Dark Summoner

“Where were you?” Rikku demanded as the lift was hauled up into the cargo bay of the Al Bhed Airship. Tidus just rolled his eyes and shifted Harry into a better position before striding down the halls to their rooms, Rikku, and now Gatta, running along behind him.

“We had to pick up a few things.” Tidus explained as he used an elbow to press the switch that would open their door.

“What sort of things?” The younger blonde followed him into the room and stood just inside the entry with a foot taping and her hands on her hips. “And why the hell is Harry knocked out?” Tidus rolled his eyes again and set Harry down on the bed before turning and bundling the others out the door, making sure to lock it behind him so no one could just wonder in and disturb the sleeping Summoner.

“We went after a few Aeons that we didn’t have time to get on the way.” He finally answered her first question properly and the chirpy Al Bhed’s jaw dropped.

“You WHAT?!” She shrilled and she would have probably started shaking him for answers had Gatta not grabbed her from behind. Tidus huffed impatiently as he waited for her to calm down somewhat.

“There were two, alright, they where both in the calm lands and one of them had an old Summoner guarding them who challenged Harry to a fight to get past. He passed out because he’s been summoning things all day and would you keep it down!” Rikku stopped struggling in Gatta’s hold and he finally let her go. Rikku walked up to Tidus until her nose was nearly touching his chest and kicked him in the shin.

“Meanine! That was for not taking us!” And with the last word said she turned away and stalked down the hall, leaving Tidus to hop on one foot while he rubbed the effected area.

Was it him, or had she gotten stronger?

After a moment he put his foot down and ignored the faint sting that lingered as he set off toward the bridge. Rikku and Gatta where already there, the younger girl having taken a seat of her own in the co-pilots chair, while the Besaid native was off to one side crouched over a table covered with tools and machinery that he was learning to use and repair.

On the way in he’d passed Auron who merely nodded in acknowledgement before ignoring him again.

“HEY!” Cid let out a shout as he saw him. “You got everybody on board yet? We’ve got beacons going off everywhere for people needing a lift and there are reports that there have been sightings of Sin off to the North-west of the calm lands. ” As Tidus moved to stand beside him by the Sphereocilofinder he wondered how Harry would react to having the final battle over the place where his old home had been.

“Yeah, lets go get the others.” Cid whooped and yelled something in Al Bhed to Brother who whooped himself and said something about going after Yuna first. Tidus couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Brother was developing a rather sad crush on his own cousin and Tidus was just waiting to see if Yuna would ever really notice it… and then what she’d do when she did…

As it turned out, it was Kimahri and Yuna they managed to find first anyway.

They’d migrated north to Macalania woods, having met up in Luca like planned. Until then Lulu and Wakka had been with the now Ex-Summoner but Wakka had stopped for the blitz ball tournaments in Luca and Lulu was currently doing speed training on the Thunder Plains. The constant bolts of lightning forced her to dodge most of the time, therefore with plenty of fiends and the barrage from above, it made an intense training ground.

Luca was their next port of call.

O'aka and his brother came the moment they heard that the Airship had docked at the place usually reserved for the Maesters, but Wakka on the other hand…

“Awwww… we lost again, if we don’t win the next round we won’t make the next level.” He sat dejectedly on the bench in the Aurochs change room, the team arrayed around him. Tidus smirked from where he leaned against the wall and casually examined his gloves.

“Well, maybe you’re just missing something.” The players all jerked from their slouched positions and gasped as they caught sight of the small crowd standing in the door. Yuna, Kimahri, Lulu and O'aka had all followed him from the Airship and now peeked around the frame, Lulu was even smiling wryly at the performance. The red head in the center of the room jumped up like someone had lit a fire under his ass and broke out into an enormous goofy grin that nearly took in his ears.

“Guys!” He hurried forward to greet them, shoving them through the door and into the midst of the blitzballers before slinging an arm around the blonde’s shoulders. “So you gonna play?” He grilled him and Tidus rolled his eyes.

