Chapter 4: Cloud's story and Sephiroth's story
By the time night fell, Cloud, Red, Barret, Tifa and Sephiroth were sitting at the table and eating dinner. The five of them eyed the roast turkey hungrily before beginning their meal. Cloud cuts roast turkey and gives it to each others. Then they begins to eat.
"Paff fome katphup" muffled Cloud, his mouth full of turkey. Tifa elbows Cloud and makes her face toward Cloud, 'Shallow it then speak...' Sephiroth chuckles a bit as he remembers Zack is pretty much same what Cloud just did. He clears his throat while he finishes his meal.
Sephiroth looks at Cloud, "Cloud?" Cloud looks up, "Yeah?" Sephiroth clears his throat, "Will you explain to me what really happened after we split up?" Cloud is shocked and stares at Sephiroth. They fall into silence.
Silence...
"You...your memory came back?" said Cloud as he stared at Sephiroth. Sephiroth nods, "Aye, mind explaining what happened?" Cloud nods, "Ok, I'll start the story after we got split up." He began to tell the story about what happened after they split up at Mt. Nibel.
Hours later, Sephiroth sits there and is speechless after hearing about the fake Sephiroth and Jenova. He hasn't said a single word. Cloud sighs as he finishes, "That's everything up to this point. That's how Midgar was destroyed by the meteor." Sephiroth frowns, and sits with his eyes closes, and his arms folded.
Silence...
"That sick bastard!" said Sephiroth suddenly overcome with anger, "It was all Hojo's doing. No wonder he took blood from me to create this Jenova and a clone." Cloud stands up, "What!" Sephiroth opens his eyes, "I remember now...how I ended up in that chamber." Tifa looks at Sephiroth, "Could you tell us what happened?" Sephiroth nods, "Yes. Before we went on the mission." Sephiroth's listeners watched him carefully explain what he knew...
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Sephiroth grew up in Shin-Ra buildings without knowing his own parents. Hojo had been examining Sephiroth and took a blood sample to mix with Jenova cells. He always put Sephiroth in the big glass containment pod and put him up against monsters against him to see if his strength had improved. Of course, he is inhuman however, he don't know much of his background yet.
Once Sephiroth was able to read, he snuck into Hojo's library to read top-secret files about Jenova and others. His hatred for Hojo grew after what he did to him by using his blood to create Jenova and a clone. Once he became a soldier in Junon, he learned that Mt. Nibel was the place where Jenova was stored. Three years later, he had become a general of Shin-Ra, and so was able to make plans for missions. He made a request to make trip to Mt. Nibel to check up on the Mako reactors. (He was lying, of course.)
He picked four soldiers, which were Cloud, Zack and the other two men. Then they headed for Mt. Nibel. They made it to the bridge and it broke. When they fell down, Cloud, Zack and Tifa grabbed the edge for their safely. Sephiroth fell and rolled on the wall to ground. But his white aura grew to cover him, the Talisman of the Dragon had saved him. Once the aura had faded, his body was weakened and couldn't move at all. Struggling to look around him, Sephiroth groaned and laid there to recover his strength.
Suddenly, someone put a rag to Sephiroth's mouth. Getting a glimpse of the person as they struggled, Sephiroth saw his attacker looked EXACTLY like himself! The look alike grinned evilly at Sephiroth as he passed out from the chloroform.
Sephiroth woke up slowly and groaned in a pain from the fall. He found himself in small cell. Peering around him, he noticed medical instruments and scientific tools. He began to take a step forward, but found that his limbs were tied with chains. He began to hear echoing footsteps getting closer.
"Hey! Let me go!" Growled the silver-haired man, glaring at the figure stepping through the door.
"Bwahaha! I won't let you go, my precious specimen!" said the man in a white coat. Sephiroth blinked as the man came into the light.
"Hojo! Why!" Sephiroth struggled against his bonds feebly. Hojo threw his head back in laugher at Sephiroth,
"You know why; I found out that you were going to destroy Jenova at Mt. Nibel! Luckily my precious clone cut the rope on the bridge to stop you. Bwahaha!" Sephiroth was shocked! How the hell did Hojo know that he was going to kill Jenova?
