Ummmm, hello. This is my first FF7 fic for FF.net. I do hope you like it.

Saddened Tears

Sephiroth was defeated, Jenova was gone, Shinra was destroyed, they were heroes.

"Again, and again," whispered Tifa, "It never ends."

"What's the matter, Tifa?" Cloud said as he walked over towards her. Tifa shook her head. She couldn't explain this.

"You looked sad, so I thought I'd try to cheer you up," Cloud said, holding out a small chocolate box, "Sorry, I didn't have much money on me."

"Don't worry, Cloud, I appreciate the thought more than the gift," said Tifa, hugging him.

She woke up.

Sephiroth was defeated, Jenova was gone, Shinra was destroyed, they were heroes.

"Why won't this end?" she asked quietly.

"It'll only end when you want it too."

Tifa blinked and looked around. Who could have said that?

"It's not that hard," the voice continued, and there was a touch of laughter to the voice.

"Aeris!" Tifa suddenly remembered, and then Aeris was there. "But you're dead."

"Only when you think so. Destiny is in your hands."

She woke up.

Sephiroth was defeated, Jenova was gone, Shinra was destroyed, they were heroes.

"It'll end when I want it to...but how will I know?"

"Hey hey! Tifa, there you are! I haven't seen you in ages!" The cheerful young girl that bounded up was none other than Yuffie, now 18. Her hair was longer and was held back in a braid that went neatly halfway down her back.

"Yuffie.. ....what are you doing here?"

"I came to visit you Tifa! You know, and see your famous bar! Everyone in Wutai talks about it, even though there's the Turtles Paradise there."

I have a bar?

"Oh, and I wanted to show you my boyfriend, Sephiroth!"

She woke up.

Sephiroth was defeated, Jenova was gone, Shinra was destroyed, they were heroes.

"Make it stop, make it stop, please make it stop," she chanted softly. No one heard her.

"You seem confused." He sat down next to her.

"Sephiroth...we defeated you, didn't we?" Tifa asked tentatively.

"Only if you believe it is so."

"Wait, why if I believe? What about what Cloud believes? Yuffie? Aeris? Cid?"

"It doesn't matter. You're the Chosen One now."

"Why?"

"Because it is so. You can stop the dream, or you can choose the nightmares. You can have the pain, or you can have the glory. Whatever you choose," Sephiroth said calmly.

"Why me?" repeated Tifa softly, "Why can I choose? How do I choose?"

"There's no answer, except for what you choose."

She woke up.

Sephiroth was defeated, Jenova was gone, Shinra was destroyed, they were heroes.

"Please let this end, please," Tifa said, closing her eyes tightly. "If I can choose, why isn't this over?"

There was a soft giggling voice.

"Who now?"

Yuffie again, this time 16 still.

"You know Tifa, you complicate things way too much. You can be happy, or sad, and all you need to do is pick. You could have Cloud, you could have Cid if you wanted."

"But I don't know what I want."

"That's why you can't choose."

She woke up.

"I accept it, I accept it," she whispered. "If it'll make it stop, I'll be the Chosen One, whatever that is."

And just like that, Sephiroth was defeated, Jenova was gone, and Shinra was destroyed. They were heroes.

"Except this time," whispered Tifa, "I AM in control."









Eh heh.....let's play blame my muse for coming up with that!