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Notes:I love how when I upload the chapter, a bunch of stuff gets screwed up. Mostly the transitions that I use to distinguish between different scenes. Thanks for reviewing this, Rogue Lockheart. Ya know, I knew I should have placed this story under FF8 instead of FF crossovers. That way, I get more reviews. Oh well doesn't matter. As for stuff relating to this story, to the handful or one who actually reads this, don't worry, I will finish this fic. I was scared at first that I would be one of those authors who write one and leave(don't worry, I understand perfectly well the reasons why, not blaming you). I already wrote Chap 3 and 4(where the action starts), and I actually know where I'm headed too. Anyways, onward with the story.
Final Fantasy 7/8: Lord of Weapon
Chap 2:Arrival
Several minutes until the alien ship enters Gaia's atmosphere"Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it," said Zell.
The aura of uncertainty could have been seen a mile away from the landing zone. Practically every soldier was sitting down and shaking their leg, whistling off-key tunes, conversing with others about the weather, or pacing back and forth while muttering unintelligible words. Zell was one of the exceptions; he had been sitting in the same spot, slamming his fists together while saying, "Damn it", over and over again for half an hour.
"Damn it."
"If you say that one more time, I will slam this gunblade into your mouth, okay?" said Seifer as he pointed the Hyperion in Zell's direction.
"Don't be such a delinquent, Seifer," scolded Quistis playfully. "Should I whip you into shape?"
"Oh please," said Zell, "that's the worse line I've ever heard."
Still sitting side by side with Seifer, Quistis ignored the comment and turned her head toward the heavens. So, we're not alone in the universe. Hopefully, they're not violent.
Next to the couple were Laguna, Squall, and Rinoa.
"So, the ship wasn't detected, Laguna?" asked Squall.
"Nope. I don't know why. Everything that enters this star system should already be seen right when it passes the planet Ades. I assume they had some sort of cloaking device."
"Then they would have left it on, right?" said Rinoa. Why would they turn it off two planets away?"
"Maybe they decided they were too strong," said Irvine as he joined the group, walking with Selphie.
"Where have you two been?" asked Rinoa.
"Having lots of fun if you know what I mea–. Hey! Why'd you kick me?"
"We were just walking around, Rinoa," said Selphie.
"You didn't have to kick me. I was just telling the tr–. Sorry."
On the alien ship
"Uh, Cid? Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" asked Cloud.
"Yeah. This camera is pretty damn useful. We can see the surface right before we even enter the atmosphere. Hey! Look at that. There are people down there that look like us. That means we can probably brea–. Holy shit! That's not just a group of people. That's a fuckin army!
"What's the big deal you guys? What do you see?" said Tifa as she walked in the cockpit. She walked a little closer to the viewing screen.
"You guys are scared of an army, after all you've been through?"
"Hey, these are aliens. Who knows how strong they are?" said Cloud.
"And they might have super-powerful magic shit too. What if they have a spell called "doomsday" that blows up whatever they use it on?"
"Then you can cast Wall, Cid. Or I can cast Big Guard. And Cloud, you have the Ultima Weapon, the Ultima spell, and the Knights of Round. If they beat the crap out of you, you can use Omni-slash."
Cid didn't respond, and simply went to his controls to prepare the landing. Cloud also didn't answer, and simply looked at the floor.
"Are you still worried about the dreams, Cloud?" asked Tifa. "They're probably just dreams. You never recognized that place, guy in white, and the Odin in the dream looked different too. Odin is just a memory of the Ancients; he can't be killed."
"You're right, Tifa. Well, let's get ready." Cloud knew he had never seen the events in his dream. He hadn't told Tifa for fear of worrying her, but he knew that the images were somehow linked to this world.
Back on the surface
"There it is! There's the ship over to the west!" shouted a Galbadian SeeD.
Everyone quickly turned to look at the huge bluish vessel that was headed in his or her direction. Cid, still hiding in the Ragnarok, looked out the window as well to see the supposed oncoming menace. It was nothing like any of the soldiers had ever seen, or any resident of Gaia for that matter. It wasn't anything like the Ragnaroks. The ship from a worm's eye view, looked liked a triangle with rounded corners. The front of the ship was pointed but quickly expanded vertically above the point. Below the point, the surface remained flat, aside from three huge thrusters spread around the center of balance. To put the ship in laments terms, it looked like half an ice cream cone.
The ship finally reached the landing zone, moving parallel with the planet's surface. Some of the soldiers that were on the western side of the camp finally saw what had been propelling it. At the back of the ship, where the ice cream would be place with in the cone, it was flat with hundreds of thrusters only a few feet in diameter. The people below, who understood the technology of the Ragnaroks, could easily tell that the rear thrusters were puzzling. They could not emit the force strong enough to leave the planet's gravity. These aliens must have a smaller planet than Gaia.
It appeared as though the ship would move past them but quickly stopped. The rear thrusters turned off, and the colossal three beneath the ship were activated, allowing the ship to land carefully. After the lower thrusters were deactivated, the ship seemingly drifted downward to the surface.
When it finally hit the ground, everyone let out a deep breath. Then, the entrance quickly opened up, from the center of the ship's bottom. The slanted stairway dropped down through the opening and hit the dirt. Two people appeared in the entrance. Squall squinted at them to see if either of them was the one of his dreams. One was a brunette girl in her twenties, wearing a white sports bra and small black miniskirt. Definitely not her. The other was a blond man also in his twenties wearing some sort of blue armor. Not him either. The one in his dreams had long, white hair.
"Hey Squall," Seifer said quietly, "check out that blade. It's awesome."
