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"Kid, we're dead, nothing but spirits trapped in rocks, the only way we come to life is through summoners, and even then it's temporary, though Yu Yevon was a master at that sort of thing. Anyway as long as we remain as Fayth we will never have a physical presence without a summoner, and we do not exist freely so summoners are a necessary medium for us." Ixion explained as Ace drifted off to sleep.

Slowly but surely the time everyone spent training increase until the eve of the 9th day. Slowly the Aeons Ace had received had been corrupted by the darkness, they were literally shadows of their former selves. This did not affect Yuna's Aeons much as they were already a part of her. Over the course of the nine days Cloud and the rest of AVALANCHE participated in numerous missions, gaining influence and resources needed to operate within the country. Vincent had come into the confidence of a Nu Mou named Ezel Berbier, he claimed he was able to make special cards that allowed a person to rewrite the rules of an engagement by nullifying or instating the laws the judges established. Since Vincent saved Ezel from the Palace the card proprietor took up residence on the Highwind. Meanwhile in the Omega Ruins Raine had nearly worked his way to the Omega Weapon's chamber. He had gained immense stamina and battle skills and had also learned a couple of new spells and techniques from his summons and Yuna. He had learned Flare, Gravija, Ultima, Death, Quake Auto-Life and Regen. Meanwhile in the palace Bikki had Zackariah so bogged down in wedding preparations that Tara wasn't even bothered by him, the same could not be said of Alastair. He had taken it upon himself to make sure Tara was kept alive and healthy, and that she perished the thought of escape by telling her that if so much as one thing went wrong her friends, her family and especially Raine would be hunted down and killed without mercy. During this time Tara had kept herself busy by focusing her mind and formulating new attacks for her swords. She had learned a variety of things in her travels with Raine when they had to defeat Seymour, chief among them was a visit to a peculiar world of ninja. There she learned how to seal items in scrolls. She had kept one such thing on her at all times. Her Masamune sword, much like Sephiroth's except the blade was not as ridiculously long. It also held unknown Materia powers. Her father had given it to her as a goodbye present when she went to go live in Twilight Town. Now the tenth day is dawning and Raine is still nowhere near ready enough to take on Omega, however Sigma cannot wait any longer, for after the tenth day should Omega still remain alive he will escape from his prison and wreak untold havoc on the mainland.

And so now the Tenth Day begins with Judgemaster Marche's visit to the palace, along with his friends Ritz, Montblanc, Shera and his brother Doned. Meanwhile Sigma prepares Raine to face the Omega Weapon. He and Bikki will only provide assistance if he desperately needs it. Bikki with White Magic and Sigma as a distraction, however Raine must defeat Omega himself or else the training will have been for nothing.

A servant runs to Bikki and tells her she has a visit from the Judgemaster and his party.

"Here they come, looks like we'll be heading to go get Raine, Yuna and Sigma next." Master Chief said as he picked up his Shotgun.

Marche sat in the lobby with the others as he waited for Bikki.

Raine entered Omega's chamber with Sigma and Yuna. Suddenly the beast woke up and roared in fury. "All right, so all I need to do is beat him so we can get out of here and go help Tara." Raine said and calmed himself. He couldn't use forms or summons for this fight so he'd need to be extremely careful and kill the Omega Weapon in a hurry. The beast roared again and Raine nodded and readied his keyblades and went in for the attack.

"Looks like I'll be marrying Zack today, never thought I'd say that." Tara said to herself with a sigh. The wedding was set to happen before sunset so she had all afternoon to herself to mentally prepare herself. However the one thing that kept coming up in her head was Raine. I can't do this. Tara thought as she fell to her knees and began crying, though it was quiet enough so no one would hear, and everyone was told not to disturb her or else she might change her mind or worse.

Ace enters Zacks room stretching "Well were do you want me to be for security groom to be?" Ace says smiling holding one of his Keyblades in his right hand.

((Bump))

Sigma looked on in disbelief before finally throwing Raine and Ether. He did it, Nagi's spell! There's no doubt about it." Sigma thought and looked at Yuna to see what she thought about it, after she had seen that spell before as well.

Raine went back to fighting Omega and was able to land a good couple of hits while it was still dazed from the Explosivo. "If I had had just a bit more power then I could of used Magnus and maybe this things would've dropped. Raine thought as he began battering away at the Omega Weapon's head.

"Looks like you got your wish, anyway before Raine is able to come here he'll have to fight Adramalech and then Evrae. I'm not worried about Bevelle's dragon, but Adramalech is a Totema and Raine will be fighting almost alone. we're going to need a lot more than just a drizzle to keep this wedding at bay long enough for them to get here." Marche said with a sigh. Back when he had come to Ivalice things had been easier when he had dealt with the Totema.

"Well looks like I need to push myself, I may not have the energy for it but I'm killing this thing and moving on! Explosivo Magnus!" Raine shouted and stopped long enough to charge up the massive and super compressed thunder type spell and then fire it straight at the Omega Weapon. What happened next was nothing short of an explosion of sheer electrical energy as Omega was literally cleaved in two. It seemed Raine's summons had silently added their own styles to the spell. Ultima's own namesake spell, Diablos with Gravija, Famfrit with Half, Quetzalcoatl with sheer thunder power and Odin and Gilgamesh with Instant Death.

"All right kid, you pass, now lets get back to Nargai, we have one last task before we go to save Tara." Sigma said and they were instantly warped back to Nargai just as a fold in space appeared and took them to the chamber of the crystal. "Raine, there are no restrictions except what the Judge decides, fight as you want." Sigma said and drew his sword as Adramalech appeared. The rules were no Techniques, No Black Magic and No Area Attacks.

When Tara heard the news she thought she was going to jump up and hug the girl. Raine and the others had plenty of time to get to her now.

"All right, Totema Adramlech, I challenge you. I will beat you and destroy your crystal to put things back they way they are and for the right to summon you!" Raine yelled and ran at the giant dragon as it gave out a vicious roar.

"Oh well, I guess it can't be helped, lets hope for better weather tomorrow, please go inform Ace and Alastair too please." Zack said and went to the window. Rain, I wonder... Zack thought as he stared out at the downpour.

"Well looks like God heard you, either that or you can control the weather, anyway I guess we'll be here until the storm stops then." Marche said with a smile as his hand fell over the hilt of his Judge Sword.

"All right so I guess we head for Nargai now." Master Chief said as he walked on board and noticed Vincent wasn't there. Must be sleeping or something. Master Chief thought and sat down.