Onna: LIV!!!
Cloud: That didn't sound like a disclaimer.
Liv: ...Aw, for PETE'S SAKE! RK and FF7 ain't ours! Whoever thinks wrong will be charged of homicide! *sees an otaku lawyer about to attack*
Lawyer: *flies to Iceland*
Kenshin: Oro?!
Kaoru: This is too weird...
*****
Destiny's Call - 10
By: Liv (aka LGStrife)
The door opened. Cloud turned to the newcomer. "How's Shera?"
"I sent her to the inn." Cid answered. "The innkeeper said he'll take her to Mideel soon."
"She should be safe there." Cloud turned to his right looking at everyone. "We have enough items as of now. However, the journey from this town to Cosmo Canyon wouldn't go very smoothly. We head for Nibelheim, restock, then continue for Cosmo Canyon. Is that clear?" He received different answers of affirmation. "Good. Now here's the problem. Reno and his lackeys only brought 4 Chocobos. That allows only 8 people to ride on them."
"And the motherf*ckers didn't bring back my Tiny Bronco..." Cid muttered.
Strangely, there was a some sort of whirling sound above them.
"No, they did..." Sephiroth looked at the roof.
Cloud listened the whirling sound get louder. Next thing he knew, he was hiding under furnitures while loud bullets entered the house hoping luck would get them a victim. Everyone had ran to wherever for shelter.
"&*^&*! They've turned my plane into a fighting machine!!" Cid hid between the kitchen and the stairway constantly cowering while the shooting went on. He saw a red and black something roll under the table. "Damn it, Vincent! This ain't no time to play stunt double!!"
Vincent listened to the bullets. He turned to Cid. "Stay there!"
"What?!"
"Stay there!!"
"What the hell are ya gonna do?! HEY!!!" Cid called but Vincent had already ran off the house. "*^&*!!!"
*****
Vincent jogged outside watching the plane flying in circles, readying another series of attack. He drew his gun and aimed the Death Penalty on the tail. Before the soldier on it could even fire another bullet, he pulled the trigger sending the Tiny Bronco spinning downwards. He watched the tail smoke while he returned his gun to its holster and entered the house.
*****
"Did you get 'im?" Cid was the first one to ask Vincent. He approached him near the door.
Vincent looked at Cid. "...it's back to the water."
"Ah SH*T!!!" Cid cursed loudly as Vincent passed by him.
Vincent watched everyone stand up and leave their hiding places.
"It seems that Jenova is using Shinra."
Vincent turned around upon hearing Sephiroth speak.
"Shinra would be out of their minds to launch another senseless attack on us." Sephiroth continued.
"Rocket Town isn't a very safe place for us, anymore." Cloud spoke. "We have to leave NOW."
"But Cloud!" Barret called. "We ain't gonna fit in the Chocobos!"
Cloud groaned. "We did NOT defeat Sephiroth by relying on Chocobos!" He didn't care if Sephiroth had heard it. "If you can't ride on a Chocobo, walk! Or if you want one..." He tossed over a green. "Get a wild one." With that, he set off.
Barret caught the green and stared at it. "Damn...you're a foo, Barret. A foo, ya hear?" He turned to Sephiroth. "Awright! Let's go, Seph! ...Seph?"
Sephiroth was in deep thought.
My son...
A hissing voice called.
"Jenova..." Sephiroth immediately looked to Cloud. "Strife, look out!!"
"What?!" Cloud turned around. Surprisingly, he was thrown towards Sephiroth when a huge explosion occurred behind him. "Gah!!!"
"Oof!" Sephiroth fell backwards with Cloud on top of him.
"Damn, what was that..." Cloud got off Sephiroth squinting his eyes.
Right in front of them, now, was the work of a demon. It was a some sort of wall with a face. Claws were seen at each end of the upper wall. It was an alienated monster.
It was Jenova.
"Ah, damn! Knew this was gonna happen!" Barret readied his gun arm. "Get yer spiky ass up, Cloud! We're gonna finish this bastard!"
Cloud grunted as he stood up. He pulled off his sword from behind and readied for a fight. "Sephiroth...for once, help me fight this thing." Thankfully, he saw the man position his long sword near his eye. "Thanks, Seph."
"This is a total waste of time." Sephiroth muttered to himself.
"Just three of us will be okay." Cloud whispered to his party. Soon, Jenova was approaching them. "Aeris!!" He called. "Get everyone else out of here!! Take the Chocobos!!"
"But Cloud--" The flower girl protested.
"Go on, Aeris!! They'll make sure no one takes you this time!"
Aeris was by the stairway merely looking at Cloud. "...All right!" Finally, she was able to convince herself. "Everyone, c'mon!" She climbed out of the stairway while everyone else left the house. Heading out, she noticed Kenshin wasn't moving at all. "Kenshin, let's go!"
"Iya, Eirisu-dono. I'm fighting with Kuraudo-san."
"No!" Aeris grabbed Kenshin's arms. "Don't you get it?? Jenova is a powerful being--"
"I know...but I can't abandon my friends."
