The End of a Dream
~3~
Reach into Darkness
Sephiroth put the diary down on the table. Inside there was more information than he wanted to know. "Lucrecia . . ." He mumbled. The name had a nice sound to it. "Lucrecia . . ." He repeated. "Jenova wasn't my mother . . . Lucrecia was . . ." He sat there in the darkness of the library thinking it over.
It finally made sense. Everything was so clear now. This was all Jenova's fault. Instead of finding the reason why he survived his battle with Cloud, he found out so much more. "Valentine knew this whole time . . . He and I must have a little chat later . . ." He said to himself and leaned back into the chair.
He rubbed his tired eyes then stared up at the ceiling. "All this time I thought I was an ancient and tried to get revenge on the world when the whole time I was as human as everyone else . . . That means I killed that Cetra woman for no reason . . ." He closed his eyes, remembering.
**Flashback**
'Sephiroth must be stopped' The flower girl slowly made her way through the forest. She had to get to Ancient City and prey for Holy before it was too late . . .
"And just where do you think you're going?" A cold voice and familiar voice sent shivers down her spine.
Aeris turned around. It was exactly who she thought it was. "Sephiroth . . ." She took a step backwards and pulled out her weapon. She tried to act brave, but she knew he could tell how frightened she was.
He slowly approached her with a sly smirk on his face. "You weren't tying to go and stop were you?" She slowly nodded. The silver haired man gave a short laugh and stood in front of her. "Why don't you go home and forget about it?"
Aeris glared at him. The fear just seemed to disappear. "How dare you!"
The ex-general's eyebrow arched. "Huh?"
"How dare you think that I'd let an evil bastard like you destroy this planet! There's just no way I'd let you do that!" It took her a few moments to realize what she just did. She may as well ask him to kill her!
He was silent, the look on his face unreadable. The brunette swallowed. Had she lost her mind? This was like bad mouthing the devil himself! She bit her lip and hoped for the best.
" . . . You're very amusing, cetra . . ." He finally spoke.
"My name is Aeris . . ." Her mouth shot off again. She was asking for it now.
Sephiroth gave a short laugh. "Fine then, Aeris. If you turn around and walk away, I promise I won't hurt you . . . However if you insist on getting in my way, I'll kill you."
The flower girl just stood there. Her feet felt nailed to the ground. "No . . ." She said under her breath. "I can't let you do this . . ." Her eyes widened when she saw him reach for the masamune.
He pulled it out and dropped it on the forest floor. Then, in one final step he shortened the distance between them. "Huh?" Aeris looked up at him. Suddenly his arms came around her waist and he pulled her against him. Before she could react, she felt his warm lips against hers. One of his hands came up and stroked the back of her head. She moaned against his lips and kissed back. She didn't know why; she just did. She lost in the heat of passion.
Aeris felt dizzy. She had no idea what she was doing or what was happening. Her arms came around his neck, playing with his silver locks of hair.
The kiss was long and sweet. How he wished that he could just rip off of that dress of hers and fuck her right there and then. The thought of him on top of her, having his way was enough to drive him insane. He had to fight back the urge to take this any further, for it would be like smashing a stain-glass window with a rock. He would be destroying a very work of art.
Sephiroth slowly pulled away. "I don't want to hurt you, but I have to, I will . . . Please just go home and forget about this?"
"I'm sorry . . . I can't . . ." She looked up into his eyes sadly.
He pulled away from her and walked back over to the masamune. He picked it up and put it back into its sheath. "I will give you some time to think it over . . ." He turned and walked away.
**End Flashback**
"In the end, she never took my offer and I had to kill her . . ." He whispered to himself. If Jenova wasn't there, then she'd still be alive . . . She had tricked him into killing Aeris . . .
He stood up, grabbed the diary and walked out of the mansion. "Perhaps I should visit her one last time . . ."
