Chapter 11
Link kneeled down to his father. "Father!!! Don't go yet! It's not fair, I finally meet him, and he's dead. All because I slew him with my own sword." Link yelled, but he held back his tears, for this wasn't the time to lose control.
"Link, don't worry about it. I killed him too, my.I mean our old man has a strange way of saying hello. He will return from the Farplane, if you don't visit there first." Tidus said, trying to console Link.
"Link, didn't he tell you to go save Zelda, shouldn't you honor his last wishes and help us defeat Cid." Aeris stated, as she walked over to see if Steiner would regain consciousness soon.
"That's right. That bastard is the one to blame for everything. But no sword shall slay him." Link exclaimed, as he stood up and stared into the shiny reflection of his blade that bear the blood of his own father.
"Well, Link, you should know more than anybody else. For you helped him to get a woman." Snapped Tidus pushing all the guilt on his brother.
"Stop it! I think the best thing we can do now is move on and go look for a way to stop Cid." Aeris declared. The knight started to regain consciousness.
"Aeris watch out!" The knight yelled, as he charged for Link. Link moved to the right, and Steiner almost ran through Aeris.
"Hey chubby, I'm on your side now. So chill." Link said. Steiner looked over at Aeris, who nodded at him. The plump knight then sheathed his sword and waited for orders.
"So Link, do you have any ideas on how to take this guy?" Tidus asked.
"Well...the old man has this huge book. He seems to always be searching for stuff in there. I saw him looking in it one time, he said if he ever caught me around that book he would kill me and Zelda." Link answered.
"Well, how about we go get that book," insisted Aeris.
"Sounds like a great idea, but remember I'm risking my life and hers if we screw up." Link replied.
"Seriously Link, do you think he will let her go? He obviously will have another assignment for you, and once he is with you he will kill the both of you. He can't risk people knowing about him." Tidus stated.
"I have thought about it...but I just deny that as a possibility. I do not care what happens to me, but I mustn't let anything happen to the Princess of Hyrule." Link gestured.
"Look, I will find a way to get Yuna out of here...that is all that matters to me. Fuck Cid, fuck saving the world. I helped defeat Sin, and I got screwed..." Tidus started...
"Tidus! You may haven't gotten what you wanted. It is Cid's fault for what has happened to you. Don't let him destroy the planet just because you don't care. If you care for Yuna, then you will help her. You know she is always bringing the peace back to the planet, and you know if she lives through this that she will try to find a way to stop Cid. You helped defeat Sin, you wasn't there when she saved the world the second time. For once can't you give her a break and take care of the problems yourself?" Aeris explained, hoping Tidus would get the point. Tidus looked down at the ground, realizing how selfish he was being.
"Fine...we destroy Cid, but even if he is gone. Will the universe be any safer?" Asked Tidus with a concerned look on his face,
"Yes, I will make sure of it. Sephiroth will take the role, and he is fair man. I shall make sure he keeps his word." Aeris reassured.
"Hey, it's been two hours. We must have wasted a lot of time. It's best we hurry outside," informed the knight. They quickly climbed out of the window and down the wall. They went out and seen everybody else out there waiting. None of the captives were there so none of them must have found anything. Aeris looked over and saw Sephiroth staring off into space.
"Hey Sephy!" She yelled, running to him.
"Oh Aeris, you had me worried." Sephiroth exclaimed. "We found nothing, but I did find this book..."
"Let me see it!" Aeris demanded grabbing it from him. Just then Link came from around the corner.
"Hey it's him, get him!" Yelled Zell, then everybody glanced over. They all drew there weapons.
"No wait! He is on our side." Aeris tried to explain.
"He is tricking you." Sephiroth stated. Link walked straight up to Sephiroth, who had his Masamune out.
"Kill me if you wish, but can you wait till Cid is gone." Link retorted.
"How do you expect me to believe you? With your help Cid was able to get this far into his plan." Sephiroth yelled, as he raised his sword in the air. Surprisingly Link didn't try to defend himself. Just as the blade was about to split Link's skull, Aeris grabbed Sephiroth's arms.
"Please, listen. He is on our side, don't kill him." Aeris said quietly. She gave him her sad look, and not even Sephiroth was able to disagree then. The rest of the crowd lowered there weapons as Sephiroth did.
"I hope you know what you're doing." Sephiroth implied.
"Open that book, I bet there is a way to destroy Cid in there," said Link. Sephiroth opened the book, and searched through the pages. Everybody sat down in the grass, and waited for Sephiroth's instructions. After about 3 hours of looking, Sephiroth had skimmed through the whole book, and found only one way that seemed useful.
"This isn't much...but its all we got. If one goes to the Supreme Ruler and calls for Sanction then he will be forced to go to war. He will send an army made of his supreme warriors. 'Army of 10,000 super warriors, each stronger than any known warrior created in each dimension.' That's what it says... The only ones who can defeat this army are those who have a strong will, and a strong heart, body and soul. I think that's us." Sephiroth said as he closed the book.
