A/N: Hey everyone. I appreciate those who Followed and Favorited. Some of the characters may seem a little OC, and if you see anything feel free to tell me. I hope you all enjoy my story I love writing it.

Disclaimer: Square Enix owns Crisis Core, I own my OC and the plot line.

The other SOLDIER members left the room Genesis and Sephiroth going to their rooms while Angeal left to go find Kaci.

Angeal found her sitting on her bed in her room, "What do you want?"

"I was planning on lecturing you, but I think you've had enough for one day," Angeal said.

"Hah. I'm sure I'll get more later, so don't save it and give me what I have coming," she said. Angeal picked up that she sounded bitter.

"What else is bothering you?"

"Nothing," she lied. Genesis was right she is a terrible liar, Angeal thought.

"Tell me."

"My mother," she said. Angeal briefly thought about the brunette beauty who had married Rufus Shinra. Kaci's Father had divorced her mother when Kaci was twelve, and Kaci hadn't seen her much since. Now eighteen, Kaci had recently found out that her mother lived in the Slums. No one knew Kaci knew that information, actually not many people except her Father knew where her mother lived because her mother changed her name.

"Why are you thinking about her?"

Kaci sighed, "Because I want to see her. But I can't because of him," Kaci glared at the wall as she turned on her side.

Angeal sighed, "You can't change that Kaci."

"Well I wish I could," Angeal gave up trying to talk to her because he knew it would be pointless. She could be really stubborn when she wanted to.

Kaci's eyes looked up when she heard the door close behind him. She got and quickly changed out of her uniform and into jeans, a grey shirt and a black hoodie. The blonde SOLDIER vaulted out her window and land gracefully 48 floors below on the sidewalk. Kaci had done the stunt many times before and had mastered the skill by now. Kaci ran down to the subway where she bought a ticket for the Slums and headed to the poor section of town.

Her mother had lost all of her money in the divorce and was forced into the Slums to live. Kaci thought that her Father did that intentionally to keep Kaci away from her mother.

Kaci looked up and saw that she and two other people were the only others on the subway, because all the previous stops had been and sections of the Sector 6. Kaci heard the speakers blare "Slums last stop." The two other men stood up as well as Kaci.

Kaci stepped out onto the station platform and noted its surroundings. The metal was old and had a brownish look to it, and it was littered with dirt and trash. The lights were yellow and a few were in need of replacement. As she walked through the station she also noted that the only people were the few employees still on duty and a few poor people asking for money from the other passer-byers.

Kaci pulled her hood up and walked the dirt streets of the Slums. The Slums was full of a few shopping centers and taverns of some sort. Kaci felt sorry for these people, seeing as she had all the luxuries of Midgar.

She turned down another street and walked quickly until she came to a house. The house look relatively well kept but the stairs leading to it need repair. Kaci walked up and gasped at the paper taped to the door.

'EVICTION NOTICE.

The tenant of this residence has been evicted from the property. Reasons are financial issues.'

The rest of the letter went on to talk about things regarding the house, but Kaci had read enough.

"No, no, no!" Kaci dropped the later and sat on the step with her head in her hands. The one chance I get to talk with her, and I lose it. Why didn't I catch her when I followed her here from Midgar?

"Hello?"

Startled, Kaci looked up and saw a girl about her age standing there with a basket of flowers on her arm. "Are you alright?"

Kaci chuckled lightly, "I must not represent the uniform well like this huh?" the woman looked down at her confused. Kaci quickly looked down and remembered that she wasn't wearing her SOLDIER uniform, "Never mind."

"Is there something wrong?" Kaci noticed concern in the girl's large green eyes.

"Did you know who lived here?"

"Yes I did, Miss Stills, a very nice woman. Did you know her?"

Kaci nodded, "She was my mother."

"Oh, I didn't know she had any children!" the girl looked very shocked.

Kaci shook her head, "I hadn't seen her in years; it's alright."

"Doesn't look like it," the girl replied with not superiority but a concern.

Kaci stoop up and walked down the steps to the girl. Kaci now noticed what she looked like. She had brown hair that was curled framing her face and the back pulled up into a high curled ponytail. She wore a white dress with blue trim and pink trim with flowers on the neck line. "I'm Aerith," the girl held her hand out for Kaci the shake.

"Kaci," the blonde placed her hand in Aerith's and gave it a firm grip.

Aerith smiled, "I haven't seen you before, do you live around here?"

"Not exactly," Kaci willed Aerith not to ask too many questions because Kaci didn't want Aerith to know who she was. Why, she did know.

"Oh, well I live over here, would like to come with me?"

"I'd like that," Kaci smiled and followed Aerith. Kaci learned that Aerith lived with her mother Elmyra and that Aerith stayed in a church, most of the time, where she tended to flowers that grew out of the floor.

"I'm home!" Aerith called when she entered the house.

A woman came out wearing a white dress with a green apron over it, "Oh, Aerith," Elmyra hugged her daughter and turned to Kaci, "Hello."

