AN: God it took me forever to get this chapter done. The fighting scenes what were giving me trouble. I'm not very good at writing them, but I try my best. (Sigh) I can't believe this is pretty much it. (begins to get depressed)
Ryu: It's not completely over.
Rikku: Yeah, remember the sequel?
DT: (Cheers up) Oh yeah. Your right. I better start brainstorming for the first chapter. (Gets in a thinking pose)
Ryu: Since DT is busy thinking, which I had no idea she was capable of, I will thank the following for reviewing: BeautifulLonliness, Blu Rose, xBabii-lozx, 100-percent-hp-fan and Faye Leingod. I'm glad to know there are people who are interested to know what's going on in my life, even if I wasn't exactly in the last chapter. Now go and read.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X-2 or Kingdom Hearts.
Ch 18 Final Battle pt 2
Rikku looked up in awe at the person that protected her. There he was, a sword held over his head. Preventing Sephiroth's from cutting her in half. The moment her green-swirled eyes locked with his ocean blue one's, a whirl of emotions swept through her. Relief, happiness, surprise, just to name a few. She felt her knees become weak and dropped to the ground. Her eyes never leaving his.
"You okay?"
Rikku nodded mutely. A smile graced his lips.
"Good."
He dropped his smile as he looked over his shoulder.
"Got anxious?" he asked the white haired swordsman.
"Just needed something to kill time."
Ryu's eyes narrowed. "You'll regret this."
Sephiroth chuckled. "I've yet to regret anything."
He pulled his sword back and flew a few feet back.
"Paine." Ryu said as he turned to face Sephiroth.
Said women walked next to Rikku and helped her up.
"Yes?"
"Take Rikku and call back the soldiers. This is going to get ugly fast."
"Anything else?" she asked.
"My father and the others should arrive soon. I'm sure they could use your help. Watch the sky for them."
Paine nodded. "Let's go Rikku." she grabbed Rikku by her shoulders and began to lead her away.
"Wait!" Rikku said pleadingly. "Just one moment. Please."
The look on her friends face convinced her to let her go. Rikku immediately launched herself at Ryu. Hugging him from behind, she rested her head against his back.
"Please be careful and come back to me... alive."
Ryu gently pried Rikku off and turned to face her.
"I'll come back. You can count on that." He leaned down and gave her a gentle kiss on her lips. "Now get going."
Rikku blushed and nodded. She and Paine ordered the soldiers to fall back to the base camp. The soldiers did so, but it was difficult the the constant Heartless attack. Ryu knew they would need to be given some sort of help to escape, however, he could not provide the aid they needed.
"I'm going to need some help with this." he said out loud.
"The Calvary has arrived!" a boisterous voice beamed out.
Ryu looked up to see Cid's airship come to a halt. Before he knew it, the airship began to shoot out missile's in his direction! Ryu knew Cid was only trying to help, but it wouldn't hurt if he took aim first. At least it gave the soldiers time to retreat. Ryu quickly summoned his wing and flew towards his anxious opponent. Sephiroth welcomed the challenge with glee.
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Maya and Karen had become extremely worried about Rikku when she no longer answered. So, they decided to check out the area themselves. They spotted the blonde along with Paine and the soldiers as they ran towards their base camp. They looked at each other confused and flew down to meet them.
"Rikku! Paine! Are you guys alright?" Karen asked worried.
"I'm fine. Ryu saved me."
"Ryu? Then that means..." Maya was cut off by an explosion from Cid's missiles.
Karen quickly pulled out her binoculars to scout the area Rikku and Paine had been in. She caught glimpses of two blurry figures clashing their swords.
"Is he winning?" Maya asked.
"I can't tell. They're moving too fast. All I can see is two blurs."
"Don't worry about him. He'll be fine."
"DAD!" both girls said as Cloud walked towards them.
"Tell Kai and Yuri to get ready to charge Ansem."
"What!"
