Oh, man! This chapter is taking much longer to complete than I thought. So far, Cid is in custody, Cloud has revealed some rather interesting information, and has now been challenged by a young man he's just rescued. Go Figure! Anyway, Part 3 of the "Ashe Rescue Saga" is coming to an end. I'd like to thank everyone who reads this and everyone who reviewed this. I am intending to start Naruto/TS, Buso Renkin/TS, FMA/TS and many other TS crossover stories after this is complete. Again, I do not own Final Fantasy 7 and its characters, or Totally Spies and its characters. Square Enix, Sony, and Marathon Entertainment own these characters, respectively. Enjoy!
Part 3: WHAT?!: Soul Core Weapons, Activate!!
Cloud stood, staring at the youth with a look of shock on his face, but quickly regained his calm composure and pulled out his Buster Sword, holding it in front of him.
"Cloud!" Clover shouted, running up and grabbing his shoulder, "Don't do this! You don't need to fight him!"
"Actually," the youth said, flame-like armour forming on his body, "I HAVE TO fight HIM. It's the only way to regain my post."
"What?" Clover blurted, her eyes wide in shock and her mouth hanging open. "What on earth do you mean, You HAVE to fight him? What does fighting Cloud have to do with getting your job back? You're not making any sense!"
"No," the youth said, "You just don't understand me. I am a former member of The Shin-Ra special-Ops unit, "Dark-Ra." I was the best, a real savage. Then I started to see the problem of my ways; I wasn't focusing on my job. I was and would kill everything: men, women, children, dogs, cats, everything. Then, when I heard that the Turks had been defeated, and their posts were open, I jumped at the chance! I wanted to be in the elite group, because the Black Ops aren't really that elite!
"I wanted to be known. I am only known in Shin-Ra as "Demon's Ashe." Then, on the day I was brought in, for my combat auditions, I was ganged upon and knocked out. When I woke up, I was surrounded by some sort of goopy green water, with tubes in my body and an oxygen filter in my mouth. Outside, I could just make out the form of Hojo II. He pressed a button, and the water was filled with liquid sedatives, and I soon was unconscious again. Every time I woke from sedation, it was only long enough to get a glimpse of what was happening, then I'd lose consciousness again.
"Then, the last time I woke up, Hojo II was at gun point by three people, two girls and a man, who were wearing blue suits. I remember thinking, 'What?! The Turks?-' and then everything went blank again. You people know the rest., because you are the ones who woke me up. You opened my tank and let me free. For that I thank you all, but the only way for me to regain my post is to defeat Cloud Strife and bring his body to President Rufus."
Clover looked mortified. Sam And Alex shared the same expression of scared disbelief, while Cloud stood there, completely uncaring about the youth's story. "So," Cloud said, "May I know the name of my next victim? I was going to offer you a job with us, since Rufus appears to have abandoned you. How about we put a place a bet on this little beef of ours?" "That depends," the youth said, looking Cloud in the eyes, "What are the terms?" "Cloud looked at the youth and said, "If I win, you come over to our side, no questions asked. If you win, You can go as far with this "Give-Rufus-My-Prize-For-My-Post" thing as you want. And you still haven't answered my earlier question"
"My name Is Ashe," the boy said, "Ashe Shadow. Your MAKER." "I highly doubt you're my either of my makers," Cloud said, now gaining a look of excitement, "Both mine were burned to death in a village fire seven years ago. I'll never forgive Sephiroth for doing that…" "You knew Sephiroth?" Ashe asked, completely unsure of how to respond. "Yeah, I knew him. I still do. He lives. I was in his squad seven years ago when we went to investigate a report of monster activity near my hometown of Nibelheim. After that, I became a mercenary, taking on any job. I got mixed up with the original members of AVALANCHE, and began working with them to bring down the Shin-Ra.
"Then, When I discovered that Sephiroth was alive, I knew I had to find him and avenge everyone I'd known. When I finally beat him, the Lifestream rose from within the earth to consume him and take him from the planet. Two years later, I was doing a small delivery service, staying out of touch with everyone, when three guys, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz, who claimed they were siblings of Sephiroth and me, attacked, and hypnotising numerous children with geostigma.
"Kadaj got hold of the legendary Black Materia, and pushed it into himself, transforming into Sephiroth. After a long, drawn out battle, I defeated Sephiroth, and he reverted to Kadaj. After that, I don't know what happened, but somehow Kadaj and his brothers vanished. We may see them again someday, and I wait for that day with a happy heart and my sword held ready for battle. Now, Where were we?" Cloud said, looking at Ashe, who was standing in place, sleeping in place, leaning on his sword for balance. "HEY! WAKE UP!" Cloud shouted, and Ashe opened his eyes, saying, "I wasn't sleeping. I was pretending it. Now, let's get going."
Cloud told the girls to step back, which they did readily. Then, as he and Ashe circled each other, feeling each other out (Searching for weak points), Clover shouted, "GO CLOUD! YOU CAN BEAT THIS GUY!" Cloud glanced over, just for a second, but it was all the chance Ashe needed. Ashe ran over and slashed upward, only to hit the blunt side of the Buster Sword. "Sorry, Cloud said, "Not even near close enough." Cloud repelled the boy's blade. Then, planting his own in the ground, he propelled himself forward, and landed a torpedo-like blow to Ashe's face.
Ashe felt a sting as the fist slammed into his face with rocket speed, then fell backward with a thud. He opened his blood—covered eyes, to see Cloud standing above him, sword ready to chop downward. Cloud swung, but Ashe dodged in a roll, grabbed his lonely sword and swung before Cloud had anytime to react; Cloud skidded backward, using his sword in his left hand as a brake. Putting his other hand to his face, he saw a small streak of blood leak down his arm.
