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Note: The next fight is with Movaak and Sophia vs Misake! Enjoy!

Chapter 21

The Illusion of Reality

Before Movaak could reach Misake, raising his mace upwards, he then slammed it down onto Movaak's back, making him crash right into the ground right in front of him. Misake eyed Sophia, fighting off the quickly multiplying Water Fiends. 'Heh, do they both have a single clue that they're just an illusion?' he thought to himself. A sudden grab of his mace bolted Misake to look at what's in front of him.

Movaak roared loudly and swung Misake to the side, making him crash into the bleacher's walls. But just as he crashed, he jumped off the wall in a speed only known to a cheetah. He extended his prosthetic arm and collided with Movaak's fiend arm, making a huge shockwave erupt from the deadlock. The resistance between the two arms made them both shiver. It was like a wrestler trying to take down his opponent to the ground.

"Grrr, Misake, you don't understand! What you're doing may as well destroy the whole entire world!" Movaak pushed against Misake's arm, but he didn't budge much.

Sneering, Misake replied, "My dear Movaak, what us Variants do in the branch of Yevon is to assassinate possible threats to Maester Seymour's plans. He's not gonna destroy the world, he'll save it." He then gripped Movaak's clawed hands tightly, making Movaak succumb to the pain and he falls to his knees.

With his other arm, Misake then punched the side of Movaak's head, sending him sprawling to the ground several feet away. Watching Sophia battle out the Fiends tiredly, Misake yelled out, "My love! Let me help you out with killing these weak Fiends!"

Looking behind herself, Sophia clenched her teeth and seethed, "I don't NEED help from the likes of you. You're the one who summoned them in the first place!" Then she noticed Misake's eyes glowing red. No...he couldn't be...

Before he could mentally hurt Sophia, Misake felt heat starting to form at his back. Turning his head to see what's going on, he then saw Movaak with his lava cannon aimed at him.

"Heh, burn in hell." His cannon arm suddenly surged out a huge blast of lava, propelling Misake all the way across to the bleachers. At the same time, Sophia was just about to slash off a Water Fiends' head off when it suddenly evaporated into vapors.

"What...just happened?" Sophia asked incredulously. Her yo-yos lay limp on the floor. Movaak looked up at the bleachers and smirked.

"It seems as if Misake takes a bit of damage, he loses concentration for his illusions."

Looking at Movaak with wide eyes, Sophia mutters, "Illusions? So these Fiends I've been fighting were just stupid mirages the whole entire time?!" Her insides started to churn in anger from this fact. That's right, it took some mind energy and mana to hold up a long duration for illusions. But wasn't Misake a Maester? He should've been able to hold them up a little bit longer. But now that those distractions were over, she can focus her fight against Misake...with the help from Movaak.

Pushing off some crumbling rocks from his body, Misake got up from a crater and clenched his prosthetic fist. "Damn you both, making me lose my focus!" Misake's backside of his trench coat had a huge, circular burn mark, wisping smoke still signaling it as a fresh burn.

"I guess I'll hold him off, you try finding a way to reflect his mind tricks. They're probably more potent then the illusions." Movaak then readied his Fiend's arm and sprinted towards Misake.

Sophia looked around and saw that the ground was a bit flooded still. 'Hmmm, what kind of object can reflect tricks than a good....mirror!" And water is one possible way to reflect something off of its surface. Now how to time it correctly on using the water...

Misake focused his mind on the incoming enemy, and he then suddenly zoomed into his mind.

Movaak found himself strapped down on a chair with his arms binded on the chair's backrest. The room, if it was called a room, was totally dark all around him, save for some kind of intense light being focused onto his body.

2 figures suddenly appeared out of the shadows, holding what looked like a wooden club. Both figures wore on what looked like those lab coats with blood splattered all over the front. They both stood right and left to Movaak, and they raised their clubs like baseball bats. They suddenly swung right at Movaak's head, creating a loud crack sound to be heard. And from the room's spacious area, the sound echoed into Movaak's ears. The pain from his head was intense, and it felt like his head was starting to break apart.