"Cid will open up a path for them with his ships new weapon. The moment he shoots, tell them to make a break for it."
"Uh, okay." Karen said and relayed the message to the two boys.
"Okay, the rest of you." Cloud said addressing the soldiers. "I want you to load up on ammo. Also take one of these."
Cloud held up a very short pole that had grenade's tied to the top. "Since Cid will have to momentarily halt his onslaught , you will have to go back and take care of the Heartless."
"Is this why you wanted us to fall back?" Rikku questioned.
"Yes, this little weapon should easily take out at least 25 Heartless. And since they're all in a nice group, it'll be much easier. Throw these all at the same time so the damage will be much greater. Your cue to throw will be when Cid stops firing the missiles. Now hurry and get your weapons!"
The soldiers all hurried to replenished their ammo and get a new weapon. Cloud then looked at his daughters, Paine, and Rikku.
"Since Yuri and Kai will be launching an assault on Ansem, you two," He said to Paine and Rikku. "Will be replacing them in their platoons."
"You got it!" Rikku said.
"Now then, Maya. Karen."
"Yes." They said.
Cloud clenched his hands. "I want you to support Yuri and Kai from the air."
The girls nodded, but they were concerned with how their father was acting. He looked a little too tense for their liking.
"Is something wrong?" Maya asked him.
"It's nothing." Cloud said as he shifted his weight slightly.
Maya smiled at her father. "Don't worry dad. We've been helping Kai and Yuri for some time now."
"Yeah, we've had no trouble holding our own in a fight." Karen added.
"Just..." Cloud began.
"don't be reckless." Aerith said as she appeared beside Cloud.
Cloud nodded in agreement. Their father never was good at telling everyone how he really felt, except maybe their mother. Still, it was rare for him to make an attempt. It made them wonder what had brought it on.
"D-don't worry." Karen said trying to keep her composure. It was time's like these that she realized just how lucky she was to have such caring parents.
"We're strong enough to make a difference and besides; it'd be a real shame to die now that our family is together again." Maya said.
Cloud closed his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. This was possibly one of the hardest things he'd ever do.
"Be careful." he said quietly. He had really gotten softer over the years.
Maya and Karen ran up to their father and gave him a hug. It was then that Cid stopped firing missiles. The soldiers in Rikku and Paine's platoon launched their grenades at the unsuspecting Heartless. Large craters were the result of their attack with large amounts of Heartless vanquished. Maya and Karen gave their mother a hug too. Once they pulled away, two red beams flew from the ship and stuck a spot near Kai and Yuri. From there the beam created a path through the Heartless and to Ansem. It was destroying countless Heartless along the way. Yuri and Kai realized this was their signal and sprinted down the path as fast as they could. Maya and Karen also took flight at that instant. The four of them had been fighting together for a long time and they were going to finish this together.
Cloud opened his eyes in time to see his daughters fly off towards Ansem.
"They're not our little girls anymore, are they?" Cloud questioned his wife.
"They may not be little, but they'll always be our precious daughters."
Cloud wordlessly reached for something in his pocket. He held out a Gummi ship that was the size of his hand.
"Seal it." he spoke into it.
Then the small ship flew into the sky and vanished. Aerith looked at her husband questioningly.
"Cid's new ship. It's purpose is for relaying messages."
"He's quite talented with the Gummi blocks isn't he?"
Cloud nodded and reached for his sword. Aerith followed his lead and reached for her staff. She handed him a comm link and they both put them on.
"We better take Rikku and Paine's place."
Aerith nodded. "Let's end this."
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Ryu and Sephiroth
The swordsman were matched blow for blow. Sephiroth tried to slash Ryu from the side, but Ryu deflected the attack. Both of them jumped away from each other.
"It seems you have improved." Sephiroth smirked.
"More than you think." Ryu replied.
"Show me!"
