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She was sitting on the floor still, exactly where everyone dear and close to her faded off into that dreaded Life-Stream. A 'other world' to her that she was starting to hate. Why did people have to die? Why did evil have to exist? Why was all life completely against them from the moment they were born? So many questions lurked in the back of the young teenage girls mind. But there was another voice that dug deeper into her mind and heart like nails. Krul's. Slowly, Ariel turned with fiercely enraged eyes as she kissed Kaden, and more so treated him like some slave pet. Worse? He was enjoying it. Surly it wasn't bothering him much, he didn't once struggle, or tell her to leave. He let it happen,even going as far as calling her his master. The rage was clear as she stood, and her pace toward the Reaper quickened as she suddenly grabbed her, pushing her back pretty roughly for one so weak as Ariel was. Krul, having not expected this was knocked back to her surprise, and when Ariel tried to grab her collar, it was Ariel who would feel the pink haired girls strong hand wrap around her neck and squeeze it with sharp painful nails that would dig into her skin. Still though, she didn't seem to be bothered. The Adrenalin she didn't know she had put pain at ease for the moment. "Everyone is dead! My Father..My mother....Yuffie...Roy...Yugi...Hana.. So many lives that didn't need to be lost are gone! And you.....You horrible...creature!!! Kaden isn't your SLAVE! He isn't a PET! "

Snickering up at her, Krul looked into her distressed, tear-filled eyes.She hadn't seen anyone lose it like this girl was doing in..oh, very long. No one just randomly attacked her. "Oh, but he is...I'm going to let you meet someone, just to show you how much of a PET he is to me. Mine. Then i'll..." But she didn't say her last words, as they would hang in the air for anyone still there to wonder about as both Krul and Ariel vanished from the garden.

"....Our family is sure getting to be a mess...." Aiko sighed, shaking her head at Kaden, to think she had looked up so much to him before, even if this was 'another' form of Kaden, it was still her brother regardless of alternate time lines or whatever it was he came from, she still didn't understand. "Were the only two sane sisters! So, we should do something, as, just sisters together...Come on,Sissy!" Teresa wouldn't even get a chance to so much as blink, before Aiko's form would morph into a dragon, and unlike most of her forms, this one was just big enough to hold possibly three adults, so Teresa was no problem. Aiko swooped under her, catching her perfectly so by instinct, Teresa would have to grab onto her neck to hold on before the dragon flew right out of the balcony....With a screaming Teresa on her back. It was quite a funny sight..Clearly she wasn't letting her go, after all, Teresa was the one who wanted to be with her family more then anything, now, she had that chance with Aiko to spend time with her. If the world was coming to an end, she was going to get SOME time to be with her sister....In only seconds, the two were gone as the dragon disappeared into the clouds above.

Meanwhile, a little further into the ball room, a distance away from where Cloud, Ike and Soren were when her father walked in, Morgan was standing aside kind of looking off out the balcony where Aiko flew off moments ago with Teresa. As she stood there, other's conversations seemed to become more audible to her ears as it was already very quiet. So, the conversation between Ein and Kaden, was quick to catch her attention. Morgan knew full well where Teresa was, and the fact that her own brother would be so krul to hurt someone Teresa cared so much about, was unacceptable. "Hey! " She called out, rushing right on over to block Kaden's escape path.What he would feel next might even bring him to a surprise as his back would be pressed hard against the nearest wall.His eyes would now face the angry soft brown ones that glared into his. "That was sooo mean! If you don't want a serious spanking, you better tell her the truth! She didn't go with that boy...and you know it! To mess with someone's feelings like that....Makes me...so angry! " It took a lot of her strength to contain herself from actually attacking him right now. Which would be pretty bad, considering what Soren and Ike were currently arguing about.

