Back in the city of Edge, a very large group of citizens were gathered around the Meteor Monument in the middle of the area. Yazoo and Loz were standing in front of the monument as the possessed children were positioned around the monument to act as a shield for Loz and Yazoo against the citizens.
The citizens were yelling at them to let their children go immediately. Loz and Yazoo were easily becoming annoyed by the protests of the people. Yazoo looked at Loz who nodded in response. Yazoo turned towards the people and raised his arm above him which caused the citizens to be quiet, wondering what Yazoo was doing.
All of a sudden, black shadows appeared on the ground beneath the people. Shadow Creepers came flying out of the shadows which greatly frightened the people. The Shadow Creepers began driving people back to get them away from the monument. Tifa showed up on the other side of the monument, looking around for Denzel with all the chaos going around her.
When she looked around some more, she spotted Denzel at the back part of the monument. Tifa quickly ran over to him. "Denzel, Denzel!" Tifa cried as she shook Denzel, trying to wake him up. Denzel didn't respond as his eyes were constantly shifting between his normal eyes and his Jenova eyes.
Satisfied with the people out of the way, Loz and Yazoo were now preparing to take down the Meteor Monument.
"And what are we doing?" a voice said behind the two. They turned around two see Reno and Rude approach them.
"We know. Mother's here." Yazoo said as he pointed towards the Meteor Monument.
"Oh really? What makes you think that?" Rude asked.
"This thing here… monument. Shinra made it." Loz answered.
"Oh no, you're just too smart." Reno said sarcastically.
"Except, you're wrong." Rude said.
"And wherever she is, we just don't know." Reno added in.
"As if anyone would trust you." Yazoo retorted which angered Reno. The two quickly charged at the two as Reno drew his rod.
Rufus sat in his wheelchair at the edge of a building. "Say Kadaj, I've got a question for you." Rufus said as Kadaj appeared from behind him.
"I've got an answer." Kadaj said as he stopped walking right at the buildings edge.
"You said before that you need Jenova cells to be whole again. What did you mean by that?"
"Him. He's coming back." Kadaj said.
"Sephiroth. The nightmare." Rufus responded.
"So they say."
You mean…"
"I've never known Sephiroth. It's just… I know he's close by. I can sense him there. It's just unbearable, to think that Mother might want Sephiroth more than..."
"Poor little remnant." Rufus finished.
"It doesn't matter who she picks you'll all meet the same end! Mother came to this planet after a long journey. In order to rid the cosmos of fools like you. But, you already know as well as I do. Nothing's changed since she got here. In order to make Mother happy, I have to change it. If she willed it, I would do anything for her." Kadaj said.
"Hmph, the nightmare returns." Rufus replied.
"As long as you and others who are like you exist, the nightmares will come again and again." Kadaj retorted.
"The Lifestream courses throughout our planet. Back and forth across the borders of both life and death. If the very truth of life lies in that cycle, then history will inevitably repeat itself again and again. So go on, bring your Jenova's and your Sephiroth's. It won't matter. We'll do as life dictates, and stop you every single time." Rufus said.
"Please sir, is that supposed to be your excuse for going after Mother yourself? You don't seem all that sorry about it." Kadaj replied with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Sorry? Why, I've never had this much fun." Rufus replied.
Kadaj's left arm started glow as he turned around. "Good. Then let's put an end, to all this." Kadaj said as he held his arm up. A powerful blue aura surrounded Kadaj's arm. Kadaj quickly swung his arm and sent a blue blast of energy towards the sky. The blast went into the clouds and disappeared.
The clouds began to darken and swirl as lightning flashed around it. The clouds began swirling downwards and taking some sort of shape. The clouds had white energy lines come from them which combined to form a large shape. The lines of energy then transformed into the Bahamut SIN.
The giant dragon like creature flapped its large wings as it flew down towards the city. Everyone began to grow more out of control as they saw the Bahamut SIN flying towards the city as the Shadow Creepers were still driving people away. When the Bahamut SIN eyed the Meteor Monument, it quickly set course towards the structure.
Reno and Rude stopped the charge towards Loz and Yazoo as they saw the Bahamut SIN coming towards the monument. "You gotta be kidding me." Reno said as he and Rude quickly ran in the opposite direction. Loz and Yazoo smiled evilly and quickly ran after the two.
