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 Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:44 pm
Tifa winced slightly as she saw Cloud slam into the brick wall harshly, hoping that didn't damage his spine or anything of the sorts. She wanted to knock some sense into him, not disable him. At that moment, she felt a pressure nudge against the front tip of her sneakers. Her eyes blinked towards the ground, staring at the infamous Ultima Weapon as it was now at her own disposal. She peered upwards at Cloud, wondering if she should wait for him to pick it up so it would be a fair fight, or if she should take the golden opportunity and handle this situation with other methods.
Her question was soon answered as Cloud uttered the words, "Disgusting creature... I pity you who know nothing.". The fist fighter rapidly blinked her eyes, her eyes widening slightly as she had to rebound on what was just said. She felt her stomach bubble with anger, her fists clentching tightly as they shook by her sides. Tifa's eye twitched in irritation as she clentched her teeth out of rage. She was losing it. She stood on her toes as she dramatically jabbed a finger in Cloud's direction, "What.. did you call me? I just KNOW good and well that you did not just call me that..!!" Lover or not, Tifa was overwhelmingly furious with his statement. And quite frankly, he was probably about to get the crap beaten out of him. She quickly reached for the weapon that lay before her, thankful that she was taught how to wield swords during her years of martial arts training. Tifa held the blade carefully with both hands, positioning herself as she cried out in spite, "How dare you say such a thing!" She charged towards the ex-Soldier, ready to slice him to pieces at this point. Wielding the powerful weapon, she gripped it tightly as she hurried towards him, spinning the blade cunningly from hand to hand as if it were a baton. She then jumped into the air, gathering up her strength as she headed straight for him, grasping the blade as she prepared to slash him vertically with his own weapon.
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:08 pm
If only Cloud had known, that one word would the women so angry.Then the ball would of gotten rollen quicker! Smirking ever so slightly he stood his ground.He had thrown away the weapon Kadaj had givin him earlyer,once he had his own weapon back. The old one had faded into nothing once his hand was off of it, So no one else would be getting it.
He took a quic step back, Just as she had picked up the blade.Those slit like eyes narrowing ever so slightly.Cloud did not have a lot of luck with blades these days did he? Well, no matter. He did still have his materia which he would come to use as soon as he needed to.As Tifa suddenly came at the ex-soldier, he suddenly leaped back, doing a fancy back flip over a few boxed crates before landing at the ground once more,He had a plan already! If he could get her away from the alleyway, maybe it would just work.That wasn't the only reason he needed to get away from it or he might of ended up dead with Tifa useing his weapon.And it didn't look as though she was going to be giving him any chances at all.His next mistake today would be, When he had landed he didnt quite distence himself to far from Tifa, At least not enough to dodge her attack.As he turned around he let out a gasp of shock,he knew he wasn't going to be dodgeing this one. Not this time. The blade had hit its target,directly across his shoulder pad and continued downward across the mans chest and only ending just at the side.This caused him to fall back suddenly,his free hand going up toward where he had been hit.The expression upon his face was now mixed with pain, and extream anger.And only just for a fraction of a second, his eyes flashed from normal, to the same snake like eyes once more.
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:38 pm
Tifa landed gracefully back onto the concrete ground below, one leg extended on the ground as the other was bent slightly for support. She quickly rose to her feet, grasping the lethal blade once more within her gloved hands as she took a few steps back. She was actually quite proud of herself, she had hit her target head on, and she hadn't wielded a real blade in years.
She studied Cloud carefully as he lay upon the cold ground, wincing in pain as he grasped his wound. His shirt was torn open from her cunning slash, as his shoulder pad was also damaged as well. He looked so helpless and upset, reminding her a bit of a child. She couldn't help but chuckle a bit at the thought. Now that he was out of commission for the moment, Tifa decided to take this moment to taunt him a bit. She spun the sword effortlessly in between her fingertips, tossing it into the air before catching it by its handle swiftly. She slashed the air a few times before placing the sharp end of the blade into the ground, leaning on the handle of the sword with her elbow. A devious smirk was etched upon her face as she spoke, her eyes dazzling with a bit of innocence, "Aww Cloud. You look so adorable like that. So upset and helpless. I could just pinch your little cheek!" She placed her hand over her mouth as she giggled slightly, taking up the blade once more by its handle, gripping onto it tightly as she stood her ground. She positioned herself into a fighting stance as her eyes locked with Cloud's, shining with a bit of determination, her smirk never leaving her features, "Come on now, sweetheart. I know you can do better than that."
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:59 pm
A gloved hand suddenly went up to grasp the crate he had fallen up against.A low growl escapeing the young mans throat as he had gotten himself to stand. Beaten by a girl? No way. He was not going to have that on his mind.And as if that wasn't worse enough, She had taunted him something firce. While it may of been funny for the dark haired brunette, it wasn't to him. For one with such a weak mindset at the moment, that wasn't going to help him regain his contiousness to become that innocent Cloud everyone knew. The more angry he would get, the more he would slip into this never ending darkness.
