A/N: Hi-o! Another chapter! Where is everyone? I'm lacking reviews!! The next chapter won't go up until I get at LEAST 6 reviews!! That is a threat! YES!
To Bloodfang: Yesh! Tifa and Cloud are married!! And wait until you read this chapter.
To GigGo3z:That's cool! Well I know its sad about Aeris... but this story is going to take an unexpected (hopefully) turn.
Chapter Thirteen
Just When Things Couldn't Be Worse
Yuna walked into the bar, sighing loudly as she sat down. Damnit... What happened? Why is he hiding it?
"Want something to drink?" asked Tifa.
"Sure..."
She pulled out two glasses, filling them with a drink. She sat across from the High Summoner. "Did you find out anything?"
Yuna shook her head. "No. I tried to ask but he pushed me out before he told me anything. He said to ask Aeris... but I don't want to bring it up with her."
Tifa sipped her drink quietly. "I can't believe he'd do that though. Maybe Aeris came up on him..."
"Do you really think so?"
"No."
"So you two got married a little after her death, right?" Yuna asked.
"Yup."
"I'm sorry. I didn't think all this would happen."
Tifa smiled softly. "It's okay. Everyone is happy to see her. She brings so much life into everything. I don't think there is a dark part in her entire existance."
Yuna wanted to say, 'Nope. The only dark part is that bastard Seymour,' but didn't. "Yeah. She sure is great."
"I saw her crying. Maybe he told her about us..."
"I don't know. I'd think she'd understand and be happy for you. On the outside at least," Yuna shrugged.
"You're right."
The two sat in silence for a while.
"Yuna..." Rikku said, coming into the bar.
"Hey Rikku," her cousin smiled. "How are you feeling? Better question: How did Gippal take the news?"
"I'm fine. Gippal's not. We're going back. Are you coming?" she asked. She seemed irritated.
"What happened?" Tifa questioned.
Rikku shook her head, tears falling through her blonde braids. "He didn't want a kid right now. And he keeps telling me it's my fault. He wants me to..." she stopped.
"To what?" Yuna said, wide-eyed.
"He wants me to abort the baby," she whispered.
"What?!" Yuna shouted. "But Gippal... that doesn't sound like him."
"I know!" Rikku cried. "He had always said if I got pregnant, it'd be okay! We'd be ready! And he said he wouldn't even think about an abortion, ever!"
"Something's wrong here..." Tifa said.
Rikku patted her stomach. "Well I'll never let them take away my child. Maybe Gippal over-reacted..." she sighed. "Anyway, I have to go back. I suppose I'll see you later?"
Yuna nodded. "I want to find out if Aeris is going to stay."
"Okay Yunie," she said, hugging her cousin. "See you soon." Rikku left the bar, to go find the portal back to Spira.
"Well I'm going to find Aeris. Will you be all right?" she asked Tifa.
"Yeah," Tifa yawned, "I'm going to find the others." She got up from her seat, walking away.
Yuna wandered through the bar and main room. Aeris wasn't anywhere to be found. But she saw Tidus sitting on the sofa. "Hey there..."
He looked up, and grinned. "Your smile always cheers me up," Tidus said.
"Why weren't you cheery?"
"Gippal."
Yuna dropped her head. "I feel so bad."
"It's not your fault. I don't know what his problem is. Just a day ago, he said he'd think kids would be great. He's changed, a lot."
"Rikku'll figure something out. Maybe he just overreacted," Yuna sighed. iI hope./i "Have you seen Aeris?"
"She went to her room. I guess she was tired."
"Maybe. I'm going to check on her."
"See you later," he said, squeezing her hand.
Yuna nodded, and walked to Aeris' room. She knocked on the door, "Aeris... open up! It's me!" The door opened, but Aeris was sitting on her bed, staring at the mirror. "Aeris...?" she said softly, hoping to not startle her.
She was crying. Her hands grabbed onto the bedsheets until her knuckles turned white. "Help me..." she sobbed loudly.
"What's going on?!" Yuna ran to Aeris, trying to look in her eyes. Instead of their normal sparkling emerald, they were a terrifying black. "What happened?"
"He made... me do it..." she said between sobs.
"Who? What did he make you do?"
"That... bastard..." she said through clenched teeth. "He killed them..."
"Killed who?! Who did he kill?!" Yuna cried.
"Them! He killed them! All of them! He used my hands!" Aeris screamed hysterically. She began to fling her hands around, kicking her feet. "WHY WON'T HE GO AWAY?!" she shrieked.
Yuna looked into the mirror. She saw Seymour's evil grin. "Damn you!" she shouted at him. "What did you do?"
Seymour simply shook his head, running his hands across Aeris' shoulders, that same evil smirk plastered on his face. Sephiroth grinned as well. "You're next..." she heard him in her mind.
Yuna walked over to the mirror, carefully setting it on the ground. Looking in it made her sick.
Aeris suddenly stopped her frenzy, the mirror out of her sight. "Yuna..." she whispered, crying softly.
Cautiously, Yuna came back towards her. "What happened...?" she repeated.
"Yuna. I killed them."
"No. You didn't--"
"I killed them. He made me. He used my hands. He made me kill them."
"Who?"
Aeris glanced up, her eyes emerald again. "A few days ago... he made me kill Cid."
A/N: Blehehe. Cliffhanger. Remember a few chapters ago? They said he might not have commited suicide. He might've been MURDERED! Aeris, a cold blooded murderer. How could she?! And Rikku's own father... what a cold blooded bitch! Okay... that's impossible. Aeris could never be a bitch. Anyways, the rating has gone up to PG-13 for swearing and some things that will happen that are bad... Hope you don't mind...! Can't wait to see your reviews!
