Final Chapter (16)
Tranquilty and Hope



Rufus took flight on his helicopter. "Cloud. Cloud. Cloud. You always have to get in my way. But this time, it will be your last." He took out his tube from his jacket. "If you want this. Come and get it."

He took flight towards the the volcanic Mako was Gaia. "What you got?!" He began to talk isanely to himself. "WHAT YOU GOT CLOUD!? NOTHING!!"

*EERRRRRRRRRRRROooooooooARR* A dragon from behind roared out.

Rufus' eyes widened. "The hell?!" He put his head out of the helicopter and looked behind him. "Bahamut Zero!?"

*EERROOOooARR* Two other dragons were beside him.

"Bahamut and Neo Bahamut?! What is this?!" he thought.

The dragons then landed down onto the ground.

As he reached the volcanos, he took a step out of his helicopter and locked eyes on all 3 dragons.

Bahamut then took flight from the 2 and departed back to Nibehiem.

*EeRROoAAR* Bahamut Zero told Bahamut to hurry.

"2 versus 1?! How cheap!" he said.

*EERRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOAR* Neo Bahamut became fierce. It took flight into air.

*EERrOAR* Bahamut Zero told Neo to not use any blast against him yet because he might have the cure.

Neo Bahamut nodded.

"Heh. So you think it's a 2v1? YES IT IS. But I'm not fighting." He took his summoning materia and casted EDEN against both dragons.

The two dragons became bewildered.

"You better be peeing in your pants! Because if you're not, then you're not normal!"

The skies became very dark. Clouds became more spreaded out as a light streak through the atmosphere.

The rest of the Gf's noticed that it was getting dark.

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"Something is not right." said Shiva.

Ifrit began sensing for any traces of Shinra. "It's them alright."

"Damn those Shinra. They're up to something." said Ramuh.

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"Evil.. I could sense it. WE GOT TO TELL CLOUD NOW!" said Gilgamesh.

"I think it's already have been done." said Arthur.

The mog and Chocobo becamed stiffed and scared.

"Don't worry you cute fellas. Shinra does not have the power of good to destroy us. They are weak. We will show them." said one of the meteor knight.

"Yea. No worries." said the Ice knight.

"Don't be scared, for they shall suffer ten times as much as we once the good destroy the evil." said Arthur.

"That is true. With all the Guardian forces, Cloud and Tifa together. We are invincible."

"Are we?!" asked one of the knights

"WE shall see." said Gilgamesh.

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*EEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR* screamed the Phoenix.

*EERRrraaR!?!" Leviathan glanced at the Phoenix then back at the power.

"Bunch of wise guys! I'll show Shinra myself." said Typoon. "They're weak. What can they do what we can't do." it thought to itself.

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Rufus was laughing terribly hard. "DEFEND IT BASTARDS!! LET'S SEE YOU DEFEND YOURSELF FROM EDEN!!"

Both Dragons were targeted perfectly from the core of Eden. It's super massive energy light years away began to increase in the seconds.

Bahamut Zero looked up in the skies. It saw a tiny visible light wave.

Neo Bahamut followed too.

They both opened their mouth letting a super beam blast.

*TERA FLARE*

*GIGA FLARE *

The beam of destruction combined and directed itself toward Eden's core.

Halfway, the beam began to dissipate then disappeared. The beam was useless. It was too weak.

Both dragon's eyes widened.

*EErooOOARR*

Both dragons let out another blast.

It was again useless.

"Muahhahha!! Stupid!!" said Rufus. "You know what?! You two have no chance!!"

With one final charge, Eden let out this Gigantic Humongosito Beam of Destruction. It was heading directly for Earth with an auto-aim on both dragons.

Both dragons looked amazingly stunned.

The beam was heading faster and faster as it reached the stratosphere of Earth.

Then it reached the Mesophere. And finally the Atmosphere.

Both dragon again let out it's specials, yet it was uselss. The super gigantic humongosito blast just absorbed it and gave it extra energy against the dragons.

With one final glance

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The blast strucked the earth so hard that it began to shake miles and miles away. Earth became crusted with massive destruction in every direction. Both dragons were totally destroyed and evaporated from the blast.

