A/N 1: First of all, I would like to say that I'm surprised I rarely find multi-chapter stories about the life of the characters after the games. Especially considering Genesis came back and all Gen-Fans should be fighting for an opportunity to write it.

Second, I just saw the FF7 Dirge of Cerberus secret ending and I don't like it. {{{*spoiler alert*}}}

That's why I would ask anybody patient enough to be reading this stuff: "Does anybody know WHY THE HELL Square Enix made Genesis look (and sound) like a FREAKIN' ZOMBIE/VAMPIRE to end all zombie/vampires?"

And that's why this story is T rated! (Well, that and the fight scenes – 'cause they contain violence, kids)

But seriously, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO HIM? You should watch it on YouTube right away. I heard that since DoC was made before CC, they changed him into a normal character, but I don't know anything about that.

For the sake of this story, we'll pretend he's NORMAL, thank you very much.

And yes, I'm starting this story with Zack and Aerith, 'cause there's no way I wouldn't bring them back.

Final Fantasy VII: End of Crisis – Genesis' redemption

Prologue

When Omega awake before its time, the Planet knew something was wrong. An out of control WEAPON usually meant trouble, and that was the last thing it needed.

If not for the unfortunate circumstances, the Planet might be able to return it back into stasis, but Weiss, even merged with Nero, was too 'pure' for it too control.

Vincent Valentine wasn't strong enough. It would take a miracle to save Gaia this time.

It needed protection. It needed somebody it could give directions to - a Cetra and somebody to protect that Cetra.

It was warm, like waves of warm water washing over him.

It felt almost painful to open his eyes. The fact that he actually could shocked him, though.

Only a second was needed before Zack's reflexes kicked in and he jumped to his feet. As his vision cleared out, he looked around himself.

This place… it was familiar to him, but he couldn't quite put it.

Zack broke out of his trance to see that he had made several unsure steps. As he turned around with a smile, he noticed a body a few meters away from him.

The young SOLDIER started to walk determinately towards it and when he noticed who it was, he broke into a run.

"Aerith! Aerith!"

Zack fell to his knees beside her, and turned her towards him.

"Aerith!"

He shook her lightly and let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding when her green eyes fluttered open.

She then spoke confidently, faking cluelessness.

"Heaven?"

Zack embraced her tightly, before pulling back to see her again.

Then, for some reason, they both burst into laughter.

"Nope. No such luck. This is the Banora Underground."

"What?"

"The maze of caverns below the village of Banora. I've been here before."

"Oh."

He lifted her to her feet and chuckled to himself when she started studying the underground chamber.

"What is that?"

Zack turned around to see Aerith pointing at a giant statue – or, rather, what remained of it. It had been in pieces for a long time.

"That was a statue of Minerva. She was holding The Goddess Materia."

"The Goddess Materia?"

"An enormous natural materia – a phenomenon. Mutated one of my friends into a creature the size of half this place."

"That sounds bad. What happened next? Why did it collapse?"

"I inflicted enough damage on the monster to revert him back to his old self. Then we had a major fight and I might have accidentally thrown him into the statue."

She chuckled.

"You are hopeless."

"You still like me. Besides, it didn't really look like Minerva anyway."

"How do you know? Have you ever seen her?"

"If I told you the name of every girl I have ever flirted with, you wouldn't have believed me."

"No. I would slap you though."

"Not nearly as helpful."

Zack walked around the rubble. Aerith raised her eyebrow when he wedged a rapier almost his size, out of the ground.

"It was my friend's. The same one's."

"What are you going to do with it?"

"In lack of a better sword, it would have to do."

At her quizzical look, he explained.

"I don't plan to stay here forever, you know.

"Oh."

Without another word, she followed him out of the room.

Vincent, in the form of Chaos, dashed away from Omega Weiss' relentless attacks. Zipping between shots, the demon's face showing no emotions, he countered with deadly accuracy.

Jumping over to another pillar, he stopped in midair and managed to shoot a couple of times, before being forced to the ground by a new wave of projectiles.

After a few more rounds of that pointless chasing which only seemed to be good for Vincent, Omega flew out of the range of attacks and dropped a meteor onto Chaos.

Weiss seemed satisfied with the crater he made until the demon appeared in front of him, not even scratched.

"You just don't die, do you?"

Fading in and out, dodging shots that were otherwise impossible, Vincent growled, without stopping shooting for a second.

"You'll be the one to die, you abomination spawned by Hojo!"

He was finally shot down by a missile, but not before he unleashed the last shot with the Death Penalty.

Omega went down.

I know it's short, but this is just a prologue. The future chapters will be longer.

This is my first take on Final Fantasy fanfiction. I didn't play DoC-FF7 so I'm sorry if I got something wrong.

I would also like to ask: "Was it ever stated did or did not Zack ever visit his parents in Gongaga after he made SOLDIER?" Please include that in your reviews (if I get any).

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I don't know where that came from. Sorry.