Me: So there's still…Nothing. I might just give up on writing this fanfic entirely if I don't get at least a fav soon. I mean… May it be on Deviantart or on , I'm getting absolutely nothing. Could it be that FFVII died? Or is it simply that I lost my touch at writing? Let me know please! So I don't keep on writing this for nothing. Please?

Eisblume:

Chapter 4: Return

Within the depths of the Northern Crater, long dark hair flowed with the wind as dark eyes peered up to the sky. His plan was being carried out perfectly, for now anyways. This place, Mako, this planet was rich in it as the essence of the earth. But what was he after? The core of it of course…Why? Well that was something you'd find out later. He smirked gently, then peered over to the dragon remaining beside him. This re-summon was the reason behind the Weapons wandering the earth, the dragon capable of bringing upon the apocalypse of the earth. And now, next thing he was going to do was brain control one of the weapons.

After so many years of searching… He finally managed to get this far, this was it…He was sure of it. He hummed a few times then scratched the underside of the dragons chin as the creature leaned his head down to get the attention from the man: "This place is rich in mako since the planet is healing itself, perfect…" He chuckled, a plan rolling itself up in his mind when footsteps caught his attention. He blinked a few times and turned around.

Dark eyes met the silver haired man standing before him, slowly he placed a hand on his hip and tilted his head upwards: "So you're the mighty Sephiroth? I was expecting a visit sooner or later." Sephiroth glared slightly: "Who are you and what are you doing here?" The man chuckled, reaching up to twirl his fingers around a strand of his hair: "What exactly? But who? I'm but a mere spellcaster looking for something. You can call me Deikan though." He bowed politely, but Sephiroth didn't seem so pleased with the display before him, even disgusted: "So this is the one who's a big enough threat to re-summon weapons?"

Deikan smirked at this question, though stepped back slightly: "Oh I'm far from a big enough threat." The dragon behind him then spread its wings and let out a loud screetching sound, before taking flight: "But he is…" With that the dragon dived forward to knock back Sephiroth. Deikan stood back with a large smirk on his face while he waited for the battle to be over so he could proceed with his plans.

Sephiroth had no idea what he was up against. The dragon was foreign clearly, since its appearance wasn't related to a Bahamuth's. It wasn't threatening looking enough, so Sephiroth thought it would be an easy kill, and it was this man whom was underestimating mother's strength. Unfortunately he was mistaken, it was mother whom underestimated this foreigner's strength.

He attacked the dragon in return, swinging masamune towards the dragon's gut, to his surprise, the blade only bounced against the scales, too hard for even masamune to penetrate. He tried everything, from materia, to finding a weak spot, to even just using the elements around him to his advantage. He couldn't stop the dragon.

With time, he grew tired, even he could do so much dodging and avoiding the blasts the dragon threw in his direction. But the dragon only seemed to get irritated with the battle, until finally a voice came in a distance: "Okay Ryuu, time to get out of here, I'm done playing." The dragon nodded its head, then peered back over to Sephiroth, whom on the other hand decided this should be his cue to leave as well.

The dragon responded faster then he could though, as he dashed off the dragon seemed to gather it's energy in his mouth, and the spellcaster got on it's back, he took air, and poor Sephiroth didn't have the time to escape as the dragon fired the beam in the crater.

"That should take care of him and get the Planet's attention again." The dragon nodded its head at the Spellcaster's statement, and hence, the large explosion within the crater.

Sephiroth didn't make it in time to escape, thinking this was it again for a while, he wondered if he'd manage to make it back this time…

You failed me again Sephiroth…

"I'm sorry mother…"

You're not strong enough, I'm going to have to do this one myself…

"W-what do you mean?..."


"Do you think Sephiroth's up to something again!?" The young ninja was keeping her hands on her mouth as she stared around, having split herself from her original spot at the cockpit to join everyone's commotion.

"Probably, who else is capable of making a random… sudden explosion?" Cloud sighed, bringing his hand up to his forehead while staring out over the field of white, now that he was out of bed he was just going to be bed written again wasn't he? How was he supposed to stop Sephiroth now!?

