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Disclaimer:

Final Fantasy 7 and all its characters are owned by Square (or is it Squaresoft?).

(I do not own even a small measly part of it even though I really want to.) Anyway, this fic is my very first fic and I bet there's gonna be a lot of room for improvement so please bear with me, okay? C&C's are welcomed at wunan_infinity@hotmail.com

Anyways, thanks for reading this.

Ps:-Nobody sue me okay? ^_^'

(FF7-The Alternative Generation was formerly known as FF7-The New Race. I changed the name after a pre-reader friend of mine suggested it.It sounded better, I think. J )

Warning:

Contain some very harsh language to some people. Consider your self warned. Later!

FINAL FANATSY 7-The Alternative Generation

Chapter 2-Assault

"Get those people outta here!" a soldier points to a group of civilians gathering in a corner. It has been almost 10 minutes since the emergency air siren alerted the people of Kalm and every resident of the small settlement are already up and moving; trying to seek refuge at the emergency shelters or bunkers that was recently built by the Shinra. Shinra soldiers began moving combing the city making sure no looters take advantage and maintain control in the city. The town's emergency air sirens are only used in dire situations such as a massive attack on a settlement. A Shinra soldier, wearing a high-ranking dark-blue uniform is seen loading an AK-47; deep in thought. He is seating on a parked Shinra patrol jeep near the Town Square.

"Captain O'Brien." A Shinra trooper salutes at the officer. "We've got word that the reinforcements from Junon will arrive within 2 hours. The 15th Shinra Armed Division has already been deployed."

The officer nods and checks his weapon again, before setting a bayonet on the AK-47. "How's the front line doing?"

"Not very well, sir. Squad 5, 7, 8 and 11 are already gone. Only Sergeant Wright and the remaining forces from the 3rd and 4th Squad are trying to hold them off for as long as they can."

" I see……"

"What are your orders sir?"

" I…."

" Excuse me. Are you in charge here?" A calm male voice was heard. Cloud and Yuffie then appeared beside the officer brandishing their weapons; Cloud with his Buster Sword and Yuffie with her Conformer.

Aeris is seen walking behind Cloud, guided by his hand. She seems to be looking rather relaxed in contrast with the chaos seen here now at Kalm.

" Leave now! All civilians are ordered to remain at the shelters!" the trooper cried out. "Don't you know this is an emergency?!"

" We know damn well that this is an emergency, idiot. We are here like to offer our services to assist you and your forces in defending Kalm." Yuffie looks at the soldier.

" Are you members of the local militia?" O'Brien asks.

"Nope."
" Then we can't accept you." O'Brien shook his head. "No civilians are allowed to get involve in battle unless they are the local militias. Shinra policy, y'know."

" Policy or not, we're still gonna fight." Yuffie looks O'Brien straight in the eyes. "And to hell with your Shinra policy."

" Yuff, calm down. They're just doing their job." Cloud spoke softly yet sternly.

"Say……you look awfully familiar. Have I seen you before?" A Shinra trooper asks. Captain O'Brien's eyes went wide as he finally realizes who he had just been talking too. "You're Cloud Strife! The guy who killed the great Sephiroth!" Cloud nods his head and looks at Yuffie, who is still holding her Conformer.

"And you're Yuffie Kisaragi! Lord Godo's daughter!" O'Brien continued. "My God! AVALANCHE is here?!"

" Part of AVALANCHE…." Cloud replied. "There's only me and Yuffie here from AVALANCHE. The others are elsewhere… probably unaware of what's happening here. So, do you accept our offer to help you?"

"Since you are really not helpless untrained civilians but seasoned fighters…I guess we could use the extra help, sir…" O'Brien answered graciously. "We are rather shorthanded now."

" So who's attacking us?" Yuffie asks curiously. " Who's the idiot that dares to attack a well guarded Shinra settlement?"

" Honestly, I have no idea. At first there were a group of 6 Zombie Dragons heading to Kalm. Luckily, our forces managed to kill off those monsters before they could reach the town."

"So…it's over?" Cloud asks.

