Chapter 12
Bad news
Hojo stood before the undead priestess with the arrow pointed at his head. "Are you one of those men in charge of the Jenova project" Kikyo asked. "I am the man behind the Jenova project my dear" Hojo replied with an evil grin. "By the way would you mind if I ask you what are you doing down here" Hojo asked as he raised one hand to adjust his glasses. "I came here to learn about Sephiroth and the Jenova project" Kikyo replied firmly. "Ah a fan of my work, so how did you find out about this place" Hojo said with a coy expression. "Sephiroth told me about it" Kikyo replied. "So my son is indeed alive" Hojo said. "Your son then must be Sephiroth's father" Kikyo replied back as she loosened her grip on the bow string. "Correct" Hojo said.
"Then tell me. How did you create a being like Sephiroth" Kikyo asked. "You see my dear. Sephiroth was born from my former wife Lucrecia who was another scientist working with me. We injected our child while Sephiroth was still in her womb with high doses of Jenova's cells and Mako energy. When he was born my wife died, but her death allowed the birth of the most powerful being on this planet. The minute he was born I began injecting more of Jenova's cells in his blood and always exposing him to Mako daily as he grew. It was very painful for him, but the results were worth it. Once he was old enough we began training him so he could lead the Shrina army as a general and we still continued with his Mako and Jenova injections. When he was fourteen years old he led the army to victory over Wuati in less than a year. I was quite impressed with the power he was gaining. Since I was unable to continue my experiments on him I started experimenting on other people Shrina had capture from villages for me like men, women and children. But sadly all of them didn't survive the process. Since my son failed to destroy the world with meteor years ago while under Jenova's influence he was a disappointment. Now I am looking for a new test subject to restart my work with" Hojo said as Kikyo was ready to kill Hojo on the spot. The fact that this man treated his own son and people as he did was just cruel. Kikyo already hated his guts.
"You are a monster Hojo. What you have done to your own son and the others you have experimented on is unforgivable. I will send you to hell for the acts you have committed" Kikyo said as she was about to kill Hojo where he stood. Hojo tired to move out of the way, but Kikyo fired her arrow at him and she hit him in the arm with the arrow. Hojo grabbed some kind of gun with a needle on the end of it and he rolled pass Kikyo and stabbed her in the lower back area. Hojo tired to make a run for it, but Kikyo shot him in the back with another arrow she pulled out and Hojo fell to the ground. Kikyo walked up and looked down at Hojo's dead corpse and to check if he was dead. Kikyo didn't notice anything usual, so she was sure that Hojo was dead. Kikyo noticed the green glow coming from the pit as she started walking up to it. She stopped halfway to it when she looked over her shoulder to see the gun with the needle Hojo stabbed her with. Kikyo was surprised that she didn't notice that.
Since her body was technically dead it came as no big surprise to her that she didn't really notice it. She pulled out the gun and threw it on the ground. However unknown to Kikyo; If the priestess only looked at the gun more closely she would have noticed a transparent tube was attached to the gun and the tube was also connected to one of the glass tanks with that purple liquid. The one gallon and a half tank that was filled with that purple liquid was now empty. While she was walking towards the edge Kikyo felt strange like something was wrong with her. Kikyo ignored it as she stood at the edge of the pit and was looking down at the green pool below trying to figure out what it is. "Is this the lifestream" Kikyo thought as suddenly she felt someone crashing into her and knocking her over the edge sending her plummeting to the lifestream below. Kikyo was about to turn herself to she who pushed her over the edge and to her surprise it was Hojo. "He's supposed to be dead" Kikyo thought as she landed right in the middle of the lifestream and she sank like a rock into the lifestream.
Hojo stood at the top looking down into the lifestream as she laughed then he said. "Well my dear your failed attempt to kill me has cost you you're life. I would have liked to use you as my specimen, but alas I cant having you killing me now can I. That overdose of Jenova's cells and the intense exposure to Mako energy will kill you for sure. Since my son is alive it won't be hard for me to track where he went. The clothes that one of his clones wears has a tracking device and I can just simple use that to find out where he went" Hojo said as he packed a few things into a bag and left the chamber and leading one of his monster's out with him.
