Final Fanatic
Chapter 8: Grab the Emerald!

Previously on Final Fanatic,

The group consisting of Chaos-1, Sephiroth, Choco the Black Chocobo, and the two human girls Kris and Mona had recently entered a tournament to obtain the Blue Chaos Emerald. What they discovered later was that a villain character named Vega had entered as well…we last left Sephiroth and Vega in a heated battle…

…a battle over Kristen…?

Err…

Carrying on…

Bison kept walking in the shadows before getting close enough to the arena so he could witness the event better. Sephiroth and Vega were in a brutal fight, not giving each other a chance to aim a sword strike or claw swipe. It was then the Shadow Law leader spotted the cracked mask lying down on the ground near to him.

"Oh…not again…"

"YOU HIT MY FACE!" Vega screamed again, cutting off Bison's sentence. The Street Fighter Boss grumbled something incoherent before slapping his palm into his face and running it down.

"…I knew we should've sent someone else…" Bison grumbled before walking to his usual seat on the second floor and squatted on the huge chair placed for him since he was the patron. Bison immediately started scanning the arena with his unblinking white eyes before he spotted Sephiroth dodging and parrying with Vega, Chaos-1 sitting on a bench and eying the Navy Chaos Emerald, and the two girls with a black Chocobo.

The audience continued cheering the names of the two fighters. Vega crouched on all fours like a frenzied cat before springing at Sephiroth who dodged and aimed a good hard slash towards the Spaniard. Sephiroth surprised Vega by disappearing and reappearing behind him, jabbing his sword forward.

Vega quickly evaded the sneak attack, and raised his claw high, "DIE!" Vega screeched.

Sephiroth rolled his eyes, "Oh please… prissy boy…" The silver-haired bishie stuck out his foot, causing the raving Spaniard to trip.

Trip "AAH!" Crash!

"Ooh!" the audience winced, and reporters and tabloids quickly rushed in and camera's flashed, capturing the moment of Vega's near defeat. They of course backed off when Vega slashed their cameras apart and threaten to do something so unpleasant to them that it will be censored from this fanfic.

"Ouch, this is getting intense…" said Mona from the stands "Right Kris...Kris?" Mona looked around and found Kris. "Oh not again, this is getting ridiculous!"

Kris was indeed, yet again, drooling over another fighter and was mumbling incoherently.

"Say what?" Mona asked. "Who is it THIS time!"

Kris pointed to the red-haired, white clad fighter down on the ground. "Hwoarang!"

"Huh? How the heck do you pronounce that!" Mona pointed to the text. "I'm not even gonna try and attempt it…"

"I can't believe he's here too!" Kris squealed. "Hwoarang is here, along with Sephiroth and Vega! This is the greatest day of my life!"

"Exactly how many bishies do you like?" asked Mona.

"Well, there's…" Kris then pulled out a long list, a very long list, one that unrolled and kept on rolling for ten feet.

"I'm sorry I asked…" Mona moaned.

Kris stared down by the platform, when her eyes spotted a familiar figure, one that resembled the many, many doodles in Mona's sketchbooks. A wicked grin spread over her face (which frightened Choco). "Oh Mona," she said in a sing-song voice.

"What? Not another bishie…" Mona groaned.

Kris then pointed down towards the black and red hedgehog down by the fighting platforms…

This caused Mona's pupils to shrink and be replaced by hearts as she watched the hedgehog "Shadow…Shadow…Shadow…" and pink hearts started floating out of her head. Choco stared at its imprinted mother who continued looking at the black and red hedgehog before she raised her hand horizontally to her face and brought it hard upon her own cheek.

KER-SLAP!

"Sorry about that…" Mona grumbled, rubbing her self-inflicted face.

"Do you do that all the time!" Kris asked with a bewildered expression.

"Sometimes…only if it's extremely stupid and involves drooling over a furry or bishie I like…" Mona replied to her friend before placing Choco onto her lap and stroking its head.

"More than one bishie? I thought you only liked him!" Kris pointed at the hedgehog.

