Epilogue:
By now you're probably wondering 'how the heck did Aeris come back to life? It's quite simple actually. You see, when Aeris summoned Holy her spirit had to take the message to the Planet. Sephiroth killed her right after she did this, but she still succeeded in summoning Meteor. Almost immediately afterwards Sephiroth started blocking Holy. So power built up and built up. Holy wanted out, but Sephiroth kept it in. Sort of like the pressure in a wine bottle. Now Aeris's soul is still basically trapped within Holy so she'll be like the cork in our analogy. When Holy was finally released it was like opening a wing bottle. The cork shot straight out with the wine. In the same way Aeris's spirit was shot right out of the 'underworld', if you will, and it found its way in a ghost like form to its body. I don't really care if you think this theory works or not...it's the one I used for the story.
Now for what happened after the destruction of Meteor:
Aeris never meant to force Zack to kill himself. She had meant to strengthen Holy will the energy she summoned forth. Unfortunatly Holy had been damaged beyond repair and by calling up all that lifestream energy and focusing it on Holy she inadvertently made it impossible for Zack to summon Void from where he was. He had to go to where all the energy was focused. This might have killed him, but in the end he saved (with the help of Cloud and Comp.) the entire planet.
Sephiroth, it seemed gained just enough of his old sanity to end his own mad campaign before it went too far. After being held at bay, manipulated, and imprisoned within his own mind for all those years it is truly amazing that he was able to accomplish what he did. Perhaps he finally gained the revenge he sought upon the one he called Mother, the creator and master of his life.
Cloud and Aeris were married soon after the battle. The two of them moved to Icicle Inn where they raised three children. The first was a boy, which they named Zack in memory of the original. The second was a little girl that they named Ifalna after Aeris's mother. The third was another boy, who was called Sephiro, however his full name was Sephiroth. Although this may seem strange Aeris insisted on the name.
Barret and Marlene returned to North Corel and Barret now heads the program to rebuild his hometown. With all Mako Reactors shut down and Mako energy outlawed coal has become the only real source of energy. North Corel grew very rich very fast, but at the same time Barret insists that newer, cleaner sources of energy be researched (ones that don't include Mako Energy). He also built a monument to Dyne and recovered the body so that the broken man's corpse could be buried next to his wife's.
Nanaki (aka: Red XIII) and his father Seto returned to Cosmo Canyon. Seto stayed behind to run things in Cosmo Canyon while Nanaki went out in search for others of their kind. I did not only find one, but indeed a whole pack. The pack consisted of a few survivors from the Gi attack and many more young cubs. Nanaki returned to Cosmo Canyon with the future of his race secured. He soon took a mate and they had many cubs together.
Tifa bought the bar in Kalm and turned it into another 'Tifa's 7th Heaven'. She is doing fine for herself, and although she is still not married, she is dating a man and it is expected that they will become engaged very soon.
Reeve personally oversaw the Midgar Rescue Project where the city was literally dug up so that its citizens could escape from the slums below. During this process two discoveries were made. The first was Zack's sword, Planet Edge. It was found piercing the ground of the helicopter pad at the top of the Shinra HQ. Since Zack's body was never recovered the sword was placed (very carefully since it was impossible for anyone to touch it with their hands without being burned) into a monument that stands outside Midgar. Strangly though, the Void materia was missing as well, and has yet to be recovered. The second discovery was Rufus. He was discovered in a slum hospital. However, the Diamond WEAPON's attack left him a paraplegic. Although many people wanted to see him executed Reeve gave him a second chance. For some reason the loss of his legs greatly affected Rufus, and he turned his thoughts solely onto helping the survivors of his broken city. Soon, towns spread up across the world where the survivors of Midgar made their new homes. Rufus actually became known as a charitable and amiable man!
Cid married Shera and with Lance as a partner, literally took control of Junon Harbor. The town was moved to a better location using Junon funds and the one time military base is now the Mecca of engineers. Inventors, pilots, and engineers travel across the world to visit Junon Harbor. The Highwind was rebuilt and it is now believed that Cid is planning another trip into space...this one to the moon!
Vincent found Lucrecia and since she had been purged of JENOVA cells (when the conscious died with Sephiroth all its cells died as well) he was able to marry her. They did not move to Nibelheim as the entire town was burned a second time and the monstrosities created there destroyed. They did, however, manage to save the books held within the Shinra Mansion's library. Now the two of them are working on writing a comprehensive history on what happened during the time when JENOVA was first discovered and when Meteor was destroyed (Vincent also looks for a way to somehow reverse whatever Hojo did to him). Yuffie went back to Watai where the title of Master of the Pagoda was passed from Godo to her. Since then she has been a surprisingly good businesswoman and leader; Watai has already regained much of its past glory.
There it is...the end. That's all she wrote folks. It's been good but I'm moving on to writing new things.
