A New Ally (Remake)
Hiro awoke a couple of hours after he went to sleep, his head aching for some odd reason. Avalanche did not sleep the whole day, instead, only slept for a couple of hours. Hiro got up, and he grabbed his sword. He placed it on his back, and Cloud noticed what he was doing. Cloud was only a couple of feet from him.
"Why are you putting it on your back?" The only person Cloud remembers doing that is Zack Fair.
"I wanted to do it because of a good friend of mine." Infact, Hiro was talking about Zack, but Cloud did inquire him further. Right now, they had alot more to worry about. Aeris was out there, and was in danger since Sephiroth knew where he was.
"Come on Cloud. We got to go save Aeris." Hiro said, and he walked out of the house. Cloud looked down at the Buster Sword, and he sighed.
"Alright, we might as well go.." Cloud said to the sword, grabbing it. He walked out of the house to see everyone waiting.
"We going to do this or not?" Arxen asked, and Cloud nodded.
"I'm sure it will be dangerous..." Cloud was about to say something until Hiro cut him off.
"But you would do this for Aeris right?" Hiro asked, and Cloud nodded.
"Yes. Let's go. We got to save her." Cloud said, and they started to walk to the place Vincent had told them about. Instead of going to sleep, Vincent scanned the place, and he found a strange building up ahead.
While walking, Yuffie noticed the black circles under Hiro's eyes. "Hey, are you okay?" She asked, and Hiro nodded.
"Yea, just had a problem sleeping." Hiro said, and Yuffie, this time truly surprising Hiro, grabbed his hand. Their hearts raced, both unaware of each other's feeling.
"Are you sure? You look pretty sick, and mad." Yuffie was worried about him, but Hiro smiled.
"I'm fine Yuffie." Hiro said, and Yuffie was about to press him further, but Arxen saved him from his girlfriend.
"Hiro. I need to talk to you for a moment, in the back." Hiro nodded, and he let go of Yuffie's hand.
"I'll be right back Yuffie." Hiro said, and Yuffie nodded. Hiro and Arxen walked back a couple of feet from them, and Arxen sighed.
"You were having troubles last night." Arxen muttered so no one could hear him besides Hiro.
"Yea. I had a real bad headache, my stomach was hurting, my heart felt like it was going to come out of my chest, and I was burning up." Hiro said.
"You got up most of the night. You know whats wrong?" Arxen asked, but Hiro shook his head.
"No. I wish I did so I could find a way to end the pain." Hiro said, and Arxen sighed.
"Oh well. You still have pain?" Hiro nodded.
"Yea, in my heart though. It's just hurting really bad. My head hurts too." Hiro then let out a sigh.
"But we need to save Aeris. I'm ignoring my pain for now." Hiro said, and Arxen smiled.
"Always thinking of people before you think of yourself. Good ol' Hiro."
Hiro returned to Yuffie, who looked a bit scared. "Hey, what's wrong?" Hiro asked, and Yuffie put her head down.
"Well, I'm afraid that something bad is going to happen." Yuffie said, and Hiro put his hand on her shoulder.
"It may just be one of those feelings, you know? I would always have those when I was a kid." Hiro said, and Yuffie nodded.
"Yea, it may just be one of those." Yuffie said, trying to reassure herself that everything would be fine. Though, deep down, she knew somethng bad would happen. Hiro also had a similar feeling, but thanks to all the things he has gone through, plus learning somethings from people from his past, he was able to hide that emotion.
When they entered the building, Cloud suggested to look around. Hiro, though, sat down. His heart was still hurting, the same went with his head. No one seemed to care, so Hiro just sat there. What is the matter with me? I...feel sick. I feel horrible. Damn. I need a doctor. Hiro thought, but it hurt his head even more. He wondered what was going on with him, but he knew that would have to wait till later. He had to save Aeris. Hiro sighed while everyone looked around, but then Arxen smirked.
"Found something! It's some werid staircase!" Everyone followed the direction of Arxen's voice to find a staircase. When they found it, they decided to go down it, wondering if Aeris could be down there.
While walking down the stairs, Yuffie grabbed onto Hiro's hand and held it tight. Hiro did the same. Hiro looked at Yuffie for a moment, and their eyes were caught. Hiro then saw something in Yuffie's eyes that he never saw before. She actually looked happy when she was looking at him, holding his hand. When they looked at each other, he saw Yuffie's mouth utter the unspoken words:
I like you Hiro.
Hiro finally felt really happy, for the first time in a long time. He smiled as well.
I like you too Yuffie.
The stairs were long, and they had to be careful or else they could fall off the stairs. Cloud was leading, Tifa and Barret following him. Hiro, Yuffie, and Arxen were behind them, while Cid was quickly following Arxen. Cait Sith and Red were following from behind, since they were having troubles going down the steps. When they reached the bottom, they saw Aeris, who was in a prayer-like stance. She was on her knees, and she had her head down. Hiro was about to go up and reach out to her, but Cloud held out his hand.
