Chapter 13

"Very well, your decision...now may we begin." Cid answered. Squall stepped forward and began to question.

"So, what is this army of yours like? 10,000 warriors right?" Squall asked.

"HAHA, that is funny. You surely didn't think I would have you take 10,000 warriors on did you. I have one warrior, he is strong as 10,000 super warriors combined. His name is Golgrath. Show yourself my humble servant!" Cid commanded. Just then, a 7 foot, muscular swift man appeared. He had dragon tattoos all over his body, and a 5 foot katana. As he unsheathed it, the light glared, and he swung it with immense speed.

"It's a pleasure to be here Master, so these wimps are the challengers?" Golgrath questioned.

"Yes Golgrath, be gentle now." Cid laughed. "You may challenge him one at a time, maybe if you're lucky you'll wear him down. But I doubt it, Mwhahaha. Hey, you in the cowboy hat, if you would. Please start this competition."

"Me!?" Cried Irvine. Everybody started staring at him. Again Cid motioned for Irvine to step out. "No, I ain't fighting him, Squall, Zell get out there!"

"He asked for you numbnuts." Zell replied as he shoved Irvine out of the crowd.

"You may tag out whenever you want." Golgrath explained.

"Damn it, oh well. Show me what you got." Irvine declared. He whipped out his shotgun, and pointed it at Golgrath. Golgrath merely smirked, and Irvine fired...~tink~ it was deflected, Irvine began to fire rapidly...~Tink tink tink tink...click... "Shit, I'm out of ammo." Golgrath slowly started walking toward Irvine. "Oh shit, uh...fat knight man get out here." Irvine demanded as he ran out of the ring.

"Excuse me, I am the great..."

"Shut up, and fight." Golgrath ordered. Steiner unsheathed his bright green sword. Golgrath met swords with him. Steiner tried to run his sword through Golgrath, but Golgrath jumped over him and kicked him in the ass.

"How dare you embarrass the great Steiner!" Steiner declared, as he lunged at him again. Golgrath twirled knocking Steiner to the ground. Golgrath was about to finish him, but Beatrix stepped in.

"A woman, don't make me laugh." Golgrath chuckled. She grinned, and with quick speed she put a scratch on his face with her blade as she unsheathed it. Golgrath wiped the dark blood off his face. "You'll pay for that, wench!" The giant started furiously swinging at her, but she jumped around, hoping he would soon tire. Unfortunately she was the one running out of breath, Golgrath seemed inhuman. He wasn't even fatigued, and she started to collapse. Sephiroth was tired of watching, so he made his entrance.

"Well, you beat a woman, a novice knight, and a pussy cowboy. Now try me," said Sephiroth.

"That's such a long sword for a little man, sure you can use it?" Golgrath gloated as he darted in Sephiroth's direction. Sephiroth thrust his sword in Golgrath's stomach before Golgrath's weapon could reach him. Golgrath slowly stumbled to the floor, Sephiroth turned and looked at Cid, who seemed to still be enjoying this.

"Well we won, you're done for." Sephiroth said. Then he heard a weak laugh behind him.

"Ugh, huhaha...You actually thought it would be that easy...?" Golgrath gasped, as he stood up and yanked the blade out of his stomach.

"What the fuck?" Sephiroth blurted, just as he was slugged by Golgrath. Sephiroth fell unconscious, and Aeris ran to him, then looked up at Golgrath.

"You cheating bastard!" She yelled as she readied her staff. He just stood there, as she pounded him in the face continuously.

"Foolish woman...I am immortal, there is only one way to kill me...and that is a secret that nobody will ever know." He grabbed her staff and threw her too the ground, knocking the air out of her. As she sat there gasping, Selphie thought maybe she could find a way to kill him.

"All men have a weakness." She stated, as she kicked him in the groin.

"Heh heh, unic here, I forgot to tell ya." He laughed as he smacked her across the cheek.

"You woman beating asshole!" Zell exclaimed as he moved between her and Golgrath.

"Yeah so, you going to stop me! You don't even have a weapon," Golgrath pointed out.

"These are my weapons." Zell said as he made a fist.

"Well, I guess I will show you how to fight with those." Golgrath unsheathed his sword, and put on a spiked pair of iron knuckles. Zell gave him an uppercut to the chin, then kicked his shin, and hooked him in the jaw. Golgrath almost stumbled to his knees. "You do pretty good, but now it's my turn." Golgrath slammed Zell in the stomach, the hit was so strong Zell's face turned beet red.

