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Final Fantasy VII: Awakening	By : Saan Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 844 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Cloud and company were surprised that Sephiroth had given in. They all boarded the airship together.

"We'll need to go this way." Reeve directed as he led them into the belly of the Highwind. "The doctor from Mideel volunteered to come with us. He's going to handle the transfusion."

The Elite was standing between Cloud and Sephiroth. Her skin looked even paler while she stood next to the figure clad in black. Cloud could see every bead of sweat dripping down her forehead. It seemed that his donation of blood was wearing out.

Vincent was not too far behind the three as they traveled through the steel hallways of the giant airship. Cid was by his side. The old pilot dusted off his blue flight shirt and took a cigarette from behind his ear. He offered it to his friend.

The ex-Turk shook his head and folded his arms. "I don't like this."

Cid patted his shoulder. "Look, Vince. He could'a had us back there. He's not going to hurt her. I think we can be sure of that."

Vincent stopped and let the others keep walking. He grabbed Highwind by the shoulder. "Something just isn't adding up, Cid!"

The blonde haired pilot lit up his cigarette and took a drag off it. "What's with you?"

"If you had seen the things that I have, you would have noticed that there is something�strange, about that man. He could have finished us off you said it yourself! When we escaped from Nibelheim, did you notice that he could have flown up to get her!"

"What are you talkin' about, Valentine?"

"When the ship was getting pummeled with fireballs, remember? Never mind." Vincent huffed and ran down the hallway to catch up with the others.

Just outside of the sickbay, Leira's legs gave out. Her childhood friend lifted her into his arms and passed through the metal door.

Reeve almost choked when he saw the white haired man enter with his niece in his arms.

"Set her down on the table." The Mideel doctor walked over to Sephiroth and helped him lay her down.

Yuffie started to break into tears when she saw her friend's unconscious body. "I'm going to take the kid up to the conference room,� said Cait Sith.

Leira's uncle nodded and watched them depart.

"Mr. Sephiroth. I'm going to need you to remove a glove and roll your sleeve up." Sephiroth did as the doctor instructed. "This won't hurt a bit."

A needle hooked up to a plastic bag was inserted into his arm. He watched the deep red fluid travel out of his arm and through the connecting tube.

Vincent and Cid were standing at the back of the sickbay.

"I'll never understand why the blood of evil is needed." The former Turk glared at the offspring of his lost love.

Sephiroth managed to move one hand up and push a few strands of the Turks hair away from her face. Suddenly he felt Vincent's burning glare on him. He stroked the side of the girl's face and looked back at Vincent. Both men's were like stone as their eyes met.

Cloud followed Sephiroth's gaze and walked over to Vincent. "He's helping her, Vincent. You can settle your differences later."

Sephiroth looked back at the bag of blood. It was almost full.

"I'm going to run a couple tests on it, to determine whether or not it's suitable. I really don't see why it wouldn't be but you can't be too sure nowadays." The doctor carefully removed the needle from Sephiroth's vein. "Would you like anything? Something to eat or drink, maybe?"

The Mideel physician's voice landed on deaf ears. "How long will it take for her to recover?" asked Sephiroth.

"Might be a couple days�maybe weeks."

"I can't stay here that long. They'll wonder where I am."

Vincent stepped forward. "Who?" Sephiroth's words were just what he was waiting to hear. "I knew there was something strange going on."

Sephiroth grinned at the shocked faces on everyone in the room. "I can't tell you now. Maybe we both will show you when the time is right. As of now, I'm doing the best I can to keep them away from her." He squeezed Leira's hand. "I'm not strong enough to take them on by myself."

Nothing the former Shinra general said made sense to them. "May I be alone with her�at least until she regains consciousness?"

Reeve stormed over to Sephiroth. "You're kidding, right?! I can't just leave you�"

The doctor placed a hand on the president's shoulder. "It's just my opinion�but, I don't think he mean's her any harm. We could all use some rest." He turned to Sephiroth and tilted his glasses. "Just let me get her set up and I'll be on my way."

