She was gone and he had killed her, the last person who had given a damn about her nightmares, her tears. Tifa had loved Aeris, the two women had been close, closer than Cloud had been with the Ancient. Now Sephiroth had taken that last piece of hope that she had. Yes, there had been Cloud a few months back but when Aeris had shown up, that had been the end of that childhood crush. As much as Tifa had wanted the blond, she could not force something out of nothing. Sephiroth and Shinra had killed the boy she had once known. And now, because of Sephiroth she again had nothing.
That had been weeks ago, but the hurt was still there. The group had fallen apart, giving up hope and going their separate ways. Aeris' prayer had died with her body, impaled on Sephiroth's blade. Cid was back in Rocket Town trying to get to space before meteor could destroy them all. Barret had taken Marlene back to Corel to tie up loose ends with Dyne and so that the girl could meet her real father. Yuffie was going to free Wutia and Nanaki was in the Gi Caves spending time with the memories of his people. Vincent, no one knew where Vincent had disappeared to, perhaps he was out exacting his revenge on Hojo. In the end, there had only been Tifa and Cloud.
In this troubling time Tifa had turned to Cloud, hoping they could comfort each other a friends. Cloud had rejected this and locked himself away in the Forgotten City. Again, Tifa was alone, drifting around the world, waiting for the end of days. Soon her despair turned to rage. She hated both that which she had lost, those who had walked out on her, and what had been taken from her. Sephiroth, he had done this, had stripped her of everything. She had no home, no family, no lover, and no comrades anymore and it was all because of that silver haired test tube baby. Everyone else had given up hope, quit believing they could defeat him. Tifa was going to continue, she was going to kill the bastard. Saving the planet was the last thing in her fury warped mind. This was all about revenge. She would meet him at the Northern Crater and one of them would die there.