1Hmm, I have been sick...blah...hate being sick...but I am feeling better...hmm, and yeap, Quiefer or Seiftis? Lol, I love that pairing! Best pairing in FF8! Well, I just love Seifer! He rocks! 3

Broken Record

Leon took a deep breath as he walked down the streets. He had gone out to take a walk. He needed some air, some peace and quiet before all hell broke loose.

He was sure that their time was limited. He couldn't say for sure how long, but he knew that Cloud could sense it as well. He had left Cloud eating, after waking up from a very restful sleep. It could be his last, but he'd rather not dwell on that.

Leon frowned and stopped all of the sudden. He felt a sudden tremor pass through him. He shuddered. He looked around, but nothing. He needed to head back. He took off, running back, needing to get to the others.

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"Did you guys feel that?" Selphie asked as she stood up and looked around, trying to find out where that had come from.

"I think we have company coming." Tifa huffed, standing up as well.

"It's barely noon." Aerith frowned, glancing at the clock.

"Where is Leon?" Cloud asked as he walked down the stairs, having also felt the tremor.

"Here." Leon called out as he walked into the living room.

"I think we need to get ready." Seifer said, looking at every one around him.

"I guess it is time, then?" Cid huffed, taking the toothpick from his mouth.

"Let us get ready then." Leon smirked, making his way to his room.

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Namine sighed as she looked down at herself. She had been in the bathroom for God knows how long. She was dreading going out, facing that monster. She was not a fighter, she had no idea what to do. Roxas was fighting. He was always a fighter, standing up for what he wanted. He was always there for her, protecting her. She knew he would never let her get hurt, but he couldn't always be there for her. She wanted to protect him, to help him.

Kairi was also fighting. She was no fighter, just like Namine, but she was ready to put her life on the line for every one. Namine was not going to be left behind, she was going to help. She was not going to cause every one to get hurt because of her. She took a deep breath and opened the door. Roxas turned at the sound of the door opening and grinned.

"Ready to go? Mine?" Roxas offered his hand to Namine, who smiled and took his hand.

"I'm ready, Rox." Namine walked down the stairs and out of the house, hand in hand with Roxas. She walked over and stood right next to their pilot.

Her eyes immediately looked around.

Cid wore black pants, white muscle shirt and a jean jacket. His goggles were stuck on top of his head and the toothpick was bobbing up and down on his mouth. Leaning against his shoulder was a spear and the blade shined with the sunlight.

Sephiroth had the same clothes he always had, except he had his hair tied into a ponytail. Xehanort stood there, dressed in a black coat. Namine smiled, because it reminded her of the time with the organization.

She wore white shorts with a white shirt. She loved white; it was her favorite color.

Kairi came out, wearing pink shorts, pink spaghetti stripe with a red vest on top.

Sora and Roxas were wearing similar clothing to what they wore in the kingdom Heart journey. A keyblade was held in both of their hands. Riku had a blue coat, hands stuffed in his pockets. He wanted black, but Sora said no, so he stuck with the closest to black, blue. His keyblade keychain hanged out from his pocket.

Tifa came down, hair up in a ponytail. She loved her clothes too much to change, staying with her black top and shorts. Aerith walked out, her staff held tightly in her hands. She wore a long pink dress with a small, red jacket on top and a blue belt around her waist.

Yuffie came out, grinning with her shuriken in hand. Her boots were tied tightly. She wore green short shorts and a black top, her black ribbon tied securely around her forehead.

Leon and Cloud made their way out. Namine smiled, noticing that there was not much of a difference. Cloud's coat did not have the sleeve it used to have anymore and Leon's million belts were gone. First Tsurugi was firmly attached to Cloud's back while Leon leaned his gunblade on his shoulder.

Demyx and Axel both came out wearing their black coats, chakrams and sitar in hand. Namine smiled, because well, she in some weird way missed them.

Seifer came out, covering his yawn with one hand and holding his gunblade in the other. He had left his beanie off, leaving his blond hair slicked back. His coat was now a long sleeve, gray trench coat with a red cross on his arm sleeve.

Selphie came out, without her school uniform, but wearing a short, yellow dress, her nunchakus in hand.

Quistis, Zell, Rinoa and Irvine made their way out, wearing the same thing they were wearing before, except they had their weapons out. Quistis had a whip coiled around her belt. Irvine smiled, leaning his revolver on his shoulder. Zell cracked his fingers and stretched his arms. Rinoa had her arm holster on, with her blade attached to it.

"I guess we are ready." Namine sighed.

A sudden tremor, stronger then the last hit Twilight Town.

"Just in time." Leon muttered.

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"You know that hamster you use to have?" Riku spoke, looking at Kairi as he leaned against the side of a store.

"You mean Soku?" Kairi frowned, clearly remembering her hamster.

"Yeah, well, Sora brought his cat over to your house and it ended up eating it." Riku said casually. Kairi whirled around and glared at Sora.

"You did what?!"

"It was an accident!" Sora winced, backing away from the angry girl.

