Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy, Cloud, Tifa, Loz, Yazoo Kadaj (No matter how much I want to own them)
[03 Put on the Act. Marlene the Life Saver[Part 2
"So you tie me to a tree" I said, tied to a tree
Kadaj decided that if I was going to be acting about fighting against Kadaj and the others, he thought he might as well make it look like I was being held hostage. Hence, Kadaj tying me to a tree.
"Couldn't you have just, oh I don't know, held your Souba to my neck or something!?" I asked, struggling to get out of the ropes
"We could have, but this is much better" Kadaj smirked
"Oh, when I get down from here! I swear I'll cut off your-!" I started but Kadaj and his brothers just walked off to go meet Cloud. "-G-get back here!"
They ignored me. I blew a strand of hair out of my face.
Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz were waiting for Cloud, about one hundred feet from where I was. Cloud was coming closer and closer. Kadaj nodded to Yazoo and Loz and they both took out their guns and started firing at Cloud.
Please don't kill him, please don't kill him I thought
Cloud swerved out of the way, getting out two buster swords from his "motorcycle stash".
While Loz and Yazoo kept shooting, Kadaj went forward and summoned the kids, who were hiding in the trees. They jumped down and in front of Cloud. Marlene was in front, near Denzel, to make sure Cloud wouldn't run him over. The light on Cloud's motorcycle showed Marlene and Cloud swerved out of the way again, the kids jumping away from the bike. Cloud fell off the bike, rolling onto the ground as the bike went towards Kadaj. Kadaj jumped on and over Cloud's bike, heading towards the fallen Cloud. Loz, who had stopped shooting along with Yazoo, stopped the bike from colliding into himself, and anything in its path.
The kids surrounded Kadaj and Cloud, Marlene ran over to me.
"I'm glad you could make it" Kadaj said
"I'm only here for the kids and Eris" Cloud replied
Kadaj ignored him "See this man, he's our Big Brother. But alas," He points his Souba at Cloud "In our happy flock, he's what you'd call a black sheep
Kadaj went to swing at Cloud.
"Cloud!" Marlene and I yelled
Kadaj turned and glared at me. I just smiled and stuck my tongue out at him. Cloud grabbed a buster sword and swung at Kadaj, who dodged just in time.
(Okay, I'm in the process of moving, and I don't have a DVD player in my room anymore and all my DVDs are in a storage shed, so I'm doing the battle scenes from memory. So if they suck, sorry. I'll try to see if I can get the DVDs from the storage place)
Kadaj jumped up to where Marlene and I were as Yazoo started shooting at Cloud again. Kadaj broke the ropes binding me to the tree and I grabbed my ring blades and katana and started attacking Kadaj. Loz ran at Cloud, and blocked an attack. Cloud ran at Loz who flipped over and grabbed Cloud with his feet and flung him across the road. Cloud landed a few inches away from his other buster sword. He grabbed it as Yazoo came over and shot at him. Yazoo kicked Cloud and Cloud went flying back. Cloud recovered and blocked all the shots being fired at him.
I swung my ring blade at Kadaj and he flipped backwards, near Cloud. He then started attacking Cloud. Kadaj stepped on Cloud's blade and flipped over him, slashing at him. I ran after Kadaj, throwing my ring blade and just missing him. My ring blade came back and I jumped and caught it in the air, running after Kadaj again.
Loz raised his arm in the air, charging for an attack. He slammed his fist into the ground, creating a large wave of dirt and gravel towards Cloud. Yazoo jumped backwards over the wave that was coming up behind him. In the air, Yazoo kept shooting at Cloud. Cloud blocked, and then raised one of his swords in the air, creating a blue aura around it. He slashed down, letting the blue energy collide with the gravel and dirt, causing an explosion.
Loz came up and punched Cloud in the stomach, forcing him back. Yazoo jumped off of Loz's arm and flew towards Cloud, slashing his gun blade and shooting at him. Now Loz and Yazoo were attacking Cloud. Loz pushed off of Cloud and Yazoo came up under Loz, grabbed his gun and ran at Cloud, shooting him. Loz came up behind Cloud and charged for an attack. Cloud jumped in the air at the right time. Yazoo jumped on Loz's arm and Loz threw Yazoo up.
