It has been 8 years now, and I can't tell you that everything was all right.
Sephiroth had destroyed the Kbuvydit Uxid tribe, the only ones spared was Rikku and I.
Rikku is 8 years old now, and has a friend, Snowy, who is always with her.
Even though we had escaped from Sephiroth, he still was looking for us. We had fought on a few occasions. But Sephiroth is gone now. And two years have past.
But, how does one pick up the trails of an old life, now that her present one is gone?
How can I learn to move on?
"Yuna"
You turned my head over to where Rikku was. "What is it Rikku"
"Come quick, theres something I want you to see"
Cautiously, You followed her. More then once had things that Rikku found 'neat' got you two into trouble. Once, for instance, Rikku wanted to show me this 'big sword'. Turns out, it was Masamune, Sephiroth's sword. He had left it there while he went to bathe in some nearby hotsprings, and he came back just as Rikku was showing me the sword. "What is it you want to show me"
"That!" On a cliff, she pointed downwards. From our view, you could see a blonde haired man on a motercycle being chased by two sliver haired men, along with some shadow creatures. A third sliver haired man sat on his bike, not far from us, talking to someone on a cell phone. You couldn't make out what he was saying, but you could tell it was in english.
"What is so interesting about some bikes Rikku?" By now the chase had stopped, and the third one, with shoulder length hair, had driven downwards and was talking to his compainions. "Rikku, you still haven't answered my question." You turned to face her, only to see that she was gone. "Rikku?" Looking downward, you saw her, and the ever so faithful Snowy, heading towards them. Curseing under your breath, you jumped down and made my way towards her. Just as you had almost reached her, she and Snowy jumped out from behind their hiding place, and made her way to a bike. The three men had gotten off of them, and were discussing something. They didn't even notice Rikku had gotten onto a bike, with Snowy right behind her. Not until she started up the bike.
They wipped around to see Rikku, looking abit surprised, and Snowy, looking like she wished she hadn't followed her, drive past them, and away."What the Hell?! That kid just stole my bike!" The one with short hair yelled.
"Calm down Loz." The one with long hair said. "Get on Kadaj's bike and we'll go after her.
"Fine Yazoo." He hopped behind Kadaj, and they took off.
"Rikku!" You yelled and took off after them, and quickly ran up to the motercycles. The one called Kadaj looked surprise, and watched as you was running past them. "Rikku, Hang on! Try to stop the bike!" You ran faster, and was past the bikes by now. You could hear them acelerating, trying to get past. You just ran faster, fearing what would happen if they got to her before you did. Soon you were only a few meters away from the bike. And she was headed straight for a drop off. "Rikku"
She turned to look at you. "Yuna, isn't this fun"
"Get off the bike, you're going to get killed"
"Huh?" She looked ahead of her, and saw the drop off. She then freezed up, and started to scream.
Running up to just in front of the bike, you lept at her and tackled her and Snowy to the ground. The bike then went flying off the ledge, and into the valley below. Getting up, you said sacasticly to Rikku, "Wow, doesn't falling off a 100 foot cliff and brakeing every single bone in your body sound like fun?" Then you glared at her. "What were you thinking? You stole someone elses bike, and almost got killed"
Rikku got up. "I'm sorry Yuna. Please don't be mad"
You looked at Snowy. "You two Snowy, why didn't you stop her"
She said nothing, only hung her head, and put her tails inbetween her legs.
The three men then drove up. "My bike!" Loz yelled, on the verge of tears.
"Don't cry Loz." Yazoo said to him. "The child probally has never seen one before"
"What does that mean?" Loz yelled, clearly upset.
"Loz, are you blind? Look at them. Do they look like they're from around here?" Kadaj said, stareing at you. "Their clothes, hair, language, and looks are completely different from the locals"
"Do you mean the pointy ears?" Loz asked.
You swung around. "Do you think I'm deaf? I can hear and understand you just fine!" You yelled at him. You looked at Rikku. "Rikku, apologize to the stupid crybaby, other wise known as Loz." You looked back at him with a smirk.
"Do you guys know what she just said?" Loz said.
"Something about you, I couldn't tell." Yazoo answered, looking just as confused.
Rikku walked up to Loz. "Sorry for wrecking your bike mister Loz." She then grinned. "But all three of you are stupid and blind not to have seen me stealling it until the last minute"
"SPEAK ENGLISH GOD DANMIT!!" Loz yelled at her.
Rikku just laughed. "You're funny. I like you." She then ran back to you. "Where are we going to next Yuna"
"Hold it a minute." Kadaj said. "The little kid still has to replace the bike"
Sighing, you took out some gold coins and walked towards him. "Here, this should cover the cost." You took his hand and placed the coins in his hand.
You turned around and began to walking off. "Wait." You turned around to look at Kadaj. "What are you two, exactlly"
You smiled sadly. "We are nothing more then surviors, people who drift from place to place without anything to go home to." With that, you turned to leave. "Rikku, Snowy, lets go." She nodded and Snowy stood up. The three of you took off, leaving the sliver haired men far behind.
Kadaj's POV:
You watched as that girl ran off. Something was strange about her, like she didn't want to move forward, but was being pushed from behind.
