I'm sorry that I haven't uploaded a 3rd chapter quicker, but I couldn't find anything interesting to keep on writing. But I had a dream about this and I liked how it went so... I used it. Hope you like it!

Chapter 3: The God, The Angel... and The Human...

"Wh... Where am I?" a voice asked softly. The owner of the voice tried to look around, but was surrounded by nothing but darkness. "Where am I? Tell me!"

Before him, a small tear opened in the infinite darkness and light poured through. The tear kept on widening and he started hearing other voices.

"Aaaah, he's coming to! Perfect!"

The man opened his eyes and saw another person standing before him in a large cave. A man with reddish hair, and a long red coat. "Welcome back."

"G... Genesis?" the man spoke, as he looked down at his body. Instead of legs, he had six white wings sprouting from his torso, and his right arm was also transformed into a wing, though this one was pitch black.

Genesis Rhapsodos grinned widely. "Yes... Welcome back, Sephiroth."

Sephiroth detached himself from the bench where he was hanging on, and hovered before Genesis. A malicious light burned in his emerald eyes.

Meanwhile, the Shera was shooting over the Desert Plains after a quick visit to Wutai and was now headed towards Edge, to pick up some stuff that Tifa had left behind. As the night was falling, Cloud and Tifa were looking out of the glass dome. They were both deep in thought, about what might happen. Cid was at the helm of the Shera, concentrating on the horizon. He yawned.

"Yo, Cloud, I think we should call it quits for tonight. I'm kind of tired over here, and I'd like to get a little shuteye."

Cloud snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Cid. "Sure. I think we all can use a little sleep."

Tifa nodded, she was also tired.

Cid powered down the thrusters and the Shera came to a slow stop, hovering in the air.

"The propellers will keep us airborne, so nothing can attack us here..." he said as he yawned. "Unless they resurrected Ultimate WEAPON... Then it could be a rough night."

The trio started laughing as they walked off to the sleep quarters. Cloud turned around one last time to look at the darkening world outside. A streak of green light caught his eye, but it disappeared as soon as it appeared.

"What's wrong?" Tifa asked as she saw Cloud was staring out the window again.

"Nothing... It's been a long day, I'm just sleepy."

Tifa smiled and she kissed Cloud on the cheek. "Good night Cloud."

Cloud also smiled. "Yeah... Good night Tifa."

They both walked to their separate rooms, though Cloud glanced outside one more time, but the light was gone.

However, the thing Cloud had seen had not disappeared... Not too far from where the Shera was hovering, something had created quite a large crater. Dust hung in the air, obscuring the inside of the crater from sight. Within the dust, something stood up. The thing opened his eyes, which had an emerald glow. The creature tried so step out of the crater, but fell. It stopped it's fall by planting it's seven foot long Katana into the ground. The dust cleared a little, revealing the person's delicate features and his silvery hair.

Genesis was amused by Sephiroth's reaction to his resurrection.

"So my dear friend... How does it feel to be amongst the living once more?" Genesis asked.

"I'm amazed Genesis... That a lower rank like yourself was able to pull off something like this." Sephiroth said as he inspected his body. "Especially since you resurrected me in my Godly form."

Genesis snickered. "Godly form? Sephiroth, there is nothing like a God... There is only the Goddess and her gift that she shared with both of us."

"Still on about your Goddess, Genesis? Seems like fools never change over the years..."

Sephiroth's words angered Genesis, who got out his Rapier and turned towards his former friend.

"Tread with caution Sephiroth. I brought you back to life, and I can easily take it away from you again."

Sephiroth grinned. "Really now? Do try."

Genesis shot towards Sephiroth, his Rapier glowing red. Just before he could reach him, Genesis was stopped in mid air and catapulted into the rocks of the cave that they were in. Pushed into the rock face, he dropped his Rapier and clenched his throat, as if someone was choking him, leaving him hanging in the air. He looked at Sephiroth's form, who's left arm was outstretched towards him.

"When an Angel tries to attack a God... The Angel usually is the loser. I know that you resurrected me for your plans Genesis, but I don't play that way. I don't listen to anyone but myself and my Mother... Which is your Goddess."

