Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Akagi Sphere ❯ Chapter 2: MIRACLE ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter 2: MIRACLE


“Gippal, are you all right?” Nooj ran over to his fallen friend, catching Gippal before he fell completely and helping him back on to his feet.

“Not rEally.” Gippal rubbed his leg feverously, hoping to reduce the pain shooting through him like needles and electricity, he couldn’t move it any more. They both stood face to face in a battle with the monstrous fiend Omega Weapon, half way deep into the inner reaches of the Farplane abyss. The Fiend stretched the wing like appendages on his back, firing rays of streaking white energy out of the large porous openings on them like rain. Somewhere in the mist of following smoke and explosions, the already weakened Gippal was knocked out.


How could I throw away a miracle?



Nooj thrust the barrel of his gun in to the ground, with the use of a fair amount of MP and a few special rounds, glowing lights started to rise out of the gray stone bridge that lay under Omega Weapon. Bright and vibrant colors made their way threw the white light in an esoteric pattern, unleashing a powerful upward rising energy on the fiend‘s body. It howled in pain after nearly being blown away, and there was no way it would take that kind of attack lightly. It countered with it’s Judgment attack, letting out a strong, nearly invisible wave that came crashing down on him from above his head. The oppressive force easily crushed Nooj down to the ground on his stomach.



How could I face another day?



Nooj fought the attack, forcing himself to stand with all of his strength just as the shortly residing wave dispersed, taking a lot of his life with it. Free of the oppressing energy, Nooj reached into his inventory, shuffling around in a frantic haste with the knowledge that he didn’t have a lot of time. “Come on, Come on...Where is it!” After another second of impatient rummaging, he found what he was looking for and immediately used his last Phoenix down on Gippal.

He sprang back to life in a typical Gippal manner, first lifting the large cannon like machine instinctively. With the memory of the fight blaring in his head, Gippal aimed the cannon up to the sky as soon as he caught a clear glimpse at the fiend, using his Mortar Overdrive. A blunt gra missile with a green warhead lunched out of the machine, going upward a short distance with a screech, pausing for a half second. Then nose diving head first on to the Weapon with a burst explosion, engulfing it with a sea of green fire.

It howled again, dropping to it’s knees still scorching with the strange colored flames. That was enough to kill off the fiend.


It's all of my doing


“What happened?” Nooj pulled Gippal‘s arm over his shoulder as soon as he holster his weapon, leading the way and helping him walk across the strange gray floors. This may have been the very definition of Ironic, Nooj having to help him walk.

Nook carefully laid him down against a wall next to the edge of a canyon and a sea if floating plat forms leading to a distant Veganagun. “I don’t know.” Gippal replied. “That thing shot something threw my leg and now I can’t move it.” He wasn’t sure what it had been, all he knew was that it still burned as much as when the foreign object first entered his leg.

Nooj examined the leg with a few nods to himself and a small bit of physical scrutinizing. “Poison probably.” He drew a small vile out of his pocket filled with yellow liquid, apparently an antidote.


I made a choice


He pulled the top off and poured the contents on the wound in Gippal’s left leg.

Gippal winced from the searing pain that came along with the antidote, he tried to bite down on his lip to keep from crying out but it didn’t work. “Ouch!!!” It made the wound burn worse than before, more streaks of pains like needles and electricity followed. He cringed, holding himself still while Nooj emptied the rest of the antidote.

“Alright, you stay here, I’ll go ahead and---”

“Hey wait!” Gippal objected. “Your going to take on Veganagun by yourself!?”

“No, I’m going to scout ahead, I’ll be waiting down the road.” Nooj patted Gippal on the back before he used his cane to stand up. He began walking to the each before Gippal could get in another word. “Catch up when your leg feels better.” He left Gippal to watch while he crossed the floating platforms with surprising ease, before long he was on the other side, then completely out of sight all together.

And, today, I pay

“Damn, just my luck.” Gippal mumbled as he reached into his inventory and retrieving a hi-potion, pausing lightly to brace himself before pouring a small amount over his left leg and drinking the rest. It took longer to work this time then before, in fact after 5 minutes it still hadn’t taken affect. What ever he had been infected with it was potent poison, the dead monster that did this should have been proud.

