Chapter 13
Daitona Kills
(Escape from Guld)
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy is the property of Square Soft. All original characters are mine (maybe not there names but oh well). Please do not steal them, but if you'd like to use them, ask first.
A/N: I have a favor to ask to anyone who is an artiest. If anyone would like to draw Daitona's father e-mail me for details on his description. I'd really like to see what you would think he looks like. And now.for the note.
Note: To Noacat, I'm sorry to tell you that Daitona is not cetra. I think a real cetra would be horrified at what she really is, and I don't think a cetra has fangs.the next chapter will finally reveal some things about her. So Juzu, no giving it away till then, got that? Don't give away anything on Daitona or her father. And finally to Aloria, Sephiroth didn't loose his nerve. He had already taken quite a beating before Daitona showed up with his sword. Hope that helps some. Now for the story.
Daitona Kills: Escape From Guld
"Come on, we have to get out of here!" Sephiroth said urgently after Daitona had reveled something interesting and quite startling.
Daitona nodded stupidly then chased after Sephiroth who was already half way to a door. Sephiroth flung the door open carelessly and lead the way down the now clear dark hall. The gate had been opened again, giving the teens the means to escape the arena.
Sephiroth felt more confident this time going through the hall because now he had back up. Nothing could sneak up on him while Daitona was there. If she was good at anything, she could sense danger before the danger was ever near enough to be possibly be called danger. Within minutes of entry, Sephiroth emerged into the brightly lit lab, a step ahead of Daitona.
"Daitona STOP!" Too late was the command and she plowed straight into Sephiroth's back. It was odd how he didn't move in the least from the impact; didn't take a step forward for balance, or even look at her for that matter, and that worried Daitona to no end. "I can't move," he whispered to her.I think someone casted stop on me.
At his first words Daitona had already began to think of a way out of this, and her first order of business was to find the idiot casting the spell. "Sephiroth.can you see him?" She was close to him, hidden behind so that the same spell couldn't hit her.
Sephiroth thought it a bit awkward that he should be used as a shield, but he quickly averted his attention to the task at hand. His mako enhance eyes scanned the area for the source emitting the 'stop' spell. "Up there," he stated firmly and did his best to gesture to Daitona where.
There was a second story to the lab that was used as an open office. I resembled more of a hall snaking against the wall above the floor.
Sephiroth knew Daitona couldn't see past him without chancing getting caught by the same spell. "There's a filling cabined slightly to my right. There's a large desk right next to it on the left, but there's a small opening between the two for a trash can. 'He's' hiding behind the filling cabinet." Sephiroth hesitated in looking for more useful information. "One more thing.the cabinet has four drawers, two are out and sitting on the floor to the far left.he's watching us now through the wholes in the back."
'Well then, he's in for a rude awakening, isn't he?' Daitona grinned as she pulled a hidden set of throwing knifes from her boots. In all, she had four razor sharp knifes and she knew well how to use them. 'I hope this works.'
Just when Sephiroth begun wondering what Daitona was up to, something caught his eye; something flash as light hit it in the air just right.
Daitona threw on of the knives in the air, caught it by blade, then set it hurling past Sephiroth's head and through the back section of the filing cabinet.
The effort was rewarded by a sharp yell of surprise, then the sound of scrambling feet and hands. "Damn it!" a voice howled from behind the cabinet.
"Guld," Sephiroth growled to Daitona as she prepared her next knife for the throwing.
Behind him he heard Daitona make an angry sound. "You tried to kill us!" she hissed. This time, she skipped throwing the knife up in the air and just threw it.
From where Guld sat crouched behind the filing cabinet, he heard the next knife before he felt it. It grazed his arm then sunk deep into the wall behind him. The second knife had ripped another perfect whole it the cabinet, Guld was beginning to think that this wasn't such a good idea. Daitona had always had the bad habit of throwing things, but now that her habit was honed.that was just plain dangerous, especially if it's you at as her designated target.
