Sorry it's been taking me a little longer than usual to make this chapter. I been busy but I'm going to try to update more often.

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War of the Warriors: Crystals of the Sky

Chapter 6: The Son of Sparda

Auron and his companions were still walking towards Jonin when the sun began to rise. The trip from what was left of Talim's village was a quiet one. Although Auron never was much of a talkative person, Talim and Chun-Li were much quieter than usual. Cloud was also being very silent as well. Of course, given the situation, silence was to be expected. Talim was still mourning the loss of her uncle and the entire village. Chun-Li was still shocked from the events of that night. Cloud seemed to be remembering things from his past. Auron wanted to know more about Cloud's past and his connection to Sephiroth, but Auron didn't dare say anything or demand an explanation. After all, Auron had just met Cloud, and Cloud didn't seem to want to talk about his past. Now that Auron thought about it, he really didn't really know anything about Chun-Li's past. The only one whose past he knew a little about was Talim, and he only knew what he overheard from Talim and Chun-Li's conversation earlier. Still, Auron wasn't about to force his companions to tell him about their past until they were ready to tell him themselves. Besides, they knew nothing about Auron's past either.

As they continued walking, Cloud was the first to break the silence. "So, who was it that injured Sephiroth back there?" asked Cloud. Talim turn to Cloud and with a forced smiled on her face, replied, "It was Sir Auron. He saw that Sephiroth was distracted and stabbed him in the back with his sword." "Hey look! We're almost there", interrupted Chun-Li as Jonin suddenly appeared in the distance.

When the group finally reached Jonin, they walked down the street until they came to Chun-Li's house. They planned to stay there until they came up with some sort of plan. It wasn't a very big house since it only had one master bedroom and one guest bedroom, as well as a small living room. The group eventually agreed that Chun-Li would sleep in the master bedroom, Talim would sleep in the guest bedroom, Cloud would sleep on the couch in the living room, and Auron would sleep on the floor. After the sleeping arrangements were made, everyone decided to take a nap since none of them had any sleep the previous night.

A few hours later, Chun-Li woke up. She decided to go buy some groceries since she currently didn't have enough food for everyone. While she was gone, Auron and Cloud woke up. Auron went to the living room and asked "Where is Chun-Li?" Cloud shrugged and they both looked around until they noticed a note. "What does it say", asked Cloud. "It seem Chun-Li went out to buy some groceries", replied Auron. "She should have waked one of us up to go with her. It's too dangerous for her to be by herself", said Cloud in a concerned tone. "I wouldn't worry, Cloud", replied Auron. "Chun-Li is a tough girl and can take care of herself," said Auron, "and who knows how long she has lived here." "I guess your right, but what if Sephiroth shows up?" asked Cloud. "I doubt he will", replied Auron. Cloud shrugged and said, "Well, I wouldn't put it past him." Suddenly, Auron and Cloud heard a voice cry out "Uncle!" from the guest room.

"Talim, are you okay?" asked Auron. "Yes, I'm fine", said Talim, "I just had a dream. Then again, it may have been something more." "What do you mean", inquired Auron. "Well," began Talim, "in my dream, my uncle came to me and said that we would soon meet the sons of Sparda. My uncle told me that they both would become involved in the fight over the crystals, and one will become our ally while the other will become our foe." "Sparda? What are you talking about?" asked Cloud. "You never heard of the legend of Sparda?" asked Talim. Cloud shook his head no.

Suddenly, the main door opened and Chun-Li came in carrying two large bags filled with groceries. When she noticed the commotion from the guest room, she placed the grocery bags on the living room table and went to the guest room to see what was going on. "Hey guys, I just got back from the store. What's going on?" asked Chun-Li. "Talim had a dream, maybe even a premonition", replied Auron. "Yeah, she said something about the sons of Sparda, but I don't know what the heck she is talking about", said Cloud. The word Sparda rang like a bell in Chun-Li's ear. "I heard about Sparda," said Chun-Li, "My parents used to tell me that story when I was a child. Unfortunately, it has been many years since I last heard that story so I don't remember all of the details." "I do", said Talim, "because my uncle told me that story all the time. According to the legend, demons used to inhabit our world and waged war against the humans. However, there was a demon named Sparda who defended the humans from the other demons. Ultimately, he sealed all of the demons away including himself. However, the legends say that he left behind twin half-demon, half-human sons. Unfortunately, I do not know their names."

