My gosh the response to this story is amazing. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews. It seems people wanted to see what became of sweet little Emma. Well, now we get to find out. And I kept something in mind for a friend who wanted to see more of a certain silver-haired teen. I gave him a bigger part this time. ;) Also had decided to have some laughs with a blonde who I love to torture to no end. xD Also a shout out to another awesome writer and friend on here by including their favorite FF7 character. I only hope I got his character right, Gen's not so easy. Anyways~ Hope you guys enjoy this chapter as much as the last one. Not so much fluff, but still sweet, I hope?

Enjoy!

Bonus Chapter

Ten years. That's how long Emma had waited to go to another convention. Her mother had gone into strict over-protective mode ever since the incident that had happened to her as a child. It only got worse when her older brother had gone off to college. Now it had just been her and her mother twenty-four seven and She was about to lose her mind. So, she did the only thing she could do, run away.

Perhaps run away was too strongly put. It was more like a vacation. A temporary break. Emma thought of it more as an adventure. A quest to find the one person that she had admired and looked up to ever since she was six. She opened her wallet and pulled out the picture from its protective sleeve and smiled as she looked at it.

Ever since she was deemed old enough to play T-rated video games, Emma went looking through every game she could think of. Her brother had a huge collection and it took her a while of looking before she found him. The funny part was, it wasn't a game that she saw him, but a movie. She didn't understand any of it, but she did recognize the man with the blonde hair. From what she remembered he was friends with Mr. Silver. So when she finally saw him make his entrance near the end it surprised her when the two ended up fighting.

Now she was sixteen and while she was excited to be at another convention and planned on having fun, she was here on a mission. She was not leaving until she saw Mr. Silver again. Most of the day had been spent looking for anything related to Final Fantasy Seven. She had passed by the booth marked for Final Fantasy Fifteen and approached the dark-haired man who was signing posters. He seemed nice enough, but when she asked about where the Seven booth was he wasn't very helpful.

Giving up on that lead she set out to find anyone else who might be more helpful. Her hopes soared when she spotted silver hair in the distance and ran up to see if it was him. She stopped when she came up to a booth labeled 'Kingdom Hearts'. The man with silver hair was sitting next to another man with brunette hair and a woman with blue hair.

The girl with blue hair smiled at Emma, "Hello there,"

"Um, hi," Emma replied looking over at the silverette, a little disappointed that it wasn't who she thought it was. "Um, you wouldn't happen to know where the Final Fantasy Seven booth is, would you?"

The three exchanged glances before the silverette nodded and stood up. "I'll go ahead and take you there, we had something to ask those guys anyway."

"Thank you," Emma replied as she trailed behind him.

They passed by a few booths before she voiced what had been on her mind since she saw him. "You kinda look like Sephiroth, are you related?"

At this Riku couldn't help but laugh. Emma felt a little embarrassed. "A lot of people ask me that, but don't read too much into the fanfictions, I've lost count how many times people have compared me to a remnant, but no, I'm not related to Sephiroth."

Over on the other side of the convention center a blonde was signing his 400th autograph of the day before sitting back and taking a break. His writing hand was practically screaming at him. The red-head sitting next to him only smirked as he signed another poster and a copy of the group's newest game: Crimson Legacies.

"What's the matter? Getting tired of your adoring fans?"

Cloud calmly shook his head. "No, just a little tired. Zack invited me to Yuffie's party last night and I had to be the responsible one and stay sober."

Genesis rolled his eyes, "You need to let loose my friend. You're beginning to sound like Sephiroth."

"I'm not that bad," the blonde defended. "Besides, I'm glad I didn't get carried away." Cloud jerked a thumb to his right over towards a less than enthusiastic puppy who was wearing a pair of sunglasses to protect his eyes from the glare of the ceiling lights.

"Hmm, point taken," Genesis replied.

The two watched a teenage boy walk by who was wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt that said "20% Cooler!" on the back.

"Can you believe that show is still popular?" asked Genesis.

Cloud just shrugged. A show like that didn't bother him, there were plenty of other shows that had been going for longer that were still around and they were nothing but crap. "At least that's worth watching," he replied causing Genesis to choke on his Pepsi.

"You're kidding right? Please don't tell me you actually watch ponies."

"When I have nothing else to do and manage to catch it on TV, it's not that bad."

Genesis couldn't stop staring, "What about polishing your sword, or working on that bike of yours? Or, practicing your skills? Anything's better than that!"

"My sword and bike don't need twenty-four hour care and after several successful games I doubt I could improve my skills anymore."

