The Son of Auron: The Hope of Spira
Chapter 10
The Last Encounter
Rikku examined the skull mask that seemed to stare back at her as the group of guardians wandered down the path that led to the residence of Yunalesca in Zanarkand.
She looked around at the smoldering ashes and crumpled stone that had once been a thriving city.
If only it were restored, she thought to herself.
The party entered the gateway to the blitz ball arena where the fragments of two statues of soldiers had once greeted the audience one thousand and one years ago.
Arriving at the end of the platform overlooking the swirling blue dome, the summoner Yuna called out to the skies, "OH LADY YUNALESCA, WE CALL FOR YOUR PRESENCE!"
The great summoner's face appeared within the dome.
"Do you know why we defeated the Al Bhed and we didn't receive a relic?"
"Ah Yes!" boomed the voice of Yunalesca. "That aeon was more brains than brawn for he hid the relic in the chance that he was defeated. Tell me, what remained on him when he transformed into his aeon form?"
Rikku thought for a moment and held up the skull mask crying out, "He had this mask!"
"Toss it in," said Yunalesca and Rikku obeyed. She watched as the mask floated to the center of the dome where it was nearly completely visible.
The mask shattered before their eyes and in the center glowed the relic of Mercury.
"Oh I see!" said Rikku. "You used your power to bring out the relic from the mask!"
"Uh no, actually all you had to do was break it, any way, whoever matches this relic, toss in your weapon now!" commanded Yunalesca.
Rikku pulled out her god hand, and tossed it in before looking over it one last time.
Apon contact, the two objects within the dome began to glow and the viewers watched the lights melt into one until the light ceased and the object returned to Rikku.
Rikku looked apon the glove like weapon before her. It seemed to be made of some type of indestructible steel but it was as light as a feather.
"It is called the Holy Gauntlet. It is a weapon similar to the hand on the Al Bhed aeon but more powerful. Its powers are unpredictable and can save your life in the most unexpected of times," said Yunalesca. "Now continue now to the Omega Ruins so that the next relic may be obtained," she said as she vanished.
Nearing the airship, Rikku was still showing off her weapon to the others. "Wow! Can you believe how cool my weapon is!"
"No Rikku, we can't," groaned Wakka in an annoyed tone.
"Your just jealous," snapped Rikku.
Arriving aboard the airship, they were once again greeted by Cid.
Unfortunately, he had on one of those bad news looks on his face.
"Guys, I'm afraid I have some bad news (Told ya,)" he said.
Cid cleared his throat and continued, "It has been reported by some of our spies that Seymour has forged an army of the Guado and they have gained control of Bevelle, Mt. Gagazet, Kilika, Guadosalam, the Thunder Plains, Luca, and Besaid."
"Not my home!" cried Yuna. "They are gonna pay!" growled Wakka.
"The Al Bhed council have called a meeting at the new Home that was just recently constructed and you guys are invited. So basically, after you kick that Omega's ass, we're headed there, so be ready."
Everyone nodded. "Now we have to set a course for the dungeon," said Lulu.
Jack looked away at the comment and nodded to himself.
Looking back up he said, "Take off without us when we land, I have my cell- o-porter charged and we can meet you at the Home."
"Sounds like a plan kid, OK we'll do it. Next stop, the Omega Ruins!" Cid announced.
"Why have you requested that I meet with her?" Kinos asked as he and Seymour walked down the halls within Mi Yevon's palace located in the dark corners of the Farplane.
Seymour smiled, "Her grace has requested me to introduce you to her. She is most anxious to meet you. You have nothing to fear for she will not harm you, unless, that is if you try anything unexpected."
Kinos shot him a glare, "Not at all, Lord Seymour."
The duo arrived at the throne where Mi Yevon sat. She noticed their arrival and spoke up apon spying Kinos, "So this is the child with the skill to defeat the enemy that I've been hearing about, tell me, how much do you know about the boy called Jack?"
"Enough" said the boy. "I know that he is an Emrys and a very skilled one at that. I also know that he possesses a sword that is said to be a part of a legendary sword that can bring you down."
Mi Yevon was slightly angered by this remark but regained her posture and said, "Well, since you are so gracious to lend us your skills for a job we need to be carried out, I shall give you a before hand reward."
She waved her hand over the boy's head and a flash occurred and all returned to normal.
"Now you won't find Jack as much of a challenge for you share his gift. I have made you an Emrys. And here," said Mi Yevon waving her hand again as a black cloak with red stitching now clothed Kinos. "This may serve you on your journey for cover and disguise," said Mi Yevon. "Now go, they enter the ruins as we speak."
Yuna watched as the airship took off and flew away and caught up with the others at the entrance to the ruins.
The dark entrance located at the bottom of the canyon that they were now in loomed before her.
Jack stopped before entering just to stare at the statues of the twin dragons facing him on the entrance sides. They seemed to be warning him not to enter, but he ignored the warning and entered to domain of his sworn enemy.
All around him, the tunnels seemed dank and empty; dripping with decay and blood shed from those of the past.
He knew that it would all end here. He would not run away this time. Omega would either be slain or he would perish with pride in his heart.
He sighed and continued onward, his cloth blowing behind him.
The group continued down the murky path until they arrived at the final chamber of Omega.
"Well, where is he?" asked Wakka. He was answered by a sudden rumbling beneath them.
A voice suddenly echoed around them from the walls, "So, you have returned to attempt to slay me have you, eh Jack? How many times does it take for you to get the idea that I am more powerful than you can ever possibly become!"
"IF YOU ARE SO POWERFUL, THEN WHY DO YOU HIDE YOUR FACE YOU COWARD?!!!" shouted an angered Jack.
Suddenly, a curtain of dark mist parted to reveal a dark passage to another part of the chamber.
Jack dashed into the darkness, closely followed by the others.
The next chamber had the appearance of an Egyptian tomb, with sandy stone blocks with mysterious pictures and hieroglyphics engraved on them.
Jack paced around the room, feeling the walls for some kind of hiding place for Omega.
"Where could he be?" asked Yuna.
"Allow me to answer that for you," came the same voice again from the walls.
"Look a the pictures on the walls. Notice anything you recognize?"
Everyone looked but shook their heads. "No? Then allow me to get right to business!" came the voice as the walls began to rumble.
Then, a bright beam of light shot out of the outlines of two large carvings on opposite walls.
The highlighted pictures began to gain a color different than the sandy brown stone elsewhere.
The now tinted stone pictures began to quake and pieces of rock began to chip of the walls.
The next thing that happened took everyone by surprise. The colored pictures began to separate themselves from the wall, as if the creature like pictures were beneath the solid surface.
They were monsters, the party realized and Jack called out, "It isn't Omega, they are his weapons, the Ultima and the Omega!"
Sure enough, they were and they had just completely come apart from the right and left walls.
"Tidus, you and Wakka take Ultima! Me and Rikku will take the other!" called Jack. "Yuna, you and Lulu stand back and be ready to heal us if needed!"
Yuna and Lulu obeyed and took cover behind a large oval shaped dome protruding from the south wall.
The four whipped out their weapons and charged at the twin beasts.
Tidus began slashing at their monster as Wakka fired rounds at it.
Ultima reeled back at a quick hit from Tidus, and was sent spinning.
The beast then tried to counter while coming around by reaching out with two of its four clawed hands to swipe at the blond blitzer.
Wakka saw this coming and tried to peg the hand before it made contact bet he hadn't noticed the other two hands had lifted a large piece of stone and hurled it at him.
