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Lawyers: "Very."
Taromaru (Sweatdrops): "Who called you guys over, anyway?"
Lawyers: "We received an anonymous call from someone. We tried asking the caller for his identity, but all he said was "that is a secret"."
(Taromaru turns and glares in Xelloss' direction, who's sheepishly wiggles his fingers at him )
Xelloss (nervously):"Ehehehe, w-well I couldn't let you take the chance of laying any preposterous claims on being our creator, could I?"
(Taromaru continues glaring while slowly advancing on Xelloss)
Xelloss: "Oh dear. (turns towards the audience) before my author causes me bodily harm, here's Chapter Two of "Final Fantasy Slayers! Crossing of the Tides that Bind"
Chapter 2: the Demon's bargain to a God
Italics represents thoughts, Quotation marks(" ") represents speech
Darkness.
Pure darkness.
That is where all Mazoku are born.
We are the physical manifestation of all the negative influences of the world.
Anger, madness, Rage, Fear but most of all, Hate, are what we thrive on. What gives us power.
Many creatures are instilled with these traits but the ones that provide the most abundant of these emotions, the ones on the border between light and darkness, the humans, give us the power to reign over all.
But not this one.
His rage evolved into madness
His madness allowed him to realize His power
He is like us yet unlike us.
He does not draw power others' emotions though if he did, he would no doubt be a true, omnipotent deity for he does instill all of these feelings to all those who knew of his name. Rather, he has inherited the ability to devour or absorb the life energy of entire worlds, and destroy them at his leisure. He also possesses an inconceivable amount of psychic power, allowing him to manipulate his victims with but a thought.
A being endowed with incomprehensible strength and power that would make even Lord Ruby-Eye tremble.
He is Sephiroth, the first and only child borne of Jenova.
Now one must ask: What could a demon have to offer to one who is practically a God.
This is what Xelloss Metallium has been pondering for the past two hours since the excursion at Gaea. He simply could not understand what his master could be thinking in bringing such a being to their world. The Darkstar affairhad nearly led to their destruction so why would Lord Beastmaster wish an audience with such a creature?
Hmm, is it possible that she wishes to convert him into a Mazoku in order to control him? Xelloss thought idly. He actually shivered at the thought of how much power the One-Winged Angel would accumulate over time if he became a mazoku. He then gave an inquiry of how the blonde-haired swordman's friends survived from Meteor. Somehow, the Lifestream, coupled with the power of Holy, was able to counter Meteor and dissipate it, preventing the Planet's annihilation, much to the General Priest's chagrin. It wasn't everyday that you could witness an entire world's destruction. Such a pity indeed.
He glanced at the double entrance door leading towards his master's chambers, wondering what was occurring on the other side.
Pain.
That was the first thing that registered in the silvermaned man's consciousness
Pure,unadulterated pain.
Damn Strife to hell.
With that thought, Sephiroth began to stir, his mind still muddled with pain. Uneasily, he got on his hands and knees, trying to steady himself. He raised himself into a kneeling position then looked around warily at his surroundings.
Darkness.
There was seemingly no viable source of light what-so-ever. Even with his enhanced vision, he could see nothing.
However, he did sense a presence. a very powerful presence. The pressure of it was nearly overwhelming.
His senses now on high alert, Sephiroth immediately unsheathed Masamune from his waist and held out in front of him. He closed his mako green eyes and concentrated, trying to precisely pinpoint who or what was emitting such a powerful aura. His eyes snapped open, he gave a brief smirk before dematerializing out of sight.
Zelas watched curiously at Sephiroth's actions when he suddenly vanished, however, she had no time to ponder this as she felt the edge of a blade pressed rather uncomfortably by her neck. While her face remained neutral, she was actually shocked. She didn't even feel him shift into the Astral Plane. He certainly is impressive the beast master thought with a small amount of admiration. Virtually no one,except occasionally Xelloss, were known to catch her off guard and lived to tell about it.
