A New Ally: Disc 2 (Remake)

Arxen sighed as he wrapped the bandage around his bloody hand. They were in the Icicle Village, and they were already at the inn. Arxen was alone in his room, taking care of the wounds he got from all the monsters he had face on the way there. It was very late at night, and around eleven, all of Avalance could hear Yuffie crying. She's been having nightmares, nightmares that Hiro would never come back, and have the same tragic fate as Aeris did. Arxen growled in frustration. How could he let his best friend just go off like that? He admitted, Hiro scared him at that moment. He wasn't human. It was like he was being controlled by a greater force. He seemed even stronger then Jenova herself at the moment.

"Damn it all." Arxen muttered, laying down on the bed. His weapon was on the dresser, since he could make it small enough to lay on there. "Why did you have to go, you stupid dumbass. Sure you're oblivous to the obvious, but this time you didn't have to be oblivous towards Yuffie's feelings that you're gone." Arxen muttered, getting back up. He decided to go for a walk, even if it was late at night and very cold. Right now he wasn't in the mood to be stopped and lectured. He grabbed the coat a man gave them for free when they entered the chilly village, and almost walked out of his room, but stopped. He turned back around and grabbed his weapon. He looked at a pen at the table, and a piece of paper near it. He sighed, and walked over. He wrote a note to Avalance, and sighed.

Everyone,

I'm sorry for just quickly leaving. I'm worried about Hiro. I'm going to find him, and bring him back. Even if he's kicking and screaming. I promise to you Yuffie, that I'll bring him back.


Arxen

He chuckled at the kicking and screaming part. He then walked out of the room, and went down the stairs. The innkeeper was apparently asleep as well, and Arxen sighed in relief. He didn't want to pay anything. He walked out of the inn, and into the chilly weather.

For a town, there were many people outside at night. They were all adults, however, and Arxen didn't mind. As long as none of them got into his way. While walking in the snow, he heard a conversation that interested him. "I was up in Gaea Cliffs the other day." A man said, taking a drink out of a large mug. By the smell, Arxen could tell it was coffee. Oh how he would love a cup. "And up there, I saw Sephiroth! The Sephiroth! There was someone else there too, and this kid had some powerful energy coming off of him." The man explained, taking another sip out of the cup. "This kid was damned. I swear. He had this aura, and it seemed completely evil. However, he seemed to be angry at Sephiroth." Arxen decided not to listen to the rest of the conversation, and walked off.

He knew the way to the Gaea Cliffs, and while he walked on, someone stopped him. This man looked pretty big, and had a red snowboard stuck in the ground. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" Arxen didn't respond. "Go back kid. You don't-" Arxen punched the man in the gut, making him gasp for air. The man fell to the ground, while Arxen took his snowboard. "Screw you." Arxen said, and he went down the hill. The man was amazed by Arxen's punch, since Arxen was a little young to be that strong.

Arxen flew down the hill of snow on the red snowboard, and was careful. It was pretty dark, so Arxen had to hve his full concentration on the hill, making sure not to hit any trees. All of a sudden, Arxen heard a noise. It was a howl. "Oh damn it." Arxen looked to see a strange red wolf, that didn't look alive. "What the hell?" Arxen took out his double-blades, and extended it. He almost hit a tree, but Arxen made a swerve with the snowboard. The red wolf jumped at him, but Arxen slashed it, making it yelp as it flew away. "Ha." Arxen said, but he looked forward to see alot of them. "Damn it.."

Arxen slashed every single one that got in his way, he didn't care if one of them hurt him, he had to find Hiro. As he flew down the hill at incredible velocity, he noticed he was getting to the end, so Arxen jumped off the snowboard. He landed in the snow, actually landing perfectly. Several of the wolfs surronded him, and Arxen smirked. "Bring it on." He mocked, and one of them jumped at him. Arxen stabbed it through it's head, and threw it onto another one. The rest growled, but decided it wasn't a good idea to mess with Arxen, so they ran off, retreating.

Arxen sighed, and he kept his weapon out however, and walked off. He kept walking on, and he actually didn't know exactly where he was going, and it was to cold for him to care. He sighed deeply, and he saw his breath perfectly in the cold air. He kept walking on, but he was growing tired. Very tired. He didn't want to, but he had to rest. He blacked out, falling into the cold snow.