The force of the rock sent Wakka flying into the wall where he passed out.
The clawed fist sent a powerful blow to Tidus, which stopped his next attack and instead sent him crumpling to the ground.
Tidus lay on his back and opened his eyes to see the shadowy gleam in the eyes of the Ultima weapon as it held a glowing ball of energy over its head and was about to bring it down on its victim.
Unfortunately, Tidus was to weak to budge as he helplessly watched the monster cherish its victory for one last second, then hurled its load at its prey.
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The second that Jack and Rikku arrived at the Omega weapon, it was already waiting and met the charge with a fist flying straight at them.
Jack leaped clear of the attack but Rikku waited too soon and crouched down to hopefully dodge the blow.
This was a mistake for the hand was still heading on its way to striking her.
Jack in the meantime was trying to sever the arm off so that it would miss Rikku but didn't have a second left.
Rikku was trying to think as fast as she could but the attacker was less than a second away.
Resorting to her one and only idea, she held up her gauntlet as if it would block it.
Suddenly, the weapon released some sort of energy shield from within the palm.
The fist connected but Rikku didn't budge and withstood the powerful blow.
Seeing that she had survived his punch, the monster let loose a short roar and began to concentrate on his other attacker.
Jack was still slashing at the thick armor and had just succeeded in piercing it.
He was just about to continue hacking at it but he felt a tight hand close itself around him and he felt his feet leave the floor as he was carried up to the open jaws of the beast.
He struggled but his arms had been forced to his sides by the grip and could do nothing to stop the beast.
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Tidus could feel the heat of the ball of energy as it was now inches from his face.
Knowing it was about to end, he closed his eyes and waited for the pain.
At that moment, when it was closer than a centimeter, Tidus felt some kind of wall form over him and sure enough, the ball bounced back and hit Ultima instead of him.
He looked over at where Yuna hid and caught a wink from her and he nodded back in thanks for the reflect.
He weakly reached into his pocket and extracted a phoenix down and along with an X-potion and he tossed the phoenix down to Wakka's uncontious form and used the X-potion on himself.
The two regained their strength and continued to bash at the monster who was regaining from the energy hit. -
Jack was close enough to the weapon's mouth to feel the hot breath on his face.
Just as the end seemed to have reached him, he caught sight of a small silver object fly down the monster'' throat and disappear down the dark shaft.
Omega Weapon noticed this also and stopped for a second to find what it was.
What he found was a blond haired Al Bhed girl of sixteen standing before it waving and shouting goodbye.
It raised a scaled eyebrow at this but started quivering when it felt something big explode in its stomach.
It came crashing to the ground just after releasing Jack from its clutches due to the missile's effects.
Jack leaped into the air and slashed wildly at the crippled monster and Rikku joined in too slashing at the beast with spiked fingertips and brass knuckles.
The teams finally managed to crush to monsters and everyone gathered in the center of the room. Jack walked up to Rikku and said, "Thanks for saving my neck back there."
Rikku gave him a friendly smile and then turned her gaze to the carcasses of the Ultima and Omega weapons. "I don't get it. We killed them so why aren't they doing the pyrefly disappear thing?"
"I don't know, but I think Omega still needs their power. The only question is, what does he want with them?" said Jack.
At that last statement, the ground began to rumble again.
Jack glared at the others, "It's Omega. You must leave. This battle is my own and nobody else's. I have trained my entire life to come face to face with the true Omega and the time has come. Wait for me outside the cavern. If I do not return in half and hour, return here and finish him off for I will surely be dead."
"No way, we're not gonna leave you to face him alone, you might need our help!" said Wakka.
Jack glared at him, "I told you, I must face him alone! Now go, NOW!"
Yuna stepped forward, "Fine, but at least take some potions and phoenix downs."
"I can not except that from you Lady Yuna, for I shall fight without any assistance or magic. I want a fair fight between my arch enemy and myself. I shall use nothing more than I already have," Jack replied.
"All right, good luck if you are sure of your decision. We shall be waiting at the main gate," said Yuna.
Jack nodded and replied, "If I perish and you find my body, take my cell-o- porter and use it to escape. I'd give it to you now, but I feel I may require it in battle."
Yuna, Lulu, Wakka, and Tidus dashed out the chamber but Rikku stayed.
"Don't die out there OK. You've got a curse to break!" she said.
Jack nodded and Rikku turned and ran after the others.
Just as she passed through the doorway however, a thick layer of stone tiles slid out from within the doorway, trapping him inside.
It truly would be a fight to the death.
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"I still don't think we should have left him there to face Omega alone," said Yuna as she and the others exited the dungeon and stopped at the exit.
"Relax Yuna," said Tidus. "Sure he lost to Omega in the past encounters but I'm sure he's a lot stronger than he was then and he will cream that guy."
"Don't be so sure," said Wakka. "You never know, Omega might have improved as well as Jack, but he insisted on being alone and we cannot do anything about it ya."
"I guess so," said Tidus.
Rikku looked up with an angry face, "You speak as if he is gonna die, and that's not gonna happen. He's gonna beat Omega, damn it!"
Everyone remained silent, afraid she might loose it.
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Jack looked around the chamber for his foe but he remained hidden.
"Come out Omega! Face me if you have the dignity, or are you afraid of my power! I will find you and I will kill you!"
Laughter echoed all around him, tormenting Jack's soal and spirit.
"You are impatient indeed. I would not have sealed you inside here if I didn't wish to face you," boomed Omega all around the room.
"Ah, and do you still wear that ridiculous cloth and sunglasses? Let me look apon you," said the voice.
Jack looked over to the oval shaped dome that Yuna and Lulu had hid behind to see it quiver.
He noticed a horizontal line running across the center of it. That was when he realized what it was.
The dome creaked and soon the crevice in the center split and the outer shell of the dome opened to reveal Omega.
Though it wasn't his true form, this was a form of Omega that hadn't been seen by anybody alive.
It was the eye of Omega.
Jack stared in shock at the eye before him.
The inner body of it was of solid gold and the iris was a fiery red and appeared to be a burning ring around the dark pupil.
Jack continued to stare at it until it somehow spoke, "I see that you haven't changed one bit since our last encounter."
"I have changed more than you will never have imagined," muttered Jack under his breath.
Omega caught the remark, "Is that so, well then I guess we shall see who is stronger. There's no running this time, only one of us will leave alive. The time has come!"
"Don't worry, I plan on leaving without any worry left in my life," Jack said.
"Prepare yourself for the true power of Omega! This time, I'm not holding back!" called out the eye as it broke away from the wall.
For a moment it just floated in mid air, unblinking.
Then, it began to slowly spin and called out, "COME MY BODY AND SHADOW, WE MUST UNITE AS ONE TO ELIMINATE THE PERSUER OF OUR DEMISE!"
The blazing eye continued to rotate until Jack witnessed the seemingly dead corpses of the Omega and Ultima Weapons rise from the ground.
At first, Jack braced himself for another fight with them but backed down when they just stood on either side of Omega's eye facing Jack.
The trio then began to glow with a seemingly dark light of evil.
Slowly, the forms of the Omega and Ultima weapons began to move in towards the eye.
By now the lights were nearly blinding to Jack even behind his sunglasses.
Finally, the weapons merged with the eye and the light increased at an eye shattering brightness.
Jack cried out and turned away from the light until it faded at last and he regained his defensive posture and turned to face his enemy.
