Chapter 8
Sephiroth was about to go to sleep when his door was knocked.He went to let the visitor inside.
The visitor hadn't changed much since Sephiroth last saw him.His brown hair was now longer and he
had a short beard.The most notable thing about him was that he didn't have his left hand...
Sephiroth:Asner?
Asner:Howdy.I happened to come into city and you're the only person I know around here,so can a war
buddy rest here for the night?
Sephiroth:Sure.I wanna know what you have been up to lately.
They went to kitchen.Sephiroth offered him a beer.
Asner:Thanks.
Sephiroth:So,where did you go after our last mission?
Asner:Travelling...
Sephiroth:So did I.I wonder why we didn't meet anywhere.
Asner:Probably because I was wandering around the northern continent,climbing the mountains and
stuff.
Sephiroth:No wonder,then.
So these two men talked all night long.Next day,Asner wanted to come with Sephiroth to Shinra HQ.
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Reno:Hey,Sephiroth!Who's your friend?
Sephiroth:This is Asner.We were both fighting in Wutai.
Reno:Cool.Hey,the President wants to see you.
Sephiroth:Ok.Asner,can you wait here?
Asner:Sure.
So when Sephiroth took an elevator to the top floor,Reno and Asner continued talking.
Asner:So,they have been exchanging the Turks,huh?
Reno:Yeah,the guy before me was ambushed and killed in some nameless street of Midgar.
Asner:Damn.And he was about to retire when I last saw him.
Reno:Yup.Two other Turks are also pretty old already,so they're about to retire,too.I just hope that
they won't get killed before that...
Asner:Yeah...hey,I have to go to bathroom.
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President Shinra:Sephiroth,I've got rather...unusual mission for you...
Sephiroth:What is it?
President Shinra:It's one of our science programs that is eating a lot of money...so we got a good
deal.Midgar Flower Club has offered to fund it if someone famous can promote their Flower Campaign.
Sephiroth:Meaning...?
President Shinra:It's a nice job.You just have to walk around Midgar and give balloons to people and
tell them to come see the Flower Show.
Sephiroth:Err...I thought that flowers don't bloom in Midgar?
President Shinra:Between you and me,they're artificial.They said they just want to bring happiness,
or something.It's pretty unclear to me.
A second later,something happened that saved Sephiroth from the Flower Mission.An explosion shook
the building.
Sephiroth:I'll go see what happened.Stay there,Mr.President!
Loudspeaker:Warning!Warning!There has been an explosion at 4th floor.Please leave the building...
4th floor?Why did 4th floor explode?It had to be a bomb,because there wasn't anything else that
could explode,but what harm did they think that the explosion would do to Shinra in the 4th floor?
Sephiroth suspected something.His prior mission now was to protect the president.The Turks arrived
by elevator.
Sephiroth:Guys,take the president somewhere safe.There's something fishy going on...
Reno:Of course a goddamn bomb is fishy!
Sephiroth:Just take him.
Soon after the Turks had taken the president away,another familiar face appeared.The short,dark-
haired man was surprised to see Sephiroth instead of the president.
Techu:So our little distraction wasn't effective.Well then,we have to fight.
Techu pulled out two shiny and sharp daggers.Sephiroth pointed his Masamune in Techu's direction.
Techu:You know,you almost grilled me in that cleaning cupboard.I have to revenge!
Sephiroth:Bring it on!
Techu was surprisingly fast.He mixed different techniques and Sephiroth couldn't be sure what his
next act would be.Soon his daggers were slicing the air too near in front of Sephiroth's face.
Sephiroth had to take few steps backwards,but Techu just charged towards him.Sephiroth sidestepped
and tackled Techu,who flew through the window.
Techu:Ouch...that hurt.
The sharp glass had cut wounds in Techu that were bleeding,but he seemed to be okay.The battle
continued in the balcony.Now Sephiroth knew to keep a good distance from Techu but he was soon
against the wall.He had never faced an enemy as good as Techu.
Now he had to attack to get more room.Even if he was skilled in using the Masamune Blade,he had to
admit that daggers were better when fighting in close distance.However,Techu retreated a few steps
towards a helicopter that was in the wider end of the balcony.
Sephiroth guessed what his plan had to be and he couldn't allow him to escape.Soon he noticed that
he couldn't stop him,when Techu's foot hit Sephiroth in the side,throwing him over the edge.
Sephiroth grabbed from the edge with his right hand,the other one still holding the Masamune.His
hand started to slip...
Techu:So long,fool!
Techu ran over to the helicopter and turned it on.It was already in the air when Sephiroth had
managed to pull himself back to the balcony.Techu wanted to finish him off,so he threw a grenade
down.
Sephiroth could only jump as far as possible from it before it exploded.He avoided the fragments,
but the balcony wasn't made of too strong material,so it collapsed under him.Again,he was hanging in
the air,holding from the crumbling edge that would soon fall down.
Asner had appeared in the top floor and Sephiroth couldn't have hoped anything better than his hand
that reached towards him...
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Author:I think this chapter turned out quite good.When I was suffering the flu of the century,or I
still am,but it's not so bad anymore,I had good time to think what I would write.I think I'm going
to make another time jump soon and finish this terrorist-thing that I wasn't originally going to
write,but we'll see that later.
