Hey everyone back again with the ninth chapter I hope you all like! The update for this won't be for a while sorry... but I am going to work on it, after I finish the other FFVII fic, The Kingdom of Advent Hearts, so check that out too and review.

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Cloud sat up in bed and noticed the sunlight pouring into the room. He smiled a little as he remembered last night. Tifa had awakened earlier because she was no longer in the bed. Cloud sat back and stared at the ceiling in thought.

'I can't let another Sephiroth take my future with Tifa from me…' Cloud sighed as he rose from bed and dressed. He opened the door to the scent of bacon and pancakes. He smiled to himself as he turned back into the room to fully dress himself.

Tifa was downstairs still blushing after last night's events. She had never been so bold or so intimate ever in her life. She smiled as flashes of her and Cloud wrapped within each other passed through her mind. She sighed contently as she continued to cook for him. She knew that he'd be hungry and so she wanted to make sure that he was fed.

"Tifa…" It was his voice that made her cheeks redden further. She turned slightly to him and smiled. He stepped closer to her and placed his hands onto her shoulder and inhaled her scent. Cloud leaned his head down and began to kiss her neck lightly causing Tifa to moan subconsciously.

"Cloud… I... have to finish breakfast." Tifa whispered in disappointment as she turned and wrapped her arms around him. Cloud continued to kiss her lightly around her jaw line. Tifa gasped in delight as he continued his work. She was lost in his scent and masculinity. Tifa swore that today was the greatest day in her life. She had finally given Cloud her love, mentally and physically and he had accepted both. Tifa took a moment to break from Cloud and turn the oven and the stove off.

"If you want to play you lose out on breakfast." Tifa folded her arms in front of her and gave Cloud a mock glare before laughing. Cloud grinned and shrugged as he pulled the young brunette to him and continued kissing her. He had never felt so alive and complete until now.

Tifa pulled back from him with a wicked grin on her face. She bit her bottom lip and leaned close to Cloud as she began to rub up and down his chest and abdomen. She peered into his eyes and smirked slightly.

"My room. Now." Tifa grinned as she left the kitchen and went upstairs. Cloud took no time to hesitate as he followed her.

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Zack had ordered the others to search Wutai together and that left him to wonder over the situation alone. He now stood in Northern Crater as he looked to the gray fog that blocked the sky.

"Jenova… Sephiroth… Seriphron… I will not fail. I can't fail." Zack looked around himself and frowned. This was the place where Cloud and Sephiroth fought to the end. He grinned as he thought of how great a hero Cloud really was, "I can't believe that I grew up hating such a great man… my father. I even hated my mother… two people who care so much for me and Avius… for them I will get rid of the darkness so their light can shine…" Zack thought back to the sunrise he had seen in the church. "I will be the ray of light that rids the darkness so that the light they create from their love can shine to the world." Zack smiled to himself as he froze in his place. He turned to his right and faced Seriphron.

"If you are to be the one who fights back the darkness then you have a lot of work ahead of you." Seriphron grinned as several other beings with white hair appeared around him.

"He looks just like him." A man with long white hair stated as he smirked. Zack took in the man's appearance and frowned. The man seemed more dominant than the others. He had a black feathered wing behind his right shoulder and long silver hair. Zack looked from Seriphron and back to the man. He materialized his two Buster Swords and took a stance.

"You're Sephiroth!" Zack growled with hatred as he turned to the other males. "Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz… " Zack faced the finally two figures and could only see one.

"I am Seraphina and this is our mother," The other womanly figure stepped closer and Zack gasped as recognition hits him, "Jenova."

"You will pay for this abomination!" Zack roared as Jenova only laughed. She lifted her hands as several other white haired beings appeared. Seriphron stepped forward and grinned.

"We decided to have a reunion… and you're not welcome." Seriphron grinned as he looked to Kadaj and then to Sephiroth. He turned to Jenova and then to the small army of white haired Jenova warriors. He turned back to Zack with a crazed look in his eyes and then threw his hands into the sky as he laughed madly, "Now! We will strike back at those who have tormented the goddess!" He laughed as the Jenova warriors dashed forward towards Zack.

"I will not fail." Zack growled to himself as he grew his wing out of his left shoulder and prepared for battle.

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Yuffie, Vincent, Barret, Cid and Red XIII were on route to Tifa's bar when they got a call from Reeve concerning multiple sightings of silver-haired warriors across the globe. Reeve told them that the W.R.O. were doing their best to try and combat the threat but needed help.