"…well actually there's A…" Mona stopped suddenly when she spotted the fanfiction's camera pivoted in her direction. "AAAAAAAAARGH! GET THAT STUPID CAMERA OUT OF HERE!"

"WARK-WAAARK!" Choco flew at the camera in a fury of black feathers, bright orange beak, and white claws.

(Both Authoresses are heard screaming "MAD CHOCOBO!" in the background)

Bison continued watching the battle with a disgruntled expression. He expected Vega to end the match against Sephiroth a while ago. Unfortunately Vega's mind was completely clouded by getting revenge on the one who hit him in the face. Another thought on the evil overlord's mind was to get it over with and snag the emerald.

"Maybe I should just get that Chaos Emerald…"

"…and get this over with…" Chaos-1 muttered before becoming liquefied and melting into the ground. "This stupid competition is boring me…"
"Okay…the crowd's getting restless…" Mona grumbled aloud.

"No kidding…" Kris replied.

"No, I meant during the confusion we could…"

"...swipe the Chaos Emerald and get out of here?" Chaos-1 asked, catching the brunette, blonde, and Chocobo off guard.

"…aren't you supposed to be down there!" Kris asked.

"Well…actually now that he's here…" Mona said with an evil grin.

"Ooh…no…we are not about to…" Kris looked around and saw people staring at them. "Uhh, get more Ice Cream! I'm running out of Gil from your stomachs!"

"Wark-?" Choco blinked.

Mona decided to act along.

"Oh c'mon…we're not going to send Ice Cream flying all over the place like we did last time!" She whined causing the people to move away from them. "PrettypleasewiththeSephirothactionfigureyouspent600GilforonEBay!"

Choco gave her puppy-dog eyes that would make even the most evil of super villains crack and scream out: "HOW CUUUTE!"

Kris faked to roll her eyes. "Fine…"

"SCORE!" Mona immediately sprang out of her seat (carrying Choco) with Chaos-1 and Kris following.

"Well…it looks like your Fan-club is leaving you…" Vega sneered once he saw the four leaving their seats. Sephiroth turned slightly in order to view what was going on better before Vega took a cheap shot that knocked him near the border of the arena.

Sephiroth quickly regained his balance before he fell out of the arena. The silver-haired man growled, his mako-green eyes glowing. "Now that was pathetic,"

Vega leaped, "The only pathetic thing here is you, you science fair reject," He lashed his claws repeatedly, each blocked by Sephiroth's sword. "And once I'm through with you, I'll relish the spoils of my victory!"

"A cheap blue crystal, so what," Sephiroth jabbed and slashed with his sword, Vega, sidestepping each move.

"Not just the Chaos Emerald," Vega sneered. "But your little girlfriends, and your black chicken too!"

"What!" Sephiroth bared his teeth.

CLANG!

In a flash of metal, Vega's claws and Sephiroth's sword were locked, each struggling against the other.

"That's right clone!" Vega chuckled. "Seducing your girlfriend… what was her name? Oh yes, Kris, wasn't hard at all. All I'll have to woo her friend Mona, be rid of her little water monster, and then turn that black chicken into a fashionable hat!"

(Imperfection07: Sorry but…you're definitely not on her favorite bishounen and furry list… /raspberries Vega/…well…neither is Sephiroth…)

CLASH!

Vega slashed with his other claw and sent Sephiroth flying, towards the edge of the platform. Sephiroth fans screamed, Vega fans cheered, and Vega already struck a pose for the camera, welcoming his certain victory. Then… CLANK!

"What the?" Vega turned, then his eyes widened.

Sephiroth had saved himself from falling off the platform by jabbing his sword into the stone floor. Now his mako-green eyes were alight with an angry fire, his teeth bared, and his muscles were pulsating with Jenova-infused energy (which slightly unnerved the Spaniard). Then in a burst of speed, Sephiroth launched himself at Vega,

"I—" POW "won't let you" KA-POW "have--" KONG "Kris!" Sephiroth then finished him off with a roundhouse kick that sent Vega flying before Sephiroth took off after him aiming punches, sword slashes, and kicks that would make a boxer's punch look like sissy-slaps.

