Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Because of a Garden and a Twilight Walk ❯ The Fated Meeting ( Chapter 3 )

Author's Notes: *eyes her email.* Just ONE more email and I will quit writing this fanfic. -.- Not bad email, it's just im kinda sick about the "Sephiroth has such and such hair and such and such eyes." o.O I asked for help, i didn't ask to beaten up and sworn at for choosing to write "Aqua-green" for his eyes and "White" for his hair. ^-^() But away from this tiring subject..

Thank you, Lady Voldemort (I hope I got the name right!), for managing to not insult me while telling me your opinion (at least, I don't remember any insults..). ^_^ I appreciate your kindness. Anywhoo...Thanks for the reviews! Please review this chapter too! n.n! Also, I am VERY SORRY that this chapter took SOOO long to come out!

By the way...i'm sorry, but this chapter is short because of what's planned for chapter four. ^_^
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"Close your eyes..and it's so clear..." - Gravity Of Love, Enigma.
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Sephiroth let out a sigh as Cliff continued to follow him as he wandered through the outskirts of town, surveying all and destroying a monster every now and then. So eager to learn, yet so new at seeing even monsters dying.

Just like Cloud.

The silvery-white haired man blinked his aqua-green eyes and stopped his walking abruptly. Where had that thought come from? He turned to the spike-haired boy who looked slightly confused by his actions. "What do you think you're doing?" his irritation was caused by the thought he had had of a boy he did not remember. Or did he? He shook his head and waited for the boy's reply.

"F-following you, Sir. I thought I'd get the hang of it better after watching you." Cliff spoke.

Aqua-green eyes narrowed and he turned away from the boy. "Very well," he said with a cold tone to it. Sephiroth began to walk to the town. "Go take a break, the next time we check around the town it'll be two hours after midnight. Get some rest before then." He quickly left the boy and went to take a look around town at night.

Looking up at the sky, Aeris smiled at the silver moon hanging in the twilight sky as she tended to her garden. Whenever she was worried, sad or confused, taking care of her flowers would cheer her up. Right now she was trying to ignore the voices inside of her.

--The Enemy Is Here!-- One yelled frantically.

--Run, now!-- Another spoke.

--RUN!-- They yelled frantically, their voice echoing their fright. At the loud shout, Aeris dropped her watering can and covered her ears as her knees fell to the ground, bringing her to a half-standing, half-sitting position.

"Stop, stop it now!" Aeris begged. The terrified voices refused. Aeris gathered up her courage, "Stop!" she demanded. They went back to a soft murmur and after a few moments of not moving, she picked up her watering can and went back to work.

Sephiroth stopped as he came across a large garden planted next to a perfectly normal looking house. He paused a moment, thinking, before entering. He had no idea why he felt compelled to enter, but it was peaceful, and for some reason, it calmed him. He brushed white strands of hair away from his aqua-green eyes. The quiet tranquility of the night had a serene beauty of it's own mixed with the garden. Hearing a warm voice humming a soft and gentle tune, he stopped abruptly and scanned the area.

His gaze wandered until he saw a girl humming to some white roses. She had long chesnut hair, and wore a simple pink dress and a small red jacket over it. Before he could speak, she turned to him, meeting his deep aqua-green eyes. In them shown her joy, her innocence; her being. Everything was shown in those deep emerald eyes.

Aeris blinked at what she could read from his eyes. He seemed pained, as if he held it in from something far behind him. Why did she feel like she had met this man before? She remembered fear and anticipation...and that was all she could remember as she stared back into his eyes. It was he who broke the stare, looking at the flowers she had been humming to.

"You're the one who takes care of this garden, I assume?" She nodded at his words. He had met her somewhere before...he just couldn't remember were from. The young woman smiled at him gently.

"My name is Aeris."

"A pleasure to meet you, Aeris. My name is..."

The words came out of her before her mind even registered it. "Sephiroth."