Liv: *shakes head* M-m!
Cloud: C'mon now, by this time, they should have learned their lesson.
Liv: No like.
Cloud: Liv...
Liv: ...aw, all right! PTUI! *spits lawyers out* Now do you believe that we don't own them??
Lawyers: *fly to Zimbabwe to seek shelter from Liv's madness*
Liv: Well, that was one hell'uva disclaimer. :) I entitle this: One hell'uva disclaimer! No wait! The Hellic disclaimer! No!
Cloud: *bonk*
Liv: All right, all right! I'll start the story, already!!
Onna: ^^;;
*****
Destiny's Call - 8
By: Liv (aka LGStrife)
"Flyin' to the sky! I see birds flying by! Lalalalala! Chirpy chirpy they go!" Cid spent the night of flying to the ranch by singing one of his favorite nursery rhymes. It was pretty stupid, actually. There were the imitated bird chirps and the repetition of lines.
Or it's just how Cid sings it...no one would hear him, anyway.
Below the clouds of the night sky, the huge windmill of the ranch can be seen rather clearly. Cid smiled. Finally! Now to send these babies to the team...
*****
Never did I even think that I'd get to hold this power... The red haired Turk looked at his palm. I thought it was all stupid...getting injected with simple cells...but sometimes...Hojo can really be a genius. Reno clasped his hand into a fist. So...THIS is Jenova...I feel like I actually AM Jenova...
"Lalalalala! Chirpy chirpy they go!"
"He's here." Reno turned to his left where the rest of the soldiers looked as well.
*****
Cid hummed the rest of the song as he took his spear and locked the door. He continued humming while he walked his way to the Chocobo Ranch. "Lalalalala-- who the hell?" He didn't stop his walking even if he had already seen four men waiting in the ranch.
"It's a pleasant night, isn't it Cid??" The leader who seemed to be resting a some sort of stick on his shoulder spoke.
"Damn! Reno??" Cid was not the least bit afraid. He had taken care of this Turk more than once. He was absolutely sure this ordeal wouldn't take long. "Hell're ya doin' here??"
"We're basically waiting for you." Reno answered approaching the man alone.
I don't know if it's just me...or is Reno acting ^&%& weirdly? Cid raised his brow. "Yeah? Whatcha got for me?" Cid stopped finally face to face with Reno. Surprisingly, he received a stick thud right on the middle of his chest. It was so fast, he didn't see it coming. "Oof!" He was pushed downwards to the cold grasses. "Damn..." He groaned and squinted his eyes looking at Reno. "How--"
Reno threatened Cid with his Night Rod. "There's been a change of plans, Cid. WE are taking the Chocobos."
Cid groaned rolling his eyes. "Oh this is great." Quickly he rolled away from the stick and got into his feet, spear ready. "We'll settle who takes the Chocobos in a fight, then!" His first move was blocking Reno's stick with his spear pushing it up. The spear was then moved to stand vertically deflecting another attack. Taking the chance, Cid turned around and attempted a slash.
Reno bent backwards very lowly barely missing the blade. Quickly, he straightened up and turned around sending a strong kick right at Cid's face.
"Oof!" It sent Cid falling down to the grass again. Blood dripped from his lips to his the grasses. Cid was surprised to see this. "Damn...you're strong..." He grunted pushing himself to stand up. Soon, he was facing Reno again. "Been training lately, huh?"
"No, you've just weakened." Reno mocked. Immediately, he thrust his Night Rod forward hoping it would touch Cid's body but the latter had leapt backwards. Reno had done the same act of defense when Cid attempted to stab him. No longer risking to do a short ranged attack, he cast his Night Rod on Cid and released the Neo Turk Light.
Cid gasped seeing the three fireballs fly towards him. Luckily, he moved to his left missing the two fireballs, but the last one had caught his left arm burning it severely. "SH*T!!!" He cried stumbling down as he held his wound.
Reno had an evil smile on as he approached Cid easy-goingly. "Well? Aren'cha gonna get up and fight? Or maybe you can just give me the Chocobos."
