Chapter 1
"the End is Only the Beginning.."
by Yeun Hing Lee
[LOUD THUNDER]
[RUMBLING]
lightning and thunder flashes from the dark clouds above the
sky...
wind blows as if a tornado is coming...
....
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
"...?" it's Cloud...he's strange
place. there's nothing but light surrounding him. he can hear thousands of
voices around him.."???!!!! WHO'S THERE???"
....
"COME OUT..!!!!"
"the Planet is in great danger." whispers a little
girl voice..
"danger?? who are you??"
"we will meet...SOMEDAY. when you're
ready.."
"ready??? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? i'm born
ready...whatever you want me to do =P" whispers Cloud, and scratches his
head.
the light slowly disappears and so does the voices around
him..!!
everything turns dark..!!
"we will meet again.." whispers the
girl..
"WAIT..!!! STOP...!!!"
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
[LOUD THUNDER]
"CLOUD..!!!" shouts a man voice.
cloud blinks, "whatta..??"
he looks around.
there's lightning and thunder in the sky...and wind blowing.
not far away, the Meteor is coming..
cloud was day-dreaming..or was he? , "where am
i?"
"UHMM..WE'RE GONNA DESTROY SEPHIROTH..REMEMBER???"
said Cid, "and you just stood there...thinking???"
"i was...dreaming?"
"TIS AIN'T NO @#$% TIME TO DREAM!!!" shouts Barret,
"GET YOUR SPIKY-ASS UP AND LEAD US TO
SEPHIROTH..!!!!"
Cloud nods, and lead them to Sephiroth.
this is the day they will battle Jenova/Sephiroth and stop the
Meteor, or their last battle...
"..." Cloud is still thinking about the dream,
"could it be real..?? the voices and the girl and...it sound so close, yet
so far away. what's going on??"
"Cloud..you alright?" said Tifa, walking close to
him..
"yea..." whispers Cloud, and then as he hops on a
rock, "i was having the strangest dream."
then Tifa jumps on the rock, "but ever since we
discovered your real self, you hardly have those kinda
dreams??"
"it looks so real." said Cloud, "the
voices...all around me. whispering. as if telling me a secret that i'll never
understand. like thousands of souls surrounding me. i can feel it...especially
the little girl. it's weird..but even though i never met her, i felt as if i
did. do you think she's Aeris?"
"...!!" Tifa freaks out a little, very surprised.
then she lowers her head, "you're still thinking about
Aeris?"
"guess so...i wish i could see her, just once." said
Cloud, "it's been so long that she's gone. i missed everything we did
together..especially in Gold Saucer."
"..." Tifa is sad, "so i guess...i..i don't
need tell you my secret anymore.."
"secret??" blinks Cloud, "i thought we're
straight to each other?? i thought we're best friends?"
Tifa closes her eyes, "sometimes, words can't describe
everything..especially the feeling from your heart.."
"...tifa.." whispers Cloud, he doesn't
understand..?
"HEY CLOUD!!!!" shouts Barret, "WILL YOU STOP
CHATTING OVER THERE AND START WALKING..!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO KICK SEPHIROTH'S
ASS..!!!"
"damn...sometimes i don't even know why i joined
Avalanche and met HIM???" sighs Cloud, "huh?"
not far away...a stranger stood there, in their
way..
[WIND BLOWING]
"what the hell..??" blinks Cid..as they get closer
to see who it is.
[CLAP] [CLAP] [CLAP]
"i'm very impressed.." whispers the
stranger..
"the voice.." said Cloud,
"it's..YOU!!!!"
"[GASPS]" Cloud and his friends gasps and takes
their weapon out..!!
"so you remembered me, Cloud?" grins the stranger,
"who would've thought you could escaped from your own
illusions.."
it's Sephiroth..!! , "i thought the Weapons and other
monsters would finish you off, but i was wrong. even my mother's cells can't
destroy you.." he stare at Cloud...eye to eye, "but those cells are
WORTHLESS!!! they're weak..!!! but there's no way you can beat me. BECAUSE
JENOVA AND I ARE....ONE!!!! OUR POWERS ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER..!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHH..!!!"
"damn you.."
then Sephiroth stops laughing, "my mother isn't far away
from this point. it's my job to protect her.." (hey, if i got the ending
part of the game wrong...don't blame me! i haven't beaten the game
yet!!)
"YOUR LIFE ENDS HERE..!!! NO ONE CAN'T STOP THE
METEOR..NOT EVEN YOU!!!!" hisses Sephiroth, and attacks..!!
he uses his MasaMune sword and slashes Barret..!!
"..DAMN!!!" Barret couldn't avoid it..there's a deep
cut in his arm..!
"DOES IT HURT???" laughs Sephiroth, and uses magic,
"ASTEROID"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH..!!!" the magic was too
strong...they all lay on the ground....dead.
[WIND BLOWING]
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH..!!!! YOU FOOLS...!!! NO ONE
CAN DEFEAT THE GREAT SEPHIROTH...AND THE POWER OF JENOVA..!!!!" laughs
Sephiroth, very cold-blooded..
"grrrr..." Cloud opens his eyes...half-dead. he
looks around. all his friends are seriously wounded..laying on the ground,
lifeless, "Cid..?? Cait Sith?? Barret?? Red..?? Yuffie..?? Vincent?? please
answer me.."
....
"..." Cloud is shocked, "i can't believe
it...BARRET??? VINCENT??? WAKE UP!!! YUFFIE...!!!!"
....
"they're gone..they're really gone." whispers Cloud,
very sad. then he remember something, "TIFA!!!"
Tifa is laying on the ground..not far away from
him..
"TIFA..!!!! ANSWER ME..!!! TIFA..!!! TIFA..!!!! YOU CAN'T
JUST LEAVE ME...JUST LIKE AERIS..!!!!" said Cloud, "TIFA...PLEASE
ANSWER ME!!!'
....
but she's gone..
"Tifa.." whispers Cloud, "no...NO!!!! THIS IS A
DREAM!!! IT CAN'T BE REAL..!!! MY FRIENDS...TIFA...EVERYONE..!!!
NO..!!"
then he saw a boot in front of him...
it's Sephiroth. he stood there in front of Cloud, holding his
long sword...dripping with blood, "how does it feel,
Cloud?"
"grrrr...you asshole.."
"how does it feel to lose your most dearest person in
your life..?? how does it feel to lose that Ancient girl? it must be
painful." said Sephiroth, "but once the Meteor reaches the Planet, all
life will be doomed. nothing will survive but me and mother. we shall become god
and rule over the Lifestream!!"
"HOW COULD YOU?? MY FRIENDS ARE INNOCENT!!!" shouts
Cloud, "THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS..!!!! THEY JUST TAG
ALONG...BUT...BUT YOU AND I, IT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T JUST IGNORE AND WALK
AWAY..."
then Cloud struggles to get up, "even you kill me, you
will never get my spirit.."
"YOU CAN'T WIN THIS ROUND, EX-SOLDIER!!!! YOU'RE NOTHING
BUT A PUPPET..!!!" hisses Sephiroth, and use his
sword...!!
[LOUD THUNDER]
"[GASPS]" Cloud gasps, and open his eyes
wide..!!
.....
[SLASH]
a splatter of blood hits the ground...
Cloud falls on the ground..!!
"HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..!!!!!" laughs
Sephiroth...
Cloud couldn't move. he's very tired and weak. his view...it's
all red..!! he can taste blood dripping from his face..!! HIS
BLOOD...
then he slowly closes his eyes...knowing that this is the end.
Sephiroth won..
but suddenly there's flash of light..!!!
* * * *
Chapter 2
"Five Years Ago..."
"....."
Cloud opens his blue eyes, "...?"
he's laying on a bed...inside a house?
then he sits up, "oh...my face...it
hurts.."
"you're awake." said a little girl
voice.
"????" Cloud is alert.
a little girl comes out from a room, "you've been
sleeping for 7 days..but i knew that you'll wake up!!"
the little girl have short green hair, and eyes. she wears a
dress.
"where am i..?"
"you're safe now in Midgar." said the little
girl
"Midgar..??? who are you??"
"HEY..!!! HAVE SOME RESPECT TO TIARA..!!!!" shouts a
familiar voice. a soldier enters the room, "IT'S THAT HOW YOU THANK A
PERSON FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE??"
"....!!" Cloud gasps,
"you're...ZACK!!!!"
"have we met?" whispers Zack, "anyways, what's
a soldier like you doing in the Ancient Forest??? even a SOLDIER like me
couldn't survive from those monsters in there..!!"
"i was in..the Ancient Forest?"
"damn. did that person SCARRED your brain
too??"
"scarred..??? what're you..??"
"don't ya know?" said Zack, "hmm..you were
unconscious. here, take a look."
Cloud grab a mirror, and gasps.
there's a scar right in his left eye..!!
"...!!!!" gasps Cloud, about drop the mirror,
"so..it wasn't a dream. I WAS FIGHTING SEPHIROTH..!!!
huh??"
he can see the sky from the reflection in the mirror behind
the window..
there's pollution...but no Meteor??
"where's the Meteor?? and the Cannon?? WHAT'S GOING
ON???" freaks Cloud
"HEY..!!! CALM DOWN!!! WHAT METEOR??? this is the year
XXX5. you sound like you're from XX10..!!!!" freaks Zack
"..." Cloud lowers his head, "the year XXX5?? i
was fighting Sephiroth in the XX10..!!"
then he touches his scar, "it can't be a
dream.."
"that scar almost killed you." said Tiara,
"whoever gave you the scar must be REAL STRONG. i thought you'll bleed to
death..!!"
"we tried everything to heal the scar for ya. but it's
just impossible." said Zack..
"so the scar will be with me...FOREVER?" whispers
Cloud, very sad, "huh?"
Tiara put her hand on his shoulder, and smiles, "have
faith. i'm sure your scar will heal...ONE DAY."
"tiara.." whispers Cloud, he knows he heard that
voice somewhere..??
"AAAWWWWW...HOW TOUCHING..!!!" smiles Zack,
"this doesn't happen everyday in Shinra..!!"
"Shinra??" blinks Cloud
[BEEP]
"ALL "SOLDIER" REPORT TO REACTOR 1...!!! ALL
"SOLDIER" REPORT TO REACTOR 1...!!! "AVALANCHE" HAVE BEEN
SIGHTED..!!!"
[BEEP]
"AVALANCHE..?" said Cloud
"DAMN..!!! NOT AGAIN..!!! THEY'LL NEVER GIVE
UP..!!!" sighs Zack, "well...back to fighting again. you two stay
here."
then Zack left..
"so it's true. i've been send back 5 years ago..??"
said Cloud, "no wonder i feel so...young, and weak."
"they need your help, stranger." said Tiara,
"go help Zack."
"...?" Cloud blinks...then he left the
room..
[ALARM]
Cloud is somewhere inside Shinra..., "this looks
familiar. if i'm really back in time, maybe i can change the past?? maybe i can
ruined Shinra's plan..and help AVALANCHE!!"
then Cloud was about to go somewhere...
"SO YOU'RE AWAKE." said a voice.
"..." Cloud stopped, and turn around,
"SEPHIROTH.."
Sephiroth stood there, his eyes staring straight at Cloud,
"the glow in your eye..you're in SOLDIER?"
"grrrr...damn you.." growls Cloud, wanting to kill
him.
"HEY....STRANGER!!!" shouts Zack, and joins them,
"you two met?"
"...." Sephiroth turn away, "i don't waste my
time on weaklings.."
"WEAKLINGS..???!!!! grrr..!!!!" freaks
Cloud
"you're lucky you get to meet the Great Sephiroth..!! no
one hardly sees him. one day..i wished to work with him." said Zack,
"anyways...we need help. we're out of SOLDIER. this time, the AVALANCHE
planned something different. we need as much help as we can."
then Zack smiles, "you can fight, right? join
us...uhmm..what's your name?"
"Cloud."
"Cloud..hmm...i swear i have a strong deja vu that i met
you before.." said Zack, "ALL RIGHT CLOUD!! LET'S
MOVE..!!!"
Zack and Cloud work as a team, and they enter Reactor
1...
"they're up to something...we must becareful." said
Zack
"right." said Cloud, "WATCH
OUT..!!!"
[BAM]
Cloud jumped and saved his friend..
"DAMN..!!! ALMOST GOT'EM..!!!!" shouts a familiar
voice. it's the leader of AVALANCHE. he quickly ran away...
"whoa..thanx." smiles Zack, "LET'S GO AFTER
HIM..!!!"
they chased after the leader for a long time,
until now.
"HOLY SHIT..!!!!! DEAD END..!!!!"
freaks the leader, almost fell from the Reactor..and thousands feet
below.
"YOU GOT NOWHERE TO HIDE,
AVALANCHE!!!" grins Zack, "TIME FOR YOU TO GO BEHIND
BARS..!!!"
"...!!!" gasps Cloud, when he saw the
leader, "BARRET..???!!"
"i'm sure they'll give
you a fair trial, if you surrender." said Zack
"FAIR MY ASS..!!!! THE SHINRA AIN'T GIVE A
DAMN ABOUT ME...OR YOU, KID!!!! YA'LL DUPED BY SHINRA..!!! THE REACTORS DESERVED
TO BE BLOWN TO BITS..!!!!" shouts Barret
"calm down...let's not
fight."
"THE SHINRA IS NOT GONNA GIVE UP 'TIL THEY
SUCK UP ALL THE MAKO ENERGY..AND KILL THE PLANET!!!! AND YA'LL HELP THEM DO
IT..??? YA'LL @#$%..!!!" shouts Barret, "IF I HAVE TO DIE, THEN LET'S
DO IT. BUT AVALANCHE WILL LIVE ON UNTIL THE END..!!!!"
"GRRR..!!!! YOU STUBBORN OX..!!!! i'll
teach you a lesson..!!!" yells Zack, and was about to fight..
"NO...ZACK!!! BARRET..!!! STOP!!!!"
shouts Cloud, and stop them.
"CLOUD..!!! WHAT'RE YOU DOING..???"
freaks Zack
"TIS AIN'T YOUR BUSINESS, LITTLE
FIGHTER..!!! GO BACK AND PLAY WITH YOUR TOYS..!!!!" shouts
Barret
"BARRET..!!!! IT'S ME..!!!
REMEMBER???"
"..." Barret hesitates, "who're
you?"
"BARRET..!!!!" shouts Cloud,
"THINK HARDER..!!!! REMEMBER WE USED TO.."
"CLOUD..!!!" shouts Zack
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING
'BOUT...BUT GOTTA GO..!!!" said Barret, and then he runs away...as Cloud
stops Zack from hurting Barret.
"GRRR..!! COME BACK HERE AND FIGHT..!!!!" shouts
Zack
Cloud let him go, "Barret is gone.."
"CLOUD..!! WHAT THE HELL HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU??? HE'S the
ENEMY!!!! HE'S the BAD GUY!!!" said Zack, "it's our mission from
Shinra to capture AVALANCHE..!!"
"...."
"[sighs] forget it. now there's NO WAY i can ever work
with Sephiroth." said Zack, "let's go back."
It's midnight...everyone is asleep.
Cloud is awake, "Barret doesn't remember
me...Zack doesn't remember me...even Sephiroth. i have to find out what's going
on?"
then he slowly get out from his bed..and sneeks
to the door.
"where you going?" said a girl voice,
behind him.
it's Tiara, "it's very late..you searching
for something?"
"yea.."
"fighters and SOLDIER is not allowed out
without permission." said Tiara, "but i won't tell."
"you won't?"
"whatever you're searching for must be
important." smiles Tiara, "i won't stop ya. go. i have a strong
feeling that you'll be ok."
"..." Cloud smiles,
"thanx."
then he exit the room.
Cloud looks around. no one is out at
night...except..
a helicopter slowly lift up..!!
"DAMN..!! FINALLY I CAN GET SOME PRACTICE BY
MYSELF..!!!!" said the driver...it's CID..!!! he looks much younger,
"THOSE @#$% SHINRA THOUGHT I SUCK?? I HANDLE MORE MACHINES THAN THEY'RE
@#$%..!!! EVEN THEIR CANNON IN JUNON DOESN'T WORK RIGHT..!!!"
Cloud hops in, "CID???"
"WHAT THE @#$%..!!!!!!" freaks Cid, almost crash the
copter, "YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE...!!!!!"
"so are you." said Cloud, "Cid, you don't
remember me either? it's me, Cloud."
"DO I CARE? NO. I'M CALLIN THE
GUARDS..!!!!"
"NO..!!! WAIT. I JUST NEED A RIDE TO SECTOR
7..!!!!"
"GUARDS..!!!"