****
The raven haired man slowly walked through the woods. "Cloud and Tifa should be somewhere around here . . . They said that they'd meet me . . ." He mumbled. His thoughts soon drifted elsewhere, to Sephiroth and Hojo's diary.
"I wonder if he read that book yet . . . Everything would seem a lot clearer to him . . ." He sat down under a tree and thought. He remembered how evil Hojo was and what he did to him and Lucrecia. All of the painful memories were coming back now . . .
He remembered how Lucrecia chose Hojo over him, and how he killed her by injecting the Jenova cells into her. He tried to save her, but Hojo shot him in the arm . . . Ever since then, he became Hojo's little science project . . .
The scientist took him and mutated him into what he was now . . . Every now and then he'd rape and torture him. It was soon after that Vincent decided to lock himself in the basement of Shinra Mansion and go to sleep for many years in one of the coffins. He cringed at the memory and tried to think of other things.
"Vincent?"
He sat up. "Is that you Tifa?"
The brunette walked over and sat down next to him. "Sorry, Cloud wanted to revisit the lake where Aeris was . . ."
"Shouldn't you be with him? The forest is really dangerous . . ."
Her coffee colored eyes dazed off into space. "I . . . just couldn't bare to be there again . . . That place brings back too many painful memories . . ."
Vincent nodded. "I'm sure Cloud wants to be alone anyway . . . He's been so sad ever since she died . . . He deserves some time to clear his head . . ." He smiled at her then frowned seeing how nervous and tired she looked. "Tifa . . . , please don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you look terrible . . ."
"I haven't been getting much sleep lately . . ."
"Why's that?"
"Nightmares . . ."
"About what?"
" . . . Him . . ."
"Oh . . . Sephiroth?"
She nodded. "I keep having dreams about him . . . They always start out in darkness . . . and then there's voices. I don't know who's making them, but before I can find out, Sephiroth shows up . . . He always threatens me and makes me give a message to Cloud in the real world . . . Last night he said to tell him that he'd kill him and impale his head on the masamune . . ."
The raven haired man noticed her start to tremble violently. "And you think these dreams are real? That he actually has messages for you to tell to Cloud?"
"I-I don't know! I have no choice but to do what he says! He always asks if I did or not! If I don't . . . he'll kill me!"
'Poor Tifa . . .' He remained silent for a few minutes. "Don't worry, Tifa . . . He won't be able to hurt you . . . You always have your friends here to protect you . . . And I'm sure Cloud can take care of himself . . . If he was able to beat Sephiroth before I'm almost positive that he can do it again."
She nodded and they continued to wait for Cloud to return.
****
Sephiroth reached the clearing in the woods. There, in the center of the clearing was a large lake filled with crystal clear water. He slowly walked over to the water's edge and waded out into the lake. He went as far as he could then looked down.
The water was too deep to see if Aeris's body was still there or not. 'Well, of course she's still there. The water is way too deep and too cold for anyone to leap into to retrieve her body. Besides . . . she's . . . dead."
He stood there in silence for a while then looked down. "I am sorry, cetra . . . no, Aeris . . . I should never have . . . It isn't fair that I am still alive and you are dead . . . Why? Why did I survive that battle with Cloud? I know I was dead, but then suddenly, I was alive again . . . It isn't fair . . . You should be in my place and I should be the dead one . . . I truly am sorry . . ." He bowed his head in apology.
"SEPHIROTH!!!"
The ex-general spun around just in time to see Cloud ram his sword into his chest. "S-Strife?!" He tried to speak, but he choked on his own blood that was flowing out of his mouth. 'No! Not again! I never even did anything wrong yet! Damn you Strife!'
The blonde yanked his weapon out of the older man's body. Sephiroth took a few steps back; he could feel he was at the ledge where the water got really deep, almost like a canyon. It was a struggle just to stand.
His mako colored eyes dimmed and he slowly fell backwards into the freezing cold water of the lake. A stream of red floated up to the surface as the man's motionless body sank.
