All sick and no sleep make chibi have writer's blocks galore.
Oh man, I didn't want this chapter to be this long, but it is.
I only made the first 2 chapters in Miyaku's point of view while
the rest will be in second? Third? Point of view. Man I can't
think. Oh, I don't hate Cloud or Zack. I love them to pieces.
I love Sephy more though, but I'm goin to have to make fun of
all three of them. Shit, I want to make a sandwich with them
later but I don't have anywhere to stick that at in the story.
Anyway me shut up now.
// Miyaiku.........Miyaiku.........open your eyes.........//
/.........Aer.........Aeris.........?/
// You're safe now Miyai//
Miyaiku opens her eyes. She's in the
lifestream again, and is floating around, naked, curled up in a
ball.
/..........I feel.........different Aeris..........what's this
feeling?/
// It's the feeling of no longer being alive
Miyai.........//
/ So.........I really am dead/
FLASH
Miyaiku is standing in the field of flowers
she's been to several times. Her long, raven black hair is
flowing in the wind.
// I noticed you cried before you died//
/ I didn't want to die........./
// That's funny, I thought you didn't mind at
one point//
/ It doesn't really matter now........./
" Don't say that." Aeris' arms wrapped around
Miyaiku to hold her from behind.
" Aeris.........why didn't you come?" Miyai lowered her
head
" Because, it was time" Aeris rested her head on
Miyai's back
" Time for what?" Miyai grabbed a hold of Aeris'
arms
" To save the world" Aeris said softly
" What?" Miyai turned around, taking a step back
from her
" You're gonna save the world, silly" Aeris smiled
" H-How? I'm dead Aeris" Miyai looked confused
" I've noticed" Aeris giggled
Miyai growled
// Calm down Miyaiku//
"Hmph!" Miyai stomped
// Miyaiku, listen carefully to us. We never told you how you could
save the planet because we weren't sure if we could do what we plan to
do//
" Soooo, what's the plan?"
// We're going to send you back in time.........//
"What?!" Miyai jumped back startled
// We're sending you back in time to the era we think you might be
able to save Cloud//
" You want me to save Cloud?!" Miyai shouted. "That's your 'big plan'
on saving the world?! How the fuck is that going to work?!"
" The lifestream........." Aeris said
" Lifestream?" Miyai asked puzzled " Lifestream what?"
// We're going to send you back in time through the lifestream//
" You can do that?"
" Why not?" Aeris says " Life's a full circle you know"
" But.........why did you wait so long to do it? Why didn't you send
someone back when Cloud first started goin' mad?"
// The planet was too weak, Miyaiku. We couldn't even if we tried.
So.........we waited. We started slowly gathering the strength to do it
even though the planet was dying. We finally managed to preserve
enough energy. Now's the chance to do it//
" Ok, but why choose me?"
" Out of everyone left, you seemed to be the most promising." Aeris
said "Both mentally and physically."
" Next question. Why do you want to save Cloud, not kill
him?"
Aeris laughs.
"What? What's so funny?"
" Miyai, without him, Sephiroth would be running around
being God" Aeris said
" Then I'll kill him too"
// No, you're not going to kill anyone. Sephiroth would
still be more powerful than you. We don't want to risk you
getting killed. We just want you to find out what's wrong with
Cloud and help him fix it//
" I always thought changing the past was taboo.........but I
guess in this case it's not. All right, I'll do it."
" Like you had a choice there." Aeris giggled
" What happens if I fail?"
" You'll come back here and be dead for good." Aeris
smiled
"That's lovely" Miyai groaned
The lifestream started flowing up from beneath Miyai.
// Your body will be your old one, but be more Soldier-
like. That means your eyes will glow like theirs Whatever you
do, do not raise anybody's suspicions on purpose. Sephiroth
will notice you but that can't be helped. Just don't cause him
to react, especially if Hojo is around. We don't want Hojo
injecting Jenova cells into you. She might try to corrupt you
too//
"So, what time period will I be sent back to?"
" To the time when Cloud joins the Shinra army." Aeris said " I
think that's when it started."
"Will I be able to talk to you guys still?"
"We'll be around. Just don't get involved with the Aeris of
that time, ok?"
"Sure"
"Bye for now." Aeris waved.
"Bye" Miyai smiled
The lifestream rushed up from below Miyaiku, engulfing her.
/ Wait for me.........Cloud........./
Midgar was bustling city compared to Nibelheim. Maybe not as
clean and moral as Cloud's hometown but he rather be here
anyway.
/ Anywhere is better than that place/
The train came to a screeching halt in the upper plate station.
It was filled with young boys and a few young girls with dreams
of being in Soldier. Cloud was among them. His reason for
joining the Shinra army was probably different than the rest of
the overly happy people here. The train doors opened and
regardless of what the announcement said about exiting in an
orderly fashioned way, everyone except Cloud tried to squeeze
their way out in a hurry.
" Idiots........." Cloud said to himself " Whoa!"
" Oh, sorry about that" A boy stood up from falling onto Cloud's
lap.
" Yeah, yeah" Cloud shooed him away.
After everyone got off, Cloud exited the train and looked
around. Everyone was talking, laughing, playing around. Cloud
sighed. He never had any friends to do that socializing thing
with. In fact, all the kids hated him and picked on him. He
always tried to show them he could be cool too, but they'd
always laugh and ignore him afterwards. It just wasn't the kids
there, it was the adults too. Suddenly someone bumped into
Cloud, knocking him to the ground.
" Oh, I'm sorry there girlie!" A tall boy who looked about
nineteen laughed and walked back to his group of snickering
lowlifes.
" Girlie?" Cloud stood up, dusting himself off. "Why does
everyone think I look like a girl?"
