Chapter 7: The Final Confrontation

Setzer set some candles on the table; he had left a dress in the waiting room, hoping Lucca would wear it. Setzer poured some wine into a champagne glass, "Can she have wine? Oh, it won't hurt her." Setzer thought to himself. Setzer sat the roast on the table, he had to look everywhere for it, but found it eventually. There was a knock at the door, "Come in." Setzer said, Lucca walked in; she was wearing the red dress that Setzer left in the waiting room. "I guess that this means we're on a date?" Lucca asked. "Of course." Setzer said. "I just wonder, aren't I a little... you know... young?" Lucca asked. "My dear, age has no meaning as long as there is love." Setzer said. "I suppose, I see you got the roast." Lucca said. "But of course." Setzer replied. (Corny isn't it?) "I was wondering, before we dine, might we dance?" Setzer asked. "I'm not a very good dancer." Lucca warned. "That's alright. I'll lead." Setzer said. Lucca nodded; Setzer got up from the table and took Lucca's hand. "What do I do?" Lucca asked. "Place your hand on my back." Magus said. Lucca placed her hand on Setzer's back, Setzer took her hand. "Now, we will both step at the same time, like this." Setzer said. Setzer took three steps to the left, Lucca kept up with him, Setzer placed the needle down on a record and a soothing song began to play. "This is called Maria's Symphony, (Also known as Celes' theme from Final Fantasy 3/6) it is my favorite song." Setzer said. Setzer placed his hand back on Lucca's back, the two stepped around the room, "This isn't too hard." Lucca said. "No." Setzer said, looking tenderly in Lucca's eyes. "Setzer?" Lucca asked. "Yes?" Setzer asked, looking into Lucca's eyes. "Do you really love me?" Lucca asked. "More than anything my darling, more than anything." Setzer said (Just when you thought that it could not get and cornier, it did!) Lucca smiled, she pulled Setzer in close and kissed him, "I love you too Setzer." Lucca said.

Meanwhile: in the year 2301: "Here, the lavoid would have laid its eggs here." Queen Zeal pointed just below her. Kefka looked down; he charged up a blast and fired it at point blank into the ground. There was a large chain reaction triggered, and Lavos arose. "Ah, such a powerful specimen, such radiant power that surges off of him." Kefka said. Queen Zeal nodded. Kefka walked up to Lavos and placed his hand on the creature's beak. "Now, your power is mine, Lavos glowed red, the glow slowly spread to Kefka. Kefka was enveloped in red light, and then the light dissipated, leaving only Lavos' empty shell. "What? What have you done to it?" Queen Zeal asked, Kefka walked over to Queen Zeal, "Fear not my love, we shall rule, I have the power of Lavos. Kefka kissed Queen Zeal, "Oh yes Kefka, we shall rule the world." Zeal said, Kefka drew a dagger from his pocket and shoved it in Zeal's stomach. "But... why?" Zeal asked, falling to her knees, a stream of blood running from her mouth. "Frankly my dear, you sicken me, and I'm a one man killing machine, I don't need your help." Kefka said, he opened up a time portal, leaving Zeal there to die.

Schala sat trying to read her book, but she could not concentrate, she kept thinking about Sabin. Was he just a friend, or more than that? Schala sighed, she had to admit that he was handsome, but looks were not everything. But then she thought, Sabin was very nice, and a very lovable person, he was gentle and kind hearted to those who where on his side. Schala let out another sigh, she set her book down, and she knew what to do. Schala walked out to Sabin, he was sitting on the ground, staring at it. Schala walked up behind him, Sabin turned around, "Wha? Oh, hi Schala. What can I do for you?" Sabin asked, smiling sweetly. "I... uh... nothing... nothing at all." Schala said. "You got nervous, just go up and ask him. Ask him if he loves you, do it!" Schala thought to herself. Then she looked over to see Marle, "She'll know what to say." Schala thought.

Schala sat down next to Marle. "Oh, hi Schala. What's up?" Marle asked. "I need your advice on something." Schala said. "What is it?" Marle asked. "How do I talk... to Sabin?" Schala asked. "What do you mean?" Marle asked. "I want to ask Sabin if he loves me, but I can't build up the courage." Schala said. "I can't help you much there, but just go over, talk to him, pretend that he's asking you, just ask him, you can do it." Marle said. "Okay, I'll do it." Schala said.

Schala stood up and made her way over to Sabin. "Sabin?" Schala asked. "Yes?" Sabin asked, looking up. "I was j-just wondering, if you... if you... Iwasjustwonderingifyoulovedme?" Schala said quickly. "What?" Sabin asked. "D-Do you love me?" Schala asked. Sabin looked up at Schala, "Yes." Sabin answered. "Oh, I love you too!" Schala said happily. "I was so afraid that you would be like all of the others and consider me just a friend." Sabin said, hugging Schala. Schala looked into Sabin's eyes; Sabin brushed a strand of blue hair from Schala's face and kissed her. Schala wrapped her arms around Sabin, greatly enjoying the kiss.

