Hello again. Umm, I'm just going to put alittle note up here because of a
review I got. Like I said in chapter 1, this story may not follow the games
that Cloud and Leon are in because I have never played them before. I do
not know about the characters. I have never played Final Fantasy VIII
(although I have it, I am just waiting) and I am still on disk one on Final
Fantasy VII. Man, I have to get moving on that. Oh yeah, by the way, if
anyone has ever played and finished Final Fantasy VII, I need help. I just
finished where you get Cid on your team and now I can't figure out where I
am supposed to go or do. Do I go to Wutai? What do I do there? Thank you.
Please answer in a review if you know. Umm, anyways, back to the story!
Sorry it took so long.
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Leon sat up. He decided that he was going to find a way out of this strange place. Picking up his Gunblade, he walked around, staying close to the walls. He figured if he kept his hand on the wall, he could feel for the door in the darkness. It was worth a shot. Leon was not the type to just sit around and let something he was sure was bad happen.
He continued feeling the walls like this. He was sure that soon enough he would feel something like a handle. . . or had he missed it and already gone past it? No, there, he could feel something in the dark. He strained his eyes to see what it was. Sure enough, he had grabbed what looked like a door handle. He turned the handle, but it was locked. Not that it surprised him. He had planned it this way. And he had come prepared.
Leon gathered his energy and swung the Gunblade against the door with all his might. It met with the door and a loud crack was heard. Leon was sent staggering back alittle by all the force. The door had not broken down, but it was severely damaged. Leon could see streams of light coming into the room from the other side of the door. One more hit should bring the door down and allow Leon access out of there. He gathered his strength again, and slammed the Gunblade against the already mess of a door. With a loud noise the door went tumbling down. Finally, Leon thought to himself, now to find out whoever brought me here and teach them a lesson.
As Leon walked out of the dark room and into the light, he took a good look around. He was now in a brightly lit hallway. There were two directions to go, left or right. Either way looked like it went on for quite some time, but there were doors leading off to other places. Leon couldn't see very far in either direction though because the hallway seemed to bend as though it went around in a circle. He had to pick- left, or right.
He decided to go right. He didn't have any reason to, and no guess of what went right, but then again, he didn't know anything about the left direction, either. So with his weapon in hand, he started off down the hallway.
As he walked down the hallway it occurred to him that he wasn't sure what exactly he was looking for. He knew that there wasn't going to be a sign saying "Evil guy this way" or anything. So how would he know where he was going? Along the hallway there were doors to either side of him. He had no idea where any of them went or what they lead to, but something about them told him that they weren't what he was looking for. So what was he looking for? He soon found out.
As he continued down the hall, he noticed it was still going on as if it went in a circle. When he rounded the corner, he saw what he was looking for. The hallway abruptly stopped. Where it stopped was a large pair of double set doors. The doors where mostly gray, but something about them told him that what he was looking for was inside.
Leon prepared himself for whatever could be inside. He made sure he was ready to fight at any warning, and gripped his Gunblade firmly. Walking up to the door, he reached for the handle. A thought suddenly sped across his mind. Did he really want to do this? Did he really want to know what was inside? He could always just turn back and look for an exit and get out of here. But no, he thought to himself, he was going to go inside and see what was going on here. He was no coward.
With that thought of courage, he grabbed the handle and threw the door open. He looked at what was inside. Once more, it was dark. But this time it was not empty. The lights inside were dimmed so Leon could make out what was inside. Lots of tables. Tables with computers on them and bottles of things. Others had piles of junk on them. In the center of the room was a big machine. It was circular, like some kind of tube, but not clear. It had a small door to it, but Leon couldn't figure out what it would be used for. From the windows on the machine Leon could see that it was filled with some kind of smoke. Blinding flashes of light sparked from it every couple of seconds. The room looked like it was some kind of laboratory. But it wasn't unoccupied.
Leon looked and saw to his amazement a man standing in the room next to the machine. He had his back turned to Leon, but Leon knew the man knew he was in the room. Slowly the man turned to face Leon and gave him a wicked smirk. His features surprised Leon.