"You aren't getting past me until I hear the truth, and a apology to her! " She thought for a moment, as her eyes never left his. "No, I changed my mind. You should get on your knees and beg her for that forgiveness instead. How dare you hurt a girls feelings like that! You don't deserve mercy! "

".....I'm going with you..There isn't any information or strategies to even come up with! There's little info to do anything...I can help, so i'm going to. We are talking about the end of the world! It's no time to worry about silly things. I wouldn't feel right not helping, anyway.." And Hiyori really, really wanted to be useful."I have enough gadgets to do away with enemies in the cave, so..don't worry. If you want my strategy, that's it. We stick together and you trust me... " Hiyori reached into her pocket then to pull out something of a small digital device attached to watch bands to hold in place with a tiny screen. "This will help keep track of everything around us. It will tell us if any surprises are on the way, and of course, only I can use it. It's set to my voice only.."


"Yeahhh...Um, sorry! No one's coming here to attack the garden...and you know it well yourself that I would be good help there. You don't even know what to expect at the cave. Or what Jenova is even planning, or has planned for you. So, no. Were both going! " Tina crossed her arms, she was quite firm on her choice. "And as for you three..." She glanced on to Soren, Ike and Robin.. "I think we have bigger problems to deal with then grudges. It's time to put those aside and focus on the real issue here, you know, like, the end of the world thing. Were all going to fight against this thing as a team, right? You won't fight well if you have silly grudges against one of your own team-mates. Now, let's not let the beast or Jenova win. You know it would please them both to watch us split up..Like before. If everyone here is so skilled and smart, then start acting like it! " She didn't mean to insult them, but really, she was more so trying to make a strong point. Them fighting with one another was not going to help them in anyway. They had to focus.

Morgan noticeably flinched as he so irritatingly decided to flick her at her forehead, leaving a bit of a stinging sensation that would bother her for several minutes ahead. "......Don't you walk away from me!! " The fact that he flicked her, a great insult to her, was just enough to anger her enough that....it wouldn't be good for him. As he began to walk past her, she followed him only until they were through the doors. She didn't want to cause another scene in the ball room, and no one would see her next move but Kaden and possibly Ein, who wasn't entirely far away enough to not hear the sudden gust of wind and the tinge of magic in the air as her tome would send out a strong gust of wind to strike down Kaden. It wouldn't actually hurt him, it was really only meant to knock him down enough to stop him. "I said....Tell her the truth!"

"......Your plan isn't good..." Hiyori suddenly said. "Were all dead anyway if everything fails..aren't we? The smartest plan would be to send anyone, and I mean anyone who can fight or help in any way to fight..otherwise, winning is going to be a lot harder then it needs to be..and now, we don't just want to win for the planet's sake, but to see everyone the beast took the life of come back...." She still had some odd hope that they would, if the life stream continued it's strange streak of reviving lost lives. Not all, but quite a few were spared.

".....You above all here are the biggest target of Jenova.. You still carry her cells, don't you? She could turn you into her pawn and make you do something you will regret. No one here cares about you enough to stop you without killing, so rather you like it or not...I'm coming! " Turning to Soren now, she gave him a a small glare after taking in everything he said to her. " You know, it wasn't easy to take someone else's side. But, judging how I see it..if he really wanted to kill you, it doesn't seem likely you would be standing here now! " So, what she was trying to say was, Robin seemed to powerful to just not. He had to have been holding back. "AND! Taking inexperienced people to Jenova is also suicide. They don't know the cave, nor do they know her abilities. You need more people. I'm going. See you there! " Before Cloud or Soren could get another word in and go on about how she couldn't go, Tina hurried off herself. It was only when she was out of sight that she quickly morphed into her small esper form, and took off from the garden.

