I HOLD NO CLAIM TO ANY OF THE ORIGINAL FINAL FANTASY 7 CHARACTERS! NOTHING! :(
I know that it's been a while. Forgive me. School has been a pain and the finals are the next two weeks so give me until after then. Over Christmas there should be a lot submitted ;)
Chapter Thirty-Four
Answers
They obtained the Materia from Fort Condor but they lost the one that was at Corel. Jeanne wanted to go straight for Midgar now but Tifa had talked her into returning to Mideel for a moment to have the Doctor check up on Cloud and Claire to see if they had gotten any better. It was a smart idea.
"If you ever do that again-" The doctor was pissed and was breathing down Jeanne's neck as Cid and Zeke set the twins down in the wheelchairs.
"I get it, I get it," Jeanne pushed him off of her. "But I wasn't staying here and letting these guys go off on their own and leaving the two of them here, so I chose to take them with us. Zack and I took them with us last time and nothing happened so don't get pissy."
Jeanne turned from the doctor before he could say anything and sat down on the chair to the side of Claire. Cid and Zeke were talking to the doctor and Vincent walked in after a little while to check on them, she supposed. Vincent was a strange person, but she felt…close to him for some reason. Perhaps it was because his blood was used to make Sienna, but she wasn't sure. He was just a quiet guy. She was going to have to talk to him a bit more to get him to open up some more; if he did at all.
At that moment, Claire lifted her head and turned her eyes to stare at Jeanne, who titled her own head in a bit of hope. She felt tears rise in her eyes as she heard her name come slipping from her lips like they had before at Zeke's house.
"They're getting better!" She cried, rubbing her eyes. "Everything's going to be all right soon."
"How can you be sure?" Vincent asked her.
"They've gone through this before. Claire said my name almost a week or two before they returned to normal," ~If you want to call Cloud's actions normal to how he used to be~ "Just a little longer." She gave another sigh of relief.
At that moment the ground began to shake.
"They're…" Cloud's voice made them all turn to stare at the blond. "They're…coming!"
"What did you say?" Cid demanded. Cloud didn't' reply as Jeanne placed a hand on each of the twins. He and Vincent exchanged a look before running outside. "What's going on?" Everyone was screaming and running about and that noise that Red Xlll's grandfather had told them about, the cries from the earth, could be heard loudly.
"The Lifestream is gushing up from below the surface!" Zeke's voice made them turned to see him, Tifa, and Yuffie standing nearby while the others were scattered around the rest of the town.
"Damn! That's…this is bad!" Cid cried.
"Cid," Jeanne stuck her head out of the clinic, about to come out and help with what was going on, but Cid pushed her back inside.
"Stay there with the two of them! We can take care of this!" He told her.
"Damn right we can," Zeke growled. "I'm not going to let her look better than me this time!"
"Look!" Cait Sith pointed about them at the large Dragon flying above them.
"That's the other Weapon!" Yuffie cried. "What are we going to do?"
"What do you think?" Renee asked her. "We're gonna fight it!"
"But-"
"Don't worry," Tifa smiled at her as Barret lifted his gun-arm up. "Everything'll be fine.
"All right, everyone," Zeke began to lead the way towards the creature. "Let's do this!"
~Silent night, let me sleep away these memories within
sacrifices of purities are turning into sins
And this judgement day is growing near
And this confession is killing me again
This beautiful tragedy is crashing into me
This dying destiny~
"What the hell?" Cid growled, watching as the Dragon began to leave. "You can't escape!" The moment it was gone the ground stopped shaking.
"Damn, man." Barret shook his head. "Just a little bit more an' I woudda smashed him."
"The Lifestream also appears to be normal." Vincent gazed around them town.
The ground began to shake and Zeke glared at the man beside him. "You just had to, didn't ya? You just had too."
"This is bad," Yuffie told them. "Something else is on its way. We gotta get out of here!"
"What about Jeanne and the twins?" Tifa asked.
