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A Heart's Second Chance	By : whitetiger Category: Final Fantasy VII > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 1749 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: This story is purely a fan based creation. Final Fantasy and all the characters are the property of the Creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and the publisher Sqare Enix. I also make NO money or profit from writing and posting this fanfiction.

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Moments before landing:

Sephiroth had Cloud pinned to the bulkhead of the airship, Cloud’s lustful moans filling his ears as he stroked his lover. Cid’s voice sounded through the com system startling the lovers as he ordered Sephiroth to come to the bridge. With a vicious growl, Sephiroth lowered Cloud to the floor and stepped back. This had better be important or there would be a very dead captain flying off the edge of his airship to his grave far below. Turning he walked from the room, his body on fire and his blood now boiling from anger. Scratch the previous thought, Cid was dead no matter what excuse he had for the interruption.

Walking through the door of the bridge, Sephiroth was surprised to see Cloud’s mother standing beside Cid at the helm.

“I understand, you have my word.” A familiar male voice said from the speakers. Both Cid and Cloud’s mother snorted in response.

“Bout time ya showed up.” Cid drawled, looking over his shoulder at Sephiroth. “Rufus, Seph is ‘ere so speak yer piece.”

“Good afternoon Sephiroth.” The disembodied voice said.

“What do you want Rufus.” Sephiroth barked.

“I know it must come as a surprise to you that I am here.” Rufus began.

“Not really.” Sephiroth interrupted knowing it would irritate Rufus. A gentle touch at his shoulder startled Sephiroth for a moment, looking down at Cloud’s questioning eyes, he took a deep breath. Now was not the time to get into a pissing match with the Shin-Ra heir.

“I have come with some information and a request.” Rufus said. “May we meet somewhere on the ground to talk?”

Sephiroth watched Cloud’s eyes closely as they showed caution and curiosity. Hoping his instincts were right Sephiroth said, “Very well, we will be landing soon.”

Giving Cid a sign to shut off the communications, he asked Cloud, “Do you trust him?”

“No, but we may need the information he has,” Cloud’s blue eyes looked out the large window at the chopper keeping pace with the Highwind, “Lets hear him out.”

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Lilly stopped next to the Highwind and watched the Shin-Ra chopper circle above while it prepared to land. As soon as Sephiroth and Cloud disembarked she approached them.

“It is Rufus Shin-Ra; he says he has some information for us.” Sephiroth said watching the chopper land.

“I don’t trust him.” Lilly said watching a man dressed in a white suit exit the copper with a handful of men dressed in dark blue suits.

“Neither do I.” Sephiroth said.

“Well the least we can do is hear the man out.” Lilly turned in surprise as Mrs. Strife stepped from the Highwind.

“What are you doing here?” Lilly demanded, as Vincent and Zack stopped at her side to watch the chopper.

“Please,” Mrs. Strife scoffed, “Like these boys have any power to stop me from going where I want to go.” Lilly looked up at Sephiroth in time to see a light pink tone crawl over his ears.

“Shall we go into your house for a more comfortable and private place to talk?” Mrs. Strife said as she turned towards the house. Lilly knew her jaw was probably hanging open but she had no other response to the woman who took over the situation.

“What did she do to convince you to let her come here?” Lilly asked as she looked back to Sephiroth.

The light blush on his ears began to darken and spread as Cloud answered, “It was definitely impressive watching my mom pinch the great Sephiroth’s ears until he agreed to let her join us.”

Turning to Cloud, Sephiroth hissed, “If I remember correctly she also had you by the ears.”

Cloud huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. Lilly smiled, “Two grown men defeated by a gentle woman.” An angry snort was her only response.

“Hey Lilly.” A trio of voices shouted as the triplets darted off into the camp to explore.

Rufus came to a stop by the group, “Good afternoon General, thank you for taking the time to….”

“Save it. Come inside we can talk there.” Sephiroth growled as he followed Cloud’s mother into the house, Cloud storming after him.

“Is everything alright?” Rufus questioned.

Lilly snorted, “Just follow him.”

The blonde nodded at her and followed Sephiroth towards her house. Zack smiled as a large black man in sunglasses walked up to him. “Hey man.” Zack said as they bumped their knuckles together.

“Out the way ol’ men.” A red-haired man said as he pushed through Zack and the black man muttering something about bumping knuckles being something only old men would do.

“So Rude, is he a new comrade or lover?” Zack asked with a smirk. The redhead stopped, turned suddenly and stuck a long metal looking stick out at Zack, nearly striking his chin.

“I ain’t no ones bitch.” The redhead said glaring at Zack. Zack just gave a smile and raised his hands in a mock surrender.