Sephiroth was about to go to sleep when his door was knocked.He went to let the visitor inside.
The visitor hadn't changed much since Sephiroth last saw him.His brown hair was now longer and he
had a short beard.The most notable thing about him was that he didn't have his left hand...
Sephiroth:Asner?
Asner:Howdy.I happened to come into city and you're the only person I know around here,so can a war
buddy rest here for the night?
Sephiroth:Sure.I wanna know what you have been up to lately.
They went to kitchen.Sephiroth offered him a beer.
Asner:Thanks.
Sephiroth:So,where did you go after our last mission?
Asner:Travelling...
Sephiroth:So did I.I wonder why we didn't meet anywhere.
Asner:Probably because I was wandering around the northern continent,climbing the mountains and
stuff.
Sephiroth:No wonder,then.
So these two men talked all night long.Next day,Asner wanted to come with Sephiroth to Shinra HQ.
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Reno:Hey,Sephiroth!Who's your friend?
Sephiroth:This is Asner.We were both fighting in Wutai.
Reno:Cool.Hey,the President wants to see you.
Sephiroth:Ok.Asner,can you wait here?
Asner:Sure.
So when Sephiroth took an elevator to the top floor,Reno and Asner continued talking.
Asner:So,they have been exchanging the Turks,huh?
Reno:Yeah,the guy before me was ambushed and killed in some nameless street of Midgar.
Asner:Damn.And he was about to retire when I last saw him.
Reno:Yup.Two other Turks are also pretty old already,so they're about to retire,too.I just hope that
they won't get killed before that...
Asner:Yeah...hey,I have to go to bathroom.
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President Shinra:Sephiroth,I've got rather...unusual mission for you...
Sephiroth:What is it?
President Shinra:It's one of our science programs that is eating a lot of money...so we got a good
deal.Midgar Flower Club has offered to fund it if someone famous can promote their Flower Campaign.
Sephiroth:Meaning...?
President Shinra:It's a nice job.You just have to walk around Midgar and give balloons to people and
tell them to come see the Flower Show.
Sephiroth:Err...I thought that flowers don't bloom in Midgar?
President Shinra:Between you and me,they're artificial.They said they just want to bring happiness,
or something.It's pretty unclear to me.
A second later,something happened that saved Sephiroth from the Flower Mission.An explosion shook
the building.
Sephiroth:I'll go see what happened.Stay there,Mr.President!
Loudspeaker:Warning!Warning!There has been an explosion at 4th floor.Please leave the building...
4th floor?Why did 4th floor explode?It had to be a bomb,because there wasn't anything else that
could explode,but what harm did they think that the explosion would do to Shinra in the 4th floor?
Sephiroth suspected something.His prior mission now was to protect the president.The Turks arrived
by elevator.
Sephiroth:Guys,take the president somewhere safe.There's something fishy going on...
Reno:Of course a goddamn bomb is fishy!
Sephiroth:Just take him.
Soon after the Turks had taken the president away,another familiar face appeared.The short,dark-
haired man was surprised to see Sephiroth instead of the president.
Techu:So our little distraction wasn't effective.Well then,we have to fight.
Techu pulled out two shiny and sharp daggers.Sephiroth pointed his Masamune in Techu's direction.
Techu:You know,you almost grilled me in that cleaning cupboard.I have to revenge!
Sephiroth:Bring it on!
Techu was surprisingly fast.He mixed different techniques and Sephiroth couldn't be sure what his
next act would be.Soon his daggers were slicing the air too near in front of Sephiroth's face.
Sephiroth had to take few steps backwards,but Techu just charged towards him.Sephiroth sidestepped
and tackled Techu,who flew through the window.
Techu:Ouch...that hurt.
The sharp glass had cut wounds in Techu that were bleeding,but he seemed to be okay.The battle
continued in the balcony.Now Sephiroth knew to keep a good distance from Techu but he was soon
against the wall.He had never faced an enemy as good as Techu.
Now he had to attack to get more room.Even if he was skilled in using the Masamune Blade,he had to
admit that daggers were better when fighting in close distance.However,Techu retreated a few steps
towards a helicopter that was in the wider end of the balcony.
Sephiroth guessed what his plan had to be and he couldn't allow him to escape.Soon he noticed that
he couldn't stop him,when Techu's foot hit Sephiroth in the side,throwing him over the edge.
Sephiroth grabbed from the edge with his right hand,the other one still holding the Masamune.His
hand started to slip...
Techu:So long,fool!
Techu ran over to the helicopter and turned it on.It was already in the air when Sephiroth had
managed to pull himself back to the balcony.Techu wanted to finish him off,so he threw a grenade
down.
Sephiroth could only jump as far as possible from it before it exploded.He avoided the fragments,
but the balcony wasn't made of too strong material,so it collapsed under him.Again,he was hanging in
the air,holding from the crumbling edge that would soon fall down.
Asner had appeared in the top floor and Sephiroth couldn't have hoped anything better than his hand
that reached towards him...
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Author:I think this chapter turned out quite good.When I was suffering the flu of the century,or I
still am,but it's not so bad anymore,I had good time to think what I would write.I think I'm going
to make another time jump soon and finish this terrorist-thing that I wasn't originally going to
write,but we'll see that later.