"This was the end."
He thought.
It was all way too much, and he needed a new story. There was nothing more for him here.
He had grown weary of the endless days, and the sleepless nights. The echos of every sound scraping through his head, the bloodshot mako-infused, ice-blue eyes of his, that glowed radiantly with melancholy, and suffering that a person should never know.
It was all too much.
So many thoughts were racing through his head while he lay on his small bed in his small room of the upper story of Tifa's 7th Heaven bar.
It had now been six months since they had defeated the nightmare, Sephiroth, and saved the planet from certain destruction.
One would probably think that this was the only world in the starry sky.
However one would think wrong.
There are actually many worlds that light up the sky at night.
The planet in which Cloud, Tifa, and the others resided was called Gaia. One of many worlds.
While it was true, they had saved the world, this did not come without a price...
The many battles that had been fought left a substantial amount of damage to the planet. And because of this, many of the residents of Gaia had left the near-dead planet behind to start new lives on other worlds.
The main two had been Cocoon, and Spira.
"I can't do this anymore."
Cloud said to himself finally, as he rose from his small bed, into a sitting position.
With that, he rose out of bed, onto his feet, and walked along the rickedy wooden floor boards, and over to his closet.
He pulled out his normal attire, his SOLDIER uniform (even though he never ACTUALLY made SOLDIER.) which consisted of a black, sleeveless turtle-neck sweater, straps with a spiky pauldron on one side, baggy pants, and combat boots.
He took these articles of clothing, and went into his own bathroom, where he turned the water on in the shower, undressed out of his pajamas, and got in.
The warm water hit Cloud's face. And he couldn't help but think about how big of a decision he was making.
He soon turned off the water, got out of the shower, and dried himself off.
His hair immediately went into its normal, spiky position upon being dry.
With that, he changed into his SOLDIER uniform, walked out of the bathroom, and into the corner of his room.
That was where he had it set.
His buster sword.
The sword Zack had given to him, upon dying, and joining the Lifestream with the great heroes before him.
"Embrace your dreams. If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams."
were his words.
They rang through Cloud's head louder than ever, as he clasped the hilt of the sword.
A reddish tint, and a slight burn came over Cloud's eyes, but he closed them tight, as his lips tingled a bit from the sadness that filled his mind.
He fought it back though.
A SOLDIER would never cry.
"I am...Your living legacy."
He thought in his mind.
And then, he locked the sword into place on his back.
He packed his clothes, and important belongings into a bag, and walked downstairs into the bar part of the building.
Tifa actually wasn't home, she was gone for the week at a martial arts seminar in Kalm City.
Cloud got a piece of paper from behind the bar, and wrote a note on it.
Dear Tifa,
Thank you so much for helping me through my time of need. You were there for me when Aerith died, and you helped regain my true identity. You were right beside me on the battlefield, and always there when it counted.
You're the best friend I could've ever asked for.
But this is all just too much.
I've been through way too much in this world, and I need to start a new life.
So I'm taking all my savings, and I'm taking off to Cocoon.
I'll be back to visit you, and everyone else soon.
Sincerely,
Cloud.
He left the note on the bar, and walked right out the door.
That's where his newly designed Fenrir Motorcycle was. Right in the 7th Heaven parking lot.
He jumped on it, and rode a brisk ride through the night of Edge. It was a twenty minute drive to the World Departure Point, and it would be his last drive in Gaia for a loooooooong time.
He went through all the tedious procedures of flight to another world, filling out forms, etc.
He was just gonna stay in a hotel until he found an apartment to live in.
And in about two hours, he was on a shuttle to Cocoon.