"How on earth did you get that Esper, Ryoga?" Ranma shouted.
Ryoga grinned. "Well, I just got myself lost many times... and every time I got lost... they granted me an Esper."
Ranma shook his head. "Those Espers must be crazy..."
'Hey, enough with the talking,' Ark shouted while pumping his fist. 'We have a deadly menace to take out.'
'Affirmative,' Alexander responded. 'Joining forces with Ark unit is recommended.'
"Very well, buddy," Ranma smirked. "Let's see how your skills improved over the last weeks."
Ryoga smirked back. "That ugly humpback doesn't stand a chance."
By now Sin was getting really furious. Out of his body, several Sinspawn grew and flew towards the giant robot Espers.
Ark yawned while swatting the Sinspawns away left and right. 'Is that all he got? How boring?'
"Don't take him lightly," Ranma warned. "He can do some nasty tricks."
"Hah, that won't stop us," Ryoga shouted. "Ark, shoot Photon Cannon!"
'Roger that,' Ark shouted and raised its arm, which transformed into the cannon that previously was mounted on the underside of the ship. 'Taking aim... FIRE!'
And while the gleaming shots of energy rained down on Sin's body, Ranma began thinking: 'Perhaps now we have a chance.'
When Ark ceased firing, they could see that Sin's right arm had been ripped off. "All right," Ranma shouted. "Alexander, let's finish him!"
But then, the earth beneath the three battling giants began shaking. An enormous rip teared through Spira's surface and created a massive hole in the ground. Looking down, they could see the ghostly landscape of the farplane.
And then IT rose out of the depths, something Ranma had hoped to never see again: A metal colossus with a skull-like face, multiple limbs and a flailing tail.
"Hahahahaha," a high-pitched voice could be heard from the machina's head. "Now you all fall down before the might of Vegnagun!"
Yes, Goba's mind had snapped. And there were only few things that were more dangerous than a mentally unstable moogle...
Like, for instance, a mentally unstable moogle that was controlling a weapon of mass destruction.
Sin fumed. Another adversary? So be it! They shall all be obliterated. He would savor their pain.
Trapped between two deadly monsters of destruction, Ranma and Ryoga could see that it really wasn't a lucky day for them.
"Well," Ryoga sighed. "At least we're even."
"You call that even?" Ranma yelled. "You know how powerful they are?"
Ryoga smirked. "Well, we just have to power up a little bit then, right?"
And he shouted towards the heavens. "Gilgamesh, now would be a good time!"
And while Vegnagun and Sin both began charging up their most devastating attacks... Ranma and Ryoga suddenly blacked out.
----
They were standing in darkness. Before them, a six-armed figure wearing a red robe was standing. He was holding two swords.
"Take these swords," he said. "They will help you free Spira from its two most dangerous menaces. But while they might be able to destroy Vegnagun instantly, Sin won't go down that easily... but once it is incapacitated, you'll know what to do, Ranma." Ranma nodded.
Gilgamesh raised the two weapons. "Ryoga collected these long-lost blades on his adventures on Gaia... these swords may only be wielded by true heroes."
He gave Ranma a long katana. "This is the legendary sword, Masamune. Use it with care, Ranma."
Even though he preferred fighting with his fists, Ranma accepted the sacred blade.
Gilgamesh handed the European blade (resembling a claymore) to Ryoga. "Ryoga, as you know, this is Excalibur... not to be confused with Excalipoor!" He laughed nervously. "Take it to defeat your foes!"
Ryoga nodded and gripped the handle of the holy sword.
The two warriors raised their weapons. They shone in a pleasant light...
----
And they were back in battle. Vegnagun had extended his giant cannon that was ready to blast its opponents into the farplane. Sin had re-opened his mouth and charged his graviton ball.
When suddenly, the two machine Espers snapped to attention. They raised their right hands, and out of thin air, two forms of energy appeared.
In Ark's hand, dark, chaotic energy was forming the outline of the Excalibur. In Alexander's hand, holy, gleaming energy was forming the outline of Masamune.
Ryoga turned around to smirk at Ranma. "Plan B?"
Ranma smirked back. "Plan B."
They grabbed each other's left hand, put their right feet against each other, looked towards their opponents, concentrated...
...and catapulted themselves apart from each other, flying at their enemies with full speed.
Vegnagun tried to shoot his laser beams at Ark, but Ryoga skillfully dodged the shots, turned around, appeared behind the machina's back and took a hard grip on its tail.
Meanwhile, Sin was sending countless Sinspawns against Alexander. Ranma's holy sword slashed them apart while he shot towards Yu Yevon's unholy shell, jumped over his head and gripped his body from behind.
"Let's twist again," the two warriors shouted, intensified their grips on their foes, twirled them around several times like propellers...
...and hurled them towards each other.
Sin screamed as Vegnaguns giant cannon got stuck in-between his spread jaws, and Goba got thrown off his vessel by the impact.
"Yooouuu'll paayyyyy for thiiiiis, kuuuupooooooooo..." his fading voice shouted while he plummeted down towards his demise.
As no one was controlling Vegnagun anymore, the cannon charge was aborted. And as the cannon was stuck in Sin's mouth, he couldn't charge up another graviton ball.
Ryoga raised the Excalibur. Ranma raised the Masamune.
Ark and Alexander charged towards the wedged menaces of Spira and raised their weapons high into the air.
And in a shared voice, the four of them shouted: "LIGHT MEETS DARKNESS: CROSS SLASH ULTIMA!!"
A dark beam of chaos trailed after the Excalibur, while a shining beam of light trailed after the Masamune.
The two swords cut through Sin and Vegnagun.
And while Ark and Alexander sped past their target, an enormous explosion of cosmic energies crashed down onto the destructive machina and the deadly beast: The powers of Ultima!
Ranma and Ryoga stopped and turned around.
Vegnagun was fizzling and sparking, while on Sin's body, an ugly black scar was left behind by the combined assault. Vegnagun slowly fell back, pulling Sin with it...
...and exploded in a massive burst of fire and scrap metal!
The twitching form of Sin was laying on the ground, scarred and scorched and mutilated.
"He's hurt badly," Ranma grumbled. "But he will recover, even if we finish him off now. We cannot destroy him instantly, we have to go into his body and find Yu Yevon."
Ryoga smiled. "Well, it has been fun, Ranma. If there is another menace to take out, call me again, okay?"
"What, you're not staying?"
Ryoga shook his head. "Nah, you know how it is: Another world is needing my help, have to go, a hero's always busy..."
Ranma grinned. "Okay, I get it. Take care out there, pig-boy!"
Ryoga grinned back. "You too, fem-boy!"
"Hey, that's Taro's line!"
"So sue me!" He let his sword disappear, jumped out of Ark's body and at the same time, called him back. Choco caught him as he was falling down. He gave Ranma one final salute, then disappeared in a flash.
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(Posted Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:51)
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