Enumasam

Chapter 43: The Bleeding

Yuffie fell to the ground exhausted after she used all of her energy in her final attack on the fiend, though after it shredded his body to pieces all that was left were his boots and part of his shins that still rolled smoke from their metallic parts.

"Heh, well Selphie looks like I beat that thing after all," Yuffie let out a giggle as she crawled over to her cohort and once again laid her head in her lap.

"Really? Where'd you get so much energy in the first place?" Selphie questioned.

"Whaddya mean you know me I got secrets!" she exclaimed to the nunchuku wielder.

"Well I never saw that coming and I doubt he did either," Selphie responded as she looked at the two metal limbs still standing one of the legs fell over to the side, at which she laughed.

"So, Sephiroth, what did you think of the show?" Yuffie looked up to see him crossed arms and coat flapping in the wind.

"I would say you did a decent job…" He paused pointing at what was left of the enemy. Selphie and Yuffie both watched as the shredded metal around the legs started to pool together.

"What the hell?!" Yuffie said as she and her girl watched the shards of metal turn into liquid and start to join together where the limbs were left. Pretty soon a huge pool of liquid metal was gathered together by what was the main pieces of the machine. Then it pulled the boots into it which also turned into metal before melding into a human-like form. After which the sheen faded and there was the Squall clone, looking pissed off and straight at Yuffie and her partner.

"Shall I begin?" The clone inquired to which Sephiroth quickly answered.

"This time you will be fighting me," He pulled his Masamune from its' sheath and held it at his side. "Unless you have a problem fighting men?" He commented smartly, receiving a snicker out of the clone.

"Ohh, Sephiroth, this'll be the first time we've fought, that is since outside the doctor's office," he responded pointing out that he remembered the only other time Squall had fought Sephiroth. "This time though I'll take your head!" At that he leapt at the ex-general in mid leap created a broadsword and brought it down at his head though he only connected with the Masamune.

"Hmph." Was all Sephiroth said as he slid his blade the length of the broadsword and hit the clone in the stomach with his right, unarmed fist. The sound of denting metal rang out through the air and the clone fell to the ground catching himself by his palms. He was actually trying to breathe, but gagging.

"Amateur." Sephiroth said as the clone stood to his feet looking even madder, his eyes blazed from the Life Stream and his sword started to glow with a greenish haze around it before he was off. He danced all around the ex-general right, left, horizontally, and vertically. Sephiroth had a hard time blocking his attacks but he kept up until they tried to test who was stronger and had their blades pressed against one another. The Life Stream aura from Squall juniors broadsword was somehow draining Sephiroth of his stamina and at that close of a range he almost dropped to a knee but pushed the enemy off of him long enough to recuperate.

The clone dug his boots into the ground as he slid backwards in the dirt of the tundra, and gritted his teeth. Eyes still blazing he went after him again this time though Sephiroth missed one of Mr. Clone's attacks and it caught him across the stomach before he hit the clone with the back of his Masamune knocking him away.

Unfortunately for the ex-general the wound wasn't healing, at least not nearly as fast as normal.

'Apparently the Life Stream he has absorbed is counteracting my regenerative abilities. Looks like I'll have to be faster.' He thought rubbing his glovetips together that he had ran across his wound.

"What's wrong? Never been wounded before? It's easy for me see? I get hurt and I pull myself back together…Oh I forgot you're human." At this remark the clone let out a howl of laughter, thinking the Silver Haired Savior to be a normal human.

"Human?" At this Sephiroth let out a slight laugh before unleashing an onslaught of attacks with his blade taking apart the metal menace piece by piece until all that was left was its' torso and head.

"You know as soon as I can I'll pick my pieces back up and you can't stop it!" Squall exclaimed before Sephiroth beheaded him, all that was heard was a slight clanking from his head rolling to the side of his body.

"Unfortunately I know you will fix yourself. But this will buy me a few moments to think." Sephiroth obviously was trying to think of how he would destroy this being of destruction.

"Yuffie, Selphie, I have an idea but I need it to be timed well…" Sephiroth went on to explain as the clone melted back into liquid behind him and once again stood to its' full height before shaking its' head and smiling at the ex-general whose bleeding from his abdomen hadn't stopped.

"Well, any last words?" Squall the second smartly asked creating his blade and empowering it once again.

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""Talking

''Thinking

Had to set up for the next chapter hope it wasn't too short. Please review.

Signed,

Vicious Cerberus