Hojo was wrong about Kikyo being killed. How do you kill something that is already dead and Jenova's cells were having a unique affect on her. Deep within the lifestream Kikyo laid adrift as the Mako was eating at her skin and her clothes. Kikyo tried moving, but her body forced itself to stay in the lifestream. Kikyo couldn't understand what was happing. It was almost like her body was feeding on the lifestream energy. Kikyo felt something burning within her own body. She could tell what it was, but she was in a great deal of pain as she felt the inside of her body felt like it was twisting and turning. "What did he do to me" Kikyo was thinking over and over again as she sank deeper and deeper into the lifestream. Kikyo was holding her faces as some kind of change or a transformation of some kind was taking place in her body. Kikyo passed out as the pain she was suffering was too great for her.
Back in Inuyasha's world Naraku wasn't happy with the recent turn of events involving Sephiroth. If Naraku hadn't needed Jenova he would have killed her where she stood. Kohaku was barely able to stand and Aeris was also limping around a little. Kagura was still trying to fix her dislocated arm. Naraku wasn't pleased; in all honestly he was pissed off. Sephiroth, Loz, Yazu, and Koga had humiliated his minions and he wasn't going to tolerate it. Sephiroth was indeed a threat to him. Naraku knew this after Jenova told him everything about Sephiroth. His underlings were too weak to send against the sliver haired swordsman, so Naraku needed another way to dispatch of him.
"We need a way to get rid of Sephiroth, before he can learn of the location of this castle" Naraku said. Suddenly an idea popped into Naraku's mind which prompted the half demon to ask "You said Koga was with him?" "Yes he was. Why are you asking" Kagura said as she finally fixed her arm as she put it back in place. "I have an idea to get rid of Sephiroth" Naraku said as a smile appeared on his face. "We'll have Inuyasha and his new allies deal with them" Naraku said as he got out a puppet and started getting it ready for use.
Back in Cloud's world Sesshomaru reached Corel town and the first thought on his mind was "what a dump." The town was still in pretty bad condition for the past two years now. Sesshomaru found a man sealing materia and the only ones he had were Transform and Ultima. Sesshomaru bought transform first, but he bought Ultima the minute the man told him it was the most powerful offensive magic materia known to the planet. Once he was done it was time to go to the Gold saucer. Sesshomaru, Rin and Jaken got on the air car as it carried them to the amusement/casino. The Turks waited on the ramp waiting for the car to return. When they arrived Sesshomaru and his group departed as he saw a sign saying "A single pass for one group is 3000 gil and a lifetime pass was 30,000 gil. You need one of these passes to enter the park." Sephiroth had blown almost all of his Gil buying the Ultima materia.
"Well that could be a problem" Sesshomaru thought. Sesshomaru could have simple killed the man at the gate, but he would draw some unnecessary attention. However Sesshomaru noticed a man near the rail cart trying to get his attention. Sesshomaru walked up to him and said "Hey pal do you need Gp. Gp is the kind of money that is only good at the gold saucer and I can sell you a life time pass for 40,000 Gil" the man said. Sesshomaru ignored the man and started walking away. "You cheap bastard" the man yelled out. "Alright enough of this lying low shit" Sesshomaru thought as he walked up to man led him to an observation deck were Sesshomaru stabbed him in the throat with his poison talons and before throwing his body over the side to send it falling into the quicksand below. Sesshomaru took every bit of Gp and Gil he had and he also took the lifetime pass from him.
Sesshomaru, Rin, Jaken entered the Gold saucer and the first place they visited was wonder square. Sesshomaru exploded the area and discovered that this place was more of a place for children, but as they were leaving Rin went up to Sesshomaru and asked "Mr. Sesshomaru could I play here? It looks fun." Sesshomaru was about to say no, but he thought Rin should have a little fun. It would also give Sesshomaru a break from watching Rin. "Jaken stay with Rin and here" Sesshomaru said as he passed Rin some Gil and Gp for the games here. "Remain here until I return" Sesshomaru said as he left the area. "Yippee" Rin yelled out happily as she started playing Mog house and Jaken just sighed.
