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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 we are! Chapter 5! In this chapter, we meet a new member of Avalanche's family! This OC was created for my dear Riverseithr! I hope you like it, Love! Things are starting to pick up, and I promise, in the next pew chapters, the plot will reveal itself! R&R!
This chapter is dedicated to you, River!
Chapter 5: Out of Shape
A loud sneeze echoed from the corner of the room, the dust having been stirred up by the body bouncing off of the wall after flying backwards through the air.
"Bless you, Mommy!" Kiku called. At first, the little girl had been worried for her mother, when she first saw Yazoo run through some practice moves. It soon became clear, however, that her mother could hold her own.
Kind of.
Okay.
Not very well.
"You're slow!" Yazoo chastized as Harmony gained her feet. "You're almost as slow as you were when I first started training you!"
"Shut up!" Harmony huffed. "I've barely used it at all! What did you expect?"
"For you to keep training!" Yazoo said, an incredulous tone in his voice.
"Okay, stop it. Arguing will solve nothing. What say we put Harmony against someone without Jenova cells, and we can better gauge her abilities?" Vincent said, checking his watch. Sytherea should be coming along any time now. They had a delivery to make for a friend, and said friend was not the most patient person when it came to her inventions. She might just try without it, and that would be a mess.
"Who would you recommend?" Yazoo asked the gunman, agreeing that it might be better than continuing to toss Harmony around. Poor Kiku might be traumatized, seeing her mother like that.
Vincent smiled and turned to his pilot friend, sitting in the window and stinking up the place with his foul tobaco scent. "Cid." He called.
"Whaddaya want?" The pilot grumbled.
"Spar with Harmony?"
The pilot's eyes instantly brightened. He'd never had the chance, before. "Hell yes!" He said. He swung off of the window sill and headed straight for the weapon rack, choosing a long spear with very little give in the staff.
"Not the Venus Gospel, but it'll have to do." He said.
"Hey!" Harmony whined. "If you get a weapon, so do I!"
Kadaj chuckled from the sidelines. "Hang on." He called. He left the training room and went upstairs to his bedroom. Pausing at his closet, he felt a deep longing overcome him. It had been years since he dared open the box. Taking a deep breath, the Remnant drew the doors open and reached inside, pulling out a tattered, dusty box. Tucking the package under his arm, he made his way back to the training room, jumping over the banister and landing in a crouch rather than taking the stairs.
Harmony peered at him curiously. "What's that?" She asked, motioning for the box. She caught the amused and warm expressions of the others in the room, and it only made her curiousity all the more unbearable.
Kadaj beckoned her to the wall table, laying the box across it and lifting the lid.
Harmony gasped. Inside was the most beautiful sword she had ever seen. The wrappings around the hilt were black, braided with silver lines, the sheath a glistening, shining onyx.
"What is this?" She asked, not daring to touch the beautiful weapon.
"Its called the Hogo-sha no Kokoro, the Guardian's Heart... that's what the engraving on the blade says, but in the cave that I found it in, the engraving above it named it the Gādian no seishin. Spirit of the Guardian."
Kadaj looked hard into Harmony's wide eyes. "Where did you find it?" She whispered. The rest of the group had gathered around the two, each eyeing the now-familiar piece with muted awe and interest.
"A few months after we got here, Aerith and Sassi decided that in order for Sassi to truly learn about her heritage, she needed to see where her ancestors came from. We all got together and went to the Forgotten City. While you were there, did you see the big tree that looked like an entrance to something?" Kadaj asked, gently lifting the sword from soft, protective lining in the box.
Harmony nodded. "Yes, I remember it."
"Its actually the entrance to the Forgotten Capitol. A great, underground city. The city of the Cetra. Only a Cetra can open the door. Aerith showed Sassi how to do it, and we all followed them inside. It was amazing. So many paths, twisting and winding as far as we could see, and so deep that we couldn't see the top, from where we were standing at the bottom. We decided to split up and explore, to see if we could find anything that might help Sassi. Aerith went to the altar. Sephiroth... wouldn't go near it."
Harmony nodded her understanding. That might be expecting a little much from the General.
