Chapter 19
Battle Commences
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too
-Metallica-
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy, all OC's are mine (as of now). Lyrics from 'Master of Puppets' (Metallica) Song: Master of Puppets
A/N: Hope all this goes well.I hadn't really thought about it, but you need to know quite a bit about the military in order to write about it.I guess it should have been obvious.I had to spend close to three hours looking through dictionaries and encyclopedias to learn about the military. So many ranks you wouldn't believe it. I think I got the icing on the cake now though. So if I get something wrong when it comes to it, please tell me and I'll fix it. Now, we continue.
Battle Commences:
"Sephiroth, they seen us!" Daitona hissed as they ran back through the safety of the dense woods.
"I know, I know! What do you want me to do about it?" he growled back at her.
"Hide our trail, you idiot! A child could follow us as we are now!"
Sephiroth slowed till his natural stealth came into play once more. "Ok, this is what we're going to do. We can't let anyone follow us back to our camp, so let's split up and make false trails then head back to camp. Meet me there?"
Daitona nodded, then darted into the dark wood. After a half an hour of tracking through the woods she finally made her way back to camp; Sephiroth was already their waiting for her, he looked worried.
When Sephiroth seen Daitona the relief on his face was unmistakable. "I was beginning to wonder if this was going to turn into a rescue mission. What took you so long?"
Daitona grinned. "Where you worried about me?"
"No, I was worried about the enemy. Where were you?" Sephiroth crossed his arms in irritation.
"I ran into some scout and I didn't want to cause any more problems than we already have. I circled back to the fortress.I wanted to get another at the fort's defenses too," Daitona said shyly. "And what I seen is not good. They're waiting for us. There's at least five people in each of the seven watch towers, probably all armed with guns.bow and arrows.and materia."
"I counted ten on the wall," Sephiroth included.
"They beefed that up too. There was a least twenty-five on that same wall. In all.I'd guess close to a hundred on the entire wall, all just waiting for us."
Otto growled, this didn't sound good to him. "Did either of you happen to see inside the walls?"
"Are you crazy?" Sephiroth scoffed.
"I did. I jumped right over that wall," Daitona said trying to muster up all the dignity she could.
"You did?" Otto asked in surprise.
Sephiroth snorted. "What stroke of luck did you have this time?"
"Stroke of luck?! For your information that scout pushed me out of that tree!" Daitona went silent and turned her back on the two officers.
Sephiroth was silent and Otto had a confused look on his face.
"Would I be out of line if I asked just what you were doing up in a tree in the first place?" Otto finally decided to ask.
"I told you before. I wanted to get a better look. It just so happened that on the north wall there's a lot of tall trees you can climb and see over the wall," Daitona stated in her defense.
"You're a genius Daitona!" Sephiroth declared; Daitona turned to stare at him for an answer. "Our way to get in. A diversion. We send some of my SOLDIER's over that wall, then."
"We blow up the opposite wall when the enemy thinks we're attacking from the north!" Daitona finished.
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".ok," Otto finally said in confusion. "Do we even have an explosives expert?"
Sephiroth rolled his eyes and let his arms drop back down to his sides. "You're looking at him."
Otto gave a hard look before laughing. "You're kidding.right?"
"You sound hopeful," Daitona pointed out. "And no, I not kidding. Sephiroth and I have been trained in every field there is to war play. From speed, stealth, and strength, to weapons, materia, and explosives. Though I don't think Sephiroth particularly cared for that field."
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes. "No, I didn't. It's kind of hard to concentrate and enjoy something when you have to be constantly on guard. If you hadn't kept trying to strap that bomb to my back maybe I would have gotten past the basics. You were trying to kill me weren't you?!"
Daitona laughed. "No, I finally did get to use it thought." She frowned at the memory. "Didn't kill the guy either. No big explosion, nothing. Just.poof!" She threw her hands up in the air for emphasis.
"What unfortunate sole had the pleasure of being your guinea pig?"
Daitona smiled. "Hojo."
Sephiroth chocked back his laugh and shook his head. "I'm disappointed now. Why couldn't you have made a better bomb?"
"Why couldn't I strap the dud on your back so I would have know it wouldn't work."
"Ok you two. We don't have much time," Otto interrupted. "The enemy knows we're here now, so now we need a plan. How many soldiers do you estimate were in the fort, Daitona?"