" Not quite….a few moments after we killed off the last Zombie Dragon, 2 guys and a rather pretty looking girl came out of nowhere and starts attacking us." O'Brien starts to look a little bit pale. "They were like demons…..killed off half of my forces like they were insects or something."

' This don't look good.' Yuffie mentally told herself. She could feel some sort dread looming in the area and this worried her. The feeling of despair seems to be roaming in the air for some reason. "Cloud, I think we better go and help out these guys as fast as we can. I have a feeling a lot more people are gonna get killed if we don't involve ourselves now."

Cloud nods and looks at Aeris. "Aeris, go and hide at the emergency shelter beside the town hall. I'll be back real soon."

"No, daddy. I wanna go with you.." the little girl grasps his hand tighter.

"Aeris, please….go now. It's not safe here." Cloud pats his daughter on the head, caressing her blonde hair. "I'll promise I'll come back real soon, okay? Be a good girl and go now."

"O..okay.." Aeris nods. "I'll send one of my men to accompany her to the shelter. It's the least I can do for now." O'Brien spoke out.

"Thank you." Cloud thanked the captain. "Now where are those 3 demons that likes to kill off people?"

"They're still on the outskirts off town. My men managed to hold them off there….eventhough we've suffered very heavy losses."

" Hey, Cloud….how long does it take to get to the town's outskirts if we run?" Yuffie asks.

" ….About 3 or 4 minutes. Why?"

"Nothin'. " Yuffie smiled and slots some Materias on her Conformer. "Captain, tell your men to pull out in 5 minutes. If those 3 maniacs are as tough as you say they are…then me and Cloud could be forced to use some very-very dangerous Materia that could kick up some serious shit."

Cloud looked at the Knights of the Round Materia in his hand and understood what Yuffie was saying. Materias especially Summon Materias have very destructive if not lethal side effects. He remembered the time when Cid once used a Bahamut-Zero Materia and wiped out an area of about 1 mile radius in a forest south of Costa Del Sol.

" Okay then…. Yuffie let's go!"

"These soldiers don't provide much of a challenge, don't they?" Fuma smiled as she slashed a soldier in half with her scythe. Her long unkempt hair seems to move as if alive every time she swings her weapon; drenching the ground with blood and more blood. Her companion a large bald headed man and a medium sized muscular man joined her in the killing frenzy, practically enjoying themselves.

" Zeen! How many did you killed just now?" the bald headed man picks up an armored car and throws it at a group of soldiers taking cover behind a tree. "How the hell should I know?!" the medium sized man replied. "We're here to kill people, not count them!"

" Wrong, Zeen." Fuma looks at her subordinate. Her eyes are now glowing a furious golden colored light. "We're here to capture the chosen one. The killings are just a side dish on the main course of our mission ….hehehe.."

"Any idea what the chosen one look like, Lady Fuma?" Torga asks.

"God knows…let's just kill all of them till we find the bugger." Fuma smiled again.

Torga smiled hearing the words from his superior and proceeded to look for any soldiers he can find to finish them off. After searching a few moments, his eyes located an injured soldier who is trying to crawl his way to safety, away from the killing fields. "Hmmm….not much of a fight…but still, a kill is a kill.." the man thought as an evil smirk appeared on his face. He reaches towards his back and takes out a large metal chain. Just as he was about to throw his weapon to the injured soldier, a powerful thunderous kick landed him straight in the face, causing him to fall flat on his back. Torga, dropped his weapon and just before he could identify his attacker, his face was blown off by an Ultima blast; killing him off instantly.

Fuma and Zeen turned towards their fallen comrade and were shocked to see a man and a young woman standing beside the dead giant of a man.

"Nice kick, Cloud. It seems that you can still kick ass even after all these years, eh?"the young woman spoke out. The spikey haired blonde guy just smiled and shrugged as he fixed his eyes onto both Fuma and Zeen.

"..Are those the chosen ones, Lady Fuma?" Zeen asks as he takes out his weapon, a pair of giant axes.

"Nah….don't think so. I felt nothing from either of them." Fuma smiled as she sat down on a fallen tree nearby. "Go avenge Torga now. You have my permission to kill them."

