RPG <<>>Final Fantasy: Networks of Destiny<<>>

[GinnyLyn]

"Tidus," Auron started again.
The blonde teen smirked at him and did a neat backflip off the pier and into the ocean again.
"Tidus..." Auron said, his voice carrying a warning tone.
"Ooo, look, people!" Tidus pointed to a few strangely dressed figures down aways on the beach.
"[i]Dammit[/i], Tidus!" (Auron was, uncharacteristically, losing his temper.)
"Sheesh, temper, temper, old man. I'm going to check those people (especially that cute girl) out."
Auron closed his good eye, seeking some deep reserve of patience. Then he turned around and stalked off toward the forest.
"That's right," Tidus called, "if anything happens, just come get me."
Auron turned to see if Tidus was coming, but the teen was already halfway to the others. [i]Serve him right if something happened and, Farplane forbid, he'd feel guilty,[/i] he mentally snapped sarcastically.

The forest threw down dappled splotches of sunlight against the green grass as Auron walked along the dirt path. The warp hole was still there, pulsing quietly; it was about the size of a beach ball. He looked at it for a moment; irridescent pyreflies were hovering around it, wailing softly, dirgelike. Beyond them, toward the inside of the hole, there were streaks of dark blue and white.
Auron tentatively put his gloved hand through the warp. It was incredibly cold inside the warp, a sharp contrast to Kilika's tropical climate. Auron pulled his hand out again, intrigued to find snowflakes melting on his glove.
"Harmless. Still, the people of Kilika might want to know about it, so no one goes missing."
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OoC: Now that I have a chance to retype my post, I realize that it's OoC with everyone else's. Beh. Ah well.
May I play Tidus, too? I was really looking forward to having Tidus' comical edge playing off of Auron's serious nature. If not, y'all can just write Tidus out for me. ^^;

[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth stared at the oddly clothed man, he appeared to be a monk, his long purple robes just gave off that feeling, but when Sephiroth saw the guns sitting in holsters at his side the silver-haired warrior then decided that he wasn't a monk at all.[/i]

"So Sano, where are we?"

"I think we're in Kilika." [i]He said unsure of himself he seemed about as lost as the Sephiroth and Yuffie. But Yuffie didn't seem interested at all anymore in this conversation seeing as how she spotted a young blonde boy swimming towards them. She bolted out to the edge of the water and the boy stood up, dripping wet but he shook hands with Yuffie.[/i]

"Hey Sephy! Come meet this guy! You too Sano!" [i]Sephiroth sighed mentally. Hopefully the girl wouldn't call him that name as it would become [b]very[/b] annoying to him. The silver-haired warrior and Sano walked down to the beachside to greet this young blonde boy.[/i][/COLOR]

[Hinata]

[COLOR=blue] Rinoa tried hard to regain her composure after meeting the strange two characters. Not sure of their whole deal she found out that Zidane was a warrior of sorts, while Vivi was a mage. They both seemed kindhearted and innocent so she decided to help them on their quest. But a though burnede in Rinoa's heart as well as her brain, SQUALL. Where was he?

Vivi: So where are you from again.
Zidane: Definetly not here, I mean look at her she looks as puzzled and confused as I fell.

Rinoa still kinda dazed out at the whole situation just stared at the sea hoping that a familar face would just walk up to her and help her past this confusion.

Vivi: Hello Rinoa, right. Are you okay?

Rinoa snapped outta her daze by VIvi's questions and hand gestures finally concentrated on their situation again.

Rinoa: Yeah I'm fine. I think!!!

Zidane:Well dont feel bad I think we all feel that way.

Rinoa: So what are we gonna do?

The three sat there thinking for a moment and then Vivi remembered their previus intentions.

Vivi: We saw a trio heading in that direction.

Vivi pointed to a small town not too far from where they laid.

Vivi: I hope that they can help us in anyway of tell us exactly where we are.

Zidane: Yeah so are you ready to go, who knows it could be your companions Looking for you.

With that though Rinoa jumped up and brushed herself off.

Rinoa: So what are we waiting for. Lets go!!!!

