Disclamer: I don't own Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth or Aeris, I'm just borrowing them. And if you don't like it, too bad. I own all the other characters though, feel free to use them.
500 YEARS
PROLOGUE
Lifestream.
So full of life.
Lifestream is life.
Millions of souls laughing.
Millions of souls living, with no bodies, no worries.
Nothing.
But, they have each other.
Lifestream, it's leaving me? No, I'm leaving it.
Why?
CHAPTER 1: RESURRECTION
"Oh Lifestream, let this work." A girl with chin-length iced blue hair prayed. She knelt in front of the four Resurrect Materias set out before her. All of them had been mastered, the fourth mastered just a few hours ago. Closing her wild green eyes she began to recite a chant. The Materia started to resonate in the darkened room. Red glow danced upon the walls giving the room a beautiful tinge. The girl held her hands outstretched in front of her and spoke in a language long forgotten.
"Lifestream, come to my summons." As the words left her mouth, Lifestream extended it's colored tendrils to surround the four Materia orbs. After fusing with the Materia the remaining Lifestream left. The girl's green eyes, the same green as Lifestream, shot open. Her job was finished. Gradually the Materia shone too brightly to even look at, then they began to take the shapes of people.
"Yes! Destiny, you've done it!" She congratulated herself. As the shine died down the figures could be easily seen; the first had yellow spiked hair and wore warrior-like clothing, the second had long brown hair and didn't wear much... The third had light brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, she wore a pink dress that left a lot to the imagination. The fourth and final person was unlike anyone Destiny had ever seen, his hair was long and platinum colored, his body well formed to say the least. A smile was spread across his face.
Cloud's eyes opened slowly. :Where am I?: He thought, :My head feels really bad, how much did I drink last night? Wait a minute, there wasn't a last night.: Cloud's memories flooded back to him in a whirlwind. The memory of marrying Tifa, there first child, standing by Barret's grave, the moment when he left for his grave.
"What in the name of..." He sat up quickly, on a quick inspection he was wearing the clothing he used to wear in his younger years. Confused, his eyes searched the room for the reason he had been brought back to life.
Cloud only saw a young girl.
"Cloud Strife?" The mysterious girl asked.
"That's me but..." He looked mystified then went on, "Who are you?"
"I'm Destiny Strife. I am the one who brought you back." She looked away shame-faced. "Please forgive me." Cloud could not muster up a response, only place his hands to his sides. He felt soft skin under his right hand. The skin was attached to a person.
"Tifa!" He cuddled her in his arms, coaxing her to awaken. Her crimson eyes fluttered open and immediately fell upon his.
"Cloud?!" Her memories returned to her as well. "How can you... Why am I..." She struggled against him for a moment then calmed down. "My body." Her eyes analyzed her resurrected body, it was much younger then when she had left it.
"Cloud, Tifa? Are you two dead?" Aeris sat up and looked at the two.
"We were, but now we're alive again." Cloud commented, still a little more than mystified.
"Excuse me. But I'm the person who brought you all back." Destiny nodded her head. "My name is Destiny. Is the unwoken one Barret?"
"Unwoken one?" Cloud froze when he saw who the 'unwoken one' was.
Sephiroth.
"No, that's not Barret." Cloud shook his head violently. "That is Sephiroth."
"Sephiroth? The One Winged Angel?" Destiny's face became pale. "I did not mean to resurrect the One Winged Angel. Can't I do anything right!" She buried her head in her hands and began to cry.
Aeris scooted over to her and gave her a shoulder to cry on. "It's all right Destiny, I'm sure it wasn't your fault." Destiny continued to cry on Aeris's shoulder for what seemed like hours.
:What is that sound?: Sephiroth woke to the strange sound. Raising to his feet was the first thing he did. The second was his blood turning to ice after seeing the face on Cloud, the man who killed him.
"What are you doing here?" Sephiroth reached for the Masamune but it wasn't there. He decided to use Ultima but he had no Materia. "What the f-"
"Quiet!" Aeris snapped at him, "Destiny is crying. Show a little respect for the one who resurrected you." Destiny stopped crying and stared at Sephiroth.
"Centra!" He took an involuntary step back. "I thought I was rid of you."
"Like I said, you were resurrected."