"So, you're saying that we are going to meet the sons of this legendary demon guy?" asked Cloud. "Yes, very soon", confirmed Talim, as she grabbed the crystal ball from the desk in the room. "What are you doing?" asked Chun-Li. "Well," said Talim, "I'm going to try to locate the crystals. My uncle said that each of the sons of Sparda would find at least one of the crystals." "So, you're saying that if we find the crystals, we might find Sparda's sons" said Auron. "Yes, now please be quiet so I can concentrate", replied Talim.

For about a minute or two, no one made a sound as Talim went into a trance. Suddenly, Talim came out of her trance and looked up at the others. "What did you see?" asked Auron. Talim looked at Auron and said, "I saw man with a crystal. I don't know if he is one of the sons of Sparda or not, but whoever it is will arrive at this town any moment from now." "What! You're saying that there is a possibility that one of the sons of Sparda might be here!" asked a shocked Cloud. "Yes," answered Talim, "there is a possibility that it might be one of the twins, but I can not tell for sure." "What did he look like?", asked Auron. "Well, the vision was a little fuzzy, but it looked like he was wearing red and had white hair," said Talim. "I think we should find this guy. Even if he is not one of Sparda's sons, we still need that crystal", suggested Auron. Everyone else agreed.

"Alright," said Auron, "we should split up. I will look at the west part of town. Cloud, you should search the east part of town. Chun-Li should search the north side, and Talim should search the south side." "Hey, maybe we should alert the police", suggested Cloud. "No," said Chun-Li, "the police won't help. Besides, they are probably too busy looking for Taki." "What are you talking about? Who's Taki?" asked Cloud. Auron lowered his glasses and gave Chun-Li a questioning look. Noticing the confused faces of the others, Chun-Li explained, "Taki was a ninja woman who broke into my house to steal a crystal. Auron and I managed to subdue her long enough for the police to take her to prison. However, on my way to the grocery store, I overheard some officers talking. Apparently Taki somehow escaped from her jail cell." "Do you think that Taki will come after you?" asked Cloud. "Well," began Chun-Li but she was interrupted by Auron. "I doubt she will. It's too risky for her, and we no longer have the crystal so there in nothing in it for her." "Yeah, I guess you're right", agreed Chun-Li. "Anyways, we should concentrate on finding the guy in Talim's vision", suggested Auron. Everyone agreed and left the house in separate directions.

Auron began his search in the western part of Jonin. At that time of the day, the sun was beginning to set and there were few people on the streets. Suddenly, Auron noticed a peculiar looking man walking in the streets. He wore a red leather jacket and dark brown pants. The mysterious man also white hair and carried a sword on his back. As Auron walked up closer to the man, he could sense the power of a crystal radiating off of him. 'This must be the guy from Talim's vision', thought Auron. Then another thought came to Auron's mind, 'I wonder if he is one of Sparda's sons. If so, which one is he? Is he the one who will help us, or…'

Before Auron could finish what he was thinking, the man suddenly stopped. "Are you going to follow me all day", said the mysterious man without even turning around. After a moment of silence, Auron finally replied, "I was wondering if you are one of Sparda's sons?" The man turned around and his pale blue eyes glared at Auron.. "Did Vergil send you?" asked the man. Auron gave the a questioning look and asked "Who?" The man stared at Auron curiously and asked "If Vergil didn't send you to kill me then why did you ask me if Sparda was my father?" Auron remained quiet. "What's wrong gramps? Did the cat get your toungue?" the man taunted. "I have my reasons", replied Auron. "Is that so?" said the white-haired man. "Well then, if you really want to know who I am follow me", said the white-haired man as he turned around and headed out of town, with Auron following close behind him.

