A
loud swords-clashing shook the earth around. Cloud blocked Sephiroth's attack
with his long sword and he counter-attack as soon as he had the opportunity.
Sephiroth ducked every attack effortlessly and kept on toying with Cloud. Cloud
was fast, really fast in Sephiroth's body. But Sephiroth seemed to be able to
dodge or block every attack easily using Cloud's body, which was impossible in
the past. What power had Sephiroth possessed?
Suddenly,
Cloud dashed forwards towards Sephiroth and charged with his long sword.
Sephiroth hold the tip of his enormous sword with his palm and held the sword
horizontally, blocking Cloud's attack with the side of his sword. The force of
the attack was so strong that Sephiroth was pushed backwards, but his feet
still not moving which work as brake by jamming himself onto the hue crystal's
crystal floor, leaving a trail of loose crystal bits on the floor. Cloud, realizing
that his attack failed, jumped backwards and try to catch his breath.
Sephiroth
slowly readied his stance when Cloud is catching his breath. Cloud looked at
him and saw no exhaustion in him. Usually after an attack like this, Cloud knew
that his body should be breathing heavily, but Sephiroth wasn't. Cloud took a
deep breath, and readied to engage combat again.
"Pretty
nice warm up huh?"
Sephiroth
grinned while saying this. Cloud calmed his nerves while hearing this, knowing
that all his attacks were nothing to Sephiroth. He looked at Sephiroth straight
in his eyes.
"Now,
prepare to die."
Sephiroth
disappeared immediately after he said this. Cloud looked around but he couldn't
spot him. Suddenly, he felt a gush of wind, and then footsteps from behind.
Cloud turned around and made a round house attack, hoping to knock Sephiroth
off his feet, but Sephiroth wasn't there. Cloud looked around again. Waiting
for Sephiroth to appear. But Sephiroth was no where to be seen. This time, the
gush of wind came again. Cloud looked around but nothing moving was seen. Then
he heard something coming from above. He looked up and immediately duck to his
side. Sephiroth came charging down from above and attempted to stab Cloud from
above, but he failed. His sword struck halfway down the ground and then he
pulled it out easily, and headed right for Cloud.
Cloud
blocked two of Sephiroth's attack but he failed to block the third. The force
was so strong that he was send flying halfway across the huge crystal, and
crashed onto the floor with extreme pain. Cloud was now full of rage and forced
himself up with the help of his sword. He slashed at Sephiroth again and again,
hoping to at least injure him. But he failed. Sephiroth dodge, blocked and
ducked skillfully and kept on moving backwards with Cloud. Then, Cloud gather
all his strength, he kicked the floor with all his might, and charged at
Sephiroth, giving a final killing blow.
Cloud
was so sure that with his speed and force, he was able to stab Sephiroth in his
chest. But he soon felt himself astonished, while seeing Sephiroth stopping
him, without using his sword, but only using his index finger and his thumb.
Cloud couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Well,
I think it's about time."
Sephiroth
said and lifted Cloud up by only using two fingers, and threw him at the stairs
of the huge crystal, send his crashing down the stairs, injure every part of
his body. Cloud didn't know how it his crash down the stairs went, but he was
sure he was really painful when he reached the bottom. In a semi-conscious
state, he felt himself lifted up, and then was threw into the ground. He felt a
surge of pain in his back, and saw himself buried a few feet in the crystal
floor when he opened his eyes. Sephiroth smashed him right into the floor.
In
deep pain, Cloud pulled out a materia and mumbled something. He suddenly felt
much better, after he cast a full-cure magic. Cloud, after able to move again,
force himself out the hole and saw Sephiroth crouching in front of him, with an
evil grin on his face.
"You
can heal yourself but then you are going to run out of magic and then, I can
slowly torture you to death. So, beg me to kill you now."
Sephiroth
'offer' Cloud quick death with less suffering.
"No,
I am going to defeat you, you will see, you will see..."
Cloud
said with a determined voice and jumped backwards, creating a distance between
him and Sephiroth. Cloud held his long sword in his right hand, and slowly
removed his sword sheath with his left hand. He then slide his sword into its
sheath, and pointed it at Sephiroth.
"Is
this some kinda joke? Or are you going to surrender?"
Sephiroth
looked at Cloud. He didn't know what Cloud was doing, and this bothered him.