So the duo is now a trio. A trio of new friends looking for answers and hopefully a bit of fun!!!!![/COLOR]

[GinnyLyn]

"Hey!" Tidus yelled as he pulled himself out of the water. He shook himself like a dog, much to Yuffie's delight, and Sephiroth and Sano's displeasure. "Welcome to Kilika!"
Sano averted his eyes, staring out over the ocean. Sephiroth simply looked at Tidus. The blonde shivered under the gaze of glowing green eyes, not realizing he reminded the silver haired warrior of someone else.
"So what brings you here?" he asked, turning back to Yuffie.
"Got me," she shrugged cheerfully. "But this place is great! Sun, ocean, sand--sorta reminds me of Wutai!"
"Wu-wha?"
Yuffie got wide eyed. "You mean you've never heard of Wutai?"
"Can't say that I have," Sano interrupted. "Forgive me, but you seem to be lost, miss."
"She's not," Sephiroth interjected, stepping between Sano and Yuffie, and glaring at Sano. "I know of Wutai as well. How do you know that [i]you[/i] are not lost?"
"Two against two," Tidus answered, "though...I don't know you, buddy," he added to Sano.

Elsewhere, Auron had just stepped out of the woods when he spotted an odd little group: a dark haired girl, a blonde kid, and a small boy, dressed like a large doll. They looked lost, and were about to head over to other foursome standing at the beach.
"Might as well join the party," Auron said gruffly. He walked quickly, and was soon spotted by Rinoa, Zidane, and Vivi.
"Hello," Rinoa said as she watched him approach. Her threesome waited for him to catch up; they were still a little ways from the other group.
"Hello. I'm Auron. Who might you be?"
Rinoa smiled prettily. "I am Rinoa. This is Zidane and Vivi."
Zidane struck an arrogant pose, and Auron stifled a small gasp. The boy, at first resembling Tidus, now reminded him of an animal--he had a tail quivering behind him! Not normal for a human. Turning to the other one, Auron widened his eye--this one wasn't "normal" either. His large yellow eyes radiated curiosity at the Crimson Warrior, his outlandishly bright clothes only heightening his childish nature.
"Heya," the monkey boy quipped, tossing a dagger in the air.
"Hello," the small boy added shyly.
"Auron!" Tidus called from the other group.
Before anyone could say anything, Auron quickly cut in. "Shall we?" He motioned the three toward the group on the beach, trying to ignore the monkey tail and the yellow glowing eyes.
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OoC: If no one objects, I'm just going to go ahead and play Tidus. ^^;

[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth was amazed at how much Tidus reminded him of Cloud, except Tidus had no reason to gut and kill him, he seemed so inoccent and young, Cloud on the other hand was older and more aimed towards avenging Aeris' death which he did when he was crazed and bent on destroying the world. Sephiroth quickly shook off any of these memories as he noticed from the corner of his eye that fourm more people were coming, one of them was a young girl that looked like that Tifa girl that had guided him and Zack to the Nibelheim Mako Reactor except she was totally different seeing as how she wasn't wearing fighting gloves and about to jump the sliver-haired warrior as well. Then something really caught Sephiroth's eye, the two shorter of the four that were approaching; the more human looking one had a monkey-like tail and the other one appeared to have no face but bright yellow eyes and a floppy pointed hat that seemed to swallow his head up.

The black-clad warrior walked towards the new group heading towards the group he and Yuffie were in. What caught his eye was the man in a large red coat with a rather high collar, but his left arm seemed to be missing but then Sephiroth noticed that it was just in what appeared to be a sling, he obviously had a bad arm but what got him was that he was lugging around a large broad sword. Sephiroth stuck out his hand in greeting.[/i]

"Hello, I'm Sephiroth, and you would be?" [i]The crimson clad warrior just glared at him from behind his shades and gruffly replied.[/i]

"I'm Auron, where the heck are you from, seeing as how you don't look like you're from Spira." [i]He said from behind his rather large collar and also while eyeing Sephiroth's Masamune as well.[/i]

"Spira? Is that the name of this world? I wonder why we were brought here. Oh, I'd like you to meet, my...."

