My Name Is Ookami
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Makai Goddess Ookami
AN: Fwee! I feel so ubber special :) This chapter was fun to write. Especially the last scene, which by the way is one of my favorites in the whole story. :'( It's so sad... This part skips around a lot. (Laughs) But then again, when don't mine? The final fight is also confusing, as it has a lot to do with Ookami's feelings that take place. I love the unspoken agreement (Laughs again) But you'll understand that when you get there.
This part is actually 17 pages. Yep, that's right, 17 friggen pages. (Sighs) I think I might have spent a little too much time in certain areas and not enough in others. Each part seems to get longer then the last! (Giggle) But don't worry, Ookami's Farewell (Which will probably be titled 'epilogue') is still to be written, and will be five pages max.
I found, the end of this part is actually a good enough spot to end this. But, alas, we haven't heard Mimi speak her name with confidence (Cough- Title- Cough) so the story can not end. That and it's sort of like a dream, playing out in Ookami's mind. (She collapsed in the first part, she does that when it gets to hot) (Laughs) I really didn't want a twenty four page chapter. :'( Though that would be the longest chapter I've ever written. (This is by far the longest AN I've ever written...)
One last note (Laughs) I know you are probably bored of reading these by now... There are a lot of things I feel I could have added, and one day, I may revise this story and add in all that stuff. For instance, in the last part Mimi mentioned getting sick. How? I didn't want to waste too much time with something that didn't revolve around the main plot. But one day... I'll get up all of those extra parts I feel would add some humour to this story...
Disclaimer: I don't own "Fake Wings- Subaru's Theme" from .hack/sign. Sadly, I only have a burned copy of the CD... Bal-Tan is hot though...
Mimi opened her eyes tiredly, glancing at her watch.
" Twelve o'clock?" she mumbled, rubbing her eyes, "I slept in..."
She sat up, but for some odd reason, her head began to swim, and she fell back, incredibly dizzy. She closed her eyes, the swirling colours above her being too much for the young female to handle.
After a moment, she forced her self to sit up once more, ignoring the stiff pain in her back and opened her eyes. She stood up, managed to walk two steps to the small wooden set of drawers before falling to her knees.
Breathing heavily, she tried to think of a logical excuse besides the undeniable truth Sephiroth had given her last night. She refused to believe she was sick. It was just some stupid thing from the heat.
She pulled out a white tee and shorts, forcing herself to stand and change clothes. Once again she fell over exhausted, tossing her old clothes on to her futon. She put a hand to her head, dizzy.
She wasn't sure how long she sat there waiting for the headache to fade, but the moment it did she was back on her feet, slipping out of the room and walking down the hall and arm's width from the wall.
She took a series of turns before finally ending up in the Mess Hall, which was mostly empty as there were matches going on outside. She slid to the floor, breathing heavily. Over and over again, she told herself she was fine. That there was no way she could be sick. That she was in great shape.
She stood up on wobbly legs, and managed to get some food and sit down without collapsing. Half heartily she ate her food, constantly wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her palm.
Pushing her tray away, she occupied herself rubbing her sticky and sweaty fingers together. The sudden appearance of a hand on her forehead caused her to squeak, jolt up and knock her and her 'attacker' backwards on the ground.
"Ow..." she heard Zell mumble.
"I'm sorry," she laughed, getting off of him.
"I'm fine," Zell smiled, before his expression darkened, "But you are sick. Why aren't you in bed?"
"That's a very good question," Kitsune said, popping up, pulling Zell to his feet with the help of Xilver, "You look terrible Kami."
"Thanks a lot," she mumbled, wiping her forehead again, "But I'm not sick. Why does everyone think that?"
"Oh, so only Zell gets a 'Long Time No See' kiss?" Xilver said slyly, making both Mimi and Zell turn bright red.
"Whaaat? Kami got her first kiss before me?" Kitsune squealed, "Wait till I tell Spyke!"
"What!" Zell snapped, "You wouldn't-"
"You're right, he's still fast asleep in the room you share with the guys..." Kitsune said, "I wouldn't want to see Josh or him naked or something." Kitsune shivered, before tackling Kami. "We missed you! I can't believe it's really you!"