Before him stood a terrifying monster that took Jack time to get over the shock of the first glimpse.
It had features similar to those of the weapons like the four legs and arms.
It was smaller than the weapons; about ten feet tall, but some descriptions were more fearsome.
The claws looked as if they could drill a hole in a wall of diamonds.
The thick armor that covered its entire body could withstand a blow from the sword of Braska's Final Aeon.
It had three long tails that had a poisonous bard at the end the size of a machete.
The one thing about it that took Jack by surprise was that it had no head.
The neck of the beast was just missing, but floating right above it was the eye of Omega.
The eye wasn't armored but was surrounded by a blue field of energy.
"I WILL AVENGE MY MOTHER'S DEATH, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER LIVES THAT YOU ENDED!" cried Jack leaping at Omega.
Omega sprung at him to meet the assault, claw raised to meet Jack's raised sword.
The duo got closer and closer by the second. -
"How long have we been waiting?" asked Rikku.
Tidus checked his watch, "Ten minutes have passed, twenty more to go."
"This doesn't feel right, we should be helping him!" said Yuna.
"He told us to wait, we gotta," said Lulu.
They were silent, and nobody moved for a while.
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Sword met claw and the vibrations sent the two towards the wall.
Omega sent all four of his legs to connect with it and sprang back towards Jack.
Jack wasn't as fortunate for the wall connected with his back.
He lay there on the ground as Omega was just about to strike him.
Just as the monster was about to plow through him, Jack activated his cell- o-porter and vanished.
Omega slid to a halt and spun around just in time to see Jack less than a meter away from slashing at him.
The beast swiftly deflected the blow with one of his arms but the sword cut deep into the armor and just piercing the raw flesh beneath it.
Omega lashed out at Jack with each tail of his tails in the fashion of a scorpion lightning fast.
The first tail lashed out but was dodged by Jack as it lodged itself deep into the ground.
The second one was also dodged but was severed afterward by Jack's sword.
The third had the same result as the first.
Jack was smirking at his progress after this but didn't notice the first tail that was dodged pull itself from the ground and swipe at him under his feet and trip him.
The other remaining tail shot out at his throat. Jack quickly rolled to the side and cut off the attempted tail attack with Olo Eopia.
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Omega hissed in pain and stood back and raised his head to the sky while raising all of his arms.
At that instant, many balls of energy began falling from the sky.
Jack weaved around the energy, deflecting a few with his sword.
He didn't see a small crevice in the chamber's floor and lost his balance and that was all the chance that Omega needed.
He threw a punch out and sent Jack flying into a ball of energy.
The pain that went through Jack was horrifying as he fell only to be struck by even more of the energy rain.
Omega meanwhile just stood still to watch his victim suffer.
After the rain ceased, Omega was surprised to see Jack slowly rise after the painful assault and stood up to face him once again.
He stood once again facing Omega and said with a smirk, "I see that you have the upper hand Omega."
Omega said, "Then why do you smile, have you lost your mind?"
Jack grinned even larger, "Because I know that you are holding back, as have I. So I suggest that we give it all we got!"
Omega seemed to be smiling through the eye, "Then we shall, I shall show no mercy!"
Jack was going to reply but was cut off as Omega leaped towards him, with all claws and tails out and ready to strike.
Jack was expecting this fortunately and deflected all of Omega's attacks.
Omega tried to claw Jack across the face but met steel of Jack's sword.
For several minutes, Omega clawed and swiped and lashed out with everything he had and Jack would deflect and strike back only to be deflected by the thick armor.
Jack soon got a new strategy and sprang up to land on the raised arms of Omega and spring over his head to sever the last tail off so that three stubs twitched and writhed.
Landing behind Omega, Jack attempted to pierce the armor from behind but Omega was quicker as on claw shot out at an alarming speed shredding through Jack's robe, shirt and his skin.
Jack tore of the regenerating robe and attacked once again.
Omega seemed to be getting stronger as jack got weaker as Omega slashed him twice more, once across the back and one deep one into the leg.
Omega then rushed Jack and sent the boy flying into the wall where he made full contact to the bleeding back.
Jack crumpled to the floor now, lying there while breathing heavily.
Omega paced over him and said, "So, it seems that I will finally kill you and end your silly attempts to kill me."
"You're wrong, Omega," said Jack weakly. "Even if you kill me, my comrades will come to take my place and kill you where I should have done."
Omega laughed, "Well, they shouldn't be much of a challenge, I've set a little trap for that instance and let's just say that your friends shall not be around much longer."
This startled Jack and Omega found it amusing, "Oh and that nice little Al Bhed girl will be the last I kill because I have seen how you feel for her. Tell you what, I'll kill her nice and slow, just for you!"
Jack then felt a great amount of anger inside of him spread through every square inch of his body.
He weakly stood up to face Omega once again and said, "You will not get that chance, because Rikku will not die! Nor will Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, or even Wantz! You will die by my hand!"
Omega charged at Jack but Jack jumped full over his head and flipped to the back of him.
Omega was ready for this and tried to slash him as he had done before.
His claw struck thin air as Jack activated his watch again and appeared behind Omega once more.
Jack sank his sword deep into the armor and into the flesh making Omega cry out in pain.
Omega spun around again to try the same strategy but Jack was gone again.
He looked all around him but Jack wasn't there.
He collapsed to the ground when he felt something sharp slice through his legs and looked down to see his own blood oozing out from within the stubs that had once been where three of his legs were.
Another pain went through him and his arms were missing too.
Waiting for another pain to run through him, he winced but instead felt something land on his chest.
Jack stood over him sword out and ready to strike him down for good.
"This all ends here, Omega!" Jack said with a voice full of anger.
"This is for my mother!" he said sinking his sword into Omega's stomach.
"This is for Daru!" he continued sinking his sword into the chest.
"This is for Kinos!" the sword went into the waist.
By now, Omega was trying to squirm away from the boy but Jack kept his balance.
"And this," Jack said. "This is for the ten years of torture that you put me through!"
With that, Jack sank his sword into Omega's heart.
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Tidus, Wantz, Wakka, Rikku, Yuna, and Lulu were walking through the cavern.
"You don't think he's dead do you?" asked Rikku.
"He said half an hour, we gotta go in there," said Wantz.
The party continued on until they reached the chamber doorway but found a solid wall blocking it.
"He was trapped inside," said Wakka.
"Don't say was, he still might be alive," said Lulu.
Rikku pulled out a grenade and set it at the barrier and activated it.
"OK everybody stand back!" she said.
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The blow didn't quite kill Omega but it did make his body disappear and the shield around the eye vanished leaving the dome vulnerable. Also, another relic appeared above where the body used to lay.
Jack was about to stab this and end his torment forever but was knocked back by a great explosion that blew an exit in the doorway.
Rikku followed by the other companions entered to find Omega near death.
The force of the bomb had sent the eye into the far corner of the tomb.
The fiery ring that was the iris seemed to dissolve and the pupil was just a mere window as it fell out of the exposed inside of the eye.
"It's the true Omega!" said Yuna. "He's coming out!"
Sure enough, the outline of a weary figure sat up from a seat within the weapon.
It limped out but still remained in the shadows.
"You- You w-will regret that!" croaked the figure.
"Show yourself Omega!" called out Jack.
Slowly, the shadowy figure stepped into the light.
"You? You're Omega?" asked Tidus.
"Yes," said Omega.
Omega wore a green decorated dress and a large yellow and green dome was placed on the sides of her head.
