"Fox, I need your help. As we know, Babel's field is in place, but I have a strange feeling that something is wrong in Mysidia. I am going there myself." Fox nodded, and immediately realized what he meant. The Enterprise and the Falcon (2) were both grounded. Their engines had stalled, and the rest of the gang had taken the other Airships with them. The only few of the group left with them were the Star Fox team and the Z Warriors. Goku had a good idea what was going to be asked. "Goku, as you know, the Arwings and Great Fox can't stand the amount of heat generated in the underground. I want you to team up with Gohan, Vegeta, Goten, and Trunks to enter Babel from the underground. Kain, Yuffie, Cloud, Tifa, and Golbez have already entered from Eblan. You two are to meet at the teleporter in two days time. There should be one down in the underground, past the main control center. I have already asked Golbez to lead the team to their side of the teleporter because he knows it well. Golbez will be waiting for you at the teleporter in the underground. Either that or Rubicant will be there."
Goku didn't know who Rubicant was but he nodded. "Can we eat before we go?" Gohan groaned, "DAD!!!" Goku put his hand behind his head in that anime way, "What?" Videl pointed something out, "Hey Rydia and Rosa, ever notice how much men eat? Particularly Saiyens?" Rosa and Rydia nodded once then laughed. After that, they left to get a meal ready. Goku and Gohan left, having a Spar as they went. "Man, why do they always do that?" Cecil said to himself, then went to find Cid2 and Cid7 (I am going to be calling the two different Cids from now on. Cid2 is Cid from FF2 and Cid7 is from FF7. Note that I'll only call them that when I am distinguishing them, and also when both are in the same place)
Cecil found Cid7 standing in the Black Mage Training Arena, staring at Sailor Jupiter. She was learning Fire 3 currently. Cecil had been quite impressed with her speed at Black Magic Knowledge. Sailor Venus was enroled in the White Mage Academy. Like Rosa, she had learned White Magic faster than lightening. "Hey Cid, how's it going?" Cid turned and put out his smoke right away. "Good thing you did that, I don't like Smokes, they drive me crazy!" Cecil stated pointedly. Then he tapped Lita on the shoulder. The three of them walked out towards the main Feast Hall. "You two go on ahead, I have to get Mina, she's in the White Mage Training arena right now. I expect that Ashton will be there as well!" Cecil told Lita and Cid. Then he left for the White Mage Training Arena (Note that these new places have been added by Sonic).
After about a ten minute hike up the 3rd tower from the Left (I told you Sonic had really enlarged Baron Castle), he found Ashton and Mina. He also found Rena and Noel. Mina cast Wall on herself and Ashton, then on Rena and Noel. She cast the White Spell on her wall, rebounding and doubling the attack power onto Noel. Noel fainted really quickly, but before Rena could revive him, she was attacked by Ashton. Mina cast a final White and knocked out Rena. "Well done!" Cecil exclaimed. Mina cast Life2 on Rena, then Cast it again on Noel. The two rose like nothing happened. "Good match you two!" The four started to laugh. "A feast is about to occur. You know how much is needed to fill up Goku and Gohan." Everyone laughed at that comment. "Where's Serena, Ray, and Amy?" Cecil asked. Mina checked her communicator and it pointed their location to the Dining Hall. "They are already there. Wait, where's Rini and Darien?" Rini was not on the Communicator, but Darien was with Serena. Cecil decided that he had best check Baron Town. The moment he entered, however, he saw a massive object flying in the sky. In one claw, it carried Rini.
He drew his Excalibur and Climbed to the highest point in Town. The monster flew right by there. He jumped onto its back. It launched a Fire 3 attack. The attack didn't do much, but he slashed with Excalibur and weakened it. This was a mistake. "Deadly WHIRLWIND ATTACK!" It began to spin. Cecil could hardly hold on. He lost his grip completely when the cyclone hit. As he fell, he was able to cut Rini free and grab her as he fell. As usual, Rosa arrived right in time and cast float on Cecil. He floated slowly to the ground. The monster came about for a final strike. Cecil got Excalibur ready but... "Raging Inferno!" Cecil suddenly realized who he was dealing with, Bahumut, King of Dragons. "Rosa, go get Rydia, HURRY!" Rosa ran off into the Castle, but the Dragon Fired a Nuke Blast after her. Cecil dodged in front of the attack. He was weakened by this attack, but not beaten. Rini suddenly cast a spell. As Cecil watched, thousands of Meteorite Shards hit the monster. "Meteo??...How??" Cecil said as he blacked out.
