[Episode 167165] [Episode 167165]The Sinspawn were imprisoned in big, metal cages that were provided with electrical wires. The Sinspawn inside hissed and snarled angrily, while facing the great sea in the east, where they sensed the arrival of their origin: Sin...
After Maester Kinoc made his speech to the assembled crusaders, everyone was tensely awaiting the big battle. The Al Bhed cannons were loaded and ready, the Chocobo Knights and the infantry were waiting at the shore.
Sumoner Lady Yuna from Besaid and her guardians were standing near the command center, together with Maester Kinoc, Maester Seymour and a few crusaders.
Kinoc gave the final order.
A crusader flipped over the switch, and the cage was charged with electrical energy. The fiends screamed in pain with their shrill voices.
And then, its silhouette rose out of the sea, like a mountain itself.
Sin was coming for his Sinspawn.
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When Chappu, Ranma, Akane and Kasumi came running out of the cave, they found themselves on a cliff above the command center. A narrow path was leading up here from below.
Before their eyes, Sin appeared.
"Let's go!" Ranma jumped directly off the cliff, while Chappu was nervously re-loading his gun and running down the path.
Akane was about to follow him, but she turned back around.
"Please, Kasumi," she said. "This is too dangerous. Most of your dances and songs probably will be ineffective against that giant thing. Please, wait up here, and we'll take care of everything else, okay?"
Kasumi was about to say something else, but decided against it and nodded. "All... all right! Good luck, Akane!"
Akane stormed after Chappu.
Kasumi was stepping at the edge of the cliff. Sin was laying out there, more destructive than even Godzilla himself... and he was putting everyone in this world in a great danger.
Including her friends and family.
Inside her mind, she could still hear Lenne sniffle: 'Shuyin... it's all my fault... I never should have agreed to fight in war as a summoner... I should have stayed at your side... I should never have told you about... Vegnagun...'
Kasumi didn't know exactly what Lenne meant, but she could feel she was mourning for her loved one.
"Come, Lenne," she said with resolve. "We have to do something... we have to protect our loved ones. Akane, Ranma and everyone else are putting themselves in danger out there, and I'm very sure your dear Shuyin is also waiting for you, somewhere..."
Lenne calmed down. 'Yes...' she said. 'We have to do this...' Then, she got scared. 'Kasumi... I can feel something. Sin is... starting a disastrous attack on the crusaders. They won't be able to protect themselves against it.'
"Oh my..." Kasumi gasped. "Are you sure, Lenne?"
'I'm absolutely sure. This is the same kind of magic attack like the Aeons use... only far, far stronger. I was not only a songstress, back in my time, but also a summoner.'
"What to do?" Kasumi pondered. "Is there any song that can protect from such a powerful force?"
'I... read about a song one time... it was when I was studying ancient music in Zanarkand. It's written that it is able to create a barrier, that will protect a large area from all kind of magic. But... it also said this barrier will be created from love... so the singer will have to concentrate on the ones that are most important to him or her. The stronger the love for these people, the more powerful the barrier will become.'
"All right then, let's try it." Kasumi grasped her microphone.
"For my family and friends!"
'For Shuyin and Spira!'
Kasumi closed her eyes.
And together, they began to sing:
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Kaze ga yoseta kotoba ni
Oyoida kokoro
Kumo ga hakobu ashita ni
Hazunda koe
Tsuki ga yureru kagami ni
Furueta kokoro
Hoshi ga nagare, koboreta
Yawarakai namida
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"Fire!" the main cannoneer of the Al Bhed commanded, and the deadly weapons fired their loads on a target that they would very unlikely miss.
When the explosions scattered over Sins thick body armor, several parts of his body fell into the sea and turned into Sinspawn. Quickly, they swam over to the shore, where the crusaders were awaiting them.
Captain Lucil raised her sword. "Charge," she yelled, and Chocobo Knights as well as infantry were storming towards their enemies.
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Fiends were everywhere. They were flying through the air, swimming through the ocean, and even the imprisoned Sinspawn managed to break free. Ranma was jumping all over the cliff, throwing Moko Takabishas everywhere. When he came across one especially mighty fiend, he summoned Fenrir and smashed it with his rock attacks.
Akane and Tidus were working together, slashing and pummeling all fiends, that dared to get too close to Yuna. The young summoner herself got ready to heal her two guardians whenever a heavy attack managed to hit them.
And when her mind was ready, she summoned Valefor, who glided above the battlefield as additional support. The bird's Energy Ray ripped through the masses of Sinspawn easily, but there were still coming more...
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Lenne could feel how Sin surrounded himself with a powerful energy barrier, similar to themselves. But she knew how he was planning on using it offensively as well as defensively.
She put all her will and love to Shuyin in the words of the song, while Kasumi thought about her sisters, her father, Dr. Tofu and all her friends.
