Howdy y'all! WUZZZZ UP? lol. Wow! I made it passed 100,000 words. No doubt about it. This will probably the longest story I'll write. Taps chin Then again... I don't ever see it ending, it's a never ending fic! AHHH!!! Wow! I got 150 reviews! That is so cool! You guys are great! I see y'all are anxious to find out what's going to happen next heeheehee. Well I'm not really sure... But I'll think of something as I'm typing.
On a totally unrelated note. Hey firefly Waves hand Yup Underworld was a sick movie. Absolutely loved it! Oh and my progress on Kingdom Hearts? I managed to beat the game! I also managed to kick Sephiroth's ass too. They should make something better happen when you beat him though. Oh big whoop he fades away.
Well after Kingdom Hearts I went out and bought another game. It's called Shadow Hearts, and no it doesn't have any relation to Kingdom Hearts, I thought it did at first. Well I beat that game too. For those of you who like a game with plenty of gore, Like myself, I suggest trying Shadow Hearts. It's a pretty cool game. The main hero of the game, Yuri, is a harmonixer, he can transform into demons, Pauses in thought Hmm... sounds like a certain red cloaked person I know Anyway he's a real badass punk kid who saves the heroine, Alice, from some English gentleman named Roger Bacon mmmm... Bacon... drolls
LOL get this. In the game, one of the your comrades you find in a castle. But get this, you find him sleeping in a COFFIN! A COFFIN! LOL Now doesn't that sound like someone we know? Oh and it turns out that the guy is actually a vampire. LOL Now I know Vincent Valentine is not really a vampire but people tend to mistake him for one. But that's not the funniest thing yet. Guess what the character's name is? LOL it's Keith Valentine! LOL I find that kind of ironic.
Wooo... okay enough bullshitting here. I think I got WAY off topic. lol. Sorry bout that y'all but yea Shadow Hearts is a pretty cool game, not enough movie things though. Anyway, how about I start up on this thing eh? I know most of you are probably saying "Just begin the damn story already dammit!" LOL Well here we go. Oh by the way, if you haven't noticed already, I'm kind of hyper at the moment.
Disclaimer- Zack doesn't own Final Fantasy 7. Zack doesn't have enough money to make something like that. Zack is going to cry now. Crawls under the sheets and cries himself to sleep.
Chapter 38- That's The Pride Of The Turks.
Fading....Fading away. Fading away to the darkest reaches of forgotten memories. Scenes warped together making it impossible to tell one event from another. Body frozen, not able to move a single muscle. The whole body feels numb, as if frozen in place. Sever headaches, making it impossible to think straight. Body sweating from the nightmare of memories. That's what Rima feels at the moment as she lays unconscious on the cabin floor.
What is this vision she keeps repeating? Is it a dream or is it a memory. She just can't decide. The same thing repeats inside of her mind. A little red headed girl with amber eyes, running away from villagers for a place to hide. Going inside the cave and falling in the spring. Her body gets numb and her life seems all but done.
She can't do a thing but watch the repeating scene. She can't give a response when her name is constantly repeated. She gives no sign of life to calm the little ninja down, except the faint rise of her chest going up and back down.
"Rima...Rima....Rima!" Yuffie shakes Rima violently trying to get a response. The crowd from before has walk away, no really caring what's happening anymore. Yuffie sits at Rima side, shaking her and calling her name. But all is in vain for she doesn't get a response.
Reno crouches down next to Yuffie and examines Rima. "She's out cold." He explains. He stands up and shrugs his shoulders, "Just have to wait for her to wake up I guess."
Yuffie shakes her head, "But what happened?"
Reno just shrugs his shoulders again. "Exhaustion maybe?" Elena decides to put in. "She could of just exhausted herself out and her body just kind of shutdown."
"Well let's get her off the floor at least." Kao says walking around to pick up her shoulders. Yuffie hefts Rima's legs up and they carry her to the bench on the side of the cabin. They stand there in silence starring at their odd comrade, each wondering if she will be alright.
"So what do we do now?" Yuffie asks impatiently.
Reno smirks, "We wait, and enjoy the cruise."
Yuffie groans, 'Great two things I can't stand.' She thinks to herself, already feeling her stomach turn again, 'Rotten evil ocean, making me get seasickness.' "I'll be out on the deck puking out what ever I've eaten." Yuffie lets them know before walking out of the cabin.