Zeen then lunges forward and tries to hack Cloud in half with one of his axes. Luckily Cloud was able to see through this move and dodges the attack by side stepping Zeen and jumps back abit trying to add distance between him and Zeen. Yuffie, casts HASTE on both her and Cloud to add speed to their attacks. Cloud retaliates Zeen's attack by thrusting his Buster Sword at him. Zeen with superhuman speed also manages to dodge Cloud's attack and was able cast a magic attack on Cloud. "Quake3!"

The ground beneath Cloud began to shook as sharp stone,rock and earth fragments began to pierce through Cloud's lower body. Blood is now flowing through his legs, thighs and abdominal area. Cloud dropped down in pain and his Buster Sword fell out of his hands.

Zeen, who was surprised by his luck at injuring tried to finish him off but a large metallic object pierced through his chest, sending him flying a few meters behind Cloud and impaling him onto the ground. Zeen could only yell in pain as Yuffie's Conformer stopped him from moving. Yuffie runs towards Cloud and immediately casts a Cure3 spell onto Cloud, immediately healing his wounds. Cloud who is still staggering in pain manages to stand up on his feet and picks up his Buster Sword. Both Yuffie and Cloud were shocked to see that Zeen was still alive even though Yuffie's Conformer went right through his chest probably destroying every ribs, lung and internal organs located there. Yuffie recalled back her weapon and stands into her fighting stance preparing to attack the bloody Zeen who now has a large hole in his chest.

" Cloud….who the hell are these guys?" Yuffie asks nervously.

"I have no fucking idea, Yuff. Just keep your guard up and get ready for anything these freaks could throw at us." Cloud replied. Zeen again lunges at Cloud and tries to hack him again but this time Cloud was able to see through his move again and parried with Zeen. After parrying with Zeen for some time, Cloud was able to land a heavy horizontal slash that cuts Zeen off right in the middle of his body. Zeen upper body and lower body fell to the ground and was squirming in pain each squirming into different directions. Yuffie who almost threw up watching this, casts another Ultima spell which vaporizes both of Zeen's body parts.

"Now it's just you, the girl and me, sweetie." Fuma takes out her black scythe. "Who's first?"

"Fire2!"Yuffie answered Fuma's challenge by firing a volley of fireballs at Fuma. The white haired woman dodges the fireball attack easily by jumping around here and there with amazing agility and speed. Fuma then executes a giant leap towards Yuffie and tries to slash her with her scythe. Luckily, Yuffie sidestepped and barely dodges the attack but the scythe manages to graze her left arm. Warm blood begins to flow from her left arm as pain rushes through her body.

'Holy shit! Was that weapon poison tipped or something?!' Yuffie mentally cursed as she holds her wound. 'My left arm feels like its burning from the inside!'

" It hurts a lot doesn't it,girlie?" Fuma smiled. "Don't worry, it's not poisoned though. I slotted a Mastered Fire Materia and an Added-Effect Materia onto my weapon for some added damage. Effective right?"

" Bitch!! Ultima!!!" Yuffie fires an Ultima spell at the smirking woman. Fuma manages to dodge the magic attack easily and lunges towards Yuffie to finish her off with her scythe. However, this time Yuffie blocks Fuma's attack with her scythe and parries with her blow by blow. Fuma's attack became stronger as each time she swings her scythe forcing Yuffie to back off defensively.

'Holy crap….that's the first time I saw anyone dodged an Ultima attack.' Cloud thought. 'That's just not humanly possible..'

Tired of taking the defensive role, Yuffie utilized an opening in Fuma's attack and managed to wound Fuma a few inches below her chest. Fuma staggered back a bit and took a look at her injury.

"Nice…unfortunately, that wasn't good enough." Fuma smiled, smirking ever so carelessly at Yuffie.

'She didn't even flinched when I wounded her…what in Da-Chao's name are you?' Yuffie stared in disbelief, watching the blood oozing out generously from Fuma's body. 'No choice. I gotta use those Summons now..'

