Sephiroth removed one black glove and placed his palm on the pad, causing
the door to swing open. They were on board a Shin-Ra military airship,
entering the General's quarters.
Yuna gasped and stepped inside. "These are your chambers?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied, standing in the doorway. He gripped the yellow Manipulate materia in his palm tightly, the materia they had used to get on board undetected. He was pleased that his quarters had not been given to someone else but then again he was the only person with access to the room. Or was he? "Stay here," he commanded, drawing the Masamune. "I'm going to make sure everything is safe."
The metal door slid shut on Yuna before she could nod so she turned to look about the rooms, a large bedroom with scarce furniture, a balcony, and a bathroom. The furniture was all black wood and, she had to agree, it seemed very much like him.
Deciding on nothing better to do, Yuna paced to the black and gold fixtured bathroom and, after some minutes, discovered how to work the water for the tub. I will have to wash my clothes later as well... she thought, running her fingers over the dried blood and dirt from various battles staining her embroidered yellow obi.
As she sat in the tub, she thought about her friends; Rikku, Lulu, Wakka and Kimahri. Were Sephiroth's words true? Of course not. Her friends were probably searching for her right now. They had to be.
She glanced disdainfully at the lukewarm water, not nearly as clear as the crystal waves of Besaid. She had to go there and see for herself if what he said was true.
"SUMMONER!" a deep voice roared from the next room.
Yuna's mind was thrust out of her thoughts. "I am in here," she called back.
The bathroom door slammed open and Sephiroth strode in, his huge form taking up nearly the whole doorway.
"Sephiroth! I am bathing!"
The great man turned around and crossed his arms, blushing. "It's not as if I have any interest, Summoner-"
"My name is Yuna!"
"I don't care!" he nearly growled. "I just came in to tell you that the ship will dock at Icicle Inn and from there we will depart to the Northern Crater."
"But I thought we were going to Besaid..." she said, standing up and wrapping a black towel around herself.
"I don't even know where that is. We're going to the Northern Crater."
"No! We must go to Besaid!"
Sephiroth whirled on her, advancing to her. "Remember, Summoner," he snarled. "The only reason I am taking you with me is because you can teach me how to summon and use magic without materia."
"You are?"
"Of course. What did you think?" he chuckled, softly. "Were you hoping that I had feelings for you?"
"N-no," she admitted. She now had her back pressed against the wall and Sephiroth stood before her, watching her very curiously with his glowing emerald eyes. Her mind raced, looking for any way to get to Besaid. "There is a temple in Besaid...." she began.
"Yes?"
"There is a Fayth there... you may acquire an Aeon," she informed, trying to play to his goals.
"Aeon?"
"A summoned beast."
"How would I get one?"
"You must pass first through the Cloister of Trials to the Chamber of the Fayth. There you must pray to the Fayth and if they are pleased with you, they will create a bond with you that allows you to summon them in times of greatest need."
He nodded, slowly, and back away from her. "Very well then. We will go to Besaid. Although I warn you," he said, smiling maliciously. "That it will all be ruins."
He turned and walked out, closing the door behind him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sephiroth leaned against the other side of the door. That was interesting.... he thought and allowed the rest of his thoughts to scatter in every different direction. Mother's plans, Besaid, Aeons, the Summoner... wait, Yuna in the bathtub...
He shook his head and walked to a small bookshelf by the bed, selecting some parchment scrolls with maps. He unraveled them all across the table in the corner of bedroom, sat down, and began to study them. A small island, east of Luca, somewhere around the equator. Where was Luca?
~SHOULD BE GOING TO NOTHERN CRATER!~ a voice in his mind screeched, causing Sephiroth to wince.
~I will, Mother~ he thought back.
~I HAVE BEEN WAITING! MUST COME NOW!~
~I am learning to become stronger~
~YOU DON'T NEED TO BE STRONGER! ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THIS NOW! YOU- ~
Just then, Yuna stepped out of the bathroom in her dirty clothes, looking somewhat refreshed. The voice stopped. "What are you doing?" she asked, seeing him pouring over the maps, his moonlight hair draped over the table.
He glanced at her, irritated. "I'm trying to locate you're precious Besaid."
"I think I can help you." Yuna reached inside her obi and placed some items on the table: crystals vials of potion and ether, a strange water sphere, a crest of the moon, a leather pocket-sized Al Bhed dictionary, a signet ring of the moon, and finally a map which she unrolled onto the table.
"What's this?" Sephiroth asked, taking the sphere. "I thought you didn't use materia."
