There was an unsettling anxiety and a silent awe flowing through the people in Cleyra as they looked up at the two titans in the sky. The two mighty eidolons were staring at each other, feelings of anger and rage welling up inside them, ready to explode over Cleyra. Burmece, the blue angelic spirit of the jewel and Aryelc, the red demonic spirit of the jewel were facing each other, both of them wanting to destroy the other.
"I will not let you harm my children!" Burmece said fiercely. "We will not return to the zero world. We have a will to live, and we want to keep and experience the blessings of life!"
"So you keep saying..." The demon hissed. "Yet the Cleyrans died, thanks to the hatred of Brahne and the Alexandrians. It is that kind of hate which causes suffering and pain in this world."
"True..." Burmece replied. "…and we must vanquish the hatred of the world."
"To do that, we would need to vanquish the world, as hate will always exist in the lives of others." Aryelc added. "Only in the zero world can there be a place free of hate."
"That's not true." Burmece said, arguing against the demon. "The Cleyrans showed me that there can be a world free of hate."
"Nonsense, the Cleyrans were destroyed by hatred, and it will be only be a matter of time before hatred destroys them once again." Aryelc growled. "The fact they isolated themselves was an act of hate. They didn't want to be part of the world."
"They were only protecting themselves so they could live a life of peace." Burmece responded.
"Enough of this!" Aryelc roared. "I will defeat you Burmece! Today you will fall and we shall witness the true everlasting peace of the zero world!"
"I will not fight with you here." Burmece stated simply.
"What!" Aryelc exclaimed.
"I will not fight you where innocent people may be harmed." Burmece said clearly. "We shall pitch our battle on the Forgotten continent, no sentient beings live there. It shall be a perfect arena for us to settle things."
Aryelc growled for a moment, before nodding. "Alright, I'll fight you on the Forgotten continent. Once I'm rid of you, there will be nothing to protect the Cleyrans from my wrath. Then, I'll awake the other three demons from their jewel prisons and we shall create the zero world!"
The demon grinned after making this statement, and then a confused look filled his face as he looked around. He looked out towards the sea and found Burmece already flying towards the Forgotten continent.
"Hey! Don't ignore me!" Aryelc roared before shooting off after Burmece.
The Cleyrans all breathed a little sigh of relief after seeing Aryelc fly away from the tree.
"The demon has gone..." One of the Oracles sighed with relief.
"He doesn't want Cleyra to be collateral damage in their fight..." Freya said to herself.
"One of the most important battles in Burmecian history is about to happen and I'm stuck here doing nothing!" Frato complained.
"Sir Frato, do you honestly think you would stand a chance?" Fratley asked. "You were barely able to scratch that demon, and you saw his destructive capability."
"I know..." Frato said sadly, not bothering to look at the smouldering edge of the Cleyran tree. "Ugh...I feel so powerless!"
"I know how you feel Frato but there isn't anything we can do." Freya said, trying to calm the hybrid down. "Burmece would just be worrying about us instead on focusing on the battle."
Frato just gave an angry sigh before walking away to think to himself.
Aryelc followed Burmece across the ocean. The two of them were both faster fliers than even Bahamut, the Dragon King. One of the main positive qualities of Burmecian soldiers was their agility; it was merely logical that the Burmecian eidolons would be swift and agile as well, even if they didn't have as much raw power as Alexander.
The two had reached the Forgotten continent in a matter of moments. Aryelc could see Burmece floating in the air above the continent waiting for him.
"So our battle begins..." Aryelc said with a grin.
"Indeed." Burmece replied, sharing a similar smile. "You wanted it this way, didn't you?"
"I would have preferred it if I didn't have to travel so far to start sending the Burmecians to the afterlife." Aryelc said. "Yet I shall savour my victory all the same."
"Enough talk, let's get this over with." Burmece closed the discussion and entered a battle stance.
Aryelc's grin widened and he flew straight at Burmece to commence his attack. "Those words shall be your last!" He roared, and threw a punch at Burmece, who sidestepped to evade it and elbowed Aryelc back.
The demon growled before lunging at Burmece again, throwing a kick into the eidolon's chest. The kick knocked Burmece back, but he was not fazed much. Burmece charged into Aryelc throwing several fast punches at the demon. Aryelc managed to block several of the punches and tried throwing a few punches and kicks of his own in the brawl. After the eidolons had pummelled each other for a considerable amount of time, Burmece managed to kick the demon in the air and grabbed his leg. He then swung the demon round him, getting faster and faster until he threw Aryelc down at a nearby cliff.