The man was a bit taller than Leon. He had long black hair, and his eyes had some kind of unrealism to them. They were strange, and Leon was not sure of their color, but they were defiantly evil. Leon could tell the man had joined the dark side, or maybe he was born into it. The man had no shirt on, which showed that he was very fit and in shape, and black pants. All in all he looked only around 25. The air around him was evil. (A/N: For those of you who watch Inuyasha, picture Naraku. Naraku is so cool, but I can't watch it anymore because stupid cartoon network had to put it on weeknights and then they took it off. What, did the show end? I hope not. Anyways, for those of you who don't watch Inuyasha, sorry to bother you and back to the story! ^_^;;)
"Hmm. So it looks like the little prisoner found his way out of his cage." The man smirked. Leon could see by the look in his eyes he was just toying with him.
"So you're the one who brought me here!" Leon shouted. The man once again just gave a wicked smile and nodded. "Well, why?!" Leon shouted out again. He was angry by the way the man just stood there and acted coolly as if Leon was not threat to him.
"I had some things I needed to take care of."
"And how does that involve me?" Leon made sure the man could see his Gunblade, ready to strike.
The man looked at the Gunblade for a minute, but his expression did not change. "You were about to see soon enough. I expected no less of you. A locked door would not keep you in one place, would it?"
Leon wished the man would start to make sense. What was he here for? Did it have something to do with that machine?
The man saw Leon's confused expression. "You're depression lead the Heartless to you." He started to explain. "The Heartless lead you here. As you may have already guessed, I work with the Heartless. No, that is a bad way to put it. The Heartless work for me!" He smiled again at this point. "I am not weak like the others I knew. Most who join the Heartless get taken over by the darkness in their hearts, and become darkness. Darkness comes to control them. They lose the battle for their souls. But I am different. I am strong enough to control the darkness. It will not overtake me like the others."
This time it was Leon's turn to smile. "You're wrong. Everybody's wrong. Everyone who has come to work to control the darkness has said that. And not one has ever come to master it. You're just like all the rest." The man gave an evil laugh. Leon frowned. "But that still doesn't explain why I'm here. You just kept me here because this is where the Heartless brought me?"
"Ha ha. No, I called the Heartless to take you from your little town. Like I said before, it was the depression in your heart that made you stand out. I've found that those depressed are more easily taken over to darkness. They lose themselves to the darkness. Their souls are taken over by it, and are bent to it's will. They become mind-controlled by the darkness and do it's bidding." Leon's eyes widened. "That's right. That's why you're here. I figured someone with your strength would be very useful to me. Once I control you."
Leon now knew why he was here. This man had been planning to use Leon to fight for him once he somehow converted his mind to the darkness. Leon gasped as he pictured himself running into Traverse Town, bringing armies Heartless with him. Picturing himself bringing out his Gunblade, and attacking the people of Traverse Town that he had once fought to protect from the very same force. Himself going after Cid, Aerith, and Yuffie . . . No! He couldn't let that happen. And he wasn't about to.
With a growl Leon jumped into the air and swung the Gunblade down onto the man. To Leon's surprise the man jumped up out of the way with incredible speed. As Leon landed alittle off balance, the man sped back up and punched Leon in the head. Leon was again shocked, not only by the man's speed but by the power of his punch. He knew the guy had exercised, but not this much. But Leon recovered himself and got onto attacking position again. Once Leon had spotted the guy, he ran up and swung the Gunblade again. The man was in a corner, so Leon was sure he had no where he could jump to. But once again the man surprised Leon. He jumped up. In all his life, Leon had never seen anyone jump as high as that man did right then. When the man came back down, he delivered a kick to Leon's head. Leon flew across the room and crashed into a few tables.
"Hmm. It's a pity. I thought a great fighter like Squall would put up more of a fight than that. I don't even have to use any of my weapons." The man smirked. He walked up to where Leon had fallen.
'Weapons!' Leon thought. 'This guy has weapons?!?'
The man pulled Leon up by the neck of his shirt. "This wasn't even a real fight." He said, and held his other hand close to Leon's face. As Leon looked in horror, a black light started glowing in the hand. "Goodnight Squall." The energy ball shot out at Leon, and it was more than enough to knock him out.