"But Belgemine, why would you want to kill us?" asked Yuna.
"I helped you on your journey a year ago because I wanted to see you die from the final summoning. With Sin out of the way, I could conquer all of Spira! But you just had to send me to the Farplane didn't you!" said Belgemine.
"Wait!" said Wakka. "We defeated Omega after we sent you (That's the order I did it when I played the game)!"
"You defeated the Omega Weapon, you Twit!" said the woman.
"Why you little!" said Wakka.
"Well, anyway, let's see if you can defeat me now! I shall kill you all!" said Belgemine.
Jack lunged at Belgemine but was knocked back by some invisible wall around her.
"I receive my power and protection from my most trusted servants: The Aeons!" said Belgemine.
"How can we get past her then?" asked Tidus.
"I got it!" said Jack. "Yuna, there's only one way that we can break her shield, an aeon battle!"
Yuna nodded, "Of course! Belgemine, I challenge you to an aeon battle!"
Belgemine grinned, "Very well. I accept your challenge. But we go by my rules. The summoner who loses after each battle shall choose her aeon first in the next battle. The first summoner to lose all of her aeons will lose. You must go first."
"Yuna nodded and turned to the others, "Which should I use first?"
"Use Anima or the Magus Sisters!" said Wantz.
"No, I'd better save those for last, I know!" said Yuna as she readied her staff for a summoning.
She twirled he baton about and soon the mighty stallion of lightning stood before Belgemine.
Belgemine frowned slightly for the fact that none of her aeons had the opposing element to lightning.
"A wise move Lady Yuna, but I am of the wiser," said Belgemine as she summoned Valefor.
Ixion used thundaga on the bird and it did some damage but then Valefor used Waterga on the horse and Ixion was instantly weakened.
The horse used Aerospark but still it didn't kill the eagle.
Valefor cast Waterga one last time, sending Ixion to the ground.
Yuna then summoned Yojimbo and gave him 25,000 gil and the samurai used Kozuka and killed the bird.
From then on, battle after battle, aeons fell, until the two had one last aeon each.
Belgemine summoned Anima, the aeon of death.
Yuna took one deep breath and summoned Bahamut.
Anima used pain and gave massive damage to Bahamut.
Bahamut charged at Anima and slugged him with a powerful fist.
The second, he got back, he received another attack from Anima.
Yuna then got a plan in her head. She had Bahamut cast curaga on himself.
Belgemine realized that Yuna was going to try to cure her aeon and then use its overdrive on Anima, so she had Anima use shield.
Yuna hadn't been planning to use Bahamut's overdrive yet but instead used boost.
Belgemine couldn't tell what Bahamut had just done but had anima cast pain again on Bahamut.
This was just what Yuna had wanted as Bahamut's overdrive charged to the max.
He then used Mega Flare on an unsuspecting Anima and the aeon of death collapsed to the ground.
Everybody looked to see if it would rise, and slowly, Anima stood again.
"No!" cried Yuna. "Yes!" said Belgemine as she had Anima use its now full overdrive, Oblivion.
The mighty Bahamut sank beneath the ground and the party of Yuna crowded around the dark pool to see if it would survive but the aeon was impossible to make out.
Finally, Bahamut rose then passed out from the damage.
"And now," said Belgemine. "My Anima will end all of your lives and Mi Yevon shall be victorious. The hope of Spira, will be no more."
Yuna was running out of options but then one last idea hit her but it wasn't likely to work but it had to.
She walked up to the massive aeon and hit it with her Nirvana.
Due to the heavy damage from Bahamut's overdrive, Anima was drained of the last drops of health left from Yuna's rod.
"No! I don't believe it!" cried Belgemine as her last aeon vanished.
The invisible wall around her vanished also.
She tried to turn and run but she found all means of escape blocked off by Yuna and her party.
She turned to see Jack pacing towards her.
"P-please, have mercy. I didn't mean to kill your mother, well maybe I did mean to but it was just a job. Please spare my life and we can kill Mi Yevon together," Belgemine pleaded.
"I don't care if it was just a job, you messed with the wrong family. I, the son of Auron shall end your life and end the threat written by your hand," said Jack. "And speaking of hand, you shall die by mine."
With that being said, he placed his hand over her stomach and said, "OLO EOPIA!"
A sharp pain was sent through Belgemine as the sword went through her and pinned her against the wall that she had backed up against.
She managed a slight cough and looked up to Jack's eyes. The last words she ever heard came from him as he spoke, "This is my story."
With that said, Belgemine died.
Jack dismissed his weapon and as the weapon disappeared from within Belgemine, the body fell all of the way to the ground.
Wakka was about to speak up but was silenced by Yuna's hand over his mouth.
"Look," she said. Wakka turned to see everyone watching Jack.
Jack began to remove the cloth over his face. Apon removing it, he clutched it in his right hand.
Next, he removed his hat and placed it in the same hand.
Pulling off his sunglasses, he placed it with the other two garments and held up the cloth against the wall that was right above Belgemine's body.
Next, he placed the hat over it so that par of it overlapped the cloth.
The sunglasses were placed in the center where the two met.
He took his free hand and placed it over it all.
One word escaped his lips, "Father."
This sent the whittled stick that he had removed from the tree hollow on the Macalania Trail into all three items so that they hung above Belgemine's corpse.
He paused to admire the small monument that he had made and to everyone's surprise including him, all of the hieroglyphics on the walls began to glow.
Soon, the garments once worn by Jack began to glow as well as the carcass of Belgemine.
Then something even stranger happened. The body of Belgemine began to sink into the wall as if she were a ghost.
It went further and further in to the wall until she was only a picture on it.
Then the cloth, sunglasses, and hat began to do the same until they were in the same state.
Following that, the two began to lose their colorful tint and change into the coloring of the dull, sandy stone walls around them.
The process ended when the two masses transformed into carvings in the wall like everything surrounding them.
A bold new symbol appeared behind the two that nearly covered the entire wall.
It was the very symbol on Jack's left arm; It was a mark to all who were to look apon it in the future that said that Jack was the vanquisher of Omega, The Mark of Jack.
Turning, Jack faced the party so that they could see his true face for the first time.
"I am free," was all he said.
A/N: Wow, talk about a long chappie huh! It took me a while but It was fun. Anyway, I'd like to take this time to answer my reviews.
Darkness Kingdom: Thanks for the compliment. You are right about what the Al Bhed word meant. Thanks for your review!
Blitz X-calibur: I see that mistake I made. Hopefully this chappie makes up for that. The romance I have worked on in the past chapters and you'll see that I'm taking it slower. For instance, Rikku hasn't seen Jack's true face yet. You and everyone will discover who Kinos is, I promise. Let's just say that he plays a big role in the story. As for the part in a fanfic, I have not called it off. Actually, I would like to take this time to tell everyone about it. I am offering a part in a future chapter of the Son of Auron. I have been unsuccessful when trying to make up an overdrive for Jack, so I'm asking you for help. If you have an Idea, tell me in reviews. The reviewer with the best idea will not only have their idea used in a chappie, but will also have the option of having a part in a chappie of the Son of Auron: The Ruba Spheres as well! Don't worry though, I won't make you look bad. I need a good overdrive idea and I can not continue this fanfic until I get enough Ideas. I'll continue after say I get an idea in at least three different reviews so hurry. If you win, you will get a good part, I promise.
So with that being said, I wish you all good luck. Cheers!
