Chapter 1-Sephiroth's Cry
Nanaki grinned. Just another paragraph and the work would be completed. Who knew that he, Nanaki, son of a great warrior, and a great warrior himself would turn out such a brilliant scribe? He finished the work.
'The Lifestream sank into its original place, having engulfed and destroyed Meteor. Holy returned to whatever place it had been summoned from. After the destruction had stopped, the upper plate of Midgar, the one that had stifled the air and killed the flowers of the original city, had been totally destroyed. We flew onward, looking at what had been the only great deed of the great warrior, Sephiroth.'
As he finished writing the name, the air around him rippled. A high-pitched howl of fury rented the air. As soon as it had started, it was gone. Nanaki looked around. He had recognized the voice.
"I must tell this to Cloud," he murmured. He began to plan for the trip he would make to Midgar in the morning.
Cid and Yuffie sat in the cockpit of the Highwind. They were making plans to head for an island cave that, they had heard, held a powerful red materia. They looked on a map of the world.
Cid banged on the table. "Damn!" He checked again just to be sure. "The island isn't even mentioned on this map!"
Yuffie looked at another, smaller one of the ocean northeast of the eastern continent. She pointed to a long chain of islands. "There. One of the northern islands should be the one we heard about. The materia will soon be-"
The pilot interrupted her. "Captain Cid, we have kind of a problem here."
Cid looked out of the window. "Damn! Hold on!"
The air rippled towards them. Klaxons blared as the wave hit them dead on. As the pilot struggled to keep the ship aloft, a scream sounded through the airship. The wave passed on and the ship flew straight again.
Yuffie looked around. "Did you hear that scream? Was anyone hurt?" They accounted for everyone on the ship. No one had caused the terrible screech.
Cid looked outside to the direction that the wave had retreated. "Well, whatever just happened, it can't be good."
Barret sat outside of his house. He looked at Marlene playing with her new friends. /Yup. This was the way it shoulda been at the beginnin'./ He relaxed and closed his eyes.
"So, Barret. This is what you've been doing since you moved here."
He opened his eyes and saw who had just sat down next to him. "Tifa!" He smiled. "Why didn't ya tell me that you were comin' here to visit me?"
She looked surprised. "I tried. I sent a message to here a week before I left. Anyways, what have you been doing since you came here?"
"I've been helpin' the townspeople with rebuildin' North Corel. We've cleared most of the wreckage outa here."
He looked over at Marlene again and his eyes widened. "Marlene! Look out!" He rushed over and grabbed Marlene and her friends as the air ripple hit them. The scream rang in their ears as the wind bashed them around.
It passed and he slowly let go of them. The pain-wracked sound had left all of the children in tears. Barret dried Marlene's eyes and said to the children, "Hurry, get to your parents. Sumthin' ain't right around here." He turned to Marlene. "I want you to go with your friends. I'm gonna find out what just happened and I don't want you gettin' hurt." She nodded and ran.
He looked after her for a while. He looked back at Tifa. She nodded. They hurried for Corel Station.
Vincent looked at Lucretia. Bathed in light, she looked more lovely than ever before. Still, they could not approach each other. Hojo's mind, though twisted, had still been brilliant. The experiments he had made on both of them included giving them a repulsion between the two. They could not get near each other without Vincent being burned from the bright light that flowed from her.
He cursed what he had been changed into by Hojo's tests. He looked at the vision of beauty in front of him. "It's been a year, now."
Lucretia looked to the north. "Yes, a year since our child died. A victim of madness, caused by the split minds that resided in him. Ancient, human, and Jenova blood ran through his veins." She looked back at Vincent. "No mortal can stand three minds inside his head. My lineage, my Ancient blood, though I am not an Ancient, has destroyed him."
Vincent tried to comfort her, but the air inside the cave shook. A piercing cry ran through the cave, chilling even Vincent's blood.
When it had gone, he looked towards his love. Tears ran down her cheeks as she looked over to the cave. "My child, he cries out! His rage and fury, his pain and madness, all held in that one call." She looked down and turned to Vincent. "If only I could join him, but I cannot leave my place, and no one knows of it except you and your friends." She turned away. "Leave me. I must be alone with my sadness."
Vincent turned and left the cave. Outside, he looked at the submarine docked at the side of the lake. He knew he had to leave.
Cloud stood with the body of Cait Sith at his side. "So, Cait, did you hear anything strange last night?"
There was silence for a while on the other side as Reeve hesitated. "I woke up late last night when I heard someone scream. I thought that the air around me was moving, but I could just have imagined it, having just woken up."
Cloud smiled. "It wasn't your imagination. A huge wave of air traveled from the North Crater. The scream traveled alongside it. Nobody knows what caused it." The smile vanished. "Nobody except me."
"Well, then, what was it?"
Cloud smiled again. "Make arrangements for seven people. I'm sure all of our old friends are going to be here pretty soon."
Ultimate WEAPON flew out of its hiding place near Junon Lake. The cry had angered it. It flew off in search of something to destroy.
The creatures came nearer to the blue-green planet. Soon they would take revenge on their lost one.
