Recap: Sesshomaru is going to see Sephiroth in the northern crater and Inu and FF7 co are going to fight a Weapon.
AN: I would like to take an instant to thank my sweetheart who convinced me to continue writing and who also gave me pointers as to how to drive the shounen-ai. Notice my fanfic could turn out to be a yuri. Do not fear, if it does, I shall tell you at the start of the chapter and put the rating to R, or NC-17. PS: I love you koi, thanks for the motivation!
When Kagome and Tifa entered the rooms, everyone one was working on something. Tension as running high. They could all see through Weapon the Highwind's big windows. By god, that creature was humongous. It was as tall as a mountain! It had a white armor as skin and had shoulder pads about 1.5 times his size. On his arms was small leopard print skin. His eyes were two small yellow dots and his mouth was a flashing red gap. It was the Diamond Weapon.
"We have to stop it before it reaches Midgar!" Barret said. His home's sector had already been destroyed by the SHINRA, but he still didn't want the whole cluster of towns to disappear. That monster might try to attack the town Marlene was in next. He wouldn't allow it, not as long as there will be life in his body.
"Okay……." Cid paced around, waiting for his brain to come up with an idea to save the day. He lit a cigarette nervously, looking for something to make to stress go away. He inhaled quickly, finding a little bit of comfort in the smoke that was rolling in his mouth.
It hit him, "We need to get close to it, enough so that we can shoot it with all we can find!" The rest of the gang eyed him like he had grown an extra head. "Well, it's better than no plan at all, you $!" Cid said to justify his idea. The others seemed to agree.
The pilot did as he was told, he got close to the creature. As they were nearing it, they were propelled backwards by a wave of blue energy. Everyone held on tightly to anything and everything they could find. Objects and crew members were a-flying inside the ship. Kagome conveniently fell on top of Tifa. The girls' faces brushed up against one and other. Both of their hearts skipped a beat. The ship finally stabilized and everyone got up. Kagome and Tifa were blushing like schoolgirls.
"Looks like we can't get close yet." Vincent said, stating the obvious. His cape had one more tear in it since he fell on Yuffie's weapon which consisted of a giant ninja star (shuriken). He looked his usual calm, cold look.
And so they waited until it reached the land…
Meanwhile, in the Northern Crater. Sesshoumaru had managed to tear a small temporary hole in the barrier that surrounded the crater. He looked up again to be sure that his eyes hadn't deceived him. There really was a red meteor, strong enough to at least deal great damage to the lands. Could this Sephiroth be powerful enough to summon such a powerful thing to this planet. He is indeed a worthy demon.
The Taiyoukai glided down the slope which lead him to the caves of the crater. There was a fragile ledge swirling down as far as his eyes could see. There was also strange green energy at the bottom of it. Small radioactive green wisps of the incredible power from bellow surfaced from time to time. What in the world is this place? Sesshoumaru thought, not having seen anything like this ever before. That green mass was almost blinding him with it's strength.
The full blooded demon traveled down the road only to meet a new small cave, which lead to another and another… Even for a royal demon such as himself, the journey was long and boring. There were monsters all over, the place was filled with them. Dragons, Tonberries, Behemoths, Zombie dragons, Gargoyles and much more. None of them managed to beat Sesshoumaru or to harm him severely, but they still tested the Taiyoukai's patience.
Finally Sesshoumaru arrived at what he believed was the core. There were small floating rocks that led to the center of that green mass' power. The energy felt somewhat more unstable, which made the demon's instincts tell him to leave. If Sephiroth was indeed in here, he should be there.
Sesshoumaru traveled down the rocks only to land on the final one, it was big. Just as he did, a figure appeared through the green energy. It was him, it had to be him. Sesshoumaru saw him detach from the mass. He looked like he was sleeping. He had long silver hair, electric blue eyes, elfin features and he wore a long black trench coat, black pants, bath combat boots and white shoulder pads.
Sephiroth opened his eyes to look at the one who managed to break through his defenses and managed make it all the way here. He knew it wasn't Cloud. He could read auras and this person was a demon, a real one. Sephiroth didn't look surprised at seeing Sesshoumaru's appearance.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Sephiroth said in an edgy voice. The demon that stood before him did not look like he was about to attack, but then again he didn't seem like the easiest person to read anyways.
The Taiyoukai looked carefully at the person before him, Sephiroth wasn't like any monster or human Sesshoumaru had ever met. He was a mix of both, but still more on the monster side. He was a severely mutated human… That is, if Sesshoumaru's nose was right. He would have to handle Sephiroth carefully. "I am Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western territory of Japan. I seem to have somehow ended up in this world and have heard that you were the most powerful person here. I intend on allying with you until I find a way to go back to my world. I do not wish to die with the rest of the human population."
As Sesshoumaru concluded his sentence, Sephiroth threw his head back and chuckled. "You truly think that I would let anyone ally with me? It is clearly not what you wish. You simply do not want to meet death. Fight me and we'll see if you survive. If you win, I shall let you stay here, but if you lose, well… you die." Sephiroth was clearly taunting Sesshoumaru who couldn't stand the ridicule.
