Disclaimer: Don't own it! Except for my character, Tristy.


Author's Note: (breaks into tears) You like it! You really like it!! (sniff) You know what I'm going to do? Huh? I'm writing this chapter to all of you who reviewed! Thank you so much!! Please read and review as always!

- ~_~ Orphdian


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"Hey. . .how you feeling?" Tristy said, while damping a wet coth on the young boy's face. Riku stared at her. His lips were dry, cracked and had no moisture on them what so ever. Mouth dry as a desert, he spoked.


"Like crap. ."


"I figured that." The woman stood up the near by medical supplies, and started to apply small amount of light ointment cream on the damp cloth. Slowly she rubbed his forehead with it. The silver hair boy eyes were half closed drifting off to sleep again, didn't care if he woke up tomorrow or not he just wanted some rest.


"I know your not going to sleep."


"I have to. My head is killing me. . ."


"That's no reason to fall off to sleep again. I would have thought that you would have some rest by now."


"Well, I don't. . . how long that I've been sleeping? 4 days like the last time?"


"No. . .try like a week."


"A week?"


"Yes, a week. Just for your information I didn't leave your side, but I am getting really worried about your faint symptoms. Maybe you need to go to the doctor."


"No I'm alright."


"Don't you go and lie. I know you are ill and you need to be checked out by a doctor."


"No, I'm fine. Really. . ." She looked at him.


"Are you sure?"


"Yeah. ."


"Well, okay, but as soon as you get back from Nibelhiem today at least want you to go see a doctor."


"Nibelhiem?"


"Yeah, have you forgotten that you wanted to go over there a week ago. I had already talked to Cid about taking you there and he said that it would be no problem."


"Oh really."


"Yeah. . . I couldn't say that is was an easy job, considering that I've been cursed out of every curse word in every possible way." She smiled down at him and patted his arm. The dark haired woman went over to the dresser putting everything neatly back on the tray where she got the medical supplies from.


"What time are you leaving, Riku?"


"I don't know. . .probably this morning."


"This morning, huh?" Tristy pick up the tray and left. Riku laid there in the empty, stale silence of the room. He looked at the ceiling try to figure out what he may find in the old abandon mansion.


//The mansion of Nibelhiem. What will I find there? Hope fully some good answers that I've been looking for. . . . . . .that voice last night. . . .who was it?. . .how does it knows my name. . . . .what does it wants with me. . .come to me, come to me my precious grandson? . . .I don't understand. . .I have to leave. The sooner the better, can't get no answers just laying here.//


Riku got out the bed to wash up and to put his clothes.


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At Cid's house, he was making sure that everything was running right before taking off. Shera, Tristy, and Riku was sitting at the dinning room table, drinking their tea and eating tea biscuit, when all of a sudden, Cid stormed into the room.


"Dammit, Shera! I thought I told you to help me!"


"I'm sorry, Cid. I'm coming. Excuse me." Shera left the table and helped Cid on the airplane.


"I don't see how she's living with him huh, dear?. . .What's wrong?" Riku folded his arms on the table with head propped up on them, looking at the blank wall.


"Nothing. . . .I'm just getting second thoughts, that's all."


"Second thoughts? Like what hun?"


"Like a gut feeling not to go there and forget about the whole thing."


"Well, if you have that feeling, just don't go."


"But I have to. . .in order to find what I'm looking for."


"Oh really. . . I don't want you to get hurt on your trip there. Can you promise me that?"


". . . . . .I wish I could. . .but I can't. . ." Silence grown between them for at least 2 minutes before, Cid called out Riku's name to leave. Riku got from the table only to be stopped by a pull on his arm.


"Be careful, Riku."


"I will try. . ." Tristy let go of his arm, and the young silver hair boy left.


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At the entrance of the Nibelhiem, Riku and Cid stood there.


"I don't know how long you going to be, but come out whatever you got to do and do it fast, got it."


". . . . . ."


"Hey are you listening to me?"


". . . . ."


"Hey!" Cid spun the boy around by his arm grabbing his collar, just to meet a pair of angry green-blue eyes. The polit gasped letting go of his shirt and taking a step back. Cid stared at him, waiting to see if he would attack, or something. He kinda wished that he would have brought his spear with him.


