My Adventures on Gaia

Chapter 25

"Hey you two, it's time to wake upppppp…." Zack's voice trailed off.

"Go away Zack." I said tiredly and made sure my body was covered by the blanket.

Zack paled. "Uh….sorry to bother you two." And he shut the door behind him.

I lay back down beside a now woken Seph and his eyes halfway opened. "Was that Zack?"

I nodded. "Baka…" I mumbled and closed my eyes. "What time izzit?"

I felt him move. "9:34."

"Damn…" I snuggled deeper into the covers.

I see you had a fun night. I heard Lucrecia snicker in my mind.

I growled. You saw?

Everything.

…..I hate you.

Lucrecia chuckled. I'm sure you do Shell. But you'll get over it.

You're a pervert.

Hey, Minerva saw too.

That son of a-!

Don't worry. It's not like she's gonna go around and tell everyone.

Still, that's embarrassing.

Psh, you two belong together anyway. You changed him.

I smiled. That I did.

…..

The next time I woke, it was nearing noon and I was still surprised that Seph was still asleep. With the sheet wrapped around my body, I grabbed a pair of clothes and kissed his forehead before going into the bathroom.

The hot water ran over my body, which felt incredibly good.

After getting dressed, I was brushing my hair when Lucrecia's voice came back into my mind.

Jenova is wrecking havoc.

My eyes narrowed. I know, but what do we do?

I will have to transport all of you back to Gaia. That way you should be able to defeat her easily.

How long do we have until then?

I'll give you an hour.

Okay, thanks and don't worry, Jenova is DEAD.

I felt Lucrecia smile. I know you will. Good luck. And her presence vanished.

When I left the room, Seph was already awake and dressed. "You heard?" I ask.

"Mother told me."

I gave a nod. "We should get ready then."

1 hour later…..

Alright, is everyone ready?

Yes Lucrecia?

Alright, make everyone join hands.

"Join hands." I repeat what she says and we all joined hands.

You will appear near Midgar and Jenova should be close by.

Okay.

Then, there was a bright flash of light and in an instant, we were back on Gaia. Indeed, we were near Midgar.

"Lucrecia said Jenova might be close, so let's get prepared." I say.

"Shell, are you sure you want to do this?" Tifa asks.

I nodded. "I'm not letting that alien get her hands on the Black Materia. One way or another, we'll defeat her."

The tension in the air began to rise and the skies were turning red.

She's coming.

"I feel her."

"Well, if it isn't the human and her friends?" a cold female voice said. We all watched as a giant floating ball, yeah you heard me; a ball with a tentacle on either side appeared and stopped several feet from us.

My eyes narrowed. "Jenova."

"Wow….she's ugly." Zack says.

Jenova chuckled a little. "My, you seem like a feisty group of humans."

I readied my sword. "Enough with the mind tricks Jenova. We know what you're after."

"So you know that I'm after the Black Materia….which is inside you."

I nodded. "Correct and you'll have to kill me to get it."

"…You turned my own son against me."

"Don't you ever….call Sephiroth your 'son'." I snarled, glaring at her. "He was NEVER your son. He already knows the truth and your mind tricks won't work on him anymore."

"Who said I needed him?"

"You sadistic bitch!"

"Tsk, tsk." Jenova said. "I will kill your friends first and you will be the last to die."

"Bring it on."

And it began.

Jenova whipped her tentacle at us. Aerith got in front of us and put out her hands. "Planet Protector!"

An invisible shield seemed to cover us and Jenova growled. It only lasts for a short time. "Now!" I yelled.

We all ran in different directions, which would make Jenova confused. She glanced at all of us and then came after me.

I grinned and pulled out a Summon Materia. "Terra Flare!"

A giant beam of energy came down on Jenova and she screeched out in pain. One of her tentacles was nearly limp. "You human worm!" she whipped her other tentacle towards me.

"Cloud, now!"

"Climhazzard!" Cloud shouted and jumped onto Jenova, slicing his blade into her skin and then jumped upwards, making a large open wound.

Jenova screamed out in pain. "Tifa!" Cloud shouted.

