Final Fantasy VII Advent Children 2

Chapter 3

Most of the ride home was peaceful, aside from a few bumps in the dirt path. He was now almost 'home', and was travelling through a dark, forested area. Something, noise from behind him, alarmed him, and he braked to a sudden halt, spinning to see what was there.

The noise grew louder, as three silver haired figures came closer on their motorbikes. Cloud narrowed his eyes as Sephiroth's voice in his mind came to life.

' Them... It's them...' He snarled.

Cloud studied his so-called opponents. The one on the left seemed to stare past him, his face completely emotionless. The man on the right grinned at him with a look of malice, whilst the middle one wore a smirk. His look was one Cloud definitely did not like. The three men slowed to a halt, a good hundred feet away from him.

"Who are these people?" Cloud questioned aloud the voice in his head. He felt Sephiroth mentally shrug.

' I am unsure, but I am certain these are the ones I was sent to aid you in defeating.'

The blonde watched as the men dismounted their bikes, and began slowly walking toward him. They stopped suddenly and the middle one gestured oddly to the other two. As if commanded, both reached for their gun blades and began shooting.

Instantly, Cloud hit the gas on hit bike, swerving on the dirt path as he made his way closer. He hit a button on the dash of his motorcycle and the sides of it opened up, revealing all of his swords he had collected two years ago. He grabbed his buster blade, and drove faster at his enemies, avoiding their fire. Once he came close enough, he hit the brakes, jumped off and began to run their way.

The middle one gestured at the one on the right, and he ran for Cloud with a vicious grin on his face.

"Time for you to taste pain, Strife!" The short haired man threw a punch at his with his mechanical arm, which Cloud narrowly dodged.

Cloud swung at him with all his might, but the guy just punched the blade back. Cloud gave him a look of shock, and stalled just long enough for his opponent to land a hard blow to his stomach, knocking him flying into a tree. As Cloud dragged down the barky surface, the man that had been on the left turned.

"Die..." He growled, his eyes changing from yellow, to green and cat-like. He fire three shots at his victim.

Cloud's eyes widened, as Sephiroth took over and lifted his left arm and sword up to block the bullets just in time.

' You'll need to be on better guard than that, if you plan on coming out of this alive!' He yelled in his mind. Cloud cringed slightly at the thought of bullets piercing his flesh, but was taken out of his thoughts by a clang of metal on his sword.

The man with shoulder length silver hair was smirking at him. Cloud quickly got to his feet, the ex-general still in control of his left side. He quickly dodged a violent sword slash from the man, and swung his buster blade to counter. The double bladed sword of his enemy was thrust upward and his sword was stuck in between the blades. 

Cloud tried with all his might to break his weapon free of the blades, and looked up at his opponent. To his horror, the guy looked calm, and was effortlessly using one hand to fend off his attacks. The blonde tore his buster sword free with everything he had, and panted slightly. His enemy smirked, and sheathed his sword.

"You will die Cloud Strife, but for now... We shall let you live..." He further narrowed his eyes, and laughed arrogantly.

"Who are you people?" Cloud asked, between breaths.

"My name is Kadaj." He said coldly, playing with a strand of his hair. "And they are Yazoo and Loz... My older brothers." He gestured to the two men as he said their names.

"What do you want with me?!" he was beginning to grow angry with Kadaj, and he was sneering at him.

"We want revenge on you... My brothers and I have no time to waste... In time, we will kill you, revive JENOVA, and put a stop to the pathetic humans scurrying on this planets surface! Farewell, my enemy!" Kadaj nodded at Yazoo and Loz. The two nodded back as Loz and Kadaj dashed right away towards their vehicles. Yazoo stopped and looked at Cloud with his glowing yellow orbs.

Cloud noticed an uncanny resemblance to Sephiroth in this one, and then finally realized how they all resembled the ex-general in his mind. He could feel the entity in his mind glowering at Yazoo.

Yazoo continued to stare at Cloud, glaring as if he knew Sephiroth was there. He snarled and his eyes flashed green, and he dashed off to join the other two. The three leapt on their bikes, and rode off in the opposite direction, back towards the ruins.

' We should hurry back now Cloud. We have kept Tifa waiting, and we don't want to let them find you again. Let's go, and we will figure out something from there.' Cloud nodded his head and took off on his bike, sticking his sword back in its slot and closing the compartments. He picked up speed rapidly and headed back for Tifa and the orphans once again.

Kadaj and his companions had made their way back to their hideout. They had set up camp in small clearing in the forested area outside of Midgar. The leader sighed slightly as he used a fire material to relight their dead fire in the middle of the clearing.

"So... We know where JENOVA's head is...If we get that now, isn't that all we need?" Loz was the first to break the hour-long silence that had befallen them.

"It is. Unfortunately, we still have to take Cloud's life before our real purpose comes into action." Kadaj's pupils narrowed to slits, and folded his arms across his chest as he sat down with his brothers.

"Then why did we not just get it over with?" Yazoo asked coldly.

" Because. I'm not finished with him! I've told you that already you moron!" The youngest of the three snapped at his second oldest sibling, who seemed unfazed, but Kadaj could see his eyes turn a deep purple, signalling a slight sadness.

"I was just asking..." he muttered, wondering what his brother's problem was. He had been acting strange lately, and had just a few weeks ago burst out with the idea that their life quest was to destroy this 'Cloud Strife'.

"Shut up. You never talk, so keep it that way." Kadaj glowered at him angrily, and Yazoo did as he was told for once, which satisfied him. Normally, making his older sibling oblige was difficult, since he had a nature that said he could do whatever the hell he wanted. This time, he just rose, and walked over to their supplies. He pulled out a sleeping mat and stretched it out in a spot far away from the other two. He lay down, facing away from them, and ignored their conversation. Pretty soon, he was asleep.

" What's his problem?" Kadaj interrupted the current subject and gestured toward Yazoo.

"Well, you are pretty mean to him." Loz admitted, cowering slightly at how his accusation might anger his leader.

Kadaj glared at Loz, but then his expression changed to calm. "I suppose you're right. I have been a little... childish lately. I will apologize when he feels like talking again."

"I'm gonna get some rest now, okay?" The older of the two said after yawing.

" Alright. I'm kind of tired myself. I'll take first watch for an hour or so. Then you can take watch and when you're done wake him up."

Loz nodded and did the same as Yazoo had. Kadaj just smirked after he had fallen asleep.

' They don't even suspect what I'm using them for...' He thought while laughing to him self, and he raised his hand, watching the blue energy crackle from fingertip to fingertip. He smirked even more as he felt the presence of JENOVA in him laugh as well.