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July 9th, 2003Preshow Cloud wasn't in his locker room. He was just sitting at the now empty stadium. He hadn't even bothered stretching or practicing, he thought about not bringinfg his sword for this fight, but decide the fans came for a show. He had been disgusted by Link in the first round, completely decimating that poor AiAi, but now he felt compelled, almost obligated to humiliate this CATS in a similar fashion. This is different, that monkey was nothing, if not cute. He didn't have the right to do that. But this guy.....is so......annoying. He thought back to the other day when CATS had confronted him. "HAHAHAHA, your destruction for time is up!!!!" he had said laughing maniacally. How could you respond to a threat with such deplorable sentence structure. He had just walked away, trying not to kill the idiotic robot before the match. It wasn't just him either. Everyone seemed annoyed with him. Whenever he walked into a room people would all be like, "Oh hey, look at the time, gotta go." Or "I really should be training for my big match." He had heard Link use that one before his battle with AiAi. "Oh well," Cloud said aloud. "At least I have an easy win today." The sound of footsteps echoed in the empty arena, Cloud turned around to see Auron there. "Even with the victory at hand, the warrior should not let up until its obtained." said the wise old swordsman. "This coming from the guy who was so disgusted by Link's slaughter of the monkey?" Cloud responded. "There is a difference between a complete victory, and a slaughter. I merely say this to convey a message." "What message is that?" "This is the round were people begin to gauge their opponents, my young friend Tidus was not prepared and was...well he faced the consequences. If you intend to gain the respect of your fighters now is the time to do it." "Thanks for the advice, old man, but I don't need it, I wasn't intending on repeting Link's disgusting performance anyway." Cloud said rising from his seat. "Now, if you'll excuse me I've got a battle to win." The Battle CATS with power stood was in arena. Cloud soon would rain tears, CATS thought. Sword was be striked in owned head. CATS had been alien to fight humans. Commander great of ships, he would fought now against human. But his sleeves were containing tricks. Killing zigs, he could destruct Cloud. Cloud made sigh and walked to CATS. Cloud was alien, his mind to CATS illogical. CATS thought about thoughts of near dead foe. CATS laughed in capital letters. "HA HA HA." ---- Cloud shook his head. His opponent looked like some alien cyborg mismash. CATS had giant green hair that stood straight up. My hair is way cooler, that just looks like a cucumber. CATS wore a purple cape that concealed most of his person. It's not like he needs the help, everything he does is incomprehensible. The alien's laugh was beginning to annoy Cloud. He had no doubt that the alien would just stand there laughing forever if he didn't make the first move. Cloud pulled out his sword and decided to rip apart CATS's cloak, just for starters. ---- CATS held at sword no fear when swung. Blade hit him but did not. CATS ripped Cloud new one in dimension, force blow of missed. CATS reached fist and hit Cloud. Cloud more than hurt startled. CATS threw and beamed Cloud. CATS laughed at Cloud's disorientation. "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT DIE. GIVE IT UP, YES." ---- Cloud still couldn't believe he missed. His sword had been lined up perfectly, and CATS hadn't even moved. By all rights, he should have hit him. Instead, CATS had turned the tables and knocked him backwards with some sort of energy blast. The whole thing felt wrong. Well, if he wants to do this the hard way... Cloud returned his sword to its scabbard and extended both of his hands. He carefully recited the incantation for a spell he was sure CATS couldn't dodge, whatever his abilities. ---- Surprise took CATS as ground shook. CATS phased and blipped, but earth sunk CATS. CATS stood on back rather than feet now, with boulder on his top. CATS heard human above stands complain about damage. CATS shook with rage. "YOUR TRICKS ARE NOT WINNING. BEHOLD THE POWER OF MY ZIG!" CATS summoned ZIG fighters. Sky was now been fill by ship. Shot of ship shot rock on CATS. CATS stood as ships flew to enemy. Cloud's abilities of whatever could not be fighted in army. "ZIG SHALL MOVE YOU CLOUD! YOU BE DEATHED IF YOU DO NOT GIVE IT UP!" ---- Cloud kept getting madder. The alien barely seemed rationally affected by his attack. He was trying to do it a favor by not annihilating it in one blow. And now he was calling in outside help. Well, two can play at that game. The audience, already in a panic from the flying whirlwind of ships, let out a collective gasp as Cloud simply vanished from the Arena. With the exception of Aeris, Sephiroth, and a few others, Cloud's disappearance was perceived as a retreat. Cloud's fading form was soon replaced by a giant dragon however. Bahamut... the king of the dragons. The giant beast sent out spurts of flame at the ships that buzzed around him like gnats. Bahamut took to the air, and the ships followed. CATS laughed at the dragon. Along with spouting non sequiturs, it seemed to be all he knew how to