Everyone sat around the street lamp with Gaspar in front of it, Mog made sure to put a great distance between him and Marle. "It appears that Kefka has absorbed Lavos' powers." Gaspar said. "So he's stronger than ever before?" Terra asked. Gaspar nodded. "Spekkio, can you give me all of your magic powers?" Magus asked. "You mean all of the spells from our world?" Spekkio asked. Magus nodded. "I don't know, it might cause a chain reaction, it might be too powerful." Spekkio said, "I don't care, it has to be done." Magus said. "Very well, Ipso Manifacto Ultimata!" Spekkio said, Magus was engulfed in flames, struck by lightning, encased in ice, and then washed with water. Magus glowed an eerie green, the color dissipated, "We might have a chance now." Magus said. "Let's go find him." Terra said. "I don't believe that that will be necessary." Kefka said, he let out one of his creepy laughs.

"Kefka!" Terra growled. "That's right Terra. Iiiiiiiii'mm heeeeeerrreeee!" Kefka screamed. "We outnumbereth thou greatly!" Frog said. "True, guess that we'll just have to fix that." Kefka said. Kefka began to chant a death spell, "Run!" Cyan screamed. Cyan charged at Kefka, his katana drawn and planted it in Kefka's shoulder, Kefka raised an arm and fired a blast from his hand, identical to the one that killed Crono. Cyan's body disintegrated. Everyone climbed aboard the airship, except Ayla, Leo, Terra, Frog, Shadow, and Magus. "Interceptor, go with them." Shadow said, Kefka summoned several attacks, all of the attacks knocked out everyone but Terra, Leo, and Magus.

Leo stood up, "Kefka, you will die for what you have done!" Leo said, charging at Kefka with his sword drawn. Setzer and Umaro brought Ayla, Frog, and Shadow into the airship and took off, praying for the best. Leo did several attacks to Kefka, all of them doing nothing, Kefka prepared to do another disintegration attack when the ghost of a knight appeared. "General Leo, you're attacks will not hurt him, but with my power, we can deal a great blow to him." the knight said. "Who are you?" Leo asked. "My name is Sir Cyrus, which is all you must know; now prepare to do your shock attack." Cyrus said, Leo nodded. The two suddenly yelled in unison, "Nirvana Shock!" Kefka was enveloped in a purple shaft of light, his scream echoed throughout the halls. Clouds of smoke enveloped the end of time, "Is he dead?" Terra asked, suddenly Kefka flew from the smoke and planted his sword in Leo's face. Leo fell to the ground, "You... must... defeat... him." Leo said. Cyrus disappeared.

Two more ghosts appeared, both men in Magiteks, wearing soldiers armor. "Vikks? Wedge?" Terra asked. "Yes Terra, we have faced repentance for our sins. We will help you." Vikks said. Vikks and wedge both released their fire beams, and then disappeared. A ghost in a white robe appeared; he punched Kefka a few times, and then flew away.

Magus stood before Kefka. "So, you are the warlock who has evaded me for all this time?" Kefka asked. "Yes." Magus said, holding his scythe tightly. "You will never defeat me, I am a god!" Kefka said. "I too was once a good, but my eyes where opened by three warriors, I'm about to open your eyes." Magus growled. Magus rushed at Kefka, Kefka cast Doors of Doom. The inner Lavos appeared and did the attack; the beam struck Magus and sent him flying across the room. Magus jumped to his feet and cast several Dark Bomb attacks on Kefka. Kefka retaliated with Quake, Magus quickly levitated off the ground and rushed at Kefka, Magus slashed his scythe at Kefka, Kefka jumped out of the way, but did not anticipate Magus' neck move as he brought the scythe back and clocked Kefka in the jaw. A cloud of foundation spread from Kefka's face, Kefka wiped the blood from his mouth and growled, Kefka cast Bolt 3, the attack struck Magus, and Magus hit the floor. Magus stood back up and looked at Kefka angrily, he summoned up a Water Wave. The water rushed forward at Kefka, all of the makeup was washed from Kefka's face, and he was on the ground, Kefka stood up. Kefka used his Lavos Spawn needle attack on Magus, as the needles where about to hit Magus, Terra jumped in the way, the needles hit her. Magus came to Terra's side, "Are you alright?" Magus asked, "Just fine." Terra replied. Magus looked up, Kefka sat smiling. "Well, I see that even you have your weaknesses." Kefka said, smiling, Kefka began to do several magic attacks, but not to Magus... to Terra. Terra was hit by each attack, "STOP IT!!" Magus screamed, he ran forward and did a move that was very similar to Crono's Cyclone attack. Magus cut Kefka in several places, "I see that I struck a nerve." Kefka said, Magus punched Kefka square in the nose. Kefka grabbed at his bleeding nose, "What have you done!?" Kefka screamed, Magus punched Kefka again. Kefka growled, "Crying Heavens/ Hidden Blow!" Kefka said. A large lightning bolt hit Magus, making him very weak. Magus stood up, barely able to sustain his own weight, "This is a long shot, Luminaire!" Magus screamed. The lightning dome hit Kefka and knocked him back on the ground, he closed his eyes. Magus took an elixir and drank it down immediately. "Where do you think you're going? Kefka's voice rang.

