Author's notes: Someone told me to continue and I am bored, so... (and I can say that I like this pairing a lot, too) well here I am... for you... out there... I suppose you aren't many but... what can I do...

Disclaimer:all this stuff is part of SquareEnix, and Sephiroth isn't mine, even if I wanted him to be... I won't create any OC, so, Mary Sue haters, you should be relieved.

WARNINGS: NOT AMAZING ENGLISH, ACCEPTABLE STORY (I think)

Hidden Weakness

Chapter 1 -- Waiting for the Judgement Day

Son.

Son.

"Mother?"

You, my son, are so powerful. You could be so much more than what you are.

"All Gaia belongs to you mother. Not those children. Worthless. Immature."

I know son. Help me to get back what is ours, my child. You born from my soul and my power. Our family resided on Gaia's lands a long time ago. Everything was ours. But they took it away from us. We need to get it back. Everything.

"It will begun. The Crisis. I know it. I will help you, mother. I will help you to get back what is ours."

I know you will. I know you are proud of who you are. Of your power. And on its time, I will gave you what was taken from you so long ago. Power. You have some. But it doesn't compare to the power I can give you. It is so wonderful and magnificent that you will go on your knees before it. I can offer you all this, son. Do you want it?

"What I want is to get back what is ours. I have the power. I have the power to destroy everything on that planet. I have the power to wipe the entire human race from Gaia!"

Be humble, my son. You may have the power to destroy the entire Gaia, and the entire galaxy. But have you the power to control the Lifestream itself? Do you want to have the power to have back things that were taken away from you? The friends that betrayed you? Don't you want to remove bad things that happened in the past? To control Life and Death, laugh on their face? You would never die! Every soul that would fallen from the wound of Gaia would make part of you. They would make you powerful. They would make you their own god!

"There are things in the past I don't want to revive. Suffering. And betrayal."

But you could change all that. You could revive those men that made you sad and made them suffer. It would be your part on the play. To revenge against all the struggle that was in your heart. They would cry and pray for you to stop. A very strict punishment. A punishment that could last forever. Isn't it enticing? To think that every single men that made you suffer could end in a pool of blood at your own feet? Isn't revenge a sweet idea, my son?

"The end of the planet. The home of the ancients, my own race. A home of peace that was destroyed by the humans. When the wound would be open I would see the promised land. And centuries and centuries of wisdom. All knowledge of Gaia and the universe. The Goddess herself. All the superior beings at the same level as I. Beings like myself. And the only thing I had to do would be to wipe the entire human race of Gaia like molesting flies."

Yes, my son. It would be that same thing you are thinking. And that plane of existence you are floating would be controlled by you. All the wisdom, and all the rules. You would be above us all. I would make you my heir, heir of the ancients because I have that power. Can you resist to this idea, child?

"No, mother."

Do you want everyone to pay for your own isolation and sadness?

"... Yes".

Can you resist to this idea, child?

"No, mother."

Do you want everyone to pay for your own isolation and sadness?

"...Yes".

And she was gone. Sephiroth couldn't be dreaming in the Lifestream. Could he? And the bad memories that started to join and giving hands around his discernement were already making him crazy. He had suffered in the past. He had suffered when the men he thought as friends had betrayed him and his values. Like they had shoot him right between the eyes. And now there he was. Floating between life and death, punishment and freedom. He could feel the planet's life around him and its soft murmuring.ยด

And then he felt her. Always soft, always gentle, trying to reach him. He didn't know why he didn't mind to talk to the girl. She was too innocent, like a grown-up child. Sephiroth didn't know why, but sometimes he didn't felt so alone when near her presence. She spoke to him often. Frequently, she talked and he said yes, or no. Because just the fact he was hearing an human voice made him think about his mother's voice.

Mother had said she would make him powerful. Respected. They would all be devoted to him. She had said he would be the more wise and more strong being in the entire universe. Gaia would just be a tiny little spot in all his dominion. But humans were the thing that made him feel alive. Humans were the thing that made him feel sadness and the revenge. The struggle was created by his human influences. But he was not human. He was an ancient. Mother told him that. The heir to the planet, and the Promised Land that would be created on its soil. But all his human influences were making his heart back away from the source of power. But yes, he wanted the power. He wanted the respect. He always despised humans. But destroying their land was the same thing as destroying a piece of his own heart. Part of his power was gained there. Part of his respect was gained there. Part of his glory was gained there. And then he couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't take all the whispered voices on his back, and all the costumes people used to betray him. He was surrendered to the voice that made him feel what he was. Superior. More powerful. Different. Even if he was a monster, he was better than anyone else. Why wouldn't he act like one?

