the never ending battle of light and darkness Vol1

by tedus987

this is where it began, where things where set in motion, and the fate of Earth 3 stands in the balance where only 10 people can tip the scales FF7 remake, rated M just in case

10. Chapter 10 The Fall of an Empire and

I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or any of the characters in Final Fantasy 7 or content from said game add-ons from movie's or other games related to Final Fantasy 7, my own characters are my own design and I own them, so ask if you want to use them at all.

Finally the duel digits hopefully I'll be able to get the final parts done and finish vol. 1, truth be told I'm starting this as my GF is beta/proof reading chapter 9, I have just recently bought a copy of Alundra 2 and Sudeki, plus I have just started vol. 2, chapter 1 will be up soon after I finish vol. 1

Chapter 10 – The Fall of an Empire and the Light in the Darkness.

Cloud's group disembarked from the Highwind and entered the City of the Ancients before walking to where Bugen was researching, "Bugen, we got the key..." Cloud yelled before Bugen looked at the group and smiled, "Oh! You've found it! That Music Box over there. We'll put the key in it." Bugen stated as he pointed at the music box before floating down to the group, "Wait your 1 short." Bugen remarked as Cloud gave him the key, "Luke had to stay behind because of a few injuries, he's resting now." Cloud replied before Bugen nodded and flew up to the music box.

"I'll go use the key. You all wait here. And watch closely what happens." Bugen instructed before he slotted the key into the music box, as the key turned several crystals began to vibrate causing a pillar in front of Cloud to recede, a curtain of water poured from the roof where the pillar once stood before Cloud gave it a questioning look and placed his hand inside it as Bugen floated next to him, "Now, go inside. Hope may be inside... Or..." Bugen stopped and looked at Cloud before he walked in calmly.

Bugen and the others followed to see a curtain of water all around them, "I see, so the water will display what happens." Bugen stated before something appeared on the water, the group watched at the curtain showed them how Aerith died, the materia that was attached to her ribbon fell off and bounced off the altar and into the water below, the materia drifted to the bottom of the water and nested itself in the pale yellow sand before slowly glowing.

The materia began to brightly glow plain green before the image faded, "...It's glowing." Yuffie stated in surprise before Cloud looked at the curtain of water, "...Aerith. Aerith has already prayed for Holy. ...After I gave the Black Materia to Sephiroth... Aerith's words came into my dreams... She said, she was the only one who could stop Sephiroth... And to do that, there was a secret here... That was Holy... That's why, she had the White Materia. Aerith knew about here... and what she had to do." Cloud explained as he looked at the floor before looking back at the curtain.

"Aerith has left us great hope. But, it cost her her life... I should have figured this out sooner. ...You left us without saying a word... It was all so sudden, so I couldn't think... That's why it took so long for me to find out... But, Aerith... I understand now. Aerith... I'll do the rest." Cloud stated sadly as Tifa hugged his arm, "You mean, WE..." Tifa corrected him before Cloud shook his head, "The big gift the flower girl left for us... It'd be sad if we didn't finish it!" Cloud stated with a smirk of his face before Cait Sith scratched his head.

"Here's the thing I don't understand, if Holy's been summoned, then why hasn't it already started movin'?" Cait Sith questioned before Cloud scratched the back of his head in thought, "Something's getting in its way." Bugen stated sadly as Cloud looked at him in shock, "Him... He's the only one that could do it. ...Sephiroth. Where are you?" Cloud asked before Bugen sighed, "It seems the rest is up to you." Bugen stated before Cloud nodded.

"Ok, but first we'll get you home." Cloud stated before Bugen nodded, the group returned to the Highwind and began to make their way to Cosmo Canyon, "Cid how long to Cosmo Canyon?" Cloud asked before Cid looked at the chart, "We're flying over the desert surrounding the Gold Saucer now." Cid answered as Cloud looked out of the window at the desert, suddenly several claws came out of the ground and Cid quickly piloted the ship to dodge them.

"Shit! What the fuck is that?!" Cid yelled as something red began to rise out of the sand, "I think that would be what Shinra call, Ruby weapon." Cait Sith stated as he looked at the red monstrosity, Ruby Weapon turned and looked at the Gold Saucer before roaring loudly, "Cid, put us down in front of that thing, if we don't stop it it'll start attacking the Golden Saucer!" Cloud yelled before Cid landed the Highwind between Ruby Weapon and the Gold Saucer.

Cloud and the others got off the Highwind and looked at Ruby Weapon as it slowly marched towards the Gold Saucer, Tifa readied her fists and jumped at Ruby Weapon before punching it in the torso causing Ruby Weapon to buckle backwards, Vincent and Barret aimed their guns at Ruby Weapon and began firing several bullets at the beast. Yuffie threw her star as Cid stabbed Ruby Weapon before Yuffie's star sliced the side of Ruby Weapon's face.

Red jumped at Ruby Weapon and began biting the claw before Cloud jumped at Ruby Weapon and began slicing it, Ruby Weapon opened its mouth and breathed fire but the group easily dodged the flames, Cloud stabbed Ruby Weapon and sliced up its torso before Tifa punched the Weapon in the face. Barret charged the cannon in the middle of his gun arm before firing a blast at Ruby Weapon, Ruby Weapon roared again before trying to claw at Cloud. Cloud flipped over the claw and sliced its arm as he passed over it.

Two spikes shot out of Ruby Weapon's back before the ground rumbled loudly, before Cid realised the origin and jumped out of the way of one of the red spikes. Vincent jumped at Ruby Weapon as one of the other red spikes flew out of the ground, Vincent landed on the spike and quickly jumped further using the thin landing point, Yuffie jumped at Ruby Weapon as her weapon glowed a purple light before Vincent shot at Ruby Weapon several times.

Yuffie sliced Ruby Weapon before slicing Ruby Weapon's torso and turning before twice in an x-formation before slicing at Ruby Weapon vertically, Yuffie jumped into the air and threw her throwing star as it still glowed. The star sliced Ruby Weapon but instead of returning to Yuffie the star turned and sliced Ruby Weapon again, Tifa punched Ruby Weapon several times before jumping off Ruby Weapon as Yuffie's throwing star struck once more.

Ruby Weapon roared before a large symbol appeared on the ground, suddenly the wind began to quickly speed up before the once calm desert turned into a raging sandstorm, Cloud and the others began to shield their eyes as the sandstorm became more and more violent. Cait Sith unshielded his eyes to notice that the sandstorm had become so rapid that all of his friends had disappeared, "oh, what can'a do, wait, overdrive mode…" Cait Sith stated before opening a flap on the back of his robotic mog's head and pressing a big red button, the mog's left arm moved outward showing a metal wheel connecting the arm to the body.

The mog's arm pointed upwards and it extended with a metal pole, Cait Sith jumped on to the end of the poll and looked at Ruby Weapon, "ya fealin' lucky, it's time I showed you my power!" Cait Sith yelled before the mog's mouth opened to reveal a 3 wheeled slot machine. Cait Sith jumped into the air and landed on the hand before pulling it down enough so the arm spun on the wheel, after the 3rd spin Cait Sith through off the arm and landed back on the mog's head as the side of a cat's head and cheek appeared on one of the slots.

After a few more seconds the second slot stopped to show 2 thirds of Cait Sith's face, come on, the world needs a new pair of shoes, the 3rd slot crept to a stop at the bar image slowly crept into view. Cait Sith shook his head in panic as the bar image slowly crept to the centre before it moved off and the left side of the head appeared.

The arm that worked as a handle opened up as two pipes plugged into the back of the mog, Cait Sith smirked at the cannon became bigger before the barrel glowed, Cait Sith, pay up laddie, because I win!" Cait Sith yelled triumphantly before the cannon fired ripping off Ruby Weapon's head, the symbol faded and the storm disappeared before a jewel in the shape of a rose appeared. Cloud looked at the jewel for a second as Ruby Weapon's inner body dissolved leaving nothing but a shell.

The group returned to the Highwind and Cid began piloting the Highwind to Cosmo Canyon, "how many more of those fuckin' things are there?" Cid asked as Cait Sith took a power cord out of his mog and plugged it into an inlet socket, "Well, to my knowledge, we should have 1 more left, the 1 Shinra call Diamond Weapon." Cait Sith explained as he opened a flap on the Mog's side, "about an hour should do…" Cait Sith stated as he look at a display with a bar in the centre.

Cloud walked up to the man that allowed them to use the chocobos and materia and handed him the jewel in the shape of a rose, "this is the final item I need, I thank you, tell that boy who allowed me to come along that I also thank him, once we reach Cosmo Canyon I'll leave the Highwind." The man stated before Cloud nodded, 2 hours passed and the Highwind landed near Cosmo Canyon, Bugen and the man left the Highwind and climbed up the stairs as the group watched.

