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Chapter 9
Sephiroth
Lucas stood next to Cloud Strife, in front of them was the ruins of a city that were completely abandoned, several of their allies hid behind them without their knowledge as Sephiroth floated down from the sky and landed infront of them.
30 minutes earlier
Lucas and the others had returned to the Elle Ciel with Cloud, Denzel, Shelke, Tifa and Marlene, Tifa had called several of their allies prior to their return and they also joined them. Among their friend were a young ninja, a man in a red cape, a strange wolf like creature, a man with a spear and a man with a metal arm. With the exception of Sakura who was still with a wounded Syaoran, they all introduced themselves.
"So that is all of us except Sakura and Syaoran, Syaoran was wounded in our last battle and so "Sakura is watching over him" said Maria.
"So who are you?" asked Forte.
"I am the single white rose of Wutai, Yuffie Kisaragi" said the ninja.
"Is there any need for an introduction like that" said Lucas.
"It's Vincent" said the man with a red cape.
"Yo, name's Barret and this is Red XIII" said the man with the metal arm.
"It's a pleasure to meet you" said the wolf.
"Nice ship you got here, the name's Cid" said the man with the spear.
"It's nice to meet you" said Maria.
"I'm just wondering why on earth you called them all" said Lucas.
"Well Sephiroth is back, we need to find some way of dealing with him" said Tifa.
"I'll go to the ruins and fight him" said Cloud.
"Not on your own, I'm going as well" said Lucas.
"We're going as well" said Amu.
"No, he specifically asked for us, this isn't your fight, all of you just need to stay here and help fix the ship" said Lucas.
"No fair making us sit out" said Yuffie.
"Just do as I say, this ship needs to be fixed as fast as possible, with all of you helping out then we should have it fixed easily" said Lucas.
"So you plan to fight this Sephiroth on your own?" questioned Lester.
"Well I'll have Cloud and his ridiculously big sword with me" said Lucas.
"He's powerful, you won't be able to handle him" said Cloud.
"Watch me" said Lucas.
"I have a few spare parts, I'll easily be able to get this fixed in a jiffy" said Cid.
"Good, now while I'm out Maria is in charge" said Lucas.
"What...who died and made you leader, why her?" asked Etna.
"Among all of you she is the one that I can trust most" said Lucas.
Everyone became silent as they looked at Lucas with somewhat shocked and angry eyes.
"Do you even know where your going?" asked Shelke.
"The ruins of something or whatever" said Lucas.
"The ruins of Midgar, you have no idea where you are going do you" said Vincent.
"That is why I have the man with the massive sword" said Lucas.
"Alright then, we'll all work together and get this ship fixed while you deal with Sephiroth" said Takuto.
"Right, so don't worry, we'll all stay here and fix the ship" said Mir.
"Good...well see ya" said Lucas as he and Cloud left the ship.
"As if" said Mir.
"Can't then have all the fun" said Train.
"I suppose" said Lyner.
Cloud and Lucas left the ship an crossed the land to a large city that was in complete ruins, Lucas saw this city from miles away as it had a huge run down building in the centre of it. They crossed the wasteland and battled a lot of vicious creatures that attacked them on the way, all the time they were unaware that they were being followed. They soon reached the city and after entering the area around the large building Sephiroth appeared.
"So you came" said Sephiroth.
"Sorry to keep you Sephiroth" said Cloud.
"But it appears you did not come alone" said Sephiroth.
Cloud and Lucas turned their heads to see, Lyner, Mir, Etna, Yuffie, Shelke, Vincent, Tifa, Barret, Red XIII, Train, Aigis and Joy. All of them had followed them from the ship to help them fight Sephiroth even though Lucas told them not to. Those that were not with them were most likely still at the ship fixing it but still the small army proved how little Lucas could trust them.
"What are you doing here" said Lucas.
"We are following you so we could help" said Aigis.
"But we told you to stay put" said Cloud.
"I don't like sitting on the sidelines, how foolish of you to not have noticed us before" said Shelke.
"Sorry Sephy but...it seems like our fight will have a few more contenders" said Lucas.
"Not to worry, I expected something like this so I was prepared for it" said Sephiroth.
He snapped his fingers and the ground shock, Cloud and Lucas became separated from the others as a large Hex appeared, it was a large black dragon like Hex that roared and snarled at the others.
"I think you'll find that he should keep them entertained long enough for a fight" said Sephiroth.
"Guys" said Lucas.
He drew his sword and was going to help fight the dragon but Cloud stopped him, everyone then drew their weapons, Barret's arm turned into a gun, Yuffie pulled out a large Shuriken and Vincent pulled out a three barrelled gun.
"We can handle this thing easily" said Lyner.
"At least we don't have to sit out" said Mir.
"Yo spiky, go kick that guy's ass" said Barret.
"They can handle that thing, focus on Sephiroth and defeating him or else you wont stand a chance" said Cloud.
