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Legacy of the Lifestream	By : butabara Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 2387 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A.N. Here ya go, folks. The next chapter is here! Mad props to Sytherea Orianthe for her help in this one! The first and last parts were written by her! And of course, she also beta's for me.
Thanks, Mellon!
Chapter 17: Legacy Files, Part 1
Hari wandered the halls of the airship, single-minded in her determination to track down the middle Remnant. Of all the times to go 'Invisible' on her, he chose now? She wanted desperately to speak with him. There were so many questions she needed answered. Even if he wouldn't answer them for her, he could at least point her in the direction she needed, to be able to find her truths. She'd been looking for him for over an hour! She had passed Kadaj not long ago, refusing to look him in the eye. She did notice, however, that he seemed to be nursing a bruised jaw and a fat lip. It could have only been Yazoo. He had to be around here somewhere!
But after another almost hour of searching the airship inside and out, she finally admitted defeat. The Remnant obviously did not want to be found at the moment.
Unable to find Yazoo, Harmony wandered around aimlessly. Deep in thought, she almost ran into Sytherea as the quiet woman was coming out of the lab. "Oh! I'm sorry Sytherea, I seem to be a little out of it at the moment."
The woman merely smiled, "Don't mention it. I understand being distracted, especially in times such as this." The soft spoken woman turned to leave when Harmony stopped her. Though she didn't know the woman well... there was only one way to change that, and perhaps her outside opinion was exactly what Harmony needed.
"Wait, Sytherea, do you have a minute? I need someone to talk to but I don't want to bother Sassi."
"Of course, Harmony, anything you need."
Harmony smiled, "Call me Hari, please."
Sytherea nodded. "Come, why don't we move this conversation somewhere more private? Then you will be free to say anything you need." Sytherea led the way to the room she shared with Vincent. Harmony felt a little uneasy, being in such a private space, when she didn't know much about the two of them. She and Vincent had never been particularly close...
The room was small, but comfortable. Straight ahead was the door to the bathroom. To the right, the door to the closet. To the left against the far wall was the bed, adorned with deep blood red silk sheets and a black comforter. Harmony cracked a smile, so Vincent. In one corner of the room there was a small mahogany desk, facing the away from the door, with a few papers spread out on it. In the opposite corner, next to one side of the bed, a rifle was leaning against the adjoining wall. The only other furniture in the room was a huge chest, standing on its side a little ways away from the bed. Sytherea saw Harmony's curious look and nodded to the chest.
"Vincent doesn't go anywhere without his artillery." She sat down on the edge of the bed and waited for Harmony to join her. "Now, what did you wish to talk about?"
Harmony was still a little uncomfortable, but sat down next to Sytherea. "I need an unbiased opinion. I'm... I'm confused about where I go... with Kadaj. We've been apart for seven years. Now, I'm not naive, I knew that things would be different... But when I look at the two of us... I thought we would still have that connection, you know?" Sytherea nodded.
"I can tell you still love him."
"I do, but we've both changed so much. I had a lot thrown on my plate when they left. I had to, well, for lack of a better word, grow up. And it seems Kadaj... well, he didn't."
Sytherea smiled, "I know from experience that time changes people. Some, change for the better, like you. You became more independant, more mature. Some revert back to what they know, refusing to budge. Women adapt to things alot easier than men do. And trust me, trying to explain your position to them, sometimes makes things worse." Harmony looked confused when she looked up at her new friend. Sytherea went on, "Take V and I for instance. I did alot of changing. I'm not the same woman I was when he and I first met." Harmony could tell that Sytherea was trying to hold back a smile, in the end, she lost the fight. She even laughed a little. "I tried to kill him, did he ever tell you that?" The gasp that followed suggested that he hadn't. Sytherea was nodding when she continued. "I was with GR at the time. You know, perhaps I should just tell you the whole thing, its less confusing that way." Harmony just nodded, still in awe.
Sytherea decided that she needed to be honest with Harmony. After all, the Guardian had never tried to hide anything from anyone, and she knew that because of her connection to Sassi, her secret would be safe.
