Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Akagi Sphere ❯ Chapter 10: Demon from the abyss: part 2 ( Chapter 11 )
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By: SDI Hypervelocity 
Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Hentai | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.05.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 153 | Status: Completed
Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Hentai | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.05.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 153 | Status: Completed
Chapter 10: Demon from the abyss: part 2
“I don’t like this, we can’t fight it if we can’t see it.” Tidus said, the Save point was their only light right now, the rest was an endless darkness he was apprehensive about entering.
Jecht, as well as everyone, paused to listen to another loud roar in the distance. “You say it like we have a choice.”
“It’s getting impatient.” Auron tried to determine the direction of the sound now closer then when it was previously heard, again coming from all sides making it incomprehensible .
“It sounds mad, I guess that’s not go for us.” Shuyin held his sword up with a steady gaze upward. No on else seemed to be able to see the Pireflies anymore except for him, making him wonder the nature of this darkness, and he noticed when the Pireflies reached the ground they were then pulled in another direction.
Damn, why did his powers have to be gone?
“So which way do we go?” Jecht shifted his eyes around nervously now, hearing another roar even closer.
“I’m sure it’s that way” Shuyin pointed in the direction of the Pireflies only he could see, if they were being pulled that way and they’d been following them all this time, then this would be the next logical place to go. He explained what he saw to the others.
“Shu, you’re a genius.” Tidus leaned kissed him, and Shuyin kissed back.
“Hey! You could at lest wait until till later. (If there is a later).” Jecht came between them and pulled them apart.
“I can’t help it!” Tidus dropped his head and sighed.
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They followed the stream of concealed Pireflies, closer to the roaring by the light of a few things, first by a fire spell and then by Shuyin with some type of power meant for an attack.
The snarls sounded mean, violent and ferocious, beast like. That’s why they were so confused when they got to the source.
“What…is this?” Braska’s eye brows furrowed in confusion, staring down at a dimly lit blue stone box about as high as he waist and just as wide. The font had inscriptions similar to that of the Rosetta stone, the text was just as unreadable, down the center was a small crack and small bends along the sides defining doors, apparently the box opened. All of the Pireflies where being drawn in to the small crevasse of the box.
“Is this it?” Tidus looked back at the summoner, his mind notioning that maybe Braska’s theory had been wrong.
Braska was inevitably sure, he could feel it, and the fact that millions of Pireflies were being pulled into it when it didn’t have room for them only confirmed his first thoughts. “Don’t turn you back on it, that is most definitely the demon.”
Tidus stepped back from the box, though still skeptical he took Braska’s advice. “?”
Slowly but surely it started to reveal itself.
Through the side walls, four horn like features started to protrude like ghost with out ever breaking through the stone, it was happening on both sides. Red near the top, the same color as the stone on the bottom, and a yellow tip. Just barely they could also see a black haze surrounding it like an aura, that was the reason for this darkness and why they couldn‘t see anything before, it was causing it. Though Shuyin was puzzled about how something could generate darkness.
The horns moved and shifted around with light twitches as if the walls weren’t even there, something was wrong.
“That looks familiar…..” Tidus recognized it from place, not the box, but whatever was inside that the horns belonged too. Auron got the same feeling, but neither of them more so then Jecht.
“Moment of truth, it’s opening.” Jecht lifted his sword, a bit more nervous when he heard the beast like sound...
A black light that could be seen shining through as the box opened.
Braska gasped and stepped back with surprise... “It’s….Yu Yevon!”
It was the possessor of Aeons inside the doors, the familiar black aura surrounding the same symbol still in every temple in Spira glowing in light purple. A clear liquid also filled the box, one that didn‘t spill as if it was a gel. That liquid settled, blocking out the black light and Yu Yevon forming in to a mirror.
This wasn‘t right, something was off. “No, This can’t be right….If it’s Yu Yevon, why dose it feel like a demon?” Braska was still confused at something that was black and white to every one else, he knew that Yu Yevon was neither good nor evil, so where was the demon vibe coming from?
“It’s the box, the Epitaph. It’s a demon.” Shuyin told him, but there were still so many questions. What was the roaring? Why was Yu Yevon inside a demon, What where the Pireflies being used for? And how was it possible for Yu Yevon to be in the Far Plain in the first place?
