"What the heck is going on!" Yuffie yelled as she looked down over Wu-tai. She had only been gone for a week and already she regretted ever leaving. In the middle of the small town stood a huge building, one very familiar. It was skyscraper and had a red logo on the front.
"ShinRa." Barret's voice was dry and cutting "Does this mean that Rufus is still alive?"
*Aeris,* Sephiroth thought out to her *I think it's time you told them who your other guardians are.*
*I can't. They'll never understand! There halving a hard enough time trusting you, telling them will make it worse.*
*That can't be helped. They'll have to find out sooner or later, now is your best time.*
"No," Aeris spoke up "Rufus isn't alive. I know that for a fact."
"What makes you say this Aeris?" Vincent asked.
"Because he's..... he's my second guardian." Aeris closed her eyes, waiting for there reaction.
*They're going to be so mad at me Sephiroth.*
*I think you're worrying over nothing Aeris, open your eyes.* Slowly she opened her eyes looking at her friends in dismay.
"Your not mad at me?" Cloud laughed.
"No, why would I be mad at you? I knew that it would probably be him."
"How did you know?"
"You had to be hiding it from us for some reason, I figured that it had to be something like that. Let me guess, your other two guardians are TURKs?"
"Cloud, only one TURK in dead." Tifa informed him. Aeris nodded, not daring to look Cloud in the eye.
"Tseng is my third guardian."
"And who might your fourth be?" Red asked. Aeris looked at Cloud and smiled.
"I believe you know him well Cloud, his names is Zack." To Aeris pleasure Cloud's eyes widened and his lips formed a faint smile.
"Zack?" He laughed "So he made it to the lifestream. Aeris, make sure you bring him sometime, I haven't see him is awhile."
"I will."
"Umm guys? I think you forgot something important here, like WHY THE HELL SOMEONE HAS RE-STARTED SHINRA IN MY HOMETOWN!" Yuffie voice grew loader with ever word.
"It's getting late," Sephiroth cut in, "I think we should get some rest and start again first thing tomorrow."
"And who put you in charge?!" Cloud snapped.
"No one. Fine, lets go and break in to the headcorters of a dead company. Sure were tired, we haven't eaten hours, half our weapons are broken, and we have no clue what we're doing, but that doesn't matter we're all going to die someday. Right?"
"He has a point Cloud," Tifa said, "Lets get some rest, we can't afford to die this early in a mission."
Cloud scolded realizing Sephiroth was probably right.
"Fine. Yuffie, lead the way."
"Sephiroth?! Where are you?" Aeris choked on her words. Everything around her was dark. She could since his presents, but couldn't fine him anywhere.
"Sephiroth! This isn't funny! I can't feel anything, I'm completely numb! Sephiroth!" She dropped to her knees, tears running down her face.
*Where am I? The last thing I remember is that I was in my room tiring to sleep.*
"Aeris! Aeris! Can you hear me?"
"Sephiroth! Over here!" The darkness broke enough to allow Aeris to see someone's figure.
"Aeris, thank Holy your ok." Sephiroth dropped down to her side, whipping the tears off her face.
"This is a dream Aeris, I'm not sure how this is happening, but our dreams are linked."
"It's the planet," Areis said, "It's tiring to talk to us." The darkness broke again, revealing another figure. It was one of a familiar 20 year old boy. He was dressed in a formal outfit with a whacked out armlet around his left arm.
"Cal!" Aeris cheered
"I'm impressed, you guys found the first poisoned guardian with in a few days."
"What do you mean? We haven't found anything." Sephiroth said dryly.
"You've found more then you believe. You know that huge building Yuffie was yelling at earlier? That is being ran by the wind guardian, Kaze."
"You're saying ShinRa is know in the hands of a giant bird? I fail to see the reality in this Cal." Sephiroth snapped.
"Temper, Temper Sephiroth. Kaze is in a human form. He looks, acts, talks, and even smells like a human, but he couldn't be any more different."
"So how are we supposed to find him?" Aeris asked quietly.
"That will be decided tomorrow. This is the end of the first part of your journey. First thing tomorrow I want both of you to return to the life stream with me. We'll figure things out from there."
"Can't we stay a little longer?" Sephiroth objected, "We're so close!"
"But your still to far. Don't worry, I'll be sending you a portal." Cal turned around and started walking away. "I'm sorry, I have to go now. I believe the planet has a few things to talk to you about. Don't worry, she nice. She has a weird was of saying things though." He waved before this image disappeared.
"The planet is a girl?" Sephiroth said, "I didn't even know the planet had a consioness."
