"NOTE I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE FINAL FANTASY CHARACTERS OR STORY LINES! ALL BELONGS TO SUARE ENIX. EVERYTHING!"

The battle with Cloud Strife was one that Sephiroth was not expecting to have lost. His so-called MOTHER stated her plan that she had all along and how she planned to use him. she laughed at him while he lie there helpless and laughs at him about how pathetic he was and easy he was to manipulate him. "ALL I HAD TO OFFER WAS A MOTHER'S LOVE." she says.

He felt rage and disappointment fill him lying there going over the events. How he would change everything if he could, and now the only thing he knows for a fact at this point, he was in unbelievable pain. Huge gashes across his chest and upper body and the scent of blood was everywhere. His hair stuck to his face by his own blood, his vision was blurry and he did not have the strength to even lift the masamune. One thing that Sephiroth was for sure was going to happen, he was going to die. So the lies awaiting death thinking what if he had done things differently how much different his life would've turned out.

Darkness over takes Sephiroth and he is ready to accept his death, he wronged the planet and had been wronged his whole life, death was the punishment he was willing to accept. In this darkness he finds himself suddenly cold. There standing in front of him is a boy. He had tan skin, and no shoes. He also had a hood covered his head and face. The boy was not dressed the way people did in Midgar, and he had never seen the kinds of clothing before. "Strange", he thought looking over the boy again, and wondering who he was.

The boy stepped forward a few feet, Sephiroth could fill his eyes on him as he spoke his words. "IT BEGINS." Sephiroth was looking at the boy, he still had no strength to even move himself all he could do was stare and listen to the boy. The boy stepped forward and placed a hand on his arm, Sephiroth flinched at the contact. "DONT BE SCARED."

"Who are you?"he asked the boy.

The boy disappeared and Sephiroth was alone again.

"Ugh!" grabbing his head as sudden pain shot through Sephiroth, first the thinks it to be Jenova, but the pain was far worse than anything he had ever felt. His body jerked and started to even shake, the pain in his head had worsen and he was now lying on the ground yelling and pleading for it to stop. a flash of light came into his vision and was the last thing he saw before he blacked out completely.

Sephiroth starts coming to himself, he realizes his head now is not hurting and that he is cold. He asks himself if it was all a dream, everything with Cloud, Jenova, and everything after Nibelheim. Little hope stirred in him maybe he was still back at Shinra and his life had never been messed up by going to Nibelheim. He lifted his heading thinking he was lying on his floor in his room to find that he is in what looks like very old ruins. Smoggy was the word to describe the place. There was no sun, just a dullness that surrounded this place, "Very odd" he thought not ever seeing this place before. Where on Gaia was he. He sat up looking around trying to find any familiar surroundings.

It didn't take long for him to realize that he was in a strange place, he had no knowledge of where he was. "Where am I?" he asked to himself "Am I alive?" He got up and dusted himself off. His clothing was somewhat wet, and he looked around to see the ruins surrounded by water. The water looked funny and had a weird smell to it at that. Feeling of someone or something watching him hit the general's senses. He withdrew the masamune and readied himself for battle. Looking about he could not place anyone or anything. "This place is very outlandish." the general said walking forward on the rubble. "I have never been to this place before. I would've remembered" he thought to himself.

Coming to the end of the rubble, it looks as though what ever was connected before had fallen into the water. "The water looks abominable, and of course the path ends here." he says not wanting to have to get into the odd-looking water. "I have no choice." he signs and walk's off into the water. Under is actually pretty clear compared to the top and it was actually cold, but with his enhancements he could withstand. He saw a old looking building with statues in front of it not to far from him and decides his next destination to be inside. As he was swimming to the building something comes with his sights and he turns to find nothing. Withdrawing the masamune, feeling the eyes once again on him, he decides to keep heading toward's the building.

Nearing the building; he is ready to get to get out of the water, but something peculiar bursts out of no where and tries to attack the general. Sephiroth looks at the fiend and realizes he has never saw anything like this before. Odd looking fish like fiend with what looks like jaws that could crush anything if it wanted. Sephiroth dodges another attack performed by it and smirks "I could use a good battle at the moment." he thought and cuts through the fiend with ease and watches the not so strong of opponent, as it disappears into balls on rainbow lights. "Strange, I have never encountered and defeated a fiend that does this."

