BOOYA! Got over one hundred reviews! *Balloons float down from the ceiling and fireworks go off* I so happy =0) Wow I love all you guys! Thanks for sticking with me! Enough of the celebration thing though. A comment has been brought to my attention by FireFly Something about Mary Sueing, and believe me when I say this, I had NO idea what that means. But thanks to FireFly she explained it to me. But anyway it had to do something about Rima being able to hold her own against Sephiroth or something like that. WELL I have the PERFECT explanation to THAT. And here it is FireFLy.
The Sephiroth in my story is different from the game, as you can kind of already tell. The Sephiroth in the game merged with Jenova and became the invincible Sephiroth we all know and love. (Except some people coughDiecough) My story takes place AFTER the game, Jenova is dead and Sephiroth is back to how he used to be. In other words, Sephiroth is weaker then the one in the game.
Although, Sephiroth IS suppose to be the invincible 1st Class Soldier from Shin-Ra right? Wrong. In the game when Sephiroth just learns about being produced, Cloud, as weak as he is, (This takes place when you're in Cloud's mind) manages to defeat Sephiroth then. Even if it is all luck.
Now as for Rima, Rima is definitely more powerful then the 16 year-old Cloud. She gets stronger as a vampire also. You also said something about working out her personality because hers is Mary Sue too. As for the personality of the character you will see her become more open as she begins to trust Yuffie and Kao more. I hope that's reason enough for you on how the last chapter went.
Oh and one more thing FireFly. Your suggestions don't suck at all. I happen to be planning on using one =0) You'll just have to wait and find out which one though heeheehee. (You'll find out this chapter or next) Oh and I didn't know Hikari means, 'Light' Thanks for the information lol. I'm guessing Hikari is suppose to be Japanese (Duh it sure as hell ain't English)
Now if anyone else has questions on the story (That don't spoil the whole damn thing) or comments don't be afraid to put them down in the review. I love answering all the ones I can. It makes my next chapter even longer =0) lol I cheat.
Well, now that I got that out of the way. Let's start up this chapter that y'all are probably been waiting for. Guess we have to start on that annoying pain in the ass disclaimer thing.
Disclaimer- For the 30th time I don't own Final Fantasy 7. GAWD! How many times must I repeat myself? *Opens up ideas for story. Eyes widen* ABOUT TWENTY MORE TIMES!!!!!
Chapter 30- Hopes Raised, Then Crushed
The group is currently traveling through the plains of Kalm, heading towards the mythril mines. After hearing Rima's past history, they decided to continue on their way in silence. The sun is setting over the horizon making the sky look as though it's on fire with all though fiery orange spread across the sky.
"Perhaps we should stop and make camp" Yuffie suddenly breaks the silence between everyone. Kao and Rima turn around and look at her as if she's stupid. Yuffie just stands there giving them a blank look, "What?"
"You want to camp out in the open?" Kao asks in disbelief. Kao shakes his head not believing it, "It'll be dark out.. and what comes out in the night?" Kao asks trying to make Yuffie understand.
Yuffie blinks once and then concentrates trying to figure it out. Zombies are out at all times so it's not them. Then a pair of crimson eyes flashed through her mind and she began recalling the wicked laughter that comes with them. "Oh... Hadions."
Kao nods his head, "Right, so we should keep moving." Kao suggests.
"We'll stop at the old chocobo farm for the night." Rima tells them before she starts walking again. The other two waste no time in following her.
The three walk in silence again. Yuffie being someone who hates when it's silent and usually the one that has to start a conversation, glances over to her right at Rima, "So what made you become an assassin for Shin-Ra anyway?"
Rima gives her a sidelong glance then lets out a deep breath, "I don't remember." She says a bit regretful.
Yuffie nods her head as if agreeing to something, "Well, did you have a rough childhood? Because that usually drives people to do things like that."
Rima closes her eyes as they walk, she looks like she's trying to recall something important or so. A moment later she opens her eyes, "If I did I don't recall it."
Yuffie raises an eyebrow, "Huh?" Yuffie says in confusion, 'What's that suppose to mean.'
"Uh... guys I hate to break it to you. But we got a problem" Kao suddenly announces.
They all stop walking and look ahead. The chocobo farm is pretty close now. The problem though is that the place is swarming with zombies. To makes matters worse the last rays of sunlight are quickly disappearing.