Yeah, sure Cloud was rather small for his age and has hair that
is gold as a Sea Chocobo's feathers, but couldn't they tell he
didn't have any boobs? And that he may look frail, he actually
had some muscles to his arms from training himself to fight.
It's not like he had anything else to do.........He dressed like a boy
although his voice hasn't entirely changed yet. And, and his
hair was spikey! Would a girl have spikey hair like that?! Oh
but his eyes were the cutest blue on boy anyone has seen. Did
that make him more feminine? Everyone was too busy to notice
that a line of buses were heading their way except for Cloud.
/ Great, now I'll be crammed in a bus with them........./
Cloud shuddered at the thought. The buses stopped infront of
the station. Many people actually started to pay attention as
the doors opened and Shinra guards came out and stood beside the
doors. At one of the front buses, a Soldier came out followed
by a large bearded man in a general's outfit. He looked like he
was forty something since some of his black hair and beard had a
few greys in them. He also looked like he was a prick with that
"I'm so great" look. Cloud sighed. He was hoping it would have
been Sephiroth that stepped of the bus. He's never seen the guy
but heard he's not hard to notice. This guy definitely isn't
the Great Sephiroth. The crowd started going quiet as the
Soldier and large guy made their way to the front center. Many
of the girls made cat calls at the Soldier.
" Hey there Soldier boy!" A red headed girl cooed and
waved at him " You're so sexy!"
The Soldier with the outrageous black hair winked and gave
her a peace sign. The girl blushed and turned to brag to her
girlfriends.
/ Great, he seems full of it/
The two men motioned their hands to hush the crowd.
" Here goes another boring speech........." Cloud yawned " Time
to drown out the talking.........."
" Ladies and gentlemen! Fore and fore most, welcome to the
Shinra family!" The hefty guy greeted
The crowd cheered as Cloud pulled out headphones from his
duffle bag.
" My name is Elmer Heidegger, head of the military
department. And this fine lad here, is Zachary Delenger,
Soldier third class"
" Yo" Zack grinned
The ladies started whistling and giggling.
" Play" Cloud pushed the button on his CD player / Too bad
I won't be able to do this with rest of the speeches to come/
// Wait for me.........Cloud........./
The voice startled Cloud. He looked around. Everyone was
paying attention to Heidegger. He looked up to the sky
confused.
/ What was that?/
Miyaiku gasped, then started coughing up the fluid from
her lungs. She struggled to lift herself up but only made it to
being on all four. She coughed up the remaining fluid as she
started to catch her breath. Her head was still hanging down as
she slowly opened her eyes. At first the light blinded her as
she shielded her eyes. Then she tried again squinting till
things started to focus themselves. She pushed herself up so
she could be sitting on her knees. Her wet long hair clung to
her drenched body.
".........Wh.........where..........am I?" her voice was raspy as she looked
again trying to make everything perfectly clear. She hugged
herself to stop the shiver that ran up her body. She moved her
hands to look at them when she felt her damp skin. Finally, her
eyes regained their normal vision as she looked at the drops of
greenish liquid on her hands.
" What is.........oh, that's right." She looked down at the
greenish pool of liquid she was laying in " Lifestream"
// Good morning sunshine//
Miyaiku jumped at voice but quickly came back to her
senses.
/ Is it morning already? Did I drink that much last
night? Damn, I need to learn to hold my liquor/
Aeris' giggling rang through Miyai's mind.
// You sounded like someone I knew//
Miyai smirked. She stood up, wobbling at first but
eventually won the struggle. She looked around becoming
transfixed by the scenery. She was standing on a crystal altar
in the middle of the clearest water she has ever seen. Around
her was what looked like tiny Arabian houses, splashed in shades
of pink, purple, and grey. Above her was a long majestic
staircase of light suspending in midair.
/ Holy shit! This place is amazingly beautiful!/
// Heehee, it's part of the City of the Ancients//
/ The City-wait a minute.........this place. This place is
where you died wasn't it?/
// Yes.........//
/ Oh, I'm sorry Aeris, that was inconsiderate of me/
// Don't worry about it. I'm surprised at how observant
you are with your surroundings, yet you still haven't noticed
that you're completely naked//
" Huh?" Miyai looked down to see her body fully exposed.
She flushed brightly. " BY THE GODS, I'M NAKED!!"
She quickly scrambles to cover herself up, but to no
avail. She sat down covering her breasts with her knees and
tightly wrapping her arms around her knees.
" Why didn't you make me some clothes?!" She was still
very red in the face " Damnit, I'm suppose to save the world
here, but I can't get that done if I'm butt-freaking- naked!"
// Calm down Miyaiku, no one's here and there's a chest
upstairs with some old clothes in it//
" You'll have to beam me up there because I'm not moving
from t his spot." Miyai snorted " 'Sides, there's guy
Cetra.........they could be watching me and stuff........."
// Miyaiku! Get off your butt and get moving! We aren't
your maids!//
A sudden shock of electricity zapped Miyai in the ass.
She squeaks as she jumps up rubbing her ass.
Aeris whistles.// Nice tushy there Miyai!//
" Shut up!" Miyai snapped and Aeris laughs. " Did anyone
ever tell you, you were a bitch?"
// Hmm.........I think Tifa thought I was one at times when I
was getting Cloud's attention, but no, no one has ever told me I
was one//
Miyai walked over to the edge of the altar and hopped down
onto a pillar
/ Well then, let me be the first. You're a bitch/
Miyaiku made her way up to the stairs, sighed for a second
and then started climbing them.
Zack hated speeches. He hated making them as much as
listening to them, especially when old man Heidegger was
preaching. He would go on and on about the joy of being part of
the Shinra glory. Many people after awhile start to ignore him,
but these were newbie Shinra troopers that didn't know any
better. Zack sighs as he runs his hand through his hair and
came upon a knot.
