Enumasam
Chapter 40: Masamune
Sephiroth watched the sorrowful scene until Edea was helped to her feet by Selphie and Quistis, though she still trembled and tears slowly fell. Suddenly a slight ringing could be heard that grew steadily until Quistis patted down her lover, not in sincerity but in search until she found what she was looking for, it was nestled in the left side of Edea's bra.
"Hello?" Quistis answered the small rectangular device.
"I think we've found Jenova," Auron said over the cell phone. Edea looked up and directly towards Sephiroth, who had undoubtedly heard what the person on the other end of the conversation had said. Selphie still rubbed on Edea's back and held her hand in hers for comfort, but the Headmistress had began to put her game face back on and in a few moments would be commanding people about as should be.
"Thank you Selphie, Quistis let me see my phone," Edea was quickly handed her talk box.
"Auron, how are you and Fujin proceeding?" she inquired.
"Well I figure me and her should be able to handle it, it looks like only a grendel with wings and three heads. So not much magickal abilities, mostly physical confrontation." Auron replied.
"You must destroy every trace of the body and head, do NOT let even a molecule survive. I think you should talk to Sephiroth about more of its' capabilities." She finished as she held out the cell for the ex-general to take from her.
"Yes. It may not appear to have magickal capabilities but do not underestimate the power of Jenova cells, Auron. What you are fighting is an ancient evil that has existed since the times of the creation of mankind. In other words be careful. Make sure Fujin does her best to help as well," those words were the closest he would come to openly admitting that he cared, severely, for his girl.
"Don't worry, Sephiroth, I'll take care of it," when Auron said those words it confused Sephiroth, he wondered if the swordsman meant Jenova, or Fujin. The phone line went dead.
"Well it looks as if half of our problems may be solved, huh, Sephy?" Yuffie poked him in his side and got a small smile out of him as he handed the phone back to Edea.
"Possibly…what else did he say, Quistis?" Selphie asked.
"He said something about the crater site of your home," she responded.
"Such as?" Sephiroth intervened.
"That that might be where the clone is located as of now," she finished.
Everyone let out a sigh of excitement except Sephiroth, and of course Nida who had all but been forgotten.
"Edea, do I have permission to go after the clone and finish him, once and for all?" Sephiroth sternly spoke.
"Take your old guide and Yuffie and you may go." She effectively answered.
"Oh yay!" Selphie did her one legged stance and it brought a smile to Edea's otherwise sullen expression. "I'm guessing she meant moi? Teehee."
"Why, of course, Selphie," Matron couldn't help but let out a laugh with Quistis she was already beginning to feel like her old self once again. "Quistis you can return to guard duty with Xu, supposing the clone isn't at the designated area. I'll be in my office should anyone need me, Sephiroth make sure this time." With that said Quistis and Edea took the platform down to her office level.
"Woah, Selphie, you sure us three'll be able to destroy that thing especially if it got tougher?" Yuffie asked the worry free nunchuk wielder.
"I'm pretty sure the answer is standing to the right of you, girly," Selphie pointed to the ex-general and stuck out her tongue at the ninja.
"I think she has a point. Though we can not underestimate this fiend, you two retrieve what weapons you may need we will take the Esthar aircraft, when ready." With this said all three of them descended the platform to Edea's office, waved their goodbyes, and descended once more to the ground floor.
The ding of the elevator sounded and the three exited, Sephiroth went to his and Fujin's room while Selphie and Yuffie headed in the opposite direction to the two's shared dormitory.
Sephiroth entered his and Fujin's room where he saw his blade, his extra arm, his steel laying across their bed in it's sheath.
'It reminds me of the first days I spent here, hah, think of your enemy, the enemy, our enemy.' The silver haired slayer pondered as he sat down next to his sword. He thought back to when he first appeared in this time. He thought about saving Selphie and Rinoa from the dinosaur, he remembered running into Selphie and then her cohort Yuffie. 'Destined forever.' He thought about the two which lead him to thinking about Fujin once again 'Fujin, always training for something better, hah,' he thought exactly what he first thought as he felt her hands in the infirmary. 'Why would a girl end themselves over him.' Well now he knew why 'I care about these people.' Ran through his head. 'I will defeat this fiend one way or another. Fujin be with me.' Most prayed to the gods he prayed to his one and only.
"Hey Sephy come on!" A loud voice said through the door, when he opened it it was revealed to be Yuffie. She was dressed in her long sleeve black cotton shirt, with very tan short shorts. On her back was her black six-pointed shuriken. Her socks matched her shorts, but her shoes were a little more yellow. She was ready for a fight, he could tell.
"Selphie's in the jet awaiting us to the west of the Garden," the ninja informed as the two walked side by side out the front gates, and passed Xu and Quistis. Who waved them goodbye and hugged Yuffie.
"Take care guys." Quistis spoke solemnly.
"I know with this guy…" Xu said smacking Sephiroth in his slick, glass-like chest. "No one stands a chance!" With that they sat back down at a table and sorted through their cards.
"Well doesn't she have confidence?" Yuffie pointed out.
"Shouldn't you as well?" Sephiroth teased which got a playful slap from Yuffie to the arm.
The two walked up the runways of the jet into the inner workings. Until they made it to the cockpit where Selphie sat. She was wearing the blue skirt-like dress they had acquired so long ago on the way to Esthar.