"You don't have time to worry about anyone but yourself! You don't know when that stream'll blow…"
"But we can't leave them!" Tifa cried, going to head back to them but Barret grabbed her. "No! Let me go!" She struggled and struggled but Zeke wouldn't let her go. "Please!" Her cries were all in vain as they others all hurried to the ship, leaving the trio behind in the clinic.
~So now you lay yourself down in this grave with shattered eyes
Beautiful melodies to try and wash away the lies
And this judgement day is growing near
And this confession is killing me again
This beautiful tragedy, is crashing into me
This dying destiny, take me away
This beautiful tragedy, come crashing into me
This dying destiny~
"Everything's getting worse," Jeanne already had Cloud on her back and was trying her best to carry Claire at the same time but it wasn't working too well. The moment that the ground started to shake again she knew they had better get out of there and quickly. "We'd better get out of here while we still can." She glanced at the doctor and the nurse. "Don't you think you should get out as well?"
The Doctor nodded. "It would be a good idea. But the structure can't take it. Hurry!" The two of them ran out the door. Jeanne went to follow but she was trying too much. She couldn't carry the three swords, the two of them, and her things. So, she dropped everything and just hurried out the door. She didn't like leaving Zack or Genesis' sword behind but Cloud and Claire's life were more important than them. She hurried down the street as fast as she could, the land tumbling down into the Lifestream behind her. She tried to make it out of the town but she was too slow and it caught up to her. The Lifestream was a bright green as it ate the land and Jeanne closed her eyes, holding the twins to her as hard as she could as the three of them were also swallowed up.
She didn't know how long it was before she could open her eyes again to find herself sitting on a circular, stone platform in the middle of some large, black pit. There was nothing there. No Cloud, No Claire, nothing. Nothing but three swords, stuck into the stone. She was surprised to see them, but she wasn't going to leave them there. Putting Genesis' sword on her left hip, Claire's on her right, and putting Zack's on her back, she took another glance around the area she was at, trying to think of what she was going to be able to do. If she was going to have to stay here for the rest of eternity she was going to be as pissed as well.
Closing her eyes again and taking a deep breath, she took a step forward and opened them again. "Whoever thought this up is weird." She was still in the black pit but the platform changed into something that made her think if the planet's core and there were several people sitting around her. Well, only two, but they were standing in several different places. "Cloud?" She called out. "Claire?" None of them moved and the two figures that were floating in the air above her just continued to hold their heads. "Where are we?" She asked herself, glancing around for a moment. She searched her brain, trying to find answers. "Is…are you trying to find the answers?" She shook her head. "I should have just told the two of you from the beginning. I can't change that now," she turned to the set that stood before what looked like Nibelheim. "But I'm going to tell you everything."
"The Gates of Nibelheim," Claire began in a drone-like voice.
"Seven years ago, Sephiroth and Sienna passed through these gates…" Cloud's voice matched hers. "And…that's how it all started."
Jeanne nodded. "Everything that happened was here." She took a breath before the three of them walked through the gateway and found themselves in front of Nibelheim again. "I know this won't be easy," She told the twins. "But I'm here for you. The twins stayed silent as they stood there, waiting. Moments later, Sephiroth and Sienna walked towards them and paused at the gates.
"So, how does it feel?" Sephiroth asked, glancing over his shoulder. "To be home after all this times? We have no hometown. We wouldn't know." He referred to himself and his partner.
The younger Cloud, Claire, and Jeanne were now brought into the picture with the three Infantrymen.
"Uh, what about your family?"
Sephiroth was the one to answer. "
My mother's name is Jenova. She died shortly after I was born. My father…" HE began to laugh, throwing his head back and placing a hand on his forehead. "Why am I talking about this?" He turned away. "Come on, let's go."
Jeanne hated seeing this part again. No matter how she saw it, no matter what happened, Sephiroth and Sienna were still the victims in her eyes. The victims that finally had enough and decided to retaliate.
