Hey guys! I want to thank 'Jon', 'Gamsprite Badger', and 'Rikku ist die Beste' for their positive reviews for the first chapter of this fic. Oh, and of course, A big 'thank you' to Flaming Soul! Okay, Now it's time for a sphere-search! Rikku, Yuna, Paine, and Leonn are going to be exploring the Omega Ruins. Oh, and one more thing... I will be adding a pairing in for Leonn in a later chapter. I won't reveal her name right now, but here's a small dosier on her: she's a former Summoner, her outfit is similar to Yuna's FFX attire, she has a cheerful upbeat persona somewhat like Rikku's, and her abilities are simply magic-based(even her physical attack in battle). She was on her Pilgrimage at the same time as Yuna. Leonn had become her Guardian and they fell in love but... during the Pilgrimage, Sin attacked them and they were separated, Leonn hasn't seen her since. You'll have to wait to find anymore about her and Leonn.
-----Hidden Sphere-----
-Celsius/Bridge-
The Gullwings are gathered on the Bridge... Rikku, Yuna, Paine, and Leonn are preparing to head down to the Omega Ruins. However, Leonn says, "Wait a minute. I wanna switch into something more appropriate for the locale..." In a quick flash of light, his look changes: Reddish-hued scaley skin, large dragonic wings on his back, animal-fur covered knee-length pants, leather boots, spiked shoulders, long claws, back-curved horns, slitted eyes, fangs, the tops of his ears stretch back slightly and come into a point, and a long ridged tail. Leonn then roars, swishing his tail from side-to-side behind him.
"Wow! What's that?" questions Rikku, wide-eyed.
"We're heading into the Omega Ruins, right?" Leonn responds, a slight reptilian sound in his voice, "I figure we'll need to rely on heavy-damage, y'know!" he grins slightly.
"Yeah, but what is it called?" asks Yuna, almost as curious as Rikku.
"Oh!" Leonn responds, slapping his own forehead, "Sorry bout that! This form is called a Dragoner, it's known a Type-Class."
Rikku blinks twice, then asks, "How many o' those 'Classes' you got?"
"Well..." Leonn responds, bringing his hand to his chin for a moment, "Let's see, I've got a total of... six: Swordsman, Dragoner, Shinobi, Paladin, Red Mage, & Westerner." "Anyway, You guys should get changed, too." he adds, "We're gonna be fighting some heavy-hitting fiends!"
"Alrighty, then!" Rikku chirps, then thrusts her right arm into the air, "Warrior time!" she then changes into the Warrior-dressphere, "I'm ready to go!" she adds.
"Heavy-damage, huh?" Paine says, "I think I'll go with this." she switches into the Dark Knight-dressphere.
"Yes, but... shouldn't we have a way to heal?" Yuna says, putting her right index finger to her chin, "So... I choose the Gun-Mage!" she changes into the Gun-Mage-dressphere.
"Great idea, Yunie!" Rikku states, usual cheerfulness present, "Now, Let's go get that sphere!" The other three agree and they head down to the Omega Ruins...
-Omega Ruins-
Just after entering the Ruins, the group are attacked by an Adamantoise. "Darn!" Leonn states, "I didn't expect we'd get attacked this quick!" (btw, Leonn's Dragoner stance in battle is like this: he stands upright, facing the opponent directly, and his tail swishes back-and-forth behind him. Every once in awhile his wings flap and lift him slightly off the ground, then he lands again).
"Don't worry, I got it!" Rikku states, then runs over to the fiend, spins and slashes it. She jumps back, "What the!? I know my attack did alot of damage, but it doesn't even seem fazed!?"
"Adamantoise..." Leonn says, "High HP, massive Defense, great attacking power. We need to focus on its weaknesses: it's slow and is vulnerable to most elements. Yuna! Use the Bad Breath Blue Bullet!"
"Right!" Yuna responds with a quick nod, then begins charging up for the attack.
"Rikku! Armor Break!"
Rikku nods twice, "Gotcha!" she says, preparing to use the mentioned skill.
"And Paine! ..." Leonn starts, but doesn't finish as he sees Paine already getting ready to use Darkness. 'Hm! Should've figured she wouldn't need guidance.' Leonn says to himself, "Alright, I'll use Tail Slash!" his attack requires the shortest charge-time, so it comes out first as he flies up slightly off the ground and flies over to the Adamantoise. He lands infront of it and spins, slashing with his tail... cutting down the fiend's Defense, then Leonn leaps back to his position.
Yuna's attack strikes next, as she fires the Malboro attack: Bad Breath... casting several abnormal statuses on the fiend, including Slow. Rikku lashes out at the fiend after that, running over and slashing the Adamantoise with Armor Break, lowering its Defense further. Then, Paine nails the Adamantoise with Darkness, cutting down her own HP and delivering a great amount of damage to the fiend... but, it doesn't fall.
"Hey, Leonn! What's the deal with this thing, eh?" questions Rikku as the Adamantoise still seems unfazed.
However, Paine replies instead of Leonn, "It must be Oversouled." she says.
"Hmm..." Leonn thinks for a moment, then notices the Adamantoise's body is starting to take on a different look to normal Adamantoise. Strange designs appear covering its shell, large tusks extend from the sides of its mouth and a straight horn extends from the top of its head pointing back diagonally. "No, That's not an Oversoul!" Leonn states, concerned, "It's not a normal Adamantoise! It must be the sphere's Guardian!!" he quickly crosses his arms over his chest in an 'X' and wraps his wings around himself, charging an ability.
However, Before Leonn finishes, The Adamant-Guardian moves over to Yuna and swings its right front foot at her, to slash with its claws. But, the fiend's attack is blocked by Rikku and Paine, both using their swords from opposite sides with the blades crossed against the fiend's foot. "Get outta the way, Yunie!" Rikku calls to the Gun-Mage. Yuna nods and moves away from the attack-point. Rikku and Paine then jump back in opposite directions as the Adamant-Guardian's foot hits the ground where Yuna was standing.
