Chapter 16
The One Winged Angel rises again

Inuyasha, Cloud and the others were facing the dreadful monster created by Kikyo as a test of her power. The large monster attacks the group with tail laser. Sango and Yuffie along with Vincent were caught in the blast. Cloud used his blade beam limit break on the monster. Barret unleashed his limit break the Catastrophe on Kikyo-Birth which the group was calling the monster since it had a striking resemblance to Jenova birth. Tifa and Red did a combo with their limit breaks. Tifa attacked first with her long chain of limit breaks which did a lot of harm to the monster and as the creature was recovering it was hit by Red's Cosmo Memory limit break. Miroku was going to finish the monster off with his Wind tunnel, but he never saw two tentacles going under the ground and then resurfacing to grab him.

No mater how hard they hit the monster it kept regenerating endlessly. The monster retaliated by using W-laser on them. Miroku was hit by the attack as was Cid and Inuyasha. Cloud got hit in the face by one of the monster's Tentacles. Vincent cast Ultima on the monster, but the spell did little damage. Cloud got up and cast fire 3 on the monster burning some parts of its body. To their surprise the monster healed itself. Inuyasha got in there and used the wind scar on the monster vaporizing most of its body. Sango threw her boomerang at the monster cutting a large part of its body off. The body part that Sango took out grew legs and it crawled back to the monster and it reattached itself to the rest of it. The monster attacked again with Demi 2 as the spell hit most of the group. The monster cast another spell and it was quake 3. Everyone else who wasn't hit was knocked down to the ground now.

Cloud had enough of that monster, so he called forth his most powerful summon he and it was the Knights of the Round. The thirteen knights came and they pulverized the creature. Vincent transformed into Chaos and hit the monster with Stan slam. The creature survived the large skull so the monster was hit by a series of flaming skulls coming out of nowhere. Once the attack was over the monster still survived and any wounds it suffered was already being regenerated. The monster was prepared to launch a large sphere of energy at the group, but Inuyasha ran towards the creature as the sphere of energy was launched at them. Just as the sphere was about to hit Inuyasha and the others, the half demon made a power swing and yelled out "Kaze no Kizu!" The power wave of the Tetsusaiga's ultimate attack sprang forth and engulfed the monster. Cloud saw the opportunity to unleash another assault with Knights of the round. The two powerful attacks were enough to vaporize the monster completely.

When the battle was over Cloud and the gang was casting cure spells on one another as they were trying to recover from the battle. Meanwhile Inuyasha was looking at the burnt remains of the monster and thought "Kikyo what the hell is happening to you?" Suddenly without saying a word Inuyasha ran off into the distance following Kikyo's scent. "Where the hell is he going" Barret asked. "Miroku is he going where I think he is going" Shippo asked the monk. "Inuyasha has gone after Kikyo. That is not a very wise decision" the monk commented. "I agree with Miroku. Inuyasha shouldn't be chasing after Kikyo. She is too dangerous" Vincent said. "Then someone better go and get him back here, before he gets into some seriously trouble" Yuffie suggested. "I'll go" Cloud said. "Wait, we'll go too" Sango said as Kirara hopped off her shoulder and transformed into her much larger form. "We can travel much faster by air" Sango said as she got on top of Kirara. "I like that plan" Cloud said as he got on. "We'll be back soon" Sango said as she and Cloud flew off after Inuyasha.

Meanwhile at the Gold Saucer Rin was dragging a large bag of prizes and stuff while whistling a happy tune as Jaken was carrying a smaller bag. They were leaving the wonder square as they ran into Sesshomaru who was standing outside of the area with the Turks behind him. "Hello Mr. Sesshomaru. Who are they" Rin asked while pointing at the Turks behind Sesshomaru. "They are the Turks and they will be traveling with us" Sesshomaru said. "Wow we have a big group now" Rin said. "Lord Sesshomaru why would you bring more humans long with us" Jaken asked. "They needed a new leader so I accepted the position and I could use their special talents when we face Naraku eventually" Sesshomaru replied.