Cloud and Claire moved to stand in the spots that their memory-selves were in but Jeanne shook her head. "No, Cloud. Claire. I shouldn't have let the two of you believe for as long as I did, but I can't change it now. The two of you were in Nibelheim with me seven years ago, but…" She shook her head. "The SOLDIERs that were ordered here were Sephiroth, Sienna, myself and…" She lifted a hand and touched the Buster Blade that was on her back. "No, that's something that you have to figure out for yourselves." Sephiroth and Sienna popped back up.
"Come on, let's go." The rest of the group arrived too, but this time it was a man with black spikey hair that was standing beside Jeanne. He greatly resembled Zeke.
Jeanne stared at the man for a moment with a small smile before the forms disappeared again and they were standing in the Planet's Core again.
"You mean that the two of us…weren't with Sephiroth?" Cloud asked.
"No, the two of you were there with us," Jeanne replied. "You just weren't…my partners."
"What do…you mean?" Claire asked her.
"You can find the answers on your own," She told them. "You might move only a little at a time but you'll get there." The two of them nodded and sat back down so Jeanne turned to the next set that was standing to the left of her. She wondered where this one was going to take her as she walked over.
"A crashed helicopter," Claire began. "On a cold, snowy mountain. Our first meeting…or is that just another lie?"
Jeanne pondered for a moment, thinking about what she was talking about before smiling. "Well, why don't we go find out?" She took a step forward and found herself shivering in snow as the twins moved to either side of her. "From the beginning, all right? Try and remember, guys."
On the large mountainside, a helicopter had crashed into the snow and people were standing up from the snow. She saw herself in the SOLDIER uniform, her sister and Tseng in their suits, there were several Infantrymen there as well, and…and Zack was there as well.
Zack pushed himself up from the snow. "Ugh…well, that's a fine how-do-you-do!"
"You're telling me." Jeanne agreed, holding her head for a moment.
Tseng pulled out his cell phone. "There's no signal out here." He announced as everyone gathered around.
"Oh, we'll be fine," Jeanne told her sister's partner.
"Thankfully, we have someone used to this kind of terrain." Tseng looked at Zack.
He shrugged and shook his head. "Yeah, yeah, I'm a country boy…"
"Hey, Jena and I can do just fine, can't we, sis?" Jeanne looked at her.
She nodded. "No doubt. I'm not going to let you SOLDEIRs show me up."
"All right, then," Tseng began to lead the way. "We would have reached Modeoheim by now if we hadn't crashed. She we're going to need to make up for lost time."
"All right. Follow me then!" Zack told them, starting the trek through the snowy mountain.
"See, I told you we could keep up with you just fine, Zack." Jeanne punched her partner's arm.
"Yeah, yeah, you told me."
Zack, Jeanne, Jena, and the two Infantrymen that had hugged each other on the helicopter were walking ahead of Tseng and two other Infantrymen. The Trio were having problems.
"Yo! Don't fall too far behind!" Zack decided to call back. "At least you two are keeping up!" He commented to the two Infantrymen.
Jeanne glanced at Cloud and Claire as they continued to follow after the memory. Both were staring intently at the group ahead of them. She gave a silent sigh and turned back herself.
"Well, we're from the country, too." The man's voice made Jeanne freeze for a moment. His voice was soft, pleasing, sending a shiver down her back and yet, making her feel warm. How in the world did that happen?
"From where?" Zack asked.
"Nibelheim," The man answered. Zack began to laugh. "How about you?"
"Me?" Zack was grinning happily. "Gongaga." Both of the Infantrymen laughed at that. "Hey, what's so funny about that? You know Gongaga?"
"No, but it's such a backwater name." The other Infantryman sounded…feminine?
"Ditto Nibelheim." Zack responded, turning away.
"Like you've been there." The first Infantryman said.
"I haven't," Zack turned back to them. "But there's a reactor there, right?" They both nodded. "A Mako Reactor outside Midgar usually means…"
"Nothing else out there." All three of them said it as the Rush sisters began to laugh and they joined them.
"Good news, Tseng! Me and…" He glanced at the Infantrymen. Both took their helmets off.
"Cloud."
"Claire."
"Me, Cloud, and Claire here are all backwater experts. Oh yeah!" Zack smiled.
"Good. Carry on then," Tseng called up to them.
