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Child of the Sword- Chapter 4

It was several minutes before Jewel was able to move. She felt ill from seeing the blood again, and she was stunned by Sephiroth's sudden reaction. She looked towards the door he disappeared through before getting up. After she was sure he wasn't coming back out Jewel went to the small room she had been sleeping in. She got into her bag and pulled out the note from her mother. She reread it again. "You wont have to worry about me much longer." How could her mother have known this would happen? When an answer didn't come Jewel moved to put the note back in her bag but stopped. Why would her mother put so much emphasis on the necklace?

Sephiroth cleaned the sword off with the ease of much practice after he shut the door behind him. He set it in the corner and looked at it. The girl would have to learn how to use it one way or another.

Jewel sat on her bed for several minutes thinking about the note. Why would her mother want her to have the necklace after all this time? She knew her father had given it to her mother, but Ashe never talked about anything to do with her father, and Jewel hardly ever saw the necklace.

"Your mother told me to leave when she found out she was pregnant", Jewel didn't realize he had walked up behind her until she heard his voice. Jewel had got up early that morning and was sitting at the table, when she woke up; the first thing she saw was the sword. She didn't want to be around that thing. "I tried to give her money, and help her with you when you were a baby. She wouldn't have anything to do with me after the baby was born." He walked to the other side of the table so he could see her face. "So I gave her a necklace as a parting gift and left." Jewel glanced up fleetingly, and then continued to stare at the table. "She was supposed to give it to you if anything happened. That's how I would know she couldn't take care of you." Jewel shifted in her seat. "I tried to take you from her once, she was drunk and wouldn't let me have you, it wasn't very long ago, she fell and hit herself. She had a man over later that night. He beat you when she told him that bruise came from you."

Jewel listened to him; he knew so much about her and her past, and the necklace, he knew her mother wanted her to have it if anything happened. He knew about the man, and he knew about her mother.

"Ashe wanted to die, she wanted you dead too," Jewel stared at him, "she wanted that man to come kill her, and then you. She knew you were smart, so she left the note in case you lived. I've been watching you and your mother for the past several weeks, I knew she was going to do something, but I didn't know what, so I've been following you and your mother. That's how I was at your house shortly after your mother was shot."

Jewel sat staring at him. He turned and walked to the door, Jewel felt like someone had punched her in the stomach, she stared where he was standing. He opened the door and prepared to walk out, but looked back first and said, "don't leave the house." With that he was gone. Jewel felt ill now, she didn't want to be here, the thought just kept going through her head, why would my mother want to kill me.

After no answers can Jewel got up and wandered around the small house. There wasn't much, her small room, the door that led to where Sephiroth slept, she guessed, the living room, and kitchen. Jewel looked in the refrigerator, and cabinets, but didn't find much food. The house was empty. Giving into boredom she sat on the couch.

Sephiroth walked in the door to see the girl asleep on the couch, she was curled up slightly, using the arm of the couch for a pillow. Her silver hair fell over part of her face, which made her look almost angelic. He set the packages in his arms on the table, and looked over at her again. Her left hand was resting on her right shoulder.

Sephiroth sat watching her, her face looked like her mothers, but the color of her hair and eyes were very similar to his own. He picked up his book and continued reading.

Jewel woke up without really realizing she went to sleep. It was dark in the room, and quiet. She was still on the couch but a blanket had been thrown over her. Getting up she grabbed the blanket and walked back to the room she was using. She bumped into something though on the way to her room. She hadn't seen him and almost fell over from the impact. Hitting the wall stopped her from falling.

She looked up at his face, it was completely impassive, he walked past her into the living room. Jewel just stared after him as he picked up the book he had been reading and walked back towards his room. He stopped and turned before he got to the door and said, "Get some sleep, we are going out tomorrow." Jewel stood in the hallway, once again stunned by his directness. He walked into his room and shut the door. Jewel looked at the door for several seconds before retreating to her own room.

It was early when she heard the door open, and he walked in. It wasn't light out yet, and Jewel felt like she had only gotten a few hours sleep, even though she must have slept the entire day. The sun was just barely beginning to show a faint light in the sky. "Get your sword and come with me," his voice shook her from her thoughts. She quickly complied, grabbing the sword and running after him.

