Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters, I do own the monsters though.
A/N: Here is chapter 5 including the prologue. I hope this chapter is good, it is not as long as the last one. But, I still think it is good. I hope you guys enjoy. So read on please.
Chapter 4
Decisions made! The final battle!
"Bolt 3!" Tifa commanded. A huge bolt of electricity struck the huge beast with a ton of force. The monster backed away from its prey and turned its attention to the one who had hurt it. It let out a screech as it ran forward and swung its claws outward. Tifa closed her eyes, waiting for the hit, which never came. She opened them slowly to see blood dripping on the ground. The Galiant Beast stood in front of her, the claw pierced through its right shoulder. The Galiant Beast let out a roar as it punched the huge beast backwards onto the ground. It let out a grunt as it lifted itself back up. The two beasts let out a roar and charged at each other. The black beast swung its claw out, which was caught by the Galiant Beast. Vincent smiled as he sent a fist into the black beasts abdomen. It coughed up blood as it backed up aways. It then opened its mouth and shot a burst of fire toward the Galiant Beast. He didn't move fast enough and was hit square in the body. When the smoke cleared, Vincent stood with scorched skin and blood all over the ground. He breathed heavily as he slowly walked forward. "Vincent!" Tifa screamed as she ran forward and sent her own attack at the beast, which caught it off guard. It took the fist hard in the head and sprawled onto the ground. It got up and glared at her with its red piercing eyes. It ran forward and sent a blow into Tifa's abdomen, which caused her to fly backwards into the wall, leaving a huge hole. The Galiant Beast turned its head to see her hit the wall and let out a roar as it turned itself around and smashed the black beast with a hard kick. It doubled over as its eyes shifted up to see the purple beast open its mouth and shoot multiple balls of fire around the black beast. It backed up as the fires exploded in unison. The beast fell backwards and had blood covering its body. It tried to get up but was stopped by a claw in its chest.
The beast screamed loudly as it still tried to get up, but the claw dug itself farther into the beasts chest, close to its heart. It flailed wildly as it tried to hit the claw away. Then the beast went stiff as the claw pierced its heart. Its hands fell on the ground and its eyes closed slowly as blood dripped around the floor. The Galiant Beast let out another roar as he lifted his hand out from the black beasts abdomen. The claw was covered in black blood as the Galiant Beast backed up a few paces away. Slowly the beast turned back into his human form as he quickly turned and ran to the rubble. "Tifa! Tifa!" Vincent called out as he began to move rock after rock. After awhile he had uncovered Tifa. She opened her eyes slowly to see Vincent looking at her. "You okay?" he asked with a worried voice.
"I'm fine, so don't worry," Tifa reassured him as she got up slowly and looked around. A few paces away, lay the dead body of the huge beast. "Guess you killed it."
"Yes," Vincent nodded. "We need to get moving, this little fight has taken up too much time." Tifa nodded as she followed him out of the room and toward the exit of the tunnels.
"I hope the others are fine," Tifa said while they walked.
"I'm sure they're fine, we need to worry about finding Cloud right now," Vincent said without turning his head towards her. They continued their walk in utter silence as the cave began to widen into a longer corridor. They were approaching the end of the tunnel, and they just hoped Cloud was at the end of it.
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Ifrit opened its mouth and let out a surge of flame at the slime monster. Ramuh lifted up his staff and shot a huge bolt at the creature. The two attacks hit their mark and they waited for the smoke to clear. The slime monster was still there, its body deformed as it tried to move. Ifrit ran forward and lifted the monster up and threw him over his shoulder, hard into the ground. It let out a grunt as it tried to move. Ramuh lifted his staff again and sent another bolt into the monster. It screeched as the bolt struck through its body. "That did it Ramuh!" Cid yelled with relief.
"Not yet Cid!" Barret called to the pilot. He lifted his gun arm and started to charge up one of his best attacks. A blue lightning surrounded his gun as he shot a blast into the monsters body. It let out another screech as it swung its hand around and smash Barret hard into a wall. "Damn," he muttered. He tried to lift up his arm but the hand was still squeezing him into the wall. He blasted a few shots, but the giant hand would not even budge.
"I got this!" Cid called. He jumped into the air and pierced the hand with a lot of force. The beast fell back a few steps as it looked at its hand and tried to heal it up. Ifrit chose that moment to ram the monster into the wall and continue to push it through the wall. Ifrit let out a roar, which Ramuh understood. He lifted up his staff and shot a stronger bolt at the monster and completely zap it. It screamed violently as it thrashed around. Ifrit jumped backwards then began to surround himself in fire. He then charged forward and charged straight through the weakened monster. It let out a scream as it began to fall to the ground, its slime completely dissolving itself. Ifrit lifted his foot and smashed the rest of the monster into nothingness.
"Great job Ifrit," Barret said as he got off the ground and dusted himself off. Ifrit nodded at the acknowledgment before disappearing in a burst of fire.
