I didn't play FF VII. I only know the characters from bios on websites.
This is my first fanfic here so I may make some mistakes with grammar or spelling. Also I'm foreign.
The main character in this story is Cait Sith. That's because he is my favorite character and he appeared in every FF VII game. Also he suits my idea. This will be like Pinocchio who wanted to be a real boy. Here he will want to be blood and flesh, not a robot.
Also for me, Cait has AI and was only taking orders from Reeve, his creator.
Because this will be a new part of FF VII, there will be new characters, new places, new villain…
Hey, It's just my sick fantasy :) you also have some ideas when you're making fanfics right? And if you think that everything in chapter one will be clear, you're mistaken. You must look for answers in the next chapters because I want to make you fell happy, sad, surprised, or even angry. So don't only read the 1st chapter. There are others as the story progress.
The previously title of the story was "How Cait Sith wanted to be real", because the story will be long, it has changed since 1.11.2006. I also edited the 1st chapter a bit.
Also my beta-reader (personal editor) is Eric the Crow. If something is wrong, blame her :) Just kidding, I know she will do a good job.
The action starts when FFVII Advent Children ends.
Correct me if I make some mistakes.
Anatol presents:
"Final Fantasy VII – Rage of Bauergard"
Chapter 1
"Go west as far as you can..."
A long time ago there was a villain known as Sephiroth, who wanted to destroy the world using giant meteor. Only a team called AVALANCHE could stop him. They had many adventures whilst trying to get the evil villain. A blond boy, Cloud Strife had to face Sephiroth to save the world. He did it, the victory was tainted. For Cloud loved a calm woman who had a golden heart and was an Ancient. Her name was Aeris.
Aeris was killed by Sephiroth. She spent the last minutes of her life in Cloud's arms. It was a hard blow for everyone who knew her for they all loved this innocent girl.
The meteor caused many casualties. The city called Midgar was destroyed. But... the citizens had worked hard together to rebuild it. The new name was NeoMidgar.
Sephiroth was killed... but another danger was approaching. A new and strong villain who wants to destroy the Planet… again.
A young prince who should be dead in the first Armageddon. Fortunately the Planet survived, but it had terrible wounds…
… Old cards are saying that his name is Bauergard…
Will he do it again? Will he succeed? Why is he back and why does he want do destroy the Planet? We don't know… but the mystic legend is saying only one thing…
When the danger is near, the King of Cats will appear...
After defeating the Advent Children, the members of AVALANCHE were traveling to Cloud's villa where from which they would follow their own paths. Cid left his „ Sierra" In the city, „ Walking is good for legs" He said.
The night had shaded the sky and the group made a camp for a rest stop. Barret was cleaning his gun arm, Cid was (as usual) smoking a cigarette, Yuffie was counting how many materia she had in her bag, Vincent was cleaning his red cape and Tifa was looking into the fire, thinking about Cloud...
Only Cloud, Cait Sith and Red XIII were elsewhere.
Cloud was sitting under a tall tree. He was like a man without a soul. He couldn't forget those days when Aeris died and he killed Sephiroth. Then, she appeared for a little during the fight. He was scared in his mind, scared that he will lose more friends.
Everyone was thinking about how to cheer Cloud. But they knew that Cloud wanted to be alone with his thoughts.
Near the camp was a clearing. The Grass on the field was shining because the moonlight. On this grass there was somebody, or rather something. It was lying down and it was looking at the big moon.
It was Cait Sith.
He also was alone to think. But he was thinking about his future. President ShinRa was dead and Reeve wasn't giving him orders now. Maybe he's free now? He could formally join the AVALANCHE but, since he was the ShinRa employee and spy, his teammates didn't trust him; they even trusted his moogle more than him. Well, they did.
Cait remember how 5 days ago he and the team were walking under large rocks. One rock fell when Cid cursed and it was going to land on Cait. Fortunately Barret quickly grabbed the feline's hand and pulled him, leaving the moogle crushed under the rock. That's why Cait was without his moogle and now he had to walk on his own legs. But he wasn't sad abort that. He found that it is better to walk on his own feet.
He looked deeper at the moon.
"I wonder what Reeve is doing now"- he thought to himself – "I miss him. It's weird that he stopped talking to me after defeating Sephiroth. I hope that he's okay after the accident with Meteor."
Cait was still looking to the moon whilst lying on his back. The moon was so big and its light was so cheerful.
„ Well… I helped Cloud and AVALANCHE kill Sephiroth. I even lost their trust for this. And what do I have? Everyone had some point to fight this evil human. And I? I just wanted to save the world… and what do I have? Nothing."
Cait finally stand up and was going back to the camp. But while he was going back, he heard something…
„ Actually that fleabag didn't do nothing but annoy us."
„Hmm?" – Cait thought to himself – „About whom are they talking?"
„ Hey! Not everyone can be as powerful as other people"
„But look! His attacks are so weak! And he almost killed us by making a mistake!"
It was Cid and Tifa. They were arguing about someone. Cait had moved closer and was hiding behind a bush.
„Maybe he doesn't have as much practice, that's all"
„ A stupid robot don't need practice, it should be programmed to be perfect!"
Now Cait knew about who those two were talking about. It was about him… how weak and stupid he was.
„ And besides, if everything is now over, I will take him and I will rip out all of his circuits!"
Then Yuffie entered the conversation.
„Well… it's just a cat in crown. What were you expecting?"
„Mhm" – nodded Vincent.