She scratched her head in thought. "Maybe.at the time, close to three hundred, but they were still filing out the doors like breeding rats. That fort has to go underground or something."
"So, there are at the least, three hundred soldiers inside to fort, roughly one hundred on the walls and.how many in the watch towers?" Otto asked.
"Seven watch towers and at least five in each, so that's four hundred and thirty five.roughly," Daitona said. "But in my own opinion I'd estimate mores around.five to seven hundred."
"We don't have four hundred SOLDIER's with us. Sephiroth, how many are in your squad?"
"One hundred and twelve," Sephiroth answered. "From new SOLDIER's to first class, I think there's four or five first class."
"My troop only has fifty and they're all first and second class," Otto murmured in thought.
"Then that would make one hundred and sixty-two SOLDIER's but then there's the three of us." Daitona contemplated.
"Two to one odds. That's not two bad," Sephiroth said.
"But, what if there's more like Daitona says? And what if her guess is completely off and there's twelve hundred or more soldiers waiting for us?" Otto didn't like that idea. "We'll have to use Daitona's cadets. What do you have, one hundred and fifty, two hundred?"
"Two hundred and eighty-three. I don't think." Daitona was cut off.
"That's enough to hold off the enemy while we infiltrate the fort," Otto interrupted.
"Artillery," Sephiroth sighed.
"Yes." Otto nodded. "How's this for a plan. Daitona takes her cadets to the southwest wall and start a barrage of gunfire. Some of our SOLDIER's will go over the north wall while still more cast spells to keep the enemy at bay. Once the first team is inside, they'll send up a flair to signal the vast majority of our troops. Well keep some out for backup, if it's needed. Daitona, you're going to try to take control of the wall when the flair goes up. Kill anyone who fights. Once the wall is taken, you and your cadets will be free to pick off soldiers from there. Your cadets are NOT to go off the wall. Understood?"
"Why are you ordering me? I'm not a cadet," Daitona said.
"No, but you're their commanding officer, and you will stay with your squad."
Daitona sighed and rolled her eyes in irritation; Sephiroth also sighed.
'That isn't fare. Daitona has ever right to fight along side the SOLDIER's.' "Sorry Daitona. But I think his plan is the best we can do in such little time." Sephiroth's shoulders dropped slightly. "Next time we'll think of a better plan, but we don't have much time."
"I know," Daitona said grudgingly.
"Then it's settled?" Otto asked, Sephiroth and Daitona nodded their consent. "Lets get the troops moving then.
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Daitona led her group to the corner of the south and west wall. They were as silent as death in the night. Not one of the cadets made a noise and Daitona almost wondered if they were even breathing; her own sounding loud in her ears. She knew they were there from her keen senses, but she'd have to admit she was impressed.
Since Daitona had the better sight in the dark, and she was leading, she was able to pick off the guards that were posted around the woods soundlessly. By the time they had reached the stonewall she had killed half a dozen or so enemy soldiers.
"Cadets, readier your guns," Daitona ordered just above a whisper. There was some noise now but Daitona wasn't worried; it was already far too late for the enemy to do anything about them now. "On my mark, shoot." Everything was silent again. Daitona concentrated on a 'wall' spell that would be powerful enough to shield the entire cadet ranks. Considering she didn't have any materia equipped, the spell she casted was quite strong.
When the sheen from the shield took effect the guns went off. Sharp yells came from inside the fort.
"Second round, fire!" Daitona yelled. A second round of gunshots then the front row of cadets scrambled to the back of the ranks. The next row stepped up, ready to cast lightning spells. "Follow my lead." Daitona concentrated her own spell then casted.
The cadets fired lightning on the melted ice spell Daitona had casted fire on. The entire wall became a conductor for electricity. Shrill screams sounded and died all too quickly. More frantic yells came from the distant wall, then a flare light the night's sky.
"I hope you all can climb! We're going up!"
Daitona ran to the wall and easily made her way up to the top while the cadets watched for cross fire. Once up, Daitona secured several ropes and dropped them over the edge for the cadet's use.
"There's the sign!" a SOLDIER called out behind Sephiroth.
Sephiroth watched the flare until it started to descend before giving the sign to scale the fortress wall. Right before the flare was shot a bright flash had come from the far corner of the fort. 'Daitona no doubt. I wonder what she conjured up for an attack like that?'
Getting past the wall was the easy part. Daitona had been right and wrong in her estimate. There was easily seven hundred soldiers there and about four hundred more.