He led the way outside and around the corner of the small house. Parked behind some bushes, where it wouldn't be seen was a large black motorcycle. Sephiroth placed several small bundles he was carrying in a compartment, and stuck her sword along side another shorter one already on the motorcycle before turning to Jewel. "Get on," was all he said. Jewel's only experience with a motorcycle hadn't been a good one, as she remembered the clones. She climbed on, but hesitantly, he handed her a helmet, and she watched as he rolled up his hair and stuck it underneath the helmet as he put it on, Jewel quickly copied him. It was a good idea, long silver hair would be easy to recognize. He climbed on in front of Jewel and started the motorcycle. Jewel grabbed around his waist as he gunned the engine and took off.

This trip was not as eventful as the one with the clones. Sephiroth seemed to sense her discomfort and kept the antics to a minimum. Although Jewel swore that some of the things he did were completely unnecessary. Jewel kept her arms firmly clenched around his waist, and her face buried in his back with her eyes closed. Even though she didn't look she could tell they were outside of the city after several minutes, and it was several more minutes still until they stopped.

When she looked she saw nothing but some sandy ground, and large rocks dotted here and there. Sephiroth got off the motorcycle and grabbed the two swords. Jewel got off a little more slowly, and stood carefully, she was still a little shaken from the ride. Sephiroth handed her, her longer sword and began explaining that she would need to learn how to use it.

They both stood in an empty field outside of the city. No one would be out here; there were too many monsters to be outside of the city without a reason, so they wouldn't be seen. Sephiroth stood several feet away facing Jewel holding a shorter sword. And Jewel stood barely able to lift the longer sword. Before Jewel could react Sephiroth came at her, she was barely able to lift the sword in time to block the attack, she wasn't so lucky blocking the second. Her sword slid across the ground several feet. Sephiroth didn't relent in his attacks, Jewel had to roll out of the way of another attack. She grabbed the sword and tried to block the next attack, but it was knocked out of her hands again. Jewel looked around frantically for the sword, and found it; it was 20 feet to her left. She tried to dodge another swing of Sephiroth's sword and grab her sword, but was too slow. The pommel of Sephiroth's sword connected with the back of her head hard enough for her to see sparks, before passing out.

When she woke up she was lying on the ground still, but a blanket had been rolled up and put under her head. She sat up and tried to look around, the motion made her head hurt at first but the pain quickly passed. Her sword was lying near her; she looked around and saw neither Sephiroth nor the motorcycle. She began to think he might have left her when she heard the sound of an engine. When she looked to the source of the noise though there were two motorcycles. Sephiroth was fighting the blond man who had attacked her before. Sephiroth was able to knock the blond off his bike after a short amount of time, and came racing back towards her.

Jewel hardly had time to grab her sword before he stopped in front of her and demanded she get on. She took one glance back at the blond man, who had now gotten back on his motorcycle and was quickly gaining distance. Jewel complied quickly, and they sped off towards the city. The man followed them until they got further into the city of Midgar, there Sephiroth was able to lose him. They stopped someplace Jewel was unfamiliar with. It looked like it might have been warehouses at one time, but it was hard to tell now. Sephiroth got off the bike and pulled open one of the doors, Jewel got off the bike and followed him inside the building. Inside was empty except for a small corner, where there were several boxes, a small bed and a small table. Sephiroth pushed the bike into the building, and shut the door.

He handed Jewel her sword, and walked to the middle of the large warehouse holding his sword. Jewel followed, though hesitantly, this round was not as short as the first. His attacks were slower this time, and Jewel was able to black more attacks, but after the fourth time her sword went sliding across the ground. Sephiroth walked over to it, picked it up and set it against the wall. Jewel was relieved, her shoulder hurt, and she was tired.

"Who was that man, with the blond hair," Jewel asked after several minutes of silence. Sephiroth glanced at her before responding, "His name is Cloud Strife, he's try to kill all of the clones. There is a whole group of people who follow Strife. They call themselves Avalanche. They might try to kill you, avoid them." Jewel remembered her first encounter with this man. She had no intention of going anywhere near him.

Author notes- something big is going to happen next chapter. I hope no one hates me for it.