Purity
'What about Paine?' Squall asked the brown haired woman before him.
'It was she that saved you from Sephiroth.' Aeris replied sitting down on a chair.
'Is she okay?' Squall asked aware of the dangers that their crossing over attracted.
'She's fine, a little tired and worried but she's fine. It's you we're worried about.' Aeris replied giving a brief friendly smile.
'What about me? Is Sephiroth going to come back?' He asked walking over to his bed and sitting down, wincing at the pain in his sides.
'I don't know. I'm not sure what the Other will do next.' Aeris informed him, gazing at the livid red wounds with concern.
'So it was the Other who sent him then? So who do you belong to?' Squall asked pulling off his jacket.
'Yes they did. Sephiroth is an Immortal. I belong to me.' She replied shifting in her chair as Squall began pulling his t-shirt up exposing deep red lines scoring his sides.
'An Immortal?' Squall asked breathing in sharply as his wounds began to ooze.
'Let me get that.' Aeris said and got up quickly before he could reply and placed her hands on his sides, white light glowing between her fingers as the wounds faded away.
Squall looked down on her in amazement. 'Just who are you?' he asked.
'I'm Aeris, also an Immortal.' She replied moving back, her hands free of blood.
'Okay... so both you and Sephiroth are these Immortals. So what the hell is an Immortal?' Squall asked calmly.
Aeris sighed. 'We're underlings of the Four High Ones. There are a total of eight of us, two for each High One. Both Sephiroth and I were both mortals on another world where they played their games. Sephiroth was a villain I was a hero. After our deaths Sephiroth became the Immortal of Darkness for the Other and I became the Pure Immortal for Fate.' She told him in a singsong voice.
Squall pulled off his bloodied top and started looking for a clean one. 'So basically you're like the GFs?' he replied muffled.
'You could say that though we are higher in the scheme of things.' Aeris replied softly.
The door opened and Rinoa came walking in, her eyes flashing with a number of emotions such as surprise, shock and finally anger as she noticed the strange girl in Squall's room while he was there with his top off.
'What the hell is this?' she snapped, glaring at Aeris.
'Rinoa it's not what you think.' Squall said softly whilst Aeris looked on bemused.
'Is this why you haven't been seeing me much recently? You got some whore on the side?' Rinoa spat.
'Hey!' Aeris interjected.
'Don't you say a word to me!' Rinoa screamed at her and stormed out the room as Squall chased after her.
The darkness swirled, the endless vacuum filled with speck of matter slowly congregating, building, burning. He sat and watched this creation, the interplay of forces and once again pondered on his existence. He wondered if his siblings thought of this or if they just took it for granted. They probably did, they were not like him, the black sheep of the family. He never asked to be the opposing force of the multiverse, the evil that lurked in everything. Mortals had it easy, at least they could explain their existence to themselves, but he was a supreme force the fourth being to come into existence but from where he had no clue.
He had been surprised at Sephiroth's defeat, the Dark Immortal had been overwhelmed by Paine's spirit channelled through Squall. It seemed their combined energy would force him to ruin, was that what Fate had in mind? Was he insane? There had to be Injustice otherwise there would be nothing to compare good to. Now Sephiroth slumbered in his cocoon, it would be a while before his energy was regained.
Meanwhile Injustice was aware that Purity was with Squall. He couldn't send anyone against Paine now, what he had already set in motion could not be disturbed. So he'd have to attack Squall again and hope Fate's little doll couldn't match it.
'Rinoa! Come back!' Squall yelled as he ran after Rinoa retreating form aware he was topless.
'Get lost!' she yelled back and quickened her pace back to her own dorm.
Squall sped up and caught up with her, grabbing her arm.
Rinoa spun round and slapped him across the face.' Get off me!' She screamed, struggling.
'Will you at least listen to me?' Squall asked softly, relaxing his grip on her arm.
'Why what excuse are you going to give? Maybe if I showed up a few minutes later I might have seen something you wouldn't be able to explain away!' she said bitterly.
'Do you really have such a low opinion of me that you think I'd cheat on you?' Squall asked trying not to let the anger build up.
