Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Katayoku no Tenshi ❯ Katayoku no Akuma ( Chapter 4 )

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Scene: The Gold Saucer Chocobo Raceway

The chocobos raced around the track that seemed endless. Joe was in third place but for good reasons. He was saving his chocobo's strength for the midway point of the track. They passed all the early stages and were nearing the imaginary forest ahead. The crowds were cheering them on, especially the betters. As they neared the forest a human cackle came from the treetops. Suddenly, the light of the raceway went dead and they were left with the small and spread out backup lights. The racers and chocobos stopped and gazed around in confusion. Then, they were greeted by a figure cloaked in a black trench coat wielding an immense sword similar to Masamune. The figure laughed before the floor was covered with the blood of the leading chocobo and rider. The others scattered in all directions as did the crowd. The figure jumped into the stands and slathered anyone that stood in his wake. Many were able to escape and this started a huge run towards the trains. Dio arose from his office to see the what the commotion was all about.
After running into the chocobo raceway, the figure appeared on all the television screens in the theme park. Dio gasped at seeing the outfit and the sword. He knew that he was in trouble. The figure laughed for a moment before pacing in the studio and beginning to speak.
"Attention all citizens of the Gold Saucer, this is your beloved future leader, Sephiroth. I have come to avenge what was done to me and show you pitiful humans the right path. Today, was just an example of what will happen if you oppose me in any way. For now, your lives will be spared, but if I do not see results in the next week... Let's just say not as many people will escape as you did today." the figure said, "Until then... Have a nice day..."
The televisions turned off leaving everyone, who was watching, with their mouths dropped to the floor. Dio looked scared for the first time in his life. He ran for his office and began searching for a certain number.
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Scene: Godo's House (Two Hours Later)

Vincent sat in the living room playing chess with Sephiroth, who finally got the doctor to let him out of bed. Yuffie was cleaning and eyeing over her massive materia collection. Tifa was folding her laundry and placing it away. Cid was starting another model kit of his for his collection. Red XIII was reading a book that Kentaro let him borrow. Cloud was polishing off his sword. Barret, in the meanwhile, was completing several workout exercises. All seemed quiet and peaceful for the time being. Then, Sephiroth declared checkmate. Vincent smiled at him with a look of slight shock.
"What did somebody finally defeat Vincent at chess?" Cid said stepping into the room.
"Yeah, Sephiroth accomplished what everyone else failed at." Vincent answered.
"That's it I am taking lessons from him instead of you." Cloud proclaimed.
"Hey guys, there is a special news report on television. Come on its something about the Gold Saucer and some trouble." Kentaro said turning on the TV.
The screen came to life and the group gathered around it in a semi circle. The reporter shifted through his papers quickly and nodded at the camera man. He was standing next to a frightened Dio and many terrified chocobo riders including Joe.
"Sorry to interrupt the current programing, but this is a flash bulletin from your world news network. Earlier today during the first chocobo race, the Gold Saucer was attacked by the most horrible of fiends. Recently thought to be considered dead, Sephiroth apparently came here and made a death threat to all that oppose him. I am here on the scene with the owner of the Gold Saucer, Dio, and some of the chocobo racer that witnessed this horrid massacre." the reporter began, "Tell, Mr. Dio, what exactly happened?"
"The day started out as normal. Suddenly, the lights of the whole park went out. We switched to the backup lights until we could find the problem. Naturally, I was in my trophy room when I heard some screaming. Knowing that most anyone would break up a serious fight upon seeing my strength, I ventured out. To my amazement all my customers were running for the cable trains along with some chocobos. Then, all the television screens came on and I saw him. Sephiroth as plain as day opposing my customers and my amusement park! If it weren't for the fact he was so far away, I would have fought him and won... He threatened that if we did not meet his demands, which he left in the recording studio, within a week that he would kill us all." Dio explained proudly.
"Yeah, and how about you, Joe? Explain what you saw." the reporter said looking to Joe.
"Well, the lights went off as Dio said. Naturally, we, chocobo racers, stopped and waited from them to come back on. Then, from out of nowhere Sephiroth jumped down from the illusion machine and killed one of our chocobos and rider. We quickly scattered as he headed for the audience and sliced through many people. This caused the rest to flee as well but still some were murdered in Sephiroth's wake." Joe stated slightly disturbed.
"There you have it. Dio requests that Cloud meet him ASAP. Now, back to your regular programming." the reporter finished.

