Koinu: Sorry it took me so long to update. School's been overwhelming my life for the past few weeks. Now, I'd like to point one thing out. I have thirteen reveiws for this Fic, and though they are all good, thats kinda sad compared to the 494 hits it has. Yeah... so if you could spare a review, that would be good. Thanks.
The Amarimono
Chapter Six
And so it ends...
She awoke to searing heat and flames. That wasn't right…
With a gasp Liz sat up. Flames, they were everywhere, but that didn't bother her. How long had she been out? The half remnant literally jumped to her feet, moving swiftly to the edge of the building's floor and peering over. Kadaj was stooped on the ground, a box clutched in his hands. And Rufus, Liz could have laughed at the site, Rufus was caught in a net halfway down.
The roar of a motorcycle caught her attention and her head turned to face it. Her mako colored eyes widened at the site. Cloud. A very angry Cloud…
Within seconds, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz were on their own bikes, but only Kadaj was in front of Cloud.
"Why are they running…?" Liz whispered. She then chuckled, shaking her head. "They have an angry Cloud on their tail… I would run too if I had an angry Cloud on my tail…"
Another explosion went off next to her, and she cursed loudly. It was time to get out of here. But how… She smirked. If Kadaj could do it, so could she.
She jumped. Her jacket flapped in the wind, and a smile came to her face. She landed on the ground and was amazingly able to stay on her feet. So it was true, the physical rules that applied to the other humans no longer applied to her.
"Liz!" The was a mix of voices and emotions.
The halfling sprinted over to her motorcycle. Her new motorcycle. It had been a present from the ShinRa Company, a reward for her cooperation. It was black, sleek, fast, and small. They said it was a smaller version of the one Cloud owned, without all the 'cool gadgets' as Reno put it. It was the bare minimum, and Liz liked it that way. Nothing extra to slow her down.
She turned her upper body and saluted. "See ya'!" She revved the motor to life and was off. Her silver hair streamed behind her, and she pulled her body closer to the bike to reduce the wind resistance. Up ahead she could see the back of Yazoo and Loz's bikes, but she stayed a fair distance behind. She watched from a distance as they got onto the closed freeway, and mimicked them.
She was a lone spectator as Yazoo and Loz over took Cloud, forcing him to stay on the lower road. She took the higher. If they were forcing Cloud one way, then that meant Kadaj had gone the other.
But Kadaj was far ahead, and Liz was only matching his pace. She wasn't able to gain ground on him, but she made sure she didn't lose any.
But then the ShinRa helicopter came into view. Liz skidded to a halt. What were they doing? Kadaj disappeared into the distance, but she would have time to catch up later. She saw Cloud exit the tunnel, and then…
Her heart stopped.
Another explosion where Yazoo and Loz had been. Fireworks filled the air, and the roar of their own explosions was deafening.
She shook her head in an attempt to force the image from her mind, then revved the engine again and took off. There was no time to mourn the two deaths, for if she didn't hurry, there would be a third.
When she entered the ruins of Midgar and had finally followed Kadaj and Cloud's tracks to the old church, they were both long gone. Liz dismounted her bike, walked into the church, and surveyed the scene. Total chaos… The work of no one but Kadaj.
She strode to a small pool that was towards the back of the church. Curious, she dipped her hand in.
"Damnit!" She pulled her hand back quickly. It had burned! The power of the Lifestream was in this pool of water. It was the long awaited cure to the Geostigma. And it could kill her. If the smallest bit had caused her that much pain, then how much would it take to unravel her delicate DNA?
She had to leave. She could feel it. Sephiroth was even closer than before. But he wasn't here yet.
The female remnant, who was probably the only remnant other than Kadaj remaining, ran from the church. She leapt onto the motorcycle, and was off the second the engine came to life.
"My reunion. I bet your just dying to watch…"
She was too late… Liz cursed under hea breath, then stopped. She placed a hand upon her cheek gently. She... she was crying...?
Another set of tears escaped her eyes. It had taken Liz forever to find them, and now that she had there was nothing she could do.
"Kadaj!" The tears now fell freely from her eyes. She was sure that he had not heard her, but even if he had, it far too late.
"It's been a long time, Cloud." Sephiroth stood where Kadaj once had, his sword the only thing between him and Cloud's. He leapt away; landing on a building across from the one Liz had perched herself on. For a slit second he locked eyes with her, but if he recognized her, it was hard to tell. "Your Geostigma is gone… That's too bad."
"That's it…" Liz's mind was made up. Even if she would be killed, she would follow them. She would try to stop them until the act stole her very life from her.
And so she followed.
And she followed, and followed some more. Whenever she got too close though, it seemed as if Sephiroth would drive Cloud away, taking the battle as far from her as possible.
I'm not a child anymore! She wanted to scream. I'm not the little girl that you thought you had to protect!
"Tell me what you cherish most." Sephiroth cooed, his blade in Cloud's shoulder. Cloud gripped the blade with his left hand. "Give me the pleasure of taking it away."
A sob caught in her throat, and Liz would have backed up a step if she weren't already on the edge of the building.
Cloud pulled the blade from his shoulder, and rushed Sephiroth. "I pity you. You just don't get it!" Liz looked away, eyes tightly shut against the scene she knew was about to unfold. "There's not a thing I don't cherish!" She had been right.
The people she had loved the most were all going to die.
She fell to her knees. Tears now fell from her eyes freely, and Liz didn't dare to look until she knew he was gone. Rain began to fall upon her, a stinging, burning rain; it was the cure.
She jerked her eyes back up to where she could feel Cloud was. But, when her gaze returned to where it had once been, the sight she saw made her cry all the more.
Kadaj lay in Cloud's arms, but he was rapidly being absorbed into the Lifestream. She could feel the rain doing the same thing to her, but she didn't care.
It wasn't until after her brother was gone that she noticed the bigger danger.
Yazoo and Loz stood on the edge of the roof directly behind Cloud. They too were being killed slowly by the healing rain, the many pieces of Materia that they had absorbed clearly visible. The dying middle child raised his gun, preparing to shoot.
"Yazoo, no!" But even as Liz scrambled to her feet and screamed at him he pulled the trigger. The shot was meant for Cloud, but she wouldn't let that happen. She couldn't let him get injured, she owed him too much for that.
She felt the bullet rip through her shoulder. That, accompanied by the slow death the healing rain was insuring, made her fall to the ground. But not before her gaze could meet that of Cloud's.
Recognition played on his features, and then anger. She could sense the pain that he, Yazoo, and Loz were feeling right now; both physical and emotional.
When she hit the ground Liz let her eyes close. She could feel Cloud's footfalls as he thundered past her, could hear another explosion. The flames licked at her body for only a few seconds before everything faded away.
Okay Lifestream…Bring it on. Whatever you have in store for me, I'll take it. It's probably way better than that hellhole of a planet anyway.
Fin
Koinu: -sighs- And so this Fic comes to an end. Just so you know, I'm planning on making a sequal, and a prequal, for Liz's childhood, but I need ideas. If you have anything that you want to be put in the next one, be it humorous or serious, melancholy or cheerful, I will do my best to fit it into the next Fic in one way or another. And I would now like to thank everyone who has cept me going through this.
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