CHAPTER 9
LIGHTING'S POV
I follow Caius to the top of the cliff our swords clashing in the air as sparks flying everywhere we seperate on seprate ends of the cliff both Caius and I stare at one another
"how are you here Caius I thought Noel killed you in Valhalla which is where we was told you and Sephiroth was so why are you here in this town and not in Valhalla?" I didnt wanna waste time but at the same time I was curious as to why our intel was off
"It is true that Noel Kriess did kill me but because of the power of Chaos I can not truely die meaning I live again and again without end...however im not the Caius you know i am the a creation of choas and have the form of the past Caius so if I was to die here then The Chaos will be destroyed along with all the Caius from all timelines...as for why we're here and not Valhalla...the man with one wing...Sephiroth was bored of waiting" Caius readied his sword
"So if I kill you? you will never come back?" I asked to make sure I had heard correctly
"yes thats is correct but if you fail the world will bend to my will and be destroyed" Caius launched at me as I charged at him my gunblade at the ready the sounds of our swords clashing ecohed through out the vally. I look up to see Caius standing ontop of a piller from a fallen building Cauis summoned monsters from the void of Valhalla while we clashed again for all I know Caius summoned the monsters to go after the villagers so I blocked another attack from Caius and shoved the blade away as I flip backwards to keep my distance I summon my own monsters to protect the villagers.
"I'm impressed servent of Etro...but lets step this little fight up shall we?" Caius open the eye of his Chaos crystal and hollored "WINGS OF KNIGHT" tranforming himself into a large dragon and flies above me reminding me of how we fought in Valhalla
"so thats how its going to be fine" I reach near my heart and summon the crystal by my left breast where i was once marked as a L'cie I throw the crystal up and hit it with my Gunblade "ODIN" I summon my crystal gardian as he transformed to a horse like warrior I jump on ODIN and chased after him Caius see's im behind him and flies into and and on the side and starts shooting Ruinga at me I mannage to avoid most of them I counter with Thundera as it fazed him I transformed my gunblade sword into a gun and shot a few bullets at him which I assume made him angery as he charged at me swinging his claw by me I used ODINS back to baclance and jumped over his claw and landed on ODIN again when I turned around I see he is no where in sight
"whats he up to?" I ask myself and ODIN climbs on a old tower and I see Caius come from in front and shoots three Ruinga's at me head on I see a great flash of Blue and Black and I wait for the impact but it never came when I open my eyes I see ODIN sit me down as i hear a scream I see Cloud laying on the ground not moving
CLOUDS POV
as I am fighting Sephiroth I watch Lightning fight Caius I didnt know she was capable of such strength as I clash with Sephiroth I see him look at Light
"my is this a sight has the mighty Cloud Strife fallen for a girl a SOLDIER no less its amazing and my is she a looker"
"SHUT UP" I stated it coldly as possible I didnt need Sephiroth knowing I may like or love Lightning.
"I bet she wont last three minutes with me...I can kill her in front of your eyes like your sweet Arieth" he throws me and starts chuckling as I stand he stabs my leg and hits the back of my head all I see is Lightning before darkness over took my vission
LIGHTNINGS POV
I quickly ran straight to cloud and held him in my arms i feel Sephiroths stare at me as I feel full anger in my body I stare directly at him and hold Cloud close to my chest
"Y-YOUR GONNA PAY SEPHIROTH...ONCE I KILL CAIUS YOUR NEXT"
"what does a girl like you care? he was weak just like you are now" Sephiroth says as if he's studding me
I take and ignore him and look at Cloud the man i came to know and care about even tho it has been a few days...something bout him was different...more different than i have ever come to know
"Sephiroth come let her say her goodbyes" ordered Caius
"why would i do that?" Sephiroth looked lost and annoyed at Caius
"its only right" Caius goes to the side and Sephiroth follows
I hold Clouds none moving body what felt like forever my heart feels like its breaking every second
I think as to why I feel this way then i remembered something Serah told me long ago
(FLASH BACK)
Light- "Serah I need your advice on something"
Serah- "sure whats up?" sitting down
Light-" how do I keep a guy away I tell them no I even beat them to a pulp but they dont quit"
