Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children, Kingdom Hearts 2, or any of their characters…SquareEnix does.

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"Hey, are you giving up already?"

Cloud opened his eyes.

He was in the middle of a flower field and millions of daisies. He looked up at the sky: It was sunny. No rain, no mud, and no Sephiroth. Although the battlefield was gone, he could feel the pain erupting everywhere in his body. Relieved for the sudden break from the battle, Cloud collapsed. Slowly, he looked up and saw a beautiful figure that he had long waited for.

It was a girl. She had long, brown hair with a pink ribbon. She wore a brown leather vest with a pink overall dress. She wore a pair of leather boots and she held a flower basket in her right hand. She was smiling at Cloud. Her emerald eyes filled with delight and she held her empty hand out toward Cloud.

Slowly, Cloud crawled toward the flower girl as if he had never met her in his entire life. His body screamed with fatigue, and the pain prevented him from crawling, but he kept advancing. He was getting closer and closer to the flower girl. Cloud then remembered something. It was her name.

"…Aeris…?" Cloud said doubtfully. The flower girl nodded and walked toward Cloud slowly. She kneeled next to Cloud and held out her hand, encouraging Cloud to reach it. Before his hand had touched hers, he said three words that he had always wanted to tell her.

"I love you." Cloud reached out and touched Aeris's hand.

It happened almost instantly. The flower field disappeared, and a mud field took over. The daisies turned into dusts, drifted away by a violent wind. The warm sun was gone, and the cold rain resumed. But the happiness within Cloud had not disappeared. Before he knew it, he was lying on the floor in front of his nightmare. Sephiroth raised his sword and swung it down.

Cloud raised his First Tsurugi and parried Sephiroth's deadly blow. "What?" Sephiroth gasped in surprise. A mysterious light was emitting from Cloud's body. Sephiroth drew back and watched in wonder.

Cloud's wounds were healing under this mysterious light. Cloud also gained an angelic wing on his back. He stood up and stared at Sephiroth with his white pupils. Cloud raised his sword in a heroic stance that gave him new strength. Sephiroth, for once, was surprised.

"I can finally let go of my past…" Cloud said. "And now…it's time to end my eternal suffering!" He flapped his angelic wings and glided rapidly at Sephiroth. Sephiroth was not ready for Cloud's sudden increase in strength. Cloud raised his First Tsurugi and slashed at Sephiroth.

"This…is for my avalanche comrades!" Cloud yelled and minced through Sephiroth's body.

"This…is for the people that you've murdered!" More blows sliced through Sephiroth.

"This…is for the sufferings that you had put me into!" Cloud was now slicing harder than ever.

"And this…" Cloud swung his First Tsurugi rapidly. "Is for HER!" Cloud dealt the final blow of his Omnislash technique.

"No…" Sephiroth yelled. "This isn't over…" As Sephiroth announced his final statement, his body turned into thousands of black feathers and the violent wind carried them away. The rain stopped. Cloud planted his First Tsurugi into the muddy ground, where Aeris had been moments ago. As the clouds cleared up in the sky, a warm, bright sun came out. Cloud gazed into the distance.

"You're wrong," Cloud said. He walked away from the First Tsurugi and smiled.

"It's over."

The End