"OK Daitona," Guld said boldly. "I admit to you my defeat, but that doesn't help anything, does it? You won't be satisfied till you kill me.and I believe that my time is coming to an end soon."
"Do you really believe I'd kill you? Might I remind you.?" Daitona narrowed her eyes dangerously when she was cut off
"No need. I believe it's in your nature to be a destroyer. Us humans were stupid to think they could control the Supreme Being," Guld sneered. "You father made that clear to Shinra by nearly destroying his company single handedly. Those scientist were trying to be god in creating you, even then they had no alternative other than to taint your father's pure blood with a humans; your blood is tainted by your mother."
Daitona's eyes held the same fiery look they had when she fought off the mechanical monster. "You WILL NOT speak anymore of my father, and you WILL NOT speak of my mother so! They were both saints compared to me of you! You say another word and I'll rip your throat out without a second thought!"
"I don't doubt that," Guld murmured. "Then kill me, Daitona. But you better make it fast because I have no attention of going silently. I'll do as much damage as I can before I go."
It took Daitona a whole hundredth of a second to understand what he meant. She shot a look to Sephiroth, then back up to where she knew Guld to be and readied her third knife. "You'd stoop so low as to hurt someone YOU'VE froze in place?" she asked darkly. "Coward! Why don't you come out of hiding and fight me face to face? Die with some dignity man!" She raised her chin in dignity. "I might even spare you if you cry and beg for mercy. I don't take threats lightly, especially when your goal is to hurt my friend!"
'Friend?' Sephiroth thought longingly. She had never come out and said it, but he had known. But hearing it from her mouth lifted some weight from him that he'd never notice before. Even with this newfound feeling he felt uneasy about being put in the middle of this battle. Daitona was still hiding behind him, but he could tell by her tension that that might not be much longer.
Guld, thinking that he could be sneaky, held up his hand with his materia intending to cast a spell. He frowned when the small green orb fell from his hand and rolled a short distance away. He was staring at the orb instead of his opponent, and he reached down to pick up his materia; it would prove to be fatal move. As he reached for the small orb he realized he hadn't dropped it on purpose.
Guld stared in horror at the blade going through his elbow, and protruded from the other side. 'That DEMON! I didn't even feel it hit me!'
"You paralyzed my arm!" he yelled in rage. He yanked the small dagger out of his arm and threw it away.
"How do you like my quick and painless knife throwing skills?" Daitona's voice came very near his ear; so close the hairs pricked on the back of Guld's neck from her warm breath.
Guld shuttered and slowly turned to see the young teen staring down at him with those dangerous eyes of hers. He knew now his mistake.and knew it might now have cost him his life.
"Now if you'd please?" Daitona said narrowing her eyes, extending her hand as if waiting for something to be placed there.
Shakily, Guld set a few materia orbs in Daitona's awaiting hand.
"Thank you." She smirked at him as she started going over what materia she now held. She turned her back on him as she closely examined each orb. 'Fire.ice.lightning.' Daitona frowned. "Now where did you get this one?." She turned back to Guld who was just getting back to his feet. "What is this, mystify? What were you going to use this.for.?"
Daitona's eyes fell to the long dagger Guld held. "Don't be stupid now." she warned and backed up a step. She looked down at hearing a crunch and something shattering beneath her foot. It was the materia Guld had dropped, apparently the one used to cast 'stop' because Sephiroth suddenly found himself free.
Sephiroth gazed up to find Daitona looking straight back at him. "Watch it." me mouthed, her eyes immediately narrowed.
Guld swiped his blade at Daitona's back and only met air; she landed below near Sephiroth with hardly a sound.
"It's your turn, you take care of this one," Daitona declared, and crossed her arms.
"You're the one who started this fight, and you know how childish that sounded?" Sephiroth pointed out. 'What happened to that serious fighter I seen just a few minutes ago?'
"And I care? Just.JUMP!"
