Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Final Fantasy VII.

Yes I know that this is a crossover, but it is in the regular archive for the sole reason to inspire some writers to possibly make similar stories. You know, spread the possibilities. Something like that. Of course this type of crossover can also be inspired by the Death Battle between Yang and Tifa.

Chapter 1

"Stay where you belong... in my memories." said a man that stood atop of a high building that overlooked the wrecked land below and crumbles buildings. Some looked like that like they were cut perfectly clean as well. Probably from the result of the fight that had just occurred between the man and the other male figure that was floating in mid air over his head.

The man that floated in the sky was looking down at his opponent below him. This man was named Sephiroth.

Sephiroth is a tall man with a muscular build. He wears a long black coat with silver pauldrons, black boots and black trousers. The top of his coat is open to reveal his chest, with his leather suspenders crossed over it. Sephiroth's long silver hair has bangs parted to either side of his face. He held a long masamune with some blood along the blade. A single black wing was jotting out of his right shoulder blade, flapping occasionally. Feathers fell from it to the ground below.

With a small smirk, Sephiroth spoke back to the one he was defeated by for the second time.

"I will... never be a memory, Cloud." The man named Cloud narrowed his eyes at Sephiroth.

Cloud Strife stood tall and watched carefully.

Cloud wears a high collar sleeveless black shirt, black pants and boots, and black cloth covering his left leg and arm, leaving his right arm revealing skin. Cloud has a pauldron, and his chest is covered by two straps, held in place by a badge representing Fenrir, a wolf that is associated with him. A pink ribbon was tied on his left arm, in remembrance of his friend that had passed away. His spiky blonde hair was one of the most noticeable feature since it represented a chocobo. Currently, he had some cuts and was bleeding from them slightly. he was panting slightly from exhaustion and overuse of his magic.

Cloud held the one sword that was in his hand and readied himself in case Sephiroth made a move, but raised an eyebrow when parts of Sephiroth started to disappear in feathers and dust.

"Congratulations Cloud. You've beaten me." Sephiroth said. Cloud was still tensed and on guard because Sephiroth didn't lose his smirk. He had a bad feeling about it.

"But, I am not going to leave without giving you your prize. What was it going to be again? Despair? Pain?" Sephiroth guessed as he dissolved slowly. Cloud didn't like where this was going. Following his gut feeling, he quickly went to grab the other swords that were stabbed onto the building near him.

"Oh I know. Your gift is special. This is a technique that I haven't tested yet before you defeated me the first time." Sephiroth said before he raised a hand that wasn't dissolving and aimed at Cloud as some sort of energy was generating at the palm of his hand. Cloud had luckily managed to collect his sword pieces and combine them to make a large broadsword and block the incoming attack.

The energy was fired at Cloud as he block it from making contact with himself. When the energy made contact with the fused blade, it began to push Cloud back. Cloud gritted his teeth in effort and had to use what power he had left in him to encase himself in a blue fiery aura and enhance his strength. However, it didn't seem to be enough and only seemed to be charging the attack as it somehow absorbed his aura.

'Not...good!' Cloud thought in slight panic while he dug his feet into the building roof, leaving a trail of ruble as he was being pushed back. He couldn't hold on any longer and wouldn't be able to dodge the projectile at the amount of force it was giving. Something shined at the corner of Cloud's eye, making him turn his blue green eyes to peeked at it, only to widen in horror.

Sephiroth had his sword in a spear grip and through the long sword at Cloud. Could couldn't deflect it or dodge it thanks to his struggle with the projectile, meaning that he couldn't escape what was to come. Cloud was next greeted with immense pain as his fusion sword was knocked away from him thanks to the masamune and was hit directly with the glowing mysterious energy ball. Next thing he knew he was being raised up from the ground and was beginning to be encased by the energy. It grew in size and grew brighter by the second.

"You may have won now, but we are only holding out true fight for later. One of dark and light." Sephiroth said to Cloud as the blinding light grew brighter and soon surrounded him as well with only his upper body left that wasn't dissolved.

[Unknown]

Cloud couldn't see anything. All that there was to see was darkness. As a matter of fact, he couldn't even feel or see himself. He had tried to raise his hands to his face, but felt nothing and saw nothing.