"Sir! Commander Daitona and her cadets have broken through the south and west walls' defenses. She's lining the walls quickly and is her way here now," a SOLDIER reported.
"Send some SOLDIER's to cut through the enemy lines on the wall till they meet her," Sephiroth ordered. "Our first priority it to take the wall, got that?"
"Yes sir!"
"You SOLDIER's, go with him!"
"Yes sir!" Five SOLDIER's ran past Sephiroth, after the first.
Sephiroth watched after them, then went down the wall to where Otto had already led the men into battle; Sephiroth was the second wave of attack with his fifty SOLDIER's. They joined the already fighting fifty-six SOLDIER's.
What the enemy didn't know was that there was another squad of fifty SOLDIER's waiting just outside of their fort.
"Sephiroth, you finally decided to join us. Daitona was much quicker to act," Otto commented when the silver haired fighter came to his side. He pointed to where the cadets and there commander where easily taking over the fortress wall.
"I wouldn't expect any less.we have company." Sephiroth tilted his head and unsheathed Masamune.
Sephiroth charged forward, as did his squad. Many fell to Sephiroth's deadly blade, within a short time. His target however wasn't the simple soldiers that were throwing themselves a him, it was there general. The general was no doubt in the headquarters that lay ahead of him.
"Commander!"
Daitona looked to the one who had called her, it was Zack.
"Look, down there! Chavez got shot and fell!"
Daitona's eyes scanned the immediate area around the base of the wall, then fell onto the blonde who was sitting up on the ground. Daitona gritted her teeth. 'I can't just leave him.but Sephiroth told me to stay up here.' Daitona eyed an enemy soldier stalking up to the fallen cadet and her mind was made up. 'I may not like him, but I'm not going to sit up her and watch him get killed!'
Daitona leaped over the stone railing of the wall and descended quickly to the ground. She hadn't been noticed and she was hidden then by the shadows. The soldier was closer to Chavez now, and was ready to strike.
Chavez looked up when he head a noise in front of him and his orange/brown eyes found the soldier. Chavez squeezed his eyes closed tightly; the pain and the fear were almost too much; he was going to die here.
His ears picked up on the faint whistling of a sword cutting through the air.it was getting louder. Chavez braced himself for the pain, but it never came. Unnoticed, a shadow came over him in the blink on a eye and the ring of metal meeting metal filled his sensitive ears.
Chavez was slow to open his eyes, but when her did he could hardly believe what he seen.
"C-commander?" he stammered.
Daitona ducked low, forcing the soldier back. Then with two quick slashed of her swords the soldier fell to the ground in a bleeding mess.
Daitona slowly turned to Chavez and stared at him calmly. "Get back up the wall. Tell Zack to order the cadets to start picking off the enemy."
"Y-yes ma'am." Chavez slowly stood then started the painful climb back up the wall.
Daitona fought off the soldiers who had followed the first and they all suffered the same fate. Magic was not necessary now, Daitona was already deep into the fight and a sharp sword worked the best.
She had two, and many died at her hand. When SOLDIER's started appearing around her, Daitona realized just how far she had went. 'I have to get back to the wall.the east wall would be the best. We haven't taken that one yet.'
Sephiroth easily made his way to the main building of the fort. There, soldiers guarded in a massive number. Once Sephiroth made his presence noticed, the general himself decided to meet the notorious commander that was decimating his men.
The raven haired Wutain general stepped out of the safety of the building into the battle stained night. The soldiers moved aside for there general, a clear path was made to the silver haired Shinra commander.
"This is a war and Shinra sends a mere boy to fight me?" the general demanded in his husky voice.
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes. "Big talk from a man who has hidden until now behind 'mere' boys. Many of your soldiers are no older than I am. If I should fail, god forbid Daitona comes after you."
"So that's the girl that was reported to me. She has been spotted in battle, and seems to have run to the wall for protection. Shinra must be getting desperate. How good of a fighter could a woman possibly be anyways?" the general laughed.
"A very deadly one," Sephiroth answered in all seriousness. "But she is by far not your problem now. She went to the wall because that is where she was ordered to stay. Draw your sword and we'll decide here and now who is the better fighter."
"So eager to die? Then I'll oblige you boy. Prepare yourself for the end!"
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-End Chapter 19-
A/N: *sighs* The General needs a name that I don't have.anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed and hopefully the next chapter will see the end of the battle.
