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Xelloss:"Which we are all thankful for."

Taroguru:grins "But I can bend them to my will every now and then like so.."(makes Xelloss do the Macarena)

Xelloss (while doing the Macarena): "This is not funny!!"

Lina: "You should have kept your snide remarks to yourself."

Taroguru: "Now without further ado, here's Chapter 7 of "Final Fantasy Slayers!" Enjoy!

Together at Last! The Battle of Ages! part one

Italics represent thought, Quotations represent speech("")

"Miss Lina, you're here!" Amelia cried out happily. She was kneeling beside Zelgadis, casting a Resurrection spell on him. Zelgadis got on his feet once she was done; he flashed her a smile. "Thank you Amelia." Amelia blushed crimson and looked away. "Y-You're welcome, Mr Zelgadis."

Meanwhile, Cloud was casting Full-cure on Vincent and Yuffie, both of his hands pressed against their foreheads. Suddenly, Vincent's blood red eyes snapped open and he sat up; Yuffie woke up shortly after Vincent. "Are you both feeling alright?"Cloud asked his two companions. "We're okay but what took you so long, you spikey-haired dope?! Me, Vinnie and the rest of us have been looking everywhere for you. And whose that redhead you're with?" Cloud shook his head, "I'll explain later, Yuffie. Right now we need their help if we're going to finish off Sephiroth."

"As I said, quantity doesn't outshine quality, my friend. Numbers are meaningless unless you have the power to back them up, Flare!" Sephiroth fired a huge fireball at Cloud. Cloud saw the attack and countered with an Ice 3 spell. Several shards of ice surrounded Cloud then shot forward, heading towards Sephiroth. when the two spells made contact, they had canceled each other out. A bright golden aura radiated off Cloud; he twirled his sword above his head then leapt into the air and shouted, "Meteorain!"

A barrage of meteors flew from his sword and were sent plummeting from the sky. Sephiroth reacted quickly and teleported out of the way; the meteors made impact with the earth, causing multiple explosions as it connected to the earth. he reappeared, leviating a few feet from the ground.

Lina winked. "My turn Cloud, Disfang!" Lina's shadow began to stir and took on the shape of a dragon.

"Let me help you there, missy, Dragon!" Cid said as he called upon his dragon limit break. A kimodo dragon appeared out of no where. following it's master's mental instructions, it flew towards the One-Winged Angel.

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The two dragons were closing in on Sephiroth. the shadow dragon tried to take a bite out of Sephiroth's shoulder but Sephiroth slashed at it with his Masamune, cutting off its head. The second dragon succeeded in wrapping its body around him, attempting to constrict him. Sephiroth growled, which soon became a roar. "You...think..you ..can..restrain...ME!" With one final scream, he

broke free of the dragon's grip. He readjusted his grip on his sword; he stabbed the serpent then pulled his sword through its body cleaving it in two. He landed softly on his feet.

"Ra Tilt!"

"Gauntlet!"

A blue column of light envelopped Sephiroth, followed by a stream of blue-white flame that burst on impact. "Victory!"Yuffie and Amelia exclaimed in unison, flashing the victory sign. Their celebration is shortlived when a pillar of dark power erupted from the area that Sephiroth had been present. A shockwave spread throughout the area, knocking everyone to the ground. The pillar of energy began to dissipate and Sephiroth walked out of the smoke with nothing more than a few burns. He eyed the two girls with irritation, "If you think I can be done in by such meager attacks, then you are seriously overestimating your chances for victory."

"We'll soon see about that, Elmekia Flame!" A beam of white energy was released from Zelgadis' hands. Sephiroth teleported out of the way and the beam incinerated a nearby tree. Sephiroth frowned and responded by lifting his arm into the air. Suddenly, a geyser of energy erupted from the ground under Zelgadis. Zelgadis was thrown off his feet by the force of the burst.of energy and landed hard on his back.

"We're not getting anywhere fighting him separately," Lina shouted over to Cloud. "I know." Cloud said."But what can we do? He's able to counter every move we make."

"Then...that's it! Cloud, I want you to signal for one of your friends to attack Sephiroth immediately after me, got it?

"But what good will that--"

"Just tell them to get ready to get ready, okay?"

