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Warning: contains spoilers to games that are not FF7

The next day, after making some deliveries, Cloud went to the medical center
where sarah Jenner worked. he entered and walked through the crowded lobby
that smelled of metal, rubbing alchohol, and freshly vacuumed carpet. right
past the waiting room full of toys and old magazines. past bulliten boards full of public service announcements, schedules, photos, and ads for geostigma vaccine. there was
sarah Jenner's immaculately white workroom, same place where he had gotten
the shot. she was taking notes ath the long desk, typing at a computer, and
scraping pills into a container.

"excuse me, um, Dr. Jenner, do you have a minute?" asked Cloud.
Sarah looked up from her work.

"now correct me if i'm wrong" she said, "but your name wouldn't happen to be
Cloud Strife and you received a vaccine from me the other day?"

"that's right" said Cloud, "are you busy now? am I...bothering you?"

"i'm a very busy woman. but i am on my lunch break and no, you are not
bothering me" said Sarah.

"well, in that case" began Cloud, "what do you know about Lehran's Materia?

"quite a bit, actually" said Sarah.

he'd been hoping she'd say that.

"well, it's not like other materia" began sarah.

"I knew that" said Cloud.

"it looks like an ancient bronze medallion." explained Sarah. "this is
because when it was forged into a materia, it was old even then.
in its pervious incarnation, the medallion encased the spirit of a god of
chaos. but after the god of chaos was released, the medallion was free to be
sealed with another purpose. Its new purpose was connected with the Lifestream. Yet because the fibers of the medallion's
being were contaminated with chaotic energies, when the medallion was
resealed, the residual chaotic energies were re awakened, though not as strong. sometimes, when the crystalized mako and chaotic energies align, they give off blue flames, which is why it's sometimes called the Fire Emblem. this is why it could be so dangerous in the wrong hands. the chaotic energies could be re fortified in syndication to the point that they could be used to possibly undermine all life. to attain absolute control over fate. or worse"
"but why was it sealed into this medallion? asked Cloud.

"well, for the same reason it could be put to use for either great bad or great good." answered sarah. "also, the significance of the medallion's long 'lifetime". though at one point the medallion was once ordinary, some think tht after eons of meddling it attained a will of its own and chose its current incarnation."

"and how was it forged into the medallion?" asked Cloud.

"well, everything in the universe is composed of atoms. the atoms have
electrons swirling around the nucleus. between the nucleus and the electrons
is negative space." she slipped her hand through the desk. " the crystallized
mako was forced into the negative space." said sarah. "just like how here i'm slipping my hand into the negative space between the electrons of this table. long story on how and why i can do that."



"and also, the other day, i was in the elevator in the library, and someone
put a gun to my head and demanded they give it to me. why would they do
that? wouldn't they look in a more obscure place?" asked Cloud.

"they've probably looked in all the obscure places they could find" said
Sarah. "now they're out of likely places, they're looking for unlikely
places. which may be the most likely places after all"

"I don't understand" said Cloud.

"Back in the day the medallion contained the spirit of a god of chaos it was
owned by someone unlikely. it was owned by a young girl, named Mist. she was
one ofthe few could hold the medallion without, to put it lightly, adverse
effects because she had a balance of order and chaos in her soul. it's
probably coincidence, but may not be, as in the medallion's previous life,
it was also wanted for diabolical plots. now you do realize that this
happened countless millenia ago, before Jenova was even a thought, before
the Certa came. but for the people who lived then, it wasn't pre anything."

"what else does it do?" asked Cloud.

just then, a clank and a zap was heard.

Sarah announced over the intercom

"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL PROTOCOLS THEN EVACUATE THE PREMISES"

the hallways quickly erupted into chaos as doctors, nurses, and other medical personell
rushed about trying to follow protocols.

a beast of some sort entered the examination room it had a wild, insane, savage look in its eyes, and was plugged with wires and cables like it was some kind of cyborg. it brandished its massive, sharp, electrified claws. Cloud slid our of the way and with his Buster Sword hewed the sides of the moster. it fell dead. the severed cables that fell out of its fatal wound sputtered and sparked and spasmed.

so Cloud went on like this, preventing the crazy cyborg monsters from letting anyone attack. he was in a level of the medical center that had been evacuated, and he turned around and saw Sarah. she was also carrying a sword. it was nowhere as big or long or wide as his Buster Sword, but it was quite obviously forged by skilled hands, and its blade was cold, gray, and deadly.

"AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE WITH PATIENTS?" asked Cloud

"I did everything i needed to" said Sarah.

"where'd you get that sword from?! asked Cloud.

"no time to explain. you need help. now let's go!" she said.

a tall robotic machine came crawling in.

"i think that's what's controlling those beasts" Sarah hissed to Cloud. "look at that screen"

Cloud and Sarah took simultaneous blows at the robot, but it did not yeild.
there was much hacking and slashing, and doging of the robot's gamma ray beams. pummeling it with lightning magic seemed to help break it down, and it was nothing more than a pile of mixed nuts and bolts.