Gippal reached in to his inventory again and took out another Antidote, and trying a different approach he held his noise and threw his head back to drink the bitter fluid. Now it was starting to work

My heart is full of pain

Gippal sat and waited with his right leg drawn up and his left still stretched out before him, hoping that the pain in his leg would at lest lessen. Soon after it started too, but by the time it finished it left his leg completely numb. Close enough.

How could you understand the way I feel?

Using the canon in his arms as leverage, he tried to pull himself up on to his feet. But as soon as he moved his left leg, a rush of pain shot threw it like a bullet. “!!!” He eased him self back down to the ground with clinched fist and wide eyes. Maybe he just had to wait a little longer……

How could you relate to so much pain?

Among other things, Gippal started to get worried, after 20 minutes Nooj hadn’t returned. His luck was holding and no fiends attacked him so he had time to heal. And it was starting to, but he still had a long way to go. ‘Damnit, why didn’t I learn any healing spells?’


Seems as though nothing

He closed his eyes for a minute, trying to think. But his attempt at thoughts were ruined by the sound of approaching footsteps. “Nooj?” He opened his eyes with hope that it was him, but he found worse than he expected, it turned out to be none other than Baralai. But he was standing there, minus one shirt, just looking at him. The idea crossed his mind that it may have been the real Baralai, he sure seemed confused enough.

Can comfort me

The possibility that Nooj caught him of guard wasn’t impossible, it was actually very likely. What if Nooj’s plan worked? He was going to allow Shuyin to enter his body, which was rigged to take out Shuyin and himself with it, fitting for a death seeker. ‘Nooj! No..., you stupid bastard how could you do this!’

Had gotten Gippal so caught up thinking that he almost forgot about what was happening in front of him. His mind was snapped back into awareness when he heard Baralai coming towards him.

So, today, I pray

“Wait a minute!” Gippal lifted the Cannon weapon in an attempt to keep him back. But Baralai only advanced toward him, as if he didn‘t even hear him, something was wrong with this situation. “Hey stop!” He reassured his threat by placing his finger on the trigger and pulling the slide with his other hand. Baralai didn’t hesitate or even slow down for a second. “Stop!!!” Gippal pulled the trigger, releasing a small missile from at the back of the weapon, flying with a trail of smoke directly at Baralai, at the last second it veered to the left and missed him completely.

Baralai kept going undeterred by the near attack, walking towards him as if in a complete daze. Baralai never looked like this, even with Shuyin inside of him, this was strange. “Stop or next time I wont miss.”


That someone should listen


Baralai came to a stop, though it was a very late stop since he was standing directly over Gippal. This was his chance, it would be over quickly if he fired at this range.

Gippal’s hands begain to shake, rattling the weapon, he tried his best to steady the Machine but with no success. He… couldn’t do it, if he fired at this range, he’d kill Baralai for sure. And then what, if Shuyin was still in side of Baralai , he would only move to his body.

For nothing should matter

As if that’s all he needed to see, Baralai begin to move forward again, taking one step closer. He pushed the weapon away by the side of it‘s long barrel, reaching down to seize Gippal by his collar and lift him in the air. Baralai was strong, fully capable of lifting Gippal with one hand.


Not when love grows inside you


“Stop it!” Gippal grabbed Baralai’s arm, easily pushing him off. With lost support he landed on both feet-- “AHHHH!!!!” He shouted in pain collapsing to the ground directly afterwords, the pain was to much for him. Even if he defeated Baralai, which wouldn’t be an easy, more like near impossible, task, he would never be able to get away with his leg. He was completely helpless.

The choice is yours

“Damnit!” He pounded his fist against the ground in frustration as he stared up at Baralai, if he wouldn’t have been so careless this would have never happened to him!... Gippal rolled over on to his back as carefully as he could, still causing him a great of pain. Baralai bent knelt down next to him, looking over him with a strange smile that was so unBaralai like.