Just then, Leonn finishes charging his move and spreads his wings quickly, throwing his arms out to either side of himself, and flies up into the air, "Burning Wings!!" he shouts as his wings are engulfed in fire. The move isn't offensive, but defensive as it casts Shell, Protect, and Attack5 on all four members of the group.
The Adamant-Guardian trudges over to Leonn and hits him with a swipe of its right claws, however, he doesn't take much damage from it. "That's it!" Leonn states, "Let's take this thing DOWN!!" he starts charging up his most powerful attack, Flame Burst.
"About time!" Paine responds, then starts charging up to use Black Rain.
Rikku starts powering up Excalibur and Yuna begins charging to use Annihalation.
Paine unleashes Black Rain, heavily damaging the monstrous fiend. Then, Leonn flies up into the air and is enshrouded in flames, then pulls his head back and lunges it forward, opening his mouth to launch a flaming breath attack at the fiend which deals huge fire-damage to the creature. Rikku and Yuna get their attacks charged up at the same time.
"Now, Yunie!" Rikku says, "Let's finish this fiend off together, 'kay?" Yuna nods and Rikku holds up her sword, which charges with Holy energy. Rikku runs over toward the fiend as Yuna fires Annihalation into it, dealing massive damage right as Rikku spins to slash the fiend... however, neither attack does what they normally do as Rikku's sword glows with Light and Dark energies just as it connects with the fiend. The fiend, however, doesn't fall as Rikku hops back to her initial position.
"What the heck was that attack!?" wonders Rikku aloud.
"No time!" Leonn states as he flies up slightly off the ground, then flies over to Adamant-Guardian and lands. His fists are encircled by flames and he delivers a right uppercut body-blow, then a left hook punch, following fluidly to spin around and nail the Adamant-Guardian with a right roundhouse kick. He then crosses his arms and throws them out to either side and launches his Flame Burst attack again, up close. The Adamant-Guardian sits back, flailing its head from side-to-side, before it finally falls to the ground and disappears into pyreflies. Leonn flies up into the air, curls himself into a ball with his arms crossed infront of himself and his wings wrap around him, then he quickly swings his wings open as well as throwing his arms out to either side of himself and his legs stretched downward as he roars, then lands(win-pose). Then scene switches out of battle and Leonn drops to a kneel.
"Leonn!" Rikku says, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Leonn responds, as he stands back up and shakes his head, "I just... need a little rest, that's all." he walks by the three girls and leans against a wall, letting his arms dangle at his sides. He breathes a heavy breath, "You guys should go ahead to the sphere's coordinates, I'll wait here." he says, "Now that the sphere's Guardian is defeated, you shouldn't have any real problems."
"Are you sure you're alright?" questions Yuna.
"Yeah, yeah..." Leonn replies, waving his hand slightly, "I'll be fine til you guys get back. Go on." The three girls agree then and head toward a deep alcove in one of the nearby walls. Once they're out of sight, Leonn looks toward the opening they went through, then stands up from the wall and walks away to yet another wall where there is a solid stone slab apparently concealing an opening behind it.
Leonn takes a deep breath and grips the sides of the slab, then using all of his Dragoner form's strength and lifts the slab. He moves it to his right, revealing the opening, and sets it against the wall... then he changes back to his Swordsman Type-Class. Just about this time, Paine comes back out of the other opening and sees Leonn. Paine then watches as Leonn reaches into the opening infront of him and he pulls something out.
Close-up of Leonn's right hand... In it, He's holding a small object and, as he flips it open, the view switches to his face as a tear falls from his right eye. Then, He hears movement from the direction Yuna and the others went and closes the object, then slips it under his vest.
Leonn uses his left thumb to flick away the stray tear before he turns to see Yuna, Rikku and Paine walking back out of the alcove, "You back?" he asks, normal personality holding, "Get the sphere?"
"Yep!" Rikku chirps, holding up the sphere triumphantly, "We got it!"
"Shall we watch it?" asks Paine, nonchalantly. The others nod and Leonn walks over to the three as Rikku activates the sphere.
The sphere switches on and displays a dim, yet clear, picture. The scene is of Omega Weapon and two people: one appears to be a female Summoner, wearing a similar outfit to Yuna's old one, and the other person is apparently her Guardian, a male somewhat resembling Leonn and wielding a long slightly curved sword. The scene skips somewhat to reveal that the two toppled Omega Weapon and the Summoner is preparing to Send it. However, Before that happens, Omega Weapon disappears in a flash of light. The two then leave the area and the sphere ends.
"Heeeeey!" Rikku says, turning to Leonn, "That guy kinda looked like you, Leonn, y'know."
Leonn turns his attention to the Al Bhed girl, "Huh? You think so, Rikku?" he asks, "Hm... maybe, but he wasn't quite as good-looking as me though! Ha ha ha!" he ends his statement with a hearty laugh, then says, "Well, Let's head back up to the Celsius, eh?" the three girls nod in agreement and they all head back toward the exit. "By the way." Leonn says, "That attack you and Yuna used in the battle, Rikku, is called... 'Annihalating Vorpal Slash'." ...
-----!!To Be Continued!!-----
Ramblings: Well, What do you think so far? I think it's going good. Anyway, There'll be some of Leonn's and Paine's pasts revealed in the next chapter. (The portion of Paine's past I'm going to reveal is taken from the game, itself). Be sure to check it out when I get it posted. P.S. - A big Thank You! to those who have given good reviews! No telling when I'll get to update again, however, I'll try to as soon as I can. I think that's it for now, Ja til next time!