Suteki da ne
Futari te o tori aruketa nara
Ikitai yo
Kimi no machi, ie, ude no naka
Sono mune
Karada azuke
Yoi ni magire
Yume miru
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Ukyo was covering behind a big rock, while the fiend's blasts hit the ground before them. She angrily gripped her giant spatula - most of her throwing spatulas were already used up.
"Looks like these lil' critters mean business, sugar," she grumbled through gritted teeth. "Let's show them that we won't just stand there and watch them killing our friends, right?"
The tall man that was kneeling at her side shook his head. "Why struggle?" he asked. "Death will come anyways... Let's prepare for it, rather then try to evade the inevitable..."
Ukyo glared at him. "What are you saying? For what did you join our battle, if not to defeat Sin?"
He snickered. "I know we won't win this battle. Sin can only be defeated by the Final Summoning... I am here, because... Well, you could call me a... seeker of death."
"You wanna die that badly?" Ukyo shouted. "It's easy enough to just run away from your duties, sugar. Well, I'm not gonna just stand there and let Sin do whatever it likes. I'm going out there and kick his ugly fat butt all over the continent, got it?"
"And how do you plan to do that?"
"I'll find a way, or my name's not Ukyo Kuonji."
The man thought about that. Finally, he nodded and got up. "Well, it looks like you've got yourself a companion, Miss Kuonji. Looks like I can learn something from people like you... Strange, and here I thought I've seen everything on the battlefield..."
She watched him as he readied his gun. "Who are you anyway?" she asked irritated.
He smiled. "You can call me... Nooj."
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Kaze wa tomari; kotoba wa
Yasashii maboroshi
Kumo wa yabure; ashita wa
Tooku no koe
Tsuki ga nijimu kagami o
Nagareta kokoro
Hoshi ga yurete, koboreta
Kakusenai namida
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The giant Sinspawn's left and right arm regenerated again, and so Auron got ready to chop them off once more. Meanwhile, Wakka was smacking his head with his blitzball to prevent it from using his poison breath, while Kimahri was bombarding it with his Seed Cannon.
Shampoo was attacking it from above, her wings flapping strongly while avoiding smaller, flying fiends. She took them down using small tornado attacks.
Down at the shore, the fierce battle continued, while both Sinspawn and crusaders fell under the attacks of their enemies.
Only that the fiends's bodies floated away as pyreflies, when defeated. The crusaders' bodies however... just fell down on the ground as corpses.
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Kasumi and Lenne were aware of the massacre below them, and it got more and more difficult to concentrate on the song and the love they needed to hold the barrier. And now, they could see that something was up... They had to stay strong.
Suteki da ne
futari te wo tori aruketa nara
ikitai yo
kimi no machi ie ude no naka
Sono kao
sotto furete
asa ni tokeru
yumemiru
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The giant Al Bhed cannon that rose above them was all charged up. The operator was taking aim at Sin.
And when he was ready, he smacked his fist on the big, red button next to his seat.
The cannon shot out mighty bolts of electricity that were hitting Sin... and his forcefield. The Al Bhed intensified the power of their attack, and at first it looked like the shield was going to break down.
But then, Sin commanded his forcefield to form some kind of 'arm' that lashed out and flew towards the cliff the cannon was situated on.
In a big explosion of fire, sparks and flying rocks, the cliff broke apart and pulled the burning remains of the cannon down into the sea.
Sin was getting furious. He was ready to blast these infernal creatures apart.
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When they saw the Al Bhed cannon falling down, the singing of Lenne and Kasumi got even more desperate, while they were doing their best to keep up their own shield.
Suteki da ne
futari te wo tori aruketa nara
ikitai yo
kimi no machi ie ude no naka
Sono mune
karada azuke
yoi ni magire
yumemiru
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With an enormous burst of power, Sin's shield exploded outwards. It's power waves rushed to the shore, were they were ready to obliterate the tiny bugs that dared to oppose Sin...
...but at the last instant, it hit another, invisible barrier.
Sin was growling. How dared these inferior beings oppose his might? He'll show them... He'll crush them...
And his own powers pushed against the barrier with all their might.
Kasumi and Lenne finished singing, but their power of love was keeping their barrier standing. But they had a really hard time of keeping it up. If Sin was continuing this assault for much longer, their barrier would probably break apart. And he seemed to have an unlimited supply of power.
Sin inwardly smirked. After all, he was the ultimate lifeform of this world. He was ready to wipe out that annoying shield and with it all of these bugs... when a voice called out from the back of his mind:
'No! Don't do it! I won't let you!'
At first, Sin tried to fight these invading thoughts, but pretty soon had to give in. He let his powers drop, and his own expanded barrier disappeared. He took one last gaze towards the cliff, where one tiny human was standing. He had to remember her face and someday... he would make her pay for today's humiliation.
And then, slowly, he turned around, ready to disappear back into the sea...
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Kasumi took one last look at the form of the retreating behemoth. She did it. She protected her friends and all these people from certain death.
And then... she fell unconscious.
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