Jeanne's mouth almost fell open. That explained why one sounded feminine. It was a girl. Also explained why they grabbed onto each other in the helicopter. They were brother and sister.
Cloud looked to be the older twin with spiky blond hair and bright green eyes. Claire was shorter that her brother and held longer hair almost too her waist, but the eyes were the same. Both were wearing the Infantryman uniform of blue clothing with several belts and straps and a gray-green piece of cloth around the collar.
And boy was Cloud cute.
"Sephiroth and Sienna said that you made up your memories. Now, how in the hell could you have known everything that happened if you created it? Even Zack said everything that he did."
"We were…Infantrymen?" Claire asked.
"If so," Cloud turned his head to her. "What happened at…at Nibelheim? Why do we all think…something different happened?"
Jeanne gave his shoulder a squeeze before turning back to walk through the gate again. "Let's go see, shall we?" She turned to look up at the Nibelheim gate again.
"I…I remember something else," The final Claire spoke before Jeanne could move again. "Another…memory…"
Jeanne moved over to that set as they stood in front of a window. As she looked through it, it wasn't hard for her to realize where they were. Junon. This was during the time that Hollander was escaping with Genesis.
"God! You're always getting sick, Cloud!" Claire pinched the bridge of her nose, her long hair pulled back in a braid. "Toughen up a bit."
Cloud, bent over with a support had on the wall, glanced up at her, "I'm sorry."
She sighed, "It's fine."
"Hey," Zack crossed his arms. "Are you all right?"
"Y-yeah…" Cloud responded. He straightened and turned to face them. "On the helicopter…I got a little nauseous…"
"Hey! You're Cloud!" Zack grinned.
"Wow, you remembered me." The blonde man was surprised.
Claire and Jeanne exchanged looks. "That surprises you?" They both asked.
"Of course I remember!" Zack put his hands on his hips. "We're happy to be working with you again. Both of you, right, Jeanne?"
The woman nodded her head with a smile. "Indeed we are."
"Yeah," Cloud hung his head a bit. "All though our work is a little dull."
Claire sighed. "I have to agree. This is boring!"
"What are the two of you talking about?" Jeanne demanded.
"Rescue work is an important task!" Zack added. "And after this, how about a bite to eat? Jeanne's treat."
"Yeah! That- Hey!" Jeanne scowled at Zack. "Watch it, Zack!"
Claire and Cloud laughed. "That would be great!" Cloud smiled. "Once I'm all better, we'd love to go."
"Definitely." Claire nodded.
"He always…made jokes on you, right?" Claire asked.
"Always," Jeanne watched as the setting changed and she saw herself walking down a hall, talking on her phone. "And he wasn't the only one that did it, either."
"Who was that?"
Jeanne looked up and saw the twins Cloud and Claire by the wall. "Hey," She greeted, putting her phone back in her pocket. "That was just a friend. She's working on the Rocket ship in Rocket Town." She scratched her head. "What are you two doing here?"
"We're going with you guys on this next mission. Do you think I'll get to see Sienna?" Claire asked excitedly. "Where is it that we're going?"
"I don't know where we're going, but I'm pretty sure that you'll get so see Sienna. You will be riding with us, yeah?"
"Yes!" It was Cloud that said that, not his sister. The two girls laughed at the blushing boy. "Hey, Jeanne, where's Zack?" He then asked.
She shrugged. "Probably, ah, who knows? He'll show up and if he doesn't it's his fault."
"Aww, are the two of you fighting?" Claire asked in a teasing voice.
"No. What would make you think that?"
"Is this about that girl down in the Slums?" Cloud asked.
"What?" Jeanne turned red. "How do you know about her?"
"Told you," Cloud told his sister. "Cough up the dough."
Claire grumbled under her breath and pulled out her wallet to pass a twenty to her brother. Jeanne's mouth dropped open. "What? You're betting on us now? You barely even know us!"
"We know," Claire nodded. "That's what makes it more fun."
Jeanne opened her mouth to say something, but paused for a moment. "Touché." They all laughed.
