Hey hey hey, how are all those readers out there. FFVII characters are not mine they are the product of square-soft. None of these characters are mine.

I hope you all enjoyed the last two chapters; it would appear I have been able to do this faster then I originally thought. Well I do hope you enjoy this.

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Chapter 3.

When Aeris awoke she found herself in her bed and alone. She was alone in her head and in her room. Cloud wasn't there, was he there at all last night? She sat up and soon realised her hair was floating free from her band, she ran a hand through it and sighed. Memories that felt like eternity's worth came flooding back and she smiled her mother Ifalna did that, her real mother, she used to run her hands through her hair, she had been so young she wondered how she remembered at all. Aeris smiled and then her lower lip quivered and tears started to fall down her face again, she hated this place, why was she protecting it at all? She was so confused and she was all alone in this world, she was the last of her kind. Her eyes soon dried and, her life now in some sort of check she stood and made her way to the bathroom. Needing the feel of water on her skin she started a shower.

Cloud was sitting by himself as usual at the table eating. He was pathetic, no matter how angry it made him when Barret said that to him he knew deep down he was pathetic. He would rather be alone then with people, but hadn't trust in people almost gotten him and Tifa killed, hadn't he lost a friend on the battle field because of his trust. 'Sephiroth...' That so called man had taken everything from him, his life, his home and his ... family. He could barely remember his family, another curse from being around Shinra, memory lose. He sighed and pushed his plate of half eaten food from him and stood. He needed a clear head, he had decisions to make, and he didn't need to go crazy on the team again, he didn't want to hurt anyone and if he almost came close to hurting the girls it would destroy him. Just as he was about to leave he saw Tifa there looking at him with those big brown eyes of hers. 'Cloud... The way...' She turned her head away as if to confront him was painful for her. She was going to talk about my relapse; I don't need this kind of crap now. 'Tifa, We have no time, Sephiroth is out there and he will kill innocent people if we don't stop him, my problems are just that. Mine.' And with that he walked past her shocked form. He had no time for this none of them did. And to prove his point he was setting a new course, he was going to settle this with Sephiroth once and for all.

Aeris had just finished dressing and had left her room when she saw a distraught Tifa run by and head into the board room. What had happened in the time it had taken for her to recover? She wanted to see how she was but she shook her head, no time for this Sephiroth was still rampant and she had to get fate back on track and fast, or maybe she could change it for the better. And she knew exactly how to do so... But would the group accept that this was her fate and only she would help them? She had to trust herself now; the planet wasn't going to help her decision this time and she needed to act fast if she didn't it could mean that the entire population of the word would be destroyed and she couldn't allow that…..

Sephiroth sat perched on top of one of the biggest mountains in Cosmo canyon. He was absolutely annoyed he was behind in his plans and Mother was not pleased. She had said that the air ship that she was on also had the puppet on…. Stupid Cetra witch, she has gotten in my way again! He thumped the crevice next to him and felt the ground shake around him, he was losing it, he, never lost it. He was in control of everything, but how can one small female get in his way, a Half-ling at that. His mind ticked with something new something even more hurtful and cruel to this little innocent Cetra girl. A smirk spread wide across his face, he knew what he was going to do and it was how he was going to get his little puppet to follow him and as well, and with that he let out a terrifying roar of laughter. Mother again had to calm his raving down; he soon gained back his prose and stood… I'll make her do the one thing she can't even comprehend.

(On Cid's ship)

As Cid's ship moved steadily through the darkening sky Barret paced widely about, he did not like how Cloud was taking things out on Tifa; all she ever did was make sure his ass was fine, or that he wasn't going on another 'trip'. Barret's unstable thoughts about Tifa would at some point get them into trouble, he had to keep up this false friendship and stay with that spiky blond haired no account that had gotten them into this predicament. Cloud I swear on Marlene's life I'll make you pay for all the trouble you've caused us all.

'If we hadn't of met him we may not have been in this situation, right?'

Cid who was just lounging on a chair yawned and shrugged at Barret, what could Cid say, he had met all of them in one go and had been forced along himself, he didn't really think bad of Cloud so he wouldn't really know about Barret and his feud and personally eh didn't really want to know, but he had the feeling that he would find out.

Aeris wondered the bridge of the ship, until she fell to the floor clutching her head; the white searing pain felt like her life was being pulled from her, ripping her apart until she could bare no more. The planet! It was in pain.

'Sephiro...th'

Her teeth gritted, and slowly she felt the pain subside, but what was he doing and why did she feel the planet now when it had ignored her since her attempt at saving her own life? She knew all to well she had to get off this ship and find him, she had to try. The only thing she had to do was lose the group again, but she had the feeling it wouldn't be that easy this time. Getting up from the floor she made her way to the engine room, she made a silent pray for the others to forgive her and then she brought her staff crashing into one of the main gears that flew the ship and the ship did a stomach turning lurch forward...

'Holy mother!' Barret howled as he went flying over a table. Cid was gripping the railing and cursing under his breath. 'Jesus Christ not another ship.' Barret was just about to put blame to one specific blond haired boy, when he saw a wisp of auburn brown hair fly past the window he was nearest to. 'Hell no...' Aeris was scaling the outside of the ship. Barret whose face was once screwed up in anger now had a dropped open jaw. What the hell was she doing!

'AERIS!'

Aeris heard the scream, but she had no idea who from. All she saw was her destination; it was as if he knew she would make a decision like this. But then again she knew what he was after. He was after the last surviving Ancient who knew about the promised-land. She hoped that this move would work, it just had to. She had to make things right.

Sephiroth couldn't believe his luck. Here she was literally waiting for him to grab her, and so he did, he swooped in and grabbed her from the ship so forcefully that he got a satisfactory scream from her, the fear in that scream made him smirk with approval he wasn't going to underestimate this little bundle again. And this time he'll look into those eyes before he take the life of this girl.

'You'll be sorry you let me win Cetra'

And she knew all to well the truth behind his words.

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Next chapter should be up and running soon. Hope you all review on this story need all the help I can get.