Chapter 18

Dream a Dream, Love

Kadaj stared around. He was standing in a field, trying to figure out where he was. He turned at a hand placing itself on his shoulder.

"Kadaj? What are you doing here?" Kali asked. She stared up at him, a confused look on her face.

"What do you mean? This is a dream," he said simply. Kali shook her head.

"This is my dream. How are you here?" she muttered. Kadaj furrowed his brow.

"So we're in each other's dream?"

"It seems like it."

"Where is this?" he inquired, turning again to the field.

"I don't know. Most of my dreams have been here. There have been many times that father has brought me to this place."

"Father?" Kadaj gasped. Kali nodded.

"It's an image made by the Lifestream, but the real place is somewhere on the Planet. Can you tell me where this is?"

"I'm not sure. Let's walk around. I might be able to place it," he suggested. He took Kali's hand and walked a few paces. He froze when they reached the bottom of a rock wall. "I know this place."

"So where are we?"

"I don't remember where this is exactly, but I remember following Cloud here almost twenty years ago."

"Well then, let's get up there. We won't know unless we go," Kali smiled. She began running up a path that steadily rose towards the top in a zigzag movement. "Come on!"

"Kali, wait! This is a bad idea!" he called after her. When she didn't stop, he sighed and followed. Kali laughed as she ran, but Kadaj was running at top speed, trying to reach his sister and stop her.

"Come on slow poke! You're not that old! You can catch up to me!"

"Kali…" Kadaj yelled in aggravation. A moment later, he was next to Kali at the top, but he had his hands on his knees and was gasping for breath. "I forgot how long that run is…"

"Relax," she smiled, but she was panting as well. "Look at this. It's so amazing."

"I know this place now," Kadaj muttered as he looked. "This is the Northern Crater. Father was frozen by the Lifestream after falling in at the Nibelheim reactor. This is where he rested. He summoned Meteor from here after Cloud gave him the Black Materia."

"This is it?" Kali whispered.

"Yeah," Kadaj nodded. He gazed out over the large crater until a movement above it caught his eye. "What the hell is that?"

"Huh?" Kali gasped. Kadaj pointed and she followed his gaze. She nodded. "It's daddy. He's in trouble."

"Dad?" Kadaj repeated in disbelief.

High above them, over the middle of the crater, were two creatures flying around. The larger one was beyond words. The other, smaller one was unmistakably Sephiroth. He was flying around her, his mismatched wings flapping tirelessly. He had a large sword in his hand, but it wasn't Masamune. From their vantage point, it seemed to be a regular-sized katana. In his other hand, he held a decent-sized black marble. As he began flying towards the siblings, the creature reached out and hit him in the back. Sephiroth screamed and dropped the ball into the creature's outstretched hand. His wings stopped flapping and he dropped at his children's feet.

"Daddy!" Kali yelled. She and Kadaj knelt with him, but they were too late. Sephiroth stared up at them and muttered two words as he took one more breath and turned to dust.

"Stop her," he muttered. Kadaj held his hand tightly, wincing as it turned to dust in his palm.

"What now?" he muttered shakily as their father's remains blew away in the wind.

"We watch," Kali said simply. Kadaj turned to follow her gaze. He gasped to see two familiar people running down the side of the mountain.

Kadaj and Kali watched as the two silver-haired people in black reached the bottom and glared at the woman that now stood in the center. In her hands was the black ball. Hanging from her neck was a white ball about the same size. She smiled at them and told them that they were too late. The woman turned into the monster as Kadaj and Kali leapt to the bottom, landing harmlessly. They watched as the person with pure silver hair ran up to the monster, his double-blade ready to attack. He made contact, but the creature only screamed in pain and picked him up by the throat. She squeezed his neck and they listened as he gurgled and struggled for breath. As her wound healed, the monster pulled back her hand and threw the man against the rock wall. Kali and Kadaj remained put, the body flying right through them. Kadaj, his arms having gone up in protection, lowered them to look at the man now lying behind them. He slapped a hand to his mouth.

"No," he shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. The girl with silver and black hair ran to the man and knelt. She held him and kissed his cheek while the man smiled weakly and closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Kali," he whispered. Blood dripped from the back of his head as he stopped breathing. The girl gritted her teeth and screamed as she looked up to the night sky.