"[B]Hi there![/B]" [i]The young ninja girl hollered practically right in Sephiroth's ear. She pratically was jumping around with glee until she was mysteriously tripped by a black boot.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]Ninja reflexes serving her well, she grabbed his hair and shirt, dragging him down with her. He yelped and landed on his stomach, with her on top of him, giggling helplessly. He groaned and picked himself off.

Auron stared. Here was a new sort of female. Definetly the type to ignore. Yuffie stood up and shook her finger at Sephiroth.[/i]

Yuffie: Do that again, and I'll call you Sephy for the rest of your life....

Sephiroth: I'll blast you away with Ultima.

Yuffie: I'll use Wall.

Sephiroth: I-....can't believe I'm arguing with a girl like you.

Yuffie: What's THAT supposed to mean?!?!?[/COLOR]

[GinnyLyn]

Auron draped his gloved hand over his face, mentally groaning. [i]Farplane preserve me, she's another Rikku. I[/i] swear[i] they are trying to drive me to an early grave.[/i]
"Hey Auron--"
"Shut up," he snapped. He was still perturbed at Tidus not doing as he was told earlier. That plus the sudden appearance of these new people and that strange warp hole; his warrior sense was picking up, and it never lied to him before.
Tidus pouted. "I was just going to say that that girl looked like Rikku."
'That girl', still hanging on 'Sephy', pouted herself. "Well, I'm Yuffie, not Rikku."
"You sure look like her--you almost have the same outfit," Tidus protested. Yuffie just put her hands on her hips, then waggled a finger at Tidus.
"Lemme guess, girlfriend? Tough beans, blondie, I'm [i]taken![/i]" she sang as she threw her arms around Sephiroth's neck. He blanched and his face reddened visibly.
"I never said--!"
"Denial is the most prominent sign of truth," Auron interrupted, with a grumbling chuckle.
Sephiroth glared at him and Tidus laughed loudly.
"Hey, if you don't want her, may I?" the monkey boy asked.
"WHOA!" Yuffie shrieked. "TAIL!"
Zidane twirled a dagger, then balanced it on his tail. "I'm quite...ambidextrious," he grinned and winked.
"What's ambi...rex..dious?" Vivi asked nervously, readjusting his hat out of habit.
"Ambidextrious. Means he can do many things," Rinoa answered. "But hitting on pretty girls...he can't do that. Not well, anyway."
"But--!"
Rinoa turned her nose up, and Yuffie, after grinning, did a comical copycat of Rinoa. Zidane looked put out.
Auron watched Sano, who was taking no part in the exchange. He then turned to Tidus, who looked like he was becoming fast friends with both Zidane and Vivi. Rinoa and Yuffie were getting on well. The other warrior pulled off to one side, staring out over the ocean. Sano was facing inland.
Auron wondered how such a motley crew came to be in Kilika...and whether it had any connection to the warp hole.
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OoC: Ack! Too many in one place! Drowning in characters!

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]As Sephiroth beat himself up mentally, Rinoa and Yuffie giggled like schoolgirls. Both of them had very little reservation, and absolutely no conscience. They gosspied shamelessly together.....but when Yuffie was about to blurt something personal about Sephiroth, a black glove descended around her mouth. She winked at Rinoa and collapsed "helplessly" into his arms. He leaned down and whispered into her ear.[/i]

"Say it......and you're dead."

[i]She rolled her eyes at him and slid both of her hands up around his neck. He released her instantly, and she chuckled.[/i][/COLOR]

[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth released the squirming ninja from his grasp and just glared at her, if she revealed anything about him being a mass killer etc. he would be in very deep crap. Yuffie winked back at him and he rolled his eyes upwards running his hand through his hair. He'd either go insane again or he would just have to permantly gag the girl, one of the two; he chuckled mentally at the thought of gluing the girl's mouth shut, but he just laughed at it, it would be funny but then she'd get her revenge by doing something else.

Sephiroth walked back over to Auron and propped himself against the trunk of a tree and looked down at the ground and pawed at it with his boot.[/i]

"So, you a warrior, monk, or a warrior monk?"

