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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 new chapter! So the plot is slow moving, but please understand that there is a LOT that needs to happen before I can wrap this up. I have tried to explain the situation with Vincent and Chaos in this chapter, but for those of you that can't understand my flaky writing, *SPOILER* In DoC, when Vincent destroyed Omega, Chaos did not die. He was simply weakened to the point that Vincent can't transform anymore, but he can still talk to Vincent. Hope that helps! R&R!
(Blah- Chaos speaking to Vincent.)

Chapter 41
"Hey Sassi. Sleep okay?" Harmony said as she zombied into the kitchen for her coffee.
"Yeah. I guess. I don't know... I think I'm sick." Sassi said, her hand resting on her stomach.
Harmony instantly perked up, listening intently. "Sick how?"
"Well... The last few mornings I've felt so awful. I'm so sick when I wake up, I feel like I want to throw up... but then after a little while, it just... goes away. And I feel so mean. Ornery all the time, you know? The other night, when we were playing in the cemetary, Loz said something completely innocent, and I snapped at him. I wouldn't even let him apologize. And I feel so tired... all the time." Sassi sounded close to tears.
"Maybe its the flu? It is that time of year. Maybe you should stay in bed today?" Harmony said, but in her mind, she was running through the symptoms that Sassi had just stated.
"I can't stay in bed all day! We have a lot to do! I want to go to Drombeg to see if there's anything out of the ordinary."
"When will the coven be here?" Harmony asked.
"Well, Samhain is in 17 days. The coven will be here on the twenty-eighth, that gives us three days to practice and memorize the spell. But we can be working on that before they get here."
"Then we have fifteen days to go to Drombeg, and this should have passed by then. Go back to bed. I'll let everyone know you're not feeling well, and I'll check in on you." 'Ha, fifteen days and this'll be gone. Not likely. Good thing she keeps a calendar on her cycle.' Harmony thought. If she was right, then Sassi would be feeling these symptoms for another eight months... at least.
'Oh hell.' Harmony thought, 'I have to find my book. Maybe there's a spell that can verify my suspicions.'
!#$%^&*()
"Ah, land!" Michael said, stepping out of the airport and taking a deep breath. "Hojo! Get your greasey ass over here! You're not here on vacation, you are a ward of the state."
Hojo huffed and crossed his arms. "Of course. And what are your plans, O Wise One? Did not your own government say that just the day before yesterday, whatever was holding Jenova disappeared, as did She?"
"That's why were going to find Flint and Maddox. Maddox got those three... Whatever you called them... away from the government. She obviously knows something. And if her reaction to someone threatening Flint is truly as you say, then all we have to do is get ahold of her, and Maddox will tell us everything we want to know, and then some."
Hojo snickered internally. The people of this world were so ignorant. First of all, Harmony would destroy them before they even got close to Sassi, if she truly was a Guardian, and Second, even if Harmony did know where Jenova was, she couldn't stop her permanantly. Her little spell had been humorous, and impressive... but there was no way these pathetic humans held the power to destroy the greatest creation the cosmos ever produced.
"Get in." Michael said to him, holding open the door to the taxi he'd just hailed.
Hojo stuck his nose in the air and breezed past the detective. It wouldn't be long... then they'd all pay for doubting him. For attempting to destroy his life's work. They'd pay. They'd see.
!#$%^&*()
Harmony waited until she heard Sassi's sigh through the door as the redhead sank into the warm bubble bath that she'd drawn for her, before making her way to Sassi's desk. She pulled the drawer open and quietly pulled out the small day-planner her friend kept. Opening the book to the correct page, she began counting. She knew that Sassi had gone through her cycle just a couple of weeks before she and Loz had slept together so she should be starting again... "Last week... Oh shit!" Harmony whispered. She knew it was right. Sassi kept meticulous records of her cycle, and she was never off. Not even by a day!
Harmony snapped her head in the direction of the bathroom and stared. This was... horrible, good news. Horrible, because this was the most inopportune time this could happen-the stress they already faced was bad enough, and wonderful because she knew how much Sassi wanted a child of her own.
'This isn't solid, yet. It could just be the stress making her late... it isn't uncommon. I still need to find a spell or something. Some way to find out without making her suspicious.' Harmony thought. She carefully closed the book, replacing it in the drawer and cosing the desk.
