Kadaj's Final Mission: Lifestream Chaos

[Amizon]

Kadaj's Final Mission:
Lifestream Crisis

A year has passed since the events of Sephiroth's final demise. Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, Red, Vincent and Cait Sith were regarded as heroes for bringing peace to the planet. They had monuments built in different parts of the world to remember their fight for the ultimate peace and working towards the future. All seemed well ... until there came a problem with the planet.

The Lifestream. It comes in the time in between life and death. A rip in the Lifestream has caused many things to spill out. Monsters, old enemies and friends have emerged from it unsettled. In response to this, Rufus Shinra has ordered the immediate capture of Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, Red, Vincent and Cait Sith. Special forces of SOLDIER were used to take them away from their homes and force them into the top security centre at the newly rebuilt Shinra building in the outskirts of the town of Edge, which surrounds the old ruins of Midgar.

Only one good thing emerged from the Lifestream. The silver haired young and green eyed man called Kadaj has returned to the planet. He has recently heard of their capture and knows he only has a short limited time to clear their names. To do this, he must find out the truth as to why the Lifestream is in crisis and how the blame came to his former enemies.

Time is running out. Kadaj must complete his mission and return to peace. New and old faces will cross paths with him ...

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Chapter 1: Aftermath

The people of the planet now lived in fear of going outside to see what was out there. They had put their full trust into Shinra Inc, whom were investigating what had gone on in the Lifestream. Shinra now controlled everything. Shinra controlled the newspapers, Shinra controlled the countries in the world, Shinra controlled the technology. They manipulated the lives of the people living in fear. No longer could the people trust themselves. They believed that Shinra could solve everything. After all, they were the ones who had Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, Red, Vincent and Cait Sith into custody in a high top security centre. The Turks always went in there to taunt them, especially Rude and Reno.

One day, Rude and Reno went to go and check up on them. As always, Rude was wearing his purple shades and most probably had a few more pairs in his inside suit pocket. He was dressed smartly, yet he hadn't changed in the past year. Rude was tough, but he liked to dress smart. On the other hand, there was Reno. He was quite cocky. No, he was very cocky. Like most times, he was wearing his red hair in a ponytail and put his glasses on top of his head. To many eyes, he was never dressed smartly. He had his metal crobar with him patting it gently against his right shoulder. He also had his two top buttons undone on his shirt.

"Let's see how the former hero guys are doin'," said Reno. "Maybe we can even start gettin' on their nerves, you know?"

Rude did not answer, he simply put on his black gloves he wore for combat.

"You expecting resistance?" he asked.

"No," said Rude. "I just like to look smart unlike you."

Reno laughed a little. "Always a lucky shot, Rude," he smiled. They came to the holding cells, where the eight of them were in separate cells. "Lookey here. It's the FORMER heroes."

Cloud did not look at him or Rude. He had no weapon on him. After all, even he had been beaten by Shinra's special force called SOLDIER. He had been quiet now for the past few weeks. In the next cell to his right, Tifa was looking stressed out.

"We won't be here for long," she said. "We haven't even done anything wrong!"

"Tifa, say nothing to them," said Cloud immediately. "They are just Turks. They are not here to question us, they're here to haunt us since we're on the wrong side of the prison cell."

"Well observed!" said Reno. "You actually used your head! And who was it again that took you all down? The Turks are back on top again."

"It wasn't the Turks," said Vincent in his usual dark voice. "It was SOLDIER. The new and robotic SOLDIER. Even Rufus Shinra knows well not to meddle with the minds of the people on the planet after what happened to those kids a year ago."

"No one doesn't wanna be reminded, Vincent!" yelled Barret. "You frigging arseholes! You let me out here before I really lose my cool!" He was the only one with a weapon since he had an arm gun. He shot at the laser beam door, which did not seem to be affected.

"Even that piece of technology can overthrow Shinra's genius," said Rude.

"So he finally speaks, eh?" said Cid. "You're all full of crap! Why don't you and me go for a round right here and right now?"

"Without your weapons, you're pretty useless," giggled Reno.

"Hey, I got my own weapon," said Tifa. She still had her gloves on.

Rude did not smile. "Similar in ways we are, but you will never match up to me in battle style," he said. "Just you wait. There's still sometime before your fate is decided."