"One Winged Angel, I am responsible for your new found life." Destiny intruded. "You were not meant to live again." Destiny expected Lifestream to become enraged at his life but instead did nothing.
"Sephiroth calm down. Freaking out isn't going to do anything." Cloud yelled at him, still holding Tifa.
"And you!" Sephiroth pointed an accusing finger. "I'll kill you!"
"Stop!" Screamed Destiny as she stood up to face Sephiroth. "I've resurrected you all because there is a need for you all."
"A need?" Sephiroth raised and eyebrow.
"There is a man named Titan. He's far worse then the One Winged Angel." She turned her head to the side. "His only ambition is to destroy the world. And it's all my fault."
"Worse then me?" Sephiroth grinned evily. "We'll see about that." He lunged at her but stopped inches from her. He was held back by... Lifestream? "What magic is this?"
"It is no magic." Destiny replied sighing. "Lifestream won't let you touch me in anger."
"Feh." Sephiroth stepped back and Lifestream went away. He turned for the exit.
"Where are you going?"
"Away from here."
"I can't let you do that." Destiny blocked the exit with Lifestream.
"Child remove the Lifestream or face my wrath." Sephiroth turned to face her with a wild look in his eyes.
"Then I am sorry I have to do this." Destiny moved the Lifestream but not away, onto Sephiroth. "Remember this."
"Ahhh!" Sephiroth screamed in pure agony. He had never felt such pain in this life or the next. It hurt more then Cloud's Omnislash. After agonizing minutes he dropped to the ground unable to do anything more then breathe.
:How could she control Lifestream like that? What is she?: Sephiroth was now able to think again but not without a blinding pain. As he sat up he shot a glare at Destiny. :I'll find out, somehow...:
"Are you all right?" Destiny dropped to her knees beside Sephiroth. She examined his head until he smacked her hands away.
"What do you mean 'are you all right?' You were the one who did this to me." He was surprised that she even gave a damn about his well-being.
"I didn't mean to get you so bad." Destiny's face flushed a deep red. "I only did it so that you would stay with us. Can you forgive me?"
Sephiroth groaned then replied, "Yes."
Cloud's chin was the first to hit the ground. :He would have killed me.:
"After I take a nap." With that Sephiroth laid back down and went instantaneously to sleep.
"..............?" The group just looked at him in puzzlement.
Later that day...
"Man, I'm starving. I haven't eaten for..." Cloud cut off what he was about to say because of one reason; he had no idea of how long he had been in Lifestream.
"Over 500 years." Destiny finished for him. "I'll go make some food." She left the room.
Cloud and Tifa sat on one couch while Aeris and Sephiroth sat on another. They just stared at each other until Aeris could no longer take the silence.
"Does anybody else's body feel weird? Kinda like you just got run through the rinse-cycle 23 times."
"Yeah, like it's different then what you remember it being like." Tifa looked at her hand in thought. "Guess I just got used to having an old body instead of a young one."
"I think it's just strange that we're back." Cloud shook his head. "I've only been alive a few hours and I already miss everyone."
"I still can't believe Yuffie had so many kids." Tifa laughed. "Who knew Vincent had it in him." They shared in a laugh with Aeris and Sephiroth in the dark.
"Yuffie and Vincent?" Aeris' eyes sparkled, "You must be joking." Tifa told the whole story of how they got together. Then they began to tell all the things Aeris missed. Like the time Nanaki (Red XIII) caught Cait Sith on fire with his tail or the time Barret had a little too much to drink on New Years Eve.
Meanwhile Sephiroth remained quiet, keeping his eyes glued on some unseen item through the window. :Why did I forgive her? I should have killed her, that stupid...: His eyelids began to fell more and more heavy. Soon he was yawning and slowly drifting into sleep.
"Yo, Sephiroth." He looked up at Aeris waving her hands in front of his face. "Time to eat, didn't you hear Destiny." She sighed and walked into the kitchen. They all ate in silence. If you could call gobbling and snarfing down food as quickly as it fell onto the plate quiet. Destiny felt a pang of regret for not making enough for an army.
The next day...
Tifa's crimson eyes opened only to be bombarded with light. When her new eyes finally adjusted to the light she swung her legs out of bed and looked ahead-
-Only to see the blade of a sword barely miss her face. Surprised she stared stupidly at the blade that was now lodged into the bed.
