1 The Planet's Chosen
1.1 Chapter 2
It's been eighteen year…eighteen years since we defeated Sephiroth.
Cloud found himself in the Nibelheim of old. The fires of Sephiroth's rage flowing through the small town, the screams of people burning alive filling the air, and the stench of burning meat filling the air.
The flames before him rose up, forming a human shape with glowing green eyes. The entity raised a sword, which was solid despite it's fiery holder. It plunged it sword down at him, threatening to run him through until…
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Cloud woke up in a cold sweat, Tifa still sleeping soundly next to him and Arieth on the other bed. He wiped the beads of sweat from his face, pulled aside the covers, and went to the bathroom.
While standing before the can, Cloud noticed the same faint buzzing he had felt last night, "That's odd, that medicine should have worn off by now"
When he came out of the bathroom, Tifa was up and trying to get Arieth to do the same.
"Come on, Honey, time to get cracking on those rides you were to eager to attend last night," Tifa shook the girl lightly, sighing lightly, she moved to her last resort, "There's lots of cute boys out there."
Arieth was up like a flash, quickly running to a small dressing room to get out of her pj's and into something a little more form fitting.
She came out dressed in a pair of orange cover-alls and a rainbow shirt, her hair already in her ribbon, and her katal hidden in the deep pockets, sheathed
"Mom, can I borrow a few thousand gil?" She asked hopefully, she had spent all of her money on the outfit she was wearing.
"I guess you can," Tifa exasperated as she fished into a small wallet she carried in her shorts, Tifa hadn't worn her old outfit since she became pregnant, now she stuck to long pants and sweat shirts in the winter and long shorts and t-shirts in the summer.
She tosses the girl a few thousand-gil pieces.
"Thanks, Mom," Arieth called over her shoulder as she bolted out of the room.
"That girl," Cloud sighed as he pulled on a blue, turtleneck tank top, "She's going to financially break us, you know."
"She's young, Cloud, let her enjoy it," Tifa explained, walking out of the room, "See you in a few hours, Babe"
"Bye," Cloud replied, "Where are you going, anyway?"
"To the chocobo track," she answered, "I'm going to do some gambling"
"Alright, I'm going to probably head up to the Battle Arena in a while"
"Ok, see ya"
"Kay"
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Arieth was running over to the arcade, where she hoped she could spot out a few a few cuties, when she heard some girls talking.
"Have you seen that guy at the Battle Arena? He's amazing," one of the girls, said to her friends.
"Not only that, he's a real babe. I'd love to get closer to him," a second one stated, making kissy-face with the air.
"Yeah," the other two replied dreamily.
Not one to miss a chance like this, Arieth quickly turned and headed for the Battle Arena tube.
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"Wow!! Look at him go!!"
"Yeah, I got my money on him going all the way!"
"Are you kidding? He's good, but he's not going to beat the Dark Dragon"
"Where'd the boss get that thing, anyway?"
"He found it up North somewhere"
The conversations of the people around the windows of the Battle Arena got Arieth very anxious to see the fighter in there.
"Let me through, please," she asked a tall, bearded man in a sumo wrestling uniform.
"Anything for such a pretty little lady," the kind man responded, ordering a few workers to make room for her.
After thanking the man, she looked into the window
"Wow"
Inside the large arena stood a tall, dark-haired boy who appeared to be about her age. He was cutting through the monsters that came before him with a long sword the likes of which Arieth had never seen. He held it high, along his cheek when he was waiting for the next wave of monsters to advance.
"Next fight!!! Theeeeeeeeee DARK DRAGON!!!" the announcer shouted as a large black dragon shambled out of the gate.
The crowd was making bets, snickering at how bad he was going to be beat, and keeping their eyes glued to the window.
From the microphone strapped to his cloak, the powerful boy was heard to actually be taunting the monster, "Bring it on you weak excuse for a dragon. You don't have a chance against me."
The crowd roared with laughter at the proposal that the boy would actually beat the prize monster of Dio, the owner of the Golden Saucer.
Their laughter stopped as the battle began.
The boy waited patiently for the dragon to make its move. The move came in the form of a mighty breath attack, filling the room with a blazing inferno.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" the boy's yell came out of the speakers.
Arieth gasped in horror, then in surprise as the boy thrust out a hand, deflecting the fire out from around him with a powerful Freeze spell. He didn't appear to be burned at all, not even his cloak was singed.
The crowd roared in disappointment that the boy had passes the time marker for many of the bets.
With another loud yell, the boy lunged at the beast, jumped on its head, and severed the body part he was standing on in one smooth swipe. The head fell to the ground, carrying him down with it.
