Ahh! School has started!! D8 Anyhoo, here is chapter 14. I think this story is going to be pretty long xD
About Light's other form: I based it's appearance and behavior off of Kaname from Juvenile Orion. It may freak you out a bit, but I remind you, Light and his other form are two completely different people.
Chapter 14
The thing that was once a man chuckled.
"Nice to see you again, S2444. Or do you prefer 'Light'?" He had a low, rasping voice that gave me goose bumps. Dear god, why were all these people such freaks?! "You look a lot better then when you were stuck in that hole. My oh my… the little experiment all grown up."
Light snarled in response. His snarl scared me more than the man. Could he even speak in that form?
The man slowly stepped forwards again, his boots creaking against the wood. What would Tifa and Cloud do? They'd probably hear the noise if it came to a fight.
Light snarled again and the man stopped.
"Hm," he said. "It seems I'll have a more difficult time defeating you now. You're a bit bigger then when you were fourteen."
Then, without a warning, he shot forwards. Light seemed to be expecting it and jumped over his head, inhumanly fast and high. Light grabbed the man from behind and flung him outside. Light blurred right behind him. I jumped up and hid behind the window sill so I could still see. The man was still flying backwards, then suddenly, he flipped and landed lightly on his feet. Light came out of nowhere and jumped, kicking him in the chest, knocking the breath out of him. Then Light seized him by the collar and threw him on the ground. He jumped backwards just in time to avoid being cut with the man's sword. The man coughed several times, then stood up and smirked.
"Oh yes," he said, "much bigger."
I heard footsteps upstairs. Tifa and Cloud were probably wondering what was going on outside.
The man lunged forwards again, this time with the intention of stabbing Light. Light seized the man's arm, stopping him. They struggled for a few seconds until the man broke free and stumbled backwards.
I heard two people coming down the stairs very fast, and the next moment, Tifa and Cloud were standing in the room.
Tifa gasped in horror as she looked through the open door.
"What is that thing?! Why is he fighting him?! Cloud, do something! Where is Sen?!"
"I'm right here," I said softly. Tifa rushed over to me and dragged me backwards.
"Go upstairs and get in Marlene's bed now!" she ordered, her face a strange mix of panic and anger.
"Looks like a failed experiment from Hojo," Cloud said. "A very ugly failed experiment from Hojo." He reached behind him and grabbed his sword out of his sheath.
"What are you doing?!" I cried. I lunged towards him. "Don't! Light doesn't want you involved."
"We already are," Cloud said. "Let go of me."
"No!" I yelled. Tifa grabbed my shoulders and pulled me backwards as I clung to Cloud.
"Sen, let Cloud go," Tifa said, more calmly this time. "He'll take care of that guy, and Light'll be fine--"
"Light doesn't want you two to fight for him."
I didn't know why this was so important to me. But my hands refused to release Cloud's shirt.
Cloud let his head fall back and sighed.
"Alright. We'll let him be, Teef."
"What?!" Tifa shrieked. "Are you insane?! He's just a kid!"
"I was the same age when I defeated Sephiroth," Cloud said as he looked at her. "Wasn't I?"
There was a small silence.
"I can't believe you're letting that boy fight that man," Tifa snarled. Cloud just looked at her.
"It's a man's pride."
"Men," Tifa muttered under her breath. "You better be ready to intervene if he starts to lose."
"Alright, alright…" Cloud murmured. Tifa glared at him before steering me towards the stairs.
"Sen, go upstairs and go to bed."
"What?! I need to see! I need to see what happens!"
"It's way too graphic for you!"
"Letter watch, Teef," Cloud suggested. Tifa once again shot a menacing look at him. But she seemed to understand how important it was for me to see if Light was alright, so instead we stood in front of the open door, Cloud ready to intervene, and Tifa's hands on my shoulders, sometimes covering my eyes when the situation threatened to be bloody.
When we finally paid attention again, they were both bleeding slightly: Light was cut and the man was torn. Light's hands were dark with the man's blood. Light lunged forwards and buried his hand in the man's face. Tifa covered my eyes. The man screamed. When she allowed me to look again, her hands were shaking a bit. Light stood a few feet away from the man. The man's bad side was gouged open. Light brought his hand down in a sweeping motion and splattered the man with his own blood.
"Aren't you the little monster?" the man panted. He was still grinning idiotically. Monster…
"This is horrible," Tifa whispered. "That thing he turns into… that's horrible."
"Maybe you should take Sen upstairs," Cloud said softly.
"No!" I gasped. "No… let me see if he's alright. I have to see…"
Tifa and Cloud exchanged a worried glance.
The man jumped up and cut Light. I gasped. Light snarled and jumped backwards, clutching his arm. Blood was oozing between his fingers. He was panting. I bit my lip to prevent myself from yelling at him. The man ran forwards and raised his sword. But then Light blurred forwards, his arms around the man's throat. The man dropped his sword and tried to throw Light over him. Instead, they both flew backwards and smacked hard against the ground. Light buried his hand in the man's face and the other in his chest. Then, leaning forwards very quickly, but I saw it in slow motion, he leaned forwards, bared his teeth, and prepared to sink them in the man's throat.
"LIGHT!" I screamed very loudly as Tifa was about to cover my eyes. Light paused. Then he looked right at me. His face looked stunned, his eyes faded to blue as he stared at me. Minutes seemed to pass as we stared into each others eyes, me horrified, Light confused.
Then, we were ripped cruelly from the moment when the man seized his sword, rolled over and stabbed Light threw his gut.
Tifa gasped and covered my face as I screamed, turning me away from the scene. I jerked out of her grasp and ran outside.
"SEN!" Tifa called and ran after me.
The man stood above Light in a victorious smirk. Light lay on his stomach the ground, supported by his elbows, strangled noises coming out of him.
"SON OF A BITCH!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and threw myself at him. I got a good punch in the nose before he grabbed my throat. Geez, he was strong. He made a disgusting, bloody face at me as he lifted my face to his level, until he was distracted by something to his right, then he released me. Somebody roughly grabbed my shoulder and threw me behind him: it was Cloud. He and the man started fighting. Cloud looked seriously pissed.
Coughing, I rubbed my throat and crawled on my elbows to Light. Tifa rushed to my side.
I grabbed Light's shoulders and shook him back and forth.
"Light?! Light?! Are you okay?!"
A gagging noise came from Light, and he puked. It wasn't food, though. It was blood. All blood. It came all over my knees and hands. Tifa pulled me backwards a bit, but I broke free of her and grabbed Light again.
"LIGHT!" I screamed. I felt tears running down my blood-smeared face. Light puked a bit again. Then, he slowly turned his face towards me.
His eyes were blood-red. I heard myself gasp. I was scared of him. He panted raggedly as he stared at me, a crazy look on his face. In the corner of my eye I saw the man flee, Cloud started after him, but then ran back to us. He skidded to a stop as he saw the fear on our faces. Light's head suddenly snapped up. He looked at each of them very quickly. Then, with a snarl, he swept me up and half-ran, half-flew through the streets.
"SHIT!" I heard Cloud yell loudly, but soon, they were both behind us, and I was all alone with this new Light.
Tee hee hee… like my parallel to Denzel? I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review!!