Mimi laughed slightly, the other female making her feel slightly claustrophobic and it didn't help much when Xilver joined the group hug. The three just stayed like that, thanking the gods silently, or in Kitsune's case, cussing and crying.
"It's kind of hot..." Mimi mumbled, both her friends reluctantly letting go to look at her.
"Now that I see it with my own eyes," Xilver said thoughtfully, "You really should be in bed. And, do tell me where you got this nice black feather?"
Xilver held up the feather Mimi kept in her pocket, wondering how the other female had got it. Eyes narrowed and for some reason incredibly irked, she lunged at Xilver, knocking her over into Zell to get the feather back.
She heard the crash, but didn't remember anything after that.
XOXOXOX
"What happened?" Mimi mumbled, pulling the wet clothe of off her forehead and looking around.
"You're in your room," she heard Kana said, smiling at her kindly, "Your friends brought you to me."
"...Friends?"
"Oh, you don't remember do you honey?" Kana sighed, stepping aside and letting the small group of almost teenagers in.
She looked at each of them in turn. Kitsune was smiling, but trying to hold back tears, and Zell was smirking with his arm over her shoulder. Xilver was sneaking something from Josh who caught her and started to argue. Spyke stared at her, faint smile.
"What...?" Mimi blinked.
"Kitsune the amazing Pysic," Zell smiled, "She's been seeing you in her visions. With an 'unbelievably hot, tall guy'." At that Zell sneered, "We followed her visions."
"Kitsune's a pysic," Mimi repeated, smacking her forehead, "I forgot!"
"Of course you did," Kana said, patting her head, "You forgot everything."
It was there turn to be surprised. There was a moment of silence before the onslaught of questions began.
"You lost your memory? How?"
"Isn't that allergies?"
"No, Kitsune, the word is amnesia."
"I knew that! I was just seeing if you knew!"
"How long have you been here?"
"How'd you get here?"
"How do you know who we are?"
"Let her breath," Spyke said, laughing a little.
The all turned to look at him. He shrugged, before they looked at Mimi, demanding she answered their questions. She opened her mouth to speak, but realized she didn't know where to begin.
"I fell from the sky," Mimi said slowly, "Or so Phil says, like a rock, or an angel, take your pick... I don't remember that though. I remember darkness... and waking up here."
"Do they treat you okay here?" Xilver asked.
"Everyone but one," Mimi shrugged.
"They don't hurt you do they?" Zell asked, face darkening.
"Not so much."
"What about those scars? It looks like you've been training pretty hard and your skin..."
"Seph's been helping me learn how to wield a sword, and I'm getting really good with my bow too."
"Seph...As in Sephiroth...?"
"Yeah," Mimi mumbled, wiping her forehead.
"Okay, that's enough for a thousand questions tonight," Kana said, clapping her hands lightly, "come back tomorrow morning. She should be able to move around again."
Slightly discouraged, they looked from Kana to Mimi who was lying down on the soft bed, flashing them a peace sign. After an evil glare from Kana, they left, Xilver closing the door and shoving a shiny knife into her back pocket.
Mimi was silent for a moment, and allowed Kana to place the cool clothe on her forehead again. Half heartily, she squished the pillow her head was resting on, allowing Kana to pull the blanket to her chin.
"Mm... Didn't you say this was my room?" She asked lazily.
"I did," Kana replied, giving Mimi a weird look as she suddenly sat up.
"This is Seph's bed, he'll-"
She was cut off from her sentence as Kana pushed her shoulders lightly so that she was laying down again, draping the wet cloth on her forehead. She 'tsk, tsk'ed under her breath slightly.
"You are going to stay in bed until I tell you that you can get up," Kana said darkly, "And if Seph says other wise he can go to hell."
"I can go where?"
Kana turned around quickly, slightly startled. Sephiroth's face remained emotionless. Mimi sat up again, pushing away the blanket and smiled childishly. Kana smacked her forehead, wondering why she even bothered with the child.
