(Author's Note: Yes I know I said that this would probably be the last chapter…but Rueh gave me an idea so I'm going to use it…enjoy chapter 10!)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh. Dete is mine.
Chapter 10
A Happy Ending…Maybe Not…
Sephiroth entered the lab behind Aeris. Hojo had transformed into his snake like form. All of his tentacles pinned Rueh to the wall. His tail was coiled around Dete.
"Let them go," Sephiroth said walking forward so that Aeris was behind him.
Hojo rolled his eyes and hissed. "Why should I listen to you?"
"Funny that question has been asked a lot today," Sephiroth tilted his head to the side a bit.
Hojo shook his head. "Why do you suddenly care about these 3? I thought you we mad at each other," he said.
"That doesn't concern you. Now let them go and you'll fight me," Sephiroth said readying himself.
"Oh fine…" Hojo got an evil smile. He threw Rueh at Sephiroth.
His eyes went wide and he dropped masamune as he caught her. He set her feet down on the floor. "Rueh! Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine," she said. She ducked in time from him to catch Dete. Hojo had thrown her at them.
Caught by surprise, Sephiroth stumbled back a few steps. He set Dete on her feet. "What about you?" he asked.
"…just fine," she said.
"Look out!" Aeris yelled. Sephiroth looked up in time to cross his arms in front of his face and block the magic attack. Rueh and Dete yelled and ducked covering their heads with their arms. Sephiroth was tossed backwards into the metal cylinders. They crumpled when he hit them. "Sephiroth!" Aeris cried.
He threw pieces of metal off of himself as he sat up. Hojo was laughing. He charged forward. "Aeris! Look out!" it was Sephiroth's turn to give a warning.
Aeris dove to the side and Hojo slammed into the wall face first. Rueh and Dete laughed as he slid to the floor with a dazed look.
"You 3 get out of here! I'll handle him," Sephiroth growled. Aeris shook her head as she got up and backed away from Hojo. Rueh and Dete stood up. Aeris stopped when she was beside Sephiroth. "Go Aeris. I'll finish this. If you 3 aren't here then there's less of a chance of me being distracted," he said.
"…oh fine. Rueh, Dete! Let's go!" Aeris said and ran for the door. Reluctantly Rueh and Dete followed her.
Hojo had recovered. Before they reached the door he attacked them. Sephiroth leapt forward and grabbed Aeris after pushing Rueh and Dete to the floor. The attack hit him in the back causing him to fall to his hands and knees with Aeris underneath him.
He grit his teeth and grabbed his sword which was nearby. He jumped to his feet and swung at Hojo. Hojo yelled and ducked but Sephiroth then stabbed with his blade.
Hojo choked as the blade of the sword went through him. He slowly sank to the floor. Sephiroth jerked back on his sword freeing it.
"Now you won't trouble any one else," Sephiroth said.
"…not…yet…I'm…not…done………" Hojo gasped. Light shot out from him engulfing everything in the room.
Aeris, Rueh, Dete, and Sephiroth had to shield their eyes. It took a few minutes for the light to finally fade…
"Sephiroth!" Aeris screamed as he collapsed. She looked around and she supported his head. They were no longer in the mansion. "…the Mythril mines…"
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"Where…where are we?" Rueh asked.
"I don't know but it's COLD!" Dete said.
They looked around at their surroundings. Everything was covered in snow. "Looks like we have to climb to get out of here," Rueh stated.
"But where is here?" Dete asked.
"Beats me. Come on," Rueh sighed and began to climb. Dete followed. IT took them a few hours to reach the top. They looked around when they did. "Everything's covered in snow!" Rueh exclaimed.
"Could we be on the ice continent? But we were just in the Shinra mansion…this doesn't make sense," Dete said.
"Oh well….hey look…it's a chocobo!" Rueh ran down the side of the big hill towards the bird. It warked and ran away. "Awww! Come back!"
"Rueh stop. We don't have time to play. We need to find a way to get back to Nibelheim…and besides I doubt you can catch a wild chocobo," Dete said catching up to her.
"Bet you I can!"
"You can't."
"Can too!"
"Can not!"
"Can too!"
"Can not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
"Too!!"
"Not!!"
"TOO!!!"
"Prove it then," Dete taunted.
"Fine! I will," Rueh said. They followed the tracks of the chocobo.
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"Sephiroth?"
"…Aeris? Where are we?" he asked as he sat up.
"The Mythril mines…but how did we get here?" she asked.
"I don't know…Hojo took a lot of my energy to cast his last spell…it must have transported us here…where's Rueh and Dete?" he asked.
"I don't know!" she said.
He sighed. "All right. We need to get back to Nibelheim…but first I need to rest and get back me energy." He pulled Aeris against him and leaned back against a rock.
"All right," she said.
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