-1Disclaimer: How I hate them. I don't own any of the FF7 characters….

The story begins towards the end of Dirge of Cerberus. I was going to do the sequel in FF7, but the storyline was too complicated, and long. Plus, I haven't played the game in years. So, basically, Artemis has been traveling the planet for a long time, until Deep Ground showed up. Somehow this in in the same time line as True Wolf and Wolf Blood. So basically, you might need to read those too. There is going to be some Cloud/Tifa bits in this.

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Artemis had wandered her way back to Midgar, or at least the ruins of Midgar. She had found herself walking the streets of a town called Edge. Her heeled knee high combat boots echoed on the sidewalk. There was no one here. Luckily, she had a hooded cloak on so the DGS couldn't see her. For all she knew, Deep Ground was looking for her. She knew their story, and what they were trying to do. She had turned her back on the world once, she wasn't going to do it again.

"You!" a soldier spotted her. "Your not supposed to be here. Leave the area at once." She looked at the DG soldier in front of her and smirked. She pulled out a red and silver object, pressing a button on it, it quickly took shape. It was a bow, much like the blue one she had. She quickly pulled back her hood revealing her face. She didn't age at all. Even though her real age was around thirty.

"You can radio in and tell them that Artemis has returned." She had an arrow pointed at the young soldier. She knew what she was doing. It would take her right to the person she was looking for. "Do it. Tell them to come and get me." She wasn't playing games, she had the drawstring pulled back and arrow ready to go. Yet the soldier thought it was a trap. "I will kill you if you don't tell them."

"No need to shoot Artemis. We already know you're here." She knew that thick accent. Rosso. She turned around and pointed the arrow at the red headed Tsviet. "Don't worry, we can't harm you." Artemis raised an eyebrow. "We were told you could help with Weiss."

"Oh yeah, and how would I be able to help him, Rosso?" The other woman smirked. Artemis had a run in with the Tsviet's a long time ago. She knew what they were. They could've worshiped Genesis, for he was the first to ever have the 'G' substance, or so they called it. They even could have worshiped her, because she carried his child in her womb for nine months. According to them, she was a goddess.

"There is much you can do for us, Innocent one." Artemis lowered her bow, knowing this was one step closer to finding Genesis. "Much to do." The brown haired woman sighed, looking at her feet.

"I except your invitation then." Rosso smirked. "Show me the way."

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Artemis entered the room where Rosso had lead her to. There was Weiss, sitting on what looked like a throne made of concrete. Wires and other various things were hooked up to him. She walked up to him, kneeling down she placed her bow on the floor. She reached up and placed her hands on either side of his head.

"Okay Weiss, I need you to tell me where Genesis is." She said to the unconscious man in front of her. She closed her eyes and tried to look in his mind, but couldn't. It was like something was blocking her, or someone. She couldn't touch him. She tried again, getting the same result. Weiss, wasn't in there at all, someone else was.

"Sister!" Artemis turned her head around to see Nero. "You have come to see me." Nero had addressed her as 'Sister' ever since her first run in with Deep Ground years back.

"No I haven't Nero. I came to find Genesis." He looked sad that she didn't come just to see him. In his heart she knew he was still a child, even though the only family he had was supposedly the Tsviets. He called Weiss his brother, and did everything he could to help his 'brother' "Cheer up though, you will have much fun in the days to come I'm sure."

"True, Sister. Very true." He turned around, leaving Artemis to do what she needed to do. She would have to go against Deep Ground, and they couldn't stop her.

She was ready to give up though, knowing she could made her stress even more to find what she was looking for. Artemis picked up her bow, folding it up, and left the room. She walked down the long corridor till she came to an exit. Stepping into the daylight, she closed her eyes, letting her eyes get use to the light. Out from her back came two silvery wings, one on each shoulder. She stretched them out then took off into the blue sky at dangerous speed. Silver feathers floated down to the ground, some of them let the wind catch them, blowing them in different directions. There was a battle coming, and it wouldn't be long before things got interesting.

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Cloud Strife stood just a few miles outside of the ruins of Midgar, he was getting the convoy ready. Everyone was there, waiting for him to give orders on what to do. All he had to do was wait for news. And the news he was waiting for came in the form of Artemis. He watched as the landed a few feet in front of him, folding her wings back as they started to disappear.

