Blind Fury

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"C'mon Cloud. You're getting weaker." A voice chided.

The voice was horrible, familiar, pissed me off unbelievable. It was dark, damn near pitch black. A white mist was rising from the ground, which made no sense but nothing here did. I couldn't explain how I got here or why I didn't care or who was talking to me. It was like being in a maze I was looking down a long narrow hall that split left and right in front of me. I reached back and felt my Buster sword, I pulled it from it's place on my back. I had my old purple uniform on.

"Giving up already Cloud?" A deep voice asked, more like teased really.

I took off in a full sprint to catch the voice, turning left I saw the tail of a black leather coat just turn another corner right, just ahead of me. I sprinted in pursuit and rolled into rather run straight up into the turn to avoid a possible attack.

"Cloud! C'mon you're boring me!" The voice was getting angry.

I sprinted after the voice, turning right at the T intersection. Then left, left, right, straight.

"Good Cloud, almost there." The voice informed.

I didn't care to answer I just wanted to find the voice. My foot steps pounded heavily against what sounded like metal grating. I caught another glimpse of a black coat turning. I hit the right turn and froze in my tracks. I had finally caught up to the voice, he was facing me with his extremely long sword in his right hand. He took the sword and drove it into the ground, he then took an awkward fighting stance. It really wasn't a stance actually, he kept hopping back and forth shift his legs and swinging his arms. I took my Buster sword in hand and threw it into the ground. I brought my hands up by my face and clenched them softly. I scanned the room, still black, mist and all, it was large with nothing to block the way. Reminded me of somewhere I once was when I last faced him.

"C'mon Seph. Show me whatcha got." I said staring down Sephiroth..

End Cloud

"Spike, don't tell me you've allowed yourself to slow down?" A voice asked.

"Huh?" I recognized the voice but my mind felt blank. I really didn't care to think about where I was or why I was dressed in my usual blue uniform in such an awkward place.

I was looking down an all white hall that branched left and right only a voice guiding me.

"Spike hurry up we finish this now!" The voice yelled.

I followed the voice right only to see some silver hair just take a left turn. I took off following it down the narrow hallways. I lost track of all the turns but it was winding I thought it wouldn't end.

"Almost there." The voice said.

I took another left and was faced with a man I thought I'd never see again.

"Vicious!" I yelled.

Vicious didn't respond, I began hoping back and forth shifting my legs and loosely waving my hands. Vicious took his sheathed sword into his left hand and threw it to his left. He tucked his jaw and took an orthodox stance bringing his hands up to his face, eye level and clenching them softly. I ran at Vicious as fast as I could and he sprinted towards me. I lept into the air launching a swift left kick, Vicious dodged right and countered with a back left kick aimed at my head. I rolled forward dodging his counter. Crouching I pivoted on my right hand and launched my body upward spinning left I lifted my hand up and kicked with my right boot towards his head. He ducked under and backflipped away, I landed on my feet and wiped around to face him. He ran towards me stopped and threw two left jabs, which I blocked and dodged right. He launched a right hook that I ducked under, a left elbow I blocked, then a leaping uppercut. I blocked the blow but the amazing force behind it forced me to slide back about three feet, he ran forward and threw a right elbow again with incredible force using his whole body I blocked again which slid me back.

I couldn't guard against these attacks forever. Vicious lept into the air from a sprint and spun left with a more downward force and looped a right kick down towards my face. I jumped back and landed on my hands behind my shoulders curling my legs in dodging the blow that crushed the ground, as it hit the ground softly I kicked back up with both my legs launching an attack at his ribs since he was turned sideways. He ducked low and avoided the blow as I flew past him. He reached out and grabbed my collar with his right hand I knew he was about to strike so I wiped around to strike before him or at least at the same time. I stared him in the eyes with my right fist raised and clenched about to launch a blow.

"Cloud! Spike!" A female voice yelled.

Everything was sent an unbelievable blaze as light flooded my vision. Everything was blurry as my eyes began to adjust. As my vision cleared I saw who was in my grasp.

"Cloud?" I said confused.

End Spike.

""Cloud?" Spike asked confused.

