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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 4:31:04 GMT
Kadaj almost lost his balance after the impact of his Template's boot-- he lurched to the side and had to struggle to regain his equilibrium, preventing himself from toppling altogether.
He glanced up... Cloud had already followed his "brother" into the air and was slashing at him furiously with his two blades... "Two questions. Why do you never know when to give up... and why do you always have to come picking on me? I'd like a straight answer before I kill you... again."
"If he doesn't survive long enough to tell you... I'll be happy to supplant his infinitesimal repository of wisdom." Kadaj sprang up behind his elder brother with an outraged battle cry, swinging the Ancillary Souba in a powerful backhanded grip...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 12, 2006 4:46:18 GMT
Sephiroth chuckled as he smashed his sword against Cloud's, then dodged Kadaj's. He then spun around and looked at his "brother".
"Well your overload of intelligent grammer wont save you from what I have planned for this world, brother..."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 4:58:10 GMT
"And all your half-a**ed plans won't save you from the truth," Kadaj barked as Cloud pushed back against the Masamune, sending Sephiroth flying backwards to meet his clone... Kadaj caught his brother's sword arm with his twin blades, impaling it, and spun him around to face him as the momentum snet them flying backward... "Oh, you have your so-called reasons for coming back, for never staying where you belong... buth they're all lies, excuses to hide YOUR weakness. You won't stop haunting Strife... because of your pride. You can't stand the idea that someone out there just might be stronger than you are... you couldn't believe it the first time he destroyed you, and you still won't believe it now... It won't end until you kill him... but unfortunately, I plan to kill YOU first."
He ripped the blade out of his "brother's" arm, mangling it as he flung him back to the ground. "Don't summong the gall to deny it... I know your thoughts... because I AM your thoughts."
Cloud shot himself back towards Sephiroth before he could recover, blade first, a blossom of blue energy proceeding him as his speed accelerated...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 12, 2006 5:12:38 GMT
Sephiroth spoke no words, he made no move to attack, he just struggled back up to his feet, still grinning as he just stood his ground.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 5:20:38 GMT
Cloud saw too clearly that Sephiroth was not moving... That is often a VERY bad sign... But he was going way too fast to stop himself now... He pulled the larger half of his sword up over his shoulder and swung it down, trying to cut his enemy down like grass under a scythe...
Kadaj had a wild guess as to what was going through his brother's diseased mind... and for the first time in his life, he was praying he was wrong... He began to plummet as well, sword point first, but knew he was far too late to stop this from happening... If all else fails... I'll just have to steel myself and do what I wanted to from the beginning... even though, ironically, I don't want to do it anymore.
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 12, 2006 5:24:15 GMT
Both of their blades pierced his skin, but Sephiroth's body did not move one inch, he just looked from one of them to the other, still grinning sickly. Anyone even WATCHING the battle couldnt help but feel very uneasy.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 5:29:40 GMT
Cloud and Kadaj looked at each other, and both had the exact same expression on their faces... an expression that meant, "What the h**l?"
Kadaj examined the situation from all possible angles, could not make sense of it, and finally growled to himself, forgetting his usual intellectual demeanor entirely: "I don't have time for this cryptic s**t."
He planted his feet in the ground, Strife's still embedded in Sephiroth's side, green blood leaking everywhere... he yanked the Ancillary Souba out of Sephiroth's back and swung it at his neck to decapitate him.
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 12, 2006 5:32:20 GMT
As the blade careened towards his neck, Kadaj could hear Sephiroth in his mind.
"Brother... You just dont get it... If you strike me down, I'll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
But in a split second, it was over and Sephiroth's head flew from his shoulders.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 5:48:52 GMT
Cloud was absolutely shocked... to the point he was still holding the headless corpse on the end of his blade before what had just happened fully registered. He yanked it out, and the body crumpled, spraying blood everywhere...
He looked up, and Kadaj was standing over his brother's head, lying on its side some feet away. The blade's edge had split the hairs... most of it lay in a pile behind the corpse... It ended at the same place his now only partial neck did.