~Callik~
Chapter 10
The Last Encounter
Rikku examined the skull mask that seemed to stare back at her as the group of guardians wandered down the path that led to the residence of Yunalesca in Zanarkand.
She looked around at the smoldering ashes and crumpled stone that had once been a thriving city.
If only it were restored, she thought to herself.
The party entered the gateway to the blitz ball arena where the fragments of two statues of soldiers had once greeted the audience one thousand and one years ago.
Arriving at the end of the platform overlooking the swirling blue dome, the summoner Yuna called out to the skies, "OH LADY YUNALESCA, WE CALL FOR YOUR PRESENCE!"
The great summoner's face appeared within the dome.
"Do you know why we defeated the Al Bhed and we didn't receive a relic?"
"Ah Yes!" boomed the voice of Yunalesca. "That aeon was more brains than brawn for he hid the relic in the chance that he was defeated. Tell me, what remained on him when he transformed into his aeon form?"
Rikku thought for a moment and held up the skull mask crying out, "He had this mask!"
"Toss it in," said Yunalesca and Rikku obeyed. She watched as the mask floated to the center of the dome where it was nearly completely visible.
The mask shattered before their eyes and in the center glowed the relic of Mercury.
"Oh I see!" said Rikku. "You used your power to bring out the relic from the mask!"
"Uh no, actually all you had to do was break it, any way, whoever matches this relic, toss in your weapon now!" commanded Yunalesca.
Rikku pulled out her god hand, and tossed it in before looking over it one last time.
Apon contact, the two objects within the dome began to glow and the viewers watched the lights melt into one until the light ceased and the object returned to Rikku.
Rikku looked apon the glove like weapon before her. It seemed to be made of some type of indestructible steel but it was as light as a feather.
"It is called the Holy Gauntlet. It is a weapon similar to the hand on the Al Bhed aeon but more powerful. Its powers are unpredictable and can save your life in the most unexpected of times," said Yunalesca. "Now continue now to the Omega Ruins so that the next relic may be obtained," she said as she vanished.
Nearing the airship, Rikku was still showing off her weapon to the others. "Wow! Can you believe how cool my weapon is!"
"No Rikku, we can't," groaned Wakka in an annoyed tone.
"Your just jealous," snapped Rikku.
Arriving aboard the airship, they were once again greeted by Cid.
Unfortunately, he had on one of those bad news looks on his face.
"Guys, I'm afraid I have some bad news (Told ya,)" he said.
Cid cleared his throat and continued, "It has been reported by some of our spies that Seymour has forged an army of the Guado and they have gained control of Bevelle, Mt. Gagazet, Kilika, Guadosalam, the Thunder Plains, Luca, and Besaid."
"Not my home!" cried Yuna. "They are gonna pay!" growled Wakka.
"The Al Bhed council have called a meeting at the new Home that was just recently constructed and you guys are invited. So basically, after you kick that Omega's ass, we're headed there, so be ready."
Everyone nodded. "Now we have to set a course for the dungeon," said Lulu.
Jack looked away at the comment and nodded to himself.
Looking back up he said, "Take off without us when we land, I have my cell- o-porter charged and we can meet you at the Home."
"Sounds like a plan kid, OK we'll do it. Next stop, the Omega Ruins!" Cid announced.
"Why have you requested that I meet with her?" Kinos asked as he and Seymour walked down the halls within Mi Yevon's palace located in the dark corners of the Farplane.
Seymour smiled, "Her grace has requested me to introduce you to her. She is most anxious to meet you. You have nothing to fear for she will not harm you, unless, that is if you try anything unexpected."
Kinos shot him a glare, "Not at all, Lord Seymour."
The duo arrived at the throne where Mi Yevon sat. She noticed their arrival and spoke up apon spying Kinos, "So this is the child with the skill to defeat the enemy that I've been hearing about, tell me, how much do you know about the boy called Jack?"
"Enough" said the boy. "I know that he is an Emrys and a very skilled one at that. I also know that he possesses a sword that is said to be a part of a legendary sword that can bring you down."
Mi Yevon was slightly angered by this remark but regained her posture and said, "Well, since you are so gracious to lend us your skills for a job we need to be carried out, I shall give you a before hand reward."
She waved her hand over the boy's head and a flash occurred and all returned to normal.
"Now you won't find Jack as much of a challenge for you share his gift. I have made you an Emrys. And here," said Mi Yevon waving her hand again as a black cloak with red stitching now clothed Kinos. "This may serve you on your journey for cover and disguise," said Mi Yevon. "Now go, they enter the ruins as we speak."
Yuna watched as the airship took off and flew away and caught up with the others at the entrance to the ruins.
The dark entrance located at the bottom of the canyon that they were now in loomed before her.
Jack stopped before entering just to stare at the statues of the twin dragons facing him on the entrance sides. They seemed to be warning him not to enter, but he ignored the warning and entered to domain of his sworn enemy.
All around him, the tunnels seemed dank and empty; dripping with decay and blood shed from those of the past.
He knew that it would all end here. He would not run away this time. Omega would either be slain or he would perish with pride in his heart.
He sighed and continued onward, his cloth blowing behind him.
The group continued down the murky path until they arrived at the final chamber of Omega.
"Well, where is he?" asked Wakka. He was answered by a sudden rumbling beneath them.
A voice suddenly echoed around them from the walls, "So, you have returned to attempt to slay me have you, eh Jack? How many times does it take for you to get the idea that I am more powerful than you can ever possibly become!"
"IF YOU ARE SO POWERFUL, THEN WHY DO YOU HIDE YOUR FACE YOU COWARD?!!!" shouted an angered Jack.
Suddenly, a curtain of dark mist parted to reveal a dark passage to another part of the chamber.
Jack dashed into the darkness, closely followed by the others.
The next chamber had the appearance of an Egyptian tomb, with sandy stone blocks with mysterious pictures and hieroglyphics engraved on them.
Jack paced around the room, feeling the walls for some kind of hiding place for Omega.
"Where could he be?" asked Yuna.
"Allow me to answer that for you," came the same voice again from the walls.
"Look a the pictures on the walls. Notice anything you recognize?"
Everyone looked but shook their heads. "No? Then allow me to get right to business!" came the voice as the walls began to rumble.
Then, a bright beam of light shot out of the outlines of two large carvings on opposite walls.
The highlighted pictures began to gain a color different than the sandy brown stone elsewhere.
The now tinted stone pictures began to quake and pieces of rock began to chip of the walls.
The next thing that happened took everyone by surprise. The colored pictures began to separate themselves from the wall, as if the creature like pictures were beneath the solid surface.
They were monsters, the party realized and Jack called out, "It isn't Omega, they are his weapons, the Ultima and the Omega!"
Sure enough, they were and they had just completely come apart from the right and left walls.
"Tidus, you and Wakka take Ultima! Me and Rikku will take the other!" called Jack. "Yuna, you and Lulu stand back and be ready to heal us if needed!"
Yuna and Lulu obeyed and took cover behind a large oval shaped dome protruding from the south wall.
The four whipped out their weapons and charged at the twin beasts.
Tidus began slashing at their monster as Wakka fired rounds at it.
Ultima reeled back at a quick hit from Tidus, and was sent spinning.
The beast then tried to counter while coming around by reaching out with two of its four clawed hands to swipe at the blond blitzer.
Wakka saw this coming and tried to peg the hand before it made contact bet he hadn't noticed the other two hands had lifted a large piece of stone and hurled it at him.