"I'll call Cloud." Vincent said as he pulled out his cell phone and punched in Cloud's number. He waited several moments and the phone began to ring. It continued to ring until it went to Cloud's voice male, Vincent hung up. "He's not answering."

"Call Tifa, Vince, we have to make sure she's okay!" Yuffie interjected as once again Vincent dialed the number only to have the operator tell him that the phone number has been disconnected.

"This isn't good… Tifa isn't one to pull the phone from the wall." Yuffie said as Barret frowned.

"Cid, we need you to put this ship into full gear or something we have to get to Edge quick!" Barret shouted as Cid replied.

"Shut the hell up! My baby is goin as fast as she can we'll get there… stop getting ya panties all twisted. We still got those future kids here to help… they ain't letting nothing happen to their mom and pop." Cid turned back to navigating the ship as Barret fumed from the earlier insult.

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Zack dodged several more blade armed Jenova fighters and then blocked several shots fired by Loz and Yazoo. He swung his left-handed Buster Sword and sliced one of the Jenova warriors in half through the torso and lifted his right Buster Sword to block another attack from one of the masamune carrying Jenova warriors. He jumped into the sky and then twirled both swords rapidly around himself before raising them to the sky as they glowed.

"Blade Rain!" Zack shouted as he began to glow himself. He began to swing the two Buster Blades down upon the Jenova warriors. Each blade threw a burst of energy as Zack continued to swing the Buster Swords rapidly causing a rain shower of Blade Beams to slam into the Jenova warriors killing some of them. He landed on the ground and was met by Kadaj and his double bladed katana. Zack narrowed his eyes as he looked into Kadaj's near neon green orbs.

"Now that mother's back, I won't let you take her from us!" He shouted as he pushed Zack back and swung upwards causing Zack to momentarily lift off the ground. Zack frowned and then deflected several shots from Yazoo. He continued to block the powerful swings of Kadaj's double bladed katana and Yazoo's bullets as he saw from the corner of his eye, Loz approaching him using his Haste ability. Zack grinned as then vanished quickly and reappeared behind Seraphina and swung at her.

A masamune blocked his attack and Zack let his eyes trail down the long blade to the wielder, Sephiroth. Zack growled and then launched himself towards Sephiroth who merely smirked. They clashed blades and flew into the sky as each attack became fiercer and more powerful.

"I'll kill you for my father." Zack growled as the two pushed against each others blades in mid air. Sephiroth grinned and leaned forward close to Zack.

"I'll kill you just like I did his flower girl." He mocked as he pushed Zack backwards and pressed forward as he readied to swing the masamune the end the warrior's life.

Zack flew all the way back to the wall of the crater and flipped to push off but had to dodge Sephiroth's attack before he could move.

"You're not even close to Cloud's skill… I wonder… how could you have ever beaten him?" Sephiroth asked as Zack deflected another swing of the masamune. He ducked underneath Sephiroth's blade and then spun around to attack him but stopped mid swing to deflect another bullet from Yazoo. Zack instantly vanished and reappeared behind Kadaj and knocked him forward into the ground with a Blade Beam and then deflected another attack from one of the Jenova warriors.

"It is hopeless! You can't defeat us!" Seriphron laughed as he flew forward and met blades with Zack.

"Nothing is hopeless as long as I have the light." Zack said back to him as he pushed Seriphron back and then dodged an attack from Loz and kicked him away. Sephiroth came from the sky and swung the masamune down upon him but Zack moved to the side and jumped onto Sephiroth's blade and slammed his left handed Buster Sword into the masamune causing Sephiroth the drop it and then Zack dashed forward. Sephiroth vanished in a shedding of feathers and Zack turned to block Seraphina and her long masamune. He ducked under another series of attacks by her and the other Jenova warriors then jumped back and began to spin the two Buster Swords around him rapidly.

"I call this attack, Torrent… you'll see why." Zack grinned as he rushed forward using Haste. As he continued to burst forward his twirling blades sliced several of Jenova's warriors to pieces. Zack stopped his rush and looked around as Sephiroth, Seriphron, Seraphina, Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo surrounded him.

"You will never win, so why try?" Kadaj asked.

"It is inevitable, your death will come." Seraphina stated

"It shall end now!" Seriphron grinned as he readied the doubled bladed masamune.

"It will give me great pleasure to take Cloud's son from him." Sephiroth smirked as Zack closed his eyes.

"You're all wrong!" Zack growled as electricity began to pulse around him and his wing extended. Seriphron stepped back as did Sephiroth. Zack opened his eyes and then jumped into the sky, "I shall not fall… the darkness will not win!" Zack yelled as he flew down and slammed his blades into the ground causing a surge of energy to rip throughout the Northern Crater.