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Cloud opened his eyes. Where was he? The last thing he could remember was that cell. . . He sat up and looked around. He saw that he was in a dark room. There was a door up ahead. Once he saw all this, he suddenly remembered that everything before - the cell, the girls, and that man - had just been a dream. Well, that made things make more sense, but where was he now? Then he remembered that he head been walking on the road and some weird black stuff had pulled him down. So that black stuff must have taken him here.
Cloud looked at the door. Should he go through? He knew that he would probably find something that would answer some questions on the other side. And he wasn't just going to sit in this tiny room forever. So, he got up, grabbed the handle, and opened the door. What he found on the other side kind of amazed him.
On the other side of the door, there was a large room. It was dimly lit, but Cloud could see what was inside. There was junk scattered all over the place. The junk was made up of many books just thrown around, some old food, and bottles. It looked like someone had lived in here for a couple of days. Or maybe they were still living here. In the center of the room Cloud could see somebody.
The guy was tall, much taller than Cloud. He was also much older than Cloud, looking about 35. He wore some kind of long white coat, that made Cloud think he looked like a scientist. He also wore sunglasses, and had semi-long white hair. The man turned to face Cloud.
"Alright, who are you and what are you doing?" Cloud asked. He took the kind of tone that made you think twice not to mess with him.
"What do you think your doing?" the man asked back.
"I want to know why I'm here, cause I know I didn't bring myself here." Cloud took out his sword. He didn't like this guy one bit.
"Well, I believe the Heartless brought you here. And for a reason." The guy said. Cloud just stared at him. "Ha, I thought they would bring you here, so that is why I came."
"You knew about the Heartless taking me somewhere?" Cloud asked, still not getting out of his fighting stance. "Well, how?"
"You are impatient and should be taught a lesson." The man said. Cloud struggled to keep himself under control and not attack the guy. He did NOT like this guy at all. Something about him. . . "I told the Heartless to bring you here, you fool. For a simple test."
"Test?!" Cloud asked. "Hey listen, I don't want to be bothered by some maniacs tests, alight? I know that if you can tell the Heartless to do stuff and they do it for you, then your probably not on my good side."
"The tests have already begun." The man smiled.
"Wha. . ." Cloud wondered. And then it pulled together. The tests had already begun. . . "You're the one who sent me those dreams, aren't you?!" Cloud was enraged now. The man only nodded and continued smiling. Cloud didn't like his smile.
"It's a test on the mind and heart of a person. Your dream was the first step."
Cloud was pissed at this guy. Those dreams had been like hell to him. "Well then, choosing me as the test subject was your own mistake." Cloud showed the man that he was ready to attack, daring him to even try defending himself. The guy made no such move, which puzzled Cloud. But even so, this guy was not getting any mercy.
With a yell, Cloud took his sword and started his attack. He right away used his Sonic Blade attack and sliced towards the man. To Cloud's astonishment, the man still didn't make a move. Not even flinch. But whatever he was planning, it was to late for Cloud to do much about it. He couldn't stop the Sonic Blade attack now. Cloud ripped the air heading towards the man with extreme power. But right as the blade touched the man, Cloud felt some kind of weird sensation. As he watched, his blade went right through the guy. But not through him as if through his skin. It just went through him as if he were transparent, some kind of ghost. And after the blade went Cloud. Cloud gasped as he went through the man. It felt, so weird. What the hell was this guy?
As Cloud's attack came to an end, Cloud stopped at the corner of the room. He looked at the man with confused expression. He started to feel dizzy, and the world around him started to swirl together. Whatever that guy was made of, it was making Cloud sick. He could just make out the man smiling again as his world began to blacken. He had a terrible headache all of a sudden.
"Sorry. I guess you couldn't even take one hit at me. Strange, isn't it? It's one of my special attacks." Cloud listened to the man talk as he began to feel weaker and dropped to his knees. "You can't touch me as long as I use it. And trying, as you can see, only backfires into you losing conciseness."
Cloud dropped to the ground. He couldn't take it anymore. He blacked out.
