The battle ended up being a rather short one, as the three of them waited in position for the distraction that Sephiroth had promised would take place. Suddenly they heard multiple explosions, and troops started to pour out of the docked warships. Sephiroth cut a wide swath to the ships, leaving Cloud and Tifa to deal with the leftovers. The naval forces were caught off guard, making them almost too easy to decimate. Tifa enjoyed paying Shin-Ra back for what they had done with every hit or kick she landed on their troops. Sephiroth took care of the more experienced officers, and when there wasn't a standing SOLDIER left outside, they cautiously entered the middle warship. It didn't take long to find the control room, with Sephiroth leading the way. Cloud took care of the guards, then watched Sephiroth as he searched for the program that would activate the self-destruct bomb. Still on an adrenalin high from the fight, she paced in the room nervously, and that's when she noticed the guard who had regained consciousness and was aiming their gun at Cloud and Sephiroth. Tifa acted without thinking, pouncing on the guard and grabbing the gun. It went off and the guard collapsed, dead.
"Nice work." Sephiroth told her, finishing up at the control panel. "We're done here." He headed outside, leaving Cloud and Tifa to hurry after him.
"That's all?" Cloud asked. "What about the other ships?"
"This ship not only has enough munitions on it to blow all the other ships sky high, but the ship stationed port side happens to be carrying enough toxic gas to kill everything within a quarter mile. Put these on." Sephiroth handed them gas masks as he put his own on. They were halfway back to their hideout when the ship exploded, and the blast wave knocked Cloud and Tifa to the ground, but they were unhurt. Once back in the house they were using, Sephiroth took off his gas mask, so they took theirs off as well. "The gas will dissipate in twenty-four hours, then we can go back and get all the supplies we need for the next phase." he told them.
When Tifa took a shower to clean up before dinner, the horror of what they had just done hit her. She was a killer now! She hated Shin-Ra and Sephiroth, but…she had never been a particularly violent person, especially since her martial arts instructor Zangan had always stressed fighting as a last resort, but that had been before Sephiroth had come to her village and destroyed everything she had ever believed in, including Cloud. She fell to her hands and knees, letting herself cry since she knew the shower would mask her tears.
"Why are your eyes red?" Cloud asked her at dinner.
"I got shampoo in my eyes." she casually lied, knowing Cloud wouldn't understand, he was too enthralled by Sephiroth.
"The House of Kisaragi is honored to present this offering to the God-King." Godo said, and two of his attendants stepped forward, each holding a small chest.
"Open them." Cloud ordered.
The attendants unlocked and opened the chests, revealing their contents, precious gems with a few materia.
"Is that all?" Cloud asked when he felt Sephiroth's lack of interest.
A surprised murmur began amongst the Wutaians, as Godo cleared his throat. "These are very rare gems and strong materia." he explained.
"Have you nothing worthwhile to offer?" Cloud put the question to him.
"These have been part of our Royal Treasury for centuries. They are irreplaceable." Godo replied, starting to feel nervous, especially when he noticed his daughter about to lose her temper again.
"We have respected the Wutai province for their traditions, asking only the same respect in return. If this is your idea of showing resp…" Cloud stopped as Tifa suddenly stepped forward.
"Is there something you'd like to add?" Sephiroth asked Tifa as he finally spoke.
"In the interests of peace, the House of Kisaragi could make an offering of something truly irreplaceable." Tifa's smile was anything but peaceful.
"What?" Godo and Sephiroth both asked simultaneously.
Tifa gracefully lifted up her arm and pointed at Godo's daughter. "Her."
Sephiroth smiled cruelly. "Yes, that would be an irreplaceable worthy offering."
Godo's face turned deathly white. "But…Yuffie is my only daughter."
"You have three sons, do you not?" Cloud asked.
"How dare you?!" Yuffie erupted, charging at Tifa, who easily blocked the girl's clumsy attack and threw her down in front of the throne so Sephiroth could have a better look at her.
"Daughter!" Godo exclaimed, his tone a mix of anger and regret.
"She's got enough spunk to be an entertaining centerpiece for the Bacchanalia next month, my Lord." Tifa said to Sephiroth.
"Ah, yes, there is that. I accept her as your offering. In the interests of peace." Sephiroth told Godo.
"Father! Show him what we're made of!" Yuffie blurted out, then stared at him when he remained silent. "Father?" she asked fearfully.
"You disgraced us by attacking her, I cannot protect you from that, daughter." Godo bowed his head while Yuffie stayed on the floor, too stunned to react. "We thank the God-King for accepting our humble offering." He turned and started to leave with his head still down, and Tifa handed the Wutaians all their weapons back as they left.
Yuffie recovered from her shock and ran to the closed door, pounding on it with her small fists. "Father! You can't do this to me! Father!" She kept yelling as Tifa calmly dragged the hysterical girl back in front of the throne.
"How old are you?" Sephiroth asked Yuffie.
"I don't have to tell you anything!" she snapped, even though she was trembling with indignant fear.
"She's a child." Tifa stated coldly.
"No I'm not!" Yuffie heatedly replied, too upset to realize she was being manipulated into answering. "I'm fifteen years old!"
Sephiroth glanced at Tifa. "She is the same age you were when you started serving me."
Tifa nodded. "May we play with her, my Lord?" she asked.
"Of course." Sephiroth replied benevolently, giving Cloud a little pat on the back, and he obediently got off his knee, standing next to Tifa and Yuffie.
"We're going to play a fun little game with you now. It's called 'Show Some Respect'." Tifa and Cloud each grabbed one of Yuffie's arms and then forced her to kneel in front of Sephiroth. "My husband and I are expert players." Tifa kept the bitterness out of her voice she always felt when referring to Cloud as her husband.
"Husband?" Yuffie squeaked.
"Me, little girl." Cloud said, forcibly turning her head to look at him. He had removed the modesty robe, and Yuffie came face to face with his now exposed genitals. She was momentarily transfixed by the sight, having never seen a naked man before, then she tried to struggle and get away.
"He's very attractive, isn't he?" Tifa commented to Yuffie.
"Don't you know who I am?" Yuffie almost shouted.
"You're our entertainment." Sephiroth replied in a voice devoid of emotion.
"You're going to love the rules of our game, understand?" Tifa now took control of Yuffie's head, moving it so she had to look her in the eyes. Staring into Tifa's cold eyes, Yuffie started sobbing as she realized she was now a prisoner of this merciless trio.