Tifa rushed at Jenova and dove a few powerful punches before somersaulting into the air, kicking Jenova. She then kicked Jenova in the middle, which water came out of nowhere. She then did an uppercut and a….dolphin came out of nowhere. Tifa then picked up Jenova and slammed her to the ground, wrestling style and then she picked up Jenova and threw her into the air and then slammed her down to the ground. While Jenova was distracted, Tifa powered up her fist, making a giant blast and slammed her fist into Jenova, sending her straight into the mountain behind.

We were all silent for a moment. "Did we get her?" Tifa asks.

I was about to walk, but Seph but a hand on my shoulder. "I'll go." He said and walked towards the rubble, looking around.

BAM

A tentacle came out, hitting him in the face and sending him almost across the area, where he landed on the ground harshly.

"Se-!"

"Look out!"

I looked just in time to get whacked in the face by a tentacle and I was sent across the area, landing harshly on my side. With a groan, I watched as Jenova came out, bleeding but still alive. "Human bitch! I am going to kill you slowly and painfully!"

I wiped the blood from my mouth and glared at her. "Come get me."

"As you wish. Ultima!"

My eyes widened. "Wall!" I shouted as the green blast came through.

I heard several screams and as the green blast vanished, only Seph and I were standing. The others were out-cold.

I growled. "Damnit."

"We should try our new attack." Seph suggested.

I suddenly grinned. "Yeah…we worked on that for a while."

"What new attack?" Jenova questioned.

Both of us put our swords in front of our faces.

"Fire 3!" he shouted.

"Ice 3!" I shouted.

His Masamune became engulfed in fire and my sword became covered in ice. We put our swords right next to each other and both shouted at the same time. "Fice 6!" and a blast of both fire and ice rushed towards Jenova. Before she could even move, it went right through her body, leaving a gaping hole.

"Im….possible…." Jenova fell to the ground, a brief moment from death.

The attack used up nearly all of our energy combined together. "Want to do the honors?" I ask breathlessly.

"No….you do it." He replied.

"You can't kill me! I'm more powerful you all of you combined!" Jenova shrieked, trying to get back up.

"It's…no…use!" I ran and jumped into the air, aiming my sword down as I came down. "It's over!" and my sword pierced right between her black eyes.

A beam of light came out and then another and another until multiple appeared. With one final loud shriek, everything went white and for me…well, I passed out.

…..

"Tch, when is she gonna wake up?"

"Shut it Zack." I groaned and sat up as my eyes opened. Seph had a hand on my shoulder to get me steady. "Is she….?"

He nodded. "We defeated her."

"What new attack we're you two working on?" Genesis asks.

I giggled. "I'll tell you some other time Genny."

"Well….what should we do now?" Cloud asks.

I 'Hmmmm'-ed to myself. "I don't know. I'm not going back to Earth. Gaia is my home now."

"Maybe we should find the Turks, see if they can help us."

Suddenly, there was the noise of chopper blades and a Shinra chopper came from up the mountain and landed on the ground. "Speak of the devil." I grinned as Reno, Rude, Elena and Tseng came out.

"We watched you!" Elena said. "You defeated her!"

"Yo! That was some awesome attack!" Reno cheered.

"Me and Seph had been working on it for a while." I answered with a smile.

"With Shinra gone, the people are gonna worry about their lives." Tseng says.

I think I have a solution to that.

I grinned. "Don't worry about that Tseng. Lucrecia will take care of everything."

Lucrecia smiled. What would I do for my future daughter-in-law?

Hey, I'm only 20.

She chuckled. I can make that marriage happen.

"Why is she smiling?" Elena asks.

"Don't worry about it." Rude answered.

I chuckled to myself and sighed, closing my eyes.

With Jenova gone, I finally had a chance at life. A chance for a family….

Dear Mom,

Jenova is gone.

Mom….I think you would've been proud of me.

Sorry I can't come home.

I hope that my message finds you and you will understand why I chose to live on Gaia with Sephiroth and the rest of my friends.

Heh, speaking of Sephiroth….

You would love him mom.

Of course, he's overprotective and somewhat possessive, but hey, at least it's better than nothing.

Anyway, one day you understand why I chose to live on Gaia and not on Earth.

I love you mom.

Sincerely,

Your daughter, Shelby.