-1Wrong side of the portal
Kat went with Vincent to the Forgotten City and to Kats disappointment she didn't see any of the Turks and Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo weren't there. Kat wasn't totally bummed out though. She knew something that most people in the Final Fantasy world didn't.
I love computers. Kat thought with joy as she continued on past the main building that you would see in Advent Children and headed farther into the city heading for the capital and the place Aerith died.
"Kat where are you going?" Vincent asked following her.
"I want to see the alter where Aerith died."
"Alright…" Vincent said walking behind Kat wondering.
Why does she want to go to the alter so badly?
Don't know, maybe its because she and Aerith are related. They are both Cetras so it makes sense that she wants to make memories of the places that her blood relatives have been. Chaos said. They soon reached the alter and Kat walked over to the waters edged and set her stuff down and walked into the water until she was waist deep. She was looking down into the clear water as if searching for something.
"Kat what are you looking for?"
" White Materia." Kat said as she continued looking.
"How-" He stopped talking when Kat plunged under water, she came up a little farther out into the pool and gasping for breath.
"Its over here, but there is like a hole or something its quiet a ways down there."
"What if it isn't?" Vincent asked crossing his arms.
"I know that's its down there, I can get it easily. Don't worry about me, as long as I come back before a minute is over then I'll be fine. I promise." Kat reassured him.
"Fine but only one minute." Vincent said giving into her begs. Kat took a big gulp of air and dived down. She descended slowly towards the bottom of the deep hole. The pressure of the water increased as she got further down. When Kat reached the bottom she grabbed the White Materia and turned around placing her feet on the bottom and kicked off swimming to the surface and air. Kat was quickly running out of air the surface was still a good five meters away. In panic Kat kicked her legs harder trying to make her way to the surface faster. Kat broke the surface of the water gulping for air, Vincent grabbed her shoulders and pulled Kat over to a place where she could stand.
"Are you ok?" He asked his voice worried. Kat nodded still taking deep breaths. After Kat had caught her breath she held up her hand, it was clutching a the shimmering White Materia that was covered in smooth pond mud. Vincent looked down at the Materia in an awe stuck look.
"How did you know it was there?" He asked looking at Kat's crimson eyes.
"The internet isn't only for yaoi." Vincent smirked and gave her a hug. Kat knew that Vincent had feeling for her and each day he seemed to be more and more open with her.
"Don't do that again-" Vincent started when a voice said from behind them.
"Who are you?" The smooth voice made Kat smile as Vincent let go of her and Kat saw Yazoo looking at the two of them.
"Hey Yazoo." Kat said raising a hand to him. Vincent didn't say anything just looked at Yazoo.
"How do you know my name?" Yazoo said unsure what he should do.
"Um…I am a friend of Sephiroth, your older brother." Kat said knowing that they would refer to him as their older brother.
"Kadaj!" Yazoo yelled behind him not looking over his shoulder.
"What is it?" Kadaj said in a rather pissed tone as he walked over to Yazoo. When he saw Kat and Vincent he froze.
"Who are you?" He demanded.
"We are friends of Sephiroth, where is he?" Kat said this time a little pissed herself that they didn't believe her.
"What are you two yelling about?" Sephiroth said walking over to the two remnants. When he saw Kat and Vincent he looked at Kat for a long time as if he didn't quite recognize her.
"Sephiroth, its me Kat." Kat said brushing her wet hair behind her shoulders.
"What happened to you? And why are you all wet?" He asked still not believing his eyes.
"Shin-ra labs, I don't want to get into that right now but I'm all wet cause I fell into this hole thing over here." Kat pointed to the deep area in the pond with her free hand. It was to risky to let him see the White Materia, Kat might need it if Sephiroth went anal like he did in Final Fantasy VII the game. Kat discreetly tucked the Materia into her pocket in the side of her long shirt. Kat walked to the side of the pool and out. She ringed her hair out as she made her way to pick up her bag.
