Divine Being: Divinity Neverending

And once I find her, we'll take care of Reina.

And then what?

What do you mean?

Will she stay with you? Will AVALANCHE even let you be near her? Will she side with her friends over you? And what about 'Vinnie'?

I do not know... She deserves her revenge on Reina as much as I do. If she chooses to fight me, then so be it.

You will fight her?

... No.

What?

I will not fight her... I will merely defend myself against her attacks. There will be no blows against her.

As you wish...

Prologue

Yuffie sat on the bed in which she had been upon for a week whilst she was lost within another dimension. She was hungry and had noticeably lost weight. She doubted that Reina would have wanted her body in such a weakened state. The fact that she had sobbed for nearly an hour did not help, obviously. Vincent was still kneeling in front of her, trying to make her smile again by speaking to her, but she tuned him out by thinking of her recent experiences. She had already blurted out the entire story to Cloud, Tifa, and Vincent. Tifa was angry about Sephiroth and stormed from the room. Cloud tried to convince her that Sephiroth was behind all of it and was playing mind games on her before leaving to comfort Tifa, but Vincent...

"If you truly love him, then he will come back," the gunman said softly, looking at the ground. She noticed something in his voice, a longing of sorts.

She lifted his chin up and looked into those infinitely red orbs. "What's wrong, Vinnie?" she asked.

He shook his head. "It is nothing, only a thought." He let a ghost of a smile appear as he looked into her own lilacs. "You were with him for three days, correct?" She nodded. "But a week has passed here... That is odd, is it not?"

She frowned. "That wasn't your thought, Vincent,"

He nodded. "But my thought had nothing to do with your predicament, so I-"

"Tell me, dammit!"

"I was wondering if you even love him at all. Or if this was a silly infatuation." His voice was cold and unfeeling, making her wish that she had never even asked.

"Get the fuck out!"

Both Yuffie and Vincent looked at the door at the same time upon hearing the cursing. The ninja leapt from the bed and ran out to see what was going on. Cloud stood a few feet from the front door, sword drawn, glaring at the man in front of him. Sephiroth's normal eyes remained on Cloud, although his own sword remained where it was, both hands up in defeat.

"I have come to see Yuffie, to discuss with her how to rid ourselves of Reina."

"Cloud!" Yuffie said sternly, stomping over, hands on her hips. "I told you! He's going to help me!" She looked up at the silver-haired man, who cocked a smirk. She tried not to smile back at him, but failed miserably. "Oh, you're a jerk too," she told him, narrowing her eyes dangerously at him.

He raised a thin eyebrow at her in a questioning manner. "If I am correct, it was you who let go first."

Her jaw dropped. "You loser! I didn't! You disappeared!" Upon seeing his eyes, she took a step back, curious as to what had happened. "Sephiroth," she said in a near-whisper. "Your... Your eyes..."

He half-smiled, looking down at the floor. "The MAKO and Jenova is in Reina now... She was able to keep them and, without my body for it to course through, she's stronger..."

Cloud looked utterly clueless. "So... you're not controlled anymore?" Sephiroth rolled his hazel eyes.

"It would seem so, Strife," he replied, arrogant as ever.

Tifa stood in the hallway near Vincent, both of them regarding Sephiroth warily. Tifa could never forgive him. He had killed her father, destroyed her hometown, and had nearly killed her. She looked down at the ground, tears rising in her marroon eyes. He was supposed to be dead. She could not, would not, forgive the silver-haired man standing in the doorway of her home, however temporary it was. She needed to be away from him, far away from the man who murdered her father. Far away from the general who had slain the entire village of Nibelheim. No, she was not going to forgive him. She would not allow him to stay in the same house as she, and she would not be overly civil toward him.

"Cloud," the brunette said softly, giving him a look that meant for him to go to her.

Yuffie looked at her female friend and knew instantly that Sephiroth was not welcome. She cast a glance at Vincent, who she knew could do nothing. The man's red eyes merely met her own lilac in a way that confirmed her fears. Tifa had supreme ruling powers in the villa. Sephiroth would not be allowed within their temporary home.

Cloud, after finished conversing with Tifa in low tones, turned to Sephiroth. "I would recommend a wardrobe change, a hair cut, and maybe some hair dye. You are not welcome in this house."

Sephiroth sighed heavily. He had known that would be the case. His hazel eyes met Yuffie's amethyst and she mouthed something to him. He nodded to Vincent, then to Coud and Tifa, and left the villa in search of somewhere to stay the night.

The words that Yuffie had mouthed silently... "I'll meet you on the beach at midnight." He knew that she would have to run away to be with him. And, somewhere deep inside, he felt a twinge of guilt. Her friends hated him, but she was willing to be with him? Why would she do such a thing?

He wandered into a clothing store and looked at the ludicrously priced clothing. Two hundred gil just for a shirt? A shirt that he would never wear, none-the-less. Why had Cloud suggested hair dye? Sephiroth resisted the urge to shudder at the thought of cutting his hair and bleaching it blonde.

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Yuffie sat on the couch as the three "adults" stood facing her. She looked up at them innocently, mentally trying to remember each of their lecture lengths and weaknesses to make them stop leacturing. Vincent's lecture length was short and she could merely act sorry. Cloud's lecture length, although longer than Vincent's, was not very long either. He usually felt too guilty for making her burst into sobs. Tifa, however... That woman could lecture for hours on end. Hopefully, Vincent and Cloud would take control of the situation...

Deity was against her.

"Yuffie, why were you with Sephiroth, of all people?" she demanded. "He is evil, yuffie! Not some random nice-guy that you might meet on the street!"

"First of all," the teen said, standing to glare at Tifa, "I was trapped with him and didn't have a choice. It was either work together or allow Reina to take my body and then Cloud's and your's and Vinnie's and everyone else's! Second of all... Have you metsome of those guys on the streets? Most of them are mean, Tifa! So your 'random nice-guy' analogy is out. Next-"

"Yuffie," Vincent merely said, silencing the ninja.

Tifa glanced at Vincent gratefully before continuing. "Fine. But once you escaped, then you didn't have to talk to him again! You just come back and live the rest of your life, Yuffie! He's the past! And if he makes one false move, then we'll defeat him once again."

Yuffie's eyes fell to the floor. "If you're making me choose between you guys and him, that's not fair," she said softly. Tifa's glare made her answer known. "Veha," she said, falling back into her native language. "Tifa, Cloud, Vincent... Kuutpoa." (1)

She walked from the room and grabbed her few belongings from the room that she had been in. With a final glance at the trio, she walked out of the door. Vincent looked at Tifa and Cloud before following his "sister" like a watchful guardian.

"Farewell," he told the two.

End of Prologue

(1) I used Al Bhed.Veha means Fine andKuutpoa means Goodbye.

R: I know, I know. Slow and boring, but... There's gonna be more! They've gotta find Reina and see if Kais will help them and Vincent has secrets and Sephiroth becomes-

Surka: Don't be tellin' the story, Rayz!

R: Eh heh... Read onward!