"It is not used for magic!" she exclaimed, trying to grab it back from him.
He held her back with one hand and held the sphere in the other. Her reaction was quite interesting, this must be something very personal to her. "Really? Then what does it do?"
Yuna blushed, still reaching across him for the sphere. "It records memories!"
"Oh, I should like to watch it."
"No!"
"How do you activate it, I wonder?"
Just then, the water inside the sphere began to swirl and take on color. Yuna stopped and they both stared into the sphere.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It was her, Yuna, sitting near a cliff in the sunset. "Hey guys," she laughed at the phrase, but it sounded sad and far away. "If you are all watching this right now, that must mean I am not with you. I guess I recorded this to... just thank you all... for coming with me..."
The water swirled again, showing faces of people Sephiroth had never seen. A blonde boy grinning like an idiot, a girl with wild hair and swirly green eyes, a severe looking woman in black with a doll, another moron in yellow overalls with a ball, a furry blue man, and a man in a red cloak.
"....Thank you all so much," the sphere continued. "And Tidus, there is something I wanted to tell you. I will probably never get the chance-"
Another voice broke in, loud and whiny. "Hey Yuna! Whatcha up to?"
"Oh... nothing..." she giggled and the sphere turned off.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sephiroth was about to make a smart comment but thought better when he glanced over his shoulder at Yuna and saw her staring into the sphere, crying. He felt a pang of concern. "What's wrong?" he asked, putting the sphere down on the table again. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize the sphere meant that much to you. I wouldn't have looked if I'd known..."
"No, no. It's not that," she laughed, brushing away the tears. "It is just the memories... all coming back to me."
He suddenly felt very awkward. He wasn't quite sure how to comfort people, and even more uncomfortable was the fact that he'd never wanted to comfort anyone before. Instead, he turned to the map she had unrolled on the table and began to ponder over it. It was painted in bright water colors on what appeared to be course palm leaf pulp.
"Very ornate," he commented.
Yuna placed on hand on his should and leaned over the other, pointing to the objects on the map. "The woman there, painted on the left side of the map, is Lady Yunalesca. She was the first Summoner to ever defeat Sin. I am named after her."
So obviously Yuna's parents had intended for her to become a Summoner. Her life had been laid out before she was born. Destiny, you can't escape it.
"And there on the right is Lord Zaon, he husband. He became her Final Aeon. Oh, and there," she pointed to the top of the map where a symbol of a bird was painted. "Is the sign of Yevon. Our god," she explained.
"Fascinating. Where's Besaid?"
"Oh! Right there," she pointed to a small island to the southwest on the map.
"Not quite where I would have expected it," Sephiroth commented, turning the map different ways. "Wait...."
He grabbed one of his maps, and began to compare the two. After some minutes, he glanced back up at her. "You may want to go to bed."
Yuna glanced out the glass balcony doors and saw that it was dark outside, golden stars flicked past on a soft bed of clouds. "Okay." She gathered her things into her obi and crawled under the sheets of the big bed, facing the balcony. The soft motion of the ship and stars moving past eventually whirled into a portal of night and lulled her confused mind to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"What do you mean she's gone?" a blonde man asked behind his huge swivel chair, looking out the windows before him of the nightscape of Midgar.
"General Sephiroth, sir, broke in and kidnapped her."
The President of Shin-Ra, Inc. whirled in his chair to face the unfortunate scientist before him.
"Do you realize, Hojo, that General Sephiroth has been dead for five years?" Rufus's voice was becoming dangerously low. "And that the Summoner is most important thing to happen to this company in several years? If we could have learned her secrets, we could have shut down the mako reactors and cut costs by billions!"
Rufus leaned on his desk and ran a hand through his blonde hair. "You are dismissed. I'll clean up you're mistake."
Professor Hojo shuffled out of the room, straightening his lab coat. If he wanted to keep his job, he'd have to be more careful in the future. As soon as the Summoner was located, she would never be leaving his sight.
Meanwhile, Rufus rested his chin on his knuckles and stared at the red button on his telephone. After a moment, he pushed it.
"I want 100 SOLDIERS on each continent mobilized immediately. It is a search and retrieve mission. The target is female, age 17, height 5'2"...."
Author's Note: sorry it took so long to update! i went to visit my grandmother in M- sur M-, and then had to complete all the makeup work for school. so i decided to give you all an extra treat. 6 whole pages! wow! i know i promised to put in sephiroth and yuna at besaid temple, but when i realise how much needed to be written..... on another note, i am considering writting a book. what do you all think? should i go for or hone my skills a little longer? your opinions are held in high regard, so please let me know!
