Chapter 18: Showdown part 1

(Same tags apply as in Chapter 1)

There were very few battles that needed to be fought this deep in the planet and they soon reached a platform of what looked to be pure, solid Mako.

Yuffie looked around and gave a tiny smirk. 'Kinda looks like a disco ball.' She thought as they entered the planets core.

"Sephiroth!" Cloud shouted with venom laced in his voice.

Sephiroth turned, his shoulders shaking from unheard laughter. "Ah, it's the puppet. How nice of you to come and visit."

Cloud tightened his grip on his sword. "I am not a puppet!"

Sephiroth smirked at the blond ex-SOLDIER "But you are, Strife. Why else would you have given me the black materia not once, but twice? Why would you have beaten your precious Cetra? I watched the beating you gave her and you were quite brut-"

Tifa couldn't take it anymore. "Stop it, Sephiroth!"

Cloud charged forward to attack the silver haired general. Cloud was about to bring his sword down on the general his arms froze. "What are you doing to me you-"

Sephiroth nonchalantly raised his hand and Avalanche was lifted into the air. "I don't have time for this…mother beckons." With a flick of his wrist, he sent a shockwave at the suspended members.

Tifa's head was thrown back at the force of the wave. "Ugh…what are…you…doing…to us?!"

Vincent shut his eyes in an attempt to block of the pain, but as it coursed through his body he couldn't help but to let out a grunt at the pain as he looked into the eyes of the general. "Sephiroth…stop this…madness!"

Vincent saw a flash of emotion in the general's green eyes. "There is no going back, Valentine!"

Another shockwave was launched at them and Yuffie cried out. "I…I don't know if I can...go on." Her fists clinched and her eyes were shut tight as she tried to prevent herself from losing consciousness. Yuffie heard voices around her as she fought the darkness.

"...Holy...Holy...is there...The Holy is shining...Aeris's prayer is shining...!" Cloud's voice floated to her.

Tifa's voice was barely above a whisper. "Holy...Aeris..."

Yuffie pried her eyes open. 'Aeris…I can't allow her sacrifice to be for nothing!' Her mind screamed. Her muscles fell under her control again as she moved herself towards Cloud, Tifa and Vincent.

The ex-soldiers voice rang out in the planets core. "Aeris's memories... Our memories... We came to tell you... our memories... Come Planet! Show us your answer! And Sephiroth!! To the settling of everything!!"

Everyone dropped to their feet as Sephiroth disappeared. Vincent's raven locks were tousled by a gust of air as an odd shaped sphere whizzed past them.

"What in the fuck is that?!" Cid asked Barret from the other side of the object.

"How in da hell am I 'pose to know?'

Vincent and Cloud said as they felt a vibration deep inside the cells of their bodies as one word tumbled through both mouths. "Jenova."

"Why in the fuck is everyone standin' around?! Kill it!" Cid called out as he ran forward with his spear thrusting it at its large round body.

.::-o-::.

Jenova was being attacked from all sides. Cid and Barret were attacking the tentacles as Jenova lashed out trying to fend off the attack, but her attempts were in vain. Nanaki ran at top speed at the creature and tore into its flesh.

Jenova gave a warped scream as it collapsed to the ground and disintegrated before their eyes. As soon as the carcass of Jenova vanished, the vibration of the Jenova cells in Cloud and Vincent's bodies ceased.

The gunman and swordsman locked eye and nodded acknowledging that they had felt the change within their bodies.

Cait Sith hopped forward and shifted nervously. "Is it jus' me or was that just way too easy?"

The ground under their feet began to shake violently throwing Barret to the ground. Tifa gasped as she saw the form that was descending from above and managed to choke out one word. "Sephiroth."

No longer was General Sephiroth the handsome, silver-haired man who was once pursued by thousands of women…he had transformed into something that couldn't remotely be described as human.

His segmented body floated above the ground above a yellow glowing orb of energy. His once lightly tanned skin was now almost black, the Mako glow of his green eyes was now gone.

Yuffie looked into those empty eyes and shuddered and was momentarily filled with sorrow for the ex-general. Because of what his father had put the man through, he lost his sanity. This thought made the young ninja seethe with anger at the recently exterminated scientist.

A series of loud popping was heard as Barret unloaded his gun-arm into the form before them.

It had begun.

o-o-Author's Notes-o-o

-Ezri comes in riding on Sephy's back while a second Sephy follows-

Ezri: See!! I got two hot Mako warriors now!!! The author Dumber than a moogle ass gave me another Sephy…This lovely male specimen right here -Kisses the Sephy she's getting the ride from one the cheek- Will be know as Sephy and that one -pointing to Sephy standing ready with the Masamune- Will be know as Seph. Soon I will have an army of Sephy's who will capture Square-Enix for me and force them to sign over all rights to me! Muwahahahah!!!!

But for now, the Seph is here to protect me from all of you who want to kill me after this chapter…I know it's short, but I gotta piss you off into reviewing somehow.

Oh and guess what…There still one or two more chappies of crater! -Grins evilly from Sephy's back and nuzzles his neck- I love being bad!

My other guys are still out visiting others and I don't want to divert my Seph and Sephy from their tasks, so I will do the AN real quick before I go to work.

First off, I wanna thank those of you who have reviewed my other stories. Since they are finished, I can't acknowledge you in the author notes there, so guess what? I'm gonna do them her!

Thanks for reviewing my FF7 stories "Emerge" "Of Them All" "An Unexpected Visitor"

Tifa Vince

Kay.Heartscry

The Vampire Evangeline

Pannero

Torahiko: Geez, you've been so good at making me feel good by reviewing! Thank you Thank YOU

Sephiroth2021

Angel280

Lone Gunmen

Just to name a few!

And to those who have reviewed the last chapter of A. Smiling…

TheEvilOne69: Okay, Yuffie will stop by today! Be nice to my girl!

Kimou: Thanks for reviewing! Please don't hurt or take my car!

Empress-Eerian-Sadow: Hee hee!! I'm a heathen!! I'm thinking of a Reno story…I promised him at the end of "Of Them All", that I would put him in a lemon, but I gotta think of a second character…I was thinking of putting him with Aeris (pre Avalanche) or Tifa, how does that sound? Reno just 2 way paged me and said he could go either way…but both would be nice.

Sephiroth2021: Tifa has been bouncing in her seat to come visit you, so I sent her again…she's on her way, with her own supply of hypers…

Lone Gunmen: I can send you the Sephy's Masamune for now since Seph will still have his…until the threats die down I need Seph for protection…maybe he'll show up during the week when its safer.

Shadowkeepre: You're Great!!! Thanks for the reviews!

-Ezri snaps fingers and Vespas and a plate of brownies appear at all my reviews homes.- Enjoy!!

Anyway, I gotta get ready for work…hmm…maybe Sephy will come with me and protect my from my crazy client…

-Sephy nods-

Yay! Sephy's coming with me to work!!!

I don't own Final Fantasy 7, Square-Enix does. Please send any story pairing or plot ideas to my email. I was thinking of doing Tseng/Aeris, Tseng/Tifa, Vincent/Aeris and when I get up enough courage, an Aeriseph…cause I want to do a little of each pairing…

Gotta Go!!

Love ya'll

Ezri-Candy

Edited 1/14/07

7/25/07

Edited because of change in formatting. Also re-numbering chapters. Minor content edits.