Chapter 1

Saxyguy – Sup folks, this is one of the ones I've been working on for a while yet and just been too lazy to type and post it. This story will contain and Oc (Like every other story I've ever written) and here's a profile.

Name – Satoshi

Age – 19

Height – 6'1"

Hair – Color – Black with orange streak from left temple back

Style – Mid-back length ponytail

Eye color – Orange

Piercings – dangle earring with orange stone in left ear

Tattoos – Flame design up right arm lightning design up left arm

Weapons – twin mithril sabers

Materia – Fire-Elemental, Restore, Lightning-Elemental, and Quake

Clothing – Black muscle shirt, baggy cameo pants and combat boots.

Notes – Rides an orange motorcycle similar to Fenrir, only slightly smaller. Stores sabers in same system as Cloud.

And that's Satoshi. I don't own FFVII and I'm not making profit off this story so you really have no grounds so sue my poor white ass. On to the story.

Tifa sighed as she scrubbed the glass in her hands. She was the owner and bartender for the reasonably popular bar 7th Heaven in the sector seven slums. 'Sure keeping an eye on the hideout is important, but it's so boring…' she thought as she sighed again. She put the glass away and walked toward the door for some fresh air. As she reached for the doorknob, the door burst open, revealing a red garbed Shinra soldier. Reacting quickly, Tifa snapped her right fist up into the man's jaw before spinning full circle and slamming her left foot into his sternum, sending him tumbling down the bar's front steps. She stepped outside to check for witnesses and came face to face with twenty more soldiers.

"Well boys, looks like we found Avalanche's hideout."

'Figures. It's always too little or too much excitement…' Tifa thought. 'Cloud, this would be a lovely time to keep your promise…'

Reactor 1

Just after Cloud, Jessie, and Barrett boarded the elevator, Cloud sneezed.

"What da hell waz zat Spikey?" Barret asked as Cloud sneezed again.

"I don't know… Maybe someone's talking about me…" Cloud replied as he wiped his nose.

"We're here." Jessie stated as the elevator came to a halt.

"Let's do this." Cloud said as he pulled his buster sword from the harness across his back and checked his materia.

Back at the Bar

Tifa stared at the soldiers, wondering how she could possibly beat all of them. She pulled her gloves on and walked out to meet them. Stopping in the middle of their circle, Tifa brought her fists up in front of her. Everyone froze as a man on an orange motorcycle slammed into the commander before slewing his bike to the side and skidding to a stop, crushing a few more soldiers on the way. The remaining soldiers leveled their rifles at the newcomer. The man calmly placed both hands in the middle of the handlebars of his bike as the nearest two soldiers approached him on either side. When they stepped up next to him, the man pressed a hidden button with his right knee, causing both sides of the bike to snap out, revealing two mithril sabers and hurling the two soldiers away from him. He drew both swords and placed one in the harness hanging behind him at his waist. He got off his bike and leveled his sword at the Shinra soldiers.

"Who do you think you are? Defying Shinra in such a way." One of the soldiers shouted.

The man whipped his sword up like it weighed nothing and brought it to rest on his right shoulder. "I am an Ex-Soldier, a defender of the people and of the planet." The man settled his left hand on the hilt of his other sword as he spoke.

All the soldiers focused on the man, obviously not considering Tifa a threat. Oh how wrong they were. Both of them charged at the same time. The man skidded to a halt and drew his second blade as he was forced to deflect the deadly hail of metal sent his way by the remaining fifteen men. Seeing her chance, Tifa snuck up on one of the men and snapped her foot up into the barrel of his gun, flipping it over his shoulder and into her hands. She shot him in the back and turned on the next few in line. She emptied the clip into the next three, then crouched down and drew the dead soldier's belt knife. Flipping it so she held the point, she flicked it into the back of one man's neck. She dashed forward as the next one turned around. She slapped his gun away and hit him with a quick combo of punches before smashing her fist into his jaw. As he reeled back, Tifa placed her left foot on his knee and flipped back, slamming her right foot into his jaw as she went. Tifa looked up and realized the rest of the men were dead, courtesy of the mysterious sword wielding man.

Said man cleaned his swords off on a dead man's coat before putting them both in his harness and approaching Tifa. "You are part of Avalanche, correct?"

"Yes." Tifa responded, taking note of the strange glow his orange eyes produced. 'He wasn't lying about the Ex-Soldier part…'

The man's face split into a grin. "My name is Satoshi, Ex-Soldier first class. I wish to join your fight for the planet." Satoshi said, sticking out his hand, which Tifa shook.

"My name is Tifa. I own this bar. The rest of the group is away at the moment but you're more then welcome to join me for a drink until they come back." Tifa said with a smile.

"I'd love to, but we should probably clean up this mess first." Satoshi said as he looked around, allowing Tifa to catch sight of the orange lock of hair running back from his left temple to his ponytail, offsetting the inky blackness of the rest of his hair.

'There's no way that's natural.' Tifa thought as they dragged the bodies off to burn them.

Reactor 1

As Cloud set the bomb on the reactor core, Barret kept watch for guards. Just as Cloud connected the last wire, Barrett detected movement in the nearby shadows. "He Spikey; I hope you're done cuz we bout to have company!" Barrett shouted as the Guard Scorpion charged.