"Hmph...What do you think I am?" [i]Auron asked gruffly, Sephiroth looked up and stared at the man.[/i]

"I think you're a warrior who has become anxious around normal life and you crave for fighting. I'm kind of the same way, well. I used to be. All I can really say is that I'm not so fight crazy anymore." [i]Auron looked at him with an intent stare which started to make Sephiroth uneasy. For some reason Sephiroth got the feeling that Auron could see into him, like he knew about Sephiroth's past, present, and future. It just made him uneasy but he looked back up.[/i]

"Anyways, is that arm in that sling of yours broken or what?" [i]Auron looked down at his arm and chuckled.[/i]

"Heh heh heh. No, its not broken." [i]He unslung his arm and slid his sword into his hands and swung the sword around but stopped at Sephiroth's face and withdrew the sword.[/i]

"Impressive, but..."[i]Sephiroth unsheathed his Masamune and turned around and with one hand sliced the tree he'd been leaning against in half. Auron looked at him and released a simple "Hmph" he then stepped up and hacked down another tree. This seemed to be drawing the rest of the group around them.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]Rinoa rolled her eyes in disgust. Obvious showoffery. Yuffie on the other hand, drew out two of her smaller shurikens. A light whizzing sound and Sephiroth turned in shock. A lock of his hair drifted down. Something similar passed by Auron, clipping his ear lightly. She leapt and caught both between her fingers, executing a swift flip at the same time.

She smiled at Auron and Sephiroth sweetly, then pocketed her weapon without another word.[/i]

Yuffie: Anyone can cut down a tree. It takes skill not to slice off your heads.

[i]She tapped the side of her nose, dodging Sephiroth's swing. Yuffie grinned and leapt out of range.[/i][/COLOR]

[GinnyLyn]

Auron tensely reached for the tie around his length of hair, just to make sure Yuffie hadn't clipped that as well. It was still there. He just looked at Yuffie, comparing her to Rikku. Wondered if Rikku would have done the same.
[i]"All right, Yunie, watch this--my new glove can--"
*FOOM!*
The nearby crate explodes into fiery chunks of wood.
"--um...oops?"[/i]
Auron cringed and shook the idea out of his head. Rikku and Yuffie would make for a dangerous combination.

[Hinata]

[COLOR=blue] Rinoa seeing everyone showed off giggled to herself. They remeinded her so much of Zell when he was challenged by Seifer. Squall had told her many times about how Zell would be all worked up and upset. She sat down on the ground and looked on as everyone seemed to be sizing each other up wondering who was going to be next to pull their skills out of their hat.

She glanced around and studied everyones face. Although Zidane seemed anxious to show off his sword skills he stayed back. I guees his stature made him scared or the sure skill of his two companinons just made him shy away from competetion. She shrugged her shoulders and looked on. She turned to Viv who stood between Zidane and herself. He looked on in amazement as if he never seen such valiant and show-offy people. Like he was still a kid in so many ways.She couldn't help but to look at him. Although his face couldnt be seen his eyes seemed to say it all.

Sano on the other hand couldn't be read at all. He just stood there looking on at them. He seemed too dignified or something.

See got bored at hearing them all talk and stood up.

"Well everyone," she said trying to draw everyones attention. Luckily it worked. "I understand the friendly competetion going on here but where is this gonna lead us?"

Everyone seemed puzzled by what she was saying.

"I mean dont you think we need to find out why we may be here. I know that I'm not the only one who wished to know."
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[Dmitri_Dragoon]

Zell woke up. He didn't have a clue as to what had happened, but when he looked around he knew something was very wrong. He wasn't at the Garden, but he could smell sea air, having grown up at a port.

He started walking, and soon heard a group of voices, he didn't understand any of them, but then a voice he did recognize said: "I mean dont you think we need to find out why we may be here. I know that I'm not the only one who wished to know."

He smiled, it was Rinoa, hopefully she would know something. He jumped out and ran up to her, startling the group that was there, and Rinoa herself.

"I want to know!" Zell said enthusiastically, but still with some annoyance.

[Hinata]

[COLOR=blue]Seeing Zell arrive so quickly at first startled Rinoa and the others. Everyone quickly drew their weapons and stood glaring at Zell. He just stood there next to Rinoa who aided in his defense.

Rinoa: Dont worry guys he's a friend he won't hurt us.

