Chapter 15

"Anyone not ready for this?" Cloud asked, looking over the edge down to where Sephiroth was waiting. When no reply came, Cloud jumped onto the first ledge leading down.

Taking out the Death Penalty, Vincent followed him. Behind him, he heard the sound of the others jumping. At the bottom, they found a squared floor.

"Hey Sephiroth, get out here! We need to kick your ass and save the planet already!" Yuffie yelled. Vincent couldn't help but turn to her and raise an eyebrow.

"I think you have been hanging around Cid and Barret to much."

Moments later, something larger than life slammed into the ground right next to them. "Jenova!" Vincent heard someone yell. "No kidding," Yuffie yelled back.

Jenova started it by casting stop on half the group. She then swept a claw across them, smiling at the pain she caused. She was about to do it again but Barret caught the arm and Cloud brought the Ultima Weapon down on it. "Yuffie, release them of that stop!" Cloud said as he started for the other arm. But before he got to it, she swung it at Vincent.

Vincent held up his claw and it went right through the hand. Grabbing one of the bones to make sure she didn't move, he aim the Death Penalty at her head and started firing. It seemed that she had become a living target. But she then ripped the arm out of its socket and cast a mass poison 3 on all of them, with Vincent getting the brunt of it. Shrugging off the pain, he continued to fight.

Yuffie went into her Enemy Skills list and used White Wind. Of the eight of them, only five of them were within reach. Cid and Cait Sith, two of the remaining poisoned allies used an antidote. Vincent, of course, didn't bother with it. She was about to go help him when an arm regenerated. Jenova slammed it down, blocking her from him.

With everyone hitting it, she soon got desperate enough to start using more powerful magic. A green light filled the area and then exploded.

Vincent took a few steps back and fell to one knee. He started coughing and when he moved his claw from his mouth, he saw blood on it. Vinnie, even with your body, if you don't do something about the poison, you will die. I'm too busy Chaos. Listen Vinnie; if you want to continue fighting, you are going to need to do something… I'm coming out. Not a chance, I'm not losing control. I know you're not willing to. You will remain in control.

Without giving Vincent the choice, he was surrounded by darkness again. When it dissipated, Vincent was able to stand again. Looking at his hands, he saw they were claws and his skin was more like leather. He took a deep breath and found that the poison was gone. Looking up, he saw everything moving slower and his sight was even better. Moving up to Jenova, his claws started ripping through her flesh.

Yuffie saw Chaos appear and for a moment he stood there. Then he ran up to Jenova and started tearing at her with his claws. She brought an arm around and knocked him away from her. He then used a claw to slow himself down and stopped next to her.

"Yuffie, does Chaos always move this fast?"

"Vincent?"

He didn't stay for an answer. He flew up and hit Jenova with Chaos Saber. Both of her arms were destroyed and several parts of her flesh fell off. She then fell to the ground, no longer floating. Her breath came slower and then it stopped. With the fight over, Vincent changed back to his normal form. Now that wasn't so bad, was it Vinnie? Worse than I could ever have imagine.

"Well, where's Sephiroth?" asked Barret as he reloaded his gun. The ground then started falling out from underneath them. When they stopped falling, they landed on a rock.

"HAHAHAHA! You just don't give up, do you? You have lost. This planet is dead. I will join with the lifestream and become a god."

"That won't happen, Sephiroth, not while we still breathe!" Cloud yelled as he raised his sword.

"Then I will have to change that, won't I.?" Sephiroth changed, turning into a monster.

"Yuffie, Vincent, to the right! Barret, Cid, Cait Sith, to the left! Tifa, Red XIII, you're with me! Surround him; make sure he doesn't get a chance to do anything!" Cloud ordered, using Big Guard on everyone.

"I guess now is as good a time to use this materia, don't you think?" Vincent asked Yuffie as a red materia started glowing. All eight of them disappeared, and thirteen knights took their place. They each hit him, doing more damage than any of them could have done. When it was over, a shocked expression filled Sephiroth's face and several parts of him fell off, destroyed. He then fell, dead.

"…Wow, that was easy," Yuffie muttered.

"Almost disturbingly easy," Vincent finished. Everyone agreed with him.

"That was anticlimactic," Cait Sith said.

Ah, Vinnie. What is it Chaos? Heads up.

Vincent looked up and saw a tunnel of light. "I thought it was too easy. Not to bother anyone but please look up."

"Vincent, try that summons again."

Ultima end was again used on Sephiroth. But he took it and attacked with Super Nova.

When it was over, they all fell over, almost dead. "Well, that hurt," Yuffie muttered.

Tifa pulled out a mega-elixir and threw it in the air. The bottle shattered and the multi-colored dust fell down on the group. Able to move again, each used their limit, save Vincent, he used Kights of the Round twice, on Sephiroth. Even when they all finished, he only laughed.

"Does anyone have an idea?"

"Just keep hitting him, he's going to break sooner or later!"

"Hopefully, sooner, rather than later," Yuffie said in frustration.

"Vincent, can you use that summons again?" someone called to him.

"No, I'm out of MP."

MP… Of course! Yuffie grabbed a violet materia from her bag and slipped it into a slot of Vincent's Dragon Armor.

Vincent was a little shocked for a moment after she did. He now had enough MP to use Knights of the Round enough times to kill Ruby and Emerald Weapon! Yuffie had just put in the materia that switches its owners HP and MP! "Fire away, Vinnie!" He couldn't help but smile as he did.

As soon as that one had finished, Yuffie used Mime, to give Vinnie a breather and still hurt Sephiroth.

Sephiroth face had turned from arrogant to a grimaced. Waving the wing that was now his right arm, a wall formed between them. Even as the spell finished, Tifa had dispelled it.

After that, he couldn't put up any defense. And with Yuffie and Vincent stopping his movements with Knights of the Round, he couldn't attack. After only five more, Sephiroth died, unable to hold the form any longer.

The clouds that were around them were gone, revealing now that it was only the result of fighting so near Holy. For a moment, Cloud didn't move. And Vincent guessed it was because of that tendril of lifestream that entered his body while no one else was looking. But when Tifa started calling him and the ground beneath her gave out, he came to his senses. Saving her from falling into Holy, he pulled her and himself up onto a safe ledge.

"…Does anyone else remember that this spot is going to be destroyed in a #$$# moment!"

"Yes, Marshmallow, we remember. But we are a mile underground. What can we do?" As if to emphasize this, Holy started to shake.

"Shit man…" Cid said as he lit up a cigarette but, looking up, it fell out of his mouth. The crater lip was falling down around them. Pressing themselves against the wall, they waited for it to stop. When it did, nearly the most beautiful sight was in front of them: the Highwind.

On board, Cid scrambled for the controls. "Get this piece of SHIT off the ground!"

Vincent, who was at the door to the observation deck trying to secure it shut, yelled up to him, "We're about to go up anyway! Grab hold of something!"

Author notes: Is that a cliff hanger or what? Only one more chapter of Final Fantasy 7 left. I don't own Final Fantasy 7; I own a game disc of both play station games as well as a DVD of the movie and a wall scroll from a store called Charismo in Manhattan, KS, (I so love that store, FEED YOU INNER OTAKU!) it deals in hard to find Japanese mercandise, anime, FF7, etc. Yes, I am an Otaku, I am not ashamed of it (holds head high).

But I haven't tried the Before Crisis and others that are for a Cell Phone, don't have the time to go through them, too busy unlocking all the hidden features on DoC.

Until next time, ittekimasu!

By the way, the translator I use to get Japanese words written in English is http://linear. of difficult, but it works.

See you!