Battle Commences
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too
-Metallica-
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy, all OC's are mine (as of now). Lyrics from 'Master of Puppets' (Metallica) Song: Master of Puppets
A/N: Hope all this goes well.I hadn't really thought about it, but you need to know quite a bit about the military in order to write about it.I guess it should have been obvious.I had to spend close to three hours looking through dictionaries and encyclopedias to learn about the military. So many ranks you wouldn't believe it. I think I got the icing on the cake now though. So if I get something wrong when it comes to it, please tell me and I'll fix it. Now, we continue.
Battle Commences:
"Sephiroth, they seen us!" Daitona hissed as they ran back through the safety of the dense woods.
"I know, I know! What do you want me to do about it?" he growled back at her.
"Hide our trail, you idiot! A child could follow us as we are now!"
Sephiroth slowed till his natural stealth came into play once more. "Ok, this is what we're going to do. We can't let anyone follow us back to our camp, so let's split up and make false trails then head back to camp. Meet me there?"
Daitona nodded, then darted into the dark wood. After a half an hour of tracking through the woods she finally made her way back to camp; Sephiroth was already their waiting for her, he looked worried.
When Sephiroth seen Daitona the relief on his face was unmistakable. "I was beginning to wonder if this was going to turn into a rescue mission. What took you so long?"
Daitona grinned. "Where you worried about me?"
"No, I was worried about the enemy. Where were you?" Sephiroth crossed his arms in irritation.
"I ran into some scout and I didn't want to cause any more problems than we already have. I circled back to the fortress.I wanted to get another at the fort's defenses too," Daitona said shyly. "And what I seen is not good. They're waiting for us. There's at least five people in each of the seven watch towers, probably all armed with guns.bow and arrows.and materia."
"I counted ten on the wall," Sephiroth included.
"They beefed that up too. There was a least twenty-five on that same wall. In all.I'd guess close to a hundred on the entire wall, all just waiting for us."
Otto growled, this didn't sound good to him. "Did either of you happen to see inside the walls?"
"Are you crazy?" Sephiroth scoffed.
"I did. I jumped right over that wall," Daitona said trying to muster up all the dignity she could.
"You did?" Otto asked in surprise.
Sephiroth snorted. "What stroke of luck did you have this time?"
"Stroke of luck?! For your information that scout pushed me out of that tree!" Daitona went silent and turned her back on the two officers.
Sephiroth was silent and Otto had a confused look on his face.
"Would I be out of line if I asked just what you were doing up in a tree in the first place?" Otto finally decided to ask.
"I told you before. I wanted to get a better look. It just so happened that on the north wall there's a lot of tall trees you can climb and see over the wall," Daitona stated in her defense.
"You're a genius Daitona!" Sephiroth declared; Daitona turned to stare at him for an answer. "Our way to get in. A diversion. We send some of my SOLDIER's over that wall, then."
"We blow up the opposite wall when the enemy thinks we're attacking from the north!" Daitona finished.
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".ok," Otto finally said in confusion. "Do we even have an explosives expert?"
Sephiroth rolled his eyes and let his arms drop back down to his sides. "You're looking at him."
Otto gave a hard look before laughing. "You're kidding.right?"
"You sound hopeful," Daitona pointed out. "And no, I not kidding. Sephiroth and I have been trained in every field there is to war play. From speed, stealth, and strength, to weapons, materia, and explosives. Though I don't think Sephiroth particularly cared for that field."
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes. "No, I didn't. It's kind of hard to concentrate and enjoy something when you have to be constantly on guard. If you hadn't kept trying to strap that bomb to my back maybe I would have gotten past the basics. You were trying to kill me weren't you?!"
Daitona laughed. "No, I finally did get to use it thought." She frowned at the memory. "Didn't kill the guy either. No big explosion, nothing. Just.poof!" She threw her hands up in the air for emphasis.
"What unfortunate sole had the pleasure of being your guinea pig?"
Daitona smiled. "Hojo."
Sephiroth chocked back his laugh and shook his head. "I'm disappointed now. Why couldn't you have made a better bomb?"
"Why couldn't I strap the dud on your back so I would have know it wouldn't work."
"Ok you two. We don't have much time," Otto interrupted. "The enemy knows we're here now, so now we need a plan. How many soldiers do you estimate were in the fort, Daitona?"