Serah-" maybe give them a chance Light you may have fun"
Light-"I dont need a man Serah im not some weak girl uh...I mean I just dont need one" thinking Serah may take it wrong way
Serah-" its ok but love is a amazing thing it makes you stronger feeling like you will always fight for eachother no matter the outcome"
Light-"fine but tell me how you know what love is so I can avoid it" Lightning kicks her feet up
Serah-"its when you love being around him and he always makes you want to smile weather he is being stupid, shy, or does something embarassing just to make you laugh. you get a feeling in your heart that beats every second and you want to have just him forever" smiling really large as she explains
Light-"fine but i'll still avoid love to me love is weak but not for me and you Serah"
(FLASHBACK ENDS)
LIGHTNINGS POV
oh my god I reliezed in my mind what it is im feeling what Serah said was true...I'm in love with Cloud Strife. I start to shake him praying he wasnt really dead
"Cloud...CLOUD!" GET UP PLEASE" (silence) I feel tears start to leave my eyes as I see the blood in his spiky blond hair. "Cloud...please...PLEASE dont leave me..Serah was right...love is a strong thing...I thought love was a weakness until I met you...you have shown and givin me so manny things that i never thought anyone could show me...I need you to LIVE...I need you now...and forever...because...because" I finally let all my tears flow. "I love you Cloud Strife so please hang on i'm going to end this" I bend down and I passionately give the man I love my first kiss and stand up ready to fight Sephiroth and Caius.
"I'm ready...YOU BASTARDS!" weilding gunblade
"good...lets end this little fight girl" Sephiroth smirks
as I clash my sword with Caius I was able to keep him afar...however Sephiroth came from the side and kicks me so hard in my side I crash into the brick wall of the falling church
"Clouds dead my dear...he was no match for my power" Sephiroth holds his sword I charged back at him head on and he easily dodged my attack I tried to counter with lightning and he reflected it from the tip of his sword suddenly Caius sliced my leg and Sephiroth stood over me he had beaten me like I was nothing...guess I used to much power against Caius
"any last words girl before I put an end to you?" Sephiroth raises his sword
I lowered my head in defeat all I could think bout was how I let Cloud down. "I'm sorry I let you down Cloud." I closed my eyes ready for the end when I hear metal clash I look up to see Cloud blocking both Caius and Sephiroths swords
"CLOUD YOUR ALIVE?!" I cried again but because Cloud was alive and feeling hope and joy in my heart again
"y-yeah I was just paralized" Cloud states grunting at the wait on his sword Cloud side kicks Caius and slashes at Sephiroth to keep some distanc. "I also heard what you said Light...all of it" he says keeping his face forward but looks at me from the corner of his eyes I could feel my cheeks start to flush and feeling guilty
"y-you did?...I'm sorry" I say looking away
"I'm not..cause...I feel the same Lightning" keeping his eyes on Caius and Sephiroth. "but I couldnt bring myself to say it...knowing you wasnt wanting to date because you thought it would make you look weak" Cloud looks at me with a slight smile
"h-how did you figure that?" I asked wondering how he knew
"Serah and Snow told me when you was out of the house" Cloud smiled but got his serious face on and attention back to the two. "but I do love you to Lightning Farron...get some rest...i'll finish this here and now" Cloud kisses me passionately and sets me to the side and the last thing I see is Cloud ready to fight with that blue aura like in my front yard before my vissions goes blurry
"Ready Cloud?" are you ready to meet your demise" Sephiroth smirks
"Your the one who will die Sephiroth" Clouds sword aimed and ready
"G-good luck...Cloud" was all I could say before passing out
NORMAL POV
Cloud jumps off after Caius and swings the buster sword at Caius both their swords colliding at the force of the impact caused both warriors to go to seperate ends of the mountains as Sephiroth charges at Cloud slicing through the mountain and clashes with Clouds buster sword and Caius comes and tries to strike Clouds side but Cloud quickly pulls out his second sword Fennier and blocks Caius attack while holding them in place
"Im impressed he can move so fast Sephiroth your Information on this SOLDIER was 100% accurate...the servent of Etro had beaten me but never made me sweat" Caius stares looking at Sephiroth