/ I hate my hair/
Zack was popular among the Shinra troops and Soldier. His
cheerful personality has made him liked among the top people,
like President Shinra. He even made friends with the General
Sephiroth himself. It amazed people how he managed to pull that
one off. Sephiroth's a block of ice. He never lets anyone see
any emotion in him or lets someone get close to him. Zack was
persistent though. His charisma finally broke down Sephiroth's
resilient barriers. Of course when he did that, he found out a
lot of things you wouldn't think about Sephiroth. Yes, it is
flattering to be LIKED by an angelic god such as Sephiroth.
Zack knew he had the looks, the charm, a body to die for that
men drooled over, but he didn't swing that way.........fully. Ok, ok,
so he kinda likes Sephiroth, but he rather have him as a friend.
Besides, he wants to be single so he can get friendly with all
the hot chicks in Midgar. He's very famous among the new girls,
but infamous among the old. Sometimes, he'll just be walking
down the street one day, and a woman would come out of nowhere
and slap him without a word. It's not his fault he couldn't
remember their names the morning after. How was he suppose to
keep track when he already had five lined up and waiting for
some Zack lovin'? That wasn't all he was good at either.
/ Make it stop, please, make him shut up/
Some of the people saw Zack's impatience and snickered.
Zack made Soldier just a few months ago. He'd finally made it
after a year of boring grunt stuff. If he hadn't needed to do
the basics, he would already have been in Soldier because he's
so good. Even Sephiroth thinks so. He was sixteen and already
skilled with a sword. A buster sword in fact. His body was
also already fit for a Soldier when he arrived here. Nice
muscular tone, but not over done, with just the right height.
Let's not forget his cobalt blue eyes, nice smile, and handsome
face under that wild black hair of his. He was Mr.
Perfect.........and being injected with mako improved it more.
"..........And now, ladies and gentlemen, let's go so you can
start your journey to a new and better life" Heidegger
concluded.
" It's about freaking time old man."
Everyone looked at Zack. Zack looked up and noticed the
stares and Heidegger's glare.
" Oh, did I say that out loud? Sorry, my bad" Zack smiled
stupidly as he scratched his head.
Laughter bursted from the crowd as Heidegger looked like
he was about to kill him.
" What?" Zack played stupid.
" Get moving Zack." Heidegger shoved him to start moving
back to their bus.
" Let's go people!" A trooper shouted " Start loading the
buses!"
People started getting onto the buses. Zack refused to
get on the bus just yet. He wanted to stay around and check the
girls out. As the crowd started thinning he noticed a person
with beautiful gold locks that was in a pony tail. The person's
back was to him. Thinking it was a girl for the fact the person
was very short and kinda feminine looking, he decided he'd go
hit on the girl. Poor Cloud didn't even notice a horny Soldier
was coming up to him. All he was doing was putting his CD
player back in his bag when a shadow loomed over him. Cloud
sighed as he waited for the insults.
" What's wrong my little goldielocks? Nervous?" Zack
smiled " If it helps I could help soothe those nerves of yours."
Now Cloud was use to being hit on by dumbass guys, but
that was the worst pick up line he's ever heard.
" Whadaya say sexy?" Zack placed his hand on Cloud's
shoulder.
Now Zack was really surprised when the boy turned around
to face him, revealing to Zack that he just hit on a guy.........a
rather cute guy. He was even more surprised when the boy's foot
met his Mr. Happy. Zack grabbed his crotch as he fell to his
knees in pain. Cloud picked up his bag and calmly walked away
from Zack.
" Good luck sucker with trying to score tonight." Cloud
grinned as he got on the bus.
" Oh, they're gonna make fun of me for this one." Zack
cringed in pain.
Miyaiku managed to find the chest containing some Ancient
clothes. She got lost wondering around the city because was
mesmerized by the scenery. So Aeris helped her find her way
while making fun of her. Miyai came out of the seashell house
but she still didn't look happy.
/ Um, Aeris?/
// Yeeesss?//
/ Um, this is, um going to attract a lot of attention/
// It's still clothes. It is better than nothing isn't
it?//
/ Yes.........but........./
// But what?//
" It's a fucking toga!" Miyai shouted
Indeed, she was wearing a short, white, roman type toga
made for a queen.
// What did you expect? No one's been here since the time
of the Cetra. Back then, they wore stuff like that//
/ See, the thing is, this ISN'T back then! I'm goin' to
stand out like crazy! And have you guys ever heard of
underwear?!/
// Miyai, just wear this until you can buy some clothes at
a town. And here, take these materia with you//
Eight pieces of materia floated down from the sky and
stopped right infront of Miyai. One was blue, six were green,
and one was red. She inspected them closely and realized they
were mastered.
" They're mastered!" Miyai grabbed a green one.
// If things get ugly, we want you prepared//
" Full cure........." She marveled at it.
Where she came from, the materia stopped working. They
had to rely solely on weapons to save them. And when someone
was hurt or something, they had to do good ol' fashion first-
aid.
// You have full cure, ultima, time, heal, life, comet,
quadra, and bahamut zero//
" Oh wow, cool." Miyai was like a child in a candy store
as she greedily grabbed them and placed them in her pouch she
found with the clothes. " Where'd you get these?"
// You don't need to worry about that//
" K, so what about some gil?"
// Sorry, but you'll have to get that on your own//
" Great, guess I'll be wearing this damn toga for awhile."
Miyai sighed " 'Least I don't need a sword or anything to fight
off the monsters. I can do it with my fists.........although I prefer
a sword........."
// Sorry, can't give you that either//
/ Damn, worth a shot/
// Listen, there's a village not too far from here.
You'll have to go through the Sleeping Forest to get there.
