Vague Obscenity Chapter 7: Made To Love Another, a final fantasy vii fanfic

-1Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Final Fantasy VII.

Summary: Cloud goes into the Forgotten City in search for Vincent, but finds something and someone unexpected. CloudxVincent, CloudxSephiroth, VincentxTifa, and MAYBE VincentxSephiroth. That depends on reviews.

A/N: This is the final chapter of this story. People have been asking me to update, even though I said on my user page that I was going to start writing in the summer to give myself rest. Anyway, I hope you guys like this last chapter.

WARNING!: There will be a big surprise that I just thought of doing. I hope that it won't be too late to have this surprise in the finishing chapter of this story. Anyway, enjoy!

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Vague Obscenity:

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Chapter Seven: Made to Love Another:

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Sephiroth walked out of the hotel with long strides. Yuffie, however, was struggling to not fall down the steps as the former dark angel was opening the double doors that lead to the streets of Costa de Sol. Panting, she finally made it to the door and leaned against it for support. She reached her hand out to him as if she were trying to stop him with her mind.

"Seph, could ya at least stop for a minute!? I'm really tired here!" she yelled to him in between pants.

The silver-haired youth stopped, a pretty smirk appearing on his beautiful masculine and youthful features. He looked over his shoulder, still smirking. She saw him and frowned. Seeing him taking amusement to her exhaustion irritated her, she forced herself to take a step forward, which unfortunately made her fall, face first, to the ground.

"Ouch!" she whined as she hit the sandy ground.

Sephiroth could help but chuckle at the scene and walked over to her. As he stood in front of her, she had already gotten on her hands and knees with her face still in the dirt. He reached his hand to her to help her up, and as soon as he did so, her head rose up from the sand and glared at him. She spit out dirt on his boots, making him loose his smile.

"I don't need your charity", she spat but she grabbed his hand anyway.

She got up quickly before he could smirk at her again and dusted herself off. She scoffed at him and began walking past him and toward her air scooter. He didn't follow her and instead he watched her, finding her to be a very amusing creature. After awhile she didn't hear him following her and turned around to see where he was. She didn't see him anywhere and growled in frustration. Nevertheless, when she faced her air scooter again, she was shocked to see him getting on it.

She could've sworn her jaw dropped to the floor as the silver-haired man got the flying machine started all on his own and with ease. It took her days to figure out how to start it, but, with him, it only took a few seconds. She stood still with shock as he started to ride around on it, coming towards her.

He reached his hand out to her as he started rise higher in the air. She just looked at him dumbfound, and he extended his arm down enough to tightly grab the back of her shirt and lift her up on the scooter. She slowly began to wrap her arms around his waist, holding onto him so she won't fall off the scooter. She finally, after a few seconds, found her will to speak again.

"How in the world did you figure out how to start this thing so fast?" she asked as he increased his speed and height from off the ground.

"I've seen one of these machines back at Shinra Headquarters, which is where we're going now", he explained.

As he went faster, she held onto him tighter as the wind began to blow harder. She knew, without a doubt, that he was hitting maximum speed and that she was going to be in hell throughout the whole trip if she did not loose her grip.

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It took Cloud hours to calm Marlene and Denzel down. The brunette children had cried themselves to the point of exhaustion and to the point where Cloud's shirt was drenched with their tears. Marlene was the first to almost collapse, and the blonde grabbed her and lifted her up in his arms where she instantly fell asleep.

He looked over and saw Denzel wiping his eyes and wobbling from side to side a little bit. Since his arms were full, he just grabbed the boy's hand and walked them to their room. As soon as he stood in the doorway, he saw that they had not cleaned up the liquid mako that still splattered all over the beds and the floor. The blonde groaned and walked the brunette children back to the booths and laid them down in the seat.

He came back to the children's room and squatted down beside the mess all over the room. His nostrils flared at the mere scent of the green liquid. He had to clean it all up but the question was how. He was so mixed in with his thoughts that he had lost his balance when he heard Chase barking by the doorway. He released a loud, bottled up grunt as he landed; face first, into the green liquid.

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Vincent stood beside Cid as they headed for Edge. The black-haired man's arms were folded and a look of pure determination was on his face. The look started to really scare the blonde who just had to say something to break up the silence.

"Damn, Vince, you look more determined to complete this mission than you've had with the one with those Underground freaks", the blonde commented, smirking at the gunman who continued to stare out at the dark blue skies of the night.

"Hm…" were the only words that slipped from the ex-Turk's lips.

The blonde, himself, yawned. It was dark and he was extremely tired himself. However, he wanted to fly Vincent to his destination himself so he can say that he did the gunman that favor himself.

The blonde began to start staring at the tense raven-haired man as if he were waiting for him to show some sign of emotion besides worry. Then an idea came to his head as he extinguished the fire from his cigarette in his ash plate.

Pulling out another cigarette, he shoved it into the unsuspecting gunman's mouth and lit it quickly so he could put his hands back on the wheel. The other man was stunned, and his crimson eyes lit up in an orange-like color and widened to saucers. With his reflexes, he batted the nasty tobacco-wrapped paper out of his mouth and onto the wooden floor, stomping it with his golden boot quickly to put out the fire.

By this time, the blonde was laughing his ass off and was trying hard not to fall off the wheel he was leaning on. The dark-haired man narrowed his red eyes (that turned to its original color once he calmed down) to slits. The blonde finally met the other man's gaze with his own teary-eyed one and he wiped his eyes as he began to speak.

"Oh, come on, Vince. You should've seen the look on your damn face! You were all like- ahhh!" the blonde cried and demonstrated how the gunman was looking as he broke out in another set of laughter.

Cid's laughs quieted once he saw Vincent smirking. This started to worry him since the gunman rarely smirked or even smiled for any reason. The more the blonde looked at him, the more his smirk grew.

"Um…Vince, what are you going to do?" the blonde asked nervously.

The ex-Turk stayed silent only saying, "Nothing", as a response.

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With speeds of over 115 miles per hour, Sephiroth and a sleeping Yuffie were able to reach the outskirts of Edge. As soon as the silver-haired youth saw the town that was built to replace Midgar, he stopped immediately, jerking both his body and the sleeping ninja's bodies forward forcefully. The sudden stop woke the black-haired girl up and she released a loud whine with her waking.

"Ah, what in the world!? I close my eyes for one minute…" she said as she strained to get her eyes open.

Once she saw the silent and still swordsman, she got a little worried. He stared at the far away city with a blank look on his face. The city looked familiar to the one he was used to but something was different. The more he stayed the more Vincent's words came back to him.

"There's nothing left there. The WEAPONS made sure of that".

No, this can't be true…

As he kept denying the scene in front of him, he started to hear his inner voice from the Costa del Sol hotel again.

"Go to him…go to Cloud. He needs you now. He's in danger".

