Chapter 11
The young man that was Orochi that the students had come to know and love. Was now a giant eight headed black serpent dragon. The last time this thing appeared it was when Susano the first killed it with Amaterasu. Mainly, the Goddess did the work as her Celestial Envoy stated. But now it was the descendent of Susano's turn to face the dreaded Orochi.
However, with no Devine sake this was going to be a task. The beast roared to the heavens and Cloud used DeBarrier on the massive serpent to get rid of his cheating barrier. Now that was gone, Squall and Link leaped into the air and diagonally slashed at each of the heads; with Amaterasu using her brush powers do deflect Orochi's elemental attacks. The majority of them were countered by using a very strong Galestorm. Sora jumped into the air with his Keyblade and sliced the beast using Ars Arcanum, with Cloud's assistance being Omnislash. Tifa and Red XIII continuously used Fire3, Quake3, Lightning3 and Ice3.
Amaterasu howled up to the sky and summoned the moon. Every sword on the battlefield shone with a golden light as each and every one of Aeon's warriors sliced the seven heads of Orochi clean off his necks. The last one Aeon was going to deal with. He froze the colossal beast in place. He used his ultimate move. The Thirteenth Hour. As the thirteen swords of time hit the dragon, the fire elemental head fell to the ground dead.
Then they all cleared the scene.
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"We have lost all the Diablos and Xehanort. Except for Orochi there're all lying in hospital beds." Zant said.
"Lovely, we just need that Guardian. And the Diablos go and screw it all up!" Rufus said in his rage.
"Maybe we should call for some assistance. Mathias does have the Crimson Stone." Ultimecia said wickedly.
"I think we could do with some assistance. Thank you for suggesting that." Rufus' mood changed.
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Aeon and Tifa were taking a stroll in the undisturbed night of her home town. The only light came from the streetlamps as they continued to walk along the dark streets. Aeon thought that he saw something in the distance, something familiar.
He froze in place. He'd been attacked.
An inhuman laugh filled the streets and Aeon fell to the floor in a pool of his own blood. Tifa turned around; as she did she nearly fainted from the shock. The Angel of Death. The skeleton had badly slashed Aeon with his scythe. Tifa looked closer at the weapon and where Aeon's blood started was a burgundy coloured blood on the scythe. The skeleton laughed again as Ninetails appeared and grabbed the albino Guardian by the collar of his shirt. She drained away his time powers and left him to die in the middle of the streets. As the both of them vanished, Tifa could move again. Her own fear kept her still. She cradled Aeon in her arms as she checked that he was still breathing. Just barely. She phoned the others to help her.
When they all arrived, Aeon's warriors carried him to Tifa's house.
Aeon's life now hung by the thinnest of threads, that was soon going to break. Saint Germain appeared to the teenagers and sighed. He picked Aeon up in his arms and allowed one of the young adults to come with him. Rinoa went.
Rinoa found herself in a familiar place. Kaipo. Well, the lake that was nearby that village. Saint Germain placed Aeon into the waters of Kaipo. Magic twinkled from the blond Guardian's fingertips and the lake reacted. The water shone a deep blue and calmly swirled like a time vortex. A light blue lightning bolt appeared at the bottom of the lake and Aeon's wounds were gone. Including the poison for Death's blood being on the scythe. Aeon began to breath deeper as Saint Germain picked him back up out from the water.
"What is in that water?" Rinoa asked.
"This is no ordinary lake child. This is a River of Time, well a Lake of Time actually. This is a symbol of Galamoth's power. His healing magic is in the water and can heal us from anything. Including what Death can do to us."
"I guess that makes sense."
Saint Germain teleported the three of them back into Tifa's house and the blond Guardian but Aeon down on the bed. The moment when Saint Germain put Aeon down on the bed, his eyes fluttered open. He seemed delirious as his vision became clearer. He was lucky to be alive.
"How are you felling Aeon?" Tifa asked.
The albino sat up before answering, "I don't really know. I can't sense anything. I feel normal, like a normal human being. It's weird really."
"That's not good. They stole your abilities didn't they?" Saint Germain asked as Snowball entered the room with Amaterasu and Red XIII.
'Galamoth is in danger.'
"We know Snow." Saint Germain sighed.
"I can't even hear Snowball." Aeon was being to panic.
"Calm down. We'll get your powers back from them." Rinoa said.
'No, I figured out why the teachers took Locus.'
"Ok, Snow project your Telepathy onto everyone." Saint Germain demanded.
Snowball did so before speaking her mind, 'They're going to use Locus to fight Galamoth. She's under the sorceress' control, and I'd imagine that they needed Aeon's abilities to get into the Dimensional Time Rift where Galamoth sleeps. And with him asleep…'
"He'll die." Hector said.
Snowball nodded, 'One of us shall open the portal. Aeonyou'll have to stay here. Can someone stay with him?'
"I will." Tifa said.
'Thank you Tifa, you truly are a brave warrior.' she said as she cut the fabric of time with her tail, opening the portal. 'Hop in everyone.'