And when Aerith tells her that no one has seen him bleed or cry, she would tell the other woman that the statement was a lie, for she knew that she would be the first and last as she remembered melting ice with her own fiery eyes. [AU canonverse; Rufus traps with his fear as Tifa traps with her heart...]

AU: What if Jenova isn't just some kind of sentient alien-virus? What if it was but one of many, the first of it's race that Gaia encountered? During one of Sephiroth's revivals post Deepground, a meteor crashes upon the ruins of Midgar, destroying it utterly. Out of the rubble climbs another of Jenova's kind... a new Calamity From the Sky. They are coming, they are all coming...

After receiving an incredible power Tifa comes face to face with someone who wants to use her newfound abilities for his own benefit. Rufus x Tifa. AU.