Hi! welcome to another exciting episode of Kirox's Tale! Just so you people know, this MAY be a temporary name. I mainly named it that because I couldn't think of anything else. This is mainly filler, but shows Kirox as a young adult. He's been through alot, and meets Cloud by walking in on the Aerith/Cloud scene when she's been stabbed by Sephiroth.
The disclaimer stands. Otherwise I'd have Kirox the main hero, not Sora. And Riku'd have a game by himself.
*NOTE* This episode starts after the end of Advents Children, during the end scene after Cloud gets shot by Loz and what's-his-name, the one that's not Kidaj.
-two years later-
Kirox walked out from the rubble of the Midgar Monument to the past. He looked around, trying to find Cloud. He couldn't help but think about the events leading up to this point.*flashback*
Kirox walked into the church, looking for Aerith. To his surprise, he saw a man with blond hair holding a mortally wounded Aerith. Kirox drew his standard issue SOLDIER sword, and pointed it at the man. "Who are you?" He asked him, "And what did you do to her?" "My name is Cloud. Cloud Strife. ex-SOLDIER 1St Class." "No you aren't. I'd have seen you before. You see, I'm SOLDIER 2ND class Kirox. Now, what did you do to her? And why do you have Zack's sword," he questioned Cloud."Zack's sword... Who is Zack?" Cloud responded, confused. "Zack is the man who is the true owner of the Buster Sword. Or at least until Shinra killed him. Now, Who are you really?" Kirox responded to him."As I said, my name is Cloud." "And why are you here? And what happened to her?" Kirox asked, indicating to Aerith. "She was stabbed by a man named Sephiroth. And I, Or at least I believe, that I am a SOLDIER 1St class. I know I'm named Cloud." The man replied. Kirox started. "That's impossible! Zack killed Sephiroth! How is he still alive?" I don't know... I have no idea at all."
Flashback End
"Hey kid!" a man with long red hair tied into a ponytail said when he saw Kirox. Kirox flinched as if stung. "Leave me alone, Reno." He told the man. Reno laughed and hit Kirox in the shoulder. "Well, just because you helped Cloud save Midgar twice doesn't mean that you get to act like him. What happened to the little boy that I had so much fun playing with?" He asked Kirox. "One, that sounds like you sexually molested me when I was younger, and two, Life happened. Or where have you been for the last two crisis Cloud and I barely managed to stop?" Kirox replied to him with a glare. "Yeesh, kiddo, I'm just asking. You're eighteen! You're not supposed to be this serious." Reno replied to him. Kirox replied, "I've got too much on my plate for any of the girl-chasing you Turks* get to do." As he said that, he walked off, rolling his eyes as he continued to look for Cloud. He guessed that Cloud would be in the church that was Aerith's joy, as it had been the only place flowers grew before the plate had been destroyed. As he walked in it's direction, he couldn't help but remember all that they had been through.
*flashback*
"Watch out!" Cloud yelled at Kirox, as he narrowly avoided an attack from the large monster they were fighting. "I see it!" Kirox yelled back at him. The monster, a Behemoth, charged at them. They jumped out of the way, and immediatly attacked. Cloud started casting Firaga at it, and Kirox Jumped at it, swinging his sword. An oversized Shruiken flew at it, caught by a young woman wearing a black outfit, and knee-high converse. another woman jumped at the behemoth with her bare fists. "What took you so long?" Kirox asked the new arrivals. "Hey! it took us awhile Kirox!" Said the girl with the shrunken. "You two seemed to be handling this one well," The other woman said, indicating the monster. "Geez, this is tougher than it looks!" Kirox responded. "Yuffie, stop antagonizing him." Cloud told the girl with the shrunken. "Yeah Yuffie," the other girl, whose name was Tifa, responded. "Leave me alone, buff girl." Yuffie responded. "Don't call me that, ninja wannabe." Tifa retorted.
*end flashback*
Kirox smiled at the memory as he walked into the church. to his suprise, he saw Cloud in a pool of water, and it started to rain. Amazingly, the rain washed away the Geo-stigmatism that had plagued them since Sephiroth's defeat. He walked up to Cloud, and asked him how the battle had gone."Well, I nearly died." Cloud replied. "Kirox. I want you to have the Buster Sword." He said, with alot of feeling. "I know how much Zack meant to you. And, it's kinda hard to explain, but... I get the feeling Zack would have wanted you to have it." Kirox was speechless. After several minutes, he managed to get his voice back. "Really?" He asked Cloud. "Yeah." Cloud said, thinking back to a few moments before.
*flashback*
Cloud woke up from his final battle with Sephiroth. He imagined Aerith's (or at least he thought he imagined) voice telling him that he would live. He had for some reaon been calling her 'mother'. She laughed at him, and then he heard Zack's voice. the thing he said to Cloud was this: 'Good job. You defeated the only eneemy that I couldn't beat, for a third time. Give my sword to Kirox. If Aerith aand I had ever had a relationship, he would've been our son. I think of him as one. Good luck to you, and tell kirox that I hope his future is more prosperous than mine was."
*End flashback*
He snapped out of his flashback, and Kirox looked at him. "Did you finally stop obsessing over ghosts of the past?" He asked Cloud. "Yeah." Cloud told him after a moment. "I'm finally ready to move on."
Well, that was finished faster than I expected! Spring break next week, so I hope to update a lot! That last part got pretty emotional. this was kinda a filler, and tells more about Kirox's relationship with Cloud and the others who helped him defend Midgar from Sephiroth. I know I have an idea of what world Kirox'll first find himself on. I'm currrently stuck between Radient Garden, along with a bunch of FF7 Characters, Destiny Islands, Land of Departure, or Traverse Town. Where do you think? And Green Tabby Cat gets a cookie for Reviewing! Kirox is going to join the cast in her KH fanfiction. See you soon!Review and you'll get one too! or a Cloud plushie. I haven't decided yet.
Notes On Terms (NOT): Words that are exclusive to a specific world, or are unfamiliar, will be marked with * and defined further down, in the Notes.
Turks; A group of opratives who are a seperate body of operating than the normal guards and SOLDIER. Reno, Rude, Tsung and Elise are members. Tsung is their leader, as far as I know.
This is The Dragginninja, signing off.