As the flames went up Cloud began to move. His fingers flicked a catch on his sword and he pulled away a blade that did not resemble any of the ones pulled from it previously. If he was going to use this weapon he had to make it his own, and this was the first modification he had planned. There was no telling if there would be time for more but this blade and his shield were His Own.

He slashed the blade at the flames, Runic failing to absorb them it seemed but the effort made him feel better about running into the inferno. Another slash and the jagged blade whirled about, taking the rough shape of a gun. He opened fire with a salvo of Ice element magic bullets, shield still raised as he ran against the flexing wave of the ground and the fanned flames.

When the distance finally closed and Chaos loomed ahead of him he didn't falter. He swept with both arms now, the shield telescoping back into his bracer while the gun unfurled into a blade again. He leaped up and delivered as strong an Amped Strike as he could muster, pulling the trigger on the gunblade as it hit.

(ooc: hey, Lightning ripped off his style in LR, turnabout is fair play)