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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 5, 2006 6:31:19 GMT
Sephiroth stuck the blade into the ground and pushed up into the air, ripping it free as he spun around, cleaving the tree completely in half, causing it to topple to the ground with a huge crash, catching him in the branches.
"No, not despair... Utter and complete decimation." He said.
Sephiroth spun like a top and slashed hard at Amnesty, shattering the rock with the force of his swing and sending broken rock bits flying into her face.
"And you dear sister... Shall feel the most of it."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 5, 2006 6:44:09 GMT
Cloud slashed through the tree pinning him down, setting the bark afire. He sprang upwards and intercepted Sephiroth, swinging his Buster swords up to clash with the Masamune in midair. "And what did she do to deserve your generosity?!"
Ami was blasted aside by the force of the rocks' impact. Slightly dazed, she slammed into the dirt and slid, leaving a long skid mark. She yanked herself to her feet and charged again, not even waiting for her head to clear, launching herself into middle space with her sword high over her head.
****
Jenova calmly began walking into the cave, surrounded by fighting clones and snarling monsters. A veritable wall of protectors stood around her, each prepared to die sooner than allow her to be placed in the slightest danger.
Poor saps, Kadaj thought, leading his brothers straight through them.
Intense hatred simmered in the cavern as they stood face to face with their "Mother" for the first time.
"I'll ask nicely once. Get out of my way," she requested cooly.
Kadaj stared at her, a deep bitterness in his eyes. "You lied to us."
Jenova shook her head with mock pity. "All mothers tell fairy tales to their children." She ignited her energy blade. "But in real life, well... things don't always end in happily ever after."
She attacked.
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 5, 2006 6:46:45 GMT
Sephiroth shoved Cloud's buster sword back with just enough force to make him push back, then suddenly side-stepped it and launched himself into the air and kicking Amnesty in the back, leaving her zooming towards Cloud instead of him.
"Simple Cloud... She was born."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 5, 2006 6:56:37 GMT
Ami swung the Puppeteer up just in time to catch the Buster with it, preventing herself from skewering her ally. She spun herself around and planted her feet on the blunt edge of his blade, launching herself up from them after Sephiroth. This sent Cloud slightly off-balance, and he returned to the ground, running up the side of a tree to throw himself vertically at the fueding siblings.
"Not exactly like I asked for the honor of being born a cancer, brother," she snarled, arcing the blade at his midsection. "I'm surprised you recognized me after I got your filth out of my cells."
Cloud zeroed in, aiming higher towards his archenemy's head... if Sephiroth somehow managed to dodge, he didn't want to collide with Amnesty again. He saw the ribbon tied to his arm out of the corner of his eye, and the red gleam in Ami's hair as the distance closed...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 5, 2006 7:04:32 GMT
Sephiroth slammed his blade into Amnesty's with bone-shattering force, then siezed her by the collar and yanked her close.
"You dont fool me, sister... I know that deep down inside that weak... CARING exterior you put up... You desire the power you gave up. You still yearn to know that which I and your sister have embraced... I know this because Xima and you are the same person. So just GIVE IN to your need." He said, kicking her square in the stomach and sending her flying.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 5, 2006 7:13:09 GMT
Ami had the wind knocked out of her as she flew backwards, crashing into the ground once again... true, she sometimes missed being able to run at speeds matching her own motorcycle, but that was a moot point as far as she was concerned. "I don't need you," she wheezed, trying to pick herself up.
Cloud came in with a swipe at Sephiroth's skull from both horizontal directions. "If that scene down there is any indication, the last thing you need is more recruits. You know the real difference between her and you?"
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 5, 2006 7:20:45 GMT
Sephiroth did not even turn, he simply swung his sword vertically up and over his head so that it was parallel to his back and blocked Cloud's attack. Sephiroth then twisted around, still locking his blade with Clouds and looking him dead in the eyes.
