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Chapter 7

Total chaos. When Sephiroth ran back to the stands of the stadium he saw hundreds of fiends invading the stadium. In the sphere, the stands, even in the air. Sephiroth ran back to Kadaj and the other three when he spotted them easily enough. They had already drawn their weapons and were prepared to fight.

"We got to kill these fiends," said Sephiroth drawing Masamune from it's sheath. "However, I also want to protect these people alright?"

Yazoo and Loz had drawn their silver gunblades and started shooting the fiends that had evaded the stadium at random. Their were wolf like fiends that got killed after one shot from the gunblades. Armored Fiends that took a little more strength, which Kadaj could handle pretty easily. There was also a large birl figure fiend that could take quite a beating before it died. Sephiroth handled all three type of fiends with ease.

The five started killing these fiends that had entered the stadium and were attacking the mostly innocent citizens of Luca. Yazoo and Loz were walking together shooting a herd of Lupin fiends in front of them. Yuffie swung her 4-Point shuiken in different places at fiends and then returned to her. The shuiken attacks seemed to be doing okay against the enemies. Kadaj and Sephiroth were all over the place fighting the fiends but proving that they were the best swordsmen in the world.

Kadaj ran towards the armored fiend and cut down on the creature, killing it. After he turned around and shot and 'Thundara' spell at a herd of unsuspected Lupin, and killed them in a blaze of fire. Sephiroth was doing even a better job. A different herd of stupid Lupin were charging him. He pulled Masamune across from him and shouted 'Sonic Blade'. And in a instant he had ran past the twenty Lupin that were charging him and killed them in a flash of light. But his barrage didn't stop there.

With his senses he knew two air type fiends were attacking him from behind. Sephiroth spun around quickly and at the same time shouted 'Strike Raid'. This attack sent Masamune into the clear air spinning at the unsuspected air fiends. And when the attack hit the two bird fiends they turned into pyreflies and went into the sky. Sephiroth caught Masamune with his left hand when the sword came back to him from it's attack. Then he spun around again and shot a 'Beta' spell at another herd of weak Lupin and the fire spell killed them instantly in another blaze of fire, sending more pyreflies into the air to join his collection, his victims.

Then Sephiroth herd it, a loud scream for help, but a familiar one that he recognized. Sephiroth turned around to his left to see Aeris on the ground with another woman who looked like she was bleeding all over. Sephiroth didn't hesitate for a minute, and he jumped over and slashed the charging armored fiend that was about to attack the defenseless Aeris and the bleeding lady she was over. Sephiroth put his free right hand to his mouth and put his middle and index finger in it and whistled real loud. In a minute Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, and Yuffie were by Sephiroth's side.

"Let's protect this girl," said Sephiroth shooting a 'Aqua Lung' at a small herd of armored fiends. "Boys, you might know the reason if you look at her."

Kadaj and the other turned their heads from Sephiroth to for the first time the girl who was over another. There all jumped back to see that it was Aeris. However, she was crying. The woman that she was over appeared to be her mother, and she was badly wounded.

"Sephiroth, we need to get her out of here," said Yazoo as Sephiroth continued to fight the nearby fiends.

"I like to but there is a slight problem with that," said Sephiroth

The three silver haired men and lady were confused by his words. Then they started looking around to see if they could see the answer. And then they saw the reason why Sephiroth said that. For some reason, all the fiends on the top platform were headed there way. This was going to get a little rough.

The five started working like a team for the first time since they got here in Spira. Yazoo and Loz started shooting the fiends that were coming from the left of the defenseless Aeris. Yuffie and Kadaj were destroying the weak fiends on the right side and creating more pyreflies in the general area. Sephiroth was taking care of the aerial fiends, who were no challenge, so his second job was to kill the fiends that the other four didn't finish.

However, soon the four warriors were starting to retreat from the fight, the fiends overwhelming them in numbers. Even Sephiroth was starting to get worried.

"Everyone, duck," said Sephiroth as a midnight blue aura appeared around Masamune.

Everyone did duck, and they soon found out why. Sephiroth jumped in the air and shouted 'FATED CIRCLE'. He did a 360 in the air and an energy stream following it, hitting many of the fiends. The attack destroyed at least a whopping 100 fiends in one swoop of his sword. But there were still twice that number and closing fast on them.

But then, the sky became dark. And a anchor with a chain came from the sky and slammed into the ground, causing a portal to open with the anchor in it. Soon the anchor was being pulled up with a creature on it. And god, was it hideous.

The creature was all scaley. It had one eye, two large covers on the side, two normal creature hands on it's chest, it had two hands around it's neck chaining it, and large chains all round him.

Sephiroth could see Seymour behind it, it was obvious that he summoned it. The creatures one eye seemed to glow and gather energy around it. It seemed like the surrounding area was warping, and then, the energy bursted out of his eye and into the sphere of water. The attack killed all the aqua fiends.

The creature gathered energy again and killed an armored fiend, and again and again. It seemed to hit a fiend every half a second and with a minute, killed them all. Even the ones that had Sephiroth on his list. The people of Spira looked at the creature through the thick air of pyreflies. There must have been at least a thousand of them. Seymour looked at the people with a smile on his face.

