Howdy y'all! What's shaking? lol. Well it looks like we got to see one of the AVANLANCHE members. Are the others nearby? Yuffie begins her search in hopes to find the rest of AVALANCHE. Will she find them all? What dangers will Yuffie come across in her journey across the world? And what will they do about Vain? Will they find a way to beat him and return the planet as it once was? Well enough with all the lame ass questions let's get started since I know y'all are anxious to read on.
Disclaimer-I don't own Final Fantasy 7 as y'all know by now.
Chapter 28- Seeking Revenge
Yuffie grabbed all the gear that she owns ready to journey off. To make things easier on her she decided not to tell anyone that she's leaving. Instead, she left them a note telling them she had to leave to search for her friends and she thanked them for allowing her to stay at the base.
Yuffie quickly glances around the area before she climbs up the ladder and opens the hatch. When she stands up on the surface she remembers to close the hatch behind her. Yuffie takes a deep breath, 'Well, no turning back now.' Yuffie turns around and al almost yells in surprise.
Rima Hikari stands a few yards away from her waiting, her face as expressionless as always. "I'm going with you." Rima says simply, shocking Yuffie a bit.
"How'd you know I was leaving?" Yuffie asks in wonderment. She wrote the letter only a few minutes ago. Surely no one has read it already, right? Rima just stands there in silence not answering Yuffie's question. "You know I can take care of myself. You don't have to go with me. You can stay here." Yuffie says.
"I have no interest in staying in this place. I have matters to attend to." Rima explains crossing her arms.
Yuffie rubs the back of her head, "Oh, well if you got matter to attend to, why travel with me?" Yuffie asks. Rima doesn't answer the question and somehow Yuffie figured she wasn't going to begin with. Yuffie huffs in frustration, "Fine you can travel with me."
Rima narrows her eyes a bit, "I wasn't asking you. I was telling you." She says turning around and starting to walk away.
Yuffie rolls her eyes, "Yea whatever." Yuffie quickly catches up with Rima. Together they began walking through the ruins of Midgar, each keeping a watch out for zombies.
The soon walk pass one of the only buildings that remain intact. Although it's not in ruins, no one can use it since they don't want to stay on the surface with all the zombies running around. They don't stop to see if anything is in the building they just simply walk pass it paying it no mind.
"Don't go thinking you're leaving without me." A voice suddenly cuts through the two's silence. Yuffie turns around in surprise. Kao stands leaning against the building with his arms crossed at his chest. Kao gives Yuffie a cold look, "You were leaving without saying good-bye." He says it more or a fact rather then a question.
Yuffie smacks herself in the forehead, 'How is it everyone seems to know that I was leaving.' She asks herself. "How did you find out?" Yuffie asks wondering how seemingly everyone knows she was planning to leave.
Kao pushes himself off the wall smirking. Amusement dancing across his eyes, "It wasn't hard to find out. Last night you were walking around the base talking to yourself." He says a bit teasingly.
Yuffie groans, "My god my friends are right. I don't know how to keep my mouth shut." Yuffie shakes her head embarrassed. She glances around the area, "So where Mika then."
Kao smirk disappears as his face went serious, "Luckily I seem to be the only one who heard you. Mika is safely at the base where she belongs." Kao says seriously, "So where are you headed?" He asks.
Yuffie glances over toward Rima noticing she is still waiting to continue, "Welll... I figured I would go to each town or what's left of each one and see if I can track down my friends. So I guess Kalm is first on the list." Yuffie explains.
"And what will you do when you find them." Kao asks Yuffie although keeping his eyes one Rima still not trusting the accused murder.
"When I find them, then.." Yuffie clenches her fists her knuckles cracking. She glares out in the open space, "Then we'll take care of Vain and his group." Yuffie says confidently.
Kao opens his mouth to say something but Rima cuts him off, "I'm tired of waiting." She informs them. The two take the hint and start walking again. Each watching each others back in case of a battle that will start.
Yuffie grins to herself, 'I guess I got to keep my squad after all.' She says to herself. The ruins of Midgar is all just one big maze. Torn down buildings block paths and cause travels to find a different route. Even with the map of Midgar it doesn't make tings any easier with all the buildings in the way. Midgar is nothing more than a ghost town.
Luckily for the trio they haven't run into any zombies all throughout Midgar. Managing to find their way out of the maze of rubble they head out into the plains of Midgar and head Northeast towards Kalm.
The sun is high in the sky in mid-afternoon. Not a cloud is seen in the endless blue sky. To Yuffie it's a blessing since it meant she won't be walking in the middle of nowhere during a storm. The three never share a word as the trout through the plains. Each enjoying the beautiful sunny day.
Suddenly there's a howl and the sound of an animal running is heard coming near them. The group quickly turns around and a pack of six Midgar wolves stand before them. Kao smirks and takes out his sword, "We must be in their territory. Well I guess I could use some exercise."
"Well I was bored to begin with." Yuffie says taking out her deadly Conformer. Not waiting for the wolves to charge in at them, Yuffie immediately throws the Conformer at the group. The pack spreads out and a yelp is heard as one of the wolves die.