"The…CHALLENGER WINS!!!" the announcer yelled in disbelief.
The boy walked out of the chamber coolly, collected his battle points from the check-in woman, than began to leave.
"Wait," Arieth called to the boy, who turned and waited for her, "Thanks. My name's Arieth, what's yours?"
The boy looked a bit shocked at her name, but replied nonetheless, "Sephiroth."
Now it was Arieth's turn to be surprised. Her parents had told her all about the terrible deeds that the Sephiroth of ol' had done.
"Why would parents name their child that," she thought out loud.
"What's wrong with my name?" Sephiroth replied, causing Arieth to blush profusely realizing what she had said.
"N-nothing, it's a wonderful name. Where were you planning on going?" She replied quickly, trying to make up for her blunder.
Sephiroth paused slightly, then smiled brightly and replied, "I was heading over to the point exchange machine to cash in my points, then I was going to head down to the arcade to hit the snowboard game."
"Mind if I join you?" Arieth asked hopefully, swooning over his gorgeous smile.
"Sure, it's a date," Sephiroth replied after a short pause.
"R-r-really? You mean it?" Arieth stuttered, a bright glimmer in her eyes.
"Yeah, sure. You don't think I'm that thick not to notice every girl in this place staring after me, do you? And since you're the prettiest one that I've seen all day, what the heck. That is, of course, if that's cool with you," The black haired youth replied.
"O-of course," Arieth answered, still trying to get her words straight.
At this point, Cloud came walking up the stairs. He saw his girl standing there with a tall, muscular youth and chuckled to himself. The boy's back was to him as he mounted the final step.
"Hi, Angel. Who's your friend?" Cloud said, walking up to his daughter.
"Oh, hi Daddy. This is Sephiroth. We jus…"
"What's his name?" Cloud interrupted.
"My name's Sephiroth, Cloud. And yes, I am the same Sephiroth from eighteen years ago. But no, I'm not insane anymore. In fact, I even know who my real mother is," Sephiroth replied
"Uh huh," Cloud snorted as he pulled out his Buster Sword, "If you are Sephiroth, then step away from my daughter before I have to hurt you."
Sephiroth stepped back with hands raised, "I'm not going to hurt her. We were just going to go down to the arcade."
"I don't care. Start talking," Cloud demanded of the boy, "How did you survive? Where have you been the last eighteen years? Why are you so much younger than before? And, What were you really going to do to my daughter?"
"Daddy…" Arieth whimpered, never seeing her father like this before, he had Sephiroth at sword point, with both hands on the hilt of his sword, ready to thrust it into the boy."
"Not now, Arieth. Did you know that this is THE Sephiroth?" Cloud barked
"No…" Arieth replied
At this point, Sephiroth leaned against a railing behind him, and folded his arms over his chest.
"Now," Cloud turned back to the buy, "Answer my questions!!"
"Well," Sephiroth started, "I don't think I survived in the sense you think I did. Rather, my spirit entered the Lifestream. Then the planet formed a "womb" for me in which I have been regrowing for the last eighteen years. That's why I'm so young. While I was in the "womb" the planet fed me with information. It told me all about Jenova the ancients my mother, Lucrecia, and finally, it told me that I have to repent for my sins. I can't do wrong, or I will suffer for all eternity. I wasn't going to do anything to your daughter, besides maybe take her out for a soda and some video games."
Both Cloud and Arieth had one silent at Sephiroth's explanation. Cloud had sheathed his sword when he heard Sephiroth speak his actual mother's name. Cloud had met Lucrecia very close to the time that he had beaten Sephiroth.
Now Cloud spoke up, "I can't believe it. You're saying that you know everything you did, but aren't going berserk about it, plus, you have learned much more?"
"That's pretty much it," Sephiroth replied as he stood up and held out his hand, "No hard feelings. Ok, Buddy?"
Cloud took his hand and shook it heartily, "Yeah sure, no hard feelings. I don't know why, but I believe you. We have to go find Tifa and tell her this."
"Ok," Both Sephiroth and Arieth replied. All three walked off to the racing center.
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None of the three had noticed a small, pink chunk of tissue under a bench. The disgusting thing reared up, showing a pair of glowing eyes and small tentacles.
: Sephiroth cannot finish the quest he was truly reincarnated for; it will mean my complete destruction:
As a girl walked by, the thing shot out, climbed up her, and absorbed itself into her neck, all in about a second. The girl's eyes began to glow, and the disposition of her face changed.
