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"Where is he?!" Hojo paced around his lab.
A black haired scientist was watching him with a smirk on her face. She had her hair loose had an
ordanairy lab coat on. She was wearing a black skirt about the same lenth as Tifa's and a black
shirt to match. She was also wearing Scarlet like black high-heels.
"What's so funny?!" He stopped and turned.
"Nothing, Professor." She said and turned back to her work.
'She probably did something, I know it!' Hojo thought. 'Hmph, they all think I'm insane....I'll show them..'
Hojo glared at the other scientist before going back to his work. 'What could she have done....?'
"You told him to get Specimen-C...didn't you?" Hojo asked angerily.
The woman nodded quickly. Too quickly....
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?" Hojo shouted so loud everyone on the first floor would have heard him.
The woman just blinked.
"Oh, I just told him what you told me to say, sir." She said and exited the room, making clanking noises with
her shoes which made Hojo cringe.
***
"Sir, the man is insane!" The scientist who has just spoken to Hojo said.
Rufus thought for a moment. Lots of people ran into his office telling him Hojo was insane. He belived this
himself. Hojo reminded him of the mad scientists from horror movies. But he had never seen Hojo act
insane.
"Well, Akimi if you can show me he's insane I may be able to send him to a mental facility." Rufus said.
"R-really, sir?!" Akimi asked, which joy written all over her face
Rufus raised a brow then nodded. 'Guess she wants to get rid of him...But don't we all?' Rufus thought.
"Excuse me, I understand there's a new project in the Lab. What's it about?" Rufus asked.
The black haired scientist began to think. There are so many projects Hojo had been trying to do at once. He's
probably talking about the Materia Project, Akemi thought.
"The Materia Project, sir?" Akimi began. Rufus gave a quick nod. "Well, we've gotten the idea of combining Materia-"
"-How so?" Rufus interupted.
"Um, we'll be slicing Materia into two peices and putting it together with a sliced materia of another type. The slices
of materia should try to grow back...That would cause the two slices of materia to grow together.
It could result in more powerful materia or new magic..." Akemi took a couple of breaths after finishing.
"Have you tested this out?" Rufus asked.
The woman nodded. "We tested this out with the Ice materia and Shiva materia. The power of Shiva seemed
to increase by 5 times. We think it might have become Mastered too. Well Hojo tested it without me so I don't really-."
"-Interesting." Rufus thought outloud. He had just thought of something. But he would need some very special
materia for the job...
***
Tifa was in shock. Here he was. The man who had taken everything from her. Her hometown, her dearest friend,
her father...What should she do? Leave him? Help him? Tifa shook her head.
'I may hate him but...I'm not heartless' She thought. Then she brought Sephiroth inside and put him in her room.
What would he do when he woke up? Kill her? She shudered at the thought. Where's Cloud? She turned to the
clock. Its been an hour. He should be there by now. I wonder what the emergency is...
***
"Shera get the goddamned door!" Cid shouted as he was about to light a cigerette. Shera walked up to him
and smacked him on the back of his head, causing him to drop the cigerette.
"Cid, no cursing when we have friends over." Shera said calmy and walked over to answer the door.
"Aw, they ain't friends Shera. They're ******* jackasses!" Cid shouted. Shera smacked him on the back of the
head once more while Yuffie laughed a little.
"I'll get the door for you." Yuffie said and walked over to the door. She opened it quickly. FINALLY! Yuffie thought.
Cloud got the snow off of him before he stepped into the house.
"I'm here...What's the emergency?" Cloud asked. Yuffie walked up to him.
"Cloud...um, our materia got stolen..." Yuffie said blushing. Cloud smiled. So the materia theif's materia has been
stolen by a materia theif, eh? Yuffie knew exactly what Cloud was thinking and turned around.
'Well, this is interesting.' Cloud thought. He was more interested in learning why Shera was smacking Cid.
"OKAY! I'll stop cursin'. Ya happy now?!" Cid shouted as he rubbed the back of his poor, kind of swollen head.
Shera smiled and nodded.