"This is incredible! Sephiroth's rage is giving him the upper hand against Vega!" The announcer cried out. "It looks like Vega's wishing he hadn't gotten out of bed this morning…"

"Actually he's going to wish he wasn't created by Capcom!" Sephiroth shouted as he had Vega in a painful arm twist that had the Spaniard squirm and smack the ground with a free fist repeatedly before resuming the painful onslaught.

"AAH! NO! STOP! PLEASE! NOTTHEFACESTOPPLEASEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! I'MSORRY! I'MSORRY! I'MSOR-(SKY-UPPERCUT) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The last hit sent Vega flying before he crashed onto the ground.

"Idiot…he shouldn't have said anything to tick that Jenova-clone off!" Bison growled in distaste before getting up. "Can't believe I have to go and save his idiot butt!"
"Oh…" Vega's green eyes shrunk to the size of a flea as Sephiroth flew over him. The one thing that scared the Spaniard the most was that the silver-haired bishounen's eyes were blazing and his sword was raised high over his head, giving him the exact image of the Grim Reaper before the sword was brought down. "…CRAP!"

CLANG!

That loud noise caught everyone's attention. Kris, Mona, Chaos-1, and Choco abruptly turned to see that Sephiroth's sword blow was blocked by Bison who had a tight grip on the blade. The brunette's teeth clenched when she recognized the character before turning to Chaos-1.

"Chaos, you've got to help Sephiroth!"

"Understood…" Chaos-1 nodded before springing towards the battlefield.

"What's going on? I thought this was supposed to be a 1 on 1 battle!" The announcer cried out.

"Not anymore." Bison sneered before reaching a glowing fist back; unfortunately for him a watery claw trapped the limb.

"Two against one isn't a fair fight…" Chaos-1 snarled before punching Bison towards the side of the ring. Vega was tossed to the ground a second later.

"I'll make sure you don't seduce anyone else…" Sephiroth snarled, getting his sword ready before Chaos-1 piped in.

"So Mona was right about you liking Kris…?"

"SHUT UP!"

Meanwhile, Mona Kris and Choco had finally found the case with the Navy Chaos Emerald inside.

"Ah…perfect…"

"We might get caught, you know…" Kris muttered.

"Nah, we'll be fine." Mona replied before recklessly prying off the glass frame which slipped from her fingers (Oops) and fell to the floor.

CRASH!

"Uh…woops…?" The brunette noticed sweat-drops on her friend and Chocobo's faces as the alarm went off. A nervous flat-face followed this silence. "…RUN!"

With that, she had grabbed both her friends and the emerald before running out with several guards giving chase.

"Any more stupid ideas?" Kris asked as she was being pulled through the air at a fast rate.

"Less talking more running!" Mona shrieked as she turned a corner and the guards smacked into the wall as they tried to turn as well.

Outside, Sephiroth and Chaos-1 were trying to fight back Bison and Vega. Sephiroth currently was attacking Vega's weak point: the face; and Chaos-1 was trying to withstand the psycho power emitting from Bison as it tried forcing back the energy charged fists with its watery claws.

"The match is apparently very difficult for both teams. Vega is getting the beat down of a lifetime by Sephiroth (Vega: -LOUDPROFANITYWORDTOWARDSANNOUNCER-) and Chaos is having a tough time with it only having one Chaos Emerald to protect it from all that energy."

"You're not helping…" Chaos-1 muttered as it dug in its watery heels.

Back with Choco, Kris, and Mona…

"They're catching up!" Mona yelled, still clutching onto the Emerald. Kris was currently holding onto Choco and looking around desperately for an exit towards the stadium.

"That way," Kris pointed out the doorway which showed the stadium filled with thousands of bolts of electricity. Both girls and Chocobo veered into the door and slammed it behind them causing the guards to smack into it like combined wads of digital bubble gum.

"Oh, oh I can't believe we made it…" Mona gasped, keeping a death-grip on the navy Chaos Emerald. "You're both alright?"

