I do not own these characters or the story or hope to make a profit from them. I just like to play the video game.
Chapter 1:
The Strange Night
The sky was dark and the clouds were black as space. The wind blew slightly and at a deserted city, Cloud was walking down the empty streets with no one around. No cars. No lights working. No People. It was like walking on a path of darkness. As Cloud continued to walk down the narrow road, he looked all around, seeing nothing and wondered where he was. Where am I…where is everyone…Tifa…Barret…Vinecent?
As Cloud continued to walk, he began to notice that the wind picking up on him. It was starting to get a little harder to walk and as Cloud mind was pondering about other things, he began to hear a female voice from the sky saying, "Follow my path…follow my path."
"Who are you!" Cloud demanded as he looked around but saw no one. The voice started to freak him out but he remained calm. He wished he had his sword with him but all he had was his clothing and gloves. Nothing to fight with! This wasn't good Cloud kept thinking. But who was saying that? The voice didn't sound like an average female voice. It sounded like something he heard before…but yet it didn't sound human.
"Follow my path Cloud." The female voice said again, causing Cloud to clenched his teeth with thoughts of who said that.
"Shut it and show yourself!" Cloud yelled with angry eyes and looked up at the sky.
"Follow my path…like my young child." The female voice said again in a louder and calm voice.
For some reason, Cloud felt like someone was behind him and slowly turned his head around and his eyes became wide. Cloud body began shaking and he made it stop immediately to show no fear in his dark blue eyes. Just ten yards from him, Sephiroth stood holding his long blade.
"Sephiroth!" Cloud exclaimed. "What are you doing here!"
"Hello Cloud…long time no see." He replied while holding a sinister smile. "Come and merge with me…so that we may one day complete our destiny."
Cloud didn't know what to do. He was trap with no way of defending himself or running away. What to do! What to do! Dang it! Was death going to come to him this day or was he going to live to see the next he kept thinking.
"Cloud…my son…come and complete both of our destiny." The female voice came again from the sky. "Come and you'll see what you were really born for."
"…who are you?" Cloud asked while becoming more calm for some strange reason and when he blinked, Sephiroth was no longer there, but a new person…or better yet some new creature he'd never seen before. It was hard for Cloud to see the person due to all the shadow around him or her. But their height was about Cloud height or perhaps a little taller. "Show yourself."
"I shall show myself when the time shall come." The female voice said. "But for now…accept this."
Cloud was confused by her statement and just before he was about to say anything, he sensed someone behind him and looked aside real quickly, finding Sephiroth behind him thrusting his sword forward at him. It was too late! There would be no way to dodge it in time.
"No, AAARRHHH!" Cloud yelled as the blade came through his stomach and saw his blood splash out of him.
"Nooo!!!" Cloud yelled as he opened his eyes and found himself in his bed inside the dark room. He was dressed in only his pants and felt like he was sweating. Was that real! No, it's just a dream…but why did that stab felt like that…I can still feel it going through my stomach.
Cloud continued to pant and feared going back to sleep again. He didn't want to face that strange creature again nor Sephiroth. What did they both mean by their statement he kept trying to figure out while in his bed still. While still pondering on what happened, Cloud came to notice if he had waken anyone up in the bar house. Tifa was just a door away from him but she had senses that was really high.
Feeling that insomia had taken over him, he walked over to his window to stare at the stars. It appeared to still be late at night, but it didn't matter. He would just wait until the morning before he went somewhere. But where to go? He had no place he truly called home. He felt far away from his friends. He had no reason to live at times he felt. What would be the point. What to live for?
As Cloud continued to think these things, he felt something strange on his stomach. It was as though there a burning spot and it kept bothering him. Taking his eyes down to see what was the matter, Cloud eyes became wide as plates to what he saw.
"What the!" Cloud yelled as he noticed a strange round black circle on his stomach. It was the spot where Sephiroth stabbed him. But what was it? How did it get there! What is that!
Cloud didn't know what to do. How was he going to get rid of it. Was it even possible. Whatever it was, it wasn't going to be good for him he felt considering he was going on a huge mission tomorrow with Vincent and Tifa to a reactor that was suppose to have some bounty for them to turn in. It's been over 4 months since the whole party agreed to take up doing bounty jobs considering it paid high. But Cloud didn't really care about the money. All he cared about was doing something in his life other than deliver things.
