I am the type of person that is easily entertained. For instance the most excitement I've had this entire week is from today. I got to play with a hose. Yes a HOSE. Not doesn't that seem exciting? Hey I was entertained by it for quite a while until my mother stole the hose from me so she could play with it =0(. She bought it at Wal Mart. Heeheehee. My family has a cheer for Wal Mart lol It goes like this. Wal Mart! Wal Mart! That's our store! We shop there because we're poor! =0) Isn't my family just BRILLIANT. Wow what's with my random crap?
Well anyway, I think I should get on track lol. Last we left off Yuffie and Kao found out that Rima is the vampire. Rima and Sephiroth face off against each other. What connections do these two have? Will Rima attack Yuffie and Kao after she's finished with Sephiroth? We'll have to wait and find out now won't we? Well I've talked enough so I think I'll get on typing.
Disclaimer- I don't own Final Fantasy 7 alright? 'I wonder how much it would cost to buy it though?'
Chapter 29- Connections From The Past
"How's this Sssephiroth?" Rima asks bowing as she shows the results of her change. Sephiroth doesn't respond he just simply gazes at the woman. Rima cackles revealing her fangs. Rima locks her bright crimson eyes with Sephiroth's cold mako green ones. Sephiroth remains unfazed by the vampire woman.
Rima narrows her crimson eyes at the man. Sephiroth keeps his eyes locked on the woman waiting for her to try something. Rima throws her sniper rifle off to the side. Sephiroth glances down at the gun then looks back towards Rima.
Sephiroth raises an eyebrow as Rima smirks at him. Finally Rima decides to make the first move. In a blink of an eye Rima charges. A split second later she's standing face to face with Sephiroth. Sephiroth flinches back in surprise, "Too Slow!" Rima yells as she drives her fist into Sephiroth's stomach. Sephiroth drops his Masamune as the punch sends him skidding on the ground a couple of yards.
Sephiroth grunts, shakes his head to relief the daze he feels, and stands back up. Rima cackles again obviously enjoying the fight she so easily winning. Sephiroth narrows his eyes ready to watch her. Rima caught him off guard, it won't happen again. Sephiroth takes a quick glance towards where the Masamune rests.
Rima moves as quickly as last time. This time Sephiroth is ready. Rima aims a punch right for his stomach. Sephiroth sees the attack and in one quick motion he captures the fist with both of his hands. "What?" Rima exclaims surprised. Not giving Rima a chance to recover, Sephiroth throws Rima over his shoulder.
"You'll have to do better than that." Rima says as she lands gracefully on the ground. She turns around to see Sephiroth picking up his Masamune. Rima hides her smirk as two daggers slide into her hands. She keeps her crimson eyes on Sephiroth's feet waiting for him to move.
Seeing that Rima is just standing in her spot waiting. Sephiroth decides to take the offensive and charges at her. Rima smirks and just before Sephiroth reaches her she jumps into the air. Sephiroth stops and looks into the air. Rima stares down at him and throws her two daggers. Sephiroth easily repels the daggers with his sword.
Rima lands on the ground a few feet away from Sephiroth, "DIE!!" She yells as she continually tosses multiple dagger at Sephiroth. Sephiroth dodges and repels the daggers with little difficulty. Soon Rima uses up all but one of her daggers. She decides to save it for later.
Sephiroth sees she's out of daggers and takes it to his advantage. He charges at Rima sword posed ready to attack. Rima braces herself for the incoming attack. Sephiroth rapidly slashes his sword at Rima as she ducks. jumps, and spins out of the way of the attacks. Rima jumps back onto a mountain of rubble breathing heavily. Sephiroth takes a deep breath then charges again.
Rima watches as he charges up the mountain of rubble towards her. She looks down at her feet and sees a steel rod. Just as Sephiroth reaches the top she grabs the rod and uses it to block against Sephiroth's attack. Sephiroth snorts and slashes at Rima as she defends with her rod. The rod and sword lock together and the two fighters try to force each other back.
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Yuffie and Kao watch the fight in amazement, 'She's holding her own against Sephiroth' She thinks amazed. 'The man that could kill anyone with ease.' She says thinking about the Sephiroth from two years ago. But this isn't the Sephiroth from two years ago. Jenova is dead so she isn't controlling his mind anymore, nor is her cells giving him more power.
This Sephiroth is weaker from the one two years ago. He more of the Sephiroth he used to be. The one he was first famous for, as a general of all the Soldiers in Shin-Ra. Yuffie can already see a difference in the present Sephiroth form the one of two years ago. This Sephiroth doesn't seem like a maniac. He's still, cold hearted, emotionless, dangerous, and murderous though. But he acts less like a maniac trying to make the world his.