"And when that comes, it'll be goodbye to you losers," said Reno. "And then the Turks are takin' over the battlefield. The evolution is coming! SOLDIER and the Turks are in control!"

"Not until we exactly get told why we have been taken by Shinra," said Red.

"Yes! He's right! You better tell us now!" said Cait Sith.

"Huh, we don't even know the story ourselves," said Reno.

"But you're not gonna like it if you hear it," said Rude.

Reno laughed. "Sorry to leave you all hanging here, but we gotta go and do our work," he smiled. "Come on, Rude. Let's go and stop the things coming out of the Lifestream."

Once the pair of them were gone, Cloud stood to his feet. "I just realised something!" he shouted.

"What is it, Cloud?" asked Tifa.

"Everyone and everything that exists in the Lifestream has been released," said Cloud. "That would mean all that we've seen go into it. That would mean Zack, Loz, Yazoo, Sephiroth, Kadaj ... and Aeris."

"Aeris?" said Barret. "Man, I can't believe this is all happening." He sighed and looked sad. "If only ... if only I could see Marlene now. She better be safe with Denzel."

"Where is she, Barret?" asked Vincent.

"Denzel took her somewhere safe," answered Tifa. "He took her to the underground level in the bar. Only Barret, me, Cloud and the old gang of AVALANCHE knew of that place."

And then Barret jumped to his feet. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" he yelled. "We've been blamed for something we didn't do! That list of people Cloud said also means Jessie, Biggs and Wedge! Oh man ... it's been three years since that happened. Wait, do you think this is good or bad? Those who are dead have returned."

"Of course it's not good," said Vincent.

"I'm not getting what you are all talking about ..." murmured Yuffie.

"Don't you understand?" he asked her, even though he couldn't see her even if they were in separate cells. "It's not just the good things that happen. The bad things happen. It begins all over again. Our battle started with Sephiroth. This means that Sephiroth returns with everyone. And the problem is that we're stuck in prison. Who is going to fight Sephiroth? No one here, except for Cloud, can fight him."

But no one answered to this question. Yuffie went back to wondering how she could escape and grab the materia they had, so that she could help free the others. Vincent went to thinking in his dark, yet mysterious mind. Barret was worrying over Marlene and then was amazed by his return of his old AVALANCHE comrades. Cait Sith was jumping around his prison cell. Red was running towards the metal wall trying to break it down. Tifa was practicing her martial arts for the next time she met with Rude. And as for Cloud ... he was wondering if Sephiroth could truly return to bring the horrors he had brought over the past few years. He couldn't fight Sephiroth. And Vincent was right. They couldn't get out. Cloud couldn't get out. Who would match up to Sephiroth's power?

In the meantime, the town of Edge was empty apart from the cars and vans passing by. The only people walking around were those in the alleyways. A black coated man jumped down from a roof on a tall building. His hair was short, yet silver and his eyes were bright green with very small vertical black pupils. There were forces of SOLDIER patrolling the streets of Edge that day.

"Hey! There's one of the creatures emerged from the Lifestream! It's him!" they yelled.

"Creature? How insulting," he said. He drew his double sword, which had a gold handle. "You clearly judge a book by its cover."

He had the glow of the Lifestream seen in his eyes. The soldiers started shooting at him, but he dodged their bullets by deflecting them back at them with his double sword. Once that was done, he jumped into the air quicker than any normal human being and slashed all of them making them drop dead. The man put his double sword away in its holster and then looked around. He knew that more of SOLDIER's forces would be after him soon.

The man thought to himself. They will slowly know who I am. They will recognise my face. But they will not merely see me as a different person from the person I was a year ago.

Rufus Shinra was in a truck heading towards Edge and he was talking to Rude, who was apparently his new bodyguard until he employed a proper one. "Rude, what do you think SOLDIER has found in Edge?" he asked. He was no longer in a wheelchair anymore and his face had recovered from the devastation three years ago.

"I think that they have found nothing," he said simply.

Suddenly, the truck crashed into a wall. Reno, Rude, Tseng and Elena got off the truck immediately seeing the cause to this. "What is going on?" said Elena right away. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Elena, it is them ..." began Tseng.

"And so it is," said Rude, nodding his head.

