Journey Eighteen – Obumbrata

"Dammit!" Yazoo cursed himself as his gun targeted and shot to every unknown enemy the XIII Order have brought as unwelcome guests, while Ran, with his spear 'Paranoid' and Mardo with his katana 'Android', fought in the front lines – right inside the main hallway. "Can this be any worse than – Ran! Behind you!" And he reached his right hand, 'pointing' at the swordsman, and summoned his black beasts.

"Thanks Yazoo!" Ran complemented the silver-haired gunner, while he sped up to three more uninvited guests; shook his katana that dissolved them.

"I don't know how the hell did the XIII Order had breached the entrance!" Ran exclaimed as his 'Paranoid' had managed to eliminate five or so, should the 'guests' come too close on contact "But something isn't good! But speaking of which, what happened to Yuffie and Leon, right after we placed the injured ones somewhere safe, Yazoo?"

"I don't really know, but Yuffie, the last time I saw her, said she and Leon are heading to warn the others via the hallway."

Meanwhile, at the hallway

"Can't you go any faster, Leon?" Yuffie complained, seeing that Leon was running behind, thanks to his Gunblade, running like a true shinobi.

"Yuffie," The lone swordsman replied rather irritated "you know I can't run, like and I don't have the superpowers to…" Unfortunately, he was unable to finish his statement, as a wave of crashing water were hitting on them. Luckily for Yuffie, she managed to evade the attack, but left Leon soaking wet, literally wet.

"Oh, man! I only managed to wet one! That's no fun!" shouted a playful male voice as he emerged out of the portal, wearing a black trenchcoat, holding his unusual weapon – similar to Bach's electric guitar, except this was a sitar.

"YOU BASTARD!" Leon shouted angrily as he raised his Gunblade and was about to charge on the sitar player "YOU CALLED THAT 'FUN'?"

"Oh, hush, dear man! I am not a bastard, I am the Melodious Nocturne, Demyx. Another member of the XIII Order, I was about to give you my performance, but alas, my Master wants…" And before he could finished his poetic introduction, he could hear the sound of shuriken behind his back, but used his soundwaves from the sitar to deflect the oncoming weapon; causing Yuffie to bring back her shuriken and stand by Leon's side "…That wasn't very nice ruining my introduction!"

"Yeah, but if I hear your sitar playing in the concert hall, I wouldn't like your songs and not even going to buy that as well!" The kunoichi insulted the XIII Order member.

"What? How dare you insult my performance! I'll make sure you'll LISTEN to my song, after I'll get rid of you!"

"Hey, nice slur, Yuffie!" Leon smiled for the first time, as he got into offensive position.

"Why, you're welcome!" Yuffie replied merrily, as she got into position as well. "Now, let's get rid of him, before he plays his one-hit wonder!"

And then….they charged.

On the other side, The Main Hall

"Are you sure, you can handle Kusanagi, YESHUA?" Sephiroth asked with concern as he threw the second weapon to the cyborg.

"Professor Hojo told me I have small amounts of the Noir Key left in me, so I should be okay." He replied expressionlessly as he caught the sword.

"So how many uninvited guests did those fools bring in?" Ashura asked rather sinisterly as he got out his Ryong-Ming and Yue Xue.

"Uh….too many?" Aerith replied nervously as she peeped through the door and then closed it, fearing there are more.

"Well then…" He closed his lavender eyes and then magically opened his manic red pupils "…SHALL WE SAY HELLO TO THEM?"

Meanwhile, outside the office, 'the uninvited guests' were left wondering what was taking long, until the doors blew open and Ashura was speeding along madly, slashing every enemy hit, followed by Sephiroth who was hitting along the way.

"YOU FOOLS! CAN'T YOU DEFEAT ASHURA!" The M.P.D swordsman laughed manically.

Then Aerith ran behind the One Winged Angel, while she shoved more enemies out of the way and when things got pretty nasty in the front line, she scuttled to Sephiroth's back, jumped off and flipped in the air.

