A/N: Heh, well, it seems that the readers want Gaignun to die in my story whether he does or not in the real game (which some of you have already seen). I was planning to let him die anyway because I needed him to. If any of you were Gaignun lovers, well…that's just too bad. I apologize but he's going to die. Poor Jr…
Disclaimer: Don't remind me…it pains me to say that I don't own Xenosaga…it might be painful enough for me to not update…
Dedication Time: Alright! I think I've almost covered everybody…but since there was a new reviewer…this one's out to RubedoFan! Since you want Gaignun to die…he will! This one's just for you!
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Celina spirals around the tower to dodge the cannon shots of the A.M.W.S. she was fighting. (Damn, this thing is tough…) At the top, she lands on the tip and then materializes the rest of her cannons. The A.M.W.S. flings its boomerang up into the air, and it starts to spin faster, creating a vacuum of air that slowly sucks Celina's mech into the sky and into the whirling blade of doom.
"What the hell is going on?" Celina starts typing furiously, trying to get her mech out of harm's way. Unfortunately, the vacuum continues to suck her in. The A.M.W.S. flies behind her and charges its cannon arm. It was going for a pincer attack, making sure the target was eliminated.
"Shit." Celina moves her cannons in front of her and then aims it as low as she can. "Hope this works!"
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Nearby, Shion and her opponent were moving at high speed all across the city, spinning around to dodge the bridges that connected some of the buildings together. The A.M.W.S. throws it discs at Shion, prompting her to materialize her arm blades to slice them up. A building came up between and they both darted their own direction. Shion flew straight up to the top of the building to try and intercept the A.M.W.S. from above.
However, it was nowhere to be found. Shion looked around and quickly brought up her scanners. As soon as she did, she saw it right above her with two glowing discs right next to it. The blade edges were glowing red. Shion gasps and then watches them fly straight towards her. She quickly flies back and the discs cleanly slice up the antenna that was on top of the building.
(A close one…seems that the A.M.W.S. has amped the blades to become as sharp as KOS-MOS's blade…) She quickly flies up to dodge the discs again and flies at the A.M.W.S. The discs return to the A.M.W.S. Shion attacks with her arm blades, swinging it as fast and hard as possible. The A.M.W.S. blocked her attacks with the discs and gave a few attacks on it own.
The two mechs back off and stare each other down. (I'm not getting any good hits on him…there's gotta be a way to take this fucker down…) The A.M.W.S. ejects more discs from its body and they hover all around it. (How many discs does this thing have?) The discs fly towards Shion but this time, they all move in a coordinated pattern. She boosts down and flies deep within the city, the discs hot on her tail. Above, the A.M.W.S. followed Shion, waiting for a good opportunity to strike.
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The bright light slowly began to dim, revealing the environment that Jr. and his group had been transported to. The sky around them was all purple, as if they were inside something. Eight giant rock pillars were situated all around them. The only things noticeable about the rock pillars was that it bounced a little, as if it were alive and had a purple aura emanating off of it.
MOMO reaches out to touch it and felt it jiggle with her touch. "Ah! It's alive!"
"Seems we're inside something." chaos says. "I'd say we're in the Ark."
"A good guess." A voice says.
Everyone turns to the source of the sound and see Yuriev on the opposite side of them, in front of the pillar's jiggly thing.
"Hahaha…it's here…" Yuriev starts coursing with power. His purple aura was growing in size. "But where…?"
"He must be talking about the Zohar." Jin deduces.
"Jr." Ziggy says, looking at him with a cold stare. "Don't let your emotions get the better of you. He is an enemy now. Even if he is dormant inside that body."
"Yeah, I got your lecture the fourth time I heard it. Now let's just do this!" Jr. goes out to reach for his guns but something causes the ground to rumble.
A large shockwave erupts from the middle and circles around the pillars.
Jr. steps back, a little afraid. "What the…?"
Everyone else stares on as Yuriev begins to float into the air. A white mech appears out of nowhere and it begins to emit the same aura as Yuriev. It starts shaking violently, as if something was interfering with it.
'Now behold the power!' The Zohar rises from a pillar behind the white mech. It floats into the air glowing with a mysterious light. The light continues to grow brighter and engulfs Yuriev. A couple of seconds later, Gaignun is shot out of the light and towards the group.
"Gaignun!" Jr. runs to him and helps him up. "Gaignun! Are you okay?"
"Never…better…" He jokes. "At least I'm not under his control anymore…"
"Save your breath…" Jr. says slowly. "We'll handle things from here."
