Chapter Ten: Bloody Masamune

Sephiroth glared at the room as he entered it. It was all blue and wet-looking! He did not like that. He'd have to fix the room up-but where was he supposed to get any black paint? 'Oh yeah, Vexen has paint,' Sephiroth reminded himself-Vexen had everything-except his Masamune! He walked out of Demyx's old room and headed towards Vexen's.

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When the helicopter landed, Vincent opened his bloody red eyes and looked around him. They were on a beach, right next to the ocean. He also noticed that they had landed right in front of someone's house. Cloud was outside the house, sulking. Yuffie leapt to her feet and without waiting for the others to get out, jumped out of the helicopter. Rufus growled as he was pushed back, but he jumped out after her. Reno got out and then Vincent did.

As Vincent hit the sand, he looked for Yuffie and found her jumping around a surprised Cloud. He sighed and walked swiftly over to Cloud. Yuffie, noticing Vincent coming, calmed down at once at the angry look in his eyes. Rufus and Reno watched on in silence, wondering what was going to happen. Cloud looked over at Vincent, surprise crossing his face. Vincent ignored it and grabbed Cloud by his shirt, forcing him to look him in the eye.

"V-Vincent?" Cloud asked, staring at Vincent with horror.

Sora and Kairi turned to look at Cloud and saw Vincent. Kairi at the moment, was looking rather mad, and Sora, a little down. The swim suit lady had vanished and Kairi was very mad with Sora. Their eyes filled with horror at the sight.

"Cloud," Vincent began, his voice dark. "Do you enjoy stealing others appearances? Mine perhaps? You even took a fake metal arm and put it on yours! Why? Why did you do that? To mock me?"

Cloud blinked, not expecting Vincent to get so worked up over the whole 'I-took-your-look' thing. It wasn't a big deal to him, but obviously Vincent found it very insulting. "N-No!" he said, his eyes wide.

Vincent continued to glare at him with cold, bloody eyes that seemed to tear into Cloud's consciousness, sending vibrations of fear through his whole body. "I doubt that; if that was not you reason, what was?"

Cloud continued to stare at Cloud and then answered quietly, "It looked really cool…" That sounded so lame. Vincent released Cloud and spun around, his eyes flashing. Cloud swore he heard Vincent mutter something along the lines of: "Cool, damn jackass…nothing's cool about a monster."

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"Okay Aeris. If you seem to have somehow fallen 'in love' with Demyx, that means you get to tell Cloud first-hand." Tifa growled, glaring at the flower girl with Cetra blood in her veins.

Aeris gulped, staring at Tifa with wide eyes, "Y-You mean face-to-face? B-But that would break his heart!" she protested.

"I think you already did that," Barret muttered from somewhere across the room. Tifa shot him a menacing glare, but she did not speak as she brought her eyes back down on the cowering Aeris.

"Demyx! I thought I told you to get your ass out of Hollow Bastion or I would personally kill you myself!" a voice suddenly roared, shattering the already tensed silence around them.

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Sephiroth growled, his Mako green eyes flashing as he grabbed the bucket of paint from Vexen. He was tempted to take his Masamune out and just kill the man where he stood, but he resisted it. He knew his eye was twitching with anger as he strode down the hallways, trying to keep as much distance from Vexen as possible. The damned scientist-like…creature, had gone up to him at once and asked, "Why do you have glowing eyes like that? Why do you have a wing? Why do you carry a thirteen foot long sword around? What made you become a murderer? Are you really Cloud's darkside? Is it true you tricked Marluxia into killing Xemnas's secretary? Why do you like black? Are you gothic? How come you died like-what three times? And came back to life? Hm? Hm? Hm? Huh?" (Vexen sure does talk too much…)

Too many questions for Sephiroth. He had quickly silenced the curious Nobody by punching him in the face and growling, "Shut up you jackass or you'll find out –how I use my thirteen foot sword!"

Then he had stalked off carrying the paint can and was almost to his room. When Sephiroth entered his room, he saw the black paint can down and grabbed the paint brush off the top of the lid. He hated painting. Maybe he should get someone else to do it. A grin suddenly spread across his face. He could get someone to do it for him! 'Alright Xemnas, you're too damn lazy, time to paint my room!'

