~ Disclaimer ~ I don't own FF7 nor do I own Squaresoft. I would love to own
it but..sadly..I would corrupt it to the endiness it is fortold to not
have.
~ Title Tidal of Misfortune.
~Author~ CheezePilotOfPluto99X
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All I can see is nothingness. Tugging at my inner soul and trapping my lungs, commanding them to collapse. I glare upwards, towards the surface. My mind says to go, but my body does not respond. Maybe it's because of these damn shackles on my ankles which bind me to the bottom of this lake. What, I ask myself, have I gotten myself into this time?
My long, silver hair floats, swaying with the lake's current. I try to keep my eyes open, but my brain is loosing the amount of precious oxygen I had breathed before being sent down in this depth of darkness. I opened my mouth, bubbles erupting from my body as I soon gave way to the blackness of my now shutting down system. But..then, something cut me loose.
"Hey, buddy! You alive, eh!?" A voice yelled.
My ears felt as if they had no drums, and this voice sounded like a freight train. "The hell?" I sputtered.
I opened my eyes and a young man was leaning over me. His long hair pulled back into a loose tail. "Who are you?" I inquired.
"The name is Roji, I saved you from death. You okay? You were almost dead down there...and why did you have shackles?"
I shot up and reached for my masamune, but it wasn't at my side. "Damnit...," I cursed as Roji stood.
I quickly stepped back and frowned. "You didn't see me."
I turned and sent a small object into the forest. A small crack came and a portal appeared. I turned to look at the kid. "And I was never here," I said with a smirk and jumped into the portal.
I arrived in an unknown place. My mind set back and I realized now that Meteor destroyed this place, it was now a barren wasteland. No corpses, no bones, no nothing. "Shit...I didn't think those Avalanche drones would quit while all the time they were trying to stop me. But, I don't remember what happened after Cloud came to defeat me in the stream," I muttered and clenched my right hand into a tight fist.
I felt raindrops and I turned my gaze up towards the sky. It started to pour and my dried hair began to dampen. My shirt was gone and my pants were almost unwearable. I shook my head, closed my eyes and opened my mouth to taste the essence of destruction coming from the stars. I closed my mouth and remembered the girl. "Aeris...that girl who actually tried to stop me from world domination...except, I was made. I have no feelings, I was not born. I'm a puppet, just as Cloud was. I killed that girl, she was the only barrier I had to go through until I aquired what I had wanted to gain through these long years. Age is of nothing to me, for I am a puppet without an end. End....those Avalanche junkies had an end."
I looked around, the only remains was rubble. I started to walk through the barren town which used to be Shinra Corps. I knew Rufus was dead, but I didn't give a damn about that kid. I knew the Avalanche group had been killed, no doubt about that fact. I knew I might be the only... I stopped myself from saying 'human'. I was not human, I'm a monster.
I kicked a peice of debris and found a shiny object. My sword. I groped the hilt and raised my masamune up towards the sky. Undamaged. I tilted it downwards fast and made a side swipe. "But...no flesh to bite," I muttered with a frown.
"What lives you have taken...unforgiving. This land is your home now, you are no God. You are no higher being..you are a man of slaughter. You are a monster. A puppet to yourself. You are scum. More than scum, a parasite. Love, shit, you didn't know love. Your only 'love' was death to anyone who stood between you and the destruction of this world. But this world...it was strong, too strong. You became insane. Cloud and his group sent you to another world, one where you were chained and strained. At the bottom of that lake. The lake of holding. You were to be held there until you passed on but an unlucky soul happened by and let you free. A mistake. You were to die. Perish. You are inhuman, you are nothing but a speck of mako and flesh taken by donars. Not even donars, dead humans," a voice whistled through the air.
I swung my masamune around and glared at the sky. "You dare say this?! Show yourself, bastard!" I yelled.
I felt foolish. But then again, I wanted to find this voice's master and cut him through and through. An image appeared and soon took on flesh. It turned out to be a woman. "But...I am a daughter. One who's life was taken by you! I could have helped, yet...you cut that short," the woman said with a sigh.
It all came into play. This was Aeris. "You are a ghost...be gone with you!" I growled.
Aeris smiled. "But...I am, sadly, your guardian angel. You have no life here, why don't you go somewhere and make a life out of your selfishness."
I ran forward. Striking down, through the Aeris image. "Don't tell me what to do!"