But then...a sudden though passed through his clouded mind. Kadaj. Yazoo. Where were they? Where were they to help him in this matter? For brothers, they didn't seem to care for his safety.He might be killed,but where they here to help him? A small frown crossed his features as he looked toward the women welding his sword.He took one step foward,Ignoreing the remaining bit of pain from his attack only a few minutes ago.If no one was here to help him,he begain to think no one cared what happend to him.
"I..." He shook his head, Trying to shake the thoughts out of his head. It wasn't working any,ether. " Now he didn't know what to do! But this women..He had to finish her off, if he could get the blade back..Without a second thought, the man grabbed one of the grates suddenly,before lifting it high into the air and throwing it toward her.
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:32 pm
Tifa's deep brown eyes locked onto the crate that sped towards her quickly. She allowed her right hand to release the blade's handle, causing her left hand to take an even firmer grip onto the sword. Clentching her fist tightly she leaned to one side, holding the blade at an angle behind herself. Her keen reflexes kicked in as the wooden crate flew nearer, causing her to swipe her arm outwards with incredible force. The crate abruptly fell to pieces with a loud resonance occuring as her fist connected with it, pieces of wood flying randomly all about the alleyway along with a cloud of dust that had collected inside of the crate. Once the dust cleared, Tifa smirked. The fighter stretched out her fingers as she shook them slightly, reforming a fist as she raised it to her face, kissing her knuckles effortlessly, "Aww, that was a nice try though."
With that, she repositioned herself once more with the Ultima Weapon, holding onto it tightly with both hands. She then spoke with a more serious tone as her expression began to melt into a slightly more concered look, "Cloud, seriously. You're going about this the wrong way..." She place her hand over her heart, "I'm your best friend, Tifa. I know the real you is in there somewhere. I know you can hear me.." She shook her head slightly, her hair swaying along with her movements, "I dont want to fight you, but I will if I have to if that's what it's going to take to getting you back. And if that's the case..." The young woman's expression melded back into a slight frown, her hands grasping the weapon firmly, "Then I'm going to fight for you, Cloud. And don't you dare think that I'll hold back any.."
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:54 pm
His eyes narrowed to slits.Nothing he did seemed to catch her off gaurd or get her distracted enough to make any move.Only now, it was going into the leads of insulting him. He was a soldier once, he fought the most strongest of people and still continued to do so even tell a short time ago, But he couldn't seem to take this women down!
His atention drifted toward the large weapon in her grip,before setting back upon her as she begain to speak.That image seemed to burn into his mind,along with her words. "Best friend...?" He smirked slightly, shakeing his head. "Do best friends kill eatch other, too?" He paused for a moment,before speaking again. "Not going to hold back any...."
Sighing, he took a few steps foward. "Then, I give you the chance. Use that sword to peice the heart of the one who has brought you to so much pain...You must hate him..You must want to. End the life,and end your pain." He spoke slowly,and rather emmotionless. Though it was clearly not the young blonde that was speaking, even as it was his voice.Cloud stopped, just a a few feet from the women,holding his hands out at his sides as if to let her strike.He didn't look one bit frightend as he just stood there,waiting to see what her own reaction would come to. His snake like eyes were locked onto her own.
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:17 am
Cloud watched the women silently. His arms suddenly falling to rest at his sides once more.He lowerd himself slowly to rest upon his knees, before the man raised both gloved hands to lay on her shoulder gently.Everything had seemed to be calm for these few seconds as he stared at her.
"Tifa.." He spoke, in practicly a whisper before lifting one hand off her shoulder and resting it under her chin.He delicetly pushed it up to look into the womens eyes.Such sadness, such sarrow had remained in those beautiful orbs of hers.Her emmotions would get her into so much trouble, It was only her luck that her enemys had not known of her true weakness.
"...Your weakness. Shall be your death." As he stared into her eyes, a small smile formed at the mans features before he violently pushed her back. As the Ultima Weapon was finally cleared,he swiftly reached down to pick it up.Spinning it just as quickly as he made his sudden move,she found the tip of the blade at her neck.He stood over her with a small smirk,before he had gatherd all the energy he had left into his arms. This one simple move would end up killing Tifa right away, but again, he was hesitent on doing so. "Tifa.......Tifa!.....Run!" Cloud cryed out,as the energy he tryed to gather to make that one move, was used to remove the blade from her neck,and take a few steps back.His free hand rested upon his forhead,Despritly trying to fight back."Tifa..!" He stumbled back, closeing those snake like slits for eyes as he touched a small green orb that rested inside the helt of his weapon.A strange energy formed around him,but if anyone that used materia would know this energy was magic energy.The sound of electricty suddenly cracked about around him,before one large violent bolt stuck down upon him,Then another,and one last bolt.The ex-soldier suddenly dropped to his kneels, the Ultima Weapon falling to the ground as he seemed to be breathing heavyly,his hands rested onto the blackend ground from when the bolts hit."I cant......I cant.......! Tifa....I will not...kill those whom I love."