"I do so have a consioness!" The darkness broke for the last time revealing a small girl. She had on a bright red dress that came down past her knees. Her black hair was up in two pigtails with bright red bows. Much like Cal's she had strange tatoos on her arms.
"Your the planet!" Sephiroth voice was shocked "You're only a little kid!" The little girl stuck her tongue out at Sephiroth.
"I'm not a little kid! I'll reassure you that I'm 100000 time older then you are!" The little girl rolled her eyes towards the sky.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to judge a book by it's cover?" She snapped her fingers and smirked. Her body started glowing, transforming it 's self into a body of a twenty year old girl. She had on a long red skirt that had Japanese writhing down the side in black ink. The top of her torso was covered by a black halter top. The only this that remained the same was her black hair which was now hanging loose down over her shoulders, and the strange tatoos on her arms. She snapped her fingers again making a armlet appear that was almost the same as Cal's.
"There, is that better?" Aeris raised an eyebrow.
"That would be a handy talent." She said before she could stop herself. The girl laughed.
"It is, my name is Dovessesce, but you can call me Dove. People call me this because Dove means pure and peaceful, and peace is all I fight for." She slightly bowed "I assume you've met my brother."
"Your brother?" Aeris asked.
"My brother Cal." Sephiroth sighed.
"This is getting a little bit to strange for even my liking." Dove giggled. Even though she was in the form of a beautiful woman, she still had the eyes of a child.
"Our time is running out, I just wanted to tell you guys something. The world is depending on you guys. Aeris, you and your four guardians hold a huge amount of responsibility." She bowed again, before her image faded completely.
"Wait!" Sephiroth yelled out "What will happen if we fail?" As soon as the words came out of him mouth a large blade appeared no more then twenty feet infront of them. The light reflected off it's deadly point. Without warning it was thrusted forward. It quickly swam through the air, driving it's self in Sephiroth's chest.
"Sephiroth!" Not pausing to think Aeris dove to his side. Sephiroth breathing deepened greatly.
*Don't worry Aeris, this is only a dream. She's trying to show us what will happen if we fail.* He gasped for air again. Aeris knew the reason he wasn't directly talking was because the crystal was destroying his lungs.
*Everything will be ok. We just have to wake up. I'll be waiting for your Aeris." Aeris choked on her breath as Sephiroth's body vanished from her arms.
"Why! Why did you do that to him!" Aeris yelled, holding back her tears. Dove's voice echoed in her mind.
"If you falter on your quest this is what will happen. Everyone alive and dead will feel nothing but pain. Everyone will loose everting they care about. It's time now Aeris, wake up."
"Aeris! wake up!" Sephiroth shook the sleeping girl's limp body.
"Sephiroth?" Tears formed in the corners of her eyes. She shot up, wrapping her arms around his chest.
"Sephiroth, thank holy you're ok." Sephiroth smirked.
"That line sounds familiar." He ran his hand through her hair, trying to comfort her.
"It's ok Aeris, It was only a dream. I'm still here. come on, we have to get going. Cal is waiting for us." She nodded and pushed Sephiroth out of her room so she could get changed.
Vincent sat outside the hotel, quietly listening to Cloud and Yuffie argue.
"Cloud, I know what your getting at, but honestly he wouldn't have helped us this much if he was trying to kill us!"
"And what do you expect me to do? Just let him come in and going our group? He's a murder Yuffie!"
"Cloud Strife you are the most annoying person I know!" Yuffie brought her hand back to slap Cloud, but it was stopped by Vincent's's grasp.
"Let me go Vincent!"
"I think Yuffie's right Cloud. I know he's done a lot, but he's changed. At lease give him a chance."
Aeris stopped behind the corner of the hotel building. She had heard the argument. Cloud never gave Sephiroth a chance, no matter what he did to help he still had it stuck in his mind that Sephiroth was still a demon. She clenched her fist.
"So now your on there side Vincent!? Sephiroth is up to no good! He killed her once, he'll kill her again!"
"Cloud Strife why don't you just take your theories and shove them!" Aeris yelled. She stormed out until she was in the centre of the group.
"Are you blind! He's done nothning but help us!"
"Aeris calm down," Sephiroth walked forward standing behind her, "He's not going to listen, and I don't blame him. I wouldn't trust myself if I were anyone else."
"It's a little bit late to be sorry, don't you think?" Cloud snapped back.
"Do you expect me to get on my knees and beg?" Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, his voice was hard and sharp.
"Stop it! Both of you!" Aeris yelled "You wouldn't recognize love if it came out and smacked you on the forehead Cloud!"
