Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ To Hell and Back and Back Again ❯ New Sceanary ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
This is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Final Fantasy VII fiction. That means it is not mine. Also, be warned that this has Advent Children spoilers.

A special thank-you to my Beta and good friend Jodine16.

This Fic is mostly dedicated to my lover, who's god just happens to be Sephiroth :P. Merry Christmas, Koibito.

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To Hell and Back and Back Again

Chapter I

New Sceanary

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Slash, parry, thrust, dodge, repeat.

Change style to parry, dodge, slash.

Cloud panted as the parasite in Kadaj's body changed tact again, forcing his style to also change. "I thought of what to give you as a gift..." the silver haired demigod mocked as he cut a slab from the old ShinRa building. Cloud growled as he attacked Sephiroth, who parried each and every move perfectly with one of his own. "Shall I give you despair?" Sephiroth slammed Cloud's buster sword with his Masamune, forcing Cloud downwards at high speed, making the blond use his broadsword as a perch in the wall. "Kneel and show me your figure, begging for forgiveness." As half of the ShinRa building's upper floors began to crumble, Sephiroth slashed one of the large pieces into more blocks of rubble, forcing the blond below to separate one of his swords from the giant meld to use it as leverage against the wall as he pushed back against the wall with his feet.

'Destroy blocks of metal, defend against Sephiroth's attack that seem to come from nowhere, dodge large rubble, merge swords together.' Cloud mentally listed.

"I'll leave you to die, otomo-dachi(1)." Sephiroth laughed "Haha(2) gave me a new gift. I can now open rifts between different dimensions."

Cloud hissed as Masamune struck at his blade, forcing him backwards and into blinding light that appeared out of nowhere. There was no time to look at his new surroundings, however, as Sephiroth came barrelling through the black-green gateway, attacking viciously. Cloud shot out of his reach, landing on top of a large cliff, gasping for breath as he let his sword drop to the ground 'What the...' the blue-eyed man thought as he felt pain rip through his left arm. He shot up into a defence position as Sephiroth sliced the stone where he had been, pulling his sword back like a snake ready to attack. More clashing of blades commenced as Cloud felt his strength lessen. When the blades slid apart Cloud felt himself slip a few feet to the side. Cloud hissed as the platinum haired man shoulder-checked him, forcing him to roll. He blocked many blows, but one particular slash to his chest -right above his heart- sent him plummeting over the edge of the cliff where he had jumped to for salvation. Cloud felt his strength wane and he closed his eyes for just a second as he started somersaulting in the air...

...Until a sharp stab through the chest jerked him to a halt against the rock face. Gasping in pain, Cloud let go of his buster sword, as it was pulling on his pierced right shoulder. He gently put his hand on the harmless side of the Masamune, now only realizing what had happened.

Sephiroth hovered just in front of him, a placid smile on his face. "I'll tell you what I plan to do, otomo-dachi. But first, my host has a word or two for you." Cloud watched in dazed amazement as Sephiroth's eyes, though they didn't change in colour, morphed into an easily recognizable set, even though they were clouded in fear "Nii-san (4)!" Kadaj's voice hissed out of Sephiroth's lips "Kaa-san lied! She merely wanted my brothers' and I to host her true son!" the boy became slightly hysteric "Nii-san! Onegai! Help me!" And as quickly as Kadaj's voice had come, it had vanished into Sephiroth's insane laughter. "Now, I'll tell you my plans, Cloudo." Sephiroth leaned close to Cloud's ear whispering, "I'm going to leave you here to die. Then I'll go back to our world, and I'll use Meteor." Sephiroth held up the small black sphere, chuckling "I'm going to find that Tifa woman you're so fond of, along with the Wallace girl and the little Denzel boy, I'll use them to my pleasure." he laughed again, pulling back, raising a fist back "Good night, ototo(3)." And the last thing Cloud remembered before a fist connected with his head, was Sephiroth's maniacal laughter.

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Seth (5) sighed as he followed along with Karim, looking around wearily. They had had many complaints about a giant monster that was fighting something on the edge of the Valley of the Kings at the palace, so Karim: being one of the strongest men, and Seth: the most advanced magickly, were sent to go investigate this major disturbance.