'Where the hell am I?!' Cloud thought in urgency. His thoughts were echoed as if he was in a empty room. Cloud tried everything he could possibly do to get something to appear or happen. He tried, magic, moving, and speaking but got no results.

'Why am I here!? Where is Sephiroth!?' Cloud thought as he searched through his memories as to how he got to where ever he was. The only thing he could remember was that Sephiroth had shot something at him, and had been successful in hitting him after a small struggle. Cloud then remembered that he was lifted off the ground and all he felt was pain as the bright light consumed him. And now here he was. In an unknown abyss without any way to get in contact with Tifa or anyone.

Just when Cloud was about to sigh in annoyance and hopelessness, he saw a small glint of light ahead of him. The small light grew slowly, lighting up everything around him. Cloud could feel the warmth of it and had gained his senses and sight back. He could now see that he was in his still battle damaged clothes. He checked his sword holsters, and sighed in disappointment when he didn't see his swords in them. Choosing to ignore his sword problem for now, he looked to the still growing light and with the only option before him, he walked towards it. The warmth growing the closer he got.

'Where ever this is taking, I hope that it is somewhere near Midgar or anywhere I know' he thought with some hope filling in his chest. Cloud walked towards the light with his guard up in case he was attacked after he went through.

[Unknown]

Cloud opened his eyes, but quickly closed them to block out the sudden sting in his eyes from the sun the hung above him. The soft familiar feeling of grass was below him and the ones surrounding him swayed with the cool breeze. Cloud could hear chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves around him. He smelt the outdoors and the sound of rushing water.

Cloud slightly opened his eyes and adjusted to the light. Thanks to the mako in his system that enhanced his senses and body, he could see his surroundings within a few seconds. He sat up from his laying position and rubbed his aching head. His blonde hair getting in the way of his sight slightly.

Cloud looked around and had confirmed that he was in a forest somewhere. Cloud slowly got up to his feet, while still making sure he saw every detail where he was.

'A forest? That's good I guess, but it doesn't help me pinpoint as to where I am." he thought as he felt the breeze once again. Glancing around, Cloud didn't know why, but everything seemed to be...bigger. Like as if his field of view was different slightly.

Cloud also noticed something odd. Like why he felt the breeze of the wind on his legs when he was supposed to have long pants. He took a look at himself and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. How the hell did he turn into a kid!? What was he 14 again!?

Looking over himself, Cloud tried to see if he was just being delusional, but sadly wasn't. He was wearing khaki shorts along with a black t-shirt with a necklace that had his Fenrir badge hanging from the silver chain.

Cloud groaned at his bad luck and tried to see if there was somewhere he could look at his face. Luckily the running water was nearby. He walked to the small slow paced river and looked at his reflection. Once he got a good look at himself, he huffed at his looks for they were like how he was when he lived in Nibelheim with Tifa. He had his old pony tail and his wild spiked hair he had back then before he smoothed it out when he was in his older body. Honestly, he liked his hair on his old body, so was probably going to get it cut later on.

Cloud gritted his teeth in anger before he grabbed a nearby rock adn threw it into the forest out of rage.

"Damn it Sephiroth!" Cloud yelled. Usually he wasn't this open with his emotions, but whatever Sephiroth did to him had practically made him weak compared to before. Now he had to find a way home through a most likely monster infested forest as a kid and train to get his strength back. What's also raging is that he had lost his fusion sword. He had spent a lot of effort to make it as well as the loss of his materia. He could get more, but that depends on if he made it through the forest alive. The only thing that was good about his situation was that he still had the enhancements of the mako injections.

Cloud took deep breathes to calm himself and return to his regular stoic self.

'This is not good! I'm going to have to careful in traversing the forest and try to find a town or city fast.' he thought. With that thought in mind, he looked to see the time by using the sun and came to the conclusion that it was about 1:00 pm or so. He only had a few more hours before it gets dark so he had to move.

Cloud looked around before he picked a random direction and went through the treeline and into the forest. Once Cloud was gone from the small clearing, the rock that was through into the forest was thrown back into the clearing as a large set of red eyes and growls made themselves known in the forest.