Kadaj looked into the still leering face and tried to read whatever secret was there... but it eluded him. He scowled down. "Now who isn't good enough, b***h?"
He nudged the head over so it was face down in the dirt. Kadaj stalked away. "Leave him to rot," he growled. "We'll come back and petrify him later, after we gut that wench at the Inn."
He noticed Cloud staring at him. "What?"
Cloud blinked, and the words just refused to come.
Kadaj tilted his head, looking mildly irritated. "Any second now, Strife. Daylight's wasting."
Cloud shook himself. "I just can't make myself believe what I've seen... you killed him."
"And how. Yeah. Enjoyed myself too. There's his head. Wanna kick it?"
Cloud's jaw was hanging open.
"Catching flies, Strife?"
He closed it.
Kadaj turned back to the decapitated corpse. "One more little precaution."
He took the Souba from where it had been dropped and plunged it directly into the corpse's heart, pinning it to the ground and bending it in half with a powerful kick. "Sit, boy. Stay. Play dead. Good boy."
He headed off in the direction of the Inn. Cloud watched him going for a minute, took a few steps, and then turned back, unsure of whether or not to believe it was really over... It'll never be over, until I die. But for now... I still can't make myself believe he isn't getting up.
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Post by matt on Dec 12, 2006 15:55:43 GMT
Unknown had watched the fight, but once again stayed out of it. Cloud had his battles that he had to fight alone. Unknown knew this as Cloud was a part of him. Asuka opened up a telepathic link with Kadaj and the others. "You think we should all stay linked for this. It could help out in battle."
Blood entered the area to find Sephiroths body laying on the ground. "You sure he's not getting up." Blood touched Sephiroths arm as a chill went down his spine. "Why don't we petrify him now. Asuka can do it, right?" Blood felt uneasy being around Sephiroth. Dead or alive. Akira meanwhile was fighting the clones. He sent a fireball hurdling into one of their skulls. "You doing okay?" He said to Jared, who he hat not formally met. Now Akira was wishing he still had his chaos cells, received from Ryukishin. When he had them he felt so much stronger and faster. Also he could fly, which was always useful. Ryushi walked past the Sephiroth body, not knowing who or what it was, and assumed it was just another clone (I mean the soldier type ones).
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Post by Ru on Dec 12, 2006 21:26:34 GMT
Hearing the familiar rush of wind approaching him from behind, Cid ducked sideways, twisting so he landed on his back on the ground. Quickly, he brought up his spear and slashed across the front of the two troopers jumping towards him while their arms were raised, then rolled backwards over his shoulder to stand up. "D*mn, they just don't stop, do they - " he remarked to himself, swinging the butt of his lance around to crack another clone trooper under the chin and send him flying.
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The clone trooper Vincent had shot and knocked aside was quickly grabbed by another soldier, and using him as a dead human shield, the group moved in to take on Vincent, running quickly and blocking his shots with their comrade's body. The wall of clones that Jared had dispatched might have slowed the advance, but certainly didn't stop it; the troopers standing outside of the circle dove in over the casualties, two groups separating to take Jared from the sides.
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The group of elite soldiers guarding the current inner sanctum of the inn where Rufus and Xima hid began to move forward after catching the psychic signature of the shields around Reno's group. Several of them stayed behind after a bit to continue their guard duty, but six of them dashed towards the oncoming group, weapons drawn. They could feel the humans within the shield, where they stood, how much of a challenge they might pose. Two immediately attacked the front, swinging their blades at the speed of lightning towards the foremost people in the group with intent to kill.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 21:44:47 GMT
A trooper sprang up behind the rocketing body of his fellow and gave it a power kick, sending it back at Cid to throw him off balance... He barreled forward under the flying body, shooting a melee pistol at his legs, prepared to tackle the pilot at the knees...