"Ironic that you'd die in the same place where Aeris's body lays you murderous bastard!" The mercenary slowly walked away, leaving the water to grow redder and redder.
****
Cloud returned to the tree where Tifa and Vincent sat under. "I have good news." He smiled.
"There's blood on your sword . . ." Vincent stared blankly. For some odd reason, he suddenly felt sick to his stomach and he didn't even know why.
"Its Sephiroth's then. I just killed him . . ." He beamed.
The raven haired man sat up. "WHAT?!" Now he felt even sicker than before.
"S-e-p-h-i-r-o-t-h i-s d-e-a-d." He said slowly.
The brunette sighed in relief. "It's finally over . . ."
As much as Vincent tried to act happy, his heart continued to sink with gilt. "Where is he?"
"At the lake, sinking into the bloody water." The gun fighter started walking away. "Hey! Where are you going?"
"I . . . Uh . . . Want to see with my own eyes . . ." He walked into the woods. As soon as he was positive they couldn't see him, he began to sprint as fast as he could. He reached the lake. It was red with blood.
Without second thought he yanked off his cloak and leaped into the icy water. It was as if someone had punched him in the chest. The water was so cold, yet he continued to swim down until he spotted Sephiroth's limp body sinking into the darkness of the lake.
He grabbed the silver haired man by the wrist. He could feel a slight pulse, which meant he was still alive! Vincent took the other man on his back and tried to swim back up to the surface, but there was one problem. Sephiroth was too heavy!
The two of them slowly began to sink as Vincent struggled harder to rescue them both. It was no use! At this rate they'd both drown.
Was he really about to get himself killed for a monster like Sephiroth? The very man who killed Aeris? The very man who tried to end the world? The very man who he was jumped by and left to die?
He had to think fast, for his oxygen supply was running low . . . He had two choices. One was to let Sephiroth go and swim to the surface, therefore saving his own life and letting Sephiroth die. The second was to keep struggling, which didn't seem to be working at the moment . . .
'What do I do? If I leave Sephiroth he'll die! Wait, why do I care? I should want him to die! No! What am I thinking?! It doesn't matter what he did before in the past! This is the future! He spared my life before, he deserves a second chance! I got a second chance so I know how it feels! But at this rate, we'll both die!' He argued in his mind.
**Flashback**
Lucrecia collapsed onto the floor, barely alive. The Jenova cells she was injected with were tacking its toll on her. At least her son would be fine . . . Hojo stood there laughing evilly holding his new born son. "Please . . . Hojo . . . Don't hurt him . . . Don't hurt my son . . ."
"Shut up! You served your purpose; I have no further use for you! That's the only reason why I married you! For this moment when the child who would have the powers of the cetra!"
The door to the libratory was busted down and an angry young man stormed into the room. He spotted Lucrecia on the floor. "No!" He fell to his knees and brought her into his lap. "Lucrecia!"
She looked up into his eyes. "Vin . . .cent . .?" She smiled. Her eyes were filled with pain and anguish.
"Vincent Valentine! How nice to see you again!" Hojo smirked.
"You bastard what did you do to her!?" He snarled. He felt her hand on his cheek and he looked down at her.
"Please . . . Please take care of my son . . . You have to save Sephiroth . . ." Her eyes suddenly stared off into space, dead.
He nodded and put her down. He stood up and charged at the scientist angrily. "You'll pay for this!!!" There was all the time in the future to mourn for her, but now he had to get revenge. He had to carry out Lucrecia's last request, to save her son from that bastard Hojo!
"Oh really?" Hojo's eyes narrowed as he pulled out a gun and shot the young Turk several times until he fell down onto the floor. "Hm . . . You're very interesting, Vincent. I think I'll keep you. You're my little pet now Vincent. I will have a lot of fun playing with you. We'll start by giving you a new arm. You won't be able to use your old one anymore since I shot it too many times!" He burst into laughter as the raven haired man drifted off into darkness.
