Cloud's eyes slowly opened as he heard familiar voices.

"Cloud! Cloud are you okay! We've been so worried!"

As he fully came into consciousness he realized who was speaking.

"Tifa!?" Cloud gasped excitedly

"Cloud!" Tifa exclaimed throwing herself on him with a big hug. "Your okay!"

Cloud looked around and saw all of his old friends standing around him. Tifa, Barret, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Red, and Cait Sith were all looking at him. He looked up and noticed there was a blue sky, he looked down and realized he was on dirt.

"Wh-what happened? Where are we?" Cloud asked slowly getting up.

"We saw Sephiroth in the sky!" Exclaimed Yuffie "Except he looked a whole lot scarier! And then there was some blinding light, and we went to the source, and you were just lying here on the ground!"

"Really?" Cloud said rubbing his head.

"Yeah, and some really weird guys were all over you seeing if were okay."

"Weird guys?"

"Yeah man!" Barret Chimed in. "Dude, there was some guy in green armor, and a knight looking guy, and some pirates, and this dude in a trench coat, and some big freakin lion, and a kid with a key, and two dudes with there underwear on the outside!"

"Okay, okay I get it! Did you see where they went?"

"Yes." Said Tifa "When we drove up, the Lion motioned his head for them to leave or something, and they all just faded away!"

"And Sephiroth?"

"We haven't seen him since that giant flash of light."

"What happened?!" Yuffie yelled jumping up and down Did you guys fight! What's going on!?"

"It's a long story" Cloud said almost in a whisper, as he tilted his head to the sky.

"But right now.." he said closing his eyes "I'm just glad to be home."

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Sephiroth lay cold. On the ground. In the rain. Pitch darkness was everywhere. He was broken, defeated, powerless and alone.

"How could this have happened!?" He asked himself slowly getting to his feet, the rain washing over him.

"I had the power!" He yelled "I WAS A GOD!!!!!"

"So you were." A voice rang out from the cold. "And yet you failed."

"Wh-whos there?" Sephiroth said reaching for his sword only to find that it was gone.

"You know, I tried the whole all powerful thing myself. Didn't work out for me either. Just doesn't seem right does it. The ones without the power can vanquish those with it. Fair is foul and foul is fair after all."

"W-what do you want!" Sephiroth yelled into the darkness "Who are you!"

"Why Sephiroth" The voice chuckled "I'm the one who sent you on this journey. Think of it as a sort of test. A taste of what's to come"

"Wh-what!?"

"Now." Said the stranger, walking closer, yet still covered in shadow.

"Let's move on to the main event."

Duel of the Fates Barrier Break

The End

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