Journey Sixteen – Paradise Eden
N.B. This is where the spoiler warning come in now, so unless you read the last fifteen (including the prologue) journeys, your head will now be confused and the plot will be spoilt for your enjoyment. Enjoy!
Huh? Where are we? And what happened to Yuffie, Leon and Adrian?
Unsure where the three individuals are, Aerith, Sephiroth and Rufus ended up in a location they have never heard of. No crowds walking, just a couple of stairs spiralling out of nowhere in this dark environment.
"Argh!" Rufus cried in agony as he was completely lost with them. "Is this YESHUA's memory? I thought it would be more robotic than that!"
"Well, whatever it is, we'd better be careful." Sephiroth explained as he carefully observed for any danger in sight, with his left hand on Masamune's grip ready for combat. "I sensed something is waiting for us."
"But one thing that feels so unsettling to me," Aerith remarked with some mixture of fear and calm as she was looking for exit. "If we don't move right now, there may be…huh?"
"What is it Aerith, baby?" Rufus asked in a curious manner.
"I though I saw a small boy." And there it is again in Aerith's eyes, on top floor, a small boy looking at her and her companions, only to have disappeared a second later and her action was taken sooner unusually as she ran on a flight of stairs that followed the small boy.
"Aerith, what on Hollow Bastion's name are you doing?" Sephiroth shouted with concern as he followed her, along with Rufus, as he brought his shotgun by his side.
"I thought I saw this small boy running through the hallway." She hurryingly panted as she ran the small boy's path.
Step by step, with anxiety and excitement by her side, Aerith ran without her breath breaking, trailed behind by Sephiroth and Rufus and when they ended up in a door of where the supposed small boy is, she was sure he was in here.
"I knew he's in here." She remarked calmly as she was about to grab on to the doorknob. "I'm sure he went into this door."
"What happens if we ended up the wrong way round?" Rufus carefully warned her. "If you lead us to oblivion, I'm never going to trust women!"
"It's okay, I'm used to face danger." And with her body ignoring the mind of her conscience and the two men behind her protesting, Aerith turned the knob anti-clockwise and once opened towards her, all the threesome could see is that shimmering light.
"Ugh." Yuffie could only say, after that baffled dive. However, what she could see is the darkness that surrounded her, until she can hear a male voice.
"Yuffie, wake up. Wake up. Oh for crying out loud, wake up!"
"Okay, okay, I'm opening my eyes now Leon!" She shouted in disapproval, but once she opened her eyes, Yuffie was amazingly baffled. Not only she saw the lone swordsman and the half-Chinese man in front of her, but the environment they were in, was sort of surreal. Lots of skyscrapers with trees and yet, no crowds were there. Only them. "Am I in 'Robo-boy's' memory?"
"Sort of." Leon replied quickly with some sort of disgruntled accent. "I don't know what these glasses are for, but one thing's for sure, we are definitely in some sort of really weird world."
"Then…wait a second! Where are Sephy, Aerith and that blonde guy?"
"You mean, Rufus?" Adrian responded in interest "It seems that Eliza and Yazoo haven't managed to get used to the dive controls just yet and now, split the three of us somewhere in YESHUA's memory."
"Aw, man! Now, we have to find her the hard way!" And when Yuffie stood up, the other party now had to cross the unknown, not giving the fact that she and Leon were entering into foreign territory for the first time, since landing in the Theophilus Star System.
Many seconds and minutes later and still no luck. Until, they stopped at the building in front of them and a voice is heard out loud – a deep male voice babbling about some sort of doomsday event.
"Uh, Leon," Yuffie bewilderedly asked to him "what on moogle's name is he doing here?"
"I have no idea Yuffie, but there's something familiar with him. His face, he looks similar to…"
Back at reality in the room, Eliza and Yazoo tried their best on handling the situation as soon as possible, but their new experience with the latest technology seem to be on the dwindling side.
"Uh, Chief…" The silver haired technician nervously asked his mentor "There seems to be the problem with the 'divers' splitting themselves into three."
"I know that Yazoo!" She exclaimed as she was typing so fast on getting the problem eradicated as quickly as possible. "Just let me fix the bug found in YESHUA's memory!"