"First I need to explain one thing. I'm sure you have noticed my head piece. The pendant hanging from it isn't just any charm." With that Sytherea reached up and unclipped the bright blue pendant and handed it to Harmony."What you hold in your hand is a scale from Leviathan. It has been handed down through my family for many generations. You see, following the death of my family when I was fifteen, I am now his last living descendant. It is not something widely known, in fact most consider it a myth." She stopped, grinning at the awe covering Harmony's face at being in the presence of the Daughter of Leviathan. "Anyway, after my family was murdered I ran off to the Wu Sheng. I didn't know who had killed them but my mother had always told me, if anything ever happened, I was to go to the Wu Sheng. While I was there I became one of the respected Wu Sheng Ninjas.
By this time GR's influence was in full swing. Just before my 20th birthday, they came for me. I fought against them, but was outnumbered by, well, a lot. Once in their possession, they convinced me that they knew who had killed my family. Now, you can guess their accusation."
Harmony nodded, "AVALANCHE."
"Yes. Now, with me on their side, mind you I didn't know this at the time, they had a very powerful ally. I went through intensive training, they quite literally turned me into a killing machine. I was devout in my beliefs that anyone harboring Jenova cells couldn't be trusted and must pay for what they did to me. I was content with my life. A few years ago, as a Special Assassin, I was instructed to track down and kill one of AVALANCHE's key operatives. I never asked why, I was a good soldier, I never questioned my orders. And in my mind, I was one step closer to finding the murderer.
It wasn't hard to track down Vincent, everyone knew he was a resident of Shinra mansion. But when I got there, somthing happened to me. I hesitated and he caught me. I could not explain my feelings toward him but I began to question my beliefs, which isn't an easy thing to go through. After months of interrogation, Vincent and I began to admit our feelings for each other. I was brought in front of AVALANCHE and, together, we told them what we had discussed. Knowing who I was, they didn't all trust me the way Vincent did. We finally came to the agreement that I would return to GR and gather intel. Of course, first I had to prove I had killed Vincent. The only way to do that was to provide the Protomateria, which he gave me. Chaos doesn't have the power to transform anymore, so it was safe from him to remove it from his body. The story for my absense was that it was unsafe for me after I killed him and had to go into hiding.
I stayed with GR for several months, I had to continue to act as though nothing had changed, which meant any relationships I had had still had to be kept up. For that reason Vincent and I had decided not to get too close, as it would affect my emotions. I'm sure that they didn't completely trust me, for that reason I wasn't given any high profile assignments. Which suited me just fine, as I wasn't devoted to killing the way I had once been. After months of observing I was beginning to feel the stress of my charade. Then the order came for Loz's death. At the time, even though they doubted me, I was the only one capable of carrying out the mission. We were set to kill him during a Chocobo race, it was supposed to look like an accident. The night before, we were all taking shifts watching his room. When my shift came, I slipped away and told Loz what was going on.
We left right away to report to the rest of the group. Even though I had gathered enough information to last us quite awhile, I still felt as though I had failed Vincent somehow. I hadn't, but it took me some time to get over those feelings. I was still very happy, Vincent and I could finally be together. I'm still quite reserved, I know, but my loyalty to AVALANCHE won them over. Now I focus my abilities on defeating the people that brainwashed me for so many years. And I'm glad to help, I'm happy here. Sassi in particular has been very good to me." Sytherea laughed, "I think that may be partly because I saved Loz's life but it doesn't matter, I'm finally getting revenge for my family."
Harmony was silent for a minute. "GR killed them, didn't they?"
"Yes, they wanted me for my powers, although until recently, I didn't know I had any. That however is a story for a different time. Now, Hari, the reason I've told you all this is to help you understand. Not only me, but yourself and Kadaj as well. You wanted my advice, so here it is. You will just have to be patient. As hard as it is, you will have to be understanding. Kadaj hasn't had a reason to mature, the way you did. Given time, I'm confident everything will work out." When Sytherea was finished Harmony just sat there, giving the occasional nod.
"Thank you Sytherea, I really am glad I came to you."