Yuffie grabs her head between her hands shaking it, trying to find an answer to their problems, 'Ok think Yuffie think. Hadions are going to be coming out anytime now. We need to get someplace to hide from them till morning. We can go to the house or the stables.' Yuffie thought of the stables and how the chocobos were kept there. Yuffie pictures in her head chocobo dung on the ground of the stables. Without any hesitation she decides.
"We're going to the house. We can hide there till morning and lock the zombies out." Yuffie commands. The two nod in agreement and they all sprint towards the house.
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~Somewhere nearby~
A pair of eyes watch as Yuffie and the others run towards the house. A few seconds later after the three enter the house, zombies are thrown outside and the door is slammed shut. Candlelight is seen through the windows of the house. The eyes flash with amusement momentarily. "Yes Yuffie you hide there for now. I'll wait for you on the other side of the mountains." A man said turning his back to the scene his hand held firmly on the Ultimate Sword and, his blond spikes blowing in the wind.
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~On Top Of A Hill~
Sephiroth watches as the zombies gather around the house, trying to find a way into it. Clouds overshadow the moon making the night almost pitch black. Down near the chocobo farm, Sephiroth can also see many glowing red eyes circling the house, but staying away from the light of the window. After the fight back in Kalm, Sephiroth has been following the group of three. He kept out of their sight not wanting them to know he's following them.
"....I'll wait for you on the other side of the mountains." Sephiroth quickly turns over to the right, hearing a person's voice. His right hand instinctively goes to his Masamune. He squints his mako green eyes a little trying to see better in the darkness. His eyes just catches a silhouette of someone, but it disappears as the person gets to far away. Sephiroth stands there a moment, starring at the same place before he turns his eyes back to the chocobo farm.
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"We'll need to take turns watching to make sure zombies don't get in." Rima advises as they all gather around the only table in the entire house.
"I'll take first watch." Yuffie immediately declares.
"I guess I'll take second then." Kao says walking towards the bedroom of the house. Luckily the room has two beds or else he'd probably end up sleeping on the floor.
"Goodnight" Rima says quietly before she also heads towards the bedroom.
Yuffie lets out a heavy sigh as she plops down in a chair at the table. Her eyes stare into one of the flames of the candles they lit. The small flame dances across her misty gray eyes as she sits there silently in her own thoughts.
'I wonder where Vincent went after last night.' Yuffie wonders curiously. 'I wonder if I'll find everyone... they can be anywhere. They may not even be alive.' Yuffie rests her chin on her arms that are folded on the table. 'So far I've only found one person I know... and that wasn't anyone I wanted to see again.' Yuffie thinks to herself remembering when she ran into Sephiroth in Kalm.
Her thoughts shift to her two comrades. The first one she met was Kao Brundel. Yuffie could see that Kao can very well become a powerful fighter once he gets some sense in his head. His greatest weakness is rushing blindly into battle trying to win a fight in one strong blow. If he learns some strategy in battle he could very well become one of the strongest fighters out there. Although Yuffie herself, never really goes with strategy either.
The next comrade is Rima Hikari. When she first met Rima it was in the night. Yuffie got scared shitless when she saw the vampire drinking the zombie's blood. Then she met her again only to fight her. Both times Rima was some sort of vampire. In the basement at the generator is where she met the mysterious Rima. Even though she isn't always a vampire she's still dangerous. After all she was an assassin for Shin-Ra.
Yuffie still feels uneasy when she's around Rima. She expects at any moment she's with her Rima will turn into that wicked vampire and sink her fangs into her neck and drink her blood away. That thought made Yuffie remember something the Rima had once said to her when she was a vampire. 'Damn, your blood is pure. Well if I can't drink it, then I'll spill it'
Yuffie began to wonder what the vampire meant by her blood being pure, and why it would prevent the vampire from drinking it. She just didn't understand Rima, she said her blood is pure, which is a lie. If Rima meant that Yuffie's a pure blooded Wutainease then she's wrong. Yuffie isn't fully Wutainease. Her father, Godo, wasn't Wutainease, her mother was. Yuffie decides not to dwell to much on it. It didn't really matter what the vampire said.
Yuffie yawns as she continues to look into the small flame from the candle. Her eyelids slowly begin to close. Yuffie fights to stay awake, telling herself she has to keep watch or at least wake Kao up to take up the job. Eventually she gives up and falls asleep at the table, the moans and groans or the zombies, and the wicked laughter of the hadions outside are her lullaby.