Rini kept firing Meteos at Bahumut, but after that first one, he was able to avoid the rest of them. When Rydia arrived and found Cecil unconsious, she went crazy. Rini and Rydia nodded, and started to cast meteo together. FuSoYa, who had been watching the fight with great interest, started to cast Meteo as well. All three of them (although Rydia and Rini did not know about FuSoYa's Meteo) cast their Meteo's together. Bahumut as able to dodge Rini's Meteo, but got hit by Rydia's Meteo. FuSoYa's meteo came crashing down and finished off Bahumut. "Why Bahumut, why?" Rydia asked. "A powerful fiend is coming, only a true Paladin will survive the test of the Paladins!" Then he vanished, back to the Underworld. "What did he mean?" Rosa asked. Rydia shrugged, "I haven't the faintest idea. Look, we had better get Cecil back to the castle. But where did that last Meteo come from?" Rosa shook her head, then picked up Cecil. Rydia and Rini followed from behind.
"You did well FuSoYa!" A voice said to him. "KluYa! I am not surprised to find you here. Left Mount Ordeals have you?" KluYa nodded. "A Dark Knight such as you has very little place here. I suspect the challenge is set?" FuSoYa stated grimly. KluYa nodded again. "DuSoYa is coming to test Cecil. He is the Strongest Paladin I have ever seen, my son. But DuSoYa is indeed Formidable. I do not know if Cecil can beat him. If Cecil cannot defeat DuSoYa, then he will have no chance against the evil coming." "It is fortunate that Ramza has come here. The remaining members of his sixteen members total 5, all Female members. I wonder who they will fall for of the group?" KluYa simply shrugged.
Meanwhile, in orbit around the planet. "Is everything ready General?" A voice from under a black cloak asked. "Affirmative Master! We can attack the Earth in two days. From my knowledge, though, even Master Anakin Junior may have a problem Master Luke!" Luke replied, "Oh really? What is that?" The Soldier looked uncomfortable, "There are many fighters and heroes down there. It is rumoured that the Legendary StarFox is also down there." Luke frowned, "That could present a problem, our fastest ships are no match for the Arwings. We have to stop this planet. It will destroy the universe if it is not stopped. These beings are too warlike."
The soldier nodded, "All we need to do now sir is to gain their confidence. We'll destroy them once they trust us." Luke gripped the soldier's neck, "You had better be right Wardong, I spent a lot of money on this operation. If this fails, this lightsaber will kill you slowly and surely. You'll scream for a year before I finish you!" Wardong gulped in aprehension. "Soon, Soon I will be ruler of the Earth. All I need to do now is to release Dazin Zuu, the ultimate being. Even Majin Buu cannot beat this monster! HAH HAH HAHHAAHAAAA!!!" Wardong ran out of Luke's Chamber, it sounded like Master Luke was having a deadly fit again!
Luke studied the heroe energies from the planet. "Well, Zidane and Cloud are down there too huh? Even Locke and Edgar are down there. Hmm, my sister will be more than a match for them. Solo and Chewie will go with her. Leia, Han, and Chewie!" He called out. When Leia arrived, with Han Solo and Chewbacca behind her. "Take my father's old lightsaber (here he hands her the lightsaber that once belonged to Vader) and find some way to talk to Cecil, King of Baron. That kingdom is the strongest in the world, and might be swayed. Use not your Jedi Powers though, Cecil cannot be swayed with those, his Paladin training makes him pure of heart and cannot therefore be effected. Han Solo, draw your weapon only in great need, for Fox is a much faster gunslinger than even you. He could hit a bullseye from 25 kilometers away with a regular handgun. Chewie fight only when necessary! Go!" Leia nodded, activated the Lightsaber, watched it a moment, then switched it off. She led the way to the Milennium Falcon and they set course down towards Baron.
