Chapter 1.

The mission

It was a beautiful, sunny day. The sun shone to the windows of Shin-ra building. Everybody enjoys sunshine and the good weather, expect one person.

That person was Zack Fair. Just he completed his paperwork, which is quite nervous because it was. But he was one of Shin-ra's elite group, member of SOLDIER First Class with his partner, Sephiroth, who was older than him. He wanted to fight for better, for adventure, as the life-giving air. Mainly after he succeeded in defeating his current partner's best friend and rival Genesis Rhapsodos, whose aim was dominate the world by gathering a portion of the power of Sephiroth. He had almost managed to his plan, if not interrupted by Zack and his best friend Cloud Strife, who was a cadet at this time (he is SOLDIER Second Class now). But unfortunately he lost his mentor and friend Angeal Hewley, who cared a lot of with the „hero candidate". And then what's the gratitude? An office room, what every day waiting for him, hero of Midgar, to be filled with mountains of papers? Zack has not what he had imagined something like this…

When he so just annoying, the phone rang. It was Lazard's secretary, Marisa.

'Excuse me, Mr Fair, but a guest had arrived to you. Would you like to passing for you?' she asked.

'Ehm… Of course, Miss Marisa.' answered Zack. He doesn't like calling people in their first name. 'I've got a free time, at the moment.' He lied has added a twist of paper.

'Alright, I'm already send her to you.' Marisa finally finished and hung up the phone.

Zack was thinking that who is his visitor. But one was certain: if a dose of is taken to fill for him then…

Someone is knocked the door at this time. The young guy stood up from his chair and said:

'Come in.'

While the door has opened, Zack's eyes suddenly widened. In fact, a person came into the office, whom he didn't assume that one can still visit in Shin-ra. That person was…

'A-A-Aerith?' Zack stammered in his suprise.

Yes, that visitor was Aerith Gainsborough, Zack's other friend, whom he fell in love, but he didn't say that for the girl. But their first meeting wasn't mean. At during a battle Zack was suddenly unconscious. But when he awaked, he isn't in the infirmary. It was a ruined church where there's a lot of beautiful flowers. Aerith is living here and kept our hero. And she taking care about the flowers.

That was the beginning of the two young's friendship. When Zack felt better, he usually returned to visit the girl and he also persuaded her to enter to selling flowers…

Aerith stood in the door embarrasely. It seems she scared a little bit for zack or the place. That was the first time, when she came her friend's workplace. It was a basket in her hands which was covered with a cloth. Soon after the girl said:

'I- I'm sorry Zack, if I disturbed to you, but I decided to visit when you're working.'

'You don't need to apologize. And now I'm at leisure anyway.' Zack said, when he pelt papers fom his table. 'But how you can came here?'

'Tseng brought me.' The girl answered. 'He said you aren't on mission or what is that, so I can come to you. And I brought something for you.'

'Really?' said Zack such a little kid, while Aerith pull off the cloth from the basket. There was a lot of of cake what the girl made. Zack instantly drew out a strudel and bit into it. 'Did you know your cakes are delicious?' he said when his mouth was full.

The girl's face flushed and she said:

'Thank you for that compliment. If you want it, I would be bring next time, too.'

'Sure! Come, when you want it!' said Zack, whlie swallowed up the last bite.

It crossed his minds that he must tell what feels towards the girl. He immediately started to say:

'Uhm…, Aerith. I would like to say something for you.'

'Really?' The girl is smiled, while she looked round her friend's office room and picked a stack of papers. She just shaked her head. 'Oh Zack, you should tidy up sometimes.'

'So, uhm…'

At the moment, the telephone rang. Damnit, this went to the worst moment. What do they want of me, Zack thought, and picked up the phone.

'Sorry Aerith, but I must settle this and I would be finish what I want to say.' He said to the girl and after the phone 'Hello!'

'I apologize to bother again, Mr Fair, but this is important.' It was Marisa, again. 'Lazard is waiting for you in his office.'

'I see. I'm coming.' he answered and hung up the phone.

Aerith listened him tippytoe.

'Is something wrong, Zack?' she asked.

' Tush, that's nothing. He answered absently. 'Just my boss is waiting for in his office. I hope they don't want to detain for a long time.'

'Can I stay here?'

'Of course, Aerith, keep youself easy! I'm back soon.'

Zack went to Lazard's office immediately. When he arrived, he saw wasn't alone at the door. Sephiroth and Cloud were here, too. The blond-haired boy jumped to Zack's neck immediately.

'Gee Zack, so you're here, too? Long time no see to you, such Seph.' Cloud said.

