Final Fantasy VII Advent Children 2

Chapter 16

Kadaj sat outside of the small church, taking freely to himself aloud. He seemed to be having an all-out conversation with someone in his mind, and Loz, Yazoo, and the now conscious Tifa were ignoring him.

Loz had stopped his 'cruel act' from earlier, and now appeared less frightening to both Tifa and Marlene. With Kadaj out of the picture for a while, he had become a lot more humane towards the two.

Yazoo was sitting on the wooden floor cross-legged with Tifa propped up against his body for support. He showed concern for her when she had awoken, but she seemed more focused on Loz. Her fight with him not too long ago was forming a fear of him inside her, and the woman seemed uneasy in his presence.

Loz sat a decent distance from the two, with Marlene asleep by him. He still carried out conversation with them, as the distance was only so Marlene would be away from illness.

"So... What do you suggest we do? About getting these two to safety?" The eldest asked, clearly at a loss for how to keep them out of Kadaj's way.

" Pretty soon, we are going to have to bring Kadaj down... Somehow, we must assist Cloud in defeating him and the parasite inside him." Yazoo said calmly, the woman in his arms looked up.

"You mean Kadaj is...?"

"He has been completely overtaken and driven insane by JENOVA. In order to save him, and rid the entire planet from GeoStigma, Kadaj has to be destroyed..." The man holding her looked towards Loz.

"I have a pretty big feeling that something bad is gonna happen if we take him on, Yazoo..." The older mans expression grew grim.

"Tifa, listen to me." The long silver-haired man turned his attention towards her, and she listened intently. "I sense you are, strangely enough, recovering the illness slightly. You seem to have regained some mobility... I am glad. However, later there is going to be a battle. Do not interfere, no matter what happens. I will try, but I may not be able to protect you then..."

"You don't have to protect me..."

" Listen to me." He reached out with a pale, un-gloved hand and touched her face gently, his eyes becoming a cross between purple and blue. She realised he was feeling both happiness and sadness at once, as he continued. "You are the first thing in my life that I have managed to develop concern for. I care a lot about you, Tifa, even though I do not know how to express this feeling very well. I was created to have certain instincts, and one of the only things that registers  to mind for something I... love... is to protect it with my life."

" Yazoo..." She blushed, trying to speak, but his finger was gently placed on her lips to silence her.

"Today Loz, your friend Cloud, and myself may die today along with Kadaj. Do not raise the possible death count to five."

"You won't die... Promise me you won't..." Tifa was once again succumbing to the wave of unconsciousness that came with GeoStigma. She was only half conscious at this point in time, and her voice was just above a whisper.

"There can't be any guarantees. What Yazoo says is true; we have a chance of losing our lives. JENOVA isn't going to go down without taking people with her." Loz narrowed his eyes upon saying the parasites name.

" Loz is right, I am afraid... I am sorry Tifa, but I cannot promise that I will live through this." She looked up at him teary-eyed, before passing out.

Both men knew now was the time if any to get away from Kadaj and join what had once been their main target. Loz gathered the sleeping girl into his arms and Yazoo picked Tifa up gently.