Divine Being: Divinity Neverending

I don't know what to think anymore, Fox. I mean, I let you take my body as a vessel, but Sephiroth...

He'll be fine. Just stop worrying! You're going to get wrinkles!

Hmph. What would you have done if some ghost wanted to use you as a vessel to get back at an old enemy, but Kais didn't want you to?

That's what I thought, Gypsy. You don't know what you would've done. Well, I know what I did and I know that he's worried, but... Oh, he's confusing me! I'm only sixteen! I won't be seventeen for at least two months, but he's got me runnin' around in circles.

That is how I used to feel about Kais.

Used to...?

Yes, I felt like that for a while... Then I just, you know, fell into a groove. He was so easy to talk to. So polite. Never possessive, but always with me.

Oh... I... I don't know if I love Sephiroth. But it's kinda nice, y'know? Just being a normal teenager and having a guy to wrap his arms around me. I really like it.

Chapter Five

A throbbing sensation made the woman able to hear her own pulse within her head. She felt like someone was playing loud techno music right next to her ear, making her pulse race with it. The problem was... She was in a room with two other women and there was no music playing. What was worse was that she did not know either of the women. One was probably the same age as herself with long dark tresses that shimmered majestically as she slept. She had shed some of her clothing - obviously - and wore a black tank with shorts. A sword was lying next to the bed, as a safety precaution most-likely. The other was younger, her childish features just beginning to resemble that of a young woman. A large, sharp, pointy thing lay on the floor next to her. Tael was not about to examine it, however, because she wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"She had four demons trapped within her mind, Kais. It is possible that she would want to help us."

"No, Sephiroth," a different voice, this one was deeper and more mysterious than the first, said softly. "I would not wish that she endanger herself to help our cause.

"Vincent is right," a third male voice said. "She can leave if she chooses."

Tael had to smile. Talir had never given her a choice to stay or leave. What with hr abilities, he had merely figured that she would follow him where ever he went. And he had been right for a while. Soon, however, she tired of him and his antics. She needed freedom - if only temporary. A visit to her hometown revealed too much pain. Her best friend was dead, her parents had moved away... And Talir left her there to deal with her own misery.

"Stupid son of a bitch," she growled, dark eyes flashing with anger.

"Tha's not nahce tah say," a sleepy voice said from one of the beds. She looked over to meet the light blue eyes of the swordswoman. The woman yawned and stretched. "I'm Surka, by the way. I don't believe we formally met."

"I am Tael," she said softly, afraid to wake the other woman.

Surka caught the glance that Tael sent toward Yuffie's bed. "Meh, she can sleep through anything. Don't worry about waking her up." She got out of the bed and pulled black denim pants over the tight shorts she wore, then ran a hand through her long tresses. "Wow, it took longer to get here to Corel than we thought it would last night. Almost three hours after you passed out, Kais handed you off to Vincent, then we trudged on for another hour. In the end, Vincent was too weak to carry on, him losing his demons and all, so I carried you and Sephiroth helped Vincent walk."

Tael bit her lip in frustration. "Who's Kais? And Vincent? And Sephiroth? And who's the chick asleep in the bed? And why am I still here?"

Surka smiled gently. "Sorry, child. Let's see here... The young lady in bed is Yuffie Kisaragi. I can introduce you to the others, except for Fox, who is asleep as well." She allowed Tael to change into a spare outfit that had been in the bag that they had found er with. Baggy wind-breakers and a tight-fitting dark tank top helped show off her curvacious figure. Yuffie would be jealous, Surka decided.

Sephiroth looked up from his hand of cards at the two women who entered, slightly disappointed that neither was Yuffie. "Hey Surka. Hello, er..."

"Tael," the woman supplied, a shy smile on her face. She surveyed the hazel-eyed Sephiroth, then moved her eyes to another man with dark brown hair that was tied loosely at the nape of his neck and dark eyes that seemed jollier than the "little elf dudes" in store windows during Midgar's Winter Day Celebration.

"That's Sephiroth," Surka said, pointing out the silver-haired man. "And that's Kais," she pointed to the divine being, neglecting to tell Tael of him being a divine being, of course. "And... Where's Vincent?" she asked, looking around in confusion.

"Ah... I think he got miffed at me," a sleepy voice said from behind Tael and Surka. Sephiroth leapt to his feet, looking worriedly at the ninja. She wore a baggy sweatshirt and jeans, her hair a mess and she was obviously not as awake as she needed to be. "I kinda kicked him really friggin' hard when he tried to wake me a coupla minutes ago."

"Minutes?" Kais asked with a scoff. "More like three hours ago when you were babbling incoherently in your sleep."

Her eyes flashed a dark grey color and her stance became that of an irate gypsy dancer - all grace and attitude, slightly different than Yuffie's usual stance of bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Kaisinistics," the two voices warned. "You are not one to talk."

Tael's eyes widened. "What's going on?" she asked Surka in complete confusion.

Surka sighed. "Hello, Fox."

Yuffie - I suppose I should say Fox, eh? - looked over at Surka with a smile. "Hello, Surka. Lovely afternoon, isn't it? I suppose I would have been awake earlier, but Yuffie required more sleep. Especially since her dreams were not those that would allow a lot of sleep." Amethyst replaced the storm clouds and Yuffie frowned.

"I'm not going to like her randomly taking over my body..."

"You will become used to it in time... And learn to control it."