"I am Jenova. And Sephiroth will not survive my second coming," The newly reformed evil Centra said to herself, as she walked off to find some followers
1.1 Chapter 2
It's been eighteen year…eighteen years since we defeated Sephiroth.
Cloud found himself in the Nibelheim of old. The fires of Sephiroth's rage flowing through the small town, the screams of people burning alive filling the air, and the stench of burning meat filling the air.
The flames before him rose up, forming a human shape with glowing green eyes. The entity raised a sword, which was solid despite it's fiery holder. It plunged it sword down at him, threatening to run him through until…
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Cloud woke up in a cold sweat, Tifa still sleeping soundly next to him and Arieth on the other bed. He wiped the beads of sweat from his face, pulled aside the covers, and went to the bathroom.
While standing before the can, Cloud noticed the same faint buzzing he had felt last night, "That's odd, that medicine should have worn off by now"
When he came out of the bathroom, Tifa was up and trying to get Arieth to do the same.
"Come on, Honey, time to get cracking on those rides you were to eager to attend last night," Tifa shook the girl lightly, sighing lightly, she moved to her last resort, "There's lots of cute boys out there."
Arieth was up like a flash, quickly running to a small dressing room to get out of her pj's and into something a little more form fitting.
She came out dressed in a pair of orange cover-alls and a rainbow shirt, her hair already in her ribbon, and her katal hidden in the deep pockets, sheathed
"Mom, can I borrow a few thousand gil?" She asked hopefully, she had spent all of her money on the outfit she was wearing.
"I guess you can," Tifa exasperated as she fished into a small wallet she carried in her shorts, Tifa hadn't worn her old outfit since she became pregnant, now she stuck to long pants and sweat shirts in the winter and long shorts and t-shirts in the summer.
She tosses the girl a few thousand-gil pieces.
"Thanks, Mom," Arieth called over her shoulder as she bolted out of the room.
"That girl," Cloud sighed as he pulled on a blue, turtleneck tank top, "She's going to financially break us, you know."
"She's young, Cloud, let her enjoy it," Tifa explained, walking out of the room, "See you in a few hours, Babe"
"Bye," Cloud replied, "Where are you going, anyway?"
"To the chocobo track," she answered, "I'm going to do some gambling"
"Alright, I'm going to probably head up to the Battle Arena in a while"
"Ok, see ya"
"Kay"
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Arieth was running over to the arcade, where she hoped she could spot out a few a few cuties, when she heard some girls talking.
"Have you seen that guy at the Battle Arena? He's amazing," one of the girls, said to her friends.
"Not only that, he's a real babe. I'd love to get closer to him," a second one stated, making kissy-face with the air.
"Yeah," the other two replied dreamily.
Not one to miss a chance like this, Arieth quickly turned and headed for the Battle Arena tube.
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"Wow!! Look at him go!!"
"Yeah, I got my money on him going all the way!"
"Are you kidding? He's good, but he's not going to beat the Dark Dragon"
"Where'd the boss get that thing, anyway?"
"He found it up North somewhere"
The conversations of the people around the windows of the Battle Arena got Arieth very anxious to see the fighter in there.
"Let me through, please," she asked a tall, bearded man in a sumo wrestling uniform.
"Anything for such a pretty little lady," the kind man responded, ordering a few workers to make room for her.
After thanking the man, she looked into the window
"Wow"
Inside the large arena stood a tall, dark-haired boy who appeared to be about her age. He was cutting through the monsters that came before him with a long sword the likes of which Arieth had never seen. He held it high, along his cheek when he was waiting for the next wave of monsters to advance.
"Next fight!!! Theeeeeeeeee DARK DRAGON!!!" the announcer shouted as a large black dragon shambled out of the gate.
The crowd was making bets, snickering at how bad he was going to be beat, and keeping their eyes glued to the window.
From the microphone strapped to his cloak, the powerful boy was heard to actually be taunting the monster, "Bring it on you weak excuse for a dragon. You don't have a chance against me."
The crowd roared with laughter at the proposal that the boy would actually beat the prize monster of Dio, the owner of the Golden Saucer.
Their laughter stopped as the battle began.
The boy waited patiently for the dragon to make its move. The move came in the form of a mighty breath attack, filling the room with a blazing inferno.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" the boy's yell came out of the speakers.
Arieth gasped in horror, then in surprise as the boy thrust out a hand, deflecting the fire out from around him with a powerful Freeze spell. He didn't appear to be burned at all, not even his cloak was singed.
The crowd roared in disappointment that the boy had passes the time marker for many of the bets.
With another loud yell, the boy lunged at the beast, jumped on its head, and severed the body part he was standing on in one smooth swipe. The head fell to the ground, carrying him down with it.