Aeris walked past Cloud. Like Cal had said a portal appeared to take them back.
"Come on Sephiroth, lets go."
"ShinRa." Barret's voice was dry and cutting "Does this mean that Rufus is still alive?"
*Aeris,* Sephiroth thought out to her *I think it's time you told them who your other guardians are.*
*I can't. They'll never understand! There halving a hard enough time trusting you, telling them will make it worse.*
*That can't be helped. They'll have to find out sooner or later, now is your best time.*
"No," Aeris spoke up "Rufus isn't alive. I know that for a fact."
"What makes you say this Aeris?" Vincent asked.
"Because he's..... he's my second guardian." Aeris closed her eyes, waiting for there reaction.
*They're going to be so mad at me Sephiroth.*
*I think you're worrying over nothing Aeris, open your eyes.* Slowly she opened her eyes looking at her friends in dismay.
"Your not mad at me?" Cloud laughed.
"No, why would I be mad at you? I knew that it would probably be him."
"How did you know?"
"You had to be hiding it from us for some reason, I figured that it had to be something like that. Let me guess, your other two guardians are TURKs?"
"Cloud, only one TURK in dead." Tifa informed him. Aeris nodded, not daring to look Cloud in the eye.
"Tseng is my third guardian."
"And who might your fourth be?" Red asked. Aeris looked at Cloud and smiled.
"I believe you know him well Cloud, his names is Zack." To Aeris pleasure Cloud's eyes widened and his lips formed a faint smile.
"Zack?" He laughed "So he made it to the lifestream. Aeris, make sure you bring him sometime, I haven't see him is awhile."
"I will."
"Umm guys? I think you forgot something important here, like WHY THE HELL SOMEONE HAS RE-STARTED SHINRA IN MY HOMETOWN!" Yuffie voice grew loader with ever word.
"It's getting late," Sephiroth cut in, "I think we should get some rest and start again first thing tomorrow."
"And who put you in charge?!" Cloud snapped.
"No one. Fine, lets go and break in to the headcorters of a dead company. Sure were tired, we haven't eaten hours, half our weapons are broken, and we have no clue what we're doing, but that doesn't matter we're all going to die someday. Right?"
"He has a point Cloud," Tifa said, "Lets get some rest, we can't afford to die this early in a mission."
Cloud scolded realizing Sephiroth was probably right.
"Fine. Yuffie, lead the way."
"Sephiroth?! Where are you?" Aeris choked on her words. Everything around her was dark. She could since his presents, but couldn't fine him anywhere.
"Sephiroth! This isn't funny! I can't feel anything, I'm completely numb! Sephiroth!" She dropped to her knees, tears running down her face.
*Where am I? The last thing I remember is that I was in my room tiring to sleep.*
"Aeris! Aeris! Can you hear me?"
"Sephiroth! Over here!" The darkness broke enough to allow Aeris to see someone's figure.
"Aeris, thank Holy your ok." Sephiroth dropped down to her side, whipping the tears off her face.
"This is a dream Aeris, I'm not sure how this is happening, but our dreams are linked."
"It's the planet," Areis said, "It's tiring to talk to us." The darkness broke again, revealing another figure. It was one of a familiar 20 year old boy. He was dressed in a formal outfit with a whacked out armlet around his left arm.
"Cal!" Aeris cheered
"I'm impressed, you guys found the first poisoned guardian with in a few days."
"What do you mean? We haven't found anything." Sephiroth said dryly.
"You've found more then you believe. You know that huge building Yuffie was yelling at earlier? That is being ran by the wind guardian, Kaze."
"You're saying ShinRa is know in the hands of a giant bird? I fail to see the reality in this Cal." Sephiroth snapped.
"Temper, Temper Sephiroth. Kaze is in a human form. He looks, acts, talks, and even smells like a human, but he couldn't be any more different."
"So how are we supposed to find him?" Aeris asked quietly.
"That will be decided tomorrow. This is the end of the first part of your journey. First thing tomorrow I want both of you to return to the life stream with me. We'll figure things out from there."
"Can't we stay a little longer?" Sephiroth objected, "We're so close!"
"But your still to far. Don't worry, I'll be sending you a portal." Cal turned around and started walking away. "I'm sorry, I have to go now. I believe the planet has a few things to talk to you about. Don't worry, she nice. She has a weird was of saying things though." He waved before this image disappeared.
"The planet is a girl?" Sephiroth said, "I didn't even know the planet had a consioness."
"I do so have a consioness!" The darkness broke for the last time revealing a small girl. She had on a bright red dress that came down past her knees. Her black hair was up in two pigtails with bright red bows. Much like Cal's she had strange tatoos on her arms.