"Well ok Lord Sesshomaru, but I don't see how these humans will be help" Jaken was saying, but before the small lizard man could finish he was grabbed by Rude and given a beating by the muscled fighter. Rube dropped Jaken and he left him twitching on the ground like flesh road kill. Sesshomaru cast cure which healed the lizard man as he stood up. "I believe it is time that we leave this place and gather the last of the materia I will need" Sesshomaru said as he, Jaken, Rin and the Turks left the gold saucer.

Back in the feudal era Hojo was looking at the people inside Kaede's village trying to pick a good specimen he could work on. Suddenly a man appeared behind him. "Are you Professor Hojo by any chance" the man asked. "I am he" Hojo replied. "Then I wish to ask of your services" the figure said who stepped out of the shadows. The figure was none other than Naraku. "In what why do you want me to help you" Hojo asked as the two men started making a deal.

Meanwhile the moon was shining over cherry blossom trees as the pink petals were flying on the wind as each petal flew around the area where they bloomed. Sephiroth sat on in his wheelchair in a clearing that was surrounded by cherry blossom tress. Suddenly out from underneath the trees a figure wearing a black hood and a cloak appeared and was approaching Sephiroth. The figure stood before Sephiroth and removed its hood revealing the figure that fought Inuyasha last night was Kikyo. Her hair was tied in its usual way with a white ribbon as Kikyo's hair was moving in the wind. Sephiroth sensed something different about Kikyo and it was that he could sense life in her now, but he detected something else in her. Sephiroth detected a power that far surpassed his mothers and it almost rivaled his own.

"Kikyo how nice to see you again; I like the new look and the sword" Sephiroth said as he noticed the sword Kikyo had in her left hand. "I am pleased to see you again Sephiroth. I am glad that you got my message" Kikyo replied with a smile. "Indeed I did receive it. Now what did you wish to see me about" Sephiroth asked. "I wanted to thank you" Kikyo replied as she stood directly in front of Sephiroth. Sephiroth's face was etched in confusion as he asked "thank me? Why do you wish to thank me I haven't done anything for you?" "True, but if you haven't told me about Nibelheim I wouldn't be alive again" Kikyo replied. "How did that happened" Sephiroth asked. Kikyo told Sephiroth everything that happened in Nibelheim. Sephiroth wasn't happy about the part where Hojo is alive and the sliver haired swordsman wanted to puke when Kikyo mentioned that Hojo was his father. The part that shocked Sephiroth was when Kikyo told him how Hojo had injected Kikyo with Jenova's cells and she had fallen into the lifestream.

When Kikyo emerged from it she was not only alive once again, but she had gained a lot of powers from the lifestream and Jenova. Sephiroth was impressed that the lifestream didn't kill her and such an interesting transformation she underwent. "Its obvious then that you have been though a lot in recent days" Sephiroth said. "Indeed. By the way Sephiroth here is a little gift from me" Kikyo said as she placed her hands on Sephiroth shoulders and the sliver haired man was covered in a bright light. Sephiroth felt his power was returning to him faster than ever. Moments later when Kikyo was done Sephiroth moved his legs and started to stand up. Suddenly to his own amazement Sephiroth was standing up. His full power and his ability to walk had returned. Sephiroth was looking down at himself as he was pleased that he could walk again.

"I can walk, and I can feel that my full power has returned to me. Thank you Kikyo" Sephiroth said. "I owe you much so think nothing of it. Beside I also asked you here because I wanted to ask you something" Kikyo replied. "Yes you may ask" Sephiroth replied to the priestess. "Sephiroth I had study for record about you life in the Shrina mansion and I couldn't help but notice that you and I have much in common. One is that you and I both never had a real chance to experience the better things of life such as love, and other things because we were trained to do duties we never even really have much choice to accept. Second we both have experienced death and I can say that we are both very alike on certain levels. Sephiroth I wish to join with you" Kikyo said as she looked into the eyes of the former general.