Cloud seemed ready to argue until his blue eyes lit up with realization. he smiled and nodded, "You got it! Barret,Red listen; I want you to get ready to use one of your limit breaks after Lina."

"Awright, Spike. I hope you know what you're doing."

"I understand Cloud" Red XIII said.

Lina cast a levitation spell on herself and soared towards Sephiroth. "Fireball!"The fireball was sent hurtling towards Sephiroth. Sephiroth turned his head to the direction of the fireball and promptly slapped it aside with his hand. "Attacking me head on, Lina Inverse. I thought you were smarter than--"

"Big Shot!"

A huge sphere of energy was sent heading towards Sephiroth from behind. Sephiroth sensed it coming and was about to avoid it when he saw Nanaki running towards him. "Blood Fang!" An aura of crimson energy surrounded Red XIII's body as he dashed forward. Red XIII rammed into Sephiroth, causing him to stumble back from the force of the blow. Before he had a chance to recover, Tifa and Amelia ran up and assaulted Sephiroth with a series of punches and kicks. Amelia punched Sephiroth across the jaw with a right hook of Visfarank and Tifa placed her foot on Sephiroth's chest and performed a flip-kick, causing his head to snap back. Tifa was about to follow with a Water kick but Sephiroth caught her leg and swung her around, slamming her into Amelia. The two of them collapsed in a heap. He was about to finish them when both Cloud and Gourry descended upon him, their swords raised. Sephiroth raised his sword and braced himself as the two blonde-haired swordsmen brought down their weapons; the combined force of the blows sent a shockwave down Sephiroth's arms. They pressed down on their weapons with all their strength, hoping to overpower the powerful general but Sephiroth simply applied more strength and slowly, began raising his sword and pushed them away. Gourry held the Blast Sword in front of him, magical energy began swirling around the blade"Blade Haut!" then he struck the ground, releasing a shockwave of energy. Cloud followed suit, attacking with his Blade Beam technique. The two energy waves slammed into Sephiroth before he had a chance to place a barrier on himself, sending him flying.

Vincent was running from from the side; Electricity was dancing between his metal talons. He shot his hand out and shouted "Bolt 3!" A powerful lightning bolt escaped Vincent's extended hand and hit Sephiroth hard. Sephiroth turned in his direction,pointing the Masamune at him. Particles of energy gathered into the blade; when the sword was fully charged, Sephiroth exclaimed,"Stigma!"

and released the energy. the beam was about to connect when Lina jumped in front of Vincent and cast a spell, "Dolph Strash!"the spear-like shockwave traveled at an incredible speed and managed to pierce through Sephiroth's Stigma blast. Sephiroth smirked and dodged to the side, avoiding the spell. "Well, this has been most entertaining, but now I shall send you all to the Promised Land!" A black hole formed above as Sephiroth rose his hands into the air, his entire body engulfed by a dark aura. Suddenly, meteors began plummeting from the sky, causing numerous shockwaves when they touched the ground.The Slayers and Avalanche were all knocked off their feet. An enormous ball of energy was forming in the center and it was increasing in mass by the second.

Lina's eyes were wide with horror at the sheer size of the glowing sphere. What do I do?! If he releases that spell, we're all dead! Lina's eyes narrowed with determination. Then there's no other choice. "Lina!" She turned to see both her friends and Cloud's rushing towards her. "I hope you have an idea on how to stop him," Zel said anxiously. "I only have one idea on how to stop him before he wipes us all out. I think I can shatter his spell with a Ragna Blade but it's probably going to take our strongest spells to be able to destroy that thing. If you guys are all willing to cooperate with each other, we should be able prevent him from finishing his spell."

"She's right. We'll need to work together in order to beat Sephiroth. I'm willing to: how about the rest of you?" Cloud asked.

"I'm with you, Cloud" Tifa said, stepping forward.

"Well, I'm not going to sit around like a moron while you guys take all the credit. I'm willing to help,"Yuffie said adamantly. she looked down and grabbed Vincent's human hand. "And Vinnie's going to help too, aren't you Vinnie?" Vincent looked at her with a bemused look but he nodded nonetheless. "I'm will help any way I can," Vincent stated softly. The others soon echoed his words and agreed.

Well, then. Let's get started."

"Right!"everyone shouted.

To be continued