Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah. I don't own FF7 or Squaresoft. I don't own anything so don't sue me! I'll give
you the Black Materia! 0_o

***

"Hello! Excuse me!" Akemi shouted.

Hojo groaned and almost broke his cemicals.

"WHAT?!" He shouted.

Akemi waited around for a while longer trying to bug the Professor even more than he already was.
She was clearly trying to make him act insane, probably to get Rufus and show him an insane Hojo.
Hojo took out a needle with green fluid inside which was full of Mako and shoved it into her face.

"What?!" He repeated.

She sighed. "The President would like it if we used some special materia for this project."

"Such as?" Hojo asked.

"He wants us to combine the 001 Materia with 002 Materia..." She said. She was also using the
code names for the Materia to shake off any spies that may be listening, probably members of
ALALANCHE.

Hojo almost choked. 'Two of the most dangerous materia ever created...combined? What a splendid thought'
'Too bad we don't have the Black or White Materia! How does Rufus expect me to find it if I don't have a clue'
'as to where the Materia is located. Well, I know where the White Materia is...And it's much easier to find...'

He turned and saw Akemi working with some other Materia. He looked closer. Revive and Phoenix...
...What's she up to? The Revive materia instantly attatched itself to Phoenix Materia. What's she trying
to do? Revive the dead?!

She stood up while holding the Materia and began to turn to the direction of the door. She began walking
walking but almost tripped and lost her balance when Hojo began shouted.

"Where the hell are you going!? You'd better not be thinking of leaving me with this goddamned project!" Hojo shouted.

"I'm going to test this Materia out." Akemi said and rolled her eyes.

"Why do you have to GO and test it out?! It's easy to test it out in the Training Center!!! Have you no brain, woman?!"

Akemi's eyes narrowed.

"EXCUSE me! I have a brain unlike SOME people! And if you must know...erm..You're fired!"

"WHAT!?" Hojo yelled.

***

Elena ran down the hallway of the desolate looking ShinRa hallway. Her eyes were focused on the ever
so famous Turks Lounge.

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late...!" Elena repeated over and over as the ran. She suddenly stopped. It's 12:00PM!
She's not late! But then again, she could be. The Turk continued to run across the hallway. Unfortunatly, Reno
opened the door and got a little surprise.

"Ooof!"

Elena and Reno's heads hit making a very loud sound. Elena was the first to gain her balance and stood up
with the help of the wall behind her.

"Ow. Sorry!" Elena frowned.

Reno got up and glared at Elena. Then he angerily stomped back into the room not saying a word to her.
All he did was glare. Elena decided to glare back for some reason. Rude just blinked at the two
'childeren'.

"The President will arrive soon." That was all Rude said.

"Good! So I'm not late." Elena smiled.

Reno gave her a 'duh'. Which earned him a nice little death glare from the female turk. He stopped and
turned to the door while rubbing his head. Elena felt a bit of pain rising to her's also and began to hold it.

Rufus couldn't have picked a worse time to step in. He watched as the two Turks held their heads and
yelled, cursed and shouted. Rude and Rufus were probably thinking the two were insane.

"That's it." Rufus began. "You need help. PROFFESIONAL HELP!"

***

"So Reno, when to you think this problem started?" Rude asked in a psychiatrist-like manner.

Reno said nothing to the man. He just folded his arms while glaring at Elena. The blonde Turk stuck
her touge out at him in a childish mannor then stopped and turned her head back to the ceiling.

"GODAMMIT!" Rude screamed. "WILL YOU JUST TALK!? YOU'VE WASTED 178 DAMNED MINUTES!"

Rude gave Reno the same 'death glare' Elena had given him. And it had the same effect. Reno didn't do
a thing. He just sat there, probably amazed at Rude's yelling.

The bald man just glared. He wasn't a psychiatrist! He was a turk! A turk! Now he's stuck with Reno and Elena.
He'd be an old man before the two stared talking. A thought popped into his head. He picked up a needle which
he found on the floor and it just so happened to contain mako.

"Talk." He said and pointed the needle to Reno's throat.

Reno was now babbling on and on about how annoying Elena was while Elena herself was blushing and covering
herself with one of the pillows.

By the time Reno had finished Rude and Elena had fallen asleep.

"HEY! I AIN'T THAT DAMN BORING!" Reno shouted.

