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Well this is the first one, dang friend of mine deleted this by accident so I have to post it again.

Cloud vs. Lightning

The warrior of Cosmos, Lightning, was currently resting in the green arena known as the Planet's Core. "The next course of action to take is to fight another battle for the crystal to form." She leaped from one floating rock to another until she reached the large circular platform at the below.

"What are you doing here?" Lightning turned and faced Cloud. Cloud just stared at the pink-haired soldier. "Well?"

"I was just on my way, but now that you've shown up." Lightning expertly took her gunblade and switched it to blade mode. Cloud's eyes narrowed.

"Do I feel sorry for you." He said calling his Buster Sword. Lightning fired Ruinga sending a black orb at Cloud. Cloud countered with Fira causing a smokescreen, using his enhanced hearing, Cloud dodged a strike from Lightning who used the smoke as cover. The force of the counterattack from Cloud drew Lightning in, then another strike sent her flying.

Lightning snapped her fingers, a blue static covered her and softened her landing onto a floating rock. Switching Paradigm to Ravager, she cast Thundaga. Seeing the sparks above Cloud quickly rolled away, then jumped towards Lightning. She jumped back from the slash from the large sword, reacting quickly she summoned Odin's swords and sent a swirl of cutting wind at the blond swordsman. Cloud managed to free his sword and use it to block the attack only getting small cuts.

The swords vanished from sight, Lightning charge and clashed swords with her opponent, using her speed trying to get an opening, but was met with a skillful positioning from Cloud at every turn. Light sent a kick at his head, Cloud caught her foot with his right, and quickly with right swung the Buster Sword, Light frowned twisting her body to block the fatal strike with her gunblade, the strength still sent her into another rock..

"You should stop before you get hurt more." Cloud warned. Lightning healed herself with a Cure, before standing back up pointing her sword at him.

"I won't hold back anymore!" Cloud responded by dashing forward sword first, Lightning jumped over, and flicking her wrist sending a few Ruin spells toward him. Cloud attacked one black orb, but was sent into the air by the other two. Lightning switched to gun mode and fired a number of bullets at the recovering Cloud. Cloud flipped dodging one shot, getting hit in the shoulder by the second, but blocked the rest with his sword, what didn't expect was his opponent summoning her large swords, then flying forward sending into a wall of Lifestream.

"So she wasn't bluffing." Cloud landed on a rock. "Your not one to let their moves be wasted." Lightning dived towards him raining down gunfire, Cloud twirled his sword above him to block the bullets.

She landed behind Cloud, switching to the blade mode, then summoning Odin's swords attacked. Both swordsmen clashed in a flourish of steel as the sound of steel meeting steel sung through the air. Cloud nearly lost his footing on the edge, and Lightning taking the advantage struck him down, leaving a cut across his torso. Cloud hit the solid platform below with a gasp of pain.

Using the Buster Sword he managed to get on one foot. He placed his hand over his barely bleeding chest."If I didn't fall back she would've gotten me good." Cloud looked up at the woman who was panting.

"His strikes are too heavy for me to do something like that again."Lightning changed to Ravager. "He's slower now so this my chance!" She jumped down and before she hit ground made a large bubble of water that floated slowly at Cloud. Cloud gripped his sword, raised it and sent a Blade Beam at the landing Lightning, she managed to dodge but still felt a burning on her right arm.

Cloud ran forward Buster sword in one hand, and used his other hand to send 3 firaga balls at Lightning, she casts Aerora to divert the direction of the fireballs, while Cloud sword covered in yellow flames used an extra speed, attacked Light with a downward strike, a horizontal left swing, and ended with a right swing Light ducked the first, rolled from the second, but was slammed by the third and crashed into one of the black stones sticking out, forming a few cracks.

Leaving his opponent to catch her breath, Cloud dealt with the bubble of water with ease, but was sent into the air caught off guard by the pressure of water that exploded out. Lightning was panting and sweat formed on her forehead. "Damn it! I didn't see that coming." She used a few Cure spells to stop the bleeding in her midsection.

Cloud recovered in the air and spun his sword still flaming before doing a thrust downward. "Stars, rain down!" Small meteors formed and flew straight for the strawberry blonde. Lightning pushed herself up and ran to avoid being pelted by the meteors, grinding on a tendril of lifestream up to a rock, but was soon slammed through the same rock by Braver.

Light landed hard back onto the lowest Platform, Cloud landed next to her. Lightning smirked getting up kicking him in his gunshot wound stunning Cloud. Lightning began to barrage her opponent with slashes and kicks, cutting Cloud all over, Lightning ended the attack with a swift kick to his shoulder again, ducked down and shot him in the torso sending him on his back near the edge.

"ugh..ugh...your good." Seeing him still alive caused Lightning to charge. Cloud was instantly covered in blue flames, he stood up and intercepted the gunblader's strike, and countered with two strikes, and in a blur of movements Lightning was attacked all around. "It's over!" With a yell he slammed her back to the platform.

Lightning's gunblade slid out of her hand as Cloud landed on his white boots panting heavily. Lightning had cuts all over her body, slightly bleeding out of the cuts. The tendrils of Lifestream covered both of them and stopped her bleeding.

Cloud stared the eyes to his own. "You put up a nice fight." Lightning scowled.

"You don't have to gloat in my face or pity me." She attempted to get up, but was pointless.

"Don't worry this is a place of peace mostly." He placed his Buster Sword onto his back, before turning away. "Someone is headed this way I think it's one of your friends."

Lightning just looked at Cloud in confusion. "Why do you care?" Cloud shrugged.

"You kind of remind of me of myself in some ways." He began to walk away. "You shouldn't underestimate your opponents. No telling if there holding back or not." Lightning's eyes narrowed as the Broadsword wielder left her in silence.

I have been really busy preparing for college, but like in summary post a fight I will try to post it up as I am typing a story. Don't forget to tell me who wins in your fights, and mostly no plot to go with this so don't expect one.