I do not own Final fantasy characters, only my oc

It was early evening when Alicia got back to her cave and she set the black haired man down on the cot and grabbed Phoenix.

'I've never healed before. Tell me what to do, please.' As Phoenix coached her through the healing, she realized she was exhausted.

"That's all you can do for now, little Ali. The wound is severe and he will be fine until morning. Rest, you are exhausted. I will wake you if a problem arises." Phoenix said. Slowly, Alicia cleaned up the messes she made and she lay down next to the black haired man. As she drifted into sleep, her last thought was 'At least he is nice to look at.'

Tseng became aware suddenly, but kept still to assess his surroundings before he opened his eyes. He became aware of a presence and he opened his eyes to see a woman wrapped around one of his arms. He couldn't see her face, but she seemed to be asleep, so he began to catalog his surroundings. He appeared to be in a cave, and looking outside, he would say it was close to the early middle of the day. He shifted a little and had to stop himself from grunting at the pain. He looked down to see his shirt and jacket removed and his chest bandaged up.

He suddenly became aware of how severe his injury was and his eyes widened as he realized that he had survived the night. He had thought that he was dead, no unenhanced should have been able to survive a wound like his. He suddenly looked down at the woman again, figuring that she had healed him, only to start as he saw strange eyes looking back at him.

They were MAKO eyes except they looked more like Sephiroth's eyes than that of a normal SOLDIERs. They were so blue they were practically green and instead of round pupils, she had pupils that looked like they were slit twice, once vertical and once horizontal.

As soon as he noticed her, she moved the blanket to the side and began examining his wound. He noticed that it was partially healed, but he was nowhere near healed enough to stand and leave.

"Do you have my PHS?" Tseng asks. She looks up at him with a regretful look, and shakes her head. "Do you have a PHS that I could use?" She again shakes her head. Then she pulled out a materia, he noticed it was a heal materia , and began to use it. It didn't feel like a normal heal spell though and after a few minutes he realized that she was disinfecting his wound! Using materia like that was completely unheard of, and nobody he knew of would even know where to begin.

"My name is Tseng, of the Turks. May I ask yours?" She looked up and he saw she looked suddenly pained. She put a hand to her throat and shook her head, then pulled out a sketch pad and wrote. She turned it around and he read ~My name is Alicia~.

Then she turned back to his wound and pulled out a restore. As she healed it, it got slowly but steadily smaller. When she finished she looked exhausted, but he had never heard of anyone who could heal such massive wounds even a fraction, never mind keeping someone steady throughout the night when they had been mortally wounded.

She stood up and went over to what he saw looked like a fireplace, and began making food preparations. She brought him over a large cup of water and set it beside him before she helped to lean him against a pillowed wall so he could comfortably eat and drink.

After he had finished his water, she pulled up her sketch pad again and wrote him a new message. ~I go to a city for a supply run every two months, and I will head out again in three weeks. While I am there, I can get you a new PHS, and send a runner to tell whoever you need to contact, if you wish.~

"Thank you miss Alicia that would be most appreciated. May I ask how you found me? And how you live here, I didn't believe there were any settlements on this landmass." He looked on as her face seemed to close just a bit at his last sentence.

'What do I say?! I have no idea what to tell him. I can't tell him about you guys warning me of danger, he will be unable to hear you at all!' Alicia thought frantically.

"Calm down iceling, just tell him you were investigating a disturbance and saw him injured so you got him to a place where monsters couldn't get to you and healed him. Tell him you live alone here since your mother died. Tell him half truths, and no lies will have to be used." Shiva said soothingly.

'Okay.' She started writing and after a minute gave him the pad as she went off to check on the food. ~I was looking into the loud crash I heard when I saw seven people walking toward the old temple, and I followed them. When four of them started to stand guard, I followed the three that went into the temple. I saw you give them something then they left you there. I heard what sounded like a monster and grabbed you. I brought you here where no monsters could get to us, and I have tended you wounds here.~

He looked up as she came back with a large pitcher of water and a large bowl of soup with bread on a plate. "I thank you for your quick thinking and your kindness. Your skill with materia is also most impressive. I have never seen someone who has even near the amount of skill you demonstrate." Instead of a small smile or thanks as he expected for the compliment, she suddenly went really pale and looked scared. She set his food down where he could reach it before she bolted out of the cave.