Just when I was about to tell you how I feel
By: Sephy-Kun
Sephiroth woke up three days after the incident with Anoea. He awoke in a bed, with bandages on him where all his cuts and wounds were, and had his left arm in a sling. As Sephiroth moaned and rotated his neck and all, Usagi greeted him by the door with a smile. "Good morning Sephiroth." Sephiroth looked at her as she walked over and sat down on a stool next to him. "How are you feeling?" Sephiroth smiled a bit, "Better." Usagi smiled, "That's good." Sephiroth then looked around, "Hey Usagi, where's that needle I took from Anoea?" Usagi smiled, "Why I have it here with me."
Usagi pulled out the needle and showed it to Sephiroth. "Inject that stuff into my left arm Usagi." Usagi brushed the hair out of her face and continued to smile, "Ok." Usagi gently tore off the bandages around Sephiroth's arm, and injected the needle into his arm. Sephiroth watched as she pushed the needle, and the fluid gushed into his arm. Sephiroth then looked at Usagi, who was smiling, "Why are you smiling so much all the sudden?" Usagi looked at him and blushed a bit, "Because I'm glad to actually see you awake and hear your voice."
"You mean to tell me you were worried about me?"
"Well…. I was hoping that you wouldn't die, and regain consciousness soon. So I'm happy to see that you're awake and ok."
Sephiroth smiled and shook his head, "Of course I'd regain consciousness, I'm Sephiroth." Usagi giggled and took the needle out of his arm while he smiled. "How does your arm feel?" Sephiroth slowly lifted his left arm up, and then he clenched his fist and grinned. "It worked!" Usagi smiled and looked at him happily, "That's great!"
Sephiroth then rose out of bed, and sat up right. Sephiroth grabbed his black shirt and put it on, and he looked at Usagi who was smiling. "Ya know… you really do have a kind and gentle heart Usagi." Usagi blushed slightly, "Thanks." Sephiroth then got out of bed, and walked out the door. When he got to the doorway he paused, and turned and looked at Usagi. "Oh, I almost forgot to ask. How's your mouth doing Usagi?" Usagi blinked, then smiled, "Why it's fine. Don't worry, that was just like a love tap, it didn't hurt much." Sephiroth rubbed his head nervously, "Yeah, through everything that happened and all the confusion, I forgot to ask. So I'm sorry about that." Usagi shook her head with a smile; "It's ok Sephiroth."
Sephiroth smiled a bit, "If you say so."
Sephiroth then walked downstairs and sat on the couch, and Usagi followed him into the living room. "Oh yeah! College today! I've been out so many day's now!!" Usagi giggled and shook her head, "Sephiroth, its Sunday. There's no schooling today." Sephiroth looked over at her and chuckled, "Oh, ok." Usagi smiled and giggled while Sephiroth rubbed his head.
Usagi sat down on the couch near Sephiroth, and picked up a book and began to read. Sephiroth started to think to himself. "Is it possible that I am becoming more human? It's true that I am becoming weaker, and that I am getting more emotions and such. It is plausible, that since I'm not as influenced by the Jenova cells as before, I could be losing them." Usagi glanced up from her book at Sephiroth, then looked back at her book and continued to read.
Sephiroth got up and decided to turn on the radio to liven the room. "Old classic rock huh?" The radio played old classical songs, and Sephiroth sat on the couch and just lied his head back and listened to the radio, while Usagi read.
After awhile, Usagi closed her book, got up and stretched. She looked at Sephiroth and smiled, "Hey, how about we get out and do some stuff together." Sephiroth looked up at her, "Why?" Usagi shrugged, "Cause we haven't really done anything together, and it's always good to spend time with each other." Sephiroth made a face and got up, "I suppose... so what would you want to do?" Usagi licked her lips and grinned, "How about we go out to like a park or something first, then do stuff together later on." Sephiroth hid his smile and chuckled, "Sounds fine to me." Usagi smiled happily and squawked happily, "Thank you Sephiroth." Sephiroth walked to the door and opened it, "No problem." But to himself he thought, "It's a stupid way to waste time, but wasting time isn't so bad with her around."
Usagi spent the next hour packing stuff into her car, and Sephiroth was outside just looking around at nature. Usagi finished and came up behind him, "Ready to go?" Sephiroth turned around with a calm, pleasing look, "Yeah. Ready when you are." Usagi smiled and closed her eyes, "Great, let's go!" She also thought to herself, "I've never seen him smile like that. Wonder why he's so happy?"
Sephiroth turned around and looked at her, "Ready to go?" Usagi smiled and nodded. They then got inside the car, and Usagi drove them off. While she was driving, she noticed Sephiroth keep starring out the window, looking at things. "Whatcha lookin at?"
"Nature."
"Nature?"
"Yeah, It's beautiful."
"Yeah, I agree."
Sephiroth looked back at her, and she continued to drive carefully, but fast. "We'll go to the park first, alright Sephiroth." Sephiroth nodded, "Alright." Usagi then, after about 15 minutes, reached the Silver Park. Silver Park was the most beautiful park in all of Japan, consisting of a multitude of different plant life, and animal inhabitants.
Then Usagi parked the car, and her and Sephiroth got out. Sephiroth grabbed all the stuff, and held onto it while Usagi put on her sunglasses and walked up to him. "Ready?" Sephiroth nodded, and Usagi skipped and found a nice open plain for them to set up. Sephiroth then lied down the huge blanket, and set down the cooler, and sat down while Usagi sat down too. "So we're picnicking here is that it?" Usagi looked at him with a smile, "Of course. Don't tell me in your previous time you were so dull and dead that you never had one before." Sephiroth just gave a half-smile, "Of course I've had one before. Do you honestly think I ascertain no shred of humanity, and that I have never been a kid before?"