Shugging he countinues to swim and makes it to the doors. Pushing them open, water floods the place. Struggling to shut the doors as quickly as possible, before the place flooded. They finally shut. Catching his breath, he looks around; statues of people and symbols that he did not know or understand was carved into the wall's. After taking a second to look around, he knew without a doubt what this place was "A Temple."he says walking further into he sees that it was an old one at that. Didn't look like anyone had been there for quite sometime. The temple was freezing and him being wet was not helping, even with his enhancements. "I'm going to need to make a fire." Deciding to explore the temple more in search of fire wood, he comes across some in an old room. Going back to wear the entrance was he places the wood down and casts "FIRE 2" with his materia. Thanking whoever that he still had is materia and masamune.

The general sits down and starts to think about everything that had happened. Jenova his so-called MOTHER, and how she turned against him in the end. "How could I let my guard down? She offered me love that's why." When he first found out about how he was created and experimented on as a child, he felt hurt more than anything,. Yes he was outraged at what they did and he could not control how angry he felt, but deep down was nothing but hurt. How could a anyone be that sick, to do those thing's to a child. One single tear roll down his face while he thought back to everything that happened between then and now. "She used me just like everyone else used me through out my life, and I was a fool to believe her words and fall for her so-called "LOVE." "Will I ever know how it feels to be truly loved?"

Caught up in his own thoughts he did not see that fiends had surrounded him until it was too late. They attacked from all around. There had to be at least 8 and they was viscous beings. An explosion from the door got their attention long enough for him to reach for masamune, and in a flash they all lie lifeless on the ground in a pool of their own blood. Standing, his eye's narrowed as he looked to the door to see a few men standing all around with guns drawn out aimed at him. In front of them was a girl wearing a full body leather jump suit different colors with goggles. She pulled her goggles off and Sephiroth couldn't help but to be amazed at her strange eye's were, but he didn't let his amazement been known. She takes a few steps forward and the general is on guard, she didn't look harmful but looks can be deceiving. The men stepped forward and surround him. He had masamune drawn ready to fight. One man spoke with his gun aiming at the generals back.

"Y syh un veaht?" one spoke

"Cruimt fa gemm ed?" another says.

The girl speaks this time "CDUB! Ra syo lyh ramb ic."

She tries to take a step forward but the general puts the masamune up strike her. She stops and yell's "CMAAB!" Sephiroth started to feel weird and realized that a sleep spell got casted on him. He drop's his sword and fall's to the ground. He was about to lose his fight to sleep when she bends down and whispers "cunno.." that was all he remembered before sleep took over him.

His dream's are filling with Nibelheim, him finding out his life was just an experiment, the lies he had been told, and the rage that filled him while reading the reports in the basement of the Shinra Manor. "All my life I have been nothing but an experiment and I never knew. My whole existence is nothing but a scientist sick plan for praise" Pacing back and forth, hurt turned to anger, and anger turned to hate and before he knew it he was standing in town on the seventh day surrounded by flames. Scream's could be heard all around him and that's when he heard her "Come to me my son. Mother will make it all better.." he turned and started his journey to the reactor.

He awoke in a cold sweat sitting straight up and breathing heavy. Took him a second to calm himself as he realized he was now on a ship. He started checking his surrounding's for any idea of where he might be when the door to the ship opens and a quaint looking man with tattoos step out and the girl that he saw in the temple was behind him.

Standing quickly, he reaches for his masamune when he realises that it's not there. They came to stand in front of the general; he asks the girl with anger in his voice "Where's my sword?!" the men with the guns are around him in a second. Getting frustrated, the general glares at them sending them a warning.

The man with the tattoos speak first "Fa haat ouin ramb fedr dra niehc pahadr ic."

"I will not ask again where is my sword?!" the men cocked the guns ready to fire

"Cdub!" she says and turns to him "He says we need your help activating the ruins beneath us." Sephiroth eye's widened. Relived that somebody spoke his language.