"As you wish." Sesshoumaru told Sephiroth curtly. Sesshoumaru sped up, running towards Sephiroth who took out his sword at lighting speed. Sesshoumaru's talons ricocheted on the Masamune with a clang. Sephiroth kicked Sesshoumaru's stomach which had no effect. Sesshoumaru retaliated by sending his whip of light and twirling it around Sephiroth sword.
Sephiroth sent a huge fireball his way. The Taiyoukai dodged it with class by twirling around. Both of the fighters continued their battles, looking like skilled dancer more than fighters since none of them got hurt and they kept booming attacks at each other. Sephiroth tried to electrocute Sesshoumaru by sending him a bolt of lightning. Sesshoumaru evaded and sped up, hoping to slash Sephiroth in half with his poison talons. Sephiroth's armor took the blow. Sephiroth raised his sword and swung it at the full blooded demon, it nicked to skin almost imperceptibly. Sesshomaru didn't even notice.
It lasted for hours Finally, both of them got tired/bored of it. Neither of them wanted to use their full strength yet. Sesshoumaru wanted to have enough energy to go back home properly and fight with Inuyasha, if he could.
Sephiroth wanted to be able to fight Cloud at his full power, he knew better than to underestimate his own scrapped clone. Who would've thought that Cloud would have made it this far, surviving Sephiroth's mother's tentacles, fragments and cells? Certainly not Sephiroth, but now he must make sure that nothing comes in his plan's way. He would do it, he would give the Promised Land to JENOVA, his mother.
"I see that you are a valuable opponent Sesshoumaru. I accept that you stay here at one condition: If you stop my plans, you must die." With that Sephiroth turned around and went through the green mass once again. It was as if his body dissolved into the energy, Sephiroth was the energy.
Sesshoumaru was left alone to think about what would be his next move. He had felt Sephiroth's inner power during the fight, it was huge. Even the Taiyoukai wouldn't be sure of his victory if he fought at full strength. He wondered if what the villager said was true and why Sephiroth, a reasonable mutant like he seemed to be, wanted to do something as pointless as self-destructing.
#It's for the sake of my mother and the power of the planet# Came a voice inside of his head. Only thing was, it wasn't his. He recognized it quickly though, it was Sephiroth's. He could speak inside of Sesshoumaru's head.
And so started the lengthy explanation of the whole Final fantasy 7 story line which I will not repeat. Of course since Sephiroth and Sesshoumaru aren't very talkative, it didn't last half as long.
Meanwhile, on the Highwind… In the Chocobo pen
Naraku opened his eyes, he wondered why he had blacked out. Then he remembered, he had been knocked out by that bitch Sango the demon hunter and her bone made boomerang. They hadn't wanted Naraku to cause any trouble on the airship.
"Keh, so you're awake." Came a voice, it was Inuyasha's. He was sitting in a pile of hay, watching. Beside him was an odd Golden ostrich-like bird. It was a very tall creature that looked very innocent with it's big eyes…It looked ridiculous beside Inuyasha. There was also a weird little tune playing in the back. This had to be a dream.
Naraku tried moving, it was then he realized that he was bound to the steel pipes beside and behind him. "Release me" he commanded. Inuyasha just rolled his eyes at the pitiful sight that lay before him. The all-powerful Naraku, tied to a pipe with a scenery that closely resembled a farm. Inu chuckled to himself.
Miroku opened the metal door that led of the small pen and said: "We're landing in a minute, get ready Inuyasha." Then, he left, Inuyasha followed him. Leaving Naraku all alone with the big bird. The chocobo turned around and started to peck on Naraku's hair, trying to eat it.
"Please, take me with you" Naraku said to no one and everyone. Then, Shippo came in "I'm going to be watching you. You better not do anything." While barring his little baby teeth.
The whole gang was on the deck, ready to fight. It was going to be a hell of a rumble… They all climbed down the ladder and landed on the ground. "Come on everyone, let's go." Cloud said, leading the gang whilst taking out his huge buster sword. Inuyasha and Red XIII ran the fastest and ended up leading the others. Sango climbed atop of the newly transformed Kirara.
They finally arrived face to face with the Diamond Weapon. Vicent started shooting with his barrel gun as did Barrel with his gun-arm. Yuffie jumped and threw her shuriken at the monster. Sango threw her hiraikotsu. All of these attacks had no effect on the colossal monster. Tifa had a flash "He's invulnerable to physical attacks, use magic and summons!" She yelled, being the first to cast a spell. She used meteor 2 which launched an array of meteor on the Weapon. That had an effect.
Sango was about to retire in a corner since she had no magic spells what-so-ever until Cloud stopped and handed her a few. Cloud cast ultima, which made an odd misty green atmosphere which quickly condensed and made a small nuclear bomb effect. Sango tried her hand at casting a spell, she sent ice at the monster.
