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Anyway... here it is... the battle... have just realized that Red hasn't got a weapon yet... Anyway... here it is. PS. Can't promise the translations will come out correctly...
* * *
The group began to walk around the cave, staring at the walls and ground. It was empty and cold...an evil presence bounced off the black and damp walls. It as completely silent apart from the sound of everyone breathing.
Red made his way across to the middle of the room, and stood on a metal plated head-dress. He picked it up in his mouth.
"The Poison Hate...." He said, before padding back over to the group, dropping it at Aeris feet. "A little help?"
Aeris smiled, and took Red's old one out, and placed the new one in its place.
"Come on out you *&*^)!" Cid was shouting loudly. "Come on out and fight!"
"Cruf ouincamv (1)!" Vincent was saying, in demonic "Oui femm byo vun fryd oui ryja tuha du so dnepa, yht vun cissuhehk sadaun uh du drec bmyhad (2)!
The ground began to shake and out of it exploded the dark lord himself, his eyes glowing and his claws and teeth bared.
Aeris, Tifa, Shera and Yuffie all let out terrified screams, whilst Barret, Reeve and Cid cursed wildly. Red had been surprised, but had fallen into a fighting stance, as had Vincent, whom had been expecting this to happen.
"Who dares awake my slumber?" he dark lord bellowed.
"The ten (*^^ *& morons down here!" Cid shouted back. "We woke you up!"
"Tell me why?" the dark lord asked surveying the group. "What purpose does it have?"
"Why have you summoned meteor?" Vincent asked not hesitating.
"Why? To rid the world of pathetic creatures like you." Shin-ra answered staring at each member of the team. "So... An Angel, a wizard, a human, an elf, a goblin, a giant, a banshee, a hag, a feline and a rebelling demon... what an interesting group..."
"That would be a Dragon Demon." Vincent answering evenly
Shin-ra snorted, showing his disgust.
"I'd thought my minions had destroyed you all... no matter... I'll take privilege in killing each and every one of you..." he attacked.
* * *
"&&^&! (*&^*(! And &(^(!" Cid bellowed as he readied his spear. "^*^*!"
"For once..." Vincent said, drawing his own weapon and throwing his wings back. "I'm inclined to agree with you."
"As am I!" Cloud said, drawing his sword.
The four girls nodded in agreement, joining the attack formation. Followed after, standing between Cid and Vincent. Barret and Reeve brought up the rear.
The fight began.
* * *
Shin-ra ran forward, attacking the group with a rain of poisoned stingers that plummeted towards the group, causing them to scatter. Aeris had quickly taken to the air, casting Holy on Shin-ra and healing spells on those hit by the stingers. Cid and Shera were casting magic spells, amongst attacking with their weapons. Yuffie, Barret and Reeve were fighting side by side, protecting each other and cursing loudly.
From the opposite side of the cave, Vincent and Cloud were fighting side by side as well.
"No hard feelings?" Cloud asked
"No." Vincent answered, dodging an incoming lone poison dart, that hit the wall with a thud.
"Me neither... If I die today in battle." Cloud said "I couldn't go die beside a braver person."
"The feeling in mutual." Vincent answered, dodging another dart.
* * *
The battle had begun to get more and more violent, as Shin-ra got stronger and angrier. Though they had been fighting with all their strength, the group were beginning to tire.
"I can't... go... on... much... lon...ger!" Yuffie wheezed. "He's... to...strong!"
"Vince... if you going to morph... now will be the best time!" Cid bellowed. "Come on, that'll boost our strength."
"Alright, will do!" Vincent said, before closing his eyes. Cloud had been forced towards the opposite side of the cave, and Vincent knew he'd be, in effect, a sitting chocobo waiting to be killed. 'Garas... I'm going to need your help on this one...'
A sudden white flash filled the cave, catching Shin-ra's attention. He span around, just in time to see the lone Dragon Demon be engulfed in a white light. At this distraction, the others surged forward, cleanly taking his right, leg out of commission.
"What's going on!" Cloud asked "What's happening to Vincent?"
"You're about to see one of the 'bad boys'!" Cid said. "Vince is boosting his attack, defence, evasion, speed and magical abilities. To put it bluntly, we're about to get several fighters, in one."
* * *
'Are you sure?' Garas questioned the Dragon Demon 'Are you sure you want to risk your life?'
'You have to ask me that?' Vincent answered 'It's my life, for the planet... If I have to risk it, I will.'
'What about Aeris?' Garas asked.
'If I die, she is more likely to live.' Vincent answered. 'Lets just get this over with now!'
'As you wish...' Garas said, sounding upset.
