spiritfire: (Looks at twilightserius with happy yet questionable look) X-rated stories...hmmm never done that before but I'll try though...(then to Sammi) I really appreciate the lecture you gave me a few weeks ago. I nearly cried and touched at the same time...Now that I'm calmed down and due to that long rant I do have one request from you although it's a bit awkward since I thought about this for months...
Yuen: Spit it already
spiritfire:...UMMMMM...WILLYOUBEMYBETAREADERFORTHESEQUELOFTHISFIC?
Yaru: What??
spiritfire: Will you be my beta reader for the sequel of this fic?
Yuen: (dropped jaws in shock) What!! I thought you never relied on anyone ever since the thesis incident!!
spiritfire: Damare baka! I've been thinking about this for a long time now and since my schooling is about to finish plus I never went deeper into this romance thing...I need help on the yaoi and so far all I've done is chessy stuff which isn't good for my reviewers
Yaru: Poor Yuen, he needs a reality check
spiritfire: Let's go to the next chapter
LVI. Torrent Shadows
Sora slammed his keyblade against Sephiroth but the silver-haired man blocked his attack and pushed him backward but the brunette summoned Star Seeker and used it to stop himself from getting farther. Sephiroth began to dashed quickly and began to slashed Sora but he countered it by using his keyblade as a shield. Sora had to do something so he quickly dashed away from Sephiroth then he relaxed his stance. The silver haired man began to rush so Sora assumed that he was going to attack but suddenly, he teleported and was about to slash him at the back but Sora who seen this move before dashed away before the hit landed.
Riku, Kaiba and Joey suddenly rushed themselves outside the castle and were surprised that Sora was fighting someone who they did not recognize. Sephiroth suddenly cast Firaga Wall which made the brunette quickly dashed away before he gets hit.
"Sora, what's going on and who is that?" Riku asked, frowning.
"Not now, Ri!" Sora replied and as the fires died down and his opponent teleported again. This time, it left the Keyblade Master in confusion.
"Give in to the dark!" Sephiroth said as balls of darkness appeared out of nowhere. Sora growled at this and used Reflega on them to make it disappear.
"You're not getting better, Sephiroth. I know your moves like the back of my hand." Sora said even though he wasn't confident on what he was saying.
"Oh, really?" Sephiroth said as he suddenly did a combo which Sora didn't recognize. A Firaga Spell plus Teleport Slash. He got hit but at least not that damaging.
He took this chance so he began his usual combo of attack plus Explosion which hit Sephiroth but only a little. The silver haired man teleported but this time, he isn't slashing him at the back. Instead, he was rising from the ground muttering some kind of spell. Sora recognized that spell so he jumped high and was about to attack but it was too late. The spell took its effect and the brunette feel drained.
"Damn it, didn't made it in time!" Sora growled as he dashed away from the One-Winged Angel. Sephiroth on the other hand began to cast Firaga Wall, a wall of fire that drags the opponent to its fiery blaze. Sora immediately threw a Mega-Potion since he can't use his magic.
The One-Winged Angel suddenly combined his attacks. Shadow Flare (the ball of darkness), Teleport Slash and his normal attack on Sora. Unfortunately, he got hit despite the fact he used Explosion to deflect the balls of darkness. Riku suddenly became worried at the outcome of the battle but what else he can do? Sora didn't tell him much of his adventures.
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Meanwhile back at the castle, Yugi and Yami just came out of the secret passage when they sensed something is wrong. They went to the ballroom and much to their surprise, there was a fight going on outside. Much to their surprise, Sora was fighting Sephiroth who they saw back at the border.
"Um, would you mind telling us what's going on?" Yugi asked.
"I have no idea." Joey replied in confusion.
From the current status of the fight, Sora hasn't been able to use his magic because even if he did, it would be useless to that man. He was nearly out of ideas when he remembered something. He closed his eyes and placed his hand to his own heart.
"Light!" Sora yelled and the One-Winged Angel covered his eyes. The light was so bright that it enveloped the entire castle. As the light died down, Sora's attire changed. Instead of the natural color, it was black and white plu two keyblades were floating in the air: Fenrir and Ultima Weapon.
"I admit that you never used those abilities except that Limit Form of yours," Sephiroth said then frowned very hard. "But that doesn't mean that you can survive against me once again."
"Once again, what is he talking about?" Yami and Kaiba asked.
"I think a storytime is in session," Sephiroth sighed as he lowered his sword a little. "You see, I met the Keyblade Master back at the Olympus Coliseum. Seeing how courageous and naive he was, I myself appeared before him and fought but it was a mistake underestimating him." Here he scowled at the memory. "So it was one loss for me but one thing that strikes me odd was how,a normal fourteen year old was able to defeat me so I began my investigations after me and Cloud fought but with unforseen circumstances, disappeared."
