Howdy y'all! How's it going? So... how'd y'all like the last chapter? lol. Kept you in suspense eh? Well it's fun really, doing that to people. Now let's see here, (Looks at previous chapter) I said this chapter will mainly focus on two people. Wow I bet that was REAL hard to guess who the two people are huh? (Rolls eyes in sarcasm) So... how many did end up guessing Cloud and Yuffie for this chapter. (Almost everyone raises their hands) Damn... can't get anything by you people. You're too smart for me. Oh well. The moment someone has been waiting has fallen upon us like a piece of hail the size of a melon falling from the sky. What am I talking about you ask? I dunno. But if you read on you'll find out.

Disclaimer- All hell broke loose today down at Squaresoft when I tried to buy ownership of Final Fantasy 7. Sadly they refused to be bought, then they ordered guards to come and carry me out of the building. That's when things got VEEERRRRRRY interesting, heeheehee. Let's just say I had some fun with the guards with the help of...

Voice- Keep quiet you maggot!

Why?

Voice- Are you stupid! No one is suppose to know about me! You hired me to be an assassin!

Oh yea.. well anyway it was quite entertaining to watch her bite into their necks and drink their blood.

Voice- Idiot...

(smiles)

Chapter 41- Confusing Moments

Moonlight cascades over the plains of Coasta Del Solo as the storm passes by. The moonlight gives the plains a silver glow as fog blankets the surface. The ground is soft and wet from the passing rain, making a person's footsteps squish in the mud, but also making the ground slick. Yuffie learns this as she slips on the wet ground and falls, getting mud all over herself.

Yuffie stands up and tries to catch her breath from her sprint. "Where... is... he?" Yuffie says in between breath as she looks around. She could of sworn she saw Cloud run this way. She scans her surroundings, she's near the cliffs that lead to the Corel Trail. Cloud must of gone into the mountains.

"Uhnnn.." Yuffie turns around seeing zombies coming out from behind the cliffs. 'Greeeat, just what I need!' She thinks in annoyance. She grabs her Conformer that's at her side, thanking whatever god is up there that she remembered it in her rush.

"Uhnnn..." Yuffie quickly looks over her shoulder to see more zombies coming from behind her. She's going to be surrounded by them if she doesn't think of something. Sweat trails down her brow as she clutches her Conformer tightly, getting ready to throw it.

ROOOAAAAR! A powerful beast roar is heard from above. Yuffie quickly looks up, just in time to see the creature spread its wings and dive down off the cliffs towards her. Yuffie quickly holds up her Conformer in front of her face to defend against the attack.

Sephiroth opens his mako-enhanced emerald eyes to see the progress of the zombies. Seeing how they still have tome, he stays put. His gaze slowly travels to his left where the woman hunting him stands waiting for the zombies also. His eyes narrow just a bit as he notices her skin being paler then usual. Sensing his eyes on her, Rima turns her head towards Sephiroth. Her eyes narrow in annoyance, "What are you looking at?" She questions, the venom clear in her voice.

"...." Sephiroth turns his gaze back to the advancing zombies. Rima snorts in annoyance and also looks back towards the zombies, ignoring Sephiroth's presence. The two set into an uncomfortable silence again. Well, uncomfortable for Rima since the man she's been hunting years is standing only a few feet away from her. "When was the last time you've fed?" Sephiroth's cool, confident voice breaks through the silence.

That's no business of yours!" Rima snaps. Now that she thinks about it. When was the last time she's fed? It was back in Midgar, a little over a week ago. This is probably the longest she's gone without feeding. Perhaps it's the reason why she feels a bit weaker then usual. "I'm not controlled by my hunger... I don't need to drink other's blood to keep going." Rima says to reassure herself more the Sephiroth.

A barely noticeable smirk crosses Sephiroth's face, "As I recall. Hojo said otherwise."

Rima clenches and unclenches her fists at her sides as she grinds her teeth. He has to bring up the one person she'd rather forget about. "The only blood I'll be drinking is yours." She warns threateningly as she aims her gun at him again.

"Save it, they're here." Sephiroth says unaffected by Rima's threat. He takes off towards the zombies. Rima puts her rifle away and takes out two daggers, since bullets can't blow off a zombie's head, she has to settle with hacking them off.

Sephiroth closes the distance between him and the zombies quickly, keeping his right hand on the hilt of the Masamune as he runs towards them. As he makes it to the zombies, he unsheathes the Masamune, chopping the heads off of three zombies in the process. Blood splatters all on the ground and on his face. He jumps back, away from the zombies and then jumps in the middle of a large group of them. The zombies circle him, and close in on him like a predator corners their prey.

