It's is one year after Sephiroth was defeated and Holy was unleashed. Barret has moved back to North Correl where he became mayor and where he married Elmyra. He is currently raising Marlene with her. Vincent has seamed to disappear. Red XIII also known as Nanaki has gone back to Cosmo Canyon where he has become an elder and now studies the planets, as did his grandfather. Cid moved back to Rocket Town where he married Shera and became head of Neo-Shinra's space exploration department. Yuffie much like Vincent has disappeared. Reeve is now president of Neo-Shinra and the Turks, Elena, Rude, and Reno, are his bodyguards. Soon after Sephiroth's destruction Cloud finally asked Tifa out. Sadly it didn't work out and they broke up, but became best friends. Tifa is currently still living with Cloud who has become vice-president of Neo-Shinra. Little does Cloud and the others
know but their life is soon to be turned upside down again.
The young blond man was running. Where he didn't know but he knew that he had to keep going. He couldn't stop now. He kept running through the tunnel like blackness until finally he saw it. Light. Beautiful warm untainted light. He reached for it but found he could not make it the darkness around him was beginning to close in, the cold dank air swallowing him. He reached and grasped for the light his eyes and chest burning. Someone was there. Standing there in the pure light reaching for him saving him. Her emerald green eyes gleamed kindly as she held out a saving hand. Her brown hair hung down from the its usual braid and her pink dress now replaced with one of white and gold. But he couldn't reach her darkness finally closed in and he began to fall. He screamed out her name in the darkness but he could not even hear his own voice.
Then out of the abyss came images…voices…feelings….
"Cloud!"
"Hey spike!"
Cloud looked into the void to see his friends smiling laughing as they had before. But slowly those images faded and the laughter died. He screamed out their names and reached for them but they disappeared before his eyes just as his fingertips were about to brush them. Then he heard her voice.
"Cloud?"
Cloud turned to see a woman just about his age with long brown hair and stunning green eyes. She smiled at him calmly and gave a laugh. Tears of happiness blurred Cloud's eyes and he reached out for her and took her into his arms. Tears escaped his eyes and lost themselves in her soft braided hair. Everything was perfect this is how it was supposed to be….
….but then…she too was gone….lost somewhere in that deep echoing void.
"Aeris…"
The man let out a heart retching sob. It wasn't fair. He missed her so and once again he thought he had her. He'd lost her again….he failed just like he would fail his friend's in the end. Why did he even bother enduring the pain any more? But than amidst his sadness he heard a voice…..a voice so young and innocent he could not ignore it. He looked up and there in the void with him stood a child. She was so young barely even two years old. She wore a long white robe that went to the floor. Two tiny angelic wings rested against her back. She reached for him and took his hand. Her long blonde hair reached her tiny waist and swayed as she moved. Her eyes so blue and loyal he could not help but follow the child into the nothingness in which they stood. She led him forward and showed him to a portal, a vortex of swirling blues, pinks and blues. Then without a second thought he stepped forward into it leaving behind the toddler.
When he emerged he was once again greeted by darkness. But amidst all this cold dark space sat a girl. A young teen. She looked up into his eyes and he realized that this young blonde teen was the same girl as the child that led him here. But her now scarred eyes no longer innocent held so much fear and confusion. She'd been crying and her blue eyes were swollen and red. She let out a whimper and whispered…
"Daddy……"
Cloud was about to respond when he felt it. A cold chilling feeling of dread. He'd felt it only once before….about a year or so before….
…only seconds before Aeris had died.
He looked up to see the silver haired bastard that had caused him so much grief and pain. Once again he watched him fall towards the teen kneeling underneath him. He tried to scream out to her But all he could do is watch as the one winged angel Sephiroth as he landed and reached his blade back prepared to run her through. Her head snapped up and she opened her mouth to scream but the sound that came out was….
…the ringing of a cell phone?
Rrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg, Rrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg, Rrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg!!!!!
