Quarter-Finals! Mega Man X vs. Cloud

Arena: Bamboo Grove

In the Red Corner, the chrome-plated Maverick Hunter, the Blue Bomber 2.0, from Mega Man X: Mega Man X!!!

And in the Blue Corner, the jade-eyed schizophrene, the master of the Buster Sword, from Final Fantasy 7: Cloud Strife!!!

The sky is coated in a thick blanket of dark thunderheads. The wind whips through the bamboo stalks, creating a sea of violent, swaying arms. X surveys the area, standing at the bottom of the hills' steep slope. Cloud works his way through the tempest of bamboo, slowly creeping down from the top of the incline. As the two catch each others' eyes through the chaos, a heavy rain begins to fall. The violence of the storm is such that any normal person would have to be insane to reamin exposed to it. Our two combatants begin their initial charges, and the fight begins in earnest. There can be only one...