"Breed yer own! Hya!" Cid rolled to the left at the same time moving his spear to slash upwards.
"Gah!" Reno stumbled backwards holding his first wound on the abdomen. It bled quickly and rather profusely. He glared and snarled at Cid who was now standing.
"C'mon, Reno! Y'know the bad guys lose and the good guys win." Cid had the gut feeling this was gonna be a harder and longer battle than before. But he will win. He was already standing, ready for round 2.
"No...this time...Jenova wins!"
"Jenova?!" Cid spat. He didn't know what hit him...but it felt like Cloud's Meteorain blasted right behind him. All he could do was give out a very loud painful cry.
Reno watched Cid drop to the ground, unconscious and bleeding. "Hmph." The wound from Cid's spear closed miraculously. "Like I said, there was a change of plans..."
*****
"This is the town square, right?" The long black haired guy with a huge sword behind him walked slowly as he explored the empty square of Nibelheim. "Damn! What the hell am I doing here??" He rubbed his arm. "I feel so real...as if...as if I'm actually alive!"
"You will be alive..."
The man gasped and turned around. There was a woman in white dress seated on a chair. "Who--"
"...Zack."
"Whut the--" Zack drew his Buster Sword and positioned to his fighting stance. "Hey! Who are you?! How did you know my name?!"
"I've always known your name." The woman stood up and approached Zack but spoke without opening her mouth. "I've always know you..."
"Get away from me!" Zack backed off.
"I know how you made it to SOLDIER..."
"Stop..."
"How you met your love..."
"Stop it...!"
"How you met your best friend..."
"Stop it!" Soon, the race was done. The woman was in the center of the town square while Zack was in the edge of the town square. "Why are you doing this to me?? What do you want??"
"I just want to tell you...how your best friend had betrayed you..." The woman walked once more.
"Who? Cloud?" Zack didn't move any longer.
"Yesss...Cloud Strife..."
Zack's breathing became faster every step the woman makes. "W...why would he betray me?"
"He has stolen from you your love..."
"Aeris?"
"Yesss...now, Aeris had totally forgotten you!"
"That's not true. Aeris is very thoughtful to--"
"Oh yes, she is thoughtful...but Cloud had taken your memory away from her..."
"No way, I don't believe you." Zack shook his head. This didn't seem to be a threat to him at all.
"Oh...but you WILL!"
"Agh!" Zack dropped his sword quickly holding his head when a shrieking noise entered it. His eyes were shut tight and his teeth were gritted. He didn't notice the woman was going on, speaking of the betrayal Cloud Strife had committed. Soon, he was on his knees, trying his best to ease every ounce of pain delivered to him. The voice went on and he felt like his whole world was turning around and around, faster and faster...until he just had to let out a loud scream of pain. It was both from his head...and what had hit him from the back.
Silence surrounded the area. Zack fell forward but luckily had his hands to support him. He was panting...perspiring...
You will kill Cloud...
No...Cloud never betrayed me...liar...liar...!
You WILL kill Cloud...
Cloud was doing his duty on Aeris!
Cloud Strife must DIE!!!
........yes... The panting had gone slower, his heart felt light. Cloud deserves a miserable death...
Yesss...
I will kill him...I will give him the ultimate punishment of hell...
You will take his life...and take the Cetra...
The Cetra will be sacrificed to my new body...and the new era will begin...
Yes, Lord Jenova...
*****
Morning had struck Rocket Town. Almost everyone in the team had left Cid's home and scurried off somewhere in the town. People who were left were Barret, Cloud, Shera, Kenshin and Kaoru.
Shera was done washing the dishes. She sighed twisting the faucet to stop the water from flowing.
"Shera, what is it?" Cloud asked while he wiped the wet plates and placed them in the dish holder.
"It's Captain...it's already morning and he hasn't come home yet." Shera was too worried (or maybe too sad) to look at Cloud.
Cloud twitched his lip. "I'm getting very worried, myself. That guy's never been late until now." Cloud turned to the clock. "It's almost an hour before lunch."