"Kenshin, please! Listen to me!" Aeris was almost pleading. It was then that Jenova's battle had begun. "Save your skills for Kaoru!"
"Demo--"
"She'll need it!!"
Kenshin looked straight into Aeris' eyes. ...She's right. Finally, he nodded. "Let's go." He left the house together with Aeris.
But before Aeris could leave the house, she turned around to the battle where Cloud is. Good luck. Finally, she turned and left. She rushed over to Yahiko and helped him up to a Chocobo with Sano. Tifa was the one who pushed everyone into riding one.
"Aeris!"
Aeris turned around to Tifa.
"Our Chocobo is waiting, hurry!"
Aeris nodded and followed Tifa. She rode on the Gold Chocobo with Tifa beside the black one with Cid and Yuffie on it.
"Cait Sith!" Tifa turned her Chocobo around to face the machine. "Are you sure you can catch up with us??"
Cait Sith nodded. "Sure thing, Tif! Besides, we can't fit on a Chocobo..."
Tifa nodded. Her Chocobo jogged to the front where she spoke to everyone. "We'll head for Mt. Nibel! It's our only route!" She turned to Kenshin who was on a Green Chocobo with Vincent. "Don't get lost. If you want to see Kaoru, again..."
"Hai!" Kenshin nodded with determination.
"Watch Yahiko and Sano." Tifa's Chocobo turned and left quickly upon her command. The others followed.
*****
"Hya!" Cloud somersaulted to Jenova's back and ducked missing another one of her energy rays. He leapt into a back flip and hopped backwards missing two of them. "You're harder than I thought!" He moved his sword in front of him in a diagonal manner as a green ring surrounded him blowing wind upwards. He twirled his equipping it back to his suspender. He moved his fists forward and bent his knees lowering his whole body.
A huge green sparkling orb approached Jenova and exploded into green air. It was repeated five times with Jenova getting weaker and weaker each turn.
Cloud used the opportunity to cast Regen to his whole party.
Sephiroth, on the other hand, didn't seem to need it. He was floating in the air. He moved his right hand over to his face, the same green ring around him, and casted it to Jenova surrounding her with a cold mist. A huge crystal shaped ice appeared inside the ring of mist and created icicles around it. It exploded into shards causing cuts in Jenova's skin.
Barret had been firing ever since the battle began. Up 'til now, he wasn't letting go. "C'MON, FINISH IT UP!"
Cloud zoomed forward and slashed on Jenova twice, the second one stronger. He leapt backwards as Jenova began to shake and disappear into nothingness.
Finally, Barret lowered his gun arm. He dropped to his butt heavily, tired of what Sephiroth had told him to do. "Damn! Remind me never to listen to this guy again!"
"Heh, felt like your arm was gonna come off with the bullets, huh?" Cloud kidded, panting.
"Yeah!!"
"Heh...well, that was a wise idea. Thanks to you, I think we were able to finish Jenova more easily than without you shooting bullets."
Sephiroth landed on the floor, as if he had not exerted effort to finishing Jenova. "It's getting dark, Strife."
"I know." Cloud approached Sephiroth equipping his sword back. He offered his hand to Barret who gladly took it and stood up. "No time to lose. We'll rest in Cosmo Canyon."
"What??" Barret spat. "No Nibelheim??"
"C'mon, Barret. I'm dead tired. But they'd probably be biting their nails by the time we get there."
Barret turned to Sephiroth for help but a mere stare was given. "Ah...^&%^!! Awright! Let's go!"
*****
"Cloud!!" Both Tifa and Aeris called as they rushed towards the newcomers. Tifa gave Cloud a tight hug. "We were so worried!"
"Yeah...I can see that..." Cloud gave a small laugh hugging his old friend.
Tifa broke the gesture and stepped aside for the other girl to get the chance to hold her friend.
Aeris was different, though. She threw herself over to Cloud almost causing him to stumble backwards.
"Whoah!" Cloud moved his feet backward to regain balance with the woman clinging onto him. "Aeris, I'm fine!" He said laughing still.
"I guess I'm just so happy to see you're fine." Aeris hopped back to the ground smiling at Cloud. "Huh?" Her happy look turned into a questioning one. "Where's Sephiroth?"
"Sephiroth?" Cloud looked around, only to see the man heading to the inn. "Oh." He pointed behind Aeris.
Aeris turned around and watched the man enter the place. She turned to Tifa who just broke a hug from Barret. "Hi, Barret!" She waved and approached the huge man.
"Hey!" Barret greeted back and hugged Aeris back when the latter had done so.
Aeris broke the gesture sooner. "The others are waiting for you. C'mon..."
*****
Kaoru, though a very brave woman, looked on the metal cuffs around her body with fear. She was laid on a white table of some sort inside a huge glass container. She gasped when she heard the machine whirling. Her heart beat fast when the table rose into a standing position. From there, she watched the lunatic scientist head from one side of the lab to another. "W, what are you doing?!"
Hojo stopped from his work and turned calmly to Kaoru. "What am I doing?"
"I don't have to repeat what I just said!!"
