Yeah I know late update, but school's really been keeping me busy.

Answers to peoples questions.

1: Essentially yes Rubi was the central character in that small skirmish, and yes I did do a dream sequence for Cloud. It was in chapter seven.

2: I will make as many chapters as I feel I have to, but of course not too many. Also right now I haven't made Cloud and Lightning interact enough for there to be any romance, but now I'll start doing things to make them become closer.

Now let's get on with the chapter.

Noctis charged at the soldiers with his falchion in hand. The soldiers continued firing shots from the assault rifles at him, but the flying weapons surrounding Noctis shielded him from the shower of bullets. Noctis stabbed the falchion into a soldiers chest before grabbing an axe and throwing it into another soldiers chest. He then jumped and planted one foot on a soldiers arms. Noctis used the soldiers arms as a springboard and jumped over him. While in the air, he saw another soldier behind the one he had just jumped over. Noctis quickly grabbed a lance floating near him and stabbed the weapon right into the soldiers chest, pinning him to the ground.

While swinging around on the upright lance, Noctis grabbed a floating machine gun and fired rapid rounds at the surrounding soldiers, killing all the ones the bullets hit. He dismissed the lance and machine gun as he flew over towards a soldier. Noctis caught the soldier by surprise, and with a quick movement, snapped the soldier's neck with his legs. He quickly waved his arm and the floating weapons began appearing in front of the soldiers. The weapons were causing the bullets from the soldiers guns to ricochet back and strike the soldiers.

Noctis turned to see a soldier about to point his gun at him. He grabbed a double bladed sword and moved quickly to catch the soldier off guard. He shoved the front blade under the soldier's right arm and pushed the soldier's arm back, causing the soldier's arm to break. The immense pain the soldier was in caused him to squeeze the trigger on his gun. Noctis used this to his advantage and directed the soldier's arm so that the shots from the soldier's gun would kill some of the other surrounding soldiers.

Soldiers out of the line of fire began shooting at Noctis. He could sense it and dismissed his weapons before jumping out of the way of the incoming bullets. The bullets instead killed the lone soldier Noctis injured. Noctis landed at the top of the first flight of stairs in front of the building. He turned his head and looked up to see more soldiers scaling down the building on ropes. Noctis turned and his hair suddenly flashed white as he teleported to the top of the second flight of stairs.

The soldiers on the ground charged towards Noctis, and when they were about to reach him, four invisible floating blades in front of them flipped up at a high speed, and slashed the soldiers in front. The force made them crash into the soldiers behind them and send them all tumbling down the stairs. The four invisible blades disappeared as Noctis teleported again. This time it was next to the walls of the building. He stabbed a sword into the side of the building before teleporting again upwards and slashing a descending soldier.

Noctis dismissed his sword as he teleported back to the other one. He grabbed it and threw it to the other side. The blade stabbed into the wall as Noctis teleported over and pulled it out. He flew down and cut down one of the soldiers before teleporting up and flying down towards another soldier, and ramming his sword through the soldier's chest. Noctis ripped the sword out of the soldier and he flew down to the ground. He looked to see there were not too many soldiers left. Deciding to end the fight, Noctis summoned his falchion to his hand. He threw the sword very high into the air.

After reaching the highest height it could, the falchion came flying down towards the soldiers with its tip facing them. When it was halfway to the ground, a large number of spears, and axes appeared behind it and were also flying towards the soldiers at the same speed. An onslaught ensued as the remaining soldiers were instantly massacred by the rain of blades. When the blades stopped falling, there on the ground lay the dead bodies of the remaining soldiers. When it all seemed like it was over, one somehow barely alive soldier reached over to a rocket launcher that lay next to him.

With his last bit of strength, the soldier grabbed the rocket launcher and fired a rocket at Noctis, before succumbing to his injuries and dying. Noctis turned to see the rocket flying towards him. There was an explosion as soon as the rocket made contact, but after the smoke cleared, it revealed Noctis had shielded himself by using his weapons to form a protective wall. The weapons spun around the boy to clear the remaining smoke around him before he dismissed them. The party looked at the massacre in absolute shock. To think that one boy wielded so much power was nerve wracking.

"Who is this guy?" was the question that went through everyones head as they stared at Noctis. Then before they knew it, he had disappeared again.

"Hey, where'd he go?" Rinoa wondered.

"Who are you?" a voice from behind said. Everyone turned to see Noctis standing behind them on the building roof. "Who are you and why are you here?"

Everyone was shocked that the boy knew they were up here and that he teleported there so quickly. "We require something that is here." the cloaked man answered.

"What would that be?" Noctis asked.

"The black crystal."

"Then I have to get rid of you." Noctis said in response. He waved his hand and summoned his floating weapons. He raised his arm towards the party and the floating weapons flew towards them. They all jumped out of the way as the weapons stabbed into the spot where they were just standing. Cloud looked up to see Noctis suddenly teleport in front of him with his falchion in hand. Cloud quickly brought up the Fusion Sword to block as Noctis swung with his falchion.

While Cloud was able to block, the force of the strike sent Cloud flying towards the ground below. Cloud slammed into the ground hard which formed a small crater. He groaned as he got up while recovering from the impact. Cloud quickly looked up to see Noctis come flying down towards him with his falchion, ready for another attack. Cloud swung the Fusion Sword up as Noctis brought his falchion down. The Fusion Sword deflected Noctis' attack and sent him flying back.