"Now, where are we?" Sephiroth frustratingly asked to anyone as he opened his emerald green eyes…and now the threesome are in a different environment – instead of a dark corridor full of stairs that lead to anywhere, but a futuristic world, where technology has advanced flourishingly and sat beside with nature. And suddenly, he saw a person on a swing, no a boy, who has not only the same features as him, but he has the same black wing as him! "It can't be…"
"Sephiroth, is there…" Aerith was about to ask him, until she saw that boy. "But that's not possible…"
"I don't care where the hell we are," Rufus finally snapped himself "I'm going to find an exit and get us out of here." And he did, only that he started again in front of them.
"Wow, that was fast." Sephiroth sarcastically replied to the blonde gunner "Did the trip managed to end right that fast?"
"Oh, shut up!"
"Besides, unless you want to run around again and again, we stuck in this dimension." With that statement, the One Winged Angel left with Rufus in his own device; with Aerith and himself walking to the boy on a swing as Sephiroth sat down next to him. "Why would YESHUA remember me as a small boy? He wasn't even here when I was younger."
"I don't really know either," She began to start worrying about this 'mess' and put her hand softly touching on his hand, "but I'm sure this place doesn't look familiar to you."
"Uh, guys, you'll never believe this, but inside YESHUA's memory, we're in the actual setting of Lost Eden.""WHAT?" They both shouted in amazement. "How did you know?"
"Well, there was a sign that says 'Rockin' on Paradise Eden' and with my mind, I think we're in Lost Eden for sure."
"Which is why I sent you here." Said a mysterious voice and on one occasion, the three characters were surprise to see that instead of the younger version of Sephiroth, next to the One Winged Angel was a person with black hair in a similar style to him, except it was tied up like a ponytail and steel rimmed glasses he wore and the expression was the same as his.
"Are you really my father, Hojo?" Sephiroth asked to this person, while Rufus and Aerith were surprised to see this new event.
"In a way, yes. However, I am just a memory hidden away safely, to which I managed to survive by inputting what remains in my body to the memory of what you called, 'YESHUA', before 'Paradise' became 'Lost' over a thousand years ago."
"No way, that person looks like Sephy!" Yuffie exclaimed in surprise, while looking upwards.
"I'll say," Adrian agreed with Yuffie, "He may look like Sephiroth, but his hair isn't. It looks more black hair to me". And then they were still listening to that mad person's sayings.
"…Paradise Eden is nothing more, but a dream we cannot accomplish. We cannot win against them and it's spreading fast! WE must atone for our sins on creating our own versions of monsters and letting them loose.
"I, for one, will be the many people who are carrying such burden you people have done to this world and together, we can cleanse Paradise Eden into a perfect utopia!"
And before they thought that mad person stopped talking, he fell off from the edge, diving into death.
"Oh my…" Yuffie screamed a little as she covered her eyes, until suddenly as she revealed her face, Leon, Adrian and herself were right in front of Sephiroth, Aerith and Rufus! "What the...?"
"Guess, I have to cancel the search." Rufus sarcastically joked to Yuffie.
"Very funny, Rufus. But more importantly, who's the dude next to Sephy?"
"That 'dude' next to me, is Hojo," Sephiroth explained to Yuffie "But for God's sake, don't call me…"
"I never seen this so enjoyable, even though I'm just a figment of memory." Hojo laughed so softly.
"It's good to see you, Hojo." Heard a young female voice that is familiar to Aerith, Sephiroth and for some reason, Hojo.
"The same can be said, Jehovah." And the young girl in white appeared from behind his position, that only the One Winged Angel, the man in a white lab coat and Aerith seem not to be surprised. But for others, they were baffled to see the mecha to arrive as a girl in appearance. "Did anyone know that your memory has been struck by the XIII Order's virus?"
"Yes, but thankfully, I managed to overturn the virus, in time after diving mentally to Sephiroth, my son's mind."
Yuffie, interrupted the scene when he mentioned 'my son's' "Hang on a minute! You're Sephiroth's father?"
"…Yes."
"However," Sephiroth soon started 'barging in the scene' "That doesn't mean I am happy with the situation. There are still unanswered questions I want you to answer – What is the Noir Key transfusion? Has the Archangel Michael got some connections to Lost Eden, along with its artefacts? Has mother and I got involved into this mess and more importantly, what is so special with the black wing on my back?"
Hojo wiped his glasses, before putting back onto his face and stood up. "Those were some good questions you have. Let me take you and your company to Paradise Eden over a thousand years ago, before the crisis took place." With a click on his fingers, he sent the company to a bright light, before the memory could begin.
