Me: Hello once again, people! What's up?
Sora: The ceiling.
Me: Hey, that's my joke! OK well, this request came in awhile ago from anonymous reviewer chii, it's Riku vs. Sephiroth in a dimly lit factory with tons of machinery to run into XD don't worry, chii, I didn't forget you. I was planning on writing this but I had a ton of other suggestions to do and I've been busy and stuff. And I haven't forgotten anyone else either! I'm trying to make sure everyone's suggestion is fulfilled! So, Sephiroth vs. Riku, here it is.
The two competitors step into the large room. On one side of the room is a wide conveyor belt, slowly rotating and dumping its contents into an incinerator. On the other is a large generator of some sort with an enormous pipeline running from its top into the ceiling. On all the walls hang large rotating gears and pipes and wires run all across the top of the room. Riku draws Souleater and slowly steps forward, examining the environment. His opponent is nowhere in sight. He scans the dark factory, waiting. The gong sounds. Then complete silence. No movement. Nothing.
Suddenly something flashes in the corner of his eye. He whips around to see Sephiroth leaping right at him. He quickly guards, blocking the overly extensive blade. It clangs, sparks sliding across the surface of the two weapons. Sephiroth recoils into the shadows. Riku listens intensely, senses sharpening. Sephiroth strikes from behind this time. The boy whirls around and blocks, narrowly halting the attack again. Sephiroth retracts and disappears. Riku doesn't want to be a sitting target anymore. He takes off running, keeping low to the shadows. Sephiroth pounces from behind a machine, swinging quicker than lightning. A cut opens on Riku's arm. He winces and keeps running as the enemy disappears again until he comes to the darkest corner of the room, behind a large power generator. He keeps his back to it, peeking around the corner. He quickly scans the length of the room, looking for his foe. Just then, the hairs on the back of his neck begin to tingle. He's being watched. He looks up to see Sephiroth crouched on top of the machine, watching with hungry eyes. Upon being spotted, his giant wing unfurls and he leaps down toward Riku. Riku hurls Souleater upward at the descending opponent. Sephiroth swoops his blade across, batting the blade away like an annoying fly. He approaches the ground and stabs his sword down where the silver-haired boy is standing. Riku backflips away and calls Souleater back. Then he charges forward to attack, but Sephiroth sends his fist into the boy's stomach and knocks him back.
The one-winged angel points his sword menacingly at the Keyblade wielder. Riku glares up at his opponent, crouched over and ready. Sephiroth acts first, twirling around and swooping his blade at Riku's midsection. The teen cartwheels over it and swings his blade out. Sephiroth leaps back to dodge it. Riku charges forward, not wanting his competitor to have a moment of rest, but Sephiroth flies forward to meet him, grabbing the boy around the neck and slamming him against a machine. Riku pries at his opponent's grip, struggling to breathe. The dark angel's hold only tightens. The Keybearer manages to get both feet up, pushing forcefully outward and double kicking Sephiroth in the gut. He stumbles backward and Riku rubs his neck, panting. Sephiroth growls and stabs his weapon forward. The boy ducks just in time. The silver sword plunges into the machine behind Riku, sparks of electricity flying everywhere. The current travels up the shaft of the blade, through Sephiroth's arm, and courses through his whole body. He yells as sparks engulf him and shock him with high voltage. He yanks his sword out, hunching over and breathing hard. Well, that's convenient, Riku smirks. Then he leaps forward with Souleater in hand.
Sephiroth dodges the incoming blow by rapidly flipping backward, his unfurled wing catching his fall. Riku warps to the foe's side and launches several dark balls of fire at him. Sephiroth whips to the right and calls up several large spheres of pulsing dark energy. Some of them crash into Riku's projectiles, both of the dark energies dissipating. Two remain hovering near the winged warrior. After a slight pause, they launch toward Riku. The teen takes off in the other direction, one smashing into the ground and exploding where he was. The other continues to follow him, homing in on its target. He leaps over a pipe on the ground that the orb crashes into. It explodes, bursting the pipe and sending a geyser of steam shooting upward. Riku turns around to see a shadow slowly step through the mist, his opponent slowly advancing and becoming visible. He gets into his battle stance, Souleater arced above his head. Sephiroth holds his sword with both hands at shoulder level, the tip pointing at the silver-haired boy. They circle each other, waiting to see who will make the first move.