Meanwhile, Luke slowly awoke from his slumber and placed his left hand on his face, Luke looked at his left arm and undid the bandage to see that it was fully healed, "Man, how long was I out for?" Luke asked himself as he picked himself out of the bed and picked up his clothes, (A/N he's wearing trousers but not a shirt.) Luke noticed a letter next to his bed and picked it up before releasing the attached items.

A box appeared on the floor and Luke opened it to see several pieces of clothing, "a new steel belt buckle, boots and glove…" Luke stated before looking at the letter, "thanks dad…" Luke replied before putting on the left hand leather glove with a steal plate on the top. Luke slid on both the new boots with metal fronts and the same steel metal points on the front and noticed the secure clips on the side, "huh, nice." Luke stated as he secured both the clips on both boots before standing up.

Luke looked at himself in the mirror before his mobile went off, Luke picked the mobile up and answered it, "hello…" Luke answered before he heard a cough on the other end. "Luke… you sound sluggish, is this a bad time, I heard off Cait Sith your arm was damaged." A voice statedas Luke instantly recognised the voice, "yeah I just got up, my arms as good as new, I'll skip asking how you got this number, why didn't you just use Cait Sith's communicator?" Luke asked as he sheathed his swords.

"Because I needed to ring a number that wouldn't look so conspicuous, anyway, do you remember the Junon Cannon was missing from Junon?" Reeve asked before Luke nodded, "yeah, what about it?" Luke asked as he left the room and walked towards the bridge room, "Rufus moved it to Midgar, he's planning to use it against Sephiroth by pumping raw Mako into the cannon." Reeve stated as Luke nodded, "I see, how is he going to pump raw Mako in to the cannon?" Luke questioned as Reeve sighed.

"I've been ordered to adjust the output to the max, once the reactors fire up it'll pump it in to the cannon." Reeve stated with a sigh in his voice, "Ok, I'll tell the others." Luke stated as the Highwind began to take off before Luke ended the call and walked on to the deck, "Luke, glad to see you've healed." Cloud stated before Luke nodded, "Yeah, anyway, Reeve rang me up and told me a few things." Luke stated before Luke explained everything to the group.

"So, Rufus is going to fire the Mako cannon from Junon at the Northern Creator?" Cloud asked as he looked at the sea below them, "Yeah, that's about it." Luke answered as everyone thought about the idea before Cloud quickly looked at the sea. "Cid stop the ship, something's going on in the water below us!" Cloud yelled before everyone quickly ran over to the windows and looked out to see a white coloured Weapon slowly rise out of the water.

"I think that would be Diamond Weapon, oh my goodness, it's headin' straight for Midgar!" Cait Sith yelled in panic as everyone else realised, "now, I'm not a big fan of helping our enemy, but if we don't thousands of lives will be at stake." Tifa stated as Cid turned the Highwind round and headed towards Midgar, "I think we should warn Rufus." Luke stated as he sat down by the communication terminal before plugging his mobile into the terminal.

"Out of having my brain fried by your technological knowledge, what are you doing?" Yuffie asked as Luke chuckled and typed in the terminal, "you'll be surprised but out of me and my sister, she's smarter than me in technology and magic but I'm more skilled than her in combat… a little, but I'll never admit that to her." Luke stated with another chuckle before a list of numbers came up on his screen.

"So what exactly are you doing?" Yuffie asked as she watched the screen, "I'm tracing my last know call, Reeve and sending him a message, inside will be the command to send me all of his contacts under the letter S or R." Luke stated before he tapped the enter key, a few seconds past before a list of names appeared on screen, "hah, Rufus Shinra, office." Luke stated as he clicked on the name tag before a name and number came on the screen.

Luke wrote the number down and removed his mobile before dialling the number as he walked over to the window and looked at Diamond weapon as it slowly moving through the sea.

Midgar - Shinra building – Rufus' office.

Rufus looked over the plans before looking out of the window at the Mako cannon, "soon we will destroy that barrier that keeps you safe." Rufus stated calmly as he watched a few men securing a few bolts before his phone rang and he walked over to pick it up, "what is it?" Rufus asked thinking it was one of the workers with a problem, "Rufus, before you hang up it would be in your best interest, and the interest of everyone in Midgar, to look out of your window at the sea." Luke stated down the phone before Rufus looked at the sea.

Rufus looked at the sea in shock as he saw Diamond Weapon slowly walking towards Midgar, "now that I've got your undivided attention I suggest you get that cannon ready to fire, me and the others will slow down that thing when it reaches land." Luke stated quickly as Rufus gave a questioning look at his demand, "what do you mean?" Rufus questioned as he saw the Highwind fly near the shore. "Look at your line of fire, you'll be able to his both the weapon and the shield at the same time." Luke stated before Rufus checked the line of fire before nodding.

"Ok, but the cannon will need time to charge once everything has been secured." Rufus replied as he saw the workers securing down the left side of the cannon, "ok, we'll do what we can." Luke stated before his sideof the connection ended, Rufus looked out the window as his office intercom beeped. "Sir, the Highwind has been sited at the northern shore." a soldier stated as Rufus watched the Highwind in the distance, "allow them to land and do not engage, they're trying to buy us time to fire the Mako cannon." Rufus stated as he continued to watch Diamond Weapon.

Highwind

Cloud and the others left the Highwind and stood near the north shore waiting for Diamond Weapon, after a few hours Yuffie sighed and looked at everyone as Luke began eating a quick heat Chinese meal. "What is that…" Yuffie asked as she eyed it, "chicken, one of the things Earth 4 has is quick heat meals." Luke answered before eating a bit of the food, "Can I have a bit of that? I'm starving and waiting makes me hungry." Yuffie asked in a kind manner before Luke gave her a questioning look.

Luke handed Yuffie the food before walking towards the shore as Yuffie looked down at the cup to see a small piece of chicken and 2 noodle strands, "hey…" Yuffie shouted as she glared at Luke before picking up the chicken and eating it, "It's here…" Vincent stated as Diamond Weapon slowly emerged from the sea water and slowly stepped on land, the group readied their weapons before Diamond Weapon roared and opened its shoulder plates.

"Well that can't be good." Luke stated as he stared at the shoulder plate before Cloud jumped at Diamond Weapon and sliced its side, Tifa jumped to kick Diamond Weapon in the side but Diamond Weapon knocked her away with its arm before she flipped and landed safely on the ground, "It's smarter than the others!" Tifa stated in annoyance as Luke landed next to her, "it's been watching us fight the other weapons." Luke answered as Diamond Weapon fired two beams at Luke and Tifa before the two dodged the beams.

Cid jumped on to Diamond Weapon's right shoulder joint and jabbed his spear into the joint before Diamond Weapon used his other arm to grab Cid. Cid quickly grabbed a dynamite stick from inside his jacket and ignited the fuse before throwing it at Diamond Weapon's head, the dynamite exploded and Diamond Weapon buckled back as it released Cid, "damn, why won't this mother fucker die?!" Cid yelled as he landed on the ground and quickly jumped away as Diamond Weapon tried to crush Cid with its foot.

Barret and Vincent shot several bullets at Diamond Weapon before Red jumped at the beast, Diamond Weapon quickly knocked Red away and Luke sliced the inside of the arm. Vincent noticed the opening Luke made and shot several bullets at the open wound causing more of the armour to break off, Luke jumped at Diamond Weapon and sliced the side of its head before Cloud sliced the same arm, Diamond Weapon roared loudly before Tifa leapt and kicked the leg joint.

Yuffie threw her throwing star and sliced the chest armour as Cid rammed his spear into Diamond Weapon's back, Cloud quickly flicked his sword upwards and the frontal blade of his sword flipped of before Cloud quickly grabbed it. Luke quickly sliced Diamond Weapon's left leg before Cloud jumped at Diamond Weapon, Diamond Weapon brought its left claw down but Cloud flipped over the claw in mid air and sliced Diamond Weapon's left arm at the same opening before slicing the same arm again as he flew through the air upside down.

Cloud completed the flip and landed on the ground before Diamond Weapon's left arm ripped off and fell to the floor.

Midgar – Rufus' office.

"Sir, reactors 1 to 8 are ready and fully charged." A soldier stated over the intercom, "Push the reactors into overdrive and charge the Mako cannon, when ready fire the blast at both Diamond Weapon and the barrier." Rufus ordered as he watched the battle from his office, the soldier at the other intercom nodded before Mako reactor 1's roof opened up and pure Mako gushed out of the opening before reactor 2 followed the same procedure.

The other rectors followed suit before the pure Mako travelled through the pipes at the base of the reactor towards the Mako cannon before it flooded into the Mako cannon, The cannon began to vibrate as a blue halo of light formed around the barrel before the molecular energy of the very air began to be drawn into the cannon as it prepared to fire.

The halo of light was also drawn into the barrel, and all the Mako energy, molecular energy, light, everything was compressed into a single pinpoint of light. The light from the surrounding area was also drawn into the cannon and the countryside darkened as the barrel glowed vividly. Meanwhile Luke kicked Diamond Weapon's head before flipping backwards, as Luke looked at Midgar he noticed a strange glow generating from the Mako cannon before he finished the flip and landed on the floor.

