A.N. Ok Before anything, I would like to say thanks to: Shadow Knight1121, Project-Apocolypse, Red Reality acebrainbuster, Taperosc and Iamnooneanymoreifyouwannaknow. And I would also like to state that if I don't use your characters in the next chapter (e.g. the Festival of the hunt), then there might be a chance of your characters being in later chapters, so keep sending them in for this chapter, but stop when I post the one after til I ask for another one, and don't be afraid to make, say a Qu, instead of a human.
Zidane: In other words he wants more diversity on the different races in the party,
Me: Yeah, so a Qu has more chance than a human to get into the main party rather than a temporary, Oh and Taperosc, I'm gonna need more detail, e.g. personality, (Really should have put that on the last chapter...)
Akio: Shouldn't we keep this going?
Me: Right, right, so anyone want to do the Disclaimer?
*Insert cricket noises here*
Me:... Even with a cookie bribe?
*Insert more cricket noises here*
Me: Well I was gonna give a cookie factory to the one that did the disclaimer this time but it looks like I...
*Insert distant, but getting closer sounds of 'Mine, Mine, Mine'*
Me: ...Get the cookie factory! *Insert a distant sound of 'Aww'* I own nothing to do with this story except my OC's and my ability's for said OC's and any plot changes, now enjoy the next chapter of FFIX: The Dark Knight...
Chapter 8
We had gotten onto the airship with little difficulty, And that little included Zidane feeling up Dagger. I was already on board when it happened so I had no clue weather or not he tried to but couldn't he keep it for less life threatening situations?
I was looking out over the clouds while Dagger and Vivi walked into the Airship,
"I trust you Zidane," Dagger said as she slammed the door in Zidane's face,
I chuckle lightly, Before stating, "You will eventually get used to it Zidane, Females are always like that,"
"Trust me, I know," He said to me as Dagger came out again, looking panicked,
"Zidane! Its Vivi- He-"
I look round, worry starting to gnaw at me again, "What's wrong?" I ask,
"He-" Dagger said before I rushed past to see Vivi trying to interact with the golems working on the engine.
"Tch, I'm gonna head up on deck," I said to them, "I need some air,"
On deck:
As soon as I got up on deck I saw Steiner lamenting the fact that he thought he left the rest of us behind, when I said, "Steiner, You are really lucky you know that?"
At the sound of my voice his head shot straight up, "Akio! You are on board!"
"As is everyone," I said to him, before making my way to the balcony and looking out over the clouds,
"Akio? What's wrong?" Steiner asked me,
"Just the fact that the second I step into Alexandria, I'm gonna be put onto the headsman's block." I told him,
"Wha- Why?" He asked, with his surprise evident on his face,
"Because I left due to Alexandria using Black Mage golems to do its work." I told him, "Like the ones downstairs."
Steiner was speechless as Zidane came up on deck. "Hey Akio, you ok?" He said,
"Yeah, just pissed that the second this lands I'm gonna get killed," I told him, winking with the eye that Steiner couldn't see.
Zidane smirked and left for the cockpit leaving me and a silent Steiner behind.
Shortly after the Airship violently did a 180° turn, meaning it was heading straight for South Gate. I smile slightly as I saw Steiner run towards the Cockpit of the ship. I stayed where I was as the golems walked to the cockpit and Vivi and dagger coming up after them. I walked up to them. "Hey," I said,
"Akio, you ok?" Dagger asked,
"Fine, just worried that were gonna be attacked by the third black waltz any time soon..." I told her, then I hear the sound of wings, and sighed, "I had to bloody jinx it didn't I?" As the third black waltz flew over, This one looked much better than the other two. He was wearing a dark blue robe with bigger and darker wings than the other two, he also had a staff that looked like a gold crescent moon on a stick.
"So No.2 was defeated by a small child?" It started, before the other black mage's came over, Obviously to protect Vivi from BW3, He just looked at them preparing their attacks While I, Garnet and Vivi retreated into the Cabin.