"Seph... Iroth... Please... You're... Choking..."

"Don't be scared Genesis. I won't kill you... Yet... You still have use to me."

Sephiroth let go of his grip on Genesis, who plummeted to the ground. He rubbed his sore throat, and looked at The God that was hovering before him.

"Genesis, with your help... I shall resurrect my Mother... And rule this planet together with her."

Genesis' eyes widened. "The... Goddess? Alive?"

"Yes. Your Goddess will live once more."

"... And then Those who received and accepted the Goddess' Gift shall bring back the Goddess herself..." Genesis spoke.

Sephiroth's evil grin grew wider. "That we'll do."

Tifa awoke because of the sound of Yuffie talking. She looked out of the window and saw that the sun was already up. She got out of bed, showered and dressed herself and walked towards the kitchen, where the others were having breakfast. Barret was staring in front of him, a large mug of coffee in his hands. He was in his boxers and hadn't washed himself yet.

"Good morning Barret." Tifa said as she walked past him, patting him on the shoulder. "Had a good night's sleep?"

Barret shook his head. "Nah... Was up all night, thinking about the trouble this planet is in again..."

Tifa sighed and nodded.

The others were all dressed and quite awake, especially Yuffie.

"... That's what I mean! We need to get out there, and search for this Silver S.O.B.! Not going to Edge and pick up Tifa's beauty case!"

"What's that about my beauty case?"

Yuffie turned around and grinned at Tifa, though it was a scared grin. "Oh... Hi Tifa! You're up..."

"For your information Yuffie, we're not after my beauty case. We're going to get some of the Materia I left at home. And I need to tell Denzel, Marlene and Shelke that we'll be away for a while and that they're responsible for the bar. Besides, we went to Wutai to pick up some of your stuff, so this won't be as much as a detour."

"Oh... Riiiight.. Okay then..." Yuffie replied.

Tifa looked around, and noticed that Cloud wasn't amongst them. "Where's Cloud?"

"He's at the lookout... As usual..." Vincent replied as he bit from his toast.

"He's been there since dawn. He hasn't even had breakfast." Nanaki added.

"Seems like this whole Sephiroth deal is starting to work on his mood again... Just when he started to become happier..." Tifa said with a sad face. Her eyes hardened in an expression of anger and hate. "Damn you Sephiroth... Damn you to Hell..."

She grabbed some sandwiches and a mug of coffee and headed towards the lookout. There, she saw Cloud, who was sitting in a meditative pose. His Fusion Blade was in front of him, lying on the floor.

"Cloud...?"

He opened his eyes and looked behind him. A smile appeared on his face.

"Good morning Tief!"

Tifa was slightly shocked by Cloud's expression on his face, since she thought that he was starting to get depressed again.

"Are you... Alright Cloud?"

Cloud jumped to his feet and picked up his Blade.

"Yup, couldn't be any better!" he said as he put the large Blade in it's holder on his back.

"Just completed my morning meditation, and now I need a little breakfast to fill up the hole in my stomach."

Tifa's mouth was hanging open. Cloud seemed unaffected by Aerith's words about Sephiroth's return, which was very unusual.

"You sure you're alright?"

"Yeah. What did you expect, that I would get depressed again because Sephiroth had returned? I'd thought you knew me better than that Tifa."

"Well, most of our friends thought the same way as I did Cloud. It happened the first time, it happened the second time, why would the third time be any different?"

"Because this time, I'm ready for him. I'm not scared anymore Tifa." Cloud locked eyes with the horizon. "When I meet Sephiroth... I'll fight him and put him back where he belongs."

A smile appeared on Tifa's face. She had been worried about nothing. Cloud had gotten stronger over the years.

Cloud walked over to her and glanced at the sandwiches that Tifa had with her.

"Did you bring those... For me?"

Tifa nodded. "I brought you some coffee too. Sandwiches always taste better with coffee."

"You're a doll Tifa." Cloud said as he kissed her on her forehead.