Sephiroth was a bit surprise by what Kikyo had said to him about being alike. Sephiroth couldn't think of any reason they could be alike unless it was a ploy yo hide something from him. "Kikyo why do you wish to join with me" Sephiroth asked. "Because well...the best way to explain why I want to join you is to show you" Kikyo said as she pressed her lips against Sephiroth and she kissed him. When she was done all Sephiroth did was simply stare at her. Sephiroth was a bit shocked that this woman kissed him. It wasn't his first kiss or anything for Sephiroth since before he found out about the Jenova project Sephiroth had gone on many dates. All of them didn't last long because all of the women were only interested in Sephiroth tile and fortune he gained as a general not the real him. "Is this woman in love with me" Sephiroth thought as used his Jenova powers to probe her mind. Surprisingly he gained easy access to her mind. Sephiroth detected that Kikyo was letting him probe her mind. Sephiroth felt the feelings Kikyo had for him. At first Kikyo was interested with him, then after learning about his past was when she was starting to have strong interest in him and finally she fell in love with him after she was given life once more thanks to Jenova's blood. Sephiroth did find that she did have feeling for someone called Inuyasha, but those feeling were slowly disappearing because she knew that Inuyasha loved the girl called Kagome. Kikyo knew that Inuyasha was a lost cause.

"Kikyo...You fell in love with me" Sephiroth replied. "Yes I have" Kikyo replied. Sephiroth was stunned by her response and Sephiroth could tell that she wasn't lying either. For that moment Sephiroth forgot about everything else he had thought about. All of his attention and his thoughts were focused on Kikyo. Sephiroth did care for anything else at that time. He could still feel the press of her lips on his and he already wanted to kiss her. Sephiroth gave into his feeling for Kikyo as he warped his arms around Kikyo and pulled her close to him as Sephiroth kissed Kikyo. Instead of a simple kiss on the lips the kiss the two were giving was a passionate one as Kikyo and Sephiroth were exploring the inside the other's mouth while they were locked in the kiss. Kikyo moaned as she warped her arms around Sephiroth and her hands found their way to his head that was under the hood as she felt Sephiroth's sliver hair between her finger tips.

"So this is what it feels like to be truly in love with someone. I never thought it would happen to me" Sephiroth thought as he held Kikyo in his tight embrace. However while the two were enjoying the other's company the two didn't notice that Inuyasha was there watching from the shadows. When Inuyasha saw Kikyo kissing the man with the white hood over his head Inuyasha's blood was boiling with anger. He ran out towards them with his claws raised. Sephiroth sensed the incoming damager as he broke away from Kikyo and raised his hand to hit Inuyasha with bolt 3. Inuyasha rolled along the ground after he was sent flying through the air. "Take your fifthly hands off of her" Inuyasha yelled out as he got back up. "Inuyasha...how should I put this...I am dumping you" Kikyo said. "What...why Kikyo" Inuyasha asked in shock. "Because I love this man and you love Kagome so it is over between us" Kikyo said. "No I won't listen to that" Inuyasha said trying to deny what Kikyo was saying to him. "Kikyo do you want me to dispatch of your ex-boyfriend" Sephiroth asked as he drew his sword from its sheath.

Sephiroth was in his usual battle stance as Kikyo looked at Inuyasha and said "Kill him. If he won't take a hint and leave then he can die. I don't want him alive if he will keep bothering us" Kikyo said. "Very well; He shall die my love" Sephiroth said as he was ready to take Inuyasha down. Inuyasha drew his sword and he had not yet realized who he was going up against. Inuyasha didn't even bother trying to smell him. He was so angry that he couldn't think straight. Sephiroth had a smile on his face and he knew this battle would help him stretch his legs. Sephiroth was waiting for Inuyasha to make his first move. The battle for Kikyo was about to start.

The One Winged Angel had risen once again.