Meeting of the Ex-soldiers(Lightning, Invite)

[cloudyboy]

Cloud, after seeing Denzel and making sure that he was safe, went on ahead to search for info on why and how Ruby WEAPON surfaced. Denzel and Marlene were at the back of his mind ever since he left Gaia, and when he ran into Tifa in Sora's universe, Cloud began to worry a little but now that he knows that Denzel was safe and that Marlene was mostly likely with her father Barret, Cloud was free to continue to search for his answers. Cloud almost found it weird that his main focus wasn't Sephiroth. Sephiroth seemed to be the root of everything that ever went wrong in Cloud's life or in the lives of his friends. Although Cloud felt that there was a slight chance that Sephiroth might have a connection to Ruby WEAPON resurfacing and Scarlet coming back to life...he wasn't sure that Sephiroth was the reason...at least not this time. It did feel good seeing Vincent again. Vincent was always there for Cloud. Even though his assistance was quiet most of the time, Vincent was probably one of the best allies Cloud ever had in battle. Cloud wondered what Vincent was doing now at the moment. He wondered if Vincent himself was trying to gather info on how Ruby WEAPON could have surfaced or if he was just spending time by himself, relaxing. Other than Cloud...Vincent was one for solitude and alone time.

As Cloud rode out of the city of Edge and into the Mako-less desolate fields that surrounded him and the city on his motorcycle, Fenrir, Cloud took in the dead scenery that stretched for miles. He wondered when life would breathe into these plains that he rode on. There was nothing but the ruins of Midgar and the growing city of Edge. Cloud had seen this empty dry field millions of times...but it had been a couple of years since Midgar had been using the life force of the Planet to meet its needs, he thought that the Lifestream would have made this place..."green" again. Cloud continued to ride through the fields...but then he stopped for he found a place of familiarity. From where he sat on his motorcycle, he saw a random patch of flowers growing from where Cloud had stuck the Buster Sword into the ground in marking Zack Fair's grave. It was then that memories of Zack began to play through his mind once more. From the time that Zack asked Cloud if he wanted to be in SOLDIER to the time of his untimely death, Zack had always been looking out for Cloud. Cloud wasn't much of a fighter like Zack back then. Cloud still feels that if he had been a bit stronger, Zack would still be with him today...but Cloud knows that Zack did what he did so that Cloud could live his life. Cloud smiled, wondering what Zack would think if he saw Cloud today...

It was then that Cloud heard something...a growling noise...Cloud's smile disappeared and he looked to the left to see Guard Hounds...ten of them. Cloud sighed and he activated the sword compartment device in his motorcycle. He took out the main blade, The First Tsurugi, and he closed the sword compartments. He turned off the engine of his motorcycle and dismounted off of it, kicking out the kickstand to set his motorcycle in place. He then walked slowly toward the ten Guard Hounds that stood before him and as he did, the Guard Hounds began to circle him. Cloud put the First Tsurugi into battle mode, the flat side of the blade then split apart but was held in place to make the First Tsurugi have two points instead of just one. Cloud sighed and looked all around him. He exhaled and that was when one Guard Hound tried to attack him from behind, but then Cloud, having heard the steps of the charging Guard Hound, turned around and gave a punishing horizontal slash to the one that was unfortunate to attack Cloud from behind, killing it. It would seem that Cloud's investigative work would have to wait for now...

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One of those corridors had appeared after Lightning left the tavern in Port Royal. These things seemed to have the habit of popping up at random times and random locations and but this was the first time that one had trapped Lightning in it's grasp. She spent some time in the corridor and while she was in there she could feel the darkness trying to creep it's way into her heart and it took quite a bit of effort to keep it out. Sooner or later the corridor had re-opened and on a distant world. It deposited her on the world and closed behind her.

After Lightning dusted herself off from being dumped unceremoniously on the ground by the portal she stood up and looked around, taking in her surrounding and trying to figure out where she was. This would was very unfamiliar to her. She had no idea what to expect on this planet so her guard was up even more than it usually was. With nothing else to do and no set destination in mind Lightning began to wander the wasteland looking for some signs of life or any kind of town or settlement where she could possibly get some information and a bit of rest would be welcome too.

Lightning spent a while looking around when she heard a commotion in the distance. She looked over in the direction the noise was coming from to see a man with spiky blonde hair and black clothing fighting a pack of dog-like creatures and honestly it looked like he could use some help. Lightning unsheathed her gunblade in gun mode and fired off two rounds at the closest Guard Hound making sure that the man was not in the path of the projectiles. Once her rounds were fired she converted her gunblade back into blade mode and charged into the pack.

