Hey guys, it's me again, Shadowkiller27. I'm gonna take a poll on this, and not a popular poll at that either. Well, I'm actually doing 2 polls for you reviewers.

First things first, if you are an anonymous reviewer, I will need your e-mail address to be able to reply to your reviews anymore, as the rules of fanfiction ahve chagedin the past few months. As you know already with my signed reviewers, they are able to recieve replies from me.

Now, on to poll number 1, the sad and unpopular poll.

Should I still keep writing for Fanfiction, or should I quit?

Now, for poll number 2.

What 'Ultimate Weapon' will Adam get? Ultima Weapon (FFVII), or Atma Weapon (FFVI)? Or both?

YOUWILLDIE Weapon is what my brother decided that Ian will get, and that is not contestable. Yes, my bro came up with that as a joke, but I will decide to use it anyways.

Also, read this VERY IMPORTANT!

IF YOU ARE AN ANONYMOUS REVIEWERS, YOU MUST LET ME HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO LET ME REPLY TO YOUR REVIEWS OR I CAN'T DO SO AT ALL BY THE RULES OF FANFICTION! Yes, I said this 2 times to stress this out.

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Chapter 18: Desert of Lightning

The group approached me and Ian, and I just sat there were I was. If I wasn't still thinking about the death of my half-brother, I'd probably been amazed at how the lightning was springing up from the ground.

(A/N Lighting comes up from the ground to the sky in Spira for this story. A/N)

Ambience music is now playing- Gladiator Theme from the movie Gladiator (good music for this moment)

Several pyreflies surrounded me as I stood up, and I looked over to the group. 'I can't let them down... I need to continue this anyways, if I'm ever to return to my real hometown...' I though as I dried up my last few tears.

"Hey, Adam. It's not just like we can't just quit here, ya?" Wakka said first before anyone could stop him, or talk before him.

"I know that. It's just going to be that much harder to do this journey." I brought my head upward to look at the group again after I let it droop down once more. "I'll get back at Sephiroth, no matter what it takes!"

"That's the spirit, ya?" Wakka smiled, but that was ruined by lightning hitting his hair, catching it on fire.

I began to chuckle a bit, but Wakka noticed the fire just before it really got to burn his head off. And Lulu used a Water spell to get rid of the flames.

"Either way, we must not stop." Auron said. Weird how at that moment it sounded more like it was the Knuckles side of him saying that more than Auron, even as both would say that kind of thing if you thought about it.

Ambience Music is now playing- In Your Face by Children of Bodom

Suddenly an Iron Giant decided top walk up to us and fight us. "Hey, the first fight in ages that's a random battle!" Tidus shouted energetically.

"Hmph. These things aren't easy you know, right?" Lulu said as she cast a Firaga spell.

(A/N I hope you don't mind if I accidentally use Fire 2 or that kind of stuff sometimes. A/N)

Ian tore out his Katana weapon from his sheathe, and he slashed at the Iron Giant, denting the armor. Ian had left his sword even in his Sonic form, but the sword was still 5 feet long, so it was 2 feet taller than him.

Wakka threw a new blitzball at the metallic fiend, and the ball cackled with energy via his Overdrive Elemental Reels. The giant fiend got electrified by the blast of energy. Lightning struck the fiend also as it was attracted by the electrically charged ball. The Iron Giant suddenly used a move that the real Iron Giants wouldn't. The fiend used Omnislash against Rikku, but the agile Al Bhed dodged most of the quick slashes by the fiend.

"Sonething's up with this fiend, it usually can't use those moves Kimahri thinks." Kimahri said as he used Lancet on the fiend. Suddenly Kimahri slashed out with his own Omnislash, via his Lancet letting him learn Omnislash.

The fiend began to fall over and it began to knee over. Suddenly though, the fiend's sword changed to that of a smaller version and was now in the shape of a dragon styled to a bit of a snake. Tidus jumped over the fiend's head and drove his sword straight through its head, and the fiend burst into pyreflies, leaving behind this new sword.

