Final Fantasy: Chaos Chronicles, The Beginning
By: Chaos93
Disclamer: Chaos93 does not own Final Fantasy VII or any of the characters mentioned, therefore he is not making any money from this.
I was walking to town when i noticed that it seemed all hell started to fall. I saw two men fighting in mid air. I gazed in amazment and watched the two swords clash and watch the men fighting with the pure intention to kill eachother. One man had a black coat on and long silver hair. His sword was a katana that was taller than i was. the other man simply wore light armor on one arm that was black. His hair was blonde and was pointed.His sword wasnt as long as the other man's sword but it was bigger than a usual sword. It looked like it was about 4ft long. It was thin but wider than a broad sword. It was black and slowly curved in at the middle and widened back out at the end. it had a dull point that was rounded. The sword had bone white striping that ended about 1/4 of the way up the sword. It had a certain aura that made it seem evil but would harm not you. The man with long silver hair dissapeared into thin air and suddenly appeared behind the blonde man. He quickly reacted and turned to hit him but he was gone. He appeared just above him and dived down.
I yelled out "HE'S ABOVE YOU!"
The blonde man looked up and thrusted his sword infront his face. The sliver haired man disappeared again and appeared behind him. The blonde man looked back as the silver haired man grinned and slashed him to the ground. The blonde man was dead. I glared at the silver haired man. He turned to me and disappeared into a huge vortex of pure darkness that came out of no where. I stared at the dead body of the blonde man and ran to it. I stared at his body and noticed it was slowly starting to dissapear into the air. I turned to his sword and noticed it was going with him. I ran to grab it as it dissapeared with the man . It suddenly stopped and all returned to a whole sword. I looked over and the man's body was gone.
I walked along the road, staring at the black sword and noticed something was ingraved into the sword.
"The Chaos Blade?" I read it out loud.
I suddenly ran into a girl and fell on the ground. I got back up and she hit me with the end of her sword. I fell back down rubbing my head.
"What the hell was that for?" I looked up and noticed her glaring at me.
She was as tall as me and had black hair with red streaks in it. She was wearing a black shirt with no sleeves and pants with flames at the bottom of them. She was wearing fingerless gloves and in her right hand she held a black double bladed sword with sudden static revolving around it, that was rarely visible. The hilt of her sword was a flame with a base that was a dark black and constant lightning was going through the fire and sent a chill down my spine. I gazed into her eyes and she hit on the head with the of her sword again.
"STOP THAT!" I snapped at her and she gave me a cold look.
She swiftly brought the point of her sword to my nose.
"Shut up before i kill you where sit. It's your fault for bumping into me. Watch where your going or you'll die someday soon." She said with a deep threatening voice.
"I always thought it was you'll die where you stand, not sit." She quickly put a huge gash into my arm in the sudden shape of an X.
I stared at the huge gash in my arm with my eye quickly twitching.
"AAAAAAAAAAAH WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!!" I explaimed putting pressure on my new wound.
"With a smart-ass tone like that your lucky you only got a flesh wound." She said coldly with her back to me.
"What's that mean?" I yelled to her.
"You'll die within the next week with smart-ass remarks like that. Im surprised you've survived this long. Where are you going anyways?" She said less coldly, with her back still towards me.
"Well, I've lived in the same town my whole life, this is really my first time on the road, and I'm headed to Midgar." I replied.
"Good. I'll wake you up when we're there." She said now facing me.
"Wha-?" She knocked me out cold. I could feel her begin to drag me.
"Wake up! We're here." She hit me over the head with the end of her sword.
"Wha-. What the hell? WHY'D YOU KNOCK ME OUT! I COULD WALK YOU KNOW!" I yelled at her.
She turned and glared at me. "Not with the amount of blood you would have lost." she said to me with rage in her voice.
"So, don't you have any potions..." I stared at her.
"Ya but why waste them on you?" I got up and realized what she said.
"WAIT! SO YOU DON'T WANT TO DEPART WITH A SINGLE POTION SO YOU KNOCK ME OUT AND DRAG ME 20 MILES ALONG A DIRT ROAD!" I screamed at her with nearby people staring.
