Hmm... think, think, think....think, think, think... What ever will I do for thins chapter? Hmm... What should I make happen? I know exactly how I want to end this chapter. (Smiles) It's going to have a great ending. Hmm... (Rubs chin) Everyone out there assumes so quickly that Zack died... heh heh heh, probably cuz y'all know I'm evil and would kill him. Good thing there isn't really any Zack fans out there. Now where did I leave off last time? Ah yes, one of the groups got freed from their confinement (Blinks) Wow! that's a big word, lol for me at least. Well anyways, I don't have anything else to say so uh.. yea read on dudes and dudets. Oh, and expect this chapter to end with a twist heeheeeheee
Disclaimer- (Groans sickly)... uh.... The boat just keeps going up and down, up and down... (Face turns green, hangs over the edge of the cruise ship) Bleh!
Sephiroth- (Laughs at Zack) Didn't know you get seasick.
Ugh.... When are we getting off this ship! (Cries)
Sephiroth- Once you vomit to death. (Laughs)
(looks up at Sephiroth) Hey Seph...
Sephiroth- (Walks up to Zack) What?
Bleh! (Throws up all over Sephiroth)
Sephiroth- (Eye twitches before he turns around and walks away to find a new shirt)
(Hangs over the edge of the ship) Ugh.... I dun... urk... own Final Fantasy 7... ermm.... does anyone know a cure for seasickness?
Chapter 59- Fight's Conclusion?
The small group stare down their enemy. Vain stares right back, holding up his sword as he waits for one of them to attack. "Here's the plan.." Reno begins getting the other's attention. "Elena, you try and free the others."
"Yes sir!" Elena replies snapping into her Turk mood. She salutes Reno before running over to the other barrier.
Reno shakes his head as Elena walks over to the other barrier, "Brat, you check on the fur ball." He says to Yuffie.
Yuffie's brows lower in anger as she glares at the Turk, "First of all asshole, I have a name use it! And secondly, who the hell put you in charge!?"
"Look just do it, alright?" Yuffie rolls her eyes at the Turk before heading towards Red XIII. Reno turns to Tifa, "I'm going to draw the bastard away from your friend. You'll be able to see if you can help him or not." Tifa silently nods her head, "I'm not going to lie to you, the guy's not moving, he may not be alive." Tifa doesn't reply.
"Are you down with your little strategizing?" Vain interrupts them. He shakes his head, chuckling quietly to himself, "It doesn't matter what you plan, either way you'll lose." Vain says, his voice filled with humor.
Reno turns his gaze back to the man who killed his best friend. His eyes flare up in fury as he pulls out his rod. "Listen up you bastard. I don't care how strong you may think you are. I'm going to kill you for doing in Rude like that, and that's a damn promise. Never attack the Turks unless you have a death wish." The rod in Reno's hand crackles with electricity. Before anything else can be said, Reno charges at Vain.
Reno raises his rod up over his head and swings it down towards Vain's head. Vain quickly raises his sword, making a cling as the steal rod and the sword's blade clash together. Reno tries to push Vain back, only to find the attempt futile seeing how Vain doesn't budge an inch. He smirks at Reno with amusement. Reno gives a smirk of his own before driving his knee into Vain's stomach.
Vain gives a gasp of surprise as he stumbles back a few feet. Reno's smirk never leaves his face, there's a reason he's a Turk, he knows how to fight dirty. He wasn't always part of Shin-Ra after all, he grew up in the slums, he learned how to fight there, he learned how to take unfair advantages if necessary. As Reno was taught back in his youth, 'In a battle to the death, there are no rules. Use whatever tricks you have to bring down your opponent.' And that's precisely what he's doing.
Vain recovers from his momentary stunned state and straightens up. "That won't happen again Turk." Vain says, his voice dripping with venom.
Reno continues to smirk and holds his rod out in front of him, "We'll see..." He points his rod at Vain. His thump presses down on one of the three buttons at the top of the rod, a fireball shoots out of the rod. Vain jumps out of the fireballs path, he charges at Reno as the fireball passes him. Reno's smirk widens before he presses the top button of his rod, a bright light flashes and before Vain knows what's happening, he's trapped inside some sort of force field in the shape of a pyramid. "Break it, if you can." Reno laughs.
Vain looks around the barrier, his face expressionless as he studies it. "Pathetic..." Vain comments before slashing his sword through the barrier. He swings his sword at the surprised Turk, only to have the attack parried by Reno's rod. Vain slashes over and over at the Turk, trying to break through his defenses. Reno is barely able to keep up with the quicker fighter, sweat runs down his brow as he continues to block the man's attacks. Vain laughs at the troubled expression on Reno's face as he continues to hack away, "I hope you realize that I'm only toying with you for the moment." Vain informs him. Reno doesn't reply, he just continues to block Vain's attacks. Vain smirks and swings towards Reno's feet. Reno brings done his rod and blocks the attack. Before Reno knows it, Vain is behind him with the tip of his sword resting on the back of Reno's neck, "See I can kill you anytime I want."
