Heartless Imperfection
Chapter XII
Sora shook the dizziness from his vision and caught a glimpse of the man from his most recent unrecognizable thought. The man with the Masamune blade, white hair and all, stood before them now. Sephiroth landed gracefully on his feet, facing Cloud. "Heathens, all! Move out of the way while Mother and I kill your leader."
Cloud grimaced silently, Aerith watched, and Barret grumbled. Jenova had let go of Tifa after Sora's quick strike at its chest. Donald and Goofy trembled in fear, wonder what was to happen.
Jenova was quite obviously hurt, leaking black fluid of life. The creature let out another horrifying cry, and Sephiroth maintained eye contact with Sora. As if given an order, the man looked away from him, and locked blades with Cloud.
The white-haired man clearly had an advantage over the spiked-blonde. The Masamune won over Cloud's "Buster Sword", and Sephiroth smacked Cloud's weapon aside. A punch in the face, and a knee to his gut; Cloud was put out of it. Sephiroth turned to Aerith. Jenova screamed, and the man walked past her. Aerith kneeled at Cloud's head, and placed her hands on his head. As long as Sephiroth wasn't going to gut her like a fish, she might as well heal her friend.
Barret stepped back from him, but Sephiroth moved closer. Jenova's son took a hold of Barret's throat, and held him aloft. Barret swung his big arms at him, attempting to force him off. Tifa ran up to him, and started to bash his back with her fists. Sephiroth took the blows, seemingly paying no heed. He then proceeded to toss the bigger man across the room. A swift slap at Tifa nearly sent her flying as well. Barret's machine gun-arm screeched along the floor, nearly deafening the others. Tifa landed amongst the broken glass shards from the stasis area.
Goofy put up his shield, and attempted to rush Sephiroth. Sephiroth used his Masamune to deflect Goofy, sending him flying with a yowl, "Yoooo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoooo!"
Donald started to shake, unsure of what to do. This man had single-handedly swatted his friends away like flies. Sephiroth cast him a glance, and laughed. He proceeded past the duck to face Sora.
"You're the only worthy one here. But, you could be worth even more if you would-" Jenova let out a gut-wrenching moan. "Ah, well. We'll talk about it later." Sephiroth walked up to Sora, tapped him on the shoulder, and walked toward the corridor that led to the stairway.
Sora, frozen in panic, only watched as Jenova passed him also. "W-we've gotta' to follow them!" Sora shook himself out of the trance.
Aerith looked up, "Cloud's out of it."
Sora grimaced. "Well, I think I can take Jenova," He looked toward his two off world friends. "Will you two distract Sephiroth for me?"
Barret and Tifa stepped up. Barret brushed some dust from his clothing. "After what he just did to me, I'm gonna' make him pay."
Tifa managed to smile at him, "You three should destroy Jenova, and Barret and I will distract Sephiroth."
Sora looked at her for a moment, then nodded. He looked past them, "We'll be back, Aerith!"
With that, the group sped toward the stairs, noticing huge claw marks in the walls on the way up.
Aerithcaressed Cloud's cheek with her hand, and closed her eyes, hoping they would survive.