They both jumped in time to dodge a powerful 'quake' spell; the lab didn't fare as well. Desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets, equipment, and lots of other things were thrown about-broken, scattered, and destroyed.
'That'd be something to do to Hojo's lab.why am I thinking of going back?' Daitona mentally slapped herself. 'When I get out of here.I'm not going back! Why should I? Why should WE? I'm sure Sephiroth wouldn't go back if he didn't have too.'
"Fine, we'll do it your way!" Sephiroth said impatiently when he seen Daitona making no move to take up the fight with Guld. He drew out his Masamune them realized with a start that his materia was missing. "You took my materia!"
Guld laughed as he descended the stairs to the lower level of the lab. "So I did, and I rather enjoy using it. You were always talented with using materia weren't you. It came of no surprise to me that it was all mastered."
"Master this," Daitona grinned and slipped the four orbs she held into Sephiroth's hand.
Sephiroth looked at the orbs then frowned. They were junk compared to the ones he had spent his time to master. A sudden thought came to him, 'I don't need them. I can beat Guld without the use of materia, and if I get hurt Daitona's always got her magic.'
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, and readied himself for what he thought would be a brief battle. Guld was the first to move. He had taken no more that five steps before one green orb flew from Sephiroth's hand and pummeled into his forehead. Guld stopped and tried to figure out what just happened.
The impact and knocked his senses away for a brief moment. Just as Guld was getting his bearings straight again, another orb flew and this time hit him in the chin. Then another made contact right between the eyes; that one was almost lights out.
Daitona frowned at Sephiroth. "You KNOW, you're NOT using them right."
"They're crap," Sephiroth replied coyly and threw the last orb.
Daitona sighed at the loss. "ALL materia starts out that way.why are you being so mean to it? What did it ever do to you?"
Sephiroth sighed in exasperation. 'At last she doesn't feel sorry for Guld.'
Daitona's childish expression took a turn to surprise.
"What.?" Sephiroth questioned warily; she only pointed to something behind him.
Sephiroth turned to see Guld standing, and not a scratch on him.
'Damn it all! I let him have the time to cast cure on himself. I guess I'll have to fight after him all.'
When Guld rushed forward, Sephiroth was there to meet his assault head on. Sparks flew as the collision of blades was made in fast and furious strikes. Sephiroth having the longer sword received a few cuts for his efforts, but had managed to block most other attacks. Guld and received one good-sized gash in the arm Daitona had injured earlier; it wasn't completely healed and was feeling rather stiff.
Thinking he had found an opening in Sephiroth's defense, Guld charged forward and thrust his dagger. It came dangerously close to Sephiroth's face, but he evaded it by stepping aside swiftly then stuck his foot out tripping Guld.
Guld stumbled forward flailing his arms wildly when he plowed into something. That 'something' gave way to him and let out a yep of surprise. After getting his bearings straight once more, Guld found that that 'something' was very mad, that that 'something' was glaring at him dangerously, that that 'something' had a gash on her arm from HIS blade.and that that 'something' was a very angry Daitona indeed.
'.there's that fighter I was looking for,' Sephiroth thought wryly. "I do believe you're in trouble now Guld, you just had to go off and make her mad. You really should watch where you're going. You never know when you'll run into someone like Daitona."
Guld laughed at Sephiroth's words but he could feel the icy clutches of fear on his spine. 'Those eyes.almost hypnotic.you could.' Guld gasped, he hadn't even had enough time to register Daitona's movement. He looked down as blood spilled from his mouth after finding its way up his throat somehow.
Daitona was close to the floor, her sword still protruding in his flesh. It was an upward strike at his belly but he knew all to well that the blade was much higher, and had hit many vitals. Her blazing eyes showed no remorse or sympathy for him.
"You.could...almost.loose......yourself.in..there.....depths........" Guld chocked out, then sighed his last breath.
Daitona tore her sword downwards and let Guld fall into a bleeding mess on the once was, clean floor. She retrieved Sephiroth's stolen materia and gave it back to him.
