I heard a knock on my door. "Who is it?" I asked. "Tifa." the voice answered. "How do I know it's really Tifa?" I asked. "You trust me." the voice answered. I unsheathed my sword and opened the door, it was Tifa. "Sorry I came up so late, Yazoo just left." Tifa said as she came in. "Figures, no one was here except us." I told her. "So Kadaj wasn't here?" she asked me. I had to look away from Tifa because I felt bad lying to her. "Yeah." I told her. "Korinne, you tell me anything, you know that right?" I was on the verge of tears. "Korinne?" Tifa asked as she turned my head so she could look at me. I knew I was crying. "He was here, wasn't he?" Tifa asked in a quiet, calm voice. I could only nod. "Please don't tell Cloud!" I whispered. "No one except the two of us and Kadaj will know that he was here." Tifa told me. "Thanks Tif." I said hugging her. "Don't mention it." she said. "Let's get to bed, we've got a big day tomorrow." she told me as she left. I fell asleep and didn't wake up until noon. When I finally got downstairs after a shower I flopped down in my usual spot in between Holly and Rachel. Cloud always sits in front of me, I noticed he had a fairly good sized bruise from where I had hit him yesterday. "Sorry, about yesterday." I told Cloud. "It's fine." Cloud told me. "I'm not your father, I shouldn't have followed you." he told me. "It's..." I started. "No, it's not ok, I should have trusted you. You knew what you were doing." Cloud told me. "It doesn't matter now, Kadaj is going to turn into Sephiroth, and then we won't have a chance." I told him. "I'm sorry." he told me. After I finished brunch I went down to the church. I found Kadaj sitting by the flowers. "Kadaj?" I asked. He turned around and smiled at me. I walked over and sat down next to him. He pulled me close and kissed me. "I missed you." he told me. "It's only been a few hours since I last saw you." I said. "Good point." he said smiling. I noticed something about his eyes that I never did in the film, his eyes were a deep green yes, but they had a light green ring around them, and around that, a light blue. "I forgot to ask when I first got here, were you followed?" he asked. "I don't think so, and even if I was it wouldn't matter." I told him. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Cloud apologized, and told me that he shouldn't have followed me." I told him. "Makes sense." he said. "Were you followed?" I asked. "I don't think." he told me. "Does Yazoo know where you went?" I asked." "No." he told me. Kadaj noticed the silver chain I always wore and asked what it was. I pulled the rest of the necklace out from under my shirt. At the end of the silver chain, was a snake. It was made out of sterling silver with fake diamonds covering it's body, and my favorite feature on it was the two, fake, black diamonds for eyes, I got it at JCPenny. Kadaj picked up the snake and looked at it. "'It's beautiful." he told me. "Thank you." I said. We heard the floor creak behind us. It was Yazoo. "I thought I told you to stay away from her little brother." Yazoo said. "I can be with who I want, when I want Yazoo." Kadaj snapped at his brother. "Is this what "Mother" would want Kadaj?" Yazoo asked his brother. This was the first time I'd heard of "Mother" in two days. Kadaj looked into my eyes then looked at Yazoo, "No, but my heart says I'm doing the right thing." Kadaj told his brother. "Your heart doesn't matter, Sephiroth won't come back." Yazoo told his brother. "I DON'T CARE ABOUT SEPHIROTH ANYMORE YAZOO!" Kadaj screamed at his brother. "Loz, I think it's time to teach our little brother a lesson." Yazoo said as Loz stepped out of the shadows. "So how are we going to do this Yazoo?" Loz asked. "You take care of our little brother, I'll get the girl." Yazoo said. "Run?" I asked Kadaj. "Yeah I think we better run." he said. I felt bad because I got a head start but I didn't know what I had coming. Loz quickly caught Kadaj and was able to hold him back, while Yazoo continued to chase me. Yazoo took out his gun and shot me in the back of the leg. I screamed and fell to the floor. I was about to get up but a shadow had fell over me. I turned around and saw Yazoo standing over me with his gun in his hand. Loz still had a strong grip on Kadaj so I knew that he would be no help. "I enjoy seeing the look of terror on your face." Yazoo said as he pointed the gun at me. "KORINNE, RUN!" Kadaj yelled. I couldn't because my damn leg her so badly. Yazoo held the barrel of the gun had hit me on the head with the bottom. The last