"You can understand me?" he asks

"Yeah, and we have your sword. It had blood and stuff all over it, we didn't want it to rust so we cleaned it." she said looking in the direction they came.

He followed her eyes and saw his sword leaned up against the wall of the ship. "You can go get it if you want." she says. Walking over to get his sword he looks it over and realizes its spotless, nicely cleaned, and polished. He was impressed

"I hope you like what I did. I usually only clean guns, so I did my best." he smiles down at her

"Thank you for cleaning masamune, you done very well." he said and she couldn't help but to blush at him.

"So, will you please help us out?"

Cocking an eyebrow "What exactly do you need my help with?"

She takes a long breath and starts explaining "There are some ancient ruins right beneath us. The ruins are not activated now but that's what we are going down there for, and see if there is any machina. So will you please!" Sephiroth could not help but to in some sort be amused. She reminds him of the young ninja in Strife's group, in the weirdest way.

"Okay, I will help you. What is your name?"

"Rikku, Nice to meet you..."

"Sephiroth"

"Sephiroth, I like it!" She say's smiling "Well when you're all done preparing we will set out okay?"

They return to the ship after activating the ruins and they came across an airship in the old ruins. They gave him food for his help and now he was going to start questioning Rikku on where he was.

"Rikku, exactly where is this place?"

"What do you mean?"

"I have never seen this place before. I have traveled all over the planet and I can't say that anything catches my eye on to help me figure out where I am." she seems to be thinking about something horrible because her face turn very serious "Do you remember anything? Like where your from or anyone you may know?"

"Yes I do actually."

The general told her about who he was and where he was from. He left out everything after Nibelheim for various reasons. He didn't want to scare her, in some odd way he actually enjoyed her company. She never really harmed him or done him wrong so he keep that hush.

"Midgar, Wutai, Nibelheim I have never heard of any of those places before. I mean they are no cities or towns with those names here." What the hell was going on?

"Where the hell am I?"

"We found you at the Baja Temple and thought oui was a fiend."

"oui?" he asked raising an eyebrow

"Oh oui means you in Al Bhed. You're not an Al Bhed hater are you?" she asked looking to the ground.

"I don't even know what an Al Bhed is to be honest. I have never heard the language you speak also." She looked up at him and smiled

"This is a very strange place and the people are even strange, Al Bhed's, Temple's, whats next?" he thought

"So what is this place called then?" he asked bluntly

"Spira" she replied very simply

"Spira?" giving her a questioning look.

"Yeah that what the name of this place is. I have thought about your towns you mentioned and I have not ever heard of them." she replied, and I started to speak, but she spoke first "Have you ever heard of something called SIN?" SIN "No and I don't get how I can be somewhere and then wake up somewhere different."

"That is why I asked about SIN. When SIN gets to close to anyone they can sometimes forget things or their mind's play trick's on them." SIN, what in Gaia was she talking about? "What are you talking about? I have never heard or saw what you have called as SIN. Is this a fiend?"

"Sort of, some people believe its out punishment for letting things get out of hand. Pretty much is a huge fiend made up of others."

"I see, and it makes you forget?"

"Not exactly, it's toxin does, and sometimes your memory never goes back."

I'm in a place that is full of surprises alright, Now I have to figure out a way to get the hell out of here. Maybe the planet is letting me have a second chance at life and maybe I can find my way back to Gaia Maybe Rikku might know where I can start. A thought popped into his head. What if Jenova is playing with his head, what if she is behind all of this? the thought angers and worries him at the same time, so he decided to ask

"Rikku, have you heard of a thing called Jenova?" she looked thoughtful for a moment and then answered

"No, can't say I have. Why? Is it sort of like SIN?"

"Yes in some way, she plays tricks on your mind. I don't know if she is here, but if so I need to find her so I can get rid of her, she is a danger so any ideas on where I would start my search?" it has to be her, why else would he be here. As much as he wanted to believe the planet sent him here, it wasnt possible.

"So why else would I be here." he thought. She looked as though she was thinking and she just ever so bluntly yelled "LUCA!" Scared, I looked at her puzzled and a little startled "What?"