Sesshomaru left the wonder square to check out battle square. Sesshomaru arrived in the area and he walked up the stairs to the arena. Behind at the bottom of the stairs were the Turks. "So he's going to battle arena. This should be good" Reno said as all three of them went up into the battle arena. Sesshomaru was told of the rules of battle square and when he was ready Sesshomaru walked in to face the monsters in the Arena. Sesshomaru was hoping for a real test of his skills.
Meanwhile back in Inuyasha's world the gang was gathered around a campfire as Barret and Miroku noticed Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo and Yuffie had returned. "So what were you four up to" Miroku said as he cast a suspicious glare at them. "We got some good news" Yuffie said as she was giggling in a very joyful mood. "Ok spill it what happened. Did you steal something again Yuffie" Barret said to the Ninja girl. "No" the girl yelled out. "Then tell us what's going on" Sango asked. "Well I don't think we should say yet" Kagome said. "Cloud and Tifa are getting married" the Ninja girl yelled out at the top of her lungs so loud that everything within a two mile radius heard her. Suddenly everyone, but Yuffie were frozen as the Ninja girl looked at them and asked "what do I need to say it louder?"
Suddenly the little Ninja girl realized what might have been scarring them. "Don't tell me. Cloud and Tifa are right behind me and they aren't happy" Yuffie said. "It's been nice knowing you Yuffie" Vincent said as Yuffie turned around to see Cloud and Tifa who was cracking her knuckles. "Oh shit" Yuffie said. Yuffie turned around and ran away as Tifa was chasing after her. Tifa didn't like people spying on her when she and Cloud are by themselves. "Congratulations Cloud on getting engaged to Tifa man" Barret said. "Thanks. We'll be getting married as soon as we find a find someone to do the ceremony" Cloud said as the rest of the evening was as normal as things could be. Even with Yuffie still on the run from Tifa.
Bad news
Hojo stood before the undead priestess with the arrow pointed at his head. "Are you one of those men in charge of the Jenova project" Kikyo asked. "I am the man behind the Jenova project my dear" Hojo replied with an evil grin. "By the way would you mind if I ask you what are you doing down here" Hojo asked as he raised one hand to adjust his glasses. "I came here to learn about Sephiroth and the Jenova project" Kikyo replied firmly. "Ah a fan of my work, so how did you find out about this place" Hojo said with a coy expression. "Sephiroth told me about it" Kikyo replied. "So my son is indeed alive" Hojo said. "Your son then must be Sephiroth's father" Kikyo replied back as she loosened her grip on the bow string. "Correct" Hojo said.
"Then tell me. How did you create a being like Sephiroth" Kikyo asked. "You see my dear. Sephiroth was born from my former wife Lucrecia who was another scientist working with me. We injected our child while Sephiroth was still in her womb with high doses of Jenova's cells and Mako energy. When he was born my wife died, but her death allowed the birth of the most powerful being on this planet. The minute he was born I began injecting more of Jenova's cells in his blood and always exposing him to Mako daily as he grew. It was very painful for him, but the results were worth it. Once he was old enough we began training him so he could lead the Shrina army as a general and we still continued with his Mako and Jenova injections. When he was fourteen years old he led the army to victory over Wuati in less than a year. I was quite impressed with the power he was gaining. Since I was unable to continue my experiments on him I started experimenting on other people Shrina had capture from villages for me like men, women and children. But sadly all of them didn't survive the process. Since my son failed to destroy the world with meteor years ago while under Jenova's influence he was a disappointment. Now I am looking for a new test subject to restart my work with" Hojo said as Kikyo was ready to kill Hojo on the spot. The fact that this man treated his own son and people as he did was just cruel. Kikyo already hated his guts.
