You know I shouldn't tell you people what the pairing is going to be in this story, If I do that then I won't lose readers who aren't fans of the pairing.... hmm.. I really SHOULD keep y'all guessing ya know? I don't think I'm THAT mean though (Cough, Cough). We'll anyway I not own Final Fantasy 7. Though I DO own the creepy creatures in this story. LOL I still need to think of a name for them. Maybe the gang will learn it in this chapter ya?
Chapter 4- Searching....
"Haven't been here in a long time." Cloud spoke more to himself then his two comrades as they stood at the entrance of Nibelheim. Red XII shook his body in the rain trying to get some of the water out of his fur, "It would be better if the storm would cease." Yuffie ran in front of them and turned to them, "Well the sooner we get to the mansion the sooner we can get out of the rain!" With that they all ran towards the mansion.
Yuffie wasted no time in bust open the doors to the mansion, "VINCENT!" She called out. Yuffie ran up stairs to the last place she saw him. Cloud and Red XII looked about the mansion seeing all the damage done. "There was a struggle here" Red XII pointed out. Cloud nodded his head as he looked at the broken furniture and holes in the wall that would of came from Vincent's Death Penalty. No to mention there was some blood spots about the walls.
"We better catch up with Yuffie" Red XII nodded his head in agreement as they ran up the stairs to the East Wing where Yuffie disappeared to. "Yuffie?" Cloud called out. "In here" Yuffie replied softly. Cloud and Red XII walked towards the guestroom. Yuffie's form was in the middle of the room with her head hung down. "He's not here" Yuffie spoke as they entered the room. Red XII stepped up to her, "Perhaps he's in the basement" Yuffie immediately started towards the hidden door that was in the West Wing that led to the basement. Cloud and Red XII followed
They reached the basement and slowly made there way down the dark tunnel. A pair of Mako eyes watched them through the darkness as they walked past the coffin room. The figure made no move towards or away from them. It just stayed where it was. They reached the door to the laboratory, Yuffie took a deep breath and slowly opened the door and looked inside. It was a bit too dark to see anything. Yuffie picked up a candle that was laying on the floor, "Anyone got a match?" Red XII turned around and whipped out his tail so his fiery tip could light the candle. Yuffie smiled and patted him on the head annoying him, "Thanks Red"
Yuffie turned back around and started walking towards another candle she saw standing on the lab table. The glow of the candle showing a bit of the lab. Yuffie lit the other candle to get more light, "AH!" Yuffie dropped the candle in surprise. Cloud ran towards her, "What is it Yuffie?" Yuffie shivered a bit and pointed to the side of the table. "Blood?" Cloud said uncertain. On the side of the lab table was blood covering it leaving a trail to the floor forming a pool of someone's blood. Yuffie nodded her head.
Red XII Walked up to it and sniffed the blood immediately identifying the familiar scent, "This blood is Vincent's" Red XII sniffed it again, "And some of it appears to be Chaos'" "NO!" Yuffie said unbelievingly as she burst into tears. Cloud quickly embraced her trying to calm her down, "Yuffie it's alright. Listen Vincent is alive" He tried reasoning with her. Yuffie shook her head against his chest, "He's dead!" She managed to choke out. Cloud pushed her away and tilted her head up so she could look at him, "If Vincent was dead, his body would be laying here wouldn't it?" Yuffie sniffled and nodded slowly.
"And since there's Chaos' blood mixed in shows that the demon took control." Red XII said wisely, "Chaos is a powerful demon and a smart one, if he couldn't kill whatever was attacking him he would have enough sense to flea" Red XII finished explaining. "Your right, I'm sorry" Yuffie said softly as she wiped her eyes. Cloud shook his head, "No need to apologize Yuffie"
Red XII scratched his ear with his hind leg, "Should we leave?" Cloud nodded his head. At that moment the lab door slammed shut causing all of them to jump startled. Cloud ran towards the door as he heard a click. He tried turning the knob. The door wouldn't open, "It's locked" Cloud said surprised. Red XII sat down to think, "Who would lock us in?" Cloud shrugged his shoulders.