"S-Sephiroth! What the hell are you doing!?!" She shouted loud enough for the whole house to hear. Cloud was jolted out of sleep with shock and fell off the bed.
"Lifestream can't protect you." He took another swing at Tifa and she managed to flip out of the way.
"Stop it!" Cloud boomed, his eyes searched the room for a weapon but could not find one. Sephiroth continued to chase Tifa around the room. Finally she fell in an attempt to dodge the sword.
"Wait!" She screamed unaware of the pantyshot she was giving Sephiroth. He paused in mid-slash and blushed. :What is he...?: Tifa's face went red with anger. :That pervert!: Quickly she lunched herself off the floor and kicked him in the face. Just as Sephiroth hit the floor Destiny and Aeris rushed in the door.
"What happened?" Destiny's eyes went from person to person.
"He attacked me and I kicked his ass!" Tifa cried out triumphantly.
"You didn't kick my ass." Sephiroth groaned as he sat up. "You kicked my face." Blood trickled from his nose.
"Yeah, after you were staring at my panties!" Tifa kicked him in the side and he just looked at her maliciously. "Well you did, why else would your nose be bleeding."
"Because you kicked me in the face." He stood to face her.
"Enough Sephiroth, do you want your ass kicked again?" Destiny intruded between them.
"I did not-"
"Shut up and face it." Aeris interjected.
"But-"
"Sephiroth, I was here the whole time. You got beaten." Cloud started to laugh. "By a girl!" He was howling with laughter now.
"I can still kill you." Sephiroth lunged at Cloud but Lifestream got in the way. "Not again."
"Sephiroth, I have put up barriers between you and the other three. You won't be able to touch them in anger either." She giggled, "But they can still hit you."
"That's not fair." He threw the sword to the side. "They can beat on me but I can't touch them." He was seething with anger.
"Bingo." She smirked. Sephiroth was about to yell but instead fell asleep.
"What is with him?" Cloud raised an eyebrow.
As soon as Sephiroth had woken up and the rest were dressed, Destiny took them downstairs. She walked up to a dusty door and unlocked it with a skeleton key that hung around her neck. Dust fell out of the open door. She walked inside and lit a few torches.
Along the walls were all kinds of weapons. One of those weapons was the Buster Sword.
"Hey my old sword! How did you get it?" Cloud held his old weapon in his hands for the first time in over 500 years.
"I had to look around for it for a long time. Tifa and Aeris' weapons should be in here somewhere too." Destiny answered. Tifa found her Premium Heart in no time but Aeris took a little longer trying to find her Princess Guard. Sephiroth simply leaned against the wall.
"This is great." Tifa said as she punched the air a few times. Destiny nodded and walked over to an empty wall. She took out her skeleton key and opened up a secret compartment. Inside was the Ultima Weapon, Cloud's final weapon.
"Wow, you even got the Ultima Weapon? Incredible." Cloud gasped. Destiny took it from it's holder and spun it around so the handle faced Cloud. "You see to be very good with it."
"I trained with it." Destiny admitted.
"Then you keep it." Cloud replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Besides I just got my Buster Sword back. I'll play with this for a while" He chuckled.
"Great. Now do you all want some Materia?" Destiny went to open a second door within the room until Sephiroth's voice stopped her.
"What about me? You don't think I'll fight without the Masamune." Sephiroth questioned.
"I couldn't get the Masamune." She turned away, "Someone else has it."
"Someone else!?" He yelled, "I'm the only one who can use it."
"Well it's not my fault!" For once Destiny yelled back. "I couldn't get it from him."
"From who?"
"Titan. He wields it as if it were an extension to his own body." Destiny opened the door completely. "Take another sword off the wall. That's all I can offer for now. Then come in and get some Materia."
Cloud stuck his head inside the door. "Damn, you got a lot of Materia." Inside it was Materia heaven. Even Yuffie had not been able to steal err- I mean find so much.
"I have a sixth sense for finding it I suppose." Destiny began to gather her favorite Materia orbs and placed them onto her weapon and armor. She was wearing a top not unlike Tifa's except it was blue and had kimono-like sleeves. She had a double belt that was made out of black leather. Her black leather skirt had short-shorts under it. Black leather go-go boots came up to her knees and were lined with red ruby stones. She had not always dressed like this, she only began after the Crisis...
