, I don't think he's friendly!" yelled Sakura
The beast moved with surprising speed and tried to swallow up Strider. Strider teleported as soon as the beast's mouth clamped down. The beast was somewhat surprised at the disappearance of its prey but Strider soon reappeared on the back of the beast. Strider then tried to stab the beast with his sword but its armor was impenetrable.
"It's armors too tough!" yelled Strider as the beast began to buck a little trying to get him off his back.
Hayato pulled out his plasma sword and began striking the beast on its side but it didn't do anything either.
"Not even a scratch" said Hayato.
The beast turned quickly knocking Hayato a few feet away. Maki and Guy
ran toward the
beast. Maki struck it on the side of the face with her tonfa while
Guy kicked it, but neither of their blows did any damage.
"It's like hitting a slab of granite!" said Maki
Then the beast began to buck and stand up on its hind legs. Strider fell off its back and hit the ground with a thud. The beast came down off of its hind legs and struck the ground so hard that it shook a little. Guy and Maki fell to their knees and the beast opened its mouth to eat them both.
"HADOKEN!"
Sakura hurled a fireball at the beast that struck it in the face stunning it a little.
"Come over here and get me!" mocked Sakura.
The beast switched its target to Sakura and ran toward her with its mouth wide open ready to devour her. Sakura did not run or dodge. She stood there and concentrated her energy. Getting into her fighting stance she then held both of her hands together at her side. A ball of blue energy began to emerge in her hands and it grew larger and larger.
"Chew on this! HAAA. . . .DOOO. . . . KEN!"
Sakura shot several large balls of energy into the beast's mouth. The beast exploded leaving a rather bloody mess of scales and organs on the shore of the lake.
"Wow, that was awesome Sakura!" said Guy
"Yeah, I'm glad you're on my side" said Maki.
"Thanks, I picked up a few tricks from Ryu" said Sakura smiling.
"That was some really quick thinking. Its body was too hard to penetrate but an attack on its unprotected insides did the trick" said Strider.
"Thanks for the save. Lets head back to the base before anymore of those things show up" said Hayato.
The group gathered their buckets of water and went back to the base. Captain Commando and X used the water to cool down the extremely overheated generator and began working on it again. The others ate and talked.
"So there are hostile creatures out there. We should be very careful when exploring this place" said Guile.
"Yeah, I'm sure there are more of those things out there" replied Hayato.
X and Captain Commando came out of the machine room.
"We finally got the machine working. It's picking up an orb just east of this base" said X
"So finally we can start our mission. I'm thinking that maybe we should go in full force. We don't really know what we are up against. Chances are we may run into the warriors from the other universe" said Captain Commando.
"I agree" said Guile.
With that the Capcom team went in full force to the first orbs location and so did the Square team. The two groups traveled through the forest and luckily neither of them encountered any monsters.
Both groups came to the location of the first orb at the exact same time. The orb was planted on top of a stone altar. It gave off a brilliant light and exuded a power that could be felt by all. The two large groups stood several feet away from each other. There was a dead silence in the air as the two groups of warriors stared each other down. Neither side made a move. The tension in the air was thick and then finally the silence was ended by a certain outspoken young girl.
"Don't just stand there you dummy's get the orb before those losers do!" yelled Yuffie.
As if on cue both teams of warriors rushed toward each other. Starting the first battle of this clash of heroes.
(*End of Chapter 2 a little more action, but much more next chapter.)
Both of the teams for the two universes got familiar with their castle bases. They were practically identical in terms of layout and size. Each castle had a high stone wall that surrounded it on four sides. There was a large main gate at the front of the wall that opened up into the castle's courtyard. Inside of the castle were several rooms. Each castle also had a very high tower that contained a machine that displayed the locations of each orb.
Both the teams found that edible fruits grew in the forest near their bases. I river flowed near the base of Zael's team (*The Square/Enix team) that had several fish. Near the base of Raimuz's Team (*The Capcom team) there was a lake. Each group decided to assign people to different tasks. Some would gather food and a few people would stay at the castle and try to get the ancient machinery working.
Zell, Sion, Kou, Yuffie, Wakka and Rikku went fishing in the river near their base. They had made makeshift fishing poles out of large sticks, hooks and string that they had found in the castle.
"Back where I'm from fish is our staple food, you know? It's so much water around you can't get around it" said Wakka.
"Yeah too much fish there I'm getting sick of it, yuck!" said Rikku.
"I'm a hamburger and French fries kind of guy" said Kou.
"Actually I could really go for a hot dog right now" said Sion
"Oh man, if you want hot dogs come to Balamb Garden! They have the best hot dogs ever! They are so great that I can never get enough of them! The thing is you have to get them quick because the cafeteria always runs out of them" said Zell.