"Oh..where am I?" Everything was black, but Arxen looked down at his hands. He could see them. He looked beside him to see his weapon, which he grabbed. "God my head." Arxen held his head as he got up, but he forgot it when he saw a figure in the distance. "Hey, hey!" Arxen yelled out. The figure wouldn't respond, so Arxen walked closer, to notice it was Hiro. "Hiro! Dude I've been looking everywhere for you!" Arxen said in disbelief. He found him. How Yuffie would feel to see him again!

"Really? You've been looking everywhere for me? I feel loved." Hiro said, sounding normal, but Arxen noticed something. "So how's Yuffie? What have you been doing to comfort her while I've been gone?" Hiro asked, sounding strange. Arxen was confused. This didn't seem like Hiro. "Hiro, man, what are you talking about?" Arxen asked, and Hiro chuckled. Evily. "You actually think you could get away with sleeping with her? You bastard. I know that when I left, you quickly took advantage of the situation." Hiro said, and Arxen gasped.


"What the hell are you talking about!? Yuffie is faithful to you! She wouldn't do that, even if I wanted her to!" Arxen said, but that made Hiro angrier. "I got you. You said you wanted her to." Hiro pointed out. "What?! Hiro I didn't mean I wanted her to!" Arxen defended himself, but Hiro turned around, and this surprised Arxen. Hiro was in his demonic form, and he show his teeth, which transformed into fangs.

"You're a horrible liar Arxen!" Hiro roared, jumping at Arxen. Hiro tried to claw him, but Arxen jumped to the side, shocked by Hiro's anger. "I know you lust for Yuffie! I see it in your eyes!" Hiro said, and Arxen was mad. "What the hell are you talking about?!" Arxen yelled, and Hiro's face turned into a evil smile. "I know it Arxen. We all know it. I'm going to kill you for betraying me!" Hiro charged forward, and punched Arxen's stomach, sending the blue-haired warrior flying.

Arxen recovered in the air, and when he got on to the ground, he looked up, but Hiro disappeared. "Don't think you can get away from me that easily Arxen." Arxen turned to see Hiro, and he punched Arxen across the face, knocking out a couple of teeth. Arxen was sent flying again, but he recovered in the air again, and landed on the ground. He looked up to see Hiro walking towards him, holding out his hand. A demoic sword appeared in his hand. "Now show me what a warrior like you can do. Patheic bastard." Hiro mocked, but Arxen shook his head.

"I'm not fighting you Hiro. Hiro, you know I would never betray you!" Hiro just sighed.

"Fine. Then I suppose I should just end your life." Hiro knocked his double blades out of his hand, and sliced down at Arxen.


"AH!" Arxen jumped up from the bed he was laying in, and looked around. Tifa was there, as was Vincent and Cloud. A man was also doing something. The rest of Avalance were on the other side of the room, and Arxen sighed. "Where the hell am I?" Arxen asked, and Cloud sighed. "This man saved you. You were laying on the ground when we found you, freezing. We brought you here, and this kind man was able to warm you up. He had to remove some of your clothing however." Arxen looked under the covers to see he was in his boxers, and he blushed in embarssment. "Don't worry Arxen, none of us saw you being undressed. Your clothes are almost dry." Tifa reassured him. He was wearing a plain white T-Shirt, probably the man's.

"I heard you in your sleep while these people were searching the area." The man said. He was old, but he seemed strong for his age. "You were saying something about you never would betray a person. His name was Hiro, I think?" Arxen nodded, while everyone listened. "What exactly happened? You all can tell me, I am interested in this story." Arxen sighed.

"Hiro was a good friend and ally of ours. We were fighting against Sephiroth, who killed a good friend of ours. When this person died, something changed Hiro, who quickly attacked Sephiroth. He disappeared after that, leaving his sword behind." Arxen explained, and the old man gasped. "Sephiroth, why he was up at Gaea Cliffs. I saw. He was fighting a young demon boy. I suppose that must be...?"

