Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to FF7, or their characters or, places ect... all I own is Xaen, Reverance, Warrent, Nobe, Smythe, and some others...

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(WARNING: rather boring chapter, but it had to be done.)

The next morning I lift my head and cleared the sleep out of my eyes. *Shit, look at the time* I thought glancing at a clock near the bed, it read 11:00 a.m. *Woah, since when did I fall asleep in a bed? * The room I was in looked like your normal every day house, with one exception, it had four beds. *Must be an inn, * I thought. I looked around and saw this room had a set of double doors on the entryway, and a large window in front of them. There were paintings on the walls and fresh flowers in all of the vases. *Where is this place? I know it has got to be Nibelheim! * I realized. I sat up and swung my legs around to meet the floor. This way my face didn't have to. I stole another look around and found that the three other beds had already been used and not remade. *Messy people, * I thought as I started to fix my bed up a little as a courtesy. *I should probably go outside huh? * I headed down stairs and out the front door. In the wide expanse called the out-of-doors I found Nibelheim. (I'll stop doing that).

"Well, hello there sleepy head," Reverance said to me as she ran from the others, who were standing next to the well, "We thought you slipped into a coma, you were asleep so long." *OH GOD, not a morning person! *

"Yea, well, a growing boy needs his sleep doesn't he?" I said, scratching the back of my head. "How in the world did I get here anyway?"

"We carried you," replied Cid.

"Could'a woke me up, I would have walked."

"Coma," Reverance reminded me, while waggling her finger in my face.

"Oh, yea," I said sheepishly.

"We could of dropped you and shot you in the foot, but it wouldn't have made a difference," Barret added.

"Even though we haven't been formally introduced, I stick to my previous statement, I needed my sleep." I replied with mock arrogance.

"Now if you would kindly explain to us why you are here, we would be very grateful," Nanaki said, steering the topic back to the necessities. The rest of the group, Avalanche, nodded in agreement. They all looked just like they did in the game.

"I'm here to assist Doctor Nobe in his endeavors, I guess," I explained to the group. "He used his little 'Planar' materia to bring me here. He told me that he brought me here to help protect the world from terrorists, you guys for example."

"But we are not terrorists!" Cloud protested with just a hint of zeal. Some of the members start to ready their weapons. *Must not completely trust me yet. I can't hold it against them. *

"I know that, but Nobe didn't count on that," I said, smiling at the thought of grenades.

"HOW, exactly, do you know all of this?" Barret made his presence in the discussion known.

"In my world, (ack, cliche) uhhh, *hmmm how should I put this? * This world is a story. I'm assuming that along the theories of multiple and infinite dimensions, this is one of them. I have been through this story a few times and so know a lot about the people and places here. Doctor Nobe and co., though is a completely new subject. This is after meteor and Sephiroth, right?" I let the story lead it self out of my mouth and into the awaiting minds.

"Yes, Sephiroth and meteor have gone," I was informed by Vincent.

"And Reverance is new too," I said to the group then turned to Reverance, "You said Nobe took you too?"

"Yes," she said looking slightly distressed. *What's wrong with her? I'll have to ask later. *

"If you think you know so much, umm, what is my last name?" Yuffie asked me.

"Kisaragi."

"Age?"

"Sixteen."

"Height, birthday, blood type?"

"Five feet, two inches, November 20, and A." I rattled off.

"Humph, you coulda' looked that up in a file somewhere," she said looking quite frustrated.

"You met Cloud and his group, minus Cid, Vincent, and Cait Sith, in a forest. You had planned to travel with them until you could find the opportunity to steal all of their materia, to restore Wutai to its previous glory. Nyuk nyuk nyuk. You get seasick and air sick, and have your own designated position on the Highwind where you can be sick in peace. Your Limit Breaks are: Greased Lightning, Clear Tranquil, Landscaper, Bloodfest, Gauntlet, Doom of the Living, and All Creation," I told her thus proving my story. I had even included her sparsely used Nyuks'. She proceeded to just stare at me, mouth agape and thankfully had nothing else to say for a while.

