Destiny Revisited

Part 1:Angel From Hell

Estuans interius ira vehement...

Cloud's mind went wild as he raced through the lifestream. He was about to face his greatest enemy of all time...Sephiroth. Sephiroth had destroyed his life. Not only had the other man burned down his hometown, killed his mother and executed his soul mate, but he was trying to destroy the world. Sephiroth had to be stopped.

Sors immanis

Et inanis...

Sephiroth smirked as he saw Cloud heading towards him. A look of rage shown in his blue mako eyes . Sephiroth's green eyes glowed violently did too. The two glared at each other. The fight was about to begin.

Veni, veni, venias

Ne me mori facias...

They were now both facing each other, looks of demonic delight arched upon their faces. Sephiroth knew Cloud would die. He was a failed clone of himself. He wouldn't last five minutes. However....he did defeat his last two forms: Bizarro Sephiroth and Safer Sephiroth. He wasn't too surprised that Cloud managed to win over Bizarro, but how he defeated the One Winged Angel was a mystery in all its own.

Glorioso...

But playtime was over now. Sephiroth was going to show Cloud who's who. There's no way some weak, ignorant fool such as he could win. It was all over now. Sephiroth laughed smugly to himself as he looked at the blonde man draw his sword.

Generosa...

Cloud knew what he had to do. He had to destroy the monster that took everything of value from him. He had to rid the world of this demon spawn. This freak of nature.

Sephiroth! Sephiroth!

Sephiroth!

The battle of a lifetime would soon commence...

***

Cloud saw that Sephiroth had to be tired by now. He had just lost two battles and his strength was getting weaker and weaker. He could smell victory in the air. All he had to do was use Omnislash to end this horrible nightmare. Then it would finally end....and the world could possibly be saved by the magic of Holy. Aeris. Aeris had sacrificed her life to save the planet. 'I'll finish it Aeris.' he thought as he looked at his silver haired nemesis. Suddenly the memories he had tried to forget came flooding back.

~Flashback~

In a beautiful crystal city, A young brown haired women kneeled on the altar. She was quiet, obviously busy doing something. Her hands were clapped together. She was praying.

Suddenly a young man with spiked hair appeared in front of her. It was Cloud. But he wasn't acting normal. Instead of greeting her, Cloud backed away. He drew his sword. He appeared to be struggling to put it back.

But he raised it above his head an walked closer to Aeris. He was about to do the unthinkable.

But then his friends, Tifa and Vincent, who were waiting at the base of the altar, yelled out to him. "No Cloud stop!" screamed Tifa. "What are you doing? asked Vincent. He stopped immediately and put his sword away. Then he looked like he was in pain. He close his eyes and gritted his teeth. "Why....are you making me....do this?" he murmured.

The Aeris looked up. Her green eyes shown liveliness and hope. Then she smiled. It was one of those smiles that would always inspire him to keep going. A smile that could bring him out of sadness. A warm, caring smile that showed she would do anything for a good cause....anything.

Suddenly hope and happiness was replaced by fear and shock on Aeris's face as she felt a long, sharp sword glide into her back. She looked down to see 3 feet of metal protruding form her midsection. Red fluid began to ooze out of the wound. Her eyes went wide in panic as her breath drew short and her vision went black.

A man dressed all in black with long silver hair and green mako eyes looked up. He smiled devilishly, his eyes glowing. He smirked as he pulled the masamune out of Aeris, the blood gushing from her stomach. Her neck snapped back as he drew his sword back. Then Sephiroth wiped the bloody blade on her corpse and laughed. The Cloud grabbed Aeris and held her in his arms. He held her close, quietly rocking back and forth. His face was pale. His eyes were dilated and unfocused. He was shivering. Cloud clutched her tighter. She's gone...for good

~End Flashback~

Then the thought faded. More anger swept through his soul as he stared at the cold blooded murderer in front of him. Then his rage exploded so quickly that he got his limit break. He charged at Sephiroth, ready to use Omnislash.

***

But he was blocked. Blocked by the masamune. Sephiroth hit Cloud's ultimate weapon aside. "The end is now, Cloud. Your death is soon." Cloud jumped back. His weapon was far away...and in the way was Sephiroth. But he wasn't going to give up this easily. He had to fight. For Aeris. For the future.

Cloud tried desperately to dodge Sephiroth's advances and get to his ultimate weapon. But he was growing tired. The breathless man knew he had to get his sword. It was the only way. Cloud made a quick leap in Sephiroth's direction. Fatal mistake.

The stronger man swiped masamune across Cloud's upper body, sending him flying. Blood covered Sephiroth and his sword. The mutilated Cloud twitched. 'He's still alive.' thought Sephiroth. 'But barley.'

The silver haired man stepped walked over to him and stepped on Cloud's torn open chest, and smirked. Cloud looked at Sephiroth, the energy gone form his mako blue eyes. He tried to scream out in agony, but didn't even have the energy to do so. A sticky red substance poured from the corners of Cloud's mouth. Soon he began to choke up more blood. His skin was now a milky white.