"Then do it." Reno replies, his voice neutral as he seems unfazed by his opponent.
"Very well. I will!" Vain thrusts his sword forward, while he's doing so, Reno rolls forward, letting the sword pass above him. While Reno rolls, he gets a handful of dirt in his free hand, turns on his knee and throws it at Vain's face, causing him to close his eyes to prevent dirt from getting into his eyes. Reno jams the tip of his rod onto Vain's chest and flips a switch on his rod. Vain's body is electrified by thousands volt of electricity.
Elena bangs her fist on the barrier as she tries to find a weak point in it, "How do you break this?" She asks herself more then anyone else.
"Try destroying the sphere" Cloud tells her from within the barrier.
Elena nods her head, "Right!" She pulls out her handgun and aims it at the sphere. She shoots a couple of shots at the sphere hanging above the barrier, the bullets ricochet off the sphere. "Dammit..."
"You'll have to get to it somehow and turn it off manually." Vincent says.
Elena blinks confusion before glancing up at the sphere, her eyes travel up the sphere to the large branch it's hanging on. 'I could climb the tree and get to the sphere that way' Elena hostlers her handgun and hurries over to the tree.
Tifa kneels down at Zack's side, "Zack! Zack! Are you alright? Answer me dammit!" She says shaking him. She rolls Zack on his back and stares at the wound, the wound is still bleeding. Tifa's brows lower in thought as she studies the wound, 'On his side, most likely went through a lung.' Tifa quickly feels for a pulse. It's faint, but it's a pulse nevertheless, 'I need to fix this some how.' She thinks to herself. She pulls out a green materia and call outs "Cure 3" Light surrounds Zack's body but the wound doesn't heal up. 'It can't be too late.' Tifa hopes. She pulls out a different materia, "Full Cure!" Tifa's eyes tear up when even a Full Cure spell doesn't heal the wound up. 'No, no no.. I have to save him!' She shouts in her mind.
She's startled when something grabs her hand, she looks down at Zack's hand clutching hers. She blinks in surprise before looking up to Zack's face, his mako blue eyes slowly open and lock with Tifa's wine colored ones. "D-Don't worry Zack. I'm going to help you." Tifa chokes out, now all she has to do is find out how.
Zack gives his trademark goofy smile, "No use..." He says weakly. His eyes shine with sorrow as he stares at the distressed woman at his side. "Tifa... I'm sorry..." He says before closing his eyes again, his grip he has on Tifa's hand relaxes.
"Zack?" Tifa says. Tears roll down her cheeks, she checks his pulse again, biting her lower lip in fear. This time she can't find a pulse, Zack is dead. Tifa collapses onto his chest and cries, not even caring she's getting his blood all over her clothes. Zack is dead, Vain killed him, Zack tried his hardest to defeat Vain but he wasn't a match for him. 'Zack, Reeve, Cid, and Barret, All four of them were killed by Vain. Her friends, no her family is going to be taken away from her again unless Vain is stopped. Tifa's tears stop flowing as she stands up, hatred burning within her soul. "Vain will pay." She says to herself.
Vain swings upwards at Reno, Reno hold out his rod to block the attack, the sword crashes into the rod, but Reno can't keep his grip on it, his rod flies out of his hands. Vain smirks at the Turk seeing that his weapon is gone. Reno quickly grabs the handgun he has hidden behind him and shoots at his opponent. Vain dodges the shots seemingly able to foresee the shots before they come. 'Dammit' Reno thinks to himself as he empties the magazine, not one shot hitting Vain.
Vain sees the opportunity he's been waiting for and lunges forward, slashes Reno, leaving a bloody gash at his left side. Reno shouts in pain and jumps back away from Vain. Vain smirks and swings at Reno again, making the Turk jump back. Reno trips up and falls on his back, Vain doesn't miss the opening and jumps over, driving the sword through Reno's left shoulder. Reno shouts in pain, unconsciously hunching up in pain, tears begin running down his cheeks as the pain is too much to bare, his breathing quickens considerably, trying to dull the pain.
Vain's smirk widens in triumph as he pulls the sword out of Reno's shoulder, Reno groans in pain at the sword is pulled out of him. Vain chuckles wickedly as he holds the sword up, letting the blood drip on Reno's face, "This is your end Turk." Vain says holding the tip down to Reno's throat. "You never had a chance." Vain laughs and pulls the sword up ready to drive the sword through Reno's neck.