"You mean him," said Reno. "There isn't the other two with him. It's him."

"Ah, yes," said Rufus Shinra as he came off the truck and looking at the attacker through his own eyes without bandages for the first time in a year. "So you have returned, Kadaj."

The man smiled. "You shouldn't expect anything less, Mr President," said Kadaj, as he simply stood there some distance away from them. He was in front of the monument Shinra Inc had built for the victims of the crisis three years ago in Midgar. "Besides ... you think I came from the Lifestream for revenge? If you thought so, you're gladly mistaken. I only came for a little chat. But of course, you had to bring bodyguards with you. What can they do to protect you? They couldn't even fight Loz or Yazoo. Your red haired geek and your bald guy couldn't handle them."

Reno and Rude looked offended, but they remained calm since Rufus Shinra was in their presence.

"You were saying?" said Rufus Shinra.

"You know what?" said Reno. "I've had enough of this."

He ran at Kadaj and then started to combat him in martial arts. Kadaj blocked his attacks and then punched him in the face. In turn to this, Reno took out his metal crobar and then tried whacking Kadaj in the face. But Kadaj was too quick and then knocked his crobar out of his hand with his double sword. Rude was going to intervene, but then Kadaj put his double sword to his throat. He backed off and then Kadaj looked at Rufus Shinra.

"Now I will tell you what I wish to say about the Lifestream's current state," said Kadaj.

 

[Sephire]

Wow, once I started reading that I couldn't stop. Your writing is amazing, the way you describe everything gives a real clear image in the readers mind. I like the humor of the turks, you got that nailed I can't wait to read more, the storyline seems amazing, keep it up =)

 

[Amizon]

Thanks for the support there. Here is the next chapter.

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Chapter Two: Solo Lifestream Warrior

"Ha, ha," said Rufus Shinra, laughing a little. "You always were the special one, Kadaj. So you have emerged from the Lifestream too, I take it? And why should we listen to what you say?"

"President, remember that it was me who had control of Edge a year ago," said Kadaj. "But I was wrong. Becoming Sephiroth caused my death at the same time. I returned to the Lifestream ... to Mother. Are the rumours true? Is it true that you are holding my brother and his friends for this outburst?"

Rufus nodded. "And if you carry on like that, little boy, you will be joining them," he said simply.

"You can't call me a mere boy," said Kadaj. "You couldn't live the horrors I went through. Could you even imagine becoming a remnant of Sephiroth and feel him wherever you go? And once you think you've found peace, it ends when you end up BANG right here on the planet."

"And why are you here?" he asked.

Kadaj glared at the Turks and then looked at Shinra. "Because I have deflected to different purposes," he said. "I don't want to give the planet to Sephiroth. It wasn't long ago that I was speaking to him myself."

"You spoke to Sephiroth?" asked Reno. "Oh man ... what did the big guy say?"

"Who cares?" said Elena. "I say we take him into prison as well, Mr President. Shall I call the special forces of SOLDIER?"

"You really want to take a dead man to prison? Come now!" said Kadaj. "I took care of one of your lackeys. You want me to take you all? It took my brother alone to take down myself, Loz and Yazoo. If you think you can take me on, be my guest."

"Let us not dwell in his business, Elena," said Tseng. "Let him continue."

"I agree," said Rufus. "He has valuable information. Carry on. You were saying about the Lifestream?"

"Oh, but it's in a right state," said Kadaj, who was mysteriously smiling. "You see, death can no longer come to this planet. Those who die are restored to their former selves. The Lifestream no longer returns the dead to where they are supposed to be. And that is why the dead wish to return to the Lifestream. It drives them mad to stay on the planet. It makes them want to take revenge on their own planet."

"But why would they do that, Kadaj?" asked Rufus.

"I would feel revenge as well, but that's not my case," smiled Kadaj still. "I have changed since Sephiroth was defeated by my brother. It weakened me when he faded away. But I was ready to return to the Lifestream just like everyone else did. And well ... you know what happened, right? The Lifestream has been broken. It is spilling out on the planet. Chaos will be ensured. And where are the heroes? YOU LOCKED THEM UP!"

The Turks looked ready to attack, yet Rufus pulled out his gun. "Are you suggesting that you are good now, Kadaj?" he asked.