"What did they ask you to do?" Cloud wanted to know what was going on with DG. She shook her head.

"They wanted me to help Weiss, but I couldn't get through to him, something or someone was keeping him in and keeping me out." She said as Tifa came up beside the blond headed man.

"So, you couldn't get the information you needed?" the dark haired woman asked. Artemis simply nodded. "I hope you can find what your looking for soon." Artemis looked at her friend, the first person she ever met outside of Shinra. She had stumbled into the young woman's bar, looking for an excuse to leave. This was after her daughter's murder, and she wanted to indulge in something that wasn't so innocent. After passing out, she woke up in a room upstairs from the bar, Tifa gladly took care of the fallen woman. They had been friends ever since.

"I do too." Artemis looked at her feet then she looked back up. "Deep Ground is gathering armies outside of their base. Just like you said, Cloud. Still, I hope Cid pulls through for us." Cloud nodded. "Shelke was right about one thing, they are bringing OMEGA to life. It's not going to be pretty."

"What about Vincent? Where does he fit into this?" Artemis knew what Vincent's personal vendetta was in this, but she would leave it up to him to explain it to everyone. She could not go against him, and it wasn't her business to tell. She had her own vendetta to settle, but it wasn't with Deep Ground, it was with Sephiroth and Shinra. Even though Sephiroth was supposedly dead, she wasn't satisfied, because it wasn't her that killed him. It was the blond man in front of her that did it. This is why she was going to help AVALANCHE, because they had killed Sephiroth and put an end to Shinra.

"Vincent, has his own reasons, and they are only for him to tell you. As for what he has to do, I'm not exactly sure myself, but he may be able to get Weiss to wake up." Artemis turned her glowing crystal eyes towards the ruins of Midgar, where Deep Ground was getting their troops in order outside. "We may need to get going soon. I'll get a hold of Cid." Artemis turned her eyes back to the blond, who nodded. "After that, I'm going back to their base, and wait for Vincent." They went their separate ways, Artemis going to the nearest radio she could find, and getting a hold of Cid. He had pulled through and was on his way with a whole squadron of airships.

Once again, Artemis took to the air, soaring above the ruins of Midgar. Landing in the same place she came from a little over an hour ago. Walking down the corridor that lead to Weiss she ran into Nero again. He just nodded to her and kept walking. She didn't know what he was up to, but she could tell something was amiss. She continued walking though, making it to where Weiss was. She felt a little sorry for him, then again, she knew what the man was capable of. She found herself putting her hands on either side of his head again, trying to break through to him. She still couldn't get to him.

"Wake the hell up Weiss!" She was angry, she had been trying for at least an hour. She was about to kick him, to see if any pain would wake him. Before she could do so, someone hit her on the back of the head, knocking her unconscious.

"Sorry little sister, we can't have you wasting time on him." Who ever knocked her out moved her aside, so that she couldn't be hurt. "He'll be awake in no time. We just have to give Mr. Valentine some clarity, Nero will take care of that." The person was a man, with brown hair and glowing blue eyes. He was dressed similar to Deep Ground soldiers. As he walked away from Artemis he felt like the air was being squeezed out of his lungs, it was Artemis. Her subconscious state took over and her mind did things when she couldn't control it. He quickly tried running away. Succeeding, he ran down the corridors, joining what was left of the battle.

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Artemis didn't know how long she was out, but when she came to, Vincent was fighting with Weiss. Yet, this wasn't Weiss, he was someone else. There was another voice, a voice that she knew. Hojo. She hated Hojo, but she was more concerned with Vincent. Looking around the room, her eyes landed on the fallen form of Nero. She couldn't sense him anymore, was he dead?

"Artemis the Innocent is finally awoken!" Hojo's voice rang out. "Where is your lover?" She grabbed her bow and unfolded it, drawing a silver feathered arrow, she drew it back. She aimed it at Hojo. "Touchy subject huh? Are you still getting over the murder of your daughter?" How did he know about that? She was kept a secret from him.

"Shut it you bastard!" She let the arrow go, only to be cut in half by the weapons of Weiss. "Let go of Weiss!" She glared at the hologram of Hojo.

"Why would you need this fool? Let me guess, he would know where your lover is?" She got defensive again, her glowing eyes started to form into slits. He was making her angry.

