I have been beta-ing these chapters one by one on my free time. I hope that you will see a difference in them. (9-20-07)

Author's thoughts: The purpose of this prologue is to make Final Fantasy 7 (along with some other FFs possibly) make sense with the Kingdom Hearts series. If you don't care about any of that feel free to just go ahead to chapter 1! The last three paragraphs of the prologue will help lead into the first chapter though. This is an AxelxTifa fic and I swear if you read on, I will make this story worthwhile! Enjoy!

Rated Teen, possible hints of sexual content. Lemon link provided on my profile. MAJOR FF 7 spoilers, Advent Children spoilers, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 spoilers along with Chain of Memories possibly.

Story Summary: A Nobody who wants to feel like a somebody comes across a somebody who always feels like a Nobody. He yearns for a heart and his existence. She yearns to share her heart with someone who would appreciate it and questions her own existence. Upon traveling through the realm of darkness between worlds, he notices her. He is drawn to the pain weighing down in her heart, slowly sinking into darkness. He could smell the loss she is grieving day to day, drowning in her loss as he has done himself.

It is said that a Nobody with no heart and a somebody with a heart could not possibly share anything in common, but perhaps it was fate that would cause these two paths to cross. Fate would bring these two unlikely characters together in their discovery to their hearts, their existence and to knowing that not everything can be explained.

Prologue:

Years ago on a distant world, a threat came to a planet unknown to others. This threat was known as Meteor. An Ex-SOLDIER by the name of Cloud Strife knew the man who was causing it. He was known as Sephiroth who was at one time considered a hero and was also a top ranking officer in SOLDIER. His sanity had been lost upon the discovery of an extra terrestrial entity that once threatened the planet ages ago, JENOVA. He was injected with Jenova cells since birth and was convinced that she was his mother.

After research he had come to believe that he was the last of the Cetra people that the planet had betrayed thousands of years ago and killed off. In his vengeance, he burned Cloud's hometown, Nibelheim, to the ground. Even after his death, he lived on inside of Cloud's spirit and manipulated him so that he could take hold of Holy and destroy the planet in which he thought killed his ancestors and live out the will of his mother JENOVA.

Cloud and his friends journeyed on a mission to find Holy in hopes that it would save the planet and that mission brought Aerith, the last of the Cetra, to her demise. Yet, her spirit and her heart still lived in the life stream and it was that, that stopped Meteor from destroying the planet. Although Sephiroth's physical form was long destroyed, he lived strongly in the depths of Cloud's mind and heart. Cloud finally defeated him and his group of friends had come to rest. Although the planet now seemed safe, it was still weak.

Cloud Strife's heart was still weak. Regrets of Aerith's death stirred in his mind constantly and caused him to go off on his own, often neglecting those around him. His heart stood in the twilight between the light and the darkness. The memory of her was his light and at the same time what made his heart heavy with regret.

Tifa Lockheart, his childhood friend, was also the light that shone brightly whenever he thought he'd lose himself into the depths of his dark heart. She looked after him always and loved him unconditionally although he could not return the same. He had cared for her and even loved her, but nothing would douse the pain burning in his soul.

Almost a year had passed and Tifa Lockheart stood faithfully by his side, even when they're planet was devoured and lost in turmoil among the darkness. It seemed other worlds were lost as well and the group was separated. It was then, that Cloud Strife had come upon the Underworld. Seeking the answers to what had happened to his friends and automatically accusing Sephiroth as the possible cause of it, he was hired by Hades in hopes that he'd re-unite with his archenemy and find his answers.

It was that very boy he was ordered to destroy, Sora, who opened his eyes and revealed the real cause to his world being consumed into darkness. It seemed that boy, this keyblade wielder, was the only way his world could be restored. Eventually Sora defeated Ansem, the man responsible for the chaos amongst the worlds and the lost hearts.

Cloud had found Sephiroth in the Olympus Coliseum, but once again, he was not destroyed. He failed to destroy that darkness within him, although he had somehow met up with a light he never expected and that was Aerith. The memory of her smiling face was the last thing he remembered before re-appearing in his own world thinking it was nothing more than a dream. Memories of Sora and his adventures were forgotten and his world was restored. Of course he hadn't noticed since his memories were wiped out after Sora destroyed Ansem and locked the door to Kingdom Hearts along with the paths to other worlds, leaving Riku and King Mickey in it's darkness.

