Disclaimer: If I owned Final Fantasy VII, this fanfiction wouldn't be possible. Thank you, Square-Enix.
Aerithism
Sixteen: Detours to Come
"What happened to you two?" The small brunet boy stared at the two teenagers before him. "A chocobo try to eat you?"
The thinner one placed a hand on his forehead and shook his head. "How'd you guess?"
"Anda weird card-thingy…"
The boy frowned and shook his head. "So… we're going to Cosmo Canyon? I guess I have to tell my parents, huh?"
The older males turned to look at one another. "And… what are you going to tell them, Zack?" Evere whispered.
The child smiled and turned his head towards the statue of the Maiden. "I'll just tell them… that the Maiden has called on me to make a great pilgrimage."
"And dat's gonna work?"
The child shrugged as he turned around. "If it doesn't, I'll just sneak out the window at dark. Meecha at the edge of town!" The boy ran off, presumably in the direction of the town.
"You ever get the feeling something really bad is about to happen?"
Wallace rubbed the back of his head. "Only once… Then, I killed over."
"Weird."
Azrael stared at the back of Jenova's rotting head. "Couldn't you—oh, I don't know—change into someone?"
"Who?" The remains of Father asked.
"I don't care… Anyone would be an improvement."
Father tilted his head and smirked slightly. His form changed almost instantaneously into a woman with flowing brunette hair, and a smiling face.
"She-she's my," Heiress stuttered as her eyes traced the pink-red dress with a purple sash. "m-mother?"
Azrael rolled her green eyes. "Mother, could you pick someone else? I do not want to listen to the little Cetra whore—"
"—Hey!" Heiress's hands were placed stubbornly on her hips. "That's not nice—"
"—complaining the entire way to… Where are we going again?"
Jenova shrugged her slim shoulders and transformed into a blonde woman in a green dress. She smirked as she leaned against a glowing tree.
The brunette girl shook her head in dismay. "Cosmo Canyon."
The silver-haired child nodded. "Alright… And how do we go about crossing to another continent?"
"Uh…"
Nanaki stared at the dirt covered trio that passed under the Cosmo Canyon arch. "Well, can't say I was expecting to see you three."
The darker skinned teenager shook his head. "We gotta fix dis mes of a Planet."
The beast raised an eyebrow. "And everyone else is…?"
"On there way," the small porcupine-haired child replied. "They should be here soon enough."
"I'm gonna go to da Cosmo Canyon bar ta get a drink."
The red creature called, "Put it on my tab along with the two assassins in there."
Evere wondered towards the bonfire, and made himself comfortable.
"So, how long should they be?" Nanaki questioned.
"Not too bad, I'd think…" Zax mumbled.
Six years later…
"I don't think they're coming, Zack."
"Just five more minutes…"
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