"Hiro was up here?!" Cloud said, and the old man nodded. "I suppose. This boy, however, was dark. His aura was demoic, and he seemed like a demon, a true demon." Everyone remained silent, and Yuffie stood up. "Hiro would never be like a demon!" The old man looked at her in curiousty, but knew why she stood up for him. "You have very strong feelings for this boy, don't you?" The old man asked, and Yuffie nodded. "She's sort of Hiro's girlfriend." Cloud explained, and the old man smiled. "Ahh, young love.."

"Ahh! Here are your clothes." The old man handed Arxen's clothes back to him, and he smiled. "Thanks." He then looked at everyone else, who walked out of the house. Arxen got out of the bed, and started to put his clothes back on, as the old man sighed. "That boy, Hiro, what is he like?" Arxen sighed, but smiled.

"Hiro was probably the nicest guy you would ever met. Respectful, but a little cocky. He always stands up to people he thinks are doing the wrong thing. To put it simply, Hiro is the exact opposite of a demon." Arxen explained, and the old man chuckled. "He seems very interesting, I have to meet him sometime." Arxen nodded. "Yes, you should." The old man chuckled as Arxen walked towards the door. "Thank you." The old man nodded, and Arxen walked out.

When the door was shut, the old man chuckled, and closed his eyes. "I see...he's not with them." He took out a cellphone and dialed a number. He then held it up to his ear. "He isn't here sir." The old man said.


Avalance walked up Gaea Cliffs, having luck, not running into any monsters at all. While walking, Arxen felt a bit worried. He was very cautious, unlike everyone else. When they entered the mountain, Arxen stopped them when he spotted something. "What is it Arxen?" Cloud asked, and Arxen walked forward, but a giant two-headed dragon appeared infront of him. The left head was white, while the right head was red. It had a green body, and it seemed pretty strong. It snapped it's neck at Arxen, who jumped back quickly. "What the hell is that thing?" Cloud muttered, taking out the Buster Sword as Arxen took out his weapon. Everyone took out their weapons, and charged forward, yet Arxen stopped them.

"I've never had a chance to show my power. This monster seems pretty easy, so let me." Arxen said, and everyone thought for a moment, but nodded after a couple of seconds. Arxen smirked, and charged forward at the beast.

The two headed beast snapped it's left head at Arxen, who dodged at the last second, and quickly countered by kicking the dragon's jaw. Arxen dropped to the ground, and quickly casted Barrier as the right head casted a spell, Fire, at him. Arxen jumped back as the two dragons threw their two spells at him, landing beside of Vincent and Barret. Arxen thought for a momen, then had a idea.

"Vincent, cast Ice at the right dragon head. Barret, cast Fire at the left dragon head. I have a plan." The two didn't question the blue haired teen, and they cast the spells Arxen told them to. The two spells flew at the two headed dragon, who quickly countered. Arxen took the chance while they did, and slashed them across the face, causing deep scaring. The monster screeched as Arxen jumped back on to the ground.

Arxen then slashed the monster's chest with the right blade of his weapon, making a huge cut to appear as it screeched. The green blood poured from the wound, the monster breathing heavily already. Arxen smirked, knowing this short, easy battle was won. Arxen twirled his double blade around, and threw it at the monster's head, cutting the left head's jugglar, making green blood to spew everywhere. Arxen jumped back, and prepared himself for the other.

The right head didn't seem to care that the other died, and it turned to Arxen. It roared, and Arxen jumped back in caution. A strange light went around it, and Arxen didn't know what was going on, but was cautious. It roared once again, but this time, a mixture of spells was aimed at Arxen. It was both Ice and Fire, Arxen gasped in surprise. Having no time to think of a good way to take care of it, Arxen charged forward towards the spell. When it was near him, Arxen's weapon glew red, and he hit it back towards the monster, hitting it in the wound that Arxen made.

It screeched a long, painful scream, and fell to the ground, the body landing almost on top of Arxen, who moved out of the way. Arxen sighed, but his attention was turned to the mysterious item behind the monster. He walked over to it, his weapon still drawn, and he picked it up. It was a piece of a black shirt, covered with a bit of blood. Where did this come from? Could it be Hiro's? I'd rather not show Yuffie. Arxen placed the item in his back pocket.