A year had passed, two years since Meteor, or so he had thought, along with the rest of the inhabitants of his world with no memory concerning their world being consumed to darkness and destroyed. Cloud and Tifa formed an orphanage and transporting service, moving on with their lives. This orphanage housed ill stricken children. A malady called "Geostigma" spread throughout the world, afflicting many with its ill effects of extreme fatigue and open sores on the skin. Cloud was also infected with this although he tried to hide it.

Still lost in his regrets from Aerith's death and the weight of his condition, he came upon a trio of men who bared a striking resemblance to the darkness within him, Sephiroth. They were searching for their "mother" also known as Jenova. They obtained her head and plotted another Reunion, attacking Midgar and it's children, spreading Geostigma to achieve their goals.

Yazoo and Loz, two of the men were eventually defeated and somehow Kadaj, their leader, had transformed into Sephiroth before Cloud's eyes. Sephiroth was not defeated by Cloud although he finally vanished, leaving his sadistic laughter echoing in the air. His haunting words were left to echo through Cloud's mind, "I won't remain just a memory". Kadaj closed his eyes to greet death and the sweet voice of Aerith awaited him in the life stream.

Cloud along with the children infected by their sickness, were cured due to a pool of water left behind in Aerith's church. Tifa smiled at him as she watched the sores on his arm disappear and she welcomed him home. She had hoped that this time, he would never escape her loving grasp.

Even though Cloud was now cured and he could return to his normal life, he still lived on, shutting his heart from others. It seemed that Aerith had forgiven his sins and he'd even seen Zack nearby her, so he knew she wasn't alone and he was also forgiving him. Still, he could not let go of the haunting words that Sephiroth had left behind and vowed to kill off that darkness. His world was still weak and slowly fading. His world seemed to still be doomed as the darkness lurked in the atmosphere again. A door opened into the realm of darkness and he ventured into it, sensing the familiar stench in his heart. His friends objected and Tifa ran in after him.

Cloud followed the darkness in his heart upon a world called Hollow Bastion, (aka Radiant Garden) in which he met a man similar to him in many ways known as Leon, who had also lost his world and ventured through the realm of darkness. Yet, Leon's world was now restored and as he worked on it's reconstruction, it was still incomplete. Leon would not say how. It seemed that he too, had lost some of the people in his life that had not returned home.

He stuck by this man and met up with Aerith once again before he set out to find his darkness- Sephiroth. He had also crossed paths with a Cid and a Yuffie who were a part of this world, although they resembled friends from his own world. Tifa was separated and alone. She also landed in Hollow Bastion and set out to find her childhood friend in whom she loved- Cloud.

As she searched through the world and met friends along the way such as Sora, Donald and Goofy, she still had not crossed paths with the one whom she was searching for. She could feel him near, but it seemed fate had not allowed them to meet just yet. She fought alongside her new friends and decided to help with the restoration of the world as she searched on to no avail. Still, she kept a glimmer of hope in her smile.

Yet it was he who saw through it. He could sense the darkness brewing deep within her heart. Envy, regret, sorrow; so many dark emotions were clouding the light within her. As much as she held onto that light, it seemed that it was slowly fading. He sensed her feeling of loss similar to the one he was now experiencing.

With Kairi out of his grasp thanks to the work of Saix, he was now running between the worlds and the darkness, trying to find purpose and struggling with his memories and decisions. Roxas had gone and he was now a traitor to Organization XIII.

As Sora ventured on through the worlds to defeat the Organization, he was alone. He didn't belong anywhere even though he didn't have a place to belong from the start. He was slowly accepting his fate, but it was this woman that caught his attention. He didn't know why, but something led him to pursue her when he was not in hiding and watch her.

He watched her search for her friend who was obviously so lost in his own darkness, he avoided crossing her. He watched her smile in the sunlight and the moonlight of the night would reveal her true loneliness away from prying eyes. It seemed that she too, had nowhere to belong.

Perhaps it was in this, that they would cross paths and find each other.

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So that was the prologue to summarize the FF7 and Advent Children events with the Kingdom Hearts series to make sense. I really thought it out and tried my best to come up with it. I didn't include every detail from the games but that's why you play the games for yourself.

This takes place after Axel took Kairi and Sora has not found out yet that Saix whom he hasn't met yet had taken her away. I was wondering what Axel did on his free time when he wasn't helping Sora and he wasn't with the organization so my story is my version. Hope it was entertaining. Review Review!!!