"But ponies?!" Genesis tried once to see what the hype was about it, but he could only gag at the blinding rainbow horses and their lessons on what it takes to be a better friend and that pink party pony, it made him shudder with disgust.

Cloud just blinked and shrugged, "I learned how to play the guitar over the summer, if that makes you feel better."

"Hey!"

Both the blonde and red-head turned to see Tifa walking up to the booth only to stop in front of Cloud and place her hands on her hips.

"Someone's in trouble," Zack snickered as he elbowed his friend.

Tifa glared at him, "Can it, shades."

He winced at her intense glare and went back to signing posters. Cloud sighed and folded his arms. "What is it this time?"

"You know full well what, you lost a bet and it's time to pay up."

"Come on Teef, I'm working," he whined, sounding more like a little kid who wanted five more minutes of sleep.

Tifa raised an eyebrow and pointed to the sign which read, 'on break'.

"My hand started to cramp up," he defended weakly.

Tifa gave him a mock smile, "N'aww, you poor baby, I know just what will help,..."

She walked around behind the booth, making the blonde nervous as she took his hand and pulled him along with her holding his writing hand in a crushing grip and ignoring his painful protests.

"Guys, a little help?" he called to the others. Genesis buried his nose into a book while Zack just waved with a sheepish smile, "Sorry Spikey, you're on your own."

"Some friends you are," the blonde retorted sourly as he was dragged off.

Emma listened to a few things Riku was telling her about the Kingdom Hearts games. She hadn't played them even though her brother had all of them and she was interested to find out more about them. Riku didn't want to spoil the story for her, but she said she didn't mind. Besides, he had a lot of good advice to give about fighting some of the bosses.

"So, when you get to that point in the fight, its best to run a few steps and then defend with Triangle before taking another few steps. You'll get to Sora faster that way and the Xemnas clone won't be able to knock you back as easily, oh and don't waste your potions on me, make sure Sora's health is full before that happens."

"That sounds like a tough fight," she replied.

"Not if you follow that advice. It sounds complicated, but you'll see what I mean when you get to that part. The real challenge is near the end when your trapped in that dome of light. I hope your good with rapid button mashing. You'll need to hit both triangle and X repeatedly in order to deflect the attacks. After that you just need one more finishing hit and you've won."

She nodded while still in thought before he cut in to her thoughts, "Here we are, the Final Fantasy booth."

She looked up and smiled when she saw the words Final Fantasy Seven in big letters on the top banner, but her smile faded when she only saw two people sitting there and neither one of them had silver hair.

Riku approached Zack, "Hey, are you two all that came?"

Zack shook his head, "Nope, Tifa just dragged Cloud off to a terrible fate somewhere. I don't have a clue when they'll be back."

"Oh," Riku replied looking over at Genesis next, "Hey Gen, Aqua was wondering if you had made your decision yet, about the next Kingdom Hearts title?"

Genesis closed his book and sat it on the table, "I haven't decided yet because I haven't seen the script. I would like a bit more screen time than as a simple secret or optional boss. Sephiroth might have not minded playing such a short role, I on the other hand deserve a little more credit."

Riku raised an eyebrow, "Didn't you already get enough screen time as the villain Zack had to fight in Crisis Core?"

At this Genesis huffed, "That was not a real final battle. Zack's last battle was against a battalion of mere troops!"

"Hey, that was my epic death scene! It was my big moment in video game history!" Zack snapped, feeling very offended.

Genesis glanced over at Zack and smirked, "Oh? I'm sorry, I thought that moment was famous because Cloud screamed like a girl."

Zack jumped to his feet, instantly regretting it as the room began to spin a little. "Take that back! A lot of people cried watching that scene!"

Genesis laughed, "Yes, I admit I cried too, but not out of heartbreak, no I was crying out of humor. When he told you goodnight I half expected cloud to tuck you in for a nap!"

And Genesis began laughing even harder, holding his sides, not paying attention to Zack who was slowly clenching his fists. Out of all the people in the world there were few that Zack disliked. Genesis had just earned a top spot on that list.

"Actually,"

Genesis and Zack looked over at the girl who was standing next to Riku (who was trying very hard to stay out of it), "Cloud didn't sound like a girl at all, my brother had to reenact that scene for a school project and he sounded just like Cloud when that part came up. He got a high grade for it and the drama teacher was impressed and he doesn't get impressed easily. And if you think about it, Saying goodnight is a lot better than saying goodbye. To many people, Goodbye is final, and you'll never see the person again, but in the storyline Cloud has seen Zack more than a few times after his death, whether it's through a dream, a flashback or in the lifestream itself. Also, that scene has been listed in the Video Gamerz magazine's Top ten most iconic moments in a defining event for a video game. I believe it was number six on that list."

