Guardian
Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Blade/ Calibur. It'd be cool if I did though. I'D BE RICH! An: Okay, I made Nightmare a little more eloquent than before, but it all makes sense.
Chapter 4: Eternal Struggle
Siegfried hit the ground with a massive thud, but had landed in a good position and had only fractured his claw, which was a good thing, as he didn't control it anymore anyway. He raised his head and looked around groggily, wondering what had happened to Joseph. His question was answered by a thud and crack next to him. He looked over and saw Joseph lying there, nose broken, arm lying at a weird angle, one finger missing and a severe cut on his temple. Suddenly his claw jerked. "What?" Siegfried shouted. He had thought it was fractured but it had mended itself inside a few seconds. It raised itself and swung towards Joseph, but Siegfried moved out of the way and ran in the opposite direction, claw swinging wildly. A voice rang in his head; I will always be part of you, Siegfried! It shouted inside his mind. Siegfried just kept running.
"Joseph?" Rebecca called into the chasm, "Siegfried?" Something must have happened. Maybe the column of light killed Joseph and Siegfried died from the fall! Either way, something had to be done. She picked up her sword and put her shield on her back, and began to climb. Little did she know, someone very familiar to her was making her way towards the cave entrance.
Isabella "Ivy" Valentine had heard rumours of Soul Edge and a mysterious "Guardian" that either killed anyone who ventured into the cave or scared them so they were too frightened to go back or talk about their experience. Well, she would defeat this "Guardian" and destroy Soul Edge! As she entered the cave, and saw the seemingly endless road of bones, her resolve did not waver in the slightest.
Siegfried had half passed out, and looked outwardly calm, but inside his mind a battle was raging with the spirit of Soul Edge, Inferno. He seemed to be winning, as a smile played on his lips and his eyelids fluttered. Then they closed and he lay still for a minute. Then his eyes snapped open. They were bright red.
Joseph had woken up, for some reason fully healed and quite refreshed. It must have been the power of the Sword of Salvation, or Soul Edge, as that monster...no, that man, had called it. He got up and looked around. He could see nothing except a faint red glow at the end of the chasm. He walked towards it, and it seemed to be getting closer quite quickly. He could make out a faint outline of a knight, holding a sword. It got closer still and he could see that the knight was wearing blue, no, azure, armour and was holding a very large sword. It was very near, and he could see that the sword looked very strange, it was red and had a decorative eye in the middle, and his right arm was hideously deformed, like a claw or something. The Azure Knight saw him, and slowed. "Joseph scrambled back and said, "Get away from me, you freak!" It was the wrong thing to say.
The Azure Knight, also known by the name Nightmare, raised his sword and shouted, "You conceited, wretched, HUMAN!" He ran towards Joseph and punched him in the stomach, raised him by the neck with his claw, and threw him away. "No, please, "Joseph said, standing up, "I'm sorry, I take it back, you're not a freak, just please don't kill me!" Nightmare's concentration just intensified. "On your knees, boy," he said. Joseph started to whimper. "DOWN!" Joseph half fell, and started to cry slightly. Nightmare put his sword the right, and made ready to cleave the young man's head clean off his shoulders. He started to swing, when the boy shouted, "Father, forgive me!" "FATHER!?" Nightmare shouted, and the blow never reached him. He stopped just at his shoulder, and dropped the sword. He fell to his knees and started pounding the canyon walls with his claw. The "fingers actually started to break, but then Nightmare got in full control again. Just then, there was a thud to the side and Rebecca landed. "What do you want, little girl," Nightmare said. "Your friend is going to die, I would suggest that you leave before the same happens to you." "What?" Rebecca said, "Siegfried? What happened?" Nightmare threw his head back and laughed. "Siegfried isn't here right now. This is NIGHTMARE!" Rebecca drew her sword and shield and prepared to fight Nightmare. He put the new Soul Edge into the Zweihander stance and prepared to strike.
Ivy was coming up to the edge of the chasm, and preparing for a fight. She could hear signs of a struggle below, but couldn't see anything except a faint red glow that moved around a lot. There was nothing else for it. She began to climb down the chasm wall.