Don't worry, you won't need the lunar harp to pass. Once you're
there you'll-//
/ You'll what?/
Silence
/ Great, something probably happened. Guess I'm on my own
now for awhile. Well let's get goin Miyai/
Miyai headed on her way to find the entrance to the
forest.
Cloud slid his keycard to activate the door. The machine
beeped and the door slid open. Ah, he was finally here. After
an hour of being lost, he was finally in his room.
/ Damn those bastards for tricking me/
When Cloud arrived at the front desk, the lady checked him
in, gave him his card and told him his room was 38B, on the 30th
floor. Well when he got to the floor, he found out that this
floor was 1-38C, not 1-38B. That sucked, but he realized he
wasn't the only one given the wrong floor. The secretary was
new and hadn't learned her floors yet. So, he asked these
couple of Soldiers and they told him to go to the 31st floor.
So he goes there..........wrong floor. Those fuckers tricked him.
Great, he's on his own then. He traveled floor to floor when it
him. The letters kept goin up each floor he ascended. Ok, that
must mean the 29th floor was his. He goes there but finds out,
that this floor was just a big lounge area. 'Least he found
that. Finally, someone was NICE enough to tell him to go down
one more floor. 28th floor it is. But the numbers weren't on
the doors since the doors were getting repainted and there were
no signs to tell him where to go. He tried counting them but
when 38B ended up being the janitor's closet, he gave up and
decided to slide the card to every room. For him, it was the
last room on the floor. Cloud sighed as he dragged himself and
bag across the floor. The room was actually two rooms
connected. The first room, was the study/living room. It was
small, with just a TV, couch, phone, desk and chair, and a side
table. In the second room, there were two sets of bunk beds
with the bottom of the lower beds being drawers, a dresser with
mirror, two nightstands, and a closet. The room felt
uncomfortably small and cramped. He dragged himself into the
bedroom. It looks like his roommates were already here. Each
of their stuff claimed their bed. Doesn't look like Cloud has
much choice as to where he'll be sleeping. He threw his stuff
onto the empty lower bunk bed and plopped down on his new bed.
/ Man, I'm starting to wonder which place is better. Here
or Nibelheim?/
Cloud bounced on his bed twice and frowned.
/ One thing's for sure. I'm goin' to miss my old bed a
lot/
He couldn't think for long because the new recruit
ceremony would start in twenty minutes and he needed time to get
lost again. He got up and headed out.
Sephiroth loves Zack dearly. He's the only friend he's
had. But boy does that dimwit talk too much. Here he was,
trying to perfect his speech when Zack comes barging in, ranting
on and on about how his friends just wouldn't stop making fun of
him for being kicked in the balls by a tiny little blonde boy.
It was amusing, but he could have at least waited until after
the ceremony. He rubbed his forehead. He needs some pain
killers. Lots and lots of them.
" I mean come on, the boy looked like a girl from behind,
how was I suppose to know?" Zack paced the floor.
" Maybe you should have thought with your brain and not
with your dick." Sephiroth opened up a drawer " Of course, with
your thoughts, I don't know if there would be any difference."
" Ha ha, very funny Seph" Zack said sarcastically.
" I know, wasn't it?" he smirked as he closed the drawer /
No aspirin there/
Zack sat on the corner of Seph's desk " You're cruel
sometimes you know that?"
"Been told that several times, but don't care" Seph opened
up another drawer
" At least you've lightened up a bit" Zack said " You use to be
colder than ice itself."
Sephiroth couldn't help that. Since he was young, he was
never allowed to feel any emotions. Hojo wanted him to be the "
fight all, care none" type person. He wasn't even allowed to
have any friends because Hojo told him it would weaken him.
Emotions were for the weak. In time, Sephiroth became that
person Hojo wanted him to be. A perfect Soldier. One who did
without thinking twice. He was fine with it although in the
back of his mind, he felt lonely. But without having parents to
show him love, and no friends to help him socializing, he just
stayed away from people and burry himself in fighting and
paperwork. When he became general, it kept him from people most
time of the time anyway. But when he was in Wutai, leading the
war, he met Zack. Zack was only a grunt then, and being like
most people, idolized Sephiroth. He didn't mind being googlely
eyed over by people at first, but over time, it got annoying.
He would walk down the halls and people would move aside with
twinkles in their eyes but too afraid to come up to him. But not
Zack, no, Zack wouldn't leave him alone. Zack tried to make
friends with everyone, especially with the ladies. Sephiroth
knew about Zack before he even introduced himself. He annoyed
Sephiroth A LOT at first. His persistence drove him insane.
Eventually Seph gave up started talking back to him. It felt
great talking to the dumbass. He didn't feel lonely. They
quickly became friends. When Zack became a Soldier, they kept
each other company more frequent. One day it smacked Seph in
the face. Not only did he like his new friend, but he really,
REALLY liked his friend. The thing is, he liked that feeling,
made him even happier. Of course Zack bluntly rejected him. It
hurt, but over time, he now rather have Zack around as just a
friend or it would be nothing at all. At least he knows he
can like someone like that.
/ Ah, ha! Found some!/
Sephiroth found an aspirin bottle and pooped some pills in
his mouth.
" Um, Seph, you just swallowed eight pills"
"So?" Sephiroth threw the empty bottle in the trash "
Normal dosages don't affect me. You should know that by now."
" Oh, riiiiight" Light bulb clicked on in Zack's head
" Now, if you'll excuse me, I NEED to finish my speech"
" Right, bye Seph!" Zack waved as he quickly left
" Yeah, bye." He waved as he continued to write.
When the door shut, Seph dropped his pen on the desk and
put his arms behind his head as leaned back in his chair. Did
he forget to mention how annoying Zack could be?
Miyaiku stood at the gate to the Midgar slums. She finally made
it.