"Guys, the cannon's about to fire!" Luke yelled before Cloud sliced Diamond Weapon's back and looked at Midgar, "ok, everyone, get out of the cannon's line of fire!" Cloud yelled before jumping to the side before Diamond Weapon roared and fired several volleys of energy bolts at Midgar, a colossal helix of energy launched from the cannon causing the support structures to collapse and every window in the Shinra building to shatter outwards from the sheer force of the cannon firing.

The blast tore through any of the angry bolts it impacted on and pierced through Diamond Weapon knocking the colossus off its feet, the blast passed through Diamond Weapon before the Weapon fell to the floor and any signs that Diamond Weapon was still functioning slowly dimmed. The blast continued on towards the Northern Crater before it impacted on the shield, the beam covered the shield before small segments of the shield before a break away.

The beam continued to tear through the shield before completely destroying the shield, the beam dissolved and the Northern Crater continued to stand but the shield was no more. In his office, Rufus continued to look out to sea, "so it was enough to take down the sea… we're slowly approaching the final battle." Rufus stated calmly before noticing several yellow lights slowly growing, "those Weapon's are very resourceful," Rufus stated calmly before quickly placing his arms across his face as several bolts of light impacted on the Shinra building causing several rooms to collapse.

Highwind

On the deck Luke continued to stare at Midgar as his irises continued to open while white markings continued grow, "the Shinra building, that's the only place that is hit." Luke stated before his eyes returned to normal and the markings slowly receded. "That still don't tell me if Marlene is safe," Barret stated in a worried tone, "Reeve made sure Marlene and Elmyra were safe before Diamond Weapon reached the northern shore." Cait Sith explained before Barret sighed in relief.

"What happened to...Sephiroth?" Cloud asked as he looked to the north, "I don't think a blast at the top like that will even touch him, at one point, he told us he wanted to be at the centre of a wound so big that would cause the planet to react, last thing a guy like that would want is to be near the surface and be vulnerable." Luke answered before Cloud nodded, "The Northern Cave... Let's go see what happened to it." Cloud stated before Cait Sith quickly jumped up.

"Hold it!" Cait Sith yelled as everyone looked at him, "Scarlet! Heidegger! What's going on?" Cait Sith asked before the radio in his Mog activated, meanwhile in a meeting room below the 30th floor, Heidegger continued to ring Rufus' phone as Reeve and Scarlet continued to look at Heidegger, "Strange. I can't reach the President." Heidegger stated before turning off his phone, "Not the President. To Sister Ray!" Reeve stated in panic before the other two looked at him in shock and Scarlet laughed.

"What is it Reeve? You're speaking strangely." Scarlet asked before Reeve shook his head and looked at her in shock. "None of that matters! The reactor's output is increasing all by itself!" Reeve yelled in panic before the other two looked at him in shock, "Wait a minute. That's not wise! It must be cool for 3 hours or it won't work. Reeve, shut off the machine!" Scarlet yelled before Reeve shook his head. "Don't you think I've already tried that. It's inoperable!" Reeve stated as he picked up his phone.

"Someone has switched the machine over to mainframe operation! We can't operate it from here." A man stated on the mobile's loudspeaker, "What about the mainframe? Who!?" Reeve asked before turning towards Heidegger, "can you call up the mainframe?" Reeve asked before Heidegger picked up his phone before placing it back down, "why are you giving me orders?" Heidegger demanded before Rufus looked out of the window to see Hojo on a platform next to the Mako cannon.

"Just you wait, Sephiroth. I'll give you all the Mako you want." Hojo stated as he continued to type several commands in to the control panel before the intercom activated, "Hojo, STOP! The cannon, no, Midgar itself is in danger!" Reeve yelled over the intercom before Hojo laughed manically, "One or two Midgars? ...It's a small price to pay." Hojo stated as he manically grinned and continued to type on the panel.

"Hojo! HOJO!!" Reeve yelled before Hojo smirked as he looked at the communication device, "Sorry but your voice is getting annoying." Hojo stated as he smirked before pushing a button and ending the communication line, "Show me... Sephiroth. It should be near... Go beyond the powers of science... Before your presence, science is powerless... I hate it, but I'll concede to it. Just... let me see it." Hojo continued manically.

Highwind

"So Hojo's going to fire the Mako cannon at the northern Cave." Why… unless he was trying to make Sephiroth stronger…" Luke stated as he leaned against the metal wall and placed his hands behind his head, "And Reeve can't shut it down." Cloud stated as Cait Sith's ears dropped, "why can't we just shut down the Reactors?" Cid asked before Cait Sith shook his head, "No way! If we shut down the reactor, all hell will break loose!" the robot yelled in panic before Cid gave him a questioning look.

"Why? Can't you just shut off the valve?" Cid asked before Cait Sith shook his head violently, "Yeah, it's easy to shut off the reactor's pipe valves... But the reactor made a path for the energy to escape from below. Once you open that, it'll be impossible to close it until everything blasts out... And we can't try to stop the energy from gushing out..." Cait Sith slowly stated as his ears drooped before Barret looked at him in shock.

"An explosion!" Barret stated in realisation before Cait Sith nodded, "This blast'll be way stronger than when the number 1 reactor blew up!" Cait Sith explained sadly before Barret punched the table with his metal arm. "Damn!" Barret yelled before Cait Sith raised his hand, "Forget about that... the CANNON! We've got to get to Midgar! That's the first thing!" Cait Sith yelled urgently before Cloud nodded, "Cid take us to Midgar, Hojo's our main priority." Cloud commanded before the Highwind turned and flew towards Midgar.

Shinra Building – office

"Looks like Cloud and the others are on their way. Stay out of the way!" Reeve ordered Heidegger before he laughed at Reeve. "Don't be so ludicrous! I don't recall you giving me any orders! The Peace Preservation will give their best effort to make the enemy retreat!" Heidegger yelled before Scarlet laughed, "The President is dead! Now I'm doing things my way!" Heidegger stated before clicking his fingers causing two Shinra soldiers to walk in and point their guns at Reeve.

"Heidegger! Now I'm going to use the new weapon!" Scarlet stated before both Heidegger and Scarlet walked out of the office, "Hey! Wait! Cloud, everybody! Sorry... But!" Reeve stopped and looked out of the window as the Highwind approached Midgar. Meanwhile Cloud looked down at Midgar from the Highwind bridge as Luke leaned against the bar, "it's no fun, it's easy but, I really don't want too much fun." Luke stated as Cloud continued to look at Midgar, "we need to get into Midgar." Cloud stated as everyone looked at him.

"Even if we get there, Midgar's under martial law! There'll be no way we could slip into the slums." Barret stated before Tifa shook her head, "Looks like all transportation from the slums is cut off..." Tifa added before sighing as Luke began tapping his foot, "Hey, hey, whaddya think we have Highwind for? Where are we now!?" Cid yelled as Cloud looked out of the window, "Huh? Where are we...?" Barret asked wondering what Cid meant.

"If land's no go... We'll go by air!" Cid explained before Luke shook his head, "Okay then! We'll parachute into Midgar!" Cloud commanded before Cid rubbed his head, "we only got 8 shoots," Cid stated before Luke smirked, "Its ok, I got my own way down." Luke stated before walking towards the deck, 10 minutes passed before everyone walked on to the deck with their parachutes, "Here we go!" Cloud yelled before everyone except Luke jumped off the deck as Luke watched with a strange backpack on his back.

Luke looked over the railing near the front to see everyone had opened their parachutes before looking at the back of the Highwind's deck. Luke ran towards the back of the deck and jumped off the side of the railings before falling headfirst towards Midgar, Luke pulled two straps on the backpack causing the backpack to open and turn into a small glider. The group landed in Midgar as Luke slowly glided down before a few Shinra soldiers spotted him and began shooting at him.

Luke evaded the bullets but a few of them flew through the glider's sail, Luke quickly retracted the glider and landed on one of the buildings roofs. The soldiers continued to shoot as Luke ran to the end of the building and jumped off the roof before landing on one of the metal pipes between two buildings and hopping on to each pipe like stepping stones. Luke landed in the middle of an alleyway and looked at his surroundings before he heard clapping.

"Most impressive Luke, you've been improving your skills." Reno stated as he continued to clap as he walked towards Luke before the other Turks followed causing Luke to ready himself. "Wait, we do not wish to fight." Tseng stated before Luke relaxed and moved his hands away from his swords, "we're on our way to the Shinra building, it's possible that our boss is still alive." Rude informed Luke before Luke nodded.

"I'm on my way to the Mako cannon, they're both in the same direction." Luke stated before Tseng nodded, "well although we're enemies, both of our destinations are relatively the same, we'll work together on this occasion ok." Reno suggested before Luke rolled his eyes. "Ok, we'll work together." Luke agreed before Reno grinned, meanwhile Cloud's group left an elevator and entered a street near the Mako cannon.

