Sephiroth

After years of neglect, PAL gamers are finally getting reparations. While games like Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2, and ICO have shipped first in America, the PAL releases have all seen gameplay extras that were left out of the U.S. release and extra bonuses. Now it seems Final Fantasy X is the latest game to be worth the wait for Europeans. Square Europe announced that PAL version of Final Fantasy X, to be released on May 31st, will be based on the recent International version of the game and will contain all the extra gameplay modes and bosses. In addition, the game will ship with a bonus DVD, "Beyond Final Fantasy," which will feature interviews with the game's creators and the English voice actors, as well as a preview of the upcoming Square / Disney action RPG Kingdom Hearts. american's, eat your heart out :p

[sephiroth and the soul reaver lunged at each other exchanging punches and kicks, neither fighter getting the upper hand, sephiroth threw multiple ki blasts one after another at the soul reaver, who manages to dodge every shot with ease, the soul reaver lands in the middle of the ring and raises one arm and points it towards sephiroth, a green beam shoots out towards sephiroth, who just manages to dodge it] reaver: this is no challenge at all, sephiroth, show me your full power, at least grant me a challenge seph: very well, if you wish [in an instant, a huge amount of energy surges out of sephiroth, as he now stands there as an ssj3 reaver: your holding back, why bother? seph: lets just say this is a test for me to see how powerful you are [and with that, both fighters went at it again] to be continued....

I think articuno is the only one that is worth it, really.... zapdos is ok, but I just don't like moltres....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Final_Flash [/i] [B]Heh heh, a very cute dog indeed. I myself have only have a cat... That's all.. Though I've had countless dogs, fish, rabbits, etc... [/B][/QUOTE] I wouldn't let crazy white boy get anywhere near your cat, he seems to have a strange fixation with cats O_o;;;

chaos: is that so? well it so happens that my whole life has been unpleasant [with a flicker of the soul reaver, the entire arena floor returned to normal, and the soul eater returned to its original blue form, and then changed into a whitish colour] chaos: this is now the air reaver, I shall show you why this is so momentarily jugg: we'll see about that [juggernaut charged at chaos so fast, that chaos did not see it coming and was caught off guard, punched right in the face, sent hurtling into the arena wall, chaos got back up and with a shriek, charged at juggernaut, both fighters exchanging punches and kicks, with neither fighter's blows connecting, juggernaut raised his huge arm to swat chaos, but chaos pointed the air reaver at juggernaut, and was then sent hurtling back into the arena wall, causing a huge crack to appear as he slammed against it] to be continued....

