Black Rose

Ch 10 : Chaotic Edge

Don't own FFVII, Square Enix does, but I own OC

Kiyori ran toward Reno and Rude as fast as she could, dodging crowds of people trying to get away from Bahamut. "Reno! Rude! Let's get the kids out of here!", she yelled as they both nodded. "Put them on the truck. We'll take them to the hideout and keep 'em safe!", Reno yelled.

They followed her to the monument and each picked up one of the kids in their arms. As Kiyori picked up the young girl, she noticed that she was almost in a daze. The little girl slowly looked up at Kiyori and started hitting her collarbone and tried to push herself away from her. They were still clearly under the influence it seemed.

Kiyori ignored the little girl's thrashing about and ran with her to a nearby truck where the driver would take the kids to safety. They continued this process until they got the last kid on the truck. She smacked the trucks bumper hard a couple times with her fist, signaling that the driver could go.

Kiyori turned back around to see Rude and Reno looking toward the statue. It seemed as though two of the remnants had chained the monument and were trying to pull it down. She turned her eyes toward the sound of gun shots, it seemed the Avalanche gang had engaged Bahamut in a fight.

"You two okay?", she asked, looking at Reno and Rude. "We got it, babe. Go!", Reno said, not looking back at her. She rolled her eyes but still smiled a little as she watched Rude step toward the remnants. Kiyori heard the sound of metal hitting the rough scales on Bahamut. "Okay...they're having way to much fun without me.", Kiyori said.

"Kiyori!", Cat Sith yelled, surprised to see her there. Kiyori smiled at her. "What? Did you think I was going to let you guys have all the fun?", with that, she leaped down toward Bahamut and slammed her kodachi into it's back. It gave a cry of pain as she stabbed her other sword into its skin with a sickening sound.

The great dragon roared and rolled over, making her almost lose her balance as she pulled her sword from its skin, blood coating the tip of her blade. Leaping off the beast, she landed on a beam next to Vincent. Kiyori looked up at Bahamut, her hair blowing widely in the wind. Barret kept shooting at it, he looked like he was getting tired. Red XIII stood on one of the beams panting, his head drooping a little.

Something caught Kiyori's eye, she turned her attention to the building across from the construction site and saw Rufus and Kadaj, they looked like they were talking. Rufus, what are you doing?... Vincent came beside her wondering why she had stopped. "What's wrong?", he asked. "Hmm? Nothing.", she lied.

Kiyori turned her attention back to Bahamut. She looked up at the edge of the outline of the building. Vincent watched her run toward it, she leaped up and ran up the side of it on all fours. It was like watching leopard gracefully run up a tree. Vincent shook his head realizing that he had been staring and brought his attention back to Bahamut.

Bahamut sent a blast of energy at Kiyori, she leaped to the other beam to dodge it. She stood next to Cid who was looking like he was about to jump onto Bahamut. Vincent leaped up and shot at Bahamut near it's mouth. The beast tried to take bite Vincent but he gracefully dodged each oncoming bite.

Kiyori leaped toward Bahamut again, landing on it's head, she slashed at the beasts head, trying to get past the heavily plated scales that coated it's body. Bahamut roared and reached up its arm trying to grab her with one of its claws.

Kiyori dodged onto one of the nearby beams and flung one of her throwing knives at Bahamut's face, piercing the skin around its sensitive nose. Another ear-splitting roar came from the dragon. Yuffie's Shuriken came flying toward Kiyori almost hitting her. She rolled out of the way to avoid it, missing it by inches.

Kiyori looked up at Yuffie narrowing her yellow eyes. "That was on purpose.", Kiyori said clamping her teeth down and glared up at Yuffie. This was no time for petty arguments, Yuffie should know better. Bahamut flew to the other side near Cid who was running across one of the beams.

Cid hurdled himself in the air and stabbed his spear into Bahamut's head making it howl. Bahamut flew with Cid hanging from him by his spear. Bahamut was about to fly into a beam when Red XIII grabbed Cid by the back of his shirt and pulled him off, both landing on one of the supports below.

Bahamut latched onto one of the support beams with its long claws and roared. He pushed off and flew towards Kiyori and Vincent. Kiyori gripped the hilt of her sword and jumped onto Bahamut's outstretched arm, landing on it with a soft thud. It quickly tried to push her off with its other claw but she was too quick and in one swift mood, she plunged her sword into the creatures cheek.

