DISCLAIMER: I'm getting a little tired of this.. Squaresoft, you gimme Sephiroth already!! *stomps her foot*
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Who-hoo!! Over thirty reviews! Thanks everyone, I feel sooo special!! ^_^ In return, here's a little treat for ya: chapter 16 with the legendary Gold Saucer date scene!! Urgh. Now I spoiled it.. I know this story seems like poor rewrite of FF7, but it's gonna get pretty different later on. Just wait and see!!!
CHAPTER 16.
In a forest pitch-dark
Glowed the tiniest spark
It burst into a flame
Like me
Like me
- Björk -
Aeris watched Sephiroth, who was still asleep, curled up with his back against a rock. He had stayed awake till morning, watching out for Zenobius. He had decided to take a few hours of sleep before they left for the reactor, figuring two or three hours was better than no sleep at all. Aeris sighed deeply, and watched as the other AVALANCHEr's were gathering their things to get ready to leave. Soon she'd have to wake Sephiroth up like she had promised, but Aeris wanted to delay it as long as it was humanly possible. After watching him sleep so peacefully, She felt it was almost criminal to wake him up.
"I wonder where exactly the SOLDIER's are.. I haven't seen any yet." Cloud asked Red, and they continued to talk about what Shin-Ra could possibly want and why there had been so many SOLDIER's at the reactor.
"As long as them Shin-Ra idiots stay outta our way, I don't care." Barret muttered, glancing at Sephiroth and Aeris.
Aeris was absent-mindedly stroking Sephiroth's hair, staring at his closed eyelids with a huge grin on her lips. "Oh, get a room." Yuffie snorted as she walked past her and the still asleep Sephiroth, making Aeris blush and pull back her hand from Sephiroth's hair.
"..Err.. Are we leaving already?" Aeris asked, noticing all the AVALANCHE members were staring at her after Yuffies comment. It was as though they were all waiting for her to deny she felt anything towards Sephiroth.
"Yes.." Cloud glanced at Tifa, and they shared a strange look.
"..Great." Aeris took a deep breath, as she gently shook Sephiroth's shoulder. "We're leaving.." She whispered him, feeling guilty for waking him up.
"Hmm?" Sephiroth quickly sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Is something wrong?" He asked, noticing the nervous tune of Aeris' voice.
"..Nothing." Aeris smiled at him. "We're just ready to go.." She continued, and stood up from the ground she had been sitting on.
"Did you sleep well?" Aeris asked Sephiroth, as he stood up yawning. "..Not bad." He smirked in response.
"Listen up everyone!" Cloud shouted a small distance away. "There are probably SOLDIER's around--" He began, when suddenly a whole platoon of SOLDIER's in blue uniforms appeared to the clearing.
"Huh? AVALANCHE!!!" Their leader, a woman in a red uniform signaled for her unit to stop.
"Ups." Cloud backed up, and joined the others.
"We have been ordered to eliminate you at sight!" The woman said, and all the SOLDIER's lifted their rifles towards the surprised AVALANCHER's.
"H-hey!! Wait a minute!!" Tifa shouted back at the woman, who turned her gaze at the brunette woman.
"Were not here to damage the reactor!" Cloud continued, but the woman didn't seem to listen.
"Sephiroth?" Aeris whispered, not sure what she should say. She wanted him to help the others, but on the other hand, she didn't really want him to kill the SOLDIER's either.
"I'll handle this.." Sephiroth sighed, and grabbed his sword. He walked calmly to the side of the unit, stopping a few meters away from the female leader of the SOLDIER's.
"..General..?" She studied Sephiroth. "It's true then.. You're alive and with AVALANCHE." Her expression was angry, but Sephiroth recognized the respect in her voice. It was something he had grown used to hearing at SOLDIER, anyway.
Sephiroth had been respected of fear, because he was fysically above everyone, never because of anything he did. Who'd admire a murderer? "Do you still wish to fight us?" Sephiroth asked the woman, noticing the look Cloud gave him. He probably felt threatened, Sephiroth thought, after all it should have been him protecting everyone and not Sephiroth. The problem was, these people didn't fear Cloud. They'd fight him without a moments hesitation, but very few had the courage to challenge someone like Sephiroth. He figured there was a good chance to avoid the entire battle.
