Gunfire... Human flesh... Raw... I could think only about this. Nothing else was happening around. Blooded sword in my hands, and dead human bodies below. That was war...




"Hahaha, I really had fun girls!"

"We to Zack, tee-hee. Just remember about us later!"

"I'll never forget this day!"

Yeah, sure. I already mix those girls...

"Gotta go, see ya girls!"

"Bye Zack!"


Zack Halcyon, SOLDIER 1st Class. As usual, he was sent on a patrol to the Slums, and as usual he went to the Honeybee Inn. Since he moved to Midgar and for the first time visited Wall Market, this was his usual place to relax after the ShinRa work.

This time, the girls gaved him a good time, but he knew that this won't last eternilly. He should find a girlfriend soon... A real one, for that matter. Even his friend, Cloud Strife had a girlfriend. Her name was Jasmine. Beautiful name, beautiful girl. Cloud had it all figured. But not Zack. He was a playboy, but a bored one. He was bored of all the girls that wanted him.

"E-excuse me?"

Zack turned back to the young women. She looked quite mature, although you could see she's a teenager. She had a plain pink dress, long brown hair and one of the most beautiful eyes, that Zack even saw.

"Er... Yeah?", he replied.

"Would you like to buy... A flower?"

Just then, Zack noticed that the girl had a small basket with flowers in her hand.

"You don't see many flowers around here. How much are they?"

"Only a Gil...?"

"I'll take them."

"How many do you want?"

"Can I take the whole basket? I'll give you 100 Gil for it."

"Really?"

"Yeah. How could I refuse such a pretty girl like you?"

"Hee-hee... Here you are sir."

Saying so, she gaved the basket to Zack, and the soldier started looking in his pockets.

"Fifty Gil... Oh, one hundred Gil. Here you are, hundred and fifty Gil."

"But-"

"Please, take them."

"...Thank you."

Zack smiled, and turned back.

Now that's a funny site, he thought, A mean looking guy like me, going through the streets with a basket of flowers. Man, that's--

"AHHHH!!!"

"What the-!?"

Zack quickly threw away the flowers, and started to ran back.


~~*~~
"Come on Ancient, we won't do you any harm... If you'll come with us that is."

"No! Get away from me!" - the flowergirl shouted back to them.

The attackers were dressed in black suits. One of them had pretty long hair, another was completly bold, and the third one had fiery, red hair.

"Hey! Who do you think you are!?"

The three guys stopped, hearing a male voice behind. They stayed quiet for a second and didn't move, but then their "chief", who was apparently the guy with the longest hair started laughing.

"Who the fuck are you?"

"That's not your business. Leave the girl and go away!"

The attackers turned back to face Zack. The flowergirl ran over to the corner of the alley they all were in.

"No one messes with the Turks."

"The Turks?"

Before Zack could say another word, the bald man took out a dagger out of his pocket and threw it at the SOLDIER. He quickly jumped back, the dagger avoiding his body by millimetres. The red haired guy ran to Zack, but he grabbed his massive sword and got ready to attack.

"Stop!", the chief shouted, stopping the attack, "We're fleeing away, but remember soldier boy. No one will escape us, the Turks."

Saying so, the three attackers quickly ran back, leaving Zack and the girl alone. He slowly went towards the flowergirl...

"Leave me alone!" - shouted the girl, pushing Zack away as he wanted to help her stand up.

"Hey, you don't have to be scared of me."

"Leave me alone! I hate you all! Fighting, Shin-Ra, Turks, I hate them all!"

Shouting so, the flower girl pushed Zack away and she ran away in the dark.

"Uh... I hope she'll get home safe..."

With that, the young soldier sighed, and started walking in the direction where the girl ran just a second ago.


~~*~~
Meanwhile, on the top floor of the big Shin-Ra's Headquarters...

"What do you mean she got away? How long will it take you to catch her!? It's already been a month!"

"We're sorry sir... As you said, we can't use brute force against her. She was alone and we could kidnap her without witnesses, without a trace..."

"Than what happened!?"

"Some... Soldier helped her."

President Shinra wasn't so mad now... He stopped looking Tseng in the eyes, and slowly sit down on his chair, looking at his desk.

"...A SOLDIER?"

"Yes sir, we're sure of it. He had the 1st Class uniform and a very big combat sword."

"Anything else?"

"Long, black hair... Spiky at the top."

"Thank you Tseng, that is all."

"But I--"

"Dissmissed. You can go now."

Tseng lowered his head a little, and turned back, going to the door.

"Case closed, Tseng. I'll call you if something comes up."

Tseng left the floor, and sweared while going down the staires. Meanwhile president Shinra already had a call going..."

"Hojo? How's our little... Experiment going?"

"Very good sir... He's stronger than ever. No one can stop him now, and I think the war proved it."

"Thank you Hojo, over and out."

Shinra placeed the phone on it's place, and went over to the huge glass window. He looked outside, at the almost finished Mako Reactor No. 7.

Sephiroth doesn't know he's an Ancient... What would happen if he'll learn that his mother is an Ancient...? Gast, it was a bad thing of telling him her name... He'll never forget Jenova...