Sytherea just smiled, "You have told me to call you Hari, now I will tell you. Please, call me Sy. I knew before you even came here that we would be friends. After all, how could I not like you, you are such a big part of Sassi's life. And I am glad that you came to me too. I hope that my advice has helped you and not muddied up the waters even more."
Harmony nodded enthusiastically. Sytherea reached out to hold her hand, but Harmony stopped her by giving her an overly energetic hug. By the time they pulled away, they were both laughing.
"Vincent's interrogation must have really been something, for you to fall that badly for him."
Sytherea was giggling so hard she couldn't breathe but she managed to blurt out "Oh, it was!" before another fit of giggles began. Vincent stood in the doorway, shaking his head, 'What in the world could be so funny?'
!#$%^&*()
Legacy File Zero - History of the Cetra.
The Cetra.
An ancient race of roaming beings that lived over 2000 years ago. They came to Gaia in search of the Promised Land; it is unknown if it is another planet entirely, or a metaphor for something. When they arrived they felt an unusal lifeforce within the core. Using their attunement with nature, they opened up the first well to the force of the planet, later classfied as the Lifestream. By opening various wells across the land they were able to cultivate life and bring it forth from the barren wasteland they stumbled upon. Some years later, they covered the four corners. Some roamed freely and remained Cetra, while others prefered to settle down and they would be the ancestors to humans.
Not long after they became settled, the entity known as the Calamity from the Skies, an unknown and uncataloged virus, fell from a meteorite and infected the population with a virus, almost eliminating the populace. The Calamity became intrigued by the creatures that tried to stand before her, and interested in the Promised Land, a world that it believed would reveal itself with the destruction of Planet. Calling to the Lifestream, great warriors summoned magic now lost to us and their souls fused with the Lifestream, permenantly binding them to the Planet. These warriors used their very lifeforce as a power to suppress and destroy the Calamity forever, ensuring that it would never again plague the Planet's surface with its ilk. I find it all hog wash that the hardened Mako Materia Summons were once ancient warriors. They are an unusual blend of magic and science, but they could not have conscious thoughts, feelings, or have lived. They are tools for power and weapons.
During the war that they waged with the Calamity Virus, a new race sprung from the humans and the surrounding natives. They would be known as the Guardians. By binding their lifeforce to the Cetra, they would defend them with their last breath. Each Guardian was blessed with an ancient form of combat that allowed them to shift between the physical realm and a space between life and death, tapping into the vast knowledge of the Lifestream. Through them, the Warrior Tribes of Cosmo Canyon were born, along with them a Lost Race blessed with long life to guard the old ways and those of the original Cetra. Old scrolls indicate, along with cross references with tablets found in the Ancient City, the Cetra perform a ritual. This ritual is meant to appease the Lifestream in hopes of healing the Planet and thanking it for allowing them to live on the surface. It is most unusual that these beings treated Mako energy with reverence, signifying in many works that it is a conscious being and capable of feeling. However where was the sacred bond of the Lifestream meant to save them when they were wiped from the Planet's surface?
After the disappearace of Cetra, the Mako energy wells would spring up magic Materia. Granting the humans, who descended from Cetra, the ability to use the ancient ways. It is said vaguely in old scriptures that a seer foresaw the reawakening of the virus and begged the Planet to give humanity the tools they would need to defeat it. However with the extinction of the Cetra, the only true race to defeat the Calamity Virus, what purpose would Planet have to give humanity Materia?
Resech indicates various 'one-of-a-kind' Materia hidden away within the planet to be used as a last defense against the virus. Records indicate that two such Materia exist, twin souls of the planet as they were called. One is the ultimate defense of the planet, defending it from any attack, and the other is the ultimate weapon of the planet. Extensive research proves that both subjects are vague at best. Scrolls indicate that the Lifestream also created WEAPONs to defend itself against the Calamity Virus if it should present itself. Excavation sites have proven that the WEAPONs exist, so why can't the Twin Materia exist?
Research on human genetics have indicated that there is an unusual trait manifesting itself within humans. It is unknown if this indication is the genetic code of the Cetra or just an anomoly caused by humanity using Mako for energy sources. Further research is needed...