"Hey you big meanie!" Rikku yelled, as she jumped on his shoulders, tearing at his face. She blinded his right eye, just before he threw her. Gippal hurried to break her fall.

"I'll take him, you just sit here." Gippal said.

"Showoff..." grumbled Rikku. Gippal took out his machina weapon. He turned on the grinder and started swinging it in Golgrath's direction. Just as he tore open Golgrath's thigh, he was picked up by the throat.

"You annoying little fly!"

"You big fat ape!" Gippal yelled back as he turned his machina around and blasted it. The force knocked Golgrath 10 feet back, and Gippal flew almost straight up and landed on Rikku.

"We're even now." She said, and he laughed. Golgrath stood back up and started in Gippal's direction. His machina wouldn't start, so he told Nooj to give it a shot. Nooj slowly limped out to face him.

"Well, let's go gadget man." Golgrath joked.

"Nobody calls me gadget man." Nooj declared as he took out his pistols and shot 3 holes in Golgrath's forehead. Golgrath was stunned for a second, but his face started to heal. He picked Nooj up and dropped him, breaking his mechanical leg. Kimarhi leaped out to join the action.

"Kimarhi think you need to respect the handicap."

"Hey, hey, hey...it's not handicap, it's physically disabled." Nooj restated, yanking on Kimarhi's tail.

"Finally, someone as big as me out here." Golgrath said. Kimarhi locked arms with him, trying to see who was stronger. They struggled for what seemed to be almost an hour, Kimarhi started tiring out. Golgrath swept Kimarhi off the ground and landed him on his back, and stomping on his stomach.

"Kimarhi failed," mumbled the ronso.

"I'll take care of him," exclaimed Cloud.

"Nice sword, you split wood with that thing?" Golgrath joked.

"No, mostly low lives like you." Cloud replied. Golgrath readied himself once again, as they charged each other. Golgrath was much quicker with his sword, but Cloud's footwork almost equaled them out. Golgrath thrashed, as Cloud dashed circles around him. Golgrath was getting agitated; he took a hard swing making himself completely vulnerable. Cloud took advantage of this and sliced Golgrath's left hand off. Golgrath screamed in pain.

"Take that bitch!" Cloud exclaimed.

"Ahhrrrggggg!!!" Golgrath yelled as a hand slowly started to regenerate.

"What the fuck?!" Cloud questioned, as Golgrath began to laugh.

"I'm immortal remember, but that still hurt! You little prick," Golgrath pounced on top of Cloud and started choking him. Tifa ran and jumped on top of Golgrath putting him into a headlock. Golgrath released Cloud, and flung Tifa off his back, Cloud recovered and thwapped Golgrath on the head with his sword. Golgrath turned around in rage, but stopped when Cid started to yell.

"HEY, this is one on one, Cloud, Tifa you are disqualified from the match. Zidane, get out there!" Cid ordered, as he sat back down. Cloud and Tifa reluctantly left the scene as Zidane stepped up.

"Show me what you got, monkey man." Golgrath said. Zidane took out two daggers and leaped on top of Golgrath's shoulders. Golgrath twirled, twisted, and turned trying to through the little guy off. But Zidane just climbed around him like he was on a tree. Every few seconds Zidane stuck his knives in Golgrath, and blood poured out. Surprisingly Golgrath seemed to be wearing down, not much but was breathing hard. After a while Golgrath took hold of Zidane's tail and flung him to the ground. Before Zidane could recover Golgrath slashed his stomach. Garnet quickly ran to him to cure his wounds, Golgrath noticed her healing powers and grabbed her by the throat.

"Cure me now, or I'll snap your neck like a twig," he ordered. She hesitated and he slowly began to choke her. Then a razor blade flew through the air and sliced his shoulder. "Who did that?" Asked Golgrath as he glanced around.

"I did." A voice yelled, as a woman jumped from the ceiling beam, and landed on him.

"I hate ninjas, especially annoying little girls." Complained Golgrath as he dropped Garnet and turned his attention to her.

"The name is Yuffie, and I'm not a little girl either." Yuffie exclaimed.

"We shall see...we shall see..." Golgrath said waiting for her next attack. She took out a four edged blade, and started twirling it. He swiped at her, but she ducked both times, he tried to trip her but she jumped and went down to the ground and kicked him in the back of the leg. Golgrath went down, as Yuffie leaped on top of him, she ran her blades through his stomach. She pulled them out, and he seemed to be dead. As she turned to walk away, she noticed Paine running toward her. Paine readied her sword, and Yuffie thought Paine was going to kill her the way she was charging. Before she could move, she heard a slush sound. She turned around and saw Golgrath standing behind her, and Paine had run her sword through his heart. Golgrath staggered, and slowly collapsed to the ground.