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Oh man, it was Cloud's part that was shorter this time. Oh well, I tried. Pretty good for not writing it out on paper first this time, huh? Well actually, I don't know if that chapter was good. . . So please review and tell me. And D.H. you had better not say that that was short again!!!! But please review anyways ^_^;; And don't worry everyone our heroes will be outta that place in no time! (next chapter, or maybe the one after that) Sorry that there's not a whole lot of action yet, but there will be coming up soon! And the story will have more of a plot to it to! Man, I'm dissing my own fic. That's probably not good. Please R&R!!!!!!!!
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Leon sat up. He decided that he was going to find a way out of this strange place. Picking up his Gunblade, he walked around, staying close to the walls. He figured if he kept his hand on the wall, he could feel for the door in the darkness. It was worth a shot. Leon was not the type to just sit around and let something he was sure was bad happen.
He continued feeling the walls like this. He was sure that soon enough he would feel something like a handle. . . or had he missed it and already gone past it? No, there, he could feel something in the dark. He strained his eyes to see what it was. Sure enough, he had grabbed what looked like a door handle. He turned the handle, but it was locked. Not that it surprised him. He had planned it this way. And he had come prepared.
Leon gathered his energy and swung the Gunblade against the door with all his might. It met with the door and a loud crack was heard. Leon was sent staggering back alittle by all the force. The door had not broken down, but it was severely damaged. Leon could see streams of light coming into the room from the other side of the door. One more hit should bring the door down and allow Leon access out of there. He gathered his strength again, and slammed the Gunblade against the already mess of a door. With a loud noise the door went tumbling down. Finally, Leon thought to himself, now to find out whoever brought me here and teach them a lesson.
As Leon walked out of the dark room and into the light, he took a good look around. He was now in a brightly lit hallway. There were two directions to go, left or right. Either way looked like it went on for quite some time, but there were doors leading off to other places. Leon couldn't see very far in either direction though because the hallway seemed to bend as though it went around in a circle. He had to pick- left, or right.
He decided to go right. He didn't have any reason to, and no guess of what went right, but then again, he didn't know anything about the left direction, either. So with his weapon in hand, he started off down the hallway.
As he walked down the hallway it occurred to him that he wasn't sure what exactly he was looking for. He knew that there wasn't going to be a sign saying "Evil guy this way" or anything. So how would he know where he was going? Along the hallway there were doors to either side of him. He had no idea where any of them went or what they lead to, but something about them told him that they weren't what he was looking for. So what was he looking for? He soon found out.
As he continued down the hall, he noticed it was still going on as if it went in a circle. When he rounded the corner, he saw what he was looking for. The hallway abruptly stopped. Where it stopped was a large pair of double set doors. The doors where mostly gray, but something about them told him that what he was looking for was inside.
Leon prepared himself for whatever could be inside. He made sure he was ready to fight at any warning, and gripped his Gunblade firmly. Walking up to the door, he reached for the handle. A thought suddenly sped across his mind. Did he really want to do this? Did he really want to know what was inside? He could always just turn back and look for an exit and get out of here. But no, he thought to himself, he was going to go inside and see what was going on here. He was no coward.
With that thought of courage, he grabbed the handle and threw the door open. He looked at what was inside. Once more, it was dark. But this time it was not empty. The lights inside were dimmed so Leon could make out what was inside. Lots of tables. Tables with computers on them and bottles of things. Others had piles of junk on them. In the center of the room was a big machine. It was circular, like some kind of tube, but not clear. It had a small door to it, but Leon couldn't figure out what it would be used for. From the windows on the machine Leon could see that it was filled with some kind of smoke. Blinding flashes of light sparked from it every couple of seconds. The room looked like it was some kind of laboratory. But it wasn't unoccupied.
Leon looked and saw to his amazement a man standing in the room next to the machine. He had his back turned to Leon, but Leon knew the man knew he was in the room. Slowly the man turned to face Leon and gave him a wicked smirk. His features surprised Leon.
The man was a bit taller than Leon. He had long black hair, and his eyes had some kind of unrealism to them. They were strange, and Leon was not sure of their color, but they were defiantly evil. Leon could tell the man had joined the dark side, or maybe he was born into it. The man had no shirt on, which showed that he was very fit and in shape, and black pants. All in all he looked only around 25. The air around him was evil. (A/N: For those of you who watch Inuyasha, picture Naraku. Naraku is so cool, but I can't watch it anymore because stupid cartoon network had to put it on weeknights and then they took it off. What, did the show end? I hope not. Anyways, for those of you who don't watch Inuyasha, sorry to bother you and back to the story! ^_^;;)
"Hmm. So it looks like the little prisoner found his way out of his cage." The man smirked. Leon could see by the look in his eyes he was just toying with him.
