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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 5:43:14 GMT
Sephiroth was only slightly perterbed by her comments and slammed his blade down as hard as possible onto Amnesty's, knocking her straight back into the rock of the mountain, then shoved off the mountainside, soaring out into the open air, grinning at Cloud as he did.
"So why are YOU here Cloud? This seems to be a family affair and your not one of us anymore... So what is your business here?"
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 5:54:59 GMT
Amnesty was stunned... the rocks behind her were pulverized as she slammed into the mountain, and she came within a hair's breadth of blacking out altogether. She started to tumble down the steep mountainside... Kadaj abandoned the fight with Jenova for now as she fell. The others are grown boys. They can handle her for five minutes.
He intercepted his sister and got her back to the ground, a safe distance from the battle. "I told you once, I told you a million times... stop trying so hard to be the hero!"
She groaned, trying to make her head stop spinning.
"You're lucky he didn't skewer you."
Ami made no comments on this assertion. She merely tried to regain her feet. Kadaj pushed her back down. "Oh, no, you don't. You stay right there until the little cartoon stars stop circling your head."
He looked up at Cloud and Sephiroth, almost growling. "You d**n reprobate b*****d..."
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Cloud sprang off the mountainside in hot pursuit, clanging the longer of his two blades against the Masamune, knocking it aside. "As if I would miss welcoming you and your little brothers back to the planet," Cloud replied mockingly. "I swear, between you and your siblings, my life has gotten very busy very fast lately."
He followed up with a slash at Sephiroth's ribcage. "On that note, what exactly brings YOU back here? I'd figure you'd get tired of coming in second."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 6:04:11 GMT
Jenova aimed a hit at Loz, her small fist carrying an supernaturally charged amount of power... dark purple energy seeped from her arm as she slammed a hit into his gut, causing him to stagger, knocking the wind out of him. Yazoo sprinted towards her and swiped at her head with the melee pistol in his good arm, but she merely whipped off her pashmina and flung it at him, forcing him to swipe it aside as she sprang at him, aiming a pointed kick at the side of his head. It knocked him sideways, and he almost toppled... by the time he had recovered his balance, he could see the young iteration of his progenitor streaking towards the bottleneck... He and Loz barreled after her, despite the flashes of mental agony she kept stabbing into their brains...
Rude was the only one left guarding the bottleneck now. The others were in the thick of the fighting and he was forced to try firing on her alone, setting the Sacrifice back on Electric Ram... she held her hands forward and caught the beam of electricity burning towards her, letting it concentrate into a huge ball...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 6:12:24 GMT
Sephiroth felt Cloud's Buster sword graze his midsection and flapped his wing strongly the moment the blade was past, slamming his body into Cloud's, pinning his right arm in between them and slamming his massive blade into the remaining Buster, knocking it from his grip.
Sephiroth siezed Cloud by the throat and looked into his eyes.
"I told you last time we met Cloud... As long as you still exist... I cant lose, and I will never be a memory." He said, squeezing his neck tightly.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 6:23:18 GMT
An enraged scream broke out behind him. "Wanna make a bet?!"
Kadaj had launched himself into middle space at his elder brother's back, bringing the Angel Cry at his spine. "Who's not good enough NOW?!"
Cloud broke through the haze of his near suffocation and straightened out his arm, propelling Sephiroth backwards towards Kadaj. I think the lack of oxygen is getting to me... am I really seeing this?
He dropped to the ground as the Template and Remnant prepared to duel... I think this is about the right time to call in the cavalry.
He yanked his cell phone out of his pocket and punched in a speed dial. "Cid, we got problems... get the Sierra out to Mt. Nibel... so what if you're eating lunch? We haven't got time for this! Bring it out here and keep the engines running... we're in major trouble!" He hung up without proffering further explanation...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 6:27:39 GMT
Sephiroth moved his midsection to the right just as Kadaj's double blades reached him and passed through under his arm, had they gone a foot to the right, he would have been very badly damaged. Instead, Sephiroth locked his elbow around Kadaj's arm and turned his head to look at his lesser brother.
"Kadaj... Glad to meet you finally." He said.
With that, he flapped his wing again, slamming it into Kadaj's side and sending them into a spin, whipping his former larval form violently around, still holding his arm firmly in place.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 6:34:41 GMT
Kadaj gritted his teeth. "Is THAT the best you've got?!"