After being geared up with Materia they set off to Midgar. Destiny's house was not far from it.
"I still don't see why I have to come along." Sephiroth complained. "You meant to resurrect Barret, not me."
"I suppose Lifestream had other ideas." Destiny replied flatly. "Besides from what you all talk about, I doubt that he would have been able to handle it." They came to the top of the hill they were on and the four newly resurrected people gasped.
"Midgar, it's- it's healthy." Cloud finally managed to stutter.
Aeris dropped to her knees and began to cry softly. Destiny sat beside her and began to comfort her. "It's okay, I just never thought that Midgar would return to the earth."
"It's been like this for a while now. There is more that I want to show you." Destiny took the lead as the group walked into Midgar.
:No more walls.: Cloud thought when they entered the city limits. Soon a building came into view. It was an old church that was no longer used for a church. Beautiful flowers were planted around the walls, ivy creeped up the sides and a blue pond was to the left side.
"My old home!" Aeris exclaimed. She ran inside and was followed by the others. The inside was even more colorful then the outside. Every type of wild flower imaginable grew all over. It was not messy though, it looked like it had been well kept. Aeris' eyes shed tears of joy.
"Can I help you?" A young girl walked out from behind a pillar timidly. Her shoulder length golden hair glistened in the light coming from the skylights.
"We're just here to look around." Aeris replied.
"Do you like it? I take care of this place." She grinned. "It used to be a real mess but I cleaned it up. You should have seen it, there was wild flowers everywhere."
"Well you did a good job." Aeris smiled sweetly at the child.
"Lotsa people come here now. But I don't think anybody likes it as much as you do." The little girl picked a flower from her garden and presented it to Aeris.
"Thank you." She received it with gratitude. The petals were a pale rose-pink. Then they turned to black as if the color had been drained from them. "What-"
Aeris was cut off by a sinister laugh coming from one of the open skylights...
To be continued...
There it is, chapter one. Yeah, I know it kinda sucks but oh well. Chapter two has a wicked cool fight scene so please R&R!
Ryoko The Muse
500 YEARS
PROLOGUE
Lifestream.
So full of life.
Lifestream is life.
Millions of souls laughing.
Millions of souls living, with no bodies, no worries.
Nothing.
But, they have each other.
Lifestream, it's leaving me? No, I'm leaving it.
Why?
CHAPTER 1: RESURRECTION
"Oh Lifestream, let this work." A girl with chin-length iced blue hair prayed. She knelt in front of the four Resurrect Materias set out before her. All of them had been mastered, the fourth mastered just a few hours ago. Closing her wild green eyes she began to recite a chant. The Materia started to resonate in the darkened room. Red glow danced upon the walls giving the room a beautiful tinge. The girl held her hands outstretched in front of her and spoke in a language long forgotten.
"Lifestream, come to my summons." As the words left her mouth, Lifestream extended it's colored tendrils to surround the four Materia orbs. After fusing with the Materia the remaining Lifestream left. The girl's green eyes, the same green as Lifestream, shot open. Her job was finished. Gradually the Materia shone too brightly to even look at, then they began to take the shapes of people.
"Yes! Destiny, you've done it!" She congratulated herself. As the shine died down the figures could be easily seen; the first had yellow spiked hair and wore warrior-like clothing, the second had long brown hair and didn't wear much... The third had light brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, she wore a pink dress that left a lot to the imagination. The fourth and final person was unlike anyone Destiny had ever seen, his hair was long and platinum colored, his body well formed to say the least. A smile was spread across his face.
Cloud's eyes opened slowly. :Where am I?: He thought, :My head feels really bad, how much did I drink last night? Wait a minute, there wasn't a last night.: Cloud's memories flooded back to him in a whirlwind. The memory of marrying Tifa, there first child, standing by Barret's grave, the moment when he left for his grave.
"What in the name of..." He sat up quickly, on a quick inspection he was wearing the clothing he used to wear in his younger years. Confused, his eyes searched the room for the reason he had been brought back to life.
Cloud only saw a young girl.
"Cloud Strife?" The mysterious girl asked.
