i do not own any of the charters in this story credit goes to the owners of them...i own the OC'S
Tifa was standing in the rain. She looked up at the sign above the school. This was her first day at Hawks Academy for girls. She shrugged her shoulders and settled her bag.
Her uniform was soaked through but she didn't care. She had on black fingerless leather gloves and a black leather vest over a white blouse. She also wore a long black leather skirt and a matching pair of boots as well. The uniform called for the black and white but never said the kind of material that it should be.
Her favorite color was black. So the one thing about the school was that the uniforms matched her hair. She ran her fingers through it and tugged on the ends. Her hair hung down her back to her waist. She had put ice blue streaks through it so it looked like she had a crown of ice on.
She shook her head and took a deep and walked in to the building. The first thing she noticed was that the walls were bare and a cold dark gray. The lockers were the same color to the point that they seamed to be apart of the wall.
She followed the signs that lead her to the head mistress office and prayed that she was different than the walls. She walked slowly to the office and reflected back on why she was there.
She had been fighting at her last school. She never started them but the other boys and had all said that she had. The one fight she did start was with a girl at the detention center that the judge had sent her to.
She had done nothing to this girl yet all the same the girl pushed her to the point that she stood up and slammed her fist into the girls face. By the time that they pulled her off of the other girl she had broken her nose and jaw.
She took a deep breath and thought a little bit. What was her name ah yes it was Allison. The dumb skinny bitch shouldn't have said anything about her mother.
At the thought of her mother tears and anger welled up inside of her. That was her problem she knew it had to be. Her mother had given her up for adoption and when she was finally able to take care of her she went and got her self killed on one of her nightly jobs.
She shook her head and took another deep breath and opened the door to the headmistress office.
Great another Allison. She thought when she saw the name on the desk. Only this one was fat as a pig and twice as ugly. When she spoke Tifa knew that she was just as dumb as well. "Well if it isn't little miss Tifa Crossheart. Looks like you'll be here for a long time judging by what you did to the other boys and girls." Allison had a drawling voice that sounded like she was half under water and high like a child's. "Rule number one: under no condition are you to start a fight or harass the other girls here. Rule number two: you will attend all of the classes. Rule number three and the final rule is no stealing."
Now I want you to place your cell phone and any other electronics on my desk. They are not allowed at the school. You will be allowed one ten minuet call once a week."
Tifa stood there for a few moments. Then shook her head. "I don't have a phone or any other electronics. I've not had any money at all to get anything like that."
Allison shrugged and smiled as another girl walked into the room. "Very well. Now follow Aurora she will take you to your dorm room. Class will start first thing in the morning and dinner will be in one hour. Don't be late or you won't get to eat."
Tifa looked back at the new girl and shrugged. She took her bag and stood up. Having no cell phone or anything for that matter she left with Aurora. "What a bitch." she muttered and then looked at the girl. "My name is Tifa." she held her hand out.
Aurora shook it then blushed a little bit. "It's nice to meet you." she smiled. "And despite what Allison says the girls here are not as bad as she makes them sound. We're all here for our own problems and we take care of ourselves and help each other when we need to."
Tifa started to laugh a little bit. "Well that helps settle things. I can tell we will be fast friends and I don't say that about anybody." she smiled and looked around and then shook her head. "This place is a dread what's up with it. It looks like a run down military base."
"That's because it is. This base was the only Japanese base that was left during WWII. The mayor of the city felt that it could be used to help troubled kids like us out." Aurora quickly explained. "That's part of the reason that he hired Allison as the headmistress here. She was an ex-military personal. I think that she was in the army, maybe a chef or cook. That's why she's so big and fat." she blushed at what she had said.
Tifa laughed and patted Aurora on the back. "Now where is my room and what's the fastest way out of here?"
Aurora placed her hand over her mouth. "There are cameras all over this place. Watching and listing to everything. Though there are blind spots where we can talk." she blushed a little more.
Tifa knew that she had to learn everything about this place if she would survive here. She was sentenced to this hell hole for two years but she planed on cutting that short as soon as she could. She just smiled at Aurora and followed her to her room. "Well what a lovely little cell I have here." The room was small. The one window in the back of the room had rusted bars on the out side but other than that she had a nice view of the courtyard. Which happened to be flooded right now due to all the rain. She sighed as she tossed her bag onto the bed. There was a small dresser and a desk for school work among other things.
"I'll come by in a few to get you for dinner. " Aurora said. "Don't worry about things your time here will fly by and you'll be out of here soon." she turned to leave then paused. "Just one question did you really beat up that girl at the detention center?"
Tifa stared at her then started to laugh. "Yeah..." she said between her laughter. "I did. She pushed me to it." she shook her head. "I only fight to defend myself and others who can't. That and my families honor.". She smiled big. "Don't worry I won't start anything that I won't finish and I finish everything I start."
