Me: I finally got my Laptop! It's soooo awesome!
Lloyd: it's just a computer….
Me: WHAT?! Its not just a computer! It's mine and paid it with my graduation money!
Lloyd: whatever…
Me: Humph! Fine just start the story!
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS, FF, or Ash.
"Awwww! How cute!"
"Kayla leave them be." Vincent said as I slowly opened my eyes and noticed Kayla being drug away from me, a marker in her hand. Instantly, I was fully awake and leapt to my feet, waking Kratos.
"Kayla what were you doing with that?!" I yelled, pointing at the marker in her hand.
"Nothing. Vince wouldn't let me have any fun." She scoffed, crossing her arms.
"Thank you Vincent." The gunman nodded, pulling Kayla onto the extra couch beside him as he sat down and the three stoogies filed into the room.
"Morning!" Nightfire said cheerfully, throwing himself into the recliner as Marth sat beside me and Jo went into the kitchen to make breakfast.
"Good morning love." Kratos whispered, kissing my neck as he wrapped an arm around me. I turned and kissed him back, smiling as I looped my arms around his shoulders.
"geez, you two get a room!" Nightfire gagged, watching as Kratos and I kissed once more.
I laughed and looked at the phoenix. "Its my house. You don't like it then leave." The phoenix huffed and crossed his arms.
"She's gotta point, turkey." Marth laughed.
"What did you call me you flea ridden?!" Nightfire snapped, leaping to his feet and glaring daggers at the young wolf.
"Calm down both of you!" I said sternly. The two looked at each other before looking at me and sighing in defeat.
"Yes ma'am…" they both said, taking their respective seats.
"How did you do that?" Kayla asked in amazement. "Vince and I tried several times to stop their fights and it didn't work."
"Well…"
"Tia helped train us and personally, I don't want to see that schedule again…" Marth sighed. Kratos, Kayla, and Vincent all looked at me with questioning looks.
"Not my fault you couldn't handle the schedule. " I shrugged. "And it worked didn't it? You were prepared when the Reunion took place right?"
"I guess but still all we did was train all day." Nightfire sighed with a small nod as Jo came in with a hot breakfast of pancakes and set a platter on them on the coffee table in the middle of the room. "Yeah, food!"
"he reminds me of Lloyd." Kratos mumbled as the bird launched himself at the food. I laughed but stopped as a strange feeling came over me. It was odd. It wasn't that I didn't feel good, I just felt….different. "Tia are you ok?"
"Huh? Yeah I'm fine!" I laughed, pushing the feeling to the side and noticed that Kayla looked at me oddly, a small grin on her face. "Kayla, what are you grinning at?"
"don't know. Just an idea." She smiled, causing me and Vincent to sigh. "What?"
"Your ideas tend to be a bit…well…" I started and then trailed off.
"Crazy…" Vincent finished. Kayla just grinned again.
"Imoto was just as bad back home but I guess being Tiamatt must have calmed you down."
"Actually…Des Moines appeared in Theth'ella and since I was split from Tia's body at the time, we went there to visit some friends and we ended up drinking energy shots and getting both me and Tia on Mountain Dew. Tiamatt is just as bad as me on sugar if that's even possible." I sighed, smiling at the funny memory. "We ran through the halls of my school backwards singing nonsense songs."
"Really?" Nightfire asked, blinking in surprise. "So it that why you never really ate anything with sugar?"
"uh, yeah."
"Jo! Go get some sugar!" the phoenix yelled. Jo raised an eyebrow and looked at me as I shook my head.
"Please don't." Kratos asked, looking somewhat horrified at the idea of experiencing me on a sugar rush again.
"I wasn't planning on it." Jo nodded. "I can honestly say that by your reaction, I'm scared of what could happen."
"Thanks Jo." I smiled, nodding back as Nightfire began to pout. I laughed as he childishly crossed his arms, glaring at Jo before the feeling returned. Trying to push it out of my mind, I stood up and walked to the front door. "why don't we see if we can find Ruby and Ultimate!"
