Chapter 11
-Bing bong-
Tidus was fast asleep when the doorbell rang. It was morning but still way too early for visitors.
-Bing bong-
"Oh no who in the world could that be?" thought Tidus as he rolled over in his bed.
-Bing bong Bing bong Bing bong-
It was getting obvious that the person at the door was not going to go away.
"Uggh ok I'm coming!" shouted Tidus as he hopped out of bed.
He had on a white t shirt and some blue plaid pajama pants. He scratched his blonde hair as he walked out of his bedroom and into the living room of his apartment to answer the door. Tidus opened the door.
"Top O' the mornin' to ya lad! It's good to see you up bright and early this pleasant day! The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese is the motto I live by!" said a strange man with an equally strange accent at the door.
The man wore a small round black hat that sat directly in the center of his head, a blue jacket and a pair of orange pants. In his hands he carried a briefcase.
"Who are yo…" before Tidus could finish the man walked into his apartment and interrupted him.
"Who am I you say? Allow me to introduce me self!" said the man as he set his briefcase on the floor.
"Please do…" said Tidus.
"Oaka at your service!" said the man as he bowed slightly.
"Not the same Oaka that owns all the Oaka chain of stores are you?" asked Tidus.
"I am he and he is me lad and I'm here to present you with a great opportunity" said Oaka.
"What?"
"I'm willing to pay you to do advertisements for me stores. I'm talking tele commercials, magazines, fame, and fortune!" shouted Oaka.
"Why me?" asked Tidus.
"I saw you on the tele the other day and you were remarkable, incredible, and a whole lot of words that rhyme with those two I just said."
"Well thanks" smiled Tidus.
"Then I says to me self. A guy like me couldn't do any better than having a bloke like that to advertise for me stores. So whadda ya say lad? I'll treat ya really good and you'll make a good deal of money for the both of us" smiled Oaka.
"Well it actually sounds pretty interesting but do you really think having me on your commercials and ads would help your business any? I mean I've only played one game" said Tidus.
"…but you're all the buzz now! Haven't you been watching the tele at all lad?"
"Well I know I was on the news once…" said Tidus scratching his head.
"Oh no it's much bigger than that! Take a look at this!" Oaka reached for his brief case and opened it. He then pulled out a magazine.
Oaka flipped through the magazine. It was one of those girly magazines that talked about make up and fashion and which celebrities are cute or not. Oaka pointed to an article entitled "Gaia's hottest men from A to Z"
"Look at the letter T lad"
Tidus looked at the magazine and sure enough his name was there.
"Whoa…" said Tidus. He was blown away by that.
"Yes lad that's you alright. You're right after S for Sabin Figaro representing the letter T you are" said Oaka.
Tidus began reading what it said under his name.
"The new player for the Aurochs, Tidus, is simply dreamy. Beautiful tanned skin, blonde hair, and an excellent body makes Tidus our pick for letter T in Maxopolitans hottest men from A to Z list"
"See I told you? What do ya say lad? Want to take your fame a step higher?" asked Oaka.
Tidus was dumbfounded by all of this. It seemed to be happening so fast. He was somewhat scared and at the same time he was excited. He never in a million years thought that he would have his name written in magazines or be in commercials.
"You got a deal Oaka!" said Tidus as he shook Oaka's hand.
"Excellent! You and me are going to climb to the top!" said Oaka.
(Next Scene)
Tifa and Mog walked up to an old run down building. It stood in a rather nice part of the city so its decrepit appearance made it stand out like a sore thumb. On the glass double doors there was a sign that read "For Lease". Tifa walked up and took the sign down.
"Kupo! This place is a dump! 'po!" squeaked Mog as the two walked into the building.
The place was empty and really dusty since it had been a long time since anyone had set foot in there. It was very spacious though. Tifa began to walk around the open space.
"It's beautiful" smiled Tifa.
"Are we looking at the same place? 'po?" asked Mog
"It doesn't matter what it looks like now. The only thing that matters is what it is going to be. Over here is where the bar is going to be. Back there will be the kitchen and over here we can put several tables and booths. Also right here our stage can go!"
Tifa was getting so excited just thinking about how great the place would be.
"Kupo! Do you think our small business loan will help make all that happen?"
"Yep! All we need is to find some good trustworthy people to help us make this happen" said Tifa.
"I knew you would say that" laughed Mog as he bounced around.
"What are you talking about?" asked Tifa.
Mog whistled and then out of nowhere about ten moogles came stampeding into the building.
"Kupo!"
"Kuuupoo!"
"Kupooo!"
"Ku po!"
"Kuuupoo!"
"Kupo Kupo!"
The place was filled with so many moogles shouting "Kupo" at the same time that Tifa could barely stand it.
"Ok Ok chill with the Kupos please!" said Tifa holding her head.
The moogles got quiet.
"Heh heh kupo heh heh" whispered one under his breath.
"Mog I take it you invited some friends?" asked Tifa.