**End Flashback**
'That's right! I made a promise! I can't let Sephiroth die! But, I may have to if I can't get to the surface in time . . . Fuck! What do I do!?' Time was running out and Sephiroth was hanging by a thread. His fate was in Vincent's hands now . . . but would he be able to save him and keep his promise? He had to make his decision now or they'd both die!
To Be Continued . . .
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(A/N)
Yokai: Cliff hanger! Cliff hanger! ^-^
Sephiroth: Calm down . . .
Yokai: No! ^-^
Sephiroth: Freak . . . -_-;;;
Yokai: What was that?!
Sephiroth: Nothing . . .
Yokai: Maybe I should make Vincent leave you there to die . . .
Sephiroth: NOOOOOOO!!! .
Vincent: I was gasping for air just reading this!
Yokai: I think I'll make Vinny give you CPR, Sephy! ^_- *wink*
Sephiroth: So does that mean I live?
Yokai: Not necessarily . . .
Vincent: ^-^
Sephiroth: O___O;;;
Yokai: Oh yeah! I'd like to thank Akkeil, Angel280, Rena/Lizzeh Person, and Shadow Shi 13!
Sephiroth: Yummy food for all of you! Don't eat food? Too bad! More for me!!! ^-^
Vincent: O___O;;; *Stare*
Yokai: Er . . . Anyway! ^-^;;; Onto the review requests!
Vincent: The first is from Akkeil, who say to call her at 1-408-Death-eater and she'll send us dragons to kill Cloud! The second is from Angel280 who says to Stick two metal forks into him and then send an electrical current through him. Then wait until he blows up! *grabs a phone* 1-408-Death-Eater . . . *A giant box of dragons appears* Thanks!
Sephiroth: Cloud, could you come here for a moment?
Cloud: OK! :D
Sephiroth: Will you please stick these two metal forks into yourself?
Cloud: Do you think I'm stupid?!-Of course I will! :D *he sticks the forks into his neck* Look! I'm Frankenstein! ^-^
Sephiroth: . . . . . That you are . . . *send 1000 bolts of electricity through Cloud's body*
Cloud: Dude!!! I can see my skeleton!!! Wow!!! :D
Sephiroth: !?!
Cloud: *sees the box of dragons and runs over to it* Wow!!! What's in the box! What in the box!? *jumps up and down like a little school girl*
Vincent: It's . . . . your birthday present! ^-^;;;
Cloud: Cool! *opens it and the dragons circle around him* *screams* AHHHH!!! Lizards!!!
Vincent: No . . .
Cloud: Ok, then there's nothing to be afraid of . . . *the dragons growl loudly into his face* I love you too! ^-^ *they eat him and he finally dies*
Sephiroth: What an idiot . . . I should have been the main character of FF7
Vincent: Me too! :D
Yokai: Anyway, please review or else I won't update until the year 2999!
Vincent: Oh, and send more requests! They can be any request you want to see on the A/N's!
Sephiroth: And cloud killing ideas!!
Yokai: Or questions about anything!
Vincent: And if you know people who'd like this fic tell them, we're desperate!!!
Sephiroth: Ok, I think we've ranted on enough already . . . Well?
Yokai: Well what?
Sephiroth: End this thing already and put up the "-Yokai Hansha" thingy! I'm sleepy!
Yokai: Only if you sleep next to me . . .
Sephiroth: Ether you put it up or I'll take over the keyboard and write it myself!
Yokai: You can't do that! I am all powerful!
Vincent: I am no part of this conversation . . .
Sephiroth: I will not sleep with you!
Yokai: Why!?! *pout*
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Yokai: Because why?!
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Yokai: Because why?!
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Yokai: Because why?!
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Vincent: Fuck this! I'll do it!!!!
Yokai: Nooooooo!!!!!!!!
--Yokai Hansha (If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.)