"Come on, we should talk." Sephiroth said looking at the two remnants and they seemed to know that it would put him over the limit if he found them listening in. Sephiroth, Vincent, and Kat went to the alter area and talked. Kat told Sephiroth about how her hair had changed color and why her eyes were the way they were. Kat left out the part about her talking to Rage, Kat wanted to know more about her other self before she showed the world. Sephiroth didn't speak for a long time, Vincent final broke the silence and asked.
"Why are you with the remnants?"
"They wont leave me alone, Cloud even helped me trap them in some caves at the Northern Crater, I don't know how they got out but they were out within the day."
"Sounds like fun." Kat put in.
"Not as much fun as you had."
"I'm going to go introduce my self to them, I have always wanted to know what they were really like." Kat said walking off giving the two a smile as she left. Kat walked over to the remnants who were together talking. Kadaj was leaning against the building and Loz and Yazoo stood around him. When Kat approached they all looked at her.
"Hi!" she said with a smile. The three looked a little confused as to why she wasn't over with Sephiroth and Vincent.
"Hi, I'm-" Kadaj started only to be cut off by Kat.
"Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo." she said they seemed even more uneasy when she said their names.
"So I hear that you three have hardly left Sephiroth alone am I right?"
"Brother seems to think that we aren't siblings and his friend Cloud, our other brother trapped us in some caves…" Kadaj said then Yazoo continued after him.
"Loz cried when he woke up in the cave alone." Yazoo said in a smooth voice.
"I did not!" Loz protested. Kat giggled and said to them.
"Well for the record I think your all cool, its not every day that you meet someone who is linked so well with Jenova."
"You know about mother, did Sephiroth tell you?" Yazoo asked.
"Um…ya, and I figured by how you three all look a bit like Sephiroth."
Kat talked with the remnants for a long time, meanwhile with Vincent and Sephiroth.
"So Shin-ra got her like they got us." Sephiroth said.
"Yes, only Kat seems to be unaffected by what they did to her. From what she says she was asleep for most of it."
"Yes, well al we can do now is keep her safe. What are you two doing here anyways?"
"We had to get Kat out of Midgar and the farthest we agreed to go for tonight was here. Kat also wanted to see this place, she said something about her kind living and dieing here." Vincent said.
"She must mean Aerith…" Sephiroth quickly said.
"You should get your rest I assume that you two are leaving in the morning?"
"Yes, me are making for somewhere that Kat wont be picked out of a crowd easily."
"You could go to the Golden Saucer, no one from Shin-ra that works in Midgar goes there often."
Not far off in the Northern Crater
The wind blew up loose snow creating a frozen storm of tinny ice crystals. A flash of blue light erupted from the center of the crater. A figure blurred by the storm stumbled forwards holding one arm. Thick red blood flowed down their arm. Gasping the figure yelled.
"Hello?….Anyone there?…." The figure turned around as the noise of crunching snow sounded behind. Through the blowing wind nothing could be seen but white snow. The figure froze when a blade pressed against the side of their head.
"Who the hell are you?" demanded a man with a deep voice.
"My name is Aya, please, where am I?" Aya pleaded. The man lowered the blade and said.
"Your at the Northern Crater, damn it you shouldn't be out her alone. What the hell happened to your arm?"
"I slipped, and cut it open on a rock."
" Shit, come on. Your going to die out here if your arm isn't bandaged up." The man grabbed Aya by the arm and dragged her behind him to a cave that was sheltered from the freezing wind. When Aya's eyes adjusted to the lighting she saw Cid grumbling as he rummaged through a pack and pulled out a shirt and tore it to long strips from then he rapped them around Aya's arm. Once Aya had been bandaged up Cid asked.
"Why the hell are you out here?"
"I'm looking for my friend, the last time I herd from her was over a month ago, the last thing she said to me was 'Mt. Fugi, ring of rocks. I didn't know what she meant so I went looking for the ring of rock she talked about. And then I was here."
"Did you hit your head when you slipped?" Cid asked looking conserved that Aya had a concussion.