Everyone quickly lowered their weapons as Rinoa turned to her friend checking behind him to see if Squall was there.

Zell: Who are you looking for?

Rinoa held her head down dissappointed that he wasnt there.

Rinoa: He's not here-

Zell wondered for a moment who she was talking about, then it popped into his head.

Zell: Hey don't you worry about him. You know how Squall is, he never gives up and he always survives.
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[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth lowered the Masamune and glared at the blonde, he was just a little too perky for the silver-haired warrior's liking, the kid though was just as stated; a kid. He walked back over towards Auron and slumped against a tree again and snorted.[/i]

"Something wrong?" [i]He asked with a joking humor. Sephiroth looked back at the new blonde boy there.[/i]

"If he's a warrior then I feel sorry for his world, and what is it with all these blondes?! It seems like they are continually coming out of the woodwork and I'm about to go insane if another one shows up." [i]And with that Sephiroth shut his mouth and just glared about, he was stopped when Yuffie appeared in front of him; she was hanging from a branch and grinning.[/i]

"Hey, why such the angry face?" [i]The silver-haired warrior grinned as the ninja dropped from the branch in front of him and put on a mock imitation of him. Sephiroth folded his arms and the ninja followed; he smirked and started to walk towards the beach.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]She followed, actually quiet for once. He was about to admonish her, when a sperpent of some sort slithered up from the waves and hissed at them. Yuffie drew out her shuriken, moving faster than Sephiroth could see. He blinked, and it's severed head was writhing at his feet.

She rose from her dragon stance and smiled broadly at him. He blinked again, and she was beside him, hand resting on her hip.[/i]

Yuffie: What? You swallowed your tongue?

Sephiroth: Since when coud you move that fast?

Yuffie: Since I became the descendent of Da-chao and Leviathin.

[i]He shook his head and she fingered his silvery locks.[/i]

Yuffie: What do you use to wash your hair? It's so soft.[/COLOR]

[Hinata]

[COLOR=blue] Rinoa and the others looked at how quickly Yuffie slayed the beast and so smoothly went into flirting witrh Sephiroth again.

Rinoa: Dang she's good-

Zell: Excuse me?

Rinoa: Oh sorry talking to myself.

Rinoa giggled shyly and went up to Auron. He stood there arm in his jacket as usual and she politely spoke to him.

Rinoa: Excuse me, Mr Auron-

Auron: Just call me Auron.

Rinoa: Okay Auron, since you and him(glancing to Tidus) seem to know this area well. What could be the best possible place to get answers for what we're going through.

Auron stood there quiet for a moment. He didn't know quite wht to say just yet. So he stood solomnly by the tree.

Auron: No immediate answer can be made up. But we can try the temples of Yevon. They may provide some clue to what is happening but nothing can be said for sure.

Rinoa sighed after a few moments realizing thats all she could get from him now and she took it. She turned from Auron and walked back towards Zell and plopped on the ground.
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[GinnyLyn]

Auron stayed by the tree, hanging back. He was lying. And he knew it. The Temples wouldn't have answers. After what he had seen in his younger days... Auron shook his head. Best not to dwell.
He nonchalantly pushed his shades back up his nose bridge with his right hand. Tidus seemed to take this as a sign that said, "Tidus, please join me, I am bored to death."
"Hey, old man!"
"Hmph."
Tidus rolled his eyes. "Cheerful and open as always," he laughed. "C'mon, what's wrong with you? Where's your sense of adventure?"
"I offered you that back at Kilika's woods. The warp hole, in case you forgot?"
"Well, yeah, but..." Tidus waved his hand at the large group. "I wouldn't have met these guys."
Yuffie was teaching a nervous but giggling Rinoa the best way to flirt. Sephiroth and Sano had both pulled away in their own corners, ignoring everyone else. Zell, Zidane, and Vivi were all sharing a good laugh, and Tidus looked like he wanted to join that trio and laugh with them.
"Go on," Auron verbally nudged him.
Tidus was about to, then hung back, rubbing the back of his head. "Auron?"
"Mmm?"
"They aren't from Spira...are they?"
"No."
"Do you...do you think we can get them back home?"
Auron eyed him quietly for a moment, then dropped his gaze.
"Hey c'mon!" the blonde teen nagged, "you got answers, I know you do!"
"No, I don't."
"Yes, you do. And the sooner you speak up--"
"What," Auron said with a short laugh, "are you actually attempting to threaten me?" He gripped his sword's handle.
"No no no!" Tidus protested, waving his hands defensively in front of himself.
"Good. Now [i]go.[/i] I have answers to think up."
"Pfft. You never did make sense, you know." And Tidus ran back to Zell, Zidane, and Vivi.