~3~
Reach into Darkness
Sephiroth put the diary down on the table. Inside there was more information than he wanted to know. "Lucrecia . . ." He mumbled. The name had a nice sound to it. "Lucrecia . . ." He repeated. "Jenova wasn't my mother . . . Lucrecia was . . ." He sat there in the darkness of the library thinking it over.
It finally made sense. Everything was so clear now. This was all Jenova's fault. Instead of finding the reason why he survived his battle with Cloud, he found out so much more. "Valentine knew this whole time . . . He and I must have a little chat later . . ." He said to himself and leaned back into the chair.
He rubbed his tired eyes then stared up at the ceiling. "All this time I thought I was an ancient and tried to get revenge on the world when the whole time I was as human as everyone else . . . That means I killed that Cetra woman for no reason . . ." He closed his eyes, remembering.
**Flashback**
'Sephiroth must be stopped' The flower girl slowly made her way through the forest. She had to get to Ancient City and prey for Holy before it was too late . . .
"And just where do you think you're going?" A cold voice and familiar voice sent shivers down her spine.
Aeris turned around. It was exactly who she thought it was. "Sephiroth . . ." She took a step backwards and pulled out her weapon. She tried to act brave, but she knew he could tell how frightened she was.
He slowly approached her with a sly smirk on his face. "You weren't tying to go and stop were you?" She slowly nodded. The silver haired man gave a short laugh and stood in front of her. "Why don't you go home and forget about it?"
Aeris glared at him. The fear just seemed to disappear. "How dare you!"
The ex-general's eyebrow arched. "Huh?"
"How dare you think that I'd let an evil bastard like you destroy this planet! There's just no way I'd let you do that!" It took her a few moments to realize what she just did. She may as well ask him to kill her!
He was silent, the look on his face unreadable. The brunette swallowed. Had she lost her mind? This was like bad mouthing the devil himself! She bit her lip and hoped for the best.
" . . . You're very amusing, cetra . . ." He finally spoke.
"My name is Aeris . . ." Her mouth shot off again. She was asking for it now.
Sephiroth gave a short laugh. "Fine then, Aeris. If you turn around and walk away, I promise I won't hurt you . . . However if you insist on getting in my way, I'll kill you."
The flower girl just stood there. Her feet felt nailed to the ground. "No . . ." She said under her breath. "I can't let you do this . . ." Her eyes widened when she saw him reach for the masamune.
He pulled it out and dropped it on the forest floor. Then, in one final step he shortened the distance between them. "Huh?" Aeris looked up at him. Suddenly his arms came around her waist and he pulled her against him. Before she could react, she felt his warm lips against hers. One of his hands came up and stroked the back of her head. She moaned against his lips and kissed back. She didn't know why; she just did. She lost in the heat of passion.
Aeris felt dizzy. She had no idea what she was doing or what was happening. Her arms came around his neck, playing with his silver locks of hair.
The kiss was long and sweet. How he wished that he could just rip off of that dress of hers and fuck her right there and then. The thought of him on top of her, having his way was enough to drive him insane. He had to fight back the urge to take this any further, for it would be like smashing a stain-glass window with a rock. He would be destroying a very work of art.
Sephiroth slowly pulled away. "I don't want to hurt you, but I have to, I will . . . Please just go home and forget about this?"
"I'm sorry . . . I can't . . ." She looked up into his eyes sadly.
He pulled away from her and walked back over to the masamune. He picked it up and put it back into its sheath. "I will give you some time to think it over . . ." He turned and walked away.
**End Flashback**
"In the end, she never took my offer and I had to kill her . . ." He whispered to himself. If Jenova wasn't there, then she'd still be alive . . . She had tricked him into killing Aeris . . .
He stood up, grabbed the diary and walked out of the mansion. "Perhaps I should visit her one last time . . ."
