Angeals first trip to a new world. (open)

Angeal was sitting there in a teleporter from the world he was in and now ended up in a different universe or world as they called it. Looking around the place looked a little bit more modified then his did. There was things there that not even he had seen. Like thing hovering above the ground and seeing big screens that looked as if they were going to fall because having nothing attached to them at all. Confused about how this was he looked around a little bit. He wasn’t sure but he seemed to be in a plaza in this world.

Looking about he started walking. Everything seemed to whiz right on by them. They were able to build things above water like at his planet but these things where much much bigger. He was enjoying the sights around him at the moment it seemed that everything had changed and became livelier. The sun which he hadn’t seen in so long was glowing on his face. It felt relaxing. How did these people do it. There were no clouds blocking out the sun like on his planet. It just felt livelier here. Angeal started thinking he could stay here forever.

Looking around a little bit angeal spotted a small store located in the middle of all the commotion. And there seemed to be hardly anyone in there at the moment. So that gave Angeal the idea that it was a less crowded place and that he could sit there for a while without anyone disturbing him as he enjoyed the sunlight from this world. That is one thing he fell in love with immediately was the fact that he was in the world where the sun shined brilliantly. That was one of his dreams on his world. That was to restore the sun to its rightful place in the sky.

Looking around a little bit he noticed that it wasn’t as empty as it seemed from outside. The place had a balcony where there was drunks and much more. They seemed to flirt with the girls and try to touch their behinds. But the thing was the girls didn’t seem to mind it as they handed our drinks to the men. Sighing slightly he sat there at a table and a girl came over with something of a flirt in her tone. She was waiting for angeal to do something and got frustrated that he didn’t instead he just spoke. “I’ll have a glass of water.”

The girl stormed off with what seemed like an attitude. Confused Angeal sat there for a moment wondering what he had did wrong. Was he supposed to flirt and do what the other guys did or was he suppose to be nice and say how good she looked. She came back slamming the water down in front of angeal making him blink a little bit. He sat there completely confused on what had just happened and what he had done wrong. Everywhere he seemed to go he did something to harm others.

Every city in every world had their share of cesspools, no matter the glamorous appearance that greeted any pair of eyes. Even the pristine Esthar city. And there was a wanted man roaming the city slums attacking anyone vulnerable to either rob them, or far worse. Fourteen attacks were already reported, and some so vicious that Esther officials had no choice but to call upon SeeD assistance.


That's where Shade stepped in.


Now whomever this slickster was, he would be keeping his eyes peeled for authority figures and patrols for the manhunt, not a single woman combing the streets to snatch him by throat and pummel him with her fists. Shade even left her weapons behind since their appearance alone would make any thug run for the hills. So a solitary, unarmed woman should be easy enough bait for this wretch to come after. She continued combing the streets, choosing the more dangerous routes on purpose. She ignored any rancid comments thrown her way, concentrating more on anyone who may fit the profile information she had. And just as she was stepping off the curb to walk across an alleyway, she was grabbed viciously at the neck from behind and drug into the shadows of the alley. It took every ounce of control not to retaliate just yet, allowing the thug to drag her off and feel secure that he was in control while hissing in her ear and having the confidence to laugh afterwards. "Nice and quiet, little bitch, and you just may live through this!"


Okay.... she waited long enough.


With a jerk of her arm, Shade slammed her elbow into his gut, and being of a rather short stature, the blow struck in his lower abdomen. He lurched with a painful moan, yet just as Shade got loose from his hold and swung around, she had a pistol aimed straight at her head. Really? Was that all this guy had? "You fukking bitch! I gave you the chance to still live after this, but you just blew it!" With a roll of her eyes , Shade was simply getting annoyed. Little did the guy know Shade already conjured an effective gravity spell, so when he pulled the trigger, the bullet came out at a snail's pace. She tilted her head with a raised brow while watching the bullet slowly approach her, then met the assailant's confused expression. "You're going to have to do much better than that, you twit."


Now aware he was by far outmatched, the thug turned and bolted down the alley with Shade hot on his tail. She couldn't go into form, especially within Esthar city in risk of starting a panic, but Shade was still swift in the chase. Unfortunately, the weasel of a human knew the run down terrain of this part of city far better than his pursuer, making desperate turns at every direction, while knocking down random trash cans or other debris in hopes to shake her off his trail. It was mostly a chase through alley ways, until he zipped out into the main street and made a hard turn. Damnit! This would be where she may loose him if he dashed into any of the establishments that were lined all down the street! "Skittles!! NOW!! Get him now!!" As she shouted and ran, the transforming squirrel buried within her hair and holding on at the back of neck was already alert and ready. He leaped away into a whirlwind tunnel to take on a copied form he knew all too well, and shot off into the air ahead of her and around the bend in a blur. If Shade should loose her target, no doubt Skittles would catch him, and the all the chaos and noise from doing so would lead the way for Shade.


