Chapter 12: Deidre the Ultimate

Selphie sighed pushing Squall off of her and getting up. Why did this have to happen now? If she didn't have such a big heart she could just ignore Quistis plea and have an adventure of her own in her own bedroom, with the only danger being orgasmic explosions.

They quickly got dressed trying not to look at one another. She couldn't stand the huge grin he had on his face, it just made her want to climb into the bed with him all over again. There would be a time and place where they would get back to this.

Quistis was waiting outside the door to brief them when they walked out nonchalantly as if nothing was happening only to make it look more suspicious. She smiled at them trying not to laugh at how obvious they were being. It was too cute too handle.

"What's the situation?" Squall asked firmly. As commander it would be his job to make sure that the garden doesn't panic in times of trouble. With sounds of explosions coming from every direction, Squall didn't even want to have to face this. He just looked at Quistis waiting for orders on what to do.

"It's Rinoa. She came in with Seifer and this woman with red hair. It was like they were all possessed or maybe this is how they always act on Sundays… I don't know. Before anyone knew what was happening they just started attacking every student and instructor they came across. There are direct orders for all the students to stay in their rooms. All of us Seed were told to meet you here for our orders." Quistis explained without taking one breath. In the time it took her to take that one breath, things may be all over and it may be too late.

"But where is everyone else," Selphie asked looking around for even the one person she hated the most. She may not like Irvine right now, but he was still a member of her troop and she respected him for that.

Before Quistis could open her mouth to answer the petite girl, Irvine and Zell came running down the hallway to the dormitories. It was a shame that it was the five of them that would have to save the garden and the entire universe as they knew it. They all looked at each other knowing this wasn't the first time they had this time of pressure.

"Is everyone equipped with the proper weaponry and magic?" Squall asked looking at the four others with him. This was going to be one hell of a battle and he wasn't taking any chances. When everyone nodded, he checked his own items. He had a few potions, but not enough to last for a lengthy battle. He hoped that he could get everyone through this safely. Deidre had twice the amount of power that Ultimecia had because she had Rinoa on her side. With Seifer on their side, it was almost as if the two sorceresses were invincible.

"Shiva is ready to rock and roll. She has always wanted to take on that worthless mutt that Rinoa calls a weapon," Selphie said encouragingly. She was ready for this. She spent all her life training for this. It was time that she showed everyone just what she could do. If anyone had the strength to get through this victorious it was her.

Squall nodded and started walking toward the front lobby. He didn't want to be heading into battle, but he didn't have a choice. The sooner he defeated these bitches, the sooner he could get back to where he left off. He was going to love spending time with Selphie when this was all done and over with.

When they reached the lobby the devastation that had already taken place was almost too much to bear. It was hard to look at all the lifeless bodies on the floor. It was like they had already failed. They wouldn't let another person go down in vain. This time the battle was on, and they weren't going down without a fight.

Without saying anything when she saw the five heroes walking up to her, Deidre shot at Irvine with a lighting bolt. It shook his whole body, causing him to go temporally berserk. He started to attack Zell who was right next to him. That caused Zell to be torn between fighting against Rinoa and making sure that Irvine didn't cause him too much damage. He was taking hard hit left and right.

Quistis focused all her energy into dark magic using black hole after black hole on Deidre. She just couldn't stand the snide grin the redhead had on her face. It was like Deidre had thought that she had already won the fight when it had just begun. She was knocked out of her own thoughts when she saw Zell fall to the ground unconscious out of the corner of her eye.

Everyone in the party was hurting and no one had a tent or a hi-potion to due a high dosage of healing. Quistis attempted the little healing magic she had to try and heal herself, but she still felt like she was standing on air. She had no strength left. It seemed like they had all given up hope when a bright white light came out of Selphie. It scattered across all the party members healing each one to their maximum health. It could have happened at a better time. Just when everyone thought there was no chance, Selphie comes through with a miracle.

As soon as the white light faded, Selphie caught her balance and called forth Shiva to attack Rinoa. Shiva laughed as she captured Rinoa in a casing of ice and blasted the casing into a million shards each one piercing the dark sorceress. She could tell the damage was getting through, but it was going to take a lot more than that to get through the woman.