[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth stood against one of the tall tropical trees while Yuffie was off talking with Rinoa. The sliver-haired warrior sighed, she obviously was after him but why; why was she flirting with him all of a sudden? Sephiroth screamed in his head, he'd tried to kill her and her friends so why the hell was she so intent on flirting with him? It just didn't make sense. He stood up from his propped up position and walked back over to Auron and looked at him.[/i]

"All right old man, enough is enough. Can we at least go to the town in this area or something? I'm really getting pissed that we are just sitting here as if we're waiting for another person to fall out of the sky or whatever I just honestly think that we should just leave and maybe have someone come back every now and then to check for anyone new." [i]There came that stare again and Sephiroth somewhat shuddered from that one-eyed stare.[/i]

"Hmph, we wait for any more. Got it?" [i]The crimson warrior said gruffly as he adjusted his sword again. Sephiroth just slumped against the tree but then just decided to stand up again and looked at Auron again.[/i]

"I'm going to go take a look around here, is there one of those temple thingys you mentioned, is that all right?"[i]Auron glared at him and gruffly replied.[/i]

"I don't care, do what you want, its that way. Personally I think you're smart to leave, but on the other hand I think your friend might get angry at you for leaving without her." [i]Sephiroth looked defeated again and slumped down into a sitting position against the tree and just sat there with his Mako green eyes screaming in rage.[/i][/COLOR]

[GinnyLyn]

Auron half smirked to himself, confident that his collar hid the grin. Sephiroth didn't seem like the type to have young girls hanging all over him, and yet...it almost made Auron bust out laughing.
"Hey Auron!" Tidus called, "I'm going to show Zell, Zidane, and Vivi around...is that ok?"
Auron nodded. That would leave him with Rinoa, Sano, and Sephiroth. Oh yes, and Yuffie, too. "Just stay away from the warp spot in the woods."
"Right!" Tidus waved, not really listening.
"WARP SPOT!" Auron hollered after him.
"Heard ya!"
No, he didn't. Auron could read the kid like a book. Ten years with someone--you're [i]bound[/i] to pick up their body language. Auron quickly trotted up to Tidus and grabbed one of his ears. "Just stay out of the woods."
"Ow! Ok ok, stay out, got it! Sheesh!"
Auron raised an eyebrow then went back to his original position, next to the still glaring Sephiroth. He was going to have to do something about him.

"What's over there?" Zidane asked, pointing to the woods.
"Nothing much. Yeah, see, we aren't really supposed to go over there," Tidus replied lamely.
"What? What's the fun of exploring a new world if you're forbidden from going anywhere?"
"Grandfather told me that the only way to learn what the best food in the world is was by eating a little of everything," Vivi offered shyly.
"I'm going, even if you aren't," Zell chuckled.
"Listen Wakka-lookalike," Tidus said, waving a finger in Zell's face, "if you're going, so am I! Hey, what can I say? I'm easily won over." He winked at Zell, and the foursome ran into the woods.

[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth watched as Auron chased after Tidus and gave him what appeared to be an earful. Sephiroth grinned as Aruon returned with a rather put-out look or that's what it appeared to be, the silver-haired warrior stood up and looked at Auron.[/i]

"I'll follow them." [i]The crimson warrior looked at him with a grin and nodded and with that Sephiroth set off after the four teens. Unfortunately the silver-haired warrior became utterly lost in the forest until he came upon a path. At least it was a path, he followed it hoping to find the 4 boys soon so he could see if they had followed what Auron wanted but what he found at the end of the path was a large flight of stone steps; Sephiroth shrugged in dismay and climbed the steps and came to a large landing and proceeded up further until he came upon a large building with what appeared to be a glass orb or something set in the ground.