"Time to bring out the secret technique." She smiled as she twists Princess Guard and the chain was extended from the top and hit the monsters, while on the rear, YESHUA did his best to avoid from being attacked by hitting every slash, imbued with his robotic skills.

It was a long way for the party, but once they arrived at the main hall, something was emerged. In fact, three XIII Order appeared, one was Larxene, looking very pissed after the last time they met; another was holding a scythe with his eyes gazing at them and the last one, who was holding a very big sword.

"So, you're here to gatecrash my party?" Ashura smirked as he got into position "So, what are you? My dear old fans?"

"Shut up you idiot!" The blonde woman hissed angrily "We're here to finish you off!"

"And who's this guy with the big sword? I would like to add to my collection."

"Silence you fool." The XIII Order swordsman calmly jeered his opponent "I am Saïx, the Luna Diviner and the guy with his scythe is Marluxia. I am sure you met Larxene over two years ago."

"Ah, yes. I quite fondly remember. So, what are you here for? If you come to find where I left the most important objects in Lost Eden, I'm sure you're too late."

"Hmm, you think you say that, but you are wrong. We came here for one reason only – capture Ashura Zhan and force to tell where the key to the lost path is. Otherwise, to assassinate you."

"How poetic, it's a shame I can't tell you the easy way, but I've had no choice, but to…try and stop me YOU FOOLS!"

"Well then…" Larxene slyly replied as she disappeared quickly and reappeared behind Aerith and Sephiroth's backs, to which he was quick to realize the trouble "…it will be my pleasure!" She threw a set of needles towards Aerith, as Sephiroth did his best to protect Aerith, but something came unexpected. The white stranger appeared from nowhere as he covered Aerith's back and amazingly grabbed the needles as he turned around and threw back to the wielder.

"Next time…" He smirked at her "…Get better weapons." And soon afterwards, a blue stranger appeared behind Saïx's back and attacked with his katana, though Saïx was not a fool as he guard it just in time.

"Well, well." The blue stranger commented and then shouted to Aerith "Hey, girl with brown hair! You go with that white stranger and Robo-boy! Ashura, One Winged Angel and I'll distract the fools!"

Leon and Yuffie vs. Demyx

"Oh, come on!" Demyx shouted playfully as he hit every note towards Leon and Yuffie "You've got to listen to my music!"

"The Hell with that!" The lone swordsman cried angrily as he 'deflected' the invisible waves at him, while Yuffie attempted to break his defence, but to no avail "Why don't you just bugger off! FIRAGA!" He reached his left as his right hand was cutting the 'wind' and then spouts of fire emerged from his hand and shot right at him.

"Pity." The Sitar player smirked with confidence "You know water defeats fire, don't you? WATERGA!" He also summoned vast amounts of blue energy to target the fireball, but he was not so wise to the fact, Yuffie was behind and hurled her trademark shuriken towards him, causing great damage for not protecting his back.

"But you're left to your defenceless self, when chanting the magic words!" The young kunoichi cheekily exclaimed as she got back to her form.

"Argh! You…I'll get you for that!"

CLASH!

Leon's Gunblade had managed to hit some strings to Demyx's sitar, but that did made no difference to the strategy that Demyx regained his form and counterattacked with more soundwaves.

"You still want more? Huh? I'll give you more! AQUA STRINGS!"

Glass Elevator

"How much time?" Aerith asked very frightfully, as she could not understand why she was with that white stranger. "Is that crazy blonde gone?"

"I cannot scan the enemy." YESHUA replied emotionlessly quickly.

"Well, that's a relief." And she thought about this recent past, before she and Sephiroth part each other temporarily.

"Aerith, that blue stranger's right! I'll hold them off, while you run for safety!"

"But…"

"I don't know why they're here, but this might be the only chance to get out!"

"Okay, but come to me without a scratch, Sephiroth!"

"Don't worry! I can handle things fine, without a single cut on my flesh!"

