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Whether we wanted to or not, we had to return to Cosmo Canyon as Bugenhagen had sent a message to the Highwind saying he that he wanted to join us while visiting the Forgotten City. We needed to know what the Key of the Ancients was for, and instinct told us we needed to return to the Forgotten City. We picked up Bugenhagen at Cosmo Canyon and he was overjoyed just being on the Highwind.
As old as he was, 130 years old, he was still active and loved the feeling of traveling especially by air. We parked the Highwind just outside the Forgotten City and Bugenhagen was as intoxicated as we were at the beauty of the city. We brought him to the place at the very end of the city and found that it was actually a music box. "Allow me to insert the key." He offered and took the key and placed it at the key holder. Like a waterfall, water sprouted down and surrounded the fountain in the middle of the room.
Only a selected few were able to go in. Aerith of course was the first, followed by Cloud, Tifa, Vincent, me and Lynn. The water that surrounded the fountain was like plain white screen when the time Aerith was praying for Holy.
"That white materia... it must have fallen from my ribbon when Sephiroth stabbed us, Lisa." She gasped and panicked.
"Eh... where did she go?" Tifa twisted her head but couldn't find me.
I left the place in a hurry and went to the room under the big shell. I dived into the clear waters and retrieved the white materia, instead of the glittering white color; it gleamed in different shades of green. Back at the fountain, Bugenhagen explained to them the white materia was used to pray to the Planet if it's in danger. If it was, the Planet would summon Holy. That was why Aerith left and prayed for him.
"I'm so sorry Aerith, if only I'd figured it out sooner, you wouldn't have left, I couldn't think and...and ..." Cloud paused.
Aerith touched his face full of love and forgiveness, "It's alright, I'm here, that's all that matters,"...
"...and all your efforts didn't go to waste, kak Aerith. You managed to reach the Planet and your materia is glowing in many shades of green," I said while holding out the materia for her to see.
"Then it's true, the white materia would change colors when an ancient has successfully gotten through to the Planet." Bugenhagen stated, "Holy will be summoned and all we could do now is wait."
Under our feet, the ground suddenly began to dance the tango; Diamond Weapon had emerged from the depths nearby and was dawdling towards Midgar!
"Bad news everyone, get on board the Highwind immediately. We have to stop Diamond Weapon from reaching Midgar." Cait Sith ordered us through the PHS.
Sure enough, Diamond Weapon could be seen walking on the surface of the water and going towards Midgar, and the Sister Ray (the canon from Junon was moved to Midgar) was waiting for its prey.
"Stop here at the edge of Midgar!" Cloud shouted to the pilot as we prepared to jump off. Diamond Weapon met us by the shoreline and there we started the battle. He may not be as powerful as Ultimate or Emerald Weapon, but he still packs a mean punch. Regular attacks had at least some affects on him and limit breaks really hit the spot.
"Do you still have enough strength to do one more limit break girls?" I asked Celest, Lynn and Yuffie.
"Yeah sure, but could we hold on after that I don't know." Celest replied.
"We'll just have to try then, let's go." I called at once.
"Galactic... Rain...!" (Lynn's most powerful limit break)
"Ultimate... Rising...!"(Celest's final limit break)
"All Creation..!"(Yuffie's most powerful and final limit break) "Flora... Fauna... Hurricane...!"(My final limit break (sounds weird but is very powerful))
All our limit breaks were called upon together and it seems that it was too much for Diamond to handle. Cloud gave him another whack with his sword and Barret used Catastrophe and Diamond surrendered.
"Yeah... we beat him ... where is he going?" Naz looked at Diamond, puzzled that it still moved towards Midgar.
"He senses dangerous trouble coming from Midgar," Celest gasped as Diamond Weapon shot fireballs at the city.
I don't know what came over me but I flew to Midgar at full speed, "Enima... Don't go...it's too dangerous there... come back!" Barret shouted and Speed together with Lynn flew after me.
I didn't listen and followed my instincts. Hojo had already initiated the Sister Ray and locked on the Crater in the icy area.
"Ready when you are, Reeve," he called to him, "But the Weapon is in the way," he gave an excuse.
"Won't matter, just pull the switch." He commanded.
A lot of energy was sucked by the cannon and the whole of Midgar was veiled in darkness. The Sister Ray was ready to fire and BOOM... it went right through Diamond and managed to break the barrier shielding the Crater in the icy area. But that didn't stop the fireballs that Diamond had released before the laser went through him.
Rufus was in his office when the fireballs collided with Midgar. I flew through the window and grabbed him as a fireball crashed below his office.
"LISA (MARISSA)!!!" Lynn (she calls me Marissa) and Speed shouted when the force of the impact pushed them away. They crashed not far away from the others, whom in turn rushed to their aid.
