Disclaimer: Nope, don't own it except for my character Tristy.
Author's Note: Thanks to the people who reviewed!! Waaa!! (sniff) I feel so happy. So here is the second chappy!!! Wow, that rhymed! Whee! Read and review, thanks!
^_~- Orphdian
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Riku didn't get that far from the lady's house when Tristy called out his name.
"Riku, wait." She ran up to him and handed him a navy blue sweatshirt with a hood on it.
"Put this on." He nodded. He put it on reluctantly, and pulled the hood over his head. Riku opened his mouth to speak, but Tristy cut him off.
"I don't want you to get hurt, or even get killed. That's why. Have fun on your little walk, ok?" She went back to the house and shut the door. Riku turned back around at the town he saw before him. He hardly see people outside, either kids are playing or owners trying to sell something. He looked around to see what is a good place to start asking about Sephiroth.
//This town is pretty small, it shouldn't take me a long time to get some info, maybe.//
He started walking towards a weapon shop asked there, but no luck. Next, he tried the house next to it, but all he got was a lecture on the rocket that once stood there story by a old man standing outside. Then he tried serval houses after that. Some knew Sephiroth, others didn't. And even sometimes when he asked about the general, people started calling him Sephiroth follower, demon seeker, or dead man walking. He kicked a small rock around sighing that the fact that he didn't get the information that he was hoping for, when all of the sudden, he heard a man in the background where the rocket used to stand. Riku followed the voice until he got to the man. He had blonde hair with goggles on top of his head, smoking a cigarette out the corner of his mouth, wearing a blue jacket with some sort of patterns on it, a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and black boots. He was fixing on some machine parts until one of the wires got caught on fire.
"God dammit!!!" He started to patting on the fire, but suddenly, his jacket got on fire too.
"Ahh shit!!" He swung his jacket off stomping on it to put out the fire, but the fire on the wires gotten bigger. He rushed to the bucket of water dumped it on them, but that was a huge mistake. Electrical sounds started to pop and crackle everywhere. He got out the way thinking that it was going to be an explosion but nothing happened. He went over to the wires to see that they was completely burned out.
"Ain't this some shit? Damn people always asking me to do something! God damn place! Got me fixing on this damn machine known I couldn't fix it, in this damn heat! This place is going to hell anyway! Why bother?!"
"Excuse me?" The older man spun around to find a boy with a hood on.
"What is it?! Don't you see that I'm busy?!"
"Yes, but I have something to ask you."
"Well, what the hell is it?"
"I was wondering if you know a person named Sephiroth?"
"Sephiroth?"
"Yes. So do you know who he is?" The man stared at him and shrugged.
"Yeah, I know him. In fact, I fought against him. Why do you want to know that god forsaken Sephiroth for?"
"Because. . .I just want some info on him, that's all."
"Are you with the press?"
"The press?"
"Yes, the press." Riku looked at him and shook his head no. The older figure, took the cigarette bud out his mouth and stomped on it, only to pull out another one to smoke it. He lit it up, and taking a deep puff of smoke before releasing out his mouth.
"What do you want to know about him? How we killed him or his basic background in a nutshell."
"Background."
"Alright." He walked over to a small bench and sat down on it.
"I don't know much about that bastard, but Cloud seemed to know him well."
"Cloud?"
"Yeah. He said that whole mess got started in his home town Nibelhiem. When his mother or what ever controlled his mind. Then he started killing people left and right like he is everything in the world and kill whatever he like. I tell you, that man was crazy."
"Was he that bad?"
"Bad? He was like the evil of all evil. He summon this Meteor, okay, if it wasn't for that dead girl, we will all be dead." Riku looked down at the ground. He eyes narrowed.
//Is that who is everyone is talking about I look like? Some evil monster that almost destroyed this world? He sounds like Ansem. That evil man that took control of me. . .I need more information on him still.//
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure." He said flicking his ash on the bright green grass.
"Where is Nibelhiem?"
"On the other side of here. Just go through the mountain and you will get to it. Though, going to that mountain is hell, don't go with out something on ya or something to fight with."
"Thanks, that's all I needed to know." Riku walked away from him when the older man caught up.
"I hope you are not leaving, without telling your name." Riku continued to walked and said his name behind him.
"The name's Riku."
"Riku, huh? Well I'm Cid. If you need anything, I will be fixing on that god damn machine, well what's left of it anyway." Cid went back to his work when something stunned him like a bee bit him on the arm.
"Riku, Riku. .hmm. . .that's sounds familiar. . ." He shrugged at that thought and went back to work.
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Riku came in the house and went into the living room.
"Oh, hey there. Did you have a nice walk?"
"Yeah. . sort of."