What happened next, I'm sure you all know, All the Black Mage golems did was defend one, which they considered, of their own, and he cut them down like weeds, Vivi was just watching, silent and I could tell that he was getting more and more angry by the second. Watching this as a CGI cut-scene was no where near as heart-rending as seeing it in person. Even Koro was upset at the brutality shown, and he must have seen brutal things as a Monster, friendly or not. We just stood there, horrified as the Black mage's were annihilated by lightning. Once it was over I just stood there slowly clenching my fists in anger, but before I could do anything, Vivi ran out screaming in Rage, With Steiner following closely behind, I left with Zidane as he ran out while I jumped through the remains of the windows of the cockpit, Leaving Koro behind to guard Dagger if the Black waltz got past us somehow
I Stayed quiet as the Pre-battle banter went on while I drew my two weapons,
The Black Waltz said, "Hmph, I should have expected the golems to protect the kid, After all its the only thing that they can actually do, apart from being meat shields, Then again, they fail at being Meat Shields as well,"
I started to leak Killing Intent as I heard these words, As did everyone, However my K.I. Was the highest apart from one, which was coming from a short distance from me, coming from the most unlikely of sources, Vivi.
"I AM GONNA RIP YOU TO PIECES!" Vivi shouted as he glowed with light,
We all covered our eyes for the brief moment when the trance light grew to blinding levels, Once it wore down, we all looked and saw that Vivi had gone from a young child size mage to an Adult sized one wearing what could only be described as High Mage Clothing, Being black with gold lining, With his brown hat being replaced with a High Quality version with a similar colour scheme as his clothing,
Vivi just looked at the Black waltz and said, "You shall fall here,"
I smirked and said, "Lets take this guy down,"
Steiner pointed his blade at the Black waltz and said, "You shall not take the Princess, Foul Demon!"
Zidane drew his two daggers as he said, "Lets do this thing,"
The Black Waltz just pointed its staff towards us and said, "You fools cannot stop me, I am far too strong,"
Que FFIX Boss battle music
Zidane went in first with an overhead blow, while I said, "Shadow step,", Steiner keeping his eyes open for an opening and Vivi charging his magic,
The Black Waltz dodged Zidane's attack, but failed to dodge my second one,
The B.W. Got a serious cut from my blow but could still fight and move with little hindrance.
Both Zidane and I retreated as Steiner charged in and managed to keep him busy as I said to Vivi under my breath, "You almost done charging?"
"Almost, Steiner should be forced away soon, I will be ready then" Vivi stated confidently, I raised an eyebrow at his confident tone but didn't comment,
Soon enough Steiner was forced back, but Vivi was still charging so as soon as he was cleared I readied my sword and shouted "Unholy Thunder!" And launched a purple thunderbolt at him. He dodged but what he wasn't expecting was Vivi's charged spell,
"Dbl. Thunder: Plasma Bolt!"
Which unleashed a single bolt of a deep blue at the black waltz from the sky.
As a matter of fact, I wasn't expecting the pure power behind the spell myself,
Let me put it to you this way, I was expecting two bolts of lighting that would leave little more than scorch marks on the ship and would weaken him enough to force him to retreat,
This though... This was well above what I was expecting...
The force of the 'Plasma bolt' as Vivi called it created a massive crater in the ships deck and did a little bit of damage to the engine,
However that, while huge, was not what caught my attention,
What really caught my attention was the damage done to the black waltz,
The arm and most of the chest on the side without the staff was blown to pieces now scattered around the deck, and, although the wings were spared, the amount of damage to them was over the top, almost all of the feathers were burned to a crisp apart from those attached to the bones of the wings, and even then, the damage to that part of the flesh was extremely serious, as all the visible flesh was black, and some just fell off to reveal the bone underneath.
I just looked with wide eyes and said "Bloody hell..."
Zidane and Steiner had similar reactions,
However this did provide the result that I was after, as the black waltz backed off and started to mutter, "I exist only to kill, I exist only to kill," Etc.
Vivi de-trance'd as I watched the black waltz fly off while ready, knowing that he would return. I did, however, looked like I relaxed so as to not worry my friends. Zidane and Steiner went back to the cabin and I went to the front of the ship while Vivi went to a black mage hat that hung on to a pole on the ship's handrail.
I could see the South Gate as I heard another Airship engine roaring towards us, I turned rapidly and saw the Black waltz 3, still heavily damaged, flying that little airship towards us at high speeds.
I scowled and drew Angela's dagger, and prepared myself for the stamina loss as I shouted, "Dark Shard!" as I swung the dagger multiple time's, each launching a shard towards the B.W.3.
