Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Objective Legend: The Unknown ❯ Chapter 9

The moment Keovu and them were done on stage, they took their seats again. But when they got to the table, Sibaru was already at the side of the stage next to the piano. This sudden change confused Keovu entirely. As Sibaru sat down on the seat, her mind went through the song that she wanted to play, going over every note to make sure that she wouldn't miss one. She wanted to do something funny that would make the group laugh, and Cid go crazy. But she realized her dilemma, it was a duet. Sibaru thought for a moment on who could possibly know the lower part.

Keovu noticed that something was bothering her and decided to go up to her. Upon sitting down next to her, Sibaru just thought of someone. Sadly, it was Keovu. Luckily for her, he was sitting right there at the lower part. “Hey, Sibaru, what's up?” he asked.

“Keovu, do you know how to play a few songs from the Final Fantasy seven game?” Sibaru asked back.

“Yeeah, why?”

“Do you know the ceremony song for you-know-who?” Sibaru gave another question and with it she gave a wink. Keovu caught it and immediately knew what she meant and wanted to do.

“Actually I do…the duet part on which clef?”

“Bass.”

“Works for me, but can we wait until…”

“That's what I have planned. When they all get in here,” Sibaru whispered with a smile on her face. “Till then thought we could do a different one…like…”

“One-winged Angel, “ Keovu interrupted. Sibaru gave a nod in response. “It's not like they are going to know anyways.”

“Mmm, okay.”

Keovu began on his part, occasionally having Sibaru do her's along with him. Back at the group, however, Kai easily recognized it, along with the others except for Vincent and Yuffie. He began to laugh quietly to himself, without the others noticing; he kind of caught on to what Sibaru was planning. Vincent and Yuffie listened to the song and both enjoyed its eerieness.

Yet about half way through was when Cid and the others entered the room. Cloud and Cid sat with Vincent, Yuffie soon joining them, while the others went to their own separate table. It wasn't long, however, until the song was over. Soon enough with a grin on her face, Sibaru began another song, followed by Keovu. The song they played was from a ceremonial part in the game Final Fantasy VII with Rufus Shinra, and the two teens wanted to see how long it would take for Cloud and them to realize what the song was. It didn't take long for Cid, as Sibaru noticed, because he kept glancing at the two on the piano. All the teens began to laugh out loud, because they, too, knew where it came from.

After awhile, Cid lost it. “Stop playing that fucking song!” he screamed. “I absolutely hate that god damn ShinRa President!” And that's when it kicked into the others on why it sounded so familiar to them.

“Wow, that didn't take long,” Keovu replied as the song finished. He grinned while he and Sibaru went back to the table at which their friends sat at, whom were calming down from all the laughter.

 

As time passed, the group of teens had nothing better to do, and eventually made their ways back to their rooms. Sibaru shut her door upon coming in and flopped onto her bed, looking up at the ceiling. She began to think about why she and the others were here, and pretty soon those thoughts brought her to sleep.

