*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts characters or Final Fantasy VII characters. I only own Katie.

Katie walked casually through the streets of Radiant Garden, stopped every so often to ask for directions to make sure she was going the right way. On her walk, she tried to piece together what Even said back at the castle. Katie didn't hear him that well because he was talking to himself and, well, she wasn't exactly listening but she did hear him say something about 'three weeks'. It might have just been Even talking about his schedule but for some reason, it really rattled Katie's nerves. She even asked Vanitas if he heard what Even said but the Master of Void said he didn't hear anything.

"You're still thinking about that, Katie?" Vanitas asked, breaking her thoughts.

'Well, yeah. I want to forget about it but I just can't, you know?' Katie shook her head. 'Whatever it was, it was in a somewhat worried tone...which surprises me because Even doesn't really worry about others, just for himself.'

"I still think you should drop it. I'm sure it had nothing to do with you."

'But, Vanitas, what if it-?'

"I said drop it." Vanitas growled.

After a long silence between the two's mental conversation, Katie added, 'Thanks for letting me use your Unversed back there. It could've ended badly for me and Leon if you hadn't.'

Vanitas grunted. "You're welcome...just don't overuse them, alright?"

'Don't worry, I won't.' Katie assured him. The next thing she knew, she bumped into somebody. "Sorry..." Katie muttered under her breath. Not even looking up to see who she bumped into, Katie went around the person and continued her commute to Sector 7 for Aerith's church.

The church came to view on the horizon. Katie made a small grin and ran towards it, happy to see Aerith again. Katie walked up the church's steps and pulled the large wooden door open. It creaked of old age as it shifted. Stepping inside the church, Katie called, "Aerith? You here?"

"I'm over here." A gentle voice answered. Aerith came from the shadows of the high marble columns and smiled at Katie. "Hello, Katie. Come in!"

Katie returned the Cetra's smile and followed her to the center of the old fashioned church that was decorated by white flowers. She noted that above the flowers, the roof had a hole in it which would allow sunshine and rain come in. "Your flowers look very nice, Aerith. They brighten up the room quite well." she commented.

"Thank you!" Aerith folded her arms behind her back as she asked, "What do you need?"

"I know you came to the Research Facility not that long ago but I found something." Katie answered. "Almost right after you left, I found a secret passageway in the computer room. I don't know where it leads to yet but I was wondering if you could explore what's down there with me."

"I'd be happy to." Aerith agreed with a smile.

"Great! After we're done, we'll report what we found to Leon." Katie heard the church's door loudly creak open and heard a bang as if the door hit against the wall. As she turned around, she saw the person she wanted to avoid the most, the ex-SOLDIER Cloud at the door. He looked terrified.

"Hello, Cloud. What's wr-" Aerith suddenly stopped.

Katie heard the ring of a sword and a rip. She suddenly felt something hot splatter onto her back. Everything went into slow motion. Katie turned around to face Aerith. Katie's face twisted into pure terror. Aerith had a sword going straight through her chest, covered with blood...her blood. Blood stained her pink and white dress, growing frantically. Blood streamed out of Aerith's mouth. The sword extracted from the Cetra's chest and left her to fall forward.

"Aerith!" Katie and Cloud cried. She caught her friend and lowered herself and Aerith to the ground. Behind were Aerith was standing was man with a crooked smirk and silver hair. Katie knew this man. She would know him anywhere.

"Sephiroth!"

Before you scream at me, "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!", (And I REALLY don't want to hear it/read it/see it) I have my reasoning. Right when I started this Radiant Garden segment, heck right even when I started the fanfic, I wanted to make LoaDH follow the FFVII storyline more than Kingdom Hearts did. (I even warned you guys that would do that). I wanted to do that because I just love FFVII, heck, my uncle wanted to name me Jenova/Vincent when I was born, and it's story. Having Aerith still alive in KH was a big impact on me, I was like: "She's alive! :D" Then I realized in KHII that Cloud acted like he did after Aerith was eliminated by Sephiroth but Aerith was still around. This confused me. It confused my uncle. It confused my friends. I love Aerith but I was angry with Square Enix (and I still kind of am) that they didn't follow a very important part in the FFVII world. It was probably because of Disney's tight grip on them but still. It kind of angered me. Also, this event would change Katie in a way that I want her to in order to complete the LoaDH storyline. How, I'm not telling you cuz I'm mean like that. xD So, if you got a problem with that (and sorry if I'm rude here)...it's my story, it's how I wrote it, it's how I wanted it to go, and you should just deal with it. I don't want to hear harsh/flame comments/reviews because of my choice, I just wanted to follow the FFVII storyline.

Fun Facts!: Katie's favorite anime/manga (and it's mine also xP) is "Higurashi: No Naku Koro Ni". She loves the second theme, Naraku no Hana, much more than any other song she has listened to and loves the way the characters where developed and drawn. (Same with me)

Bless your face. And if you sneezed while reading this KH fanfic then bless you. Peace off. BOOP!