And then, she remembered quickly, that white stranger that accompanied them. He was standing there, facing away from her. She have mixed emotions of anger and confusion and she had no words to come out and ask. However, her tongue slipped and she cried with strong words to him.

"Tell me…who are you? Why are you helping Sephiroth, everyone and me? Did you send out this Astaroth of yours, just to test Sephiroth? Why don't you answer me for God's sake! I want to know the truth about everything! All my time, I came to search for my father for two years…for…nothing…" And tears spread out from her eyes more as she could not ask him angrily more. Until she heard that familiar voice…her missing father from the past.

"…Why do you ask so angrily at me? Is it because you think I was a villain to you?"

"That's not the point! You're not answering my questions!"

"Hmm, it seems that you completely misunderstand my point. You seem to think that I am a villain to you and yet, my associate is helping with Ashura and your friend. Is that correct?"

"…Uh, yes. But tell me…who are you?"

"…This may be difficult for you…" His left arm was slowly lifted to his cloaked head and pull out of what looks like a mask as he lowered "…but what you see is what you get. Please do not be surprised, but do you remember of how your mother never mentioned your father…Aerith?" he turned around and he was looking at Aerith straight away. As for Aerith herself, she could not believe her eyes.

"It can't be…you're here…daddy?"

She was completely lost in her world and so much mixed emotions entered in her body. Was she happy to see her father there or was she angry that he did not return to her mother and her? Was she completely surprise or just in absolute shock? Time could only tell. And yet, Gast looked the same as she saw her over the holographic version of himself, despite looking a little older, thanks to grey strands coming out of his brown hair.

"Yes, Aerith. The white stranger that you knew was me."

"B-but why didn't you tell mum and me? Did you really never return? What happened there? I-I-I'm….so confused now!" And new tears were coming out of her beautiful face.

"Aerith, please don't cry for what I've down in the past, but let me tell you the whole story, if you wish."

"No, I don't mind."

"All right then. Let me tell you about the past…"

A couple of years back in Hollow Bastion

"Ansem," Gast remarked very concern with the Sage's unusual experiment "I don't know what it is you're doing, but I'm not happy with the way you're treating people."

"And I'm not happy that you're going to leave your world and look for this impossibly lost world that is becoming more of a myth!" Ansem replied with resentment to the researcher's discovery.

"And yet somehow, you're becoming more interested in Lost Eden itself. Why?"

"Heh, you really wanted to know about it? Sorry, but my memory seems to be slow and yet it keeps cropping up."

"Well, despite your protest, I'm going anyway. Give my regards to Ilfana and my daughter that I'll be gone for some time."

And a few years later, Ashura's manor

"You mean to tell me that my research to find Lost Eden was a complete lie and a waste of time?" Gast horribly surprised asking to Ashura, while he was drinking tea.

"Yes, I am truly sorry, if you're ever so disappointed. However, I could make it up for you, if you would like to return home."

"And then, get the mocking from Ansem himself. Oh, what am I going to explain to him on this short occasion?"

"Did you say 'Ansem'?"

"Why yes of course, but why are you interested in a name that you have never met?"

"That name…reminds me of a friend of mine…never mind."

Couple of hours later in the bridge

"I hope my hospitality in my ship, Aria Dorma is as comfortable as my baby itself." The young lady captain greeted with much pride over her ship.

"I thank you for letting Mister Gainsborough and I into your ship, Bellima." Ashura replied with a smile.

"No problem. You were always and always will be my best customer to the…"

"Miss Bellima, we've got trouble!" shouted one of Bellima's crew "Gast's planet has been covered up by some kind of unknown enemy!"

"What the-?"

"No, it can't be!" Gast shouted, as the holographic showed up as his world was covered in darkness.

"Right, girls! What's the cause of this?"

"There's no absolute source we could find!" Shouted another crew who was busy typing on the holographic keyboard

"Damn! So are there any survivors in there?"

"…None."

