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Characters: Cloud and Kefka
Progress: Still Drilling a path to Glory
Summary: Kefka has been placed in Lindblum after the Memoria event, Cloud wants to have a talk with him. WHAT COULD GO WRONG!?
Location: Lindblum
Date: After the Memoria Event
Warnings: Some signs of blood, of pain, and destruction due to magical and Soldier based chaos

Night slowly crept across the city of Lindblum as a shadow in a blackened cloak walked the streets, hiding his face from plain view. The shadow was the villain everyone had known about, the crazed magical clown Kefka. However, he was capable of hiding himself in plain view, they knew what he looked like, so all he had to do was change that. Walking around the dark streets, Kefka was contemplative of what had happened, as he thought, "What an interesting turn of a events, from the forgotten land of desolation, to my own mindscape, then finally to this place where airships are quite in stock. If I weren't a god, I would say that this was done by someone higher than me."

Kefka escaped looking out on a bridge overlooking the airship yard from a distance. "All is going according to pla-" Just then a man stumbled into Kefka and yelled out, "Hey Buddy! Watch where you're go-" Before the man could finish the clown had grabbed the man by the throat and stated, "There is something I wish to prove, I think you'd make the perfect example." His hand began to flicker and spark as a surge of electricity coursed through the other man's body killing him and slowly roasting him instantly. The clown dropped the body and added, "Good...I'm not in that mindscape after all."

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Cloud was in a good mood. His engagement to Tifa was on and his kids were healthy. Zack had vanished but this was the second time he'd vanished in Gaia and the blonde was sure that it only left room for him to come again, even if he didn't really remember him being here the first time. He'd just finished helping out with some of the things going on in the business district and Cloud was vaguely wondering if he could set up a delivery business here.

However, his thoughts were interrupted by the screams of a man, the sounds of sparks. Looking over at the source, his eyes widened and Cloud drew the First Tsurugi from his back, glad he'd left his Buster Sword back at the palace.

"Kefka!" He growled, running over as he aimed his blade at the clown.

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When he heard his name being called out, the clown looked at where it came from and grinned madly. Kefka managed to get out of the path of the blade as he stated, "My, my, my, what do we have here? Someone who knows my name, but I haven't properly introduced myself to you, now have I?" He recognized the man and saw he had encountered him before.

The clown sighed as he added, "I have no time to waste with trash like you, and you clearly need more men with you or an ungodly amount of strength to be beat me. Which looking at you, you have neither. So save yourself the trip and leave my sight, while you still can." He really didn't want to fight this boy, mainly because he'd get bored with him to quickly. That and he had bigger plans.

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"I won't let you destroy Lindblum. Not like you burned down Wutai." He shook his head firmly, clenching his hands around his weapon. He remembered fighting Kefka in the Void, though this Kefka didn't know a damn thing about that, just as no one but Tidus could remember even a fraction of the place. Still, he knew how Kefka fought, he'd fought him, he knew what to look out for.

Running at Kefka, Cloud swung his sword, aiming for the clown's side, his eyes narrowed.

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Apparently the boy was angered by him burning down a tiny city. Oh well, if he wanted a fight, he got one. The clown jumped away from the attack, casting Reflect and Protect on himself for good measure, then began to let all hell loose. He launched several fire spells at the blond and replied, "You didn't listen to me, child! Now burn in your own mistakes!"

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Dodging a few of the fire spells, Cloud winced as one caught his arm. "Just leave, Kefka. You're not going to get me to run away." He wouldn't run from this fight, he'd keep fighting.

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He chuckled as he heard the boy still coming at him. Slamming his palms to the ground, the clown erected a large amount of ice spikes, erupting from the ground, before jumping back up and launching shards at the boy.

The clown laughed all the while and stated, "Give it up, you have no chance to surpass me! No one will crush me! No one!" After that, he launched more ice attacks this time in a larger range.

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Flipping over, supporting his weight on one hand as he backflipped out of the way, Cloud skidded to a stop, blade aimed at Kefka. He pondered using Blade Beam but that could come in a moment or so.

Slightly out of breath, Cloud ran at Kefka, using his sword to push off the ground and bring it down from the air in a downward slash. He knew he couldn't kill Kefka here, but he could make him retreat.

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When the boy pushed off the ground, Kefka saw his moment and called forth a powerful Thundaga towards the blond. However it was not quite enough as the slash tore through his garb forcing him to fall towards the Earth. He glared at the solider while clutching his wound and stated, "That...HURT!"

A powerful spell engulfed his hand as he raised it at the boy and fired a Flare spell as powerful as he could. The clown laughed as he replied, "Go ahead and dodge that! But the minute you do, chaos will erupt!"

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Managing to miss the Thundaga just barely, skidding to a halt as Kefka came down to the ground, Cloud's eyes widened as the Flare spell was sent his way. He had no option than to take it and try to bear it. He couldn't let Lindblum suffer because of Kefka.