"What's up?" Zack's voice made Claire, Cloud and Jeanne break off of their laughter.
"I'm having a little trouble rounding up the group." Cloud lied.
"At least he was until you showed up." Claire whispered to Jeanne. They shared a giggle.
"We're in a hurry. Let's move it!" Zack moved forward.
"Sir!"
Zack pulled a surprised face as he got closer. "Wha? Cloud? Claire? Together again, eh? All right!" The two men butted arms.
"Can you not recognize this spiky blond head, Zackie?" Claire asked as she gave her brother a noogie.
Cloud chuckled as he shoved her off. "Thanks, Zack. Hold on. We'll get everyone." The twins jogged off.
Zack's conversation with Jeanne was cut off when the four infantry men straightened up. They all watched Sephiroth and Sienna walk up. Jeanne snuck a side look and saw Cloud and Claire watching them in admiration.
"By the way," Zack decided to ask. "Where are we going?"
Sephiroth and Sienna both turned, answering together.
"To Nibelheim."
"To remember all this…" Claire shook her head and Cloud pulled a strong face.
"We didn't make this up! We didn't make you up, Jeanne!"
"No, you didn't." She nodded, turning back to the gates of Nibelheim. "You're almost there; just a little longer.
Jeanne hurried back to Nibelheim again, eager to get this over with and the twins back to normal. The trio hurried off to the reactor just in time to see Sephiroth toss Tifa down the steps and disappear behind the door at the top.
"Zack, right?" Cloud asked as the man and Jeanne burst into the room.
"Yes," Jeanne nodded, watching as the memory continued. Cloud and Claire weren't there for everything that happened, but it played through. It must have gone to their minds like the others had. She bit her lip, watching everything that happened again.
As if it didn't haunt her memories enough at night as it did.
Zack and Jeanne burst right into the building just to stop in their tracks at the foot of the stairs, taking in the sight of the two bodies there.
Tifa and her father.
"Sephiroth and Sienna did this…didn't they?" Zack asked, kneeling beside Tifa.
Tifa glanced at him. He held his hand out and she turned away, holding herself in fear. Jeanne watched in fear. Jeanne watched Zack clench his hands before following him up the stairs.
"I hate you! I hate ShinRa, I hate SOLDIER! I hate you all!" Tifa's voice followed them.
Zack pulled out his sword and with a yell slashed the Jenova door apart. The room was full of wires and tubes, hooked up to a large metal figure behind two statues that Jeanne couldn't see behind.
"Mother, let's take back the planet together." The voice made Jeanne pause. "I…had an epiphany." That was when she realized that the two figures weren't statues. They were Sienna and Sephiroth. Sephiroth was standing before what seemed to be a female, human form encrusted in metal while Sienna stood next to him, leaning on the wall as she watched.
"Let's go to the Promised Land," Sienna added, finally pushing herself off the wall.
"Mother…"They echoed each other.
"Sephiroth!" Zack cried as Jeanne called Sienna's name. "Why did you kill the townspeople? Why did you hurt Tifa? Answer me, Sephiroth!"
"What did you find that made you do this?" Jeanne demanded.
They weren't even looked at as Sephiroth began to chuckle.
"Mother, they're here again. You should have ruled this planet. You were stronger, smarter."
"But then they came," Sienna's gaze finally turned to Zack and Jeanne, glaring.
"Those inferior dullards…" Sephiroth said. "They came and took this planet away from you."
"But don't be sad, Mother," Sienna turned back to the metal figure.
"We are with you, now…" Sephiroth reached up to the metal form and began to rip it away. Cords snapped and some kind of liquid began to drain from the eyes and mouth. As Sephiroth tossed it away, Sienna raised a hand and froze the destroyed cords so a fire wouldn't start. Both turned back to the tube behind the metal figure, looks of joy and relief on their faces.
"We meet at least, mother…"
Jeanne frowned, watching as the battle between the four of them took place.
"Zack!" Jeanne cried, watching her partner be flung back into the pod-room by Sephiroth's blow.
