Claire (Lighting) Interlude, A new Pull, Rose Interlude

As soon as I returned I was usuing some Pull's to help me.

System: High Pull... commencing.. Devil May Cry 1... Vergil Sparda.. conflict.. detected.. pull whishes to speak with User. Do you accept it?

"Sure why not. If it something extra I will kill him." I didn't have the patience anymore for most things. I was getting attack by whoever was tampering with the world. It happened to be an Administrator. Galtea was acting weird. She was scared about something or another. She wouldn't go into detail which sucked. When I asked about a User with the ability to mess with Time.

Vergil: I need to know. Will you allow me to gain the power to protect my loved ones?

"What in the.. yeah I dont see why I wouldn't. You have my word I won't get in your way in that department as long as it doesn't go against my beliefs and cause harm to my people." I was surprised a little about that. 'Thought he only cared about his mother and brother? That and his father's power or something?'

System: Vergil Sparda has agreed.

The area became sickling cold as a small bit of space imploded on itself. Out stepped Vergil tall and lanky with scars slowly healing. His white hair was long and fell down his back by his shoulders. I was trying to figure out why he was naked.

"Hello, do I call you Master?" His voice was agitated and disgruntled.

"But these on dammit. The answer is no. Just call me Commander or Sunstrider." I threw the common pull at him but used it on him for clothes. "If you start pissing me off then yeah you will have to call me Master."

"Heh, I see." He gave me a smirk and put his clothes on. It was his clothing from Devil May Cry 3. The long turquoise coat with an intricate white design. Leather brown boots that came up to the knees. A black hard looking vest as well as some gloves. "Thanks for getting me from Mundus. I did not like being his puppet. I couldnt resist him no matter what I tried." I felt his anger from that. The loss of control and forced to do his bidding.

"Sigh, yeah I can understand that a little. I would rather have you by my side right now but..." I said as I searched the store to see if his sword was there. It was not. "A few days for you to get your head togethor. Decide on what you rather fight. You have the choice of demons, humans, aliens, or.."

"I will fight whatever you want. Just let me earn enough to bring my mother back." Vergil said giving me a hard stare. "I need to apologize for some things. I have been a terrible son."

"He is not the man you were hoping for. Hope this won't be a problem." Galtea said moving closer to him. She ran her hand around him to check for any problems. "He is clean and his mind is intact. Just needs rest."

"Very well. Here a sign of goodwill." I waved my hand and pulled his mother's soul from the System shop. I created her a human squire body to inhabit from my mana. It was way cheaper then buying her actual body. I did not give her a body completely from my Nether World creation. Don't think that would have fit.

"Ahh.. where am I." Eva asked looking around. Waving my hand over her I gave her a basic of where she was and that the man staring at her was her son. "Ahh, my son." She got up and ran to Vergil. She tripped a little in her haste.

"Good work. Surprised you did not force a fighting style into her. But you gave her healing abilities so that should work." Galtea gave me a look. "I know it sucks with the System acting up right now. But it will be fixed soon. The fighting is taking place all across the different Worlds as we speak." I gave her a nod. What bothered me is that it felt like I was getting attacked more than others. From what Jane reported, nothing happened to her or the places she was in. But people she knew had been attacked.

"You could have warned me!" Vergil said looking embarrassed. He hugged her back as if she would disappear into nothing. His eyes were red but he didnt cry. He was holding it in. "Thank you."

Vergil + 3421

"Right, just take it easy for a while. Galtea will help you settle in." I turned to walk away. I shifted to appear to Lighting. She was practicing her sword work. I waited until she finished before addressing her. "So... hows it going?"

"Like shit!" She put her sword away and looked at me angrily. "I lost! I freaking lost." She kicked the ground creating a chasm of fire.

"Oi how but you dont do that," I said walking over fixing it back. We were not in a training area so this was a pain to fix. "You lost because of the armor he wore. Not because of the man himself. You are a better Warrior than the Black Kkight himself. He just has that armor and the world on his side."

"Dont make excuses for me." Lighting glared at me as her hand tightened on her sword. I could hear the metal creen from her power. The heat was also damaging the weapon. "I will beat him I promise you."

"Ok. I understand alright. However.." I moved closer to her and grabbed her shoulder. "Mental Cleansing." I watched as she had control of herself once again. "I need to give you a better weapon for the job. But first I need to know if you will be staying."

"What... I.. yes. I will. Why are you asking?" Lighting was surprised I asked. Especially since I was very angry when we talked. I was still angry but I had it controlled for now.

"Do not lie to me. I mean for the future child. I know you want your sister back. She doesn't want to leave. So nothing you can do about that. We can kidnap her if you like. That might traumatize her though." I was not joking. I would totally kidnap the kid if it would get her to focus on what I needed her to do. My shit comes first. Especially since she proved to be a fantastic general for Daein. "Well?"