"I'LL COME BACK...!!! i have to
anyways.."
"GUARDS..!!!! WHERE THE @#$% ARE YOU WHEN I NEED
YOU????"
"CID..!!! STOP!!!"
"GUARDS..!! GET YOUR @#$% AND ARREST THIS MANIAC..!!!
HE'S TRYING TO HIJACK ME AND THE COPTER..!!!"
"WHAT?????" freaks Cloud, then he pull his gun
toward Cid's head, "sorry, Cid. but i have to do this. i have to see
Barret. you must get me there."
"ok ok..!!! you made your point..!!!" freaks Cid,
"JUST WATCH THE HAIR..!!!"
then they went to Sector 7...
* * * *
Chapter 3
"Awakening"
Cloud holds Cid as a hostage...forcing him to give Cloud a ride
to Sector 7..
"DAMN...!!! WATCH IT..!!!" freaks Cid, very annoyed,
"wait until i tell President Shinra about YOU..!!! YOU @#$%
ROOKIE!!!"
"just shut up..."
"@#$%" murmurs Cid, "YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE
@#$%..!!!! NO ONE HAS EVER KIDNAPPED ME, THE GREATEST ENGINEER EVER..!!!! I'M
SURE SHINRA WILL PUT YOU IN A @#$% ROOM AND MAKE WEIRD @#$% EXPERIMENTS ON YOU
AND @#$% ON YOUR BODY AND ALL THAT @#$% CRAP..!!!"
"and i thought you were foul-mouthed in the
future.." whispers Cloud..
they finally arrived at a dump...?
"land here." said Cloud
"WHAT???"
"I SAID LAND HERE."
"CAN'T..!! TOO MUCH GARBAGE..!!!"
"hmm.."
"i say give it up, rookie." said Cid, "it's
weird..but i have strong feeling that we met before??" then he shakes his
head, "look, let's just head back, kay?"
"..." Cloud saw his chance, "i'm gonna
jump."
"you're gonna jump...YOU'RE GONNA WHAT???!!!!"
freaks Cid, almost lose balance..
"jump. see that pile of trash? i can make it." said
Cloud
"BUT THAT'S FAR AWAY..!!! YOU'LL GET
CRUSH..!!!"
"i'll be fine." said Cloud, "oh..Cid? please
don't tell the Shinra about this. i know it's weird...but i know what i'm
doing...and someday, you'll understand too."
"..." Cid lowers his head, hesitating..
Cloud sighs, then he jumps down..!!
[CLANG]
he made it..!!
but when Cloud was about to say bye to Cid...he's gone. Cid
have already left..
"i guess he's gonna tell.." said Cloud, then he went
to Sector 7..
there's a bar in Sector 7..and it's closed (it is midnight, ya
know?). Barret stood there, staring outside...at the Shinra
Company..
"when will people in Midgar understand??" said
Barret, "Shinra is nothin but bad news.."
"DADDY!!!!" a small little girl run to him...she's
only 1 yr, and already learned how to walk and talk...a little. she's holding a
paper, "LOOK..LOOOK..!!!"
"what's that, Marlene?" Barret lift his daughter up,
and saw a drawing in the paper made from Crayons..
"DIS...DADDY!! DIS...ME..!!" giggles
Marlene
"THAT LOOKS...GREAT!!!" smiles Barret..even though
he couldn't figure out what the drawing is...??
then Barret sighs, "i'm sorry..Marlene. i promise you
that once i get more people in AVALANCHE and get more money and support...i
PROMISE you i'll spend more time with you..!!"
"daddy..??"
"..." Barret lowers his head, "but it seem so
impossible!! most of the members quit or was killed..!! i'm the only one
left.."
[KNOCK KNOCK]
"HOLY..!!!!" freaks Barret, and hide Marlene in her
room, "THERE'S NO ONE HOME, ASSHOLE!!!! GO AWAY!!!!"
"it's me, Cloud."
"...??? that voice..??" Barret
hesitates..
[FLASHBACKS]
AVALANCHE just got off a train...and ready for a bomb mission.
a young man jumps out from the train after the rest of AVALANCHE. Barret comes
out, "a newcomer??!! follow me!!"....
[FLASHBACKS END]
"..." Barret blinks, "what WAS
THAT???"
"Barret..??? you there?? let me in..!!"
"grrrr...all right." murmurs Barret, and opens the
door.., "kid?"
"it's CLOUD." said Cloud, "what took you so
long?" and closes the door..
"WHO ARE YOU??? how do u know my name..? and my
hideout?"
"we're friends!! don't you remember one thing at all???
remember Sephiroth?? you all are killed by him...and i think i'm
last...remember??"
"hmm...sounds familiar."
"YOU WERE THERE..!!!! YUFFIE, TIFA, VINCENT, CAIT
SITH...ALL OF YOU WERE THERE..!!! AND ME..!!!!" said Cloud, "i know
everything about you. your past with Corel..and Marlene..."
"...." Barret sighs, then he load his gunarm,
"i'll make this quick and painless, kid."
"what??"
"can't let anyone know my hideout. it's for Marlene's
safety.."
"BARRET..???!!!"
"thanx for saving my ass back there..but this is
something i must do." said Barret, "i'm sorry, kid. i wish later in
the future, there might be someone like you with the experience from SOLDIER to
help AVALANCHE.."
"BARRET..!!! STOP SAYING THAT..!!!! I QUIT SOLDIER LONG
AGO...REMEMBER????" said Cloud, then he gives up, "fine. i tried to
convince Cid...but he doesn't remember me. i tried to convince you...but it's
still the same. it is as if everyone that i befriend with are all
gone..."
"..." Barret hesitates..
"just do it." said Cloud, "huh?" outside,
he saw a suspicious man sneaking away...he wears SOLDIER
clothing..!!
"A SPY!!!" freaks Cloud
"WHAT???!!! HOW THE HELL..???"
"WE HAVE TO STOP HIM..!!!" said Cloud, and went
after the stranger...
"heheheheh..this is GREAT!!! once i tell Shinra about
AVALANCHE's hideout..they'll wipe it off the map for sure!!" laughs the
man, "and make ME be one of Sephiroth's team members!!"
"HEY YOU...@#$!!!!" shouts Barret..
the stranger freaks out, and attack...but missed.
Cloud uses his gun (he haven't get the sword yet), and
attack..!!
Barret helps out.
very soon, the spy dies..
"WHEW..!!! that was close!!" sighs Cloud,
"damn..i can't stand this..GUN!!"
Barret checks out the stranger, "you were right. HE IS A
@#$% SPY. how did you..?"
"hey..i didn't spend my years in Shinra and with SOLDIER
fighters for nothing??" smiles Cloud, "you were really angry when you
were fighting...were you nervous or something?"
"NO..!! HELL NO..!!!" freaks Barret, then he shakes
his head, "ok. i admit. i was...scared."
"scared?'
"of Marlene's safety. if this spy gets to Shinra,
AVALANCE will collapse and Marlene will be in great danger.." said
Barret..then he gasps..
[FLASHBACKS]
Barret and Dyne were fighting in the Badlands...Barret tried
to convince Dyne to stop..but he went mad.
[FLASHBACKS]
Dyne smiles at Barret...then he hold out his arms, and commit
suicide..
[FLASHBACKS]
Barret was very angry when they couldn't save Sector
7...Jessie and the others were killed..
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud and Barret became good friends..
[FLASHBACKS]
they were fighting against Sephiroth...but lost the
battle..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"barret??" blinks Cloud, "you ok,
man?"
"MY HEAD..!!!!! DDDAAAMNN..!!!!! AAAAAAHHH..!!!!!"
freaks Barret, very confused...
[FLASHBACKS]
Barret came home and hugged Marlene..she is 4 yrs.old. then he
is talking to Tifa and Cloud..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"AAAAAHHH..!!!!
so.....many....flashbacks....so...familiar.." whispers Barret,
"so...real.."
[FLASHBACKS]
Barret came back to the airship and join his friends,
"...i lived for Marlene. and i will fight for her future!!"
[FLASHBACKS END]
"...." Barret stood there, then kneels
down...
"barret...?" blinks Cloud, very
worried..
"cloud..?"
"BARRET??? IS THAT....THE REAL YOU???" freaks
Cloud
"get your skinny ass over here and help me up..!!"
"yep, he's back!!" smiles Cloud, and help
him...
"damn..my head hurts like @#$%." moans Barret,
"why..do i feel...different?" then he stare at Cloud, "DAMN..!!
YOU ARE....SHORT!!!! what happened to you??"
"i could say the same to you too, Barret. you're younger
than before!!"
"SHIT!!!" freaks Barret, "what the hell is
going on??? WHERE AM I???? WASN'T I....DEAD??"
"i thought so too." said Cloud, then he hesitates,
"it's very strange...I KNOW THAT WE BATTLED SEPHIROTH!!! and that wasn't a
dream...because of the SCAR."
"whoa..!!! WHAT HAPPENED???"
"Sephiroth gave that to me before i died.." said
Cloud, "if it was a dream, then why did the scar is still with me? why
weren't we back in the Highwind or in the year 2X10?? but instead in 2XX5...five
years back..?"
"makes a lot of sense to me."
"the weirdest part is...YOU ALL DON'T RECOGNIZE ME??? and
i seem to remember everything that happened before...but you all don't?? as if
we never met??" said Cloud, "and lately, i met people and places i
never seen before five years ago..?? like Tiara??"
"then what should we do? we're the only ones that knows
what will happen in the future.."
"hmm...i donna." said Cloud, "but for now, we
must keep this as a secret, and try to avoid to change the past. that's why i'm
going back to Shinra soon. later, we'll find the rest of our friends..and try to
think of something?"
"all right." smiles Barret, and went back to his
house..
Cloud walks away..
[AERIS THEME]
"huh?" Cloud walk pass by a house, and he noticed
it's Aeris's house.
"[humming]" a girl is humming in the
backyard...
"wow.." Cloud is amazed...the backyard is full of
flowers of all kinds. he went into the flower field, and look around, "this
looks better than in the future..! huh?"
"[humming]" not far away, a girl is taking care of
the flowers. she wears a pink dress, brown hair, and green eyes.
"...!!!!" Cloud gasps,
"AERIS..???!!!"
the girl touches a dying flower, "don't worry..i'll make
you ALL BETTER..!!"
then like magic, the flower started to bloom..!!
"..." Cloud spies on her..then he
tripped..!!
"who is it?" said the girl, "you can come
out."
Cloud steps forward, "hello Aeris."
"..." the girl is surprised, "have we
met?"
"you probably don't remember me..but i'm Cloud."
"Cloud? what a nice name!" then the girl stands up,
and smiles, "i'm Aeris."
she looks so young..!! and very beautiful too..
"..." Cloud is happy..yet, sad. he missed Aeris in
the future...but when he saw her back in the past, it brings back a lot of
memories. but Aeris is never the same again. she doesn't remember him or
anything about their journey?
"you're in SOLDIER, right?" said Aeris, then she
looks at the sky, "the sun is about to rise...beautiful, isn't it? it's
like life is reborn again.."
"the sun??!! DAMN..!!! GOTTA HEAD BACK..!!!" freaks
Cloud, then he walks away..
"wait."
Cloud stopped. Aeris gives him a flower, "here, take
this. this flower hardly blooms at all...but i have a strong feeling that you'll
be able to make it bloom..!!"
"...thanx.." whispers Cloud, then he runs back to
Shinra..
Aeris watches him leave..
Cloud sneeks back into bed...and very tired, "[YAWN] TIME
FOR BED..zzz"
"WAKE UP CLOUD..!!!! TIME TO WAKE UP!!!!" shouts
Zack, and stretches, "A BEEAUUTIFUL MORNING!!!! HEH??"
"zzzz...let me..sleep.."
"CLOUD!!! WAKE UP!!! YOU ACT AS IF YOU SNEEKED OUT FOR
THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!!" said Zack, "hmm...today Sephiroth is gonna pick
someone to work with him...a mission to the Reactor, near Nibelheim. i'll never
get picked..but i wonder what happened to the other people that worked for
him?"
"zzz..."
"CLOUD..!!!!" freaks Zack
someone enters the room, "you two...come with
me."
it's Sephiroth..!
"SEPHIROTH!!!"
"stop wasting my time. are you two coming or not?"
"but..but we failed the mission to capture
AVALANCHE..?"
"..." Sephiroth knows that.., "and what's the
prob?? MOVE OUT!!!"
then he walks pass by Cloud..who is sleeping like a pig,
"HMPH!!! NO WONDER YOU COULDN'T MAKE TO
"SOLDIER"..!!"
then he's gone..
"uhmm...zzz..what did he say?" whispers Cloud,
waking up..
"CLOUD.."
"what?"
"WE ARE....GOING TO THE NIBELHEIM REACTOR!!!!!"
* * * *
Chapter 4
"The Nightmare Begins.."
"HURRY...CLOUD!!!" shouts Zack, running
throught the hallways..!!
"COMING..!!!" said Cloud, wearing his boot,
"WAIT FOR ME, ZACK..!!! JUST..!!!"
[BOOM]
"ouch.." Cloud falls down, "WATCH WHERE
YA GOING!!! huh?"
it's Sephiroth, "so you're unprepared? what kind
of fighter are you?"
"grrrr..."
"CLOUD!!!" shouts Zack, and freaks out,
"SS...SEPHIROTH!!!!"
"you ready?"
"YES SIR!!"
"good. i need someone that are prepared for
everything...even worse times. people that are late and clumsy not
mentioning WEAK will die in battles for sure..!!" grins
Sephiroth
"DAMN...you..!!!" freaks Cloud
"we're heading for Nibelheim...let's MOVE
OUT!!!" said Sephiroth, and lead the way..
"he's cool, isn't he?" said Zack, very
amazed
"cool my ass.." whispers Cloud, then he
hesitates, "hmm..i guess Cid really didn't tell on me..??"
then they follow him
After a ride to Nibelheim...Cloud feels
sick..
"damn..i think i'm gonna.."
moans Cloud, very nauseous..
"can't stand car-rides, huh?"
said Zack
"anything with that moves.."
whispers Cloud, "we're here..?"
they stand in front of Nibelheim
entrance..
Cloud remembers that he must avoid changing the
past..that means, he can't talk to Tifa, YET. he must be a normal
soldier, and stick to the uniform.
"the Reactor is not far away from here."
said Sephiroth, "so how does it feel?"
"me?"
"yea, you. how does it feel to come back to your
hometown?" said Sephiroth, and lowers his head, "i wouldn't
know..because i don't have a hometown. all i know is that my mother's
name is Jenova, and she died after she gave birth to me. and my
father..."
then he laughs, "what does it
matter?"
later, they went to take a break before the
mission...
Cloud walks around, "wow..it's just like the old
times."
he stare at the well, and remembered the time he and
Tifa made the promise..
"Tifa.." whispers Cloud, missed her. not far
away, he can see his mom through the window..
she's fixing the kitchen..
"mother.." whispers Cloud, wanting to say hi
to her..but can't. he stood there, watching. even though his mom is
annoying him whenever he enters the door..especially after 2 years never
contact each other...he missed her. Cloud know this will be the last
time he'll see her again..
"HEY CLOUD..!!! WE HAVE TO GO!!" shouts
Zack, coming out from inn with Sephiroth and the other
soldier..
"right." said Cloud, and take one last look
at his mom, "goodbye...MOTHER."
then he join his friend..
a young girl stood there...she's TIFA!!!
"she'll guide us to the Reactor." said
Sephiroth..
"tifa..!!!" gasps Cloud, but can't talk to
her...
when they were taking a picture, Cloud
stood there..watching them.
"people in SOLDIER are so
lucky.." said the other soldier, next to Cloud, "they get to
have the best of everything..even taking a pic. with the Great
Sephiroth!! we fighters never get much.."
"yea.." whispers Cloud..he
stare at Tifa. she really doesn't know that Cloud is right in front of
her..!!
while they're walking to the Reactor...Cloud and Zack
are chatting..
"I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE GET THERE!!! but it's so
strange that Sephiroth would leave that soldier behind? what if
something happened to him..?" said Zack, "anyways, WE'RE GONNA
BE FAMOUS..!! isn't this cool, Cloud?? JUST ME AND
YOU!!!"
"yea...cool.." whispers Cloud, and lowers
his head, "Zack, about the Reactor..?"
"yep?" blinks Zack..
Cloud hesitates. he can't tell Zack what will happen
in the Reactor. or he will completely change the past, which affects
greatly in the future..
but he can't just stand there and let his friend get
hurt..
"zack.." whispers Cloud, "just...JUST
BECAREFUL, OK?"
"???" blinks Zack,
"sure..?"
