Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Katayoku no Tenshi ❯ Explain Yourself, Sephiroth ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

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Oh yes.. remember this is a fan fiction so I can do whatever I want... So there.... Oh yes I am changing Yuffie's age to 21.
Oh yes this is a redone of my fanfiction, One Winged Angel
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Cid lit another one of his cigarettes and puffed on it. They were very close to Wutai and everyone was preparing to land. Cloud was already at the door waiting for him to say exit. It seemed that the trip was taking an eternity. Finally Cloud was greeted by the sound of the engines slowing down. There was a sudden rush to the door that lead to the outside world, and no one minded the not so great soft landing. Before Cid could finish his sentence about leaving everyone had bolted out the door. Cid sighed and left his precious airship as well. He eventually caught up with the others, who had just entered Wutai. Vincent looked at Cloud.
"Why do you think he came back? Didn't we kill him?" Vincent questioned.
"Well, I guess we will all know that answer soon enough." Cloud answered.
After stopping to eat something at Turtle's Paradise they headed for Godo's home. Tifa went up to the wooden door and tapped softly with her knuckles. Kentaro comes to the door and slides it open. They quickly exchange bows before he allows them inside the house.
"Well, where is our lucky survivor?" Barret asks.
"Right this way. I warn you, though, you must give him chance." Kentaro replied.
Kentaro lead them to the last room at the end of the hallway. He knocked on the door and Yuffie greeted him with a smile. Kentaro had only brought Vincent and Cloud with him while the other waited in the living room. Cloud walked in and was surprised to see Sephiroth sitting up on his futon and holding a marble like marker in his hand. Nearby was a table with colored marbles arranged on it in different patterns. He looked to Yuffie confused.
"Oh, we were playing a game of Go before you came. I just about to beat him too..." Yuffie whined.
"Beat me? What are you talking about? I was about to lay the final blow." Sephiroth retorted smiling, "Greetings Cloud, Vincent."
"Okay he is scaring me...." Cloud uttered.
"Maybe now my promise can be kept." Vincent said to himself.
"I remember you well, Cloud Strife. Let's see you were a Ground Trooper Class B, am I correct?" Sephiroth asked.
"Yes, but you are getting off subject." Cloud answered.
"Well then, start asking the questions." Sephiroth stated.
"Kentaro, can we move him into the living room for this conversation." Vincent asked.
"Yes, that is why I chose you two. So that you can carry him to the living room." Kentaro replied.
"I'll go get some tea." Yuffie exclaimed running to the kitchen.
"Kentaro, do me a favor and carry Masamune into the living room for me." Sephiroth cut in.
"Sure." Kentaro replied.
Kentaro grabbed Masamune and waited in the hall. Vincent took Sephiroth's left side while Cloud supported his right. Together they managed to walk him into the living room and deposit him onto a tatami mat. Kentaro laid Masamune beside Sephiroth and took a seat between Cid and Red XIII. Yuffie handed everyone some tea and took a seat beside Sephiroth. The silence was interrupted when Cid spit out his tea and looked shocked.
"Hey Cid, you having a heart attack or something?" Barret asked.
"No, this can not be. This tea is better than Shera's." Cid remarked.
"I am victorious!" Yuffie yelled.
"Now, let's get down to business. Sephiroth, why should we believe that you have truly changed your ways?" Red XIII cut in.
"Well... You see ever since I can remember I have always been a plaything of science, mainly Hojo. He injected me with numerous amounts of mako and Jenova cells. So much that a normal person would have been dead by now. His ultimate goal was to pass Jenova's knowledge of the lifestream and the Promise Land into me. This failed. But a side effect came of these injections. Jenova's conscious thoughts were linked with my own. Eventually, Hojo discovered this bond between us and began to boost Jenova's mind waves. After he was certain he had the level right he set me off on my own. Slowly over time she began to control my actions at certain intervals of time span. At Nibelheim is when she truly got a hold of me. She completely took over my body and rid me of conscious thought. I could only watch from inside my prison at what she was causing." Sephiroth answered shaking a little.
"But happened once we defeated you?" Tifa asked.
"I do not exactly know myself how I survived. But apparently you killed Jenova, which released me so that I for once controlled my own actions..." Sephiroth answered closing his eyes trying to calm himself.
This explanation was hard for Cloud to sink in but he understood its meaning. But how could he be for sure Sephiroth was telling the truth. For one thing he seemed to be quite shaken up just mentioning his dark past. Then, a single thought registered in his mind that only the role model he once knew could answer.
"Sephiroth, tell me, do you think Zack still feels your hit?" Cloud asked.
"How can he when he is dead? But I am for sure that wound I gave him back in training still hurts." Sephiroth said smiling slightly.
"Well, I believe him." Cloud exclaimed.
"So do I." Vincent and Yuffie added.
"I guess I could trust him for awhile." Tifa replied.
"Then, it is settled. Sephiroth, we grant you a leave and forgive you until you do something that starts you down the road that we found you on." Cloud commented.
"Thank you..." Sephiroth answered.
The rest of the day was spent talking about everything that has happened. Eventually they all bore themselves to death and retire to the beds Kentaro laid out. During the middle of the night Yuffie wakes up thirsty and walks to the bathroom to fetch a glass of water. On her way she hears low moans coming from her father's room. She quietly slides the door open and peers in. She finds the sound coming from Sephiroth. He is holding Masamune close to his body and holding it so tightly that his knuckles have turned white. She cautiously nears him. He is shaking in his sleep most likely from nightmares of Jenova.
"I wonder what a person like you dreams about." Yuffie whispers.
Sephiroth merely rolls onto his back at the comment. Yuffie gives him a slightly pissed off look, even though, he can not see it.
"Well, I guess as long as you are not killing anyone you are an okay person." Yuffie whispered, "Oyasuminasai, Sephiroth."
With that she leaves for her own room in the house. Little does she know what actually plagues his mind during the night. He moans slightly once again as the nightmares are born anew.