"The Weapons? Why are you looking for them?" Vincent asked as Kratos nodded and stood up.
"The planet asked me to find the weapons and see if they could help eliminate the Remnants that have appeared in this dimension but everytime I find a Weapon, its enraged. I've had to use Holy to stop Emerald and Diamond so far." I explained.
"I see. Kayla, perhaps you should stay here where it's safe." Kayla looked at her fiancee in disbelief.
"But why?" She asked, grabbing Vincent's hand and giving him puppy dog eyes.
"Sis, you're pregnant. We just don't want to risk anything happening to you or your babies." I pointed out. Vincent nodded in agreement. "However, I suppose that if she stayed in the Ragnorok then she'd be fine."
"Thank you Imoto!" Kayla cried, hugging me. "You're the best."
"Uh…thanks Sis." I said, trying to pry the dragoness off of me before walking out the door. "You guys better not have done anything to my ship!"
"What? Do you think we're stupid?" Marth gasped. "you'd kill us if there was even a scratch on the Ragnorok!"
"your damn right I would!" I laughed, running my hand over the gleaming red metal of the ship. "Let's go!"
Soon, I was back in the pilot seat of the Ragnorok, grinning as I flew the ship towards the Triet desert where Marth said they had encountered Ruby Weapon. Kratos stood behind me, a hand on my shoulder as he looked on in amazement. Marth, Jo, Nightfire, Vincent, and Kayla sat in various seats around the cockpit. Suddenly, the ship shook and a scream filled my head.
Third Person POVTiamatt screamed, closing her eyes as she clutched her head in pain.
"Tiamatt!" Kratos cried as she suddenly fell unconscious and slumped forward on the controls. Pulling her up, Kratos removed Tiamatt from the seat and Jo quickly took her place in piloting. "What's going on?"
"Imoto?" Kayla asked, looking at the Cetra with worry.
"She just appears to be unconscious. She should be fine when she wakes up." Vincent noted. "I wonder what could have cause Tiamatt to lose consciousness like that?"
"I don't know but I think we better return to the forest. Weapon can wait till tomorrow." Marth said, watching as Kratos held Tiamatt carefully.
"Yeah, sure." Kayla nodded. "Since me and Imoto aren't any help in the battle right now anyways." Jo nodded and turned the ship around, flying back northeast.
Later that Night, Sleeping Forest, Tiamatt POVWhen I woke up, I was on the couch, my head in Kratos' lap, the angel gently running his fingers through my hair. The room itself was dark and quiet, signaling that the others were asleep.
"You're awake." He said quietly as I sat up. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I think Lloyd and the others broke a mana link though. The same thing happened in the Temple of Lightning when Sheena made the pact with Volt. Then again it could just be the Desians. They sure aren't doing the planet any good." I smiled, trying to reassure my worried fiancee. "But I'm fine. Don't worry."
"I know but I can't help it. It's not my fault you keep getting into trouble." Kratos smiled back, wrapping his arms around me before kissing me.
"Likes it my fault either. I can't help that I'm what I am." I huffed.
"I know. And I wouldn't change a thing."
"You've become such a suck up Kratos." I laughed, standing up and stretching. Walking to a window, I could see the faint glow that the City of the Ancients gave off not far away. "Kratos, I think I'm gonna go to the city. Do you want to come with?"
The Seraph nodded, still smiling as we quietly left the house and walked through the woods. Kjata could still be seen floating between the trees as we neared the city but the bull left us alone. Soon our footsteps echoed off of the white scale like trail that went through the entire city, leading to building, many of which resembled giant shells. Scattered around the city were glowing orbs of energy.
"Tia, what are those things?" Kratos asked as I approached one of the orbs and lightly touched it. The orb hummed from the contact and I smiled.
"They are the remaining consciousness of my people who decided to stay to protect the city instead of moving on to the Lifestream or the Promised Land." I explained, walking past the orb towards a large building in the middle of the city.