"As I said before Cloud is the only one who can kill me but I cant fight him like this I want his FULL power" Sephiroth frowns
"what do you mean?" Caius seems confused
"Cloud's to worried that the girl will come to harm so he is'nt fighting at full power...observed" Sephirtoh states and charges at Cloud clashing with him. "Cloud answer me a question...if I may?" Sephiroth ask with no emotion
Cloud standsing his ground ready for the next attack but wait for his question "and what the hell is that" Cloud asks glaring at Sephiroth
"Are you not facing me with full power because your worried bout the girl?" Sephiroth states
"of course I'm not ...she's someone TO important I wont loose anyone else" Cloud pushes more on his sword as Sephiroth jumps backwards
"I see in that case" Sephiroth raises his hand and casts a protectga barrier around Lightning
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Cloud asked worried for Lightning
"calm down ...im putitng a protection barrier around her so no harm comes to the girl...I want your full power and if I kill you then the girl dies anyway but this case I can fight you at your full power" Sephirtoh explains
"Your right...as long as Lightning is safe I can use my full power but you'll regreate it later trust me" Cloud glows a stronger blue aura and charges at Sephiroth as he gets slamed in the side by Caius. Cloud rolled in midair and landed on his feet on a cliff Caius charges a full Mega Flare and launches it at Cloud...Cloud stands firmly grounded and Slashes a large blue cut from his sword at the ball of fire slicing it in half as Cloud is standing where he was the blast explodes behind hi destroying the ruins behind him Cloud jumps off the mountain and attacks Caius head on breaking Caius out of his dragon form
"I'm impressed you broke my form so easily it took Noel and Serah a while to break it...and here you broke it in two attacks..but now all so ends" Caius says as launches a full blast of energy at Cloud as he smirks evily and jumping ontop the mountain.
Sephiroth and Caiuse both charge at Cloud as he stops both of their attacks with his double sworded skill Clouds eyes turned bright blue as he powered his aura to blast both Caius and Sephiroth away with the help of the Mako energy in his bloodstream as Caius caught his balanced by Lightning Cloud saw where he was and in the blink of an eye he teleported behind Caius stabbing him from his back throught his chest and heartSephiroth was amazed with Clouds new found power
"B-but H-how?" Caius looking back at Cloud shocked in the face
"Because you underestimated me ...and you went by the woman I love...now die" Cloud sent a powerful energy throught his sword and caused the energy through the sword to expand and explodes Caius to nothing then Cloud stares at Sephiroth
LIGHTNING POV
as I regain a little bit of consiousness I see Cloud standing infront of me with his sword through Ciaus body as Cloud is glowing in the aura I seen when he was in my front yard training but something was different...he was a Bright blue not the dark blue I once saw and I seen I was in some type of barrier as I hear Caius and Cloud talking outside
"B-but H-how?" Caius seems to look at Cloud with fear
I scream for Cloud but it didnt work as I see Clouds body lit up more of the bright blue aura
"Because you underestimated me ...and you went by the woman I love...now die" Cloud blasted Caius into nothingness...the sight of Caius dying by Cloud didnt suprise me it was the thing Cloud told Caius before he killed him 'because you went by the woman I love' it echoed in my head my eyes let loose of tears I'm the top C.G.C SOLDIER and here i am helpless to protect Cloud and here Cloud is saving me as if I was a helpless little girl...but Cloud saying he loved me and gain even more power made me know Serah was right that love was the strongest thing as I passed out again from to much strength being used
CLOUDS POV
As I watched my power destroy Caius I kept my eyes on Sephiroth as he decends to the ground and brushes himself off I wont let my gaurd down cause the second I do I myself will die
"I have to admit you are very skilled Cloud to destroy someone with full power of Chaos...its simply striking" as he stares at me with a smirk
"I've defeated you more times than once now havent I Sephiroth but I also know your holding back" I spat back ready to settle things once and for all
"True as I am not at all letting my full power out but I may have to release my full power now" Sephiroth raises his hand turning the clouds from there normal color to dark gray clouds ...'its just like the last time I beated him in Midgar...so this is it I'm ready to strike'