Jeanne went to chase after him but Sienna moved first, swinging her blade. Jeanne blocked it just in time, though it resulted in her being flung through the air and crash into the wall. Then all she could do was watch as Sienna, with a cold, hateful look on her face, created more ice spikes and thrusted them at her, penetrating her body. She was now left hanging to the wall. She could no longer move, her sword left behind on the platform with Zack's. All she could do now was bleed…and watch as the two – crazed SOLDEIR members returned to Jenova.
Sienna pressed her forehead against the glass. "You'll be free soon, Mother…and then…we'll make them pay. We'll make ShinRa pay!"
ShinRa was the reason for all this? It was their fault! Jeanne had to find out that they found. What Sienna had hidden behind the bookshelf under ShinRa Manor. That might just explain everything.
At the sound of running footsteps, Jeanne turned her head and saw two figures run towards Sephiroth and Sienna with her and Zack's swords.
The one holding Zack's sword stabbed though Sephiroth, cracking the tube Jenova was in. Sienna turned just in time though and blocked the other sword.
Sephiroth turned, surprise on his face. Cloud pulled Zack's sword back and Sephiroth fell to his knees, his hand sliding down the tube.
Jeanne watched Sienna's eyes turn to fear as she kicked Claire away and went back to Sephiroth.
Claire paused for a moment, thinking before she turned and went to Jeanne. Jeanne could see the tears in her eyes. "Are you all right?" She then scoffed. "Stupid question." Clinging to the cords on the wall, Claire climbed up like a monkey and carefully began to pull out the spikes. Jeanne wasn't that far from the ground so the fall wasn't too bad. It still hurt like hell, though.
Claire crawled back down and pulled Claire's arm over her shoulder and began to lead her out of the room.
"Zack," Jeanne moaned as she saw him lying on the stairs.
His eyes on her seemed to mimic her pain. "Oh, Jeanne…"
"Is Tifa okay?" Claire called down to her brother.
Jeanne turned her head to see Cloud looking up at her, Tifa in his arms. "Yes…she's just knocked out." He took another look over Jeanne as she tried to stop her bleeding by ripping the jacket up that Claire had given her. "Are you going to be okay?"
Jeanne gave him a thumbs up. "Of course. You forget. I've had bombs exploded three feet away from me. This is nothing compared to that." She winced as Claire tightened one of the strips on her arms.
Cloud gave her a sigh and opened his mouth to speak but footsteps beat him.
Sephiroth came walking out with Sienna beside him. He was slightly hunched over with Masamune in his left hand and Jenova's head cradled in his right. He stared down at Cloud with immeasurable hatred.
"How dare you…!" He growled.
"Cloud…finish Sephiroth off." Zack called from his place on the stairs.
Cloud nodded as he set Tifa back down.
Claire was still holding Jeanne, but she pushed her away, taking a firm grip on her sword.
"Jeanne, no!" Claire argued, grabbing her shoulders. "You can't! You're too wounded. Any more fighting and you'll die."
Jeanne shoved Claire away, taking a step towards the other two SOLDEIRs. "The only one…that will…finish Sienna off…is me." She struggled to breath.
Sienna smirked. "If you can."
"Sephiroth!" Cloud screamed, running up the stairs.
Jeanne struggled to follow him but her sword fell from her hands as she went to her knees. Sienna took this chance and dove forward. She grabbed the front of Jeanne's shirt and flung her back into the other room, Cloud following from Sephiroth's attack. Jeanne couldn't get back up this time. She had lost too much blood. She felt her consciousness fading but struggled to hang on as she watched Cloud be stabbed and hoisted into the air by Sephiroth.
"Don't…test me!" The silver-haired man snarled.
"Cloud!" Claire screamed as she ran towards Sephiroth, Jeanne's sword in her hands again. Sienna turned though, stabbing her blade in Claire's chest.
Jeanne felt as if her blood froze. "No! Claire! Stop it, Sienna!" She couldn't do anything to save her friend. She was stuck, bleeding on the floor. If she moved anymore she was afraid that…
Cloud lifted his head and grabbed Sephiroth's sword and began to drag himself closer until his feet were on the floor again. He lifted Sephiroth up off the ground now as he still gripped his blade.