"That's me but..." He looked mystified then went on, "Who are you?"
"I'm Destiny Strife. I am the one who brought you back." She looked away shame-faced. "Please forgive me." Cloud could not muster up a response, only place his hands to his sides. He felt soft skin under his right hand. The skin was attached to a person.
"Tifa!" He cuddled her in his arms, coaxing her to awaken. Her crimson eyes fluttered open and immediately fell upon his.
"Cloud?!" Her memories returned to her as well. "How can you... Why am I..." She struggled against him for a moment then calmed down. "My body." Her eyes analyzed her resurrected body, it was much younger then when she had left it.
"Cloud, Tifa? Are you two dead?" Aeris sat up and looked at the two.
"We were, but now we're alive again." Cloud commented, still a little more than mystified.
"Excuse me. But I'm the person who brought you all back." Destiny nodded her head. "My name is Destiny. Is the unwoken one Barret?"
"Unwoken one?" Cloud froze when he saw who the 'unwoken one' was.
Sephiroth.
"No, that's not Barret." Cloud shook his head violently. "That is Sephiroth."
"Sephiroth? The One Winged Angel?" Destiny's face became pale. "I did not mean to resurrect the One Winged Angel. Can't I do anything right!" She buried her head in her hands and began to cry.
Aeris scooted over to her and gave her a shoulder to cry on. "It's all right Destiny, I'm sure it wasn't your fault." Destiny continued to cry on Aeris's shoulder for what seemed like hours.
:What is that sound?: Sephiroth woke to the strange sound. Raising to his feet was the first thing he did. The second was his blood turning to ice after seeing the face on Cloud, the man who killed him.
"What are you doing here?" Sephiroth reached for the Masamune but it wasn't there. He decided to use Ultima but he had no Materia. "What the f-"
"Quiet!" Aeris snapped at him, "Destiny is crying. Show a little respect for the one who resurrected you." Destiny stopped crying and stared at Sephiroth.
"Centra!" He took an involuntary step back. "I thought I was rid of you."
"Like I said, you were resurrected."
"One Winged Angel, I am responsible for your new found life." Destiny intruded. "You were not meant to live again." Destiny expected Lifestream to become enraged at his life but instead did nothing.
"Sephiroth calm down. Freaking out isn't going to do anything." Cloud yelled at him, still holding Tifa.
"And you!" Sephiroth pointed an accusing finger. "I'll kill you!"
"Stop!" Screamed Destiny as she stood up to face Sephiroth. "I've resurrected you all because there is a need for you all."
"A need?" Sephiroth raised and eyebrow.
"There is a man named Titan. He's far worse then the One Winged Angel." She turned her head to the side. "His only ambition is to destroy the world. And it's all my fault."
"Worse then me?" Sephiroth grinned evily. "We'll see about that." He lunged at her but stopped inches from her. He was held back by... Lifestream? "What magic is this?"
"It is no magic." Destiny replied sighing. "Lifestream won't let you touch me in anger."
"Feh." Sephiroth stepped back and Lifestream went away. He turned for the exit.
"Where are you going?"
"Away from here."
"I can't let you do that." Destiny blocked the exit with Lifestream.
"Child remove the Lifestream or face my wrath." Sephiroth turned to face her with a wild look in his eyes.
"Then I am sorry I have to do this." Destiny moved the Lifestream but not away, onto Sephiroth. "Remember this."
"Ahhh!" Sephiroth screamed in pure agony. He had never felt such pain in this life or the next. It hurt more then Cloud's Omnislash. After agonizing minutes he dropped to the ground unable to do anything more then breathe.
:How could she control Lifestream like that? What is she?: Sephiroth was now able to think again but not without a blinding pain. As he sat up he shot a glare at Destiny. :I'll find out, somehow...:
"Are you all right?" Destiny dropped to her knees beside Sephiroth. She examined his head until he smacked her hands away.
"What do you mean 'are you all right?' You were the one who did this to me." He was surprised that she even gave a damn about his well-being.
"I didn't mean to get you so bad." Destiny's face flushed a deep red. "I only did it so that you would stay with us. Can you forgive me?"
Sephiroth groaned then replied, "Yes."
Cloud's chin was the first to hit the ground. :He would have killed me.:
"After I take a nap." With that Sephiroth laid back down and went instantaneously to sleep.