"Hahhahahaha!!" Rufus laughed out. "I'm invincible!!"

"No your not." said a voice behind Rufus.

"Huh?" He turned around.

There behind him was an Elnoyle.

"An Elnoyle de Crap!?" He glanced at it.

With its wings, it spreaded it apart. "Your Crusade ends here." *ULTIMA*

The strongest magic struck Rufus. He was hurt only a little. "Heh. Is that all you got?!"

"Not even."

*Tail Needle* It tried striking Rufus with it but it missed.

"Enough. I don't have time for you. EDEN...DESTROY!!"

A few minutes later, Elnoyle was strucked by Eden and was destroyed.

With slightly bloody stains, Rufus was still alive and well. "Hehehahahah!!"

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*Sigh* "Wonder how all the guardian forces are doing." Tifa asked.

"I'm pretty sure that they're doing a great job."

They were both lying on the bed.

Tifa wrapped both arms around his Chest.

Cloud glanced at her and smiled. He then embraced her back.

"Cloud?" she asked.

"Yea?"

(Silence)

"Is there something wrong dear?" he asked.

She took a deep breath.

"Tifa?"

"There's something that I was hiding from you for quite sometime." she said. "But I was afraid."

"What is it?"

"Well...."

He looked at her.

"Well, I'm pregnat."

His eyes widened. "Really?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry. I've been hiding it because I thought you would be very insecure of me and won't let me battle beside you."

"I'm going to raise a family." he thought. His eyes shimmered. "A family..."

"Don't you want a family?" she asked.

He then embraced her tighter. "Only if It was with you.." he grinned.

She blushed. "But still. I'm sorry for hiding it from you."

"It's okay."

"Will you still let me battle aside you?" she asked.

Cloud paused. "Only If you can."

"Really?" Her eyes doubled.

"Yeah. It's your choice."

Her face became more cheery. "What do you want to name our son?"

"Our son?!" He began to laugh. "When did you get checked up?"

"Well, when we first had sex with no protection. And when I was on Shinra's bad side, I checked myself out."

"Oh."

"So what should his name be."

He smiled. "I don't know. Maybe...." He thought to himself. "What about Kao...."

She grinned. "Kao Strife?"

"Yea. That's a good one."

"Then thats what it should be.." she said.

He blushed.

Hades then entered their room. "Exscuse me. But I have a urgent message from Bahamut."

Tifa and Cloud's eyes widened. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"We found them."

Both of them immediately stood up. "TAKE US THERE."

"Wait up. I have more news." said Hades.

"It seems as if Bahamut Zero and Neo Bahamut is now ....eliminated."

"Eliminated?" Tifa asked.

"Yes. They are destroyed by some very powerful Guardian force."

Cloud's eyes widened. "BOTH OF THEM...dead!?"

"Yes."

He took his sword and his face became dark. "BRING ME TO HIM!"

"Me too!" she said.

"Okay. Bahamut will take you there. I will stay back and take care of your FRIENDS!" he said.

"Thanks." said Tifa.

"And I heard about the good news, Tifa. Congratulations!"

She began to blush. "How did you know?"

"I'm a Guardian Force. I should know." he smikred.

"Okay then let's go." They both ran downstairs and exited Nibelhiem.

*EEROOOOOOOOOOOOOAR* Bahamut roared in pain. His fellow dragons were destroyed and was seeking revenge.

"Let's go Bahamut. We'll show them!!"

"YEA WE WILL!!" she said.

They jumped onto the dragon and soared away.

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"Who is going to stop me!? HAH?! SOMEONE TELL ME!! WHO HAS A FAT CHANCE AGAINST A GUY LIKE ME?! NO ONE!! MUAHHAHAH"

He began to float up toward the top of the Volcano.

"Bring you ugly ass back here." said a voice behind him.

"You're a dead man walking."

"Prepare yourself."

Rufus turned around. "My, mY. Such big words for small timers. Ifrit, Shiva and Ramuh. What chances do you have with moi!?"

"A big chance!" said Ifrit.