"You are a monster Hojo. What you have done to your own son and the others you have experimented on is unforgivable. I will send you to hell for the acts you have committed" Kikyo said as she was about to kill Hojo where he stood. Hojo tired to move out of the way, but Kikyo fired her arrow at him and she hit him in the arm with the arrow. Hojo grabbed some kind of gun with a needle on the end of it and he rolled pass Kikyo and stabbed her in the lower back area. Hojo tired to make a run for it, but Kikyo shot him in the back with another arrow she pulled out and Hojo fell to the ground. Kikyo walked up and looked down at Hojo's dead corpse and to check if he was dead. Kikyo didn't notice anything usual, so she was sure that Hojo was dead. Kikyo noticed the green glow coming from the pit as she started walking up to it. She stopped halfway to it when she looked over her shoulder to see the gun with the needle Hojo stabbed her with. Kikyo was surprised that she didn't notice that.
Since her body was technically dead it came as no big surprise to her that she didn't really notice it. She pulled out the gun and threw it on the ground. However unknown to Kikyo; If the priestess only looked at the gun more closely she would have noticed a transparent tube was attached to the gun and the tube was also connected to one of the glass tanks with that purple liquid. The one gallon and a half tank that was filled with that purple liquid was now empty. While she was walking towards the edge Kikyo felt strange like something was wrong with her. Kikyo ignored it as she stood at the edge of the pit and was looking down at the green pool below trying to figure out what it is. "Is this the lifestream" Kikyo thought as suddenly she felt someone crashing into her and knocking her over the edge sending her plummeting to the lifestream below. Kikyo was about to turn herself to she who pushed her over the edge and to her surprise it was Hojo. "He's supposed to be dead" Kikyo thought as she landed right in the middle of the lifestream and she sank like a rock into the lifestream.
Hojo stood at the top looking down into the lifestream as she laughed then he said. "Well my dear your failed attempt to kill me has cost you you're life. I would have liked to use you as my specimen, but alas I cant having you killing me now can I. That overdose of Jenova's cells and the intense exposure to Mako energy will kill you for sure. Since my son is alive it won't be hard for me to track where he went. The clothes that one of his clones wears has a tracking device and I can just simple use that to find out where he went" Hojo said as he packed a few things into a bag and left the chamber and leading one of his monster's out with him.
Hojo was wrong about Kikyo being killed. How do you kill something that is already dead and Jenova's cells were having a unique affect on her. Deep within the lifestream Kikyo laid adrift as the Mako was eating at her skin and her clothes. Kikyo tried moving, but her body forced itself to stay in the lifestream. Kikyo couldn't understand what was happing. It was almost like her body was feeding on the lifestream energy. Kikyo felt something burning within her own body. She could tell what it was, but she was in a great deal of pain as she felt the inside of her body felt like it was twisting and turning. "What did he do to me" Kikyo was thinking over and over again as she sank deeper and deeper into the lifestream. Kikyo was holding her faces as some kind of change or a transformation of some kind was taking place in her body. Kikyo passed out as the pain she was suffering was too great for her.
Back in Inuyasha's world Naraku wasn't happy with the recent turn of events involving Sephiroth. If Naraku hadn't needed Jenova he would have killed her where she stood. Kohaku was barely able to stand and Aeris was also limping around a little. Kagura was still trying to fix her dislocated arm. Naraku wasn't pleased; in all honestly he was pissed off. Sephiroth, Loz, Yazu, and Koga had humiliated his minions and he wasn't going to tolerate it. Sephiroth was indeed a threat to him. Naraku knew this after Jenova told him everything about Sephiroth. His underlings were too weak to send against the sliver haired swordsman, so Naraku needed another way to dispatch of him.
"We need a way to get rid of Sephiroth, before he can learn of the location of this castle" Naraku said. Suddenly an idea popped into Naraku's mind which prompted the half demon to ask "You said Koga was with him?" "Yes he was. Why are you asking" Kagura said as she finally fixed her arm as she put it back in place. "I have an idea to get rid of Sephiroth" Naraku said as a smile appeared on his face. "We'll have Inuyasha and his new allies deal with them" Naraku said as he got out a puppet and started getting it ready for use.
