Reborn Ones
Prologue: Part I
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy and any of its characters aren't mine.. *sigh*
I will not babble here. (Look further down if you want to see me babling)
So.. Here goes.. Enjoy!! ^_^
**
Aeris looked out from the window of the inn in Gongaga Village. She and her friends had left Temple of the Ancients some hours ago, carrying the unconscious Cloud with them. Since he failed on the attempt to kill her back in the Temple, Cloud had been out cold. She was terribly worried that Sephiroth, or rather, the Jenova inside him, would be able to control Cloud some day. The thought of a friend turning into an enemy really terrified her. Jenova was the Calamity from the Sky. Who knows what she could and would do to to fulfill her name. She just hope that none of her friend would fall in Jenova's hand. She hoped that Cloud would never become another Sephiroth.
Sephiroth.
To be honest, she actually felt sorry for him. It clearly wasn't his fault that he became what he was. He didn't even want to be what he was now. Since his birth, Jenova has resided inside his body - giving him supreme power, and along with it, endless suffering. Whenever Sephiroth was near, she could hear his mind screaming for freedom, trying futilely to fight the Jenova in his body.
Controlled by Jenova, Cloud had surrender the Black Materia to Sephiroth. She knew what Sephiroth was going to do. The Planet had told her that. But the Planet hadn't told her what she was supposed to do to stop him. It was up to her alone to finish the task. She was afraid, afraid if she might fail and lead the Planet to its destruction.
Aeris shuddered at the thought. She had to do something before it was too late.
"Are you okay?" Tifa asked from her behind. Aeris looked up in surprise at her friend. She was too deep in her thought that she didn't even realize when Tifa had entered the room.
"I'm fine," Aeris lied. She wasn't fine at all. Her mind was all confused. She didn't know what she was supposed to do.
Tifa smiled sadly at her answer, her hazel eyes were watching her intently. "You're not a good liar, Aeris," she said. "Tell me what's bothering you, maybe I could help."
"Nothing, really,"Aeris said, trying as best as she could to convince Tifa. But, her raven-haired friend didn't seem satisfied with her answer. So, she tried to change the subject instead. "How's Cloud? Is he awake yet?"
Tifa shook her head. "Not yet. He kept mumbling something about meteor in his sleep, and something about a reunion. His voice sounded really weird, as if he was saying it with someone else's voice. It's creepy."
Aeris felt her heart beat quickly as Tifa explained Cloud's condition. Meteor and reunion with the Planet. That was what Jenova sought. And it seemed that her influence had stretched to more and more people, not only Sephiroth. Everything had slowly turned critical. While she was leisurely enjoying her travel around the world, Jenova had taken big steps towards her goal. Everything would end if she didn't do something quick.
"There you go into your little world again," Tifa suddenly said, a smile on her face. Aeris's thought broke off. Was it that obvious?
"Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you," Aeris apologized.
"That's okay." Tifa smiled at her again. "I know you're worried about what happened and all. I would've been worried myself if a friend tried to kill me. But, please remember that whatever happens, we'll always be there to help. If you have a problem, talk to me, and let us figure it out together."
Aeris was greatly touched by Tifa's words. "Thank you," she said, smiling up at her.
"Yo, Tifa."
They both looked up at the source of the voice, and saw Barret sticking up his face into the room. "I need to have a word with you."
"Sure," Tifa said, nodding her head. She turned her attention towards Aeris and said, "See you later."
Aeris simply nodded and smiled at her friend. When Tifa was out of the room, she threw back her gaze outside, watching the villagers strolling up and down the street. Tifa's comforting words greatly soothed her worries, and she was suddenly reminded on how tired she was. The journey was long, and too much had happened in just one day. She threw one final glance towards the street before scrambling up the bed and closed her eyes. As she lay down on her bed, she thought of her next destination, The City of the Ancient.
**
Sephiroth watched silently as Aeris closed her eyes. He had been watching her for some time now, staring in admiration at her beauty. Some months had passed since his first encounter with her. She was selling flowers in the slums in Midgar, when some street punks tried to disturbed her. He had saved her, and he could remember clearly how she looked up gratefully at him, giving him the sincerest smile he had seen in his life. She even offered him all of her flowers as a token of her gratitude, saying it was the only thing she could give him.
