The Life of Leon Loire
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Ifrit or Leviathan speaking
Bahamut or Diablos speaking
Review reply ; About Seifer crying, don't misinterpret it, it's not necessarily Xu he's crying about, it is part of it, that she saved him, or that he failed to save her, or anybody really. It's that he rushed in to save the day and seemed to make things worse, also it's his first time in a battle like this without being controlled by a sorceress, the whole thing also brings back those memories, Xu is the catalyst that causes him to snap.
Chapter 10 ; Sliver of Light
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Who had he been to tell her all that crap, he hadn't been able to save her, the rebels, or anyone else, it seemed that his redemption was impossible, all he was good for was killing, death and pain, well in that case then, so be it.
Seifer's thoughts raged as he brought his gunblade down in a furious ark shattering one of his opponents ice shields and clipping her on the shoulder.
"This is your fault, you're leading this attack, you're a monster !" shouted Seifer dodging an ice spear, Diablos demonic power and bloodlust coursing through his blood as he fired several rounds from his gunblade.
"And how am I any different then you were, don't we all deserve a second chance ? Hero ! " the title was given in a sarcastic tone as the woman sent several ice spears at Seifer, who raised his gunblade in an upward ark destroying the ice projectiles, however several shards cut into Seifer's torso, it didn't seem to faze the ex-Knight however.
"You aren't, but I didn't deserve a second chance either !" came an almost hollow reply from Seifer as he raised his gunblade to the ready once more.
"Maybe I'll get lucky and we'll finish each other." Called Seifer taking a step towards the woman, who, for the first time in their fight, Seifer noticed her icy blue eyes looked terrified, they also reminded him of something he couldn't quite place.
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( Caraways gardens )
'Leon' wore a bloodthirsty grin as he stepped towards the remaining man in black, his gunblade hanging limply at his side as a second blood red blade began to grow from his right arm, he locked eyes with the man before he licked his lips.
"You're not the one we want." Announced 'Leon', before quickly raising his gunblade and firing several shots at the man, hitting him in the shoulder.
"So, I'm decided to make your death slow and painful to make up for that, well maybe not too slow, I do want to finish off your friend." Spoke 'Leon' neatly cutting a missile in half, fired at him by the man in black.
"What are yo-" "Enough talk !" 'Leon' cut off the man moving forward swinging the gunblade violently hitting the man in black several times as he tried desperately to dodge or block with the previously unnoticed armour plates on his arms.
Cursing the man jumped back attempting to fire off some missiles at Leon, however a split second after jumping back he was nailed in the chest by a fire ball from Leon.
The man then found himself on the receiving end of several gunblade slashes from Leon, one of them culling the masked mans cheek. The man in black hit the ground hard but had little time to recover as he quickly rolled to the side narrowly avoiding a stab from Leon's gunblade.
Before he could lift himself from the ground the man felt Leon's boot connect with his rips propelling him into the street in front of Caraways Mansion, he felt several rips crack from the force of the blow, crawling the man managed to get to his feet with the help of a car to climb on.
He quickly fired off several missiles at Leon's approaching figure while reaching for the walkie-talkie on his belt.
'Leon' casually blew away the missiles as he continued towards the heavily bleeding man in black, ducking suddenly allowed a sabre sword to pass harmlessly over his head, behind 'Leon' stood another man in black, though this one was probably the size of the other two combined and a troop of solders.
Leon smirked eerily as he locked blades with the Large man.
"Where do you guys keep popping up from ?" 'Leon' asked casually as several of the troops rushed to the wounded man in blacks side. The large man said nothing, but his eyes showed the fear 'Leon' was creating.
"Forget him, we need to escape now !" Shouted the injured man in black struggling to escape as the medics tended to him.
"Sorry, but it's much to late for that !"
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( Outside Presidential Mansion )
Seifer cut though another ice shield cutting the woman across the stomach, quickly sidestepping an icy counterattack from the woman, but he wasn't fast enough though and the attack lightly cut his side.
The woman jumped back out of range and unleashed several ice darts at Seifer who rolled to the side and fired several shots at the woman, they however were deflected by an icy shield, the woman had formed herself a shield and sword out of ice.
Both moved forward in unison clashing and locking blades, neither breaking eye contact, Seifer twisted his gunblade and attempted a stab causing the woman to move back, where she sent some more icy attacks his way.
Seifer's gunblade made short work of the icy missiles as he spun in a wicked ark severing the arm of a man in black attempting to attack him from behind.
"You shouldn't sneak up on people." Stated Seifer quickly moving to his left so as to have both opponents in sight.
"I'd make you pay for that boy, but have more important things to attend to, it's out, time to go Ice." Ordered the man in black before he disappeared into the fighting that still surrounded Seifer.
"Look's like this will have to wait." Called 'Ice' also disappearing into the crowd, Seifer contemplated going after them, but opted for saving any rebels he could instead.