The mirror reflected nothing at first but darkness, but then the box slowly turn towards Shuyin with a scraping sound, reflecting his image. He immediately started to feel strange, everything was spinning around him in a blur, he was dizzy and his body hurt.
“Shu? What’s wrong?” Tidus got no answer, Shuyin couldn’t hear him.
The Epitaph closed it’s doors and allowed the liquid to pour out of the crack and take shape as an exact copy of Shuyin. The real one the other hand was standing there with a dazed look on his face, completely immobile and looking like zombie. Quite literately, he was under the zombie effect.
“Shu? That’s wrong with you?” Tidus held on to Shuyin’s shoulders, shake him with increasing intensity, but he didn’t move, or talk, or blink even.
“It’s no use, I presume we’ll have to beat that copy.” Braska told him.
Yu Yevon had no intention of fighting, it was planning to use Shuyin’s power’s that it had mirrored, and that’s exactly what it did. The copy drew in the Pireflies and created another Veganagun, but it was the oversouled Veganagun with it’s cannon ready to fire.
“No way!! Not again!!!” Tidus shouted, his voice rising with a mixture of fear and annoyment, how many times would they have to fight this thing!?
“Forget about Veganagun, go for the copy.” Braska was able to see what needed to be done. They would never destroy the Veganagun copy, Shuyin’s copy would only bring it back. Cut off the head and the body would follow.
The came again in high volume, coming from the box.
Veganagun started to draw in Pireflies with an pull they could feel, it was charging that cannon.
Auron charged at the copy, with his sword held tightly in both hands he lifted the blade above his head and brought it down on the copy. The broad sword went right through, like it wasn’t real... Ok, physical attacks was a definite no go. “Forget about the copy, it’s just a reflection.”
“The Epitaph... it already has control of the Farplane, It wants to destroy it.” Shuyin seemed to come out of the daze, but with audible groans and a lot of pain pounding in his head.
Ok, they weren‘t sure how he knew but...“What about Yu Yevon?” Braska asked with a promptness.
“I’m not sure, it must want to use the Epitaph to be come the next Sin, that‘s how Yu Yevon works isn‘t it?”
“Hn.” Auron nodded. “The Epitaph wants to destroy the Farplane to so it can return to Spira and Yu Yevon is giving the Epitaph power so it can use it to create a new Sin. All if it is completely mutual.”
Jecht tried this time, going past the copy of Shuyin and strait to the Epitaph, striking the box with his sword. But just as he hit it a mirror rose up, reflecting same attack back to him. Being struck by his own sword, Jecht immediately jumped back, holding his shoulder where he had been struck. “ We can’t hit that.” Jecht indicated the copy of Shuyin, “And when I tried to hit the damn box that happened, how the hell are we suppose to fight this thing!”
“I’ll try” Braska steeped forward toward the demon, stopping just a foot or so short. Taking the end of his staff, he tapped it against the box, but this time instead of a mirror, Yu Yevon jumped out. It suddenly became clear to him.
“This is starting to make sense.” He stepped back quickly. “When Jecht and Tidus arrived here, a hole was created right? Yu Yevon must have came through with them. Then this Demon came to fill the whole and took over the Farplane, trying to get to Spira. Yu Yevon is working with the demon so it can create a new Sin, But it is still a possessor of Aeons. That is it’s main purpose. So it must be after Tidus and Jecht. Seeing that Tidus are some how connected with them, and Jecht is technically a faythe.”
“Ok, we know what it wants, Now how do we stop it?” Tidus asked.
“I will stop it.”
Auron gave a look that completely unlike him. “How will you fight it?”
“I am a summoner.” Braska said. “I will do what I do best, summon.”
Yu Yevon was descending back in to the box when Braska struck the epitaph it with his staff again to draw it back out.
He lifted the rod in the air, striking the ground with the edge. A blue fire propagated outward around him, creating intricate designs and an emblem. A ray of light shine down carrying with it a Faythe. A young boy in purple robe and sandals with a wheel like symbol on his back engraved in gold, a hood was warn over his head, casting a shadow over his eyes not the Aeon he was looking for but...
Yu Yevon immediately rushed at the boy, who stood still and unwavering, his body started to fade and another faded in to view in his place, Bahamut. Yu Yevon was stopped, seemingly running in to a wall where it usually would have taken control.