Usagi didn't comment, just simply lied back and stared at the sky. She watched the wind blow the leaves across the sky, and then stop to let the leaves fall, and to her it seemed as if the leaves were dancing. Sephiroth looked at her for a bit, smiling to himself, then looked back up in the sky and watched the leaves fall. "What a sight huh." Sephiroth answered her, "What, the dying leaves are a splendor to your gleaming eyes gazing upon them. You know that the falling leaves symbolizes death, thus for you think that death is a fascinating event huh?" Usagi then sat up quickly and gazed at him, "No! Jesus Sephiroth, what is with you sometimes? I'm talking about the beauty of nature, and watching it in action, not about the splendor of death!" Sephiroth smiled at her, "I know, I was just merely having fun with you woman."
"Don't call me woman!"
"Ok, girl."
Usagi growled and Sephiroth laughed. Usagi crossed her arms, "Whatever, are we going to eat or what?" Sephiroth smiled, "I was waiting for you to start it." Usagi then opened the cooler and pulled out the sandwiches and drinks, and they both sat there silently eating. Usagi said kindly, "I hope you like it Sephy." Sephiroth looked at her, "Sephy?" Usagi smiled, "Yup Sephy, its my nickname for you, cause it's so much easier than always saying Sephiroth." Sephiroth raised an eyebrow, "You are one strange woman." Usagi smiled and said, "Why thank you. I always wanted to be recognized for my strangeness." Sephiroth grinned, "I see sarcasm is not a stranger to you." Usagi continued eating and said, "Muf kort rot." Sephiroth blinked, "What?" Usagi swallowed, "I said of course not."
Sephiroth just shook his head and continued eating, and Usagi finished her drink. After Sephiroth finished his sandwich, he drank and said, "Yes I do."
"You do what?"
"Like what you prepared."
"Why thank you Sephy."
Sephiroth then finished, and he and Usagi got up. Sephiroth looked at her, "So what now?" Usagi finished putting away the blanket and cooler and thought, "Hmmm...Well there's a carnival over there, wanna go to it?" Sephiroth shrugged, "Sure, why not." Usagi walked over to him and looked at him, "You don't show much emotions ya know." Sephiroth smiled, "It's just the way I am." Sephiroth and Usagi walked up to the entrance of the Carnival that was about 500ft. away from where they where just picnicking, and they walked up to purchase their tickets. "Two please." The gatekeeper asked for $75, and Sephiroth exchanged the $75 for the two tickets, and Usagi and Sephiroth entered the amusement park. "Where gonna have fun Sephy." Sephiroth thought to himself, "You don't know the half of it."
The gatekeeper watched Sephiroth enter and then grinned. "Well my son, you're going to have a hell of a time." Then the gatekeeper pulled out a remote with one button and pushed it. He then put the remote away, took out his contacts and put on his glasses, and greeted the next family that came up to him to gain entrance to the park.
Meanwhile, Sephiroth and Usagi walked around and looked at the rides and games. "Hey Sephy! Let's go on a rollercoaster!" Sephiroth smiled a bit, "Alright." They went up to the rollercoaster and waited in line. "Damn, I wonder how many people are here today." Usagi looked at Sephiroth, "Hey, show some patience Sephy, not much longer." 15 minutes later, they still stood in the same place and Sephiroth looked at her, "Not much longer huh?"
"Hey we'll get there."
"We haven't moved a bit, and this is pretty pointless standing and not advancing in line at all."
"Patience Sephy."
"Patience was never one of my strong points."
"So I noticed."
After 45 minutes, they finally got up to the rollercoaster, one of the advanced designs where you ride in an invisible cart on an invisible track, so it appears that the cart is flying through the air. It took off at a blazing speed, and Usagi screeched and raised her hands as her and Sephiroth's hair went flying back and they went zooming down the invisible track. The cart went down deep, made sharp turns to the left and right, made a loop and went down further, until it finally started to slowly go up. "Sephy, I think I'm going to be sick..." Sephiroth looked at her and grinned, "Weak stomach I take it." Usagi glared at him, "Shut up." Sephiroth then shook his head and wrapped his arm around Usagi and pulled her closer to him and she blushed a bit, "What are you doing Sephy?" Sephiroth looked up, "Well holding you close so you can close your eyes or whatever and not get sick and exert your sickness all over me." Usagi smiled a bit and sighed, "Mmm-hmm."
The cart keep going up and up until they were high as the clouds and breathing became harder to do. "Um, Usagi....how high does this go?" Usagi had her eyes closed and stayed close to Sephiroth breathing hard, "I...think this...is as high....as it....goes.." And just then, the cart reached the point where it was not moving, until it tipped strait and leaned down, then flew down with tremendous speed. Usagi held Sephiroth tightly and screamed and Sephiroth smiled, "Wow this is cool!" The cart went all the way down, did three loops, five sharp turns in both directions, went down some more, then slowed as they moved up and went back to the station and stopped. Sephiroth then stood up and looked down at Usagi who was still sitting down. "Time to go Usagi." Usagi looked up, "Yeah, just give me a minute." Sephiroth then picked her up and carried her off the rollercoaster and down to the main ground and set her down. "Better now?" Usagi looked at him and smiled a bit, "Yeah."
"Well no sense in standing around here, lets go and find another ride." Usagi nodded, "But no fast crazy rides." Sephiroth shook his head and shrugged, "Sure. Take all the fun out of it." Usagi smiled, "Maybe later ok, just not now." Sephiroth began to walk, "Alright." Usagi walked with him and she stopped. "Sephiroth there!" Usagi pointed to the giant ferris wheel, "Sephy lets go on that. Please?" Sephiroth looked and gave a displeasing look, "The ferris wheel.....well I guess so." Usagi smiled, "Thank you Sephy. Now lets go." They walked over, and instantly got on for there was no line. "I wonder why there was no line for the ferris wheel!?" Usagi glanced at Sephiroth, "Don't be so cynical Sephiroth! Just enjoy the ride. I mean at least you get to see all of the park right." Sephiroth shrugged, "I guess."
