Oh wow! Two chapter in one night?! I would say that I'm great, but this chapter was written about the same time as Tifa and Sephiroth going crazy in Nibelhiem. I'm not kidding, I knew this was how this was going be, I just had to change a few things here and there because of how drastically the story changed. And here we have my beautiful readers, the end-

"This place is kinda creepy," muttered Yuffie from the back of the group. "Even creepier than Vincent." It was about the twentieth time she had made the statement, meaning she was indeed creeped out. Tifa wrote off the twittering teen as she had been doing for the few weeks they had been travelling together. Vincent was at Tifa's side as she led the group further into the Forgotten Capitol. It was easier for her to walk next to the quiet man or Red XIII, the two did not show pity towards her, nor did they feel the need to keep talking to her. Cid had been a handful. It was not until she had broken his nose that the two had reached and agreement. He did not hit on her and she did not break his nose. Though she was not on bad terms with any member of Avalanche, she still felt like an outsider. Yes, they had agreed to try to save Sephiroth rather than just kill him to stop him, but when the final hour finally came could she trust them? She doubted it, but it was worth the try in the meantime.

"She had to be here somewhere," Tifa said, more to herself than to anyone in the group. While she had wanted to break from them to find the laboratory where the real Hojo and her child was located, she had to find and protect Aeris as well. It was just something she had to do for Zack, she owed him that much. Fair and Sephiroth were the only two people who Tifa could now call friend. Cloud had tried again to get her to remember the past by telling her stories of her and her friends in Nibelhiem. Tifa still did not remember anything before being in that cold, specimen holding cell at Shirna. Eventually, he had started to give up. The tales he was telling had happened to another Tifa, not the woman who traveled with them.

"Mother fucker,' Barrett snapped as the sun began to disappear behind the horizon. "I s'pose we outta rest an' start lookin' in tha' mornin' ." They had spent the entire day searching, but there had been no signs of Aeris. The only thing that could stop the Black Materia was Holy, and the City of the Ancients was the place where it had to be summoned. If Aeris succeeded, Jenova's plan would be thwarted. It would be a tough fight but she was sure she could reach Sephiroth with the truth.

"That place looks stable enough," Cloud offered pointing to a house off the the right of the three-way fork in the road. Tifa continued on with the group to the house. She chose to take up her vigil outside. Sleep was a commodity that she could live without. Many nights had passed with little or no sleep. Occasionally, Vincent would sit with her, not speaking, but simply providing a physical presence.

An eerie silence settled over the Forgotten Capitol, breaking Tifa's reverie. Silence was something that she was used to, but there was absolutely no sound. Not even the wind whistled through the buildings, even though she felt the breeze. Apparently, the silence had awoken everyone else as well, but she did not have time to wait for them. She had to find the cause. Something drew her back to the three-way path and down the center path. The house they had examined before now sported a crystalline staircase that went down. Of course, she had to go down. By then, the rest of Avalanche was catching up to her. They followed her down the stairs.

(We need some dramatic music here, pick your favorite tune)

"There Sephiroth, see the swine kneeling below? I told you she would come here, praying to whatever power it is humans worship," Jenova sneered through Sephiroth's mind. Mother had been right, he observed the human girl from above. His eyes were bloodshot and his sliver hair was a tangled mass. He had only left his high perch a few times. Days and turned into weeks and now he saw his target. For a brief moment he allowed his eyes to close, envisioning running his sword through her. He knew exactly the sound the blade would make. A smile crept across his face as he mentally felt her flesh part of the Masamune as he drove it through her body, using all of his weight. This was something he had done hundreds of times before, but now it would be enjoyable. Yes, it still was a task that had to be completed, but it was a task he wanted. He wanted to make Mother happy and reclaim the planet and Promised Land for her. He was her champion and would be loath to give up that title. In the weeks he had waited Mother had spoken with him. Telling him of the past, how the humans had used magic to drive the Ancients to insanity. She was all that had survived because she was stronger than the rest.

"Now Sephiroth, strike now!" Jenova commanded and Sephiroth, ever the obedient soldier, leaped from his perch.