Yuna gasped and stepped inside. "These are your chambers?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied, standing in the doorway. He gripped the yellow Manipulate materia in his palm tightly, the materia they had used to get on board undetected. He was pleased that his quarters had not been given to someone else but then again he was the only person with access to the room. Or was he? "Stay here," he commanded, drawing the Masamune. "I'm going to make sure everything is safe."
The metal door slid shut on Yuna before she could nod so she turned to look about the rooms, a large bedroom with scarce furniture, a balcony, and a bathroom. The furniture was all black wood and, she had to agree, it seemed very much like him.
Deciding on nothing better to do, Yuna paced to the black and gold fixtured bathroom and, after some minutes, discovered how to work the water for the tub. I will have to wash my clothes later as well... she thought, running her fingers over the dried blood and dirt from various battles staining her embroidered yellow obi.
As she sat in the tub, she thought about her friends; Rikku, Lulu, Wakka and Kimahri. Were Sephiroth's words true? Of course not. Her friends were probably searching for her right now. They had to be.
She glanced disdainfully at the lukewarm water, not nearly as clear as the crystal waves of Besaid. She had to go there and see for herself if what he said was true.
"SUMMONER!" a deep voice roared from the next room.
Yuna's mind was thrust out of her thoughts. "I am in here," she called back.
The bathroom door slammed open and Sephiroth strode in, his huge form taking up nearly the whole doorway.
"Sephiroth! I am bathing!"
The great man turned around and crossed his arms, blushing. "It's not as if I have any interest, Summoner-"
"My name is Yuna!"
"I don't care!" he nearly growled. "I just came in to tell you that the ship will dock at Icicle Inn and from there we will depart to the Northern Crater."
"But I thought we were going to Besaid..." she said, standing up and wrapping a black towel around herself.
"I don't even know where that is. We're going to the Northern Crater."
"No! We must go to Besaid!"
Sephiroth whirled on her, advancing to her. "Remember, Summoner," he snarled. "The only reason I am taking you with me is because you can teach me how to summon and use magic without materia."
"You are?"
"Of course. What did you think?" he chuckled, softly. "Were you hoping that I had feelings for you?"
"N-no," she admitted. She now had her back pressed against the wall and Sephiroth stood before her, watching her very curiously with his glowing emerald eyes. Her mind raced, looking for any way to get to Besaid. "There is a temple in Besaid...." she began.
"Yes?"
"There is a Fayth there... you may acquire an Aeon," she informed, trying to play to his goals.
"Aeon?"
"A summoned beast."
"How would I get one?"
"You must pass first through the Cloister of Trials to the Chamber of the Fayth. There you must pray to the Fayth and if they are pleased with you, they will create a bond with you that allows you to summon them in times of greatest need."
He nodded, slowly, and back away from her. "Very well then. We will go to Besaid. Although I warn you," he said, smiling maliciously. "That it will all be ruins."
He turned and walked out, closing the door behind him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sephiroth leaned against the other side of the door. That was interesting.... he thought and allowed the rest of his thoughts to scatter in every different direction. Mother's plans, Besaid, Aeons, the Summoner... wait, Yuna in the bathtub...
He shook his head and walked to a small bookshelf by the bed, selecting some parchment scrolls with maps. He unraveled them all across the table in the corner of bedroom, sat down, and began to study them. A small island, east of Luca, somewhere around the equator. Where was Luca?
~SHOULD BE GOING TO NOTHERN CRATER!~ a voice in his mind screeched, causing Sephiroth to wince.
~I will, Mother~ he thought back.
~I HAVE BEEN WAITING! MUST COME NOW!~
~I am learning to become stronger~
~YOU DON'T NEED TO BE STRONGER! ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THIS NOW! YOU- ~
Just then, Yuna stepped out of the bathroom in her dirty clothes, looking somewhat refreshed. The voice stopped. "What are you doing?" she asked, seeing him pouring over the maps, his moonlight hair draped over the table.
He glanced at her, irritated. "I'm trying to locate you're precious Besaid."
"I think I can help you." Yuna reached inside her obi and placed some items on the table: crystals vials of potion and ether, a strange water sphere, a crest of the moon, a leather pocket-sized Al Bhed dictionary, a signet ring of the moon, and finally a map which she unrolled onto the table.
"What's this?" Sephiroth asked, taking the sphere. "I thought you didn't use materia."
"It is not used for magic!" she exclaimed, trying to grab it back from him.