Back in Castle Baron, Cecil had awoken to find Rini, Rydia, and Rosa standing over him. Rini was in the back corner. "What happened to Bahumut?" Rydia explained the situation, "But there is someone waiting for you in the throne room, he resembles Golbez, but isn't him!" Cecil picked up Excalibur, and headed for the throne room. He saw the figure. "My name is DuSoYa, and I am here to test Cecil of the Paladin. Pick up your sword!" Cecil saw FuSoYa and KluYa (though he didn't know who KluYa was at the time) standing by the wall. "FuSoYa, good to see you!" Then he drew Excalibur from its scabbard. "Get ready you fighter!" DuSoYa drew in breath sharply, "The Excalibur? Only a true...well no matter. I will still beat you!" He rushed at Cecil. Cecil, anticipating this, sidestepped neatly, and cuffed him soundly on the back of the head. The blow knocked DuSoYa senseless. He rushed again and swiped. Rydia and Rosa screamed as they saw the sword flash and go right through Cecil. But Cecil was smiling, he wasn't even injured. "That slow huh?" He said with a strange smirk. (in case you can't tell, he did the same sort of thing Goku did while fighting Racoom, Heh, I've been studying Anime) "Sorry, but I am too holy to be beaten. White SWORD!" A blast of light filled the room, and only Rosa was able to see through it. She saw a white laser hit DuSoYa, making him lose consciousness. When the light subsided, everyone saw DuSoYa on the floor. One of the females (named Amanda) from Ramza's team rushed forwards with a Pheonix down. "He has lost already, but is he alive Cecil?" She asked. Cecil looked at her with glowing eyes (remember Cloud?) and said, "Of course he's alive. I never kill unless I have to!" (Paladin Code, 1st law, "Kill only as a Last Resort")
There was a female scream that cut the air like a knife. "No, Porom!" But when Cecil ran outside, it wasn't Porom, but Amy who was on the floor. Amanda threw a pheonixdown which brought her back. Standing by the wall was one of the most beautiful women Cecil had ever seen, but he wasn't distracted by her beauty, for he saw the man by her side, and the ring on her finger.
"Who are you, and are you the one who did this to Sailor Mercury?" The woman shook her head, "Sorry, but Chewie did that!" She indicated the furry thing standing next to the man. "This is Han Solo, and I am Leia, Princess of Alderan, or what was once Alderan!" Cecil drew the sword, "Why did you do that to Mercury?" Chewie simply growled and fired, but Excalibur simply deflected it, which hit Chewie. "Did I forget to mention my sword deflects energy? So sorry Chewie!" Mercury had by now gotten up. "Darn furry monster. I thought it was a Giant from the Tower of Babel!" Chewie roared. Han interjected, "We aren't here to fight, we are here to speak to Cecil." Cecil said, "So Speak!" Han was nearly blinded by the light. "So you are Cecil, I should have known from how much light was radiating from you." He said, shielding his eyes. "Could you tone it down a bit kid?" He asked indignantly. "Alright, I'll try to. But what is wrong?" Leia asked him to come with her for a minute. "Rydia and Rosa are welcome to come along of course. I'm not going to do anything to him, I'm a married woman for pete's sake, but still." Rydia, Rosa, Cecil, and Leia headed back to Luke's ship. (Han Solo and Chewie stayed behind chatting)
"Finally, we meet!" A dark robed man stated plainly. Another man stood next to him, a blaster in his hand. He fired at Rosa to test Cecil's skill. Cecil dodged in front of her and deflected the bolt with his sword in such a way that it hit the man in the arm. "Darn! He's as good as they say!" The Dark robed figure raised his hand and pulled off the robe. A green lightsaber lit up in Cecil's face. Leia handed Cecil her Red lightsaber. "You might need this!" Cecil activated it, then stood his ground. "Trying to test me?" Before Luke could land a single slash, a strange white whirl struck him. "WHAT THE HEY?" It was a sword, a beautiful one too. "What is that it says?" Cecil asked, "I-Am that is? WHAT the HECK does that mean?" A giant mouse walked out from the shadows (Redwall anyone?). "It is mine. Martin, Matthias, call me what you will. I have been sent to test Cecil. Luke, good to see you, let's test him together shall we?"