"Yep they came all the way from Narshe! They need work and that's hard to find in this big city 'po. They can help cook and be waiters and clean up and all that stuff and also I found a Qu!
"A Qu? What's a Qu?" asked Tifa.
"Qu's are only the best chefs in all of Gaia! Quina come on in here Kupo!" shouted Mog.
Soon quite possibly the strangest creature Tifa had ever seen walked into the place. It was short and really fat with pale grey skin. Its long arms reached almost all the way down to its knees. It wore a white chef's hat, a pink shirt, and a light pink apron. The most disturbing thing about this creature was the incredibly long tongue that hung out of its mouth almost to its stomach. The creature walked up to Tifa.
"This is a Qu? I've never heard of the Qu race before" said Tifa to Mog.
"Yeah there are very few of them around but they are known for their cooking abilities. Tifa this is Quina Quen. Quina this is Tifa.
"It's nice to meet you ma'am….umm sir…uhh" Tifa was having a hard time figuring out what sex Quina was.
"Yeah I'm still having a hard time figuring that out too 'po…" said Mog scratching his head.
"Well anyway it's nice to meet you Quina" smiled Tifa.
"We eat now?" said Quina.
"Umm no…." said Tifa.
(Next Scene)
A newcomer to Square City walked down the streets carrying a duffel bag. He was a young man with a lot on his mind. A slight breeze flew through his brown hair that was spiked straight up. He wore a red shirt and a pair of blue jeans. This young man was Red Okonagi. He had his entire family wiped out by the Black X syndicate and he had heard that they were doing some operations in Square City. He had come for revenge.
"If Black X is here then this place is in need of a hero" thought Red.
Red walked up to a small building. Outside of the building was a sign that read "The Cygnus Motel" and it had a picture of a flying swan on it.
Red opened the door and walked inside to the check in counter. It was a very small check in room and behind the counter sat an older blonde haired man wearing a sailor's hat. He smiled as Red walked into the room.
"Red you've grown up a lot" said the man getting up from his desk.
"Yeah it's been awhile Hawk" said Red.
Hawk walked up and hugged Red.
"I'm sorry about your family Red. You know your father, Dr. Okonagi and I were friends since childhood. You can stay here and work for me at this motel until you get on your feet. You'll be cleaning up and doing maintenance type things but it won't be too tough since we only have ten rooms in this small motel" said Hawk.
"Great now we can split the labor. You get five rooms and I get five" said a young woman that walked down the stairs.
She had shoulder length dark hair and wore a blue maid's outfit. She walked into the check in room and smiled.
"Red this is my only other employee, Yuria. Yuria this is Red. He'll be working here for a bit" said Hawk.
"Hi" said Red.
"Hello Red it's nice to meet you" smiled Yuria.
"Are you done for the day?" asked Hawk.
"Yes I am" said Yuria.
"Ok then Yuria I'll see you tomorrow"
"Bye Hawk. Bye Red" said Yuria as she left.
"Bye" smiled Red.
Looks like you don't have anything to do today Red but tommorow you'll start working" said Hawk.
"Ok Hawk. Say you don't mind if I go look around town do you?" asked Red.
"Hmm I don't see any problem with that. Just try not to get lost heh heh. It's a big city" chuckled Hawk.
"Ok Hawk I promise. See you later" said Red as he set his bag down and walked back out of the door.
"Red….don't get yourself killed" thought Hawk.
Red walked down the street. He pulled out a piece of paper from his back pocket. A few weeks ago Red had bought some information about the Black X operation in Square City. It cost him a good bit of money though. He knew that Shuzer was in the city and that a business called the Shifa Commerce was a front for one of his operations.
"I gotta find out where this place is then tonight I'll take Shuzer down" thought Red.
(Next Scene)
"Aya we have authorization for a raid on Shifa Commerce" said Fuse as he walked into Aya's office.
Aya was sitting at her desk typing on a computer.
"Excellent" said Aya as she looked up from the screen.
"When are we going to start planning for the raid?" asked Fuse.
"Tonight. I believe we need strike team of ten" said Aya getting up from her seat.
"Are you sure we shouldn't plan this for a few days. Should we go in with that little of support? Shuzer is a class S criminal and we don't know what might happen" said Fuse.
"Trust me ten of our best can handle Shuzer. I have a plan so we'll have apprehended him in no time" said Aya.
"Ok Aya you're the boss on this one" said Fuse.
Aya smiled and left the room.
"I have a bad feeling about this" thought Fuse.
(Next Scene)
Cloud slept in late because he wouldn't have to go work at Cid's until later. Cloud was having a nightmare.
(Cloud's Nightmare)
Cloud was face down in the dirt. He slowly picked himself up off the ground. He looked down and he was wearing a blue military uniform. He got up to see that he was in his hometown of Nibelhiem. His head hurt really badly as if he had been struck across the head with a blunt object.
"What the…"
Cloud looked around in shock. His entire village was burning down. Bodies of people he knew lay in the street.
