Special Note: Alright, last chapter sucked, I know... I wasn't exactly
finished with it... (I'd been planning on doing a hell of a lot more with
it... but that'll be this chapter... I think..) I'm not too sure if this
one's that great either... =¬.¬''=
Title: Fiery Red Horizon
Chapter: 3
Chapter Title: A Bit Of An Interlude
Author: Kage Kashu
Archive: Ask. Give credit where it's due. Then... ?
Genre: General. Humor/Drama/Angst/Romance/Action/Adventure
Story Summary: Sequel to Mako Blue Horizon. With Cloud's death weighing heavily on everyone' minds, the journey becomes tainted with a need for revenge. During the while Cloud finds out just how hard it is to deal with a madwoman.
Chapter Summary: We find out more of Cloud Strife's family tree, and see Cloud, then Laguna, then back to Icicle.
Disclaimer: Dun own them, wish I did.
Author's notes: You need to have played the game to get this part. Things get stranger. And I figure... Normal thinking is between 'these things'. Jenova is going to be between -these, 'cause I didn't feel like being more creative for her-. And Aerith is going to be between ~these~. And Sephiroth's younger self is going to be between \these\. (Yeah, that works!) I suppose I also need something for talking through electronics. So, that will be in between =these=.
Warnings: Very AU. Uhm... blood? (Just a little.) Confusion... (A little more than a little...) Contemplation... (Okay, a lot...) Zack. (Cool!!)
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Turks Office, Shinra Building, Midgar
Elena stared at the PHS in her hand. She'd recently found that she had had a brother. Now, the man who had played the part of father to her long lost twin called and told her (Rather callously, she thought) that her brother was dead.
Her grip tightened on the phone. She hadn't had a chance to get to know her brother as a person, even. She'd worked with him, on occasion, as a Turk... and her coworker, Reno, was good friends with him... but she'd never taken the time to actually get to know him.
A soft cracking noise caught her attention, as the PHS snapped into pieces, in her hand. She supposed that she should tell Reno. Reno had known Cloud better.
She scowled at her hand, which was now bleeding all over her nice, neat desk. Damnit.
Elena wrapped her hand. She paused in the doorway, "Rude? I'm going to the clinic. I'll be back in a few."
Rude blinked. What was up with her these days, anyway?
~*~
Unknown
Swirling, glowing green. Bright contrast to the deeper emerald... He -had- to get out of here... Every minute he was reminded of the glowing green shock... And he felt that he was loosing himself in that glow. Anything to get away from -her-.
It had been bothering him for a while, now... There were so many others here... but they were faded into the green. He felt that he was fading too... Much too quickly. He couldn't stay here.
She wouldn't leave him alone... No matter how hard one tried, in the Lifestream, there was nowhere to hide.
Not to mention, if he stayed much longer, he'd become like the other residents... Faded, part of the green.
Some of them screamed, some tittered happily... No matter, they were all the same. He didn't want to become that. And he already was. Each time, when he looked at himself, it was harder to tell if he was really there. That just meant that he had to find a way out.
There was a place, in the Lifestream, where a shock of blue escaped into the green glow. The answer, his escape, must be there.
~*~
Boat to Costa del Sol
Kiros turned a whole new shade of green as the boat lurched. He lurched with it, over to the railing. He really didn't want to get sick... Laguna would have something to pick on him about, and he really wasn't ready for that kind of thing. Ward's silent laughter was bad enough.
Then there was Laguna... who hadn't noticed Kiros' condition. For which Kiros could only be thankful for. Not that Laguna would be too mean... But Kiros preferred to be one up on those kinds of things.
Currently, Laguna appeared to be -dancing?- to the rather raucous music playing nearby. Personally, Kiros found the music, if indeed it could be called music, a bit too harsh for his tastes... But, apparently, Laguna thought it was the greatest. (The mere thought of trying to bounce around like Laguna was currently doing made Kiros' stomach turn even more...)
And Ward just stood back, quietly amused by the whole deal. Ward had been a fairly quiet man even before he lost his voice... (And in such a terrible manner...) Now, Kiros could rarely tell what the man was thinking... what he was feeling, sure, but thinking? Although, he would swear that Laguna had a psychic connection with the man, because from the way he talked with him, you would swear that Ward was answering, until you were close enough to know that he wasn't speaking at all.
One of those many things that creeped him out about his companions. That one had to be right alongside Laguna's never ceasing energy. Honestly, the man couldn't sit still. Yet, Kiros knew, if some pretty chick came by and talked to him, he'd freeze in place, with a cramp in his leg.
Unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen anytime soon, so Kiros was going to have to watch Laguna spin around, Ward laugh, and he himself would just sit by the boat's railing, sick as a dog, until they reached Costa del Sol. Really, the airship had been bad enough...
~*~
Icicle Inn
Zack leaned forward, towards Tifa. "So, he's been all, you know, 'revenge, revenge' since?"
She nodded. "And we lost Reeve. We're not even sure where, except that it was between here and the caves."