In her sleep, Leira was still active. Visions of her past ran wild. She remembered all her experiences with the Turks and the Shinra army. Good and bad, there was no stopping the memories.

"Are you seeing me now?" asked a voice from a distant past.

"Gawd, Wren, you look like shit!" she heard herself say. She had just put the new night vision goggles on her face. They were not nearly as clumsy looking as the first prototypes. These goggles consisted of a black band that went around the wearer's head. Contained inside the long eyepiece were two tiny microchips. They allowed whoever wore to see in full live color but they had an adjustment to see in infrared as well.

"Lei, if I didn't love you�" joked Reno. He ran his hands through his thick red hair.

"Guy's, shut up I see 'em now,� came another voice from her past.

"Take your positions." Tseng's voice crackled over the comlink in the goggles.

Rude waved to Leira who was carrying her trusty AK-47 and quickly dropped behind a bush. Leira ran off to the side of the road and took aim. She looked back at Reno, "Point! Point!" she shouted.

"I know, I know." Headlights started to cut through the darkness. Reno looked back at the six Shinra army officers supplied to them. "You heard her. Formation style now!�

With his words, the Shinra officers split up into two groups. They ran to either side of the road and knelt down. Each of them had their weapons ready for attack.

Leira remembered this mission well. She was stationed in Midgar. Her job was to bring down two escaped SOLDIERs, her own men, Zack and Cloud.

A pickup truck was coming into view. "This is it." Tseng's voice crackled over the comlink. The Shinra military men raised their M-16s and took aim. Rude was mainly hand-to-hand combat. His job was to pull the driver of the vehicle away from the fight. The Turks were informed the driver, a resident of Nibelheim, was an innocent and that it would bring bad press if news of his death reached the public. Reno was the mission head on the ground. It was hard for him to tell if he was control or not with Leira there. He knew that one wrong move would mean his death. At least he would die by her hand if he screwed up. He looked over at her standing at the side of the road. "Stone cold deadly." He whispered to himself.

Lieandra waved over at the Shinra soldiers as the truck came closer. She than took up a position that would put her right in the path of the yellow pick up truck. The soldiers edged their way out of the bushes. A sound could be heard in the distance. Leira looked up, ripped the goggles off her face, and threw them to the ground.

"What the fuck?!" Reno's voice came over the comlink.

"Son of a bitch." Rude cursed.

A Shinra helicopter had appeared over the target vehicle. Leira shook her head and dropped her weapon. She raised her arms up. This was not supposed to happen. She grabbed her goggles and held the microphone to her mouth. "Hello there. Identify yourself."

"It's Tseng, Leira." The head of the Turks said

"I'm in the middle of something here, boss." She said not hiding her aggravation.

"The truck has stopped." One of the soldiers shouted. "We need orders!"

Leira picked up her weapon and opened fire on the pick-up. She managed to shoot out the tires causing the vehicle to grind to a halt. "Okay boys, get 'em!"

The Shinra got up and ran to the disabled vehicle.

"Okay, Tseng, what's the problem?"

"Leira, I need you to board the helicopter. Reeve has you reassigned to watch the Vice President. These are also direct orders from the President himself."

"Rufus needs a babysitter? You're joking right?!" the last thing she wanted to do was baby-sit some punk kid.

"It's an order, Leira! Reno's in charge of clean up. Oh, and Reno, you're to head back to Midgar. Reeve wants to see you in person."

Reno looked over at Leira. What would her uncle want to see him for? "Dude, I didn't think my ninety day probation was up yet!" he said over the channel.

"AAAAAAAAAGHHH!� a scream was heard coming from the truck. The Turks and Leira looked over in the direction of the sound. A tall black haired man dressed in a SOLDIER uniform and a shorter blonde haired man had emerged from the truck. The black haired one Leira recognized as Zack. He was armed with a huge Buster sword and had already taken out two of six men. The blonde one, she knew, was Cloud. He seemed disoriented and was unarmed. It looked like he was having trouble standing on his own feet.