Paradise Eden – thousand and one years before crisis
A party was held in a room of a building, where a mixture of past and present features come in and many people were enjoying themselves in the middle of a clear night in a full moon. Hojo, however in his formal Japanese attire, was looking at the skyline somewhere on the balcony and before he can contemplate, he heard footsteps behind his back.
"Hojo, what are you doing here?" asked a familiar female voice, when he turned his back towards her.
"Oh, Lucrecia." He surprisingly remarked as he saw his wife, rubbing her 'swollen' body. "I'm surprised you're here. Shouldn't you be inside the party?"
"With only my baby inside that's coming out in around two months and me alone? Not likely!" And before Hojo could get back to see the night sky, she grabbed on to his left arm.
"Hey, what are you doing!" he exclaimed in surprise as he was dragged by his wife and entering back to the party scene.
"I'm taking you back to the party, where you can enjoy socialising with your friends! And don't you say it again with the word 'but'!"
"Then how the heck…?" He sighed, giving up as a sign for Lucrecia's victory. "Fine, you win, my dear."
"So, how shall we call our baby, once it's arrived?"
"I don't really know. Maybe, we should name this baby after that branch from the tree of life philosophy."
"Are you serious? What happens if the children are just teasing with his name?"
"I am, but I don't think the children are grown up yet to tease. How about 'Sephira' if the baby's a girl or 'Sephiroth' if the baby's a boy."
"So that's how you got your name!" Yuffie exclaimed merrily as she interrupted the scene "Can I call you 'Sephira', now?"
"Are you trying to wind me up?" Sephiroth asked with frustration and a little nervous breakdown.
"Aw, you're blushing. That's something unusual for a strong One Winged Angel!"
"Look, I'm not blushing and would you please stop winding me up!" He tried his best to hide his embarrassment by standing behind Aerith and holding her left hand. Soon, the scene was shifted to another scene, where the speech comes in and it was Hojo's turn.
"…And so, you see, I think because religion, technology and science are now in line with each other, the past, the present and the future are now working together to be with us at peace."
Everyone applauded for his memorable speech and soon he was to wrap it all up in time for another surprising guest.
"And now, I'll give you Professor Ashura Cheng of the Research and Development section to give you the news on the latest development." And everyone applauded when Ashura's appearance came to the stage.
"Ashura?" Aerith asked with some surprise, but also confusion "Doesn't his features look similar to the Ashura we know?"
"I'm definitely sure that he is when I last fought him." The One Winged Angel replied, knowing that he knew his face at the start. Just then, another scene had switched from the previous scene to where a person with short white hair, with his face never shown that he was walking towards Ashura and Hojo.
"Hello, my dear friends." The white-haired man greeted with a smooth voice.
"It's good to see you, again Mister Vaughn." Ashura happily greeted back to 'Vaughn'.
"Oh, hello Vaughn-san." Hojo neutrally greeted to his friend "So how are things on being the governor of New London in Paradise Eden?"
"Oh, it's fine with the usual stuff. However, I am bored with the usual diplomatic things with meeting many people from different planets."
"Why's that, dear friend?"
"Yes, tell us Vaughn-san, on why should you want to be free from politics?"
"I want to explore on what life is and wonder if you unbalance the difference between Yin and Yang, Light and Darkness."
Ashura just laughed off Vaughn's idea on unbalance ideology. "That's just fairy tales, which you can't make in reality, right Hojo?"
Hojo just said nothing about it, although his expression has turned from neutral to uneasiness.
Then the scene changed again as it set around a few months later, where Hojo and Lucrecia were living, except he was in the blacksmith in a separate room, doing some final corrections on the new sword.
"Are you going to rest, Hojo?" Lucrecia asked behind his back as he was blowing the furnace to the right temperature, while she was holding their newborn baby.
"Not yet, I devise a new weapon that serves as a key to one of Project Triplet MAs, as well as a great offensive long katana that one day, Sephiroth could only be its wielder. Or maybe to Ashura's new Project Saviour."
"So, do you have a name for this weapon, dear?"
"Hmm, haven't thought about that. Maybe I should name this sword after a famous ancient swordsmith from Japan, Shiranui perhaps?"
"Nah, how about Masamune?"
"Hmm, that sounds great for a sword like this."