"I'm glad to see you're still sane" said a voice coming from a building behind him.
Cloud looked and saw a well built dark haired man wearing a red cape.
"Zangan?" thought Cloud.
"You check that building over there for survivors" said Zangan as he ran off.
Cloud turned around to see that his own home was on fire.
"Mom!" yelled Cloud as he ran to the door.
As he ran to open the door a blast of fire burst out of the house nearly scorching Cloud.
"Mom no!" said Cloud falling back to the ground.
Cloud got up and looked in the distance. He could see a man with a large sword killing two villagers. The man looked toward Cloud but Cloud couldn't make out his face. The man turned around and walked through the flames where he disappeared.
-Ring ring-
Cloud awoke from his nightmare due to his ringing phone. Cloud was washed in sweat and breathing hard.
"That felt too real!" said Cloud wiping his face.
-Ring ring-
Cloud composed himself and grabbed the phone on an end table beside his bed.
"Hello" said Cloud.
"Hey Cloud" said Aeris on the other end.
"Hey Aeris what's up?" asked Cloud.
"Well you wanted me to call you to make sure you didn't sleep in too late and miss work remember?" asked Aeris.
"Umm yeah thanks Aeris" said Cloud.
"Ok I'll see you later" said Aeris.
Cloud hung up the phone and wiped some more of the sweat off his face.
"What's the matter with me?" thought Cloud.
(Next Scene)
Squall walked down the street and up to a door that said Leblanc's Boutique. This was where Rinoa worked and Squall had come to pick her up for lunch.
Squall entered the boutique. There were a few women shopping and looking through racks for clothes that would fit them. Some stood in front of mirrors on the wall trying to get their look just right. Rinoa walked up to Squall with a big smile on her face.
"Hey you" said Rinoa as she hugged Squall.
"Hey, where do you want to get lunch?" asked Squall.
"Let's get something in Square Park it's only a few blocks away" smiled Rinoa.
"Alright then" said Squall.
"Leblanc I'm taking my lunch break now" said Rinoa.
Leblanc walked from the back of the store.
"Alright then loves see you later" said Leblanc.
Rinoa and Squall walked down the street holding hands.
"Isn't it a lovely day? It's perfect for a little break in the park" said Rinoa.
"Yeah" said Squall.
He looked up and there wasn't a cloud there. There was only the light blue beauty of the sky.
"Has your day been busy?" asked Rinoa.
"Not really. Did a little training and talked to a few cadets. No missions lined up at the moment though. Has your day been busy?"
"There have been a fair amount of customers today but I've seen the boutique much more hectic than this" said Rinoa.
Squall and Rinoa walked across an intersection and got to the edge of Square Park. The large park was filled with vendors selling hamburgers, hotdogs, and even ice cream during the day.
"I'm having a burger what are you getting?" asked Rinoa.
"I think I'll get a hotdog….good thing Zell isn't here he'd go crazy" said Squall.
Rinoa and Squall walked into the park. It was pretty packed that day. People were having picnics and quite a few were relaxing on park benches.
"I need to bring Angelo out here and let her run around. I know she hates being crammed up in the apartment" said Rinoa.
"She'd love it out here. Just get a frisbee and let her run wild" said Squall.
Squall and Rinoa walked down a cobblestone pathway to a vendor that sold both hamburgers and hotdogs.
"Hey there what'll it be?" asked the man behind the grill.
"I'll have a hamburger all the way" said Rinoa.
"I'll have a hotdog. I want everything but onions and relish on it" said Squall.
"You got it!" said the man as he got to work on their order. After a few minutes the man had Rinoa's burger and Squall's hot dog ready.
They were fresh off the grill and piping hot.
"Let's go over there" said Rinoa pointing toward a bench that sat in front of some statues.
Squall and Rinoa went and sat on the bench. The statue behind them was of a woman in a flowing gown being embraced by a man with a sword strapped to his side. The plaque at the base of the statue read. "Beowulf and Reis- The undying love of a knight and a dragon"
"Wow this is really good. I didn't realize how hungry I was" said Rinoa taking a large bit of her hamburger.
Just then Maechen came walking up to the two as they sat on the bench and ate.
"Good day young ones" said Maechen.
"Hello sir" smiled Rinoa.
"Hi" said Squall.
"You two…it looks like there is a spark between the two of you? Might I ask? Are you a couple?" asked Maechen.
"Why yes we are kind sir" giggled Rinoa.
"I don't like where this is going" thought Squall.
"Ah yes my eyes might be getting old but they can still see when love is in the air. It's fitting that you two are sitting in front of the statue of Reis and Beowulf. I am Maechen and I'm a historian"
"I'm Rinoa"
"I'm Squall"
"Splendid. Would you like to hear a story?" asked Maechen.
"Well uh…" before Squall could finish Maechen had begun the story.
