"Good! Good!" Jenova cackled. "I'm delighted that so many have volunteered to be executed!"
Sephiroth picked up his Masamune. It rang as it gently whizzed through the air. It seemed to shine brighter in its master's hands.
Cloud drew the Ultima Weapon with one hand. "This just like before… AVALANCHE…"
"Plus a few…" Sephiroth quickly added.
"… yeah… anyways… AVALANCHE destroys Jenova."
"Only this time it's Jenova destroys AVALANCHE!" Jenova yelled, already getting ready to cast a spell.
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In the back, Professor Gast, Ifalna, and Lucrecia directed the remaining Cetra. They were going to have them contain Jenova in magic like before, making sure none of her cells escaped, and then freeze her in a cryogenic chamber.
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Jenova readied her tentacles. A ball of black energy began to form above her head.
"Uhh… s---… what the hell is that!" Cid yelled, and quickly moved his right arm to cast a spell.
Concentration… Jenova thought.
Immediately, Red crouched, ready to use Matra Magic. Vincent got his gun loaded and Barret had his gun arm trained on Jenova. Aeris was ready to use all the defensive and healing spells in the book. Tifa was ready to just kick the living shit out of Jenova.
"Fire3!" Cid yelled.
"Matra Magic!"
Vincent and Barret both fired madly at Jenova.
The bullets that both Vincent and Barret fired entwined with Cid's Fire3 and Red's Matra Magic. They flamed and turned into the colors.
The flaming bullets soared at Jenova. It smashed into her, but she didn't move. Suddenly, a barrier came up, and the bullets were sucked into the giant dark ball.
There was a loud sucking noise and the energy ball grew twice its size.
"We'regoingtodiewe'regoingtodie!" Yuffie yelled as the energy ball grew even larger.
Black waves of electricity came from Jenova's body and it connected with the energy ball.
The ball began to grow even larger until it was the size of a medium sized room.
Jenova laughed insanely. "How will you be able to defeat this!"
Sephiroth laughed also. "How will you be able to defeat this!" he thrust the Masamune in her direction and it traced in an arc around him.
Suddenly, his body seemed to blur… it was as if everyone was watching himhad extremely badnear-sightedness.
A white wing suddenly protruded from his back. Everyone watched stunned as Sephiroth transformed into One Winged Angel before their very eyes.
Supernova… Cloud thought, when he watched Sephiroth transform.
Sephiroth floated up into the air, everyone around him could feel the power nearly jumping off of him. He waved his only arm in the air and summoned Supernova.
A sudden gust began to blow around them.
Aeris' hair was flying in her face. She watched in amazement as a flaming meteor suddenly crashed through the ceiling.
The ceiling tore off and was engulfed into the meteor, making it even larger in size.
It suddenly stopped, it yielded under Sephiroth's might. Jenova began to cackle. "Hit me with that, boy and you'll know that you'll just kill us all!"
"Not true! I control all of it!" Sephiroth yelled, his voice suddenly projected to be as loud as thunder.
"Come, my son! Give me my death once more!" Jenova screamed, laughing. "You'll just kill us all!"
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Marlene almost screamed in fear and awe. She remembered the size of the Meteor as it almost hit Midgar. "Daddy…" she whispered, tears of fear squeezing out of her eyes.
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With a wave of his arm, the flaming meteor came crashing down toward Jenova.
There was a sudden explosion as everything became engulfed in flames.
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Cloud watched the show of all those explosions. Explosions flew off in all directions like bright Roman Candles.
He could feel the heat in his face. He hurriedly put his arm in front of his face to keep his eyes from watering.
It got brighter and suddenly, he felt the wind knocked out of him. He next found that gentle spells flew out of nowhere, came to throw them all back from the explosions. Zack was out in the open and Sephiroth scooped him up in his arms and flew away.
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Marlene sweat with exhaustion. She looked down at her Quake materia. She smiled, she had saved Daddy and his friends. She knew that she would be reprimanded for her bullheadedness and quickly headed back.
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Sephiroth looked back. He dropped Zack gently on the ground.