"Why do I sense pain here?"Riku said keeping his voice softly.


"I-I don't know! Maybe cause this is where all the havoc started is my guess." Riku paced off slowly to the town. He stop walking and turned around to the very frighten Cid.


"I know that I haven't gave you my answer yet. . . but I attend not to come back, not until I found what I'm looking for. Thank you for bringing me here." The boy turned back around and continued to walk slowly. Cid stood there with his arms and hands shanking. He took several of deep breaths before saying,


"I gotta tell Strife about this."





In the town, the reason Riku was walking slowly was because he was scanning to see why he sense so much pain here. His heart skipped a couple of beats. Foot by foot, minute by minute, he looked ahead and found the old mansion standing in the back. When he reached there, he stopped.


//Well, here it is. . . .man, I got a bad feeling about this.//


Riku tried pulling the right door handle, but it was no good. He took both of his hands placing them comfortably on the handle and pulled as hard as he can, but still it was no good. He hoisted his foot on the left door, and started to pull again. Pulling after pulling after pulling, he finally got it opened. He walked into the mansion. Inside, there was spider webs everywhere, two staircase ascending in both directions, stiff hot air, an old slanderer was hanging tarnished and rusted, and tables with yellow cloth on them was old. He looked at both staircases. He didn't know which one to go up on, so he took the right one. He climbed up the stairs holding on to the staircase side bar as he went up. Loud ear shattering creaks, was heard by Riku's footsteps. He cringed by the sound, but he kept going. At the top of the stairs, he went to the room that was opened. There he found another staircase in the back of what appears to be a secret opening. Riku rolled his eyes at the fact that now he have to climb back down. He went down the spiraling staircase, when suddenly the stairs collapse. Riku screamed on the way down, and landed on the hard cold concrete floor. He rolled away quickly so that wooden remains of the stairs wouldn't fall on him. Grunting in pain and agony, he stood up and trying to regain his posture. He continued to walk down the hallway, until he reached a room full with old books, two huge tanks, and some flask here and there. But he's main attention was the old books that was scattered around the room. He picked up one, wiping the dust off with his hand and read the title.


"Jenvoa Project Book One. . .Jenvoa. That's must be Sephiroth's mother. Hmm. . ."


He opened the book and started to read.


"Today I've created the ultimate cells for the ultimate project called Jenvoa. The cells were created to make the perfect life being, to take over many lands, many cities in an instant. But I, Hojo, knows better. The project isn't completed just yet we need to create other forms or defects so we need to add. We've put numbers on the defects or clones as we called them so we can tell them apart. After many day's, many hours, and many nights, I've created the ultimate life form to come to date, called Sephiroth. . . .Sephiroth was crated? I don't understand. . .let's see. This is book one, so maybe there are many volumes other than this." Riku began to searched for the books regrading the Jenvoa cells. He found one book called Sephiroth Awaken. He picked it up too. He found the other twelve volumes, took it over to the table and began reading.


Day and night Riku didn't stop reading about Sephiroth, Jenvoa, Hojo, and the clones. He came across one paragraph that caught his attention.


"Last night, we've created a life form from Sephiroth remaining cells and unknown clone, called 2654. You are probably wondering why I put a 'Special' number on this one. 2 stands of and 'R' meaning restante to all illness. 6 stands for 'I" meaning invisible for battles. 5 stands for 'K' kaos for worlds and 4 stands for 'U' meaning taking over many universes. We will called this cell or Sephiroth son 'Riku'. . . . . . . .what the. . . . that's impossible."


"But it isn't." Riku stood up from his chair knocking it over.


"Who said that?!"


"It looks like the Sephiroth saga all over again."


"Show yourself!" Riku's eyes narrowed. Out came a figure of long black hair, raspberry red eyes, wearing a red cloak, a golden claw on his left hand, wearing a brown black shirt and pants with belt buckles, gold tips on his boots, and wearing a red bandana.


"So. . . you are the one that everyone is calling the Demon look alike. . .the Demon's son, Riku."


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Author's Note: I'm sorry! It has to end somewhere, but don't worry folks it is far from over, plenty more to come!!! Please review, thanks a bunchie!!!

^_~- Orphdian