At the very moment he saw her wonderful smile, he knew he would do anything to make it remain on her face forever.
But life had never been fair to him. Their second meeting did not go so well. Being under Jenova's influence, he had attacked the ShinRa Headquarters, and killed the old fart with his sword. It was also there that he saw Aeris again. He learnt that she was a Cetra, the greatest enemy of the parasite inside him; and knew that they would be mortal enemy. Since then, he had only watched her from afar, knowing that he would never be with her.
"But I would change our destiny tonight."
Sephiroth opened the window to her room as silently as he could and slipped inside, landing on the floor with a soft thud. He paused and looked warily at the sleeping brunette, making sure that she was asleep. Aeris didn't seem to hear anything; still resting peacefully in her deep slumber.
Slowly, Sephiroth made his way towards her bed, watching her sleeping form intently. When he reached her bed, he kneeled down beside it, and reached out his hand to touch her face. A slight frown came into her face, but it vanished as soon as it appeared.
"Sleep well, my love," he muttered before casting Sleep spell on her.
As soon as he was sure that she would not wake up, he scoop her up into his arms, holding her closely to his chest. Aeris snuggled closer to the warmth of his body and sighed contentedly. Sephiroth smiled at the sleeping figure in his hands. How much he wished that he could hold her close like this forever.
But as long as Jenova still resides in his body, he knew that it would never happen.
That was why he needed Aeris' help. He wanted her to help him - to help him kill himself, along with the Jenova inside him. That was the only thing he could think at the moment. Jenova had left him free since the incident in Temple of the Ancient, and it would be the best time for him to carry out his plan. He would take Aeris to the Forgotten Capital, and let her finish him there.
**
Aeris opened her eyes slowly. A dazzling blue light greeted her, causing her to blink a few times to adjust to the bright light. Slowly, she sat up, and felt a slight headche. She felt like she had been sleeping for a long time.When she looked around her, she was surprised to find herself in an alien place. She was in a small room with shells and corals everywhere; which gave her a funny idea that she was in an underwater city. She checked herself if she was being robbed, but nothing was stolen. She still had her Princess Guard, her armlet and her materia. Most importantly, Holy materia was still safe in a hidden pocket of her jacket.
Slowly, she got off the bed and walked towards the source of the light - a round, blue crystal located at one side of the room. There were some strange symbols on it. As she took a closer look at it, she realized that it was probably some ancient scripture. She bent down to take a closer look at it, but she was interrupted with a voice which she recognized to be Sephiroth's.
"You're awake," he said, watching her with his mako green eyes.
Aeris quickly ran to the bed to grab Princess Guard. She turned to face him, holding her staff tightly in case of a sudden battle. Strangely enough, Sephiroth just looked at her and did nothing. That's when she realized that she didn't hear his inner cry. Perhaps he wasn't controlled by Jenova anymore.
"Did you bring me here?" Aeris asked, although she already knew the answer.
Sephiroth didn't answer her question. Instead, he walked towards a chair near the bed and sat down, a slight smirk formed on his face. Although he seemed unhostile for the moemnt, Aeris continued to watch him warily, her staff ready in case she needed to use it.
Sephiroth's smirk grew wider at her behaviour. "Relax, if I want to kill you, I would've done that a long time ago," he said.
"You were the one who brought me here, am I right?" Aeris tried again, hoping to get a response.
Sephiroth decided to answer her this time. "Obviously, yes."
"Where is this place?"
"City of the Ancient, the Forgotten Capital," Sephiroth asnwered.
Aeris's eyed widened upon hearing the name of the place. It was the very place she needed to go in order to destroy the enemy, and now, there she was, automatically brought to that place by none other than Sephiroth himself.
"But why did you bring me here?" Aeris asked, confused. The sooner she got there, the sooner she would be able to summon Holy and defeat Sephiroth. He must have known that.
There was a long silence. Sephiroth's expression changed completely. The smirk was gone from his face, and now he looked. sad. "I want you. to end it quickly," he finally said.
"End what.?"
"My pain." Sephiroth answered simply. "I want you to use Holy and kill me quickly."
