My internet is being really cruel right now so only one chapter [thrid time i've edited this]

LAST CHAPTER WAS THE 50TH CHAPTER YAY i'll have something, a drawing most likely to celebrate.

don't own FF7


Part two

Chapter thirty

The blue gondola blew steam from its rear as it came to stop at north Corel. The group was sitting in various spots in the gondola. To upset to talk and not wanting to look at the view, they were too angry to care.

Zack had his arms and legs crossed, eyes closed, as did most of the other SOLDIERs. Aerith looked up at the sky sadly, as if something weighed heavily on her mind. Shelk sat in silence, fiddling with her fingers in her lap. Barret was grumbling to himself while Cid smoked. Nanaki glanced at a worried Tifa who was staring at a silent Cloud.

When the gondola stopped and the doors slid open, Cloud stood with a sigh and muttered

"Let's get this over with" he left the gondola first.

No one bothered them as they left the run down town. Wither it was from the people being to busy to notice the man they had once harassed or they could sense everyone's mood, they didn't know.

As they made their way through the wild, no animals bothered them either, also sensing their mood. The few fiends that were dumb enough to attack were brought down in one or two blows by the annoyed soldiers and none bothered them after that.

They reached the plane, still pushed up on the beach. The group sighed at the thought of crawling back on the thing and began the processes of pushing it back down the beach. As they shoved the plane with all their might and it slowly trudged down the sand backwards, they discovered it was easer to push it up then down. Once they got it in the water; they set a path down the river to the east.

The ride down the water was a silent one. A few whispering conversations here and there but mostly an angry silence settled over them. Yuffie lay sprawled out in the sun bored while Vincent watched her, equally bored but hiding it better.

Nora and Kisala sat with Aerith and Tifa occasionally whispering. Zack discussed something softly with Angeal while Genesis and Sephiroth remained silent. Cait sith joined Nanaki and Shelk again in the cargo hold with Cid; Nanaki eyeing the silent cat. Cait sith silently gave Cid directions to the island, Cid gruffly taking them as he propelled the plane through the water.

Several islands and entrances to the ocean passed by as they traveled and the sun was low in the sky when they reached the designated shore. On the island, they could see the golden step like pyramid from the beach, nestled deep in a thick forest. Sephiroth glanced at the rapidly sinking sun and said

"It will be difficult to navigate at night; we should make camp here before getting a fresh start in the morning"

Cloud looked up at him, ready to protest; Sephiroth shook his head and spoke before cloud could speak.

"I know we are in a rush, but ShinRa may already be long gone" he eyed the cat "or they might not even be here yet, either way I am not risking us getting lost or eaten to beat a bunch of Turks" he smirked "besides if ShinRa isn't here yet they have to pass this area to get to the temple" he then turned around and headed to the plane to get their packs. "They same if they were to leave" he called out behind him.

Cloud huffed as he watched Sephiroth's back then turned to look at Angeal who was standing beside him.

"He means well" Angeal explained also staring at Sephiroth who was being helped by Genesis and Cid "Ordering us around is kind of how he shows he cares" Cloud raised an eyebrow at this. "I guess he believes it will keep us alive longer" Angeal looked down at Cloud.

Genesis looked up and noticed Cloud and Angeal standing there, doing nothing, so he called out

"Don't just stand there, come help us get this further up the beach" he then turned back to Sephiroth.

"Let me guess being, cold and bossy is how Genesis shows he cares" Cloud said as they started to walk to the plane. Angeal smiled and said

"To everyone but Shelk…and maybe Kisala"

"Yeah because Sephiroth might try and kill him" Cloud snorted but Angeal shook his head.

"No, he might enjoy that…See it as some kind of challenge. Those two always did have a love hate relationship" he eyed Genesis and Sephiroth who were now arguing "no, Kisala would skin him alive herself."

Cloud glanced at the red haired woman preparing to push the plane and nodded, he could see that.