"Just a little more, then we'll be able to get to the Mako cannon." Cloud stated before the group stopped as the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard behind them, the group quickly turned round to see a large robot behind them, "so you finally showed up, it's time we took revenge for your actions!" Heidegger shouted from inside the suit, "You killed off a lot of my precious soldiers!" Scarlet also yelled from inside the robot as well.

"But let's see how you do against anti-Weapon artillery!" Heidegger shouted before Scarlet smirked and readied the weapon systems, "You guys are worthless, but my proud creation is a sure thing! I'll show you the destructive power of the Proud Clod!" Scarlet yelled as the missile pods opened before Vincent heard the Mako cannon charging, "Hojo..." Vincent stated slowly and coldly before Cloud nodded, "Vincent, go deal with Hojo, leave this to us." Cloud stated before Vincent nodded and looked up at the cannon.

Vincent's body pulsed with dark energy before a dark orb covered him, Vincent quickly burst out in Chaos form as the orb faded. Vincent landed on the Mako cannon before Hojo turned to look at Vincent, "What!… So she was able to prefect her research, with my experiments." Hojo stated menacingly before Vincent aimed Death Penalty at Hojo, "Hojo, I'm ending this…" Vincent stated through gritted teeth as Hojo grinned.

"Well, after all I've done, boy, without me, you wouldn't be alive, and thanks to my experiments you're stronger and faster than your normal body could handle," Hojo menacingly explained. "You tried to kill me, you got Lucrecia Sick and experimented on her unborn chilled, you are the reason Sephiroth went insane, you are the reason Sephiroth existed and you're the cause of this crisis by experimenting with Jenova cells and Mako to begin with!" Vincent shouted in anger as his dark aura increased before Hojo menacingly smirked and took out a vial of dark liquid with 7 needle points at the end.

"That may be so, but my will as a scientist if far more greater thank you think." Hoko stated before jabbing the vial into his right arm. Hojo slowly began to glow the same colour as the dark liquid, "now, let's see who's stronger, my experiments on you, or the Jenova cells in my body!" Hojo challenged before laughing manically and pulling out a gun.

Meanwhile Cloud readied his sword and jumped at Proud Clod before Cait Sith fired a Firaga spell at Proud Clod. The spell erupted and Proud Clod buckled before Cloud brought his sword down and sliced the right arm, Cid jumped at Proud Clod and prepared a strike but Proud Clod produced a device causing an energy blade to appear and block Cid's spear. Red readied an attack but Proud Clod's shoulders opened up to reveal two gatling guns, the guns fired causing Red XIII to jump out of the way. Barret fired several bullets at Proud Cloud before charging the centre cannon before Proud Clod readied the large cannon on its arm.

Both guns fired but Barret's Big Shot was evaporated by the large beam before Barret quickly jumped out of the way and watched the beam strike through several building. "damn! That thing's powerful, everyone, be careful of its cannon!" Cloud warned loudly as he looked at the damage before returning to the fight.

Back on the Mako cannon Vincent jumped off the platform as Hojo fired at him before Vincent aimed Death Penalty and fired at Hojo. Hojo quickly dodged out of the way and continued to fire as the blast impacted the side of the cannon slightly denting it.

Vincent quickly flew at Hojo and kicked him into the cannon's side before aiming at Hojo's head, Hojo smirked before clicking his fingers and causing a lighting bolt to dart towards Vincent. Vincent quickly dodged the blast and avoided Hojo's gunfire before Hojo pulled out an Uzi from his coat, Vincent easily avoided the bullets before Hojo removed the Clip from his pistol and replaced it with another clip.

Vincent continued to dodge the bullets and flew behind the Mako cannon, Hojo quickly looked down at his gun and began removing the clip. "This is getting annoying..." Vincent uttered irritably before a blast from Death Penalty caught Hojo on the shoulder causing him to scream in pain. "huh… looks like I have to work on my aim, oh well." Vincent stated sarcastically before Hojo began to breathe deeply and 5 muscle strands began to grow out of his arm, the strands continued along his arm and attached to his pistol.

The arm became a cannon and Hojo's eyes glowed green before he fired the cannon at Vincent, Vincent easily dodged the blast and glared at Hojo before reloading Death Penalty.

Meanwhile Luke and the Turks walked out of an alleyway to see the Shinra building to their right, "ok, looks like I just need to get to the Mako cannon." Luke stated before looking to the left to see a hole in several of the buildings and Proud Clod in the distance, "looks like you got your work cut out for you…" Reno stated before Luke smirked.

"Well what can I say, this'll be fun." Luke replied before running towards Cloud and the others, Luke quickly jumped through one of the holes and ran across a dining room table before jumping through another hole. Cloud jumped at Proud Clod but the robot continued to thwart their attempts with its energy blade, Cait Sith fired another Firaga spell causing Proud Clod to buckle again before Yuffie threw her throwing star and sliced the left arm.

Luke hopped off a pipe and ran up one of the side walls to reach an overhanging pipe before running along the pipe near a wall on his left hand side. Proud Clod brought its blade down but Cloud blocked it before Luke reached the group and kicked off the wall, as Luke travelled through the air he pulled the Trigger Blade of his back and pulled the trigger causing it to turn into the King's maker before bringing the sword overhead and slicing the left shoulder joint.

The blade sliced through the joint and sliced the arm off before Luke flipped and landed in front of Proud Clod, "Sorry I'm late guys." Luke stated in laughing tone before Proud Clod aimed its beam cannon at Luke. Luke jumped out of the way as Cloud jumped at Proud Clod and sliced its armour clean off. Proud Clod kicked Cloud into a building before Luke sliced the beam cannon but got slammed by the right arm, Tifa quickly ran over to Cloud and used a healing spell.

"Thanks Tifa." Cloud replied gratefully before Tifa quickly tuned to the giant robot and grasped her fist as a blue energy formed inside it. Tifa rushed towards Proud Clod and punched the robot several times before performing a flip kick at the robot's centre, Tifa quickly dropped to the robot's feet and kicked the leg joint causing the robot's legs to malfunction before jumping up to Proud Clod's head and slamming it into the ground.

Tifa punched the robot upwards and sent it into the air before jumping at the robot and grabbing its leg. Tifa threw Proud Clod to the ground forcing the cockpit door to open, Heidegger was sat in the back seat with his head on the main computer and severely bleeding while Scarlet slowly looked up at the sky before Tifa landed on the cockpit and readied her fist. "Wait no, don't!" Scarlet yelled as Tifa's fist glowed brighter, "you're one of the reasons why we lost sector 7, it's time you paid for what you did." Tifa stated coldly before ramming her fist into the cockpit and causing it to explode.

Tifa jumped away from the cockpit and helped Cloud up as everyone looked at the burning wreck, "nice work Tifa." Luke commented while looking over the remains.

Meanwhile Vincent continued to dodge the blasts Hojo's mutated arm was firing, "this is getting annoying." Vincent stated in frustration before flying behind the Mako cannon, Hojo frantically looked for his target before hearing something land behind him. Hojo turned to attack his foe but saw nothing but the console that controlled the Mako cannon.

"Hojo." Vincent called calmly before Hojo turned causing his chest to come into contact with Cerberus, Vincent fired Cerberus and sent Hojo flying back on to the console that he was working on before Vincent walked up to the console and looked at Hojo's lifeless body as his mutated arm returned to normal. Vincent huffed and deactivated the charging sequence before walking back to the others.

As Vincent walked down the walkway rain began to pour before Vincent met up with the others, "let's go, Hojo's not going to be a problem any more." Vincent stated before the group returned to the Highwind, meanwhile on the Mako cannon Hojo slowly pulled himself up, "it seems she was able to complete her experiment, my body will soon give in, but I must preserve myself, it seems I have failed to fire the Mako cannon, but I will still live on in the world Wide Network." Hojo stated as he struggled to type information on the console.

Highwind

The Highwind slowly rose off the ground and began to cross the sea as Luke leaned against the wall and placed his hands behind his head, "how many more days till Meteor hits?" Luke asked before Red looked up at him. "7 days." Red answered before Luke sighed, "I hope we can stop it in time." Luke stated as he stroked Red's mane, "hey guys, where's Cloud and Tifa?" Yuffie asked before everyone shook their heads.

Meanwhile on the deck Cloud and Tifa were leaning against the railings, "we're slowly approaching our final battle but, I know as long as I'm with you... As long as you're by my side... I won't give up even if I'm scared." Tifa stated as she leaned next to Cloud and rested her head on his shoulder, "No matter how close we are... We were far apart... before this. But when we were in the Life Stream surrounded by all those screams of anguish, I thought I heard your voice..." Tifa stated as she continued to lean before a single tear escaped her eyes.

