Lloyd: Hey you asleep? (pokes me)
Me: (slaps Lloyd in the face) I'm Up!
Lloyd: Ow! What was that for?
Me: Huh? Sorry Lloyd. I just really tired.
Lloyd: Why?
Me: I only got six hours of sleep and I don't do good on that. It's so bad that it canceled out the Mountain Dew sugar rush and I still almost fell asleep at the register.
Lloyd: Whoa! That bad!
Me: tell me about it. Now let's go ahead get the story going.
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF. Only Tiamatt, the Oblivion Blade and Kayla's Character, Ash/
Asgard Ranch
Yggdrasil stood on the projector, speaking with a desian who had squinty eyes and blonde hair.
"I'm afraid that Kratos has grown too attached to the target and will not fulfill the task I have given him. That is why I am asking you, Kvar, to capture the Cetran woman Tiamatt." Yggdrasil told the Grand Cardinal.
"Yes Lord Yggdrasil." Kvar replied.
"She is traveling with the Chosen's group along with the carrier of the Angelus Project that you have bragged so much about." Mithos continued. Kvar's eyes brightened at this news and he nodded. Then a guard ran into the room.
"Sir!"
"What is so important that you must interrupt us?" Kvar asked, deeply annoyed.
"Sorry sir but several strange dragons have been spotted in the area." The lowly desian answered.
"That would be the target and a person from her world. Send your desians out to retrieve Tiamatt immediately. I'll be waiting." Yggdrasil explained before the communicator blinked off.
Tiamatt POVKratos and I rushed into the destroyed city of Luin where we found a severely injured Sheena and the rest of our group. After we learned that the desians had taken the people to the Asgard Ranch and some persuasion, we left on Bahamut for the ranch with Sheena now in our group.
"What is she?" Sheena asked as I flew on my own, ahead of the sapphire dragon.
"She's … well, she's different. Tiamatt's pretty cool though. I mean, its not everyday you get to fly a cool dragon like Bahamut!" Lloyd laughed.
"Thank you master Lloyd." Bahamut said, hearing Lloyd compliment.
"Hey, I'm gonna flew further ahead." I yelled, circling back to tell the others so I didn't worry them. Kratos looked nervous as he remembered the incident at Thoda where I dropped from the sky without warning. "I'll be careful Kratos. Don't worry."
"Tia, you just healed. You shouldn't tax yourself." Kratos warned sternly. I rolled my eyes though I knew he had a point. I hadn't been at full strength since bringing Vincent into this world.
"Master Kratos," Bahamut spoke up. " Flight is nessary to insure that the wing has healed properly."
"Please be careful." Kratos sighed. I nodded and took off, catching a thermal that lifted me high into the clouds.
Cloud chirped in alarm as I disappeared from sight but quieted down when I dropped down from the clouds nearly half a mile away. I smiled as the wing filled my wings and blew through my hair but as suddenly as this peaceful sensation started, it was replaced with distress as a familiar scent filled my nasal cavity and something pinned my wings to my sides.
"You will be mine." Dsanios' voice whispered into my ear. I looked around, seeing the strong-scaled forearms of his black and red dragon form tight around me.
"Dsanios let me go!" I screamed, kicking my legs wildly.
"Only once you have been injected with Mother's cells once more will I let you go." The dragon said calmly.
"No!" I yelled, not surpressing my anger and allowing the dragon transformation to finish completely.
My already sharp eyesight became even sharper as my neck elongated and my head lengthened into the muzzle of a dragon. My eyes became slits and my teeth tearing fangs as blood red scales covered my entire body. A long whip like tail erupted from my spine as my hands and feet became clawed talons. With a deafening roar, I ripped from his grasp, now a full dragon.
"Tiamatt!" Both Bahamut and Kratos screamed as the large ebony and scarlet dragon that was Dsanios knocked me from the sky. Bahamut's normally golden eyes turned blood red, matching the scales that now covered my body. Roaring in anger, the sapphire dragon increased his speed, racing to help his long time friend.
"My guess was correct." Raine muttered as my mostly human appearing form converted to that of a dragon. Raine larched forward suddenly as Bahamut stopped.
"Why'd you stop?" Lloyd yelled at the dragon.
"I was told to ensure your safety, so that is what I will do." Bahamut growled.
"But we have to help her!" Colette cried as Bahamut turned around and flew in the opposite direction.
"I'm sorry Lady Colette but I will not disobey a direct order from one who holds my materia." The dragon replied.
Bahamut flew down tot he ground and had everyone get off of him. Turning back to look at the fight, the mighty dragon growled as he noticed a small red orb glow in the arm of Dsanios. Yellow streaked ran through Bahamut's eyes as an energy orb raced skyward and yet another dragon's roar was heard.
"No!" I yelled, charging at Dsanios to stop him from his summon, but it was too late. The blast of energy raced skyward, causing the clouds to twist and turn.