"Yep…" Kris replied with her back against the door as she tried to catch her breath before standing up and dusting herself off. "I never want to do that again…"

"Yeah…and…" Mona went rigid as a dark blue background (signifying uneasiness in most anime) showed up behind her.

"What the…hell?" Kris and Choco stared before the brunette suddenly jumped up.

"OH MY GROUDON! BISON'S GOING TO HURT CHAOS!" She shrieked (startling both her friend and Chocobo) before leaping to her feet and running towards the arena with the Emerald.

"Is it just me…or is she getting more and more insane with every Emerald we collect…?" Kris muttered to no-one in particular before looking at Choco. There was a silence between the two.

"Wark,"

"…"

Then they ran after Mona leaving a dust trail.

"Its time I end this!" Sephiroth raise Vega's body above his head.

"NONONONONO! Anything but that! PLEASE NOOO!" Vega begged as he was thrown into the bleachers full of screaming fans. Vega landed on the hard chairs "Ouch…" But then screamed again as squealing fan-girls leaped on top of him, Vega disappeared in a pile of females and some males (Vega: shrieking:).

"Oh man, what a way to go!" said the announcer as the pile of mostly girls on top of Vega increased. "And Sephiroth wins!"

"Even by my standards that's cruel and unusual…" mumbled Bison as both he and Chaos-1 stopped to stare.

"At least you didn't stick small animals inside robots…" Chaos-1 muttered.

"Chaos!" Mona yelled as she leaped onto the platform to 'save' her water monster causing everyone to stare at the blue glow in her hands. SPLASH! She landed on the said monster. "Oops…"

After regaining his form and shook himself from his daze he took the Chaos emerald from her hand, "I'll take that."

"HEY! THAT'S THE PRIZE EMERALD FOR THIS EVENT!" The announcer cried out.

"Give me that!" Bison roared, grabbing at the emerald which immediately was slapped into Chaos-1 by Mona. A bright FLASH blinded everyone before Chaos-1 was replaced by Chaos-2, a much more muscular and powerful version. "No matter, I shall take it just the same!"

Bison aimed a punch into the water monster only to have his fist smack into a barrier that made him stumble back and clutch his wrist for Bison's hand had become numb from the force inflicted.

"Now THIS is more like it!" Chaos-2 warbled before a more solid fist slammed into Bison, sending him colliding into a wall outside the arena just as Kris and Choco ran towards the platform.

"Sephie! You won!" Kris leaped lovingly at her favorite bishie.

"AUGH!" Sephiroth tried to escape the bone-crushing-love-hug. "My ribs… my lungs…!"

"My Love!" Kris squealed causing Chaos-2 to develop a flat-face.

"Wark-Wark! (My Mommy!)" Choco landed in his 'mommy's' arms.

Back at the growing pile on Vega (who was screaming for them to get away and that he'll sue)…

"I've got a lock of his hair!" yelled fangirl #1

"I got a shoe!" squealed fangirl #23

"I have his boxers!" cried fan boy #50

"AAAIII! I touched him!" Swoons fangirl #125

Back with our heroes…

"Guys, do you hear that rumbling noise?" Mona asked.

Kris listened, still clinging to Sephiroth, who was trying to pry her off with his sword like a crowbar, "Well it's not my stomach,"

The rumbling got louder and louder…

"Uh-oh," Chaos-2 warbled, "We got trouble,"

"What? Is it Bison?" Mona looked around, hugging her Chocobo tightly,

"Worse, look!" He pointed to a huge crowd that was gaining speed towards them.

"Sephiroth! Chaos! WE LOVE YOU!" the crowd of girls (and some boys) stampeded towards them, all foaming at the mouth.

"RABID FANGIRLS!" yelled the heroes. ("And fanboys!" yelled the often ignored fanboys).

"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" Kris screamed before the heroes made a frantic dash towards the exit, somehow snatching up the prize money as they did so.

"Good riddance…" Bison grumbled before getting run over like many of the unfortunate contestants who accidentally got in the mob's way.

Outside, Knuckles had finally tracked down the five intruders. He stood outside the entrance, which was void of the registration desk, and pounded one gloved fist into the other.

