"Heh! Is that all you got left boy!" A tall figure in black laughed. "No….I…can….still….fight" The boy said. He looked about 14 with blonde spiky hair. He was matted with dirt and grass. Around him were broken pieces of rock and cut trees. "You are a persistent one aren't you! What makes you think you can still fight?" The Figure said. "The rule you gave me…..Continue to fight until your body is completely destroyed and can no longer serve its purpose" The boy replied.
The Tall figure sighed and turned around. His silver hair blowing in the wind. "You are an adequate pupil….But you will need to be stronger" He said turning back to the boy. "Yes master Sephiroth…I am weak and need training" The boy replied. "Yet I cannot continue to train you…My time in this world is almost up" Sephiroth said turning away from the boy and looking at the destroyed Midgar.
His silver hair still blowing in the wind. The boy bowed and looked up at his master. "But master. Where will you be going" The boy asked. Sephiroth turned to the boy and smirked. He walked up to the boy and stood him up. "I'm going far away from here……So take care of yourself so that When I return we can have a good fight" Sephiroth smiled walking away from the boy and into Midgar.
The boy returned to his tent where him and Sephiroth had camped out for that day. All through out the night he heard explosions and people screaming as they ran past his camp. He decided to go see what all the screaming was about and ventured into the city. He saw that the city was being destroyed by something. He turned the corner and what he saw startled him. He saw his master fighting another man.
This man with the same type of hair that the boy had. He continued to watch in horror as his master battled on with this man. Then it was as though time had frozen as the boy watch his master killed in front of him. The blonde haired man turned towards the boy. The boy turned and ran as fast as he could from the site.
He got back to his tent and threw himself inside of it. He tried to dream that day away. A few hours later he was awaken from his sleep by the sound of movement outside his tent. He could hear someone's voice. "Are you sure someone is here Tifa?" The voice said. Another womanly voice replied to the first voice. "Yes I'm sure of it…Vincent said that some kid had ran here" It said.
The boy grabbed the Hilt of his sword ready to fight whoever was outside the tent. He saw the front of the tent starting to open and he got ready. As soon as it was half-way opened he slashed at the opening and cut through the tent. He heard a shriek and the sound of gloves snapping. He decided it was now or never and cut the rest of the tent apart so that he could stand and face his enemies.
But before he could launch a single attack he was punched hard in the back of the head and blacked out. When he came to he was lying in an unfamiliar bed. He had no idea where he was….or for that matter who he was. He heard the door to the room creaking open and a very happy voice behind it.
In walked a woman wearing all black and smiling as though she had just found the love of her life. "Well good morning little one" She said smiling at him. He stared at her as though she was crazy. "Uhh Who are you lady" He said in a calm tone. She smiled at him.
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I wondered why she was smiling at me. Did I know her from somewhere? "Listen ma'am…..your creeping me out" I said. The smile vanished from her face and was replaced by an angry expression. She grabbed me by the ear. " Where did you get your manners from?! You don't address an adult like that!" She said angrily.
My ear was starting to hurt more and more as she squeezed upon it. "OUCH! Okay lady I'm sorry!" I yelled. She eased up on my ear and let me go. I rubbed my ear as I death glared the back of her head. "Now….What's your name little one" She asked me. I had no idea what my name was so I just stayed silent. " I don't have one" I told her. She frowned at me and then cracked a smile. "That's okay….What would you like us to call you" She asked.
I sighed and looked around the room until I came across a picture of a man with them same type of hair that I had. I got up and took the picture from the shelf. I read the name that was on the front of the picture. "Strife…..I want to be called Strife " I said. She walked over to me and kneeled down to me. "Okay…If that's what you want….We'll call you Strife" She smiled.
I smiled back and looked around. It was just a plain old bedroom but there were a lot of pictures of this guy with the same hair as me. "Oh…do you need anything? Like something to eat?" She asked sweetly. "I….want to go outside please" I said. She smiled at me and lead me to the door and opened it. I heard the laughter of other kids.
I walked out of the door and looked around. This town was mostly metal from what I've seen. There were merchants and people everywhere I turned. I continued to walk until I felt as though something was wrong. My heart rate started to accelerate and my pupils were probably dilating. I looked around at my surroundings and noticed people looking into the sky. Some of them were starting to run and scream.
They were grabbing their children and running from whatever it was. Before I knew it I was knocked off my feet by a deafening roar. I looked up and it was looking back at me. A giant dragon with a head that looked like metal was staring at me. It just stood there with its mouth open. Before I knew what had happened I was grabbed from behind and pulled away from the thing. Whoever or whatever was pulling me was running very fast away from the dragon.
I looked up at the person and it was the woman whose house I was in. She took me behind the building and told me to stay there and be quiet. She then snapped on a pair of black gloves and ran back towards the monster. I heard a load shriek. My heart had started to accelerate even faster. I thought that it might burst! I heard another shriek and then a load crash.
