Chapter 1: Danger in the eyes of a beauty
Cloud looked at the woman Vincent just served. 'What does she know about Sephiroth?' he wondered as he walked out from the back of the bar where he'd been napping. "Hey what do you know about Sephiroth lady?" Reno asked. Cloud sighed, slapped his forehead, and rolled his eyes at Reno. Reno smirked and shrugged. "Why does it matter to you?" She asked. "It's important you tell us."Cloud spoke up. The red haired woman looked at him with wonder. He couldn't quiet tell what she was thinking, oh well. "Hey sis you in here?" A male voice asked. The woman turned to the entrance, "Yeah I'm here De'Angelo." She answered. "Mei and Gregory have been trying to find you over the last couple of hours! What are you doing?" De'Angelo asked. De'Angelo wore a black vest with no shirt on under in, black pants with a chain hanging off of it, black and white tennis shoes, and black fingerless gloves. He had light brown eyes and hair. The red haired woman looked away as she mumbled, "Drowning my pain away..." De'Angelo grabbed her arm startling her. "What did you just say?!" De'Angelo asked. "Nothing! Now let me go!" The blonde shouted at him. "Oh, great...Barett you better get out here!" Tifa called. Barett came walking out when he saw the two. "Huh?" he said blinking twice before rubbing his eyes. "Ivy? De'A? Is that you two?" Barett asked. The red haired woman looked up and so did De'Angelo. " Gun Arm?" They asked at the same time. Barett began chuckling heartily,"You two haven't changed one bit!" He exclaimed. "Barett, you know these two?" Tifa asked. "Know them? Ha! These two grew up in Corel when me and Dyne were still friends. When they were younger Myrna used to watch these two all the time. They always used to agrue and fight...They haven't changed one bit!" Barett answered. "Well good, maybe now you can get the red head to tell us what she knows about Sephiroth." Reno said.
Barett turned and looked at Ivy with surprize,"Ya seen Sephiroth Ivy?" Barett asked. "Oh great, now you've brought Gun Arm into this!" De'Angelo exclaimed. "I did not! I came here to drink the pain away then go home! I heard Sephiroth's name, chocked on my drink, and let my surprize slip." Ivy replied. "So you do know something about Sephiroth..." Cloud began. Ivy looked at him and rolled her eyes," Maybe I do maybe I don't. That's for me to know and for you to find out." She replied stubbornly. "Aw c'mon now Ivy don't ya be stubborn!" Barett exclaimed. "I may be stubborn but I'm saving you all from this...c'mon De'" Ivy sighed," Let's go back I know he's waiting" Ivy said getting up and walking out with De'Angelo. "Nice seeing you agian Gun Arm. Look us up some time." De'Angelo said before walking out.
About ten days later Barett decided to go see De'Angelo and Ivy with the others. "I don't understand why we're going to see these two." Yuffie inquired. Barett glared at her. "Yuffie you gotta understand, they are old friends of Barett's he thought died years ago, he's concerned about them." Tifa replied. "But that still doesn't explain why we had to come." Yuffie whined. "He needs us there in case anything happens." Tifa replied. "Ohhhh..."Yuffie said dumbfounded. Barret came to the door of the Warehouse, where De'Angelo and Ivy lived at, and knocked. He waited awhile before knocking agian. Still no answer. Now Barret was begining to worry. He looked at Cloud desprately. Cloud sighed and nodded to Barret. Both males, the two strongest ones in the bunch, ran towards the door in a fashion of ramming the door down when the door opened before they even sprinted towards it.
"Gregory!" Barret delightfully thundered. But only seconds after the words had exited his mouth a sharp sound reached Cloud's ears. A sound he knew only too well from his time working for Solider. In a blink of an eye Cloud knocked down Gregory. Then in a thrust of the legs he had launched himself into the air. The others looked on in surprised awe as Cloud silhouetted the sun and drew his giant blade. Fractions of seconds later a sudden crack sounded and Cloud's blade had found its mark deep in the assailant's M-40 rifle. Looking down Cloud saw an awed face of the failed white haired assassin. Without hesitation Cloud gripped the titan of a blade and kicked against the half crumpled concrete that made the fifteen-story building. Catapulted just past the end of the level Cloud closed his eyes and out stretched his arms to his full wingspan then went into a deadly free fall. All in sight either had a jaw dropped or eyes fixed and unblinking from the suicidal skydiver. Then two stories from the ground Cloud performed an aerial flip landing moments later on his feet.
No sooner had he touched the ground, the building started to shake and with a supernaturally based calm Cloud looked on as the building shuttered and then collapsed at the point where he had just struck. A rapid of dust and tiny debris hit the onlookers as Cloud stood his ground unwavering. For the next half a minute the surprised party tried their best to stand their ground. Meanwhile the blonde haired structure slayer stood motionless as the torrents of dust hit every part of his body. Suddenly Cloud heard a voice in his ear, "Hold on" said the ghostly yet warm voice. Losing his hold Cloud toppled backwards rolling and twisting pushed along by the current. After ten seconds in this whirlwind, Cloud struck solid against another building.
"Not as quick as Barret said you use to be, huh Cloud?" called a voice from atop a distant building. Looking up Cloud saw the owner was the recent met Ivy holding the assassin by the neck. Struggling to get out of the imprints that he had just made in the stone behind him, Cloud regained his footing and brushed himself off. "I guess not..." He replied as he watched Ivy. Ivy half smiled before turning her attention back to the man she held by the neck. "Who sent you?!" she yelled at the assasin. He smirked at her,"That's classified info lady..." he said. He must've knew that what he did irritated the hell out of Ivy because within the next moment Ivy had tossed the assasin to his death. "Unuseful peice of-"
"Ivy!" Ivy turned her attention to the ground. Her gaze caught Cloud's. "What is it Cloud?" she asked as she jumped down from the building and walked over to Cloud. Cloud put his hands on his hips,"Is that how you deal with your anger?" He asked her. Ivy's jaw dropped as shock appeared on her face,"What are you-" She began. Cloud pointed at the fallen assasin and Ivy made a face,"He wouldn't answer me, plus he was being smart with me." Ivy defended herself. Cloud sighed,"You have an anger problem, you know that?" He asked. Ivy narrowed her eyes at Cloud and made an irritated face, "I do not. I'm just easy to irritate and make mad." She replied. "Ok smart ass. This is not a time to act childish, that man could've held alot of important information." Cloud said. "Like he knew something I don't already know." Ivy mumbled.
"What the hell are you mumbleing about now sis?" De'Angelo asked walking up to Ivy and Cloud with the others. "Nothing De' let's go home." Ivy replied. "Why?" Gregory asked. Gregory wore a red hoodie with the name of his band on it in black, he had on blue jeans, red and black gloves on his hands, and Black Boots on his feet.Gregory had green eyes and midnight black hair. "Because I said so Greg." Ivy replied irritatedly. "Ok Miss Ivy." Mei, who wore a hoodie similar to Gregory's, black pants, red gloves, black boots, had burgundy colored hair and yellow eyes, replied for both herself and Gregory.