They walked into the line, and stood there for a few minutes before they got up to the front and was allowed admittance on one of the ferris wheel carts. "This'll be fun Sephy!" Sephiroth raised an eyebrow and muttered "Sure," under his breath as the ferris wheel slowly started up. It went up about 3 carts length before it stopped, and remained still for 2 minutes. After that it started up again and stopped shortly after. It continued a couple of more times as Seph and Usagi's cart was reaching the top. "Too many stops, and the ride's way to slow." Usagi looked at him, "Well the ride lets you enjoy the beauty of the park, not to be some thrill ride." Sephiroth looked down, then up, "Yeah I guess."
Just then, their cart reached the top and stopped. "Look Sephy! We're at the top!" Fireworks went off in the sky as they out into the sky. Sephiroth then looked down upon the park and scanned it with his eyes while Usagi looked at him. "Whatcha lookin for Sephy?" Sephiroth continued looking, then after awhile looked up and smiled at her. "I'm just looking out for us." Usagi shook her head, "Sephiroth, the worlds not always out to get you. You need to learn how to just unwind and enjoy life as it passes you by."
Sephiroth leaned back on the cart and exhaled, "I guess, it's plausible." Sephiroth then wrapped his arm around Usagi's shoulder gently and looked up while smiling. Usagi blushed a bit while smiling, "And just what do you think you're doing Sephy?" Sephiroth turned to her while still smiling, "Unwinding and enjoying life as it passes me by." Usagi smiled and rested back against his arm and closed her eyes. The ferris wheel then slowly went down, and Usagi and Sephiroth got off when the cart returned to the ground.
Usagi and Sephiroth walked around the park for a bit, looking at all the different events and activities. Just then, Usagi laid eyes upon a "Larvineaus's Magical World" sign posted on a tent. "Sephiroth, let's go there!" Sephiroth looked, "Magical world huh...?" Usagi grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the tent, "It'll be fun! Come on let's go!" Sephiroth simply let her guide him into the tent. Once they entered, Usagi was amazed at what she saw while Sephiroth glanced around expressionless.
A cloud of smoke mysteriously crept in and started to swirl around like a hurricane. The smoke was a crimson red, Usagi was amazed while Sephiroth just stared at it. The smoke exploded into flashing bright lights, the lights sparkled brightly around the room and lit the room up. Then the lights faded away and the room was pitch black. Then, the lights lighted back up and Usagi awed in amazement, "Ooh! That was cool."
"It was a mere optical illusion, though one might call it magic." Usagi looked and saw a figure standing where the smoke was. He was wearing a long while robe and his hands where folded around his back and he stood there staring at Usagi. "Did you say that?" Usagi asked the man in the robe, and he nodded. "How rude of me, let me welcome you to my humble abode. Welcome to Larvineaus's Magical World, the one place where anything is possible." Usagi looked at him and smiled, "So what can you do? Anything magical?" Larvineaus looked at her, "Why of course miss...?"
"Usagi. Usagi Tsukino."
"And you're friend?"
"Why that's Sephiroth."
Sephiroth looked at Usagi and she looked at him and smiled. "Sephiroth huh? I've heard of you before," said Larvineaus. Sephiroth looked at him, "I'll bet you have." Larvineaus then looked at Usagi, "Usagi....how would you like to visit another dimension?" Usagi smiled, "I think that'd be cool." Larvineaus grinned, "It is." Usagi stood there while Larvineaus pointed his palms at her and started chanting, "Sune ma, conne chou, korath de korath korma!" In an instant, Usagi disappeared from inside the tent and when she opened her eyes she was in a huge room with crystal sphere's floating in the air. "Wow! This is new." Usagi began walking around and exploring the area.
Sephiroth looked at Larvineaus, "Impressive sorcery." Larvineaus grinned, "Why thank you. That means a lot coming from the great Sephiroth." Sephiroth paused for a moment and then asked, "Where did you send her?" Larvineaus chuckled, "I put her away in a safe keeping, I don't want her to watch her friend die." Sephiroth looked at him sharply, "Is that so?" Larvineaus held up a snow dome and showed it to Sephiroth, "Exactly." Sephiroth saw Usagi walking around the snow dome, then he watched Larvineaus shake it and snow flurried fly everywhere inside the dome.
Usagi was screaming from inside the dome, "Whoa! It's an earthquake!" Larvineaus then tossed the snow dome over in the corner, "Just so you know, I'm being paid a huge amount of money to waste you Sephiroth." Sephiroth looked up and said, "Let me guess...Hojo." Larvineaus grinned, "Yeah, the scientific guy. He said he'd pay me 24 million yen if I could kill you." Sephiroth looked at him and grinned, "You know...you don't stand a chance against me Larvineaus." Then Larvineaus got a serious look on his face, "We'll see about that. You shouldn't be so arrogant Sephiroth, you can easily be defeated." Sephiroth shook his head, "Hypocrite, like you're one to talk."
Larvineaus then chanted and the scenery around them began to change. Sephiroth's hair was blowing extensively in the wind as he just starred at Larvineaus and grinned. The scenery then stopped and they where out on a mountain range and it was snowing a blizzard. Larvineaus took off his robe and threw it aside, then drew his sword out. Sephiroth watched him and just smiled at him. "Well come on Sephiroth! Let's see what you got!"
Larvineaus then lunged at Sephiroth and started slashing away, and he slashed right through Sephiroth, and then his split body fell off the mountain. Larvineaus smiled, "All to easy. I told you not to get arrogant you bastard, and look what happened." Larvineaus began to laugh, "I should say the same to you." Larvineaus stopped laughing and looked back over at the spot in which he was standing before he made his attack. "I-It can't be." Sephiroth stood there smiling with his arms folded, "Arrogance is a flaw, especially in your case." Larvineaus growled, "There's no way you could have avoided that! No one's that fast." Sephiroth smiled, "No one except me."
Larvineaus got into a fighting stance and held his sword vertically and had the blade turned horizontally to make it seem if the blade divided his face in two. "Well then, shall we start?" Sephiroth continued to smile, "Whenever you're ready." Larvineaus then lowered the sword to his waist and had the tip of his sword going away from his body off to his side. "Then draw your sword Sephiroth, so that we can begin." Sephiroth then smiled and just motioned for Larvineaus to come towards him. "Bastard, you'll regret this!"