"Promised Land?"
"The afterlife of the Cetra. It is believed that an infinite amount of Lifestream exist there, connecting everything and everyone." I explained and then sighed. "It is the place that I have been denied a hundred times. But I don't think I would actually want to go to the Promised Land. Not when everyone I've ever known are bound to only the Lifestream."
Kratos nodded, as we walked into a large chamber over looking an alter before a waterfall. Down below us was a pool of crystal clear water. I glanced nervously at the alter, the memory of Aeris' death still fresh in my mind even though she had died thousands of years ago.
"This…is where Aeris was killed…by Sephiroth…" I said slowly, flying to a lower platform with Kratos beside me. "She was praying to Holy when he leapt down and killed her with the Masamune before taunting both me and Cloud and then leaving Jenova for us to fight."
"I'm sorry."
"don't worry about it. It was a long time ago." I shrugged, looking at the waterfall projector where Aeris' death had replayed and revealing the Holy had been activated. A scent then came to my attention that I hadn't realized earlier and smiled at as I turned to face the blonde haired man who stood leaning against an upper wall, concealed in shadows. "Hiro! What are you doing up there?"
"Bout time Tia. Is your age finally catching up with you?" Hiro laughed, jumping down with relative easy to our level and looking at Kratos. "Whose he?"
"This is my fiancee, Kratos Aurion!" I said cheerfully, hugging my old friend as Kratos nodded. "Kratos, this is Hiro Aoyama! He had to deal with Hojo too after his parents were killed by him."
"I see. Is he also a Remnant?" Kratos asked, still looking Hiro over.
"No, I died a long time ago but Terran brought me back to help get rid of Jenova." The blonde answered, looking at Kratos with equal interest till he realized something was wrong? "Tiamatt?"
"…" I looked away, from my friend and looked at the water. "I had so many questions to ask him…"
"What?" Hiro looked shocked and confused.
"Terran told us that he was Tiamatt's father but he died not that long ago when freeing Tia from Jenova. Oblivion also died in the battle." Kratos explained. "Perhaps we should return home."
"..ok." I mumbled, turning and walking towards the exit. "You're welcome to come along Hiro."
"Uh, I guess if its ok with Kratos too." Hiro said, waiting till Kratos nodded before following us back home.
We walked quietly back home as the sun slowly rose. I had no idea we had been out so long as the sky lightened and a rustling came from some nearby bushes. The next thing I knew, I was on my back with Noishe licking my face and whining happily as a white fuzzball that had to be Cloud chirped loudly next to Kratos.
"Get off me Noishe!" I laughed trying to push the protozoan off of me with little success till he finally let me stand only to take a step back as Cloud launched himself at me. "Cloud!"
Mommy! The paragriff chriped, rubbing his face into my neck. You're ok!
"Yes Cloud. I'm fine." I smiled, scratching his head as Hiro watched in interest. "How did they get here?" I asked, looking at Kratos who was petting a happy Noishe.
"I suspect they found some way to cross the worlds other then the Otherworldly Gate." The Seraph answered.
"Ok, I'm confused. You have to tell me everything that's happened." Hiro sighed.
Mommy,
"What is it Cloud?" I asked looking at the small griffin.
Something is different.
"What do you mean Cloud?" Kratos asked, having also heard the griffin. Hiro gave the both of us odd looks as we continued to talk to the bird.
Something is different about Mommy! Cloud answered happily, bobbing his head. As if to reinforce his statement, Noishe whined and put his nose to my stomach, his tail wagging. My face instantly dropped as Kratos smiled. Hiro evidently got what was going on cause he went bug eyed.
"Tiamatt, are you pregnant?" Hiro asked, looking shocked as Noishe barked happily in response.
"It can't be….oh god no….i'm not ready for this…" I mumbled, everything seeming to lose focus. "I can't be…."
"Tiamatt, this is wonderful!" Kratos said happily, embracing me but I didn't move. It couldn't be real but it explained why I had been feeling odd all day and why Kayla had given me that odd look. "Tia?"