Aurora just shook her head and left Tifa to unpack her stuff. It took only a few minuets to get completely unpacked and when she was completely done she checked to see if any cameras were around.
"Ariel are you there?" she whispered loudly. "The coast is clear you can show yourself now."
There was a small bright flash of technicolored light in the corner of her room and a little fairy appeared. "It's about time." the fairy said in a musical voice. "I hate hiding around all these lunatics. It drives me insane." she flew over and landed on Tifa's shoulder. "How long will we be here for?"
Tifa sighed. "Not to long I hope. I should be able to get us out of here soon enough." She sighed and then took a deep breath. "I just need them to think that I'm going to behave like a good little girl and then I'll just disappear. They'll never find me."
"That and you'll be able to go see the world as well." Ariel said. "Where do you want to go first?" she started to clean her wings off a little bit. "You know you need to go to China first that's where the person who killed your dad went to."
Tifa cracked her knuckles when Ariel mentioned that. "I know but I need to train first." she stood up and looked out the window. She shook her head. "You know what we're going to stay here for awhile to train. This place looks like it will work for now at least."
Ariel took off and hovered in front of Tifa's face. "That means I I have to hide for now." She sighed. " Oh well I'll find a good place."
Tifa smiled then frowned as she looked out the window again. Her eyes went wide as she realized at what she was looking at. Instead of rain it was snowing and the lake of a courtyard was solid ice.
She spun around and ran out to the courtyard. Once there she was out of breath but ready for anything. She looked around and slowly made her way toward the center of the yard.
Ariel was floating behind her as fast as her little wings could carry her. She didn't know if she could keep up in this sudden snow storm and was very worried as to why Tifa was rushing out head first into the storm.
Tifa was confused but just felt that she needed to be here. She shook her head to get the snow flakes out of her hair. She slid to a halt in the middle of the courtyard and looked around.
She had barely thought what am I doing out her when he ground shook and she had to dive to the right to avoid being tossed in the air when the ice beneath her feet exploded. She rolled to her feet and took a fighting stance as the air cleared.
In the center of the explosion stood a woman whose skin was snow white and her hair and eyes were ice blue. She had ice blue markings up and down her arms. She floated a few inches above the hole that she had made and looked around. When she spotted Tifa she smiled a small smile. "So your the one?" she laughed a little bit. "Well if its true then prove yourself to me and I'll serve you." she raised her hand and a small dome formed around them.
Ariel stopped all of a sudden as she ran into the dome she rubbed her hands on it to clear a spot to see where Tifa had went. When she spotted the other woman facing Tifa she went white. "This can't be happening. Why would Shiver be here?" her eyes went wide when she realized what was going on.
Tifa grunted when a blast of icy wind hit her in the chest. She took a deep breath and then dove to the left as a giant icicle smashed into the ground where she once stood. She rolled to her feet and started to run toward the woman. She dogged right as another icicle came flying at her and then jumped to kick at the icy woman.
The woman smiled and laughed as she easily dogged Tifa's kick and then blocked the flowing attacks. "Come on I know you can do better than that after all you are the chosen one. Now hit me with your best shot!"
Tifa just grunted when another blast of icy wind hit her in the gut. She grimaced and then used the momentum of the wind flip her over so she could land a drop kick onto the woman's head.
The force of the kick caused the woman to fall face forward onto the ice. She barely had time to get up when a round house kick caught her squarely on the nose slamming her back onto the ice. Then she felt Tifa's wight on her gut.
Once the woman was on the ground Tifa knew that she had her. She let louse an onslaught of punches on the woman's head until she was thrown back. She rolled over and jumped up ready to return to the fight but stopped when she saw the woman holding up her hands.
"You have proven yourself and some. You are worthy to summon me anytime you need." the woman said. "My name is Shiver call on me when you need me. I will always be by your side." With that the woman disappeared in a flurry of snow.
Tifa was breathing heavily and gasped when the snow turned back to rain. She shook her head and then turned to walk back to her room to sore to even eat.
Ariel saw Tifa and went to her. "Are you ok?" When Tifa didn't answer her she floated beside her and followed her to her room. She watched as Tifa laid down on her bed and promptly fell asleep. Ariel shook her head and landed on the desk beside the bed.
It was a wonder that Tifa could even move much less still be alive after her encounter with Shiver. Not many people could stand up to an aeon. Ariel shook her head again then found a place to sleep for the night.
The next day Tifa woke up to a pounding at her door. She groaned and forced herself out of bed. She went to her door and found Aurora standing there. "Are you ok? You missed your first three classes and you weren't at dinner last night. "
Tifa shook her head and groaned again. Her muscles were sore and she had a headache. She really just wanted to go to bed and sleep the rest of the day. "No I'm sore and tired." She rolled over and covered her head.
