General Sephiroth led the war that destroyed Wutai's pride. He ruined everything for us. But I found out the hard way that it really wasn't his fault. SinRa is the real enemy. The former President ordered the war. My nation had grown to strong for his liking. So he had us subjugated. In the end we really never damaged ShinRa at all.
Many of us were taken prisnor and used for various things. Many were turned into slaves, most were tortured. But for everyone who survived the torture and those who shoed that they were too stubborn to be slaves, we were given to Professer Hojo. That lunitic experimented on us.
In the end, Wutai was left a mere shadow of itself. Godo had lost faith, espically when his wife died. When he submitted to ShinRa, we all thought we were dead. But ShinRa let Godo live. Wutai had to become a tourist town to support itself. It was the deepest blow that ShinRa landed. We gave half our earnings to ShinRa. Everything was ruined.
Thirteenth day of the seventh month.
Three hundred men and women made their way up and down the rocky plateaus that made up the southern end of the Wutai continent. They easily climbed the terrain, blending in perfectly.
A young woman led them, the mark of the general upon her left breast. She was your average wutaian. Long black hair was in a braid that fell past her knees. She led her troops confidentially, guns and grenades held ready, whether for monster or man, no one knew.
The troop came to a stunned halt as they crested another hill. They had come face to face with another troop. No one could mistake the man leading the enemies. It was General Sephiroth.
There was a moment of complete silence before hundreds of grenades flew through the air, filling the once quiet countryside with explosions. When most of the dust settled, few people stood. Many lay in piles, moaning in pain if they still lived but dying even as they strove to bandage their wounds.
The two generals stood still, kept unharmed by Sephiroth's wall spell. He smiled in anticipation of a fight as he bared his Masamune. The woman, General Aiden, pulled her twin swords as she scanned the battlefield. Not many were left. Those who had avoided the grenade attacks were either helping the wounded or watching them. Aiden focused her attention on Sephiroth, more than slightly nervous but banishing all her emotions.
She touched the hilt of her sword to her a pendent that was secured to a mythril chain before attacking Sephiroth. He parried and attacked. Minutes passed, seeming like hours for Aiden, a sweat breaking out. She smiled, pleased with herself. First blood was hers in the form of a shallow sword cut on Sephiroth's chest, cutting into his coat.
Sephiroth frowned and the remaining soldiers on Aiden's side screamed in pain as the ground bellows them exploded. In three quick moves one of Aiden's swords shattered, the other was sent flying as the entire length of the Masamune was slammed through her midsection. Aiden's eyes widened in shock and understanding. He had just been playing with her. She groaned in pain as the sword was twisted and slowly pulled out of her midsection. After it was free of her body she slumped to her knees, hands pressed against the wound.
Sephiroth smirked as he kicked her onto her back, watching her blood spatter through her fingers as she hit the ground. He raised the Masamune to strike but paused as a radio transmission crackled in his ear. After a moment or two he muttered a reply into a device at his wrist. He looked down on Aiden and cast cure. The wutaian general sucked in a sharp breath as she scuttled back out of reach before getting to her feet. She watched the enemy general warily.
Moving faster than Aiden believed normal, Sephiroth dashed forward and slammed his fist into Aiden's jaw, knocking her flat. While she was stunned he ripped off the ribbon from her breast and cast sleep. Aiden reached for the pendant as she slowly slipped down into the black oblivion.
Sephiroth picked the girl up and slung her over once of his shoulders. He paused to look around at the battle field. Not many were left alive on either side. He left them to fend for themselves as he walked back around the hill t owhere the chocobos were put. Sephiroth slung Aiden over the bird's back infront of the saddle and mounted. The chocobo warked uncertinally, not used to the weight of two people.
Sephiroth gently prodded it into moving. After a few moments the golden bird set off to the east, away from the setting sun. It moved quickly over land and soon across the sea. In the distance a mass armada of ShinRa battle ships appeared. A door that was almost on sea level opened and the chocobo jumped into the ship.
Sephiroth dismounted and grabbed his prize then handed the reins to one of the stable boys. He made his way through the ship till he came to his quarters. He set Aiden on the floor of the room and bound her wrists and ankles with cuffs before setting her in a chair. He walked over to a small fridge and pulled out some food. He grimiced slightly as he ate the travel rations. He drank a glass of water as he looked out the one small porthole.