-----Sephiroth's Dream-----

Sephiroth stares into an endless void of darkness. He looks around with great haste hoping to see something besides the darkness. He screams out in frustration. Then his head pecks up as he hears someone calling him. Once again he looks around but in vain finds no one to be found.
"Sephiroth... come to me, my child... Mother needs you..." the voice cried out.
"Not you..." Sephiroth mummers.
"Sephiroth... I need you... The time has come..." the voice begs.
"Go away! You only bring misery and pain to me!" Sephiroth retorts.
"Now, this is not true... This is something those weak humans have drilled into your mind... With your help I can put them in their proper place..." the voice answers.
"Bite me..." Sephiroth says blankly with a hint of anger.
"Maybe if I show you then you will understand..." the voice replies.
A purple appears in the air meters away from Sephiroth. A young woman drops from it and lands softly on her feet. She stands around five feet and seven inches tall. Her hair a pale blue color the same as her eyes. Her skin was very pale even more so than Sephiroth's. Her figure was ghost like as her semi translucent dress trailed to the ground and more. Sephiroth gave her the death glare and snarled at her with his teeth bared.
"You seem upset to see me, Sephiroth. What is wrong, my child?" the lady asked.
"Jenova, quit saying that I am your child because I am not!" Sephiroth hissed.
"Then, I pray tell, who is?" Jenova asked bearing a slight grin.
"...Lucrecia..." Sephiroth muttered.
"Child, that woman was a weak human. I am for certainly far better." Jenova teased as she walked closer, "My poor boy, you are lost..."
"Shut up... I am right and you know it... You, yourself, can not deny that I still retain faint memories of her." Sephiroth retorted.
"Too bad, isn't it? After all that trouble Hojo and I went through to prevent that from happening." Jenova replied.
She finally stands in front of Sephiroth. He just snarls and crosses his arms at her. Jenova looks sadly at him and touches his cheek with her hand. She slowly brushes at his bangs and hair. In response he quickly delivers a well placed kick to Jenova's knees. She falls to the ground and grabs Sephiroth's legs and pulls him to the ground as well. He reacts by slamming his fist into her face. Jenova jumps back to her feet and places a pyramid shaped barrier around Sephiroth. He tries to move but finds he can not. She laughs evilly as his weakness.
"Maybe now you will listen." Jenova states, "Foolish son, if you do not join me then I will be forced to destroy you. And to have a handsome young man such as yourself leave this world would be such a shame. Just think of the possibilities. You and I commanding the Planet, ruling side by side. You could have anyone as your goddess, anyone of your choosing. With my magic and your strength no one could touch us, not even that failure."
"When hell freezes over demon..." Sephiroth answers.
"Sephiroth, my boy, are you not too old to be name calling?" Jenova says running her hand through his bangs, "Please, my son, I will only need to borrow your body for a small time. After that you are free to do as you please. But you see I can not live in your world. You are the only connection I have left until I can heal. Now, open your mind and I will ease your pain and mend your injuries."
"Surrender my body to you? Dream on..." Sephiroth answers.
"This will only cause you more pain." Jenova stated.
"Prove this? Freedom is more than I could ever ask for. I have it now and you wish for me to give it up for you? I do not think, even if it meant you torturing me like this for the next ten thousand years." Sephiroth remarked.
The barrier broke and Sephiroth rose to fight Jenova off. She gasped and stepped back. Suddenly, Masamune came to Sephiroth's hand and he resumed a fighting stance. Charging forth he slashed at Jenova multiple times and making contact a few times. The wounds quickly disappeared and she cast a magical spell in his direction. Sephiroth held his hand out and dispelled her attack. Jenova snarled and disappear into the hole she crawled out of. Sephiroth looked at the closing gap and smiled to himself. He had deluded her for now.