"I just followed a few weaving trails, and honestly, I couldn't retrace my steps if my life depended on it. Its like I already knew where I was going, without really knowing it. I ended up in a mako cave. When I started poking around, I guess I tripped something, because everything started shaking, and the ceiling gave out. I could see the others in the chamber above me, and was getting ready to jump out, when a pillar slid out of the stone wall. This sword was on it. The engraving said 'The Spirit of the Guardian will not be broken. When time is not time, and space is not space, the Spirit of the Guardian will rise, true and pure, as the Protector of Life.' I knew that this was your sword. I don't know if it has special properties. I can carry it, and I can touch it, but every time I tried to wield it, it froze in my hand, so cold that it burned and I had to let go. Sephiroth can't use it, either." Kadaj finished, holding the sword out on upturned palms.
"That's because... we think... only a blood-born Guardian can wield it." Yazoo offered.
Harmony glanced at Kadaj and then back to the sword, a little afraid to actually touch it.
"Go on." Kadaj encouraged. "Take it."
Harmony let out a shaky breath and nodded, reaching out with trembling hands and taking the sword from Kadaj. She just looked at it for a moment, and then flipped it around, holding it with both hands in position to tear the sheath from it and leap straight into battle.
Slowly, she drew the sheath from the steel, watching her reflection gleam perfectly from the polished metal and relishing the metallic sound of the blade singing against the sheath. When she had completely removed the sheath, she handed it to Kadaj, not taking her eyes off of the blade.
She knew this sword was hers. With a smile, she walked to the center of the room. Turning to Cid, she shot him a mock salute, and fell into stance, beckoning with the tip of the sword.
"Well then. Bring it on, Old Man." She taunted.
Cid grinned wickedly and flipped the spear into the air, catching it mid twirl and lauching himself at Harmony. She deflected the blow, the Guardian's Heart singing in her hands like it was always meant to be there.
Kadaj smiled. He had been right. He hadn't known, for a lot of years, why he kept the sword rather than give it to ShinRa to place in their museum, but he was very glad that he made the decision he did.
!#$%^&*()
"Okay." Angeal said, a serious yet friendly look on his face. "You're pushing too hard. You're putting too much energy into each and every attack, fighting with all you've got."
Zack smiled as he listened to Angeal instruct Harmony, remembering the day that the SOLDIER had given him this exact lesson.
"You should never put all of your energy into one single attack. Zack, come here."
Zack groaned. He knew what was coming.
Angeal spared him a glance, "You just stand still." He turned around and continued talking to Harmony, reaching out and demonstrating with his hands (thank the Gods) rather than his sword. "You break your opponent's stance," he slipped his foot behind Zack's and pulled back, knocking the man off balance, but not forcing him down. "then you hit a series of weak points," He then struck out, lightly tapping a few different spots on Zack's shoulders and torso, making the man flail back and forth, "and then when he's reeling back, you deliver the final blow. His own weight becomes his downfall." With that, Angeal brought his hand back and whacked Zack across the chest, knocking the man onto his rear.**
Harmony nodded with an enlightened smile. "I see that. How come you never told me that before?"
Angeal smiled back. "I would have, there were other more pressing issues to work on. Like stamina. Which I'm sure you'll need to work on again."
Harmony groaned in irritation and dread. "You're not going to make me drag your big-ass sword all over the dojo, are you?"
A snicker from across the room made Harmony look over her shoulder. Sassi was there with Loz, trying desperately to hide her laughter and failing miserably.
"What?" Harmony asked.
"You said... hahahaha... You said 'drag your big-ass sword'... hahaha You have to drag his 'sword'!" Sassi cackled. Harmony turned bright red, noticing Angeal in much the same condition.
"That's... That's not what I meant and you know it!" Harmony squealed. Before she could get another word in, something exploded. Literally.
"What the fuck?" Harmony cried, crouching down when the whole dojo started to shake.
"Oh, hell." She heard Yazoo growl. "Sukai!" He snarled once the shaking had stopped. He climbed to his feet and stomped resolutely to the door leading downstairs. He opened it and was instantly engulfed in a plume of smoke.
He coughed, waving his hand in his face and pulling the door back and forth to clear the smoke.
"You couldn't wait for five more minutes until Sytherea got here?" Vincent snapped, joining Kadaj at the top of the stairs when a puff of frizzy, blue-black hair emerged from the smoke.
