ets u ya ▁Nom ura ▁could ▁not ▁give ▁him ▁a ▁story line ▁related ▁to ▁Cloud , ▁and ▁he ▁fe ared ▁negative ▁fan ▁response ▁if ▁Se phi ro th ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁notable ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁story . ▁His ▁third ▁appearance ▁outside ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁VII ▁is ▁as ▁another ▁optional ▁b oss ▁in ▁Kingdom ▁He arts ▁II , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁first ▁encountered ▁by ▁the ▁series ' ▁protagon ist , ▁S ora , ▁and ▁then ▁Cloud , ▁who ▁is ▁purs uing ▁him . ▁When ▁Se phi ro th ▁batt les ▁Cloud , ▁both ▁of ▁them ▁disappear , ▁with ▁S ora ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁they ▁went ▁somewhere ▁else ▁to ▁continue ▁their ▁fight . ▁Nom ura ▁said ▁that ▁in ▁this ▁game , ▁Se phi ro th ▁represents ▁Cloud ' s ▁dark ▁side , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁T ifa ▁Lock hart , ▁who ▁represents ▁his ▁light ▁side . ▁Although ▁Se phi ro th ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁pre quel ▁Kingdom ▁He arts ▁B irth ▁by ▁S leep , ▁he ▁is ▁mentioned ▁as ▁a ▁hero ▁that ▁Z ack ▁Fair ▁asp ires ▁to ▁be . ▁The ▁staff , ▁however , ▁did ▁not ▁know ▁if ▁they ▁would ▁port ray ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁being ▁of ▁darkness ▁as ▁shown ▁in ▁other ▁titles . ▁Se phi ro th ' s ▁fourth ▁outside ▁appearance ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁It ad aki ▁Street ▁games ▁Special ▁and ▁Port able , ▁where ▁he ▁appears ▁as ▁an ▁un lock able ▁play able ▁character . ▁Due ▁to ▁Se phi ro th ' s ▁many ▁appearances ▁as ▁a ▁b