"Let me guess, you appeared again at Hollow Bastion since you never found out anything, right?" Sora said darkly.
"Correct and to settle things with Cloud at the same time. Imagine to my surprise when we met again through fate most probably...that your little friend told me that it was the Keyblade." Sephiroth said with an unemotional tone in his voice.
"Now that everything is in place, I will defeat you!" he added as he began to use his Teleport Slash attack but this time, Sora used the Fenrir Keyblade as his shield then Sephiroth leaped into the air and began muttering some kind of spell.
"Sin Heartless Angel!" Sephiroth chanted and yet again Sora was not able to hit him in time. "Now it's time..."
But before his attack would hit the brunette, Yugi with Fate Guidance in hand had stopped the silver-haired man from attacking much to the suprise between two fighters.
"I would prefer if you leave the castle." the spiky-haired teen said, giving the One-Winged Angel a deathly glare.
"You wil pay for your involvement." Sephiroth said.
"Yugi, no!" Sora yelled in panic as the silver-haired man swung his sword very fast but Yugi dashed away and expertly dodged it.
"Sora, your Drive Form won't last much longer. You nearly got yourself beaten. Just take a rest and leave everything to me." Yugi said.
"But you don't know how powerful he is!" Sora said in defense.
"I wouldn't worry." Yugi said in a mysterious tone as he prepared to fight.
"I'm going to make this quick,"Sephiroth said. "That's enough!"
The familiar wave of light began to land nearly at the teen's body but he blocked all his slashes and began to counterattack. After that, Sephiroth disappeared and began to use his Teleport Slash attack but Yugi saw it coming and used the back of the staffblade to block the attack.
"Hmmm, you're much stronger than the Keyblade Master." Sephiroth commented then forwned. "But it won't stop me!"
As he began to charge himself for the attack, the teen raised his staffblade high. Particles of light began to gather then he hurled it at his opponent.
"Thundaja!" Yugi chanted as several lightning bolts began to descend from the skies and sent the silver-haired man flying. This took everyone by surprise except for Yami and a shock to Sora.
"That's forbidden magic! How did you acquire such power?" Sephiroth asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out, " Yugi replied coldly. "Ultimaja!"
A ball of light began to cackle from the staffblade and suddenly exploded into several particles of light. Everyone had to cover their eyes then a big bang exploded from the weapon itself. Sephiroth reeled backwards from the attack. While they were fighting, Cloud who hid himself from the topmost tree saw everything. He was going to interfere but something inside his mind telling him not yet so he stared intensely at the fight.
Sephiroth began to dashed quickly and slashed the spiky-haired teen but Yugi slid down and slash the silver-haired teen at the back then did a semi-circle formation to regain his composure. Sora was really worried now. Actually, make that more than worried. In actuality, he CAN defeat Sephiroth with that 'keyblade' but that weapon carried a curse with is the main reason he didn't use it aside from the fact its powerful. He clenched his fist in slight anger.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Sora muttered himself.
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Sephiroth combined his attacks: Teleport Slash and Firaga Wall. Yugi can't go near him so he dashed away and began to mutter a spell. The Firaga Wall finally settled down and the silver-haired man began to charged at him.
"Holy!!!" Yugi yelled and several beams of light began to descend down from the sky, hitting him everything. Sephiroth reeled at the damage he took but he retaliated by casting Shadow Flare. The teen simply hacked them away with his staffblade.
"Sin Heartless Angel!(1)" Sephiroth chanted and a black aura began to surround him then the same aura began to hit Yugi. He got hit pretty bad but the teen was prepared for that.
"Fate Guidance, I invoke your ability!" Yugi yelled and suddenly, the staffblade began to twirl itself then flew up all by itself. Sephiroth didn't know what it was but before the power of Yugi's weapon will take effect, he teleported quickly and was about to slash him but Fate Guidance whacked him away. A huge circular seal appeared at the teen's floor as the staffblade descend itself back its owner.
"Grand Cross!!!" Yugi yelled. The entire scenery began to change into something pitch-black. Seven planets and several stars appeared thyem they began to merge together as one then a big explosion occured, damaging Sephiroth in the process.
"Yami, isn't that magic yours?" Riku asked.
"Yeah but how?" Yami replied then asked. "Nobody can use powerful spells easily."
"Let me clarify that," Yugi said. "Fate Guidance has a special ability: It allows me use my allies' attack and magic for as long as that ally is there."
"Wait, does that mean us???" Sora asked.
"Yes," Yugi replied, his eyes turned silver as the silver-haired man got up. He's emitting some kind of dark aura now.
"This is not good." Sora growled.