Everyone turned to the opposite end of the room to where Vincent Valentine was standing in the doorway leading to the guys' bed room. "Vinnie!" Yuffie said with a grin. "I thought ya'd be mad at me!"

A slight smile appeared on his face. "Never, Yuffie."

Never, Yuffie, Sephiroth mentally mocked. Stupid fraggin' arrogant-

"That's Vincent," Surka said, interrupting Sephiroth's thoughts. "Vincent, this is-"

"Tael." They looked at him oddly. "She told me her name when she woke up for a brief period of time while I carried her last night." He nodded politely at her before turning back to Yuffie. "We need to be leaving soon, Yuffie. Reina has already moved on and, if I know Chaos, we will not be able to fight her if the demons find her first."

Kais hummed in contemplation. "Well, let us eat first, right? Then we shall worry about my sister." He grinned boyishly. "To the diner down the street!"

Yuffie goraned. "I don't think I can eat, guys. Fox apparentally replaced my stomach or somethin'. Maybe I'll just chill here. Come back and get me when you're finished."

Surka looked alarmed. "You are not hungry, Yuffie?" The teen shook her head innocently. "That is... Highly unusual, to say the least."

Vincent, too, questioned her lack of apetite, but she merely shrugged it off. Tael followed Surka out the door, then Kais and Vincent left. Sephiroth looked at the ninja with curious hazel eyes. He wordlessly pleaded for her to tell him what was wrong. To tell him why she had opted to be Fox's vessel. But her lilac eyes shifted to gray, indicating that she was not Yuffie. He sighed and looked down at the ground.

"She'll be fine within a few days," the gypsy's melodic voice told him. "It takes some time to adjust."

He looked up at her through a curtain of silver hair. "I have nothing to say to you, Fox." Fox stepped back, looking somewhat upset, but he merely walked past her toward the exit.

"Sephiroth." The voice was soft and pleading, as if begging for forgiveness. He turned and met lilac eyes, but could not say anything. Instead, he walked out the door to join the rest of their party. Yuffie stared at the closed door before biting her lip in frustration and sadness, tears threatening to spill. "Damn it all," she cursed vilely, then took the same route as the others to exit the inn.

Her hair was only slightly tamed, but the brisk Corel wind merely ruffled it. The ninja had more important matters on her mind. Like, for instance, how she would convince Sephiroth that she was herself? And just how strong was she now? Questions whirred through her mind like frisbees at a park on a sunny afternoon. She really needed something to eat, her mind told her, but Fox's prescence made it known that she was not hungry. As a matter of fact, the mere thought of food made her queasy.

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Reina cursed loudly as she flung another rock at the wall, putting yet another crack through the cement. She needed to get them each alone. If she could get Yuffie alone first, that would solve a couple of problems; kill two birds with one stone, in a sense. Actually... That was not a bad idea! And with Sephiroth undoubtedly being upset and confused at the ninja's new personality addition... Surely one of them would want to walk out and get a breat of fresh air. Even together, she could handle Sephiroth quite easily. He was a mere level 20 against her level 79. Yuffie and Fox, however, might be a little harder...

"Shut up, Fox! I don't want to hear your voice one more time!"

And Reina knew just where to find Yuffie and Fox. They were having an argument, if she heard correctly...

She allowed herself to appear behind a large group of rocks near Yuffie. The ninja wore jeans and an over-sized sweatshirt- probably belonged to Vincent or Sephiroth, Reina decided - and an irate expression. This was the perfect opportunity.

"Having social problems?" the white-haired munchkin asked, stepping out to reveal herself. Yuffie's eyes changed back and forth between lilac and grey before settling on amethyst.

"Fuck off, Reina. Unless you're here to get your ass kick by me."

Reina smirked. "That sounds interesting. What do you say? A battle? Right now?" Yuffie nodded in agreement. "Oh, good."

Both women vanished, only to reappear in the Battle Arena at the Gold Saucer. Yuffie found herself holding a sword, like one that she had never held before. Reina, too, brandished a sword, but with a grace that Yuffie could only wish to have with such a weapon. Reina charged first.

Yuffie neatly dodged right, only to find Reina in front of her once again, and charging still. The blade sliced her left shoulder as she clumsily tried to avoid the weapon. Grinding her teeth in pain, she allowed the gypsy to take over. Fox grinned, unable to feel the pain that Yuffie had felt. She swung at Reina, but the divine being merely smiled and dodged as easily as Yuffie could dodge Barret running at her. The divine being retaliated by striking out with hersword. The blade sank deep into Yuffie's stomach. A cry left Fox/Yuffie, their voices blending together horribly.

The body fell to the ground, eyes glazed and staring up at Reina in surprise.

"One down," the short war-lord stated as simply as she could while being slightly winded. "Or should I say two?"

Darkness overcame the ninja and she suddenly wished that Vincent was near, just to hear his voice. So that she could tell him all about the crush she had had on him. Sephiroth was going to be pissed, she thought before completely losing consciousness.

End of Divine Being: Divinity Neverending

R: Okay, so the next story is the third, and final, installment of my DB trilogy. It's called Divine Beings: Cursed Awakenings. It's PROBABLY going to mainly be about Sephiroth. After my trilogy is finished, I'm going to take a break from all of my fan fics. Between school, extra-curricular things, my job, and trying to find a second job, I'm always busy. This wwekend, LABOR DAY WEEKEND, I'm going to try to get all of this story finished up. Maybe I'll get my last story started. Anyway, thanks for all of the support.

-RayZor the Vampiress from the Darkest Recesses of One's Mind-