Reno ran over to the fray followed by Rude. Leira was just about to join in when the helicopter landed. Tseng hung out of the bay door. "Come on. You're being expected."

Leira looked back at Reno who had stopped and was already watching her. He nodded at her and yelled back. "Go on! We've got it!"

Leira bent down, picked up her weapon, and stomped over to the helicopter. Tseng reached out and took her hand as he helped her inside. "We're off to Costa del Sol." He told the pilot.

The angered Leira sat down on a side bench with the AK balancing on her knees. Costa del Sol is where she would rather have been with Reno.

The helicopter lifted off from the ground. From her vantage point, she could see that the battle with the ex-SOLDIERs was almost over. Rude and Reno were watching the helicopter as it left the area and Zack and Cloud were laid out on the ground presumably dead. There were two Shinra military left. She knew the President wasn't going to be too happy about that.

Tseng stood at the door letting his long black hair blow in the breeze created by the helicopter. His slanted eyes gazed out in the morning dimness. "Costa del Sol is a great place to be reassigned. You're an Elite now; you've got to expect accommodations like that."

Leira sighed and turned her face away from him.

"I know you're pissed off. It was only four regular soldiers. The President's not going to demote you for that." He watched her unbraid her long hair. "You're not even listening to me, are you?"

Leira glanced up briefly, raised her left hand and extended her middle finger. The former citizen of Wutai sat down next to her. He removed his black tie and put it in one of the pockets of his dark blazer. "Well, you know I'll be joining you for the first couple of days." He took his blazer off and unbuttoned his white shirt. "Best get ready for some warm weather."

Leira looked at him. "What does Reeve want to see Reno for?"

"Who knows?"

"Didn't Reeve say anything to you about that?"

Tseng gave her his best wounded look. "Why, Leira, you know as much as I do that when you're in this game you're never supposed to question your superiors."

"Heidegger�s your superior not Reeve." She scowled as she began to finger her weapon.

"Buck up kid." Tseng said as he lightly punched Leira in the arm.

The Elite flashed an angry look at Tseng and let loose with a punch of her own. She pelted him square in the jaw.

Tseng recoiled and held his already swelling mandible in his hands. "I can see those sensitivity courses are really paying off��

A voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts. "You remember that but what about this?"

A black boot came into view. She was almost down. It caught her in the stomach and threw her backwards.

"OOf." She back peddled a couple steps and fell to the ground. She was hurt. She looked at her arms as they wrapped around her mid section. She was scraped, bleeding, and battered. She began to convulse and cough up blood. Leira felt her head lurch back. She was being grabbed by her hair. What's happening to me?

She fought with herself to get up.

Another pair of black boots came into view. She tried to look up to see who was wearing them but it was no use. It was bright on this day or was it the fact that she was beginning to lose her battle to stay alive.

The figure in Shinra combat boots bent down next to her. He whispered something while touching a green gem. The figure than kissed her on the cheek. Suddenly her wounds repaired themselves and her convulsions slowed until her body began to take control of itself. She felt her arms rise up and encircle this stranger.

The man's hands took her by the waist and lifted her off the ground. What's going on?

She became frustrated at not being able to see the face of her savior. Whoever this was, she figured he was a master. The restore materia he had just used was fully mature.

"What did you do to her?"

"She's fine! We were just playing!"

"Playing?! You know one of these days you're going to kill each other!"

"Is any of this coming back to you yet?" said the voice from before. "No? You'll love this part."

"Wait a minute. One more round. My way." She heard herself say.

"Leira, no." That was Reeve. She began to wonder about the time this episode in her life took place.

"It's okay, Reeve!" Her savior chuckled.

Leira pulled herself up to a standing position as the figure backed away. She was now completely healed albeit a little woozy. She ran for the figure, fists clenched tightly in front of her body.

"I told you not to lead with your head." The figure barked.

"Oh, don't worry I'm not!" she yelled. At the last moment, she grabbed a pouch from inside her uniform and emptied its contents on to herself. With a quick jump, she was carried higher into the air.

