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/A twist of fates/-Me and Kratos-

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Kumori had quit her work with Shinra so many years ago. Now the dark haired and crimson eyed female was mercenary. She had been... well she had been one of the best. She had been the ONLY Female SOLDIER FIrst Class. That was something to speak of, and the reason she was still alive. Not many liked to mess with her, unless they where hired for it. Then they usually ended up dead.

She was a woman of slim frame, and only just over twenty years of age. Having been thrust into the Shinra fighting programs at the tender age of twelve. Her father was already a scientist with SHinra, and her mother was a building guard. Putting their daughter in didn't stop them in their work at all. In fact when she had become a SOLIDER FIrst Class, she had known no greater joy from them.

Now she was fully grown, years later, and she was still living out her life. She wore low riding black shorts, and a red tank top. Over that was a black leather jacket, and she had boots that laced up to just about her knees. She carried a belt around her waist, that had materia resting in slots on it. This was how she fought and still she has the Kurenai Blade. The Crimson Blade, Forged for her when she became a First Class soldier. Like a Katana but stained blood red... so they say ... with the blood of her enemies.

Now she was wandering the wilds, tracking down a target. Ancients only know that the man was a sick fuck, kidnapped eight year old girls and raped them. That was just down right disgusting. It needed to be fixed, and as soon as possible. Her mission had been completed hours ago actually, she was just waiting for the poison to work on his system before she went back to her house that was away from the city.

But for now she was in the high grassy plains of the outter rims of Midgar...
 
Sephiroth once a huge villain in wanting to destroy the world and finish what Jenova started, many feared him a few stood up to him and eventually one at a cost against him. Little did they know that he would return, something he could always do.. after all he was to powerful to be held by the binds of death the life stream would always reject his flow as if he ever entered it even that way. Well his pure evil and hatred for the planet would be it's destruction.

Although he had died, officially Sephiroth was never actually dead his life force just circling the planet itself knowing it would return shortly the actual life stream that Shinra tapped into above him and rejecting his entry. Finally that day had come were Sephiroth's return had even been rumored to happen a prophecy of doom and destruction sure to follow not long after.

Crashing into the earth was a small meteorite the awakening of him and his legacy that was sure to continue, the lifestream had let this one fall into the atmosphere as it was not seen as dangerous but it was wrong, Now he sat inside it before finally awakening his eyes shooting open his katana slicing through what held him before he breathed in a breath of air.

"This place disgusts me even now, and I have to finish what mother started.. The dirt here does not deserve to be here and I must gain control of the lifestream and use it to destroy this place..." Sephiroth now started to walk away from the area he was in, before being able to do anything he would need his black materia and Shinra would be the best place to start looking.. that was if any of it remained.
 
Even with her work done, and her pace already drawing her towards home, she was drawn towards the fallen meteor. It couldn't hurt to check it out right? She approached it slowly, and came towards the edge of the crater, crouched low. Her jacket collar pulled up to shield her face a little as she looked at the wreckage within the hole. That's when she saw what came from the meteor.

Eyes widening she gasped, stepping back and going into a full stand. Crimson was drawn in a flash, metal being unsheathed was heard as she braced her blade to be ready to attack. Her eyes narrowed as she frowned then, hard at that. Sephiroth had been killed, but it seemed the lifestream would not keep him for long. She herself had genetic legacies in her, from other beings that had come to Gaia. But they where nothing compared to what Jenova had been.

She nibbled her lower lip a little, and then tried to dig up her training. What was his weakness? All the First Class SOLDIERS trained each other to remove such things. What had been his weakness, his way of of being taken down. She couldn't remember, the dark haired woman couldn't remember! "SHIT"
 
Upon sniffing the air once more he turned towards a new scent the smell of a human.. more then that it was a SOLDIER member, well she would have had to be one at least one point of time hearing her draw a weapon his eyes glared over her before spitting on the floor a little as he walked a little closer taking just a step towards her, his sword long enough to reach her even from were he was now.