"we're here." said Sephiroth...finally
arrived at the Reactor..
"i'm coming too!!" said Tifa
"no. it's too dangerous." said Sephiroth,
then he turn to Cloud, "you stay here and take good care of the
girl, while we fix the prob inside."
Zack and Sephiroth enter the Reactor...
"but..!!" said Tifa, then she sighs,
"YEA..YOU BETTER TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME!!!"
"..." Cloud didn't say
anything..
At night, Cloud was sleeping..
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
there's nothing but voices around
him...
"where am i?" said Cloud, feeling
very..light.
"your friends are in trouble.." whispers a
little girl voice..
"WHO ARE YOU?? WHY ARE THESE
DREAMS..??"
"their calling for your help...they're waiting to
be awaken.."
"???" blinks Cloud, "so it wasn't a
dream...we were killed. but send back through time?
WHY?"
"the Planet is in
danger."
"danger?? what danger??"
"Time is in danger.."
"i don't get it?"
"you must awaken your friends...it's the only way
to defeat Sephiroth." said the girl
"HOW CAN I HELP?? WHAT CAN I
DO??"
"they'll only be awaken if they remember the most
important thing in their lives...a person or thing that keeps them
alive.."
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
"...!!!" Cloud opens his eyes. he was
dreaming.., "the MOST important thing? how is it gonna help?"
then he saw a girl outside..sitting on the well,
ALONE..
Cloud went to see her..
"he'll never come back.." whispers the
girl..it's Tifa, "but i have such a strong feeling that..that he IS
here. but WHERE?? WHERE COULD HE BE?? i felt
so...alone.."
"you're not."
"[GASPS]" Tifa gasps, and notice Cloud (he's
wearing a uniform, and hiding his face, so she doesn't
know)
Cloud hops onto the well, and sit next to
her..
"your voice.." whispers Tifa, "it sound
so much like HIM...but..but you're not."
then Tifa started to cry, "i've been waiting for
him for 2 years..!! everyday i wonder if he'll ever come back.."
"Tifa...i.." Cloud stopped, and hesitates.
should he show Tifa who he is? or not..?
"you don't understand..you'll never understand.
you're just..a soldier." said Tifa
"i do.."
"wanna know a secret?" said Tifa, "it's
a secret for a VERY LONG TIME.."
"what is it?"
"it's very silly..but..it's something i can't
deny..!!" said Tifa, "me and Cloud have been friends for a
long time...i've been thinking about him since the day he left..not just
because we're friends..but THERE'S MORE TO IT."
"..."
"the truth is i...i.." Tifa begins to blush.
her tears make her eyes sparkles in the moonlight...
"Tifa.." whispers Cloud, very
surprised..
then in a sudden...
[BAM]
there's an explosion in the
Reactor..!!
"AAAAAHHH..!!!" screams Tifa...Cloud quickly
cover his body to protect her...!!
"WHAT WAS THAT???" freaks
Cloud
Tifa's father run toward to the Reactor,
"YOU...SOLDIER!! PROTECT TIFA FOR ME..!!! DON'T LET HER
COME..!!!"
then he's gone..
"DADDY..!!!" gasps Tifa, and went after
him..!!
"TIFA...!!! WAIT..!!!" gasps Cloud. if he
doesn't stop Tifa and her father in time, they'll both get
HURT..
but it's too late. Tifa's dad already reached the
Reactor, and so does Tifa. Cloud arrived at the Reactor..
[SLASH]
"NOOOOOOO..!!!!" scream a girl
voice..
"TIFA..!!!" gasps Cloud, and quickly went
inside. he run towards Tifa, who is crying as she tries to heal her
father's wound...
Cloud stood there...
[FLASHBACKS]
5 years ago, Tifa's father was killed by Sephiroth.
Tifa, all alone by herself, cries until her eyes
hurts..
[FLASHBACKS]
[SLASH] Sephiroth slashes Tifa...and throws her away
on the ground, leaving her to bleed to death.
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud was so angry..he went to challenge Sephiroth.
without hesitation, Sephiroth uses his MasaMune and slashes through
Cloud's body..!! with his last ounce of strength, Cloud throws Sephiroth
and his blade into the pit below...full of Mako energy
radiation...
[FLASHBACKS END]
"..." Cloud blinks, "why am i..having
flashbacks?? i know i was there..!! i remember everything..!! but when
those flashbacks came...i felt as if i don't remember that
happening..." then he shakes his head, "I FELT SO
CONFUSED...!!!!"
"tifa..." whispers a soft
voice..
Cloud notice Tifa's dad is still alive..but dying.
Tifa is GONE...!!
"UNCLE..!!!" shouts Cloud, "ARE YOU
OK??? HOLD ON THERE..!! I'LL GET A DOCTOR..!!!"
"noo...the wound..is too...deep..too
much..blood.." whispers her dad, "YOU...yes, you. you are on
of Tifa's...friends? promise me...promise me that you'll...take good
care of her, and..and never let anyone...even Sephiroth...hurt
her....PROMISE ME."
"..." Cloud lowers his head, "i
promise. but you'll live..!! i know you will..!! YOU HAVE TO..!! Tifa
needs you..!!"
"i don't know why..but..but i just know
that...someday, you will..protect her..not because of the
promise...but.because you.." whispers her dad, "YOU...YOU LOVE
HER..."
then he closes his eyes..
"love her..?" whispers Cloud, "uncle??
UNCLE??"
but he's dead.
"i promise, uncle. i won't let u down." said
Cloud, and went after Tifa..
by the time Cloud gets there, he saw Tifa on the
ground, bleeding..!! and his friend, Zack, injured as well.
"TIFA..!!!!" said Cloud, and went to her
side..
"who're..you?"
"it's me, CLOUD!!!" said Cloud, very
worried. he quickly took off his hat..revealing his true
identity.
"you came back..as you promised.."
"sssshh.." whispers Cloud, and put her
somewhere safe...
"why does this...feel familiar? this warm
feeling.." whispers Tifa
"Tifa..i...i have something to tell you."
said Cloud, "before your dad died, he told me that we'll be in love
in the far future..is it true? will that really
happen..?"
"...cloud.." whispers Tifa, very
shy..
[FOOT STEPS]
"WHATTA..???" said cloud, and turn
around..!!
it's Sephiroth, his sword dripping with blood, as he
walks away..
"GRRRR...!!! wait here, Tifa..!!" said
Cloud, and went after him..
"SEPHIROTH..!!!" shouts Cloud, ready to
fight.
Sephiroth turns around, "so you haven't forgotten
ME??"
"????"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH..." Sephiroth laughs, then
he stops, "How does it feel, Cloud?? to be back into the past...5
years ago. the same time when your hometown is burned to the
ground...the same time your beloved relatives and friends died in my
sword...the same time WE BOTH TURN INTO JENOVA
EXPERIMENTS."
"YOU MEAN...??? YOU MEAN YOU KNEW THIS??? YOU
REMEMBERED????" freaks Cloud, "BUT..THAT'S
IMPOSSIBLE..!!!"
"tsk..tsk..tsk. poor Cloud. always so
confused." said Sephiroth, and walks toward him, "tell me,
Cloud, do you have flashbacks of the past?"
"none of your business.."
"don't you find it weird that you and your
friends were all dead when we battled...but YOU were the only one who
still remembered the future?"
"shuddap."
"your friends probably doesn't recognize you..do
they?"
"SHUT UP ASSHOLE!!!" shouts Cloud,
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME..???"
"so it was true.
everything i said is true." laughs Sephiroth, "do you have
this feeling that...you are actually ALONE. very
ALONE."
"STOP IT...STOP IT..!!!!" shouts Cloud, very
confused...he kneels down, and shakes his head..
"you thought you remembered everything...but why
the flashbacks? especially that you felt as if you never were there
before??"
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud stood there, watching helplessly as Nibelheim
burn to the ground..and Sephiroth walks away..
[FLASHBACKS]
in the future, Tifa tried to convince Cloud to stay in
AVALANCHE, but Cloud refused to. then Barret came and was very
angry..!
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud and his friends stole the Tiny Bronco,
and...well, Cid too. the Tiny Bronco falls into the waters...and Cid was
very pissed off.
[FLASHBACKS]
Aeris smiled at Cloud...as she is praying for the Holy
Materia. Sephiroth run her through with his blade..!!
[FLASHBACKS]
the ground collapses, and Tifa almost fell..!! but
luckily, Cloud grab her and hold onto the edge of the wall. he could
feel Tifa's warm body pressed against his..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH..!!!" shouts Cloud, very
confused. his head is like tearing apart..!
Sephiroth went up to him, "don't worry, Cloud.
i'll make your suffering end...!!"
he hold up his MasaMune, and was about to slash
Cloud..!!
"NOOOOOOOOOO...!!!!"
Sephiroth stopped
"NOOO..!!! PLEASE...!!!! DON'T HURT
HIM...!!!" cries Tifa. she's hurt, but she's struggling to save
Cloud, "SEPHIROTH...!!! YOU ALREADY KILLED US BEFORE...ISN'T THAT
ENOUGH??? AREN'T YOU SATISFIED???"
"..." Sephiroth stare at her. then he
laughs, "stupid girl. i can kill anyone at any time if i wishes
to..!! BUT luckily, Cloud isn't the one i'm after...for now. i'm
searchin for something MORE important. but GET INTO MY WAY, AND I'LL
MAKE SURE YOU ALL NEVER LIVE AGAIN..!!!"
then he's gone..
Cloud falls onto the ground, very tired..and
confused.
"CLOUD..!!!" gasps Tifa, and hugs him,
"I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE..!!! I THOUGHT WE'LL NEVER SEE EACH OTHER
AGAIN..!!!"
"tifa..."
"DON'T WORRY..!!! it's just a
little...ouch..wound. i'll be fine." whispers Tifa, but she's
bleeding like hell..
she tried to carry him...but can't. too
weak.
then finally, she fell
unconscious..
"HEY...CLOUD!!! WAKE UP..!!!"
shouts a familiar voice..
"uhh.."
"DAMN @#$%..!!! GET YOUR SKINNY ASS
UP..!!!"
"Barret..?" Cloud opens his
eyes.
he's inside Barret's house..
"you're awake..!!" smiles Tifa. she was
brought to a doctor, and her wound healed.
"TIFA..!!! YOU OK???" freaks
Cloud
"YOU WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF, BOY!!! you had us all
worried..!!" said Barret, "you look like you were having a
mental fight or some shit??"
"..." Cloud lowers his head, "Sephiroth
knew."
"??"
"he knew about this all along. he is just like
me, we both woke up and remembers everything from the future. but
how?" said Cloud, "that jackass played me for a sap all these
times.."
"boy, you are stupid."
"BARRET..!!" said Tifa, "i heard that
he said he was searching for something IMPORTANT?? the Black Materia
maybe??"
"or Aeris for that matter." said Cloud,
"who knows? he must be the one that send us to the past..but
there's something i still don't understand. he sound as if he knew
what's going on with me??"
"hey, since we're in the past, let's go and wreck
their @#$ Shinra butt..!!" said Barret, "I GOT THE PERFECT
PLAN ON BOMBING MISSION....BLOW UP SHINRA!!!!!"
"no...we can't." said Cloud, "we must
try not to change the past. for now, we have to awaken our friends...and
figure something out after that. but the girl told me the only way to
awaken my friends is to guide them to what they loved the most...their
will to survive. BUT I DON'T GET IT???"
"oh shit, he's gonna go for another MENTAL
fight." said Barret
"Barret..!!! I'M FINE..!!! whatever happend back
in the Reactor must be an accident..!! it's NOT gonna happen again..!!
SEPHIROTH DOESN'T CONTROL ME ANYMORE..!!!" said
Cloud
"shheeesh. no need to freak out. just
joking??"
"...." Cloud sighs, "sorry..maybe i'm
just a bit tired."
"but you just slept...!!"
"BARRET..!!!" freaks
Tifa..
"Cid is still in Shinra. let's go see him."
"oh here. i found this on the way." said
Barret, and gave him a BUSTER SWORD...???
"..." Cloud lowers his head,
"Zack.."
then he shakes his head, "LET'S
GO..!!!"
* * * *
Chapter 5
"Banish Forever"
A guard in Shinra looks around, as he is
guarding the entrance...
"[SIGH] this job is
soooo boring." murmurs the guard, "and the pay wasn't good either.
once i get enough money, i'm going to Costa del Sol..and to that prophet!! he
knows EVERYTHING about the future..!!"
"HEY @#$%!!!" whispers Barret, and
grab the guard..!!
[BAM] [BAM]
Cloud and his friends comes out..
"that was VERY nice Barret. just hit him as hard as you
can..!!" said Cloud, not surprised, "hmm..a
prophet..?"
"he works for Shinra!! am i suppose to go, "can i
please hit your head?" THAT'S BULLSHIT!!" said Barret, quite
upset
"we've never done this, have we?" said
Tifa
"???"
"except the time we have to rescue Aeris in 2X10."
said Tifa, and turn to Cloud, "this is our first time sneaking in Shinra in
the PAST, when we're still teens, still too weak to beat
Sephiroth."
"what's the prob?"
"i...i...i'm afraid." whispers Tifa, "we're
weak. we can't defeat Shinra yet...i'm afraid that we'll get caught, especially
you, Cloud."
"..." Cloud is surprised,
"me?"
Tifa nods, "i'm more worried about you than anyone
else.."
Cloud is speechless, "Tifa..i..uh..i.."
"HELLOOOOOO????? EARTH TO CLOUD??? EARTH TO TIFA???? CAN
WE GO ON ALREADY????" freaks Barret, "TIS AIN'T NO TIME TO TALK BOUT
FEELINGS..!!! [sighs] damn...teens."
then they went in.
Shinra is still the same as the future. people work and
Reactors are sucking Mako Energy...
"Barret, let's sneek in.." whispers Cloud, "or
do u have a better idea?"
"HELL YEA I DO." said Barret, and shoots his gun-arm
EVERYWHERE..!!!
[BAM] [BAM] [BAM]
[SCREAMING]
"how nice, barret. just freak them out so security can
beat the hell out of us..!!" said Cloud, "REMEMBER WE ARE WEAK..!!!
WE'RE IN THE PAST...NOT THE FUTURE..!!!"
"oh right." whispers Barret, "LISTEN UP!!!! YOU
PATHETIC @#$%!!! BETTER GET OUTTA OUR WAY OR EVERYONE'S GONNA GET
HURT!!!!"
"THERE'S THE ELEVATOR!! let's go!!" smiles
Tifa
"BEFORE WE LEAVE...I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO TELL YOU
@#$%!!!" shouts Barret, "uhmmm...uhmm..."
then he smiles, "JOIN AVALANCHE!!!"
"THERE THEY ARE!!!" shouts a guard, and begins to
shoot them..!!
"OH @#$%!!!" freaks Barret
"HURRY...!! CLOSE THE ELEVATOR DOOR, CLOUD!!" gasps
Tifa
Cloud keep pressing the closing button...but the door closes
too slow.
"CLOSE THE DAMN FREAKING DOOR, CLOUD!!! THEY'RE
COMING!!!" freaks Barret
"CLOSE ALREADY DAMN IT!!!" shouts Cloud...and kick
the door.
[CLOSED]
....
"there. that wasn't hard?" sighs Cloud, "let's
see now..5 years ago, i heard that the Shinra is building a new army or
somekind? and they were planning to get the Space Plan to
action?"
"CID MUST BE THERE!!" smiles Barret
"if i could just awaken him.." said Cloud,
"huh?"
he noticed Tifa didn't say anything...she's just standing
there, staring outside.
"are you scared, Tifa?"
"..." Tifa begins to laugh, "funny isn't it? in
the future, i hardly fear about anything...but in the past, or now, i felt so
different. my fear is stronger.." then she looks down, "look
Cloud."
"??" Cloud joins her, "what? i only see garbage
dump and some stuff?"
"it's Sector 7."
"oh...?"
"i've lived in Sector 7 almost all my life." said
Tifa, "never knew i'll see it again."
"well, all i saw is garbage."
"HEY!!! MARLENE AND MY HOUSE IS DOWN THERE!!!"
freaks Barret
"look closer, Cloud." whispers Tifa,
"yes...it's only garbage. an object. but there's more to it." then she
smiles at Cloud, "it's MEMORIES."
"..." Cloud don't know what to say..
[DING]
"WE'RE HERE!!!" smiles Barret, and ran to find
Cid..
Tifa is a little scared...she backs off.
Cloud turn around and smiles, "don't be afraid, Tifa.
c'mon!!" he took her hand, and they follow Barret..
Tifa was blushing..