Suddenly the engines to the ship seize and the ship stops as it floats on the surface of the ocean. Reno looks around the cabin in confusion, "What the hell?"
Man on speaker - "Er... we're having some techno difficulties in the engine room. We'll have the mechanics down there in no time."
Reno taps his foot and crosses his arms over his chest, "How do you like that? Some great ship this is." He comments sarcastically.
"It's alright Reno." Elena says trying to keep the red head calm, "They said they'll send mechanics down there right away." She points out. Reno really is a handful at times. He has the worst mood swings. He can be perfectly calm one minute and the next, he's throwing things at people and cursing to high hell.
Reno snorted, "They better hurry up then. I don't want to be on this damn ship longer then I have to." He walks over and sits down on an empty bench. Elena sighs trying to fight the headache threatening to appear as she takes a seat next to Reno.
The passengers on the ship continue to grow more and more inpatient as the second hour rolls by. With no sign of any progress, Reno grows to the edge of his patience. He sits tapping his foot impatiently, with a scowl across his face. Elena keeps giving quick glances at Reno to make sure he doesn't explode in anger. Yuffie, feeling better since the ship stopped moving is sitting on the floor of the cabin seemingly lost in thought as Kao watches over Rima.
"I think I'll go ask what's taking so long." Elena announces before standing up and walking out of the cabin. They watch her until she disappears from sight then continue what they were doing, in other words, nothing.
Fifteen minutes later Elena came back, she seems in deep thought as she walks back into the cabin. "So what's up?" Yuffie asks from her spot on the floor.
Elena frowns, "They said that they don't know what's taking them so long. They lost contact with them when they reached the engine room."
"Dumbasses... Why don't they send someone down there to see what's the hold up?" Reno says annoyed.
"That's just it!" Elena says, "They did about a half an hour ago. They never came back." Everyone remains quiet as they think of the possibilities of something happening.
Reno breaths out a breath of frustration, 'Here we go again.' Reno thinks. "Alright Elena. Let's get going." He orders. He jumps up out of his seat.
"Wait a minute!" Yuffie says stopping them. The two stop. Yuffie jumps off of the floor, "Where you two going?" She asks.
Reno rolls his eyes at the stupid question, "Isn't it obvious? We're going to the engine room." Reno explains.
Yuffie scratches her head and grins, "Oh..." She turns towards Kao, "You stay with Rima." Kao nods his head. Yuffie turns back around to face the other two, "I'm going too."
Reno narrows his eyes, "Turks work alone." He states simply before turning around and leaving the cabin.
Yuffie follows, "Fine. I'll just say I'm going by myself and we just happen to be going in the same direction." Yuffie says triumphantly.
Elena stops herself from laughing, not wanting to get on Reno's bad side. The three make there way towards the lower decks towards the engine room. Other passengers stare at them as they walk by wondering what the group is up to.
Reno opens the hatch to the stairway and heads down the steel stairs, his footsteps echoing throughout the ship. It's cold, wet, and dim down in the lower decks of the ship. Wooden crates are stacked high on top of each other. The sound of dripping water and their footsteps are the only noise. No sign of the mechanics anywhere or the people that went to go check on them.
The three stop in front of another steel hatch that has 'Engine Room' written above it. Reno looks back at the other two and nods his head seeing if they are ready to go. Yuffie takes out her Conformer and nods her head. Reno takes out his glow rod and begins to open the hatch.
(Question- Does anyone know what weapon Elena has? All she does is throw shit at me in the game so it's uh...does she have a damn weapon or not?)
The three walk in to see what they can find, immediately they wish they hadn't. The body's of the mechanics and other are scattered about the room, torn in pieces. Some of the people are ripped in half with their intestines hanging out of them. Most of the people's mouths are open as if they were surprised by something. Their eyes are rolled back in their heads so you only see the white of their eyes. Body's are handing from ladders and the walkway above. Blood is still dripping from them to the lower part of the room. Blood is everywhere it seems, on the wall, floor, on the ladder, on the ships engine, and somehow even on the engine.
"What a mess." Reno comments.
"What happened?" Elena asks, some fear in her voice. She looks about the room quickly making sure nothing is about to attack her.
"Whatever did this, sure wasn't human." Yuffie comments. She looks at the body hanging on the ladder and pulls the man down. She puts her Conformer away and starts climbing the ladder to look around the walkway. "I'll search up here. You too look down there." She says.
Reno scowls, "I take orders from no one!" He says crossing his arms.