Something was different about this one then a normal human.. get it was nothing like having pure Jenova cells, they were defined as the strongest and only he out of the soldier program was the only one to learn to use them properly and use them the way they were meant to be. That and not everyone had received a input of Jenova. "I advise not getting in my way filth and I might spare you.. help me and you will live longer.. run away now, and I give you a start.."

He looked at her moving his grey/silver hair from out of his view hand still on his weapon. "Were is the black materia? soldier member I know you know.. with it I can finally help this world by ending it.."
 
Feelings pulsed through her as the female watched his approach. When his weapon reached her she jumped back, doing and artful twisted flip and landed in a crouch. Her blade raised at the defensive position as she glared at him over the edge of the blood. Eyes like fresh blood, that's what she had been told when she was a SOLDIER all those years ago. She focused hard, as he approached, and spoke her eyes narrowing even more.

"Not a chance Sephiroth, I love my home, and I wouldn't fight beside you again... for anything." She stated in a harsh whisper as she gathered her energy and twisted her hand. Lashing out with a faint blast of energy. As for the Black Materia, that was somewhere even she didn't know. She knew that Avalanche had it a few years ago, but whether Shinra had it now... that was another matter.

As she released that simple blast of energy, she jumped back and ran. Ran as fast as she could, so she could live to see another day. Because seriously? Did he think she was going to stay around and work with him on destroying her home? That wasn't gonna happen. She kept Crimson at the ready, and made sure she was going at her top speed. Something which she hadn't done since she had been in SOLDIER.
 
Just as he got in range she moved herself out of his range again, obviously once well trained but if she tried to remain and be defensive, against Sephiroth she had no chance. Once saying what was to be said she seemed to be concentrating her gaze onto him until finally responding after some time yet her decision seemed to be almost instant. A laugh then escaped him upon hearing what was to be said.

"Pathetic, then you are no better then them..." He spat in disgust now as an angered look crossed his face. Once she lashed out at him he shook his head easily deflecting it before sending a strong pulse towards her, something that did not take long to charge at all and even though she was running so fast this would track her down, he had her scent and had focused it on that as he now ran after his blast.

For running he would make her death slow and painful now, extracting as much information as possible. If needed be he would leave her alive if she was of anymore use even if it was not directly helping but still, she had to be punished for running and saying what she had the blast starting to catch up, Sephiroth following in its tailwind.
 
Kumori glared as she noticed he was coming on the attack. He was following her, that was not good. She sighed as she jumped back further and then ran as fast as she could. She knew this was about her only way to get away. She bit her lip hard and then bolted even faster. She could feel the brush of the attack at her back. A gasp fled her lips and she felt it slam into her back.

She was lifted into the air, and then thrown through the air. She gave a rather loud gasp of pain as the blast shredded the back of her jacket. She hit the ground and rolled, skidding and pulling her blade to her chest. She cut herself quite a bit, leaving a nice opening in the front of her tanktop. She came to a stop and groaned as she slowly sat up.

She knew he was right behind her, and that was not a good thing. She needed to get back up and get on her way away from him. She shuddered then as she stood, pain blossoming in her like a flower of some sickly flower. She shuddered then, but harder, as she slowly stood up completely. Her back screamed at her, and she could feel the singed skin stinging with it's pain.

She whirled around and raised her blade for the defense as he approached.
 
Sephiroth knew that no matter how fast she was that the attack he sent towards her would easily catch up to her, and well with him using the backdraft to pretty much float behind it, well she was foolish to think she could run from him. The attack and him got closer and closer and he saw her try and go even faster shaking his head as he watched the attack catch up and slam into her.

He watched the impact with a bit of a cruel grin watching as it slashed into her a little and while she was now on the floor he started to walk closer, it seemed she had even managed to get hit by her own blade... Considering she was an ex Soldier she should have known to put a blade towards the side so that it does not inflict more damage but she obviously had not had to fight for quite a while now.