[LIGHTING A CIGARETTE]
"DAMN THIS @#$%!!!! BEEN WAITING FOR 2 @#$%
HOURS..!!!" complains Cid, as he lit himself another cigarette,
"damn..@#$% Shinra."
"CID!!!" smiles Cloud..and they went to see
him.
"YOU AGAIN?? WHAT DO U WANT??? KIDNAP ME AGAIN??? all
right. i'll do it for...1000 GP. i'll even ADD AN INNOCENT CRY for EXTRA...2000
GP." said Cid
"KIDNAP YOU????!! WHY WOULD I DO THAT??" freaks
Cloud
"ok. 500 GP. that's my lowest!!"
"I DON'T WANT TO PAY YOU..OR ANYBODY!!" freaks
Cloud, "we came to help you."
"who the hell are you?" said Cid
"this is BARRET...and TIFA. and i'm
CLOUD."
"so?"
"GRRRRR...!!! CID YOU'RE SUCH AN @#$%!!!" freaks
barret, "DON'T YA GET IT??? IT'S US!!! YOUR FRIENDS..!!!"
"friends...?" whispers Cid
"you might not remember...but we'll help you." said
Tifa, "it happened to us too..all except Cloud."
"friends..?" whispers Cid
[FLASHBACKS]
Cid was very angry when Rufus wouldn't continue the Space
Program. later, Cloud and his friends stole the Tiny Bronco...pissing him off
even worse
[FLASHBACKS]
"wow.." whispers Cid, as he look outside from the
Escape Pod, "i finally made it....the first man in outer
space."
[FLASHBACKS END]
"..." Cid blinks, "hell that was
freaky."
"DON'T YA REMEMBER ANYTHING??? THE ROCKET??? SPACE
PROGRAM?? SEPHIROTH??" said Tifa
"now that you mention it..!! i have to talk to President
Shinra about the Program..!!" freaks Cid, and went to the
door..
"CID..!!! WAIT!!!" said cloud
[SNIKERING]
Cid stopped, and heard something from President Shinra's
room...?
they're talking...?
"WHAT AN IDIOT!! CAN'T BELIEVE HE
FELL FOR IT!!!" laughs the major
"we need a pilot for our new army!! a GREAT pilot like
him. but we need the prophet too.." said Shinra, "he still thinks that
i'm going to continue the Space Program? HAHAHHAH..!! i have spent thousands and
millions on the new army and the school for the reformed group..TURKS. [SIGHS]
if only Vincent is still here...anyways, even i still have money to support his
program..it's just stupidity!! WHO COULD MADE IT TO OUTER
SPACE??"
"..." Cid is outside...he heard everything. he
lowers his head..very sad..
"SO WHAT DO WE DO FOR NOW??" said the
major
"we'll just continue lie to Cid that we're going to open
the program until we don't need him anymore." laughs Shinra, "HIS
SKILLS CAN BRING BOOST MY ARMY REAL GOOD!!! THEN WE'LL DESTROY
AVALANCHE!!!"
....
"CID!!!" Cloud and his friends rushes to
him..
"we overheard.." whispers Tifa,
"sorry.."
"..." Cid is very angry, "they were....LYING TO
ME ALL THESE TIMES???"
"yep. pretty good at it too." said
Barret
"BARRET..!!" said Tifa
"Cid.." whispers Cloud, tries to cheer him up,
"don't ya remember that Shinra NEVER keeps their word? you said that
yourself..??"
"..." Cid throws his cigarette on the carpet,
"THAT DAMN @#$%!!!"
and storms in Shinra's room..!!
"CID!!!" freaks Cloud, and joins him..
"WHATTA..??" said Shinra, very
surprised
"YOU @#$%!!!! YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME!!!! ALL THESE YEARS
YOU @#$!!!! YOU PROMISED YOU'LL BRING THE PROGRAM BACK..!!!" shouts
Cid
"i guess he found out.." said the major
"yes it's true. we promised." said Shinra, "but
we never think of keeping that promise."
"YOU @#$%!!!! LET ME AT HIM!!!" shouts Cid...Cloud
and Barret hold him back
"let him go." said Shinra, "the security is
coming soon...and you all will be guarantee to be EXECUTED!!!"
"OH @#$%!!!" freaks Barret, "THEY'RE COMING!!!
WE GOTTA GO!!!"
"YOU PROMISED YOU'LL BRING BACK THE PROGRAM..!!! I WILL
BECOME THE FIRST MAN OUTER SPACE..!!! YOU..YOU..!!!" shouts Cid...then he
stops, "outer space..?"
[FLASHBACKS]
Cid was very happy that day. he's finally going outer space.
as his friends wishes him luck..Cid steps up and into the Rocket.
[FLASHBACKS]
the launch was canceled...and ever since then, the Rocket
turns old, etc. everyday, Cid wishes to have another chance to go to
space..
[FLASHBACKS]
Cid looks outside...stars and everything. "wow..i'm
finally here...the first man to outer space.." Cloud, Tifa, and Shera is
proud of him..
[FLASHBACKS]
Barret and Cait Sith saved Tifa, and they hop onto the
Highwind. Cid smiles, very happy to get his airship back..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"i remember now.." whispers Cid, "the
Highwind...Tiny Bronco..Shinra..EVERYTHING."
then he smiles at Cloud, "I'M BACK."
"..." Cloud smiles
"UHMM...WE GOTTA GO!!!" freaks Barret, and they run
away..
as they're escaping, a girl stops them..!!
"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!!" shouts the
teenager...she have long blue hair (ponytail), and green eyes. she wears black
shorts, a white T-shirt with a lose tie on..?? a TURK??
"aren't you from
the Turk School..?" whispers Cloud
"not much of a Turk you tell me?" said
Barret
"..." the girl freaks out, "WHAT DO U KNOW!!!
I'M TRYING MY BEST!!! I, LENA, WILL BECOME THE GREATEST TURK
EVER!!!"
"..." Cloud isn't surprised, and scratches his head,
"doesn't she remind you of someone?"
"yep." said Tifa
"YUFFIE."
"who's Yuffie..??" blinks Lena, "ANYWAYS!!!
YOU'RE NOT INTERRUPTING HOJO'S EXPERIMENT WITH TIARA!!! IT'S IMPORTANT, YA
KNOW??"
"TIARA!!!" gasps Cloud, and turn around. he can see
through the window from the wall next to him..!!
inside the room, there's a large capsule..there's someone
inside??
a little girl kneels down, hugging her body...trying to keep
herself from freezing..
Hojo steps up to the capsule, "it's
TIME."
"TIARA!!!" freaks Cloud, "HOJO'S GONNA KILL
HER..!!! LET'S GO!!!"
"OH NO YOU'RE NOT!!!" shouts Lena, and stops them,
"I'M NOT LETTING YOU GO..!!!"
"..." Cid sighs, "let me handle puny here. you
go and rescue the girl!!"
Cloud nods, and went inside with his friends..
"heheheheh.." laughs Hojo, as he open the capsule,
"is it cold in there? should be..it's BELOW ABSOLUTE ZERO. no human can
live through that temperature even for MINUTES!! unless.."
"HOJO!!! STOP IT!!!"
"???" Hojo freaks out, "WHAT'RE YOU KIDS DOING
HERE?? I'M CALLING SECURITY!!" then he ran away..
"damn @#%. he's the cause of the future..SEPHIROTH."
said Barret, "GRRR..!!! I SHOULD'VE CHOKED HIM TO DEATH WHEN I
COULD..!!!"
Cloud opens the capsule WIDER.
[TSSSSS..]
"HOLY SHIT!!! IT IS COLD!!!" freaks
Barret
"you came.." whispers a little girl voice. Tiara,
her hands together (praying), and her knees down. she slowly opens her dark
green eyes, and smiles..
"..." Cloud is surprised..?
"let's get you
outta there." said Tifa..
"i can't."
"???"
"i can't go with you." whispers Tiara, "you
see, THIS is my home..for now, that is."
"but they almost killed you!!"
"i'm used to it." said Tiara, "i was born and
raised in Shinra. but i won't stay here for long.."
"then come with us!!"
"i'm sorry..but i can't." said Tiara, "but take
this with you instead..the MOON PEARL."
she hands Cloud...A MIRROR??
"wow. i was expecting something BIG and UNIQUE??"
said Barret
"..." Cloud stares at it...the glass in the mirror
shines.
"it is unique." said Tiara, "it means a lot to
me..i had it since i was VERY young. please take good care of it for
me.."
[FIRE ALARM..!!!!]
"WHAT IS THAT??? THERE'S A FIRE??" freaks
Barret
"I SMELL SMOKE!!" coughs Tifa
Cid runs toward them..
"what happened Cid?" said cloud
"it's my cigarrete. i threw it on the
carpet."
"but..?"
"DON'T ASK." said Cid, "THAT DAMN GIRL COULDN'T
DEFEATE ME, SO SHE SCREAMS FOR HELP!!! NOW THERE'S MORE GUARDS THAN BEFORE..!!!
in conclusion...WE GOTTA @#$% RUN!!!!"
"there's a helicopter in the back. it is used for safety
during the tests, for the new army. but i'm sure it's very functional."
said Tiara
Cid didn't even say bye, and quickly went for the
helicopter..!!
Barret joins him.
"we gotta go, Cloud." whispers Tifa
"but i can't just leave you here, Tiara!!" said
Cloud, "you saved me life..!! i want to repay you..!!"
"i won't stay here long." said Tiara, "when it
is time, i can find my way home. then we will meet again.."
"..." Cloud heard of those words
before..??
Tiara closes her eyes, and smiles, "as long as you have
the Moon Pearl, it will protect you and your friends. HAVE FAITH,
CLOUD."
"..." Cloud is speechless...can she be the girl from
his dreams?? the same girl that told him to awaken his
friends...??
[BOOOM]
the helicopter crashes and breaks the wall..!!
Cid, Barret, and Tifa is in there..
"WE GOTTA GO, CLOUD!!! STOP @#$%!!!" freaks Cid,
"OR WE'LL GO WITHOUT YOU..!!!"
"CID..!!" shouts Tifa
"just kidding..?" smiles cid
Cloud ran and hop into the helicopter..
"HOLD ONTO YOUR SHORTS..!!!" smiles Cid...and
they're gone.
* * * *
Chapter 6
"So Close, yet So Far"
Cloud and his friends escaped from Shinra using
a "testing" helicopter, stolen from Hojo's lab..
Cid lands the helicopter, and fix the engine,
while the others take a break..
"Marlene.." whispers Barret, "Cloud, instead of
NOT changing the past, we freakin change the past!! NOW MARLENE'S ALL
ALONE!!"
"sorry.." whispers Cloud, "no matter how hard i
tried to avoid mistakes, no matter how much pain i have to suffer from the
past...at the end, everything changes."
"then the future's different now?" said Tifa, as she
drinks some water from the river..
"guess so. i wouldn't even want to think of how the
future looks like now!!" said Cloud, "Sephiroth must've send us so we
can do his dirty work...CHANGE THE PAST..??"
"that jackass...he always picks on us?" said
Barret
"AAAAAHH..HERE IT IS!!!!" smiles Cid, and pulls out
an extra screw from that area, "WHAT IS THAT DOING THERE?? THE ENGINE CAN'T
WORK RIGHT WITH THAT THING IN THE WAY!!!"
"THAT'S IT!!!" smiles Cloud, "CID..YOU ARE A
GENIUS!!!"
"i am?" blinks Cid
Cloud walks around, "ok, Sephiroth send us to the
past..like a curse? but if we destroy that source of the curse..or
HIM..."
"...we'll be send back to the future, like as it was
before..!!" smiles Tifa
"so what do we do with the mirror?" said
Barret
"the Moon Pearl?" said Cloud, as he pull out the
mirror..and stare at it.
Tifa smiles, "it looks pretty!!"
"i say Tiara is a weird girl...she talks so...MATURE FOR
HER AGE!!!" freaks Cid.
"this mirror...Tiara always carries it around with
her." said Cloud. he saw his reflection. HIS SCAR..
[FLASHBACKS]
5 yrs.ago, Sephiroth stares at Cloud, as he was about to leave
the Reactor (where Jenova is?) Cloud stops him. they stare at each
other...EYE-TO-EYE...
[SWORD STABS THROUGH SOMETHING..?????]
[FLASHBACKS END]
"CLOUD!!!" shouts Barret, "ya ok,
man??"
"..." Cloud shakes his head,
"flashbacks..???"
"damn, i'm tellin ya. he's gonna snap at anytime!!"
said Cid
"Cloud..is there something wrong?" said
Tifa
"i..i...i don't know.." whispers Cloud,
"i'm...fine."
"hey, i remember the puny Turk say something about a
mysterious prophet near Lucrecia Cave while she was cursing at me." said
Cid, "this prophet can tell us EVERYTHING!!! do u think it's Sephiroth??
he's from the future??"
"perhaps." said Cloud, "Sephiroth must've found
out Lucrecia is his REAL mother.."
then they hop into the copter, and left.
They enter Lucrecia cave...
"TELL ME WHERE IT IS, PROPHET!!!!!" shouts a
familiar voice.
Cloud and his friends gasps, and takes their weapons
out..
it's Sephiroth, "PROPHET, DO U HEARD
ME???!!!"
a stranger covered in a purple cape is in front of Sephiroth.
he looks up, and stare at the place where Lucrecia was in
2X10...
"SEPHIROTH!!!!" shouts Cloud
"oh no..not you again!! i warned you before to back
off!!!" shouts Sephiroth
"wait a minute..you weren't the prophet?" said
Tifa
"..." Sephiroth laughs, "HA..HA..HA...i really
wish i am, girl. or i wouldn't waste my time on this prophet!!" then he
faces the prophet, "TURN AROUND AND FACE ME, PROPHET!!!! I WANT TO KNOW
WHERE IT IS..OR I'LL RIP YOUR THROAT!!!!"
"!!!!" Cloud freaks out, and stops him, "LEAVE
HIM ALONE!!!"
"Cloud..don't ya realize by now that there's NO CHANCE
that you can defeat me." said Sephiroth, "even if your friends are
here." then he laughs, "that scar...hmm...brings back a lot of
memories, heh, Cloud? does it hurt? hahahah.."
"SHUTTUP!!!" shouts Cloud, and tries to attack
him...but Tifa stopped him.
"PROPHET...I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE ITEM IS..!!! TELL
ME!!!" shouts Sephiroth, very angry
"i'll never tell you." whispers the prophet, and
turn around, "i know who you are, Sephiroth. if you get your hands on the
item..."
"that voice..??" blinks Cid
"DAMN PROPHET..!! FINE!! I'LL FIND IT MYSELF!!!"
shouts Sephiroth, "i don't need you anymore. can you foresee YOUR
DEATH???"
and attacks..!!
[CLASH]
"???!! YOU AGAIN??!!!" growls Sephiroth...Cloud
stopped him just in time.
"YOU AIN'T HURTIN NOBODY!!!" shouts Barret, and
attack..
but missed..
Cid tries to stab him with his spear...in a sudden, Sephiroth
grab his spear...
"[GASPS]" Cid gasps, trying free his spear,
"LET GO @#$%!!!!"
"a spear won't hurt me.." grins
Sephiroth...
[CRACK]
he broke the spear in half, and throw it on the
ground..!!
Tifa runs and tries to hit him with her punch...then, when she
goes for a head-punch...Sephiroth ducks...and HIT her stomach....with his sharp
knuckles and rings..!!!!
"AAAAAAAAAHHH.....!!!!" Tifa scream in pain, as if a
huge sharp rock hits her stomach..!!
"TIFA..!!!" gasps Cloud, and
attacks...
[CLASH]
they wrestles...
"you don't have to do this Cloud.." said Sephiroth,
as he wrestles with Cloud with his MasaMune..
"i don't know...what..you're talking...about!!!"
groans Cloud
"of course you don't." grins Sephiroth,
"cuz...we....are....ONE..!!!"
"[GASPS]" Cloud gasps...his eyes wide
open..
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud was summoned in the North Cave...
he went up to Sephiroth, and gave him the Black
Materia...
[FLASHBACKS END]
Cloud lost his grip..!!
Sephiroth slashes him...!!
again..
and again...
until Cloud falls on the ground...wounded.
"CLOUD!!!" gasps Tifa..
"you're too annoying, Cloud." said Sephiroth,
"i'll just kill you...so you won't be in the way no
more.."
and was about to stab him..
"STOP."
the prophet faces Sephiroth. then in a sudden, it turn morphs
into a monster..!!
[ROARING]
the prophet became a demon with wings...!!
it slashes and attacks Sephiroth fiercely..
then it tires, and stops..