Aeris was greatly shocked at his answer. It was hard for her to believe that the great Sephiroth was actually asking her to kill him. But she guessed she knew why. Being a powerful general once, he must have hated to be manipulated by anyone else. Or, is there another reason? "Why do you want to die so much? Are you worried that Jenova would use you to destroy the Planet?"
Sephiroth answered her question with a sinister laugh. "Why do I have to care about what would happen to this Planet? Don't mistake me with Cloud Strife. I would really love to see those wretched people die. They don't even deserve to live in the first place. Manipulating others for their benefit, killing each other to gain power; even animals are better than them."
"You're wrong! Not everyone is like that!" Aeris protested.
"For all my life, I've only seen people using and killing each other for their own good. All the kindness they showed me are merely a ploy to gain my trust. Even my own father used me." Sephiroth said bitterly. "Show me even only one person who wouldn't use me for his own profit, if such people exist, of course."
Aeris felt a great sympathy welled up inside her. Of course it could have been merely an act, Jenova might be able to do that - trick her with kind and pitiable words, and then strike her when she least expect it. But she knew it wasn't the case, then. She could sense profound sadness in his voice. She was sure that he wasn't lying to her.
Slowly, she walked towards Sephiroth and sat down before him, smiling. "There's one person," she began. "But it's not a 'he'. It's a 'she', and she's sitting right before your eyes."
For a moment, Sephiroth didn't say anything. He just stared at her with mixed expression - delight, disbelief, curiosity and hope were all clear on his face. Aeris knew that he was searching for the truth in her words.
"Don't look at me like that. I wasn't lying," Aeris told him. "My mother always said that I am a good girl. And believe me, I would never use you."
Much to her serprise, Sephiroth's face lit up with a warm smile - the first real smile she had seen from him. "Thank you." he said with the deepest sincerity.
Aeris was truly amazed by the smile on Sephiroth's face. It light up his whole grim face and changed him into a completely different person. Perhaps that's what he would have become if the world hasn't been so cruel to him. "You should smile more often," she commented. "You look much more handsome that way."
"I would always look handsome no matter what I do," Sephiroth shot back, grinning. Then, they both laughed, beginning to feel comfortable with each other.
There was a short silence once the laughter had ended. Aeris was the one who broke it by asking a question she had been dying to ask, "Why aren't you controlled by Jenova?"
"I'm not so sure myself," Sephiroth confessed. "Perhaps it's because this place is special. This is the City of the Ancients, after all. Even the name alone would give you that awe feeling."
"You might be right," Aeris said, smiling. "So, what exactly do you want me to do here?"
"There's sort of. an underwater palace here. Perhaps you should go pray there and use Holy," Sephiroth explained. "I'll show you how to get there."
"If I use Holy, would you die along with Jenova?" Aeris asked. She didn't know since when it began, but she suddenly felt like she didn't want to lose Sephiroth.
"I don't know," Sephiroth said. "But probably yes. I am one with Jenova. If she dies, so do I."
"Oh," was all Aeris could say at the moment. If Sephiroth was really going to die, she thought she'd better spend more time with him. It's not like Jenova could control him here, right? She needed to find an excuse to delay the Holy summoning. "Erm." she began, trying very hard to think of an excuse. She looked out through the window and realized that it was night. "Why don't we go tomorrow? It's still dark. It wouldn't hurt to wait for another day, would it?"
It seemed that Sephiroth was actually waiting for her to say that. He instantly agreed to her suggestion. "I guess you're right. Let's have a good night's sleep first. You need to rest as you'd have a big day tomorrow," he said. Aeris thought that his idea didn't make much sense. She was asleep the whole time Sephiroth brought her here from Gongaga Village. The journey would at least take three days. She had just woken up, and she didn't feel like sleeping for another two days or so. She wondered if she had been asleep for such a long time that it finally given her insomnia.
"How long have I been sleeping?" she asked, suddenly feeling curious.
"About three days," Sephiroth replied.
"Three days?" Aeris exclaimed, feeling extremely surprised. But there was no way she would sleep three days straight without waking up. Unless. "Do you have something to do with it?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well. I did cast Sleep on you every now and then." Sephiroth said. "It'd be easier to carry you if you're asleep. Who knows what you would do if you're awake?"
