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Cloud checked through the bag of Materia Vincent had gotten. "Uhhh... how did u get this Ifrit summon Materia? I thought you could only buy Materia like this in major cities. And even then it's hard."
"I have my ways." Vincent explained. The group had been walking for about 2 hours now. They saw no sign of Sephiroth which they thought was good. It wouldn't have been cool if he had shown up so early in their journey.
"Uhhh...Cloud? How are we even supposed to find this stone? Do you have any idea where it is? Are we even going the right direction?" asked Yuffie.
"No idea."
"Then why did we come this way?"
"The nearest Chocobo stable is this way. We will need some Chocobos if we are to get to the stone before Sephiroth."
"Good point. But how are we going to afford the Chocobos? We spent all of our gil on supplies."
"I guess we will have to figure that out when we get there, won't we?"
"Yeah I guess..." Yuffie was cut off by an ear piercing roar coming out of the forest.
"That doesn't sound good!" said Cloud as he drew his buster sword from the holster on his back. Vincent pulled out a gun, while Cid grabbed his spear. All of the sudden a huge jet of flames erupted from the forest. The smell of burnt air filled the air.
"What could it be?!" yelled Tifa, who was terrified. Tifa could fight well up close and personal but she would not be much help against a monster that could breathe fire.
"I have no idea, I guess we'll have to wait and find out." said Cloud, sounding calm but who was little more nervous than he'd like to admit.
The monster smashed through the scorched trees. It was mad, mad that something it didn't like entered its territory. The monster was a Red Dragon.
"Uh oh." remarked Cid, "I probably won't be that much help here" He gestured at his spear. It was small, and the blade would not be strong enough to penetrate the dragon's thick scales. "I'll leave this up to you Cloud."
Cloud gestured for the bag that Yuffie kept on her belt. She tossed Cloud the bag who instantly began searching for the Shiva Materia. "Yuffie! Vincent! You guys will have to distract it! You have long range weapons I don't. As soon as I find the Shiva Materia I will call her. But you must hold it off until then." Yuffie and Vincent nodded.
"HEY DRAGON OVER HERE!" called Vincent while he blasted the Dragon with about 10 rounds. Blood gushed from the newly formed wounds. The dragon was furious.
It was Yuffie's turn. Using her stealth techniques she was able to get the forest without being noticed by the dragon. Cid and Tifa hadn't even noticed she had gone. The only reason they knew she was in the forest was the long stream of ninja stars erupting from the tree line. The stars lacerated the dragon's skin, causing a river of blood to erupt from the huge cut that the stars had made. Tifa flinched. She didn't like blood much.
The dragon turned back toward the tree line. He roared and then without warning shot a blast of fire into the trees. Tifa screamed. "YUFFIE!!!!!"
Cloud looked up. He didn't see Yuffie. Neither Cloud, Tifa, nor Cid noticed that she was standing right behind them. Perfectly fine. Tifa was startled when a ninja star whizzed passed her at a mind boggling speed. The star landed a direct hit into the dragon's eye. Blood was now streaming down the dragons face at an alarming rate.
The dragon was slowing down now. He was dying slowly. The dragon let out a roar. Then the dragon disappeared. The next thing Vincent knew he was being pinned against a huge rock by the dragon. Vincent had never seen a dragon move that fast in his life. The dragon pushed with all of might against Vincent, trying to crush him to death. Vincent screamed in agony.
Cloud grabbed his sword. "Tifa! Look for the Shiva Materia for me! I need to help Vincent!" Cloud tossed Tifa the bag. Cloud was never so frantic in his life. Yuffie whizzed a fresh supply of stars into the dragon's side causing him to bellow in pain.
Cloud reached the dragon just in time. Just as the dragon drew in a huge breath, readying himself to incinerate Vincent, Cloud stabbed his sword into the dragons open wound. The dragon roared in pain. Yuffie suddenly appeared above Vincent and hurdled another star into the dragon's other eye. The dragon was now blind.
The dragon was now dying of loss of blood. The dragon had created a pool of blood that was now up to Cloud's ankles. Cloud could see now that the dragon would try anything to kill Vincent. He stabbed his sword in deeper. He felt the satisfying feeling of his sword scraping bone. The dragon flailed around in agony.
Tifa still searched frantically for the Shiva Materia. Even though the dragon was dying you never know what can happen in battle. At least this was Tifa's philosophy so she kept searching.
