Me: at least I'm not the only one obsessed with Bleach and personal, I own Naruto epsiodes 1-196 on DVD so I'm ahead of Cartoon Network by…oh, I'm guess at least two years. And I watched them all in about 5 days too.
Lloyd: You don't have a life do you?
Me: DUH! Why do you think I write
Fanfiction?
Lloyd: I should have known that.
Me: OH and it was fun this morning at school cause we had energy shots and my friends that read the whole sugar rush chapter thought the running around the hallways backwards thing was funny and me being hyper, decided to make that moment real, only I went up and down stairs backwards too while singing the llama song as fast as I could!
Lloyd: …
Me: Stop that already!
Lloyd: Why did I ever become your
muse?
Me: Cause I threatened you with a tomato!
Lloyd: Oh yeah…
Me: ""Welcome to the real
world", she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat
Take
your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well I never lived the
dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think
the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve
They
love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's
better
On the other side
Me: "I wanna run through the halls of my high
school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found
out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie that got to
rise above
So the good boys and girls take the so called
right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits and
Maybe
transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the
answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I
wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their
memories
Tiny tragedies
They love to tell you
Stay
inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side
I
wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at
the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as
the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above"
Lloyd: What is that song?
Me: hmm… oh! It's 'No such Thing' by John Mayer. It's one of my favorite songs.
Lloyd: It's not bad.
Me: You only say that cause you like to listen to Weird Al!
Lloyd: So!
Me: (sigh) Start the story please.
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS, FF, or Ash.
Tiamatt POV
I hated the feeling of Jenova controlling my limbs as I struggled helplessly within my own body for freedom. Th Calamity was already prying open my memories like she did when ever she had control of me and learned quickly about Eria, Kratos, and Madison.
Interesting. So the time when you tried to kill yourself was actually the girl Madison. No wonder why you got rid of her, she was weak.
Don't underestimate the power of humans Jenova. That was what lead to your downfall in the past. I reminded.
Humph! But I know your weak spots and now have an army big enough that I will succeed no matter how many of your friends try to stop me. I am just missing one crucial piece.
You'll never get the Black Materia!
And why is that? Have you forgotten that you can not hide its location from me?
"Mother!" Jenova pulled my head up so that she looked at the Remnant, Comi. "Are you pleased?"
"You have done well." Jenova responded opening and closing her/our hand to ensure she had complete control. "Hojo!" The scientist was once again cowering as Jenova pulled him up by his coat collar. "I want you to terminate the two young girls that were captured."
NO! Please don't!
"Y-yes." Hojo stuttered. Pleased, Jenova dropped the man on the floor and turned back to Comi.
"Gather your best and hunt down a group of people who Tiamatt was travelling with. I want you to bring back Oblivion Silver, Kratos Aurion, and Terran and make sure they are alive." Jenova ordered.
NO! Leave them alone! Leave them alone!
It doesn't matter if they live or not, Tiamatt. This body is mine. I just figured you would be less annoying if the people that meant to most to you were killed before you're own eyes.
"Ma'am!'
"What is it?" Jenova hissed, facing a new Remnant.
"It seems all three occupants in the cargo hold have escaped." The Remnant said carefully, eyes fearful. A moment later, he was dead, sliced in half by a strange blade made from the bone of our arm.
Foolish Tiamatt! You never did learn to use the powers my cells granted you to their fullest extent. Jenova laughed, turning our eyes on the arm as the bone returned to its normal shape and the flesh regenerated.
"You!" Jenova said suddenly, turning to face another Remnant. He blinked in surprise before absolute fear filled his eyes. "Congratulations! I'm assigning you the duty of tracking down the escapees. You will lead a swarm of Shadows to help you but be warned, if you should fail, then I'm sure my pets will be thankful for the treat!"
He shook as he nodded before running off to complete the assigned task before Jenova decided to kill him on the spot.
They are your followers and you treat them like trash.
It doesn't matter. As long as Hojo is alive then I have an unlimited army. And soon the Mountain reactor will be complete.
What?!
Did you not know? Hojo has already begun the construction of a Mako Reactor in this world. Hm… maybe I should let your friends join my army!
NO! Leave them alone!
Hahaha!
Third Person POV/ Area outside Sybak.
"Uh! I can't think of anything!" Madison screamed in frustration, tearing yet another page out of the notebook she had received from her friends in Des Moines, and throwing the crumpled ball of paper into the campfire.