He tossed the Angel Cry to his other hand and slashed at his elder brother's arm with it to loosen his grip, kicking upwards at Sephiroth's trunk... "No wonder you got my body f**ked up!!!"
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Post by Ru on Dec 7, 2006 6:38:10 GMT
"Every time...every d*mn time he gets his a*s into trouble I gotta come to the rescue." Cid Highwind stood at the wooden wheel of the Sierra, racing towards Mt. Nibel, partly from the urgency of Cloud's call and partly because he just liked to fly fast. He steered with his right hand and gripped a half-eaten sandwich tightly in the other.
"Doesn't even tell me what the h*ll is goin' on, no..." Cid muttered, scowling through the large glass windows at the land zooming past in a green blur under the ship. In all truth, he missed seeing the old crowd around, but so many of them were concentrated around Midgar and Edge, and he hated that area. And those that weren't had their own lives and problems to deal with. Whatever the case, it would be good to see a familiar face again, even if it did stem from a desperate-sounding rescue call.
As he neared the mountain, Cid squinted down - at first, he could see nothing out of the ordinary. Then, his eyes caught a flash of movement; a fight. He easily recognized Cloud, and soon after spotted the three silver-haired figures.
"What the - " Abandoning the wheel, he ran to the window.
"Sh*t." He dashed back to his control post, and lowered the airship as fast as he possibly could, landing it with a shaking thud on the nearby ground, cannons facing the battle. The propellors still spun wildly overhead, and Cid was nearly knocked over as he kicked the door open and ran out.
"Aren't these jerks supposed to be dead?" he asked, more to himself, then shook his head as he remembered the call.
"OI!! Spikey!! Over here!" He waved to Cloud, a little oblivious at how the man could miss the giant airship.
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 6:43:52 GMT
Sephiroth took the hit to his arm and just shook his head, delivering a powerful punch to Kadaj's sternum.
"Well allow me to do that to you again." He said, kneeing him in the stomach. Sephiroth took notice of the airship and glared at it.
"Does history have anything better to do than repeat itself?" He said to himself, throwing Kadaj away and zooming straight for the ship.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 6:55:28 GMT
Kadaj, though throbbing with pain in several places, had too much warrior blood in him to care... he flipped around to plant his feet in the mountainside and propelled himself towards the Template, absolutely seeing red... he had drawn blood, and that only spurred him on...
Cloud launched himself up to intercept Sephiroth before he could reach the Sierra, reaching him about the same time the larval form did... both struck from the same direction, knocking Sephiroth towards the ground with the force of a missile launcher.
They landed behind him and prepared for counter attack... "Just when I thought this day couldn't get any more d**ned ironic," Kadaj muttered, glancing at Cloud out of the corner of his eye.
"Just shut up and fight," Cloud shot back.
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 6:59:47 GMT
Sephiroth spun around in the blink of an eye and sprinted at his two opponents, slashing wildly with his oversized sword, catching them off-guard.
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Post by Ru on Dec 7, 2006 7:01:47 GMT
Narrowing his eyes, Cid quickly held his spear up, but Cloud and Kadaj intercepted Sephiroth before he could reach the ship. It took him a moment to grasp the situation, but he quickly ran in front the other side, standing protectively between the Template and the Sierra.
"Why the h*ll doesn't anything stay burried," he muttered, waving a hand to Cloud.
"Cloud! Good to see ya!! Soo...."
Okay. He recognized Kadaj. Kadaj was evil. And Sephiroth. But...wasn't that impossible? Ignoring the fact that they had, of course, been killed a while back...
"D*mn, this is some kinda mess," Cid scowled, "You better explain this after all the fightin's done. And keep him away from my ship!! I can't getcha outta here if he cuts up anything!!" His eyes widened slightly as Sephiroth turned to both Cloud and Kadaj, attacking them viciously.
"Oh, this ain't good."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 7:05:24 GMT
Inside the cavern, young Jenova had the energy ball at critical mass... she unleashed it, blasting Rude backwards through the bottleneck, bowling him directly into Annie. Distracted, she lost her focus on the teleport envelope, and it collapsed... She leaned over the big man, who had been knocked unconscious by the impact and severely burned... He'll die if I don't do something! Once again, her compassion won out over her common sense and she began concentrating on repairing his damaged tissues through her healing Touch... the envelope was forgotten..