'No... but...' Rinoa stammered.
'But what? You walk into my room, accuse me of something of like this yet you wouldn't give me a chance to say a thing.' Squall said in a low voice looking into her eyes.
'Well what else was I to think? You were topless!' Rinoa retorted.
'It didn't occur to you I was only changing out of a dirty top?' Squall asked.
'With some strange girl there?' Rinoa said.
'Is it my fault Irvine brought her to me when I'd only just got back from the Training centre? I didn't want to keep a bloodstained, ripped top on. I was about to get a clean one on when you burst in!' Squall explained.
'Right.' Rinoa murmured.
'Fine, don't believe me then go ask Irvine!' Squall snapped and let her go walking off back to his room.
'Squall!' Rinoa cried out surprised at his outburst, pained that she had hurt him, but he continued walking away ignoring her cries.
Squall stormed into his room and slammed the door behind him.
'Didn't go well then?' Aeris asked softly.
Squall looked at her in surprise and then shook his head. 'No it didn't. I'm surprised you're still here.' He replied.
'Well I'm here to stay for a while.' Aeris replied.
'I see, well I'd better get you a room then.' Squall replied and walked over to a set of drawers pulling out a top and slipping it on, ruffling his brown hair.
'I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea if I stayed with you.' Aeris murmured, memories of another couple she once knew playing in her mind.
'Not if you want trouble, besides girls aren't allowed to share with guys. Garden's rules.' Squall replied running a hand through his hair to try and smooth it out.
'Garden?' Aeris asked, perking up.
'That's what this place is called.' Squall told her.
'Oh right... so is this some kind of school?' Aeris asked.
'You could say that. Though we train SeeDs rather than students.' Squall told her and started walking to his door.
'SeeDs huh? Keeping with the Garden analogy? So what do SeeDs do?' Aeris asked, getting up off the chair.
'We're mercenaries.' Squall said simply. 'We'd better go see Cid and sort you out a room.' He added opening the door.
'My aren't the parallels mounting up.' Aeris thought to herself and followed Squall out the room.
'What about Paine?' Squall asked the brown haired woman before him.
'It was she that saved you from Sephiroth.' Aeris replied sitting down on a chair.
'Is she okay?' Squall asked aware of the dangers that their crossing over attracted.
'She's fine, a little tired and worried but she's fine. It's you we're worried about.' Aeris replied giving a brief friendly smile.
'What about me? Is Sephiroth going to come back?' He asked walking over to his bed and sitting down, wincing at the pain in his sides.
'I don't know. I'm not sure what the Other will do next.' Aeris informed him, gazing at the livid red wounds with concern.
'So it was the Other who sent him then? So who do you belong to?' Squall asked pulling off his jacket.
'Yes they did. Sephiroth is an Immortal. I belong to me.' She replied shifting in her chair as Squall began pulling his t-shirt up exposing deep red lines scoring his sides.
'An Immortal?' Squall asked breathing in sharply as his wounds began to ooze.
'Let me get that.' Aeris said and got up quickly before he could reply and placed her hands on his sides, white light glowing between her fingers as the wounds faded away.
Squall looked down on her in amazement. 'Just who are you?' he asked.
'I'm Aeris, also an Immortal.' She replied moving back, her hands free of blood.
'Okay... so both you and Sephiroth are these Immortals. So what the hell is an Immortal?' Squall asked calmly.
Aeris sighed. 'We're underlings of the Four High Ones. There are a total of eight of us, two for each High One. Both Sephiroth and I were both mortals on another world where they played their games. Sephiroth was a villain I was a hero. After our deaths Sephiroth became the Immortal of Darkness for the Other and I became the Pure Immortal for Fate.' She told him in a singsong voice.
Squall pulled off his bloodied top and started looking for a clean one. 'So basically you're like the GFs?' he replied muffled.
'You could say that though we are higher in the scheme of things.' Aeris replied softly.
The door opened and Rinoa came walking in, her eyes flashing with a number of emotions such as surprise, shock and finally anger as she noticed the strange girl in Squall's room while he was there with his top off.