"Long ago in the land of Ivalice there was a mighty knight of the church named Beowulf. Beowulf's one true love was Lady Reis whose beauty was said to be unmatched by any in all the land. Beowulf's reputation as a knight grew but that was only dwarfed by the love he and Reis had for one another…but there was one that was jealous.
"This story is starting to relate just a little too much to Me, Rinoa, and Seifer" thought Squall.
"A jealous priest of the clergy secretly plotted against the two. He loved Reis and hated Beowulf for having her love instead of him. His jealously grew so much that he sold his soul to an evil force in exchange for the power to seek vengeance against them both. With the power he possessed he cursed Reis turning her into a dragon and making her grotesque and ugly. He then cursed Beowulf causing his colleagues to turn against him and lose his reputation as an honorable knight.
"Oh no" said Rinoa who was really interested in this story.
"Beowulf was forced to wander the land a disgraced knight. It wasn't until he met Ramza, whose statue stands at the center of this park, that he found a way to save his love. The answer was in an ancient place called Nelveska Temple. Ramza helped Beowulf find Reis and rescue her from demons. Then they took her to Nelveska Temple where with the power of a magical stone they changed her back to her original beauty. The two of them aided Ramza in his fight to save their land and continued to love one another until their final days….and that…as they say…is that" said Maechen.
"Well that was…"Squall was interrupted by Rinoa.
"Oh my, that was so romantic!" said Rinoa. A tear was starting to well up in her eye.
"Would you like to hear the story again?" asked Maechen.
"Yes!" yelled Rinoa. She was almost in tears now.
"Uhh no. I have to get you back to work remember?" said Squall jumping into the conversation.
Squall put his arm around Rinoa and the two began walking out of the park.
"Farewell young ones. Don't let anything get in the way of your love" said Maechen.
(Next Scene)
Aya stood at a projector in a dark conference room of the Square City Police Headquarters. At the long meeting table sat nine of Square City's finest including Fuse. They were all dressed in a grey colored strike force body armor that was heavily padded. The helmets they wore had a bullet proof visor in the front. Aya explained the mission from the front of the room.
"The research on Shuzer shows that his attacks are electro-magnetically based. Here is some footage of Shuzer in action" said Aya as she started the tape on the projector.
"This footage was taken by military forces in Galbadia a few years back. Shuzer was smuggling weapons through their country and trying to pass through a check point to Dollet"
Soon the tape began to play. The viewpoint was from a security camera that sat mounted in a Galbadian guard outpost. It was night time and the camera faced a small two lane road. Soon a large Mack truck pulled up with its bright lights on. From the right corner of the camera two Galbadian troopers dressed in blue body armor and helmets walked up to the truck and began waving their hands for it to stop.
"Stop the truck please" said one of the guards.
The truck stopped and turned off its lights. One of the guards walked up to the side of the truck and spoke.
"Where are you going this time of night with a shipment this big?" asked the guard.
"I'm just taking care of my business. I think you should move out of my way" said a male voice from the truck.
"Sir I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the truck slowly" said the guard holding his rifle towards the driver seat.
From both sides of the camera a few other guards could be seen drawing their guns at the truck.
"Come out slowly with your hands up so we know you don't have any weapons" said the guard.
"Hahaha" laughed the voice from the truck.
Soon the door opened and out stepped a very tall man with his spiky hair dyed blue. He wore no shirt and had long grey robe bottoms. His hands were raised only they weren't hands at all.
"What the hell are you some kind of freak?" asked the guard in fear. He looked up at the man's mechanical arms whose fingers were three long razor sharp blades.
"Well you said for me to put my hands up…but I can't help it that I'm still carrying weapons" laughed Shuzer.
Shuzer quickly stabbed the guard through the chest with his right hand.
"Urk…" blood spurted from the guard's chest as he died.
Shuzer pushed him off his claw and he slumped to the ground.
"Open fire!" yelled a guard
The guards opened fire on Shuzer and he just stood there. A field of blue energy surrounded him and the bullets seemed to just stop in mid air.
"It's dangerous to play with guns. Someone could get hurt" laughed Shuzer.
He turned the bullets around and shot them back at the guards. The guards were riddled with their own bullets and fell to the ground dead.
"See" said Shuzer as he got back into the truck.
Shuzer pulled through the check point and the tape ended. Aya turned on the light and looked at her team. Most of them seemed terrified.
"The ten of us are going to apprehend him?" asked a male member of the team.
"Yes. We know Shuzer's weaknesses so we are simply going to capitalize on them" said Aya.
"How are we going to do that?" asked a female member of the team.
"Well for one we aren't using normal guns. We're using these new prototype hand blasters. They fire a laser and a paralyze beam to subdue criminals so they don't use live ammunition" said Aya as she pulled a gun from her holster.
"Prototype? As in never been tested?" asked Fuse.
"Oh they've been tested in laboratories but we are going to be the first to use them in an actual mission. Also there is another device we will be using. Its codename is The Pulse"
Aya picked up a small round metallic ball and pointed to a button on the side of it.