The cliff face crumbled away with the force of the impact, but Aryelc was not down. He got back up quickly and looked up at Burmece with a frustrated expression. He noticed that Burmece had started charging up a spell whilst he was recovering from the throw, and the eidolon thrust his palms out at the demon.
"Flare!" Burmece chanted, and an intense fireball started to form around the demon. Energy kept pouring in and the fireball started to grow bigger and bigger until it exploded, taking away the remains of the cliff and leaving a sizable crater. However, Aryelc was nowhere to be seen.
Burmece's ears pricked, and he turned to his right to see Aryelc charging towards him through the air. Burmece had been foolish enough to focus on the fireball and not where the demon had gone. Aryelc tackled Burmece and started shoving him towards the ground. Burmece couldn't pull away in time and he was slammed into the ground.
Aryelc flew back up, a little grin on his face. The demon knew that it would take more than that to defeat Burmece, but he was glad to have the advantage at that moment. He decided to try and follow up on his counter attack and began charging up a spell of his own.
Burmece was quick to get back onto his feet and looked up to see Aryelc charging up a spiritual attack. He decided to try and stop the demon and flew straight at him. Aryelc finished preparing his technique and opened his palms.
"Dragon's Breath!" Aryelc roared, as the energy in his hands formed the shape of a ferocious dragon's head. The dragon opened its mouth and fired bolts of energy towards Burmece.
The eidolon tried to swerve away from the bolts of energy to evade them. Most of the energy blasts missed him completed and exploded down on the land below. One of the bolts managed to catch Burmece's side, but that didn't stop him from tearing towards Aryelc and landing a flying kick.
The demon yelped and was sent hurtling back by the kick, but he quickly regained control and composure. He growled at Burmece, and decided to fly away from the holy eidolon. After creating a sizable distance between the two, the demon started charging up an immense amount of energy. The ground beneath the two eidolons began to shake as Aryelc prepared his formidable technique.
Heh. Trust him to get angry and start bringing out the powerful magic. Burmece thought. He then shot towards the demon as fast as he could, whilst gathering some energy of his own. He must realise that he's wide open whilst he's charging up the energy for that spell...
As Burmece started to get close to the demon, Aryelc grinned. He lifted up his hand and summoned the dust and sand beneath to swirl up and create a fierce sandstorm around him just as Burmece got close. The demon then used his other hand to ignite the sand and create the firestorm that he made in Cleyra. After the firestorm raged for a few seconds, he waved both hands to dissipate the sandstorm.
When the sandstorm faded, Burmece was floating in front of Aryelc, his energy attack fully charged up. Aryelc couldn't believe that Burmece had survived his firestorm attack unharmed. Yet Burmece knew that he had stopped just outside of the fire:storm's radius. He then used his opening and unleashed his attack.
The energy he had gathered formed a spear of spiritual energy, Burmece then swung this new weapon at Aryelc's open torso wildly. He made several slashes in rapid succession and hacked away at the demon. After each slash, Aryelc yelped in pain. When Burmece had dealt enough damage, he took a quick leap back and charged at Aryelc, putting more energy into his spear.
"Lancer!" Burmece shouted as he tore through the demon, unleashing the magical power of the technique. Aryelc screamed as the attack pierced through his skin and gave him a major wound. Black, demon blood started pouring out of the wound and the scratches on his body and Aryelc started backing away from Burmece.
"Don't you see now? All that rage inside you has blinded you from using a coherent strategy." Burmece stated.
"Foolish Burmece...you fail to see the power of rage." Aryelc growled. "It's your fault that I've lost my technique. You kept me locked up in that sandstorm for too long. I went insane being stuck in Cleyra for all that time. I waited for the day that I could break free..."
"Then why bother fighting me when you know you are going to lose...?" Burmece retorted.
"Because..." Aryelc growled louder, as he finished charging the energy behind his back. "Because you too, have weaknesses. I shall have my way eventually; it's only a matter of time before the zero world is created."
Burmece can to notice the energy forming behind his back, and he recognised the spell. His eyes lit up in fear. He just stalled me by talking, he was charging up that spell since I landed my attack!
"The age of darkness begins now." Aryelc roared. He thrust his palms over his head and in front of him, with a gigantic white ball of fire on the end of his hands. "Giga Flare!"