It took five minutes for Nightmare to get the upper hand, as Rebecca was actually quite a good fighter. Nightmare struck her, but only hit her with the flat, which knocked her off her feet. He was just about to deliver the death blow, when something wrapped around the sword and pulled it from his grasp. "Nightmare!" a female voice shouted, "But you died!" "Not quite, my dear. As long as Herr Schtauffen had his claw, I was still a part of him. All it took for me to return was that this idiot didn't believe Soul Edge was a demon sword. Idiot. And now I have returned, my dear Isabella." "Isabella?" Rebecca said aloud, "Ivy? Is that you?" "Rebecca?" Ivy said, obviously surprised, "What are you doing here?" "I sought the sword, but then Siegfried told me that it was evil, but Joseph went for it, and then something happened top Siegfried that I don't quite understand, and his sword was transformed. Now I have to fight him, or many more will be killed." "The sword, eh..." Ivy said. She raised Valentine up and brought it down heavily on the eye in the middle of the sword. It seemed to freeze and then shattered. Nightmare threw his head back and roared, then fell to the ground and started to spasm. His armour fell off, except for the legs, which was still Siegfried's armour. The red hair turned to blonde again, and his eyes changed back to their natural blue. He jumped up and everyone flinched, except for Joseph who screamed and hid behind Rebecca. He looked at his claw and groaned, as it was still there. "Ivy," Siegfried said. "I want you to do something for me." "Why should I?" Ivy said. "Because if you don't things like what just happened will continue to happen. As long as I have this claw Soul edge is still a part of me." "All right then, what do you want me to do with it?" "I...I want you to cut off my arm." She looked taken aback.
"Are you sure?" "Yes." "Well, okay then, if you think it's necessary." She raised Valentine and struck his shoulder as hard as she could. Instead of cutting off his arm, it did something better. It shattered his claw.
An: ooooooooooohhhh! What's Siegfried gonna do now he's free of Soul Edge? Is he gonna to go away with Rebecca, Joseph, and, especially, Ivy? Almost certainly! Whoops.
Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Blade/ Calibur. It'd be cool if I did though. I'D BE RICH! An: Okay, I made Nightmare a little more eloquent than before, but it all makes sense.
Chapter 4: Eternal Struggle
Siegfried hit the ground with a massive thud, but had landed in a good position and had only fractured his claw, which was a good thing, as he didn't control it anymore anyway. He raised his head and looked around groggily, wondering what had happened to Joseph. His question was answered by a thud and crack next to him. He looked over and saw Joseph lying there, nose broken, arm lying at a weird angle, one finger missing and a severe cut on his temple. Suddenly his claw jerked. "What?" Siegfried shouted. He had thought it was fractured but it had mended itself inside a few seconds. It raised itself and swung towards Joseph, but Siegfried moved out of the way and ran in the opposite direction, claw swinging wildly. A voice rang in his head; I will always be part of you, Siegfried! It shouted inside his mind. Siegfried just kept running.
"Joseph?" Rebecca called into the chasm, "Siegfried?" Something must have happened. Maybe the column of light killed Joseph and Siegfried died from the fall! Either way, something had to be done. She picked up her sword and put her shield on her back, and began to climb. Little did she know, someone very familiar to her was making her way towards the cave entrance.
Isabella "Ivy" Valentine had heard rumours of Soul Edge and a mysterious "Guardian" that either killed anyone who ventured into the cave or scared them so they were too frightened to go back or talk about their experience. Well, she would defeat this "Guardian" and destroy Soul Edge! As she entered the cave, and saw the seemingly endless road of bones, her resolve did not waver in the slightest.
Siegfried had half passed out, and looked outwardly calm, but inside his mind a battle was raging with the spirit of Soul Edge, Inferno. He seemed to be winning, as a smile played on his lips and his eyelids fluttered. Then they closed and he lay still for a minute. Then his eyes snapped open. They were bright red.
