AN: Thank you for all the views, favs, and follows. I would appreciate it if you all would post reviews for my stories. Have fun reading.

Edited: 1/24/2019. I've edited this a bit and fixed somethings. I've also added my other ffvii short stories that went along with this to this story so I suggest everyone reread this.

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII.

Blue eyes flew open to stare at an oddly familiar sight of the top bunk of a bed. "Second Chance. Right what was wronged." he thought. Hopefully, he could do it. Well, he did have a certain Turk's help. "First thing though... Stop Commanders Hewley and Rhapsodos from deserting Shin-ra... And cure them."

Having Vincent Valentine slip past Hollander with the cure for both Commanders ended up being quite easy.

Dealing with Sephiroth was next.

Cadet Cloud Strife quietly walked into the inn room he shared with 1st Class Soldier Zack Fair. He still hated Nibelhiem. Hopefully, he could stop its destruction though.

Zack looked up at the cadet and flashed him his trademark grin. "Hey Spike!"

Cloud couldn't help but smile as he took off the cadet helmet. He had missed seeing his friend. He wasn't going to let him perish this time.

Cloud laughed softly as he walked over to his friend and sat down next to him. Surprisingly, warm arms wrapped around him briefly and a hand roughly shook through his blond spikes.

"Alright, Zack! Quit! I can't breathe." Cloud said as the arms tightened.

Zack grinned but quit and went back to cleaning his sword as he was doing earlier.

Cloud watched Zack for a few seconds before asking, "Has the General come out of the mansion yet?"

He heard Zack sigh. "No. Not yet. I don't think being down there is quite healthy."

Cloud frowned. He needed to get to the mansion and soon. Sephiroth had probably already found the files Hojo had left out for him to find. They weren't true. Sephiroth needed to know the truth.

"Do you want to go check on him?" Cloud asked, tilting his head slightly.

Zack was quiet for a moment before he jumped up. "Sure. Come on! Let's both go check on him. Make sure nothings wrong." he replied.

Cloud nodded and followed his friend out of the inn and to the mansion.

As they got closer to the mansion and reactor Cloud's head began to ache. The Calamity still needed to be taken care of too. He could still hear her voice in the back of his head.

"I need to find Sephiroth now before anything bad happens." he thought.

Cloud followed Zack down into the laboratory below the mansion. Old medical equipment laid everywhere. They soon found Sephiroth in the laboratory's study. He stood with a book in hand.

"Hey Sephiroth! Cloud and I wanted to check on you." Zack greeted with a smile.

Sephiroth turned around ignoring the pain and voices in his head as he focused on the raven haired man and his little blond companion.

"What is it?" Sephiroth asked quite sharply.

Zack frowned. Something was wrong and he knew it. "Are you okay, Seph?" he asked.

Sephiroth's eyes narrowed at him. "I'm fine." he replied.

"No offense Seph but you loo awful." Zack said.

Sephiroth let out a quiet growl. "I'm fine. Just leave!"

Both Zack and Cloud flinched then. Sephiroth went back to reading the book he held.

Cloud thought to himself for a moment. He really needed to do something or both of them might get skewered.

Right what was wronged.

"Sephiroth, maybe you should take a break. Being down here for so long ain't healthy at all." Zack said, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous gesture.

The cold hard stare that Zack was given actually made the man gulp and back a step up. "I said to leave!" Sephiroth snapped.

Cloud made up his mind and darted forward to snatch the book the General held from him.

Cat like green eyes focused on him then. The man was angry.

Cloud steadily held the man's gaze and said, "You shouldn't believe everything you read or hear. Especially from Hojo. He's just lying to you in these books and reports."

"Spike?" Zack hesitantly said.

Cloud glanced at him briefly before turning back to Sephiroth. "You shouldn't believe Jenova either. She's just a 10,000 year old alien."

Sephiroth growled. "What would you know?"

Cloud sighed, "A lot more than you think. You don't need to loose yourself like you once did. You're not a monster... Zack and I are your friends and so are Genesis and Angeal. Let us help."

Zack blinked before adding to Cloud's words himself. "Seph, this isn't you. Let's get out of here." He knew Cloud kind of sounded crazy but... he did believe in his friend.

Sephiroth looked between Zack and Cloud frowning before giving a slow nod. Nothing made sense but maybe it would soon. "Okay. Let's go." he replied.

Zack flashed Cloud a brief grin before escorting Sephiroth out of the mansion.

Cloud glanced around the study before leaving. He spotted what he was looking for and grabbed three folders labeled Project S, A and G. He'd need those soon if he was to reveal the truth of their existence.

As Cloud left the mansion he spotted a flicker of crimson red and smiled softly. Vincent would take care of the false reports in the mansion and deal with Jenova.

No one was hurting his friends ever again. Especially Jenova. She was dead.

Once Cloud and the Soldiers left Nibelhiem the mansion burned.