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Sephiroth glares into Rima's crimson ones. He takes in her deadly features of her face as she grits her teeth in concentration. Sweat drips from Rima's gray colored face, her fangs stick out of her lips too long to remain hidden. Her long black hair spilling over most of her face. Sephiroth blinks out of his gaze and with one quick twist of his wrist he sends her rod flying away.
Rima automatically leaps at Sephiroth. She ends up tackling the surprised Sephiroth and they both roll down the mountain of rubble each keeping hold of one another still fighting on the way down. Finally they reach the bottom and Rima ends up slamming her back on the ground the wind knocked out of her.
Sephiroth ends up falling on top of Rima as he grips her throat with his left hand. His knees are on either side of her waist preventing her escape. In his right hand he has the Masamune, the tip pointing at Rima's heart. Rima can do nothing but stare into Sephiroth's dangerous cold mako eyes as he locks his with hers. Sephiroth raises his sword up. Rima moves her right hand slowly to her side.
Sephiroth breaks the stare as he blinks, "Die." He states simple as he drives the Masamune down. Rima's eyes widen and she quickly grips her last dagger and drives it into Sephiroth's ribs before the sword impales her. Sephiroth jerks in pain as the dagger is stabbed into his ribs. From his sudden movement, the Masamune is sent off coarse and is instead stabbed into the dirt.
Sephiroth releases his choke hold on Rima and she smirks. With one quick movement she kicks Sephiroth off of her. Sephiroth lands on his ass as his back rests against what used to be a wall of a building. Sephiroth holds his breath as he takes hold of the dagger into his side and pulls it out with a quick jerk. Blood flows freeing out of the wound as he tosses the dagger off to the side.
Then he raises his head and stares at the shaking vampire. Rima's entire eyes turn crimson, pupil and all. She begins to pant and she licks her lips. The sent of blood driving the vampire insane. Sephiroth narrows his eyes at Rima. "For a supposed zombie, you sure have a lot of blood." Rima suddenly says hungrily.
Sephiroth smirks a bit. What makes her think he's a zombie? True he was raised from the dead but by different means. He isn't a soulless zombie that can be controlled. He doesn't have a dead heart, his beats just as anyone else's. Unlike the zombies he feel pain, he just doesn't show it like. He never shows when he's hurt. It gives your enemy more confidence knowing you're in pain.
Sephiroth takes his right hand away from his wound, blood all over it. He doesn't even wipe the blood off. He stands up not showing the wound hurts him at all. Rima watches in amusement as Sephiroth stands up. Rima half smiles and charges at Sephiroth in her Bloodlust. The scent of the blood clouding her thoughts as she wants a taste of it.
Sephiroth dodges her long deadly nails and punches her in the stomach with all his might. Rima hunches into his fist the wind knocked out of her. Sephiroth's face remains emotionless as he steps back away from her. He does a roundhouse kick striking her on the side of her face sending her to the ground. Not giving her the chance to recover, Sephiroth grabs both of her ankles and starts spinning gaining momentum. "Wahh.." Rima yells as Sephiroth releases her, sending her towards a part of a wall.
Rima crashes into the wall and falls to the ground. The wall then tips over and fall on top of her. Sephiroth walks over to his Masamune and gets on one knee to pick it up. Sephiroth glances up to where he threw Rima as he hears bricks fall. "SEPHIROTH!!!!!!" Rima yells in fury as she throws the wall off her. Rima immediately rushes at Sephiroth and punches him away from the sword.
Sephiroth skids on his back a few yards and quickly gets up just in time for Rima to punch him in the face. Sephiroth falls back down to the ground and Rima jumps up into the air directly above him. "DIE!!!" Rima sails down her fist outstretched to kill Sephiroth. Sephiroth quickly rolls to the side just in time as Rima fist strikes the hard ground punching through the surface and sinking in up to her elbow.
Sephiroth turns on his side and kicks Rima in the throat. Rima stays on the ground coughing to get air into her lungs. Once she recovers she quickly stands up only to have Sephiroth wrap his left arm around her neck form behind. Rima struggles and Sephiroth brings the Masamune's blade to her throat. Rima freezes when she feels the blade on her throat.
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"He's got her now." Kao states.
Yuffie watches worriedly, "We should do something?" She says ready to jump out and attack.
Kao sighs in misery, "I knew you'd say that. Even if she's the vampire she's part of our squad.. I guess."
Yuffie gives him an appreciative grin, "Damn right she is." She says before she and Kao jump over the rubble they are hiding behind and run forth hoping they'd make it in time.
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Sephiroth can feel Rima's body tense from against him as he puts more pressure against her throat nearly breaking the surface of her skin. He leans forward towards her right ear. Rima breathes nervously waiting for Sephiroth to send her to hell since she knows that's where she's going.