****
The raven haired man slowly walked through the woods. "Cloud and Tifa should be somewhere around here . . . They said that they'd meet me . . ." He mumbled. His thoughts soon drifted elsewhere, to Sephiroth and Hojo's diary.
"I wonder if he read that book yet . . . Everything would seem a lot clearer to him . . ." He sat down under a tree and thought. He remembered how evil Hojo was and what he did to him and Lucrecia. All of the painful memories were coming back now . . .
He remembered how Lucrecia chose Hojo over him, and how he killed her by injecting the Jenova cells into her. He tried to save her, but Hojo shot him in the arm . . . Ever since then, he became Hojo's little science project . . .
The scientist took him and mutated him into what he was now . . . Every now and then he'd rape and torture him. It was soon after that Vincent decided to lock himself in the basement of Shinra Mansion and go to sleep for many years in one of the coffins. He cringed at the memory and tried to think of other things.
"Vincent?"
He sat up. "Is that you Tifa?"
The brunette walked over and sat down next to him. "Sorry, Cloud wanted to revisit the lake where Aeris was . . ."
"Shouldn't you be with him? The forest is really dangerous . . ."
Her coffee colored eyes dazed off into space. "I . . . just couldn't bare to be there again . . . That place brings back too many painful memories . . ."
Vincent nodded. "I'm sure Cloud wants to be alone anyway . . . He's been so sad ever since she died . . . He deserves some time to clear his head . . ." He smiled at her then frowned seeing how nervous and tired she looked. "Tifa . . . , please don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you look terrible . . ."
"I haven't been getting much sleep lately . . ."
"Why's that?"
"Nightmares . . ."
"About what?"
" . . . Him . . ."
"Oh . . . Sephiroth?"
She nodded. "I keep having dreams about him . . . They always start out in darkness . . . and then there's voices. I don't know who's making them, but before I can find out, Sephiroth shows up . . . He always threatens me and makes me give a message to Cloud in the real world . . . Last night he said to tell him that he'd kill him and impale his head on the masamune . . ."
The raven haired man noticed her start to tremble violently. "And you think these dreams are real? That he actually has messages for you to tell to Cloud?"
"I-I don't know! I have no choice but to do what he says! He always asks if I did or not! If I don't . . . he'll kill me!"
'Poor Tifa . . .' He remained silent for a few minutes. "Don't worry, Tifa . . . He won't be able to hurt you . . . You always have your friends here to protect you . . . And I'm sure Cloud can take care of himself . . . If he was able to beat Sephiroth before I'm almost positive that he can do it again."
She nodded and they continued to wait for Cloud to return.
****
Sephiroth reached the clearing in the woods. There, in the center of the clearing was a large lake filled with crystal clear water. He slowly walked over to the water's edge and waded out into the lake. He went as far as he could then looked down.
The water was too deep to see if Aeris's body was still there or not. 'Well, of course she's still there. The water is way too deep and too cold for anyone to leap into to retrieve her body. Besides . . . she's . . . dead."
He stood there in silence for a while then looked down. "I am sorry, cetra . . . no, Aeris . . . I should never have . . . It isn't fair that I am still alive and you are dead . . . Why? Why did I survive that battle with Cloud? I know I was dead, but then suddenly, I was alive again . . . It isn't fair . . . You should be in my place and I should be the dead one . . . I truly am sorry . . ." He bowed his head in apology.
"SEPHIROTH!!!"
The ex-general spun around just in time to see Cloud ram his sword into his chest. "S-Strife?!" He tried to speak, but he choked on his own blood that was flowing out of his mouth. 'No! Not again! I never even did anything wrong yet! Damn you Strife!'
The blonde yanked his weapon out of the older man's body. Sephiroth took a few steps back; he could feel he was at the ledge where the water got really deep, almost like a canyon. It was a struggle just to stand.
His mako colored eyes dimmed and he slowly fell backwards into the freezing cold water of the lake. A stream of red floated up to the surface as the man's motionless body sank.