"I didn't hit my head! Kat has been missing for over three months! I was worried sick about her so I went looking!" Aya burst out yelling at Cid like she didn't believe where she was or who she was talking to was real.
"Slow the hell down, you said that your friends name is Kat right?"
"Yes her name is Kat, she is taller than me and has black hair, she wouldn't stop talking about how she had somehow summoned Vincent, Cloud, and Sephiroth to Japan." Aya said losing control over emotions and started to cry.
" Kid calm the fuck down, I have seen Kat. If we are talking about the same Kat then I can take you to her. That is if we can get to where she is tonight."
"Why do we only have tonight to get there? Where is she? What happened to her?" Aya ran off questions.
"Kid slow down the reason we only have tonight to get there is 'cause they are leaving in the morning and making for a safer place."
"Can we go now?"
"Sure, take this you'll freeze if you don't wear something besides short sleeves." Cid said tossing her a blanket and picking up his bag. They left making their way to the Forgotten City.
At the forgotten city
Kat laid awake in her bundle of blankets looking at the shimmering White Materia. It was so clear yet clouded. Kat wondered why Aerith had to die, why she had to be the only Cetra left. And why Kat never knew about the portal until recently. Kat closed her eyes to think, instead she was in a white void completely alone. A voice rang out clear and soft as the sent of flowers engulfed Kat.
"You found it… even when no one else could." Kat turned around to see Aerith dressed in her normal pink outfit looking at Kat with soft eyes of pity.
"Aerith, am I the only one left? The only Cetra." Aerith said with pity.
"Yes Kat, you are the only one left. And only you can do what will become clear." The smell of flowers faded and Kat snapped back to reality Vincent was unrolling his blankets with his back to Kat. Kat let out a small sigh what had just happened? And what did Aerith mean by ' And only you can do what will become clear,'? Kat stuffed the White Materia into her bag and flopped her head down. Kat was awake most of the night just laying in her blankets. Something moved in the undergrowth of the forest across the water. Kat slipped from her bed and over to the small path across the water and went into the bushes to see what was moving. Vincent had stirred as well the sound must have been like an alarm clock to him. Kat saw Cid walk out of the undergrowth and followed by…Aya? Kat rose from the bushes and Aya jumped when she saw Kat standing up.
"Who are you?!" The fear and uneasiness of Aya's voice hurt Kat, she had really changed that much.
"How…is Chi?" Kat asked in a soft tone knowing her voice was different as well.
"Kat?!" Aya said looking at Kat wide eyed. Aya hadn't noticed Kats eyes yet.
"Aya how did you get here?" Kat asked not leaving the shadows.
My eyes will frighten her, she is spooked enough as is.
Whatever you can't keep your eyes hidden forever. Rage said to Kat with a bored tone.( when Kat and Rage chat it is like a little conversation in Kats head)
"I followed what you said, and went to the circle of rocks. Kat I'm so sorry that I didn't believe you. I- I never thought that this could be possible, I'm so sorry that I thought you had gone crazy or something." Aya took a few steps towards Kat. Kat backed up.
"Aya, I'm not the same as I was when I first came here."
"Ya I'll say your hair is brown and your wearing leather." Aya said with a little smile.
"Its not that, what has happened to me is permanent, not like hair or clothing." Kat said stepping out of the shadows so Aya could see her crimson cat eyes. Aya shrieked and said.
"What happened to you!" her eyes were full of pity not like the pity in Aerith's eyes. Kat hated the pity from her friend that had never showed anyone pity.
"Shin-ra got me, I don't know how long I had been in that place. I was lead to believe that all of my friends here were dead, and that it was my fault. They used me for experiments, and this is what is left of me." Kat said crossing her arms elegantly over her stomach. The pity in Aya's eyes increased Kat looked away from her friend. Big deal she wasn't the same. People change why should Kat be any different, well ok Kat changed a lot but that made her stand out that much?