"Are you ok?" Sephiroth questioned with caution. Daitona gave him a weird look, and he tugged on he ripped sleeve. "You go hit, remember."
"I'm fine.a little scratch like this never killed anyone," she said as she toughed the sleeve from his grasp.
"If you say so. Now, I think it's time to find our way out of here, that is of course unless there some reason you have.?"
".nothing I can think of off the top of my head?" 'I wonder if he's gone nuts?' Daitona shrugged, then a nagging thought came back to her. "What about Lavitz? Do you think he had something to do with this?"
Sephiroth shook his head. "I don't know. Didn't see him here, and Guld fit whatever description we came up with. I'm willing to give Lavitz the benefit of the doubt." He leaned back on one foot, and with Daitona's help, they kicked a heavy door down.
The hall that lay beyond was brightly lit, but dark towards the end. The floor seemed to slat upwards at about a 30-35 degree slope. It was a long way, then lots of stairs going up.
As they neared the top, Daitona felt herself become shaky and a bit dizzy. She managed to hide all distresses until they had made it to a dark ally way. The stairs had come out in an old building and the door out had led them to the ally. Down the ally they came out on a street, few people were wondering around as it was getting increasingly later.
"We're still in Midgar," Daitona noted as her eyes swept the area; she didn't recognize it.
Sephiroth looked at her then narrowed his eyes. "Just a scratch, huh? It's bleeding worse now Daitona.are you sure you're ok? You're looking a bit white in the face."
'Am I ok, do I look ok? I sure don't feel it! Can't tell you I already tried to heal myself and it didn't work.'
"You used an antidote, didn't you. Guld did have poison equipped to that dagger," Sephiroth said.
"No.I told you I-I'm f-fine." Her voice came out as a rasp and she swayed dangerously on her feet.
"I told you," he said matter-of-factly and grabbed her arms before she could fall. "What's wrong.why are you smiling like that?"
"I never thought I'd see the day when I seen three of you." Her eyes had a distant look to them, which wasn't a good sign.
"Can you walk?" He dared to let go of her, she seemed to stand 'still' well enough.
When she walked though.Sephiroth shook his head. Daitona was walking worse than any drunk he'd ever laid eyes on. With a sigh, Sephiroth walked to where she had staggered to and lifted her from her feet.
"Can't have you walking around like that. Don't want to hurt yourself or anyone else," he said coolly and started walking down the street. After a long while he looked down at Daitona, she had been quiet and unmoving for some time. "This can't be good." Just looking at her he could tell the poison was setting in.
Two scratches he hadn't noticed before below and beside her let eye were bleeding lightly and held a firry red look around the area.
"This isn't working," he growled and looked around the street again. 'Dang it! I don't know where to go, I don't even know where I'm at!'
"Don't worry." Daitona said softly. Sephiroth looked down at her again wondering if she had really talked. Her eyes opened and stares into nothing. "They're coming.put me down."
Sephiroth obliged, though he didn't think it a good idea. He casted his own healing spell on her, causing the cuts to heal somewhat and helped fend off the poison for a while.
As he finished his spell a large group of people had approached them silently and quickly. It was one of the many gangs of Midgar, and one of the more dangerous ones.
"Lets go, before we get ourselves in trouble again," Sephiroth said.
Daitona nodded and they both ran down the street. Without know it, they ran past a group of SOLDIERS who were looking for them.
"Hey!" one of the SOLDIERs yelled to the others. "Weren't those the two kids we're looking for?"
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The SOLDIERs had caught up with Daitona and Sephiroth and had beaten off the gang, killing a few of its members. After Daitona was given an antidote they were taken back to the Shinra tower where they had to explain in full to Hojo what had happened.
They were both punished.
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-End Chapter 13-
A/N: Hope everyone enjoyed. More will be reviled on Daitona and a bit about her family in the next chapter, as I said before.