"Those girls, do you think they are the Promised Ones?" Yazoo said as he watched them run off.
"That would explian alot about them. They certainly don't seem human." You replied.
"Whats a 'Promised One'?" Loz asked, still confused.
"I don't know exactly, but they are also known as 'Lifestream Mages'. I thought they were just a myth though." Yazoo replied.
"The younger girl called the older one 'Yuna', right? And she called the younger one Rikku and the wolf Snowy." You said to your brothers, as you truned towards them.
"It would make sense. The rest of the time they were saying mumbo jumbo." Loz said.
Looking down at your hand, you exaimed the coins. "These aren't like anything I've seen before." You murrnered softly.
"Let me see that." Loz snatched a coin from your hand and held it up. "What the... ?! These things are pure GOLD!" He looked at you excitedly. "How many are there"
"About 8." You looked up in the direction that the girl, Yuna, had went. "I have a feeling that we will be seeing them again very soon"
"You do? Then keep the kid away from my bike." Loz looked over the edge of the cliff, then shivered.
"Yazoo, how much do you know about the Promised Ones?" You asked him.
"Not much. The only things known about them are sketchy details and legends, myths, and tales about them. No one is really sure how they came here." Yazoo replied.
You nodded. "See if you can find out more. Loz, go with him. I'm going to have a little chat with Shin-ra"
"Why do you want to know more about them brother?" Yazoo asked.
You hopped on your bike and smirked. "Because, we might have to fight them in the future, and we need to know our enemy." With that, you drove off, and headed for the Healing Lodge.
YOUR POV:
The three of you finally came to a stop." Is this the place you told us about Snowy"
/Yes. This is the place/
"It doesn't seem special though." You remarked, looking around at your surrondings.
/Just wait. Hes comeing/
"Who is?" Just then, a blode man on a motercycle drove past. "Who is he"
/He is called Cloud. He is also the one that killed Sephiroth. I thought that you might like to meet him/
You nodded. "Rikku, Snowy, stay here. If I come back and find you two missing I won't teach you many purifying spells Rikku"
Her face fell. "But Yuna"
"Promise me you won't go wondering off. Leave this spot only if your life is on the line"
"Fine, I promise." She grumbled.
You placed your hand on the top of her head smiled at her, then started to follow Cloud.
He stopped outside of the Healing lodges. What is he doing here? He walked inside, and a few seconds later, a man with vibrant long red hair was pushed out. "Come on Cloud, let me in!" He yelled at the door, banging on it. Quietly, you came closer to the building and hid. What is going on inside? I can't hear a thing! You jumped onto the roof, and pressed your ear to it.
"What was that?" Voice 1 said.
"Reno, go and check it out." Voice 2 commanded.
"Alright." The red head said. He jumped onto the roof. "What the"
You looked directly at him and stood up. "Is there a man named Cloud in there"
"Uh, yeah, but who are you?" He scratched his head as he looked you up and down.
"It is common curesty to state ones name before they ask anothers." You replied.
"Reno." A communicator sprang to life. "Have you found anything yet"
"Ahh, yeah. There is some sorta girl on the roof"
"And"
"Well she has long blue hair, pointy ears, dressed in some sorta dress-thing, has purple eyes, and has a bow and arrows. She says shes looking for Cloud"
"Her name"
"Don't know, she hasn't told me"
"Get her to come down"
"Ok." He hung up and looked at you. "Yeah, you gotta come down now"
"Not until I talk to Cloud. I won't leave until I get to talk to Cloud"
"Alright, why don't you be a good girl and go now." He made a move to grab your wrist.
"Don't touch me!" You took a step back.
"Just, can you go? We're kinda busy." Reno grabbed your wrist.
He didn't even see it comeing. One minute he was on the roof, then you punched him and he went flying into the ground.
"What the..." He tried to get up, but he doubled over in pain. He threw up, then looked up at you. "What did you do to me"
"I said don't touch me." You replied. "Ah, guys? We have a situation here." He said into his mike. A bald guy and Cloud came out. "Reno, what happened to you?" The bald one asked.
"Yeah, that chick up there punched me, and did something screwy to my stomach or something." Reno then threw up again.
You jumped down from the roof. "You are the one called Cloud, correct"
Cloud look at you. "Yes, who are you"
"My name is Yuna. Is it true that you're the one that defeated Sephiroth"
Cloud raised an eyebrow. "Yes"
You smiled. "Thank you." With that, you turned to leave.
"Not so fast. You're going to have to pay for what you did to my partner." The baldy said, getting into a fighting stance.
"Don't even think about it. I'm more then you're match and you know it."You rolled you're eyes. He came chargeing any way. Sighing, you took a step to the right, and as he flew past, you poked him in his spinal cord. He imedently hit the ground, shakeing violently.
"Why were you thnking me?" Cloud asked you.
You turned around. "Sephiroth, has done many things to me. I wanted him dead"
"If you can render someone helpless just by pokeing them, why couldn't you kill him"
You smiled sadly. "Because, Sephiroth didn't want me killed." You then took off running, leaving Cloud behind, to make sense of your words.