"You were always a failure." said Sephiroth as he pressed his boot deeper into Cloud, crushing his heart. Sephiroth watched in pleasure as Cloud's face twisted in a look of shear horrification. His eyes bulged out of their sockets, his limbs stiffened, and his lips turned blue. The blonde took his last breath. As he died, one last thought crossed his mind. 'I'm....sorry Aeris.' With that his bruised, broken body went limp.

***

Sephiroth dew his head back and began to laugh insanely. Cloud was dead. All he had to do now was take care of the rest of Avalanche and then he could become a God at last. He would become ruler of the planet, something he was destined to be since his very creation.

Sephiroth took no time to spare. Maybe he would have to get rid of Cloud's friends after he became a God. Yes, actually that would work much better. Sephiroth laughed once again and made his way to Meteor.

Cries of fear and terror filled the air as the citizens of Midgar ran through the streets in full blown out panic. "What fools." said Sephiroth arrogantly. "They think that causing this commotion will save them? Hahaha...if they only knew." Sephiroth sat in the sky, looking at Meteor who was just above him. As it fell, the silver haired man remained calm as could be. A new beginning would arise, and he would claim the future.

Meteor crashed violently into the planet, destroying Midgar and all life in the city itself. Bloody, mangled corpses all ready lay littered on the ground. Debris flew everywhere. Lifestream was now gushing out of the ground, hurrying to the injured area of the planet.

But as this happened, a new force came into play. A bright light covered the horizon and was advancing quickly. It was Holy. Aeris's prayer. It moved quickly to Meteor. Sephiroth's eyes widened in shock, but then went back to normal. He sighed in relief when he realized the power of Holy was no match for Meteor, which managed to plummet right through it.

The knowledge and wisdom of the planet continued to flow. As it did, Sephiroth began to absorb it all. The energy flowed inside his him, sending currents of both power and pain. An awakening. A new beginning. Sephiroth 's mako eyes glowed brighter then they ever did before. He himself began to glow as the matter drenched both his body and soul. Suddenly, the hurt got worse. As he absorbed more and more of it he began to illuminate the air around him with a surging, crackling force. Even though the torture was getting horrible, almost to much to bear, he smirked wickedly. He would become a God. He ignored the piercing feeling in his back as two huge, black wings sprouted from his back. All of a sudden, the sky turned black. Lifestream stopped releasing. Sephiroth fell to the ground in exhaustion.

***

"What...happened?" asked a horrified Vincent who was looking the destroyed Midgar and it's surrounding areas from above in the airship. "Is....that Sephiroth?" he questioned, even more curious then before. Tifa looked up, tears still streaming from her face. She sniffled a little, and then sobbed more. Barret put his arm around her in attempt at comfort. He too was saddened by the disappearance of Cloud. Whether he was alive or not was trying the minds of everyone on board the Highwind. "It seems Sephiroth...has won the victory..." said RedXIII sadly. Tifa looked up again and cried even louder then before. The rest of the group hung their heads in shame. "Damn...I knew this was gonna happen. Only one of 'em came out alive." said Cid, who puffed on a cigarette. "Cloud was honorable..." said Cait Sith. "Yeah...you're right." said Yuffie, who was sitting in the dark corner. Tifa looked at everyone with a grief stricken face. "I...I-" she paused. "I can't believe it...and I never...got the chance to tell him..." she trailed off and sat down, her face still and expressionless. Vincent smiled at her sadly, remembering himself the pain in loosing a loved one.

***

Sephiroth blinked and his eyes slowly opened. He was glowing with a black aura and he had two black angel wings coming out of his back. His eyes were glowing very brightly. His power was much, much greater then before and his senses seemed to have gotten even sharper. He slowly got up, noticing masamune by his side. He quickly picked it up. He struggled to his feet and looked around, taking everything in. Midgar was in ruins. The sky had turned dark. The sun had turned a blood red. The ocean was boiling. He laughed to himself at the destruction.

Sephiroth dusted him self off and stretched. his arms and legs, and then his wings. From now on he was not the One Winged Angel, but an even more unstoppable Sephiroth-the Angel From Hell. Raw strength roared around him as he flexed his muscles. Suddenly he had an idea. He concentrated his energy and it formed into a small, black sphere of energy. He aimed, and then shot it. The attack rammed hard into a far away mountain, reducing it to rubble. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Then he thought to himself how much damage he could cause. And that attack had been weak. Then he jumped up into the air, using his newly grown wings to glide over the clouds.

Soon the silver haired god had found something interesting. The Highwind. It was the airship that Cloud and his friends had used to get from place to place. 'This is just perfect,' he thought, as his eyes glowed brightly. With his new godship attained, he was immortal and all powerful. 'Goodnight. Sleep well..." Sephiroth said coldly as he charged up an attack and fired it at the Highwind. He folded his arms and watched scornfully as it exploded, killing it's passengers. "That will teach them to defy the Great Sephiroth...or should I say 'The Unholy One?'" he grinned and flew off. His next stop- Nibelheim. He wanted to see it burn again.

***

Lucrecia could sense the horror that was occurring. Her son Sephiroth was alive, and had committed many ill-hearted crimes. "My son...you have done many bad things. But it is not entirely your fault." she said sadly to herself. "I must...repent. I must set things straight." Lucrecia sighed as a tear rolled down her cheek.