Zell got so excited about the hot dogs that he pulled his rod back and the hook grabbed the seat of his pants. Not realizing this Zell cast his rod out again.
-RIIIIIPPP-
"Aww man my pants!"
A big hole ripped in the back of Zell's pants and his underwear was showing.
"Ha Ha nice cactuar underwear Zell" laughed Yuffie.
Everyone laughed at the tiny cactus creatures printed on Zell's underpants.
Tifa, Quistis, Selphie, and Aya gathered fruit in the forest nearby.
"You notice how they got nothing but girls to pick fruit?" said Quistis
"Yeah, I know all the guys backed out of this job I guess they think it's too girly or something" said Tifa.
The girls filled up the fruit in the baskets they had found in the castle then made their way back to the base. On the way back the girls heard some rustling in the trees and bushes then suddenly it stopped.
"Did you hear that?" said Aya.
Aya set down her basket of fruit then went to go investigate the bushes. All of a sudden a large creature leapt out of the foliage. It looked like a large warthog that stood on its hind legs. It towered over the women then let out a loud squeal. Its large tusks dripped saliva as it bent over and charged toward them.
"Look out!" yelled Selphie as they all dived out of the way.
Their fruit went everywhere and the hog monster just trampled over it.
"Oh no, it took us so long to pick all that! That's it!"
Selphie was infuriated at the hog monster. She pulled out her nunchaku and hit the monster across the face. The monster yelled in pain then tried to rush at Selphie.
"Oh no you don't!" yelled Quistis.
She pulled out her whip and lashed it out to the monsters leg. It wrapped around its right leg and she tripped it up. The monster hit the ground but quickly got back up.
"My turn!" said Tifa as she rushed toward the hog creature.
She hit it with a right punch directly to his stomach and it doubled over in pain.
"Say goodnight" said Aya
Aya focused her parasite energy into her hands and shot a large stream of energy toward it. The energy connected and the hog monster finally fell to the ground dead. Selphie walked over to the dead monster and nudged it a little with her foot.
"Is it dead?" she said.
"I think so" said Quistis.
"He ruined all of our food. Now what are we going to eat?" said Selphie.
"Well he is a pig so that means pork chops right?" said Quistis.
Meanwhile back in the Square teams base Cid took a look at the ancient machinery while Barret, Squall, and Rinoa watched. The machine took up most of the space in the room in the high tower. It had a control board that contained several buttons and knobs and a large monitor was mounted above it on the wall. Cid opened up some of the panels underneath the control board and took a look at the circuitry.
"Mr. Cid, do you think you can fix it?" asked Rinoa.
"Do I think I can fix it?!?"
Cid stopped what he was doing and looked at Rinoa.
"Barret I don't think this girl realizes who I am! You think I need to fill her in?
"Oh lord not this again." Barret covered his face then went looking through some tools that were scattered about.
"Young lady, I'm Cid Highwind! I can drive, fly, steer, fix, build, construct, and repair any kind of machine it doesn't matter what it is! Now you two go tell the others that this thing will be up in a little while."
"Okay Mr. Cid." Rinoa smiled and she and Squall walked out of the room.
After a few steps they heard a loud noise that sounded almost like pots and pans clanking together. Then they heard Barret and Cid talking.
"Cid, what the hell did you just do?"
"Oh, don't worry about that I think that was just an extra part. We don't really need that. Hey, Barret can you hand me that screwdriver over there?"
Rinoa looked at Squall and laughed.
"I hope he doesn't screw up too bad" said Squall.
Rinoa and Squall made their way to the courtyard area where all the others were. Vincent and Irvine talked about their guns. Volt and Red XIII stood watch on the wall while Cloud and Seifer chatted a little.
(* Here are some of the conversations between these characters)
"This type of ammo is demolition ammo, but this right here, this is pulse ammo it's the best and pretty hard to find" said Irvine.
"That is interesting. Being able to switch to different types of ammo sounds like it would bring a great advantage on the battlefield" said Vincent.
(* Red XIII, and Volts conversation)
"I'm getting a little impatient waiting around here. I want some action"
Volt cracked his knuckles as he said this.
"I believe that their will be plenty of action here soon enough once we meet these warriors from the other universe" said Red
Red XIII turned and once again looked out to the large floating island. It was such a strange place. Suspended in the air yet it thrived and lived like any normal ecosystem. It was so full of trees, rivers, and life.
