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Now its getting steamy…. Well rainy anyway. The reunions off to a good start cloud and tifa have disappeared from the group theres a new guy in the mix and now its raining. Yuffie is bored due to the lack of excitement and being the kleptomaniac we all know and love she decides it would be a good idea to investigate the stranger of the house hold and perhaps look into this new zack character. However when she begins her investigation of koty she finds something quite different from what she'd hoped to.
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Note this is a filler chapter I got the idea and thought it may make sense of the situation a little more than involving the characters directly. Let me know what you think.
Chronicles and the way of the ninja:
'man its raining again that's like the third time this week.' Yuffie thought to herself as she looked out the window. Shera had after a breife conversation went to chat with Vincent and the kids. She assumed this was a one sided conversation given Vincents attitude. Shera was a bit of a talker but she had run out of topics with yuffie due to the ninjas indominable conversation prowess.
"yuffie. You seem slightly tense. What ails you.?" Reds almost insurmountable perception skill made no exception for yuffie.
"nothin im just bored. And now its raining again……. Theres nothing to do." She slumped against the bar and flipped the tips of her hair in frustration from her eyes. "but there is the new guy and koty is a tad bit……… mysterious."
"koty?" reds curiosity was caught with this phrase.
"he just kina showed up one day and started messin with tifa." The look on reds face told her that he had taken the comment the wrong way. "oh no….. he didn't do anything like that….. he just seems to get under her skin easy. Like one of those sickos that play head games….. but she sais he doesn't mean to. So I guess he isn't all bad."
"by all means yuffie make yourself clear. Even I misconstrued your words."
"sorry. Maybe he needs a good checking up on." She thought "I mean theres gota be something he aint tellin us. He told his name and tifa said that she trusts him but im not so sure that's a good idea. Trusting someone so quickly. Its like saying here 'I am take advantage'."
"it sounds like someone is jelous." The cat purred with a grin "and need I remind you that we all met and accepted eachother rather quickly. If we hadn't trusted eachother quickly there would have been no hope for the planets survival."
"I guess youre right. But he just irks me. He shows up and things go to hell. Also there has been a lot of loud commotion coming from the guest room he's probably tearing the place apart."
"then why not see for yourself.? You seem so set to make an enemy out of him. Why not acquire a reason." Reds words were almost challenging to her ears.
"I think I will." The sinister smile on her face to red meant that the stranger was in for a rude interruption.
Saying nothing more yuffie rose from her stool and bounded upstairs. The flight proved less of a problemb than she thought it would. While she was indeed a ninja she felt however she could have been a lighter step when the sound of a running shower struck her ears and filled her with a sense of anticipation. 'alright now we've gota be fast and quiet yuffs. If that guy gets out before you get done then we're screwed.' The thought of what he might do if he caught her was slightly less appealing than she hoped. 'he'll probably go all psycho and hang me by a belt from my feet and dissect me with a blow torch. Or maybe try to remove my scalp with a rusty spoon. Or use that bullet trick and fling a few of clouds swords into yours truly.' She swallowed the nervous feeling and waited. 'gulp. Alright. Nows the time lets go.'
She walked into the guest room. He was definitely not normal. Tapastries and books lay strewn in a mad fashion. With the poem loveless laid neatly on the desk. 'he's definitely a reader. Theres enough books here to make a small library.' A small chymistry set and some other tools lay to the side of one of the oh so familiar midgar flowers. 'what the hell….. is he trying to make it grow.' The next thing she noticed was a small book riddled with what appeared to be spells and incantations. 'well that's unusual. Wander what its for.' As she looked around she noticed he carried an odd array of small swords and a few hand guns. And then a Velcro patch caught her eye. Just a series of random symbols repeated in the same formation. But it screamed significance. 'what is that….. is it a decoration….. what a weird guy…..'
The investigation was going no where. She had not one clue to who he was ecept the small patch. Then she saw it. A stack of papers that imminated victory. 'heres somethin we can use……. What……. Is this a journal.' The water stopped after that thought and she franticly racked her brain for a way of escape. Without hesitation she swept the papers from the desk and dashed out of the room and into clouds. 'phew that was close….. now mister koty lets see whos skeletons are in your closet.'