"This device will disrupt Shuzer's arms making him vulnerable. Without the use of his arms he's defenseless"
"What about a backup plan? What if these hand blasters and this pulse thing doesn't work?" asked Fuse.
Deep down Fuse felt like the planning for this raid was not as thought out as it should be. They only received authorization for the raid that day and Aya already wanted to start the mission. Usually more time was spent researching and planning for raids than simply a few hours. Fuse had his doubts and he had good reason to have them.
"Fuse this plan will work just trust me. Ok team this meeting is adjourned. I'll see you all at the start of the mission tonight" said Aya.
"She's putting all her eggs in one basket" thought Fuse.
(Next Scene)
Rikku sat on the couch and flipped through one of her favorite magazines, Maxopolitan.
"Hmm Gaia's hottest guys from A to Z…sounds promising. Let's see here…"
Rikku began skimming through the list.
"Hmm E for Edgar Figaro…he's not bad but a little too old for me…la la oooo R for Rufus Shinra…he's not bad too but I bet he's really stuck up with all that money….la la oooo T is for….Tidus!" yelled Rikku as she jumped up from the couch.
"Rikku what's the matter now?" said Paine walking out of the kitchen.
"Tidus is letter T in Maxopolitans hottest guys on Gaia from A to Z!" yelled Rikku excitedly.
"Yuna get in here!" yelled Paine.
Yuna walked out into the living room from her room.
"What's wrong?" asked Yuna as she walked in.
Rikku rushed up and showed her the article.
"Wow" said Yuna in amazement.
"You're dating one of the hottest guys on Gaia!" laughed Rikku.
(Next Scene)
At the top of the Shinra Inc. Headquarters President Shinra looked out of his office window at the city's horizon. The sun was beginning to set. Scarlet walked into the vast office.
"President Shinra there have been no more reports of the Mystery Man being sighted in the city. It's probably safe to say that your assassin eliminated him. Although there has been no sign of the assassin Shadow either" said Scarlet.
"Perhaps they killed each other off. That is good. It saves us the trouble of eliminating Shadow to keep him quiet. Now we can move on to more important business" said the president.
"We've maintained contact with Emperor Gesthal and Kefka and they will announce to the media that the Gesthal Empire will not be attending the Gaia Summit soon" said Scarlet.
"Good, they are keeping their end of the deal. What about Ultimecia has she reported how she plans to get rid of SeeD on that day? We definitely need SeeD out of Square City on that day. If anyone could ruin the plan they could" said the president.
"We haven't heard from her in a few days but her last report showed little progress on her plan." said Scarlet.
"Sorceress's keep their plans a mystery and it's hard to keep up with them. I suppose she'll get in contact with us when she is ready. What about the Black X syndicate how are their shipments of the raw materials we need coming along?" asked the president.
"Materials from their slave camps around Gaia have been brought to the Shifa Commerce here in the city at a rapid pace. Shuzer has maintained constant contact with us and we have nearly enough to start production. We haven't heard anything from the other three Black X emperors though. I'm not sure if they are assisting Shuzer at all." replied Scarlet.
"Hmm how have Ansem and Kuja been coming along with their research and have they been able to find a way past the Ronso on Mt. Gagazet ?" asked the president.
"Ansem's research has been very successful. I read his reports myself. The energy he has discovered comes from a dimension not of this world. We haven't been able to identify it yet but we know that the energy could be focused into a powerful weapon. Kuja is simply assisting him with whatever he needs to make a working gate that is large enough to extract this energy. Ansem reports that they've tricked a Ronso named Garik into showing them an alternate route to the peak of the mountain." said Scarlet.
"Those Ronso beasts are primitive and stupid protecting that mountain as if it's sacred. Well anyway it seems that everything is going according to plan. Is my son enjoying his vacation time?" asked the president.
"Yes, Vice President Rufus is enjoying himself in Costa Del Sol" said Scarlet.
(Next Scene)
In the SOLDIER main office located in the Shinra Inc. building a man wearing the blue uniform of the Shinra SOLDIER saluted a man with long silver hair that wore all black.
"Sephiroth sir! This SOLDIER wishes to report sir!"
"Report" said Sephiroth.
"Preparations for the next SOLDIER recruitment have been completed sir! Training equipment and staff have been prepared sir!" shouted the SOLDIER still saluting Sephiroth.
"Good. At ease…aaggh!"
Sephiroth fell to the ground holding his head.
"Sephiroth sir!" yelled the SOLDIER.
In his mind all Sephiroth could hear were the cries of people in pain.
"AAGGH" yelled Sephiroth holding his head in agony.
Sephiroth could feel an intense heat around his body as if he was standing in the middle of a flame.
"Sephiroth sir! Are you ok?" asked the SOLDIER trying to help Sephiroth up.
Finally the yelling stopped in his head and Sephiroth got up off the ground.
"I'm fine…. don't tell anyone about this or I'll have you demoted to third class" said Sephiroth coldly.
"Yes sir!" shouted the SOLDIER as he saluted Sephiroth.