After Auron and the mysterious man walked a short distance away from Jonin, the stranger turned around and said, "Before I tell you anything, I want you to answer a few questions." Auron nodded in response. "First off, who are you anyways?" asked the stranger. "My name is Auron", replied Auron in a calm voice. "So tell me Auron, did Vergil send you to find me and/or kill me? Do you even know who Vergil is?" asked the stranger. "No, I have no idea who you are talking about", answered Auron. The man stared at Auron for a few minutes before saying, "Well, either you're a really good liar or you're actually telling me the truth. If what you say is true, then why were you following me? Better yet, why do you care if Sparda is my father anyways?" After a moment of silence, Auron replied, "A friend of mine had a vision about the son's of Sparda. She also saw a vision about a crystal." "A crystal, eh? Like this one?" asked the man as he pulled out a crystal from his pocket. Auron nodded in confirmation. Then Auron replied, "Now that I've answered your questions, I have some questions for you. Who are you? Are you Sparda's son? Although, judging from your reaction earlier, I would guess yes." The mysterious man smirked and replied, "You're pretty observant, old man. The name's Dante and yes, Sparda was my father. Are you happy now?"

Auron just kept silent and stared at the crystal in Dante's hand. Dante noticed this and said, "I see that you want this. Personally, I think it's just a rock that just so happens to have mystic powers or whatever. But if you really want this piece of junk, you will have to earn it." "Earn it?" Auron asked even though he knew deep down what Dante meant and began to reach for his sword. Dante just smirked and replied, "Yeah, I've been kind of bored lately. I could use a challenge. So, let's start this party already!"

Suddenly, Dante charged at Auron and jumped up into the air. While in mid-air Dante took out his pistols, Ebony and Ivory, and began shoot at Auron. However, Auron kept calm and skillfully dodged the bullets. When Dante landed back on the ground, he stepped back and began shooing at Auron again. This time Auron used his sword as a shield and reflected the bullets back at Dante. Dante, however, saw Auron's plan and jumped up to avoid the reflected bullets. As gravity forced Dante back down, he putted his guns back up and grabbed his sword. Once on the ground, Dante charged at Auron with his sword, only for the attack to be blocked by Auron. Auron then countered with a thrust of his sword, which was evaded by Dante's sudden jump in which Dante landed on top of Auron's sword. While standing on Auron's weapon, Dante stared down at Auron before quickly jumping off and landing behind Auron. Then Dante attempted to stab Auron in the back, but Auron turned and blocked the attack at the last moment. After a few more attempted attacks at each other, the two men realized that they were in a stalemate.

Suddenly, Dante putted his sword away. Then he dropped the crystal at Auron's feet and said, "Not bad, old man. You gave me the exercise I needed. Here, take the piece of junk. You earned it. 'Till we meet again, gramps." Auron bent down to pick up the crystal. By the time he looked back up, Dante was already in the distance. At first, Auron thought about going after him but quickly changed his mind. There was no way that Auron could catch up with Dante, and Auron had a feeling that this would not be the last time they would meet.

Characters in this chapter: Auron (FFX), Cloud (FFVII), Talim (Soul Calibur 2), Chun-Li (Street Fighter series), Dante (Devil May Cry 3)

Review Responces

SpartanCommander- I have some ideas of my own on how to add Halo to the mix, but I'm still open to any suggestions that you may have. Then I will decide which ideas flow better with the story. As far as the confusion over what happened to Sephiroth in the last chapter, I clarified it in the beginning of this chapter (2nd paragraph to be exact).

GameVeteran69- Cool, another Auron fan. Anyways, thanks for the suggestions. Actually, it was in my original plan to add Dante in this chapter. As for the Prince of Persia and Mortal Kombat and Tekken characters, I may or may not add them to this story. If I do, they will probably only have cameo appearances. However, let's just wait and see as this story develops. I may change my mind. After all, Talim originally was going to have a small part in the story, but things changed and she became a major character.