“Huh?” Braska looked back, seeing Shuyin helping out again by preventing Yevon from possessing the Aeon.
“Well he got it out…that's half the fight right there.” Jecht had to admit it that Braska did stop the mirror effect, which Yu Yevon had been creating.
“Come on, He have to stop the Epitaph, leave Yu Yevon to Braska.” Auron lifted his sword again.
“Uh guys! We have a bigger problem!!!!!” Tidus yelled, The Veganagun copy finished charging it’s main cannon un noticed by anyone. How could they all have stop focusing on the most important thing?! It was because they had no idea how to stop it in the first place, their idea was to take out what ever was creating the copy, Yu yevon, and they hadn’t. “Is that their any way to stop it?!” Tidus looked over at Shuyin hopefully, his heart skipped a beat when he felt the ground start to shake.
Shuyin shook his head regretfully, knowing exactly what the cannon could do. “All that energy, it’s gotta come out one way or another.”
“What dose that mean?”
Shuyin sighed, noticing the air around them was becoming more heated, a clear effect of the audibly charging cannon. “...”
Silence, that was never a good thing. “OH ---!!”
The weapon tilted upward to the sky and a large blast, immeasurably bright blast fired from the cannon, a ray larg then the cannon itself. It created an extremely hot ara around the firing range, a prelude to incineration, Everything gained a red tent, the air waving with heat distortment wildly, a noise so loud not even thoughts could be heard over it. The floors started to buckle and distort, being pulled toward the upward firing cannon from air pressure differences. All right before everything was covered, blinded and overpowered by a red light.
Then everything was completely silent.
Then an inconceivably loud boom came.
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Guadosalam, peacefully sleeping at 2 in the morning, was a wakened in the worse way.
A loud sound cascaded outward from the Farplane‘s entrance, low at first but coming increasingly loud like a current of water growing stronger. By the time it reached full volume the whole town was awake.
Then an eerie silence came.
A rush of blue came flying out of the gateway, it was energy or water or some type of substance, followed by a rush of flames that blasted through anything in it‘s path from the entrance to about 120 feet out. After a few seconds of scorching flames, the explosion finally came, shattering everything fragile in a 30 mile radius. A distorted shockwave radiated from the blast, traveling along the walls and crushing anything it swept over.
A rain of boulders tumbled down from the crushed rock walls holding the entrance of the Farplane was, well, had been embedded in. It smashed into anything the shockwave didn’t blow apart.
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“Hey! Gippal, It’s an emergency! Wake up!!”
Gippal and Baralai were abruptly awakened on a very late flight to Luca, Nooj had organized a speech to Spira that was suppose to happen in two days. It was just decidedly easier to go there and stay for the short time between now and the speech.
It was probably postponed now.
“What?” Gippal sat up in his seat where he had been slumping in subconsciously in his sleep, looking around the dimly lit room with blurry eyes.
The pilot himself had come back to tell them, it must have been really important. But, wasn’t he suppose to be flying? “In Guadosalam, you two aren’t going to believe this but... The Farplane exploded.”
“What!?” Gippal’s half lidded eye shot open and he sat up completely strait. “You can’t be serious?”
“Why aren’t you in the cockpit?” Baralai asked with quickly leaving sleepiness in his voice. “And why aren't we moving, shouldn’t we be heading there?”
“We were knocked right out of the sky!” The pilot said with clear excitement, and not the good kind “It must have been one hell of a blast, we got hit with an EMP coming in Guadosalam, fried everything.”
“Are you telling me we just crashed and I slept through it?!”
“That’s exactly what I’m telling, in any case they’ve fiends are pouring out, strong ones. They’re calling everyone who can get there to help.” The pilot paused for a moment “Or at lest that’s what I heard before my radio cut out.”
This was so unexpected, how could something like this have happened? And how the hell do you sleep through a crash?! That fight with Angra Mainyu must have took more out of them then they thought. ‘How...why...I don’t even know what to say.’ Baralai didn’t, except for “Where are we now?”
“Bevelle.”
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It was completely dark In the village of Besaid, silent. Both of those conditions were disrupted by the Celsius hovering directly over Yuna’s home, kicking up dust. The speakers flared to life, and Brother’s voice came through.