She read the paper with a giddy fascination .
Chronicle 1:
Im writing this in order to remind myself of the events taking place after my awakening.
I woke today. Not l unlike any other day. But it was strange. I don't remember anything but her. The fire forming around me and my descent remain etched into my mind. I saw a man In red. My savior….. or my captor it matters not. The world is devoid of all that I once loved. Let them have me. Let them tear from me the heart that loved her so…… I wont struggle anymore…….. im so tired of continuing that even my cursed arm seems weary and slightly uninspired.
Its as if the light has left and there are no more candles to illuminate my path. My memories lay scattered and tossed among the winds. All that remains is her…….. kara.:
'wow………. This guy is deep. I think that guy he mentioned is Vincent. Who is this kara. He mustve been close to her………… wander what happened.' It seemed to her that this stranger held some fondness for a woman that had either left him or died. He also seemed to mistake Vincent for an enemy. Granted the turk tended to rub strangers the wrong way with his bluntly silent nature, he wasn't a bad guy. 'what did he mean by cursed…… is something wrong with him…… he may be sick.'
She continued to read.
Chronicle two:
I hear them talking. They don't seem to know whats going on. But I fear my presence is a threat to them. I shall remain here until im sure they are not enemies. I may have to play dead for a few more days thought. While I was out I felt soft fingers. A woman perhaps. I heard a sweet voice so familiar yet strange to me. I feel like ive been there before. And I hear the voice. For some reason I want to say mother.
I feel the presence. Lithium is coming. They are watching me. Waiting for a chance to strike. I wont allow them to take anymore innocent lives. Tonight I may be weak but I will make a stand here. For the sake of these people who have taken me in. I will stop this.:
'so he knew those guys were coming but he didn't do a thing to try and stop them…….. well I guess…… he said he was week maybe he was scared he wouldn't be able to.' The journal seemed to tell her that he was calm and tactful but also cautious.
Chronicle three:
I did it. I used the last of my strength but I did it. Lithium will be back. But at least ive saved them for now.
The woman. Her name. tifa. Such a beautiful word. She seems so kind but she doesn't understand. I feel her pain. Not even hers but still. She feels for this man. Cloud strife……. I wonder……. He seems so detached. Not even that just lost. Like his friends death was his own.
Tifa feels for him deeply. But he cant reply to her feelings because he doesn't understand his own.
They spoke to me. Zack and aerith they've shown me the past. Cloud is sorrowful over their loss because he believes that he should have died in their stead….. oh fate how crule thow art to take such a beautiful picture and blacken it with your filthy hands.:
'oh…… so it is obvious spikes and boobs have it out for eachother… even to a complete stranger. But what did he mean that zack showed him and…. Hey aerith….. what the hell……. This is weird realy weird…………. What is this guy………..' she read without much concern for clouds arrival surely he would look down on her staying in his room but she didn't care. She had to know what was going on.
Chronicle four:
I have shown her. My world. However she has done something terrible im afraid. She has created a paradox. I must find a way to reverse it without killing her. Being that Elizabeth and jonah are now gone that makes this very hard. I must admit I am at wits end. But this will not detour me. My research into the poem loveless has been fruitfull so much knowledge. So much beauty. Simple words turned into an elegant painting. But it matters not. Cloud appearently is not fond of my presence. My first meeting with him was also sadly my first altercation. He is strong. Very strong. That's good we will need that strength. To face the paradox we will need him to fight like its all he knows.
All that has happened is because of me…….. if I cannot make it right then I will die trying at the very least….. lithium will not have their way.:
'so he thinks things will go over bad because of him. Wait this last page is not just a journal. It's a recording of something else.' The last page was strange. Describing something yuffie almost considered blasphemous. It was a passage on a theory for necromancy.
Chronicle five:
I have been studying on a theory for bringing the soul back from deaths grasp. Using the power of the infernal I think it would be possible to free or return bound spirits to the world of the living. Its only a theory but givin enough time and the power I can pull my thoughts together and return them they who have been taken from the man I call friend. I have started with ms. Gainsborough. She was from what ive gathered a fan of flowers. Perhaps maybe her soul is tied to her occupation. I will need time of course but I think it will work.