Tifa looked around to see the large amount of chaos being spread by the creatures. "Denzel, we have to move!" Tifa said before turning around to see a Shadow Creeper jump towards her. Tifa was about to strike it with her fist, but the Shadow Creeper was suddenly crushed under something huge. Tifa looked up in shock to see the Bahamut SIN was what crushed the Shadow Creeper.
As Reno and Rude were running, they picked up the children positioned around the monument to get them out of harms way. The Bahamut SIN floated above the Meteor Monument with destructive intent. The creature began to gather a large amount of blue energy which continued to grow larger.
When enough energy was gathered in its mouth, the Bahamut SIN fired a blue energy blast right into the Meteor Monument which caused a large explosion. Reno and Rude weren't able to get out of the blast radius and the wind of the explosion sent them flying. Debris was sent everywhere as the entire monument had been destroyed, leaving a large flaming crater in the spot where the monument used to be.
The Bahamut SIN let out a loud roar as it had completed its task of destroying the monument. Reno and Rude lay on the ground from the explosions force. They weakly tried getting up as the children they rescued had gotten up and ran off. The two looked behind them to see Loz and Yazoo standing behind them.
"Are we having fun yet?" Yazoo asked the two.
"The time of my life!" Reno stated as he quickly got up and kicked at Yazoo who blocked the attack as Rude attacked Loz. Reno continued kicking at Yazoo while also swinging his rod at him, but his quick movements were too slow and weak to connect with the Sephiroth Remnant.
Yazoo quickly swung his leg and landed a powerful kick to Reno which sent him to the ground. Reno quickly scrambled to his feet and continued his assault on Yazoo. Loz tried punching Loz with his right fist but Rude caught the fist in his hand. He tried again with the other fist though the result was the same.
What do you punks want Jenova's head for!?" Rude said as he kneed Loz a couple times and then tried to suplex him. After he went over Rude, Loz managed to land on his feet. Rude gasped as Loz stared back with an evil smile. Loz quickly gained control and threw Rude over him which sent him flying.
Meanwhile, Yazoo and Reno were still fighting by them. "When are you three weirdo's gonna call it a day?!" Reno said as he swung his rod at Yazoo who jumped over the attack and landed on a building rooftop. "Just as soon as you give back Mother, that'll be the end of it." Yazoo replied.
Reno quickly ran over and climbed up the side of the building with great speed. When he reached the top, he quickly continued his attack on Yazoo. "Forget your little Reunion and get a grip!" Reno shouted as he swung his rod at Yazoo, still without landing a hit.
"All we want is to be with Mother!" Yazoo said as he landed a powerful kick on Reno which sent him flying.
Loz approached Rude who was getting off the ground. "Mother will know. When she gets here, she'll decide what's best. Now, where's Mother?" Loz asked. As soon as Rude got up, a large sign came down and hit him on the head which left him in a daze before Reno landed on him which caused both of them to hit the ground.
Reno got off of Rude and stepped on his sun glasses causing them to break. Rude saw this and gave Reno one of those what the hell looks. Rude got up and pulled a second pair out as Reno began dusting himself off with his rod. "Mother shmother. It's Jenova's frickin' head man." Reno said.
"Hey!" Loz retorted.
"I will not have you say things like that about Mother!" said Yazoo.
"You meanie!" Loz said in his child-like tone.
"Our apologies." Rude said.
"Yeah, your mom's cool. Wait a minute, what the hell am I saying?!" Reno said as the two attacked again. Reno jumped in the air and Yazoo did the same. Loz was distracted by this which gave Rude the chance to land a strong punch to him that sent him back. Reno managed to hit Yazoo as well which sent him crashing into the ground.
Reno gave Rude a thumbs up when he landed on the ground, but neglected to see Loz get up and run at them Reno quickly turned around to see Loz punch at him with his Dual Hound. "Oh crap!" Reno said as he brought his rod up in defense. This did little as the force of the punch sent him and Rude flying back far and sliding against the concrete.
The two slowly got up as Loz and Yazoo landed on both sides of the two still ready to fight while Reno and Rude were starting to tire.
The Bahamut SIN continued letting out loud roars as the Shadow Creeper's continued spreading chaos on the citizens of Edge. Denzel groaned as he slightly opened his eyes. When he opened them completely, he saw he was on the ground and that there was weight on his back. He looked over his shoulder to see Tifa on top of Denzel, unconscious.
Denzel got her off him as he checked on her. "Tifa?"