Aeris smiled. "I figured that. Thanks to you, I don't feel like sleeping anymore. Why don't we chat a bit?"
"Sure."
They spent the night talking about each other's past and what they plan to do in the future. Aeris told Sephiroth about her dream of opening a flower shop, and Sephiroth bluntly told her that he would be a gardener and raise flowers for her; both unaware of the cruel fate waiting for them the next day.
The rest that happened between them was history. Sephiroth took Aeris to the underwater palace. As he watched Aeris prayed to the Planet, Jenova took control of him. While he was trying to fight her, Cloud and the others came. Jenova took the opportunity to control Cloud and ordered him to kill Aeris. When he failed to do it the second time, Jenova decided to do it herself. Using Sephiroth as her weapon, she made him jumped down straight towards Aeris, and pierced her heart with his Masamune Blade. The Holy materia fell deep into the pool, never to be found again.
**
Me: Yay! I finally finish my first story after months of retirement! *clap hands excitedly*
Sephiroth: What is she so happy about?
Aeris: She had finally gotten over her laziness.
Sephiroth: Sou ka.. She's been lazy, huh? No wonder she's been putting some weight over these past months.
Me: Perhaps you should shut your mouth, or I'll make sure you'll suffer throughout this story. It's just begun and it would be a loooong time before it ends.
Sephiroth: And I'm sure no one would want to read your story ever again. Right, girls?
Sephiroth's fans: Suree, Seph-chan!
Sephiroth: *sniggers, throwing flying kiss towards his fans*
Sephiroth's fans + Me: *faint*
Aeris: *rolls eyes* No dinner for you tonight.
Sephiroth: But, Aeris.
Aeris: Just ask the girls to take you out for dinner. *stomps away*
Sephiroth: *stomach rumbling, runs after her* Wait, Aeris! I'm sorry!
Me: *sweatdropps*
So what do you think? Since my english is not very good, just tell me if there's any grammar mistake or anything. I hope I could improve my english by doing this. Anyway.. please review, it would make me very happy! Onegai!
Prologue: Part I
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy and any of its characters aren't mine.. *sigh*
I will not babble here. (Look further down if you want to see me babling)
So.. Here goes.. Enjoy!! ^_^
**
Aeris looked out from the window of the inn in Gongaga Village. She and her friends had left Temple of the Ancients some hours ago, carrying the unconscious Cloud with them. Since he failed on the attempt to kill her back in the Temple, Cloud had been out cold. She was terribly worried that Sephiroth, or rather, the Jenova inside him, would be able to control Cloud some day. The thought of a friend turning into an enemy really terrified her. Jenova was the Calamity from the Sky. Who knows what she could and would do to to fulfill her name. She just hope that none of her friend would fall in Jenova's hand. She hoped that Cloud would never become another Sephiroth.
Sephiroth.
To be honest, she actually felt sorry for him. It clearly wasn't his fault that he became what he was. He didn't even want to be what he was now. Since his birth, Jenova has resided inside his body - giving him supreme power, and along with it, endless suffering. Whenever Sephiroth was near, she could hear his mind screaming for freedom, trying futilely to fight the Jenova in his body.
Controlled by Jenova, Cloud had surrender the Black Materia to Sephiroth. She knew what Sephiroth was going to do. The Planet had told her that. But the Planet hadn't told her what she was supposed to do to stop him. It was up to her alone to finish the task. She was afraid, afraid if she might fail and lead the Planet to its destruction.
Aeris shuddered at the thought. She had to do something before it was too late.
"Are you okay?" Tifa asked from her behind. Aeris looked up in surprise at her friend. She was too deep in her thought that she didn't even realize when Tifa had entered the room.
"I'm fine," Aeris lied. She wasn't fine at all. Her mind was all confused. She didn't know what she was supposed to do.
Tifa smiled sadly at her answer, her hazel eyes were watching her intently. "You're not a good liar, Aeris," she said. "Tell me what's bothering you, maybe I could help."
"Nothing, really,"Aeris said, trying as best as she could to convince Tifa. But, her raven-haired friend didn't seem satisfied with her answer. So, she tried to change the subject instead. "How's Cloud? Is he awake yet?"
