1Chapter 25 Yuna Rescue, and a new member

They were there, taking the army of Spira: Yevon. However, they seemed to beat this army like it was nothing. Tidus' group took the back for all those who were coming behind them. Sephiroth's group took the front and began killing soldiers left and right. Yazoo and Loz took the middle and began shooting at Yevon's group with there gunblades. Yuffie used her 'Shadow Clone' technique and began wailing on every soldier there was. However, there were also machines to be dealt with. Kadaj took these on himself and cut them down swiftly and quickly. And finally, there was Sephiroth.

Sephiroth showed his true skills in this battle. Tidus' group wasn't doing so well in the back, so Sephiroth decided to help them. He jumped over them while they were awestruck. Sephiroth concentrated his magic on his opponents and shouted: 'METEOR'. The name itself brought nice memories for Sephiroth, and even better when small chunks of it began falling form the sky unto the soldiers. They fell like flies, leaving few left. Sephiroth charged with Masamune in left hand. He slashed the first soldier killing him instantly. Afterwards in a type of dance, began swinging his sword back forth quickly and rapidly, killing a soldier with each swipe.

One left, who pointed his gun to Sephiroth. The silver swordsmen walked cooly towards the frightened man with a smile on his face. The soldier fired, but when he did, Sephiroth was gone. Sephiroth had teleported behind him, raised Masamune, and cut him down. Afterwards, victorious in battle, rejoined Tidus and his group along with his own. They had done it. They had beaten Spira's army easily and now were going to rescue Yuna. However, when they reached the top of the cathedral, they was another army waiting for them, all pointing there guns to them. Sephiroth could come out unscathed, but no one else would. They had no choice but to surrender.

Author's Note: I'm going to cut out the cutscene dialog from the FFX game because most of you should already know it by now. And besides, I want to try to make up the last chapter.

Yuna and Seymour got closer to each other, while they looked deeply into each other's eyes. Then slowly, Seymour bent down and kissed Yuna's lipps with her shaking her fist. Yuna definitely had a good try. She wanted to send him to the farplane, but didn't work. Sephiroth could see Tidus getting angry.

"Your rage is good, but keep it to yourself until you can attack Seymour directly," whispered Sephiroth to Tidus, who wasn't really listening.

After the kiss, and the small applause, Seymour looked to the group of 11 and said "Kill them."

All the soldiers pointed towards the group with no way for them to escape. However, there savior had come and arrived. Yuna was on the edge of a cliff, telling Yevon that if they don't let them go, then she'll die. They called her bluff, and she jumped backwards. Seymour, Grand Maester Mika, and some soldiers looked on the edge as she fell to the ground head first. She looked like she was praying. Then, she opened her eyes, turned to face the top of the palace, and opened her arms. She summoned Valefor who came whooshing down and grabbed Yuna on it's stomach just in time.

"Cover your eyes!" said Rikku throwing what looked like a grenade at Seymour. It bounced it's way to Seymour who looked at curiously. Seconds later it exploded into a flash grenade.

They all ran out of the area and into a safe area. They were lead to the temple of Bevelle where the Aeon Bahamut was located. Sephiroth's group was trailing Tidus' by at least ten meters. When Tidus' group went downstairs and out of sight, a dark portal opened up in front of Sephiroth's group, causing them to stop. Out of the portal came Larxene, Axel, and a boy Sephiroth didn't recognize. The boy had spiky brown hair and was noticeably shorter than the others.

"Axel, what a pleasure," said Sephiroth sarcastically. "Larxene, glad you could join our side." Larxene turned her head away, blushing slightly. Yuffie chuckled. "And who's the kid?"

"I'm Roxas, the Key to Destiny," explained the boy stepping forward. "We came to take you to Zanarkand."

"What?" asked Sephiroth. "Didn't you tell me that the invasion wasn't going to be until tomorrow or so? Why are you taking us there?"

"Because, Xenmas suspects that there is a leak in the Organization," explained Axel smiling. "He's right you know. So, he wants to speed up his invasion. So, you coming with us or not?"

"Sure," replied Sephiroth quickly as he began to walk forward with his three brothers following. However, Yuffie kept on looking back and forth between Sephiroth and below them underground. Sephiroth had to turn back to see what the delay was. "What's wrong Yuffie? You don't have to come with us if you don't want to."

"It's not that, it's just that..." replied Yuffie nervously looking back beneath underground. "There's someone here, underground in a special seal. I left to learn how to unlock it. I can, and I need to unlock it for him. Sephiroth you know him he's...I mean, uh.."

"I know him?" Sephiroth asked suspiciously. And then he came to a sudden realization. He began walking towards Yuffie angrily. "I was right, you do remember me and what I did here 1100 years ago." Yuffie nodded sadly looking at the ground and playing with her fingers. "Why did you lie?"

"Because, the Counsel sent me to check up on you," replied Yuffie sadly. "But afterwards, I don't know, I kind've enjoyed our time." She turned to face Sephiroth's evil gaze with a serious look on her face. "Listen I'm sorry, but the real reason was because I needed you to protect me until I came here. You see, this person, he's been living here for 1100 years, against his will. Please help me!"

Sephiroth continued to stare Yuffie down as she bowed her head to him. After awhile he let out a light sigh and nodded. "Fine, I'll help. In return you and your friend will accompany us to Zanarkand for the war."