"Dismissed…" said Sephiroth.
The SOLDIER left the office and Sephiroth was alone.
"What was that?" thought Sephiroth.
(Next Scene)
That night Aya and her strike team rode in the back of a police van toward Shifa Commerce. They all readied themselves to apprehend Shuzer. Aya was pretty confident that her plan would work but Fuse and a few others on the team had their doubts.
"We are almost there. Stay sharp" said Aya readying her hand blaster.
The other members of the team began readying their hand blasters too. Soon the van stopped outside of a small building. The writing on the glass double doors read "Shifa Commerce"
"Let's do it" said Aya getting up and exiting the van.
She ran to the door and her team of ten followed with their blasters ready.
"SCPD freeze this is a raid!" yelled Aya as she burst in.
Fuse and the rest of the team were right behind her. The reception area of the Shifa commerce was a small room that had a desk in the center. A door to a back area could be seen behind it. A chubby bald man sat behind the desk. He raised his hands in the air as the team of officers trained their weapons on him.
"This is only a place that buy's and sells commodities" smiled the man slyly.
"Cut the crap. I want you two to keep an eye on him" said Aya pointing to a male and a female member of her team.
The two of them pointed their weapons at the man and made sure he didn't move to alert the others. Aya proceeded to the door that was in the back of the room and the rest of her team followed her.
"On the count of three…one…two…three go go go!" said Aya as the team rushed through the door and into the back room.
They rushed into a room that had several conveyor belts aligned in a row and several crates and boxes were stacked on top of them. There were workers in the room that held their hands up as the team of officers stormed inside the room. The team spread out and trained their weapons on the workers.
"Where is he?" yelled Aya.
"Where is who?" asked a man with his hands raised.
"We know this place has been housing class S criminal Shuzer! Now tell me where he is!" yelled Aya.
"How nice…we have some company" said a voice coming from some stairs on the far corner of the wall.
Soon Shuzer walked walked through a door and into the large warehouse area.
"Shuzer freeze!" said Aya walking a bit closer to Shuzer.
"Aya don't get too close!" yelled Fuze.
Aya pointed her weapon at Shuzer and kept walking a little closer. Shuzer walked toward the center of the room and stopped. He looked up at Aya and smiled a sinister smile. He clanked the metallic claws on his mechanical arms together.
"Did someone call for me?" asked Shuzer as he walked a little closer to Aya who was about fifteen feet away.
"Don't move Shuzer! I'll put one right through your head! It's not a bullet either so you can't deflect it!" said Aya.
"Aya get back now!" yelled Fuse.
"Is that so? Hmm impressive that you've done your homework on me and my abilities but umm…isn't that gun made of metal too?" asked Shuzer.
A blue energy field surrounded Shuzer and suddenly the hand blaster was plucked right out of Aya's hand and landed on the floor in front of Shuzer.
"I guess so" laughed Shuzer.
"Aya get down! Open fire!" yelled Fuse to the team.
The other officers began firing at Shuzer. Aya got down on the ground to avoid the laser fire coming directly her way. The workers that were in the room all began running out of a side door. In an instant Shuzer leapt high in the air and avoided the lasers.
"Those things are easier to dodge than bullets! I can see them coming a mile away" laughed Shuzer as he landed back on the ground.
Shuzer activated his magnetic energy again and plucked the guns right out of all the officers' hands.
"Dammit!" yelled Fuse as his gun flew across the room and landed at Shuzer's feet.
Aya got off the ground and prepared to activate The Pulse which would deactivate Shuzer's mechanical body parts. She pulled out the ball and pressed the button. Suddenly a large shockwave of energy exploded from the ball and hit Shuzer head on.
"That should do it" said Aya.
"Do what? I feel fine" said Shuzer laughing. He still had control of his body and arms after the blast.
"But but…" stuttered Aya.
"Oh that blast was meant to short circuit me wasn't it? I see now. You really should have done a little more research on me. We discovered that little loophole in my design and I got upgraded. I'm shielded from those types of attacks now. I hope that wasn't your last resort" Shuzer was laughing so hard at Aya.
Aya didn't know what to do. She underestimated Shuzer and had gotten herself into one dangerous situation.
"Aya get back!" yelled Fuse.
Before Aya could move Shuzer was upon her. He stabbed her through her left shoulder with a razor from his right hand.
"AHH" cried Aya in pain. Her blood poured from the wound. Shuzer twisted the razor around a bit too cause even more pain.
"Aya!" yelled Fuse.
"If you had done more research on me you would have learned that I've gained a lot more toys to play with in the last few years…like this rail gun for instance"
Shuzer held out his left claw toward the team and suddenly the claws bent back and a gun barrel protruded out. A large ball of red energy began forming at the barrels tip.
"Get down!" yelled Fuse to the team.
Shuzer fired and a large beam of red energy shot towards them. The team got down just in time but the shot took out the wall behind them. Debris from the wall fell over the team.