"Didja find anyone worth your time, Mr. Sephiroth, sir?" she asked, legs swinging back and forth over the edge of his bed.
"No."
"Bummer," she frowned slightly.
"You, stay in bed," Kana said, gesturing for her to lie.
Mimi looked from Kana to Sephiroth, who nodded his head ever so slightly; no one else would have been able to notice. She lay down once more, letting Kana pull up the blankets and lay the cool cloth on her forehead.
"Sleep, I'll be back tomorrow morning," Kana said leaving.
XOXOXOX
"Join...?"
"Our team," Spyke nodded, "as you see, we are one short..."
"What happened to the third?" Mimi blinked.
"He had to leave."
"You knew I was here."
"Kitsune was almost positive."
"Is she always right?"
"Sort of."
"Sort...?"
"Exactly."
"I guess... If you expect me to tell you everyone's weakness, then hell no, but I'll help you, yeah."
"Good!"
Kitsune clapped her hands together, having walked in on the other two's conversation. Mimi flashed a peace sign to her, hugging the other female and sticking her tongue out at Spyke just to irk him.
"So who else is on your team?" she asked.
"Zell," Spyke shrugged.
"Zell-eh-boy?" she asked, rubbing her chin.
Whenever she was around him, she felt slightly out of it. Like she missed out on something. Kitsune and Spyke seemed to notice her expression, the younger female actually understanding it.
"Once upon a time," Kitsune said.
"Huh?"
"Once upon a time," she repeated, "it didn't work."
"Oh, okay."
"The match is in... five minutes, right after the Coliseum challenges against Sephiroth," Spyke shrugged, "Who would have thought anyone was that slow."
"He as good as you thought he was?" She asked Kitsi.
"No, he's better," she sighed, "much better. Though a blonde..."
"...blonde?"
"Something happens... to a blonde," Kitsune frowned, furrowing her brow, "I'm not..."
"Don't worry Kitsune," Mimi smiled, as they walked through the halls to the training hall, "It's not important."
Kitsune didn't reply.
A moment or so after that, they entered the training hall, where a few people were gathered and preparing for their upcoming fights. The atmosphere was tense as everyone gave each other nervous glances.
"Kiran got beat yesterday," a young blonde female said, knocking on Ookami's head, "Kaiga was sad. Kaiga thinks he was beaten by the runts you are with now."
Kitsune and Spyke gave Mimi weird looks.
"Kaiga only speaks in third person," Mimi shrugs, "she thinks it is fun."
"Kaiga knows Kiran is fighting Sephiroth right now," Kaiga said.
Mimi turned to look at Kaiga with wide eyes. Kiran versus Sephiroth? What was he trying to pull? He'd never be able to beat him, and there was no way Sephiroth would go easy on him. They detested each other.
"I'll be back in a minute," the young girl called, taking off to the arena.
She skidded to a halt and hung over the railing, watching the two males fight. Kiran was no where near fast enough to hit Sephiroth. He was doomed right from the start. The blades hit each other a few times, before Sephiroth's dug into Kiran's side.
The younger male slashed at Sephiroth, only managing to ruffle the dark man's feathers. Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, ran his blade along Kiran's before breaking apart. He sheathed his sword, starting to walk away. The fight wasn't worth his time.
Mimi watched as Kiran rose, clutching his blade tightly, hiding his humiliation.
"KIRAN, NO!"
She wasn't sure if the words ever left her mouth or not, as everything froze for her the moment Kiran lunged at Sephiroth. The older male must have known this was going to happen, because the blade clashed on his arm as his own blade caused a deep wound in Kiran's side.
Kiran fell to his knees, breathing heavily, his blade his only support. Sephiroth rested his blade tip on Kiran's throat. The younger male said something. Sephiroth cut it, a thin line which began to bleed a moment later.
"KIIRY!" Mimi cried, feeling someone pull her back.
In a last attempt effort, Kiran let out a fireball, which faded before it even reached Sephiroth. Sephiroth drove his blade into the younger male.