Daitona Kills
(Escape from Guld)
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy is the property of Square Soft. All original characters are mine (maybe not there names but oh well). Please do not steal them, but if you'd like to use them, ask first.
A/N: I have a favor to ask to anyone who is an artiest. If anyone would like to draw Daitona's father e-mail me for details on his description. I'd really like to see what you would think he looks like. And now.for the note.
Note: To Noacat, I'm sorry to tell you that Daitona is not cetra. I think a real cetra would be horrified at what she really is, and I don't think a cetra has fangs.the next chapter will finally reveal some things about her. So Juzu, no giving it away till then, got that? Don't give away anything on Daitona or her father. And finally to Aloria, Sephiroth didn't loose his nerve. He had already taken quite a beating before Daitona showed up with his sword. Hope that helps some. Now for the story.
Daitona Kills: Escape From Guld
"Come on, we have to get out of here!" Sephiroth said urgently after Daitona had reveled something interesting and quite startling.
Daitona nodded stupidly then chased after Sephiroth who was already half way to a door. Sephiroth flung the door open carelessly and lead the way down the now clear dark hall. The gate had been opened again, giving the teens the means to escape the arena.
Sephiroth felt more confident this time going through the hall because now he had back up. Nothing could sneak up on him while Daitona was there. If she was good at anything, she could sense danger before the danger was ever near enough to be possibly be called danger. Within minutes of entry, Sephiroth emerged into the brightly lit lab, a step ahead of Daitona.
"Daitona STOP!" Too late was the command and she plowed straight into Sephiroth's back. It was odd how he didn't move in the least from the impact; didn't take a step forward for balance, or even look at her for that matter, and that worried Daitona to no end. "I can't move," he whispered to her.I think someone casted stop on me.
At his first words Daitona had already began to think of a way out of this, and her first order of business was to find the idiot casting the spell. "Sephiroth.can you see him?" She was close to him, hidden behind so that the same spell couldn't hit her.
Sephiroth thought it a bit awkward that he should be used as a shield, but he quickly averted his attention to the task at hand. His mako enhance eyes scanned the area for the source emitting the 'stop' spell. "Up there," he stated firmly and did his best to gesture to Daitona where.
There was a second story to the lab that was used as an open office. I resembled more of a hall snaking against the wall above the floor.
Sephiroth knew Daitona couldn't see past him without chancing getting caught by the same spell. "There's a filling cabined slightly to my right. There's a large desk right next to it on the left, but there's a small opening between the two for a trash can. 'He's' hiding behind the filling cabinet." Sephiroth hesitated in looking for more useful information. "One more thing.the cabinet has four drawers, two are out and sitting on the floor to the far left.he's watching us now through the wholes in the back."
'Well then, he's in for a rude awakening, isn't he?' Daitona grinned as she pulled a hidden set of throwing knifes from her boots. In all, she had four razor sharp knifes and she knew well how to use them. 'I hope this works.'
Just when Sephiroth begun wondering what Daitona was up to, something caught his eye; something flash as light hit it in the air just right.
Daitona threw on of the knives in the air, caught it by blade, then set it hurling past Sephiroth's head and through the back section of the filing cabinet.
The effort was rewarded by a sharp yell of surprise, then the sound of scrambling feet and hands. "Damn it!" a voice howled from behind the cabinet.
"Guld," Sephiroth growled to Daitona as she prepared her next knife for the throwing.
Behind him he heard Daitona make an angry sound. "You tried to kill us!" she hissed. This time, she skipped throwing the knife up in the air and just threw it.
From where Guld sat crouched behind the filing cabinet, he heard the next knife before he felt it. It grazed his arm then sunk deep into the wall behind him. The second knife had ripped another perfect whole it the cabinet, Guld was beginning to think that this wasn't such a good idea. Daitona had always had the bad habit of throwing things, but now that her habit was honed.that was just plain dangerous, especially if it's you at as her designated target.