But this is what Movaak wanted. To get Misake to focus on him, and not on her. That way, she can attack Misake while he's immobile.

"Oh, so is THAT what you were planning?" asked a muffle, echoish voice.

Movaak couldn't zone in on the sound, but was pretty sure it was coming from one of the club guys.

"If you're wondering who's speaking, then let me tell you. It's me, Misake. That's right, be afraid Movaak. Whatever you're thinking inside your mind, I can hear and sense it. And speaking of which, I think I heard you say something about my love being the main attacker here? Well then, I'll have to clean her up before that happens, eh?"

Damn, it was Misake?! He couldn't believe it! Being able to hear another person's thoughts was quite an advantage for him.

"Yes, it is. Now stop talking and let me get to Sophia!"

What can Movaak do? It's not possible to get out unless either Misake finishes with this illusion or Sophia distracts him. He'll have to.....sustain the blows. Gritting his teeth, Movaak whispered, "Hurry it up, Sophia."

Sophia twirled her yoyo's around her index finger, and then she yelled out, "Around the World!" She let the yoyo arc backwards and then it shot forward towards Misake. The yoyo sped forward and passed Movaak's head. In slow motion, you could see Movaak's eyes widen a little, realizing that something just passed by his head just seconds ago. The yoyo connected against Misake's forehead, making him yelp and fall backwards. Wait, yelp?

Movaak suddenly zoomed out of his mind and back to realiy. Seeing Misake slowly getting up with his head to his forehead, he then raised his left arm up with palms open, and a ball of red energy suddenly appeared. "Sophia, stall Misake for a while. I'm preparing something!"

With a nod, she then jumped towards the bleachers...unaware that Misake is already right above her.

"So my love, how are we gonna do this? Me on top, or you on top?"

Looking up slowly, she saw Misake with his mace raised above his head. He then swung it downwards, connecting to her right shoulder and sent her shooting into the ground with a huge 'BLAM!'

"Damn! Sophia!" Movaak gritted his teeth and saw Misake standing above Sophia's body. Turning his head just a bit towards Movaak, Misake sneered.

"Now what, Movaak? Are you going to do anything about this? Probably not, you wanna watch what I'm gonna do to her?" Misake's questions were unmistakably towards doing something very inappropriate towards Sophia, her was sure of it.

The burning ball hovering above Movaak's palm was already as huge as a cabin house. 'Well then, guess there's no alternative to this...' Movaak thought. He closed his eyes and swung the nova ball towards the 2 figures.

Misake's eyes were wide with shock. 'Was Movaak going crazy!'

The ball inched nearer and nearer towards the 2 figures. Behind Misake, a blur appeared next to Sophia to cover her body. Movaak then kicked Misake in the back, making him lose his balance and making him walk clumsily towards the nova ball. "You...gotta be kidding me!!!!"

The nova ball connected with Misake's body, creating a huge flaming explosion that created at least 5 shockwaves in the area. When the shockwave died down, there were only 2 figures left, Movaak and Sophia. He had Sophia in his arms and he cradled her.

Opening her eyes, she asked, "Did.....did Misake die?"

Movaak had a grim face, and he replied, "It looks like Misake wasn't here after all. He was somewhere else the whole time."

With a smile, Sophia said, "Heh, he's quite smart. And anyhow- Sophia started to blush- don't you want to let me go now?"

Smirking, Movaak looked at her face and said, "Did you know this was the same thing that happened to me and Ira? But it was also the last time for me to see her face..."

Sophia half-smiled and whispered, "But this won't be your last seeing me. I'll be back....just let me rest, alright?"

With a nod, Movaak let her head rest on his lap. 'I sure hope everyone's okay in this battle...' Movaak prayed.

