Title: Forgive Me (For Giving A Damn)
Games: Final Fantasy VII (CC) & VIII
Pairings: Uh...alot. XD
Chapter: 1; We Could Be Anything
Warning?: A little of everything. XD

this is unbetaed. So...there are mistakes...sorry about that~!

Chapter One:
"And she said We Could Be Anything as long as you're my everything, that's all I'll ever need."
- And She Said/To Be Juliet's Secret -

"Don't tell me. I'm dead right?"
Silence.
"Ha. I knew it. I'm dead aren't I? Who the fuck are you anyway?"
"I am the Goddess."
"Goddess? Whatever, I don't care. Look, you're wasting your time if you think I've been a good boy and get to go to heaven cause I'll tell you what that ain't the truth! I was the Sorcess' Knight. You hear me? I'm Seifer Almasy, the Socress' Whore!" He spat out the insults in anger. He hated that he was called that. No matter how he told everyone he loved it...it was a lie.
But then...who would believe him?

More silence. Why wasn't this woman talking?
"I know who you are. I need you're help."
"Help? What makes you think I'll help you?"
The Goddess closed her eyes. It was as Hyne had told her. He was stubborn however he had a good heart. It was just harden after so much suffering.
"I can make Ultimecia's voice go away."
Seifer stiffen at the sound of her name. When he heard it...she started talking again.
Who is this fool you are dealing with?

Seifer ignored her and stared ahead to the Goddess. "You serious?"
She nodded.
You will never rid yourself of me. I am a PART of you, my dear failure of a knight.
"Shut up." He snapped, outloud.
"She is speaking with you now isn't she?"
"Yeah. Fucking annoying."
The Goddess raised her right hand and beckoned him to come forward. Seifer was hesitant at first then grunted.
"If you get this bitch out of me," He stepped forward and took her hand. "I'll start praying again. Maybe."
The Goddess smiled and clasped her hand tight around the male's.
Seifer screamed in pain, falling to his knees, his free hand holding his head fearing it would fall off. "What the fuck..!"
"Shhhh..." She cooed. "Relax, Seifer Almasy. The pain will subside if you just relax."
"Easy for you to say.." He groaned. "You don't feel like your eyes are gonna pop out of your skull!"
The Goddess gave a small smile. "Hyne was right about you. Even in the face of great pain, you are still strong enough to hurl insults and complainants."

Seifer took a deep breath and found the pain really was going away. He noticed also that she was gone. He didn't feel her inside his mind watching him.
"She isn't gone." He looked up to her, almost surprised by the Goddess' voice. "She is merely sleeping. She will awake afterwhile but she is suppressed for awhile.
Seifer sighed and gave a small smile. Even for a while...it would be nice to not have her on the back of his mind, telling him how useless he was.
"Thank you."
"Now.."
"Right. I promised I'd help you didn't I?"
The Goddess nodded. "You will have the help of your SeeDs friends."
"What, whoa, they ain't my friends lady." He stood up and moved away from the woman. He was...kinda scared of her. She reeked of boundless power. That remained him too much of her. "If you don't know, I tried to kill them. SeeDs don't like me."
"That is where you are wrong. They are not normal SeeDs. These are your childhood friends."
"Those were the ones I was talkin' about."
"They know you were possessed." Again Seifer stiffen. He knew he was too but it wasn't an excuse. He still killed people. "And they are willing to help."
Seifer sighed. "Just great.." He stopped for a moment. "WAIT! But I'm dead aren't I?"
"I never said you were dead Seifer Almasy."
"Then why am I here? Isn't this were people go when they die?" He stopped and looked around his surrounding for the first time. It was dark with weird green mist. "Isn't this heaven? Or hell?"
The Goddess smiled. "No. This, Seifer Almasy, is the lifestream. The flow of life that runs through our world."
"...Uh, that ain't what I learned in school."
"Because this isn't you're world. This is a different time. In reality, we are in a Midgar inn in downtown."
"Midgar..? Never heard of it."
"Of course not. Because this isn't the world you know. It is...another world."
"You're sounding a hell of crazy you know that?"
"Perhaps." The Goddess turned to look in the darkness as if there was something there."
"So...when we're done talking...where will I be?"
"In the inn. In Midgar. With Squall Leonhart, Selphie Tilmitt, Quistis Trepe, Irvine Kinneas, Rinoa Heartilly and Zell Dincht."
Seifer raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"I've had a similar talk with each of them." She gave a soft smile to reassure him. "There will be some SOLIDER men coming to you in need. Please help them. One of them is affected with Sorcerer magic. His Knight and a couple others will come. They can be trusted."
"How do you know?"
"Trust me, Seifer Almasy."
Seifer sighed. "Fine."
"I will be in contact with you all soon. Good luck. And thank you."

"Hey I think he's gettin' up."
"Why is he here in the first place?"
"Didn't she say we'd be meeting up with an old friend?"
"Yeah but I'm pretty sure friend doesn't mean guy who almost killed us."

Seifer groaned and opened his eyes slowly. There they were, the bitch wasn't kidding. All of his "friends". The only person who looked concerned was Rinoa.
"Are you okay, Seifer?" She asked.
"Yeah." He tried to set up but fell back shocked with sudden pain in his stomach. "Fuck!"
He felt Zell's hand on his forearm. "Guys, he's burning up."
"It's...her. She's trying to get through...fucking bitch."
At first Zell looked confused. "Her..?"
"Ultim..." Selphie began.
"Don't. Say. It." Seifer snapped. "Hyne, don't say it. Please."
Selphie nodded. "Sorry."
"It's okay..." Seifer managed to set up with Zell and Rinoa's help. "Where are we?"
"Midgar." Rinoa replied. "Or at least that what the Goddess said."
"You talked to her too?" Selphie looked at her friend with interest. "She talked to me too."
"Me three." Irvine took off his hat. "Man...was she good looking."
Selphie smacked his arm. "Oh you!"
Seifer looked at the scene with great malice. He wanted something like that. Something that bonded two people to each other. A soft, loving relationship be it friendship or intimate. He hadn't had that since Rajin and Fuujin. Where were those two?
"All kidding aside," Quistis spoke using her instructor voice. "The Goddess...we've all talked to her correct?"
Nodding.
"Squall what do you think we should do?"
Squall sighed for a moment. "As much as I would want to leave, she asked us to help. She pretty much hired us."
"Some hiring..." Seifer began. "I'm not even a SeeD. What the hell I'm doing here?"
"I wondered that myself." Squall grunted. "The Goddess told us that you were most important to this mission. Since you were a Knight."
Seifer shook his head. "Whatever man. Like I remember being a Knight."
"You do." Zell whispered.
"What was that, Chicken Wuss?"
"Don't call me that!" He smacked his shoulder a little too hard but he didn't care. "You talk in your sleep asshole."
"And how do you know that?"
"I just do asshole!"
"Enough. Please." Rinoa helping pull Seifer off the bed. "We need a plan or something."
"We don't have one until..." Selphie bit her lip.

"Is someone there? Please! Open up!"
The voice on the other side of door frighten everyone a little. They weren't expecting it.
"Squall..." Rinoa whispered. "Is it them?"
Seifer groaned and walked to the door. "Hold on a second!" He flung opened the brown door violently to see three men and a teenager outside.
"...SOLIDERs, I'm guessing?"
"Yes." One with black hair and worried blue eyes. "You're SeeDs, correct?"
Seifer nodded.
"We need your help."