' Don't call me Seph. It's annoying.' Sephiroth said to the blond guy. 'Don't you know why Lazard call us?'

'I don't know.' Zack answered and then began to praying. 'No more paperwork. No more paperwork…'

The door was opened at the moment. It was Marisa.

'Now you come to here. Lazard is waiting for you.'

They all went to the office room. The boss is sitting in his chair at the moment. His secretary went him.

'Ah, there you are.' Lazard greeted the three SOLDIER, and said to Marisa. 'You can out now. I'll call you, if I need something.'

'Understand, sir.' The secretary wegged and went out the office.

The boss stood from the chair and looked the three men.

'So, I've got some good news. The first one is you've got a new mission.'

'Really?' asked Zack. 'When we will start? I hope we shouldn't fill any paper.'

'Calm down, Zack.' reposed him Lazard. 'I just would like to say to your mission isn't in Gaia.'

'Whaaat?' The black-haierd guy was struck dumb. 'What do you mean that?'

'Our mission is in another planet.' explained Sephiroth. 'Lazard, well did I say?'

'Absolutely.' The boss pulled a long face now. 'There is two important reasons: The firstly because we would like to test our new dimension –gate system what you have to reach another place or planet in shorter time.'

'And what is the second reason?' asked Cloud who stood silently yet.

'So, that reason is the most important. There is a weapon what influence the world's fate and if that thing get into bad way…'

'…The end of the world is coming.' continued Zack in bored shape.

'And where is that weapon now?' asked Sephiroth.

'On the planet what called Earth. But there are some thing what you can know about that weapon. If connect with them, it would to become to the „wielder" of the weapon and a symbiotic connection comes off.'

'It sounds like that weapon is would be a parasite.' speculated Cloud.

'Good sighting.' approved Zack. 'And has got name of that weapon?'

'Omnitrix, if I know.' answered Lazard.

'Omni-what?'

'Omnitrix, you mastermind.' threw out Cloud to Zack.

'But what happens, if someone touched that weapon? And what do you mean that „wielder" of the weapon?' asked Sephiroth.

'Sorry, I don't know that, but it happens anything.'

'And what we will doing, if we found that Omnithing?' asked Zack.

'Omnitrix.' corrected him the others.

'Does it not matter?'

' It's a good question, Zack.' continued Lazard. 'If it happens, you have to protect the wielder. A lot of person wants that weapon. It won't be good, if…'

'If it gets into bad way. you said that once.' Said Zack. 'But when will we start the mission?'

'Come to here for 9 o'clock tomorrow. And you should wear casual clothes. You don't have to make a stir. And you've got two new members of your group.'

'W-What? Two nem member? But who are they?' enquired Cloud.

The director smiled mysteriously.

'I won't tell you that. It's surprise. Now off you go. You need some rest before starting the mission.'

Zack quickly went back his office room where Aerith is waiting for him. When he arrived, the girl was sitting in his chair and singing.

'Hello! It's good to go back here. I was bored here.' complained the girl.

'You don't have to worry, because my worktime has ended.' said the guy in happiness. 'So I have to tell you something.'

'And what is that? That thing what you want to tell me before you've gone?'

'No, that's another thing. Listen to me, I won't be at Midgar, because I have to go somewhere and I don't know when I'll come home.'

'Another mission?'

'Yes. But I must going to shopping. Would you like to come with me?'

The girl smiled and said:

'Yes. I need something, too. But I would like talk with Tseng that I won't go with him.'

'Okay.' said Zack when he closed the door. 'Let's go.'

The two youngs laughed happily when they walked out the buildding's door.

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Sephiroth had got a creepy nightmare that evening. He dreamt he was alone in an empty place. He tried to go but he didn't know: the land has disappeared under him. While he poised in puzzled, a voice talked at the back of him:

'I'm waiting for you.'

The voice was heartless and deep.

'Who are you?' asked Sephiroth.

'I won't tell you that. But useless to try to flee, your abilities should be mine. With you.'

At the moment, red eyes appeared in front of him. It was heartless, too, and bodiless. Suddenly, it became to dark everything…

When he awake, he was in his own room. He feels his heart beat and breathed quickly. He doesn't feel asleep, so he sat his bed's side and thought. Who want to break his life? Maybe Genesis? No, he doesn't. He saw when he is dead. Or Jenova? Definetely not. She's int he mako-reactor of Nibelheim, and controlled him by herself once. And the voice what he heard, it was too manly. But who was that? Sephiroth thought about that, and went back to sleep reassured.

TO BE CONTINUED…