Jenova was laughing, she was still alive…
She was covered in flames, and her body was melting quickly. "This is the end!" she cackled maniacally and threw something.
It was a smaller version of the black energy ball. Sephiroth tried to dodge it, but was hit squarely in the chest. He toppled backwards, his wing no longer flapping and he landed hard.
Jenova watched, and laughed again. She was satisfied and closed her now blind andburned eyes.
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"Hurry!" Gast urged. "Contain her immediately!"
The Cetra began to chant.
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AVALANCHE looked around as the Cetra got to their knees and prayed while chanting.
"Oh wow…" Yuffie said.
Suddenly, a white magic flowed through the sky and it seemed to stifle the flames. It slowly flowed through and slowly lifted the ashes of Jenova and wrapped itself around it.
It went faster and faster, until it hardened. Then it floated down and landed gently on the floor.
Aeris ran to where Sephiroth laid. He had gradually shed his wing, and was back to normal. Black feathers were strewn all over the floor.
"Sephiroth! Are you alright?"
He opened his eyes a crack and smiled. "I'm fine… is she gone?"
Aeris nodded, not knowing why her eyes began to fill up with tears. Sephiroth stared up at the sky, and pointed.
"Look… the sky's clearing," he said.
Everyone looked up, awed.
The sun's gentle warm rays shined down onto their faces. Many began to cheer, they hadn't seen the sun for so long. The dark clouds and smoke gradually disappeared and the baby blue sky came again.
Sephiroth slowly got up. Cloud stood up straight. They both looked at each other and smiled.
"We're free, Cloud! Free of Jenova forever!" Sephiroth laughed, whooping in joy.
Cloud could just smile wider. He felt someone's arms go around him. He looked back, Tifa's head was buried in his back. He turned around and hugged her back. Everyone 'awww'ed.
He turned back to Sephiroth, who was smiling. This was how he had always imagined Sephiroth as. "Sephiroth… when I was small… I used to look up to a general who I thought was always the hero… and not so cold. My dreams were shattered when I realized that man was not really the one that I depicted… and I've been looking for a real hero since. Seems like I finally found one worthy of being called a hero."
Sephiroth blushed and scratched his head. "Thanks Cloud."
"Well… I guess this is all over… isn't it?" Yuffie asked, looking around.
Suddenly, Sephiroth felt someone hugging him. He quickly turned around to find Aeris hugging him tightly. "We've finally won!" she laughed.
He felt warm all over. He knew that everyone was watching them, just ready to aww. She began to laugh and he joined in. "You know… I've been wanting to know if the Great General Sephiroth was huggable," Aeris giggled schoolgirl-ishly.
Sephiroth laughed harder. "Now you know I am!"
Cloud felt happy. He wasn't exactly jealous… he was happy with the girl whose arms were around him. Smiling, he was about ready to begin clapping.
Aeris stared into his mako eyes and were lost in them. She was feeling warm and bubbly inside… if that was a way to describe it.
"You know… I've been waiting for this for eternity…" he said, taking in a deep breath to calm himself.
Here it goes! He thought.
He leaned forward and their lips met. Her arms went tighter around his neck and they were locked in a passionate kiss.
Everyone 'awww'ed again. "Woot woot! Go Sephy!" Yuffie laughed and whooped, clapping her hands hard.
Everybody else joined in, even Cloud (to Tifa's surprise). The two broke off the kiss and Aeris stared at him, breathless. The two couldn't take their eyes off each other. "Sephiroth…" she whispered, her voice dreamy.
"I love you," he murmured into her ear. He saw her brighten when he said this. "I realized this when I was unconscious…"
She hugged him to her again, and the two turned toward the others, hand in hand.
Zack slowly stood up, smiling. He was happy for Sephiroth, but burning up with pain inside. He truly loved Aeris, but he knew that his love would never be returned. He slowly began walking away.
He turned back and watched the scene. How it broke his heart to do so. He kept on going, never turning his head back, his hair covering his eyes so that no one would see the tears running down his cheeks. He slowly picked up the crystal that held Jenova and began walking away, hoping their paths would never cross again.