Just as Shade feared, the thug dove right into a bar establishment that sold a lot more than liquor, and as he paused to choose his next direction, the door came crashing down by a figure that flew straight threw and crashed right into the man, causing them both to fly across the room in a red blur to slam against the wall and collapse upon the floor behind the high bar table. The women nearby screamed as they ran out of the way, while the drunken sots nearby simply cursed about spilled drinks. It was fairly simple for Shade to find her destination, but she entered at a casual pace, and pretty much knowing what to expect when it came to her chaotic summons getting the job done. Looking worse for wear herself after the challenging chase, Shade crossed her arms with a smirk as Skittles shot back up to his feet from behind the bar and looking every bit like Genesis Rhapsodos. He looked most pleased with himself as he raised up his arm with the wanted criminal clutched at the back of his neck for Shade to give him an approving nod. "Well done..." He nodded eagerly as well with an excited smile before simply swinging the man's body about with ease to slam him against the bar table before making a graceful slide over the top as well to land on his feet again. While approaching Shade, he simply drug the now unconscious man against the floor behind him.

Angeal was sitting there enjoying his water then all of the sudden a loud crash came through the door. Blinking a little bit he turned to see what it was he saw a red flash then something going over the counter. The room started to fill with screams and shouts of all kinds. Not knowing what to think about this… He decided to stand up and walk over to where all the commotion was. He didn’t know what he was about to see was something of a genesis clone. Blinking a little bit he saw the man being dragged out by the look alike and the girl. He cleared his throat a little bit and spoke aloud. “Hmm not to be rude or anything but who is going to fix this place door? I mean its not like the owner of the store has extra money to be wasted on people coming in through the door."

Looking back around he also saw some property damage and that wasn’t a good sign either and he didn’t think they could just walk out without even saying a sorry they came in busting things up for just one guy. And that isn’t very sociable or even what things are suppose to be like in a city that’s what made him think twice about this place. Was it just so ordinary for someone to bust in trying to catch someone and then just walk out without anything to say or anything to do. He started walking out after them. The bright sun hitting him he covered his eyes slightly forgetting how bright it was out here. They got a little ways away from him he started walking after them trying to figure out why they had just done that and without leaving any money for repairs.

Angela started looking around a little bit he saw that they people had disappeared from his site and then noticed a red coat go into the ally way. He started walking towards the ally and following them still. He noted the dark streets now. There seemed to be no sun shining here at all in fact it almost seemed empty and barren here almost like death. Sighing a little bit from going from a nice place to all the sudden a dark and gloomy place. He didn’t know what exactly to suspect from the odd couple but he knew to be able to chase after a thug and just break stuff and get out scott free from the bar keeper then he knew that they were a bit dangerous. He didn’t try to hide his presence from them because he had shouted at them earlier but they had ignored him.

Upon approaching he suddenly notice something the man in front of him had a smell to him. It almost smelled as if it was acorns and trees. That wasn’t like the genesis he knew. Something was definitely different about this man there was no doubt about it he finally came to a stop and looked at the two and spoke one last time. “I need to know why are you shaped like that because the Real Genesis doesn’t smell like acorns and trees.” He stood there not chasing after them knowing now they knew he was stubborn and was still following them. That would possibly surprise them into wondering how come he had followed them so far and why had he. Then again he knew the answer to that it was that he had a strong sense of justice that sometimes got him into trouble. And that was the truth.

Angeal stood there for a minute when they turned around they could tell who he was. Or guessed they could with how he was dressed. He was wearing a second class soldier uniform without the helmet. His sword was strung over his back. He was standing at the height of six foot five. He had the shinra blade in the side of his belt. Though he no longer worked for shinra he had kept some of the stuff so that he wouldn’t be completely defenseless. Though right now it seemed he was more of a shinra then anything considering they probably didn’t know him to well. And then finally remembering the girl at the bar and her slamming the glass down. Now he knew why she had acted like that. People hadn’t taken a liking to Shinra soldiers. Blinking a little bit he wondered what he had done coming here.

Laughing a bit Angeal hadn’t seen the signs before everyone moving out of his way when he was walking towards the place. The way they had let him catch up to these two. He had probably just got himself in a world of trouble at the moment. And he didn’t even think anything about it. This was probably the biggest mistake that he had ever made. And this was the first time he had anything to think about in a long time. Considering he now notice all the eyes peering out at him from the shadows. HE knew he was completely surrounded now. Taking in this environment slowly he was able to tell where they where and what his best plan would be. But even if he was to fight all of them off then there was still those two left that had a more dangerous presence around them.

