So, this is the third chapter and the fourth is coming up….. Hope you guys enjoyed it and review please! Oh, and I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! XD

Chapter 3

"Yum! That was doggone de-li-ci-ous!" exclaimed Cid after he finishes his porridge.

"Yup! Nobody could deny it!" said Yuffie rubbing her stomach.

Red XIII, Cait Sith, Tifa, Aerith, Cid and Barret chuckled at the way Yuffie slid down the chair.

"Well, since we are all stuffed, we should get some rest. It is most great to sleep when rain falls down!" said Cait Sith watching outside the window. There was no more thunder, but just raindrops fell to the earth.

"I think it is a great idea!" said Red as he stretched his body giving a sign of 'I'm going to bed' sign. They all chuckled at the way Red acts like a kid.

Back at the mansion

Phoenix was placing the tray that have Sephiroth's soup on it on a table. She then wakes Sephiroth gently placing her hand on his shoulder.

"Hnnn," said Sephiroth as he was still half asleep.

"Hey, Sephiroth, wake up, it's time for dinner." said Phoenix.

Not knowing whose voice is that (since he was too weak to listen or see anything in the forest) he opened his eyes quickly and placed his elbow on the bed sides to help him up. But, at the same time he felt a pain in his chest.

"Hey, easy there Sephiroth, we don't want you to get hurt anymore." said Phoenix as she helped Sephiroth to sit up and lean on the bed's frame. Before letting Sephiroth lean on the frame, she took a pillow and put it behind him.

"Just to make it a bit fluffy." she said teasingly.

"Huh." answered Sephiroth.

"Sorry, didn't mean to say that." she said and bend her head as she reached for the soup to give it to Sephiroth.

"Can you eat? Or you still too tired? But if you did not eat, you might get sick." she said.

"You talked too much." Sephiroth said it coldly.

"Eerr, sorry, didn't mean too. Don't worry about your friends; they are fine, eating downstairs." she said as she stand up and about to leave the room when something knocked on the window, it was a bird. She went to the window and opened it. But before Sephiroth realized it, she was talking to the bird.

"What?" she said suddenly, which made Sephiroth startled after staring at the soup. Then she said thank you to the bird and closes the window. She looked at Sephiroth, looking very pale. But before he could say anything she said:

"Sorry, just forget about everything that just happened." she said while heading towards the door. She shuts the door gently leaving Sephiroth with many questions.

She headed downstairs and heard a water running and laughter in the kitchen. She went to the kitchen and saw that the fighters were washing their own dishes and laugh at the bubble that they throw at each other. She saw them and chuckled which startled them.

"Oh, sorry, we enjoyed ourselves too much till we forgot that this is not our house." said Vincent.

"Ha ha. It's okay. I enjoyed seeing you guys' play." Phoenix said while walking towards them and helps those dries the dishes.

They were puzzled because the way she talks as if she already saw them fooling around a lot. But, they just ignore it since they just knew her.

"I'm going to take the bowl that upstairs. Be right back!" said Phoenix after 10 minutes cleaning the dishes.

She entered the room and saw Sephiroth sitting there and was staring at the window since his bed was the opposite of the window. She saw the empty bowl and glass on the tray; she went to take the tray. She didn't say anything since she thought that Sephiroth might still be mad at her.

"I'm sorry about just now." Sephiroth said to her.

Does words really shocked her but she's glad to hear it. She shook her head and said: "It's okay, it's my fault anyways. You were tired, I shouldn't talk too much." she said while giving him a warm smile.

His heart beat fast when she smiled at him. "She smiled so sweetly." Sephiroth thought.

"Is anything wrong?" she asked after Sephiroth covers his mouth with his hand suddenly.

"No." then, he remembered about the thing that he saw before that, "I mean yes. You have the ability to talk with animals, don't you?"

The question that Sephiroth gave her made her pale. "I told you to forget about what happened before. But why didn't you?" she asked.

"I'm sorry, but I really wanted to know, you know. Since I saw you talking to that bird, It thought that you probably one of the few to have the ability to talk with animals." Sephiroth added.

"I'll tell you, but, I have to make sure that the other guys' went to bed, okay? And make sure that you promised not to tell anyone about this. Understand?" she said while walking to the door and shuts it gently.

Soon, after 20 minutes, Phoenix came inside Sephiroth's room. She saw him and begins to head towards his bed and sits next to him. "Do you promise not to tell a single soul about this, Sephiroth?" she asked him.

"Yes, I promised not to tell this to another soul unless you say so." he said.

"Then, here it goes."