“I thought you didn’t like me playing?” He watched the look of confusion on the older man’s face with amusement until realization dawned and his ears went red in embarrassment.

“Oh, nah!” He proclaimed in a slightly higher pitched voice. “It’s okay, you can play that way if you gotta,” His behavior changed slightly. “You just gotta play!” For a moment Tidus considered saying no just to see the look on the pleading guardians face when he did, but he gave up on the idea and rolled his eyes again.

“Alright, alright, I just know you can’t get enough of my playing brilliance!” Wakka looked a little stunned then began to grin again, possibly wider than before.

“Good, ‘cause we have a match right now!” A warning bell went off for players to assemble and before he knew it he was being dragged out into the hall.

“Alright! Next match is against the Beasts!” Wakka crowed as the team trailed along behind them toward the entrance to the sphere pool. “Now their captain may only have one eye but he’s still one of their best on defense.” There was a roar from the crowd as they entered out into the stadium and Wakka fell back giving them the thumbs up.

“Just win, ya!” He called and settled back to watch. Tidus rolled his eyes again and joined the other players in the sphere pool, taking up his position as the center forward. The bear of a man set opposite him looked from the blonde back to Wakka and the others who where still watching from the edges of the pool and Tidus let out a small laugh, a few bubbles escaping his mouth while he grinned. The Kilika player just looked wary before he stuck out a hand to shake. Tidus shook it before the siren went off and the game began.

“Well isn’t this a surprise Bobba! There’s been a change in the Auroch’s Line up!” Jimma, the announcer yelled above the noise of the crowd. “I don’t know if you remember folks! But the Aurochs new forward also played in the Crystal Cup!”

“Captain Wakka didn’t seem to impressed when he started scrapping with the Goers last time Jimma, why the change of heart?”

“I don’t know Bobba, but it will be interesting to see what this Guardian will do against the Beasts! They’re no pushovers!”

Tidus drowned out the banter of the announcers as he went for the ball and scooped it up flipping over in the water to avoid a grab from the opposing center forward and giving in a quick kick to Datto. The balding player caught it without any problems and was instantly tackled by his counterpart who sent him spinning through the water, making him drop the ball. It was scooped up and rushed off down the field where the remaining Aurochs players where forced into scraping together a hasty defense. It wasn’t going to well for the Aurochs when the beasts took a shot and the only thing that prevented them from making the goal was Keepa.

Shaking his head Tidus turned to the team before the new round started and made them all huddling, running through hand signs to communicate. Eventually time constraints brought them back to their posts and the siren for the next round started. As the rules dictated Tidus was the one to grab the ball, and the opposing center forward let him take it since it had been their attempt on the goal.

The game soon took on a much faster pace and before they knew it the game was over and the announcers where yelling out the score 2 to 3. It was a close game, the Beasts having better teamwork but the Aurochs barely managed to scrape through with the win. Tidus shook hands with the captain before he turned and left the Sphere pool, only to be ambushed by Wakka as he left it. The Red head screaming in his ear about the next round.

An hour later the red head was still celebrating and a little tipsy as he was pulled out of the bar by the other guardians. Tidus stayed back smiling to himself as he looked down at the counter, noticing the spiked Blitzball that lay there on display.

“Do you know the story behind that?” The bartender asked and Tidus shook his head. “It’s the blitzball that belonged to High Summoner Ohaland. He was one of the best Blitzers there was before he left on his Pilgrimage. Truly great as a player and as a Summoner.” The words brought back thoughts of the task that lay ahead of them. Defeating Sin wouldn’t be easy, but others had done it before, even if they did start the cycle all over again…

“I think it’s time this beauty was put to good use, eh?” Tidus looked up from his thoughts when the bartender spoke, taking out a set of jangling keys and unlocking the glass countertop. Tidus leaned back and the man leaned in, pulling out the ball like it was made of gold and holding it out to him. The blonde stared stupidly for a long moment, wondering why he was giving it to him when the bartender waved it under his nose.