"No. I dont want her to hate me anymore then she already does." Lighting stared back at me feeling hopeless. "I need to go to her. I know that.. I know we can be attack at any time. But my sister.."

"Done. Go now." I said as I made a rift for her. "Good luck."

"I will come back. I swear I will." She looked at me and then went inside. "Daein is my home now. As one of its generals, I will make sure it prospers."

"Woosh," Someone appeared behind me. I turned a little surprised. No one was there. I thought I was going crazy again. Turning back I used another Pull and waited for it to start.

"I cant believe you did that." I turned to see Riku behind me. "Glad to know you are still in there somewhere."

"Think whatever you want Riku. I cant change what you think anway." I said shrugging my shoulders at her. "What can I do for you?"

"Try to convince me but that is a waste. You look like you gave up on me." Riku stared at me with a hurt look in her eye. The other was covered by an eye patch she made. "Guess I will have to kick your ass to show my value."

"Stupid." I teleport to right in front of her. "You are valuable. I just didnt want to fight you to prove it. Besides you are the one keeping me from your world not me. Part of the reason I cant stay is you. You are forcing me out and the enemy is using that as a chance to mess with me."

"Hmph, you can ignore that and just go yah know," Riku said pouting a little. "Disable it. Just come and fight. You there has become powerful even with you stuck in limbo. He has received a massive power boost when it has happened."

"Yeah but you dont want me there really. I can only assume the other me is good enough for you." I shrugged and let her think for a bit. "Anyway.. tell me what you need and I will send it there." I turned to leave until I felt her pull me with her tail.

"Nu uh, come here." Riku hugged me from behind. "I want you there believe me. I just was messing with you. After you take care of a few things come there. We will have a lot to do. I couldnt convince Quists or Tifa to come to help me kill the filthy Yevonites that are popping up, but I guess a few forces you create will have to do."

"Hmm, if Vergil was ready he would be a good addition."

"No people to stay there, not him. He is someone for a more dangerous world of killing." Riku's voice was soothing in my ear. Something she picked up from Mileena. I felt her biotic strands open up to me. She was scared for her world, but scared for me for some reason. Her grip tightened on me. "I need some killers for what I need to be done. Not people with morals." I felt a tear fall on my neck. "I am turning into a monster just to have my revenge. Just to give my cousin a happy ending."

"Meh, I like monsters," I said as I held her hands. "You want her to have a good life. Nothing wrong with that. But you will have a good one as well. Do you understand? I will make sure of it." Her biotic strands wrapped around me. I felt the Aeon we shared grow stronger again. "I am having trouble dealing with everything myself. I want you there fighting with us personally. But I want to win more than anything. I dont want my World destroyed." She was firm with her resolve.

"Thank you." Riku gripped tightened on me then I felt the proverbial walls go up as her biotic strands stopped flowing. "Here comes Rose." Her voice contained venom. "I will go. See you later. Smooch." She gave me a kiss on my cheek then disappeared.

"Hello, Azul. Care to have a chat?" Rose asked looking positively stunning. My anger at her was warping into just disdain. Felt as if someone tampered with something inside me when I transitioned earlier.

"Sure. What about?" I gave her quick answers. My guard was up but I needed to work on dealing with her. To much going on that I didnt like.

"I want to connect with you. Not now but the future. I just want you to know that is what I am working towards." I gave her a nod agreeing. "You do not protest?" A small smile formed on her face.

"No. Just that simple. Do what you want. However, do not cross that line again. I know you understand me." Someone was influencing me somewhere. They were just pleading with me to not to send her away. Encouraging me to trust myself and her. I could recognize it a little. Sounded like the Trickster.

"Of course. Thanks for the chance." Before I could blink she already approached me. "I am sorry, you know this. Please just let me back in." She pleaded. "I only took control of you to have you face your fears then. I wanted to know everything about you. Sorry, it took me destroying your mind to get there. I have never stopped loving you or believing in what you will achieve. Even if it means you become a monster I will stand by your side."

"Rose.. just do what is needed of you. Try to help some of the others. You are good at that. Try helping Quists and Tifa with there martial arts." I was not much of an idiot to turn that type of commitment away. She meant well but I don't forgive easily. If at all. "Shit, you could defintely teach Galtea some as well." I ignored the spike at the memory. She meant well but it drove me actually insane when she did it. I went on a rampage in that Street Fighter world. I killed a lot of fighters. Even fought Akuma.. that did not go well for me. Not at all. I will pay him back for that loss in time. If I survived this shit.

"Very well." Rose nodded. I sent her a biotic strand. It contained a memory of us fighting togethor in Street Fighter. It was one of the few memories that I could pull from my mind without getting angry. I then left to return to Final Fantasy 10.