"Spike?" I said confused

What the hell just happened, I was just fighting Sephiroth and now I'm fighting Spike. This was another dream, again I was dreaming of something violent and acting it out in real life it was like sleep walking except with attempted murder they wore getting worse. Something wasn't right.

"The hell are you two doing?!" Faye asked incredible pissed off since we woke her up.

She still was wearing that green mask crap that women wear I've never understood that, she had her pink robe on.

"Ahh uhhh." Spike attempted to think up some lie.

"Training." I said confidently.

"... Stop!" Faye yelled before storming off.

Me and Spike looked at eachother both wearing our sleep attire which was basically loose pants and no shirt.

"... Never happened." I said letting go of Spikes shoulder.

"Talk about this later." Spike said walking off.

Damn Spike can fight.

About three hours more of sleeping I awoke at eight o'clock.

Yawn! "Man... still sleepy." I said rising out of bed.

I threw the white sheets off of me and looked around my room. I stared at the picture me and Tifa took on our first actual date at the Gold Saucer, I remember how excited she was and didn't seem to calm down even though I didn't want to go. She was wearing a carolina blue shirt that was sort of tight on her, nothing surprising, and had very short sleeves. I remember the back of the shirt spelt "Fighter" she loved that shirt. I was wearing a mainly blue polyester suite with a white stripe on the sides going down the sleeve and pants with a yellow stripe in between the white one with a white sleeveless shirt under it. In the picture she was basically climbing on my head, we wore sitting down... well I was she stood over me with her left hand in my hair pushing me down with her right hand waving at the camera. I loved her smile and the way her eyes look when she's happy, while I was trying to look up and yell while she was shoving me.

"No time to mope around." I said getting out of bed.

The room was medium size with blue metal walls, two bar lights above me illuminating the room, a small computer terminal which also acted as my TV, a rack for all my c.d.'s, and some pictures of me and my friends framed up and put on my dresser where I kept some of my clothes I put the rest in my closet. I stretched quickly before walking to the door.

"Huh?" I said as the door to my room slid open.

"Sit down!" Spike yelled barging into my room somewhat pissed off.

"Uh okay." I said stepping back from Spike and sitting on my bed.

"What the hell was that?" Spike asked quieter.

"... What?" I asked even if I had a good idea where this was going.

"I go to sleep happy in my bed and wake up in the middle of a fight with you. I'm not too sure about you but the last couple of weeks... well actually months I been having weird dreams. Sometimes waking up in different rooms, sweating, screaming. Each dream has to do with killing and maiming, and unless you wake up at three o'clock a.m. to train then I'm guessing you've been having problems too." Spike said with a serious tone.

"You've only had them for a few months I've had them for over a year. I hurt the woman I love, and she refuses to give up on me even when I tell her. These dreams have hurt me and her so fucking much." I said reflecting on the past, my tone must have sounded harsh.

"But other than that I have no idea." I said cheerfully. "Maybe something wants us dead."

"?!" Spike inhaled with a surprise like he just realized something.

Without saying a word Spike left, but I could guess me an him wore thinking the same thing. Something was going on here that was bigger then just an average problem. Even if we couldn't really identify it something... unordinary was happening.

"Hey break... eh?" Jet sad confused usually Spike or Cloud wore training around now and sometimes Faye, but they weren't in the training room. "Yo breakfast!" Jet yelled through the ship.

"Mmmm, food." I said exiting the bathroom. I walked into the living room where Jet had some left over, casserole, thing, stuff lying on the table.

"... Meh whatever." I said as I grabbed some chop sticks and dug into the multi-colored food. It wasn't all that bad.

Faye and Spike walked into the room at the same time which was weird because both of them wore about five minutes late.

"What the hell is that?" Spike asked looking at the food.

"No way in hell, that can't be healthy." Faye said disgusted.

"Hey quit complaining it's not too bad." I said with a mouth half full of food.

"Fuck no!" Spike said. "That's gotta be bad for the kidneys!"

"Not much of a choice." Jet spoke finally while leaning against a wall.

"Bullshit what happened to all the money from Andrews!" Faye yelled irritated while taking a step towards Jet and swing her left arm down wildly.

"Horse races, casino, expenses mainly. Engines do cost money along with the A/C and basically everything else. The ship's running optimal though!" Jet said unusually happy about the work done to his ship. "Oh and Cloud doing whatever." Jet said dismissivley while waving his right hand lazily.