The three cast members just stared and blinked at her until Zack slowly turned his head towards Genesis and looked smug. "Told ya,"

Genesis just rolled his eyes and went back to reading his book. Riku just sighed, glad that was over until he remembered, "Hey Zack?"

"Hmm?"

"Where can we find Sephiroth? Emma here's been trying to find him."

Zack sat back down and rubbed his forehead, "Sorry to tell you, but he didn't come to this convention. He's been real busy lately and was taking some personal time off. He'll be at the next one though, that's in,..." he pulled out his phone and scanned the schedule, "four months."

Emma took a step back, "Four months?! But, I needed him to be here this time! I can't make it to the next one!"

Zack removed his sunglasses and gave her a sincere look, "I'm sorry, Emma. There's nothing that can be done."

"You're out of luck my dear," Genesis added.

Emma looked down clenched her fists. "It figures, I was stupid to hope he'd be here." With that she took off running, leaving the three to watch her leave. Riku felt bad, Zack felt horrible and Genesis...just kept reading.

"Fangirls, they get more dramatic every year."

Riku and Zack glared at Genesis who looked up, sensing the harsh looks. "What?"

"It's a wonder you have any fans at all," Riku told him. "You said it," Zack added.

Emma kept running, not caring where she was headed. She was hoping for the exit, but a bathroom to ball her eyes out would work too. She turned a sharp corner only to trip over a cup that someone had missed throwing away and went stumbling forward, but two strong hands caught her before she hit the ground.

Emma looked up and was a bit surprised to see it was a cowboy of all things. She wanted to slap herself. For a split second she had hoped to see silver hair, but Zack had already said he wasn't here. Not only was she grounded for life, but it hadn't even been worth it.

"Hey, you alright?"

Emma looked back up at the cowboy who was still holding her, unsure if she'd fall if he let go.

"Y-yeah, thanks," she replied.

He let go folded his arms and was about to say something else when he saw something behind her and dove under a bench. He looked back up at the girl who blinked at him in confusion, "Shhh, I'm not here."

"Hey, you!" Emma looked up to see a girl wearing a black top and shorts with a cape attached to her belt and black gloves approach her. "Have you seen a guy in a cowboy costume?"

Emma shook her head, "No, I haven't. Sorry."

The girl let out a defeated sigh before shrugging, "Alright, thanks. Sorry to bother you." With that she headed off in another direction.

After making sure the coast was clear the man came out from his hiding place, "Thanks, I owe you one."

He took his chance to sit down, removed the cowboy hat and ran a hand through his spiky blonde hair. "I can't believe I got myself in the mess."

Emma looked at him and upon recognizing him, tried not to laugh. He was already feeling pretty miserable, then again she wasn't fairing much better. Keeping that in mind she plopped next to him.

"Looks like we're both up the creek without a paddle."

The blonde nodded, "Tell me about it. You say, 'let's mosey' just once and the whole world never lets you forget it."

"Could be worse," Emma said, "you could be sitting there in a dress."

"And suddenly being a cowboy doesn't seem so bad," he replied.

Emma smiled a little as she glanced at him, "Every cloud has a silver lining. I just wish I could find mine."

Cloud looked over at her and noticed she was looking at a picture. It was an old photograph of Sephiroth though the signature looked wrong. "Can I see that?"

Emma shrugged and handed it to him. He read the message and recognized his co-worker's hand writing. In all the years he had known Sephiroth he had never known him to personalize his signatures. He rarely added a message and never changed his name. "Where'd you get this?"

He handed the picture back to her as she looked at it and explained. "It was a few years ago since my last convention. I got lost. I don't remember a lot of it, because I was really little, but I remember going to him for help, because he was a grown up and didn't look as busy as the others. He was just standing there. He helped me find my family and then gave me this. I kinda felt bad when I got older and found out who he was. He probably had better things to do than help me, but when I read what he wrote it makes me feel better when I'm upset. I've been trying to meet him again, but my mom's been a bit over-protective ever since what happened last time."

"Sorry to tell you, but Seph's not here this time," he informed her.

"I know, Zack told me." She sighed and put the picture back in her pocket before getting up. "Not trying to tell you what to do, but you might want to go back to your booth. Zack and that red-headed guy looked like they wanted to rip each other apart when I left."

Cloud let out a moan, "Why'd Tifa have to hide my real clothes?"

Emma just shrugged, "What's wrong with what you're wearing? It'll help defuse the situation over there and to be honest, it looks pretty good on you."