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“Keovu!” Sibaru screamed at the top of her lungs. She was running all around the ShinRa building, with no signs of Keovu, or anyone, anywhere. But Sibaru knew that he was there- somewhere. Never had she felt this way before with anyone in her life then her two close friends, Litta and Sethrinn, and she was very surprised. She knew with all this loud running and yelling would get attention. But none of that mattered to her at the moment. She, and a few others, were taken by one of the Turks earlier and now Sibaru finds herself running frantically up and down halls looking for any of her friends. She was scarred and worried beyond belief at this point. One door after another, one level after another, Sibaru began to lose focus in her mind and began doubting everything that her mind could think of. “Why did all of this happen?” she mumbled to herself as she gave up and just collapsed on her knees in the middle of a hall. She clutched her stomach as if she was in pain, a great deal of pain, yet she felt none. She was defenseless, the Turks took every weapon she owned, and if they found out that she escaped, she would be doomed. “Why did they have to get involved?!” Sibaru mumbled once again, though a bit louder. “Damn it, Ansem. You just had to, didn't you!” Quickly, she got up and took off running once again. Her mind was set on three people at the moment, and only three. At most she wanted them out alive if she couldn't. Taking a chance, Sibaru slammed open a random door. No one was in there. As she looked around, she noticed something- she was in the storage room for all the weapons that were taken. She took a gun that was fully loaded and bolted out the door. Eventually, all the running had lead Sibaru up to the very top floor- Rufus Shinra's office. She stopped dead cold once she realized where she was. A man sat in the chair in front of her, behind a desk that stood in the middle of the room. A sly grin came across his face. Not trusting the grin, Sibaru immediately drew her gun and aimed it at him. The man came into a clearer view, and once he did, Sibaru recognized him, Sephiroth. The hair, the piercing eyes, everything she saw on him could fit no other name then that of the psychopath, murderous man. Just then another figure appeared standing behind him- Ansem. With the gun well aimed, Sibaru called out “What have you done with all of them?!” “What do you mean by all of them?” was her response from Ansem. “Shinra, the Turks, MY FRIENDS, Keovu, who else?!” she replied frightened. “Since when have you cared for them, especially Shinra?” Sephiroth asked with a wicked smile. Sibaru could only bit at those words, but instead she answered, “I don't! I just want to know where they are! Especially my friends! In which I care a great deal about!” The only response she was given was laughter from both men. Fed up with it all, Sibaru pulled the trigger but her to her disappointment, Sephiroth used magic to block it. She knew that there was no way to kill him, especially with a puny weapon like the one she held. “What have they done for you that makes you want to die for them?” Sephiroth asked, “Especially the Keovu one.” That remark blew Sibaru's mind. Why did he ask that? They were her friends and she wouldn't allow them to be killed. However, she didn't answer that question. With a snap of his fingers, Ansem teleported Keovu from where he was to the same room Sibaru was in, yet still held back by Ansem's power. Anger could be seen from Keovu's eyes, he wanted to kill Sephiroth and Ansem so badly. But once his eyes landed on Sibaru, his attitude changed quickly. “Sibaru! Get out of here!” he yelled to her. Sibaru tried, but couldn't move. She found herself among one of Sephiroth's spells in which she couldn't move at all. Smiling greatly, Sephiroth rose from his seat and made his way in front of Sibaru a good few feet. Sibaru's eyes widen, as well as Keovu's, once they laid on Sephiroth's long blade that he gripped well. The tip was aimed just below Sibaru's stomach, the point actually touching her skin. Within seconds Sibaru could feel her body coming to, but before she could move the blade was thrusted through her. As Sephiroth slowly pulled it out, Sibaru doubled down into immense pain. Keovu was then able to reach her as she feel to the ground, hands on her wound to try and keep the blood from leaving her body. He held her tightly. “Sibaru…” he mumbled softly with his head bent over Sibaru's…

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Sibaru woke up after that by the sound of the intercom's buzz. As she sat up, Cid's voice was heard through the intercom:

“All those kids get their asses up here now. Up in the ship's control room! Now!”

Sibaru heard it, but also kind of ignored the message. Her thoughts on the dream she just had filled her mind and blocked out the message from Cid. Yet the knock on her door brought her back to her senses. Not even asking who it was, Sibaru replied, “I'm coming, give me a sec.”

“Can I at least come in for a minute before you leave?” called back another voice. It took Sibaru a minute to recognize the sound of the voice- Kai.

“Yeah, sure. Go on ahead,” she answered politely. After the answer, Kai appeared as the door opened. He stood by the door as he examined Sibaru, as if she was going to be proven guilty.

“Were you sleeping?” he asked. Sibaru only nodded. “Well, anyways…I have a question.”

“What would that be exactly?”

“I was just wondering what happened that made you so weird lately. I mean you've been in your own little worlds and it's been bothering me to no end. It doesn't have to do with Keovu does it, because it started after you met him.”