Noctis did a backflip in the air and landed on his feet. Cloud jumped high into the air and brought the Fusion Sword down towards him. Noctis simply sidestepped out of the way as the Fusion Sword's blade slammed into the spot where he was standing. Noctis quickly charged a Fira spell in his left hand and launched it at Cloud, nailing him in the chest and sending him to the ground. Noctis charged another Fira spell and aimed it at Cloud. He launched the spell, and right when it was about to hit Cloud, Lightning flew down from above and sliced the spell in two with Blaze Edge.

Cloud sat up after recovering from the hit to see Lightning just saved him. "Thanks." Cloud thanked her as he stood up.

"Get ready." Lightning replied as she got in her battle stance and the others came down. Cloud and the others also got into their battle stances, ready for what Noctis would throw at them next. He summoned a spear to his hand and threw the weapon straight for the party. Cloud ran forward and swung the Fusion Sword, smacking the spear away. Cloud quickly used Blade Beam and launched a blue blast of energy at Noctis. Noctis jumped high over the blast, only to see Squall had jumped up after him.

Squall brought Revolver down on Noctis, who blocked it with his falchion. Noctis quickly looked down to see Rinoa launched her Silenced Tear at him. Noctis called several weapons which formed a shield in front of him to block the Silenced Tear. When it made contact with the weapon shield, the Holy magic charged blaster edge let out an explosion that blew the weapons away. The explosion distracted Noctis, which allowed Squall to take advantage of the Noctis' distraction. Squall pushed with all his strength and the force of his swing sent Noctis crashing into the ground.

As Noctis got up, Lightning ran towards him and swung Blaze Edge. Noctis quickly jumped out of the way, only for Cloud to appear above him and come down with the Fusion Sword. Noctis teleported out of the way of Cloud's swing, and reappeared behind him. Noctis swung down his falchion, only to have it be blocked by Rinoa's Vanishing Star. Rinoa pushed Noctis off and fired a Blizzaga spell at him. He sliced the spell in half with ease and launched several spears at her.

Their speed was too great and Rinoa wouldn't have enough time to dodge, or counter. Squall quickly appeared in front of her and used Blasting Zone. Squall swung down and the pillar of energy emanating from his gunblade deflected the spears. "Are you okay?" Squall asked.

"Yeah." Rinoa replied.

Squall turned and flew towards Noctis. He fired one of the gunblade's rounds as he swung Revolver towards Noctis. Noctis swung up his falchion, only to have it knocked out of his hands from the force of the Revolver's swing, powered up by its fired shot. Noctis quickly slammed his fist into the ground and used a Quake spell. The spell caused the ground around Squall to shake violently before pieces of ground would fly up. The flying pieces of earth knocked Squall high into the air.

After the spell ended, Noctis picked up his falchion as Squall came flying back down and slammed into the ground. Notcis raised his falchion up over Squall, when suddenly Cloud came in front the side with a wide swing from the Fusion sword. Noctis ducked under the swing and launched an Aeroga spell at Cloud. The strong wind blew Cloud back. This distraction gave Squall enough time to recover and stab Revolver towards Noctis. Noctis leaped back as Squall stood up. Rinoa and Lightning both came down with their swords. Noctis threw several swords at the girls.

They both dodged the swords and continued flying towards Noctis. They swung their swords down, only for Noctis to jump back out of the way. Lightning quickly charged and brought Blaze Edge down. Nocis responded by swinging his falchion up. As soon as the edges of the blades made hard contact, Lightning and Noctis both felt an extreme pain shoot through their bodies. The two dropped their swords as the pain grew even more intense. Lightning fell onto her side as the boy fell to his knee. The two grasped their stomachs as they could sense that was where the pain was coming from.

Cloud quickly ran over and held Lightning up. "Light, what's wrong?!"

Lightning could only groan in pain, not having the strength to answer. The others quickly ran over to see what was wrong. "What's happening?!" Squall asked.

"I don't know." Cloud replied. Cloud suddenly gasped as he laid his eyes on her stomach. In the middle of Lightning's stomach was a glowing white light. "What's that?"

Cloud curiously placed his hand over the light, but as soon as he did, the light began to glow even brighter and Lightning began screaming in pain. Cloud quickly removed his hand to lessen the pain Lightning was going through. "What should we do?" Rinoa worried. The cloaked man suddenly appeared next to Lightning and placed his hand over her stomach. A green glow shined from his hand and the glow from inside Lightning's stomach faded away and Lightning was now unconscious.

The cloaked man turned his attention to Noctis, who was also going through intense pain. A black light could be seen glowing in his stomach, just like Lightning. The cloaked man placed his hand over the Noctis' stomach and the same green glow shined on his hand. The black light faded and Noctis fell down unconscious. "What just happened?!" Cloud demanded.

"I'm not sure myself, but we'd better take these two back to the ship before someone else shows up." the cloaked man suggested. Nodding in agreement, Cloud lifted up and carried Lightning bridal style as Squall lifted up Noctis and carried him piggyback style. Everyone quickly flew back headed back towards the ship.

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