"Huh! What the hell?" said a very tired and groggy Cloud as he bolted up in bed searching for the cause of the noise. A good five or six rings later Cloud located his cell phone in a pair of dirty jeans that he'd carelessly thrown on the floor for Tifa to clean later, "H-Hello."
" Hey Cloud whacha doin!?"
"Reeve izat you? If it is you better have a damn good reason for calling me so early."
"Yeah it's me and I do. Come down to the office right away. Oh! And bring Tifa, too!"
"……"
"Yo Cloud?! Ya there?"
"COME DOWN TO THE OFFICE!? REEVE YOU GOT TO BE KIDING ME ITS 3:00 IN THE MORNING!!!"
" I know I know, but this is a breakthrough and it's really important," Reeve begged on the other end a desperate edge to his tired yet excited voice
"I don't care if you discovered the cure for AIDS I'm going back to bed and don't call me again! And if you do I'm coming to work tomorrow with my sword and I will shove it so far up you're a…."
"Cloud if you and Tifa don't come now your fired!" Reeve snapped finally snapped irritated with the younger man Cloud merely stared at the cell for a few moments before giving an agitated sigh "Fine we'll be right there. Good bye Reeve"
"See ya in a few hours pa…."
But before he could finish Cloud hung up on him.
"Asshole…"
Cloud sighed unhappily and after getting dressed and brushing his hair he tried to wake Tifa up. "Tiff get up. Tiff?" Cloud threw a pillow at her hoping for some results. It of course didn't do anything. How am I going to wake her up he thought? Suddenly an idea came to mind. He picked up a CD and put it in the stereo system which he turned all the way up. Then he gently placed a pair of headphones on Tifa's ears and connected the wire into the headset output on the system…..and pressed play.
The never endingly annoying lyrics of Britney Spears' "song" Lucky blasted so loud that Cloud could hear each and every word clear as crystal a small sacrifice. Cloud watched in amusement as his female friend fell from her bed in panic right on her head. Cloud watched for a moment in silence as Tifa stayed hidden on the other side of the bed. Then slowly he wacthed as one hand clasped on to the bed spread followed by her face. Her brown hair
Was messed and her face tired and ragged. She gave Cloud the evil eye and snarled, "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Get dressed. Reeve just called and needs both of us to come down."
"You had better not be kidding me Cloud Strife," she spat as she stood up to get dressed.
"No I'm not and unless you want to go in your nightgown get dressed," Cloud teased as he walked from the room.
"Damn this better be important," Tifa sighed.
"There here," Reeve said to the young woman in front of him.
"I know," was her only answer. Her young voice nervous .
"Your not nervous are you? You shouldn't be. Ya know how much he loves you," Reeve said trying to comfort her. "I KNOW HE LOVES ME THAT'S WHY I'M NERVOUS!" she screamed. "Calm down Sis your to high strung" Reeve joked trying to add some humor to her situation. "I'll say that to you when you fall in love" she said watching the young man walk into the building practically dragging a very angry chocolate colored haired lady behind him. Her eyes were focused on the girl though. "I just hope it not too late," she whispered too low for Reeve to hear as a solitary tear rolled down her cheek. She hadn't noticed Reeve had left to greet the guests.
Cloud and Tifa got there at 4:47 AM. Tifa leaned against the elevator door as she started to nod off when the elevator stopped and the door opened causing Tifa to fall back on to the carpeted floor. Cloud stifled a laugh as he helped her up. They found Reeve pacing in the hallway. "Hey guys! Say you got here pretty quick." Reeve Said happily. "That's because there's no traffic at 4:00 in the morning baka yaro!" Tifa snapped. "Don't mind her. She gets real bitchy if you wake her up to early," Cloud explained smirking arrogantly.
"WELL I WOULDN'T BE SO BITCHY IF YOU DIDN'T START PLAYING BRITNNEY SPEARS AT 3:00 CLOCK TO WAKE ME UP. WHY DIN'T YOU JUST TELL ME TO WAKE UP OR SHAKE ME!" Tifa screamed.
