Redemption.

"Sephiroth is alive." She whispered.

Vincent's heart dropped to the souls of his shoes. "He's what?"

"He's alive. When you bring death, I bring rebirth." She said sadly.

"Rebirth? How?" Vincent demanded.

"Through me." She said looking down.

"What? Look, my son was a monster! I need to know if he's a threat." He said the emotion in his voice thick.

"Your son?" Yuffie asked.

"Yes... my son." He said crashing back into a chair.

"He is of no threat. I guarantee that." She whispered.

"Tell me how you can know that? Where is he? Show me my son!" Vincent yelled a storm of mixed emotions rolled thunder in his eyes.

"I can't." She said as a tear slid down her face.

"Why can't you?" Vincent said uneasy with the crying woman.

"Because he is part of me...for now." She said sadly.

"Yuffie, tell me what you mean!" Vincent asked rather frightened by her words.

Yuffie looked up into his worried and frightened eyes. A look of hesitation crossed her face and she grabbed Vincent's human hand looking at the callused fingers she sighed. Taking a deep breath she looked at him and closed her sad eyes. Placing his hand over her small stomach she let a tear slide down her cheek. "He is within me." She said her voice cracked.

Vincent's eyes widened and darted from his hand to her face and to her slightly swollen belly. "No. No. No. No. It can't be. He can't..." He said. Terror filled his voice.

"He can and will be reborn. He will lead a different life. Be given a whole new set of paths to choose from. And most importantly, he will have a childhood. One, that will make him understand the value of life and the cost of death." She said and slipped his hand away.

Vincent looked at his hand. "But how? How could this be?"

"I am a mother of life. All injustices are righted through me. Sephiroth was not like that without cause. He was manipulated and taunted, tormented to the edge of his sanity and JENOVA shoved him over." She said with feeling.

Vincent looked away. "What about you? Forced to birth your enemy into this world? Is that just?" He asked.

"Can't you see? Though I may not have love for this being, it is not my enemy. Nor, is he yours!" Yuffie said calmly.

"Are you to be expected to raise it as well?" He asked almost concerned.

"I haven't thought of that. But I will." She said standing up.

"You have just begun to live and now this...this...abomination will destroy everything." He said.

"Don't do that. Would you not want a second chance? A chance to be forgiven loved and cared for? A chance to have the bloodstains rinsed from your hands?" She asked.

"But you can't do this alone. Not when..." He stopped and looked at her.

A smile slipped on her lips. "Not when it is YOUR son. Vincent, I was willing to do this before I found out that he was your son. Now I want to give you the chance to see how he would have been had he been given a mother's love and a fair chance." She said softly.

"I can't let you." He said shaking his head.

"You can't stop me." She said smiling.

Vincent looked at her, a torn and haunted expression on his face. "Will you stay here? With me? I don't want you alone when he arrives."

A soft smile played on her lips and she knodded. "If it makes you feel better."

Vincent stood up and walked away.

'He needs time.' she thought.

Sighing she went to lie down on the couch.

Vincent was in his study with his head in his hands. Hard breaths and tears filled his hands. His hair flew around him as a protective shield to the outside world.

His punishment, that demon, was going to ruin her life and just like Lucrecia, there was nothing he could do about it.

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I am soooo cruel. So in case you haven't noticed, this is the first chapter of the sequel to Chaos and Peace.

Peace Out
~Pegasia Silverfeather~