Chapter 9: Seeing You Makes Me Really Confused


DJ: I'm finally back with two new chapters for this fic! But first I want to thank you for your and review, Animecrazy88! Hope you will enjoy this new update.

Disclaimer Guy: DJ only owns Terra, Rin and professor Cayleigh. Rights belong to Square Enix.


'Seeing you makes me really confused.'

It had been already dark when the ruins of Midgar came in sight. They were only parted from it by the far stretched wasteland and the fiends that housed in it. Not much farther had the new city Edge arisen.

Slowly a strange feeling came to Genesis. A feeling of caution and fierceness at the same time. It took moments for him that the feelings came from Sephiroth, who had become awfully quiet during the last hours. Genesis studied him carefully and couldn't comprehend what he saw there.

Sephiroths green eyes showed only the slightest hint of emotion as he watched the emptiness before him. But what Genesis saw shocked him to very core. To tell the truth Sephiroth looked distressed, like he was trying his best to shut something out.

'Something is there.' He sounded like a man who had just gone through torture. 'It's calling me there.'

'Then go,' Genesis was surprised himself when he uttered the words. His old friend gave him a look of disbelief. 'I don't think you'll want me to go there alone. They are there too. I might get killed again before I even reach my destination.'

'Still' Genesis smiled. 'I think it's time for you to do this alone.'

'If you say so.'

'You'll be fine.'

That were his last departing words as Sephiroth spread his black wing and leapt in the air. Leaving behind a trail of silky feathers as he flew in the direction of Edge.


I was pretty used to have this weird nightmares and dreams now, but this one seriously succeeded in making me scared. And not in the normal waking-up-screaming-way.

I lay perfectly still on the soft ground and watched the bright cloudless sky, while being tickled by the leaves of white flowers. The calming breeze shook them a little as it traveled across the endless garden. I closed my eyes contently and half-expected to wake up again, but frowned as I found that the wind had lost its gentleness. Something cold lightly pressed against my neck.

My eyes flashed open. Of course I had recognized the touch of the hard steel. A surprisingly long blade was close enough to pierce me and its owner was nothing more than a shadow. No, wait. I could see his eyes. Green?

Suddenly I was being pulled away from him, but I fought against it. Something in me wished to see those eyes clearly, so I would be able to read there expression, wanting to know if he still remembered…

I landed on something hard and soft at the same time. Surprised I looked down and found myself lying on a stone slab in the middle of the very same flower field. The stone had a weird bluish color and shone brightly in the light. My mind gave me a word for it: mako.

I sighed. Well, a word wouldn't help me much further with discovering what it was exactly.

'When the war of the beasts brings about the world's end
The goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting'

I screamed as a man was suddenly sitting beside me. He smiled at me curiously and showed me a book ,which was just like the man self, almost completely clad in red leather. His auburn hair glowed a bit of golden in the sunlight and a string of pearls jingled as he moved his head back to the book.

'Who are You?' I asked cautiously. Never trust strangers, Terra.

He gave me his full attention now. 'And who are you exactly, dear Terra?'

Was this a game? Because he surely confused me like hell. 'You already know my name, don't you? Why do you ask then?'

The man laughed loudly and the pearls jingled happily again. 'A name doesn't explain anything about the individual or the soul inside you. Sure you know that better than anyone else.'

'Still, it would be nice…' I trailed of, wondering how I ever got into this strange conversation. My dreams could surely win an originality price.

'Genesis,' the man said smiling. I looked rather confused at this reply. 'That's my name.'

'Oh.' Strange names too. An Oscar would do better.

'You talked to my friend the other day,' Genesis suddenly jumped to another topic. Maybe he was used to being this kind of conversations, but I couldn't really follow now. Still, I remembered hearing that voice again and seeing the dark silhouette. Had that been real?

'I lost him today.' Genesis cut off my train of thoughts. 'He went farther alone on the way to you.'

'To me?'

My vision started to blur with tears and something in my chest cried out in agony. No, not that pain again!

The dream had ended as suddenly as it had begun and frankly, this time the images were burned in my mind. I began to shiver uncontrollably and thought about the words that I and Genesis had shared and what they possibly could have meant.

Confused as I was, the answers would of course not come. So I began to pace around my small but comfortable room and threw a look out of the window. My heart stood still. A dark figure stood in the shadows of the garden…


I felt the entity pulling me closer to the one place I didn't want to go. They lived there after all. Strife and his friend together with those two kids I had seen in his mind when we fought two years ago. But fate had a strange way of mocking me and having a good laugh afterwards. For me it was pure madness to go in there and fetch the child from under their noses. The house didn't seem build for a big fight.

Exhausted, I closed my eyes and tried to think of something better than my previous plan. I couldn't just barge in and claim that I was meant to protect that child. The chocobo would attack me on sight.

'So don't let him see you.' It was Genesis' voice that resounded in my head. 'She should wake soon. I've talked to her and told her that you would come to fetch her.'

'Thanks.' I answered sarcastically. 'What would be your reaction if you heard that a complete stranger will come for you in the night.'

'Oh,' Genesis fell silent as realization struck him. 'That's not good, is it?'

'It doesn't matter anymore,' I thought for him to hear. 'She's looking at me right now.'

Just behind the glass stood a young girl with large frightened eyes. Staring at me like it would be her end. She was right in a way.


DJ: I'm very curious about what my mind will come up with next.