As I have said before, I do not own any of final fantasy; I do however own Shadow, so please ask before you use him.

Shadow-Bain By Wiwarin Mir

Cid walked up to where the Dragon had been, looking around to see if anything had been left behind when the dragon had been killed, but found nothing. "That was #@!%?#@ strange, there should be at least some gold left."

"You shall find nothing Cid Highwind, for the dragon was sent by me as a test of your strength" Cid jumped about 4 feet in the air, and uttered a number of curses before reaching for his harpoon. "You fought valiantly Cloud, I must admit, I had underestimated you." Shadow appeared near Cid, who once again started cursing at Shadow, who simply ignored Cid, turning his attentions to Cloud.

"Now do you see a fraction of my power, a simple summon for me, I could summon up Ruby Weapon if I wished to. I now ask you once again, do not trouble me or try to hinder me in my quest to inherit the world." Shadow's eyes seemed to glow, as if emphasising his point, but his faced remained blank, giving away no hint of what he was thinking.

"I am sorry Shadow, but if you try and harm the world, or as Sephiroth tried to do, destroy, we all will have no choice but to oppose you, no matter how powerful you might become. We took down Sephiroth and Jenova, and we will take down you." Cloud looked formidable as he stood up to Shadow, all of his past experience had left him almost fearless.

"You might wish to reconsider Cloud, I have great respect for you, it was you who rid the world of Sephiroth and Jenova, but this respect will not save you if you stand in my way. I can assure you, getting me angry would be one of the last mistakes you would make, I am more powerful than you could ever imagine, even more powerful than Sephiroth and Jenova." Shadow began to look agitated, his bargaining with Cloud was not going as he planned, Cloud should have agreed with him and joined him by now, not confronting him, what was wrong with this man!

"Go shadow, I will not bargain with you, you could threaten me all day and I would not stand down, I am the protector of the planet and the people living on it, and so refuse to allow you to commit them to servitude. My body will be rotting in the ground before you will gain control here." Cloud was beginning to get angry too, but was refusing to lose his temper, as it would be perceived as a sign of weakness.

Shadow decided it was pointless continuing to try to bargain with Cloud, he would not concede, and left, in a flash of white light.

OK, fine, it gets a bit boring again, but don't worry, it will get a bit more exciting next chapter, so, what do you think of it everyone, please R&R.