"You probably don't remember this... But deep in my heart I heard you calling my name... Or at least I thought I did..." Tifa continued before Cloud placed an arm round her, "Yeah... At that time I heard you calling me. You were calling me back in from the stream of consciousness in the Life Stream. After all, I promised. That if anything were to ever happen to you, I would come to help." Cloud stated before Tifa slightly nodded.

"Tifa, there's so much I want to say to you, but now that where here, I can't think of any way I can." Cloud started to say before Tifa shook her head and lightly laughed. "I guess nothing's changed at all... Kind of makes you want to laugh..." Cloud stated before lightly laughing to himself, "Cloud... Words aren't the only thing that tells people what you're thinking..." Tifa explained before kissing Cloud on the cheek, meanwhile in the cockpit Reeve activated the radio.

"Everyone's beginning to take shelter now, I hope we'll have enough time…" Reeve explained over the radio before Cid smirked, suddenly the planet began to rumble, "What the, Meteor, it's accelerating…" Luke stated in shock as he saw the red ball slowly growing, "SHIT! At this rate, Meteor will hit in the next 24 hours!" Cid yelled before looking at Cait Sith, "I'll tell the others to hurry the evacuation." Reeve stated before the radio deactivated before Cloud and Tifa returned to the bridge.

"Glad you're back inside, the engines are only running at 40 percent so I'm gonna' switch them over to the booster engines." Cid explained before pulling a lever, several panels striped away from the exterior of the Highwind and various extensions emerged such as extra rudders and jet-propulsion engines before the Highwind began to speed towards the Northern Cave.

"We're almost to the North Cave! We're on our way, Sephiroth!" Cloud stated before Cid pushed the throttle to the maximum, "I've got a feeling that the engine's going to burn out!" Luke yelled as the Highwind continued to speed across the horizon, 10 minutes later the Highwind hovered near the Northern Cave, as the Highwind hovered over the cave one of the pilots tossed a rope ladder over the side.

Everyone left the Highwind before Cloud walked towards the edge of the cave and looked to see how far down it was, "looks like we'll have to slide down, we may not be able to return." Cloud explained to the others before Luke smirked and slid down the slope, the others followed and Cloud looked around from the small platform they landed on. "Ok, I think we can hop from platform to platform." Cloud stated as he pointed to the platforms that spiralled downwards before Cloud began to make his way down as the others followed.

The group continued down the cave and entered several caverns, "does anyone know if we're even close to Sephiroth?" Yuffie asked in an annoying tone as the group left a cavern and walked down a tunnel before they entered a deeper Cavern. "Yuffie we'll get there when we get there!" Luke yelled in annoyance before the group stopped and looked down the two paths. "Looks like we'll have to separate off into 2 teams." Cloud stated before Luke walked up the right hand path, "I'll go this way, anyone else?" Luke asked before Yuffie and Vincent followed.

"Ok, the rest of us will take the left hand path." Cloud stated before the two teams separated off, as Luke's group continued through the caves Cloud and the others came to another split in the path, "look's like another split, Cid, you take Red and Cait Sith down the left path." Cloud ordered before Cid nodded and walked down the path with his group before Cloud took the right hand path, after 30 minutes Cloud entered a spiral room with a yellow glow near the bottom of the spiral.

"We're getting close." Cloud stated calmly before Luke jumped out of one of the holes and landed on the pathway before his team members also entered the room. "Glad we're not late," Luke stated as he looked down the long spiral before Cid's group entered the room and sighed, "looks like we're not too late for the main event." Cid uttered before Cloud nodded, "this is the centre of the Planet?" Cloud questioned as he looked down at the yellow glow.

"Not the centre, but I think we're getting closer to Sephiroth." Luke stated as he also looked down the spiral, "All right, everyone, let's mosey." Cloud ordered before Cid shook his head, "Damn! Again! Stop sayin' it like a wimp! Can't you say 'Move out!' or somethin'?!" Cid asked in an aggressive manner before Luke shook his head, "we're not all foul mouthed pilots." Luke stated with a smirk on his face before a large roar echoed through the cavern causing everyone to look at the top of the spiral.

"What?" Barret asked as he saw several monsters make their way down the spiral, "Look at the number..." Red stated with a nervous tone, "Fuck! They're comin' out in force!" Cid yelled as everyone continued to stare at the large number of monsters slowly descending the spiral. "Cloud! You go first!" Barret ordered before Cloud shook his head, "I'm fighting here too!" Cloud yelled back before Barret readied his gun arm.

"Shu'up! It won't do us no good wit' everyone back here!" Barret yelled as he shot at several of the monsters that we're slowly making their way down the slope, "Barret's right. You take two of us with you and go first. The rest'll catch up with ya later!" Cid yelled as he readied his spear, "ok, Tifa, Vincent, you're with me, the rest of you… good luck." Cloud told them before his group made their way down the spiral.

Everyone watched as Cloud's group continued down the spiral before they disappeared completely, "Ok, nothing gets past!" Luke yelled as one of the monsters reached the group and jumped at Luke before Luke grasped the handle of his right hand sword and pulled it out of its sheath while also slicing the beast. Meanwhile Cloud and the other's entered an area filled with Mako and many platforms heading downwards.

Back at the top Yuffie threw her throwing star and took out several monsters with it before the throwing star returned to her and she sliced another monster. Barret continued to fire at the monsters charging down the spiral, Cid stabbed several of the monsters with his spear before lighting a stick of dynamite and throwing it down one of the tunnels, the tunnel exploded before Red jumped at another monster and ripped through it with his claws.

Cait Sith fired an ultima spell at several monsters before Luke jumped across the spiral at several of the monsters that jumped towards him, Luke sliced one of the monsters with his left hand sword before slicing another monster with his right. Luke sliced two more enemies before landing on the other side of the spiral but at a lower lip, several of the monsters jumped off the spiral and descended towards Luke before he readied his sword as his eyes glowed red.

Luke changed into his Reaper form and sliced several of the monsters as they plummeted towards Luke before he turned and sliced one of the monsters behind him, a humanoid like monster jumped at Luke but as its claws impacted on Luke it looked in shock to see that Luke had disappeared from the spot. Luke grabbed the monster from the back of its head and held the monster over the long spiral as he infused stone into his gauntlet.

The monster twitched in a vain attempt to escape before its body completely turned to stone, Luke released the monster from his grip and watched it plummet towards the glowing green light at the bottom of the spiral before its arm struck the side of the spiral and broke off.

Meanwhile Cloud and the others were near the bottom of the platforms before the monsters limbless body struck the platform edge and the head rolled off the side. "Looks like everyone's doing ok upstairs, we'd best not disappoint them." Cloud informed Tifa and Vincent before they jumped on to the final platform.

"Where are we?" Cloud asked as he looked around at the scenery before an inhuman roar echoed around them, "What!?" Tifa questioned before a giant monster appeared in front of them, "Jenova!" Cloud shouted before two arms shot out of its waist and shot towards Tifa. Tifa jumped out of the way as Vincent shot several bullets at the arm before Tifa jumped at the monster's head and punched it, Cloud ran at the monster and jumped towards the right arm before slicing it off with his swords.

Jenova fired a dark spell at Vincent but he easily jumped out of the way, Vincent shot more bullets at Jenova before Tifa grabbed the other arm and began swinging the monster around. Tifa jumped into the air and turned on her side as she continued to spin before slamming Jenova into the floor. Cloud jumped at Jenova's arm and sliced it off before Vincent shot several bullets at the main body, as the body slowly rose Cloud jumped at the beast and sliced it several times before striking it towards the floor and casting a Flare spell.

Jenova screamed as the spell impacted before it melted away and the platform shook violently, the cubes and pillars that made up the floor begin to break up, rocketing skyward passed Cloud and the others before the last of the platform disintegrated and the group fell down toward the green glow and absorbed in it.

Meanwhile everyone in the spiral chamber had finally finished off the last of the monsters that were advancing before the green glow below them became brighter and brighter.

"What the!?" Cid yelled as the glow covered the group before slowly disappearing, as the glow faded the group in the spiral chamber were nowhere to be found. Cloud slowly fell through nothing but darkness till something slowly glowed in the distance, "Li...ght... A light... Is this... Is this light... Holy?" Cloud gasped as he looked at the light, before he slowly looked around to see everyone floating in the empty void.

"Man, what the hell was that, did a truck just him me?" Luke asked as he looked around the empty void, "Luke, so everyone arrived here?" Cloud asked as he looked around before everyone came round, suddenly, a ring of white fire shot from the centre of the sphere that was in the middle of them before the group levitated and struggled as they slowly rose into the air.

Sephiroth materialised from the centre of the sphere and looked at the group, "Sephiroth!" Cloud yelled before Sephiroth waved his hand causing the group to be thrown further away from Sephiroth by another ring of white fire. "Is this... the true power of Sephiroth?" Barret asked as he struggled to move, "My... my body... I can't control my body..." Cid yelled before Luke looked down at Sephiroth, "Is this, mythic energy… but how…" Luke asked before Sephiroth drew the party nearer with his mental powers, only to torment them with another fire ring.