Now he stood easily in range of her with his large katana, he held it waiting for her knowing she would try and protect herself... but she of all people would know she had no chance fighting him. " Would you prefer to die right now.. or would you like to live what life you have.., I am not strong enough to destroy this place yet.. Maybe I might leave it standing for a little" A cruel laugh escaped him as his eyes held anger in them. "We are not that different you and I.. why can you not accept that.." His hand moved quickly causing him to falsely slash at her before he whirled around and span the other way smacking her blade out of the way and putting it up lightly against her neck

"All it would take me now is to stab.. and I can end your life now.. and end your suffering.. but you have information I want.." he expected her to try and fight some more and was ready for it,
 
Kumori glared at him coldly as he came upon her. Her Mercenary work had not allowed her to stay in her old SOLDIER condition. But she was still more then capable of fighting the idiots around her. Not once had she a true challenge since her comrades had vanished. She was the strongest fighter in the Mercenary business, and that only happened to disappoint her. Where was the challenge, where was the thrill?

He was already at the large to attack her with his blade. She growled harder and glared at him as he spoke to her again. "I would indeed prefer death, you are not the Commanding Officer that I once faithfully served beneath." She snarled at him as she twisted her blade and readied to defend herself. She growled softly and shook her head lightly. She would not see her home dead, she would not see her life ended.

She had worked too hard to build the life she had, to find the slight happiness she had. A happiness that came from a garden, not slaughtering people. She tilted her head back as he smacked her blade away, and then put his katana to her throat. Her eyes softened, as she felt the smirk pass over her features. Crimson eyes stared up into green, as a lock of sooty black bang falling into the females vision.

"Yes, so easy to kill me, but wouldyou do it Sephiroth? Could you really? To the only female that may have been a TRUE challenge to you?" She said in a low gravely tone. Her lips quirking into even more of a smirk. She knew what was said around the base, when they where SOLDIERS together. The times she had trained against him, her Commanding Officer, she was one of the few that could stay almost on level. But she was the ONLY female. "I don't think you have it in you to kill me."
 
A person that will embrace death if handed to her... takes guts to say such a thing but I wonder if her words are just truth or fear... Her gaze now seemed to soften a little as Sephiroth just stood there with his katana in a position that could easily kill her. Their eyes brushed over each others a little for just a moment as he stood there ready to make the final sweep that would end her life yet for some reason he was being hesitant.

"Back then.. you were a bit of a challenge but now I am stronger then that.. even now after coming back from what should have been my death.. and you still think your a challenge.. hardly" A bit of disgust grew inside him as he then released his grip on the blade that was in his hand watching it as it fell. "I don't understand this confusion... I want to kill you but something is stopping me.. Something unknown to me"

He shook his head his spare hand picking up the bade before he grabbed her throat all of a sudden. "Why can't I kill you... What is so different about you that the rest of the filth here does not have..." Slowly his eyes glared at her the disgust starting to remove itself, as he threw her to the ground. "I can't kill you.. but that does not mean I can not kidnap you.. so either we can do this the easy way were you come along quietly or I can knock you out.. and take you that way"
 
Kumori glared at him hard, dark hair falling into crimson eyes as she stared at him. HIs blade remained on her throat, and his words where razor sharp. But she took them all in and glared at him hard as he hesitated. Her gaze had softened, before he had gone crazy she had a childish young girl crush on him. But he was right he was a changed man. She glared at him now, and hard as he spoke harshly to her.

Her arms crossed over her chest as she stared up at him, her blade no longer at the ready. "Confusion, maybe it's because you don't want to kill me?" She said as she shifted to stand up. only to be grabbed by the throat and flung down. She glared up at him and braced her hands on the ground, Crimson was spinning away from her now. She braced her hands on the ground as she pushed herself up and reached for her blade.

"I was trained to never be taken alive, hard way it is." She stated as she rolled and skidded suddenly throwing her gifts into the mix. SHe released an energy blast and then twisted her hand to deliver a slash towards his mid torso.
 
There was once a time were Sephiroth was actually like a normal person, but that time was long ago... who knew maybe some of that was still in him but with the way this world was and his hatred for it and himself.. well it was hard to think any other way.. Her question was something that had stricken him a little yet it seemed true to a point as he then threw her to the ground. "Well you may be trained that way..."