Yuffie shot another star into the dragon's nose. He roared again. This time Yuffie flung a small knife into the dragon's mouth. it erupted through the back of the dragon's head. Blood was now gushing out of the dragon's mouth in random spurts. Yuffie appeared behind Tifa so she could watch what was happening from afar and plan her next move.
Cloud decided to end it here and now. With one final shove of his sword he ripped through the dragon's heart muscle. "Yuffie! I need you to slam on the handle of my sword for me! You are the fastest one here!" called Cloud, who was now basically matted with blood. Yuffie nodded.
Out of nowhere Yuffie appeared about 50 feet into the air. She slammed onto the handle of Cloud's sword which sent it tearing through the dragon's already damaged heart and through the skin again taking a chunk out of the dragon. Before the blade could hit Yuffie she disappeared. The sword landed about 10 feet away from the growing pool of blood. Cloud retrieved it.
Tifa finally found the Shiva Materia from the bag. She held it up to the air and called to Shiva. "Oh Shiva, gallant goddess of ice! Lend us your strength for we need you now!" The small blue rock that Tifa held in her hand began to glow. All of the sudden a beam of light erupted from the rock and into the sky. A blue portal appeared after a few seconds.
Shiva erupted from the clouds in a flash of blue and white. She landed right in front of Tifa. "You have summoned the great and beautiful Shiva, Goddess of Ice. I am at your command." Shiva told Tifa.
"I need you to destroy that dragon over there." said Tifa gesturing toward the dying beast in exasperation, it took a lot out of ya to summon something from a summon Materia. Shiva laughed and nodded. She took off toward the dragon. She flew right over the dragon and hovered just above the dragons head. Shiva began to chant some strange, but mesmerizing words. A huge frozen ball of energy was beginning to form over Shiva's head. She continued her chant. Cloud had already begun to run toward Tifa and Cid.
Vincent was still held captive by the evil beast. He struggled to get free but he could not. Yuffie noticed Vincent was still not free and decided to help him. Yuffie reached into her bag and pulled out about 15 small daggers. She flung these with lightning swiftness at one of the dragon's arms. The dragon roared in pain and lifted the injured arm. Vincent was able to break free from the other arm and escape.
Vincent escaped just in time. The dragon let out a huge sea of flames that would have killed Vincent if had still been against the rock. Vincent arrived safely back with the others. he was breathing hard because his lungs had been under a lot of pressure due to the dragon's attempt to crush Vincent.
Shiva's ball was complete. It wasn't that big but the apparent power of the ball was mind-boggling. The ball shot out small tendrils of electricity. Shiva smiled then pointed her finger at the dragon. She yelled and then the ball of energy shot toward the dragon. A huge flash filled the air.
When cloud finally opened his eyes he was startled by what he saw. Time had stopped and a cloaked figure stood before him.
"Cloud." the figure said in an airy voice.
"What is going on here?" asked Cloud in alarm.
"Cloud, it is I, Archemidius. I have grave news from Bylandrias. Someone named Seifer is now searching for the Bylandrias stone. You must find the Stone of Archemus very quickly. If you allow even one of the stones to be found by someone with darkness in their hearts our plan will be ruined. You must travel to Bylandrias and find that stone immediately after you find the Stone of this planet. You cannot take your body with you though. You remember when you were in Squall's body don't you? That was a mistake made by us Frai. She accidentally sent herself into the wrong body which sent you into Squall's. Well it turns out that you must use Squall's body so you were lucky she made that mistake. At least you now know a little bit about the surroundings of Bylandrias. You will be able to control Squall's conscious mind. This is what you were doing before. By the way, this Seifer man seems to be Squall's close rival so this complicates things just a little bit. I give you this Materia. You can use it travel between the four worlds. The bodies you will control are already predetermined. You must hold this up and say 'The Chosen One wishes to travel to' then say whichever planet you need to go to. The Materia will be useless after the four worlds are fused. Oh and when you are away from your own body it will become dormant. You should explain this to your friends that way they don't freak out. I can't keep time stopped for much longer so I give you this gift. It is called the Oracle Sword. It is the sword for the Chosen One. It is much more powerful than the sword you are now using. Please use it well. I bid you farewell. Good luck."
Another huge flash erupted into Cloud's eyes. After he blinked a few times time had started up again. The dragon was now reduced to a pile of shattered glacial shards. The blood had even been frozen. Shiva was no where to be found.
"Wow Cloud! Neat sword you have there! How'd you get it that fast?" wondered Yuffie.