Ryu saw a glowing light above his head. This could only be his Sin Harvest. Well he wasn't about to let him use it on him. Ryu pointed his sword at Sephiroth. Suddenly, wind began to pick up around the sword. Ryu pulled it back and then thrust if forward.
"Twister Blade!"
A horizontal twister shot out from Ryu's sword and caught the unsuspecting Sephiroth off guard. The white haired swordsman was thrown back several feet into some trees. That attack effectively stopped his Sin Harvest.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, the area Sephiroth was thrown into was set ablaze by a tower of fire. A blur shot out of the fire and towards Ryu.
'Shit!'
Ryu jerked his head to his left side. Blood dropped from his cheek. He had just barely dodged that attack. He quickly recovered from his shock just as Sephiroth tried to decapitate him. This time Ryu ducked and dug his sword into the ground.
"Ground Smasher!" he ran his sword along the ground towards Sephiroth.
The ground under Sephiroth cracked and spikes shot up. The white haired swordsman took flight to avoid being impaled. Ryu took off after him. Their swords once again clashed as Ryu tried to break through Sephiroth's defense. Ryu flew back and drew his other sword.
"Can't beat me with just one sword, eh?"
Ryu said nothing and connected the swords at their hilts. This was one of the two modification he had made to the swords. A day before the battle, Cloud and Ryu had gone to Luca to ask Dirk to modify Ryu's twin swords. Dirk had once been a swords smith, but he had stopped that trade several years ago. He got tired of making weapons that would eventually be used for killing other people. This time, however, he made an exception.
Sephiroth didn't wait for him to attack and charged. Ryu remained in his place and spun his swords. A red glow emitted from the swords. Sephiroth smirked and held his sword in front of him.
"Inferno Blast!"
A swirl of fire shot out at Sephiroth, but the swordsman simply plowed through Ryu's attack. Ryu prepared to block Sephiroth's sword, but was caught off guard when he suddenly disappeared. He reappeared behind him and unleashed an amazing amount of fast paced slashes. Ryu could barley block them even with his longer sword. To finish off his combo, Sephiroth then knocked Ryu out of the air with a devastating kick to the head. Ryu's crash landing kicked up fragments of rock and dust. Sephiroth landed gracefully. He smirked at his fallen opponent.
"You still can't beat me. Even if you have improved somewhat."
The dust suddenly was blown away by Ryu's Twister Blade. Sephiroth quickly countered by summoning his wall of fire to keep from getting blown away. Ryu growled in frustration. He did a quick examination of himself. He had cuts all over his body, but nothing too serious...yet. However at this rate, Sephiroth might kill him. He had no choice but to use his trump card. No matter how much he wished he wouldn't have to.
"You should pay attention boy!"
Sephiroth disappeared again and appeared right in front of Ryu. With out hesitation, he thrust his blade through Ryu's shoulder. Sephiroth smirked, but it was quickly wiped away when he felt his own shoulder get pierced.
"An eye for an eye." Ryu said.
Sephiroth growled and pulled away. Ryu placed a hand on his shoulder. It hurt like hell, but if he wanted to live, he needed to muster up all the strength he had for this final attack. If the fight dragged out any longer he would be too tired to pull of this stunt. He pointed his sword at Sephiroth.
"It end here."
"Hah! It end when I say it ends!" Sephiroth retorted.
Ryu closed his eyes and relaxed his body. Sephiroth didn't know what Ryu was up to, but he wasn't going to allow him to pull it off. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of Ryu again and plunged his sword through Ryu's head. A cocky grin spread though his face, however, in an instant Ryu disappeared. Sephiroth looked around confused as to what happened. He had just stabbed Ryu through the head! Why did his body disappear!
"Surprised?" Ryu asked from behind Sephiroth.
"How?"
"You'll see. Then again, maybe you won't."
Ryu ducked as Sephiroth swung his sword at him. He then kicked Sephiroth as hard as he could in his stomach. It was enough to send him flying a few feet away. Ryu then relaxed himself once again. This time he would finish the white haired swordsman.