Cloud smiled, then vanished. 'What is this?', Ashe thought, just as he felt the force of a sword handle smash him in the face. "What's with all the facial attacks, Cloud?" Ashe taunted, sliding back a foot, gingerly smacking his bruised cheek. "I've decided," Ashe said, "To kill you and hang you above my mantle as a trophy when I'm through with you! I don't care anymore. YOU'RE DEAD!" He shouted, and, running headlong at Cloud, attempted to stab Cloud in the stomach. Cloud, however, was faster in speed and in reaction; agily jumping on Ashe's sword to dodge, he delivered his counter-attack: A swift kick… to Ashe's crotch. Doubling over in pain, Ashe screamed in agony, then shouted, "YOU SICK, UNDERHANDED BASTARD!"
Cloud chuckled and said, "Well, Ya know, I always wanted to write a song: 'Ode to the Nut Shot.' But, maybe another day. Right now, it would seem I've won." "NO! You haven't yet!" Ashe said, standing shakily on wobbly legs, "I'm not out yet!" "Oh, I think you are. That attack seriously weakened you. You can't hope to beat me. WHAT?!" Cloud shouted, as he watched something truly frightening. Ashes body started to decompose, and blew away in a small breeze. "Wha-?" Cloud said, before Clover screamed, "CLOUD! BEHIND YOU!" Cloud's eyes shot to the side, just as Ashe's flamberg slashed down at his head.
Ashe's blow landed with a CLANG. 'Damn! He blocked it?!' Ashe thought, but as he opened his eyes, he saw the shield, small blades extending from it's corners. Sam had thrown her shield, the lowest blade extending to for a combination parry/guard. Cloud jumped out of the way just before Ashe's flamberg cracked the surface of Sam's shield, and shattered it. Sam collapsed at the sight of millions of metal shards flying through the air. Then, unexpectedly, the shards flew back together, and began to recombine! Soon, there was no sign that the shield had been destroyed, and it looked more malicious than before: Blades were extending from all sides, and five on each corner.
Then, without warning, it flew back to Sam, who, on reflex, put out her hand. As the shield flew at her, she grabbed the hand strap and spun, holding her new shield in a dangerous pose, as the blades withdrew themselves. Both Cloud and Ashe stared at Sam, who shrugged. Cloud, however, took his chance, and charged at Ashe from the side, swinging upward and Shouting, "CLOUD: LIMIT BREAK: BLADE BEAM!" As he swung upward, he not only managed to slash Ashe's face, but the attack released a giant energy blast that blew Ashe into a wall.
Cloud strolled over to the hole in the wall, and, in a cocky tone, said, "So, you still think you can kill me?" "Actually," spoke Ashe's voice, coupled with the feeling of steel tearing his back, "Yeah, I do! In fact, I just did!" Cloud fell to the ground, his back a bloody mess, rips and tears and sword wounds everywhere. It was as if Ashe had actually been attacking twelve times every second. Sam and Clover ran over to Cloud to help. "Forget him. He's useless. If he's not good enough to spot me through my Darkness Meld technique, he shouldn't be fighting at all. It's just not right, you know."
Clover dashed at Ashe, who blocked, then pushed backwards, and shattered Clover's gloves from her hand. the thousands of tiny pieces flew through the air, then, like those of Sam's shield, came back together and began to reform on Clover's hands. in seconds, Clover had new gloves with spiked knuckles and bladed wrists, fashioned after a dragon. "OH Yeah! Let's rip some faces!" she said, throwing another punch. This one flew straight into Ashe's stomach before he could defend, and blew him back into the hole.
'What?' Ashe thought, as he pulled himself out of the hole, only to quickly defend himself from an oncoming attack from Alex and her katana. pushing back, Shadow smirked and destroyed her sword, blowing her backward from the force. The shards of her sword hovered in the air like flower petals, then returned to Alex's hand in the form of a nastier-looking blade: a katana, but which a demonic look. The handle had demon horns that wrapped up around the hand, stopping just above the wrist, like the guard of a rapier. The blade was red and black, and looked to be sectioned. When she swung it, Alex's sword broke apart, and moved like a whip, each section breaking into it's own set of sections, creating a hydra effect.
"WHOA!" Alex said, "After only two swings, I have nine…. Um,… I think I'll call them tails. I've got nine tails on this thing! (NOT INTENDED TO BE A RIP-OFF OF NARUTO'S NINE-TAILED FOX! DEAL WITH IT!)" Alex held he weapon with the handle under her arm, and thrust forward. The 'Tails' flew forward and transformed into flesh-and-blood serpent heads, each one wrapping around Ashe's body and squeezing, then biting. Ashe collapsed from the attack. Slowly trying to get up, he looked at the angry, looming figures of doom above him.
'What?! their weapons were broken, but repaired themselves, and stronger? HOW GASP! could it be… the legendary Soul Core Weapons?' Sam's shield extended the blades, which bent forward and fired, trapping Ashe on the ground. Alex slashed the air around Ashe, putting deep cuts in his body. then, As Clover knelt on him, her fists ready to strike, she said, "You may have beaten Cloud. But you won't find us so easy." Clover threw one punch, then continued to smash Ashe's face, while Cloud, who had quickly used a healing potion before the attack, watched, horrified, as the newer, angrier, and deadlier versions of these "anti-kill" girls, viciously blasted Ashe.
"What happened to them?" Cloud asked himself, watching the vicious beating, "what have they become?"
Wow. This story is taking way too long! . and this is the first chapter that I've ever written that's almost 2200 words. OO The first 2000 word-long chapter, that's a full chapter on its own! OOOO A first for me! R&R, next chapter out soon! o