“YUNA!!!!!!! GET UP!!!!!! THE FARPLANE WENT COMPLETELY KABOOMM!!!!!! GUADOSALAM IS POURING WITH FIENDS!!!! SPIRA IN MASSIVE PANIC!!!!!”
Right after he finished his statement, the echo of the explosion could be heard cascading over the horizon. Carried closer by a shockwave that swept over the island. It didn’t do much more then create a very strong breeze and blow in some dust, but it was noticeable.
The whole village came alive again as if it was noon.
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“What?! That’s not possible.” Yuna’s voice echoed through the bridge of the ship with a shoat of disbelief.
“Believe it. There is a major chain reaction, all of Spira is being effected.” Buddy had come along with too and he was working diligently at a computer along side of the pilot seat.
Everyone was back for the moment, Shinra was trying to get most of their equipment back on line. Most all of the Machine's programming had been hit by a power surge that effectively burned out most of the hardware, suffering from the same fate very few airships were able to run. As a matter of fact…starting…right…now, the Celsius was the only airship in the air. The one Gippal and Baralai were on just went down in Bevelle.
Rikku and Paine merged from the engine room, somewhat dirty. Yuna wasn’t surprised, though she hadn’t seen them on board until now “You’re here too huh?”
“Hey Yunnie! I would celebrate but….I need a nap” Rikku dropped to her knees, she was tired, so tired...
“We had to fix the engine, while it was running.” Paine laid down her sword against he wall and leaned on the door frame, that wasn’t easy
Rikku looked around at the full crew, realizing she had no idea where they were going. “Wait a minute? Brother? Where are we going?”
“We have to stop at Bevelle first, A big! Big! Meeting, and they want us to come.”
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Bevelle had become headquarters for the situation, hastily set of because of it‘s relatively central location and because that was where Baralai and Gippal landed. Out side the temple the courtyard was packed with people, awaiting people who wanted to know what the hell was going on, why they didn’t have any windows anymore, and what happened to everything mechanized they had. And more importantly, what the hell was that noise and that light, were they in danger?
This just seemed to be the reasonable place to look for answers
They all met at the main hall right before to the lift leading to the cloister of trials, a conference table was set up just with enough seats for those invited. Those invited were just about anyone that could help the problem.
That included the Gullwings, Baralai was there of course, along with Gippal, Maroda and Nooj. First, Maroda practically ran Bevelle while Baralai was gone so he was the first one there. And second, Nooj was stuck in Luca. Shirinda, a reporter from Luca that was in charge of Press, took his spot. She could explain it to Spira better then any of them could, with certain filters of course so as not to induce panic.
“Ok, we all know what’s happening.” Baralai started. “Bevelle’s army, or anyone else for that matter, cant get to Guadosalam. Currently the Celsius is the only working airship so that’s how we’ll get there.” Baralai looked around for any questions or objections. With none he proceeded.
“We’re pressed for time right now so I‘ll get to the point, the first hot spot is, Guadosalam, fiends are pouring in to the city making whatever damage that was all ready there worse. The second hot spot is the Mi'ihen High Road. Under the road is a cavern that had some connection to the Farplane, fiends are coming from there too, but our main priory is Guadosalam. But we can’t leave the High Road alone, it puts Luca in danger too.”
“What about the Youth league?” Rikku asked, Mi’ihen was also connected to Mushroom Rock road where the Youth League headquarters resided.
“They have their hands full.” Gippal responded. “The Machine faction too.”
Maroda was the only one that had contact with anyone on the road directly, where the problem was rooted. “I spoke to Rin, he has everyone safe, and he’s trying to get the Machina back on line. For now things there are under control.” If you could call that under control, more like temporally holding.
Baralai nodded in light relief, that was good news. “That’s covered but were not out of the woods yet, all of Spira is in danger from the Temples because fiends seem to be coming from anyplace connected to the Farplane. The good news is none have made it to the surface, the only place that have had any attacks are Bevelle, and soldiers are fighting them off as we speak.” Baralai sighed “It’s only a matter of time though...”
“That’s strange, why only here?” Yuna asked.
“I don’t know, but the answers are in Guadosalam. We have to get there and minimize casualties.” Baralai stood up from his seat, making it clear that they couldn’t waste any more time.