"Kratos….i'm not ready for this…I'm not ready for a child…" I mumbled, tears flowing freely as I continued to stand still.
"Tiamatt, what are you saying?" Hiro asked, still watching in confusion as I pushed Kratos away from me and walked back inside and went down to the lab where I hoped to get the truth….
Third person POV
'Whats wrong with her?" Hiro asked, watching the Cetra disappear into the house.
"…I don't know…" Kratos answered sadly. "I thought she too would be happy to have a child but I'm guessing that part of her wasn't ready for such an event."
"A part of her?" the blonde asked, even more confused then he was to begin with.
The angel sighed and nodded. "Yes, she may look like the Tiamatt you knew but she is the combination of Tiamatt and a human girl named Madison. I'm guessing it's the Madison part of her that is in shock and denial."
"Okay…that's odd but I think I understand." Hiro nodded slowly as Kratos took Cloud and walked towards the house. Noishe whined, cocking his head to the side as Kratos opened the door and sighed.
"I'm going to talk to her. You should wait in the main room Hiro."
Hiro nodded and followed the Seraph into the house before sitting down on the couch. He had never seen Tiamatt like this. To tell the truth, it was kind of disturbing but if what Kratos said was true then Hiro thought he could understand.
Kratos walked down the stairs to the basement quietly, Tiamatt's quiet sobbing loud to his angelic ears. Looking into the room, he could see his fiancee leaning over the key board of her computer, the screen flashing the results of the scan Tiamatt had done only minutes before. Sighing, Kratos walked quickly over to the woman, and kneeled beside her, putting his arms around her.
"Tiamatt, it ok."
"I'm not ready for this Kratos. I can't handle a child right now." Tiamatt mumbled, looking at the Seraph with red eyes. Sighing, Kratos gently wiped away a tear.
"You'll be fine Tia. We'll get through this together." He whispered as she moved to sob into his shoulder.
"Kratos…what if…"
"What is it?"
"My mother….she died giving birth to me…what if…" Tiamatt choked mid sentence, unable to continue.
"Nothing will happen. I promise." Kratos said softly, pulling her closer as she seemed to calm down.
"What's going on?" Nightfire asked, rubbing his eyes as he looked into the room. "Huh? What's wrong Tia?"
"…I'll tell everyone in a bit…" She said quietly, looking up at the phoenix and rubbing the last of the tears out of her eyes. 'Thank you Kratos…I know I should be happy about this but…just give me some time…"
"Alright. I understand." The Seraph nodded, helping his fiancee stand up as Nightfire blinked in confusion. "Don't worry. We'll explain everything."
…….
"What?!" Marth shouted eyes wide as Tiamatt looked down at her lap, her hands tightly grasped around Kratos' as she continued to deal with the truth.
"I knew it Imoto!" Kayla cheered hugging the Cetra who didn't react and continued to sit quietly. "Imoto?"
"..."
"She's having a hard time adjusting Kayla." Vincent noted as Kayla sighed with concern and sat down next to the gunman.
"You two have to be at least a little excited. I mean, you're having a kid." Nightfire said, trying to cheer his old mentor up.
"…It's not that I'm not excited, its just that…I feel unprepared. Its all so sudden…" Tiamatt muttered, looking up slightly at the small group of people crowded in the room. "Kratos, what if Yggdrasil finds out? What will he do?"
"Yggdrasil? Who the hell is that?" Hiro asked, looking at the worried looks on both Tiamatt's and Kratos' faces at the mention of the Cruxis leader.
"He is the deranged leader of Cruxis. He believes he can revive his sister Martel by sacrificing the life of the Chosen, Colette, who is close to my son, Lloyd. Yggdrasil's
goals are too not only revive his sister but also to rid the world of discrimination." Kratos explained.
"Ridding the world of discrimination? That's a good thing isn't it?" Nightfire cocked his head in confusion as Kratos sighed and shaked his head.