There was no response, indicating the explosion must've been a powerful one. Then suddenly, the Bahamut SIN appeared in front of Denzel with killer intent in its eyes. Tifa had awoken to see the large creature approaching them The creature was about to attack the two when a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of Denzel.
His mechanical hand transformed into a large three barreled machine gun which he fired rapid shots at the Bahamut SIN which made it back off.
"You look after momma!" Barret said to Denzel.
"Barret!" Tifa said in surprise.
"Hey Tifa, Marlene better be safe!" Barret said before running towards the Bahamut SIN. Red XIII came in running towards the Bahamut SIN as well with Cait Sith on his back. Red XIII jumped up and sunk his fangs into the Bahamut SIN which caused it to let out a screech of pain as it began flying through the air.
Barret continued firing shots into the Bahamut SIN as it flew around with Red XIII hanging onto it. The Bahamut SIN started jerking around violently, trying to shake Red XIII off of it. After a few more attempts, it succeeded and Red XIII was thrown off. Barret quickly used his Big Shot Limit Break and fired a large fireball at the Bahamut SIN.
When it collided with the creature, it only caused a little bit of pain. Barret continued firing shots at the Bahamut SIN as it flew around. Barret tried charging up another Big Shot, but the Bahamut SIN approached and Barret saw he wouldn't have enough time to charge the Limit Break up in time.
When the Bahamut SIN got close to Barret, a large shuriken and a metal circle came flying in and scratched the Bahamut SIN's head. Barret turned around with a smile to see Yuffie and Rinoa come flying down as they caught their weapons. "Bout time you two got here!" Barret said.
"Well, we're here." Yuffie said as she turned her attention to the Bahamut SIN. The Bahamut SIN turned its attention back to the gang after recovering from Yuffie and Rinoa's attack.
"This'll be just like old times." Rinoa said as they started attacking the Bahamut SIN again. Denzel stood on the ground with Tifa, confused as to who these people were.
Suddenly a group of Shadow Creepers jumped at Tifa and Denzel. Tifa quickly put her arms around Denzel to protect him. When the Shadow Creepers were about to kill Tifa and Denzel, Cid came flying down with his spear and took down one of the Shadow Creepers before swinging his spear around and taking out the rest of the Shadow Creepers. "She's a beaut! My Shera, the latest model." Cid said as he pointed up to the sky and the ship flew overhead.
"I'll give ya the grand tour later!" Cid said as he ran off to join the fight with the others.
"Where can I buy a phone?" a deep voice said behind them. The two turned to see Vincent walk ahead of them.
"Who's he?" Denzel asked.
"They're our friends." Tifa answered. Denzel stared at her in wonder before the two heard the sound of a motorcycle engine. The two turned around to see Cloud drive up by them. The two walked over to him as Cloud opened Fenrir's sword compartments.
"Marlene's safe. I took her home." Cloud said as he took on of the Back Blades and sheathed it behind him. Tifa nodded in response, indicating Cloud did the right thing. After a tiny moment of silence Cloud said "I feel lighter."
"Hm?"
"Maybe I lost some weight, from all that dilly dally." Cloud said as he sheathed the other Back Blade behind him and drew the Main Blade. Tifa just smiled at his response.
"I'm gonna go back to see Marlene Cloud. We'll wait for you." Denzel said before running off. He then stopped and turned around. "We'll see you there, won't we Cloud?"
Cloud nodded in response and Denzel ran off back to the 7th Heaven Bar. Tifa climbed onto Fenrir as Cloud sped off towards the abandoned buildings where the battle was taking place. As he did, he saw Genesis, Lightning, Tidus, and Squall also riding towards where the battle was.
Barret continued firing rounds into the Bahamut SIN as it was flying around the area. Cid ran along a building edge that the Bahamut SIN was flying near. He quickly jumped off the building and stabbed his spear right into the back of the Bahamut SIN's neck. The creature let out a loud roar of pain as it began flying around rapidly.
In an attempt to stop Cid, the Bahamut SIN flew towards some buildings with Cid in range of the buildings. "Oh crap!" Cid exclaimed as he saw the buildings getting closer to him. "Got you!" Cait Sith said as Red XIII jumped from a building and grabbed Cid before he collided with the buildings. Red XIII released Cid on another building so they could continue the fight.
Barret charged up a Big Shot as the Bahamut SIN fired a large blue blast at Barret. Barret quickly fired his Big Shot at the energy blast, though it did little as the blast was engulfed by the Bahamut SIN's attack. Barret quickly tried to jump out of the way of the blast, but he was still caught by the wind of the explosion and sent flying.