By the time the plane was on the beach and tents had been set up along with a small fire; the sun was already far below the horizon line and the stars were blanketing the sky.

Sephiroth sat in front of the fire, poking it with a stick. Angeal came over and dropped more sticks into the blaze before going back to sit with Nora and Kisala. Barret sat with them, examining his gun arm. Shelk was sitting by her tent with Yuffie, Vincent and Nanaki. Genesis was off to the side with Zack, having Tifa show them a few fist fighting moves. Aerith was near the forest, staring at it. No one was inclined to bother the Cetra because she was staring off into space muttering to her self. Cait sith was powered down in one of the tents and no one wanted to check on them.

Cloud came over and settled beside the tall silver haired man. Green eyes glanced at him before poking the fire again, sending sparks into the air. The fire cackled at each poke and the two stared at its glow in silence.

"About trying to kill you before" Cloud said after a moment. Sephiroth turned to him "I'm sorry, my minds been full of holes lately and I'm still not sure I've filled them all" he looked up at the sky "I don't know what Hojo did to me and Zack and a part of me doesn't want to know" he sighed and rested his head on his hand and his arms on his knees.

Sephiroth looked up at the stars, going over Clouds words. He closed his eyes before saying

"Sometimes when I sit under these stars I feel insignificant. Unworthy to be blanketed by something so out of touch as they are" he knew Cloud was giving him a strange look "but then I remind my self how out of touch the stars truly are. Billions of miles from each other and us and I am thankful I am here, surrounded by people I can interact with and relate to"

Cloud tilted his head curiously and looked up at the stars as well, going over what Sephiroth said. He wasn't quite sure why Sephiroth was turning all philosophic but he could see a bit into the great Sephiroth's mind…maybe that was his way of accepting his apology.

"I suppose it would be pretty bad, being cut off from everyone, to be just hanging in the sky for someone to look at" he added to Sephiroth's earlier comment

"Exactly" Sephiroth looked at the fire and tossed his stick into it. Sparks flew in the air and he stood, towering over Cloud. "Cloud your memories my never all come back but…" he paused "it has been my experience that the past is the past. You recognize it then look forward" he smirked at Cloud "goodnight…Cloud" he then vanished into his tent.

Cloud watched him till he was in the tent before turning back to look at the fire. One by one everyone went into his her own tent but Cloud remanded sitting on a log in front of the fire, dozing off. He was probed into his tent by Angeal.

Genesis went to his own tent with Angeal. Zack went to go and get Aerith to take her to her tent with Tifa before disappearing into his own with Cloud. Barret and Cid were asleep in their tents a few moments after. Kisala and Shelk vanished into a tent while Nora sighed before following Yuffie into another. Vincent eyed the tent Sephiroth was sleeping in before walking in. Nanaki curled up near the fire, his own fire lit tail adding to the fires glow.

All was quiet in the camp as the moon camp up and animals settled to sleep while the nocturnal ones prowled much deeper in the forest, avoiding the fires light.

Shelk lay in her sleeping bag, tossing in her sleep as another vision took hold of her but this wasn't the same as all the others. She was back in icicle inn village and near the mountain but nothing was falling from the sky, nothing was being summoned.

The family, her family, stood in a group around the mountain, swords, arrows and spears in their hands. Their cloaks flying around in the wind along with snow; a snow storm was approaching.

The leader was a female, younger then the one before and with shorter red hair. She stood behind the others; the staff in her hands.

Across from the Anthis mini army was a group of Turks and SOLDIERs. The uniform was different then they were now, more winter friendly and more armor oriented. They held swords while the Turks held elector rods and some older long ranged guns; the kind that hadn't been used in a long time.

Shelk stood in the middle of the two armies, ankle deep in snow though she felt no cold. A man pushed his way to the front of the Turks; he wore a white lab coat and some warmer clothing. He was young, maybe in his twenties but he looked familiar to her…but she didn't know why.