"Enima... where is she," Aerith asked desperately. She was worried.
"We ... couldn't reach her ...in time, she ...she's..." Jacques said between sobs.
Aerith, Yuffie and Lynn had burst into tears while Tifa and Celest tried their hardest to stop themselves from crying. Naz fell to the ground and froze with tears raining from his eyes; he couldn't accept the fact that his older was gone too soon. Barret was petrified; he acted as if he had lost a daughter. Red XIII howled sadly, Cait Sith joined him. Cid himself couldn't help but feel sad with his mouth open wide. Sam, Cloud and Vincent couldn't believe that I would leave them so soon and realized they had just lost a faithful friend. They were just about to leave for the Highwind when...
"Hey... don't... leave ...me behind...hey!" I shouted with the strength I had left and gasping for air.
"Enima?" Barret blurted out not believing what he saw.
They saw me fly towards them. My clothes were worn, torn and covered in ash. In my arms was the notorious and unconscious President Rufus. To weak to fly any longer, I crashed to the ground exhausted and couldn't feel my limbs.
Barret picked up Rufus; while Jacques lifted me up and brought me aboard. He still had tears flowing from his caring eyes, but these weren't tears of sorrow, but tears of joy. Aerith and Yuffie fussed over me on the Highwind. Tifa and Vincent kept coming in and out to check my status. Naz, Sam, Serena, Siew Mei and Jacques stayed by my side till I got back on my feet. Cloud and Barret kept a watchful eye on Rufus, but like me, he was given treatment till he regained consciousness. When I finally got back on my feet, all were asleep.
"How sweet, but they didn't have to." I whispered silently.
I gave Jacques a peck on the cheek and ruffled Naz's and Serena's hair. Jacques woke up immediately and gladly took me in his arms and tossed me about as he gleamed with joy. Naz and Serena were as overjoyed as he was and rushed out of the room to call the others. With all the commotion, the other two woke up and knocked each other's heads in the process (ooh... that must have hurt).
Tifa, Aerith and Yuffie nearly suffocated me with their hugs, Red XIII rubbed his fuzzy head on my face while I was rested on Jacques's arms , Barret picked me up and tossed me up and down, Vincent and Cid ruffled my hair and Cloud patted my head, "Glad you're back, kiddo." He said.
"Yeah...it's great to be back," I said weakly.
"Landing at the Bone Village in 10 minutes," Cait Sith interrupted the moment.
He really had the knack for bad timing. "Rest up now, save your strength," Vincent said as he tucked me in.
I wasn't a six year old to be tucked like that, but couldn't help if my limbs were still limp.
Even though everyone had left the room, Jacques stayed behind to look after me.
"You had me worried there; I thought you were goner for sure." He said softly.
"Shhh... don't worry... it'll take more than an explosion to stop me." I placed two fingers to his lips.
He took them, rubbed them against his cheek and leaned to kiss my forehead. By the time we landed, I was strong enough to follow them off the Highwind. Rufus was still unconscious at the time. At the Bone Village, we needed to find the key to Sector 5. The guy in charge of it said he lost it in the Bone Village. When the head digger asked where to dig, we said to dig at the entrance of the Bone Village and in front of the head digger's area. It may have taken a few tries but it was worth it. On the Highwind we were surprised to find Rufus awake and strapped on his bed. I guess Cait Sith had something to do with that. He was struggling to break free when Aerith, Tifa, Jacques and I entered the room. Cait Sith was in the room, too.
"Let me go, or I'll report you all for kidnapping and keeping me prisoner." He shouted forcefully at us.
"Hey... be more grateful that you're alive. At least thank Enima for risking her life to save your filthy butt." Tifa fought back and pressed his chest.
"Tsk...Why should I thank a mere child?" He arrogantly swooshed his head.
"WELL! I saved you BECAUSE I couldn't bear to see you or anyone die! Isn't it enough for nearly taking my own life for a power hungry monster like you! To tell you the truth I sensed some good in you and I kind of have a soft spot for you!" It just burst out of me.
Jacques just held me and the other two gasped at my behavior, but this wasn't the first time they'd seen me this way. Rufus was surprised at me and kept quiet. He never knew that anyone would have cared about him or would've been that open before. I was still weak and the effect of losing my patience used up my strength and I fell once more. Jacques caught me and carried me out of the room.
Aerith stopped Tifa's urge to punch Rufus for being so ungrateful and followed her out the room. Rufus just lay there surprised and speechless. In the next room, Jacques laid me in the bed and asked if what I said about liking Rufus was true. I couldn't hide it, and told him it was true.
"But that doesn't mean I like you any less. In fact I like you even more." I smiled at him and he smiled back.