"The Oracle of our planet gave it to me. He stopped time to give me a message. Someone is looking for the Stone on Bylandrias. We had better hurry up finding this one." explained Cloud. Tifa gasped.
"How are we supposed to hurry up when we don't even know where the damn stone is?!" exclaimed Cid in a rage that last a split-second.
"I have no idea," said Cloud, "But I have a feeling, a strong one, that we are going in the right direction." Cid shook his head.
Cloud felt uncomfortable because he was still caked in blood. He reached into Yuffie's bag and grabbed out a water Materia. He held it up and yelled, "Water!" A small bubble of water formed around Cloud and the blood was washed off of him...for the most part anyways.
"We should get going. Who knows if another one of those dragons will come...or even worse...Sephiroth." exclaimed Tifa. Cloud and the others nodded.
Cloud and company started walking again toward the Chocobo stables that were located just out of the outskirts of a huge city called Midgar. Vincent at times would have to stop because of what the dragon did to his lungs. On one occasion he even collapsed and fell unconscious. This slowed down the pace.
All of the sudden Cloud's vision was beginning to fog up. An image appeared in his mind. Fog slightly dimmed the image but Cloud knew what it was. The Oracle was giving him the location of the Shrine that contained the stone. He recognized this place. It was near a small village by the Mountains of Breeasd. He would be able to find this place quite easily... but all he needed was an airship.
Cloud woke up just a little bit before Vincent awoke. He informed the others that he knew where the stone was. They were stunned by this information. Cod suggested that they use his almost completed Highwind. This was being constructed in the great city of Midgar. It would take them about 1 more day to complete it.
"We should get there by the time it's finished if we can finally get to the damn Chocobo stables. I hope the searcher on the Planet Bylandrias doesn't find it within the day it will take us to find the Stone here," explained Cid. The group nodded.
The group, still sort of shaken by the confrontation with the dragon began their journey again. This time they weren't wandering. They had a place to be. They were going to kick it into high gear as soon as Vincent got some rest.
With all of the excitement of the day still fresh on their minds the group failed to notice the shadowy figured with flowing silver hair watching them from the top of a low mountain...
Afterword- I hope this had enough blood for you! I tried to make the fight as detailed as possible. Anyway. thanks for reading! Please review!
Cloud checked through the bag of Materia Vincent had gotten. "Uhhh... how did u get this Ifrit summon Materia? I thought you could only buy Materia like this in major cities. And even then it's hard."
"I have my ways." Vincent explained. The group had been walking for about 2 hours now. They saw no sign of Sephiroth which they thought was good. It wouldn't have been cool if he had shown up so early in their journey.
"Uhhh...Cloud? How are we even supposed to find this stone? Do you have any idea where it is? Are we even going the right direction?" asked Yuffie.
"No idea."
"Then why did we come this way?"
"The nearest Chocobo stable is this way. We will need some Chocobos if we are to get to the stone before Sephiroth."
"Good point. But how are we going to afford the Chocobos? We spent all of our gil on supplies."
"I guess we will have to figure that out when we get there, won't we?"
"Yeah I guess..." Yuffie was cut off by an ear piercing roar coming out of the forest.
"That doesn't sound good!" said Cloud as he drew his buster sword from the holster on his back. Vincent pulled out a gun, while Cid grabbed his spear. All of the sudden a huge jet of flames erupted from the forest. The smell of burnt air filled the air.
"What could it be?!" yelled Tifa, who was terrified. Tifa could fight well up close and personal but she would not be much help against a monster that could breathe fire.
"I have no idea, I guess we'll have to wait and find out." said Cloud, sounding calm but who was little more nervous than he'd like to admit.
The monster smashed through the scorched trees. It was mad, mad that something it didn't like entered its territory. The monster was a Red Dragon.
"Uh oh." remarked Cid, "I probably won't be that much help here" He gestured at his spear. It was small, and the blade would not be strong enough to penetrate the dragon's thick scales. "I'll leave this up to you Cloud."
Cloud gestured for the bag that Yuffie kept on her belt. She tossed Cloud the bag who instantly began searching for the Shiva Materia. "Yuffie! Vincent! You guys will have to distract it! You have long range weapons I don't. As soon as I find the Shiva Materia I will call her. But you must hold it off until then." Yuffie and Vincent nodded.
"HEY DRAGON OVER HERE!" called Vincent while he blasted the Dragon with about 10 rounds. Blood gushed from the newly formed wounds. The dragon was furious.