***

Tifa slowly sat down on the grass of the desolate looking area she and Sephiroth watched burn down. She let
out tears she had been holding back, but silently. She let them roll down her cheeks but she wiped them away
when they tickled her skin.

"Tifa?" Sephiroth asked.

Tifa stalled for a minute then wiped her tears away with her jacket sleeve before turning to face Sephiroth.

"Yes?" She asked.

"Did you see who I saw?" Sephiroth asked with the little patience that remained with-in him.

Tifa became interested. "I don't think so. Who did you see?"

"Heidigger, Scarlet and Palmer." Sephiroth said.

"W-what!? Aren't they dead?!" Tifa was full of rage. She hated Scarlet more than the entire ShinRa corperation.
And now she would have to hear that horrible laugh of hers.

"Apparently not." Sephiroth said flatly.

Tifa got the feeling Sephiroth knew somthing and he was keeping it from her. Was he with ShinRa or something?
That must be why he's being so quiet on this. Tifa frowned. But Sephiroth is always quiet like this.

"Why have you been so quiet?" Tifa asked, clearly changing the subject.

"That's how I am." Sephiroth said, noticing how quickly Tifa had forgotten about the burnt town.

"Oh." Tifa said blankly.

"You don't smile much, Sephiroth." Tifa said looking up a little at the sky noticing how dark it was getting.

"...There's nothing to smile about." Sephiroth said and began to walk.

"Where are you going?" Tifa asked.

"You didn't want to go through Mt.Nibel alone. You're through it now and there is no reason for you to follow me." Sephiroth
said with a hint on sadness in his voice. He noticed this and went back into his normal voice.

"Goodbye." He said and began to leave.

***

Tifa let out a sad sigh. Why is she so upset? She just wanted someone to keep her company while going across
Mt.Nibel. She should have known Sephiroth would have left her in the middle of nowhere. She didn't know where
she was anymore. Rocket Town is gone. As if it never existed vanished before her very eyes. Like Sephiroth.

The sky looked very beautiful. She hadn't noticed how well you could see the stars in-near Rocket Town-no not
Rocket Town, it couldn't be Rocket Town anymore. It was just ruble now she was in nowhere. Those little dots
in the sky were shining brightly, Tifa couldn't help but look at them. They could make her forget anything.
Well, ALMOST anything.

Everything - everyone - is gone. All because of ShinRa. Everyone she cared about is gone. Why can't somthing
good happen to her...just once? ShinRa had made her witness her father's death which had still been bothering her.
They burned her hometown and then tried to cover it up. Sephiroth didn't do it, it was all ShinRa.

All their fault. What would they take away from her next? Her life? She wouldn't be surprised if they did. That's
probably just the way they are. They had filled her life with despair.

'Tifa...' She heard a voice. Tifa turned and looked for someone. There was no one in sight.

"Hello?" Tifa asked in quite a shakey voice as she spun around everywhere.

'Tifa, it's me.'

"Me? Me who?" Tifa looked around.

'Me, Aerith!' Aerith giggled.

Tifa was awestruck. had a Aerith?! Is that really her? How can she speak? Maybe the planet is helping her or something.
She is a part of it so that's gotta be it. Or maybe it's one of her mysterious Cetra powers.

'Tifa, don't be so down.'

"Why shouldn't I, Aerith?"

'Tell me, Tifa. What's the reason for you being so upset?'

"Well, S-I mean Cloud, Yuffie, Cid, Shera...They died in the fire."

'Huh? Where'd you hear that?'

"W-what!? You mean they're not-I thought -"

'Nope! Alive and well! Urm, not really well - Tifa, I wanted to talk to you. Something is going to happen.'

"Something good?"

'Nuh-uh. Something bad. It's gonna happen to the planet. I think you should go to Midgar, to the ShinRa HQ. You can find out everything you need to know there.'

"ShinRa H.Q., Huh?"

'Yes. It's pretty dangerous so you don't have to-'

"Aerith, I'd do anything for the planet!"

'Hm, I think something's gonna happen in Junon...'

"Hmmm...I'll go there. It's pretty close to Midgar."

'Thank You Tifa. I have to go. Just remember something.'

"Yeah?"

'You can't do it alone. Bye.'

"Aerith don't go-!"

Tifa sighed. Aerith could have talked a little more with her. Her talking time with her was probably limited somehow.
But neverless she would help the planet. Now, with new hope. Knowing her friends were alive.