"Your the planet!" Sephiroth voice was shocked "You're only a little kid!" The little girl stuck her tongue out at Sephiroth.
"I'm not a little kid! I'll reassure you that I'm 100000 time older then you are!" The little girl rolled her eyes towards the sky.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to judge a book by it's cover?" She snapped her fingers and smirked. Her body started glowing, transforming it 's self into a body of a twenty year old girl. She had on a long red skirt that had Japanese writhing down the side in black ink. The top of her torso was covered by a black halter top. The only this that remained the same was her black hair which was now hanging loose down over her shoulders, and the strange tatoos on her arms. She snapped her fingers again making a armlet appear that was almost the same as Cal's.
"There, is that better?" Aeris raised an eyebrow.
"That would be a handy talent." She said before she could stop herself. The girl laughed.
"It is, my name is Dovessesce, but you can call me Dove. People call me this because Dove means pure and peaceful, and peace is all I fight for." She slightly bowed "I assume you've met my brother."
"Your brother?" Aeris asked.
"My brother Cal." Sephiroth sighed.
"This is getting a little bit to strange for even my liking." Dove giggled. Even though she was in the form of a beautiful woman, she still had the eyes of a child.
"Our time is running out, I just wanted to tell you guys something. The world is depending on you guys. Aeris, you and your four guardians hold a huge amount of responsibility." She bowed again, before her image faded completely.
"Wait!" Sephiroth yelled out "What will happen if we fail?" As soon as the words came out of him mouth a large blade appeared no more then twenty feet infront of them. The light reflected off it's deadly point. Without warning it was thrusted forward. It quickly swam through the air, driving it's self in Sephiroth's chest.
"Sephiroth!" Not pausing to think Aeris dove to his side. Sephiroth breathing deepened greatly.
*Don't worry Aeris, this is only a dream. She's trying to show us what will happen if we fail.* He gasped for air again. Aeris knew the reason he wasn't directly talking was because the crystal was destroying his lungs.
*Everything will be ok. We just have to wake up. I'll be waiting for your Aeris." Aeris choked on her breath as Sephiroth's body vanished from her arms.
"Why! Why did you do that to him!" Aeris yelled, holding back her tears. Dove's voice echoed in her mind.
"If you falter on your quest this is what will happen. Everyone alive and dead will feel nothing but pain. Everyone will loose everting they care about. It's time now Aeris, wake up."
"Aeris! wake up!" Sephiroth shook the sleeping girl's limp body.
"Sephiroth?" Tears formed in the corners of her eyes. She shot up, wrapping her arms around his chest.
"Sephiroth, thank holy you're ok." Sephiroth smirked.
"That line sounds familiar." He ran his hand through her hair, trying to comfort her.
"It's ok Aeris, It was only a dream. I'm still here. come on, we have to get going. Cal is waiting for us." She nodded and pushed Sephiroth out of her room so she could get changed.
Vincent sat outside the hotel, quietly listening to Cloud and Yuffie argue.
"Cloud, I know what your getting at, but honestly he wouldn't have helped us this much if he was trying to kill us!"
"And what do you expect me to do? Just let him come in and going our group? He's a murder Yuffie!"
"Cloud Strife you are the most annoying person I know!" Yuffie brought her hand back to slap Cloud, but it was stopped by Vincent's's grasp.
"Let me go Vincent!"
"I think Yuffie's right Cloud. I know he's done a lot, but he's changed. At lease give him a chance."
Aeris stopped behind the corner of the hotel building. She had heard the argument. Cloud never gave Sephiroth a chance, no matter what he did to help he still had it stuck in his mind that Sephiroth was still a demon. She clenched her fist.
"So now your on there side Vincent!? Sephiroth is up to no good! He killed her once, he'll kill her again!"
"Cloud Strife why don't you just take your theories and shove them!" Aeris yelled. She stormed out until she was in the centre of the group.
"Are you blind! He's done nothning but help us!"
"Aeris calm down," Sephiroth walked forward standing behind her, "He's not going to listen, and I don't blame him. I wouldn't trust myself if I were anyone else."
"It's a little bit late to be sorry, don't you think?" Cloud snapped back.
"Do you expect me to get on my knees and beg?" Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, his voice was hard and sharp.
"Stop it! Both of you!" Aeris yelled "You wouldn't recognize love if it came out and smacked you on the forehead Cloud!"
Aeris walked past Cloud. Like Cal had said a portal appeared to take them back.
"Come on Sephiroth, lets go."