Sephiroth dashed once again, this time combining three attacks: Teleport Slash, Shadow Flare, and Flash. The teen on the other hand use Reflega then jumped away from the attack. Lastly, he cast Protega to shield himself from the attack.
"This is it, Mother!" Sephiroth said as his body began to rise from the skies. "METEOR!!!!"
Several balls of fire began to descend down from the sky. Yugi had to jmuped away from the fiery rocks while Sora had to cast Reflega and Riku cast Dark Shield so that they won't get damaged. The Meteor Spell took long but it finally died down then the One-Winged Angel teleported again, this time casting his Sin Heartless Angel.
"No!!" Yami yelled but ti was too late, the attack took its effect and Yugi groaned in pain.
"This is bad. Sin Hertless Angel can damage the opponent plus it disables your healing magic for a period of a very long time." Sora growled. "But I do wonder one thing. Sephiroth used Sin Hertless Angel on Yugi but didn't get hit so..."
"As you may recall, Keyblade Master. That Sin Heartless Angel(1) is the attack I used back at the Olympus Coliseum which by the way, you easily stopped it with Strike Raid." Sephiroth explained unemotionally.
Yugi had to do something fast so he quickly cast two of his defensive spells. "Proteja!! Shellja!!"
A blue barrier appeared first then a red barrier appeared. Sighing in relief, he was ready though he wouldn't say much about his energy though. Sephiroth cast Firaga Wall once more, trying to dragged Yugi but he's no fool so he struck the staffblade to the ground and held on to his position.
"Fate Guidance, I invoke your ability once more!" Yugi yelled. This time, the weapon began to changed its shape. To everyone's astonishment, it was a keyblade only different. It has a combination of red, black, and white color plus the sahpe is much bigger than Ultima Weapon.
"Trinity Limit!!" Yugi yelled as he quickly jumped up and slashed Sephiroth several times until he delivered one final slash. He did a crescent arc then suddenly, it exploded.
Sephiroth frowned again then Yugi noticed that the black aura isn't fading. Looks like he's going to a rough ride. The good thing is no matter what attacks the One-Winged Angel will inflict, no damage is dealt to him at least until they're gone.
Yugi felt drained since he cast forbidden magic plus he hasn't gotten used to it just yet and even though he can use Fate Guidance's ability, it won't be enough. Sephiroth's attacks can kill him or even worse.
"Meteor!!" Sephiroth yelled as he cast the same spell again.
"Not this time!" Yugi yelled as he jumped through the fiery rocks. To everyone's amazement, he was able to reach the silver-haired man then the spiky-haired teen prepared to strike.
"Dreadscythe!" he yelled as one of the blades of his weapon grew longer and slashed him a lot.
Sephiroth glared at him then he began to dashed and attack mercilessly. Yugi had to run with all his might because with just one hit of that swrod and it will be the end of him. The One-Winged Angel use Teleport Slash once again but this time, he destroyed Yugi's defensive spells. He reeled back at the damage.
"This is it, it's all or nothing!" Yugi mumbled but before he could do anything else, Sephiroth slashed him several times and Yugi can barely keep up.
"Don't interfere!!! Zwei Zecksdance!!!" the spiky-haired teen yelled as he dodged Sephiroth's slash attack and slid down. He made a crescent slash and use the force of his staffblade to send him upwards. he jumped and white wings appeared at his back then he divebombed himself down then illusory copies of him began to attack him relentlessly. That attack took a lot of damage big time then Yugi descend down as he withdrawn his staffblade. At the last moment, after slashes began to inflict damge on him.
"It's over." Yugi sighed in relief as everyone began to gather around him.
"Good god, I can't believe you beat him!" Sora said in amazement.
"Tell me about it." Yugi said when Cloud came.
"I apologize if Sephiroth hurt you." the spiky blond said.
"Nah, and could you please get him out of this castle. Personally, he's getting on my nerves." Yugi said.
"Sora...." Cloud said.
"Just a moment!" the brunette said as he walked towards the silver-haired man. Sephiroth glared at him but didn't care.
"GET OUT!!!" Sora said as a keyblade appeared on right hand. The silver-haired man recognize that blade for it has red and balck color and its emits a weird looking aura.
With no questions asked, Sephiroth rose from the ground but before he could make with his disappearing act, he cahrged at Cloud who fought back until they disappeared again.
"Does this happen all the time?" Yugi asked.
"No, not really," Sora replied as he looked at the sky. "Let's get out of here."
spiritfire: Wah, that was hefty, I hope this will satisfy you guys. Actually, I could extend this a little longer but I'm not in my house...I'm in an internet cafe so sorry about that
Yuen: So you're enrolled now?
spiritfire: Yeah and I'm afraid the updates will be a lot slower than before because I have Practicum in my hands
Yaru: Good Luck!!!
spiritfire: read and Review and by the way hope you get the message Sammi