As Shade turned about to follow Skittles and the dragging body out the door, her hand lifted to her ear to activate the earcom hidden beneath her hair. It put her to the direct line of Esthar's security, to whom she gave a report to and to send the city adjusters to assess the damages and see to repairs. It was an efficient city, even to the slum areas where the law was concerned.


She knew there'd be questions or demands headed her way. There always was when situations were handled with less finesse such as this one. But Shade had grown accustomed to simply ignoring them and going about what business that needed to be done. It wasn't in her job description to console people, or having to answer to them. She did as she was hired to do, and got one thieving rapist off the streets. But what came as a surprise was the question that did follow her once they were making their way down the sidewalk. ...... “I need to know why are you shaped like that because the Real Genesis doesn’t smell like acorns and trees.”


Shade came to a dead stop in her tracks. No in this world knew who Genesis was save for her comrades, yet some total stranger out of nowhere mentioning the name was nothing Shade expected. With her jaw clenched, Shade slowly turned around, as Skittles did too, yet he beheld a more curious expression on his face as to why his summoner bothered to acknowledge the man. Would he get to beat up this guy too? But he knew to wait for Shade to give any sign before leaping into action action, so to pass the boredom of waiting, he decided to swing the thug around for something to do.


Now crossing her arms, Shade studied the individual closely with a bothersome nagging feeling at back of her mind. Her eyes narrowed a bit as she finally spoke. "That's because he isn't the real Genesis. He's a Guardian Force, or better known in some worlds as a Summons. His ability is copying any person he sees to an exact replica..."


Just as Shade finished explaining, the thug's body whacked against the wall of a building with Skittles still holding onto the poor sot. He gave a squirrel squeak and a strange sounding chuckle at what he did, then proceeded to swing the body around again. Shade rolled her eyes and shook her her head over the scene, deciding to let him have his fun rather than correct him. She brought her attention back the stranger and was frantically trying to figure out why he seemed familiar. "....and he can't speak yet."


Obviously this man was from Midgar if he knew Genesis, but to inquire about him as he did meant this stranger had to have known him. After studying his attire for just a few seconds as her mind was racing for what memories she had, it finally struck Shade as to he was. Her head tilted back slightly with revelation over her eyes. "Ahhh, I remember reading about you in the Shinra files... Your Angeal. Once 1st class SOLDIER, along side Genesis and Sephiroth, if I remember correctly." It wasn't a memory Shade preferred to remember, having read those files in Banora so long ago. But it was times like this, the information came in handy. But now Shade was presented with a situation she didn't care to address. So with a dismissive nod, Shade was eager to be on her way. "So you have your answer, Mr. Hewley. I'd suggest you either head back to your precious Shinra, or find a better section of this city to hang around." She turned to be on her way again as Skittles blinked and stopped the body swinging antics to see the discussion was over. He looked back to the stranger and gave what appeared to be a most excited wave good bye before turning about and dashing after his summoner to catch up to her, still with the unconscious criminal in the grip of his hand and dragging across the ground.

Angeal sat there for a minute when she told him not to be doing anything that he shouldn’t be in this part of town he started laughing a little bit and started walking away he spoke aloud to her. “I am no longer part of Shinras soldiers. In fact I only fight or what my heart believes is right.” He said walking away towards a different part in the city. No wonder people thought of him as a creep and seemed to have such an distaste to him. That’s one thing he will have to consider before coming here again.

Walking away from them he started mumbling to himself he was tired of this world already. People here didn’t like SOLDIERS and they sure as hell didn’t like him for some reason. He started to go back to the transporter and looking around he saw everyone starring at him he just sighed and walked on. Little did they know that he wasn’t fighting for Soldier anymore. But that was what he had decided when they had killed Zack. He didn’t want anything to do with them at all. And that he was going to fight in his own way.

Angeal stood there for a minute at the place that you could go to different worlds. This was something he would have gotten use to before if he hadn’t known that it took you to places. That day he took this place he didn’t want to go like here. He knew that this was one place that he could do without and that was just fine with him if he didn’t come back here. But how had that woman known about Genesis and even him. He doesn’t remember anyone in the Shinra Company like her. A little reckless but no one like she was in there.

Sitting there for a moment he walked inside and looked at the giant labels for what worlds. He wondered where he was going to go next but decided it was time for him to go get something to eat first since he didn’t feel like world traveling just yet. Walking over to small store he noticed that they had different foods then on his planets. He didn’t know what to get but he spotted out something he was familiar with in his home world. And he had eaten before and would admit it wasn’t bad.

