"Yo!!"
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".....huh??"
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"Red?! Is that you!? Is that really you?!"
"Cloud??"
"Hey guys!!! Red's finally showed up!!!"

Cloud floated across the abyss toward him. So did everyone else.
"Hey, it is Red." Vincent smiled. "Look Lucrecia, this is Red Thirteen."
"Hello Red...." Lucrecia smiled. "I've heard a lot about you...."
"RED!!" Yuffie squealed as she tackled him in mid-flight. "Welcome home!!"
"....home?"
"The Promised Land, silly." Aeris giggled, pointing to the land beyond them. "This is the last destination for souls who have lived meaningful lives."
"Precisely." Cid chuckled. "The only problem with it is that cigarettes aren't available. But that don't matter. I quit the habit after it killed me...."
Red laughed until his whiskers hurt. "Always the same, Cid."
"Yeah, and you're always th' same, you f*ckin' cat." Barret smiled.
"Barret!!" Aeris scolded. "You can't say f*ck in heaven!!"
"You jus' did."
"I did not!!!"
"Don't listen to their teasing, Red." Tifa smiled. "They're dead."
"So are you...."
"Gee, thanks for reminding me..."
Just then, Sephiroth shot across the sky like a bullet and joined the group.

"Hello Sephiroth." Aeris said casually, nodding in his direction.
"Sephiroth's here?" Red XIII said, looking at him. "How is that possible......??"
"Seph's life was completely wasted......." Aeris sighed. "Jenova controlled him like a puppet, right to his very last heartbeat......"
"Oh....?"
"Uh-huh." Cloud nodded. "And seeing though he was never a bad person at heart, he ended up here. After I found out about the true story of his past, I forgave him for everything he did in one second...."
"Come on guys, enough chatter." Aeris smiled. "The Promised Land awaits....."
The group shot off into the distance.
Red XIII smiled as he watched his friends fly off, dipping through the clouds, somersaulting and just generally playing around..... just like they used to when they were alive. They were free. Free at last.

Red XIII jumped up and flew off to be with them, at last reunited with his friends.

Forever.
~The End~