The force of the rock sent Wakka flying into the wall where he passed out.
The clawed fist sent a powerful blow to Tidus, which stopped his next attack and instead sent him crumpling to the ground.
Tidus lay on his back and opened his eyes to see the shadowy gleam in the eyes of the Ultima weapon as it held a glowing ball of energy over its head and was about to bring it down on its victim.
Unfortunately, Tidus was to weak to budge as he helplessly watched the monster cherish its victory for one last second, then hurled its load at its prey.
-
The second that Jack and Rikku arrived at the Omega weapon, it was already waiting and met the charge with a fist flying straight at them.
Jack leaped clear of the attack but Rikku waited too soon and crouched down to hopefully dodge the blow.
This was a mistake for the hand was still heading on its way to striking her.
Jack in the meantime was trying to sever the arm off so that it would miss Rikku but didn't have a second left.
Rikku was trying to think as fast as she could but the attacker was less than a second away.
Resorting to her one and only idea, she held up her gauntlet as if it would block it.
Suddenly, the weapon released some sort of energy shield from within the palm.
The fist connected but Rikku didn't budge and withstood the powerful blow.
Seeing that she had survived his punch, the monster let loose a short roar and began to concentrate on his other attacker.
Jack was still slashing at the thick armor and had just succeeded in piercing it.
He was just about to continue hacking at it but he felt a tight hand close itself around him and he felt his feet leave the floor as he was carried up to the open jaws of the beast.
He struggled but his arms had been forced to his sides by the grip and could do nothing to stop the beast.
-
Tidus could feel the heat of the ball of energy as it was now inches from his face.
Knowing it was about to end, he closed his eyes and waited for the pain.
At that moment, when it was closer than a centimeter, Tidus felt some kind of wall form over him and sure enough, the ball bounced back and hit Ultima instead of him.
He looked over at where Yuna hid and caught a wink from her and he nodded back in thanks for the reflect.
He weakly reached into his pocket and extracted a phoenix down and along with an X-potion and he tossed the phoenix down to Wakka's uncontious form and used the X-potion on himself.
The two regained their strength and continued to bash at the monster who was regaining from the energy hit. -
Jack was close enough to the weapon's mouth to feel the hot breath on his face.
Just as the end seemed to have reached him, he caught sight of a small silver object fly down the monster'' throat and disappear down the dark shaft.
Omega Weapon noticed this also and stopped for a second to find what it was.
What he found was a blond haired Al Bhed girl of sixteen standing before it waving and shouting goodbye.
It raised a scaled eyebrow at this but started quivering when it felt something big explode in its stomach.
It came crashing to the ground just after releasing Jack from its clutches due to the missile's effects.
Jack leaped into the air and slashed wildly at the crippled monster and Rikku joined in too slashing at the beast with spiked fingertips and brass knuckles.
The teams finally managed to crush to monsters and everyone gathered in the center of the room. Jack walked up to Rikku and said, "Thanks for saving my neck back there."
Rikku gave him a friendly smile and then turned her gaze to the carcasses of the Ultima and Omega weapons. "I don't get it. We killed them so why aren't they doing the pyrefly disappear thing?"
"I don't know, but I think Omega still needs their power. The only question is, what does he want with them?" said Jack.
At that last statement, the ground began to rumble again.
Jack glared at the others, "It's Omega. You must leave. This battle is my own and nobody else's. I have trained my entire life to come face to face with the true Omega and the time has come. Wait for me outside the cavern. If I do not return in half and hour, return here and finish him off for I will surely be dead."
"No way, we're not gonna leave you to face him alone, you might need our help!" said Wakka.
Jack glared at him, "I told you, I must face him alone! Now go, NOW!"
Yuna stepped forward, "Fine, but at least take some potions and phoenix downs."
"I can not except that from you Lady Yuna, for I shall fight without any assistance or magic. I want a fair fight between my arch enemy and myself. I shall use nothing more than I already have," Jack replied.
"All right, good luck if you are sure of your decision. We shall be waiting at the main gate," said Yuna.
Jack nodded and replied, "If I perish and you find my body, take my cell-o- porter and use it to escape. I'd give it to you now, but I feel I may require it in battle."
Yuna, Lulu, Wakka, and Tidus dashed out the chamber but Rikku stayed.
"Don't die out there OK. You've got a curse to break!" she said.
Jack nodded and Rikku turned and ran after the others.
Just as she passed through the doorway however, a thick layer of stone tiles slid out from within the doorway, trapping him inside.
It truly would be a fight to the death.
-
"I still don't think we should have left him there to face Omega alone," said Yuna as she and the others exited the dungeon and stopped at the exit.
"Relax Yuna," said Tidus. "Sure he lost to Omega in the past encounters but I'm sure he's a lot stronger than he was then and he will cream that guy."
"Don't be so sure," said Wakka. "You never know, Omega might have improved as well as Jack, but he insisted on being alone and we cannot do anything about it ya."
"I guess so," said Tidus.
Rikku looked up with an angry face, "You speak as if he is gonna die, and that's not gonna happen. He's gonna beat Omega, damn it!"
Everyone remained silent, afraid she might loose it.
-
Jack looked around the chamber for his foe but he remained hidden.
"Come out Omega! Face me if you have the dignity, or are you afraid of my power! I will find you and I will kill you!"
Laughter echoed all around him, tormenting Jack's soal and spirit.
"You are impatient indeed. I would not have sealed you inside here if I didn't wish to face you," boomed Omega all around the room.
"Ah, and do you still wear that ridiculous cloth and sunglasses? Let me look apon you," said the voice.
Jack looked over to the oval shaped dome that Yuna and Lulu had hid behind to see it quiver.
He noticed a horizontal line running across the center of it. That was when he realized what it was.
The dome creaked and soon the crevice in the center split and the outer shell of the dome opened to reveal Omega.
Though it wasn't his true form, this was a form of Omega that hadn't been seen by anybody alive.
It was the eye of Omega.
Jack stared in shock at the eye before him.
The inner body of it was of solid gold and the iris was a fiery red and appeared to be a burning ring around the dark pupil.
Jack continued to stare at it until it somehow spoke, "I see that you haven't changed one bit since our last encounter."
"I have changed more than you will never have imagined," muttered Jack under his breath.
Omega caught the remark, "Is that so, well then I guess we shall see who is stronger. There's no running this time, only one of us will leave alive. The time has come!"
"Don't worry, I plan on leaving without any worry left in my life," Jack said.
"Prepare yourself for the true power of Omega! This time, I'm not holding back!" called out the eye as it broke away from the wall.
For a moment it just floated in mid air, unblinking.
Then, it began to slowly spin and called out, "COME MY BODY AND SHADOW, WE MUST UNITE AS ONE TO ELIMINATE THE PERSUER OF OUR DEMISE!"
The blazing eye continued to rotate until Jack witnessed the seemingly dead corpses of the Omega and Ultima Weapons rise from the ground.
At first, Jack braced himself for another fight with them but backed down when they just stood on either side of Omega's eye facing Jack.
The trio then began to glow with a seemingly dark light of evil.
Slowly, the forms of the Omega and Ultima weapons began to move in towards the eye.
By now the lights were nearly blinding to Jack even behind his sunglasses.
Finally, the weapons merged with the eye and the light increased at an eye shattering brightness.
Jack cried out and turned away from the light until it faded at last and he regained his defensive posture and turned to face his enemy.
