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Prophecy's Refrain	By : butabara Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 1023 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A.N. Woohoo, another chapter! Many thanks to by beta/co-author, n3rd2u, and to chance969 for allowing me to use the one of the funniest line's I've heard in a long time! The last few chapters were a bit dark, and I'll admit this one is mostly comedic relief and filler. Necessary, but still filler. Enjoy! R&R!
Chapter 33
"Thanks, Kelly. I'll send Jodee or Celeste into town to get the documents." Sassi said. After saying goodbye to her contact, Sassi hung up the phone. She absolutely hated having to rely on Jodee for a connection to the outside world, but she knew from working as a defense attorney that the authorities were probably on the look out for her cell phone signal.
"Get it taken care of?" Tifa said as she sat down next to Sassi.
"Yeah, but there was a problem." Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and focused on her.
"What kind of problem?" Cloud asked.
"Well, I was able to get everyone fake ID's, Birth certificates, and Social Security numbers... but I can't get you passports."
"Why not?" Yuffie asked.
Sassi huffed. "I don't really want to go into it. Something about an Italian, a Greek, and a shitload of illegal narcotics. Suffice it to say that I cannot legally be seen with any other passport save my own, professionally or otherwise."
The group chuckled at her obvious skirting of the issue.
She continued. "My contact says that he'll have the stuff ready in two hours. And you all had better not do anything to get us busted! Do you know how much money this is costing me?" She closed her eyes and muttered, "I can't believe I'm participating in what is basically human trafficking. I'm so fired."
"So what do you guys want to do today? There's really nothing that can be done until we get the documents, and Sassi and I figure out how to get you guys passports." Harmony said.
"Hari, I got you fake stuff, too. They're looking for you. Do you really think that if you use your credit cards, or your passport, that you'll get through airport security? I just don't know what to do about the passports."
"I have an idea." Offered the black-and-blue haired woman, Celeste. "Why don't you use glamours?"
"Glamours... how would we do that?" Sassi asked interested.
"Well, we all know that Harmony is amazing with illusions. It's her glamour that protects your cabin. What if you guys got some little flip books, the same size and thickness of a normal passport, and Hari cast a glamour on them? Just use her real passport as a reference, and it should work, right?"
Harmony and Sassi exchanged shocked glances with the rest of the coven members.
"You know, I think-" Harmony started.
"She's right." Sassi finished.
"Hey, Harmony, Sassi," Jodee cut in. "Why don't we relax for a while. Do something that will help center your energy. That way, when you try to cast your glamour, its more likely to be successful." She offered.
"Well, what did you have in mind? Remember, we only have maybe an hour and a half at the most before I get those documents, and buy the tickets. If we're lucky, we can be in New York tonight or tomorrow morning, and out of the country a few hours after that." Sassi reminded.
"Well, who knows how long it will be before you get to see your horses again? Lets go riding. How long has it been since you two went riding together?"
Sassi and Harmony smiled. It had certainly been a while.
!#$%^&*()
"Killian!" Sassi called as she stepped through the gate into the pasture. She let out a sharp whistle and every horse in the pen looked up. Upon realizing who had gotten their attention, they (all twenty-three of them) rushed her, a small, lithe black horse knocking her to the ground and lipping affectionately at her hair.
Loz let out a startled sound and made to intercept the other horses, but Harmony stopped him, a gentle smile on her face.
"Just watch." She said.
He did as she said, watching with an expression of anxiety as the horses closed in on Sassi, each shoving the others and vying for the girls attention.
He finally relaxed then he hears her giggle. "Get off, me, Killian! Get off, you Great Beast!" The horses parted to reveal the small black horse down on his front legs, his sleek head planted firmly against Sassi's chest, pinning her to the ground. He nickered softly, teeth catching in her shirt, head waving about.
"Hey! If you rip this, its no apples for a month!" Sassi threatened.
The horse immediately backed off, looking abashed.
"Aw," Sassi said, standing and wrapping her arms around the animal's neck. "I missed you, too." She turned around with a smile. "Ready, Hari?"
Harmony smiled and made her way to the post where Fionnlagh was tied, unwinding the reins and slinging herself onto the horses back.