"Don't pity me Aya, just don't." Kat said to Aya who now looked confused as to why she wasn't aloud to pity Kat for all of the misfortune that happened upon her.
"Kat why didn't you came back? None of this would have happened if you had come back. We could go back now, everything would be like it was before this all happened." Aya pleaded to Kat.
"Did you ever stop to think I might not have wanted to go back? In Japan everything was hard for me, here…it just feels more like home, Cetra's lived in this city, people like me." Kat said looking calmly at the Forgotten City.
"Kat you don't belong here! You were born in Japan and on Earth that's where you belong! That's where we belong!"
"Get some sleep, tomorrow we leave at sunrise." Kat said turning and walking off and back across the water, Vincent was waiting for her.
She doesn't understand! I feel like I belong here! I know what to do and I know my limits! This is my home, this is where Cetra's lived! Kat yelled to Rage.
She doesn't know this, tomorrow we are going to the northern crater aren't we? Your going to take her back to Japan?
Yes! She belongs on earth I belong here. I- I don't want to leave, I can't not after what I have been through.
Then you go back with Aya to make sure she gets home safe and make sure that everything you aren't going to bring back is given to her. I know your distaste for your aunt. Everyone will wait here for you. Kat hoped that Rage was right. Aya was following Kat closely and Kat said when they reached her blankets.
"Take these, I haven't been able to sleep anyways." Aya sat down on the blankets and said.
"So, you weren't lying…does that mean the remnants are here?"
Kat smiled she knew that Aya's favorite characters from Advent Children were the remnants.
"Want me to introduce you?" Aya jumped at the chance to meet the remnants and nearly screamed.
"YES." Kat smiled and lead Aya over to where the remnants were still taking in a little group. They looked up at Kat and Aya. They trusted Kat but Aya was something different entirely. Kat walked over with Aya following practically going crazy.
"Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo this is my good friend Aya."
"Hi." They all said in unison raising their hand in a little wave. Aya nearly fainted there and then. Kat smacked Aya over the head.
"Come on, say something."
"Um…hi- I really think that- um you guys are cool…and….um…"
"We get it, you like us." Kadaj said. Kat smiled and said.
"I'll leave you four to talk, don't stay up to late." Kat said waving a small goodbye to the four of them.
Vincent was over by the area where Kat's blankets were.
"You know she wants you to go back with her." He said walking over to Kat.
"I know but… I don't want to leave, I came here to be with you." She said.
Vincent put his hands on Kat's shoulders and said.
"I know, Aya just misses you. She can't see that you are happy here if you want, she can come with us."
"No, she can't stay here, she needs to go back, and the portal must be lost. I can't have Aya coming back looking for me and she might bring others, I cant let this portal get into the knowledge of other people until I know what the affects will be." Kat said looking up into Vincent's shining crimson eyes. Kat hugged Vincent, needing his warm embrace. Aya starred on from the shadows seeing this exchange of affection her eyes saddened now that she knew she could never make Kat leave Vincent. The two parted as if they preferred to stay together for a longer time. Aya walked out from the shadows looking happy that she got to meet the Remnants.
"Done talking so soon?" Kat asked.
"Ya well they said they needed to go meet their big brother or something."
"They must mean Sephiroth." Kat said leaning against the building and crossed her arms to rest. Aya got under the blankets and went to sleep. Kat waited for a long time mostly talking with Rage about what she should do when she went back with Aya.
I would take her as far as the station wearing glasses to hide your eyes and then go strait back to Mt. Fuji and come back here.
Ok well I need to remove the ring of rocks around the portal. No one can be aloud to trip over the portal, there might be more around the world but I would say that the most would be in Japan just because Final Fantasy originated there.
You might be right, but I don't think that there as many portals as you are thinking, mainly because this is the first that they have herd of Japan or anything from your world. Kat closed her eyes and continued to talk with Rage.
So what do you even look like? I mean you don't seem like me at all so you must look different.
I'm sure that you will see me soon enough, but I would rather wait till that time.