Angeal looked at the waiter who approached him. “Uh I already know what I want you don’t have to get it for me if you don’t want but. I would like the Spaghetti.” He said the waiter smiled at him and laughed. And spoke in a comical tone.

“So you meet the locals huh? What a lively group they really don’t like Shinra so don’t worry about it. But inside of here everyone’s the same and we don’t care who we serve. I’ll get your order right away.” Nodding angeal appreciated this man. While waiting on his food he started thinking about how the girl know Genesis.

Shade snorted in disgust at his reply in regards to no longer being a SOLDIER for ShinRa. It was simply a safeguard not to trust him, or anything he tried to clam when it came to that company. After her dealings with Sephiroth, and her encounters with Genesis, her only guarantee about SOLDIERS is that each one was unpredictable no matter how opposite they were of each other. So there was no telling about this one after meeting him for only two minutes. Still, the encounter annoyed the hell out of her for reasons she refused to acknowledge.


For now, to distract her thoughts, Shade continued her pressing pace down the street where they were to meet up with security at the pick up location. At one point, the thug began to wake while being drug along the ground, now being held by his ankle. With a groan, he began muttering threats and profanity, which Shade easily ignored, but Skittles simply couldn't. It just gave him more reasons to PLAY! Coming to abrupt stop, he whipped out a thick book from his copied longcoat and began whacking the hell out the guy's head repeatedly. All the while, the Skittles/Genesis was snapping random squirrel chatter at the scum with every blow he delivered with his copy of the Loveless until the man stopped his pitiful cries by falling unconscious again. Shade ignored it all while waiting at the corner to wave down the patrol officials who quickly arrived to take the prisoner away.


It took a bit of arguing to get Skittles to finally let the guy go, but he snuck in another powerful whack to the guy's head while the security team now drug him off. Shade had her arms crossed and in heavy thought by this point, not seeing the added kick Skittles delivered to the prisoner before he was hauled into the holding van. Now that their burden was taken away, Shade was left to realize just how irritated she was by seeing Angeal. And of all worlds for him to wind up in.... why hers? stupid goddess..... I just know she's messing with me again. Her fingers were rubbing at her eyes as her sanity was screaming to just walk away... just forget she ever saw him, but her mind continued jabbing at her that Angeal just might have information to Genesis' whereabouts of late. stop thinking, damnit!


Her hand slammed down at her side as she sneered in the direction Angeal took. "Skittles..."


He zipped right next to her, already knowing that tone she used. He was going to get to play again! His head was nodding eagerly to acknowledge he was ready the moment she gave him the word. With a defeated sigh, Shade gave him his next command. "Get your sniffer on and track that guy down..." He squealed with excitement just before his Genesis form whipped into another mini tornado of gusting winds until he came to a crouching landing on the ground. THIS time, he got the ears and tail right, as he took the Mythra form of Gohrick Trisona. With only a nod from Shade, he shot off down the street, following Angeal's scent where ever he went.


Shade chased after him, and if he got too far ahead, he waited all the same. It wasn't long before they reached the portal center and crowds of people which Shade utterly despised. But she endured the noise and clusters of people to see this through. Skittles could care less. He loved people, loved to examine their uniqueness, loved the scents, and the one he was looking for was finally located. He leaped up and down with victorious excitement and pointing like mad at the establishment as Shade rushed to catch up. But Skittles was too eager to wait this time, and went ran right in on his own. When he spotted Angeal at a random table, he squeaked with delight and jogged right on over to land square on the table in a crouched position, and now staring wide eyed into Angeal's face and flickering his Mythra ears with excitement.


By the time Shade reached them, her head was shaking again as she gave a pat to Skittles' back. "We really need to cut back on your sugar intake, my friend." But Skittles was too busy sniffing the spaghetti in front of Angeal to notice her threat about his current diet. So Shade was left hoisting his Gohrick form off of the table and setting him on one of the chairs before sitting down herself and now acknowledging the outworlder from Midgar. She sat casually, with a rather passive and relaxed look on her face, yet her steel hues remained fiercely determined. "Seems we got off to a shaky start, but I was rather distracted doing my job. Now,.... you want to tell me what brings a SOLDIER to this world of all places?" As she spoke, Skittles remained in Gohrick form with his nose twitching furiously and leaning closer to the plate of spaghetti as if he were in a trance.