A pretty female mouse walked out, "Take Care Matthias, do not underestimate him!" Matthias nodded, then slashed with the sword, Cecil ducked and countered with Crystal. As the same time, he slashed out with the red lightsaber at Luke. (Please note that Crystal and Excalibur and Matthias' Sword nicknamed RatDeath are the only three weapons that are NOT sliced in half when Lightsabers slash them) The battle went on for some hours, when finally, Luke was disarmed, but not by the lightsaber. The hilt of Crystal slammed into Luke's robot arm, and caused him to drop the lightsaber. Cecil tossed the weapon to Rydia, who held it with great pride. Try as Luke might, he could not force the weapon from Rydia. Cecil tossed the red lightsaber to Rosa, then turned his attention to Matthias. Matthias looked weary, but was still enduring. "Man, that looks like one tired mouse eh Cornflower?" Luke said to the female mouse. Cornflower nodded, "He may look tired, but just you wait until our warrior finds the cheese. He'll be like 10, you wait and see!" No sooner had she spoke than Matthias saw his chance. He had Cecil's back to the wall. "REDWAAAAAALLLL!!!" Matthias shouted, then charged. Cecil found himself barely being able to keep alive by blocking. He finally had to draw a second weapon, Excalibur. "Uh oh! When Cecil draws Excalibur as well, it can only mean one thing!" Cecil charged forward, elbowing Matthias back (Think DragonBallZ Goku the Super Nintendo game from Japan) Cecil smirked, "It was a good match, you almost had me there, but now it ends! Holy Light STRIKE!" He placed the two swords together, then let out a holy ball the size of the Joseph Bell (Giant Bell from Redwall, I REALLY suggest you read that series, best darned series around!)
Matthias dodged the attack, then did a two handed lunge. Cecil simply sidestepped, and dealt a cuff to the head. Matthias shook it off, then stood with his sword down. Cecil charged, but Matthias sidestepped, and placed the point of his sword at Cecil's body. (NOTE: This move is in reference to Final Fantasy Tactics, the cutscene of Galagros VS Wiegraf where your characters rescue the Marquis in Zeklaus Desert First Chapter) "I win, but I won't kid you. That was one hell of a match!" Matthias exclaimed. "My word old chap, I cannot believe you lost to Matthias, though he is one hell of a warrior. Only Link can match him, and from where I was standing, it looked like you had matched him too. Looks like there are three bally ultimate warriors, eh wot wot?" Cecil looked around, "Show yourself!" The voice spoke again, "Show myself, INDEED! How many sets of eyes do you jolly well need, eh wot wot?? Jolly GOOD!!! Wot, Wot?" Cecil was tired of this, "I'm in no mood for this! Come out NOW, or you'll regret it!" The voice answered once again, "No reason to get touchy old chap. Bad form to threaten an officer." Cecil was about to reply scathingly when Matthias cut him off, "Stop it Basil. He's not as in tune to camouflage as you and I!" A big lanky hare in a red uniform popped up right beside Cecil, causing him to jump back in surprise. "Yeesh, you jump easy old chap!" Basil said. "Speaking of which, when's supper?" Everyone laughed, even Cecil. "Basil, you never stop thinking of food!" Matthias groaned in annoyance, "You got that right Matthias, you old swordswinger!" Matthias beamed, "JESS!! Is that you me old friend? It's been a while, ever since I got trapped in that vortex. By the way Cecil, is Redwall anywhere nearby?" Cecil shook his head, "Sorry my friend, but your Redwall is in a totally different place!"
Everyone (with the exception of Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie) headed back to Baron.
Heh, sorry, I simply HAD to add in Redwall!! It's my favorite series, I know the idea of woodland animals fighting with swords, and bows and arrows may sound strange, but if you can't see them as the same height as us, then read Redwall. The series makes them seem like they were our size and living in a real abbey! They even have war against giant rats, led by Cluny the Scourge ("Redwall" a tale of Redwall by Brian Jacques!)