"Take this!" Vain quickly turns to the side, his eyes widen in surprise as Tifa jumps up, her left foot kicks up off of Vain's chest, making her jump higher, she spins in the air, her right foot extended out and kicks Vain across the face. Vain stumbles back from the force of the kick. Deep within Tifa's eyes a small fire burns as she charges at the stunned fighter. She sends two powerful punches into Vain's stomach before finishing up the combination by cracking him one in the jaw. Vain staggers back and Tifa charges at him, she jumps up, kicking off his chest again to perform a back flip, her right foot crashes into Vain's jaw again as she flips away from him.
Vain growls in anger, "You little bitch!" He charges at her and slashes across. Tifa ducks the attack and kicks Vain off his feet in the process. Vain lands on his back with a dull thump, getting the wind knocked out of him. Tifa grabs Vain by his collar, picking him up only to flip him over her shoulder, slamming him back to the ground. After a moment Vain jumps to his feet, he blinks in a daze. Tifa draws back her right fist, leans down, and jumps up, her fist extended above her head so her fist crashed into Vain's jaw again. She pins in the air before landing on her feet again.
Vain falls back by the force of the blow, Tifa charges at him, grabs the collar of his shirt and leaps into the air with him, spinning backwards so Vain crashes onto his back and Tifa lands on him, her knee banging into his chest. She leaps off and away several feet away from him, "I'll make you pay for killing my friends! I'll give you no mercy for what you've done!" Tifa draws back her right fist, her glove glows brightly, as if gathering energy. Vain pushes himself to his feet, standing up, "FINAL HEAVEN!" Tifa shouts with all her anger before dashing over to Vain in a blur, her fist connects with his chest, the ground underneath Vain lifts up with the power behind Tifa's fist. Vain soars through the air and crashes into a tree. He drops to the ground.
Tifa hunches over and gasps for air, sweat rolls down her face from the fighting, she keeps her gaze locked on Vain, 'Be dead, be dead, be dead.' She keeps repeating in her head. Her eyes widen in horror as Vain stands up, shaking his head to rid himself of the dizziness.
"That was quite impressive if I may say so myself." Vain admits, "However, like the fool that you are, you put all your energy in that small round. Leaving you wide open for my attack." Vain smirks and dashes at the exhausted fist fighter, "This ends now!" He shouts raising his sword up.
"ALL CREATION!"
Vain looks to his left as he charges at Tifa, his eyes widen in surprise as a huge blast of energy flies towards him, his eyes lock briefly with the Yuffie's, Yuffie smirks at him. He stops and hold his arms over his head to protect himself. The blast strikes him, driving him back towards the woods. The energy soon dissipates allowing Vain to stand up. He growls in anger, he's lost count with how many times he's been hit with that attack. Blood runs down his face, his clothes are scorched showing the dark bruises on his body through some holes in his clothes, 'Then there's usually a follow up attack by..'
"COSMOS MEMORY!" The now conscious Red XIII roars.
Vain smirks as he sees the fiery blast heading his way, 'Predicable.' He thinks to himself before dodging the blast before it can hurt him. He charges at the three fighters. Yuffie throws her Conformer at him, but he easily dodges it and continues on. He lunges at Tifa, sending a kick at her stomach. Tifa falls back, caught off guard. Red XIII leaps at Vain from his side, but Vain spins on his left foot, driving his right foot onto the beast's shoulder. Then he slashes his blade towards the stunned ninja, slashing her in the arm, making Yuffie cry in pain and fall down.
"Come on Elena hurry up!" Cloud shouts up to her.
Elena cautiously crawls down the branch towards the sphere. The four behind the trapped in the barrier watch her as she makes her way closer to the sphere. Finally she stops when she's right above it. She straddles the branch and hangs upside down so she can reach the sphere. Good thing she has her shirt tucked into her pants or she'd be flashing everyone. "Ok now what?" She asks.
"Destroy it." Sephiroth says.
Elena rolls her eyes. That's easier said then done, how exactly is she suppose to destroy it? She doesn't see any sort of switch to turn it off either. Only some sort of control panel with a lot of buttons on it. 'Probably needs some sort of code to turn it off.' Elena grins, 'I'll just have to use the key to this.' Unlike when she on the ground and can only see the metal protecting the sphere, the control panel has no protecting against attacks. She reaches up and grabs her handgun and aims it at the control panel. She rapidly shoots multiple shots into the control panel. The sphere crackles, electricity flows around it as it over loads. The barrier fades on and off, Elena loses her grip, she yells and closes her eyes as she falls down.
She blinks them open when she releases she fell into someone's arms. She stares up at Rima's face, "Thanks."
Rima turns her head to the side and drops Elena on the ground, "Oof!" Elena quickly stands back up and dusts herself off.
Cloud nods to Sephiroth, "Let's get rid of Vain once and for all." The group charges towards the battle.
Vain walks up towards Yuffie his sword help up, Yuffie crawls backwards, trying to keep distance between herself and Vain. Vain smirks, "Any last words?" Vain asks amused.