Tifa shook her head. "Not yet. He kept mumbling something about meteor in his sleep, and something about a reunion. His voice sounded really weird, as if he was saying it with someone else's voice. It's creepy."
Aeris felt her heart beat quickly as Tifa explained Cloud's condition. Meteor and reunion with the Planet. That was what Jenova sought. And it seemed that her influence had stretched to more and more people, not only Sephiroth. Everything had slowly turned critical. While she was leisurely enjoying her travel around the world, Jenova had taken big steps towards her goal. Everything would end if she didn't do something quick.
"There you go into your little world again," Tifa suddenly said, a smile on her face. Aeris's thought broke off. Was it that obvious?
"Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you," Aeris apologized.
"That's okay." Tifa smiled at her again. "I know you're worried about what happened and all. I would've been worried myself if a friend tried to kill me. But, please remember that whatever happens, we'll always be there to help. If you have a problem, talk to me, and let us figure it out together."
Aeris was greatly touched by Tifa's words. "Thank you," she said, smiling up at her.
"Yo, Tifa."
They both looked up at the source of the voice, and saw Barret sticking up his face into the room. "I need to have a word with you."
"Sure," Tifa said, nodding her head. She turned her attention towards Aeris and said, "See you later."
Aeris simply nodded and smiled at her friend. When Tifa was out of the room, she threw back her gaze outside, watching the villagers strolling up and down the street. Tifa's comforting words greatly soothed her worries, and she was suddenly reminded on how tired she was. The journey was long, and too much had happened in just one day. She threw one final glance towards the street before scrambling up the bed and closed her eyes. As she lay down on her bed, she thought of her next destination, The City of the Ancient.
**
Sephiroth watched silently as Aeris closed her eyes. He had been watching her for some time now, staring in admiration at her beauty. Some months had passed since his first encounter with her. She was selling flowers in the slums in Midgar, when some street punks tried to disturbed her. He had saved her, and he could remember clearly how she looked up gratefully at him, giving him the sincerest smile he had seen in his life. She even offered him all of her flowers as a token of her gratitude, saying it was the only thing she could give him.
At the very moment he saw her wonderful smile, he knew he would do anything to make it remain on her face forever.
But life had never been fair to him. Their second meeting did not go so well. Being under Jenova's influence, he had attacked the ShinRa Headquarters, and killed the old fart with his sword. It was also there that he saw Aeris again. He learnt that she was a Cetra, the greatest enemy of the parasite inside him; and knew that they would be mortal enemy. Since then, he had only watched her from afar, knowing that he would never be with her.
"But I would change our destiny tonight."
Sephiroth opened the window to her room as silently as he could and slipped inside, landing on the floor with a soft thud. He paused and looked warily at the sleeping brunette, making sure that she was asleep. Aeris didn't seem to hear anything; still resting peacefully in her deep slumber.
Slowly, Sephiroth made his way towards her bed, watching her sleeping form intently. When he reached her bed, he kneeled down beside it, and reached out his hand to touch her face. A slight frown came into her face, but it vanished as soon as it appeared.
"Sleep well, my love," he muttered before casting Sleep spell on her.
As soon as he was sure that she would not wake up, he scoop her up into his arms, holding her closely to his chest. Aeris snuggled closer to the warmth of his body and sighed contentedly. Sephiroth smiled at the sleeping figure in his hands. How much he wished that he could hold her close like this forever.
But as long as Jenova still resides in his body, he knew that it would never happen.
That was why he needed Aeris' help. He wanted her to help him - to help him kill himself, along with the Jenova inside him. That was the only thing he could think at the moment. Jenova had left him free since the incident in Temple of the Ancient, and it would be the best time for him to carry out his plan. He would take Aeris to the Forgotten Capital, and let her finish him there.
**
Aeris opened her eyes slowly. A dazzling blue light greeted her, causing her to blink a few times to adjust to the bright light. Slowly, she sat up, and felt a slight headche. She felt like she had been sleeping for a long time.When she looked around her, she was surprised to find herself in an alien place. She was in a small room with shells and corals everywhere; which gave her a funny idea that she was in an underwater city. She checked herself if she was being robbed, but nothing was stolen. She still had her Princess Guard, her armlet and her materia. Most importantly, Holy materia was still safe in a hidden pocket of her jacket.
