WARNING: Mainly filler, i'll put a new chapter up in 2 days, before i leave again. Also, no time to spell check, sorry!

15) A Power Will
"Not just anyone can transmutate into a summon material." Chaos began. They had just stepped off the elevator and the door closed behind them. "It takes a great will to complete an objective, and it takes an even grater failure to finish it. I failed to protect my people, Hades failed to take over the world, Odin failed to see his line succeed. The demy-gods too, their failure was to create a lasting peace. Even after the war between men and beasts the humans kept fighting amongst themselves, and the demi-gods passed into shadow their failure being a succession of wars that lasted nearly 200 years. But Alexander thought he failed…"

Yuffie stepped forward from the elevator. "What do you mean 'thought he failed'?"

"Alexander like Odin wanted to see his line continue. That's what all men want. To watch some part of themselves go on into the future. In reality, he only recently failed." Chaos turned around and began walking back towards the desk in the center of the room. "Arthur spent his last night on Earth with his wife. There was no way for him to know it, but from his seed a boy was born. That boy's parentage was actually subject to some of the wars that the demi-gods failed to steady. Many generations later as a tribe eventually his blood permeated throughout to the point where all the members of that tribe were indirectly related to Alexander, and to Shiva. Shiva was a servant to the planet, so as a tribe they moved to a spot they where they felt they could be closer to the planet…"

Vincent looked up, "The City of the Ancients."

"The Centra." Yuffie gasped out.

"The temple of the Ancients was build over the ruins of the old city by Shiva and her Centra. Afterwards she decided to leave this plain, and her people."

Vincent stepped forward rubbing his chin with his hand. "That would mean, that Aeris… was the last of Alexander's line."

Yuffie sheepishly stepped forward. "Did you… hold any animosity towards Aeris? After all her ancestor killed you."

"I fought for my race's survival, Alexander fought for what he believed in. I was actually relieved somewhat when I figured out that his line survived. While we were enemies, we could have been friends under other circumstances." Chaos pulled the chair at the desk out and plopped down in the seat, then put his feet up on the desk. "Somewhat like watching your best friend's daughter grow up…" With a slim grin he glanced at Vincent.

Vincent looked away.

Yuffie looked confused. "Wait… What?"

"It doesn't matter." Vincent cut in, eager to change the subject. "We understand, failed objectives is what creates summon materias."

"Not just failed objectives. There must be a great strength, and enormous power." Chaos put his hands behind his head. "Sephiroth for example, Rufus for another. Tseng, and Hojo maybe. All of them had their hopes and dreams ripped away from them. Sephiroth attempted to become a god, only to be destroyed hours before his will was complete. Rufus wanted to create an empire, only to watch it get ripped apart under him. Tseng was never able to see to his children (Turks) safety. Hojo… well you saw to Hojo's fate…"

"Not that he deserved anything less." Yuffie added in. She stared at Vincent for a moment, and he stared back.

"In any case." Chaos continued. "The base requisite is power. You must be powerful. And your objectives cannot be complete, or at least you must think that."

Vincent sighed. "So you transmutated into a materia. What happened afterwards?"

"There is a process. Death comes first. You become one with the life-stream. You meet and merge with everyone and everything. Plants, beasts, ocean, everything. But at the same time you retain yourself." Chaos took his feet off the desk. "Your power is what makes your essence different from the rest, and your incomplete lives is what drives you away. After enough time away from the main body of life-stream you begin to form your own soft shell that eventually forms into a materia-orb. After that its only a matter of time before you are found, and used."

"But do you know how you came to be apart of me?" Vincent asked.