Sephiroth stood behind her, smiling evilly. "So, I take it you are the one who brought me here?" he asked, taking obvious sadistic pleasure in his 'victim's' perdicament. He was quite surprised to hear a low chuckle emanating from the woman's throat. "Yes, I am indeed the one who summoned you",Zelas replied,an impish grin on her face. "I've been observing your activities for quite some time now", she stood up from off her chair, totally ignoring the blade that was still pressed to her neck. Sephiroth was mildly intrigued by her placid behavior. How interesting, he thought faintly. He slowly removed Masamune from the crook of her neck and decided to listen what the seemingly middle-aged woman had to tell him. "As I was saying I have been observing your activities for quite some time now. I must say, you have definitely demonstrated powers beyond even what I have seen from either Ryuzoku,Shinzoku or Mazoku."
Shinzoku? Mazoku? What in Bahamut's name is she talking about!?Sephiroth thought perplexed.
"Explain."Sephiroth ordered.
"Oh, forgive me! I know so much of your background and you know nothing of me.Allow me to explain, you see in every world there are two races; the Monster race ,which are also known as Mazoku, and the Shinzoku, the race of the Gods. Your world harvest these beings as well. you best know them as Summons.You see, the Gods supposedly represents the side of good while We, the Monster Race, are the manifestation of all that is evil. the Ryozoku,those wretched hypocritical dragons,are mere lackeys to those stuffy Shinzoku and are quite a nuisance to us Monsters.the humans, however, act as a medium as they represent the beings of Chaos,meaning they are capable of great good or evil.
"Fascinating.but that does not tell me why you require my services."
"Be patient,I'm getting to that.anyway, We monsters have but one goal; to bring about the destruction and Chaos of our world! however our attempts have always been thwarted by certain group of travelers".Suddenly, an image appeared out of thin air.Sephiroth stared into it,his curiousity piqued.In the vision, he saw a petite young girl with long red hair and a black cloak, a tall blondehaired swordsman who wore black armor and blue garments; a short raven-haired girl and...a man with blue skin and wiry hair who appeared to have pebbles on the sides of his face.
"This is Lina's party. don't let her looks fool you.she is a very cunning and powerful sorceress, the blonde haired man next to her is her guardian, Gourry Gabriev, an expert swordsman. the young dark haired is Amelia Sailune,the princess of the white capital of Seyruun. And that interesting individual who has captured your attention is Zelgadis Greywers. He was transformed into chimera by his grandfather,Rezo, who housed a piece of our Lord Shabranigdo within his blind eyes."
"Interesting. But if these four are mere humans, then why have you had such problems disposing of them?"
"It is because the human spirit is such a powerful and annoyingly persistent thing. These four have not only been able to destroy a piece of Lord Ruby-Eye but have managed to destroy two of our most powerful Dark Lords."Zelas stopped speaking for a moment, allowing Sephiroth to absorb the information. She knew that he would figure it out eventually.
"I see, Sephiroth began, "so you basically took me from my world because your power as the Monster Race has been severely diminished and you need my help in killing them once and for all, Correct?"
"Yes!"Zelas clapped her hands together with glee, causing Sephiroth to slightly sweatdrop."You got it!"
Sephiroth scoffed. "Feh! You insult me, woman. Do I appear as some simple mercenary to you? I am concerned with but one mission; stealing the Planet's life essence to become the Absolute God and restoring my mother to her former power are the only goals I wish to accomplish! All others are irrelevant."
"Ah, but in exchange for your services we are willing to help you achieve that goal." This caught Sephiroth's attention. Xelas smirked. "You could easily harvest much more of the life energy you require from this world than you could in yours. This world is quite abundant with magical energy. more than enough to satisfy you and your mother's craving for power."
Sephiroth eyed her suspiciously."You are willing to offer me this world in exchange for killing these humans?"Sephiroth pondered this for a moment. Yes, I can sense the life energy emanating from this planet. It's more than enough to return Mother to her former Glory and make me an absolute being. But, what do these Mazoku desire in return? Hmph, I will discover this at a later time but for the moment I will offer my services to these creatures, Sephiroth mentally sneered. They may come of some use.
"…Very well."