"So you're the one who brought me here!" Leon shouted. The man once again just gave a wicked smile and nodded. "Well, why?!" Leon shouted out again. He was angry by the way the man just stood there and acted coolly as if Leon was not threat to him.
"I had some things I needed to take care of."
"And how does that involve me?" Leon made sure the man could see his Gunblade, ready to strike.
The man looked at the Gunblade for a minute, but his expression did not change. "You were about to see soon enough. I expected no less of you. A locked door would not keep you in one place, would it?"
Leon wished the man would start to make sense. What was he here for? Did it have something to do with that machine?
The man saw Leon's confused expression. "You're depression lead the Heartless to you." He started to explain. "The Heartless lead you here. As you may have already guessed, I work with the Heartless. No, that is a bad way to put it. The Heartless work for me!" He smiled again at this point. "I am not weak like the others I knew. Most who join the Heartless get taken over by the darkness in their hearts, and become darkness. Darkness comes to control them. They lose the battle for their souls. But I am different. I am strong enough to control the darkness. It will not overtake me like the others."
This time it was Leon's turn to smile. "You're wrong. Everybody's wrong. Everyone who has come to work to control the darkness has said that. And not one has ever come to master it. You're just like all the rest." The man gave an evil laugh. Leon frowned. "But that still doesn't explain why I'm here. You just kept me here because this is where the Heartless brought me?"
"Ha ha. No, I called the Heartless to take you from your little town. Like I said before, it was the depression in your heart that made you stand out. I've found that those depressed are more easily taken over to darkness. They lose themselves to the darkness. Their souls are taken over by it, and are bent to it's will. They become mind-controlled by the darkness and do it's bidding." Leon's eyes widened. "That's right. That's why you're here. I figured someone with your strength would be very useful to me. Once I control you."
Leon now knew why he was here. This man had been planning to use Leon to fight for him once he somehow converted his mind to the darkness. Leon gasped as he pictured himself running into Traverse Town, bringing armies Heartless with him. Picturing himself bringing out his Gunblade, and attacking the people of Traverse Town that he had once fought to protect from the very same force. Himself going after Cid, Aerith, and Yuffie . . . No! He couldn't let that happen. And he wasn't about to.
With a growl Leon jumped into the air and swung the Gunblade down onto the man. To Leon's surprise the man jumped up out of the way with incredible speed. As Leon landed alittle off balance, the man sped back up and punched Leon in the head. Leon was again shocked, not only by the man's speed but by the power of his punch. He knew the guy had exercised, but not this much. But Leon recovered himself and got onto attacking position again. Once Leon had spotted the guy, he ran up and swung the Gunblade again. The man was in a corner, so Leon was sure he had no where he could jump to. But once again the man surprised Leon. He jumped up. In all his life, Leon had never seen anyone jump as high as that man did right then. When the man came back down, he delivered a kick to Leon's head. Leon flew across the room and crashed into a few tables.
"Hmm. It's a pity. I thought a great fighter like Squall would put up more of a fight than that. I don't even have to use any of my weapons." The man smirked. He walked up to where Leon had fallen.
'Weapons!' Leon thought. 'This guy has weapons?!?'
The man pulled Leon up by the neck of his shirt. "This wasn't even a real fight." He said, and held his other hand close to Leon's face. As Leon looked in horror, a black light started glowing in the hand. "Goodnight Squall." The energy ball shot out at Leon, and it was more than enough to knock him out.
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Cloud opened his eyes. Where was he? The last thing he could remember was that cell. . . He sat up and looked around. He saw that he was in a dark room. There was a door up ahead. Once he saw all this, he suddenly remembered that everything before - the cell, the girls, and that man - had just been a dream. Well, that made things make more sense, but where was he now? Then he remembered that he head been walking on the road and some weird black stuff had pulled him down. So that black stuff must have taken him here.