Mimi fell to her knees, complete shock on her face. She didn't feel anything as whoever had held her back rested her up against the stone railing, fanning her, telling her everything would be okay.
She didn't hear the kind words, or the begging pleas. She simply stared in front of her, the last moment running through her mind.
Kiran was...
Sephiroth just...
She let out a sob, letting her bangs fall to cover her face. There was no way this just happened, there was no way Sephiroth had...
She felt someone hug her, and she buried her face, giving into the tears and confusion.
XOXOXOX
"Are you sure you're okay?" Josh asked, staring at the older female, worried.
"Never been better," she said, smiling.
"Kami, you're acting kind of strange..." Josh said, "Maybe I should go find Kana."
"I'm fine, really," Mimi clapped her hands together once, before flashing a peace sign at Josh.
"Well," Spyke said entering the room, "Then this is a gift from Xilver and Kitsune who are saving a seat for you Josh," Spyke handed her a small bag, "They said wear this. We'll go so you can change."
Josh and Spyke shared a look, before leaving the room. Mimi collapsed on a bench, and ran her fingers through her hair. It was so hard... pretending to be happy. She had to do this now. It was the only way for her to get to see Sephiroth.
Though she doubted the group's overall skills, there were some benefits of having trained with them for the past few years. Sighing, she opened the bag and looked at the outfit inside, a note on top.
"Weren't sure what size, hope this works for you, Love Kitsune."
"Yeah right, it's supposed to be durable, and nice and thick so no blades will get you, Xilver."
Mimi blinked, before pulling on the leather like black vest, eyeing the baggy pants questioningly. They were black. Would it really be worth wearing black, in the desert like coliseum, during a fight, just to see her friends smile?
Sure, she told herself, why not?
XOXOXOX
"We're next," Spyke said, "you two ready?"
"As I'll ever be," Zell nodded, "You sure you got enough armlets on you Mimi? I can get you some more..."
"These ones are fine," Mimi said, pulling on black gloves with an armlet embedded in each. One for regeneration and the other for magic power, "They've never failed me before."
"What about your-"
"My bow is fine, Zell," Mimi said, slightly annoyed.
"Right, here we go..."
The three walked out onto the field, and Mimi's eyes were immediately drawn to the center of the field where Kiran had lain moments before. The blood had dried in the intense heat, but the colour was still there. She swallowed her tears.
"Who are they?" Zell asked, looking at Mimi.
"The one on the left is Lance, he uses his staff," Mimi said back, "He's really quick, but has poor defense. Then there is Gaku, great with a blade, and almost unstoppable. He has a poor shoulder though. I'll take Kamui."
Zell looked at the one Mimi pointed too, a male probably only five or so years older then them, before nodding. She looked at Spyke who nodded too. The two teams stood in silence.
The buzzer rang.
Jumping back, Mimi watched as the two males headed for there targets before knocking an arrow and firing at Kamui. It brushed over his shoulders. She cursed under her breath, ignoring the dagger he had thrust at her.
A moment later, she shot another arrow, this time hitting Kamui in his shoulder, he cursed and pulled the arrow out. Hardly any damage. It was Mimi's turn to curse again. They almost practically danced across the arena, shooting arrows and launching daggers at each other, picking them off the ground whenever they could and firing it again.
So far neither of them had had much luck. Mimi cursed, reaching back for another arrow and not finding any. She scanned the ground. None were nearby. She cursed again.
"Going to give up?" Kamui asked innocently, throwing a dagger at her, grazing her shoulder.
"No way in hell," she growled, holding her hands in front of her, a moment later it was replaced by a large ball of fire.
"FIRA!" She snapped, latterly flinging it at the older male.
It hit him head on, knocking him backwards. Two sets of blades pinned his shirt down on either side of his chest. Spyke and Zell grinned down at him. Kamui cursed, realizing he had lost.
"Not bad," Zell said, watching Mimi collect her arrows, "Though you could practice your aim..."
"My aim is fine," Mimi scoffed.
"Just not on moving targets," Spyke said, Mimi looking at him, and nodding.
"How many more fights?" she asked.
"Three more until we reach Sephiroth."
"Damn."
