"Maria, Leon, Guy. Go on without me. I'll hold the Emperor back, it's the only way."
"We aren't leaving you Firion!!! We will fight by your side until the last drop off energy drains from our bodies. I love you Firion, and I plan on coming out of this alive."
"Maria.." says Firion, completely awestruck. He knew Maria loved him, but he never expected this. He looked at each Guy, Leon, and Maria in turn. "Thank you, everyone. This couldn't have been possible without all of you. As we fight, let us fight for everyone. All of the world. Let us fight for those who died for us. Scott, Josef, Minwu, Ricard. We fight for them as well. Their sacrifices will not be in vain!!!!"
"Then come. Come at me Firion. Show me what you have, so I can repel you into hell!" Shouts the Emperor.
"Maria, how are you looking on MP?"
"Not good. I've got 100, maybe. Not enough for any lasting damage."
"Here, take these," Firion passes out elixirs to everyone in his party. " Take one now so we're ready for the fight. Guy, I want you to put those axes to work. Keep him distracted. I'll help. Leon, focus on your attack magic. Flare and Ultima. Maria, you have the most important role. Give us haste, blink, shell, and protect. Then do just healing.", Maria nods and Guy gives his axes an experimental swing.
"Firion."
"Yeah Leon?"
"If we die in there, I always viewed you as a brother to me. You have my permission to marry Maria if we all survive."
Firion, turning a shade of red says, "O-Okay. Let's go everyone!!" With that he rushes off to face his foe, the Emperor.
" So you are going to try and fight me? Good luck. You'll need it."
"We don't need luck. Go, guy! Maria, start casting. Same with you Leon! For Altair!!!!"
Firion charges into the face of the Emperor and gives a quick three slashes before jumping away and standing next to Guy. The Emperor pulls back for a strike and takes an Ultima 16 straight to the face. By now the whole party had Shell, Protect, and Haste so attacks were coming out quickly with a reckless abandon. It wasn't long before the Emperor fell to the ground, lacking the strength to fight on.
"How?! Defeated not once, but twice by you insects! How?!"
" We won because we fought together. Teamwork and faith in your team will get you anythi mg you desire, not power or greed. " And with these final words, Firion smote his enemy.
From the shadows "They'll do nicely..."
