kikyogirl900: yes, he got it. is this fast enough for ya? lol.
A/N: IT'S THE TURNING POINT OF THE STORY! ur gonna love this chappie pplz...
Disclaimer: i haven't been doing this for a while, have i? oopz... don't sue me... cause i don't own xenosaga (as my friend would say, xanosaga (with emphasis on the 'a')
Chapter Fourteen:
Zohar Vs. The Emulators!
((Shion Uzuki))
As soon as we got there, we could see the pandemonium that was going on inside the Foundation. Mary greeted us as soon as we entered.
"Oh, Little Master! It's horrible, you have to help us!"
"Yes, I know! The emulators are being stolen!"
"The emulators?" she looked confused. "No, it's the Zohar! Albedo has broken in! I told Master Gaignan, but I don't know if they made it in time."
"They?" I asked.
"Yes, I saw Shion with Master Gaignan."
"The emulators will have to wait, we gotta go save the Zohar! It's much more powerful then the emulators." we ran down the hallways.
"But... didn't chaos say that the emualtors and the Zohar were equal in power?" Ziggy asked.
"Well, yeah, to a Guardian. To a U.R.T.V., it's much different!"
"Different? But what can a U.R.T.V. do that a Guar-"
Jr. answered the question before Jin even finished. "We can make contact with U-DO. It has different effects, but there are mainly three. One, you get new powers. That's how Albedo got his regeneration. Two, you can go crazy, and turn into a monster. We're special though, Gaignan, Albedo, and I. Since we're the variants, we aren't affected in that way."
"Well... what's the third effect?" Momo asked nervously.
"It creates a space-time anomaly."
"You mean..." I gasped.
"Yes..." he said grimly. "If Albedo doesn't get a new power, we're all saying hello to a black hole, right here.
We had finally reached the Zohar area, and it was evident that a fight had gone on. Realian bodies were strewn over the floors, and there were burn marks on the walls. Momo ran ahead, not wanting to see her "sisters" like this.
"These marks... Albedo was here."
"Are you sure" Ziggy examined the marks too. "How can you be sure?"
"I know the energy it's giving off... it was Albedo alright."
"I am detecting a massive energy source ahead." Kos-Mos suddenly said in her monotone voice.
"Ok, let's go!" I said, running in through the blown up door. We had come too late though.
"Gaignan! What happened?" Jr. asked, as soon as he got in.
"You're too late Rubedo!" Albedo cackled as the energy flowed through the link, into his body. "This power... it's great! Now what should I do first? Crush you? Or suck you all up into a black hole?" he mock laughed at us. "Decisions, decisions!"
"I'm afraid you'll have to put your plans on hold!" a voice cried out.
"Oh no..." chaos whispered. "Uichi..."
The wall to our right came crumbling down, and in flew Uichi, with all 13 emulators trailing her. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to relieve you of the Zohar. With the emulators, I can destroy an entire star cluster... but with the Zohar in my possession as well!" she giggled at the thought. "I would rule all with a mighty fist! Nobody would dare rebel against me!"
"You're not taking this thing off me without a fight, lady..." Albedo's aura began glowing... gold.
"You think you can match skills with me?" she too, began gathering gold energy at her hands. "We'll see about that."
They flew at each other, each with a giant gold aura ball in their hand. Stopping merely feet away from each other, they shot it at one another, and the force was amazing. The entire Foundation shook due to it's power. Both fighters fueled their own aura ball, hoping it would overpower the other, but they were each at a standstill. Neither ball budged.
"So you have some knowledge of the Zohar's power... I'm impressed..."
Albedo cackled. "You'd be amazed at what I know, lady!" forcing his aura to grow even brighter, he slowly but surely pushed back Uichi's aura.
"We have to stop them!" Jr. cried out.
"But how? And who do we stop first?" I asked, baffled at the current situation.
"Albedo." chaos said simply. "I know Uichi's weakness. I can take care of her easily. We must get rid of Albedo first."
