Red Orb
Allin Aspire
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Type: crossover FF7 X FF8
Author¡¯s note: This is my first time writing about FF8. And for one thing, I haven¡¯t even play the game. So if there¡¯s some information that¡¯s not true, just bare with it, please. This fiction is going to take place in FF7 world with some of FF8 concepts. Please enjoy the story and PLEASE leave me some comments!!
Oh, and one more thing for you guys to keep in mine is that I made the setting that FF8 world takes place about thousand years before FF7 world. Kinda doesn¡¯t make sense, but please bare with it. And bare with me for keep asking. Okay, I¡¯ll shut up. Go ahead and read and please review!
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Chapter 1.
Laboratory
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Squall.
Where are you?
I feel... so cold...
Help me, Squall...
Help... ...
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¡°Hey, Shera! You gotta rest for a #$% bit! Or you are gonna #%$& collapse!¡±
Cid¡¯s loud voice and his usual course language rang inside of Shera¡¯s laboratory.
¡°Thank you for your concern, Cid, but...¡±
¡°AND I DON¡¯T WANNA %#^&*^#$ CARRY YOU TO THE HOSPITAL, AGAIN!!¡±
¡°Am I that heavy?¡± Shera asked him as she turn to face him with her warm smile.
¡°No... It¡¯s just that... uh... I¡¯m ^%*#% worried sick whenever that happens to you.¡±
Shera smiled warmly and turns her back to her work, without saying anything.
¡°SHERA!!! You... ah! $%&, %&#%$!!!!! $%#$%#$.... stubborn ~ $%&^&^!!!¡±
Hearing Cid¡¯s extremely course words like as if she¡¯s listening to a baby¡¯s whining, she chided him.
¡°Just a bit longer, Cid. It¡¯s almost done.¡±
¡°What kind of %&*^& job did Shinra give to ya again?
¡°They didn¡¯t give me this job. I suggested it to them. You know that I¡¯m their top scientist, since Hojo¡¯s gone. People say he was mad, and maybe he was, but he was a great scientist. You have to give him a credit for that at least.¡±
¡°Whatever you say, Shera. Anyway, what are you working on?¡±
¡°Creating a summon.¡±
She answered his question as simply as it can get. And her very simple answer startled Cid.
¡°Creating a SUMMON?! Is that even possible?¡±
¡°Well, that¡¯s what I want to find out. My crew and I spent last eight month developing this project and we dedicated entirely to this, since there aren¡¯t anymore summons left in the world. I don¡¯t have time to tell you every single detail... Ah, here. Read this. And give me twenty more minutes, okay?¡±
¡°Alright, Shera...¡± Cid grumbled that his wife wouldn¡¯t listen to a word he say, and he made mental note to himself that when this project is done, he¡¯ll kidnap - as if that make sense - her and take her to some place she can rest without being worried about her work. He might be rough and course on the outside, but he¡¯s really caring person inside. He tries to hide it with his strange manner of the speech, but Shera sees right through it. After all, she¡¯s his wife.
Meanwhile, Cid couldn¡¯t stand that short twenty minutes, just sitting in a chair waiting for her to finish her work. So he just ended up picking that file Shera had given him, and he read the document inside.
[ After The Avalanche was able to stop Sephiroth and stopped the meteor from falling, humans living on this land rejoiced. However, the earth was deeply wounded partially by Jenova, and partially by human who used up mako without even caring about it. Earth desperately needed to restore its power. Shinra with its new president, Cloud Strife, wanted make up for its past mistakes. So Shera Highwind, the top scientist of Shinra, appointed by the president himself proceed the project ¡°Revival¡±. She suggested that with materia, people could artificially make the earth recover faster, since materia forms when mako is highly concentrated and left alone for a long while. Especially summon materia contains even greater power than the ordinary ones. Therefore, all the summon materia/mastered materia were collected from all over the world, and the power of materia and Mrs. Highwind¡¯s work was able to restore our earth back to normal and stable for more than a few thousand generation. However, after project ¡°Revival¡± summon materia became a rare item. Although, there are reports that earth started to reproduce materia once again, recently, in very slow rate. It seems that ¡°materia¡± culture we had before meteor won¡¯t be able to be restored for a long time, but our exchange with our planet was worth its price and more. ]
Cid read the entire thing in boredom, but reading it made him even more bored.
¡°What kind of person write this kind of $%#?! He drags on and on and on... This is $&#*&^!!!¡±
¡°Cid! Come on over here! You¡¯ve got to see this!¡±
Shera¡¯s excited call caught his attention, and he ran to where her voice came from.
¡°Hey, what¡¯s going on?¡± He had no idea what was so exciting about.
