Wow, it's been a long time since I've updated, but hopefully I haven't gotten any worse. But like I said, it's coming. And it is here. I just gotta quickly reread the last chapter, and start another. Okay, "flexes fingers, and begins to type".

Chapter 22
So, there is such a thing as climatic intro.

As if Seymour wasn't enough, it was clear that he had found himself some powerful allies. Behind him stood Captain Lucil, General Barogen, Gatta, Kinoc, Baralai, Maroda, Maester Mika, and Tromell.

Paine looked at them and then turned to her allies. "Alright, 9 of them, 8 of us, I'll take the queer and the fat one."

"Excuse me, 8 of us" said Seymour with an obnoxious grin, "I have a planet to destroy, and can't be held up by you filth, so these fine people have agreed to make sure you get no further."

"No!" shouted Yuna to the group of souls standing behind Seymour, "you are my friends, it is Seymour who has betrayed you!" "Yuna don't bother," said Auron impatiently" "they are dead and under his control, they will not listen."

Yuna started to protest, but thought better of it. "Fine" she said, "I'll take the green guy with creepy fingers."

"I WILL NOT BE INUSULTED!" shouted Tromell. He dashed toward Yuna with speed a man of his age should never have. He was in front of her in a second, and his fist solidly connected with her jaw. "Since child hood I have been trained to be a fighting monk, my martial arts skills have carried me through more years than you will ever see!"

As he finished that last statement the rest of Seymour's group began to charge. Captain Lucil met up with Rikku, Maester Mika, who was a skilled black mage, began fighting Lulu, Baralai began to fight Paine, Auron and Kinoc went head to head, Tidus faced off against Gatta, Kimahri exchanged thrusts with Maroda and Wakka was fighting General Barogen.

The fight between Wakka and the General wasn't really a fight, it was closer to one man frustrating the crap out of another man. Unfortunately for the General, Wakka knew dark attack, and the General was very ill equipped to fend off blindness. This meant the General was stumbling around while being relentlessly pelted by a large ball with spikes coming out of the sides. Amidst the colorful language and yelps of pain, the general had finally managed to catch the pounding ball in a blind reach. He threw it in the opposite direction and desperately tried to clear his eyes as Wakka went chasing after it.

"YOU ARE DEAD!" the General shouted as he finally managed to clear his eyes, "now that I can see you, you're scr…" WHACK! ... The general reopened his eyes after a stunning blow, but once again saw nothing but blackness, "AH SONOFA !"

As one might have come to expect by now, it was a race between Paine and Auron. Who would finish their fight first?

As Paine looked over toward Auron during a fractional break in the action between her and Baralai, she saw that she needed to pick up her pace.

Though Kinoc was an excellent warrior monk, he held nothing to Auron, and it showed. Kinoc fought like a madman, but every lunge was blocked, every move, countered. He was being beaten out of energy, and would never be able to out last Auron.

Paine turned back toward her own fight with someone she had known all her life. Though she knew it would tear at her later, she didn't allow thoughts of remorse to enter her mind. Seeing Auron with a clear victory only made her try harder. She began a reckless onslaught against her opponent. Baralai, however, was not totally helpless. He knew that he had to hold out until she made a false move. He finally saw his chance, and took it. She left her stomach open for just a moment, and he struck her in the stomach. He then launched a vicious combo to her hand, landing four good strikes. Her head fogged, and she backed down to regain her senses, going on the defensive. She once again went on the offensive, with a little more caution. It wasn't long at all before she got the upper hand, slashing violently at his staff. Finally she knocked it out of his hands, and didn't even bother to look at his face as she prepared to finish what she had started.

"You once told me we were like family" he said, remembering the days of the Crimson Squad, hoping it would spark something to change her mind. What he got was the last thing he expected, she didn't even look at him, much less make atalk to him,as her blade made a clean sweep, striking at his head for the last time.

Auron's fight didn't finish nearly the same, instead of emotion, only anger ran through his head. After cleanly countering Kinoc's downward strike, pushing him upward and backward, off balance, he brought his arms back and made a great baseball bat swing at the unsteady Maester. Kinoc barely brought up his sword in time to save his life. The massive force of the Katana blade sent Kinoc tumbling backward. He got to his knees only to see a boot collide solidly with his face. He went sprawling backward and lost his grip on his sword. He reached for it while still on the ground only to see the great Katana bar his arms path as Auron stuck his sword into the ground point first, missing the maester's hand by a millimeter. Kinoc scrambled backward and got to his feet. He threw a feeble right hook at Auron who blocked and countered with an open palm to the center of his nose. An audible snap followed.

"I believe the members of the Crimson Squad would like me to do this," said Auron, and then he punched him square in the stomach. "And the for the warrior monks," Auron continued with a knee to Kinoc's face. "And the people of Spira who trusted you as a master," this was followed by the biggest right hook he could deliver, cleanly breaking his jaw. "And most importantly, me," and he grabbed Kinoc's throat and lifted him clean into the air. He took one look at Kinoc's face, which was now full of fear and hopelessness, and he threw the pitiful being through the air like an over-inflated football. He sailed through the air, crashing to the ground right in front of Seymour.

"Idiot!" Seymour spat in disgust, "you're no more useful now than you were before I was sent to the farplane." Seymour cast flare on Kinoc, lifting him into the air. His broken figure began to twist and contort in mid air. Finally he opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Instead, he exploded before their very eyes. If he had still been alive, his flesh would have splattered everywhere, but instead he burst into pyreflies.

Yes, yes, I know. I didn't pick a very good place to stop, but I just wanna get this damn thing posted already. And because I haven't posted in like three months, I NEED REVIEWS!