Disclaimers: Breath of Fire IV and its characters belong to CAPCOM.
In this fic, I only own Nilam and 80 plot of this fic.
Note: I make two points of views (Fou-Lu and Ryu) only for this chapter.
CHAPTER IV: THE HEAT BATTLE OF THE EMPEROR
After taking Soniel's life, Fou-Lu returned to the room where Mami and Nilam were waiting for him.
'M…Majesty…'
'Ryong….are you all right? You didn't get hurt, did you?'
'Mami…Nilam….there is something I want to show you…' said Fou-Lu as he opened a wooden wardrobe.
'What elegant cheongsams!' exclaimed Mami when she looked inside the wardrobe.
'Mami…Nilam…I want you to wear the cheongsams!'
After hearing the emperor's request, Nilam frowned. She wondered if the emperor ever got married. She thought that the cheongsams belong to the late wives of the emperor. However, Mami was not as surprised as Nilam. She looked at the cheongsams closely. The cheongsams were made of silk fabric sewed by golden thread.
'Ah….Ryong…You said that we have to wear these cheongsams. But, I think that the cheongsam is not suitable for me. I…I'm only a simple farmer. This cheongsam is too elegant for me.'
'Mami…I don't care about what you're thinking. I only want YOU to wear this cheongsam! No matter what!' said Fou-Lu dryly.
To this, Nilam said no words but she beckoned to Mami to mind Fou-Lu's request.
Less than fifteen minutes, Mami and Nilam changed their clothes and wore the magnificent cheongsam.
'Majesty.. we've worn the cheongsams. Now…what shall we do?'
'…Stay here! I wan to solve my business!'
'R…Ryong…Wait a min….'
Mami couldn't continue her sentences because Fou-Lu hit her stomach. Consequently, Mami became unconscious. Nilam who was looking at the scene was surprised and cried.
'M…Majesty! Why did you….UNGH…'
'I think you have to sleep too…Nilam….' said Fou-Lu coldly.
Fou-Lu locked the door after he made the girls unconscious.
'Ryu…our fate finally comes to us…' said Fou-Lu as he walked in the dark corridor.
Twenty minutes later, Fou-Lu reached Emperor's Pagoda.
'I'll make my hologram sit in my throne and greet Ryu!' said Fou-Lu dryly. There was an evil smirk on his face.
Ryu's POV
Ryu and his group were surprised when they found three corpses at a yard near Fou-Lu's throne room.
'Ohhh! It's so horrible! This must be…'
'Yes, Nina! They must be killed by the emperor!' said Ryu.
'T…That's so cruel…' said Scias.
'I think we had better go in. Let's meet the emperor before he ruined this world!' said Ryu.
Three minutes later, Ryu and his group came into the throne room. He looked around and said:
'I think it's safe! Let's go!'
'Finally, you appear…Yorae Dragon' said a voice. Ryu was startled and managed to find the source of the voice.
'Are your friends with you?' I don't want them interfere our business!' said the voice.
There were great light balls in the ceiling of the throne room and attacked all of Ryu's friends.
'Nina! Cray! Scias! Ershin! Ursula!' yelled Ryu.
After examining his friends' condition, Ryu decided to come to the source of the voice. There was someone sitting in the throne. Ryu expected that one sitting in the throne was the same person who attacked his friends. Without saying any words, Ryu swung his sword. However, he was surprised when he realized that he only hit winds.
'Ha…ha…ha…Nice try, Ryu! I'll be waiting for you in Emperor's Pagoda' said Fou-Lu's hologram as it disappeared.
'Ryu! Are you okay?' asked Nina.
'Yes, Nina! I'm okay!' said Ryu.
'Ryu, what's that?' asked Cray.
'That's Fou-Lu's hologram. Now…let's go to emperor's Pagoda before Fou-Lu destroyed the world!' said Ryu as he ran to a room behind the throne.
Ryu needed half hour to reach Emperor's Pagoda because there were so many ways behind the throne room that Ryu had to explore them to find the way to the pagoda. Arriving at the pagoda, they searched Fou-Lu. When they found him, Nina wanted to approach Fou-Lu. However, Ryu prevented the Wyndian princess to do so.
'Nina? No! Please stay here! Leave it to me! I'll talk to him!' said Ryu as he came over Fou-Lu.
'Finally…I can meet you my behalf one! I've been waiting for you for many centuries!' said Fou-Lu dryly.
'……………………………….'
'Those foolish mortals think that they're the strongest creature in the world!'
'I don't know…….'
'They harm the others to gain many advantages for themselves!'
'I don't know…….'
'Some of them even sacrifice themselves for the sake of the others. They're too sentiment.'
'I don't know…….'