The wolves grow and rush in at the group. Kao grins excitedly as one of the wolves leap into the air and clenches out it's deadly claws. "Bad move." Kao shouts and holds his sword into the air towards the wolf as it continues to fall towards him.
The wolf can do nothing to get out of the way. With it's own weight it kills itself as it falls onto the sword. The blade impales the wolf through the chest. Kao lowers the sword and the sword slides out of the wolf as it falls to the ground.
One wolf eyes the seemingly unarmed woman in black. It lets out a growl baring its fangs threatening Rima. Rima remains unfazed by the wolf and crosses her arms. She sends the wolf a glare, daring it to try and attack her. The wolf lets out a threatening bark and charges at Rima.
Yuffie turns her head to the side and watches in horror as the wolf rushes in at Rima, who doesn't even take out her sniper rifle to arm herself. "Watch out!" Yuffie calls out as she finishes off another wolf.
Rima eyes the oncoming wolf. The wolf is only three yards away before it leaps into the air getting ready to sink it's claws into Rima. Yuffie watches the whole thing, something shiny in Rima right hands catches Yuffie's eyes. Before Yuffie has time to identify the object Rima closes her hand one it. With a quick flick of Rima's arm she throws the object at the wolf.
A loud yelp is heard as the wolf is struck by the object and thrown back by the force. It lays on it's side dead, it's tongue hanging out of it's mouth. A single throwing dagger is embedded in the wolf's forehead.
"I thought you use a sniper rifle?" Yuffie asks before throwing her Conformer at another wolf. The wolf leaps out of the way and heads towards another wolf so they can pair up.
"......" Rima says nothing but grabs more daggers from a hiding place from somewhere in her black gothic dress. She charges at the two wolves ready to kill them both. The two wolves wait ready to strike when she comes into distance.
With amazing grace she jumps over them doing a front flip while at the same time throwing the two daggers in her hands at the wolves. Each dagger embeds themselves in the back of the wolves' necks. Just as graceful she lands on her feet.
The whole scene makes Yuffie feel she has de-ja-vu. "Damn" Kao exclaims impressed by the other woman's skill, not paying attention to the last wolf. The wolf chumps it's fangs into Kao's right forearm. "Ah!" Kao immediately tries to shake the wolf off. Kao curses then drives his sword into the wolf's chest killing it.
The wolf drops and blood gushes out of the wound on his forearm. Yuffie runs over to him, "You alright?" She asks immediately.
"Yea just a scratch.... or bite." Kao says.
Yuffie shakes her head and grabs some bandages from a pouch at her side, "You're luckily I was actually smart enough to bring these." She tells him. Kao gives an appreciative smile as Yuffie begins to wrap up the wounds. "There all done." Yuffie exclaims as she stands up and turns around to tell Rima they're ready to continue.
Yuffie stops what she's about to say and gives Rima a confused look. Yuffie tilts her head to the side as she notices Rima's arms and head shaking as if she's trying to fight off something. "Are you alright?" Yuffie asks concerned. Rima blinks, turns around, and starts walking away. Yuffie blinks her eyes several times thinking she saw something different in Rima's eyes.
Yuffie shakes her head telling herself she's just seeing things. "Come on, let's catch up with her." Kao nods and stands up. They hurry and catch up with Rima.
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Yuffie glances over her shoulder at Rima. Ever since the fight against the wolves Rima has been lagging behind them a couple of yards. At first Yuffie thought she was just tired so she slowed down but Rima just kept her distance from her and Kao. Yuffie shakes her head still not understanding the gothic looking woman.
The group soon came upon what was once Kalm. Now it's just a bundle of bricks and wood. "Damn. Looks like a bomb went off here." Kao describes. No building is left standing in what was once a peaceful little town.
Yuffie began walking around the place looking for any survivors that might be somewhere in the torn down town. Kao quickly follows gazing at the rubble thinking about how many lives were most likely lost. "What happened while I was out?" Yuffie whispers to herself. She's afraid to see what all the other towns across the world look like.
Yuffie stops and stare at a the rubble that was once the inn in the town. She just continued to stare at it remembering all the times the group stayed in it during their journey. She's brought out of her reverie when Rima quickly brushes passed them. Yuffie turns her head to look at her and notices Rima's right hand resting on the sniper rifle that rest at her side.
Yuffie looks up to her and notices her gazing at something. "What are you looking at?" Kao asks also noticing Rima's gaze. Both Yuffie and Kao follow her gaze to find out what she's looking at. Up at top of the highest amount of rubble a man stands. The sun right behind him blocking the sight of the onlookers. "Who.. is that?" Kao asks shielding his eyes.
Yuffie squints her eyes trying to make out the appearance of the man. The wind starts to blow and Yuffie sees a black cape sway in the wind. Yuffie looks down at the man's waist. She goes stiff with fear as she sees a long deadly sword sheathed at the man's side. "S-Sephiroth" She manages to choke out.