"The…CHALLENGER WINS!!!" the announcer yelled in disbelief.
The boy walked out of the chamber coolly, collected his battle points from the check-in woman, than began to leave.
"Wait," Arieth called to the boy, who turned and waited for her, "Thanks. My name's Arieth, what's yours?"
The boy looked a bit shocked at her name, but replied nonetheless, "Sephiroth."
Now it was Arieth's turn to be surprised. Her parents had told her all about the terrible deeds that the Sephiroth of ol' had done.
"Why would parents name their child that," she thought out loud.
"What's wrong with my name?" Sephiroth replied, causing Arieth to blush profusely realizing what she had said.
"N-nothing, it's a wonderful name. Where were you planning on going?" She replied quickly, trying to make up for her blunder.
Sephiroth paused slightly, then smiled brightly and replied, "I was heading over to the point exchange machine to cash in my points, then I was going to head down to the arcade to hit the snowboard game."
"Mind if I join you?" Arieth asked hopefully, swooning over his gorgeous smile.
"Sure, it's a date," Sephiroth replied after a short pause.
"R-r-really? You mean it?" Arieth stuttered, a bright glimmer in her eyes.
"Yeah, sure. You don't think I'm that thick not to notice every girl in this place staring after me, do you? And since you're the prettiest one that I've seen all day, what the heck. That is, of course, if that's cool with you," The black haired youth replied.
"O-of course," Arieth answered, still trying to get her words straight.
At this point, Cloud came walking up the stairs. He saw his girl standing there with a tall, muscular youth and chuckled to himself. The boy's back was to him as he mounted the final step.
"Hi, Angel. Who's your friend?" Cloud said, walking up to his daughter.
"Oh, hi Daddy. This is Sephiroth. We jus…"
"What's his name?" Cloud interrupted.
"My name's Sephiroth, Cloud. And yes, I am the same Sephiroth from eighteen years ago. But no, I'm not insane anymore. In fact, I even know who my real mother is," Sephiroth replied
"Uh huh," Cloud snorted as he pulled out his Buster Sword, "If you are Sephiroth, then step away from my daughter before I have to hurt you."
Sephiroth stepped back with hands raised, "I'm not going to hurt her. We were just going to go down to the arcade."
"I don't care. Start talking," Cloud demanded of the boy, "How did you survive? Where have you been the last eighteen years? Why are you so much younger than before? And, What were you really going to do to my daughter?"
"Daddy…" Arieth whimpered, never seeing her father like this before, he had Sephiroth at sword point, with both hands on the hilt of his sword, ready to thrust it into the boy."
"Not now, Arieth. Did you know that this is THE Sephiroth?" Cloud barked
"No…" Arieth replied
At this point, Sephiroth leaned against a railing behind him, and folded his arms over his chest.
"Now," Cloud turned back to the buy, "Answer my questions!!"
"Well," Sephiroth started, "I don't think I survived in the sense you think I did. Rather, my spirit entered the Lifestream. Then the planet formed a "womb" for me in which I have been regrowing for the last eighteen years. That's why I'm so young. While I was in the "womb" the planet fed me with information. It told me all about Jenova the ancients my mother, Lucrecia, and finally, it told me that I have to repent for my sins. I can't do wrong, or I will suffer for all eternity. I wasn't going to do anything to your daughter, besides maybe take her out for a soda and some video games."
Both Cloud and Arieth had one silent at Sephiroth's explanation. Cloud had sheathed his sword when he heard Sephiroth speak his actual mother's name. Cloud had met Lucrecia very close to the time that he had beaten Sephiroth.
Now Cloud spoke up, "I can't believe it. You're saying that you know everything you did, but aren't going berserk about it, plus, you have learned much more?"
"That's pretty much it," Sephiroth replied as he stood up and held out his hand, "No hard feelings. Ok, Buddy?"
Cloud took his hand and shook it heartily, "Yeah sure, no hard feelings. I don't know why, but I believe you. We have to go find Tifa and tell her this."
"Ok," Both Sephiroth and Arieth replied. All three walked off to the racing center.
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None of the three had noticed a small, pink chunk of tissue under a bench. The disgusting thing reared up, showing a pair of glowing eyes and small tentacles.
: Sephiroth cannot finish the quest he was truly reincarnated for; it will mean my complete destruction:
As a girl walked by, the thing shot out, climbed up her, and absorbed itself into her neck, all in about a second. The girl's eyes began to glow, and the disposition of her face changed.
"I am Jenova. And Sephiroth will not survive my second coming," The newly reformed evil Centra said to herself, as she walked off to find some followers