Lord Chaos: I do not own Final Fantasy 7. Unfortunately.

----The Rebirth----

Sephiroth awoke with a pounding headache. Or was he awake? As he looked around, he noticed people sitting at a high desk, surrounding him.
"Sephiroth?" asked the voice of a young girl from beside him. The silver-haired man turned and noticed the girl he had killed. Her name eluded him for a moment, until he remembered: Aeris.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, "Where is here, for that matter?"
"This is the Chamber of the Cetra. This is...this is where we'll be judged on whether or not we get to go on to...to the afterlife." Aeris whispered. Sephiroth nodded.
"We, the judges of lives, have been called here for a very special case," said the Cetra who seemed to be in charge. The others nodded. "We have been called to decide if the last two Cetra, Sephiroth and Aeris, may enter the afterlife." The other Cetra at the desk nodded in agreement.
"I, the lead judge, have decided that in atonement, Sephiroth shall be given a new body upon the Planet, and shall find a way to atone for his sins. As a spiritual guide, Aeris shall also be revived, in order to guide Sephiroth through his atoning. Are all of you in agreement?" the Cetra leader asked. The other Cetra again nodded. "Then it is decided. Sephiroth and Aeris shall be revived in order for Sephiroth to atone." Aeris gasped, and Sephiroth nodded.
"Wait, don't I get a say in-" Aeris started to say, but she was cut off when she vanished. Sephiroth felt a dull, tingling sensation in his spirit, and he faded away.

~Arrival on the Planet~

Sephiroth looked around. He was not at the place he had died, contrary to his expectation. Instead, he was standing next to Aeris on a large cliff overlooking Nibelheim.
"Sephiroth?" Aeris whispered. The older man turned to look at her.
"Yes?"
"Are we really...alive?" she asked. Sephiroth nodded.
"I believe so," he said, "But I've changed. I don't have my Jenova cells."
"That's good, right?" Aeris asked.
"I suppose," Sephiroth said, turning to look at her. For the first time, it occured to him how lovely her softly curving chest, her long auburn hair, and her shapely legs.
"Maybe we should go down into town?" the young woman said, more of a question than a suggestion. Sephiroth shrugged.
"If you want," he said. Aeris's hand gently slid into his, and the older man's heart skipped a beat. As he led the young woman down the cliff's trail, his mind went over the speech of the Cetra Judges.

~Nibelheim~

When Sephiroth and Aeris arrived in Nibelheim, the first thing they noticed was how people moved away from the former SOLDIER general. Aeris led Sephiroth through the streets, until she reached a house that she identified as Cloud's. She knocked on the door, and the two of them stood on the doorstep as they heard someone inside say 'Coming.'
Cloud opened the door and his eyes widened. "Aeris!" He exclaimed, "How...when...where...why...?" Aeris put her hand to her mouth.
"We'll explain later," she said, and Cloud turned to look at Sephiroth.
"You," he growled, "How dare you come here after what you tried." Sephiroth raised a hand to silence him.
"As Aeris said, we'll explain later," the older man said, "All we want now is to eat and rest."
"You have no right to enter this house," Cloud snarled, "Get out."

~Chapter 1 End~
Lord Chaos: I left off there, since I want some input before doing more. Please R&R!