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Who: Zack and Lightning Vs The Shiva Sisters
What: Battle music GO!
Where: The Binah
When: Late morning
Rating: PG-13


Lightning was on the top deck, lounging against the ship's hull and just enjoying the feel of the condensation against her skin from being in a cloud. While it was pleasant to be lively, sometimes it was nice to just kick back and relax. Which she'd done a lot of since they'd found they'd found themselves just on the outskirts of the Jagd Ramooda, not too many miles from the tower named the Ridorana Cataract.

Zack was humming to himself, sitting in the middle of the upper deck that Lightning was on, dressed in slacks and his vest. His legs were crossed, and his eyes closed, as he focused on the magic inside him, trying to bring it to the point where he'd release it, then not. Now and again, aqua coloured lightning arced off his body, but so far, he hadn't done any casting.

The teen watched her lover silently, a smile on her face. She wore loose jeans and a black tank top, though she had also pinned her hair up to keep it from blowing all over the place up there. She honestly was glad Zack was trying to learn control over his magic and she'd be there to help him any time. Right then, in fact, she was getting a lot of charge in her own magic thanks to the aqua lightning coming off him.

After a few minutes more, Zack's eyes snapped open, and he scrambled back, "Crapcrapcrap~!" just in time to avoid a spike heel wearing foot that landed where his lap had been a moment earlier. Panting, the man looked up, confused by the appearance of two, nearly identical, tall, buxom women who emanated cold. They stared down at him imperiously, then cut a look over to Lightning.

Lightning all but choked on her own breath at the sight of the Shiva Sisters. Moving to stand, the teen, who was pretty darn tall herself, strode towards the sisters. Crossing her arms, she sighed. "Sending you to do his dirty work? How sweet. I suppose you'll be heading right off after him to tell him where I am..." She shook her head before a wry smirk came to her lips. "He'll lose interest, you know. I mean, look, he has his pretty human girl. Why would he need you when she's got a whole country he could play King with?" It was always fun to wind up these two, and it might stall them...

Zack stood, and got to beside Lightning, looking at the pair of Summon Beasts. He frowned slightly, not saying a word. The two women almost glared at Lightning, before one smirked slightly, "He will not tire of us, Lightning. You, above all, should know that, for you know what it is we provide for him." their arms were linked, and they were insufferably cool in their attitudes. They weren't going to be negotiating, so that hardly mattered. "He does not wish to be King, as much as he wishes her happiness.." they were privy to many of his surface thoughts, after all, and weren't jealous of what they couldn't have, and didn't want.

Lightning laughed, shaking her head. "Oddly enough, I missed these little chats we have, girls." She shifted on the spot, leaning her weight to one side. "Now, go running back to him while we get on outta here." She looked to Zack. "Oh, you haven't been formally introduced. Shiva Sisters, Zack. Zack, Shiva Sisters. Or as I like to call them, the Snow Bunnies." She gave back the smirk that the one had given her.

The pair veritably chilled the entire deck as their blood was up, and they seperated, glaring at Lightning, "Then, since you seem to be so confidant, we will take the girl with us." The first, more black and bronze, advanced on Lightning with one slender hand out, the touch cold enough to burn, while the other, silver and blue, made for Zack.

Zack, on the other hand, grunted and stepped forward, speaking with a voice deepened by his magic, powerful and intimidating, "Or, you can get the hell off my ship, and I won't send ya back t'Snow in pieces."

Lightning's glare could've struck a lesser being down with the sheer bitterness as she took a step back, her right hand swelling a Gravity Bomb. Sure enough, this could be the time she had to show the extent of her Fire magic, which almost equalled her electrical skills. "You've got good senses of humour for Summons. We should get together for a drink sometime." Her words oozed sarcasm as she took on her ground battle stance. "We might just have to do that, Zack. These bitches don't know when to quit."

The pair laughed, and, casting a quick succession of spells together, darkened the sky, forcing a huge cold front into the relatively warm air surrounding the Binah, a suddenly powerful storm forming in the blink of an eye, then they leaped back, one cackling, and the other giggling in a rather creepy manner. "Oh, this is going to be fun!"

Zack fell into a fighting stance, rather unaware of what they were capable off, their magic resonating with his own, as his was spawned from him fusing with a Summon as well. "Nng.." his chest felt tight, but he wasn't going to abandon Lightning to fight them alone.

Lightning grinned at the Sisters, each of whom still resembled not only women but the bike Snow rode. "Won't it just?!" She mocked their creepy enthusiasm before letting her own magic began to take form, an electrical storm battling the snow storm in the skies. "You should run back to Snow while you can. I'm sure he misses riding you both." Lightning kept an eye on Zack, hoping her own magic would aid him, rather than push him over any edges.