"I'll go." He said, and Hiro nodded. Hiro put his hand on his broadsword just incase Cloud did anything stupid.
Cloud walked up to Aeris, and a voice was telling him to wake-up. Cloud took out the Buster Sword, and held it over his head, about to kill Aeris. Hiro removed his sword from it's sheath. "Cloud!" Tifa yelled out, and Barret put up his gun.
"STOP IT MAN!" Hiro was about to attack.
"What the hell Cloud!?" Hiro jumped towards him, but a force hit him back. He landed next to Arxen, who picked him up.
"Dude, how did Cloud do that!?" Arxen was shocked that Cloud summoned a force to hit him back.
"It wasn't Cloud." Hiro said, knowing who caused that force. Only three people Hiro knew could do that. Genisis, Tiamatt, and Sephiroth. Cloud was trying to fight back.
"What...are...you making me do!?" Cloud muttered, but Aeris looked up at him with her green eyes.
"Cloud.." She looked over to Hiro and Arxen. "Hiro...Arxen.."
Out of the light, Sephiroth appeared with the Masamune. Hiro gasped, and he knew what he was going to do.
"No..No! DON'T DO IT!" Hiro ran at him, but the force hit him back again. Arxen tried as well, but the two were hit into a wall.
Sephiroth stabbed Aeris through the stomach, making blood pour from the wound. Hiro stood there, completely shocked. So did Cloud, and Sephiroth smiled evilly. He pulled the Masamune out of her stomach, making Aeris slump to the floor. Her hairband fell off her hair, and a strange white materia fell into the water behind them. Hiro's and Cloud's eyes were widened. Aeris was dead. Dead. She was killed by Sephiroth, the One Winged Angel.
"Aeris..this can't be real!!" Cloud yelled out, and Sephiroth laughed.
"Do not worry. Soon the girl will become part of the Planet's energy. All that is left is to go North. The 'Promised Land' waits for me over the snowy fields. There I will become a new being by uniting with the planet. As will this girl..." Sephiroth pointed his sword at Aeris' corpse, which Cloud picked up.
"Shut up. The cycle of nature and your stupid plan don't mean a thing. Aeris is gone. Aeris will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry... or get angry... What about us... what are WE supposed to do? What about my pain? My fingers are tingling. My mouth is dry. My eyes are burning!" Cloud said, and Tifa was crying. She considered Aeris a best friend, and now she was gone.
Sephiroth looked at Cloud, and he continued to smile. "What? Are you telling me that you have feelings too?" Cloud glared at him. "Of course! Who do you think I am!?" Cloud yelled at Sephiroth, who continued to smile.
Arxen felt incredible pain for this incident, and he looked down. Hiro, on the other hand, had a entire different feeling. He dropped his sword on the ground. He held his head, and the pain began to get worse. What is this pain!? Why won't it stop!? I feel..so angry at him! I WANT TO KILL HIM! I WANT TO TEAR HIM APART FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE! But how, I don't have any power. I feel useless. Useless! Why? Why did you have to do this to me Sephiroth!? You killed Zek, you killed Aeris, you broke Tiamatt's heart! You gave me a damn scar! I WANT TO KILL YOU!! Hiro screamed in his mind. Hiro felt horrible. Everything was his fault. Hiro should of stopped Sephiroth. He should of, he had a chance!
"Power...is that what you need? Then I shall give it to you. The power to kill. Rip him, tear him, break him, cut him, kill him!"
"Gr...ah..." Arxen turned to Hiro and gasped at the sight of his friend. Hiro held his head, and his nails has grown into claws. Hiro looked up to reveal blood red eyes. Not pure, but just the color of the eyes changed. His teeth were now fangs, and his hair had darkened a bit. "Hiro!?" Yuffie turned to see the boy she has finally realized she wanted to be with in his state, and her eyes widened greatly.
"H-Hiro...?" She was shocked by Hiro's transformation. All of Avalanche turned to him, besides Cloud and Sephiroth, and they were shocked.
"Grrrr..." Hiro growled, and he was looking at only one person.
"Sephiroth!"
"Hahaha! Stop acting as if you were sad. There's no need to act as though you're angry either. Because, Cloud. You are..." Sephiroth floated into the air, and was about to disappear, until he saw Hiro running towards him.
"RAAAH!!" Hiro roared as he jumped up at Sephiroth, claws bearing.
"Damn! It's you!" Sephiroth and Hiro disappeared into the light, leaving everyone there to stand there in complete shock.
Yuffie got down on her knees, and tears fell from her face. She lost her sister, and now, she lost the boy she finally liked.
"No..NO! I-I lost them! I lost Aeris! I lost Hiro!!" She cried hard. Arxen and Tifa ran over to her, and tried to comfort her.
"Yuffie..." Arxen didn't know what to say. He was also sad about Aeris dying, and now Hiro's strange behavior which made him leave. Cloud picked Aeris' dead body up, and walked over to them. He placed her down away from them, near the steps. Cloud looked down.