That completely shock Gast that no one had survive in his world and tears were beginning to show. But then he realised that there was still hope that maybe there were signs of life in the Heart Star System somewhere.

"Excuse me, but could you please looked for any signs of life in other planets?" He pleaded to the lady captain.

"Well, I don't know about that, but hopefully. Well, can you search for any signs of life?" Bellima commanded to her crew.

"Let me check." She answered as she was typing and then a few seconds later, several bleeping noises began to play on the screen. "Wow! I've never seen there are so many life forms in the planet."

"So, there is hope." Ashura remarked as he crossed his arms "Gast, what are you planning to do…?"

He saw Gast clinching his fist and his head was down. He never seem him, looking so miserable.

"Ashura, is it…okay to call your friends here?"

"Hmm, why's that?"

The next day at Lukia National Library, Akagi

"…thank you for coming in such short notice." Gast went to explain everything he and Ashura know about the situations.

"So, it's getting tough, huh?" Astaroth replied with a smirk on his eyes.

"Vaughn, this is serious." Ashura scolded to him.

"Yeah, I know, but I'm no longer Vaughn. I've changed my name."

"Ah, yes. I have forgotten about that. However, I think I know the reason why Gast's world was covered in darkness and that word, Ansem."

"Huh, there's a connection?" Bellima asked in surprise.

"Yes, unfortunately. It seems that my worry is already there; Astaroth, remember the time your brother tried to kill Hojo's family and yourself?"

"Yeah."

"I fear that the drug that I have implanted might not be permanent enough to completely wipe his memories off."

"So meaning…Ansem might want to know what happened to Paradise Eden and he wants to find out?"

"In a way, yes. But also I think his memory might come back regaining one-by-one. This might be a theory, but I have a feeling this is true. So therefore, after hours of discussions, Gast and I should form a group to prevent Ansem from regaining memories, no matter how long it would take. Are you with me?"

"Well, loos like this is going to be fun!" Bellima replied happily without hesitation.

"I'll join." Astaroth replied.

"Are you sure this is going to work, Ashura?" The young Asian gentleman asked with concern on his mind.

"I am sure this would keep things safe and avoid another disaster like Paradise Eden over a thousand years ago, Ryoujin."

A few days later, Ashura's manor

"Are you sure about leaving a message to your daughter?" Ashura asked curiously "This might be unnecessary, but are you certain she will survived from your world being in the darkness?"

"I know there is little chance my dear Aerith will survive, but if she somehow did and grows up to be a young lady, she will know that I'm still alive and yet she won't know that my face won't be shown as soon as she got here by whatever transportation she can travel."

"Well, I hope so."

"…and the rest is history." Gast finished his explanation, before Aerith started talking, very heatedly.

"Then why are you telling me this? Mum and I are were so worried about you years ago, before we were separated by the darkness, Ansem had just unleashed! Why didn't you tell me Sephiroth's uncle is alive and still with you? Why didn't you tell me that Astaroth, who nearly killed Sephiroth, was actually Vaughn himself? Why are you telling me these words?"

"…"

Tears were producing from her eyes and she could not control her feelings. Her sad and angry feelings to her father.

"…It's just like what mum said. You promised to us that you'll come back one day and…"

Then suddenly, a bright yellow came rushing between the two and narrowly missed, until it hit to the wall of the glass elevator; small cracks began to emerge.

"DAMMIT!" Larxene exclaimed as her rage was on full swing , flying madly at full speed and armed with full of needles on her hands, chasing after them "WHY DON'T YOU FOOLS STAND STILL!"

YESHUA's eyes changed from red to somewhat dark brown, giving the chance for Hojo to take over control. "At this rate, this glass elevator will shatter, if the enemy keeps on hitting us…and then we'll fall to our deaths. Unless…" He controlled his energy to Kusanagi's blade and once it was brimming full of white aura, he hurled it towards the young woman flying. And followed by giving some order to Aerith and Gast. "DO YOU WANT TO DIE WHILE SHE'S ATTACKING US? STOP TALKING AND START RETALILATING NOW!"

