A little about the story:
Many people have wondered about the story behind the enigma that is Cloud Strife. In the Kingdom Hearts world, Cloud's story has been hidden from the public, leaving us to guess on hints as to what Cloud's past may hold. My tale is a tale of deception against a powerful world, the love between two completely opposite people, and the darkness that has awoken in a young man's heart. This is Cloud's story, and I hope that I can do justice to the wonderful character that we all have come to love, Cloud Strife. This is his story, the real story behind his dark past and inner demons...
DISCLAIMER: Because this is my very first fanfic, the rating of this story is a T. However, this tale is not for the faint of heart, as it is extremely graphic in the later chapters, and may prompt me to raise the rating. However, the later added M rating is only for excessive violence and mild language, as the descriptions can and will get a little gruesome. To remind those who are reading, this is Cloud's story, and is a far from friendly tale.
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The black blood bubbled and boiled as the severed carcass of the dark demon fell to the earth with a thud, its demonic blade sliding across the ground. Cloud looked down on his foe once more before jamming his large sword into the carcass yet again, his bandaged blade now covered from head to foot in dark plasma. Even while dead, the disembodied head still stared at its enemy, a foul, evil grin across its wicked face. Cloud held back a shiver, his eyes unblinkingly staring at the horde of evil Heartless that stood before him.
Looking to his right, he immediately noticed Leon holding his own against another three beasts, his silver gunblade slicing wickedly through the air. Beyond Leon, Cloud could see Yuffie twirling her shuriken in desperation, cleaving off the armed hand of a rather fat Heartless demon. Nodding in approval of his friends, Cloud continued his relentless assault, his blade slicing through the horde of fiends.
Ducking and dodging, Cloud quickly disposed of two enemies via decapitation, their black blood spurting like a fountain from the stump. Prompted to help their fallen comrades, around ten or so more Heartless charged at Cloud from all sides. Sensing the attack, he immediately jumped into the air, causing a furious Heartless to accidentally behead one of his own brothers. Flipping in the air, Cloud swirled his sword in an almighty arc, sending the weight of the blade through the swarm of fiends. Three fell apart after being cleaved in half through their center, their two halves floating to the floor while blood showered the barren ground. Losing no consistency, Cloud shoved his sword into the ground and hopped onto its hilt. A large Heartless walked forward carrying a huge, spiked mace. Spotting Cloud, the foe instantly swung its weapon in a horizontal crescent. Ready for the attack, Cloud jumped straight into the air, avoiding the blow. Instead of landing upon the hilt again however, Cloud instantaneously curved his body downward into a dive, grabbing the blade's handle in his fists. Completing his flip, he pulled the large sword out of the ground, over his head, and straight through the center of his foe. As blood poured over the ground like a river, Cloud quickly regained his stamina and slashed through yet another horde of beasts.
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The field lay silent in the dark night, the moon glow illuminating the black blood that still pooled on the barren ground. Bodies were everywhere, black, oozing liquid still escaping the corpses' wounds.
"What a real pain in the ass," Yuffie declared as she sat on a bloodied stone, a frown covering her young face, "I swear, I must have chipped my shuriken in six places. The next time I have to face another one of those damned Heartless, they'll be asking for it."
"Temper,
temper," responded Leon, "you're much too young
to throw
such words around."
"Oh shut your hole, Squall," Yuffie said angrily.
"Don't
call me Squall, Yuffie, the name's
Leon. I abandoned that name
long ago."
"Oh shut up you----"
"Hey, listen, do you hear that?" Cloud interrupted.
"Hear what?" Yuffie said, puzzled.
"The
sound of a kid whining and complaining and
bitching and moaning,"
said Cid, the old Gummi Ship
expert who had suddenly arrived from
the town.
"What
did you say you old fart?" Yuffie snapped back,
her nostrils
flaring.
"You
heard me," said Cid again in his country accent, "and you
best be heeding to some advice. Basically, you need to shut up, and
the rest of you need to get
back to town in case more of them
Heartless show up."
"Oh be quiet, there isn't any more Heartless around, we killed them all," chimed Yuffie.
"Really?
Then why was there a few hundred left beyond
the caste
construction site?" said Cid
"You know what? You are so full of bull sh---"
"Quiet," Cloud said again in his stern voice. As Yuffie stared at him angrily, Cloud noticed that a girl was approaching from the mist created from death. Quenching his eyes tightly, Cloud recognized the figure, and his eyes immediately widened.