“This ball, it wasn’t meant to be put on display.” From his current range Tidus could clearly see scuff marks on the leathery surface. Markers of use in the same way Wakka would have used it. “It was meant to be used as a weapon against Sin, and you’re a guardian aren’t you?” Tidus started and looked the man in the eyes. “You and Captain Wakka, have proven you’re good players. And good guardians, so I have no doubt that you are the best ones to use this.” Tidus finally reached up and grabbed the ball, mindful for the spikes as the bartender let go and relocked the cupboard.

“Errr…. Thanks.” Tidus said lamely and the man just grinned back and waved to the door. “You might want to go before your friend decides to do something stupid.” Tidus couldn’t hold a smile at that, but cringed a moment later when there was a clatter and a screech of a cat disrupting the nightlife.

“Eh? Too Late.”

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The Airship was practically writhing with life as Al Bhed swarmed over it making all the last minute checks and preparations. With everyone back on board and their plans at least partly made they where going to head out today after Sin. Luca was buzzing with tension as people wondered past the docks to stare with wide eyes. No one had said anything about what they where going to do, but the townspeople just seemed to know that something big would be happening today.

Harry had woken from his exhausted sleep after three days, but those who weren’t guardians kept a respectful distance once he’d been told where Sin was waiting for them. The Summoner, hadn’t reacted for the most part, but Tidus found him staring out at Luca in stony silence, radiating the same Aura of power he’d had upon waking. The last two Aeons they’d found had somehow managed to change him, and for the first time he didn’t seem like the quiet shell he’d started out as. The blonde guessed, that finding his old guardians had lit an old fire that had been snuffed out and on the same note it kind of hurt that he wasn’t the one to bring it back.

Tidus found his feet following the familiar path to the bridge and was jarred from his thoughts by Auron’s low voice.

“Are you ready for this?” He asked, the young blitzer stared at him for what felt like a long time then nodded.

“Yeah, we’ll get him this time, once and for all.” He heard the confidence in his own voice, helping him cast off his nerves. Auron nodded in acknowledgement of the boast, the barest of smiles on his face as he looked away, returning his gaze to the wall across from him.

“Jecht would be proud.”

Ignoring his last comment Tidus moved into the bridge proper and joined Cid beside the Sphereocilofinder.

“Well this is it, eh?” Cid asked and the eyes of everyone in the room turned to him as he gave the older Al Bhed a cocky grin.

“Yu Yevon’s hiding somewhere inside Sin, and we’re gonna find him!” Cid just grinned back, a slightly deranged look in his eyes.

“Well that sounds pretty simple.” He bantered back.

“Hey! Simple is the way you like it, right?”

“You got that right!” Rikku skipped over from one side.

“Hey Pops! You got it ready?” Cid straightened and clapped a fist into his hand as he remembered something.

“Right, got you covered.” He hit a switch on a nearby panel and there was a sudden blast of music from outside the ship. Wakka and Yuna where both gaping in awe as the Hymn of the Fayth played so loud the deck vibrated harder beneath their feet. Cid continued to grin. “I had some of my men go around and record the Fayth from the temples. Great isn’t it!” O'aka, who had moved to stand slightly behind Tidus, smiled.

“It really is a singing ship in the sky.” Wakka stopped gaping long enough to add his two cents.

“I just hope everyone got the message.” The airship was moving quickly through the sky toward the co-ordinates Cid had set earlier and it wasn’t long before Brother started shouting from his place at the controls.

“SIN!”

The large view screen above him lit up like it had when the Sphereocilofinder had been tracking Yuna and Harry the first time and there was Sin looking back at them as Brother finally got the targeting to lock on. Tidus looked back at it unfeelingly, not needing to find Harry to know that this thing wasn’t his father now.

“All right, we’re going in.” The enthusiastic tone brought on by his banter with Cid faded slightly, replaced by an underlying steal.

“How we gonna get inside?” Wakka asked and Tidus looked over his shoulder at him.

“The easy way! How else?” A crooked sort of smile returned to the blonde’s face.