"Let's combine our attack on him."

"No you won't. I have the antidote. If you even try to attack me you will end up destroying it."

"Grrrr..." thought Ifrit.

"You son of b****." said Shiva. "You're a coward."

"AND IF I WAS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?!"

"I'll show you!!" said Ramuh.

"NONONO. YOU WON'T SHOW ME ANYTHING!" He pointed up into the air. "But I will show YOU something."

"Show us what?!" asked Ifrit.

"The MOST POWERFULLESS GUARDIAN FORCE ALIVE. DESTROY THEM EDEN!!"

"Eden!? That powerful force we felt?!"

"Yes!! YESSS!! YOU WILL DIE NOW!! EDEN, USE YOU SPECIAL BEAM OF DESTRUCTION ON THEM."

"NOT YET!! We maybe don't have a chance if we attacked indivudally at Eden but If we combined our attacks, we might have a chance.

The sky became dark and the cloud began to spread apart. A trigger of light then targeted each Guardians."

"Arg..My eyes!" said Ifrit. "Damn that light."

"THAT LIGHT IS YOUR DEATH!! NOW EDEN*

Eden began to increase his energy for a super blast.

"OKAY LET'S DO IT!" said Shiva.

"I'll start!!" *FIRE BALLS OF DESTRUCTION* He began his new improved move. He jumped into the air and made 2 huge fiery energy balls. Then he combined them into one.

*DIAMOND DUST* Shiva let out a Ice blast onto the huge ball, freezing the ball.

*JUDGEMENT BOLT* Ramuh then used his thunder to electrify the boulder.

Ifrit then took one step back and kicked it right toward the core of Eden.

Then with one final attack, Ifrit let out his *HELL'S FIRE* A super blast of fire behind the boulder began to direct itself towards Eden.

The rock impacted the core but there was no effect.

The second wave of fire also hit Eden. But there was no effect.

As each second passed, the energy began to increase and increase.

Their eyes widened. "NOTHING HAPPEND?!" Shiva said in shock.

Ifrit was stunned.

"Uh....."

"HAHAHHAHA. NOW FOR YOUR DEATH SENTENCE. YOUR TIME WILL COME!"

With the last amount of energy, Eden let out this super blast directly to Earth, targeting the three guardians.

*EERERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.* The sound became louder and louder.

With one last glance, Ifrit looked at Shiva. "Heh. Guess we lost."

"The war is not over yet." Shiva said.

Ramuh looked at Rufus. "This is only the beginning. Cloud and them will come very soon."

"AND I'LL BE WAITING!" he smirked.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

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"Did you felt that Tifa?!"

"Yes I did. That was one huge explosion."

*EERRROOOOAARR* Bahamut then began to speed twice as fast.

"We got to hurry." said Cloud.

"Yea."

"Be careful Tifa. Whatever you do, I don't want our baby to be hurt."

She nodded. "Don't worry."

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"Another blast. I feel some powers gone. I think more guardians were destroyed." said Arthur.

Gilgamesh eyes narrowed at the power. "We must hurry"

The knights fled on their horses and increased their velocity.

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"Muahhaha. DIE, DIE DIE MORE!!" Rufus continued to float up the volcano.

*ERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR* A Giant bird then used its claws to grab onto Rufus.

A sea monster surrounded the shores of the Island.

Phoenix then let Rufus down back onto the ground and away from the Volcano. It was thinking that Rufus was going to throw the cure into the magma.

"DAMN YOU BIRD!! YOU RUINED MY PLAN!!"

"Shut up you A-hole." said Typoon. "It's time for your demise."

"Tsk Tsk Tsk. I don't think so. One senseless touch on me might destroy this tube." He took it out.

"The CurE!!!" said Typoon.

*EERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARRR* Bahamut then landed onto the ground.

Rufus' eyes widened. "Not now!! My plan!!"

"WE'RE FINALLY HERE RUFUS. GIVE US THE CURE!" Cloud stepped off the dragon and Tifa followed.

"NO. You want it?! Come get it!"

"Oh I will." said Cloud.

"Hhahaha. It won't be that easy."