(*Cloud and Seifers conversation)
"Yeah so I gave Squall that scar of his while we were sparring. Then he gets mad and scars me too. But anyway, me and that Rinoa girl used to have a thing going but now she's with Squall. . .
Squall came in at the end of Seifer's ranting and told Cloud about the machine.
"Cloud, Cid says the machine should be up and running soon."
"Good, I know how Cid gets around machines. I hope he didn't get too weird."
Red XIII shouted from the wall.
"The others are back with food!'
Volt pulled a lever that opened the main gate and in came the two food gathering groups. Wakka, Yuffie, Zell, Rikku, Sion, and Kou walked in with several bags full of fish they had caught. They walked into the courtyard and set the bags of fish down in front of everyone. Then the fruit gathering group came in only they didn't have any fruit. They tied up the large hog and they all pulled it into the courtyard.
"So, I suppose fruit gathering didn't go so good, eh?" said Wakka.
The group then started to prepare and cook the fish they had caught. They got rid of the hog monster because they weren't too sure if it would be good to eat. Not long after they started eating Cid and Barret came rushing from the tower.
"The machines fixed it's missing a few parts but it's fixed" said Cid.
"There are four orbs and there is one west of this base. We should hurry and get to it before the others do" said Barret.
"Should we go in full force?" asked Quistis.
"Well we are not quite sure what we are up against. I say we all go together. There is a chance that the other people have located the orb too so we may need the extra manpower" said Aya.
Everyone agreed with Aya and the Square team made their way to the location of the first orb.
Meanwhile the Capcom team made their preparations.
"Look out!" yelled X
X, Captain Commando, and Hayato quickly backed up from the control panel of the machinery as it began to spark and catch fire.
"That can't be good!" yelled Hayato.
X pressed a button on his buster gun and it shot out a foam type substance that extinguished the flames.
"I think the generators overheated. What we need is a lot of fresh water to cool it down" said Captain Commando.
"Hmm I'll find some" said Hayato.
Hayato left the machine room in the tower and went to the courtyard. Most of the others were there but some were out searching for food. Morrigan flirted with Dante. Cammy, Chun Li, Ken, Ryu and Zangief did some training with each other. Sho, Hoover, and Jennety stood watch on the high wall and Guile, Jill, and B.B Hood were in the middle of a conversation.
(*Here are some of their conversations)
"Dante, I just love your silver hair. You have got to be the best looking demon I've ever met."
Morrigan ran her fingers through Dante's hair while staring him in the eyes with a seductive look.
"Well since most demons have large wings, horns, or goat faces I'd say I'm doing pretty good in the looks department. Of course you're not so bad yourself."
Morrigan just giggled a little. Dante knew all about demons, since he was half demon himself. Morrigan was a succubus that seduced men and stole their souls. Let's just say seduction was written in her DNA.
"Wonder if she wants my soul?" he thought.
(*Cammy, Chun Li, Ryu, Ken, and Zangief's conversations)
"Ok Cammy, try getting your kicks up a little higher like this."
Chun Li demonstrated first then Cammy tried.
"Like this?"
"Yes that's much better."
Zangief gathered a pile of large stones and prepared to use them to help Ken and Ryu train.
"Are you ready?" yelled Zangief in the distance.
"Yeah I'm going to take this first one" replied Ken.
Zangief lifted the large stone and hurled it high in the air.
"HADOKEN!"
Ken shot his fireball at the stone and it burst into pieces.
"Not bad Ken. I see you've been practicing a bit" said Ryu.
(*Jennety, Sho, and Hoover's conversation)
Hoover pulled the pacifier from his mouth and lit a cigarette.
"Hoover, you have to quit smoking, it's not good for you" said Jennety.
"Yeah, you are a baby after all" said Sho.
"How many times do I have to tell you morons? I have a rare disease. I look like a baby but I'm really 25 years old"
"Right . . . A 25 year old that still uses a pacifier and wears diapers" said Jennety.
Hoover ignored him and went on smoking his cigarette.
"I can see the others returning with food" said Sho.
(*Guile, Jill and B.B. Hood's conversation)
". . . and then the Umbrella Corporation created Nemesis to hunt down all the members of S.T.A.R.S" said Jill.
"This Umbrella Corporation doesn't sound any better than Bison's Shadowloo Organization" said Guile.
"I would have filled that Nemesis guy full of lead" said B.B Hood.
Jill and Guile stared at B.B for a moment because she came out of her innocent little girl routine when she made that comment. Realizing this B.B tried to cover it up.
"I mean . . . I'm glad that you're ok . . . and not dead . . ."
Jill and Guile didn't buy this lame cover up, but they ignored it anyway. Hayato approached Guile to tell him about the machine.
