"There it is." Cloud said. "The city I never wanted to see again."

"Good luck, Cloud." Nanaki said.

"So where are you headed?" Cloud asked.

"Junon," Nanaki answered, "I'm going to rid the world of Shinra Inc."

"Good luck, you won't get very far." Cloud said.

"There is a reason I came to Midgar with you. I'm here to buy explosives." Nanaki said.

"I want to be there. I want to watch Vincent burn." Cloud said.

"Strange. All these events . . ."

"What?" Cloud asked.

"Everything of importance from the last few years, it always happened on the anniversary of Sephiroth's death. Even . . ."

"C'mon Nanaki. I want to know. I need to know. Please." Cloud begged.

"Alright." Nanaki said.

(1 YEAR AGO)

Nanaki was the last of his kind. And he couldn't keep it that way.

He was at Junon, the home of Shinra Inc.

No sneaking, that was the first rule. He ran in through the main entrance. A receptionist stared at him and began to speak. He reared his towards her. He thought he heard her scream as he ran towards the elevator.

Ding! "You've reached floor thirty." A voice said, different from the one Cloud had described. As usual Vincent was in his lab, Reeve at his side.

"We've increased Jenova cells by ten percent and the Galians . . ." Reeve trailed on as Nanaki listened closely.

Damn it! Those Galians couldn't live for more than . . .

Nanaki jumped though the glass that served as the lab's walls.

"You!" Reeve shouted.

"Don't pull any tricks. I know what happened last time my friends were here." Nanaki said.

"Heh. You get it now don't you? Goddamn you Red XIII, always so fucking smart. You know why this is Lucrecia's Order, don't you. You understand. God fucking damn." Vincent said.

"Jenova cells in the Galians will only let them live for forty-eight hours. They'll be ten times the aggressive beasts they already are. They'll be like rabid dogs, Valentine!" Nanaki shouted at the traitor.

"But more destructive, Red. Perfect for me and Lucrecia to live perfectly in this world together." Vincent said.

"Thought she was dead." Nanaki said.

"Heh. Thought you of all would deduce that. Maybe you aren't so smart." Vincent said. "Why am I ridding the world of all people?"

"I honestly don't know Vincent. We don't have books on everything at Cosmo Canyon." Nanaki replied.

"When there is no life at all on the Planet it does something." Vincent said.

"But Vincent, other organisms, like me. You aren't killing them. And Vincent, even if you leave the smallest, single-celled amoeba alive, another evolution will take place." Nanaki said.

"What fuels the lifestream?" Vincent asked.

"Mako." Nanaki replied.

"Each human has some Mako in them. Not much, but some. Not even the Mako reactors of Midgar can get the Mako out of someone's soul. When a person dies that Mako goes into the lifestream, making a plant grow. Then when the plant dies its Mako makes life possible for another human. With all humans gone there'll be an abundance of Mako that the lifestream can't use. The world will be covered in green. I will be the last surviving human. I have made something already that will destroy the Planet's green easily and quickly. Then the lifestream will have more Mako than it can contain. And then boom! Just like Midell. Only this time it'll be the entire Planet. And I will die, and join Lucrecia in spirit form. The lifestream will then thank me gracefully for freeing it from its terrible confine. Lucrecia and I will rule the new land of Lifestream as king and queen. Finally, peace." Vincent explained.

"You are crazy, aren't you Vincent. What about space? The lifestream will be sucked into its vacuum." Nanaki said.

"Heh heh heh. No Nanaki. The universe is expanding. The lifestream will become the universe. Always expanding." Vincent said.

"I won't let you!" Nanaki rushed at Vincent and bit down hard on his face. He spun around and bit down hard on Reeve's leg. He heard Reeve scream.

Nanaki pressed a button on a console. The tank holding a Galian in an icky liquid opened. The Galian laid now, sprawled out on the floor. Vincent tried to get up but Nanaki swiped him clean across his bloody face. Vincent went out cold. Reeve limped towards the phone to call security. Nanaki lunged at him, pushing him out the window. Nanaki watched his fall. He didn't land dead on in the shark filled ocean. Instead his head hit a dock, severing it from his body that became fish food.

Nanaki darted over to the electronic controls. He ripped out wires and practically destroyed the Shinra technology. He saw filing cabinets that contained tons of research documents.

He let them join the latter part of Reeve.

He thought about killing Valentine. But he'd leave him. Nanaki had ruined everything. Nanaki grabbed a syringe and sampled his own blood. He needed it for later.

Vincent's dream was over. He saw a vent grate, he'd leave now.

"But the attacks have continued Nanaki. And in greater numbers." Cloud explained.

"There was a secondary lab. All files were backed up. From what you told me Reeve was the only one who knew of Vincent's plans against Shinra. He's glad Reeve's gone." Nanaki said.

"You went there one day after visiting me." Cloud said. "And like you said. Everything important happens on the anniversary of his death." Cloud said.

"Tomorrow's that day." Nanaki said. "And we're attacking Junon tomorrow."

"A couple days ago, two I think, he contacted me." Cloud said.

"The lifestream won't accept him. He's not . . . normal. He's a creation. To the lifestream, he's wrong. He roams the Planet as an on looking shadow. And he can't do anything to what he sees. Don't worry about it Cloud. He's just giving you a ten year anniversary present." Nanaki said.

"That is my fate." Cloud responded.

"And Vincent's." Nanaki said.

"But wait, he said that he would . . ."