Chapter 2: The Curse of the Fallen Warrior

((Thanks to the few people who read this and asked me to continue, and those who didn't like the fact of having Cloud hurt ;) ))

Zack's body was engulfed in dark flames, not the normal ring of fire. His hair changed......it grew longer and silver streaks ran through it. Then his eyes changed from the dark blue to the mako green. He let out a maniacal laughter and dropped his Buster sword into the sludgy marsh.

"What the hell.....a level 5....?"

Zack's laughter dissipated and he stared forward at his prey....no longer the same person, he seemed slightly different. It suddenly did hit Cloud though, the green eyes, the long hair, and the laughter.....

"SEPHIROTH!!!!!"

".....Cloud......death....they will soon be words that your friends will use together....."

Zack's voice intertwined with Sephiroth's making a strange sound. In death Zack was able to meet the fallen spirits that made up Sephiroth, so now he is able to call upon the power of him. And like the former being, he drew his fabled blade, the Masamune.

"....Cloud....kneel before me....."

"No way you psychopath! How are you even alive!"

"Enough words....die NOW!!!"

Zack lunged fourth and dove his blade straight through the Ultima sword's blade, which Cloud had tried to block with. Cloud's head dropped down and he saw his wound, his blood falling in the marsh, and his eyes blurring. Zack released the handle of the Masamune and let Cloud fall into the sickening marsh, his laughter echoing in Cloud's mind as he fell out of consciousness.

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Zack awoke in the Highwind....he stared across the room and saw Cloud surrounded by machines, on the brink of life. It would be so easy to strike him down now.....but he couldn't move. He noticed that he felt no pain but no muscles in his body would move voluntarily. He panicked and his eyes moved back and forth crazily.

"Hi!"

A women walked in...she seemed rather familiar. He was dressed in a mini-skirt and a sports bra, she looked like a cheep hooker. She walked over to Cloud and sat at his bed, and began to cry. It pained him to see a women cry, and to know that it was his fault. He looked the other way to try to hide his feelings.....even though no one was looking.

"Cloud...will you ever wake up," she asked.

He then realized this was his guide on his final mission with soldier in Nibelheim, the Tifa girl. She turned her head and noticed Zack was conscious. Her sad, tear filled eyes quickly filled with hate as she walked to his bed-side. She raised her fist in the air and-

"DON'T!"

She stopped, though a little surprised. A man dressed in a red cloak had saved his life. This one didn't seem familiar at all though.

"Why he's the one who hurt Cloud!!" Tifa screamed.

"We don't know that besides, he's paralyzed anyway....It's what he gets for summoning the spirit of that man....."

Weeks passed and one day Zack found to his surprise that he could instantly move again. All his bodily functions were back in order. He would not kill Cloud just yet....it was time to take EVERYTHING away from Cloud first.

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