Cloud looked at the door. Should he go through? He knew that he would probably find something that would answer some questions on the other side. And he wasn't just going to sit in this tiny room forever. So, he got up, grabbed the handle, and opened the door. What he found on the other side kind of amazed him.
On the other side of the door, there was a large room. It was dimly lit, but Cloud could see what was inside. There was junk scattered all over the place. The junk was made up of many books just thrown around, some old food, and bottles. It looked like someone had lived in here for a couple of days. Or maybe they were still living here. In the center of the room Cloud could see somebody.
The guy was tall, much taller than Cloud. He was also much older than Cloud, looking about 35. He wore some kind of long white coat, that made Cloud think he looked like a scientist. He also wore sunglasses, and had semi-long white hair. The man turned to face Cloud.
"Alright, who are you and what are you doing?" Cloud asked. He took the kind of tone that made you think twice not to mess with him.
"What do you think your doing?" the man asked back.
"I want to know why I'm here, cause I know I didn't bring myself here." Cloud took out his sword. He didn't like this guy one bit.
"Well, I believe the Heartless brought you here. And for a reason." The guy said. Cloud just stared at him. "Ha, I thought they would bring you here, so that is why I came."
"You knew about the Heartless taking me somewhere?" Cloud asked, still not getting out of his fighting stance. "Well, how?"
"You are impatient and should be taught a lesson." The man said. Cloud struggled to keep himself under control and not attack the guy. He did NOT like this guy at all. Something about him. . . "I told the Heartless to bring you here, you fool. For a simple test."
"Test?!" Cloud asked. "Hey listen, I don't want to be bothered by some maniacs tests, alight? I know that if you can tell the Heartless to do stuff and they do it for you, then your probably not on my good side."
"The tests have already begun." The man smiled.
"Wha. . ." Cloud wondered. And then it pulled together. The tests had already begun. . . "You're the one who sent me those dreams, aren't you?!" Cloud was enraged now. The man only nodded and continued smiling. Cloud didn't like his smile.
"It's a test on the mind and heart of a person. Your dream was the first step."
Cloud was pissed at this guy. Those dreams had been like hell to him. "Well then, choosing me as the test subject was your own mistake." Cloud showed the man that he was ready to attack, daring him to even try defending himself. The guy made no such move, which puzzled Cloud. But even so, this guy was not getting any mercy.
With a yell, Cloud took his sword and started his attack. He right away used his Sonic Blade attack and sliced towards the man. To Cloud's astonishment, the man still didn't make a move. Not even flinch. But whatever he was planning, it was to late for Cloud to do much about it. He couldn't stop the Sonic Blade attack now. Cloud ripped the air heading towards the man with extreme power. But right as the blade touched the man, Cloud felt some kind of weird sensation. As he watched, his blade went right through the guy. But not through him as if through his skin. It just went through him as if he were transparent, some kind of ghost. And after the blade went Cloud. Cloud gasped as he went through the man. It felt, so weird. What the hell was this guy?
As Cloud's attack came to an end, Cloud stopped at the corner of the room. He looked at the man with confused expression. He started to feel dizzy, and the world around him started to swirl together. Whatever that guy was made of, it was making Cloud sick. He could just make out the man smiling again as his world began to blacken. He had a terrible headache all of a sudden.
"Sorry. I guess you couldn't even take one hit at me. Strange, isn't it? It's one of my special attacks." Cloud listened to the man talk as he began to feel weaker and dropped to his knees. "You can't touch me as long as I use it. And trying, as you can see, only backfires into you losing conciseness."
Cloud dropped to the ground. He couldn't take it anymore. He blacked out.
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Oh man, it was Cloud's part that was shorter this time. Oh well, I tried. Pretty good for not writing it out on paper first this time, huh? Well actually, I don't know if that chapter was good. . . So please review and tell me. And D.H. you had better not say that that was short again!!!! But please review anyways ^_^;; And don't worry everyone our heroes will be outta that place in no time! (next chapter, or maybe the one after that) Sorry that there's not a whole lot of action yet, but there will be coming up soon! And the story will have more of a plot to it to! Man, I'm dissing my own fic. That's probably not good. Please R&R!!!!!!!!