"Oh Leviathan! Just do it alright!" Yuffie shakes her head in annoyance, "Men and their ego!" Yuffie pauses after saying. That was so unlike her. That's something she'd expect Tifa to say but not her. Yuffie chuckles a bit while she walks alone the walkway. She steps over the bodies that get in her way, and continue on.
"Alright Elena. I'll look over the right and you take the left." Reno says walking to his said side.
"But shouldn't we stay in a group?" She says not liking the idea of splitting up.
Reno pauses and turns around, raising an eyebrow. "Elena, you're a Turk! You shouldn't be afraid of anything."
Elena nods her head, "Right!" She agrees before walking along the left side.
Reno smirks, 'Works every time!' Reno thinks amused to himself before turning back around.
Elena squints her eyes in the darkness behind the piping of the ship. Nothing is there so she continues on scanning her side for anything that's in here. "What are we looking for anyway?" She finally asks, just realizing that she doesn't know what to look for.
Reno stops in front of the large engine and turns his back to it, facing toward Elena. He shrugs his shoulders, "You know what? I have no damn clue" He turns back around towards the engine only to have something jump out at him. It encircles his body, pinning his arms to his side.
The creature is all black and slick feeling. The creature looks like it's some kind of liquid, like it made of oil or something, except for the six yellow orbs that looks like it's eyes. The creature gets a grip around Reno's neck preventing him to call out for help as he struggles to get the slimy creature off. He let's out a gagging sound as he tries to breath. He loses his grip on his glow rod and it clatters against the metal flooring.
Elena turns around, hearing the sound. "Reno?" She calls out trying to get his attention. When she doesn't get a reply she slowly walks around the panel she's behind to look for Reno. Her eyes lock onto Reno's form being constricted by some bizarre creature that she's never seen before. "RENO!" She calls out in a panic as she races towards him. The only response she gets is Reno's eyes turning towards her direction.
Elena grabs hold of the slimy creature and tries to pull it off of Reno. The creature doesn't move as it continues to constrict Reno. Elena looks down on the ground where Reno glow rod is. She picks it up, presses the red button at the handle and electricity forms at the end of the glow rod. Reno's eyes widen as he realizes what Elena is planning. Elena jabs the end of the glow rod at the creature. Electricity shocks through the creature and Reno. The creature lets out an ear splitting shriek and falls to the ground into a black puddle.
Reno moves away coughing trying to get as much air into his lungs as possible. Elena hands him his glow rod. Reno looks up and shoots her a dirty look, "Dammit! Couldn't you of found another way!" He yells in anger.
Elena places her fists on her hips, "Stop complaining. Besides, you're always wearing a bolt armlet anyway!" She turns around to look at the black puddle of muck, "It killed the thing didn't it?"
Reno sneers and puts his glow rod to his side. "Guess the job is done then." Just then the black much starts to move. The two stand there starring at it. The creature forms into a tall scrawny dripping shape. "What the hell is this thing?" Reno asks in annoyance.
The creature shrieks and lunches itself at the two. "DUCK!!!" They hear from behind. The two quickly get down on the ground as the Conformer whizzes by. It slices through the creature making it into two halves. The two halves fall down onto the ground.
The Conformer turns around and heads back to it's handler. Yuffie stands triumphantly seeing the job down. "And that ladies and gentlemen, is a knockout!" She makes a peace sign with her right hand and grins. Her face drops however as the creature pulls itself back together.
"You were saying?" Reno says as him and Elena get up.
"Okay... this could be a problem." Yuffie replies back.
"It reacted to electricity. Maybe its harmed only by magic." Elena suggests. "The creature looks like its made of some type of oil so it should burn easily."
Reno nods his head, "All right let's all cast fire then" He says
The three concentrate on their materia, gathering up the magical energy needed to cast the spell, "Fire 3" They all cast at the same time. Fire erupts all around the creature and it catches on fire. It moves around shaking trying to put the fire out as it shrieks in pain. The creature drops to the ground and the fire burns out leaving nothing of the creature but ashes.
"Let's head back up and tell them to fix the engine." Reno advises. The three make there way back to the upper decks/ Each ready to end this pleasure cruise.
Yuffie sighs and walks back into the ship's cabin. She's surprised to find Rima awake and sitting in the corner. She hurries over to Rima, "Hey what happened?" Yuffie immediately asks.