"Kadaj! No!" she yelled. Kali closed her eyes at the sound of her dream self. As the dream continued to cry, the woman in white came up behind her. Dream Kali muttered angrily, "You murdered my brother."

"Of course. You are my enemies. Did you not do the same to Tifa and Marlene?"

"That was revenge. What did he ever do to you?"

"You two children tried to stop me. That is reason enough to kill you."

"You fucking bitch!" Dream Kali yelled angrily. She turned and shoved Masamune through the woman's abdomen. It stuck out through the other side, but the woman only stood calmly as her blood dripped down her body, turning her outfit red. She slowly walked closer to Dream Kali, the sword digging farther and farther into her.

"Do you honestly think you can kill me this way?" she whispered as she reached the hilt.

The woman grabbed the sword just under the hilt and lifted Dream Kali off of the ground. She was slammed into the rock wall and landed next to her dead brother. The real Kali and Kadaj knelt by her to see if she was alive. Her chest rose slowly. The woman slapped Dream Kali and woke her. As the dream girl watched, the woman pushed the hilt through her body and pulled the sword from her back. She raised the blade as the girl fell under again.

"She's going to kill me…" Kali muttered to Kadaj. He nodded and looked away before a voice began to speak quietly.

"!tu oemt eL !lasop sidru oyta ebl liwtI !m'ro fuer tyme katl liwu oydna uoyr ofseh tolc der et tate seht deh semt eL !uoyr ofeg neve rehtl lifem teL !d'nim ru oyni tie esna cI !odu oyes ru ocfO ?eg neve ert nawto nu oyoD .reh torb ru oyde red rum ehS .rehl likd nayd obru oyek atre voot emwol lA .tsa ebs iht tae fed ton nace nolau oytah twon ku oY .reht aef edna cI ,emtell liw uoyfI !t'ne momar ofpe elsay ats ,ilaK"

"Nanashi," the two siblings whispered.

"You know you cannot defeat me. There is only one who can. I know you will not let her out. You need not fret over your brother. You will be together again soon," the white woman muttered, the blade raised high above her head, "and I will be able to summon them again."

As the blade came down, Dream Kali, without looking up at the woman, grabbed Dream Kadaj's sword and brought it up. Masamune was caught between the blades. She turned the double blade and Masamune fell into her lap harmlessly.

"No," Dream Kali whispered as she stood and let her coat fall to the ground, "you will not summon them back," her gaze rose to look at the woman angrily, "and I will let her out. Nanashi, please, send me your true form. AH!"

The Dream Kali threw her head back and screamed as she changed her shape. The real Kali began trembling as she took the shape she had seen before. The Dream clutched the sword in her normal hand and glared at the woman with shining silver cat eyes. Kadaj's jaw dropped.

"She looks like Safer Sephiroth," he gasped. Kali trembled as the woman, now five times smaller than the Dream Kali, chuckled and stared up at her.

"Very well then. Have it your way," she laughed. The woman changed back into the monster. They charged at each other as Kali and Kadaj faded out of the scene.

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"Where are we now?" Kali moaned. The two of them stood in another field. There was nothing there except grass and a city on the horizon. Kadaj looked up and gasped.

"Kali…" he whispered. He pointed to the horizon and Kali cried out in surprise and alarm.

"Kadaj, what are those?" she yelled. Falling from the sky on the horizon was a large stone of fire. The city was being torn up below it. Coming at them from below the rock was what appeared to be water, but it was green. It, too, was tearing the ground apart as it traveled closer and closer.

"The stone is Meteor. The green river is Holy. Holy was made from the Lifestream and is part of it. Damn it," he muttered. "Why is Meteor back and Holy destroying the land?"

"I think we should run," Kali suggested as the river was upon them. The two of them began running, but as they did, the scenery disappeared and everything was dark.

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"Kadaj. Kali."

"Who's there?" Kadaj yelled. They were in the crater again, but it was empty. A man in a white trench coat with only one arm approached them from seemingly nowhere. Kali recognized him as one of the men that had welcomed Vincent to the Lifestream.

"Kadaj," he smiled, "how… nice… to see you again."

"Why are we here, Rufus?" he said angrily.

"Everything you've just seen. Your father wanted to be here. That was the first thing he wanted me to tell you."

"Where's daddy?" Kali asked immediately.

