Whats good everyone? This is chapter 9 and I am mad excited about writing it. There are so much ideas running through my mind so I need to get them on paper ASAP before they disappear. Lol. Here is chapter 9.

Chapter 9: Round One!

When the team landed they realized that it was much worse up close. Every building and every home in the town was torn down and burning. The place stank with the smell of burning flesh and blood. It was a site that no one would every wish to see. Tifa was having the most problems because every now and then a flash back of her once peaceful town Nibleheim would invade her mind.

If it were Tifa's choice she would have already set a course back to Midgar and continue to run her bar. Not that she wanted to abandon her friends and leave them here, but the emotional stress was just too much for her to handle. Cloud noticed the disturbing and tormented look that was on Tifa's beautiful face. His heart melted and he almost cried.

"It's going to be ok Tiff," he said softly, placing a reassuring hand on her back.

Tifa turned around to him and two tears made their way down her face. Cloud brushed them away and pulled her chin up with his finger.

"This just reminds me of Nibleheim", she said softly.

Cloud pulled her into a hug and he rocked her softly. They would have stayed like that if it weren't for the pending battle that lay ahead.

"Just stay by my side, he whispered. I promise to God up above that I wont let anything happen to you today, or any other day.

Tifa smiled and felt some of the pressure go away. It was so great to know that she could count on Cloud for everything.

He was what Tifa lived everyday for. She did her best to try to please him and when he wasn't happy she was miserable.

"Hey spike, Cid yelled. Lets get a move on. I think I see where all the commotion is coming from and I wanna kick some alien ass."

Cloud laughed at this and then the whole team started walking toward where Cid was pointing.

They walked along the main road and the carnage only got worst. They passed by the hospital that Cloud stayed in to treat his Mako poisoning, only to find that the place was a wreck and had fallen to the ground. There were no survivors there because as they walked past they saw the head of a victim crushed under a door frame and the body lying a couple of meters always.

Sephiroth's mind was awhirl. His breathing came in short rasps. And he felt that familiar rage building up inside of him. The same rage that came before any battle. He tried to calm himself but nothing worked. He had to see Jenova face to face and bring her the judgment that she so rightly deserved.

After the team walked a couple of more feet they saw her. They saw Jenova. Standing there in all her power. She was completely naked except for a thin piece of cloth wrapped around her waist to cover up her most privates. She was green pigmented, her breasts were exposed, she had intricate tattoos all over her back and going in a circle around her breasts, her all to familiar tentacles were visible and her face and voice were that of an angel.

"My Children, she said with a delicate smile. Have you come back to join your mother on her quest."

Sephiroth was the first to speak. " You trifling bitch, don't you dare address me or any of us here as your children. You are the scum from the pit of hell and that is exactly where you are going".

Jenova's eyes flashed with anger and with lightning fast speed her tentacle had traveled a 30-yard distance and slapped Sephiroth across the face…hard.

Aeris was at his side at once for he had flew 2 feet away.

"Lets get to the point, Cloud snarled, his mako enhanced eyes flashing dangerously and glowing with anger. I didn't come here to talk to you I came her to kill your ass and that's what I plan to do."

Jenova laughed.

"Unfortunately I don't have any time to play with you idiots. But I do have a friend that I know will be more of a challenge to you, obviously because your fighting skills and techniques are…garbage."

Mariah stepped forward and glared at Jenova.

"Look you little bitch! You killed my husband, my baby, and ruined my life. If you think that you are going to walk away from me this time you had better think again. I am going to beat your ass so bad, that you are going to wish that you never crawled out from under that rock from which you came, and started to lead your miserable life."

Jenova just looked at her and smiled.

"It seems like I didn't finish you off but don't worry, if you want to throw your life away that bad, your will be done.

With that glowing orbs of green light formed around her fists and everyone thought for sure the battle had begun. But she turned around and went to the nearest geyser of the life stream and pushed her hands deep within the earth followed by her tentacles.

"Bashdiko!" She yelled and the earth began to tremble.

