SEPHIROTH ADVENTURE: Sephiroth Vs. Shadow; Ch. 9
After a long night's rest, the gang wakes up in Knothole Village. It was a bright new day, and the guys were ready to head out on their adventure to Robotropolis. On their way out of the village, they were stopped by Princess Sally. SALLY: "Headed out already? You sure you guys are ready? Listen, before you go anywhere, I'd like to have a word with Sephiroth. Tails and Knuckles, you guys go get your stuff together, we won't be too long."
As Tails and Knuckles are getting ready to go, Sally and Sephiroth sat down to have a little talk. SALLY: "So, Sephiroth, why is it that you won't talk to anyone? If there's a problem, we're here for you. We can help." Sephiroth looked deep into Sally's eyes, and saw something familiar. It was a comforting sparkle in her eyes that for some reason, even though he had never met her before, he had recognized. SEPHIROTH: "I…I did something that I have regretted for a long time. I'm……a murderer." Sally gasped.
Tails and Knuckles were having their own little conversation. KNUCKLES: "I dunno, Tails, I don't think we should take him with us, I mean look at him. The guy's more mysterious than Shadow. I just don't know if I can trust him." TAILS: "That's pretty shallow, Knuckles, he's my friend and I trust him. The guy's just lonely. Give him time, he'll come around." They went on talking about this for quite a while, until Sally and Sephiroth came walking over. Sally whispered to Sephiroth; SALLY: "Don't worry, I won't say one word to them."
The gang set off into the woods and, finally, toward Robotropolis. They each had a Chaos Emerald, except for Knuckles, who held two. If their suspicions were correct, the other Emeralds were with Eggman, Shadow, and they still didn't know where the other one was. On their way there, Sephiroth stopped. TAILS: "What's wrong?" Suddenly a violent wind began to rush through the woods. SEPHIROTH: "This is where I found the weird glowing sword." Only seconds after he said this, Cloud, Squall, and a new face, Vincent Valentine (FFVII) had appeared in the woods. CLOUD: "Stop! All three of you, stop where you are. Give us Sephiroth and no one gets hurt." As soon as he said this, he raised his hand into the air, and shouted "NOW!" and two Swatbots appeared next to them. Tails and Knuckles were shocked. SEPHIROTH: "I'll take care of this!"
Sephiroth pulled out his trusty Chaos Sword and attacked the Swatbots. These 'bots seemed to be a lot more powerful than the last batch they fought. It didn't take Sephiroth long to finish the job, but he was still worried about the fact that they were getting stronger. Cloud then drew his sword. CLOUD: "I grow tired of chasing you around. Let's take care of business. I won't let you get away with what you did to me…what you took from me." Vincent and Squall stepped forward and drew their weapons as well. Tails and Knuckles then through the Emeralds they held to Sephiroth, who needed them the most, and his sword began to shine so bright that it nearly blinded Cloud and the others. Suddenly, an unfair three against one swordfight started against Sephiroth.
Cloud, Squall, and Vincent were shocked by the power of Sephiroth's sword, and after only a few minutes they realized they didn't stand a chance against him. Sephiroth aimed the sword at the three of them and a bright wave of energy flew from the sword and hammered all three of them, blasting them to the ground and knocking their weapons from their hands. CLOUD: "If I had my Materia with me, you wouldn't still be standing. You won't stand a chance the next time we meet, and that sword won't be able to help you either. Sephiroth, you will regret the day you wronged me. I swear it." And with that, they disappeared as fast as they arrived.
Sephiroth gave the Emeralds back to Tails and Knuckles, and he kept his. TAILS: "What was that guy talking about? And how was he controlling Swatbots? What the heck is going on?" SEPHIROTH: "Alright, I'll tell you everything." And so he did. Sephiroth explained everything that had happened between himself and his rival Cloud. He also told him about when he killed Aeries, which wasn't easy for him to talk about. After he was done telling his story, the three continued their journey in silence.