"10,000...if one of them is as strong as us, then we are fucked. I think we should just get the girls and get out of here." Gippal declared.
"Yeah, there is no way we can defeat that army..." Steiner complained, most of the others started to agree.
"I don't know what the hell you guys are thinking, we can't just take the girls and leave. He will come after them, or somebody else. The only way we can do this is to stand up and fight," yelled Squall. Zell walked over and stood by him.
"I agree, we must end this immediately. Think about it, each one of us has taken on what was something known as invincible. We got to stand up against him, cmon people if you got the balls then stand up," demanded Zell. Link stood up, then Tidus, Auron, Kimarhi, Zidane, Steiner, Cloud, Gippal hesitated but stood up. Everybody stood up except one person. Irvine remained sitting down, and was getting all emotional again.
"You all go and die, I don't believe in risking my life for a woman, when there are millions of other good looking ones." Irvine said.
"Forget him." Sephiroth confirmed.
"Everybody, lets go barge through that front door and demand what we want." Squall insisted loudly. Everybody but Irvine followed him, the all bashed through the door, and there was Cid was sitting there on his thrown.
"Awe, I see you guys came out of the shadows. You guys are just in time to see me choose my wife, and since you all came. As for you Link, Zelda shall die because of your traitorness." The old man laughed. Link's face turned bright red, he was just about to attack. But Squall yelled Sanction. Cid's face went pale. "You got the book didn't you? Very well, if you wish to take my army, I won't stop you. But let's raise the stakes a little."
"Ok, I say if we win, all the women go free. Now what is your wish?" Squall asked.
"If I win, I still get my woman. And the rest will die." Cid gestured. "I shall give you two hours to decide. For losing one woman, you will risk them all dying, and yourselves." Cid dealed.
"We shall come back with a decision." Squall remarked. He walked out the front door, and the rest of the guys followed him. For they had a heavy decision to make, would they risk it all for the sake of one woman? Or would they condemn one to die so that the rest shall live?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of "The One Who Pulls the Strings". I am glad you liked one of my past stories Chandrakan. I have to say though, they are old and I wasn't really that good of a writer back then. Oh well, I know this chapter isn't much but it should hold you off till I get chapter 12. As you might have guessed, Irvine is one of my least favorite characters on the games.
Link kneeled down to his father. "Father!!! Don't go yet! It's not fair, I finally meet him, and he's dead. All because I slew him with my own sword." Link yelled, but he held back his tears, for this wasn't the time to lose control.
"Link, don't worry about it. I killed him too, my.I mean our old man has a strange way of saying hello. He will return from the Farplane, if you don't visit there first." Tidus said, trying to console Link.
"Link, didn't he tell you to go save Zelda, shouldn't you honor his last wishes and help us defeat Cid." Aeris stated, as she walked over to see if Steiner would regain consciousness soon.
"That's right. That bastard is the one to blame for everything. But no sword shall slay him." Link exclaimed, as he stood up and stared into the shiny reflection of his blade that bear the blood of his own father.
"Well, Link, you should know more than anybody else. For you helped him to get a woman." Snapped Tidus pushing all the guilt on his brother.
"Stop it! I think the best thing we can do now is move on and go look for a way to stop Cid." Aeris declared. The knight started to regain consciousness.
"Aeris watch out!" The knight yelled, as he charged for Link. Link moved to the right, and Steiner almost ran through Aeris.
"Hey chubby, I'm on your side now. So chill." Link said. Steiner looked over at Aeris, who nodded at him. The plump knight then sheathed his sword and waited for orders.
"So Link, do you have any ideas on how to take this guy?" Tidus asked.
"Well...the old man has this huge book. He seems to always be searching for stuff in there. I saw him looking in it one time, he said if he ever caught me around that book he would kill me and Zelda." Link answered.
"Well, how about we go get that book," insisted Aeris.
"Sounds like a great idea, but remember I'm risking my life and hers if we screw up." Link replied.
"Seriously Link, do you think he will let her go? He obviously will have another assignment for you, and once he is with you he will kill the both of you. He can't risk people knowing about him." Tidus stated.
"I have thought about it...but I just deny that as a possibility. I do not care what happens to me, but I mustn't let anything happen to the Princess of Hyrule." Link gestured.
"Look, I will find a way to get Yuna out of here...that is all that matters to me. Fuck Cid, fuck saving the world. I helped defeat Sin, and I got screwed..." Tidus started...