“NO!….no it doesn't! It's just stuff on my mind that's all.”

“Like what?”

“Nothing big, really.”

“Nothing big, huh? Something is bothering you.”

“No, nothing is.”

Just then, Cid interrupted their talk over the intercom: “Sibaru…Kai…Get your asses up here now! This is important for you little shits and you two are the only ones that are not in here!” Both Kai and Sibaru let out small laughs to themselves and bolted out the door, knowing the attitude they might get if they stayed there a second longer.

 

Every teen was in the control room, along with Cid, Cloud, Squall, and Vincent. They each stood near the center of the room. It wasn't long, though, until Vincent began to talk to everyone. “The reason that you all are in here is because we have found evidence of three others from your world. In which you possibly know. The evidence comes from a town, which we have recently landed by, called Nibelheim. This is Cloud's hometown and a place where I have stayed before. We are sending you kids out to find where these kids are and bring them back with us. Also I will be partnering up each one of you, so you will go in pairs on this search.” The teens made no answer back, so Vincent began to pair each one with someone and lead them out of the ship.

As they got outside, the teens, and Cloud, formed a small circle. Cloud was the first to speak, “Okay, me and Athrin will check out the city surroundings. Kai…you and Mariku go out and check the village area. Keovu and Sibaru, you two head into the Shinra Mansion and check off from that direction, heading north. We will all meet here within two hours. So meet back here. Got it?” Everyone nodded in an understanding way. “Good,” he finished and with that they all departed from there.

For the first fifteen minutes, it remained quiet between Sibaru and Keovu. They keep to themselves until they reached the door of the mansion known as the “Shinra Mansion.” Keovu slowly pushed the door open, which opened with a loud, long creek. Sibaru was the first to enter, and when Keovu stepped in, the door suddenly slammed closed. “That's didn't sound good,” Sibaru mumbled to herself, crossing her arms as she began to explore the very first room on the left. Keovu thought to himself. Soon enough his mind thought of something and he gently started to drag Sibaru toward the second floor. “I think I might know where they are…if they are in here,” Keovu stated, once they reached the second floor.

“Don't tell me…” Sibaru started, knowing where he might be talking about. Keovu nodded in response and moved to the right where another room was. Sibaru followed him, watching her step carefully. They both made their way to the back, where Sibaru pulled something to activate a hidden door. As the door slid open, the two teens inched their way down the spiral steps. On the way down, Sibaru caught her foot on the edge of a step and fell forward. Drawing his attention quickly, Keovu swung around and caught her, but to his disappointment, he tumbled down as well.

They landed at the bottom of the stairs in an awkward position and Keovu quickly pushed back, off of the girl, while Sibaru stood up, keeping their silence. Both teens continued on and soon came to a large brown colored door. Sibaru ran her hand along the edge until it reached the handle, in which she began to pull. Unfortunately, she couldn't do it with her strength alone. Keovu, as well, grabbed the handle and helped Sibaru the second time around. After a few yanks back, the door opened, slowly, an inch. They tried again until about the sixth pull, which swung open the door with a tremendous force. Causing Sibaru to fly back and Keovu in the opposite direction.

Sibaru got up quickly and walked in. She saw no signs of anyone, but still, she wanted to check and make sure. Keovu followed shortly after, closing the door. But as he did so, three other kids about their age jumped out screaming, “NO! DON'T SHUT THAT DOOR!” However, it was too late. Keovu had already shut the door. Both Sibaru and Keovu had jumped when those three kids screamed. “You idiot! You just let the door close! It's locked from the inside!” the oldest looking one yelled. Keovu immediately tried the door, but, as the kid said, it was locked. He then kicked the door with a loud “Fuck!” Sibaru only shook her head in disappointment from his actions. She looked at the three kids that have been obviously locked in this room for awhile. One sat in the very back, female, and kept to herself, seeming to be whispering something to herself. The other two stood by each other, both male, and just glared at both Keovu and Sibaru as if they were the two that caused a murder scene.