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"It's nice to see we can depend on you to keep watch." A voice rings throughout the room.
Yuffie's eyes snap open and she lifts her head, "Huh? What?" She quickly says in confusion. She turns and glances to her left where Kao and Rima stand starring at her. Yuffie then glances out the window to see sunlight, "It's morning?" Yuffie says a bit surprised.
"Yea, and luckily the zombies didn't manage to get in when we were ALL sleeping." Kao says. Yuffie blushed a bit embarrassed at the fact she basically screwed up.
"Do you hear that?" Rima suddenly asks. Yuffie and Kao look at her for a moment then listen for anything.
"I don't hear a thing." Kao says confused to what Rima is talking about.
Rima nods her head, "Exactly. Where are the zombies?" She asks in wonderment. The two quickly understand what she's talking about and everyone races outside.
Outside on the ground, zombies lay dead, scattered all over the place. Each zombie's head cut cleanly off by an extremely sharp and deadly sword. Yuffie stood there in awe, "Who did this?" She asks.
The two don't answer since they don't know. Rima's fists momentarily clench in anger, "We should move on. Whoever did this could still be here to attack us." Rima says, her voice monotone to hide her anger. The two nod in agreement and they quickly head off towards the mytril mines to pass through the mountains.
The group had a long way to go before they reached the other side of they mountains. They first had to cross the Midgar marshes where they fought a giant Midgar Zolom. Luckily the snake didn't seem to be as powerful as the one back in the generator in Midgar. Then they had to go through the dark mines where at any moment hadions can appear. Luckily for the group they managed to run through the mines without running into any of them. Now they are walking the plains heading towards Junon so they can get a boat and cross the ocean to the central continent.
The group enter a small forest a few miles away from Junon. Yuffie is familiar with the forest, remembering it's the same one where she first met AVALANCHE. The trees are all huge and thick with green leaves, blocking most of the sunlight so the forest is nice and cool. When you take a deep breath you can smell the many scents of the forest. Yuffie always loved the smell and before she met AVALANCHE that's where she always stayed.
The group is walking the dirt trail of the forest. Yuffie knows all the trails by heart so she's taking up the lead. All the forest is only small compared to the other surrounding ones. In reality the forest is quite large. One can get lost in the forest for a couple of days if they don't know where they are going. Up ahead a fork in the road appears. Yuffie already knows which way to take so she doesn't slow down.
Suddenly the group stops. Someone else is in the forest. The bushes up ahead at the fork in the road shake as someone walks through them. Everyone puts there hand on their weapons ready to fight. Suddenly a rabbit jumps out of the bushes and races across the dirt path. Yuffie giggles a little and looks over her shoulder at her comrades, "Rabbit" She says amusingly.
Then the bushes get cut down to size, clearing a path for someone to walk. Yuffie slowly turns around as the bushes are kicked away. Yuffie sees everything as if it's a dream. A man walks out of the thick forest onto the path. His mercenary uniform a bit dirty from the hike. The huge Ultimate Sword strapped to his back and his untamed blonde spikes.
Tears immediately well up in Yuffie's eyes, "CLOUD!" She calls out.
The man turns around and faces the group and indeed it is Cloud, "Hello... Yuffie" He says. Yuffie races towards him tears running down her face. Kao and Rima stand behind not knowing what to do. Obviously Yuffie knows the person.
The man raises his left hand up as Yuffie runs to him. A few more feet and Yuffie will be able to hug Cloud again. Suddenly the man swings his left hand, slapping Yuffie off to the side. Kao and Rima immediately grab hold of their weapons. Yuffies sits on the ground, a hand on her cheek in disbelief. Yuffie looks up, the Ultimate Sword already on it's way to impale her. Everything seemed to slow down as Yuffie looks into Cloud's eyes and immediately sees something terribly wrong with him.
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! And That's that everyone! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I was planning on making it longer but I decided to end it here to keep you all in suspense. Heheeheehee. But never fear! The next chapter is near. Everyday last week I had a baseball game so it slowed down my updates. But this week I only have three games so the next chapter will be up soon. Hell I may have it up tonight since I'm going to start working on it right away. Oh how I love to give y'all cliffhangers though. Well what will happen next you wonder? I can't tell you it would ruin everything if I do. Well everyone drop a review and I'll get the next chapter up sooner. TTNC!