Sephiroth watched Aeris ride away from their home, from him...
He was watching her pray. She looked so peaceful.
"Kill her. It'll be so easy, my son. She's a threat, the biggest of them all. She separated us. She kept me away from you."
"But mother, look at her. She's a mere girl. She looks like an angel."
Jenova wasn't happy with her son's disobedience. Here comes her other son.
The blond-haired man walked slowly towards the girl.
"That's it, Cloud. Kill her." Jenova sent Cloud soothing messages. He fought against her, but she was stronger.
He lifted his sword.
"Cloud!"
"Damn it!" Jenova thought. "An interruption."
Cloud lowered his sword and backed away.
"Ugh...what are you making me do?"
Aeris looked up at Cloud and smiled. He smiled back. Just then he noticed the figure falling quickly.
"I don't want to kill her mother." His hand was placed on the hilt of his sword.
"Do it for me, your mother. Make me proud."
"But..."
"DO IT!"
And she pushed him as he unsheathed the sword.
He falls.
And the sword pierces through her frail body. He looks into his clone's eyes. His eyes were sparkling. Cloud watched as the ribbon unraveled from the girl's hair and a small white orb falls, bouncing from step to step, till it finally plunks into the water. It's the only sound in the room.
Sephiroth feels a pang of regret as he looks upon her beautiful face. Something about her made him want to stop this madness, this charade. Jenova's voice quickly fills his brain, washing away those urges.
He watches as Cloud cradles her body. A rush of jealousy comes over him and fades away.
"Aeris..." he whispers.
He shakes her body gently.
"This can't be happening."
"Do not worry. Soon the girl will become part of the Planet's energy. All that is left is to go North. The 'Promised Land' waits for me over the snowy fields. There I will become a new being by uniting with the planet. As will this girl..." Sephiroth finds himself speaking.
"Shut up" his clone responds.
"The cycle of nature and our stupid plan don't mean a thing," he continues.
"Aeris is gone. Aeris will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry... or get angry..."
"What about us...what are WE supposed to do?"
"What about my pain?"
"My fingers are tingling.
My mouth is dry.
My eyes are burning."
Sephiroth finally responds. "What are you saying? Are you saying you have feelings too?"
"Of course! Who do you think I am?" Cloud replies angrily.
Sephiroth found himself laughing.
"Ha ha ha...Stop acting as if you're sad. There's no need to act as if you're angry, either."
Sephiroth found himself ascending upwards...towards mother.
"Because Cloud. You are a..."
Sephiroth never finished his sentence. Jenova did it instead.
"Because you a...a puppet."
Jenova went on to the Northern Crater, while Sephiroth stayed behind. He watched Cloud defeat the monster they left behind for him. He watched as he laid the girl down into the pool. And he watched as she drifted slowly to the bottom. Soon Cloud and his companions left. And Sephiroth went down to the pool himself. He walked into the water till it was up to his waist. He could barely make out a form on the bottom. And a single tear fell from his eye.
Sephiroth rushed into the bathroom and vomited.
When he finished and brushed his teeth, he went outside for a walk.
Cloud has feelings for Aeris, he thought. It was the first time the thought entered his head. That people had feelings for her and that she may have feelings for them...that she might have feelings for Cloud.
Sephiroth rushed into the woods. He needed to kill something.
He was watching her pray. She looked so peaceful.
"Kill her. It'll be so easy, my son. She's a threat, the biggest of them all. She separated us. She kept me away from you."
"But mother, look at her. She's a mere girl. She looks like an angel."
Jenova wasn't happy with her son's disobedience. Here comes her other son.
The blond-haired man walked slowly towards the girl.
"That's it, Cloud. Kill her." Jenova sent Cloud soothing messages. He fought against her, but she was stronger.
He lifted his sword.
"Cloud!"
"Damn it!" Jenova thought. "An interruption."
Cloud lowered his sword and backed away.
"Ugh...what are you making me do?"
Aeris looked up at Cloud and smiled. He smiled back. Just then he noticed the figure falling quickly.
"I don't want to kill her mother." His hand was placed on the hilt of his sword.
"Do it for me, your mother. Make me proud."
"But..."
"DO IT!"
And she pushed him as he unsheathed the sword.
He falls.
And the sword pierces through her frail body. He looks into his clone's eyes. His eyes were sparkling. Cloud watched as the ribbon unraveled from the girl's hair and a small white orb falls, bouncing from step to step, till it finally plunks into the water. It's the only sound in the room.
Sephiroth feels a pang of regret as he looks upon her beautiful face. Something about her made him want to stop this madness, this charade. Jenova's voice quickly fills his brain, washing away those urges.
He watches as Cloud cradles her body. A rush of jealousy comes over him and fades away.
"Aeris..." he whispers.
He shakes her body gently.
"This can't be happening."
"Do not worry. Soon the girl will become part of the Planet's energy. All that is left is to go North. The 'Promised Land' waits for me over the snowy fields. There I will become a new being by uniting with the planet. As will this girl..." Sephiroth finds himself speaking.
"Shut up" his clone responds.
"The cycle of nature and our stupid plan don't mean a thing," he continues.
"Aeris is gone. Aeris will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry... or get angry..."
"What about us...what are WE supposed to do?"
"What about my pain?"
"My fingers are tingling.
My mouth is dry.
My eyes are burning."
Sephiroth finally responds. "What are you saying? Are you saying you have feelings too?"
"Of course! Who do you think I am?" Cloud replies angrily.
Sephiroth found himself laughing.
"Ha ha ha...Stop acting as if you're sad. There's no need to act as if you're angry, either."
Sephiroth found himself ascending upwards...towards mother.
"Because Cloud. You are a..."
Sephiroth never finished his sentence. Jenova did it instead.
"Because you a...a puppet."
Jenova went on to the Northern Crater, while Sephiroth stayed behind. He watched Cloud defeat the monster they left behind for him. He watched as he laid the girl down into the pool. And he watched as she drifted slowly to the bottom. Soon Cloud and his companions left. And Sephiroth went down to the pool himself. He walked into the water till it was up to his waist. He could barely make out a form on the bottom. And a single tear fell from his eye.
Sephiroth rushed into the bathroom and vomited.
When he finished and brushed his teeth, he went outside for a walk.
Cloud has feelings for Aeris, he thought. It was the first time the thought entered his head. That people had feelings for her and that she may have feelings for them...that she might have feelings for Cloud.
Sephiroth rushed into the woods. He needed to kill something.