“Well, it’s not over yet.” Yuna dropped he her head, this just never seemed to end.
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“I don’t like this, we can’t fight it if we can’t see it.” Tidus said, the Save point was their only light right now, the rest was an endless darkness he was apprehensive about entering.
Jecht, as well as everyone, paused to listen to another loud roar in the distance. “You say it like we have a choice.”
“It’s getting impatient.” Auron tried to determine the direction of the sound now closer then when it was previously heard, again coming from all sides making it incomprehensible .
“It sounds mad, I guess that’s not go for us.” Shuyin held his sword up with a steady gaze upward. No on else seemed to be able to see the Pireflies anymore except for him, making him wonder the nature of this darkness, and he noticed when the Pireflies reached the ground they were then pulled in another direction.
Damn, why did his powers have to be gone?
“So which way do we go?” Jecht shifted his eyes around nervously now, hearing another roar even closer.
“I’m sure it’s that way” Shuyin pointed in the direction of the Pireflies only he could see, if they were being pulled that way and they’d been following them all this time, then this would be the next logical place to go. He explained what he saw to the others.
“Shu, you’re a genius.” Tidus leaned kissed him, and Shuyin kissed back.
“Hey! You could at lest wait until till later. (If there is a later).” Jecht came between them and pulled them apart.
“I can’t help it!” Tidus dropped his head and sighed.
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They followed the stream of concealed Pireflies, closer to the roaring by the light of a few things, first by a fire spell and then by Shuyin with some type of power meant for an attack.
The snarls sounded mean, violent and ferocious, beast like. That’s why they were so confused when they got to the source.
“What…is this?” Braska’s eye brows furrowed in confusion, staring down at a dimly lit blue stone box about as high as he waist and just as wide. The font had inscriptions similar to that of the Rosetta stone, the text was just as unreadable, down the center was a small crack and small bends along the sides defining doors, apparently the box opened. All of the Pireflies where being drawn in to the small crevasse of the box.
“Is this it?” Tidus looked back at the summoner, his mind notioning that maybe Braska’s theory had been wrong.
Braska was inevitably sure, he could feel it, and the fact that millions of Pireflies were being pulled into it when it didn’t have room for them only confirmed his first thoughts. “Don’t turn you back on it, that is most definitely the demon.”
Tidus stepped back from the box, though still skeptical he took Braska’s advice. “?”
Slowly but surely it started to reveal itself.
Through the side walls, four horn like features started to protrude like ghost with out ever breaking through the stone, it was happening on both sides. Red near the top, the same color as the stone on the bottom, and a yellow tip. Just barely they could also see a black haze surrounding it like an aura, that was the reason for this darkness and why they couldn‘t see anything before, it was causing it. Though Shuyin was puzzled about how something could generate darkness.
The horns moved and shifted around with light twitches as if the walls weren’t even there, something was wrong.
“That looks familiar…..” Tidus recognized it from place, not the box, but whatever was inside that the horns belonged too. Auron got the same feeling, but neither of them more so then Jecht.
“Moment of truth, it’s opening.” Jecht lifted his sword, a bit more nervous when he heard the beast like sound...
A black light that could be seen shining through as the box opened.
Braska gasped and stepped back with surprise... “It’s….Yu Yevon!”
It was the possessor of Aeons inside the doors, the familiar black aura surrounding the same symbol still in every temple in Spira glowing in light purple. A clear liquid also filled the box, one that didn‘t spill as if it was a gel. That liquid settled, blocking out the black light and Yu Yevon forming in to a mirror.
This wasn‘t right, something was off. “No, This can’t be right….If it’s Yu Yevon, why dose it feel like a demon?” Braska was still confused at something that was black and white to every one else, he knew that Yu Yevon was neither good nor evil, so where was the demon vibe coming from?
“It’s the box, the Epitaph. It’s a demon.” Shuyin told him, but there were still so many questions. What was the roaring? Why was Yu Yevon inside a demon, What where the Pireflies being used for? And how was it possible for Yu Yevon to be in the Far Plain in the first place?
The mirror reflected nothing at first but darkness, but then the box slowly turn towards Shuyin with a scraping sound, reflecting his image. He immediately started to feel strange, everything was spinning around him in a blur, he was dizzy and his body hurt.
