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Trumpets filled the air as it was time for the next match to begin. Cloud rested his hand on the hilt of his buster blade. He calmly walked out onto the battle field. The swordsman of the opposing team walked out, arms across his chest, his eyes were shut.

"Hey, don't fall asleep on me...we're about to begin " Cloud scoffed, clearly annoyed.

"To beat you...I don't even have to use my eyes...your sword...its way to big, I don't even know how you have survived all your battles using the that ...thing " the swordsman shrugged lazily.

"Heh...that maybe true, its big...but to see what I'm about to do to you...you may want to see with your eyes one last time " Cloud replied, withdrawing his blade. The swordsman still made no attempt to unsheath his own weapon. Bets were being exchanged, elves and humans were cheering for the fight to begin.

"Hmph...hope your ready to die then if you will not give up...you have no chance against me with that giant butcher knife" the swordsman laughed. Cloud bent back his knees, before charging at him. But the swordsman, hearing his footsteps, was able to side step him and hit him in the back, knocking him over.

"Will you give up now?" the swordsman asked in a kind, mocking tone. Cloud glared at him before getting back up, cracking his neck as he went.

"Well, it seems that I'm going to have to get serious then " Cloud smirked as he began to brush the dirt off his clothes.

"Get as serious as you want...you will still not win."

"Oh? You sound confident... let us test that theory " said Cloud with a smile on his face. He then sprung towards his opponent, but it was proven to be pointless and useless.

"Hey! You may want to witness your pitiful defeat ! " Cloud shouted,as he was still some what flying towards him.

'Huh...I can't...I can't hear his movements...what's going on?! He wasn't like this in the preliminaries ' thought the swordsman, as he was forced to open his eyes and draw his sword to defend himself.

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Back at the entrance, all, except Tifa, were amazed by Cloud's skills with his sword. Though they knew he was skilled, they didn't know how skilled he exactly was.

"Tifa, I have a question...how is it that Cloud can move that fast?Despite the fact that he is using a huge sword?" Link asked, his gaze still fixated on the battle performing in front of him.

"Well, he...ugh... he is going to be mad at me for this, but, when we were younger Cloud joined our army. They used this special...magical liquid is more like it... on him and he now...he has...he has mako abilities " Tifa's eyes drifted to the ground. Link's head turned around as soon as she finished.

"What? I'm sorry...I don't think with my large ears that I heard you right..." Link's eyes narrowed as he found Tifa's gaze.

"What's wrong with having mako, Link? " Tifa gazed back at Link with a scared look on her face, that something bad may happen to her Cloud. James' eyebrows raised at the mention of mako, intrested to hear on why it was so deadly.

"Your kidding right? How could you not know that Mako was dangerous? How could the people injesting it not know? "

" Link...get to your point ".

"Ok now mako is something similar to the concept of magic...but...mako is a person's magic aura forced into their body, thus increasing their strength, stamina, speed, and magic skills...but at a horrible cost...their own bodies begin to fail them when they reach a certain age...their body begins to feel an enormous amount of pain...then they slowly die...think of it as a slow acting poison" Link tried not to look into Tifa's eyes, knowing that they will be full of sadness.

"Well how did they put this... this poison inside him... I mean, if we can't see it, how did they managed to sneak it past his immune system?".

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In the arena Could and the swordsman were going to it like they was no tomorrow, neither of them is out of breath yet.

"Heh...I thought you said that you didn't need your eyes for this fight " Cloud mocked as he began to prepare his next attack.

"How...how dare you mock me!...I will show you who your dealing with " the swordsman growled as he parried Cloud's attack.

"I hope that this is not all you have...because if it is...then I have won. I have fought a man who is a thousand times above your stature, and won." Cloud spoke proudly.

"In fact...I will end this in the next strike...how does that sound?" He was still waiting for the swordsman to come towards him. He went into a striking position, prepared for his next attack. The swordsman was doing the same... and they stood there just staring at each other, knowing that the last strike would be the last.

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Tifa paced back and forth, her concern on Cloud.

" Mako...it is a powerful, yet horrible liquid. I am sorry to say that...there is no cure for it, not even my people have come up with one "Link said apologetically.

"No...it's ok...it...it just means until the day he does die...I will have to continue supporting him, and helping him " Tifa dried away her tears.

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Cloud and the swordsman continued to stare at one another until the swordsman ran towards Cloud, whose sword began to glow an omunious blue hue.

"HERE YOU GO...BRAVER!" shouted Cloud as the powerful hit struck the lunging swordsman in half, a fountain of blood replacing the figure who had been standing there. Cloud then put the sword back in its sheath before walking back towards the entrance.

"Wow Cloud, that was amazing!Well done " James patted Cloud's back.

"Well it's time for the last match, either way, we have this in the bag, unless this guy can take us all...we have won...Tifa your up " Link added his encouragment with a tone of pride.

"Alright!" Tifa exclaimed with excitement. She jumped up before running out towards the arena to meet a tall, dark skinned man, that looked like he was a wall of muscles.

"Ooooooh ho ho! Lookie what I get to fight, a woman without weapons... I am certainly going to enjoy this fight " the man began to advance towards her with a grin on his face as he winked. Tifa took a few steps back as he did so.

"Wait we need to wait for the trum..." the sound of trumpets rang out before Tifa was able to finish her sentence.

"I think that was the sound of the trumpets I just heard right...love?" the man winked at Tifa once again. She looked at him with disgust, before she jumped at him with her fist's flying everywhere. She then put one foot one the mans chest and did a somersault, her feet colliding with his skull.

"Fuck! Your strong for a woman, I admire that " he said with a bleeding face. Tifa didn't hesitate, she quickly ran towards him and punched him in the face were his mouth was and knocked his head clean off. The crowed roared with excitement, a woman just knocked a man's clean head off. Tifa walked back towards the others, the group just stood there in awe, except Cloud of course.

"Damn girl...remind me never to try to make a move on you...please " James smirked, although he was still shocked from the fight. Brittney grinned as well.

"Now thats what I call girl power. Good job " Brittney then slapped Tifa on the back.

"Ouch! Thank you... you can stop now Brittney " Tifa smiled, soothing the place where Brittney hit her. Brittney's hand retracted as her usual solemn expression took place again, so much for trying to act kind.

"Well...thats it for at least a week or so...we can head back to the Inn, or explore the town " Link smiled tiredly, though he may not have fought, the excitment always got him going. And with that everyone went back to their rooms for the night, thinking about what they are going to do in the next fight..

A.N. HA, TAKE THAT LIFE I JUST DID 2 CHAPTERS FOR 2 STORIES, A SKIT, AND A FUCKING WRITE UP LAB, HAHAHA. Can't touch this.

Deadlydragon12

A/N: Somehow, I find this story more troublesome than its worth. James, your gonna kill me with how much fixing I have to do. It is fun but, we have alot of work to do. I also had to fix my parts cause, it seemed like I was made an oxy moron. But I guess your the best person to describe yourself. +yawns+ A quick hint to the readers. When DeadlyDragon12 and I write, notice our intro author notes and our markings for seperating the chapters. I do this " +-+-+-+ " while he does something more along the lines of +---- " Anyway, I expect reviews cause all I did was correct. We don't get reviews, I'm going to end up pissing him off cause I will not update. Check out our other stuff as author's individually. Alchemypoetry