Lightning put herself in the middle of several of the Guard Hounds and used Aero Blitz followed quickly by Electric Blitz which hit the three Guard Hounds closest to her which resulted in their deaths. Once her attacks were completed she back flipped out of the middle of the pack and touched down next to the blonde man. [green]"It looks like you've ended up with a real problem."[/green] Lightning commented to the man as she kept her focus on the six Hounds that still posed a threat to the pair of warriors.

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Aero Blitz - Lightning performs a circular sweep with her gunblade in a 4 toot radius around her inflicting moderate physical wind damage to any targets that are hit by the attack. [2 posts]

Electric Blitz - Lightning performs a circular sweep with her gunblade in a 4 toot radius around her inflicting moderate physical lightning damage to any targets that are hit by the attack. [2 posts]

[cloudyboy]

The situation he found himself in was pretty simple. Cloud had been lost in thought when he had been attacked by these monsters known as Guard Hounds. These monsters were feral; but tamable. He remembered fighting one that obey Rufus when he dueled with Rufus on the roof of Shinra HQ. The thing was that these things normally travel in packs and a simple rule in warfare was that there was normally strength in numbers. Cloud had already killed one of these Guard Hounds that wanted to be a hero and take down the human being before them, thinking that the human before him would be taken down easily. However, there was a problem...Cloud was not an ordinary human being... Cloud was a man that was capable of amazing feats. He could leap to great heights and jump over long distances. He was capable of slicing huge pieces of almost anything with his mighty weapon. He is capable of dual wielding two swords that are almost as long as his whole body. One might consider Cloud to be superhuman. Cloud had only made the mistake. Cloud held his sword at the ready but it was then that he heard a loud gunshot...and saw one Guard Hound go down.

Cloud looked around him to see who it could have been. It was only two shots so it would seem that the person who came to save him appeared to be the person who always came in at the nick of time to save him...which was Vincent...but it wasn't...instead it was someone from his past. It was a long time ago but Cloud never forgot a face...ever... This was a woman...a woman in white and light brown clothing. To Cloud, this woman would have been any other normal woman...but there was something about her that let Cloud know that this was woman from his past. Her bright pink hair...her weapon...Cloud remembered this woman. This woman...used to be a Warrior of Cosmos, just as Cloud was. She had been picked to protect and fight for a deity named Cosmos, who was at war with her complete opposite, who was known as Chaos, a true embodiment of all that was ever evil. While this woman was a Warrior of Cosmos...Cloud was a Warrior of Chaos.

It would appear that this woman was as skilled as ever, she was as strong as the time Cloud met her. Cloud watched as she skillfully jumped in the middle of the Guard Hounds and struck through them, ending the lives of three Guard Hounds...leaving only six left. Cloud remained stoic, wondering if she would remember him. She flipped backwards to land next to Cloud, commenting on the situation he found himself in. Cloud held his gigantic sword over his back. He looked to the young woman and to the six remaining beasts that were still committed to making Cloud and his new friend dinner. Cloud then held his sword at the ready...the young woman didn't seem to comment on what had happened between them. Although nothing much happened between them, he would think that she would be weary of him since the last time she saw him, he was a Warrior of Chaos. It was either she didn't feel the need because she was simply doing her job as a hero or she simply didn't remember.

"It was my fault I got into this situation. I wasn't paying attention so now I'm paying for it. This isn't a real problem but I appreciate the help. There are six left; since you've taken out three already...I suppose you won't mind taking down another set of three while I take down the remaining three...", Cloud said, as he started his attack run himself. He didn't give the woman a chance to object. He turned to the left and he charged his mighty blade, having his power surge through the blade. With the Mako and Jenova Cells running high in his blood, Cloud swung his blade vertically, using Blade Beam, launching a wave of energy at one of the Guard Hounds. He then followed the wave of energy and gave an upward slash to the Guard Hound next to the one that got hit by Cloud's Blade Beam, launching it into the air. One Guard Hound tried to go after Cloud's right arm but Cloud's eye caught the move and he stepped forward to dodge the attack of the Guard Hound that tried to pounce on Cloud. Cloud then made the feral beast pay by giving it a horizontal slash, batting away the Guard Hound...killing the beast. It was then that the Guard Hound that Cloud launched into the air finally came back down to the earth, giving off a thud. Cloud turned to see the Guard Hound that fell from the sky fatally injured; it could barely move. Cloud decided to leave it, seeing that it was no longer a threat...

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Powers Used:

Blade Beam: Cloud gets his power to surge through his blade, after that he swings his blade toward his enemy from afar, giving his enemy a wave of energy that can cut through almost anything. ((3 post cooldown))