Barret quickly caught a hold of a buildings beam to stop himself from falling. Vincent came flying out of the flames and fired shots from Cerberus into the Bahamut SIN which caused it to keep its distance from Vincent. Squall had jumped up from below with his Lionheart gunblade in hand and his Revolver gunblade sheathed behind him. Genesis, Lightning, and Tidus also jumped up from below.
As she flew up towards the Bahamut SIN, Lightning fired shots from Blaze Edge's gun mode at it. The shots ricocheted off the Bahamut SIN which caused it to turn its attention towards Lightning. The Bahamut SIN fired a shot from its mouth at Lightning. Lightning quickly snapped her fingers and brought up her electric shield. Lightning flew around the blast and swung Blaze Edge at Bahamut SIN, and surprisingly left a cut in it. Genesis flew towards the Bahamut SIN with great speed. The Bahamut SIN swung its arm at Genesis, but Genesis flew over the strike. Genesis swung his sword at the Bahamut SIN's head which batted its head to the side while leaving a cut on its cheek.
Squall quickly jumped towards the Bahamut SIN and swung down Lionheart. The blade, however, was deflected off the Bahamut SIN's tough metal like skin. The Bahamut SIN snapped its jaws at Squall, who flew out of the way in time. squall swung Lionheart one more time, and this time managed to leave a cut in it. Squall quickly jumped off as the Bahamut SIN tried to shake him off. Yuffie ran up the side of a building before jumping off and throwing her shuriken. The spinning weapon scratched off the surface of the Bahamut SIN's head which didn't harm it much.
Rinoa appeared on the Bahamut SIN's arm and quickly stabbed her Vanishing Star gunblade into it. The Bahamut SIN let out a howl of pain as it shook Rinoa off its arm. Rinoa quickly threw her Silenced Tear blaster edge at the Bahamut SIN. The weapons bounced off its wing which left a stinging feeling inside it. The Bahamut let out another painful howl as the Silenced Tear returned to Rinoa. Squall landed on a building before jumping off it as the tail of the Bahamut SIN swung around, and destroyed it.
Yuffie landed on a building and caught her shuriken in her hand, but the Bahamut SIN suddenly appeared in front of her and charged up and energy blast. Yuffie just stood there since she wouldn't have enough time to get out of the way of the blast. Tidus quickly came flying down and stabbed Brotherhood right into the Bahamut SIN's neck. The pain caused the creature to change the trajectory of its attack and fire the blast towards the sky.
Cid quickly jumped onto the Bahamut SIN and stabbed his spear into the back of its neck as well. The creature let out loud howls of pain as it began flying around in random directions. As it approached, Lightning leaped high into the air and slashed the Bahamut SIN on its side and left a wound on its metal skin.
The Bahamut SIN jerked around even more rapidly which threw Cid and Tidus off its back. Vincent quickly jumped onto the Bahamut SIN as it tried to slash at him. Vincent jumped all around the creature while firing off shots at it which annoyed it greatly. Vincent fired a powered up shot into the Bahamut SIN's eyes which blinded it for a few seconds.
When it opened its eyes, it saw Genesis flying at it with his sword in its powered up form. Genesis swung downwards and the blade made contact with the Bahamut SIN's face, and left a scratch on it. The Bahamut SIN quickly swung its arms and sent Vincent and Genesis back.
The Bahamut SIN fired a blast at the building which Genesis and Vincent managed to avoid. The blast crashed into the buildings above Barret and debris fell towards him. Barret looked up in shock to see the burning debris headed his way, though an arm extended out and grabbed Barret before pulling him out of the way of the debris.
The person jumped far and let Barret go on a building platform before landing on a building edge next to it. Barret looked up to see that Cloud was the one who just saved him. "The hell you been?!" Barret shouted at Cloud. Cloud stared at the Bahamut SIN as it stopped flying around the area. Tifa jumped up onto the building with Vincent and Cid.
Cloud jumped off the building towards the Bahamut SIN as it turned around to face him. Cloud swung the Main Blade at the Bahamut SIN, but the creature caught the blade in its mouth. Cloud pulled the blade back as he swung one of the Back Blades with his left hand though the Bahamut SIN's hard metal like head stopped the attack.