"I have my orders." The womans voice was slightly frightened. She was new, Sephiroth realized. He remembered how the new ones started out believing in great ideals, to the honour of war.. Then they went to battle and watched their comrades die in their arms.. They changed. Turned cold and heartless, like him. It was a transformation not many were able to live with.
"As you wish then." Sephiroth raised his sword, and nodded slightly at the woman. He watched as the SOLDIER's turned their rifles at him and prepared to fire, their hands sweating in the morning sun.
"Fire!" The woman leader ordered uncertainly, and her unit fired their rifles. The bullets exploded against a light green shild of energy, humming electrically in front of Sephiroth. Aeris watched in horror, as Sephiroth rushed towards the SOLDIER's, cutting their bodies with precise movements. He twirled around, slicing a rifle one SOLDIER had raised for his protection in half. His movements were so fast and perfect, he seemed to be dancing to some deadly rhythm, watching nonchalantly as the men surrounding him fell to the ground, their clothes stained red with blood.
The unit leader stared shocked, as Sephiroth turned his Masamune at her, freshly spilt blood on it's blade. "My unit.." Was all the woman said, noticing a few of them were still alive, though severely wounded.
"This is what it's really about.." Sephiroth told her, lowering his sword as he realized the woman was too shocked to attack him. "This is all they believe in." He finished, walking past the SOLDIER bodies on the ground. The unit leader rushed to her men, and began chanting healing spells. Aeris walked over to her, joining her in the spells. Sephiroth watched at Aeris a while, realizing she didn't like what he had just done.
"Sephiroth.. You.. you killed them." Cloud blinked, watching at the few SOLDIER's who seemed to have survived Sephiroth's attack. Images of Tifa in the same position filled his mind, but the newly emerged fear for Sephiroth prevented him from attacking his former unit leader.
"Sephiroth.." Aeris raised her eyes from a wounded SOLDIER, tears in her eyes. "You can't do this.. You can't run around killing people.. It's wrong.. Don't you see?" She asked, watching him as his neutral expression slowly turned a little sad.
For the first time during his long military career, Sephiroth felt guilty. Only now did he realize, what affect Aeris' company had on him. He had begun to value life.. Looking at the lifeless bodies surrounding him, Sephiroth felt like he had taken something from them, that wasn't for him to take. Killing was so natural to Sephiroth, after all, he was raised a monster. Sephiroth walked over to Aeris, noticing the way her muscles tensed with fright. There was definate fear in her expression aswell, even though she was trying to hide it. Sephiroth looked at Aeris a while, then kneeled in front of her, on the other side of the wounded SOLDIER. They stared at each other a while, the hurt in Aeris' eyes soon replaced with confusion. "Give me your hands." Sephiroth said quietly, staring down at the deep cut in a mans chest.
"W-why?" Aeris asked, a hurt and betrayed tremor in her voice.
Sephiroth didn't say anything, just watched as Aeris extended her hands to him, her delicate fingers trembling as Sephiroth held them in his grasp. "If it is what you wish, I shall help you heal them." He said, closing his eyes as he began chanting a powerful healing spell.
"What..?" Aeris looked at his concetrated expression, noticing the air surrounding them turned into a storm of sparkling green energy. "What's.. happening?" She felt such strange energy flowing within her veins, rushing endlessly beneath her skin.
"FullCure." Sephiroth whispered quietly. He noticed that Aeris finally joined his spell, the limitless power of the lifestream flowing through her being. Sephiroth watched her, as her simple life-spell became so intense he felt her power twisting his cells. She was truly a cetra, Sephiroth thought, as the bewildered SOLDIER's rose from the ground, trying to make sence out of what had just happened. Sephiroth let go of Aeris hands, and stood up.
"W-what was that? I've never.. There was so much energy." Aeris shuddered, and watched as Sephiroth turned his back at her and walked away with heavy steps. "Sephiroth..?" She whispered, noticing all the SOLDIER's were more or less alive.