"No…! Impossible!" Sephiroth said as he was the one w now hanging in the air.
With a growl, Cloud flung Sephiroth to the side. Jeanne watched Sienna jump in the way to catch Sephiroth before hitting the wall, taking the blunt of the explosion. She wrapped her arms around the man she loved, leaving them to fall below together.
"Sienna!" Jeanne wanted to get up and grab the woman before she fell, but she couldn't move. Tears swelled up in her eyes as pain continued to roll through her body. And the fact that she couldn't do anything made it all feel worse.
"Jeanne…" The woman looked up to see that Zack had crawled to her from the other room as Cloud was kneeling beside his sister. "Don't worry…" He told her with a weak grin.
"Zack…" She cried softly, reaching for his hand. She felt so weak…so helpless.
Zack grabbed her hand, still with that weak smile. "Everything…will be…all right."
She slowly nodded, resting her head back down on the floor.
"We saw everything," Cloud spoke. "We were never SOLDIERs. We were Infantrymen. Zack was your partner, not us. But still…the four of us…we were…we were together."
They were all in the back of a large van. Sienna and Sephiroth, in their black leather and read less faces sat with their backs against the wall, both with their arms crossed and eyes closed. An Infantryman was driving; three more were sitting across from the four SOLDIERs. Jeanne was sitting beside Sienna in silence as well and Zack was on Jeanne's other side.
"It sure is raining hard," Zack decided to break the silence as the rain pounded onto the roof.
Jeanne gave him a glance. "That's the fourth time you've said that, Zack."
Claire gave a laugh. "That's because he's annoying." She turned to her brother "You all right?"
The man nodded. "I'm all right."
"Cloud, if you're feeling sick, take your mask off." Zack told the man.
"Yeah," The blond pulled it off with a sigh.
"You get sick a lot and easily," Jeanne told him.
Cloud gave another sigh. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be," Zack told him, shooting his partner a look. "She's just being herself."
"We never made it as SOLDIERs before all of this happened," Claire spoke. "And when we returned we were too embarrassed to see anybody and so we kept silent, even after running into Tifa and the others. We did have dinner with our mother once, though. The four of us."
"We did, didn't we?" Jeanne smiled, turning and leaving Nibelheim again. She looked at the twins as they all came together. "Is everything…all right now?"
Cloud nodded his head. "Yes."
"I'm…I'm sorry that I never told the two of you anything," She told them. "I should have, but I…"
"Yeah, that was pretty stupid of you," Claire grinned at her friend. "But we understand. Don't worry about it. Just don't do it again."
Jeanne glanced at Cloud and he gave her a nod and a small smile of his own. She gave a sigh of relief before grabbing to two swords off of her. "Here," She held the Buster Blade out to the blond. "Zack gave this to you."
Cloud grabbed it and Claire grabbed her own before turning to look around the place herself. "Now, just how in the hell do we get out of here?"
~Will you be there
Will you be there by my grave
Or will you be the death of me
And my, my beautiful tragedy
This beautiful tragedy, is crashing into me
This dying destiny, take me away
This beautiful tragedy, come crashing into me
This dying destiny~
"Are they ever going to wake up?" Tifa asked worriedly as they all stood over the three bodies that they had returned for. Everything was back to normal now.
"I can get them up," Zeke gave a grin.
"Touch me and I will rip your hair out," Claire's voice greeted them and they turned to see that the three of them were starting to wake up. Tifa jumped on the twins as Renee held a hand out to Jeanne, helping her up.
"I see that you guys came back," The woman rubbed her back. She turned to the twins, glad to see that the two of them were all right as well.
"Of course," Myra grinned. "We couldn't just leave you guys there." She then gave a sigh. "You guys sure are tough ones. What happened?"
Jeanne turned from the twins with a small smile. "We just found some answers."
Whoo! Damn that was a long-ass chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed that! We're almost done guys! I can't believe it! I'm going to miss making this so much it's going to be horrible! lol
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