Narakus Ji-chan: -dances- Yay! 'Nother chapter, just tell me to stop if you don't want me to continue, 'cause I will!

The Impossible

This is impossible. How many times do I have to die and be alive again before they will let me live/die in peace? Maybe I was brought back to wreak havoc on the world; for once can't I be alive in a time of peace, why am I always surrounded by war. Or maybe I was brought back and given a second chance to live. Is it possible for me to live in a time of peace? No I suppose not, I am a man of war and nothing else. Can no one understand that? Some one can. Cloud, he would under stand all that I'm feeling and more importantly he'll understand how I think. He knows everything about me. But I must not be alive, for I'll just end up killing again.

Sephiroth Age unknown

Yori woke up with a splitting headache and a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. At first she thought that it had all been a dream, the Cloud look alike (which was probably just some Shinra jerk dressed as Cloud), and the fact that he had almost kissed her but hadn't because he knew Cloud like the back of his hand. She remembered him pulling out a gun and hitting her temple with it. She put her hand there and felt crusted blood, that's when she knew it hadn't been a dream.

"Grosse," she said. "I need to get that off."

And just after she said it a man came up with a cloth in hand. He dabbed her forehead with it, and paid no attention to the fact that she was trying to knock his hand away. He was tall, maybe 6' 5", he had dull grey eyes, with black hair with tints of crimson. He was any thing but ugly in his casual black sleeveless shirt and low hanging black pants.

"Oh, you're awake, I didn't notice," the man said, and broke her out of her daydream.

"How couldn't you, I kept whacking your hand," Yori said quizzically.

"I am practically immune to pain. Oh look our friend has decided to come."

Yori looked up to see a, tall, silver haired man walk up.

"Sephiroth," she growled.

"Yup, we brought him back, and you are his first victim then he goes to her," he pointed to a corner where a black haired girl was scrunched in a ball.

"Yuffie!"

"Yes that white lie I told you about her dying got quite a reaction from, you. It took all the strength I had for me not to burst out laughing."

Yori tried to attack him but there where two problems that stopped her from succeeding. One the chains, she hadn't noticed the ones around her neck so therefore she got choked. And second there was Sephiroth. He pinned her to the wall just with his foot and placed his sword against her neck.

"You will not lay a finger on him," Sephiroth said menacingly.

Yori poked the mystery man with her toe.

Sephiroth pressed his sword closer to her neck and said, "What did I just say."

"You said 'You will not lay a finger on him' and I didn't I poked him with my toe," she said smartly.

"Don't touch him with any part of your body unless he tells you to."

"Yes sir."

Yori saluted the General like she was one of his soldiers before bursting out laughing.

"Kyu sir, stand back this woman is unstable," Sephiroth said.

"No she's not, she's just not afraid," Kyu said.

"Who in there right mind would not be afraid of me?" he asked quizzically.

"Well then I suppose she's both unstable and not afraid then," Kyu replied, thoroughly annoyed.

After Yori calmed down she finally said, "Listen please don't kill Yuffie, I don't want her to die."

"Give me one good reason why I should spare her," Kyu said.

"'Cause then you can torture me twice as long," she said.

Sephiroth's eyes gleamed with happiness, "I quite like that idea."

"Hmm…… fine then, let the girl go," Kyu replied, "but I want some time with our new friend."

"Of course sir," Sephiroth bowed and went to untie Yuffie.

Cloud, looked out the window of the Highwind, the disappearance of three of their friends had pulled Avalanche back together. Even Vincent had come, of course he probably came because Yuffie was missing, he could care less about Tifa and Yori. The only one Cloud cared about (or at least he claimed) was Tifa, the only reason they were going after Yori was because of what had happened to he the last time Shinra got their hands on her, he can still clearly remember the day they found her in the lab, a leftover of one of Hojo's experiments, rotting away in the mako pod.

FLASHBACK

"Cloud, everyone, come look at this," Tifa said urgently from half way across the room. "It's a recent experiment, and it was performed here at the mansion, so Vincent's not the only one here."

"…." Vincent's silence was slightly disturbing, but they would later on come to except it.

"Who is it, do you know?" Cloud asked interested.

"Well, I can't exactly tell," Tifa said. "Hey Yuffs be careful with that controller, you don't know what-."

Yuffie pushed a big green button and the pods top opened and all the contents drained to the bottom.

"Hey look here's the title of the experiment," came Red XIII's low growl.

It read:

Test subject 132

Name: Yori Kisaragi

Experiment name: Mako Fusion Empowerment

Purpose: We are trying to see whether or not mako makes a human being more than human without turning them into monsters.

"That's wrong," Barret said after reading it.

They heard a gasp from Yuffie and all turned to look at her. She was standing in front of the pod looking down into it, tears welling up in her eyes. She placed her hand on the pale face of the young girl.

"Hey brat, what's wrong with ya," Cid asked.

All they heard was a single word, "Yori."

"Hey Yuffs, do you know her," Cloud looked at her inquiringly, not noticing that there last names were the same.