"I did Tifa. It's not my fault you'd be able to sleep even if WEAPON was reborn and started attacking the house ."
"WHAT! That's not true!!"
"Yes it is."
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is"
"NO IT ISN'T!!!!"
"Guys will you stop arguing!"
"FINE!"
Tifa and Cloud snapped at the same time.
"Coffee anyone?" Reeve offered. "No thanks," Cloud said. "Yes please," Tifa said trying to keep her manners despite the fact that she wanted to kill Reeve. "Ok the reason I called you her is because I have to talk to you about the Cetra," Reeve blurted out trying not to lose his cool attitude.
"Ancients?" Tifa and Cloud said simultaneously. "Yes now let me finish. Well Neo-Shinra has gained the technology to create living beings with just two different cells from to different people. My scientists have found that Aeris wasn't the only cetra held here. A male and female cetra also were kept here at some time too, and DNA samples of them were found. I've been thinking of creating two children from these cells, and have them live here. There would be no experiments. They would live basically normal lives. They'd go to school, participate in things, and hopefully recreate their race. But that's not the only thing I have to tell you," Reeve took a deep breathe and began to finish he's news. "Aeris lied to you all when she said she was the last of her kind there is one more Cetra live…. She had a brother…..Me."
{many years ago}
"Daddy!"
Doctor Gast turned away from his computer to see his two year old son run up to him and jump into his arms. Gast let out a laugh and swung him around. The little boy was wearing an oversized jacket and now hat and was soaking wet from the snow outside. The boy let out a happy giggle as his father swung him through the air. His brown eye sparkled with laughter as his father put him down. His father couldn't help but smile when he looked down at the 2 year old fireball as he began to dance circles about him telling him what he and his mother had done that day.
"Then we went thledin' papa and the man at the inn gave me an' Aerith a hot chocolate but we had ta come home cauthe Aerith was getting' cranky and the kept cryin'."
Gast nodded and looked to the door of his house to see his wife walk in holding a tiny bundle he knew to be his baby daughter. He took the little cranky bundle of joy from his eife Iflana allowing her to take of all her wet clothes and all her sons. Then she shooed him off to his room.
"Time for you nap Reeve."
"Aw….but mommy…"
"No but swettie off you go."
Reeve nodded and toddled of to his room. Iflana smiled t his small retreating form and turn to her husband who was now cradling their daughter Aeris rocking her to sleep. She took the bundle from him and gently placed her in her crib. She smiled to him and simply looked at him with all the love in the world. Gast wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned against her and whispered.
"Maybe we should continue on with the tapes while they're sleeping so the don't interrupt us?
She nodded and took her place in front of the camera as he pressed record. She was about to speak when the sound of someone banging on the door filled the house. Iflana looked up in horror as Shinra SOLDIERS burst into the room. Iflana went to run to her children but she knew she couldn't escape….there was no escape…"
"Reeve?"
"…..yeth?"
"Do you know how special you and your sister are?
"Thpecial?"
"Yes very special…"
"I want my mommy and daddy…"
"Don't worry Reeve we're gonna take good care of you…."
"Aerith too?
"Hehe…Yes Reeve Aeris too…."
The little boy listened to the greasy haired scientist and knew he was lying….he knew that he'd never see his sister again…nor his parents. He began to cry despite of himself and even after Hojo slapped him across the face ordering he shut up he still wailed just wishing he could see them all one last time.
{present}
Silence filled the room Cloud gawked at Reeve shocked at what he just heard. "Y-Y-Your Aeris's brother? Oh dear," Tifa stuttered. "Yes and I've felt horrible about what happened to her and knew if I wasn't so cowardly she wouldn't of died. It's tormented me for over a year now. But not anymore. Now I show you the real reason I asked you to come and why it's so important." Reeve stated.
