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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. YAY I finished it! This chapter totally kicked my a$$. BUT VICTORY IS MINE! And before I forget, without the disclaimer and author's note, this chapter is EXACTLY 2000 words. Haha! I really hope you enjoy it! I'm trying to wrap it up, the end is near...(but not here yet!) there are just so many things that I want to put in...
Oh well... there's always the sequel :D :D :D (Yes, my lovelies, there will be a sequel!) As always, R&R!
And to Kyleeishere1: You have disabled you messaging, so I can't send you a message to thank you for your reviews, but THANK YOU SO MUCH! :D Your reviews made me smile, it really felt good to know you like it so much!
~Guni
Chapter 39
"So what exactly did the Lifestream tell you?" Sassi asked Sephiroth.
The General sighed, having already had this conversation with Angeal not fifteen minutes ago. "They said that it is my power that drew them to me, to give me my chance at redemption."
"Do you think that... maybe... this is the Lifestream's way of ensuring that the line of Guardian's continues?" Aerith asked from behind him. He flinched, though the movement was so small, no one noticed it.
"It would appear so."
"So wait, does this mean that now every firstborn child will be a Guardian? Or will you be the only male?" Harmony asked.
"That, I don't know. I suppose we'll have to see. Perhaps every firstborn son from my line, if, and that's a very big if, I ever have children, and every firstborn daughter from your line will be Guardians."
"Maybe." Aerith agreed. The young Cetra had been sticking to Sephiroth's side for the past hour as the group searched the grounds. Sassi was intent on finding the place the spirit of her grandfather had spoken about.
Sephiroth was not comfortable with her closeness. Not. A. Bit. He still had trouble believing that the Lifestream would choose him of all people, to become the first male Guardian. Or a Guardian at all for that matter. He felt no difference in power, only a strong urge to place himself as close to Aerith as he could be. That confused him. And Sephiroth hated being confused! He was at war with himself, one side of him wanting desperately to protect the little flower girl with every bit of life and power inside of him, the other wanting nothing more than to distance himself from her, guilt pressing at him from all angles. And yet, he was... afraid... dare he say? Afraid to speak to her. To apologize for taking her life.
It was obvious with her actions, that she felt no anger or bitterness against him. She was, after all, willing to separate from Zack to group with himself and two other women, only one of them even bearing the slight possibility (he wasn't sure, they'd have to test it, now that Harmony's powers had been unleashed to their fullest potential) of protecting her from him.
"So what do you think he meant?" Harmony interrupted his thoughts. "The place the light does not touch?"
"Well, obviously, its going to be dark." Sassi quipped.
"Did you talk to Colleen?" Harmony asked, referring to the old woman that had all but thrown herself at Sassi when she and her husband, Kieran arrived at the Estate earlier that morning.
"She said that while Grandmother was always mysterious, she wasn't always willing to talk. She doesn't know. Neither does Kieran."
"Well there goes that idea."
"Ha." Sassi said. "If she's anything like you, we won't find it easily!"
It was silent for a moment, until Harmony's now-quiet voice was heard again. "I can't believe how much I look like her."
Sassi nodded. "I see it now, and its uncanny. I can't believe I didn't make the connection. The only difference is your body type. I think if Grandmother was thinner, it would be a mirror image. I guess the only excuse I have for not seeing it, is the fact that I haven't seen my grandmother since I was four years old, when Father moved us."
Harmony nodded. "I... I never met her. I never saw pictures. Mom didn't talk about her much. She said she was a tratior to the family, that she abandoned them. Mom's her oldest, but Grandmother's younger brother had a son just two days before Mom was born. Can you believe that? Two days, and my mother might have been a Guardian, too!"
"I was thinking," Sassi said, "If Grandmother was a Guardian, and Grandfather was a Cetra, then Mother was both. So... Why would she, as Half-Guardian, allow someone to treat her, and her child, a Cetra, the way that Father did? Why was she so... so... broken?"
"Maybe it has something to do with the conflicting powers?" Harmony guessed. "I mean, you taught me how to see into someone's mind by touch, but I can't do it nearly as well as you can. I can only go maybe a couple of hours back, at the most, and it drains a lot of my energy. My emotions control the weather. Yours don't. Maybe the two were never meant to coincide in one person?"
"But what about me? That makes me one-quarter Guardian."
"Maybe its because there's a generation between. Maybe it dilutes the Guardian blood enough that it doesn't effect you?"
"Or maybe," Aerith cut in, "Your mother's weakness was the Lifestream doing what it needed to do to make it so you and Harmony would find eachother. I know its sad, but maybe the Lifestream had to make that choice. To save our world, and yours."
Sassi and Harmony looked at her, then eachother.
"Maybe." Sassi agreed. At that moment, Sassi could have sworn she heard that multitoned voice again, whisper soft, echoing through her heart.
"We are so sorry..."
!#$%^&*()
"I heard." Yazoo said to his younger brother as they walked through the massive gardens of the Estate.
"Heard what?" Kadaj drawled, not looking up from his search.
"I heard Harmony tell you she loves you."
Kadaj froze. "Eavesdropping is so rude." He said flatly.
"It wasn't intentional. Loz heard it to. We were coming to get her to help with Sassi, but decided to leave you alone."
"Hn." Was the reply Yazoo got.
"Well?" He said.
"Well, what?" Kadaj asked, exasperated.
"Do you love her? Do you even like her? Or is she just a way for you to pass your time?"