"Don't try to push yourself so hard that you can't think straight." Oblivion sighed, watching the human girl put her head in her hands. "Take a break if you need to, just as long as you take a moment to relax."
"I can't! Tiamatt is depending on me to think of something but everything I draw doesn't make sense even in this world of magic and fantasy!" She yelled, throwing the notebook down and falling backwards on the ground. "Maybe you're right though."
Oblivion laughed and returned to polishing Lunar Punishment, his sword. Nearby, Terran was talking to Kratos.
"Can I ask you something?" Kratos sighed, looking up at the stars.
Terran turned his own gaze from the sky and looked at Kratos. "what is it?"
"Why did you erase Tiamatt's memories?"
This time Terran sighed and returned to looking at the stars. "I was…trying to protect her. I didn't want her to be hurt again."
"…"
"You are a father. Surly you know what is it to want only the best for your child?"
"True." Kratos agreed. "But to erase my son's memories would seem to be a bit…extreme."
"I realize that now. And I'm sorry for what I put you and Tiamatt through." Terran sighed. "Sephiroth sure chewed me out for that."
Kratos gave a short laugh. "I remember he threatened to kill me if I hurt her. I must have pleased him because I'm still alive."
"Kratos, I want you to promise me that you will not abandon Tiamatt like I did." Terran asked, his steel like glare on the Seraph.
Kratos blinked in surprise as the spirit's request. Hadn't he proven time and time again that he would always be there when she needed him? "I could never leave her."
"Thank you." Terran bowed his head slightly in thanks before looking back to the stars. "Kratos, I also want to say that I think you can bring her back."
"What do you mean?"
"Jenova is powerful but her attempts to complete control of Tiamatt have always failed because of the people most important to Tiamatt. I believe you can reach her from the dark abyss that controls her." Terran explained.
"I hope you are right." Kratos sighed, happy that he had earned Terran's support and approval.
At the very edge of camp, Eria and Rith were also talking.
"Eria, What are those lights?" Rith asked, pointing at the sky.
"Those are stars. There are billions of them just in our vision and trillions more that we can't see." Eria explained hands behind her head as she looked up at the sky from where she lay in the grass. "Out of all those stars, millions have planets. Many of which could be like this one."
"Yes. I have heard this before from Father." Rith nodded, lying beside her. "I have also heard many that people used to make stories from looking at the stars."
"Yeah that's right!" Eria smiled, glad she had someone to talk to about the stars that always seemed to call to her. "People also make pictures from the stars. Like that is Orion, the hunter. He supposed to be hunting Lupus the Hare located at his feet as his hunting dogs follow him. See that really bright star there, that's Sirius, the Dog Star." Eria explained, pointing out the constellations.
"Fascinating!" Rith exclaimed, causing Eria to giggle. "Why do you laugh?"
"You sound like Raine when you say that." The half Cetran laughed. "Wow! I can't believe how well you can see the sky. Look! There's Taurus and I can even see the Seven Sisters!"
"You know a lot about the stars."
"Yeah. Astronomy is my favorite subject. Mom says its cause the Cetra were nomadic people that traveled through space from planet to planet. She always smiled and laughed when I told her that the stars seemed to call to me." Eria laughed before becoming silent. "I hope she's ok."
"…I'm sorry." Rith said. Eria looked at him in shock as she caught a hint of sadness and guilt in his voice.
"It's not your fault. It's Hojo's." Eria responded. "He is the one that made you do what you did!"
"Thank you Eria." Rith said, leaning to look at Eria before smiling. Eria gasped and laughed. "What is so funny?"
"Nothing it's just that, you're pretty cute when you smile!"
Rith smiled again as he lay back down beside his friend, finally knowing what happiness was.
"Dammit!" Madison screamed in frustration.
Eria and Rith sat up and looked over at the campfire where Madison threw another paper ball into the fire. They both laughed as she broke the pencil she was using, causing her to swear again before pulling another pencil out and scribbling on a new sheet of paper. Oblivion glanced at the human girl and shook his head, chuckling to himself before cussing as he accidentally cut the tip of his finger on his sword.
"Somethings never change!" Eria laughed as Kratos and Terran sighed in unison at the scene, reminding Eria of something from her own time.
Everything soon settled down and those that weren't on night watch slept peacefully, all unaware of the danger around them…
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