Sephiroth Crescent [Approved 0-3]

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Background:

Sephiroths history begins before he was even born. Close to two thousand years before Sephiroth was even born, something was discovered deep within Earth. Research was done on it, and it turned out it was a living organism. It appeared to be feminine, slightly resembling a human woman. However, it didnt appear completely human. Because it was so alien, humans took it and started doing research on it.

After a few years of research, the head scientist of a tyrranical organization dicovered that by using the DNA of the being they found, they could make people much, much stronger. A young scientist named Honjo that worked for this organization, took it upon himself to further the research. When his wife became pregnant, he inserted the project "JENOVA", as it was dubbed, genes into the baby.

The child grew up without knowing of his mother. His father brainwashed him into believing he was the the child of Jenova, who had supposedly died while giving birth to Sephiroth. Sephiroth grew up learning how to fight, being not only a child prodigy, but also extremely intelligent as well. As he grew older, he developed into the strongest fighter in the world, easily overcoming all enemies. His father used him to create a powerful fighting force known as Standard Defense. This became the national fighting force for the empire that existed at the time.

When Sephiroth was only 17, he decimated an entire populace and civilization. When he came upon the leader of the civilization, he fought him and killed him. he discovered he had a sword called "Masamune" to which Sephiroth brought home. Honjo tols Sephiroth he had made it 28 years ago. It was a legendary sword, crafted by the legendary sword maker Honjo, something Sephiroth never knew.

As the top fighter, he was sent out by the president himself for special missions. He didnt end up fighting alongside allies often, so he was alone quite a bit. This influenced him a lot. After some strong fighters made their presence known, Honjo took it upon himself to further his research by inserting project JENOVA genes into them. However, they mutated and attacked the empire, as they now had no sense of anything, just blood lust. When the president ordered Sephiroth to fight them off, he noticed they looked just like him.

After dispatching them, he went to Honjo and asked why. Honjo said they were mutants of some sort, but Sephiroth looked through his research files and found out what had happened. Honjo had used DNA from JENOVA and made them himself. Sephiroth was shocked at the name of the experiment. He believed Hojo had taken DNA from his dead mother, which angered him. He confronted Honjo, to which he explained that Jenova was a higher being, something much stronger than humans could ever be. This caused Sephiroth to leave the empire, defecting from the military, which labeled him as a traitor.

He was eventually traced to a reactor that took energy from the planets core to power cities. When attacked, he fought back but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of his foes. After fighting for hours, he fell into the reactor, causing him to drop straight to the planets core. Believing he was dead, the army pulled out and went home, marking Sephiroth as KIA. Even Honjo believed this.

4 years passed, and there was no sign of Sephiroth, adding to the belief he was dead. however, he eventually emerged from an active volcano, thousands of miles from civilization. He had not died, as his genes would not allow it. He had recovered and become even stronger than he had been before. He was now a god compared to humans.

After a few days, he came upon a man, or rather the man came upon him. He introduced himself as Ketsu Iramasha, of the Iramasha clan. Sephiroth had no idea what the 'Iramasha Clan' was, so Ketsu explained to him all about Soul Society and Iramasha, and what had happened to Sephiroth. Apparently, Jenova had been a member of the Iramasha clan who had died while on Earth. Humans took her body, and began experimenting. Honjo, Sephiroths father, had taken DNA from Jenova and put it into Sephiroth while in his mothers womb.

This not only gave Sephiroth the powers of an Iramasha, but do to the fact that he was just a fetus when he recieved the DNA, he had become an Iramasha himself. Which means, those beings that looked like him that Sephiroth killed, were as though brothers and sisters to him. Sephiroth couldnt believe this news, everything he ahd ever known was torn asunder. Sephiroth thanked Ketsu, and knew what he ahd to do. he had to hunt down, and kill Honjo, and every last human in the empire. Which he did.

Everyone was surprised when Sephiroth came back, but Honjo most of all. He sent all of the forces of the empire to kill Sephiroth, but Sephiroth killed every last one of them. When he found Honjo, he killed him as well, inflicting as much pain as possible. He told everyone else he was a god, and slaughtered them too, reducing the population to 0. Using his new power, he called upon a massive force of energy and completely destroyed the cities of the empire, reducing it to ashes. However, he found the rest of the Jenova genes, and inserted them into himself, giving him complete Iramasha powers. He had achieved "god" status, able to remove entire civilizations at his whim. He also gained knowledge that Jenova had, becoming more inteligent than Hojo could ever be.

After finding Ketsu, he explained what had happened and vowed his allegience to Ketsu and the Iramasha clan. Sephiroth also vowed to not be evil, as he had commited acts of evil of which had never been known. Now that he had basically fused with Jenova, he had become level-headed and good, though his shaky past could never be wiped from his memory.