"Damn what?"
"It's going to be late..."
"Probably."
"The next round starts in an hour."
"I'm going to go to my room then," Mimi told the boys, letting one of the white coats cast a cure on her, "I'll meet you here in an half an hour."
XOXOXOX
"I thought I told you not to enter," Sephiroth said, looking up as Mimi entered the room.
She ignored him.
Sephiroth watched her back as she pulled off her gloves and lay down on her futon. Her arm covered her eyes, and she proceeded to breathe heavily, cursing random things under her breath.
There was a moment of silence.
"You killed Kiran," she said softly, the memory flooding back into her mind.
No reply.
"You didn't have to kill him."
"He wouldn't have stopped till I did."
"You sound like you admired him."
"I don't."
There was silence. Mimi rolled onto her side, resting her head on one arm, the other behind her back, still holding her gloves. Sephiroth watched her, emotionless and motionless.
"I'm going to take a nap, wake me up in half an hour..."
Sephiroth didn't reply.
XOXOXOX
Mimi collapsed, laying on her back and breathing heavily. She pushed Zell away as he looked down on her, and almost cried out in joy when a white coat healed her wounds.
"Here," Kitsune said, spilling a water bottle on her.
"Thank you," Mimi mumbled, half sarcastic.
"You know what I would give anything for?" Zell asked, receiving a questioning glance from Mimi, "An ice-cream sundae."
"That would be so nice..." Mimi muttered, Xilver helping her to her feet.
"I can't believe you guys made it this far," Mimi said, "Your fighting style is so risky. You'd be doomed without me."
"Maybe," Spyke shrugged.
"It's still fun to try," Zell nodded.
"Either way," Josh said with a dark expression, "Sephiroth is next."
"We are beyond doomed," Mimi mumbled, stretching her arms in the air.
"Have a little faith," Kitsune smiled, "In yourself, and in the others."
"Heh."
"We best get ready," Zell mumbled.
XOXOXOX
"Shine, bright morning light, now in the air the spring is coming," Mimi sang softly, as they walked onto the field for one last fight, "Sweet, blowing winds, singing down the hills and valleys."
"Keep, your eyes on me, now we're on the edge of hell," Zell mumbled, winking at Mimi.
"I don't know why," Mimi said stopping and looking over at Sephiroth, "but I remembered that song for some reason."
"It used to be your favorite," Zell grinned, "You used to sing it to Sarin all the time."
Mimi sighed, before looking over at Sephiroth fearfully. There was no way she could beat him. There was no way any of them could beat him. It was hands down impossible.
"No hard feelings when we kick your ass," Zell said, sticking his tongue out.
"Hmph, the odds of that are very slim," Mimi mumbled.
"Have a little faith," Zell smiled.
"I won't go easy on you," Sephiroth said, looking at Mimi.
"I wouldn't have it any other way, Mr. Sephiroth, sir," Mimi grinned.
"Hmph."
A moment later the buzzer rang, causing the three males to move into action. Mimi's eyes flew open, knocking her bow and pointing it at Sephiroth. But she couldn't bring herself to fire.
Seeing her as a weak point, Sephiroth dodged the other two, and lunged at her. Zell pushed her out of the way just in the nick of time, the blade bouncing off of his shoulder. Zell cursed.
Re-Knocking her arrow, Mimi pointed it at Sephiroth who had his back to her, and fired.
She hit, hitting a muscle right above his wing. Sephiroth turned on her, a psychotic evil look on his face. Swallowing, she quickly knocked another arrow, and fired it, this one missing.
She was thrown backwards by Sephiroth's attack, falling and rolling in the dirt. Spyke hacked at Sephiroth's side, to be knocked backwards. Zell managed to elbow the older male, throwing him backwards before being kicked.
Mimi sat up, looking at the three males' battle. It was pointless. She had told them that, there was no way they could ever beat Sephiroth. There was no way, it was simply impossible.
And yet... Her two friends didn't seem ready to give up hope. She looked at her bow, which had snapped in half when she landed on it. She cursed softly, holding her hands up anyways as if she still had one.
