Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Green Flame ❯ Chapter Four ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter Four

"Damn, man. Did you see how he was looking at us? I wouldn't be surprised if they were fighting like alley cats when we get back." Sam kept up his usual pattern of chatter as they made it to their dormitory to retrieve their weapons. Sam picked up his weapons, the rarely used sai. He was a traditionalist in this matter, and the sai were an ancient Japanese weapon. Even though they were not good for extended range combat, Sam was very proficient in the use of magic, so the shortcomings of the weapon was made up with Sam's natural talent.

Tom, on the other hand, relied heavily upon his weapons and the use of Guardian Forces. He preferred to use something he could control with his hands or his mind. He wasn't one for using magic for everything. He did have it junctioned to his vitality, strength, and health though. Every student was taught how to do that. As he picked up his pistols, he also took a second to grab some items should they need them. Since they were going to be in the Training Center, he picked up about five remedies, a few phoenix downs, and a couple of X-Potions. The Grats were a pain in the ass with their attacks that caused status problems. The health revivers were for the real problems, the T-Rexaurs. Sam had plenty of Curaga spells, but if he were to be knocked out or hit hard, they were going to need items. One thing they taught them here was not to be too reliant on magic.

But they had never told them not to rely on their Guardian Forces. Tom used his religiously. Even though he had been in a spot where the Brothers, Alexander, and Ifrit weren't enough. Thankfully, Lexa and Sam had been with him. Lexa with Shiva, Leviathan, Siren, and Carbuncle; and Sam with Cerberus, Diablo, and Pandemona. Whatever the situation, together they had been more than enough for anything to stand in their way. Of course, he wasn't about to tell those two that he needed them more than they knew.

As Sam walked toward the door, Tom snapped out of his reverie. Damn, he thought, why do I lapse like that when people need me? I've got to get back to Lexa. So he grabbed the hilt of his pistols one last time before exiting the dormitory and running alongside his best friend to his girlfriend

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Lexa heard the commander curse when he finally turned to look at their danger. Inwardly, the cadet agreed. They were in some deep shit.

She silently pulled her gun blade, the custom built Twin Lance. Good thing she had trudged to a weapon shop the other day. She was still getting used to the weight of the weapon, but it would have to work now. Slowly, she pulled the safety off. [Author ID1: at Wed Jun 23 12:15:00 2004 ]She wouldn't need it for this. As she went to her fighting stance, she thought, where are Sam and a sleep spell when you need him?

Squall saw his student take up a fighting position beside him, and he couldn't help but notice that she had fixed that little problem of her footing. Maybe he did make her nervous. He pulled the safety from the glowing Lion Heart as well, put one foot back and searched his mind for a spell he had learned the day he became a SeeD. Finally he grabbed one he had forgotten he had, threw his hand to his scarred forehead then thrust it outward. Stars seemed to engulf the enemy, and it fell to the ground, fast asleep.

Lexa, unfortunately, made a rookie mistake in Squall's mind. She summoned Shiva and blasted the bastards, even knowing they wouldn't fall from a single summon.

The largest of the five T-Rexaurs turned to face her has she reappeared from summon limbo. Lexa tried and failed to use a spell quickly, and ducked into a defensive posture.

Squall used a blind spell on the offending dinosaur and pulled his apprentice away from its gaping maw. As the older man pulled her to her feet, he saw determination covering barely a glint of fear. The way it should be.

Then, out of nowhere, two gigantic red tails lashed out at him, one of them belonged to the one he had blinded. The other two sailed at Lexa. The fifth was still asleep from his spell. Squall ducked the blind dino's tail, and cut off the other's as he pulled the Lion Heart's trigger at the same time.

"Hah, shot your ass," Squall spat.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lexa slam against one of the metal beams that littered the Training Center. He started to turn, and was slammed by the blind T-Rexaur's tail. Lying on the ground, he saw Lexa stand, throw a Blizzara at the nearest dino and go on a spree fueled with such rage that he recognized it immediately as her limit break. As she loosed the traditional Renzokuken, he saw how she added an extra strike or turn, making it her own. She moved with the grace of a dancer, but she wielded a power so strong that it was nearly impossible to describe. The closest thing that came to his mind was a waterfall. Serene, but with the crushing force of a typhoon.

Finally, she had stopped moving. Around her were what little remained of the four T-Rexaurs that had attacked and a lingering green glow that looked like flames. She had been merciful, leaving the remaining sleeping beast where he was. As the leader of Garden came finally to his feet, the two young men he had sent off before this fiasco returned. The dark-haired one … Tom, Squall thought … paled at the sight, worry creasing his features. Sam, the sarcastic one, opened his eyes wide and said tentatively, "Lexa?"

In that instant, Lexa sank to the ground, pain written across her young face. Squall now saw that she had taken the full brunt of the tail attack and the beam.

The younger males simultaneously yelled her name and started running towards her. Squall barred Sam's way and calmly told him, "Go alert Dr. Kadowaki. We'll make sure we can move her, and be along in a minute. I'll send Tom if she can't be moved." Sam looked as if he thought all of this was his fault. Squall recognized the face, so he reinforced his comments with, "GO!" The blonde scurried off, sheathing his sai in his belt as he ran.

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A/N: WOW! A chapter with some action finally, right? This has been written for a while but I've just been too lazy to type it. I shall be typing chapter five as soon as I'm done with the author's note. He he…Anyway, I'll leave you to your own devices. Seeing as all of my reviews so far are from Starzie, She's the only one who gets any credit in this chapter. I'll give more recognition if there are any more reviews. Later, RedFox.