Final Fantasy 7 Advent

"What does one fight for when you have lost everything? Do you fight for memories of lost love ones? Fight out of hate? Or just for your self…your own life…? Is that really something to truly fight for?"

Chapter 19: Battling what is lost

The wind was still picking up around them. It was the strongest wind cloud had ever felt before. And he was getting a bad feeling from this wind. Why did he feel so worried now? Wasn't it just a strong wind noting more? No…they're was something more to this wind. He could feel it. Yes, he could. He felt like something was coming they're way. But what that something was. He had no idea.

But before long he had it. He had something running toward them. "…w-what…?" he whispered to him self. "What's wrong cloud…?" Sara asked standing besides him. Out of no where cloud quickly pushed her aside. Then a gun shot when flying passed them. "…!" cloud quickly looked around to see where that shot came from. "Where…?" cloud whispered. Sara could only look dumbfounded.

"Ah…what speed you have brother…" the voice said. Cloud quickly looked up in the air to see a man with long silver hair floating over them. "…!" cloud glared toward the man. Cloud quickly pulled his sword out from behind him. The man grinned and quickly started to fall toward him. "Cloud look out…!" Sara yelled slowly sitting up. Cloud held his sword ready.

They're swords hit together as the silver hair man landed on his feet in front of cloud. "w-who are you…?" cloud asked. "I am one of the three silver hair men…" The man answered with a grin. "My name is…Yazo…" the man finished saying. He quickly pulled his sword away and turned it a bit then started firing gun shots at him. Cloud quickly blocked them. "Sara…get behind me…!" he yelled to the woman behind him. She quickly did so. But she didn't understand what was going on.

Why was this silver hair man after them? No it felt like he was after her. She felt like somewhat knew that silver hair man. She felt fear just seeing him. But why did she? She couldn't remember for the life of her. She was battling her lost memories. She needed them back badly. She closed her eyes placing her hands on top of her head. Then she heard the man voice. "Hand over mother…" she quickly opened her eyes looking to the silver hair man. "No…I will never hand her over…!" cloud yelled back at the silver hair man.

M-mother! Did that man just call her mother? W-what was really going on here? She didn't understand. Why would that man call her mother? Who-…no what is she…? She wondered. She watched as the two man jump high into the air, fighting sword to sword. Why was cloud protecting her so much? Why was this person after her to start with? She felt question after question hit her hard. No end to the questions. "…w-what am I…?" she whispered to her self falling into her knees.

"You are the first and last…cetra…" she quickly looked up to see a ghost like woman floating in front of her. The woman had long blonde hair with sky blue eyes. "Who are--…" but she cut her self off to hear a yell. She quickly turned to watch cloud quickly fall into the ground. "C-cloud…!" she yelled quickly standing up. She quickly started toward him; but before she got very far the silver hair man floated down in front of her. "…!" she quickly backs away a bit.

"Just…stay still mother…it will be all over soon…" yazo whispered pointing his gun blade toward her. Sara quickly shook her head backing away little by little. "I said…stay still…" he whispered quickly starting toward her. "n-no…" she whispered looking at the man with fear in her eyes. "s-stay back…!" she cried holding out her hands toward him. "…" the man didn't say a word as he pulled on his gun blade firing some gun shots at her. "n-no!" she yelled as a wave an energy when flying toward him.

Yazo watched the bullets disappeared into the energy. "...!" the man quickly steps back. "No…! You have her power still…!" he yelled quickly firing like crazy toward her. But it did no good. The bullets kept on disappearing. "…!" yazo quickly drop his gun blade and try to make a run for it. But didn't get too far as the energy catch him. It circled around him like a rope. Sara looked very surprised and quickly pulled her hands away. But the energy stays around him. "…w-what…was that…?" she whispered looking at her hands.

"Mother! Why does your power still live inside of the cetra…!" Sara quickly looked toward the silver hair man yelling. "Power….still live inside…of me…?" she asked. "damnit…cetra…it shouldn't be this way…I should have--…" but before he could finish the energy pulled off of him then started stabbing him like 1000's knifes. He started screaming, as his blood when flying everywhere. "…!" Sara covered her mouth stepping back.

"This…is what he should get…" yazo quickly looked to the side to see a ghost of his mother. "y-you…" yazo whispered with some blood rolling down his cheek. "All my children…will die…all have to end this…" the woman said. "W-why woman…? Humans are the enemy…!" yazo yelled. "no…they aren't…I thought they were for a long time…but it is we who are the enemy…who need to leave this place…and return to where we should be…" the woman finished saying then disappeared.

