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Chapter Nine
"WAKE UP!!" Sophia began banging on Zell's door. She had already gotten Squall, Irvine, Quistis, Rinoa, Seifer, and Selphie up. Now it was time for Zell.
Zell opened his eyes and looked at the clock. Two o'clock in the morning.
"WHAT THE HELL??!!" He shot straight up in his bed. They had all went to bed early yesterday, at seven o'clock PM to be precise.
"WAKE UP!!" She repeated.
Zell slowly began getting dressed and when he was through, he opened the door.
"Why are you buggin' me at two in the morning??!!" He shouted.
"I told you I'd wake you up early in the morning. You're lucky I didn't wake you up right at mid-night. Now come on. We must get a move on." Sophia literally dragged Zell out of the room.
"Now you know how I feel when someone wakes me up early in the morning." Seifer stared at Zell.
"Aw shut up." Zell yawned.
Seifer also yawned. 'She's lucky she's my baby sister or else I would seriously hurt her for wakin' me up THIS early.'
"Now, let's all hop on Ragnarok!" Sophia jumped up and down with glee. Everyone else simply yawned.
Okay, no one hopped on Ragnarok. They just slowly, very slowly, walked inside and fell in their seats. Sophia was the only one who hopped aboard Ragnarok.
Sophia was about to steer Ragnarok off the ground and away from Balamb, when she looked behind her. Everyone was sleeping in their seats.
'Time to get them some coffee.' Sophia sighed and hopped up and towards the kitchen that Zell had recently installed inside Ragnarok. She poured everyone a cup of coffee, very strong coffee, and gave each of them their cup. In mere seconds after they finished their coffee, they were wide awake.
"So where are we going?" Seifer was the first to speak.
"Uh, the Island Closest to Hell. That's where we will be able to find the first of the three." Sophie replied.
"So what's their names?" Selphie twirled around in her seat.
"Hell Cat, Eabewolon-" Zell interrupted Sophia.
"Ee-bee-what?" He asked, very confused.
"Ee-bay-woo-lahn." Sophie corrected him.
"How do you spell it?" Quistis asked, obviously taking notes.
"E-A-B-E-W-O-L-O-N." Sophie spelled it out for her. "Like I was saying, there's Hell Cat, Eabewolon, Draconis, and Velox."
"Hey, isn't that your GF?" Selphie stopped twirling around in her seat.
"Yes. It is." Sophia landed Ragnarok. "Well, we're here."
The gang stepped on onto the sand of the Island.
"So how exactly do we summon this GF?" Seifer looked around and all that he could see…was desert.
"I'll summon it." Sophia took five steps, then froze.
She raised her gunblade in the air, then pointed it ahead of her. "Velox, it's time." She mentally told her GF.
I understand. The strong voice of the male GF answered.
The ground began to shake as it split apart. A huge stone temple came through the wide hole in the ground. Everything went quiet when the temple was up fully.
"Follow me." Sophia's smirk appeared on her face. They all walked cautiously inside. Sophia was the only one who was calm.
Do you know who is supposed to fight him? Velox asked Sophia calmly.
"Yes. I do." She answered back silently. "Here is the Prophecy." She said that out loud so the others could hear her. She had stopped by a wall with strange symbols on it.
Everyone opened up their ears as Sophia began to translate. "'Eight chosen warriors will obtain the eight Sacred Guardians; four of which are the sons and daughters of the King and Queen Guardians; Ifrit, Quezacotl, Shiva, Diablos, Eabewolon, Draconis, Hell Cat, and Velox. They must defeat the evil God's puppet and then the evil God himself. When four moons appear in the sky, the warriors must make their way to the Heavens, where the final battle will be held. Three hours before the war starts, Angels will sing. If the God that betrayed his own kind is not killed before those three hours are up, the sun will glow black and bring forth demons to enslave the human race.'" She finished. Everyone stayed silent, completely in shock.
"So, um…I'm guessin' we're the eight chosen warriors?" Zell scanned over the symbols on the walls. 'How can she read this??!'
She's special. That's how. The voice of Ifrit rang through Zell's head.
'I guess that DOES explain it.' Zell laughed silently.
"Okay, now that the Prophecy has been read, you guys stay here." Sophia put the gunblade in its sheath. "Seifer, follow me."
"Uh…why me?" Seifer asked.
"Because you will be the one to fight Hell Cat."
"Nice name." Zell murmured.
"Shut up, chicken wuss." Seifer glared at him, then took a deep breath. 'Here goes nothin'.' He followed Sophia down the long stone hallway.
"So, um, what does this thing look like?" As Seifer walked, he glanced at the strange symbols that covered the wall.
"You're about to find out." She opened a set of double doors that were also covered in the strange symbols.
Inside the room, it was dark. Only a blue flame that came up from the center of the room sent an eerie blue light throughout the small, room.
"I will have Velox wake him up." Sophia closed her eyes. "Velox, it's time."
I will wake him up, but he will not be pleased.
"I know, but that's even more of a challenge. Don't you agree?" Sophia smirked.
Yes. I agree. I would warn the human though.
"I will." Sophia turned to face Seifer. "Have you weapon ready. He is about to wake up, and trust me, he's gonna be grumpy. He hasn't been awake for over fifty million years."
"Damn. I'd be grumpy too." He drew his gunblade.
The blue flame grew, lighting up the room. Seven other torches were lit in the process, making the flame in the middle disappear. The room appeared much larger than it had before.
"WHY HAVE YOU AWAKEN ME, HUMANS???!!!" Came a furious sounding male voice.
"I have brought you a challenger, Hell Cat." Sophia spoke calmly.