"Neither."
Cloud
said and charged at Sephiroth with full speed. Sephiroth, as usual, put up a
blocking stance, and then easily blocked Cloud sword with it's sheath on.
Sephiroth was trying to push him away, but then saw Cloud attempting to pull
his sword out, so he let go one hand of his sword, and stopped Cloud. He instance
felt three surge of pain in his face. Cloud decoyed Sephiroth with his attempt
to pull out his sword, and when Sephiroth was distraced, he smashed his fist
into Sephiroth's face three time, each time making Sephiroth's nose bleed.
Sephiroth
now tried to pull out so he was going to pull away his enormous sword, but
Cloud grabbed the end of his sword, which was covered with its sheath, and
locked Sephiroth's sword with his. Sephiroth now tried to pull his sword away
with both hand, but was then introduced with a kung-fu kick into his stomach
that nearly pierce through him. Sephiroth, now coughing badly, was trying to
regain his breath after Cloud 'released' the lock he made.
"Why
you..."
Sephiroth
stared at Cloud and couldn't figure out what was Cloud's next attack. He
couldn't believe such puny strength could cause so much pain. He was as
invulnerable as he thought.
Cloud
once again dashed at Sephiroth with great speed. This time Sephiroth waited
till he came nearer, so that he won't be fooled again. But this gave time to
Cloud to slide his sword out of its sheath, thus giving Cloud two weapons at a
time. Sephiroth at first blocked the attack from the sword but was smash in the
head two times by Cloud sheath. Then Sephiroth tried to block its sheath but
was slashed in the arm. Spehiroth now had trouble face Cloud's very creative
attack. After a few smacks and slashes, Sephiroth tried to block both at once
but Cloud slide right between Sephiroth feet and came out the other side,
slashing Sephiroth at his back and injure him badly.
"What...what
the..."
Sephiroth
cast a cure spell after that attack and his wounds sealed up immediately.
Sephiroth was now breathing heavily. Although he was now so powerful, this new
style of attack combined with his once unbeatable strength from his previous
body was sufficient to open a can of whoop ass outta him.
Cloud
slid his sword into its sheath and readied a stance. He was now running towards
Sephiroth and prepared a killing blow. Sephiroth mumbled and cast a freeze spells
that held captive Aeris and Tifa, hoping to trap Cloud too. But Cloud was
moving so fast that his spell couldn't freeze him in time. Cloud was coming
closer and closer, and Sephiroth readied his sword to evade this killing blow.
He knew that if he block this blow, Cloud would come out with something new and
counter-attack him. Sephiroth knew that he possessed great speed and he could
evade easily. Besides, by evading, he had time to think and counter Cloud
attack.
Cloud
now jumped high up into the sky and prepare his attack. Sephiroth could see a
bright light flashing at the tip of his sword although it was cover with its
sheath. Sephiroth readied his right leg. He was going to evade as soon as the
sword struck onto him.
But
Cloud struck earlier. Earlier than anyone had imagine. Cloud slashed about ten
feet away from Sephiroth and send the sheath flying right towards Sephiroth.
Sephiroth didn't expect this coming and blocked the attack. Before he knew
anything, Cloud was already in front of him. He was force to block his attack.
Cloud
didn't attack. He stepped on Sephiroth's head and made his way behind
Sephiroth. Before Sephiroth could turn, Cloud's feet already touched the floor
and he kicked it with all his strength and might, making him dash towards
Sephiroth's back, with his long, sharp sword pointing towards Sephiroth.
A
silent cry was heard. Then, a moment of silence occurred. Blood started flowing
out of Sephiroth's mouth and then he slowly slipped away his sword. Sephiroth
crashed onto the floor, with his eyes sitll wide open, and his life slowly
seeping away.
"No...this
can't be..."
Every
word Sephiroth mumbled became more and more lifeless until he just lay dead,
there. Cloud pulled out his sword from Sephiroth's body. He succeeded. He succeeded
in killing Sephiroth and saved the world. Now it was up to Aeris.
Cloud
suddenly felt drowsy. He looked around and saw green light surrounding him,
circling around him slowly. He then saw Sephiroth's wound slowly sealing up, he
was astonished and frightened at first, but then he couldn't bear the
drowsiness and crashed onto the ground, unconscious.