"Wow, that is uhhh.... a little unnerving," Tifa said. She was quite uncertain what to make of me.

"Uh, don't you want to get home?" Cait Sith asked.

"I'm in no hurry, there isn't much to go back to really," I replied. "I mean, I love my family, but it was kinda a passive thing, so not much was lost."

"No friends?" Red XIII asked.

"A few, but I'm certain I'll find a way back someday, I'm just not in a huge hurry to leave. Being here is kind of a fantasy for me."

"So, no one really important to you?"

"Not really." A look of sadness rolled through Reverance's features when I said that, but it was gone after I started to look her way. *She is a strange one... Or is it just me? *

"So, what is your story, Reverance?" Cloud turned away from me to address her directly. The whole focus of the group changed people and it was a weird thing to see.

"I don't remember anything before being put in the cell by Nobe. He told me that his Planar materia had failed and he just left me in the cell." She said all the while looking at her feet. "But, I am safe and happy now so I'm good." She perked right up after that. It brought a smile to my face. *She scared me for a moment, I thought morning people were perpetually happy. She proved me wrong with that first look. *

"Okay, well we have some things to do in town so why don't you two take a look around and we will meet back at the inn at, let's say, 7:00 p.m.?" Cloud announced.

"Um, sure," I replied. I really already knew the town, but Reverance didn't.

Cloud and the others left and we were alone next to the well in the center of town. There were more people milling about here than the game portrayed, but it was pretty damn close.

"Hey," I said to Reverance, "I'll show you around if you want, I do know this town."

"Okay!" she said happily.

I steer our path up towards the Nible Mountains. *I'll show her the ShinRa mansion and work my way south from there. * We walked along the old dirt road, following the rickety old fence, around the hedges until the mansion came into view.

"That is the famous ShinRa mansion," I explained. "It is where the high level ShinRa exec's would take their private meetings, like a 'secret' getaway."

"What is ShinRa?" she asked. *Oh, I forgot she knows absolutely nothing about this world. *

"ShinRa was a corporation, that used the energy of the planet as electricity. Avalanche's goal was to stop it and save the planet. It ended up going much farther than that and Sephiroth then became the bigger threat. He used a magic that would destroy the world, and one member of Avalanche, giving her life, used the only magic that could save the world. When these two magics met, the power destroyed the biggest city on the planet, Midgar. Midgar was run by, and contained the ShinRa corporation." I tried to give her the condensed version.

"Oh," she looked fairly overwhelmed.

"Little more than you asked for?" I guessed her feelings, "Well, you would have needed to know sooner or later. So, anyway, this is the ShinRa mansion," I said again in hopes of bringing back her cheer. "This is where Avalanche met Vincent, and also the town where Cloud and Tifa lived before Midgar."

"Gotcha," she said.

"Next, off to Tifa's old house."

I took her around the whole town, pointing out places of interest. Some of them were; Clouds old house, the well, and the general store. I told her how the town was burnt to the ground by Sephiroth and then rebuilt by the ShinRa. She took in all of this information with a smile. It was about four p.m. when my tour ended, and we were both a little tired.

"Wanna go back to the inn and wait for the others?" I suggested.

"Lead the way," she replied.

When we arrived back at the inn we found that none of the others had returned yet. *It is only four, but what would all of them have to do in this town? *

"Xaen?" Reverance asked to get my attention.

"Yes?"

"Where did you get those weapons? Did Nobe give them to you?" she asked trying to find some common ground, so she found Nobe.

"I was to start combat training, more likely testing in his eyes, today if the place hadn't blown. There was a weapon rack in my room that asked me what I wanted, so I picked some." I started to show her my weapons.

"I know what they are, Xaen." She told me. This surprised me greatly. *How? *

"How?" I asked.

"I... I am from the same world as you, Xaen."

"What? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Well," she started while looking down and playing with her feet. "I also know who you are... but you didn't seem to recognize me."

"Wha what . . .?" I barely stuttered. "Who?" *I don't remember her, Who the hell could she be? *

"My name isn't Reverance, it's actually Wreath."