Morgan watched from the short distance between them, her eyes seemed to light up, was she perhaps a little...to interested in the scene between the two? It didn't take her skills long to completely destroy Kaden's pride even further before he was completely terrified out of his mind. It was when Ein approached her, though, that she clasped her hands together with almost wild eyes staring right into Ein's own. "That....was great! You sure showed him, didn't you? You...must teach me how to put a guy down so easily, your so cool! " And she was starting to sound a little crazy! "Such a mean liar like that deserves to be punished! The helpless, scared look in his eyes...fantastic sight! "

But Morgan would have to stop her fangirling, as Ein began to speak. And to her surprise, her deep, prideful words were very...familiar. In a good way, though her words may of been slightly morbid, this wasn't new to her. Morgan found herself smiling though, and even while she wasn't quite able to speak with such passion as Ein or a certain someone, she rather enjoyed listening to it. It brought some nice memories to her, as right now, it was just memories she had. "Oh, you really are amazing, aren't you? You're passionate words are music to my ears.." That may of sounded strange, and even more so that, had it really been her brother saying these things, she would probably of gotten annoyed! "Now..!" She took a step closer to her. The next time Ein opened her eyes, she would see Morgan rather close to her,a playful grin playing at her lips. "Tell me,are you Owian's future daughter? Hmmm?? Or perhaps, another sister I don't know about? There isn't a lot of people who take such passion to their words like him!" So, she had to be related! After a moment, she stepped away.. "Oh, can I ask where this 'Kingdom of Light' is? "

Tina would be in for some serious trouble, had the fight with Jenova went well for their sake, she had left the garden just before she really caught a good look of Soren's expression..otherwise, clearly, she could have been apologizing and trying to stop him for her mistake....

Rikku

Traveling back from Midgar, Rikku kept very quiet. The Al Bhed engineer didn't even bother cleaning up her smeared makeup. To her, it felt like the weight of the entire planet was squarely on her shoulders -- and Rikku felt like she just let everyone down. She tried to acquire information from Shin'Ra about the Beast. All preparations were made. The new dresspheres were programmed to quietly hack the corporate conglomerate's database. The plan should have worked; Shin'Ra would have been expecting a 'smash-and-grab' tactic from Avalanche -- not a subtle infiltration.

And before they could go to enter Shin'Ra, their mission gets called off.

All from where Rikku started flirting with Xero, and ti seemed to go out of control. The blonde wasn't quite sure exactly when everything went to hell, sending her cousin on the warpath. Feeling like a complete failure, Rikku hung her head in shame.

It wasn't until they had returned to Balamb Garden, that Rikku started to look around. Something was very wrong. Sharp swirled green eyes scan over the scene before her. Several of the student seemed to wander about in shock, and a few of them showed signs of being lightly coated in dust and debris. This spoke of one thing: shock. The closer to the shocked students, the Al Bhed engineer began picking up the odor or cordite.

Ominously, Rikku turned toward the others, "Ummm Rinoa? I think we were attacked, while we were gone."

[ I spoke to Aerith, and I told her that I would skip to this RP. It's better and I could RP with you guys. heart ]

It was a gorgeous day, she loved to travel around the world, seeing new people and new places. The best feeling ever, right? Though, she did miss her sister, Snow and her other friends. Hopefully they would be alright and not get into too much trouble, though, knowing Serah she did care for them a lot and once a time she gets worried just thinking about them. "Mmmm. Well, let's see here... I just have to go th--" a voice was heard coming from the back. It was someone familiar but she didn't really know whose its name was. [A character from FF, just someone who isn't available] The person started to tell Serah about a small group of people and how they were all gathering together to attack the 'Beast'. A very powerful threat know in the world now. Thankfully, Serah was really closed to the area and she wouldn't mind helping around either. She'd nod at the person before quickly running towards that area. If only her sister and Snow were here, they really did like some action. "Alright. I should go over there right now!" and with that the pink haired girl, ran over to the Garden.

As she was almost there, she'd notice a few people already. They all had varieties of weapons, they had to be fighters like herself. Serah bit her bottom lips softly, running her index finger through her side-ponytail as she quickly ran over to the others. Serah walked over to the small-group, speaking in a calmly tone but her eyes looking around the area. Just to see whom was the enemy or not. "Hello there.. I'm sorry for the bother but I heard there was something going on here...?" she'd ask while holding her Starseeker weapon.