"Aya!" yelled Fuse. A several bricks had landed on him and he was injured. He knew he couldn't save her in time.
The rail gun went back in and Shuzer put the claws of his left hand near Aya's neck. He grinned at her then pulled the claw on his right hand out of her shoulder. Aya fell to the ground. Blood was all over her. Shuzer stood over her clanking his claws against each other.
"I think I'm going to skin you" laughed Shuzer.
"No one is going to get skinned this day! Shining Kick!" said a voice from nowhere.
Soon a blinding light appeared and Shuzer was knocked back several feet. He was hit so hard that he slid several feet along the ground.
Aya looked up to see who it was that saved her. The one that saved her was a man that wore a strange type of golden body armor and a white cape. The helmet he wore covered his entire face and at the forehead a single golden horn protruded. At the sides of the helmet two small golden wings were attached.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Shuzer getting off the ground.
"I Alkaiser have come to stop you Shuzer" said the man pointing at Shuzer.
A radiant gold energy surrounded Alkaiser. Fuse and the rest of the team still lay on the ground hurt.
"What in the world is this?" thought Fuse.
"Shuzer…a Black X Emperor. Your evil activities have terrorized all of Gaia. Many innocent people have died by your wicked hands. Justice finally catches up with you today. Get ready to face heavens wrath! I'll take this fight elsewhere. You all get out of here and tend to your wounds" said Alkaiser to Aya and the others.
"Enough talk lets do this punk!" Shuzer ran toward Alkaiser.
Shuzer leapt in the air and attempted to land on Alkaiser with his claws extended.
"Bright Fist!"
Alkaiser leapt in the air and met Shuzer with a punch to his mid section. His fist seemed to glow with a bright gold light as it knocked the breath out of Shuzer.
"Ugh" groan Shuzer as the two of them flew up in the air.
The two of them crashed through the ceiling and landed on the roof. By then Fuse finally got up and limped over to where Aya was. Aya was bleeding really badly. She was sprawled on the ground applying pressure to her left shoulder.
"Aya we have to get you to a hospital now. One of you needs to call the medic!" said Fuse to the team.
Fuse grabbed Aya and helped her up.
"Who was that?" asked Aya weakly.
"I don't know but whoever he was he saved our asses today" said Fuse.
(Next Scene)
Shuzer crashed through the ceiling and landed on the roof. Alkaiser came right after and landed on the roof.
"You're really starting to piss me off Al creep"
"Al creep? That's somewhat clever" said Alkaiser.
"I fought a guy like you once. His costume was black though. Had the same moves and everything" said Shuzer clanking his claws together.
"You fought Alkarl. You couldn't defeat Alkarl and you can't defeat me either Shuzer. Give yourself up" demanded Shuzer.
"Grrrr. I'll show you some tricks of mine!" Shuzer was furious. He was used to being the one that hurt others. There weren't many in the world that could take him on like this Alkaiser person.
Shuzer stretched out his mechanized claws in front of him.
"Feel my Claw Bit!" yelled Shuzer as his claws detached from his arm.
The claw arms shot off like a rocket and sped toward Alkaiser. The right claw sped toward Alkaiser and he leapt to his right and avoided it. The left claw came at Alkaiser and he stepped quickly to the left as it whizzed by his head.
"Ha ha ha" laughed Shuzer.
Alkaiser turned around to see that the claws were coming back at him. Shuzer could control them remotely. They both sped toward Alkaiser ready to strike him at the same time.
"Ray Sword"
A sword made of blue energy appeared in Alkaiser's right hand and he deflected both claws. Batting them back like baseballs. The claws were knocked back a bit then they went back to Shuzer where they reattached to his body.
"Not bad but can you handle this?" asked Shuzer as he stretched his arms out again.
Soon two rail cannon barrels protruded from both his arms as the claw razors bent back. Two large balls of red energy began forming at the tips.
"Nice knowing you!" yelled Shuzer as he fired both rail cannons.
The two blasts formed one large stream of red energy sped toward Alkaiser.
"Al-blaster!"
Alkaiser held out his hands and shot a large stream of gold energy that hit Shuzer's red energy head on. The two energies pressed against each other in a stalemate.
"This is the dreaded Shuzer of Black X? He hides behind tricks? I thought you were tougher than this" mocked Alkaiser as their energies continued to collide
Shuzer was furious. He stopped firing his cannon and ran toward Alkaiser.
"You want to go toe to toe with me? I'll show you!" Shuzer ran at Alkaiser and began slashing wildly.
He slashed with his right claw horizontally at Alkaiser's head. Alkaiser ducked and avoided the attack. Shuzer slashed vertically and Alkaiser dodged that too.
"Too slow Shuzer. Let me show you how it's done"
Alkaiser countered with a right punch to Shuzer's midsection that knocked Shuzer back a few feet. Shuzer was stunned by the hard punch and Alkaiser was ready to end the fight.
"Deflect Lance!"