"You lose." Sephiroth says into her ear. Sephiroth quickly releases Rima and pushes her away. Rima quickly turns around just in time to see Sephiroth throw something towards the ground. The moment it hits the ground, white smoke covers the area. When the smoke clears Sephiroth is gone. Rima growls in anger, 'Damn you Sephiroth.'
Rima quickly turns around and sees Yuffie and Kao standing frozen in surprise. Rima smirks, "Since he's gone I'll just kill the two of you." Rima states as she rushes at them. Yuffie and Kao's eyes widen in shock as they watch her run at them. Suddenly, Rima stumbles and begins to tremble. She growls in frustration as she begins to change again.
Yuffie and Kao watch in some sort of relief as Rima changes back from the vampire to her normal self. Rima's crouched down on the ground, her eyes closed. Slowly she stands up and opens her hazel eyes, "Sorry." She says in monotone.
Yuffie and Kao quickly get out of their shock. Kao is the first to speak, "You're the vampire!" He exclaims. Rima just gives him a nod.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Yuffie says demanding to know.
Rima gives her a cold look, "You did not ask." She simply states.
That leaves the two at a loss for words for a moment. Yuffie takes a breath calming herself. Then she looks back at Rima locking eyes with her, "How are you and Sephiroth connected?" She says while giving her a look that tells, you have better answer the question.
Rima sighs, closes her eyes and rubs her temples. Rima turns around and walks to a pile of rubble and sits down on a destroyed washer machine. The other two quickly hurry and find a place to sit down.
Rima breathes in collecting her thoughts, "It all started ten years ago." She begins.
Rima gives him a look to tell him to shut up while she speaks, "Yes Shin-Ra had hired me to assassinate strong political leaders around the world that threatened to overpower Shin-Ra one day."
"I remember hearing about that from my father. There was a mass murder on the loose. So you're responsible for that too?" Kao asks in wonderment.
"Yes. Shin-Ra hunted me down. But only as a cover up. They had me kill people in Midgar also so people wouldn't get suspicious. After Midgar I was sent to assassinate the threats." Rima states lost in her thoughts of the past.
"What happened?" Yuffie asks.
Rima closes her eyes in thought ready to start from the beginning.
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~Flashback~
Rima stands in front of the desk of President Shin-Ra. The short fat man is eyeing her in wonderment. Suddenly President Shin-Ra speaks, "Rima Hikari, we've hired you to assassinate Shin-Ra's political enemies. You will find the list of who you will assassinate in this folder." Shin-Ra slides the folder across the desk and Rima picks it up and opens it looking at all the peolpe she's to kill.
"First we need a cover up so you will go around the Midgar slums and kill a few people. We are going to start a search to find the killer but, as you already know, we will have a hard time finding you." Shin-Ra stands up from his chair and walks towards the huge windows. He looks down at the city of Midgar, "After each assassination you are to report to the Shin-Ra mansion in Nibeliheim where you will report your progress to a scientist there. His name is Professor Hojo."
Rima nods her head in understanding. Shin-Ra turns around and looks at the woman, "You will receive your payment when the assassinations are completed." Rima gives a slight nod of her head. "Now leave. We'll contact you when the job is done." Shin-Ra states. Rima turns around and immediately leaves the president's office to begin her job.
The plan worked perfectly. Rima killed ten people in Midgar and the news erupted with the killings. President Shin-Ra made an appearance on the news informing the citizens that he has sent men out to hunt the killer down and promises to capture the murder.
A month later two political leader are found dead in Junon. The killings spread throughout the central continent and with each kill Rima went to the Shin-Ra mansion and informed Hojo of her successes. Each time Rima stopped at the mansion Hojo would study and observe her as a specimen of some sorts always mumbling things under his breath. Rima didn't pay much attention to the scientist thinking he was just weird.
Then after a whole year Rima finally killed the last person on the list. Hojo had been working on something in the lab for a long time but Rima knew better then to snoop around. After the last killing she went to the Shin-Ra mansion for, in hopes, her last time. Something seemed off when she got there though. Ever since she started the assassinations, no one but Hojo remained in the mansion.
But when she got there a few men were outside the mansion. Men from Shin-Ra she realized. She just brushed passed them ready to give them the news. With her deadly sniper rifle at her side she went into the mansion. She immediately headed towards the basement since that's where Hojo always seemed to be.
She walked into the secret laboratory and Hojo was just standing there as if waiting for her. Rima paid him no heed, "I've successfully killed the last one." She states.
Hojo begins chuckling to himself, "Good. The money is right there." He points to the briefcase on the table next to him. Rima walks to the table and picks up the briefcase. She gives Hojo a nod of farewell, turns around, and starts walking away. No sooner did she have a hand on the door knob something pricked her in the side of the neck.
