A/N: Finally updating, YES! Unfortunetly, it's really short. Sorry. Oh and because someone emailed me complaining about some of the kids names being too familiar to other things and my always never putting up a disclaimer, so HERE YOU GO!
DISCLAIMER: I have never said, nor do I now say, that I created FFX/FFX-2 or FF7. I own the game but not Square-Enix or Squaresoft or whatever the hell they want to call themselves now. I did however, write Lost Love and any dialouge or events tracing back to it are MINE. As are the kids (including Sephianna and Ahriana), except for Vidina because I would never name any kid that. The name Sephianna was created by my friend SquallsLioness. The names Nari, Loey, and Briar were inspired by the books Lady Knight (Kel) and Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce. And the name Rydia is from FF2 or FF4. Happy? GOOD!
-Chapter Seven-
-I Know Everything-
Piper told them everything the Tifa and the Fayth had told her. About Aeris' journey with Cloud and Tifa, about how her mother died, and how everyone reacted when she came back. And about Sephianna being Yuna's daughter.
"That's not possible!" Nari exclaimed. "Evan's my only sibling."
"Yeah. Mom or Dad would have said something by now about another kid," Evan agreed.
"Unless Tidus didn't know," Zalèa stated quietly. "She's not Tidus' child."
"How'd you know?" Piper asked.
Shrugging, Zalèa said, "The Fayth told you. I was there. Wherever it was."
"Weird," Piper said. "So, what are your ideas?"
"Your presence here in Spira woke up the Fayth. That means any living summoners can call upon the Aeons again. But it's strange because the Fayth didn't wake up when your mother came here. There must be something different about you," Nari said.
"Something about my father?" Piper suggested. She sat down on one of the blue pillows thrown across the floor of the airship. She crossed her legs, thinking about anything that could help explain their situation.
"Maybe," Zalèa said. "But your father was barely even in Spira."
They continued to toss up ideas; who Sephianna's father could be, why Yuna had never mentioned her, and what they really wanted with Piper.
"I give up," Evan said, throwing a pillow at his sister. "We've come up with every idea possible with what we know. And nothing makes sense."
"Then we have to find out," Nari threw the pillow back, "more information. Then we can do this again."
"Yeah but who's going to tell us?" Piper asked.
Zalèa plopped down on a couch. "No one. We're just going to have to find out ourselves."
"Look how far that's gotten us," Evan sighed.
"Well I know someone who can help us," Zalèa grinned.
"Who's that?" Piper wondered.
"Shinra."
Piper tilted her head at the name. Shinra was the name of the company that had been killing the Planet many years ago. Maybe this was just a coincidence. "Who's he?"
"Only the smartest guy in the Spira!" Nari said excitedly. "He travelled with the Gullwings!"
"Exactly," Zalèa said, "He'll know just what happened and what's going on." She jumped up to the front of the bridge, pushing a few buttons. "To Home!"
They reached Home quickly, and boy was Piper amazed. It was the biggest building she had ever seen, and from the her friends had told her, it was like a small city. A lot of people were speaking the Al Bhed language, so she hardly understood a word anyone said. She'd make Zalèa teach her how to speak it later. They led her through a long hallway to a giant gray door. "Is this it?" Piper asked.
Nodding, Evan knocked a few times on the door. A robot eye popped out of the door, looking at them, then quickly retracted back inside. After a moment, the door slid open. "Anyone home?" he called.
"In here," a male voice said.
The group entered, the door sliding shut behind them. "Shinra?" Zalèa said, walking into the next part of the room. Robots ran around the area, some floating in the air. Parts and tools were thrown haphazardly across the room. A short male sat at a giant computer screen, his fingers flying.
"Hello Zalèa, Evan, Nari, and..." he paused looking at Piper. Standing up, the short Al Bhed circled her, tapping a finger against his temple. He dressed in baggy tan pants and a blue top, his short blonde hair brushed in every which way. He looked to be in his early thirties. "Unbelievable," he spoke after a moment. His boyish features and voice showed he was surprised and excited.
"Shinra, this is Piper. Piper Strife," Evan introduced.
"A direct decendent of the last living Ancient and the mercenary. Amazing. Used a time-key, I presume?" Shinra said, his emerald eyes blazing with curiosity.
"Uhm, yes?" Piper scratched the back of her head.
"Shinra, we need your help," Nari said.
The Al Bhed genius gave a soft, almost smug, grin, "Well I know everything, I should be able to help."
"We need you to tell us about Sephiroth and my mother, Aeris. In Spira," Piper said. "And what connections I have with the Fayth."
"And who Sephianna's father is," Zalèa chipped in.
"And what her father's dream was," Evan finished.
Shinra took in a deep breath, then began to tell them of his adventures with the Gullwings, three years after the defeat of Vegnagun. How they found Tidus and Aeris, and how Sephiroth and Seymour followed them out of the Farplane. He did his best to explain the use of the Time-Porter to reunite Aeris with her friends, and how everything went from bad to worse in a matter of days. Then, the final battle which Seymour had murdered Sephiroth. "Then Aeris and Cloud left, and never returned."
Piper leaned against the wall of the room, closing her eyes. There's so much I don't know... She was confused, but mostly angry again. Angry that her parents had kept all this from her and her brother. It wasn't that big of a deal. "So why have the Fayth awaken? They said it was 'cause I'm in Spira."
Shinra sat down at his computer, typing in a few things. "My guess is Sephianna and Ahriana woke them. They have an incredible amount of power. It seems to be drawn from the planet itself."
"Mako?" Piper guessed. "In my time, people used power from the Lifestream, and the planet. It was a lot of power but it was killing the planet, and my mother's people." This much she knew, from her history class.
"It's a similar concept, yes," Shinra said, digging through a drawer. He pulled out an old, dusty sphere. "This sphere might clear up some confusion about Sephianna and Ahriana."
A/N: Sorry such a fricken short chapter, and a cliffhanger (sort of). I've been in pain because Sunday I wiped out on our moped and it's really gross and I just haven't had the ambition to work on this (which is why I've started a lot of stories lately.) I'm hopefully going to get going on this; I need inspiration! Talk to me or send me an email if you have any ideas or just to say hi, it gives me a reason to write. Geez! Only three reviews... oh well, it's kinda blah at the moment anyways To blushnbabe: OKAY! To Dr. P: You probably are right, it's kinda obvious with the name, Sephianna... hmmm... To Emmy: Good! Feel wbbbed! er loved! Heh. Oh oh oh, I've been reading your ffx fic and that's what inspired me to write Otherworld hehe. Did I write 'your profile' oops. i meant just profile. Oh well. And I'm like that for games too - for ffx-2 I knew Tidus was coming back (all the magazine clips and internet screenshots gave it away) but I didn't understand the whole Shuyin/Lenne thing, I just thought Lenne was cool looking and Shuyin had this... strange look to him even tho he looked like my bud Tidus.
Well next chapter is coming soon, with LOTS of answers, and will bring my favorite, Paine! back into the story along with her Al Bhed counterpart, Neal. Heh, something fishy's going on you know! Well I don't expect too many reviews for this so, that's all right. (Aww I'm getting all choked up, playing FFX near the end... I'm gonna bawl at the end...)
Always - Letselina