Whatever, I know that there are things you aren't telling me, I don't really care. Once I get Aya back to Japan and make sure that the portal is lost then everything will be better than it was before. Wonder what Aerith was talking about? Kat herd some dirt crunch and noticed that Vincent wasn't in his makeshift bed asleep. Kat got up taking care to not wake Aya. Kat didn't walk very far before she noticed that Vincent was waiting for her.
"Tomorrow we are taking Aya back aren't we?" He asked his crimson eyes shining with the glowing trees.
"Yes, I am going to see her to Sinjuku station then I am coming back."
"I'll go with you, since you are missing in your world they will be looking for you. If anyone finds you and tells the police then your going to get stuck there."
"Alright, but we have to be careful the police might pin you as the kidnaper."
"I wont get caught and neither will you." Kat smiled and hugged Vincent. Kat was shorter than him but not terribly much. Vincent pulled Kat close to him and kissed her on the lips. They stayed like that for a long time when they parted they both let out small gasps for air. Kat felt Vincent's hand go up her back and grasp her in a tight hug. He didn't let go for a longtime. When he loosened his hug some he whispered in her ear.
"I won't lose you again."
Next Day
Kat shook Aya's shoulder to wake her up. Aya woke up and looked at Kat a little shocked to see her eyes the way they were.
"Come on, we need to get going if we are going to get to the Crater by noon."
"Ok." Aya said getting up. They were off by 6:00 and half way to the crater by 9:00. When they reached the crater around noon Kat said to Aya.
"Alright lets go."
"Where?"
"We are going back, I don't want you to get hurt here Aya so I'm going back with you."
"That's great! Everyone will be happy that you came back!"
"Ya, I know. Lets go." Kat, Aya, and Vincent found the portal and went through. Soon they were in the crater of Mt. Fuji under a bright sun. Kat was still in the leather outfit from the other day and Vincent was in his normal clothing. Aya was wearing a t-shirt that had a dark blue pattern on it with shorts.
"Come on, I don't want to get caught here when we aren't aloud to be here." Kat said walking with easy as they went up the steep hill to the rim of the crater. Aya was between them having trouble not sinking in the ash. They got away from the mountain Kat saw many people looking at her and Vincent walking together with Aya. Kat noticed that many people guys and girls alike were following them not. Kat hadn't taken her glasses with her knowing she looked odd with them on. In no time a girl came up to Kat and asked.
"Are you Kat from Final Fantasy VII?"
"What are you taking about? I'm not from Final Fantasy-" she was cut off when the girl shrieked and said.
"You're my role model! Your always so strong in Final Fantasy 7! I wish that I was like you! I want to be with Vincent all the time like you are!" at that time everyone that had gathered in a crowd around them started to talk to them at the same time. Everyone's hand shot towards then to touch their sleeve. Of their hair.
"Kat, your totally better than Aerith ever was!" some guy yelled
"Vincent will you come to my party? it's a Final Fantasy party! Please!" Some girl yelled.
Vincent got tired of being torn apart by fan and took out Cerberus and raising it up some. The people backed up including Aya. Kat stayed where she was pissed and confused she wasn't a Final Fantasy character.
"Someone better tell us what is going on now!" Kat yelled at the crowd.
"You two are Final Fantasy characters, look at the billboard its for the new Final Fantasy VII game, Kat is one of the main characters and she is by far one of the strongest. You look just like Kat." the girl that had first come up to Kat said.
"But I guess your not really Kat from Final Fantasy."
"No idiot, she has to be. I have never seen contacts like those before." some guy yelled.
"Ya and what about the scars on her shoulder?" someone else said. Kat looked at her shoulder and sure enough the numbers 67735 was cut into her skin many times to leave a shining silver scar.
" People break it up! Break it up!" some police yelled from the out skirts of the crowd and Vincent quickly put his gun away. The police looked at Kat and Vincent and said.
"You two kids are making a lot of trouble. Do you even have the consent of Square Enix to be out doing this?" The police asked them.