"...!!!" Sephiroth is injured, "a prophet that
can fight..???"
the demon turn back its real form...
it's VINCENT..!! , "surprise,
surprise."
"VINCENT!!!!" smiles Tifa
"VINCENT YOU @#%!!!! YOU SHOULD'VE HELPED US EARLIER YOU
@#$%!!!!" freaks Cid
"vincent.." whispers Cloud, very weak..
Sephiroth backs off, "so...you're not a prophet. you're
actually one of THEM." then he walks away, "I'LL BE
BACK..!!!"
Vincent put his gun away, "sorry...i'm
late."
"HELL YOU ARE!!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US???" freaks
Barret
"hold up." freaks Cloud, "Vincent...you were
awaken all these times? but..HOW??"
"damn...weren't you killed by Sephiroth too?" said
Cid
"i think the experiments that Hojo did on him....already
killed him." said Tifa
"..." Vincent lowers his head,
"scientifically...yes."
"so you're a walking zombie....? OUCH!!!" freaks
Cid
Tifa kicked him...
"i woke up and noticed that i went back in time..from
what i seen now." said Vincent, "i thought i'll never find you all
again...so, with my knowledge from the 2X10, i dressed up as a prophet, hoping
that one day i could find you.."
"what was Sephiroth searching..?? it seems pretty
important to him..?" said Cloud
"..." Vincent lowers his head, "the Sun
Diamond.."
"????"
"i don't know much of it...but when i was still a Turk
member, i found one of books in Shinra, and read it." said Vincent,
"it says before life exist..Time rules. it is the 4th dimension of the
universe..."
"wait...!!! WHAT THE HELL U TALKING ABOUT??? 4TH
DIMENSION..?? SOUNDS LIKE @#$% STAR TREK OR SOME KIND..!!!" freaks
Cid
"in order words...Time is what made up planets..and life.
it keeps the balance of the Future, Present, and Past. if the balance is gone,
there will be GREAT CHAOS.."
"like Meteor, huh?"
"yes. but much worse..." whispers Vincent, "to
make sure no one disturbs the balance of Time, the guardian of Time is summoned.
she/he only appears when the balance is in danger..."
"WELL..GET TO THE @#$% SUN ROCK!!!!" said
Barret
"diamond."
"WHATEVER!!!"
"the guardian's powers are hidden inside 2 weapons...the
Moon Pearl...and the Sun Diamond..." said Vincent
"that's it?"
"yea. the book doesn't say much. that's why they're
searching for mysterious people that somewhat "links" to the guardian
for experiments."
"the Moon Pearl...I HAVE THAT!!!" smiles Cloud, and
takes out the mirror..
"that's the weapon?" blinks Vincent, "what does
it do?"
"beats me. Tiara gave it to me."
"this is getting weird..." whispers Tifa,
"HEY!! LET'S GO ASK BUGENHAGEN TO HELP US!!!"
"he's a weird dude...probably remember us." said
Cid
"TO COSMO CANYON!!!" smiles Cloud
* * * *
Chapter 7
"Sephiroth Joins In..!!!"
Cloud and his friends walks toward Cosmo
Canyon...
"damn, Cid. your damn helicopter exploded!!" said
Barret, as he follows Cloud..
"I THOUGHT IT NEEDS "A" CLASS FUEL..!!!"
said Cid, very tired..
"uhhm...Cid. isn't A Class fuel is used on AIRSHIPS,
ONLY??" said Cloud
"..." Cid is speechless, "WELL..!!! WE'RE IN
THE PAST..!!! MY EXPERIENCE AREN'T THAT WELL, OK???"
"YOU DAMN RIGHT YOU SUCK..!!!! CAN'T BELIEVE WE ALMOST
BECOME BBQ..!!!" freaks Barret, "how do u like us to be Cid...REGULAR
OR EXTRA @#$% CRISPY????!!"
"hey..!! be damn happy i even let you ride on that
copter!!! YOU PROBABLY SAT ON THE COPTER AND BROKE THE FUEL BOX..!!!"
"grrr..!!!!"
"GUYS..!!! STOP IT...!!" said Cloud..
Vincent is behind him...not listening to them
argue.
Tifa stares at Cloud, then she decided what she's gonna,
"Cloud.."
"yea..??"
"i want to talk to you about
something.."
"what..??"
"remember in the future, when we were going to beat
Sephiroth? i was about to tell you a secret.."
"oh yea. i remember. what is it anyways? is it VERY top
secret?" smiles Cloud, "i won't tell, Tifa. after all, we're friends!!
unlike Barret and Cid's so called "friendship"...."
"i...i..." whispers Tifa
"WE'RE IN COSMO CANYON..!!! WHOO HOOO..!!!" freaks
Barret, "I'M GOING IN BEFORE Y'ALL SLOWPOKES!!!!"
they arrived at Cosmo Canyon..
"let's talk later, Tifa. we have to ask BugenHagen about
the Sun Diamond." smiles Cloud
"right..." whispers Tifa
Cosmo Canyon is as it was in the future. the eternal fire
still burns..
"wow...we're here." smiles Cloud, "let's go..!!
WHATTA..???"
a red wolf-lion is in their way..!!
it growls fiercely..
"HOLY SHIT..!!!" freaks Barret, couldn't get
in..
"nice doggie.." whispers Cloud
"RED....STOP IT." said a old man. it's
BugenHagen..!!
"BUT...!!!! THEY'RE INTRUDERS..!!!" whines
Red..
"RED????" blinks Cloud
"let them in." said BugenHagen, and
disappears..
"grrrr..." Red faces Cloud and his friends, "I
HAVE MY EYE ON YOU..!!!"
"RED..!!! IT'S US..!!!" smiles Tifa
"???"
"WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS..!!" said Cloud
"we used to fight together.." whispers
Vincent
"fight...TOGETHER??" blinks Red. he sounds very
young, "YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME BELIEVE YOU..!!! BUT NO WAY..!!!"
then he walks away..
"how do we awaken him?" said Tifa
"don't know. i don't even know how you all
awakened??" said Cloud, "anyways..let's go see him."
they went upstairs..and toward BugenHagen. he was waiting in
the room, where the Huge Materias (remember??) were kept..
"you all are very familiar.." said B.H., "but
my feelings are never wrong. i know you're here to help..!!"
"hell yea." said Barret
"we belong in the 2X10..but somehow, transfer back in
2X05." said Cloud, "it's a long story...but all i want to know is more
about the Moon Pearl and the Sun Diamond..??"
then Cloud show him the Moon Pearl..
"!!!" B.H. was shocked, "THE MOON
PEARL..!!!!" then he hesitates, "could it be true?"
"???"
"the Planet's cry can be heard...the Lifestream can be
seen...and the Ancients existed. but could the story about the Guardian of Time
be true?" said B.H, "no one has EVER proof or seen anything that links
to that story..."
"well, the Moon Pearl is here."
"yes..." whispers B.H., "the legend has it that
the guardian only wakes up from its sleep and summoned when the Balance is in
danger..or Time. and so does the 2 weapons that holds his/her
powers.."
then he lowers his head, "there's a balance for
everything...even Time. Time is what life going...and flourishing. and the
opposite of Time..or life...was the Death Dragon. the Death Dragon was the true
evil of all..or people says, "the creator of evil." it is the enemy of
Time...then in 1000 yrs., before Meteor strikes, the Dragon finally breaks the
Balance and tries to rule all time...Future, Present, and Past by spreading evil
unto all living things...bringing the Great Chaos. luckily, the guardian was
summoned just in time, and used a weapon and sealed the Dragon away...and revive
the Balance and the universe back to it was before..."
"cool story.." smiles Cloud
"his/her job finished, the guardian went back to
sleep...deep in the universe, never disturbed again until summoned. the weapon
breaks and splits into 2..making sure that no one can get it together again. one
of them is the Moon Pearl, a mirror that reflects with MYSTERIOUS magic...and
the Sun Diamond, a sword with the power beyond imagination. whoever holds them
controls the powers of the guardian..."
"so the stupid mirror is suppose to do sum'thin???"
blinks Barret
"but how?" said Cloud
"no one knows. only the guardian knows the secret of how
to use them.." said B.H, "i dreamed dreams that the guardian spoke to
me...and told you will come. and i shall help your quest.."
"if Sephiroth have his hands on the Sun Diamond.."
whispers Cloud
"then all life is DOOMED. it contains the powers that can
used for good..or evil. depends on the owner.." said B.H.
"wow..i wonder what it'll become if they're put back
together?" smiles Cloud
"you all are tired...please stay for the night."
smiles B.H..
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud stops Sephiroth...when he tried to exit the Reactor (5
yrs.ago). Sephiroth stabs him...but Cloud didn't give up. he throws Sephiroth
down into the pit..where Mako energy are. then he too, collapses and
dies..
[FLASHBACKS]
"hey Cloud.." whispers Zack...they're in a tube??
Hojo came, and was about to feed them. but instead, Zack hits him, and freed
Cloud, "let's get outta here..!!"
[FLASHBACKS END]
"...."
[silent]
"where...where am i..?"
"Cloud." whispers a little girl..
"those flashbacks...why...why are they bothering
me??"
"yes...why, Cloud?"
"i don't know...it's too confusing.."
"if you want to face Sephiroth.." whispers the girl,
"you must face yourself first.."
"i...i don't understand.."
"the flashbacks...they will only go awa if you can face
yourself. Sephiroth can be beaten if you can CONQUER
yourself..."
"conquer..??"
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
Cloud wakes up. another dream, "i don't
understand..what's happening to me?"
then he saw Tifa, sleeping.
her eyes are closed gently and her expressions shows innocense
and peaceness.
"tifa.." smiles Cloud. he haven't seen her sleeping
(as a teen) for years..
[BOOM]
"???" cloud went to see..
"HUSSHH..!!! DO U WANT TO WAKE THEM UP????" it's the
TURKS..!!
"grrrr...you'll never get away with this..!!" growls
Red. he was tranquilized..and couldn't shout..
"SHINRA WILL PROMOTE US FOR SURE!!! OUR FIRST
MISSION..COMPLETED!!!" smiles Reno. he's very young, and cute. he just got
chosen to be in Turks..
"if only Vincent was still here.." whispers
Tseng
"why you so sad about, Tseng? you're the new leader of
Turks!!"
"Vincent was the leader. he's the one who taught me
everything.." said Tseng, and lowers his head, "like a big-bro to
me.."
then he shakes his head, "hey YOU..!!!"
Lena appears..(the girl stopped you back in Shinra?),
"yea..!! my first mission..!!"
"newcomer, right? you know what to do." said Tseng,
"Hojo wants this...animal. Tiara ran away...but we couldn't find
her."
"i wanna help!!!" smiles Lena, and tries to carry
the cage, with Red inside..
[BOOM]
"OUCH.!!" cries Lena. it was too heavy.
"BECAREFUL..!! a Turk always must know how to handle its
situation well..!!" said Tseng
"girls are WEAK..!!" laughs Reno
"why you..!!!" freaks Lena..
Cloud is very angry, "HEY..!! TURKS..!!!
STOP..!!!"
"damn. busted." said Reno, "LENA..!! TOLD U TO
KEEP IT DOWN..!!"
"HIM AGAIN???" blinks Lena, "YOUR FRIEND ALMOST
BURNED DOWN THE WHOLE SHINRA BUILDING!!!"
"really?" smiles cloud,
"cool."
"GRRR.R..!!! NO RESPECT FOR SHINRA..!!!" freaks
Lena
"let's take him down..!!" said Tseng...and they
attack..!!
remember that Cloud is still in the past. he's
weak..
the Turks attack at the same time together...giving Cloud no
chance to defend..!!
[SLASH]
there's blood on the ground..!!
"AAAAAAAAHHH..!!!" Tseng and the others are
hurt..
"fools.." whispers the stranger, "go back to
where you came from."
peopl are waking up from their sleep???
Cloud's friends are coming..!!
"uhmm..what do we do, Tseng?" said Reno
"..." Tseng walks away, "let's
go."
"HEY..!! WAIT FOR ME..!!!!" freaks
Lena..
"what happened???" said Tifa, and joins
Cloud
"[YAWN] TRYING TO GET MY @#$% SLEEP..!!!" shouts
Cid
cloud went up to the stranger,
"thanx..."
"no need." said the stranger...and turn
around.
it's Sephiroth, "i came for a favor
anyways.."
"SEPHIROTH!!!!"
"missed me?" smiles Sephiroth, "i'm sure you're
next target is the Sun Diamond too??"
"YOU SEND US HERE..!!! YOU SHOULD
KNOW..!!!"
"send...you...here?" blinks Sephiroth, "YOU
THOUGHT I SEND YOU ALL BACK IN TIME...?????"
"uhmm...didn't u?" said Tifa
"HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA..." laughs Sephiroth,
"Meteor will strike the Planet...you're all dead...why would i send us back
through time...and start over again??"
"..." they're shocked
"you mean...you wasn't the one?" said
Cloud
"my powers are strong..but not strong enough to control
time." said Sephiroth, "that's why i'm searching for the Sun
Diamond..maybe send me back in the future."
"YOU??? WHAT ABOUT US???" freaks Barret
"i've seen you all in action.." said Sephiroth,
"and not bad i say. still...weak, though."
"what do u want..??"
"since we're both after the same target..why not work
together??"
"WHAT???!!!!"
"i don't like it either...but have to. i found out where
the diamond was..but that area is very dangerous. in this body, i'm not strong
enough."
"..."
"besides, you'll need my help too!!"
"CLOUD..!!! WE CAN'T LET THIS JACKASS JOIN US!!!! HE'LL
TURN HIS DAMN BACK ON US FOR SURE!!!!" said Barret
"Sephiroth is full of sneeky ideas.." said
Vincent
"HELL NO..!!!" freaks Cid
"cloud..you decide." said Tifa, "we do need
help..we are weak."
"..." Cloud sighs, "all right..but only until
we find the Sun Diamond. we'll think of something later.."
then he turn to Sephiroth, "but that doesn't i like
you.."
Sephiroth grins evilly..
"the Sun Diamond should be located near Wutai." said
Sephiroth, "a cave.."
"I FIXED THE COPTER..!! IT'S AS GOOD AS NEW!!!!"
smiles Cid
"it better not explode again.." whispers
Barret
"let's go." said Cloud
"WAIT..!!!!"
Red run toward them, "WAIT FOR ME,
GUYS!!!!"
"red..???"
"you...remember?" blinks Cloud
"i was having weird dreams...more like a flashbacks. when
you all left, i remember Seto..my father..who wants me to travel with you all to
become a Great Warrior." said Red, "then i realized, that we are
friends..!! my memories just came back..!!"
then they head for Wutai..
* * * *
Chapter 8
"Gone with the Sea..."
Cloud and his friends arrived at Wutai..
there's a lot of armors and weapons on sell..???
people are very busy too..
"what's going on?" blinks Tifa
"hmm.." Sephiroth hold up one of the swords,
"VERY sharp..good for penetrating tough armor. but not as strong as my
MasaMune."
"i never seen Wutai being busy before..or EVER!!"
said Cloud
"what an idiot." laughs Sephiroth, and puts down the
sword, "you should figure it by now. there's a war going
on."
"a WAR???" freaks everyone
"15 yrs ago..there's a war in Wutai vs Junon. Wutai lost.
later, after 10 yrs...or now, they fight again." said Vincent
"i guess we arrived at a bad time.." whispers Cloud,
and scratches his head, "huh..?? what's that...??"
a huge statue stood there.
people are worshipping it..
"why the hell are they doing??" freaks
Cid
"worshipping..?" blinks Tifa
"THAT ROCK??? WHAT DOES THAT @#$% ROCK SUPPOSE TO
DO??" freaks Cid
"...??" Cloud looks closer..
the statue was carved into a woman..
her eyes were very peaceful..
and she's holding a...rod?? at the top of the rod, there's a
round Orb, with 2 feathered wings on each side...
"Wutai people believes in many legends and myths.."
said Red, and looks up to the statue, "the legend says not only does the
Guardian of Time protects the Balance and the Gate through time..but also life
in the universe, including the Lifestream..!!"
"whoa.." blinks Cloud, very amazed..
"i don't see the 2 weapons on the statue??" said
Tifa, "how could a mirror and a sword combine?"
Red nods, "i donna."
"the leader of Wutai must have the Sun Diamond!!"
smiles Sephiroth, and left without waiting..
"how rude." murmurs Tifa
"he's ALWAYS rude, Tifa." said Barret, and they
followed him..
"BUT PLEASE..!!! YOU HAVE TO ACT FOR MY
PLAY..!!!!" freaks a director. he's inside a house...talking to the leader,
"ONLY WUTAI PEOPLE KNOWS HOW TO ACT..!!! AND LOOKS SO REAL
TOO..!!!"