Before either one can, the floor below them suddenly rises. They realize they're standing on a giant platform. Riku rapidly looks around as they ascend. Sephiroth uses his opponent's distraction to his advantage. He swoops forward, his blade inches from his enemy. Riku's eyes widen and he jumps backward, landing right on the edge. He teeters, trying to stay on. Sephiroth rushes him, slamming into him and pushing him off the edge. As he falls, the warrior dives again, his sword aimed to run Riku through. The teen blocks, but Sephiroth doubles back around. With a second swoop, he plunges his fist into the boy's gut, causing Riku to let out a sharp exhale. Then he hits the ground, landing flat on his back. He lets out another breath as the wind is knocked clear out of him. He staggers up, his back aching horribly, and he works to get air into his lungs. He winces as he looks upward, seeing his foe divebombing for him again. He gets ready. Just as the foe closes in, he flips upside down over the blade and slashes the angel across the back as he passes. Sephiroth roars and lands on the ground. He glares over his shoulder, enraged eyes fixed on Riku. Riku stands his ground, waiting for whatever attack may come next. Sephiroth waits, then suddenly launches straight up. He flies along the ceiling, slicing the wires and pipes. Sparks fly and the pipes careen to the ground. Riku runs and leaps, rolling out of the spot where the fixture lands. Explosions from the pipes destroying random machines send flames flying everywhere. Riku looks around, trying to find his enemy through the smoke that now impairs his vision. Suddenly, from behind, a boot swiftly kicks the boy forward. He lands with a grunt, Souleater flying out of reach. He rolls around rapidly to see Sephiroth pouncing out of the flames toward him. The dark warrior lands, his long blade piercing through Riku's upper arm. The boy cries out and clamps his eyes shut. Before his enemy can do anymore damage, Riku curls back and launches both feet into Sephiroth's stomach, pushing him backward. He pulls the sword from his arm and calls back Souleater. He hurls it with great force, but Sephiroth flares his wing outward and flies out of the way.
Man, that wing! Riku yells in his head. I'll never win as long as he can use that to his advantage! The Keyblade wielder runs forward and swings. Sephiroth soars above the attack. Riku jumps into the sky, pitching his blade at his airborne foe. Sephiroth flips around it and grabs Riku by the arm, flinging him at a wall. Riku catches himself and propels off the wall with his feet, pouncing at Sephiroth and slashing him across the chest. The warrior reels backward from the blow. Right into two enormous gears on the wall. Riku's stomach knots up as Sephiroth's wing gets caught in between the rotating cogs, crushing it and ripping it apart. Sephiroth's eyes bug out and he lets out a blood-curdling scream as he falls toward the ground again, his wing shredded and useless. He lands in a heap on the ground, a small flame igniting the tip of the feathers. He jumps out of the fire, flapping his mangled wing to put out the flames. Riku sees his opportunity and shoots dark fireballs again. They connect with the warrior's chest and propel him backward. Riku jumps toward him to finish it. Sephiroth whips around and trips him in midair with his blade. Riku quickly scrambles to his feet to find the one-winged angel raising his arm to the sky. Suddenly, pillars of fire explode all around him and Riku is shot skyward, flames engulfing him. He lands on the ground face down, shaking and panting. His clothes are charred and his face is covered in ash and bruises. He looks up weakly toward his opponent towering over him. Sephiroth sets the blade to Riku's neck. "I guess the darkness was too strong." He pulls back, ready to strike and end it. The room lays in ruin, flames sizzling slowly, electric wires sparking and hanging from the ceiling. Most of the machines are destroyed. Riku's head falls to the ground, his eyes slipping closed as he surrenders. The lights go out and darkness falls as the darkest of shadows takes the Keybearer into its embrace.
Me: (shudders) This is why I never let villains win O-o
Sora: (mortified) You didn't have to make it sound so creepy!
Me: There is something so wrong about darkness overcoming light X( I wanted to try it once in a story, and it's official: I DON'T LIKE IT. Villains aren't supposed to win X( but anyway, tell me what you thought! Even with the ending aside, it wasn't exactly as awesome as I wanted it to be. Sorry. Stay tuned for more! (if I have time this week, I have tons of schoolwork)