"..............?" The group just looked at him in puzzlement.
Later that day...
"Man, I'm starving. I haven't eaten for..." Cloud cut off what he was about to say because of one reason; he had no idea of how long he had been in Lifestream.
"Over 500 years." Destiny finished for him. "I'll go make some food." She left the room.
Cloud and Tifa sat on one couch while Aeris and Sephiroth sat on another. They just stared at each other until Aeris could no longer take the silence.
"Does anybody else's body feel weird? Kinda like you just got run through the rinse-cycle 23 times."
"Yeah, like it's different then what you remember it being like." Tifa looked at her hand in thought. "Guess I just got used to having an old body instead of a young one."
"I think it's just strange that we're back." Cloud shook his head. "I've only been alive a few hours and I already miss everyone."
"I still can't believe Yuffie had so many kids." Tifa laughed. "Who knew Vincent had it in him." They shared in a laugh with Aeris and Sephiroth in the dark.
"Yuffie and Vincent?" Aeris' eyes sparkled, "You must be joking." Tifa told the whole story of how they got together. Then they began to tell all the things Aeris missed. Like the time Nanaki (Red XIII) caught Cait Sith on fire with his tail or the time Barret had a little too much to drink on New Years Eve.
Meanwhile Sephiroth remained quiet, keeping his eyes glued on some unseen item through the window. :Why did I forgive her? I should have killed her, that stupid...: His eyelids began to fell more and more heavy. Soon he was yawning and slowly drifting into sleep.
"Yo, Sephiroth." He looked up at Aeris waving her hands in front of his face. "Time to eat, didn't you hear Destiny." She sighed and walked into the kitchen. They all ate in silence. If you could call gobbling and snarfing down food as quickly as it fell onto the plate quiet. Destiny felt a pang of regret for not making enough for an army.
The next day...
Tifa's crimson eyes opened only to be bombarded with light. When her new eyes finally adjusted to the light she swung her legs out of bed and looked ahead-
-Only to see the blade of a sword barely miss her face. Surprised she stared stupidly at the blade that was now lodged into the bed.
"S-Sephiroth! What the hell are you doing!?!" She shouted loud enough for the whole house to hear. Cloud was jolted out of sleep with shock and fell off the bed.
"Lifestream can't protect you." He took another swing at Tifa and she managed to flip out of the way.
"Stop it!" Cloud boomed, his eyes searched the room for a weapon but could not find one. Sephiroth continued to chase Tifa around the room. Finally she fell in an attempt to dodge the sword.
"Wait!" She screamed unaware of the pantyshot she was giving Sephiroth. He paused in mid-slash and blushed. :What is he...?: Tifa's face went red with anger. :That pervert!: Quickly she lunched herself off the floor and kicked him in the face. Just as Sephiroth hit the floor Destiny and Aeris rushed in the door.
"What happened?" Destiny's eyes went from person to person.
"He attacked me and I kicked his ass!" Tifa cried out triumphantly.
"You didn't kick my ass." Sephiroth groaned as he sat up. "You kicked my face." Blood trickled from his nose.
"Yeah, after you were staring at my panties!" Tifa kicked him in the side and he just looked at her maliciously. "Well you did, why else would your nose be bleeding."
"Because you kicked me in the face." He stood to face her.
"Enough Sephiroth, do you want your ass kicked again?" Destiny intruded between them.
"I did not-"
"Shut up and face it." Aeris interjected.
"But-"
"Sephiroth, I was here the whole time. You got beaten." Cloud started to laugh. "By a girl!" He was howling with laughter now.
"I can still kill you." Sephiroth lunged at Cloud but Lifestream got in the way. "Not again."
"Sephiroth, I have put up barriers between you and the other three. You won't be able to touch them in anger either." She giggled, "But they can still hit you."
"That's not fair." He threw the sword to the side. "They can beat on me but I can't touch them." He was seething with anger.
"Bingo." She smirked. Sephiroth was about to yell but instead fell asleep.
"What is with him?" Cloud raised an eyebrow.
As soon as Sephiroth had woken up and the rest were dressed, Destiny took them downstairs. She walked up to a dusty door and unlocked it with a skeleton key that hung around her neck. Dust fell out of the open door. She walked inside and lit a few torches.