"What do you suppose it is?" Karim asked idly, nudging his camel into a faster trot.

"I don't know, and I don't care." Seth replied coldly, rubbing his temples. "All I know is that it can become a threat to our Pharaoh, and that it should be avoided at all costs."

Karim rolled his eyes "You make it sound as if Pharaoh is a weak little boy when he has proven that he can beat us two; who are the best in all of Egypt at our chosen areas."

Seth snorted "But of course Pharaoh is better then the best: he is Horus on Earth." He paused "Karim? Do you hear that?"

Karim stopped his camel for Seth to catch up, listening for the mysterious sound that Seth's far better ears had heard. "No."

"That dripping noise--Oh my Horus!" Seth shouted as he urged his camel towards a cliff wall that had a large red streak of blood running down the cliff face. Karim joined Seth in his dash towards the wall, looking up to where the streak was coming from.

"Ra! There's a man up there pinned by some sort of sword!" Karim exclaimed as he and Seth reached the cliff edge. "How are we going to get him down though?"

Rolling his eyes, Seth said "You pick up that broadsword lying gust a few feet away, there, and let me worry about getting him down." Seth hopped off his camel, and placing one hand on a protruding piece of stone, began to climb to where the man was. As soon as he was level with the man, he grabbed the blade at the man's chest with his left hand -as that was gloved in leather because of his pet falcon: Lapis- and pulled on the blade hard, quickly dropping it to catch the fair skinned blond with his arm as he very carefully began his descent. He smirked when he saw the largely muscled Karim huffing with the broadsword on his back, attempting to get the large blade to his camel. If it belonged to the unconscious man in Seth's arms, then it shouldn't be too heavy, considering the boy was easily shorter then Seth and just barely had more muscle then the young priest. "I'll head to the palace," Seth began, hopping astride his camel after throwing the boy over the beast's rump. "I think he may need a healer's attention. Oh, and grab the long sword, if you will." Karim nodded grumbling, and Seth left, idly wondering who the boy had made enemies with to be pinned to near the top of a cliff.

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Translations and Notes:

(1) Otomo-dachi- Means 'my friend' in Japanese. Sephiroth is mocking him, as you can see he likes to do.

(2) Haha means mother, and I noticed that Sephiroth is the only one who calls JENOVA that. Kadaj and his gang all call her 'Kaa-san'.

(3)Ototo- Little brother. More mocking by Sephiroth.

(4) Nii-san (Onii-san/sama) is big brother, and Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz all call Cloud and Sephiroth that.

(5) I'm using 'Seth', like most people do when referring to the High Priest, instead of 'Seto'...although, if you say 'Seth' in Japanese, it comes out 'Seito'. I have no idea if Takahashi-san planned that, or if it was completely mistake...but I find it a handy coincidence.

All right, so that's the first chapter of 'To Hell and Back and Back Again'. I've had this idea for a long time, but since I was (and am) trying to finish the Chapter 2 to my other fic, 'Demonism', first, I didn't want to start this. But, I finally came to the conclusion that I will give my fans another fic...and I wanted to try an Final Fantasy VII Advent Children fic since I saw the movie (Cloud, Vincent, Sephiroth, and Kadaj are all Kawaii), but I just can't leave out Bakura, Yami, Seth, and Mariku (I actually have a friend at school named Merric), so I added them to this.

I've also been thinking about doing a sequel to 'Moeru', but I don't know about that . I hardly have time to work at home, so I'd probably do it in class whenever we're at the computer lab :P. Then again...that's what I'm doing right now! I hate Social Studies anyways. If I can get up to...say...7 reviews for any of my fics (not added together) then I'll get a sequal up (although, knowing me, I'll get so bored I'll write it and post anyways).

PS: Don't ask how in the nine hells I find Sephiroth kawaii. I just do. It could have something to do with this adorable picture I saw that had a Chibi!Kid!Rowena (FFVIII) hugging a plushie Squall doll and a Chibi!Kid!Cloud hugging a plushie Tifa doll, both of whom were giving a Chibi!Kid!Sephiroth, who was hugging Masamune, a 'where's your dollie' look. It was just sooooo cute that I just had to tell everyone about it ;).