"OK Daitona," Guld said boldly. "I admit to you my defeat, but that doesn't help anything, does it? You won't be satisfied till you kill me.and I believe that my time is coming to an end soon."
"Do you really believe I'd kill you? Might I remind you.?" Daitona narrowed her eyes dangerously when she was cut off
"No need. I believe it's in your nature to be a destroyer. Us humans were stupid to think they could control the Supreme Being," Guld sneered. "You father made that clear to Shinra by nearly destroying his company single handedly. Those scientist were trying to be god in creating you, even then they had no alternative other than to taint your father's pure blood with a humans; your blood is tainted by your mother."
Daitona's eyes held the same fiery look they had when she fought off the mechanical monster. "You WILL NOT speak anymore of my father, and you WILL NOT speak of my mother so! They were both saints compared to me of you! You say another word and I'll rip your throat out without a second thought!"
"I don't doubt that," Guld murmured. "Then kill me, Daitona. But you better make it fast because I have no attention of going silently. I'll do as much damage as I can before I go."
It took Daitona a whole hundredth of a second to understand what he meant. She shot a look to Sephiroth, then back up to where she knew Guld to be and readied her third knife. "You'd stoop so low as to hurt someone YOU'VE froze in place?" she asked darkly. "Coward! Why don't you come out of hiding and fight me face to face? Die with some dignity man!" She raised her chin in dignity. "I might even spare you if you cry and beg for mercy. I don't take threats lightly, especially when your goal is to hurt my friend!"
'Friend?' Sephiroth thought longingly. She had never come out and said it, but he had known. But hearing it from her mouth lifted some weight from him that he'd never notice before. Even with this newfound feeling he felt uneasy about being put in the middle of this battle. Daitona was still hiding behind him, but he could tell by her tension that that might not be much longer.
Guld, thinking that he could be sneaky, held up his hand with his materia intending to cast a spell. He frowned when the small green orb fell from his hand and rolled a short distance away. He was staring at the orb instead of his opponent, and he reached down to pick up his materia; it would prove to be fatal move. As he reached for the small orb he realized he hadn't dropped it on purpose.
Guld stared in horror at the blade going through his elbow, and protruded from the other side. 'That DEMON! I didn't even feel it hit me!'
"You paralyzed my arm!" he yelled in rage. He yanked the small dagger out of his arm and threw it away.
"How do you like my quick and painless knife throwing skills?" Daitona's voice came very near his ear; so close the hairs pricked on the back of Guld's neck from her warm breath.
Guld shuttered and slowly turned to see the young teen staring down at him with those dangerous eyes of hers. He knew now his mistake.and knew it might now have cost him his life.
"Now if you'd please?" Daitona said narrowing her eyes, extending her hand as if waiting for something to be placed there.
Shakily, Guld set a few materia orbs in Daitona's awaiting hand.
"Thank you." She smirked at him as she started going over what materia she now held. She turned her back on him as she closely examined each orb. 'Fire.ice.lightning.' Daitona frowned. "Now where did you get this one?." She turned back to Guld who was just getting back to his feet. "What is this, mystify? What were you going to use this.for.?"
Daitona's eyes fell to the long dagger Guld held. "Don't be stupid now." she warned and backed up a step. She looked down at hearing a crunch and something shattering beneath her foot. It was the materia Guld had dropped, apparently the one used to cast 'stop' because Sephiroth suddenly found himself free.
Sephiroth gazed up to find Daitona looking straight back at him. "Watch it." me mouthed, her eyes immediately narrowed.
Guld swiped his blade at Daitona's back and only met air; she landed below near Sephiroth with hardly a sound.
"It's your turn, you take care of this one," Daitona declared, and crossed her arms.
"You're the one who started this fight, and you know how childish that sounded?" Sephiroth pointed out. 'What happened to that serious fighter I seen just a few minutes ago?'
"And I care? Just.JUMP!"
