Disclaimer : I don't own anything.

Note : For those of you that don't know, healing items can be used in the same way as healing magics, against enemies. Just as Life can instantly kill an undead monster, so can a phoenix down.

White SeeDs are just like other SeeDs, only they are a special force trained personally by Miko.

Esthar is a high-tech, furturistic city. Complete with hovercars, forcefields, and more.

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(With Shane, Shane's POV)

"I can't disconnect..."

Frowning as I took in the absolute darkness, I tried to find the familiar, feminine voice. What's this 'connect' thing...? I mentally questioned, being unable to speak.

The voice seemed to jump in surprise. "Shane? Is that you?"

I nodded silently. Yeah. I recognized the voice now. It was Kelly. Of course.

"'Connect' is just a term I use when referring to my 'special power'. Oh! I know. I must be asleep. That's why I can't disconnect. I can't control it when sleeping. I'm sorry Shane, but please let me use your soul just a little bit longer."

Let me go back. I mentally pleaded, wanting to figure out what happened with Kapri.

Flashback

We were at the orphanage again, but this time, I wasn't seeing myself crying for Kelly. This time I saw Tommy speaking to Matron as she used to be.

"She ain't here, either." he stated with worry and disappointment.

Matron bowed and shook her head sadly. "If I may ask..." she stated in worry. "What happened to this 'Kelly'?"

Sighing, Tommy turned and leaned against the stone wall of the orphanage, and I took a moment to notice it looked a lot newer, meaning this must've been back when we first arrived there, somewhere. "She was kidnapped by Esthar soldiers. I've been travellin', tryin' to find any way I possibly can to get into Esthar, but..." He frowned and shook his head.

Nodding in understanding, Matron frowned. "They are looking for a successor to Sorceress Adel's powers, am I correct?"

He nodded vigorously. "Yeah, yeah! That's exactly it!" he shouted a little, wincing and looking at the ground in clear pain.

"Is she your daughter?"

He laughed a little and shook his head. "No. I'm more of an Uncle to her. It's just...she's so cute!" He smiled in rememberance. "Oh, I wish I could hear her voice!"

I wish I could hear Kapri's voice. I thought with my own share of pain.

He frowned and shook his head, prompting Matron's concern, but he waved it off. "It's alright. It's just the faeries."

I don't care if it's in the past or what. I want to hear Kapri's voice. I want to see her. That way, there may be a way to save her. I thought desperately as everything faded to black.

End flashback

There was a sense of deep sadness that washed over me. "You can't change the past. I just found that out. When I was kidnapped, Uncle Tommy went on a journey to save me... But, because he did, he wasn't by Kat's side when she died. She wanted to show him her newborn baby..."

I frowned as the sadness grew tenfold and I knew that Kelly was crying.

"Kat kept calling out for Tommy. No matter what, I wanted him to stay in that village... But it was no use. I can no longer make it back to that moment. That's why I can only send you in someone I've met." Kelly sighed deeply, full of pain. "I'm sorry, Shane. I'm about to disconnect. I'll try to speak to you this way, again."

Sis! I felt her consciousness disconnect. Kelly!! It was too late, and I found myself opening my eyes. I was laying half on Kapri's cot. Lifting my head, I felt tearas fill my eyes as I took in the tranquil face of Kapri. I want to hear Kapri's voice. I felt my eyes widen. "I can see you if I go into the past!" I cried in discovery. Standing up quickly, I looked to the ceiling. "Kelly! Kelly, can you hear me?! Send me back to the moment Kapri went into a coma!" I begged out loud.

Hearing no answer, I sighed and sat on a chair next to the cot. Sis, why won't you answer me? I know! She's on the White SeeD ship! "If I find that ship, I can find Kelly! Than I can go back!" I mused out loud. SeeD. Miko's SeeD. Maybe Matron would know where they are?

Heading out of the infirmary, I quickly made my way out of Garden, not bothering to call on any of the others. Heading to the orphanage, I found Matron and Headmaster Kanoi where they were in the first place and spoke with Headmaster Kanoi first.