"It's too late!" Dsanios sneered. "Better hope Bahamut can protect your friends!" He was seriously getting on my nerves. Roaring, I released a river of blue white flame. "Reflect!"
A barrier flickered in front of the Remnant as it absorbed the flames and released back at me. I dodged the reflected attack and released yet another stream of fire and once again, it was bounced back. I tried to dodge but Dsanios blocked me path and released his own wave of fire. The blast hit me dead on, sending me tumbling out of the sky. I opened my wings and righted myself, landing on the ground
I looked over to where Bahamut was battling the monster that had terrorized the city of Edge so long ago, Bahamut Sin. The great blue dragon was having trouble keeping his more powerful sibling from attacking the small group of people below him. Bahamut fell to the ground and struggled to get to his feet as Sin charged his flame.
I returned to my "human" form and ripped to Bahamut materia from the Oblivion Blade, placing the orb against the flesh of my arm. Dsanios dived at me, tackling me to the ground and knocking the crystallized mana from my hand.
"It's hopeless. Your friend's fates have been sealed, as has this worlds." Dsanios growled, pinning me to the ground with his claws. The Remnant then put a clawed hand around my neck, placing one talon directly over my jugular. "How easy I could kill you. Then no one could have you." The dragon flicked suddenly and removed his claw from the vital vein. "No, Mother won't let me kill you. She has other plans for you."
I could do nothing but scream in pain as he whipped his tail around and used the sharp scales at its tip to tear at my arm. Dsanios then brought his tail close to his teeth and bit it, causing several drops of blood to drop to the ground.
"Dsanios, no! Please don't1" I pleaded as I eyed the drop that had formed at the tip of his tail and now hovered just over the open gash on my shoulder. I, myself, had never felt so much fear for something so small except that I knew what his blood contained, thus, the real Tiamatt's fear filled me.
"Soon, Mother will have the body and the powers she has desired for so long." The Remnant sneered. I tried to push him off but I was no longer strong enough and could hardly move at all.
Time seemed to freeze as that one drop of Jenova infected blood began to stretch as gravity pulled it down. The glint in Dsanios' eyes shone with the Calamity's own desire to return to the world. The drop of blood was now barely clinging to the smooth scales of his tail when a purple blur rammed the dragon, knocking the Remnant off of me and causing the blood to harmlessly splatter the ground.
"Tiamatt, are you ok?" Kratos asked, helping me to my feet. He looked at the wound on my shoulder and gave me a questioning look.
"Yeah, Don't worry about it." I replied, placing a hand over the wound and casting Curaga to close it. Our attention was then brought towards the plains where Sin had given the final blow and Bahamut fell to the ground with a final roar. "No!" I dived for the fallen materia but just as my fingers grasped the orb, the glow died, never to light again.
"Hahaha! I told you, the fate of your friends are sealed!" Dsanios laughed as he returned to his feet.
"Kratos cover me!" I yelled, grabbing the Oblivion Blade and ripping the two remaining materia from the blade.
"Don't even try it!" the Remnant growled as I pressed the orbs into my arm. Ignoring Dsanios, I raised an arm to the sky with the two glowing materia visible and released the summoning magic into the sky.
"I will not allow my friends be eaten by that monstrosity of a dragon!" I replied, raising the Oblivion Blade and standing next to Kratos. Across the plain, two more dragons dropped from the clouds. One was scarlet in color and had abnormally large wings, Neo Bahamut. The other was black with strange antenna and six wings, Bahamut Zero.
"You are a fool. Your dragons may be able to defeat Sin but do you really think you can defeat me? With you wasting what energy you have left and a weak human at your side, this battle should be short." Dsanios sneered. He was right, our chances of winning this battle were low.
"Tiamatt, what does he mean?" Kratos asked.
"You know how I brought Vincent back to life in this world?" I sighed, not taking my eyes off the Remnant, "Well doing so cost me half of my very life energy, causing me to have only half of my normal strength."
"What!" The swordsman replied in shock.
"That's right and because of that foolish act, Tiamatt has absolutely no chances of avoiding her fate. She can no longer defeat me alone." Dsanios laughed.
"But she's not alone, not as long as I'm still alive to stand by her side!" Kratos replied sharply, glaring at the Remnant.
"Kratos…" I whispered. How could he be so foolish? If he stayed then he too, would die.
"Such a fool! If you are loyal enough to stand beside her in life then you shall do so in death!" the dragon roared, charging at us.
"Haste!" Kratos ran in one direction as I took off in the other, easily dodging the Remnant's attack. Dsanios turned, deciding to attack Kratos and quickly cast Haste on himself.
Kratos reacted quickly and caught the dragon's jaws with his sword, barely blocking him. However, Dsanios' claws were still free and as I raced to help the mercenary, the Remnant grabbed his neck and flung him in my direction. Kratos looked embarrassed as He had landed right on top of me and I was sure the same thought passed through my mind as his but I was too distracted by the faint glow behind Dsanios' fangs.
