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Chapter Five

Disclaimer: I do not own FFIX, or FFVII. But the story is mine! You hear, MINE!!

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The rain tapped lightly at her the top of her hat as she slowly made her way across the street.

Tap…tap…

She stopped briefly and then continued walking.

Arg! Let go of me you stupid pathetic excuse for a man! Let go of me!

Upon hearing those words, the young knight tightened her grip on her lance and advanced to the far corner of the street; surly, she did not want to interfere with other people's affairs.

Dammit! Let go of me now!

But this one was different. The cries of this woman were different. Her voice sounded familiar…Dagger…She thought to herself.

As the cries grew louder, the dragon knight heard the faint tapping of feet against water. She guessed that whoever was coming came closer. She tightened her grip around her Lance.

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"Dammit Kuja! Let go of me, now!" Tifa yelled at the man who was pulling her with him. He stopped walking and turned to face the other woman. There was an odd expression on his face, an expression that told Tifa to shut up or else, he would have to hurt her even more than this.

"Shut up bitch!" He hissed. Tifa gulped and slowly calmed down. "We came too far, your little Cloud will come and save you along with that stupid excuse for a brother, Zidane and that other bitch Mikoto!" Tifa sighed as he said her fiancée's name and frowned. Kuja noticed that and let his grin grow bigger.

"You're concerned about him, aren't you?" He said mockingly; Tifa tried to restrain herself. "You really don't want him to get hurt, huh?" Tifa clenched her fists; Kuja's grin turned into an evil smirk and held her by the hair, Tifa whimpered a little as he brought their faces closer. "Listen bitch, if you don't shut up and try listening to me for a change, maybe I won't hurt them. Do you hear me!?" He hissed in her ear. Tifa stayed silent. Kuja, upon hearing no response, tightened his grip on her hair and Tifa bit her lip to restrain herself from crying and nodded her head while muttering a soft "Yes." Kuja let go of her and threw her to the ground. Tifa fell face first in the dirt and slowly brought herself up; she noticed in the far corner of the street piercing green eyes and she felt embarrassed and shamed of herself for being so helpless and she hung her head in shame; Kuja only smirked…

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She emerged from her corner and advanced at the silver haired male slowly as the other woman, the woman who Kuja brought with him, stared at her in unison. Freya guessed that she needed help, badly.

But after the other woman hung her head in shame, Freya was sure that she, not only needed help to get rid of that scum, she also needed to get her pride back. That made Freya burn with rage.

She slowly took a step forward, and another, and then another, slowly, carefully so not to disturb the ear drums of the person she was about to attack.

Unfortunately, he did.

"What are you looking at?" He hissed at Tifa, "What!?" Tifa's look of fear and disappointment turned to one of mocking, which made Kuja pretty furious. She stood up slowly and carefully and pointed behind him; he slowly turned around.

His eyes widened open as a sharp object scratched his for arm. "Why you-!?" He started. He clutched his for arm with the hand and glared at the dragon knight.

"You shouldn't pick on helpless women." Freya said determined, but Tifa's glare made her feel guilty about saying that. They were both surprised to hear him laugh.

"Imbeciles! You two have shown how stupid and ignorant you really are by underestimating me." He said slowly. Freya was confused for a moment, but then it hit her.

"It's really you…" She slowly said. "Kuja…it's…really you!" He laughed at her. Tifa punched him to shut him up.

"Shut up damn it!" She said, "You've been laughing for too long buddy, it's time for us to laugh!"

Kuja touched the side if his face where Tifa had punched him and rubbed, he got up and glared at the two females. He pointed at them with a shaky fingered.

"You!" He said carefully letting his eyes wander from one female fighter to another, "You two…you will be sorry. Really sorry." And with that, he disappeared leaving the two females alone.

They both sighed with relief, and Tifa fell backwards trying to catch her breathe. Freya stared down at the other woman with a confused look on her face.

"Who are you?"

Tifa looked up at the female dragon knight and said, "They call me Tifa Lockhart. I have no idea how I got here, but I just found myself with that…that…BASTARD!" Tifa took a brief moment to let herself calm down and then continued, "He has two other kids hostage at some place he calls the Iifa Tree."

Freya grew more interested, "Who are those kids?" She asked her.

Tifa took a moment as if to remember, "The girl's name was Eiko and the little Mage's name was Vivi I think. They were scared but pretty confident that this…Zidane would come and help them."

Freya looked thoughtful for a second and Tifa raised her eyebrow at him. "What are you thinking about?"

Freya just shook her head and said, "I think we should find this…Zidane." She took Tifa's hand and helped her up.