The one that had just recently spoke, the oldest looking one, looked like a ninja, only without the special ninja suit. He held, what looked like, a four-bladed shuriken- something at which Yuffie would probably use. He wore long, semi-baggy, dark green pants and a simple black T-shirt. His hair was short, reaching about to his ears, in a light brown color. And from the light given in the room, the kid's eyes looked like a red-ish color. Another boy, about a year older than Sibaru maybe, stood next to him. His clothing was semi-familiar to Sibaru. He wore decent tan-colored pants with a blue shirt and a darker tan color for a trench coat that reached past his knees. His hair was shorter than the older looking one in a blonde color and his eyes were a greenish blue. In his hands held a rifle that looked like it was loaded.

However, the girl in the back, remained in the back, only glaring at the two new comers. She looked about a year older then Sibaru, as well. Her eyes at the moment were a piercing blue, but in Sibaru's mind, she thought it was that way because of Keovu- a lot of them were like that. Her hair reached about to her shoulders in a blonde color. Her face expression was not at all too happy. The girl wore dark jeans and a dark red shirt. Over all that, she wore a black trench coat. She didn't seem to be loaded with any weapons, or at least that's what the eyes around her saw.

“You can try yelling, but it won't work,” the younger male spoke. “We've tried and nobody has heard us.”

“Meh, then screw it,” Keovu answered, calming down, “Kai or one of them will send a search party out for us. They should know where we are at, since Cloud is the jerk who sent us here in the first place.” Sibaru could only roll her eyes.

“So how did you all get in here?” she asked after Keovu finished his sentence.

“Don't know…we all don't know,” the oldest answered, “All of us were some how transported here-”

“Like with magic,” the younger male interrupted.

“Like the rest of us,” Keovu remarked to himself, though everyone in the room heard him. He then introduced himself, “The name's Keovu.” The girl in the back looked as if she had recognized the name, but made no remark.

“I'm Sibaru,” Sibaru replied with her hand out to the oldest male. “We are members of a site called Silent-Square. As well as a few others here.”

“Really?” the oldest answered back shaking her hand, “I've been there. I'm Desuke.”

“And I'm Zeeth,” the young male answered, “I also go there. What did you say your names were again?”

“Keovu,” Keovu repeated.

“My name is Sibaru,” Sibaru returned nicely. She then added in, “And if I remember correctly…you two were the first ones I met on the bored.”

“Yes! Now I remember you!” Zeeth remarked happily. “So how have you been?”

“Pretty good,” Sibaru responded back. However, her eyes landed on the lonely girl in the back who seemed familiar. Turning her attention to her, Sibaru asked, “What about you? What's your name?”

The girl made no answer. Instead of repeating herself, Sibaru made her way to the girl's side, alone. One good glimpse of the girl and Sibaru jumped back with a loud questionable “Litta?!” In response the girl called “Litta” did the same thing, only yelling, “Sibaru?!” They stared at each other for a long time, as if in a staring contest. Sibaru couldn't believe it; one of her friends from where she lived was here as well.

“Well, they seem to know each other,” Keovu remarked in a funny sense only letting Zeeth and Desuke hear, in which they smiled.

“So that's what her name is,” Desuke replied with a smile, “I wasn't able to get the name from her. Nor do I recognize it…”

“That's probably because we haven't been on in a while,” Zeeth answered bringing his sense into the conversation.

Sibaru got up and helped her friend, Litta, up as well, replying in the process, “No, it's because she never joined Silent-Square. She's a good friend of mine from church. Who, I know, hates his crypt that Keovu decided to close the door and lock us in here.” She emphasized the name Keovu for a joking reason. Keovu glared at her in an odd way, giving Sibaru a reason not to trust that look. Sibaru hid behind Litta with a small whisper, “Save me.”