Of a sudden the life stream turned a dark blue and then black, it burst up from the earth with incredible power and redirected its route down-ward. It landed inches away from the team and they had to step back. The liquid now took on a thick texture and oozed into that of a huge trollish figure. When it became solid it was the most horrid thing they ever saw.

It was 8 feet tall with white scales and red eyes. It had 6 arms three on each side and a mouth that contained 3 rows of razor sharp teeth. Top and bottom. The beast came with a stench that made the team gag and turn away in disgust. Acidic spittle dripped from the corners of its mouth only to pop an sizzle as it touched the ground.

Jenova cackled and burst forth two black wings. She looked at them one last time.

"If you do happen to make it out alive, which I highly doubt. Then you can reach me in Nibleheim. There are a few friends I want to bring along with me"

With that she turned tail and flew off into the horizon.

Everybody got into their battle formation and waited for this monster to make a move.

The monster lifted his head and roared as if to summon something. Of a sudden there were 6 mini versions of this Bashdiko at its side. Each of them were at least 5 feet but had the same vile appearance.

The creatures wasted no time and rolled on into battle.

One of the smaller creatures aimed right for Yuffie but was stopped when her conformer went flying for its arm. The arm came off clean and the creature howled in agony. This gave Yuffie enough time to cast her sense Materia and was rewarded with the information she needed. The voices of the materia whispered to her that these things were called Manitou. They were weak against fire and absorbed ice and lighting attacks. Yuffie quickly switched in her added-effect materia with her mastered fire and went in for a slash across the enemy's chest.

The creature saw her coming and dipped low and came in with a sweep kick that threw Yuffie right off. She fell to the ground but recovered quickly and learned from that mistake.

She took a couple of steps back and the creature looked at her with a nasty grin on its face. It thought she was retreating. It closed its eyes held its belly and let out a roar. Big mistake! When it next open its eyes Yuffie's boot connected with its jaw. For Yuffie had took a running start and came in strong with a roundhouse kick.

Yuffie took this time to gather her MP and cast a Fire 3 on the beast. The Manitou caught fire as if it were a flammable liquid. It roared in agony and Yuffie ran in for the kill with her conformer slashing up down, on the creatures back and then side ways to sever its head from the neck. The creature fell dead and disappeared. The Bashdiko roared as if had felt the pain of its fellow brother. Yuffie noticed this and ran to Cloud who was going straight for the kill on the Bashdiko.

Tifa was sorely pressed. There were two of the small creatures fighting hand-to-hand combat with her. She heard Yuffie say that the names of these things were Manitou and she was looking for her opening. One of the Manitou threw a punch at her face and she dodged it, but had to block with her forearm, the jab of the other one. She saw her opening. For the first Manitou had turned all his attention to Tifa's foot which threatened to kick him. Her elbow came in hard across the Manitou's face and Tifa was rewarded with the satisfying feeling of a bone crack on her elbow. The creature now was stunned and in the range for an easy kill. Tifa kicked the second Manitou in the head and sent it sprawling to the ground. Tifa called upon the powers that Zangan had taught her to summon and ran into the creature and screamed "Meteor Drive!"

She grabbed the beast by its legs brought it up to the sky with a boost jump, twirled it around and sent it diving to the earth headfirst with incredible speed. It hit the ground with a sickening crunch and disappeared right before Tifa's eyes.

Before she could do anything else electrifying pain shot through her body as she looked down to see a claw protruding from her shoulder. She cried out in pain, but saw a huge beast fly toward her attacker and taking it with him.

She turned around to see red with the Manitou on the ground and Red's ivory white teeth sinking into the throat. Within seconds the Manitou was dead and gone. They turned around shared the same thought and went deeper into battle.

It was madness all around Mariah, but she kept her calm. She focused on her opponent, which was one she never had before. She had her weapon in sword state and the creature was attacking viciously. Mariah could not find an opening to make her move though. She must say that she was getting upset. She heard someone cry out in pain and turned to see Tifa being attacked, but red had came to rescue her. When she turned back around she was rewarded with a punch to her stomach, a kick to her legs and a slap across the face. She fell to the ground and the creature pressed on. She was hit repeatedly over and over. She felt the creatures claw like toes rip into her flesh and pull away as it kicked her. She was getting her ass kicked.