One week later at Hojo and Lucrecia's residence and 'Vaughn' and Ashura came to visit on his new weapons and gadgets in the upcoming weeks to the new projects they are announcing.
"So this Kusanagi is for Ashura's new project," 'Vaughn' explained to refresh his memory as he inspected the wonderful decorated sword "And this, Masamune is for…"
"Please don't touch Masamune by the blade." Hojo replied with some concern.
"Why should I not touch the blade of Masamune?"
"You can touch the handle of Masamune, but not the blade. The reason I'm telling you this is that should anyone the blade, they will only hurt themselves physically, and so only my son and myself can handle it."
"Your son? But he's just a young baby. He can't possibly be handling this colossal blade!"
"True, but I have a feeling that one day, he is the only person who can handle on piloting one of the three specially built MAs as a key. When he grows up into a mature gentleman."
"Okay, then. Ashura, you have a special project, codenamed 'Divine Angel', could you tell me more about this project?"
Ashura shrugged his shoulders off as he was sipping another cup of barley tea. And his lilac eyes were staring at the white-haired person.
"Special project? Why, yes of course. Should I tell you about it? No, I'm very sorry. I just don't to ruin the surprise for you, now do I?"
"Heh. You do like to keep your secrets a lot."
"That's the origin of Masamune?" Sephiroth asked to Hojo with many things that left undiscovered. "You made not only Masamune, you also the person who made Kusanagi?"
Hojo replied with a weak smile in his face "Yes, not only Ashura and I were scientists working for codename 'Divine Angel' that led to Archangel Michael, but I was also raise as a sword-making apprentice from your grandfather as hobby and work put together. Kusanagi and Masamune were like the children of my own, but only the first blade belonged to 'him'." The scenery changed to a lab, where Ashura and Hojo were dressed smartly with their white lab coats as they were looking at the supposed 'Divine Angel' in development around two weeks later.
"So is this 'Divine Angel' you're talking about Ashura?" Hojo asked with curiosity.
"Yeah and the reason why you're my only close friend is that I'm getting suspicious to Vaughn around his hands on getting on my next project and…hey, your special recipe is coming up!"
"Really?" And then, a robotic arm was carrying a special red liquid was coming up to the bioroid's arm, ready for injection. "Ah, you mean that?"
"Yes, this is my best recipe for creating on what you might called as a superweapon."
"Superweapon?"
"Yes, after many structures of the samples failed to match your robot, I finally found this that not only triples the strength from a normal human, but has the greatest defence, evasion and intelligence that only someone could outmatch mine and…is a special key that is enable to lock everything inside and out to Paradise Eden. This is…Noir Key."
Ashura whistled at the point of the special liquid Hojo had made. "Wow. That is one special recipe you made there. Will it be effective on Archangel Michael?"
"Archangel Michael?"
"Yeah, you named Masamune and Kusanagi after Japanese folklore or something, so I named my creation from 'Divine Angel' to Archangel Michael after a saint from some Christian mythology or something."
"Ah, I see. However, there are some technical problems when it comes to the structure, like this."
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Suddenly, black wings began to emerge behind the bioroid's back and some strands of silver hair appeared from behind Archangel Michael's head. "You mean that?"
"Yes. Turns out that if I expose to bioroid's body DNA, their structure will be slightly altered by thirty five percent. But if I expose to a normal human being like myself, then the transformation would slowly increase to a hundred percent for around three years or so and then their DNA structure would greatly be altered. Such as the ability to heal itself that depends how much feathers are shedding in either seconds or a week. Or something, I haven't tested on humans."
"So, how many doses are there in this experiment?"
"Only four so far. One for Archangel Michael, one for the fusion to Kusanagi so that your creation can safely store in its body without such heavy burden and the other two…I just don't know what to do with those two."
"Now you know the origin on the making process of the Noir Key liquid…" Hojo explained as he was cleaning his glasses.
"But that still doesn't mean about the origins of the other two artefacts and its connection to Archangel Michael." Sephiroth clearly explained to his father.
"Ah, I was about to tell you that. Unfortunately, Ashura was such a bad liar when it comes to mythology. I mean, only one would function as a key to unlock the path to Paradise or Lost Eden as you called it – and that is Kusanagi." And then the scene changed about only this time the setting took place a month inside a fancy restaurant before the crisis in Paradise Eden began.
"Lucrecia, there is something I want to give to you."