"...." Rima turns her head away not giving Yuffie an answer. Yuffie scratches her head in wonderment but decides to drop it. Suddenly the ship begins moving again and Yuffie feels her stomach turn. "Uuughhh...."
"Well they got it up and running." Reno says as him and Elena walk into the cabin. He smirks when he sees Yuffie clutching her stomach, fighting off her seasickness. "Well We'll be leaving you alone now. See ya around." Reno says waving his hand once.
"Bye!" Elena says as they head out of the cabin.
"WAIT!" Yuffie runs over to them. The two stop and turn around. Yuffie grins and scratches the back of her head, "Well I was thinking. Why don't you join us?" Yuffie asks.
Reno crosses his arms and turns his head off to the side. his face solemn, "Turks work alone. We fight together and die together. That is how it will always be. We flee to fight another day for a chance to claim victory. We will go after Vain and his men ourselves." Reno says turning around and walking away.
"But, what about Rude? And Reeve? Don't you want to be able to get revenge?? Yuffie asks.
Reno stops and turns around, "Don't get me wrong. Rude and Reeve were both my friends. We will avenge them for what Vain has done, because that is the pride of the Turks. You continue to search for your friends." Reno walks away with Elena in tow while saying one last thing, "When you have everyone together and you go in for the final battle. The Turks will have no problem being hired to help." With that the two walk away.
Yuffie smiled knowing that meant Reno will help with their battle when the time comes. She just hopes she can find everyone before that occurs though. Feeling her stomach turn she heads back into the cabin.
"That was the worst cruise ever!" Kao says as the three of them wait to get off the ship. They finally reached their destination. Costa Del Solo. The place looks almost exactly the same except less densely populated.
"I just want to get off this damn ship already!" Yuffie exclaims hanging over the railing.
"......" Rima says nothing, just waiting to get off. She has had enough happen to her on the ship. She just wants to get off and away from her thoughts that she's been having about her dreams.
Yuffie sighs in agony. She already lost everything she has eaten for the past two days. She just want to get to an inn and recuperate. "Dude.. I saw this wicked motorcycle on the ship." Yuffie hears from behind.
"I saw it too. It was on the second deck right?" Another person says.
"You see the guy who owns it? Man was he ever weird."
"You check out the huge ass sword he was carrying?" Yuffie's eyes widen a bit.
"Yea man... Dude I just thought of something."
"What?"
"That guy looked just like the leader of that terrorist group two years ago."
"I think you're right. What was his name. Clod Stref?"
"What!?" Yuffie quickly turns around at the two men. She runs up towards them. "Excuse me but could you tell me where you saw that man?"
One of the men shrugs his shoulder. "No problem. I believe I saw him on the second deck ready to leave." He says pointing to the stairs to the second deck.
Yuffie doesn't even give a thanks, she sprints up the stairs, her heart pounding in her ears. She feels her legs burning from running up the steps. It seems like an eternity before she makes it to the top. She quickly glances around the deck searching for Cloud. She spots a sailor and runs towards him. "Excuse me. I'm looking for my friend. I believe he has a motorcycle?" She asks.
The sailor points to the end of the deck where vehicle are getting off the boat. The sound of a motorcycle engine fills her ears. "Cloud!" She yells running to the end of the deck. By the time she get there though she only sees the distant outline of the motorcycle on the banks of Costa Del Solo.
Yuffie grinds her teeth trying to fight off the threatening tears as she turns around and goes back down to the lower deck. Where the passengers without vehicles are getting off. Kao sees Yuffie coming back, "Hey what's wrong?" He asks noticing the growing tears.
"Nothing." She says simply. 'Dammit! If I was only sooner!'
Finally it's their turn to get off the ship. Yuffie follows her two comrades, with her head hung down. She finally gets off the ship. "Yuffie?" Yuffie hears a familiar voice.
Yuffie's eye go wide in disbelief at the familiar voice. She raises her head and ever so slowly turns around to the owner of the voice.
"C-Cloud?"
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! And that's it y'all! Oh man oh man. I would just LOVE to write more but the fan in my computer is broken or something so my computer keeps overheating. It took me DAYS to write this chapter. Man don't you all just love me right now? I mean it has got to be a thrill for all of you to be held up on the evil cliff hanger here. Oh man... next chapter is going to be hard to write. I have finals all week then I'm finally FREEEE!!!!! Hurray! Alrighty everyone I better go now. TTNC oh and review to vent out your anger its always fun to read those.