A laugh escaped him cruel and dark as he deflected the blast and jumped a little backwards the blade just catching him as he then lent down and picked up his own katana shaking his head his long hair swaying a little in the movement. "Only a fool would try to attack me.. it usually results in death.. but for you.. I can arrange something else"

Quickly he moved darting around her swinging a few times unsuccessfully, it seemed she was well trained but now he stood in front of her before looking into her eyes "I think I remember you... maybe that is why I can't kill you.." He was close as he spoke but then jumped back firing this time a ball of fire at her preparing a energy blast causing his sword to glow with power.
 
Kumori fought, she fought like her tomorrow depended on it. It did depend on it, truthfully. Her body twisted as she slashed at him, and she did her best to avoid him as well. Her mind twisting the whole time. The man her childlike interest had been intersted in... He was dead, he died as soon as Sephiroth left the library. As soon as he tried to destroy the planet that was Kumori's remaining family. What with her mother and father close to passing on, and no siblings... All she had was the planet.

She ducked back, but he was in front of her. He slammed the blast into her chest and she skidded back, her hands clutching the wounds that where produced by the fireball. But as soon as it did, the skin started to heal over. Her eyes closed as she took a breath and then charged up her blade with energy. "I was a young woman when you and I first met. I was one of the younger of the SOLDIER First Classes." She said as she twisted a little. Her blade was charged with bright energy. From that she released a crescent blast of her inner strength.
 
Sephiroth's blade struck hers the energy between the two clashing and sending both of them back a little as his eyes flickered for a moment, a flash of a different color showing as now a flashback occurred in his mind. Sure this would give Kumori time to escape but it seemed this memory meant more to him.. considering usually not one to really remember much except his hatred this felt a little strange for Sephi.. maybe that was why he chose not to ignore it.

Quickly some past was thrown at him in vivid images that flashed quickly... and sure enough, there she was although his mind had finally awoken from its short remembrance quickly his body ran after hers grabbing onto her shoulder with his hand now stopping her, "You.. Why do I remember you but no one else.. other then my enemies.. Although my memories of you.. are not of us being enemies.. Relax a little I can't seem to kill you.. so you should at least remain around a little and give me some respect and answer any questions I ask.. about my past.. who was I back then.. what was I..?"
 
Kumori skidded back hard, and fought to keep herself balanced. She wasn't used to fighting like this. So hard so fast, so intune with her weapon. How long had it been since she had a fight like this? Memories flashed through her, eyes half-closed as she remembered the days of training with the other SOLIDER First Classes. Her lips pursed a little as she stared at the man that was now having some sort of reaction to something.

She stopped dead and was thrown off kilter in her mind, when he grabbed her shoulders and held unto her. Her eyes widening as he spoke to her. "Why do you... you remember me? As in... when we... but you..." She stuttered now. Listening to as he continued to speak. He was asking her to stay, he wasn't going to kill her and he wasn't going to do other things.

"You probably remember me bacause we had a training session right before you became that damnable thing you became. You where fine one moment, went into that damn library, or SOMETHING... then you came out wanting to destroy the world. Before then you where the best comrade I had, child I may have been, but you where still the best fighter I knew... know... "
 
Sephiroth was confused, so much hate was inside of him.. hate for everything, and yet something about Kumori.. he could not bring himself to killing her when he would if given the chance would wipe out this whole world.. such a thing well it just did not make sense, why was she deemed important. How could he kill so many and yet not be able to bring himself into killing her.

As she spoke his eyes narrowed a little before another flashback started to occur, before in quick succession a flash of the training showed to him before he walked of and promised her something. Yet the more he tried to focus on the memory the harder it was to hear what he had actually promised Kumori, but it was obviously the thing that was keeping him from killing her.

"When I entered that library.. well they did things.. to change me.. but before that I promised you something.. what was that Kumori.." For the first time he had remembered a name from his past.. someone that he had known before the change.. these days only people that he had to fight.. well they were the only names he could remember.
 