His silent denial turned into a violent loud one as a surge of energy rushed through him that knocked the exhausted Yuffie clean off the air scooter. Luckily, for her, it was not a long fall but she still landed hard on the rocky ground with only a few scratches and bruises.

Sephiroth was no longer worried about her. His mako-filled emerald eyes began to fill with anger, and the violent surges of energy that acted like electrical waves lifted him into the air. The injured ninja gasped as she saw a single, huge black wing emerge from the right side of his back. Struggling to get on her feet, she called out to him.

"Seph, calm down!" she cried as she clutched her right shoulder, the one she landed on when she fell.

The dark angel shook his head and looked down at the struggling ninja blankly. Sighing angrily, he hopped back on the air scooter and cranked it up. He heard the voices practically yelling in his ear to go to the 7th Heaven. He looked down as he lowered the air scooter to scoop the hurt female again. Once she was on, he flew, full-throttle, towards the city ahead of him.

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She woke up with a loud groan, feeling like she had been sleeping for ages. Reddish brown eyes blinked until they recognized the wooden area around her to be a wooden cabin. She felt the soft, warm fur of an animal underneath her and the warmth of a fire beside her.

She used her weary eyes to scan the whole area around her. The fire she felt was a yard away from her, and the fur she also felt was the fur of a polar bear that was being used as a rug for her to sleep on.

She was tired and woozy. She could barely feel her limbs but she had the strength to sit up on her right arm. Just as soon as she did though, she felt a fierce shock of pain shoot to her right shoulder and it hurt more near her right breast. With her reflexes, she grabbed the cloth that was on her in the area that hurt most.

She spotted a long bandage wrapped around her shoulder several times. She also saw that the area near her right breast was soaked with blood. She felt her lip tremble and she released a sharp gasp.

Millions of questions ran through her mind (most of them asking where she was and who she was), but all of them disappeared from her mind as soon as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and crawled away from the touch, turning around in the process to see who was touching her. What she saw quieted her.

"Oh! I'm so glad you're awake! You had been sleeping for days! I was starting to worry! Now what was your name again? I've felt like I've seen you before. Hm…can't remember for the life of me", said a floating old man who was in front of her.

He had a long white beard and huge glasses. His wrinkles were deep, making him look like he was in his late 80's or early 90's. When he said he could not remember her name, his lips curled downward in a frown. She was speechless at first, but then she could not find her voice.

"What's the matter, deary? I won't hurt you. In fact, it was my prize Chocobo, Emerald, who found you out there at whatever place you where. I can't remember for the life of me where it was…" he paused again to think.

Feeling as if it were called, a very light green Chocobo strolled in from the cold windy air of outside. She had a chance to get a good look at the bird as it ran up the stairs and approached the old floating man.

"Ah! Here she is now. My Emerald… such a remarkable Chocobo, isn't she?" the old man asked as he petted the bird with his hand. "Oh! By the way, you can call me the Chocobo Sage or at least that's what I think I'm called…"

She nodded and looked at the man and the bird, "My name is…I can't remember my name either".

The old man gasped and looked at the black-haired youth before him, "Alas! But you're so young! You shouldn't be forgetful like me!"

"I think my name began with a 't'", she sighed sadly, staring at the floor.

Chocobo Sage sighed and leaned over to place a supporting hand on her left shoulder, "There, there. We don't have to worry about names for now. Are you alright is the real question?"

She looked down at the large bloodstain on her chest then back up at him, "I think so. It hurts a little on the right side of my chest, but I think I'm okay. How long have I been out?"

"I don't know", the old man said.

Emerald chirped, gaining their attention and lifting her head up high. She stomped her foot to the ground, tapping her claws on the ground. She did this five times, and the Chocobo Sage nodded slowly.

"She says that you've been asleep for five days", he said as he looked at the soaked bandage wrapped on her shoulder. "Oh, I have to change your bandages".

The black-haired girl slowly stood on her feet with the help of Emerald. She reached her hand out to stop the Chocobo Sage from going.

"No, that's okay. Just tell me where the bandages are and I'll do it myself", she said.

"You're sure?" he asked, and she nodded. "Oh, well, they're past this door in the top cabinet to the left."

"Okay, thanks", she said and ran her hand through her hair as she entered the next room.

She dug through the cabinets and eventually found the bandages. As soon as she sat down on the bed, she heard the Chocobo Sage yell, "Make yourself at home!" She yelled an okay for a response, and then started to unwrap the soiled bandages that were on her.

After she unraveled herself, she saw that her thin white shirt was ripped open enough so she could see the massive wound on her chest. She gently touched the wound, feeling that he blood had dried up on it. She could not believe that she survived such an assault.

She stared at the wound for a while, feeling that if she stared at it for a while she would remember what happened. It took only seconds before she started daydreaming, continuing to stare at the huge hole in her chest.

She saw herself sinking in a lake or a pond. Blood was everywhere, and she was not breathing. Suddenly, her eyes snapped opened and all she saw was darkness. Her consciousness shifted, and soon she was seeing herself giggling and touching a man with long black hair and fierce red eyes. She wished she could remember the handsome man's name, but nothing came to her.

"Tifa…don't…," he said.

The girl did not hear him because of her loud giggles. She was hiccupping like crazy, and he was almost scarred that she might do something she's going to regret later. When she started reaching inside of his pants, he tried to jerk away, but she had him sprawled out and down on the ground for good.

Tifa?

The more she pondered on the name she was called in the dream, the more she started to feel that she remembered the man she was on top of. She drew herself back to the real world, but kept picturing his face in her mind. Then suddenly, a name popped out of her mouth.

"Vincent…" she whispered. "Vincent Valentine".

As soon as the name left her lips, she felt a tear trickle down her cheek. She felt it and wiped it from her face. She wondered why she was crying. She had no memory of the man in the daydream doing something bad to her. In fact, it looked like she was doing something bad to him.

She stood up on her feet and the tears started to flow heavily from her face. She did not know what was wrong with her as images of blood splattering everywhere came into her head and blood-curdling screams hurt her ears. She willed herself to stand even though she was seeing herself being stabbed by a long 7-foot sword.

Suddenly, she cried out loudly, "I GOTTA SEE VINCENT!!!".

Soon, she found herself whimpering as she cried harder. This time, she didn't have the strength to stand and fell to the floor on her knees.

Emerald ran in just in time with Chocobo Sage by her side. The black-haired girl stared up at them with big teary eyes.

"I remember my name. It's Tifa…Tifa Lockhart", she whispered.

"What happened in here? Are you hurt, my girl?" the Chocobo Sage asked, stepping closer to her.

"No, I just…had a vision. I need to leave…now if I could", she said in a low tone.

"But why? Your injuries-", the old man began.

"Are great. I know. I can just wrap the bandages up and take some along with me. I have to find someone", she said as she tried to stand up again.

Emerald helped her up, and the old man stared at her worriedly.