Kadaj looked down at the ground. "I'm not a remnant anymore," he said. "I am more than what you consider us to be. I fight for more than power! I fight for those who are suffering!"

Rufus shot bullets at Kadaj, but he was quick and deflected them with his double sword. Reno ran forward with Rude, but then stopped and Rude was hit in the face as well as Tseng and Elena. Kadaj growled since he was still deflecting the bullets. Moments later, Rufus himself stopped shooting him and had the same look on his face as the Turks did.

"What? You believe that you cannot defeat me?" smiled Kadaj.

"Kadaj!" came a voice.

Kadaj spun around and set his eyes on Loz and Yazoo. He had once considered them as his "brothers" like Cloud. Loz had short silver and somewhat spiky hair and green eyes. He was carrying his electric metal arm on his right arm. On the other hand, there was Yazoo. He had long silver hair and green eyes. In his hands, were two guns.

"Loz, Yazoo," said Kadaj. "My former brothers."

"We are still your brothers, Kadaj!" said Yazoo. "And don't you forget it! Who was it that helped you to give the planet Geostigma a year ago?"

"And now you betray us ... to help them!" yelled Loz.

"It's all right, Loz," said Yazoo. "Don't cry. Mother is looking for us now. We will be reunited with her soon. Kadaj, I have come to merely tell you that the Reunion is taking place. You better be there."

"Yazoo," said Kadaj. "I'm not the same person you thought I was. I'm more than that! I may have been a remnant, but now I'm free! I became Sephiroth. But where were you two? I'm glad that brother destroyed you."

"And you know what this means," continued Yazoo. "You found Mother! We didn't! And now you shall tell us where she is. We know that you saw Sephiroth before."

"Sephiroth knows where Mother is," said Loz. "We will go to the Reunion and then! We will be reunited!"

"You're all obsessed," said Kadaj. "Jenova is an entity that threatens to hurt everyone. She wants to harm the planet and change it to her image. That is why at all means that I will stop you at whatever you plan to do."

"This is getting interesting ..." Reno muttered to Rude.

"Do you think we should intervene?" asked Rude.

"I'm not sure, Cloud can take that guy," replied Reno. "And he's one tough cookie. Not even the President can get a bullet on him. Just remember that he's not like the other two."

"And so your friends return," said Rufus.

"Wrong!" yelled Loz. "We were his brothers from what he said. But now, Kadaj! You'll see that you're wrong! You'll see that Mother deserves this puny planet. The dead are angry at the planet. They will get their revenge."

"If we are destined to fight, then so be it," said Yazoo.

"And since when do you believe in destiny?" stared Kadaj, laughing to himself. He had his double sword ready. "I am the only one that stands in your way of what you want. I guess it's too late for you to come back to the right side now, huh? I guess this is the way it is."

Yazoo began to shoot at Kadaj with his guns and Loz ran at him. Kadaj couldn't believe it. He was actually fighting his brothers. Loz kicked Kadaj in the stomach, yet he jumped back up again. Loz then combatted him with martial arts. Kadaj did the same, but he had the upper hand since he was younger, wiser and quicker. He threw Loz into a building and then took out his double sword again. Yazoo looked annoyed. He shot Kadaj many times, yet it seemed that Kadaj hadn't lost his touch ... not even after being in the Lifestream for a year and then returning to the planet. He smiled and then ran quickly at Yazoo knocking the guns out of his hands.

"N-No ..." whispered Yazoo. "What ... what is it? What did we do wrong?"

"What is that ... that makes you different to us?" growled Loz. "You should ... you should hate the planet for making you ... die ..."

Yazoo and Loz turned away from Kadaj and drove off on their motorbikes. Kadaj turned to the Turks and then still held his double sword. "Does anyone else want to have a try at me?" he shouted. "Just go ahead and do what you think you can. You can't take me away like my brother without a simple reason! I hate Shinra Inc."

"Hate us all you want, but it is their fault that you have all been released from your resting place," said Rufus. "Please, Kadaj. Listen to me. We are making an investigation to what is going on. Like we did a year ago, we have sent forces of SOLDIER to go to the Northern Crater. We still await of what is going on."