Zack shrugged. "You know, I know who most of you are... but those two," he nodded at a tall man in red and black, and a slightly shorter, rougher looking blonde man, "I don't know."
"Vincent and Cid. Vincent's really quiet, even more so, lately... and Cid... well, he usually isn't." She shook her head. "Actually, he's usually really loud." She frowned thoughtfully. "I picked up how you know Sephiroth... I think... but how do you know the rest of us?"
He scratched his head. "Well, it's hard to explain. But I thought I was dead... maybe I was? And kind of hung out in the back of Sephy's head, as it were. It was kind of funny at times... but I couldn't really do anything... And then I was up there," he pointed out the window, at the far end of the glacier. "Been heading in this direction since right before you guys stopped in my hometown."
"Gongaga?"
He nodded. "You know, if we looked around, we could probably find Aerith's old house. She used to live here."
"Really?" Tifa sat up. "Do you know...?"
He shook his head. "All I know, is that it's probably Shinra property. You want to find it? Seph might want to see it too..." He nodded to himself. "I gotta talk ta Seph anyway," he said ruefully, staring at his hands, glad to see that the claws hadn't come back.
They had a few hours before they planned on leaving. That would be enough time for a talk, and perhaps enough time to search Aerith's house, if they could find it.
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You all know the drill... read review.
Danyella Skyler Silverfire, ;p I have a stomachache, and an earache. Of course, I'm sick. Although, I suppose I could just be reacting to being awake at such a strange time... (morning)
Angefantasy, Nah, he's just a bit distracted. (Being physical and all...) He has things to pay attention to other than his mind... Although, the Mako probably is affecting him... just not in that particular manner. Poor Reeve... poor Cloud... Aerith? Who feels sorry for her? =¬.¬'= Meh, it took me longer than I had planned, which means that it was more of a self- complaint than anything else... =^_____^'=
Chibiboko, Funny thought, but nope, not a Mako pool... (Especially funny about everyone needing to pitch in and do his part, ya? Heheh.) Never tried the bit with the parmesan... I swear, that's where I got the bellyache (Even though it was only one bite!). None of that other stuff (Well, it could have been the mini pizzas... or the yogurt... more likely the yogurt...) could do that to me!
Miniature Rant of the Day-
On Kiros: He always struck me as an intellectual. An intellectual with a really bad sense of humor. Not to mention, he and Ward were actually kind of mean to Laguna... (one would have to have a bit of humor to deal with the man...) People usually portray him as the man who knows what's going on, more so than anyone else... but in the game, he seems just as confused as the others, just better articulated. (Laguna's really bad about that... =¬___¬'=)
If you actually read my rants, thank you.
Thank you, for reading.
Title: Fiery Red Horizon
Chapter: 3
Chapter Title: A Bit Of An Interlude
Author: Kage Kashu
Archive: Ask. Give credit where it's due. Then... ?
Genre: General. Humor/Drama/Angst/Romance/Action/Adventure
Story Summary: Sequel to Mako Blue Horizon. With Cloud's death weighing heavily on everyone' minds, the journey becomes tainted with a need for revenge. During the while Cloud finds out just how hard it is to deal with a madwoman.
Chapter Summary: We find out more of Cloud Strife's family tree, and see Cloud, then Laguna, then back to Icicle.
Disclaimer: Dun own them, wish I did.
Author's notes: You need to have played the game to get this part. Things get stranger. And I figure... Normal thinking is between 'these things'. Jenova is going to be between -these, 'cause I didn't feel like being more creative for her-. And Aerith is going to be between ~these~. And Sephiroth's younger self is going to be between \these\. (Yeah, that works!) I suppose I also need something for talking through electronics. So, that will be in between =these=.
Warnings: Very AU. Uhm... blood? (Just a little.) Confusion... (A little more than a little...) Contemplation... (Okay, a lot...) Zack. (Cool!!)
~*~*~*~*~*~
Turks Office, Shinra Building, Midgar
Elena stared at the PHS in her hand. She'd recently found that she had had a brother. Now, the man who had played the part of father to her long lost twin called and told her (Rather callously, she thought) that her brother was dead.
Her grip tightened on the phone. She hadn't had a chance to get to know her brother as a person, even. She'd worked with him, on occasion, as a Turk... and her coworker, Reno, was good friends with him... but she'd never taken the time to actually get to know him.
A soft cracking noise caught her attention, as the PHS snapped into pieces, in her hand. She supposed that she should tell Reno. Reno had known Cloud better.
She scowled at her hand, which was now bleeding all over her nice, neat desk. Damnit.
Elena wrapped her hand. She paused in the doorway, "Rude? I'm going to the clinic. I'll be back in a few."
Rude blinked. What was up with her these days, anyway?
~*~
Unknown
Swirling, glowing green. Bright contrast to the deeper emerald... He -had- to get out of here... Every minute he was reminded of the glowing green shock... And he felt that he was loosing himself in that glow. Anything to get away from -her-.
It had been bothering him for a while, now... There were so many others here... but they were faded into the green. He felt that he was fading too... Much too quickly. He couldn't stay here.
