"Tiamatt wake up." I tried to ignore who ever it was that was talking to me and pulled the covers tighter. "Tia!"
"...can I please get some sleep?" I mumbled, still not opening my eyes as the blankets were pulled from my grasp. I shivered and looked up to see Hiro sigh. "Fine, I'll get up. Geez, you're still a little brat."
Hiro laughed as he moved towards the door to my room. "Yeah but you still love me."
"Like you really were my brother Hiro." I laughed before realizing I had fallen asleep in my uniform. "Now go so I change. Tell the others I'll be out there in a minute."
Hiro nodded and left my room, allowing to change into something more comfortable then my uniform. I eyed my normal tank top but because of my pregnancy, I opted for a loose blue t shirt. I couldn't help but smile slightly at my growing stomach. I couldn't believe that I was going to be a mother and though I was certain that I was having twins, I couldn't help but wonder what my children would be. Would they both be girls or would they be boys? Maybe i'd have one of each. Sighing, I opened the door into the dorm hallway where Hiro and the others were waiting.
"Good morning Tiamatt!" Colette cried cheerfully as I yawned and gave a small smile.
"Tiamatt, we need to return to Theth'ella to talk with Altessa." Raine said, following me towards the cafeteria. "Its important that we leave soon."
"I understand. But Garden can not travel between worlds like the Rhierds or the Ragnorok. If you can wait a while till I can contact Yuan to install a dimensional transfer system into Garden, then we can go." I sighed, grabbing some pancakes before sitting at a table to eat, Marth, Hiro, Nightfire, and Jo also grabbing their own meals. "If you don't want to wait then I'll just track you guys down when we get to Theth'ella."
"Thank you. Then we will hopefully see you soon." Regal nodded. The Syphonians turned to leave except for Lloyd.
"Um, Tiamatt?" I looked at him and waited for him to continue. "I was wondering..."
"Yes?"
"Can you teach me how to fly the Ragnorok?" Lloyd asked excitedly. Hiro and the others just about choked on their food as I looked at the red clad swordman sternly. "Please!?"
"..." I continued to look at him, thinking over what he had just asked me. "...just don't wreck my ship..."
"What? Tiamatt are you seriously going to teach Lloyd how to fly the Ragnorok?" Hiro asked, looking at me in disbelief. "You won't even let me fly it."
"Then I'll teach you too Hiro. I trust you enough that I believe you won't cause too much damage." I sighed, turning towards the blonde swordsman. "The only reason Marth, Nightfire, and Jo learned how to fly it was beacuse of the second war."
"Thanks Tia!" Lloyd and Hiro said happily before Lloyd ran off to catch up with the other Symphonians. I sighed and turned my attention back to my breakfast but looked up as I realized everyone was staring at me.
"What?" I asked, curious as to why all four men were looking at me with small grins.
"Nothing, it's just..." Marth started.
"We're still shocked by the fact that you're pregnant and are engaged." Nightfire laughed.
"You were always holding on to Sephiroth even though you knew he couldn't come back. It couldn't have been good for you when you were already depressed from what happened during the Wars." Jo added, eyes showing concern as he remembered my mental break down from Jenova's Reunion.
"True." I sighed sadly. "I would still be like that if it wasn't for Madison's mind. To think I'd have to have a teenager's mind combined with my own to know how to truly live again."
"That is kinda funny though." Hiro laughed. "Still it's a good thing. I honestly think you're happier now then you ever were when Sephiroth was alive. At least from what I saw."
"In a way, yes. But there was much you didn't see between me and Sephiroth. I was also more carefree before the experiments. But that is the past. Now I have Kratos, Lloyd, and am soon going to have my own children. My life is becoming what I've wanted for so long." I smiled as i stood up and returned my tray before heading towards the main hall. "I need to contact Yuan so you guys are free to do what you want till we get to Theth'ella."
'Ok Tia." Marth nodded before I walked back to my office. "See you later!" I waved at the group and grinned as I realized my only way to contact Yuan would be to hack into the computers of Derris Kharlan which I already had a connection to.
"Tiamatt! How in mana did you contact me through these computers!?" Yuan shouted through the GS.
"It was easy especially since I was the one that upgraded your computers. Your technology computer wise is out of date compared to what my world uses. And considering that it is me that designs the Global Scanner systems, your computers are even easier to hack." I grinned throught the projected screen. "But that is not what I called you about. Yuan, I need another Dimensional Transfer System installed."