"WE DID IT!" then they both did their respective victory poses.

"I need to report in' said Sarah and left.

over the intercom, a voice said

"WE ARE ALL CLEAR NOW. CANCEL EVACUATION AND RETURN TO YOUR STATIONS."

Cloud met Sarah back in on her way to her examination room.

"we made it back just in time" said Sarah. "it's exactly 1:00. you can stay if you want to"

"i may need to" said Cloud. there was still so much he needed to know. What was Lehran's Materia's connection with the Lifestream? with Jenova? What did Jenova want with it? Where did the vaccine come into place? What else happened in its 'past life'?

they entered Sarah's examination room to find an intern ushering int the next patient.

"you must be..."began sarah

"Yuffie Kisaragi, most proud and most valiant shinobi in all the land, who's about to be one person closer to the world and its peoples free of Geostigma! Ouch! she accidently whacked her hand on a table. "fancy meeting you here Cloud! this quite a co-ink-a-dink! and i'm going to test it out so i can bring it to Wutai! the stigma is a big problem there and they want me to test your shot for poison! 'cause where there's life there's hope that man won't self destruct! yaya i'm so excited!"

"you know each other?" said sarah to cloud.

"of course we do!" said Yuffie. "say, Cloud, why ARE you here?"

Before answering, Cloud couldn't help but think that Yuffie should have gotten this job. cheap.

"asking her a few questions about Lehran's Materia" said Cloud solemnly. "do you know anything about it?

"anyone who has it in their posession has the world by its tail!" said yuffie. "and, um, that's about it!"

Sarah asked Yuffie the usual questions of evaluation for the shot.

"do you have any food allergies or intolerances?" sarah read off her clipboard.
"ummm, not that i know of" said Yuffie.
"are you currently on any antibiotic medications" asked sarah.
"NO I AM NOTTTT" said Yuffie.
"please use your indoor voice thank you" said Sarah. "are you pregnant or may become pregnant?
"no" whispered yuffie. then began to giggle hysterically.
"are you taking any MAO inhibitors?" asked Sarah.
"um, no" said Yuffie.
Cloud treid to find a place to interject, but he could see they were both busy.
"number of alchoholic drinks you consume per week? asked sarah
"none" but i remember once...
"number of bowls of sugared cereal you've eaten in the past hour" asked sarah as if it was actually part of the evaluation, but she had just written it on the bottom of the evaluation in graceful but aggressive cursive-print.
Yuffie held her thumb and index finger together, indicating zero.
"I can verify that with a blood or urine test" said sarah, not believing it. Yuffie looked revolted.
"have you ever had an organ transplant?" asked Sarah.
"no" said Yuffie.
"well, I guess you're in good condition to be vaccinated" said Sarah

After rather tediously getting Yuffie to sit still, she swabbed her arm with alchohol, inserted the syringe of the needle into a vein, pushed down on the pump, and right as she pulled the needle out, Yuffie threw her arms up and shouted

"I"M ONE PERSON CLOSER TO THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES FREE OF THE GEOSTIGMA! hoo yah!" said Yuffie.

"Yuffie, sit still" said Sarah as she cleaned the injection site and sponged blood off of Yuffie's ear and neck. "you look like you've had severe head trauma!"
"I do?" she said, sounding honored.
"kind of" said Sarah as she bandaged Yuffie up. "And besides. "I'm one person closer to the world and its peoples free of the geostigma is Olivia's slogan"
"who's Olivia?" asked Yuffie.
"Olivia is my younger sister. she was the first human recipient of the vaccine. that was the first thing she said after i gave it to her. she became the first of millions. want a button?" Sarah took out from the same drawer as the hard candy a basket full of buttons that said slogans such as  "one person closer to the world and its peoples free of the geostigma" "where there's life there's hope that man won't self destruct" and "win life. get vaccinated"
Yuffie took a fistful of buttons.
"please take only one thank you" said Sarah.
Yuffie selected an orange button that said "one person closer". after thinking a moment where to put it..sleeve...top..glove...she pinned it to the back pocket of her shorts.
"Dr. J, whaddya think?
"wonderful" said Sarah, blatant disppproval in her voice.

"whaddya think, Cloud?" she proudly displayed the button and gave it a little slap.

Cloud shrugged, but there was bit of male gaze in his eyes.

"we can deal with exporting the vaccine tonight.." began Sarah. but Yuffie was too excited about being vaccinated to care about business.