"M, maybe Captain just attempted to find the Highwind!" Shera finally faced Cloud. "Yeah! Maybe he was looking for it..." She watched Cloud turn around slowly, still with a monotonous face. "...right?"
Cloud shook his head with a sigh. "I'm sorry, Shera. But I have no idea..." He was cut short when knocks on the door were heard.
"Captain??" Shera walked quickly from the sink to the door. "Captain! *gasp*"
"Shera, what is it??" Cloud took a step to approaching the door. To his surprise, Shera flew to the cupboards and fell to the floor. "Shera!" He turned to her. There was thud near the entrance. Looking at it, his eyes enlarged and he took steps backward. "Cid...!"
Cid was unconscious. He looked pathetic. A foot stepped on his head.
Cloud followed where the foot lead until he was facing the man. "Reno...?!"
"Glad to meet you again, Cloud!" Reno stepped away from Cid's head and entered the house.
"...Shera." Cloud called slowly drawing the sword out from his back. "Shera, can you hear me??" He glanced at her very quickly. From the glance, he could see the woman was standing up with the help of the work tables. "Shera, take the foreigners out of here now!"
Shera grunted and wordlessly climbed the stairs. "Kaoru!!!" She called.
Reno pointed his weapon to Shera. "Get her!"
With an angry cry, Cloud violently slashed the first soldier who attempted to chase Shera on the abdomen. He kicked another one to the sink with his heavy boot. Quickly, he his sword pointing downwards and stabbed the soldier on his stomach. Suddenly, he felt electricity surround his body from the back. "Gah!" He almost dropped to the ground but his hand quickly held on the sink. He turned around ready to fight whoever had casted the lightning spell on him. Bolt Plume! He noticed upon seeing the silver orb on the soldier's hand. Dive! Quickly he threw himself to the floor, missing the Bolt Plume that was tossed. He fumbled for his pocket a random item and tossed it to the soldier.
The Fire Fang landed on the soldier's chest burning him severely with an inhuman cry.
Cloud grunted using his sword as support to stand up. When he was up on his feet, someone had pushed him to make him turn around. "Gak!" Stronger electricity entered his body when the Night Rod's end touched his chest.
Reno held on for quite a long time until he was sure Cloud would be weak enough to even carry his sword. He let go of the chest resting the weapon on his shoulder again and watched Cloud fall the ground heavily. "You're defying the rule of sword wielding: one cannot carry a sword bigger and heavier than he is. Take a rest." Ignoring Cloud's indistinguishable muttering, he made his way to the second floor.
Finally nearing the top, he heard a gun click. Reno expected it to be Vincent but instead of a pale man, he was given a dark colored one. "Barret."
Barret glared at him. "Not one step or I'll shoot yer red ass!"
"Oh really?" Reno took a step.
"Yeah!" Bullets flew out of Barret's gun arm. He was shaking due to the impact while the shooting went on.
Reno bent backwards to the right missing all the bullets. Without warning, he thrust the Night Rod towards Barret's abdomen. A big hand had caught it, stopping it from touching the skin. He showed Barret a sheepish grin who in turn, showed him a mischievous one. The sheepish grin changed into an evil one when the Night Rod extended and touched Barret's skin, electrifying him. Reno pulled his weapon from Barret's hold watching the man drop, weakened. "Hmph!" He continued his way to the second floor and saw Shera blocking the door with heavy furniture. "You're just wasting money and effort, missy." With a simple point of the weapon, three fireballs flew towards the doorway and exploded.
Shera shrieked as she was thrown to the wall with the other furniture.
Reno glanced at Shera resting his weapon once more. He then made his way into the room.
"Halt."
Reno stopped his steps seeing the red-haired swordsman ready for a fight.
Kaoru was on the very corner of her bed under the protection of Kenshin. "Kenshin..."
"I won't let him get you, Kaoru-dono." Kenshin's eyes were focused on Reno.
Reno smirked.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu! Dou Ryu Sen!!!" Kenshin called stabbing the sakabatou to the floor. Wind and dust traveled from Kenshin's sword towards Reno.
Reno gave an evil laugh and leapt high, away from the blast.