"Yep" she said with a sarcastic tone.
I rolled my eyes and slowly tried walking along beside her. I noticed her taking an occasional glance over to see if I was keeping up. We got into town and I bought a potion to heal the gash the girl gave me. We went outside town and ran into a Behemoth. I fell and felt like crying for my mommy. I looked over and the girl was ready for battle. I looked back at the Behemoth and got back up. I still wasnt totally ready for battle but I would try. I remember the black sword recovered from the blonde man. I took it out and charged at the Behemoth. I turned and noticed the girl was just standing there.
"What are you doing! Lets kill it!" I yelled to her.
She glared at me and pointed to where the beast stood. He was now flat on his back with blood pouring from his eye and his chest. We looked over and saw a girl who was slightly shorter than the other girl i had been with. She had black hair . She had purple eyes and a purple shirt with short sleeves. She had black pants that were tucked into her boots that were about knee high and a silver belt that seemed to have an aura about it that made her seem sturdy, yet gentle. I gazed in amazment. She was wearing black fingerless gloves. She held 2 revolvers, both smoking from a fresh shot. I kept looking back and forth, amazed at how easily she took down the giant beast.
"Wha-, how, did, you, and the gun, and the... How did you kill him so fast?" I asked in total confusion.
"They're weak against gun fire." she winked and stuck her tounge out at me quickly.
I kicked the Behemoth to be sure it was dead. I threw my sword inbetween its eyes to make sure it was dead. She walked over to the girl with red streaks in her hair.
"So, why are you out here anyways? You probably would have died from the looks of it. Your friend over there can barely walk, never the less fight. And from the looks of it, your not all that good either." She said right in the face of the other girl. "So whats your name anyways?" the girl asked.
She looked at her coldly. "My name is Janice. What's yours?" she stared at the new girl.
"I'm Akina! Nice to meet you." she said kindly and smiled.
"I'm Zaox!" I yelled to them.
Janice glared over to me as if to tell me to shut up. I glared back as if I wanted to tell her to shut herself up. She got the message and swiftly ran over and hit me with her sword again in the same spot.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WHAT'S YOUR FRICKIN PROBLEM!" I screamed at her.
I stared at her. She glared at me.
"Suck it up. It's just a flesh wound." she said coldly.
I looked down to my new wound. Akina ran over to me and kneeled down to my height where i sat.
"Oh my god!!" She opened her bag and took some bandages out.
She began to wrap them around my wound. I gazed at her as she worked the bandage around my arm. She seemed amazing to me. So care free yet... I felt a sudden tug on my arm.
"Ow!" I yelled. She looked up and smiled at me.
"All done." I simply gazed at her smile.
Suddenlly someone ran from the darkness and grabbed my sword from the Behemoth and ran with it. Akina turned around and shot him in the back. He fell and almost started to cry. She helped me up and i ran over to inspect the thief. I looked down and felt like spitting on him. He made me sick. I grabbed my sword and was about beat his head in with the flat side of my sword when suddenlly Akina ran over and stopped me by running infront of him and sticking her arms out. I immediately stopped. She glared at me with dissapointment. She looked like she was ready to cry.
She yelled at me: "Your life was spared, so why would you try to take his away!"
I stood in total surprise with my arms still raised as if i was frozen. I threw my sword into the ground right next to the man's head. Akina kneeled down and attended to the gun shot wound she gave to him. She helped him up and he hobbled off. Janice walked over to me.
She whispered in my ear: "Why didn't you just kill them both? Is it because you like Akina?"
I immediately pushed her away and began to walk away with rage in my eyes. I was ready to kill anything in my way.
I suddenlly heard Akina yell to me: "Zaox! You forgot your sword!"
I turned around and my sword was flying towards me spinning. I put my arm out and grabbed the handle. I turned around with my fist clenched and notcied Janice was standing there.
"You better watch what you do or you might pick a fight with the wrong person." She whispered as I walked away.