"Rox, remember that one time your room was destroyed and you thought that Axel and Demyx had done it?" Namine spoke up, tugging on Roxas' sleeve. Roxas turned to look at Namine, confused.

"It was me, I messed it up because I was bored." Namine smiled sheepishly.

"WHAT?!" Roxas cried out.

"I told you it was not us!" Axle scoffed, crossing his arms in front of his chest. Roxas sighed and shrugged.

"Oh well, it's in the pass." Roxas looked at Namine and grinned, telling her that it was okay and he forgave her. A sudden silence settled upon them.

"Do you guys remember that one time in band camp?" Yuffie piped up, grinning.

"Does anything ever face you?" Cid huffed, unable to hide his grin.

"Of course not! I'm the Might Ninja Yuffie!" Yuffie grinned, jumping onto Cid's arm. Cid rolled his eyes, but allowed her to cling to his arm. Tifa smiled warmly, she always knew Cid thought Yuffie as a daughter even if they argued all the time.

"This is nice, our final time together, and we are all together! Like a happy family!" Aerith chirped, staff swaying in her hands.

"Whoa! There! I take offense at that!" Seifer huffed.

"Oh please, you wish we came from the same blood line." Leon smirked.

"Right, blonds are better and you can't say anything." Seifer drawled, motioning to Cloud.

"Actually, to tell you the truth, silver hair wins." Leon shrugged, before laughing as Cloud began coughing.

"He has a point there." Quistis spoke up, motioning over to the smug Sephiroth and Xehanort; even Riku was smirking.

"It's true, dark, tall and handsome." Tifa joined, enjoying how the guys became all riled up. A huge tremor reminded them of where they were.

"How come you girls don't get all riled up about hair color?" Demyx asked, curiously.

"We do, but we are just kidding. All hair types have their own unique ways." Selphie grinned, before another tremor hit.

"Great, we all going to die talking about hair." Roxas snickered.

"Well, we could always go back to George Clooney." Kairi laughed.

"How is it we can joke around this time?" Rinoa spoke up, looking at all of them.

"Instead of worrying, panicking, planning?" Leon sighed.

"There is no need to plan, because we all are capable of fighting. We each know what to do, maybe not exactly what, but adrenaline works better. Worrying and panicking will not help, especially when some of us haven't seen a lot of fighting." Xehanort spoke up, motioning to Namine and Kairi.

"Well, well, well!! What do we have here?!" a silky woman's voice reached their ears.

Leon froze, before slowly turning around.

There stood a lady, with what seemed like some red dress/coat, gray hair, tattoos all over her body and black wings sprouting from her back. Oh, there was also horns sprouting out of her head and marks on her face; it she hadn't been evil, and monster looking, she could had been attractive.

"Ultimecia." Seifer growled, standing next to Leon. Rinoa flinched, taking a stand next to Leon as well. Quistis and Zell walked up, standing next to Seifer. Irvine and Selphie were the last to walk up. The others frowned, standing where they were, knowing they were missing something.

"Ahhh, you all still remember me. I feel loved." She sneered.

" I thought we were done with you." Leon sneered, gunblade raised threatening.

"The darkness took me in." She replied with sugary sweetness.

"It seems you all know each other." Cid growled.

"Ultimecia, future sorceress that wanted to take over the world. Same old villain plan." Irvine sneered.

"It almost worked didn't it?" She grinned maliciously.

"SEED's stopped you, didn't they?" Zell retorted, emanating a growl from her.

"Not this time, not this time." She hissed, raising her arms up. The sky turned dark and the wind picked up in velocity. A sudden dread feeling came upon the group.

"We've taken her down before, we can do it again." Quistis said determinedly.

"You guys go." Rinoa turned and look at the rest.

"We are not backing down from this." Tifa frowned, getting into a fighting stand.

"No, this is our fight. Leon, take the others to the World that Never Was. That is where your fight lies, not here." Quistis turned to Leon. Leon hesitated, looking back at the others.

"We'll see each other again, trust me. Now hurry it up!" Quistis hissed. Ultimecia laughed as shadows began to emerge from the ground.

Leon snapped out of it, looking back at the others.

"Let's go. We head to the old mansion! Now!" Leon commanded, turning around and motioning every one to get a move on.

"But-!"

"No, let's go!" Leon ushered every one as creatures began to show up from the ground. They followed him, not before shooting one last glace at the others.

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"Well, you really think we are going to make it?" Zell asked, looking at the creatures popping up.

"What you worry about? I'm the one dieing here." Seifer scoffed.

"What is it with being obsess with the word, dieing?" Quistis snapped, the sound of her whip echoing.

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"Is it okay to leave them?" Namine asked, worriedly.

"They can deal with her, easily." Leon responded confidently, even though his heart was clenching painfully. He remembered last time it took all of their power, and even then it had been a closed call. They had almost died.

"Where exactly are we going?" Sephiroth sneered.

"There! Get in here!" Sora called out, finding his way thought the hole on the wall and into a forest.