"Ironic that you'd die in the same place where Aeris's body lays you murderous bastard!" The mercenary slowly walked away, leaving the water to grow redder and redder.
****
Cloud returned to the tree where Tifa and Vincent sat under. "I have good news." He smiled.
"There's blood on your sword . . ." Vincent stared blankly. For some odd reason, he suddenly felt sick to his stomach and he didn't even know why.
"Its Sephiroth's then. I just killed him . . ." He beamed.
The raven haired man sat up. "WHAT?!" Now he felt even sicker than before.
"S-e-p-h-i-r-o-t-h i-s d-e-a-d." He said slowly.
The brunette sighed in relief. "It's finally over . . ."
As much as Vincent tried to act happy, his heart continued to sink with gilt. "Where is he?"
"At the lake, sinking into the bloody water." The gun fighter started walking away. "Hey! Where are you going?"
"I . . . Uh . . . Want to see with my own eyes . . ." He walked into the woods. As soon as he was positive they couldn't see him, he began to sprint as fast as he could. He reached the lake. It was red with blood.
Without second thought he yanked off his cloak and leaped into the icy water. It was as if someone had punched him in the chest. The water was so cold, yet he continued to swim down until he spotted Sephiroth's limp body sinking into the darkness of the lake.
He grabbed the silver haired man by the wrist. He could feel a slight pulse, which meant he was still alive! Vincent took the other man on his back and tried to swim back up to the surface, but there was one problem. Sephiroth was too heavy!
The two of them slowly began to sink as Vincent struggled harder to rescue them both. It was no use! At this rate they'd both drown.
Was he really about to get himself killed for a monster like Sephiroth? The very man who killed Aeris? The very man who tried to end the world? The very man who he was jumped by and left to die?
He had to think fast, for his oxygen supply was running low . . . He had two choices. One was to let Sephiroth go and swim to the surface, therefore saving his own life and letting Sephiroth die. The second was to keep struggling, which didn't seem to be working at the moment . . .
'What do I do? If I leave Sephiroth he'll die! Wait, why do I care? I should want him to die! No! What am I thinking?! It doesn't matter what he did before in the past! This is the future! He spared my life before, he deserves a second chance! I got a second chance so I know how it feels! But at this rate, we'll both die!' He argued in his mind.
**Flashback**
Lucrecia collapsed onto the floor, barely alive. The Jenova cells she was injected with were tacking its toll on her. At least her son would be fine . . . Hojo stood there laughing evilly holding his new born son. "Please . . . Hojo . . . Don't hurt him . . . Don't hurt my son . . ."
"Shut up! You served your purpose; I have no further use for you! That's the only reason why I married you! For this moment when the child who would have the powers of the cetra!"
The door to the libratory was busted down and an angry young man stormed into the room. He spotted Lucrecia on the floor. "No!" He fell to his knees and brought her into his lap. "Lucrecia!"
She looked up into his eyes. "Vin . . .cent . .?" She smiled. Her eyes were filled with pain and anguish.
"Vincent Valentine! How nice to see you again!" Hojo smirked.
"You bastard what did you do to her!?" He snarled. He felt her hand on his cheek and he looked down at her.
"Please . . . Please take care of my son . . . You have to save Sephiroth . . ." Her eyes suddenly stared off into space, dead.
He nodded and put her down. He stood up and charged at the scientist angrily. "You'll pay for this!!!" There was all the time in the future to mourn for her, but now he had to get revenge. He had to carry out Lucrecia's last request, to save her son from that bastard Hojo!
"Oh really?" Hojo's eyes narrowed as he pulled out a gun and shot the young Turk several times until he fell down onto the floor. "Hm . . . You're very interesting, Vincent. I think I'll keep you. You're my little pet now Vincent. I will have a lot of fun playing with you. We'll start by giving you a new arm. You won't be able to use your old one anymore since I shot it too many times!" He burst into laughter as the raven haired man drifted off into darkness.
