Jaune, Cloud, Aerith, Tida, and Red XIII stared down the eldritch being that was in front of them before moving to attack the creature.
"What's happening!?" Tifa cried out seeing the warped area they were in
"It's an illusion. Stay calm." Red XIII reassured her. Jaune had begun that attack, slicing at Jenova Dreamweaver with his sword as it responded with a tentacle attack, knocking him away.
"It feels pretty real to me!" He said, not believing the hit he took to be an illusion as it felt too real. The group split off into two groups to attack it from both sides. Jaune, Aerith, and Red XIII were on its right while Cloud and Tifa took its left. Both groups were targeting the tentacles on both sides of Jenova Dreamweaver while said being was fighting back with said tentacles and spells that they either dodged or blocked. Jaune cut off the right tentacle as Jenova Dreamweaver then started to charge an attack at Jaune. Jaune, seeing this, quickly raised his arms to defend, enhancing his aura as he took a black beam point plank, sending him flying into one of the pillars.
"Jaune!" Aerith cried out seeing him get blasted away, Red XIII took the opportunity to help Cloud and Tifa cut off the left tentacle, causing Jenova Dreamweaver to become staggered. Aerith took the chance to go check on Jaune while the others attacked Jenova. Jaune had pulled himself to his feet, though suddenly collapsed to one of his knees in pain.
"Argh!" He groaned as he felt pain in his arms. His aura managed to protect his arms, but it didn't fully defend himself from the full force of the beam. Aerith quickly cast a cura spell on him, erasing the pain, as Jaune got back to his feet.
"Thanks." He said the two of them rejoining the fight with Jenova Dreamweaver regenerating both of its tentacles. With the fight continuing, Jenova Dreamweaver started to conjure dark swirling circles around the feet of the others. Jaune managed to get off it in time with Cloud and Tifa being caught in them and suddenly stopped moving like they were frozen in time. Jenova Dreamweaver, taking the opportunity, started to charge up another beam attack, setting its sights on Cloud. Jaune saw this and just before Jenova fired, threw a fireball in its face, changing its trajectory and missing Cloud entirely as he and Tifa could start to move once again.
As they all got to attack, Jenova Dreamweaver released a devastating wail that caused all who were close to cover their ears from how loud the sound was as it then spun and knocked them all away. Jenova then wrapped its tentacles around itself as many others started to sprout from the ground all around the room. The group cut apart any of the tentacles that were near them as Tifa jumped forward and gave a powerful strike at Jenova Dreamweaver, which didn't damage it one bit.
With their attacks no longer doing any damage, the group focused their attention on the tentacles. Jaune cast megido to quickly deal with them, destroying all the tentacles which caused Jenova to break its guard. With its guard broken Cloud moved to strike, only for Jenova Dreamweaver to counterattack with a spectral blade when his buster sword made contact. It then immediately reformed its guard as more tentacles arose from the floor once again.
By the third round of doing this, Jaune was feeling annoyed and tired of dealing with all the tentacles. Constantly dodging the vortexes on the floor along with the fireballs or black beams being fired from the tentacles was tiring him out. He kept casting megido to destroy them all, breaking Jenova Dreamweaver's guard only for it to counterattack when hit and restart the process. If this kept up, he would run out of MP with his allies being tired as well. Jaune quickly planned the next time Jenova Dreamweaver's guard broke, he would hit it with a devastating attack that it couldn't defend against.
Said opportunity arose with Aerith, Cloud, and Red XIII having dealt with the last remaining tentacles, breaking Jenova Dreamweaver's guard once more as Jaune moved to strike. He hardened the black blood in his right hand, willing some of it to break out from his knuckles, and formed them into spikes as he quickly charged at Jenova Dreamweaver. Enhancing the aura around his fist and activating Critical Claim, Jaune made his move.
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I was once weak, now look at me
FanfictionJaune Arc was never the strongest, but he had the will and determination to pursue his goal no matter what he faced. Though that all changed when after saving the bully who made his life miserable, he decided to reveal that Jaune faked his way into...