"Okay, you can wrap up and go, but take Emerald with you. She can find her way home once you're done with her. Take care, and if you wish to buy something for any of your Chocobo's needs then be sure to come back", he said with a warm smile.

Tifa nodded and smiled back, "Thank you very much for taking care of me".

"Your welcome. Now go and take the jacket that is nearest to the door. It'll be kind of big, but with the cold winds out there, you'll need it", he said.

She nodded again and lunged forward with most of her strength to give him a tight hug, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome. Now hurry along now before it's too late", he warned.

With that, he disappeared after leaving the room. Tifa sat on the bed and began bandaging her right shoulder as tight as she could. She also started packing as much as she could in her pockets for traveling use.

Once she was done, she leaned on Emerald who leads them both down the steps to and to the door where Tifa grabbed the jacket. She put it on herself, got on Emerald's back. She left out the door shouting her farewells loudly so the Chocobo Sage could hear her as she slammed the door shut, starting her long journey in search of Vincent.

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Hours passed and silence had fallen over the ship. Cid was still worried about what Vincent was going to do. The raven-haired man occasionally took a walk around the ship before he stood for a long time by the blonde's side.

Before they knew it, they were staring at the outskirts of Edge. Vincent's red eyes seemed to glow in a mysterious light as his hands reached in his pocket to pull out a purple-colored orb. He stared at it and the orange-colored sky back and forth.

"Alright! Here we are! Edge! Better prepare yourself, Vincent!" the blonde suddenly yelled, making him turn his attention to him.

The gunman merely nodded and put the purple materia back in his pocket. As the ship landed, he folded his arms and was not worried that he could fall over if the ship landed hard enough. He trusted the blonde enough to give him an easy landing.

As he expected, the landing was smooth. Simultaneously, the blonde opened the ship's hatch, and the ex-Turk began heading toward the back to get to it. Once the blonde made a complete stop, he called for his crew to take over.

"Get to your stations! I'll gonna take a break for a little while!" he said as he started to pull out another cigarette to smoke.

The men scurry over to their stations, scared to get a tongue-lashing from Cid so early in the morning. The blonde sighed as he started walking toward the back of his ship where the hatch was. By the time he got there, he noticed Vincent was long gone.

"Agh! He's really gonna make an old geezer work to catch up with him!" he groaned as he started walking faster toward the city before him. "Guess this is him getting back at me".

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Sephiroth relentlessly blew through the city with a scared Yuffie holding him tightly. His silver hair blew everywhere, and anyone who saw them only saw a silver blur flash by their eyes.

The further he got into town though, the slower he went until he was finally at a reasonable speed. The female ninja let her tight grip on him loosen and she exhaled sharply with relief. Before she could open her mouth to speak though, he was already on her with questions.

"Where is he?" he snarled. "Where is Cloud?"

She felt her breath stop in her throat, "C-Cloud?"

"You were yapping your gums off perfectly before, what seems to be the problem now?" he growled, glaring at her fiercely, and then looking back at the road in front of him.

She leaned back and waved her hands in front of her protectively, "Wait a minute, buddy. I don't know where Cloud is, but before I tell you where I think he is could you cool it for a second?"

"Cool it?" the dark angel repeated angrily as he came to a complete stop on the air scooter.

He landed, and she got off quickly to run away. Nevertheless, before she could take a step forward, he grabbed her by her hair and turned her around to face a very angry silver-haired man.

"Look! I don't really know where he is! And if you don't let me down, I'm gonna make sure that I beat you down for this!" she yelled as she kicked him in the stomach as hard as she could.

The blow did not faze him at all. In fact, it only irritated him more. The huge black wing twitched with annoyance as a scowl appeared on his face. He did not have time for this. He wanted information and he wanted it now.

However, before he could ask her another question, a wave of uneasiness passed through him. He sense danger and it was very close wherever it was. Turning his head to right, he saw the far-away figure of a man dressed in a cape walking in their direction.

Yuffie took this opportunity to pull herself out of Sephiroth's grip. She successfully pulled away, but lost a few strands of black hair in the process. She frowned as she stared at the strands of hair in his hand. He never looked at her, and instead he stared at the figure that was approaching them. She did not like the lack of attention and took out her four-point shuriken.

"You're gonna pay for thinking I can be taken on lightly like that", she whispered angrily as she prepared to throw it at the swordsman in front of her.

She stopped as she saw him uncover his long Masamune and pointed it at her as a warning. She pouted and put her weapon away. She had thought he was weaponless, but obviously, this angel was sneakier than anybody thought, insane or not. She saw him whispering something repeatedly, but did not know if he was talking to her until he started yelling.

"Who is that?" he snarled and pointed his sword at the man who was approaching him. "Is he your protector?"

The ninja was confused until she looked at the man. As soon as she saw him, a smile came to her lips, and she let out a loud cry.

"Vincent!" she yelled as she started running toward him.

The swordsman let her, but he never stopped pointing his sword at the black-haired man whose face could be seen clearer now. The dark angel stared at that face for the longest. He remembered seeing Vincent before. Hiding his sword was not so easy for him to accomplish with the man's red eyes scanning him everywhere. That's why he strapped it to his leg.

People nearby started to gain interest in the scene that was unfolding here and stayed to watch. The silver-haired man did not care though. What he did care about was the purple materia that the gunman held in his hands as he walked towards him with the ninja by his

side.

"Sephiroth, I see you've decided to come back", he began.

"What is that in your hands?" the swordsman asked, trying to calm himself down.

"This", the ex-Turk began as he stood a yard away from him, presenting the glowing materia to the younger man, "is a special type of purple materia, not like the others. It's called the 'youth' materia. This is what I used on you before to heal you, but healing and making you younger isn't its only use".

The silver-haired man just stared at the older man through slit, emerald eyes. The gunman raised his arm, and as soon as the swordsman laid eyes on the materia, as another and more effective wave of uneasiness passed through him, almost knocking him off his feet. He frowned and clutched his sword, preparing to swing it upward and chop off the raven-haired man's hand that was holding the materia.

Vincent sensed that Sephiroth would attempt to do something. Yuffie just stood there and watched both males as they stared each other down, wondering which one would move first.

Suddenly, the purple materia sparkle brighter than before, and the brightness made the dark angel fall to his knees, dropping his sword in the process. The silver-haired man felt completely weak, and he did not know what had just happened. All he knew now was that he was going to lose all his energy and pass out soon. Once the light faded away, the black-haired man shoved the used orb in his pocket and grabbed the younger male before he could hit the concrete. The ninja gasped.

"What did you do, Vincent?" she asked with wide eyes.

"I subconsciously used to power of the materia without chanting. I merely used some of its energy to put him to sleep for a few hours. The rest of its energy is going to Cloud", the gunman explained as he carried the swordsman in his arms while making his way to the ninja's air scooter.

"Why Cloud, Vince?" she replied, walking behind him. "You're not…gonna kill him, are you?"