"Float, huh!" the man in the Shinra boots laughed. He whispered something with a large smile on his face. Immediately, Leira was being pulled from the air. She had no fear at this point. This is what she had been expecting. When her feet finally touched the ground, she had ended up right behind him. She quickly grabbed one of his black clad arms as she stepped back with one of her legs. With a sharp kick, she jerked his leg out from underneath him and wrenched his arm around.

With a twisting motion, he crashed to the ground. He landed with his arms beneath him and stared up at her. "Now what?"

Leira swung her arms out in front of her and positioned her hands so that her left hand was directly above her right. "Oh, just this!" She began to chant wildly. She violently threw her arms out to her sides as her chanting became louder.

Reeve sunk back in horror as the area darkened. He did not really know what was going on until he noticed a red gem attached to the collar of her uniform. "Summon materia!" he shouted out to anyone that happened to be on the training field.

The man on the ground looked up at the sky. A crash of thunder sounded and a hooded figure appeared before them. Onlookers who had stayed to watch the event ran away screaming.

The summoned creature had thin bony hands and was dressed completely in scarlet. A crimson hood covered the majority of the figures head save for its blood red eyes. A shrill drunken laugh sprung forth from the creature as a large cauldron appeared in front of it. The creature began to chant and wave his arms as Leira had done when she summoned him.

"Hades!� Reeve yelped. Leira's favorite summon creature was the god of pestilence himself. Reeve flung himself to the ground in fear. Hades would launch his attack in seconds; there was no escaping it.

From her position behind Hades Leira saw the object of her attack as he really was. His long silver hair covered his shoulders and part of his face. She could still see his green glowing eyes and the proud smile that others very seldom seen during these training exercises. He wore the black and gold uniform of a Shinra general. Leira's general was the Great Sephiroth himself.

"I hope you've got a strong remedy saved up somewhere or this could really put a damper on my day."

Leira smiled broadly at his quip just as Hades launched his attack. In the blink of an eye, several spells were released that caused horrible status effects all at once. Leira believed that this was by far the most devastating attack a summon creature could use�Nightmare.

Hours after being infused with Sephiroth's blood, Leira's eyes opened wide as she jumped up into a sitting position. She felt something tightly on her right wrist. Her head whipped around to face the man that she had been sent to find.

His cat-like eyes locked on her. The look was stern but clearly contained uncertainty as well. "You were having a nightmare induced by the new blood flowing through your body. They will pass."

"You were in my thoughts." She said cautiously.

Sephiroth blinked slowly and sat back in his chair. "We have a link that's deeper than anything in this world. It's stronger than the blood bond we now share."

Leira heard this and suddenly lost her patience. "What happened to me? What have you done?"

"What has been done is already done. There's no use in shouting about it now." He said calmly. "Besides, your uncle sought out my help in order to save you. It was his way of atoning for past sins against you and myself."

"What are you doing here?" she pulled her wrist out of his grip.

"I would have figured it would have been obvious by now." He lifted his left leg and crossed it over his right. "In order to save your life some of my own blood is flowing through your veins."

"What do you want from me?" she asked through quivering lips.

The question seemed to pull at his heart. He leaned forward as he tried to think of how to phrase the answer. "It's not just blood that we share. We share a history, a past."

The Elite was suddenly horrified.

"Your uncle explained about your memory loss. The doctor here said that it should be restored completely in a matter of weeks because of the Jenova/Lifestream content." Sephiroth's stern features suddenly softened. "I would like for you to meet me after your memory becomes stronger. There is something that we must discuss."

"Why not now?" Leira asked.

"You are not strong enough yet." He said. "I can only stay with you for a short while. There are people that are looking for you. I'm the only one that can keep them away. Soon they will find you, but we can defeat them."

"Who?" she asked.

"Shh." Sephiroth put a finger to his lips. "Just lay back and rest. Don't concern yourself with anything right now. There were so many things she wanted to know. She felt her body relax. Maybe answers will be forthcoming. She thought to herself.
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