Oh man, I didn't want this chapter to be this long, but it is.
I only made the first 2 chapters in Miyaku's point of view while
the rest will be in second? Third? Point of view. Man I can't
think. Oh, I don't hate Cloud or Zack. I love them to pieces.
I love Sephy more though, but I'm goin to have to make fun of
all three of them. Shit, I want to make a sandwich with them
later but I don't have anywhere to stick that at in the story.
Anyway me shut up now.
// Miyaiku.........Miyaiku.........open your eyes.........//
/.........Aer.........Aeris.........?/
// You're safe now Miyai//
Miyaiku opens her eyes. She's in the
lifestream again, and is floating around, naked, curled up in a
ball.
/..........I feel.........different Aeris..........what's this
feeling?/
// It's the feeling of no longer being alive
Miyai.........//
/ So.........I really am dead/
FLASH
Miyaiku is standing in the field of flowers
she's been to several times. Her long, raven black hair is
flowing in the wind.
// I noticed you cried before you died//
/ I didn't want to die........./
// That's funny, I thought you didn't mind at
one point//
/ It doesn't really matter now........./
" Don't say that." Aeris' arms wrapped around
Miyaiku to hold her from behind.
" Aeris.........why didn't you come?" Miyai lowered her
head
" Because, it was time" Aeris rested her head on
Miyai's back
" Time for what?" Miyai grabbed a hold of Aeris'
arms
" To save the world" Aeris said softly
" What?" Miyai turned around, taking a step back
from her
" You're gonna save the world, silly" Aeris smiled
" H-How? I'm dead Aeris" Miyai looked confused
" I've noticed" Aeris giggled
Miyai growled
// Calm down Miyaiku//
"Hmph!" Miyai stomped
// Miyaiku, listen carefully to us. We never told you how you could
save the planet because we weren't sure if we could do what we plan to
do//
" Soooo, what's the plan?"
// We're going to send you back in time.........//
"What?!" Miyai jumped back startled
// We're sending you back in time to the era we think you might be
able to save Cloud//
" You want me to save Cloud?!" Miyai shouted. "That's your 'big plan'
on saving the world?! How the fuck is that going to work?!"
" The lifestream........." Aeris said
" Lifestream?" Miyai asked puzzled " Lifestream what?"
// We're going to send you back in time through the lifestream//
" You can do that?"
" Why not?" Aeris says " Life's a full circle you know"
" But.........why did you wait so long to do it? Why didn't you send
someone back when Cloud first started goin' mad?"
// The planet was too weak, Miyaiku. We couldn't even if we tried.
So.........we waited. We started slowly gathering the strength to do it
even though the planet was dying. We finally managed to preserve
enough energy. Now's the chance to do it//
" Ok, but why choose me?"
" Out of everyone left, you seemed to be the most promising." Aeris
said "Both mentally and physically."
" Next question. Why do you want to save Cloud, not kill
him?"
Aeris laughs.
"What? What's so funny?"
" Miyai, without him, Sephiroth would be running around
being God" Aeris said
" Then I'll kill him too"
// No, you're not going to kill anyone. Sephiroth would
still be more powerful than you. We don't want to risk you
getting killed. We just want you to find out what's wrong with
Cloud and help him fix it//
" I always thought changing the past was taboo.........but I
guess in this case it's not. All right, I'll do it."
" Like you had a choice there." Aeris giggled
" What happens if I fail?"
" You'll come back here and be dead for good." Aeris
smiled
"That's lovely" Miyai groaned
The lifestream started flowing up from beneath Miyai.
// Your body will be your old one, but be more Soldier-
like. That means your eyes will glow like theirs Whatever you
do, do not raise anybody's suspicions on purpose. Sephiroth
will notice you but that can't be helped. Just don't cause him
to react, especially if Hojo is around. We don't want Hojo
injecting Jenova cells into you. She might try to corrupt you
too//
"So, what time period will I be sent back to?"
" To the time when Cloud joins the Shinra army." Aeris said " I
think that's when it started."
"Will I be able to talk to you guys still?"
"We'll be around. Just don't get involved with the Aeris of
that time, ok?"
"Sure"
"Bye for now." Aeris waved.
"Bye" Miyai smiled
The lifestream rushed up from below Miyaiku, engulfing her.
/ Wait for me.........Cloud........./
Midgar was bustling city compared to Nibelheim. Maybe not as
clean and moral as Cloud's hometown but he rather be here
anyway.
/ Anywhere is better than that place/
The train came to a screeching halt in the upper plate station.
It was filled with young boys and a few young girls with dreams
of being in Soldier. Cloud was among them. His reason for
joining the Shinra army was probably different than the rest of
the overly happy people here. The train doors opened and
regardless of what the announcement said about exiting in an
orderly fashioned way, everyone except Cloud tried to squeeze
their way out in a hurry.
" Idiots........." Cloud said to himself " Whoa!"
" Oh, sorry about that" A boy stood up from falling onto Cloud's
lap.
" Yeah, yeah" Cloud shooed him away.
After everyone got off, Cloud exited the train and looked
around. Everyone was talking, laughing, playing around. Cloud
sighed. He never had any friends to do that socializing thing
with. In fact, all the kids hated him and picked on him. He
always tried to show them he could be cool too, but they'd
always laugh and ignore him afterwards. It just wasn't the kids
there, it was the adults too. Suddenly someone bumped into
Cloud, knocking him to the ground.
" Oh, I'm sorry there girlie!" A tall boy who looked about
nineteen laughed and walked back to his group of snickering
lowlifes.
" Girlie?" Cloud stood up, dusting himself off. "Why does
everyone think I look like a girl?"