Why did HQ want him back? The war wasn't over yet. It was certinally almost over but it wasn't won yet. Sephiroth growled to himself. Those upstart, young soldiers couldn't do a damned thing with out proper supervision. They were always running off trying to turn themselves into heros. And there weren't that many good officers either. He punched the wall idily, denting the metal.
Aiden groaned, slowly opening her eyes. She promptly tried reaching for weapons that weren't there. The cuffs that restrained her wrists behind her back made it impossible for her to grab her weapons even if she still had them. Sephiroth turned at looked at her, studying.
"Name and rank." Sephiroth asked. The girl refused to answer, she was looking around the room, searching for means of an escape. From what she could see of the porthole was a small smudge in the horizon that was Wutai, framed in the bloody rays of the setting sun.
"Answer me." Sephiroth said a slow smile forming. He looked forward to breaking her. No one refused to answer him, except those of higher rank, of course. But then even some of his official acted fearful when confronted with him. As it should be. Again Aiden refused to answer him. She was trying to pull her hands free from the cuffs.
Sephiroth walked over to Aiden and slapped her across her face.
"Name and rank. Now." He repeated. She glared at the general and firmly pressed her lips together. Sephiroth remembered the girl reaching for something in her shirt and started rooting through it. He grinned as she yelped and tried to pull away from him. He purposely took longer to root around for the pendant. After embarrassing the girl and getting her mind started on many of the things he could do to her he finally ripped the pendant from the cord it was on.
It was a leviathan wrapped around a small vial. The leviathan was Wutai's symbol and the vial was most likely a poison of some sort. Sephiroth smirked and dropped the pendant to the floor and crushed it under his boot heel. The silver distorted and the glass vial shattered, leaving a small wet stain on the ground.
Aiden closed her eyes tightly. She had to find a way to kill herself before she was taken into ShinRa HQ. She couldn't betray her country and really didn't want to find out first hand about their torture techniques. Sephiroth punched her this time. The chair would have tipped if he had not steadied it. Aiden blinked, her vision swimming as she tried to get her bearings. Again and again Sephiroth beat her until, finally, just before they reached the Midgar coast she wheezed out what he wanted.
"What?" Sephiroth asked smugly, his fist stopping just above her face.
"…g…Gen..eral..a…A-Aiden…" She choked her own name out, blood running down her face, dripping slowly from Sephiroth's gloved hand. Her lips were swollen, split in a couple of places. Eyes were puffy and black, nose broken.
"General? Hmph. Now was that so hard?" He asked casting cure on her. Aiden sat limply in the chair, shamed. She had broken and if she had broken once, she could and would break again.
'I've got to find a way to escape or kill myself…' she thought despairingly. Sephiroth picked her up roughly by her shoulders and set her on her feet. He grabbed his Masamune and was pushing her out the door before she had a chance to think.
The first thing that Aiden noticed when she was pushed off the ship was the horrid smog. She could see the disgusting yellowish orange tinge that polluted the air. As her body rejected the tainted air, Aiden started coughing. Sephiroth ignored her and pushed her on but he too had become used to the crisp, clean air of Wutai. His reaction was a frown that was slightly deeper than normal.
SOLDIERS filled the streets, all in neat rows, all standing to attention. They parted smoothly for their General and his prisoner. As Sephiroth pushed Aiden onwards, the SOLDIER 1st Class flowed around them and escorted them towards the main building.
Aiden caught sight of the massive building rising above Midgar and ran, trying to break through the rows of SOLDIERS. She didn't get far. The first SOLDIER she came in contact with was taller than she was. He had long, black spiky hair and he looked down on her coldly. He punched her in the chest hard enough to make her stumbled backwards. She tripped on the uneven road and fell.
Sephiroth looked down at the 'General' disdainfully.
"I wouldn't suggest doing that again." He said icily as he jerked her to her feet and kept a hand entwined in her long hair, using it as a leash. If she so much as took one step to one side or another he jerked back in place with her hair.
Every time she tried to escape she failed. By the time they reached the ShinRa building the black eyes and broken nose were back. Sephiroth healed her before he shoved her into a cell. He seemed to be doing that just to spike her. As if he were saying that he could beat her every day of her life and she would never die do to a simple little spell.
Chains were added to her ankles, ensuring that if she did break free she wouldn't be able to run far. Aiden sighed as she looked around, looking for a way to kill herself or escape.