Reeve led Cloud and Tifa to a door behind his desk and beckoned Cloud to open it. For some reason Cloud stomach twisted in knots, his hand shook nervously, and a cold sweat poured down his forehead as he reached for the knob. God what is wrong with me as he turned the knob and opened the door. Cloud looked in the room and saw something that made his breath catch in his throat. "Oh my god," Tifa whispered trying to oversome the shock of seeing her. There in front of them, stood Aeris alive and well.
"It's a new materia," was all Reeve could say for the moment ," this is the effect." Tears rolled down Tifa cheeks seeing her old friend again made her stomach do a double somersault. "Oh Aeris," she choked out. Before embracing her old friend and sobbing uncontrollably with Aeris doing the same. "It's so good to see you two again," Aeris whispered. When Aeris and Tifa stopped embracing Aeris's eyes turned to someone else…
...Cloud.
Reeve moved over to Tifa and whispered, "I think we should leave them alone for awhile." Tifa looked at him and nodded before leaving the room. Cloud stood there staring at Aeris. She's so beautiful he thought. Aeris final broke down and sobbed before hugging Cloud. "I've missed you so much," she sobbed. "And I've missed you. Aeris, I'm so sorry that I couldn't save you I froze. I-I should've done something to warn you. I have hated myself for leting you die like that I-I-I'm so so-sor..,"
"No Cloud I chose to die. That was my fate, my destiny and now I'm back and every thing will be the same," she whispered hoping to comfort him.
"Aeris I have some thing to tell you." Aeris looked up inyto his glwoing mako eyes waiting to hear what he would tell her.
"I love… I love …I love y…"
But before he could finish he bent over and kissed her the way he wanted to from the time he first met her passionately and with all his soul. He could feel a fire spreading throughout his body making him feel the strength of a thousand men. And to his surprise, she kissed back. After a bout a minute they broke apart gasping for air and Cloud finally found his voice again, "I love you."
"I love you too Cloud" Aeris responded her emerald eyes so happy and joyous. Cloud looked into her eyes and finally asked the question that would change his life once again, "Then, will you marry me?" Aeris gasped in surprise as Cloud took out a ring. "I wanted to ask you before you died, but I didn't know how. I keep it with me wherever I go. So will you?" Aeris still was at a lose for words. But soon all the confusion was gone and she smiled before answering….
"Yes"
Terra here. You're probably thinking Terra who the hell is that? Well you'll find out in the next Chapter. Well send all comments, flames, death threats, and\or compliments to xxrain2004xx@aol.com
know but their life is soon to be turned upside down again.
The young blond man was running. Where he didn't know but he knew that he had to keep going. He couldn't stop now. He kept running through the tunnel like blackness until finally he saw it. Light. Beautiful warm untainted light. He reached for it but found he could not make it the darkness around him was beginning to close in, the cold dank air swallowing him. He reached and grasped for the light his eyes and chest burning. Someone was there. Standing there in the pure light reaching for him saving him. Her emerald green eyes gleamed kindly as she held out a saving hand. Her brown hair hung down from the its usual braid and her pink dress now replaced with one of white and gold. But he couldn't reach her darkness finally closed in and he began to fall. He screamed out her name in the darkness but he could not even hear his own voice.
Then out of the abyss came images…voices…feelings….
"Cloud!"
"Hey spike!"
Cloud looked into the void to see his friends smiling laughing as they had before. But slowly those images faded and the laughter died. He screamed out their names and reached for them but they disappeared before his eyes just as his fingertips were about to brush them. Then he heard her voice.
"Cloud?"
Cloud turned to see a woman just about his age with long brown hair and stunning green eyes. She smiled at him calmly and gave a laugh. Tears of happiness blurred Cloud's eyes and he reached out for her and took her into his arms. Tears escaped his eyes and lost themselves in her soft braided hair. Everything was perfect this is how it was supposed to be….
….but then…she too was gone….lost somewhere in that deep echoing void.