When the zombies are close enough, Sephiroth spins on the top of his right foot, holding out the Masamune. The Masamune chops the surrounding zombies in half at their stomachs. The zombies continue to advance on him though, pulling themselves along by their hands, their intestines dragging behind them as they leave a blood trail. Sephiroth walks over to the closest zombie and effortlessly chops its head off. Then he goes on to the next one and does the same thing.

'These things never learn.' Rima thinks to herself as she dodges away from a zombie's clutches. She jumps back towards it and drives a dagger through its forehead, momentary stunned, Rima drives her other dagger into the zombie's throat. Blood gushes out of the zombie's throat onto Rima's face. The scent of the zombie's blood floods Rima's senses, making her craving stronger, she can feel herself begin to change, 'No! I'm not controlled by it! I don't need to turn to keep up with Sephiroth!' She fights to prevent her change.

The zombie get over it's stunned state and makes a grab for Rima. Rima ducks and steps to the side. She grabs the zombie and picks it up. The zombie struggles in her grasp. Rima narrows her eyes and holds the zombie up over her head, she lifts up her left knee and slams the zombie's side onto her knee. A loud CRACK! is heard as the zombie's spine shatters. Rima pulls the daggers out of the zombie then chops its head off.

Rima pauses and looks around the surrounding area. What's left of the zombies are quickly piling up around Sephiroth as they try to advance on him. The masamune, being as long as it is, doesn't even give them a chance at getting close enough to Sephiroth to actually try and harm him.

The last zombie soon goes down, leaving the area as a graveyard for the zombies. Rima puts her daggers away, seeing that there's no danger around. "Hee...hee...hee.." Rima slowly turns around to see what's making the noise. She takes an uncertain step back as she sees two bright crimson eyes starring at her. She can just barely make out an outline of the creature as it advances on her. Rima quickly takes out her rifle, aiming between the hadion's eyes. She fires a shot, but it doesn't seem to affect the hadion at all as it continues towards her.

Sephiroth turns his head towards Rima when he hears the gun shot. He stares at Rima as she aims her gun out in the darkness. Soon his attention is caught by the creature she's aiming at. He remembers seeing that kind of creature a few times before, he never had to fight one though. He watches as Rima fires another shot at the creature, it still remains unaffected.

Sephiroth runs over to Rima's side. Rima turns her head to the side as she notices him, "This thing won't die." She says, as she takes another step away from it. Sephiroth leaps forward, slashing the deadly Masamune through the hadion. Sephiroth's keen eyes just barely make out the claws of the hadion, swing through the air. Sephiroth jumps back in time, out of the hadion's reach. "Any ideas?" Rima asks not knowing how to get rid of the hadion.

Six more pairs of glowing red eyes suddenly appear around the two, surrounding them in a circle. "Die...Die...Die..." The hadions chant as they close in on them.

Sephiroth looks all around him, seeing no way to escape. He sheathes the Masamune earning a questioning look from Rima. Sephiroth pulls his right arm back and concentrates. Bolt of electricity start to flow around Sephiroth's right hand. "What the hell are you doing?" Rima demands, totally confused.

Sephiroth looks to his right seeing Rima stare at him in bewilderment. With his left hand, Sephiroth quickly grabs Rima's arm and pulls her to him. "What are-"

"HELLFIRE!" Sephiroth calls out raising right hand to the sky. Three blasts of molten lave from deep in the planet's crust, break through the surface, shooting twenty feet into the air, and surround the two. The heat is so intense, Rima doesn't even understand how she's no burned yet.

The hadions back off in confusion. Sephiroth sees it as a good opportunity to escape. He brings his right hand down and the lava sinks back into the ground. Sephiroth releases Rima's arm and runs off. A moment later, Rima is following him as the two escape the hadions.

The two run through the darkness of the night as fast and as long as they can. When they finally do stop, it's near the Corel Mountains. Rima hunches over gasping for air. In order to keep up with Sephiroth's speed, she had to sprint the entire time they were running. She glances up at Sephiroth, he's not breathing as heavily as she is, but he's still short of breath. Rima straightens up and walks over to the large tree nearby. She leans against it, too tired to hold herself up. Perhaps neglecting her need for fresh blood was a bad idea.