“Drop your weapon, Reno.” Rude said as he placed two fingers on the top of the nightstick. With a hiss, Reno did as he was told and stormed after the rest of the group entering Lilly’s house, his long red hair swaying from his aggressive swagger.

“I am sorry for his behavior; he is still a little raw.” Rude said with a calm, deep voice.

“It’s fine, besides he looks even more beautiful when he’s angry.” Zack said watching the redhead stiffen as he walked up the stairs.

Wanting to find out what the hell was going on; Lilly shoved Zack to the side and glared up at him, “This is not the time for you to be screwing around.”

Rude eyed the woman from behind his glasses as she walked towards the house, “Comrade or lover?”

A growl from behind him had Rude turning with his fists up, “Not mine.” Was all Zack said as he followed Lilly. Rude watched the raven-haired man in red float by him, his red eyes practically on fire as they glared at him. Chills raced down his spine giving him the distinct impression that this man was moments from slicing him open with the golden claw adorning his hand and spilling his guts across the ground. Once the man passed, Rude dropped his hands and took in a much-needed breath before heading towards the small home.

The president sat at his desk glaring at the hologram on the other side. “It has been nothing but one mistake after another with you lately. First, you let subject zero escape, then you convinced me to allow experimentation on the young boy while completely ignoring the General‘s feeling towards the blonde soldier. And finally through your gross underestimation of the General he defected to Avalanche along with nearly a quarter of the men from the soldier program.” He screamed at the hologram, slamming his fists down on the desk. Taking a deep breath the president calmed himself, steepleing his fingers before him he asked, “You mind telling me how you plan to fix this, Hojo?”

The doctor in question smirked from his computer-generated form. “It’s too soon for my greatest experiment to be put into place so I’ll just have to use him instead.”

The president felt a shiver roll down his spine as he realized what Hojo had in store for his lost General and the defected army. “Do whatever you have to, but do it quickly.”

The president ordered as he turned his chair in dismissal.

Everyone in the room was in varying stages of shock and anger from the information Rufus had just given them. Hojo was alive.

“That is not the end of it, I’m afraid. He has also figured out a way to transfer his digitized soul into another being, we are unsure whom Hojo has chosen, but we are sure he will be powerful.” Rufus said, feeling the eyes of everyone in the room bore into him. “It is our belief that Hojo had planned to use this ability when he had finished his research on something he called Omega, but when you two broke into his lab, he was forced to implement this part of his plan ahead of schedule.” Rufus continued unaware that the mention of the word Omega had caused two of the members of the group to pale. Cloud because of his past experience with the beast and Vincent, when Chaos went crazy within him, screaming in denial.

“Do you believe he is going to use this Omega?” Lily asked.

“No, our informants agree that it is years too soon.” Rufus answered.

“So wha’cha ya want for the info?” Cid asked.

“I want my father eliminated before he can destroy the planet in his quest for more power.” Rufus answered calmly.

Cloud snorted, “I don’t trust you.’

“I can understand. I am sure everyone in this room feels the same way.” Rufus said as he sat serenely at the table.

“Very well.” Mrs. Strife said as she stood, drawing everyone’s attention. “This is how it will go down. We will launch our attack on Shin-Ra in two days. Rufus, you will be held prisoner to make sure your men obey the orders they are given.”

The Turks shouted in protest, quieting when Rufus held up his hand, “I do not…”

Mrs. Strife interrupted him, “I know for a fact you are not as nice as you seem. Your only desire is to take control of your fathers company and rule the world with an iron fist. Well, we cannot allow that. There will be conditions for our help in eliminating your father.”

Rufus’s mask of control slipped slightly, showing his anger and irritation, “Very well.”

“Wait just a damn moment.” Everyone turned as Cloud stood up staring at his mother in shock.

She smiled at her son as Cid burst into laughter, “Ya never told yer boy did ya?”

“Told me what?” Cloud demanded, tuning to glare at Cid.

“Well sweetie I’m the one running Avalanche.”

Cloud dropped into his chair, his legs unable to hold him up, “What?” he gasped.

“Why do ya think we accepted ya, a soldier, and Sephiroth, the general of our enemy, in our group so easily? Ya can’t be that dense.” Cid drawled, blowing smoke at Cloud.

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.” She said to her son, “But now is not the time to be freaking out over this. We have a battle to plan.”

Turning to Rufus, she asked, “Have you begun what I asked of you?”

“Yes, the evacuation above the plate is progressing fine but the evacuation below is not going very well. The people below the plate do not want our help.” Rufus said.

Mrs. Strife smiled, “I expected that. I have asked a number of the Avalanche members to aid Barrett in the evacuation of the slums. All that is left is the location of your father.”

“He has left the city to go into hiding. It will not be long before we locate him.”

“Very good. Now let’s plan this.” Mrs. Strife, the leader of Avalanche, said as she sat at the head of the table.
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