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"Are you sure this is the data you got off of the Restoration Committee?" Xemnas asked, his voice dull as he looked over the screen on his computer, and then at the man standing beside him. Saix nodded slowly, his cold blue eyes switching to his boss for an instant before returning to the screen. "Well, if you're so sure, why does it sound like some girl's crazy dairy?"

Saix's lips twitched upwards into a small smile as he replied, his voice emotionless, "Maybe because it is a girl's dairy. This must belong to that stupid ninja girl…"

"Can I read?" a voice suddenly asked from behind the two men. Xemnas and Saix jumped and spun around to see someone they thought they'd never see. The person wasn't exactly able to be seen, but both knew who it was. The figure who a brown cloak and a hood covered his face. A dark aura seemed to surround him.

"A-Ansem? Why do you have any interest in a silly girl's dairy?" Saix asked, stuttering over his words. Xemnas just remained quiet, continuing to stare at the cloaked man.

"Are you really Ansem? Are you my Other?" Xemnas asked.

The cloak figure nodded, "I am he; if you are wondering why I came here, it was for certain reasons of my own. Now let me read some of the girl's dairy. It might help me if it's not all senseless babble of a teenager."

Xemnas and Saix moved aside with hesitation as Ansem moved forward. He seemed to be peering at the computer as his eyes scanned the typed text before his eyes.

So…today was SO BORING!! I mean, all Cloud and Leon do is sulk and stand there like stupid statues. Dumb Cid is always too busy smoking his cigarette to even try to have a conversation with. Aeris, she was okay but she seems a little too…perky…And Tifa, well I won't even go there! All she ever does is stare at Cloud like nothing else existed!

Sometimes I am forced to ask myself-why did I bother coming here again? Oh well…I miss Vinnie, Red XIII, and Barret. Maybe I should take a vacation back there! Yeah! Oh hey-OH MY GOSH!! Squall actually moved! GASP! And what's worse is that-WOW!! I didn't know he could actually walk out the door, taking out a letter from his pocket-AND READ IT!! Okay, gotta check this out, somethin's up with the statue emo guy!

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You are never going to believe this!! Squall was actually LAUGHING! I know-scaring isn't it? Boy, if only Sora had been here to see this! He bet he would've fainted!! I mean, I can get Cloud to laugh or smile sometimes, but if you get Squall to do that-you actually did something! I wonder what that letter said that made him laugh…Well maybe I should go check it out…

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The letter was from that idiot Rinoa girl-Squall's girlfriend. Argh! I haven't even met the stupid woman and already I despise her! Maybe it's because I like Squall and yet Squall HATES me…Maybe I should consider that vacation after all…

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Ansem moved downwards until he got to the closest date where the dairy ended at.

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YAY! Sora and Riku have returned! Hooray! Oh and-guess what, a few days ago, I got a letter from Red-he said they were coming over! YAY! Ah well…guess that ends my vacation-oh well! Least I get to see Mr. I-Must-Atone-For-My-Sins-So-Leave-Me-Alone-Because-You'll-Only-Add-To-My-Sins-If-I-Hang-Around-You Valentine!! Otherwise known as Vinnie "Vincent" Valentine. Actually it goes Vincent "Vinnie" Valentine-but what do I care. I call him Vinnie and that's that!

I haven't told Squall "Leon", Cloud, Aeris, or Cid yet. That might get me in trouble if they knew because to everyone BUT Cloud and Cid, Aeris is dead. Poor Aeris. Oh and did I mention Sephiroth?! Yeah! He's a little sneaky BA!!! Cloud ran off just a couple days ago, just before Sora, Riku, and Kairi got here! Oh well…we have problems stirring up around here-guess I'd better get off here before I get in trouble by Cid again for fiddling with HIS computer-as he calls it!

Ansem growled, "Useless, her entries cut off here. Not what I needed," Suddenly the cloaked man spun around to stare at Xemnas and Saix. Orange eyes glittered from the darkness under the hood. "Where is Riku? Sora? Kairi?"