Rima blinked and pulled a dart out of her neck. Slowly she turns towards Hojo already losing consciousness. Hojo chuckled, "You will be an interesting specimen." Rima hears before blacking out.
Rima slowly opened her eyes later on, "Where am I." She asks everything seemingly blurry.
"You're still in the mansion." A voice says.
Rima stands up her vision clearing. Hojo is standing in front of her grinning, a hand on his chin as he looks at her. Rima looks around her seeing she's in one of the huge capsules in the lab. "Why am I in here?" Rima demands.
Hojo chuckles, "I can't have my specimen getting away."
"Specimen?" Rima repeats unsure of what he meant, "What did you do to me?"
Hojo taps a finger on his chin as if he's lost in thought, "You are my third human experiment. And might I add the result are much better. I didn't have to take any of your limbs off."
"Experiment?" She repeats a bit frightened. "Third?" She says confused.
Hojo chuckles, "Why yes. My second one was done on a Turk twenty one years ago. I wonder if he's still alive?" He thought in wonderment, "That man tried to stop my wife when she was in the middle of the experiment. The Lucrecia died and he came to reason with me." Hojo chuckled, "But I changed him into the man that he really is."
"What did you do to me?" Rima demands not caring for the scientists stories.
Hojo grinned, "You enjoy the killing and the blood so much that I decided to make you into something that.... best represents you."
"W-w-what?" Rima began to shake with fear. She bit her lip from her nervousness and winced as she bit through it, blood dripping from it. With the feel of her tongue Rima could feel that her fangs are longer and sharper.
Hojo smiles wickedly, "I happened to have a very old DNA sample. I've injected it into your body and the two different DNAs merged into one." Rima looks at him with wide eyes. Hojo eyes seem to glow in insane amusement, "The DNA I gave you is from a vampire. Now you can enjoy the taste of blood from your victims just as much as you enjoy seeing it." Hojo throws his head back and laughs wickedly.
Rima shakes with uncontrollable rage. Her hazel eyes turn crimson and her hair turns black. Her nail grow sharper and longer. "Oh.." Hojo says as he watches the change, "This is magnificent."
Rima stared at him, murder imbedded in her eyes, "Hojo..." She calls out. Her voice dark and demonic. Hojo puts a hand on his chin as he observes her. Rima smirks, "You will die." A moment later Rima breaks through the glass capsule and rushes at the frighten scientist with amazing speed.
She pushed him up against the wall and raises him off his feet by his neck. Hojo struggles and Rima narrows her eyes murderously at him, "You will die for what you've done to me." She tightens her hold on his neck and begins strangling him. She has her eyes locked with his.
Suddenly Hojo glances behind her quickly and Rima instinctively moved. A long blade is driven into the wall. And Hojo drops to the ground coughing. Rima turns around to see who attacked her. A man with long white hair and a black cape. "Who the hell are you." She demands.
"That's Sephiroth." Hojo manages to say. Hojo chuckles to himself, "Sephiroth kill this woman." Sephiroth immediately began slashing at the vampire. Rima manages to dodge the strike and reaches to her side. Her hand rests on her sniper rifle. Evidently, Hojo wasn't smart enough to unarm her. Sephiroth takes another swing at her and Rima jumps back. She pulls out her sniper rifle and immediately pulls the trigger.
Nothing happens. The sniper rifle has no ammunition. Rima curses and jumps away form the attacker. "Give it up woman." Sephiroth advises as he attacks her again. "You can't win against me."
Rima jumps over his head and lands in front of the door. She glances at Hojo then back at Sephiroth, "I'll kill you for stopping me I promise. Then he'll die for what he's done to me." With that Rima turns around and runs out the door.
"What are you doing?" Hojo demands as Sephiroth stands there, "Go after her!"
"......." Sephiroth stares at the spot where the woman left before he sheathes the Masamune and walks out of the lab.
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"And I WILL kill him someday." Rima says finishing up her story. Yuffie and Kao just stare at her with mixture of emotions. Fear, understanding, concern, but most of all... sympathy. No one deserves to go through what she had to.
Yuffie let's out a breath on annoyance, 'Damn Hojo.."
WELLLLLL That's it everyone! I hoped you liked this chapter. As you can see it was just to explain the connections she has with Sephiroth. Will she be able to get her revenge on him? Why didn't Sephiroth kill her when he had the chance? I don't know the answers to these questions either I'm still thinking about them. But I must say, based on the reviews I have the most frequently asked question so far is, 'Where's Cloud?' Well to tell y'all the truth so you'll stop asking is. The truth is.... Cloud is...........