"How are you feeling?" Cloud asked Tifa when she finally came out of her room for dinner.

"I'm fine." she lied as she took her place at the table. The thought of Sephiroth now being inside her made her skin crawl so much she just wanted to tear it all off.

"Good, then you can practice when we're done eating." Sephiroth spoke to her for the first time.

"Practice?" Tifa repeated the word, feeling a chill come over her.

"You need to work on your homage…he didn't feel it was sufficient." Cloud told her, almost apologetically. "You had obviously never done it before, so we're willing to teach you how to do it right. Then I'll have kept my promise to you. I'll be rescuing you again, I helped save your life, now I can rescue you from a pathetic existence. You and I will be the only ones sitting at the hands of our new Lord." Cloud smiled at her.

Tifa lost her appetite listening to Cloud, but she kept eating so they wouldn't know she was upset. After she and Cloud cleaned up the dinner table, he took her by the hand over to the couch where Sephiroth was sitting. Cloud got on his knees in front of him, opening Sephiroth's pants.

"You start like this." Cloud explained, slowly taking Sephiroth in his mouth, caressing him with his lips until he was fully in Cloud's mouth. Sephiroth smiled, then started groaning in pleasure. Tifa turned her head away, feeling sick again at Cloud gladly debasing himself to the man who was really their enemy.

"Watch how good he is!" Sephiroth grabbed her by the neck and shoved her head down next to Cloud's so she was forced to look. His grip tightened painfully as he came in Cloud's mouth, and the young man eagerly swallowed every last drop of him. "I accept your homage." Sephiroth caressed Cloud's cheek before kissing him.

Cloud sighed happily as the kiss ended. "And that's how it's done." he told Tifa. "Now you practice on me." Cloud sat next to Sephiroth on the couch, holding his hand as he waited for Tifa to begin.

She hesitantly knelt down in front of Cloud, fighting the urge to scream at what they were doing to her. She unfastened his pants and drew his already stiffened member out, closing her eyes as she did her best to imitate what he had just done to Sephiroth.

"That was better." Cloud patted her head when she finished. "You almost got all of me. We'll keep practicing til you're ready for a proper homage."

Tifa nodded, then excused herself to the bathroom, throwing up as soon as she threw herself down in front of the toilet. How was she going to endure this subjugation, even to save Cloud?

"I accept your homage." Sephiroth told Tifa a week later. She was grateful that he didn't kiss her, however Cloud pulled her up off her knees and kissed her instead, and she felt her heart break some, knowing she was finally being kissed by him like she had always wanted, but only because she had pleased Sephiroth.

"You did it!" Cloud exclaimed happily. "Now we can be together!"

"What?" Tifa was confused.

"No." Sephiroth told Cloud firmly, whose enthusiasm instantly faded. "We have to deal with Shin-Ra first."

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry I forgot." Cloud replied, bowing his head.

"Don't worry, you know I'll always forgive you." Sephiroth stroked Cloud's hair, and he sighed in contentment at the reassurance.

"How are we going to deal with Shin-Ra?" Tifa wanted to know. Cloud gave her another kiss, grateful she was saying 'we'. He did have some qualms that she would disappoint Sephiroth again, but now she was truly one of them, and Sephiroth would bless their union when the time was right. Cloud simply couldn't be with anyone Sephiroth did not approve of.

A frightening smile spread over Sephiroth's face. "First we take out their naval and air forces so they'll be forced to fight us on land, and we'll be choosing the terrain. We'll arrange a distraction first, so they won't be expecting us." he explained.

As they slowly made their way to Junon, Tifa resumed her martial arts training, as Sephiroth helped Cloud with sword fighting. The Buster sword was a bit complex for Cloud, so he just focused on using it as a regular sword, waiting until he was proficient in its basic function before trying to understand the special features. He was determined to master it though, since Sephiroth had promised him that he could take Sephiroth however he wanted if Cloud could best him in a fight. When Tifa heard the offer, she punched the nearest tree so hard she ended up with a bruised and bloodied hand, even with her gloves on.

The night before the Junon attack, or the first battle in what Sephiroth called 'The Purge', she and Cloud had to pay homage to him again, to strengthen them, he said. Tifa was grateful she would be fighting the next day. She needed to let loose all the bottled rage she had in her…

"I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride." the minister told Cloud, who lifted up the Tifa's veil, and she was smiling as she felt his lips on her. Suddenly there was a commotion amongst the guests, and they both turned to see Sephiroth walking up the aisle. Stopping in front of the newlyweds, he held out his hand to Cloud.

"You belong to me, don't you?" he asked the groom.

"Always." Cloud replied, letting go of Tifa and taking Sephiroth's hand, who pulled Cloud into his arms. "I thought you'd left me." Cloud explained in a sad voice.

"Never!" Sephiroth exclaimed, kissing him. "Come on, the limo's waiting." The happily reunited couple ran out of the church, leaving a heartbroken Tifa standing at the altar.

She woke up from the dream crying, but her tears dried when she realized it was just before dawn and time to strike. Cloud and Sephiroth were also waking up. They had slept in a vacant house on the outskirts of Junon, and to avoid detection, they didn't light a fire, just shared body warmth by all sleeping in the biggest bed there. Sephiroth had embraced Cloud, who in turn had Tifa in his arms. She had been subjected to Sephiroth and Cloud having sex right next to her, and Tifa had fallen asleep to Cloud's hot breath in her ear, whispering endearments meant for Sephiroth. As they all got out of bed and prepared for war in the dim predawn light, Sephiroth gave Tifa a look that suggested he knew about her dream, and she shivered over the thought that maybe she really did have Sephiroth inside of her now.