"We do not wish to harm you" he man called out to the family, the familiarity growing at his voice "we just want the Cetra inside the mountain, stand down peacefully or we will have to use force"

The leader of her family narrowed her eyes and raised the staff in defiance. At some hidden signal an arrow was let lose and the scientist was hit in the leg. Shelk screamed as the Turks began firing their guns and the SOLDIERS met the clan head to head with swords.

The Anthis clan was no match for the guns, and soon had to retreat, dragging their wounded and leaving their dead. The Soldiers and Turks didn't go after them and Shelk watched horrified as they brought in equipment and workers. She watched as workers and scientist gathered in the mountain and worked. She watched as the workers brought up something on a pulley and leaver system set up. She watched the rock covered, sleeping Jenova being brought up out of her rock for the first time in many years.

She turned and saw what was left of the Anthis clan standing to the side, watching their 'mother' leave behind her home, heads bowed. They had failed.

"See how they failed" the same venomous and soft voice spoke in her ear as Jenova's ghostly essence surrounded her and a woman's arms wrapped around her shoulder. "See how my sons and daughter failed to protect me. But you can change that my only daughter, my lovely daughter. Retrieve the black Materia for you older brothers and I, and come to my side. Be my daughter, my precious princess." Silver hair mixed with her own hair and cold lips touched her cheek "come to me"

Shelk screamed as she bolted up in her bed. Kisala rolled over in her own bedding, as Shelk's screamed hadn't been too loud. She sat upright in a cold sweat, panting as her hair stuck to her face. She rubbed her face with her hands and heaved a dry sob.

After a moment she left her tent and began counting along. Trying to find a certain one but didn't know which one it was. She stood blankly, in the dark frustrated and up set. Suddenly something brushed her side and Nanaki's voice filled her ears.

"Come, this way" he said and she grabbed his mane. She must have looked horrible because he didn't ask anything, just led her to the third tent from the end and said

"He's on the left" then Nanaki was gone.

She nodded to no one then crawled into the tent, feeling her way along the ground till she came to some one.

"Genesis?" she whispered and she patted the leg she bumped into. The leg moved and something groaned.

"Shelk?" a voice said as Genesis sat up groggily. Angeal remained asleep as he blinked and looked at his girlfriend. His eyes widened at her disheveled hair and puffy eyes. He reached out his hands and brought the girl to him. She blushed when she discovered he had no shirt on. They settled down and he brushed her hair from her face.

"What's wrong?" he whispered as Shelk snuggled in his arms.

"Dreams" she whispered "dreams I've been having the past four years" her eyes closed as if afraid "dreams Jenova gives me"

His eyes widened as he looked down at her. How was Jenova giving her dreams, did Hojo do more to her than he said he did or was it because of her families ties to Jenova.

"Tell me Shelk" he said and she nodded.

"The first dream was after out first date, I watched my family summon Jenova. It was like I was there standing with them. Then Jenova was there with me, whispering in my ear." She sighed deeply and he hugged her tighter "another dream I had was watching my family murder the Cetra" he took in a breath here "my family is the reason Aerith is all alone…she's alone because of me" a sob escaped her throat

"Shh...It's not your fault Shelk, you're not them, its ok" he comforted, wishing there was something else he could do.

Shelk didn't say anything for a moment, just sighed deeply. She sniffed a bit as they lay in the quiet of the night. The only sound was Angeal's slow breathing and their own. After a moment Shelk continued

"Just now I had another dream, different then the others. I watched the clan fail, fall even. I watched ShinRa defeat them and excavate Jenova from the mountain near my home. The clan watched them then Jenova came to me. She wants me to get the black Materia and bring it to her, return to her side, be her daughter" tears slipped out of her eyes and he hugged her "what do I do Genesis, I keep having these dreams and I don't want them to affect me" she sobbed.

