This is my VERY first fanfic and I'm REALLY excited to let others read this.

To let you know, I don't own Final Fantasy VII. The ONLY characters I own in this chapter is Aerith and the werewolf.

Yes, I have done some revising and I hope you enjoy this fanfic alot more. ;D

AERITH...THE REINCARNATION OF AERIS?

PART I

CLOUD'S MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTER

It was a cold, full moon night, and a blonde, spikey-haired guy was leaving a town. He had blue eyes, wearing his outfit that he was wearing in Advent Children. He was carrying a BIG sword on his back. His name is Cloud Strife, and he was one of the few who saved the planet from being destroyed. However, he is still haunted by the past. During the time he tried to save the planet, an even occurred that devastated him greatly. This event was when the one he really cared for was killed in front of his eyes by his archenemy, a man by the name of Sephiroth. Her name was Aeris Gainsborough. Cloud met her after a mission from AVALANCHE while she was selling flowers, unknowing that she would play a big part in his life. He didn't see the girl again until he crashed into the church in a place called Midgar and he becomes her bodyguard with the cost of one date. She was eventually captured by the ShinRa, but was rescued by Cloud and company then joins them on their pursuit to stop Sephiroth.

After a failed attempt to Sephiroth from obtaining the Black Materia, Aeris ventured into the Forgotten City. Cloud and company went after her until they found her praying at an alter. But as Aeris looks up at Cloud with a smile on her face, Sephiroth suddenly jumps down and kills Aeris. 3 years have passed since the incident, Cloud still blames himself for not being able to save her as of now. This was a wound that would not heal. Everytime he thinks about what happened, he would wish that she would have a second chance at life.

Cloud was travelling around in the Fenrir, his motorcycle. He makes his way to the Forgotten City, but little did he know, another event is about to take place that will change his life forever. It was in the middle of the night, and Cloud hears something growling nearby and coming his way. "Okay, there's something here," He says as he draws his Buster sword then all of a sudden, a black werewolf comes out in front of him. It was about 6 feet tall, and its teeth covered with blood. Cloud quickly skids his motorcycle to a stop as he yells out, "Holy Cheese!" He jumps off of Fenrir and gets into a fighting stance. "A werewolf? What's a werewolf doing in a place like this?" He thought out loud. The werewolf glares at Cloud, wanting to attack, but decides to flee. Cloud watches in confusion and scratches the back of his head. "That was odd...I think I'll go crash for the night." He shrugs his shoulders, and goes into an empty house. Just when Cloud was about to crash for the night, he hears sounds of chains rattling and someone crying.

"Huh...?" He thought out loud as he went out of the house and follows the sounds. It got louder and louder each time got closer to where the sound was coming from, but the sounds seems to fade slightly as if the source was moving. Cloud follows the sounds to an odd shaped building near a lake. He looks around then looks at the lake. "This place sure brings back memories." He says as he walked closer to the lake and looks at his reflection. "Aeris...I'm so sorry..." He whispers softly as a memory of him carrying Aeris's lifeless body to the lake and releasing it into the water plays in his mind. After a while, he goes inside the building, and went downstairs to a pretty area. "This was where it happened..." He spoke then he hears somebody crying. He looks around the area, then he spots someone at the alter. "What the...?" He thought out loud to himself.

He makes his way to the alter and by his surprise, he finds a little girl, all chained up with her left arm covered with blood. She appears to be around the age of 5 with long light brown hair, her bangs covering her right eye and she wore a dress, but seems to be slightly ripped up as if something attacked her. Cloud was surprised from what he saw, but slowly walks toward her. "What are you doing in a place like this?" He asks softly. The girl looks at Cloud with a frightened look with tears streaming down her cheeks. Her left eye has a greenish color to it. She starts to back away from Cloud when he started to walk toward her. Cloud frowns at the sight then speaks, "It's okay...I won't hurt you." The girl continues to back away from Cloud, trembling in fear. Cloud watches the girl as he thinks to himself, She's still backing away from me. I don't blame her for being scared. He then notices the girl's wounded arm. "Your arm..." He spoke then suddenly remembers the werewolf from earlier, having blood on its teeth. "You got bit, didn't you?" He asks the girl, but receives no response from her. He slowly walks over to the girl and removes the chains from her before wrapping a bandage on her wounded arm. She looks at him with tears still flowing down her cheeks.

"So where are your parents?" He asks.

The girl still looks at Cloud, but then lowers her gaze to the ground when he asked her about her parents. She doesn't seem to remember who her parents are, but she does know that she's lost and alone. The fear she showed in her eyes revealed that she's been lost for a long time and has never seen another human that's kind for 2 years. Cloud frowns when he watched the girl then asks, "You can't speak, can you? I don't blame you for being scared." The girl shakes her head in response to Cloud's question. He then holds his hand out toward her and speaks softly to her, "You can come with me. I'll make sure nothing will harm you...I promise." The girl looks at Cloud's hand as she slowly walks over to him and holds his hand tightly then hugs him. Cloud smiles at her, happy that he was able to gain the girl's trust. "Alright then...let's get outta here."

The girl gives a nod and a gentle smile shows on her face. Cloud leads the girl out of the area and headed for the motorcycle once they got out. Cloud figured that it would be dangerous to crash in the Forgotten City for the night since that werewolf might still be lingering around, and not wanting to put the girl's life in danger. Little did they know, a bald guy, wearing a suit and sunglasses peeks from behind a tree and watches Cloud and the girl as they were leaving. The man looks at his partner, a red-haired guy who is wearing the same kind of suit and sunglasses on head. The bald guy shakes the red-haired guy, who is sleeping near the tree. "Reno, wake up."