"You too Ramuh," Cid nodded as he walked over and lifted Barret completely up. Ramuh nodded also before disappearing in a stream of lightning. "Ready to move your ass?" Cid asked.
"Yeah, let's get out of here," Barret said as they began to walk further into the tunnel. They saw a light not far ahead and started to run further in. They hoped Cloud was alright as they approached the exit.
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"In here!" Reno yelled as he pulled Rude into a little hole and watched as the beast ran pass them. "That was close," Reno sighed.
"Yeah, too close," Rude agreed. Their celebration was cut short when the area started to crumble. They ran out quickly and saw the beast standing there with a smile. Its wings creating lava around where they were once standing. "The hell," Rude said. He ran forward to punch the beast, but was thrown backwards. "That hurt," Rude said as he rubbed his head.
"Alright, I've had enough of this guy," Reno said. He lifted at a summon materia and placed it in his arm. "Time to end this. Odin, the warrior of darkness, come fourth." There was a black light as a horse with a warrior on it jumped into the area. The flying beast shot a fire streak that sent the horse packing. Odin jumped onto the ground and ran forward. He slashed outwards but the sword couldn't penetrate the armor. Odin snarled before jumping backwards and analyzing the battle. Odin saw his opening and motioned for Reno and Rude to distract him.
"I'm on it," Rude said as he ran forward and sent a punch at the beast, which was blocked. Rude jumped back and dodged the fire attack and came back with a kick to the head. The beast howled out as its wings smashed Rude into a wall. He coughed up blood as he watched the beast come towards him.
"My turn," Reno said. He turned the electricity on, and then hit the beast with his electro rod. The attack sent a bolt through the beast who flung around and smashed Reno with his tail. It howled again as it began to surround Reno with lava. Odin then ran forward and struck his sword through the exposed skin of the beast. It let out a screech as it backed off and clutched its injured body. Odin took another position and struck out again. He then jumped up and stabbed his sword through the flailing beasts exposed neck. It let out a screech as it crumpled on the ground, still alive. Odin moved his sword around and was able to sever the armor by hitting it from the body out. The beast fell backwards as it watched Odin slash downwards, cutting the beast cleanly in half. Odin sighed heavily as it disappeared. "Well, that did it."
"Yeah, that bastard was tough," Rude muttered.
"Not for Odin though," Reno smiled. "Nothing is better than Odin."
"You just keep telling yourself that," Rude said as he got fully up off the ground. He walked over and helped Reno up before heading out.
"What's that," Reno said. They saw a light slowly appear.
"An exit dumb ass," Rude said as he ran towards it.
"Finally, we are out of this damn tunnel," Reno said with a sigh. They continued towards it, the thought playing through their mind was what could be in the next room. Only way to find out.
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Reeve rolled to the side to dodge the yellow claw that slashed through the wall. "Damn, he's fast." He pulled his gun and fired some shots, but the creature dodged the attacks. He then turned on his heel and smashed his foot into Reeve's abdomen. He coughed up blood as he tried to get up. Nanaki jumped onto the creatures back and began to bite viscously. The creature grunted in pain and then gave a screech as he shot an electric surge out of his body. Nanaki flew backwards and smashed hard into the wall. He tried to get up, but found it difficult. The creature turned to the one who had hurt him and began to walk over. Reeve got up and held up his hand. "Quake 3!" he commanded. The earth under the creatures feet began to shake as a giant column of earth shot out and then broke apart. The creature fell to the ground covered in blood. He turned around and shot a blast at Reeve, who dodged a little of it. The blast cut through his shoulder and left him with a bleeding gash. "Damn, this guy is really tough."
"Get your ass away from him!" Nanaki yelled as he ran forward and charged straight through the creatures body. The creature stumbled a little, but was far from dead. It looked at the two with hateful eyes. He sent a huge blast forward. A blast that cut through the ground and engulfed the entire room. Reeve fumbled for a certain materia and placed it in his arm.
"I hope this works," Reeve muttered. He lifted his hand and commanded his attack, "Reflect!" A green light surrounded the two and blocked the coming attack. The attack tried to push back but to no avail. The lightning shot backwards and engulfed the creature in its blue light. He let out a screech of pain as he was slowly dissolved into nothingness.
"Damn you all to hell!" was the last thing the creature said as he disappeared for all eternity. Reeve collapsed on the ground, as well as Nanaki.
"Well, that was fun," Reeve breathed heavily. He still had a gash on his arm and winced slightly as he put his arm over it.
"Full-cure," Nanaki muttered and began to patch up the wound.
"Thanks Nanaki," Reeve said as he lifted himself off the ground. "Why don't we get out of here now." Nanaki nodded and they ran out of the room and towards the exit. While everyone was finishing up their fights around the same time. Cloud was answering his ultimate decision.
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Cloud had tears falling on the ground as he thought about what Sephiroth was saying. 'If I bring her back, I will be happy, but Yuffie will be sad,' he thought to himself. He turned to Yuffie and saw her with tears in her eyes. "Damn," he muttered, "why is this so hard." He punched the ground as memories of Aerith came flooding back. 'I need to decide now,' he thought to himself again.