They both jumped in time to dodge a powerful 'quake' spell; the lab didn't fare as well. Desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets, equipment, and lots of other things were thrown about-broken, scattered, and destroyed.
'That'd be something to do to Hojo's lab.why am I thinking of going back?' Daitona mentally slapped herself. 'When I get out of here.I'm not going back! Why should I? Why should WE? I'm sure Sephiroth wouldn't go back if he didn't have too.'
"Fine, we'll do it your way!" Sephiroth said impatiently when he seen Daitona making no move to take up the fight with Guld. He drew out his Masamune them realized with a start that his materia was missing. "You took my materia!"
Guld laughed as he descended the stairs to the lower level of the lab. "So I did, and I rather enjoy using it. You were always talented with using materia weren't you. It came of no surprise to me that it was all mastered."
"Master this," Daitona grinned and slipped the four orbs she held into Sephiroth's hand.
Sephiroth looked at the orbs then frowned. They were junk compared to the ones he had spent his time to master. A sudden thought came to him, 'I don't need them. I can beat Guld without the use of materia, and if I get hurt Daitona's always got her magic.'
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, and readied himself for what he thought would be a brief battle. Guld was the first to move. He had taken no more that five steps before one green orb flew from Sephiroth's hand and pummeled into his forehead. Guld stopped and tried to figure out what just happened.
The impact and knocked his senses away for a brief moment. Just as Guld was getting his bearings straight again, another orb flew and this time hit him in the chin. Then another made contact right between the eyes; that one was almost lights out.
Daitona frowned at Sephiroth. "You KNOW, you're NOT using them right."
"They're crap," Sephiroth replied coyly and threw the last orb.
Daitona sighed at the loss. "ALL materia starts out that way.why are you being so mean to it? What did it ever do to you?"
Sephiroth sighed in exasperation. 'At last she doesn't feel sorry for Guld.'
Daitona's childish expression took a turn to surprise.
"What.?" Sephiroth questioned warily; she only pointed to something behind him.
Sephiroth turned to see Guld standing, and not a scratch on him.
'Damn it all! I let him have the time to cast cure on himself. I guess I'll have to fight after him all.'
When Guld rushed forward, Sephiroth was there to meet his assault head on. Sparks flew as the collision of blades was made in fast and furious strikes. Sephiroth having the longer sword received a few cuts for his efforts, but had managed to block most other attacks. Guld and received one good-sized gash in the arm Daitona had injured earlier; it wasn't completely healed and was feeling rather stiff.
Thinking he had found an opening in Sephiroth's defense, Guld charged forward and thrust his dagger. It came dangerously close to Sephiroth's face, but he evaded it by stepping aside swiftly then stuck his foot out tripping Guld.
Guld stumbled forward flailing his arms wildly when he plowed into something. That 'something' gave way to him and let out a yep of surprise. After getting his bearings straight once more, Guld found that that 'something' was very mad, that that 'something' was glaring at him dangerously, that that 'something' had a gash on her arm from HIS blade.and that that 'something' was a very angry Daitona indeed.
'.there's that fighter I was looking for,' Sephiroth thought wryly. "I do believe you're in trouble now Guld, you just had to go off and make her mad. You really should watch where you're going. You never know when you'll run into someone like Daitona."
Guld laughed at Sephiroth's words but he could feel the icy clutches of fear on his spine. 'Those eyes.almost hypnotic.you could.' Guld gasped, he hadn't even had enough time to register Daitona's movement. He looked down as blood spilled from his mouth after finding its way up his throat somehow.
Daitona was close to the floor, her sword still protruding in his flesh. It was an upward strike at his belly but he knew all to well that the blade was much higher, and had hit many vitals. Her blazing eyes showed no remorse or sympathy for him.
"You.could...almost.loose......yourself.in..there.....depths........" Guld chocked out, then sighed his last breath.
Daitona tore her sword downwards and let Guld fall into a bleeding mess on the once was, clean floor. She retrieved Sephiroth's stolen materia and gave it back to him.