"Tidus! You may haven't gotten what you wanted. It is Cid's fault for what has happened to you. Don't let him destroy the planet just because you don't care. If you care for Yuna, then you will help her. You know she is always bringing the peace back to the planet, and you know if she lives through this that she will try to find a way to stop Cid. You helped defeat Sin, you wasn't there when she saved the world the second time. For once can't you give her a break and take care of the problems yourself?" Aeris explained, hoping Tidus would get the point. Tidus looked down at the ground, realizing how selfish he was being.
"Fine...we destroy Cid, but even if he is gone. Will the universe be any safer?" Asked Tidus with a concerned look on his face,
"Yes, I will make sure of it. Sephiroth will take the role, and he is fair man. I shall make sure he keeps his word." Aeris reassured.
"Hey, it's been two hours. We must have wasted a lot of time. It's best we hurry outside," informed the knight. They quickly climbed out of the window and down the wall. They went out and seen everybody else out there waiting. None of the captives were there so none of them must have found anything. Aeris looked over and saw Sephiroth staring off into space.
"Hey Sephy!" She yelled, running to him.
"Oh Aeris, you had me worried." Sephiroth exclaimed. "We found nothing, but I did find this book..."
"Let me see it!" Aeris demanded grabbing it from him. Just then Link came from around the corner.
"Hey it's him, get him!" Yelled Zell, then everybody glanced over. They all drew there weapons.
"No wait! He is on our side." Aeris tried to explain.
"He is tricking you." Sephiroth stated. Link walked straight up to Sephiroth, who had his Masamune out.
"Kill me if you wish, but can you wait till Cid is gone." Link retorted.
"How do you expect me to believe you? With your help Cid was able to get this far into his plan." Sephiroth yelled, as he raised his sword in the air. Surprisingly Link didn't try to defend himself. Just as the blade was about to split Link's skull, Aeris grabbed Sephiroth's arms.
"Please, listen. He is on our side, don't kill him." Aeris said quietly. She gave him her sad look, and not even Sephiroth was able to disagree then. The rest of the crowd lowered there weapons as Sephiroth did.
"I hope you know what you're doing." Sephiroth implied.
"Open that book, I bet there is a way to destroy Cid in there," said Link. Sephiroth opened the book, and searched through the pages. Everybody sat down in the grass, and waited for Sephiroth's instructions. After about 3 hours of looking, Sephiroth had skimmed through the whole book, and found only one way that seemed useful.
"This isn't much...but its all we got. If one goes to the Supreme Ruler and calls for Sanction then he will be forced to go to war. He will send an army made of his supreme warriors. 'Army of 10,000 super warriors, each stronger than any known warrior created in each dimension.' That's what it says... The only ones who can defeat this army are those who have a strong will, and a strong heart, body and soul. I think that's us." Sephiroth said as he closed the book.
"10,000...if one of them is as strong as us, then we are fucked. I think we should just get the girls and get out of here." Gippal declared.
"Yeah, there is no way we can defeat that army..." Steiner complained, most of the others started to agree.
"I don't know what the hell you guys are thinking, we can't just take the girls and leave. He will come after them, or somebody else. The only way we can do this is to stand up and fight," yelled Squall. Zell walked over and stood by him.
"I agree, we must end this immediately. Think about it, each one of us has taken on what was something known as invincible. We got to stand up against him, cmon people if you got the balls then stand up," demanded Zell. Link stood up, then Tidus, Auron, Kimarhi, Zidane, Steiner, Cloud, Gippal hesitated but stood up. Everybody stood up except one person. Irvine remained sitting down, and was getting all emotional again.
"You all go and die, I don't believe in risking my life for a woman, when there are millions of other good looking ones." Irvine said.
"Forget him." Sephiroth confirmed.
"Everybody, lets go barge through that front door and demand what we want." Squall insisted loudly. Everybody but Irvine followed him, the all bashed through the door, and there was Cid was sitting there on his thrown.
"Awe, I see you guys came out of the shadows. You guys are just in time to see me choose my wife, and since you all came. As for you Link, Zelda shall die because of your traitorness." The old man laughed. Link's face turned bright red, he was just about to attack. But Squall yelled Sanction. Cid's face went pale. "You got the book didn't you? Very well, if you wish to take my army, I won't stop you. But let's raise the stakes a little."
"Ok, I say if we win, all the women go free. Now what is your wish?" Squall asked.
"If I win, I still get my woman. And the rest will die." Cid gestured. "I shall give you two hours to decide. For losing one woman, you will risk them all dying, and yourselves." Cid dealed.
"We shall come back with a decision." Squall remarked. He walked out the front door, and the rest of the guys followed him. For they had a heavy decision to make, would they risk it all for the sake of one woman? Or would they condemn one to die so that the rest shall live?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of "The One Who Pulls the Strings". I am glad you liked one of my past stories Chandrakan. I have to say though, they are old and I wasn't really that good of a writer back then. Oh well, I know this chapter isn't much but it should hold you off till I get chapter 12. As you might have guessed, Irvine is one of my least favorite characters on the games.