"... You sure?" Faye asked curiously.

"Yes." Jet replied.

"Positive?" Faye again asked.

"Yeah" Jet said.

"... Totally?" Faye asked... again.

"Yes." Jet growled annoyed.

"Because I..." Faye began.

"Dammit we're broke!" Jet yelled.

Just as Jet yelled the motor for the A/C shut down completely causing the lights to flicker.

"Eh, the money wasn't going to last forever." Spike said.

"About time we started another hunt I've been kinda bored." I said finishing my food.

End Cloud.

"Maybe something wants us dead." Cloud said cheerfully trying to lighten the mood.

Then it hit me, the old shaman who tried to kill me. He spoke to me referring to my people, could Cloud be one. He's been having nightmares to that he acts out and they've been growing increasingly violent. I never ask anybody about their past because it only causes more trouble but maybe I should ask Cloud about it. Maybe he's starless like me, maybe the universe or fate wants us dead? And maybe I'm a fucking goose this is bullshit. I left the room in deep thought. I couldn't shake the feeling that something more important was going on here possibly dangerous. Could be fun.

"Huh?" I looked back to see Faye standing behind me curiously.

"Spike are you alright?" She asked rather concerned.

"Yeah why?" I asked.

There was a long silence where engine roar filled the dark hallway.

"I saw you last night, or earlier today." Faye said looking around not making eye contact but still putting on a tough bravado.

"Yeah I know, sorry about waking you up." I said wondering where this was going.

"No... before." Faye's bravado was wearing away she seemed concerned. "You wore running through the hallways like you wore chasing after somebody. You looked like you weren't even awake, like instinct told you where to go. I decided to follow you and when you faced off with Cloud you mumbled something about Vicious while Cloud said something about a Sephiroth. It was weird, you two seemed like you hated eachother until I interrupted." Faye said.

"It was nothing don't..." She cut me off.

"Don't lie to me!" Faye yelled.

"..." I didn't really know what to say.

"What's the matter Spike why do you have to do everything alone?" Faye asked, though she wasn't on the verge of crying.

"Because it's my problem." I said.

"I'm tired of this lone wolf shit!" Faye yelled.

"I'm tired of you getting in my business!" I yelled back.

"You need to quit taking everything on by yourself!" Faye shrieked.

"And you need to WHA!" I tried to jump back but Faye grabbed me in a tight embrace.

"I don't want you to die again Spike." She said burying her face in my chest.

Without much thought I relaxed and let my left arm fall to my side while my right brushed her hair.

"I'm... I'm sorry." I said.

"Yo breakfast!" Jet yelled.

Faye let go and gave me one long look like she was trying to explain or show me something. Then she walked off to the living room with me close behind.

End Spike.

After I finished my... food I guess I walked back into my room to change. I put on a sky blue Jordan valor suite with dark blue lining. As I walked back into the living room Jet pulled out the monitor.

"Let's see what we got." Jet said while turning on the monitor and sitting back on the couch.

I was sitting on the right side leaning forward, Spike was on the left slouching into the couch, Jet was sitting in the middle smoking a cigarette, while Faye was leaning behind Jet. We looked on as Jet surfed the bounty hunters web site to claim a bounty.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no." Jet said with some input from Faye and Spike. "Hmmm?" Apparently something caught Jet's attention. "Eight million wulongs for a Mandel Marshal."

"I'm game." I said.

"Good to go." Spike said.

"Why not?" Faye asked.

"Alright then." Jet said backing up. "Usual contacts, he's on... TJ." Jet seemed to lose some steam with the location.

"Hate that place." Spike said while reflecting on something.

"Well we aren't that far away, few hours." Jet said walking off to the bridge followed by Spike.

"So... Cloud." Faye tried to make some convo.

"Eh?" I looked towards her while standing up.

"Uh that woman still waiting on you. Who is she?" Faye asked.

"Tifa." I said.

"Tifa like Tiffany or something?" Faye asked getting more comfortable.

She's getting curious again. "No her names Tifa, Tifa Lockheart." I said thinking about her, I wanted to see her again.

"So how longs she been waiting for you anyway?" She asked.