And soon…chaos had begun.

Main hall, Sephiroth and blue stranger (Ryoujin) vs. Saïx

Many swords clashed on and yet there were still no signs of the three swordsman defeating each other. Until the XIII Order member had just found a way to cut Ryoujin's defence. However, the person in blue had narrowly escaped Saïx's attack, saved for the fact that it had just cut the hood and the mask, and counterattack with a powerful slash. As for Sephiroth, however, once he had noticed the XIII Order member's attack, he was in for a shock.

His face…Ryoujin…from my father's memories? That's…how can he be here?

But Sephiroth's thoughts for his first look at his 'uncle' had to wait for Saïx came behind his back awaiting for his chance to slay the One Winged Angel.

"YOU FOOL!" Ryoujin shouted as he regained his offensive position, with his katana, Muerio at his side "STOP STANDING THERE AND GET ON FIGHTING!"

Sephiroth did not noticed what the blue person had told him, until he realised that he was in grave danger, thanks to the noise of Saïx's sword swinging to; he turned around and held Masamune with both hands for a split second defence, while holding on to resist the blade from falling towards certain death.

"Why are you holding on to your life, One Winged Angel?" Saïx hissed as he pushed his sword to the struggling One Winged Angel "I've been told to many legends of the One Winged Angels having bad luck. So, with your long and pathetic sword, your defence is useless. Am I correct?"

Sephiroth grinned to the prospect from Saïx. "Wise words you've got there, but you got my weapon and the statistics wrong!" He kicked the cerulean blue-haired man's leg without noticing and once his left offensive hand handed over Masamune's handle to his right defensive hand, before Saïx counterattacked and made contact with Masamune. However, his attack was not matched by Sephiroth's new defence as he turned around in a Chinese ballet fashion gave an uppercut slash counter, causing good damage to Saïx and then return Masamune's handle to his left hand and position Sephiroth into a phoenix – right leg lifting with only his left leg giving support and only his left hand holding Masamune, despite its long blade.

"What? That's impossible for someone who has heavy swords like you!"

"I know that, but I've mastered Chinese Wu Shu defensive swordplay, as well as mastering Iai-kata-ryu swordplay." And Sephiroth's emerald eyes were gleaming with silent anger towards him "But I have no time to talk furthermore. Get up and fight!"

"Feh. Fine with me!" Saïx got up and fought blade-to-blade, but had to face another opponent, to which Ryoujin joined in the fight.

CLANG!

"Tell me," Sephiroth remarked, while fighting blade-to-blade "why did you come here…uncle?"

CLANG!

"Aerith's father and I came to Ashura to reveal the secrets to you and her when you have solved the puzzle…" Ryoujin replied, while colliding his Muerio with Saïx's sword "…dear nephew."

CLANG!

"Then, there's so many questions that I want to ask you about. About my father and you in Paradise Eden, over a thousand years ago."

CLANG!

"Go on. I'm listening."

CLANG!

"How did you know my father was in what was Archangel Michael's broken body? What happened back in the past, while I was just a young baby?"

CLANG!

"…this is rather a good question you have brought dear nephew. However, this answer I am going to tell you will be long for you to understand. Do you accept that?"

CLANG!

"…Yes, I understand that."

CLANG!

"Then I shall proceed to the beginning."

CLANG!

Ashura vs. Marluxia

"STAND STILL YOU VERMIN!" Marluxia shouted as he tried his best effort to slay Ashura's somewhat unpredictable attack from his blossom scythe.

CLANG!

"You may be given the title of 'Silent Assassin', yet you speak so loudly." Ashura remarked with an evil tone on his grin. "That's pretty pathetic for a person who kills someone without a word."

CLANG!

"Shut up! You're the one who speaks so ill and loudly to me! I can't believe I have a target who insult my skill!"

CLANG!