She scratched her head in thought. "Maybe.at the time, close to three hundred, but they were still filing out the doors like breeding rats. That fort has to go underground or something."
"So, there are at the least, three hundred soldiers inside to fort, roughly one hundred on the walls and.how many in the watch towers?" Otto asked.
"Seven watch towers and at least five in each, so that's four hundred and thirty five.roughly," Daitona said. "But in my own opinion I'd estimate mores around.five to seven hundred."
"We don't have four hundred SOLDIER's with us. Sephiroth, how many are in your squad?"
"One hundred and twelve," Sephiroth answered. "From new SOLDIER's to first class, I think there's four or five first class."
"My troop only has fifty and they're all first and second class," Otto murmured in thought.
"Then that would make one hundred and sixty-two SOLDIER's but then there's the three of us." Daitona contemplated.
"Two to one odds. That's not two bad," Sephiroth said.
"But, what if there's more like Daitona says? And what if her guess is completely off and there's twelve hundred or more soldiers waiting for us?" Otto didn't like that idea. "We'll have to use Daitona's cadets. What do you have, one hundred and fifty, two hundred?"
"Two hundred and eighty-three. I don't think." Daitona was cut off.
"That's enough to hold off the enemy while we infiltrate the fort," Otto interrupted.
"Artillery," Sephiroth sighed.
"Yes." Otto nodded. "How's this for a plan. Daitona takes her cadets to the southwest wall and start a barrage of gunfire. Some of our SOLDIER's will go over the north wall while still more cast spells to keep the enemy at bay. Once the first team is inside, they'll send up a flair to signal the vast majority of our troops. Well keep some out for backup, if it's needed. Daitona, you're going to try to take control of the wall when the flair goes up. Kill anyone who fights. Once the wall is taken, you and your cadets will be free to pick off soldiers from there. Your cadets are NOT to go off the wall. Understood?"
"Why are you ordering me? I'm not a cadet," Daitona said.
"No, but you're their commanding officer, and you will stay with your squad."
Daitona sighed and rolled her eyes in irritation; Sephiroth also sighed.
'That isn't fare. Daitona has ever right to fight along side the SOLDIER's.' "Sorry Daitona. But I think his plan is the best we can do in such little time." Sephiroth's shoulders dropped slightly. "Next time we'll think of a better plan, but we don't have much time."
"I know," Daitona said grudgingly.
"Then it's settled?" Otto asked, Sephiroth and Daitona nodded their consent. "Lets get the troops moving then.
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Daitona led her group to the corner of the south and west wall. They were as silent as death in the night. Not one of the cadets made a noise and Daitona almost wondered if they were even breathing; her own sounding loud in her ears. She knew they were there from her keen senses, but she'd have to admit she was impressed.
Since Daitona had the better sight in the dark, and she was leading, she was able to pick off the guards that were posted around the woods soundlessly. By the time they had reached the stonewall she had killed half a dozen or so enemy soldiers.
"Cadets, readier your guns," Daitona ordered just above a whisper. There was some noise now but Daitona wasn't worried; it was already far too late for the enemy to do anything about them now. "On my mark, shoot." Everything was silent again. Daitona concentrated on a 'wall' spell that would be powerful enough to shield the entire cadet ranks. Considering she didn't have any materia equipped, the spell she casted was quite strong.
When the sheen from the shield took effect the guns went off. Sharp yells came from inside the fort.
"Second round, fire!" Daitona yelled. A second round of gunshots then the front row of cadets scrambled to the back of the ranks. The next row stepped up, ready to cast lightning spells. "Follow my lead." Daitona concentrated her own spell then casted.
The cadets fired lightning on the melted ice spell Daitona had casted fire on. The entire wall became a conductor for electricity. Shrill screams sounded and died all too quickly. More frantic yells came from the distant wall, then a flare light the night's sky.
"I hope you all can climb! We're going up!"
Daitona ran to the wall and easily made her way up to the top while the cadets watched for cross fire. Once up, Daitona secured several ropes and dropped them over the edge for the cadet's use.
"There's the sign!" a SOLDIER called out behind Sephiroth.
Sephiroth watched the flare until it started to descend before giving the sign to scale the fortress wall. Right before the flare was shot a bright flash had come from the far corner of the fort. 'Daitona no doubt. I wonder what she conjured up for an attack like that?'
Getting past the wall was the easy part. Daitona had been right and wrong in her estimate. There was easily seven hundred soldiers there and about four hundred more.