"It's all my fault. Aeris' death..." Cloud said, but Cid shook his head.
"No. It's Sephiroth's." Cid said, and Cloud didn't reply.
"What about Hiro?" Vincent asked.
"I...don't know what to say about that. Hiro's transformation.." Cloud muttered, but all of a sudden, a crash was heard. They turned to see none other then Jenova.
Arxen did only one thing. He grabbed his weapon, and extended the double blade out. "You." He muttered, and then he glared at Jenova. "You! It's all your damn fault! Sephiroth and you can go back to hell where you belong!! I should kill you right now!" Arxen charged for Jenova, and Cloud joined in. They decided to release all their anger out on Jenova.
Arxen slashed Jenova repeatedly on her chest, while Cloud dodged all the attacks Jenova was trying to do on him. Cloud would take his chance every second he got to attack Jenova. Cait Sith and Red stood back and casted spells on the monster, while Cid, Barret, and Tifa were fighting Jenova as well. Vincent was helping Barret by shooting at Jenova's weak points. Yuffie, on the other hand, was over by Aeris' body, placing Hiro's sword down. Tifa tried to punch Jenova in the 'face', but Jenova grabbed her with one of her arms. Jenova was about to throw Tifa, but Cloud jumped up and slashed Jenova's arm, which caused her to drop Tifa. Cloud caught Tifa in the air, and helped her stand up when they got back on the ground. Cloud glared at Jenova, and he said something that Tifa couldn't hear. He jumped back into the air, and started to slash at Jenova again. Arxen heard what he had said:
"I won't let you take her!! If you touch her again I'll rip your arms off with my bare hands!"
Barret shot at Jenova from behind, while Vincent shot from the front. "Yo Vince! Shoot for one of Jenova's werid shoulder things!" Vincent nodded, and he shot Jenova's right shoulder. Barret shot at the same time, shooting Jenova's left shoulder. That made Jenova to shriek, and Cid threw dynamite at her. Jenova was hit by the dynamite's blast, causing lots of scrapes to appear from the rocks hitting her. Red casted Earth, which came up from behind. The spike made a hole in her back, and Barret smirked.
"Earth! That's one of her weakness! Red, cast Earth from the front and make a hole! Arxen, you do a fancy move to hurt Jenova!" Arxen nodded. Red casted Earth again, this time it hitting her in the front. It made a hole, and Arxen took the chance.
"Yuffie, give me Hiro's sword!"
Yuffie shook her head, she wanted to keep it, make sure it was unharmed in case Hiro came back, but Arxen yelled. "Now! We need it!!" Yuffie looked down at the sword, and thought of what Hiro would do.
"Alright!" She grabbed it, and ran towards Arxen. She dodged all the attacks Jenova was trying to hit her with. Yuffie threw her shuriken a couple of times, and threw some ninja stars. When she reached Arxen, she gave him the sword.
"Alright, I know what to do! I'm not sure if this will work, but it's worth a try!" Arxen threw the sword up into the air, and jumped up. He stabbed the pommel with alot of force, making the sword fly into the hole Red made. The sword went right through her, making a bloody wound. Arxen then jumped up at her and stabbed her in the 'chest'. That made Jenova shriek while green blood came out like a firehose. She fell to the ground, and she was exhausted. But she said one thing, only to Cloud.
"Because..you're a puppet."
Later...
Cloud put Aeris' body into a lake, and when she went all the way down to the bottom, Cloud walked out of the water, and he looked at everyone.
"Everyone listen to me. I'm Cloud, ex-SOLDIER, born in Nibelheim. I came to settle up with Sephiroth."
"I've heard that before.." Cid said, taking out a smoke.
"I came here by my own free will... Or so I thought. However...To tell the truth, I'm afraid of myself. ...There is a part of me that I don't understand. That part that made me give the Black Materia to Sephiroth. If you hadn't stopped me, Aeris might have been...There's something inside of me. A who is not really me. That's why I should quit this journey. Before I do something terrible. But I am going. He destroyed my hometown five years ago, killed Aeris, and is now trying to destroy the Planet. I'll never forgive... Sephiroth. I... I must go on. ... I have a favor to ask of you. Will you all come with me? ...to save me from doing something terrible." Cloud said, and Arxen nodded.
"I will. I'm sure all of us will." Arxen said. Everyone nodded in agreement, besides Barret.
"I dunno man..."
"I don't know how Aeris tried to save the planet from the Meteor. And I guess now, we'll never know. But, we still have a chance. We must get that Black Materia back before Sephiroth uses it. Let's go." Cloud said, but Arxen shook his head.
"We should rest for a bit Cloud. Let's go back to the house we were at." Everyone agreed, and they all walked to the house. Arxen watched Yuffie, who was depressed that Aeris was dead, and that Hiro was gone. Arxen also felt the pain of his two friends being gone. He hoped that he would see Hiro again.
Final Chapter Redone! Of course, there is going to be a new chapter after this one.
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