"It... left behind its sword..." Yuna commented as Tidus tried to pick it up, but he couldn't by the sheer weight of the thing.

"I can't get this thing in the air, someone else try!" Tidus said finally as he gave up on getting the sword from the ground.

"I'll try." Ian said as he sheathed his katana, and he walked over to the huge weapon. "Wait, it has an inscription on it... It's in Al Bhed though... I can't read it..."

"I'll translate it!" Rikku said quickly.

"Wait, how do you know Al Bhed?" Wakka demanded suddenly with the thought of her knowing Al Bhed, and he was putting together some peices apparently. For once he used his brain, but that's good, right?

"Err, I taught myself so I could be good at translating things... I uh, liked to translate stuff when I was young..." Rikku tried to lie, but I saw through it, but dense Wakka didn't thankfully for Rikku.

"So, what does it say?" Lulu butted in.

"Uh, it says... YOUWILLDIE Weapon... Weird name, huh?" Rikku said as she stood back from the enormous sword.

"I'll try to get it now..." Ian said as he grabbed the handle of the weapon. He pulled on it and the weapon got lifted into the air with ease. Whoa! It's not that heavy to me!" Ian said. Just then the Sonic Transform turned off, and Ian dropped the weapon.

"Hmph. You can only have that weapon with you during that form, but not your normal body. Your normal body isn't strong enough yet to weild this sword Ian." Auron said with an air of amusement at Ian trying to pick it up again.

Ian used Transform again to Sonic, and he picked up the weapon, and he Transformed back to his normal self, and the sword disappeared with the Transform. Ian reTransformed back to Sonic, and the sword was already in his hands. Again, he changed back to normal Ian, and without the weapon. "Well, that's settled..." Ian said as he dodged a bit of lightning.

Rikku suddenly freaked out as lightning suddenly struck next to her. She began to crawl, and she went straight for Tidus's legs and she held on firmly, not letting Tidus move at all. "I wanna go home! I hate lightning! I hate thunder! Let's go rest over there! Please?"

Auron, being the stiff he usually is, said, "This storm never stops. Better to cross quickly."

"I know, but... Just for a little while?" Rikku pleaded with the group, but most of us either ignored her or said no verbally. On the other hand, I just walked off completely. Unfortunately, since I was the one going to the lodge direction, she followed quickly, thinking I was going to the ldge and get the rest of the group to come with me.

"I didn't leave the group for you to follow me to the lodge. I'm not going there." I said as she approached.

"Meanie!" Was all the small girl said.

"More, I was here to have a bit of fun..." I said as I used Transform to change a bit of the scenery to that of a floating platform and I downsized myself and the area around me. Unfortunately for Rikku, that included the area she was on. The rest of the group saw the little arena I made and I put myself on, and looked on.

"Hey, are you two gonna fight or something?" Tidus called down to us from where he was, normal sized.

"Nope, I'm doing something to pass time since I know you guys have to go to the lodge anyways. You have to go since there are some good items there at the monet, and I think some are limited items!" I said, lying somewhat.

(A/N Okay, time to describe the arena to you. It will make more sense if you have played the newer game Shadow the Hedgehog, but I can get a good description still I bet.

The arena was a square arena with a middle platform and 2 paths connected to that and the 4 outer ring paths that were still all straight.

I'll see if I can get a good drawing of it here:

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If you want a better pic, e-mail me at Shadowk28gmail .com A/N)

"Okay, we're on it!" Tidus yelled as he ran to the lodge. Auron just shook his head, looking at Tidus running kinda stupidly and Wakka running after him to get himself some new items and weapons too. Yuna went to the lodge to get a room, and Lulu decided to watch what I was about to do, along with Auron.

"Hey, Auron, get in here!" I yelled to Auron as he shrunk himself to fit into the arena. Rikku backed off a bit to the center platform as me and Auron stood in a cnorner of the arena.

A/N Yay! Another chapter is up! I dunno how long it is, but I feel it's as good a time to stop now before a synthetic boss fight is done! If you played the Shadow game, you'd know what boss is about to be fought for the hell of it. If you don't know, then either e-mail me about it or something.