Red XII and Cloud turned to the sound of pages being flipped to see Yuffie looking through a book she picked up on the shelf. Cloud scratched the back of his head, "Yuffie what are you doing?" Yuffie turned towards the two, "The doors locked so we can't get out at the moment. I'm continuing what I was doing before, searching for anything on those creatures" Cloud nodded his head in understanding but, Red XII tilted his head to the side confused, "It appears I've missed something" "We can help Yuffie look through these books" Cloud said as he went and got a book not explaining anything to Red XII. Red XII just walked over to a book on the ground turning the pages with his snout.
As they were occupied with searching through the books the lab door creaked open slowly. A figure slipped in unnoticed by the trio. His Mako eyes glanced towards Cloud who was studying a book. The figure placed an old moldy book on the lab table that he was holding in his right hand. After that the figure slipped out of the lab keeping it unlocked this time, never being seen.
Red XII's nose picked up a different scent in the room. He looked down the small path of books to the lab door, he saw a flash of a large sword as it glinted from the glow of the candle before the door closed. "Someone's here!" Red XII announced. Cloud and Yuffie looked towards Red XII as he sprinted towards the door. Red XII slammed the door open and peered down the dark tunnel. He couldn't see anyone in the dark .
"Hey what's this?" Red XII turned to Cloud who picked up a book that was laying on the lab table. Yuffie shook her head, "It wasn't there before" She commented. Red XII walked up to Cloud, his eye caught a piece of folded paper sticking out of the book, "There's a marked page." Red XII informing Cloud.
Cloud opened to the page and took out the piece of paper that was used as a book mark. Cloud set the book down as he unfolded the paper. Cloud's eyes widened a bit as he saw what it was, the photo of Sephiroth, Tifa, and Zack nine years ago before the mission to the Mako Reactor. "Who's that?" Yuffie pointed to the muscular man with long spiky black hair. On his back he held the Buster Sword that Cloud now had.
Cloud gave a small smile, "That's Zack, he was my best friend before he was killed." Cloud turned the photo over to the back, there was some writing on it, Cloud read the message out loud, 'Cloud, This book may be what your looking for. Stay alive while I continue searching, You'll find out who I am soon enough.' Cloud shook his head and put the photo in his pocket.
Cloud picked the book up, on the marked page there was a section of the page circled. Cloud squinted his eyes to read the small writing. "What does the page say?" Red XII asked out loud. Cloud read the circled section out loud, "Demonology, by: Leon Gainslow. The night is their ally, light is their greatest enemy. They hunger for power, they are invisible to the naked eye except for their mysteriously blood thirsty red eyes" "This must be about the creatures!" Yuffie exclaimed.
Cloud continued, "They cause harm, but cannot be harmed themselves. They are shadows of the night yet the shadows can kill but can't be touched. They are the, Les Vontei Eligano, The Devil's Shadow. I myself have come to call them Hadions, after the wicked summon Hades. I warn those who read this, they are soulless demons, if someone found a way to manipulate these creatures they would have the most powerful force at their hands. My colleges do not believe of these creatures but I have run into them myself. They chased my down that cave I wondered into on the eastern continent, they hunted me down until I was saved by the mouth of the cave, my savior was sunlight. Oct. 5, 1945.
Cloud closed the book as he finished reading the section. The trio remained quiet for awhile until Cloud broke it, "These Hadions could very well be what was in Wutai. But that doesn't explain why they were" Red XII nodded his head, "Perhaps someone found a way to manipulate them?" Cloud sighed, "I'm afraid to say yes... I also want to know who gave us this book." Cloud shook the book in his hand. Yuffie leaned over to look in his eyes, "The note said we'd find out soon." Red XII nodded his head, "But is he our ally or our enemy?" An uncomfortable silence settled down on the room, as they all pondered who the mystery person could be.
"We should regroup and share our information" Red XII informed. Cloud nodded his head and took out his PHS and dialed up Cid's number. "Hey Cid, It's Cloud..... no we didn't find Vincent.... Get the other two gathered and pick us up, we have information" Cloud hung up the phone and turned to the other two. "Well you want to wait here or in the rain?" The other two looked at him as if he asked the most dumbest question, Cloud scratched his head, "I guess here huh?"