Squall squinted a little more. On the male alien's back was a huge zweihander. From what he could see, it had a large blue streak down the middle, and some long protrusions near the top of the hilt. He had seen that weapon before. Squall turned over to Rinoa. She was looking back at him with a stare that stated she was thinking the same thing. Both Squall and Rinoa turned over to Zell, finding the same expression. The blade on the back of the alien was also the weapon used by the Ultima Weapon at the bottom of the Deep Sea Research Center. How could this alien be holding the same weapon?
Cloud walked down cautiously, trying to keep his face straight without showing any sign of fear. Great. What should I do now? He turned over to Tifa. She was clearly trying to hold her facial expressions as well. Damn. I don't think Tifa knows either. Cid's got the easy job, waiting up there in the cockpit. Well, here goes.
"We come in peace."
The various armies continued to stand in silence.
"I repeat: we come in peace."
None of the soldiers below even made a whisper or an inhalation of air.
"Tifa," said Cloud, "I don't think they speak our language."
"Then why are you whispering?"
"Don't know. I think we can pull this off, though. They look just like us. I'm beginning to doubt that they're going to overpower us. And I don't see the guy in my dreams."
"Why'd you think he'd be here?"
"I can feel it. Oh shoot, there he is! In the white cloak next to the girl in the orange." Cloud slowly raised his right hand to the handle of his sword.
Laguna stepped up, moving in front of the crowd.
"I thought you said you came in peace. Why are you about to grab your weapon?"
Cloud nearly fell off the platform.
"Wait, if you could understand us, why didn't you say anything?" asked Tifa.
"Well, I think I speak for all of us when I say that I was shocked that we could understand you. Plus, you friend is pretty frightening."
"What's so scary about me?"
"Well, your blade is the length of your body. Enough said."
"We should be scared! You guys brought whole armies."
"Maybe we should introduce ourselves." Laguna turned around motioning to several people. Nobody moved except for Squall, Seifer, Quistis, and Xu. "Come you guys, all of you are the leader types that should be in this conversation." Reluctantly, the Galbadian president walked up. He was followed by the newly appointed Trabian Garden headmaster, the Galbadian Garden headmaster, the Balamb president, and lastly, Cid, the Balamb Garden headmaster appeared at the bottom of the Ragnarok.
"Anyways, my name is Laguna Loire. I am the president of this nation; it's called Esthar.
"My name is Cloud Strife. I am a mercenary, formerly of the defunct military force SOLDIER.
"I'm Tifa Lockheart. Although I work as a bar hostess, I'm also a well-trained martial artist in case you're wondering why I'm here."
The leaders of Gaia finally walked up and introduced themselves. Afterwards, Squall, Seifer, Quistis, and Xu introduced themselves as well. The introductions were soon followed by the motives of the space travelers.
"Curiosity, basically. Mostly that of our pilot, also named Cid. He's up there in the cockpit. He should be coming down anytime now. Cid's always wanted to travel to the ends of the universe," explained Cloud.
"I'm kind of puzzled about your ship though, "said Laguna. "It wasn't on our long distance radars. It was only sighted when it was two planets away."
"Well, I guess you guys are pretty damn observant," said a voice from inside the ship.
The group turned over to the ship to see a blond, unshaven man in his late-thirties walk down the platform. He had a cigarette in his mouth and looked comfortable for being in a new planet.
"My name is Cid Highwind. I'm the pilot of this ship, the Gravitor. Our planet is light years away from yours. By our technology, no mechanism can allow any type of vessel to fly beyond the speed of light. So, the scientists that were creating the ship realized that a solution should be made to solve this. They created a device, it's on toward of the back of the ship, that can basically, how can this make sense, it mimics the gravitational force of a black hole. It focuses the direction toward a certain space and rips a hole into the dimensional fabric, bringing one corner of the universe adjacent to another. It's pretty damn complicated, but that's the simple version. Anyways, the ship goes through the temporary hole and can move to a predetermined point in the universe.
"Really?" asked Laguna, "You can do that?
"Well, we did, didn't we?"
"I'll have to talk with some of my scientists. Anyways, how long are you guys planning to stay?"
The three looked back and forth at each other. At last, Cid spoke.
"Actually, we didn't even think it would work. The thing's pretty new and basic, and it kind of, got fucked up after one use."
"So, basically you can't get home? Don't worry about it. I'll have any specialist you need to fix the reactor."
"Are you sure? We don't want mess up the way of things here," said Tifa.
"It's not a big deal. You guys can stay right here in Esthar. Your ship can still fly short distances outside of space, right?"
"Of course. This baby can fly through space, air, or even glide on land and water," said Cid.
"I guess it's settled then," said Laguna while pointing to the northwest, "Just fly in that direction until you see the city. There's a landing strip, and, wait, maybe somebody should go with you guys to make sure you land correctly."
Laguna turned around, glancing around at the other presidents and headmasters. Since he was the president of Esthar, he should go along with this little group. He looked up at the unearthly ship. Nope, there's no way I'm going in there anytime soon.
"I'll go," said Squall, walking up to Laguna's side.
"You will? Well, alright then, let's get going." Laguna then motioned to the armies. "All forces can now return to their homes." Looking back at his son, he said, "Wait Squall, how are you going back?"
"They'll be going around the world then, right, since they're visitors to our planet? Somebody should guide them for the entire time."
"Well, I guess so, and," said Laguna and as he lowered his voice, "maybe you should get Rinoa too."
"Yeah, I think she'd like to go around the world again."
As everybody began going to their respective Ragnaroks, Squall, Rinoa, Tifa, Cloud, and Cid walked to the Gravitor. Cloud walked slowly, getting to the back of the group and pulled Tifa next to him.
"At least he's not that guy Seifer," he whispered, "But what if Squall is in leagues with him? They seem like friends."
-end of Chap2
"Stop panicking, it'll be fine.