Alkaiser leapt in the air and began glowing with a gold radiant light. He then descended on Shuzer with a powerful jump kick that sent Shuzer flying.
"Ugh!" groaned Shuzer as he hit the ground hard and slid.
"Enough Shuzer you can't beat me. Give yourself up and pay for your crimes" said Alkaiser.
"He that runs away lives to fight another day" laughed Shuzer.
Shuzer got up and ran to the side of the building. He then leapt to the next building over that was a few stories higher. Alkaiser ran after him jumping to the next building. Shuzer ran and fired a rail cannon shot at his pursuer. Alkaiser leapt to the side and dodge the attack. Meanwhile Shuzer had leapt to another building and got further ahead. In the distance a large black helicopter was approaching.
"Here's my ride" said Shuzer.
The helicopter descended closer to Shuzer and he climbed on. Alkaiser jumped on the building as the helicopter started flying off.
"Next time I'll gut you Al creep!" yelled Shuzer as the helicopter flew higher into the sky.
"I can't let him get away!" thought Alkaiser.
He ran after the helicopter. The helicopter ascended higher and higher into the sky. Alkaiser ran and leapt to the next building over which was a few stories taller than the previous.
"Now would have been a good time to have flight as a super power. Maybe I can keep up with him" thought Alkaiser.
Shuzer looked from the helicopter and saw that Alkaiser was still trying to keep up with him by jumping to higher buildings.
"Damn that guy just doesn't give up! Hey Al creep! You want to be a hero? Well now is your chance!"
Shuzer fired his rail cannon at a billboard on top of a high building that read "Visit the Gold Saucer today!" The blast hit the base of the billboard and soon it was about to fall possibly crushing the people below.
"Better hurry hahaha" laughed Shuzer as the helicopter took off in the sky.
Alkaiser was so close to catching Shuzer but he could never live with himself if someone got hurt. The billboard fell off the high building. Alkaiser leapt off with his hands at his side and went speeding toward the ground. There were a few people sitting at a bus stop that night. They looked up to see the billboard falling from the high building.
"Oh my god!"
The group went running and screaming but an old man was not able to move fast enough. Alkaiser landed on the street and sped toward the old man. He grabbed the old man just in time and leapt out of the way as the billboard crashed to the ground.
"Are you ok?" asked Alkaiser as he landed back on the ground and let the man go.
"I'm ok now. Thanks to you young'n" said the old man.
"Wow that guy saved his life!" said a male bystander.
"Are you the Mystery Man?" asked a female bystander.
"Mystery Man? Uuhh no I'm….Alkaiser" stuttered Alkaiser.
"Alkaiser is cool!" yelled a little boy jumping up and down.
Soon a crowd formed around Alkaiser with many people asking questions and talking at once. Some had video cameras and were taping the whole thing.
"Are you a super hero?"
"How do you move so fast?"
"That costume kicks ass!"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Do you think I look fat in this?"
Alkaiser pushed his way out of the crowd.
"Umm I have to go!" said Alkaiser as he ran off.
He looked to the sky and noticed that Shuzer was long gone by now.
"Damn" thought Alkaiser.
Alkaiser ran and leapt to a nearby building to escape the crowd.
(Next Scene a few hours later)
Alkaiser ran into an alleyway near the Cygnus Motel.
"I can't believe he got away. Well that's enough excitement for tonight" thought Alkaiser.
Alkaiser concentrated and with a flash of bright gold light he changed into Red Okonagi.
"I hope Hawks not still awake" thought Red as he left the alley and walked up to the door of the Cygnus Motel.
Red opened the door and sure enough Hawk was sitting at the desk.
"You must have seen a lot of the town. You've been gone all day" said Hawk.
"Umm yeah just did a little sightseeing. It's my first time in Square City after all" said Red
"What did you go see?" asked Hawk.
"Umm well….it was so much that I can't even remember it all…heh heh…I'm tired good night Hawk" said Red as he rushed off to his room.
"I'm sure you're tired" thought Hawk.
(End Chapter 11)
Great, that's another chapter done. I'm really enjoying writing this. Looks like Tidus will be working with Oaka for a bit and that he's on his way to becoming a big time star. Is this good or bad I wonder? Tifa's well on her way to getting the club started with a little help from some moogles and Quina Quen of FF9. Rinoa and Squall got to hear one of Maechen's stories about Reis and Beowulf of FF Tactics and what's up with Cloud's dream? Sephiroth is finally here even though he made an appearance already in Vincent's flashback. I just didn't say his name then. Aya's raid went bad but luckily Red/Alkaiser of Saga Frontier was there to help. Next time we have Termidate and Cloud is on his way to SOLDIER tryouts. What's going to happen next? Will Riku's Termidate experience go well? Will Alkaiser become the new Super Hero of Square City? What's Vincent up to? Will Cloud find out that he is the illegitimate son of President Shinra? Will Rude change his name to Polite? Am I just making up false clues to throw you off? Well anyway thanks for the support and please stick around for more.