"No, we don't have their consent to be dressed like this." Kat said still pissed.
"Alright well lets see what they think of you going around and acting like their characters." The police man grabbed Kat by the arm and the other one grabbed Vincent's arm. They took Kat and Vincent to the main building of Square Enix and took them up to the presidents office. Every person they passed looked at them with smiles to see such great fans to dress like that. When they got to the presidents office the president looked at them amused by the way they were dressed. Kat realized that with some horror the president of Square Enix looked similar to Rufus Shin-ra.
"So what are you two doing running around claming to be the characters from Final Fantasy?"
"Look I am not from Final Fantasy alright. My name is Kat Gainsbrough, and I look like this because of Shin-ra. They kidnapped me and changed me entirely!" Kat thought she was about to snap. The president looked shocked and pissed.
"The game isn't even out how can you possibly know what happens to Kat in the game?"
"I'm telling you that I am Kat. The people on the street seemed to believe it why can't you?"
"Watch this and tell me if this is you?" The president said taking a remote and pressing a button. The screen behind him came to life and showed the beginning of the game. It was cut up a bit but everything that happened to Kat was there. Her kicking Reno in the head after jumping to fence. Finding Vincent's diary, Vincent getting shot and the Turks rushing up the stairs to where Kat was hiding. The pain full scream that Kat let out when she hit the ground and broke her arm. Kats hand went over to her arm making sure it wasn't broken. Then the screen showed Kat in a car with the Turks whimpering with her broken arm. Being taken into the labs, being cut open and experimented on. Being curled up in her cell crying her herself at night. They even had the time when Kat first replied to Rage. It showed Kat's escape and how she meet Denzel. It then jumped to the part where Kat was holding the White Materia in her hand. The clip also showed the time when Aerith first talked to Kat. Meeting the remnants and reuniting with Sephiroth. Kat was shaking all of the memories of what happened to her flooding back. She broke out in tears, Vincent put his hand on Kats shoulder and the President paused the clip.
"What is the matter with her? This is just a clip."
"All of those things happened to her." Vincent snapped at the president.
"That would mean there would be a number scared on her shoulder. 67735," He paused and looked at Kats shoulder and saw the number.
"How did you two get here?" he asked calmly.
"We don't know, we just appeared here this morning." Vincent replied so Kat wouldn't have to. Kats crying had died into a silent tears running down her cheeks and she said.
"You have no Idea what we have been through."
"I know about Vincent, but you are a mystery slowly unraveling. The game isn't finished yet so I don't know what happens to you yet."
"So let us out of here. I don't want you talking more about my past." Kat said still not believing that she was a game character now for the new installment of FFVII.
"Can you tell me what is was like to actually live in the game?" the president asked not paying any attention to what Kat said.
"No I wont, there is no need you people make our game so you should know all about it." Kat said standing up and walking out of the room followed by Vincent. Some security guards stopped them. And the President said.
"I'm sorry but you two can't leave until you tell me what I want to know."
The guards grabbed Kat by the shoulders and checked her for weapons while the other took Vincent's Cerberus gun. Kat fought free of one of the guards only to have some more coming and subdue Kat and Vincent. Kat fought to get free Vincent was fighting his way to Kat. Both of them desperate to get free from the guards. Kat turned and started to beat the crap out of one of the guards holding her. They let go with a curse holding his bleeding nose.Kat broke free from the other guard holding her arm and made about two feet to Vincent before more guards caught her and one of them hit her over the head. When Vincent saw that Kat was out cold he started to fight the guards even more to get to Kat. Soon he was hit over the head like Kat was. They were both out cold and in the hands of Square Enix.
Authors note: Gasp! They had more trouble then they thought. FYI I have no clue whether the president of Square Enix looks like Rufus Shin-ra I just made it up and I only own Kat, Aya and the other characters that you don't recognize as FF characters. Please review I want to hear what you think about this surprising chapter. I am also taking requests for the next chapter seeing as I having nothing to put in the next chapter yet.