Hojo snickered and walked slowly towards Kaoru, his back hunched and his hands on his back. "Simple: I'm going to clone you."
Clone! Kaoru shook her head. "Impossible! Cloning humans are impossible!"
"Oh...but it is..." Hojo snickered. "Have you met my son and Cloud?"
"Kuraudo-san...yes, I've met Kuraudo-san...but not your son..."
Hojo was still snickering. "One of them is a human clone, I'll let you guess who. As for my son...I'll leave it hanging." He returned to his work.
Kaoru's eyes enlarged. "One...of them...is...a clone...?" She shuddered upon the thought. "At least...at least whoever is the clone has a good heart! Even if it's not given to him by a mother! Unlike yours!!"
Hojo paused from his work. But soon, his finger had moved and pressed a button.
Kaoru gave a short shriek when the machine began to move again. Kami-sama...Kami-sama, please don't let me die...don't let me die...Kenshin... She closed her eyes. A tear rolled down her cheek. Kenshin...I hope I've told you sooner...that I love you...so we could have spent more time together...demo...I might die now...
The screen showed Kaoru's physical body in 3D and graph. Each detail of her skin was listed down on the screen. Hojo's eyeglasses reflected what was being shown.
Hojo...
The familiar voice called.
Hojo gave a mischievous smile. "Back so soon, Jenova?"
Yesss...
"How have they been?"
Not much has changed...they have grown quite stronger...yet still frail...
Hojo chuckled and entered commands for phase 2 of Kaoru's cloning.
Kaoru gasped when green smoke entered her container from the roof and floor. "Yamete! Onegai, yamete!!" But she was not heard. She coughed from the smoke surrounding her.
The screen revealed a copy of her systems acquired by the Mako smoke Hojo had released. "You shouldn't be a very difficult specimen...." It was time for phase 3...the last one. His finger moved to press a button.
Kaoru saw a syringe reveal itself from the roof. It was pointing right at her. She didn't know if she could take such inhumanity any longer.
Hojo gave an evil grin. "Sweet dreams." The syringe flew and a grunt was heard.
*****
Kaoru-dono... Kenshin repeated the name in his mind. He was seated in front of the undying flame to keep himself warm from the cold night. I miss you...I worry about you... His mind began to replay wonderful events he had with Kaoru...
When she was still with him...
I'll save you, Kaoru-dono...don't worry...I'll save you... A tear ran down Kenshin's scar. Even if it takes my life...
*****
"I thought you're dead tired from your battle with Jenova."
"Huh?" Cloud turned around and saw Aeris approaching him. "Aeris, what are you doing up so late?" He watched the woman sit beside him. He was on a canyon. The cold wind doesn't seem to be doing a very good job of convincing him to sleep. His feet was slightly apart, knees bent. His arms were each on one knee.
"Well...can I say I have no reason at all?" Aeris smiled at Cloud sitting with her feet together and knees bent while her hands supported her at the back. "Actually, I can't sleep. It's pretty lonely down there. Then I saw you up here. What about you?"
Cloud sighed. "Nothing new, same reason..." He looked at the night sky. "Couldn't sleep...and I have a lot of things in my head."
"You've always been like that."
"Huh?" Cloud turned to Aeris.
"In deep thought..."
"...I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for Sephiroth." Cloud joked setting his left leg to the soil while his left hand supported his body.
Aeris giggled.
Cloud's gentle eyes were settled on the giggling Aeris. Soon, he found himself caressing the woman's cheek.
Aeris bent her neck to the right feeling ticklish.
Cloud fixed his position and moved his body towards Aeris' neck setting a trail of kisses.
Aeris didn't stop him, her eyes were closed as the man went on. Soon, she moved her hand on Cloud's lips making the man look at her. She smiled. "Get to the point, Strife...!"
Cloud smiled as well and indulged Aeris into a romantic kiss on her lips. His hands moved around Aeris and pushed her closer towards him. His chest felt the humps on his woman's beautiful body.
Aeris' left arm was around Cloud's nape while her right hand was holding his head from moving away. She wanted the kiss to last longer...
And Cloud is granting her wish...
Terms:
1. Regen - a curative spell that gradually increases the HP of the target.
2.. Yamete! Onegai, yamete!! - Stop it! Please, stop it!!
Liv: :(
Cloud: What now??
Onna: -munches on chicken burger-
Liv: I wanted to make the story longer!!!
Cloud: What?? That's it?? Well, no one's stopping you!
Liv: B, but...with the CxA scene up there I...I can't seem to go on~!!!
Onna: It's romantic enough.
Cloud: Goodness! That ending alone was too much! ...ummm...maybe you really shouldn't go on any further...
Liv: Shaddap! *bonks Cloud*
Kenshin: 0_0x
Cloud: Ouch!
Liv: Now, what was I supposed to say again? Oh yeah! That with LGStrife around: NO story finishes WITHOUT a CxA scene! MURHAHAHAHA!!! XD
Kenshin, Kaoru and Onna: ^^;;
Cloud: *rubs bonked spot*