Author's Note: Here's the chapter. I actually intended to get this one in before Christmas, but my computer crashed and had to get a new one. Oh well, I'm back anyway and here's your chapter. I hope you guys liked, I kinda wanted to rush though this so I can get to the finale, but I did my best. Couldn't think of a poll but I got something for you guys. You see I want to continue Sephiroth's Second Life Trial Filler Arc, but the problem is I can't really figure out any stories for them. So if you want me to post a story, that's possible, tell me in a review, and i'll put it in the Filler Arc. Only condition is, that it has to be about the Organization, Shinra, or Sephiroth and his group.
Alright, relax, read, review, and Happy New Years.
It had been a few hours since Sephiroth had found out that Rufus had reconstructed Cloud and Zack using material and research from Vexen, memories implanted my Namine, and energy from Weiss. For a few minutes Sephiroth just stared at the two without saying a word to them, but left after a few. However, today seemed to bring a surprise everyday. Larxene and Demyx showed up a littler later.
Sephiroth walked outside the HQ and right there were the duo. Normally, the swordsman would've attacked first, but they had a different aura to them.
"Hey Sephiroth," said Larxene casually.
"What are you doing here?" asked Sephiroth in the same coolness putting his left hand on Masamune's hilt.
"Look, we gotta talk," said Larxene a little more serious.
The trio began to talk to each other. Larxene was explaining why they wanted to join Sephiroth, the little rebellion that Axel and Roxas had. Apparently these two were part of that, and though this would normally be a ploy, Sephiroth believed her. Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz came out a little later and Sephiroth assured them that they were now on our side.
"Larxene?" asked Sephiroth. Larxene looked up to him. "Everyone needs proof that you are indeed on our side, so we'll need to ask you questions later."
"That's fine with me," said Larxene reassuring him.
"You'll also be watched," continued Sephiroth. "I'll watch both of you so you won't escape or try something." They nodded.
They all went inside and immediately found Rufus with Reno and Rude. Sephiroth quickly explained the situation and Rufus, after a while, agreed for them to stay for awhile. "We're having a meeting tomorrow, so bring them." Sephiroth nodded and they went their ways. They proceeded to the 8th floor.
"On this room are the rooms," explained Sephiroth going into one door that had four beds. "You'll be sleeping here with me."
"No one has the fourth?" asked Demyx. No one answered him.
"Sleeping with a girl," Larxene laughed a little. "I had no idea you were so sly."
Sephiroth turned his head slightly and gave her a glare that swiped the smirk off her face. He went to his own bed and laid on the bed, not bothering to put the covers on, head resting against a nice pillow. "It's dark out and I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep. Go to bed now."
Larxene and Demyx didn't argue and went to a separate bed and went to sleep. Thoughts ran through Sephiroth's mind as he went to sleep. It had been a while since he had slept soundly on a nice bed like this, and he was enjoying it. Before he knew it, Sephiroth fell asleep soundly.
A few minutes into his sleep he found himself back in the arena, where his judgement had taken place. He watched as the crowd, shouting, as if for a game. Sephiroth turned to see the three judges. A Tonberry, Moogle, and Aeris. He wasn't bound by any chains or anything so he just looked up at them. Aeris stood up and everyone became silent.
"Sephiroth...I," began Aeris. "I wanted to explain something. We weren't trying to deceive you."
"I know," answered Sephiroth. "You intended to send me elsewhere, but Jenova and Namine dragged me to Spira."
Aeris had a look with a combination of satisfaction and guilt. "Well yes...but, we intended you to go that planet." Sephiroth eyes widened a fraction. "You see, Spira is simply one continent on that planet. There are many countries and continents, and we wanted to send you another place but Jenova got in the way."
"You're lying," corrected Sephiroth. "In the beginning, you said you'd send me to Spira."
"Well that wasn't quite a lie," spoke up the Moogle.
"Quiet worm!" yelled Sephiroth and the Moogle shrunk back into his seat. "I was talking to someone who might matter."
"He's right," said Aeris continuing, not meeting his eyes. "The planet is often referred as Spira, but we intended you to go to the Balamb country."
"Anything else?" asked Sephiroth. "I accept your apology if that's what you want."
"Not quite," said Aeris quickly, this time with panic in her voice. "You see, there's a set time limit to your Second Life."
Sephiroth stared right at Aeris and the guardians. "What?" asked Sephiroth in disbelief and anger. "How long?"
"A week," answered Aeris shortly. Sephiroth couldn't believe this, and stood there, staring at them, trying hard not to release his anger.