A gray cat appeared in front of the two humans. He was about seven to eight feet in height, and about eighteen feet in length; dark gray tail included. His hide legs were longer than his front; probably used for jumping really well and running fast. Around his wrists and ankles was long white hair, like the sleeves of a fur trimmed coat would have. Around his neck was the same long white hair. His fangs were probably six inches long. His eyes were solid white, and strange markings were tattooed on his face, chest, and hips.
Hell Cat's white eyes stared coldly at Seifer. "Is this the challenger?"
"Yes, it is." Sophia took one glance back at Seifer, then looked back at Hell Cat. "Seifer, Hell Cat is the darkness element, so watch out." She whispered to Seifer.
"I do not accept this challenge. I would prefer sleep over fighting a human. I only fight those who have defeated a GOD. They are more worthy opponents.' Hell Cat continued to stare coldly at Seifer.
"I know that. But are you afraid? Afraid of losing to a mere human?" Sophia smirked at the cat. "And I thought you were strong."
"ENOUGH!! DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, HUMAN!! I AM STRONG AND I WILL PROVE IT!!" Hell Cat was furious.
"May Hyne be with you, Seifer. My part is done." She stepped back out of the way.
"And what part was THAT??" He looked back at her.
"To make him mad, of course." She leaned up against the wall.
"Thanks." He said in an irritated voice. He steadied his gunblade in his right hand.
Hell Cat lunged at Seifer with his huge front paws, claws ready. Seifer easily dodged, but the next attack wasn't so easy to miss. His tail came out of nowhere and smacked Seifer up against the wall, close to Sophia.
"Watch it, brother. He won't hesitate to kill you." She told her older brother.
Seifer jumped out of the way of the next attack that was thrown at him. Seifer swung his gunblade the second he had a chance to. Hell Cat jumped onto the wall, and just started jumping to each wall; going higher and higher.
"Is he chickening out?" Seifer watched the cat continue jumping.
'No. He isn't. Can't I tell him?' Sophia watched helplessly as her brother watched the cat curiously.
No. You must not. He will soon figure it out. Velox explained to her. She just sighed.
Hell Cat came back down at amazing speed. Seifer easily dodged when the cat landed, and as he landed, he made a huge hole in the ground. Seifer immediately lunged at him, stabbing him in his right shoulder. The huge beast hissed, and quickly limped away.
"I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED SO EASILY, HUMAN!" The stab wound in his shoulder quickly healed. Seifer's jaw dropped in surprise. Hell Cat's eyes turned blood red as he charged at Seifer before Seifer could do anything. The claws made huge deep cuts into Seifer as the cat continued to slash at him. Over one hundred fast swipes with his claws, a bite into Seifer's shoulder, then came the final blow; his tail whacking Seifer in his left side, sending him flying to the right. Seifer skid along the ground for several seconds. The attack was done in less than five seconds. That's how fast Hell Cat was.
"Devil's Dance!" Hell Cat's strong voice echoed throughout the room.
Are you sure this man is the right one to obtain Hell Cat? Velox asked his good friend, Sophia.
'If Seifer is the one, then he will be able to beat the annoying cat. So we'll just hafta wait and see.' Sophia watched the young man stand.
And if he isn't the one, that annoying cat will kill him.
'Yes. I know but I have a feeling that Seifer is the one.' She took a deep breath as Seifer charged at Hell Cat.
Seifer ducked as the cat took another swipe for his stomach. He ignored the pain and slid underneath Hell Cat, grabbing his tail as he went by. He swung himself onto his back, swinging his arms around his neck to stay on. Hell Cat began jumping and shaking; trying to get Seifer off his back. Unfortunately, Seifer had dropped his gunblade when Hell Cat had attacked him earlier. He tried to move his left hand slowly to his pocket to pull out a Hi-Potion. He succeeded. The cuts on his body healed, making Seifer flinch a bit.
'I ain't goin' down without a fight.' Seifer thought to himself as he was flung off the back of the creature. He landed on his feet, and luckily, he had landed right next to his gunblade. He grabbed it and ran up to Hell Cat as fast as he could. Hell Cat saw him coming, of course. Seifer jumped as the huge paw came his way. As he landed on his head, he flipped to land on his back. He quickly turned to face the neck of the cat and put his gunblade right at the throat of Hell Cat. He held it close enough to his throat to make it impossible to move without getting a gash in the skin.
"I've won." Seifer's voice was low enough for only Hell Cat to hear.
"Indeed you have, human." Hell Cat just stood there, unable to move. "I will join you."
Seifer removed the blade from his neck and put it back in its sheath. He looked back at his sister. "I won."
Sophia walked up to them. "Good job, Seif. And for you," She looked over at the cat. "You understand your responsibilities, correct?"
Hell Cat nodded. "Yes. I understand." He quickly disappeared.
Seifer could feel the GF inside his mind. "So where do we go now?"
"To the next GF. Come on." Sophia grabbed Seifer's gloved hand and dragged him out. As they left, the room went back to the way it was before they had came in, except the blue flame in the middle of the room was now a glowing red flame.
As Sophia and Seifer walked back to the group, Selphie was the first to jump up from her sitting position.
"So how'd it go?" She asked them.
"It went perfectly." Sophia replied, looking up at Seifer. "We should go get the next GF now. We'll be going to the Island Closest to Heaven, where Eabewolon is located."
"So who's gonna fight it?" Irvine stood.
"Selphie." Sophia answered.
"ME??" Selphie asked, pointing at herself.
Sophia nodded. "Yes, YOU. Let's go ahead and leave. We should arrive there by the time the sun rises."
A/N: So Selphie is gonna fight next. Isn't that gonna be interesting? You'll just hafta wait for the next chapter to find out how that goes.