She wouldn't leave him alone... No matter how hard one tried, in the Lifestream, there was nowhere to hide.
Not to mention, if he stayed much longer, he'd become like the other residents... Faded, part of the green.
Some of them screamed, some tittered happily... No matter, they were all the same. He didn't want to become that. And he already was. Each time, when he looked at himself, it was harder to tell if he was really there. That just meant that he had to find a way out.
There was a place, in the Lifestream, where a shock of blue escaped into the green glow. The answer, his escape, must be there.
~*~
Boat to Costa del Sol
Kiros turned a whole new shade of green as the boat lurched. He lurched with it, over to the railing. He really didn't want to get sick... Laguna would have something to pick on him about, and he really wasn't ready for that kind of thing. Ward's silent laughter was bad enough.
Then there was Laguna... who hadn't noticed Kiros' condition. For which Kiros could only be thankful for. Not that Laguna would be too mean... But Kiros preferred to be one up on those kinds of things.
Currently, Laguna appeared to be -dancing?- to the rather raucous music playing nearby. Personally, Kiros found the music, if indeed it could be called music, a bit too harsh for his tastes... But, apparently, Laguna thought it was the greatest. (The mere thought of trying to bounce around like Laguna was currently doing made Kiros' stomach turn even more...)
And Ward just stood back, quietly amused by the whole deal. Ward had been a fairly quiet man even before he lost his voice... (And in such a terrible manner...) Now, Kiros could rarely tell what the man was thinking... what he was feeling, sure, but thinking? Although, he would swear that Laguna had a psychic connection with the man, because from the way he talked with him, you would swear that Ward was answering, until you were close enough to know that he wasn't speaking at all.
One of those many things that creeped him out about his companions. That one had to be right alongside Laguna's never ceasing energy. Honestly, the man couldn't sit still. Yet, Kiros knew, if some pretty chick came by and talked to him, he'd freeze in place, with a cramp in his leg.
Unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen anytime soon, so Kiros was going to have to watch Laguna spin around, Ward laugh, and he himself would just sit by the boat's railing, sick as a dog, until they reached Costa del Sol. Really, the airship had been bad enough...
~*~
Icicle Inn
Zack leaned forward, towards Tifa. "So, he's been all, you know, 'revenge, revenge' since?"
She nodded. "And we lost Reeve. We're not even sure where, except that it was between here and the caves."
Zack shrugged. "You know, I know who most of you are... but those two," he nodded at a tall man in red and black, and a slightly shorter, rougher looking blonde man, "I don't know."
"Vincent and Cid. Vincent's really quiet, even more so, lately... and Cid... well, he usually isn't." She shook her head. "Actually, he's usually really loud." She frowned thoughtfully. "I picked up how you know Sephiroth... I think... but how do you know the rest of us?"
He scratched his head. "Well, it's hard to explain. But I thought I was dead... maybe I was? And kind of hung out in the back of Sephy's head, as it were. It was kind of funny at times... but I couldn't really do anything... And then I was up there," he pointed out the window, at the far end of the glacier. "Been heading in this direction since right before you guys stopped in my hometown."
"Gongaga?"
He nodded. "You know, if we looked around, we could probably find Aerith's old house. She used to live here."
"Really?" Tifa sat up. "Do you know...?"
He shook his head. "All I know, is that it's probably Shinra property. You want to find it? Seph might want to see it too..." He nodded to himself. "I gotta talk ta Seph anyway," he said ruefully, staring at his hands, glad to see that the claws hadn't come back.
They had a few hours before they planned on leaving. That would be enough time for a talk, and perhaps enough time to search Aerith's house, if they could find it.
~*~*~*~*~*~
You all know the drill... read review.
Danyella Skyler Silverfire, ;p I have a stomachache, and an earache. Of course, I'm sick. Although, I suppose I could just be reacting to being awake at such a strange time... (morning)
Angefantasy, Nah, he's just a bit distracted. (Being physical and all...) He has things to pay attention to other than his mind... Although, the Mako probably is affecting him... just not in that particular manner. Poor Reeve... poor Cloud... Aerith? Who feels sorry for her? =¬.¬'= Meh, it took me longer than I had planned, which means that it was more of a self- complaint than anything else... =^_____^'=
Chibiboko, Funny thought, but nope, not a Mako pool... (Especially funny about everyone needing to pitch in and do his part, ya? Heheh.) Never tried the bit with the parmesan... I swear, that's where I got the bellyache (Even though it was only one bite!). None of that other stuff (Well, it could have been the mini pizzas... or the yogurt... more likely the yogurt...) could do that to me!
Miniature Rant of the Day-
On Kiros: He always struck me as an intellectual. An intellectual with a really bad sense of humor. Not to mention, he and Ward were actually kind of mean to Laguna... (one would have to have a bit of humor to deal with the man...) People usually portray him as the man who knows what's going on, more so than anyone else... but in the game, he seems just as confused as the others, just better articulated. (Laguna's really bad about that... =¬___¬'=)
If you actually read my rants, thank you.
Thank you, for reading.