"Well, what is your answer," Sephiroth said with a smile. He watched as Cloud picked up his sword. "I wi-" he tried to say but was stop when Yuffie suddenly spoke up.
"No Cloud!" Yuffie shouted at him. "Would Aerith want you to do that? Do you think she would be happy if you brought her back, but joined Sephiroth in the process? No she wouldn't. She knew what she was doing a long time ago. She doesn't want to come back at the cost off all that. Do you understand Cloud?" Yuffie looked at him with hope in her eyes.
"Shut the hell up you foolish girl," Sephiroth snapped as he turned back to face Cloud. "Now, let me here the words you were about to say." Cloud was about to say them but thought back to what Yuffie said.
'She's right,' he thought to himself. 'I can't join him, Aerith wouldn't like that, I have to end this now, it doesn't matter what Sephiroth says anymore. Aerith would be happier dead, than alive with Sephiroth in charge.' He clenched his sword tighter as he looked up at Sephiroth.
"Well," the man said with a smile. Cloud gave his own smile, which made Sephiroth believe that he would join. Cloud's smile suddenly turned to an angry expression as he brought his sword back.
"Not a chance in hell!" Cloud shouted as he slashed at the ground and sent a huge blade of energy towards Sephiroth. He flew forward and hit the blast away. His face full of hatred. He was about to strike his sword out, but he saw a shuriken out of the corner of his eye come towards him. He blocked the weapon and shot an energy blast into Yuffie, sending her sprawling onto the ground. "Yuffie!" Cloud called, but couldn't move as his sword clashed with Sephiroth's. He pushed Cloud hard into the wall and continued to press him through it. Sephiroth took his hand back and smashed a whiter energy into Cloud's body. He let out a scream as he fell to the ground. Sephiroth flew backwards and smirked at the bloody figure.
"You can't beat me," Sephiroth smirked. "I gave you a chance to live and you refused it. And now I'm going to kill you." Yuffie slowly got up and heard footsteps. She turned her head to the sides to see her friends enter the battle field.
"Stay back, this is our fight!" Yuffie called to them. They looked at her and reluctantly stood back as she prepared to fight this guy. She ran up to Cloud and lifted him up. "Ready to unleash some dragon power."
"Yeah," Cloud nodded as he lifted his hand. As did Yuffie. "Bahamut ZERO, and Neo Bahamut, I summon you."
"Bahamut, come forth," Yuffie called also. The room filled with light as the three dragons appeared in the area. The let out a screech as they each launched a devastating attack that converged on Sephiroth. The three attacks detonated on the target and created a huge explosion. The three dragons then disappeared afterwards. When the smoke cleared, Sephiroth was their with not a single scratch. The stone of the ancients was glowing green as the smoke cleared.
"How the hell," Cloud said as he tried another blade beam. Which cut a gash into Sephiroth's arm. "How come that hurt him," he muttered. He tried another slash but it didn't even faze him as the stone glowed a green color. Yuffie threw her weapon, which actually cut his other arm. Sephiroth let out a grunt as he flew higher into the air. "I understand it now," Cloud whispered to Yuffie.
"What do you mean?" Yuffie asked.
"I mean that when you attack the stone will absorb the attack. But for about 5 seconds it can't absorb, and you are able to hurt him. If we play our cards right, we can destroy the stone, which is causing his power, and the only thing that can hold him to this world," Cloud said. Yuffie nodded as she watched Cloud pull out a certain materia. "These guys should stall him enough. Knights of the Round Table, I summon you." Nine knights came forth and began to slash in quick succession, each blow being absorbed by the stone.
"You fools can't hope to defeat me, I'm more powerful than you," Sephiroth laughed.
"True, but your greatest power, is your greatest weakness," Cloud smirked. He took his sword back and watched as Yuffie threw her shuriken at the stone. "Combo attack! Loves eternal cross!" Cloud and Yuffie said in unison as he slashed his sword out which hit the shuriken and made a cross of pink light. The attack hit the stone after the Knights of the Round Table were finished. Sephiroth screamed as the stone began to crack from the power of the attack.
"You damn bastards shouldn't be able to even crack the stone, even if you had a few seconds to attack!" Sephiroth yelled.
"Sorry, but our attack is more powerful than anything else we could have done," Cloud smiled. His energy slowly left him as he fell to his knees and watched as the stone began to break to pieces. Yuffie joined him as she too fell down, her energy almost completely gone. The last thing they saw before they entered darkness was Sephiroth dissolving into a green light.
"No! I can't die, not now, I was so close!" Sephiroth screamed as he disappeared for ever. They then saw their friends run towards them, and then they slipped into darkness.
To be continued...
End of chapter.
A/N: That was chapter 5 and I hope you liked it. I have only two more chapters to go and then the fic is done. Almost there and I hope you guys really enjoyed. Please review now, I really would like a lot of reviews, so please review now, thanks, and bye till next time.