"He had other things to do. You might not realize it, but the Lifestream is a rather busy place. Your father has to help prepare the stream for the next batch of spirits. But you want to know about the events you just saw, yes?"

"Go on," Kadaj said stiffly.

"There is a woman-" he began before Kadaj cut him off.

"No shit, she just killed me and tried to kill Kali!"

"If you would let me finish," Rufus snapped. Kadaj fell silent. "This woman will stop at nothing to destroy the Planet. She is an escaped soul and is damn near invincible. She took over the body of a recently deceased woman about fifteen years ago, thus bringing her back to life. The woman grew normally enough, but so did the invading spirit. Now, the spirit has complete control over her body. They used to have two names, but now they are known only by the spirit name."

"Which is?" Kali inquired. Rufus shook his head.

"We dare not speak it here. She is an evil bitch. Normally we would be glad to be rid of souls like that, but not this time. She is threatening the entire Planet, both the Lifestream and the plane of the living.

"We are only now learning of her plans. She began putting them into play not long before your arrival," he explained, a nod added towards Kali, "perhaps one or two years. We don't have all of the details, but we know that they have to do with Meteor and Holy as you saw. We fear that she is trying to summon them again to destroy the world," he whispered. His gaze dropping and voice saddening.

"That's impossible. The Black Materia was destroyed with father and the White Materia was lost. Even if she got a hold of them, their powers were dispersed long ago. They wouldn't work," Kadaj shrugged.

"But there were two of each."

"Two?" Kadaj gasped. Kali only looked between them, confused beyond belief.

"Yes," Rufus nodded. "They're copies that Hojo made and hid. The originals were indeed destroyed, but the copies hold the same powers.

"What you two saw is what will happen at the end of your journey. When you have killed Tifa, Marlene, and every memory of them and the others, and you have gained strength enough to go to the Northern Crater, Kadaj will die and Kali will choose to let Nanaki free and fight to destroy the beast. Before they fight, the enemy will summon Meteor and Holy. Kali, you will only have a short time to kill her and destroy the Materia before Meteor reaches the Planet and Holy reaches the surface. Once we know how long, one of us will pull you in and tell you. What you witnessed with Meteor and Holy was what will happen if Kali fails to defeat her."

"But Holy is a force of good. How can it destroy?" Kadaj shook his head.

"If it falls into the hands of evil, the White Materia becomes evil as well. It can destroy if that is what the Summoner wants it to do."

"What can Nanashi do?" Kali spoke up. "Nanashi is evil, I feel it. She took over my body and made me kill all of those men."

"She did what she thought was necessary to let you live. You also have no control over your emotions," Rufus said simply. He held up his hand as Kali began to protest this insult. "Allow me to finish before you blow up. When you are extremely angry, you are blinded by hate and the anger. When you kill a man, you feel a sort of sick joy. Those are the emotions that leave you most vulnerable. Nanashi only takes over if you let her during these times. Learn to resist. You can do it.

"I have one more request," he said quietly. He looked to Kadaj with a pleading look in his eyes. "Stop my daughter. She's trying to bring our family back into power. I know that the Planet will be in greater danger with her in control whether you stop the beast or not. She's too much like me. You, Kadaj, saw how terribly my father and I led the Planet. If you have to kill Valda, do it," he whispered, his gaze falling to the ground again. "She'll want to die soon anyway. Her mother is dying and doesn't have much longer. Please, stop her."

"I will," Kadaj nodded. He looked at Rufus with a stony gaze.

"Rufus? Another thing about Nanashi…" Kali began. "How did she become part of me?"

"Well, Kali," Rufus smiled. "You know how the beast-" he looked up at the sound of a whistle. "Damn it. I must leave you. We're out of time. One of us will pull you back soon. Oh, and be sure to keep an eye on Sachiko."

"But what about-" Kadaj started to say.

"I'll explain about Nanashi later. You must go now."

"Rufus? Give Vincent a hug for me," Kali requested. Rufus smiled and nodded before walking away. He faded as Kadaj and Kali closed their eyes and felt their physical selves begin to stir.

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"Kadaj?" Kali whispered. He was standing, arms crossed, on top of the hill and gazing at the ruins as the sun rose. She laid a hand on his back and stood with him. He glanced at her at the feel.

"I'm just thinking," he replied, glancing back at the ruins.

"You didn't go back to sleep all night."