Sephiroth stepped closer to this thing and noticed that a huge fire was flickering in it just then a few other teens walked up to him, one of them known as Larbeight walked up behind Sephiroth and pushed him forward who then landed on his hands and knees and found himself looking at some oddly bound feet of another man, he looked up and he was about in his mid twenties with light brown hair, he reached down and picked up the leather-clad warrior by the scruff of his neck and looked him in the face.[/i]

"Who would you be?" [i]He asked as he pulled Sephiroth closer, obviously this guy was curious seeing as how the silver-haired warrior was the only one dressed like he was and all these other people were dressed more farm like or so, he pushed away from the man and looked at him hard with his Mako green eyes that seemed to shoot out ice daggers.[/i]

"I'm known as Sephiroth. Who are you?" [i]He asked in a cold and harsh tone. Obviously this moron was dumb enough to not get the point and the rest of his group excluding the women closed in around him.[/i]

"I'm Nizarut, this is Larbeight, Isken, and Vuroja." [i]He said gesturing to all the males that were now in a tight circle around him.[/i]

"And we don't take nicely to rude strangers heheh." [i]Said this, Vuroja as he popped his knuckles.[/i]

"You're one to be talking, you were rather rude to me, I was only exploring this temple and..." [i]Sephiroth wasn't able to get another word out because Nizarut threw a hard left hook right into Sephiroth's face, the punch normally would have cracked a man's jaw but after going through so much pain before the silver-haired man simply moved his face right back into Nizarut's face and proceeded to throw a hard gut punch which in turn sent the jerk flying 10 or some odd feet before he collapsed from the hit. He then unsheathed the Masamune and glared at the others.[/i]

"Okay, anyone else wanna try that?" [i]He said with a tone of arrogance, of course the others backed off and went to help their friend; now with that matter solved Sephiroth proceeded into the temple and was awestruck at the amazing archetechture of the place, it may have looked primitive looking on the outside but it was amazing on the inside, but what caught his attention the most was the strange hym that seemed to echo throughout the temple.

While Sephiroth was standing near the entrance a monk walked up to him and bowed while doing a stange hand gesture and shook Sephiroth's hand.[/i]

"Welcome to Kilika Temple, what might your name be?" [i]He asked witha large grin.[/i]

"I'm Sephiroth. I was just coming to visit the temple to see what it looked like." [i]The monk nodded and walked off to speak with some of the others. After investigating some of the intricate statues the leather-clad warrior walked back outside and sat on one of the steps, he was a little lost and hoped someone would know where to look for him but in the meantime he decided he'd just spend the time staying here and maybe even practice some of his sword skills, just as long as Yuffie hadn't followed him but he wasn't even sure he'd gotten away from her.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]Yuffie watched him go, but went inside to the main sanctuary. The monks indicated the altars and smouldering fire tablets. She drew two sticks of insence from her sleeve and placed them in the cups of soil, then she lit both and bowed low....knees pressed to the ground, forehead resting on them. One for her mother, one for Aeris.

She sighed. Then rose to her feet. Whenever she was in a temple, that feeling of presence came back to her. Like when she summoned Leviathin for the first time, or went to Da-Chao and stood on the very top. So very close, yet intangible. It always made her serious. Serious to the point where being a professional tormenter of Sephiroth was put on hold. She walked out to the side hall where she could hear the swish of his blade. Pale hands slid into her side sheaths, slim pads fingered the edge of razor sharp shurikens, smiling slightly. He didn't see her. She silently kissed her shadow self. Then she stepped into the light.

He turned, sword raised. And stifled a sigh of resentment. She didn't respond with the usual bounding cheerfulness, instead magicked her shuriken to rise into it's full spiritual form....with the aid of her Contain materia.

Then she slid down into her stance and waited.[/i]

Sephiroth: You'll die.