Along the walls were all kinds of weapons. One of those weapons was the Buster Sword.
"Hey my old sword! How did you get it?" Cloud held his old weapon in his hands for the first time in over 500 years.
"I had to look around for it for a long time. Tifa and Aeris' weapons should be in here somewhere too." Destiny answered. Tifa found her Premium Heart in no time but Aeris took a little longer trying to find her Princess Guard. Sephiroth simply leaned against the wall.
"This is great." Tifa said as she punched the air a few times. Destiny nodded and walked over to an empty wall. She took out her skeleton key and opened up a secret compartment. Inside was the Ultima Weapon, Cloud's final weapon.
"Wow, you even got the Ultima Weapon? Incredible." Cloud gasped. Destiny took it from it's holder and spun it around so the handle faced Cloud. "You see to be very good with it."
"I trained with it." Destiny admitted.
"Then you keep it." Cloud replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Besides I just got my Buster Sword back. I'll play with this for a while" He chuckled.
"Great. Now do you all want some Materia?" Destiny went to open a second door within the room until Sephiroth's voice stopped her.
"What about me? You don't think I'll fight without the Masamune." Sephiroth questioned.
"I couldn't get the Masamune." She turned away, "Someone else has it."
"Someone else!?" He yelled, "I'm the only one who can use it."
"Well it's not my fault!" For once Destiny yelled back. "I couldn't get it from him."
"From who?"
"Titan. He wields it as if it were an extension to his own body." Destiny opened the door completely. "Take another sword off the wall. That's all I can offer for now. Then come in and get some Materia."
Cloud stuck his head inside the door. "Damn, you got a lot of Materia." Inside it was Materia heaven. Even Yuffie had not been able to steal err- I mean find so much.
"I have a sixth sense for finding it I suppose." Destiny began to gather her favorite Materia orbs and placed them onto her weapon and armor. She was wearing a top not unlike Tifa's except it was blue and had kimono-like sleeves. She had a double belt that was made out of black leather. Her black leather skirt had short-shorts under it. Black leather go-go boots came up to her knees and were lined with red ruby stones. She had not always dressed like this, she only began after the Crisis...
After being geared up with Materia they set off to Midgar. Destiny's house was not far from it.
"I still don't see why I have to come along." Sephiroth complained. "You meant to resurrect Barret, not me."
"I suppose Lifestream had other ideas." Destiny replied flatly. "Besides from what you all talk about, I doubt that he would have been able to handle it." They came to the top of the hill they were on and the four newly resurrected people gasped.
"Midgar, it's- it's healthy." Cloud finally managed to stutter.
Aeris dropped to her knees and began to cry softly. Destiny sat beside her and began to comfort her. "It's okay, I just never thought that Midgar would return to the earth."
"It's been like this for a while now. There is more that I want to show you." Destiny took the lead as the group walked into Midgar.
:No more walls.: Cloud thought when they entered the city limits. Soon a building came into view. It was an old church that was no longer used for a church. Beautiful flowers were planted around the walls, ivy creeped up the sides and a blue pond was to the left side.
"My old home!" Aeris exclaimed. She ran inside and was followed by the others. The inside was even more colorful then the outside. Every type of wild flower imaginable grew all over. It was not messy though, it looked like it had been well kept. Aeris' eyes shed tears of joy.
"Can I help you?" A young girl walked out from behind a pillar timidly. Her shoulder length golden hair glistened in the light coming from the skylights.
"We're just here to look around." Aeris replied.
"Do you like it? I take care of this place." She grinned. "It used to be a real mess but I cleaned it up. You should have seen it, there was wild flowers everywhere."
"Well you did a good job." Aeris smiled sweetly at the child.
"Lotsa people come here now. But I don't think anybody likes it as much as you do." The little girl picked a flower from her garden and presented it to Aeris.
"Thank you." She received it with gratitude. The petals were a pale rose-pink. Then they turned to black as if the color had been drained from them. "What-"
Aeris was cut off by a sinister laugh coming from one of the open skylights...
To be continued...
There it is, chapter one. Yeah, I know it kinda sucks but oh well. Chapter two has a wicked cool fight scene so please R&R!
Ryoko The Muse