They sat down, and enjoyed their breakfast together, looking out of the windows of the lookout.

About twenty minutes later, the rest arrived at the lookout to continue their journey towards Edge City. They shot over the Desert, and were making quite a good time. It'll be only a couple of hours, and then they could go after Sephiroth.

Cloud was staring at the Desert below when he spotted a crater.

"This isn't where Ultimate WEAPON landed..." he said, when yet another thing caught his eye when they shot over it. Something shining in the desert sun... And a glint of silver.

Cloud's eyes widened. Because he was a SOLDIER, he had better vision, and what he had seen shocked him.

"CID! STOP THE SHERA!"

"Son of a-! Now what?!" Cid replied as he pulled every lever to stop the Airship.

Cait Sith jumped onto the handrail "What's it Cloud?"

"You guys... I think our search is over already... I think I saw Sephiroth down there."

Everyone's eyes widened by what Cloud said. Vincent immediately loaded his Cerberus, Yuffie grabbed her Shuriken and Barret changed his hand into Gun Mode.

"You sure? It wasn't a mirage?" Nanaki asked.

"No... My eyesight is a lot better than normal Humans... And I saw it. The Masamune... And his silver hair.

Barret nodded. "Yup, only one guy with a big-ass blade and silver hair. Seems Sephiroth is on a field trip."

"Time to crash it then." Cloud replied as he readied his Fusion Blade. "Cid, take her down."

"Aye aye! Let's finish the Job before it started! *^!%{§ YEAH!"

Cid made the Shera turn sharply and locked her into landing.

"She'll land automatically, we'll be able to jump out in two minutes. If all of us can strike Sephiroth by surprise, he'll be back in the Lifestream before he can do anything!" Cid yelled as he grabbed his Lance and made his way to the Jump Platform.

The others followed him, and stood behind him as he checked his watch. "30 seconds."

They could feel the ship was slowing down. "Ten." Cid exclaimed as the door started to open.

"Three, two, one and GO!"

He jumped out, followed by the rest. What they saw was exactly what Cloud had said. Sephiroth was standing before them, though he looked a lot younger and was naked.

"Surround him! Now!" Cloud yelled as he shot to Sephiroth's left side. The others got into position, leaving no way to escape.

"Okay, take aim and-"

"WH- WHO ARE YOU?!" Sephiroth exclaimed.

It was then that Cloud noticed that he was trembling, eyes wide open in fear. His stance with the Masamune was also different. Sephiroth usually held it horizontally over his left shoulder, while this person held it vertically.

"P-Please! Don't... don't kill me!" the boy who looked like Sephiroth begged.

"Hold... Fire..." Cloud said as he lowered his Blade.

"Something is off..." Vincent said as he looked at Cloud.

"I know... He looks like him but..."

"Him? Who are you talking about?" the boy asked, but still held his blade up high, frightened.

"You don't know who we are?" Cloud slowly asked.

"No... I don't even know where I am... Or who I am for that matter... Who are you people?"

Cloud rubbed his chin as he was thinking the situation over. If it was Sephiroth, they would be in a lot of trouble if he were to attack them while they were unsure what to do... But then again, Sephiroth was too proud to act like a scared person.

"We're... Travelers. We saw you from the Airship and thought you were someone else... Sorry about the inconvenience."

The boy lowered his blade, but his body still trembled.

"Cloud... What are you doing?" Tifa whispered.

"It's just a hunch, bear with me." he whispered back as he stepped towards the boy. "Would you like to come with us? You'd die if you were to stay here... I mean, being naked in the Desert isn't very convenient..."

The boy nodded. "Yes... Please, I've been here all night... I could use a bit of sleep..."

"No worries. Cid, Nanaki, Yuffie, escort him to an unoccupied room please."

"WHA- WHAT?! Are you %£$ing kidding me?!" Cid exclaimed as he shook his Lance.

"Yeah are you %$#ing with us Cloud?" Yuffie yelled.

"Yuffie, language please..." Vincent said as he heard what she said.

"S... Sorry. No wait! I can say the %$# I want! You're not my father or boyfriend or anything!"