"You sound so down."
". . . I was trying to find out something, but I got little information."
"About wh-, no that's none of my business."
"No it's okay. Hey, do you know a quick way to Nibelhiem?"
"Nibelhiem? Well there's that mountain and I think there's a train. But the mountain way is a lot shorter, though." Riku looked away from her and stared at the pictures she hung up when she was young.
"Oh yes, there is also a guy that lives here that have an airplane. I believe his name is Cid Highwind. I'm sure if you ask, he will take you there."
"Cid? I'm meet him outside."
"You did?"
"Yeah. . .but I don't think he would give me a ride after I saw how he was fixing that machine."
"Well, I know he's a arrogant man, but you have to ask anyway."
"Where is his house?"
"His house is 3 houses from here. I'll go with you when ever you get ready. Because I have to talk to his wife, Shera, about something."
"I'll go tomorrow."
"Alright, I will be ready by then." Tristy walked into the kitchen and started to fix dinner for her and Riku. He sat on the sofa straying into his thoughts.
//Nibelhiem. . . I shall go there, but what will I find? Sephiroth sounds just like Ansem, wants everything destroyed. I wish I knew where to go in that town. . . huh? What's this?//
Riku reached for the old newspaper clippings that was hidden under the table with an sheet covered up on them. He rustled through the old clippings finding various headlines about Sephiroth death, leads into world wars, mako plants, and the greatest general that ever lived. He ran across one that caught his eye.
"History of Sephiroth. . ." He flipped the paper over and began reading it.
"According to studies today, the real Sephiroth died 6 years ago in mako plant. He has been thrown of the edge and plummeted to his death. The cause of this, says a recent member of the Turks, that in a town in Nibelhiem he has been possessed by a his 'mother' Jenvoa, in the basement of the old mansion, where claimed to be the source of all the problems. Like the black materia and meteor. There was a rumor going around 9 months earlier about him having a son, but so far no physical evidence has been found. . ."
//A son? Jenvoa? Who is Jenvoa?//
Riku turned back to his reading.
"If he has a son, will the son will follow the same path? Another study shows that Sephiroth did have a son, but he abannded it, because it would interfere with his work, and once again, no evidence has been found."
//Maybe there is evidence, in the old mansion and maybe I will found out who is Jenvoa too. . .//
Riku heard footsteps and quickly shoving the papers where they were putting the sheet over them. He sat on the sofa pretending like he didn't do nothing.
"Dinners ready, son"
"Okay."
"Are you alright? You voice is a little shaky."
"I'm fine." Tristy looked at him with one eyebrow arced. She shook head and left to the kitchen. Riku let out a sigh of relief and followed her.
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Later that night, Riku said his good night and drifted to sleep.
'Riku'
He tossed and turned in the sheets throwing the blanket that was keeping him warm, off.
'Riku'
Riku moaned in pain, wincing of the hurt of his body. He grabbed his sheets tightly almost ripping them of the bed.
'Riku, Riku'
He turned back and forth, back and forth, twisting his body in every way imaginable.
'Riku, Riku, come to me Riku'
"No, no, no, no, no, no. . ." He said tossing his head side to side.
'Come to me my precious grandson, come to me, come to me.'
"No!!!" Riku sprinted upwards, panting hard. His head was feeling light, room spinning around, vision blurring in a out, his head was killing him. He held his head rubbing roughly.
"Oh. . no . .not . again! Ugh. ."
He rolled his eyes up in the back of his head, and passed out.
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In Wutai
"Hello?"
"Hey, Cloud. This is Cid."
"Hey, how you've been?"
"Same ol', same ol', except this kid asked me about Sephiroth. It was really strange because I don't know why he asked me that. Though, his name rings a bell."
"His name?"
"Yeah, Riku or something like that."
"Riku? I see. . .I guess it isn't just a rumor then."
"A rumor? What rumor?"
"When I was in Solider training, there was a rumor going around saying that Sephiroth had a son."
"Whoa! Seph got a boy?"
"I'm not sure if it's true or not, but it is a possibly that Riku is his son."
"Hmm. . .I see what you mean. I saw a glimpse of him today, but I couldn't really tell, if he look like him though. But what really got me was his eyes. Man, I was spooked. His eyes looked just like Seph."
"I know, hey. I gotta go ok."
"Alright. Hey we should keep an eye peeled, on Riku."
"I know." With that they both hung up the phone. Cloud just stood there.
//I can't believe it. . he is here. . . Riku, if you are Sephiroth son, I will have no choice but to kill you, for right now, I have to see if you are truly his son.//
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Author's note: tee hee. Wow, it's getting more dramatic. Please review thanks a bunchie!!
^_~-Orphdian