((I hope you don't mind a flashback from her memory point of view))

Kumori listened to him speak and remained silent when he asked her that question. Her eyes closed, as her hands clenched, her head tilting down. A rather pensive look overcoming her. She quirked her lip a little and gave a bitter laugh. The memory coming over her as she shook her head just a bit.

She panted faintly, sweat trickling down her body. "DAMNIT SEPHIROTH! We are not done yet!" She called out as she stood up, her young frame shaking as she pulled her sword up. She raced at his back, and he caught her blade with his hand. Leaning down and chuckling in her face.

"When you become a woman... I promise that your aggravations can be taken out in a better manner. Till then... you are still a child, with a child's mind... and a child's actions... When you are a woman... we shall have this fight again..."

His voice echoed through her, slamming her heart in her chest. He had walked away then... and changed...


"I don't remember what you promised..." She said in a rather dead tone.
 
Sephiroth truly did not remember much and it was more a surprise to him that her name was actually something he remembered apart from some of the flashback that maybe someday he would fully remember but his mind was still to cluttered with hate for this world and most of the people in it.. for some reason he could not bring himself to hating Kumori and it was confusing him quite a lot..

Something within her eyes showed that she remembered something but Sephi ignored it before stating "What a shame.. Guess it must have not been that important after all.. well if that is all you can tell me about myself then with what you have triggered so far.. we may as well leave this area.. I need a place to rest.. and I can tell your eager to offer.. its not everyday someone comes back from death itself.."
 
Kumori just looked away, her eyes closing as she drew into herself. She was an ex-SOLDIER. Not some child, she bit her lip and shook her head. Straightening her back and sighing, "Follow me..." She muttered as she got up and ran then. Ran back towards her home, her home she stayed in alone. A lock of black hair fell over one eye as she approached the front door. She entered something into a pad on the door and with a hiss it slid open.

"Get in here..." She muttered as she shook her head. Still those memories where racing through her. The memories of Sephiroths last words to her. "I'm a woman now... but I don't fight like that..." She found her voice whispering softly. Her eyes closed as she kicked off her boots at the door and then slammed the door shut behind him. Walking into the kitchen and going for a pot of coffee.
 
Sephiroth.. most would have just ran and left him their but she had told him to follow and so he did his pace easily matching hers letting her stay in front to lead the way. Seeing the house made him sigh, she had done what he had asked.. yet it felt like because of her a conflict of the original Sephiroth and the altered one that developed from that day.. they were within fighting each other, his thoughts confusing one monent utter destruction the next just thoughts of wanting to be the best fighter and be powerful but not for bad reasons.. yet he did not let this confusion show,

Seeing as she had now invited him in Sephi just walked in before turning to her hearing her whisper catching most of it, "Hmm you don't fight like what Kumori... like the day we met?" He did not really have a remembrance of it but had a feeling they had fought for training sometime in SOLDIER as it sounds like they would generally do. She seemed to just walk before going towards a kitchen, it had been a while since he had seen a house, it's insides.. most of the time wanting to destroy humanity kind of limited where one could stay and all.. Slowly he followed before asking it again "How don't you fight like.. may as well tell me.. you obviously remembered something but are not telling me.."
 
Kumori tried to ignore him as she moved towards getting some food put together. She turned her head towards him. She shrugged faintly at his words and looked away. "I don't fight like a child anymore..." She said softly. No she fought like a woman, a woman that was doing her best to keep her mind and body from going into hyper-drive. She bit the inside of her cheek and shook her head a little.

She turned around and he was right there. She stared up at him and shook her head a little. "It doesn't matter what I have remembered, because you are at war with yourself." She commented softly and tilted her head down a little. She rubbed her fingers over her eyes. She tilted her head back and then opened her eyes and stared straight at him. Her hands clenched a little as she stared at him.

"I remembered that you told me that when we met again, when I wasn't a child... that you would show me another way to fight... another way to take our my frustrations..." She murmured softly.
 