"What is Yggdrasil's plan in getting rid of discrimation?" Jo asked.
"Mithos is planning to make everyone into Lifeless beings using Cruxis Crystals and exspheres." Tiamatt growled, eyes dialating to dragon slits. 'that bastard even tried to equip a crystal to me. If it wasn't for my sorceress powers, I would've become a tool not too different from what I was when Jenova was alive."
"I thought you're powers were sealed by the Eternal Sword?" Kratos said in shock.
"True but there are somethings that can not be surpressed except through death. Being a sorceress has it's advantages and that was one time I was glad I had inherited my powers." The Cetra sighed. "You don't think he'll try to do something if he finds out about the baby do you?"
"I don't know Tiamatt. But I won't let him hurt you."
"Geez, Tia. Everyone's after you aren't they?" Hiro joked. "It's a good thing Hojo's dead though."
"True. But I am assuming that some of the Remnants and possibly, some of Hojo's assisants are still alive." Vincent noted. "If that is the case then it is not only Tiamatt that is in danger but Hiro, Kratos, Kayla, and myself."
"Why wouldn't Marth and them be in danger?" Kayla asked, as her fiancee went into thought.
"Because they are not important. Hiro was once the vessel for the demon Void. Vincent carries Chaos. You're a full blood dragon from a different dimension. Kratos is an angel and I'm the last of the Cetra."
"Hey Nightfire, you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Marth grinned as he suddenly had an idea.
"Yeah." The phoenix nodded, standing up as Marth did with the same michievious grin on his face. "Come on Jo! We're going hunting!"
Tiamatt now stood up and blocked the door. "Not with my ship you're not!"
"But Tia!" Marth whined, looking at her with pleading eyes.
"She has a point. It would be safer for her and the others to have the Ragnorok then us. What if the Remnants try to attack the forest?" Jo pointed out.
"Yeah…that's a good point but I was going more on the lines of…." Tiamatt smirked. Kratos evidently got what she was about to say cause he glared at his fiancee sternly.
"Tiamatt. I don't want you to fight in your condition."
"Kratos! I'm fine!"
"Tia, I'm telling you this for the safety of both you and the baby." Kratos said sternly, auburn eyes never leaving Tiamatt's face as she sighed.
"Actually, Imoto should be fine as long as she doesn't take a blow to the stomach." Kayla piped in. "She should be able to fight for the next couple of months."
"Exactly, now let's get going!" Tiamatt nodded, turning and walking out the door. Kratos sighed in defeat and followed the others out into the main clearing.
A giant brown and red bull covered in runes stood over a blue haired man, one of the bull's horns at his throat as the man charged a ball of electricity in his hand. The bull snorted as Tiamatt approached and the man looked over in her direction.
"Tiamatt please remove this animal!" Yuan yelled, the bull pawing the ground with one of its giantic hooves.
"Kjata! Leave him alone! He's with me!" Tiamatt ordered.
Kjata raised its head and snorted before turning around and returning to its form of the red orb before drifting back into the trees. Yuan sighed, dusting his clothes off before turning to face the group that was looking at him curiously.
"Yuan what are you doing here?" Kratos asked, glaring at his fellow Seraphim with caution.
"Humph. I thought I would find the two of you here but who are the others?" Yuan asked back, crossing his arms as he examined the group.
"Tia, who is this guy? I don't like him." Hiro said quietly, putting a hand on the hilt of his sword.
"These are friends from my world. Much like those who helped in raiding the Mountain Reactor." Tiamatt explained.
"I see." Yuan replied with nodded.
"Yuan, why are you here?" Kratos repeated.
The blue haired Seraph sighed. "I came to update you on what has happened since you have left Lloyd's group. Should I continue?" Kratos and Tiamatt both nodded. "They have defeated Rodyle at the Remote Island Human Ranch to the south. They then came to my base in the Triet Desert to return a rhierd they said Mithos had borrowed. What do you know of this?"