"I couldn't. I've been up all night wondering."

They had woken up from the dream in the middle of the night. Reno still had not returned. The others had been fast asleep as the siblings woke up. Remembering the events of the dream, the two of them had held each other and cried. Kali was finally able to go back to sleep, but Kadaj was less fortunate.

"Will you be okay?" she asked worriedly. Kadaj sighed.

"Do you think it's true? Is that truly what cards the fates have dealt us? How are we supposed to beat her when we know that I will die? No offense, but I'm far more experienced and stronger than you. And what of the others? We saw none of them at anytime. What about Sachiko? What part does she have to play?"

"Kadaj," Kali muttered soothingly. She hugged him tightly. "I won't let her kill you. Or the others. That includes Sachiko."

"Nor will I let her touch you," he whispered back.

"Let's not tell the others. They shouldn't have to carry this burden," Kali requested.

"Of course," Kadaj agreed as they embraced tighter. He glanced back at his sleeping bag as Sachiko slowly stirred.

"Go ahead to her," Kali smiled, turning to the city.

"I thought you didn't like her," he reminded the girl.

"I was out of line last night. I admit that I'm a little jealous, but I know how much you like her. I felt that way about someone myself once," she muttered, memories of Devin flying through her head.

"Hey. I'll always be here for you. You know that, right?" Kadaj assured her, his arm wrapping around her shoulders. She nodded and continued to watch the ruined city. Kadaj squeezed her and kissed the top of her head before walking over to Sachiko.

"Sachiko?" he whispered, a hand going to her forehead. She slowly opened her eyes.

"Am I awake?" she whispered. Sachiko grabbed Kadaj's wrist. "Whose hand is this?"

"It's me. Kadaj," he told her. She smiled.

"I heard your voice crack. Were you worried?"

"A little bit. Does your shoulder hurt?"

"It's stiff. Hmm," she moaned as she moved it. "Yes, it still hurts. Just a little bit."

"Then don't move. Are you hungry? Thirsty?" he inquired.

"Both."

"I'll be right back," Kadaj said as he stood. As he walked off, Kali joined Sachiko's side.

"Thank you, Kali," Sachiko whispered when she made her presence known. "I know you took the bullet out. It hurt, but thank you."

"I couldn't let you die."

"I know you don't like me much."

"Who said that?" Kali gasped. Sachiko shook her head.

"Nobody. But I could tell by your voice and manner."

"Sachiko, I don't dislike you. It's just…" Kali trailed off and looked at her brother. "Kadaj is the only family I have. When I met him, I hoped that we would be together, just the two of us. Then he met you and has ignored me a little bit since then. You know, he really likes you. The whole time you were out, he didn't leave your side."

"He's a good man. You're lucky to have a brother like him," Sachiko whispered. She closed her eyes and sighed. "He will make a woman very happy someday."

"You don't like him?" Kali exclaimed in surprise.

"I really don't know yet. I have been careful about the men I get involved with. Since I'm blind, there are many men that would take advantage. I want to be sure before I go to bed with someone, you know?"

"Kadaj isn't like that. I promise you," Kali reassured her. Sachiko smiled softly.

"I hope you're right. Kali, would you leave for a little while? I want to be alone for a few moments and gather my thoughts."

"Okay," Kali agreed. She left and found her friends rising near the ashes of last night's fire.

"Good morning," Rude yawned as he sat up. He cracked his back and moaned. "We need to get a hotel. My back hurts."

"How do you think I feel?" Cid groaned as he, too, rose. Yuffie remained in her place.

"Is Reno back yet?" she asked, her head poking out of the bag ever so slightly. Kali answered that he wasn't. Yuffie moaned quietly and curled back up in her bag. The rest of them turned away and let her cry, for they knew that she had done so nearly all night and was doing it again.

"What next?" Kali inquired as they ate.

"I guess we wait for Reno to get back and Sachiko to get well," Kadaj shrugged. At that moment, Reno came running up the hill.

"Tifa saw me. She's coming. We need to leave immediately," he gasped.

"Not again," Cid shook his head exasperatedly. They quickly put out the flames and packed their camp.

"Sachiko, get up" Kadaj muttered. She opened her eyes and looked towards him.

"I heard. What of me? I cannot hold on very well with my injured arm."