Taking his eyes away from the window, Cloud immediately placed on a shirt so that he wouldn't face that dark spot on him. He didn't want to it to bother him no more. All he wanted was to stay calm and relax. Just before Cloud was going to step back to the window, he heard knockings on his door.
It must be Tifa. I knew it…she heard me. Cloud thought as he began to walk over to the door and the knocking continued over and over. "Tifa, hold yourself. I'm almost there."
Just as Cloud began to open the door, he saw a blade thrusting towards his face in a quick motion. But before the blade touched his face, Cloud quickly jumped back by his bed and right before his eyes, he saw a man in a black cloak and a hood over his face.
"Who are you!" Cloud demanded as he grabbed his huge sword against the wall by him.
The man remained quiet and just before Cloud was going to say something else, the man jumped forward at him swinging his blade at him. So swiftly, Cloud blocked it and continued to block the strange man attacks. As Cloud continued to block his attacks, he wondered who it was. But he didn't have time to think of this stuff so he swung his blade at the hooded man neck. Just before the blade sliced his neck off, the hooded man ducked down and thrust his sword to Cloud stomach fast.
Cloud felt in a tight spot considering he was almost against the wall and couldn't scoot back anymore. He had no choice! Before the blade was about to stab Cloud, he jumped back and busted through the window behind him. As Cloud was falling down from the second floor house, he saw the hooded man looking out the window at him. It was too hard to see his face but Cloud didn't care no more. When Cloud landed on the ground, he scraped his foot against the ground and after he stopped, he looked up at his room and saw the man missing from the window. Where was he?
Feeling a strange presence, Cloud looked behind him and saw the hooded man just a foot from him swinging his blade at him fast. So in quick motion, Cloud did a back flip over the blade and landed behind the hooded man and swung his blade at him quickly. But before the blade came to the hooded man body, he blocked it and they held their swords together.
"Who are you!" Cloud roared as he pushed against the hooded man. "And why are you attacking me!"
"….I don't have a name." The hooded man said in a deep voice. "…I don't need a reason…but I shall awake you."
"What the heck are you talking about!!!" Cloud yelled as he pushed the hooded man back against their house walls. Cloud anger was raging more and more for some reason. But he didn't care. As he continued to walk over to the man, Cloud noticed lights in other people houses were coming on in the slum to see what was going on. Let them see! I don't care! I just want answers!
As Cloud continued to walk over to the man, the hooded man jumped forward at him swinging his blade some more at him. But Cloud continued to block all the blows and started swinging his sword at him as well. Cloud started feeling a strange pain on his stomach as he continued to swing his sword at the hooded man as he blocked it. It felt as though it was trying to take over him or something. He wasn't able to ignore it. The pain was becoming worse as the battle continued. He wasn't able to stop it! It was too much! "AARRHHHGGG!!! What's the heck is this!!!" Cloud shouted as he swung his sword one more time at the guy and busted through his sword and sliced the hooded man chest deeply, causing him to fall to the ground bleeding.
Cloud started to pant as the pain on his stomach was ceasing and began to wonder what was that. But he didn't care no more. He had the guy on the ground and looked at him with a sinister smile. Cloud began chuckling as he bent to his knees to remove the hood and after he did, it was a man with black spiky hair. He was close to death it seemed.
"Who are you?" Cloud demanded as he saw other people coming outside to see what was going on.
"Call me…nameless I guess…heh…heh…heh." The man said as blood started coming from his mouth.
"Why did you attack me then?"
"You ask so many questions…just shut up and let me die."
"Tell me!" Cloud demanded as anger was building up in him. He felt like choking him but couldn't considering over 20 people was now outside looking at them. But why would he care! Just before he was going to force the answer out of him, he glanced up at his house and saw Tifa at the door with a worried face. How long was she watching? She must have knew he was going to win since she didn't say nothing.
"Just remember this name…Promise Land." The man said as he closed his eyes and died.
Cloud had no reason to be there. Some strange person tried to kill him. Why would he care any longer. As Cloud began to walk back to the house, he saw Tifa looking at him with shock in her face.
"What's wrong?" Cloud asked as he stopped in front of her.
"Your whole eye…" Tifa started when she continued to look at him strangely. "They were just black a moment ago…while you were fighting that man."
