Chapter VI: Zack's Redemption
It seemed like months before I awoke again, Sephiroth was at bay for now. I awakened near a destroyed town filled with the lifestream. I remembered one of it's inhabitants called this desalate place Mideel. It didn't matter, for I dived into the soul of the planet to kill myself and him once and for all. That when God himself lowered his hand to me. I remember it as clearly as I do the day I was first reborn.
I leapt into the green liquid with the screams of the planet gone, but not mine. The lifestream burnt like acid to my traitorous soul, it burned like hell, but I couldn't even begin to imagine what it felt like to Sephiroth, his screams made me cringe even in my pain. But it also gave me a feeling of humor to hear the once mighty Sephiroth in agony. I fell deeper and deeper within the earth, my body slowly and continuously eating away. I didn't realise it then but Sephiroth was finally gone, everything about him including his damned spirit. He no longer exsisted.
Unlike most times I never lost consiousness here, and eventually I felt no more pain. I had thouht it was because my body was gone but no, it was because the lifestream accepted me now that the Jenova cells were gone. I can safely say that I reached the center of the planet. I saw the spirits of the Centra, and a hidden weapon. Though know one told me, I knew it's name. This was FINAL weapon. I was stupid to touch it...
The power of it flowed within me, and it's mind seemed to join mine giving me a new sense of rights and judgement. I became the new protector of the planet, weilding it's power as my weapon. My first mission was the destruction of all of Midgar. All of it, the buildings, the reactors, and it's curupted inhabitants.
"So you destroyed it?"
"Don't play dumb, you saw me, that enormous ball of energy I created envoloped the entire place, not destroying it, but purifying it. No innocentes were harmed, they simply found themselves in a grassy field where Midgar once stood."
"I think your very noble for your actions."
"That reminds me of a verse from 'Loveless'. I am the noblest of the noble and the damnest of the damned."
"Zack...."
"Yuffie...."
My mission continued and I became more and more of a fallen angel for the oppressed and innocent people inhabiting the land. My duties for the planet were easy with my massive power. I can't say that I was completely redeemed though, my hatred for Cloud grew even more ferocious with time. My love for Yuffie grew with it though. I decided to ignore Cloud forever more but fate it funny. I found that I was to execute Aerith for her rebirth. At this time it also happened that Cloud found the Holy Materia.
"I'll never let her go, not again!!"
I stood before him with my wings folded around me as if they were a white and black cloak. He wasted no time activating the awesome power of Holy, enveloping in new powers that rivaled that of Sephiroth. Then, I nearly didn't believe it myself, he raised the Black Materia Meteor above him and was also enveloped. We were not on equal grounds, he far surpased even this planet's power. His eyes looked at me with hatred, mine back with pity.
"Zack, I won't let you take any more of my comrades...let's mosey." ((lol))
"Stop this now, you dare defy the planet with which you yourself exist? Perhaps you may be able to destroy me but this world dosen't accept traitorous beings."
Cloud's friends looked at me with hatred of thier own, and Yuffie watched with displeasure of not wanting either side to lose. He drew his sword and even though no hostile action was taken yet I was already being blown back by the emmense energy he emmitted. I spread my wings, the left white to represent my righteousness, and the right black to represent my humanity which was still very unholy.
"I won't let even the planet take my love"
I swear to this day that even in this chaos I saw Aerith blush to those words.
"Cloud, your feelings are natural, let the inner of this bout truly find peace in the world..."
We stood before eachother, Cloud eveloped in armor made of damned and holy materia, and I bore a nude body with wings. I ripped off my right wing to form the damned blade Soul Reaver, a blade that seemed to even turn on it's owner if it's bloodlust wasn't tamed. Our weapons clashed together blowing me back.
"Limit Level 4!! OMNISLASH!!!" Cloud screamed as his vorpal blade began to rip across my body. As he raised the blade for the final strike I was left to say, "Checkmate," as my righteous wing was raised to block the downward thrust and my Soul Reaver dove through his gut.
Cloud was not felled in this skirmish but I killed Aerith, my childhood crush and left my humanity in Cloud.
((meaning he left the Soul Reaver, his right wing, in Cloud.))