"I would…never do that to him", the dark-haired man whispered in a deathly low tone.

"Then what are you going to do to him!?" she yelled, watching him get on her air scooter with the unconscious male in front of him.

"You'll see", he replied, reaching his hand out to her with an emotionless expression on his pale face.

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Cloud gasped, taking in the green liquids into his mouth by accident. Once the disgusting taste of the mako filled his mouth, he coughed and spit as much as he could out of his mouth. He could feel his heart beat faster.

Sitting up on his knees again, he noticed he was covered in the nasty liquids that came out of Sephiroth's body. He looked down at his wrists and saw that they had thickened severely and that they were throbbing profusely. This had never happened to him before, and for the first time in years, he panicked. He stood to his feet.

It seemed as if all his senses were heightened because he could actually hear Denzel and Marlene breathing from the other side of the bar. He could hear Chase walking, his nails tapping the hard floors. He could even hear the liquids in his body move. It pained him greatly, and he let out another loud grunt. His already mako-filled eyes glowed with a brighter light and his pupils were in the shapes of slits like a wild animal. From there, he began to see things he had not seen before.

His heart was pounding so hard he thought it would burst out his chest or he would just die with it inside of his chest. He was so locked into what was going on with the upper part of his body that he forgot about the lower part and lost his footing, hitting the floor again. This time, he hit his head and slipped into unconsciousness on the floor.

Chase heard the thud and ran to the room immediately. He saw the blonde just laying there. He looked over his shoulder and barked at the sleeping children, hoping they would wake up to help him help the hurt blonde. He watched as Denzel stirred but it was only to yawn and fall back asleep.

The dog ran up the children and started yanking the brunette boy's pant leg with his teeth. The boy stirred again, and finally he woke up, looking at the dog with a confused look.

"What's the matter, boy?" he asked.

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Tifa made it to the Icicle Inn on Emerald's back within a few hours. By this time, the sun had completely showed itself in the blue skies above, but it certainly did not heat them up to their likings at all. She was also feeling a lot better, and her wound did not bleed out as much. At the inn, she stayed on the green chocobo's back. Everyone looked at her strangely and by the time she made it towards the first and only inn, she finally got off Emerald's back. She tied the huge bird to a station that was right by the inn's door.

After that, she stepped inside. There was nothing but a bunch of drunken men in there that were staring at her intently. She paid no attention to them and approached the old bartender who stared at her as well but not in the way the other men did.

"Hello, little lady, how may I help you?" he asked.

"Is there a ship or a boat of any type that I can get on anywhere around here that can take me to Edge?" she asked.

"I think there is a ship transporting cargo to that area in an hour or so…" he said thoughtfully.

"Where could I find it?" she asked quickly.

"It's not a public ship, but I'm sure a girl like you can sneak in easily. I believe the ship is packing up their items near the ocean near here. You should be able to make it if you don't travel on foot", the man replied.

"Okay. Thank you, mister", she nodded, trying not to smile with her excitement and luck.

Before he could say anything else, she rushed out the inn and hopped on Emerald's (who was just staring as if she was bored at the white ground) back. Grabbing the reins, she headed as quickly as she could towards the ocean where she spotted large trucks loading cargo onto a huge ship, just as she expected.

The workers, both in the trucks and the ones moving large boxes into the ship, were too busy to even notice anything approaching them much to the advantage of Tifa who stayed low to the ground along with Emerald who was by her side. They were maybe fifty yards away and well camouflaged since Emerald was covered in snow and Tifa's thick coat was white.

Watching the pattern of the workers, Tifa was able to plan how she was going to run inside the ship with Emerald and without them noticing. There were at least ten workers that walked in and out of the ship simultaneously. The truck drivers were too busy helping them unload boxes from the back of the truck to notice anything else. The workers stayed inside of the loading dock inside of the boat for around five minutes, then they came out, but the drivers stayed by the trucks with their backs turned to the girls.

Once the workers rushed inside of the dock, Tifa signaled for Emerald to run with her hurriedly towards the right side of the ship, which was closet to them. They stayed to the ground so that they wouldn't risk themselves being caught by the drivers. When they got to the right wall of the ship, they hide themselves behind it. A minute later, the workers came out to grab some more boxes and then they were gone again for another five minutes.

Tifa glanced inside of the ship quickly, ducking behind the wall again so that the driver that was facing their direction wouldn't see her. With the glimpse she saw, she saw that there were many boxes near the entrance. There was enough to hide behind so when the workers rushed out then back in, she and the green chocobo followed them before ducking behind the nearest column of boxes. Breathing a sigh of relief, she placed a hand on top of the chocobo's green feathery head.

"That was close, Em", she breathed before peeking behind the boxes to catch what the workers were doing.

This time, there were even more workers in the room. Another set of them were taking some of the boxes in the room up a long set of steps, and they came back in approximately ten minutes. She saw lines of boxes that were stacked up high and she decided to follow those boxes. She stood up straight and ran with Em (her nickname for Emerald) down the line of boxes until she came to a door. As soon as she and the chocobo ran past the door, she heard the loud horn of the ship blow.

Smiling with accomplishment, she stood up again, petting one of Em's green feathers down against her back. However, she stopped smiling when she felt a hand grip her left shoulder.

"What are you doing here, miss?"

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Cid did not see Vincent anywhere or even any trace for that matter. He let out a frustrated sigh, wishing he had just gone back inside of his ship while he had the chance to do so.

"Damnit, Vince. Why did ya have to go and leave like that? He didn't even say thank ya", he whined as he stopped to lean against the nearest wall to take a break.

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Denzel stood up and the dog locked his jaws on the brunette's sleeves. The brunette tapped the sleeping Marlene to wake her up. She took a while to wake up, just like him, but when she finally did wake up she start whining.

"Why are you waking me for, Denzel? I was having a good dream", she scowled as she stretched her arms and legs.

The brunette boy was being dragged forward by the determined dog, but was able to say, "Chase is trying to tell us something".

The little girl hopped onto her feet and followed the canine and her close friend into their room where they found an unconscious Cloud on the floor. Both of their jaws hit the floor and their breath stilled.

"Cloud!!!" the brunette girl scream as she slapped her hands on her cheeks in disbelieve.

"Cloud", the other brunette whispered in a lower tone as he ran by the blonde's side.

The dog whined and started to back away from the scene as if he were scared to see the sight of the disgusting green liquid all over the blonde's face again. The girl made her way in the room slowly and stood beside the boy who shook the blonde as hard as he could.

"Cloud, wake up!" he cried, feeling tears sting his eyes.

Marlene moved back a little as Denzel's movements grew wilder. She could feel her eyes watering up, and her pink bottom lip trembled as she started to whimper. Before she knew it, she was crying.

"Not Cloud! He can't die on us! Not now! Tifa left us, but he can't leave us now! Wake up, Cloud! Wake up, you big stupid jerk!!!" she screamed, throwing her arms in her wild tantrum.