There's a miracle in store

Gippal laid there shrouded in confusion, rubbing his leg with both legs, hoping the pain would dull soon. ’What is he doing?’ He inquired blankly, waiting for whatever was going to happen next. “...Baralai?”

Nothing should matter

Baralai knelt down above him, planting both hands on the ground across from his shoulder. “What are you doing!?” Gippal asked nervously while Baralai silently moved closer to him, coming close enough to bring them face to face, close enough for Gippal looked up in to his soulless eyes, and immediately push him back at the sight. Gippal was the stronger of the two, even though Baralai used physical attacks and weapons that required direct combat while Gippal used Machines and guns to attack.

Not when love grows inside you


Baralai used his to push himself closer, finally slipping past Gippal’s arms that had been pushing at his chest, and pressing his body against the man below him. “Baralai--mmm..mmmmm” His voice was muffled by the sudden contact of their lips, he tried his best to push him off but Baralai had already wrapped his arms around his torso in a strong grip and he couldn’t pry him away.

A voice of love is crying out

Gippal could feel the tongue softly running over his lips, waiting for access. A sharp pain shot up from his leg making Gippal flinch, his hold on Baralai’s shoulders loosen and his lips part with a sudden gasp. A warm tongue slipped in to his mouth, licking the roof of his mouth tentively. Baralai drew his head away just enough for him to move his mouth “Barialai….St-” A squeeze to his leg made his body cringe and his mouth open wide.

"Don't throw love away"

With an eerie smile on his face and a hold on Gippal’s leg, he began to undress the layer of clothing covering the other man‘s body. “What the hell are you doing!?? Stop!!!” Gippal tried to fight back, but with his inflicted poison injured he really could do nothing to stop him.

There's a miracle in store

Finally after a few more moments of futile struggling against a determined Baralai he was completely naked, and was able to get a good look at the wound on his leg. What ever injected the poison had gone completely threw his leg, but it missed the bone and went in to the muscle. It would take days for the antidote to work at this rate, and until the antidote did it’s job then he couldn‘t start healing....

“Why aren’t you saying anything...: Two warm hands ran over his chest, soft lips pressed against his... The feeling brought a sense of futility over Gippal, he had no chance of fighting back now, but things could be worse. At lest it was Baralai doing this to him. So finally he accepted it and opened up, no point in refusing it now.


How could I let go of a miracle?


A unresponsive Baralai happily took the open mouth, softly caressing his cheek with one uplifted hand. Gippal moaned his appreciation for not hurting his leg this time, and slowly but surly he started kissed back.

Baralai looked back down at him with a victorious grin that made Gippal nervous, but he couldn’t help but be completely sucked in by the other man’s pace.

Nothing could ever take its place

But...look at where they were, this couldn’t happen here.

“No… stop….” Gippal pleaded between what little reprieve he could get, “There are fiends everywhere…” There were fiends everywhere, this was the worst place to stop, not to mention Nooj could come back at anytime. A dark finger pressed a his lips in quieting manner, “Don’t….We can‘t.” Baralai ignored him, nuzzling in to his neck, softly nibbling the light flesh.


Thought I was looking

“Don’t worry…” Baralai told him, sucking the joint between his neck and shoulder. “I’m here, I won’t leave.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I’ll stay with you until the end.” Baralai cut off Gippal’s words with another kiss, his handing roamed down between the older man’s legs.

Out for myself

His hand wrapped around Gippal’s erection, rubbing the head with his thumb. Gippal closed his eyes tightly, biting down hard on his lip, squirming a little bit. !! “AHHHH~~” He cried out in pain from his movement, he had forgotten about his leg for the moment, that was until he tried to move it.

Now, it seems the pain

Baralai sighed, pausing from what he was doing to move his hands over Gippal’s wounded leg. His eyes closed with Baralai’s usual concentration, he seemed to be casting a spell by the way the light flashes of sparkles appeared.

Gippal’s whole body began to glow, making him uneasy. Anything could have been being cast on him. “What? What is this?”