A moment later, energy crackled in between her finger tips as an arrow formed. She released her grip on the would-be fletching and let the raw energy arrow fly. It hit her target, head on.
She watched the older male stumble forward slightly, before knocking Zell flying backwards. He stood up, gave her the thumbs up sign, before returning to Spyke's side. With her new found determination, she stood up, and summoned another energy arrow.
This one didn't hit, as if Sephiroth had already adapted to her new fighting style. Mimi cursed under her breath. Out of ideas, she pat her pockets for anything that might be able to help.
The only thing she had was her knife, which probably wouldn't be much use. She squeezed the hilt though, and tucked it into her belt. She would have to settle for the next best thing.
"FIRA!"
A loud curse.
Mimi froze, staring at Zell who was now crouched over on the ground. Spyke was then knocked backwards.
"I just..." Mimi mumbled, staring at Zell.
A moment later, Zell was up again, one hand on his burn and one holding his light sword. He began to attack Sephiroth again, there blades clashing with a loud 'clang' sound.
"Do something!" Spyke yelled at her.
Staring at him, still horrified, she nodded her head.
"Cu-Cure!" she mumbled, the green tendrils escaping from her fingertips only to wrap around a small cut on Sephiroth's wing.
The angry look on her partner's face and the smirk on Sephiroth's was enough to tell her she had misaimed her spell. She cursed silently, holding her hands in front of her and repeating the spell.
This time it worked on her intended target, Zell. Wiping away sweat, she stretched her arms apart once more, ready to try her arrow spell again. Closing one eye, she aimed, and fired.
The spell missed, but managed to burn a hole in the ground. She fell to her knees, breathing heavily. It had never occurred to her that her spell might require so much energy.
Sephiroth's blade grazed against her shoulder, as she rolled to the side just in the nick of time. She glared up at him. Utterly pissed, she took out her knife and jabbed at Sephiroth's ankle. The blade managed to cause a small cut before it was kicked away.
Mimi closed her eyes, the cool blade on her throat the only thing on her mind.
"Just do it," she mumbled, "kill me heartlessly like you killed Kiran."
A fire spell knocked the blade away.
Spyke stood, a determined and pissed look on his face. Zell struggled to his feet a little ways away. Mimi stood and backed away, clutching her bleeding shoulder and smiling at them. Sephiroth went after Spyke, who seemed to have proved himself to be the strongest.
The wipe of a blade and a startled cry, left Spyke on the ground, clutching a wound on his leg where Sephiroth's blade had been moments before. Mimi was in front of him before Sephiroth's next attack could hit him, the blade bouncing off of a large energy shield she had summoned up.
Sephiroth held his blade in front of him with two hands, and it slowly drove it through the shield. Mimi swallowed, taking a step backwards, concentrating on holding the shield up. Sephiroth's blade passed right through it, the tip resting in the middle of her chest.
All he'd have to do is push down...
But there was no way Zell was ready to let that happen. Clapping his hands together and closing his eyes, his image faded only for him and Mimi to switch places. Startled slightly, Sephiroth narrowed his eyes and Zell stepped back, letting the blade go right through him, a little over his hip.
Despite his efforts, his scream echoed throughout the arena. Sephiroth pulled the blade back, and aimed for a final blow. Spyke did his best to pull the whimpering male back, but that didn't help much that his leg was injured.
"NO!" Mimi called, launching two incredibly large fireballs at Sephiroth's back, both hitting.
The male stumbled foreword, startled, and turned to glare at his attacker. Mimi stood, her eyes clenched shut, and with tears streaming down her face. Her fists were balled up, nails cutting into her skin and hanging down at her sides.
Sephiroth raised his sword a bit, startled at the sudden wave of power emitting from her. Hardly anyone would feel the wave, as it was a rare trait, but those who did would be quivering in fear.
She heard Spyke curse silently, glad she was on his side.
She clapped her hands together, and then opened them, palms facing Sephiroth when a large sphere of water flew towards him. He was knocked back slightly.
"No more killing," She said, looking up at him with hate filled eyes, "I won't let you, I won't let you kill anyone else!"