I was a little unsure about answering this given the possible response. I scratched the back of my head and gave a nervous smile. "About a year now." I said.

"Holy shit how can you do that!" Faye yelled. "Any other girl really should've left you damn she's probably dying right now!"

"Hey try not to be so loud." I said with a chuckle.

"Well damn she must have some discipline to wait over a year without you, or a man period she's probably about to lose it now." She said.

She's right, any other woman would've walked away especial for a fucked up individual like me even when I try not to hurt Tifa I hurt her. My mood died right there I felt depressed. My head went down and my shoulders slouched.

"Oh crap did I upset you?" Faye said putting a hand on my shoulder.

"No it's alright, just thinking about a few things nothing serious" I said walking back to my room, I had to prepare, but I had an awkward feeling something was wrong

End Cloud.

Jet walked to the bridge to set course for TJ I figured I would help him.

"Yo Spike, whatcha think about Cloud?" Jet asked.

"He's cool." I said walking over to a terminal, the only illumination was from the terminals that gave off a blue light.

"Seems to get along with everybody pretty well." Jet said while typing.

"What's wrong Jet sad because you two ain't buddies." I teased.

"He seems like he's got a serious past, he's not your run-of-the-mill soldier, he's done some serious shit from watching the cams on your zip-craft, he just seems like he's hiding something. Like a side we ain't seen yet y'know." Jet said.

"Heh you're probably right." I said remembering how Faye explained him running from her vulcan or when he jumped from one car to another and I swear when I fired on him he should've been hit. Maybe Jet was right.

Two days later.

The sun beat down on me, I swear this place is always hot. I slouched against the side of a rundown building in the middle of a barrio folding up my sleeves to my yellow dress shirt and carrying my blue jacket on my shoulder. Kids wore playing games like baseball or tag in the old streets, A rough looking man jogged past me, looked like a boxer or something this place produces them. The streets wore full of merchants, people, and a few cars. Noise filled the air.

"C'mon where are you?" I said to myself

The plan was to catch Mandel when he leaves this building. It was a pretty beat up three story, this guy was wanted for pimping and drug dealing on a large scale, but after an attempted sting by the police that he escaped he's been on the run still dangerous though probably had some men left but not many.

"Okay we meet up tonight at 6720 Wakefield dr. don't forget." A voice said barely audible.

I sighed then pulled out my Glock.

"Ready Faye?" I asked over our cells.

"Go time. Ready Cloud?" Faye asked.

"Got your backs." Cloud said.

Faye was across the street wearing some very short denim Apple Bottom shorts and a tight purple Ecko shirt that reviled her lower stomach. I saw her pulling out her Glock and checking the ammo

"Mmm." I hummed looking at her.

As for Cloud he's there to stop any escapes. I wasn't too sure where he was.

"I'll be there." A man said walking out of the building with Mandel, he wore a nice suite, looked expensive giving evidence he was a high roller and was in pretty good shape. He didn't have a bounty on him that I knew of so he wasn't important. Mandel was going more low key with some street clothes, phat farm shirt, shorts, and shoes. He had a very muscular build

"Excuse me." I said smoothly.

"Eh?" Mandel asked.

"I was wondering if you could help me out." I said getting off the building and standing before him.

"What's this cat want? Get the fuck outta here." Mandel said blowing me off.

"It's not hard." I said keeping the convo going for the perfect opportunity.

"You dumb I said get outta here." Mandel said irritated.

"I was just wondering if you could help me." I pulled out my Glock and aimed at his face "Pay a couple bills." I said coolly, Mandel's face went from bad ass to scared. "You can go." I said to the man walking with him. He would probably call for help but it would be too late anyway.

"Spike down!" Faye yelled.

I ducked low as a man attempted to attack me from behind I rolled foreword. and jumped up kicking behind me striking the man in his face with my boots. It was some hood, he was white with short hair and medium build wearing some blue jeans and a white shirt. His head snapped back as he stumbled. The man with Mandel pulled out a silver pistol I didn't see what it was. The light gleamed off his weapon as he began aiming it towards me. A loud shot rang out and he feel over as blood shot from his neck some tearing away with the bullet. I turned back around and began hopping up while moving my arms loosely to find my beat. The other man ran towards me with his right fist raised, I dodged left as his fist was launched at me with a smirk.