Larvineaus dashed at him and begun to swing full scale at Sephiroth, and Sephiroth simply evaded all of his attacks, not letting a single blow connect. "Think you're all that huh!? Well take this!" Larvineaus then kicked Sephiroth, but Sephiroth grabbed his foot and flung him into the snow on the mountain. Larvineaus then flipped up and tried to stab Sephiroth but missed, then Sephiroth tripped him, sending his face back into the snow.
"Give up now and I'll let you live, if you insist on carrying on this foolish behavior, I'll have to kill you." Larvineaus got up, "If you think you can...go right ahead." Larvineaus then charged up and screamed a terrible scream. Sephiroth backed up a bit as dark energy surrounded Larvineaus, and Sephiroth watched as Larvineaus transformed. His ears where now at the top of his head, he grew a long tail, his muscles expanded, and his hands where covered in fur. He had whiskers and huge yellow eyes. Sephiroth backed up and withdrew his sword, "What are you?"
Larvineaus growled and hunched over and snarled at Sephiroth, "I am Tygerous! And I will kill you!" Tygerous then lunged with incredible speed at Sephiroth and swung his blade at him. Sephiroth blocked it with his sword, "You're some kind of tiger-man." Tygerous snarled and rammed Sephiroth with his shoulder and kicked him of the mountain onto a lower one. Sephiroth plummeted into the snow, and in an instant later, Tygerous came charging down into the snow after him. Tygerous slashed Sephiroth's cheek and grabbed his hand and bit his arm. Sephiroth yelled and punched Tygerous off him with his other hand, and then he floated up in the air.
Tygerous looked up and snarled, Sephiroth then pointed his hand at Tygerous and whirled a lightning blast at Tygerous. Tygerous dodged it and ran up a mountain vertically. "That...thing is fast. It can also defy the laws of physics." Tygerous jumped with incredible power off the mountain and into Sephiroth, knocking him to the ground. Tygerous raised his sword and Sephiroth flashed his sword up and took Tygerous's hand. Tygerous growled as his hand holding his sword flew off his arm and down the mountain.
Sephiroth then kicked Tygerous off him and got up, but Tygerous flipped back at Sephiroth and knocked the Masume out of his hands and pounced on Sephiroth. Tygerous began snapping at Sephiroth, trying to bite off his head. Sephiroth grabbed Tygerous's mouth to keep it from biting him, and Sephiroth struggled and tried to break his jaw, but Tygerous clawed him on the side of his face and jumped off and ran back. Sephiroth then got up and shook the blood off him and cured himself. Tygerous let out a horrifying screech and he began to shine a bright red. Sephiroth kneeled down on one knee and watched.
"I'll Kill you!!" Tygerous began charging at an incredible speed towards Sephiroth, and Sephiroth simply watched and waited. Just when Tygerous was near, Sephiroth summoned the Masume back into his hands and did a quick 180 spin. Tygerous then ran past and stopped, Sephiroth stood up and sheathed his sword, and Tygerous was left sans a head.
Sephiroth turned around and watched Tygerous turn back into Larvineaus and he was coughing. "You....you bested me.....you bastard." Sephiroth looked down at the head, "Hojo knew you wouldn't be able to kill me, you've been fooled." Larvineaus attempted to laugh but ended up just hacking, "You're the fool Sephiroth...you're not as great....as you think....haha...." Sephiroth looked at him, "What do you mean?" Larvineaus attempted to laugh again, "You'll see..."
As Larvineaus gave his last breath, Sephiroth appeared back in the tent and Usagi was in the corner shaking her head. Sephiroth looked over and smiled, "There you are." Usagi slowly stood up and stretched a bit, "Hey, I was in another dimension Sephy. You shoulda been there cause it was really weird. Hey, where's that Larvineaus guy anyways?" Sephiroth began to walk out of the tent, "Oh, he retired." Usagi walked after him, "Whatever, you just don't want to te....Sephiroth! You're bleeding!" Sephiroth looked at her, "Hm? Bleeding, don't be silly. I cured myself already" Usagi then grabbed his arm and walked up to a life sized mirror. "See!" Sephiroth looked and touched his cheek and his arm, "Ow...that hurts. I didn't get cured? But how? I know I cured myself."
Usagi looked at him worryingly, "What happened!?" Sephiroth just stared at the mirror and touched his face, "Don't worry bout it. I just don't see why I'm not cured and I'm in pain. It's not like I was hit with white materia." Usagi looked up at him, "Well you're hurt...we should go." Sephiroth looked at her, "Nah...I'm alright. Let's not let this little incident ruin our fun alright." Usagi breathed deeply, "Ok. Well what do you suppose we do next?" Sephiroth looked around at the rides, "Hmmm. Let's go do that thing." Sephiroth pointed at a ride called the "Cyclone," and Usagi looked at him, "Alright. Let's go."
As they approached the ride, a man in a science uniform approached them. Sephiroth glared at him, "Hojo." Hojo smiled, "And how is my son doing?" Sephiroth wanted to draw his sword and strike Hojo down, but he knew better than to attempt something of that grandeur in public, and he knew that Hojo knew that too. "Having fun I hope." Sephiroth looked down at him, "Shut up. I don't know what you want Hojo, but I know your presence has some meaning, after sending one of your experimental rejects after me." Hojo sighed, "Ah yes. Larvineaus was...pathetic. I needed someone to take care of him, excuse me if it seemed a bit harsh, but you did as I had expected, thus I'm proud." Hojo then shook his head , "Though I can't believe how he attacked you without hesitation. Look at you Sephiroth, people use to fear you…..now you're a joke." Sephiroth looked at him, "Shut up. I need not have people fear me."
Usagi looked at Hojo angrily, "So it was him, he scarred Sephiroth like that!?" Hojo looked at Usagi, "Why yes. I do apologize for any inconveniences miss..." Usagi was about to speak when Sephiroth interrupted, "Her name is of no concern to you." Hojo grinned, "Be that as it may, I guess I shall see you later son." Sephiroth looked at him with flaming eyes, "We'll see about that....Hojo."