"Alright…once I get my hands on those guys…I am going to…"

Before he could finish his sentence, the door burst open and…

"RUN! RUN FOR OUR LIVES!" The brunette shrieked, clutching onto Choco as she stamped on Knuckles' face, knocking him onto the ground.

"OW!"

"DON'T TOUCH ME OR MY SEPHIE!" Kris cried out with anime frantic-tears flowing from her eyes, pulling a seemingly weightless Sephiroth behind her and stamping on the echidna's torso.

"OOF!"

"WAIT! DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND!" Chaos-2 gargled and its large watery foot unorthodoxly rammed into the place-where-the-sun-don't-shine.

"WOOO!"

Then there came the mob…

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Need we say more? Well…this is a PG rated fanfic…so in layman's terms let's say he didn't get killed. He just got reallypainful injuries…and the legal papers (from chapter 7) were still in effect…

At least a few hours after running and finally losing the mob of rabid fangirls/boys, the heroes were on a path towards some other random city/town/whatever. Mona and Choco were riding on Chaos-2, as though he was slightly-imitating Big the Cat during that Sonic Heroes game, while Sephiroth was walking next to Kris.

"I really-really hope we don't have to go through that again…" Kris sighed.

"Yeah, now I fear the thought of being a celebrity…" Mona replied. "…and now I know why actors are in incognito when they go outside…"

"Point…" Everyone else said in usion.

"So…where do we go next?" Chaos-2 warbled. "We certainly can't head back to that town…what's it called…?"

"Colusseum Town…?" Kris replied as she stared at a sign they passed. "And it also said…entering Forest of the Undead…"

"Forest of the Undead…?" Mona went pale. "Uh, can we take a detour or…or something!"

"Why should we? If a zombie shows up we can just slash its head off." Sephiroth responded.

"We can't…" Kris replied. "The fanfic is PG rated…"

"So…?"

"NO. GORE!" Both girls chorused.

"…great…"

"Ah, but there is one thing we can do to get this forest out of our way…" Mona grinned.

"Really? What is it?" Kris asked a bit confused about her friend's logic.

"Sephiroth is going to kill me for this but…" The brunette slid off Chaos-2's shoulder, leaving Choco there. Momentarily she had walked up to the silver-haired Bishounen and cleared her throat…

"Have you said the three word phrase to Kris yet?"

Sephiroth…well he got ticked…of course that's what the brunette was afraid of…even though her plan was working…

"DECEND HEARTLESS ANGEL!"

"HOLY CRAAAAAAAAP!"

Mona ran from Sephiroth who was screaming censored-out curse words and firing that supercharged attack which cleared out the Forest of the Undead in one hit. Well…let's say she got a complete workout after running from him and dodging the Masamune Sword slashes.

"I'MSORRYI'MSORRYI'MSORRYI'MSORRYI'MSORRY!"

Meanwhile, Bison and Vega were sitting at a long table in a dark room. There were shafts of light so they could see each other although the other seats were blotted out. At the farthest end of the table, it was pitch black however the two villains could affirm the presence of the evil resonance.

"You two…are…IDIOTS!" The figure rammed its fist onto the table, which resulted in both Vega and Bison shaking. "Bison, I expected your Psycho power to be able to overcome those two humans and those two ex-villains! Vega, I strictly told you what would happen if you so much as push Sephiroth over the brink!"

"Sorry sir…" They both muttered in usion.

"You're both lucky. If I destroy you both there would be no more villains for me to benefit from. Now, both of you leave until I send for you…"

Both villains got up from their seats, nodded, and walked out the room leaving the more evil figure sitting by itself.

"…now that that's settled…" The figure murmured before switching his chair around so it was facing away from the table and picked up a remote. "…no…ah…hmm…AH-HA!"

…okay…being honest towards the audience…what kind of villain would listen to…

"IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME! PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!"

…Siiigh…

TBC…

Imperfection07: I swear I have that stupid song stuck in my head…if I hear it one more time…

Sonic: (Walks in singing) IT'S PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME! PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!

Imperfection07: (goes rigid) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…

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