“Shu? What’s wrong?” Tidus got no answer, Shuyin couldn’t hear him.
The Epitaph closed it’s doors and allowed the liquid to pour out of the crack and take shape as an exact copy of Shuyin. The real one the other hand was standing there with a dazed look on his face, completely immobile and looking like zombie. Quite literately, he was under the zombie effect.
“Shu? That’s wrong with you?” Tidus held on to Shuyin’s shoulders, shake him with increasing intensity, but he didn’t move, or talk, or blink even.
“It’s no use, I presume we’ll have to beat that copy.” Braska told him.
Yu Yevon had no intention of fighting, it was planning to use Shuyin’s power’s that it had mirrored, and that’s exactly what it did. The copy drew in the Pireflies and created another Veganagun, but it was the oversouled Veganagun with it’s cannon ready to fire.
“No way!! Not again!!!” Tidus shouted, his voice rising with a mixture of fear and annoyment, how many times would they have to fight this thing!?
“Forget about Veganagun, go for the copy.” Braska was able to see what needed to be done. They would never destroy the Veganagun copy, Shuyin’s copy would only bring it back. Cut off the head and the body would follow.
The came again in high volume, coming from the box.
Veganagun started to draw in Pireflies with an pull they could feel, it was charging that cannon.
Auron charged at the copy, with his sword held tightly in both hands he lifted the blade above his head and brought it down on the copy. The broad sword went right through, like it wasn’t real... Ok, physical attacks was a definite no go. “Forget about the copy, it’s just a reflection.”
“The Epitaph... it already has control of the Farplane, It wants to destroy it.” Shuyin seemed to come out of the daze, but with audible groans and a lot of pain pounding in his head.
Ok, they weren‘t sure how he knew but...“What about Yu Yevon?” Braska asked with a promptness.
“I’m not sure, it must want to use the Epitaph to be come the next Sin, that‘s how Yu Yevon works isn‘t it?”
“Hn.” Auron nodded. “The Epitaph wants to destroy the Farplane to so it can return to Spira and Yu Yevon is giving the Epitaph power so it can use it to create a new Sin. All if it is completely mutual.”
Jecht tried this time, going past the copy of Shuyin and strait to the Epitaph, striking the box with his sword. But just as he hit it a mirror rose up, reflecting same attack back to him. Being struck by his own sword, Jecht immediately jumped back, holding his shoulder where he had been struck. “ We can’t hit that.” Jecht indicated the copy of Shuyin, “And when I tried to hit the damn box that happened, how the hell are we suppose to fight this thing!”
“I’ll try” Braska steeped forward toward the demon, stopping just a foot or so short. Taking the end of his staff, he tapped it against the box, but this time instead of a mirror, Yu Yevon jumped out. It suddenly became clear to him.
“This is starting to make sense.” He stepped back quickly. “When Jecht and Tidus arrived here, a hole was created right? Yu Yevon must have came through with them. Then this Demon came to fill the whole and took over the Farplane, trying to get to Spira. Yu Yevon is working with the demon so it can create a new Sin, But it is still a possessor of Aeons. That is it’s main purpose. So it must be after Tidus and Jecht. Seeing that Tidus are some how connected with them, and Jecht is technically a faythe.”
“Ok, we know what it wants, Now how do we stop it?” Tidus asked.
“I will stop it.”
Auron gave a look that completely unlike him. “How will you fight it?”
“I am a summoner.” Braska said. “I will do what I do best, summon.”
Yu Yevon was descending back in to the box when Braska struck the epitaph it with his staff again to draw it back out.
He lifted the rod in the air, striking the ground with the edge. A blue fire propagated outward around him, creating intricate designs and an emblem. A ray of light shine down carrying with it a Faythe. A young boy in purple robe and sandals with a wheel like symbol on his back engraved in gold, a hood was warn over his head, casting a shadow over his eyes not the Aeon he was looking for but...
Yu Yevon immediately rushed at the boy, who stood still and unwavering, his body started to fade and another faded in to view in his place, Bahamut. Yu Yevon was stopped, seemingly running in to a wall where it usually would have taken control.
“Huh?” Braska looked back, seeing Shuyin helping out again by preventing Yevon from possessing the Aeon.
