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fic are various people and villains I think up.
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Only Time
Will Tell
Chapter
1
The Pluto Knights Attack, Sephiroth Vs Beatrix
"This is going to be fun!" thought Sephiroth as a squad
of Pluto knights rushed at him.
The Masamune glinted in the light as Sephiroth got
into his fighting stance, one that he had not used in 35 years. It felt a
little unfamiliar for a second, but his body got used to it. He was almost
quivering in anticipation, he missed the rush of adrenaline that fighting
brought. The first knights to reach Sephiroth were obviously not very
experienced fighters, he could tell, their fighting stance and their
coordination was sloppy. The two superior officers stayed back and observed the
fight.
"Smart" thought Sephiroth, "they want to observe my
fighting technique in case I beat their men and have to fight them."
The first knight swung his sword, only to hear a
clang and then see his sword fall in half. He retreated and turned around to
his superior officer.
"General Steiner sir! I thought you said his sword
wasn't real!" shouted the guard.
Steiner was himself shocked, he never thought anyone
could wield such a long sword and use it effectively, so he thought it must be a
fake sword, solely for the purpose of intimidation. He was painfully wrong, and
such a careless underestimation could have cost that knight his life. Steiner
turned back to the battle scene. Beatrix's eyes were glued to the ensuing
battle. Their men were losing, badly.
Sephiroth didn't want to kill anyone, he was just
playing around, and he hadn't been in a battle or had a friendly spar in 35
years. This was the perfect chance to reacclimatize himself with his fighting
technique. Sephiroth found the men tiring way before he even broke a sweat.
One knight rushed at him and swung his sword in a
deadly arc towards Sephiroth's head. All he hit was air, he felt a searing pain
in his chest and looked down to see Sephiroth's fist buried deep in his solar
plexus. The man's eyes glazed over and he fell to the ground unconscious.
Sephiroth turned just in time to see a sword on its way to cut his head in half
and he did what most people thought impossible, he caught the sword with his
index finger and his thumb and pulled the sword out of the man's hand while
simultaneously kneeing the man in his stomach. This man also fell unconscious.
Two knights rushed at Sephiroth from opposite sides and tried to sandwich him
between them. Sephiroth threw the sword, that he had just removed from the
previous knight, at the man on his right, which caused the man to dodge it and
this threw the man off balance, and with inhuman speed, Sephiroth rushed at the
man and delivered a crushing blow to the man's temple. The man immediately lost
consciousness. Sephiroth turned to see that once again, a man had tried to
sneak up on him. The man stabbed for Sephiroth's heart. Sephiroth blocked the
strike with the flat of his blade and slashed at the man's head. There was a
resounding 'THWACK' as Sephiroth slapped the man across the face with his
sword. The man slowly slumped to the floor. Sephiroth got out of his fighting
stance and stared at the two superior officers. The male one was called
'Steiner', recalling what the guard had said, but he did not know the female
officers name. The male officer 'Steiner' opened his mouth but one look from
the female officer told him to be quiet. The female warrior then addressed
Sephiroth.
"Stranger" said Beatrix, "As one warrior to another,
what is your name?"
Sephiroth stared at Beatrix wondering if he should
tell her his name. Sephiroth then said, "Only if you tell me yours afterwards."
Beatrix eyes widened in surprise. "He doesn't know
who I am?" she thought, "Hah, wait until he hears my name, then he will know
what he is up against!"
"Okay" said Beatrix, "I agree to your proposal."
"My name is Sephiroth," said Sephiroth, "Now, what's
yours?"
"My name is Beatrix." said Beatrix. She waited for
that name to sink in.
"Heh," thought Beatrix, "He should be quaking in his
boots now."
What happened next completely startled Beatrix.
"Well Beatrix," said Sephiroth, "do you want to
fight me or do you want to talk?"
"Don't you know who I am!" shouted Beatrix.
"No I don't" said Sephiroth.
"What!?" said Beatrix, "You mean you have never
heard of the famous general Beatrix, the one who took down 100 men
single-handedly!?"
"Nope." Said Sephiroth.
"Ugh, what planet are you from!" said Beatrix
Sephiroth smirked
"This one of course!" said Sephiroth, "One more
thing, was your name supposed to intimidate me?"
"Well too bad, it didn't work." said Sephiroth, "you
took down 100 men, big deal."
Everyone in the room looked at Sephiroth like he was
crazy. People started leaving quickly until there were only 9 people left
standing in the room. Two of these people were obviously the king and the queen
as they were seated on their throne. Steiner and Beatrix were still there.
There were some people that he had not bothered to notice beforehand. There was
a rat-lady with a lance, a short blue haired girl with a horn on her head, a
red haired guy with huge fists, a fat 'thing' with one hell of a tongue and a
short person in a pointy hat.
"What a weird bunch of people." thought Sephiroth.
Everyone in the room stared at Sephiroth as if they
wanted to burn holes in him.