"You gave us one week to repent for a life time's errors?" asked Sephiroth bitterly. "How ludicrous. It's impossible, for all of us. Now, when I wake up I'll only have three days left."
"One actually," corrected Aeris, and she knew this was going to push him off the edge. "There are certain rules which you've governed by the second you left."
"What kinds of rules?" asked Sephiroth softly and coldly, eyes narrow.
"We had a seal on you, which broke, that detracts two days," said Aeris trying hard to avoid his eyes. "For one point, you used this power to crossover to this world. That's another day."
Sephiroth couldn't take it. Now it was impossible for him to repent in one day. Sure he had done some good, but it was impossible now. Dark purple electricity began circulating around Sephiroth, causing a strong wind to blow out in all directions, and the crowd started screaming and getting nervous. A wing popped out of Sephiroth's back and rose to meet the Council's level.
"Hold on," said Aeris quickly as the wind of Sephiroht's energy blew her hair back. "The Council has decided, after some deliberation, to give you a fair chance." Sephiroth flew there, staring at her. "Defeat Organization XIII member Xenmas, and we'll grant your resurrection."
"What about the others?" asked Sephiroth.
"Bonus points," said Tonberry behind his chair. Sephiroth flew back to the ground and restrained his energy. He nodded and disappeared via the Council's powers.
"What power...and psychotic," said Moogle getting up.
"He wouldn't be that way if you guys agreed to tell him the rules in the first place," said Aeris angrily turning towards them.
"Wasn't our call," said Tonberry cooly. "You might be one of the top 13 Counsel members but we're the guardians, and our orders came from the Counsel Queen herself."
"I still don't like the rules," groaned Aeris.
Sephiroth woke up right after his little encounter with the Council. Apparently the whole thing, while only taking a few minutes in his time frame, took up to the next morning in the real world. Larxene and Demyx had already gotten up, but Sephiroth could still feel their presence within the island. Sephiroth sat up and stayed there for a bit, simply staring there. After a minute Kadaj opened the door.
"Sephiroth, Yuffie, she's back," said Kadaj enthusiastically. Before Sephiroth could respond, Kadaj left.
"Yuffie left?" asked Sephiroth leaving his room and got into the elevator. "I sensed she left, but I forgot about it." Sephiroth said it cooly, making Kadaj angry. It took just a minute, and they arrived at the bottom floor.
Kadaj bursted out of the elevator with Sephiroth calmly walking behind him. Kadaj went and hugged Yuffie as she had a small bag with her. She turned and saw Sephiroth. "Sephiroth hey, I got a little gift for you."
"For me?" asked Sephiroth stepping in front of Kadaj, facing Yuffie. "You left the island."
"Yeah I know, here," said Yuffie rooting through bags, dispersing Sephiroth few concerns. She took out three Materia orbs. One yellow, red, and green.
"Are those...?" asked Sephiroth a little surprised taking the green one. "Yes it is, Master Materia. Such a rare Materia even back in my day, but at this point of time...amazing. How did you find something so rare?"
"In Zanarkand," answered Yuffie raising a finger. "I remember that I had some secret stash of Materia in a little area up there. So I went to get it."
"Why didn't you just ask Rufus for an Airship?" asked Sephiroth acting superior.
"Mostly because I don't like him, and they probably find my stash," answered Yuffie kind of pouting.
"You're telling me their's more Materia?" asked Sephiroth surprised.
"Much, but you only need these," said Yuffie handing Sephiroth the other two. "These should help, right?"
"Indeed, they will," responded Sephiroth inserting all three of them into his Armlet Slots.
Sephiroth looked at his left arm, and closed and opened his fist repeatedly, seeing and testing the new abilities he just gained. Reno came down with Demyx, both of them laughing a bit. Reno saw Yuffie and welcomed her back as Demyx introduced himself to the group. There was obviously tension with the Organization member, but it didn't seem as bad as it could've been.
"Alright guys, time to head in," said Reno enthusiastically as usual, swaying his arms to the elevator. "The Boss is waiting for everyone."
Everyone got in the elevator, though it was a tight fit. It only took a minute, but the anticipation made it seem like forever. Finally they reached the top floor and stepped out. Rufus was in his chair, staring at them, anticipating them. A large window was in the back, showing that the sun just rose. On one side of Rufus was Cloud, Zack, and Rude who was joined by Reno a second later. On the other was Namine, Shelke, Sora, Riku, and Larxene. The others joined them at the front of the desk.
"Good day everyone," said Rufus seriously. "Hope you had a nice sleep, because it could be your last."