It was Yuffie's turn. Using her stealth techniques she was able to get the forest without being noticed by the dragon. Cid and Tifa hadn't even noticed she had gone. The only reason they knew she was in the forest was the long stream of ninja stars erupting from the tree line. The stars lacerated the dragon's skin, causing a river of blood to erupt from the huge cut that the stars had made. Tifa flinched. She didn't like blood much.
The dragon turned back toward the tree line. He roared and then without warning shot a blast of fire into the trees. Tifa screamed. "YUFFIE!!!!!"
Cloud looked up. He didn't see Yuffie. Neither Cloud, Tifa, nor Cid noticed that she was standing right behind them. Perfectly fine. Tifa was startled when a ninja star whizzed passed her at a mind boggling speed. The star landed a direct hit into the dragon's eye. Blood was now streaming down the dragons face at an alarming rate.
The dragon was slowing down now. He was dying slowly. The dragon let out a roar. Then the dragon disappeared. The next thing Vincent knew he was being pinned against a huge rock by the dragon. Vincent had never seen a dragon move that fast in his life. The dragon pushed with all of might against Vincent, trying to crush him to death. Vincent screamed in agony.
Cloud grabbed his sword. "Tifa! Look for the Shiva Materia for me! I need to help Vincent!" Cloud tossed Tifa the bag. Cloud was never so frantic in his life. Yuffie whizzed a fresh supply of stars into the dragon's side causing him to bellow in pain.
Cloud reached the dragon just in time. Just as the dragon drew in a huge breath, readying himself to incinerate Vincent, Cloud stabbed his sword into the dragons open wound. The dragon roared in pain. Yuffie suddenly appeared above Vincent and hurdled another star into the dragon's other eye. The dragon was now blind.
The dragon was now dying of loss of blood. The dragon had created a pool of blood that was now up to Cloud's ankles. Cloud could see now that the dragon would try anything to kill Vincent. He stabbed his sword in deeper. He felt the satisfying feeling of his sword scraping bone. The dragon flailed around in agony.
Tifa still searched frantically for the Shiva Materia. Even though the dragon was dying you never know what can happen in battle. At least this was Tifa's philosophy so she kept searching.
Yuffie shot another star into the dragon's nose. He roared again. This time Yuffie flung a small knife into the dragon's mouth. it erupted through the back of the dragon's head. Blood was now gushing out of the dragon's mouth in random spurts. Yuffie appeared behind Tifa so she could watch what was happening from afar and plan her next move.
Cloud decided to end it here and now. With one final shove of his sword he ripped through the dragon's heart muscle. "Yuffie! I need you to slam on the handle of my sword for me! You are the fastest one here!" called Cloud, who was now basically matted with blood. Yuffie nodded.
Out of nowhere Yuffie appeared about 50 feet into the air. She slammed onto the handle of Cloud's sword which sent it tearing through the dragon's already damaged heart and through the skin again taking a chunk out of the dragon. Before the blade could hit Yuffie she disappeared. The sword landed about 10 feet away from the growing pool of blood. Cloud retrieved it.
Tifa finally found the Shiva Materia from the bag. She held it up to the air and called to Shiva. "Oh Shiva, gallant goddess of ice! Lend us your strength for we need you now!" The small blue rock that Tifa held in her hand began to glow. All of the sudden a beam of light erupted from the rock and into the sky. A blue portal appeared after a few seconds.
Shiva erupted from the clouds in a flash of blue and white. She landed right in front of Tifa. "You have summoned the great and beautiful Shiva, Goddess of Ice. I am at your command." Shiva told Tifa.
"I need you to destroy that dragon over there." said Tifa gesturing toward the dying beast in exasperation, it took a lot out of ya to summon something from a summon Materia. Shiva laughed and nodded. She took off toward the dragon. She flew right over the dragon and hovered just above the dragons head. Shiva began to chant some strange, but mesmerizing words. A huge frozen ball of energy was beginning to form over Shiva's head. She continued her chant. Cloud had already begun to run toward Tifa and Cid.
Vincent was still held captive by the evil beast. He struggled to get free but he could not. Yuffie noticed Vincent was still not free and decided to help him. Yuffie reached into her bag and pulled out about 15 small daggers. She flung these with lightning swiftness at one of the dragon's arms. The dragon roared in pain and lifted the injured arm. Vincent was able to break free from the other arm and escape.
