Author's Note: Did you know that Final Fantasy versus XIII now known as Final Fantasy XV? I just happen to know when cousin of mine said there will be a new play station going to be out in the market this year. It is called PS4. Square Enix has changed a lot regarding the FF versus because before this FF versus XIII is made for PS3. I can't wait to buy it! I have already asked my cousin to buy FFXV for me when it will be out in Japan market!

Sorry for OOCness in this chapter.

I think I may put this in every author's note from now on. Sorry lightning613, I borrow your line.

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Chapter 6

9:34 PM, Tuesday, 29 July

"Cloud."

Tifa moved to stand near Cloud after Reeve finished briefing them about their mission. Before this, she was still contemplating on whether to ask Cloud about their current problem, but she knew that they needed to talk, so she braced herself to talk to the blond man.

Cloud Strife was still lost in the conversation he had with Red XIII, and did not notice her presence. Red then noticed Tifa, who was standing behind Cloud, and quickly moved away to leave the two alone.

Cloud froze when he felt Tifa's presence behind him. He heard her asking him if they could talk. The First Tsurugi user turned around to stand in front of the martial artist. But when he noticed how close he was to her, he took a step back.

Tifa

"What?" Cloud asked coldly, but his heart beat rapidly.

Tifa was shocked to hear the cold voice from him. She was speechless, but she gathered enough strength to let her voice out.

"Can we talk?" whispered Tifa softly.

"Not now," replied Cloud before walked away to Midgar.

X o x

Tifa moved slowly because of the pebbles.

She took one of the stones and threw it into the pebbles, which she knew was once a Johnny's house. The army who were with her watched her, confused with her sudden mood change. She was mad at Reeve because of putting her in Sector Seven.

Doesn't he know being here only makes it worse?

And to make it worse, she was mad at Cloud because of his stupid demeanor.

I wanted to strangle him so badly. Argh! I hate you Cloud!

She took another stone and threw it to the pebbles again.

Being here in Sector Seven brought back memories she wanted to forget. Due to a miscalculation with bomb they made, the area in Sector One that was destroyed was greater than they had originally planned. And because of that, ShinRa Company set out to eliminate the small rebel group Avalanche. The entire Sector Seven was destroyed only because the Avalanche hideout was there.

And her old Seventh Heaven bar was the hideout.

If only my bar wasn't the hideout, then the innocent people who live here would still be alive.

She let out an audible sigh.

How am I supposed to atone for this sin?

Her thoughts were soon disturbed when she heard something moving behind her. She turned around to see the two WRO soldiers that were with her were unconscious or dead. Positioning herself on the defensive, she sent a deadly glare to the unknown man.

"Look who is here."

"Who are you?" asked Tifa.

"The end of the world is brought by the duel of the beasts. The Goddess shall fall from the darkest sky, spreading her wings of light and darkness. She shall lead us to our paradise along with her gift. Ah, I see you have that thing," said the man while pointing to Tifa, "I have been searching for it for quite awhile. I guess it is my lucky day, I found you, Tifa."

"Who are you?" Tifa asked yet again, "How do you know my name?"

The man just shrugged and laughed loudly. "I know all of you, Tifa. I'll tell you what. If you give me what I want then I promise I won't kill you."

"What the hell do you want from me?"

The man smirked evilly, "That thing that has been buried deep inside your heart, the Gift of Goddess."

Tifa was silent. She did not know what this crazy man wanted. What did it have to do with her heart? What the hell was the gift of goddess?

"I see you won't give it to me. So that means I have to kill you," said the man before pointing his rapier at Tifa's throat, "Prepare to die, Tifa Lockhart,"

Tifa readied her fighting stance. She took a big breath and slowly released it.

I need to calm down. You can do it, Tifa.

Tifa jumped at the man then used her fist and hit the man across the face, then used her right foot to kick his sword out of his hand. She moved fast, using her speed against his size.

Tifa lunged at the man, forcing him back. Tifa sent her foot in a somersault at his head, but the man crouched and ducked under the flying foot.

He saw his rapier lay on the ground not too far from him.

Tifa saw that the man was trying to get his sword. Tifa readied her fist and gave multiple punches to his stomach, sending him backwards. The man growled in pain and backed a foot behind him.

Tifa lunged at him again but the man saw it coming and immediately picked up his sword and blocked the blows. She used her foot to kick his head and the man grabbed her foot and threw her to the ground.

Tifa's strength seeped away and she struggled to stand. The man's weapon rose as if of its own accord and pierced Tifa's stomach. Blood oozed down the blade and onto his hand.

The man sneered. He pulled away his sword and Tifa tried to stand but the man kicked her head and Tifa's body flew a few feet before him. He held his sword in his hand, waiting for Tifa to stand up before giving the final blow.

X o x

Sector Eight was still the same as Cloud remembered it. Though several houses were completely destroyed, there were still a number of houses which remained standing. Cloud watched as the two WRO soldiers checked several houses for any clues.

He remembered the look on Tifa's face when she came to stand next to him after Reeve finished the briefing, and the look of hers when he sent her off. He didn't want to talk to her. Not now, he thought.

There are so many things I want to explain to her. But I can't tell her. Saying those things will only make it happen and I won't let it come true.

"Sir come and take a look at this!"

The sound of one of the WRO men pulled him out of his thoughts and he quickly walked to where they were.

"This is… a feather" Cloud whispered.

"It doesn't look like it belongs to any kind of bird, or even a chocobo," said one of the WRO soldier.