"So we just gonna blast in there and Rambo this shit? I mean it worked so well last time." Cloud sent Barret an 'orly' look, while the gun armed man smirked:

"You got a better plan then?"

At the question Barret just shrugged, answering the blond spiky haired boy: "Not really, just don't wanna have to carry you back half dead again." But it didn't seem like anyone had any better plans, they'd just run in and see what was going on, and from there, fight Sephiroth or at least stop him in his plans. Maybe even find out what exactly he was planning to do to 'take back the Planet.' Maybe someone should let him in on the fact that… Jenova wasn't even really his real mother!

But they got to the Northern crater, everyone stepping out into the cold air, Tifa and Aerith automatically sticking their hands to their arms in attempt to keep them warm: "God I hate this place!" The young Ninja whined while Tifa agreed.

Stellan and Pyry though didn't really seem bothered by the cold, walking side by side at the back of the group. They climbed down from the ship as everyone else did. Cloud took the lead as he always did, making sure everyone got off the ship before he lead them down into the crater, the steam and flames from the blast making it hard to see exactly what was going on. Was Sephiroth gone already? He could see Mako dripping from every corner of the cave, pools, even craters open of it everywhere. The healing process of the planet was disturbed again, and even brought back down to level one huh?

When would everyone just get the point and leave the planet alone!? He sighed and turned around: "He's gone already, after pissing off the planet again." Tifa though caught sight of something in the distance, squinted her eyes in attempts to see better through the fog, before she tugged at Clouds one sleeve: "No wait…What's that over there?" Cloud blinked and followed the gaze, catching sight of a black cloak near a large pool of mako, obviously where the center of the blast was directed.

Shocked, Cloud tensed though soon snapped out of it when Pyry's voice came from the back of the party, and the little Isonne was running on ahead towards the body collapsed to the ground: "Wait Pyry!" Tifa tried the stop him but that wasn't going to work as she was just shrugged off, and Cloud made an annoyed face. Stellan tried to run on after his mother, but was only stopped by Cid whom muttered: "Just let him go…"

Though all were on alert, Cloud picking up his pace to get a better sight of the General, safe to say…He looked dead. But he knew better then to assume Sephiroth was gone just yet, no, even, as they stepped closer groaning could be heard, so Cloud automatically placed his hand to his sword, approaching cautiously, though Pyry's voice crying out to the man made him believe Sephiroth was incapable of fighting for now, so, he could at least tone down his guard.

"Pyry?"

They stood behind the Isonne whom shook the General, sobbing and calling to the man: "Wake up… Please…" Well, what could Cloud really say at this 'good riddance?' He wasn't that careless anymore, back in the day he knew he would've said something along those lines, but now, he could only frown and listen… Even Tifa who lost her father to the man, everything she knew what torn away just as the same for Cloud, and yet, she still whispered: "Pyry…We're sorry…"

But of course, Stellan jumped in and ruined it all: "Just forget him mom! Good riddance! It's not like this is going to make much of a difference! He was never there to begin with!" Of course this earned him a good back hand from Cid whom stood beside him, smacking him up right behind the head to shut him up: "Shut'da hell up!"

Pyry just whimpered as he forced the other to turn over, the little groan that came from Sephiroth again enough to make his ears perk up: "He's alive…He's still okay!" At this Cloud placed his hand back onto his sword, just in case something was to happen: "Get away from him…"

Tifa frowned at this, but Pyry turned and furrowed his eyebrows as more tears streamed down his face: "We have to help him! Please!"

No one seemed certain, all just standing there at blank on what exactly to say, that was, until the cat on Red XIII's head decided to answer for everyone: "Are you crazy?" But that being said, Cloud caught sight of something else happening while Pyry was turned, and quickly stepped forward and pulled the Isonne back from the body: "Watch out!"