„ The stinky little furball… I have never known such an annoying thing! His fortune telling is just bullshit! As his dice! Besides, I think that it is his fault that Aeris died."
„ Cid!" – Tifa frowned – „ How can you say that?"
Cait was in shock – „My fault?"
„ We could have been faster if that fleabag's big white pony could be… faster! Arrgh! I wish this thing was destroyed under the rock! I would be so happy!"
Cait had enough of listening of this. Whilst he was walking away with his head down, he only heard Tifa shouting at Cid and how Yuffie was trying to calm her down.
He returned to the same field where he was earlier before and he sat down and looked at the moon.
„ Why?" – he said to himself" – „Why do they think that it was my fault? Aeris was the only person who trusted me. They don't even know how sad I am about her death… and how I'm sad about what I heard."
He looked deeper to the moon.
„ Fleabag! Do I look like a fleabag? Am I stupid because I'm only a stupid cat robot? If I could be real… I could cry now."
And he looked down on his gloves as if he was searching for something there, like an answer.
-„ Maybe that's why because you're not telling us about your feelings?"
Cait quickly looked who said that.
It was Red XIII
-„Red!" – Said Cait Sith- „you heard what I was saying?"
-„ Yes cat" – answered Red – „all of it"
Red XIII had moved closer to Cait and sat opposite to the feline. He looked at Cait's crown which was shining by the light of the moon, and then he looked into Cait's dark lined eyes.
-„Red I…"
- „I know. You're wondering why they think you're weak and helpless."
Cait looked down
-„ Yes…"
Red XIII looked to the moon and said:
-„ You're a robot. But you also have feelings. So you can be happy, or like now, sad. You also have your own personality. Your own nature. Your personality is weird, but funny on it own."
Cait looked on Red and came to him closer.
- „ You know… I sometimes really feel like a fleabag. Cloud is a tough man who has a sword and he's a hero. I know that my attacks are weak. But I only wanted to save the planet… to stop Jenova."
-„ But you forgot one thing, the trust. You lost it when you gave the keystone to the Turks, remember?"
-„ The trust, I wanted to have team's trust badly, but saving the world was more important for me. There was no time to earn it. I even knew that it will be hard to be trusted even after the mess with the temple"
-„That's where you made a mistake cat. Trust isn't showing what you can do for team. That is important but it is not all. The trust is also when you're talking about your problems and reflections. You see, I wouldn't be trusted because I was a ShinRa experiment. But I was good with my interactions with my teammates. Vincent was a Turk and is now part demon. He's not talkative, but when he must say something, he says the right thing."
Cait looked into Red's good eye, and he felt the help of a friend.
-„I'm sorry that I betrayed you with that keystone, and for everything, for working with ShinRa because Reeve created me and he was giving me orders. That is why I wasn't talking about my feelings."
-„Life is full of mistakes and we must fix them when we can, regardless of the size of the mistake."
Cait didn't know that Red can be such a good partner for conversation. He would have known that earlier if had just talked to him. Now they both were looking to the moon.
-„ And what do you see there Cait?"
-„ Where?"
-„ Up there. In the moon"
-„ It makes me feel… safe… … … Red?
-„Yes"
-„I have a dream. I haven't has dreams before like you or the rest, but now I have one and I want it so badly to be real.
-„Tell me, what's your dream Cait?"
-„ I…I want be flesh and blood, not a robot. I want to be real."
Red XIII looked on Cait by his good eye and he was surprised. He wouldn't expect something like this from Cait.
-„ Why?" – Red asked with astonishment
-„ They think that I don't have feelings… so I want to be real to know what that exactly means. I can feel, but they're not real feelings. They are just multiple "react" programs by my AI. I want to know what happiness, sadness, pleasure, pain are like and crying… I would cry with you about Aeris. But I can't… but I want to… and I want to prove that I can have feelings too…"
Red XIII was surprised. They thought that Cait was just a robot who was taking orders from his master, who was somewhere far away from here. Was Cait telling the truth? A robot saying such deep words? Red looked on Cait seriously.
-„ You know, that can be hard to make real…"
Cait looked down…
-„ but I probably know how you can grant your wish"
Cait looked on Red XIII, who now was smiling the same smile he used when he was saying something smart. Cait's ears twitched and he listened carefully to Red.
-„ When I was a cub, my grandfather told me that in the far west there is a magic place where anything can happen, even the most crazy of things."
Cait had stood up.
-„ How I can get there Red?"
-„Hey calm down. I don't even know is that place really exists. But to get there, you must walk from here on the west as far as you can…"
Red XIII couldn't continue because Cait Sith was tightly hugging his chest.
-„Thank you Red, you're wonderful."
Cait had let go of Red and smiled to him a cat's smile.
-„ I should go now. The faster I am the sooner I'll be real. And then I will be the happiest thing in the world. But please Red, try not to tell the others for as long as you can okay? I want to make this alone… to prove to them that I'm not a stupid robot fleabag in a crown."
-„ Okay Cait. But remember that the world can be dangerous and alone you cannot survive."
-„I will Red"
Cait hugged Red again and he disappeared it the shadows.
„But don't be sad when you probably discover that that place does not exist. Good luck"- thought Red XIII and he looked again at the moon.
And Cait will go on the west…
To meet the new challenge…
He doesn't know what he will meet there where he's going…
And he doesn't know that this will compare with the legend…
And that the fear, screams, terror and death will come back…