"Whoa." I said, jokingly while hopping back.

He threw a left hook that I ducked under then I leaned back avoiding a right hook which was really compact this guy knew what he was doing. I stepped back again he came at me with another flurry of left and right a total of four. I dodged outside all of them I was done toying with him. I threw a quick left jab that connected cleanly with his right eye, I quickly followed with a straight right, then a spinning left kick that crushed his chin. He flew back and landed in a heap on the ground. The people mainly cleared out while some stayed to watch. A black sedan type car power slid the left turn behind me. I looked back as the car whipped a quick 180 changing lanes as Mandel jumped in the back seat and they drove of down the old road dodging cars while the people looked on confused.

"Shit Cloud move your ass they went west!" I yelled in my cell.

"I'm gone!" Cloud said as the roar of an engine sounded.

I looked towards Faye who was in the middle of the road with her gun aimed at the car. The man I knocked down was beginning to stir I stomped behind me driving my foot into his stomach. Cloud flashed by on his black bike he called Fenrir with two swords in the sheathes of the bike. The sun reflected off of his black helmet, He ducked down to cut off some wind resistance

"Cloud's got this!" I yelled to her running to my zip craft.

She nodded and followed behind me.

End Spike.

"I'm gone!" I yelled as I turned the ignition on my bike

I put on my helmet wearing some black akademics jeans and a yellow matching akademics shirt. I pulled back on the throttle revving the engine and pocketed my phone. I released the clutch end my tires screeched as smoke exploded from them. I pulled out of the alley and took a right down the street. Avoiding cars I accelerated and upshifted three gears, I leaned left as my tires started to break traction with me turning. I let off the throttle and pulled back again exiting the turn and down shifting. The sun was directly in my eyes but the tinted visor protected my vision. I saw Faye and Spike look towards me as I shot past them I dodged left past a pick up and right past a white old car. I saw a black car with tinted windows power slide a right turn, had to be him. I dodged left past a truck carrying fruit, drifting right I squeezed between an old sedan and a diesel. I let off the throttle as I leaned in for a quick right turn. Buildings blurred by as I continued to accelerate, people turned to watch my pursuit we wore driving by a channel and the sun reflected off the water as the guard rail sped by. The yellow line on the road streamed by. I was gaining on Mandel, I passing a car with another in front of me that was slowing down. I passed between the two before they came side to side barely avoiding a wreck. My adrenaline was pumping now as I neared Mandel, he was changing into the right lane towards the freeway entrance. I was only a car's length away now, with my left hand I pulled out my Buster sword from the front of my bike where I kept my swords and drifted more to the right. I continued to gain till I was next to Mandel's car and lifted my Buster sword with the tip facing his front left tire. Before I could thrust the sedan smashed the brakes.

"Shit!" I yelled as the car fell behind me in a flash.

I turned left sharply and hit my rear brakes. The tires screeched as I turned 90 degrees on front of Mandel's car. I let off the rear brake and hit the front break while turning the throttle breaking rear wheel traction and sending me spinning to a complete 180 just avoiding Mandel's ride as they tried to run me down. He shot past me and onto the freeway. I accelerated foreword to put some distance between the cement barrier. I put my left foot down and popped the clutch to turn around, again the tires schreeched and smoke shot out as I took off onto the freeway. The roads were wide as cement walls rose up to the regular roads, traffic wasn't too bad. Mandel gained some distance on me but my bike would catch him wish, I could use magic though. I leaned foreword to cut some wind resistance and pulled the throttle, changing gears when needed I closed the gap between me and Mandel. He sharply pulled right using another car to block me, I dodged left and went back into the lane. He tried to smash the car into me which gave me the opportunity I need again pulling out my Buster sword from it's place with my left hand I pointed the tip at his driver side front tire and thrusting cross body I pierced the tire causing it to explode into debris. I accelerated past the car as it began to lose control and sharply spun left, the speed it was traveling caused it to flip over and spin once in the air. I quit looking back as shards of glass and some metal exploded from the accident. I hit my rear breaks and turned left while putting my foot down along with letting my sword drag causing sparks to rise from the friction the tires wailed as I slid to a stop. Pulling off my helmet I pulled out my cell phone.