The clear materia gleamed.
Nanaki grinned. Just another paragraph and the work would be completed. Who knew that he, Nanaki, son of a great warrior, and a great warrior himself would turn out such a brilliant scribe? He finished the work.
'The Lifestream sank into its original place, having engulfed and destroyed Meteor. Holy returned to whatever place it had been summoned from. After the destruction had stopped, the upper plate of Midgar, the one that had stifled the air and killed the flowers of the original city, had been totally destroyed. We flew onward, looking at what had been the only great deed of the great warrior, Sephiroth.'
As he finished writing the name, the air around him rippled. A high-pitched howl of fury rented the air. As soon as it had started, it was gone. Nanaki looked around. He had recognized the voice.
"I must tell this to Cloud," he murmured. He began to plan for the trip he would make to Midgar in the morning.
Cid and Yuffie sat in the cockpit of the Highwind. They were making plans to head for an island cave that, they had heard, held a powerful red materia. They looked on a map of the world.
Cid banged on the table. "Damn!" He checked again just to be sure. "The island isn't even mentioned on this map!"
Yuffie looked at another, smaller one of the ocean northeast of the eastern continent. She pointed to a long chain of islands. "There. One of the northern islands should be the one we heard about. The materia will soon be-"
The pilot interrupted her. "Captain Cid, we have kind of a problem here."
Cid looked out of the window. "Damn! Hold on!"
The air rippled towards them. Klaxons blared as the wave hit them dead on. As the pilot struggled to keep the ship aloft, a scream sounded through the airship. The wave passed on and the ship flew straight again.
Yuffie looked around. "Did you hear that scream? Was anyone hurt?" They accounted for everyone on the ship. No one had caused the terrible screech.
Cid looked outside to the direction that the wave had retreated. "Well, whatever just happened, it can't be good."
Barret sat outside of his house. He looked at Marlene playing with her new friends. /Yup. This was the way it shoulda been at the beginnin'./ He relaxed and closed his eyes.
"So, Barret. This is what you've been doing since you moved here."
He opened his eyes and saw who had just sat down next to him. "Tifa!" He smiled. "Why didn't ya tell me that you were comin' here to visit me?"
She looked surprised. "I tried. I sent a message to here a week before I left. Anyways, what have you been doing since you came here?"
"I've been helpin' the townspeople with rebuildin' North Corel. We've cleared most of the wreckage outa here."
He looked over at Marlene again and his eyes widened. "Marlene! Look out!" He rushed over and grabbed Marlene and her friends as the air ripple hit them. The scream rang in their ears as the wind bashed them around.
It passed and he slowly let go of them. The pain-wracked sound had left all of the children in tears. Barret dried Marlene's eyes and said to the children, "Hurry, get to your parents. Sumthin' ain't right around here." He turned to Marlene. "I want you to go with your friends. I'm gonna find out what just happened and I don't want you gettin' hurt." She nodded and ran.
He looked after her for a while. He looked back at Tifa. She nodded. They hurried for Corel Station.
Vincent looked at Lucretia. Bathed in light, she looked more lovely than ever before. Still, they could not approach each other. Hojo's mind, though twisted, had still been brilliant. The experiments he had made on both of them included giving them a repulsion between the two. They could not get near each other without Vincent being burned from the bright light that flowed from her.
He cursed what he had been changed into by Hojo's tests. He looked at the vision of beauty in front of him. "It's been a year, now."
Lucretia looked to the north. "Yes, a year since our child died. A victim of madness, caused by the split minds that resided in him. Ancient, human, and Jenova blood ran through his veins." She looked back at Vincent. "No mortal can stand three minds inside his head. My lineage, my Ancient blood, though I am not an Ancient, has destroyed him."
Vincent tried to comfort her, but the air inside the cave shook. A piercing cry ran through the cave, chilling even Vincent's blood.
When it had gone, he looked towards his love. Tears ran down her cheeks as she looked over to the cave. "My child, he cries out! His rage and fury, his pain and madness, all held in that one call." She looked down and turned to Vincent. "If only I could join him, but I cannot leave my place, and no one knows of it except you and your friends." She turned away. "Leave me. I must be alone with my sadness."
Vincent turned and left the cave. Outside, he looked at the submarine docked at the side of the lake. He knew he had to leave.
Cloud stood with the body of Cait Sith at his side. "So, Cait, did you hear anything strange last night?"
There was silence for a while on the other side as Reeve hesitated. "I woke up late last night when I heard someone scream. I thought that the air around me was moving, but I could just have imagined it, having just woken up."
Cloud smiled. "It wasn't your imagination. A huge wave of air traveled from the North Crater. The scream traveled alongside it. Nobody knows what caused it." The smile vanished. "Nobody except me."
"Well, then, what was it?"
Cloud smiled again. "Make arrangements for seven people. I'm sure all of our old friends are going to be here pretty soon."
Ultimate WEAPON flew out of its hiding place near Junon Lake. The cry had angered it. It flew off in search of something to destroy.
The creatures came nearer to the blue-green planet. Soon they would take revenge on their lost one.
The clear materia gleamed.