Slowly, she got off the bed and walked towards the source of the light - a round, blue crystal located at one side of the room. There were some strange symbols on it. As she took a closer look at it, she realized that it was probably some ancient scripture. She bent down to take a closer look at it, but she was interrupted with a voice which she recognized to be Sephiroth's.
"You're awake," he said, watching her with his mako green eyes.
Aeris quickly ran to the bed to grab Princess Guard. She turned to face him, holding her staff tightly in case of a sudden battle. Strangely enough, Sephiroth just looked at her and did nothing. That's when she realized that she didn't hear his inner cry. Perhaps he wasn't controlled by Jenova anymore.
"Did you bring me here?" Aeris asked, although she already knew the answer.
Sephiroth didn't answer her question. Instead, he walked towards a chair near the bed and sat down, a slight smirk formed on his face. Although he seemed unhostile for the moemnt, Aeris continued to watch him warily, her staff ready in case she needed to use it.
Sephiroth's smirk grew wider at her behaviour. "Relax, if I want to kill you, I would've done that a long time ago," he said.
"You were the one who brought me here, am I right?" Aeris tried again, hoping to get a response.
Sephiroth decided to answer her this time. "Obviously, yes."
"Where is this place?"
"City of the Ancient, the Forgotten Capital," Sephiroth asnwered.
Aeris's eyed widened upon hearing the name of the place. It was the very place she needed to go in order to destroy the enemy, and now, there she was, automatically brought to that place by none other than Sephiroth himself.
"But why did you bring me here?" Aeris asked, confused. The sooner she got there, the sooner she would be able to summon Holy and defeat Sephiroth. He must have known that.
There was a long silence. Sephiroth's expression changed completely. The smirk was gone from his face, and now he looked. sad. "I want you. to end it quickly," he finally said.
"End what.?"
"My pain." Sephiroth answered simply. "I want you to use Holy and kill me quickly."
Aeris was greatly shocked at his answer. It was hard for her to believe that the great Sephiroth was actually asking her to kill him. But she guessed she knew why. Being a powerful general once, he must have hated to be manipulated by anyone else. Or, is there another reason? "Why do you want to die so much? Are you worried that Jenova would use you to destroy the Planet?"
Sephiroth answered her question with a sinister laugh. "Why do I have to care about what would happen to this Planet? Don't mistake me with Cloud Strife. I would really love to see those wretched people die. They don't even deserve to live in the first place. Manipulating others for their benefit, killing each other to gain power; even animals are better than them."
"You're wrong! Not everyone is like that!" Aeris protested.
"For all my life, I've only seen people using and killing each other for their own good. All the kindness they showed me are merely a ploy to gain my trust. Even my own father used me." Sephiroth said bitterly. "Show me even only one person who wouldn't use me for his own profit, if such people exist, of course."
Aeris felt a great sympathy welled up inside her. Of course it could have been merely an act, Jenova might be able to do that - trick her with kind and pitiable words, and then strike her when she least expect it. But she knew it wasn't the case, then. She could sense profound sadness in his voice. She was sure that he wasn't lying to her.
Slowly, she walked towards Sephiroth and sat down before him, smiling. "There's one person," she began. "But it's not a 'he'. It's a 'she', and she's sitting right before your eyes."
For a moment, Sephiroth didn't say anything. He just stared at her with mixed expression - delight, disbelief, curiosity and hope were all clear on his face. Aeris knew that he was searching for the truth in her words.
"Don't look at me like that. I wasn't lying," Aeris told him. "My mother always said that I am a good girl. And believe me, I would never use you."
Much to her serprise, Sephiroth's face lit up with a warm smile - the first real smile she had seen from him. "Thank you." he said with the deepest sincerity.
Aeris was truly amazed by the smile on Sephiroth's face. It light up his whole grim face and changed him into a completely different person. Perhaps that's what he would have become if the world hasn't been so cruel to him. "You should smile more often," she commented. "You look much more handsome that way."