"You should start by going to Luca! Everyone in Spira gathers around this time of year to watch the blitzball tournament, so that would be my first place to start a search."

"I suppose it's a good place as any." he said with his head hung in thought "Okay let me go tell the others." and she walks away into the ship. Leaving him with his thoughts, Sephiroth sighs

"I can not believe this is happening, I'm at in a strange place, no idea of where I am, with no one I recognize and I have never felt so alone before." he says. After 15 minutes he was starting to lose his patience with the crew "Whats taking so long?" he asks out loud tired of waiting. suddenly while walking to the door to get some answers, something hit's the side of the ship and bursts out of the water.

Alarms go off signaling they were under attack. The Al Bheds come running out yelling "SIN!" and the only thing you see a big fin. Sephiroth stares in amazement at how big this fiend is "So this is SIN.." he thinks to himself. before he can ever pull his weapon to fight; he gets knocked over board and the last thing he saw Rikku and the others looking down trying to reach of him as he fell into the water and everything goes dark.

Night had settled over the Isle of Besaid, the night sky was clear and you could see every star in the sky. One would think this place in Spira to be as one calls PEACEFUL, but little would they know it was far from it. Spira was a place of punishment pretty much. One must be strong to live because of SIN. SINhad been here for 1000 year's and never leaving. Everyone kept their faith strong in Yevon and Yevon's teaching's. For 1000 year's the teaching's was what kept everyone strong and believing. The only one's strong enough to defeat SIN was the summoner's. Summoner's are the protector's of the people of Yevon, and of Spira. Becoming a summoner meant devoting your life to the people.

Sitting there on the ruble on the beach lost in her own thought's was Yuna, a 17-year-old girl, who was in great debate on becoming a summoner. She had lived here for 10 year's on the island, since her father had defeated SIN. She was thinking over what had happened earlier that day. SIN had attacked Besaid. Luckly no one was hurt, but the attack had her lost in her thought's on the conversation she had earlier that day. She had talked to Wakka and LuLu about becoming a summoner. They was against the idea, and Yuna understood why, but she has her reason's as well. She wanted to be a protector of the people, and Spira and she would willing do anything for them both.

"It's my destiny." she thought.

She had known for quite sometime. A faith had come to her in a dream. That was when she knew that was her new road to her life. She also has had her doubt's. Yuna had her dream's, she has so much she would love to do. She has always wanted an adventure, To meet and make new friends all over, but most of all she has always wanted to experience TRUE LOVE. Sure Wakka, LuLu, and Kimahri loved her, and she loved them, but it was a different kind of love. She has never been in love before and if she does become a summoner she would have very little chance of ever having to experience the feeling with someone.

"To never know the feeling of another's true love for me, and if I do this.." She trailed off, and tears started to leak from her eyes. It was so unfair, her whole life had been full of sacrifice's. Her mother first was taken from her at the age of 4 and the 3 year's later her father, and now her own life. She could not ever truly be happy. Love seemed like a dumb reason to do anything, but people do crazy thing's for love, and so would Yuna, she just hoped that end the end she would have her one wish "I wish to know and feel love, at least before the end. Please this one request."she whispered to herself.

Breathing in the night air, she decided. "I know what I must do." she stood with her mind made up on what she was going to do and walked further down the beach to head back to the village to tell the other's.

"I just hope they will understand." she thought and she was almost off the beach when she heard the ruble behind her start to move.

Thinking it to be the wind she kept on walking "Ugh.." she heard a deep voice and turned to see the ruble started to move a little, and she decided to take a look. She creeped closer, hoping that it was not nothing but a small sea star or something small. She cursed herself for coming unarmed. She reached the rubbish, bent down and moved some out-of-the-way to see what was under there. Silver hair was all she saw at first. She moved the rest of the wood off to show a man with long silver hair. Dressed all in black leather with sliver shoulder guards. The more he moved the more he groaned and he seemed to be trying to wake up.

"How did you get here." she mumbled. No sooner than the words left her lips he reached out and grabbed her arm and pulled her close. She yelped out of surprise and closed her eyes. She waited for an attack, but none came. So she opened her eyes to get a look at the man, and when she opened them she was looking into the move beautiful pair eye's she has ever seen in her life. The looked scared and a little of surprise could be seen in them. He most likely was not expecting her.

