A Old Friend

After running out of breath, Falco found himself in the middle of Midgar with his Buster Sword in hand. Looking to the left and right of every place he went, the young hero saw no trace of Sephiroth anywhere.

"Where are you Sephiroth... You can't be too far away.." thought Falco.

Suddenly, Falco heard a scream in the backalley. He rushed to see what had happened and saw a woman, that he recognized as Yuffie.

"Faa... Falco... is that... you...?"

Seeing that Yuffie had been stabbed with such a deep wound, he could only guess that it was caused by the Masamune, the sword weilded by Sephiroth. Falco alerted the nearest Shinra Soldiers that a young woman needed their help and then he headed back to the search for Sephiroth.

After a while, Falco noticed a mysterious black caped man wandering in the crowds, Falco decided to follow him. Passing street after street, Falco followed the mysterious black caped man without taking an eye off of him.

As the man entered another backalley, Falco unsheathed his sword and entered the alley as well, but the black-caped man was no where to be found. Falco walked in cautiously. With each step taken, Falco began to get nervous.

Suddenly, he heard a small cracking sound over him and saw the black-caped man charging towards him with a sword. The man lept into the air, and Falco barely got out of the way in time as the man landed.

"Hehehe... You've been taught well young one" hissed the man.

"Who.. are you..?" replied Falco.

As the mysterious man took off his cap, Falco still didn't reconize him.

"I knew your father, young one. I see he taught u how to defend and attack like a swordsman"

"The names Falco, and you are?"

"Isn't that Cloud's Buster Sword?"

"Yeah it's my dads"

"Where is your father? I need to talk to him"

"I need to know who you are first! And why did u stab Yuffie?"

"I did not stab her, I wanted to stop him from doing it, but I was too late when he struck again"

"Who's HE?"

"Sephiroth's Clone... Before Cloud killed him 16 years ago, Sephiroth secretly cloned himself and got killed afterwards"

"Oh no... You still didn't answer my other question, who are you?"

"I'm an old Partner of your fathers, back in his SOLDIER days. Now bring me to Tifa so I can give her the healing medecine for that stab she had earlier."

And so, the party walked back to Falco's house to see the injured Tifa.

To Be Continued...