"Aeris…"
The man let out a heart retching sob. It wasn't fair. He missed her so and once again he thought he had her. He'd lost her again….he failed just like he would fail his friend's in the end. Why did he even bother enduring the pain any more? But than amidst his sadness he heard a voice…..a voice so young and innocent he could not ignore it. He looked up and there in the void with him stood a child. She was so young barely even two years old. She wore a long white robe that went to the floor. Two tiny angelic wings rested against her back. She reached for him and took his hand. Her long blonde hair reached her tiny waist and swayed as she moved. Her eyes so blue and loyal he could not help but follow the child into the nothingness in which they stood. She led him forward and showed him to a portal, a vortex of swirling blues, pinks and blues. Then without a second thought he stepped forward into it leaving behind the toddler.
When he emerged he was once again greeted by darkness. But amidst all this cold dark space sat a girl. A young teen. She looked up into his eyes and he realized that this young blonde teen was the same girl as the child that led him here. But her now scarred eyes no longer innocent held so much fear and confusion. She'd been crying and her blue eyes were swollen and red. She let out a whimper and whispered…
"Daddy……"
Cloud was about to respond when he felt it. A cold chilling feeling of dread. He'd felt it only once before….about a year or so before….
…only seconds before Aeris had died.
He looked up to see the silver haired bastard that had caused him so much grief and pain. Once again he watched him fall towards the teen kneeling underneath him. He tried to scream out to her But all he could do is watch as the one winged angel Sephiroth as he landed and reached his blade back prepared to run her through. Her head snapped up and she opened her mouth to scream but the sound that came out was….
…the ringing of a cell phone?
Rrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg, Rrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg, Rrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg!!!!!
"Huh! What the hell?" said a very tired and groggy Cloud as he bolted up in bed searching for the cause of the noise. A good five or six rings later Cloud located his cell phone in a pair of dirty jeans that he'd carelessly thrown on the floor for Tifa to clean later, "H-Hello."
" Hey Cloud whacha doin!?"
"Reeve izat you? If it is you better have a damn good reason for calling me so early."
"Yeah it's me and I do. Come down to the office right away. Oh! And bring Tifa, too!"
"……"
"Yo Cloud?! Ya there?"
"COME DOWN TO THE OFFICE!? REEVE YOU GOT TO BE KIDING ME ITS 3:00 IN THE MORNING!!!"
" I know I know, but this is a breakthrough and it's really important," Reeve begged on the other end a desperate edge to his tired yet excited voice
"I don't care if you discovered the cure for AIDS I'm going back to bed and don't call me again! And if you do I'm coming to work tomorrow with my sword and I will shove it so far up you're a…."
"Cloud if you and Tifa don't come now your fired!" Reeve snapped finally snapped irritated with the younger man Cloud merely stared at the cell for a few moments before giving an agitated sigh "Fine we'll be right there. Good bye Reeve"
"See ya in a few hours pa…."
But before he could finish Cloud hung up on him.
"Asshole…"
Cloud sighed unhappily and after getting dressed and brushing his hair he tried to wake Tifa up. "Tiff get up. Tiff?" Cloud threw a pillow at her hoping for some results. It of course didn't do anything. How am I going to wake her up he thought? Suddenly an idea came to mind. He picked up a CD and put it in the stereo system which he turned all the way up. Then he gently placed a pair of headphones on Tifa's ears and connected the wire into the headset output on the system…..and pressed play.
The never endingly annoying lyrics of Britney Spears' "song" Lucky blasted so loud that Cloud could hear each and every word clear as crystal a small sacrifice. Cloud watched in amusement as his female friend fell from her bed in panic right on her head. Cloud watched for a moment in silence as Tifa stayed hidden on the other side of the bed. Then slowly he wacthed as one hand clasped on to the bed spread followed by her face. Her brown hair
Was messed and her face tired and ragged. She gave Cloud the evil eye and snarled, "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Get dressed. Reeve just called and needs both of us to come down."
"You had better not be kidding me Cloud Strife," she spat as she stood up to get dressed.
"No I'm not and unless you want to go in your nightgown get dressed," Cloud teased as he walked from the room.
