1Me: Merry Christmas everyone!
Lloyd: Oh! Oh! Can we open presents now?
Me: Lloyd, we did that last night.
Lloyd: Oh yeah! I got a really cool case to store my swords now!
Me: (sigh) you're hopeless. Anyways, I'm happy casue I finally got the MP3 player I've been wanting for so long and I got ...(glances over at Lloyd and whispers to readers) Weird Al's Straight Outta Lynwood and...
Lloyd: You gotta new Weird Al CD! Cool! Can we listen to it?
Me: In a little bit. I also got Even Essence: the Open Door and PotC2: Dead man's chest and Ice Age the Meltdown! Oh and I got more Spongebob stuff!
Lloyd: Spongebob?
Me: it a cartoon. Its funny though! I love the F.U.N. Song!
Lloyd: right... Jen Rem does not own ToS, or FF, only Tiamatt and the Oblivion Blade.
Me: (singing) I always thinkin' bout it. I don't know what I'd do with out it. I love, I really love my Pancreas! My spleen just doesn't matter. Don't really care about my bladder. I don't leave home without my pancreas!
We reached Asgard and after a quick meal, Raine dragged us to see the ancient dias near the back of the city. As we walked through the town, I couldn't help but feel uneasy as if someone was watching me.
"Cloud, please scout the area for anyone suspicious." I told the paragriff.
Ok! I'll be right back! Cloud launched from my shoulder into the air and with in a few minutes returned to my shoulder. There is a man in a black cloak following us. I don't like him. He has a evil feel.
"Thank you Cloud." I rubbed the birds head gently as we climbed the stairs to the dias.
Raine immediately began a lesson on the Balacruf monuments and history. I could hear voices come from behind the giant tablet and noticed Lloyd disappear to investigate. I teleported beside him as he peered around the corner to see two young men and an explosive.
"Listen Linar! This is my invention, the 'breaker'. If we use this then we can easily destroy this confounded dias." the red haired half elf told his friend.
"But Harley... this is a rare and valuable remnant of the Balacruf Dynasty. We can't destroy it..." Linar replied, rubbing his head.
"What are you talking about? As things stand now, Aisha may be killed!" Harley snapped back.
"What are you two doing?" Lloyd asked as he ran to stop them. I followed and immediately examined the explosive.
"Wha...who are you?" Harley gasped, startled by our intrusion. "Hey! Get away from that!" I ignored the half elf and began to take the simple device apart. I loved having Tiamatt's tech smarts sometimes and now was a good time for them.
"It's not what you think! We're not trying to destroy the ruin at all!" Linar shouted. I snickered, now working on the internal wiring of the bomb. I was forced to move as Raine ran across the dias and jumped down to where I was standing. I frowned at her arrival cause I hadn't had the time to disconnect the main wires.
"...What did you just say?!" the Professor fumed.
"Professor, these guys said they're planning to destroy this stage." Lloyd informed her.
"And you call yourselves human beings?!" Raine yelled as she gave her usual punishment of kicks and slaps to the two strangers.
"I am a half elf!" Harley retorted as he stood back up.
"...What has that got to do with anything?" Raine pointed out and took a step towards the still armed explosive. "You have no idea the importance of this ruin!" Raine slapped her hand down, pushing the switch that initiated the bomb.
"Uh-oh!" Lloyd, Linar, and Harley cried. I simply sighed.
"You said you were going to destroy this fabulous ruin?" Raine asked, completely oblivious to what she had done. "Now listen, during the final era of the Balacruf Dynasty, this ruin was..."
"...Professor..." Lloyd interrupted. I sighed once more and moved back to disarming the device.
"What? If you have any questions, I'll take them after the lecture." Raine said, clearly irritated.
"You just activated the explosive." I told her as I fingered through the wiring. Raine just glared angrily at me.
"I said, if you have any questions, I'll take them la..." The "elf"'s eyes widen in shocked as she looked down at the bomb. "What?"
"Woman! You flipped the switch!" Harley yelled. Raine turned around sharply and kicked the man down.
"Don't try to put the blame on someone else!" Raine replied angerly. Lloyd sighed as I found the main wire.
"That doesn't matter now! Is there a disarm sw..." Lloyd started when the ticking finally stopped.
"Too simple! I could have built this in a coma!" I dusted my hands off and stood up. Linar and Harley looked shocked.
"Hey, you must be good to stop the uncontrollable 'breaker'." Harley commented, a hint of anger in his voice from my comment.
"Don't go building stuff you can't control!" Lloyd scolded. Raine turned away to examine the ruins.
"Hmm... the ruins seem unharmed." She murmured to herself.
"I doubt the explosive would have done much damage anyways." I added, definitely not impressed with the primitive bomb.
There's an old man here. He looks angry. Cloud told me as he sat now perched on Kratos' shoulders.
"You there! Trespassing in this area is forbidden!" Linar and Harley wore scared expressions.
"Oh no! It's the mayor!" Linar said nervously.
"Uh-oh! Run!" Harley yelled, running away with Linar at his heels.
"We better go too." I sighed. Lloyd and Raine nodded, though Raine wanted to continue to study the ruins.