"Blizzaga!" I screamed, pushing Kratos away as I tried to set up an ice shield to protect us from the flames. The shield didn't last long enough but it lasted long enough to contact a Guardian Force. Kratos looked in shock as a blinding flash replaced me with a small green, lantern/knife-wielding creature in a brown cloak.
"Doink!" Tonberry exclaimed loudly as it saw Dsanios.
Kratos looked embarrassed by the creature as Tonberry began to chase the Remnant with the chef's knife. The sight was quite comical for how serious the battle was for the dragon was running away from the small green Tonberry, scared of the creature's powers. (A/N: every try to kill a Tonberry? They hard as hell (30,000 HP) and cast Death nearly everyturn!) Finally, Tonberry grew frustrated and just threw the knife at Dsanios, causing it to be lodged in his arm that had just recently healed.
"Doink!" Tonberry replied happily and with another flash of light, I reappeared into the battle.
"Dammit!" Dsanios cried as he pulled the blade from is upper arm. "At least the bastard didn't cast Death!" Throwing the knife on the ground, the Remnant turned to glare at me. "That was a lucky move. To bad you can't save your boyfriend though!" My eyes widened in shock as the dragon disappeared in a blur and knocked Kratos to the ground, the blow rendering the swordsman unconscious.
"No!" I began to run over to the fallen mercenary but Haste had worn off and with the majority of my energy gone, my fastest option was flight. Using my wings, I gained as much speed as possible and rammed into Dsanios, keeping him from sinking his fangs into the soft flesh of Kratos' throat. "Scan." I muttered, breathing hard from exertion as I struggled to stay on my feet. The spell appeared like a digital read out; showing me how much energy the Remnant had was too much. There was no way for me to defeat Dsanios but a roar signaled the defeat of Bahamut Sin. With a victory roar, Neo and Zero returned home where they awaited their next command.
"Dammit! You may have defeated Sin but there is no hope for you. Despite Mother's wishes, will kill you!" Dsanios sneered as I struggled to remain standing. My energy had been zapped from summoning Neo, Zero and then Tonberry but they had been needed. "Look at you! You can barely even stand and you expect to defeat me. Ha! Forget it! You and your pathetic human lover will die at the my claws so why don't you just give up?"
"No." I mumbled, no longer able to stand as I fell to my knees. " I can't give up. As long as my heart beats, as long as the Lifestream continues to nourish the planet, I swear, I will not give up! I can't, for Tiamatt sake, who gave me this second chance at life." I said, glaring at the Remnant.
"Humph! The Lifestream! Forever it crosses the borders of life and death, ensuring that life goes on. All things must return to this river of spirit energy." Dsanios mocked. "And now, it is your turn!" I grinned as I felt the energy build up around me, the fool was unable to sense it as he charged recklessly at what would be his death and possibly, mine.
Rest now. A voice said quietly but I was already unconscious on the ground.
Third Person POVDsanios rushed as the fallen Cetra but his attack was stopped as a stream of green energy engulfed his target. His eyes widened in shock as he recognized not the Lifestream of Sylvarant, but of Earth. The Remnant watched in fear, amazement, and shock as red dragon wings erupted from the pillar of energy, causing the mana to dissipate and reveal not one but two Tiamatts. One lay on the ground in her normal human/Cetra state while the other stood a few feet away in full dragon form.
"But how?" Dsanios stammered as the real Tiamatt glared at him with intense hate filled eyes.
"That does not matter. What matters is that Jenova is not released on a world with no Weapons nor Holy." The dragonic sorceress growled. "You have interfered too much in this world already. It is time to return home."
Tiamatt opened her mouth but instead of releasing a sea of flames, a beam of white energy engulfed the screaming Remnant completely. When the beam had dissipated, Dsanios was no where to be seen, only a small trail of blood from this gash in his arm and his footprints marked where he had once stood.
Her job done, Tiamatt turned to the woman who was herself. The pendent around the human like Tiamatt's neck glowed as the dragon began to dissolve into pure, free flowing Lifestream that was then absorbed by the necklace. Soon, all that remained was the unconscious human/Cetran Tiamatt and Kratos.
In a nearby forest, a dozen Desian guards hid, watching the strange dragon erupt from the pillar of mana and obliterate the four-winged one. After the red one was absorbed into their target's necklace, the Desians carefully made their way over to retrieve the woman. Keeping a watchful eye on her as well as Kratos, one guard carefully picked up Tiamatt to take her back to the Asgard Ranch where Lord Yggdrasil was waiting.
Me: Hahaha! I changed stuff again! Hahaha!
Lloyd: Why'd you skip the Luin scene?
Me: Cause I was REALLY excited about getting this chapter up today cause I really liked writing it when I finished it yesterday.
Lloyd: Whoa! You just wrote it yesterday?
Me: yeah. (sigh) now I can't put another reg chapter up though until I write more except that I can do flashbacks and I wanna do a couple chapters with Vince and Kayla.
Lloyd: Oh!
Me: Yeah, well read and review please!