"Nice day today huh Cloud?"
A young man had spoken words of truth to a swordsman who owns great strength. Today was sunny sun shining on his skin feels exhilarating before a fight.
"I guess Troy, but still. It's not a good day to die."
Cloud Strife picks up his blade, a sword by the name of Buster Sword, a huge blade that nearly oversized him and drew it towards the men there to assassinate them.
"Yeah I guess you're right. What about them though?"
Troy Sazion a young man who has a blade of his own, a blade which is not one but two, his blades name is Dark Light. The young man unsheathed his blade waiting in anticipation for Clouds response.
"Do what you want Troy."
The young man smirks with a hint of laughter.
"How generous of you Cloud, today is a nice day indeed."
The young man's blade was special it can change from a dark blade that craves blood or a blade filled with pure light that is unbreakable, but the blades normal form has both features and is split into two. The young man's blade turned black ready for the blood to quench its thirst.
"Just don't lose control."
"Who, me? Never."
Troy now responded with the grimmest smile on his face. His eyes are set on a goal, that goal was paint the ground with their blood. Cloud realizing this allowed his aggression to unfold, besides they are outnumbered it was the only way to survive. Cloud was afraid on the other hand, he might lose his best friend and partner… his way home to Tifa.
The battle was fierce, Cloud was not hurt, and neither was Troy.
"Troy, you… okay?"
Troy raised his head slowly to show his blood stained forehead. He looks at Cloud with a blank expression.
"Troy?"
Cloud tries again. This time he answers.
"C-Cloud?"
"Yeah Troy it's me come on follow my voice."
The duo standing, barely, looks at each other. Troy begins to move forward.
"Troy that's it come on."
Clouds unemotional voice still calling to bring back someone from the dark blood pool, Troy took steps forward until Troy is stopped by his own body.
"C-Cloud, I don't know if strong enough to come back the water it's thick. I can barely move."
"Don't say thing like that you're strong, you're stronger than even me!"
Cloud protested. Troy looked at Cloud and clenched his head and brings himself to his knees.
"Cloud it hurts! So much pain, I can feel all their pain, Cloud!"
The side effect of using the dark blade is hearing the screams, feeling the pain, of each victim the blade took hold of. Not only that, the guilt builds because of you not realizing you were killing in the first place. Troy had to deal with this by his own for he would take that pain so no one else would have to feel it.
"Troy, you can handle this it's not your fault remember it's a payment you want to endure so no one else will. Troy don't quit on me!"
Cloud was still trying to hold on to Troy's existence screaming at the top of his lungs. Cloud was afraid for the both of them.
"Cloud, I… can't…"