"WE ARE NOT ACTING..!!! WE ARE
FIGHTING..!!!" freaks the leader
"but aren't those ninja-crap all nothing
but...acting?"
"NO NO NO!!!! WE SHINOBI NEVER HIDE OUR WAY
OF LIFE..INCLUDING FIGHTING..!! NOW GO AWAY!!! WE HAVING
WAR...NOW!!!"
"war...shmar. you can do that later. MY
PLAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN...THAN LIFE ITSELF!!!!" freaks the director,
"i came from Gold Saucer all the way to Wutai to find
actors..!!"
"Shinobi never fools around. we're
warriors!!"
"grrr...@#$% no good.." murmurs the
director..
Cloud and his friends stood by the entrance,
waiting a chance to talk to the leader...
the director walked passes them...then stopped,
"YOU..YOU..!!!"
"???" blinks Cloud,
"me?"
"YOU'RE PERFECT..!!!!" freaks the director,
"YOU'RE THE ONE..!!! YOU'RE FROM WUTAI TOO???"
"uhmm.."
"WHATEVER. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, KID?'
"i'm Cl.."
"WHATEVER. YOU'RE PERFECT FOR THE PLAY..? YOU'RE GONNA BE
AN ACTOR..!!!"
"WHAT???!!!" freaks Cloud
"[laughing] i can't wait to see you in kiddy costumes,
Cloud!!" laughs Sephiroth
"grrrr...shuttup!!! I'M NOT ACTING..!! AND I'M NOT AN
ACTOR..!!!"
"YOU'RE...THE DIRECTOR..!!!!" freaks
Cid
"???" blinks everone
"I SAW ALL YOUR PLAYS..!!! THEY'RE GREAT..!!!! YOU'RE THE
MOST FAMOUS DIRECTOR, AREN'T U????" freaks Cid, "IF CLOUD DOESN'T WANT
TO ACT, I WILL..!!!"
"nope. you're too...tall. [sighs]
another failure." sighs the director, then he walks away..
"HEY..!! COME BACK YOU @#$%!!!! I'M NOT @#%%!!!! I WANT
TO BE A @#$% AND PLAY YOUR STINKIN @#$% PLAY!!!!" freaks Cid,
"jackass.."
"wow. he's really desperate, isn't he?" blinks
Tifa
"who are you people?" said the leader..
Cloud and his friends walk toward him..
"do you happen to have a Sun Diamond here?" said
Tifa
"Sun Diamond..?? oh you mean...the sword!!" smiles
the leader
"yea. i need..i mean, WE need it." said
Sephiroth
"the Sun Diamond have protected us for years...with the
powers of the sacred Guardian. it represent "POWER" in our village. we
need that to help us win this war..!!"
"uhmm..you LOST the war, remember??" sighs
Tifa
"THAT WASN'T LOSING..!!! WE WERE...WE WERE AMBUSHED BY
THOSE...JUNON SOLDIERS!!!!"
"but those soldiers are weaker than the ones in
Shinra?" blinks Cloud, "they don't even know how to
ambush?"
"!!!!!!" freaks the leader, his face full of
embarrassment..!!
"the sword didn't help ya at all, did it old man?"
said Cid
the leader sighs, "[SIGHS] NO IT DIDN'T. but the Guardian
did protect us during the last war..!!"
"???"
"HA!!! HOW PATHETIC!!! you thought worshipping some
stupid rock and keeping a sword will protect your village???" laughs
Sephiroth
"SEPHIROTH!!! have some respect for their
believes..!!" said Cloud
"the Guardian DID protect us!!" said the leader,
"we almost killed by Junon...then someone appeared. she was quite small...i
couldn't see her face. then all of a sudden, Junon backs off..and lets us
go!!"
"she's the Guardian?" said Tifa
"yep. who will go through a dangerous battlefield to save
us?? if it wasn't her..we, Shinobis, will never exist no
more.."
"so SHE DOES EXIST." grins Sephiroth,
"interesting..."
"here. take the Sun Diamond. i'm sure your quest have
something to do with the Guardian.." said the leader...and hand Cloud the
sword. the sword is big and strong. there's a lot of neat carving in
it..
....
"STOP..!!!!" a little girl jumps down from the
ceiling, "HOLD IT..!!!! NO ONE IS GETTING THAT
SWORD..!!!"
"isn't that..?" blinks Cloud,
"YUFFIE???!!!!"
"I'M TAKIN OVER..!!! NOW HAND ME THE SWORD..!!!"
shouts Yuffie. she looks really young..
"YUFFIE..!!!! IT'S REALLY YOU!!!" smiles
Tifa
"how do u know my name..???" blinks Yuffie,
"damn..a ninja must never reveal it's identity..!!
STUPID..!!"
"YUFFIE..!!! IT'S US...YOUR FRIENDS..!!!" barks
Red
"don't include me." said Sephiroth, very
upset..
"friends..???" blinks Yuffie
"yuffie, you know them?" said her dad
"noooo..." whispers Yuffie
"YOU @#$%!!!! WE'RE YOU FRIENDS GODDAMN IT!!!! HOW COULD
YOU @#$% FORGET????!!!" freaks Barret
"please, Barret. she doesn't remember.." whispers
Tifa, "she's not awaken yet."
"grrrr...mumble.." murmurs Barret, and calms
down..
"ANYWAYS!!! NO ONE IS TAKING THE SUN DIAMOND!!!"
said Yuffie
"i'm giving it to them, daughter."
"BUT DAD..!!! YOU CAN'T..!!!" freaks Yuffie,
"the Sun Diamond means a lot to this village..!! a lot to WUTAI!!! our
ancestors found it 1000 yrs.ago..!! if we give it away...we give away part of
our lives.."
then Yuffie lowers her head, "the Sun Diamond is the only
purpose i want to be a ninja. it tells me who i am..."
"WHOA. did YUFFIE just say that?" freaks
Cid
"oh...MY GOD. she have feelings!!" freaks
Barret
"to the Sun Diamond...not our Materias, especially when
she stole them from us." said Cloud
"GUYS..!!!" said Tifa, and went up to Yuffie,
"[smile] it's ok, Yuff. we understand.."
"[sniff] you do..??"
"you see this..?" she shows her a beautiful pendant,
"i had this since my mom died. it's a family heirloom."
"it's beautiful. it SHIMMERS..!!"
"yes. i never showed it to anyone because i'm afraid i'll
lose it. until now." said Tifa, "your Sun Diamond is the same as my
pendant. both are very priceless and valuable items...something we can never let
anyone steal it..!!"
"tifa.." whispers Cloud...very
surprised..
"you don't have to give us the sword if you don't want
to." said Tifa, "a priceless item kept for many years can't be NEVER
be replaced.."
"thanx, Miss." smiles Yuffie, and wipes her tears
off..
"[SNIFF] I WANNA CRY!!!" freaks Cid
"KNOCK IT OFF, CID!!! YOU GONNA MAKE ME CRY TOO!!!"
freaks Barret
"[sighs]" sighs Red, very embarrassed of Cid and
Barret..
"i guess we'll be going." said Cloud
"WAIT..!!! WHAT ABOUT THE SWORD??? WE HAVE TO GO
HOME..!!!" said Sephiroth..
"stop thinking about your self!!" said Cloud, very
angry
then they walk away..
Yuffie watches them leave, "why...are they
so familiar?"
[SEA SOUND] Cloud and his party exit Wutai, and
takes a break near the cliff near the sea..
"oh great, Tifa. we can never go back to
our time now!!" said Sephiroth
"we love to go home as desperately as you,
Sephiroth. to get away from here...before we make any more changes in the
past." said Cloud
"you already changed the past, fool."
"what's that suppose to mean..??"
"hahahahah...see what i'm saying? you are THE fool of all
of them fools. you already changed the past..!!" laughs
Sephiroth
"that's not true!! not EVERYTHING!!" freaks Cloud,
getting upset
"hmm..Cloud, answer this question. your friends are
awakened right? WHAT ABOUT YOU?? HAVE YOU AWAKENED YET..??" grins
Sephiroth
"i...i...!!"
"SEPHIROTH..!!! STOP IT!!!" shouts Tifa
"leave him alone." said Vincent
"no no. answer the question, Cloud Strife. ARE YOU
AWAKENED..??"
"of course i am..!!" shouts Cloud,
"aaaaahhh..!!"
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud meets up with Barret, "i don't care if the Planet
is dying..i just want to get this job finished and get payed!!" then he
with Barret on a bomb mission..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"CLOUD..!!! YOU OK???" gasps Tifa
Cloud shakes his head, "they look familiar..but how
come..i felt as if i was never there??"
"it hurt doesn't it?" laughs Sephiroth
"YOU JACKASS!!! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS PICKIN ON
CLOUD???!!!" freaks Barret, "I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS RATHER YOU LIKE
IT OR NOT..!!!"
"NO BARRET..!!" freaks Tifa
Barret was so mad, Tifa needs Red and Cid's help to calm him
down..!!
"hahhaahhahaha.." laughs Sephiroth, "what about
the scar, Cloud? i'm pretty sure everyone here was shocked when they
awakened.."
"the scar.." whispers Cloud. the scar is still
there, made by Sephiroth during the battle..
"YOU ASSHOLE..!!! I'M TAKIN YOU DOWN..!!!" shouts
Cloud, VERY angry..
he quickly took his sword and point it STRAIGHT toward
Sephiroth's neck..!!
"CLOUD..DON'T DO IT!!!" cries Tifa
"do it Cloud..!!" smiles Cid
"CID!!!"
"oh oh..i mean, [sarcastic] noooo..noooo...Cloud, do not
hurt Sephiroth. oh pretty pretty please." sighs Cid
"Cloud..!! if you kill him, who knows what will happen to
the future?" barks Red, "instead of him the enemy..it could be Jenova
or someone even worse."
"grrrrrr...." Cloud is very angry..
"aaaahh..the look in your eyes." grins Sephiroth,
"that glow.."
their eyes met...
"[GASPS]" Cloud wanted to kill him, but he
can't..!!
something tells him not to do it..
something DEEP inside him..
Cloud drops his guard,
"i..felt..so...confused.."
"hehe.." Sephiroth pulls out the MasaMune, "you
wanna fight?? fine. i never thought we'll finish the battle in this prehistoric
age."
"HEY GUYS..!!!!"
"???"
Yuffie runs toward them, "WAIT FOR
ME..!!!"
she's holding the Sun Diamond??
"YUFFIE!!" smiles
Tifa
"I GOT THE SWORD....I GOT THE..WHOOPS!!!" she
trips..and falls.
she lost grip on the sword...and swings away..!!
"THE SUN DIAMOND!!!" gasps Sephiroth, and went for
it..
it swings really far away..
[SWING] [SWING] [SWING]
[CLANG]
it finally lands.
but the bad news is, it fell into the sea. now it is stuck
somewhere deep in the waters..
"THE SUN DIAMOND...!!! NOOOOO..!!!" growls
Sephiroth
"sorry.." whispers Yuffie
"let me guess...you're awakened NOW?" said
Cid
"HEY I KNOW. LEND ME SOME OF YOUR MATERIA SO I CAN
BE..UHMM..MUCH AGILE..!!"
"yep. she's back." sighs Barret
"the sword...it fell into the sea.." whispers
Sephiroth, "DAMN!!!" then he turn to the others, "LOOK WHAT YOU
DID!!! IF WE HAVE THE SWORD, WE'LL BE HOME BY NOW!!!"
"then you dive and get the sword..!!" said Barret,
"Cloud, can't we just "dismember" him?"
"..he pissed me off too. but we have to stick together
until we get home.." whispers Cloud
"Cloud..you ok?" whispers Tifa
"yea..i'm fine now."
"that happens quite often..a little too
much."
"trust me, Tifa..!! have some confidence..!! I'M AS FIT
AS A FIDDLE..!!" smiles Cloud
"THERE SHE IS..!!! GET HER..!!!" shouts a
voice
"???"
it's the TURKS..!!
Yuffie quickly hides behind Cloud..!!
"THAT'S HER..!!! SHE STOLE ALL OUR MATERIA..!!!"
shouts Lena
"Lena..we trusted you with the Materia..!!" said
Reno
"sorry..i.."
"you need to be more careful, Lena." said Tseng,
"we're not here to fight. we came for that girl."
"you mean Yuffie?" blinks Cloud, "oh no..you
didn't, Yuffie..??"
"WELL..IT'S A HABIT??" freaks Yuffie,
"HERE..YOU CAN TAKE YOUR STINKIN MATERIA BACK..!!"
"the materia doesn't mean a lot to us. it's YOU,
Yuffie." said Tseng, "we all know the rules..thiefs must be captured
and send to the Bad Sandlands in Gold Saucer for punishment."
"BUT I DONNA WANNA GO..!! IT'S SCARY
THERE..!!!"
"if you don't...we'll just call the guards. and that will
be troublesome..won't it?"
"I CAN'T GO...BECAUSE...BECAUSE..." Yuffie saw the
director, "BECAUSE ME AND MY FRIENDS ARE IN A PLAY..!!!"
"???"
"WHAT..???" freaks Barret
"YEA YEA..!! THE ACTORS..!!! WE ARE THE NEW ACTORS FOR
THE NEW PLAY..!!!" smiles Yuffie
"Yuffie..!!!" freaks Cloud
"hmm..all right. i will only let you all go if you proof
that you all are really actors..." whispers Tseng
the director came, and smiles, "THIS IS GREAT..!!! LET'S
HEAD FOR GOLD SAUCER..!!!"
"oh shit." whispers
Cloud..
* * * *
Chapter 9
"Before the Kiss.."
they went to Gold Saucer, and into the "Event" area.
there's no one there.
"the play starts tonight!!" smiles the director,
"it'll be SO PERFECT..!!! CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FINALLY AGREE TO BE AN
ACTOR..!!!"
"i didn't say that.." sighs Cloud
"can't we just bust outta here?" said
Barret
"nope. the Turks have sealed all the exits. the only way
out is to do this play, and get it over with."
"@#$% all that Yuffie fault.."
"OK...!!! THE STORY WILL BE ABOUT 2 LOVERS...A HERO, AND
A PRINCESS..!!! the princess loved the Hero at first sight. but the problem
is..does he love her???"
"A LOVE PLAY??? oh damn.." whispers Cid
"the princess lives in a very wealthy house and all that
stuff. it only has women servants, because the king never likes men to go near
his only daughter..."
"women servants?"
"yep. there will be 3 MAIDS..." smiles the director,
"CID, BARRET, TIFA WILL ACT AS THE FLOWER GIRLS..!!!"
"WHAT THE @#$%??????????!!!!" freaks
Cid
"HELL NOOOOOO??? I AIN'T DRESSIN UP LIKE
A...FEMALE!!!" freaks Barret
"hey, Tifa. you get to be a maid." smiles
Cloud
"yea. i wonder who you gonna act, Cloud? another
servant?" giggles Tifa
"VINCENT, RED, AND YUFFIE WILL ACT AS THE HERO'S FAMILY
MEMBERS..!!!!" smiles the director
"i'm not the family dog, am i?" sighs Red,
"yep, i am.."
"this may be interesting." smiles
Vincent
"am i the Hero's sis?" smiles Yuffie
"the 2 main character will.....the Hero
is...CLOUD!!!!" smiles the director
"????" blinks Cloud,
"who..me?"
"YES..!!! YOU IGNORANT KID...!! YOU'RE THE
HERO..!!!"
"then who's the princess?" said Red
"let Tifa be the princess instead." smiles
Cloud
"..." Tifa blushes
"SHE CAME AND ASKED ME FOR A PART...SO I GAVE HER THIS
PART. THE PRINCESS WILL BE....AERIS!!!!" shouts the director
"Aeris???"
a girl comes out from the curtains,
"hello."
"AERIS???" freaks Cloud, "IT'S...REALLY
YOU!!!"
"??? have we met, sir?" blinks Aeris, "oh
right. back in my yard, right?"
"yard???" blinks Yuffie
"Aeris was long killed before we were transfer back
through time." said Red, "she can't be awakened.."
"oh.." whispers Tifa
"hmm.." Sephiroth steps up to Aeris, "never
thought i'll see my own victim to live again.."
"SEPHIROTH..!!!" shouts Cloud, very
angry
"victim?? what're you talking about?" blinks
Aeris
"you'll find out soon." grins Sephiroth
"NOW WE NEED IS A VILLIAN..!!!" smiles the
director..
"let me do it." Sephiroth steps forward
"you??"