Miroku send his sacred mandalas, he knew that he couldn't cast Kazaana against that huge creature, the gang would get swallowed up sooner than the monster. Inuyasha fired his wind scar (Kaze no kizu). Kagome was charging up her arrows, then, she fired one after the other, nonstop. Vincent summoned Neo Bahamut, which was a big red dragon. It raised the ground on which the Diamond weapon was standing and blasted him with a yellow beam of light and then threw him back onto the ground.
Red used a limit break: Stardust ray. Suddenly, the world turned black and twinkling star dust started consecutively falling on top of Weapon's head. It dealt heavy damage and was a great combo.
The Diamond did attack from time to time, but the gang always retaliated by curing a member, reviving her or him and thus having the upper hand. Then, the Weapon did Diamond flash, a devastating attack that consisted of a beam of energy some of the party ended up with "silence" status alignment that made them unable to use magic.
That attack wasn't that bad since it got out of his heart and thus destroyed some of his shield. The gang could now attack him physically. And so they blasted him relentlessly with the Hiraikotsu, buster sword, shuriken, iron fists, guns, shot guns, arrows, swords, iron feather, spears, monk's wand…
Suddenly, the Weapon turns around, sensing something odd and fires a beam towards Midgar. The Sister Ray, a huge cannon that the SHINRA (government) had installed on Midgar, fired a blast filled with mako energy towards the northern crater. It was so powerful that it blasted straight through the Weapon. The beam did hit the Northern Crater's barrier, but it didn't harm the crater itself. At least now Cloud's team will be able to reach Sephiroth. The Diamond died and Midgar is in a bad shaped because of the power of the beam (the windows broke, earthquake and such) A few seconds later, the Weapon's beam hits Midgar, the SHINRA headquarters to be exact, but most of the beam doesn't hit anything and just flies by.
The gang climbed back into the Highwind. They were still pretty shocked from the outcome of the fight. For once the SHINRA had done something positive. Usually they only stole, killed, cheated, lied and sucked the planet's energy dry. They knew that they're next target would be Sephiroth, after all the barrier was gone. But first, they needed and deserved to rest.
"We should go to the Northern Crater now." Cloud said, decided and serious. It would be the most important and logical thing to do. The right thing to do.
"Wait Cloud, I think that we should take a break before going." Yuffie said truthfully. "We don't know if we'll get out of this alive or not. I think that we should take some time to heal from this battle and to prepare ourselves mentally and physically to what we are about to do. Take some time to say goodbye to the ones that we love, or at least have some fun for the last time…" Yuffie finished sentimentally. She took a deep breath and looked at Cloud in the eyes.
"What the lady's saying makes sense." Cid said, chewing on his cigarette. Everyone agreed afterwards. Especially the Inuyasha gang who didn't really want to be part of the end of the world thing and who wanted to go home.
They decided to head the golden saucer to take a break from all that fighting and gloom. It was an amusement park. The meteor was still quite far away, they could take the time off. The rode the Highwind to the other continent near the desert that now had a giant red worm sticking out of the sand. (They left Naraku tied to the pipes with the chocobo) They landed between the two mountains near the garbage city: Corel. They entered and the Inuyasha gang wondered what was fun in going into a dump yard. The people inside the town recognized them and greeted them accordingly. The houses were tents and you could see a railroad that cut the town in half. Everyone was dirty and poor. Charming.
"Follow me, follow me!" Yuffie said, full of peppy energy as always. She ran ahead, climbing the small set of stair and stopping near a ropeway. She waved at everyone to come. "I love this place!" she squealed.
They had to divide in two groups before they were too many to fit into the blue structure. Once they all got there, they were greeted by the lady at the front. (They had already bought the Golden ticket that is a lifetime pass) They entered the room. It was yellow all over with tubes that led to different part of the amusement park.
They decided that everyone should go do whatever they wanted to do and meet up later at the hotel where they'd be paired by two to sleep. Cloud left to go to the battle square with Barret, Red XIII, Cid and Vincent almost instantly. Shippo was in Kagome's arms and wanted to go to the arcade to see the mascots (once he was told what they were). Sango and Miroku wanted to go to the Round square to have a gondola ride. Yuffie wanted to go to the arcade too so Kagome gave her Shippo.
"Kagome, come with me." Inuyasha said, wanting to get Kagome for himself. He stood there arms crossed, but still didn't look guarded as he did usually. Something in Kagome said go with him, but another part of her told her that it would simply cause her heartbreak. Plus, she really felt like going with Tifa.
Tifa stepped forward with playful look on her face. She kneeled in front of Kagome and said: "If my lady would do me the honor of coming with me…" she paused, kissing Kagome's back hand which made Kagome blush hard.
"I would love to." Kagome said making Tifa stand and taking her hand. All of this left Inuyasha shocked beyond words. His jaw dropped to the ground.
Tonight would be interesting indeed.