The group stared at each other for a moment before looking towards Sephiroth. He looked at them wide eyed and surprised. He waved his hands defensively and shook his head.
"Hey, I did not do it. I was here with you the whole time. So how could it be me?" Sephiroth asked.
"He has got a point, but if not you then who?" Tifa asks.
"That's easy. It has to be one of those left over clones or a overly obsessed Sephiroth Fan (that's me!)." Red XIII replied.
"Unless Sephiroth secretly cloned himself right under our noses. He has brainwashed us all into thinking that he was here the whole time. Or maybe, aliens actually look like Sephiroth and are coming to avenge his death." Barret stated.
"Barret, shut up..." Yuffie said plain and with a mean look.
"We will just have to see this Sephiroth for ourselves." Vincent said standing up, "Cloud, let's go for the Gold Saucer and ask Dio."
"One problem vampire boy. What do we do with cape boy?" Cid asked.
"Simple, we disguise him until this impostor shows himself." Vincent answered.
"What do we disguise him as?" Yuffie asked.
"A mercenary, that's what. You see a lot of them protecting regular people when they go somewhere. Might have to cut the hair." Tifa suggested.
"Touch the hair and get hurt." Sephiroth stated.
"Well, at least, put it in a ponytail or something." Tifa replied.
After a long argument, Tifa placed together Sephiroth on outfit while the others loaded the Highwind. They were all waiting for Sephiroth. Then, he walked out of Wutai with his new outfit on. He had on a navy blue sleeveless shirt with a dark blue cape similar to Vincent's draped over his shoulder and pinned together by a belt buckle. Over his left arm was one of his own shoulder pads His shirt was tucked into his SOLDIER's belt leaving the shirt tails to lay upon the top of his pants. Across his chest was a belt strapped to Heaven's Cloud. His pants were similar to Cloud's but they were black. Ebony black hiking boots covered his feet. His hair was tied back at the base of his neck by a black leather cord. His hands were fitted with black gloves that cut off midway up his fingers leaving the rest, exposed. At the base of the gloves were two small bangles with materia in them.
"Well, not bad. He does pass off as a whole other person at least." Cloud stated, "Now, for a name we shall call you in public."
"Seraph" Sephiroth replied.
"Well, okay, then let's go, Seraph." Cloud proclaimed.
They all boarded and the Highwind took off into the sky. Cid piloted it towards the Gold Saucer. They all took seats on the plane even if the ride was only going to be an hour long or so. So to make long trip short, they arrived at the North Corel and disembarked. As they entered the town, the people started pleading them to stop Sephiroth. Luckily, no one suspected Seraph of being Sephiroth. They made it into the lobby of the Gold Saucer with no problem except for the fact they had to wait for an escort.
"I don't see why Dio is making us wait." Red XIII commented.
"He is probably scared stiff after that little conflict." Yuffie added.
"I wonder..." Sephiroth thought to himself.
"Dio will see you now." A woman said.
They followed the woman into Dio's spacious business office (Think president Shinra's office). They all took a seat except for Vincent, Sephiroth, and Red XIII, who all thought standing was better. Dio looked at Sephiroth oddly and then to Cloud for guidance.
"Cloud, who is he?" Dio asked pointing towards Sephiroth.
"Oh, that's Seraph. We meet him in Mideel a long time ago. He is a mercenary." Cloud answered.
"Well, glad to have you on the job as well." Dio replied looking to Sephiroth.
Sephiroth just bowed his head slightly in return. Dio told everyone what had happened by the details. He showed them the tape they had of "Sephiroth's" announcement. Dio sighed and begun to read out Sephiroth's demands.
"He wants all the clones gathered here. He wants Cloud and his gang. Power and the list goes on. The usually the dude would want. So I am asking you all to stay here and guard this place until this thing blows over." Dio finished, "I have arranged rooms for you in my private hotel for my business clients."