the rest of chapter 6.... ---- Lucrecia looked at them darkly. "You have slain my son," she said. She spoke evenly, neither angrily nor sadly. "But you have also obtained the means to bring him back to me. You can redeem yourselves. You can right your wrong. Give me the Crystal Materia so I can have my son back." Cloud glanced up. There seemed to be hundreds of bats in this room. Many more than had been in the previous chamber, and they were out in the open, exposed. "Lucrecia," he said slowly. "We didn't want to hurt your son. But don't you see what he was doing? He was going to destroy the planet. He was going to destroy all of us. We had no choice." "He would not have done it," she answered sharply. "I know he did some things he shouldn't have. I know he had his problems. But they weren't his fault, and he could not have done all these things he was accused of. Now give me the Materia. I know you didn't mean to hurt him. I do not wish to hurt you, I do not wish to see any further death. But you must give me the Materia." Cloud looked at the others. "Should I tell her we don't have it?" he whispered. "I don't think she'll be too happy to hear that," Cid observed. "I suppose not," Red agreed, "but she's going to find out eventually." Cloud glanced around one more time, but there was no where to run. He decided to tell her the truth. "We don't have it," he said. "What do you mean?" she questioned. "We didn't bring it with us," he replied. "We thought it would be too risky. We left it with the others." Lucrecia stared at them, and Cloud saw a look of anger pass across her face. "I should slay you all," she said sternly. "But I will not kill you needlessly. You shall remain here as my prisoners. You shall never see the light of day again unless the Crystal Materia is delivered into my hands." "Lucrecia, stop this." They all turned to see Vincent, Barret and Yuffie walk into the cavern from a tunnel off to the right. Lucrecia stared at them, anger plain on her face. "I told you never to come back here!" she said sharply. "I'm only here to help my friends," Vincent replied. He walked over to Cloud, seemingly unconcerned by Lucrecia's anger or the bats flew restlessly above their heads. "Is everyone all right?" he asked. "We're fine," Cloud replied. "Good," he said. "C'mon, let's get out of here." "They must give me the Crystal Materia!" Lucrecia shouted. Vince turned and looked at her angrily. "Leave them alone," he said. "They did nothing wrong. Sephiroth would have killed them if they hadn't killed him first. Just like he killed all those other people." "I won't listen to you!" she cried angrily. "They must stay here. If you try to leave I will have my bats destroy you all!" "Your bats will not attack me," Vince replied evenly. "I have just as much power over them as you. They will not harm my friends while I am here." He motioned for them to follow and walked back over to Barret and Yuffie. "Vincent!" Lucrecia said. "Do not defy me. Help me. You cared for me once. Those feelings can't be all gone. You couldn't help me then, but do so now. Help me get my son back!" Vincent stopped and looked down at the floor. Slowly he shook his head. "Give up this foolish quest before it destroys you," he finally said. "I cannot," she replied. "It is all I have left." "If you believe that than you are already dead," he replied. "But I don't believe that. My friends and I are leaving. The only way to stop us is to kill us. Do you wish to add more blood to your son's legacy?" He motioned for the others to head back to the tunnel he had first emerged from. "Please don't do this," Lucrecia said, and now there was no anger in her voice, only sadness. They walked into the tunnel. Vincent last. He turned and looked back at her one more time. She stood unmoving in the firelight, no longer looking foreboding or evil, just very much alone. "It doesn't have to be like this," Vincent said. "Come with us. Help us attempt to heal some of the damage Sephiroth did. In the end you might heal yourself as well." "My wounds are too deep for that," she answered. For a moment more he looked at her, then he turned and followed the others into the darkness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So this guy just walked in and scared the Turks off without any explanation?" Barret asked. Night had fallen by the time the others returned. Now they were all gathered in Cid's living room. "That's right," Tifa replied. "It was the strangest thing." "And you have no idea who he was," Cloud said. "No, I've never seen him before. Have you, Cait?" Tifa said, looking at him closely. Cait shook his head. "Never." "Well if that don't beat all," Barret said. "Looks like we've got a mysterious benefactor on top of everything else." "Whoever he was, he was not our friend," Tifa replied quickly. "I'm sure of that. There was an unmistakable feeling of coldness about him. It seemed to me he wouldn't have thought twice about slitting our throats if he thought it necessary." "So then why did he help you?" Cid questioned. "I don't know," Tifa said. "I don't think he did it for us. For some reason, he did not want the Crystal Materia to fall into the Turk's hands. I think he has his own plans for the Materia, but what that might be, I have no idea." "If that were true, then why didn't he take it from you himself?" Cloud asked. "I don't know," Tifa said emphatically. "The whole thing just doesn't make any sense to me. I had the feeling that if he had wanted the materia, he could have taken it from us. I don't know what stopped him. I don't know what his plan is, but one thing I know for sure, he doesn't have our best interests in mind." They all fell silent, digesting this newest information. Cloud did not like this latest twist in their adventure. He had thought things were becoming clearer now that they knew who the Turks were working for, and what they wanted, but now this. What was he supposed to make of this? Who was this person? What was he after? Was he friend of foe? Tifa obviously thought he was a foe, and he had no reason to distrust her judgement. But if so what did he want, and how did he know so much about them? It disturbed him that he had no answers to these questions, but even with these new developments their mission was unchanged. "Irregardless of whether this person is working for or against us, we still have a mission to complete," he said. "Cid, you didn't get to tie up the loose ends on the rocket today as you had planned. Can we still leave tomorrow morning, or will we have to postpone it?" Cid shrugged. "We can go," he said. "I was just being a mother hen. The rocket is in good hands, and they can live without me for a few days. If we take the Bronco it shouldn't take much longer than that. Tomorrow morning will be fine." "Good," Cloud replied. "Well, I suggest we all relax for a while and then get a good night's rest. Whoever this mysterious person is, I'm sure we haven't seen the last of him. I've a feeling what he is up to will be apparent soon enough." Cid grunted in agreement and the gathering broke up. Most of the others went off into the rooms where they were going to be sleeping. Cid turned to look at Shera, who was