"Don't tell me you disassembled the one installed in the Ragnorok?" the Half elf sighed in shock.
Again, I grinned. "As much as I would like to know more about how the DTS works, no. I need one installed in Garden. Its urgent that we get to Theth'ella to destroy the two Mako Reactors there."
"Alright. I'll meet you at the Sylvarant Base."
"Oh and Yuan, make sure your mechanics are ready to board when we arrive." I grinned, causing the Seraph to give me a curious look before he shook his head and closed the line.
"Tiamatt," I turned to see Excious standing in the doorway. "Dr. Lecia wishes to see you."
I sighed and nodded. "Thank you Excious."
I quickly made my way down to the infirmary, knowing that Dr. Lecia would want an update on my pregnancy. Hopefully, after that, Garden would be near the Renegades' Sylvarant Base.
Two hours later...
"Tiamatt, we've finished installing the dimensional transfer system. You're free to leave." Yuan said as his mechanics boarded a transport to take them back to the surface.
"Yuan, I have something I want your help with." The blue haired Seraph looked at me curiously as I handed him a folder full of notes and a set of blue prints. "These are the plans for the portals that will hopefully allow us not to jump between Sylvarant and Theth'ella but Gaia and Earth."
"I see. You want to stay connected with your other worlds but how will this benefit my worlds?" Yuan asked as he began to skip through the plans.
"Our technology is much more advanced then yours. If the sharing of technology were done then think of the possibilities. Besides, I've noticed that one of your most lacking technologies between the worlds is medical in which both my worlds excel in." I explained.
"I see. Then I hope you're right in the possibility of sharing technology between our cultures." Yuan nodded. "I will look over these plans and do what I can. Till we meet again Tiamatt, good luck." The Seraph joined his Renegades in the transport, returning to his base.
With the DTS installed, I gave the order to make the jump to Theth'ella and soon Garden was heading towards the destroyed ruins of Ozette. I grabbed my gear, preparing to go down to Altessa'a in hopes of catching up with Lloyd's group again.
"Hey Tia! Where are you going?" Hiro asked as I moved towards the garage.
"I'm going down to Altessa's. I'm rejoining Lloyd's group for awhile." I sighed, stopping as Marth, Nightfire, Jo, Vincent, and Kayla joined us. "Nightfire, I want you to choose a battalion and head for the Junon Reactor. Marth do the same but go the the Mountain Reactor. Jo, you go with him and download all the files that Hojo had on his recent experiments. Kayla and Vince stay here with Hiro and Excious. I'll be back in a while."
"Ok Imoto but you be carefull ok?" Kayla nodded as the three stooges followed orders. I nodded and started to enter the garage but Hiro stopped me.
"I'm going with you!"
"Hiro, stay here." I said stopping to glare at him. The blonde shook his head. "Hiro!"
"Tiamatt, Kratos told you to stay here at Garden. If you're gonna leave at least take me with you so that someone can protect you." Hiro retorted, smiling as he walked past me.
"I'm not defenselss Hiro. I'm a sorceress after all. I can attack and defend myself without resorting to close combat." I sighed and started to walk again but went past all the vehicles inside the garage till we reached the outside landing strip where the Ragnorok was parked.
"I never said that. I'm just saying that you may need help and besides, there's something I want to talk to you about." the blonde laughed as he stood outside the ship.
I looked at him curiously. "And what would that be?"
"Void."
I stopped midstep, one foot inside the ship and the other still on the deck and looked at him. "Void is dead, Hiro. You of all people should know that."
"I know he should be but...I can still feel him. Tiamatt, you remember during the first of the Prophecy Wars, Bahamut Sin was killed?" Hiro sounded worried as I nodded. "I was so angry that Jenova was back and that she was attacking you. I couldn't control my anger and blacked out. When I woke up, Sin was dead." I kept silent and began towards the cockpit. "Tia, this is serious! Void can't come back, especially not here in this world!"
"So what do you propose we do Hiro? It's not like we have Arxen and the others to help this time and I can't help because I'm pregnant. You're just going to make sure your anger doesn't get the best of you and Void doesn't awake again." I sighed, sitting down in the pilot seat and starting the engines. "Damn, its been so long since I've read your file. I know that has the answer to your demon problem but what if we can't find what we need to get rid of him?"
"Then...if that happens...kill me. Use Time Compression and erase me from history." Hiro said sadly.