"Are you ok?" Sephiroth questioned with caution. Daitona gave him a weird look, and he tugged on he ripped sleeve. "You go hit, remember."
"I'm fine.a little scratch like this never killed anyone," she said as she toughed the sleeve from his grasp.
"If you say so. Now, I think it's time to find our way out of here, that is of course unless there some reason you have.?"
".nothing I can think of off the top of my head?" 'I wonder if he's gone nuts?' Daitona shrugged, then a nagging thought came back to her. "What about Lavitz? Do you think he had something to do with this?"
Sephiroth shook his head. "I don't know. Didn't see him here, and Guld fit whatever description we came up with. I'm willing to give Lavitz the benefit of the doubt." He leaned back on one foot, and with Daitona's help, they kicked a heavy door down.
The hall that lay beyond was brightly lit, but dark towards the end. The floor seemed to slat upwards at about a 30-35 degree slope. It was a long way, then lots of stairs going up.
As they neared the top, Daitona felt herself become shaky and a bit dizzy. She managed to hide all distresses until they had made it to a dark ally way. The stairs had come out in an old building and the door out had led them to the ally. Down the ally they came out on a street, few people were wondering around as it was getting increasingly later.
"We're still in Midgar," Daitona noted as her eyes swept the area; she didn't recognize it.
Sephiroth looked at her then narrowed his eyes. "Just a scratch, huh? It's bleeding worse now Daitona.are you sure you're ok? You're looking a bit white in the face."
'Am I ok, do I look ok? I sure don't feel it! Can't tell you I already tried to heal myself and it didn't work.'
"You used an antidote, didn't you. Guld did have poison equipped to that dagger," Sephiroth said.
"No.I told you I-I'm f-fine." Her voice came out as a rasp and she swayed dangerously on her feet.
"I told you," he said matter-of-factly and grabbed her arms before she could fall. "What's wrong.why are you smiling like that?"
"I never thought I'd see the day when I seen three of you." Her eyes had a distant look to them, which wasn't a good sign.
"Can you walk?" He dared to let go of her, she seemed to stand 'still' well enough.
When she walked though.Sephiroth shook his head. Daitona was walking worse than any drunk he'd ever laid eyes on. With a sigh, Sephiroth walked to where she had staggered to and lifted her from her feet.
"Can't have you walking around like that. Don't want to hurt yourself or anyone else," he said coolly and started walking down the street. After a long while he looked down at Daitona, she had been quiet and unmoving for some time. "This can't be good." Just looking at her he could tell the poison was setting in.
Two scratches he hadn't noticed before below and beside her let eye were bleeding lightly and held a firry red look around the area.
"This isn't working," he growled and looked around the street again. 'Dang it! I don't know where to go, I don't even know where I'm at!'
"Don't worry." Daitona said softly. Sephiroth looked down at her again wondering if she had really talked. Her eyes opened and stares into nothing. "They're coming.put me down."
Sephiroth obliged, though he didn't think it a good idea. He casted his own healing spell on her, causing the cuts to heal somewhat and helped fend off the poison for a while.
As he finished his spell a large group of people had approached them silently and quickly. It was one of the many gangs of Midgar, and one of the more dangerous ones.
"Lets go, before we get ourselves in trouble again," Sephiroth said.
Daitona nodded and they both ran down the street. Without know it, they ran past a group of SOLDIERS who were looking for them.
"Hey!" one of the SOLDIERs yelled to the others. "Weren't those the two kids we're looking for?"
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The SOLDIERs had caught up with Daitona and Sephiroth and had beaten off the gang, killing a few of its members. After Daitona was given an antidote they were taken back to the Shinra tower where they had to explain in full to Hojo what had happened.
They were both punished.
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-End Chapter 13-
A/N: Hope everyone enjoyed. More will be reviled on Daitona and a bit about her family in the next chapter, as I said before.