The little girl walked up to him.
"No Eiko!" everyone in the room shouted, "He's
dangerous!"
The girl advanced until she was within range of this
sword. Everyone in the room stared on helplessly as she walked up almost
toe-to-toe with Sephiroth.
"Wow," said Eiko, "You're sure cute!!"
Everyone in the room facefaulted, including
Sephiroth.
"WHAT?!" shouted Sephiroth, "DO NOT CALL ME CUTE!!!"
Eiko ran back to her friends and hid behind
Amarant's foot. Eiko peeked out and blew a raspberry at Sephiroth.
"You're a big meanie!" said Eiko, "I don't like
you!"
Sephiroth rolled his eyes and looked up to the
heavens.
"Well, you said you wanted to fight me right?" said
Beatrix, "Well, do you have the balls to fight me or were you just shooting off
steam?"
Sephiroth's eyes narrowed and he gripped the
Masamune tightly.
"Well, if you think that you can beat me, let's
fight!" said Sephiroth, "but don't underestimate me, or you'll be sorry."
Beatrix covered her mouth to conceal a laugh that
still managed to come out.
"Maybe I'm overestimating you!" said Beatrix, "Just
because you defeated 5 Pluto knights doesn't mean that you can beat me."
Sephiroth gave Beatrix one of the coldest glares
that she has ever been on the receiving end of in her life. It made a shiver go
down Beatrix's spine. It was the kind of glare that was devoid of any emotion
and gave you no clue of person's emotional state. This was usually a big plus
on the battlefield. Beatrix had seen someone with that look before. Then it hit
her; that was the look Kuja used to give Queen Brahne.
Beatrix needed to know if this man is connected in
some way to Kuja. After all, this man, this Sephiroth character was the only
person other than Kuja that had silver hair.
"Do you know a man named Kuja?" Beatrix asked.
This question seemed to be on everyone's mind since
they started had all started to pay close attention to Sephiroth when Beatrix
asked this question.
"No" said Sephiroth, "Can't say I know the guy."
Beatrix relaxed visibly but her friends didn't.
"Do you really think he would tell us if he knew
Kuja or not!?" said Amarant, "Besides, what about that girl behind him, what
part does she play in all this?
Sephiroth's eyes widened as everyone looked at the
still unconscious Aeris.
"Shit!' thought Sephiroth, "I forgot about the Cetra
girl!!"
"CRAP!!!" said Sephiroth
Everyone in the room looked at Sephiroth in surprise
at his outburst. He didn't notice this since he was lost in thought.
"Oh crud, I wonder if she will send me back if she
found out that the instant I arrived I started a fight!" thought Sephiroth, "I
could say it was in self defense, after all, they attacked me first."
"I need to get out of here!" thought Sephiroth, "I
need to leave before Aeris wakes up."
"What do you mean by that outburst?" said Beatrix "Is something wrong."
She smiled in a sinister way at Sephiroth. Sephiroth
could tell by Beatrix's body language what she meant to do, she wanted to
capture Aeris and possibly use her as leverage against Sephiroth, and for some
reason leaving Aeris in their care bothered him. Before anyone could blink,
Sephiroth whirled around and picked up Aeris, to Beatrix's dismay. Sephiroth
then made a dash for the door, only to be stopped by Beatrix holding her sword
and she was in a fighting stance.
"Do you think we would allow you to escape?" said
Beatrix, "You trespassed on castle grounds and threaten then attack our guards
and you want to get off scott free?"
Sephiroth was at a disadvantage; he couldn't fight
Beatrix and defend Aeris at the same time.
Sephiroth stared into Beatrix's eyes and realized
what he must do. He had to battle her fair and square and win to be able to
leave. He put down Aeris and drew the Masamune. They faced off.
Beatrix rushed at Sephiroth and swung only to find
the Masamune blocking her strike. She did a back flip and landed several feet
away from Sephiroth. She held her sword up and jumped towards Sephiroth.
Sephiroth blocked but was sent hurtling against the wall when energy from
Beatrix's stockbreak hit him. Sephiroth got up and eyed Beatrix warily. She was
a formidable opponent. Sephiroth decided to stay on the defensive to observe
Beatrix's fighting style. Beatrix once again rushed at Sephiroth and tried for
an overhead slash. Sephiroth blocked as expected but then Beatrix used
thunderslash and a bolt of lightening hit Sephiroth's sword but nothing
happened.
"What!!" said Beatrix, "you are supposed to be
electrocuted!!"
Sephiroth couldn't help but snicker.
"Insulated handle" said Sephiroth, "stops people
from trying to cast bolt and fire on your sword"
"Bolt??" thought Beatrix, "What the hell is that,
shouldn't it be thunder?"
Beatrix was broken from her train of thought when
she narrowly missed having a nasty gash in her arm.
The fight was going on for 15 minutes with no one
gaining any headway when Sephiroth said "Its time I stopped playing and fight
for real, this is getting boring and I really want to leave."
