Healing Souls
Chapter Two: A Hero's Musings
: VINCENT:
Do they ever wonder about the group of Hero's who saved them from world destruction? Do they care what those same Hero's sacrificed to save the planet and they're own livelihoods? I'm beginning to think they don't. How could they? All they have to go on is rumor and gossip. Yes they do celebrate the Hero Cloud Strife. They even made up a fan club for the poor blond. The whole world celebrates his victory over Shinra and Sephiroth. If one was to ask about the other members of Avalanche, one would get different answers depending in which region one asked. North Coral, Barret. Wutai, Yuffie. Rocket Town, Cid and myself. Midgar just loves Tifa. Cosmo Canyon, Red X. The only places that know us all are Midgar and Neo-Midgar. I don't know weather I should be pleased or insulted about our lack of fame in some areas.
Humph. Apon further thought I think I'm pleased. There were less people to annoy Cloud and I while we where just concentrate on learning how to live again. The peaceful life is good. No one has tried to take over the world in sometime. Frankly I don't see why anyone would want to. The sheer administrative work would have been astronomical. Having to deal with radically differing areas and conflicting customs of people to be found in our world would be tedious and annoying. But many of those peoples have long memories of the good old days. Memories of days full of their own freedoms and policies. Shinra did a good job of ruling without stepping on too many toes, but they held power over the people for so long that they got complacent and when those within the company began to slip from they're leashes and do such horrible things that it was time to either rein them in or take care of them in a time honored fashion. The older, craftier ones are always the dangerous ones. Myself most definitely included. Heh.
Then… Then there are those of us who should have never lived so long. Namely myself. At the time of the Meteor Crises, I was just as old as Hojo but I had the looks of someone Tseng's age. Should I have the dubious pleasure of living past 300 I'll know for sure that eternal life is overrated.
No matter. I have Cloud. That wonderful blond warrior who has been taking gleeful delight in turning my world upside down with alarming results. I don't think I've laughed so hard as the day when Blaze; Cloud's best gold Chocobo so far, pulled his first prank on Cloud. The prank involved a large mud puddle left over form the last storm and blaze sneaking up behind Cloud to push him in. I just had come out of the house with my first cup of coffee when the incident had happened. The look on Cloud's face was priceless. I had some trouble controlling my snickering as I went to help cloud out of the mud puddle. Then Cloud, with a wicked smirk pulls me into the muck with him! Of course it was at that time that our guests, the Turks had also come outside to see what the ruckus was. I had been trying to control myself but when I saw the shocked expressions on their faces I couldn't hold back my laughter any more. I let all the hilarity out and Cloud joined me while shaking a fist at his Chocobo.
I shake myself from my musings, a fond smirk on my lips as Coal and I enter the yard of our home. A couple of other Chocobos raised their heads from their feed warked a greeting to us. Coal chirped back at them as pleased as I to be home after a long journey. Coal is a rare black Chocobo. Coal was that much rarer because he was hatched from a pair of gold parents. Cloud had made a gift of him to me saying that he was perfect for me. I could see why, calm and collected under pressure being one of the many similarities. He fit my style perfectly. I take care of Coal then enter the house, hoping Cloud was home when I hear a yelp coming from the living room. One the mantle was Cloud's Ultima WEAPON. The great sword was glowing a broad spectrum of colors.
"Cloud? What's going on?" I ask my lover in puzzlement.
Cloud turns toward me with warm surprise and then glanced back at his sword, "I don't know."
:SEPHIROTH:
Once again the lifestream rushes about me in a swirl of colors. Suddenly the lights stop and two small beings appear from the lifestream. Both were small yellowish beings wearing white frocks. Neither one was human. Bothe had blue eyes. They circled around my stationary form before stopping in front of me. One turned to the other.
"What do you think Mune?"
"I don't know Masa. He used us to due evil."
"But brother, Ultima told us that he was being controlled."
"I know brother. Perhaps we can give him another chance."
"Yes I think we will."
Masa looked at me with his too bright eyes. "We will allow you to wield us once more."
I looked at them in shock, "What? What are you talking about?"
The twins give each other a nod and started to glow. "He is Masa and I am Mune."
The twins start to shrink and blend together. "We are your sword."
"The one called Masamune."
The twins blended together and in a flash of light my sword was before me once more.
"But we are imperfect. If you want us to be whole…"
"Find our sister and pass her trial."
I nod my head as I grab the sword. It is my Masamune, I know its feel. I didn't realize how much I had missed its comforting presence.
"And this time don't loose your way."
"Getting our asses handed to us by Ultima is embarrassing enough thank you."
I smile down at them. "I won't. I will not waste this chance given to me.'
The waters of the lifestream swirled around me and I knew nothing once more.