Sephiroth listened in this time as she spoke softly in what seemed to be a response, ahh so that's what your saying.. I wonder why she is saying that though.. then again I wonder why I can't kill her as well.. so many unanswered thoughts. "Maybe what you remember would help me a little... after all I know what side you would prefer to win and it would not be my dark and pure evil side.. after all I still hate everything now.. at this moment even in this confusion.."

"I wonder what it was that I meant... probably how I used to fight.. although anger is so much more powerful these days... But part of me is actually curious what the style was I promised you.." He thought for a moment coming up empty handed. "I am going to lay down for a little Kumori.."
 
Kumori watched his confusion with a confusion of her own. She sighed softly as she set aside the easy meal she had made. She nodded lightly and then stopped dead a little. There was only one place to sleep in the house, she didn't have a guest bedroom. No need to really, she never HAD guests. She shifted a little nervously and then shook her head a little.

You are an Ex-SOLDIER, you will not hesitate, he was your superior officer. Show him to the bed, and then get back to your meal... Her mind whispered to her. But at that moment, flashes of something she had walked in on a few years ago crossed her mind. Reno with a woman in bed, but that had been expected it was Reno. Going to go grab the bugger cause she was asked to... and thats what she walked in on.

She wasn't stupid, she knew that sex was required for procreation. It was frowned upon for the Female SOLDIERS(For the like ten to twenty they had), and allowed for the Male SOLDERS. She sighed and rubbed her temple as she walked past him. "Follow me..." She murmured lightly as she walked towards her room. Flicking on the light, her room would much remind her of a barracks room.

Except the bed was better, much much better. Her bed was a king sized, soft mattress, with black silk sheets. When she left SOLDIER, this is where a lot of her pay went. Her bed, her safe haven. She laughed softly and ran her hand down the Uniform that hung on the wall. Her SOLDIER's Uniform. From when she first got in. One of the walls consisted of each of her uniform upgrades, pinned to the wall. Her SOLDIER First Class though... was pinned inside of a glass case. The leather outfit looked nearly fallen apart...

What sort of battle had she been in, that it shredded her outfit like that... much more... what sort of scars did THAT create?
 
Sephiroth saw her confusion through his own and then she seemed to now be hesistant when he asked for a place to rest, after all coming back from what was meant to be death always was energy consuming and then he realized some of the hesitation. It seemed because of Kumori some memories were flashing into Sephiroth's mind reminding him of more things to confuse him.

A familiar name of Reno crossed his thoughts but truth was he could not remember him but remembered hearing about Kumori asked to do a task and then well walked into a room and found Reno having intercourse with a female and for some reason he knew this was making her a little cautious although it could just he because he was diferent to what she probably mainly remembered of him.

Seeing the bed Sephiroth looked at her and well he in any state was never one to thank and so just laid down on the bed collapsing on to the top of it just relaxing which was something Sephi had not done for a while as he now tried to work out why part of him was fighting his side that came after that day in the lab. why do I remember her and can't take her life like I can to others... I will work this out and then destroy this world and use it as a vessel... Maybe I will take Kumori with me if I can't kill her
 
Kumori watched as he collapsed, and sighed gently. Her eyes closing as she slumped down a little against the wall. She watched him, and cocked her head to the side a little. She knew what he had promised, but sex was something she hadn't done... had avoided quite often. "Sleep well Sir..." She whispered gently as she stepped away from the room.

She closed the door and went back to the kitchen. Made a meal and ate it, took a shower. She knew he would be resting for a bit, but didn't know how long exactly. She found that as time went on, she was getting more exhausted herself. She had shared cots with male SOLDIERS before, and didn't care overmuch.

She sighed as she returned to her bedroom. Pulling off her overlayers, and staying in her underclothes. She crawled into bed, and faced away from him. She wanted to sleep, but the close proximity of him... was keeping her awake. Her eyes closed as she buried her face in the side of her pillow, and tried to ignore the feeling of his hair brushing against the backs of her legs. Damnit... he had nice hair.
 
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