*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts characters, Final Fantasy VII characters, or Final Fantasy VIII characters. I only own Katie.

"I won't let you take any more lives today, Sephiroth!" Cloud growled. He pushed Sephiroth off of his sword, making Sephiroth stagger. He turned to Katie and took a step back. "Z-Zack...?"

Katie shook her head 'no'. "I'm not Zack, Cloud. I'm the girl from the church earlier. My name's Katie." Her eyes widened. "Cloud, look out!"

Cloud spun around and blocked Sephiroth's blow just in time. They went into a lock. Cloud growled and pushed Sephiroth back. He slashed his Fusion Sword at the dark angel, making a direct hit. Cloud kicked Sephiroth away and turned back Katie. Hesitantly, he approached towards her and grabbed Masamune's handle. He pulled it out of Katie's leg. Cloud winced when Katie made a blood curdling cry of pain. He helped her up to her feet and let her lean against him. Cloud threw Masamune at Sephiroth. "Give her back her sword, Sephiroth." he growled.

"You mean Zack's sword?" Sephiroth corrected.

"She isn't Zack, Sephiroth! Zack died protecting me years ago!" Cloud yelled.

Sephiroth chuckled and threw the Buster Sword at Katie's feet. "Then why does she know so much about us, Cloud? Things that only you, me, and Zack Fair knew?" He picked up his own sword and motioned it at Katie's face. "And why does she resemble him almost exactly, even sound like him?"

"I'm not Zack Fair! My name is Katie Heart!" Katie growled. She looked at the confused Cloud and urged him, "Don't listen to him, Cloud! He's trying to mess with your mind!"

"If you aren't Zack Fair..." Sephiroth walked over to them and questioned Katie, "Then how do you about Nibelheim and Jenova?"

Cloud eyes widened and looked at Katie. "What?"

Katie shook her head hard. "No! No, I'm not Zack, Cloud! He's only helping me!" She grabbed Terra's Wayfinder weakly and clutched it. 'Zack, go back to where you came from!' She started to panic when her persona didn't fade and left her as, well, Katie. In panic, she told Cloud, "I-I summon him! He's one of my great friends and helps me out all the time! I only know about Nibelheim and Jenova because my home world knows about them!" Katie panicked even more when Cloud didn't say anything, she fell over when Cloud's support suddenly left her. She looked up to see Cloud charge at Sephiroth.

Cloud swung his sword high and took it down towards Sephiroth. Sephiroth blocked Cloud's blow and parried. Cloud blocked Sephiroth's retaliation and quickly cut at the dark angel's arm. "Stop saying she's Zack, Sephiroth! She may sound like him and look like him but I know for a fact that Zack didn't have that orange charm when he was alive. Or blonde bangs. That girl in the church did, she is not Zack!" Cloud growled. He thrusted his sword into Sephiroth's shoulder and kicked him back. Sephiroth growled and disappeared. Cloud looked around in frustration.

"Cloud! Behind you!" Katie yelled.

Cloud didn't turn around fast enough. Sephiroth reappeared and stabbed Cloud in his shoulder. Cloud hissed in pain and ripped the sword out of his shoulder. He spun around and slashed his sword at Sephiroth. Sephiroth blocked and pushed Cloud away. Cloud quickly recovered and charged at Sephiroth. Their swords clanked together as they blocked each-others blows. Cloud found an opening and pulled his sword away from Sephiroth's. Quick as lightning, he stabbed the dark angel's shoulder. Cloud jumped back to Katie. Without taking his eyes off of Sephiroth, he grabbed the Buster Sword and handed it to Katie. Then he helped her up to her feet. "Get out of here."

Katie leaned on the Buster Sword as if it was a cane. She shook her head. "No. Sephiroth isn't just your problem anymore..." She slowly lifted the Buster Sword into a fighting stance and tried her hardest not to fall over. "...He's mine..." Ignoring her extremely injured leg and the pain with each step, she charged at Sephiroth. Cloud came close behind her. Katie swung the Buster Sword at Sephiroth's side, which easily got blocked. Cloud came from the side and slashed the Fusion Sword at Sephiroth's wing. Sephiroth quickly moved Masamune to block Cloud's blow, a second longer of hesitation, Sephiroth would've lost his wing. Katie slashed the Buster Sword at Sephiroth's arm, the blades edge came down hard on the dark angel's skin. This had Sephiroth hiss in pain and lash out at Katie. Cloud blocked Sephiroth's attack and pushed him away. With all of her strength, Katie leaped high into the air. 'I hope this works…' Her hand glowed red and Katie shot the red light at the ground. The familiar runic symbols and circles covered the ground far below. They only formed around Sephiroth. Both Cloud and Sephiroth stopped their duel and stared at the symbols. Katie raised her hand to the sky. "Cloud, step back!" Katie hollered. Cloud turned his gaze to Katie then made a short nod. Quickly, he jumped back. Sephiroth tried to follow him but Cloud sent a shockwave from his sword, keeping the dark angel in his place. Katie closed her fist. Red lighting shot down to the runic circle of light and burst into flames. The ground exploded, Katie got knocked back down to the ground because of the shockwave. She couldn't get up by herself; her leg, and body, had enough. Cloud grabbed Katie by one of her arms and hauled her up to her feet; he caught her before she fell over again. Katie looked in the dying flames to see if Sephiroth was there. He wasn't. Katie and Cloud looked around with confusion. Just then, Cloud let out a pain filled cry. Katie turned her head to face Cloud and her face turned pale. A sword was going through his stomach. "Cloud!" Katie cried. Cloud fell forward while clutching onto his stomach and making low hisses of pain as soon as the sword extracted. Sephiroth was where Cloud once stood. Katie's eyes filled with rage. "…You monster…" With an enraged yell, she swung the Buster Sword hard at Sephiroth's head. Sephiroth blocked the blow with ease and pushed Katie back effortlessly, making Katie crumble down next to Cloud. She returned to her normal attire and hair as soon as she hit the ground. She didn't get up.

Sephiroth smirked and raised his sword with the end pointed at Katie's side. He thrusted it downwards. The sword jerked to a stop. He growled at the sight of a red sword that looked like a bat's wing and had a white angel wing on its tip. Sephiroth looked up to see a purple-silver haired teen. "Stay away from her…" the teen growled. He pushed Sephiroth off and quickly went into a fighting stance. Behind the boy came many others. They all summoned their weapons and followed the teen's example.

"If it isn't Sora and the Restoration Committee…" Sephiroth said smugly. He looked down at Cloud then at Katie and chuckled. "My work here is done." The dark angel extended his wing and rocketed into the sky.

Repliku made a deep growl and yelled, "Get back here!" But Sephiroth was already out of sight. He huffed and dismissed his weapon. Repliku kneeled down to Katie. "Are you alright?"

"Don't worry about me." Katie mumbled, not even looking up to Repliku. "Cloud is hurt far worse than I am…tend him first…"

Riku and Kairi casted Curaga spells on both Katie and Cloud to stop the bleeding. Riku kneeled down to Katie and told her, "We need to take you to Merlin's House so you get better care there, okay?" Katie nodded weakly and looked over her shoulder to look at Cloud. "Don't worry, Katie. Cloud will be fine." Riku picked Katie up slowly, not wanting to hurt her even more. Leon and Cid helped Cloud up and helped him walk. Riku led the group, he whispered to Katie, "I'm sorry that you'd had to go through all that…" Katie stayed silent, making Riku start to worry. He noted her silver patch in her hair was much larger now. It now took up half of her head.

Uh-oh...that's not good...