"The difference is that while I accept and embrace that which was given to me... She represses it and lives in a world of weakness and... compassion. Things that can be used against you. The difference is that while I am all powerful, she is weak."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 5, 2006 7:40:13 GMT
"Wrong," Cloud retorted, his blades grinding on the Masamune. "The difference is, she doesn't have to play lapdog to her mommy to get her strength."
He threw Sephiroth back, slamming him towards the ground. Ami rose and charged him. "In my weakness..." She pulled her sword down towards his ribcage, thrusting at his heart. "I am stronger than you will EVER be!"
Cloud landed directly behind the General in a crouch, bringing his swords around towards the Angel's legs, trying to cut him off at the knees...
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Post by matt on Dec 5, 2006 15:26:02 GMT
Unknown grinned at the sight. Cloud must really be enjoying himself. Unknown hadn't been hit by the clones yet due to his shadow clones protecting him. He slowly walked towards Jenova and drew his sword. She would pay for hurting his sister. Unknowns mind was far more powerful than his sisters, so Jenova's mind games wouldn't work with him. Unknown sent his shadow clones to deal with any clones that tried to interfere with Clouds battle, and flung his sword into Jenova's, summoning a shield of darkness around himself. Blood kept the clones away from Cloud and Amnesty so that they could deal with Sephiroth. At that moment Akira headed into the cave and slashed through a clone about to attack Blood. "Watch your back!" He shouted, as he burnt through another of the clones.
Asuka had gained her balance again after the mind attacks. Drawing her kunai, she headed back into the crowd and began to strike down the clones.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 6, 2006 18:52:52 GMT
Jenova attempted to hack into Unknown's mind and free herself to deal with her wayward sons, but found a powerful block shoving her away-- This one has the strength of the dragon inside him. But there are ways around that...
Her energy sword cut straight through his blade, searing it in half. She pulled back her free hand and flung an element ball at him, blasting him into the opposite wall.
Kadaj and the others came at her from different directions while Unknown distracted her, but she was too fast for them, even with the help of the acceleration envelopes... She swung out at them with her sword, forcing them to drop back. She left a wound on Yazoo's arm, which began to leak green blood... He winced but drew a pistol with the other arm, firing at her... her sword blocked the bullets, which melted on contact and fell to the cave floor as drops of hot liquid lead...
Kadaj tried to think of a strategy. We can't use our weapons against that d**n blade of hers... We just have to stay out of its reach and hope that kid's time powers will give us enough speed to get in a few blows on her!
Jared threw back another clone and called out to his uncle. "Hey!" He retracted the Angel Cry's blade and tossed it over. "Switch!"
Kadaj got the idea... he tossed his sword over as he caught and ignited the Angel Cry, bringing it arcing around towards his "mother's" midsection.
"Ungrateful brat!" she hissed as the blade's edge seared a hole in her skirt, only grazing the cloth as she spun away from it. She brought her blade down in reply to meet his...
He shoved back, the rage of his betrayal boiling away inside him, firing him with strength... "Should I be grateful... that I gave you everything... and got NOTHING in return?!"
Loz came charging in from behind to back Kadaj up, swinging his pile bunker at Jenova's head... she ducked under his blow and blasted Kadaj away with another element ball before turning to deal with Loz...
He pulled himself back to his feet and found himself at the cave mouth... he saw Ami and Cloud confronting the Template... Amnesty, you have got to be out of your mind...
****
Fruxas realized Asuka was paying him no more attention and worked with redoubled efforts at the cage's structure... there was a sizeable gap in the bars now...
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 6, 2006 20:28:06 GMT
It was taking a lot for Reno to get the clones down and keep them there... they may have been engineered to be cannon fodder, but all the same, they were still way too fast and strong for him... his subconscious Lifestream control began to operate again, making him faster and stronger, but even so he could merely match the clones...
You're going at this all wrong. Try another angle, Joey's voice echoed in his mind.
He gave one a solid bash in the head with his EMR, but it just regained its balance and counterattacked. "What other angle? The 'these creeps are kicking my a** and I better do something before I get slashed everywhere but the bottoms of my feet' angle?"
