[.Misty Haze.]

[Yuffie]

Yuffie kept looking behind her to see if anyone followed,how did Cid find them all at the City of the Ancients.Giving a laugh she then stopped and looked around seeing the outline of a cave before her,what the heck she was just running away and now somehow ended up at a cave.

"This must be the Northern Crater,good I can hide here till things cool down abit.That Old Man would never think of looking for me here,but he's persistent so maybe if I hid in this cave and made spooky noises he would run away".

Heading inside she ducked behind a bunch of high rocks,peeking over her shoulder from time to time making sure no monster's we're lurking in the shadows or anything.She put a hand to her chest the darkness of the shard was taking over her,but should she completely give in or fight it.

[Hojo Cresent]

Lower where Yuffie was hideing ther was a mass of machenary that just began working again as light lit up the entire area high above yuffie a black shard of crysterl was haging withen it was the real Hojo all around mindless drone clones were working on something while the first origenel clone stood near yuffie yelling orders.

"Hurry up you failures the war will soon be drawn here and master will wake when he doe's the matiria will need to be ready"

[Yuffie]

Blinking she kinda tripped and fell on her butt,what the hell had she stumbled upon.Looking up above her she noticed the rather large black crystal,so was this where the real Hojo was this was perfect she could destroy him but flinched from pain because of the shard inside her.


"Damn I can't keep fighting this thing,I really don't want to hurt any of my friends anymore especially the old man he's like a older brother,father like guy".

Standing up she took out the second shard,this one she tore out of Cloud then quickly hid it from sight.So much for the theory of monster's being in this cave,seems she found out where Hojo and drones we're hiding.

[Hojo Cresent]

The clones began hauling monsters that relied only on magic in and awoke them before them stood the first hojo clone grinning wildly as the beast's began to cast numerus amounts of magic however the air crakled as the orange coulerd matiria in his hand glowed the maigic failed and the matiria began glowing wildly tacking the maigicel energy from the monsters wipeing them out.

Perfect the null matiria is active this should even the odd agasnt the white shards and black shards"

[Yuffie]

"Null Materia....even Sephiroth wouldn't have a chance against that,and angel girl's white materia would be useless as well.Hey you clone am I invisable or something to you,just what are you thinking making Null Materia let me see it".

[Hojo Cresent]

"No do not be foolish you are not invisable it is just the prepaation's for the matiria have been of great importance this matiria will null all magics makeing them inefective however the process has takeing a long time indead however it has been worth it dont you think"

[Yuffie]

Snatching the materia from the clone's hand she looked it over,from what she saw it do to those monsters it was quite impressive.Even though this was all fine and dandy,Yuffie was wondering when the real Hojo would wake up he was the one she wanted to talk to about certain "things".

"Listen drone when is the master gonna awake,i've just had it with talking to you clones.And get it stright the only one who can call me number 8,is hanging in the black crystal up there got it".

[Hojo Cresent]

As Yuffie snached the ball the clone smiled "i do not know when he wakes but i hope he doesnt you see this power is mine we are going to use the lifestream to make the entire world non magicel exept for the one's with the matiria we are also creating"

As the clone hojo ranted the crystel began to lower until it had desend right behing him the clone stood in awe as The origenel Hojo began to wake and then walk out from his long awaitied return as the crystel opend Hojo apeard younger than before he smiled as he walked bye his own clone he walked up to yuffie and looked her up and down then touched her check before being anoyed by his clone who had started whining about something, Beofe the clone finished hojo had span around with a small firearm in his hand he shot the clone right in the head he then looked down at the other who stood in sheer silence.

"Listen to me failure you will do as i say if you start thinking above your place you will end up as this fool before me do any of you have a problem with that"

not one of his cloneds repleyd all in silence of worship.

"Good"

[Yuffie]

Yuffie stood there shocked and quite in awe,what the hell....just a momment ago Hojo was up in that crystal and now here he stood alive and quite young.She shuddered as he touched her cheek though,and took a few steps back...maybe she shouldn't have come here but maybe....

"M.....m.......m......shard,black......materia.....inside me please I don't want to be tainted by it any longer.It's getting harder and harder to resist it,I was never meant to be corrupted by the evilness of the black materia".

[Hojo Cresent]

Hojo smiled as he looked up and down in a mornful way before looking down at his feet

"so you are yuffie then number 8, i am dearly sorry Yuffie i lusted for power and you were caught in the struggle to gain it removeing the blasted black matiria and deastroying it is the least i can do do you wish to be realised of the Cells of jenopva as well"

[Yuffie]

"You would do that,but if the cells we're used to create my replacement leg won't it disapper.I do want to be free of the Black Materia,because I have that angry silver haired guy on my tail and I can't bare it if I we're to hurt Cid or any of my friends".

[Hojo Cresent]

"So my son is alive as well, another one of my power creations that i have created and is going to kill more"

Hojo sighed before resuming.

"No the cell's were used to help the groth of you leg the cells just increase you own healing abilitys if the cells are removed the only down side is you won't be able to hear the calls of the other jenova cell carrer's but to preform the proseder of removeing anything we need a safe clean location"

[Yuffie]

"I don't know of any clean location,I just want these shards gone from me before I turn again and hurt anyone else.But how do I know I can really trust you,you've done nothing but torment Vinnie in the past and cause trouble for us".

Yuffie had finally found the real Hojo,but couldn't bring herself to kill him.He was being all nice but how could anyone forget the things he did,or the people he made suffer because of his own foolish reasons.

[Hojo Cresent]

"I.......i.ii I have no way to prove to you that you can trust mei have casued to much pain to be forgiven i know but you must understand the Nullify matiria you have was to be used to create a world without war to end all fighting however when i was under the cysterl's healing power something has went gravely wrong there was only supose to be one clone but as i awoke there were countless you have any idear who done this"

Meanwhile from where hojo had killed him The first clone arosses the gun wound heald he had a shard of null matiria withen him smiling he shoted down below.

My children this fool has been clensed of what he truly was he is no longer the rightful leader no i am i ahve all the memorys he has i have absorbed the darkness from his crystel while he was being clensed combineing his darkness with my own i am your leader this man is nothing but a failure to himself call me Criptos i am your savior worship me and i shall give you all the world"

In the background the clone's began to chant Criptos over and over.

[Yuffie]

"Okay what is that freak going on about,i'm sure Sephiroth would have a field day with these drones of yours.Speaking of which I think I should get away from here,if that silver haired strangeoid finds me i'm gonna be a sitting duck or rather a dead duck".

This was all too wierd for her to take in,Hojo that creepy Professor who was nothing but a nut case was all friendly now.Then you have his clone who thinks he owns all,what the hell has angel girl been up to or what was she even thinking of bringing these freaks back but all that thinking was interrupted from the pain of the shard.

"Ugh......ow ow owie I can't hold back the darkness,it wasn't as bad when I had just the one but now that I have two".