Back in Cloud's world Sesshomaru reached Corel town and the first thought on his mind was "what a dump." The town was still in pretty bad condition for the past two years now. Sesshomaru found a man sealing materia and the only ones he had were Transform and Ultima. Sesshomaru bought transform first, but he bought Ultima the minute the man told him it was the most powerful offensive magic materia known to the planet. Once he was done it was time to go to the Gold saucer. Sesshomaru, Rin and Jaken got on the air car as it carried them to the amusement/casino. The Turks waited on the ramp waiting for the car to return. When they arrived Sesshomaru and his group departed as he saw a sign saying "A single pass for one group is 3000 gil and a lifetime pass was 30,000 gil. You need one of these passes to enter the park." Sephiroth had blown almost all of his Gil buying the Ultima materia.
"Well that could be a problem" Sesshomaru thought. Sesshomaru could have simple killed the man at the gate, but he would draw some unnecessary attention. However Sesshomaru noticed a man near the rail cart trying to get his attention. Sesshomaru walked up to him and said "Hey pal do you need Gp. Gp is the kind of money that is only good at the gold saucer and I can sell you a life time pass for 40,000 Gil" the man said. Sesshomaru ignored the man and started walking away. "You cheap bastard" the man yelled out. "Alright enough of this lying low shit" Sesshomaru thought as he walked up to man led him to an observation deck were Sesshomaru stabbed him in the throat with his poison talons and before throwing his body over the side to send it falling into the quicksand below. Sesshomaru took every bit of Gp and Gil he had and he also took the lifetime pass from him.
Sesshomaru, Rin, Jaken entered the Gold saucer and the first place they visited was wonder square. Sesshomaru exploded the area and discovered that this place was more of a place for children, but as they were leaving Rin went up to Sesshomaru and asked "Mr. Sesshomaru could I play here? It looks fun." Sesshomaru was about to say no, but he thought Rin should have a little fun. It would also give Sesshomaru a break from watching Rin. "Jaken stay with Rin and here" Sesshomaru said as he passed Rin some Gil and Gp for the games here. "Remain here until I return" Sesshomaru said as he left the area. "Yippee" Rin yelled out happily as she started playing Mog house and Jaken just sighed.
Sesshomaru left the wonder square to check out battle square. Sesshomaru arrived in the area and he walked up the stairs to the arena. Behind at the bottom of the stairs were the Turks. "So he's going to battle arena. This should be good" Reno said as all three of them went up into the battle arena. Sesshomaru was told of the rules of battle square and when he was ready Sesshomaru walked in to face the monsters in the Arena. Sesshomaru was hoping for a real test of his skills.
Meanwhile back in Inuyasha's world the gang was gathered around a campfire as Barret and Miroku noticed Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo and Yuffie had returned. "So what were you four up to" Miroku said as he cast a suspicious glare at them. "We got some good news" Yuffie said as she was giggling in a very joyful mood. "Ok spill it what happened. Did you steal something again Yuffie" Barret said to the Ninja girl. "No" the girl yelled out. "Then tell us what's going on" Sango asked. "Well I don't think we should say yet" Kagome said. "Cloud and Tifa are getting married" the Ninja girl yelled out at the top of her lungs so loud that everything within a two mile radius heard her. Suddenly everyone, but Yuffie were frozen as the Ninja girl looked at them and asked "what do I need to say it louder?"
Suddenly the little Ninja girl realized what might have been scarring them. "Don't tell me. Cloud and Tifa are right behind me and they aren't happy" Yuffie said. "It's been nice knowing you Yuffie" Vincent said as Yuffie turned around to see Cloud and Tifa who was cracking her knuckles. "Oh shit" Yuffie said. Yuffie turned around and ran away as Tifa was chasing after her. Tifa didn't like people spying on her when she and Cloud are by themselves. "Congratulations Cloud on getting engaged to Tifa man" Barret said. "Thanks. We'll be getting married as soon as we find a find someone to do the ceremony" Cloud said as the rest of the evening was as normal as things could be. Even with Yuffie still on the run from Tifa.