"Leviathan-Tidalwave!" Yuffie powers up her Materia and took aim at Fuma. The Esper, Leviathan appeared behind Yuffie and a large Tsunami wave hit Fuma, throwing her violently a few yards back.

Cloud couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Fuma immediately got up and brushed herself off from the attack. 'My god….what does it take to keep this bitch down?'

"My -my-my………that was quite something, miss.."

"Yuffie…..Yuffie Kisaragi…" Yuffie replied in between breaths. The summon attack took a lot of her spirit power away from her.

"Yuffie Kisaragi?" Fuma smiled. "I'll remember that. You're the first one I fought who could last more than 3 minutes with me. Even that old man Zangan didn't last half this long."

'Zangan? That's Tifa's martial arts teacher..' Cloud and Yuffie thought. Fuma then walked towards Yuffie and Cloud and threw away her scythe.

"Play time is over people…" Fuma smiled again as she took of her top red uniform jacket, revealing a tight fitting white sleeveless T-shirt. 'I'll have to kill you know.. both of you."

" How are you gonna kill me without your scythe, girl?" Cloud readies his Buster Sword.

"Oh…that scythe. That scythe was a toy I had lying around at home. I'm not really good at it." Fuma replied. "What I'm really-really-really good at is using my fists!"

Fuma, using supersonic speed lunges towards Cloud and delivers a hardc punch right in Clouds gut knocking the wind out of him. She then follows up with a thrust kick aimed at Cloud's face but fortunately Cloud was able to block it with his Buster Sword. The power from her kick sent Cloud scurrying back a few feet behind as Cloud coughs out some blood. 'Don't tell me that punch caused some internal injuries..' Cloud thought as waves of pain filled his gut.

Yuffie jumps upwards and tries to slash Fuma with her Conformer but Fuma jumps to the side dodging her attack easily. Fuma's eyes began to glow a violent gold colored glow and delivers Yuffie a deadly blow to her chest. "Now Yuffie Kisaragi…DIE!!! FINAL HEAVEN!!!"

Yuffie shocked by the attack, received the blow full force as waves of energy passed in and through her body. A wave of red then white light filled the area blinding Yuffie momentarily before propelling her through a brick wall. Yuffie's mouth is now filled with a mixture of saliva and blood as pain raced through her now battered body. She takes a look at her chest and saw her cherished Minerva Armlet,a small light yet highly-effective defense armor, shattered and crumbled to dust before her very eyes. Yuffie touched the area where she was hit and another rush of pain filled her body before she coughs up some blood.

'She must've like broken a few of my ribs with that blow plus caused some serious internal injuries…..' Yuffie thought between spasms of pain enveloping her. 'And….shit…my left arm must be dislocated…'

Fuma made her way to Yuffie smiling and chuckling loudly, pleased with her actions just now. Yuffie, still suffering from pain manages to get up and stand in the debris of the brick wall. She staggered to take a step towards Fuma but stops after another wave of pain fills her.

'Th…that…that was the.. Final Heaven deathblow punch from…Zangan's fighting style…..Wasn't it?' Yuffie mentally asks herself in pain and almost collapsed to the ground if Cloud had not come to help her on her feet. Cloud, seeing all this, casts a Cure3 spell on Yuffie to help her but her injuries remained unchanged. "Dolphin Blow!!" A swift spinning kick came out of nowhere and hit Cloud straight in the chest causing him to drop his Restore Materia to the ground. His already aching gut now felt worse as Cloud felt a few of his ribs crack. Cloud could only cry out in pain as he felt several small pieces of his rib bones slightly puncturing his lungs and causing more internal bleedings.

"Heheee….No use using that Materia magic, blonde-boy. Once MY perfected version Final Heaven hit someone, no magic can heal them for at least an hour." Fuma cracked her knuckles a few feet opposite Yuffie and Cloud. "Any last words before I send you both to hell?"

'I can't take this anymore……she's too powerful..' Cloud fell to his knees still trying to suppress his pain.