He held her back with one hand and held the sphere in the other. Her reaction was quite interesting, this must be something very personal to her. "Really? Then what does it do?"
Yuna blushed, still reaching across him for the sphere. "It records memories!"
"Oh, I should like to watch it."
"No!"
"How do you activate it, I wonder?"
Just then, the water inside the sphere began to swirl and take on color. Yuna stopped and they both stared into the sphere.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It was her, Yuna, sitting near a cliff in the sunset. "Hey guys," she laughed at the phrase, but it sounded sad and far away. "If you are all watching this right now, that must mean I am not with you. I guess I recorded this to... just thank you all... for coming with me..."
The water swirled again, showing faces of people Sephiroth had never seen. A blonde boy grinning like an idiot, a girl with wild hair and swirly green eyes, a severe looking woman in black with a doll, another moron in yellow overalls with a ball, a furry blue man, and a man in a red cloak.
"....Thank you all so much," the sphere continued. "And Tidus, there is something I wanted to tell you. I will probably never get the chance-"
Another voice broke in, loud and whiny. "Hey Yuna! Whatcha up to?"
"Oh... nothing..." she giggled and the sphere turned off.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sephiroth was about to make a smart comment but thought better when he glanced over his shoulder at Yuna and saw her staring into the sphere, crying. He felt a pang of concern. "What's wrong?" he asked, putting the sphere down on the table again. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize the sphere meant that much to you. I wouldn't have looked if I'd known..."
"No, no. It's not that," she laughed, brushing away the tears. "It is just the memories... all coming back to me."
He suddenly felt very awkward. He wasn't quite sure how to comfort people, and even more uncomfortable was the fact that he'd never wanted to comfort anyone before. Instead, he turned to the map she had unrolled on the table and began to ponder over it. It was painted in bright water colors on what appeared to be course palm leaf pulp.
"Very ornate," he commented.
Yuna placed on hand on his should and leaned over the other, pointing to the objects on the map. "The woman there, painted on the left side of the map, is Lady Yunalesca. She was the first Summoner to ever defeat Sin. I am named after her."
So obviously Yuna's parents had intended for her to become a Summoner. Her life had been laid out before she was born. Destiny, you can't escape it.
"And there on the right is Lord Zaon, he husband. He became her Final Aeon. Oh, and there," she pointed to the top of the map where a symbol of a bird was painted. "Is the sign of Yevon. Our god," she explained.
"Fascinating. Where's Besaid?"
"Oh! Right there," she pointed to a small island to the southwest on the map.
"Not quite where I would have expected it," Sephiroth commented, turning the map different ways. "Wait...."
He grabbed one of his maps, and began to compare the two. After some minutes, he glanced back up at her. "You may want to go to bed."
Yuna glanced out the glass balcony doors and saw that it was dark outside, golden stars flicked past on a soft bed of clouds. "Okay." She gathered her things into her obi and crawled under the sheets of the big bed, facing the balcony. The soft motion of the ship and stars moving past eventually whirled into a portal of night and lulled her confused mind to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"What do you mean she's gone?" a blonde man asked behind his huge swivel chair, looking out the windows before him of the nightscape of Midgar.
"General Sephiroth, sir, broke in and kidnapped her."
The President of Shin-Ra, Inc. whirled in his chair to face the unfortunate scientist before him.
"Do you realize, Hojo, that General Sephiroth has been dead for five years?" Rufus's voice was becoming dangerously low. "And that the Summoner is most important thing to happen to this company in several years? If we could have learned her secrets, we could have shut down the mako reactors and cut costs by billions!"
Rufus leaned on his desk and ran a hand through his blonde hair. "You are dismissed. I'll clean up you're mistake."
Professor Hojo shuffled out of the room, straightening his lab coat. If he wanted to keep his job, he'd have to be more careful in the future. As soon as the Summoner was located, she would never be leaving his sight.
Meanwhile, Rufus rested his chin on his knuckles and stared at the red button on his telephone. After a moment, he pushed it.
"I want 100 SOLDIERS on each continent mobilized immediately. It is a search and retrieve mission. The target is female, age 17, height 5'2"...."
Author's Note: sorry it took so long to update! i went to visit my grandmother in M- sur M-, and then had to complete all the makeup work for school. so i decided to give you all an extra treat. 6 whole pages! wow! i know i promised to put in sephiroth and yuna at besaid temple, but when i realise how much needed to be written..... on another note, i am considering writting a book. what do you all think? should i go for or hone my skills a little longer? your opinions are held in high regard, so please let me know!