"It's not that I'm insulting your position right now; it's just that…your master is pathetic for hiring out goons to kill me. So, why can't he just do it for himself?"

CLANG!

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT OUR MASTER! I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL PUNISH YOU WITH YOUR WORDS MYSELF!"

CLANG!

"Then bring it on, you XIII Order fool!"

Author's Notes: Yes, another cliffhanger has added to the end of Journey Eighteen (btw, Obumbrata means shadowed in Latin. Thank you Carmina Burata lyrics and Carl Orff!) and the setting has been placed for the fight! Well anyway, before you people are going to ask why Gast's surname is Gainsborough, when it should have been Gast itself; yes that was his surname in FFVII, but since this was loosely set in Kingdom Heart, I made his surname to Gainsborough as well as Ilfana's. So remember people! This is an alternative universe fanfiction, so get that in your head!

Even though I can remember a few Organization XIII characters that were in KH: Chain of Memories game, I have to search to the Internet to find the other characters that were from KHII (stupid release date! Stupid PAL conversion! Stupid EU! No wait, scratch the last one. Stupid France (not the people, it's the language!)), so thank you KHU website for doing a fine research. Now, I realise DiZ is not the Superior, but a bloke who was covered in black! But I can't be bothered to change the chapters, since I spent a long time planning, writing and uploading them for the fans to enjoy.

And thank you once again to turtlerad17, Tish, Foi and Lily Silver to keep me going to write some more! And thank you AeriSeph fans for continuing reading the chapters. Keep those reviews coming in (and no flamers, please. I'm so sick of those who think they can bully my work!). And now, the moment you've been all waiting for…another installment of…Nimbus Detour!

Nimbus Detour – Bypass Five – Theatrical

Sai Gon Island, Genso

"It's so nice of you for taking me out to your home Rufus…" Alda remarked as she looked to the blonde haired gunner, before finger-pointing to the 'guests' "…BUT DID YOU HAVE TO BRING THEM IN?"

"Hey, don't ask me!" Rufus replied as he shrugged his shoulders "They want to see what Genso is like, so I invited them along. This is our weekend off, remember?"

"Yay!" Yuffie exclaimed merrily "I'm gonna have fun in Genso!"

"I know that Yuffie, but could you please calm down for a second?" Leon pleaded.

"This is so rare for us to visit and take a rest from our training, isn't that right Sephiroth?" Aerith smiled as she looked on to the One Winged Angel.

"Why did I even bother come to this place?" Sephiroth asked to himself as he was very uncomfortable about spending the weekend in a planet that is full of colourful and vivid life.

"Hey, look! It's sir!" A voice, very similar to Rufus shouted at their direction and closer, they were two figures. One had bright red spiky hair and had had goggles on top of his head, while another had a bald head. However, the gunner's nerve was about to explode when they went to greet them.

"Hi sir, how are…" The red-spiky haired greeted before he was given Rufus's uppercut.

"DON'T CALL ME 'SIR', YOU IDIOT!" Rufus shouted with anger and embarrassment thrown in.

"But sir, don't you recognise me? It's me, Reno!"

"Yes, I know you, but will you shut the hell up, before…"

"Hey, Tseng! It's Rufus! He's back!" shouted a female voice and soon, two more joined and then the rest of the citizens came to greet Rufus.

"Oh great. Hello Elena, Tseng and…Rude." Rufus let out a great sigh.

"Where have you been, Rufus?" Tseng asked politely.

"We've been worried about you, since you left mysteriously without a word!" Elena cried, before Yuffie could speak.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but is it true that Rufus is the son of a famous theme park?" Yuffie asked, while at the same time, Rufus screamed at the same time.

"WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP?" The blonde haired gunner also entirely almost exploded, until…

"Please excuse Reno and the rest of us from barging in without notice, for we are Rufus's assistants and in charge of keeping the theme park when he's away." Tseng explained to Yuffie, Leon, Aerith and Sephiroth, though the last three were not actually listen to what the mid-long haired person had just said.