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The Sephiroth impostor watched them secretly from the security room that he built. His eyes were laid upon the one Cloud called Seraph. He looked vaguely familiar in an eerie sort of way. He smiled as he gazed at his long sword of mass destruction. An evil smirk quickly replaced the smile as he neared the blade.
"I guess I will have to give them a warning. They do not take my threats seriously. Well, I will show them I am not bluffing." the figure said out loud.
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As the group neared the hotel rooms, Sephiroth suddenly stopped in front of a decorated wall. He stared at it for a moment before placing his hand on it. Yuffie walked up to him and cocked her head at him in slight amusement. This causes the whole group to look at Sephiroth.
"What's wrong?" Yuffie asks.
"I vaguely hear someone's thoughts from here." Sephiroth answered, "I guess it's nothing."
"Well, if that happens again then it must mean something." Red XIII commented.
As they got to the rooms, they began pairing off roommates. Tifa and Yuffie had the first room. Vincent and Sephiroth had the second room. Cloud and Kentaro bunked up in the third one. Cid, Barret, and Red XIII all shared the last room. After they got comfortable and spent some time walking around night came. Yet again, Sephiroth is plagued by the woman that he hates so much.

-----Sephiroth's Dream-----

Sephiroth found himself looking into the eyes of Cloud. Cloud had just thrown over the side of the Nibel Reactor. This time instead of what he remembered happening, he just kept falling for eternity. Suddenly, his fall was stopped by something large and sticky feeling. He opened his eyes to see Jenova in her demon like state holding him. He jumped from her tentacles and she turned into a human form like before.
"Welcome my son..." Jenova greeted.
"Pleasure's mine." Sephiroth said with hate.
"Now, now, no need to be hostile, is there? It is only I, your mother. I see that you still are not going to change your mind. How about I show you what you are missing..." Jenova said sweetly.
"Missing what? Your torture? The things you will make me do? Being your body puppet? Your servant? Like hell do I miss those things." Sephiroth retorted.
"Don't you remember the power that flowed through your veins? More power than any mere human could posses. Let me take you back to all of that." Jenova said holding her arms out.
Sephiroth snarled at her and charged forth with Masamune in hand. She dodged his attack but his guard hit her as he slashed in a circular motion. She squeaked in pain but quickly countered with a magic spell. She held her fingers to head while she was suspended in the air. A shield of power surrounded Sephiroth and jolted his body with enormous amounts of energy. When finished Sephiroth's head lolled to one side as Masamune hit the ground with a clank. His eyes' glow dimmed and his eyes half closed. His body fell limp as Jenova cackled loudly.
"Heh... This proves it... If I am your son, which I am not, you would not treat me like this. Face it you only want to use me and then throw me away." Sephiroth whispered.
"Dare you defy me!" Jenova yelled.
"Watch me..." Sephiroth hissed.
"And after all this of raising you to dislike humans. You had to turn out like this." Jenova said shaking her head.
"Raising me? Ha! I raised myself, demon. All you did was influence me to do the wrong things but I refused to listen." Sephiroth retorted.
"Yes, but I eventually got past that strong will of yours." Jenova commented.
"Well, I will go all I can in my power to see that it doesn't happen again." Sephiroth replied.
"Then, by all means waste your energy to try to avoid me. You know I will win." Jenova chuckled.
Surprising Jenova, Sephiroth had Masamune pressed against her throat. She frowned at sight that she could not see coming. Sephiroth was laughing slightly as he pressed down until a small streak of blood flowed down her neck.
Jenova reacted by elbowing Sephiroth in the stomach. He stepped back a bit before looking her straight in the eye.
"See you can never beat me. I know your every move, son." Jenova taunted.
"But there is one thing I can do..." Sephiroth mocked with a smirk.
"What?" Jenova asked.
"Free my mind..." Sephiroth answered looking to one of his shoulder pads.
Jenova gave him a puzzled look and cocked her head slightly. Sephiroth gave her a devilish smile in return as he took his fighting stance. She accepted his challenge by turning into her Synthesis form and took a fighting stance. Sephiroth dodged her first charge before she could turn around he sliced a wound into her backside. She screamed and swatted her tentacle in his direction but he dodged. She had forgotten that he was a lot tougher than she thought. She saw a gleam in his eye telling her he was preparing for a strong attack the next chance he got. She fired a Ultima spell in his direction but at the last second he threw up a barrier that took most of the damage. He allowed his right hand to completely hold Masamune as his left went up in an arch. His fist was clenched and something was being concentrated in the hand. His hair was flared up an blowing everywhere as a red light surrounded his feet. The light in his hand became brighter and redder. Then, he held his left hand out and pointed the spell's power at Jenova.
"Super Nova!" Sephiroth yelled.
Jenova was transported into outer space. She watched helplessly as the giant comet headed in her direction. No barrier she had could stop it or lessen the damage. She took a defensive position as it hit her. The explosion was huge and she was dropped hard back onto the battlefield where she once was. She looked to Sephiroth and found the bottom slot on his left shoulder pad was still glowing red before it stopped. That was where he had kept his Super Nova Summon Materia. Sephiroth smiled as he saw Jenova's broken and fragile form standing before him. She growled before disappearing into black space. Sephiroth sheathed Masamune and smiled once again out of satisfaction.
"Now, I have done what was promised, demon." Sephiroth whispered to himself.