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:06 am
The saddened young woman kept her head bowed, not wanting to look Cloud in the eye. Not only because of the fact that he had those piercing slits for eyes, but.. she knew that deep down she was still staring into those icy blue pools that she admired so dearly. She didnt want him to have to see her cry again...
There was no response from the downcast fighter as she continued to weep, even after her name was called. Her mind was too filled with thoughts...bad memories floating among them. It wasn't sitting too well with her. As she felt a gloved hand raise her chin up to face him, she began to sniffle, tears continuing to roll down her cheeks. As she looked into those piercing and cunning eyes, she raised her gloved hand to wipe away her tears gently as he consoled her. For a moment, she felt as if things were getting back to normal..
...Until he gave her that devious smirk. Tifa blinked in slight confusion as she was decieved, a slight frown making its way upon her features. What a dastardly trick, how dare he...Before she could react to his statement, she was violently shoved, causing her to fly back a slight distance. She slammed down onto the ground, tumbling harshly onto her side. She winced in pain as she tried to move her body, but to no avail. Her struggling ceased as her eyes spied a rather familiar blade being pointed to her neck threateningly. As she lied on the cold pavement, her innocent eyes shifted upwards at the blonde haired man. Was he about to kill her? Was this going to be the way her life was meant to end? To be struck down by her own love...How heart-wrenching.
But just before he was able to strike, he unanimously removed the blade from her neck, taking many steps back as he told her to run. Tifa proped herself up slowly on an elbow, staring at the sight as the real Cloud was fighting desprately for control once more. Her eyes widened as the summoned electricity struck Cloud again and again, causing him to fall upon the concrete, breathing heavily. Tifa quickly sat up, making her way to her feet as she hurried over to Cloud, stumbling slightly as she went from being tossed onto the ground, "Cloud! Cloud..!!" She made her way over to him, picking up the large blade and tossing it over to the side and out of the way, a loud resonance echoing throughout the alleyway as the weapon connected harshly with the ground. The young woman held a concerned expression on her face as she kneeled down on both knees next to Cloud. She carefully, yet swiftly, proped him up, one arm supporting his head, the other carefully wrapped around his torso. Her deep brown pools glittered with worry as she began to lightly shake him, not particularily caring if he were to lash out at her or not, "Cloud? Cloud, are you alright..?! Please...tell me you're alright.." She bowed her head slightly as her eyelids lowered slightly, her voice beginning to crack a bit as she fought back her tears, "Cloud, I know you're in there... I'm not going to leave you here alone.." Tifa sniffled slightly as she whispered her next words, "Don't let the darkness overwhelm you. Stay strong for me..."
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:16 pm
The mans eyes closed slowly, His only plan to stop him from hurting Tifa seriously was to cast those Bolt spells upon himself, Just to get himself weak enough so that he could not make another dangerus move on the young dark haired brunette. It had worked, though it the worst way on his part.The pain of haveing massive electricity bolts come down upon him was still nagging at his entire body.His other reason for doing what he had done was that it might of knocked the hold on him away.
He heard tifa's words clearly,Though for a moment of time, he didn't respond to them.He suddenly felt someones arms around him,holding him up.His eyes begain to open once more as he stared into those deep brown eyes of the one holding him.."Tifa..." His expression was a whole mass of things, worryed,confused,and full of shame.Was he really as weak as some said he was? Cloud's mind was always so weak.It was as though he could be controled at anytime of the day if someone tryed to.
The man in the womens arms suddenly let out a soft gasp,as he felt as though something had been lifted away from him.A black aura suddenly surrounded both Cloud Strife,and Tifa Lockheart.Swaying about around them, it had formed into that of a human form,just as it gave off a horrific scream the shadowy figure flew up into the air and disappeared.Clouds eyes closed tightly as he clinched his teeth. As his eyes opend once more, Tifa could see those icey blue pools she loved so much,clear as day.He couldnt seem to think of anything to say to her,out of shame.All those images from earlyer passing through his mind.He hurt Tifa so much, How could he ever make this up to her? How? "Im..so sorry.." He ddn't quite care about the remaining bit of pain,or about giving himself a Elixer. He that was in his mind was her. "What I did.....its..unforgiveable....And I cant even find the right words to say.." After everything that happend, he couldn't find the right words to say? It was to much on him.