'How is it, Ryu? Do you want to join me? You don't need to help those dilly mortals because they don't need to be pity!' said Fou-Lu as he extended his hand and hoped that Ryu would sake his hand. However, Ryu's reply made him shocked.
'YOU'RE WRONG!!' said Ryu as he slapped Fou-Lu's hand roughly.
'Ryu…so…you really intended to challenge me. Very well then…' said Fou-Lu as he gathered his power in his hands.
'Ryu….I don't understand why you want to uphold them' said Fou-Lu as he attacked Ryu with his two-handed magical sword technique.
'I want to help them because they're weak!' said Ryu as he tried to ward off Fou-Lu's blow.
'Do you want to protect those obnoxious and thankless people?' said Fou-Lu as he ran to Ryu's direction and managed to stab him (but he missed).
'Some of them may defy you intentionally but the others do so because they don't know who you are and what you've done!'
'Humans are egoist! They hurt each others and try to kill each other to fulfill their ambition!' said Fou-Lu fiercely. His attacks were stronger than before. Ryu could feel the power of Fou-Lu's blows had increased. His dragon armor even almost broke but he still could endure them.
'Fou-Lu…You don't know that some of them are kind and they even suffered because of the others' ambition!'
'Those silly mortals like to sacrifice themselves but they don't know the limit of their power!'
'They're not silly! They do so because they affect the others so much that they don't care about themselves!'
'ENOUGH! TAKE THIS!' said Fou-Lu as he lift up his left hand. He gathered his power and threw a great shining light ball to Ryu's direction.
Ryu had tried to endure Fou-Lu's supreme power as possible as he could but he missed.
'AAAAAHHH…..'
'RYU!!' cried Nina as she ran to Ryu's direction.
'Ryu….Don't worry! I'll heal you!' said Nina as she used 'Vitalize' her highest healing technique.
'HEY! YOU! WHAT'VE YOU DONE TO RYU?'
'Cray??'
'So…you challenged me, pathetic mortal? Very well then…' said Fou-Lu as he changed his form into 'Tyrant', his strongest dragon form.
Fou-Lu in his dragon form was really powerful. He used 'Dark Weave' many times. Consequently, Ryu' and his friends had to change their formation very frequent. To defeat him, Ryu changed his human form to 'Kaiser', the strongest fire dragon. Ryu used 'Kaiser Breath' while Cray and Ershin decided to use 'Stone Pillar' and 'Inferno'. The combination of the last two techniques formed 'Ragnarok' that ended the fight.
'Foolish mortal…do you think you can defeat an endless?'
'Human may be egoist and like to hurt the others to fulfill their ambition. However, there are still some kind and pleasant human' said Nina sympathetically.
'The world is changing but it doesn't mean that they don't need endless!' said Ershin.
Fou-Lu looked at Ershin irritatingly after hearing Ershin's (but actually it was Deis's) opinion.
'I…I didn't say that!' said Ershin panic.
'Ryu…Do you still want to defend them?' said Fou-Lu trying to ignore Nina and Deis's comments.
'I still trust them!!'
'I think…I don't have any choices besides getting rid of you altogether with your friends!' said Fou-Lu as he transformed himself into 'Astral'.
'W…What the hell is THAT??' said Cray.
'Ah…..'
'S..S..Scary…'
'Everyone…Be Aware!!'
Ryu and his friends attacked the dragon altogether. The dragon seemed imperfect but it was so fierce and dangerous that Ryu had to be alert. Scias always tried to steal items while Ershin tried to attack but (she missed).
'Nina!Cray! Be careful!' cried Ryu when he saw the imperfect 'Astral' approaching them and tried to hit Nina.
'NINA! WATCH OUT!'
'Cray?'
'AAAAARRGHH!!'
'CRAY! VITALIZE!'
'Cray..You okay?'
'Yeah!'
'Let's attack together!'
'YES!!'
Ryu changed his form into 'Aura'.
'TYPHOON!!' cried Nina.
'QUAKE!' yelled Cray.
Cray and Nina's attacks didn't cause damage to the imperfect Astral because it defended their attacks.
'TYPHOON!!' cried Nina.
'STONE PILLAR!!' yelled Cray.
'RAGNAROK!!' yelled Ryu.
There were a great metal stone falling from the sky. After Ryu attacked the dragon with 'RAGNAROK' technique, the dragon fell to the ground and returned to its human form. Returned back as Fou-Lu...
This is the end of the fourth chapter. Please R&R but no flames please….
A/N: I know that Ryu hardly ever talks in the game (Breath of Fire IV). I make Ryu talk in this fic because I want to try to make the fic more acceptable and more interesting.
I know that Fou-Lu's and Ryu's conversation are not similar to those that are in the game (If you know their conversation completely, please tell me).
