High School Life for a True Soldier--------chapter 4
by Reoken
Disclaimer: Don't own Final Fantasy or its characters
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Sephiroth", the silver hair swordman told Cloud.
"I'm sure you already know why I'm here",he continued.
The rain was pouring and both warriors was soaked and wet. Cloud looked up to Sephiroth
and looked deeply at his eyes. Cloud had an uneasy feeling. He felt deep hatred and bloodthirst
from this being named Sephiroth.
"Not interested in joining the Soldiers"
"You can find someone else", Cloud replied back.
"That isn't an option, Cloud"
"Like hell it isn't, this is my life, you just leave me alone", Cloud yelled back
The silver-haired figure pulls out his sword, which beams brightly throughout the darken sky.
He gets one of his hetchman to throw a huge two-handed sword at Cloud. Cloud grabs the sword
without hesitation and he prepares for battle.
"Cloud, you will understand that I'm above the law and there is nothing you can do about it"
As soon as Sephiroth finished his sentence, he dashed toward Cloud at an incredible speed.
Cloud wasn't prepared for the attack, but managed to parry the attack unscathed. The two swords was
grinding together and sparks started to fly. As the swords meet seperation, Sephiroth's large scale assault
began. The slashes was both deadly accurate and incredibly powerful, however Cloud is no rookie and was
either able to dodge the attacks or parry them.
Cloud was starting to feel confident about the battle, and began to think that the battle might be winnable.
As Sephiroth attacks start to be predictable, Cloud started his counterattacks. Cloud thrust his sword at his opponent,
which was immediately blocked. Soon after the block, Cloud started a rapid sword slashes. Although, Sephiroth was blocking
the attacks, he was slowly lifting up in the air, because the sheer amount of power given with each of Cloud's strikes.
With one might mighty uppercut slash, Sephiroth was completely airbourne, 20 to 30 feet up in the air. Cloud looked up
and in a split second, launched himself to start an aerial assault.
Sephiroth, growing tired of simply fighting defensively, joined in the assault, trading blows with Cloud. The sky was lit up
with the two swords colliding with one another. The fight continued for the next 30 minutes.
As the battle goes on, Cloud was starting to feel fatigued, and his body seems to get heavier by the minute. He looked
up at Sephiroth, who looked just as refreshed when they started fighting. Then it hit Cloud, like a ton of bricks, the difference
between himself and the silver-haired being. Sephiroth was merely toying with him the whole time, and has yet
to even use his true power.
"It seems you finally realise the power difference between you and I"
"Stop this non-sense and join us, Cloud", Sephiroth spoken after a long period of silence.
"I..will...not...join you", Cloud replied
Cloud was out of breath and this fight was starting to take a toll
"I need to end this fight, now", Cloud thought to himself.
"I guess i have no choice but to use this attack", Cloud continued to think.
"This fight is over one way or another", Cloud shouted.
Cloud swung his sword in a spinning motion, and launched himself to the sky. As he reached the limit, he then desended
at an astounding speed, swung his sword over his head and shouted,"BRAVER".
The intensity of the attack cannot be calculated. The attack was explosive leaving nothing but dust around him. All was in
vain, because the attack was blocked! Cloud's shocked face brought an evil grin upon Sephiroth's face.
In one swift attack, Sephiroth broke Cloud's sword and knocked him unconscious. He walked away from Cloud to talk
to one of his men.
"Take him to the Jenova Facility, and inject mako into his body."
"He is now one of us", Sephiroth told his men.
Sephiroth's men didn't hesitate and moved the body over to the facility.
From the distant, a mysterious being with a red cape witnessed the entire event. He looked where they headed and followed them.
The unconscious Cloud started to have flashbacks from the past.
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personal note
i was gonna make this a long chapter, but decided that the flashbacks should be kept for the next chapter.
I need alittle break so i probably won't make the next chapter until next month.
thanks for the great reviews and i will try to make the story more interesting.
if you have any ideas feel free to tell em to me.
also the next chapter should explain more in detail the relationship between cloud and tifa from the past.