Me: (sigh) I wrote the last chapter so Kayla would stop chewing me out but she hasn't responded so I don't know. (sigh)
Lloyd: do you just want to get the chapter done?
Me: yeah, I just want to get it done cause I wanna get a couple chapters of Final Destiny up before I go to work so yeah.
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF, only Tiamatt, the Oblivion Blade, and Kayla's character.
I awoke on Noishe's back, still feeling slightly drained from using Time Compression. Kratos walked beside Noishe with Cloud on his shoulder. Kayla and Vincent were a little ways back, talking quietly with each other.
Mommy! You're awake! Cloud chirped happily. Kratos turned and looked at me, smiling as he stopped.
"Noishe, she's awake now. Thank you." Kratos said rubbing the protozoan's head as I stood up and stretched, extending my wings to their full extent, about 12 feet of total wingspan. "Time Compression must take a lot of energy."
"Of course. It's a powerful magic and I should have been more careful." I nodded, folding my wings back comfortably. I glanced back at Vincent and Kayla and noticed she was no longer clinging to him like before. Instead, they seemed to be in a conversation, no doubt talking about their lives. "Looks like they're getting along better."
"Yeah. I admire Vincent. I don't think I could put up with her." Kratos sighed, flinching as I punched his arm.
"Don't talk about my sister like that!" I scolded the swordsman. I looked at the horizon and could see Luin in the distance. But something wasn't right. Wasn't Luin supposed to be attacked by the… "Kratos, Luin is under attack!"
"Are you sure?" he asked, looking to the south at the city.
"Kratos, if Imoto says that Luin or whatever is under attack then believe her. She, unlike me, has played Tales." Kayla told Kratos, Vincent at her side.
"Kayla! You haven't even played Final Fantasy and but when you saw Vincent in Advent Children you thought he was hot and you didn't even know anything about him!" I scolded my sister.
"Humph!" She pouted. Vincent sighed at his commitments childlike actions.
"What have you drug me into?" Vincent asked.
"Hey! Come on! You need to lighten up and let go of the past! What was done is done! You can not fix the past." I told the gunman.
"If I recall, did you not try to save Sephiroth from his fate." Vincent replied. I looked down at my feet.
"Yes, but I did not succeed. In trying to save that one man from becoming to terror of the world, I put the world in a predicament it could not avoid. Shinra was not stopped and the planet died from the Lifestream being processed into Mako." I said sadly. "It just proves my point that the past can not be tampered with."
"You used to be a lot like me, not able to let go of the past, clinging forever on a love long lost." Vincent added.
"Hey are me and Kratos not here anymore or what?" Kayla waved her hand in front of my face.
"You know, if anyone can get you to let go of Lucieria, sis can." I grinned, looking at Kayla.
"Tiamatt, we can't reach Luin till tomorrow." Kratos informed me.
"Alright. Let's set up camp then." I said, setting my gear on the ground.
"Tiamatt, you need to rest to heal that wing." Kratos warned.
'Have you not figured it out yet? I heal fast because of Jenova and because of the Cure materia in my arm." I smirked, pulling my left wing in front of me so that I could remove the bandages and show him that the wound was indeed mostly healed.
"I just want you to be careful. With Dsanios in Sylvarant, we can't take any chances." Kratos sighed.
"Dsanios! That Remnant from the Junon reactor?" Vincent asked, eyes widening in shock.
"Yeah. He got through the dimensional rift when Tiamatt brought me here." I nodded, knowing we both feared his live Jenova cells being released in this untainted world, a world unprepared for her power.
"Dsanios? Whose that?" Kayla asked, obviously not knowing who we were talking about.
"I'll tell ya later. Why don't you two get dinner ready while me and Kratos go look for more fire wood." I suggested.
"Ok Imoto." Kayla agreed the little wheels in her head twisting as her eyes gave off the all to familiar maniacal glint.
"Come on Kratos." I sighed, not wanting to know what the twisted dragoness was thinking.
"I don't trust Kayla alone with him." Kratos said as we started the search of fuel.
"Don't worry, Vincent can handle himself." I sighed, hoping that he wasn't falling for Kayla too fast, if at all. I looked up suddenly as a strong gust of wind brought the scent of smoke to my nose. "Dammit! Luin is being attacked now!"
"There's nothing we can do." Kratos said sadly. "Once we find the others, I suspect that Lloyd all want to attack the Desian ranch up north." Up north, didn't Tiamatt say there was something up north?
"The Sleeping Forest." I muttered, remembering what Tiamatt had told me.
"What?" Kratos asked, confused by my words.
"Tiamatt told me that the Sleeping Forest had appeared in the north near the ranch. If the forest is there then surely the Forbidden City is there too." I explained.