She called out to Sassi once more, asking if she was okay for a while, and upon hearing the redhead's confirmation, she hastily left the room, veering to the left and heading for the library to check her book.
!#$%^&*()
"So its just a normal thing? Anyone could get it?" Loz asked anxiously after Harmony had explained that Sassi needed to be left alone to rest.
"Yep. I would recommend staying away from her for at least today. It is contagious. And even though you say that you guys don't get sick, this is a different world, with different illnesses. She'll be fine. I'll put together a potion and put it in a soup and she'll be good as new in no time." Harmony assured him.
Loz nodded. "Okay." He said. "I guess I'll go train with the guys in the garden."
"Don't break anything! This isn't like the meadow. We may be far from other houses, but grandiose moves and such will draw attention. The glamors I cast around here only stop people from seeing so much. Be careful."
Loz stood up, nodding. "Okay. I'll tell them. Will you let me know if anything changes?"
"You bet." Harmony smiled. Ah, young love!
She stayed in the kitchen for a long while, carefully measuring ingredients as she brewed the potion that would tell her if Sassi was pregnant or not. If she was, the potion would make her ill. Nothing that would jeapordize the pregnancy, but just enough to make her throw up, and the effects were instantanious. So long as she didn't touch Sassi's skin, the redhead would never know what it really was.
No, it was too risky. Sassi was more comfortable around Harmony, never really wearing her gloves, or long sleeves. It would have to be given by someone that she couldn't read.
As if sensing her distress, fortune once again smiled brightly at the young witch, as Vincent Valentine slinked into the room.
"What is that?" He asked, wrinkling his nose.
"Huh?" Harmony grinned. 'Perfect.'
"Oh, Sassi has the flu. This is a Wiccan remedy that will help flush it out of her system. I need her to take it straight away, but I can't leave the pot brewing without someone who knows what they're doing watching it. Will you take it to her? Just don't touch any used tissues or anything."
Vincent stared at the vial that Harmony held out to him. Her explanation seemed a bit suspicious, but he shrugged it off. What reason would she have to lie to him?
"Sure." He said, taking the vial.
Harmony watched nervously as the Gunman left the room, hoping he wouldn't be too angry with her if she was proven correct and Sassi threw up on him.
!#$%^&*()
I sense life. Came the voice from Vincent's mind.
'Chaos.' Vincent sighed internally. 'Why am I not surprised that you can't leave me alone for one day?'
Though he could no longer transform, the beast had no power left after the Omega incident, Chaos was still very much a part of him, his consciousness residing in Vincent's mind even still.
You would be so lonely without me. Don't deny it.The demon teased. As I was saying, I sense life.
'What are you going on about? I know you sense life. There are people all around us.'
No, I mean I sense new life. A fresh soul from this world's Lifestream. Its very close.
Vincent rolled his eyes. It was probably some squirrel or something like that. He opened the door to Sassi's room and stepped inside to find the woman sitting up in bed reading over the scrolls from her grandfather. But something was off.
'She smells different.' He though to himself. 'Its probably because she's sick.'
I don't think so, Vincent, the new spirit feels the strongest in here. That female is pregnant!
'Don't be ridiculous.'
"Hello, Sassi. How are you feeling?" He asked.
The redhead looked up, pushing her reading glasses further up her nose. "Oh, hey. I'm alright. Just a bug. What's that?" She pointed to the vial that Vincent held. He handed it to her.
"Harmony said it is a remedy. She made it for you." Vincent answered.
"Oh. Well then, its sure to be disgusting, and effective." Sassi chuckled at her own joke, and then uncorked the vial. "Cheers." she said, downing the contents in one gulp.
"Yuck! Oh those are gross! ... Oh no... I -uck- I don't... feel too good-!"
And with that, the Redhead lost her breakfast all over one very confused, very disgusted Gunman.
I told you. The female is pregnant.
'Shut. Up.'
!#$%^&*()
Harmony sighed, aggrivated. It had been over an hour since she sent Vincent to Sassi's room with her potion, and the Gunman hadn't returned yet. You'd think if Sassi had become sick, Vincent would have come to tell her, so she could help!