Later Sephiroth took Aeris' mother to the infirmary after Seymour had saved them with his Aeon, Anima. When they got their they put her in the emergency room with a skilled doctor. The doctor however, said that she might not make it because of the blood loss. Aeris was in her mother's room the whole time since they got there. She had explained before that her father had died years ago, and that all she had left was her mother, who had become really close to her.

"Sephiroth, this is getting a little strange don't you think?" said Kadaj sitting on a bench.

"What do mean?" replied Sephiroth.

"It's just that were here in Spira," replied Kadaj. "But there are people here from our world. The Turks, Yuffie, Cloud, Tifa, and now Aeris. What's going on?"

But before Sephiroth could answer the doctor came out of the room that Aeris and her mom were, and her Aeris scream. The answer was obvious to Aeris's mother survival. The doctor's face description, Aeris's scream, and the sound of the heart rate machine was zero. Her mother had died.

Sephiroth decided to walk in the room where Aeris was and try to confer her. He told Kadaj and the rest to wait for him while he was trying to make Aeris feel better. When Sephiroth got in the room he saw Aeris beside her mother's bed, on here knees and crying on her sheets. He walked slowly to Aeris, no wanting to rush things and make her feel worse.

"Listen, Aeris," said Sephiroth slowly. "I'm not going to say that I know how you feel, that I lost someone important to me. Because I haven't. I never knew my mother, not even her name. The same goes for my dad. I only came here to tell you one thing. But, I won't tell you unless you stand up on your own two legs and look at me with no tears."

For a minute, the sobbing Aeris stopped crying. She got up, wiped her face off with her hands, and turned around to look directly at Sephiroth. Sephiroth noticed that her already beautiful blue eyes had turned dark blue that you could see any things reflection in them. Sephiroth sighed a little and spoke again.

"To me, there is only one thing worse than death," said Sephiroth gently. "And that is being forgotten. Sure your mother has returned to the planet, but her spirit is still here, in your memories. As long as you, me, and anyone else knows about her, she will still be alive. Have the strength to carry on with your mother in memory, and not cry anymore."

For a moment she looked like she was on the verge of crying, and then, she did. But she went into Sephiroth and started crying on his chest. Sephiroth could tell that these tears weren't those of loss, but that of joy. Sephiroth put his arms around Aeris and held her tight against him. He felt something, something painful, it was the light.

This burning sensation was like something was being ripped from him, and in it's place was something pure, which his body for some reason couldn't take. His teeth were now gritting against each other, and pain became unimaginable. He had to push Aeris away. Aeris looked a little shock at Sephiroth, put became more shocked on what had happened to him.

Sephiroth was leaning against the wall, right arm on his heart. And from all different places on his body, steam was rising from those parts. His breathing was hard, eyes were shut, and sweat dripping from his body.

'W-what was that?' Sephiroth thought to himself. 'Wait, I know. Because Jenova threw me into the darkness I was consumed by it. And...this child, has the ability to purify darkness. Which means, I can't touch her. Not as long as the darkness weighs over my light. Buy, that also means that no one with more darkness than light can touch her either. She's well protected."

"What happened Sephiroth," asked Aeris walking towards him.

"Nothing, stay back," replied Sephiroth making Aeris stopping in her steps. Sephiroth was still recovering from the near purification. "It's just that, I'm, a little exhausted. And for some reason, you make a little...awkward."

"I'm sorry, for both what happened to you and the following request," said Aeris, putting both her hands together. "I wanted to become a summoner since I was little. You know, to help people, to defeat Sin. But my mother said that the journey has many dangers. And that I need guardians with incredible power. I've the power that you, and your four friends have. My request is this: Will you become my guardian?"

Sephiroth was struck by this request. But not entirely, she wanted him to protect her. What a better moment to protect Aeris's reincarnation. However, there would some difficulty. Aeris couldn't be touched by Sephiroth, Kadaj, Yazoo, or Loz because they had had Jenova inside them. And from a conversation earlier, she is darkness. And apparently she still had control over them.

"I'll do it," said Sephiroth which made Aeris smile. "However, I should tell you that your personal guardian will have to be Yuffie."

"What? Why?" said Aeris shocked by this. "I mean, isn't she kinda weak compared to you guys."

"Yes, but I have my reasons. Just trust me."

"I do. I'll do it. And I have a gift for you," said Aeris throwing Murasame and it's sheath to Sephiroth who caught it in his left hand.

Sephiroth felt a new power in him, something strong, something powerful. It was the same feeling that he felt when he got Masamune. The Murasame, the sword of Hell, was know his. The sword has choose Sephiroth as it's master.

"I thank you for the sword...Summoner Aeris," said Sephiroth as he sheathed it on his left side. This way Sephiroth could draw Murasame with his right hand.

"Well then shall we go " said Aeris as she headed for the door with Sephiroth following right behind her.

When Sephiroth got back out of the room that Aeris's mom had died Kadaj and the others immediately got up from their seats and walked to the two. Sephiroth explained to them that the five of them were going to be guardians of the know young Summoner Aeris. Kadaj and Yuffie agreed instantly. Yazoo didn't say anything while Loz just shrugged.

It was the beginning of the youngest Summoner