thing before I blacked out was Kadaj screaming "no" as he was dragged out of the church. When I woke up it was pitch black and I was lying on the floor of the church. I stood up and walked to the door. I was so tiered that I collapsed at the door. I woke up about an hour or so later on a couch at Tifa's. I heard voices' talking, but one voice caught my attention, but it wasn't who it was, it was the name they said, the voice belonged to Vincent, and the name he said was Kadaj's. I sat up on the couch and tried to stand up. I was ably to walk about two feet before I fell onto the floor. Tifa, Cloud, Vincent, and Yuffie immediately ran into the room. Cloud and Vincent hurried to get me back on the couch. After I was comfortable, I asked Vincent why he was talking about Kadaj. "Cloud blames him for your injuries, but I told that it was ridiculous." Vincent explained. "Cloud, you said you trusted him." I exclaimed. "Not anymore." he told me. "It wasn't his fault." I said. "I agree with Korinne, he had nothing to do with it." Yuffie said. "I'm with Kisaragi, it's not his fault" Vincent said. "WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON VALENTINE!" Cloud yelled. "I'm on both sides, Strife." Vincent said. "Ok, can we please stop, my head hurts." I said. Everyone was silent until I addressed Cloud. "Cloud, why do you blame Kadaj?" I asked. "Because, he is remnant of Sephiroth." Cloud said. "He doesn't care about Sephiroth anymore." I said. At that exact moment Kadaj burst through the door. "Kadaj!" I cried as I leapt from the couch and attempted to run to him, I fell halfway there. He quickly rushed to my side and helped me to my feet. "How did you get here?" I asked. "Yazoo and Loz fell asleep, so I snuck out." he told me. We sat on the couch and then, Cloud went mental. "What is HE doing here?" Cloud asked. "I came to see if she was alright." Kadaj told Cloud. "Why would you care, your just a puppet, you have no feelings?" Cloud asked. "CLOUD!" I shrieked. Someone banged on the door, Vincent opened it. "Where is he?" Yazoo yelled as he walked in. Kadaj put his arm around me. "Right here." Cloud said. Yazoo walked over to us and took a good look at the two of us. "Now, where have I seen this before? Oh, now I remember, when I pulled you two apart the first time. How's the leg love?" Yazoo said. Suddenly I didn't care about the pain in my leg, I stood up and hit Yazoo as hard as I could. Before I could back away, Yazoo grabbed my arm, whirled me around, and pressed his gun to the side of my head. "LET GO OF HER YAZOO!" Kadaj screamed as he ran at his brother. "Take another step little brother, and she dies." Yazoo yelled. "Kadaj, please." I begged. Kadaj sat back down but Yazoo still didn't release me. "I did as you asked, now let her go." Kadaj said. Yazoo threw me to the ground and stood back as Kadaj rushed to my side. He put his arm around my waist and helped me back to the couch. "Are you ok?" he asked. "I'm fine." I told him. He pulled me close. "What do you want Yazoo?" Cloud asked. "My brother." Yazoo said. "What else?" Vincent said stepping from the shadows. "The other thing should be obvious." Yazoo said. " "Mother". " I whispered. Everyone looked at me, surprised. "What?" I asked. "How do you know that?" Tifa asked. "It only makes sense." I told her. "She's right." Kadaj said. "We don't have her Yazoo." Yuffie said. "We'll see about that." Yazoo said. "Come on Kadaj we're leaving." "No." Kadaj said firmly. "Come on, or else I will personally make sure that she is killed in front of you." Yazoo said. "Fine." he said. I put my head down, and started to cry silently. Kadaj placed his fingers under my chin and gently lifted my head so he could see my face. "It's going to ok." he told me. "Please don't do anything stupid." I begged. "I won't, I swear." he told me. "Tell me something." I said. "What?" he asked. "Tell me you love me." I said. He nodded. " I love you, I love you more then anything in the world." he told me. "Now you have to tell me something." he said. "What?" I asked. "Tell me you love me." he said. "I love more than anything in the Universe." I said smiling. Then he leaned in and kissed me, right in front of everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY. Holly, Rachel, Tifa, Yuffie, Cloud, Vincent, Marlene, Denzel, and Yazoo. When we pulled apart I felt fresh tears spring into my eyes. Kadaj stood and left after kissing me one last time on the cheek. After he and Yazoo left I went to the door. I let out a cry and fell into the awaiting arms of Vincent.