Disclaimer: Again, I don't own these characters, bug off.

A new fight.

Sephiroth was standing there, blood dripping down his face. He knew it was the end for him. He was staring at his rival, Cloud Strife, who was also bloody from the battle. Sephiroth's three godly forms were all defeated. But that was not the last they would see of him….

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(Exactly a year later, at Cosmo Canyon)

Cloud: One whole year has gone by now….. Red looks up from his bed. "What?" The whole ff7 crew (minus Cait Sith and Aeris) was at the new Cosmo Canyon. A new, larger, Cosmo Canyon. Everyone stopped what they were doing. Tifa had noticed a change in Cloud the past week. Yuffie, her always happy self, perked up. "What 'cha talking about Cloud?"

He looks up.

"Since I---we--killed him." Everyone looks down at the ground at the mention of him. Cid stands up. "This is just too much damn drama for me, I'm going outside." "I think I'll join you," replied Vincent. They both walked out. They see the new Cosmo Canyon. It's almost as big a Midgar- rather, the old Midgar. The houses are still they same, nothing is neo or metal built save a few buildings. Everyone is in a peace like time. Yet, there has been a certain energy rush lately. But not a good energy rush. An enegy rush that everyone could feel that something big was forming. Something evil. That started a week ago, when Cloud started acting weird.

All week, Cloud seemed to be draining his energy, when the others were more energetic than ever. Cloud felt like he had no consience, like he was there, but somewhere else.

Snapped out of his thoughts by Barret, he looks up. "Who cares about him?" asked Barret. "He's good and dead and that's how it will stay." Cloud says nothing and turns away. Red, always wise, jumps off his bed. "I've been watching you lately Cloud. I know what you feel and I know what you think it is." Cloud's eyes widen a little. "How?" Red smirks. "Just old, dog, wisdom I guess. I can sense things better. Can smell things better too," he tries to cheer up Cloud. Cid and Vincent walk back in laughing, after a talk about how everything, especially Cloud, has been so weird lately.

Tifa, cleaning off her plate, asks "What do you think it is Cloud?" Cloud shrugs and looks at Red. "I think it is best you tell them Cloud, not I," Red says. He knew Cloud was avoiding the question. But Cloud point blank said

"Sephiroth."
That gets everyone's attention. Vincent sits down in front of the bay window, the sun setting behind him, making it look like he is just a shadow. "What is this about Sephiroth?" Clouds snaps to attention. "C'mon, you all can't tell me you haven't felt this the past week. It's him, I know it is and you do too!" They turn their heads away from him, knowing it's true. Red keeps his calm. "I've been watching the area where we left him through my grandfather's telescope in the tower. It is completley black now. I suppose it is him."

Cid drops his cigar. "What?! How the hell can that be?" Red watches the window intenlty. "It is his, I think, last form. This past year, he probably has been gathering energy and this past week he reached his peak. I expect he'll be here…..tonight."

"WHAT!!!!????" everyone screams. "How the hell do you know this Red?" Barret yells. With a gleam in his eye Red replies: "Bugenhagen has been talking to me." Tifa realizes something. "Red, you can….?" "Yes Tifa." "For how long?" "About a month ago?"

Barret gets confused. "What the @!^!&! are you guys talking about?" Red lets out a small laugh. "Heh, Bugenhagen has been talking to me…..Think about Aeris." Everyone now realizes what he's talking about. Cid, wanting to be ready, stands up. "We haven't trained for this!! How are we supposed to beat him? For christ's sake, we all threw are weapon's away because there was no need for them! How Red, How??!!"

"No you didn't," he replies.

"Didn't what?" Cid is getting angry. The sun is still setting.

"You still have them."

"Stop !%^&!ing around Red!"

"Come with me." Red walks out of the room and into the city. Everyone quicklly follows. They follow him for five minutes, past all the townsfolk to a small little hut. The stand in side, facing a large cabinet. Red opens it and…….

find out in the next chapter what happens!!!!