"Yeah," Yuffie replied. "She's my sister, she went missing two years ago right after her 13th birthday, she was playing outside when the Shinra came, no one had seen her since."

Everyone was silent, no one dared to speak, finally Yuffie said, "Are there any clothes around, I'm sure she won't fit in these," she held up the clothes the girl had worn at 13.

Cloud chuckled softly, "Yeah, there has to be some somewhere."

Vincent beckoned to a hidden room at the side of the lab, ushering them inside. They stood silently as they heard footsteps coming down the hall. As they peered through the door they gasped as they saw who it was. Sephiroth was standing peering into the mako pod. He looked at the girl inside and grunted, seeming displeased with what he found. He walked out shortly after into the next room.

Cloud went to move out but Vincent grabbed his shoulder and shook his head no.

"Vincent, he's gone, we can go out now," Cloud said irritably. "We need to get her clothes and go before Sephiroth comes back."

And as if on cue, Sephiroth, with clothes in hand, walked back inside.

"Vincent how'd-," Vincent silenced him with a short 'shh' before looking back outside.

Sephiroth had dressed the young girl and now held her in his arms. Slowly he walked for the door but was stopped when a man stepped in front of him.

"Well Sephiroth, I see that you are well," they heard the voice of Professor Hojo loud and clear.

Sephiroth merely grunted and said, "Get out of my way old man.

"I can't let you leave with that specimen," Yuffie's fists clenched as she heard her sister's name be discarded for the word specimen.

"Hmph…. I'm leaving with her whether you like it or not old man," Sephiroth's defiance towards the old man was astonishing.

"Why do you want the girl so badly?"

"Because mother said she is needed."

"And you believe this, what if she is merely trying to get her out of the way of something that could stop your rampage?"

Yuffie couldn't stand it anymore; she would not have her sister torn away from her for a third time. The first time was when her parents split. Yuffie was stuck with her dad while Yori went to live with their mom. The second time was when she was taken to be used as an experiment. She wasn't going to let anyone tear them away ever again, never.

She ran out of the closest even with Cloud's best attempts to keep her back. She managed to catch the great general off guard and snatched her unconscious sister from his arms. As she landed Yori began to stir, moving her legs and arms about in a wild manner. When her eyes opened they were glazed over, yet still brighter than any eye should be. Fear was visible in her gaze.

When she finally realized who it was hope was the dominating emotion in her eyes, "Yuffie!"

Yuffie hugged her younger sister close to her body, completely oblivious to the fact that the Great General was advancing on her.

"Yuffie, look out!" Cloud exclaimed from the closet.

Sephiroth stopped and turned at the familiar voice, but instead of saying anything stupid he merely said, "How many of you are there Strife."

"What do you mean Sephiroth?" Cloud asked jokingly not even realizing he was striking up a kind conversation with the enemy.

"Cloud what are you doing," Tifa whispered then whacked him a little too hard.

"Owww, Teef that hurt," he whimpered.

No body remembered that the doctor was there but Vincent, he watched the doctor as he slowly approached the young girls. With lightning fast speed Vincent ran and grabbed the doctor's hand before he had the chance to pull out the tranquilizer Vincent knew he had concealed in his pocket.

"Vincent, my favorite specimen of all," Hojo said, eyes glinting.

Sephiroth stared at Cloud and said, "Cloud."

"Hmm," Cloud muttered in response, getting no answer he did it again, and still no answer…

END FLASHBACK

Cloud heard voices calling his name and woke from his slumber that he had obviously fallen into.

"Cloud, wake up will ya," Barret's booming voice shouted from down the hall.

Cloud shook his head, feeling lucky it was Barret's warm voice, instead of Cid's cold heartless, constantly swearing voice. Not that Barret's had been any different at one time, but since spending two years with Marlene, his swearing was reduced to nothing, and it was most likely going to stay that way, unless this turned out to be a real threat. If it was a real threat then two years of bottled up swearing would come out of Barret's mouth.

Then Cid's booming voice could be heard over the intercom, choking while trying to with hold the curses he knew he wanted to say.

"Cloud get your lazy…. bum…. down to the control room NOW!" Cloud laughed as the man hung up the microphone he knew had been used.

He walked through the hallways carrying a sword that seemed to be too heavy of a load, even for such a tall person. The Ultima Weapon. It had saved his life on more then one occasion, also it had been stained with the blood of Sephiroth during the Final Battle. Afterwards he had tried to disappear to keep himself from the attention, but he couldn't seeing as he was living with Tifa. She loved the spotlight; she couldn't get away from it. And her bust line didn't help that matter.

Cloud pushed his thoughts to the back of his head. Sure thinking of Tifa made him smile, but thinking of her also made him sad. For some reason, though, unknown to him, the heartache he had expected wasn't there. It was as if she was just a friend again. As if he no longer loved her the way he thought he had.

As he reached the control room he noticed a crowd in one area of the room, Cid was in the center of the group looking quite worried.

When he spotted Cloud he said to him, barely audible, "We found one, but she ain't doin' to good. She needs a doctor fast."