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Cloud and Tifa now sat at the dinning room table unsure of what to say after having sex last night and moments ago. Cloud didn't think that the moment could have been anymore awkward but the fact that they were both facing each other and neither could face the other magnified the uneasy silence.

"Cloud" Tifa began as Cloud looked to her quickly and waited for her to continue. She looked back to her food and then moved a few bits and pieces around on her plate with her fork as she searched for words. Earlier she had been so bold as to pull him to her and make love to him, now she was at a loss for what to actually say.

"Tifa, I want to apologize for leaving so much… I won't do it again… I'll find another job that's closer to home so I won't have to leave for so long. I … I love you so much Tifa… I don't want to go on dilly dallying. I want to have a real family. I think… I want to give my children the life I never had…" Cloud concluded as Tifa's eyes came to life and a brilliant and bright smile eased onto her face.

"I love you too Cloud, and if you want a family then I'll happily provide." Tifa grinned but only to blush deeply from the meaning behind her words. Cloud smiled as he reached across the table to grasp her hand.

"I think today has been one of the best days in my life… and last night was the best night I've ever had…" Cloud tried a joke and received a smiling but reddened Tifa. She squeezed his hand and then continued to eat in an enjoyable silence.

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Lexa turned to the sky with a worried frown. Something was off but she couldn't pinpoint the problem. She stepped through one of her dark portals and reappeared back in Nibelheim. Lexa walked a little into the ghost city and shuddered as a cold breeze passed her. She stopped dead in her tracks and turned to her right. Three white haired individuals with blades for arms stared at her mindlessly. She looked ahead of her and saw about five other beings similar to them. Lexa narrowed her eyes and jumped onto a building behind her as the eight creatures rushed her. She turned her back and continued to search the city for the hidden reactor.

"So Seriphron is back… that is the only explanation for those things." Lexa said aloud as she jumped to another building and then froze. She listened as sounds of feet pattered and slid all around her. She went to the side of the building and noticed that twenty or more of the white haired warriors were below looking furiously at her. Lexa frowned and took off running full speed. As the Jenova warriors saw this they took off after her without hesitation.

"It seems that he's brought back an army!" She growled as she flew from building to building as the warriors below her jumped onto the buildings to follow her while some traveled on the ground. Lexa jumped off one last building before opening a portal to escape through. As she did this she lifted her hands to the sky and an enormous surge of energy slammed into the ground destroying an unreal portion of Nibelheim along with many of the Jenova warriors. She vanished into the portal and reappeared in Midgard. She looked around for a moment and then hurried to Seventh Heaven.

As Lexa came closer to the bar five other dark portals opened up around her. With a sigh she waited as each of her teammates came through. All of them seemed to be panting and trying to catch their breathe. Avius was the first to recover as he checked a cut in his leather trench coat and sighed.

"Where's Zack?" He asked as Lexa shrugged and looked around.

"He wasn't with you?" Avius shook his head

"I saw him earlier this mourning and that was about it." Avius turned to the bar a little while down the road and then turned to his team, "Zack will be fine, I think that we need to make sure that Midgard hasn't been attacked by those Seriphron clones… let's check with Tifa and then gather the others."

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Dust mixed with the fog and clouded the Northern Crater. Zack's attack had destroyed the landscape and deepened the crater substantially. He wrenched his two Buster Swords from the ground and looked around himself. He frowned when he caught the sight of two lime green eyes staring back at him some distance away.

"You tried to stop me… and you have failed." It was Jenova that was speaking and continued towards him through the fog, with her neon green orbs drilling through him, "I am a goddess! Nothing can stop me… my perfect utopia shall not be ruined by the likes of the son of one of my puppets!" Jenova hissed as she lifted her hands and black tendrils flew from behind her towards Zack.

He sliced and dodged them as he jumped backwards through the air trying to put distance between him and the creature. He scowled and began to advance to attack but stopped mid step as a bullet nearly shot through his leg. Zack had dodged the bullet by stopping and soon he was in the air after a strong punch from Loz who had rushed him from behind. Zack righted himself in the air just in time to block Kadaj's double bladed Katana and push it away only to have Seraphina strike at him from above.

Zack quickly spun around to block the attack as another bullet from Yazoo whizzed by his head. He pushed Seraphina back and flipped backwards while still in the air to dodge a charge from Seriphron and his double bladed masamune. Zack had put too much force into his back flip causing him to flying uncontrollably backwards while spinning towards the crater wall. Before he could reach Zack spotted Sephiroth jumping from the wall he was coming towards with the masamune ready to skewer him. Zack readied his right handed Buster sword and narrowly deflected Sephiroth's attack while still spinning backwards.