"I know. Kali will ride with Rude, Yuffie will ride with Reno, and you and Cid will ride with me. He'll keep a hold of you," Kadaj assured her as he lifted her gently. The small group sat on the bikes and glanced back at the ruins.

"Do you think we'll ever come back here?" Kali asked nobody in particular.

"Maybe," Rude whispered. He pulled her closer and began to ride away. The others followed slowly, each of them wondering what could possibly happen next.

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"This looks like a good place to stop," Kadaj called after riding the entire day. They were in a forest halfway across the continent from Midgar when night slowly began to show her dark face. The group parked the bikes and cautiously set up camp.

"Do you think they'll find us here?" Sachiko whispered as she sat leaning against a tree. Kadaj shrugged as he finished putting up a small tent.

"Who knows? All we can do is pray that they don't and be ready if they do. Ugh," he groaned as he bent a tree limb to set up his hammock next to the tent. "There's a tent here for you. Small, private, and close to me. Yell if you need anything."

"Would you lead me to it? I am blind, after all," Sachiko reminded him. Kadaj smiled and helped her stand. He walked with her into the tent and tucked her in.

"Are you sure you don't want to sit up with us?" he asked as he wrapped the blanket around her body.

"Yes," she nodded, her eyes going slightly out of focus. "I'm rather tired. Besides, I should rest my shoulder."

"Holler if you need anything to eat or drink. You haven't had much today. Tifa and Marlene kind of kept you from breakfast."

"I'll tell you. But I think I mostly need sleep now. Thank you for everything," she whispered. She felt around for his hand, took it and kissed his knuckles. Kadaj was unable to ignore the butterflies flying in his stomach at the touch. He began to lean towards her slowly, but Kali's voice brought him back.

"I need to get out there," he said softly. He laid Sachiko's hand on her chest and walked out.

"Are we going with the original plan? Wait until she heals?" Kali asked her friends as Kadaj sat with them.

"That's the only thing we can do for now," Cid sighed. He moaned and rubbed his chest.

"Are you okay?" Kali asked worriedly. Cid smiled.

"Yeah, just heart burn," he assured her. When they turned away, he winced and rubbed his chest a little harder before the sudden pain that had hit stopped.

"How long until she feels better?" Kali inquired to the group.

"I would guess three days to a week," Rude answered as he finally got a fire started. They fell silent as they pulled food from their bags and ate lightly. Rude stood and walked towards the bikes.

"Where are you going?" Reno asked.

"I need to go to town for something," Rude shrugged. He got on his bike. "I'll be right back."

"One of us should go with you," Yuffie insisted. Rude shook his head.

"I'll be fine," he smiled slightly. He pulled back his jacket to reveal two pistols, one strapped to his leg and another to his waist. Kali frowned.

"Those are Vincent's guns."

"He gave them to me before he died."

"He did," Reno agreed. "I heard him."

"Hurry back," Kadaj called as Rude began to drive away. "I have to admire him."

"You? Admire a Turk?" Reno laughed. Kadaj glared at him.

"I admired Vincent," he said smoothly. Reno fell silent. "Think about it. Rude lost the same people you did to my father. Reno, were his parents in Midgar when Meteor hit?"

"No," Reno shook his head. "His parents died just before he joined the Turks and he didn't have any other living family," he said slowly. He nodded. "I see where you're going."

"He hasn't had anyone for ages. And he's more than willing to give his life for what he believes in. You don't get that very often anymore, be it ex-Turk or not," Kadaj sighed. He looked to the sky. "He has bravery. Then there's the whole Tifa thing. He loves her, doesn't he?"

"Yeah. He's going to die when she does," Yuffie shook her head.

"But he's still helping us get back at her. Kadaj is right. Rude is very brave and strong," Kali added. They fell silent. And ate slowly. Two hours later, Rude was back with a small bag strapped to the bike.

"What's that?" Kali asked, pointing at the bag. Rude pulled out a dozen bottles of beer and several packs of cigarettes. He handed them to Reno before pulling out a small jar, fishing hooks, and nearly invisible fishing wire. He sat and began tying the hooks to the string with about an inch in-between each.

"What's in here?" Cid asked as he lit a cigarette. He picked up the jar and began to open it, but Rude quickly took it from him and tightened the lid again.

"You'll see," he said, working swiftly and nonstop.

