The wings of the angel and butterfly

Chapter four: True mother

"But we shouldn't stay out in the open," Sephiroth said, he put his arm around her shoulder and they headed into the forest.

Meanwhile…

Rufus was sent to the hospital, fortunately he regained consonances but unfortunately he was now paralyzed from the waist down. Reno and Rude came to visit him.

"You ok boss?" Reno asked.

"Fayerna…I want her dead!" he groaned.

Reno and Rude looked at each other, "sorry boss but she's not in Nibelheim like we thought," Rude replied, "we found her motorbike there but that was it."

"We don't know where she is," Reno said sadly.

"Then get out there and find her, go to Gold saucer, anywhere just find her and kill her!"

"Yes boss!"

Back in Mideel….

Fayerna sat on a rotted log as Sephiroth went behind a tree to relieve himself.

"We should camp here tonight," Faye said.

Sephiroth finished his business and came out from behind the tree.

Fayerna looked down; Sephiroth sat down beside her and sighed. Fayerna laid her head on his shoulder. Sephiroth looked at her, "you know that I care about you?"

Fayerna nodded.

Sephiroth looked up into the canopy, "we should get married here."

Faye looked at him a sad smile crossed her face, "Jenova…." She looked away.

Sephiroth rubbed her shoulders, "mother will allow it to happen."

"How do you know?"

"I asked her, and she told me that it was alright," he smiled.

Fayerna nodded, "I still have the ring that I was going to give you."

Sephiroth looked at her.

"We should get married under a Mir tree," Fayerna sighed, "only then will we truly be blessed."

Sephiroth stood up and pulled her up with him, he hugged her tight. Fayerna returned the embrace fully. Just then they heard a hiss. They turned to some bushes and up rose a giant snake. It was brown in color and about 20ft long, the fangs were 5ft long and its eyes were deep black and emotionless. It puffed out its throat like a cobra.

Sephiroth and Fayerna slowly backed out of each other's grasp and unsheathed their katanas. The snake hissed again, and striked, the couple jumped out of the way, and landed gracefully on their feet.

The snake rose up again and whip lashed Fayerna with its tail. Fayerna fell to the ground; Sephiroth's eyes widened in anger as he jumped up and attacked the snake with Masamune. The snake hissed, and butted him in the chest with its head, throwing him back; he slid on his feet, and attacked it again.

Fayerna got to her feet; her head throbbed, as she went at it with Tsukimaro. The snake opened its mouth and bit down on Fayerna's sword and shook it's head violently, sending her flying back and fourth. Sephiroth landed on its head and stabbed it with Masamune. The snake let go of Fayerna's sword, sending her falling to her knees. She was dazed and angry. Her fist glowed a bluish color as she shot a high level energy ball at the snake, hitting it below it's head, Sephiroth jumped from the snakes head as it' head exploded. Blood showered into the canopy. Fayerna was trembling from shock. Sephiroth sheathed his sword and walked up to her. She looked at him. Sephiroth helped her to her feet, and stilled her trembling by resting his hands on her shoulders.

Fayerna's breath was frantic, that attack was very draining. Her cat-like eyes looked into his, she almost collapsed from exhaustion. Sephiroth sat down with her; he knew that she hadn't had much training in magic using, and that she sometimes couldn't hold back the intensity of her powers. He let her lay her head on his should, until she regained some of her energy. As that went on he toiled with some of her long, silky black hair. Fayerna was almost purring in pleasure as her lover stoked her hair and twisted it around his finger before letting it uncoil from his digit, "you're hair is beautiful, so soft and silky."

Fayerna smiled slightly, "thank you," she whispered.

Sephiroth kissed her head.

Hours seemed to pass by in an instant and finally Faye regained most of her energy. She sat up and stretched.

Sephiroth smiled, "are you feeling better?"

"Yes…" Faye smiled.

Sephiroth stood up and stretched a little too. Fayerna looked around; the forest was dim as night was falling. She turned to Sephiroth, "Let's find a Mir tree."

"I thought that you wanted to camp here?"

Fayerna shook her head, "I changed my mind."

Sephiroth stared at her blankly, and then nodded. They took each other's hands and walked further into the forest.