Because of the impact from Sephiroth's masamune, Zack had enough momentum to gain control on the spin and land feet first into the side of the crater and pushed off towards Sephiroth. The General turned and pulled his masamune back and swung it powerfully as Zack came in reach. Sephiroth had planned to swat the young man away easily like he would have done his father but Zack's strength prevailed and knocked Sephiroth backwards through the air and to the far side of the crater behind him.

"This is insane…" Zack said to himself aloud as Seraphina attacked from below him and Seriphron came from above. Zack used his wing to fly out of the way and watched as the two met in mid air and stopped instantly and then flew towards him. He ducked under the two and swung both of his weapons upwards to slice at their stomachs but met their weapons and settled on pushing them upwards with his strength. He flew down to the ground and faced Jenova who was smiling the entire time.

"Monster." Zack said with a calm voice as Jenova laughed. She simply bowed and immediately several bullets whizzed by her head towards Zack. He blocked them with his left handed sword and staved off Kadaj and several other Jenova warriors that had not died from his recent attack.

Zack continued dodging Kadaj's blade and the other two brothers' bullets and jumped back to retreat but Seriphron was waited and nearly cut his head clean off. Zack had at the last moment ducked and blocked with his right handed sword and then blocked an incoming attack from Seraphina. He pushed the two back and then held his weapons up in front of him to block Sephiroth's attack that followed shortly after.

Zack landed on the ground breathing hard as each of his enemies surrounded him again. He shook his head in disbelief and to shake off the fatigue as he took his stance once again.

"Zack, you can't do it alone" Aeris's voice floated into his mind as he closed his eyes and dodged another bullet and blocked another blade.

"She's right." Zack said to himself quietly as he pushed one blade away only to block another.

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Cloud and Tifa were lying on top of the dinner table lost in each others kisses yet again. Tifa began to moan softly as Cloud kissed her neck and then lifted her shirt a little and began to nibble on her stomach lovingly.

"Cloud…" Tifa said out of breath as Cloud continued his kisses as he stopped at her pant line and licked the skin just above it as he traced the line from one side of her waist to the other. Tifa cried out in ecstasy as his tongue excited her to the core. She looked down at him with a smirk and bucked her hips into him.

"Hurry!" Tifa called down to him as Cloud slowly touched her inner thigh and began to massage much to Tifa's dismay and pleasure. She whimpered lightly as her impatience rose along with her pleasure. She grabbed her head with both hands and moan throatily and arched her back.

"Come on… Cloud take me!" Tifa nearly whined as Cloud moved back to her face and deeply kissed her. Tifa wrapped her legs around him and began to push her hips against him.

"Whoa!!" Tifa and Cloud nearly fell off the table in shock as Avius stood in the door way now with his eyes slammed shut. Tifa pushed Cloud from her and straightened herself out and tried to approach Avius but he had already exited.

"Avius wait!" Tifa called out as she ran into the bar and was met with the Exiled, less their leader, Zack. She smiled to each of them as Avius kept his eyes from Tifa. Cloud entered the room and scratched the back of his head and smiled nervously. Archia arched a brow and then spoke.

"Zack's here?" She asked but Cloud and Tifa blushed, thinking that she said that as a statement rather than a question. Cain sat at one of the tables and frowned as he looked to the sky. It had gone gray.

"I think something is wrong…" He said as each of the inhabitants in the bar came to the window and looked out.

"Lexa are you doing that?" Neo asked as she shook her head. "I think Seriphron is making his move. Where's Zack!?" He added and Tifa froze. Cloud gasped aloud and stepped forward.

"He's not with you guys?" Cloud's concern evident in his voice as Avius shook his head finally over the discovery of his parents.

"We have to get going now. Cloud you Tifa, myself, Neo and Lexa are going to try and find Zack. Cain, Archia, Axel, you three are going to find the rest of avalanche notify me once they have been gathered."

"What about Rufus and the two Turks? I think they could be useful." Lexa stated as Tifa cringed at Rufus's name and then looked to Cloud to see his reaction. He had his eyes closed and his feelings couldn't be known from that. Avius agreed as Cain and the two cousins vanished.

"We have to get going." Lexa stated as she turned to Cloud who shook his head.

"Northern Crater" Cloud whispered as he looked back to the sky and nodded.

"Why there?" Avius asked but Cloud sent him a glare.

"Avius don't question just get us there." Cloud said seriously as he went to his sword and brought Tifa her gloves.