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By now you're probably wondering 'how the heck did Aeris come back to life? It's quite simple actually. You see, when Aeris summoned Holy her spirit had to take the message to the Planet. Sephiroth killed her right after she did this, but she still succeeded in summoning Meteor. Almost immediately afterwards Sephiroth started blocking Holy. So power built up and built up. Holy wanted out, but Sephiroth kept it in. Sort of like the pressure in a wine bottle. Now Aeris's soul is still basically trapped within Holy so she'll be like the cork in our analogy. When Holy was finally released it was like opening a wing bottle. The cork shot straight out with the wine. In the same way Aeris's spirit was shot right out of the 'underworld', if you will, and it found its way in a ghost like form to its body. I don't really care if you think this theory works or not...it's the one I used for the story.
Now for what happened after the destruction of Meteor:
Aeris never meant to force Zack to kill himself. She had meant to strengthen Holy will the energy she summoned forth. Unfortunatly Holy had been damaged beyond repair and by calling up all that lifestream energy and focusing it on Holy she inadvertently made it impossible for Zack to summon Void from where he was. He had to go to where all the energy was focused. This might have killed him, but in the end he saved (with the help of Cloud and Comp.) the entire planet.
Sephiroth, it seemed gained just enough of his old sanity to end his own mad campaign before it went too far. After being held at bay, manipulated, and imprisoned within his own mind for all those years it is truly amazing that he was able to accomplish what he did. Perhaps he finally gained the revenge he sought upon the one he called Mother, the creator and master of his life.
Cloud and Aeris were married soon after the battle. The two of them moved to Icicle Inn where they raised three children. The first was a boy, which they named Zack in memory of the original. The second was a little girl that they named Ifalna after Aeris's mother. The third was another boy, who was called Sephiro, however his full name was Sephiroth. Although this may seem strange Aeris insisted on the name.
Barret and Marlene returned to North Corel and Barret now heads the program to rebuild his hometown. With all Mako Reactors shut down and Mako energy outlawed coal has become the only real source of energy. North Corel grew very rich very fast, but at the same time Barret insists that newer, cleaner sources of energy be researched (ones that don't include Mako Energy). He also built a monument to Dyne and recovered the body so that the broken man's corpse could be buried next to his wife's.
Nanaki (aka: Red XIII) and his father Seto returned to Cosmo Canyon. Seto stayed behind to run things in Cosmo Canyon while Nanaki went out in search for others of their kind. I did not only find one, but indeed a whole pack. The pack consisted of a few survivors from the Gi attack and many more young cubs. Nanaki returned to Cosmo Canyon with the future of his race secured. He soon took a mate and they had many cubs together.
Tifa bought the bar in Kalm and turned it into another 'Tifa's 7th Heaven'. She is doing fine for herself, and although she is still not married, she is dating a man and it is expected that they will become engaged very soon.
Reeve personally oversaw the Midgar Rescue Project where the city was literally dug up so that its citizens could escape from the slums below. During this process two discoveries were made. The first was Zack's sword, Planet Edge. It was found piercing the ground of the helicopter pad at the top of the Shinra HQ. Since Zack's body was never recovered the sword was placed (very carefully since it was impossible for anyone to touch it with their hands without being burned) into a monument that stands outside Midgar. Strangly though, the Void materia was missing as well, and has yet to be recovered. The second discovery was Rufus. He was discovered in a slum hospital. However, the Diamond WEAPON's attack left him a paraplegic. Although many people wanted to see him executed Reeve gave him a second chance. For some reason the loss of his legs greatly affected Rufus, and he turned his thoughts solely onto helping the survivors of his broken city. Soon, towns spread up across the world where the survivors of Midgar made their new homes. Rufus actually became known as a charitable and amiable man!
Cid married Shera and with Lance as a partner, literally took control of Junon Harbor. The town was moved to a better location using Junon funds and the one time military base is now the Mecca of engineers. Inventors, pilots, and engineers travel across the world to visit Junon Harbor. The Highwind was rebuilt and it is now believed that Cid is planning another trip into space...this one to the moon!
Vincent found Lucrecia and since she had been purged of JENOVA cells (when the conscious died with Sephiroth all its cells died as well) he was able to marry her. They did not move to Nibelheim as the entire town was burned a second time and the monstrosities created there destroyed. They did, however, manage to save the books held within the Shinra Mansion's library. Now the two of them are working on writing a comprehensive history on what happened during the time when JENOVA was first discovered and when Meteor was destroyed (Vincent also looks for a way to somehow reverse whatever Hojo did to him). Yuffie went back to Watai where the title of Master of the Pagoda was passed from Godo to her. Since then she has been a surprisingly good businesswoman and leader; Watai has already regained much of its past glory.
There it is...the end. That's all she wrote folks. It's been good but I'm moving on to writing new things.
Fine