Vincent felt the surge of power coursing through his body, it was almost painful. He could feel himself gaining power.
* * *
Shin-ra stared at the bright Light, ignoring the dire pain in his leg.
"Even the Dragon God of Light is lending his strength to this battle..."
The light dropped, revealing a Dragon Demon with pure white feathers and hair. Vincent's eyes had turned a brilliant green.
"Oh my..." Cloud began in shock.
"Gods..." Yuffie finished.
"Who's that then Vin?" Cid shouted.
Vincent didn't stop to answer, but leapt into an attacking stance, ready to fight the dark God.
"Hmm... Garas... you waste your strength..." Shin-ra said, "You really shouldn't bother... he will die anyway."
Vincent narrowed his eyes, and then delivered a hard and stunning blow to the Dark God's head, knocking him back, onto his knees. Since one of his legs was badly injured, he couldn't stand anymore. He unleashed a wave of poison darts, this time having slightly better success, managing to hit Vincent twice.
'Damn that hurt.' Vincnet thought, before unleashing another couple of blows, then a powerful 'Holy' spell. 'Garas, how powerful will a Holy spell need to get rid of him? I'm losing MP fast, and at this rate, I'll revert back in three turns.'
'You will need 999 MP for the most powerful blow you are capable of... Ask a friend to throw you a Turbo Ether.' Garas answered. 'Are you sure you want to do this... you could revert back now.'
'The world will be destroyed.' Vincent answered. 'Yes, I will do it.'
'Then I will not stand in your way."
"Cid! Throw me a Turbo Ether!" Vincent shouted.
A vial of purple liquid came his way, and he quickly drank it, throwing the empty bottle to his side. He grinned.
Shin-ra smirked.
"You think you can beat me?" He asked which a smile "You're cannot stay in that form long... when you revert back, you'll have no MP left... you'll be a quick defeat... and then... the others go down too...
Vincent snorted, showing his disagreement. Before closing him eyes. There as a flash of white light, that filled the entire room, before Shin-ra screamed in fear and pain, before collapsing to the ground,
The others were watching in shock, and were amazed when they felt all their injuries heal. Then they all surged forward, cutting down the dark Lord quickly and effectively. They couldn't see much, only their target and themselves.
Vincent could feel power drain out of his body, sending him crashing to the ground, unable to stand up. His body was burning with pain, and he could hear his allies and friends shouting in hope and renewed strength. Shin-ra was dying, weakened by the sudden blast of Holy energy and the attacks that were still strong from the others. He closed his eyes, reverting automatically back to his original self.
* * *
Cloud shouted in victory as he delivered the final blow, destroying the God of Darkness forever. Everyone started hugging each other, the Dragon Demon forgotten for a few seconds.
"We did it! We did it! We did it!" Yuffie and Reeve were singing off key as the danced with each other. "Meteor ain't gonna fall!"
All the others were celebrating as well, apart from Aeris who was looking around.
"Vincent?" she asked, turning to face the back wall. "Vinc...." She stopped to scream, before running full tilt across the cave. "Vincent!" she skidded to a stop next to the unmoving body. "Vincent?"
Cloud and the others appeared behind her.
"Is he alright?" Cloud asked. "He is breathing, isn't he?"
Aeris didn't answer before she got onto her feet and began shouting.
"Garas! I thought you were supposed to help Dragon Demons! I thought you swore to protect the tribe!" she wasn't expecting an answer "Help him, don't let him die!"
"Young Angel..." came a musical voice, that seemed to be everywhere, but nowhere at the same time "I tried to prevent him from using that ability... he did not listen... he said that if he had to die, to save the planet... he would gladly give his life..."
"And leave me?" Aeris screamed "He said he loved me, he said we'd explore the world together when this was over! I love him!"
"He said that if died using his final attack, you would be more likely to live..." the voice came. "He was prepared for death. He didn't regret his choice, but he was prepared to leave this realm, and go to the Farplane to join his ancestors."
"Hey! Aeris, invisible dude, he ain't dead." Barret said. "He's breathing... he has a pulse... the winged dude ain't pushing up daisies yet!" Aeris ran over to the giant.
"You sure?" she asked.
Barret nodded.
"Positive... you doubt the winged dude?" he asked, standing up.
Aeris screamed in happiness when she felt the pulse as well, before she cast curaga.
* * *
Vincent slowly opened his eyes and sat up. The entire group were standing in a circle around him, and watching him.
"Why is everyone looking at me?" Vincent asked. "And why do I feel like I got trampled on by a flock of stampeding chocobos?"
Cid laughed, before helping him to stand up.
"Backlash from a kick ass magical attack." He said with a grin "Just don't try that again."