Cloud and Tifa then heard the earth rumbling.

"So I guess everyone is here." said Rufus. "Well most of them."

Cloud and Tifa turned around.

"Knights of the Round. Odin. Choco/Mog." said Cloud.

"We're finally here." said Gilgamesh.

"And it's about time." said Arthur.

"HAHAHA. IT'S SO GOOD FOR YOU GUYS TO BE TOGETHER. ALL OF YOU. THAT MEANS YOU WILL ALL DIE TOGETHER!!"

"No way Rufus. You have no way out this time." said Gilgamesh.

"I don't think so. EDIN!!! I COMMAND YOU TO DESTROY ONLY TIFA!!"

The skies became dark once again and the clouds spreaded apart.

Cloud's eyes widened. "Huh!? What is he up to!?"

One light shined directly at Tifa.

"TIFA!! YOUR BEING TARGETED!" said Arthur.

"F*** this guy!" said Typoon. "Picking of girls!! YOU COWARD!"

"You're dead Rufus! Leave her alone!" said Cloud.

"Shut up Cloud. You will be the one dead."

Energy began to increase and Eden's power was getting ready for his ultimate attack.

Cloud ran toward Tifa. "Get out of here. I"ll protect you. EVERYONE!! TARGET THE CORE OF EDEN!!"

Everyone looked up.

"IT'S TOO LATE!! YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!"

Eden let out a super gigantic humongosity blast.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!" Cloud's eyes widened.

"We don't have time to attack nor defend!!" said Arthur. "We need more time!!"

"Yeah. That is true. We need more time." said Gilgamesh.

Cloud ignored their statements. Right now he was trying to find a way to protect Tifa. "DAMN YOU EDEN. IF ITS ME YOU WANT, THEN ATTACK ME! NOT TIFA"

"Heheheh. You don't get it Cloud. My plan will need Tifa in order for your demise." he thought. "GET TIFA!!"

"Stay behind me Tifa. It's auto aimed onto you. But I will protect you!!" he said.

"Cloud..." she softly said.

"I will protect you. I will protect our baby!!" He casted Body Guard, Dragon Force, Death force, Shield, Regen and all the protective magic onto himself.

"Cloud. Don't do this! I don't want you to die."

He turned around. "No. You have to continue our life. Raise my son well. And remember. I love you." he said.

"NO CLOUD. PLEASE DON'T!" she cried out. She grabbed him on the shoulder.

His eyes tripled. "LISTEN TO ME TIFA. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT I WON'T LET YOU NOR MY SON DIE. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN ARGUE ME OUT OF THIS!" The turned aback around looked up at the light. He pointed his sword at the tremendous force.

*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR* The sound became louder and louder at each moment. Time was running out.

"Cloud. I love you. I will never forget you." Tifa's eyes became teary

His eyes narrowed at the beam that was incoming. He began to shed tears. "My son will never know or see how I look like." he thought.

"Cloud..."

"Tifa..." he softly said.

Gilgamesh saw the whole mess. He looked at Cloud. "YOU MUST LIVE CLOUD!! I WILL PROTECT YOU!!" He jumped in front of Cloud.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO ODIN!!" he shouted out.

*ERRRROOAR* Bahamut stood in front of Cloud.

"It's time we defend Cloud. He will finish Eden and Rufus." said Typoon.

All the knights stood in front of Cloud including King Arthur. "Lest us we forget. We will win. You will win for us Cloud. You have the power."

All the guardian forces then stood in front of Cloud. Phoenix, Leviathan, Choco/mog, Knights of the Round, Typhoon and Gilgamesh.

"WE WILL WIN!!" shouted them all.

The super blast hit all of them and destroyed each Guardian. All the guardians took the hit for Cloud.

His eyes widened. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" he screamed out. "YOU B**** EDEN!!"

Cloud then looked behind him to see if Tifa was still there. His eyes then quadripled. "TIFA?!"

She was no where in sight. "TIFA!!!" he screamed out.

Rufus held her hostage and was now on top of the volcano.

His mouth then dropped to the ground. "RUFUS!! YOU COWARD. WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU DOING!?"