“Figures.” Rikku muttered, but she was bouncing none the less as she left the bridge and made for the observation deck.

“Well, lets go!” O'aka ushered the other guardians off the bridge and Tidus moved to follow them but before he could take a step Cid called out.

“Hey, how do you plan on getting inside?” It was a question that Tidus had been thinking of himself for a long time, but his violent side had been the one to find the answer, keeping it ridiculously simple.

“If we can’t get through the mouth, we’ll rip open a new one. You with me?” Cid stared at him for a moment then burst out roaring with laughter.

“Now that’s what I call a plan!” He whooped. Behind him brother pulled himself out of the pilots seat and one of the other Al Bhed nearby lunged for the auxiliary controls before the ship could run off course.

“Vydran! E ghuf fryd du ima!” (Father! I know what to use!) Cid looked at him before his eyes lit with understanding.

“Aha! Of course!” With an infectious excitement like Cid’s, Tidus nearly had to bite his own tongue to keep from echoing him.

“All right! We’ll give that thing a new blowhole. All you gotta do is Jump!” He announced. Tidus nodded back, giving the pair a mock salute.

“Rodger!” Cid looked at him, pride shining in his eyes.

“I won’t tell ya to be careful. Do your worst, kiddo!” Tidus rolled his eyes and tried to leave when he was waylaid for the second time.

“Fyed!” (Wait) Brother moved forward and cleared his throat awkwardly. “Rikku, you…Guard?” Tidus heard the tentive words in the common language with surprise, he hadn’t even been aware that Brother knew how to speak that way.

“Will do.” He promised and finally left. Al Bhed stared as he made his way through the hallways and onto the observation deck where only one person was left to meet him.

“You ready?” Harry looked over his shoulder, away from the window and gave him a look. “Right, stupid question.” Tidus corrected himself and Harry smiled.

“Lets go, the others are waiting.” The Summoner lead the way to the elevator and nodded to Rin as they passed before the lift took them out of view. The hatch was open at the top so they could hear as Rikku yelled out somewhere above them.

“I can hear the song!” And indeed they could. Rising above the noise of the speakers around them Tidus could hear the Hymn of the Fayth sung by what was probably the entire population of Spira. He would have joined in had it not been for the shape on the horizon only just becoming visible to the human eye.

Sin floated above the sea, looming like a storm cloud from within an almost perfect sphere of water. It’s many eyes where focused on them as it opened it gaping maw and almost instantly the air changed. Tidus found himself gripping the deck almost desperately as an immense force of gravity pulled everything…

This was the real power of Sin.

Then, suddenly as it had begun the pulling stopped and it was still for all of a second as everything settled, but the attack had only just begun and the enormous ball of pure gravity above Sin’s gaping Maw split eight ways before the sphere’s rocketed off in different directions. A moment later Tidus lifted his head and slowly got to his feet in time to join Rikku and Gatta standing at the edge of the deck, looking out at the devastation Sin’s attack had wrought.

Everything was perfectly still.

The attack had eaten away at water, earth and air alike leaving a perfectly circular tunnel that extended through ocean and land. For a while there was nothing, no breath, no sound, no movement before Rikku let out a low sound of awe. She stared out as they moved by the path of the attack that had narrowly missed them, but even as she watched there was a sudden shift in the air around them and the missing atmosphere flooded back to fill the place of that which had been destroyed. With it came an explosive element as unstable compounds not usually exposed to air exploded in a spectacular display that sent them flying.

As the explosions finally ended they noticed Harry standing at the center of the deck’s painted insignia, staff raised. Then he started to summon. A tight turn sent his staff flying out in a circle around him as he slammed to a dizzying stop, throwing the weapon up into the air, spinning end over end until there was a woosh and out of nowhere it was caught in the grasp of a long gray tentacle.

The staff was returned to Harry, who accepted it without a word as suddenly the arrival of more tentacles. They waved through the air around them, surrounding the airship and blotting out the sun as an enormous form, probably larger than even Sin, rose from the depths of the ocean, looming over all.

