Just a quick note: In case you're confused about my name *ahem* Beta is the second letter in the Greek alphabet. Since my older brother is the O.G. I'm the SECOND, thus my screenname, eh?

The One-Winged Angel

He sat there, trying to stay to his solitude. But he just couldn't help but notice she wouldn't stop staring at him. She just sat a few feet away, her back against a wall and staring at him with a smile. It was as she wanted him to say something, to start a conversation of some kind. But like that was ever going to happen...

Though, it was getting on his nerves. He wondered if this was what people really did, seeing how he had kept to himself all his life. His patience was wearing thin, gripping his arm where he had them crossed, his eyes shut. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore, gritting his teeth as he snapped his arm in anger, making her flinch away.

"What is with you, anyway?!" Sephiroth questioned.

She didn't answer, but at least she stopped smiling. He was growing tired with no answer for her, and decided it was time to interrogate.

"Alright, that's it! Who are you girl? Where do you from?"

Again, she remained silent. Sephiroth clenched one hand, reaching out with the other and grabbing to collar of her cloak. She squirmed, but in his anger he wasn't willing to let go.

"Well?!" He unclenched his hand and put it under her chin, forcing her mouth open. He pulled it away when he saw what he wanted. "You have a tongue, now speak!"

And yet, she refused to answer. With a moment of thought he pushed her away again, turning back to cross his arms. The girl stood up and ran to the other side of the place, Sephiroth noticing the fear which now struck them. He only shrugged, the girl sliding down to sit back on the floor.

He looked up, his mako-green eyes glaring at her now. He had heard of such a condition in humans, with being born without the capability of speech. If this was a human, which she probably was, then this might be true. Either that, or she couldn't understand him.

"Do you have a name?" he finally questioned, the girl in question. "My name is Sephiroth. Do you have a name?"

Once more she did not speak, but instead crawled forward. She quickly grabbed the masamune by his side, and he did not reject. (It wasn't his problem if she killed herself on accident). But she didn't, and held it up, pricking her finger with the blade near the handle. She did not even wince, dropping the sword and going up to face the wall. Soon enough, she began to write something.

It read: "K.E.R.A.H"

She smiled, and Spehiroth nodded, understanding. "So you do understand me." She nodded, going over to sit where she had been. "Your name is Kerah, then? Hmm, strange for a human."

She shrugged, looking up at him with her ice-blue eyes.

"I don't suppose you can tell me where you came from?"

She shook her head.

"Yes, I thought not. Then can you tell me why you're here?"

She shook her head again, but went back over to the wall. Underneath her name, she began to write.

"D.A.R.K.N.E.S.S...C.O.M.E..."

Sephiroth raised an eyebrow as she turned back to it, Kerah taking it as a sign to continue.

"F.E.L.L...C.O.M.E...H.E.R.E."

"But I thought the Heartless had been defeat," he stated.

"H.E.A.R.T.L.E.S.S...N.O...D.A.R.K.N.E.S.S...A.L.W.A.Y.S..." She took a brief moment to rub her finger, using her nail to release more blood. "W.H.O...A.R.E...Y.O.U...?"

"I told you, my name is-" He stopped, seeing she was continuing.

"Y.O.U.R....W.I.N.G..."

He paused, flexing his black wing back farther underneath his silver hair, not knowing she had seen. "That's none of your-"

"N.O.T...H.U.M.A.N...Y.O.U...?...A.N.G.E.L...?"

Sephiroth laughed. "Anything but. Just because I have a wing doesn't mean I'm such a thing."

She frowned, turning back. "O.N.E...?"

"One wing? Yes, I only have one wing."

"O.N.E...W.I.N.G.E.D...A.N.G.E.L...T.H.E.N...?"

He shook his head, knowing how stupid of a question that was. Ignoring it, he shut his eyes, finally finding peace with his wondering mind. "Time for you to get some sleep. Either that, or don't wake me up, got it?"

She nodded, though he could not see he. She crawled back to her space, tucking her finger in the palm of her hand. she laid on her side, curling up with her back still up against the wall. She continued to stare until she knew Sephiroth was asleep, finding that if he thought it was safe to sleep, she could. As she shut her eyes though, no one was there to notice the gold light which shined within her hand.

***

As he woke up that morning, sitting, still, with his arms crossed and his back against the wall, he saw her still in the same spot she had been, curled up. With it, he thought it to be the perfect time to escape without her. So, standing up and slinging the masamune back into its sheath, he quietly walked out. As he opened the door to the outside, his shadow blocked the rays of light slightly. He hesitated, as if something was stopping him, but gritted his teeth has shook his head, thinking he was mad for stopping at all. When he shut the door, he had failed to realize that one eye was open on him.

When he walked on the balcony ledge, making his way out of this District, he was still contemplating why he stalled. Was he actually feeling bad for leaving her there? Please, that was just plain stupid! But as he rubbed his forehead, he heard something coming up behind him, and in aggravation, he almost screamed in anger.

"You..." he hissed, and she smiled sweetly, putting her hands behind her back. "You're not coming with me, if that's what you think."

But she just continued on smiling, looking up at him. He stepped back, the girl following.

"I said no!" He turned, beginning to walk away. he tried to ignore the best he could, but with her soft footsteps echoing behind his, he couldn't take it anymore. He took out his masamune, swinging it around and up to her neck. It glared in the sunlight, but yet she stood stern, staring down at it. Sephiroth, with a few minutes of thought, growled in anger, sheathing the blade once more. He turned, continuing as he walked. "Just be glad you saved me when you did, or you'd be dead by now."

She only took it as a compliment statement, smiling as she followed him once more.

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TA-DA! There's the end of part two! Please tell me what you think of it and Review! (please, very truthfully...I don't care if you say it stunk, as long as it's honest!)