"Where will we find Zidane?" Tifa asked.

Freya shrugged, "Along with your Cloud, I assume."

Tifa's eyes lit up.

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\\ Huh? //

Oh, why hello there Cloud…

The figure Cloud saw smiled evilly…

\\ Kuja… //

Wow, you remember my name.

\\ Where's Tifa! //

Kuja lost his cool, and the look on his face turned into icy cold.

Your Tifa is fine. Go find her; she's with that rat girl.

\\ What did you to her?! //

The evil calm smile returned to Kuja's lips.

Oh, nothing.

He turned to leave, but stopped and looked over his shoulder.

And Cloud, one more thing. When you see those two, tell them to prepare for trouble.

An echo of laughter drowned everything.

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Cloud woke up to the sound of Mikoto's kind and worried voice. "I'm fine." He muttered as he slowly rose to his feet. Mikoto sighed in relief.

"I thought you would never wake up. After that last blow, we all fell to the ground. Lucky for me that I recover fast, but you and Zidane…" She trailed off.

Cloud looked over at the still figure of Zidane. And spoke to no one in particular, "I don't think Kuja's in there." Mikoto raised her eyebrow. "The hostages might be…but Kuja…" Mikoto nodded.

Her attention quickly turned to her what so called brother as he stirred awake. "Zidane!" She said cheerfully and hugged him; Cloud frowned and looked away.

"Burmecia…" Muttered Zidane. Cloud nodded. "I think Tifa's in there." He said. The two tailed companions turned their attention to him.

"Tifa and your friend…I think they're in Burmecia…Kuja told me that, or that's what I think he meant."

Zidane and Mikoto nodded. "Zidane and Cloud, you go ahead to Burmecia…" They nodded. "What about you Mikoto?" Cloud asked. "I…" Started Mikoto, "Will go get help. From Alexandria." They all nodded and went their separate ways. "Mikoto…" Cloud started before she could get too far away. "Yes?" She said. "When you do go to Alexandria, would you go to my world and ask for a Barrett Wallace and a Yuffie Kisaragi. I think they would help us. A lot even." Mikoto nodded and went her way. Cloud turned and followed Zidane who was still waiting for him to join.

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Garnet sighed as she stared at her reflection in the mirror and the small black dot, which really was a portal to the other world. I was nothing but trouble to them. She thought as she fell back on her bed.

A voice interrupted her thoughts, "You Majesty." Came Beatrix's feminine yet strong voice from behind the door. "Come in." The door opened and there, right in front of the young queen, stood her knight and general, Beatrix. "Yes Beatrix?"

"There is someone who wishes to see you."

"Let them come in."

Beatrix nodded and turned to leave, after disappearing through the door, another figure appeared; it was none other that Mikoto.

"Mikoto? What brings you here?" Garnet said as she slowly stood up.

"Cloud asked me to go to his world to look for some people, wanna come along and help?" Mikoto said. Garnet's eyes lit up and she nodded. "Good. Since you're changed and all, let's go." The two females went over to the mirror and were transported to the Final Fantasy VII world. Steiner butted in.

"Queen Garnet!" He said and looked around the room, Beatrix came in and leaned on the doorframe.

"Do not worry Captain, she will be all right."

Steiner stopped looking and hit the walls.

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Barrett was in Cloud's apartment when two not so familiar figures jumped out of the T.V.

"Whoa!" Barrett said, "Who're you?"

Mikoto got up and helped her companion up too. "I am Mikoto and this is Dagger." She nodded. "Cloud sent us to look for a Barrett Wallace and a Yuffie Kisaragi."

"Hey Barrett, I found this odd looking- Who're you?"

"I am…" Started Mikoto but she was cut off by Garnet. "We need your help to kick this guy's butt. His name is Kuja and we thought we killed him, but for a reason he returned and wanted to kidnap me, but he ended up opening a portal to this world and kidnapping your friend, Tifa. And then…"

"What?! Tifa?" Barrett said, "I dun care about any other thing. Let's go get Tifa."

They all nodded and went over to the T.V. Mikoto went first, followed by a very confused Barrett. Yuffie studied the whole and shook her head. "It's too small." She complained. Garnet sighed and pushed her in, and then, she went in.

"Hey guys, I wonder if Cloud left this…" Red XIII came out of the other room and stopped shortly after seeing that no one was there, "Guys? Guys? Barrett?"

The portal closed.

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Author's Note:

Whee! Finally! Chapter Five! *Jumps around happily* Well, all of you who want to read the next chapter say 'Aye' *Waits for reply*

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