“Well he got it out…that's half the fight right there.” Jecht had to admit it that Braska did stop the mirror effect, which Yu Yevon had been creating.
“Come on, He have to stop the Epitaph, leave Yu Yevon to Braska.” Auron lifted his sword again.
“Uh guys! We have a bigger problem!!!!!” Tidus yelled, The Veganagun copy finished charging it’s main cannon un noticed by anyone. How could they all have stop focusing on the most important thing?! It was because they had no idea how to stop it in the first place, their idea was to take out what ever was creating the copy, Yu yevon, and they hadn’t. “Is that their any way to stop it?!” Tidus looked over at Shuyin hopefully, his heart skipped a beat when he felt the ground start to shake.
Shuyin shook his head regretfully, knowing exactly what the cannon could do. “All that energy, it’s gotta come out one way or another.”
“What dose that mean?”
Shuyin sighed, noticing the air around them was becoming more heated, a clear effect of the audibly charging cannon. “...”
Silence, that was never a good thing. “OH ---!!”
The weapon tilted upward to the sky and a large blast, immeasurably bright blast fired from the cannon, a ray larg then the cannon itself. It created an extremely hot ara around the firing range, a prelude to incineration, Everything gained a red tent, the air waving with heat distortment wildly, a noise so loud not even thoughts could be heard over it. The floors started to buckle and distort, being pulled toward the upward firing cannon from air pressure differences. All right before everything was covered, blinded and overpowered by a red light.
Then everything was completely silent.
Then an inconceivably loud boom came.
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Guadosalam, peacefully sleeping at 2 in the morning, was a wakened in the worse way.
A loud sound cascaded outward from the Farplane‘s entrance, low at first but coming increasingly loud like a current of water growing stronger. By the time it reached full volume the whole town was awake.
Then an eerie silence came.
A rush of blue came flying out of the gateway, it was energy or water or some type of substance, followed by a rush of flames that blasted through anything in it‘s path from the entrance to about 120 feet out. After a few seconds of scorching flames, the explosion finally came, shattering everything fragile in a 30 mile radius. A distorted shockwave radiated from the blast, traveling along the walls and crushing anything it swept over.
A rain of boulders tumbled down from the crushed rock walls holding the entrance of the Farplane was, well, had been embedded in. It smashed into anything the shockwave didn’t blow apart.
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“Hey! Gippal, It’s an emergency! Wake up!!”
Gippal and Baralai were abruptly awakened on a very late flight to Luca, Nooj had organized a speech to Spira that was suppose to happen in two days. It was just decidedly easier to go there and stay for the short time between now and the speech.
It was probably postponed now.
“What?” Gippal sat up in his seat where he had been slumping in subconsciously in his sleep, looking around the dimly lit room with blurry eyes.
The pilot himself had come back to tell them, it must have been really important. But, wasn’t he suppose to be flying? “In Guadosalam, you two aren’t going to believe this but... The Farplane exploded.”
“What!?” Gippal’s half lidded eye shot open and he sat up completely strait. “You can’t be serious?”
“Why aren’t you in the cockpit?” Baralai asked with quickly leaving sleepiness in his voice. “And why aren't we moving, shouldn’t we be heading there?”
“We were knocked right out of the sky!” The pilot said with clear excitement, and not the good kind “It must have been one hell of a blast, we got hit with an EMP coming in Guadosalam, fried everything.”
“Are you telling me we just crashed and I slept through it?!”
“That’s exactly what I’m telling, in any case they’ve fiends are pouring out, strong ones. They’re calling everyone who can get there to help.” The pilot paused for a moment “Or at lest that’s what I heard before my radio cut out.”
This was so unexpected, how could something like this have happened? And how the hell do you sleep through a crash?! That fight with Angra Mainyu must have took more out of them then they thought. ‘How...why...I don’t even know what to say.’ Baralai didn’t, except for “Where are we now?”
“Bevelle.”
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It was completely dark In the village of Besaid, silent. Both of those conditions were disrupted by the Celsius hovering directly over Yuna’s home, kicking up dust. The speakers flared to life, and Brother’s voice came through.