"So you two are looking very good," Sephiroth stated obviously liking what the duo were wearing. Selphie's giant emerald green nunchuks were sitting on the floor beside her it brought a thought to the ex-general's mind 'I wonder if that's what people think about me for using such and extremely oversized weapon as well.' He thought Selphie must be far stronger than she lets on for her size considering how one would have to wield such a weapon.
"Those, I am guessing, are yours?" Sephiroth asked as he nodded towards the huge nunchuk. She held up a finger as the jet ascended before she pressed a few multicolored buttons then set it on autopilot.
"That's right, why? Do I not look like I can handle em?" Selphie prodded the silver haired savior. Yuffie smiled as she took a seat in the copilots chair put her hands behind her head and whistled.
"You think cause we're girls we can't take care of ourselves there, Sephy?" Selphie slyly commented.
"No no no. I never said that it just doesn't seem to fit, well except the bright colors…okay so it does fit," Sephiroth hurriedly commented she was trying to get him flustered and he knew it. The only one who could do that though 'Fujin.' He thought as he righted himself.
"Hell don't forget, we BOTH have the materia you gave us. And we're pretty damn good with it now so I think you should let US fight the clone while YOU watch," Yuffie leaned back waiting for a response.
"Yeah Sephy, we'll show you what us two can do together!" Selphie excitedly spoke. He fingered his chin.
"How to put this…I don't want either of you to get hurt," Sephiroth casually said.
"Hmph! I don't have to listen to you. We're taking him on first and if WE fail you can clean up the rest." Yuffie shouted.
"Fine. Fine. I'm not going to argue with you guys I'm fairly certain both of you have seen combat. But IF you two fail I WILL destroy the machine." The ex-general satisfied said. The two spunky girls high fived each other and sat back to watching out the window of the jet.
Birds, and trees flew bye in different colors of orange and yellow for the exotic wildlife and greens and reds for the different types of trees. Selphie was humming, this time about planes instead of trains as Yuffie spun in her chair our of boredom.
It didn't take but half an hour to make it all the way to where Selphie's Garden had been and even half a mile away they could see it.
"What is that green energy?!" Selphie asked shocked to see it so strongly.
"That's the Life Stream, honey." Yuffie answered. "Apparently Auron was right about the clone being here, a giant wound in the planet where the Life Stream gathers to heal it."
"He's there." Sephiroth said as the jet neared the straight stream of energy shooting up into the sky. The ex-general stared into the energy beacon and saw down in the very middle a figure. They landed a couple hundred feet away so as to not damage the jet and began to walk towards to beacon. Everyone armed, Sephiroth his Masamune, Selphie her Nunchuku, and Yuffie her dark metal shuriken. They worked their way acoss the barren, frozen, tundra. They suddenly ran into some glacial eyes.
"Fire." Yuffie said pointing her palm at one of the enemies while holding her materia in the opposite hand. A huge explosion that came from inside the glacial eyes body caused it to blow into massive chunks that quickly we pulled into the green beacon, everything returns to the Life Stream. Yuffie smiled at her girl and Sephiroth showing how strong her materia use had become.
"Told ya. Selphie and me'll beat that clone, Sephy." The ninja spoke as the three continued their trek into debris that must have been the old Trabia Garden until they were almost to the crater. Then a shot rang out.
"Oh no!" Selphie had been hit in the right shoulder with a bullet, which Yuffie quickly healed with her materia, but it would still be tender.
"Galldarnit! Not YOU again! Squall has promised to take me with him to Ascendance!" The mad cowboy Irvine screamed as Selphie but up a Barrier with her material as she lay in Yuffie's arms still hurting a little from the bullet. Irvine fired shot after shot but the barrier held.
"He must be up higher," Sephiroth stated watching the bullets ricochet off of Selphie's powerful barrier.
"Wait a minute Sephy, I WAN"T this asshole, he's gone on for far too long." Selphie said as she stood with the help of Yuffie behind the barrier. Yuffie nodded at Sephiroth as Selphie had Yuffie cast another spell on her.
"Haste," Yuffie quietly said. A golden clock appeared above Selphie's head and the hands wound around until it struck noon and then disappeared.
"Hah, watch this!" Selphie took off running in the direction the bullets were coming from. The bullets were in slow motion to her as she ran and dodged, one to the side, she ducked under another, and right as she grabbed the barrel of Irvine's gun he fell backward in fright.
"I'll be invincible…" Irvine tried to finish but Selphie brought one of her nunchuk ends down on his head smashing it into tiny fragments, that no amount of revive, or phoenix down could heal a person from. She looked around and noticed she had made it to the top of a crumbling stack that seemed to belong to the destroyed Garden.
"Alright guys!" She shouted back to the two who were at least sixty yards behind her now. The two walked slowly towards the beacon again with Selphie waiting close enough to feel the suction from the green energy and the wind pulled at her dress.
"Show off," Yuffie said to her girlfriend once they had made it to the base of the smokestack, where Selphie jumped down to meet them.
"Alright he's right there, you two wanted first shot, so you get to call him out, how's that?" Sephiroth said as they stood but ten yards from the middle of the twisting energy.
"Oh Mr. CLOOOOONNNEEE!" Yuffie shouted into the energy. An arm came out of the bright green, along with a foot then a leg then a whole person. Squall's clone was right in front of Selphie and Yuffie. His eye's bright fluorescent green from the energy he had been absorbing, a wicked smile played on his lips as he created a sword out of the metal in himself, it was a simple broadsword but hummed with an evil energy that seemed to radiate from the Life Stream, also known as the afterlife itself.
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Tell me what you think, not many more chapters to go.
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Signed,
Vicious Cerberus