This is my way of telling you guys that I'M NOT DEAD. I just wanted to write this short little drabble about… guess who.

Disclaimers: I in no way claim to own anything Final Fantasy related because, if I did, Jenova would have been the final boss of FF7 instead of that momma's boy, Sephiroth.

… And, actually, if I had my way, Sephiroth might have been the hero after having to deal with brainwashing angst and having Aerith's blood on his hands. Becauseforsomereasonilikesan e!Sephiroth

~(-)~

It always baffled them.

How could he be so happy? The world was falling apart around them. Their goddess was dead. They were running out of time. It all seemed so hopeless. So, they asked him.

"How do you keep going?"

He thought for a moment. What did keep him going? Even he didn't really know the moment he was asked. He thought, and he thought.

Finally, he found an answer.

"I guess because, even if I die a thousand deaths, even if I have to watch a thousand worlds burn…

If it's for one single, fleeting moment of happiness…

Then, to me…

It was completely worth it."

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*headdesk* BARTZ, WHY DO I LOVE YOU SO?!

I STILL have yet to finish his game, but, from what little parts I have played and from EXTENSIVE research on him, I can really, really relate to him. I know a lot of people think that Vanille was the first happy-go-lucky person who's actually really, really deep and complex, but Bartz came long before her. I mean, this guy lost his mother while he was young and his father not long before the game starts. I know what it's like to lose a parent so suddenly. I wish we saw more about his relationship with his father, but I imagine those first few years were rough. I know mine were. But, I ended up growing really close to my mother during that time, like Bartz did with his father. And, I've learned that you need to take the good with the bad because if you focus too much on the past, you lose sight of the present, and it's the future before you know it.

He's just that guy who would laugh when you're laughing and hug you when you're crying, you know?

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