Lucas turned as Cloud let go of him and drew his sword, Lucas smiled as he got ready to fight. Sephiroth chuckled as Cloud and Lucas clashed swords with Sephiroth. Sephiroth and his long katana like sword proved to be incredibly fast, Lucas dodged and blocked the sword but was soon flung into a building by Sephiroth's shear power. Cloud and Sephiroth then jumped onto the roof of the building, Lucas recovered and followed them as the others dealt with the dragon. Barret shot at the creature with his gun but was pulled out of the way by Aigis when the creature tried set him on fire. Mir shot a spell at the dragon which it swiftly dodged, Yuffie then hit its head with her Shuriken and left a large scar across it's face. Yuffie and Mir were then knocked into some building rubble by the dragon as it retaliated. Aigis opened fire on the dragon along with Vincent and Train while dodging it's attacks however the bullets seemed to be having little to no damage. Joy had hidden behind some rubble as she watched the fight, she held the contract in her hands as she looked at Shelke. Shelke hit the dragon and the pulled up a shield as it breathed fire on her. Lucas rejoined the fight as Sephiroth knocked Cloud through a window, Lucas attacked Sephiroth but his attacked was blocked by Sephiroth's sword. Sephiroth then grew a black wing and pushed Lucas into the sky and stabbed his arm several times before hitting him to the ground. Lucas hit the roof of the building hard, as he got up he looked at his right arm that Sephiroth had slashed several times leaving large cuts all across it. Lucas took his sword in his left hand finding it hard to stand as Sephiroth smiled at him and then proceeded to try and attack him, he was then stopped by Cloud who blocked his attack with his sword. Cloud then knocked Sephiroth to the same roof as Lucas but he stopped falling midway and lust floated down and landed softly. Cloud landed on his feet behind Sephiroth as Sephiroth chuckled at them.
"Is that the best you can do" said Sephiroth.
"Don't take him lightly Lucas" said Cloud.
Lucas nodded his head as he got ready to fight, both he and Cloud attacked at the same time and impressively Sephiroth managed to stop both of their attacks.
"Working for someone else, that isn't like you at all, what do you want Sephiroth?" asked Cloud.
"The last thoughts of this world, what I want Cloud has not changed but both me and mother now have a different means to attain it" said Sephiroth.
"Mother?" questioned Lucas.
"Know if it is despair that you want then I shall oblige" said Sephiroth.
He then pushed them away and then delivered some devastating strikes to Cloud who just managed to dodge them, Lucas tried to hit Sephiroth but he managed to block both his and Cloud's attacks. Lucas and Cloud were forced to a ledge as Sephiroth cut through the ledge causing it to fall, Lucas and Cloud jumped up to a higher platform as the on they were standing on collapsed. Sephiroth followed and laughed as he attacked them, although they blocked the attack it managed to send them flying through a wall. Sephiroth smiled at them as he charged and a somewhat unaffected Cloud started to glow blue and attacked Sephiroth. Back on the ground Tifa punched the dragon in the face and Red XIII bit it but it threw him aside but he managed to land on his feet, Vincent shot at the creature while managing to dodge it's arms and Etna jumped up high and threw her spear in the creature's eye. The creature roared with pain and it pulled Etna's spear out of it's eye, it then threw the spear back at Etna but she managed to grab it. Aigis summoned her Persona yet it also had trouble damaging the dragon's skin Lyner attacked the dragon's head and caused it some damage but not much.
"I need your help, Alexander" said Aigis.
The summon Alexander then appeared and punched the dragon into a wall, however the dragon recovered and in turn smacked both Aigis and Alexander into a wall. Shelke again tired to hit the dragon but she was whacked by it's tail and fell near where Joy was hiding. Joy then slowly walked over and talked to her with the contract in her hands.
"That thing is too tough" said Joy.
"We need some help" said Shelke.
"I know a way we can defeat that thing but that way is up to you" said Joy.
"You do then tell me" said Shelke.
"This is a contract, all who travel with us have signed it, it allows you the strength to defeat powerful enemies but at a price, you must fulfil the contract and join us for the power to stop that creature" said Joy as she unfolded the contract.
"I saw that before, I just have to touch it and then I will have the strength I require, didn't the other one have this?" questioned Shelke.
"Um...yes but I borrowed it" said Joy.
"Seems like I have no choice" said Shelke.
She touched the contract and as she did her name appeared on it, Shelke Rui, then from the direction of the ship a gauntlet flew towards them and attached itself to Shelke. Shelke smiled before getting up and then walked calmly toward the dragon, the dragon charged at her as Shelke's gauntlet started to glow, she pointed it at the dragon.
"Come forth, Ramuh" said Shelke.
Then an old man in a black cloak with a staff that seemed to generate lightning appeared, the dragon continued to charge at them but the summon pointed his staff at the dragon and lighting flew out of hit. The lighting hit the dragon and pushed it away as it was burned by the lighting that flowed through it's body. Shelke dismissed the summon as the dragon seemed dead and everyone gathered around her in awe at her power.
"That was amazing" said Lyner.
