SEPHIROTH ADVENTURE: Sephiroth Vs. Shadow; Chapter 7
Sephiroth's Chaos Sword was dull because his Emerald was being held by Knuckles, so he was going to have to fight without that advantage. Shadow and Sephiroth charged at each other, weapons drawn, and before anyone could get there, they were in the middle of a deadly battle. The sounds of swords clanking as well as the two of them shouting at each other got the attention of everyone in the village. Tails and Knuckles ran to Sephiroth's aid with the four emeralds they had.
They gave Sephiroth two of the Emeralds, and his sword immediately began to shine. Tails and Knuckles did everything they could to distract Shadow while Sephiroth attacked. Finally, Shadow knocked the sword right out of Sephiroth's hand, and the glowing ceased. TAILS: "Shadow! Fight the restraining thing! You're strong! Come to your senses already!" Shadow looked at Tails for a few moments with a puzzled look. SHADOW: "Tails…do you really think this thing works? Do you honestly think that Eggman's devices are strong enough to control me? Think about it. Eggman has nothing against Sephiroth. He was trying to restrain me to fight you. I'll prove it." Just then, Shadow reached for the device around his neck, he tore it off, threw it to the ground, and it shattered. Tails looked baffled.
TAILS: "If you're not under his control, then why are you after Sephiroth?" Shadow turned to look at Sephiroth. SHADOW: "That fool has wronged me, and I have to settle something with him. He knows very well what I'm talking about." Shadow then drew his blade and ran quickly towards Sephiroth. Right away, Sephiroth jumped out of the way, reached for his sword, which began to glow again, and he swung with a powerful swipe and slashed Shadow's arm. Shadow fell to the ground in pain. SHADOW: "This isn't over. Maria, I will have my vengeance! CHAOS CONROL!" And with those words, shadow lifted his Emerald high into the sky and before anyone could say a word, he vanished. SEPHIROTH: "Maria?"
Everyone who witnessed the fight was scared and confused. KNUCKLES: "So this whole time, we thought Eggman was controlling him, but he was fighting Sephiroth on his on free will. Sephiroth, what was he talking about before?" SEPHIROTH: "First, who is Maria?" So Tails and Knuckles explained the story of how Maria, granddaughter of Professor Gerald Robotnik (who was Eggman's grandfather, which would make Eggman and Maria cousins or brother & sister or something like that), was Shadow's best friend when they lived on the Space Colony Ark. They told him that she was killed while on board because someone found out about their operations and ordered an attack on the colony, and that Shadow swore he would avenge her death.
After listening to the story, Sephiroth became angry and stormed off. Tails and Knuckles discussed amongst themselves that it was possible that this was Sephiroth's big secret. They also thought of the possibility of Cloud working for Shadow. Their train of thought was interrupted when Sephiroth came running back to the village. SEPHIROTH: "Better get your gear ready, your egg friend is hovering over the forest." They were alarmed, and immediately notified the Princess. Princess Sally assembled a few troops and gave the order to prepare for battle. SALLY: "Maybe if we get Eggman, we can get some answers. Let's go!"
