Cloud felt the children clinging to almost every inch of him; his arms, his ankles, his legs, his waist, and even some on his back. He didn't have the heart to push them off or away, his mind straying elsewhere. Barret strode by with a heavy load in his arms, and Cloud's face tightened as his friend laid down the last souless body on the lake's shore. Two more of his comrades had been slain by the forces of Sephiroth.

Yuffie Kirasagi and Cid Highwind...Cloud felt bitter as he silently remebered the two in his heart. One of the men who's cell phone had labeled him Loz...he was the one to kill Yuffie. But luckily Barret snuck up on the man and shot him full of holes before he could do anymore damage. There was also one called Yazoo, he had taken down Cid, but then later died from the wounds as far as Cloud could tell. Lastly...Kadaj...Cloud had killed that one himself...Vincent, Tifa, and Barret had all shown up too late to partake in the fight. Red XII and Cait Sith hadn't even shown up in the first place. At least they were all safe.

"Is that everyone?" Tifa asked as Barret nodded.

"Stop talking about them as if they were still alive." Cloud muttered.

"I wasn't!" Tifa shot back. "Don't be so touchy, Cloud." She lameneted as she crossed her arms over her chest, watching the children seperate themselves from Cloud to join in a game of "Shin-Ra Says" on the lake's other shore.

Vincent Valentine bent down on one knee beside Kadaj, his right hand slowly brushing away a lock of silver hair from the boy's face. Kadaj's skin was ghastly pale and cold to the ex-Turk's touch, but Vincent seemed to not be bothered. "We know so little of these three men."

"Right." Tifa said. "I wonder what their own lives were like...or what they were like themselves."

"They're all the same as Sephiroth." Cloud mummered, an icy tone to his voice.

"Nu-uh!" Cloud whipped around to find a little girl behind him, her face stained with tears and her black hair tangled and dirty. "Daj- I mean, Kadaj and Yazoo and Loz were nice to me! They were all like my brothers!"

Tifa stared intently at the green eyed girl, who couldn't be more then seven years old. "You knew them very well?"

The inky haired girl nodded subtly. "Yeah. Kadaj loved...someone named Toyo, I think. But then Sephy got jealous and set it up so Toyo would be killed by President Shin-Ra and Daj could belong to Sephy, but Kadaj didn't like Sephy at all. He...I...asked him that if he lived, that if he would marry me. And he said yes..." Ele's face fell. "But you killed him!"

Cloud tried not to point out the fact that Kadaj probably had known he was already going to die when he promised Elle. "I'm...sorry."

Tifa picked up Elle in her arms. "Kadaj...wasn't on the right side. Sometimes good people...they don't end up doing good things. Have you ever stolen a cookie or something like that?"

Elle's face tinted red. "Erm...uh...no! No!" Then she sighed. "Well...yeah...don't punish me, please!"

Tifa laughed. "No, I won't. Don't worry. But you're not a bad person, so even if you did a bad thing, it's okay."

"If you didn't punish me, then why'd you punish Kadaj?"

Cloud tried to help. "He did...was going to do something much worse then stealing a cookie."

Elle's eyes widened. "What was he going to do?"

Cloud shook his head. "We don't have time to explain this, we have to do something with the bodies."

Elle squirmed out of Tifa's arms and ran to Kadaj's body, right past Vincent as she bent over him and kissed his cold cheek. "Daj, I miss you..." She whispered, choking as she held back her sobs. Then she began to cry into Vincent's cloak. "Bring Kadaj back! BRING HIM BACK RIGHT NOW!"

Cloud closed his eyes. "He's not coming back...ever..."

The green colours of the lifestream swirled around him, caressing his face and body. Odd...it felt like someone was holding him, not something. Lazily he half floated, his silver hair flowing back and forth. He felt lazy and slow...he knew he was dead. He knew he had met the afterlife.

Sleepily he opened his eyes, and a gasp escaped his lips. Warm brown eyes were staring into his own, full of passion.

"Morning, bed head." Toyo's voice greeted.

"Toyo!" Kadaj shouted, sitting up quickly and realizing with a jolt there was no ground. He was just floating in the green space...quickly he clung to Toyo, afraid to let go. "Forever! I want to stay with you forever, Toyo!"

Toyo smile sadly. "Kadaj...I'm sorry. I can't. You can't. You have to return..."

Kadaj felt a feeling of grief rise up. "Return?"

"Everyone returns to the planet, Kadaj. It's the way of life."

"Then we'll meet again once we both return?" Kadaj asked.

"Sort of..." Toyo muttered, stroking Kadaj's hair. "I must stay here for awhile to help them."

"Them?"

Toyo moved aside a bit, and standing far behind him, watching with interest in her eyes, was a girl in a simple pink dress with long brown hair. Beside her a man in dark blue with laughing eyes and spikey black hair.