"It looks more like human hair to me," replied the other army.

Cloud stayed silent.

This black feather, where have I seen it before?

The gun shot was heard. Though it was faint, he heard it loud and clear. He pulled out his sword and quickly walked to the source of the sound. The WRO soldiers saw where he was going and they followed behind him.

X o x

There was no trace of the human-bird creature in Sector Six. Sector Six was completely destroyed. Vincent Valentine slowly walked out of the sector when his PHS started ringing. He saw that his caller was Reeve Tuesti. He pressed the green button before putting the phone to his ear.

"Vincent, rendezvous at the gathering in 15 minutes. It seems Barret and Yuffie have found something."

After a hum in response, Vincent snapped shut his phone and walked to sector Seven.

Just then there was a voice calling his name, "Yo, Vincent! Wait up!" yelled Cid, "Where the hell did you wanna go?"

"Cid," stated Vincent.

"Why the fuck did you walk so fast? Are you being followed or what? And where in hell are your followers?"

Vincent shook his head, "I already told them to go back to Reeve's place and just now Reeve called. He asked us to be gathering at the outskirts in less than 15 minutes."

"Damn it. Why haven't you told me earlier?! Now let's go, I'm getting fucked up in this place," Cid told Vincent while igniting a new cigarette.

Vincent only sighed in defeat.

Halfway through the entrance of Sector Seven, Vincent and Cid were shocked by what they found.

X o x

"Have you given up, Tifa?" mocked the man. "Come on, come and kill me."

Tifa groaned in pain. The blood was still oozing out of her body. She suddenly felt numb, and she was unable to move.

No, don't ever give up Tifa. Think about how to finish this man.

Tifa pressed her hand to her stomach. She needed to stop this blood from flowing out of her body. She felt tired. She was barely able to move her legs but she tried to stand slowly.

Tifa was shocked when she heard the man laughing.

"Good night, Tifa Lockhart," said the man before he readied his rapier and lunged at her.

In the mean time, Vincent saw the bloodied Tifa and the anonymous man who was trying to kill her. Vincent quickly pulled out his Cerberus and shot the sword so that it won't pierce Tifa. Cid saw what was happening and readied his Venus Gospel and dragon dive to the man. The man somersault and flew a few feet away.

Vincent moved to stand in front of Tifa and pointed Cerberus at the man. Cid was doing the same.

"Who are you?" Vincent said to the man but the latter just smirked. Cid then jumped on to him again but suddenly there was a wing growing from the man's back and pushed Cid out of the way.

"I will see you again, Tifa" said the man before flying away. There were several feathers dancing in the sky.

X o x

The entrance to Sector Seven from Sector Eight was blocked by several boulders. Cloud sighed in defeat.

I know that gunshot was coming from here but how am I supposed to go there?

The blond swordsman warrior shook his head. He put his Tsurugi into its harness. The hair on his neck stood on end, and his stomach knotted violently.

What is this feeling?

He somehow sensed danger.

"Sir, your phone is ringing," said one of the WRO soldiers whose name Cloud could not remember.

Cloud quickly opened his phone. Reeve Tuesti's name flashed across his screen.

"Yes?"

"Cloud, meet me at WRO head quarters now! Tifa has been beaten badly," said the WRO Commissioner in one breath before he ended the call.

"What?!" shouted Cloud but the call had been ended. He dialed Reeve's number but the phone was busy.

"Damn it! What the hell does he mean by that!" Cloud quickly ran out of Sector Eight. The soldiers who were with him were dumbstruck by his sudden behavior, but without question they follow his path.

X o x

"Tifa!"

Cloud arrived at the WRO Head Quarters, panting heavily. The WRO Head Quarters, which a year ago was heavily damaged because of Deepground attacks, had been reconstructed and renovated.

"Tifa…"

Cloud looked at Tifa's body being kept in a Regenerative tube, bruised and battered.

"What the hell happened?!" shouted Cloud, grabbing Reeve by the collar.

"Calm down, Cloud."

Cloud released him, his body shaking slightly.

Cloud walked to the regenerative tube which contained Tifa, and he put his hand onto it.

Tifa

"I don't really know what has happened, Cloud. Vincent and Cid told me that they said they saw a human with a wing trying to kill Tifa," explained Reeve a while later.

"Sephiroth?" whispered Cloud.

"No, it is not him Cloud. Fortunately,"

"Then who the hell is the man who did this, if not that bastard?!" screamed Cloud.

"Cloud, you need to calm down. The rest are gathering at Seventh Heaven. Please go home first. We need to calm down. Our enemy is still anonymous. We cannot do anything, until Tifa is conscious."

"No, I'm staying here."

"As you wish," said Reeve. "I am going to Seventh Heaven."

After an hour of waiting near the tube, suddenly the alarm and lights flashed red to indicate a trespasser.

"Warning! Warning! Trespasser!"

Outside of the head quarters, dozens of soldiers were entering the building.

Cloud was shocked, "Is that…?"

To be continued

It was so hard to write this chapter! I haven't finish playing Dirge of Cerberus, to tell you the truth.

So do you know who the mysterious man was? Do you get the picture?

Things to look forward in the next chapter,

Who is the unknown man?

What is the Gift of Goddess that he mentions?

When Shelke going to play the major role as afore mention in chapter 1?

Is Tifa going to awake?

Who was the soldiers that attacking WRO HQ?

Are they connecting to Deepground?

See you in the next chapter!

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