Chapter 1 Intro

Authors Note: This is a story I came up with some time ago, but isn't strictly Final Fantasy. Some (most is more like it) of the characters that will eventually come in are my own-totally made up people from a story I had to write for school. Basically this story will take a trip along with Daitona (yes I know I spelled it wrong. It should be Daytona but live with it) and Sephiroth. They are the main characters through most of the story. Fare warning, this story has absolutely nil to with the game for the most part.

Disclaimer-none of the Final Fantasy VII characters belong to me or anything else from the game. All other characters do belong to me.

-Shinra Building.-

A young girl crept silently down one of the many halls in the Shinra Tower, not completely sure as to where she had wondered. Peeking around a corner she say something she hadn't expected.

She didn't see anyone except Professor Hojo, but there was the sound of a struggle coming from the room he was watching. The girl looked intently until finally, with the help of two SOLDIERs', a boy was forcibly dragged from the room kicking and fighting the whole way. At the sight of the silver haired boy, Hojo leered all the more.

"Sephiroth," Hojo said seeming oblivious to the struggle at hand, "we really must be getting to the lab now. You know I'm very busy and, as much as I'd like too, I can't spent all day running these simple tests."

"Wouldn't YOU!" Sephiroth spat back at Hojo.

"Insolence!"

Drawing back his hand, Hojo brought it across Sephiroth's head with a dull thud as proof of impact. Also came with the impact was a small cry from around the corner; Hojo narrowed his eyes looking in the direction as if trying to see through the wall.

"Daitona," he growled.

The girl stepped unhurriedly into view. For being more or less nine years old, she stood no more than 4' and was very slim built.

Hojo regarded the bright-eyed girl with a mix of frustration and annoyance.

"What are you doing out of your room, again?"

"I...a...I-I." Her hesitant voice trailed off, as she couldn't think of a good excuse.

"Go back to your room, I'll punish you for disobeying later; I have things to do right now."

"...leave." Hojo arched an eyebrow at Daitona's hesitant objection. "...leave...- him alone!."

"humph! Becoming a hothead again are you!? Perhaps you'd like to join him in the lab?"

Daitona stumble backwards till her back was against the wall.

Coming forward now, Hojo reached out and clamped his hand around Daitona's slender arm. He started to drag her out of the way, so that the two SOLDIERs could get Sephiroth to the lab, until she lashed out viciously surprising him to say the least.

Twisting in his grip, she racked her fingernails brutally across the scientist's face and she was finally released from his grasp. Crimson blood flowed easily from the somewhat serious claw marks across his face. (Later the wound would require seven stitches.)

"What are you standing there for!?" Hojo snarled, wiping at the blood. "One of you restrain that girl at once!"

The stronger looking of the two SOLDIERs kept a firm hold of Sephiroth while the other, smirking somewhat, stepped forward and readied himself for his go around with the girl.

Easily enough, he knocked her down despite the defensive stance she stood in. Knocking her down caused her to accidentally hit the railing that bordered this particular hall.

Having hitting the floor with a dull thud, Daitona sat up and timidly touched her gashed lip and winced. A look of bewilderment and anger played across her face as she thought, she had never been physically hurt before.

A small stream of blood trickled down her chin; she stood back up and faced the SOLDIER again. On impulse she attacked, but didn't manage to land a single blow to the man, all though she did manage to catch him off guard from her reaction.

Daitona's attention was temporarily drawn to Hojo, who was writing rapidly in some notebook all the while she was struggling with the guard. Hojo watched as she dodged and darted away from the SOLDIER and smirked. 'Finally deciding to show some of the abilities your father passed onto you?' Out loud he laughed causing the girl to look in his direction again.

Taking advantage of her distraction, the SOLDIER got in behind her and with a final blow to her head, he knocked her out.

Daitona couldn't help but to think how uncomfortable she was; lying on a cold metal table and not being able to move because of some kind of bonds around both wrist, ankles and one around her stomach. Finally, with some effort, she forced her eyes open and was blinded by a light; she wince and the knot on her head from where she had been hit started throbbing like there was no tomorrow.

Having noticed her waking, Hojo slowly made progress toward her.

"Sir," one of the SOLDIERs from earlier said to get Hojo's attention, "what do you want us to do with him?"

Daitona forced her vision to focus on what the SOLDIER was talking about. Both of the SOLDIERs had an arm and supported Sephiroth's lip figure just high enough that he wasn't being dragged completely.

"Take him back to his cell, I have no further uses in the brat for today," Hojo responded venomously.

"And of the girl.?"

"Humph" Hojo glared at Daitona. "If she wants to interfere so badly with my experiments with Sephiroth we'll just see how she likes what I've been doing to him."

From the way Hojo said that Daitona had a feeling she really didn't want to know what had happened to Sephiroth to knock him out.

"Should we inform Pr. Gast as to where she is then?"

"Of course NOT! What are you a fool!? You know very well he'd wring my neck if he knew I had her!"

"She did wonder into your vicinity though."

"True, but she's still not my specimen...yet."

Daitona shuttered inwardly at the thought. On one hand Gast, fairly pleasant person to be around, but then on the other hand you had Hojo...what more do you need? The silence in the room was giving Daitona a dark sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Her surroundings were completely foreign except for the fact she knew this room to a lab. There were hug machines all around the lad many in which had a bubbling green liquid running into them. The shelves contained many jars, bottles, what have ya, with a vast variety substances contained in them. Further out from the walls were several banks of computers used for various tasks; some to work the many machines, some that were tapped into the Shinra files, some with Hojo's own 'research', and some with outside links.

Daitona's thoughts were interrupted by the heavy lab doors being pulled shut. Hojo made his way over to a particular machine and started readjusting it and replacing the long needles on it with new ones. When satisfied with the few adjustments he taxied the examination table that Daitona was bound to, and positioned it under he machine,

"Normally, I wouldn't give such a high dosage of this mako treatment to a 'first timer', but you're the exception. Gast should have started thus treatment on you long ago."

Daitona struggled against her bonds, but couldn't get then to give in the least. Hojo laughed at her futile struggle. He knew well enough she couldn't possibly break those bonds considering they could hold Sephiroth at bay. And frankly, in his opinion Sephiroth was much stronger that this girl, but...she still had the potential.

He scowled. 'Gast is a true fool! How could he wais such a specimen as her!?' He frowned as he started up his machine. 'Not only was he wasting this girl, but he also had the nerve to release the only full blood of her race!' Hojo fumed as the five needles on the machine carelessly dug into the girls skin. Despite her cry of pain the process of infusing mako went on and so did Hojo's angry thoughts about Gast and his decisions.

Minutes passed and finally the machine withdrew and the 'treatment' was through. Hojo was surprised to find Daitona still conscious, considering this was the first time she'd ever been infused and the dosage was about half of what Sephiroth receiver every day.

"Well, this certainly is interesting." He got up and paced around the table a few times. "I had hypothesized such, but not to this extent. How about another round? I'm up for it. Lets see how much of this you can really take."

The machine was promptly reset and stared the next round.

As the machine started up again an overwhelming feeling of dread swept over Daitona. Her blood was on the verge of boiling and she was having a hard time breathing. To her relief, darkness clamed her once again only seconds after the mako started pumping into her veins again.

-End Chapter One-

A/n: So what does everyone think? I'm not sure if I'm going to type this entire story unless I really think people enjoyed it (It is finished, just the matter of getting in onto the computer.) Tell me what you think and all ideas are welcome. Who knows how I could spice up this story. And, don't worry, none of the other chapters are this slow. Please R/R, all are welcome.