Sephiroths thoughts were interrupted by a loud scream coming from the old Government Office. The scream seemed to come from a woman....which was odd, as he didnt sense any Reitsu nearby. None....at all. Not even a slight trace. Green energy covered his entire body as he Warped to the hidden laboratory in the Government Building. And then he saw it. The last remaining remnants of Jenova Iramasha, Sephiroths one true mother. He picked up the container, admiring the soul within. For once, he would finally be reunited with Jenova, something Sephiroth had been wishing to do since he originally absorbed part of her power.

Sephiroth was sent flying into a wall, still holding the small container. The wall was shattered, with the broken bits of it falling down on Sephiroths body. He simply stood up, unfazed, though the power of the attack was quite high. He calmly looked around, stopping on a being in the shadows. As the terrible disfigured form walked into the light, Sephiroth immediately recognized the man as Honjo, the disgusting, pathetic being he though he killed thousands of years ago. The grotesque beings mouth opened and began to speak. After a short discussion, Sephiroth began to show his mighty power.

Energy began to glow and cover Sephiroths body, pushing everything away from himself in the process. The building and room around him began to tremble, shaking from the intensity of his sheer Spiritual Power. When his legendary black wing formed on the right side of his back, the room around him exploded from the power, ripping a gigantic hole in the side of the Government Building. He was still holding the container of Jenovas spirit remnants as this happened. The container exploded, sending green energy everywhere. After but a second, the energy shot into Sephieoths body, making him float into the air. The energy infiltrated his mind, taking control and subduing his own mind. This new soul inside his own was beginning to burst and radiate its own tremendous power, though it wasnt really surprising as Jenova was one of the most powerful Iramasha of her time. The new Sephiroth began to address the person in front of him.

Sephiroth then said he was going to kill Honjo for the last time. The new pseudo-Sephiroth's power began to radiate from his body, spreading outward in every direction. The buildings around him began to collapse in on themselves, being pushed away from his absolutely massive power. He flicked his wrist in he direction of a feew buildings. Even without his weapon, there was enough force to collapse the buildings onto each other. He charged up some Chaos Energy in his right hand, now magnified by the power of both him and Jenova. The energy was immense, crippling the Government Building beneath the feet of Honjo, sending bits and pieces to the ground below. He brought his arm up away from where he was looking, and shot the Chaos Blast into a part of the city. When it hit the area, it forrmed a massive dome of energy, completely obliterating every single thing in its blast zone.

The entire section of the city was gone. It was reverted to ash, with not a single trace left to be seen. With just an average amount of Chaos Energy, he had completely wiped out an entire quarter of the massive city. His single wing eerily stood stock-still, matching the rest of his completely calm body. With the city reduced to rubble, it held no trace of its former glory. Throughout all of this, laughter could be heard coming from the badly destroyed Government building. Turns out, Honjo found all of this to be quite enjoyable, even though he knew he was going to die. Honjo screamed at Sephiroth that he was going to win and live on as an immortal.

In Honjos right hand, a sword similar to Sephiroths own Honjo Masamune formed, with its blade almost as long. He released his own spiritual power, and charged towards Sephiroth with immense speed....but this was nothing. Sephiroth simply....vanished into thin air. In less than a second, he appeared behind Honjo, and formed his sword straight through Honjos chest. Blood shot out of the wound, spraying in Honjos own face. He knew it was over before it even began, though this is what he wanted from the start. He was smiling as his spirit began to fade from existence. Honjo then told Sephiroth to take his power.

Honjos body turned into lime green energy, making his form disappear. The spiritual essence of the old man began to poor into Sephiroths body and soul alike. Sephiroths chest lifted towards the sky, with his legs, arms, and head being pulled downwards....and it stopped as quick ass it had started. Sephiroth had now completely absorbed every remnant of the ancient Iramasha, Jenova. He let his power flow from his body, feeling the new found strength bubble up inside of himself, His mind, however, was split between him and Jenova, though with that last bit of her power from Honjo, she now had the means to completely take over his body. He was no longer Sephiroth....no, he was something else entirely . He........had finally obtained god-status. He charged Chaos energy into both of his hands, and began to float higher and higher, until he was a mere speck above Midgar. He let the Chaos energy fall downwards towards Midgar. Then they hit the ground.......and in a dead-silent second, wind pushed everything away from the impact areas. In a millisecond, the energy shot into every direction, combing to form a giant dome 5 times the size of the city itself. Then the extremely loud roar from the explosion began, it itself being deafening. After the explosion reached its maximum size, it shrunk back down until it simply disappeared. What was left in the aftermath of this tremendous attack? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Not even ash was left from the city, with every atom of what was once a mighty empire, gone. Not a single trace was left. Nobody would be able to guess a massive city once existed here. Sephiroth reverted back to his normal state, his wing disappearing. Or thats what he WOULD have done, if he even could. His power was now so high, he couldnt leave his Hybrid stage 1 mode, or in other words, his wing would now stay there forever, unless he transformed that is. Energy covered his body, as he Chaos Warped to his new destination....

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