Love yahs! Ishie.
To Bloodfang: Yesh! Tifa and Cloud are married!! And wait until you read this chapter.
To GigGo3z:That's cool! Well I know its sad about Aeris... but this story is going to take an unexpected (hopefully) turn.
Chapter Thirteen
Just When Things Couldn't Be Worse
Yuna walked into the bar, sighing loudly as she sat down. Damnit... What happened? Why is he hiding it?
"Want something to drink?" asked Tifa.
"Sure..."
She pulled out two glasses, filling them with a drink. She sat across from the High Summoner. "Did you find out anything?"
Yuna shook her head. "No. I tried to ask but he pushed me out before he told me anything. He said to ask Aeris... but I don't want to bring it up with her."
Tifa sipped her drink quietly. "I can't believe he'd do that though. Maybe Aeris came up on him..."
"Do you really think so?"
"No."
"So you two got married a little after her death, right?" Yuna asked.
"Yup."
"I'm sorry. I didn't think all this would happen."
Tifa smiled softly. "It's okay. Everyone is happy to see her. She brings so much life into everything. I don't think there is a dark part in her entire existance."
Yuna wanted to say, 'Nope. The only dark part is that bastard Seymour,' but didn't. "Yeah. She sure is great."
"I saw her crying. Maybe he told her about us..."
"I don't know. I'd think she'd understand and be happy for you. On the outside at least," Yuna shrugged.
"You're right."
The two sat in silence for a while.
"Yuna..." Rikku said, coming into the bar.
"Hey Rikku," her cousin smiled. "How are you feeling? Better question: How did Gippal take the news?"
"I'm fine. Gippal's not. We're going back. Are you coming?" she asked. She seemed irritated.
"What happened?" Tifa questioned.
Rikku shook her head, tears falling through her blonde braids. "He didn't want a kid right now. And he keeps telling me it's my fault. He wants me to..." she stopped.
"To what?" Yuna said, wide-eyed.
"He wants me to abort the baby," she whispered.
"What?!" Yuna shouted. "But Gippal... that doesn't sound like him."
"I know!" Rikku cried. "He had always said if I got pregnant, it'd be okay! We'd be ready! And he said he wouldn't even think about an abortion, ever!"
"Something's wrong here..." Tifa said.
Rikku patted her stomach. "Well I'll never let them take away my child. Maybe Gippal over-reacted..." she sighed. "Anyway, I have to go back. I suppose I'll see you later?"
Yuna nodded. "I want to find out if Aeris is going to stay."
"Okay Yunie," she said, hugging her cousin. "See you soon." Rikku left the bar, to go find the portal back to Spira.
"Well I'm going to find Aeris. Will you be all right?" she asked Tifa.
"Yeah," Tifa yawned, "I'm going to find the others." She got up from her seat, walking away.
Yuna wandered through the bar and main room. Aeris wasn't anywhere to be found. But she saw Tidus sitting on the sofa. "Hey there..."
He looked up, and grinned. "Your smile always cheers me up," Tidus said.
"Why weren't you cheery?"
"Gippal."
Yuna dropped her head. "I feel so bad."
"It's not your fault. I don't know what his problem is. Just a day ago, he said he'd think kids would be great. He's changed, a lot."
"Rikku'll figure something out. Maybe he just overreacted," Yuna sighed. iI hope./i "Have you seen Aeris?"
"She went to her room. I guess she was tired."
"Maybe. I'm going to check on her."
"See you later," he said, squeezing her hand.
Yuna nodded, and walked to Aeris' room. She knocked on the door, "Aeris... open up! It's me!" The door opened, but Aeris was sitting on her bed, staring at the mirror. "Aeris...?" she said softly, hoping to not startle her.
She was crying. Her hands grabbed onto the bedsheets until her knuckles turned white. "Help me..." she sobbed loudly.
"What's going on?!" Yuna ran to Aeris, trying to look in her eyes. Instead of their normal sparkling emerald, they were a terrifying black. "What happened?"
"He made... me do it..." she said between sobs.
"Who? What did he make you do?"
"That... bastard..." she said through clenched teeth. "He killed them..."
"Killed who?! Who did he kill?!" Yuna cried.
"Them! He killed them! All of them! He used my hands!" Aeris screamed hysterically. She began to fling her hands around, kicking her feet. "WHY WON'T HE GO AWAY?!" she shrieked.
Yuna looked into the mirror. She saw Seymour's evil grin. "Damn you!" she shouted at him. "What did you do?"
Seymour simply shook his head, running his hands across Aeris' shoulders, that same evil smirk plastered on his face. Sephiroth grinned as well. "You're next..." she heard him in her mind.
Yuna walked over to the mirror, carefully setting it on the ground. Looking in it made her sick.
Aeris suddenly stopped her frenzy, the mirror out of her sight. "Yuna..." she whispered, crying softly.
Cautiously, Yuna came back towards her. "What happened...?" she repeated.
"Yuna. I killed them."
"No. You didn't--"
"I killed them. He made me. He used my hands. He made me kill them."
"Who?"
Aeris glanced up, her eyes emerald again. "A few days ago... he made me kill Cid."
A/N: Blehehe. Cliffhanger. Remember a few chapters ago? They said he might not have commited suicide. He might've been MURDERED! Aeris, a cold blooded murderer. How could she?! And Rikku's own father... what a cold blooded bitch! Okay... that's impossible. Aeris could never be a bitch. Anyways, the rating has gone up to PG-13 for swearing and some things that will happen that are bad... Hope you don't mind...! Can't wait to see your reviews!
Love yahs! Ishie.