"Damn this better be important," Tifa sighed.
"There here," Reeve said to the young woman in front of him.
"I know," was her only answer. Her young voice nervous .
"Your not nervous are you? You shouldn't be. Ya know how much he loves you," Reeve said trying to comfort her. "I KNOW HE LOVES ME THAT'S WHY I'M NERVOUS!" she screamed. "Calm down Sis your to high strung" Reeve joked trying to add some humor to her situation. "I'll say that to you when you fall in love" she said watching the young man walk into the building practically dragging a very angry chocolate colored haired lady behind him. Her eyes were focused on the girl though. "I just hope it not too late," she whispered too low for Reeve to hear as a solitary tear rolled down her cheek. She hadn't noticed Reeve had left to greet the guests.
Cloud and Tifa got there at 4:47 AM. Tifa leaned against the elevator door as she started to nod off when the elevator stopped and the door opened causing Tifa to fall back on to the carpeted floor. Cloud stifled a laugh as he helped her up. They found Reeve pacing in the hallway. "Hey guys! Say you got here pretty quick." Reeve Said happily. "That's because there's no traffic at 4:00 in the morning baka yaro!" Tifa snapped. "Don't mind her. She gets real bitchy if you wake her up to early," Cloud explained smirking arrogantly.
"WELL I WOULDN'T BE SO BITCHY IF YOU DIDN'T START PLAYING BRITNNEY SPEARS AT 3:00 CLOCK TO WAKE ME UP. WHY DIN'T YOU JUST TELL ME TO WAKE UP OR SHAKE ME!" Tifa screamed.
"I did Tifa. It's not my fault you'd be able to sleep even if WEAPON was reborn and started attacking the house ."
"WHAT! That's not true!!"
"Yes it is."
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is"
"NO IT ISN'T!!!!"
"Guys will you stop arguing!"
"FINE!"
Tifa and Cloud snapped at the same time.
"Coffee anyone?" Reeve offered. "No thanks," Cloud said. "Yes please," Tifa said trying to keep her manners despite the fact that she wanted to kill Reeve. "Ok the reason I called you her is because I have to talk to you about the Cetra," Reeve blurted out trying not to lose his cool attitude.
"Ancients?" Tifa and Cloud said simultaneously. "Yes now let me finish. Well Neo-Shinra has gained the technology to create living beings with just two different cells from to different people. My scientists have found that Aeris wasn't the only cetra held here. A male and female cetra also were kept here at some time too, and DNA samples of them were found. I've been thinking of creating two children from these cells, and have them live here. There would be no experiments. They would live basically normal lives. They'd go to school, participate in things, and hopefully recreate their race. But that's not the only thing I have to tell you," Reeve took a deep breathe and began to finish he's news. "Aeris lied to you all when she said she was the last of her kind there is one more Cetra live…. She had a brother…..Me."
{many years ago}
"Daddy!"
Doctor Gast turned away from his computer to see his two year old son run up to him and jump into his arms. Gast let out a laugh and swung him around. The little boy was wearing an oversized jacket and now hat and was soaking wet from the snow outside. The boy let out a happy giggle as his father swung him through the air. His brown eye sparkled with laughter as his father put him down. His father couldn't help but smile when he looked down at the 2 year old fireball as he began to dance circles about him telling him what he and his mother had done that day.
"Then we went thledin' papa and the man at the inn gave me an' Aerith a hot chocolate but we had ta come home cauthe Aerith was getting' cranky and the kept cryin'."
Gast nodded and looked to the door of his house to see his wife walk in holding a tiny bundle he knew to be his baby daughter. He took the little cranky bundle of joy from his eife Iflana allowing her to take of all her wet clothes and all her sons. Then she shooed him off to his room.
"Time for you nap Reeve."
"Aw….but mommy…"
"No but swettie off you go."