"ARTEMIS!" She snapped out of it looking at Vincent. "Get out of here!" She didn't even as much as disobey, she folded up her bow and started running back the way she came. As soon as she made it outside she let her wings fly her out of there to warn everyone.

She flew over the ruins of Midgar, taking in the battle that was raging on below her. She had to find Cloud. Something was about to happen and she needed to get them out of there. She couldn't find anyone, so she tried searching for life force. Cloud was on the other side of the ruins, fighting against ten DGS.

"Artemis." She knew that voice. She felt her head start hurting real bad, excruciating pain shot through her head. She let out a cry, as memories flew through her head, then everything went dark.

The unconscious woman was falling to what seemed like her death, but instead, she fell through a weak part in the ground to an underground cavern. Laying there in the water, she had no idea of the man standing over her.

"Little sister, you are so much trouble." The man picked her up and unfolded his right shouldered silver wing. "He won't like it that you're here, this is where he'll come back. That is if Vincent Valentine does his job." He took off into the sky with Artemis in his arms.

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Cloud and the others watched as Vincent fought Omega, taking it head on as it ascended. There was a huge explosion in the air as Chaos collided with Omega, then all was quiet as the brightness of the explosion faded into the black abyss of space, leaving no sign of Vincent.

"We did it!" Yuffie exclaimed jumping around. "I can't believe it!" Cloud came up behind Tifa wrapping his arms around her waist. He put his head on her shoulder.

"Hopefully, this will be the last battle." He said into her ear, closing his eyes. "It would mean that we can finally have time to ourselves." She put her hands over his and leaned into him.

"Yeah, and in six months time, your going to have your hands full." He lifted his head off of her shoulder then looked at her confused. "I'm not joking, that's why I didn't fight much." Still not understanding what was going on, he turned her around by her shoulders.

"What are you talking about?" He was really that dense. She hit him on the side of his head, trying to knock some sense into him, but knowing him he wouldn't understand unless you told him directly. She rolled her eyes.

"Hello Strife! I'm pregnant." Everyone turned around when they heard a body hit the ground.

"What's up with Spike?" Tifa shrugged. Barret looked at her.

"I don't know. Tired maybe? Or he could have found out that he's going to be a father. One of the two." Everyone raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, okay, someone get a stretcher." She put her hands on her hip noticing no one was moving. "Lets go! Come on! I don't have all day!" After carrying the leader of AVALANCHE away on a stretcher they noticed they were missing a person.

"Hey guys, has anyone heard or seen Artemis?" Yuffie asked, noticing her friend wasn't there to celebrate. They all shook their heads, except for Cloud and Tifa, because he was recovering from the news he had just received and she was with him.

"Maybe she found what she was looking for. We can only hope." Reeve said looking up into the starry sky.

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All was silent in the cavern where Artemis had been earlier, only now, the seemingly lifeless body of Weiss lay there. His two gun sabers next to him, and the moonlight reflected off the water. A man stepped out of the shadows after an combustion of air and water exploded. He walked across the water leading to the small island where Weiss lay. It felt good to be back after nearly a decade trapped and sealed by Minerva. The fresh air had been welcomed into his lungs, he now knew what it felt like to be asleep for part of your life.

He looked down at the body of Weiss, knowing that the man wasn't indeed dead, he was unconscious. It was by this man's life that his was saved a long time ago, and now his freedom was granted back to him on one condition, he rid the planet of the last remnants of Jenova. Only sparing a select few. The man gathered up Weiss in his arms and looked up at the moon.

"Not yet time for slumber, we still have much work to do." He turned his auburn haired head to look the way he was facing, his eyes taking on an eerie glow. "My brother." A wing formed from his left shoulder bearing black feathers, and then he took to the sky, with black feathers falling around.

Genesis Rhapsodos, had returned.

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Okay, it was short, but that's how the first chapter is supposed to be. This one pretty much dealt with the defeat of Deep Ground, and you got a look at how Cloud found out that Tifa was pregnant, which goes into True Wolf. So, it's like a prequel in a sequel of another story that has nothing to do with that story. Did that make any sense? To me it did, but it could be from lack of sleep. As for Genesis, pftt, he's not a bad guy, well, he may start out bad in this one, but after he gets back with Artemis, if she wants him back, he'll be an okay guy.

Honestly, I have no idea what I'm going to write next.

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Michiyo