"YOU WANT HER, COME GET HER."

Cloud casted float and haste on himself. He then made a fast pace toward Rufus.

"Tsk Tsk Tsk."

As he reached him, Rufus casted *Sleepel* on her. Tifa then became drowsy and fell asleep.

"DAMN YOU RUFUS!!"

"ONE MORE STEP TOWARD ME CLOUD AND I'LL THROW HER DOWN INTO THE VOLCANO."

Cloud immediatly stop as he was just a few mere steps beside him. "Let her go!" he said.

"I'll tell you what Cloud. I'll give you a choice."

"Huh?!" he thought.

"Who do you care for more? Tifa or your friends?!" he asked.

"Stop asking stupid questions and give me her!"

"No Cloud. And it's not stupid. ANSWER ME DAMMIT. WHO DO YOU CARE FOR MORE!?"

Cloud took a few steps toward him and ignored his question.

"ONE MORE STEP AND I'LL SERIOUSLY THROW HER DOWN."

Cloud stopped.

"Look Cloud. I'll give you a choice." He took out the tube which as the cure to all the ultamanipulaton. "To save your friends or to save you lover."

His eyes tripled. "Don't do it." he said.

"F*** off. I'll do whatever I want. IT'S GAME OVER FOR YOU CLOUD. YOU MAKE YOU CHOICE............NOW!!" He threw Tifa into the depts of the Volcano. Then the threw the tube far in the opposite direction of Tifa's fall.

"NOW CHOOSE!!" he said.

Cloud becamed stunned. He had to choose one. Tifa or his friends. *gulp* he thought.

Rufus stood there. "Time is running out."

He was still standing there.

"HEHE. GOOD CHOICE. YOU CHOOSE NON OF THEM!! MUAHHAHAHA!"

Without any thinking left, He immediately jumped into the Volcano.

"Whoa, be careful. I guess you're both going to die!!" he said.

Cloud made himself in a diving position. "TIFA!! I'M COMING!!"

Her eyes finally awakened. Then in shock, she noticed that she was falling right into the magma.

As Cloud reached Tifa, he casted SLOW on her. He then grabbed onto her as he catched her.

Tifa's eyes widened. "The Cure..." she said. "Forget about me!!"

He took her by his arms and casted float.

"No. I love you more than anything. Even if it's to cure my friends, I would always choose you over them."

Her eyes tripled. "Cloud...." she said softly.

"Because I love you..." he said.

"CLOUD...." Even though she was puzzled that the tube was no longer accesible, she realized that he chose her over his friends. It was true love. 'CLOUD!!" She embraced him as they were almost near the top. "Thank you."

He smiled. "No problems."

"Hahhahaah. So you did managed to save Tifa. But then what about the Cure?!" He pointed at the shattered tube. "Your friends will now stay like that forever."

Rufus' summoning materia then dropped from his jacket. He didn't know.

"PLAIN STUPID!" he said. "Even though you saved Tifa. Now you both die. TOGETHER!! how romantic!! EDEN DESTROY THEM."

There was no answer.

"Huh?!" he thought.

Cloud then saw the fallen materia.

Rufus saw his eyes looking down. He then saw his materia on the ground. "What the!?"

In an instant, Cloud teleported beside him and sliced him across the head.

Rufus' eyes widened.

His head was now on the ground.

*EWW* "Disgusting.." thought Tifa. "YOU DESERVED THAT!"

"Bye Shinra. No more." He kicked Rufus' body into the volano (including his head)

Then he picked out the materia and threw it into the hot magma of the Volcano.

Tifa then walked up beside him. "What do we do from here?" she asked.

He embraced Tifa and looked at her.

She looked up at him. "Cloud..."

"The war hasn't ended yet."

They both looked up at the sky.

"We're not done yet.........

We will find a way to cure our friends...."





The End!!!
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Author's note: It seems as if there isn't any sequel to this ending but....THAT'S HOW LIFE GOES EH!? hhahah

So I hope you enjoyed this Story. Thanks for reading!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!

Sincerely and forever
johnny aka aznkao