Kadaj slashed his Souba at me, I blocked but the blade hit my arm.
I winced, but kept on going, slashing at Kadaj with my katana and throwing a ring blade at him. I heard something crack and I looked over to Cloud, to see that Loz had cut down a tree. Yazoo was shooting at Cloud. Snapping out of my thought, Kadaj swung my ring blade at me, cutting my arm and throwing me back onto the ground. Kadaj was about to lean down and help, when Cloud came over to attack Kadaj. Kadaj swung his blade at Cloud and Cloud blocked. Kadaj jumped in the air after Cloud and I jumped up in the air as Kadaj was about to give the final blow. Kadaj snickered and I heard a gun click, thinking it was Yazoo, I pushed Cloud out of the way as Kadaj was about to hit Cloud. A gun shot hit Kadaj's blade and the hilt of Souba hit my temple, I passed out.
Cloud's POV
Cloud woke up, still in the Forgotten City.
"Awake I see" a deep voice said from behind him
"Vincent. What do you know about this?" Cloud asked, sitting up.
"I come here often" Vincent said, walking over to Cloud "I've seen what Kadaj's group is doing" He grabbed Cloud's arm, Cloud winced. "The stigma, it's a symptom of Alien matter infecting the body. The body tries to eliminate" he let go "it but over compensates. Inside our bodies is a current like the Lifestream. That current is what fights off any malevolent intruders."
"What do you mean by, 'intruders'?" Cloud asked
"The Sephiroth gene, Jenova's memetic legacy. Call it what you want" Vincent replied
"You're well informed"
"Tseng and Elena were brought here half dead. They must have been brutally tortured. I did what I could to save them but...well, we'll see"
"Tortured?" Cloud asked
Vincent turned to face Cloud "They had it coming. They got their hands on Jenova's head"
"Then when Kadaj says he's looking for Mother..." Cloud said
"Heaven's dark harbinger. Jenova. The Calamity" Vincent said "If they wanted to, they could re-create Sephiroth."
"Kadaj. What is he?" Cloud asked
"I'd rather not know"
There was a rustle in the bushes. Cloud and Vincent both braced themselves.
Marlene came running out of the bush and ran to Cloud.
"Marlene!" he said
"Cloud, Denzel and Tifa!"
"Tifa is alright" Cloud replied
"I want to talk to her" Marlene pleaded
Cloud looked for his phone and Marlene looked over at Vincent "May I?"
Vincent moved his cape. No phone.
"You don't have a phone?!"
"Vincent, will you take Marlene to Tifa? I have to get Eris, and then go see ShinRa for some answers"
"I can't do that" Vincent replied "And don't bother saving Eris. I over heard a conversation with her and Kadaj. She's working with them, Cloud"
"Eris? No, she wouldn't" Cloud replied
"I heard her say that she was acting about fighting Kadaj." He said
"...Still take Marlene to Tifa. I need to go see ShinRa"
"Forget it Cloud!" Marlene said, pushing away from him "Why don't you pay any attention to us?!" She ran over to Vincent and hid in his cape
"Marlene, please, give me some time. There's a battle to be fought" Cloud said "But it's not a simple as just fighting it. Understand?"
"No I don't!" She replied
"Cloud, you sure this is about fighting?" Vincent asked
Cloud had a flashback. (Not going to explain it. Too lazy XD) "Are sins ever forgiven?" He asked
"I've never tried" Vincent replied
"You mean...Never tried...Marlene, let's go"
Marlene popped her head out from Vincent's cape and nodded, running up to Cloud.
"Well I'm going to try. I'll phone in the verdict" Cloud said, taking Marlene's hand and walking off
Kadaj's POV
Damn girl Kadaj thought.
Eris had pushed Cloud out of the way of his attack, causing her to get hit and causing her to pass out. Instead of the gun shot being Yazoo, it was a guy in a red cape. Kadaj jumped backwards, landing on the ground. Cloud fell next to him and Eris, still passed out, fell on Kadaj. He put her back on the ground and went to attack the red cloaked man. The red guy went over to Cloud and surrounded him with his cape, and he jumped off. Kadaj went to swing at the guy, Loz ran to attack and Yazoo shot, but none worked and they both disappeared.
Kadaj growled.
Marlene left her spot and ran out into the bushes. Loz went to go get her but Kadaj stopped him.