I jumped back and sent firagas at her. But they only passed through the image. I threw my sword down as Aeris walked towards me. "Why don't you settle down with a wife...do something more than just contimplate about the past. Go home..."
Aeris was only a few feet away. I turned away but felt her hand on my cheek. As I turned around her lips met mine. Cold. It was very cold and dark. I opened my eyes and looked straight into two eyesockets. "Argh!!" I cried out.
I tried to pull away but the spectre held me tight. Its' lips placed ontop of mine. It felt like my whole body was going cold. I jumped up and kicked the spectre away, making myself fall onto my back. I felt a line of something slide down my chin and I instantly knew it was blood. This thing had sent something inside of my body. I didn't know the full extent of my injuries, but I knew I wasn't dead just yet. I jumped to my feet and winced, I looked at my abdomen and frowned. The thing had poked a hole through my body and now blood was coming out in great quantities. "What the hell are you?" I inquired.
The spectre stood up and, if it had a face, would have grinned at my condition. "Death...no, too formal. I am Sephiroth," it replied.
I winced again. "I am Sephiroth. You cannot be!"
"I'm your shadow, as you can call me. Oh, have I injured you, love?"
"Do not call me that," I growled as I placed a hand over the hole in my abs.
"But why not? I only love myself...I don't need anyone else..."
I stumbled to my knees, blood collecting in my mouth. I opened my mouth and the blood dropped to the ground. The sceptre laughed insanely as I fell to the side. "You are weak! Weak! Weak! You are not a God! You are a puppet made out of Cloud...you are nothing but a waste. A fighting machine, yes. But so predictable!" It laughed.
I raised my hand, blood covered it. A power began to form in my hand and I coughed. "You....are...not...worth...my time..," I stammered.
The power erupted from my hand, sending me backwards into a hill of dirt. But that power wasn't wasted. The spectre had blown to pieces. It vanished and I cried out. Blood hadn't stopped pouring from my body. I felt lightheaded and weakened. I tried to stand and succeeded. I placed my hand over my abs again and struggled to stay up. My vision became hazy and my mind soon began to blacken out. I collapsed just as a figure appeared before me. Long dark hair blowing in the now growing wind. "So....unlu...cky...," I murmered before passing out.
_---_ To Be Continued. Hope you liked it.
~ Title Tidal of Misfortune.
~Author~ CheezePilotOfPluto99X
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All I can see is nothingness. Tugging at my inner soul and trapping my lungs, commanding them to collapse. I glare upwards, towards the surface. My mind says to go, but my body does not respond. Maybe it's because of these damn shackles on my ankles which bind me to the bottom of this lake. What, I ask myself, have I gotten myself into this time?
My long, silver hair floats, swaying with the lake's current. I try to keep my eyes open, but my brain is loosing the amount of precious oxygen I had breathed before being sent down in this depth of darkness. I opened my mouth, bubbles erupting from my body as I soon gave way to the blackness of my now shutting down system. But..then, something cut me loose.
"Hey, buddy! You alive, eh!?" A voice yelled.
My ears felt as if they had no drums, and this voice sounded like a freight train. "The hell?" I sputtered.
I opened my eyes and a young man was leaning over me. His long hair pulled back into a loose tail. "Who are you?" I inquired.
"The name is Roji, I saved you from death. You okay? You were almost dead down there...and why did you have shackles?"
I shot up and reached for my masamune, but it wasn't at my side. "Damnit...," I cursed as Roji stood.
I quickly stepped back and frowned. "You didn't see me."
I turned and sent a small object into the forest. A small crack came and a portal appeared. I turned to look at the kid. "And I was never here," I said with a smirk and jumped into the portal.
I arrived in an unknown place. My mind set back and I realized now that Meteor destroyed this place, it was now a barren wasteland. No corpses, no bones, no nothing. "Shit...I didn't think those Avalanche drones would quit while all the time they were trying to stop me. But, I don't remember what happened after Cloud came to defeat me in the stream," I muttered and clenched my right hand into a tight fist.
I felt raindrops and I turned my gaze up towards the sky. It started to pour and my dried hair began to dampen. My shirt was gone and my pants were almost unwearable. I shook my head, closed my eyes and opened my mouth to taste the essence of destruction coming from the stars. I closed my mouth and remembered the girl. "Aeris...that girl who actually tried to stop me from world domination...except, I was made. I have no feelings, I was not born. I'm a puppet, just as Cloud was. I killed that girl, she was the only barrier I had to go through until I aquired what I had wanted to gain through these long years. Age is of nothing to me, for I am a puppet without an end. End....those Avalanche junkies had an end."