Sukai stared at the screen, unblinking. So much information on the Cetra! And it mentioned Guadians... as descendants of Nanaki's race! She shook her head. She still had a lot of work to do, there were still dozens of files to crack, but Harmony had to see this!
Sukai left the room, locking the door and implementing her special lock code - one that only she knew, so that only she could get back into the room. She walked briskly, heading for the mess hall where she was sure she'd find Harmony. That girl spent a lot of time in the kitchen. She seemed to like to bake.
She didn't make it that far, but she didn't have to. Harmony rounded the corner ahead of her, Sassi, Aerith, and Sephiroth at her side. Upon seeing the Inventor, Harmony hissed, jumping back and falling into an attack stance.
"Relax. Please. I'm not here to fight." Sukai said, holding her hands up.
"What's up, Sukai?" Aerith's soft voice asked.
"I... I managed to break the encryption on some of the files... and there's something that I wanted Harmony to see. Though... I think that you and Sassi should see it, too." Sukai said, trying not to ramble.
"Okay... lead the way then." Harmony said, standing from her stance and walking to follow the woman ack down the hallway. What could be so important that both Cetra and a blood-born Guardian needed to see?
!#$%^&*()
"Oh my God..." Harmony gasped, falling to her knees as she stared at the giant screen before her. "Oh my God!"
"Are you okay?" Sukai and Sassi asked at the same time, both reaching for the Guardian's trembling body. Harmony nodded frantically.
"Y-yes... I'm just... I think I'm in shock! You said that there's one of these creatures still living?"
Sukai nodded. "Yes. His name is Nanaki. He stays in Cosmo Canyon... and I think we should set our course for that location. He may not know of this... but if he does... there may be some questions that he can answer. I am going to tell Cid that we need to go to the Canyon."
"It kind of makes sense." Aerith's voice cut in. "When we traveled together before, he was always sure to stay right beside me. Its like he couldn't help himself. But Guardians - other than Sephiroth - are female. How could that power effect him?"
"I don't know. That's why we need to go to Cosmo. If we change course immediately, we can be there in two days." Sukai said.
"I agree that it is something we need to look in to." Sephiroth stated. He was curious about it, too. There was very little of his gifted power that he had explored on his own. He'd never needed the extra power... but perhaps it would not be such a bad idea to at least find out what he was capable of.
!#$%^&*()
"What were you two talking about?" Vincent asked Sytherea after Harmony left.
"I... I told her about me... and my power. And a bit of how we met." Sytherea answered.
"That was a very brave thing." Vincent said, impressed. He knew that they could trust Harmony. She would not reveal the secret. But for Sytherea to openly talk about it... "What did you tell her about how we met? I'm still not sure how much you remember."
Sytherea smiled softy. "Oh, V. I remember everything. But mostly it was about how I changed. Like... the day I came back here, permanently. What I remember the most about that day is... the first time... the first time you made love to me."
{Flashback}
Loz strolled through the door as if he owned the place, no hint that there had been an attempt on his life. Sytherea walked behind him, still wrought with emotions about what she had done. Everyone looked at Loz with surprise,
"Why aren't you at the Chocobo race?" As Yazoo asked his question, Sytherea moved out from behind Loz, to everyone's surprise.
Loz just pointed to her and in a blase way said, "She was sent to kill me." A few of them laughed, Sytherea wasn't one of them. She had seen Vincent the moment she walked in the door. He had a very puzzled look on his face, but his concern for her was evident. He gazed over her quickly and when he saw she wasn't hurt, he sighed her name.
"Sytherea."
The tone of his voice was her undoing, she ran to him and buried her head in his chest. He motioned to the group and led her to his room. Once inside she broke away from him. He patiently walked to the bed and sat down. She paced as she began reciting her list of sins in a mixture of broken Common and Wutaian, alternating between her relief for being done with the charade, and her guilt over failing him. Vincent could only stand it for a few minutes before he jumped up and grabbed her mid pace.
"Cease this litany!" He made sure she was looking at him, "You. Did not. Fail. Me."