When the spell hit him, he took a sharp breath in, his eyes squeezing shut as it launched him into a nearby wall. Sliding down to slump in a heap, Cloud wheezed as he forced himself to stand, his skin slightly singed from the spell and his clothing burned lightly.

Wavering in place for a few seconds, Cloud took a breath and fixed a glare on Kefka. Slamming his blade against the ground repeatedly, Cloud performed Blade Beam five times over, blue energy speeding towards Kefka each time.

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The Clown could manage to dodge two or three of the beams, but the other two managed to nail him in the shoulder and his wound. He clenched his teeth in agony as he raised his palm up and charged up a large water ball. He pushed the ball towards the the warrior.

However that wasn't everything. For after a moment of releasing the ball, Kefka charged up another Thundaga and unleashed it towards the boy.

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Managing to barely dodge the water, feeling the coldness against his arm, Cloud was hit by the Thundaga, crying out in pain as it stung worst against his wet arm. Breathless and angry, Cloud pushed himself up more and ran at Kefka, performing Cross Slash.

He'd perfected these moves to be just normal moves for himself in the Void and his Omnislash levels were his Limit Breaks. He knew how to utilise his power better since he'd defeated Sephiroth so many times. He was sore and out of breath but Cloud would just keep on attacking until he drove Kefka out of Lindblum.

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The clown was attacked with the strike, knocking him down to the floor. Kefka teeth grinding was shown on his face, the pain he witnessed was quite unpleasant. However, something interesting caught his eye. Blood, but not from his enemy, but from him. He saw his clothes were becoming stained with blood and he saw a large slash on his chest.

The clown looked at the slash then back at the warrior, eyes now void of any life. Completely white with an enraged look on his face. "How...dare you!" he stated as he lifted himself off the ground and launched a multitude of magic towards the warrior, he didn't care if it struck now, at least he would cause as much damage as he could. The clown, was pissed!

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Some people had gathered to watch but Cloud turned to shout at them. "Run away! Now!" His voice was loud and commanding and once they'd gone he focused on Kefka, who'd gotten up and started flinging magic.

Jumping to miss most of it, Cloud took a lot of it against his blade to stop it from hitting the walls and destroying the things around them. It hurt. It really, really hurt but Cloud refused to let Lindblum be destroyed like he let Nibelheim and Midgar be destroyed. He wouldn't let anyone else die.

Being hit by all the magic was, however, giving him the adrenaline he needed for Omnislash, and if Kefka kept this up he'd be in for a total finishing move, the very kind that had beat Sephiroth when Kadaj had turned into him.

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Regaining his composure, Kefka called off his magical assault and questioned the boy, coming down to earth. His arms crossed as he asked, "Tell me, fool, why save people who will be bound to die eventually? Hmm? Why try and save people who could care less about your own life!? Why do you gnats see need to save other people who would not do the same in return!?" These were questions that plagued his mind slightly.

A sigh as he shook his head and asked one more thing, raising his hand up for a Meltdown. "Why bother fighting for lives who don't give a single damn about you?" And with that note he fired the magical spell directly at the warrior.

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"Why? Because people deserve a chance to live their lives to the fullest. I wouldn't deprive them of that for my own selfish needs!" Cloud panted, holding himself up on his sword. He could almost hear Zack's voice telling him to get up and keep fighting. Cloud was wavering. Badly. He was trembling in pain.

You can defeat Sephiroth, right? So this guy should be no problem! Kick his butt, Cloud.

Forcing himself to his feet, Cloud took a deep breath, wiping the blood from his eyes that had ran down from a spiteful gash on his forehead. Running at Kefka, he used the flat of his sword to smack the clown into the air, his sword glowing blue with energy and splitting into six pieces, encircling Kefka. Launching himself up, Cloud used each blade to strike Kefka, darting between them to hit him. Once he slashed the last blade down against Kefka, Cloud fell to land on his feet, holding himself up on his main blade as the others fell to slam into the ground.

"I'm done with you. Just crawl back into whatever hole you came out of."

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He thought for sure the meltdown would have caused more pain than he thought. But unfortunately, that wasn't the case, as the demented clown was flung up and slashed repeated by the many attacks of the blond. When the solider landed, Kefka's body slammed into the ground. Hard.

Struggling to get up, he glared at the boy with a gash on his head and stated, "I underestimated you, boy..." Slowly he rose to one knee, "This world...is far different from mine. This one actually has a resistance." When he rose to his feet, he just stood there, clutching his wounds until finally a small grin came across his sinister face as he stated, "Very well then boy! Take this city back if you wish. But before this is all said and done, this world shall be purged...and those still living in it will bow to my whim!" The clown vanished before the eyes of the blond headed man, while an echoing laugh faded to nothing.