"Aren't you going to use a saddle?" Loz asked. Sassi laughed.
"This horse has never worn a saddle. A blanket, once in a while, but never a saddle."
"He's very pretty." Aerith said from behind Zack. The two were comfortable seated on the back on another of Melissa's large Clydesdales. "What kind of horse is he? Melissa said there's lots of different types of horses."
"Killian is Arabian. Small, but powerful. That's why I named him Killian. The name is celtic, and it means strife, or battle, small, and fierce. Like me." She snickered.
Sassi swept herself onto Killian's back, wrapping her fingers in his mane and nudging him forward.
"So wanna just ride around the outskirts for a little while?" Harmony asked. Sassi nodded, and then a small nudge at her leg had her looing down. Kadaj stood at her side, looking up at her with a slightly hopeful, slightly bashful look on his face. Harmony smiled, though inside she was as tense as the strings on her guitar. She reached her hand down, allowing him to grasp it with a smile and swing up behind her. Fionlaugh danced nervusly for a moment, not used to carrying two people, but calmed quickly, and soon, the group was off.
!#$%^&*()
"This is so not like riding a chocobo!" Yuffie whined from behind Jodee.
"How is it different?" Harmony asked, eager to know more about the strange birds.
"The gate... Chocobos walk on two legs, these animals have four... it just... the timing feels off."
"Yeah, I guess I can see that." Harmony said as the group came to a narrow ledge. "Walk them across one at a time, guys. When you get to the other side, the next one will go." She instructed as though it was as natural as walking through a field of daisies.
Sassi went first, followed by Loz, then Sephiroth and Genesis. When it came time for Zack and Aerith to cross, Zack led the horse, and Aerith trailed along behind.
It happened so quickly that no one even knew it happened until Aerith and Harmony were on the other side of the ledge.
Harmony saw Aerith's foot slip a fraction too close to the ledge, and at that moment, time almost seemed to freeze. The flower girl was halfway over the edge, those behind her having not even the time to gasp before Harmony had her around the waist and on the other side.
"Are you okay?" Zack said frantically.
"Yes... how did you do that?" She said to Harmony.
"I... I don't know... I saw you fall and it was like I was moving before I even really knew what was going on." She answered, bashfully rubbing the back of her neck.
Aerith laughed. "That only stands to solidify it. You are a guardian. If one of the Remnants, or Cloud or Vincent didn't react before you, you'd have to be. And I bet that if it had been anyone but me, or Sassi, you wouldn't have reacted nearly as fast!"
Harmony was silent as she contemplated Aerith's words. Kadaj led Fionnlagh across and helped Harmony up, before climbing up himself.
"Its okay." He said when he felt her shaking. "Don't worry about it right now, there'll be plenty of time for that later."
Harmony noticed that they were falling far behind the others, Kadaj controlling the horse better than she'd have expected. "What are you doing?" She asked, nervous.
"I wanted to talk. Please, if I promise not to go nuts, will you just listen?" Kadaj said, carefully measuring his voice.
Harmony sighed. "Okay."
Kadaj let out a sigh of relief and started. "I'm sorry about what happened at the waterfall. I just got so angry that all those walls that were keeping Jenova out just completely crumbled. I know that you know who I am, and what I've done, and though I may have threatened to hurt you in the past, you know that I would do anything to keep you safe, now, even from myself."
Harmony gasped as she caught on to what he was saying. "I know you're not saying what I think you're saying!" She said, anger beginning to bubble in her veins.
"I'm serious, Hari. I don't want to hurt you, and Jenova has proven that she has a vendetta against you, personally! I said I'd always protect you, and if that includes staying away from you then-"
He was cut off by the feeling of Harmony's lips crashing against his with brutal force. She pulled away quickly.
"You are such a fucking idiot, sometimes." She grumbled. "You are the first person that I have allowed close to me in nine years, Kadaj! Nine years! I can't believe that you think I'm going to let you do something so stupid. Jenova hating me has nothing to do with you. She hates me because I'm the one who trapped her. Whether you're around or not, she'd find a way."
