Chapter Six
Aireth VS Aeris
Fire erupted from Aireth's hands, and came rushing towards Aeris.
She raised her hands, and conjured a shield to block it. The fire died out as it made contact with the shield. Aeris raised her hands once more. A bolt of lightning was sent from them. Her opponent countered with the same kind of attack. They sent bolt after bolt of lightning at each other, and every time the bolts made contact, the ground shook terribly.
Aeris changed her attack Magical Power from lightning to fire. And a rain of fireballs suddenly charged down on her former friend. Aireth was struck by the flames. Aeris lowered her hands, and waited.
At first, the place were Aireth was standing was covered in dark smoke. But then the smoke cleared, and Aireth was lying on the ground, with burns all over her, and her cloak was on fire. "Hear me, Oh Holy! Calm the rage of these flames, and save a life on this planet." Suddenly, the sky opened, and a flow of water was rushing towards her. They covered her, and extinguished the flames, as she'd asked them to. She got up, soaking wet, but all the flames were gone.
"See, Aeris? Holy still answers me." "That doesn't change anything. You're not the same, Aireth!" Aeris said. "I'll do whatever I want. The Aireth you once knew is no more." She raised her hands, and threw a sound spell at Aeris.
(I know. Such a spell doesn't exist in FF 7. I just made it up)
Suddenly, a ferocious pain shot through Aeris' ears, and blood came out. She screamed out in pain, and fell to the ground. "The vibrations of sound control the sound on this planet. If I use my Magical Power right, I can increase the vibrations of sound so much that the human ear can't handle it, destroying your ears, and your ability to hear, if I'd wanted to." She watched Aeris lie there, twitching and screaming in agony, still clutching her ears. Aireth lowered her hands, and the pain in Aeris' ears stopped.
She raised her head, shaking uncontrollably from the sound.
"My childish games with you Cetra are over. Leave me alone." Aireth said coldly. "I don't want to kill you either, Aeris. But if you try to stop me again, I will."
Aireth left her, and the rest of the Cetra of Himitsu Shi. She went over to a stable near the shore of the island, and took the eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, and began her journey towards the Darkness. (The Materia "Odin" calls forth that Odin-guy who rides on Sleipnir. That's where I've got it from)
Aeris was still lying there. Her body had stopped shaking, but she now had a terrible headache that nearly paralyzed her.
She tried to get up, but her head hurt so bad she couldn't stand.
"She's here! Everyone, quick!" She could hear voices coming from somewhere far away. It was as if the people speaking were standing at a mountain many miles away, and speaking to her, making only the echo of what they said reach her. Suddenly, she felt an arm around her wrist, and someone who pulled her to her feet. "Easy, Aeris. You've been through hell." "Ageha?" "Don't talk right now. Just relax."
Aeris could only see through a kind of mist due to the pain in her head. She bent over, and vomited. "Get her to the House of Healing immediately." Someone said. Aeris felt how many people lifted her off the ground, and carried her back towards the village.