"NOOOO!!" a voice replied out of nowhere. Fuma turned to the source of the voice and saw a small long-haired blonde little girl with clear blue eyes looking at her, shivering in fear for her father's safety. ' What the….that girl…It's her, the chosen one. I can feel the spirits of the Lifestream swirling all around her.' Fuma lets out a small grin. 'Brother will be so pleased.'

"Little girl…" Fuma smiled walking towards the girl. "You'd better come with me before you get hurt, girl."

Cloud's eyes went wide as he saw Fuma walking towards his daughter.

'Damn! Why in hell is she going after Aeris?' Cloud thought. With every last power he could muster, Cloud stood up and throws his Buster sword towards the woman. Fuma's eyes went wide as Cloud's Buster Sword found its mark and impaled right through her stomach. Waves of pain finally rushed through her body as she screams uncontrollably, with the Buster Sword still embedded in her. Aeris screamed in fright and closed her eyes seeing Fuma squirming in pain in front of her and fell back flat on her back.

'I must… escape…underestimated…too careless…enemy too strong….' Fuma thought as she stands up trying to block out the pain that was filling her body.

'That bitch is down….but not out…' Yuffie struggles to her feet, clutching her dislocated left arm. After she managed to get to her feet, Yuffie raises her right arm and prepares to execute her ultimate attack.

" ALL CREATION!!" Yuffie gathers her remaining energy and unleashes a blinding multi-colored energy blast straight at Fuma. Sensing lethal danger in Yuffie's attack, Fuma casts a WALL spell to protect herself. Yuffie's ALL CREATION attack was half-powerful due to her injuries but manages to shatter Fuma's WALL spell upon impact. Fuma was thrown a few hundred meters behind, crashing straight into a large tree. Fuma's mouth spurts out thick red colored blood as she quickly tries to get up. Finally pulling out Cloud's Buster Sword, Fuma takes out a small black ball from one of her pockets and throws it hard onto the ground, releasing a thick black smoke. " We'll settle this later…" Fuma speaks out softly as she retreats and disappears into the thick black smoke.

"Come back…coward…" Yuffie staggers towards Fuma but collapses to the ground halfway. "Yuffie!!" Both Cloud and Aeris cried out moving towards the fallen ninja. Cloud could see Yuffie now was gasping for air through her mouth as blood began to rush out from her ears, mouth and nose; a sign of internal damage caused by a high impact momentum attack. Fearing for the worse Cloud again cast Cure3 on Yuffie with his Materia using his remaining energy. The fallen girl's condition remained unchanged and her gasping now became worse. Cloud cursed under his breath, not believing his futile act and the helplessness he's feeling right now. " Is Yuffie gonna die, daddy?" Aeris ask, tears forming in her eyes.

Cloud just looked at her and puts a hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort his frighten daughter. The little now was shivering, helding onto Yuffie fearing for the ninja's life.

"Yuffie won't die so easily…. not here, not like this.." Cloud replied weakly as he looked at his companion still lying on the ground. He sat beside her and places the ninja's head gently on his lap, placing her in a position for her to be able to breathe more easily. Cloud then turned towards his daughter and motioned her to sit nearby him." I told you to hide in shelter Aeris…."

" I'm not gonna hide like a cockroach while daddy and auntie Yuffie go battle." Aeris replied looking at his father's eyes." I'm not a coward…..I'm as brave as mama…"

" I'm sure you are, darling.." Cloud smiled weakly. "But I don't want you to get hurt….Daddy can't forgive himself if anything should happen to you.."

"….Daddy.." the little girl lowered her head.

"If you do this stunt again….daddy's gonna give you a spanking you will never forget…." Cloud spoke again, his words now in a weaker tone. His head now is in serious pain and he felt his limb go numb one by one now. Cloud then falls to the ground as total numbness takes over his body. His eyes began to feel heavy and his vision began to get all blurry and unclear. " Daddy!!! Daddy!!!" Aeris cried out now holding his father. Cloud manages to look at the blurry vision of his daughter's face before passing out, entering darkness.

To Be Continued…….

Autor's notes:

Damn…..this fighting scene is hard. Hope it turns out okay. ( ^_^')

C&C's as usual are most welcomed. The plot will get thicker as the story goes.