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His pupils constricting until his flaming irises appeared to be solid fireballs, his vision locked on the distant approach of the Weapon. Its massive form, thick shoulder blades jutting out to either side, razor-sharp talons, cape-designed shell, all pointed that it was a Diamond Weapon. However, its sleekened shape, added to its increased speed, as opposed to the previous model, indicated that it was Neo-Diamond Weapon. Not caring either way, Korangar leapt toward it, shooting across the roofline of the Midgar slums, the shockwave of his flight kicking up debris as he went. Quickly reaching the outer wall, he thrust a hand forward, gripping the wall and launching himself over it. As he flipped at the top of the wall, beginning his descent, he noticed Elena had seen the approaching Weapon, as well. Landing in a solid crouch a few feet away from her, he had a hungry-looking grin on his face. "Friend of yours?"

Smirking, he sneered, lifting his head to lock his gaze on the weapon once again. "...weapons? I am a weapon, remember?" So saying, he dashed forward, rushing toward the oncoming weapon, which was still a good two miles away. However, at the rates they were both going, the collision would be at any moment After all, Neo-Diamond was much faster than the previous Diamond. As he charged, Korangar shouted at it, "Feeling threatened, eh? Should I be honored, or insulted?" As he said this, his yukata burst into flames, coiling around him and flowing ito his hands, forming into flaming whips.

Neo-Diamond Weapon, upon seeing Korangar's approach, had already opened and began to charge its shoulder cannons. Before it fired, however, it leapt forward, attempting to crush its opponent.

In response to seeing the massive thing hurling through the air toward him, Korangar dropped to a low crouch again, before lunging toward the Weapon in return.

As the two collided, the cannons fired, sending a peppering barrage toward Midgar, a few shots of which were headed toward the oncoming Elena. In the end, though, it was Neo-Diamond that fell backward. Thrusting a hand toward the ground, it gripped the earth, flipping itself over backwards, landing solidly a quarter mile away from where Korangar landed, the ground rippling violently from the massive Weapon's impact. Both had their focus locked on each other, awaiting the next move of the other.

The pungent odor of cigarette smoke filled the air as the doors to the bar opened. In would come an old friend that had been with them through the whole battle. His pilot jacket swayed as he walked and his boots would click lightly against the floor. All the while his Venus Gospel was strapped to his back, tapping against the back of his legs.
Who was it, you ask?
None other then Cid Highwind.

"Did somebody say my name or am I just hearing things?"

While Elena watched Neo-Diamond Weapon and Korangar fight it out, waiting for the right moment to send another spray of bullets at the creature, She realized nothing was working. Why wasn't it working?! She pulled the clip out. No more bullets. Of all te times in the world,she had to run out of bullets during a fight with a WEAPON? God. She had the best luck.

And it didn't make it Any better when the thing was flung to the ground,not to far from where she was standing.As it raised,Elena swallowed hard.Her blood was rushing to her head as her heart beats became so rapid,she thought she would have a heart attack when the talons came toward her..She backed up as quickly as possible, at least, to get away from the freaking thing!

The young bar tender jumped slightly as the door was slammed open, revealing a number of familiar faces. Tifa blinked slightly at the group, wondering what exactly to say. How long had it been since they were all together? It seemed like ages, but now...here they were, right before her eyes.

The young woman scanned her eyes over the group before her eyes met with those of the hyper-active ninja's as she waved frantically to her. Yuffie hadn't changed a bit, she always seemed to have an endless amount of energy packed away inside of her. Tifa managed to crack a small smile as she waved back at her. It truly was nice to see her again.

Ah, and who could forget the dark protagonist, Vincent Valentine? Tifa's brown eyes met with the fiery red pools of Vincent, who greeted her with the statement, "You never did tell me where the phone shop was..". Her smile broadend as she sweatdropped slightly, a hand idly rubbing the back of her head as she managed to elict a light giggle.

Tifa's attention then went to Cloud, who had exposed his sword to another young man. As the blonde hero began to defend Aerith in protest to Cody's gestures, Tifa had parted her lips to make a statement. Unfortunately, she was cut off by Cody whom had asked for an order. Despite that she hadn't intended to take any orders today, a customer was a customer.

"One Lockhart Cocktail, coming up," and with that, Tifa swirled around to face the assortment of drinks behind her, her index finger scanning over which to pick out. Once she found the one she was searching for, she pulled it out and reached for an average sized wine glass. She placed the glass on the bar counter, popped the cork on the drink, and carefully poured the drink into the glass, spilling not even a drop. She then reached under the counter and whipped out her 'secret formula' bottle. She poured a small amount into the glass, stirred it with a small spoon, and passed it to her customer, Cody. Tifa placed her hands on her hips and gave a reassuring smile. Her Lockhart Cocktails were famous among all her customers. Her eyes were then diverted to the bar doors again. In walked another familiar face, the foul-mouthed Cid Highwind. Tifa's face brightened up again, seeing all her friends again just seemed to make her life so much easier... She had missed them all.

The Weapon lunged toward the massive sphere, thrusting a fist into it, attempting to crush its nemesis before he could prepare anything. As it did, though, an equally large fist, covered in jagged, black metal launched out of the darkness, grappling that of the Weapon. As a response, the Weapon thrust its other hand forward into the mass, only to have a second armored hand catch this arm. The sphere began to fade, but as it did, it revealed that Korangar had been altered so that he stood at an equal height to Neo-Diamond, and not only had the two heavily protected arms, but a second set of arms, equally as protected. In fact, his entire body, now colossal in size, was covered in the black, jagged armor, only a narrow slit allowing him to see through his black helmet, the rim of the slit being made of purest silver. Behind the slot, his eyes, now fully ablaze, glared at Weapon. His wings, normally completely transparent, had become solid darkness, except for the streaks of flame that formed the supports for the dark mesh. Along the outer rim of the wings, however, was the same black material that covered the rest of him, razor sharp but for the spikes that intermittently jutted out.