"Seriously?" When Tifa had shown it to him he thought it was one of the ugliest things he had ever seen.

"Well, the hat not so much, but the red scarf looks good. It brings out your eyes and it's really not bad, also if anyone asks you could just say you were working on a Chocobo ranch or something," she replied with a shrug.

Cloud had to admit that idea hadn't occurred to him and it was a good one, but she turned to leave before he could say anything else, "I better get going and get my two year grounding over with now, since I don't think Mom'll forgive me until I graduate. Take care, Cloud."

He watched her go, before shaking his head and prepared to face his friends. He'd never live this down, but she did have a point. Looking like a cowboy was a lot better than the alternative. As he stood up he noticed something on the ground and picked it up. "That's not good." Cloud flipped open his phone and dialed a number.

A few hours later Emma was running through the airport. She had gone back to her motel room and cried herself to sleep, only to wake up and find out she was running late. She prayed that her flight would have a delay on it, since she was running so late and would surely miss it at this point. "Crap crap crap crap!" she chanted as she kept running. Getting through security was the worst part. She didn't have much, but the fact that there had been more than thirty people in front of her didn't help matters.

When she got to the gate her heart plummeted when she realized the big silver door was closed and the ticket lady was no where in sight. Taking a look out the window she saw the plane slowly being pushed in reverse as it got into position to take off.

With her shoulders sagged in defeat, she back-tracked and sat down on one of the benches. What was she going to do now? She had used all of her allowance money she had been saving up over the years for this trip and she didn't have enough money left to buy another ticket. She was stuck and had only one option left. She'd have to call her mother and have her come get her.

flipping open her phone she took a deep breath to collect herself and then turned it on. As she thought, her voice mail was full of messages from her mother. She deleted them without listening to them, knowing they would either be laced with worry, full of anger or just the sounds of her crying into the phone. There was one message though, that had been left about fifteen minutes ago. Emma decided to listen to that one before deleting it. What her mother said surprised her and she didn't know what to make of it.

"Emma, sweetheart, I'm sorry I didn't try harder to understand. I should have realized that I was being too harsh and overprotective. After almost losing you that time, I got scared, but trying to keep you in my sights only made it worse and I should have realized it was only a matter of time before you tried to go out on your own like this. I received a phone call earlier and at first I was afraid, but it seems you've chosen a good role model to look up to. Do me a favor and tell him I owe him twice? Love you sweetie, see you soon, bye."

Emma pulled her phone away from her to give it the weirdest look. "What the heck was that all about?"

Something floated down and landed in her lap. Emma looked at it only to realize it was the picture of Sephiroth she had always carried.

"I believe you dropped this."

She looked up and her jaw dropped when she saw him standing there.

It was really him, it was Sephiroth! she couldn't believe it.

"But, how?" she managed to say.

"Cloud noticed you dropped it when you ran off and asked me to return it to you."

Emma just shook her head. "No! Well, yeah, that, thanks, but how are you here? They said you weren't gonna be at the convention!"

"This is an airport," he calmly stated.

"You know what I mean," she retorted.

"Again, you can thank Cloud for that. He called me up to ask me if I had ever signed my name as 'Mr. Silver'. I told him I hadn't been called that in ten years and then I remembered who it was that gave me that name. A little girl who had gotten herself lost."

"I'm sorry if I troubled you back then, though I guess I'm not doing any better this time," she replied, rubbing her arm, embarrassed.

Sephiroth shook his head, "I almost didn't recognize you, without the stuffed pikachu."

She tried not to laugh. "Yeah, that thing met an unfortunate end thanks to the German Shepard puppy we got. Poor Pikachu never stood a chance."

She then hugged her backpack closer to her and looked up at him, "So, you came all this way just to see me?"

"In all honesty," he began as he flipped open his phone and scrolled through all of the calls he had gotten in the day, "I didn't plan on it, but a lot of people started calling me and left me some interesting messages." He hit play and handed the phone to her so she could listen.

First saved message: From Genesis Rhapsodos

"Sephiroth, you should really stop being so cruel to your adoring fans. They get very testy when you don't show up. Poor girl, I thought she was going to break down she looked so upset. Keep this up and you'll have fewer fans than Noctis."

Next saved message: From Zack Fair

"Seph~! How could you do that, man? I know you wanted a little break an' all, but your fans were really hoping to see you, especially this one girl. She's been waiting for a long time to see you again and you let her down? not cool man!"