“Kraken! ATTACK!” Harry pointed forward and without any hesitation the great aquatic monster detached from the airship and launched itself through the water to grab onto Sin. Their enemy screamed and struggled as it was blinded by the Kraken, fighting with it as it wobbled through the air, shedding scales that dropped into the water to combat the massive form from below before it was stilled in the Tentacle’s grasp. “If you want to attack Sin, you’d better do it now!” Harry yelled over Sin’s defiant roars.

“Right!” Cid’s voice came over the intercom system from the Bridge. “We’ve been analyzing Sin for weaknesses and we noticed something on the bastard’s left arm! We’ll get you in close, but you’re gonna have to do all the attacking. Just tell us when we gotta move so we can get this baby outta the way!” The airship lurched as it changed course, heading for Sin’s right side and coming up beside a small glowing gem like chink in the amour.

“So that’s it’s weak spot?!” Gatta yelled incredulously. Sin gave another deafening roar and struggled briefly, almost swiping the ship before it was once again restrained.

“Who cares?” Auron strode past him, drawing his blade with Kimahri following suit.

“Aggghhhh, I just know I’m gonna regret this.” Wakka said in a voice that didn’t sound half as disgruntled as his words seemed and drew back his arm, World Champion in hand and with a yell threw it right at the shining bulge. It was a direct hit, the ball’s spiked edges cutting at the glassy shell leaving a shallow gauge in the center. The ball rebounded and the red head caught it with practiced ease before Sin did a massive full body shudder.

“Oh shit… QUICK! GET US BACK! GET US BACK!” Tidus yelled out, seeing the signs as Kraken strained against the sudden movement of it’s captive. The airship pulled sharply in the other direction, detaching itself from Sin’s shadow as the monster roared and tried to attack them physically. The blow hit only air, given their distance, but the shockwave was still enough to bowl them over before Kraken regained control.

The guardian’s chanced a look at Harry and noticed that he was still surrounded by a summoning circle, his eyes closed and praying as he broke out in a sweat. It didn’t take a genius to realize that he couldn’t help them while holding the Kraken and Sin in place, and that the effort was draining him. They’d just have to make this fight really quick and move on to the next part.

Tidus looked to the others, finding them arriving at the same conclusion as he gestured to Yuna.

“Alright! Summon the strongest thing you’ve got! Everyone else, get ready to strike when she does, we’ll only get one shot at this side!” They scattered back and in blaze of light and wind Bahamut alighted on the deck. A shouted command from Yuna had it powering up for a very large attack and the air lit up with multicolored rays of light as Lulu and O'aka joined in with their own magical strikes. Rikku had thrown another of her randomized cocktails into the mix before Tidus followed up the attack, slashing deep into the crystal barrier and smashing it.

Sin let out an unholy roar of pain and struggled violently. It bumped the airship before it could get out of the way and sent Harry sprawling to the deck. In response to the lack of control Kraken released Sin, withdrawing beneath the waves as the exposed joint began to radiate magic and a sudden gravitational force pressed down on them, forcing them to their knees as Cid yelled somewhere in the background and moved the Airship away from the limb.

“YEHAW!” Cid yelled as they circled back and faced Sin again from a good distance. “We got a surprise for this sucker so hold on to something! Here we go!” The airship shifted beneath them and with a rattling sound they noticed the two large spikes now visible underneath it.

“What the…” Gatta breathed as they lit up in a flash and energy burst from the point bridging the gap between the airship and Sin before the small exposed part of the Sin amour exploded! They felt their jaws drop as a sudden flood of Pyreflies appeared in thick swarms around the severed limb as it detached from the main bulk of Sin and went plummeting toward the ocean below, completely disintegrating before it could touch the waves.

“NOW FOR THE OTHER SIDE!” Cid raved over the loudspeaker, sounding slightly deranged with glee as he got to make something explode. The default leader of the Al Bhed had a penchant for blowing things up, and a good chunk of the machina found in their explorations all had the possibility of doing so in a rather spectacular manner.

