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Best Zerith Fix-It Fanfics

The best fix-it Zerith (Zack Fair/Aerith Gainsborough) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The catharsis of getting the ending you wanted, exploring 'what if' scenarios.

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Top Zerith Fix-It Fic Recs

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1

Without Mercy, Without Grace

Fix-It

by BloodyWar2411

When Angeal died, it was without Honor. Rejected from the Lifestream, he watched his friends fall and the Planet crumble. And when the end arrived, he was ready for it. What he wasn't prepared for was the chance to try again. Armed with nothing but the fail-safe of Cloud Strife's soul, Angeal attemp

4,917 kudos 31,635 words 1/1 chapters Mature
2

Memory's Struggle

Fix-It

by Squirrel_of_Mibu

Things are looking up for Cadet Cloud Strife. He actually has friends, unlike in Nibelheim, and now General Sephiroth of all people wants to train him personally. If only he could figure out why everybody keeps asking him if he remembers.Or: A Time Travel Fix-it where everybody but Cloud remembers a

4,912 kudos 261,473 words 43/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
3

[ff7][SC]Wheel

Fix-It

by Eissyvalkriss

AC萨菲罗斯和克劳德先后穿越至CC发生之前。但是变动的不仅仅是时间线,还有整个世界观。这是一个ABO的世界。萨菲罗斯在AC克劳德到来之前已经标记了那个仍把他视为英雄的普通神罗士兵。

3,466 kudos 293,345 words 75/? chapters Explicit
4

Sideways

Fix-It

by soliloqui

Witnessing the end of the world, being chosen as Champion and sent back in time to change the past – all these things Cloud could almost have expected. What he did not count on, however, is landing himself in a world where Sephiroth has stayed strangely sane, Shinra are supposedly the good guys, and

2,012 kudos 93,220 words 8/? chapters Mature
5

Just Another Attempt at Saving the World

Fix-It

by Anonymous

The plan was simple: go back in time, destroy Jenova, get rid of the reactors, save the Planet. Unfortunately, it failed to account for anything that could go wrong, mostly because anything could go wrong, and it wasn’t really possible to account for that.Yet, of course, what went wrong was the last

1,511 kudos 43,157 words 18/? chapters Mature
6

Off the Line

by esama

In which Cloud gets a Virtual Reality Dream Console – ShinRa's latest in virtual reality technology. Aaand everything pretty much goes downhill from there.

8,405 kudos 152,857 words 59/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Flowers For a Planet

by esama

There are flowers growing in the Grey.

6,851 kudos 144,378 words 37/37 chapters Mature
8

The Worst Assignment

by A_Writer_of_Whimsy

After talking back to a superior officer, Cloud Strife is given the task none in ShinRa want: to be General Sephiroth's personal bodyguard.

4,280 kudos 59,293 words 15/15 chapters Mature
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Second Chances

by MisaxMisa

When it turns out everything they went through wasn’t enough to save the planet, Cloud gets the chance to prevent the end of the world - only this time, he knows exactly what he’s doing. Sort of.

3,991 kudos 90,679 words 21/? chapters Mature
10

Advanced Release

by DAsObiQuiet

Sephiroth found the package in his mail when he entered his office that morning.Which was strange, because he normally didn’t get mail. Well, not personal mail. Or, at least, he never got to see it. Shinra screening tended to be rather thorough after all.To his surprise, the package held a... video

3,627 kudos 258,367 words 55/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
11

【SC】SC计划(Project SC)

by Aluminium4002

后AC克劳德落入魔晄炉后发现自己回了CC时期,作为杰诺瓦细胞感染者被宝条抓去给萨菲罗斯配种结果失败。不愿放弃实验的宝条努力撮合两人,两人的朋友们也对撮合一事乐在其中。回到过去的克劳德抱着阻止萨菲罗斯“黑化”的决心,为了逆转未来惨剧的发生甚至献上了屁股。然而事情似乎在朝着意想不到的方向发展……这次他能成功挽回作为英雄的萨菲罗斯吗? 本文又名《重生之我是宝条》(不)。原意是想看菲菲公主从一开始对苦劳多的不屑到之后的“我醋我自己、我绿我自己”的大恶俗情节。。。遂写了! 可能涉及雷点以及注意事项:#克劳德双性设,后AC时期已经被AC萨肏熟了,所以CC萨得到的是已经被调教好的克劳德#会多次提及怀孕但其实