"As a summon materia-orb you are in a near constant state of solace, similar to being apart of the life-stream itself. But you have an extremely limited view of the world around you. In combat I was used near 3000 times and changed hands for close to 900 years before Hojo acquired myself and Odin for his experiment. Using some device he regressed my materia orb back into a liquid life-stream form. What happened after that is much more fractured. After introducing the Jenova cells into your body, Hojo injected you with the blood of Galian beast which was killed while roaming the mountains in southern Wutai, the death gigas which was killed roaming the mountains in the Northern continent and the Hell masker which was created by Hojo specifically for you. A little bit of myself was inserted; Lucrecia stole the rest when she left. It was my presence and that of Jenova that kept you from rejecting the Galian Beast, Death Gigas and Hell masker. After that… well you were there…"

"So that's how it happened…"

"Yes…" Chaos leaned forward palms flat against the table. "But now onto the resultant state. What will you do, concerning me, when you get out of here?"

Yuffie looked up. Vincent took a deep breath before replying. "I suppose, we'll be making a trip to the Temple of the Ancients in the near future…"

Chaos sighed, Yuffie beamed, and Vincent wondered if he made the right decision.

"Still.." Yuffie began, "Why did you have to show us that war, and how you died?" Yuffie questioned.

Chaos shrugged. "I'm not entirely sure why I decided to myself." Chaos replied. "But it made me feel better… So I went with it."

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner…" Vincent casually commented.

"Indeed…"

"Pelican hanging around your neck?" Yuffie questioned. Literature wasn't her strong suit, but she knew enough to almost hold her own.

"Albatross." Vincent and Chaos corrected at the same time.

For a brief moment there was silence.

"Go now, I'll be waiting here when this all ends. I'll hinder your journey no longer." Chaos picked up an apple off the table, as Yuffie and Vincent quickly made their way across the room towards the fourth and final doorway.

Chaos examined the apple for a moment and made a movement as if to eat it. At the last moment he stopped and placed it back in the fruit basket in the table. Sighing once he looked down at the basket. 'It would all end soon.'

NA: Ya…. I didn't like this chapter too much. Actually i just made this. We got home from Chicago close to three hours ago. After reading through the last few chapters to see if they made sense I realized I had no transition. They just sorta jumped from the elevator to Vincent's later memories. So I threw this in, and added some points about being dead to fill in some space. You see, originally the 16th chapter was the 10th . But it occurred to me that if they finish Vincent's memories they'd have no reason not to leave, so I would have to throw in Chaos's piece before they finished.

Sides, the last chapter was around 5,000 words, this one is around 1000. I figure it sorta evens out. I've been trying to make each chapter over 2000 words, but in light that most of the chapters are above 4000, i'm not too worried if i don't hit my mark once in a while.

'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' for those of you who don't know it is the story of a man. Basically, this dude is on this ship when it gets blown off course. The crew decides to follow an albatross cause albatri are signs of good luck to sailors. Being a complete asshole the dude decides to shoot the albatross. As a result his crew dies, his suffers some and he has to wear the albatross around his neck as a sign of his burden and ill deeds. In order to relieve the burden and pain he has to tell his story to different people. It's a story about about respecting all forms of life.

I love you people for your reviews! R&R its how I know you care!

Hotaru170: Thanks! I'll keep writing. I just have close to one chapter left, now I just have to proof read them and beef them up some! keep readin1

Ezri-Candy: Its always fun when you have an idea about how the battle should go, and you're able to effectively write it out. It took alot of time and a thesaurus but it was worth it. Glad to hear you liked it.

Empress-Eerian-Sadow: Ya, rather than let him get killed, i decided i'd let Chaos choose his own time and at the same time perform a good deed for Alexander. The wedding was a hit, apparently I'm a 'compliment to my entire family.' (Preacher's words not mine. [we ate dinner together at the rehersal dinner. Kinda sucked cause everyone else at the table was atleat 25 {generous number probably closer to 40} years older than me, but he was pretty cool]) Nevertheless its great to be home.

Paine Kisaragi: lol, i appreciate the comment, I'll try to update on the road next time i'm out of town. Its just kinda hard cause my parents make me leave my laptop at home. Keep readin!

Neko-Yuff16: Sniff sniff Don't feel bad for poor chaos, for he went to a better place, and rejoined his people...

Again, i'm sorry for this chapter... I'll update Fri. morning.