I looked around, the only remains was rubble. I started to walk through the barren town which used to be Shinra Corps. I knew Rufus was dead, but I didn't give a damn about that kid. I knew the Avalanche group had been killed, no doubt about that fact. I knew I might be the only... I stopped myself from saying 'human'. I was not human, I'm a monster.
I kicked a peice of debris and found a shiny object. My sword. I groped the hilt and raised my masamune up towards the sky. Undamaged. I tilted it downwards fast and made a side swipe. "But...no flesh to bite," I muttered with a frown.
"What lives you have taken...unforgiving. This land is your home now, you are no God. You are no higher being..you are a man of slaughter. You are a monster. A puppet to yourself. You are scum. More than scum, a parasite. Love, shit, you didn't know love. Your only 'love' was death to anyone who stood between you and the destruction of this world. But this world...it was strong, too strong. You became insane. Cloud and his group sent you to another world, one where you were chained and strained. At the bottom of that lake. The lake of holding. You were to be held there until you passed on but an unlucky soul happened by and let you free. A mistake. You were to die. Perish. You are inhuman, you are nothing but a speck of mako and flesh taken by donars. Not even donars, dead humans," a voice whistled through the air.
I swung my masamune around and glared at the sky. "You dare say this?! Show yourself, bastard!" I yelled.
I felt foolish. But then again, I wanted to find this voice's master and cut him through and through. An image appeared and soon took on flesh. It turned out to be a woman. "But...I am a daughter. One who's life was taken by you! I could have helped, yet...you cut that short," the woman said with a sigh.
It all came into play. This was Aeris. "You are a ghost...be gone with you!" I growled.
Aeris smiled. "But...I am, sadly, your guardian angel. You have no life here, why don't you go somewhere and make a life out of your selfishness."
I ran forward. Striking down, through the Aeris image. "Don't tell me what to do!"
I jumped back and sent firagas at her. But they only passed through the image. I threw my sword down as Aeris walked towards me. "Why don't you settle down with a wife...do something more than just contimplate about the past. Go home..."
Aeris was only a few feet away. I turned away but felt her hand on my cheek. As I turned around her lips met mine. Cold. It was very cold and dark. I opened my eyes and looked straight into two eyesockets. "Argh!!" I cried out.
I tried to pull away but the spectre held me tight. Its' lips placed ontop of mine. It felt like my whole body was going cold. I jumped up and kicked the spectre away, making myself fall onto my back. I felt a line of something slide down my chin and I instantly knew it was blood. This thing had sent something inside of my body. I didn't know the full extent of my injuries, but I knew I wasn't dead just yet. I jumped to my feet and winced, I looked at my abdomen and frowned. The thing had poked a hole through my body and now blood was coming out in great quantities. "What the hell are you?" I inquired.
The spectre stood up and, if it had a face, would have grinned at my condition. "Death...no, too formal. I am Sephiroth," it replied.
I winced again. "I am Sephiroth. You cannot be!"
"I'm your shadow, as you can call me. Oh, have I injured you, love?"
"Do not call me that," I growled as I placed a hand over the hole in my abs.
"But why not? I only love myself...I don't need anyone else..."
I stumbled to my knees, blood collecting in my mouth. I opened my mouth and the blood dropped to the ground. The sceptre laughed insanely as I fell to the side. "You are weak! Weak! Weak! You are not a God! You are a puppet made out of Cloud...you are nothing but a waste. A fighting machine, yes. But so predictable!" It laughed.
I raised my hand, blood covered it. A power began to form in my hand and I coughed. "You....are...not...worth...my time..," I stammered.
The power erupted from my hand, sending me backwards into a hill of dirt. But that power wasn't wasted. The spectre had blown to pieces. It vanished and I cried out. Blood hadn't stopped pouring from my body. I felt lightheaded and weakened. I tried to stand and succeeded. I placed my hand over my abs again and struggled to stay up. My vision became hazy and my mind soon began to blacken out. I collapsed just as a figure appeared before me. Long dark hair blowing in the now growing wind. "So....unlu...cky...," I murmered before passing out.
_---_ To Be Continued. Hope you liked it.