Pyry tensed but was quite easy to pull back, still on the ground though as he leaned back, and caught sight of the bubbling under Sephiroth's skin at his chest. Pyry's only visible eye widened in horror as he crawled back willingly in sync with everyone's steps: "What the fuck…?" The bubbling, movement, became larger and soon began tearing at the General's skin. Screams of agony pierced through the silence of the crater as the creature within Sephiroth freed itself, leaving a large gashed wound at the man's chest, the ball with tentacles creature rolling itself off to the side, then skittered towards the pool of mako.

That time, when the life stream cured Geostigma, all it really did was gather the cells within mako removing them from the bodies of the infected. Meaning the cells were now free roaming in a place where it couldn't harm people, but, this also made it easier for the Cells to be retrieved by Jenova. As the creature fell within the mako, it came out in full form, as the Jenova that had once been fossilized, now fully restored and roaming the earth again, giving a doubled reason for the weapons return.

The Alien creature opened its eyes, now floating above the mako, she smirked and chuckled: "I have more important things to attend to then play games, I'll get rid of you all later, but for now…" She shot up into the sky and soon disappeared from sight, leaving them with Sephiroth's body.

There was a gagging sound from Yuffie, then Cid's voice: "I second that one Yuffie…" Cloud though went limp as he removed his hand from his sword and stared up at the sky with a muttered: "This can't be happening…" Tifa though placed her hand on Cloud's arm, frowning slightly while her eyes lowered, just when they thought everything was going to be okay huh? It's like everything twisted itself again, and this time, it was terrible…

Pyry though only had one thing in mind as he crawled back towards Sephiroth's body, probably the only one brave enough to move up close to the ex General's body. Heavy, harsh breathing assured him the man was still alive. Though his eye wandered down to the open wound on his chest, where little miniature versions of the tentacle creature that escaped him remained, and he glared, picking the small things out and flicking them off to watch them die after they crawled around looking for mako and failed to reach the pool. After his blind rage at the thing was gone, he placed his hands on Sephiroth's face trying to get his attention: "Wake up now! Please…"

While everyone almost silently refused to help the General, Vincent whom had kept quiet this whole time decided to step forward in front of the Party and step right up to the General. Pyry at first was on guard since he knew that everyone had sought out to kill Sephiroth up until now. But when the ex Turk bent down and picked up the General, turning to the rest of the party afterwards: "He's weak, dying, we have the upper hand here so when he wakes up, we'll decide what we do from there."

Pyry's eyes lit up happily while the rest of the party just kept quiet about Vincent's decision. He was right…But wouldn't it be simpler if they just left him here to die?

"WHAT THE HELL!?" But before Stellan could protest out loud, and stop Vincent in his actions, the ex Turk was gone, obviously heading back to the Sheera where he'd tend to the Ex General's wounds. Everyone was just baffled, this was just so sudden, and none of them were really prepared with the sudden turn in things. Obviously, they'd be sleeping with their eyes open knowing some crazy psycho killer was sleeping under the same roof as them.

"So…Jenova's back, but what the hell was strong enough to K.O Sephiroth!?" The thought just crossed Barret's mind as he glanced over to the others, whom in return turned to look at him. This was a good question, Jenova appeared when they found Sephiroth knocked out onto the ground, but, what inflicted the wound before?

"Probably the same creature that the Planet summoned the weapons against."

Barret nodded to Cloud's answer, before he groaned: "This is bullshit man…" Yuffie though finally recovered from the sight they experienced before, and muttered: "Hey I think I had a nightmare about this once!" Tifa chuckled lightly at the comment, and everyone gathered themselves to head back towards the Sheera, Tifa peering back over to Pyry whom only slowly stood up: "What's wrong Pyry?"

"I'm sorry everyone…" Tifa gave a little saddened smile, then turned to walk over to Pyry. Cloud turned and gave Tifa a questioning look, before the older sister of the group shook her head and called over to Cloud: "You guys can go on ahead okay?" Cloud though nodded and followed along with the rest of the group, Cid turning to the other blond: "Would girl talk be the appropriate term for this?" Cloud smirked then chuckled, elbowing the pilot in the side while they walked.

