Sin surely was enormous... and ugly. Until now, they could only get glimpses of his colossal body, but now it was flying in the air before them, in all its breath-taking glory.
It distantly resembled some kind of giant fish, and it's snout looked like one of some mutated whale. It had two bended fins on its back, and out from its sides, two arms were sticking out, as thick as redwood trees.
"Okay, that's the plan," grumbled Ranma while keeping an eye on the approaching giant. "Most of our weapons wouldn't even scratch his skin, so I suggest attacking him like we did with Vegnagun: Bahamut and I - using Alexander - will handle it. When we manage to blast a hole in his body, I will catch you, and we can enter his body. In there, we can search for Jecht and Yu Yevon. Any questions?"
"Just one," Nabiki said. "How the heck are you going to 'catch' us, Saotome?"
Ranma grinned. "I'll think of a way."
Rikku shook her head. "I don't like this..."
"I don't like it either," Tidus exclaimed. "But we don't have another choice. Ranma, Yuna, do your stuff!"
The two summoners nodded and raised their fist and rod towards the heavens.
"I summon you, Bahamut!"
"Alexander, Holy Armor activate!"
The giant black dragon descended from the skies, while Ranma rose into the air and Alexander's armor formed around his body.
The two warriors were ready. As Sin saw the two Aeons flying in front of him, he let out a a challenging cry.
Ranma cracked his knuckles. "Let's get this show on the road."
"I will protect Spira from your destruction, Sin," Bahamut shouted. "Come what may."
And the two heroes charged at their opponent.
----
"Excuse me please, but can you tell me where to find a fighter named Ranma Saotome?"
The addressed crusader turned around and smiled. "Certainly, Ryoga! He's up there and fighting Sin!"
Ryoga gasped. "U-Ukyo? How the heck did you get to Mt. Gagazet?"
Ukyo sighed. "Sugar, this is Mushroom Rock. Don't tell me you got lost again..."
Ryoga grumbled: "I just try to find Ranma. I have a mission to accomplish."
Ukyo grinned and pointed up in the sky. "Hear that hymn? That's were Ranchan is."
Ryoga listened. "Well, but how am I gonna get there?"
"Kweeeh!" Choco bopped him on the head with his beak, as if he wanted to remind him of something.
"Ryoga shook his head. "Ow! Ow! Oh yeah, you're right! I can fly there!"
"Since when can you fly?" Ukyo mused. "Did you turn into a Super Sayan?"
"Very funny, Ukyo..." Ryoga mumbled and got on Choco's back. "Fly me to where that song is coming from, Choco!"
Ukyo stared. "Since when do chocobos fly?"
"Well, they can only if they turn into a golden chocobo."
"H-how do they do that?"
Ryoga shrugged. "Choco only managed to do that because I found several treasures in another world. I guess only the chocobos from there can become a golden chocobo."
'Dammit,' Ukyo thought. 'If I have a chocobo curse, why couldn't it be a curse of 'drowned golden chocobo'?'
Ryoga gave her the thumbs up. "See ya!"
And with a loud 'KWEEEEHH!' the golden chocobo took off into the sky.
----
"We can do it," Ranma shouted as Alexander deflected a blow of Sin's right arm. "I'm sure of it."
"Don't get too cocky," Bahamut grumbled as Sin let an airborne Sinspawn flying at him. "He's not beaten yet."
Sin was furious. How dared they? There could only be one supreme being in Spira, and it was he. He would rip those infidels into pieces.
Slowly, Sin's giant mouth opened, still connected by the skinny membranes that grew between his upper and lower jaw.
"What's he doing?" Ranma grumbled.
Bahamut gasped. "I can feel a big flow of energy being concentrated at the tip of his snout. Be careful Ranma!"
A gleaming ball of graviton energy was appearing in front of Sin's face and started growing. And while it grew, the surrounding clouds seemed to be flowing towards it.
Ranma freaked when suddenly, several chunks of rocks came flying past him. "What the...?"
"His graviton ball is attracting everything in the vicinity," Bahamut explained. "Be careful."
Brother really had his hands full, as the powerful suction coming from Sin's mouth shook the airship around. Yuna and her guardians were throwing themselves down on the Red Horse's deck. Kimahri quickly grabbed Yuna so she wouldn't be pulled towards the battle.