"Well, Sephiroth" She spoke to herself. "I guess I can say it dosen't feel right when you're not here...Did I just say that?"

She decided to pull herself up and go find Sephiroth. He couldn't have gone too far. Tifa squinted to get a better look
at the veiw. Sephiroth was no where in sight. She pulled her jacket around her tightly. He must be pretty fast. Tifa
pulled out her Time magic Materia, remembering Cloud had used Haste on himself to run to Aerith when they were in the
City of Ancients.

"Well," Tifa began. "I can be fast too. HASTE."

Tifa began speeding off. It felt nice to feel the wind blowing like this against her hair. A soft breeze started to blow
trying to hold her back, in the distance she could see Sephiroth. She smiled to herself and picked up the pace.

***

Well, I think I've ruined Hojo's plan. Sephiroth thought then smiled. He sighed. What was he to do now?

"SEPHIROTH!" The voice sounded familiar...Tifa? Is that her?!

Sephiroth turned around at once and saw Tifa running his way. He was amazed at her speed, though she tripped
when she tried to stop. Tifa blushed and pulled herelf up.

"Hi." She waved and brushed some hair out of her face.

"Hi."

"Hi."

"Hi."

"Hi."

"Okay, stop." Sephiroth said. He wanted to know what Tifa was doing here. "Tifa..."

"Yeah, yeah. You wanna know what I'm doing here. I guess it'd be dull without your company." Tifa smiled.

Sephiroth raised and eyebrow. It would be dull without his company? Sephiroth rarley talked. It would be dull
even with my company, the ex-general thought.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sephiroth asked.

"Uh-Y-you may think I'm insane...But!, Aerith talked to me." Tifa said, changing the subject.

Sephiroth was about to interupt her when Tifa noticed and began to speak quickly.

"I think the planet helped her talk to me. She wants me to go to Midgar." Tifa said.

This was hard for Sephiroth to believe. Tifa could have been hearing things but he highly doubted that. So Aerith
was probably talking to her. Somehow.

"So, why don't you go?" The silver-haired warrior asked.

"She said I couldn't do it alone..." Tifa trailed off while looking down. "Sephiroth I don't know what your plan is but-"

"I'll help." Sephiroth said.

"Huh? Really?" Tifa looked up.

"You sound so surprised." Sephiroth frowned.

"No! It's just that- I wasn't sure if..."

"Yeah, I know. You thought I was the 'evil villan' didn't you?" Sephiroth asked.

Tifa smiled a little and nodded. A thought entered her mind, did the Highwind burn? Or does ShinRa have it?
She didn't see it anywhere when she first saw Rocket Town. ShinRa most likely has it.

She frowned. It would be very easy to reach Midgar with the Highwind but they would have to go to Junon or
straight to Midgar. And anyways, she couldn't fly it and she doubted Sephiroth knew.

"Um, Sephiroth, do you know where the Airship is?" Tifa asked.

"Yes. I belive they're preparing to go to the Northern Contitent. It has something to do with materia." Sephiroth said,
almost with worry.

"Oh. - HEY! How did you know?" Tifa asked while crossing her arms.

"I heard the ShinRa SOLDIER's talking while we were passing by the reactor." Sephiroth said.

Oh!, Tifa thought and uncrossed her arms. They had to sneak past some SOLDIER's on their way to Rocket town. No
wonder Sephiroth knows all about it. Tifa would have thought ShinRa's SOLDIERs would have been more catious of
their plans.

"I wonder why the Northern Contitent..." Tifa thought outloud.

"Who knows."

***

"Mr.President!" Elena began as she looked nervously at her paniked boss. "There's a -"

"I know, damnit!" Rufus shouted. "I have you Turks for my protection and I demand you protect me from that-that-..."

Rufus's face was colorless and he had terror written all over his face, he was in a loss of words. He didn't have a clue
as to what that thing was. But it thought it was sooo slick. Sneaking into his company, sneaking into his elevator,
sneaking past his SOLDIER's, his security and his Turks!

"-that midget!" Rufus shouted.

***

*claps and hugs reviewers* I did it! I actually did it! But I've got the evil writers-block! Hopfully I can get inspired.
But if you wanna suggest something to me or just talk then feel free to e-mail me. Oh whatever will happen in the next
chapter? Will Hojo loose his job? 0_o