"My front legs... my hind legs... my tails about to tear off!" Red shouted as he squirmed, "This is definitely not good... He's way outta our league..." Cait Sith claimed before Cloud looked down at the sphere and noticed that it was glowing a bluish sea green, "There... It's there..." Cloud yelled as he looked at the sphere, "Cloud?" Tifa asked as she gave him a questioning look, "...Holy... Holy... is there... The Holy is shining... Aerith's prayer is shining!" Cloud claimed as red electricity sparked around him.

"Holy... Aerith..." Tifa slowly questioned as Cloud raised his hand defying Sephiroth's power, "It's not over yet... This isn't the end yet!" Cloud yelled as he broke Sephiroth's hold on everyone. Everyone quickly landed on the rocky ground before the white sphere shrank as its glow diminished revealing that the group was in a large cave before the sphere flew backwards to a crystal pod with Sephiroth in. The sphere slotted below the crystal before several blue strands crossed over Sephiroth's crystal.

The strands formed into a blue giant with a yellow glowing core below its torso, the blue giant's arms opened up to reveal another body spouting from the back of the head of the blue giant, as Cloud got a good look at the blue giant he realised it looked identical to Sephiroth but the body on the back of its head looked like Jenova from the reactor of Cloud's home town. "Wait a second, has anyone but me noticed the yellow crystal like surfaces on both the arms, torso, below the torso and the head of that woman on the back of the monster's head?" Luke asked before everyone looked at them.

"Good point, they look like its energy source, everyone target the yellow spheres, if you can't destroy them remove them!" Cloud ordered before the blue giant's hands glowed, "you will not harm my mother any more, I will transcend with my mother and go to the Promised Land, for I am Bizarro-Sephiroth!" the monster howled without opening its mouth, "Aerith's memories... Our memories... We came to tell you... our memories... Come Planet! Show us your answer! And Sephiroth!! To the settling of everything!" Cloud yelled as he removed his weapon and the others did the same before they all charged at the monster.

Cid jumped at the monster's arm but Bizarro-Sephiroth punched Cid out of the way before Red jumped on to the punching arm and bit the arm. Cait Sith fired a Blizzarga spell and froze the other arm before Bizarro-Sephiroth broke his arm free The woman on the back of the head waved her hands as Bizarro-Sephiroth pulled Red off his arm and threw it at the opposing wall, the woman finished waving her hands and caused several lighting bolts to rain down on the group before they all dodged the bolts.

"Shit, this guy can cast 3 spells at once!" Luke yelled as Bizarro-Sephiroth readied two fireballs in his hands and threw them, everyone jumped out of the way of the fireballs before Vincent shot several bullets at Bizarro-Sephiroth's left arm. One of the shots impacted on the glowing orb before the woman waved her hand and cured the orb, "Shit, we do damage to it and that freakin' woman cures the fuckin' wounds!" Cid yelled before Tifa jumped above Bizarro-Sephiroth.

Tifa darted towards Bizarro-Sephiroth's head before Bizarro-Sephiroth blocked her with both its arms, Bizarro-Sephiroth knocked her away and swung at Cloud as he charged at Bizarro-Sephiroth. Cloud jumped over the monster's fist and struck its chest but the woman simply healed the wound, Yuffie threw her throwing star at Bizarro-Sephiroth and sliced its arm before Luke sliced the other arm, the woman began to heal again but Cloud launched over Bizarro-Sephiroth head.

The woman gasped in shock at the assault before preparing a barrier but Tifa quickly jumped in the way and hit the joints on both of the woman's arms, Tifa jumped out of the way before Cloud sliced the woman off the back of Bizarro-Sephiroth head causing the beast to wail in pain as the woman exploded, Luke struck the left arm several times before Bizarro-Sephiroth back handed him with his right hand and held his left arm.

(A/N the yellow orbs are power sources and if you take each one from the main core they explode.)

Bizarro-Sephiroth glared at the group before readying his left arm for a spell and punching towards Red. Red jumped out of the way and jumped at the left arm before clawing at the orb, the left arms orb dimmed before Vincent shot it several timed causing it to explode and Bizarro-Sephiroth to moan in pain again, the glow from Bizarro-Sephiroth left hand disappeared and he closed his left hand fist before glaring at the group.

"So his magic power is driven by those orbs... the more we take out the weaker he become!" Cloud yelled before smirking at Bizarro-Sephiroth, the big yellow orb below the torso glowed vividly before the left hand fingers turned into claws. Bizarro-Sephiroth swung its left hand overhead before Cloud jumped out of the way causing the beast to claw the ground. Bizarro-Sephiroth tried to release its claws from the ground but got stuck before Luke ran up the arm and sliced the side of the face.

Bizarro-Sephiroth roared as it buckled from the slice and placed its left hand on the side of the face before Vincent shot at the right arm, Bizarro-Sephiroth rose its arm into the air and summoned a boulder before throwing it at Vincent. Vincent jumped out of the was and smirked before shooting Bizarro-Sephiroth right eye, Bizarro-Sephiroth roared before holding his right eye as Cid jumped at the core and struck the right arm core.

The core exploded and the glow disappeared from Bizarro-Sephiroth right hand before it to grew claws. Bizarro-Sephiroth roared as a barrier came over the torso and the lower core glowed vividly, Cloud ran at the lower core but Bizarro-Sephiroth swung its left arm. Luke jumped at the left arm and sliced it before Bizarro-Sephiroth pulled its left arm away and tried to strike with his right hand. Tifa ran at the right arm and punched it any before Luke jumped at the lower torso and sliced it several times.

Luke jumped away from the lower torso before it exploded and Cloud jumped at the torso. Bizarro-Sephiroth tried to block Cloud's attack with its arms but Cloud sliced into the upper torso and arms before pulling his sword down and slicing off both the hands and carving open the torso. The core in the torso slowly rolled out and Bizarro-Sephiroth roared before its light blue skin darkened and the green eyes slowly dimmed.

The torso exploded open and everyone shielded their eyes before Cloud moved his hand away and gasped, as the smoke cleared Sephiroth slowly rose out of the smoke as a black raven wing sprang out of the right hand side of his back. Sephiroth slowly looked at the group before summoning his sword and placing it at his left hand side with both hands, Cloud jumped at Sephiroth with his sword ready to strike but Sephiroth blocked Cloud's attack.

Sephiroth summoned a ball of energy and tossed it into the air before Tifa jumped at Sephiroth and readied a flying kick, Sephiroth dodged Tifa's kick and darted towards Cid, Cid blocked Sephiroth's attack before Sephiroth kicked him into a wall, Yuffie threw her throwing sat but Sephiroth dodged it before Red jumped at Sephiroth. Sephiroth rose his hand causing 3 towers of flames to spout from the ground around him and hit Red.

Luke quickly cured Red and glared at Sephiroth before Vincent shot several bullets at Sephiroth, Sephiroth dodged the bullets and quickly warped behind Vincent and sliced him, Cait Sith used a cure spell to heal Vincent before Barret fired a big shot at Sephiroth and grazed his cheek. Sephiroth summoned 8 large dark spheres around Barret before Barret shot at one causing them to strike Barret, Luke quickly jumped over Barret and healed him before Barret looked up at Luke.

"Thanks, this guy's tougher than I thought." Barret stated before Luke nodded, "It's worse, he's using dark mythic spells." Luke replied before Barret gave him a questioning look, Luke darted towards Sephiroth brought his sword down before Sephiroth blocked it with ease, Sephiroth jumped away and brought his sword to his right hand side. Luke gave him a questioning look before Sephiroth darted towards Luke and disappeared.

Luke realised what attack it was before quickly blocking several invisible strikes, before Sephiroth appeared on the other side of him, Cid jumped at Sephiroth and aimed his spear at Sephiroth but Sephiroth easily blocked the attack. Cloud jumped at Sephiroth and brought his sword overhead before Sephiroth blocked the attack and knocked Cloud into a wall, Yuffie threw her throwing star at Sephiroth before it sliced his arm.

"Hmmm… impressive." Sephiroth stated before slowly rising into the air, "Oh heartless angel, we hardly knew them!" Sephiroth yelled before slowly rising into the air and glowing a dark purple, Sephiroth waved his hand at Yuffie causing her to be blasted with a dark wave. Yuffie gasped as she fell to the ground and struggled to get back to her feet. Cait Sith healed Yuffie and Vincent shot at Sephiroth, Sephiroth dodged the bullets with ease before Luke jumped at Sephiroth.

Sephiroth blocked Luke's sword and pushed him away with one stroke before Luke's left hand sword cracked, Sephiroth readied another attack before darting towards Luke. Luke blocked Sephiroth's attack before landing safely on the ground and looked at his sword to see several cracks had begun to form. The sword shattered and Luke threw the handle to the ground before pulling the trigger blade off his back and summoning 3 materia from his storage device.