I went over to a tree at the bottom of a hill and stuck my sword into the ground. I sighed and simply stared at the sunset. I turned around and noticed a goblin about to reach for my sword. I started to stand up when it suddenlly died. I looked to the top of the hill and saw Akina.
"Why'd you follow me?" I asked her.
She started to walk down when i noticed Janice not far behind her. I stood up and watched them both walk down. I looked behind Akina and noticed Janice was gone. I noticed a leaf fell and looked up. She was perched upon one of the top branches looking at the sunset. I looked back to Akina and noticed she was almost right in my face. She still stared at me with dissapointment.
"Why'd you want to kill that man? He was looking for a sword thats all." She said softly.
I looked down as if to hide the shame in my eyes.
"That isn't really my sword. I was walking to town and saw to men fighting. One had long silver hair and the other had pointy blonde hair."
I caught Janice's attention.
She jumped down and pointed her sword at me. "Are you talking about Cloud?" She said as if to interigate me.
I turned to her. "Who?" I asked.
She hit her forhead and shook her head.
"YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW WHO CLOUD IS?!" Akina yelled at me.
I turned to her and nodded.
"What rock have you been hiding under?" she almost yelled at me.
I stared at her and looked down to the ground.
"Well, I've lived in a small town since I was born. I don't really hear any news outside of that town." I said quitely.
"Oh..." Akina said as if to apologize.
"Cloud use to be part of SOILDER, a military unit for the Shin-Ra company and idolized Sephiroth, the former #1 soilder of Shin-Ra. Sephiroth was said to have died in a war but returned and teamed up with Shin-Ra to try and take over our world." she explained. "So your telling me you watched Sephiroth, the man with long silver hair, kill Cloud?" Janice almost yelled at me.
I nodded in agreement.
"I see. So... I have a sort-of legendary sword?" I asked.
"Well... No. That isn't the Buster Sword. I heard Gilgamesh stole Buster sword. That must be some sword he has been using to find Buster Sword."
Janice replied with her sword no longer pointed at me relizing I had no idea what i was doing. I looked up and noticed Akina circling my sword.
"The engravment says Chaos Blade. Huh, it has an interesting design." Akina said as if to keep to herself, yet said it out loud.
"Uhh..." I stared at her circling the sword.
She ripped it from the ground with ease. I stared with total surprise.
"Hmmm... Seems pretty lightweight... yet." She threw the sword like a boomarang.
It slashed down more than 10 trees before sticking into a tree that was probably 5 feet thick. I stared at the trees that had been cut down with total ease. Akina skipped over and ripped the sword from the tree.
"THINK FAST!" Akina yelled to me.
She suddenly threw the sword the same way but with more force. I turned and saw a huge black disk comming for me.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed for my life.
Out of instinct I snapped and suddenlly ran for the sword reaching for the handle. I grabbed the sword by the handle and ran at Akina with the need to kill in my eye. She screamed and began to cry. I kept going and stopped when i saw a tear drop from her cheek. I slowed down and stuck the sword in the ground. I fell to my knees and felt like crying. I had felt threatend and felt i needed to kill the threat from out of nowhere. Akina was now in a ball against the huge tree that stopped the sword before, crying her eyes out. I looked up and felt a tear drop from my face. Janice stared at the sunset. I turned and stared at her for a moment but then turned my attention to Akina who was just now starting to slowly stop crying. I got up and walked over with tears ready to drip from my eye. I kneeled down and was about to put my arm around her to comfort her. She instantly pushed me away.
"Get away!" She screamed.
She turned to look at me. We traded eye contact. I could see panic still in her eye. I could tell she could see what I was feeling. Regret. She stopped crying and stared at me. I got up and turn around.
"I'm sorry." I said softly.
I ripped my sword from the ground and began to walk away with shame pooring from my eyes.
I wound up in the top of a tree staring at the moon. A huge silver cirlce in the sky. I felt the tree starting to fall.
I heard Akina yell: "TIMBERR!"
I widened my eyes and jumped from the tree. I fell flat on my face right infront of Janice.