The fireball shot off the ends of his palms and slammed straight into Burmece, who didn't even have time to move. The ball slammed into the ground, with more energy pouring into it as it fell. Burmece did his best to try and block the fireball, but it exploded in a matter of seconds. Aryelc was still grinning as the explosion grew bigger and began to cover more of the continent.
When the attack subsided, there was a large crater where the fireball had exploded. Aryelc looked very carefully for any signs of Burmece. He didn't have to look far; Burmece had taken up a defensive stance in the centre of the crater. The holy eidolon was covered in major burns from the assault.
Aryelc hissed viciously and decided to descend. He then noticed that Burmece was charging up a spell. At least, it looked like he was charging up a spell. The demon sped towards Burmece to try and stop the eidolon's attack. As he caught up to Burmece, he finally realised what he was doing.
"Bahamut!" Burmece chanted. "King of all Dragons! Protect your kin from Aryelc's wrath and aid me in this battle!"
Aryelc froze as he heard these words. The sky above them lit up in flames, the Lord of all Dragons came bursting through the flames and charged down towards them both. Aryelc turned his attention onto the dragon, he sneered and started laughing.
"You think you can do anything? You couldn't even harm Kuja or Alexander! How on Gaia do you expect to stop me?" Aryelc taunted.
Bahamut didn't listen, and unleashed his Mega Flare attack. The large fireballs slammed into the demon and knocked him over. Aryelc had let down his guard, and he had been weakened from Burmece's assault.
The dragon landed next to Burmece, who quickly cast a Curaga spell over himself to treat some of his burns. Burmece and Aryelc were both nearly twice the size of Bahamut, and were much more powerful than him, but Bahamut had trusted the holy eidolon since he had been born and had never questioned his wisdom.
Aryelc quickly pulled himself off the ground. His rage was beginning to boil over.
"Summoning other beings is cheating!" Aryelc roared. "This is between you and me."
"You only say that because you can't persuade anyone to join your cause." Burmece replied. "Having friends to rely on is a power of love, and that is a power I should be able to use. Besides, since when did you start following rules?"
"Why you..." Aryelc seethed, starting to advance before being hit by another fireball from Bahamut's mouth.
Burmece decided to take off as Aryelc recovered from the Mega Flare. The Dragon Lord followed Burmece shortly afterwards and the two got as far away from the demon as they could. Aryelc saw them dashing back from him and decided to prepare another devastating spell.
Burmece then positioned himself on Bahamut's back, using his large wings to keep himself from causing the dragon to plummet from the sky. He then started charging up Giga Flare in his own hands as Bahamut built up the energy for a Mega Flare. The two of them were charging separate fireballs, each one building up and growing larger and much more powerful.
"I'll show you the true power of love..." Burmece said fiercely.
Bahamut and Burmece then combined their fireballs into a single, tremendous sphere of pure white energy. More power was flowing into the ball and it grew even larger, until both Burmece and Bahamut could no longer hold it.
Aryelc continued to focus on his spell, and decided to cast it to try and stop the pair of eidolons.
"Take this!" Aryelc roared. "Giga Flare!"
Burmece and Bahamut had finished charging up the attack, and they unleashed it.
"This is the end Aryelc!" Burmece shouted back. "Terra Flare!"
The two attacks were released together, Aryelc's large blazing fireball and the divine light of Burmece and Bahamut. The bright holy energy tore through the intense fireball in seconds, and shot straight at Aryelc. The demon was terrified as the ray shot towards him. Aryelc tried to defend himself by bringing his hands over his face, as a last resort. The white ray slammed into him, and Aryelc couldn't do anything to stop the ray of light.
"This...c-cannot be!" Aryelc exclaimed in shock.
The white energy tore the demon's body apart, and landed straight onto the rocks of the Forgotten Continent. The holy ray bore down onto the ground below, and created an immense explosion which covered a vast area of the continent.
This explosion was felt in Cleyra, as the ground beneath the Cleyran's feet shook. The maidens and the priests and the Burmecian soldiers and refugees all shared a tense look across the sea towards the Forgotten Continent.
In the midst of the explosion, Bahamut and Burmece were still hovering in their position. They had both felt the power of the attack, and the effects it had on its surroundings. Burmece looked carefully through the carnage to see if there was any trace of Aryelc.
"He's gone..." Burmece said, breathing a sigh of relief. "The demon has been defeated..."
Author's Notes: There is still an epilogue to come after this, but after that this fanfiction is finished.