Angeal had just gotten his spaghetti and then no sooner did he did the squirrel landed on his table but this time it was shaped as someone else. He blinked a little bit unsure of what he was doing here till he heard the girl scoot a chair up and sit down she sounded irritated and didn’t sound like she wanted to be here at the moment. The squirrel seemed to be interested in his spaghetti at the minute. Sighing slightly he handed the squirrel the spaghetti. He smiled slightly as he watched how the squirrel seemed to lighten up a little bit and chow down into it. He turned back to the girl and drank his water and looked into her eyes saying they started off as a shaky start he didn’t believe her. “More like you don’t want me here and the fact I came here you want to kill me dead.”

With that he started drinking his water again and spoke one last time to answer her question. “As I said before I am no longer a Soldier for shinra. In fact if you where reading the files me Genesis and Sephiroth are no longer part of it. We all decided it wasn’t for us and we went our own ways. Last I heard Genesis was traveling with a small band of his own so I am trying to find him so that one day I can face him again. As for Sephiroth I have no information on him so I am here in search of the man.” He said sitting there for a minute unsure of what he was going to do. He had told her why he was here and what he had on those two. And stated again he was no longer of shinra.

“And if I really wanted to cause harm I would of drew my sword earlier but if you still think of me as someone to distrust then strike me down here and now if you so desire.” He said taking a drink of his water again. He was telling the truth he wouldn’t strike back at her if she cut him. He would stand there and take it at the moment. Considering he too knew the horror shinra had done telling them it was for the good of the world. Sighing slightly he sat there waiting to see what would happen.

He looked back at her and stood up slowly. “And now I will take my leave and not disturb your world again. I will make sure to make my presences hidden from this world consider I am but a person they want to kill.” He said walking off towards the place to go back to his home world. Looking around for a little bit he seemed to be lost a little bit considering he took this path to the store but didn’t remember the location of the traveling center. Sighing slightly he took the right path down the hall.

Seriously? He was walking off again? Does no one sit still and listen anymore these days?

After listening to his words and false accusations, her blood was boiling fast alongside the raging adrenaline coursing through her veins. He never even gave her a chance to speak. Just said his random peace and left.

And people thought Genesis was arrogant?

After sitting and seething in her seat for several minutes, and listening to Skittles/Gohrick slurping in the spaghetti noodles, Shade's narrowed gaze flickered gold from the heightened rage igniting her powers. With a slow and steady breath, she regained control as she trained herself to do and slowly turned her head to her summons. With a vindictive tone laced through her words, she gave him her next command. "He wants Sephiroth, perhaps we should give him Sephiroth...."


Skittles paused when about to take another bite. Instead of eating it, his Mythra face grew a slow, sly smile. Shade simply nodded. Skittles eyes went wide. In that moment, he shot out of his chair and leaped over the table, and ran out the door where his body exploded into another tornado of ripping winds as he flew straight for Angeal. Just before impact, his new form was revealed as Sephiroth, and he crashed into his target, sending them both to roll across the ground. The spinning ended with Skittles standing up straight and giggling in his squirrelish way with one booted foot on top of Angeal's chest and his fists proudly on his hips in a victorious pose.


Shade approached the pair with an easy gait to her steps until she came beside Angeal and bent slightly to speak to him directly again. Her voice was calm. Placid and void of any emotion so he would not get any false impressions again. "Now.... let's try this again, shall we? I never once, not once! stated I wanted you dead. Do not put words into my mouth again, sir." She leaned down a bit more with her palms resting against her legs. "Now... had you let me explain, you would have learned that the files that I read did not pertain to your curr-ent status. They were only in regards to the despicable and sickening experiments that crackpot joint pulled on you and your said companions." Now, Shade shifted herself to crouch down and rest her forearms casually across her knees.

"I have no idea where you got the impression anyone here wants you dead, Angeal. No one in my world even knows of you, or what you are. Perhaps it the fact that your prancing about with two giant swords on your body in a civilian place that has people staring at you strangely. Ever think of that?" She slowly rose back up and stood straight while giving Skittles/Sephiroth a nod to step off of Angeal. If he so chose to still converse with her, she would. If he chose to leave, she had no other alternative but to let him go about his business. But she would give him the option. "Now that I had my chance to explain things, I'm more than willing to discuss matters with you. The choice is yours."

Angeal was walking away then all the sudden he got pounced on. The smell of acorns and trees filled his nostrils again and he knew who it had to be and that was something that he wasn’t used too was that squirrel changing shape again it was almost unbelievable but then again he had seen some things in this world that could not be explained by words but with thoughts . He sighed slightly then he heard the girl coming up from behind she squat down right near him. And started explaining how she didn’t want him dead and the people probably thought of him as a weird freak with having two giant swords on him instead of more modern type of weapon as they called guns that he had as well. He looked up not knowing what he had to do to get this squirrel off of him. This squirrel had tracked him down twice.