Yeah, sure Cloud was rather small for his age and has hair that
is gold as a Sea Chocobo's feathers, but couldn't they tell he
didn't have any boobs? And that he may look frail, he actually
had some muscles to his arms from training himself to fight.
It's not like he had anything else to do.........He dressed like a boy
although his voice hasn't entirely changed yet. And, and his
hair was spikey! Would a girl have spikey hair like that?! Oh
but his eyes were the cutest blue on boy anyone has seen. Did
that make him more feminine? Everyone was too busy to notice
that a line of buses were heading their way except for Cloud.
/ Great, now I'll be crammed in a bus with them........./
Cloud shuddered at the thought. The buses stopped infront of
the station. Many people actually started to pay attention as
the doors opened and Shinra guards came out and stood beside the
doors. At one of the front buses, a Soldier came out followed
by a large bearded man in a general's outfit. He looked like he
was forty something since some of his black hair and beard had a
few greys in them. He also looked like he was a prick with that
"I'm so great" look. Cloud sighed. He was hoping it would have
been Sephiroth that stepped of the bus. He's never seen the guy
but heard he's not hard to notice. This guy definitely isn't
the Great Sephiroth. The crowd started going quiet as the
Soldier and large guy made their way to the front center. Many
of the girls made cat calls at the Soldier.
" Hey there Soldier boy!" A red headed girl cooed and
waved at him " You're so sexy!"
The Soldier with the outrageous black hair winked and gave
her a peace sign. The girl blushed and turned to brag to her
girlfriends.
/ Great, he seems full of it/
The two men motioned their hands to hush the crowd.
" Here goes another boring speech........." Cloud yawned " Time
to drown out the talking.........."
" Ladies and gentlemen! Fore and fore most, welcome to the
Shinra family!" The hefty guy greeted
The crowd cheered as Cloud pulled out headphones from his
duffle bag.
" My name is Elmer Heidegger, head of the military
department. And this fine lad here, is Zachary Delenger,
Soldier third class"
" Yo" Zack grinned
The ladies started whistling and giggling.
" Play" Cloud pushed the button on his CD player / Too bad
I won't be able to do this with rest of the speeches to come/
// Wait for me.........Cloud........./
The voice startled Cloud. He looked around. Everyone was
paying attention to Heidegger. He looked up to the sky
confused.
/ What was that?/
Miyaiku gasped, then started coughing up the fluid from
her lungs. She struggled to lift herself up but only made it to
being on all four. She coughed up the remaining fluid as she
started to catch her breath. Her head was still hanging down as
she slowly opened her eyes. At first the light blinded her as
she shielded her eyes. Then she tried again squinting till
things started to focus themselves. She pushed herself up so
she could be sitting on her knees. Her wet long hair clung to
her drenched body.
".........Wh.........where..........am I?" her voice was raspy as she looked
again trying to make everything perfectly clear. She hugged
herself to stop the shiver that ran up her body. She moved her
hands to look at them when she felt her damp skin. Finally, her
eyes regained their normal vision as she looked at the drops of
greenish liquid on her hands.
" What is.........oh, that's right." She looked down at the
greenish pool of liquid she was laying in " Lifestream"
// Good morning sunshine//
Miyaiku jumped at voice but quickly came back to her
senses.
/ Is it morning already? Did I drink that much last
night? Damn, I need to learn to hold my liquor/
Aeris' giggling rang through Miyai's mind.
// You sounded like someone I knew//
Miyai smirked. She stood up, wobbling at first but
eventually won the struggle. She looked around becoming
transfixed by the scenery. She was standing on a crystal altar
in the middle of the clearest water she has ever seen. Around
her was what looked like tiny Arabian houses, splashed in shades
of pink, purple, and grey. Above her was a long majestic
staircase of light suspending in midair.
/ Holy shit! This place is amazingly beautiful!/
// Heehee, it's part of the City of the Ancients//
/ The City-wait a minute.........this place. This place is
where you died wasn't it?/
// Yes.........//
/ Oh, I'm sorry Aeris, that was inconsiderate of me/
// Don't worry about it. I'm surprised at how observant
you are with your surroundings, yet you still haven't noticed
that you're completely naked//
" Huh?" Miyai looked down to see her body fully exposed.
She flushed brightly. " BY THE GODS, I'M NAKED!!"
She quickly scrambles to cover herself up, but to no
avail. She sat down covering her breasts with her knees and
tightly wrapping her arms around her knees.
" Why didn't you make me some clothes?!" She was still
very red in the face " Damnit, I'm suppose to save the world
here, but I can't get that done if I'm butt-freaking- naked!"
// Calm down Miyaiku, no one's here and there's a chest
upstairs with some old clothes in it//
" You'll have to beam me up there because I'm not moving
from t his spot." Miyai snorted " 'Sides, there's guy
Cetra.........they could be watching me and stuff........."
// Miyaiku! Get off your butt and get moving! We aren't
your maids!//
A sudden shock of electricity zapped Miyai in the ass.
She squeaks as she jumps up rubbing her ass.
Aeris whistles.// Nice tushy there Miyai!//
" Shut up!" Miyai snapped and Aeris laughs. " Did anyone
ever tell you, you were a bitch?"
// Hmm.........I think Tifa thought I was one at times when I
was getting Cloud's attention, but no, no one has ever told me I
was one//
Miyai walked over to the edge of the altar and hopped down
onto a pillar
/ Well then, let me be the first. You're a bitch/
Miyaiku made her way up to the stairs, sighed for a second
and then started climbing them.
Zack hated speeches. He hated making them as much as
listening to them, especially when old man Heidegger was
preaching. He would go on and on about the joy of being part of
the Shinra glory. Many people after awhile start to ignore him,
but these were newbie Shinra troopers that didn't know any
better. Zack sighs as he runs his hand through his hair and
came upon a knot.