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Whether we wanted to or not, we had to return to Cosmo Canyon as Bugenhagen had sent a message to the Highwind saying he that he wanted to join us while visiting the Forgotten City. We needed to know what the Key of the Ancients was for, and instinct told us we needed to return to the Forgotten City. We picked up Bugenhagen at Cosmo Canyon and he was overjoyed just being on the Highwind.
As old as he was, 130 years old, he was still active and loved the feeling of traveling especially by air. We parked the Highwind just outside the Forgotten City and Bugenhagen was as intoxicated as we were at the beauty of the city. We brought him to the place at the very end of the city and found that it was actually a music box. "Allow me to insert the key." He offered and took the key and placed it at the key holder. Like a waterfall, water sprouted down and surrounded the fountain in the middle of the room.
Only a selected few were able to go in. Aerith of course was the first, followed by Cloud, Tifa, Vincent, me and Lynn. The water that surrounded the fountain was like plain white screen when the time Aerith was praying for Holy.
"That white materia... it must have fallen from my ribbon when Sephiroth stabbed us, Lisa." She gasped and panicked.
"Eh... where did she go?" Tifa twisted her head but couldn't find me.
I left the place in a hurry and went to the room under the big shell. I dived into the clear waters and retrieved the white materia, instead of the glittering white color; it gleamed in different shades of green. Back at the fountain, Bugenhagen explained to them the white materia was used to pray to the Planet if it's in danger. If it was, the Planet would summon Holy. That was why Aerith left and prayed for him.
"I'm so sorry Aerith, if only I'd figured it out sooner, you wouldn't have left, I couldn't think and...and ..." Cloud paused.
Aerith touched his face full of love and forgiveness, "It's alright, I'm here, that's all that matters,"...
"...and all your efforts didn't go to waste, kak Aerith. You managed to reach the Planet and your materia is glowing in many shades of green," I said while holding out the materia for her to see.
"Then it's true, the white materia would change colors when an ancient has successfully gotten through to the Planet." Bugenhagen stated, "Holy will be summoned and all we could do now is wait."
Under our feet, the ground suddenly began to dance the tango; Diamond Weapon had emerged from the depths nearby and was dawdling towards Midgar!
"Bad news everyone, get on board the Highwind immediately. We have to stop Diamond Weapon from reaching Midgar." Cait Sith ordered us through the PHS.
Sure enough, Diamond Weapon could be seen walking on the surface of the water and going towards Midgar, and the Sister Ray (the canon from Junon was moved to Midgar) was waiting for its prey.
"Stop here at the edge of Midgar!" Cloud shouted to the pilot as we prepared to jump off. Diamond Weapon met us by the shoreline and there we started the battle. He may not be as powerful as Ultimate or Emerald Weapon, but he still packs a mean punch. Regular attacks had at least some affects on him and limit breaks really hit the spot.
"Do you still have enough strength to do one more limit break girls?" I asked Celest, Lynn and Yuffie.
"Yeah sure, but could we hold on after that I don't know." Celest replied.
"We'll just have to try then, let's go." I called at once.
"Galactic... Rain...!" (Lynn's most powerful limit break)
"Ultimate... Rising...!"(Celest's final limit break)
"All Creation..!"(Yuffie's most powerful and final limit break) "Flora... Fauna... Hurricane...!"(My final limit break (sounds weird but is very powerful))
All our limit breaks were called upon together and it seems that it was too much for Diamond to handle. Cloud gave him another whack with his sword and Barret used Catastrophe and Diamond surrendered.
"Yeah... we beat him ... where is he going?" Naz looked at Diamond, puzzled that it still moved towards Midgar.
"He senses dangerous trouble coming from Midgar," Celest gasped as Diamond Weapon shot fireballs at the city.
I don't know what came over me but I flew to Midgar at full speed, "Enima... Don't go...it's too dangerous there... come back!" Barret shouted and Speed together with Lynn flew after me.
I didn't listen and followed my instincts. Hojo had already initiated the Sister Ray and locked on the Crater in the icy area.
"Ready when you are, Reeve," he called to him, "But the Weapon is in the way," he gave an excuse.
"Won't matter, just pull the switch." He commanded.
A lot of energy was sucked by the cannon and the whole of Midgar was veiled in darkness. The Sister Ray was ready to fire and BOOM... it went right through Diamond and managed to break the barrier shielding the Crater in the icy area. But that didn't stop the fireballs that Diamond had released before the laser went through him.
Rufus was in his office when the fireballs collided with Midgar. I flew through the window and grabbed him as a fireball crashed below his office.
"LISA (MARISSA)!!!" Lynn (she calls me Marissa) and Speed shouted when the force of the impact pushed them away. They crashed not far away from the others, whom in turn rushed to their aid.