And they never saw Zack again.
"Hey… where's Zack?" Cloud asked, peering around.
Sephiroth looked toward where Zack once laid. He was surprised that the man wasn't there. He shrugged. "He went off…" he said, looking around. "The crystal's gone too… he must've taken it…"
The next day…
Sephiroth woke up in his own room. He looked around, it was still sort of dark… or maybe it was because his entire room was painted black.
This was his own house that the Cetra had made for him. He began to laugh uncontrollably when he first saw it. They had made every single thing in the house black, making it look droopy. He wondered how in the world had the Cetra known that his favorite color was black.
There was a sudden knocking at the door. He groaned and got up. He messily put on a shirt and went to the door… which was also black.
He opened it. AVALANCHE stood at the door, their faces were all serious. He focused on them. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"It's about Zack…" Cloud said grimly. "Someone found him frozen in the cryogenics chamber with the crystal in his hand."
Sephiroth's eyes went wide. "He… he killed himself…" he said disbelieving. "Is there anyway to revive him?"
Aeris shook her head sadly. Sephiroth closed his eyes and did some breathing exercises to keep calm. He lost control and his fist smashed into the door.
"Damn it!" he yelled. "Even after you're dead, Jenova… you still manage to win!"
"Sephiroth calm down," Red said quietly, his red tail drooping. "I know you're angry… but Zack's gone."
He sighed. "I know… but he was like a best friend to me… then…"
Everyone could see that there were tears running down his face. He lowered his head so that his hair covered his face. Aeris put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"And I never managed to pay him back for his kindness… and I never apologized for almost killing him…"
"It's alright man… I'm sure he forgave you… he was a good guy…" Cloud said.
Sephiroth looked up, tears still running down his face. He was glad. He had true friends.
Epilogue"Sir! Sir wake up, sir! Please don't die on me sir!"
Cid opened his eyes a crack and light shone into them. He groaned and shut his eyes again. He had a horrible headache. "What the hell?"
He found his junior pilot shaking him. He jumped up and found himself in the Highwind. "What the hell happened!"
"We crashed, sir…" the junior pilot said weakly.
He found all the others awake already and looking a bit dazed. "WE CRASHED!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, rubbing at his temples. "Man… I need some serious aspirin…"
"Uh… yes sir… we crashed sir… and um… there's some aspirin in the medicine cabinet sir… I'll get it if…" the junior pilot's voice died.
"AND YOU SCRATCHED MY BABY!" Cid shrieked, you could almost see sparks flying everywhere.
"Cid, calm down!" Tifa yelled back. "You're making my headache worse!"
"You know… I had the weirdest dream…" Yuffie said, ignoring the two.
"Same here… and everyone was in it… even Sephiroth…" Barret sighed, looking at Marlene who had already recovered from the crash.
"Yeah…" Yuffie shrugged. "Dreams are weird."
While everyone wondered over their "dream", Cid screamed at the top of his lungs. Checking on the Highwind. When he found that the hull had been scratched a bit, he began whimpering and crying.
"I really don't think it was a dream… it was so real…" Cloud murmured, because he woke with Tifa's arms around him.
"Because it wasn't a dream."
Everyone turned. Sephiroth and Aeris stood near them, looking at them with smiles on their faces.
"AHHHHHH!" Yuffie screamed.
Sephiroth gave a tiny shrug. "Hey Cid! When's the Highwind going to get going!"
"Soon!" Cid yelled through his tears and slowly got up.
Then he started the engines again and they were off.
"I think I hear wedding bells in the distance!" Yuffie laughed looking towards Cloud and Tifa and Sephiroth and Aeris.
The sound of laughter erupted through the sky as the Highwind soared proudly in the sun once again. Everything was back to normal… with a few ingredients added.
Wow... this is actually the last chappie of this story! Whee! Finally! A finished fic! Yay! I'm proud of myself! Plz review for this... plz? Thanks if you do! I hope this ending was a satisfactory one... and plz don't flame me! Thank you all for your support in the creation of this fic!