"Of course father." Avius replied shocking Cloud while causing Tifa to smile. Avius opened a portal and before they stepped in he turned to Tifa and gave her two gloves.

"I used to use these before I had the ability to materialize my weapons… they're very powerful and actually increase your strength and speed. I just wanted you to have them before we went." Avius stated as Tifa smiled as she discarded her gloves and put on the ones Avius gave to her. She secured the gloves on her hands and balled her fist tight as a surge of energy coursed through her body. She was shocked at the energy she felt she now had and then nodded to Avius.

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Zack blocked and dodged another barrage of attacks and finally jumped into the sky and received a blast from Jenova's energy that shot him down. He hit the ground hard and immediately ignored his pain to stand and deflect Seraphina's downward slash. As he did this Sephiroth attacked head on and Zack held his other blade up to block the attack but Sephiroth's momentum knocked him hundreds of yards back and into the crater wall. Zack struggled from the wall and before he could free himself fully Loz appeared and slammed a hard fist into his gut and then his face.

Zack ducked another punch and slammed his fist into Loz's face and then spun around quickly to deliver a powerful spinning kick that connected sending Loz flying into the sky. Zack pulled his blades free and then ducked under Kadaj's blade and then kicked him into the wall and jumped backwards into a flip as Yazoo continued to fire shot after shot at him. Seriphron came from above and slashed downwards and Zack rolled out of the way and continued to deflect the attack but as Sephiroth entered the fray he began to step back as the two were overpowering him causing him to block and not attack.

Yazoo fired several more shots as Kadaj and Loz rushed towards Zack and readied to attack the moment Seriphron or Sephiroth moved. Just as Seriphron and Sephiroth moved Seraphina attacked from behind causing Zack to block the attack and spin around to block Kadaj's blade but get rammed by Loz. Zack flew several yards back and blocked another bullet and then Sephiroth's masamune. Jenova laughed as she sent a shockwave of energy into the ground that struck Zack's legs causing him to lose balance and giving Sephiroth a chance to move behind him and pierce his chest with the masamune.

"Just like I got the flower girl… I've taken Cloud's son." Sephiroth grinned as Zack gasped as the pain through his chest increased as Sephiroth lifted him into the air and laughed.

"So what shall I tell Cloud your last words were? Will you beg for mercy?" Sephiroth grinned as Zack grunted in pain as his words wouldn't form. Sephiroth throw Zack's body from his masamune and laughed. They all lifted into the air and began to laugh.

"It's a shame… you could have seen your parents again… but I guess you'll miss them." Seriphron grinned as Zack struggled to his feet as blood came pouring out of his wound. He looked up at the seven figures and then saw two others that recently appeared in the sky next to them.

"No!" Zack coughed in disbelief.

"To think that I gave birth to a disgrace such as you." Tifa's voice called down. She was older and her hair had a white tint to it and her eyes were emerald green. Cloud floated next to her and folded his arms in front of him.

"I can't believe a weakling like you beat me." He growled as Sephiroth floated towards the future Cloud and grinned.

"Let's finish this disgrace and then handle the rest of them." Sephiroth turned to Jenova who lifted her hand.

"I shall destroy him completely with a Meteor!" She crackled as a large mass appeared in the sky.

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For some strange reason Avius couldn't get them any closer to the Northern Crater than the base of the crater opening that extended into the sky. As they came closer a large Meteor formed in the sky and suddenly the large Meteor flew into the crater causing an explosion that began to destroy the ground beneath Avius and the Lexa opened a portal to send them a few miles from the area and succeeded.

Tifa was the first on her feet after being recklessly thrown into a portal to save her life. She turned to Cloud worried as he looked down.

"Zack was in there wasn't he!?" She asked in fear as Cloud nodded. Tifa's eyes watered and before she could let her tears fall a single black feature fell down in front of her. Neo, Avius and Lexa were staring at the man who floated in the sky above and readied themselves.

"Cloud… I told you I'd never be a memory." The voice stated as Tifa and Cloud jerked their heads upwards and growled.

"Sephiroth!" Cloud shouted in pure anger as he laughed.

"Remember when I asked you Cloud what you cherished most?" Sephiroth asked as he landed gracefully several yards in front of Cloud. "Well since I didn't get a straight answer I decided to take your son… the same way I took the flower girl." Sephiroth grinned as Cloud paled. He shook his head in disbelief as Sephiroth showed off the blood on his masamune.

"He bled just like her." Sephiroth grinned as Cloud fell to his knees in shock and pain of lose. Tifa, on the other hand, gave an animalistic growl and rushed forward with hatred and revenge in her eyes.

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