“YUNA!!!!!!! GET UP!!!!!! THE FARPLANE WENT COMPLETELY KABOOMM!!!!!! GUADOSALAM IS POURING WITH FIENDS!!!! SPIRA IN MASSIVE PANIC!!!!!”
Right after he finished his statement, the echo of the explosion could be heard cascading over the horizon. Carried closer by a shockwave that swept over the island. It didn’t do much more then create a very strong breeze and blow in some dust, but it was noticeable.
The whole village came alive again as if it was noon.
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“What?! That’s not possible.” Yuna’s voice echoed through the bridge of the ship with a shoat of disbelief.
“Believe it. There is a major chain reaction, all of Spira is being effected.” Buddy had come along with too and he was working diligently at a computer along side of the pilot seat.
Everyone was back for the moment, Shinra was trying to get most of their equipment back on line. Most all of the Machine's programming had been hit by a power surge that effectively burned out most of the hardware, suffering from the same fate very few airships were able to run. As a matter of fact…starting…right…now, the Celsius was the only airship in the air. The one Gippal and Baralai were on just went down in Bevelle.
Rikku and Paine merged from the engine room, somewhat dirty. Yuna wasn’t surprised, though she hadn’t seen them on board until now “You’re here too huh?”
“Hey Yunnie! I would celebrate but….I need a nap” Rikku dropped to her knees, she was tired, so tired...
“We had to fix the engine, while it was running.” Paine laid down her sword against he wall and leaned on the door frame, that wasn’t easy
Rikku looked around at the full crew, realizing she had no idea where they were going. “Wait a minute? Brother? Where are we going?”
“We have to stop at Bevelle first, A big! Big! Meeting, and they want us to come.”
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Bevelle had become headquarters for the situation, hastily set of because of it‘s relatively central location and because that was where Baralai and Gippal landed. Out side the temple the courtyard was packed with people, awaiting people who wanted to know what the hell was going on, why they didn’t have any windows anymore, and what happened to everything mechanized they had. And more importantly, what the hell was that noise and that light, were they in danger?
This just seemed to be the reasonable place to look for answers
They all met at the main hall right before to the lift leading to the cloister of trials, a conference table was set up just with enough seats for those invited. Those invited were just about anyone that could help the problem.
That included the Gullwings, Baralai was there of course, along with Gippal, Maroda and Nooj. First, Maroda practically ran Bevelle while Baralai was gone so he was the first one there. And second, Nooj was stuck in Luca. Shirinda, a reporter from Luca that was in charge of Press, took his spot. She could explain it to Spira better then any of them could, with certain filters of course so as not to induce panic.
“Ok, we all know what’s happening.” Baralai started. “Bevelle’s army, or anyone else for that matter, cant get to Guadosalam. Currently the Celsius is the only working airship so that’s how we’ll get there.” Baralai looked around for any questions or objections. With none he proceeded.
“We’re pressed for time right now so I‘ll get to the point, the first hot spot is, Guadosalam, fiends are pouring in to the city making whatever damage that was all ready there worse. The second hot spot is the Mi'ihen High Road. Under the road is a cavern that had some connection to the Farplane, fiends are coming from there too, but our main priory is Guadosalam. But we can’t leave the High Road alone, it puts Luca in danger too.”
“What about the Youth league?” Rikku asked, Mi’ihen was also connected to Mushroom Rock road where the Youth League headquarters resided.
“They have their hands full.” Gippal responded. “The Machine faction too.”
Maroda was the only one that had contact with anyone on the road directly, where the problem was rooted. “I spoke to Rin, he has everyone safe, and he’s trying to get the Machina back on line. For now things there are under control.” If you could call that under control, more like temporally holding.
Baralai nodded in light relief, that was good news. “That’s covered but were not out of the woods yet, all of Spira is in danger from the Temples because fiends seem to be coming from anyplace connected to the Farplane. The good news is none have made it to the surface, the only place that have had any attacks are Bevelle, and soldiers are fighting them off as we speak.” Baralai sighed “It’s only a matter of time though...”
“That’s strange, why only here?” Yuna asked.
“I don’t know, but the answers are in Guadosalam. We have to get there and minimize casualties.” Baralai stood up from his seat, making it clear that they couldn’t waste any more time.
“Well, it’s not over yet.” Yuna dropped he her head, this just never seemed to end.
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