Rima keeps her eyes trained on Sephiroth's back, waiting for him to do or say something. "Why did you save me?" Rima suddenly asks, the sharp tone she uses around him in her voice. Sephiroth turns around and just stares at her. "You could of made it easy on yourself and killed me with that last attack." She says recalling the hellfire technique he used against the hadions.

Sephiroth crosses his arms and looks off to the side, "I have no desire nor reason to kill you." He simply states.

"I'm hunting you down. Shouldn't that be reason enough?" Rima asks in annoyance.

Sephiroth locks his gaze into her amber eyes, "Why?" He questions suddenly. "I understand why other would hunt me down but you.." He trails off a moment in thought, "Wouldn't you rather go after Hojo? He's the one who did this to you. I just merely stopped you from doing so once."

Rima's eyes narrows, her amber eyes changing colors, amber to crimson to amber again as she fights off her anger. "Do you honestly think that's the only reason I want to kill you?" Sephiroth remains silent, waiting for her to continue. "I learned the truth a short while after that day. I wasn't going to kill you. That is until I found out the truth." If Sephiroth was surprised at all, he didn't show it. He just kept a steady gaze on Rima, "Do you know what I'm talking about? Or have you forgotten?" Rima asks, her voice dangerously low.

Sephiroth stood there not saying anything, not even indicating he knows or not what she's talking about. "I don't care if you remember or not." Rima says. "I'm still... GOING TO KILL YOU!" She shouts as she reaches for her gun. Sephiroth was there in an instant, the blade of the Masamune pressed against her throat. Rima freezes her hand, but not really afraid of the sword at her throat, "Get away from me." Rima warns, slowly.

"Sephiroth stands his ground and presses the blade to her throat more, causing her to lean back until she's up against the tree. "You wish to die so quickly?" Sephiroth asks, his voice cold.

Rima's eyes narrow more, "Why wouldn't I? Being turned into this?" She says disgusted by what she's become. "I have to drink the blood of others in order to survive. I've been turned into this demon."

Rima's eyes lock onto Sephiroth as she gives him the most deadly glare she can make. Sephiroth presses the blade to her throat harder, "Do you wish to die now? I'll grant you that wish if you want it so much." He states.

Rima's right hand slowly pulls her gun out of it's holster. She holds it at her side, waiting for the right moment to shot him. Rima sneers at him, her eyes glowing in fury. Sephiroth's emerald eyes remain fixed on her amber ones as he waits for her answer. "I'll kill you before I die. When I'm finished with you, I'll get rid of-" Rima's eyes widen in shock when she feels Sephiroth's lips on hers. The gun in her hand drops to the ground as she loses her grip on it.

He licks her lips asking for entrance. Rima lets out a gasp, opening her mouth. His tongue dives in and explores her mouth, brushing against her teeth and gums. As he explores her mouth, he lowers the Masamune from her throat. Although she lost all rational thought due to her shock, Rima couldn't help but notice how soft his lips feel.

Rima blinks rapidly, getting out of her daze. She places her hands on his chest and shoves him off of her. Sephiroth stumbles back a bit as Rima quickly grabs her gun off the ground. She raises it and fire multiple shots, not even bother to try and aim. Not that she can anyway, her mind is somewhere else, preventing her from focusing.

She doesn't even notice when Sephiroth disappears until a few moments after. She quickly scans the area but there isn't a trace of him. She falls to the ground and leans against the tree. She brings a shaking hand to her lips, still tingling from the kiss. Then she growls in anger, "Damn him." She curses, "He's trying to confuse me." 'And he's doing a hell of a job at it too.'

Her attention is caught when she hears and sees an explosion. She stands up and looks east. There she can see the light given off by the explosion that just happened a moment ago. She quickly takes off towards the explosion to see what it is.

MWAHAHAHAHA! That's it everyone! Heeheehee. You thought you were getting a Cloud and Yuffie chapter, didn't you? Didn't you? Well got you there! Well there you have it Alex. You were complaining that it has been forty chapters and no kiss. Well there you are, There's one. Not who you expected huh? Bet ya no one expected that one... well except one person. But I realized something. there was a kiss in this story already, in chapter 19, Zack kissed Tifa. So there! See it hasn't been forty chapters without a kiss. Oh yes I know, you wanted Cloud and Yuffie to kiss but I just couldn't help it.

But what the hell possessed Sephiroth to kiss Rima? And what TRUTH was Rima speaking of. Something to do with her past, and Sephiroth is involved in it.. but how? I'll nnnevvvver telll MWAHAHAHAHA. Well... not yet at least. Now I need to think of a title for this chapter before I post it. Hmm.... well review y'all TTNC!