"But I thought you didn't want anything to do with me anymore, after what I said about Sass-"
"Jesus, Kadaj. You're like a little kid. 'Mommy, he broke my toy, I'm never speaking to him again!' God, we had an argument! It isn't the end of the world! It like you've never-" She paused and her eyes went wide. "You've never had a relationship before, have you?"
He looked away from her shocked gaze. "No. I've slept with women, but those were just one-night-stands and I don't even know any of their names."
Harmony's gaze softened. "I see." In a dangerously acrobatic move, she flipped herself around in Fionnlagh's saddle to face him. Wrapping her arms around him, she continued. "I'm still upset about what you said, and how jealous you've been acting, but its just a fight, Kadaj. Its natural for couples to argue. Hell, its unhealthy when they don't."
Kadaj smirked. "So we're a couple?"
Harmony blushed and choked. "I uh... I guess we-AH!"
Fionnlagh suddenly reared back, dumping both passengers from his back. When the two stood, he situated himself between Harmony and Kadaj.
The horse stared at Kadaj, and the Remnant got the distinct impression that the horse was peering into his very soul, reading him, knowing him. The horse moved closer, his forehead nearly touching the Remnant's. As though the horse had spoken to him, Kadaj got the feeling the horse wanted him to say something.
"You too, huh?" He chuckled, as close as he had come to admitting his feelings aloud. "I understand. I'll take care of her. I'm happy to know that you're looking out for her, too." Kadaj reached up with a careful hand and ran his fingers gently down the horses brow.
Fionnlagh snorted and leaned into the touch, and Kadaj knew that he had been accepted. The horse turned from Kadaj, presenting his back, and the youngest Remnant wasted no time hopping into the saddle. He turned to Harmony with a grin that the young witch could only describe as 'romance novel cheesy'. Holding out his hand, he waited, and his grin widened when Harmony took it and allowed him to swing her up behind him.
"I'd ask what that was about, but I think I already know." She said.
"Its nothing, we just came to an understanding. Man talk." Kadaj chuckled. Harmony slugged his shoulder.
"Don't be sexist."
Kadaj laughed and reached behind him to grab her arm. Puling her closer, he turned his head and sealed their lips together.
A subtle cough had them tearing apart.
"While I can admit to seeing the appeal, this is hardly the appropriate moment to go 'looking for a good time'." Vincent said.
"Darkness," Kadaj said, adopting Harmony's nickname for the gunman, "You wouldn't know a good time if it jumped up, knocked you out, dragged you to a secret location, and had its way with you."
Vincent's expression became a strange cross of angry and flustered. "I know how to have a good time!" He defended.
"Oh yeah? When was the last time you got any?"
Vincent thought about not answering his question, but decided that silence would only spur the Remnant to tease him, more. Though in hindsight, his answer was no better. "Twenty-six years and three days."
Kadaj and Harmony's eyes widened.
"You're actually keeping track?" The Remnant exclaimed.
"Oh, do shut up!"
!#$%^&*()
"Okay, everyone's got their papers?" Sassi asked as the group loaded into two seperate vehicles.
"Yup. Lets hope your glamours hold up." Zack said to Harmony.
It had been decided that they would travel seperately - Sassi with the women, and Harmony with the men - until they reached Kennedy Airport in New York.
"You be careful." Sassi said to her coven-sister. It was odd, looking at a complete stranger, even though she knew that underneath the glamour was her best friend.
"I will be. Vegas is huge. It's you I'm worried about. You'll be waiting at the airport for three hours before we get there. Anything could happen in that time."
"But it won't." Sassi assured. "Austin and the others will wait a week, and then every other week, a few of them will follow us. Just keep them in line on the flight. I do not want to know what would happen if Reno got carried away with a female flight attendant!"
Harmony chuckled. "Me neither." She sobered as Yuffie called out to Sassi that they were running behind. "May the grace of Diana guide and protect you, sister."
Sassi nodded, her look mirroring Harmony's. "Blessed be."
Harmony watched Sassi climb into her truck, and watched still as they pulled out of sight. She turned to her companions and sighed as she spotted Zack trying to subtly stick a straw into a dozing Reno's nose.
'This is going to be a long flight.'
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