Toyo nodded. "The planet still isn't fully healed. And now that Sephiroth is gone-"

"Sephiroth's gone?" Kadaj breathed. "No, he can't be-"

"He is." Toyo mummered with a smile, his hand now tracing Kadaj's jawline. "And now we must heal those with the Star Scar Syndrome...Geostigma... Your time here is over, Kadaj. You can go back now."

Kadaj whimpered and buried his face into Toyo's chest. "No! Please, no! I'll promise to help, just don't make me leave you here!" But Toyo and the others were fading away into white, and Kadaj's felt his eyelids grow heavy as he himself begin to feel drowsy. "No...no...please..." He continued to trail off. "I love you..."

Hush now. Toyo's voice echoed through out the boy's mind, supressing his fears and doubts. How many times must I tell you? It's all going to be fine, Kadaj...everything's going to be alright. The lifestream kept it's promise to being us together again, and I doubt it will fail us again...and you know what? I love you too.

Final Author's Notes:

I can't believe it. I finished it. The first fanfiction I ever wrote, I finished. That was very unexpected...Well, first I'll have random facts about this fic, and then the thanks section.

Inspiration: I don't know how it came to me for this fic. I just...felt like writing something about Kadaj. With love. And rape. X3. And this was born.

On the Names: Toyo was just a made up name, though Im sure it has meaning it Japanese. I orginally wanted to name him Touya, after my brothers OC, but then changed my mind. Elle was named after one of my own friend, Elanor, I just tweaked it alittle.

On Writing It: This story was not entirly difficult to write. There were oftens times were I would sit there and just stare at the blank wordpad document, wondering how the hell I was going to finish it. But then, I learned not to push myself to write, to do it little by little whenever I felt like it. And it worked! That's why quite often I'd post four chapters in one day and then not post again for a month.

On the Accuracy: Alright, Im going to flat out say it. The accuracy of this fic SUCKED ASS. Sorry. I wrote this before I even saw AC, and I've said it many times, all I had wasthe trailers, which were mostly never in the movie in the first place. So I tried my hardest to incorperate scenes from the trailers and ended up with this...

On The Soundtrack: I listened to a bunch of stuff while writing to get me into the mood. Here are some of them: For Any Of Rape Involving Sephiroth: "Angel" By Within Temptation (The lyrics were perfect...: "Fallen Angel, I couldn't see you dark intentions, your feelings for me...The world may have failed you, It doesn't give a reason why. You could have chosen a diffrent path in life. No remorse, cause I still remember, that smile when you tore me apart.." Yeah. Perfect for a rape scene. X3) For Any Scene Involving Toyo/Kadaj: "Cant Repeat" By The Offspring. For Toyo's Death: "May It Be" By Enya, and lastly, for Elle "Cry Little Sister" From The Lost Boys OST. Other then that, it was mostly the Advent Children Soundtrack. ((grins)) Go Nobou Umeatsu!

On the Plate: I also snacked while writing! Main Staples: Licorice (And the black kind! I love it!), Soba Noodles, My brother's odd sandwhich's which always involve peanut butter and some other weird substance, pineapple popsicles, crackers, and pocky.

On the Ending: I hate it. God, I LOATH it. But I wanted to end this. And I figured if I waited any longer I would forget this story and try to move onto something else. And my friend Lory said it was wonderful and made her feel like crying...I'll take her word for it...

And the thanks section:

To Lorwen (LorwenShinRa): ((huggles)) Thank you so much! When you first read this fanfiction, you despised yaoi. But by the end, you have loosend so much as to like it, if not become a fan of it! I can't wait to see you again soon, and I miss you so much!

To Elanor (Erenoa-sama): Thanks for your support too, Ere! And maybe someday we can meet as well. ((laughs)) May the yaoi be with you, Darth Yaoi-da!

To MidnightCherryBlossom: Your ongoing reviews have always fueled me to continue, they are always detail and descriptive, and I lvoe everyone one of them as much as the next! You're a wonderful person, thank you so much!

To DaenisTooShy: Umm...sounding repeptive, but thanks too! Everyone who reviews to me is very imporatant, or sorry for the lack of words, precious. Thank you for taking the time to read and review!

And everyone else: THANKS SO MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH! ((cries))

Two Final Notes:

1) I WILL continue this saga. Really, I'm making a sort of prequel. My friend wanted to know what Toyo's life was like before he met up with Kadaj again, and so did I! So I've started it. If you guys ask for it, I may post the preview up, or just ask and I'll email it to you. Small Warning: Preview IS rated M...

2) I am taking requests! Just email me at and I'll write whatever you request, regardless of rating or genre. There are a few conditions (you knew this was coming...): I only write short stories, either oneshots or nothing over five chapters. I also want some say in what coupling. In other words, if you throw out a HeideggerxKadaj, theres no way in hell Im writing it unless I feel really desperate or feel like writing comedy, ((laughs)) So give it a try!

I don't really know what to say in closing, other then once again: Thank you all for reading. You guys have worked wonders on my confidence. In fact, I think my head may be swelling as we speak...Maybe I should go get some asprin...

Until next we meet!