A/N: I'm so sorry I'm so sorry! I had the entire Ch 14 "The Battle Heats Up" already typed up but somehow my stupid computer uploaded the original document (which I had finished halfway) and I didn't know about it! I really didn't mean for it to end like that...I'll make it up to you I promise! Hopefully I can remember what happened…

Disclaimer: Don't own Xenosaga…if I did, I would burn this computer for its stupidity.

Dedication Time: I think I've already dedicated it to everyone I know and who have reviewed…so this one's for everyone! I won't type names though, too many…but you know who you are!

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…flew forward towards Celina with its spear cannon extended. It ran out of power with its cannon and decided to take her down.

Celina fired her cannons at the same time the A.M.W.S. speared her right above the cockpit. "Damn…a mutual killing…" She had blown up the A.M.W.S. head off but the spear attack opened the cockpit up allowing the wind to come up on Celina.

Celina starts pressing the eject button madly, but it doesn't work. "Damnit! That spear attack must've damaged the eject mechanism!" The Vector A.M.W.S. blew up halfway during its descent while Celina looks over to Shion and smiles sadly.

"Looks like this is the end for me…"

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Nearby, Shion and the A.M.W.S. battled on viciously. They traded blows for blows, arm blade to powered up energy discs. Out of the corner of her eye, Shion saw Celina's A.M.W.S. falling with her still in it. "Celina!" She goes to try and save her but is stopped by the A.M.W.S.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER GET OUT OF MY WAY OR ELSE!" Shion exploded. The Dinah's arm blades moved swiftly like a cat and sliced up the A.M.W.S. wrists containing the discs.

The blades cut through the wrists like a knife cuts through butter. Shion then grabs it by the shoulders and turns on her hyper thrusters. "RAHHH!" She flies through the city, ramming it through every possible connecting bridge that connected the buildings, destroying them and sending them crashing to the ground. She then released it when she destroyed all the bridges that she could see into an electrical plant.

The electricity surged through the A.M.W.S. and caused it to explode. Shion turns around and sees Celina's A.M.W.S. explode on the ground. "Celina!"

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"That was a sad loss…" Tony says sadly. "But now how's the bet going to go?"

"Have you no sympathy?" Hammer asked. "A person just died you know!"

"I don't know. I won part of it and you won most of it so…"

The bet went like this. Since Tony won the majority, he got 200 G of Hammer's bet and 50 G of Matthews' bet. Matthews got 100 G of Hammer's bet and kept 50 G of his own bet. Hammer…got nothing. He ran away and hugged a helping robot on the Elsa in sadness.

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Shion landed near the wreckage and looked around for Celina's body. "It must've been burned to a crisp already…" Tears began to well up in her eyes.

"Hey, why are you crying?" A voice said below her.

Shion's eyes brightened up a little bit and she looked down to see…

"Celina! But how…?"

A person steps up behind Celina and waves.

"Hey, Shion!"

"Miyuki?" She looks at her and sees something strapped to her back. It was her latest invention…the jet pack!

"Geez, lose the tears, would ya? It's not like you to be sad!" Celina turns around and walks away. "I'm going to go to the Scientia outpost here and report my findings. You should go on ahead to help your friends. I'll send you an update as soon as I can."

"Alright, later Celina."

"Hey Shion!" Miyuki takes off her jet pack and throws it next to the wreckage.

"What is it?'

"Can I come along? I'm here on business, which I already finished. I saw both of your fights…you and Celina. I knew I could pull out my latest invention when I saw Celina falling."

"Sure." She allows Miyuki to clime onto the Dinah. "But it's going to be a bumpy ride."

"What, Shion? Ahhh…" Miyuki was about to get into the cockpit when Shion blasted off. She fell in headfirst and the cockpit door closed on her…

Shion doesn't notice Miyuki wiggling to get out of her awkward position. (Hang on everybody; I'm on my way!)

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Jr. rolled to dodge the U-DO waves and then used Red Dragon to blow away a few more. MOMO and chaos were attacking from a distance. The arrows and feathers were quite useful keeping Yuriev on his toes. Jin tried to stay close and slice Yuriev in half when he saw the chance. However, Yuriev managed to dodge his attacks every time.

Ziggy fired and reloaded his bazooka every chance he got. This put Yuriev at a strict disadvantage. He was being attacked all the time. However, it didn't seem he was faltering. He was constantly being rejuvenated by U-DO. Jr. and the others were starting to show fatigue however.

(Damnit…we have to end this now!) Jr. says. "Red Dragon!" He sent his aura towards Yuriev in the shape of a Red Dragon. Yuriev put his arms in front of him to shield him from the blast. It swallowed him up and sent him crashing into the wall near the capsule.

BOOM! Jr. fell to one knee and breathed heavily as the smoke cleared. Yuriev was lying down but then floated up on top of the capsule. He raised his arms in the air and created an energy bomb composed of U-DO waves.

(Looks like this is it…) Jr. says. His Red Dragon was emanating from him, stronger than ever. This time, Jr. was putting his entire being into it.

"Die!" Yuriev released his orb of destruction upon the members while Jr. powered up.

"Ahhh…." Jr.'s eyes sparked red for a split second and he created a huge dome around the field, repelling the bomb. It was sent away towards the side and it blew up.

Jr. was barely standing by the time it was over.

"Hm…looks like you've reached your limits, Rubedo. But I'm just getting started." His purple aura reformed around him as he powered up.

However, something flew in from behind him. He turned to look at it and he saw a white robed figure standing there.

"If it isn't the space anomaly boy wonder…" Yuriev scoffs.

Jr. steps forward. "What…Albedo…?"

"Hey, Rubedo. Looks like you're looking well." He opens his arms wide. "But don't think I'm helping you."

He raises his arm to his side and the Zohar comes out of the capsule, immersed in a bright white light.

"You were after that the whole time, weren't you?" Yuriev asks.

"Well, then. You must know why I need it then."

"I have a guess."

Albedo starts laughing manically. "This is too good! Now I can eliminate you without hesitation!" The Zohar begins to glow brighter and it starts to suck in Yuriev.

"No! Not back in the prison!"

Yuriev turns to look at Jr. "If I go down…I'm taking you down as well!" He fires a huge concentrated blast at Jr. before he disappears.

Jr. stares at the upcoming beam and then smiles. "Looks like…the end…"

Suddenly, strong hands push him out of the way.

"What…?" Jr. looks to see who pushed him aside.

"Gaignun?"

The blast enveloped him, creating a huge red explosion that covered the entire field.

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A/N: I believe this was how Ch 14 was SUPPOSED to end so I'm going to leave it at that. Sorry if it's short…it wouldn't been longer if this stupid computer actually got the write damn document. Too lazy to just try and change it all. Hope you enjoyed the chapter…the romance scenes are next! So romance lovers, hold on for a wild ride! But that won't be until later…my fingers hurt from updating ALL of my stories. Sorry. My fingers come first.