3 Times A Lesson [Sephiroth]

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The world had gone dark. Heartless were constant here, a terror lurking in on every street and around every corner. It was not so different, Vincent thought, as she slipped into Nibelheim where ShinRa Mansion lay wasting. It had not been used since the downfall of ShinRa except for the murky activity by DeepGround.  To Vincent, it was just as dangerous as It always was.  Keeping a careful eye out, he slipped into the mansion.  He had a very specific goal in mind.  He was conducting more research. 

Aerith had gone through some things with him about Kingdom Hearts.  It was now time to see if there was a Key Hole here in Gaia so they could force out the Heartless and Lock the World.  It was a possibility to help Gaia heal itself.  Aerith said the planet was calling to her, tugging her back home and she hadn't known why.  There were feelings of guilt all round about the planet going dark.  He was there in the battle against Tenebra's Hunger with Rude, Leon and Cloud.  They hadn't performed to their best that day.  They were so used to winning that maybe something was trying to send them a message.

After  four hours of searching, he found something he did not expect to find - data files dating over thirty years ago during a very turbulent time in Vincent's own life.  It documented a series of moments that meant a lot to him and had affected him in many ways.  "Lucrecia," he murmured, sad, but no longer feeling completely full of guit.  He understood now what happened, and why it had happened.  After having that part of his life wrapped in guilt and remorse and complete angst, it had been cathartic to learn she had done whatever she oculd to save his life and regretted her actions with her son.  He collected them together - the ones concerning Hojo, the experiments on a fetus to be named Sephiroth and a daily log by Lucrecia.  There was another file he hadn't seen before: his own.  With a few clicks he brought it up, flickering, onto the screen.

SUBJECT TURK PRIME

STATUS: DE-ACTIVATED

OUTCOME: FAILURE

OVERVIEW: Infusion of fiend cells with human DNA.  Decaying cells may have contributed to lack of coherence between Human and Monster genomes.

HYPOTHESIS:  After extensive research several similarities have been discovered between the genes of humans and the following Monsters...

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The silver haired demon was soon standing in front of the Mansion gates.
Sephiroth stared with much hatred towards the building. This place was
created by them the people who he still wants to destroy with all of his
unwavering might. Sephiroth had made his way after his encounter with
Lightning and Valhalla.

He had gained so much knowledge you could say he was feeling somewhat
forgiving towards humanity. Most of his anger and hatred was still leaning
towards ShinRA and they're devious crimes they have committed. To the Chosen
Ones knowledge he lost three of his closest friends alongside the decent into
his own madness and corruption with the darkness.

With this in thought, he also took in mind his encounter with Aerith and Cloud.
Sephiroth still needed more information that Kadaj and Genesis have spoken of.
He needs to know if Jenova is in fact his real mother. Soon enough he made his
way to the mansion doors and busted them down with a simple kick and walked into
the main lobby.

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Seeing what happened to him written out so plainly was disconcerting. The clinical detail drove the knife between his ribs that little bit deeper. Hojo didn’t even see him as a dead person but he wasn’t sure why he was surprised: the man hadn’t viewed his unborn child as a baby. It was a little gauling to read what had happened to him in detail. He knew the essentials of course - the monster DNA, the mutations, and subsequently the infusion of G Substance to save his waning life.


Then he found a file on Sephiroth - it was long, chock full of data. It took him a while to get it working for the data was coming up with corruptions. Frowning, Vincent tried a few things he knew to see if it was intended to look like a corruption, but was infact a encryption, set up by Hojo to prevent anyone accessing Sephiroth’s files. The man clearly hadn’t taken it all too seriously, or he had figured no one would really go looking because sure enough Vincent had the files opened.


Lucrecia Crescent had been preserved as Sephiroth’s mother it seemed, probably for scientific enquiry and continuity more than an actual knowledgement of maternity. He knew the man hadn’t even let her hold her newborn child thus tipping his would-be love over the edge. she hadn’t lasted long after that, choosing to seal herself away inside a Mako Fountain. All that remained was an echo of what used to be, and whatever data files Hojo had uploaded - though for what purpose, he didn’t know. He was glad he had. Without them, Deepground’s Shelke wouldn’t have been able to help him regain control over Chaos.

A noise reached his ears. Vincent paused, not looking further into the file, Sephiroth’s parentage splashed across the screen in large lettering. He had a feeling he was no longer alone. Gently he pulled out his triple barrel gun.

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His cold green eyes gazed upon the room in hatred for ShinRa as a whole.
Sephiroth despised them more than he did the human. However, his hate for
the mortals have slowly been decaying ever since he found out about the
many goddess there is. Yet, his quest for finding out about his real mother
has grown so weary.

All Sephiroth wanted is his answers about the Goddess of his home world.
He believed her to be his mother just like Kadaj had said. Or at least wanted
to believe it, but he needs the proper information to prove his Remnants
theory correct. Until then Jenova will be forever his one true mother.
Sephiroth was going to send everything into the darkness and become a god
in the promised land.

With this in mind he slowly walked over to the stairs and made his way to the
second floor. Sephiroth could only imagine where that hidden door was. Sephiroth
had so much vast knowledge about everything ShinRA had ever done. The Chosen One
was going to annihilate every last one of them to exact his revenge.

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Vincent was not someone easily snuck up upon. He was not someone who startled or frightened easily. In fact, it was pretty difficult to motivate Vincent anywhere near the vicinity of ‘a little scared’ these days. He just wasn’t sure he was still capable of feeling that particular emotion. Maybe Hojo had broken it when he messed with his genetics. He knew he had been scared before being shot. Then everything changed.


He’d face down Sephiroth with nothing but a mean glare of red eyes, a dripping cloak and a triple barrel gun. He’d face Hojo again, fire burning in his heart, eyes blazing a mighty gold because even Chaos had learned to hate the man singularly. He’d toss down Rosso and Nero and Omega and he’d fight to the end for whatever it was being threatened this time.


And yet, he wasn’t made of stone. He knew things worried him still but sometimes recognising those things was difficult. So a distant sound was not about to make Vincent Valentine shake or run from his ground. No, he was going to wait until whomever, or whatever (knowing these parts) was lurking came to see him. They’d have to. All roads lead to this place eventually.

With his gun pointed straight towards the door and now in the middle of the room away from the sensitive computers, Vincent stared sternly at the door. There was a tickle at the back of his brain he was just being paranoid, but the longer he waited the less able to he was to open the door without running the risk of getting a faceful of something vicious. Better stay right here, logic told him. It’s mildly safer.