"Leave her. We don't need her anymore" Kadaj said, kneeling next to Eris.
"You know, Cloud will probably come back for her" Loz said, referring to Eris
"Then we fight back. He's not going to be able to take her back" Kadaj replied
"Do you...like her?" Yazoo asked, he had never seen his brother so protective of some woman
"What makes you think that?" Kadaj asked
"Well, you're being fairly protective of her" Yazoo said
"I don't have time to like anyone. I have Mother to find" Kadaj replied, a bit coldly
Loz and Yazoo just shrugged. Their brother was a bad liar. They knew he liked her and they knew she liked him. They now, just had to find a way to get them together. Oh, how much fun this will be.
Kadaj brought Eris back to their house and set her on the couch, in his lap.
"You do like her, Kadaj. Don't deny it" Loz smirked
"I. Do. Not!" Kadaj snapped
Loz sighed "Such a stubborn little brother. Raging hormones are getting to him Yazoo."
"Gee Kadaj, this is like, what, the first girl you like too, right?" Yazoo asked
"Shut. The HELL. Up!" Kadaj yelled
Eris' hand reached up and smacked Kadaj's face lightly, "Stop with the yelling, you're giving me a headache" She said, waking up
"Sorry Er (pronounced Air), it was Kadaj" Loz said
"Whatever, I just need food" She replied
My POV
"Shut. The HELL. Up!" Kadaj yelled
My hand reached up and smacked Kadaj's face lightly, "Stop with the yelling, you're giving me a headache" I said, waking up
"Sorry Er, it was Kadaj" Loz said
"Whatever, I just need food" I replied
I got out of Kadaj's lap and walked to the kitchen opening the fridge, finding nothing. Opening the freezer, I found the best thing in the world.
I squealed, running back into the living room, clutching the box. "You have popsicles!!" I hugged the box
"Uhm, Kadaj, I think you hit her too hard on the head" Loz muttered
Kadaj nodded, cocking an eyebrow at me.
"Don't give me that look" I said, opening a box of the popsicles, taking one out and stuffing on in Kadaj's mouth.
He looked at it cross eyed for a minute, then took it out of his mouth and opened it, putting it back in his mouth.
"Want one?" I asked the other two brothers
Yazoo nodded no.
"I do!" Loz said
I handed him one and he opened it, eating it in one bite.
"Good Lord, Loz" I said
"What?"
"Nothing" I replied taking out a Popsicle and popping it into my mouth
I walked back into the kitchen and put the Popsicle box back into the freezer.
"Yazoo do you want something? I can make food for you of you want" I said
"I'm good" He replied
I shrugged and walked back into the living room, sitting on the couch next to Kadaj.
They all looked at me.
"What?" I asked
"Eris, That. Looks. WRONG!!!" Loz said
"What eating a Popsicle?" I asked
"Well, it just looks...weird" Loz said
"How so?" I asked "I'm eating a popsicle. How's that so wrong" I finished eating it
"It looks like a-" Loz started
"Okay! I think we can stop the conversation" Kadaj said
"What? I want to know why it looks so wrong though!" I said
"No. You don't" Kadaj replied. Standing up and tossing his Popsicle stick at Loz, then noticed my cuts from before "Er, your bleeding"
"What? I am?" I looked at my arms. Yup, I was bleeding "Oh, guess I am"
"Come on" Kadaj grabbed my hand and dragged me towards the bathroom
In the bathroom, Kadaj lifted me up and put me on the counter. He got out some bandages and disinfectant and started cleaning my arms.
"You don't have to do this for me, you know" I said
"If I didn't you'd be dead by tomorrow" He said
"No I wouldn't. After a while my body heals. Sometimes" I mumbled the last part
"Sometimes?" he asked "What if it didn't? You would be dead" He flicked my nose
I wiggled my nose and looked at him "Why'd you do that?"
"Because it was there" He replied, laughing slightly
I pouted "Not funny"
"Sorry, kiddo" He replied
I whacked his head lightly "Don't call me kiddo, I'm seventeen not some five year old"
"You're younger than me, I'll call you what I want" he said
I pouted "Not fair...Old Fart"
"Old...Fart?" He asked "That supposed to be me?"
I nodded "Yep"