Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

The Dreamverse, Day 2: Assassin's Initiation

Like, Nintendo couldn't make such an epic trailer and NOT expect me to bring Sephiroth back! Like, that's actually his second appearance in a major crossover series, the first being Kingdom Hearts! He's a legend! Anyway, I did have another side-plot considered for this chapter, but maybe I'll just use it later. Resume playing "Advent: One-Winged Angel" from Smash!

Day 2: Assassin's Initiation

Sephiroth vanished from the enclosing assassins, zipping above them via a Shave and slashing his katana down. The others evaded with Paper Art while the sword bounced against Lucci's Iron Body, and he swiftly tried to clap it in his hands, but Sephiroth zipped behind and swung another cut, to which Lucci evaded. "Chaos Control!" Shadow used a Chaos Emerald to Stop time, then tried to stab Finger Pistols into Sephiroth's back, but could barely penetrate the skin. Shadow curled into a pinball and drilled against him with the Spin Dash, so by the time Sephiroth unfroze, he was forced away by the combined damage. Sephiroth recovered instantly and whipped his sword behind him to block Slade's attack—Slade channeled an electric current up the swords to briefly shock Sephiroth, followed by—they forgot what happened next, but it seemed that Chase struck him with a Tempest Kick.

Sephiroth then felt a bite in the neck as pain coursed through his body, immediately slapping the black widow off. The spider re-expanded back to Akame, who clashed her black katana, Murasame, against Sephiroth's Masamune. "I see you're resistant to my widow's poison. But that which is in my blade is far more lethal!" She violently lashed her blade—Sephiroth seemed to black out as his sword was in a new position, but Akame thrusted from under it, only for Sephiroth's Paper Art to avoid. Deadpool swung his swords from either side, high and low, but Sephiroth dodged sideways, then used Shave to get behind Deadpool and slice him in half.

"That technique is the Forgetful Glance." Sephiroth noticed. "That's quite difficult."

"So, you know that as well." Lucci acknowledged.

Forgetful Glance: By quickly turning their head and focusing chi to the brain and eyes, the user can wipe the next second or less from the memories of anyone nearby. It is the trickiest Rokushiki move to pull off. While the user does not lose memory, their allies will.

Deadpool's lower half leapt to the air with Moon Walks and lashed Tempest Kicks, while his upper half was using the Humming Bird technique to deceive Sephiroth's senses, displaying illusions of multiple Deadpools. In actuality, Sephiroth had used the Forgetful Glance, followed by the Humming Bird, tricking Deadpool, who then found his head being lopped off. Lucci then engaged him in his lion form, slashing his Haki-imbued claws at Sephiroth's sword. He eventually bit the sword in his teeth to hold it in place, but Sephiroth used Iron Body. Lucci channeled Gold Haki to two claws and pierced through said defense, stabbing Sephiroth's stomach before he leapt away. "Gold Haki? Is that a requirement, too?"

"I only started practicing it last year, after hearing one of the Pirate Emperors mastered such a technique."

"So, you can only muster a small portion. After all, utilizing all these techniques requires strenuous muscle memory, so it makes sense." Sephiroth zipped around Lucci with multiple Shaves before slashing multiple times, to which Lucci used Paper Art. "Expelliarmus!" Chase cast a spell from his finger and knocked Sephiroth's sword away, Akame running to claim it herself. Chase cast Glacius, but Sephiroth Shaved behind him to deal Finger Pistol. Chase Disapparated to behind him, but Sephiroth's counterattack only cut through an afterimage. As multiple afterimages surrounded him, Sephiroth felt the area grow silent. A circle of Shadows were walking slowly as the hedgehog was performing the Rhythm Echo. The endless afterimages hypnotized Sephiroth into slumber—but he awoke in time to dodge Chase's Tempest Kick.