Luke slotted the 3 materia into his Trigger Blade and pulled the trigger causing it to turn into the Dragon King blade, Cloud leapt at Sephiroth and swung his sword before detaching it into two. Sephiroth smirked as he jumped in to the air and raised his hand to the energy ball floating in the air, the ball began to grow and roar as Sephiroth looked at the group and smirked, the ball slowly began to grow before Sephiroth's hand glowed a dark purple.

"Feel my power, the power of Super nova!" Sephiroth yelled before he shot a dark bolt at the ball and disappeared, the dark bolt impacted on the ball causing it to grow faster and roar as it sputtered and several busts of energy burst out of the sphere and rammed back into it causing it to grow faster, "I don't think that thing's friendly!" Luke yelled before he began to run away from the growing sphere as the others followed.

Cait Sith yelled as his Mog continued to run as fast as it could before one of the bursts rammed into his Mog causing it to freeze up, Cait Sith looked down at the Mog before looking back at the sphere and screaming as the sphere engulfed him. The bursts began to loop round back into the sphere, Vincent jumped over one of the loops to get caught and pulled in by another one, "Vincent, damn!" Cloud yelled before jumping over a rock.

Tifa tripped on a rock and gasped before Luke quickly turned and jumped at Tifa, Luke grabbed Tifa's arm and threw her towards Cloud before looking and glaring at the sphere as he entered the sphere. Cloud caught Tifa and continued to run before a burst shot out of the sphere and caught Cid on the arm before pulling him into the sphere as he yelled. Barret grunted as he turned and shot at the sphere before a burst grabbed on to his gun arm and pulled him in.

The cave began to rumble as a boulder dropped in front of Red before he was also grabbed and pulled into the sphere, Yuffie jumped over Red and grabbed his paw before the sphere also grabbed her and pulled her in. Cloud continued to run before one of the bursts grabbed on to Tifa and pulled her in as she screamed before Cloud grabbed her arm and was also pulled into the sphere. The sphere engulfed the whole cave before exploding several times and throwing everyone to the ground.

Sephiroth appeared and looked at everyone's unconscious forms before smirking, "the weak shall fall so the strong prosper." Sephiroth stated before the ground began to glow a bright green, as the ground glowed green Sephiroth stood in shock before the Life Stream burst out of the ground and flew into each member of the group one by one, each of the group slowly rose to their feet as a green aura pulsed from them.

"What the…!" Sephiroth stated in shock before Yuffie's hands glowed and she blasted a dark beam at Sephiroth coving his whole body. Vincent transformed into Chaos and aimed his Death Penalty with both his hands before the cannon glowed and fired at Sephiroth, Cid summoned a green spirit dragon before it fired a flaming beam at Sephiroth. Red charged a ball of energy in his mouth and fired it at Sephiroth burning him more, Cait Sith's hand glowed before 13 knights appeared around Sephiroth.

The 13 knights sliced Sephiroth once before disappearing and Barret's gun arm began to spin at an exceeding rate, the arm glowed before several energy bullets fired at Sephiroth before the central cannon fired causing more explosions to damage Sephiroth. Tifa jumped at Sephiroth hitting several points causing his joints to lock up before flipping back and kicking Sephiroth in the face, Tifa punched Sephiroth into the air and grabbed Sephiroth's boot before throwing him to the ground.

Tifa's fist glowed and she punched Sephiroth into the air before Luke jumped at Sephiroth and kicked him in the chest. Luke sliced Sephiroth 4 times before quickly slicing from left the right several times, Luke kicked Sephiroth to the ground before bringing his sword down and slicing Sephiroth's chest, Luke jumped away before Cloud jumped at Sephiroth before joining his swords together and slicing him several times.

After Cloud had finished his final slice he jumped into the air and brought his sword down as it glowed a deep blue aura. Cloud sliced Sephiroth's chest before Sephiroth held his chest and looked at the group, "I shall return, my darkness will never be removed from this or any world." Sephiroth stated before disintegrating into black feathers, the White Materia glowed brighter and brighter before the group found themselves in the spiral chamber.

(A/N just to let you know I really didn't think the second to last battle against Sephiroth looked right so I had them fight the real thing and yes those moves are from the KH2 version of Sephiroth and I do not own them.)

"This was all we could do." Cloud stated as he looked down at the glowing aura, "Wait! What about Holy? What's gonna happen to the Planet?" Barret asked before Cait Sith jumped around, "hmmm, it seems that Meteor is going to impact on Midgar, the evacuation is still underway, but I don't know if we have enough man power." Reeve stated before Cloud nodded, "Vincent, Yuffie, you think we can get there?" Luke asked before Yuffie gave Luke a questioning look.

"How, only Vincent can fly." Yuffie stated before Luke's wings busted out of his back and smirked, "I'll carry you." Luke stated before Yuffie smirked and Cloud nodded, "Ok, you 3 get to Midgar and help out." Cloud ordered before Luke flew upward and grabbed Yuffie's arm, Vincent flew after Luke as the others watched them, "let's just hope that the planet can pull though." Cloud stated before Tifa nodded.

"...You're right. We've done all that we could do." Tifa agreed before Cloud looked at her, "All right, everyone. It's no use thinking about it. We'll leave all our worries here. Let's go home proud." Cloud stated before the group except Cloud and Tifa made their way out of the spiral chamber. The two took a few steps before Cloud held his head in pain, "What happened?" Tifa asked as she looked at Cloud in shock.

"I feel it..." Cloud stated in pain before Tifa gave him a questioning look, "What..." Tifa asked before Cloud fell into her arms unconscious, Cloud slowly awoke in a dark space with his sword drawn before Sephiroth slowly walked towards him, "Cloud, don't give up, we're hear for you!" Aerith's voice stated encouragingly before he heard a soft laugh, "show this guy who's boss, like the First Class SOLDIERs we both are!" Zack's voice commanded before Cloud's sword glowed.

Sephiroth darted towards Cloud before he blocked the attack and darted towards Sephiroth, Cloud spun his sword in front of him twice before thrusting his sword forwards causing all 6 blades to separate around Sephiroth. Cloud flew towards one of the parts of his sword before slicing Sephiroth and grabbing another part of his sword, Cloud sliced Sephiroth again as a golden image of himself was holding the previous sword.

Cloud struck Sephiroth 3 more times before Cloud grabbed the main blade and sliced Sephiroth vertically, Sephiroth stared in shock and horror as his blood covered body continued to fall through the air before Cloud landed on the ground with 5 of his sword around him. Cloud caught the final sword before several rays of white light emanate from Sephiroth's body, increasing in intensity for a few moments before Sephiroth disappeared, somewhat anticlimactically, in a small shower of glowing red embers.

(A/N yes this version of omni slash was the FF7:AC version.)

The Life Stream exploded all around him as light engulfed the area as Cloud looked around in shock, "Life Stream?" Cloud questioned as it spiralled around him before a hand came out of the light and lowered towards Cloud. Cloud took the hand before another brown gloved hand grabbed Cloud's wrist and pulled Cloud upwards before Cloud returned to reality to see the spiral chamber around him shake violently. Tifa reached her hand out to grab clouds but several rocks fell from the ceiling and struck the platform Tifa was on.

Tifa fell but Cloud quickly ran to the wall and grabbed Tifa before pulling both himself and Tifa up, "...I think I'm beginning to understand." Cloud stated as Tifa gave him a questioning look, "What?" Tifa asked before Cloud looked at her, "An answer from the Planet... the Promised Land... I think I can meet her... there." Cloud stated as he rested his head on the cave wall, "Yeah, let's go meet her." Tifa stated as she rested her head on Cloud's shoulder.

"Hey, where is everyone?" Cloud asked Tifa before Barret yelled at them from across the cave with the others around him, "I'm glad you're all safe!" Tifa yelled before Barret looked at Red, "They all seem to be safe, too. But... now what're we going to do?" Barret asked before Red looked at him, "Holy should be moving soon, and that means this place will..." Red stated before Cid looked at the crater above him.

"Oh, Lady Luck don't fail me now..." Cid prayed before the crater rumbled and Cid gaped at the Highwind as it plummeted towards the group before his cigarette fell out of his mouth. The Highwind landed roughly between a few rocks before Cid glared at the pilots on the bridge, "you mother fucking bastard! I told you not to fucking scratch my pride and joy and you go and ram it on to the ground you fuckin' idiots!" Cid shouted at the top of his lungs as the group entered the Highwind.

The Highwind darted towards the sky as the crater glowed before Mako erupted out of it, the Mako propelled the Highwind out of the crater before it spun wildly. Cid held on to the handle and pulled himself up before pulling the second handle and transforming the Highwind into a jet plane. With the extra control, the ship rolled out of the Mako explosion and screamed off towards the horizon.

Midgar

Luke continued to look through sector 5 for survivors before entering a pipe to hear a young child crying, Luke looked around the make shift home to see a brown haired boy crying in the corner. "Hi, are you ok?" Luke asked as he knelt down to keep an eye level with him before the boy looked up at him, "yeah, but I'm lost." The boy whispered before Luke nodded, "It's ok, what's your name?" Luke asked kindly before the boy wiped his eyes.