When the squirrel let its leg off of Angeal he heard the girl speaking that she would like to converse with him. Sitting up slowly he stood up becoming taller than the squirrel. He had almost forgotten how tall Sephiroth was till that Squirrel transformed into the man that he once called his friend. He still saw the other two as friends but did they see themselves as friends still? Or did their friendship end when Sephiroth found out that he was a direct descendant from Jenova. Looking at the girl he asked one simple thing. “What is it that you want to know?” He looked back at the girl and started walking back to the table they were originally at. “I am all ears when we start this discussion.” He went back to looking at the squirrel and girl a couple of times.

Sitting down he started to explain why he was here and what he wanted. “As I told you before I am here to find some information on sephiroth and genesis the tow of them seemed to disappear form everyone’s noticing and I am here to find out where exactly those two have ran off too. Sephiroth destroyed and entire village in the world I have came from. So I am here to see that he doesn’t cause anymore harm to neighboring world. But with how strong that I knew him for I know I won’t be enough to stop him but I thought it would be worth a try even if it was a suicide plan. Then again I also know that Sephiroth is one of the pure jenova creations. Meaning he has the pure cells. If I was able to stop him before he found out on that mission that he and Zack went on then I could of stopped him from destroying and killing thousands of innocent people but I was too late. And then on other hand I had found out what Shinra had done to us. Infecting us with one of the ancients dna. Trying to get us to be like sephiroth and become that of a equilibrium. Little did they know that Jenovas cells where much stronger then project G. And because of that they feared the Jenova research and wanted to increase our dna of Project G. They hadn’t gotten the chance before Genesis saw through them and wanted to attack. But because I had a student there I had to fight off the Genesis copies and still act like I was part of shinra so that my Student didn’t get killed. But once that was over with I too left Shinra in search of a better place. Then I heard about Genesis attacking Dr. Hollander and that was something I couldn’t allow. Even with the evil he had done to me and Genesis I could not let that memory rot his mind forever. If he were to kill Hollander then he would know what it was to kill a innocent person. And then he wouldn’t be the Genesis that most know. Sure he is arrogant and smart sounding at times but once you get to know him he’s a alright guy. And if I wanted to when I came in and didn’t say anything I could of walked right out of here without questioning anyone of Sephiroth or Genesis considering I see no evidence of attacks in this world from either of the two. And that was what lead me to believe that maybe they are still on my home world. In less they are in different worlds there is too many for me to check at this time. I have to get back to mine after each world I go to just so that I can make sure they don’t attack it while I’m away. I know that I’m not the world’s leader or anything but it helps me rest a little bit when I know that there is no one attacking it. I don’t know why but I feel as if the Life stream is destroyed then I won’t see my old friends again. But I guess you can say the whole reason I am traveling between worlds is so I could see if Sephiroth is really evil now or was he just confused and lost and possibly bring him back to his senses. As for genesis he has dreams of becoming the new hero and I want his dreams to come true just like mine and Sephiroths.”

Looking back at the two of them once more he continued his story. “But at the same time I feel as if I can’t forgive them. They caused my student Zack fair to die. Even I caused his death. If we hadn’t have left Shinra and let the continue their experiments on us then possibly he would still be alive. That man didn’t deserve to die at all. In fact Zack was one of the best guys you could ever dream of having as a student sure he acted like a idiot at times but ti was all the same it was just how he is. There wasn’t anything that could get him down or as I thought there wasn’t. But when I went to the life stream he seemed to be empty and barren as if he had no purpose to continue fighting at all. As if he had given up on all hope and dreams. He gave up his honor for a while till he got knocked back into reality by Genesis. That is what I thought of Genesis he always repeating the lines of loveless. And one act he said nothing shall forestall my return. He meant that everyone has a second chance and I have mine right now. So my chance is too snap those two back into reality and show them that they don’t have to be the way they are. I mean if I can get them to sit and talk with me maybe there won’t be anything to worry about. Then maybe we can all once again join forces and protect the world we love from the Shinra army. And possibly get the place back to where its able to grow grass and trees again. And possibly plant a Dumb apple tree like old times. Though those are things of my dreams. Those twos may be different. I know Genesis wishes to be the hero and Sephiroth wishes to find his place and find out what exactly he is suppose to be on this world. Others may see him as a monster but I grew up with him and genesis I know that he isn’t the monster he claims to be. But since everyone is frighten of him and tries to kill him each time they see him his heart is coming crowded with darkness. I will want to fight him one day to prove that there is nothing wrong with him and show him that he can become a hero again without anything to fear. Though I don’t want anyone interfering in these two fights. If it takes my death to show Sephiroth that he isn’t a monster then it shall happen. This is how I choose to use my second chance and I know that you might think its pathetic trying to set those two back on the right track but this is how I see it. If I can then they can lead normal lives like everyone else and possibly settle down and have a family of their own. But that is all in this dream I have. And in order to have Honor you have to have dreams to protect. Without dreams what honor is there to fight for? Your honor is what you believe in and what you want to do some day. But others don’t seem to understand where I come from. Zack though he embraced his dream and fought the Shinra army in order to give a man named Cloud his freedom. If it wasn’t for Zack I probably would of never seen a reason to come back.”