Its no use. I try but fail. Her soul is not intertwined with the flower. But perhaps using the basics of alchemy I can figure out where her soul is tied.
Damit all. Ive exhausted every possible outcome for bringing back this flowergirl. But I have faild. However I have found a way to bring back mr. fair. He is deeply intertwined in clouds psyche. I have read his memories and ive found that he has a fondness to a certain wepon. A wepon refered to as the buster sword. I believe that by utilizing the infernal and the memories bound to the wepon I can revive Zachary fair. Sublime.
'that's it…………. The end of it. So that zack guy is dead' she was mortified. The thought that the dead could be revived was something that wutain culture looked down upon. Even though she had a complete disregard for most cultural fittings necromancy was something that just for some reason hit a sore spot with every one including her. 'oh god….. this guy is a nut….. but did he realy…. I need to find out more. But now I think I have a new found disdain for this guy. I mean sure it would be nice to talk to aerith but she's dead……. Wouldn't she be like a zombie……. Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl.'
"so you are the kleptomaniac that tifa describes so well" koty's voice was now echoing ominously behind her. "have you found your answers. Or perhaps a vendetta."
"you youre sick. This…….. its wrong….."
"why………" he sounded like he was honest in that he had no idea.
"because… theyre dead. Rest in peace means leave them alone."
"or is it simply hard to believe that maybe they can be again……… I admit I don't find pleasure in disrupting their 'peace.' It simply is necessary. I have no intention on harming you so lower your guard there's no need for alarm."
"what do you intend to do to tifa and cloud." She was alarmingly hostile. "your not just writing about them because their good people. Otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned them so many times."
"I intend to do nothing………. I simply……. I have never realy had a friend…."
"well boo hoo. Cry to someone who will listen.. tell me what your gona do to them"
"nothing…… I just………"
"your…. Serious aren't you…." She said noticing his fetures change to a sad expression. "oh…. Im sorry…. I didn't mean it……… but why…. Are you doing this."
"it is what he desires…….. cloud desires them……. So i……… I seek them out…… to bring them back…"
"so youre trying to get on spiky's good side by bringing back the dead…… that's not a good way to make friends……….. but I guess…. Spikes just doesn't make it easy…… so who is that guy………. Is he zack fair….."
"yes…… he is confused……. And slightly memoritive. But he is indeed alive…… not a clone……. And not a zombie…….. it is him……. Restored to his former self…… nothing more nothing less."
"you said it was necessary….. why"
"there is a great deal of information I do not have the copacity to transfer to you….. you will have to talk to me later………. Or you could always steal my journal." He laughed slightly.
"how did you know I was the one that stole it."
"as I said tifa refered to you as a 'Klepto' so I assumed."
"great thanks boobs…… any way so whats this I hear about failing to find the soul I don't get it."
"I can only bring back that which has not crossed over. consequentially I can also only speak to them….. well hear them…. I have found that they are bound but to what is a mystery. Should I revive the soul they will live again. But if I do not find what they are bound to I cant revive the."
"and aerith?" the ninja was now curious and slightly nervous.
"I need time to find that which she is bound to."
"and you can bring her back."
"supposedly. She proves to be more difficult than zack. Her soul is not strongly tied to any of the items I have tried and the spells ive used are only effective on wildlife. She is a most vexing vixen."
"well maybe its just a special trick…."
"perhaps." His thoughts were obviously trailed from the conversation as the figure of shelke passed by the open door.
"hello….. yo……. Jarhead……. Hey." She tossed a random pillow in the mans direction "whats with you…. You got a bug or somthin."
"its nothing. Either way if youll indulge me and return my journal I will leave you to your own devices."
Complying to his request she handed him the random papers. 'whats the deal with shelke…. What did she do to him…. Ive never seen him space out before…….' She watched him leave and soon followed suit. Bounding down the stairs only to find that it was still raining she slumped and sighed at her unfortunate luck. It looked like it was going to rain all day and no amount of light reading was going to change it. 'ghaaa.. im so bored.'