/ I hate my hair/
Zack was popular among the Shinra troops and Soldier. His
cheerful personality has made him liked among the top people,
like President Shinra. He even made friends with the General
Sephiroth himself. It amazed people how he managed to pull that
one off. Sephiroth's a block of ice. He never lets anyone see
any emotion in him or lets someone get close to him. Zack was
persistent though. His charisma finally broke down Sephiroth's
resilient barriers. Of course when he did that, he found out a
lot of things you wouldn't think about Sephiroth. Yes, it is
flattering to be LIKED by an angelic god such as Sephiroth.
Zack knew he had the looks, the charm, a body to die for that
men drooled over, but he didn't swing that way.........fully. Ok, ok,
so he kinda likes Sephiroth, but he rather have him as a friend.
Besides, he wants to be single so he can get friendly with all
the hot chicks in Midgar. He's very famous among the new girls,
but infamous among the old. Sometimes, he'll just be walking
down the street one day, and a woman would come out of nowhere
and slap him without a word. It's not his fault he couldn't
remember their names the morning after. How was he suppose to
keep track when he already had five lined up and waiting for
some Zack lovin'? That wasn't all he was good at either.
/ Make it stop, please, make him shut up/
Some of the people saw Zack's impatience and snickered.
Zack made Soldier just a few months ago. He'd finally made it
after a year of boring grunt stuff. If he hadn't needed to do
the basics, he would already have been in Soldier because he's
so good. Even Sephiroth thinks so. He was sixteen and already
skilled with a sword. A buster sword in fact. His body was
also already fit for a Soldier when he arrived here. Nice
muscular tone, but not over done, with just the right height.
Let's not forget his cobalt blue eyes, nice smile, and handsome
face under that wild black hair of his. He was Mr.
Perfect.........and being injected with mako improved it more.
"..........And now, ladies and gentlemen, let's go so you can
start your journey to a new and better life" Heidegger
concluded.
" It's about freaking time old man."
Everyone looked at Zack. Zack looked up and noticed the
stares and Heidegger's glare.
" Oh, did I say that out loud? Sorry, my bad" Zack smiled
stupidly as he scratched his head.
Laughter bursted from the crowd as Heidegger looked like
he was about to kill him.
" What?" Zack played stupid.
" Get moving Zack." Heidegger shoved him to start moving
back to their bus.
" Let's go people!" A trooper shouted " Start loading the
buses!"
People started getting onto the buses. Zack refused to
get on the bus just yet. He wanted to stay around and check the
girls out. As the crowd started thinning he noticed a person
with beautiful gold locks that was in a pony tail. The person's
back was to him. Thinking it was a girl for the fact the person
was very short and kinda feminine looking, he decided he'd go
hit on the girl. Poor Cloud didn't even notice a horny Soldier
was coming up to him. All he was doing was putting his CD
player back in his bag when a shadow loomed over him. Cloud
sighed as he waited for the insults.
" What's wrong my little goldielocks? Nervous?" Zack
smiled " If it helps I could help soothe those nerves of yours."
Now Cloud was use to being hit on by dumbass guys, but
that was the worst pick up line he's ever heard.
" Whadaya say sexy?" Zack placed his hand on Cloud's
shoulder.
Now Zack was really surprised when the boy turned around
to face him, revealing to Zack that he just hit on a guy.........a
rather cute guy. He was even more surprised when the boy's foot
met his Mr. Happy. Zack grabbed his crotch as he fell to his
knees in pain. Cloud picked up his bag and calmly walked away
from Zack.
" Good luck sucker with trying to score tonight." Cloud
grinned as he got on the bus.
" Oh, they're gonna make fun of me for this one." Zack
cringed in pain.
Miyaiku managed to find the chest containing some Ancient
clothes. She got lost wondering around the city because was
mesmerized by the scenery. So Aeris helped her find her way
while making fun of her. Miyai came out of the seashell house
but she still didn't look happy.
/ Um, Aeris?/
// Yeeesss?//
/ Um, this is, um going to attract a lot of attention/
// It's still clothes. It is better than nothing isn't
it?//
/ Yes.........but........./
// But what?//
" It's a fucking toga!" Miyai shouted
Indeed, she was wearing a short, white, roman type toga
made for a queen.
// What did you expect? No one's been here since the time
of the Cetra. Back then, they wore stuff like that//
/ See, the thing is, this ISN'T back then! I'm goin' to
stand out like crazy! And have you guys ever heard of
underwear?!/
// Miyai, just wear this until you can buy some clothes at
a town. And here, take these materia with you//
Eight pieces of materia floated down from the sky and
stopped right infront of Miyai. One was blue, six were green,
and one was red. She inspected them closely and realized they
were mastered.
" They're mastered!" Miyai grabbed a green one.
// If things get ugly, we want you prepared//
" Full cure........." She marveled at it.
Where she came from, the materia stopped working. They
had to rely solely on weapons to save them. And when someone
was hurt or something, they had to do good ol' fashion first-
aid.
// You have full cure, ultima, time, heal, life, comet,
quadra, and bahamut zero//
" Oh wow, cool." Miyai was like a child in a candy store
as she greedily grabbed them and placed them in her pouch she
found with the clothes. " Where'd you get these?"
// You don't need to worry about that//
" K, so what about some gil?"
// Sorry, but you'll have to get that on your own//
" Great, guess I'll be wearing this damn toga for awhile."
Miyai sighed " 'Least I don't need a sword or anything to fight
off the monsters. I can do it with my fists.........although I prefer
a sword........."
// Sorry, can't give you that either//
/ Damn, worth a shot/
// Listen, there's a village not too far from here.
You'll have to go through the Sleeping Forest to get there.