"Did you see that crazy snow storm last night? It was like nighty degrees and raining then all of a sudden it was snowing."
Tifa moaned again and sat up. She stretched and then looked at Aurora. She didn't know how much to tell her so she kept it simple. "Yeah it was crazy and I didn't want to go out in it so I went to bed." She gave her a weak smile. "But I'm starving now and it's all most dinner time right?"
Aurora smiled and nodded. "Yep and it's pizza night about the only good thing they serve here." She held out her hand. "Want to go and get some?"
Tifa studied the hand for a moment and then took it. She stood up and followed Aurora to the cafeteria. As she walked she couldn't help but think about the fight. She smiled knowing that she was still alive.
She wasn't really paying attention to where she was going and ran into Aurora when she had stopped. When she looked around her she saw why she had stopped.
There was a group of people blocking the door. They were all dressed in black suits and ties. The first man spotted Tifa and Aurora and started towards them.
Tifa stood her ground while Aurora started to back away. When the men got to them she glared at the leader. "What do you want?"
"Shut up little girl." the man snapped. "I am Jeffery, the leader of Fat Bitches Who don't Pay Bills otherwise known as FBWDPB." he snarled. "And you little girl have something that belongs to us. Now hand over the aeon and no one will get hurt."
Tifa shook her head and have them a confused look. "I have know idea what your talking about." She slowly slid her right foot back to where she was standing sideways while looking at them. She could hear Aurora muttering under her breath but couldn't make out what she was saying.
"Fine we'll do this the hard way." Jeffrey nodded his head and the group of men started to surround them.
Glancing around at the men and checking to see where Aurora was. Tifa shifted her weight to her back foot. When the first man moved to attack she used his momentum to throw him into another man coming towards her.
She turned and caught a third man in the gut. As she turned around she saw a forth man go flying over Aurora's head.
Aurora smiled as her spells took affect and the fifth and final man was tossed up and smashed into the lunch building. She blushed and smiled at Tifa and then turned back to the fight.
Tifa smiled and turned to face Jeffery as the others turned there attention to Aurora. Knowing that they were outnumbered she took her fighting stance. The she remembered Shiver.
Praying that last night wasn't a dream she closed her eyes and whispered Shiver's name. She opened her eyes just in time to block a kick from Jeffery.
She countered with a punch and then blocked a chop. The fight went back and forth for a time each other countering the blows.
Tifa was just thinking that it was hopeless when she felt a cool refreshing breeze. She smiled and dropped down as a blast of icy wind flew over her and caught Jeffery in the chest.
Jeffery was tossed twenty feet into the air and then slammed into the ground. Tifa turned her attention toward Aurora and laughed as she found the renaming men tied up with vines. "Looks like we're going to be great friends." She took Aurora's hand. "I have a lot to tell you and I hope you can help me. But for now let's get out of here and get something to eat."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Aurora smiled. She held on to Tifa's hand and walked into the cafeteria while Jeffery and his men started to get up.
The cafeteria was buzzing with girls and gossip over what had happened last night and just recently. Every eye was on them as they got their food and took their seat. Tifa glared at a couple of kids and them everything went back to normal.
They ate their food in silence and then got up to leave. As they were heading toward the exit a small girl ran to catch up with them. She had bright purple eyes which clashed with her bright green hair. Her hair came down to her shoulders and was pulled back into a ponytail. She followed the tow out the door and finally caught up to them.
"Please wait up." the girl called when she was a few feet away. "she came to a stop next to them. "I'm sorry about that I'm a little slow because of my hight." she smiled. "My name is Jasmine."
Aurora smiled at Jasmine and the looked at Tifa. "What can we do for you?"
Jasmine took a deep breath and the smiled. "I just want to join you is all."
"Why is that?" Tifa was a little concerned about letting a younger girl join her. "What exactly can you do?"
Jasmine frowned then. "I'm not exactly sure right now but I know I can do something good." she then shook her head. "About the only thing I can do is fight with a really big sword."
Tifa thought for a few minuets then nodded to herself. "Sure you can join us but you'll have to defend your self. We can't always protect you. Ok?"
Jasmine smiled big and followed them. "Not a problem."
The three girls were later found in Tifa's room they were trying to figure out a math problem that had been assigned in math class.
Ariel was still hidden in her little box. She was frustrated that she had to hide all the time. "Tifa if your friends are planing to travel with you after we leave they can be allowed to see me. I'm really annoyed that I have to hide all the time." she complained to her through their mental connection.
Tifa nodded to herself and then turned to the others. "Um I'm not sure how to do this but I have someone that you girls should meet. Seeing as we'll be together after we leave here."
The girls looked up at Tifa and waited for her to continue. Tifa took a deep breath and then let it out. "Girls I want you to meet Ariel."