He released her, but he still looked at her. It was like he was looking into her very soul, and Yuna could do nothing but look right back into his. It felt like something was connecting them. While they was looking into each other's eyes they both felt this shock like feeling deep inside them and word could not explain the connection. Yuna blinked a few times, shook her head, and looked away. She could feel the heat rush to her cheeks on how close their faces was.

SEPHIROTH POV

I woke to someone moving what felt like wood from me. My first thought it to be a fiend so I was going to ready myself for battle. "Damn it." he thought while trying to find the masamune, and failing. "I have enough strength to kill without the sword. I'll just break its neck and be done with it." he thought right before he reached up and grabbed whatever was uncovering him. He heard a yelp and looked up surprised to see he had hold of a woman. He realized it was an arm he had grabbed and looked up further to get a good look at her and looked into the most amazing bi colored eye's. One as blue, as the ocean and the other green, as a clear meadow. "Beautiful" he thought and that's when he realized that he still had a hold of her arm.

He released her but didn't stop looking into her eyes. They had put a spell on him, and he could not seem to break it. Suddenly a stranger feeling went through his body. Like a small shock of some sort. It was odd for one, he had never felt a feeling like that before with anyone. No woman had ever made him experience that before. She had to be special. She looked away first with a blush staining her cheek's. She shook her head a few times to clear her mind. He did the same and looked around to found himself on a beach.

"What the hell" he whispered."

"Um are you okay?"

He turned back to the woman. "She has the voice of an angel." he thought. She was staring at him again with concern in her eye's. "Is she worried about me?" he thought.

"Yes I am fine, Where am I?" he asked after a moment.

"Besaid Island, I found you washed up here on the beach." she waited a few seconds and asked "What's your name?"

She seems so innocent, very attractive, he smirked

"Sephiroth, and thank you for helping me miss.."

"Yuna, I'm Yuna."

"Yuna." he thought, what a beautiful name. She stood up and he couldn't help but to stare at her. Her skin was just the perfect shade of cream. She had short brown hair. She wore a white silk robe that came just above her knees, showing off her very nice shapely legs and curves of her body. It tied around her neck to form a halter. She left him speechless. She blushed slightly, offered him a smile, and her had to help him up. He took it with care and tried to get up, but his leg raked painfully. He winced at the pain.

"Oh no, your hurt"

"I'm fine, it just a scratch." Was he ever wrong.

She lifted his jacket to move it out the way so she could get a better view and saw a huge gash on his leg. He was losing a lot of blood. Yuna gasped "We need to get you to the village soon, I can heal you there. Can you help me get you there? It's not that far."

Why was she so willing to help him, HIM of all people. He was a murderer, a killer, he did not deserve to be treated this way, but he also liked the feeling she gave him. Care and concern, two feeling he would die to receive from some for once in his life. She look at him with those eyes and he swore he saw heaven. He could tell she was a good, loving person, one at that. He did not deserve her care, but he couldn't shake the feeling she gave him.

"Okay" He answered and stood with extreme effort. He was much taller than her. She was staring at him, mouth slightly open, he couldn't help the small smile that formed on his face. "She is very fascinating" he thought

"I'm ready when you are." he said with a little amusement. She jumped a little and shook her head. When she looked back up she had a smile on her face.

"She is so breath-taking."

"Sorry, let's go." she commanded

They started to walk toward's the entrance of the beach. His eye caught sight of his sword laying on some wood. With a flick of his wrist the sword was gone. If needed he would send for it.

They had to stop very once in a while to let Yuna rest. He wasn't the lightest thing, so he understood the need for break's. Walking back they talked a little. She had asked him how he got on the beach, so he told her what little he remembered. The Al Bhed's, and the thing called SIN. He could only hope she wouldn't think him crazy. He thought when she first saw him she would run and hide because of who he was, but she didn't. She was just like Rikku, she excepted him, without judgement.

"I really wonder if this is just a good dream. Everything seems to good to be true" he thought.

"So Yuna, how old are you?"

"I'm 17." She said and looked away.