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Vincent's demonic ears noticed the sound of crying as soon as they reached the 500-meter limit of reaching the 7th Heaven. Yuffie held onto him tightly and continuously had to catch herself as her eyes kept looking down at Sephiroth's unconscious teenage body.

"Are we almost there, Vince!?" she yelled, seeing the dark-haired man nod.

They were coming in closer and closer and soon even the ninja could hear someone crying from a far.

"Do you hear that, Vince?" she asked, feeling her heartbeat slowly. "Could that be…?"

"The kids…" he finished. "But I don't sense any danger from here".

"Hurry up! It could be Cloud!" she yelled, throwing her fist in the air to emphasize her meaning what she said.

The gunman nodded again and began going faster. Soon, they found themselves in front of the 7th Heaven. The cries coming from inside were very loud, and both the ninja and ex-Turk were surprised no one came to help them. Rushing inside and completely forgetting about Sephiroth during their rush (whom they left laying on the aircraft), they saw the dog who jumped in front of them and began barking viciously at them as if he were protecting the children.

"That's why no one came to help", Yuffie said as she stepped in front of the very confused Vincent, leaning down to face the golden retriever. "Chase, don't you remember me, boy?"

As she said this, in her tiny voice, the gunman took his chance to sneak by the dog that the ninja was being patting on the head. The dog stared at her for a while. When he finally recognized her, his tail wagged and he licked her cheek happily. The time for happiness was extremely brief, and his tail stopped wagging immediately. He frowned and bit the ninja's shirt, trying to drag her to the room with him.

Vincent was in the doorway where they found the children holding each other as well as the unconscious body of Cloud whose veins were a sickly dark, dark blue color and pulsing profusely.

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The boat quickly got to the eastern continent within two hours, but they locked both Tifa and Emerald deep within the belly of the ship in a room. Tifa had been kicking the door for a while now, and she had been putting some very effective dents in the door, but it was not opening. Em stood up onto her feet and the human girl stepped back as if she sense the chocobo was going to do something. Putting her head forward, the chocobo charged for the door, putting another big dent in it.

The poor thing whined as her head stung for a few long seconds, making her walk backwards in her pain. Tifa frowned and went to comfort the bird. She rubbed the chocobo's head and looked to see if there was any bad damage. There was only a bruise, but she suspected that her feathery friend would be okay.

"You shouldn't do that anymore, Em. I promised to take care of you, remember? Like someone promised to take care of me. I don't remember his name, but I remember those words were said to me. Maybe it was that Vincent-guy who said it, but it doesn't seem like so", she sighed sadly, staring the ground. "We'll get out of here. You just wait".

Em nodded and looked at the dark-haired woman who tried to think of a way to get out of there. Her eyes skimmed the room again, making sure she didn't look over anything. Before she could find anything, the door swung open and three boatmen walk into the room.

"Come on, ladies. Time to go", one of them said as he tried to grab Tifa's arm while the other two tried to capture Em.

"Let Em go!", Tifa yelled as she pushed the man in front of her away and ran for the two that were cornering the poor and confused bird.

She used two quick and hard kicks that hit them at their sides to throw them to the other side of the room and away from the scared bird. Getting on her back, they rushed to the door only to be stopped by the other man who tried to grab the dark-haired girl before. However, that didn't stop them long, since they ran over him and out of the door.

Luckily for them, they found an exit, which was right next to the room where they were captured in. Em and Tifa rushed out in to breathe the wide-open air, not stopping until they reached Edge to get some answers.

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Vincent held the unconscious Cloud in his arms in disbelief. He was severely weak. He was too weak to even go through the procedure he was trying to put onto the blonde. He could feel his lover barely breathing and he started to regret even leaving him to restore the stupid materia's powers for his own reasons.

"Oh, my god! What happened, Vince?" Yuffie screamed as she ran to the silenced ex-Turk's side.

"Leave", he muttered.

"Why should I? All our friends' are dying because of that psychic freak! Aeris is dead, Tifa is dead, and now Cloud is dying. Isn't he? He should've killed him from the start!" the emotional ninja shouted frantically, making the children around her start to cry even harder than they were.

"Yuffie, calm down", the gunman said in a low tone.

"No, I won't calm down. I've been holding this in for too long, and I'm gonna kill this bastard while he's down!" she yelled as she picked up her weapon.

Before she could leave, the black-haired man roughly grabbed her arm, jerking her back into the room. She turned around only to look into angry, blood red eyes. Her jaw dropped because she had never seen the gunman show this much emotion at all.

"Sit down and shut up", he growled.

She did, and it even the scared children and dog to do so as well. The ex-Turk went back to hold his mate in his arms. He laid the blonde on his lap and dug in his pockets to see if he had any cure materia. None.

"Yuffie, do you have any cure materia?" he asked her calmly.

"Y-yes", she mumbled and threw him a green orb.

He caught it and wrapped his hand around it tightly as he brought it closer to the unconscious blonde. The orb began to glow a light greenish color, meaning that it was working.

He began to strip the blonde's shirt off to look at the damage while curing him. His lips curled down in utter disgust at the pulsing veins that showed through the blonde's pale skin that almost looked completely dark blue. He could tell that this was going to be a long time in order to cure the blonde even with a Cure3 spell.

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The journey to Edge didn't take a long time for Tifa and Em to get the Edge. In fact, it took only 20 minutes tops. Once they were in the outskirts, Tifa saw an old blonde guy walking towards this huge ship.

It looked very familiar, and it made Tifa walk towards the strange man. Once the blonde heard the sound of feet hitting the dirt, he looked up and saw the girl on the bird. His eyes widened to saucers and fell on the ground on his butt.

"OH MY FUCKING GOD! TIFA!?" he yelled, his voice going up an octave or two.

"Y-Yeah…how did you know my name?" she asked, chuckling nervously.

The old-timer got up onto his feet and dusted himself off, "Oh, please don't tell me you lost your memory. Shit, it figures. Cloud and Vincent took you for dead".

"Vincent?" she said, suddenly getting happy. "Vincent! You know him!?"

"Um…ya. You do too", the blonde said, looking around and scratching the back of his head confusedly.

"What is your name again?" she asked.

"Cid… Cid Highwind", he said with arched eyebrows, as he got closer to the bird and the girl. "Are you okay, Tifa?"

The dark-haired paused. A wave of memories made their way into her skull, into her brain, and she could see them all flashing by her eyes too quickly for her to comprehend. She could see herself going through the emotions of fear and going through stages of bravery, cunning, and strength. She remembered experiencing it all with him, another blonde, Vincent, a lion-like creature with red and orange colored fur, a big and tall man, a girl dressed as a ninja, and a brunette girl with a long brown braid going down her back who wore pink clothing (she could barely see her). When she finally came to, she gasped sharply and loudly as if she were in a pool for a very long time.