Finally finishing his explanation he sat there for a minute not wanting to continue but wanting to hear her thoughts on the matter. He didn’t know why she would still be there after that long lecture but he figured it was because she to inquired why he was there and why he had been to different worlds and why he had been to hers and that was something he wanted to get off his chest and he finally did. “Now I am sorry for taking such quick judgment against you but I did not know what the reason was behind you following me at all. In fact I didn’t know that any other worlds knew about genesis and sephiroth I thought only my world knew of the terrors. And I didn’t think anyone knew about the Shinra company. But that is something I should take into thought that not everyone knows about the horrors that happened there and not everyone would of known that I wasn’t sure about them either. But the way they acted at that Restaurant back there when I ordered a glass of water they acted as if I wasn’t supposed to be there that’s what set me off for a minute that I wasn’t allowed here so I figured I would return back to my world and not do anything to cause problems. I wouldn’t want to be talked about if it was me. If anyone has anything to say I like it to be face to face. If its something I don’t like I will tell them. And if they wanted to pick a fight I will try to avoid it but sometimes it’s a little impossible to avoid any fight no matter how big or small it is. I think your use to this by now.”

Finishing he looked over at the squirrel and he looked back at the waiter and held up two fingers. The man nodded his head and came back with two plates of Spaghetti . He handed one to angeal and one to the squirrel who he thought was a guy. “Enjoy.” Angeal said to the little fur ball but for some reason he had respect for the little guy maybe it was because he was with this girl all the time but that was his opinion on the fact. Sitting there for a minute he looked at the girl once more looking her over. She wasn’t your typical everyday girl she seemed a little more built and a little bit stronger. No wonder she was able to take on that man when she came into that place to drag I’m out. Maybe that was something he should of thought about. Maybe she was a bounty hunter of a sorts and he wanted to know why she had a interest in the three of them that was one thing he wanted to figure out. Taking a small drink of his water he proceed to ask her a simple question. “Now that I have explained myself I think it’s fair that I ask you a small question. You won’t have to answer me if you don’t want to but that is what you can decide. I want to know why you have such a interest in soldiers. It’s not every day you have someone that is interested into reading what happened to us less generally care what they did to us.” He sat there waiting for a minute to listen to her speak. He gently started eating his spaghetti without making any sounds that he was eating at all. While he starred at her trying to figure it out.

Now back within the quaint restaurant of gawking stares, Shade took a seat again, but this time, directly across from Angeal. It was then she noticed Skittles wasn't directly behind her. Instead, while still in his Sephiroth form, he was nibbling into other customers' plates to have a sample for himself. None were too pleased that a near six foot tall man clad in leather was getting his sliver hair in their food as well as picking out what he so wanted from their tables to eat. Shade gave a harsh hiss through her teeth with a fierce glare to get his attention, which in turn, led him to pout and scowl back at her before spitting out what was in his mouth to land on the floor with a splat. Finally, he behaved and sat in a chair in between them with a slouch and began picking out the broccoli from his hair as Shade leaned a bit to speak softly to her summons. "Skittles, perhaps your original form would put our guest more at ease."


Skittles spared her one last Sephiroth scowl before his body exploded into a gust of funneling winds that nearly blew off everything from the table had Shade not lunged and grabbed everything from blowing over. Now upon the seat of the chair was a small, youthful squirrel with multi colored fur of every shade known to the eye. He leaped from the chair and onto the table, scampering wildly about with his nose twitching furiously at everything until the new plates of spaghetti arrived. As the small creature dove into the meal, taking in one noodle at a time, Shade requested a drink from the waiter. Recognizing Shade as the Headmaster to Balamb may have been what gave their server the added patience to deal with such an odd trio. When he left to retrieve her order, Shade shifted herself to get more comfortable as she listened and took in everything Angeal had to say without a single interruption, but finding herself entangled with mixed emotions by certain issues he was striven for. Now, the waiter arrived with a solitary glass of wine, which Shade took with a nod and sipped first before trying to strum up the words she felt Angeal needed to hear.