[In The Forest]

So far, Cloud hasn't encountered any monsters which was good, yet worrying. Keeping his guard up, he quickly maneuvered over large roots or boulders. Time passed as Cloud moved through nature. Some things have made Cloud extra cautious, such as no signs of animal life. The only thing that gave him hints of some sort of animal or monster that lived in the empty forest was the claw marks that scratched the trunks of some trees and slight change in terrain that looked like footsteps from a monster. A lot of trees were also knocked down leading to somewhere.

Taking the risk of following either trail was dangerous, yet there had to be a reason for the most likely monster to make these marks and tracks. taking the claw tracks would be a better choice compared to the large footsteps.

With little time to decide, Cloud just followed the claw tracks. It's a risk he could take if the monsters were actually fighting someone or something. Hopefully a group of people that could lead him out of the forest.

The sunlight noticeably was dimming when Cloud started to hear noises of the familiar sound of metal cutting flesh. Cloud came to a scene of a group of bipedal wolves with black fur and red eyes. One of them was the most unique due to the fact that it has bone pieces that acted as armor. Red tribal lines were on the bones as it's red eyes glared at it's current opponent.

There standing tall was a someone that had a cloak on, not showing anything under it. The person was wielding a highly advanced looking scythe. It was weird looking to Cloud because of it's handle being that of a sniper and the barrel was attached to the blade of a scythe.

Cloud stayed out of sight and watched silently as the hooded figure twirled the scythe around lazily yet expertly. The wolves growled at the hooded person as they circled around to get 'em from from all angles. The person however wasn't intimidated by them.

When they were in position, the wolves initiated their attack. They got onto all fours and pounced at the person. Said person just huffed at them and with quick handling, and a small laugh, the man swung the scythe along his back and sliced a few of the wolves that were in front of him first before he clenched the handle adn went to work on slicing the closest wolf that got in range. Every now and then, he would fire his weapon and shoot the head off of one of them. Luckily, Cloud was behind cover and didn't get shot. Plus, his mako eyes allowed himself to see in the now darkening forest.

The man was making quick work with the wolves up to the point that the biggest and probably the alpha of the pack had to step in. Unfortunately, The alpha didn't stand a chance as well. Before it could even touch the cloak, it was already arm less and had the sharp scythe blade behind it's head. The man smirked as the wolf roared and tried to get a bite at him. The man didn't let it however, as he pulled the trigger on his weapon adn with the recoil of the shot, he decapitated the wolfs head.

Cloud was impressed with the mans skills. He was fast and used the range of his scythe to his advantage. With the rifle being a part of the scythe, Cloud found it unique and interesting. Not only did Cloud like his skills, he also noticed the slight glow he radiated when he made swift dodges and with each shot he made left a slight trail of the same glow.

'Must be the use of magic...' Cloud thought as the man sighed and stretched , causing some popping sounds to echo in the forest.

"Shit Ruby, this prototype of yours is already impressive on its own. With my training, you'll be a force to be reckoned with." the man said to himself while taking out a flask and taking a swig. When he was done, he looked at Clouds direction.

"Alright. You can come out now. No need to hide from me." The voice of the man said through the forest.

Cloud mentally sighed at his carelessness and walked out to the dissolving bodies of the wolves and to the man. The man looked at Cloud. From what Cloud could tell, the man was calculating him and with a raised eyebrow, the man spoke.

"What's a little brat like you doing here in the middle of the forest?"

"I could say the same for you. It's not everyday you see a scythe wielding drunkard killing the big bad wolf in the forest." Cloud countered. The man chuckled as he pulled his hood down to reveal a man in his late 20's or 30's. He had slicked back black hair and red eyes.

"True that, but I still want an answer." the man said. Cloud shrugged and scratched the back of his head and looked the man in the eyes with his slightly glowing blue green eyes.

"I just sort of woke up in the middle of it. Not sure as to how I got there." Cloud told the man as said man searched if Cloud was hiding anything. The man seemed to notice that Cloud wasn't telling him any more for now and nodded.