Cloud took a seat on the couch and began to think. Who would try to steal materia from Yuffie?...How could Yuffie
not notice? He just sighed. His thoughts were interupted when a commerical came on. It was a "Got Mako?" commercial.
At the end it showed Midgar or Neo-Midgar...
"MIDGAR?!" Cloud jumped off of the couch and stared at the TV. Midgar's been rebuilt? That means...ShinRa is
back? They're sucking mako out of the planet again?!
***
Tifa was begining to get worried. Cloud said he'd be back in two hours. Its been 5 hours. What's going on?
Hmm, since Yuffie's in Rocket Town she's probably calling from Cid's house. Maybe I should-No I can't go.
I can't leave Sephiroth here. Who knows what he might do. He might burn the town...again...
Tifa sighed and went back to taking care of Sephiroth. She had gotten rid of most of the blood. But he didn't
have any cuts on him. There was no way he could have been bleeding. Unless he tried to ki- Tifa stopped
her thoughts right there. A chill ran down her spine.
The general seemed to have a painful look on his face while sleeping. Tifa couldn't help but feel sad for him.
What's he dreaming about, Tifa wondered. Dosen't look like such a nice dream...
Tifa's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates when she heard Sephiroth mumble something about Materia and Hojo.
She calmed down a little but decided to keep a close eye on him.
Sephiroth had awoken not more than 20 minutes ago. He looked at her with those amazing mako eyes for
a brief moment and closed them and went back to sleep. For a moment Tifa thought he died but then checked
for a pulse. He was breathing but it was a faint heartbeat.
But in-case he somehow got better she might be able to go. She might as well get her materia set-up. She
walked into her room where Sephiroth was sleeping. I opened a drawer on the left side of my room and
pulled out a box of materia. I got everything set up. I pulled out materia that was very special. The black
materia. I grabbed my jacket and stuffed it in there.
"Hello."
Tifa screamed and spun around. It was Sephiroth. Is he okay now? He looks like it to me but you never
know if something's wrong.
"Um. Hi." Tifa said catiously.
Tifa watched him from then on. He eventually fell asleep. Tifa watched him the entire time.
'He looks so adorable when he's asleep.' Tifa thought. 'Shut up, Tifa! SHUT UP, SHUT UP! Stop staring at him!'
Tifa blushed and turned around. Sure, she had a crush on him when he first came to Nibelheim but he
killed her father and burned her town! He also gave her a nice slash on her chest. How did Sephiroth get
so bloody? He must've encountered some powerful monster or something.
Tifa must've fallen asleep because when Sephiroth woke up he went for the door. When he placed his gloved
hand onto the door knob Tifa awoke and turned around.
"I'll be leaving now. But thank you for saving me, Ms.Lockhart." Sephiroth said. But then something hit him.
His plan. Not really his plan. It was Hojo's plan and unfortunatly he had to put up with him, for now.
'Huh?' Tifa thought. He's just gonna leave? Is he well enough to leave? Wait a minute. Is he being polite?
It's sort of like he's being the Sephiroth she first met in Nibelheim.
"Wait." Tifa began. "Um, do you remember what happened to you? You were practically soaking in blood..."
From what Tifa learned Sephiroth must have lost some of his memories. Well, he called her 'Ms.Lockhart'
that means he remembers her. Or her last name at least. Nah, he's probably got most of his memories.
"Well, since your okay I guess I can go to Rocket Town." Tifa said. "Um, ARE YOU okay, now?"
Sephiroth nodded and turned to leave. Tifa ran over to the door and blocked his exit.
"You healed pretty fast." Tifa said.
"I'm a quick healer." Sephiroth replied quickly.
"Where are you gonna go?" Tifa asked.
"Why do you want to know?" He asked.
"Why don't you answer the question?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Why do you keep answering my questions with questions?" Tifa asked.
Sephiroth decided to just give up. A thought entered his mind. Why did Tifa want to know? It was really none
of her buisness. But it would be, from hearing what Hojo's assistant said.
"I'm going to Rocket Town." Sephiroth said blankly, knowing very well Tifa was heading there.