Joey scoffed. Look, how have you successfully dealt with Remnants before?
He gave it a stiff elbow to the face and turned to the next creep in line. "Quit beating around the bush and give it to me straight, kid."
He felt a wave of irritation. Petrify them, for heaven's sake! I'd do it myself, but I have to keep the party accelerated!
He aimed a kick at another trooper's head. "Not sure I can do that without concentrating... but it's worth a shot, yo."
The floor began to glow green as sheathes of mako energy began to rise around the clones immediately surrounding him... their movements became jerkier and slower, but they stubbornly kept attacking... Reno was starting to feel drained...
Not ALL of them at once! You'll wear yourself out!
"Sure, now ya tell me," he panted, struggling to keep holding his own, blocking several katana blades with his EMR...
Annie felt his distress and sent a wave of reserve energy into him... her envelope flickered slightly, but she quickly restabilized it... he threw back the crowd of clones that was suddenly trying to throw itself at him and directed an intense energy attack at one of the larger, nastier ones, which immediately was transformed to solid rock.
"That's the way! Keep it up!" Joey crowed.
Jared moved in to cover him as he started to likewise concentrate on a few other clones in the same way, going on the defensive as he directed as much energy as possible towards the petrification process... Rude set the Sacrifice to energy blast mode as the heroes started moving into the crowd and let go a barrage at the hordes converging on his partner's position...
Vincent was busily leaping from wall to floor to stalactite to stalagmite, keeping himself from staying in one spot too long as he sniped at the clones... as long as he remained a moving target, the troopers couldn't touch him, and their deliberately inferior minds couldn't predict his seemingly erratic travel pattern...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 5:12:26 GMT
Sephiroth ducked under the first strike, letting it pass mere inches from his head, then he launched himself into the air and flapped his wing, getting more height and flipping over to prepare for the next attack.
"Your both so sad... Someone else is doing better than you are right now and he's not even close to your skill level." He said, arching his sword over his head and pointing it towards them.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 5:21:51 GMT
Ami rolled her eyes as she and Cloud both met the Masamune with their respective weapons. "Number one, I don't have Lifestream powers. Number two, let's not forget those creeps in there were designed to be cannon fodder."
She and Cloud shoved him back, sending him flying. They sprang after him, Cloud locking the Buster's blades back together and spinning the sword in one hand as a blue glow began to emanate from it. Ami's Puppeteer blade also illuminated, flickering with her suppressed rage. "At least HE isn't consenting to work with that b*****d Shinra anymore. I have to admit, I'd expect a second-class tactic like that out of Xima, the ignorant slu+... but not from you."
Cloud resisted the urge to ask just what the h**l did Ami mean about Xima being a slu+ as he and Ami bounced along the side of the mountain, pursuing his archenemy. Was she saying that... Xima and Rufus...
Ami sneered at her elder brother. "Just how the h**l did you manage to ignore the natural gag reflex when you brokered a deal with that scum?"
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 5:27:41 GMT
Sephiroth went into a whirlwind of slashes with his blade, clashing over and over with each of them until the blades began to heat up.
"All means to an end Amnesty..."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 5:36:55 GMT
"Riiiight," Ami retorted, matching his blows. "But Lord, if it ain't ironic... wasn't it your hate for that son of a b***h that started this whole shebang? Kinda makes the whole d**n series of events to this point seem... kind of meaningless." She laughed in his face. "You dumb s**t! You've just negated the entire objective of your existence. Have you really gotten THAT desperate?"
Cloud was not sure if Amnesty's provocations were doing any good... but they weren't doing any harm, either, as far as he could tell. He seperated his blades again to increase his attack speed and pressed their advantage, trying to get into closer quarters where the longer blade wouldn't be as maneuverable... Ami kept angling her attacks to keep the combat close to the mountainside, so as not to give Sephiroth the advantage of his minor anti-gravitational abilities...
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