"Oh God's, she's young."

"I might seem young because of my age, but I have had to mature a lot growing up, so I do not act my age." she paused for just a moment "What about you?"

That was a tough one. He had slept for 5 year in the crater, and he was 25 when that happened so he would be 30, wouldn't he?

"Honestly my age is complicated thing even to me now." She looked at him with confusion. "It is a very long story." he says.

She smiles "Well maybe you can tell me sometime, maybe sometime soon?"

She was something else, she was unlike the other's he had met in Midgar, they either wanted him for Sex, Money, or Power OR they hated him. Yuna actually acted like she like him for other reason's. His thought's went straight to Jenova, she acted the same. The thought of Yuna doing him the same angered him to no end, but he kept a blank face and shook it off.

"Not again, I need to except that I will never be loved, not by anyone."

"So where are you from Sephiroth?" She asked breaking his thought's.

"Should I really tell her that I am not from this Spira?"

"I'm from a place called Migar, it's in Gaia, I don't know how I got to Spira. I just woke up here a few days ago." She nodded, seeming like she understood , but didn't at the same."What about you?"

" I'm from Bevel, it's at the heart of Spira, but I can't say I have had many fond memories there, if any at all..." she trailed of looking down like she was thinking of something sad, but she looked up, smiled and continued,

"But I came to this island 10 years ago. The island is called Besaid."

Yuna still had sadness in her eye's. He knew all about sadness and hurt. He never had a good childhood, who would with a dad like Hojo. The thought sent a chill down his spine. Finding out that Hojo, the man who put him through hell his whole life was his father made him sick.

"Sephiroth, are you okay? You look like you're gonna be sick." she asked concerned

He looked at her, and could see and hear the worry in her eyes and voice. He was not used to this kind of concern and it was all new to him.

"I'm fine Yuna, don't worry." He gave her a small smile.

She looked at him for a moment register his word's. She smiled and nodded. "Well you ready to continue?"

He nodded and they made their way to the village. Close to reaching the village, Sephiroth felt something watching them, he stopped and turned to see what it was. Yuna looked at him waiting to see what had gotten his attention, after a moment she asked if he was alright, he nodded and continued to limp with Yuna holding to him. Just as they walked a few feet, a pack of wolves came into sight 5 of them. They looked hungry, and ready for a good fight and kill.

"Oh no, wolves. I have no weapon ." She stated.

"Yuna, go hide and don't come out until i say it's okay."

"But what about you? Your hurt." She looked at him worried.

"Don't worry, just go I'll be okay." He said with some force.

She nodded and ran to hide. She watched as he looked as though he was summoning. She watched as a 7 foot long sword appeared in his left hand. He summoned his weapon, the moonlight shined off the sword. It was one of the most beautiful weapon's she had ever seen, she looked at it with "aww" as Sephiroth glared at the wolves, and they looked at him ready to taste blood. Sephiroth got into battle position, smirked at them, and the fight began.

Yuna watched with amazement at Sephiroth and the wolves that tried and failed to defeat him. They got a few strikes in, biting his leg. He let out a groan of pain and sliced them in half. He was a master at fighting. Never had she seen such in her life. He was like a god of killing. He battled was with such grace and it was as if he didn't even have to try. A cry from the last wolf broke her out of her thought's, but she could not see Sephiroth.

The only thing she saw was what was left of the 5 wolves and sight was not pretty.

"Yuna!" She heard him yell not to far in front of her.

She ran out to see him more injured than he was before, down on one knee breathing heavy.

"Sephiroth!, Are you alright?" He looked at her, pain written all over his face.

"I don't think I'm going to make it to the village walking." They both looked at his leg, it was infected BADLY! His vision was going in and out. He was loosing a lot of blood.

"Hold on I'll go get help, just try to stay awake please."

He watched her run off to the village and wondered what he had done to deserve her help or her worry. Everything that happened in Nibelheim 5 year's ago flashed in front of his eye's with Genesis's word's "YOU'RE A MONSTER. A PERFECT MONSTER."

"I'm a monster. I have no hope or honor, and I do not deserve care, happiness, or love." he said as sleep over took him once again.