HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO ADVENT:SECOND COMING!
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CHAPTER ONE: Arrival
"I can't believe that it actually worked." A young man with spiky dark blonde hair stated to the six others. They all wore the same black leather coats that reached their knees. The seven adolescents looked around the area is pure shock as they realized that their journey had been successful.
"Lexa were are we exactly?" A black haired youth stated as he blew his three bangs out of his face. Lexa shrugged and turned to each side as if deciding on a direction. With each swing of her head her long blonde hair swung widely behind her. The other female in the group rubbed her unruly shoulder length red hair and sighed.
"At least Neo didn't get us killed during the time jump." She grinned as she turned to face another male with bright blue and white hair. His hair was short but stuck up all around his head like a crown. Neo looked at the red head and laughed lightly as he waved her off.
"Whatever you say Archia, but at least I got us here." Neo smirked. Lexa looked at the two and sighed. She turned to another young man with solid red hair similar to Archia but much longer and noted that he was in a trance. Suddenly the young male jumped and laughed as Lexa frowned from his childishness. The final young man, with dark brown hair, threw a stone at the red head and soundly shut him up.
"Axel, keep it down." He stated in a calm voice as Lexa nodded to him. With that the seven young adults turned to the only city visible at the moment in the distance.
"I guess its time. I hope Midgard has something different." The black hair youth stated as he and his companions began to approach the city.
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Tifa sighed to herself as she awaited any sign from Cloud. It had been a year since the end of the stigma, the defeat of the three brothers and six months since Cloud left to find 'answers'. She sighed inwardly as she waited.
"He's not coming back this time." Tifa stated with a sigh but shook her sadness off as she continued to clean the kitchen. Marlene and Denzel had left with Barret for summer vacation two weeks ago and in that time Tifa was left to herself. They had invited her but with the bar and paying the rent she stayed despite the pleading faces of the two children.
The phone rang and as an after thought Tifa answered using the same line advertising Cloud's delivery service. She stopped instantly before anymore memories could resurface and corrected herself.
"Seventh Heaven, Tifa speaking." Tifa started as the voice on the other line began. Tifa smiled slightly and almost laughed. "What do I owe the pleasure?" She asked with a sigh and a small smile as the voice on the other end continued to talk.
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Cloud sat in a bar miles away from the city of Midgard and wondered to himself why he was still running and what he was running from. Sephiroth's words had left a permanent mark on Cloud. In some ways, those words haunted Cloud everyday since the defeat of Kadaj and his brothers.
Cloud flipped open his phone and turned it on. As he watched the power-up animation he began second guessing his actions. He knew that the others would be trying to reach him and as soon as his phone had power the messages would pile up. The phone finished powering up and Cloud waited for the inevitable ring of all the missed calls and voice mails. After another two minutes of waiting Cloud realized that no calls were made to his number.
"Maybe they have forgotten about me…" Cloud thought aloud sadly but then shook it off, "its for the best anyway… all I ever could do is bring harm to my loved ones… I've forgiven myself for Aeris's death but…I have a duty to make sure it doesn't happen again, not to Tifa or anyone else for that matter."
With a sigh, Cloud placed his payment for the drinks on the counter and took his exit. He quickly mounted the Fenrir and headed out into the darkening streets to hopefully disappear from the pain he knew he would cause if he stayed in one place too long.
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Tifa had dressed herself quickly as she awaited the meeting with Rufus. She had been a little suspicious at first after listening to Rufus struggle to get around to the main point of inviting her out for dinner. She smiled to herself and shook her head.
"Things were going to be a lot different without Cloud." Tifa stated aloud only to stop herself in mid-step. "…without Cloud?" She hadn't tried contacting him since he left. She had hoped by giving him some space maybe he would come back… but the opposite seemed to be true. Cloud never came back at all he hadn't left any messages or anything. He had disappeared off the face of the planet.
"Tifa get it together girl." She said to herself aloud. With a shake of her head Tifa continued walking down the street to the local diner where Rufus agreed to meet her.
"Just stop thinking about him for just a moment and live your life." Tifa scolded herself again as she picked her head up and noticed she had arrived outside of the fancy diner. "I hope I didn't come underdressed." Tifa whispered inwardly and entered.
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From a building high above, the seven young adults watched as Tifa entered the diner and looked to one another.
"Where's Cloud?" The dark blonde stated a little angered. The young male with black spiky hair came to the ledge and frowned himself.
"He's hiding most likely. Tifa won't know where he is." The male stated. Lexa laughed and then looked to the sky.
"I think that it should start raining." She declared as she lifted her hand to the skies. With this simple action the skies began to darken considerably and thunder clashed as lightening zipped throughout the clouds.