They watched him finish attaching the hooks and slowly open the lid over the fire. He carefully put the liquid (for they could see now what it was) on the ground and slowly dipped the string into it. When there was only enough string for him to hold outside of the container, he stood and walked to a cave a short distance off. He slowly and carefully tied the end of the string to a tree right next to the entrance. He walked in a wide circle around the camp and tied the string to various branches about three or four feet off the ground. When he was back at the cave, he tied the end of the string to the tree where he started. Rude closed the bottle, returned to the group, took off his gloves, and threw them into the fire.

"Be careful if you have to piss or go to the river," Rude said as he began eating.

"Are you going to tell us what that shit is or not?" Reno asked impatiently. Rude swallowed.

"Poisoned hooks. A trick I picked up. Anyone ambushing us won't see the string and they'll get cut on the hooks. The poison will kill them in under thirty seconds."

"Nice," Kadaj smiled. After that, they stayed up and talked late into the night. When they were unable to keep their eyes open any longer, each went to bed. Kadaj was barely in his hammock when Sachiko called to him.

"Kadaj," she whispered. He walked in and quickly looked away. She had undressed and was wrapped up under the blankets, but her breasts were slightly more exposed than they had been when her dress was on.

"What's wrong?" he asked as he embarrassedly walked closer. "Oh, and if you need to get out of the camp, let one of us know. Rude set a poison-hook trap for attackers."

"Thanks for the warning. Can I get some water?" she muttered. Kadaj nodded and left. He came back with his water flask to find her trying to sit up.

"Let me," he offered as he sat. He gently put an arm around her shoulders and supported her. She took the flask and drank deeply while Kadaj pulled the blanket around her.

"I'm sorry," she said softly as she wiped her mouth. "This must be embarrassing, my being nude."

"Not at all. I'm thirty four years old, I've seen a nude woman before," he smiled. He laid the flask next to her. "The water's here if you want more later. I need to get some sleep."

"Thank you."

"Sachiko?" Kadaj whispered. She stared questioningly up at where he was. He slowly moved closer to her, but she realized how close he was and laid a hand on his chest.

"Kadaj, what are you…?" she trailed off when he laid a finger on her lips. The hand moved to her waist and he kissed her gently on the lips. He pulled away after only a moment. Sachiko's eyes were closed and her partially open mouth was curled into a smile. "That was nice."

"No. I shouldn't have," Kadaj said quietly. He laid her back down and wrapped her back up. He stood and walked out. "Goodnight, Sachiko."

"Kadaj?" she called. He didn't answer. She rolled over and silently fell asleep while Kadaj prepared to do the same in his hammock. He jumped when he realized someone else was there. Kali was wrapped up tightly, so he kissed her forehead and wrapped up just next to the hammock in her bag instead.

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NM: Hmm… Kadaj and Sachiko's first kiss… ((gags)) Sorry fangirls! But you can't say you didn't already see it coming sometime. Oh, and the poisony hooky thingy was not my idea. A friend of mine told me about a Dungeons and Dragons game in which he or his father (don't recall which now) used the same trick whenever camping in enemy or unknown or dangerous territory. Oh, any guesses as to why Cid was in pain? You'll find out probably next chapter or the one after, the latter being more likely. Reviews:

Sayahiei: Yep, Nanashi is probably the coolest character I've ever come up with next to Kali. And no guessing Cid for you, cuz you already know what's coming. When are you putting your story up?

Mediciner: By a 'shell,' I mean she'll have a bit of Sephy-chan's attitude and mannerisms and strengths. Sort of a mini female version of him. Except nicer. And kinder. But she'll still have plenty of coldness in her heart and sarcasm. BTW, what's ACT!h'cu mu oyk nahT

Panny Savage: Aw, why are you crying! Cuz of the Kali-Kadaj-Sachiko 'love triangle?' (I say it in quotes cuz it's kinda hard and wrong for siblings to be in love) Be prepared for more romantic scenes and stuff since the kiss has happened. Actually… ((is muffled for ten seconds)) Sorry, don't wanna give away anything!

Merielle: Yeah, Rude's kinda turning into a little bit of an OC. He's more talkative, kinder than the game portrays him, etc. But I liked the step-from-shadow-and-save-them-thing, too!

NM: Oh, and I have no idea if anything Reno says about Rude having no familyis true, so don't flame me for inaccuracy!

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