'Warning!' Alexander's mechanic-sounding voice said. 'Critical mass of destructive matter detected. Clearing the current position is recommended.'
"Here it comes," Bahamut shouted and flew straight into the air. Alexander/Ranma quickly followed him.
And when the graviton ball was nearly the size of a small mountain, Sin fired it into the direction of his two adversaries.
The powerful blast was so strong that it carved a deep, canyon-like trench into the ground underneath. It barely missed Alexander, and flew towards a mountain range.
When it hit, the peaks of several mountains were blasted away.
Ranma, whose robotic suit was still recovering from the turbulences created by the blast, looked at the big gap in the mountain range and gulped. "Wow... if that blast hits us..."
"We have to finish him quickly," Bahamut said. "I'll try to hit him with a Mega Flare!"
"Wait," Ranma shouted. "Don't do it, Bahamut!"
But it was too late. The massive dragon Aeon got into position. He landed on all fours on a nearby mountaintop (that wasn't blasted away) and concentrated his powers. While the wheel on his back began spinning wildly, Sin saw his chance.
And he flew at Bahamut as fast as he could.
The earth itself shook under the behemoth's impact, and the black dragon's body disappeared under the weight of Sin.
Ranma snarled and raised his hands. "Holy Moko Takabisha: Ball of Light!" And he shot the light attack at Sin.
The bullet hit Sin's left arm and blasted it off. Sin screamed in pain and quickly flew up into the air again.
In the crater that was left behind by Sin's heavy body, Bahamut was slowly dissolving.
"I... tried to stop him..." Bahamut said with his final breath. "Now it's up to you, Ranma..." And when his power left him, he went back into Yuna's mind to recover.
Ranma began sweating. When Sin would get him like this, he had no place he would go to... he would be dead.
'Perhaps separation from Alexander unit would be best solution,' Alexander suggested.
Ranma shook his head. "No! Without my help, you wouldn't even stand a chance of beating Sin. I could call for Leviathan or my other Espers, but that would take concentration, and I fear I couldn't maintain the connection to your body."
'Understood! Alexander unit will now fight with full force.'
But as Sin opened his mouth again, Ranma's hopes fell down. 'No way I can avoid it again,' he thought.
But suddenly, he could recognize a small, glittering spot that was flying to the same mountain peak on which Bahamut had collapsed. It looked like a flying... chocobo? And on its back sat...
"Ryoga?" Ranma wondered and nearly forgot about Sin.
Ryoga dismounted his feathered friend. "Thanks, Choco! Now get out of here, quickly! I'll take care of this."
The golden bird nodded and flew away. Ryoga raised his hand. He was holding something, but Ranma couldn't see what it was.
"Descend, legendary battleship of the gods! I summon you... ARK!"
And then, similar to Bahamut before it, something came whooshing down from space. It was big... a metallic dragon head on its front... two golden propellers on its backside... and a giant cannon on its underside.
It was a slim-looking airship, almost as big as Sin... and it was alive. It turned around its metallic head and blasted Sin with a sudden whirlwind, which it created by twisting the propellers around rapidly. The sudden force of this gale made Sin shut his mouth again.
"Ark, listen," Ryoga shouted. "Cosmic Armor activate!"
"Understood," the spaceship said in a deep, metallic-sounding voice. It flew towards the crumbled mountain peak, and Ryoga jumped high into the air.
And when they met, several things happened at once.
Ryoga got encased in a similar crevice than Ranma's place in Alexander's chest. Similar metal clamps fastened around his body, arms and legs. A helmet was being put on his head, but it looked different from Ranma's...
While that was happening, the Ark itself transformed. It turned more humanoid, grew arms and legs, and remodeled its body, until it looked like a cross between a knight and some futuristic battle mech.
While Ryoga was getting ready within the chest plate of the titan, the figure turned around its head and looked at Alexander.
"So, we meet again, Optimus Prime!"
'Suggestion: Ark unit should stop making unnecessary jokes and concentrate on battle.'
Ryoga smirked. "Now, Ranma... I'm finally gonna show you that I'm as strong as you are!"
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