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Okay, here's how the story goes: It's about three years after METEOR, and
ShinRa loyalists are beginning to rebuild the great company in secret.
Hojo's former lab assistants are seeking to continue their predecessor's
work and have just recieved reports from an anonymous source that,
incredibly, impossibly, Sephiroth is still alive. So, of course, they send
a scout, a top-ranking SOLDIER before the fall of ShinRa, to bring him back
into the company's service.
author's note - Go easy on me please *sniffles and looks at audience appealingly* It's my first fanfic, so flame me only if its really really really bad, alright? Also, I haven't ever played Final Fantasy VII, so tell me if I made any mistakes or if the characters seem out of character. Thanks so much ^_^
disclaimer - I hate these. Why do I have to restate the obvious? *lawyers close in menacingly* *kuro neko whimpers and hides behind imaginary table* Fine . . . I don't own anything except for the plot and original characters. Everything else belongs to Square . . . HAPPY?!
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"Here's the deal. We want to run some tests on him, so your job is to fetch the subject and persuade him to come back to ShinRa headquarters, where our lab is set up. If you succeed, I can promise you that your profits will be most lucrative," the lab assistant said.
The raven-haired girl he'd been talking to nodded. She had a proffessional look about her, even though she was not wearing her usual SOLDIER attire. Her mako-enhanced eyes glowed green as she nodded curtly. The assistant smirked. The stupid girl'd do almost anything if there were money involved . . . not to say that she was stupid of course; she'd recieved thorough training in SOLDIER and had been a top-ranking officer, as well as a reliable assassin and undercover worker. Just that she was so easily bribed.
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Great, Kifta seethed. Here she was trampling over rugged terrain, frozen to the bone, in the middle of nowhere. Well, she was somewhere, namely in the Nibel mountains, but the fact didn't really make any difference. ShinRa could have at least given her a chocobo for the job. Besides, this guy she was supposed to be looking for could be almost anywhere. No leads, no clues, no nothing to tell her where to start looking. So that those idiots had to tell her to start here. As good a place as any other, right? She looked around her. For Leviathan's sake, there wasn't even life here! Kifta sighed and decided to keep "looking".
If she couldn't even find Sephiroth, how would she supposedly earn his trust and then lead him back into ShinRa's jaws? It was impossible. And yet, she found herself here. Why? she asked herself for the hundredth time this morning. But still, she had her own reasons for completing this assignment. The first and most obvious was that there was likely to be a considerable amount of money for her if she brought back the silver-haired general. Also, although she was a high-ranking SOLDIER, no one ever gave her the recognition she deserved. However, everyone had long hailed Sephiroth as the best SOLDIER ever. If she tracked him down, she'd probably have the opportunity to get rid of him afterward, thus placing herself at the top of the heap. Kifta smilled to herself. There was a silver lining lining to every cloud.
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Sephiroth looked out through the cave's mouth at the lone figure traveling below. He instantly recognized her as a girl who'd once served under him in SOLDIER. So ShinRa was up again and try to catch him, huh? Well, she was just one person and could easily be taken care of, he thought as he drew his Masamune.
-------------------- author's note: soooooo . . . was that okay? Sorry if its kinda short, but if it really stunk I don't want to burden people anymore. Sorry for any spelling errors, cuz I don't have SpellCheck, unlike all you lucky people who don't have to put up with lousy word processors. So tell me what you thought! Review and tell me if I should write the next chapter. Thanks!
author's note - Go easy on me please *sniffles and looks at audience appealingly* It's my first fanfic, so flame me only if its really really really bad, alright? Also, I haven't ever played Final Fantasy VII, so tell me if I made any mistakes or if the characters seem out of character. Thanks so much ^_^
disclaimer - I hate these. Why do I have to restate the obvious? *lawyers close in menacingly* *kuro neko whimpers and hides behind imaginary table* Fine . . . I don't own anything except for the plot and original characters. Everything else belongs to Square . . . HAPPY?!
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"Here's the deal. We want to run some tests on him, so your job is to fetch the subject and persuade him to come back to ShinRa headquarters, where our lab is set up. If you succeed, I can promise you that your profits will be most lucrative," the lab assistant said.
The raven-haired girl he'd been talking to nodded. She had a proffessional look about her, even though she was not wearing her usual SOLDIER attire. Her mako-enhanced eyes glowed green as she nodded curtly. The assistant smirked. The stupid girl'd do almost anything if there were money involved . . . not to say that she was stupid of course; she'd recieved thorough training in SOLDIER and had been a top-ranking officer, as well as a reliable assassin and undercover worker. Just that she was so easily bribed.
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Great, Kifta seethed. Here she was trampling over rugged terrain, frozen to the bone, in the middle of nowhere. Well, she was somewhere, namely in the Nibel mountains, but the fact didn't really make any difference. ShinRa could have at least given her a chocobo for the job. Besides, this guy she was supposed to be looking for could be almost anywhere. No leads, no clues, no nothing to tell her where to start looking. So that those idiots had to tell her to start here. As good a place as any other, right? She looked around her. For Leviathan's sake, there wasn't even life here! Kifta sighed and decided to keep "looking".
If she couldn't even find Sephiroth, how would she supposedly earn his trust and then lead him back into ShinRa's jaws? It was impossible. And yet, she found herself here. Why? she asked herself for the hundredth time this morning. But still, she had her own reasons for completing this assignment. The first and most obvious was that there was likely to be a considerable amount of money for her if she brought back the silver-haired general. Also, although she was a high-ranking SOLDIER, no one ever gave her the recognition she deserved. However, everyone had long hailed Sephiroth as the best SOLDIER ever. If she tracked him down, she'd probably have the opportunity to get rid of him afterward, thus placing herself at the top of the heap. Kifta smilled to herself. There was a silver lining lining to every cloud.
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Sephiroth looked out through the cave's mouth at the lone figure traveling below. He instantly recognized her as a girl who'd once served under him in SOLDIER. So ShinRa was up again and try to catch him, huh? Well, she was just one person and could easily be taken care of, he thought as he drew his Masamune.
-------------------- author's note: soooooo . . . was that okay? Sorry if its kinda short, but if it really stunk I don't want to burden people anymore. Sorry for any spelling errors, cuz I don't have SpellCheck, unlike all you lucky people who don't have to put up with lousy word processors. So tell me what you thought! Review and tell me if I should write the next chapter. Thanks!