"The White SeeDs... We first came up with it to protect Kelly from Esthar. Miko piloted the ship as the captain, but over time it took on many children, becoming somewhat of an orphanage. Miko taught them well, and in time, they grew to become White SeeDs."

Matron nodded. "Those children... They are cautious and never stay in one place for long, however, they seem to have taken a liking to Centra's landscape. You would probably find them anchored in some little inlet, nearby."

Nodding thoughtfully, I gave a small smile.

"And Shane, take this letter I wrote." she stated, handing me a folded letter. "With this, they will welcome you."

(White SeeD)

It took us the majority of the day to finally find the ship, and we probably wouldn't have, if it wasn't for the large white sail sticking up that was visible across a stretch of land on a small island. They were in a tricky little inlet to get to, but we managed, and I boarded the ship with the others, holding up my hands to show I was no threat.

"...We meet again." stated a young man.

"My name is Shane." I stated with a nod. "We're SeeDs from Balamb Garden. I'd like to speak to your leader."

He nodded hesitantly. "I'm in charge here. State your business. Depending on what it is, we may ask you to leave immediately."

"...We've come to see Kelly." I stated honestly.

He and two other White SeeDs drew their weapons immediately and stared at us uncertainly.

"We come in peace." I stated as I raised my hands again, this time, holding the letter Matron had sent us with. "Miko told us you'd be here."

They relaxed instantly but exchanged looks of confusion. "Miko...how?"

"Miko is no longer under the control of Sorceress Ultimecia. She is now our ally." I informed them, holding out the letter. "So there's no reason for you to hide Kelly's whereabouts from us. We've come to take her back so we can protect her from Ultimecia." And so I can go back and see kapri.

"...Thank you for coming..." The leader stated with a frown as he turned his back on us. "But we have no reason to believe you. Please leave."

I raised an eyebrow, clutching the letter tightly as I watched him walk away. The other two eyed us warily before returning to their duties and leaving us to our business. Shaking my head, I marched past the other SeeDs, passing children and workers, until I made it to the back of the ship and met two very surprising people.

"Wow! Long time no see, sir!" Bridge called, running forward with an excited smile.

Billy followed him. "Whoa! Look who's here! Shane, how's it goin'?"

"Can't believe you're here! Everybody doin' good, sir?" Bridge asked with a worried smile.

I looked away at that. They didn't know...

"After you guys left, the Galbadian buttheads came after us, and we barely escaped to this ship!" Billy continued, seemingly not having noticed my look.

Bridge nodded and chuckled. "I was sure we were goners, sir! Billy here, went nuts and was thinking about swimming across the sea to escape!"

Turning a deep red, Billy scowled and nudged Bridge sharply. "Hey, it was a plan!" he stated defensively. "All you were doing was whining like a big baby. 'We're gonna die! We're gonna die!' and look who jumped in first! You, you numbnuts!"

...I don't see how these two wackos keep surviving. I thought with a small, fond smile.

Turning to me, Billy looked around and frowned in worry. "So, hows' Kapri? Where is she?"

I think that question made everyone stiffen up and look away. It was up to me to answer. Joy. With a sigh, I closed my eyes. "...Kapri fought with us, against Miko. For some reason, she went unconscious after the battle, and we haven't been able to wake her since. She's resting in Garden now. I don't know what happened, I'm sorry. We couldn't protect her."

They stared at me in shock and looked to the others. I guess their faces mirrored my explanation, and Billy's eyes narrowed dangerous before he launched himself at me and grabbed my collar.

Though I was startled, and my fighting instincts kicked in, I held them back and refused to fight him.

"YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH!! What did I say?! WHAT DID I SAY, HUH?!?!? I told you to take care of her!!" Billy screamed, glaring at me with anger and worry. "That nothing better happen to her!!! Scumbag!! You pathetic, lyin' scumbag!!!"