"Enima... where is she," Aerith asked desperately. She was worried.
"We ... couldn't reach her ...in time, she ...she's..." Jacques said between sobs.
Aerith, Yuffie and Lynn had burst into tears while Tifa and Celest tried their hardest to stop themselves from crying. Naz fell to the ground and froze with tears raining from his eyes; he couldn't accept the fact that his older was gone too soon. Barret was petrified; he acted as if he had lost a daughter. Red XIII howled sadly, Cait Sith joined him. Cid himself couldn't help but feel sad with his mouth open wide. Sam, Cloud and Vincent couldn't believe that I would leave them so soon and realized they had just lost a faithful friend. They were just about to leave for the Highwind when...
"Hey... don't... leave ...me behind...hey!" I shouted with the strength I had left and gasping for air.
"Enima?" Barret blurted out not believing what he saw.
They saw me fly towards them. My clothes were worn, torn and covered in ash. In my arms was the notorious and unconscious President Rufus. To weak to fly any longer, I crashed to the ground exhausted and couldn't feel my limbs.
Barret picked up Rufus; while Jacques lifted me up and brought me aboard. He still had tears flowing from his caring eyes, but these weren't tears of sorrow, but tears of joy. Aerith and Yuffie fussed over me on the Highwind. Tifa and Vincent kept coming in and out to check my status. Naz, Sam, Serena, Siew Mei and Jacques stayed by my side till I got back on my feet. Cloud and Barret kept a watchful eye on Rufus, but like me, he was given treatment till he regained consciousness. When I finally got back on my feet, all were asleep.
"How sweet, but they didn't have to." I whispered silently.
I gave Jacques a peck on the cheek and ruffled Naz's and Serena's hair. Jacques woke up immediately and gladly took me in his arms and tossed me about as he gleamed with joy. Naz and Serena were as overjoyed as he was and rushed out of the room to call the others. With all the commotion, the other two woke up and knocked each other's heads in the process (ooh... that must have hurt).
Tifa, Aerith and Yuffie nearly suffocated me with their hugs, Red XIII rubbed his fuzzy head on my face while I was rested on Jacques's arms , Barret picked me up and tossed me up and down, Vincent and Cid ruffled my hair and Cloud patted my head, "Glad you're back, kiddo." He said.
"Yeah...it's great to be back," I said weakly.
"Landing at the Bone Village in 10 minutes," Cait Sith interrupted the moment.
He really had the knack for bad timing. "Rest up now, save your strength," Vincent said as he tucked me in.
I wasn't a six year old to be tucked like that, but couldn't help if my limbs were still limp.
Even though everyone had left the room, Jacques stayed behind to look after me.
"You had me worried there; I thought you were goner for sure." He said softly.
"Shhh... don't worry... it'll take more than an explosion to stop me." I placed two fingers to his lips.
He took them, rubbed them against his cheek and leaned to kiss my forehead. By the time we landed, I was strong enough to follow them off the Highwind. Rufus was still unconscious at the time. At the Bone Village, we needed to find the key to Sector 5. The guy in charge of it said he lost it in the Bone Village. When the head digger asked where to dig, we said to dig at the entrance of the Bone Village and in front of the head digger's area. It may have taken a few tries but it was worth it. On the Highwind we were surprised to find Rufus awake and strapped on his bed. I guess Cait Sith had something to do with that. He was struggling to break free when Aerith, Tifa, Jacques and I entered the room. Cait Sith was in the room, too.
"Let me go, or I'll report you all for kidnapping and keeping me prisoner." He shouted forcefully at us.
"Hey... be more grateful that you're alive. At least thank Enima for risking her life to save your filthy butt." Tifa fought back and pressed his chest.
"Tsk...Why should I thank a mere child?" He arrogantly swooshed his head.
"WELL! I saved you BECAUSE I couldn't bear to see you or anyone die! Isn't it enough for nearly taking my own life for a power hungry monster like you! To tell you the truth I sensed some good in you and I kind of have a soft spot for you!" It just burst out of me.
Jacques just held me and the other two gasped at my behavior, but this wasn't the first time they'd seen me this way. Rufus was surprised at me and kept quiet. He never knew that anyone would have cared about him or would've been that open before. I was still weak and the effect of losing my patience used up my strength and I fell once more. Jacques caught me and carried me out of the room.
Aerith stopped Tifa's urge to punch Rufus for being so ungrateful and followed her out the room. Rufus just lay there surprised and speechless. In the next room, Jacques laid me in the bed and asked if what I said about liking Rufus was true. I couldn't hide it, and told him it was true.
"But that doesn't mean I like you any less. In fact I like you even more." I smiled at him and he smiled back.
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