FINAL FANTASY VII

AUTHORS NOTE: THIS IS IT. THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (MAYBE). IN THIS FANFIC YOU WILL FIND NO LESS THAN SEVEN ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS TO THE FANFIC, 'A Countdown To Whodunnit'. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAD IT IN FOR AERIS THAT DAY, INCLUDING ME (HA, I LOVE HER REALLY!), SO ITS NO WONDER THAT THE POOR WOMAN WAS GUNNED DOWN AND LEFT FOR DEAD IN THE SLUMS OF MIDGAR CITY. I'VE SAID TOO MUCH. JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THESE CRAZY ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS.

'A Countdown To Whodunnit: Alternative Solutions'

"Wait! Come back!", screamed Cloud, as Barrett, Cid, Yuffie and Cait Sith ran out of the room. "Geez, I think it's kinda weird that those guys all had new guns. Do you think they planned this?"

"Oh my! We have to stop them Cloud!", paniced Red XIII.

"Yes. Come on Tifa. Tifa?"

"Hey, wh-where's Tifa?", stuttered Red XIII. "Did she leave with the others?"

Cloud and Red XIII left Seventh Heaven to search for the mad mob of crazed killers. While elsewhere in Midgar...

Sephiroth had come back to Midgar. A few weeks ago he had been totally humiliated by his old arch nemesis, Cloud Strife (see 'A Countdown To Trouble'). He was back to settle a score, and this time he intended to finish the job properly.

"How dare that little runt embarrass me like that?!", he scowled. "And in front of all those pretty women too!"

He suddenly caught a glimpse of someone, or something, dash around the street corner and disappear into a nearby back alley.

"Hmm, I sense the scent of the ancients nearby.", he thought. "Hahahaha... Now I remember!"

He floated up into the air and flew off into the alleyway. He could see many old trashcans and garbage bags scattered around on the ground as he flew overhead. Someone had obviously come through here recently. Eventually, he spotted Aeris standing near the wall.

"So, we meet again."

"S-Sephiroth?! W-What are you doing here?!", Aeris gasped.

"I'm visiting. You don't have a problem with that, do you?"

"B-But you're dead!"

"No, I am not dead. I am very much alive, as you can see."

"...Hi?"

"Enough of the small talk! I came here looking for Cloud. Where is he?!"

"I-I don't know.", stuttered Aeris.

"I don't believe you! But I have something that will make you talk!", Sephiroth pulled a mini-gun out from inside his cape. "You like it?"

"Y-You're going to shoot me?! B-But Sephiroth doesn't use a gun!"

"Neither do your other friends, but it didn't stop them, did it?"

Aeris stared at him with a confused look on her face.

"I came here for Cloud, but your death would be equally satisfying.", he laughed.

Sephiroth pulled the trigger and pumped Aeris with bullet after bullet. Within moments, she fainted to the floor.

"Game, set and match.", said Sephiroth as he flew off into the air. "Hahahaha!"

A few minutes later, Cloud and Red XIII appeared around the corner of the alley. Their hearts sank...

There was Aeris... She was lying next to a trash can, and she was covered in blood.

"Aeris! Who-who did this to you?!", Cloud cried.

"Cloud...", she slurred. "It was... it was..."

Aeris fainted, presumably dead, on the floor.

"Oh my God! They killed Aeris!", screamed Red XIII.

"But who? Who killed her?", muttered Cloud.

THE END__________

To find out who *really* shot Aeris, check out the fanfic that started it all, 'A Countdown To Whodunnit'.