"Nice." Janice said sarcastically in her own tone.
I got up and wiped the dirt from my clothes.
"So, why'd you guys come to find me?" i asked.
"Well," Janice started to respond, "I'm out to destroy Shin-Ra..." she said coldly. "And, well if your after Sephiroth, your bound to run into Shin-Ra, so I might as well tag along." she said now looking directlly at me.
"I see..." I said uneasilly.
"And I'm after Vincent Valentine. He stole a gun of mine, a family heirloom. I'm seeking to either ask him for it, or..." she started to look down. she suddenlly looked back up with rage in her eyes. "OR I'LL USE FORCE TO RIP HIS ARM OFF! I DONT CARE IF HE'S IMMORTAL, I CAN STILL RIP HIS ARM OFF!" Akina screamed.
I fell on the ground on my back. I rubbed my head.
She put her fingers together and started to blush. "That and... well..." ... she didn't really finish her sentence.
"Heh... I see. So why follow me if your going for Vincent?" I asked her.
She helped me up. She looked down at my sword. "Well, he helped Cloud, so I figure with his sword, the word will get around and he'll find me. Might as well help you two while I'm around anyways." She looked back up and smiled.
"Alright then.Just don't expect a lot from me... I'm not really the leader type." I looked down with a small bit of shame in my eye.
I looked up and saw they were gone.
"Ummm..." I looked around. I heard a laugh and looked up. I saw Akina.
"Is this supposed to be hide and go seek?" I asked.
She laughed and pointed behind me. I turned to see the point of Janice's sword.
"Did you really think you were gonna lead anyways?" she asked.
"Well... Not really." I replied with some doubt of whether or not she was going to kill me or not.
"Good." I heard Akina behind me.
I could feel the cold metal of one of her guns on the back of my head.
"Because if you were, we would die no time." She said to me with some coldness in her voice.
I turned and noticed her ready to pull the trigger. I jumped and hid in the trees. Janice appeared behind me and started to attack.
"What the hell! What are you doing!" I yelled to her I tryed my best to dodge her attacks. I began to retaliate.
"I want to see if you even have a chance to take on Sephiroth. So it's you kill me, or I kill you!" She said back calmly as I started to slash at her.
"I see." I replied.
We stood on a thick branch. Her sword pointed at me. I had my sword to my side ready to charge. I began to run at her and she dissapeared. I looked around. I looked up to see Janice about to jump and kill me. I jumped out of the tree. I saw Janice immedetly follow. She came at me and began to strike. I put my sword infront of me to block the barrage of attacks. She kicked me into the ground. I got up weary from even just blocking the attacks. She charged and stabbed me in my left shoulder.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed in pain.
She jumped back ripping her sword from my shoulder. Blood was dripping from her sword. She ran at me, about to inflict fatal damage. I charged at her. The same instinct as before kicked in. I had the sudden urge to kill her without hesitation. I jumped into mid-air above her. She instantly looked up. She jumped with her sword infront of her. I brought my sword back and hit her sword out of her grasp. I began to hit her with a barrage of slashes. Blood began floating into the air and hit the ground like rain. She hit the ground. I was now infront of Janice's body with her life drifting away. I brought my sword above my head to strike.
"I hope you like hell." I said to her, as if to insure her she was already dead.
I heard a sudden boom from where Akina stood. I heard two more of the same booms. I felt a sudden jolt of pain in my legs and my other shoulder. I looked to Akina and she had her guns out and pointed at me, smoking from being shot. She looked like she was about to cry and her hands were shaking. I fell to my knees and dropped my sword. Janice looked up and saw what happened. I fell on my back. My vision was fading. I looked up and saw Akina tending to Janice and the many wounds I gave her. I let my head fall and fell asleep.
Please note: I fully realize that in Final Fantasy XII, When you fight Gilgamesh his Buster Sword says Replica on it. I simply used this as an excuse to give Cloud a different sword. I wasn't going to run around with the Buster Sword, people would kill me on sight. So please, no whining about the sword.