"Cliche," muttered Yuffie. Kadaj chuckled a bit and even Sephiroth gave a weak smile.
"Today will be the day where we strike Organization XIII, and thanks to our two new helpers, we have all the info we need," gestured Rufus to Demyx and Larxene who stood together and looked at Sephiroth.
"Organization HQ is located within Sin," stated Larxene.
"How's that possible?" asked Yuffie bluntly. "How do you have a HQ inside Sin."
"Well as we understand it, Yu Yevon was the one who created Sin," explained Larxene. "Yu Yevon created something of that magnitude, Sin, so it would stand to reason that he could create a space inside Sin. In fact, before you get to our HQ, there's a whole city standing guard."
Yuffie opened her mouth but Sephiroth covered it without looking. "Ask questions later Yuffie." Yuffie pouted afterwards.
"Anyway, there used to be a way to inside Sin, by using the dark corridors to get inside, but apparently, that's not possible anymore," continued Larxene, before anyone could ask, she continued. "The reason is most likely that Xenmas has destroyed the corridors so transporting in is impossible."
"Then how do we get in?" asked Yazoo calmly.
"This is where the whole operation begins," said Rufus standing up. "Summoner Yuna and her guardians are apparently going to attempt to attack Sin directly, and get inside it. There they plan to defeat Yu Yevon. This has little relevance to our plan, but it is an excuse to acquire extra help."
Rufus looked around a bit, making sure everyone was on track. Yuffie wasn't, but that wasn't a surprise. "Here's the plan, their airship, Fahrenheit, will arrive in about an hour. There, Sephiroth, Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, Sora, Riku, Cloud, Zack, Larxene, and Demyx will get on board. There you will go to Sin. However, it'll be a few hours before you go directly to it, but that should supply you enough time to get ready for battle. Once inside, Yuna and her guardians will head off to defeat Yu Yevon, while you guys go off to defeat the Organization."
"There are two paths inside Sin," continued Larxene. "One will lead to Yu Yevon, and the other to the HQ. Me and Demyx will be with you so don't worry about getting lost."
"Now then," said Rufus, hesitating a bit. "Larxene has explained to me how powerful, these people are, especially three members called Saix, Marluxia, and their leader Xenmas. There is a chance," looking at Sephiroth, "that you wont' succeed. Therefore, I'm sending the entire Deepground Fleet as a precaution should you fail."
"If we fail, then Sin and Organization XIII will annihilate you," responded Sephiroth. "Besides, you're sending ten of us to deal with the Organization. Chances are that we'll succeed."
"Confident, I like that, but I'm not taking any chances," said Rufus in a final tone sitting down.
"Oh yeah, we're supposed to tell you one more thing," said Demyx speaking up and holding up one finger. "Xenmas' master plan."
"Thanks to Xenmas' little spree of killing people, as well as the Heartless, he's found a way to access the Lifestream and Kingdom Hearts," continued Larxene. "Nobodies can't even touch the Lifestream because we technically don't exist. So Xenmas plans on accessing Kingdom Hearts, and making us whole. Afterwards we'll access the Lifestream."
"What will that do?" ask Kadaj. "I don't that'll do anything."
"Not quite," retorted Sephiroth. "My initial plan was to summon Meteor and damage the earth so that it could assemble enough energy to become whole, where I, the master consciousness, could reconstruct things." Cloud and Zack seemed to be annoyed by this. "However what most people don't know is that when the planet is in danger like that, Omega will appear, which I would've fused with. Ultimately, this would've made me into a god."
"Well ok, but the planet isn't in danger," stated Kadaj. Kadaj stared at Sephiroth, who thought about it for a minute, then turned his head to Larxene.
Larxene got the hint. "Yes well...after Xenmas has control of Kingdom Hearts, he can gain full control of Sin, who right now is under the control of Yu Yevon. Since nearly nothing in this world can fend off against it, he will kill millions, bringing forth Omega and fuse with him and the Lifestream."
"Larxene...why am I getting the idea that there's still one more phase," asked Sephiroth knowing something was wrong.
"Well, he knows that if he obtains Omega, then nothing will stop him, but...he wants more. He doesn't just want to be a god of this world, but the god of everything. So after he has access to the Lifestream, he'll break the barriers and enter the world of judgement."
'That's where the Council resides', thought Sephiroth to himself. "I see, sadly enough, if we don't stop him, that's very possible."
There were a few minutes of silence, but Rufus finally spoke up. "Well then, I can sense that there is tension, and as well as apprehension, but honestly, you're the only ones that can do this. Prepare to leave, dismissed."
