Jenova Cells----Chapter 2----The "Final" Battle
Disclaimer:
YAY! I get to tell my life's story here! Oh crap, that's a bio, damn.
Anyway, I don't own these chars, they belong to Squaresoft, or is it
Square, or is it Square Enix... my God, pick one. nya nya nya nya nya
nya, you can't sue me.
P.S. The Latin below this
are the lyrics from the song 'One Winged Angel' just in case you
didn't catch that. And I will post the translation for that at the
end of the chapter. Putting it in at the beginning is just
gaudy.
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I pray to the holy Cetra, and to the Planet. With my sacred powers... I will only use them to protect... to protect the one I trust... to protect the one I love... Cloud... I will protect you... no matter what. Estuans interius, Ira vehementi, Sors immanis, Et inanis, Veni, Veni, Venias! Ne me mori facias! Karyu no hanay kata! Gloriosa! Generosa! Estuans interius, Ira vehementi, Sors immanis, Et inanis, Veni, Veni, Venias! Ne me mori facias! Karyu no hanay kata! Gloriosa! Generosa!
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"Let's
go,"
Cloud and his followers jumped quickly from
platform to platform, getting ever closer to Sephiroth's
domain.
"I
don't like this," growled Red. "I don't see him, but this
is a dead end, and there aren't any other pathways leading here."
"Nowhere but from above!" yelled a
voice.
Sephiroth suddenly plunged down with Masamune in his hand, and a glowing green orb in the other.
For
Mother
Masamune shimmered as its blade sliced
through the air, and lightning bolts struck down around its bearer.
As the dust lifted, a scorched animal lay on the ground, twitching
and hanging onto life by a mere thread. A mere thread that was
severed exactly half a second later, as the thin blade whistled
through the creatures head.
"RED!
You son-of-a-bitch! You killed him!" yelled Cloud.
"Only
a fraction of what I will do to you," snarled Sephiroth.
"Puppet," he added.
Cloud's next words
were silenced as Sephiroth charged him, blade held low. Cloud lifted
his purple hued sword and prepared to face his ultimate foe.
As
the blades struck, brilliant sparks flew, singing Sephiroth's cloak.
He took no notice of the burns, as a person, who barely escapes a
barrage of bullets fired by their own father, would probably have
better things to worry about.
"Fools,"
yelled Sephiroth. "You have no idea what you have gotten
yourself into. You could have died quickly at the hands of Meteor,
but now your deaths will be lengthy and most unpleasant... -unhhhh-"
A
second fist collided with Sephiroth's stomach, at the same time as a
steel tipped boot smashed into his shin. Sephiroth collapsed under
the pressure of a Judo master's elbow-to-the-neck which,
coincidentally, saved Sephiroth's life.
Odin had
finished his charge, and was shocked as to how his prey had escaped
his deadly sabre. He vanished with a perplexed look on his "face",
and a curse under his breath.
Sephiroth
regained his footing and immediately lashed out with Masamune,
catching an absurd looking Moogle doll across the center.
"SHIT!
Sorry guys, I'm out of here, the doll can't take his kind
of a beati--"
The cat transmitter was sliced
in several pieces as Masamune finished it's circular
sweep.
"REEVE!" yelled
Yuffie. She had been rather fond of him, and although he was safe at
his controller station, it was terrifying to see the personification
of her affections torn to shreds. She picked up her massive shuriken
and hurled it at Sephiroth. However, her efforts were in vain,
as Sephiroth managed to dodge it easily. Though, a sliver of
long silver hair was sliced and brought back on the shuriken to
the Wutai Ninja Princess.
Meanwhile...A
man with a long spear took aim, and began to charge at
Sephiroth.
"Cid, watch out!"
warned Cloud. "He's more dangerous than you could
imagine!"
But Cid did not heed
the severity of Clouds warning, and his spear pierced through nothing
but the thick magic filled air.
"Oh
Shit..."
Sephiroth pulled Masamune out of Cid's back and wiped the blade clean on his now tattered cloak.
"Scum,"
"Barret,
what the hell are you doing? Attack him already, c'mon!
...BARRET???"
But Barret could no more
answer Cloud than move his pinkie. All he could do was scream.
Ice began forming all over Barret's body,
freezing his body to subzero temperatures. The metal casing around
his gun split, exposing the crisscross of wires and scarred flesh
underneath. His screaming became more intense, yet muffled, as the
ice coalescing on his body had reached his face.
His
eyes had frozen, and his metal arm had been completely crystallized.
He gave out a little squeal, fell to the floor, and shattered.
A
crimson aura surrounded Cloud, and an urge that was not his own
forced his muscles to lift his blade, and charge.
Sephiroth
sensed the difference in Cloud's movements and paused momentarily to
ponder what was happening. But a moment was all that it took,
Several downward swipes of the purple blade tore
into Sephiroth's steel hardened flesh, drawing large amounts of
crimson fluids.
As Cloud finished his
onslaught, he looked up at his mortal enemy, to find him doing
something extremely out of the norm. He was laughing.
Maniacal
chuckles emitted from the Ex-General's lips, which in turn became a
laugh so evil, that it made the hair's on his own neck stand
up.
Three deeps wounds that Sephiroth had
sustained from Cloud's furious strikes began to close themselves, and
the briefly crippled warrior stood tall again, Masamune held
high.
Three of the four remaining AVALANCHE
members huddled together defensively, while their leader strode
forward.
"You cannot win against us
Sephiroth." Cloud said calmly, but with a fiery passion that
spoke for his fallen comrades. "The Lifestream will be upon us
any minute now. Meteor will be destroyed and your quest for
deity-hood will be denied. You will be suffocated in the purities of
Holy, and all that you have done will be for naught. Our deaths don't
mean anything now, as long as you are stopped. Your reign of terror
over Terra ends now."
At this impromptu
speech, Sephiroth sneered. " Your deaths may mean nothing, but
your suffering means EVERYTHING!"
Sephiroth
launched himself at Cloud, Masamune glimmering a pale green. But
before he could land a single stroke, a rush of light came upon him.
The pain that burned inside of Sephiroth was
overwhelming, and the last image he saw before blacking out in the
divine energy that surrounded him, was of his foes safely exiting the
crater.
Original Lyrics:
Estuans interius,
Ira vehementi,
Estuans interius,
Ira vehementi,
Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!
(Repeat once)
Sors immanis
Et inanis,
Sors imnais,
Et inanis.
Estuans interius,
Ira vehementi,
Estuans interius,
Ira vehementi,
Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!
Veni, Veni, venias!
Ne me mori facias!
Veni, Veni, venias!
Ne me mori facias!
(Repeat twice. Then altos and Sopranos join in with:)
Karyu no hanay kata!
Gloriosa!
Generosa!
Gloriosa!
Generosa!
TRANSLATION:
Burning inside,
with violent anger.
Burning inside,
with violent anger.
Burning inside,
with violent anger.
Burning inside,
with violent anger.
Fate is monstrous,
and empty.
Fate is monstrous,
and empty.
Burning inside,
with violent anger.
Burning inside,
with violent anger.
Come, come, you should come!
Please don't let me die!
Come, come, you should come!
Please don't let me die!
One Winged Angel of the Lower Depths!
Glorious!
Noble!
Glorious!
Noble!
Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!
end ch2