As soon as Selphie called Shiva, Quistis called her guardian force, Siren who silenced the magic being used by Deidre. The only way the party was going to win this fight was if the enemy wasn't allowed to used magic, but there was no easy defense for Seifer's outstanding fighting skills and technique.

Squall squared off face to face with Seifer. He had been waiting for this moment his entire life. This time only one of them was going to be able to walk away from this fight. He was going to make sure that Seifer could never betray the garden again. He attacked Seifer with Swift double hits, but Seifer was quick on his own with one devastating blow after another. The two fought back in forth in the bloody mess. It looked as if they were both going to die.

Zell and Irvine joined forces to fight against Rinoa, quickly beating her down. She didn't put up much of a fight after being silenced. She was weak with out her magic. She tried to used Angelo, but Irvine's bullets were quicker then the dog. It was dead before it could even attack. Zell hit her with his fist of fury. He used all the strength e had to power is quick blows. As soon as he started to back away to prepare for the next move, a bullet blew past him hitting Rinoa in the heart. She was down for the count only two left now.

Selphie called Shiva on Deidre at the same time Quistis called on Siren again. The two Guardian forces looked at one another and attacked the main sorceress together causing the blow to take double damage, but Deidre didn't even stumble. She just laughed and did a tornado attack on the entire party. The move was devastating for everyone. It was getting hard for them to keep their own.

Squall was a move ahead of the sorceress he quickly threw Seifer in the line of tornado and dodged the cycling wind. He looked at the motion blonde on the ground and gave him one last blast with the gun blade and smiled in victory. He looked at everyone else. Everyone was hurting. It didn't look good for them. He refused to let this stupid bitch win. He would kill her if it was the last thing that he did.

Squall stepped up to the firing line with the rest of his party. It was their chance to attack while Deidre planned her next move. Squall looked down at everyone. They were all ready to give her whatever they had left. Selphie called back Shiva who took the last blow for her. It was time she used her most prized possession to show just how nanchaku really did business. After they all hit the sorceress with their hardest hits. It was plain to see that she was weakening but she laughed in their faces all the same.

She hit them with rolling rocks, knocking everyone unconscious besides Squall. She smiled at him invitingly. He still had his chance to join her and rule the entire world as he wished. She needed a king after all.

Squall looked at the motionless pile Selphie had become. He wouldn't let her die. He couldn't let her die. His weapons weren't enough to defeat the sorceress. He did the only thing he knew he could do he called on his two guardian forces. Eden went straight to Deidre with his main move of eternal breath. Phoenix showed up second healing the rest of the party and bringing them back to life.

Deidre was barely standing after Eden completed his attack. Squall was spent though. He didn't have any energy in him left. He really did fail. There was no way any of them were strong enough to fight the sorceress. He just shook his head in shame and waited for the next blow to hit him.

With Squall too weak to make a next move. Zell stepped up calling forth bahamut with his mega flare. Quistis followed Zell's lead and called forth her second guardian force, the brothers to do their brotherly love move. Selphie giggled as she debated whether or not to call forth her last guardian. She decided it wouldn't hurt anyone. She knew she always loved trains as called Doomtrain forth to perform runaway train.

Deidre laughed in their faces as she healed herself just in time. She was perfectly fine and she wasn't going anywhere. She smiled as she used her own guardian force against the party. She knew stealing leviathan from Squall would help her in the end. She laughed as the tsunami hit the party hard.

Just when the party was about to give up a mysterious figure came into the lobbing riding a horse. The instant it came closer, it was clear to see the stranger was Odin carrying Zantetsuken. They could only hope that he would be able to deal her some damage or maybe even kill her. Before any of them could think, he rode up to Deidre and in one swift movement beheaded her.

It was over. The battle was won. The party just looked at each other. It all seemed so surreal. Squall was the first to stand fully up confident. He watched as Odin disappeared as quickly as he came in. "I'm going to go to the headmaster's office and make an announcement that the garden is no longer under attack." Squall said as he walked toward the elevator. Zell was the next to get up. He helped Selphie and Quistis up and they al headed toward the cafeteria. A battle as big as this one makes a person hungry.