"Thankyou." The woman unit leader told Aeris, and rushed to each member of her unit in turn, checking on their condition.
"..That was pretty advanced." Cloud blinked again, feeling Tifa gently squeeze his hand. They had never seen such a powerful spell.
"What were you doing here?" Aeris asked the female leader of the SOLDIER's.
"We were ordered to provide backup for another platoon sent to collect the last remaining Jenova cell-samples from the reactor. They left for Midgar last night, though." The woman explained Aeris.
"Oh." Aeris nodded, and smiled sadly as she stared at the back of Sephiroth. Even after the things she had seen Sephiroth do, she still felt for him.. Sometimes it frightened her, such emotion was dangerous. It seemed there wasn't a thing she wouldn't sacrifise to be with him. "I wish you'll get safely to Costa Del Sol." Aeris smiled friendly at the female leader, who returned her smile weakly.
* * * * *
"What's wrong with him?" Sephiroth stared at a man in the far corner of a room, babbling something incoherent.
"He's a failure." Hojo's voice was harsh, as he gave the man a loathing look. "A weakling.." He continued, walking Sephiroth further towards him. Sephiroth felt disgusted by Hojo's hands on his shoulders, but walked towards the stranger anyway.
"See..? He'll be soon released to the slums below." Hojo explained, as Sephiroth stared at the man, clad in cheap raggs that reminded Sephiroth of his own clothes. He stared at Sephiroth with such desperation in his eyes, but when he tried to speak, only horrible howling was heard.
"He'll live alone and forgotten, at the mercy of people who pity him. He'd be better of dead, don't you think?" Hojo told Sephiroth, speaking of the man in front of him like he wasn't there. "His human half can't cope with ..certain cells in his system.. You see, he is falling apart on cellular level.. Rotting while still alive." Hojo's voice lacked any sympathy.
"He's dying..?" Sephiroth turned to face Hojo, confusion on his face. Hojo stared at the boy in front of him a while, remembering that same look on his wife Lucresia's face. Sephiroth looked more and more like Lucresia every day.
"Yes.. It's a beautiful thing to watch." Hojo leered at the man, who had a brief look of recognition in his eyes.
"..Gaah.. H..hojo.." The man howled, his horribly broken voice making Sephiroth tremble to the core.
* * * * *
"Geez.. Home sweet home." Barret seemed to get more nervous the closer the AVALANCHEr's got to Corel.
"You're from here?" Cloud asked, holding Tifa's hand as he walked.
"Yeah.. Corel's my home village.. I ain't that popular around there though. I couldn't stop SOLDIER's from burning my own village down." Barret's voice was filled with regret and hatred towards Shin-Ra.
"So I guess we won't get a warm welcoming then?" Cloud sighed, a little tired after everything that had happened during the day. Seeing a Mako-reactor hadn't exactly helped him forget the sight of Sephiroth slaying SOLDIER members like average monsters.
"Cloud.." Tifa whispered, squeezing the blond-haired mans hand. Cloud glanced behind him, in the direction Tifa was signaling to with her eyes. Sephiroth and Aeris were walking in silence, both looking miserable. "What's up with them?" She asked. It did seem strange they were suddenly so far apart.
"Maybe she just realized what he's really like." Cloud snorted, not caring.
"But he did cure them.. Maybe she's having a positive affect on him." Red said, turning his head at Cloud.
"I don't care!" He hissed. "I'm not concearned for Sephiroth's state of mind.. I just don't want him anywhere near to Aeris." Cloud continued, noticing Tifa nod at him with a little bit uncertain look in her eyes.
"But--" Red tried to argue.
"You can't honestly claim, he'll make her happy? I mean, look at her! Does she look happy to you?" Cloud continued, trying to keep his voice low so that Sephiroth couldn't hear him.
"No, but--" Red begun his protest again.