Tifa just stood there. She didn't want to go through Mt.Nibel alone. She would have to go since Cloud had
taken the Chochobo with him.
"Can I go with you?" Tifa blurted out. She then looked down and skid her foot across the ground.
Sephiroth just stood there and blinked.
"Why?" He asked.
"I just don't want to go through Mt.Nibel alone. I think I don't need to say why..." Tifa said flatly.
Sephiroth nodded.
"Can you wait here for a minute?" Tifa asked.
"Alright."
Tifa dashed upstairs. She really wanted to bring a jacket with her. She opened her closet and pulled
out a black jacket. Tifa thought of something. Could she trust Sephiroth? She didn't know the answer
to that. He seems like he'd changed. Maybe she could. Maybe. She fixed up her hair, noticing how frizzy
it looked. Then she threw on her jacket and rushed downstairs, almost tripping the entrie way down which
left Sephiroth with an amused look on his face.
"Okay, I'm back." She said, trying to catch her breath. She could just see Sephiroth staring.
"What!?" Tifa asked.
"Nothing."
So now they began their journey through Mt.Nibel. Both of them were quiet during the trip through it. They
hadn't encountered any monsters till the crossed that evil bridge.
'Wow, they hadn't encountered a monster up till now' Tifa thought and got ready for battle but Sephiroth beat
her to the monster. It only took him one slash with the Masamune to get rid of it. His speed made Tifa's seem like
that of a Turtle. She frowned a little and continued.
The two fighters walked on it seemed like forever to Tifa but Sephiroth didn't seem to care much. If they ever
had a conversation Tifa would have been the one starting them.
"There it is." Tifa pointed, breaking the silence. "So, Sephiroth, what are you gonna do in Rocket Town?"
Sephiroth almost choked. What was he going to do in Rocket Town? Carry out Hojo's plans?
"I-i I need to do something there." That was all Sephiroth said. Tifa got the feeling he was lying. Since when
did the Great Sephiroth stutter? She decided to keep quiet about it, for now.
"Can I ask you something?" Tifa began.
"You just did." Sephiroth said in a matter of fact tone.
"Then can I ask you TWO things?" Tifa asked.
Sephiroth nodded.
"What EXACTLY do you need to do in Rocket Town?" Tifa asked.
"I just feel like going there." He said and walked faster.
"You're lying!" Tifa stopped and shouted.
"I just feel like going there! It does not concern destroying the planet if thats what you were thinking!" Sephiroth shouted.
Tifa mentally kicked herself. 'Nice going, Tifa. Yeah, just go and make sure you bug everyone. Maybe Cloud left to
just get away from me... I can be a little annoying at times. But it's nothing to get angry about.'
Tifa thought for a moment. Her mouth ajar, it soon turned into a sly smile. Sephiroth turned to her and had a
confused look on his face.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing. I just wanted to smile like that." Tifa said and turned around.
Sephiroth stared at her for a minute. "You're a very unusual woman, Ms.Lockhart."
"Just call me Tifa, okay?" Tifa exasperated. "And what do you mean unusual?"
"It's nothing. Why exactly did you want to come to Rocket Town, Tifa?" Sephiroth asked.
The 'lively' conversation was interupted when Tifa heard something. She instantly spun around and looked in sheer terror.
Tifa looked up at what was supposed to be Rocket Town. At first her heart almost stopped. Her beautiful ruby eyes began to
narrow slowly. She saw a ShinRa helicoptor leaving the burning Rocket Town. She just stood there looking at the flames,
ignoring everything around her.
It was like watching Nibelheim buring down. Something hit her. Cloud, Cid, Yuffie, Shera. They were all in there. Did they...?
No. No. No. No. No. They're all smart enough to escape, but still...
"Tifa?" Sephiroth asked.
"It's gone." Tifa said grimly.
***
Ah! I'm SO sorry there isn't much romance in this chapter! But it's JUST the second chapter, okay?
The next chapter won't have much either, sorry! We cannot rush things...can we?
Um, thanks Hikaru-Chan for helping me find the name Akemi ^_^
up here to keep me from being sued ^_^
"Where is he?!" Hojo paced around his lab.