cleaning up in the kitchen. "Shera, what the hell are you doing?" he asked . She looked at him questioningly. "Cleaning up," she responded. "Sorry I didn't have time earlier." "You've had a tough day," he said. "Go get some rest. You can clean up tomorrow." She put the cup she was holding down on the counter. "Okay," she said. "Thank you, for everything." "There's no need to thank me," he said quickly. "Now go on." She walked out of the room. Cid watched her go, shaking his head. "You're lucky to have her." Cid jumped. He turned and saw Vincent sitting in a darkened corner of the room. He had thought he and Shera were alone. "Her? What are you crazy?" he responded. "She's caused me nothing but trouble since the first day I met her." "She is devoted to you, and it is obvious you care for her more than you let on. Don't make the mistake of taking her for granted." "Oh please." Cid began, then "...is it really that obvious?" Vincent nodded. "Man, I must be losing my touch," Cid muttered. "I envy you, my friend," Vincent said slowly. "Oh stop it," Cid said. "My life ain't so great. And things could get better for you too. I'm sure Lucrecia will come around." Vincent shook his head. "I have little hope of that," he said sadly. "All I've ever wanted to do was please her, and something has always prevented it from happening. If anything the rift between us has grown, and now the gap is so wide that I am afraid no bridge can span it. She has been poisoned by life's bitterness, and the flower I once knew has grown withered and dry. Even if I were to grasp it in my hand now, it would merely turn to dust." Cid didn't know what to say. He never considered himself what you would call a deep thinker, and Vincent's philosophical bent usually went right over his head. This was way too heavy for him. Still, it didn't take a genius to see that his friend was in a darker mood than was usual, even for him. "I think you need to relax for a while and forget about your troubles" he said, walking into the kitchen. " And there's nothing better at helping you do that than a stiff drink." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Barret." He turned as he was about to enter his room and saw Tifa coming up to him. "What's up?" he asked. "I wonder if you can do something for me," she said. "Name it," he replied. She hesitated. "It's probably nothing," she said finally. "Just kind of a feeling I got. I wouldn't want to bother the others with it. And I certainly wouldn't want to spread any unfounded rumors." She stopped again, as if not sure how to continue. "Just spit it out," he prompted. She nodded. "I want you to keep an eye on Cait." He frowned. "What makes you say that?" he questioned. "Like I said, just a feeling," she replied. "He hasn't done anything to make me suspicious, not really. But he deceived us once when he was spying for Shinra. I would hardly say it's a stretch to think that he might do it again." Barret looked at her like he thought there was more to this than she was letting on, and indeed, that was exactly what he thought. If she had suspicions about Cait, why had she waited until now to broach them to him? In spite of her statement to the contrary, he must have done something. "Sure, I'll keep an eye on him if you want me to. I have to admit it's difficult to trust Cait after what he did in our last adventure," he said bluntly. "But in the end he helped us fight against Sephiroth and Shinra. Not to mention that he helped us find the vault at Shinra headquarters just recently. You didn t seem to harbor any suspicions then. Did something happen while we were gone?" She hesitated again, which made him sure he was right. The only question was whether she was going to share the information with him or not. "Like I said," she replied. "I don't want to spread any rumors. Especially since I could be reading this completely wrong. It's just that before our mystery man left, he and Cait looked at each other and I thought I saw something in the way Cait looked at him. There was something in his eyes. Something like..." Barret looked at her impatiently. "Like what?" he blurted out. "Recognition," she replied slowly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Cloud." Aeris voice. He heard her as clearly as if she were standing in the room right next to him, and for a moment he almost opened his eyes to look. But he didn't. He knew the voice was in his head, yet he also knew that it was not from his own mind that the voice came. He had no doubt that the voice was her's, and her's alone, even though she might not be in the room with him but someplace far away. "Aeris," he said without speaking. "Aeris, we're coming for you." For a long time there was no answer, and he sensed some kind of hesitation or perhaps confusion. But her voice was calm and even when she spoke again. "It is not necessary." Now he felt confused himself. "Don't you understand?" he said. "We want you to come back." He sensed amusement. "But I haven't gone away," she replied. "I've been there with you all along, just as you have been with me. We are all part of the planet, no matter what form we take. You have no need to feel sorry for me, or for what happened." Cloud shook his head. "But I don't just want you to be here in spirit," he replied. "I want you here for real. I want to see you standing before me. I want to see you and touch you. I want to bring you back to this life and I think we may have found a way. Are you telling me you don't want to come back?" "Being there in spirit is real," she replied softly but emphatically. "Your senses tell you that is not true, but your senses can be deceived. But no, I do not begrudge you your quest. I just want you to be sure of your motives. You owe me nothing. What happened was my fault, if anyone's, but I chose freely, and I accept my fate. You must decide if you are searching for me or yourself." "I don't understand," he said. "Let go of your anger and your guilt," she replied, "and then do as your heart tells you." "My heart tells me to go on," he said immediately. "But your heart is troubled," he said. "and that prevents you from seeing things clearly. You do not see the road ahead, it is dark and dangerous, and going down the wrong path will lead you swiftly to disaster. You may find that it demands sacrifices you are not prepared to make. You must be sure of yourself." "We've been down many a dark and dangerous road before," he said. "Indeed, but this time..." Then there was silence. "Aeris?" Cloud waited, but he got no response, and suddenly he felt deeply troubled. He thought something had happened to her. Someone, or something, had abruptly cut her off, even as she had been in the middle of trying to tell him something important. What had happened? He called to her for some time, but there was only silence. Try as he might, he could not reestablish contact. Eventually, and inevitably, he fell into a fitful sleep. chapter 7 should be up tomorrow, if I can get round to it....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Zachary [/i] [B]It seems like CN is never goona show a new DBZ [/B][/QUOTE] they will probably show the rest of the buu saga during the summer in america....