Beatrix was furious. Not only had Sephiroth lasted
longer against her than any other man on the planet with the exception of
Steiner but also he announced that he was playing around with her. This had
gotten far enough.
"You've been playing with me have you?" said
Beatrix, "well then I was also playing, EAT THIS!!"
"CLIMHAZZARD" shouted Beatrix.
Sephiroth was shocked.
"That was Cloud's move!" said Sephiroth.
Seconds later, Climhazzard hit Sephiroth, hard.
Sephiroth was thrown through the air and then heard the words "SHOCK" and blue
energy slam into him in mid-air sending him careening into a wall.
Beatrix felt great, that was the first time that she
had actually executed that combination successfully. Sephiroth was down and
wasn't moving. Beatrix put up her sword and stood in a victory pose. This
victory was short-lived, however, as there was a rustle behind her and then she
turned and saw Sephiroth standing. He had a cut across his chest and his
clothes were ripped in some places but the most bizarre thing was that his cut
was not bleeding, the flesh was torn but there was no blood coming out of it.
Sephiroth looked at Beatrix and smiled.
At about this time, Steiner was beginning to get
nervous. This man seemed to be as strong as Beatrix but he seemed to be holding
back. They needed a backup plan. Steiner made his way over to Vivi and began to
whisper into his ear.
Sephiroth's smile then turned into a frown and he
decided to end this once and for all. It had been fun but now he had gotten his
fill of fun and wanted to get away from these weird people. Sephiroth rushed at
Beatrix, this time he was serious. She slashed at him and he ducked and tripped
her. She rolled away and got up. This was the first offensive move he had made
against her during the entire duel. Beatrix rushed at Sephiroth and slashed at
him. Sephiroth slapped away her sword with his hand. He used the momentum and
weight of her sword against her. She was off balance because he deflected her
sword with his hand and he put the Masamune against her neck.
"Do you yield?" asked Sephiroth.
Beatrix felt the cool sharp sword against her neck
and knew that she had lost.
"I y..yield" said Beatrix.
"Good" said Sephiroth, "I guess I can leave now, huh?"
"Yes you can." Said Beatrix.
"I don't understand how he beat me." Beatrix thought,
"I made no mistakes, could it be that it is because he is better than me?"
"I will leave now." Said Sephiroth, "you are a great
warrior, I commend you."
"You wont leave here unscathed you scoundrel, we don't
take prisoners." Shouted Steiner.
"Now Vivi, do it now" shouted Steiner.
"but-" said Vivi.
"NOW VIVI." Shouted Steiner.
"Okay" said Vivi.
"Hmnnnnn….."
said Sephiroth
"No
Vivi, don't!!" shouted Beatrix.
It was
too late, they could all see the balls of fire accompanying the flare spell start
to form around Aeris.
"NO!"
Sephiroth shouted.
Sephiroth
ran with all his might, the only thought on his mind was to save Aeris. The others
watched in awe as Sephiroth moved at superhuman speed and pushed Aeris out of the
path of the flare spell before it detonated. Sephiroth was caught full force and
his burnt and smoking form was thrown through the air and it landed a few feet away
from Beatrix.
"This
man was no assassin," thought Beatrix, "He had a strong sense of morals and he had
honor. All through the battle I sought to kill him and he sought to defeat me in
the safest way possible. He was definitely no hired assassin; they had no morals
or honor.
He looked
dead.
"What
have you done Steiner," Shouted Beatrix, "have you no sense of honor?!"
Steiner
was speechless, he had expected Beatrix to thank him for saving her or something,
he had not expected this.
There was a scraping sound and everyone turned and looked
on in amazement as Sephiroth got up.
"He's still alive!?" said Steiner.
"Yes I am you bastard!" said Sephiroth.
He was a mess. He had first degree and second degree
burns all over his body and his hair was still smoldering
Beatrix actually felt sorry for him.
Sephiroth looked very angry and then shouted out "FULLCURE"
Everyone was surprised, they had only heard of cure,
cura and curaga. A cylinder of green light enveloped Sephiroth. Everyone felt
the backwash from the spell. Beatrix was so close to it that it actually healed
her. When it was over, there stood Sephiroth and he looked really pissed.
"Well since you want to play fire," said Sephiroth, "FIRE
3"
The spell was directed for Steiner and nothing would
stop him from getting burnt to a crisp.
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Authors Note: Sorry for the delay folks but my parents
are evil people and when parents know how to use a computer, all hell breaks loose
_.Anyway, I hope you like this chapter and remember to RxR. The next chapter
is a SHORT continuation of this chapter and will be posted soon. Will Steiner be
cooked to a crisp or by some miracle will he be saved, find out in the continuation,
DIVINE INTERVENTION. (The title itself is one hell of a clue) ^_^;;
Then make sure to read the upcoming chapter 3, AND HIS
NAME WAS KUJA.
See you next chapter. ^_^