But no, not a word, and now she was stuck listening to Loz worry over Sassi. As if her thinking of the dark man summoned him, he appeaered behind her. She didn't even see him... but she could feel the dark, angry aura that radiated from him.
"She is not sick." He hissed through gritted teeth.
"What are you talking about?" Loz asked, confused.
"You are aware that even though Chaos is no longer able to take over my body, I can still speak with him?"
Harmony nodded, having heard the story.
"Chaos, as the demon of death, as Death itself, can sense life. Its not like seeing, or hearing. He feels the spirit, the heartbeat of the soul."
"That's kind of creepy, Vince." Harmony pointed out.
"Indeed." He shook his head to force himself to focus. "Your friend is not ill, and you know that." He growled to Harmony.
"She barfed on you, huh?" She said quietly. At Vincent's nod, she sighed, and continued. "I was afraid of that. Sorry, but I had to know, and if she had touched me, she'd have known, too. I don't think its a good idea to pile that on top of all the stress that already exists."
"What?" Loz said desperately. Harmony stared him down, trying to decide if it was safe to tell him. He had a right to know, after all.
"If I tell you, you cannot tell Sassi until all of this has blown over, do you hear me? Stressing her out right now could make her really sick! If she hasn't figured it out by the time the coven gets here, I'll tell her myself. Got it?"
"Okay, okay! Remnant's Promise!"
Harmony rolled her eyes. Pulling Loz close, she whispered in his ear.
"What?"
Vincent watched the two, surprising himself as he fought not to laugh at the look on the Remnant's face... right before the big man passed out.
"Well... that went well." Harmony said. She stopped Vincent as he sighed and leaned down to lift the Remnant from the floor. "Just leave him there. He'll be alright."
!#$%^&*()
"Kadaj, I know that I'm a Remnant, too... but you seriously need to back off." Yazoo panted. He and Kadaj had been sparring in the garden, and the youngest Remnant was drawing on his tumultuous emotions and kicking his ass.
Kadaj let out a frustrated sigh. "Sorry. I just... it kind of bothers me that the only reason Harmony would come with us is Sassi."
"Now, Kadaj-"
"I know! I know that its their bond, I know! I accept that... it just..."
"It hurts, doesn't it? That she would go for Sassi, but not for you?"
Kadaj looked away. "Yeah. I guess it does."
Yazoo nodded. "Perhaps if you told her, it would change that. You know she loves you, and you would be willing to stay here if you had to, but she doesn't know how you feel. Its only natural that she would be reluctant, not knowing what waits for her on the other side."
Kadaj groaned in annoyance. "Shut-up. Stop making sense!"
Yazoo opened his mouth to reply, but Loz's shout cut him off as he rushed to the duo in the garden.
"Yazoo! Yazoo!"
"What?" The middle Remnant asked, eyes wide and curious as to what had his elder brother so excited.
"Oh, hi Kadaj!" Loz said as though he'd only just noticed the youngest Remnant was there.
"What was the shoutiing, earlier?" Yazoo asked.
"You'll never believe it! I'm gonna be castrated when Sassi finds out... but I'm gonna be a father!" He beamed.
Yazoo wore a dumbfounded expression. "I'm sorry? Congratulations?" He said in a confused voice. He cocked his head to the side, slightly. "Do I buy you a bandage, or a beer?"
"Both!" Loz laughed.
"Wait, wait... What the hell? How does Sassi not know, if you do?" Kadaj asked.
"I guess she'd been complaining about not feelilng well to Hari, and Hari thought that it sounded weird, so she put together this potion that made Sassi puke all over Valentine, and she knew she was pregnant. Oh, and Valentine said that Chaos could sense that Sassi's pregnant." Loz said all in one breath. "Oh," he said, more subdued, "Harmony said not to tell Sassi, because the stress could make her really sick. She says there's enough of that."
Yazoo and Kadaj nodded, both still wearing shocked expressions. They watched Loz frolic back toward the manor, the sight slightly disturbing.
"Well," Yazoo said to Kadaj after a long silence. "When Sassi finds out, she will definitely be coming with us. And that means..."
"Harmony will too..." Kadaj finished.
Kadaj lost himself in thought. Although happy for his brother, he couldn't shake the feeling of jealousy that made him wish that Harmony was pregnant, instead.
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