"Hey Faye I got him." I said walking over to the wreckage.

Besides from a little bloody and missing his left index finger Mandel was alright. The sound of sirens grew loud as traffic slowly drove by. The car ended up on it's roof, all the glass was crushed the metal bent and pieces of the car spread across the roads. I looked out at the setting sun trying not to think of the interrogation I was gonna get.

Three hours later.

"He tried to run me down and I did something about it." I said to the young male officer.

"How much longer is this gonna take?" Spike asked.

Faye had already left and was probably comfortable back on the ship. It was already night the stars shined in the sky with city lights. Traffic was pretty bad as the clean up was just finishing. I looked down the road at a huge tanker.

"So am I getting billed for this?" I asked hoping he'd say no.

Again I looked at the tanker, then back at the officer.

"Probably not given that you're a bounty hunter now just take this and cash in your at the police station." The officer said handing my a check.

"Sweet, thanks man take it easy." I said shaking the officers hand.

I looked down the road at the blue and gray tanker, it wasn't slowing down.

"Aw fuck." I said looking at the heavy piece of machine about to tear threw traffic.

All the officers turned just as I said that noticing the huge beast. They all began to clear out while yelling at people in their cars to run. I ran and dove over the divider as did Spike landing on the rough hard cement, head lights streaked by but we were safe. I listened as the sound of terrible screams and crushing metal filled the night. The loud wail of tires from cars being pushed and other vehicles flipping over and landing with a crunch. Glass being crushed was also heard then as everything began to stop I heard the sound of something heavy tipping over, it moaned loudly and then finally the loud bash of a tanker landing on it's side. I peeked up to look at all the carnage, there were fires and dead bodies spread about, some live people climbing out their mangled cars, and other people who managed to avoid the accident were running down the street away from the scene. I looked on as some people mourned over dead bodies and officers calling for medics.

"Holy hell." I said climbing back over the divider.

"What the fuck just happened?" Spike asked.

"Everybody you have to get out now!" An officer yelled obviously frightened.

I looked at the side of the cargo, it was fuel. I should've known that was gonna happen. I could've have predicted it with my luck. I looked across the street at my motorcycle, guess I spoke too soon, it wasn't harmed.

"Spike get outta here!" I yelled.

He ran towards the Swordfish which he parked a little distance away. I ran to my bike when I noticed something on the road above. He was looking on calmly like it was nothing, but that was only a piece of what caught my attention. He was sporting short shoulder length silver hair and a tattoo on his right forearm, he wore a trench coat which was thrown into the air as he turned around. Without taking a step he looked back down directly at me and let a smirk show. He showed resemblance to Sephiroth aside from the givens. He raised his arm into the air and stood there for a minute. I looked back at the tanker only to see the metal around the rear slowly turn red. I jumped into Fenrir and turned the ignition, I wish I could've said something to the people there. Putting on my helmet I revved the engine and took off following the path the diesel had carved swerving past the wreckage and fires also avoiding a person or two. The sound of an explosion rocked the night, I felt the vibrations through the ground and felt some of the heat against my back. Other explosion rocked the ground, all of the other cars were exploding too causing a chain reaction not what I wanted to happen. The explosion were deafening and it seemed to shake my vision. I was beginning to top out and the flames were gaining on me, the path was straight so there wasn't much danger of losing control. My heart was pounding with excitement, maybe I wasn't gonna make it. The explosion were getting closer, right behind me, my teeth wore grinding, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I was almost there, everything was only a blur, tunnel vision was taking over. As I shot past the last cars and down the open road. The heat left my body as I slowed down, eventually coming to a stop. I was breathing heavily looking on at the flames, I got off Fenrir and sat down next to it listening to the sounds of the engine cooling.

"Good Cloud... you didn't disappoint me." A voice said.

I looked to my right as the man I was earlier was standing about twenty feet away.

"You killed all of them to get to me?" I asked, right now I wanted him dead but kept my cool.

"You killed our father I killed the people you protect." He said arrogantly.

My eyes grew wide as more adrenaline pumped into my veins. I looked at his right forearm, 65. He was in extraordinary shape I could tell even if he was wearing a black leather trench coat with black pants and shoes, under the coat was a gray shirt. I looked at his eyes, they wore completely white. He was blind.

