KINGDOM HEARTS

THE WANDERER


AN:Hey everyone, thought i'd just write a big fight scene and call it a chapter today. This chapter anwsers the questio of who is better? Cloud, or Xerron. Enjoy everyone.


Cloud Vs. Xerron


It had been a day since the mission to the jungle. Cloud was fuming silently to himself, it was getting harder and harder to supress his inner rage. He supposed that was a side effect of the darkness flowing through his system, corrupting him

from within. He wandered the halls of Moenia aimlessely when he heard it.

"Oh goldy locks." Xerron sang as he walked around the corner.

"Is there something you want, or are you just here to bug me?" Cloud asked angrily.

Xerron smirked as he said "Well maybe i do want something, on the other hand maybe i don't." He suddenly snapped his finger and Cloud found himself standing in a large circular stone stadium.

"What is the meaning of this!!" Cloud demanded as he drew his blade and raised it in an agressive stance before him.

Xerron chuckled as he said "Well, we never did see who the best fighter was, Morrdinn wants to see you about going to the ture Moenia, but first i think we need to settle things." That being said he drew his two daggers with a sneer.

Cloud fought hard to supress the sinister smirk that was trying to form on his face. "Then lets do it." He said after a moment.

Xerron chuckled, then whipped out his throwing knives and sent them like lightning at Cloud who moved to the side suddenly while using the flat of his blade for cover while Xerron threw more knives while charging, Cloud sprang at the rougeish

fighter and swung his massive sword at Xerron's head, but he ducked and swung one of his combat daggers at Cloud's head forcing the blond to spring back. Almost instantly Xerron had resumed throwing knives at Cloud who moved from side to side using his sword like a shield against the attack.

"Come on can't you do better than this!?" Xerron called tauntingly as he sped up his attack, throwing up to a hundred knives a minute

"Shut up!!" Cloud shouted back as he went into a roll to escape the knives that continued to fly at him. Xerron smirked and sprang into the air over Cloud, like in their previous fight. He sent knives down at Cloud like rain but he went into a roll

avoiding the initial assault, then twisted bringing his blade over his head, Knives pelted it as Cloud dashed from spot to spot shifting the angle of his blade constantly in relation to Xerron who landed in a crouch with more knives ready to go.

"Why don't you use your wing and make this interesting." Xerron taunted.

Cloud snarled as he said "I won't need it for you."

Knives flew at Cloud's head but he ducked and sprang at Xerron swinging his large blade as fast as he couldbut Xerron rolled acrosss the flat of the blade and dealt a snapping kick to Cloud's chin knocking him onto his back twenty feet away

but he quickly rolled to his feet swinging his blade around deflecting more knives. This continued for a few minutes, with Cloud being forced to dodge all over the arena while using his sword for defense. His breath started coming heavier while Xerron didn't seem to be tiring at all, mainly because he wasn't having to work very hard. All he had to do was move around and throw knives, Cloud had to dash all over the place swinging a sword heavier than him around to protect himself.

Cloud began moving towards Xerron who simply moved around behind the blond keeping up a continuos stream of knives keeping Cloud on the defensive and driving him back.

"Maybe you should reconsider using your wing eh!?" Xerron asked as he briefly puased his attack.

Cloud did not reply, but a surge of orang bolts rushed over his body as he arched his back, and his demon wing unfurled from his left shoulder, a wicked grin crossed his face.

"Thats more like it." Xerron said smirking.

Both fighters attacked, sword meeting combat daggers head on with a spray of sparks then they broke off. Xerron lunged and slashed but Cloud took to the sky with a smirk. Xerron leapt after him flinging knives as fast as he could but Cloud

dodged them with ease. Cloud twisted around with a quick slash which nearly cleaved Xerron in half, but he twisted to the side in midair but Cloud slipped below him and attacked viciously sending Xerron into the sky like a rocket, then pursued with another slash which Xerron blocked with his daggers before twisting with a slash but Cloud let gravity pull him out of the way before arcing above Xerron with a downward chop which sent him plummeting toward the ground but Cloud flew

below him and knocked him higher into the air with a broadside.

"You should be more careful what you wish for!!" Cloud shouted to Xerron as a sphere of dark energy formed in his palm.

"Hah! If you think your all that lets see you prove it!!" Xerron shouted back in a cheerful tone.

Cloud's eyes narrowed as he tossed the sphere at Xerron who sent several throwing knives at it having no real effect, then the sphere hit his chest and released his energy causing him to cry out in pain as he was sent crashing into the arenas

wall hard enough to make spider web cracks. Before Xerron could even begin to recover Cloud sailed right at him with another mighty slash which Xerron was barely able to dodge causing the blow to hit the wall which broke into several pieces which fell down on them. Xerron twisted touching his feet to one and using it to flip onto another one standing on it while looking around for Cloud.

"Looking for me?" Cloud asked as he came from behind with a slash which Xerron dodged, then sprang away from the rubble as it slammed into the ground. He landed breathing heavily, but with a confident smirk on his face.

"I'm on the ground again, which means i now have the upper hand!" Xerron said cockily.

"I always have the advantadge!" Cloud snapped.

"Letting the darkness get to you?" Xerron taunted.

Cloud was ready to snarl a reply, but he realized Xerron was right so he shoved the darkness as far down as he could and calmly lifted his blade into a ready position. Xerron hurled several of his knives before switching to his daggers and

chargin towards Cloud who swung his blade around and swat the blades aside then brought it over his shoulder forcing Xerron to stop his attack for a split second, which was all Cloud needed to flip behind him and lunge but the other man ducked and twisted with another fast lunge which Cloud turned aside before spinning and swinging his blade at Xerron's head driving him back then spun full circle swinging at Xerron once more forcing him into the air where Cloud attacked once

more.

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Sephiroth, Kuja, Zidane, Kirks, Kayla, and Morrdinn all stood in the throne room waiting for Cloud.

Finally Sephiroth broke the silence with "I'm bored." Zidane anwsered with a loud belch.

Silence reighned once more.

"So, anyone want to hear the joke about the flying toilet?" Kuja asked suddenly.

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Xerron twisted in mid air barely avoiding Cloud's blade, then twisted sending several knives at Cloud who caught them on the flat of his blade then shot into the sky as Xerron landed. Cloud glared downwards, then came hurtling down and plunged his blade into the ground causing a wave of dark power to burst from the ground and hit Xerron knocking him off his feet and into a nearby wall with enough force to make him drop his daggers.

"I win." Cloud said simply as he let his blade come to a rest at Xerron's throat.

Xerron ignored the blade and said "This time. The Cloud was standing in the throne room.