¡°It¡¯s almost done! Look at that test tubes over there.¡±
She pointed with the tip of her pen that barely missed the person who was standing beside her. She was very excited like a kid in the Christmas morning.
He looked at the place she pointed. There were giant test tubes with the mako glowing in bright green. And there were some creature-like things in it.
¡°Shera? What is the gooey stuff that¡¯s swarming around everywhere in the test tube?¡±
¡°I¡¯m glad you asked. It¡¯s an artificial organic substance made purely out of mako and DNA data of the summons that existed.¡± Shera answered with such an enthusiasm. But Cid won¡¯t probably understand the half of the things she says.
¡°Look now. There¡¯s fire element summon, Ifrit. There¡¯s Shiva, Bahamut, and Leviathan. And...¡±
She kept on poking at the mid-air and explained each summon, which he, too, knew. He walked close to the test tube which had Ifrit in it, and there was dull red stone placed in the middle of manual control panel. When Ifrit completed its form, it glowed with colour of mako and disappeared in to the dull stone. Then the dull red orb finally shined with its own living crimson light.
¡°Wha... I guess this one is done, huh?¡± Cid asked in awe.
¡°Yes, but that¡¯s not all. Here¡¯s the side project I had it running along side with Project Revival ? S. I was almost certain that I could revive summon. But this project was somewhat ? more challenging. I spent more or my time into this that Revival ? S, and my expectation was greater, too. Now, this project is almost complete.¡± Shera¡¯s speeches were revealing her love to the science, and her job. And whenever she talked like this, Cid felt detached from her. He didn¡¯t like this feeling.
However, Shera, for being with him for a really long time, read his mind by just looking at his face. She put down her notepad, and walked over to him. She lightly put her hand on his shoulder and spoke.
¡°Cid, I know how you are feeling right now. Yes, I do love science, and that¡¯s why I¡¯ve became a scientist. But this love is totally different from the one I have for you. I love you more than anything in this world.¡±
¡°More than science?¡± Cid questioned with a tone and expression, as if pouting kid is speaking to his mother. Shera just had to smile at that expression.
¡°Yes, I love you more than I love science.¡± Cid was relieved and he smiled with her.
¡°Professor Highwind, the project just proceeded into its final stage. We require your presence at the laboratory.¡± An ebony haired young subordinate of hers, Brian, called her to attention.
¡°Thank you, Brian. I¡¯ll the there in a second.¡± Shera grabbed Cid¡¯s hand and dragged him over to the hidden laboratory. Just like the other rooms, there was a big test tube glowing with mako and gooey organic stuff in it. But this time, the form looked quite ordinary ? too ordinary to be a summon.
¡°Holy #^$*&%@!!! It¡¯s a human!¡±
Cid turned to face Shera, seized her shoulders and shook her hard.
¡°What were you thinking Shera?! What the $%&*# were you thinking? If you keep on doing experiments like this you are repeating the mistake Hojo made in the past! Stop this at once!¡±
¡°Cid, Cid. Calm down, and listen to me.¡±
Shera hurriedly pushed him back a bit and tried her best to calm him down.
¡°There¡¯s no way I¡¯m going to repeat the mistakes. Humans tend to learn from it, and I will, too. Besides, that¡¯s not a human. Technically, that is would-be-summon ? well, soon enough ? and it has the form and DNA of the legendary beings, the sorceresses.¡±
Cid couldn¡¯t think of anything to say. All he did was open his mouth to say something and didn¡¯t close it for the next 10 minutes.
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Author¡¯s Note: Hello, to the poor readers who have decided to torture themselves by reading my boring fiction. Well, and I have one thing to say to you. Thank you for doing so. I know this chapter sucked ? unless you liked bit of Cid & Shera¡¯s love story ? but it will get more interesting once the main character is introduced. Um... unfortunately for the people who hate Rinoa, this fiction will have her for the main character. And yes, in FF7 world. Oops, is this going to be spoiler? I hope not. And another main character is Yuffie who is my favorite character. For a lot of Sephiroth fans, I¡¯m sorry but this is set after Meteor, and I don¡¯t intend to bring him back to life, even with Shera¡¯s skills. And almost main characters in game ? like Cloud ? will appear as an extra. If you don¡¯t like how certain part is flowing, please tell me, ¡®cuz I¡¯ll try to change it. Hmp, I don¡¯t wanna give to too much spoiler by just talking on and on like this. So, please comment. I don¡¯t care if it¡¯s flame. Just send me something. And I thank you again for reading my fiction. Bye! Please read next chapter, too! ~ ^ ^ Allin Aspire