Enumasam
Chapter 44: Definitely Outdone
Squall's clone swiftly jumped at the ex-general's back bringing his blade downward at an angle at him, but it was suddenly blocked by Sephiroth's Masamune being held over his left shoulder before he spun and released a blue energy beam from his blade knocking the clone off of its' feet and into a somersault. While the clone was in the half-sault Sephiroth lazily threw a few more beams that were broken in two by the rapid swinging of the clone's Life Blade. Before he also returned a couple of energy slashes to Sephiroth who casually shrugged them off via his over-sized blade.
'He is imitating my attacks. The longer this battle goes on the worse off I will be…' The Silver Haired Savior thought as he leapt at the clone and brought his blade upward slashing and sending a stream of energy. The blade was blocked by the clone by the energy hit him diagonally. His body separated slowly from the slash at the right shoulder and downward to the left side of his waist, unfortunately this time he didn't fall into pieces he quickly pulled himself back together mid-air.
"Hah! Sephiroth! I'm fairly sure you're outdone!" Squall's doppelganger mocked as he threw wave after wave of green energy from his blade which Sephiroth sped up to block, his left arm becoming one with his sword as he swished it back and forth knocking the beams away from him.
"Doubt it," the ex-general whispered to himself as he continued to send the beams in other directions until the clone swept energy at him then followed it up by physically charging Sephiroth. The charge wouldn't have worked had Sephiroth not been standing in front of the down-and-out Selphie and Yuffie who covered their heads with their arms trying to protect themselves should he move. He didn't move.
"Oh no!" Yuffie cried out as the tip of the clone's Life Blade almost touched her face, the only thing stopping it from actually scratching her was the fact that Sephiroth's left side of his abdomen had slowed it down to a stop as it entered his stomach and protruded out of his back.
"Don't worry." He spoke through gritted teeth as he held onto the blade where it entered him with his right hand. His Masamune had went through the clone's cranium as he had rushed the ex-general, stopping him dead for a moment. Sephiroth pulled the Life Blade out of his stomach and dropped it on the ground before taking a knee "cure," he whispered to himself as his precious mako-laced blood ran to down his leggings in rivers to land on the ground in a pool. He held the clone at the tip of his Masamune in the air as he held his right hand over his wounds, but something was wrong.
"It's not working…" Selphie said as Sephiroth dropped his blade with his enemy still dangling from it.
"I can see that." Yuffie muttered as she drug herself to her feet and helped Selphie up from the tundra.
"What do we do, Sephiroth?!" Selphie pleaded as she held her hands over the ex-general's wounds as she tried concentrating her healing abilities into his abdomen.
"Curaga." Selphie started to tear up but once some white bands of light entered their Silver Haired Savior's open wounds the bleeding lessened until it stopped. "I don't get it." Selphie pondered.
"It's the mako infused blade he is fighting with, apparently it's counteracting my healing abilities and my cure magick from my materia." Sephiroth informed as the clone tried to stand with its' head still on the Masamune. The Masamune proved to be to heavy and as it stood the blade cut it all the way down the middle until there were two halves of a Squall look-alike that fell over from only having one leg.
It bought Sephiroth, Selphie, and Yuffie some time but not much as the metal melted down into liquid again and pooled around the larger parts of the body.
Sephiroth whispered some words into Selphie's ear which she spread to Yuffie. They all three created a triangle around the mound of metal which formed back into the clone, and it once again swung its' pulsating energy blade around.
"Well it's been fun but I think…" Squall the Second was interrupted by a sudden barrage of attacks from Sephiroth knocking him slowly but surely backward towards the beam of energy from the Life Stream until the clone was but a step in front of it.
"I think it's time we put you to an end," Sephiroth jumped back away from the doppelganger as he, Selphie, and Yuffie formed a triangle around the Metal Menace. Another energy slash from Sephiroth and the clone was back in the pillar of Life Stream. "Now!" the ex-general commanded Yuffie and Selphie.
"HOLY!" Selphie shouted as large white balls of pure light surrounded the clone before turning into a pillar with the Life Stream.
"BLIZZARD!" Yuffie yelled as ice formed around the clone before swirling to mix with the holy that Selphie had summoned and the Life Stream.
"ULTIMA!" Sephiroth blazed as a black and deep greenish energy mixed with the other two spells and the Life Stream. There was an inhuman screeching as the pillar of Gaia's lifeblood imploded into the clone causing it to disintegrate into the Life Stream until no particle of Squall's clone remained. It was finally destroyed.
"Good…heh…job." Sephiroth stated before he fell over backwards into unconsciousness, leaving the two girls to laugh at him and his antics.
"Well that's one for the record books!" Yuffie said as she laid back onto the tundra with Selphie flopping on top of her laughing hysterically.
"That was one tough son of a biscuit eater!" Selphie commented lazily drawing circles on Yuffie's stomach.
"Biscuit? Eater?" Yuffie busted up laughing at Selphie's supposed innocent word terms.
The land of Gaia was once again threat-free or at least it seemed and everyone could rest easy…but what's an ex-general supposed to do if not fight? Wasn't he created for war? Does peace even seem like an option?
One thing is for sure Sephiroth will never be just a memory.
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What'd you all think this is my last chapter in this fanfiction please review it makes me happy.
Signed,
Vicious Cerberus