A black haired scientist was watching him with a smirk on her face. She had her hair loose had an
ordanairy lab coat on. She was wearing a black skirt about the same lenth as Tifa's and a black
shirt to match. She was also wearing Scarlet like black high-heels.
"What's so funny?!" He stopped and turned.
"Nothing, Professor." She said and turned back to her work.
'She probably did something, I know it!' Hojo thought. 'Hmph, they all think I'm insane....I'll show them..'
Hojo glared at the other scientist before going back to his work. 'What could she have done....?'
"You told him to get Specimen-C...didn't you?" Hojo asked angerily.
The woman nodded quickly. Too quickly....
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?" Hojo shouted so loud everyone on the first floor would have heard him.
The woman just blinked.
"Oh, I just told him what you told me to say, sir." She said and exited the room, making clanking noises with
her shoes which made Hojo cringe.
***
"Sir, the man is insane!" The scientist who has just spoken to Hojo said.
Rufus thought for a moment. Lots of people ran into his office telling him Hojo was insane. He belived this
himself. Hojo reminded him of the mad scientists from horror movies. But he had never seen Hojo act
insane.
"Well, Akimi if you can show me he's insane I may be able to send him to a mental facility." Rufus said.
"R-really, sir?!" Akimi asked, which joy written all over her face
Rufus raised a brow then nodded. 'Guess she wants to get rid of him...But don't we all?' Rufus thought.
"Excuse me, I understand there's a new project in the Lab. What's it about?" Rufus asked.
The black haired scientist began to think. There are so many projects Hojo had been trying to do at once. He's
probably talking about the Materia Project, Akemi thought.
"The Materia Project, sir?" Akimi began. Rufus gave a quick nod. "Well, we've gotten the idea of combining Materia-"
"-How so?" Rufus interupted.
"Um, we'll be slicing Materia into two peices and putting it together with a sliced materia of another type. The slices
of materia should try to grow back...That would cause the two slices of materia to grow together.
It could result in more powerful materia or new magic..." Akemi took a couple of breaths after finishing.
"Have you tested this out?" Rufus asked.
The woman nodded. "We tested this out with the Ice materia and Shiva materia. The power of Shiva seemed
to increase by 5 times. We think it might have become Mastered too. Well Hojo tested it without me so I don't really-."
"-Interesting." Rufus thought outloud. He had just thought of something. But he would need some very special
materia for the job...
***
Tifa was in shock. Here he was. The man who had taken everything from her. Her hometown, her dearest friend,
her father...What should she do? Leave him? Help him? Tifa shook her head.
'I may hate him but...I'm not heartless' She thought. Then she brought Sephiroth inside and put him in her room.
What would he do when he woke up? Kill her? She shudered at the thought. Where's Cloud? She turned to the
clock. Its been an hour. He should be there by now. I wonder what the emergency is...
***
"Shera get the goddamned door!" Cid shouted as he was about to light a cigerette. Shera walked up to him
and smacked him on the back of his head, causing him to drop the cigerette.
"Cid, no cursing when we have friends over." Shera said calmy and walked over to answer the door.
"Aw, they ain't friends Shera. They're ******* jackasses!" Cid shouted. Shera smacked him on the back of the
head once more while Yuffie laughed a little.
"I'll get the door for you." Yuffie said and walked over to the door. She opened it quickly. FINALLY! Yuffie thought.
Cloud got the snow off of him before he stepped into the house.
"I'm here...What's the emergency?" Cloud asked. Yuffie walked up to him.
"Cloud...um, our materia got stolen..." Yuffie said blushing. Cloud smiled. So the materia theif's materia has been
stolen by a materia theif, eh? Yuffie knew exactly what Cloud was thinking and turned around.
'Well, this is interesting.' Cloud thought. He was more interested in learning why Shera was smacking Cid.
"OKAY! I'll stop cursin'. Ya happy now?!" Cid shouted as he rubbed the back of his poor, kind of swollen head.
Shera smiled and nodded.