"I see...well I am just here clearing out some of the Grimm hots pots near Vale. You just caught me in the middle of doing my job as a huntsmen." the man took out his hand for Cloud to shake. "Names Qrow, Qrow Branwen. And you are kid?" The man known as Qrow introduced himself and asked for Clouds name.

Cloud looked at the hand with his stoic expression before he slowly took the hand and shook it.

"Could Strife." he simply said. After they shook hands and let go, Qrow brought out a device that projected something on it. Cloud could only tell the numbers that was on it. Like his phs he used to have on him.

"Well Cloud, since you're by yourself from what I could guess. I will call in on Vale HQ and let them know about you before we go there. Then we can find your parents." Qrow told Cloud. The blonde sighed and looked to the man as he was about to press the call button. However, before Qrow could hit the call button, Cloud said something.

"I actually don't have a family. I live by myself." Cloud said.

Qrow stared at Cloud for a second before he groaned and hung up the device. When he put it back into his pants pocket, he then motioned for Cloud to follow him as he began to walk away.

"Well damn. Looks like your with me. I was going to bring you to an orphanage in Vale, but I think we both know that that's not going to happen." Qrow said as he vaulted over an overgrown root. Cloud followed just as fluently.

"Oh? And why do you think that?" Cloud asked. He was actually curious about why the man wouldn't send him to an orphanage. I mean from what he's heard so far from their conversation, he was somewhere he didn't know. He has never heard of Vale before. Even with the world map he uses for his delivery service, he has never seen any place called Vale. And he knew the map like the back of his hand.

Qrow huffed and faced Cloud in the eyes, slightly narrowed.

"Because the look in your eyes tells me why. Plus that stoic expression shows your maturity and is a sign of your achievements...or your failures. A place in the orphanage would only keep you brooding. I'm going to be working to bring a grin to your face. And to help you with your experiences. The glow in your eyes also show an old soul. Something a kid like you shouldn't have." Qrow said as a smile was brought to his face.

Cloud was slightly surprised, but he didn't show it. He was used to hiding his expressions. Cloud hummed in acceptance with the scythe wielders answer.

"I see, but from what I can tell, your not the care taking kind of guy." Cloud guessed. Qrow laughed slightly as he nodded his head.

"Yeah your pretty accurate on that! I'm not the best when it came to kids. But doesn't mean that I can't try. If it makes you feel any better about staying with me, I have two nieces that I took care of every now and then. They turned out great! Best ass kickers I've ever seen at their age. One of them even picked up my adventurous look on things." Qrow said to humor Cloud. A small smirk came to Clouds face.

"Can't wait to meet them." Cloud said in a low tone. Qrow was able to catch it though. The man nodded and continued their path through the forest. All the while taking another drink of his flask.

[Vale Borders]

When Cloud and Qrow reached the edge of the forest, it was already near midnight. Neither of them seemed tired though. Qrow wasn't tired because he used to the lack of sleep and was determined to get Cloud settled first before he went to sleep. As for Cloud, he was able to stay up for 10 or so days straight. Not a problem for him.

"Alright Cloud. Lets go on into Vale and get to my apartment. We just have to get past the city outpost that keeps the Grimm away from Vale." Qrow said all the while taking out his phone device.

Cloud just hummed as an answer while following the huntsmen. When they got to the outpost, they were just asked to place their scroll on a scan panel to register them into the city. However, since Cloud didn't have a scroll, he was stopped along with Qrow.

"Hold it! We will need this boys identification sir if you would like to enter the city." said a uniformed soldier. Cloud grunted in annoyance and was about to speak, but Qrow beat him to it.

"Don't worry about identification. This boy was lost in the forest because he was recently in the Signal Academy scouting trip I was hosting. As you can see, I am teacher at the school." Qrow lied expect for the last part. The soldier looked at his tablet and after a few seconds of searching, he nodded.

"Yes, I can see that, but the boy needs to be checked and registered into the Vale city system. I can't let him in without registration. Even if you are a huntsmen, I would get fired if I just let this slide." the soldier said.

Qrow nodded and decided to do the next necessary thing.

"I will then say that this boy doesn't have an ID because he had lost his scroll in the forest." Qrow said. The soldier nodded and turned to Cloud.