It was some kind of healing spell Baralai knew, a mix of Regain and Esnua. Baralai may not have been as strong as Gippal, but he had a expert knowledge of spells and the intelligence to use them effectively. He even had the unique skill for mixing them together.

Is all that I have gained

With a entertained smile on his face from the reaction he had gotten, Baralai continued his administrations to Gippal’s body. This time Gippal held his body completely tense and still, not moving a muscle from fear of pain. Baralai knew how to take care of this easily.


I wonder if I could be your miracle

He crawled downward from above Gippal’s chest to settle himself between his legs, taking a long lick of the erection that had formed there with a light smirk. Apparently Gippal wanted this more then he at first let on. Gippal flinched from the unexpected sensation, this time his leg didn’t feel as bad as before when he accidentally forced the muscles to work, the spell was working..

I wonder if I could spare you pain


Baralai wrapped his mouth around Gippal’s cock, the tip of his tongue ran along the crevasse under the head of the erection. Teasing him.

Seems as though nothing

All of a sudden Baralai stopped, drawing back Gippal. “Huh?” Gippal down up questioningly, watching Baralai climb on to his knees, waiting. ’What’s with him?’


Will comfort me

He couldn’t wait any longer, he wanted this to badly, Baralai had pulled him in to this, he wasn’t going to quit now. Maybe it was his own body craving release or some form of influence, either way he wouldn’t let this stop now, not for no reason at all.

Ohh 'less, today, I pray


Gippal slowly pulled him self up, trying to keep as much weight off his leg as possible. With one hand holding on to the wall behind him he slowly pressed his himself against Baralai. Waiting for a minute, making sure that Baralai wasn’t going to make him stop. He wanted this to much to stop now.


That you should come listen


Taking a deep breath, Gippal ran his hands threw Baralai’s thick white hair, pulling him in another kiss. ‘This is crazy! What the hell am I doing…’...Gippal stopped himself , just a minute ago he was trying to get away from him, now he was doing to Baralai what Baralai had did to him. And this must have been exactly what Baralai wanted all along even though this was the worst timing. And the worst place. But it didn’t seem to matter, he couldn’t seem to help himself.


For nothing should matter


Gippal pushed him against the wall, His hands skimmed down the sleek body. He lowered himself to his knees, striping the man of the remaining clothing he had.


Not when love grows inside you The choice is yours


He came up for another kiss, ignoring the pain in his leg. His hands again wandered down to Baralai’s waste, running over the dark thighs and taking hold of his legs. He lifted Baralai, holding him above the ground.


There's a miracle in store Nothing should matter

Gippal pushed Baralai down to the ground hastily, slipped one of his arms under Baralai’s right legs, positioning him self so that his erection was pressing against Baralai’s entrance. Gippal looked up at the Baralai again, the look on his face was priceless.

Not when love grows inside you A voice of love is crying out

Gippal slowly pushed his cock in the tight entrance, Baralai flinched a little, holding on Gippal’s shoulders in a almost painful grip as he felt him move deeper and deeper inside of him. “Ahhh….’ Baralai moaned softly, his hands fall from Gippal’s shoulders to his sides as soon as he’d gotten a little more use to the feeling. “Gippal...” A deep breath followed, his eyes half lidded.

"Don't throw love away" There's a miracle in store

Gippal thrusting became more intense, the severe pain of his leg mixing with the pleasure Baralai’s body was drawing from him with each move he made.

Gippal lifted a still glowing hand Baralai’s cheek, unable to resist touching the soft skin even as he drove his full length in to Baralai. Almost seeming as though he was falling, Gippal lowered himself until he could feel Baralai’s torso against his own, taking shorter but quicker thrust.

Gippal looked in his green eyes, pressing his lips to Baralai’s, stifling his next sound that threatened to pass through his lips.

Don't ever throw away your miracle

Finally his weak leg couldn’t hold his weight up any longer and he collapsed, falling to his knees with Baralai still in his arms. His breath was heavy against Baralai’s chest from the pain pulsing through his body, he realized now that it wasn’t the smartest position to take with his injury.