Vincent escaped just in time. The dragon let out a huge sea of flames that would have killed Vincent if had still been against the rock. Vincent arrived safely back with the others. he was breathing hard because his lungs had been under a lot of pressure due to the dragon's attempt to crush Vincent.
Shiva's ball was complete. It wasn't that big but the apparent power of the ball was mind-boggling. The ball shot out small tendrils of electricity. Shiva smiled then pointed her finger at the dragon. She yelled and then the ball of energy shot toward the dragon. A huge flash filled the air.
When cloud finally opened his eyes he was startled by what he saw. Time had stopped and a cloaked figure stood before him.
"Cloud." the figure said in an airy voice.
"What is going on here?" asked Cloud in alarm.
"Cloud, it is I, Archemidius. I have grave news from Bylandrias. Someone named Seifer is now searching for the Bylandrias stone. You must find the Stone of Archemus very quickly. If you allow even one of the stones to be found by someone with darkness in their hearts our plan will be ruined. You must travel to Bylandrias and find that stone immediately after you find the Stone of this planet. You cannot take your body with you though. You remember when you were in Squall's body don't you? That was a mistake made by us Frai. She accidentally sent herself into the wrong body which sent you into Squall's. Well it turns out that you must use Squall's body so you were lucky she made that mistake. At least you now know a little bit about the surroundings of Bylandrias. You will be able to control Squall's conscious mind. This is what you were doing before. By the way, this Seifer man seems to be Squall's close rival so this complicates things just a little bit. I give you this Materia. You can use it travel between the four worlds. The bodies you will control are already predetermined. You must hold this up and say 'The Chosen One wishes to travel to' then say whichever planet you need to go to. The Materia will be useless after the four worlds are fused. Oh and when you are away from your own body it will become dormant. You should explain this to your friends that way they don't freak out. I can't keep time stopped for much longer so I give you this gift. It is called the Oracle Sword. It is the sword for the Chosen One. It is much more powerful than the sword you are now using. Please use it well. I bid you farewell. Good luck."
Another huge flash erupted into Cloud's eyes. After he blinked a few times time had started up again. The dragon was now reduced to a pile of shattered glacial shards. The blood had even been frozen. Shiva was no where to be found.
"Wow Cloud! Neat sword you have there! How'd you get it that fast?" wondered Yuffie.
"The Oracle of our planet gave it to me. He stopped time to give me a message. Someone is looking for the Stone on Bylandrias. We had better hurry up finding this one." explained Cloud. Tifa gasped.
"How are we supposed to hurry up when we don't even know where the damn stone is?!" exclaimed Cid in a rage that last a split-second.
"I have no idea," said Cloud, "But I have a feeling, a strong one, that we are going in the right direction." Cid shook his head.
Cloud felt uncomfortable because he was still caked in blood. He reached into Yuffie's bag and grabbed out a water Materia. He held it up and yelled, "Water!" A small bubble of water formed around Cloud and the blood was washed off of him...for the most part anyways.
"We should get going. Who knows if another one of those dragons will come...or even worse...Sephiroth." exclaimed Tifa. Cloud and the others nodded.
Cloud and company started walking again toward the Chocobo stables that were located just out of the outskirts of a huge city called Midgar. Vincent at times would have to stop because of what the dragon did to his lungs. On one occasion he even collapsed and fell unconscious. This slowed down the pace.
All of the sudden Cloud's vision was beginning to fog up. An image appeared in his mind. Fog slightly dimmed the image but Cloud knew what it was. The Oracle was giving him the location of the Shrine that contained the stone. He recognized this place. It was near a small village by the Mountains of Breeasd. He would be able to find this place quite easily... but all he needed was an airship.
Cloud woke up just a little bit before Vincent awoke. He informed the others that he knew where the stone was. They were stunned by this information. Cod suggested that they use his almost completed Highwind. This was being constructed in the great city of Midgar. It would take them about 1 more day to complete it.
"We should get there by the time it's finished if we can finally get to the damn Chocobo stables. I hope the searcher on the Planet Bylandrias doesn't find it within the day it will take us to find the Stone here," explained Cid. The group nodded.
The group, still sort of shaken by the confrontation with the dragon began their journey again. This time they weren't wandering. They had a place to be. They were going to kick it into high gear as soon as Vincent got some rest.
With all of the excitement of the day still fresh on their minds the group failed to notice the shadowy figured with flowing silver hair watching them from the top of a low mountain...
Afterword- I hope this had enough blood for you! I tried to make the fight as detailed as possible. Anyway. thanks for reading! Please review!