"Why the hell do you even care?" Kadaj growled.
"Because she has done much for us. She gave us a chance when she didn't have to. And she's a good person, Kadaj. She deserves someone who will treat her well. Our hell may have come in a different form than hers did, but she experienced the same amount of pain."
"Are you serious?" Kadaj deadpanned. "Are you really giving me the 'treat her right or else' talk?"
Yazoo was silent for a moment. "I guess I am."
Kadaj snorted, ducking under a low-hanging branch. "Don't worry about it, Yazoo."
Yazoo grasped Kadaj by the arm and stopped walking, forcing the youngest Remnant to stop as well. "Kadaj."
"What?" He asked. He could feel the irritation seeping in at Yazoo's line of questioning.
The middle Remnant was silent, trying to find the right words to say. "I know that in the past, the only thing that held us together was Jenova. I know that you've known Loz a lot longer than you've known me. But... Kadaj... I really do think of you as my little brother. We are bothers. Talk to me. You were waiting for me the other night, when I came back to the cabin with Cissnei. I know you were waiting for me, and if Ciss hadn't been there, you'd have stopped me. Talk to me."
Kadaj sighed. He really did want to talk to Yazoo about it... but he'd never... other than telling them about his sister, he'd never spoken about his feelings to anyone. He made up his mind.
"What is the difference between love, and obsession?" He asked. Yazoo's face fell to an expression of shock, then confusion.
"Why do you ask?"
"It was something that Valentine said. I asked him... I was confused... I asked him if being in love changes people. We spoke for a moment, and then he asked me... What makes my devotion to Harmony, different from my devotion to Jenova?"
Yazoo let out an enlightened sound and nodded his head. "Well... Its hard to explain... I think... well... Think of it this way. Would you take everything away from Harmony to bind her to you, to force her to stay, or would you give up everything to make her want to stay?"
Kadaj thought about his answer.
Yazoo tried to clarify. "For example. If Harmony didn't want to leave her world and come with us, would you force her to go, or would you give up your own world to stay with her?"
"I would... I would stay here." Kadaj said, the sentence filled with wonder, like it was something that Kadaj never expected from himself.
Yazoo smiled. "That, Little Brother, is love."
Kadaj just stared ahead, eyebrows drawn together, his expression adorably confused.
"Will you tell her?" Yazoo prodded.
"I don't know. What if... What if I tell her, and something happens? Like with Ki...Kiku?"
"What if you don't tell her, and something happens? I can't make the decision for you, but I know that I would rather have something happen and have her know that I loved her, than have something happen and have her never know."
Kadaj nodded. "Um... Thank you." He said, annoyed at how strange the words felt coming from his mouth.
Yazoo smiled softly. "You're very welcome."
!#$%^&*()
"You are so annoying!" Loz growled at the rambunctious girl next to him. "Can't you just shut up for five godsbedamned minutes?"
"Nope!" Yuffie chimed. "I have lots to say, and only one lifetime to say it!"
"Meteor kill me now." He whined.
"Why are we still looking, anyway? I mean, from the layout of the grounds, everything is designed to reflect light into every little dark corner of the place!"
A pink rose bush stole Loz's attention and he realized that they were at the mausoleum where Sassi's mother was buried.
"Be right back." He said, snatching a kunai from the young ninja's pouch.
"Hey, what are you-HEY! Don't do that! You'll dull the blade!" Yuffie shouted when Loz started cutting roses from the bush.
"Oh shut up. It'll be fine!" He finished and tossed the blade over his shoulder, Yuffie catching it deftly and examining the edge for imperfections.
"What are those for?" She asked.
"Sassi showed me this. Its where her mom is buried. I just want to put some flowers by the plaque. Even though they stink. I hear girls like this stuff."
He opened the stone door and walked into the dark room, Yuffie following behind.
"Creepy." She said. "Its dark in here."
"Yeah..." Loz said, looking around, "It is... Its the only place..."
"The light doesn't touch!" Yuffie finished.
Grinning madly at eachother, they raced out of the stone monument, hollering at the tops of their lungs for Sassi to come quickly.
!#$%^&*()
"The stone behind the plaque is hollow." Angeal said, examining the tombstone in front of the burial chambers. "Listen." He tapped the butt of Zack's sword against one piece of the stone, a solid sound ringing through the space. He then tapped higher, beside the plaque, the hollow sound proving his suspicions correct.
Zack 'Hm'ed and pulled a small dagger from his boot, placing it into one of the screws on the corner of the plaque.
"Careful!" Sassi cried, "This is my mother's tomb!"
"I will be." Zack said, reassuringly.
After a few minutes of careful turning and prying, the plaque was removed, and a wooden box was revealed nestled in the hollowed out stone.
Zack carefully removed it and passed it to Sassi, who sat down on the stone floor next to Harmony.
Opening the box, both girls felt their hearts race when they found dozens of scrolls and envelopes stacked inside.
"Shall we?" Harmony said, picking up a letter addressed to Sassi and passing it to her.
Sassi took a deep breath and nodded, carefully opening the letter and unfolding the paper within.
"Mo éan beag daor,
Má tá tú ag léamh an litir seo, tá tú ag teacht freagraí a lorg. Tá a fhios agat anois cé tú féin, leanbh, agus tá mé mar sin leithscéal ach ní féidir linn a bheith ann chun an bhean iontach agat tar éis éirí ..."
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