"Wait. Are you saying that something from Tiamatt's world is also here?" Kratos pondered.
"Yeah, and its not just some random no where place either. The Forbidden City is the home of the Cetra. The Lifestream's presence is especially strong there, but…" I told him, trailing off.
"What is it?"
"The Sleeping Forest protects the city. Unless you are Cetran or possess the Lunar Harp, you will never leave that forest, especially with Kjata once again protecting the forest itself." I continued.
"I hate to say this but I'm confused." Kratos said, shaking his head. I laughed, and gathered a couple pieces of deadwood in my arms.
"I think we have enough wood for tonight. Let's get back to camp." I smiled walking back towards camp. "Oh my…" I dropped the arm full of firewood, it all landed on my feet causing me to cuss loudly. Vincent and Kayla pulled away from each other, each looking very red.
"I thought you said we had nothing to worry about." Kratos teased as set the wood he had gathered down to help me pick up mine.
"How much did you see?" Vincent growled.
"All I saw was you two kissing." I blinked, surprised the event.
"Vince! It wasn't that big of a deal." Kayla cried as the gunman continued to glare at me.
"Kayla, that was a monstrous world changing event for Vincent." I laughed, Vincent still glaring, hoping that I would shut up about the subject. "Ok I'll be quiet about! Feel better now?"
"Tiamatt." Kratos stood behind me.
"Wha-" I turned around to face him to only to have him wrap his arms around me and kiss me.
"Try not to be so jealous." Kratos grinned as he released me from his arms and I just stood in shock.
"Aw! They're so cute together!" Kayla teased.
"Kayla! Shut up!" I screamed, snapping from the trance and charging at the dragoness, tackling her to the ground.
"Should we stop it?" Vincent asked as both he and Kratos watched me and Kayla wrestle on the ground.
"I don't think so." Kratos replied as Kayla through me off of her and leapt at me. "I think they just need to get it out of their systems."
"Humph." Vincent watched us roll on the ground, now wrestling just for the fun of it as he thought back to the moment he and Kayla had just shared.
Finally, exhausted and covered in dirt, Kayla and I stopped. We glared at each other for a moment before we both started laughing. Vincent and Kratos, who sat a little distance away, shook their heads, wondering how we could act the way we do.
"You liked it didn't you?" I teased, doing the same thing to her as she did for me.
"You bet!" She grinned, wiping dirt from her face. We both laughed as the boys looked completely confused.
Soon everything had quieted down and Vincent and Kayla slept peacefully as Kratos and I kept watch together. He smiled as he looked at me but suddenly went deep into thought. I wish he would quit doing that? Sighing, I laid my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes, enjoying the peaceful moment.
In the morning, we packed camp and as we neared Luin, I came up with an idea.
"Hey Kayla, Vince! What do you two think of investigating the distrubances from the rift?"
"Huh? Like what?" Kayla blinked.
"You know how your school came into Sylvarant? Well I want you two to travel together and find all the places and items that have been dragged here." I asked.
"That sounds like a reasonable idea since we are both from the other worlds." Vincent agreed, a small smile forming on his face.
"Yeah!" Kayla grinned. "We can do that! Where should we meet up though?" I paused and thought for a moment before coming up with a good idea.
"Hey Vince, you still have the Lunar Harp?" I asked. The gunman nodded. "Good, when you guys have done what you can, I want you to head for the Forbidden City to the north."
"The Forbidden City has been pulled into this world?" Vincent asked, obviously shocked.
"Yeah, we'll meet you there once the Journey of Regeneration is complete." I nodded.
"Hmm, Journey of Regeneration? What is that?" Vincent asked. I forgot that I didn't tell either Kayla nor Vincent about the journey.
"The Chosen is to go on a journey to unlock the seals in order to return mana to the world." Kratos explained, returning to his serious tone.
"Interesting." Vincent muttered to himself. "Kayla, let get going. The sooner we start the sooner we can return to the group."
"Ok. Bye Imoto!" Kayla waved, walking away with Vincent at her side.
"That was a good idea." Kratos commented.
"Yeah, I tend to have one every now and then." I joked causing the mercenary to smile and pull me into another kiss. "Now lets go see what the damage was to Luin." I said after we broke apart.
"I suspect that Lloyd and the others might have reached Luin by now too if they did not waste time by searching for us." Kratos added, serious once again.
"Yeah, lets go see." I wasn't looking forward to seeing the ruined city but with Sheena injured in the middle of town, we couldn't just abandon her. Hopefully Kratos was right, and the others were there too.
Me: Well, that was one of my longer chapters. I have to admit, I surprised my self with the whole Vin/Kay scene but hey, my story, I can any twist I want!
Lloyd: so, since your doing pairings, will you have me and Colette together?
Me: I don't know but don't bug me about it! Read and review please!