Genesis pulled her back just enough to wipe a tear from her eyes and smiled at her.

"My friend, your desire is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess." He recited for her and she buried her head in his chest. "Even if the marrow is barren of promises nothing shall forestall my return" he continued spouting the poem pieces of loveless, lulling both of them to sleep. Just before Genesis closed his eyes he whispered "everything will be fine, it has to be" he then too was asleep.

Angeal awoke the next morning to the sound of people moving in the camp, Barrets loud voice arguing with Zacks equally loud one. He sat up with a groan and reached for his shirt only to be greeted by the oddest sight. He blinked confused before smiling and getting ready for the day.

He left the two sleeping to be found by someone else.

Sephiroth looked up from where he was packing his own tent to see Angeal leave his tent alone. He found this odd that Genesis wasn't up yet, and neither was Shelk. He glanced at Kisala to see her looking around the camp confused. Barret and Zacks argument reached his ears so he called out

"Zack, go wake up Genesis" he snapped and the boy looked at him before moving to do so.

Zack entered Genesis tent, preparing the cruelest way he could wake up the red elite when he stopped and blinked, a bigger grin over taking his face.

Genesis was curled up, sleeping but he wasn't alone. Shelk was tucked into his arms; her hair spread about her like a halo, with Genesis's arms wrapped securely around her while Shelk's hands rested on his chest. The blanked had shifted and their feet were some how tangled together. Zack eyed them and found they were both fully clothed. He breathed a sigh of relief before poking his head out of the tent and calling over to Kisala.

"Kisala" the girl looked up at him and eyed his grin suspiciously "come help me wake up Genesis." His voice sounded too innocent. Angeal groaned and slapped his face.

Sephiroth stopped what he was doing and watched his lover move to Genesis's tent. Zacks face was suspiciously happy which meant he was up to something and he knew Genesis wasn't that hard to wake up; in-fact he was a relevantly light sleeper.

He stood straighter, the others eyeing him strangely except Angeal who was watching the tent Kisala had just entered with Zack. There was a second of just normal noise from the large group before they were all silenced by Kisala's angry screams.

"What the hell are you doing" he winced at her shouts but blinked in surprise when two more screams joined her; none of which were Zack. In the next moment a shirtless Genesis was thrown out of his tent by an angry Kisala.

Genesis skidded across the ground and looked up at the angry woman, trying to appease her. He hadn't actually done anything wrong. Kisala stalked out of the tent and towards him, her hands raised to strangle him.

Sephiroth frowned as Genesis tried to keep Kisala from maiming him with her bare hands. He turned to the tent Shelk should have been in. She should have come out from all the noise so he moved to it and peeked inside. No one was in there. He stood up again and walked over to Genesis's tent only to see Shelk come out confused, with a laughing Zack.

The others watched equally confused, a few talking trying to figure out was going on and a few hovering, trying to figure out if they should try or not try and stop Kisala. Genesis was turning a funny color as Kisala tried to strangle him.

He blinked before shaking his head and pulled Kisala off Genesis by her waist. She kept reaching for the man as Sephiroth lifted her off the ground, her legs kicked at the air as his voice bellowed

"Everyone Calm down" the camp instantly fell silent. Kisala stopped struggling and he set her on her feet, remaining between her and Genesis.

Once everyone was looking at him, he continued speaking.

"Now, what happened" he asked slowly and Genesis stood, coughing trying to breath again.

"Shelk came to me last night, we talked, fell asleep and the next thing I know that crazy woman" he pointed at a growling Kisala "is tossing me out of the tent and trying to strangle me"

Sephiroth turned to the nodding Shelk, who could sense everyone's stares because she was blushing.

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep and wanted to talk to someone so I went and talked to Genesis." She rubbed her arm and he nodded excepting the answer. He patted Kisala on the shoulder and whispered.

"Relax" she snorted at him. He rolled his eyes and walked away.


i'm way to cruel to Genesis