Aeris flung her arms around the Dragon Demon's neck.
"Never scare me like that again!" she said, before kissing him.
Automatically everyone started cheering and Barret began wolf whistling, before the entire group left to leave the dark tunnels.
* * *
It was twilight, and the group had just boarded a merchant ship and had begun to sail back across the 'Sleeping Depths' to return to the other continent. Barret, Reeve and Cid were all singing victory songs at the back of the ship, whilst Cloud and Yuffie danced. Shera, Tifa and Aeris were sitting in the centre, talking with excited whispers. Vincent and Red were at the front, talking about what had happened, and what the future held, whilst watching the waves and waters.
* * *
"So..." Tifa whispered "What colour dress will you have?"
Aeris went red
"White or Pink..." she answered with a smile. "Of course you guys will be by bridesmaids and Tifa will be my maid of honour."
"I'm honoured! Thank you!" Tifa said.
"Who do you think the best man will be?" Shera asked
"Well, seeing as Vincent gets the choice... I'd be guessing Red or Cid." Aeris said with a smile.
* * *
The red feline yawned and stretched, before settling himself next to the raven haired figure next to him.
"Any reason why you are sitting up here?" he asked.
"I have no wish to look back." Vincent replied "I have no wish to look at that accursed piece of land."
Red nodded
"Always look to the future, never dwell on the past." He commented.
"Oac." Vincent answered subconsciously in demonic "Yes."
Red yawned again.
"Nice to be on our way back."
Vincent nodded.
"It is."
"Where are you going?" Red asked. "I'm off back to Saltini."
Vincent gave a sly smirk
"The nearest jewellery shop to buy a ring." He answered.
Red smiled.
"I had a strong suspicion you were headed in that direction." He answered. "A very strong one."
Vincent laughed
"Yeah, I had a feeling it was kind of clear after the display in Mount Xuisla." He said, stretching his wings and claws.
"The Angels are going to have a shock." Red commented. "One of their own engaged to what they see as a demon."
Vincent shook his head,
"They can think what they like." He answered "What matters is I love Aeris, and would give my life to save hers."
Red laughed.
"As long as I get an invite to the wedding I don't care." Red said.
Show yourself
You will pay for what you have done to my tribe, and for summoning meteor
onto this planet.
One more chapter to go!
Once again thanks to all my reviewers!
Anyway... here it is... the battle... have just realized that Red hasn't got a weapon yet... Anyway... here it is. PS. Can't promise the translations will come out correctly...
* * *
The group began to walk around the cave, staring at the walls and ground. It was empty and cold...an evil presence bounced off the black and damp walls. It as completely silent apart from the sound of everyone breathing.
Red made his way across to the middle of the room, and stood on a metal plated head-dress. He picked it up in his mouth.
"The Poison Hate...." He said, before padding back over to the group, dropping it at Aeris feet. "A little help?"
Aeris smiled, and took Red's old one out, and placed the new one in its place.
"Come on out you *&*^)!" Cid was shouting loudly. "Come on out and fight!"
"Cruf ouincamv (1)!" Vincent was saying, in demonic "Oui femm byo vun fryd oui ryja tuha du so dnepa, yht vun cissuhehk sadaun uh du drec bmyhad (2)!
The ground began to shake and out of it exploded the dark lord himself, his eyes glowing and his claws and teeth bared.
Aeris, Tifa, Shera and Yuffie all let out terrified screams, whilst Barret, Reeve and Cid cursed wildly. Red had been surprised, but had fallen into a fighting stance, as had Vincent, whom had been expecting this to happen.
"Who dares awake my slumber?" he dark lord bellowed.
"The ten (*^^ *& morons down here!" Cid shouted back. "We woke you up!"
"Tell me why?" the dark lord asked surveying the group. "What purpose does it have?"
"Why have you summoned meteor?" Vincent asked not hesitating.
"Why? To rid the world of pathetic creatures like you." Shin-ra answered staring at each member of the team. "So... An Angel, a wizard, a human, an elf, a goblin, a giant, a banshee, a hag, a feline and a rebelling demon... what an interesting group..."
"That would be a Dragon Demon." Vincent answering evenly
Shin-ra snorted, showing his disgust.
"I'd thought my minions had destroyed you all... no matter... I'll take privilege in killing each and every one of you..." he attacked.
* * *
"&&^&! (*&^*(! And &(^(!" Cid bellowed as he readied his spear. "^*^*!"
"For once..." Vincent said, drawing his own weapon and throwing his wings back. "I'm inclined to agree with you."
"As am I!" Cloud said, drawing his sword.