Cloud took a seat on the couch and began to think. Who would try to steal materia from Yuffie?...How could Yuffie
not notice? He just sighed. His thoughts were interupted when a commerical came on. It was a "Got Mako?" commercial.
At the end it showed Midgar or Neo-Midgar...
"MIDGAR?!" Cloud jumped off of the couch and stared at the TV. Midgar's been rebuilt? That means...ShinRa is
back? They're sucking mako out of the planet again?!
***
Tifa was begining to get worried. Cloud said he'd be back in two hours. Its been 5 hours. What's going on?
Hmm, since Yuffie's in Rocket Town she's probably calling from Cid's house. Maybe I should-No I can't go.
I can't leave Sephiroth here. Who knows what he might do. He might burn the town...again...
Tifa sighed and went back to taking care of Sephiroth. She had gotten rid of most of the blood. But he didn't
have any cuts on him. There was no way he could have been bleeding. Unless he tried to ki- Tifa stopped
her thoughts right there. A chill ran down her spine.
The general seemed to have a painful look on his face while sleeping. Tifa couldn't help but feel sad for him.
What's he dreaming about, Tifa wondered. Dosen't look like such a nice dream...
Tifa's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates when she heard Sephiroth mumble something about Materia and Hojo.
She calmed down a little but decided to keep a close eye on him.
Sephiroth had awoken not more than 20 minutes ago. He looked at her with those amazing mako eyes for
a brief moment and closed them and went back to sleep. For a moment Tifa thought he died but then checked
for a pulse. He was breathing but it was a faint heartbeat.
But in-case he somehow got better she might be able to go. She might as well get her materia set-up. She
walked into her room where Sephiroth was sleeping. I opened a drawer on the left side of my room and
pulled out a box of materia. I got everything set up. I pulled out materia that was very special. The black
materia. I grabbed my jacket and stuffed it in there.
"Hello."
Tifa screamed and spun around. It was Sephiroth. Is he okay now? He looks like it to me but you never
know if something's wrong.
"Um. Hi." Tifa said catiously.
Tifa watched him from then on. He eventually fell asleep. Tifa watched him the entire time.
'He looks so adorable when he's asleep.' Tifa thought. 'Shut up, Tifa! SHUT UP, SHUT UP! Stop staring at him!'
Tifa blushed and turned around. Sure, she had a crush on him when he first came to Nibelheim but he
killed her father and burned her town! He also gave her a nice slash on her chest. How did Sephiroth get
so bloody? He must've encountered some powerful monster or something.
Tifa must've fallen asleep because when Sephiroth woke up he went for the door. When he placed his gloved
hand onto the door knob Tifa awoke and turned around.
"I'll be leaving now. But thank you for saving me, Ms.Lockhart." Sephiroth said. But then something hit him.
His plan. Not really his plan. It was Hojo's plan and unfortunatly he had to put up with him, for now.
'Huh?' Tifa thought. He's just gonna leave? Is he well enough to leave? Wait a minute. Is he being polite?
It's sort of like he's being the Sephiroth she first met in Nibelheim.
"Wait." Tifa began. "Um, do you remember what happened to you? You were practically soaking in blood..."
From what Tifa learned Sephiroth must have lost some of his memories. Well, he called her 'Ms.Lockhart'
that means he remembers her. Or her last name at least. Nah, he's probably got most of his memories.
"Well, since your okay I guess I can go to Rocket Town." Tifa said. "Um, ARE YOU okay, now?"
Sephiroth nodded and turned to leave. Tifa ran over to the door and blocked his exit.
"You healed pretty fast." Tifa said.
"I'm a quick healer." Sephiroth replied quickly.
"Where are you gonna go?" Tifa asked.
"Why do you want to know?" He asked.
"Why don't you answer the question?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Why do you keep answering my questions with questions?" Tifa asked.
Sephiroth decided to just give up. A thought entered his mind. Why did Tifa want to know? It was really none
of her buisness. But it would be, from hearing what Hojo's assistant said.
"I'm going to Rocket Town." Sephiroth said blankly, knowing very well Tifa was heading there.