The rest of Avalance walked over to him only a moment later. Arxen stood up, and looked at them. "Come on, Hiro has to be near here." Arxen said, but something stopped them. A chilling voice, it caused chills to go down some of their spines.

"You'll...never...find...him..."

Arxen turned around to see a hunched back creature, wearing a black cloak. "You'll...never...find...Hiro...Aoyama." The mysterious creature said. Arxen just looked at the mysterious figure, and remembered seeing something like that in Nibelheim. He decided to argue. "He's alive. I know it. We're going to find him." Arxen said.

"Don't...fool...yourself...he...is..gone..."

"No. He's alive, I know it. I said it twice, don't make me say it again."

"Sephiroth..killed...him...he..."

The figure didn't get to finish when Arxen quickly stabbed him with his double blades, causing the cloak to fall to the ground. It seemed as though it was only a cloak. Arxen growled in annoyance, and he placed his weapon away. "Alright..where should we go now?" Arxen asked, not turning around.

"Well, we have to go north. I think Sephiroth said something about that before. Who knows, Hiro may be up there also." Cloud explained, as he walked past Arxen. Everyone else followed, while Arxen stayed behind. Vincent noticed, and walked over to him. Arxen seemed as though he was in deep thought, and Vincent sighed.

"What is it?" Arxen turned to look at the mysterious man, who didn't seem very pleased that he was staying behind. Arxen sighed deeply, scratching the back of his head. "I was thinking about what happened. Especially Hiro's transformation. It startled me." Arxen explained.

"Hiro is different." Vincent admitted, and Arxen looked at him. "I've seen things before. But I've never seen something like that." Vincent stated, and Arxen nodded. "However, even with that terrible transformation, you have to remember he is still Hiro." Vincent explained, and Arxen laughed. Vincent rose one eyebrow. "What?"

"You actually said twenty-nine words. I'm proud." Arxen said, still laughing, while Vincent scoffed, and walked away. Arxen stopped laughing at that moment, and still thought. Would that dream become a reality? Or would it be just a dream? He didn't know. He heard Tifa calling his name, so he walked off, but looked back at the cloak one final time. They were on top of the cliff when they saw a giant crater, and there is a magical source coming out of it.

"An old crater... Something fell out of the sky and crashed down here... Leaving a scar on the planet." Cloud said, and Arxen looked at it in awe. He couldn't help but think. Is Hiro actually there?

"So all this energy's gathered here for the planet to heal itself?" Barret muttered.

"Sephiroth took that energy and is trying to use Meteor. Next time the wound won't be so small." Cloud said, walking down the slope. Everyone followed, expect Yuffie, who stood there, watching the crater. Arxen walked over to her, and sighed.

"You're wondering if Hiro is really in there, right?" Yuffie nodded, and Arxen sighed. "I was wondering the same thing. He may be, he may not be. However, I'm sure he's alive and is finding a way to find us." Arxen explained, and Yuffie sighed.

"I really hope so. I don't want my boyfriend to be gone. Especially when we just started dating and everything..." Yuffie responded, and Arxen looked at Yuffie. He noticed the incredibly sad look in her eyes, but she was willing to hide her pain. "Arxen, can I ask you something?" Arxen nodded. "Sure, shoot."

"What do you think of all this...losing Aeris, losing Hiro."

Arxen thought for a moment. What did he feel? He knew he was sad, of course, yet, what about other emotions? He thought of his best friend just leaving, instead of losing control and fighting. That pissed him off. He left a load of his friends, and left the girl he was crazy over. Arxen suddenly felt the the urge to beat Hiro down when he came back, yet, he thought of another feeling he had. What about confusion? He was sad and angry, yet confused as well. Confused by Hiro leaving all of a sudden. He didn't fight his anger and rage back, at all.