"Sir! Commander Daitona and her cadets have broken through the south and west walls' defenses. She's lining the walls quickly and is her way here now," a SOLDIER reported.
"Send some SOLDIER's to cut through the enemy lines on the wall till they meet her," Sephiroth ordered. "Our first priority it to take the wall, got that?"
"Yes sir!"
"You SOLDIER's, go with him!"
"Yes sir!" Five SOLDIER's ran past Sephiroth, after the first.
Sephiroth watched after them, then went down the wall to where Otto had already led the men into battle; Sephiroth was the second wave of attack with his fifty SOLDIER's. They joined the already fighting fifty-six SOLDIER's.
What the enemy didn't know was that there was another squad of fifty SOLDIER's waiting just outside of their fort.
"Sephiroth, you finally decided to join us. Daitona was much quicker to act," Otto commented when the silver haired fighter came to his side. He pointed to where the cadets and there commander where easily taking over the fortress wall.
"I wouldn't expect any less.we have company." Sephiroth tilted his head and unsheathed Masamune.
Sephiroth charged forward, as did his squad. Many fell to Sephiroth's deadly blade, within a short time. His target however wasn't the simple soldiers that were throwing themselves a him, it was there general. The general was no doubt in the headquarters that lay ahead of him.
"Commander!"
Daitona looked to the one who had called her, it was Zack.
"Look, down there! Chavez got shot and fell!"
Daitona's eyes scanned the immediate area around the base of the wall, then fell onto the blonde who was sitting up on the ground. Daitona gritted her teeth. 'I can't just leave him.but Sephiroth told me to stay up here.' Daitona eyed an enemy soldier stalking up to the fallen cadet and her mind was made up. 'I may not like him, but I'm not going to sit up her and watch him get killed!'
Daitona leaped over the stone railing of the wall and descended quickly to the ground. She hadn't been noticed and she was hidden then by the shadows. The soldier was closer to Chavez now, and was ready to strike.
Chavez looked up when he head a noise in front of him and his orange/brown eyes found the soldier. Chavez squeezed his eyes closed tightly; the pain and the fear were almost too much; he was going to die here.
His ears picked up on the faint whistling of a sword cutting through the air.it was getting louder. Chavez braced himself for the pain, but it never came. Unnoticed, a shadow came over him in the blink on a eye and the ring of metal meeting metal filled his sensitive ears.
Chavez was slow to open his eyes, but when her did he could hardly believe what he seen.
"C-commander?" he stammered.
Daitona ducked low, forcing the soldier back. Then with two quick slashed of her swords the soldier fell to the ground in a bleeding mess.
Daitona slowly turned to Chavez and stared at him calmly. "Get back up the wall. Tell Zack to order the cadets to start picking off the enemy."
"Y-yes ma'am." Chavez slowly stood then started the painful climb back up the wall.
Daitona fought off the soldiers who had followed the first and they all suffered the same fate. Magic was not necessary now, Daitona was already deep into the fight and a sharp sword worked the best.
She had two, and many died at her hand. When SOLDIER's started appearing around her, Daitona realized just how far she had went. 'I have to get back to the wall.the east wall would be the best. We haven't taken that one yet.'
Sephiroth easily made his way to the main building of the fort. There, soldiers guarded in a massive number. Once Sephiroth made his presence noticed, the general himself decided to meet the notorious commander that was decimating his men.
The raven haired Wutain general stepped out of the safety of the building into the battle stained night. The soldiers moved aside for there general, a clear path was made to the silver haired Shinra commander.
"This is a war and Shinra sends a mere boy to fight me?" the general demanded in his husky voice.
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes. "Big talk from a man who has hidden until now behind 'mere' boys. Many of your soldiers are no older than I am. If I should fail, god forbid Daitona comes after you."
"So that's the girl that was reported to me. She has been spotted in battle, and seems to have run to the wall for protection. Shinra must be getting desperate. How good of a fighter could a woman possibly be anyways?" the general laughed.
"A very deadly one," Sephiroth answered in all seriousness. "But she is by far not your problem now. She went to the wall because that is where she was ordered to stay. Draw your sword and we'll decide here and now who is the better fighter."
"So eager to die? Then I'll oblige you boy. Prepare yourself for the end!"
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-End Chapter 19-
A/N: *sighs* The General needs a name that I don't have.anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed and hopefully the next chapter will see the end of the battle.