Vincent turned his head, as if what Yuffie said hurt him.

"As Cid said Cloud... Why? This might be a trick." Nanaki said as he looked at Cloud.

"Holy crap... That thing can talk?" the boy said as he shuffled out of the way of Nanaki.

"Nanaki, please, I know what I'm doing. I'll explain later." Cloud said.

"You're the boss... Please follow me." Nanaki said as he walked towards the Airship.

The boy looked at Cloud with a scared expression on his face, but followed Nanaki after Cloud nodded. Tifa walked towards Cloud.

"Okay, explain, why?"

"That boy isn't Sephiroth... He's... Too young."

"Yes, but Sephiroth can manifest himself in different forms. Remember Loz, Yazoo and Kadaj?"

"Yes, but they were Remnants. Parts of Sephiroth's personality that physically manifested themselves. They were like Sephiroth... Arrogant, evil... But this kid... He's a hell of a lot different."

Tifa nodded. "I know what you mean... He was so scared he could have soiled himself..."

"Yeah, that and- GAH!" Cloud fell to his knee, clenching his head.

'Cloud... He's... Sephiroth's... Human... Side... Before... Hate... Consumed him... And... Wanted... To... Become... A... God...' Aerith's voice spoke in his mind.

"What?"

'He... Is... Sephiroth... But... Not... Evil...'

Cloud opened his eyes and looked at Tifa.

"What is it Cloud?"

"Aerith spoke to me... This kid is Sephiroth... But he's his Human side... He's not... Evil. I remember what Zack once told me. Sephiroth cared for his friends and those around him before he found out what experiments created him. He was like a normal human."

"And that kid is Sephiroth's Human Side? So he's... Good?"

"I don't know. He might be a Remnant... Or he might be a real Human..."

"What should we do? Kill him before he becomes Sephiroth?"

"No... I don't think so... I've got a feeling something else is happening. Aerith said that Sephiroth was resurrected by someone else, not by his own will..."

Vincent walked up to him. "I have the same feeling Cloud. He feels like Sephiroth... But not Evil..."

"What the heck does that mean Vince?" Barret said as he transformed his Gun back into a hand.

"I don't know..."

"Let's get back to the Shera. We'll discuss it there." Cloud said as he got up and walked towards the Airship.

Several minutes later, they were up in the air above the Desert, but they weren't flying. They were in the kitchen, at the large table.

"Okay Cloud... Explain. Who the $!# is that?" Cid said as he slammed his fist onto the table.

"It's Sephiroth." Cloud calmly said. Cid jumped from his seat and grabbed his Lance. "Okay then! Lets pierce him!"

"Cid sit down and listen please. Yes he's Sephiroth, but not the Sephiroth we know."

Cid sat down again. "Not the Sephiroth we know?"

"No. Listen, Aerith spoke to me and said that he was Sephiroth's Human side and that's what got me thinking... What if Genesis revived Sephiroth in his God Form, his 'Safer' form? Now, what if his Human Form was also revived, but as another person, completely blank. No memories, no knowledge of his past, nothing."

"Why the heck is he in the Desert then?" Barret asked.

"Yesterday, just before we went to sleep, I saw a streak of green light in the sky. What if he was cast out of the Lifestream? We know it can happen, since Sephiroth created his Remnants from within the Lifestream..."

"That... Could make sense..." Nanaki slowly said.

"So what is he then? Another Remnant?"

"No... He's Sephiroth's Alter Ego. He has normal emotions, like fear, as we witnessed."

"Indeed... This is truly an astounding find Cloud..." Cait Sith said.

"I think the same way Reeve."

"Could you... Bring him to the WRO Headquarters? We still have records of Sephiroth's body- and cell structure. If he is Sephiroth... Then we can find out."

"We'll bring him immediately."

"I'll await you."

Cloud got up and walked to the door.

"What are you going to do Cloud?" Tifa asked.

"I'm going to have a chat with our friend."

Cloud walked out of the door, and headed to the room where the boy was resting.

"Whatever is happening... It can't possibly be good..." He said to himself.