(Pan camera down)

"Aeris," Cloud shouted when he caught sight of the kneeling figure. Tifa knew something was wrong. Aeris wore a smile, but she was not happy. Then she heard it. The first foreign sound of the night. A light, higher pitched, woosh that sounded so familiar. It could not be? But it had to be, fighting at his side of years had trained her ears to pick up the voice of the masamune. Without thinking Tifa launched forward, bounding from step to step. She had to stop him, for Zack Fair. Why would he want to kill Aeris? Tifa's eyes darted up as she to leaped from the last stone pillar that served as step to the alter. Using all of her strength and speed, Tifa pushed Aeris out of the line of Sephiroth's sword. It was not time for Fair's girlfriend to join him in the Lifestream. Tifa was sure that Zack would have wanted her to keep living, even without him. That was just the kind of guy that Zack Fair was.

Tifa had sacrificed herself to save Aeris. Had she ever put herself intentionally in harms way to save anyone before? She could not remember a time. Her jobs as a Soldier had been to eliminate targets, not protect them. Turks protected Shinra officials, not Soldiers. Pain exploded through her lungs and belly. Sephiroth had impaled her through the side, nicking a lung in the processes. Death was not going to be quick, but at least Aeris was saved. She had not felt the legendary sword enter her body, but when Sephiroth went to pull it out it was pure agony. Tifa could not hold back the moan and blood speckled cough. Breathing was growing more difficult by the second, which meant that blood had to be pooling into her lung. Tifa rolled on her back to look up at Sephiroth.

"Fair's girlfriend," she muttered, coughing up more blood. The hole in her side, gurgled, spewing air bubbles and blood. Sephiroth, knelt at her side, eyes wild. Large hands pressed on the wound he had made. In the back of his mind, Jenova was screeching, trying to get him to leave but he could not. He had stabbed Tifa, he had killed her. "S-seph," she began to sputter, fighting off the numbness that was creeping through her body; pain meant she was still alive, numbness meant death. "C-child... o-o-ours."

"We have a child?" he asked, searching her armlets and gloves for her Full Cure materia. "Full Cure?"

"S-sp-spoiled," she gurgled. "D-don-don't kn-know if c-child … a-alive." Sephiroth cursed, everything else forgotten as he took the Restore materia that she did have and began to cast it. The group stood and watched Sephiroth fight to heal Tifa, too shocked to move. Aeris had been knocked unconscious by the shove that Tifa had given her. No one dared move. They could only watch in awe and horror as Sephiroth tried desperately to save Tifa's life. "F-find o-our ...child," muttered Tifa as her eyes closed. Consciousness slipped away. The last sound she remembered was a barely human scream from Sephiroth. The Restore materia had closed up the hole in her lung but she had lost a great deal of blood. Sephiroth cradled her to him and took off, all previous thoughts and plans erased from his mind.

-of disc one. :) Gotcha! As promised, it's going to be smooshed down here but I'm posting the outline that I actually made. So you can see just where I thought this was going to go. These last two chapter have been shorter than what I wanted, but I should be able to pick it up again.

Chapter 28 (Chapter 29 in fic)

→ Tifa on boat, group not a fan of → Sephiroth in Nibelhiem, he learns about the reunion protocol → Back to Costa where Tifa learns about Hojo clones

Chapter 29: Gold Saucer Round 1

→ Sephiroth Slaughters looking for keystone but cannot touch it → (skipping Corel) Date, Cait Sith, blamed for slaughters → Prison, Tifa kills for buggy (others "do not know")

Chapter 30: Smutty Reunion

→ Gongaga and Turks!:Cosmo Canyon where Tifa sees Sephiroth while Nanaki is in Gi Cave:he tells her about Keystone and cloaked men

Chapter 31: The Past

→ Nibelhiem flashback :Present day Nibelhiem:Tifa heads back to Gold Saucer alone because of the hate

Chapter 32: Useless Fluff

→ Rocket town/Cloud misses Tifa/ Tiny Bronco → Sephiroth loves mother

Chapter 33: Gold Saucer Round 2

→ Tifa wins keystone/heads towards Temple of Ancients in boat/Is blown off course to Mideel/Banora/Enter Hollander/Genesis/Angeal?/Learns that she may have children in Modeohiem

Chapter 34: Temple of the Ancients

→ Game events only Tifa loses it/Forgotten Capitol Forest

Chapter 35: End of Disc One

→ Sephiroth learns he and Tifa have kids/Tifa dies?/end fic?