The Other World Returns

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Tifa huffed as she ran after her target, who was faster than her, Red following her. Vincent and Cid were chasing another target as Barret and Yuffiewent after another target. Who were these people they were chasing? Well, they couldn't exactly call them people.

They appeared on a mission Reno was to provide a chopper lift to some Turks who got ambushed. It was only until have Reno managed to get the two Turks on the chopper to get them to safety and back to base did they find out who the attackers were.

Sephiroth had created remnants of himself while he was in the Lifestream who called themselves Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo. The three remnants were representations of certain parts of Sephiroth.

Yazoo represented Sephiroth's charisma and aloof demeanor. Loz was the manifestation of Sephiroth's physical strength and speed. Kadaj is the representation of Sephiroth's hatred and rage and serves as the leader.

All three of them wore black, have silver hair, and are left-handed, like Sephiroth.

Loz was physically bulky and muscular. His silver hair is short and slightly spiky with sideburns, and he has green eyes with cat-like pupils, the same as Sephiroth. He wears his weapon, the Dual Hound, on his left arm and uses a Velvet Nightmare handgun otherwise. His torso is also covered over with crossing black straps and shoulder guards. He wears a full-body suit of leather that hugs tight upon his well-built form.

Yazoo wore a long black coat zipped up over his chest with black boots, shoulder guards and straps crossing over his torso. His silver hair is long and extends partway down his back and he has green eyes with cat-like pupils. He fights using a Velvet Nightmare handgun, and is the tallest of his brothers and is very lean. Because of his height, hair, and outfit, Yazoo was mistaken for being Sephiroth when he was first seen before the differences were seen.

Kadaj resembled Sephiroth to a great degree. Kadaj wore black leather clothing with gauntlets and a coat, which he keeps zipped up. The image of a single wing is sewn on the back of his coat as an allusion to Sephiroth. He has shoulder-length silver hair that partially covers his face and green cat-like eyes. Kadaj's weapon is the Souba, a katana with two parallel blades that he carries in a sheath on his lower back.

Vincent had called Kadaj a "larval" form of Sephiroth.

As soon as Tifa heard the news, she called the others and tracked the three so a base they were attacking. Their arrival surprised the Remnants and allowed Avalanche to make their move. The battle followed and each side tossed their won hits, Tifa getting knocked out by Loz for a couple of minutes, but the Remnants were still able to get away with something in their grasp.

Avalanche followed them, intent on stopping them from doing what they were planning.

Red noticed that Tifa was falling behind, mostly due to the fact she was still recovering from Loz's hit on her head, and ran up behind her, using his head to lift her up and onto his back. Tifa gave him her thanks, but nothing more as the caught up with the others.

The Avalanche group stopped in a clearing, where the Kadaj was messing with the small machine he had taken from the base. The Remnants and stopped and smiled when they saw Avalanche. Tifa got off Red and stepped forward, getting to a battle stance with her fists at the ready. Barret and Vincent aiming their weapons at the Remnants. Red hunched down, ready to pounce and claw. Yuffie had her large 4-Point Shuriken ready to throw and Cid has his spear out at the ready.

"Why did you attack the base? What is your purpose," Tifa snarled at them.

"Snarling like a dog. Isn't the dog right next to you," Yazoo said, crossing his arms as Loz pointed at her with a grin and said, "I thought my hit would have knocked you down for good."

Tifa narrowed her eyes at them. Vincent eyed the machine in Kadaj's hands, seeing some of Hojo's work.

"That's one of Professor Hojo's work. What do you want with it," Vincent asked cooly.

Kadaj chuckled, making Avalanche at how like it sounded like Sephiroth.

"Brother could sense that Big Brother was no longer in this world. So he created us to go after him and get his blood," Kadaj told them.

"Brother? Big Brother," Barret echoed, confusion in his voice.

"Sephiroth and Cloud," Red stated, his tail flickering.

"What do you want with Cloud," Cid asked, tightening his grip on his spear.

The Remnants turned to each other and smiled and turned back in unison at Avalanche. Kadaj had stopped messing with the small machine, seemly done what he needed to do with it at the moment.

"Cloud has Sephiroth cells in his blood, but he also has Jevnova cells. His blood is the key to bring back Jevnova and everything. Adding that to the Jevnova in the world he is in, out Mother will have twice enough power, but Sephiroth will return and bring the reunion that should have happened years ago. And this device-" Kadaj explained, holding up said device to a horrified Avalanche, "-will transport us there. We will get his blood, him dying or not, we don't care."

"No! Leave Cloud alone! He deserves a break from all this," Yuffie screamed, but the Remnants ignored her.

"We won't let you doing anything to Cloud," Tifa screamed, rushing forward with clear attack intent. Loz met her head-on, punching Tifa and dogging punches she tossed at him. Barret and Vincent let loose their firing, aiming at Yazoo, who fired back with his own gun. Yuffie, Red, and Cid ran at Kadaj, who jumped away at them, pushing button al the while.

However, their attack failed to stop Kadaj from pushing some last buttons. With a laugh, he tossed the small machine into the air. It froze mid-air and a portal opened. Loz and Yazoo fell back as Kadaj laughed, running through the portal. Loz and Yazoo followed.

"NO," Tifa screamed.

It wasn't far. Why did Cloud always have to be the one? But they would be there. They had to be there for Cloud. He didn't know what was coming and he would need all the help he could get in his new world he chose to stay in.

Tifa turned to her friends and pointed at the portal.

"Quickly! We have to help Cloud! We can't let them kill him," Tifa shouted.

The other members of Avalanche nodded. Together, the group ran through the portal, intent on saving their friend and stopping a monster from returning.

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Me: *GASP* The Remnants are here! But you knew that.

If you don't know who they are and you're a Final Fantasy Fan, sorry, but what planet are you living on?

Some chapters might get longer in the future, depending on what the chapter is about.

Anyway, I hope you guy has a Merry Christmas!

Stay tuned for the next chapter!