"Mithos is Mithos Yggdrasil. He joined Lloyd's group shortly after what happened at the reactor." Tiamatt answered. "I knew it was him but I didn't want to risk the lives of those in Altamira and after I saw the friendship Genis had started with Mithos, I didn't dare tear that apart."
"Hm, is that so…"
"Yes, Now tell us where Lloyd and the others are?" Kratos almost growled at Yuan.
"Your son and his friends are back in Theth'ella, finishing the pacts on that world I believe." The other Seraph stated. "Do you have anymore questions? If not then I shall leave."
"Actually, I do have some questions." Tiamatt said, stopping Yuan as he started to spread his wings. "I know the Renegades are good at finding information and I recently sent scout probes out to search this world. I wondering if you can give me any information on the location of a monster called Ultimate Weapon and of the remaining Remnants."
"Weapon wouldn't be the monster in the desert would it?"
"No that is Ruby Weapon." Marth answered. "We were planning on attacking it yesterday but Tiamatt passed out so we came back here. Apparently Ultimate is the only one we haven't located."
"Hm…I don't believe I've heard anything about a second monster but I will keep you informed on any information concerning Weapon or the Remnants." Yuan sighed as a moment of thought. "Also, if you wish. I can give you access back to Theth'ella but you're ship will need to be upgraded. I can have some of my-"
"No works on that ship but me!" Tiamatt shouted, cutting Yuan off as both Seraphim and the rest of the group just blinked in shock.
"That's our Tia…" Hiro sighed as Yuan and the Cetra went into a glaring match over the issue.
"I'm telling you my-"
"I don't give a rat's ass if you got the best mechanics on the two worlds. Ain't no one touch that ship but me!"
"I promise nothing will go wro-"
"I don't give a fuck! That's MY ship and unless I'm there working on it to, no one else is!"
"But-"
"No god damn it!"
"Tia, just let him help." Kratos said softly, putting a hand on his fiancee's shoulders but she just turned and glared at him.
"Kratos, its my ship! I helped design the Ragnorok in Esthar back during the first of the Sorceress Wars. I know that ship better then anyone and I'm not risking the chance of anything being screwed up." She snapped back.
"Tiamatt, I promise my people will not mess anything u-"
"I said no!"
"You two are fighting a losing battle…" Vincent noted as the fight continued.
"Tiama-"
"I said fucking no!"
"I'd give up if I were you two." Kayla laughed seeing how defensive Tiamatt was over the ship.
"Tiamatt, please calm down. You need to take it easy in your condition." Kratos said quietly, receiving an angry glare from Tiamatt that eventually turned into a sigh of defeat. "Let Yuan fix the Ragnorok for now."
"…fine…" Tiamatt sighed, crossing her arms over her chest as she turned away from Yuan. "You put one scratch in my ship and your Molboro chow you hear me Yuan!?"
"Yes Tiamatt." Yuan nodded before looking at Kratos. "What did you mean by her condition? Tiamatt isn't sick is she?"
"No, Yuan." Kratos answered, smiling as Tiamatt quietly began to talk to the others. "We're having a child."
"What?!" Yuan's eyes went wide and he quickly closed the gap between them. "If Yggdrasil finds out he'll probably kill her. He already thinks you spend too much time down here and knows its because of her!"
"That's why I want to ask you if you can hide Tiamatt and her friends if it gets to that point."
Yuan sighed and thought it over quickly. "Fine but you owe me Kratos. You better try to make sure Lloyd and the others succeed. Now," Yuan took a step back and turned to the main group of strangers. "If you could all come to the Sylvarant Base, we can get the dimensional transfer system put into your ship. Tiamatt, you may over look the work but I am going to have to ask you to refrain from helping the mechanics."
"Fine.' She said with a shrug as she approached the Ragnorok. "Just don't blame me if you find some of your mechanics severely injured or dead."
Me: geez, I didn't think I was gonna get that done the way my comp's been acting. Well anyways, sorry its so long. Read and Review!