"No I can't do that, I won't do that. You just keep you anger under control and everything will be fine ok? If that happens then, I'll just use TC and stop Void from ever being put into you." I said, shaking my head, stalling the take off.
"Couldn't that screw up the future Tiamatt?" Hiro asked as I got the Ragnorok into the air. "If you do something stupid like that then I might never met you or Jenova could take you instead of Sephiroth. What if it screwed up your future here and you never met Kratos?"
"..." I didn't answer and flew the ship down near an area close to Altessa's. "...Like I said, keep your angry under control and everything should be fine. Now let's go."
"...Ok." Hiro nodded slowly, following me out of the ship. "I just hope your right."
I gave him assuring smile as we walked up to Altessa's house and soon we were talking with Lloyd's group, dicussing what to do to solve Colette's illness. I noticed Mithos occasionally glared at me but overall he kept up the nice guy act. I began to wonder if coming here was a good idea since Mithos now knew I was pregnant and that his second in command was the father. Trying to ignore the half elf's disapproving glare, I pulled out my GS and began searching old Shinra files.
"Any luck?" Hiro asked as I continued to scan the files. I shook my head and resumed going through the experiment files.
"What are you looking for?" Lloyd asked, curious as to why Hiro appeared to be nervous as I searched for his file.
"...She's looking for my file from when I was an experiment." Hiro said quietly, almost hesitantly. "Tia, try Project H."
I nodded and quickly found a matching file. "This file is old so the dates are wrong but," I sighed and began to read through the file. "Fifty years ago, scientist found the body of the demon Void, who had apparently tried to control the world. Thirty seven years later, the soul of Void was infused with that of an infant named Hiro Aoyama or Project H. The specimen's body tried to reject the demon but blood taken from Void's right arm was injected into Project H, allowing the fusion of man and demon to be complete. The blood also serves as a link that allows the specimen to access the demon god's power even if the soul of Void were to be removed."
"You experimented on as an infant?" Raine asked, looking at Hiro who nodded sadly. "What about your parents? Surely they would have protected you."
"My mom and dad were killed by Hojo the night I was born. It was the next day that Shinra tried to infuse the demon Void into my body. Apparently, I almost didn't survive but somehow I did and I lived in the Shinra building till I was seven. I met Tiamatt when I was there too but she was taken away after a while and I didn't see her till a few years later. There was also a man named Dr. Dexel who looked after me and Tiamatt. He actually tried to stop the experiments but failed." Hiro explained.
"To experiment on a new born, Hojo truly was a monster." Regal said, the hint of a growl in his voice.
"So what happened after that Hiro?" Colette asked.
Hiro sighed and started to continue. "Like I said, I escaped when I was seven and found Zek who took me to where he lived and allowed me to stay with him and his master Xen. They were my family for years and we used to go to all sorts of tournaments. It was at a tournament in Midgar that I actually saw Tiamatt again. We even got to fight against each other in the final round remember?"
I sighed and nodded. "Yes Hiro, I remember. I also remember all the problems we had with Void and other demons that Hojo had injected into you and some others. I don't know if you remember Hiro, but Void tried to kill me and probably would have if Sephiroth hadn't come along and stopped him." I sighed again and returned to scanning through his file till something caught my attention. "...this can't be right. I may have forgotten many things about Void and what was done to Hiro but this...it must be a typo."
"Huh? what do you mean?" Hiro asked. I looked over what I had read again before projecting the image above the GS for the other to read.
Blood anylicyst have revealed that the subject, Hiro Aoyama, contains three blood types, one of which has recently been classified as angel. It appears similair to human DNA and its affect on the subject is unknown. Other blood types identified as human and demon. Further testing to be done...
"I didn't know you had angels in your world too Tiamatt." Lloyd said in amazement.
"I apparently forgot. I knew we had demons but angels...I thought they were only a myth in our world but now that I think about it. I do remember seeing Hiro with feathered wings. That was just before..." I paused and looked at the blonde swordsman who was deep in thought. "Enough of this. It was in the past and has nothing to do with this world. We need to go to Heimdall for the mana leaf right?"
"Yeah! Let's go!" Lloyd cried, jumping to his feet and heading for the door.
Everyone sighed as we followed him outside. Hiro stayed silent still thinking over something as I told the Symphonians that we could use the Ragnorok to get to the Ymir Forest and soon we where wandering the natural maze that the forest was...