awww, what a cute doggie :) I don't have any pets at the moment, I have my dog to my little brother a few months ago, apart from that, I've never really had any pets....

I only downloaded roms of japanese games I couldn't get my hands on, haven't done that for a while though....

why are you people complaining about graphics? did poor graphics stop zelda: a link to the past to become an awesome zelda game? in fact all zelda games before zelda64 had poor graphics, but they still rocked....

in my opinion, I prefer a decent story with good characters rather than excellent animation....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Justin [/i] [B]You MUST be joking...lol. I don't think that even the most skilled writer could come up with a descent plot for that. -Justin [/B][/QUOTE] what are you talking about, of course I can, lol ;) [color=red][size=1]And 'tis I, who would beat it ;)... -Justin[/size][/color]

chaos: hah, thats what you think [whilst both blades are locked onto one another, chaos raises his leg and kicks juggernaut into the distance, he then raises his fire reaver and begins to chant] jugg: what are you doing? chaos: this reaver isn't just for show, you know [and then, chaos penetrates the arena floor with his reaver, a huge earthquake ensues, as the fires of hell begin to sprout from the ground, fire and hot molten lava combines as the arena floor begins to crumble, the entire floor now under chaos' command] chaos: here's smoke in your eyes.... [and with that, the entire arena turned alive and entered chaos' reaver, he then aimed it at juggernaut and released the blast] to be continued....

I can see where your coming from about those who call people "posers", this doesn't just occur to skateboarders, but to just about every other sports event, I'm there playing football (soccer) and then someone say's, "chill man, your no ronaldo/beckham/owen" which really ticks me off, and another thing that ticks me off is when I'm playing snooker, which I have been playing for YEARS, might I add, about 10+ now, I make a good break, and then someone says "stop trying to be stephen henry/ronnie o sullivan".... I don't know why people say stuff like that, its not like its getting them anywhere to put someone down, hell, if they do what I do then they should damn try it themselves and see how hard it is, and how many years worth of work its taken me to escalate to that level, only to be critisized by them calling me a damn poser....

disney are pure evil, thats why I'm not surprised with none of the stuff that was said....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Final_Flash [/i] [B]MGS is wicked[/B][/QUOTE] ......did you just say....."wicked"? *starts to become worried for flash*