"And what kind of a future could they possibly have? When you look at them, can you see a lasting relationship?" Cloud kept defending his opinion. "He'll end up hurting her just like he has hurt everybody else around him.. It would be better he let her be." He glared at Sephiroth who was still walking behind him, but the silver-haired man didn't notice it. He had turned his head away from Aeris, and stared at the horizon with a sullen expression on his face. When Aeris turned her head away as well, they looked almost comical, walking on opposite sides of the road.
"There it is.." Barret stared fixedly at the ruins of his home town. A few dirty-white tents were already visible.
"Hey, Aeris!" Cloud shouted at her.
"..Yes?" She raised her eyes from the ground, looking ahead at Cloud.
"Come here.." He said, signaling with his fingers for Aeris to come closer so that he wouldn't need to shout.
"OK." Aeris nodded quietly, glancing at Sephiroth as she ran up to Cloud. He just turned his head away, refusing to look at Aeris. Sephiroth seemed so untouchable, so distant.. Aeris desperately wanted to reach out her hand and touch him, but she was too frightened that he would just brush her off again. Her heart couldn't stand such a blow, after all the events that had taken place earlier.
"Yeah?" Aeris asked Cloud, only slightly breathless. During these last few days of intense excercise, her stamina had improved a lot.
"Are you OK?" Tifa asked Aeris, and glanced at Sephiroth. She caught him staring at Aeris, and noticed he then turned his head away, the cold bitter look in his eyes.
"..I guess." Aeris shrugged, not really convincing anyone.
"That's Corel.. We'd better start asking them about the Stone straight away." Cloud explained.
"Yeah.. Whatever." Aeris sighed deeply, kicking at the loose soil on the ground.
"I'm sure he'll come around." Red smiled at Aeris, cheering her up. Cloud and Tifa gave Red two poisonous glares, but he still continued to encourage Aeris.
"You think so?" Aeris asked Red, smiling a little. "He's being really difficult again." She continued, biting her lip. "I don't understand it.." She tilted her head, wondering what had caused such a strong reaction in Sephiroth. She was sure it wasn't because he had healed the SOLDIER's.. Aeris was sure he had genuinely felt guilty for hurting them, she had seen it in his eyes. So why? Aeris hoped she could make sence out of it all. She couldn't stand the distance between herself and Sephiroth.
"I'm sure everything will work out.." Red comforted her.
In Corel not that many people were willing to tell the AVALANCHE members anything, but Cloud managed to find out the owner of Gold Saucer amusement park had just recently gotten a strange looking stone for his exhibition. He wanted to go check if the stone was in fact the same they were looking for.
"Nobody's seen or heard from Zenobius.." Red walked over to Cloud, a puzzled look on his face.
"Do you think he's already at Gold Saucer?" Cloud asked.
"He'd have to have gone through here.. Maybe he's waiting outside this town.. Somewhere." Red glanced around him, not comfortable with the thought.
"You're probably right. We've got to be really careful from now on.." Cloud sighed, and looked at Tifa who was bying them some granades. Even if they wouldn't need them, it was comforting to know they had extra firepower to protect themselves with.
"Look at those two.." Yuffie sighed, sitting on top of a bulk of concrete. She was looking at Sephiroth and Aeris, as they stood next to each other, both pretending like the other wasn't there. "Pathetic." She sighed, shaking her head.
"Anyway, I think we should head to Gold Saucer.. The sun is setting." Cloud muttered, trying to ignore Yuffie's comments.
"Yeah. I agree." Tifa smiled, walking next to him after she had finished shopping.
Once received a few glares from the villagers, Barret joined them. Their group walked the small distance to the ropestation and entered the lift specially designed to take people to Gold Saucer. "Ya know, nearly all da money from this place goes to Shin-Ra.." He muttered, "so no spending frenzy, OK?"
Aeris and Sephiroth just stared out of their respective windows, watching as the darkening sky lit up with fireworks. The amusement park was beautifully eluminated, neon signs and lightbulbs shining with such inviting radiance.
"Wow." Tifa sighed, as the elevator finally reached it's position and stopped. "We're there.." She told Cloud, and all of them quickly exited the elevator. They quickly spotted a girl at the entrance of the Gold Saucer, selling tickets to visitors.