"I don't really know Yuffie..I'll get back to you on that one. We should go catch up to the others." Arxen said, smiling. Yuffie nodded, and they both walked down the slope to see the others across a giant green wall of wind. Arxen thought for a moment. They had to get over there. They needed to run through it, at the right time. Arxen picked Yuffie up bridal style, which surprised Yuffie. "Arxen, what are you-"

When the wind was down, Arxen ran through the wind quickly, and appeared infront of the others. "Where were you two? We were worried." Red stated, and Arxen placed Yuffie back down. "We were talking. Anyway, let's go." Arxen cut them off, and started to walk ahead. The others looked at each other, but walked along with Arxen anyway.

When they reached a certain area, Cloud was infront of Arxen. His eyes widened. "That's...!" Sephiroth was infront of them, with two black figures infront of him. "This is the end..for all of you." Sephiroth slashed the two black figures, killing them in a instant.

"Sephiroth!" Everyone drew their weapons, Cloud and Arxen infront of the rest of the group. "Where is he Sephiroth? Where is Hiro!?" Arxen yelled out, but Sephiroth did not answer, instead, he just looked at him with a amusing look. "Where is he you bastard!?" Arxen was about to charge forward. "This is the end Sephiroth!" Arxen ran forward, but Sephiroth smirked.

"That's right. This is the end of this body's usefulness..." Sephiroth vanished into thin air, making Arxen to stop. Arxen stabbed his double sword into the ground. "Dammit!"

"He disappeared?" Cloud muttered, but all of a sudden, he seemed to be in a trance. Arxen turned his attention to Cloud. "Cloud? You alright?" Arxen asked, but a wailing noise cut him off. Arxen turned around to see Jenova, in a different form. Arxen growled, and pulled out his weapon again.

"You..." Arxen pulled out his weapon, and he glared at Jenova. "This is all your damn fault!" Arxen charged forward, and jumped up in the air, trying to attack Jenova. Jenova, however, summoned a barrier, hitting Arxen back to the ground. Arxen did a back flip to get distance from Jenova, and prepared himself. "You're dead!" Arxen quickly cast Fire on Jenova, breaking the barrier. Cloud appeared infront of Jenova, and swung the Buster Sword horizontally, slashing it across the face.

Green blood poured from the wound, while Jenova screeched in pain. Vincent shot the wound, opening it more, causing the blood to rush down like a waterfall. Arxen took the chance, and decided to use his mastered Gravity materia. He cast Demi 3 on Jenova, causing it to bend over in pain. Tifa ran forward, and punched it to make it go up again. Yuffie threw her shurkien at Jenova, sticking inside of Jenova's wound, the wretch screeching in pain.

Yuffie smirked, and pulled out four ninja stars with tags on them. She threw them at Jenova, the four stars being stuck in random places. Yuffie cast Fire 3 at, not Jenova, but at the tags. It lit them up, and they exploded, making four more wounds on the beast. "Boom!" Yuffie said, smiling.

Barret was charging up his Big Shot, and was aiming for the big wound. "Need to charge it up more.." He muttered, and Red sat by him, blocking all the attacks with his mastered Barrier materia, as was Cid, who was doing the same thing, without the mastered materia.

Cait Sith was getting the data on Jenova, standing behind of Cid, Red, and Barret. "Jenova is pretty strong guys!" Cait yelled out from behind them.

Arxen charge forward, and was about to attack Jenova, but Jenova hit him with a red light, sending him flying back into Cid, who was knocked over.

"Ow! Brat!"

Arxen stood up, and growled. "Oh that's it!" Arxen threw his weapon at Jenova, and it stabbed it in the forehead, making blood to pour down quickly. Arxen was about to go grab it, but Cid got up and grabbed him quickly. "Cid! Let me go!" Arxen yelled, but Cid ignored him. Barret knew what Cid meant, so he shot his attack at Jenova's face, causing it to fall down.

It screeched one last time, and it then faded from their ears, into nothing. Jenova's body, in a flash of red, disappeared.

Cid let go of Arxen, who turned around. "What the hell did you do that for? I could of taken care of Jenova!" Arxen growled.

"No you couldn't of brat." Cid said, and Arxen was about to argue, but Cloud stopped him.

"Here." He handed Arxen's weapon to him, and Arxen took it roughly. He walked away from them, angry that he didn't get to finish Jenova.

Arxen sighed when he sat on a rock. He wondered if they would treat Hiro the same way?


Chapter one redone!

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