The destruction of the Al Bhed’s “Home”… Exhibit A.

Still they braced themselves to make contact when Harry regained his feet in the center of the controlling circle that had remained, even when he’d been thrown out of position and Kraken’s tentacles burst out of the ocean once again. Sin struggled harder as it was bound, but it was clear that having a limb amputated like that had an effect on the beast. Pyreflies still leaked like blood from the gaping wound.

So with a clear idea on how to destroy the crystal chink in the amour, fighting the point on the other side became both easier and harder as they bombarded it with everything in their arsenal. Easy because they knew what to do, Harder because Sin was putting up more of a fight now than ever now that it knew what they intended to do. Gravity magic, something that wasn’t entirely common in Spira as it was in Zanarkand, weakened them significantly with every new spell, slowly wearing them down even as the Airship pulled back out of range to attack once again with the lightning cannon attached to the underside, but their victory wasn’t without it’s consequences. As Sin’s second fin fell toward the ocean there was the sound of the cannon breaking.

“Ed ec uian.” (It is over) Brother breathed out, slumping in his seat.

“Fryd? Fr ryja uhmo pakih!” (What? We have only just begun!) Cid shrieked out in indignation.

“Pid dra syeh kih, ed ec pngah!” (But the main gun, it is broken!) Brother yelled back, it was probably the only way the trigger happy Al Bhed would get the message.

“Dr-dryd lyhhud pa!” (Th-that cannot be!) Out on the deck where the fighters waited, keeping a careful eye on the floating menace as Harry finally fell over, dismissing the Kraken.

“The main gun’s busted.” Rikku translated the conversation between Cid and Brother for those who didn’t understand Al Bhed.

“Dang it!” Cid yelled over the speakers. “All right, Back inside! Time for another plan!” Having been no stranger to failed plans he knew that they had to move back and regroup but as the others began to move for the hatch Tidus stood his ground.

“NO!” The others turned back to look at him. “We’re going in! Every blitzer knows: when you got the ball, you gotta score!” He had a point. They may have lost their main damage dealer as far was weaponry went, but they weren’t exactly out of the running yet. The blonde dashed to the side and looked down at Sin who was struggling somewhat. He studied it and nearly missed the glint that betrayed another weak spot on its back.

“There!” He pointed down to it and looked at the others. “We’ve gotta get onto its back.” They all stared at him, than at each other as Harry climbed to his feet, still panting slightly and walked over to them.

“I think we should do it.” He said and walked to the side, but before anyone could stop him he jumped over the edge and went into freefall. He hit the scales of Sin’s back with a thud and promptly went rolling before he came to a complete stop. Soon after came the sound of more people impacting and he found himself being set on his feet by the combined efforts of Tidus and Kimahri. The Ronso was just as quick to turn around and catch Lulu and Yuna as they made the jump from the airship. Gatta had only just jumped from the ship when a sinspawn hiding somewhere amid the scales made a shot at the Airship and it peeled away from them.

“Sorry guys but we can’t stick around, It’s up to you now!” Cid’s parting message sounded over the speakers as it retreated to a safe distance.

Once they gained their balance the group took off, running where they could along the massive creature’s spine until they found what they where looking for, but they still had a problem. Between them and the weak point, was a Sinspawn. It wasn’t unlike the one they’d seen all those months ago, back at Killika temple where Harry had been forced to Summon Sal. They eyed it warily as it flowered and stopped as if waiting for them to make the first move.

O'aka, running short on patience decided to take the first shot and set off a powerful flare spell at the core, completely ignoring the sin spawn in front of it. Sin shuddered and the Sinspawn shrieked, before taking them by surprise and casting Cura.

“What the… we’re gonna have to kill that thing first?!” The Ex-Merchant yelled then groaned before an attack took him off his feet. They scattered to avoid it as Yuna went about picking O'aka up. Kimahri dashed forward, taking the opening move as he was want to do, and jumped high into the air, bringing his spear down on the soft tissue inside the shell before leaping away. The sinspawn screamed again and lashed out with spells of it’s own before Lulu threw out her arm and hit it with a Firga.