Don't let it slip away

With an amused laugh and light smile, Baralai planting both hands on Gippal‘s shoulders and pushed Gippal on to his back. “The same Gippal I remember...”

‘What dose that mean?’ Gippal tried to find the concentration to think about what had just been said to him, but anything else in his mind disappeared as he watched Baralai lifting off his cock then trusting against his hips. “Bar---Baralai…..” That felt too good to describe, each movement Baralai made seemed to farther nullify any pain he was feeling at the moment. Gippal’s head fell backwards on to the ground and his eyes closed, he tensed and cried out again, this time louder then before. “Uhaa...!!” Gippal held on to anything, which happened to be Baralai, he could reach as the tight warmth surrounding his cock to push the man to his limit. Gippal’s eyes clinched tightly enough to draw out tears in the corner of his eyes, his softening member emptying his seed in side Baralai.



So nothing should matter

Gippal’s body fell loosely back to the ground with out Gippal ever have knowing he arched up, a panting Baralai still mounted on top of him, who only stood up and reached for his clothing.

“Baralai?”

The momentary weakness caused a lapse for Baralai, for a small moment, a bare glimpse, Gippal could see Shuyin still in side of his friend’s body, along with a single Pirefly that had escaped and was now rising. “Shuyin…” Gippal narrowed his eyes, he had been a little surprised with this whole pattern of behavior that wasn’t like Baralai at all, but why hadn’t he seen that?

Now that he thought about it, he hadn’t seen a lot of things he should have, he hadn’t even been thinking. Like, why during all of this didn’t he see a fiend in sight? In fact he hadn’t been able to think at all, the one time he had tried to concentrate he found himself unable too. He was too busy being drawn to Baralai...Damn, why didn’t he see this? “So you were controlling me the whole time...”

It didn‘t take him long too figure out that. But still, someplace in his mind, he still had harbored the hope that it was Baralai even when at first it didn‘t seem like such, that didn‘t help the situation. It had worked to Shuyin’s advantage.

No, nothing should matter


Baralai (Shuyin) just flashed a cocky smirk and walked away, seemingly vanishing.

“Damnit!”

Not when love grows inside you

! - ! - !

He laid there in the same spot, fully clothed and of complete mind... The spell Baralai had cast on his leg worked, at lest he could say that much, it had already almost completely fished healing him when it would have taken days or weeks for the healing to start on it‘s own. He was grateful for that, but he wasn’t sure why Shuyin had done it, Gippal could only be a problem for him later on.

Gippal sighed, staring strait up at the ceiling. He knew he should have gotten up a long time ago, the final Battle against Shuyin and Veganagun, not to mention his task of saving Baralai, was waiting. Nooj may still have been waiting too, he hoped Nooj was still waiting.

The choice is yours There's a miracle in store

“Gippal?!”

He heard a familiar voice that made him focus his attention forward where the source was, he could honestly say he wasn’t expecting it to be her “Huh? Rikku?”

Rikku ran across the strangely composed bridge to reach him, looking as if she had just come from a few hard fight along side along with Yuna and Paine who also looked the same way.

“What happened?” Yuna worriedly knelt in front of him, he noticed she still had her guns in her hands, they had just came from battle, or preparing to go in to it. Most likely both.

No, nothing should matter Not when love grows inside you

“I just got careless.” Gippal reassured her, trying his best to look as if he wasn’t still in pain. “I’m ok.”

Paine looked over Gippal, first noticing that he was lying, second that he wasn’t alone “Where’s Nooj?” Seeing no nearby fiends, Paine deemed it safe to let the blade of her sword rest on the ground.

“He went ahead. You guys should too” Gippal replied, rubbing his leg lightly. “Don‘t worry about me, I‘ll be there in a second.”


A voice of love is crying out "Don't throw love away"


Eventually the three girls headed down the path where Veganagun was waiting, leaving him by himself again. After a few more moments of rest he said “I should hurry up.” and rose to his feet, getting his discarded weapon from the ground beside. “Well, lets get it over with….”


There's a miracle in store...for you

! - ! - !

MIRACLE by Whitney Houston
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