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Chapter 8

Back in the bar, the Avalanche fighters were having the same dream.

DREAM

They were fighting against Jenova. They were injured badly, so does Jenova, but, they can't tell whether they were losing or winning. Soon enough they all found out that they were watching at themselves. Sephiroth was looking around and saw the others.

"Sephiroth? What the heck is going on here? Why are we looking at this?" Angeal said to him. The others were silent. Then, Onyx spoke up.

"This is actually your past; Phoenix is showing the past to you guys, she uncovering the misty past of yours that you can't remember."

"Our….past?" Aerith said. Onyx nodded. Then they all were looking at the battle situation.

"They saw three people talking near the battle place. "Phoenix! You go run! Run from here! We will distract Jenova!" said a girl. They all suddenly remembered who she was; Melody Lightfeather, Phoenix's big sister.

"No! I don't want to! I want to help you guys and my friends!" Phoenix said. She looked younger than now.

"No! You can't Jenova wants your powers! You have to run!" said the man. Again, they remembered who it was; Xedian Lightfeather, Phoenix's big brother.

"Please! We lost mom and dad, and now, I can't afford of losing you guys! Please! Let me he—"Phoenix was interrupted by a big sound.

"What the! Hold on guys! We are coming! Now, Phoenix, if you don't want to lose us, you have to listen to us, okay? Run away from here!" Xedian said to her and went off to the battle with her sister.

"No, wait! Please! Come back!" Phoenix was shouting but she could not run to them because she was blocked by a barrier.

They then focus on the battle. They all were doing the best they could on defeating Jenova. There were fires everywhere then, suddenly, they were in a huddle and a light shone from the ground and hits Jenova that was hurt badly. Xedian was nowhere to be seen after the big blow that was given by Jenova to him.

They all looked at Phoenix's direction and sure she was there, standing there watching the battle going on and there's nothing she could do about it.

"I don't understand! Why Jenova wanted her so badly?" said Cid to Onyx.

Onyx gave him a look then, she said:

"Do you guys know about the Great Phoenix of Nature?" Onyx said. They all shook their heads.

"The Great Phoenix of Nature has a very powerful energy and power to control the earth. It can also control many elements that exist in the earth, not including life and death. It is a very respectful creature that always helps when someone is in need, but there can only be one at a time." Onyx said.

"Then, what does this have to do with Phoenix?" Sephiroth asked.

"Well, when Phoenix was born, she was sick and having problems with her body, and the doctors said that they were losing her. And at the same time, the Great Phoenix lived long enough that it is time for it to return to the life stream. But when it saw Phoenix was dying and her mother was sad, the Great Phoenix decided that it would live in Phoenix's body instead. When her mother found out about that, she promised with her soul that she would protect Phoenix. So, technically, the Phoenix is still in her and if the Great Phoenix dies, so does Phoenix. Then, that's why Jenova wants her so badly, to use her to destroy and rule the planet." said Onyx, sadly. They all were standing there, disbelieving what they just heard.

Then, they went back to the battle; everything was so quite there, they saw Phoenix sitting next to her siblings.

"Y….you promised that you would be fine, but why--?" Phoenix said, as tears pouring down her cheeks. "Y..you should have had let me help you. I don't want to have all my life being alone. I want you guys to accompany me!" she said while more tears pouring out.

"Phoenix, our dear lovely little sister, we are sorry about this, but, we gave our words to protect you with our lives to mother and father," Melody said to her as she touches Phoenix's hands. Phoenix grabbed Melody's hands.

"We always loved you, even more than our own lives, for us, you were more important." Xedian said looking at Phoenix.

"We will never be far anyway; we will always be here, right in your heart. And we will always see you from the life stream," Melody said to her again, which made more tears poured out even more from Phoenix's eyes.

"Goodbye, Phoenix. We will always love you." Xedian and Melody said it at the same time before they turned into sparkles.

"N…No…D….Don't g..go. Pl…please, co…come back…… COME BACK! PLEASE! BIG BROTHER! BIG SISTER! PLEASE COME BACK! ARRGHHHH! *sob**sob**sob*" Phoenix shouted to the open air and echoed through the whole forest. She looked around her and saw the people that were lying there.

"I'm so sorry, but, I have to do this." She then performs a magic and they were gone.

END OF DREAM

They all woke up and was puzzled of what they just saw. They looked around the bar and there was no sign of her.

"The one that we just saw, is that the real one?" Genesis asked.

"Yes, the one that you have was actually fake one. Jenova changed the whole memory except the part of her being defeated. She made Phoenix looked like as if she was a traitor to you guys and will make you hated her so that you will not interfere with her plan of ruling the planet by using her." Onyx explains to them.

Sephiroth was sitting there silently. Then, something came into his mind, and it was flashback from moments ago before they passed out in the bar. He then closes his eyes and his mind was back in the past few hours. He saw Phoenix, standing there, looking down at him. She then kneels down and said:

"Sephiroth, I'm so sorry, I know I made a big mistake for doing this to you guys, but it's the thing I must do. And like you said, after you find out who am I, you will hunt me down and kill me, but, you don't need to do so since I will be killed soon enough. I'm so sorry. And before I go, I just want to say that, I love you." Sephiroth then immediately open his eyes and started to blush a little. He was listening to his friends' conversation, or more like questions that was thrown to Onyx.

But deep inside his mind, he said, "I love you too, Phoenix. How I wish that you were right now next to me, your warm body and your sweet smiles and words. I have had always loved you since that night inside your house in the room you let me sleep in. I Love You." He then, smiled.

While they were talking about it, Phoenix was walking up to stand next to Jenova. Inside her mind, she was planning something. She was not planning to just let Jenova take over the world. After she stands next to Jenova, she pretended that she was summoning the Great Phoenix but instead, she was summoning the animals and asks them to attack the Deep Ground soldiers.

Jenova was shocked when she saw a bunch of big animals leap up from the summoning circle and attacks the soldiers. The animals were very fast and powerful. When Jenova was facing away, Phoenix was attacking her with her sword from behind. But, Jenova was faster she then blocked the attack with two of her tentacles.

"Owh, so you wanted to distract me and attack me from behind, huh? I don't think so. Hiyaahhhh!" Jenova said as she threw Phoenix to the wall that is a bit far away from them. She crashed to the wall and the building collapses on Phoenix.

"Hnn… I need to find another way to rule the world, she was always weak," Jenova said, walking away from the monument. Phoenix was down there, saying I'm sorry again and again to her parents, her siblings, her friends, and to Sephiroth, her long lasted love.

Back at the bar.

"Why can't we get out of here?" Cloud said as he tries to open the door.

"She must've put some barrier around the bar, to let us from getting ou—" before Onyx could finish the last words, the door was open and Cloud fell outside the house.

"Cloud! Are you okay?" Tifa asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine." he said.

"How did it open?" Yuffie asks them.

"I don't kn—, hang on, if the barrier breaks, that means, Phoenix is either unconscious or she is –"Onyx stopped at the last word and Sephiroth already knows what it is, rushes out of the bar.