Before him stood a terrifying monster that took Jack time to get over the shock of the first glimpse.
It had features similar to those of the weapons like the four legs and arms.
It was smaller than the weapons; about ten feet tall, but some descriptions were more fearsome.
The claws looked as if they could drill a hole in a wall of diamonds.
The thick armor that covered its entire body could withstand a blow from the sword of Braska's Final Aeon.
It had three long tails that had a poisonous bard at the end the size of a machete.
The one thing about it that took Jack by surprise was that it had no head.
The neck of the beast was just missing, but floating right above it was the eye of Omega.
The eye wasn't armored but was surrounded by a blue field of energy.
"I WILL AVENGE MY MOTHER'S DEATH, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER LIVES THAT YOU ENDED!" cried Jack leaping at Omega.
Omega sprung at him to meet the assault, claw raised to meet Jack's raised sword.
The duo got closer and closer by the second. -
"How long have we been waiting?" asked Rikku.
Tidus checked his watch, "Ten minutes have passed, twenty more to go."
"This doesn't feel right, we should be helping him!" said Yuna.
"He told us to wait, we gotta," said Lulu.
They were silent, and nobody moved for a while.
-
Sword met claw and the vibrations sent the two towards the wall.
Omega sent all four of his legs to connect with it and sprang back towards Jack.
Jack wasn't as fortunate for the wall connected with his back.
He lay there on the ground as Omega was just about to strike him.
Just as the monster was about to plow through him, Jack activated his cell- o-porter and vanished.
Omega slid to a halt and spun around just in time to see Jack less than a meter away from slashing at him.
The beast swiftly deflected the blow with one of his arms but the sword cut deep into the armor and just piercing the raw flesh beneath it.
Omega lashed out at Jack with each tail of his tails in the fashion of a scorpion lightning fast.
The first tail lashed out but was dodged by Jack as it lodged itself deep into the ground.
The second one was also dodged but was severed afterward by Jack's sword.
The third had the same result as the first.
Jack was smirking at his progress after this but didn't notice the first tail that was dodged pull itself from the ground and swipe at him under his feet and trip him.
The other remaining tail shot out at his throat. Jack quickly rolled to the side and cut off the attempted tail attack with Olo Eopia.
-
Omega hissed in pain and stood back and raised his head to the sky while raising all of his arms.
At that instant, many balls of energy began falling from the sky.
Jack weaved around the energy, deflecting a few with his sword.
He didn't see a small crevice in the chamber's floor and lost his balance and that was all the chance that Omega needed.
He threw a punch out and sent Jack flying into a ball of energy.
The pain that went through Jack was horrifying as he fell only to be struck by even more of the energy rain.
Omega meanwhile just stood still to watch his victim suffer.
After the rain ceased, Omega was surprised to see Jack slowly rise after the painful assault and stood up to face him once again.
He stood once again facing Omega and said with a smirk, "I see that you have the upper hand Omega."
Omega said, "Then why do you smile, have you lost your mind?"
Jack grinned even larger, "Because I know that you are holding back, as have I. So I suggest that we give it all we got!"
Omega seemed to be smiling through the eye, "Then we shall, I shall show no mercy!"
Jack was going to reply but was cut off as Omega leaped towards him, with all claws and tails out and ready to strike.
Jack was expecting this fortunately and deflected all of Omega's attacks.
Omega tried to claw Jack across the face but met steel of Jack's sword.
For several minutes, Omega clawed and swiped and lashed out with everything he had and Jack would deflect and strike back only to be deflected by the thick armor.
Jack soon got a new strategy and sprang up to land on the raised arms of Omega and spring over his head to sever the last tail off so that three stubs twitched and writhed.
Landing behind Omega, Jack attempted to pierce the armor from behind but Omega was quicker as on claw shot out at an alarming speed shredding through Jack's robe, shirt and his skin.
Jack tore of the regenerating robe and attacked once again.
Omega seemed to be getting stronger as jack got weaker as Omega slashed him twice more, once across the back and one deep one into the leg.
Omega then rushed Jack and sent the boy flying into the wall where he made full contact to the bleeding back.
Jack crumpled to the floor now, lying there while breathing heavily.
Omega paced over him and said, "So, it seems that I will finally kill you and end your silly attempts to kill me."
"You're wrong, Omega," said Jack weakly. "Even if you kill me, my comrades will come to take my place and kill you where I should have done."
Omega laughed, "Well, they shouldn't be much of a challenge, I've set a little trap for that instance and let's just say that your friends shall not be around much longer."
This startled Jack and Omega found it amusing, "Oh and that nice little Al Bhed girl will be the last I kill because I have seen how you feel for her. Tell you what, I'll kill her nice and slow, just for you!"
Jack then felt a great amount of anger inside of him spread through every square inch of his body.
He weakly stood up to face Omega once again and said, "You will not get that chance, because Rikku will not die! Nor will Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, or even Wantz! You will die by my hand!"
Omega charged at Jack but Jack jumped full over his head and flipped to the back of him.
Omega was ready for this and tried to slash him as he had done before.
His claw struck thin air as Jack activated his watch again and appeared behind Omega once more.
Jack sank his sword deep into the armor and into the flesh making Omega cry out in pain.
Omega spun around again to try the same strategy but Jack was gone again.
He looked all around him but Jack wasn't there.
He collapsed to the ground when he felt something sharp slice through his legs and looked down to see his own blood oozing out from within the stubs that had once been where three of his legs were.
Another pain went through him and his arms were missing too.
Waiting for another pain to run through him, he winced but instead felt something land on his chest.
Jack stood over him sword out and ready to strike him down for good.
"This all ends here, Omega!" Jack said with a voice full of anger.
"This is for my mother!" he said sinking his sword into Omega's stomach.
"This is for Daru!" he continued sinking his sword into the chest.
"This is for Kinos!" the sword went into the waist.
By now, Omega was trying to squirm away from the boy but Jack kept his balance.
"And this," Jack said. "This is for the ten years of torture that you put me through!"
With that, Jack sank his sword into Omega's heart.
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Tidus, Wantz, Wakka, Rikku, Yuna, and Lulu were walking through the cavern.
"You don't think he's dead do you?" asked Rikku.
"He said half an hour, we gotta go in there," said Wantz.
The party continued on until they reached the chamber doorway but found a solid wall blocking it.
"He was trapped inside," said Wakka.
"Don't say was, he still might be alive," said Lulu.
Rikku pulled out a grenade and set it at the barrier and activated it.
"OK everybody stand back!" she said.
-
The blow didn't quite kill Omega but it did make his body disappear and the shield around the eye vanished leaving the dome vulnerable. Also, another relic appeared above where the body used to lay.
Jack was about to stab this and end his torment forever but was knocked back by a great explosion that blew an exit in the doorway.
Rikku followed by the other companions entered to find Omega near death.
The force of the bomb had sent the eye into the far corner of the tomb.
The fiery ring that was the iris seemed to dissolve and the pupil was just a mere window as it fell out of the exposed inside of the eye.
"It's the true Omega!" said Yuna. "He's coming out!"
Sure enough, the outline of a weary figure sat up from a seat within the weapon.
It limped out but still remained in the shadows.
"You- You w-will regret that!" croaked the figure.
"Show yourself Omega!" called out Jack.
Slowly, the shadowy figure stepped into the light.
"You? You're Omega?" asked Tidus.
"Yes," said Omega.
Omega wore a green decorated dress and a large yellow and green dome was placed on the sides of her head.