"Hehe…I see so she left you with some of her power…before she passed away…" yazo grinned closing his eyes. "No, matter…you don't have the time to kill all of the silver hair men…you will die before then…because your life energy is…" yazo started to finish saying. But the energy finished him off. Then his body fell to the ground not moving.

"My life…energy is what…?" Sara whispered to her self looking down at the dead silver hair man. But she couldn't get an answer because he had passed away. What was he trying to say…? What about my life energy? And…what was that energy that came from my hands…?

She wondered staring down at her hands again. What a deadly power…that could ripe the body to ribbons with energy.

"Sara…!" she quickly turned to see cloud running toward her. "Cloud…! Are you alright?" she asked as he got over to her. He slowly nodded. "Yes…but shouldn't I be asking you that…?" he asked. "Uh, I guess so…" she whispered looking away. Cloud looked a bit lost. But quickly saw why she was looking away. He saw the silver hair man on the ground, all cut up bleeding. "…!" did she do this? He wondered. Was it the same power she had in midgar? Could that be…from jenova's devil powers…? He wondered as well. But he shook it off. It was better not to worry about it for the time being.

"Come on…Sara…" cloud said walking over to the chocobo that was now outside. "…?" she looked a bit lost. "We are taking the chocobo over the ocean remember?" he asked sitting down on the chocobo. She slowly nodded to him. "y-yeah…" she said heading over to him. She hopped into the chocobo sitting behind him. "You better hold on…tight…"He whispered. She slowly nodded, putting her arms around him. He found him self blushing a bit.

"Uh…here we go…" he said kicking the chocobo on the sides. "Wark!" it yelled and quickly started toward the water at full speed. "Whoa…!" Sara yelled holding on tight, but surprised a bird could go this fast. "Hehe, told ya to hold on…" cloud said with a laugh. Even those cloud wasn't showing he was worried. He knew he should be. After what happened, a silver hair man die. By her hands; But he was sure she didn't understand what she did. Was that silver hair man one of jenova children?

He didn't know. But he was pretty sure. That silver hair man was one of jenova's children. The children that sephiroth said would come back. Cloud slowly nodded to him self. He had a feeling; this was just the beginning of the end of this. But if what sephiroth said was true…then two silver hair men we're left. He nodded to him self lost in his thoughts.

But from far far away; one a mountain on the land; they had just left. A man with short silver hair stood there. "Hmm…she still has mother powers…" the man whispered to him self. A small grinned appeared on his face. "But…he was right, she is somewhat helpless without her memories…but at the same time…she is a problem that will try to destroy us…because her time ends here…" the man nodded to him self.

"Brother…don't worry…I Zol…will take care of mother…for you fallen brother…" zol quickly disappeared from the area.

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Back in Cosmo Canyon.

"Oh no…how could I miss this!" red yelled looking over the book of the cetra's. He quickly shook his head. "That why her life energy came back so quickly…no wonder…" red whispered walking away from the book. He headed over to the window looking out of it.

Then yuffie quickly entered his room. "I'm back! No worries my stupid father will not attack her again!" yuffie yelled with a huge grin on her face. Red slowly turned to look at her. "Hmm..? something wrong red?" she asked. He slowly nodded to her. "Yes…yuffie, I missed something big in the old book of the cetra's…" yuffie could only look puzzled at him.

Red slowly headed back over to the book that was sitting on a table and yuffie followed him. "One cetra lived after casting the mega spells…and that was Sara's great great great great great grandmother…" yuffie rubbed the back of her head. "So…? What's your point…?" she asked crossing her arms. Red sighed a bit shaking his head. "I wasn't done…" he whispered glaring toward the ninja.

"She lived and her life energy quickly returned to her…as it did for Sara…but…" red looked away from the book. "But what…?" yuffie asked. "Another problem came about…two weeks after her life energy returned…she started to feel very tired…day after day…she became more tired…" yuffie didn't follow him at all. "Uh…?" was all she could get out of her mouth.

"…ok let me put it this way…she was slowly dieing…" yuffie eyes quickly became huge. "w-what? But I thought she lived!" yuffie yelled. "She did for a bit…but not for very long…this book is really a book Sara's great great great great great grandmother…wrote…" red said looking toward yuffie. "But…it also…tells who jenova really was…" yuffie felt sweat roll down her cheek.

"Who was…jenova…?" yuffie asked. "The one who wrote the book was called Ceres; Sara's great great great great great grandmother…" red whispered closing his eyes. "And jenova's was…ceres mother…" red quickly opened his eyes looking to yuffie. "WHAT!" yuffie yelled.