A/N: Random deleted scene featuring Sora getting up in Sephiroth's business. Feel free to skip over it; it doesn't really affect anything you saw in the first page.
Even the Keybearer concerns himself with Sephiroth's doings at one point. He should find this flattering; only the Keybearer is some spiky-haired boy with a big mouth and a bad attitude.
Sephiroth is almost insulted. But he often holds himself above such things, and lets the child come out to play.
He smirks when the boy brings out the blade, hits him with it even when he's told him that's enough. The strength he's been saving comes against this little boy, makes him wince, makes him barrel back with pain.
This is little more than child's play, and he'd have a bigger challenge with a mob of the white husks.
That's what he thinks until the boy hits a breaking point, dodges the harvest and the fire pillars, somehow worms his little blade into the place where Sephiroth's heart should be.
The boy, whose name is apparently Sora, seems very surprised when Sephiroth doesn't disappear.
I'm not a Heartless, nor a Nobody, he tells the boy. Your blade doesn't harm me.
He should know these sorts of things; if this is the education of a Keybearer, the light is truly doomed after all.
You're very skilled, Sephiroth admits.
Sora smirks, immaturely. He crosses his arms to show that he's quite proud of himself. Arrogance could be his downfall yet. He'd better hope he continues to be selfless, or Sephiroth may just set his eye on him.
He focuses instead on the task at hand and says, But only Cloud can defeat me.
The boy's face falls.
He says that since Cloud obviously doesn't sense his presence, it's best that the Keybearer actually make himself useful. Don't waste time, Sephiroth tells him. Find him, tell him this.
He leaves the message.
Tell Cloud to come here.
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