The four girls nodded in agreement, joining the attack formation. Followed after, standing between Cid and Vincent. Barret and Reeve brought up the rear.
The fight began.
* * *
Shin-ra ran forward, attacking the group with a rain of poisoned stingers that plummeted towards the group, causing them to scatter. Aeris had quickly taken to the air, casting Holy on Shin-ra and healing spells on those hit by the stingers. Cid and Shera were casting magic spells, amongst attacking with their weapons. Yuffie, Barret and Reeve were fighting side by side, protecting each other and cursing loudly.
From the opposite side of the cave, Vincent and Cloud were fighting side by side as well.
"No hard feelings?" Cloud asked
"No." Vincent answered, dodging an incoming lone poison dart, that hit the wall with a thud.
"Me neither... If I die today in battle." Cloud said "I couldn't go die beside a braver person."
"The feeling in mutual." Vincent answered, dodging another dart.
* * *
The battle had begun to get more and more violent, as Shin-ra got stronger and angrier. Though they had been fighting with all their strength, the group were beginning to tire.
"I can't... go... on... much... lon...ger!" Yuffie wheezed. "He's... to...strong!"
"Vince... if you going to morph... now will be the best time!" Cid bellowed. "Come on, that'll boost our strength."
"Alright, will do!" Vincent said, before closing his eyes. Cloud had been forced towards the opposite side of the cave, and Vincent knew he'd be, in effect, a sitting chocobo waiting to be killed. 'Garas... I'm going to need your help on this one...'
A sudden white flash filled the cave, catching Shin-ra's attention. He span around, just in time to see the lone Dragon Demon be engulfed in a white light. At this distraction, the others surged forward, cleanly taking his right, leg out of commission.
"What's going on!" Cloud asked "What's happening to Vincent?"
"You're about to see one of the 'bad boys'!" Cid said. "Vince is boosting his attack, defence, evasion, speed and magical abilities. To put it bluntly, we're about to get several fighters, in one."
* * *
'Are you sure?' Garas questioned the Dragon Demon 'Are you sure you want to risk your life?'
'You have to ask me that?' Vincent answered 'It's my life, for the planet... If I have to risk it, I will.'
'What about Aeris?' Garas asked.
'If I die, she is more likely to live.' Vincent answered. 'Lets just get this over with now!'
'As you wish...' Garas said, sounding upset.
Vincent felt the surge of power coursing through his body, it was almost painful. He could feel himself gaining power.
* * *
Shin-ra stared at the bright Light, ignoring the dire pain in his leg.
"Even the Dragon God of Light is lending his strength to this battle..."
The light dropped, revealing a Dragon Demon with pure white feathers and hair. Vincent's eyes had turned a brilliant green.
"Oh my..." Cloud began in shock.
"Gods..." Yuffie finished.
"Who's that then Vin?" Cid shouted.
Vincent didn't stop to answer, but leapt into an attacking stance, ready to fight the dark God.
"Hmm... Garas... you waste your strength..." Shin-ra said, "You really shouldn't bother... he will die anyway."
Vincent narrowed his eyes, and then delivered a hard and stunning blow to the Dark God's head, knocking him back, onto his knees. Since one of his legs was badly injured, he couldn't stand anymore. He unleashed a wave of poison darts, this time having slightly better success, managing to hit Vincent twice.
'Damn that hurt.' Vincnet thought, before unleashing another couple of blows, then a powerful 'Holy' spell. 'Garas, how powerful will a Holy spell need to get rid of him? I'm losing MP fast, and at this rate, I'll revert back in three turns.'
'You will need 999 MP for the most powerful blow you are capable of... Ask a friend to throw you a Turbo Ether.' Garas answered. 'Are you sure you want to do this... you could revert back now.'
'The world will be destroyed.' Vincent answered. 'Yes, I will do it.'
'Then I will not stand in your way."
"Cid! Throw me a Turbo Ether!" Vincent shouted.
A vial of purple liquid came his way, and he quickly drank it, throwing the empty bottle to his side. He grinned.
Shin-ra smirked.
"You think you can beat me?" He asked which a smile "You're cannot stay in that form long... when you revert back, you'll have no MP left... you'll be a quick defeat... and then... the others go down too...
Vincent snorted, showing his disagreement. Before closing him eyes. There as a flash of white light, that filled the entire room, before Shin-ra screamed in fear and pain, before collapsing to the ground,
The others were watching in shock, and were amazed when they felt all their injuries heal. Then they all surged forward, cutting down the dark Lord quickly and effectively. They couldn't see much, only their target and themselves.