"3000 Gils per ticket!!" She proclaimed, excited that there were new people arriving.
"You've got to be kidding me! That much?" Cloud muttered, but payed everyone's ticket. They then entered a hall, from which there were several routes.
"So, where to go?" Tifa asked Cloud.
"I don't know.. The Battle station probably. I heard the owner is a battle-fanatic.." Cloud scratched his head and signaled the others to follow him. They jumped into the tube, that quickly transported them to their destination.
"This place is so confusing.." Tifa studied the tubes that seemed to be everywhere.
"Anyway, let's just check out the stone.." Cloud told her, and they all walked into the battle station. There were people stretching and preparing for battles everywhere, waiting for their turn to earn some battle points. Most of the prizes were worthless junk, but for these people, the winning itself was prize enough.
"I think the exhibition is this way.." Tifa pointed to the right, and they soon saw a sign in the wall that encouraged travellers to visit the owners exhibition of items.
"That's it.." Sephiroth glanced at Cloud, and walked towards a stone, placed on display on top of a pedestal. As he touched it, it's surface seemed to glow faintly, pulsating with light.
"OK, let's just take it and leave before anyone notices." Cloud muttered, grabbing the stone from Sephiroth's hands.
"I wouldn't recommend it." A voice came from behind the group. A man stood there with a confident grin on his face, studying the strangers in the room. He was probably the owner of the KeyStone, Dio, Cloud realized.
"We'll pay for it if you like, but we really need this stone." Cloud told him.
"You can have it.. On one condition." The man spoke. "You'll have to fight against my monsters." Dio suggested, grabbing the KeyStone from Cloud.
"..Sure." He muttered his reply.
"Not you.. But you." The tanned owner turned to look at Sephiroth. "You look like some sad Sephiroth-wannabe." Dio spoke, not realizing he was in fact talking to THE Sephiroth. "But maybe looks deceive, hmm? It'll be fun to see what happens." He continued, walking towards the battle arena.
"Whatever." Sephiroth muttered, looking even more sullen than he had before. Fighting in an amusement park was extremely humiliating for him, and he felt like a circus freak while walking in front of everyone. They looked at him with such amused expressions on their faces.. One by one the monsters came, and each time Sephiroth sliced them with deadly precision. After a while he became bored with such weak monsters, and amused himself by setting fire to a walking plant-monster. It twirled around shocked a while, then falling to the ground dead.
Sephiroth grinned at it's corpse, noticing the final monster entered the stage. It was big and looked threatening, but he wasn't frightened. He jumped high, turned in mid air and pierced the creature's heart with his Masamune. It fell to the ground with a thump, and Sephiroth watched at it a long time, without hearing the cheers of the people behind him. What difference was there really, between killing a monster and killing a human being. They both felt pain.. There was no greater justification.
Sephiroth turned his back at the dead animal, and exited the stage, glancing briefly at Aeris. She looked at him in awe, yet.. Sephiroth had to turn his eyes away. He couldn't bear to look at her anymore. He wished she'd hit him or shout at him, scold him with harsh words and say she'd never want to see him again. But that smile.. It was too much for him. There was no way Sephiroth could respond to it. It seemed almost like Aeris cared for him unconditionally. Even his own mother hadn't been so all-accepting. But dared Sephiroth belive in such a thing? That the only person who could make him feel complete.. Also accepted the darker side of his character? He walked away from Aeris, not returning her smile. She shouldn't be forced to tolerate anything.
"Thanks." Cloud grinned at Dio, who then gave him back the KeyStone.
"You deserved it.." The tanned man sighed, and walked back to his exhibition, probably to think about how he was going to replace the KeyStone in his collection.
"Hey, Let's stay here for tonight." Yuffie suggested.
"Good idea." Tifa nodded at her. "I think all of us could use a little break." She continued, glancing at Cloud.
"Yeah, sure." Cloud smiled, blushing a little as Tifa grabbed his hand.
They walked to the hotel, everyone else talking happily except Aeris and Sephiroth. They continued ignore the longing in their hearts.