"Hayato, how are things going with the machine?" asked Guile
"Not good, the generator is over heated and we need a lot of fresh water to cool it down."
Then Sho pulled a lever that opened the main gates and those in the food gathering group came in. Guy, Maki, Sakura, and Strider came in with baskets full of fruits and vegetables that they had found in the surrounding forest.
"Well, since they've been out maybe they know where some water is" said Jill.
Hayato walked up to them and asked if they had seen any fresh water while they were out there.
"Well we did see a lake nearby" said Sakura.
"Good, can you show me where it is?"
"Yeah, I'll show you"
Guy, Maki and Strider decided to tag along with them. They grabbed a few buckets and made their way to the lake. It wasn't too far away and the group started filling up their buckets with water, all except Strider.
"Strider what's wrong man?" asked Guy
"I have a bad feeling."
A few seconds after Strider said that a large beast burst out of the lake and surprised them all. The beast shot out of the lake and into the air. Then it landed on all four of its scaly legs right behind the group. It looked a lot like a Crocodile only much bigger and its body was covered with several bony plates. It stared the group down with its glassy yellow eyes then opened its large mouth and let out a hellish roar.
-RRRAAAARRRR-
"Ok, I don't think he's friendly!" yelled Sakura
The beast moved with surprising speed and tried to swallow up Strider. Strider teleported as soon as the beast's mouth clamped down. The beast was somewhat surprised at the disappearance of its prey but Strider soon reappeared on the back of the beast. Strider then tried to stab the beast with his sword but its armor was impenetrable.
"It's armors too tough!" yelled Strider as the beast began to buck a little trying to get him off his back.
Hayato pulled out his plasma sword and began striking the beast on its side but it didn't do anything either.
"Not even a scratch" said Hayato.
The beast turned quickly knocking Hayato a few feet away. Maki and Guy
ran toward the
beast. Maki struck it on the side of the face with her tonfa while
Guy kicked it, but neither of their blows did any damage.
"It's like hitting a slab of granite!" said Maki
Then the beast began to buck and stand up on its hind legs. Strider fell off its back and hit the ground with a thud. The beast came down off of its hind legs and struck the ground so hard that it shook a little. Guy and Maki fell to their knees and the beast opened its mouth to eat them both.
"HADOKEN!"
Sakura hurled a fireball at the beast that struck it in the face stunning it a little.
"Come over here and get me!" mocked Sakura.
The beast switched its target to Sakura and ran toward her with its mouth wide open ready to devour her. Sakura did not run or dodge. She stood there and concentrated her energy. Getting into her fighting stance she then held both of her hands together at her side. A ball of blue energy began to emerge in her hands and it grew larger and larger.
"Chew on this! HAAA. . . .DOOO. . . . KEN!"
Sakura shot several large balls of energy into the beast's mouth. The beast exploded leaving a rather bloody mess of scales and organs on the shore of the lake.
"Wow, that was awesome Sakura!" said Guy
"Yeah, I'm glad you're on my side" said Maki.
"Thanks, I picked up a few tricks from Ryu" said Sakura smiling.
"That was some really quick thinking. Its body was too hard to penetrate but an attack on its unprotected insides did the trick" said Strider.
"Thanks for the save. Lets head back to the base before anymore of those things show up" said Hayato.
The group gathered their buckets of water and went back to the base. Captain Commando and X used the water to cool down the extremely overheated generator and began working on it again. The others ate and talked.
"So there are hostile creatures out there. We should be very careful when exploring this place" said Guile.
"Yeah, I'm sure there are more of those things out there" replied Hayato.
X and Captain Commando came out of the machine room.
"We finally got the machine working. It's picking up an orb just east of this base" said X
"So finally we can start our mission. I'm thinking that maybe we should go in full force. We don't really know what we are up against. Chances are we may run into the warriors from the other universe" said Captain Commando.
"I agree" said Guile.
With that the Capcom team went in full force to the first orbs location and so did the Square team. The two groups traveled through the forest and luckily neither of them encountered any monsters.
Both groups came to the location of the first orb at the exact same time. The orb was planted on top of a stone altar. It gave off a brilliant light and exuded a power that could be felt by all. The two large groups stood several feet away from each other. There was a dead silence in the air as the two groups of warriors stared each other down. Neither side made a move. The tension in the air was thick and then finally the silence was ended by a certain outspoken young girl.
"Don't just stand there you dummy's get the orb before those losers do!" yelled Yuffie.
As if on cue both teams of warriors rushed toward each other. Starting the first battle of this clash of heroes.
(*End of Chapter 2 a little more action, but much more next chapter.)