Stretching her arms apart, she summoned a spirit arrow, and let it fly. Sephiroth held his sword in front of him, letting the blade take most of the heat. The young girl flicked her pony tail over her shoulder and clapped her hands before throwing another fireball at Sephiroth.
He easily dodged the blow.
The two of them glared at each other for a moment, before he nodded his head ever so slightly in agreement to their unspoken deal. Mimi smirked, before falling to her knees unconscious.
XOXOXOX
"School? Who in their right mind would actually want to go?" Ookami asked, looking up at the clouds as her and her friends lay in a circle in her backyard, "I mean, what difference does it make if I graduate the fifth grade and middle school and so on and so forth?"
"Well, you want a job don't you?" Zell asked.
"Nope, I figure I'll marry Spyke and lay on the couch watching T.V. all day," Ookami sighed.
"Oh yeah, I feel real special," Spyke snorted.
"Yeah," Kitsune laughed, "I think she just admitted she wanted to marry you!"
"No," Xilver sighed, "Sama just wants to get married."
"That's right," Ookami mumbled, closing her eyes.
"Well, I guess we can kick summer vacation goodbye tomorrow," Josh said.
"I don't want summer break to end," Ookami cursed, "I won't get to spend as much time with Sarin and you guys."
"Convenient how the cat comes first, nay?"
"Shut it Zell."
"It sounds like they are married," Kitsune sniggered.
"Ah, hush up."
"I'd rather not."
"You know, sometimes I really hate you all."
"Hey, it's not our fault that we chose to just lay here almost everyday and talk," Spyke said.
"Actually, it is," Xilver pointed out.
"Shut up Xilver," Spyke said.
"Hehe," Ookami grinned, stretching.
XOXOXOX
Letting out a soft moan, Mimi opened her eyes to stare up at the oh-so familiar ceiling of her bedroom. She turned her head to the side slightly, wincing in pain, she noticed everyone gathered around, fast asleep.
Kitsune was curled up, using Zell as a pillow, a fingers width away from her. Xilver was curled up in a tight ball on the futon covers next to the wall, down near Mimi's feet. Josh was asleep on Sephiroth's bed and Spyke was leaning up against a wall, fast asleep. Sephiroth was no where in sight.
Stretching out her arm ever so slightly, she gasped in pain, suddenly feeling like her whole body was on fire. She bit her lower to keep from crying out in pain and waking her friends. Catching her breath, she looked at her friends once more.
"You finally awake?" Spyke asked softly.
Mimi looked over at him, there eyes meeting. She nodded weakly, doing her best to smile. Spyke did his best to come and kneel by her which was almost impossible seeing as she was surrounded. Eventually she scooted ever so slightly and Spyke sat there.
"How long was I asleep?" she mumbled.
"Almost a week," Spyke said, "We thought you died at first. All that energy..."
"It hurts to move," she mumbled, "your leg-?"
"It's fine, a little sore, but that Kana isn't half bad a doctor," Spyke grinned, "And as you can see Zell's a-ok too."
"I was so scared... that he would kill you two..."
"Sephiroth you mean?"
"Yeah."
"He just walked away, after you collapsed. He didn't even bother with us."
"Where is he?"
"Last I saw him he was sitting on a bleacher in the coliseum, staring into space."
"He's not hurt, is he?"
"He should be the last person you worry about being hurt."
"Heh, probably..."
"I've been thinking, when you're better... Do you want to come with us? We have a home; it's a small house in Traverse Town... There's an extra room... The walls are twice as thick as normal ones..."
"Home..." Mimi mumbled softly, "Wish I could go home, but I don't even..."
"We'll go back one day, we'll fight all the monsters and beat up as many Sephiroth's as needed, but we'll get home. And you'll get your memories back."
"Thank you, Spyke," Mimi mumbled, clutching his pale hand, before closing her eyes, half asleep, "Take me home with you..."
"I will, we'll get there together, all of us," Spyke smiled faintly.
"Promise?"
"I promise..."
And with that the auburn haired female fell asleep.