We met up with the others at the bottom of the ruins and after a quick conversation about what had happened, we decided to find Linar and Harley. We walked to the far end of town after finding out where the two men lived. I flinched slightly as pain began to once again seep from the wound on my side.
"Tiamatt are you ok?" Kratos asked, concern in his voice.
"Yeah. Don't worry about me. I've had worse." I smiled, pain still shooting through my side.
Soon we found Linar's house and after a quick conversation, we learned of the ritual said to keep the summon spirit of wind satisfied. Raine decided to take Aisha's place in the ceremony and after passing this switch through the mayor, we were witnessing the ancient ritual.
"I've come for the girl!" the monster growled.
"That's not... Professor watch out!" Colette yelled and rushed up onto the platform to confront the Windmaster with the rest of us behind her.
"Sonic Sword Rain!" Lloyd began to thrust his swords rapidly into the Windmaster as Genis, Colette, and Raine began to chant. Kratos fought beside Lloyd, attacking furiously. I held back my attacks to avoid agitating my wound. The others needed the battle experience anyways. Suddenly, Lloyd fell and Kratos paused to pull out a life bottle but the item was blown out of the mercenary's hands from the monster's attacks.
Now was a time that I could step in. I closed my eyes, searching my mind for one of the Guardian Forces whose consciousness inhabited my mind. I felt the desired conscious contact my own and his power flooded my body.
"I summon thee, Phoenix come forth!"
Third person POV
Tiamatt's eyes snapped open as strange bluish orbs surrounded her. The orbs suddenly burst into flame, engulfing the Cetra before they all disappeared.
Everyone paused, including the WIndmaster, as a fiery outline etched itself along the ground, forming a giant bird with a long flowing tail. Flames erupted from the outline, engulfing everything within its perimeter. Eyes glowing yellow, Phoenix burst free of the flames, giving a cry greater then that of an eagle. Windmaster screamed as the flames scorched his body. The small group however stood blinking in surprise as the flames did nothing but warm their skin.
Raine, Colette, Genis, and Kratos watched in amazement as Lloyd picked himself up off the ground, alive once more.
"What's going on?" Lloyd blinked as he looked at the large flaming bird that hovered above the battlefield. The flames died down, allowing Windmaster to recover enough for an attack. Lloyd spun around, slicing through the monster with ease. "That was easy." Lloyd said as the monster disinagrated. "Where's Tia?" As if to answer his question, Phoenix folded its wings and burst into a ball of flame. The sorceress dropped down out of the flames as the embers dissipated.
Tiamatt POV
The group looked shocked as I landed easily on my feet, though the landing did send a wave of pain from my wound.
"Thank you for your help." the mayor bowed slightly as we all climbed off the dias.
"It was no problem." Lloyd replied, shrugging his shoulders.
"Yes. It was quite easy to defeat. And I believe the tablet that we received from the monster should tell us where the real Wind Seal is." Raine added, showing the stone Balacruf map.
"Hmm, I see. Well as a thanks, please stay the night, free of charge." The mayor thanked us all before we left for the inn.
I sat in the large common room of the inn, polishing both of my swords carefully as Kratos and Lloyd polished their own blades. Lloyd, I could tell, was tired from today and kept nodding off before finally giving in and going to bed. Kratos, however, seemed not tired, but nervous. It seemed that the closer we got to the Tower of Salvation, the more nervous he became. It seemed as though he were questioning his actions. I sighed, and began to compare the two swords that lay by my side.
The Oblivion Blade, my original sword, shone brightly in the firelight. The sapphire dragon that made the hilt appeared to be in full flight with three feet of tempered steel behind it. I gently ran my fingers over the three Bahamut materia that I had recently locked into the blade itself. Bahamut, Neo, and Zero, someday I would show my new friend all of the three great dragons that protected Earth for so long.
The Masamune was almost seven feet of long thin yet strong steel that could slice through almost anything. The hilt had a diamond pattern down each side. This sword was originally used by Sephiroth and though it seemed unwieldy, for the few that mastered this blade, it was extremely easy to maneuver.
I smiled as I looked the blades over once more and then returned them to their respected scabbards. I stood up and stretched before walking towards the hallway that led to my room. I was surprisingly tired from the day and decided I should rest anyways because of the wound on my side.
"Tiamatt," I paused and turned to look at Kratos. "Can I talk to you?" He asked, still seated in front of the fire.
"Ah, sure." I walked back into the room but stumbled as pain rocketed through my side. I grited my teeth, trying not to scream till finally, the pain overwhelmed me and I blacked out. Kratos leapt to his feet and caught my falling form.
"Tiamatt?" Kratos looked at the hand that I had held my side and noticed the blood on my fingertips. Looking at the side where the wound was, Kratos noticed that blood was seeping from the slash, staining my white tank top red with blood. "What the? Professor!"
Me; (Still singing) don't you know you gotta flow flow flow pancreatic jiuce into the duodenum!
Lloyd: Um... ok.
Me: Huh? What? Oh sorry! (Rubs neck) anyways, theres the chapter. Hope everyone had a good Christmas and please make my Christmas by reading and reviewing!