"Billy! C'mon! Take it easy, sir!" Bridge yelled, prying him off me. "She's not dead! They just dunno what's wrong with her, that's all. Ain't that right, sir?" He asked, turning to me, hopefully. "Shane would never give up on her. Am I right, sir?"

Never! Frowning, I shook my head. "We came here to get Kelly because there's a new enemy out there who's after her power. And also... If I can get her to Kapri, there's a chance we can get Kapri back."

"Really?!?" Bridge's eyes lit up and he gave a huge smile. "See, Billy?! I told you, sir! Kapri's gonna come back to us! She promised she would! We have to liberate Timber together! Don't worry, sir!"

Billy looked at us and nodded reluctantly. "...All right. But I'll say this one more time. If anything happens to Kapri again, I swear..." He sighed and shook his head before walking off.

Looking to Bridge, I pursed my lips. "Can you tell me if Kelly's here?"

"Kelly? Oh, you mean that pretty girl?" Bridge seemed to think a moment. "I think she left when some other ships came. There were soldiers on board... I know I've seen them before, oh! They were Esthar soldiers!"

I felt my eyes go wide. What the hell's going on?!

"And I think she was smilin' when she left."

Smiling...? That didn't make any sense. If Kelly was in danger from the soldiers, why would she have been smiling?

Heading into the cabin, I held out the letter to the leader, watching as he read it slowly.

"This...is Matron's handwriting. She really gave this to you?" he asked softly.

I felt a touch of a smile hit my lips at that and nodded. "You guys call her Matron, too?"

He nodded back and gave a small smile. "Yes. Ever since we were children."

"We were raised by Matron, too. It was difficult to fight against her, but we did. Fortunately, everything turned out well." For the most part... Sighing, I looked around the wooden cabin. "Miko is no longer evil. She's back to her old self, again...the kind Matron we all remember."

Saluting me with a new, respectful look, he smiled. "Shane, thank you. We owe you and Balamb Garden so much."

"Even our salute's the same." I stated out loud as I saluted him back.

He chuckled. "Matron told us it hasn't changed since SeeD was established."

With a heavy sigh, he closed his eyes. "It says in the letter that you're looking for Kelly. ...I'm sorry, but she's no longer aboard." He explained about how they ran into the Galbadian fleet just shortly after taking her from our Garden. There was a big battle over her, and soon an Esthar ship came up, joining the battle. It seemed more personally between them and Galbadia, but the White SeeDs had been caught in the center.

Another Esthar ship came and ordered the White SeeDs to evacuate their ship, but they refused, fighting off the soldiers. They managed to win the battle, and the ship was just preparing to leave when Kelly yelled something and jumped on board, sailing off with the Esthar soldiers.

"We still don't understand, to this day, why she'd do something like that. It was very much unlike her. The Esthar ships fled, and Galbadia soon after, followed them. We couldn't go after them because our ship still isn't fully repaired. I'm sorry, Shane...we couldn't protect her."

I blinked a moment at how similar our situations were and sighed with a nod. "So, Kelly's in Esthar?"

He nodded. "We believe so."

After bidding them farewell, I made my way back to the bridge of Garden, nodding to Xander as I made the decision. "We're going to Esthar."

"Oh, man..." He groaned. "Xenophobic Esthar. That terrain's no good for flying Garden."

I thought about that. "Then we'll head to FH and take the train tracks to Esthar. Set a course!"

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I realize my chapters have been what I consider normal length, a lot shorter or a lot longer. Sorry about that. I'm usually exhausted and in a hurry when I create the chapters, and then I'm too lazy to mess around with it until I can even out the lengths.

Shane is not one of my top favorite characters in PR, so please forgive me for not updating so often and if it's not as good as my other PR/FF crossovers. My muse usually revolves around Hunter and Blake, so they're likely where my strength in writing lies, although, I have been considering giving LSR a try, with a Carter/OC type fic... Anyways, I'm gonna finish this one, first.

Hope you like it.

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"To tell you the truth, I worry too much about what other people think of me. I hate that side of me..."

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R+R please.

Thank you.

Tenshi