A big smile came to her face and she hopped off Emerald. She lunged for Cid, jumping him for a big and tight hug. He choked from the small girl's tight grip and hugged her back so she could let go. However, she did not.

"Cid! I remember you! And Cloud! I remember him too! And Yuffie, and Vincent, and Red XIII, and Barret, and even Aeris!" she screamed before her smile fell and she stepped back with a frown on her face, turning away from the blonde. "And I also remember that cruel man who almost killed me…that evil man…Sephiroth…"

"About Sephiroth…" Cid began.

"Cloud killed him, didn't he?" she asked, but the blonde shook his head in response. "D-Did Vincent kill him?"

"You see, Tifa. Sephiroth is different now. They told me that he had a little episode, and that he believes he's a teenager who still works for Shinra. But as for Vincent…I think he's going to do something drastic to Cloud", he explained.

"But Vincent wouldn't hurt Cloud", she replied.

"I tried to follow them, but they were too fast. That's why I came back here to get my crew to drop me off there. I'm just scared he's gonna do something that kills Cloud", he said as he started to walk away to grab the ladder (A/N: That ladder/rope thing that they roll out of airships to let people on the ground into the ship. I can't remember what it's called. Sorry).

"Wait…I'll go with you", she pleaded to him, scared for Cloud too.

"Alright, but the chocobo's gotta go in another way! They're probably as your bar", he said as he began to climb. "Hey, get y'all lazy butts up and open the back hatch!!!"

There was a series of loud noises, one being the starting of the engine and another being the sound and frantic footsteps and the yelling of orders. Soon, the back hatch was open and the green chocobo scurried over there without being told to do so. Tifa and Cid climbed high enough on the ladder so that they would hit any buildings. Once the bird was in, the crew members closed the hatch and began take off for the 7th Heaven.

On the way there, Cid just had to ask where Tifa has been during the past few hectic days.

"I've been at the Chocobo Sage's place up on the Northern Continent, but for the most part, I was unconscious", she replied.

Once they were hovering over the 7th Heaven, the ship lowered down enough so they could jump off and land safely. They ran to the front of the bar and saw Yuffie's aircraft and an unconscious Sephiroth on it.

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Vincent could feel his lover's breathing slow down and he grew frantic. For more-than-he-would-like-the-admit times, he had never felt so many emotions rush through him like this. With Lucrecia, it was just a feeling a failure, rejection, and mourning. However, with Cloud, everything was hurting him.

The gunman felt the blonde's pulse, and he found out that it was slowing. He bit his lip to bite back the emotions that were trying to surface. Denzel, Marlene, Chase, and Yuffie all were sitting there quietly, waiting for the blonde's hopeful recovery.

The ex-Turk had lost all sense of sense and decided to go with what he planned to do all along, only hoping that by luck it would heal him. Pulling out the purple materia (the same materia that could knock out the over-powering Sephiroth and could kill Cloud), he lowered it slowly to the blonde's pale face.

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Tifa's eyes narrowed to slits at the sight of Sephiroth. Letting out a loud frustrated growl, she stormed over to him and grabbed his shirt tightly. Even though she was not able to light him up, she got in his face and screamed.

"You bastard! You almost killed me! You almost took my memories from me! And you're still alive!" she screamed, raising her fist in the air to punch him.

Cid quickly came by her side and stopped her since the dark angel's eyes fluttered slightly. She yanked her hand away from him and punched the silver-haired youth hard in the face just because she wanted to let a little anger out. The force was enough to knock the slightly conscious angel back conscious, which was good for them.

The blonde pulled her away from the swordsman and dragged her into the 7th Heaven. Once inside, they saw Yuffie looking at something and went inside only to find Vincent holding Cloud to him.

The purple materia that was pressed against the blonde's chest glowed brightly, and sniffling from the usually controlled ex-Turk was heard all over the room. The blonde, whose life was sitting on a thin thread, started to glow the same light purplish color as the materia all over his body.

Everyone in the room, except for Vincent, gasped in shock. The black-haired man found himself holding onto the blonde tighter, pressing his ear against is chest so he could hear and feel his heart beat. He could not hear anything or feel anything, and he got scared again.

"Please, Cloud…wake up", he whispered softly in the blonde's ear.

"Tifa…" Yuffie whispered, which was loud enough for the dark-haired girl to hear.

The ninja got up and immediately hugged the girl who hugged her back. The closeness was enough support for both girls to not cry at a time like this. Cid placed his hands on both of their shoulders. The ninja silently cried on the other girl's shoulder, and the dark-haired girl tried her best not to cry. The ninja was so emotional that she did not think to ask Tifa how she was still alive.

His lover began to feel colder than normal in his arms, and he buried his face in the blonde's chest as he gathered up his emotions. Tifa sensed that something was wrong and came closer, touching the crouched over gunman on his shoulder. Doing so gave her a glimpse of the blonde's face and she gasped, slapping a hand over her mouth at the sight of the blonde's white face.

"Go away, Tifa. He's dead", he whispered in a deathly low tone.

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Sephiroth stirred in his sleep, not waking up just yet. Suddenly in his unconsciousness, he saw images of the hurt Cloud.

For some strange reason he reached out for the blonde, his gloved fingers touching the blonde's white cheeks. He felt something wet on his own cheeks and he pulled his hand back to touch it only to find out that he was actually crying.

Why is this happening to me? I barely know him…

"You love him…" that strange voice spoke to him again.

I do not love anyone…

"But you love him".

Shut up…

"He dying…he needs you".

Silence!

His mind went in a blind frenzy, and he kept repeating the word 'silence' repeatedly.

"Sephiroth…Sephiroth…Sephiroth"

Get out of my head…

"The pain…it hurts"

This time, he saw the blonde right in front of him. He was smaller than he remembered, and he was sniffling. The blonde rubbed his tear-stained face with his sleeve as he approached him. The dark angel found that he could not move.

Once the blonde was in front of him, he instantly hugged the much taller man tightly, catching the swordsman off guard.

"I need you. Come inside. I don't have much time to speak with you. My soul feels like its leaving my body", he whispered.

"Why?" the silver-haired man asked.

"I don't know how but just being with you here and seeing you here has lifted the pain a little. Is this your dream too?" the blonde responded, and the angel only nodded. "This is weird. We're having the same dream. Could that mean we are soul mates or something?"

"If that is so, I feel nothing for you", the swordsman said.

The blonde frowned and pushed away from the ex-general. His blue orbs narrowed to slits. He could not understand why the older man wouldn't just help him. He couldn't understand what could be possibly holding the "hero" back.

"Did your life flash before your eyes when you got here?" the blonde asked.

"No", the angel replied.

"I did", the blonde whispered, looking down at his feet. "Let me tell you this, General Sephiroth sir, it was a pleasure to see you again".

The blonde saluted the taller man, backing up from him some more, before he started to fade away. The silver-haired man found himself reaching for the blonde again but before he could reach him, even though he couldn't really move at the time, the blonde had disappeared.