"So what now?" I asked standing up and grabbing my Buster sword off it's magnetic sheath. I brought it over to the Fenrir and placed it in it's sheath then grabbed Heaven's Cloud changing the materia I took a few practice swings.

"I complete the test." He said pulling out a small sized black poll from his coat. Pressing a button in the middle of the grip it extended to about nine feet. He took out a spear head and fixed it at the top of the weapon. The spear head was about a foot long with a white ribbon extending from it.

I settled the sword into my usual middle stance and he held his spear over his head pointing down. I inched closer, even with a long blade I was at a reach disadvantage. My boots grinded on the surface of the road as I came closer.

"What's your name anyway?" I asked, figured if I was gonna try to kill him I could at least know who he is, mass murder t get to me was actually kinda flattering in a sick way.

"Fury." He said with a smirk.

"Weird name, never knew anybody named Fury." I said still inching closer.

"Code name from my old unit." He said beginning to move closer. "Ever since this happened." He said pointing towards his eyes with his left hand. "I was known as Blind Fury."

We were within range now. He lunged forward and jabbed twice with his spear, blocking one strike I ducked another swinging over his spear towards his torso I swiped the blade down, Fury pulled on his spear and brought into directly into my swords path. Sparks rose as he shoved me back, I jumped back and landing in a crouch he swiped low right to left. I jumped over the spear and faced the tip of my blade at his chest thrusting forward he rolled left dodging the blow. Landing I sprinted towards him slashing diagonally right to left. He lept back and spinning to spear over his head while spinning himself left he swing the blade at me. I blocked the attack and launched a spinning left spinning kick which he ducked under. My leg landed on the other side of the bar, I brought both legs together and twisting right I yanked the spear out of his hands and swung the blade at his shins. He jumped over and reached down upon landing getting a hold of his spear he pulled it back forcing my to back flip over it. When I landed he brought the spear head down and slashed upward left to right. I jumped left and slashed chest level. He brought the spear in close pivoting it on the ground to block the blow. I kicked the bottom of the spear with my left foot breaking his block and spinning into my slash I released it with amazing speed.

He barely avoided the attack as it ripped through his shirt. A look of worry and anger spread across his chest. He brought his right hand up to his face and focusing a green light appeared around him. He pointed towards me. Knowing what was about to happen I rolled left at the last second, Intense heat blew past me as he casted a fire spell. Upon getting back on my feet he was already casting another spell. I lept into the air and performed a cartwheel as and intense cold hit me, the blades from the ice two spell came within inches of piercing my face. I landed and brought my hand up to my face.

"Bolt two!" I casted.

A swift lightning bolt shot down from the sky. Fury jumped back as the lighting burned through the tail of his coat that rose up when he dodged. I sat there for a second waiting for the next opportunity to arise for a strike.

"Hahaha that's the first time I really had to get serious!" Fury said laughing. "When you find me Cloud I promise I won't use this hobby toy."

"Find you... who the fuck are you and why would I wanna find you?" I asked still keeping my guard up.

A shocked look hit Fury's face.

"You don't know? Hmm well I guess it would make sense, you don't keep in touch with the planet. Those that are starless must die, we disturb the natural order of things. Though I can't say after I hunt all of you down and kill you I'll kill myself, but we must... thin out the numbers. I'm not the only one you'll face off with Cloud, or your friend Spike. Don't let your guard down, I'd wanna be the one who fights you." Fury said backing away.

"What so we're done here?" I asked.

"Yup." He said rather cheerfully. Raising his left wrist to his face he spoke into the black digital watch there. "I'm ready c'mon."

A huge zip-craft red with yellow lines appeared from over the cement wall on the street. A rope ladder fell from the ship as it shined it's search light on me. The light blinded me for a second as I raised my right forearm up to block the beam. With a loud roar the zip-craft shot off south into the distance. I just stood there watching, sheathing my sword I walked back towards Fenrir and turning the ignition I road off down the street to get back to Heaven's Cloud.

Authors note: Hey yeah the story lines under way hope the people who read this liked it. Oh and I know Cloud actually isn't a clone but for the sake of the story line go with it.