Divine Beings: Cursed Awakenings
RayZor

Recall those days,
Look back on all those times,
Think of the things we'll never do-
There'll never be a day
When I won't think of you...
- Phantom of the Opera

Chapter One: Thinking of You

Somewhere in the night, a person lurks through a grave yard. He steals through the darkness as if he were a spectre. This man is known as the Grave Thief, the stealer of souls. He goes to new graves and raises the dead to become his minions, changing them into various monsters and demons that plague the planet. Sephiroth remembered the stories from his teenaged years, when he would run away at night and go to clubs. The man knew that the Grave Thief was naught but a legend. He also knew that any precautions would be taken so that Yuffie could not become a demon or a monster. She would be one pissy-ass monster.

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Vincent sat upon the hood of Cloud's car, eyes watching the stars above him. They all seemed so dim, as if they only sparkled when Yuffie was around. When she was alive. He knew that was rather immature and stupid, but could not help but think it. She had been gone nearly an entire day, but he could not bring himself to believe that she was gone.

Vincent... I'm actually kind of scared. What if we don't win? What if Sephiroth totally kicks our butts?

He won't, Yuffie... You said that anyone can change, Do you believe it?

Of course!

Even... Never mind.

No, Vin, not never mind. What were you going to ask?

Even... A demon?

Of course, Vincent. But you don't need to changed. I like you as you are.

"If only you had been right, Yuffie... But demons cannot change, whether they are pseudo-demons or true."

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Surka felt her blade slice through Reina's flesh, but remained stoic, as per her Turk training. Reina retaliated with an eblow to the undead's face. "You shall pay for killing my friend," Surka hissed, parrying and dodging Reina's attacks. It was only a matter of time before one of them got tired.

"Who says that she's dead?" Reina countered. "Try waking her as a Guardian?"

Surka flew at the mad woman like a bat out of hell. "I will never allow a person to be used as such!"

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Sephiroth heard Surka's voice yelling, but could not hear what she was saying. Grabbing his Masamune, he ran toward the voice, catching Vincent's attention as he did so. "Something's wrong," the silver-haired ex-baddie shouted over his shoulder. "Come on."

Vincent checked his Death Penalty before following the man. If Sephiroth was right, then the final battle may have begun without them. And Vincent wanted his shot at Reina.

They reached Kais, who was seething with anger, eyes upon the two immortal women as they danced their deadly fight in circles of rage. Sephiroth's eyes narrowed. "Reina," he growled. He and Vincent charged forward simultaneously, a gun shot ringing through the air. Reina's body jerked backward, but Sephiroth and Surka took no pity on her. As strong as he was with Jenova and MAKO coursing through him, his hatred rivalled it.

Stop! Don't kill her!

Sephiroth believed himself to have gone insane, but kept slashing at the divine being.

Stop! Stop it! Right now! Sephiroth! Vincent! Surka!

This time, Vincent glanced around, muddy brown eyes searching for the source.

STOP!

But Surka had made a clean slice and Reina's head tumbled to the ground, eyes still staring in shock. Everything went silent for ten seconds... Then a sob erupted from Kais. He collapsed to his knees and began mumbling prayers to long forgotten gods and goddesses.

Tael and Tifa came to a stop just shy of Reina's head. The younger woman let out a cry and turned away, eyes closed tightly. Sephiroth stared, breath coming a shallow pants. His muscles craved oxygen as he stood there, Masamune falling to the ground in seemingly slow motion. Cloud soon caught up to them all, eerie blue eyes watching them all with concern. Tifa's maroon eyes merely watched Vincent, who collapsed like Kais.

Chaos and Diablos stepped out of nothingness and nodded a greeting. The other demons soon followed, Mayhem dancing in with the grace of the pixie demon she was. Although she did not look at Kais or Reina. In fact, her ever-changing eyes looked around the woods as if searching for something.

"Oh, we have come too late," her innocent voice said with a mixture of sorrow and regret. "Oh, dear, Chaos! I cannot believe it! They defeated her too quickly! I shan't be able to recollect the souls in time!"

"What souls?" Kais asked through tears. "What souls could you even want, milady? Fox is gone. Yuffie is gone. Reinaistics is gone. And now even Surka had left us." A glimpse around showed that he spoke truthfully. Surka had gone, leaving nothing to even signify that she had once been there.

"But... What about Yuffie?" Tifa asked slowly inconfusion. "Can't we... I mean..."

Chaos turned to her, crimson eyes menacing though he meant to be gentle. "What's gone is gone. There is no changing that..."

Sephiroth felt the cold stab of reality. "Then... The one person who trusted me... Who honestly loved me..." He trailed off, unable to continue for the lump in his throat.

"She is gone," Kais said softly. "And so is Fox."

Tael licked her dry lips, turning to face them all. "There... There might be a way to tell her goodbye, though." She clenched her fistd at her sides, almost afraid that they would laugh at her. "I... I possess a power to speak to the dead. But only a for a few moments. That is why I was on my way to a tournament. I thought that I could find an old friend who had died there." I thought that I could find Talir...

Everyone looked at her before Sephiroth spoke. "I want to speak to her."

End of Chapter One

I really hate the fact that I'm not allowed to list your names and respond to you all... That's really upsetting. Anyway, I hope that those of you who liked the first two are still reading this. I know of only two, but some people may not review. Meh. I'm lucky that two of you are still reading. This only consists of 4 chapters, so I apologize. And Tael's power or curse or whatever has been planned since she was introduced. Don't believe me? Go check out the second story, when she came in. She rambled about Talir or a friend or something like that.
So, I hope that you liked this. No, Yuffie's not returning. Poor Sephy-kuns...