It used the airship itself to dodge them and while it did waste time, it still got closer.
By the time we were at south gate, he was a short distance from us and I had sat down tired,
Vivi snapped his head up when I sat down and he saw the B.W.3, he got pissed and started to channel a Fire,
I got an idea and checked if it would work with Cecil and Angela,
I see no reason it would fail,
'Neither do I, Go for it Akio!'
I smirk, and down a few potion's before I sheathed Angela's dagger and drew Cecil's sword. I then nicked myself and put my blood onto the blade causing a dark aura to form round the blade.
I walked up to Vivi's side and said, "When I launch my attack, launch your spell onto the attack to dual strike him."
Vivi nodded and I put the blade backhanded and put that arm behind my body preparing to swing. I sensed the technique was ready, so I shouted, "Darkness!" and swung the blade, creating the wave.
Almost as soon as the wave left the blade, Vivi launched his spell while shouting, "BURN IN THE FIRE'S OF HELL YOU BASTARD!"
Again, I wasn't expecting the intensity of the spell, I was just expecting a small boost to the wave, making it a little stronger or faster, or just giving it a fire element.
But again, Whatever god is in this world, He/She/It/They really like fucking around with what I am expecting...
Confused? Well, the fire, (Now that I think about it I think he subconsciously used a Firaja, Unlikely but possible as this spell in the game wasn't launched so we had no idea of the power behind it.) Made the wave almost 10X longer, And if you consider the fact that the wave was as long as Plant brain before, It makes you stop and think. Especially since when it hit the smaller aircraft, the explosion was way, way, WAY! Over the size of the South gate. And we were just lucky that the wave was pushed in the other direction, Otherwise we would have died.
Even then I was lucky my cloak seemed to be fireproof, otherwise I would have more than likely be set on fire.
Anyway, with the force of that explosion, we were forced out of the South Gate at Very high speeds. As Vivi went inside with the rest, I sighed and stayed out and watched as we went n to Lindblum.
Lindblum, Airship dock:
Once we landed we were quickly approached by guards, I sighed and tuned out while keeping my eyes open for any huge changes.
Luckily there wasn't any at this point, so I followed as we went to see Regent Cid.
Again I tuned out to the explanations as I already knew most of the crap,
Or so I thought.
I was lucky I was hearing them while not paying attention as I heard Artiana say, "... woke up one day later with an odd cloak which had a Green hammer broach on it."
My eyes widened in surprise in this, as if the information is correct then...
No. I have no idea whether or not it's true, so I am not going to get my hopes up.
Garnet went into the throne room first, followed a short while after by Steiner,
I just smirked and kept an ear out for Steiner hitting Cid in Ogloop for- *Splat*- and that's out cue.
Zidane went in first, followed by Vivi, then me slowly walking in.
And If I am honest, the game really does not do this place justice. It is a lot more lavish in person than in the game in this room, and I am assuming its similar everywhere else, shame I wasn't paying attention...
Meh.
Anyway I turned my attention to the Ogloop in the chair and saw the moustache Cid was so famous for, But that wasn't what really caught my eye.
What did was the cloak around him having a brooch that had a emerald green hammer embedded in it.
As far as I am aware, Cid, in the game, uses gold cloth instead of a brooch.
And only one man wears that specific emblem.
My eyes were wide as I looked at Cid and saw him looking the same way at me.
He spoke first,
What he said, confirmed my suspicion's.
He said:
"Akio... Is that you son?"
His voice matched,
His brooch matched,
All the evidence pointed to it,
I just couldn't believe it.
I just said one word.
"Dad..."
A.N. EPIC ANNOYING CLIFHANGER !
Weren't expecting that were you? A massive plot twist to Akio's existence at this point in time. Now how are things gonna proceed? Heh, Find out next chapter. And I naow has a Beta! If only for my FF fics and my Naruto fic. It still helps,
All credit to 'absolutezero001' for agreeing to beta for me!
*Gives absolutezero001 a cookie*
Anyway, I am still deciding OC's for the festival of the hunt, But I have the one that's gonna work alongside the party, and this one is highly likely to stay in the party for a while, if not permanently.
Anyways READ AND REVIEW IF YOU WANT A COOKIE! FLAMES WILL BE USED TO BAKE SAID COOKIEZ! Ok? Thanks and Bai!