Reeve nodded and toddled of to his room. Iflana smiled t his small retreating form and turn to her husband who was now cradling their daughter Aeris rocking her to sleep. She took the bundle from him and gently placed her in her crib. She smiled to him and simply looked at him with all the love in the world. Gast wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned against her and whispered.
"Maybe we should continue on with the tapes while they're sleeping so the don't interrupt us?
She nodded and took her place in front of the camera as he pressed record. She was about to speak when the sound of someone banging on the door filled the house. Iflana looked up in horror as Shinra SOLDIERS burst into the room. Iflana went to run to her children but she knew she couldn't escape….there was no escape…"
"Reeve?"
"…..yeth?"
"Do you know how special you and your sister are?
"Thpecial?"
"Yes very special…"
"I want my mommy and daddy…"
"Don't worry Reeve we're gonna take good care of you…."
"Aerith too?
"Hehe…Yes Reeve Aeris too…."
The little boy listened to the greasy haired scientist and knew he was lying….he knew that he'd never see his sister again…nor his parents. He began to cry despite of himself and even after Hojo slapped him across the face ordering he shut up he still wailed just wishing he could see them all one last time.
{present}
Silence filled the room Cloud gawked at Reeve shocked at what he just heard. "Y-Y-Your Aeris's brother? Oh dear," Tifa stuttered. "Yes and I've felt horrible about what happened to her and knew if I wasn't so cowardly she wouldn't of died. It's tormented me for over a year now. But not anymore. Now I show you the real reason I asked you to come and why it's so important." Reeve stated.
Reeve led Cloud and Tifa to a door behind his desk and beckoned Cloud to open it. For some reason Cloud stomach twisted in knots, his hand shook nervously, and a cold sweat poured down his forehead as he reached for the knob. God what is wrong with me as he turned the knob and opened the door. Cloud looked in the room and saw something that made his breath catch in his throat. "Oh my god," Tifa whispered trying to oversome the shock of seeing her. There in front of them, stood Aeris alive and well.
"It's a new materia," was all Reeve could say for the moment ," this is the effect." Tears rolled down Tifa cheeks seeing her old friend again made her stomach do a double somersault. "Oh Aeris," she choked out. Before embracing her old friend and sobbing uncontrollably with Aeris doing the same. "It's so good to see you two again," Aeris whispered. When Aeris and Tifa stopped embracing Aeris's eyes turned to someone else…
...Cloud.
Reeve moved over to Tifa and whispered, "I think we should leave them alone for awhile." Tifa looked at him and nodded before leaving the room. Cloud stood there staring at Aeris. She's so beautiful he thought. Aeris final broke down and sobbed before hugging Cloud. "I've missed you so much," she sobbed. "And I've missed you. Aeris, I'm so sorry that I couldn't save you I froze. I-I should've done something to warn you. I have hated myself for leting you die like that I-I-I'm so so-sor..,"
"No Cloud I chose to die. That was my fate, my destiny and now I'm back and every thing will be the same," she whispered hoping to comfort him.
"Aeris I have some thing to tell you." Aeris looked up inyto his glwoing mako eyes waiting to hear what he would tell her.
"I love… I love …I love y…"
But before he could finish he bent over and kissed her the way he wanted to from the time he first met her passionately and with all his soul. He could feel a fire spreading throughout his body making him feel the strength of a thousand men. And to his surprise, she kissed back. After a bout a minute they broke apart gasping for air and Cloud finally found his voice again, "I love you."
"I love you too Cloud" Aeris responded her emerald eyes so happy and joyous. Cloud looked into her eyes and finally asked the question that would change his life once again, "Then, will you marry me?" Aeris gasped in surprise as Cloud took out a ring. "I wanted to ask you before you died, but I didn't know how. I keep it with me wherever I go. So will you?" Aeris still was at a lose for words. But soon all the confusion was gone and she smiled before answering….
"Yes"
Terra here. You're probably thinking Terra who the hell is that? Well you'll find out in the next Chapter. Well send all comments, flames, death threats, and\or compliments to xxrain2004xx@aol.com