"I would always look handsome no matter what I do," Sephiroth shot back, grinning. Then, they both laughed, beginning to feel comfortable with each other.
There was a short silence once the laughter had ended. Aeris was the one who broke it by asking a question she had been dying to ask, "Why aren't you controlled by Jenova?"
"I'm not so sure myself," Sephiroth confessed. "Perhaps it's because this place is special. This is the City of the Ancients, after all. Even the name alone would give you that awe feeling."
"You might be right," Aeris said, smiling. "So, what exactly do you want me to do here?"
"There's sort of. an underwater palace here. Perhaps you should go pray there and use Holy," Sephiroth explained. "I'll show you how to get there."
"If I use Holy, would you die along with Jenova?" Aeris asked. She didn't know since when it began, but she suddenly felt like she didn't want to lose Sephiroth.
"I don't know," Sephiroth said. "But probably yes. I am one with Jenova. If she dies, so do I."
"Oh," was all Aeris could say at the moment. If Sephiroth was really going to die, she thought she'd better spend more time with him. It's not like Jenova could control him here, right? She needed to find an excuse to delay the Holy summoning. "Erm." she began, trying very hard to think of an excuse. She looked out through the window and realized that it was night. "Why don't we go tomorrow? It's still dark. It wouldn't hurt to wait for another day, would it?"
It seemed that Sephiroth was actually waiting for her to say that. He instantly agreed to her suggestion. "I guess you're right. Let's have a good night's sleep first. You need to rest as you'd have a big day tomorrow," he said. Aeris thought that his idea didn't make much sense. She was asleep the whole time Sephiroth brought her here from Gongaga Village. The journey would at least take three days. She had just woken up, and she didn't feel like sleeping for another two days or so. She wondered if she had been asleep for such a long time that it finally given her insomnia.
"How long have I been sleeping?" she asked, suddenly feeling curious.
"About three days," Sephiroth replied.
"Three days?" Aeris exclaimed, feeling extremely surprised. But there was no way she would sleep three days straight without waking up. Unless. "Do you have something to do with it?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well. I did cast Sleep on you every now and then." Sephiroth said. "It'd be easier to carry you if you're asleep. Who knows what you would do if you're awake?"
Aeris smiled. "I figured that. Thanks to you, I don't feel like sleeping anymore. Why don't we chat a bit?"
"Sure."
They spent the night talking about each other's past and what they plan to do in the future. Aeris told Sephiroth about her dream of opening a flower shop, and Sephiroth bluntly told her that he would be a gardener and raise flowers for her; both unaware of the cruel fate waiting for them the next day.
The rest that happened between them was history. Sephiroth took Aeris to the underwater palace. As he watched Aeris prayed to the Planet, Jenova took control of him. While he was trying to fight her, Cloud and the others came. Jenova took the opportunity to control Cloud and ordered him to kill Aeris. When he failed to do it the second time, Jenova decided to do it herself. Using Sephiroth as her weapon, she made him jumped down straight towards Aeris, and pierced her heart with his Masamune Blade. The Holy materia fell deep into the pool, never to be found again.
**
Me: Yay! I finally finish my first story after months of retirement! *clap hands excitedly*
Sephiroth: What is she so happy about?
Aeris: She had finally gotten over her laziness.
Sephiroth: Sou ka.. She's been lazy, huh? No wonder she's been putting some weight over these past months.
Me: Perhaps you should shut your mouth, or I'll make sure you'll suffer throughout this story. It's just begun and it would be a loooong time before it ends.
Sephiroth: And I'm sure no one would want to read your story ever again. Right, girls?
Sephiroth's fans: Suree, Seph-chan!
Sephiroth: *sniggers, throwing flying kiss towards his fans*
Sephiroth's fans + Me: *faint*
Aeris: *rolls eyes* No dinner for you tonight.
Sephiroth: But, Aeris.
Aeris: Just ask the girls to take you out for dinner. *stomps away*
Sephiroth: *stomach rumbling, runs after her* Wait, Aeris! I'm sorry!
Me: *sweatdropps*
So what do you think? Since my english is not very good, just tell me if there's any grammar mistake or anything. I hope I could improve my english by doing this. Anyway.. please review, it would make me very happy! Onegai!