"Not bad for an amateur" said Mir.
"So that is the power you were all talking about back at the ship" said Red XII.
Then they heard a roar as the dragon rose up, it had survived the blast and was fuming with rage. It charged at the surprised group but then a girl with goggles and short hair appeared from nowhere.
"Blah blah blah Meteor Storm" said the girl.
Then a three large meteors appeared out of nowhere and hit the dragon destroying it, the girl then turned to look at them. The first thing they noticed was that she was wearing a gauntlet and a necklace that had a small red gem in it.
"So you must be the wise guys that he talked about" said the girl.
"Who the heck is this flat chested brat" said Etna.
Etna then quickly dodged a fireball that the girl had shot at her in anger, it was a near miss and caused the group to take guard.
"My name is Rita Mordio" said the girl.
"Another gauntlet user...that can only mean one thing" said Joy.
"Oh...they are here" said Mir.
"They?" questioned Vincent.
While that was happening Sephiroth was continuing to make a fool out of Cloud and Lucas, he kept on blocking all of their attacked and left them with a lot of battle wounds. Lucas then charged at Sephiroth and managed to cut a few strands of his hair that seemed to make Sephiroth angry. Sephiroth then smacked both Cloud and Lucas away and then stabbed Lucas through his shoulder impaling him to a wall. Sephiroth smiled as he saw Lucas in pain as Lucas dropped his sword.
"This isn't by far the worst pain you will ever feel, soon you'll understand Lucas, the whole world will" said Sephiroth.
Sephiroth pulled his sword out of Lucas as he noticed a shadowy figure, the figure pulled out a sword and attacked Sephiroth. Sephiroth blocked his attack and then a cat like fist appeared and punched Sephiroth away. Lucas then looked up to see Ikuto and Dante standing before him, then Cloud jumped infront of them with his sword aimed at the chuckling Sephiroth.
"Hey kid, how's it hanging" said Dante.
"Why are you here" said Lucas.
"Some gratitude, later but for now, do you have room for two more" said Ikuto as he turned in his Black Lynx form.
"He's tough, be careful" said Cloud.
The three of them then attacked Sephiroth with Sephiroth dodging all of their attacked and knocking them away, Cloud then glowed bright blue again as his sword turned into seven swords, Sephiroth grew his wing as he smiled.
"That won't work this time" said Sephiroth.
Cloud then split into seven and tried to attack Sephiroth with this attack but Sephiroth managed to dodge all of the swords much to the surprise of Cloud and when he and his sword returned to normal Sephiroth attacked him which Cloud just barely blocked.
"Not this time Cloud" said Sephiroth.
Cloud was then pushed back and the trio were going to continue their attack when fireballs were shot at them from a hidden enemy, Kefka the clown then appeared from no where as they dodged his magic.
"Run, run or you'll be well done ahahahahahahahaha" said Kefka.
"The joys of a mad man" said Wesker as he appeared next to Sephiroth.
"Your one to talk virus boy" said Kefka.
"What do you want?" asked Sephiroth.
"Michel wants us back, he has another mission for all of us" said Wesker.
"I'm busy" said Sephiroth.
"Now, now, we don't need to remind you of your DEAR MOTHER NOW do we" said Kefka who shouted half the sentence.
Sephiroth grunted as he turned and begun to leave.
"Thought not, be a good son Sephiroth" said Wesker.
Sephiroth, Wesker and Kefka then vanished into thin air, the three tried to stop them but they failed to and they escaped. Cloud grunted and Lucas slammed his hand on the floor as it started to rain.
"Damn" said Lucas.
He then began to lose consciousness as Cloud, Ikuto and Dante walked towards him.
Meanwhile Michel and Sephiroth were having a deep argument while all the villains watched them battle with words.
"How dare you, I was in the middle of a duel" said Sephiroth.
"You just don't get it Sephiroth, if you want to see your poor mother again then you will do as I say, if Michel says jump you say how high" said Michel with a gin on his face.
"Don't test me" said Sephiroth as he held his sword to Michel's throat.
Michel smiled as he looked as Sephiroth, suddenly Sephiroth became riddled with pain, so much that he dropped his sword, he then fell to the floor in a position that made him look like he was bowing before Michel.
"You have no idea who you are messing with, the Michel you were serving was just a copy and if you had attacked him then you might have actually hurt him, but I'm a whole different story" said Michel.
He then released Sephiroth from what ever spell he was under and then looked at a villain in the shadows.
"Vulcanus" said Michel.
"Yes" said a male voice.
An angel person dressed in robes then appeared from the shadows.
"I need you to return to your world and cause some mischief" said Michel.
"Of course, I would love nothing more then to deal with those disgusting demons" said Vulcanus as he disappeared.
"But do not be consumed by your rage or else you'll face the outcome alone" said Michel.
Chapter nine complete, I thought I'd do something fun so I will now be taking requests so if you would like to see any character in the series then please write who in the review. Hopefully I can get the next chapter done quickly, in the mean time please review.