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FOR THOSE THAT LOVED THIS WORLD

FOUR

Luck was on their side, Cid had been an hour out of Edge. Cloud stood watching the ground move below them, looking up he imagined he could see the creator, steam raising from it. But he knew they still had a few hours of flying to go.

Again Cloud's phone rang, he answered without looking at the number. It was Vincent. He gave Cloud some directions to where he was; Cloud relayed them to Cid. He was half an hour away.

When they landed Vincent hardly greeted the other before asking Cloud to come with him.

"What! Where are you going?" asked Yuffie.

"For a walk," said Vincent.

Yuffie was about to protest but Tifa shook her head. Cloud and Vincent walked a fair way but stopped still within sight of the airship.

"You once wanted to be forgiven," said Vincent.

Cloud was surprised by the start of the conversation but he nodded anyway.

"Did you find it?"

Cloud wasn't sure, he liked to think he had but current events led him to believe he hadn't so he said nothing.

"Sephiroth's link is through us but mostly you," said Vincent. "He will continue to return until that link is severed."

Cloud looked at Vincent,

"How?"

Vincent said nothing for a long while.

"Death."

Cloud said nothing at first; absorbing the information.

"Will Sephiroth disappear?" he asked eventually.

"No," said Vincent, "You have to kill him first."

Cloud nodded.

"Will it truly end?" he asked.

Vincent nodded.

"I see no other way for him to return. He can't use the cells from SOLDIER, they have been mutated by being injected into men. However, the altered cell retain some of their original form," Vincent paused, "the lifestream has rendered the other cells useless to Sephiroth."

"So it's just us?" asked Cloud.

Vincent looked away before nodding.

"Kadaj is on his way to the creator, Sephiroth is currently there. We must find Kadaj before he gets there," said Vincent.

"Must he be killed?" asked Cloud suddenly uncomfortable with the idea. In some strange way he was also a victim.

"He will disappear when Sephiroth dies. However, I don't think he will join us and Sephiroth must not get him…"

Cloud said nothing. If Kadaj attacked them then he would fight him otherwise he would leave him alone. He turned to go but Vincent stopped him, he held a small object in his hand.

"The answer," he said.

"What is it?" asked Cloud.

"Cleansing Flame," said Vincent, "once activated will consume everything with in two meter radius."

"Where did you get it?" asked Cloud studying the small sphere.

"ShinRa mansion."

Vincent pulled another from within his jacket and handed it to Cloud, who slowly took it.

"To end it," said Vincent.

Cloud nodded once,

"To end it."