The creature screamed in pain as she pulled the sword out, some of its blood getting on her. Bahamut shook its arms again making Kiyori almost lose her balance. She vaulted toward the beam closest to her landing on one knee.

Kiyori looked up at Yuffie, perched on the beam above her. Bahamut was coming at her, she back flipped and landed on the support below. The dragon flew between the beams with Vincent following it, shooting when he had a clear shot. Bahamut reached out its claw toward Vincent. Kiyori held her breath as the claw came inches away from him.

Vincent jumped into the air dodging Bahamut's outstretched claws trying to grab him. He landed on Bahamut's shoulder shooting at it in the face while leaping from shoulder to shoulder. Kiyori turned her attention to Yuffie who was running straight up one of the vertical beams, she back flipped and landed on it's outstretched arm.

Kiyori watched Yuffie, making sure she didn't do anything reckless. Red XIII bounded into the air latching his teeth onto Bahamut's chin. Bahamut started to gather energy in it's mouth. Cait Sith yelled in fear as he saw the ball of energy getting bigger before his eyes. Cid leaped from the highest bar, landing on Bahamut's head, he stabbed his spear into his head as Bahamut growled, trying to get the beast to stop.

Bahamut let the ball of energy out of it's mouth, the ball of energy hit the support above Barret's and just below Kiyori's. Kiyori stumbled a little as the beam started to fall. She jumped to the closest beam to her, she barely made it, grabbing onto the edge of the beam with one hand.

Vincent grabbed her, underneath her arm, helping her up onto the beam. She turned her head quickly toward Barret as the beam started to fall towards him. The beam was a couple feet away when Barret was pulled by the front of his shirt by Cloud, saving him. Cloud threw him to safety on another beam. Barret looked up at him surprised.

"Hey, the hell you been?!", Barret shouted. Cloud ignored him and stared at Bahamut pulling out his sword. Tifa jumped on the other side of Vincent. She nodded to Kiyori. "I'm glad to see you here.", she called out. Kiyori shook her head. "Don't get used to it.", she answered back.

Cloud leaped toward Bahamut hitting it on the head several times making it fall the the ground. Bahamut now angered rose high above the construction site. Kiyori ran past Vincent and Tifa climbing on all fours up the vertical beam like she had done earlier.

The group got to higher ground, each taking a beam on a different level. Cloud leaped into the air grabbing Barret's hand as he pulled Cloud up with all his strength. Cid got into place putting his spear out. Cloud landed on it and pushed off jumping to the next level. In mid-air Red XIII grabbed onto the back of Cloud's shirt, using his jaw to push Cloud up.

Bahamut flew higher then the tallest buildings in the city gathering energy into his mouth. Yuffie grabbed onto Cloud's foot and hauled him upward. Vincent jumped grabbing Clouds hand throwing him toward Bahamut. As Cloud got closer Kiyori jumped off of her beam on the second highest level and grabbed Cloud's hand. She gave it a gentle squeeze of reassurance and shot him up.

Kiyori flipped a couple of times in the air and then landed on one of the lower beams next to Vincent. She turned her head up as soon as she landed. She watched Tifa as she helped Cloud. Bahamut let out a gigantic blast of energy straight toward Cloud and the construction site. Cloud went straight through the center of the blast, fighting against the pressure of the it. He stabbed Bahamut right in the head and ran the blade along its spine leaving a trail of blue energy flames.

Kiyori watched Cloud and smiled when she saw Cloud kill Bahamut, recognizing the same attack he used to use in SOLDIER. The massive beast fell back to the ground disintegrating into blue flames. Cloud flipped through the air lading on one of the beams opposite of Kiyori. The group quickly turned to Kadaj and Rufus. Kadaj let a blast from his hand, Rufus leaned himself over the edge, falling off the building to dodge the blast.

Kiyori's bright blue eyes widened as she saw Rufus fall down the side of the building, Kadaj jumped off the building past Rufus. Rufus shot at him from behind, they both trying to reach the box falling to the ground at an alarming rate.

One of the bullets from Rufus' gun caught Kiyori's eye as it hit the box carrying Jenova's head inside. Tseng and Elena shot a large net out catching Rufus before he hit the ground. Vincent watched Kiyori out of the corner of his eye as she smiled relieved to see that Tseng was okay.

Kadaj grabbed the box just before it hit the ground, turning it over in his hands making sure that it wasn't damaged. Kadaj looked straight at Kiyori from where he was standing and smirked, Sephiroth flashed in her mind. "Are you ready?", a voice in her head asked. Her eyes widened as Kadaj got up quickly, jumping onto his bike and started the engine.

