Cloud took a quick glance at his friends. He then looked to Lina. "Lina you have to cast esuna on them, but first cast cure3 on Reno. If that doesn't work try life, but if it comes to that, I think it's too late for him.

Lina nodded.

Cloud held his gigantic sword in front of him. "Aeris, this is your last chance."

"For what Cloud? I am destined to become immortal." She spat back at him. She lowered her sword. "Think about it Cloud. It does not matter whether Gast lives or not. I will fulfill Sephiroth's dream. It will become my dream." Her green eyes stare into Lina.

"You're not Aeris. I will never call you Aeris again." Cloud looked down to the ground. "Aeris is not like you." Cloud mind flashed a memory of the day he washed Aeris's body away. "Aeris would confront you now."

"So be it." Aeris licks her blade until her tongue bleeds. Aeris then tastes her own blood. "Now for your blood." She grins evilly, her teeth smeared with the blood dripping down her mouth.

"HALT!" A man's voice is heard interrupting them.

Everyone turns to see Gast walking to them with one arm. Something was different about him. He seemed stronger.

Cloud squints his eyes to see what Gast was dragging. "Oh my-"Cloud didn't finish, as he noticed it was Vincent's body. Cloud narrowed his eyes. Then he nodded to Lina.

Lina sidestepped to Reno and attempted to help him. A green glow surrounds Reno's wound. Reno opens his eyes. "Thanks, but I have one more problem." He looks to his wound. "The blade is tipped with poison." Reno coughed. "Cloud might need help. Wake the others. If you have energy left, heal me." Reno coughed again. "I should fucking kill that bitch." Reno untucked the rest of his dirt, and blood stained shirt. "If I'm going out, I'll do it comfortable." Reno thought about the possibility of dying naked, but realized he won't have that luxury.

Lina crawled her way to Tifa. She touches the materia on her armlet. A blur of some kind wakes up Tifa's mind.

"W- What?" Tifa looked around, feeling drowsy still. "Lina? Where's Cloud?"

Lina placed a finger on her mouth, gesturing Tifa to remain quiet. Lina then moved on to Cid.

Cloud watches closely. "Now!" Cloud charges at Gast with sword high above his head.

Gast raises his one good arm and summons his axe. With a flash of light, the axe appears in his grip. "Come Cloud. An arm for an arm. A life for a life. You will perish for my daughter."

Cloud jumps in air and swings furiously down onto his prey. Gast parries the hit with his axe and kicks Cloud with his large boot. Cloud falls to the ground.

Cloud looked up only to see the axe coming down on him. Cloud rolls back away from the axe. As Cloud felt the axe dig into the ground, he propelled himself forward with a stab straight into Gast's shoulder. "A life huh?" Cloud swings downwards from where it rest in Gast's shoulder.

"ARRGGH!" Gast screamed in anguish, as his arm fell down to the ground splattering blood all over them.

"DIE!" Cloud started to swing horizontally. He let the momentum of the sword pull him in a spin. Cloud furiously swung the sword into the body of Gast, striking him in the side. Cloud dropped his sword on the ground, as blood came in contact with his eye. As Cloud rubbed it off, he opened the other eye. He watched Gast yell in horror.

Gast vomited blood onto the ground, just before his body split in two.

Cloud watched the menace fall to the ground in two, but he heard something else. Cloud looked at Aeris. She was laughing. Cloud quickly went to reach for his sword.

Aeris disappeared and appeared right in front of Cloud's arm. "It's your turn Cloud. Join me in death." Aeris stabbed Cloud in the chest.

Cloud's eyes widen in horror. He yelped in pain. Cloud looked at the sword. It seemed above his heart, but with the pain he felt, he couldn't tell.

Aeris laughed in triumph. She pries the sword out of his body, and watch Cloud fall to the ground.

His face lay there in a pool of his own blood. He felt his breathing coming short. Cloud stared at his hand that lay next to him. All he could do was cry. He didn't want this to come to happen. Cloud wanted to be with Tifa. He loved her so much now. He could hear muffled sound of Tifa screaming. Soon then his hearing gave way, and Cloud heard nothing more.

I can't feel anything. Am I dying? I don't know. I can't hear Tifa anymore. Wait I think I'm being moved.

Cloud's vision altered around as someone seems to have picked him up, and lay his head on their lap. His blurry vision focused very slowly. Cloud's teeth were covered in his blood. He distantly looked at the face that looked at him. Tifa? He thought. It was.

Tifa pulled him to her chest. "Cloud! Cloud! No no no no." She started to rock back and forth with him.

Lina felt anger, and she felt something else. Suddenly, Lina's back began to sprout wings. She felt and unlimited surge of energy. Her limit of watching her and others get hurt gave way. Her eyes started to glow; she stood up from where she kneeled. "You are not going to hurt no one else." With an explosion of light, wings burst out of her back. When the light receded, Lina was hovering over the ground, her wings flapping. In her hand she held two flaming swords. A golden aura surrounded her.

Cid raised his hand in the air. "Lina?"

Reno kept one eye open the whole time, as he lay on his back. His right hand covered his wound.

Aeris's face drops in astonishment. "You can not be more powerful than me!" She dashed at Lina.

Lina flew rapidly at Aeris.

Tifa looked at Cloud. "Cloud. I love you. I love you. I love you. Please don't go, I need you. I want to love you for all my life. Please, Cloud can you hear me? Don't leave me. We're supposed to live in a house together, and have children."

Cloud looked at Tifa, he smiled warmly to her. Even his blood stained teeth couldn't hide the love he had for Tifa. He wanted to raise his hand and caress her but he couldn't. Cloud watched as she spoke rapidly, a tear fell out of his eye. He could not hear her speak. He didn't even have the pleasure to hear her speak one last time.

"Cloud!" She hugged him, and rocked back and forth worriedly. "I love you. I love you." She repeated it over and over again. As if maybe by repeating it, everything will turn out ok.

Cloud felt his vision waver. All he had was one thought reoccurring in his head.

I love you Tifa.

He shed a tear as he slowly wavered away. And with that, his blue eyes closed.

I love you Tifa.