"Ok, but how?" Momo asked, staring at the giant Zohar behind Albedo.
"We have to sever the link between the Zohar and him. If we can do that, then he'll lose all his power."
"Ok! That's easy enough!" Jr. took out his guns and aimed.
"No Jr.!" Gaignan cried out. "If you hit the Zohar, then you could awake U-DO! You know what would happen if U-DO were to awake again."
Jr. sighed, but put his guns away. "So now what?" Albedo's aura was making it's way to Uichi.
"Albedo's going to be harder to defeat than Uichi will." chaos said.
"We need an accurate way to cut the link, without the risk of awakening U-DO!" Gaignan furiously muttered, while walking in circles.
I could feel the danger in the situation, and suddenly, my wings grew. I got an idea from that. "I've got it!" I cried out. "Jin, is your blade sharp?"
He nodded. "Yes, but why do you ask?"
I bent down. "Get on, I'm throwing you at the link."
"Are you sure about this sister?" he asked, climbing on my back.
"No!" I yelled out, lifting off. "Just hang on!" I let the urgency of the situation fuel my flight, leading me all the way to the ceiling. "Jin!" I yelled out. "Cast Quick on me!" he didn't ask questions, and I felt everything in my body move faster. The wings flapped fast, I was breathing fast, and even my heartbeat was fast. Not that it wasn't already fast. "Ok, prepare your sword!" he took out his sword, and I flew down at the link with speed beyond that I thought chaos could ever attain. At the last moment, I spun around, having Jin below me, and let go of his legs. He flew down with godspeed, and his sword sliced neatly through the energy link. I flew down and caught him before he smashed into the ground.
Albedo laughed manically again. "I've got you now!" he pushed his aura as far as he could.
"I wouldn't be so sure! Those friends of your's just cut your energy link! You've run out of energy!"
Even as she spoke, Albedo's aura quickly made a turn for him. It flew towards him. His gold aura turned back to purple. "Noooooooo!" he yelled out, before both auras slammed right into him, exploding on contact. The explosion was immensely powerful, but I instinctively put up and aura barrier, to nullify most of the blast.
"Now's my chance!" chaos ran toward the Zohar, attempting to link with it.
"Oh no you don't!" Uichi sent a blast at chaos. Without a second thought, I ran at him. I yelled at him to get out of the way. It seemed as if time was going by so slowly... I could see the blast heading straight for chaos, but he wasn't moving fast enough. So I did the only thing I could think of doing at the moment. I got in the way.
"SHION!" I heard chaos scream. It was a miracle I didn't die that instant. I guess Guardians were a tough race.
"I..." I coughed as I spoke to him. "I know now... in my heart. I love you chaos... I'd... die for you. There isn't anything I wouldn't do to save you... it doesn't matter to me that you look like me. Or that I look like you... I wouldn't care if we stayed like this forever. As long as I'm with you... my life is perfect."
"Shion... I love you too..." not wasting a second... he kissed me. We stayed there, lips locked, for at least a minute. I could hear Jr. whooping at us. I didn't give him any notice though.
Then, a bright light engulfed us... we were brought up into the air. I felt as if something was yanked from me, as a white light left my body, and went to chaos'. I'm sure chaos felt the same, as a red light went from him to me. The wind let up, and we were set on the ground.
I looked up, expecting to see my body, staring at me still, but that wasn't what I saw. I saw chaos... in my arms. His eyes were wide open, and he got up instantly. "You're you!" he heard his voice, and looked down at himself. "And I'm me!"
"Well isn't that sweet..." Uichi interrupted our 'moment'. "You've switched back."
chaos stood up, forming his wings, and glared at Uichi. "You'll pay... for attacking my love!" he flew up at the Zohar. Uichi sent aura blasts at him, to try and keep him away, but he made it there safely, and the energy link entered his back.
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A/N: OH YEAH! i just love that. it was the perfect... love inducer. have shion get hit for chaos. hehehe... don'tcha love it? well... review! up next... guardian battle. (or something like tht...)