Hojo walked away and chuckled to himself, "I knew my serum would render him vulnerable. Now it's only a matter of time." Hojo walked out of sight, and Sephiroth didn't take his eyes off him until he was gone. Sephiroth thought to himself, "Hojo, I will bury you. I shall make sure this world is cleansed of your existence, even if I have to kill myself to kill you." Usagi then looked up at him, "Sephy...that Hojo guy gives me the creeps. I don't like him at all." Sephiroth blinked and looked at her, "Well don't worry bout him. Instead think about the fun we'll have on this next ride." Usagi smiled, "Alright, then lets go Sephy."
They walked up to the line and stood in line, waiting for admittance. Usagi observed the ride, and she felt a bit nervous about riding it based upon what she observed. The Cyclone was a huge construction that flipped people on a cart for amusement. The people on the ride shrieked and screamed as they were being flipped and flung all about in the air. Usagi looked at it and then looked at Sephiroth. Sephiroth looked down at her, "Hey, it'll be fun Usagi…trust me." Usagi just breathed out loud and smiled, "We'll see."
After waiting in line for 15 minutes, they finally got up to the front of the line, and were seated in one of the carts. Usagi looked worried as they were strapped in, and she looked scared. The ride instantly shot their cart up into the air and they where caught between the two magnetic gravity poles, which caused the cart to flip and send them up and down at tremendous velocity. Usagi screamed and closed her eyes as Sephiroth just smiled with his eyes open and sat there relaxing, as if he were meditating. Usagi then, through being scared as hell, grabbed onto Sephiroth and held onto him tightly.
After 5 minutes, the cart then landed back on the bottom platform and the gravitation pull was shut off, and the ride was over. Sephiroth looked down at Usagi, who had her head buried down in Sephiroth's chest and her arms clinging around him. Sephiroth smiled, "Usagi…the rides over now." Usagi sat up right and looked at Sephiroth, "Yeah…well we can get off now…finally." Sephiroth unbuckled himself; "It was only 5 minutes." Usagi looked at him, "5 minutes of hell." Sephiroth chuckled as he got out and Usagi got out after him and caught up to him.
Sephiroth walked on while looking at other rides and Usagi walked along side him. "Um… Sephy….What next?" Sephiroth walked up to a bench and sat down and looked at her, "I don't know, whatever you want to do Usagi." Usagi sat down next to him; "Well that kind of attitude doesn't help Sephiroth." Sephiroth then looked at her with a smile, "Hey, I'm just up for whatever you feel like doing." Usagi stood there and thought for a minute, "I know. Let's go get something to eat." Sephiroth stood up, "Alright then, let's go eat."
They walked over to a hot dog stand in the amusement park and got a couple of hotdogs and ate them. Usagi and Sephiroth then spent more time together riding a few more rides, and playing some of the games in the park. Sephiroth had one quite a couple of stuffed animals and Usagi won a few. Sephiroth gave all of his to her as a gift. Both of them had a good time, and then the sun began to set on them.
Usagi looked at Sephiroth, "Maybe we should go now…" Sephiroth smiled at her, "Yeah, well let's go." Sephiroth then snapped his finger and they where at Usagi's doorstep. Usagi blinked, "What about the car!?" The car then appeared in Usagi's driveway, and Usagi smiled, "Like I ever doubted you." Usagi then walked with Sephiroth up to her doorstep, she then opened the door and went in and Sephiroth stopped at her doorstep. Usagi looked at him after she put all of her stuffed animals away, "Come on in Sephy." Sephiroth looked down and quietly said, "I'm sorry Usagi…there's something I have to take care of." Usagi asked hesitantly, "Where are you going?" Sephiroth sighed, "It's better if you don't know…" Usagi looked at him and her stomach began to ache. "Oh….I see…," Usagi said sadly, "Well, whatever you do….take care." Sephiroth looked at her and smiled, "I will, so don't worry…" Usagi then walked up to him and hugged him, "Sephiroth…..I…..I….." Usagi took a deep breath and felt her heart racing, "I hope you come back." Sephiroth simply hugged back and spoke to her softly, "I will….so no worries. "
After Sephiroth let go, Usagi watched as he walked away from her house and into the forest, and disappeared in the night. Usagi then began to tear up and she closed the door quietly and walked inside and sat down in her chair. She picked up one of the stuffed animals and looked at it, "Oh Sephiroth…..why didn't I tell you? I-I wanted to tell you that I love you." Usagi then let a couple of tears flow down her face and she squeezed the stuffed animal, "Sephiroth….why do I have this feeling that I'm not going to see you again?" As her heart began to beat rapidly, Usagi continued to let the tears fall down her face as she got up and ran her hands through her hair and squeezed a bit. "Sephiroth….please come back un-harmed…" Usagi then, trying not to burst out in tears and only letting the tears fall slowly, got up and went up stairs to her room and lied down on her bed.
Sephiroth arrived at giant dirt field and looked down upon it. Sephiroth stood there and began to think, "What am I doing here? There's nothing here but a former life that I'm trying to leave behind." The wind blew dust as well as Sephiroth's hair, and his black cape. "Usagi….I should have told you. I should have told you how I feel for you." Sephiroth looked up at the moon and noticed how it shined bright, "A hunters moon, how lovely yet deadly" Sephiroth then began to walk away from the dirt area and flew up into the night sky.
As Sephiroth flew through the night air, he continued to think about his life, and if he could ever find peace. "Not until Hojo is dead…that's the only way I'll ever be able to live a normal and quiet life." Just then, Sephiroth was struck by lightning and shot with white materia. "AUGH!," Sephiroth screamed as he fell down into the woods. He fell into a pile of mud and was injured by his fall. Sephiroth slowly got up and tried whipping the mud from his face, when he was shot with a tar substance that stuck to him and left him paralyzed. Sephiroth then, using almost his last ounce of energy, made a tornado around him to blow away all of the tar and mud from off him.
