WHY THE HEAVENS CRY

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Chapter10: Sacrifice

With Kefka and Kuja out of the picture, it seemed that our heroes had a fighting chance, that is until Sephiroth joined the party. He was clearly stronger than all the villains combined. His technique with the long sword was flawless and some of the slashes actually created waves that could cut through anything. Sephiroth continued his assault on Zack who could only try to block. Terra joined the fight but it didn't make much of a difference. Terra was just too slow for Sephiroth who continued to assault Zack. Terra decided to stop fooling around and get serious.

" Go help Cloud, I'll take it from here." Terra told Zack who didn't want to back down but he saw the determination in his eyes and complied.

Sephiroth gave a grin. " Do you actually hope to defeat me by yourself?"

" Just watch me."

With that Terra rushed towards Sephiroth and their blades made contact and spark flew around. Neither could push the other and Sephiroth was surprised by Terra's power.

" You will make a great puppet." Sephiroth smirked.

" What?"

" The darkness in your heart…..I can feel it…You will succumb to it until you become one of us."

" Never!" Terra shouted as he pulled back. Sephiroth's words had angered the Keyblade Master as he pushed Sephiroth back and started attacking relentlessly.

" Did I anger you…..good." Sephiroth continued to retreat but Terra would not stop. Sephiroth used a lightning attack to stun Terra but with little success. Terra used his own lightning attack but Sephiroth jumped in the air however Terra got right behind him as he slashed with his Keyblade resulting in a fatal injury to Sephiroth as blood gushed out of the wound. Sephiroth tried to raise his blade but Terra punched him in the face sending Sephiroth crashing in to a building. Terra walked slowly towards the building with a dark aura surrounding his body.

Aqua was busy trying to aid Bartz against Exdeath but Terra's actions did not go unnoticed. She saw Terra become darker by the minute. It was as if he was enjoying it. Aqua felt a chill down her spine when she saw his dark side. Aqua rushed towards Terra and put her arms around his waist.

" Please, Terra." Aqua sobbed realizing that she was losing her friend to the darkness. Terra lost sight of everything except Aqua. Seeing her cry pierced his heart. He looked at his hands in disgust.

" Aqua…I…..I don't deserve you." He said painfully as he stared at the ground. Aqua was shocked by his words. She decided to do something she never wanted to. Aqua slapped Terra who simply froze.

" You idiot! Don't you dare say stuff like that!...So what if you have darkness! We'll get through this ordeal…..together …..You're the strongest guy I know and I know that you can fight it…..I'll always be there with you….Don't you dare try to push me away!" She placed her hand on his cheek. " I'm with you…..always."

Terra was still speechless. All he could do was nod and give a faint smile. He realized that no matter what happens to him, Aqua would always be with him and he didn't want it any other way but he was afraid of hurting Aqua. He shed a tear and Aqua quickly read him like a book. She gave him a warm gentle hug.

" Don't worry about it…I know that you'll never do anything to hurt me." She reassured him.

Just then a giant energy ball was heading towards Aqua. Terra pushed her aside and took the blow, sacrificing himself. There was a huge explosion and after the smoke cleared, Terra was lying unconscious.

" Terra!" Aqua cried.

" Oh well, I still got one insect." The Emperor laughed as he prepared to finish the job but Sephiroth appeared and stopped him.

" We need to go now." Sephiroth announced. The Emperor looked in to his green eyes and complied. Exdeath was still not through with Bartz but he too complied as they vanished leaving a tired Bartz, an injured Cloud and an unconscious Terra.