"Wow, this is so cool." Yuffie studied the hotel they entered. Everything looked so old and creepy.. Like a ghosthouse. She realized the hotel was supposed to look like that, and the spooky atmosphere was fake; Yuffie still found it very appealing.
"So, what are we gonna do tonight?" Barret glanced at Red.
"Don't ask me." He answered, cleaning his fur by licking through it like a cat.
"Well I know I'm not gonna sit around waiting for someone to cough up furballs." Yuffie snorted, jumping down on a sofa. Red made a face at her, and then finished cleaning his paws.
"I'm going to my room." Sephiroth said coldly, and walked up the stairs.
Aeris just stared after him a while, heaving a sigh. "..Me too.. I guess." She bit her lip, and then followed Sephiroth's example. They entered their rooms, slamming the doors shut at the same time.
"Talk about difficult.." Yuffie puffed.
"I'm not going to let him bother me.." Cloud smiled at Tifa. "What do you say we go bet on Chocobo's?" He asked her, and she smiled back at him shyly.
"That'd be great." Tifa answered, and they walked out together.
"So I'm stuck with you two, huh?" Yuffie glanced at Barret and Red in turn. "Great." She sighed.
* * * * *
Aeris sat in her room and stared at the floor. She could hear the excited screams of people riding the roller-coaster, and it only made her feel that much worse. So now it was official, Sephiroth didn't care about her at all. The look he had given her had been so cold.. Aeris layed herself down on her bed, and curled up to a fetal position, thinking back to the wonderful things he had once said about her. Didn't Sephiroth feel like that anymore? Did he loathe her for her frailty? Aeris wanted to cry, but she was too locked up in her emotions to really feel anything. A passing thought in her mind was, that Sephiroth had probably felt like that his entire life. Resting her head against a pillow, Aeris' heart was so burdened by thoughts of Sephiroth.. Suddenly she heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?" She whispered to herself, and quickly checked her appearance from the mirror nearby before opening the door.
"Oh.. it's you Yuffie." Aeris looked at the girl sadly.
"Now is that any way to greet a teammate? Red's coughing up furballs somewhere, so I got bored.. And you can't spend the entire evening cramped up in your room. Come out." She pulled at Aeris hand, and led her down the stairs.
"Listen, Yuffie, I really don't feel like doing anything tonight.." She sighed, but Yuffie pulled her with her. They walked to the sight-seeing car, and just as Aeris opened the door, Yuffie forcefully shoved her in and locked the door.
"Go go go!!" Yuffie shouted outside, as Aeris noticed the other person already sitting in the car. It was Sephiroth, who had an equally surprised look on his face as Aeris.
"What are you doing here?" They asked each other in unison, as Aeris sat down on the opposite side to Sephiroth.
"Yuffie shoved me here." Aeris explained, a little uncomfortable with the situation, yet she felt a smile force it's way to her lips. It was so good to see him.
"Red shoved me here. He said he was gonna go ask why this thing isn't working." Sephiroth shrugged.
"They set us up, huh?" Aeris smiled, noticing Sephiroth smile briefly too, as he turned his gaze out of the open window.
"I can't belive I fell for it.. He said he wanted to talk to me about you." Sephiroth shook his head, frowning at the floor.
"..You came here for me..?" Aeris tilted her head gently, as the car rose higher on it's route. They watched as the beautifullest fireworks burned in the sky, the shades or green, red and yellow shining brighter than any star. "How sweet of you.." She smiled sadly, playing with her fingers.
"Would you stop." Sephiroth bowed his head towards the ground, refusing to look at Aeris.
"W-what?" Aeris was somewhat shocked by the bitter sound of his voice. Outside, she saw bright coloured balloons fly past them.
"..Why won't you just hate me.." Sephiroth said quietly, his body clearly bracing itself for a punch. Aeris just looked at him, baffled. "I have acted against your will.. So I should be punished." He explained, closing his eyes.
"W-what..?" Aeris continued to stare at him, trying to understand what caused such behaviour. "Sephiroth.. I'm not your master, I'm your girlfriend.. I couldn't judge you, not matter what you did." She told him, gently placing her hand on the back of his head. She felt him flinch at her slightest touch, almost as if he had waited pain to follow it.