Sephiroth then looked around for his attacker, and had his hands gripped the handle of his sword, but he kept it sheathed. Sephiroth looked around for awhile and then shouted, "Show yourself!" Just then, a person dressed in black walked out from behind a tree and stood about 50ft. away from Sephiroth. Sephiroth noticed that the person carried a sword in one hand and a dagger in the other, and he burrowed his eyebrows as he watched her walk towards him. "Stop! You're not the person who attacked me, and I have no quarrels with you." The person spoke softly, "But I have some with you. I am here to bring you in Sephiroth." Sephiroth drew his sword and held it firmly, "Very well, then waste no time and attack!"
The person ran towards Sephiroth fast and attacked with the sword, and Sephiroth blocked it. The person then kicked Sephiroth back, then flipped up onto a tree branch and flung 8 ninja darts consecutively at Sephiroth. Sephiroth blocked 7, and one of them skid his shoulder and Sephiroth grunted in pain as it struck him. The person then jumped down and cartwheeled around Sephiroth, dodging his sword swings, and kicked him in the face. Sephiroth fell back then caught his balance, "Damn…that person is fast! Incredibly fast….he's a ninja for sure." The person then delivered blow upon blow with his sword and Sephiroth blocked all of the blows, then he kicked the ninja in the stomach and he grunted and fell back. Sephiroth swung his sword down at the ninja, and he rolled out of the way and Sephiroth attacked constantly, only hitting the ground. The ninja then got up and flung the dagger with incredible velocity into Sephiroth's knee.
The ninja watched as Sephiroth fell, then walked up to him and stood over him, "Now come with me." Sephiroth pulled out the dagger, "And if I refuse?" The ninja held his sword firm, "That is not an option." Sephiroth then kicked the legs of the ninja and knocked him down, then he got up somewhat slowly and stood up. Sephiroth then walked carefully towards the ninja, and the ninja flipped up trying to kick Sephiroth's sword from his hands, and Sephiroth evaded and grabbed his foot and threw him into a tree. Sephiroth then ripped off a piece of his cape and wrapped it around his wound. Sephiroth pulled the cloth tight around his leg where the wound was and grunted in pain, for now he could ignore the pain of the wound and stand with perfect balance.
Just then the ninja shook his head and slowly got up. Sephiroth then lunged at the person and sliced his sword right through it. The tree then fell over, and the person was no where in sight. Sephiroth looked around for the person, and couldn't find him. "He must have fled….the person was incredibly fast, I'll give him that." Sephiroth then squeezed his leg and grunted more, he then tried curing himself with his magic. Sephiroth cast his magic upon himself, but didn't feel any change, "A-Are my powers gone!? Why isn't my curing powers working?" Sephiroth then shook his head and looked up, "I knew I shouldn't have come here, I should have just stayed with her….at least then I could have relaxed."
Sephiroth began walking though the woods and continued to think, "No…I can't have Usagi getting injured or put in danger on my behalf, which's why I have to find Hojo and kill him. Though, without my curing powers, I can't do anything yet…I'm going to have to tend to my wounds and rest up." As Sephiroth walked, he stopped and looked at a pond, and noticed how it seemed to sparkle and shine with the moonlight shining down on it. "Such beauty…too bad I'll never know peace such as this."
A poof of red smoke appeared out of nowhere, and Sephiroth was kicked in the back of his head and sent falling into the pond. Sephiroth immediately got up and out of the water and drew his sword. "So…it's you again! Come back to die!?" The ninja stood there and motioned for Sephiroth to come towards him, "Ya know, I ain't necessarily in a good mood, so you shouldn't have come back, ninja!" Sephiroth lunged and began to swing furiously at the ninja, and the ninja blocked all of Sephiroth's blows. The ninja was being pushed back by Sephiroth's might, and fell down while continuing to block Sephiroth's attacks. Sephiroth then constantly swung down, and the ninja blocked the blows until Sephiroth broke the ninja's sword. Sephiroth then reached down and picked the ninja up, threw him against a tree and rammed his sword right through the ninja's stomach. The ninja gasped as the sword went right through him and through the tree, and Sephiroth stood there and breathed hard while looking at the ninja.
Sephiroth then put his hand up to the ninja's face and spoke to him, "Now, before you die, I'll take a look at your face to see what kind of person you are." Sephiroth pulled off the hood of the ninja, and black hair fell down to the person's chest. Sephiroth's eyes widened as he looked upon the ninja's smooth and soft face, "You're….a woman." The woman then kicked Sephiroth, and he flung back onto his face. As Sephiroth looked up, he saw the woman put her hands on the handle of the Masume and slowly began to pull it from her stomach. Sephiroth got up, and watched her throw the Masume to his feet. He looked down at the sword, then looked up at her, "You have been infected with Jenova Cells." The woman then looked at him, "It's no use Sephiroth. Don't fight what you are, give in to your violent ways. You are a god, and you shall be one." Sephiroth picked up his sword and looked at her, "Who are you?" The woman smirked, "There's no time for questions such as impotent as that. What it is time for, is for you to reclaim your dark powers and rule like you should…..my son."
Sephiroth's eye's widened and his mouth opened as he stood there starring at the woman. "Mother….?" The woman then took off running through the woods, and Sephiroth ran after her. "No mother wait! That's you, isn't it Lucrecia!" The woman ran fast through the woods, but Sephiroth was right behind her, he wasn't about to let her out of his sight. Lucrecia then ran up a tree and started jumping from branch to branch with tremendous speed, and Sephiroth did the same thing, staying only a couple of feet behind her. Lucrecia then jumped down and ran into a cave, came out the top, ran through quicksand, bushes, thorns, Poison Ivy, and everything. When she looked back, she saw Sephiroth still behind her, not faltering, and she smiled while running. "That's just what I expected from my son."
She then stopped and Sephiroth caught up to her and stopped. "I'm sorry son, I can't stay and banter with you, I have some business to attend to at the Red Dragon hotel…and I can't have you following me either." Sephiroth held out his hand, "Mother wait…" Lucrecia then summoned up a giant dragon named Bahamut, who then swung at Sephiroth and knocked him through 6 trees, which all ended up collapsing ontop of him. Lucrecia sent Bahamut away and disappeared while smiling, "Soon son…you'll have all the glory in the world."