The red-haired guy turns to another direction, still sleeping as he mutters, "5 more minutes, mom..."

The bald guy falls to the ground in anime style then he quickly gets up on his feet before yelling in Reno's ear. "RENO! WAKE UP!"

Reno finally wakes up and rubs his ear, mumbling. "Awww man...Rude! Why do you have to be so rude?"

Rude responds, "You know we were supposed to follow Cloud."

"Have fun..." Reno grumbles as he goes back to sleep, but this time, Rude grabs a megaphone and yells real loud like he's trying to wake up Marine recruits in boot camp at 4:30 in the morning.

"REEEEEEENNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The poor unfortunate sleeping turk wakes up from the yelling, grumbling as he thinks to himself, The next time he does that, I'm gonna put earplugs on. He stands up and speaks, "Fine..." He stretches then slightly glares at his bald partner. "I'll stay awake. No wonder your mother named you Rude cuz you are so rude."

Rude, seeming to be ignoring Reno's comments, responds, "Come on! Cloud's leaving!"

Reno gives a slight yawn before speaking, "Don't you realize it's passed midnight? I wanna catch some Z's" Rude gives a sigh then all of a sudden he spots a werewolf behind Reno. It was the same werewolf that Cloud encountered earlier. It growls deeply as Rude has a "freaked out" look on his face then he speaks to Reno. "And get eaten by a werewolf."

"Wha...?" Reno asks as he noticed the look on Rude's face. He slowly looks behind him and sees the werewolf before he too makes a very freaked out look. "Leapin' Lasagna!" Reno yelled out as he quickly examines the creature. "That thing's big...and ugly...like Rude."

"I heard that, Reno. I suggest we run before we get eaten."

"LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" Reno yells out as he still has that freaked out look on his face. "That thing's looking at me like it wants to have me." He backs up slowly, raising his hands defensively as he speaks to the werewolf, "DON'T EAT ME, MR. MONSTER! EAT RUDE! HE TASTES LIKE CHICKEN!" Reno and Rude quickly ran like the wind away from the werewolf. Meanwhile, Cloud rode Fenrir to Midgar along with the little girl he found. He parks the motorcycle near a bar that says "7th Heaven" and gets off the motorcycle then helps the little girl get off. The girl stays close to Cloud once her feet touched the ground and holds his hand. Cloud gives a small smile as he takes the girl inside the bar and looks around, as if looking for someone. "Tifa! You there?" He called out. At that moment, a woman with long black hair, wearing a white tank top with a black jacket and black shorts, walks to the bar counter from the kitchen and looks at Cloud with her brown eyes. "Yeah...I'm here." She answered then she notices the little girl hiding behind Cloud, holding his hand. She asks, "Who's that?"

Cloud responds, "I just found her all chained up and her arm was covered with blood." Tifa gives a surprised look at Cloud. "Poor child..." She said then looks at the little girl in the eyes, noticing a strange glow in the girl's eyes. "Her eyes...she's been exposed to mako."

"Alot to be exact and also a werewolf bit her."

"That makes it worse...she'll become a werewolf herself."

"I think I've found the werewolf that bit her before I found her. It was a big one with black fur and red eyes."

Tifa gives a sigh and shakes her head as she speaks, "I never though there might be werewolves around. I think you better get some rest."

Cloud gives a nod then picks up the little girl, who just yawns, feeling sleepy. He takes her to his room and lays her in his bed, then he thinks to himself as he walked out of the room, She reminds me of Aeris...Who is she? Outside the room, he sees Tifa cleaning up the tables. She stops and looks up at Cloud before asking, "Does she have a name?" Cloud walks over to an empty couch and lays down on it then answers, "She didn't tell me."

"Where are her parents?"

"I don't know, she has not said a word to me. I guess she was too scared to speak."

Tifa gives a sigh, "I guess we won't be finding them anytime soon. Not at this time of night."

"Seems that way...Looks like we're gonna have to adopt her at least until we find her family. Afterall, this bar is also an orphanage."

Tifa giggles slightly, "Looks that way. So what are you gonna call her?"

"I think I'll call her...Aerith..."

"Aerith Strife..." She spoke as she looks at Cloud with a smile on her face. "Sounds good to me. You sound like you can be a good father."

Cloud waves his hand dismissively as he closes his eyes, "Yeah, right. I'm going to sleep on the couch. G'night." He falls fast asleep on the couch. Tifa smiles and covers him with a blanket as she thinks to herself, I know you've been devastated when Sephiroth killed Aeris in front of your eyes. You've been like that ever since...now you bring a little girl home. For some reason, she looks like Aeris. Who is she? She strokes Cloud's hair gently then walks upstairs to her room.

Deep in the forest, Reno and Rude were still running like crazy, even though there was no sign of the werewolf. They soon stopped near a log, trying to catch their breaths. Rude looks behind them and looks at Reno, panting. "I hope we lost him." Reno nods in agreement, panting as well, then responds, "Yeah...We must head back to HQ immediately."

"We still have a job to do."

Reno sighs a bit, "I'm sleepy and Cloud's already long gone. Besides, I don't wanna encounter your cousin."

Rude raises an eyebrow, "My cousin?"

"Yeah! That big ugly werewolf, you dipstick!"

"Who you callin' a dipstick, Redhead?"

"RED-HEAD? Now you've gone too far, Baldy!"

"That's it! I'm gone!" Rude walks off while Reno stands there, yelling at him. "FINE, RUDE! You're sooo rude...Meanie!" Reno calms himself down and follows after Rude, hoping that he'll finally get some sleep once they get back to ShinRa HQ.