"Denzel." Denzel told Luke before Luke nodded, "Ok Denzel, I'm Luke Naferous. Let's get you out of here." Luke stated before helping Denzel up and walking back to the evacuation teams, "Yuffie, I found this kid in sector 6, his names Denzel!" Luke shouted to her before she nodded and helped Denzel on to the evacuation truck, "ok, I just got a message from Reno, he said he's still trying to find Rufus with the other." Yuffie shouted over the large noise of the engines.

"I got it, I'll head over to the Shinra building and help them find Rufus, and you continue to save anyone you can!" Luke yelled before running towards the Shinra building, as Luke entered the building he jumped in to the elevator shaft and began climbing on the metal wire, as Luke reached the elevator he jumped through the metal beams and climbed up the counter balance wires. Luke climbed up the wire and jumped on to the elevator before grabbing the wire and slicing the device connecting the wires to the elevator.

The elevator plummeted to the ground as the counterbalance pulled on the wires causing Luke to fly upwards with the rope, as Luke passed the 63rd door he swung on the rope and launched off before landing on the 66th floor, "ok, I'm on the 66th floor, Rufus should be in the office across the hall from me right?" Luke asked as he held a radio next to his head, "yeah, make sure our boss is ok while we get to him." Reno requested down the radio before Luke entered the office.

Luke walked to the other end of the office to see Rufus lying on the floor with several injuries, "damn do you look a sight for sore eyes…" Luke stated before Rufus looked at him, "truly, am I not better off in this weakened state, after all I am the one who helped put the planet in this state, it's why you've come here isn't it, you and the others swore you'd kill me, well here's your chance, finish me." Rufus ordered before Luke held his sword over Rufus's head.

Luke rammed his sword down and the sound of metal going into stone echoed through the room, "what? Why didn't you kill me?" Rufus asked before Luke used a cure spell on Rufus to ease his breathing, "Because I believe that everyone has a second chance, they just need to prove that they want it." Luke stated as he took some bandages from his storage device and bandaged up Rufus' arm, "hmm, a good policy to run by, but with my second chance, what can I do?" Rufus asked himself before Luke sighed.

"Repay the planet, help people rebuild, create an organization that will restore the world to the way it was." Luke stated before Rufus smirked, "A world restoration organization, I think I know the man who can also help me run it." Rufus chuckled before the Turks entered the office, "boss, are you alright?" Tseng asked before Luke summoned a stretcher from his storage device, "I'm fine, I think I also have plans for the future." Rufus answered before Reno helped him on to the stretcher.

Luke and the Turks carried Rufus down to the evacuation teams as Yuffie continued to organize the teams, "Come on, hurry up, and try not to drop anybody this time!" Yuffie yelled before they got Rufus into one of the flying units, "Report!" Yuffie ordered to one of the evacuation members, "evacuee complete, all injured have been moved to the transports." The man reported before Luke ran up to her, "ok, let's get out of here. Just remember to keep on guard till your clear of the red zone!" Yuffie yelled before placing a radio next to her head and pushing her goggles up.

"Were all done here, how about you?" Yuffie asked down the radio while in another part of Midgar Vincent walked towards the Mako cannon, "finished, but Yuffie, I want you to check the Mako cannon." Vincent stated down the radio before Yuffie used a device to scan the Mako cannon for life signs, "what the… this is crazy!?" Yuffie shouted down the radio as she looked at the device to see one life sign on the Mako cannon.

"Yuffie, rendezvous with Cloud and the others. Looks like I still have some work to do." Vincent stated before his radio broke the link, "Hey whoa! Vincent, get out of there, I have a bad feeling about this!" Yuffie yelled before Luke entered the aircraft with Rufus on, "Yuffie, I'll make sure Rufus is safe, you make sure Vincent is!" Luke ordered before Yuffie nodded.

Vincent ran up the stairs of the Mako cannon before reaching the control deck to see Hojo still lying on the console. Vincent glared at Hojo's lifeless body before aiming Cerberus at him, lightning suddenly struck the platform causing it to break away before Vincent looked at the console to see Hojo was no longer there. The cannon's main battery exploded and metal debris began to fall towards Vincent before Yuffie flew by with a hover vehicle.

"Vincent!" Yuffie yelled before Vincent jumped on to the back of the vehicle as Yuffie groaned from her travel sickness, the consol bleeped a few times before the words "De-fragmented" appeared on the screen. Meanwhile Marlene looked at the window shutters and pondered as she heard a drop of water, "The flower girl?" Marlene questioned before opening the shutters to see Meteor descending towards Midgar, in the Highwind the group watched as Meteor continued to Decent towards Midgar.

A blanket of light blue covered the sky and caught meteor but it continued its slow descent towards Midgar. As it reached Holy, dots of ember and tongues of flame lick upwards along its red-hot surface and Holy glowed pink around its edges rather than white. A red spot formed on Holy's underside as Meteor brushed it. Then, all of Holy began to burn red and a huge, perfectly round hole opened above

Midgar.

Its diameter was exactly the same as that of the city. The air began to burn red and the last framework of the Shinra building began to explode as Meteor's wrath pours through Holy. "Wait a damn minute! What's going to happen to Midgar? We can't let that happen!" Barret yelled before Cait Sith shook his head, "Reeve had everyone evacuated, but the way things are now..." Cait Sith stated sadly before Red glared at Meteor.

"It's too late for Holy. Meteor is approaching the Planet. Holy is having the opposite effect. Forget Midgar, we've gotta worry about the Planet!" Red stated in anger as Tifa looked fearfully at Meteor, "What's that?" Tifa asked as she saw something green glowing in the distance, a tiny pinprick of green light slowly appeared on one of the dark moors. The green light growled and one bright tendril of the Life Stream wormed its way out from the ground.

A large hole opened in the ground around the stream, revealing that the Life Stream was boiling just below the surface, one thread escaped into the air. Another strand of the Life Stream emanated from the ground curving gracefully in Midgar's direction. On the Highwind Cloud, Tifa, and Barret were gripped the railing at the very front, watching with wonder as more and more arms of green burrow out from the ground.

"What the hell IS that!?" Barret asked before Cloud smirked, "Life Stream." Cloud answered before the Life Stream continued to rush from the earth. It streamed from nearly every spot on the ground, turning the earth into a massive pool of green as Midgar continued to crumble. A tidal wave of green closed in on the city, the arms of Life Stream swaying and undulating gracefully, marching along. The air was nearly a solid mass of green. Chunks still dislodged from Meteor from its surface from its encounter with Shinra No. 26.

The entire continent glowed green as Life Stream spewed from every crack and pore, a thousand-mile-wide net of green light covered everything, closing in on Midgar, Holy, and Meteor. The Life Stream surrounded Meteor, adhering to it and began dissolving it before Meteor exploded in a bright light before everyone shielded their eyes.

1 week later

Cloud stood on a cliff overlooking Midgar and pulled out the Buster Sword before driving it in to the ground, "from now on I'll live on for both of us. Zack." Cloud promised as he looked down at the Buster Sword as everyone else waited not far from him before Cloud walked up to the group, "hey Cloud since the other one broke can you hold on to the Materia Sabre for me?" Luke asked as he handed the sword to Cloud.

"Sure, I guess from now on we all have out own lives to continue…" Cloud stated as Tifa walked next to him and held on to his arm, "our adventure has come to an end, I guess this means I'll have to head home as well." Luke stated as everyone looked at him, "Hey, Luke, will we ever see you again?" Yuffie asked before Luke smirked, "Well, from what I've learned, the universe is a very big place, who knows what we may meet on that sea of endless stars," Luke stated before Yuffie nodded.

"Ok, here…" Yuffie stated before handing Luke a peace of red materia, "Knights of the Round, I thought you wanted this when we shared out the materia." Luke stated as he looked at the materia, "Keep it for good luck, and as a memento to us all." Yuffie stated before Luke smirked as he looked at the materia and placed it in his storage device before summoning a red crystal from the device as he walked away from the group.

Luke held the crystal in his hand for a second before it glowed and red electricity appeared around Luke, "Cya later guys, hey Cid, send me an invite when you marry Shera!" Luke yelled jokingly before he vanished in a flash of light, "that mother fucking bastard!" Cid yelled at the top of his lungs before Cloud laughed at him.

Earth 4

Luke appeared on the middle of a hill before looking around and breathing in the air, "Luke!" Laura yelled from the bottom of the hill before Luke turned to see his whole family.

some years later, Luke's POV

I didn't know it then, but I was about to be thrown on a journey that I would never be able to return home to.

End of Vol 1

Well Vol 1 has ended and I already have a few chapters on Vol 2, I have college work to do so I won't be releasing them straight away.

Vol 2 can be found in Kingdom Hearts but I won't revealing anything yet.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.