"So what will you do to me this time?" asked Sephiroth; Hojo chuckled softly before replying.
"I've grown tired of your meddling, and with my clone around, nobody will miss you..." Hojo half-muttered to himself, "I think it's time I put an end to you." said Hojo as he inserted a needle into Sephiroth's left shoulder. Sephiroth grunted.
"You sick bastard!" he said. He felt his body weaken and his eyes felt sleepy. "I'll...kill...yo...u." Sephiroth fell sleep. Hojo threw his head back with laughter as the flashback faded.
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"That fucker!" yelled Barret as he stood up. Sephiroth sighs,
"He ruined my life, my identity...now, I cannot go out since people know the legend of villain." Tifa bites her lower lip,
"You know what?" Sephiroth looks up at Tifa. "You could just change your clothes and have your hair cut. You know, nobody expects to see you around anyway." Suggested Tifa. Sephiroth blinks,
"Cut my hair? Er..." Tifa giggles, eyeing the long silver hair flowing down Sephiroth's shoulders.
"Yes, silly. People know what you look like right now. Only if you change like I'm suggesting, they wouldn't know you." Sephiroth sighs, "Fine, fine..." Cloud suddenly remembers about Hojo when they had the battle with him at Midgar.
"Oh, one thing that you should know." Sephiroth turns to Cloud, "What is it?" Cloud inhales then exhales, "When we had the battle with Hojo at Midgar, he did mention that he had a son. We couldn't figure out who he was..." The flashback begins.
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"Why! Why do you do this!" Angrily Cloud. Hojo mocked at Cloud, "Always asking, 'Why Why Why...'! Hmmm, you could make a good scientist." He looked at the Mako Meter, "The energy level is...still 83. This is taking too long...my son needs my help. That's all."
Cloud gasped and shocked, "...your...son!" Hojo threw his head back in laughter.
"HE doesn't know it though. (Cackles) How would Sephiroth react if he found out that I was his father! He always...always looked down at me. Haaa---haaa!" Cloud blinked at Hojo.
"Sephiroth was your SON?" shallow voice from Cloud. Vincent blinked and growled.
"I offered the woman who bore my child to the Jenova Project. I injected the Jenova cells into Sephiroth before he was even born." Hojo cackled. Vincent drew his gun and aimed at Hojo.
"You bastard..." Vincent growled.
"You are doing all this...to make it up for Sephiroth? Because you treated him so badly..." Cloud aimed his buster sword at Hojo.
"Heeeeheeeheeee! No no. It's my GREED as a scientist!" Hojo got ready for them to being a battle. Vincent frowned at Hojo.
"...I was wrong...I should have never punished myself for Jenova Project...it was you HOJO!" He screamed. Hojo cackled and walked closer to Cloud's team.
"I was...hic! Science and Greed took over me. Just a while ago...I injected myself with Jenova cells...heeheeheeeee...the result? Heeheehee! I'll show you right now!" Hojo transformed into a monster. The Battle began. Then flashback ends.
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Sephiroth frowns and can't believe what he has heard. Cloud sighs, "I'm sorry but I thought you needed to know." Sephiroth growls in his throat,
"I hated him all my life. I never knew that he was MY father! I wish I would never have been born! So none of this would have happened!" He raises his head, "What about my mother? I know that Jenova can't be my mother since she was a demon."
"Lucreica was your mother." The room's door opens as a hooded man steps through, his heavy boots thud against the wooden floorboards.
Cloud blinks and stares at a man in a red cloak, "Vincent!"
"Lucreica was my...mother? Was she in a white coat with Hojo on that picture?" asks Sephiroth. Vincent walks up to the table where everybody sits and nods. Sephiroth's face softens with the realization.
"She died to give birth to you since Hojo inserted Jenova cells into her body while she was pregnant." answered Vincent. A pained look flashes across Sephiroth's face.
"That bastard!" He stands up with the help of a crutch, "I'm done with this life, the name Sephiroth died with that clone!" he limps with the crutches out of the room. Then he goes to his new bedroom.
...To be continued. Chapter 5 coming up!