Magus turned around to see Kefka, his skin was a deep purple (heh heh, Smoke on the water! A fire in the sky!) two golden angel wings protruded from his back. "Ready for round two?" Kefka asked. Magus cast Meteor on Kefka. The balls of fire hit Kefka and seemed to only disintegrate on him. Magus cast Flare. The powerful fire attack was absorbed into him, "He's gasp able to gasp absorb fire!" Terra said with very labored breathing. Magus cast Ultima on Kefka, the attack did some damage, Kefka suddenly laughed, in his hand appeared a perfect replica of his own head, the head screamed out, "Goner!" The area around Magus became black, suddenly waves of red appeared around Magus was hit hard and fell to the floor. "Muhahaha! Not even you, Mighty Magus are strong enough to defeat me!" Kefka said, Kefka walked over to Terra. "Hello my little chickadee, howsabout we go in the other room and make some little Kefka's!" (Hey, where did that come from, sometimes I wonder about me.) A hand was placed upon Kefka's shoulder, Kefka turned to look and a gloved hand punched him square in the face. Kefka hit the floor and slid across the room, Magus stood there, his eyes glowing red, and air of power radiating from his body. "Kefka, so help me god, if you touch her, I'll send you straight to hell!" Magus hissed. "My my, I must have hit a nerve, I am impressed Magus, I thought I would be home for dinner an hour ago (line shamelessly stolen from Highlander Endgame) but you are good. Unfortunately for you though, not good enough." Kefka said and gave an evil smile. Magus grabbed the Doom Sicle from the ground and hurled it at Kefka, the scythe spun in the air as it came closer and closer to Kefka. Kefka caught the scythe in his hand, "That's the best you can do?" Kefka asked, Magus smiled, a lightning bolt hit the scythe, twenty thousand volts of electricity hit Kefka, making his already wild hair stick straight up. Kefka threw the scythe to the ground and smoothed his hair back down. Kefka began to chant, as did Magus, Kefka laughed, "You Magus, are dead! Goner!!" Kefka yelled, Kefka cast the ultimate spell, but suddenly the darkness appeared around Kefka and the spell hit him.

Kefka turned back to his original form, "H...How?" Kefka asked. "I believe that you have heard of reflect." Magus said. "But it... isn't strong enough to reflect Goner." Kefka said. "Ah Kefka, you forget who you are dealing with here, I am the ultimate magic user, none can match my power. Not even you Kefka." Magus said. "I'm not dead yet!" Kefka said, climbing to his feet, "And you too are weak, and can sense it in your aura, you are no more powerful than I right now, and your girlfriend is much weaker, what will you do warlock?" Kefka asked. "Kefka, unlike you, I trained myself not only magically..." Magus picked up his scythe, "...But physically." Magus said. "Oh, so it's a fight you're wanting, well come get me then!" Kefka sneered. Magus rushed forward, he was forced to run as his powers where drained and he could not float, Magus slashed at Kefka, a large gash appeared in Kefka's arm, but he kept running. Kefka turned around and threw a knife at Magus; Magus caught the knife and continued after Kefka. Magus took the Doom Sicle and threw it at Kefka, the scythe planted itself in Kefka's back, and Kefka fell forward. Magus walked up to Kefka, he took a knife and cut the tendons on the back of Kefka's ankles. Kefka rolled over and looked at Magus, "Please, have mercy." Kefka said. "There is one thing we have in common Kefka, might you guess what that is?" Magus asked, retrieving his scythe from Kefka's back. "Magical prowess?" Kefka asked, "Mercy." Magus answered, Magus brought back his scythe, "Nooo!!!..." Kefka screamed as the scythe came down, Kefka's head rolled across the floor and stopped next to the lamppost. Magus cast black hole on the head and body and sucked them out of existence.

Magus walked over to Terra. "Are you alright?" Magus asked. "Just fine." Terra answered. Terra and Magus went to the Epoch and got in. Magus and Terra found the airship at 1001 A.D. "How did everything go?" Locke asked. Magus smiled at Locke, "Kefka will never show his face here again." Magus said. Schala came out with Sabin following slowly behind her, "Oh Janus, I'm glad you're here, I have something to tell you!" Schala said. Magus cocked an eyebrow, "What?" Magus asked. "Sabin and I are engaged!" Schala said. If Magus had been drinking something at that point, he would have spit it all over everything. "What?!?!" Magus asked. "Sabin and I are in love, and you don't have to agree because I'm your older sister and I can do what I want." Schala said. "There was actually something I wanted to ask you Magus." Terra said. "What?" Magus asked. "Magus, as I was certain that you would not ask, I would ask for your hand in marriage." Terra said. "... Why, of course. I would love to marry you Terra... that word feels so foreign. Love." Magus said. "Oh, don't worry; you'll become very familiar with it." Terra said.