*Wreath?............ !!!! I haven't seen her for four years! *

"Last time I saw you was four years ago right?" I asked finally remembering who she was. She looked completely different from last I saw.

"Yes, and no," she continued, "I moved three years after you did and when I started school just this last year, I saw you. I came up to you, but you didn't seem to recognize me then either."

"Sorry," I said once again scratching the back of my head.

"It's ok, we both changed a lot over three years, and you have a history of moving, so you probably don't get super attached to any places or people really."

"How did you know that?" I said frowning.

"You told me."

"Oh."

"Anyway, better to live now than live in the past." *Is there nothing that will keep her down for more than a minute? * "And now that I am with you there is nothing to worry about."

"What do you mean? Don't you want to go home?" I asked, truly wondering what she had meant.

"Well, YOU know all about this place, and I'm in the same position you are. I'm in no hurry to return." She said rather forcefully this time. *Note to self: Don't make her angry*

"I do but..."

"Good, subject closed," She cut me off, in more ways than one. *But... Avalanche is prone to danger...* "Though I wouldn't mind helping Cloud and them for a while, before deciding what to do. Tifa and I had the most wonderful conversation this morning." She continued while walking up the stairs towards our rooms. I ran up after her not knowing what to say, but I was going anyway.

"How are we gonna help them?" I asked her, referring to Cloud and the others, as I walked into the room.

"You have weapons, and they save the world, what is so hard to understand? I just need to find out how to help too. A little danger never hurt anyone." She said with confidence that was almost intoxicating. *Well, It can't be that hard can it?....*

"But...."

"Aww, just drop it. I'm gonna go take a shower," That last sentence had enough finality to it that I didn't even consider continuing it. I felt rather tired, so I just plopped down on an empty bed and let darkness take me. This time I was gonna wake up bright and early!

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(Warning: I will rotate Reverance's names, just as I do Nanaki's)

I woke up, last again, *Damn I sleep late* and walked up to the window in front of the rooms double doors. *This world so much better than mine* Smiling I walked down the stairs and into the entry room. Everyone was there, waiting it seemed. *For me? *

"I told them we wanted to help!" Wreath said running up and hugging me. Then in a lower voice, she told me, "Don't tell them about me yet."

I looked over the assembled group and saw that everyone was smiling. *Do they know something I don't? Damn! I gotta start waking up earlier. *

I already knew what Cid was thinking. It was obvious, with the smirk he had on his face, he had something planned. *Probably just better not to think about it. *

"Well, you guys picked the right time to join, I guess. We are just starting our vacation at the Gold Saucer." Cloud told me.

"Sweet. Timing IS really everything." I said grinning.

"Once we get there, we will talk about this 'disk' that Reverance stole from Doctor Nobe," Cloud started to outline the plan. *SHE DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING! * I couldn't believe that she had done that to me again. She looked over to me and tried, in vain to give me a smile, but I just ignored her. "From there we will decide what to do." He finished.

"Cloud, aren't you forgetting something?" Tifa asked. You could tell that she deeply loved him just by the way she spoke to him.

"Oh, yeah. Let's mosey!" Cloud said, receiving a groan from Cid and causing Barret to look away and start mumbling.

We all boarded the Highwind. I found a small secluded place, away from Wreath, where I could think. *Well we are on our way to adventure I guess...*

From the grass outside Nibelheim, the Highwind rose and shot off towards North Corel.

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(zzzz.....zzzzz.z....zzz...z.z..z...z..z....................... HACK HACK COUGH. Wow, when I fall asleep the story just takes over and becomes boring. Damn... GET BACK IN THAT FUCKING BOX!!!! {Story: NOOOOOOO!!!!!! [muffled yells]} ahh there I hope now that the gold saucer will be more entertaining. If not the chapter after it will be! WAIT NOOOOOO!!!!! YOU LET IT OUT AGAIN! Damn dogs.... GET BACK IN THAT BOX!!!!!! {Story: mwhahahahahahahahahaha.} AW SON-OF-A.... I'll be right back...)