"Shadows of the Assassin!"
Sephiroth was just getting up when he found himself with at least 10 copies of Ryu circling around him.
'What is this!' he though frantically.
The clones were moving so fast it looked like there was more than 10. Suddenly the clones stopped circling him and attacked. He chopped down the nearest clone only to find that it just vanished much like before. His body was soon in pain from all the cuts Ryu was dealing to him. He tried to destroy all the clones, but he failed to prevent Ryu from doing anymore damage to him. In a moment, all the clones disappeared.
'What?'
"Thunder Flash!"
Sephiroth's head shot up. In the sky, Ryu floated with his swords held over his head. Lighting crackled around the blades. This was the second modification he had made. An elemental side effect. Ryu then descended towards Sephiroth in a shape of a lightning bolt.
'Impossible. Those were not clones. He was moving so fast that he left after images!'
Sephiroth held up his sword and charges. He would not die so easily!
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Yuri and Kai
When Maya and Karen arrived at the scene, Yuri and Kai were already engaged in battle with Ansem. Kai had even transformed to his Dark Form.
"Dark Firaga!"
A blast of fire shot out of Kai's hand. Ansem managed to dodge, but Yuri was right on him. He unleashed a series of slashes at him, some blocked by his Guardian, and then was punched back towards Kai. Ansem was frustrated. How dare these brats use him as a punching bag! Ansem created a cage of darkness around him. Kai moved out of the way as Ansem crashed into the ground where he stood. He took this chance to then send his guardian into the ground.
The guardian then shot up from the ground in random areas. Yuri and Kai made sure they kept moving around to prevent from being hit. They both jumped into the air when strikes of darkness shot out at them. The instant they landed, Kai attacked.
"Dark Aura!"
Kai floated in the air and quickly attacked Ansem from all directions. At the end of his attack Ansem took flight. These kids were beating him. Him. The one who had sent countless worlds into darkness. Yet he was having trouble beating these kids. He summoned two Behemoth to do away with the boys. However, he was surprised to find that the Behemoth were destroyed.
"Sorry, did we ruin your plan?"
Ansem turned around to find Karen and Maya smiling innocently at him. Ansem growled. The girls flew apart and sent their attacks at him.
"Firaga!"
"Blizaga!"
Maya's fire attack circled around Karen's ice. The attacks looked like they hit Ansem, but his Guardian took the hit for him. Karen continued to attack Ansem in order to distract him, meanwhile, Maya flew behind Ansem.
"Flare!"
Ansem quickly put up a dark shield, but the Flare was stronger than he thought. He could feel the shield begin to weaken. He could only think of one thing to do to get out of this situation. It was a risk, but at that moment he didn't care. If he wanted to win then he'd do whatever he needed to.
An explosion erupted after the Flare broke thought his shield. Karen took this opportunity to fly in to deliver a kick to Ansem's gut. She smiled as her kick connected and sent him hurling towards the ground. However, her smile disappeared when she her Maya scream in pain. She quickly turned her head towards he sister. Maya had a purplish dark light surrounding her.
'Oh, no! The Guardian!'
"Kai! Yuri! Don't attack Ansem!" she screamed to her friends.
Kai and Yuri headed her words and simply watched as Ansem crashed into the ground. Kai's head shot up to Maya. She had stopped screaming and was slowly descending towards them with Karen in tow. He glared at Ansem who was getting up.
"Let her go." he growled.
Ansem smirked and dusted himself off. "Now, now, you're in no position to give me orders."
Kai turned away from Ansem and went to help Maya. He wasn't worried about the Guardian that much since Ansem could only use that attack for a minute. However that didn't stop him from feeling pissed about what he had done to Maya. The bastard was going to pay once the Guardian was forced out of her.
"Karen, prepare to hit Ansem with your Holy magic after Maya is released. I'll then attack and Yuri...you'll finish him off. Everyone got that?"