"he'll be PERFECT for that part." murmurs
Barret
"THEN LET'S DO IT..!!!" said the
director
not far away, in the sinking sand (around Gold Saucer),
there's a monster inside SLEEPING..
[music] it's midnight. the moon is full, and the stars glows
to their fullest. a night to remember..
"DAMN..!!! HOW DO YOU WEAR THIS..????" freaks
Barret, hopping like crazy, trying on a dress..
"HOLY SHIT..!!! I CAN FEEL A DRIFT IN MY @#$%!!!!"
freaks Cid, trying to cover his dress..
"i hate being a dog..!!" growls Red
Yuffie is trying to wear a dress..
"hmm..haven't wore clothing like this for a long
time.." whispers Vincent
"what about the cape? take it off." said Red,
"it's covering most of your clothing and your face..!!"
"i like it that way."
"weird...i wonder what's behind the cape..?"
whispers Red
Sephiroth wears the same clothes. he's thinking about the Sun
Diamond..
Aeris is still changing in her room..
"CLOUD..!!! CLOUD!!!" freaks Yuffie, and went over
to Cloud, "I DON'T WANNA WEAR THIS..!! IT'S HORRIBLE..!!"
"you started this mess..and you're gonna finish it."
said Cloud, as he turn around from staring outside at the
audience..
he wears a dark-blue and black suit and a black
cape...
he looks very HANDSOME..
"WHOA." blushes Yuffie
"don't get any ideas, Yuff." said Cloud, "once
we're done with this play, we're getting outta here!!"
"too bad i'm too young for you, isn't it?" smiles
Yuffie, "but i'm sure other girls will just collapse when they see
you!!"
"YUFFIE..!!! JUST WEAR THE DRESS..!!!" freaks
Cloud
Yuffie left..
"Cloud."
"Yuffie..i thought i told you..!! huh..?" Cloud turn
around, "...???!!!!"
it's Tifa. she's wearing a dress...and it looks very good on
her, especially her pendant fits the dress perfectly..
"..!!!" freaks Cloud, "it suits
you.."
"wow, Cloud. you should wear like that often."
smiles Tifa, very impressed..
"ha ha, very funny. as soon as the play is over, i'm
changing! this suit is killin me..!!" freaks Cloud, trying to loosen his
necktie, "besides, i'm no hero in real life..i'm just a
mercenary."
"here."
Tifa fixes it for him.., "a hero doesn't have to be born
special..you just need someone to guide you there.."
"..." Cloud is surprised..
"there. better?" smiles Tifa
[music starts]
"tifa..about your secret...what was..?"
"the play is about to start..!! good luck, Cloud."
smiles Tifa, and run to join the others..
[music]
"During the war, the Princess awaits for the Hero to come
back from the war..but meanwhile in the streets of Lauren.."
"COME BUY SOME FLOWER...!!!" shouts Barret, in a low
voice, "damn..my butt itches..!!"
"buy the flowers damn it." said Cid, as he's
smoking, "i say buy the @#$% flowers..!!
hmm...cigarette.."
"CID..NO SMOKING..!! AND BARRET..!!" freaks
Tifa..
[music]
they stopped for a break...
"whew, that was hard.." whispers Cid
"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO SMOKE OUT THERE..!!!" freaks
the director, "AND INNOCENT FLOWER GIRLS DON'T SMOKE!!!"
"oh really? why didn't you say so? no wonder why those
women are yelling at me.."
"AND..YOU!!! YOU BIG LUG!!! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO SCRATCH
YOUR BUTT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAY..WHERE 2000 AUDIENCE STARES AT
YOU..!!!"
"2000??? why didn't you freakin say
so?"
"OOOOYYYY.." groans the director, "we have to
move to the final part..!!!"
"final part?"
"that's when the Hero, Princess, and the villian comes
in."
"??? do what??" blinks Tifa
"THE KISS, TIFA!!! DON'T YA KNOW???"
"...." Tifa lowers her head, "the
kiss..??"
"YES...!!! CLOUD AND AERIS WILL KISS BEFORE THE VILLIAN
JUMPS IN..!!!"
"me and Aeris?" blinks Cloud
"a kiss..wow." smiles Aeris
Tifa stood there, very sad...
[music starts]
"where's Tifa..??" whispers Cloud
"she's gone in the back..now GO!!!! TIME TO SHINE,
HERO!!!" said the director..
behind the curtains, Tifa lowers her head.
she wanted to cry, but can't.
Cloud must love Aeris..
then Tifa walks away..
[music]
"where are you, my beloved friend...my
beloved Princess?" said Cloud, as he step up to the balcony, "i have
came back from the war."
Aeris comes out, "you're safe..!! i'm so
glad.."
she looks beautiful..
"why are you crying, Princess? you knew me well. i never
dies until the end.."
"when is the end, my Hero? when will it be? i worried
sick if you'll ever return to me again. i am upset, yet, i'm happy to see you.
but...oh!! my heart is full of mixed feelings...feelings i can't describe."
said Aeris
"how can you describe it, my Princess? i want to
know..your feelings. i want to know what's truly in your heart, a locked secret
hidden inside that i've been longing to know what it is.."
"i can only describe with a KISS.." whispers
Aeris..
Aeris aims for his lips..
Cloud didn't do much. he seems confused??
then their lips
touches against each other..
"pathetic humans.." whispers Sephiroth, and turn
away..
"Tifa will be so sad.." whispers Barret, still
wearing the dress..
"what're you talking about?" said Red
"!!!! NEVER MIND..!!! you're too young to understand..!!
a little TOO young!!" freaks Barret, and walks away..
"????" blinks Red
"it's the feeling.." whispers Vincent, and lowers
his head
[music continues]
[RUMBLING]
"????" Cloud stopped, and alert..
the ground begins to shake..!!
"[ROAR!!!]" a huge lizard burst out from the
sand..!!
"WHAT is THAT????" freaks Yuffie
"a monster." said Sephiroth
"THAT IS LITTLE TOO @#$ BIG FOR A MONSTER..." freaks
Cid
"[ROAR!!!]" the lizard attacks the
audience..!!
"WE HAVE TO STOP IT..!!!" said Cloud, and
attacks..!!
"[ROAR!!!]" the lizard uses its tail and hits Cloud
away..!!
"aaaaahhh..!!" Cloud falls on the
ground..
"NO MORE CUTIE FLOWERGIRL..!!!! TAKE THAT..!!!! [BAM]
[BAM]" shouts Barret, shooting the lizard. but no use. its scales is like
armor, protecting the body..!!
"TAKE THAT..!!!" shouts Yuffie, throwing
ninja-stars..but no use.
"[ROAR!!!]" the lizard is getting more annoyed,
instead of eating the audience, it turns around and attacks Cloud and the
others, "ULTIMA 2"
[FLASH]
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH..!!!" they are seriously
wounded..
"damn..even in the past, we suck!!" said
Cid
"grrrr.." growls Red, but too weak to
attack..
"[hisss..]" the lizard is about to eat
them..
"LEAVE THEM ALONE...!!!" shouts a voice. it's Tifa,
"DON'T EAT THEM, PLEASE..!!!"
"Tifa, GET AWAY FROM HERE!!!" shouts Cloud,
wounded..
Tifa didn't listen to Cloud, and steps up, "i won't let
you hurt them..!!"
"YOU TRYIN' TO GET YOURSELF KILLED???!! GET OUTTA HERE,
TIFA!!!" shouts Barret
"NO..I'M LEAVING YOU HERE!! i'm not afraid to die for
people i love.." said Tifa
"[ROAR!!!!]" the lizard attacks
Tifa..!!!
"TIFA...NOOOOOOO..!!!" gasps Cloud
.....
the lizard swallowed her..
"she's gone.." whispers Cid
"DAMN..!!! GODDAMN IT..!!!" shouts
Barret
"...tifa.." whispers Cloud, "huh?" the
Moon Pearl in his pocket is glowing??
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
the lizard screams in pain..!!
[BOOOMM]
and it dies..
"hello, guys." said Tifa, and got out safely,
"you all ok?"
"HOW..???" freaks Barret
"AIN'T YOU DEAD AND DIGESTED??" freaks
Cid
"escaped from death..that's a good one." said
Vincent
"THAT WAS AMAZING!!! THE LIZARD JUST WENT BOOM..AND
YOU..!!" smiles Red
"that was disturbing." said Sephiroth
"Tifa.." whispers Cloud, very curious..
"that lizard was almost IMPOSSIBLE to
beat!! you can't even hurt him!!" said Red
"so i guess that's it." said the
director
"???"
"the lizard is not just any monster. the
legend says that the Death Dragon comes each 1000 yrs, to give birth to its
children..this lizard was one of its first children, monsters born in
destruction. this lizard was sealed away for 2000 yrs. under these sands and
sleeps..until now."
"the play and the people must've woke it
up??"
"the lizard was unbeatable, and it's only
the Dragon's child." said Sephiroth, "if it's the Death Dragon..the
powers are beyond all imagination.."
"so i decided..not to make any more
plays." sighs the director, "you all can rest for the rest of the
night."
everyone's sleeping. they're tired from the
battle..all except Cloud.
"..." Cloud couldn't sleep, "i
don't get it..the light..it's so..similar the one from..?"
then he notice Tifa is gone..??
he went to find her..
[crickets]
Tifa looks up, "if only the stars could
talk..."
thousands of stars shimmers and shines in the night
sky..
"Tifa.." Cloud joins her
"oh..Cloud.." whispers Tifa, "you must be happy
to see Aeris again.."
"yea..but the kiss. i don't get it." said Cloud,
"i mean, i'm very excited to kiss her. but somehow, deep inside me, when we
kissed...it feels so..EMPTY."
"empty?"
"yea. it must because i'm a teen now..maybe teenagers
don't feel love until they grow up."
"that's not true. teens do feel
love..!!"
"???"
"..." Tifa blushes. her pendant shows..
"your pendant...you and lizard. you weren't
hurt??"
"of course i wasn't." said Tifa
"??"
"this pendant is not just any pendant, Cloud."
smiles Tifa, "it's been passed on for generations..starting from 1000
yrs.ago. this pendant was build from a small piece of the Moon
Pearl..."
"Moon Pearl??"
"yep. my mother gave this to me before she died.."
whispers Tifa, "remember 5 yrs. ago in Reactor? i was suppose to be dead
when Sephiroth slashed me. but this pendant protected me.."
"so that explains it. the pendant really does
work..?"
"yes. not only does it protect me from harm, but it gives
me warmth and comfort..without it, i will be so scared i won't even
fight!!"
"wow. sheesh..the Moon Pearl just sits there. it didn't
protect me a bit..!!" smiles Cloud, "i never saw you wearing that
pendant in the future?"
"i don't."
"???"
"i donna..but i think i lost this
pendant 5 yrs.ago...but now, it's great to have it back." smiles
Tifa
"if you don't have the pendant..i'll still protect
you."
"..??"
"i promised you, remember?" said Cloud, "no
matter what happens..whenever you're in trouble, i promised i'll come for
you."
"..." Tifa blushes, "thanx,
Cloud."
then they watches the starry sky together..
Tifa knows that Cloud will never be hers..but as long as he's
happy, she's happy..
* * * *
Chapter 10
"Going UnderWater.."
the next day, they left
GoldSaucer..
"HEY GUYS...WAIT FOR ME..!!!" shouts a
familiar voice..
"??" Cloud turn around, "CAIT
SITH???"
"REEVE???" freaks Barret
"hey...just call me Cait Sith!! don't ya
guys remember me?" smiles the toy..
"how'd you..?"
"took me awhile..until Tiara told me everything."
said Cait, "she helped me to awaken!!"
"Tiara..?? she's safe??" smiles Cloud
"of course!! after she helped me recover my past, she
told me to go to Gold Saucer, and that i will find you here. at first, it sound
stupid. second, she's just a little girl!! but she's right?"
"where is she?"
"donna. she just disappeared. she says that we're gonna
meet again real soon!! she's real nice!!" smiles Cait
"how does Tiara knew about Cait's past..? maybe she's
from the future?" said Tifa
"don't know.." whispers Cloud
"she ain't no innocent little girl!! she seems to know a
little TOO MUCH!!! i mean, high intelligence...prophecy...and she even had the
Moon Pearl!! i say we get her and squeeze info outta her!!" said
Barret
"is that cat suppose to slow all of us?" said
Sephiroth, cleaning his MasaMune
"SEPHIROTH??? WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE..!!!! LET'S
GET HIM..!!!!" freaks Cait, and ready to fight
"no Cait..!!" said Cloud
"listen to Cloud, cat." said Sephiroth, "i'm
now working with you fools."
"FOOLS????? YOU BETTER GET YOUR ATTITUDE RIGHT IF YOU
WANT TO WORK WITH US YOU @#$%!!!!" shouts Barret
"GRRRRR...!!! I DON'T EVEN THE SEE THE POINT OF
BEFRIENDING WITH HIM..!!!" growls Red
"RED..!! BARRET..!!" freaks Cloud
"let them go, Cloud. they have hated me all their
lifes..i mean, can't blame them. after all, i did destroy their lifes...!!"
grins Sephiroth
"WHY YOU @#$^&..???!!! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAUSE THE
METEOR..!!!!" freaks Barret, really angry
"i have no intention have playing little games with
kids..!!" said Sephiroth, "choose, Cloud. and choose wisely. you can
either work with your worthless friends or with me. but if something happened to
me...who knows what the future will be like?"
"grrrr.." Cloud is getting annoyed
"CLOUD..!!! CHOOSE..!!!" said Barret
"WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS, RIGHT???" said Cid, "you
wouldn't dare to choose that jackass over us??"
"no..i don't want you all to leave.."
"SEE???? BYE BYE SEPHIROTH!!"
"i don't want Sephiroth to go either.."
"WHAT????!!!"
"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND, CLOUD???? SEPHIROTH IS
A...JERK!!!" shouts Red, "he destroyed your hometown, your friends,
everything!! how could you help him??"
"i don't know...i don't know.." shouts Cloud,
shaking his head, "i don't know why i said that..why did i say that?? why
do i want Sephiroth to stay with me..?? i don't even like
him..!!"
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud steps toward Sephiroth...and gave him the Black
Materia..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"WHY..?????!!!!! AAAAAAHHH...!!!!" shouts Cloud,
holding his head...he's in pain.
"hey Cloud.." whispers Cid
"i feel....so...odd..." whispers Cloud,
"flashbacks...more...and more of them..!!"
[FLASHBACKS]
Cloud faces Sephiroth in their last battle..
[FLASHBACKS END]
"...." then Cloud calms down...
"whoa. that's some mental fight." whispers
Red
"you ok, Cloud?" whispers Tifa
"what's going on with me? why did i give the Black
Materia to Sephiroth? why do i even agree to work with him at the first
place?" whispers Cloud
"you'll find out soon enough." said
Sephiroth
"Sephiroth...what are you hiding?? why won't you tell me
what it is? you know what's going on with me?"
"we BOTH know." grins Sephiroth
"LEAVE HIM ALONE, SEPHIROTH!!!" shouts
Tifa
"hey, isn't that a...submarine??" blinks
Red
a submarine emerges from the ocean...and toward
Junon.
"they have a sub in the past?" said
Tifa
"i heard an old man named Bata owns that sub. people in
Shinra it's a stupid idea..and like me and my Space Program, they cancelled
it." said Cid
"the sub can help us get the Sun Diamond..!!" smiles
Yuffie, "and perhaps other treasures for me..i mean FOR
US!!"
"but i ain't going with jackass here." said Barret,
talking about Sephiroth
"look, let's just hang in there until we get home and
settle this prob, ok?" said Cloud, and heads for Junon..
In Junon, the town is very alive. people are
working, etc..
an old man fixes his sub near the beach, "if only the
Shinra supports me with better materials..this sub can really go
underwater!!"
"Bata?" said Cloud and the others..
"!!! YOU CAME HOME..YOU..!! you're not her.." sighs
Bata
"HER??? YOUR WIFE??" blinks Barret
"no..my daughter. i've been waiting for her to return
from Shinra.." said Bata
"can we borrow your sub?"
"YOU'RE FROM SHINRA, AREN'T YOU??? YOU CANCELLED MY
PROGRAM..YOU TOOK MY WIFE...NOW I'M OLD AND GRAY, YOU WANT TO TAKE MY SUB???
NO..!!! NOO..!!"
"we're not from.."
"DON'T LIE TO ME, YOUNG MAN!!! THAT GLOW IN YOUR
EYE..YOU'RE NO ORDINARY HUMAN TO ME!!!! AND THAT MUST BE A BATTLE SCAR..!!!
YOU'RE FROM SOLDIER!!!"
"..." Cloud hesitates, "yes..i was. but it was
a long time ago.."