"Are you listening to me?" the girl's voice asked.

"Yes"

"Then please, are you going to tell me your name?"

"No"

"How many times have I asked you to say it?"

"How many times did I tell you I wouldn't?"

"Dozens"

"There you have. Be satisfied that I am even talking to you".

"I wanted to meet you on Gaia. I wanted to know where you are. Because that means I am not the last one! That means that it could be a lot of ancients hidden somewhere. And by all good means we could finally have peace. Bring back joy to Gaia and summon the Promised Land that so long ago disappeared."

"Don't think you can bring happiness for your people by yourself".

"That's why I am asking you to do it with me. Do you despise your race?"

"No. I despise humans. They should disappear from Gaia. The land is not theirs. We should be the legitimate heirs to it"

"I am half human. Don't talk like that to my another half breed. I understand your point of view. However, besides ShinRa, not all the humans are bad. Actually I have met a lot of good people, even from ShinRa. They were not that bad. You can't be so pessimist."

"I won't change my opinion. I don't like humans. They make bad things. They are taking the Promised Land away from us. Stealing it from us. It all belongs to the Cetra. The wisdom of the land is theirs, not of the humans."

"I have asked you to don't say bad things about humans. I am half human." she said. Her voice sent angry vibrations trough the stream that reached Sephiroth's mind.

"My apologies"

"Wait. Do you despise me because I am half-human?" she asked, bemused.

"How can I despise a child?"

"I am not a child. And lots of people despise children "

"I can't despise creatures without knowledge. I feel pity for them. They do not know what's outside of their colourful world."

They fell in silence. Sephiroth because he had nothing else to say, and Aeris because she was in mute amazement. Had that man suffered that much, to reach the point of saying he had pity of children...? And who was he, after all?

"But soon this world will end. Don't worry. All of us will go to the Lifestream. Then we'll find the Promised Land. It will be as simple as that. We will be free of pitiful humans. Pitiful children. Pitiful creatures without wisdom."

"Don't say that. The world won't end so soon. And then you will learn in your life that humans can be good persons too. Good friends."

Sephiroth laughed silently. Aeris could almost see a sarcastic smile on a face she did not know."I thought I had good friends. Believe me. All good things must come to an end. And all the people I thought as friends left me. So simple yet so painful, isn't it? Have you ever lost someone you liked a lot?"

"Believe me, I did. All my life. And I know that all good things must come to an end." she answered coldly "My family came to an end. My friendship relations came to an end. My happiness came to an end. But you know what's amazing in the middle of all of this? It's that even if I lost all my happiness, I can find it again. And I did. You are my actual happiness. I never thought I would find someone like me. And I did! Isn't it wonderful?"

"Hmph"

"I am happy I found someone to talk with."

"I won't be here forever. Soon you won't hear me anymore. I have things to do back on Gaia."

His last statement froze her."What to you mean, back on Gaia? Aren't you on Gaia?"

"I am. I think."

"Anyway, ancients are going to be back on the planet. I know that. But the world doesn't need to end to achieve that goal. You can do it the good way."

"Good way? Are you thinking that, by praying to the Goddess, she will make all the Cetra reclaim Gaia?"

"No. I believe that if you want it, you can achieve it."

"You live in a fantasy world. Not everything can be achieved the good way. We just have to wait for the Judgement Day."

And it ended. He backed away, slowly, and she backed to her body again, lying in the church.

Raising up, she looked around. Only her basket of flowers was lying close to her, her red jacket next to it, the crumble of paper poking out of the pocket. Aeris smiled and touched the bow in her hair. All good things must come to an end, Ifalna said before she died. All good things must come to an end, said the man in the Lifestream. Was it really true? Was that why Zack had died four years ago? Was that why she lost all the people that were precious to her? Would Elmyra, her stepmother come to an end? Would she die to provoke more sadness to Aeris?

She smiled sadly and leaned back, looking at the roof and wondering how was the sky beyond it.

Author's notes: Maybe I will keep this up. Maybe. I have a better idea of the plot now. Sorry the bad English, I am trying to find a beta to help me. Please review and tell me what you think. :)

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