The moment Yuffie said his name Rima grabs hold of her sniper rifle and pulls it up. Without taking the time the aim she fires her gun at the man on top of the rubble. The shot rings throughout the area. The man quickly jumps down off the rubble dodging the shot. He lands in front of the group and confirms Yuffie's suspicion as he turns out to be Sephiroth.
"Holy Shit!" Kao exclaims immediately unsheathing his sword ready to defend himself from the maniac. You'd have to be a complete moron not to know about Sephiroth after what happened two years ago. "I thought he was killed already." Kao yelled keeping his fear hidden from his voice.
"Vain brought him back to life." Yuffie manages to say despite how scared she is at the moment. Yuffie brings her right hand down to her Conformer that's strapped at her waist. She doesn't know if she'd be able to stand a chance against him without her friends. And truthfully, she really doesn't want to find out.
Sephiroth narrows his eyes threateningly towards Rima, "Are you asking to die?" He speaks coldly. Rima is unaffected by Sephiroth's threat. As a matter of fact to show she isn't scared she pulls the trigger again. Sephiroth reacts quickly and jumps out of the way unsheathing the Masamune.
Kao and Yuffie hurry to Rima's side ready to fight. "Stay out of this." Rima calls them off. Yuffie and Kao turn to her mouths open in surprise. "This is between me and him." Rima explains coldly.
'????'
Although they don't know what's she's talking about they do as she says and backs a couple of yards away. Sephiroth eyes her with a bit of interest, "You act as if there's something unfinished between us." Sephiroth says. Rima narrows her eyes then without saying anything she fires again.
Sephiroth quickly dodges the shot again. "I'll have my revenge!" Rima yells firing her gun again. In Sephiroth's eyes everything seems to slow down as he sees the bullet heading straight to his heart. Sephiroth spins on his right heel swinging the sword. The sword connects with the bullet repelling it off to the side.
Sephiroth still makes no attempt to attack the strange woman. He's a bit curious about why she wants to kill him. Although he probably killed someone dear to her two years ago just like some many others. But this woman is a bit familiar to Sephiroth for some reason. He has seen her somewhere before.
The shots stop as Rima quickly tries to reload her gun. "Who are you?" Sephiroth asks finally having the chance to speak.
Rima finishes loading the gun and aims the barrel at his head. Sephiroth stands unaffected at having a gun aimed at him. "You don't remember." Rima says coldly. Sephiroth remains silent hands and sword at his side. A wind blows through the area blowing their hair to the side. Each remains locked on each others eyes as Rima keeps her gun unwavering from his head.
"You stopped me from getting my revenge." Rima says full of hatred.
"What the hell is she talking about?" Kao asks Yuffie as they hide away fro the battle.
"Shh... I'm trying to hear." Yuffie says making him shut up.
"For doing that I'll take it on you." Rima venomously says as she fires her rifle multiple times at Sephiroth. Sephiroth manages to dodge the bullets until she runs out again. Rima curses as she's forced to reload again.
Sephiroth stands there waiting in thought. Suddenly he recalled something from the past, "I'm remember you now." Sephiroth finally says. Rima aims her gun at Sephiroth as he continues.
'What kind of connection do these two have?" Yuffie thinks to herself.
Sephiroth face remains expressionless, "Yes, it was about nine years ago wasn't it?" Sephiroth asks not sure of the date. "IT was when you tried to escape Hojo."
'Hojo?'
"As revenge you tried to kill him. And you almost succeeded too. If I hadn't been there then his worthless life would've been ended." Suddenly a cold smirk spreads across Sephiroths face. "I wondering. How did the results turn out?" He asks tauntingly.
'What is he talking about?' Yuffie asks herself.
"You really wish to know..." Rima asks as a smirk appears, "Sephiroth?" Rima's voice shifts from two different ones. One from her normal voice and another form a cold demonic one that Yuffie strangely remembers from somewhere.
Yuffie watches as Rima began to shake, her white skin began to change colors to a gray ash color. Her dark red hair seemed to fade away as it turns black. Her nails become longer and sharper like claws. And then her eyes changed. They changed from the hazel color they are to a glowing crimson color.
"Oh...my...god." Yuffie says not believing what she's seeing. Everything makes sense now to Yuffie. The familiar clothes, weapons, and her skill with them. The way she's been acting. Everything has been basically spelled out in front of Yuffie from the beginning but she ignored them. Now it's in plain sight.
Kao is the first one to yell out the truth, "SHE'S THE FU%#@%* VAMPIRE!"
Wellllll..... That's all for now! Heeheehee don't you just LOVE cliffies! I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. I bet you guys knew this was coming all along huh? I bet it wasn't much of a surprise to find out Rima is the vampire. *Shrugs* Oh well I tried to hide the fact as best I could and tried only giving small hints but I think I gave it away from the beginning. So what will happen next? Exactly how are these two connected? What happened nine years ago? And how is Yuffie and Kao going to react now that they know Rima is the vampire? You'll just have to wait and see in the next chapter because I'm being a jackass and not telling you. Well everyone Review! TTNC
P.S.- Rima Hikari the vampire is proudly owned by Die!