Alright so I am back here ready to drop a lot of chapters. It has been some time and to my two readers I am sorry lol. I began writing original works and ... blah bla blah ... life. So here is chapter 11. By the way the disclaimer from before still is in effect :D ... I am lazy and I hate typing those up each time so that works.
Alrighty then ... apparently I am the only real nerd, I have been asked twice. So Yuri, Flynn, Repede, Estelle and Rita are from Tales of Vesperia. In the next few chapters two newer characters will join, They are from Star Ocean: The Last Hope. As for the other names that are dropped in there, here is the basic rule, if they are not from FF series or of the ones i just named ... they are simply token characters to show the size of the situation at hand, they are taken from games that I have played and animes I have seen ... then everything in between. So with that said I as well take no claim of ownership to these extras as I do with all Final Fantasy Characters used
Chapter 11 Wednesday Afternoon Crossed Blades
"Cloud!" Tifa shouted as she ran up behind Cloud as he headed toward where Sephiroth had told him to meet.
"Tifa, this'll get rough, please return to the apartment and wait there with Aerith," Cloud said looking over his shoulder at Tifa.
"Cloud, I'm not some weak girl! I'm a senior member of the Order," Tifa replied.
"Then as an Order member follow my orders. Tifa, you are important to me, so Sephiroth will not hesitate to hurt you." Cloud stopped and turn around to face Tifa, "Please, for me, just understand this; this is something I can't let you get into."
"But what about them?" Tifa asked looking at the line of Order members following Cloud.
"They know not to join in, they are here only to keep the other Demon members in check; this has to be between just me and him. If you are there I won't be able to fight at my full because I'll worry about your safety, he's not what everyone thinks, he's far worse. So please, Tifa, just go back and wait for me," Cloud asked, almost to the point of pleading.
"Fine, but just come back safely, ok? I love you," Tifa said as she kissed Cloud quickly on the lips.
"I love you, too, now please," Cloud said as Tifa turned around and walked away. Cloud and the rest of the Wolves walked up to a line of Demons with Sephiroth standing in front of the rest. Sephiroth held his long silver blade over his shoulder bouncing it up and down, the flat end of it continuously smacked into his shoulder lightly.
"Nice of you to join us, Cloud. I figured you would run away like normal," Sephiroth said with a malice-filled grin.
"I have no desire to speak to you, you sick son of a bitch!" Cloud shouted, "This is between us, my men will stand down as long as yours do, understood?"
"But of course, now neither side shall have back up, but that doesn't mean they can't join in the fun," Sephiroth said with another grin as he extended his sword. The Demons drew their weapons and charged at the Wolves.
"Defend yourselves!" Zack shouted as he pulled the Buster Sword off of his back and defended against an attack from Nero.
"Kill them!" Sephiroth shouted as he charged forward smashing his blade into Cloud's, "Watch as I take down your pitiful Wolves!"
"This isn't about the groups! You're a sick bastard and you will pay for everything you have done! You are a monster!" Cloud shouted.
"No more of one than you, my friend," Sephiroth replied with a grin and he broke the stalemate by pushing Cloud back with a swift twist of his blade.
"I may be, but the only way to kill a monster is to become a monster yourself!" Cloud said as he charged forward and slammed his blade into Sephiroth's.
"Then if you kill me? What makes us different then? If you kill me in cold blood what line won't you cross?" Sephiroth asked as he threw Cloud back yet again.
"I am nothing like you!" Cloud shouted as he charged forward again, rolling to the side when Sephiroth tried to counter and blasted his foe in the ribs with a lightning bolt.
"You have improved, but still you are not good enough!" Sephiroth shouted as he spun after the impact and shot Cloud with his own lightning spell. Cloud stumbled backwards and hit the ground form the force of the impact. "That is enough for me, for now. I simply wished for some entertainment. Thank you, Cloud, you prove to be endless enjoyment for me," Sephiroth sheathed his sword and blasted Cloud again with a spell to keep him on the ground while turned around and began to walk away as if he were too good to fight the man lying on the ground. The other Demons instantly stopped as well and ran away; all except for Seifer who couldn't escape from Squall.