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rick Hunter [/i] [B] I really didn't like Gundam G all that much, I found the show a bit bland and out of tune from the Gundam shows that I have grown acustom to!:) [/B][/QUOTE] yeah, but I liked g gundam because of its crazyness, it was a nice change of pace in the gundam series even though many gundam fans didn't like it because they thought it was different to the gundam shows that they grew accustomed to....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Zachary [/i] [B]Hummpp, ive wanted to play DBGT final bout so bad. but i can only find it at funcoland for 200$. jessh there trying to rip me off [/B][/QUOTE] erm, thats on the ps1, what exactly does it have to do with pc/xbox....

chibi trunks is 8 when the whole saiyaman thing happens....

buy the game, it is your destiny....

[a huge amount of energy was still being released from sephiroth, as he slowly began to change into chaos, new bat like wings began to come out of his back, his physical appearance began to change too, the huge amount of power was causing the arena forcefield to fade, with light passing through the field, finally, the transformation was complete, and a dark looking chaos stared a hole right through juggernaut] chaos: so you must be juggernaut, the one whom these fighters fear jugg: that is correct chaos: well, this will become a very, very interesting fight then.... [chaos extended the soul reaver, turning it red, making it the fire reaver, and grinned at juggernaut before suddenly disappearing and catching juggernaut off-guard at the back of the head, sending him crashing to the floor, juggernait looked up at chaos] jugg: I had not anticipated such an increase in speed and power, but no matter, you are still nothing compared to me.... to be continued....

as was said, the sword is called the masamune, you can win it at the gold saucer, though it is unusable, and you can buy a similar sword called the murasame at wutai, which cloud can use....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i] [B] [color=deeppink]Is the term "what trash" an American thing? ::is terribly sorry:: Allow me to explain: White trash is what you see on Jerry Springer...those people with five teeth missing, beer bellies, mullets (ya know, the hair cut that's short on top and long in the back) and poor taste in clothes. [i]That's[/i] white trash. An celebrity example would be Kid Rock...he's white trash from Detroit, and he's not even FROM Detroit...he just says he is...he's really from Pontiac :p But that's beyond the point, and I have gone far too, eh, far, with this explanation. The end :wave:[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] ah, I see now, thanks for the explanation :) and to those wondering, yes it is true that something like 70% of the shows are fake, they just pick actors for them....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i] [B]Bleh, you have bad tastes in TV Seph :p [/B][/QUOTE] hey, I just find the show pretty damn interesting.....and painful :p

[sephiroth looked around the arena, horrified at the loss, he looked down to the floor, saying a silent prayer, before speaking again] seph: for what its worth, can someone please evacuate the arena jugg: whats the point? this whole planet can be destroyed if need be [angered by this, sephiroth lunged at juggernaut, swiping his sword from all directions, juggernaut blocking every hit, before swatting at sephiroth again, sending him into the distance, juggernaut then runs right up to sephiroth and holds him high from his throat, sephiroth gasps, trying to catch a breathe of air] jugg: your pathetic, sephiroth, I will show you real pain [with his free hand, juggernaut grabbed sephiroth's left black wing, and tore it straight out, sephiroth shouted in huge pain, as he started to bleed badly] jugg: this is real pain, this is what happens to those who face me [juggernaut then rips out sephiroth's other black wing, causing sephiroth to shout in pain even more] jugg: I think you've had enough, time to finish this [berore juggernaut made his move, sephiroth looked straight down at juggernaut and uttered a phrase] seph: s....s.....solar....flare [the entire arena was blinded by white light, as it dimmed, juggernaut was still standing, covering his eyes, and sephiroth was in front of him, bloody and battered, looking down at his wings that were on the floor, ripped out by juggernaut] seph: you bastard....you ripped out my wings! [juggernaut now regained his eyesight] jugg: hah, so what? not like they were going to do you much good anyway [suddenly, sephiroth felt the urge, he was told to give in to this urge when it came, though he was reluctant the first time, his anger escalated, and chaos wanted to be free, sephiroth gave in to the will and let it surround his being, and the terrible transformation into chaos began] to be continued....