Joseph had woken up, for some reason fully healed and quite refreshed. It must have been the power of the Sword of Salvation, or Soul Edge, as that monster...no, that man, had called it. He got up and looked around. He could see nothing except a faint red glow at the end of the chasm. He walked towards it, and it seemed to be getting closer quite quickly. He could make out a faint outline of a knight, holding a sword. It got closer still and he could see that the knight was wearing blue, no, azure, armour and was holding a very large sword. It was very near, and he could see that the sword looked very strange, it was red and had a decorative eye in the middle, and his right arm was hideously deformed, like a claw or something. The Azure Knight saw him, and slowed. "Joseph scrambled back and said, "Get away from me, you freak!" It was the wrong thing to say.
The Azure Knight, also known by the name Nightmare, raised his sword and shouted, "You conceited, wretched, HUMAN!" He ran towards Joseph and punched him in the stomach, raised him by the neck with his claw, and threw him away. "No, please, "Joseph said, standing up, "I'm sorry, I take it back, you're not a freak, just please don't kill me!" Nightmare's concentration just intensified. "On your knees, boy," he said. Joseph started to whimper. "DOWN!" Joseph half fell, and started to cry slightly. Nightmare put his sword the right, and made ready to cleave the young man's head clean off his shoulders. He started to swing, when the boy shouted, "Father, forgive me!" "FATHER!?" Nightmare shouted, and the blow never reached him. He stopped just at his shoulder, and dropped the sword. He fell to his knees and started pounding the canyon walls with his claw. The "fingers actually started to break, but then Nightmare got in full control again. Just then, there was a thud to the side and Rebecca landed. "What do you want, little girl," Nightmare said. "Your friend is going to die, I would suggest that you leave before the same happens to you." "What?" Rebecca said, "Siegfried? What happened?" Nightmare threw his head back and laughed. "Siegfried isn't here right now. This is NIGHTMARE!" Rebecca drew her sword and shield and prepared to fight Nightmare. He put the new Soul Edge into the Zweihander stance and prepared to strike.
Ivy was coming up to the edge of the chasm, and preparing for a fight. She could hear signs of a struggle below, but couldn't see anything except a faint red glow that moved around a lot. There was nothing else for it. She began to climb down the chasm wall.
It took five minutes for Nightmare to get the upper hand, as Rebecca was actually quite a good fighter. Nightmare struck her, but only hit her with the flat, which knocked her off her feet. He was just about to deliver the death blow, when something wrapped around the sword and pulled it from his grasp. "Nightmare!" a female voice shouted, "But you died!" "Not quite, my dear. As long as Herr Schtauffen had his claw, I was still a part of him. All it took for me to return was that this idiot didn't believe Soul Edge was a demon sword. Idiot. And now I have returned, my dear Isabella." "Isabella?" Rebecca said aloud, "Ivy? Is that you?" "Rebecca?" Ivy said, obviously surprised, "What are you doing here?" "I sought the sword, but then Siegfried told me that it was evil, but Joseph went for it, and then something happened top Siegfried that I don't quite understand, and his sword was transformed. Now I have to fight him, or many more will be killed." "The sword, eh..." Ivy said. She raised Valentine up and brought it down heavily on the eye in the middle of the sword. It seemed to freeze and then shattered. Nightmare threw his head back and roared, then fell to the ground and started to spasm. His armour fell off, except for the legs, which was still Siegfried's armour. The red hair turned to blonde again, and his eyes changed back to their natural blue. He jumped up and everyone flinched, except for Joseph who screamed and hid behind Rebecca. He looked at his claw and groaned, as it was still there. "Ivy," Siegfried said. "I want you to do something for me." "Why should I?" Ivy said. "Because if you don't things like what just happened will continue to happen. As long as I have this claw Soul edge is still a part of me." "All right then, what do you want me to do with it?" "I...I want you to cut off my arm." She looked taken aback.
"Are you sure?" "Yes." "Well, okay then, if you think it's necessary." She raised Valentine and struck his shoulder as hard as she could. Instead of cutting off his arm, it did something better. It shattered his claw.
An: ooooooooooohhhh! What's Siegfried gonna do now he's free of Soul Edge? Is he gonna to go away with Rebecca, Joseph, and, especially, Ivy? Almost certainly! Whoops.