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:04 pm
The young woman grasped onto the blonde-haired man tighter as he gasped lightly for breath, her eyes filled with worry, "...Cloud?" At that moment, her eyes blinked in slight confusion as a dark aurora raised up from the ex-Soldier, circling around the both of them as it took the form of a human slowly. She never removed her eyes from the aurora, her hair tossing about slightly as it continued to sway around them. Tifa watched as it then flew into the airs, elicting a blood-curdling scream as it then evaporated into nothing. Her eyes remained fixed above as she blinked slightly, was that...what was inside of Cloud..?
Her eyes diverted back downwards at the figure within her arms, and at that moment, her face lit up. Staring back at her, were those eyes. Those same cerulean blue pools that she adored so deeply.. She studied his features carefully, a smile slowly playing at her lips as her eyes glinted with happiness. He was back, it was really him... She listened carefully to his words, shaking her head slightly as her smile never left her features. All of that pain that she had felt earlier, all of her deep, endless sorrow...It felt as if it were lifted up off of her heart for the moment. Her gloved hand gently ran itself through his golden blonde hair, her lips parting as she spoke, "Oh Cloud...That's not even important to me right now..". A tear rolled down her cheek, followed by another as they gently sparkled. She let out a barely audible laugh as she continued, "I'm just... so glad that you're okay now.."
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:26 pm
His eyes stayed locked on the young women, As he saw that saddend face light up in happyness,the young ex-soldier couldn't beleive just how beautiful she was.He never wanted to see another frown upon that face again.A faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he looked at her and listened to those words."That's not even important to me right now"She said. Those words seemed to calm the mans thoughts.All he was worryed about, Was loseing his one best friend.The only women that had always been there for him.It was silly, it had to take him this long to figure that out.
Slowly, he forced himself to sit up as the energy he had lost slowly came back to him.He gently reached up and pulled her into a gentle hug.He still felt bad about everything, That feeling would never leave him as much as he wished it would.As he released her,his arms still remained at her shoulders as he looked back into her eyes. "..Im so reckless.." He gave off a gentle sigh,then shook his head softly. "But, Im more concerned about you...Are you alright?"
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:52 pm
Tifa kept her eyes on the young man as he began to slowly sit up, cautiously watching just in case he wasn't strong enough to sit up on his own yet. She let out a small gasp as a pair of strong arms gently pulled her into an embrace. Her heart began to race as her stomach began to flutter with a warm feeling, allowing herself to then wrap her own arms around him. She embraced him tightly, a smile upon her features as she closed her eyes, another tear managing to escape from her eye. At that moment, it felt as if everything around her disappeared, her mind focusing in only on this one moment. Tifa was overjoyed that Cloud was back to his normal self. She felt so safe now. She didn't feel alone.. If only this moment could last forever.
As the gentle embrace released, the young woman kept her smile upon her face as she shook her head at his comment. She didn't believe that he was reckless, it wasn't his fault that things turned out the way they did. In fact, deep down, she still believed that she was the cause for this. If it wasn't for her, Cloud wouldn't have been.. Her gloved hand reached up, carefully wiping away they tears from her face, quickly deciding to not finish that thought. She blinked as she looked down at herself, studying her slightly tattered outfit and scraped up arms and legs as she then spoke in response to his question, "..A little beaten up, but overall... I guess I'm okay." She nodded to herself reassuringly. She was alright, physically at least. Emotionally...she still wasn't so sure. Even so, she doubted that those scars that were lashed out upon her heart would ever heal..
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:28 pm
Cloud shook his head slightly. His eyes scanning over the young women slowly as if to check and make sure she was really alright as she had said. A small grown came across his features as he eyed the small cuts,scrapes and few bruises.She had been through enough.Cloud didn't want to see even one mark on her,and upon seeing that,knowing how she got them just made him all the more angry. He knew they were probably nothing to her, but as protective as Cloud was he would probably make a big thing of it.
A gloved hand slipped into a small black leather pouch at his side as he took out two bottles of Elixer. He handed her the first one.
"Here, This should help. " He just wanted to be sure she was okay, even if he was being so concerned by just small cuts. Though he wished there was a special potion that could mend broken hearts.Cloud knew, she was still very upset but he didn't bring it up,afraid to see her break down again.
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:09 pm
The young woman blinked as he handed her a small bottle containing a pure liquid, Ether. She carefully held it within her hands, pushing it gently with her thumb as she studied it. She stared at it for a long time, thoughts running through her mind. If she used the liquid, it would heal her. However...she didn't think it was right for her to accept this gesture from Cloud. She didn't deserve to be healed, after all the trouble she caused. She didn't deserve him, she didn't deserve anything...
Tifa lowered her eyelids midway, shaking her head as she continued to gaze at the bottle, "Cloud..I can't accept this.. I don't deseve it." Her deep brown eyes slowly gazed upwards at the man who sat before her, "This was all my fault..Besides, I'll heal on my own eventually.. I'll be alright."
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