"So what is the game plan Lexa?" Axel questioned as she shrugged. "Should we just destroy everything until Cloud comes to save the day?" He asked as Lexa frowned.
"Why would we do something so barbaric? Besides keeping in the shadows is the best course of action to take don't you agree Cain?" The brown haired youth looked up from underneath his black hood and nodded solemnly.
"So you agree with the guy who throws rocks at people?" Axel questioned Lexa who frowned and ignored him again. "Yo, Avius you agree with me right?" Axel questioned the dark blonde. Avius turned to him and then to the black haired youth next to him.
"What do you think brother?" The black haired youth looked below as Rufus Shinra appeared and entered the same diner as Tifa.
"Axel we mustn't be seen… yet." He stated as a wave of darkness engulfed him and he disappeared.
"Ugh! This is going to be so boring!" Axel cried as the remaining six were engulfed in the same dome of darkness disappearing also.
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A single individual stood out of a small crater and frowned. He stood up and brushed his mid-back length, spiky silver hair out of his eyes as he looked around.
"Cloud… I must find him before it's too late… he's the only one that can save us all." The young man jumped out of the crater to notice that he was partially nude. With a snap of his fingers he was instantly fully clothed in baggy white pants that were tucked into black leather boots that extended to his shins. He had a skin tight black shirt on that showed off his muscular chest and abdomen and a black leather vest that portrayed a scene of fire and brimstone in white.
"Cloud must be found in hopes of saving us all!" He growled in determination to himself as he lifted into the air and vanished in a flash of light.
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"As you may now Tifa since the incident with DEEPGROUND, myself and Reeve have been doing everything in our power to restore the world to its former glory. We have even found a way to restore the mako energy my father's company stole from the planet." Rufus stated as Tifa raised an eyebrow.
"Exactly what does this have to do with me, Mr. Shinra?" Tifa questioned as Rufus laughed lightly and sighed.
"Please, call me Rufus and actually it has nothing to do with you… just small talk I guess." Rufus grinned more to himself than Tifa. She smiled softly and lifted her head to the darkened skies outside.
"Wow, it's gotten bad out there uh?" Tifa stated continuing their small talk. Rufus agreed and sighed.
"Miss Lockhart, the real reason for this meeting was to have a chance at… or attempt, rather… to 'woo' you." Rufus stated rather embarrassed from the presentation he just put on.
Tifa's eyes widened as she smiled and reached across the table. Rufus allowed her to grasp his hand and then waited for her to start.
"Rufus, this is really nice but I'm not sure if I'm ready to start dating just yet…" Tifa replied kindly as Rufus shook his head.
"Tifa, waiting on him will only be a waste of your time, stop giving the ungrateful second chances… I'm sorry it's just I'm quite passionate about this and I'm not being fair to Cloud…" Rufus stated ashamed of his words for a moment. "Tifa, I understand that my conduct was out of hand, but I just tire of seeing someone as wonderful as you go on unnoticed." Rufus added honestly.
Tifa looked away from his gaze and back to the sky. She sighed slightly and looked back to Rufus and shrugged her shoulders as she released his hand. She sat back in her seat and looked down.
"It's just that… I guess I don't want to let go." Tifa stated sadly as Rufus reached across to her.
"I would never let you forget your childhood friend. I don't want to take you from him, I just want to take you from the pain and sorrow." Rufus's words hit Tifa close to her heart as she felt her eyes began to water. Rufus left his seat to wrap his arms around the young woman in front of him and allowed her to cry.
"I understand you have lost many, but give me the chance to be the one to bring some cheer into your life." Rufus whispered to her as he held her. Tifa glanced up from his arms and looked into his eyes… the eyes that promised to care for her.
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Cloud sat on his make shift cot and looked to the stars. He had never wanted to hurt his friends but that was behind him now. They hadn't bothered to call him so he figured that they had forgotten.
"I shall die alone, like I was supposed to. Zack forgive me for not honoring my promise… Aeris forgive me for giving in and Tifa…" Cloud thought for a moment before he sighed in frustration. She was the whole reason he had really left because he wanted to protect her from him and because he was afraid that one day he wouldn't receive the feelings he wanted to give. "Tifa forgive me for being a coward." Cloud stated aloud as he closed his eyes to give in to the demand for sleep.
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Hundreds of miles away seven individuals were awaiting the arrival of Tifa and Rufus. As the two came in view of the Seventh Heaven, their hands were interlocked.
"There they are…" The black haired male stated as Avius appeared at his side, "I believe Axel is right… discretion is no longer necessary." He stated as Avius raised a brow and looked down to the scene and narrowed his eyes as a gleam shined in them.