Ariel flew out of her box and smiled at them all. "Hello how are you?" she asked as she bowed in mid air to each one.
The girls stared at the little pixy that was floating in front of them and then smiled big. They were shocked but tried to not let it show. "Um Tifa you do know that you have a fairy following you around right." Aurora said.
Tifa nodded and smiled. "Yeah Ariel has been with me for as long as I can remember. She helped me when my parents were killed and was with me through all the trouble I've been in." she looked down. "She's helping me track down the man who killed them."
The girls in the room got quite. Jasmine looked at Aurora and then nodded. "We'll help you Tifa. In fact I know a place where you can train."
Tifa looked up with a smile on her her face. "Really where?"
"A place in Japan. It's full of martial artists of different fighting styles. I think it would be the best place for you to get stronger."
Aurora looked thoughtful and then her eyes got wide. "Wait you don't mean?" When Jasmine nodded Aurora paled and whispered "Nermia, home of the NWC."
"The NWC? Who's that?" Tifa asked with a confused look.
"Only the strongest group of martial artists going after one called Ranma." Jasmine explained. "He's my older half brother on his fathers side." she nearly growled when she said that then smiled. "They don't know about me yet."
"Oh ok. Well that sounds like the place for me then. Now I only have to decide when to go." Tifa sat there for a few minutes.
Aurora smiled after a minuet. "I have a way to get out of here. I just need a week to get it all set up."
"What do you have planed." Ariel asked. The only response she got was a smile as Aurora got up and dashed out of the room.
Jasmine just shrugged when the other two looked to her. "Well its getting late. So I'm heading to bed." she got up and left the room.
Tifa looked at Ariel. "So I guess it's to Japan first then to China to find..."
"Yeah we'll find him after your training. I wonder what Aurora has planed." Ariel interrupted.
The week went by with out a problem. Tifa was found training in the courtyard between classes and after school.
Allison had tried to stop her once and ended up with a cracked rib and a broken nose when she disturbed her mediating. Once Tifa was done she apologized but still had to spend the rest of the week in detention.
She was laying on her bed when Aurora came into her room. She had a huge grin on her face. "What's up girls?" She asked once they settled down.
"It's done. We leave for Japan in three days." Aurora said. "I finally got ahold of my aunt Odette. She said that the only way to get you two out of here is to adopt you and Jasmine and sense I'm her niece that all she has to do is get my mother to give her guardianship over me then we're out of here. All the paper work will be done in two days then we leave on the third day."
Tifa smiled and laid back on her pillow. "That's good news. Now I have one other thing to take care of before we leave."
Aurora was about to ask what it was when Jasmine ran into her room. "Heads up Tifa! Allison is on her way here and she's pissed." she panted. "And she has those guys from a month ago. The FBWDPB. I think. Anyways they are heading this way now. "
"And that would be them." Tifa smiled and jumped out of bed. She ran to the door and stuck her head out. Seeing them at the end of the hallway she smiled. "Girls please wait here I have some business to take care of." and before they could stop her she ran out the door.
"Hey dumb asses I'm over here! Catch me if you can!" she yelled turned around and smacked her ass. She ran down the hall and out into the court yard. Once there she summoned Shiver.
"Shiver I have a plan to make it where those idiots stop chasing us but you have to trust me." she quickly explained the plan.
"It is as you say master. We would merge and that would get them to stop coming after us." Shiver smiled. "Since they would believe me dead." she stopped talking as the group that was casing her caught up to them.
Tifa pulled a knife that she got from the kitchen. She kept it hidden from view she turned and faced the FBWDPB. The leader stepped forward a step. "Give us the aeon you don't know how to control it."
Tifa shook her head. "I don't think so dick. I know that you will only do tests on her and I would rather kill her now than to see you sick basters have your way with her." she then muttered the merging spell that Ariel taught her and placed it on the blade. Before the others could move she stabbed Shiver in the gut missing all the vital parts.
She heard Jeffery screaming as Shivers face paled and she exploded in a flurry of snowflakes. Jeffery started to curse as he turned to the other members of the FBWDPB. "Come one we don't need to be here now. Let's go find the other aeons." the group took its leave with Allison following them.
Tifa smiled as she felt a cool breeze flow through her body. An icy feeling went up her arm and when she looked at it she found that she had a tattoo of a very naked Shiver. She looked like she was chained with her hands above her head and her legs down and close together. Her arms was on her shoulder with her legs resting on her elbow. Her waist was covered with an ice blue blanket that was see through. Tifa smiled at the tattoo and rubbed her hand over the chest of the tattoo. "Thank you Shiver. You've done a lot for me and I hope you can rest. I will call you back when we get the spell."
She walked back to her room and laid on her bed. Before either Jasmine, Aurora or Ariel could ask or say anything she was asleep.
