The seventh chapter of The Demon Within Season Four is now underway! Will the real Sephiroth ever come back? Will the Protectors ever believe Kairi about the memories? What about the cross? Does it bear a purpose? Read on, and find out!
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"What was with you these past few days, Kairi?" Joey asked as they sat in front of the crackling fire in the game shop. "You've been acting very strange lately." Brian looked over at her, noticing her eyes moving around the room nervously.
"Something been on your mind?" he inquired, placing his hand onto hers. She nodded, closing her eyes deeply. When she opened them, they weren't crimson. They were sapphire, whereas her hair was golden, and not ebony mixed in with crimson. They jumped back in shock. They had never seen her like this.
"You guys know that I often spoke of my brother, right?" she asked, the others nodding in agreement. "My brother…was Sephiroth. You remember that you saw him in the Land of the Spirits, don't you?" They nodded again. "I never told you that he was my brother. I thought you would laugh at me. Still, after that moment, memories came flooding into my mind, from my childhood, after my mother died. Sephiroth, well, his clones, tried to protect me, but one of them gave me this." She threw off the glove off her right hand, revealing the black cross that was embedded into her skin. Around it, it was revealed that most of her skin was burned away. Yami stared at it in both wonder and fear.
"What does it mean?" he asked, Kairi's eyes avoiding his.
"I'm not sure, Atem," she replied, looking down at the hypnotizing cross that now remained with her. "I guess it means that if I surrender to the darkness within, pain will enter my body, and eventually kill me. I remember Sephiroth telling me to believe in the light in my heart, and in my friends. If I do that, the pain will subside." Joey closed his eyes, nodding his head in understanding.
"I get it," he whispered. "If you let yourself get angered, the cross will cause you pain. But when you calm down, the pain will go away." Kairi nodded, looking back into the fire, letting the flames sink into her eyes like crimson ghosts. Suddenly, the game shop door opened, and a figure stepped into the fire's glow. It was a man with silver hair, emerald eyes, and a kind smile upon his face. Brian quickly stood up, spreading out his arms protectively.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" he shouted, the figure lifting his right hand. Kairi's eyes brightened, and she pushed Brian aside, embracing the stranger, tears flowing down her cheeks.
"Sephiroth," she whispered, burying her face into his black outfit. "How I missed you so much."
"As I have you," he muttered back, letting her go. "I saw your battle with Yami Marik before you revived me. And I thank you for that." He looked down, noticing the cross. "Does it hurt?" She shook her head, picking up the glove off the ground. She slipped it back onto her hand, Sephiroth looking over at the Protectors, Brian's arms still spread outward.
"These are the Protectors of Domino," Kairi explained, smiling. Sephiroth nodded, and shook their hands.
"It's a pleasure to meet people of your stature," he muttered. "Especially you, King Atem. Kairi has told me all about you."
"It's a pleasure, Sephiroth," Yami replied. Kairi looked over at her brother and her friends, and smiled.
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