"Mother, this is my friend Kaci, I met her today," Aerith explained.

"Oh, it's nice to meet you. If you girls want to go to Aerith's room you can I can make dinner," Elmyra smiled warmly, and Kaci wished her own parents could smile at her like that.

Aerith nodded and lead Kari to her room. Aerith's room was small, but cozy. Unlike Kaci's room and SOLDIER, Aerith's room was bright and she had pictures and stuff placed in different places. Kaci felt at home here, and she trusted Aerith, although not enough to tell her who she was. Kaci wanted a friend, not just someone who was kind to her out of respect.

As the night went on Aerith and Kaci became close friends and the two girls had a bond between them instantly.

"So, Kaci, there must be some pretty cute boys in Midgar right?" Aerith asked Kaci smiling.

Kaci thought about it for a moment, she didn't exactly have much interaction with any of the normal boys of Midgar, but there were some fairly cute ones but most were younger than her, "I guess so, but I'm not exactly looking."

"That's nice, I wish someone would come and just make me so happy I could be content forever, but I'll have to settle for my flowers," Aerith's words touched Kaci, and she realized that Aerith wanted this, and that Kaci should have a want for someone like this. But she was in SOLDIER, and that was different, wasn't it?

"Flowers?" Kaci asked.

"Mhmm. I go to an old church here in the Slums and flowers grow there. They're the only place where flowers grow in Midgar. Would you like to see them?"

"Yeah, I would," Kaci smiled at how easily this girl did the same. Aerith seemed truly happy, and now all I need to do is find how I can be this way.

Aerith and Kaci ate the meal Elmyra prepared and left the house. The moon was overhead as the sun slowly crawled away leaving only a sliver about the mountain. Kaci smiled lightly walking under the dingy yellow streetlights. Aerith unlocked the large wooden doors to the church. It was made of brick and had two large columns on the sides and glass designs above the door. "Kaci?" Kaci looked up and saw Aerith looking at her holding the door open for her. Kaci nodded and skipped up the steps before following Aerith in. Inside Kaci found it was full of gothic architecture and black chandeliers. The wooden pews lined each side, and in the middle was a large flower bed filled with white and yellow lilies.

"Do you like them?" Aerith asked leaning forward on her feet. Kaci looked up and saw Aerith standing at the front near the flower bed.

Kaci took her long strides to the flower bed, knelt down, and ran her fingers along the soft petals, "I do like them," her face broke out in a smiled, "They're beautiful."

"Most people do, but I can't show them to everyone, I wish I could though."

"Hmm," a crack of thunder broke the silence and soon rain poured down.

"Well I guess we're stuck here," Aerith said. "But it's not that bad, I know where some candles and blankets are," she ran in the back and came back with candles and a box of matches.

In about ten minutes Kaci and Aerith sat on the floor a blanket wrapped around each of them, "Kaci, where do you live?"

Kaci stiffened, "I live in Midgar, I told you that Aerith," she prayed Aerith would stop asking.

"I know, but who do you live with?"

"My dad," she told her. Aerith seemed content with the answer and fell asleep.

An hour later Kaci got up and checked her phone, 11:00, the time read. Kaci quickly scrawled a note down and left in where she had been sleeping. It said that she had left earlier and Aerith might see her again.

Kaci quickly scrambled outside and down the steps. She flicked up her hood and walked down the subway. Fortunately the trains were still in session and Kaci had just enough Gil to get her to Midgar. Kaci was alone in the subway car. Kaci knew that Angeal would be wondering where she was. Genesis will be glad that I'm gone, she thought bitterly.

The simply act of walking to the station and then to the electric company caused Kaci to become soaking wet. Her hair hung in wet stands inside her hood. Kaci grabbed her keycard out of her pocket and hurriedly entered through the back door. She quickly got to elevator and slid inside pressing her floor. Kaci sighed and leaned against the elevator wall.

Kaci's eyes went wide as the elevator door opened and revealed Angeal Hewely. "There you are."

Kaci gave him a small wave, "Hi Angeal."

"Where have you been?" he asked as Kaci followed him to her dorm.

"Walking," she told him.

"Some walk you're soaking Kaci," Kaci detected a hint of worry in his voice.

"It is raining outside," she mumbled trying to make her head disappear in her hood. Angeal caught this act and swiftly yanked is off of her.

Angela sighed heavily, "Are you going to lecture me?" Kaci asked as she opened her door.

"No, just tell me where you were," Angeal sat on her bed as Kaci grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom to change.

"I just walked around Midgar, and the Slums. When did you notice I was gone?"

"At 10:00, we waiting for a while assuming you were in the building but when you didn't show up we looked for you."

"Who's we?" Kaci pocked her head out of the door and came out sitting next to Angeal.

"Sephiroth, myself and Genesis."

"Wait a minute, Genesis helped?" Kaci was shocked.

"Yeah, he did. He doesn't hate you Kaci," Angeal turned and watch the girl looking down appearing to be deep in thought. "Night," Angeal said as he left. Kaci mumbled the same before falling asleep.

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