Yuffie: I have a final attack lined up.[/COLOR]

[Domon]

[COLOR=darkblue][i]Sephiroth grinned with an odd delight, it was happening again; "He" was coming out to play, he took his gloves off and threw his trenchcoat to the side and out of his back unfurled a massive single white wing, white feathers seemed to fill the air as that wing stayed flared out, this in turn brought a lot of attention from onlookers as the two readied their weapons.[/i]

"Ready or not this is gonna hurt shortie." [i]Sephiroth said with a snicker as Yuffie seemed to try and restrain herself from running over and messing with his wing which was now at his side and ran down the full length of his body, the very tip of it stopped at his heel.[/i]

"Pfft, yeah right..Let's do this!" [i]And with that she charged with her shuriken and he with the Masamune, unfortunately she jumped comepletly over him and landed gracefully as a cat or a ninja and threw a throwing star at Sephiroth who just happened to turn just as it neared his neck; but as it neared closer it stopped, it had hit a blue barrier, or more like the protect spell that is automatically cast when his wing was revealed.[/i]

"No fair!" [i]She hollered from atop one of the large pillars.[/i]

"And you call that fair? Being up that high? I don't call it fair my dear, I call it battle now come on and fight!" [i]He barked as he drew his blade up to a battle position as she jumped down and stood right in front of him, the Masamune cut at her but only hit air.[/i]

"I'm over here sepy...or is it here? Or here???" [i]She was pulling an old ninja trick, make multiple images of yourself and sneak up behind your enemy. Unfortunately it didn't work like Yuffie had intended, Sephiroth simply stuck the Masamune out and she tripped and fell but as soon as she fell she was back up but he was already close enough to kill her, he brought the blade of his sword up to her neck.[/i]

"You know I could kill you right here but I won't." [i]She looked at him playfully.[/i]

"Good, because lookie." [i]Sephiroth proceeded to look down and saw a shuriken pointed right for his heart. They locked eyes and stared at each other for what seemed like eternity, they moved closer about to kiss when suddenly they heard massive clapping, he turned and saw a massive group standing there watching, the sounds of them fighting must have drawn more attention than wanted. Sephiroth blushing picked up his coat and slid it back on while slipping his gloves back on and he started back down the steps so he could head for the town. But Yuffie followed and then spoke up.[/i]

"Your wing, it was very pretty, I think its beautiful." [i]The silver-haired warrior snorted and turned around to look at her.[/i]

"Look I know you have feelings for me but maybe now isn't a good time, I still feel a little bit of the evil part of me deep within the very fabric of my body and I'm afraid I might end up hurting you and I don't want to do that. So let's just see what happens for now okay?" [i]Yuffie gave a defeated look but soon brushed it off and was walking right up next to him on the way into the village, well hopefully what was the village.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]As they walked, she turned and jumped, throwing herself into several cartwheels in a row. He watched her move....gracefully, more like a hunting cat than just an average hyper girl.

She turned and went into a series of long slow backflips, legs stretching out completely. Then she landed, facing him, and smiled.[/i]

Sephiroth: You always train like this?

Yuffie: Why not? It's fun. I like to keep moving. No time to be sad.

Sephiroth: .....you don't feel it?

Yuffie: I don't like being depressed. It only slows you down. Long range goals keep you from being frustrated by short term faliures.

[i]He shook his head. Her words were true enough. Spoken as if from someone years older. She shrugged in the non-caring adittude that had made her such a good theif, and danced away. She swirled into several blurring chaines turns, keeping herself in perfect balance, then paused and fell into the splits...still ahead of the group. Then she resumed walking again, as if nothing had happened. He smiled. Childish at times, but perfectly capable of being mature and serious.[/i][/COLOR]

[GinnyLyn]

Tidus stopped the group and grinned at Sephiroth and Yuffie. "Do you two need a room or something?"
Sephiroth closed his eyes, calling up some deep reserve of patience. Yuffie didn't let it bother her, though. She grinned widely and flicked her wrist. Tidus was neatly pinned to a nearby tree with one of her shurikens.
"Now, if I was in a bad mood, that might actually have hurt," she giggled.
Tidus' cheeks burned in embarrassment as he tried to pick the shuriken out of his sleeve. "Ow!" His finger was bleeding now.
"Boys!" Yuffie pffted and pried him free, flicking the shuriken back into a pocket. "And guys are no better. Ha!" And she was off, cartwheeling again.