----End of Dream----

Sephiroth opened his eyes and was greeted by the early morning sun. He could only wonder what Jenova meant about healing. Wasn't she dead and gone for all time? He sighed and sat up in his futon. He was feeling much better. The only good thing about possessing her cells was the fact that you heal fast. He calculated in about a week he would be around and on his feet once again. He looked towards the door as he heard footsteps coming down the hall. Red XIII glanced inside the room as he walked by. Sephiroth called to him and he rested inside the doorway.
"Beast, tell me, are we the only ones awake?" Sephiroth asked.
"I would greatly appreciate it if you call me Nanaki. And no Kentaro, Vincent, and Yuffie are up and about. Everyone else is still asleep." Nanaki replied.
"I see. Thank you, Nanaki." Sephiroth replied bowing his head slightly.

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Meanwhile atop the pagoda a figure dressed in black cape watches. He smirks and jumps down disappearing as he lands. The figure reappears inside a laboratory. He walks towards an office and invites himself in. A man sits in a chair behind the desk. His glasses pushed up onto his face and his white bangs falling onto his face. The man looks to the black haired servant and smiles.
"Well?" the man asks.
"I have confirmed what the reports say. Right now would be a good time to put your plan into motion." the figure replies.
"Very well... You have my permission to start. Just don't screw up." the man answers.

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Cloud wakes up yawning like a lion. He find Cid fast asleep with drool slowly coming out of his mouth threatening to drown Barret. Barret seems to be punching at a nonexistent opponent. Tifa is gone from her spot. Most likely in the kitchen cooking. Vincent and Nanaki are gone as well. He sighs. He was always a late sleeper even in his troop squad back at Shinra. He walks outside still in his pajamas which consist of a pale blue over shirt and pale blue pants. He walks into the living room where he finds Vincent reading a book. He looks up to the half asleep Cloud.
"Not a morning person, are we?" Vincent asks.
"Oh sush... So how is our friend?" Cloud replies.
"Kentaro can barely managed to keep him in bed." Vincent answers.
"Great..." Cloud adds, "Sleep..."
"Cloud Strife get your lazy off the floor and help me in the kitchen!" Tifa yells.
"Five more minutes, mommy... Promise do laundry later..." Cloud mutters, "But mommy I don't ride the pony..."
"You big baby..." Tifa whispers.
"I resent that." Cloud states standing up.
"Come on lazy..." Tifa says grabbing Cloud's ear.
Cloud is dragged out of the room by his ear in which Tifa has a good hold on. Vincent can not help but to let out a slight laugh as Cloud complains all the way down the hall.
"I will never understand those two." Vincent says to himself.

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Kentaro sighs once again as Sephiroth tries to stand up. Yuffie and he had been trying everything for the past hour to keep him down, but it was all futile. Yuffie glared at Sephiroth and he quickly sat down in bed again. He stared at Kentaro for the longest time before deciding to speak to him.
"Come on. I feel fine..." Sephiroth pleaded.
"No patient of mine is going to walk around until I say so. It is for your own good." Kentaro answered, "Maybe I will let you tomorrow if you stay in bed all day today. Do we have a deal?"
"Okay..." Sephiroth shrugged realizing he had been defeated.
"Hey cheer up. If you are that bored just call for me and I will bring you something to do." Yuffie replied, "For now here is a book of crossword puzzles so have fun..."
Sephiroth once again was felt in complete silence. He stared at the book and picked up the pencil beside it in his left hand before opening the book and beginning to circle what he found in two seconds. It took him only a hour to complete the whole book and toss it aside. It was official, he was bored with nothing to do and would most likely die from boredom.

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Well, next chapter will be much longer I promise. What do you think of this story so far? Please review and do not be afraid to speak your opinion. Until our paths cross again...