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Jared leapt into the air and spun at lightning speed, reigniting and holding his blade braced against his side, slicing the necks of his attackers... He landed in a crouch, his free hand supporting him... He sprang upright to meet any more oncoming warriors... He glanced back at Akira. "I'm fine NOW." He caught another clone's blade with the Angel Cry, pushing him back...
Vincent lowered the Cerberus and shot a volley of flames around the human shield at the oncoming clone, roasting him alive and flinging the flaming corpses back at the still-charging clones... Suicidally faithful to the end. Some of the clones caught the flames from their defeated brethren and panicked, trying to tamp them out... A fear of fire? Interesting... and ironic... He unleashed a few more volleys at them, taking advantage of their phobia... but held back slightly to ward off a transformation...
Jenova howled with frustration and began to charge up a massive element ball... but Yazoo would have none of that... he charged head on into the crowd of clones and, using them as springboards, he leapt up to meet his "mother", firing at her with an unnaturally calm aim and stability... She hissed and tried to slice his guns' barrels off with the Dark Lifestream, but the force shields protected them... He started plummeting groundward again, but she wouldn't let him off THAT easy... she yanked him up to her telekinetically and bashed her head into his, sending him spinning backwards through the air...
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 22:03:05 GMT
Kadaj answered Asuka. No. I think it would only be distracting for now. We have our individual units to work with, under unique orders... if we were trying to coordinate an attack, that would be different.
Cloud nodded to Blood. "The sooner we have him taken care of for good... the better. He'll always find some way to defy the odds... but I'll always be here, waiting to send him back where he belongs."
Kadaj nodded severely. "That goes double for me."
He felt strong vibrations coming... the decoy unit rushing them. "Oh, c**p... Strife, we got more company."
He held his blade in attack position and charged the coming horde... Cloud glanced at Blood and the others. "Hold this position... we can handle the carbon copies."
He joined the charge as the decoy unit closed the distance... He could see way too many flashes of silver in their midst... Swords. And lots of them... Any ranged weapons in the lot?
A couple of gunshots, which he barely managed to block in time, answered his question. I'm still feeling that wound in the back... why can't I ever get a break?
The pair clashed with the mob...
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Post by Squall on Dec 12, 2006 22:08:02 GMT
Squall looked over his shoulder at phil, " You up for this?..." Squall looked back towards the ground below, I wish i could fly
Phil beat his wings and continued to soar through the air, readjusting his grip on squall he pointed to a group of people far below, " Think thats them?!" he shouted over the roar of the wind. Seeing squall draw his gunblade confirmed his suspicions. " Lets get in there!"
* Squall held his gunblade infront of him and placed his palm on it, it began to glow as he charged it with a fire spell. Phil held Squall a little closer and tucked his wings close around them, sending them into a nose dive straight towards the group, as they neared the ground phil opened his wings and leveled out, dropping squall into a group of clones*
*BOOM!* Squall hurtled into a group of clones and fired his gunblade, causing a huge explosion as he hit the ground. Lets finish this... again .
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 22:17:02 GMT
Reno's party finally made it through the walls of clones on the battle field, reaching the inner sanctum... Joey shouted, "Heads up! We got Elites!"
Annie blasted a space compression blister at them, trying to punch a hole through them, and Reno began trying to petrify the nearest specimens, swinging his EMR at their heads... Loz broke free of the hyperspeed envelope and lit into the guards full force...
Ami heard the boom behind her, and she turned back to look... going at hyperspeed within the envelope, it looked to her as though the explosion was blossoming out in slow motion. That's my man, she thought with a grin. She yanked the Puppeteer blade forward and started to swing at their coming blades, blocking the ones aiming for the twins... She felt some sense of relief in the realization that while these Elites could see and sense them, none of the other troopers could, so long as Kamen's shields held out...
Rude, being unarmed, for the moment refrained from offensive action and hung back to observe the patterns of these "Elites". A bit stronger than their cannon fodder counterparts, judging by thier builds, and clearly more intelligent... far more psychically sensitive --even Jenova was unable to locate us through Kamen's shields-- they must have been designed expressly to compensate for that deficiency.
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