"Nooooooo!!! Get up you good for nothing tyrant!" Cid yelled. Yuffie nodded thanks to Paine and they both turned around and started walking to Cid. Paine noticed Auron was reading through Cid's book, then a slight smile went over Cid's face.

"He's not dead! Behead him now!" Auron yelled, but Golgrath stood up and grabbed Paine, putting his sword to her throat.

"You are wise old man, now get out here and kill me." Golgrath ordered. Auron paced out to him and took out his sword. Paine struggled to get free, but Golgrath's grip was too tight.

"So we going to duel, or are you just going to molest women all day?" Auron asked.

"Why, does it bother when I do this?" Golgrath lightly cut into her.

"Go ahead kill me, you ain't got the balls." Paine said.

"Stop it, you've proven that you could take all those kids. Stop messin around and fight me." Auron said.

"Well, I will but I want to kill her first. I like to here women scream, just like that blonde bitch. When I ravaged her, she begged me not to kill her...she swore that a man named Link would kill me..." Golgrath was silenced. A few feet away, Link was sitting on a step. His face was red, his eyes were bloodshot. He stood too his feet.

"You sick son of a bitch!!! How can you be so cruel?! And Cid you lying mother fucker, you told me she would be safe." Link unsheathed his sword, and the blade started to have blue flames off from it.

"I said she wouldn't be killed, I said nothing about what would happen to her." Cid responded. Link ran at Golgrath, he knocked Paine away from him, and tackled Golgrath to the ground. Link pounded Golgrath in the face. Golgrath threw Link off him, and they both fought like devils. Everyone watched as Link fought with power higher than any swordfighter had ever had, he seemed to be a god. They also noticed that Golgrath was just playing with them the whole time, but the scary thought was, what if he is just playing with Link? Golgrath darted left and right, just barely missing Link's attacks, hours passed as they fought. Auron took his time looking through his book, trying to find some sure way to get more powerful. As Link and Golgrath fought, Auron stumbled upon a pair of rings in the book. He read out loud so Squall and Tidus could hear.

"If any two men the same weight wear these rings, one on their right hand and the other on their left. They shall fuse and make an ultimate warrior." Auron read.

"I weigh 155," Squall said.

"Well, that must be luck, I weigh 155 too. Perfect, all we need is the rings."

"Well I ain't going to fuse with you, I got a thing called pride." Squall said.

"Yeah, but it's the only way to defeat Golgrath." Tidus answered.

"Squall, please just do it. I'll hate you forever if you don't." Rinoa said. Squall still wouldn't go with it. Yuna grabbed him by the collar.

"I don't care if you have any pride, you will merge with Tidus. And you will defeat Golgrath."

"Fine...fine...FINE! Let's get the rings and get this over with." Squall replied.

"Well I imagine they are somewhere in this fortress..." Auron said. Yuffie over heard and realized she might have them.

"Here, I stole these. They were sitting on a table in the room I was in. Just promise that when you're done I can have them back." Yuffie said. She handed the rings over to Squall and Tidus. Squall put his on his right hand, and Tidus put one on his left. Then a jolt of electricity appeared between them, sucking them together. A white flashing light blinded everybody. Once their vision came back, one man stood there. His hair brown with blond streaks in it. He had one blue eye and one brown eye. He had more of Tidus's facial looks, but Squall's clothes and build. He unsheathed a sword, flames all over it, so sharp it could cut steel. Amazed with there new warrior, they forgot all about Link. As they turned around to see what was happening, Link was on the ground, about to be stabbed by Golgrath. Then a blue light surround him, knocking Golgrath backwards. Link looked up, and he saw Zelda descending from the stairs. He could see she was a little beaten up, she had a black eye and a bruise on her left cheek. Golgrath stood there, waiting for Link to attack again, but instead Link ran up to Zelda.

"You alright?" Link asked.

"I'm fine. You're the one who almost got killed remember. Anyways, lets go home." Zelda gestured.

"I can't not till that bastard is dead." Link answered.

"Fine, if you stay back and let them handle him." Zelda said. As Link embraced her.

"Don't worry, we will." Said the super warrior. Golgrath was getting impatient.

"Last fight, to the death. If I win, Cid wins. If I lose, then you guys win. By the way, what you going to call yourself super warrior?" Golgrath asked.

"The name is Silus. Now, may we begin?"

Well not bad eh. Oh well I guess it was a little sloppy, it's just really hard to do a fight with all these characters.