"But Belgemine, why would you want to kill us?" asked Yuna.
"I helped you on your journey a year ago because I wanted to see you die from the final summoning. With Sin out of the way, I could conquer all of Spira! But you just had to send me to the Farplane didn't you!" said Belgemine.
"Wait!" said Wakka. "We defeated Omega after we sent you (That's the order I did it when I played the game)!"
"You defeated the Omega Weapon, you Twit!" said the woman.
"Why you little!" said Wakka.
"Well, anyway, let's see if you can defeat me now! I shall kill you all!" said Belgemine.
Jack lunged at Belgemine but was knocked back by some invisible wall around her.
"I receive my power and protection from my most trusted servants: The Aeons!" said Belgemine.
"How can we get past her then?" asked Tidus.
"I got it!" said Jack. "Yuna, there's only one way that we can break her shield, an aeon battle!"
Yuna nodded, "Of course! Belgemine, I challenge you to an aeon battle!"
Belgemine grinned, "Very well. I accept your challenge. But we go by my rules. The summoner who loses after each battle shall choose her aeon first in the next battle. The first summoner to lose all of her aeons will lose. You must go first."
"Yuna nodded and turned to the others, "Which should I use first?"
"Use Anima or the Magus Sisters!" said Wantz.
"No, I'd better save those for last, I know!" said Yuna as she readied her staff for a summoning.
She twirled he baton about and soon the mighty stallion of lightning stood before Belgemine.
Belgemine frowned slightly for the fact that none of her aeons had the opposing element to lightning.
"A wise move Lady Yuna, but I am of the wiser," said Belgemine as she summoned Valefor.
Ixion used thundaga on the bird and it did some damage but then Valefor used Waterga on the horse and Ixion was instantly weakened.
The horse used Aerospark but still it didn't kill the eagle.
Valefor cast Waterga one last time, sending Ixion to the ground.
Yuna then summoned Yojimbo and gave him 25,000 gil and the samurai used Kozuka and killed the bird.
From then on, battle after battle, aeons fell, until the two had one last aeon each.
Belgemine summoned Anima, the aeon of death.
Yuna took one deep breath and summoned Bahamut.
Anima used pain and gave massive damage to Bahamut.
Bahamut charged at Anima and slugged him with a powerful fist.
The second, he got back, he received another attack from Anima.
Yuna then got a plan in her head. She had Bahamut cast curaga on himself.
Belgemine realized that Yuna was going to try to cure her aeon and then use its overdrive on Anima, so she had Anima use shield.
Yuna hadn't been planning to use Bahamut's overdrive yet but instead used boost.
Belgemine couldn't tell what Bahamut had just done but had anima cast pain again on Bahamut.
This was just what Yuna had wanted as Bahamut's overdrive charged to the max.
He then used Mega Flare on an unsuspecting Anima and the aeon of death collapsed to the ground.
Everybody looked to see if it would rise, and slowly, Anima stood again.
"No!" cried Yuna. "Yes!" said Belgemine as she had Anima use its now full overdrive, Oblivion.
The mighty Bahamut sank beneath the ground and the party of Yuna crowded around the dark pool to see if it would survive but the aeon was impossible to make out.
Finally, Bahamut rose then passed out from the damage.
"And now," said Belgemine. "My Anima will end all of your lives and Mi Yevon shall be victorious. The hope of Spira, will be no more."
Yuna was running out of options but then one last idea hit her but it wasn't likely to work but it had to.
She walked up to the massive aeon and hit it with her Nirvana.
Due to the heavy damage from Bahamut's overdrive, Anima was drained of the last drops of health left from Yuna's rod.
"No! I don't believe it!" cried Belgemine as her last aeon vanished.
The invisible wall around her vanished also.
She tried to turn and run but she found all means of escape blocked off by Yuna and her party.
She turned to see Jack pacing towards her.
"P-please, have mercy. I didn't mean to kill your mother, well maybe I did mean to but it was just a job. Please spare my life and we can kill Mi Yevon together," Belgemine pleaded.
"I don't care if it was just a job, you messed with the wrong family. I, the son of Auron shall end your life and end the threat written by your hand," said Jack. "And speaking of hand, you shall die by mine."
With that being said, he placed his hand over her stomach and said, "OLO EOPIA!"
A sharp pain was sent through Belgemine as the sword went through her and pinned her against the wall that she had backed up against.
She managed a slight cough and looked up to Jack's eyes. The last words she ever heard came from him as he spoke, "This is my story."
With that said, Belgemine died.
Jack dismissed his weapon and as the weapon disappeared from within Belgemine, the body fell all of the way to the ground.
Wakka was about to speak up but was silenced by Yuna's hand over his mouth.
"Look," she said. Wakka turned to see everyone watching Jack.
Jack began to remove the cloth over his face. Apon removing it, he clutched it in his right hand.
Next, he removed his hat and placed it in the same hand.
Pulling off his sunglasses, he placed it with the other two garments and held up the cloth against the wall that was right above Belgemine's body.
Next, he placed the hat over it so that par of it overlapped the cloth.
The sunglasses were placed in the center where the two met.
He took his free hand and placed it over it all.
One word escaped his lips, "Father."
This sent the whittled stick that he had removed from the tree hollow on the Macalania Trail into all three items so that they hung above Belgemine's corpse.
He paused to admire the small monument that he had made and to everyone's surprise including him, all of the hieroglyphics on the walls began to glow.
Soon, the garments once worn by Jack began to glow as well as the carcass of Belgemine.
Then something even stranger happened. The body of Belgemine began to sink into the wall as if she were a ghost.
It went further and further in to the wall until she was only a picture on it.
Then the cloth, sunglasses, and hat began to do the same until they were in the same state.
Following that, the two began to lose their colorful tint and change into the coloring of the dull, sandy stone walls around them.
The process ended when the two masses transformed into carvings in the wall like everything surrounding them.
A bold new symbol appeared behind the two that nearly covered the entire wall.
It was the very symbol on Jack's left arm; It was a mark to all who were to look apon it in the future that said that Jack was the vanquisher of Omega, The Mark of Jack.
Turning, Jack faced the party so that they could see his true face for the first time.
"I am free," was all he said.
A/N: Wow, talk about a long chappie huh! It took me a while but It was fun. Anyway, I'd like to take this time to answer my reviews.
Darkness Kingdom: Thanks for the compliment. You are right about what the Al Bhed word meant. Thanks for your review!
Blitz X-calibur: I see that mistake I made. Hopefully this chappie makes up for that. The romance I have worked on in the past chapters and you'll see that I'm taking it slower. For instance, Rikku hasn't seen Jack's true face yet. You and everyone will discover who Kinos is, I promise. Let's just say that he plays a big role in the story. As for the part in a fanfic, I have not called it off. Actually, I would like to take this time to tell everyone about it. I am offering a part in a future chapter of the Son of Auron. I have been unsuccessful when trying to make up an overdrive for Jack, so I'm asking you for help. If you have an Idea, tell me in reviews. The reviewer with the best idea will not only have their idea used in a chappie, but will also have the option of having a part in a chappie of the Son of Auron: The Ruba Spheres as well! Don't worry though, I won't make you look bad. I need a good overdrive idea and I can not continue this fanfic until I get enough Ideas. I'll continue after say I get an idea in at least three different reviews so hurry. If you win, you will get a good part, I promise.
So with that being said, I wish you all good luck. Cheers!
~Callik~