He softened his hold on her shoulders and brought one hand up to her chin. As he guided it upwards, he bent down and brushed her lips with his thumb before giving her a searing kiss, half meant to shut her up and half to feed his urge to consume her whole. His tongue explored her lips but he had to nip a little to break through her haze and coax her to open her mouth. The second her lips parted his tongue dove in, gods how he had missed her. The taste of her sweet mouth, the feel of her tongue timidly mating with his... it was pure heaven. Sytherea moved her hands up to cup his face, not noticing that he was inching her blue and black Ao Dai up over her hips. Once she felt his hands graze the smooth skin of her belly she pulled anyway.
"V, what are you doing?" He had a devilish grin on his face.
"What I've been wanting to do since the moment I saw you."
She caught his drift but smiled, teasingly, as she put her hands on her hips. "Mr Valentine, the first time you saw me, I was trying to kill you. Don't you dare try to tell me that were thinking of fucking me right then and there. I won't buy it."
His eyes widened the moment she cursed, then he laughed, "Believe what you will my dear, I never said I wasn't twisted, in fact, I believe that's part of the reason you love me, is it not?" Sytherea started to object, he saw it, but then threw her arms around his neck and kissed his chin, as she couldn't reach his mouth unless he leaned down.
With a sigh she said, "Guilty as charged." He smiled at her as he resumed his task of undressing her. She tried to help by undressing him, but once she started on the buckles of his cape, the closeness made her hand slip and she could feel his chest muscles contract when she touched him.
She looked up at him and saw the raw possessiveness in his eyes. She was caught off guard when he grabbed her by the rear, slammed her to him, and devoured her mouth. The roughness made her hot; Vincent captured her groan of pleasure and squeezed her perfect cheeks. He sensed that she liked it and without thinking, he smacked them playfully. He caught her mid moan by picking her up and setting her on the bed. He pulled away from her to undress. He made short work of taking off his gloves, followed by his boots and cape. The look on her face as she watched him made him rush and he almost ripped his tight black shirt in half when he pulled it off.
He didn't want to be away from her any longer, they had waited too long for this. He moved to the junction between her thighs and she pulled him down to kiss her. Once she felt his heated skin against her breasts, she sighed. He pulled away and looked into her deep, bright blue eyes. The raw pleasure he saw there made his tightly wound control snap like a toothpick. He started to undo his pants.
"I need you now, V. I need you to cleanse me." She whimpered. He lost it then, consumed with her need as well as his own. He pulled his pants down just enough to release his erection, it was as hard as steel.
Without checking to see if she was ready for him, he slammed into her hard. Halfway through, the thought occurred to him that he might hurt her, but when felt how soaking wet she already was, he knew she was more than ready. He needed more, needed to be deeper. He bent down to capture her mouth and rolled them both over. The feel of him so deep inside her made her shiver in anticipation. She leaned down across his chest as he took hold of her hips.
He began to thrust hard, then pull out slowly. The rhythm was maddening, her mouth was on his neck, placing kisses and licking his sweet spot. One particular movement was such pure torture that she bit down to get him to go faster. His response was a resounding 'smack' to her bottom. He felt the chills run over her, he also felt her bite down again. This time it was a little harder. He guessed she liked the roughness. He pulled out, but this time he flicked his wrists a little. When he thrust in hard again, Sytherea immediately sat up and arched her back.
She let out a loud moan, the unexpected invasion caught her by surprise. The look on her face suggested his alternate entrance had hurt her. He hadn't moved after her moan, he was afraid to. She wasn't. Sytherea started moving back and forth against him, her hands on his chest as she threw her head back again. This time he could see the passion in her eyes. He took over control again. The way he slammed her down on him made her moan from deep in her throat. He rewarded her with a hard 'smack' to her bottom. She gasped and pulled him up to her. He wrapped his arms around her as she fisted her hands in his long hair. She kissed him hard- hard and hot.