Sephiroth awoke with sudden jolt, almost falling backwards on the aircraft he was laying on. Shaking himself awake, he observed his surroundings only to find that he still didn't recognize where he was.

He looked to his left and saw a place called "7th Heaven" beside him. He didn't know what kind of place it was but the door was wide open. His memory of before was fuzzy but he did remember that Vincent made him lose consciousness.

"No, that's not true!" a voice from the inside of the place boomed loudly.

He decided to follow the voice, getting up slowly. He stopped when he heard something else.

"Seph, help me…It's time…"

It was low, like a whisper, and the small voice sounded like the blonde he just encountered in the dream. Getting up quicker, he ran into the building, hoping he could find the person who was calling him but also feeling a rush of emotions that he had never felt before.

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"No, that's not true!" Tifa yelled.

Vincent kept holding the blonde even tighter, not believing the words that came from his own mouth. Had he already admitted his lover was dead so easily? It was almost three minutes and he still can't hear or feel a pulse.

He stared at the emotional black-haired girl who refused to believe her protector was dead with sad red eyes. She got on his level and hugged him tight, pulling her lips close to whisper words of comfort to the gunman.

"He's alive. You must believe. He'll live if you just believe hard enough", she whispered, feeling the tears slid down her cheeks.

Yuffie whimpered and cried even harder in Cid's arms, hearing and seeing all that was going on. Even the children joined them in their hug, but at the time, they were crying their little hearts out.

Chase whimpered sadly until he heard footsteps. As soon as he turned around though, he saw a silver-haired man dragging a sword that scraped the floor coming towards them. He barked but the people inside didn't even care what happened to them.

The silver-haired man saw the people crowded around the blonde and made his way through them. When Yuffie and Cid saw him though, the two of them snapped on the swordsman. Tifa looked over her shoulder and saw him as well.

"Who in the hell do you think you are, Sephiroth!? How dare you come here of all the time!?" she yelled.

"Get the fuck outta here, ya damn freak! Ya caused enough damage! Go blow the fucking world to bits instead of wasting ya time here!" Cid shouted.

Denzel and Marlene held on to Cid and Yuffie's legs harder, scared that the man would hurt him. The dark angel's mako-filled green eyes looked sad, only looking at the blonde's pale face instead of anything else.

He walked like he was wounded and the long Masamune made long and deep scratches in the carpet like the ones in his heart when he first saw the pale blonde. He came over to Tifa, Vincent, and Cloud, making Tifa stand up in defense as the gunman held his lover protectively. Even if he wanted to, the gunman didn't have the strength to stand anymore. All the magic he used had made him weak.

The silver-haired man reached his hand out to the blonde before finally looking at the female in front of him seriously, "I did not come to hurt him. I can't explain this, but I need him…just like he needs me. He can survive…if he's with me…"

"That's a load of bull…you know that would cause an opposite effect. You two hate each other remember, crazy boy!?" Cid insulted the angel.

Tifa saw the seriousness in his eyes and decided to step away, "I…trust you, but if you hurt him. We'll have to destroy you for good".

The swordsman nodded and threw his Masamune onto the dried bed. He stood in front of the gunman and squatted down to see the blonde. The black-haired man's face was buried in the blonde's chest and he refused to move anymore. The dark angel understood the gunman's pain and touched the purple orb that was loosing its light.

That area it touched on the blonde's skin was a disgusting black color, but as soon as he touched it, it turned back to the color of the blonde's skin, white. Even the dying orb started to glow with his touch.

The ex-Turk finally looked up, surprised completely. His red eyes widened and his jaw dropped. He looked at the dark angel with a look of disbelief. The silver-haired man briefly glanced at him with a reassuring look in his eyes, silently telling the gunman he could let go.

Reluctant but eventually letting go, the gunman moved away but not far as the swordsman held the blonde in his arms. His black wing was tucked close to his back so it would not hit anything or anyone.

"Sephiroth?" he heard the blonde's voice call to him.

"Wake up. I'm here with you", he commanded mentally, knowing the blonde would hear.

"I'm feeling better. My soul feels like it is coming back. Does this mean that I'll be okay?" the blonde asked.

The swordsman merely nodded as he stared at the blonde's lips. Silence fell amoung the room as the usually cruel man did something that was totally unexpected. Leaning forward, the confused and emotional angel slowly and softly placed his lips on the blonde's lips, slowly locking them in a passionate kiss.

The silence was destroyed temporarily as gasps filled the room as well as variations of the phrase "Oh my god". Vincent stayed silent. Sephiroth ignored the others and continued using what power he had left to use the power of the shining materia.

Before he knew it, he felt the blonde kissing him back, pushing his tongue back with his own. The silver-haired man's emerald eyes snapped open for a mere second before he closed them again to continue his ministrations.

Cloud felt his body gaining control again the more the dark angel rubbed his tongue against his. He could see the faint image of the older man's face. His body was numb but he could use it a little so he did. He reached his hand up and touched the swordsman's face. It was if he were pulling himself out of death's grasp with the help of an angel.

Black feathers tickled his other arm and he used his fingers to touch them. He attempted to open his eyes, but all he saw was a white light and the older man's face disappeared. He closed them again, and when he opened them, he saw whom he wanted to see. A smile crept across his face.

"Sephiroth…" he whispered.

"He's alive!" Tifa shouted, running over to them.

"He's alive!" Yuffie screamed even louder and jumped hapily in the air.

Vincent smiled for a brief second before getting up and standing over Sephiroth and Cloud. The silver-haired man removed his lips from the blonde's so he could breath and looked at the older man.

"Let me have a word with him", the gunman muttered before he reached down and picked the weakened blonde up in his arms. "I want a word with you as well afterwards."

Vincent approached Tifa, Yuffie, Cid, Denzel, Marlene, and Chase so they could see that the blonde was okay and that he was conscious but very tired.

"Please give me time with him and Sephiroth", he begged.

They all nodded and said their temporary good-byes to Cloud before running out of the room. Vincent went back to the bed on the far side of the room, the one that did not have any trace of mako on it. He laid the blonde on it and turned back to Sephiroth.

"Did you see him in your dreams? Did you hear a voice telling you to come to him?" he asked the younger man who stared at him the whole time.

The angel nodded, and the gunman asked him some more questions, "Did he say to you that he was having the same dream?"

The angel nodded again.

"Do you have any feelings towards him?" the ex-Turk asked finally, narrowing his eyes at the teen to tell him that he was serious.

The swordsman stopped and looked at the purple orb in his hand. Over the course of time that had passed when he hadn't been looking at it, it had returned to its dark color, meaning that it was used up. Meditating for a few seconds, he finally looked back at the older man and said.

