The Chamber of Fire

(Sephiroth vs. Voldo-Ivy.)

Sephiroth didn't break a sweat while fighting the mindless Berserkers. He headed down the final hallway. As he did, he felt the room temperature rise as if he was walking in a volcano. He soon finds himself coming to the end of the hallway and out into another room. The room was a giant cavern the size of a meadow. He looked around at his surroundings. Not to far in front of him was a drop off. He looks over it and right below was a pit of lava. It extended from one side of the cavern, to the other. He looks across the pit to see the other side. It looked like a building that has been torn away and nothing but the other side of the wall remained. In the wall seemed to be a small safe. He sensed the power of shards coming from inside the vault, and thus he found his target.

He looked around and saw two spikes coming out of the ground with rope wrapped around it. It was apparent a bridge was here, but it was gone now. Sephiroth let out a sigh, but put a grin on his face. He walked up to the edge of the pit. Then he lifts up his hand as if trying to lift something. As he was doing this, a blob of molten lava rose out of the pit. As it came up, it cooled and became solid rock. It stopped when it was at feet level to Sephiroth. Sephiroth casually stepped on the floating rock, and it supported his weight. He stood on the rock and it began to carry him over to the other side of the pit. About halfway across, some small rocks fell right next to his face. He immediately sopped and looked up. He saw nothing, but let out a grin and continued.

Finally, he reached the other side and stepped onto the ledge. Right before him was the vault. He quickly moved up to it to inspect it. He felt a strange energy from within. There was no question about it. Shards of Soul Edge are inside. He looked at the vault and saw the knob used to open it. He reached for it, but as he did, a figure of a man hanging upside down crept towards him. Sephiroth just smirked, and then he just spun around while slashing his sword in a way it would cut a normal man in half, but some how, this man bend his body in a very bizarre way and the blade missed him. He hopped back and landed in an awkward stance. Sephiroth noticed he had claws and bandages covering his face. He gave out a vicious hiss.

"What the hell is this? Is this some kind of joke? Fine, whatever." Sephitroth slashed at him again, but Voldo managed to dodge it again in the same manner. Then he landed in his backward bridge stance. Sephiroth saw this as an easy chance to get him, but Voldo crawled at him with his blades. Sephiroth saw it coming at the last second, and dodged it by inches. Voldo went passed him and shifted his momentum and curled into a ball and rolled at him. Voldo tackled him in the chest and flew passed him. Sephiroth was dazed and lost track of him. He finally looked down and found Voldo slithering around his feet, but Sephiroth was quick enough to jump before he was hit with his claws. He landed a good distance from Voldo and laid down his sword.

"I had enough of this little circus. Time to end this." Sephiroth said as he raised his and a white mist was emitted. Voldo then jumped in the air and dove at him. Before Voldo was in range, Sephiroth slammed his fist into him and a white cloud surrounded them both. When the mist cleared, Sephiroth was standing while Voldo fell in a block of ice with his head sticking out. Voldo screams at the top of his lungs. Sephiroth looks at the vault and cuts the door off. Gold and jewels purred to his feet, as well as 10 shards of Soul Edge. He picked them up and headed for the exit while Voldo was still screaming.

Sephiroth got across the lava pit and ended up on the other side. He was about to exit the chamber, but a figure came out of the hall before him. It was a woman with white hair in a tight, revealing outfit. It was Ivy who has been following Sephiroth.

"Hello big boy." She said in a very seductive voice. "I see you have a whole lot of shards for Soul Edge. My how strong you are." Sephiroth looks down and starts scratching the ground. "If you give me the shards of Soul Edge, I'll do you a very special favor."

"Sorry," Sephiroth responded. "But if I wanted to waste my time looking at dirt, I would of just looked beneath my feet. Now move!"

"What? Why…how dare you insult a beauty like me! Now," she takes out a short sword. "I shall take it by force, and leave you dead."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. No offence, but I seen noses longer than that knife. I invite you to try to cut me."

"Fine!" She charges and slashes. Sephiroth casually steps back and out of range. He ended out of reach, but he saw a cut on his shoulder.

"What? How did that happen?" He saw a grin grow across Ivy's face. "Humph! Try that again." He readies Masamune. Ivy slashes again and he jumps back. He felt a cut on his face, and then slashed his sword around. When he held his sword in place, a chain with blades was wrapped around his sword. "I see, quite the clever weapon."

"Ah ha ha ha! There are none who can defeat my Ivy Blade. You should have accepted my offer when you had the chance. Now I will kill you and take your shards of Soul Edge."

"Humph, whatever." He then wrapped more of Ivy Blade around Masamune causing Ivy to be drawn closer and closer. Before she was in striking range, Ivy Sword broke into dozens of small individual blades. They flew in and surrounded Sephiroth. "Very well." He dashed out of the center of the blades and began to run alone the wall as the blades pursued. He would deflect the blades with his sword. At one point, he was pushed in to a corner, but with one spin of Masamune, he repelled every single blade. He began to run from the blades again and at one point, flew over Ivy's head. He landed as Ivy returned all of Ivy Blade to the handle.

"Ha! This is almost to easy, now to end this game." Boasted Ivy.

"I couldn't agree more." A sinister grin grew on Sephiroth's face. Ivy was puzzled, but she felt the ground under her shift. She soon realized too late that Sephiroth cut the ground around her away while evading the blades. The ground slid away and began to fall to the lava pit alone with Ivy on it. Sephiroth watch as she disappeared over the edge. He paused for a moment, then proceeded to the cliff and looked down to find Ivy clinging to the rock just feet above the molten lava.

"Why you…" Bickered Ivy as she holds on for dear life. "Just wait till I get up there. I'll make you pay!" Sephiroth stared at her, then turned his back and walked out of the chamber. "Wha…Hey! Get back here you coward. How dare you leave without finishing a battle? YOU DAMN COWARD." She kept on screaming, but Sephiroth was too far into the labyrinth to hear her.

A few hours after the battle, Sephiroth emerged outside from the labyrinth. He held his shard and focused. He then opened his eyes and looked to the east. Without hesitation, he began the sprint to his next objective.