"What is it, dear?" He showed them two valuable items that cannot be reproduced. A lovely decorated pocket watch and a small ruby gem in shape of a small tear. "They look so lovely."
"Yes, I designed them myself when traditional craftsmanship was my past time, since teenage years. However, these presents have some symbolic meanings to it. Remember the story about the three mythological treasures of ancient Japan?"
"Oh yes. Do you mean the legendary sword Kusanagi, the Holy Magatama of Yasanaki and the Yata Mirror?"
"Yes, except my version of them have some use. Kusanagi, is basically a weapon most suited to Ashura's project, due to the liquid I transfused to the blade; that pocket watch is like the Yata Mirror, except the mirror behind the picture emits a strong light of waves when someone you loved dearly is in danger and the Holy Magatama is a good luck charm where you need the most or avoid certain death.
Although I know I am going to place the Magatama into Masamune, I'd just don't know of where to place it: Hidden or exposure?"
"I don't know, but I'll let you decide for yourself."
"Wait, you've been telling to me that out of the three legendary treasures, only Kusanagi can unlock the path to Paradise Eden?" Sephiroth asked angrily to Hojo as if the secret was been a lie all along. "And that the Yata Mirror and the Holy Magatama of Yasanaki were just mementoes?"
"I'm sorry if I offended you, dear." Hojo replied very sombrely as he cleaned his glasses "However, that was the only way that would save you and your mother from this heavy burden your birthplace had put."
"Then, tell me! Why did you make my life more miserable? If you haven't put that liquid into me for so long time ago, I would have lived a normal life!" Then before he was about to unsheathed Masamune, the One Winged Angel noticed Aerith's hand was touching his right arm beside him as she took out the pocket watch, now the Yata Mirror revealed.
"Sephiroth, please don't blame your father." She cried a little "If he hadn't any choice for a way to save you, then I'm sure that your life would have been worse than this."
"…" Then, he let go of position to unsheathe his weapon and remained calm.
"As I was saying," Hojo continue to speak his lecture "Paradise Eden's peace and tranquillity was tragically at an end when the crisis, known as Dark Awakening, began to emerge."
And then suddenly, the world became black and a scene began to emerge of the views of Paradise Eden's skies began to turn dark crimson.
Author's Notes: Muhwahahahahaha! Another 'Evil Cliffhanger of Doom' comes in and I'm free from exams just to add for another excitement (Yay! Goodbye A2 chemistry! Goodbye Pikey! Oops! Shouldn't have said that!)!
The most interesting thing about this chapter is that this was supposed to have a short history of Paradise Eden, a.k.a Lost Eden to Sephiroth and company, but then I got carried away and ended up doing a two part bits again, like that nail-biting climax when the other Sephiroth was about to kill Aerith in Journey Four – Reflections. So, if you want to know what really happened as to why Paradise became Lost, you'll have to give some money, now (I'm joking, okay? I don't need money anyway)! Besides, this is one of the two presents I'm giving you fans as compensation for the lack of submitting another chapter, while I was away doing some exam business.
And now, big thanks to Lily Silver, Foi, Tish, turtlerad17 and many AeriSeph fans! Without you, I am going to leave you people very confused by the time Journey Seventeen is finished. Any reviews are welcome, but you know the rule: NO FLAMERS! And now, here comes, Nimbus Detour! And for Lily Silver, you'll going to like the present, but should you not be much of a fan of this pairing I should be mentioning later, please don't read Bypass Three below.
Nimbus Detour – Bypass Three – Gig
Eleventh Heaven Bar, Serapha, Second Eden
"Kadaj!" Tifa shouted to the young man, as he about to put on his apron over his casual clothes as his evening job was obviously a barman.
"Yes, miss?" he asked with a slightly nervous expression.
"I'm going to take some stock from the back, so mind this place while I'm gone, okay?"
"Okay, miss."
"And for Eden's sake, don't call me 'miss'! It's too formal for me!"
"Erm, okay Tifa!" And she left to the back door, leaving young Kadaj doing the whole business in his responsibilities.
And after a few minutes in, a special guest walked in from the entrance carrying his guitar on his back when…
"Loz, what the heck are you doing here?" Kadaj surprisingly asked to his oldest brother as Loz was trying to find the owner of the Eleventh Heaven Bar.
"Well, after earning some money by helping Kei in his bookshop, I might as well get some more by using my music charm!" Loz profoundly shouted as his pose with his guitar punched one of the drunkards.