"So we attack?" Lexa asked as Cain watched the two enter the bar.
"Are you sure this is what you want?" Cain questioned again as the black haired youth nodded. He threw his hood back over his head and stepped from the ledge of the building.
"Just one of you though. We all don't need to be discovered." He ordered as he vanished instantly in a black dome. Axel stepped forward to assume the responsibility as Lexa and Neo glared at him.
"Remember, we're just saying hello." Lexa stated as she vanished. Neo shrugged and did the same. Avius, Archia and Cain all gave Axel a slight nod before vanishing and instantly the young man prepared himself.
He threw his hood upon his head and grinned. In his hands two double edged, metallic spears appeared.
"It's time to play." Axel grinned as he launched himself from the taller building and onto the roof of the Seventh Heaven.
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Tifa and Rufus shared a passionate kiss and began to make their way upstairs until a soft thump came from the roof. Tifa broke the kiss and turned to the ceiling and stared for a moment. Rufus copied her actions and waited for a moment before speaking.
"What was it?" He asked in a whisper and suddenly a door upstairs in the hall creaked. Tifa's eyes flew open in panic before she calmed herself and went behind the bar counter to retrieve her fighting gloves.
She took a stance in front of Rufus facing the steps as she waited. The footsteps continued to creak closer and closer to the top of the stairs before suddenly stopping. Tifa and Rufus held their breathe as they both strained to listen for the intruder who seemed to be at the top of the stairs.
Tifa made no motion to go any closer so she decided to wait until whoever it was showed themselves. Nearly a minute went by before nothing came or happened. Tifa slowly began to relax and she turned to face Rufus who seemed equally relieved.
"I guess it must have been a rat or a cat or even the wind… either way I doubt we have much to worry about." Tifa smiled softly as Rufus released an uneasy breathe.
"That was quite a strange moment, uh?" He asked as he grabbed Tifa's hand and held it for a moment. "That may have ruined one moment but I'm sure that we can reclaim it if we try." Rufus smiled softly as Tifa reddened slightly before embracing him in a hug.
"Isn't this sweet?" A hood man grinned as he sat at the base of the stairs. Tifa whipped around and stared shocked by his stealth ability. "Tifa you of all people should never drop your guard…." The hooded man looked at Rufus who stood behind Tifa and chuckled. "Is that Cloud?"
Tifa's eyes widened in fear, shock and anger.
"Who are you?" She demanded as the hooded man laughed. He stood up and instantly two double-edged spears appeared in his hands. Tifa and Rufus took a step back and prepared themselves.
"Tifa your martial arts is no match for me and you…" He stated regarding Rufus, "that gun won't even get the chance to fire… as for who I am… well let's just say I'm not a Sephiroth nor am I a Kadaj." He grinned as he spun the two spears slicing into the ceiling and the floor with their length. "I am simply a messenger… Cloud is going to pay with his pathetic life!" He stated as he blasted forward slamming a knee into Tifa's gut and then kicking Rufus through the wall and onto the wet pavement outside.
"Come on Tifa… I thought you were better than this?" He questioned as she jumped to her feet to attack but was slammed onto her back by one of the two spears. "Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I can mentally control the two sticks… so this will be a little harder than usual." He grinned as Tifa struggled to stand. The first attack was unbelievably strong and his second was even more powerful.
Tifa knew that whoever this guy was, his attacks were several times more powerful than Loz's attacks at the church. Tifa even went as far as saying this guy was stronger than Sephiroth. She could barely stand after two attacks and the man had barely begun.
"What do you want with Cloud?" Tifa asked as she tried to distract him long enough to catch her breathe. Unfortunately, the hooded man attacked again with a knee strike, but this time Tifa blocked but the fist flying towards her face connected.
"Demon's Paw!" the hooded man yelled as he jumped backwards and dashed towards Tifa extremely fast and delivered a burning fist to her stomach sending her hurling through one of the windows of the Seventh Heaven and out onto the pavement that was soaked from the storm. He stood over Tifa's injured body and sighed.
Tifa heard his approach and coughed blood as the pain began to drag her to sleep. She fought it and opened her eyes to see the hooded man reveal his long red hair. He knelt next to her and grinned.
"Remember when you see Cloud tell him I'm going to kill him… please don't let this warning go unheeded. I'd hate to have to return and harm you again." He stood up and took a few steps backward as his dome of darkness began to engulf him, "Oh yeah, the name is Axel... A-X-E-L… got it down?" Axel taunted as Tifa watched the darkness claim him. Soon darkness claimed her consciousness as she passed out on the pavement in front of her bar.
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