Usagi sat on her bed, she was listening to comforting music but she still felt down. Usagi sighed and lied back on her bed, and all she could think of was Sephiroth. She had put all of her stuffed on a rack opposite from her bed, so she could always look down at them from her bed. She then searched through her drawers and looked around her room, "Not even one picture! Sephiroth….if you don't return, the only physical memberance I'll have of you are those stuffed animals." She then sat there on the floor and looked down, "It feels weird….being away from you this long…although it's only been 3 or 4 hours. I don't like it none though."
Usagi then got up and went into the bathroom. When she turned on the light, she noticed her reflection in the mirror. Her face was red, and it was obvious that she was crying. She then walked over to the sink and began to brush her teeth. When she finished and rinsed, she looked at herself in the mirror and smiled sadly. "I'm so pathetic….crying over him like this. He's just gone for one night…..that's all." As Usagi began to floss her teeth, she continued to look at herself while smiling sadly. "One night….yeah right. Sephiroth is public enemy number one, that run in at the amusement park proves it…that one guy, Hojo…he'll kill Sephiroth. I hope that Sephiroth didn't go out looking for him….I hope he's ok."
Usagi took off her clothes and slipped on a nightgown, then went back to her room and lied down in bed. She looked at the clock, "It's only 11 O' clock… I just hope that whatever he's doing, it's nothing dangerous and big. Usagi then shut her eyes and turned on her side and curled up, and she didn't fall asleep because she was still thinking. "Oh Usagi, get over yourself, he'll be fine. Just you see, tomorrow, he'll come back to your door step with that same old cocky grin and that Sephiroth attitude, and everything will be fine." Usagi then slowly began to drift off to sleep and sleep the whole night while thinking about Sephiroth.
Around 11:30 PM, Sephiroth regained consciousness and squirmed his way from under all of the trees and crawled to his feet. "I must be losing my strength too….what's going on? Why am I so…..mortal?" Sephiroth looked around, and saw that he was near the end of the woods, and he could see a city up ahead. "A city…could that be where the Red Dragon is?" Sephiroth began to walk towards the city while thinking, "Well, it's still night, and it's not any darker or brighter….so I must not have been unconscious for more than an hour. In that case, I might find Lucrecia at the Red Dragon."
Sephiroth arrived in the city in no time, and looked around, "Too many buildings and such…" Sephiroth saw an ad and looked closer at it. The ad read, "Need someplace to spend the night, well come to the Red Dragon. Were the customers' comfort is our first concern, and we guarantee customer satisfaction." Sephiroth looked down at the fine print, "216 February St." Sephiroth then asked some near by person for directions, and in less than 15 minutes, Sephiroth arrived at the Red Dragon. "Lucrecia might be meeting with Hojo…this is my chance to settle things once and for all."
Sephiroth entered and walked up to the service desk, and was greeted by a blond haired gentleman. "Hello sir, welcome to the Red Dragon, where your comfort is our main concern. Would you like to rent a room." Sephiroth looked at the man and thought to himself, "He looks….familiar." Sephiroth then spoke up, "Do you know if a woman named Lucrecia is staying here?" The man answered right away, "Yes sir, she checked in here about 50 minutes ago. She's in room 86." Sephiroth looked down the hall, "Thanks." As Sephiroth began walking down the hall, the blonde man watched him and whistled, then sat back in his chair at the service desk.
Sephiroth arrived at door 86, he then slowly opened it and stepped in. "What is this….?" There was a dark tunnel that went down, and Sephiroth cautiously went down the tunnel. He looked around to make sure nothing would spring out and attack him, and he was completely alert. Sephiroth then reached the bottom and walked down the hallway. At the end of the hallway was a giant red door, and Sephiroth entered the door slowly. As Sephiroth was entering, a needle flew and hit the back of his neck, and it was so light that Sephiroth didn't even feel it. The needle came from a shotgun, and the man who was holding the shotgun was standing at the beginning of the hallway. The blonde man with the shotgun smirked and walked back up the tunnel.
Sephiroth entered a huge room, and there where weapons on the walls, and on racks. There was knight and samurai armor all pinned up on racks. Sephiroth looked around again and saw a man dressed in red armor standing at the opposite end with a sword resting on his shoulder. Sephiroth starred at him for awhile, "Who are you? Speak!" The knight gripped the sword hard, and lowered it and started walking towards Sephiroth. Sephiroth looked at him with anger, and he felt his anger rise uncontrollably as he drew his sword. Hojo's words flashed in Sephiroth's head, "People use to fear you….now you're a joke." Sephiroth then yelled in anger, "GODDAMNIT! ANSWER ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!" The red knight stopped, "I am Siete Korushbin….and you are dead!"
The knight rushed Sephiroth and Sephiroth kneed him hard in the gut as he blocked the knight's attack. This sent the knight plummeting forward onto his face, and Sephiroth looked down upon him. The knight scrambled to his feet and Sephiroth smirked, "Back down now and you won't die, just tell me where I can find Hojo." The knight just swung his sword at Sephiroth and he dodged it and tripped the knight so he fell down on his face again. "I won't ask again…where's Hojo!?" The Knight got up and swung his sword and thrusted it straight at Sephiroth, and Sephiroth evaded the attack and sliced the knight on his hand and on his knee, and the knight stumbled onto his knees. Sephiroth then swung his sword down and the knight rolled out of the way, stood up and held his sword heavily and swung low at Sephiroth, and Sephiroth jumped in the air and out of harms way.
The knight then pulled out a gun and shot at Sephiroth, and Sephiroth evaded it just enough so the bullet grazed his shoulder, then the knight shoulder tackled him to the ground. Sephiroth rolled and avoided the knight's blows and jumped to his feet. "So that's how you fight eh…" Sephiroth aimed his palm at the knight and it glowed. The knight then kicked Sephiroth and he rolled back and was on his knee's, "What!? Nothing happened! Am I totally deprived of my magical abilities!?" Then the knight grabber Sephiroth by the neck and held him up and started to squeeze, "I shall crush your puny neck." Sephiroth kicked the knight in the stomach, but he didn't let go. Sephiroth then grabbed the knight's arm and crushed his bones by squeezing. The knight let go and screamed in agony as he swung at Sephiroth with tremendous force.