1,992 kudos 71,721 words 18/? chapters Explicit
12

Top Guide (In This Town)

by Kieron_ODuibhir

The thing about survivor's guilt is it doesn't care if there's nothing you could possibly have done to change what happened when you were sixteen.The thing about being sent back in time to try anyway is that you end up having to save the world using such weapons as cookies, arson, and telling the tr

1,989 kudos 95,739 words 22/? chapters General Audiences
13

A Sea of Silence

by SKEvans

He’s not a loud neighbor. He doesn’t seem to have a lot of friends over—if there’s no music, it’s always quiet on his side. She sometimes thinks he plays so much music to drown the silence he lives in.

1,713 kudos 99,658 words 16/16 chapters Explicit
14

Rose Gold

by omegasquire

How do you mend a heart? How do you ease the pain of a soul battered by the hardships of life? How do you cure loneliness when there’s no one who can break the locks you’ve set to protect your vulnerabilities? Sometimes, the answer is not in front of us, but in a different world where another just l

1,533 kudos 115,516 words 35/? chapters Mature
15

Halcyon Days

by Rand0mSmil3z

The story of FF7 if Zack lived.Shortly after being ambushed outside of Midgar, Zack and Cloud were separated: Zack remained under Turk care, while Cloud - confused from mako poisoning - went missing somewhere on the streets of Midgar. Now Zack has to somehow find his best friend before Shinra and Ho

1,518 kudos 314,208 words 40/40 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

Permission To Touch

by Miko

Thanks to Zack, Cloud has a chance to finally meet his childhood hero, Sephiroth. There's just one tiny hitch...

1,474 kudos 23,090 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
17

Bind It With Silk and Barbed Wire

by Darksinokari (Darksinokaru)

Book 1: Bound In ResilienceEvery man is required to join the military and serve a minimum of three years when they turn 18. There is only one class of men exempted from this compulsory service: omegas. The Class system is rigid and complex, but one thing is certain: if you are an omega, you are not

1,458 kudos 135,319 words 34/34 chapters Explicit
18

定局(A Possible Past)

by miaoxiaozhui

逆行了,但没有完全逆行。拯救了,但没有完全拯救。重组了,但没有完全重组。完结了,但没有完全完结。注:大量私设,ooc,雷,慎

1,430 kudos 142,391 words 47/47 chapters Mature
19

Amor Fati

by Munchkin47

For many years, the tiny kingdom of Nibelheim has been able to maintain a quiet peace with the Shinra Empire. But when the General of the SOLDIER Army of Shinra, the famed Silver Demon, overthrows the emperor with a successful military coup, he unwittingly renews an old tributary agreement that sees

1,406 kudos 165,819 words 28/28 chapters Explicit
20

Warm to the touch

by Akira17

Cloud was once a normal boy living in the small village of Nibelheim, that is until he catches the eye of the most powerful vampire royal in the world, Sephiroth. Sephiroth, the vampire king that conquered and rules the world of Gaia with an iron fist. After seeing his home destroyed before his eyes

1,348 kudos 40,276 words 17/? chapters Explicit

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Why Fix-It Zerith Fanfiction Works So Well

Zack Fair/Aerith Gainsborough — The SOLDIER who fell through a church roof and the flower girl who sold him a date built FFVII's original doomed romance, told mostly in Crisis Core's margins. Both die young; fic and the remake timeline keep finding ways to give them their reunion.

Fix-It — Stories that 'fix' canon events that fans found unsatisfying, usually character deaths or relationship outcomes.

Twenty-three unanswered letters is all canon left of them, and fandom has been answering every one since 2007. The catharsis of getting the ending you wanted, exploring 'what if' scenarios. That's why fix-it Zerith fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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