Don't worry, you won't need the lunar harp to pass. Once you're
there you'll-//
/ You'll what?/
Silence
/ Great, something probably happened. Guess I'm on my own
now for awhile. Well let's get goin Miyai/
Miyai headed on her way to find the entrance to the
forest.
Cloud slid his keycard to activate the door. The machine
beeped and the door slid open. Ah, he was finally here. After
an hour of being lost, he was finally in his room.
/ Damn those bastards for tricking me/
When Cloud arrived at the front desk, the lady checked him
in, gave him his card and told him his room was 38B, on the 30th
floor. Well when he got to the floor, he found out that this
floor was 1-38C, not 1-38B. That sucked, but he realized he
wasn't the only one given the wrong floor. The secretary was
new and hadn't learned her floors yet. So, he asked these
couple of Soldiers and they told him to go to the 31st floor.
So he goes there..........wrong floor. Those fuckers tricked him.
Great, he's on his own then. He traveled floor to floor when it
him. The letters kept goin up each floor he ascended. Ok, that
must mean the 29th floor was his. He goes there but finds out,
that this floor was just a big lounge area. 'Least he found
that. Finally, someone was NICE enough to tell him to go down
one more floor. 28th floor it is. But the numbers weren't on
the doors since the doors were getting repainted and there were
no signs to tell him where to go. He tried counting them but
when 38B ended up being the janitor's closet, he gave up and
decided to slide the card to every room. For him, it was the
last room on the floor. Cloud sighed as he dragged himself and
bag across the floor. The room was actually two rooms
connected. The first room, was the study/living room. It was
small, with just a TV, couch, phone, desk and chair, and a side
table. In the second room, there were two sets of bunk beds
with the bottom of the lower beds being drawers, a dresser with
mirror, two nightstands, and a closet. The room felt
uncomfortably small and cramped. He dragged himself into the
bedroom. It looks like his roommates were already here. Each
of their stuff claimed their bed. Doesn't look like Cloud has
much choice as to where he'll be sleeping. He threw his stuff
onto the empty lower bunk bed and plopped down on his new bed.
/ Man, I'm starting to wonder which place is better. Here
or Nibelheim?/
Cloud bounced on his bed twice and frowned.
/ One thing's for sure. I'm goin' to miss my old bed a
lot/
He couldn't think for long because the new recruit
ceremony would start in twenty minutes and he needed time to get
lost again. He got up and headed out.
Sephiroth loves Zack dearly. He's the only friend he's
had. But boy does that dimwit talk too much. Here he was,
trying to perfect his speech when Zack comes barging in, ranting
on and on about how his friends just wouldn't stop making fun of
him for being kicked in the balls by a tiny little blonde boy.
It was amusing, but he could have at least waited until after
the ceremony. He rubbed his forehead. He needs some pain
killers. Lots and lots of them.
" I mean come on, the boy looked like a girl from behind,
how was I suppose to know?" Zack paced the floor.
" Maybe you should have thought with your brain and not
with your dick." Sephiroth opened up a drawer " Of course, with
your thoughts, I don't know if there would be any difference."
" Ha ha, very funny Seph" Zack said sarcastically.
" I know, wasn't it?" he smirked as he closed the drawer /
No aspirin there/
Zack sat on the corner of Seph's desk " You're cruel
sometimes you know that?"
"Been told that several times, but don't care" Seph opened
up another drawer
" At least you've lightened up a bit" Zack said " You use to be
colder than ice itself."
Sephiroth couldn't help that. Since he was young, he was
never allowed to feel any emotions. Hojo wanted him to be the "
fight all, care none" type person. He wasn't even allowed to
have any friends because Hojo told him it would weaken him.
Emotions were for the weak. In time, Sephiroth became that
person Hojo wanted him to be. A perfect Soldier. One who did
without thinking twice. He was fine with it although in the
back of his mind, he felt lonely. But without having parents to
show him love, and no friends to help him socializing, he just
stayed away from people and burry himself in fighting and
paperwork. When he became general, it kept him from people most
time of the time anyway. But when he was in Wutai, leading the
war, he met Zack. Zack was only a grunt then, and being like
most people, idolized Sephiroth. He didn't mind being googlely
eyed over by people at first, but over time, it got annoying.
He would walk down the halls and people would move aside with
twinkles in their eyes but too afraid to come up to him. But not
Zack, no, Zack wouldn't leave him alone. Zack tried to make
friends with everyone, especially with the ladies. Sephiroth
knew about Zack before he even introduced himself. He annoyed
Sephiroth A LOT at first. His persistence drove him insane.
Eventually Seph gave up started talking back to him. It felt
great talking to the dumbass. He didn't feel lonely. They
quickly became friends. When Zack became a Soldier, they kept
each other company more frequent. One day it smacked Seph in
the face. Not only did he like his new friend, but he really,
REALLY liked his friend. The thing is, he liked that feeling,
made him even happier. Of course Zack bluntly rejected him. It
hurt, but over time, he now rather have Zack around as just a
friend or it would be nothing at all. At least he knows he
can like someone like that.
/ Ah, ha! Found some!/
Sephiroth found an aspirin bottle and pooped some pills in
his mouth.
" Um, Seph, you just swallowed eight pills"
"So?" Sephiroth threw the empty bottle in the trash "
Normal dosages don't affect me. You should know that by now."
" Oh, riiiiight" Light bulb clicked on in Zack's head
" Now, if you'll excuse me, I NEED to finish my speech"
" Right, bye Seph!" Zack waved as he quickly left
" Yeah, bye." He waved as he continued to write.
When the door shut, Seph dropped his pen on the desk and
put his arms behind his head as leaned back in his chair. Did
he forget to mention how annoying Zack could be?
Miyaiku stood at the gate to the Midgar slums. She finally made
it.
