I watched Tifa charged the twin-headed snake brute. I stood back knowing fully well she could handle herself. I saw her grab hold of the monster's fist as the Zolom Lord attempted to crush Tifa. She then climbed up his arm and delivered a hard roundhouse kick to the back of the right head. The force of the hit caused the fiend to fall into the marsh. Tifa rolled away from the beast.
"Cloud! Use a bolt spell now!", she ordered. Problem was I didn't remember how. I heard a rumble as the monster lifted one of it's heads from the ground. A pebble shot across the marsh air and clipped me in the left temple. I staggered back a couple of feet when my memories pour out again. Magic. The mystical force of the planet used by humans through the medium of Materia. To summon this force you must call to mind the magic and let it flow through your body. I rested my sword on my back as I felt the power of the Bolt 2 spell flow to my forearms. Electricity crackled, all I have to do was find my Focal Point. The area where the body could produce the strongest magic attacks. I closed my eyes letting the power flow all over me. My eyes snapped opened as my arms extended and my hands came together at the wrist with my palms aimed at the monster. A bolt of lightning fired. It's erratic trail zigzagged and hit one of the heads. The bolt circled the eyes back and forth. The smell of charred flesh filled the air as scales fell onto the marsh floor and blood seeped from the wounds. It was clear the monster's right head had lost all sense of sight. It shrieked in fury and pain. The eyelids of the right head had been seared together.
"Nice shot Cloud!", Tifa exclaimed looking at me and giving me a thumbs-up.
"Tifa look out!", I shouted as I saw the left head rush towards Tifa. It hit her and continued to me. I braced myself and opened my arms to try and catch Tifa. I felt her body hit mine as we were flung for several feet. I grabbed hold of her and prepared to take a blow to my body to save her. She was the closest, and it felt like the only, friend I had right now and I wasn't going to lose her. I felt myself fall into a thick of muck. The swamp fluid covered me.
"Cloud are you alright?", Tifa asked me. I took a gloved hand a attempted to swipe the muck aw from my face.
"Nothing a long hot shower couldn't fix.", I replied. Tifa offered her hand to help me up. I gripped her hand and with her help stood on my feet.
Tifa cracked her knuckles and neck. "That cheap shot……..", she grumbled. There was more I just didn't hear it. I swear I saw some kind of red energy field surround Tifa for a second. Then she rushed the fiend and did a punch-punch-kick combo attack. Next Tifa did some kind of somersault kick on the Zolom Lord. This thing was clearly twenty meters at least and she knocked it down. By now it didn't surprise me one bit. "Cloud finish him with Bahamut!", she shouted.
I let the magic of summoning fill me. I did the same motions for my bolt spell. Only this time a seal erupted from my hands and a large black dragon emerged from it. It quickly glided over to the monster and charged up a energy blast. The resulting blast sent muck, scales, and blood everywhere. The scent of charred skin was more dominate than ever. When the smoke cleared the dragon and most of the monster was gone. The upper body of the creature was on a mountain. The lower half was eradicated from the blast. A trail of spinal cord remained leaking blood near a cave entrance. Tifa and I reached it by sundown. There was a spring near the cave opening thanks to the battle.
Tifa sighed as she slumped down one of the wall of the cave. I used the new spring to wash off what muck I could. We got a small fire going when we both realized something.
"Cloud did you bring the backpack with the supplies?", she asked.
"I thought you had it.", I replied.
"Shit.", was all I heard Tifa say. "Well we can't go back now. I'm sure we could get some supplies at Fort Condor.", Tifa said as she leaned back and stretched.
"What about food for tonight?", I asked. As if on cue a menacing-looking wolf came in the cave as well baring it's teeth.
Tifa looked me in the eye and said, "You have to catch him."
I sighed as I got up. The poor beast ran towards me. One swipe and it was dead. I dragged the carcass towards the fire that was now growing quite large. We cleaned the animal and ate what was edible and buried the rest. Surprisingly tasted like chicken.
The sun shone beautifully. Birds flying over head. Not a cloud insight, well besides me. The sea breeze was getting stronger as we neared a port town called Junon as Tifa said. We stopped at Fort Condor for supplies. Didn't forget them this time. As we neared the town I noticed a red haired man fishing. He had a navy blue jacket near him a white undershirt on and a pair of jeans that matched the jacket. Reno?
"What on Earth are you doing here Reno?", Tifa asked putting her hands on her hips.
He turned around. His cheek still swollen from where Tifa hit him last time. "Hey!", he said getting up and walking over to use. Reno squeezed between us and put on arm around each of our shoulders like we were best friends.
I removed Reno's hand from my shoulder. "If you wish to have any children Reno you'll let go of me now.", Tifa threatened holding up a balled up fist. Reno withdrew his hand from her shoulder and was just about to walk away until I hear a light smack. Tifa eyes where opened with shock, then anger. I quickly ducked as Tifa delivered a devastating roundhouse kick to Reno's face. He laid on the ground hold his nose.
"I think my nose is broken!", Reno exclaimed.
Tifa stood over him, "Serves you right for touching my ass!", she shouted the left with her hands on her hips grumbling something about a red headed pervert.
I looked down at Reno, "Damn. That's two strikes man. Better watch yourself or you'll end up in a gurney.", I said and walked away.
"I regret nothing!", I heard him shout. Then footsteps. You've got to be kidding me. "So Cloud, good buddy, old pal, old friend.", he said as quickly as he could. "Where are we headed?"
"Tifa and I are going around to world to try and recover my memory. I don't know about you.", I said.
"Sounds romantic. Let me guess. You're faking it just to woo Tifa over ain't ya?", Reno accused.
"NO!", I shouted. "She's my best friend. I would never do anything like that."
Reno put an arm around my shoulder. "Ah come on Cloudy, don't tell me you never thought of bedding Tifa.", he said. I pushed him away and sped up to catch Tifa. Ok so I did think about it once. It was a dream. Really didn't have too much control on it.
"What took you so long?", Tifa asked when I caught up. Reno out of breath came right behind me. "And why the hell is he here?"
"Come on you two could use my expertise.", Reno said.
"Yeah like we need a mob of pissed off women with torches and pitchforks.", I said sarcastically.
"That was cold man.", Reno said sagging his shoulders
"Whatever. Come along if you want but if you mess up. I'll really mess you up!", Tifa said holding up one fist balled up. Reno gulped then nodded. "Good.", she said firmly. She started to head towards a house with a large fish skeleton near it. The whole town was overcastted by a shadow of a large building overhead. Junon, the little harbor town turned into a navy port by Shin-Ra Inc. I took one last look at Reno as he walked behind us nursing a bloody and broken nose.
A/N: Don't fuck with Tifa. Anyways please R&R. Suggestions for the next chapter would be cool too. A'ight? Till next time peace out!