do. "YOU SCALES SHALL HAVE DIE BY METALS AND GUN!" The crowd flinched as they saw the fire surge through the air-but Bahamut's blasts were incredibly focused, and the ships disappeared and faded away upon being destroyed... like they were never really there. Finally, the giant dragon disappeared and Cloud returned. The remaining ships began to converge on him again. ---- With dragon destroyed, Cloud had come back. CATS taunted human with great repitition. "NOW YOU SHALL TRULY SEE ALL MY BASE" CATS saw electric hit ZIG and flame hit cloud. Electric won. Last ship failed by split in two. CATS head shook. Sword attack me for nothing, not so ship. Ship happens. ---- Cloud looked at his foe with a mix of rage and annoyance. The alien had bugged him enough. Cloud leaped in the air above CATS and executed an omnislash. His sword whizzed through the air dozens of times, but managed to strike CATS more often than he missed. Cloud looked at CATS who didn't seem to be bleeding, but was obviously in pain, as he had fallen to the ground. Cloud sighed. "Had enough?" "YOUR SWORD OF WEAKNESS SHALL BE YOUR DOOM UNLESS YOU USE IT ON YOU." Cloud rolled his eyes, and slashed CATS across the chest. Eventually, the alien chief would either take a hint, or collapse. "HA HA HA HA" Cloud cut off CATS cape and threw it over his mouth. "SOMEONE SET UP US THE BOMB" CATS somehow set off an explosion. Cloud jumped back instinctively, and saw CATS covered in ashes, and looking worse than before. "HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN? I'M FINE, THANKS" ---- CATS was having flashbacks. His alien life passed before his alien eyes. "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO U.S." CATS felt sword again. He was having hard time getting it on, but he must talk. "YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO DEST..." ---- Cloud banged CATS in the head with the flat of his sword. Why won't he shut up? Cloud tried hammering the hilt of his sword into CATS skull. CATS coughed, and looked Cloud in the eye with a sad expression. "THERE ARE NO INFIDELS IN BAGHDAD. NEVER. WE SHALL DESTROY THEM WITH..." But the alien had finally passed out. Cloud sighed for what seemed like the millionth time. Well, that was surreal. Aeris stopped scratching her head long enough to cheer. Auron nodded his head. Cloud glanced at CATS nervously, but the alien's chest was still rising and falling. Good. Score one for self-control. Cloud sighed yet again. He was glad that was over with. It may not count as a warm-up, but at least they were done with the enigmatic CATS. Aftermath The Arena Cloud Strife has finally won the battle with CATS, and he was tired. It might of looked one-sided, but CATS used the Zigs to fight back. Thank god this goofball is beaten, thought Cloud. With that, Cloud headed towards his locker room while CATS was still lying on the ground, out cold. ---- Cloud's Locker Room Cloud has finally returned to his locker room and he decided to rest a bit until Squall entered the locker room. Both were quiet, sullen, and moody. But, they were first round winners in this event. "Cloud, who do you have to fight next?" asked Squall. Cloud said after pulling out his bracket, "It's either Auron or Tails...I just hope it's Auron. I've heard about this samurai's swordsmanship, and I want to see if he's capable of handling the master of the Omnislash." "Good luck, Cloud. You'll need it." said Squall. Cloud said the same thing as Squall headed off to the arena to watch Auron and Tails face off. Cloud headed that way too. Let's see if Auron is really worth my time. ---- The Arena It's been 12 hours after his fight and CATS is still out cold on the arena floor. Thankfully, a couple of janitors picked up the beaten and battered body of CATS and took him to his locker room. Needless to say, CATS had a hard time remembering what happened. "What did happen on me?" asked CATS. "Oh well...We shall return next time, and then all your base are belong to me! HA HA!" With that, CATS headed back to his hotel room, probably never to be heard from again...Until the next tournament. Bonus! Sephiroth had not yet trained in the training center. And he didn't intend to. He was powerful, as he always had been. His arrogance led him to believe that no one could defeat him, and that Link's victory last year was a simple fluke. So he simply watched his enemies, as they trained. The silver haired man very rarely even concentrated on them, though. He was always thinking about imslef, how to gain power... Narcissistic, in a way. Ramza Beoulve didn't like it. Ramza was too used to experiences with "Gods". People trying to achieve godlike power... He had had too many problems with them in the past. Those that acheived absolute power were corrupted by it, and lost the humility that Ramza thought as so important. And it seemed that Sephiroth was in that mold. Power corrupted him... If he wasn't always that way. Ramza watched. He wasn't impulsive, he wasn't going to rush up to the silver-haired power. But he waited. Round 3. ---- Duke Nukem and Tommy Vercetti sat glumly on a bench by the training center. "Vercetti? Still nothin'?" "Nah." "These chicks here... A robot, a chick that wants to be a robot, that flower girl... Damn. They're supposed to be attracted to me!" Next Entry Back |