Younger Sephiroth: Chapter Four
Sephiroth was once again training in his private gym. This time, however, he was training under X8,000 normal gravity. He was so close to mastering such intense gravity....
A sharp knock came from the door. He had told everyone to knock because of the increased gravity. Sephiroth stood up, went over to the gravity-machine, and shut the gravity back down to normal. Sephiroth opened the door, and was very surprised at what he saw: Alexandria.
She was as beautiful as the day he left all those long years ago. Her blond hair was still in a ponytail and her eyes were still greener than his own. She was taller, though, and more feminine. She was wearing a tight-fitting red dress that Sephiroth thought was a bit revealing.
"What do you want?" Sephiroth growled, hating to be disturbed.
"Sephiroth, the village....." she sniffled.
"What happened back home?" he asked, his voice softer.
"The Mako reactor back home exploded," she began, "everyone died; except me and your father,"
"Serves them all right," he grumbled.
"How can you say that!" she yelled at him, shocked.
"That town never offered me anything but humiliations and getting beaten up!"
Alexandria's head drooped, "Sephiroth......"
"Go away, Alexandria. I have to continue my training. I'm leaving for Nibelhiem in the morning,"
The finality of his voice caused her to back off. After composing herself, she turned and left, trying to hide her sadness and disappointment. Where had her childhood friend disappear to? This man wasn't the Sephiroth she knew. He was a pretender, a lie.
After Alexandria had left the SOLDIER complex, Sephiroth turned the gravity machine back on. This time he set it to X100,000 normal gravity. Training always gave him a sense of peace. Drops of sweat started rolling down his face as he pushed himself to his limit and beyond.
Nibelhiem. He would go to Nibelhiem. He was assigned to investigate it, along with a young escort guard named Corporal Cloud Strife and
SOLDIER First Class Zack. He had never met either of them, but had read much about them. Cloud Strife was from Nibelhiem, an intelligent, though often confused, young man who was sixteen years old. Zack, a native of Gongaga Village, who was also intelligent, but cocky. He was only seventeen years old. Both were very good at their jobs and both were good friends.
"This should be an interesting trip," Sephiroth said to himself after finishing his training. He had no idea how ironic his last words of sanity were.
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