"Hurry!" Xehanort called out, having seen something coming their way.

"Ultimecia's monsters, go!" Leon snapped, causing people to hurry through the hole and through the forest.

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Irvine hissed as claws slashed his arm. He called upon Diablo, destroying most of the monsters, allowing for space to attack Ultimecia. Ultimecia snarled, using thundaga on Irvine, but Irvine disappeared allowing for the thunder to pass through him.

Rinoa winced as a monster lunged at her, but passed through her. Zell huffed, summoning the Brothers to take out the other monsters.

"That is not fudging fair, the stuff can go right through you guys." Seifer sulked. Selphie called upon Bahamut, attacking Ultimecia.

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Leon jumped up and slashed through a monster.

"Come on, the mansion is just up ahead!" Roxas called out, pointing to the white house. Namine felt sad, remembering what had happened before. Roxas noticed this and took Namine's hand, squeezing it.

"Come on, Mine. Don't close yourself up on me." Roxas muttered as he pushed Namine back and blocking an attack before destroying the monster.

"Hurry!"

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Selphie found her strength weaning. She gasped for breath, knowing her vitals were weakening. Irvine jumped in, calling upon his limit break and attacking with his Canistor Shot, shooting a grenade at Ultimecia. Ultimecia stumbled back.

Rinoa took the time to cast Curaga on Selphie, but it could only do so much. Selphie smiled weakly, standing straight.

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"Well, we are in the mansion, but I don't think that is going to stop the monsters from coming in." Axel hissed, keeping his eyes trained on the windows.

"Come, we need to go to the basement." Sora motioned them to follow him.

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Seifer snarled, clutching on to his arm, pain flashing on his face. Blood sipped from where he had been bitten by a monster.

"No offense to you girls, but I hate sorceress!" Seifer hissed, raising Hyperion and using Fire Cross. Quistis bit her lips, realizing that they were all tiring. All of the sudden, the ground began to shake.

"Meteor!" She called out to Selphie and Seifer, but nothing could be done.

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"This is creepy. There is a big computer under the house." Yuffie looked around, freaked out.

"Yes, well, now you know how I felt." Roxas grumbled. Sora stopped right next to Roxas and squeezed his shoulder. Roxas smiled at him.

"Now what?" Leon asked, not noticing any portal or anything.

"The portal is right through that door." Sora motioned to the door on the far right. A sudden crash startled them.

"I think they are in the house." Kairi gulped.

"Through the door we go." Sephiroth muttered.

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"Hey, how are you feeling?" Quistis asked Seifer, who could barely breath.

"Been better, actually." Seifer grinned weakly, barely able to stand up.

"How long have we been fighting?" Selphie asks as Irvine held on to her waist, her arms around his shoulders.

"Close to how long we took last time." Zell looked at his watch.

"Maybe it is time to finish this?" Rinoa looks at them, then at the witch who was close to dropping as well.

"Luv ya, babe." Irvine kissed Selphie on the lips, before letting her stand on her own.

"Well my Ice Queen, it seems we've got to part once again." Seifer grinned, raising his gunblade up, even though his body screamed in protest.

"We'll see each other again, my Knight." Quistis smiled lovingly, remembering the times they use to play like that.

"I feel unloved." Zell sulked. Rinoa smiled and laced her hand with his, kissing him on the cheek.

"Don't. Now, let's end this." Zell squeezed her hand in return, before letting go and getting into a fighting stance.

They began to glow as they triggered their limit breaks.

Fire Cross.

Wishing Star.

Hyper Shot.

Final Heaven.

Shockwave Phaser.

The End.

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Leon felt a sudden energy right before going into the portal. He knew that energy, he'd felt it before just not as intense. Limit breaks.

He bit his lip, but there was nothing he could do. He slipped into the portal, and into a dark alley. Cloud looked over at Leon and noticed just how pale he looked. Leon looked at Cloud and gave a sad smile. Cloud reached over and took Leon's hand into his, giving comfort the only way he could at the moment.

"We are back home." Demyx muttered, as he looked around. He raised his arms up, and closed his eyes, remembering the many times he walked through those dark streets.

"Can't say I miss it." Riku snorted, walking out of the alley to look up at the moon.

"It's actually comforting." Namine smiled, walking out of the alley and into the moonlit street as well.

"I'd not think I would ever be back." Xehanort sighed, strolling to stand next to Namine.

"Well, you are, so now what?" Sephiroth huffed, looking around.

A sudden shadow passed the moon.

"Now, we fight." Came a gruff voice from the shadows.

"Who's there?" Tifa whirled around.

Red cape whirled around, coming into the light. Cid froze, eyes widening a bit.

"Vincent."

To be Continue

Yes, I know...people popping every where...but pretty sure this is the last time Vincent comes out in one of my stories...or is it? Anyways! I didn't revise much this chapter...hence the crappy quality...but I'm pretty sure I'll be feeling better soon...better enough to revise chapters! At least, I hope to have time...anyways! Luv ya!