Sixth chapter! I'm updating faster again! Before I start, I would like to thank my reviewers;

Ice-Angel - Glad you liked it. Um, I don't know if it's cute, but thanks all the same.

Volk Zyta - Yep, inner conflicts, alright. I can't let him be completely sane at once, now can I?

Faerlyte - Thanks *blushes*. I like this one the best too.

Ettain Lonsdale - *blinks* wow. Really? Uh, thanks. And yeah, she was too surprised to hit back.

Yunie*angel - Ice-cream? I'll be sure to try that one out if I need it. Thank you for adding it you favourites.

Blue Tajiri - Thank you.

Here we go then. Once again, if any of the directions or geographics are wrong, please don't be too hard, I haven't played in so long.

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After having silenced the voice in his head, at least for the time being, Sephiroth continued on his way to Cosmo Canyon. Why he chose to go to Cosmo Canyon, he didn't know. It just seemed to be the right choice. It was secluded, if he recalled correctly.

The path he followed was narrow and full of rocks and other things like sticks and branches. Unbidden, an old saying came to mind. ´Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.´ Why did he bother with old sayings that was only a bunch of crap anyway? Whoever had said that had been clearly deranged.

He broke out of his reverie when he heard a sound from behind him. Someone was approaching along the path. Sephiroth stood absolutely still, holding his breath, waiting for whomever it was to come close enough. A few seconds later, he spun around, the Masamune held high. He stopped short of slicing through Tifa's throat with the long silver blade.

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She had been walking for a while when she came around a bend in the little path she was following, and came face to face, or rather throat to edge, with Sephiroth's Masmune. She had been lost in thought, and hadn't noticed him until the last possible minute. Looking down the length of the razor sharp blade, she gulped. Sephiroth looked like he was about to rip out her throat. Which, she realized, he more or less was.

When he saw it was her, he quickly lowered his blade. He opened his mouth to shout at her for being stupid enough to startle him like that, but then he realized she shouldn't even be there; she was supposed to be home, ill. Instead she was here, in the middle of the night. He shut his mouth again.

Tifa ducked her head to hide her face from him. She still had bruises on her face after her encounter with Brent, and she didn't want him to see them. She half-turned, and willed her racing heart to slow down. She stared at the ground, seemingly fascinated with her shoes. Brent.She was going to kill him for this.

"What the hell are you doing here?" His melodic voice broke her out of her reverie.

She looked up at him through her bangs, and noticed he looked more like the old Sephiroth than the one that had been visiting her bar.

"Answer me."

"I'm going to Cosmo Canyon, to visit Nanaki." She told him.

"At four in the morning?"

"There is no time like the present, eh?" She tried to joke, but fell flat to the ground.

He seemed to accept her explanation. He turned around, and headed down the path towards Cosmo Canyon. Relaxing a bit, Tifa followed him.

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After a while, Sephiroth became aware that she was behind him. They had entered a forest that Sephiroth couldn't remember, but there were many things he couldn't remember about the Planet. Annoyed, he turned around to face her again.

"Why are you following me, Tifa?" He asked her, irritation clear in his voice.

"I'm not following you, Sephiroth. I'm going to Cosmo Canyon, which just happens to be that way." She answered, but he wasn't listening.

She realized a moment too late that he had caught sight of her face. She tried to hide behind her bangs, but he was too fast for her. He grabbed her chin, and forced her to look him in the eye. For the second time that evening, Tifa's heart raced.
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And that's IT! *cackles* I am EEEEEVIL! Cliffhangers! Uh, anyway, I had a bit of a writer block (and about five other fics going at the same time.) so this chapter took longer than I expected, and it turned out to be shorter than I had originally planned. Sowwy. Hopefully, I will get over the writers block, and this fic will get somewhere. I have some of it planned, and Vincent is gonna make an appearance! Yay! We all love Vinny, don't we?

- Metallicafangirl