Author's Note:
Okay, so this was originally written for Mustang's-kid-1 as a Christmas Present but I never finished. So I thought I'd finish on here! Basically just some stuff we had come up over time. Anyways, enjoy!

Prologue

Cloud Strife opened his eyes to the sound of birds chirping outside his window. He turned to the right and saw that Tifa was already out of her bed so he got up and walked down stairs. She stood there preparing to open 7th Heaven.

"Good morning. You have a message on the phone." She said.

He nodded and went to check the phone.

The message light was blinking so he pressed the "Play" button and the message started.

"Hey, Cloud. It's me Zack." said Zack's voice from the machine. Cloud's eyes widened. It couldn't be the same Zack. But yet it was the same voice that he'd heard so many times. The same voice that painfully reminded him of everything that had happened.

"So, you're probably wondering how the heck I'm talking on an answering machine. But if you just do as I say, I can explain everything. Just go to Aerith's old church for me, okay? You remember how to get there right? Or have you been infected with Mako poisoning again?" he said the last sentence teasingly then laughed. "I'm just kidding, Cloud. Just got to Aerith's church for me okay?" then the message stopped.

Cloud raised an eyebrow with a confused expression on his face. Was it really Zack? Or could this all be a joke or even a trap? But, how would they have been able to take Zack's voice? And only he and Tifa knew about the Mako poisoning. Cloud shook his head and quickly walked down stairs and passed by Tifa.

"I'll be back later." He said and continued walking.

He rode Fenrir to Aerith's church and stood outside the familiar building. He took a deep breath and walked through the doors and looked around. He didn't see anything out of the ordinary that wasn't there before. He called out, "Zack?" but got no reply. He looked right and left but still couldn't see him.

"Zack?" he called out again. Then he heard a large thud a couple feet behind him and he instinctually pulled out Fusion Swords and turned around and prepared to fight where he saw Zack standing there with his hands up in the "Surrender" position. "Whoa, whoa it's just me!"

Cloud couldn't believe his eyes. It was Zack Fair, his best friend who had died five years ago before his eyes. He hadn't seen him solid, as in, in person not muscle wise, since he died right in front of his eyes.

"Zack." He whispered.

"Yes, it's me." Zack said smiling. "I see you're doing well."

Cloud stayed silent, as he was still in shock.

"So you probably want to know how I got here. And how I managed to make much noise as I jumped, considering, I'm dead."

As Zack said that Cloud's heart clenched.

"You see, they're all annoyed up there in the Lifestream with me. I have literally nothing to do anymore. It's very boring now and I've annoyed everyone so much they all combined powers to give me enough to come down and spend time with you for a while. So, here I am!" Zack said the last sentence with a smile.

Cloud was still in shock at the fact he was here but yet he was happy he was there with him. It had been awhile since he had seen him visit with Aerith.

"Why haven't you come in a while?" Cloud asked.

"Well you seemed to be doing okay, much happier, and I thought that coming would ruin that for you and I want you to be happy so I didn't come, hoping you'd forget about me."

"I can't forget about you. Ever, I just miss you being here and visiting." Cloud said looking down and shaking his head.

"See," Zack said, "That's why I haven't come, you are becoming dependent on me coming to see you, but it makes you sadder because you know I have to leave and that I can't stay. But I thought I would give you a little time with me and they all agreed in the Lifestream. So I'm sorry… but I think it does you some good."

Zack looked around and scratched the back of his head. "So, what are we going to do?"

"I don't know." Cloud murmured.

"Well, we could go try to be heroes again!" Zack suggested then laughed. "No, no I don't feel like dragging you across the world again." Zack said with a smile.

Cloud stayed silent and Zack looked around. "Been awhile since I've been here, huh?" Zack said. "Been all torn up with all the fighting, and the flowers are ruined. Gosh, no wonder Aerith was so upset!"

"Mhmm," Cloud murmured.

"So what have you been up to?" Zack asked.

"Nothing much, just the delivery service." Cloud said quietly.

"Delivery service?" Zack questioned.

"Yeah," said Cloud.

"Oh so you're a delivery boy now huh?" Zack said smiling.

"That's how I put it." Cloud said with a slight smile.

"Well, I'm still a SOLIDER boy and a country boy." Zack said with a smile. "Nothing new with me."

"What's it like?" Cloud asked randomly.

"What's what like?" Zack asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Dying, and being dead." Cloud murmured, looking down at the ground.

Zack sighed and said, "Well, dying is, hard to explain, it just depends on the person. To me it felt… good. But it might be different to someone else. Whereas being dead, is very boring. There is literally nothing to do, at all, whatsoever. Except when you need some mental coaching and stuff, then there's something to do."

"Oh," Cloud murmured.

"Well, let's get a move on!" Zack smiled and walked out the doors of Aerith's church with a smile planted on his face.

"Well, this is going to be fun." Cloud murmured and a small smile slipped onto his face as he followed Zack into the sunlight.

Author's Note:
Okay, so what'd you think? More to come soon! I hope they weren't OOC... anyways review, favorite, or story alert. Whatever you want! :)