His friends nodded.
"What about me?" Maya asked.
"You're hurt. Take a breather. We'll take care of this."
"I'm fine and I'm going to help whether you like it or not."
Kai frowned at her stubborn behavior. He sighed knowing there was no way he could win in an argument against her. Ansem sent waves of Heartless at them just as the Guardian left Maya's body. Maya immediately raised her staff and concentrated on a spell.
"Karen! Hit Ansem with Holy after I take care of these Heartless!"
Kai wanted to tell her not to overexert herself, but had no chance as Maya cast Ultima on the wave of Heartless. Kai immediately readied himself once Karen cast Holy. Ansem tried to protect himself by using the Heartless as a shield, but Holy just cut through them without slowing down. In a last ditch effort, Ansem had his Guardian protect him and raised his Dark shield. The Holy disintegrated his Guardian and his Dark Shield in an explosion. Kai took this opportunity to attack with Dark Aura. He pounded Ansem mercilessly with his Keyblade. Then he head butted Ansem. He fell to the ground bloodied and weak. He watched as Yuri charged at him to finish him for good. With the last of his strength, he launched himself into the air.
"I will not let you beat me! Pillars of Darkness!"
Kai moved out of the pillars way as did Maya and Karen. Yuri, however, had other plans.
'I'll finish you here Ansem! Your attack wont' stop me!' Yuri though with determination.
Everything around him seemed to slow down as he felt his whole body become lighter and his clothes began to glow. Yuri held out his empty and and a Keyblade appeared. Ultima Weapon. His clothes stopped glowing to reveal that they had changed to red. With his two Keyblades in hand, Yuri cut through all the pillars and jumped into the air. Ansem's eyes widened.
"Ars Arcanum!"
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Ryu and Sephiroth
'Unbelievable.' Ryu thought. 'Even after his sword broke, he was still able to stab me.'
Ryu then fell backwards. Sephiroth's broken sword was impaled into his stomach. Sephiroth watched his opponent fall with a small smirk before he too fell to the ground. In that last attack, Ryu broke Sephiroth's sword with the speed of his descent. True he managed to still stab Ryu, but he did not come out of this unharmed. His arms had been severed and Ryu managed to impaled his swords into his body. His heart pierced by one of those swords. You would think the white-haired swordsman didn't have a heart, but even Sephiroth was only human. No matter if he didn't act like it. He strained his neck to look over at Ryu. He hoped he was dead, but he was disappointed to see him moving his hand towards the sword. Sephiroth could do nothing to stop his own bleeding. There was no way for him to get out of this one. He had been defeated by Cloud's brat.
'Damn you Ryu.'
Was his final though as darkness took over him.
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'I've been beaten again.' Ansem though.
Yuri had stabbed both his Keyblades into Ansem after his Ars Arcanum. Yuri jerked his Keyblades out of Ansem's body and the white haired man fell to the ground. Below him, the Heartless were being wiped out faster than ever. Ansem watched as the sky began to rain small golden orbs. Kingdom Hearts had been sealed. It could only have been Sora to do that. He vaguely wondered how Sora knew he had to seal it again. His body slowly began to disintegrate into white light. Ironic, considering he had immersed himself in darkness.
Yuri landed next to his friends. The Ultima Weapon disappeared and his clothes returned to normal.
"What happened Yuri?" Karen asked referring to his change.
"I don't know, but all of a sudden I felt myself become lighter and before I knew it, I was flying through the air with two Keyblades."
"That must have been one of the forms your dad can transform into." Kai deduced. "I think it's called Valor."
"Cool!" Yuri said.
His friends sweat dropped, but didn't say anything more. Yuri really needed to pay more attention when things were being explained to him. They shook their heads and looked up in time to see Ansem finally disappear from existence. For now, they're battle was over.
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AN: And that's the end of chapter 18! Now hurry and read the last chapter. Remember to review!