Tifa just stood there. She didn't want to go through Mt.Nibel alone. She would have to go since Cloud had
taken the Chochobo with him.
"Can I go with you?" Tifa blurted out. She then looked down and skid her foot across the ground.
Sephiroth just stood there and blinked.
"Why?" He asked.
"I just don't want to go through Mt.Nibel alone. I think I don't need to say why..." Tifa said flatly.
Sephiroth nodded.
"Can you wait here for a minute?" Tifa asked.
"Alright."
Tifa dashed upstairs. She really wanted to bring a jacket with her. She opened her closet and pulled
out a black jacket. Tifa thought of something. Could she trust Sephiroth? She didn't know the answer
to that. He seems like he'd changed. Maybe she could. Maybe. She fixed up her hair, noticing how frizzy
it looked. Then she threw on her jacket and rushed downstairs, almost tripping the entrie way down which
left Sephiroth with an amused look on his face.
"Okay, I'm back." She said, trying to catch her breath. She could just see Sephiroth staring.
"What!?" Tifa asked.
"Nothing."
So now they began their journey through Mt.Nibel. Both of them were quiet during the trip through it. They
hadn't encountered any monsters till the crossed that evil bridge.
'Wow, they hadn't encountered a monster up till now' Tifa thought and got ready for battle but Sephiroth beat
her to the monster. It only took him one slash with the Masamune to get rid of it. His speed made Tifa's seem like
that of a Turtle. She frowned a little and continued.
The two fighters walked on it seemed like forever to Tifa but Sephiroth didn't seem to care much. If they ever
had a conversation Tifa would have been the one starting them.
"There it is." Tifa pointed, breaking the silence. "So, Sephiroth, what are you gonna do in Rocket Town?"
Sephiroth almost choked. What was he going to do in Rocket Town? Carry out Hojo's plans?
"I-i I need to do something there." That was all Sephiroth said. Tifa got the feeling he was lying. Since when
did the Great Sephiroth stutter? She decided to keep quiet about it, for now.
"Can I ask you something?" Tifa began.
"You just did." Sephiroth said in a matter of fact tone.
"Then can I ask you TWO things?" Tifa asked.
Sephiroth nodded.
"What EXACTLY do you need to do in Rocket Town?" Tifa asked.
"I just feel like going there." He said and walked faster.
"You're lying!" Tifa stopped and shouted.
"I just feel like going there! It does not concern destroying the planet if thats what you were thinking!" Sephiroth shouted.
Tifa mentally kicked herself. 'Nice going, Tifa. Yeah, just go and make sure you bug everyone. Maybe Cloud left to
just get away from me... I can be a little annoying at times. But it's nothing to get angry about.'
Tifa thought for a moment. Her mouth ajar, it soon turned into a sly smile. Sephiroth turned to her and had a
confused look on his face.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing. I just wanted to smile like that." Tifa said and turned around.
Sephiroth stared at her for a minute. "You're a very unusual woman, Ms.Lockhart."
"Just call me Tifa, okay?" Tifa exasperated. "And what do you mean unusual?"
"It's nothing. Why exactly did you want to come to Rocket Town, Tifa?" Sephiroth asked.
The 'lively' conversation was interupted when Tifa heard something. She instantly spun around and looked in sheer terror.
Tifa looked up at what was supposed to be Rocket Town. At first her heart almost stopped. Her beautiful ruby eyes began to
narrow slowly. She saw a ShinRa helicoptor leaving the burning Rocket Town. She just stood there looking at the flames,
ignoring everything around her.
It was like watching Nibelheim buring down. Something hit her. Cloud, Cid, Yuffie, Shera. They were all in there. Did they...?
No. No. No. No. No. They're all smart enough to escape, but still...
"Tifa?" Sephiroth asked.
"It's gone." Tifa said grimly.
***
Ah! I'm SO sorry there isn't much romance in this chapter! But it's JUST the second chapter, okay?
The next chapter won't have much either, sorry! We cannot rush things...can we?
Um, thanks Hikaru-Chan for helping me find the name Akemi ^_^