At First

Disclaimer: Just be happy that I don't own FFVII: AC. It would be nowhere near as good as it is.

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At first, all I could see was Sephiroth. The brothers were nothing but clones, men to be feared and hated, who would kidnap and torture to bring Sephiroth back, and destroy the planet my friends and I had sacrificed so much to save. All their talk about "Mother" was nothing more than a twisted parody of family love to me, and I hated it every time they called me their brother. To me, that was a curse.

At first.

However, when Sephiroth was defeated, all that was left were the brothers. When Kadaj lay dying, I couldn't bring myself to hate him. All that was left of him was the child I had never looked deep enough to see. I realized that they were all desperate children, with no past, and, now, no future. And this time, I didn't mind it when he called me brother.

I still don't know how I feel about them. I guess they're with Aeris and Zack now.

The people of Edge sometimes talk about them, very bitterly. But, I never hear any of the kids agreeing. I think they understand; maybe better than anyone. They never hated the brothers as I did.

At least, at first.

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