"I seriously don't believe you," said Kadaj, trying to toy with his mind. "You think that he did it? You think that Cloud would threaten the planet and release everyone dead? Just think of it. Sephiroth emerged from the Lifestream. Jenova emerged from the Lifestream. And you know what else? Even more ... an old friend of Cloud came out as well. She's terrified of going out. I look after her since she saved me from a more painful death a year ago. Now YOU tell me something!"

He moved the Turks out of the way by either kicking them or simply, pushing them. Holding his double sword to Rufus, Kadaj continued to speak.

"Where is the girl that the man with the gun arm has?" he asked.

"I ... know nothing of that topic," said Rufus.

"You better talk or else this will be your death!" yelled Kadaj.

"If you must, then I will tell you," he said. For being in this situation, he was very calm. "Once we arrested the culprits, we tried to locate Barret's daughter. We searched the whole town of Edge, including the bar that Tifa works in. You may know it as the 7th Heaven. We looked there for the girl, but we could not find her. And now we are looking for a boy called Denzel, who we believe may know where she is. He is most likely hiding her. You may recall that Denzel was brainwashed by you."

"He will not fear me," said Kadaj, then pushing Rufus to the ground. "He will fear you more than myself for what you did to Cloud and his friends. You will pay someday. But on this day, I shall let you live." He turned to walk away.

"What are you after?" asked Rufus.

"What am I after?" repeated Kadaj, not looking at him. "Justice. It shall be served. You will not get away with the invasion of the planet, Shinra." He then walked away down the streets of Edge with no fear on his face. That fool will pay for what he did to my brother. How could he allow Cloud to go to jail? Sephiroth is alive. The girl he knows is alive. The dead have returned and they remain alive for now. And the people alive remain alive. No one can die now.

He walked into a dark alleyway and pulled out his double sword. He could hear something was around him. Perhaps he was being haunted by the Lifestream creatures that had also been made from the Lifestream being broken. The noises soon vanished. Kadaj put his sword away and then heard a low gasp. He ran to where it was coming from and then found the person he had been looking for - a woman.

This woman was so angelic. Her eyes were green, her brown hair was in a long platt with a pink ribbon, she was wearing a pink dress and a red jacket. She was also wearing brown shoes. In her hand, was a rod.

"It is all right," said Kadaj. "I am here for you now. We will clear their names. I promise you ... Aeris."

"Are we safe?" whispered Aeris. "Where is Cloud? I want to see Cloud now!"

"Cloud is in jail and we cannot help him," answered Kadaj. "And so are the others. Tifa, Barret, Cait Sith, Cid, Vincent, Red and Yuffie ... things will not be the same anymore. Do you understand?"

"I ... I think I do," said Aeris. "But this is strange. This place is quite strange."

"I know, but I do know a place where we can lay low for now," said Kadaj as he helped her up to her feet. "We shall go to the 7th Heaven. I will explain everything there. Just give me sometime to get us there."

"Ok," said Aeris. "But I feel so weak."

"Still? Looks like I will have to carry you," said Kadaj. "And don't worry, I won't try anything on. We're dead anyway."

"Don't say that," said Aeris. "We can still live, even if we are dead."

"And here I am talking to the one who I thought was Mother," smiled Kadaj. "I guess I'm too old to be a mother's sibling such as you."

He carried her across the town being careful. And then they arrived at their ultimate destination. Kadaj set eyes on the place that Rufus had mentioned.

"I think you may know this place well," said Kadaj. "It is the 7th Heaven."

"It's here?" said Aeris. "It truly is here."

Kadaj sighed. Loz and Yazoo were lost since they had sided with Sephiroth and Jenova. Rufus, the Turks and SOLDIER had the wrong people in jail. And now ... the former heroes were in jail. Kadaj felt guilty. He felt it was partly his fault that this had all happened. But nevertheless, he walked into the 7th Heaven and heard a small breeze sweeping into the bar.

"Is anyone here?" asked Kadaj. He spoke a bit more loudly. "I said. Is anyone here? It's all right! I'm a friend of Cloud."

"She is here," said Aeris.

"Who's here?" questioned Kadaj.

"Marlene, it's ok," whispered Aeris as she walked towards the machine. "I am here now. We're going to get through this." And then the machine suddenly went down. It came back up and there standing on it was Denzel ... and Marlene.