Xemnas stared at Ansem, but then spoke hesitantly, "At Destiny Island, Zexion and Xaldin, and Xigbar, oh and Larexen, are out there now."

"Xemnas!" a loud voice suddenly growled from behind them. Everyone spun around to see a dark figure walking towards them. They could see glowing green eyes and a black wing fluttering slightly. "Go paint my room,"

"Sephiroth, Xemnas isn't going to paint your room!" Marluxia snapped, staring at the one-winged-angel in confusion. Ansem remained silent as he watched the scene.

To everyone's surprise-except for Sephiroth-Xemnas nodded and began walking towards Sephiroth and the door as if nothing were wrong. Marluxia, of course, knew that Sephiroth could control people's minds. He could see Sephiroth smirking as Xemnas left the room. "As you were saying?" Sephiroth asked, the amusement shining in his voice.

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Sephiroth turned away from everyone after speaking and as he left the darkened room, he vanished on spot. His hand was on his Masamune. Sephiroth had some work of his own to do. When Sephiroth appeared where he was supposed to, his green eyes looked around his surroundings. He knew one of his newest enemies were here, though he did not exactly know where, seeing as they had never met. His senses told him, though, that a dangerous presence was close by.

The streets of Traverse Town were practically empty, except for one black cloaked person leaning on a shadowed wall quiet a few meters off. Sephiroth grinned, "There you are," he drew his thirteen-foot blade and approached the figure.

"I assume you are the one I am looking for? You are Sephiroth?" a quite voice asked him. Sephiroth realized that the person was a female. That didn't stop him as he nodded. "How did you know you were supposed to meet me here?" she asked.

Sephiroth looked at the hooded girl with narrowed eyes. A smirk played on his face, "Of course I knew I was to meet you here, I am not naive like that King of yours,"

The girl seemed to stiffen, but she relaxed and stood up straight. Sephiroth watched as she lifted her gloved hands and removed the hood covering her face. Silver hair spilled from behind her. Silver-blue eyes glinted dangerously. An evil smile played on her lips. Her pale skin shone in the street lamp light. At first Sephiroth did not move at the beauty of the young woman, but then he snapped out of it, gripping his Masamune all the more tighter.

"You do not disrespect the King to my face, warrior, or you will pay dearly," the young woman spoke with a dangerous and low voice that was calm and steadied. She moved with grace as she stepped up to him, holding out her right hand.

Sephiroth eyed her, ready for anything, or so he thought. The woman, who had such a pale and perfect appearance, suddenly seemed to darken, becoming shadowed. Her right hand erupted in waves of black energy. Sephiroth stared in utter confusion as the black energy began to take shape. At first he could not make out what it was forming, but then he realized with shock, that a dark blade was morphing in her hands.

A Dark Blade… It was a blade made out of pure evil and darkness, making it extremely fast and able to wield by only those whose hearts are dark. Sephiroth felt a little confused at why the woman was working with King Mickey, but he pushed the thought aside, still shocked at the sight of the blade. Not one of them had been seen in over two century. "You wield a Dark Blade-a legendary sword and yet you work for the Light?" Sephiroth growled, though he was unable to hide the disbelief. "What is your name?"

The woman gave him a look, a small smile on her lips as she replied softly, "It is Lerane…do not forget it, dark warrior," she said slowly, and then, before Sephiroth could really figure out what was going on, she lunged at him.

The Dark Blade slashed through the air, barley missing him. He leapt away, gripping the Masamune as he pinpointed where he should strike the surprisingly fast and powerful woman. It came to him just as she lunged again. Expertly, he struck out, slashing her shoulder, but to Sephiroth's shock, missed entirely. Lerane landed beside him, their eyes locking. A grin was on her face. "Surprised?" she mocked, "Well I'm not. But I must say, you are a very good swordsman, and now I must make my leave,"

Sephiroth stood, as if frozen as a dark portal leapt in front of Lerane and she vanished within its depths. At once, the portal vanished and closed. He glared at it, suddenly feeling angry at himself. He had let her get away! Clenching his fists, he glanced down at his forever-faithful blade, the Masamune. For once, not a drop of blood had been shed by the blade.