I looked around the corner to see the dragon standing but no sign of the woman. When the dragon turned around I ran from behind the building and looked around for her. Turns out the crash was her being slammed into a building. I ran over to here and picked her head off of the ground.
I checked for a pulse and quickly found one. I looked over her body and found cuts and bruises along her arms, legs, and torso. There was a little blood leaking out of her mouth. I propped her up against the wall and made sure she was somewhere safe. I turned back to the dragon which looked back at me and roared. "I'm not afraid of you! Your nothing but a giant lizard to me" I yelled at it.
I started to run at it with my fists raised. I knew it was a suicide charge but I didn't care. I was ready to do as much damage as I could. I was right next to it when it knocked me back into a steel beam. I have never felt such pain in my entire life! When I stood up I was greeted with another claw that sent me into the side of a building. I started to cough and saw that blood was being spewed from my mouth.
My heart started to accelerate even more as I saw the dragon stare at me from across the way. He mad a movement to try and hit me again and I closed my eyes and waited for it. I heard something go through the wall and opened my eyes. I looked in horror at the person who had taken the blow. It was that woman again. This time she stayed motionless and the dragon made a move toward her.
At that moment my anger toward that monster exceeded anything I had ever felt before. I felt as though I would explode from the anger alone. "I'm going to kill you!" I yelled. Before I even knew what had happened I had grabbed a hold of a steel pole and jumped out of the building onto the dragon. I started to pound on its skull over and over again. I guess that annoyed it because it started to take flight and shake its head. I held onto it and continued to pound its skull. It started to try and grab me with its claws and managed to grab my leg.
It pulled with such force that I thought my leg was going to be ripped completely off. But I did not abandon my attempt to slay this dragon. It managed to pull me off of itself and roared in my face. It then threw me toward the ground. I thought that I would die as soon as impact but something happened that prevented that. I landed right on my feet which created a crater in the ground. I looked up at the dragon with such hate that if looks killed he would have been dead over a million times.
It turned back towards me and opened its mouth. Inside of its mouth I saw a green light start to form. I knew whatever it was wasn't going to be good. I was about to charge at it again when I was pushed aside by someone with spiky hair. "Get outta here kid.. You don't want to be here when that thing finishes" He said grabbing the hilt of his giant sword.
"No you get outta my way! This thing is mine" I yelled at him trying to rush past him but he pushed me back. "You don't want to die here do you kid!" He said coldly. I looked at him and then back at the dragon whose energy ball had gotten a lot larger.
I was starting to breath heavily from overexerting myself trying to fight that thing. I wanted to stop but something inside of me wouldn't let that happen. It kept telling me "Do not stop! He hurt someone close to you! KILL IT!". I felt my body start to heat up. "Kid get outta the way now!" The man yelled jumping away from me.
The energy that the Dragon had been storing was coming right at me and before I could even think it had enveloped me. Honestly, thought I was dead. I really should learn when to fight and when to duck.
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"Damnit! Why didn't he jump out of the way!" Cloud yelled. He landed on one of the steel beams and looked down at the black smoke where the energy ball had hit. The dragon was standing right in front of the crater and Cloud was about to attack it when it was blasted from the crater into the side of a building.
Cloud looked around for what had hit the dragon but saw nothing except the black smoke. The dragon started to stand up. As soon as it was on its feet it charged back toward the dark cloud. Just as the Dragon smashed through the cloud a figure jumped out of it and right in front of Cloud. Cloud stared at the figure in surprise.
"S-S-Sephiroth!" Cloud yelled. The man smiled at him and dropped back down onto the dragon creating another crater. "You think your tough do you! Well prepare to die" Sephiroth smirked. He grabbed his sword and brought it down onto the skull of the dragon. Before Cloud's very eyes the dragon was completely sliced on two and then obliterated by Sephiroth who afterwards just walked toward a small unscathed building.
Cloud ran after Sephiroth ready to attack him at any given second. He saw Sephiroth round the corner and kneel down. Cloud followed him with his sword raised and rounded the same corner. He stood there gaping at a bleeding Tifa. "Get away from her you monster!" Cloud yelled at Sephiroth bringing his sword down on him.
Sephiroth grabbed his hand and smirked at him. "Don't be afraid for her Cloud, She's going to be fine" Sephiroth said getting to his feet. Sephiroth's sword had begun to disappear and he was starting to get smaller. "Listen closely Cloud! You will not lay a single finger on this body or I will destroy everything you hold dear" Sephiroth laughed.
He started to turn into Strife and then smiled one final time as he completely disappeared. In his place was a shaken and fatigued Strife. His eyes were bulging as he stared up at Cloud. Strife then fainted and landed right next to Tifa who had started to wake up. "Wha…..What happened…Cloud? When did you get here" Tifa said looking directly into Clouds eyes. Cloud averted his eyes from Tifa's and looked at Strife. "That kid…He isn't what he seems to be.." Cloud said looking back at her