"Hey, its okay, Vincent made it clear it was the human thing to do anyways, we were just blinded with our need for vengeance against him." She reached over and grabbed Masamune, the grip on the hilt of the sword giving her flash backs of that time, in Nibleheim, when her rage against Shinra and SOLDIER arose, she could almost feel the flames against her skin, until the pain from losing her father that night returned.

"Sephiroth… He killed my father that night at Nibleheim…" Pyry frowned and glanced away, automatically blaming himself for the pain, something he couldn't let go of even though he wasn't at fault at all. Well… He was at fault for making Tifa remembers: "I'm sorry…I…" Tifa shook her head: "You never get anything out of Vengeance, and, I guess I always saw Sephiroth as a heartless monster, with everything he's done, I forgot that he was once considered just a superior human being." She let go of the sword then stood, helping Pyry up: "Hey… Stop being so selfless, think of yourself a little! If you have a good feeling about this, follow it, maybe we'll all shove our feet in our mouth in the end."

Pyry just frowned: "But if I'm wrong then I could be putting everyone in danger." Tifa shrugged: "That'd be new how?" She slapped Pyry on his back then smirked: "Hey, how about while we're waiting on Sephiroth to wake up, we go ahead and get you some fighting gear? Peasant clothing doesn't really suit a Chakram fighter." Tifa grinned widely and Pyry smiled, his ears perking up a little to show he was recovering from the situation: "You know, they weren't kidding when they said you were the older Sister of the party."


Meanwhile, Vincent frowned as he finished up bandaging the General, seeing he was breathing lightly meant things were going to be okay, but, he knew Cid would want to cool down the Sheera, so they'd need to find an inn where they could… Maybe the rebuilt Costa Del Sol? The Vacation Resort was a place where people from all over gathered, obviously they could get their privacy there. Plus it'd be a good place to escape too for now, he'd bring the idea up to the party when ever they returned.

Meanwhile though, he stood up from the bed side, peering down to Sephiroth as he remained motionless on the bed, recovering, though, he knew the wound on his chest would be the smallest step to his recovery. If his theory was right, then, recovering from the nightmare he just lived was going to be the worst part.

He couldn't even imagine, he, the one whom slept for 30 years, a sleep filled with terrifying nightmares, couldn't imagine what this man had to go through. His hands stained with the blood of thousands, and just now he awoke from a true nightmare, one he couldn't stop while he was being controlled by Jenova.

Vincent sighed and turned, stepping out from the room to return to the control room where everyone gathered to take off. Crossing paths with Stellan whom had quite the scowl on his face: "Going to see him?" Stellan glared: "I'm gonna wait for him to wake up so I can give him a piece of my mind!" Vincent closed his eyes and simply kept on walking, not really in the mood to deal with mindless teenagers at this point.

Back at the control room, the idea of remaining in Costa Del Sol went well, Vincent brought it up and automatically Yuffie was onto the idea, being at the beach side, able to go shopping for a decent price and all was a rather fantastic idea one would say. Pyry though whined about the warm weather, but majority ruled and so they were setting off to rent an Inn fully for the time Sephiroth would take to recover.


Deikan rode on the dragons back while he thought: "The wound opened itself up perfectly, now we just need to find a way to drain the Mako." The dragon finally spoke to answer the other: "How do you expect to do such a tedious task?" Deikan's eyes shifted over the ground bellow, before he ran his fingers over the back of the dragon's neck: "We give my magic time, the travel here wore me out quite a bit, but, as soon as I have enough magic back I should be able to perform this myself, but I will rely on you to reach the core for me, I'll wear myself out with the spell." The dragon nodded silently, while Deikan's eyes grew distant.

"Daddy!"

A little girl giggled as she ran towards the man, though flames engulfed her and the screams of Soldiers took over, screaming about finding and destroying the magic users.

"I'll get you back… I promise…"


Me: -Sighs- Okay I have absolutely no idea why I'm even trying to continue with this, I almost have 100 hits but not even the slightest hint of someone appreciating the story at all. Yes, I am whining, because I kind of hope that people will at least show a slightest bit of appreciation over the work I'm putting into the story.

If not appreciation, at least let me know where I'm going wrong?

If not, I'll stop…