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~Some Unknown Place~
Vincent leisurely opened his tired eyes. Vincent tried to stand up but was held down by chains, he moved his head down to examine his body, there wasn't any visible injuries on him that he knew he should of had from those creatures. 'Where am I?' Vincent asked himself. His answer came from a wicked demonic voice inside his head, 'They took you under ground' Vincent blinked a bit confused, 'How do you know demon?' Vincent demanded a answer from the demon Chaos who inhabited his mind. The demon Chaos snorted in response, 'Because dragged me down here while I was still in control' Vincent's eye's widened in surprise, 'I thought you said you could defeat those creatures!' Vincent recalled as the memory flashed through his mind.
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Vincent sat there motionless against the lab table as a pool of his own blood formed underneath him.... In the darkness there were four sets of glowing red eyes laughing wickedly as they made there way out of the lab and through the tunnel.... Leaving a beaten Vincent behind. 'Release me human! I can kill them' Vincent made no resistance as he let Chaos gain control as his body began to morph into Chaos.
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Chaos sent the last creature to hell using Satan's Slam successfully sending it to hell. Chaos roared in victory as he landed on the ground outside of the mansion. Chaos turned to the roof of the mansion as he heard clapping coming from there.
A man stood on top of the roof, he had dark blue hair and black eyes, he wore black shorts and a black shirt with a red vest over it. He didn't look more then eighteen. Over his shoulder was a strange weapon, it seemed like a spear but there was a blade on each end. It seemed to glow in the night.
The man was clapping his hands and wore a sinister grin across his face, "That was an excellent performance Chaos! I must say you are indeed the king of demons!" The man took hold of his strange weapon. Chaos roared and took flight after him, Chaos had his claws flexed as he neared the man ready to rip him to pieces. The man jumped off the roof dodging Chaos' assault. Chaos turned around and flew at him. The man didn't move this time, Chaos swung it's claws at the man, The man quickly blocked with his weapon and spun around hitting Chaos in the back of the neck with the dull side of one of the blades.
Chaos quickly got back up and began slashing at the man repeatedly. The man just smiled a bit while dodging every strike with his inhuman speed, "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk I'd expect more from the King of the Demons" He said before jumping away from Chaos to put some distance between them. The man yawned taunting Chaos, "You're boring me, so I'll end this now" The man dropped his weapon and brought his hands behind his back. Chaos seeing the man unarmed charged right at him.
The man's eyes closed as white light engulfed his body. Chaos' blood red eyes momentarily but he never stopped. When Chaos right claw swung to kill the man, his eyes snapped open as he smirked, "Take this, HOLY'S BEAM!" He brought his arms outstretched in front of him crossing his hands at the end. A beam of powerful energy was released from within him pushing back the demon.
Chaos roared in pain as the beam drove him into the air. When he got high enough the beam exploded. Chaos fell to the ground, his skin seemed burned and sizzled as steam rose from him. The man walked up to him and kicked the demon in the ribs, "To defeat the demon of the dark, you most shed light over him" The man laughed wickedly.
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Vincent remained quiet for awhile, 'You couldn't even hit him once..' Chaos snorted in response, 'You wouldn't of done any better human' Chaos said with disgust. Vincent let out a slow breath, 'If you couldn't defeat him, who can?' Vincent asked in all seriousness. His only reply was silence.
Well folks that's that chapter! I hope you liked it! That chapter covered the rest of what happened after Yuffie left the mansion I guess. It also explains somewhat where Vincent is. And I finally can stop saying those creatures because I have a name for them YAY Hadions! I don't know if it's a good name thought. Tell me if ya hink of a better name and I might use it ya?
So who is that man that defeated Choas? And who's the person that gave the book to Cloud and the others? Is he friend? Is he foe? And when will I tell you guys what the couple for this fic will be? Hmm.... Now maybe? Nahhh... Well R&R Y'all or I might not continue this story TTNC!