"Mr. Hewley, there is little I can tell you of the whereabouts of your... companions. I haven't found a single trace of them for a very long time. But what I can tell you is what I've learned during my brief encounters with them..." She took another sip and allowed the wine to lull in her mouth for a second or two before she swallowed. "First... Sephiroth is not one you can reason with. True, at some point you may have been friends with him in the past, but I can assure you, friendship is not something Sephiroth holds any value to now, nor ever will again from what all I have witnessed. He seeks nothing more than power and control, Angeal... and by any means no matter how many lives must pay the cost." In her pause for breath, Shade leaned closer across the table and kept her gaze firmly locked with his. "This goes far beyond Jenova now, Angeal. New gateways have been opened and Sephiroth is now fully aware of a much greater power. It's not just one world open to him anymore. It's every world and their connections to each other in one grand realm. The powers for him to obtain are now limitless, and he knows this, and will stop at nothing to consume it all. As ironic as it is, Sephiroth will do the same as Jenova, yet he will far exceed that creature's abilities that led Jenova to fall and be defeated due to what ShinRa made him to be. Your hope for him is astounding, Angeal. I'll give you that. But it is a hope that lost its flame a long time ago..."


A heavy sigh escaped her before she drank again and her other hand reached out to give her small summons a gentle scratch behind his ears. His head leaned into the scratch, but Skittles never paused in devouring the spaghetti one slurping noodle at a time. "This Zack you speak of.... I assume is of course Zack Fair." She sipped her wine again while looking back to Angeal's waiting gaze. "Don't consider him to be among the passing within your planet's Lifestream so easily, Angeal. I've seen him as well a time or two, and I hope some day you will find him again. He's a remarkable fighter, and with an abundance of hope and honor that would no doubt impress you. But unfortunately, as with Sephiroth and Genesis, I haven't found a single trace of Zack's whereabouts of late either. Now... what I can guarantee you is the uncertainty of existence to who may roam these realms. At one moment, they are in your life.... the next they completely disappear, only to return again so much later, yet it only feels like a day or two has passed to them. The realm is unbalanced and unstable, Angeal. So I warn you.... watch your step, watch your back, and be wary of new deceivers. Sephiroth is not our only enemy now..."


Shade slowly leaned back in her chair again with a heavy sigh and her gloved hand rose up to rub at her weary eyes. She knew she was giving Angeal a lot to take in, but if he indeed changed his own path away from ShinRa, he was going to need to know what laid in store for him along the way. And now, she reached the point of discussion that she knew she could no longer avoid. After a heartier swallow that finished off her wine, Shade motioned for the waiter for another and then forced herself to speak again. "As for Genesis... There came a pause as memories lured out what she struggled to bury for so long. "He has a purpose of his own, Angeal. Whether it be right or wrong in anyone's eyes, he believes in it and travels his own course. Nor you, or any other can dissuade him from it, friendship or not. I haven't seen a single trace of him in quite a long time as well, but at least I know he's alive. She took a breath and a sip of her drink while muddling over the other questions he had for a brief moment before continuing. "As for why I took an interest in SOLDIER..." Her scowl returned, but her gaze remained fixed away from Angeal as she had to dive even further into her memories. "When I first came upon these realms, I found myself thrown into a situation that was connected to my own current mission. That situation had Sephiroth in the mix, and how I also came to encounter Genesis. Since his goal at the time was to seek out Sephiroth as well, we had what you would call, a mutual.... tolerance... of each other. In that short time, I'll admit, he opened my eyes to some things that have gotten me through my own challenges..." After another sip, Shade gazed down at her drink as her hand shifted the glass to swirl the wine a bit. "But as I said.... there's been no trace of him, but because of our paths crossing, it's how I came upon the ShinRa records that pertained the experiment records and everything that entailed. Perhaps the reason I took such an interest to heart is because the same was attempted upon me in my younger years in my own world. There's also the fact that I have recently discovered that such crackpot experimenting in my world is what led to my family loosing my brother, whom I never knew I even had. So yes.... what ShinRa has done, or is still doing, boils my blood, no matter what world such actions take place in, or by what scientists, or for what purpose their actions mean to serve. It's still wrong, and it sickens me. So when I recognized you for who you were, I thought you were still a part of ShinRa and sent here in search for Genesis to hopefully return him to them, thus why you and I got off to a rocky start."


She released a soft sigh afterwards, trying to shake off where the discussion was leading her thoughts. After another drink, Shade finally managed to bring her steel shaded gaze back to Angeal's. "Just be careful, Angeal. In whatever it is you attempt to do. I applaud your sense of hope, I really do. But do not let it blind you."