Okay this is my first time writing both a crossover and a Final Fantasy 7 story so give me a break. Hope you enjoy this but don't expect fast updates. I have 4 other stories going on and I have homework this summer but I'll do my absolute best. Enjoy!

It was midday in Midgar. Inside a bar called Seventh Heaven, three girls could be seen. One was a 20 year old with dark brown hair and rust colored eyes. She wore a white tank, a mini skirt with a belt and suspenders, red boots, red and black gloves and a metal elbow guard on her left elbow. Her brown hair was long and had a tie at the end to form a dolphin-tail split. Her name was Tifa. The youngest girl was 4 and had short brown hair and kind brown eyes. She wore a pink dress with a yellow bow and brown boots with white socks. Her hair was cut in a bob with a straight fringe. Her name was Marlene. The last girl was 15 and had red hair and sapphire blue eyes. She wore a gray tank, a pink floral skirt that ended at her ankles and brown boots. Her hair just touched her shoulders and she had bangs just above her right eye. On her right wrist, she wore silver bracelets. On her left arm though, she wore three ribbons. The top one was pink, then a dark blue and finally a green-gray one. Her name was Kairi. The three girls were cleaning the counter when it began to down pour.

"Wow." Tifa said, "I haven't seen that much ran in Midgar in years." Kairi nodded and continued to clean. As she began to set up the tables that the drunks from last night sat at, a pain suddenly pierced her heart. She set down the tray she was holding and ran up the stairs, calling down,

"I'll be back in a minute!" Without another word, Kairi ran into her room and knelt beside her bed, her hands clasped together. She didn't understand why but the pain increased and tears began to pour down her cheeks as hard as the rain outside. She hadn't cried for 5 years. Not since Nibelheim. She shook her head. Don't think about that. She thought, Not now. Then, she knew what the pain was. "No." She whispered as the tears fell harder, "Don't let it be true. He can't be gone!" She kept praying the same thing over and over, hoping she was wrong. She didn't stop until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up, expecting to see Tifa but instead she saw a man. He had long, spiky black hair with a strand hanging in front of his face and eyes as bright as the sky. Eyes infused with Mako. He wore the uniform of a SOLDIER 1st class and had a big sword on his back. The Buster Sword. Kairi's eyes widened and the tears fell harsher. It was true. He was dead. Kairi stood up and hugged him tightly. "Zack." She chocked out. Zack held her close and allowed her to cry her eyes out. Finally, she pulled away. "H-How?" She asked. He sighed and ruffled his hair before answering,

"I was gunned down by Shinra." Kairi was taken aback.

"But you work for them."

"Not anymore. For the past 5 years I've been a lab rat to them." Zack explained. Kairi looked down and asked,

"What about Cloud?" Zack hesitated before answering,

"He had the worst of the experiments and suffered Mako poisoning. I had to carry him around for the past year so we could escape."

"You mean he's alive?" Kairi asked, hope sparkling in her eyes.

"Yes." Zack smiled. Kairi sighed with relief when she heard,

"Kairi? You okay?" It was Tifa.

"Yeah I'm fine now." Kairi called back, "I'll be down in a minute." She turned back to Zack and mouthed 'I have to go.' Zack nodded in understanding and waved bye as he vanished. Kairi looked down at her ribbons. Each represented where she lived in her life…and a person she thought she lost. The pink represented Midgar, where she lived for the first 4 years of her life and befriended Aerith. Then, she moved to Gongaga, the dark blue, where she lived until she was 5 and where she had befriended Zack. Finally, she moved to Niebelheim, what her grandmother had told her was her hometown and the green-gray, and she had befriended her neighbors, Cloud and Tifa. Kairi shook her head and touched the dark blue one. Now she knew for sure. Zack was gone. Kairi shook her head and went back to the bar.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Tifa asked. Kairi nodded but whispered,

"Zack's dead." Tifa immediately hugged Kairi. The two had been together in Midgar for 5 years and Kairi had told Tifa all about her childhood, moving from place to place and never certain if she could keep the few friends she made. Tifa also knew that the Zack that had come to Niebelheim was the same Zack that Kairi had called her best friend in Gongaga. She may hate Zack but she knew he was important to Kairi.

"I'm so sorry Kai." She said, using the nickname all of Kairi's friends had given her.

"It's alright." Kairi whispered. On seeing the hug, Marlene walked over and hugged Kairi herself. Kairi smiled at the little girl. Marlene thought of Kairi as her big sister and hated seeing her upset.

"Are you okay?" Marlene asked. Kairi smiled and nodded. The three stayed like that until Tifa realized she had to go pick up some supplies from the store.

"I'll be back soon." She assured, "Watch the bar." The younger girls nodded. Once Tifa left, Marlene resumed her seat on the bar counter while Kairi continued to clean it. Nobody came to the bar and nobody, the members of AVALANCHE, came down. Kairi had told Barret at least a hundred times that if a Turk or another member of Shinra came by they would arrest them. Barret denied it so Kairi had resorted to threatening the big man. She knew how to use all the materia lying around the slums and she knew nobody wanted to get up close and personal with it. A half hour later, Tifa returned but she wasn't alone. Behind her was a man with spiky blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He was dressed as a SOLDIER 1st class and had the Buster Sword on his back. His eyes were brighter than the last time Kairi saw him, 5 years ago, but there was no mistaking who stood in the bar.

"Cloud…"

Well that's it for now. I know it's unclear at moments but I'll be getting flashbacks in soon to explain everything. Again I'm new to this so if you want to help me out a little please do! Review and I'll try to update ASAP but I've got 4 other stories. Anyways, later and happy summer!