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He took a seat on the yellow couch and placed his head in his hands, as if he were fustrated. I didn't really see why it was so hard. He emmited a loud sigh before looking up at me, a sad, yet stern, look plastered upon his face.

"Tifa, I've been using you."


Chapter 8

Motive


Using me. So there is some sort of plot behind all of this. There is some hidden ulterior motive. There is something he knows, and I need to find out. Using me.

I can't say that I haven't been used before. I can't say that I haven't used somebody else.

Somehow with Sephiroth, the way he said it, it just seemed different. I'm sure he is the type of guy that has used plenty, just look at what he did to poor Cloud.

But he isn't under anyone's control but his own now. I just have to remember that the choices that he has made are his own. Whatever it is that he has done. However it is that he is using me.

In a way I didn't want to know. I secretly wondered how it would be if he just let me remain the naive little player in is game, trudging on as if nothing were wrong. I have done a lot of that in my time because it didn't seem like such a bad option. It didn't seem so painful that way.

I guess though, when you are being used by Sephiroth that is, it could turn out to be a potentially lethal way to carry on.

"Do I really want to know?"

He looked up at me, settling into his perfect posture, taking on his general form. He wouldn't look at me. He wouldn't dare look at me, most likely in fear. Not fear of me, of course. But a fear that if he bothered to look at his pawn that his plans might crumble.

Now, now. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to become emotionally attached to your prey?

"You really NEED to know."

I do need to know. I should be happy to know before it is too late. Before I begin trusting him, before I go anywhere with him, before I'd ever think about kissing him.

I guess it is a little bit late.

Better late then never. Or better slightly late then way too late.

"Tell me then...", I replied while crossing my pale arms and sitting on the edge of the bed, "..what is so bad that it has even brought you to tell me of your little schemes. Tell me then."

He remained in the same position, never moving and deathly still as he replied as if reading his lines from a book.

"When I met you I had full intentions of killing you. Not just killing you, but making you a sacrifice."

A very depressing book. He took my silence as a signal to comtinue.

"When I died, as I have said before, I was giving another chance at life. By doing this, however, it caused things to be unbalanced. So I needed one more person, one more death. One in exchange."

I can't say I was too surprised. When Sephiroth said he was going to be using me, I immediately thought that he was eventually going to kill me.

He really is a selfish man though. Kill another person so he can live again, "rightly". Good way to start off on a holy path. Sacrifice an innocent girl and then lead your life the way it was meant to be.

"Your still an effin' psycho, Sephiroth. You almost had me thinking that you had actually changed."

It was as if he hadn't heard me. He continued, un phased. Bastard.

"I could choose two people who would be able to acknowledge me as an actual being on the planet. Out of those people one was to be sacrificed. Hojo, I believe, is indeed dead. So I choose the two easiest people I could think of to manipulate that I still wanted revenge on."

I threw another pillow at him, skimming his right shoulder. This seemed to pull him out of his trance.

"Well, I know I'm one of your unlucky victims. The other?"

"A young girl that goes by the name of Yuffie. You know her."

"Yuffie? But...why?"

Despite the situation he was in, another one of his trademark smirks could be seen on his face and a laugh threatening to escape his lips. I didn't really see this as a laughing matter.

"I thought I had already made it clear. Women are easy to manipulate. Easy to gain their trust. It worked with you, didn't it?"

I wanted to yell and tell him that it hadn't worked with me, that I was smarter then that. I didn't fall into his games or fall for his false charms. I was a sensible girl.

A girl. A girl just longing to be accepted, and loved. Acting like a girl again, when I should have been acting like a grown woman.

And so I did fall into this trap.

And I regret it.

And now I'm going to do whatever I can to kill that bastard once and for all.

"Now what do you want me to do, Sephiroth? Why are you revealing this to me? Because you feel sorry for me now?"

My voice grew louder and louder with each sentence. I hoped the walls were thicker then they had appeared.

"Don't feel sorry. I had never expected anything good to come out of this. Or of you for that matter...", I added, his expression remaining solid and stiff, "..and now I think I'll be going to bed."

I know, I know. I'm insane. I should have bolted, right then and there. Gotten help. Warned Yuffie. Little did Sephiroth know, I had a new plan of my own. I hardly even knew either. As of now there aren't many details to the plan.

It began 1 minute ago. As of now it has no definite outcome. I would eventually like it to crush Sephiroth in ways unfathomable by the human mind. I would like it to go smoothly and I hope as little physical and emotional pain inflicted upon myself as possible.

I had an odd feeling that he was slightly shocked as I pulled back the covers of the bed and began to settle myself under them. Quite a few questioning glances were thrown at me.

"I know you feel something, Sephiroth. I know you feel something different about me. A feeling of pity. Maybe you feel guilty. Maybe you even might be starting to like me, huh? Maybe that is why you told me, right?", I questioned as I turned out the lights.

Still in place, a cool reply emmited from him.

"I may not seem to be a man of my word at the moment. However I wasn't lying when I said I wanted you. Not even I know why. I don't want to feel this way, so you know. It isn't like me..."

Was the great General Sephiroth rambling?

About me?

It was then in there my plan was set into motion.

Sephiroth has never loved anyone before. He has never known how wonderful it can be.

Sephiroth has never felt heartbreak before. He doesn't know how true to it's name it seems.

It began 10 minutes ago. As of now it has a definite outcome, which is to tear apart Sephiroth in a way that he has never experienced before. I would still like it to crush him in ways unfathomable by the human mind. I would like for it to go smoothly, though I fear I will go through much physical and emotional torture.

And I hope it will be worth the trouble.


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