The moment Matthias and his bunch entered Baron, every head turned to stare. "WHAT?? Haven't you ever seen creatures like us before?" Matthias asked. Sonic and the other hedgehogs shook their heads, so did the Star Ocean gang, Mario's set and the Sailor Moon group. Lita and Cid7 shook Matthias' paw in turn. "Welcome to Baron." Matthias smiled. "Link my old bud, how are you?" Link smiled, "It has been a while since you and I last crossed swords. You should try fighting one of these guys, they are pretty tough!" He jerked his boomerang at the three swordfighters from the Star Ocean's gang. Matthias took him up on the idea. "All right who is the toughest?" Dias walked forward, "I warn you, I am fast!" Matthias smirked, "So am I bub, So am I!" Cecil thought it fair to warn him, "Watch it Dias, this Mouse is GOOD!! He even beat me, though just barely!" Link smiled, "Then you might be a good match for me, Matthias and I are equal in nearly every way. Of course, if he beat you barely, you are probably equal to me too!" Cecil and Link drew swords. "Now should I really use the Master Sword? Or should I use this!?" He put away the sword, then pulled out an ENORMOUS sword. Cecil sweatdropped, "WHAT THE???" Link swung the huge thing, then did a spin slash, and to be quite honest the energy wave went about 20 meters in all directions! "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING??" Cecil shouted. "This is Biggoron's Sword. WHEN I USE THIS SWORD, ENEMIES RUN IN TERROR!!" Cecil could understand why. "Could you please use your regular sword so we can have a match?" Link nodded, then pulled out Master Sword, and they got to it.
After about an hour of battling, Cecil came out the victor over Link (Though just barely), and Matthias came out the victor over Dias (again Barely). "Hmm, he IS good!" Dias said. Claude pointed out to Matthias that if Dias acknowledged ANYONE at swordfighting, then they MUST be good! Right after the fight, one lone fighter walked out of the shadows. "Hmm, he is as good as they say." Cecil drew his sword, "Who are you?" Cecil demanded. Dias, Link, and Matthias also drew their swords. "I am the one of the testing." A blinding flash of light filled the room, causing Dias, Link, and Matthias to faint. "What did you do?" Cecil shouted. "They are merely knocked out so they cannot interfere." The stranger replied. "My name is DaSoYa. ChuSoYa, you will be tested!"
Cecil rushed at DaSoYa, but he neatly sidestepped, then jumped up a flight. "Do you expect to beat me like that?" Cecil smirked, "Maybe not by myself. Life2!" He cast it at the three fainted fighters. They rose up instantly. "Let's get him guys!" All four rushed at DuSoYa. "SOLAR FLARE!" A blinding light filled the room, only Cecil was unaffected, the other three fainted with 9999 damage. "Do not revive them again or the next blast shall kill them for good!" Cecil grimaced. Cecil rushed again, but DaSoYa did the same thing again. "Drat, he's fast! Stand and fight!" DaSoYa smiled, "If you cannot beat me, you have no hope against the great evil approaching!"
The battle ensued for several minute, DuSoYa had a clear advantage until Cecil charged up his sword. "Good fight old one, but this is where it ends. Do you recognise this sword?" DaSoYa took one step back, for he was weilding the dark Sword BLACK! "BLACK, EXCALIBUR, COMBINE!!" The two swords combined in a flash of crimson light. "Holy Death Sword activated. A combo of the two most powerful swords in the world." Please note that although the Black sword is fairly weak compared to the Excalibur, its power that allows the user to instantly slay any monster not undead makes it nearly as strong as the Excalibur in some sense! "Ultima Slash!" A sword flash flew through the room and hit DaSoYa. He could barely move. "Let's see you deal with this, Meteo, Ultima COMBO!!" A powerful magic attack made of the strongest two magics in the universe combined hit Cecil. Then DaSoYa flew at Cecil to finish the job, but at the last second, Cecil Drew Crystal and slashed. DaSoYa lay groaning. Excalibur and Black separated again.
"Well done ChuSoYa! Could you please heal me now?" Cecil obliged with Cure 2. "To heal you fully, we are going to need either Mina or Rosa!" DaSoYa's voice rang out, "ChuSoYa, you fight as well as the legend states, you may yet stand a chance against the great evil. Empiria is coming, and she is stronger than anything you have ever faced. It is well that all the heroes have gathered. Keep an eye on the ones not pure of heart! Farewell!" And with his message delivered he vanished. Cecil stayed watching the sky and saw the remaining heroes rushing back towards the castle, their mission complete. (Please note that DaSoYa and DuSoYa are two completely different characters!)
The next two chapters will go backwards a bit and go through the other two scenarios, The Z Fighters and Golbez's Scenarios.