**End Flashback**
'That's right! I made a promise! I can't let Sephiroth die! But, I may have to if I can't get to the surface in time . . . Fuck! What do I do!?' Time was running out and Sephiroth was hanging by a thread. His fate was in Vincent's hands now . . . but would he be able to save him and keep his promise? He had to make his decision now or they'd both die!
To Be Continued . . .
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(A/N)
Yokai: Cliff hanger! Cliff hanger! ^-^
Sephiroth: Calm down . . .
Yokai: No! ^-^
Sephiroth: Freak . . . -_-;;;
Yokai: What was that?!
Sephiroth: Nothing . . .
Yokai: Maybe I should make Vincent leave you there to die . . .
Sephiroth: NOOOOOOO!!! .
Vincent: I was gasping for air just reading this!
Yokai: I think I'll make Vinny give you CPR, Sephy! ^_- *wink*
Sephiroth: So does that mean I live?
Yokai: Not necessarily . . .
Vincent: ^-^
Sephiroth: O___O;;;
Yokai: Oh yeah! I'd like to thank Akkeil, Angel280, Rena/Lizzeh Person, and Shadow Shi 13!
Sephiroth: Yummy food for all of you! Don't eat food? Too bad! More for me!!! ^-^
Vincent: O___O;;; *Stare*
Yokai: Er . . . Anyway! ^-^;;; Onto the review requests!
Vincent: The first is from Akkeil, who say to call her at 1-408-Death-eater and she'll send us dragons to kill Cloud! The second is from Angel280 who says to Stick two metal forks into him and then send an electrical current through him. Then wait until he blows up! *grabs a phone* 1-408-Death-Eater . . . *A giant box of dragons appears* Thanks!
Sephiroth: Cloud, could you come here for a moment?
Cloud: OK! :D
Sephiroth: Will you please stick these two metal forks into yourself?
Cloud: Do you think I'm stupid?!-Of course I will! :D *he sticks the forks into his neck* Look! I'm Frankenstein! ^-^
Sephiroth: . . . . . That you are . . . *send 1000 bolts of electricity through Cloud's body*
Cloud: Dude!!! I can see my skeleton!!! Wow!!! :D
Sephiroth: !?!
Cloud: *sees the box of dragons and runs over to it* Wow!!! What's in the box! What in the box!? *jumps up and down like a little school girl*
Vincent: It's . . . . your birthday present! ^-^;;;
Cloud: Cool! *opens it and the dragons circle around him* *screams* AHHHH!!! Lizards!!!
Vincent: No . . .
Cloud: Ok, then there's nothing to be afraid of . . . *the dragons growl loudly into his face* I love you too! ^-^ *they eat him and he finally dies*
Sephiroth: What an idiot . . . I should have been the main character of FF7
Vincent: Me too! :D
Yokai: Anyway, please review or else I won't update until the year 2999!
Vincent: Oh, and send more requests! They can be any request you want to see on the A/N's!
Sephiroth: And cloud killing ideas!!
Yokai: Or questions about anything!
Vincent: And if you know people who'd like this fic tell them, we're desperate!!!
Sephiroth: Ok, I think we've ranted on enough already . . . Well?
Yokai: Well what?
Sephiroth: End this thing already and put up the "-Yokai Hansha" thingy! I'm sleepy!
Yokai: Only if you sleep next to me . . .
Sephiroth: Ether you put it up or I'll take over the keyboard and write it myself!
Yokai: You can't do that! I am all powerful!
Vincent: I am no part of this conversation . . .
Sephiroth: I will not sleep with you!
Yokai: Why!?! *pout*
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Yokai: Because why?!
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Yokai: Because why?!
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Yokai: Because why?!
Sephiroth: Because!!!
Vincent: Fuck this! I'll do it!!!!
Yokai: Nooooooo!!!!!!!!
--Yokai Hansha (If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.)