Mariah surely thought that she was going to die because of the overwhelming agony that ran through her body. But then an image of Michael came to mind. A tear fell and she remembered her promise to him. She was up in an instant and her eyes flashed with anger. The beast just looked at her and gave a smile. She turned her weapon to whip state and with inhuman speed whipped the beast across the face, drawing blood. She repeated this but aimed for the midsection and was happy to see that where her whip had struck there was a gapping wound where the flesh had been torn away and was hanging loosely on a diamond shard. The Manitou was infuriated and its rage blinded its technique. She waited and waited and then it came. When the monster was within range she flicked the whip and caught the neck. The shards sank into the flesh of the monster like a hot knife into butter. The beast howled. But its cry of agony was stopped short as the whip went to sword and with a quick slash its head came right off. Toppling to the ground with the same look of horror etched on its face until the whole thing just disappeared. A grin came on Mariah's face and she pointed out her next target. All the while, the Bashdiko screaming in pain for its lost folk.

Chaos soared high, and dipped low. Picking up one of the many creatures. As the beast gave a roar in complaint at being picked up it closed its mouth as chaos' claw ripped its head from the body and drank the vile blood within. Chaos dipped low again and went for the creature aiming for Aeris. He picked it up at the last moment and cracked the body in half. The Manitou's heart exploded because of the pressure being put on him and the body went limp. Dead before it even hit the ground.

Aeris was glad that Vincent had picked that beast off for her because she was scared to death. After she got her wits together she noticed that all of the mini monsters were gone and the larger one seemed somewhat vulnerable to attacks now that his brethren were out of the picture. She immediately went on the defensive as her team crowded around the beast. She cast wall on every one then went about to place a Cure 3 spell on every one. She then summoned her planet given abilities and cast a healing wind spell to do the rest.

Barret and Cid ran up to the Bashdiko from the back and started the attack. Barret aimed the Missing Score at the head of the beast and fired. The beast roared in pain and turned to see its attackers. As soon as it turned it was given an opportunity to meets the Venus Gospel face to face. For Cid boost jumped and struck the Bashdiko in the right eye, blinding it forever.

By this time everyone had learned from Yuffie that this creature was also weak against fire. After the Bashdiko had recovered from the initial shock of not being able to see from one eye it turned and snarled at the rest of the team. It was met with:

"Fire 3!" the whole team yelled

The Bashdiko was hit from every direction with burning blazes.

It didn't end there. For at the same time it grabbed Mariah.

Another mistake on the enemy's part.

Red and Yuffie were on either side of the monster.

"Cosmo Memory, All Creation!" they yelled in unison.

And the monster was hit from both sides.

This was followed by Tifa charging in yelling,

"Final Heaven!" the after results were a gaping hole in the Basdiko's midsection.

Still not quite satisfied, Cloud and Sephiroth looked at each other and shared the same thought.

With a cry of "WAVES OF TERROR!" from Sephiroth and a cry of "OMNISLASH" from Cloud. They assaulted the creature.

Sephiroth's aim was impeccable and he broke the beast's leg in different places with each thrust of power. Cloud's aim was for the head and the arm, which held Mariah. After the arm had been severed, the assault continued on the beast's head. The brain of the animal exploded because of the pressure and it was good as dead.

To get rid of the body Chaos opened up the pits of the dark abyss with a Satan-slam and the devil's minions dragged Bashdiko down while Barret Yelled "Catastrophe" and pounded him from above, only furthering the damage to the head and pushing him into the Abyss all the quicker.

Within seconds the battlefield was cleared and the only things remaining were a tired team, a still unmoving Mariah, and a once flourishing city burned to ashes.

Hey everyone that's the end of chapter 9 and I am going to start on 10 tomorrow. I hope that the battles were exciting enough and not to bootleg. I tried my best please R&R. I appreciate it. Stay tuned for 10. what will become of AVALANCHE? Will Jenova's sinister plan be accomplished? All your questions will be answered. This is ya boy signing out. 1 TTNC