The Secret of Shinra
"Tifa! Your home again!" yelled the old woman excitedly. She was jumping up and down, tears rolling down her face in happiness. Tifa beamed at seeing this woman, things like this made her day.
" It is good to see you to Maria. How've you kept since I saw you last?" asked Tifa, who was also being pulled in several directions by little kids. Maria smiled and looked at Tifa.
"Look, even the little ones are happy that you have returned. This is how much you are loved here. Why must you always look for that boy? There's plenty of other's like him, and these boy's don't disappear without trace." asked Maria. Tifa sighed and sat down on the bed.
"Those other ones are nothing like Cloud. He was one of a kind, and he's my friend as well. That's plenty of reason for me to look for him. Don't you think so?" sighed Tifa as she lay down.
"You know what I think, cos' I tell you every time you come back! You'll never listen to me though!" yelled Maria, as she walked downstairs. Tifa knew she was right, but something told her Cloud was still out there, and then she remembered the note she found at Cloud's house. Well actually Yuffie found it but gave it to Tifa. Yuffie was always helping with the rebuilding so she was very rarely seen.
Tifa, if you read this then I have left. I'm not sure what it is but it's driving me crazy. I have to go look for the answers. Please don't follow me, and tell everyone else I am sorry to leave without saying goodbye.
I'll return someday. Please stay safe until then
Cloud
She had read this note over and over again trying to figure out what it meant. It had been 3 years since they had defeated Sephiroth and Aeris had defeated Meteor. Cloud seemed to become his normal self after his final duel with Sephiroth. They had all watched Cloud unleash all his fury, anger, hate and sadness in that one final blow that destroyed Sephiroth. She saw the rage burning in his eyes and had never seen such a sight.
The letter still made no sense. What was this thing that was driving him crazy? And where was he heading?
Tifa had been to every place she could think of that meant anything to Cloud and had visited them all but found no sign of him. She decided to stay in Neo-Midgar and help with the reconstruction of the great City.
Although they had rebuilt a lot since it was destroyed, there was still much to do. But Tifa was exhausted from the trip, and felt herself being swept away into a dreamless sleep.
"Tifa, I made you some…. Ah, she looks like an angel when she is sleeping. Goodnight Tifa" whispered Maria as she closed the door.