"Nanda--" Kenshin was cut short when he felt the air go dank. His breathing became slower...it was as if his every movement was slowed down!
While still on air, Reno's Night Rod was held behind his right shoulder. "And this is what I call...Neo Turk Light!"
"Kenshin!!!" Kaoru called.
"Gahhh!!!" Kenshin was pushed to the window by the fireballs and crash pass it falling down to the garage.
"Kenshin!!!" Kaoru moved to look at the window. But she felt so weak, she didn't even make it out to bed.
"That should teach you to wear something else besides a bath robe." Reno landed and gave Kaoru an evil smile. "It's me again, sister." He approached Kaoru.
"Reno!!!" A woman's angry voice called from behind.
Reno turned around quickly and successfully hit the bare abdomen of the female fighter.
Tifa felt like she lost her breath. Her eyes were bloodshot, her jaws left open. "Ugh...ugh..." Slowly, she knelt down while her hands held her abdomen.
"Tifa!" Aeris gasped. She was the last one to have entered the room. "Reno, why are you doing this??" She quickly turned to Reno, but what she saw, she didn't expect. It made her gasp as well...the flash of visions of an old enemy.
Cetra....
A voice hissed.
Reno smiled evilly at Aeris while he took the helpless Kaoru and swung her over his shoulder. "Watch your back." He turned around and leapt out of the broken window.
No one knew where he landed, but one thing's for sure: he made it out alive.
- End of Part 8 -
Termsytermsy! Termsytermsy! XD
1. Jenova - Calamity from the Sky, s/he (yes!!! ^^;;) was kinda like the ultimate bad guy who takes over Planet THROUGH Sephiroth. (s/he lied to be Sephiroth's mother...)
2. Meteorain - Cloud's Level 3.1 limit break, another technique.
3. Zack - no, he's not invented. He's Cloud's best friend when they were both in the army. Also Aeris' first love. He died while he was escaping with Cloud in the cliff near Midgar.
4. Buster Sword - Cloud's primary weapon (he actually took it from Zack promising to avenge him). It's a huge butcher knife.
5. Bolt Plume - item that can cast Bolt 2 when thrown. (Bolt 2 is a spell) I just imagined it to be a silver orb...
6. Fire Fang - item that can cast Fire 2 when thrown. (Fire 2 is also a spell) Maybe it looks like a red fang...
7. Dou Ryu Sen - some technique in Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu-- Kenshin's skill/style/philosophy.
Liv: 7 terms?? FINAL FANTASY 7!!! XD Anyway, *ahem*. Believe it or not, the original part 8 (look fer The Clashing of Worlds - 8 by: LGStrife) is a CxA mush scene!
Cloud: Oh yes, that. Anyway, you were gonna say something else.
Liv: Hai! That song Cid was singing? I invented it. ^^;; No such song. It's in the tune of 'Yohoho! And a bottle of rum!'. And I'm not sure about the spelling of Dou Ryu Sen but I've seen Oro-boy do it. In that...cave...y'know...*with accent* Schneider?
Onna: And I had to correct the spelling for you!
Cloud: And I have something to say, too.
Liv: Ei? *turns to Cloud* Chen de ma? (really?)
Cloud: Yeah...cheater!
Liv: What?!
Cloud: That extension of Reno's Night Rod was from Tokyo Raiders! Tony Leung, remember??
Liv: C'MON NOW! It's not bad to invent a new attack!
Cloud: It wasn't invented, Liv. It was COPIED!
Liv: Awww!
Cloud: And the electric rod gibberish! That was from Tony Leung, too!
Liv: ^^;;
Cloud: Y--
Onna: Errr... guys...
Liv: NO WAY!
Cloud: Wha??
Liv: Reno HAD that attack!
Onna: Okay... I'll shut up now...
Cloud: No way!
Liv: Yes way! Reno executed that attack on you!
Cloud: He did??
Liv: Yeah! I even had to use a Hi-Potion on you!!
Onna, Kenshin and Kaoru: *eat California Maki while Cloud and Liv argue* ^^;;