Final Fantasy VII Advent Children 2

Chapter 2

The sunlight was dim over the ruined landscape that was Midgar. Cloud exited the church and stepped into the pale light, as Sephiroth's voice emerged from his mind once more.

' There.' He lifted Cloud's left arm and gestured toward a cliff that overlooked Midgar. ' I sense them.'

"Sense who?!" Cloud cried aloud, angered at the voice inside of his head. He was still in a state of bewilderment that he and Sephiroth were now one entity.

' Never mind for now. She will call soon. It's best if you go.' The presence in his mind immediately settled, giving him control over his left side just in time for his PHS to ring.

Picking up the small device, and pressing a button he answered. "Hello?"

"Cloud? It's Tifa. You should head back now, the orphans and I were getting worried..." Her voice stated on the other end, a bit muffled by the static from the device.

" Alright... I'll be home soon Tifa..." he said monotonously, " See you soon." And without giving her the chance to respond, he shut the PHS off.

' Rather abrupt way to end a conversation.' Sephiroth spoke inside his head.

"I don't understand. Why is all of this happening?"

' Soon Cloud, all of this will make sense.'

"How so?"

Without warning, the ex-general in his mind changed subjects. ' I hear you have been living with the orphans...'

"And?"

' Wouldn't you like to give those children a reason to smile again?'

Cloud stopped for a moment and thought to himself. Why was Sephiroth suddenly acting so... humane? Had he truly been relieved of JENOVA?

' You and I are alike in thoughts at the moment. Our ultimate goal is the reconstruction of the world, Cloud.' He could feel Sephiroth smiling softly in his mind.

"How would you know what my goals are and aren't? You shouldn't know anything! You're DEAD!"

' And that is where you were mistaken. You thought I had died back in the Northern Crater, when in reality; all you did was scatter JENOVA's pieces when she was thrown into the Life Stream. I didn't die then Cloud. The Planet wouldn't allow that. Instead I was given life again, and put back to fulfill my purpose. JENOVA- Mother- is far from done working her evil. Soon you will encounter those whom she has enslaved... And I was put back here to merge with you, giving you the power to stop them...' He felt the man gently smirk, ' And I am one with your body and your thoughts... I know what you're thinking and what you feel. This is how I know deep down your true intentions."

" Whatever... Just stay out of my thoughts..." Cloud growled, and walked for what seemed like hours until he reached his motorcycle. 

The voice of the man in his body didn't speak with him anymore during that time, and he was glad. He really did need some time to think about what had just happened, and what might happen. As he started the engine and roared off toward his 'home', he was deep in thought, and oblivious to the three silver haired figures watching him from atop the cliff Sephiroth had gestured to earlier.

The three of them sat on motorcycles and watched intently as their prey rode off. The middle one spoke up, in a voice laced with venom.

"Cloud Strife..." His cat-like pupils narrowed to mere slits as he glared. With a smirk, his hand wandered to the hilt of his double bladed sword Souba. He, like the other two, was dressed in black leather. His clothes were tight fitting, and he wore armour similar to Sephiroth's, only black in colour. He had messy, silver hair that fell unevenly to his shoulders and his glowing mako-coloured eyes reflected his cruel nature.

"So... That was him? Seems like he's a whack job... With the whole talkin' to himself thing going on..." The one on the right spoke in a low, grumbly voice. He wore tight fitting leather clothing like the first; only it was slightly more open and revealing around his chest. 

He also had on the same armour as the other two figures beside him. His silver hair was short, and slicked back in a careless way. The yellow-green orbs that were his eyes had snake-like pupils in them, but although he seemed tough in appearance, his eyes showed that he held a great deal of emotion. His one arm had a metal weapon-like contraption on it that he called the Dual Hound, and at his side he had a simple gun blade strapped to him.

The third one stayed silent as he stared at the moving vehicle his victim was escaping on. He was clad in black like the other two, but instead of wearing just a leather suit like them he wore a long trench coat. The neck of the article came up snugly to his face like a turtleneck and his face was partially covered by the long silver hair that fell into it. 

The eyes of this man were somewhat different, they glowed with mako like his comrades, but they didn't seem to stay the same colour. Which was just as well, because the only way one could reflect his feelings from his emotionless form was through their colour. Right now they were bright green, and the pupils were narrowed to angry cat-like slits as he reached for the Velvet Nightmare at his side, a gun blade that he took preference to using.

The first figure spoke again. "Not now Yazoo." He raised his hand and touched the hand of the third.

With a low growl, Yazoo lowered his hand from his weapon. "Why not just kill him now, Kadaj?" he questioned in a soft emotionless voice as his eyes shifted from green to yellow, and his pupils became small and round as he calmed.

" Because it's not time." Kadaj glared at his companion.

"I don't understand. When can we fight him?" the shorter haired man, obviously the oldest whined slightly.

"Don't worry Loz. We will fight him soon enough. And then he will pay for what he has done. He betrayed us..." A smirk crept over younger man's face. He faced Yazoo and then Loz before starting the engine of his motorcycle. "For now, we will follow him. I prefer to toy with my targets, rather than flat out kill them. Now let us be off, my brothers."

Loz nodded and started his vehicles engine. Yazoo gave his leader a questioning look as his motorbike roared to life, and he shot back a look that answered.

The three predators tore off in the direction off their prey, and they soon disappeared into the horizon as he had.