Cloud jumped down, running to his motorcycle. Kiyori almost jumped to follow Cloud when Cid called to them. "Come on y'all, we can follow 'em on the Sierra!", Cid yelled pointing to his airship. Kiyori jumped down landing next to Tifa. The group boarded Cid's new airship quickly and lifted off.

They followed Cloud in the air. Tifa and Yuffie by the window. Red XIII stood by Barret as Cid piloted. Vincent leaned against the stair railing with his arms crossed, Kiyori sat on the railing between Vincent and Cid. They watched as Cloud battled with Kadaj. "Cloud! I brought the Materia!", Yuffie said cheerfully, with her arms full of Materia. The ship shook a little making Yuffie almost lose her balance and fall over. "Whoa! Hey watch it!", Yuffie shouted.

"Yo, Cid, park this junk!", Barret barked. Kiyori and Vincent turned to Cid. "Shut up, You want off, then jump. Get off my back.", Cid retaliated. Kiyori suppressed a smile. "He can handle this alone.", Vincent said.

Kiyori turned her head downward to him. "Huh?!", Yuffie asked. "Kadaj is a remnant of Sephiroth. Think of him as sort of a larva form.", Vincent continued. Yuffie made a face. "Larva?! You mean he's an insect?!", Yuffie exclaimed. Kiyori shook her head. "Lassie, shut your mouth!", Cait Sith yelled at Yuffie, while hitting Red XIII on the head.

"Vincent, does Cloud know about Kadaj?", Tifa asked. Vincent shrugged. "One would think.", Vincent said. "Then you're right, it's his fight now.", Tifa said turning back to the window. "What? I don't get it! Why can't we help out?!", Yuffie yelled turning to the group. "This is man talk.", Cid said. Kiyori raised an eyebrow at him and shook her head. Yuffie turned to him. "Sexist! Sexist!", Yuffie yelled.

Kiyori turned to Vincent looking down at him from her place on the railing. "I forgot how crazy you all were when you're together.", she spoke. Vincent looked up at her, his crimson eyes meeting her blue ones. Vincent nodded, holding back a smile. Kiyori smiled lightly and nodded in understanding.

"Men don't get it either.", Barret said. "Two years ago..." everyone turned to Tifa. "Think of the strength we had when we fought that last battle. It's only been a couple of years but already that feeling is gone. For Cloud, I think he's found it again.", Tifa said as she watched Cloud.

"He's got ten minutes", Barret said. Kiyori nodded her head in agreement. "If he does something stupid and gets hurt, I'm going to help him.", Kiyori said crossing her arms. Yuffie turned to Tifa. "That Cloud's a royal pain in the ass, like always.", Yuffie said. "Cloud is Cloud",Tifa said smiling.

They watched as Cloud fought Kadaj, and eventually defeating him. Kadaj hung off the edge of the building by his hand, the box in his other. Kadaj threw the box to distract Cloud. Kadaj jumped from the edge grabbing the black box. Kadaj looked straight at Kiyori up at the airship. Cloud narrowed his eyes, at Kadaj wondering what he was looking at.

Kiyori moaned and placed her hand over her forehead. Pain radiating from her brain. "My reunion...Bet you're dying to watch...", Kadaj said in her head. Was that Kadaj...or...Sephiroth? She couldn't tell. She kept quiet enough to not alert anyone except for Vincent who hat turned his head to look at her, noticing that her eyes were tightly closed in pain. Kadaj shoved the contents of the box into himself.

Kiyori's head shot had to interfere. She jumped off the railing landing next to Vincent and moved toward the open bridge, while the others were focused on what was going on. Kiyori quickly mad her way through the door and into the hallway of the airship. She slammed the "open" button and leaped out of one of the airship docks, rolling onto the ground with a hard thud. She winced as her ankle took a lot of the impact.

"I swear Sephiroth, if you hurt Cloud, I will give you a battle you'll never forget...", she whispered to herself. Black storm clouds filled the sky as Kiyori leaped from building to building getting closer to where Kadaj and Cloud were.

The wind whipped at her face as she ran as fast as she could. She turned her head to the side. Cloud went flying into a building making glass shatter. Kiyori looked toward the direction Cloud had come from. She stood still as her eyes focused on the person she least wanted to see.

"Hello Kiyori."

End of Ch.10