The light emitted from the Zohar fades away and reveals Yuriev…still floating but instead of his purple aura…it was a red aura. It was also much larger and looked like it had tentacles coming out of it.
"U-DO…" Jr. says. "It's out of its prison? But…how?"
"Hahahahaha….the Emulators….truly a sight to behold. There were the keys that unlocked each and every shackle that contained U-DO…and now it is residing in my body…"
Red beams start erupting out of Yuriev's body and flying everywhere.
"Everyone get down!" Jr. enters his Red Dragon mode to combat the U-DO waves. He was its anti-existence after all. He created a shield around the others to protect them from the waves.
"How long do you think you can last, Rubedo?" The beams seem to be endless as they continue to pour out from his body.
"Damnit…he's right…" Jr. was quickly losing power and the barrier was starting to dissipate.
Gaignun slowly gets up and starts limping towards Jr.
"Mr. Gaignun! You shouldn't be moving in your condition…"
"I'm fine MOMO…just hold on."
Gaignun stops next to Jr. and gives him a thumbs up.
"Gaignun…what are you doing?"
He starts emitting something similar to Jr's Red Dragon. Instead of a reddish aura, it is a black aura and it mixes in with Jr.'s protective barrier.
"Executioner…arise from the darkest shadows of Hell…" Gaignun mutters and the black aura continues to grow stronger and stops all of the U-DO waves to fly out of Yuriev's body.
"So that's it…" Yuriev says, watching Gaignun. "No matter. I'll destroy them with my own two hands." He floats down and motions the team to fight him.
Gaignun falls to his knees and breathes heavily. "I…managed to put U-DO on hold for the moment…don't waste it…"
Jr. puts his hand on his shoulder. "You did good. Thanks for the help…but I'll finish this."
He whips out his guns and grins. He runs forward. A whiz of an arrow flies past him as well as some white feathers. Yuriev blows them all away with his power and sees Jr. about to attack. Jr. jumps and kicks him twice. At the same time with his kicks, he fires his guns and jumps back. Yuriev brushes his shirt off and runs forward.
Jr. back flips over Jin who comes up from behind to try and surprise Yuriev. He swings his sword to sever Yuriev's neck but Yuriev falls back and back flips twice. Jr. lands from his back flip and then jumps backwards. He lands on Ziggy's hands, who launches him high up into the air. Jr. flips around and dodges a couple of energy blasts Yuriev fires.
Jr. aims his guns upside down at Yuriev at the same time Ziggy materializes his big-ass gun. Jin jumps up into the air and spins around once with his blade extended.
"Give up, you can't escape!" Ziggy says.
"I don't miss!" Jr. says.
Yuriev lands from his back flip as the dual shooters fire their shots. The shots hit their mark and smoke covers the entire field. Jin comes down from above to finish off Yuriev with an aerial strike.
Jr. flies backwards and lands on his feet near the smoke. He turns around and looks into the smoke. "Did we get him?"
The smoke clears and Yuriev is seen with his hands on Jin's blade. He blows him back with an aura blast and then starts charging again.
"Damnit!" Jr. says.
All of a sudden, an arrow whizzes past Jr. and Jin and pierces Yuriev in the shoulder. Feathers fly all around the battlefield with the arrow.
"MOMO?" Jr. looks over to her and sees her as well as chaos with his hand on her bow.
"A Divine Arrow combo? Sweet!" Jr. turns around and starts firing like crazy. Ziggy fires another cannon shot at Yuriev.
Yuriev screams in pain as he is hit by a barrage of bullets, cannon shots, arrows, and angel feathers. He falls down to his knees and looks up at the group.
"Damn you…this isn't over…this isn't over!" U-DO's power begins to erupt out of him and it begins to heal his wounds.
"His wounds are healing?" Jr. says in disbelief. "Damnit!"
"Hahaha…you'll never beat me. Now perish!" Yuriev swings his arm in a sweep and unleashes multiple waves. The group jumps out of the way and prepare to joint attack again.
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"Hope this works!" Celina's cannons are fully charged up and she fires it beneath the boomerang. The recoil sends her flying backwards as the A.M.W.S. behind her fires a powerful blast. The blast engulfs the boomerang and the light temporary blinds Celina. As it clears, she sees the boomerang is gone, and her plan was a success.
"Whew…and now to take care of this sucker." She turns to face the A.M.W.S. and targets it with four of her cannons.
The A.M.W.S.