Fruxas wiggled his way out of his cage, the hole just barely big enough for him to squeeze through. The figure was unfamiliar, but the presence was unmistakeable... "Jenova!"
Joey turned and gasped... to see Jenova was to see death, she had heard the rebels say so many times...
Jenova hoisted her up with a telepathic hold, blocking her off from supplying any further speed to her friends. "You, my little red-headed brat, have been a c0ckleburr under my tail long enough..."
Joey screamed. "JARED!"
He saw the dull glow of Jenova's purple energy blade and his heart leaped into his throat. He barreled past the troopers in his way, searing them down with the Souba...
He entered the cave just in time to get a wooden bolt fired into his chest, knocking him backwards at an angle, bashing him against the corner of the cavern entry. He collapsed to the cave floor and looked up at the point of a purple energy blade being lowered at his face...
"Very good shot... little brother," Jenova purred, standing over Jared with the Black Lifestream a heartbeat from ending her traitorous grandson forever. Joey was suspended in midair, at her mercy, choking and clawing at the force of an invisible stranglehold. Fruxas, clutching his crossbow, was securely in her grasp, sitting in the crook of her wiry arm. "Don't look so dejected, my little Brutus," Jenova sneered, drawing her blade back for the kill. "Look at it this way... no matter what happens next, the future is yours." She cackled evilly with her dual voice as Jared cringed...
Reno burst into the cave, attacking her from behind. "Y'know, you're REALLY annoying, yo!!!"
Jenova turned on him with a wild scream, telepathically tossing him against the opposite wall with a resounding thud. She gave Jared one more lethal glare before disappearing with the boy, melting away into the mob of attacking troopers... A command sounded in all their minds, their mother calling them to pull back for the moment... The time has not yet come for us to complete our raid... we have the child in custody, and we have tested the strength of our enemies... they will be dead within the fortnight, but for now we will withdraw... our mission here is accomplished. Some of the troopers began to pull back, but many of them, still engaged by the heroes, were not so easily able to obey...
Reno realized none of the clones were paying him any attention, and that furthermore, the unmistakeable sound of an airship happened to be within the immediate vicnity... Joey dropped to the ground as Jenova left the cavern, coughing and choking violently. He moved to check on her. "Are you OK?"
"Fine," she wheezed.
Reno yanked her to her feet. "This is suicide! You're getting out of here now!"
Joey tried to break away. "But Jared--" Reno was not in a mood for arguments at the moment. "But nothing. You can be freedom fighters and all that noble jazz AFTER you turn eighteen, OK? As of now: I say, you do, yo."
Annie helped the restored Rude stand and began to follow them. She might have grinned other circumstances... this speech sounded amusingly familiar.
Reno intercepted Nikky on his way to the Sierra, speeding through the scattered clone troops with all pistons churning. Rude readjusted his grip on the Sacrifice and covered him from behind. "Hey, you! Hold that airship, yo!" Why the h**k is this heap ringing a bell in my head... He screeched to a halt. Holy c**p... don't TELL me this is who I think it is... the nostalgia brigade is out in force today...
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 7, 2006 7:15:14 GMT
Cloud ducked under the Masamune as Kadaj spun to his right. The young Remnant caught the outrageously long weapon with the Angel Cry, hoping it would sear through his opponent's blade as the Black Lifestream had through Unknown's sword... no such luck. He could see his mother was exercising a little bit of favoritism... she was force-shielding the blade. "Mother always did like you best," he growled. He threw it back with a considerable amount of effort and arced it up towards the Template's arm, trying to cut off his sword hand at the elbow... "You know what I always hated about this sword?"
Cloud, still half-doubled over, followed his back-upwards momentum in bringing his remaining Buster sword slicing up towards Sephiroth's back...
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Post by mistervillainman on Dec 7, 2006 7:18:41 GMT
Sephiroth back-flipped in time with Cloud's strike and landed in a crouch a few feet away, glaring at Kadaj.
"Possibly that you never got one?" He said mockingly, then rushed forward again. He feigned a strike at Kadaj, then slammed his blade into Cloud's with enough force to knock him back against the mountain. He quickly turned and took advantage of them being split up and launched at Kadaj again, for real this time...
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