Next saved message: From Riku

"Hi, I know it's not really my business, but this is one convention you shouldn't have missed. There was a fan here who really wanted to see you and she said she wouldn't get another chance. I know how crazy some fans can get, but something seemed different about this girl. She seemed to know you more as a friend than a fan."

Next saved message: From Cloud Strife

"Hey Sephiroth, have you ever signed your name as Mr. Silver? There was a fan here who had a photo of you with that name in your hand writing. She also seemed pretty disappointed that you weren't here. She dropped the photo when she left and I couldn't find her to give it back, think you can swing by and help me find her?"

There are no new messages.

Emma pulled the phone away and handed it back to Sephiroth. "They all called you?"

"They did," he replied, putting his phone back in his pocket.

Emma could feel warm tears in her eyes at the thought of it. "You have some awesome friends," she said.

He sat down next to her, "I wouldn't really call them friends. Perhaps Cloud, but That's only because we spend so much time together. rehearsals, going over scripts and screenplays and such. Zack likes to party too much, Gen's always got his head shoved in a book and I don't really know Riku all that well."

Emma remained silent for a while, her sadness didn't escape the silverette's notice. "Something wrong?"

"I messed up big time," she replied.

"Care to be more specific?"

"I'm in so much trouble when I get home and I'm such a horrible daughter. I didn't tell her I was leaving, where I was going and now I have to call her up so she can come get me because I was stupid and missed my flight. I'd buy another ticket, but I don't have enough."

Sephiroth simply folded his arms and smirked with his eyes closed. "How do you think I got here so fast?"

"What?" asked Emma.

"I came on my private jet; one of the perks of being a successful actor."

Emma glanced over at him, "Perks huh. So I take it all of the other cast members get their own jets?"

"No," Sephiroth replied, "Cloud got to keep that motorcycle and Zack got to keep one of the buster swords."

"One of them? You mean there were more?"

"Well, one was too rusted which was the one Cloud stuck in the ground at the cliff, the other was kept in perfect condition for the end of the movie and Zack got to keep the one he used most."

"Oh."

Sephiroth looked over at the departing flights, "So, which airport was your flight suppose to land at? I could give you a ride."

"Oh, no, nononono, I couldn't ask you to do that. I've caused you enough trouble already!"

"It's no trouble, besides, I've already called your mother and she's expecting both of us."

"Us?" Emma had to do a double take. So that's what her mother meant in the message!

"Okay, let's go then. She's gets a little weird when she worries too much," Emma replied as she gathered her things.

"Then let's not keep her waiting."

Emma followed after him and couldn't stop smiling. He had done so much for her, just like he had ten years ago. She knew she had to do something to make it up to him.

Sephiroth on the other hand was thinking about how lucky he was to have a fan like her. It was her that had changed his outlook all those years ago. True, his fellow cast members were an odd bunch, but he had come to respect them over the years.

On the jet ride home Sephiroth handed her an envelope. "Here, this would have arrived in your mail box in a few days anyway, but I thought it best to give to you now."

Emma looked at the envelope and read the address. It was from Cloud, but it had her address on it. "How do you guys even know where I live?"

"Reeve is quite skilled with computers. I don't think there's anything he can't do with one."

She nodded, knowing that was probably true and opened what she thought was a letter. Instead it was two photos. Emma couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Something funny?" asked Sephiroth.

Emma couldn't bring herself to say it, so she just handed the photos to him.

The first had a picture of a blonde-haired cowboy posing (Cowboy hat and all), giving her a thumbs up and the second one was a picture of him sitting at the Final Fantasy Booth in between Zack and Genesis who were all but rolling on the floor with laughter. They were in complete hysterics and poor Cloud just looked miserable, though he was just simply trying to tolerate the humiliation.

Emma noticed there was writing on the back of one of the pictures and took it from the laughing silverette. Sephiroth didn't laugh openly, but seeing the blonde looking so ridiculous, he couldn't help it.

Emma was too busy reading what Cloud had wrote her to notice.

"They didn't buy the chocobo ranch idea, but it did help them get along. The fans also got a kick out of it and thanks to you I had to sign even more autographs and got more pictures taken than normal. I doubt my reputation will ever be the same. My hand's pretty cramped up, but I wanted to thank you. I Look forward to seeing you at the next convention, if you can come. I'll make sure Sephiroth will be there next time. I still owe you one after all.

Cloud Strife~"

Emma flipped the picture over and smiled that it was the one that he was being laughed at. Looking closer she noticed that, although he appeared to be miserable, he was really smiling.

Looking up from the picture and smirking at the silverette that had finally composed himself, she gazed out the window at the city lights far below.

Yep, definitely worth it.

~*~FIN~*~