The entire room went silent. Aeris slowly walked towards everyone and looked at them. She tried to avoid eye contact with everybody and slowly walked towards the main hall.

Aeris found a couch and sat down. Everyone stared at her waiting for an explanation. She didn't like that feeling. Everyone with their eyes on her... She just didn’t feel right. Tifa gave her a cup of tea to calm her down. Then she started her long explanation one what was going on.

"I see, because you saved the planet so the planet let you reincarnate without erasing your memories? " Red XIII asked.

Aeris nodded. After the long explanation, everyone believed that Celes is Aeris. They kept firing questions at Aeris until she didn’t know which to answer first. Suddenly Cloud stood up and spoke.

"I am afraid that there's a bigger problem we are going to face. Aeris left out an important matter. Sephiroth is back. "

Everyone stared at Cloud in horror. Sephiroth is... back? After all the trouble and hardships they’ve been to. Sephiroth is back? They have to face him again? They just couldn't accept this. It was too sudden.

"Sephiroth is back? " Tifa asked nervously.

Cloud nodded. He then slowly explained what happened that night in that alley.

"Cloud! Sephiroth was back and you didn’t even wanted to tell us?! Are you nuts?!" Cid exclaimed after hearing Cloud explanation.

"It's nothing to do with Cloud. It is I. I don't want to ruin the wedding and...." Aeris answered for Cloud but Cloud and Tifa's expression changed suddenly. Aeris stopped and calmed down.

"So what are we going to do? " Vincent asked.

"I suggest we start looking for clues tomorrow. " Cloud answered. He then stood up and walked towards his room. Aeris and Tifa too went back to their room and left the others stunned with what that was going on.

Cloud was up all night. He just couldn't sleep. He was still thinking about Aeris and Tifa. He doubt whether his actions were right. He couldn't bear to hurt any of their hearts, again.

Suddenly he heard a voice.

"Come, puppet, come to me. "

He shook his head. But he still heard those voices.

"Come, puppet, are you afraid? "

Cloud shook his head again. He muttered something.

"No, I am not afraid of you. "

"Then, come. Challenge me. Come to the top of the Shinra building, alone."

Cloud didn't know what he was doing. He was like... manipulated. He went to the storeroom, took out his battle equipment, and put it on.

Cloud was ready. He was ready to meet Sephiroth again, alone. Sephiroth came back to challenge him. He had to face it, himself. He found a pen and a piece of paper and then wrote something on it. Then he left the 7th Heaven for his ultimate battle.

"Where the hell did Cloud put those materia? " Yuffie thought.

Yuffie was sneaking around the 7th heaven late at night. She just couldn't find where Cloud put all his materia. She just kept looking.

"This is the only room I haven't checked yet. " She whispered to herself.

She turned the knob of the door. It was locked. Damn it! She should have known. She pulled a hairpin out of her pocket and started picking the lock.

"Bingo! "

She managed to pick the lock. She slowly opened the door and entered the room. She switched on her flash light and shone around.

“Wow...”

She took a look around the room. There were battle equipment everywhere. But the thing that caught her eyes was nothing other than the materia, neatly arranged in order on the shelves. She felt like she just entered a gold mine.

"Where did Cloud put that Knights of the Round materia? "

She ransacked through some of the crates. Suddenly, she heard footsteps. She panicked. She closed the door and hid at a dark corner. She hoped the person wouldn’t come in.

Someone opened the door. She expected the person to start checking around after finding out that the lock was broken. But she just saw Cloud came in, grabbed some equipment and went out. She was relieved for a moment.

She got up and ransacked the spot that Cloud took his equipment. She found a red glowing materia.

"Wow! A level 1 Knights of the Round materia! Cloud must have took the mastered one. "

Yuffie was so pleased to have the materia in her hands, but suddenly her expression changed.

"Why would Cloud got up so late at night to get his equipment? "

Yuffie sensed something-fishy going on. She followed Cloud. She saw him writing a note and then left the house. There is a wark of a chocobo. Yuffie read the note Cloud wrote.

To all my friends,

By time you read this note I am already on top of the Shinra building fighting Sephiroth. Don't worry about me. I will settle this once and for all.

Cloud

Yuffie's face turned white instantly, she thought of chasing Cloud but she was too late. Cloud had gone too far on his chocobo. With lightning speed, she took the note and woke everyone up.

Cloud was walking down the streets of Midgar. He parked his chocobo not far outside the slums. He hadn't confronted any monsters yet. Probably the monsters were too scared of him or there were no monsters left. But all this didn't bother him. All he could think of is defeating Sephiroth. That is all he thought about.

Now the Shinra Building was just in front of him. It was severely destroyed by meteor. There were no more galss windows and there was mould everywhere. It looked like a huge tombstone.

Cloud entered the building. It was quiet, in fact, too quiet. He took a look at the elevator. Surprisingly, it was still working. He examined it and found out it was repaired. The person up there not only summoned him, he even made it easy for him to confront him.

Cloud entered the elevator and pressed the button to the highest floor. The elevator shook violently at first, but then started moving upwards. He was on his way to his ultimate battle.

"What? Did'cha say dat Cloud go to dat Shinra building all by himself? " Barret exclaimed.

"It's true! I saw Cloud went out riding a chocobo! He must have gone to confront Sephiroth all by himself! " Yuffie said.

"No! He can't! Sephiroth is too powerful. He is no match for him! " Aeris cried out.

"We got to go help him! It's his only chance! " Tifa continued.

"But how? Cloud got the only chocobo and it's impossible for us to catch up with him in time! " Red XIII said.

Everyone looked at each other. They have to reach Cloud fast, before something happened to him. There must be something they could do.

"If only I have my highwind here instead of leaving it with Shera in rocket town... "

Cid muttered but was cut off by a rumbling sound on top of them. Everyone ran out of the house. There was an enormous airship hovering ontop of the 7th Heaven. It was the Highwind! It’s a miracle!

After a short while everyone saw the Highwind, they saw Shera coming out of the highwind shouting.

"I am sorry captain! But the tiny bronco just....." Shera shouted against the loud engine roar of the highwind.

"Nevermind Shera! You came at the right time! Throw down the ladder! We are coming aboard!” Cid shouted and Shera nodded. She ran into the deck to get the rope ladder.

“Damn....why is she here only when I desperately needed her?"