Yuffie jumped up and down for joy shouting 'YES' over and over again. She went over to Kadaj and gave him a small kiss on the cheek without realizing what she did until a second later. Kadaj began wiping his cheek rapidly with his hand while Yuffie began spitting. Sephiroth shook his head while rolling his eyes.

"Where is it Yuffie?" asked Sephiroth looking over the edge to the ground hundreds of feet below them. Yuffie pointed to a specific spot on the ground. Sephiroth nodded and bent down with his hands pointing towards his back. Yuffie got the idea and got on his back for a piggy back ride. Sephiroth got up, and jumped on the ledge.

"Hold on," said Larxene holding out her hand to stop them while running towards them. "We have to get to Zanarkand. We don't have time for this."

"Shut up Larxene," said Sephiroth coldly. "I already agreed to help her. And besides, afterwards, we need to defeat Seymour permanently. Go on ahead of us. I'll open a portal myself and travel there. Just try to hold off the invasion." And with that, Sephiroth leapt from the ledge and to the ground.

Sephiroth nose dived to the ground, with Yuffie getting sick. Sephiroth took out Masamune and Murasame. He quickly put across him facing the opposite direction. Sephiroth began spiraling, creating a vortex drill. When he came to the ground, he split it and went right through. Yuffie was right...for once. They had landed in a small chamber. It only one hallway, a door, and a large container with a seal on it. This was probably the seal Yuffie was talking about.

Yuffie got off of Sephiroth, and went down to her knees, nearly throwing up. Sephiroth looked at her for a second, then slowly shook his head. He began walking towards the container with the seal on it. It looked like it could fit a human, and was definitely well sealed. The thought just came to mind; Yuffie said Sephiroth knew this character.

Yuffie got up and walked over to the seal. "Out of the way," said Yuffie rudely pushing Sephiroth aside. He took little notice to this and watched as Yuffie was inches away from the capsule like container. Yuffie closed her eyes, and brought her hands in front of her, facing one another. She began making hand signs at fast rates.

"When you said this person knew me Yuffie," began Sephiroth, "Who'd you mean?"

"Well, you knew him as far as fighting him," replied Yuffie stopping her hand signs. She slammed her hands flat on the container. And in a second, the seal disappeared.

The seal, when removed, make the container look more like a coffin. After a couple more seconds of waiting, it cracked open from the side and released a small amount of mist. Yuffie jumped back slightly at this. The coffin soon began to open completely to reveal a man in a red cloak, gold pointed boots and left arm, untidy black hair, red eyes, and a gun to his right. Though it took Sephiroth a second to figure out who it was, it came to him. Vincent Valentine.

"Yuffie," said Vincent slowly, "thanks for getting me out." Vincent turned to Sephiroth. "Sephiroth...I assume you're not under Jenova's control." Sephiroth nodded while staring at Vincent with unblinking eyes. "Then I have nothing more to say. I'll accompany you on your travels until you depart this world."

"Fine, let's get going," replied Sephiroth turning around and opening a dark portal. Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz jumped down in the hole that Sephiroth made for them. "You three, in the portal. It'll lead to Zanarkand. I have unfinished business here."

The three nodded and jumped in with the portal closing behind them. Sephiroth turned back to Yuffie and Vincent. He threw his left hand to his side and opened another portal. "In this portal, it'll lead us to a man named Seymour," said Sephiroth explaining to Vincent. "We'll fight him, and kill him. This way, I can test to see how strong you are."

Vincent nodded and Yuffie gave the air a hit with fist, ready for battle. Sephiroth jumped through the portal with Vincent and Yuffie going through behind him. Sephiroth, Yuffie, and Vincent came out a second later on a long hall, going to the Macalania woods and Bevelle city. Sephiroth quickly noticed that Tidus, who had reunited with Yuna, were already in a hot battle with Seymour. Seymour looked quite different; surrounded by armor with a distinct sent. The sent of souls. Sephiroth got the idea, and charged to help the group.

Sephiroth went through Yuna's group, Masamune drawn, and attacked Seymour. Sephiroth jumped up and came down, slashing down on Seymour hard. Seymour attempted to cast a 'FLARE' spell. But when it hit, it bounced off, with Sephiroth retaliating by using an advanced 'ULTIMA' spell. Seymour managed to get up after the attack, but only to see a red figure flying above him. The figure, Vincent Valentine, turned to him and pulled out a three barrel gun and fired at Seymour a couple of times.

"It's time to reveal my secret technique!" shouted Yuffie. She made a couple hands signs, then held out her left arm with her right on it's wrist. Blue energy began encircling her left hand, forming a huge amount of energy in her hand. "This is my secret technique Raikiri(Lightning Blade)."

Yuffie charged at Seymour, who knew this could kill him. He tried to cast a spell, attack with his attachment, but kept getting blocked by Sephiroth's sword, Vincent's gun, Yuna's Aeons, and other objects. Seconds later Yuffie charged at him, threw his left hand at Seymour, and shocked him. Seymour began moving uncontrollably, eventually turning into pyreflies and disappearing.

A minute later, Sephiroth talked with Yuna about a couple of things and left soon afterwards. He opened a portal to Zanarkand and left. On the other side was a large building, the ShinRa HQ. And on the other side, visibly, a large army approaching. This was going to get good.

Author's Note: Well, hope that makes up for the last chapter. The next one will be a pre-war chapter. Then the next one, will be war. I warn you though, if you don't like war, don't read the next couple of chapters, it's going to get gruesome.