"Hey, watch it!" One of them shouted as he held his bloody nose.
"Oops! Sorry!"
"Uh, I think the manager, Tifa, is busy getting the drinks behind the back, so you might as well wait." Kadaj firmly remarked.
"Okay, then. I might as well get a drink, until Tifa gets back."
A few minutes in later and the bar is packed full of university students trying to bet each other on who could drink the best; young adults finally relaxed from their jobs and a stag party. However, there is a surprise or rather, shocking in store for Kadaj…
"Hey mate!" Rufus shouted as he was feeling a little tipsy "Give me some for two pretty boys, lone bloke and hic, lassie!"
"Okay…argh!" Kadaj screamed as he saw his familiar 'terrorist' and hid beneath the bar.
"Hey, what's wrong with your brother brat, Yazzy?"
"I really don't know about it." Yazoo replied as he drank another sip of water "He's been like this over two years ago, since he was traumatised by a blonde person."
Rufus froze for a second, and then drank some more beer to keep it a secret. "Oh yeah, hic! When I get my hands on that guy, I'll avenge your younger brother, hic!"
"Oh, come on Leon!" Yuffie complained as she tried to steal Leon's bottle of beer "Why can't I have one?"
"You're too young to drink, Yuffie baby, hic!" Leon replied, rather in a drunk manner. "You ninjas need to focus on killing, hic, on your target, hic, and it's no…"
Meanwhile, on the other side of the bar…
"OH, come on Sephy, baby!" Aerith remarked in a really unusual drunk manner, as she tried to 'attack' Sephiroth by forcing him to drink a bottle of sake "This is really good for yer…"
"Uh, haven't you had enough Aerith?" Sephiroth asked cautiously as he tried to avoid getting drunk.
"You wuss! You may be a strong person, but you need to drink like a person!" And then she gave him a bottle of sake, to which he had no choice, but to accept her 'gift'.
"All right, but just this once! I am a bit of lightweight when it comes to alcohol."
Thirty minutes of drinking later, Sephiroth was reduced to the One Winged Drunkard.
"…Oh it's great to have one wing on my back, but why can't I have two wings!" Sephiroth unusually rambled a lot, since he was now in a drunken state "Oh, sure I'm proud to have a nickname on the One Winged Angel, but why can't I have two extra wings on my sides and be the Three Winged Angel!"
"'Cause One Winged Angel sounded a lot better than Three Winged!" Bach shouted from nowhere as he was now heavily influence by alcohol. And then a few seconds later, he was punched by Sephiroth himself.
"What did, hic, you, hic, called me?"
"Hey, hey! Sephiroth!" Leon shouted as he was walking very jaggedly in front of him "That's no way to…" sadly, he too, was being punched by the One Winged Angel himself and after that accidentally kicked Loz's beloved guitar, while Loz was performing on stage doing many of his written songs.
And soon, a riot had predicted.
The next day
Outside the bar, Yazoo was waiting very patiently and more worried what happened last night, when Tifa came towards him.
"Ah, hello Tifa." He greeted in an unusual worrisome manner.
"Where the heck have you been Yazoo?" She asked rather angrily to him "I've been sending way too many text messages and here you are, presenting an announcement we're splitting again!"
"My mobile phone's off and I'm not splitting with you! How could I do that to you, since our relationship's strong for three years?"
"Sigh. Well, you'd better tell me what the hell happened last night in my Bar, while I gave Loz the go-ahead to perform and left Kadaj in charge."
"Well, you see…" Unfortunately for Yazoo, before he could finish his sentence to his girlfriend, Tifa; the owner of Eleventh Heaven Bar decided to open the door. "…wait! Don't open…" Too late as she screamed in horror "…the door."
"WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND, DECIDED TO RANSACK MY BELOVED BAR TO A SCRAPHEAP?"
"Uh, let's just say it a certain person, who Kadaj was unable to stop him, was too drunk to remember."
Sephiroth, why? Yazoo thought in secret as he could imagine a big sweatdrop producing from behind his back.
Quick note: Yes, Sephiroth was really out of character when he drank too much, but what he said was actually a pun on his appearance in Kingdom Hearts II. Bet you didn't notice that, eh? And yes, the last section is very much light on the Yazoo x Tifa pairing bit. But please, don't kill me, the people who doesn't like this pairing!