"I am confused as to what has happened to me, but I'm starting to believe you all. I do not recognize anything. When Cloud came to me in the dream after you rendered me unconscious, I started to reject the feelings that were trying to invade my soul. I'm not use to having feelings for anything or anyone when I was in SOLDIER and I didn't.But when I came in here, my soul lost the fight for the first time in my life and I felt like I had to be close to him. In fact, he told me to be close to him, so I did", the angel replied as he stood up with the dead materia in his hand.

The gunman nodded and turned back to face Cloud. The blonde stared at the ceiling; his breathing was heavy, but he was okay. He leaned down and moved his lips close to the blonde's ears.

"Cloud…" he whispered softly.

"Hm…" the blonde replied as his eyes jerked around a little.

"Do you know me?" he asked.

The blonde slowly lifted himself onto his shoulders and looked into the gunman's blood red eyes. He stared for a long time, seeming to think that he recognized him from somewhere, but he didn't. He shook his head.

"No…" he said.

"Do you know that man over there?" he asked, pointing at Sephiroth who had made his way to the foot of the bed.

The blonde looked up; his body seemingly looked smaller. Dark blue eyes connected with emerald and as soon as they did, the dark blue ones looked away shyly. The blonde found himself blushing and he nodded.

"Yes, I know him", he said.

He suddenly grabbed the gunman by the collar and dragged him forward to whisper something in his ear, taking the oldest man in the room by surprise. 'Well, his strength must be back,' the ex-Turk thought silently in his head.

"How in the hell did General Sephiroth end up in here? I thought it was just a dream!" he said in a high-pitched tone.

"He's here for you, Cloud", the gunman responded.

"Sorry that I dunno you. I usually remember faces. It kinda seems like I've seen you somewhere", the blonde said in a thoughtful way.

The ex-Turk nodded and gave him a fake half-smile, knowing that he was hurting deeply inside. He used his gloved hand and played with the blonde's wild spikes before he stood erect and moved away from the blonde. He looked at Sephiroth, and the two merely nodded at each other.

Vincent made his way to the door and told the others that Cloud was okay.

"He might not remember you all, but eventually certain memories will come to him at the right times. Let's hope that they will soon", he said, glancing at their happy and eager faces before heading to the door.

"Wait, Vince!" Tifa called, approaching him while the others walked into the room.

The black-haired man stood still at the door. She had caught him at the wrong time since he felt that his eyes were beginning to water. He stopped them and tried to dry them without her noticing before he turned around.

She felt somewhat weird talking to him alone again. She remembered that the last time this happened it did not turn out so good. Shaking the idea out of her head, she smiled and looked the gunman in the eye.

"Where are you going? Isn't your place here with Cloud? You love him, don't you?" she asked, grabbing his hand to try to pull him into the room.

The dark-haired man suddenly frowned and shook his head, making the dark-haired girl gasp. He did not want to answer any more questions, knowing that he would not be stable to answer. He had made his lover love another like he was supposed to, and he was happy that the blonde could forget and love the person he was truly supposed to end up with. Before she could ask him anything, however, he walked out of the door and disappeared in the night.

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Once everyone had their time to talk to Cloud and explain almost everything to them, they prepared to leave. Tifa said she would take care of the two brunette children again for Cloud since he would be busy trying to get ahold of his new life. Yuffie left, and Tifa had to give Emerald back to her owner, the Chocobo Sage. Cid started the ship and Tifa got on board, but they noticed that the kids were not with them. Tifa made her way back and saw Marlene handing Cloud an item that looked like a key.

"Here, you go, Cloud. I took this out of your pocket. This is the key to your home", she said.

"Where is it?" the blonde asked.

"Oh, come on, silly! It's close to outskirts of Edge to the north!" Denzel answered with a giggle.

The blonde nodded and thanked the kids for telling him the location of his home. This time, Tifa made sure they got on the ship this time before, waving good-bye to Cloud and Sephiroth.

"You'll probably be gone before we get so…bye for now! And make sure you visit frequently!" she shouted as she left.

The blonde nodded and looked at the dark angel who fell silent. Feeling eyes on him, he looked at blonde.

"I'm surprised they have forgiven me…," he whispered.

"Why do you say that…?" the blonde asked.

"The way they reacted toward me even being in the room was hostile. Seeing them so friendly with me all of a sudden is kind of queer", he answered.

The blonde smile and hugged the older man tightly, "Does it matter? You love me, and I love you. I think that they are my friends so they accept us the way we are".

"Who said I loved you?" the silver-haired man asked with an arched silver eyebrow.

"You didn't have to say it. The mind-blowing kiss said it for you", the blonde said as he got up from the bed. "Let's go home".

They found the blonde's Fenrir, which Cid told them about before he left. Getting on the bike first, the blonde made his soul mate get behind him. He took off on the bike into the night.

Nevertheless, there were a few complications; the bumps on the road made the dark angel rub harder and harder against the blonde, making him get a little aroused because of the bumps. He leaned in closer, putting his head on the blonde's shoulder. He smirked and used his slick tongue to lick his new lover's ear, tickling him.

"Stop it!" the blonde chuckled.

"Nope…" the older man whispered into the younger man's ear as he put his hands on his hips.

He let his tongue snake down to the boy's neck and began sucking and licking on it, tasting the sweet flesh of the youth. The blonde giggled and laugh, but all the laughter stopped once the silver-haired man snuck up his hand into the the boy's pants with such sneakiness and speed that it caught the blonde by surprise.

"Seph!" he gasped.

The swordsman smiled and whispered, "I'm so glad to have you even though it was so sudden".

He then reached further down and grasped the boy's member, which made the blonde almsto go off the road as he gasped his name. It made the older man chuckled. He continued to play with the blonde until he was completely erect.

And when they got home, they were in for a night of love, passion, and binding more than a night of just sex. Soon, their actions had made even the dark angel admit his feelings. However, before they fell asleep in each other's arms, they had just one last problem.

"Seph…" the blonde whispered breathily.

"Hm…" the silver-haired man murmured.

"What about out memories?" the blonde asked.

"Vincent said that we would eventually get them back", his lover replied.

"Who's Vincent?" the blonde asked.

"The black-haired man who was talking with us", the older man answered.

"Oh! Him!" the blonde said before going back to the subject. "I know he said that…but I want to know stuff. I want to know them now".

"Okay, we'll get them back soon. Even if we have to travel the world to find them…" the dark angel smirked before kissing the blonde on his head.

With that, the blonde nodded and fell asleep first. The swordsman soon succumbed to unconsciousness afterwards. The two did not have a clue as to how to get their memories back neither did they know where to look.

The End.

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A/N: There you go. My final chapter for this story. Please review and tell me what you think. Do you think that the secret surprise came in too early? Well, if it did, I'm sorry. I haven't written anything in a long time so sorry if I'm a little rusty. Anyway, I haven't decided if I was going to update my other stories. I will if you guys review them just one more time so I can see if you really want me to update. Well, anyway, that's it. Hope you've enjoyed.