In Darkness Comes Light

"Die!" shouted the man, firing the blast.

Sephiroth remained steady, waiting for the blast that would hit him. The power was immense, and he wasn't quite sure if he could deflect it. But he didn't have too.

Kerah suddenly appeared out in front of him, shaking her head. "N-no...don't hurt...Sephiroth!" She held out her hands, bringing the energy towards her, when she absorbed it into her palms. She stumbled, feeling weak, when suddenly another blast came at her. She absorbed that one too. Another one and another one came, and she absorbed all of those too. But with every one she was getting weak, and finally the man grinned, knowing it would be her last. And finally as she absorbed the last one, another came screaming at her, falling past her hands and hitting her square in the chest. She flew back into Sephiroth, making them both fly into a wall.

His head was dizzy, but as his eyes focused he could see Kerah reaching up her hand to the small, glowing spheres of light at where floating to the door. The aura that seem to be around everyone faded from her as the light did. She turned to face him, a light from within her falling out. She put a hand on the side of his face, reaching up with the last life she had, and slowly kissing him. He was surprised, but fell into sadness when her hand fell to the cold, dark floor. His eyes turned angry as he placed her head on the floor, standing up, and glaring at the man, who stood by the door.

"Once upon a time I was a killer," he stated, snapping his arm out to unleashed his black wing, clenching his fist. "I felt nothing for anyone, everything was just a game to me, people like pawns. She changed something in me once, for better or for worse, I don't know. But," the floor beneath him began to glow blue and black, his own being glowing a white. The man finally turned, seeing that he was now becoming a threat, "she's dead. You killed her, and thus I am not carrying out a sin, but revenge. So, you'll have the honor of being my last victim, and the first in a long time to be dead by this attack." He opened his hand, sending it up into the air and bringing it back to his chest clench, his self fading, but the lingering voice remaining. "Super Nova..."

The surroundings turned into the night sky, the man watching as his fate came tumbling towards him. It destroyed many planets, tumbling through an asteroid belt, and finally landing into the star of this planet. It exploded until it reached into this place, sending everything into flames. And before the man was vaporized into dust, he saw Sephiroth form that same, evil grin as before, the last of his darkness being realized...

Sephiroth turned slowly, looking back to Kerah. He had hoped when he had looked back, everything would be back to normal, but unfortunately it never happened. She still remained cold, emotionless. He picked her up, though, knowing he could not leave her here. He went to the door, seeming to be lured to it, and put a hand on it. The last thing he thought before he opened was the City of the Ancients, and as he looked through there it was. He stepped through, looking behind as there was no door anymore. But he sighed quietly, seeing the small, calm lake out in front of him, and walked towards there.

He remembered, from long ago, that this was the place Cloud buried Aerith after she died. It was very ironic that it had to turn out this way. But as he approached the water, his feet set in it, he heard a voice from behind, not having to turn back to know who it was.

"Funny how 'What goes around comes around' is true, isn't it, Sephiroth?" Cloud stated. "Seems you got a taste of what I went through, but only flaw now is that there is no one to sell your soul to, is there, if you ever did have one. Maybe you got what you deserved, who knows." And with that, he walked away, followed by Aerith, who's empathy got to her and had to take his hand for comfort.

With a moment of pause, he finally stepped out farther into the water. He set her into it slowly, watching as she floated away and soon sank. With that, he was left in silence, his thoughts wandering as he himself became numb, falling back. He just sat back and floated there, thinking of what he should do now. In most perspective he wanted to die, he just wanted to join Lifestream as he had before and get this miserable life over with. His life had already died long before, no light left in him. He had killed so many for no purpose, and now it had come back to get him. He didn't even have a soul, and that would've given him a motive to live. But as far as he knew, he was just a walking corpse.

He shut his eyes and finally sank, his hair falling up. He held his breath, and remorse about his life. And finally, when his air was choked, he looked up, his eyes widening to what he saw. His hands reached up, seeing the shadowy figure standing above him. They had wings, and wondered if this was the angel of mercy to take him away. Instead, he saw a smile appear on their face, kneeling down and reaching into the water with a hand. The angel grabbed his hand, pulling him up to the surface and Sephiroth taking a giant gasp on air, as he choked up the water that had been in his lungs. But as he settled, he looked up slowly seeing the smiling face that stood above the water.

She pressed on her throat, a light being revealed, and some being left to seep into her fingers.

"Some...your l-light...Can I keep...u-until I....get back mine?" she asked, her white hair drenched over her face.

He only nodded, falling to his knees. She did the same on the water, putting a hand on the side of his face.

"How...?" he questioned.

"Your l-light...save me...w-when I h-had...n-none left..."

"Kerah...I thought you..."

"D-dead? No, me not d-dead. Could be...but you save..." She smiled, leaning in close. "Y-you know...I s-still...love you...You?"

Spehiroth, for once in in life, smiled softly, standing up. He took her under her arms, holding her up in the air and bringing her back to where she was standing in the water. He put his hands on her shoulders, still smiling. "I always have."

She laughed, and he laughed with her. Kerah finally had someone who cared, Sephiroth the same way. He picked her up as he did before, carrying her to shore. She smiled up at him, soon pointing out a head.

"So w-where we go next?"

He just shrugged, beginning to walk. "Anywhere the wind takes us..."

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A/N well, that's it. Hope you liked it and please review on your way out!