The pair smirked to eachother, and pulled back slightly, before launching a simultaneous blast of icy wind, and chilly shards of razor sharp ice at the pair, malicious glints in their eyes. But, then, everything stopped. Zack grunted, and hit his knees, trembling. It was bad enough already, but Lightning's ambient magic topped his limits, and the man literally exploded in a crack of lightning, and peal of thunder. Gone was the SOLDIER, replaced with the same craggy old man and his twisted staff, faded emerald robes, beard, and mane of hair blowing in the wind. His eyes sparked dangerously, and he found excess energy once again in the seemingly useless crystal in the airship, "Heh.. you're MINE!" the Esper's voice was violently loud, catching one of the Sisters hard enough that it cracked what appeared to be a wheel assembly, and sent her spinning across the deck.

Lightning's eyes widened and she swallowed hard, her electrical storm fading into a rain storm, considering how it had been fighting a snow storm. "Ramuh..." The teen took a step back, soon having to jump into the air to avoid the Sister. Now off ground, she took it upon herself to begin throwing Bombs at the still standing Shiva, her eyes focused though they kept wandering to Ramuh. He really was incredible. With a furrowed brow, she watched each Sister with wariness, though she worried more on what Zack, now controlled by Ramuh, would do now that her own safety had been threatened by the Shiva Sisters.

Ramuh was ruthless, and violent, his temper that personified the storms he represented. With Lightning threatened, the Esper fed off of Zack's own protective anger, and cast his most damaging spells, striking the two Sisters again and again with deadly thunder, driving them back towards the brink of the deck. The wind buffeted the ship, but Ramuh continued, advancing on the now disoriented Shiva Sisters with a growl, slamming his staff into each one in rapid succession, until suddenly they were both, well, just gone. Gone in a shimmering wind, back to Snow, defeated. Zack, as Ramuh, didn't stop there like he would have normally, no.. he was feeding on the Nethecite's ambient energies, and more direct ones now, raging like the storm around the ship.

She'd been swept up in the weather around, her own skin sparking with golden arcs of lightning as she forced herself to her feet on the deck of the Binah. With a hard breath, she dragged her way towards Ramuh, her green eyes shimmering and sparking. It was intense to feel such electricity, incredible, energising, fulfilling... but she couldn't let him continue. As she moved to him, Lightning grasped his arm tightly, not fearing any shock she may get, as it'd purely fuel her own strength. "Ramuh!! Stop! Calm down and let Zack back in control!" Her voice held a commanding tone, though it held a slight amount of fear of his actions and what repercussions they'd have on the world beneath the clouds.

Indeed, massive amounts of magical lightning was falling on the Jagd below, which would be devastating to anything caught in the storm. Ramuh turned his baleful gaze on Lightning, and his eyes suddenly widened, then he visably calmed down, the Esper shimmering away, unneeded, and Zack stumbled, almost falling onto Lightning. "Nng.. Lightnin'.." he was as weak as the last time, though he wouldn't be passing out due to this. The storm had blown out, though, and their cloud cover was beginning to thin out.

She caught hold of him, supporting his weight for, oh, about two seconds before her own weakness from being fed so much lightning made her collapse to her knees, holding him close the entire time. "Nhh... okay... new rule. We never, ever, ever do that again." She wheezed slightly, petting his hair as she rested his head down on her lap, petting his hair. She was soaked through as the last of the rain finished up and sighed softly as their hideout began to disperse.

Zack grunted softly, trying to move so he wasn't just lying on her, but finding himself lacking the strength to do much of anything just then.. "Heh.. wonder why.. why exactly they showed up.." he looked up at her with a calm smile, "Doesn't matter.. I mean, yer safe, so we're in th'clear."

Lightning shook her head slightly. "We're not. They went back to Snow, which means they know where we are now. And we're not getting away with us both like this." Her face was a childish pout but she just held him there on her lap. "Why was Ramuh so... uncalm? I mean, last time, I remember him calmer. Though, I only saw him for a moment..."

"Heh.. dunno.. but the energy was tremendous.. what do we have that has that much power, Lightnin'..?" he couldn't think of anything, really, as he remained where he was, lying against Lightning. "Think we might just have to give back whatever it is we took that they want.. have Xaon and Kiri stow th'rest, say we sold and spent it.."

"Yeah... that sounds like a good idea..." She sighed heavily, looking up at the clearing sky they were in. "We're probably going to be punished, somehow, for this. I wonder if Ashe will let us off easy since Snow's her new man and like a brother to me..." She looked back down to him, kissing his head. "Let's get you inside and dried up, hm?" She gave him a light smile, stroking his head.

Zack chuckled softly, and smirked to himself, "Sure.. you should dry off too, before ya catch a cold." he wondered, himself, just what was going to happen with Ashe and Snow, considering the kick he'd given the man.. Lightning would likely get off easy, by comparison.