"you Shinra might have convinced people from all around
the world..but you'll never get me!!!" shouts the old man, "ALL YOU
EVER DO IS MAKE PROMISES...MAKING PEOPLE'S HOPES GREATER AND GREATER...AND THEN
YOU JUST STEP ON THEIR HOPES WHEN THEY NEEDED YOU THE MOST..!!! ESPECIALLY
SOLDIER...you promised you'll protect the citizens. but instead..Nibelheim was
gone. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PROTECT US?? WHAT DO YOU SHINRA WANTS FROM US..??
CRUSH OUR HOPES..DESTROY OUR HOMES..??"
"..." Cloud lowers his head, "i'm sorry..i..i
didn't want that to happen.."
"people died because of Shinra. and all you can say is
SORRY??? ONE WORD WON'T BRING THEIR LIFES..!!! MY WIFE..!!!"
"I'M REALLY SORRY..!!! I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO GET
HURT..I..I.."
"LEAVE HIM ALONE, GATA!!" shouts
Cid
"he's pressured enough!!" shouts
Barret
"Cloud...don't let that get to you." whispers Tifa,
trying to cheer him up..
Cloud didn't say anything..
"I WAS IN SOLDIER. you got a prob with that??" said
Sephiroth
"the glow in your eye..!! it's the same as that young
man..!!" gasps Gata, then he sighs, "i'm old now..Shinra isn't my
biggest worry yet. it's my daughter..if you all want the sub so bad, you can
borrow it."
"FINALLY!!!" smiles Yuffie
in the sub, they're searching for the Sun
Diamond..
"@#$%!!! IT'S TAKIN' TOO @#$% LONG!!!! THE @#$% RADAR
MUST BE BROKEN..!!!" freaks Cid
"the radar works fine. have patience." said
Red
"EASY FOR YOU TO SAY..!!! I'M USED TO DRIVE MACHINES IN
SKY, NOT UNDERWATER...WITH ALL THESE THINGIES STARING AT
ME..!!"
"they're fishes."
"whatever." sighs Cid, "once we get the Sun
Diamond, we can finally go home!!"
"maybe the Meteor already hit the Planet..?" blinks
Cait
"maybe. who knows?" said Red, "the Planet...the
Meteor...even Time works in mysterious ways. we as simples life forms will never
understand..."
"the ocean..." whispers Vincent, looking outside,
"so smooth..so quiet. so silent as the darkest night. just like Time
itself.."
"the Sun Diamond should be located...RIGHT THERE."
said Red
....
"uhmm..where is it?" blinks
Barret
the Sun Diamond is gone..!!
"how could this be?? that's where we dropped the Sun
Diamond?? THAT SPOT..!!!" said Cloud
"it's gone now." said Sephiroth, "how
disappointing.."
"ya tell me, and that sword can pawn me some BIG
BUCKS!!!" sighs Yuffie
"Cloud, did you led us to the wrong direction?" said
Cid
"NO!!! IT MUST BE THERE..!!! IT FELL AND LANDED OVER
THERE..!!" shouts Cloud, "GRRRR...DAMN IT!!!"
"calm down, Cloud. it's ok, we'll find it." said
Tifa
[FLASHBACKS]
[FLASHBACKS END]
"NO...I NEED THE SUN DIAMOND..!! I HAVE TO HAVE IT..!!! I
MUST HAVE IT..!!!" shouts Cloud, very desperate
"..." they are a little surprised..except
Sephiroth
"damn..you almost sound like Sephiroth!!" whispers
Cait
"Cloud, we're not really THAT desperate to go
home.." said Red
"...." Cloud calms down, "WHAT WAS THAT???!!!
that doesn't even sound like me..??"
"you must be tired. you need some rest." said
Tifa
"[sighs] i think you're right, Tifa.." whispers
Cloud
[CLANK]
"???!!" they gasps
"COME OUT, SPY!!!" shouts Sephiroth..
"damn.." whispers a voice. it's Lena, from the
Turks. she comes out, "ok..ok..you got me."
"TURKS???!!!" freaks everyone
"A SPY FROM SHINRA..!!!" shouts Cloud
"so what? yea. i'm a spy. and i got all the info from you
guys...enough for Shinra to promote ME!!!" smiles Lena, "i was in here
waiting for ya'll..Shinra was right. they knew you'll come for the Sun
Diamond."
"what?"
"WHAT DID YOU DO, YOU @#$%????!!! SPEAK!!!!" shouts
Barret
they all take their weapons out..
"[gulp] that's not good..huh?" whispers Lena,
"Shinra is a big building..they have a small library/museum in there, ya
know, to keep old antiques and history. they found the Sun Diamond and just
shipped it to Shinra this morning." then she sighs, "i wasn't suppose
to be here..Reno was. he was chosen to do this spying mission on you guys. they
wouldn't choose me cuz i'm a girl..the first female in the Turks actually. but i
still came anyway."
"DON'T EVEN THINK YOU CAN GET BACK TO SHINRA..!!!"
shouts Red
"hey, it's my duty...kinda..but still, it's what a TURK
does!!"
"TURKS MY ASS." said Cid, "you're only a
highschool student..!!! go back to school or something..!! you don't belong
here..or even ready to fight for your life."
"I AM READY..!!!" shouts Lena
"what should we do with her?" said Tifa
"kill her." said Sephiroth, "i'll make this
clean and fast..so it won't stink this sub."
"[GASPS]" Lena backs off
"SEPHIROTH..!!" shouts Cloud
"he has a point..if she gets outta this, we'll be in deep
trouble." said Barret
"people shouldn't stick their nose where it doesn't
belong.." whispers Sephiroth, "but it's too late for that, isn't
it?"
"...!!!" Lena gasps, scared. even her knife (weapon)
won't match with the MasaMune..!!
....
"STOP." it's Vincent
"???!!!" Sephiroth almost hit him instead, "GET
OUTTA MY WAY, VALENTINE!!!!"
"i won't let you hurt her."
"TURKS...i despise Turks. or anyone that gets in my
way.."
"it's not her fault. she was ordered to this
mission." said Vincent, "look, killing her won't help us get any
closer to the Sun Diamond."
"then what should we do with her?" said
Tifa
"hmm..good question." whispers Vincent
"kill her." grins Sephiroth
"i guess we have to keep her. make her join us."
sighs Vincent
"WHAT???!!!"
"as long as we have our eye on her, she can't tell anyone
about our plan." said Vincent, "if she does..we'll just kill
her."
"[gulp] you guys love to kill, don't ya?" whines
Lena, "ANYWAYS, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME JOIN YOU!!! A TURK NEVER TURN HER BACK TO
SHINRA..!!!"
"do you have a choice?" said Sephiroth
"damn..!!" whispers Lena, very angry, "i guess
i'm hostage for now.."
"she can show us where the museum is. i never saw it
before.." said Cloud
"it's a top-secret area..of course you can't see it,
rookie. only Turks are allowed to know where it is."
"let's head for Shinra." said Cloud, very
excited..
* * * *
Chapter 11
"The Nightmare begins.."
"am i...dreaming?" there's light everywhere...people
whispering..
"yes." said a little girl voice
"you again?? WHAT IS THIS?? WHY ARE YOU APPEARING IN MY
DREAMS??"
"something terrible will happen..i can feel
it.."
"what?"
"you must stop it before it happen. or it'll be too
late.."
"what is it? what's terrible?"
"something terrible will happen to YOU and Sephiroth. you
must very careful.."
"what is it? is it a monster?"
"the son of the Death Dragon will awaken...you MUST NOT
let that happen."
"???? who's the son?? i'll stop
him..!!"
"CAN YOU...?"
"what do you mean..??"
[BRIGHT LIGHT]
the next day, Cloud and his friends head for the Museum in
Shinra, with Lena showing them the way..
"damn..Tseng it's not gonna like this!! i'm gonna get
kick out for sure..!!" whines Lena, as Cloud tries to open the lock to get
in the Museum..
"GOOD!! Shinra ain't no place for no girls..!! Tis a
dangerous place..!!" said Barret
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN..?? CUZ I'M A YOUNG
GIRL..??? I'M 15..!!!" shouts Lena, angry, "YUFFIE IS YOUNGER THAN
ME..!! she's even fighting with you big dinosaur..!!"
"YOU @#$% BRAT..!!!!" freaks Barret
"HEY..!!! i have experience..!! and for you
info, I AIN'T NO LITTLE GIRL..!!" shouts Yuffie, "I'M ACTUALLY FROM
THE YEAR...OUCH!!!"
Red bites her, "remember we can't tell anyone about
us..!! our true identity."
"grrrr.." murmurs Yuffie
"what we're trying to say is, you don't belong with the
Turks, or with Shinra." said Tifa, "all of us once thought the Shinra
was good, but instead.." then she shakes her head, "you're still
young. you still have a lot of life ahead of you. go back to school. go home. go
where you belong. just stay away from Shinra."
"..." Lena hesitates, then she turns red, "I
DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE..!!! YOU'RE JUST
OUTLAWS..!!!"
"OUTLAWS..???!!! YOU @#$%..!!!" freaks
Barret
"God i can't stand these fools.." whispers
Sephiroth, "crack the code yet?"
"no...this is much different than the others i
handled." said Cloud, "whatever is inside must be VERY valuable."
[DOOR OPENS]
"let's go." said Sephiroth
"wait...!!" Cloud stops him
Sephiroth turns around, "what is it?"
"i had this dream...i know it's stupid but.."
whispers Cloud, "let's just be careful, ok?"
"you telling ME to be careful?? hahahahhaha.."
Sephiroth ignores him, and enters..
"sephiroth.." whispers Cloud, and then they went
inside..
the place is dark, so they used 2 candles. Cloud and his party
uses one, and Sephiroth uses the other.
"IT'S UNFAIR..!!! how come jackass there can use a candle
by himself and we can't??? i can't even see where i'm going!!" freaks
Cid
"it's just a candle, Cid." said Cloud
"WELL IT'S MORE LIKE GIVING A DOLLAR BILL TO ANOTHER
PERSON..!!!" freaks Cid
they came to a 2 way..
"i'll go to the left." said Sephiroth, and
left..
"how rude. didn't even let us choose.." said Red,
"if i'm a grown up..i'll make him sorry..!!"
they went to the right..
"Cloud.."
...
"Cloud!!" said Tifa, "what's wrong? are you
thinking something?"
"y..yeah."
"oh. i get it. it's Aeris, isn't it..?" whispers
Tifa
"no. it's my dream..that little girl sounds very
familiar.."
"hey, Cloud."
"yea?"
"after we get home and saved the world and
everything..what'd ya gonna do then?"
"hmm..you mean my life?"
"yes."
"no one has ever asked me that, Tifa." blinks Cloud,
"i guess i'll be back as mercenary since Avalanche don't need me no
more.."
"uhmm..then you must have a lot of time in your
hands.." whispers Tifa, "if you can, who will you come and spare some
time with Aeris..or ME..? Aeris should be alive in the future..just like you
wanted."
"my free time? i guess...Aeris." smiles
Cloud
"oh.." Tifa lowers her head..
"the secret..you still haven't tell me what it
is?"
"you probably won't care anyways.."
"yes i do.." smiles Cloud
[FLASHBACKS]
[FLASHBACKS END]
"!!!" Cloud gasps..
"you ok, Cloud?" blinks Tifa, "you don't look
so good lately.."
"i..i'm fine."
"i'm worried about you, man." said Cait, "you
should stay in the copter and take some rest."
"I'M FINE!!!!" shouts Cloud, "WILL YOU FOOLS
LEAVE ME ALONE???!!"
they're surprised..
"that sounds just like Sephiroth..??!" freaks
Red
"i..i..i'm sorry.." whispers Cloud, "i'll rest
after this.."
"i think his scar don't only hits his face..but his
brain." whispers Yuffie to Vincent..
"aaaahh...here it is." grins Sephiroth. there's a
razor-sharp sword in front of him...made of pure silver. it even glows in the
dark shadows..
it's the Sun Diamond..
Sephiroth grabs the Sun Diamond, "a true beauty...NOW
THIS IS WHAT I CALLED A SWORD..!!!" he swings it around a little, "the
power..i can feel it. strong as the sun..."
then he notice there's an ancient book in the
shelf..
he went to read it, "this book is about 2000 yrs. old..!!
these writing as quite similar to the Cetra. but i might be able to translate
it.."
and he started to read..
"!!!" Cloud gasps, "something is going to
happen..!!"
they're still searching for the Sun Diamond..
"what??" blinks Tifa
"i don't know..but the atmosphere. the voices...they tell
me that something bad is gonna happen soon..!!" said Cloud
"voices???" said Barret, "DAMN, ARE YOU SURE
YOU'RE OK???"
"I'M NOT LYING!! it's strange but..it's not like the
Lifestream. not like talking to the Planet. it's more like summoning.."
whispers Cloud, "..SEPHIROTH!!"
he run back..!!
"CLOUD..WAIT UP!!!" shouts Tifa, and they went after
him..
"HEY...WHAT ABOUT ME??" shouts Lena
....
"that means you're off the hook." said Vincent, and
walks away
"WAIT...!!" freaks Lena, "are you...related to
the Turks?"
"..." Vincent lowers his head, then join his
friends..
Lena sighs, really wanted to know..
Cloud reaches Sephiroth, "SEPHIROTH..!!!
STOP..!!!"
his friends joins Cloud..
"[reading]" Sephiroth is reading the ancient book,
flipping page by page...
"Cloud..what's going on?" said Tifa
"HEY..THAT'S THE SUN DIAMOND..!!" said Barret,
pointing at the sword in Sephiroth's hands..
"give it to us, Sephiroth!!" barks Red
"[reading stop]" Sephiroth stops, and throws the
book away, "..so it's true."
"???"
"the legend of Time..it's true." said Sephiroth,
"and this Sun Diamond.."
"SEPHIROTH..GIVE US THE SWORD..!!"
"give....YOU....the Sun Diamond..?" whispers
Sephiroth, "HA..HA..HA..."
"WHAT'S SO FUNNY???!!!" shouts Barret
"every 1000 yrs., the Death Dragon...the ultimate
evil...will come unto the universe and to the Planet and gives birth to its
children, who will grow and destroy the Planet." said Sephiroth, "but
sadly, the Guardian of Time seals her away until the next 1000
yrs..."
"so?"
"the children born in the Planet were either destroyed or
sealed to sleep for eternity by the Guardian. first-borns have a bigger and more
important role than to destroy the Planet...his/her job is to free its mother,
the Death Dragon, and brings the Apolocapse."
"but it's been so long...aren't the first-borns dead by
now?" said Tifa
"true. very true, Tifa. but not all.." said
Sephiroth, "all first-borns are borned with a special mark for the Death
Dragon to recognize...a tattoo carved in their foreheads."
"..." Cloud gets angry, "GET TO THE POINT,
SEPHIROTH!!!"
"JENOVA is the first-born." said Sephiroth,
"her tattoo..only the Death Dragon her children..or me..can see it. the
tatto...a symbol of DEATH." then he stares at the Sun Diamond, "the
Guardian didn't put her powers in here. it was the Death Dragon that made this
sword with invincible powers..the Guardian steals this sword from the dragon and
use it against her..!!"
then he turn to Cloud, "you know what i will do next,
don't you..?"
"..."
"but you can't stop me. it's destined that I AM NEXT IN
LINE." laughs Sephiroth, and then he went disappears with the Sun
Diamond..
"WHERE THE HELL DID HE GO???" freaks
Cid
"he just..disappeared?" said Cait
"what was he talking about...? Next in line..?"
blinks Tifa
"where is he??" said Barret, "COME OUT YOU
@#$%!!!"
"don't bother, Barret."
"??"
"he's not here." said Cloud, "he went to the
Shinra building.."
"WHAT???"
"i think i'm starting to understand who i really
am.." whispers Cloud
[BOOOMMMM]
"WHAT WAS THAT???!!!" freaks Barret
the ground quakes..
"IT'S FROM THE SHINRA BUILDING..!!" said
Red
"IT'S SEPHIROTH..HE'S REALLY IN THERE..!!! AND HE'S
KILLING EVERYONE WITH THE SUN DIAMOND..!!" freaks Cait, getting the info
from the building..
"he's gone mad.." said Tifa
"no.. not mad. he was never mad." said Cloud,
"HE'S SUMMONED.."
then they got out of the Museum..
* * * *
Chapter 12
"Cloud's Gone.."
they ran outside of Shinra..ready to escape
Midgar..
[BOOOMM]
another explosion in the top floors of the Shinra
building..
"you ok in there, Reeve?" said Cloud
"yea..i'm fine. i got away before Sephiroth could get me
to