Cloud spun around and whipped his buster sword out of the harness on his back as Barret opened fire on the mechanical monstrosity. Cloud shot forward and severed one of the things legs, causing it to fall. Completely ignoring the machine, Cloud sprinted toward Barret. Grabbing the back of the larger man's vest, Cloud began to drag him in the direction of the exit.

"Leggo ya pokey headed fool! We gotta kill dat thing or it's gonna come afta us!"

Cloud looked over his shoulder in time to see the Guard Scorpion level both arms at the fleeing men. Cloud shoved Barret behind him. "Keep the path to the exit clear. I'll deal with him" Cloud said as he raised his sword. The Scorpion fired both shots at Cloud, which he easily deflected. Cloud heard Barret's gun arm firing wildly as he charged into the crowd of guards that had been summoned by the alarm. Cloud charged the Scorpion again, deflecting two more shots and avoiding it's tail laser before he leaped forward, severed one of the thing's arms and landed on it's back. He blocked three strikes from its tail before he chopped it off. Drawing power from his lightning materia, Cloud scaled the back of the scorpion until he stood on it's shoulders. Focusing all the power into his left hand, Cloud punched through the back of the machine's head. "Bolt!" He shouted as he discharged the spell directly into the thing's neural network, causing it to shut down. As the Guard Scorpion fell, Cloud ripped his arm free and leaped to the hand rail of the walkway before dashing along it, easily keeping his balance. When he reached where Barret was pinned down, he dove from the railing, cut down two guards as he flew and rolled to his feet before freezing four more in place with and ice spell.

"Quit playing around! We've only got a few more minutes!" Cloud shouted as Barret threw a grenade into the last group of guards, clearing the way to the exit. As Barret sprinted for the elevator, Cloud paused to help Jessie, who's foot had gotten stuck. He quickly freed her and swept her up in his arms before dashing for the elevator at super human speed. 'That the Lifestream for mako enhancement…' Cloud thought as he reached the elevator. When he set Jessie down, she collapsed.

"I think I sprained my ankle when my foot got stuck… you'll have to leave me." Jessie said.

"We're not leaving you behind." Cloud said as he handed his sword to Barret. He pulled Jessie onto his back and wrapped his arms around her knees.

When the doors opened, Cloud and Barret took off again.

"Biggs open the doors!" Barret shouted.

Biggs quickly keyed in the first code, causing the door to slide open. He dashed tot eh second console. "Jessie, what's the code?"

"5H1NR4!" Jessie shouted as Barret and Cloud slid to a stop next to Biggs.

The second door slid open and Biggs, Cloud, and Barret dashed for the exit. Just as they reached it, there was a deep thump from the bowels of the reactor and electricity arced over its surface. The four members of Avalanche darted passed Wedge and into the hall beyond hi. Wedge slammed the door just as the reactor exploded. The floor shook and everyone in the hall was thrown o the ground.

As Cloud fell, he pulled Jessie from his back and into his arms, shielding her from falling debris with his body. The lights died and the shaking stopped.

"Everyone in one piece?" Barret asked with a cough.

"Cough, Cough I think so." Biggs answered.

"I'm alright." Wedge replied.

"I'm okay." Jessie said before she felt something warm drip onto her face.

"Hey Spikey, what about you?"

"I'm in one piece, but that's gonna leave a mark." Cloud said with a pained grunt.

Searching his pockets, Wedge found a flashlight and flicked it on. Inspecting everyone, the light settled on Cloud. One of the metal bars that held the ceiling tiles in place had pierced completely through his shoulder, halting mere centimeters from Jessie's face.

Cloud sat up. "Barret, give me my sword and that restore materia we found earlier." Cloud grunted. Barred handed over the requested items. Cloud popped the ice materia free and slipped the restore materia in its place before handing both to Jessie. "Hold these for a second, and can I borrow your bandana?"

"Sure." Jessie replied as she handed it over.

Cloud folded the cloth over and put it in his mouth as he stood. He turned away from the wall and took a deep breath before slamming himself back against the wall, forcing the metal rod to slide farther out of his shoulder. He reached up and ripped it the rest of the way out with a grunt, splashing Jessie with a bit more blood. He handed Jessie back her bandana and took his sword. Drawing power from the restore materia, Cloud passed a hand over his wound and whispered "Cure." Causing the wound to close, but not without leaving a prominent scar. While he was at it, he knelt and healed Jessie's ankle as well. After that, the group blasted its way free of the rubble and split up to head for the train station.

On the way there, Cloud met a pink garbed flower girl. She introduced herself as Aerith. He bought one of her flowers and she thanked him with a peck on the cheek. After that, he headed to the train station and boarded the train with the rest of the group.

After a rather uneventful train ride, they met back at Tifa's bar. When they arrived the ground front was suspiciously clean and there was a large orange motorcycle parked to one side.

"I know that motorcycle… it's his." Cloud muttered before he ran into the bar. The rest of the group followed quickly. They found Tifa talking to a young man with black hair tied back into a ponytail that reached his belt. He wore a black muscle shirt and baggy cameo pants with a pair of black combat boots. He had two mithril sabers stored crosswise in a harness that hung behind him at his waist. The man turned around as everyone entered, revealing the orange stripe running from his left temple to the end of his hair. His oddly glowing orange eyes grew wide when he way Cloud.

"You…" The man said as he reached for his swords.

"Me." Cloud responded as he glared and grabbed his own sword.

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