IN AN AIRSHIP SOMEWHERE IN THE SKY

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Misake, who was standing in the center of the commanding deck, felt a surge of energy go through his brain. Smirking, he said, "Well, well, looks like Malfonse and my dimwitted copy has been eliminated. Maester Seymour, is there anything else you have planned to prepare for?"

Maester Seymour sat on some kind of mechanical chair and he smiled. "No, everything is according to plan."

They both watched the sun that was starting to settle into evening. Wonder how they can watch the sun....

IN ANOTHER AIRSHIP, WILL'S POV

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All was strangely quiet in the airship. Anuy and Roen were strapping their parachute bags onto their backs. Derek checked the locator panel on the dashboard and gave a thumbs up. The window opened up and in a flash Roen jumped off, extending his white wings to its fullest extent. To my surprise, Anuy was still sitting there.

"Hey, you should follow after Roen, you may land somewhere else....and that wouldn't be a good thing, ya know?" I said while walking towards her. I saw her gripping the wheelchair so hard that her knuckles were turning white.

"Hey Will? I'm scared...I'm scared that I may fail and let down the whole world..."

Okay, why is she saying this now? "Anuy....I mean, Summoner Anuy, please don't say such things. In the future you're gonna become an important and powerful figure for the world of Spira. Which means you're gonna have to be positive. I know you can do it, Anuy." I gave her a smile and patted her on the shoulder.

When I saw Anuy smile and nod happily, I felt something stir inside me. Maybe it was because I felt happy that she was feeling better and more determined, or it may be something else, but as long as she looks like this, I don't think anything can get in her way...for the moment anyhow.

"We'll see each other soon, right?" she asked in a soft voice.

Will we see each other? I mean....something may happen in MY battle....dunno, but... "I knelt down to eye level and said in a confident tone, "Yeah, we will. Now good luck with the battle."

She nodded and she then wheeled off the rim of the window, letting the air take her down to the ground....towards Remiem Temple.

At the tippy top of the temple, there was a hollow hole big enough for a Chocobo Eater to get through. Roen scanned all around the place and began to take action. He got behind Anuy and grabbed onto her wheelchair, and with a hard push with his wings, both of them descended slowly into the temple.

There was a huge, circular area with just one pathway leading to some room, but it was blocked off by some kind of purplish barrier. And right in front of it, was Calera in her black, skimpy outfit with a whip attached to her waist.

Roen, making sure that they were close to the ground, dropped Anuy down.

"Heh, thanks Roen."

Smiling, Roen replied, "No problem..."

Calera giggled to make her presence known. "Well, hey there! And hey cuties, what's your name?"

Blushing, Roen knew she was targeting him, and he adjusted his glasses nervously. Anuy wheeled in front of him and she faced Calera, aiming her staff at her. "You won't be doing anything funny with him, you hear?"

Calera then had her hand on her hips. "Do something funny? Meh, I don't know what you mean, buuuut-"

"Don't we have something to do currently?" Roen asked impatiently, getting back to his strategic self.

Greatly irritated from getting interrupted, Calera answered, "That's right...we're supposed to be fighting. Well then, I can't let Jekt get mad over this, so I guess we should get the battle on the go!" She grabbed the whip and it extended by 8 feet. The whip was black with the tip being a rosey red. "I'm gonna whip you like slaves!"

Looking around, Roen whispered, "Anuy, listen to me, alright? I'm gonna fight her in close range combat. You on the other hand, use support spells and anything else you learned from Master Zelferd, okay?"

Anuy clutched her staff and nodded, her lips trembling slightly. 'She must be scared...' he thought. He then heard Calera cackle like a witch, and he therefore took out his flute and pressed a button, transforming it into a longsword with 3 holes in the blade.

"Alright, let's see what you got."

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A/N: Wowzers, I haven't updated for such a long time. Sorry about that everyone :(

But then again, if you read this far, the story's almost over!!!! NNNOO!!!!

If anyone was wondering, was the Misake vs Movaak and Sophia good? How about the other battle? And who would win on this battle? Hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter and please R&R!!! :D