"Five minutes for Syth is like an hour! Besides! I almost got it, I just have to reduce the intake and re-route the valve and-" The pale woman cut herself off when she noticed Harmony watching her, an amuzed and confused look on her face, and it was like a switch had been flipped.
"Well hi!" She said, bounding over and sticking her hand out, double-checking and wiping some of the grease from her palms.
"Hi." Harmony chuckled, shaking her hand. "Are you okay?"
"Oh yeah, happens all the time. Well, not all the time because I really am a genius. See, I make all sorts of gadgets and stuff and weapons and I help Yazoo train people and I-"
"Sukai." Yazoo said. "Stop rambling."
The woman shook her head. "Oh, right!" She turned back to Harmony. "Sorry, I'll start over. Hi, Sukai Hiroshima-Williams, daughter of the great Micheal Willaims and beautiful Ten Hiroshima, at your service. What can I do for you? Be a friend, make stuff go bang, beat up Reno, make your day bright, give you a hug, show you around, or take you Wave riding?" She went on, not seeming to notice when Yazoo sighed and grabbed her arm.
"That's enough out of you. Stop bothering people and go clean up your mess." He said, aggravated.
"No, its okay." Harmony stopped him. She then addressed Sukai. "You had me at 'beat up Reno'. I think you and I are going to be great friends!"
Sukai beamed. "Awesome! I love new friends! Wanna see my wave rider?" She grabbed Harmony's arm and began leading her down the still-smoldering stairwell, when a voice behind them stopped their descent.
"What the hell happened here?"
Harmony poked her head back out of the doorway. "Oh, Hey Seph. What's up?"
"I'm here to get Angeal, we have a mission for Rufus. What happened?"
Harmony looked back at Sukai, checking to see if she sould say anything, or if it would cause problems for her new friend. Sukai looked very anxious, excited, and terrified all at the same time.
"Oh, nothing. Just a little mishap. Everyone's fine." Harmony said with a wave, disappearing around the corner again.
Sephiroth sighed. He knew of the mechanic/inventor/supposed genius that Yazoo kept on his payroll. He'd never met her, but just from the stories that the others told of her, she sounded troublesome. He turned his attention back to his task, recruiting Angeal and leaving the Dojo, wondering just what kind of genius the woman could be if the smoke and ashes coming from the basement were anything to go by.
!#$%^&*()
"Alright, my new friend, what was that about?" Harmony asked as soon as the two were safely in Sukai's work room.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She said. "I'm just peachy! Happy as a Guard Hound in mating season!"
Harmony rolled her eyes. "Right. So the nervous fidgeting when Sephiroth showed up was... what?"
Sukai actually had the decency to blush. "What? Nothing! I've never even met the man. I've seen him before... from my little room... but I've never-"
"Aha..." Harmony cut her off with an enlightened sound. "I see. You like him."
"What? No! Yes! No! I just... I've never even met him! He just seems really... cool. I dunno!" Sukai defended.
"Uh-huh." Harmony pandered. She decided to have mercy, and began looking around the blackened counters and shelves around her. "So what is it you do down here?"
Sukai sighed, relieved. "Oh, this is my cave. I like to invent things, you know. Tinker here and there. Look at this." She walked to one of the shelves and pulled down a snow-board-looking device. "This is my Wave Rider."
"What is that?" Harmony asked. Sukai looked at her like she was crazy.
"You've never seen a Wave Rider before? Where the hell have you been for the last twenty years?"
Harmony laughed nervously, unsure of just how much she should tell the woman. "Not in the right places, I guess. Care to explain it to me?"
Sukai looked like she was about to burst with glee.
"Of course! I'll walk you through everything in my little workshop, and tell you all about it!" She sat the Wave Rider in the corner, and picked up another device. "This is an anti-tank grenade launcher! Its small, so it fits right onto your arm. If you're fighting an armored tank or something, you don't have all that weight to hold you back! I've been working on a way to make it work without needing Thunder materia to power it... but apparently, a little jolt from a slap of C4 is too much... Maybe it I used a little less? Hm. Hold this."
'Uh-oh.' Harmony thought, eyeing the loose buns that held the woman's hair out of her face, a few places still smoldering from the recent explosion. 'This is going to end badly...'

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