"Cloud, are you ok?" Zack asked as he ran up to his best friend.
"I'm fine! The bastard did all of this just to fuck with my head, last night was the same goddamn thing!" Cloud shouted as he slammed is blade into the grass.
"Please! I don't even want to be a Demon anymore!" Seifer shouted from the ground where Squall had cornered him. Cloud and the others had taken notice as well.
"I said you would never beat me, you fool," Squall said in his normal calm with a slight grin.
"Please! I'm going to leave the Demons!" Seifer pled looking up at Squall as the others closed in around them.
"What are they planning? Tell us that and you will be safe," Zack said as he stood next to Cloud, looking down on Seifer.
"I don't know. They didn't tell me; they thought I was unreliable! I swear!" Seifer shouted.
"You are as useless and spineless as always, Seifer," Squall said.
"Nothing more than a thorn in our side. Get out of here before we change our minds," Zack said.
"Thank you!" Seifer said, looking at Zack.
"Like hell," Cloud said through his teeth, his rage completely unveiled, a rare sight for most of the members.
"What?" Seifer asked, looking at Cloud as he stood.
"Tell me what they're planning!" Cloud shouted.
"But I honestly don't know anything," Seifer said with fear in each word.
"I wasn't asking!" Cloud shouted as he held up his right hand and began a stable and low power lightening spell, one that he was able to manipulate to make it last. Lightning arched from Cloud's fingertips and palm, connecting with Seifer's body. He fell to his knees in pain as Cloud continued to shock him, "Tell me what I want to know!"
"Cloud, stop this!" Zack shouted.
"This is not what we're about! We'll figure it out in our own way! Cloud, stop!" Squall shouted.
"He is spineless, weak, a coward and worthless. This is his one chance to give worth to his life. If not then he can die and shall not be missed!" Cloud shouted as he continued shocking Seifer with the constant stream of lightning. Seifer continued to scream due to the agonizing pain, as the power of the older man's spell ripped through his body, "I let you live once and I warned you, but you have yet to learn! What gives you the right to life anymore? You were shown redemption and shrugged it off! Tell me what I want to know or I will kill you!"
"Cloud, stop this!" Tidus shouted.
"Stop, Cloud!" Flynn demanded.
"I give you a road to redemption now! Take it and live… Tell me what I want to know and you shall save countless lives!" Cloud shouted as he continued to electrocute Seifer, "Including your own!"
"Cloud, stop this! Now!" Zack shouted as he smashed his fist into Cloud's face. Cloud stumbled to the side and the lightning stopped when the stream was disturbed, "Get him to the med center, now!" Zack shouted as Seifer fell to the ground, smoke still emanating from his body, his clothes burnt, "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"You don't know what he can do! Zack, Seifer is meaningless, he is but one life compared to the rest of the school! I wasn't going to kill him! I have more control than that!" Cloud shouted as he stood up facing Zack.
"You need to get a grip. Sephiroth is nuts, but what the hell could make you think he is that dangerous?" Zack asked.
"He is a murderer!" Cloud shouted in reply. The rest of the remaining Wolves silently watched the argument, not daring to talk.
"What proof? What is this grudge? What makes you think he's capable of that, he's crazy but we haven't seen him go that far. How do you know? How do you know he killed innocents?" Zack shouted.
"I watched it!" Cloud shouted, instantly realizing what he'd said, he ran off and grabbed his sword from the ground as he quickly left the sight of the others.
"What?" Squall asked as he walked up next to Zack.
"That's their history?" Zack asked.
"Did he really see something like that?" Flynn asked walking up as well.
"We need to figure this out… What did Cloud mean by 'monster'? And what did Sephiroth mean when he said Cloud was one too?" Yuri asked.
"Shit, this is going to be one rough year," Zack said as he shook his head.