Sephiroth just evaded everything and the knight threw his sword at Sephiroth and he knocked it away into the wall with his sword. "You shall die Sephiroth." The knight clapped his hands and spears flew from the walls in all directions at Sephiroth. Sephiroth evaded most of them, but got hit in the back by one of them. Sephiroth yelled in pain and fell to his knees, and the red knight walked up to him and laughed. "Sephiroth…you're nothing but a joke." Sephiroth then snapped once he heard those words. He tore the spear from out his back and rammed it through the knight's stomach, and the knight screamed in pain and Sephiroth stood up and grabbed the knight by the head. Sephiroth then smashed the knight's head into the wall, then slammed him on the ground, stepped on his chest and used his sword to slice off the hand that wasn't broken on the knight. As the knight screamed, Sephiroth looked at him with a cold, dark look, and picked him up by the throat and threw him to the wall so that the spearhead, sticking out his back, pressed up and nailed him to the wall.
The knight bled endlessly, he began to choke and Sephiroth walked up to him and slapped the blood from out of his mouth. "SHUT UP!!" The knight looked at Sephiroth and began to cry as he was bleeding, "YES! NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHO I AM! TAKE A GOOD LOOK KINGHT! I AM SEPHIROTH!! MY NAME ALONE MAKES NATIONS SCATTER IN FEAR! PEOPLE CRUMBLE UNDER MY PRESCENCE! I AM FEARED THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE!!!!!" The knight cried and whimpered while coughing up blood, and Sephiroth smirked, "And now you know why I am feared."
The knight then slowly gave his last breath, and his head dropped and his body gave up struggling, and he just hung there like a rag doll. Sephiroth sheathed his sword and turned his back to the red knight, "Now to fi…..find…..H…" Sephiroth felt dizzy and grabbed his head and began to stumble. "Ugh…..H…..Hoj…..o" The room spun around and Sephiroth looked up and coughed up a bit of blood, then stumbled down on his face and passed out."
The door opposite from the one Sephiroth entered opened and Hojo and Lucrecia walked out. "He killed the red knight like he was nothing…and he was one of your ultimate creations Hojo." Hojo nodded, "Indeed, out son is superior….he conquered his opponent as a mere mortal…he will be of great use to us." Lucrecia walked over to Sephiroth and pulled out a needle, and stuck it in Sephiroth's arm. She pumped all of the black fluid into his body, then withdrew the needle and stood up. Hojo sighed, "Now where is he?" Lucrecia smiled, "Here he comes."
The blonde man from the service desk came down, while holding onto his shotgun, "I take it this is where I come in?" Hojo nodded, "Yes, take him to my chamber…there he will await his destiny." Lucrecia looked at the blonde man, "Oh, nice shooting, especially in the woods…that was remarkable." The blonde looked at Lucrecia, "Well I have been practicing since I was a young kid, so I'm very good." Hojo looked at him, "Of course you are Rufus, but you get going with Sephiroth now." Rufus grinned, "Sure thing." Rufus then picked Sephiroth up on his shoulders and carried him off. Hojo, "Well let's get going…the final chapter is about to conclude."
Rufus dumped Sephiroth in the trunk of his car, and drove off. Rufus laughed while driving, "Sephiroth, you are through. Just you watch, you're going to really be taken care of. Then I will rise to a greater power like before….they'll see, I Rufus shall reclaim my throne!" As the car drove towards Hojo's place, Usagi woke up in her bed and grabbed her head. She then got up and went downstairs to get a drink of water. She then looked up with a worried look, "Why do I have this feeling……nah….it was probably just a dream or something." She then set her glass down and went back to bed, and fell back asleep after awhile.
Rufus arrived at Hojo's hide out, he then got out of the car and popped his trunk, then lugged Sephiroth's body out of the trunk. He dragged Sephiroth in and right up to Hojo. "Here you are Hojo." Hojo smiled, "Alright, hook him up to the machine after you remove him of his clothes." Rufus nodded and began doing as he was told. Under his breath he said, "You damn scientist, I use to be your boss and now you treat me like so low class servant…I can't wait till I'm in power again, then I'll show you." Lucrecia stood there and watched as Sephiroth was hooked up to a giant machine. The machine was a circle, with slots to hold one's arms and legs, and a clamp that holds the stomach. Lucrecia smiled, "This is for Sephiroth's own good." Hojo simply nodded and observed.
Rufus hooked Sephiroth up to the machine and backed away. "It's all ready!" Hojo motioned for Rufus to come towards where they were and observe. When Rufus was next to them, Hojo signaled for one of the mechanics to pull the switch to start the machine. The switch was pulled and the machine started up, and it began to shake and vibrate loudly. Sephiroth then regained consciousness, "Wha…?" Hojo grinned, "Just in time son." Then Sephiroth felt his body feel as if it would snap, his body began to bleed. Sephiroth screamed in total agony as blood gushed from his mouth, nose, ear's, and eye's. The blood poured out of Sephiroth's body like a waterfall, and he couldn't even scream anymore. Hojo grinned, Lucrecia looked down and Rufus looked away. "Damn….Sephiroth is screwed badly." Hojo laughed, "This is what he deserves!!"
The blood began to reduce, and Sephiroth's energy was gone, his struggling began to cease and his body began to sag. Lucrecia looked up at Sephiroth, "Well….it's done." Hojo shook his, "Not yet…but almost." As the lost drop of blood feel from Sephiroth's mouth he muttered his last breath, "Usagi……I love you…" Then, Sephiroth's head fell, and his hold body was empty, and Hojo began to laugh evilly and Rufus shook his head and Lucrecia simply stared.
Hojo put his hands behind his back and walked up towards the body of Sephiroth with a smirk, "Now it begins, it's time to….."
The End?