"Dodge this.." He hears from behind. He quickly turns around to stare at the barrel of Reno's handgun. Vain narrows his eyes before Reno's pulls the trigger. The shot rings across the area, blood splatters as Vain falls backwards, the sword dropping from his hands. The freed group reach them in time to watch Vain's body hit the ground.
Reno spins the gun on his fired and blows the smoking barrel. Reno smirks and looks at the group, "And that folks, is how the Turks kick Vain's ass." He bursts out laughing ignoring the pain it causes in his shoulder and side.
Cloud scratches the back of his head, "Guess we were too late..."
"You idiot you're hurt." Elena says walking up to Reno. She pokes him in the shoulder.
"OW! What the hell did you do that for!?" Reno shouts.
Tifa gets up to her feet, she glances over to Zack's body, "We need to bury him."
Yuffie walks over to Vain body and searches through his pockets, ignoring the weird looks she's receiving from the others. Cloud's brows lower questioningly, "Yuffie what're-" His question is answered as Yuffie pulls out her treasure, the brown materia that Vain was carrying. She holds it up and grins. Cloud rolls his eyes, he should of known she'd go after a rare materia.
Red XIII walks over and joins the rest of the group, he shakes his head trying to dull down the headache he, "So it's finally over..." He comments.
Cloud shrugs, "Besides the remaining zombies lurking on the surface. We'll have to hunt them down and get rid of them.."
Vincent stands quietly off to the side, he stares at Vain's body. 'Something isn't right...' He thinks to himself. He doesn't know what, but there's still something in the area, he can feel a strangely familiar presence, one that he hasn't sensed for a couple of years. But it's impossible for it to be what he thinks it is.
"Umm... we won't have to hunt the zombies down." Yuffie says hesitantly. Everyone turns to look at her, Yuffie lower her gaze to the brown materia in her hand, "We have this materia now. Vain used an ancient Wutianease chant to bring back the dead."
"What are you saying Yuffie?" Tifa asks confused.
Yuffie looks around the group, "The chant can work both way, it can be reversed. All the undead can be sent back where they came from." She quickly explains.
Slowly a grin spreads across Cloud's face, "Hey, that would make things a lot quicker and easier, what do you say guys?" He asks.
"Um.. Maybe I should finish what I was saying..." Yuffie says a bit nervous.
Vincent's hand goes to his Death Penalty as his eyes widen. Something's seems to be moving underneath Vain skin, 'Doesn't anyone else see?' Something is inside of Vain's body. And Vincent knows exactly what it is! It's...
"If I do this.. Everyone who was brought back to life will be sent back to their grave." Yuffie explains.
Cloud shrugs, "So? They're all mindless zombies anyway."
Red XIII's glances up as realization sets in. He understands what or rather who Yuffie is referring to, "Cloud, you seem to forget." He says speaking up, gaining Cloud's attention, "There's one among us who was brought back by Vain." Red XIII glances over to Sephiroth, "If Yuffie does this, Sephiroth will die.." Everyone turns to Sephiroth, they had completely forgotten that he was brought back to life.
Rima stares at Sephiroth in disbelief, no one had told her he was brought back to life by Vain. She assumed he never died. She thought he just showed up again, it wouldn't be the first time that he was announced dead only to find out that it was a lie. But if what Yuffie says is true, then this will kill Sephiroth, surely they wouldn't do that, would they.
Sephiroth crosses his arms, his face expressionless, he turns his gaze to the side, 'Guess I want have to do the job myself after all.' He thinks to himself. He closes his eyes as everyone stares at him, waiting for some sort of comment from him, "So be it." Sephiroth says, he opens his eyes and looks to the group, "I already had a chance at life. I blew it back then. I'm not meant to live, so do it."
Rima's eyes widen, 'He can't be serious."
"Everyone get back!" Vincent shouts, startling everyone.
A shriek comes from Vain's body deafening everyone as Vain's chest explodes, showering his blood all over. Something slimy crawls out of Vain's body, covered in his blood. "This boy's body is of no use to me anymore." The figure says. It stands up and looks at the surprised group.
"It can't be..." Tifa says.
"We killed it before!" Yuffie shouts in annoyance.
Sephiroth's fists clench at his side, his icy blue eyes glare venomously at the figure, "Mother...."
Dun-Dun-DUNNN... Momma's back and badder then ever. Kick as y'all! Heeheeeheee, bet this will raise quite a few questions. But never fear, all shall be answered in the next chapter heh heh. But ask away anyway so I know that I answer them all, well all the ones that I can without ruining anything. I hoped you enjoyed this here chapter, I was going to end it back when Reno blew Vain's brains out but I decided to go a bit further so I can leave y'all at a cliffie! Ain't I great? Anyway, it's pretty late and I need to get this posted up so I be going now. Review! TTNC!