Inside he was rejoicing, she was as shameful as he was, gods he loved her. She was perfect for him in every way, he had never had another woman match him sexually. It was bliss. Her hard pulling of his hair made his whole body tingle. When she draped her arms over his shoulders, he broke the kiss and went straight for one of her nipples. He took the plump bud between his teeth and sucked it into his mouth. He smiled at her reaction. The moment his tongue began licking, her nails dug into his back. He groaned at the pain. He started thrusting harder and bit down hard on her nipple. He knew from the claw marks down his back, she was close to release. With his mouth still to her breast, he moved one hand to her heat and massaged her inflamed nub with his thumb. Sytherea couldn't hold on any longer, she wanted this to last forever but his thumb was flying across her heat so fast, superhuman in fact, and the sensations from his continual nips and bites, paired with the occasional 'smack' to her now very red bottom, won over.
Her orgasm was shattering. She was screaming his name. He chuckled a little and pulled her in for a kiss to silence a second wave of screams. He didn't give her a chance to relax either. He pulled out and thrust back into her core. Her inner walls clamped down on him when he pulled out a little, trying to keep him inside. Her juices were covering his whole shaft. He knew he wasn't going to be able to hold on much longer. His voice was husky when he told her what he wanted.
"Put your arms around my neck, Sy. Please, love, I can't wait much longer." She was slow to respond, as she was climbing towards another climax rapidly, but did as he requested.
Once he felt her holding him he lifted his knees up to her rear and wrapped his arms around her middle. At this point their bodies were slamming together. He was sure there would be bruises later but he didn't care. Neither did Sytherea, she felt her walls tighten hard around him and without hesitation, she surrendered to her bliss. The moment Vincent felt her tightening, he let himself go, the pressure from deep inside him was overwhelming. Their fulfillment was simultaneous.
As soon as Sytherea threw her head back in pure release, Vincent thrust hard and shot his seed deep inside her. He jerked a few times before resting his head on her shoulder. He was trying to catch his breath when he noticed the distinct taste of blood in his mouth. He took a frantic second to figure out where it was coming from. Sytherea's arms were still hugging him as she waited for her heartbeat to slow. As he looked down at her he saw the source of the blood. It was a little hard to focus but he could see two distinct crescents, one on either side of her delicate shoulder. He was speechless, when had he bitten her there? His laugh startled her out of her daze.
"V? Why're you laugh- oh. Oh! That's just great V, way to brand me. Most of my clothes do show off my shoulders you know. I doubt highly anyone is going to believe any lie I come up with." She didn't sound too bothered by it.
He laid back onto the bed, bringing her with him. They held each other in silence for a few minutes. Vincent heard her whisper something but couldn't hear it. It took her long seconds to answer him when he asked her to repeat herself.
"Every time I was with Him, all I could think about was you. I understand why we decided to wait, but I still clung to you in my heart to get me through." Vincent hugged her tight and kissed her forehead.
"It's over, my sweet, I'm here now. You don't ever have to go back there." Her tears had started to form, but his dark voice soothed her. She feel asleep in his strong arms, his words echoing, banishing her nightmares,
'I'm here now.'
{End Flashback}
"The whole time... every time he touched me, I saw your face. I heard your voice. It was the only way I could hold to my sanity..." Sytherea sighed as she held Vincent. Half way through the recitation of her memories, he had pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly and running his right hand through her silky hair.
"I know I've said it before... and I know that if we hadn't done it that way, more than a few of us would quite possibly be dead... but I am sorry we sent you back there..." Vincent whispered.
Sytherea scoffed, a small smile adorning her face. "Don't start with that 'I'm sorry' business. I did what I did because I wanted to. I wanted to save you... and all of the people important to you. Because I love you then. And I love you now."
Vincent smiled. How long had he waited for this? How many nightmares... the decades of forced stasis, the darkness that overcame him... all he had ever wanted was to be loved, and have someone he could love back. Even as much as he feared it, after his last experience, he had craved it.
For so long... And now he had it. He had her, wrapped in his arms and wanting nothing more than to give him every part of her, and knowing that he would give her the same.
"I love you, too." He said, sealing their mouths together. It had been too long... the stress of the kidnapping and the missions wearing on them. Vincent decided in that moment, that everything else could wait.
He was reaquainting himself with his lover.
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