"But you should." Sephiroth said, lifting his gaze. "You really should.. hit me or shout at me.. Do anything but touch me like that." He sighed, the expression on his face slowly turning from neutral into troubled.
"Why?" Aeris bit her lip, moved by what she saw in his eyes. He looked so young.. Outside, the cheers of people watching a chocobo-race were heard. Aeris listened the the rustle of chocobo's running on their track, her eyes fixated on Sephiroth.
"Because.." Sephiroth sat up, looking at Aeris' worried expression a long time. "I'm a monster.." He finally answered, without any hesitation in his voice.
"You're not!" Aeris told him, almost equally certain of her words. "I mean, sometimes people do horrible things.. I'm sure during the war some people killed even more people than you ever have.. And when the President made sector seven collapse, he killed a lot of people too.. But no-one goes around saying he's a monster!!" She tried to cheer him up, but she didn't really have much success.
"Sometimes I just wonder if you fully understand this situation.. I'm Jenova's son and you're.." Sephiroth silenced himself.
"An Ancient." Aeris finally admitted him, somehow guessing what he was going to say before he spoke the words.
"Yes.. And Jenova really hates you.. I'm not sure what your voices tell you, but.." Sephiroth looked at her quizzically.
"They don't like you very much, I know." Aeris nodded.
"Exactly. If we are destined to be enemies, how could you.. be with me." Sephiroth tried to speak again, as their tour was coming to an end.
"I don't like that sort of a destiny, probably.." Aeris smiled sheepishly at Sephiroth, as she exited the car. She couldn't see Yuffie or Red anywhere though. They had probably gone hiding somewhere in case Sephiroth had not found their little joke amusing. "I'm glad we talked." She told Sephiroth.
"Yeah right." He snorted, but didn't turn his back at Aeris.
"Come on, we can't end the evening like this!" Aeris beamed at him, realizing their brief visit at Gold Saucer turned out to be their second date. "Let's go to the roller-coaster!!" She giggled, and pulled Sephiroth along as she rushed towards the hall in front of them.
* * * * *
"You will not be satisfied with this fortune." Cait Sith told the Cloud and Tifa.
They had been walking around Gold Saucer having a really good time, and on their way to the arcade they had bumbed into Cait Sith, who looked even more biculiar than Red XIII. It seemed to be a talking cat on top of a pink stuffed toy, shouting it's fortunes into a megaphone. "Oh, no it can't be that.. Let me try it again." Cait Sith said, and really concentrated this time.
"Well?" Tifa asked, taking a bite out the hamburger she had just bought.
"You will soon hear another fortune?" Cait Sith told her.
"Oh, let's go Tifa.." Cloud laughed, and was just about to walk past Cait Sith.
"No, no.. It'll come to me.. Seriously!" The stuffed toy shook it's pink body, and quickly attempted another fortune. "What is forgotten will be again..?" Cait Sith seemed puzzled by what he came up with.
"I don't get it." Cloud blinked at the creature. "Doesn't it say anything else?" He asked.
"Look, I don't really know what my fortunes mean.. until I follow the people I give them to and see what happens." Cait Sith shrugged.
"You don't mean..?" Cloud asked him.
"Yes. I'm going to come with you!!" Cait Sith seemed excited.
"Oh great. More people." Cloud glanced at Tifa, slightly sorry that their date had been ruined so suddenly.
"Don't worry Cloud.. We should probably head back anyway.. It's kinda late." Tifa smiled at Cloud as they turned and began walking towards the hotel.
I'm not sure if I remembered it correct.. In what order do the stuff that happen on the scenery ride happen? Hmm.. Anyway, how did you like the date-scene? I hope it was even a little bit original. (I'm sure the place I ended it was weird enough, huh?) I don't like to copy anyone's ideas!! ^_^ Huh, anyway it looks like I just might get another chapter done by the end of this week since I was so fast with this one. Thanks for past and future reviews!!