----End of Dream----

Sephiroth woke up and saw that he had forgot to change clothes before he went to sleep. Vincent was still asleep in the bed across the room. He sat and placed his arms on his knees. Before he could get comfortable his very sensitive hearing picked up a faint scream from somewhere outside the hotel. There was no time to wake the others so he gathered Masamune, which he brought just in case, and headed towards the scream. He ran down the hall and begged that whoever was screaming would not stop. He was followed close behind by Red XIII, whose hearing also picked up the scream. Both jumped over the railing of the second floor to the first floor. They ran outside and saw no one so continued further into the theme park searching for its source. Then, they spotted the black figure that Dio had talked about earlier. He had cornered a few dozen people and was about to murdered them all. Sephiroth rushed forward and clashed swords with the figure. Red XIII lead the victims away to safety while Sephiroth held the offender off. The figure smiled and slashed at Sephiroth, who dodged.
"So we meet face to face." the figure mumbles.
"Shut up." Sephiroth says blankly.
"A little bit cocky, are we?" the figure retorts.
"No, just mad that you would go so far as to hurt innocent people." Sephiroth replied.
"Pretty funny. Sephiroth, a protector of the weak and helpless." the figure stated.
"It's better than being controlled by a demon." Sephiroth retorts with clashing swords with the figure.
Red XIII jumps into the fray and helps Sephiroth defeat this impostor. Before they could do any serious damage the impostor mysteriously disappeared into the night sky. Sephiroth looked to Red XIII and sighed.
"He is not far. I can still sense his presence." Sephiroth commented.
"True." Red XIII added, "But let him be for now. He seems to hold a secret about him."
"I am going after him. He can not be allowed to live. Plus I have never backed down on my word." Sephiroth replies running off.

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Sorry this look so long to put up... But my computer crashed... -.- It took me a week or so to get it working properly again. I just thank the higher forces (Sorry but my religion is Zen so can't really say God.) for things called backup files on a compact disc. ^_^ Anyway thanks for your patience and please feel free to review.
Ohashi: Maybe you should tell them what happens to people who give bad reviews.
R.S. Xavior: Kill, burn, send ashes to outer space to disintegrate. Maybe this why I am leader of Planet Aku....
Ohashi: I could have told you that one.
R.S. Xavior: Thanks for the vote of confidence.
Ohashi: Your welcome...