I'M ONE PERSON CLOSER! I'M ONE PERSON CLOSER! I'M ONE PERSON CLOSER!" chanted Yuffie as she began to run out the door and down the hall.
"COME BACK HERE, YOU LITTLE...YOU LITTLE...!"  shouted sarah as she grabbed a tranquilizer gun and took off running down the hall after Yuffie.
After that, Cloud thought it was a good time to leave. he didn't think Dr. Jenner was going to tell him much more that day, so he went on with the chores and deliveries he needed to do.
That night, after 7th Heaven had closed, Marlene, Tifa, and Denzel were sitting at the table in the kitchen eating dinner. Cloud came in and joined them.
"How was your day?" asked Tifa, happy to see him.

"Fine, I guess" said Cloud.
"did you do anything interesting?" asked Denzel.
Cloud was going to say no, but ended up saying "I saw Dr. Jenner today"
"Were you sick?" asked Marlene.

"No" answered Cloud. "I needed to talk to her for..business purposes. I wanted to know if she knew anything about Lehran's materia."

"did she?" asked Tifa.
"She had a wealth of information. but it was cut short."

"By what?" asked Tifa.

"...Yuffie was there" said Cloud. It wasn't a lie.

"How was she?" asked Tifa.

"Fine I guess" said Cloud. "May I please be excused." He stood up, pushed in his chair, and left. He had a delivery to make on the next Continent the next day, and he needed to be up early.

"Can you please stay with us for five more minutes?!" called Marlene.
No answer.
Tifa, Marlene, and Denzel finished a few minutes later, and started cleaning up the kitchen. Tifa took a stack of dirty dishes and pots and pans and put them in the sink. She was going to wash them, but Denzel started to wash them for her. ever since getting the shot, he seemed to have more energy.
Tifa had just finished putting condiments in the refrigerator when she noticed lying on next to the refrigerator a knotted up wad of blond hair. She took the knotted up wad of blond hair in her fist, immediately left the kitchen and found Cloud. she opened her her fist and showed it to him.
"What about it? said Cloud.
"You're pulling out your hair again" Said Tifa
"not mine" said Cloud. but both knew he was lying.
"but you've been good for so many months"  said Tifa. "something's troubling you."
"I don't want to talk about it" siad Cloud
"Please? talking will make you feel better" said Tifa.
"I said I don't want to" said Cloud.
"Fine. mourn in the dark until the world's end for all I care" said Tifa.
"you never understand anything!" said Cloud.
"There are lots of things I don't understand, but one thing I do understand is that we've all had more than our fair share of dread and weary days, and that misery loves company. spit it out!"
"I don't want to! you're the wrong person" siad Cloud.
"Who would the right person be? asked Tifa.
"you wouldn't like it. But she's dead now anyway, so there's nothing anyone can do" said Cloud.

"Is it Aerith?" asked Tifa. "I miss her just as much as you do. But i'm still here. i may not understand what's bothering you, but getting it off your head may help a bit."

"quit stretching me on the rack" said Cloud

"WELL THAT'S JUST FINE!" said Tifa as she left and slammed the door. Marlene came limping toward her.

"I dropped an iron ladle on my foot" said Marlene.

Tifa looked down and the violent purple bruise on Marlene's foot. "Let's put some ice on it."

Tifa sat Marlene down and elevated her bruised foot. she put a bag of frozen vegetables on it.

"Why were you and Cloud arguing?" asked Marlene. "I don't like it when you argue"

"Look sweetie, just because we argue sometimes doesn't mean we don't...like each other."  explained Tifa as best she could.
after the children had gone to bed, Tifa went into the bathroom nad started getting ready for bed.
"I'm sorry about what happened earlier." said Tifa.
"I accept" mumbled Cloud, taking a piece of dental floss.
"I didn't want you to leave on a sour note." said Tifa. "I get so worried about you when you are away for long periods of time"
"I"ll be fine. I always am" said cloud.
"doesn't stop me from worrying" said Tifa. "There's monsters and things out there that could mangle you"
"I can handle it. i'll come back in one piece." he put a hand of her curvy hip. "I promise it"

to be continued
so I FINALLY have the next installment of my whatever its called fic...it started out as a Fire Emblem/Final Fantasy crossover, but has turned into a schitzofrenia-fic. i'm working on the parallell storyline set in the FE-verse, (yay for postmodernism) and making them connected is where things get tricky and sticky. I know there's a lot of misunderstanding to both games and that Sarah Jenner is a sue despite my best efforts to tone her down. hopefully chapter 3 won't take as long to post. i wanted to post this one before i left for SB.

and whoa this file is HYOOJ. and Cloud has trich. and thsi fic needs a title.
*sigh* know it could be better. pardon the bad capitalization and spelling misunderstandings. input is helpful.

part 1 [link]

constructive criticism is welcome, nastiness is not.

gee i have no life. *goes to work on original fiction*

Part 3 [link]

final fantasy (C) Square Enix
elements from Fire Emblem (C) Intelligent systems
Sarah Jenner belongs to me.
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Samio-Ana's avatar
I really enjoy it...

I think it's better you watch more the grammar. There are some missing points. But i Guess it could be understand ^^