Everyone left except Reno, Rude, Tifa, Shelke, and Namine. Sephiroth also stayed for a moment. "Rufus I need to talk to you for a minute." Rufus eyed him. Sephiroth thought back to what Aeris said about other countries and continents. "In curiosity Rufus, why don't you ask another country or military for help?"
Rufus not only raise his eyebrow, but sat up straight and looked at him. "Other countries or militaries? If there were I would, but there aren't."
Sephiroth thought of an idea and smiled. "Am I correct in assuming that Sin has digressed technology building, advanced cities, and exploration?"
"Yes," said Rufus. "Since Sin appeared over a thousand years ago, he has constantly attacked us, halting progress and exploration. Many records have been destroyed. It's not that we haven't attempted to explore outwards, but the second a ship attempts to cross into unknown lands, Sin attacks it. Why?"
"When is Sin is gone, you might want to explore the world Rufus," said Sephiroth with a smile leaving to the elevator. "Might help Shinra." Sephiroth got in the elevator and left.
Rufus looked at the desk and raised an eyebrow in curiosity and interest.
An hour passed very quickly. At least to Sephiroth it did. The ten of them gathered together at the edge of the vacant spot of the Airstation. Soon the Airship, Fahrenheit showed up and landed, and extended it's long ladder to the group. The ten of them took steps and went up into the Airship. Sephiroth was the last and looked back at the Baaj Temple and it's HQ for Shinra. He smiled and got on board.
Larxene and Demyx were nervous in the vacant lobby room. It was located right next to the elevator leading to the outside hanger. Naturally they would be nervous. They were traitors, who was sentenced by Marluxia. They try to coop with it as they talked to Yuna and her guardians. Larxene constantly smiled talking to Yuna. After all, they were mother and daughter. In fact her niece, Rikku, was talking to her and smiled happily.
Sephiroth found it fascinating, considering the fact that Larxene was once sadistic. Now she did a 180, though he knew deep down that that nature was still there. However, for now, it was nice to see her enjoying this. Sephiroth had a bad feeling about this, then again, who didn't?
Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz were talking to Tidus and Wakka and exchanged laughs and jokes. Auron was talking to Cloud and Zack, who looked over at him once in awhile. Sora and Riku were talking to themselves. Larxene came over for a bit with a smile on her face. "It's fun talking to Yuna and Rikku."
"You seemed to be enjoying yourself," noted Sephiroth with a stern face.
"She is my daughter and niece," said Larxene. Sephiroth's stern face turn to a innocent, surprised look. "Oh you didn't know? Yeah she's my daughter. I became a Nobody 10 years ago when Sin killed me." Sephiroth couldn't believe it but just went back to his window that he was staring at. The two of them conversed for awhile, as did the others.
After hours, Yuna and her guardians were charging from the bottom floor up, going for the hanger. "Sin's here, we're about to fight him." And that was that, Sephiroth and his companions all charged with Yuna and her group to face Sin.
"Superior," said Zexion calmly. "I can sense that Sephiroth and his group are close by."
"Yes, it's finally begun," said Xenmas slowly and calmly. "Vexen, are the projects completed?"
"You can't rush genius," groaned Vexen. "I told you I needed 4 days, but it's only been 1. I have the bodies constructed but they have no memories of their prior lives."
"If that's all that's stopping you, then their finsihed," declared Xenmas. "If they invade, use them."
"Yes sir," griped Vexen.
Xenmas looked up and smiled. "It's The Beginning of The End."
There you go, hope you enjoyed it. I thought I did a decent job, as I relaxed doing this one. Anyway, the conclusion is coming up, no more sidetracking. I have many ideas that I could use, but I'm using them for the Filler Arc which I'm doing now. Oh I got a good one for you guys and gals: who are the four bodies that Vexen made? Put your guesses in a review and if you're right, I'll state the winners in the Chapter they show up in. Yes I'll give you a hint. You've already seen/read all four of them. That's all you get lol, ok well thanks for reading, and Happy New Years.
Trivia:
The other countries and continents that Aeris mentioned are actually countries and continents from other Final Fantasy games
I thought the idea of Larxene being Yuna's mom was a good idea, since her past was never even hinted on.
Xenmas' master plan was based on his original in KH2 and Sephiroth's, but with a slight twist.
Bloopers
Xenmas: It's the Beginning of the End...is that seriously the best line you could think of?
Me: What, I had nothing else to go on, and it sounds cliche and acceptable