It retreated into its shell after a volley of fire charged bullets from Gatta and instantly they knew something was wrong.

“Damnit.” Tidus felt the beginnings of a gravija and Harry threw up a reflect spell. It didn’t cover all of them, but it rebounded enough of the spell that the effects on the others weren’t so bad. The sinspawn simply reabsorbed the reflected energy and reamerged. However, while the others began to take advantage of the open shell, bombarding it, Harry stood back and swung his staff downward, bringing it back and forth like a pendulum before twirling it up into both hands, parallel to the ground. Almost instantly there was a burst of energy from somewhere behind Sin and not long after three jets of light shot out of the clouds to settle down around him. Where they landed flowers bloomed and out of them sprang three insect like forms.

One was small, and resembled a bumblebee with a pouty human face… Ginny’s face. The second was overly large with a huge Ladybug shell and a bottle cap necklace… Luna, and the third, jumped over his head to stand before him, tall and proud, with shockingly bright red amour with a passing resemblance to a giant grasshopper… Hermione. They turned and looked at him, ready for orders but Harry just waved vaguely, not sure if he could order around these three former guardians like he could Ron. It just felt… wrong.

“Go nuts…” He trailed off somewhat weakly and Ginny’s face contorted into a wicked smirk and Harry barely had time to shout a warning for the others to clear the field before the neo bumblebee fluttered up, took aim with her stinger, and shot off a volley of rapid fire projectiles that crashed right through the retreating sin spawn’s spell. Hermione quickly cast a number of overpowered spells at Luna, starting with a Reflect spell before hitting it with Firga after Firga. It was a general rule that reflected spells where sent at the enemy caster, and couldn’t be rebounded twice. Hermione had been casting, using that principal to her advantage should the sinspawn actually have Reflect cast over itself. It didn’t though, but the method was no less effective. Luna finally took her shot by imitating Kimahri’s earlier moves and leaping into the air, before bringing her considerably larger weight down on the creature for the final blow.

Harry twitched slightly as Luna rolled back to her original position in their protective formation.

“Only you would think to do that.” He muttered lowly at the Aeon but the fat Ladybug only let out a great rumbling belly laugh in response as the Sinspawn evaporated into pyreflies. They narrowed their sights on the now exposed core and Harry waved them on again. “Give it your best shot.”

Luna rolled over backwards and slammed into the ground, throwing her sisters and the core into the air. The three flew up, taking a triangle formation as they surrounded the enemy, enclosing it in a glittering spherical shield before a triangular energy structure was thrown up around it. The air darkened and they flew higher, Luna taking a little longer than the other two who waited impatiently before they twirled in synchronous. Energy curled around them and Hermione triggered a reaction in the air around them. They began to overflow with power and it branched of bridging the gaps between them before the large triangular beam slammed down on the imprisoned core before digging into the flesh beneath.

Their energy spent, the magus sisters vanished back to the Summoning plain as Harry and the other guardians where thrown off Sin by the explosion, they where falling toward the earth when Tidus managed to transform. He gathered them up and remained hovering to watch as Sin went plummeting down, crash landing right into the outskirts of Bevelle. It threw up debris as people screamed out in fear and elation upon seeing their age old enemy lying prone amid the buildings…

One thing was for sure, they where going to give it hell before they let Sin go on into the afterlife.

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Back on the airship, hovering a good distance away from Sin and the transformed guardian, Cid and Brother could barely believe their eyes. Not a single member of the crew spoke as they watched Sin go down like a stone.

“Vydran!” (Father!) Brother breathed out incredulously. “E lyhhud pameaja fryd E caa!” (I cannot believe what I see!) Cid wasn’t doing much better as he stared at the damage they’d managed to inflict in such a short time without the Final Summoning.

“Pameaja ed, cuh!” (Believe it, son!) He half yelled back, coming out of his daze. “Drao’ja tuha ed! Ed ec rybbahehk!”

(They’ve done it! It is happening!)