Cloud was flying back as he continued swinging his swords at the Bahamut SIN. The Bahamut SIN caught one of the attacks and sent Cloud flying back who managed to land on a building behind him. Cloud combined the Back Blade with the Main Blade as he readied himself for the Bahamut SIN's attack.
The Bahamut SIN fired an energy blast at him only for Cloud to charge his sword with energy and slash the blast in half. Cloud jumped at the creature and swung his sword down on its head multiple times as the Bahamut SIN snapped its large jaws at him. Cloud quickly activated his Braver Limit Break which covered himself and his sword with a fiery blue aura. Cloud jumped flew high into the air before comgin down and landing a powerful blow to the Bahamut SIN's face which sent it flying down to the ground.
It crashed into the ground as Cloud came down and landed on a beam. The Bahamut SIN got up and let out a loud roar, showing Cloud's attack broke off some of its metal skin and damaged its eye. The Bahamut SIN began gathering a large amount of energy in its mouth which left everyone wondering at what it was doing.
Kadaj stood with Rufus as his arm was still glowing white from the Materia's power. "This is too much fun sir! Any requests for the next act?" Kadaj asked but when he turned around, Rufus had stood up out of his chair and tossed the white cloak that was covering him off. He stood there with bandages over his eye and a black and sealed box in his hand.
Kadaj gasped when he saw the word "Jenova" printed on the box. "Mother!" Kadaj exclaimed in realization.
"A good son would've known." Rufus said as he tossed the box over the edge of the building. Kadaj charged energy into his left arm as he attacked Rufus in a blind rage.
The beast quickly took off to the sky, readying itself for its attack. Cloud jumped up towards Barret who grabbed Cloud's hand. "Alley-oop!" Barret said as he tossed Cloud high into the air. Cloud caught up to the Bahamut SIN and slashed at it, but it swung its head and deflected Cloud's attack.
Cloud was sent flying downwards as he was slightly out of control. He tried grabbing a hold of the Bahamut SIN, but he missed and fell down. Cid brought his spear out and Cloud landed on the pole part. "Giddyap!" Cid said as he swung the spear and sent Cloud high into the air. The Bahamut SIN left the cities range as the energy in its mouth began to grow still. Red XIII appeared behind Cloud.
"There you go!" Cait Sith said as Red XIII grabbed Cloud's shoulder with his jaws before throwing him even further into the air. Next up, Yuffie appeared beneath Cloud and placed her hands beneath Cloud's foot before boosting him up further. Cloud looked up to see the Bahamut SIN stopped it ascension as the energy in its mouth began glowing brighter.
Cloud took the other Back Blade and combined it with the Main Blade. Vincent jumped off the building he was on and grabbed Cloud's hand. "Fly" he said before throwing Cloud farther upwards. A ball of energy had formed in the Bahamut SIN's mouth as it was ready to attack.
Squall jumped up next to Cloud and threw him higher as Tidus and Rinoa did the same. Next Genesis jumped out and grabbed his arm. "Make sure you live up to Zack's words." Genesis said before throwing Cloud. Lightning then jumped up and grabbed Cloud's hand.
"Never stop, keep moving forward!" Lighting said before throwing Cloud. Tifa had jumped from a building and reached out to Cloud who grabbed her hand. "No giving up!" Tifa said as she tossed Cloud into the sky. Blue energy surrounded Cloud's body as he and the Bahamut SIN flew towards each other.
The Bahamut SIN fired its attack, which was of massive proportions and was heading straight for Cloud. Cloud flew and went straight into the energy blast. He was struggling some as it was hard to move forward with the force the blast was putting on him. Then Cloud noticed he was suddenly in a world of white light. His eyes widened as he saw the images of Zack and Aerith floating towards him.
Both extended their arms out to him and he took both of them.
"Ready?" Aerith asked. Cloud nodded in response.
"You can do this no problem." Zack said.
"Yeah." Cloud said in response. Cloud was engulfed by the white light as Zack and Aerith assisted him. Cloud came flying out of the energy blast and flew towards the Bahamut SIN. The creature snapped its jaws at Cloud, but he dodged them and stabbed his sword into the creatures back, activating his Climhazzard Limit Break. Cloud began running across its back while dragging his sword across it which left a trail of blue fire.
Cloud ripped the sword out of it as he flew past the creature. The Bahamut SIN was engulfed by blue energy as its now lifeless body fell towards the city. It crashed into the ground which kicked up a large dust cloud. Cloud came flying down and landed on a building, victorious.
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