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( Down by the River )
'Leon' moved in a deadly dance chopping up the troop of soldiers mercilessly, a gunblade slash here and there, an arm or leg missing here or there, there was no stopping him, even when one of the soldiers managed to block an attack the force of 'Leon's' strike would shatter there weapon, it was a bloodbath.
The larger man in black had slung the other man over his shoulder and was running from Leon at a rushed pace.
'Leon' had a predatory grin on his face as he took off after the men in black, he was up for some cat and mouse.
So he followed them, all the way to a night club by the river side, it was odd though the building had several holes in the walls and a few broken windows, in must be a hide out of some sort. Entering the building Leon heard talking.
"You Idiots, you led him here, we still haven't subdued it yet." Called a distinctly feminine voice, 'Leon' began to feel giddy, more people for him to kill.
"There was no alternative, he's ridiculously powerful." Came the voice of what he recognised to be the injured man.
"Well, no matter what, we cannot let him see it." Stated another voice, 'Leon' decided it was time to crash their party.
"Let me see what ?" asked 'Leon' stepping in to the main room, he noticed there were five people dressed in black in the room, two of which were new to him, a woman and a man with only one arm.
That's when he notice what was behind them, on the other side of the room on a stage was a girl clutching herself and lashing out violently as if in pain, each violent motion was accompanied by a bolt of lightning, she had a large set of wings and odd tribal marks that covered her nude body, Leon recognised these as signs of a Quezacotl, but their was something else he recognised, her face.
"Selphie ?" Leon began to put two and two together, so Selphie hadn't died like he thought, or the G.F it seems, no these people had taken them, experimented on them, warped them and broke them, if that's true then these are the people who had taken everything from him.
"What the Fuck did you do to her ?" roared Leon, flames shot up his arms in his rage and Bahamut's wings shot from his back, he could feel the tremendous power coarse through his veins from activating both GF's along with it, they would pay, oh how they would pay, but before that he'd save her, he'd fulfil one of the promise's he thought Squall had failed, maybe then he'd earn his name back. Leon began walking toward her. The woman in black barred his path.
"Sorry, but I can't let yo-" the woman in black was cut by Leon backhanding her, she soared across the room before landing unconscious on an over turned couch.
Leon walk determinedly toward his screaming friend, who began to panic at his approach and aimed her lightning at him.
Bolts of lightning were soon set at Leon, who only continued walking forward with no attempts at blocking, his Jacket and shirt were quickly destroyed from the lightning bolts, but more shots came, cutting and burning Leon's torso, it was quickly healing the wounds as they appeared, but Leon was still losing a lot of blood and a numbing sensation filled his body.
After what seemed like an eternity Leon reached her, he was now in range of her fists as she pounded on his chest continuing to discharge electricity at the warrior, Leon shakily raised his arms revealing the effects for the attacks and pulled Selphie close to him, she stopped struggling in Leon's grip as everything seemed to calm down.
"I'm sorry !" whispered Leon falling to his knees his junctions failing and the blood red blades on his elbows shattering, but still he kept his grip on Selphie, he held her as tight as possible his arms now around her hips and his head pressed against her stomach.
"I'm so Sorry !" Leon whispered again as Selphie, drained from her attacks, collapsed into his arms, Leon held her against his chest, he would save her, he had too.
"Thank you for calming our subject, we'll be taking her now." Thanked the one armed man as a group of soldiers surrounded Leon.
"Over my dead body !" growled Leon struggling to his feet, his right hand found his gunblade at his side, while his left held Selphie to him.
"That can be arranged." Responded the man in black as the soldiers closed in on Leon.
Leon had few options left, he'd be able to escape on his own, but leaving Selphie was not an option, both Ifrit and Bahamut were drained from earlier, it was still there, but Leon was reluctant to use it, Selphie had rekindled something in him, it may only be a small flame inside him now, but it was one he recognised, the fire of a Hero, he wouldn't use that dark power again, he was a Hero once more.
As the soldiers closed in and the man in black stepped right in front of him, Leon felt the fire rage, swell and grow, spurred on and powered by his injuries in was something Leon hadn't used in a long time.
The man in black saw Leon's blood red eyes clear to become a stormy blue, the hero Squall Leonhart's eyes.
"Renzokuken !" called Leon, as a blue light surrounded him, he then proceeded to decimate the man in black with a series of gunblade slashes, as the bloody man backed away Leon loaded his blade over his shoulder as the soldiers closed in.
"Fated Circle !" Leon spun in a devastating full circle attack, slashing and sending out a wave of flames as he went, in the uproar Leon managed to lift Selphie and carry her to a fire exit, without any of the others seeing him, Leon had made his escape.
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Okay, so how's that, one of Leon's friend's had survived and may be able to reveal a few of this dark groups mysteries, will Leon be able to fight them, and keep his promise, will Seifer be able to redeem himself, or will he be doomed to being an almost Hero.