"Yeah, but you haven't listen to MY question!" Yuffie pouted.

"Yes, he is the son of President Shinra's theme park, but this island alone isn't just a theme park…THE WHOLE PLANET IS A THEME PARK ITSELF."

"Oh God!" And Sephiroth turned around, put his left on his mouth and began shaking madly as Tseng shouted that the planet Genso is indeed a theme park itself.

"Erm, Sephiroth, are you alright?" Aerith asked with some concern.

"Reno!" Some person shouted as he ran across to the gang "We've got trouble! The four lead actors have got a stomach bug, due to some food glitch. We need to find replacements now!"

"WHAT?" Reno exclaimed "Just like that? Then, there's only one thing left to do!"

Couple of hours of something later…

"Oh God, first I am in a planet that is the theme park itself and now I'm some pathetic lead actor!" Sephiroth moaned very much as he could not face any more embarrassment, mainly thanks to this red samurai shinsengumi armour and that white bandanna. And not only that, he also held a wooden katana, to which it was three foot smaller than Masamune.

"Don't worry about it." Aerith replied nervously and politely as she was dressed in a pink long sleeve kimono "It's be over soon."

"Can I just go now?" Leon asked very angrily as he dressed up as 'the-worst-dragon-in-the-world' "This is getting ridiculous!"

"And why am I dressing up as a pansy pixie?" Yuffie complained as she dressed in a bright pink tutu with fake pixie wings and a magic wand that seems to fit with a child "THIS ISN'T FAIR! I WANT MY…"

"Right, people!" Reno announced out-of-nowhere as he clapped to his staff and 'actors' "It's Showtime!"

Meanwhile, at the seats…

"Reno's play better work or I'll going to slash his salary!" Rufus sulked as he sat in a special VIP box, where he can see everyone.

"Uh, I do…" Rude answered shortly, but with great amount of fear. And soon the shows started as a certain young silver haired came in the stage, though not noticing the fact that Rufus was somewhere in the audience.

"Welcome to the play of…RENOMANGA DAIOH!" Kadaj confidentially announced as he read the scroll.

At the seats, Rufus could already feel his anger growing. This is stupid! Why would Reno make this title? Whoever made this crap, will be fired under my IRON FIST!

"For this tale, we shall tell the story of a lone samurai."

The curtain rises and the stage is set in some old Japanese town. And then Sephiroth appeared whose acting was very wooden indeed. And then Aerith appeared, whose acting was also very wooden and while Kadaj carried on reading like a mad hatter, Leon appeared and did a pathetic acting as he 'captured' the 'damsel-in-distress'. Then it was Yuffie's turn, whose acting was very rotten certainly and gave Sephiroth a prop. However….Hey, what are you doing? I'm writing a fanfiction!

We apologise for the fanfiction Sho Lover has written so poorly, we, the editors have to cut out most of her latest Detour, due to he amount of absurdness she had mostly written for too long.

The next day…

"I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER GOING TO BE IN THAT PLAY EVER AGAIN!" Yuffie snapped as she could not handle the disaster the play has made last night.

"Yeah, the same goes for me." Sephiroth, Aerith and Leon both remarked as their eyes were as dead as a parrot.

"Well, at the least the play is financially successful." Reno remarked as he looked on to the stats on the paper.

"And my old man's so cooped up in the meeting room, that he'll never notice I was here!" Rufus grinned evilly.

"So then," The red spiky haired person spoke with happiness "Do you want to have another go at…"

"NO THANK YOU!" Sephiroth, Aerith, Yuffie, Leon and for some reason, Rufus exclaimed with fury that they will not do the play ever again.

Quick note: Whoever notice the many puns I made from several references, shall get a virtual cookie and an inflatable Sephiroth. No wait, scratch the last one. And yes, I was making fun of myself. I was dragged by my imaginary editors for making indecent materials for this Detour. Hey! This is rated T, after all.