Vincent could feel power drain out of his body, sending him crashing to the ground, unable to stand up. His body was burning with pain, and he could hear his allies and friends shouting in hope and renewed strength. Shin-ra was dying, weakened by the sudden blast of Holy energy and the attacks that were still strong from the others. He closed his eyes, reverting automatically back to his original self.
* * *
Cloud shouted in victory as he delivered the final blow, destroying the God of Darkness forever. Everyone started hugging each other, the Dragon Demon forgotten for a few seconds.
"We did it! We did it! We did it!" Yuffie and Reeve were singing off key as the danced with each other. "Meteor ain't gonna fall!"
All the others were celebrating as well, apart from Aeris who was looking around.
"Vincent?" she asked, turning to face the back wall. "Vinc...." She stopped to scream, before running full tilt across the cave. "Vincent!" she skidded to a stop next to the unmoving body. "Vincent?"
Cloud and the others appeared behind her.
"Is he alright?" Cloud asked. "He is breathing, isn't he?"
Aeris didn't answer before she got onto her feet and began shouting.
"Garas! I thought you were supposed to help Dragon Demons! I thought you swore to protect the tribe!" she wasn't expecting an answer "Help him, don't let him die!"
"Young Angel..." came a musical voice, that seemed to be everywhere, but nowhere at the same time "I tried to prevent him from using that ability... he did not listen... he said that if he had to die, to save the planet... he would gladly give his life..."
"And leave me?" Aeris screamed "He said he loved me, he said we'd explore the world together when this was over! I love him!"
"He said that if died using his final attack, you would be more likely to live..." the voice came. "He was prepared for death. He didn't regret his choice, but he was prepared to leave this realm, and go to the Farplane to join his ancestors."
"Hey! Aeris, invisible dude, he ain't dead." Barret said. "He's breathing... he has a pulse... the winged dude ain't pushing up daisies yet!" Aeris ran over to the giant.
"You sure?" she asked.
Barret nodded.
"Positive... you doubt the winged dude?" he asked, standing up.
Aeris screamed in happiness when she felt the pulse as well, before she cast curaga.
* * *
Vincent slowly opened his eyes and sat up. The entire group were standing in a circle around him, and watching him.
"Why is everyone looking at me?" Vincent asked. "And why do I feel like I got trampled on by a flock of stampeding chocobos?"
Cid laughed, before helping him to stand up.
"Backlash from a kick ass magical attack." He said with a grin "Just don't try that again."
Aeris flung her arms around the Dragon Demon's neck.
"Never scare me like that again!" she said, before kissing him.
Automatically everyone started cheering and Barret began wolf whistling, before the entire group left to leave the dark tunnels.
* * *
It was twilight, and the group had just boarded a merchant ship and had begun to sail back across the 'Sleeping Depths' to return to the other continent. Barret, Reeve and Cid were all singing victory songs at the back of the ship, whilst Cloud and Yuffie danced. Shera, Tifa and Aeris were sitting in the centre, talking with excited whispers. Vincent and Red were at the front, talking about what had happened, and what the future held, whilst watching the waves and waters.
* * *
"So..." Tifa whispered "What colour dress will you have?"
Aeris went red
"White or Pink..." she answered with a smile. "Of course you guys will be by bridesmaids and Tifa will be my maid of honour."
"I'm honoured! Thank you!" Tifa said.
"Who do you think the best man will be?" Shera asked
"Well, seeing as Vincent gets the choice... I'd be guessing Red or Cid." Aeris said with a smile.
* * *
The red feline yawned and stretched, before settling himself next to the raven haired figure next to him.
"Any reason why you are sitting up here?" he asked.
"I have no wish to look back." Vincent replied "I have no wish to look at that accursed piece of land."
Red nodded
"Always look to the future, never dwell on the past." He commented.
"Oac." Vincent answered subconsciously in demonic "Yes."
Red yawned again.
"Nice to be on our way back."
Vincent nodded.
"It is."
"Where are you going?" Red asked. "I'm off back to Saltini."
Vincent gave a sly smirk
"The nearest jewellery shop to buy a ring." He answered.
Red smiled.
"I had a strong suspicion you were headed in that direction." He answered. "A very strong one."
Vincent laughed
"Yeah, I had a feeling it was kind of clear after the display in Mount Xuisla." He said, stretching his wings and claws.
"The Angels are going to have a shock." Red commented. "One of their own engaged to what they see as a demon."
Vincent shook his head,
"They can think what they like." He answered "What matters is I love Aeris, and would give my life to save hers."
Red laughed.
"As long as I get an invite to the wedding I don't care." Red said.
Show yourself
You will pay for what you have done to my tribe, and for summoning meteor
onto this planet.
One more chapter to go!
Once again thanks to all my reviewers!