Author's Notes:
Aha! Sephiroth appears at last!
"She loves me...
She loves me not.
She loves me...
She loves me not."
"Hojo! Guess what!" Lucretia exclaimed, as she burst into Hojo's room in the vast Shin-Ra Mansion. "I was just down to the town clinic to see why I've been sick in the mornings, and you know what he said?"
"Let me guess, dear. Seeing as you've not been as nasty every month, you've had strange cravings, and have had morning sickness, it would seem that you're going to have a baby." Hojo looked at Lucretia with a small amount of interest, seemingly trying to please her.
"You're right! And you know who the father must be, right?" Lucretia walked over to Hojo, and put a more-than-friendly arm around his shoulder.
"Of course. Who else have you been seeing besides that worthless Vincent? And you haven't been seeing him for three months. Therefore, I must be the father." Hojo tried to look happy." Yay."
"Yes! Only earlier today, I was ordinary Lucretia, and now I'm going to make the world a better place. I want the best for our child, dear. Perhaps he'll discover the cure for cancer, or the common cold!" Lucretia closed her eyes, dreaming of a world where she was the mother of the most important person on the Planet.
"Lucretia dear...I think I know how our child can be strong, smart, and worthy. With your consent of course..." Hojo brightened up, obviously having what he thought was a great idea. "You know how well the warriors who have been enhanced by the Jenova program are superior people...what if we subjected a person to Jenova and Mako in uetero? It can't have any adverse effects, and our child can be a super-being!" Hojo now stared at Lucretia with adoration, attempting to increase his chances for his plan.
"Weeeelllll...you're right when you say that there are no side effects, other than superiority...but would it have any effects on me? I mean, what if Jenova has side effects of people who're going to have a baby?" Lucretia seemed to agree with Hojo's plan, but was also worried.
"Relax my dear! I assure you that our wonderful specimen would not harm someone as beautiful as you! She did nothing bad to the rats, right? Don't you want the best for our child?" Hojo tried to comfort Lucretia, this time with actual love.
"Well. All right...I do want the best for him. Yes. Let's do it! As soon as possible!" Lucretia leapt wholeheartedly into Hojo's plan, obviously believing everything that Hojo told her.
*****
The plan went into action almost immediately. Fresh cells were taken from Jenova, and injected into the two-month old fetus, and into the surrounding tissue of Lucretia's womb. No adverse effects were noted, and the fetus was then treated with Mako, bathing it in a cool, green-blue glow.
Jenova felt the first stirrings of the fetus, and was pleased, knowing that the child would be more responsive to her commands, being subjected to her at such an early age.
*****
The months went by with great speed, and Hojo and Lucretia went to Midgar, to Shin-Ra Tower, so Lucretia could have the baby in the best medical surroundings. The little remaining time passed, and other than a few bouts of fainting while exercising in the hospital corridors, Lucretia was fine, until she went into labour. She gave birth to her child in a cool, sterile white room, much like the one in which the Shin-Ra scientists had studied Jenova. When the child was delivered, a collective gasp of wonder went through the room. The baby had silver hair and glowing green eyes! With slitted pupils! Lucretia was informed that she had a healthy son, and she decided on a name. Sephiroth. Sephiroth was whisked away for study, and Lucretia never saw him again. She never had a chance to hold him.
A few months after Sephiroth was born, Lucretia died, of a complication of stress, depression, and an unknown disease that seemed to be devouring her mind. When Sephiroth was five years old, and began playing with other children of famous and important people in the Shin-Ra child care area, such as Rufus, the son of President Shin-Ra, and a group of very close friends, Reno, Rude, Tseng, and Elena, he noticed from television that other children had mothers, and he inquired about his own. He was told by a caregiver that his mother's name was Jenova, and she had died in childbirth. Sephiroth never asked a question about his parents again. Soon, he was removed from the childcare unit and began his training as a warrior under one of Shin-Ra's best soldiers.
Notes:
Well, Hojo certainly has a hidden agenda, don't you think? Poor Lucretia...I really think she had potential as a character...if only she'd had more development...
Hojo sure is a bastard, isn't he?