'What the hell is this?' she snapped, glaring at Aeris.
'Rinoa it's not what you think.' Squall said softly whilst Aeris looked on bemused.
'Is this why you haven't been seeing me much recently? You got some whore on the side?' Rinoa spat.
'Hey!' Aeris interjected.
'Don't you say a word to me!' Rinoa screamed at her and stormed out the room as Squall chased after her.
The darkness swirled, the endless vacuum filled with speck of matter slowly congregating, building, burning. He sat and watched this creation, the interplay of forces and once again pondered on his existence. He wondered if his siblings thought of this or if they just took it for granted. They probably did, they were not like him, the black sheep of the family. He never asked to be the opposing force of the multiverse, the evil that lurked in everything. Mortals had it easy, at least they could explain their existence to themselves, but he was a supreme force the fourth being to come into existence but from where he had no clue.
He had been surprised at Sephiroth's defeat, the Dark Immortal had been overwhelmed by Paine's spirit channelled through Squall. It seemed their combined energy would force him to ruin, was that what Fate had in mind? Was he insane? There had to be Injustice otherwise there would be nothing to compare good to. Now Sephiroth slumbered in his cocoon, it would be a while before his energy was regained.
Meanwhile Injustice was aware that Purity was with Squall. He couldn't send anyone against Paine now, what he had already set in motion could not be disturbed. So he'd have to attack Squall again and hope Fate's little doll couldn't match it.
'Rinoa! Come back!' Squall yelled as he ran after Rinoa retreating form aware he was topless.
'Get lost!' she yelled back and quickened her pace back to her own dorm.
Squall sped up and caught up with her, grabbing her arm.
Rinoa spun round and slapped him across the face.' Get off me!' She screamed, struggling.
'Will you at least listen to me?' Squall asked softly, relaxing his grip on her arm.
'Why what excuse are you going to give? Maybe if I showed up a few minutes later I might have seen something you wouldn't be able to explain away!' she said bitterly.
'Do you really have such a low opinion of me that you think I'd cheat on you?' Squall asked trying not to let the anger build up.
'No... but...' Rinoa stammered.
'But what? You walk into my room, accuse me of something of like this yet you wouldn't give me a chance to say a thing.' Squall said in a low voice looking into her eyes.
'Well what else was I to think? You were topless!' Rinoa retorted.
'It didn't occur to you I was only changing out of a dirty top?' Squall asked.
'With some strange girl there?' Rinoa said.
'Is it my fault Irvine brought her to me when I'd only just got back from the Training centre? I didn't want to keep a bloodstained, ripped top on. I was about to get a clean one on when you burst in!' Squall explained.
'Right.' Rinoa murmured.
'Fine, don't believe me then go ask Irvine!' Squall snapped and let her go walking off back to his room.
'Squall!' Rinoa cried out surprised at his outburst, pained that she had hurt him, but he continued walking away ignoring her cries.
Squall stormed into his room and slammed the door behind him.
'Didn't go well then?' Aeris asked softly.
Squall looked at her in surprise and then shook his head. 'No it didn't. I'm surprised you're still here.' He replied.
'Well I'm here to stay for a while.' Aeris replied.
'I see, well I'd better get you a room then.' Squall replied and walked over to a set of drawers pulling out a top and slipping it on, ruffling his brown hair.
'I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea if I stayed with you.' Aeris murmured, memories of another couple she once knew playing in her mind.
'Not if you want trouble, besides girls aren't allowed to share with guys. Garden's rules.' Squall replied running a hand through his hair to try and smooth it out.
'Garden?' Aeris asked, perking up.
'That's what this place is called.' Squall told her.
'Oh right... so is this some kind of school?' Aeris asked.
'You could say that. Though we train SeeDs rather than students.' Squall told her and started walking to his door.
'SeeDs huh? Keeping with the Garden analogy? So what do SeeDs do?' Aeris asked, getting up off the chair.
'We're mercenaries.' Squall said simply. 'We'd better go see Cid and sort you out a room.' He added opening the door.
'My aren't the parallels mounting up.' Aeris thought to herself and followed Squall out the room.