"Young man, I need you to come with me to check the records for-" The soldier was cut off when Qrow interrupted.

"Cloud here is actually a special case and was allowed to have all of his records to be erased because of his dangerous abilities." Qrow lied.

"Then please come with me to make a new one." the soldier said as he walked into the outpost. Cloud was groaning in annoyance on the inside. Qrow saw the slight slouch Cloud did and chuckled before he ruffled Clouds spiky hair. Cloud slapped it away and followed the soldier with Qrow right behind him.

After Cloud got his new ID and was in the records as Cloud Strife, orphan child, age 14 and birth day was on August 11th. He was a student at Signal Academy as a second year.

[Vale]

Both Qrow and Cloud walked along the night streets to Qrows place and Clouds new home.

"I will set up some rules tomorrow later on. We just need to get some sleep. We are staying here for the weekend before we head on over to Patch. There, we will start on getting you settled in with my nieces and brother in law while I settle some business of my own." Qrow listed. Cloud listened intently to the list before he raised an eyebrow.

"How come I am going to your nieces place?" Cloud asked.

"Well, I do work mostly as a huntsmen so I travel a lot. Don't want to drag your broody ass along with me. It could be dangerous. Plus, you are registered as a Signal student. I can't have you late for your first day at school a year over or more. Heck I don't even know if you can fight yet. Or if you even have aura!" Qrow explained.

"So essentially I am going to be dropped off to do my part as a student and study to be a hunter... ." Cloud summarized with his far away look on his face.

Qrow saw the look, and didn't bother to mention it. Cloud would tell him eventually when they spend more time together and trust each other.

"Over there you will learn how to fight and such from my brother in law. He wouldn't mind." Qrow said with a wave of his hand.

Cloud grunted and looked to the upcoming building that had a apartment complex housing number. With what Qrow had told him, he probably had multiple apartments in different areas.

When they got inside, it was plain and slightly messy from Qrows carelessness and rush to missions. Dishes filled the sink and laundry was sprawled around the living room. Cloud could smell the alcohol lingering in the air. Something he was used to at the 7th Heaven. Brings back memories that Cloud would keep closely.

Cloud blankly stared at the mess while Qrow casually walked in.

"Sorry about the mess but I didn't expect to have a kid sleeping over in such short notice." Qrow said as he took off his cloak and hung it on a rack near the door.

"Make yourself at home for the next few days. There is some food in the kitchen if your hungry. I'm not much of a cook so most of the time I just order take out. If you can make something help yourself. Hell you could even have some of the beer in there if ya think you can handle it!" Qrow said as he laid on the couch and was instantly asleep.

Cloud shut the door behind him and locked it. he sighed and walked to the kitchen to make something small with the little knowledge on cooking he got from Tifa.

'Tifa...' Cloud lost himself in thought. His friends were probably worried about him. Tifa was probably searching all over the place for him. Denzel and Marlene were also going to be crying about his disappearance.

Clutching the knife in his hand that he was using to cut some vegetables, Cloud grimaced at the thought of his family being upset and worried for his sake.

'I have to find out where I am and how to get back to Gaia quick!' Cloud thought as he looked out the window that was over the sink.

'I have to leave this world some how because I know for sure that Gaia didn't have a shattered moon over our heads.' Cloud thought as the glow of his eyes scanned the moon above along with the stars.

END

Did you like? This is just a Pilot chapter so I want to know your opinion. It help me a lot!

Just a warning though, This was just thought up on the whim so I don't have a lot of events planned for this story. I will say that I have snit bits of plot that I want in the story so some chapters will lead to them.

Not sure if I should do a harem or not. I am a Cloti fan so messing with that is kinda sad. What do you think? Should I or not. I have thought of maybe Yang being the love interest or something. Giving Cloud a harem is kinda deserving for him considering the shit he went through. Or maybe I could do a love triangle maybe? Tifa and Yang possibly?

Ask questions! I would happily answer them so go ahead as long as they are professional and polite because I tend to ignore rage and all cap reviews. Just letting you know.

Anyways thanks for reading. SEEE YAAAA!