Chapter I
As the 28-year-old Cloud Strife walks into the Wall Market in the New Sector Seven, he thinks about what to get Tifa for their Anniversary that is tomorrow, May 10. This is the second time in 2 weeks he has been here looking for something. Last time it was for Tifa's Birthday which was May 5th.. Once again he has waited till the last moment... The first shop he decided to enter was the Materia Shop. Last time they had a new type of cure that could also cure many abnormal statuses. He only bought it because Tifa was a collector now that they don't even use them.
"Welcome to my shop. Ahh Cloud. How good to see you. Looking for another birthday present? " questioned the owner Tammy.
"Not this time. It is our anniversary. Got any new Materia in? " asks Cloud
"Sorry. Not until next week. Come back then " answered the young woman.
" I would but our anniversary is tomorrow. " Cloud says while sighing deeply.
As he walks out the door he thinks to himself * What the heck am I going to get her this time* With that said, he headed back farther into the overcrowded Wall Market. As he entered the final area still with out a gift he looks at some of the merchants carts to see if there could be anything remotely good! While wandering around he looked up and notices the lights to the Corneo Mansion are on .. Seeing this sent a chill down his back remembering the day he had to face the sick twerp, so he decided to pull out his Apocalypse thinking * Is that weirdo back in business..#$%! * With his sword drawn and many onlookers following him, he entered the mansion to see a guy sleeping at a counter. He walked over to the guy and tapped him on his shoulder to wake him up. With a startling yelp the guy woke up to see a guy about 5'8" blonde hair and a big sword pointed at him....
" Ah, ok here I will give you my money but please spare my life please.. I don't want trouble " said the gentleman as he put about 3,000,000 GIL in a paper bag and tried to hand it to Cloud.
" Stop that.. I don't want your money. Where is Corneo!! " demanded Cloud as he put his sword back into its sheath.
" Corn Nuts who?? Sorry. My name is Crypto. I own this Jewelry store. Well to be honest it is my house but I use it to work. I can sell you any type of Gem to Bracelet you need " politely said the salesman.
" What!! This isn't owned by Corneo. Good, I always hated that creep for treating me that w.. I mean , how he treated Tifa and Aeris the way he did.. hehe.. Anyways. Sorry to scare you. My name is......" stuttered Cloud
" Cloud Strife " interrupted Crypto
" Yes, Yes How did you know that? " questioned Cloud with a raised eyebrow.
" Calm down " with that the guy grabs a magazine called Heroes and Heroines, that had Clouds picture on the front.
" Oh. hehe.. Sorry forgot about that" once again apologizes Cloud. " Since I am here do you have a Minerva Band. Tifa, my wife lost hers the crater during the last battle and since then we haven't been able to find one. And since they covered the crater there is no way of getting it back. I did hear there is another one. Do you know of where it may be? "
" Do I.. Yes of course. I got it a while ago. I kept it for a special occasion and I feel this is it.. If you want it will be 150,000 GIL." Inferred the crafty salesman.
" 150,000 GIL.. WOW " says Cloud astonished at the price. " We promised to only spend 50,000 total.. Oh Well I will take. " *I hope she likes it * Remembering the time all he brought her was a flower and how she just yelled and yelled about how cheap he was and then they didn't talk for about an hour.
With that the salesman walked into the backroom and game out with a package. Laying it on the counter he unwrapped the package to reveal the Minerva Band. The bracelet was covered in pure 24K gold with Four gems the size of 2" pebbles each a different color to signify the colors of each element that protected the woman who wore it: Red for Fire, Deep Blue for Cold, Black for Black Whole of Gravity, and White for the purity of Holy. * It sure is a butte! *
" There you go " says the salesman as he handed it over to Cloud. Looking at the bracelet made the young warrior feel uneasy as he remembered the days of Battle. It had been three years since the last bloody battle had ended on the fields outside of Kalm that ended with over 2,000 dead men and woman, after the once mighty Shinra tried to retake Midgar from the new world leaders: Avalanche.
" Thank you " whispered Cloud as he left the shop.
As he walks out of the store he couldn't believe his eyes.. It was Sephiroth. Standing there in front of Cloud with dark eyes that would drown a puppy in a puddle of mud. They were so deep and cold, but out of the blue Sephiroth ran!!
*CRUD. Wait it must be a trick. But wait why would he run? Why show his face and then run. Well who knows. I do know that I got to catch him before he causes trouble!* After throwing all this thru his mind he ran after the image that was thought to be Sephiroth. Drawing his sword as he ran through the busy market, knocking over people, animals, and food, in fact anything that got in his way. If it was Sephiroth, he needed to DIE right now and then Cloud mumbled to himself..
Is that figure really Sephiroth or is it that bracelet got him seeing things. Find out in the next Chapter of Final Fantasy VII: The Second Coming
As the 28-year-old Cloud Strife walks into the Wall Market in the New Sector Seven, he thinks about what to get Tifa for their Anniversary that is tomorrow, May 10. This is the second time in 2 weeks he has been here looking for something. Last time it was for Tifa's Birthday which was May 5th.. Once again he has waited till the last moment... The first shop he decided to enter was the Materia Shop. Last time they had a new type of cure that could also cure many abnormal statuses. He only bought it because Tifa was a collector now that they don't even use them.
"Welcome to my shop. Ahh Cloud. How good to see you. Looking for another birthday present? " questioned the owner Tammy.
"Not this time. It is our anniversary. Got any new Materia in? " asks Cloud
"Sorry. Not until next week. Come back then " answered the young woman.
" I would but our anniversary is tomorrow. " Cloud says while sighing deeply.
As he walks out the door he thinks to himself * What the heck am I going to get her this time* With that said, he headed back farther into the overcrowded Wall Market. As he entered the final area still with out a gift he looks at some of the merchants carts to see if there could be anything remotely good! While wandering around he looked up and notices the lights to the Corneo Mansion are on .. Seeing this sent a chill down his back remembering the day he had to face the sick twerp, so he decided to pull out his Apocalypse thinking * Is that weirdo back in business..#$%! * With his sword drawn and many onlookers following him, he entered the mansion to see a guy sleeping at a counter. He walked over to the guy and tapped him on his shoulder to wake him up. With a startling yelp the guy woke up to see a guy about 5'8" blonde hair and a big sword pointed at him....
" Ah, ok here I will give you my money but please spare my life please.. I don't want trouble " said the gentleman as he put about 3,000,000 GIL in a paper bag and tried to hand it to Cloud.
" Stop that.. I don't want your money. Where is Corneo!! " demanded Cloud as he put his sword back into its sheath.
" Corn Nuts who?? Sorry. My name is Crypto. I own this Jewelry store. Well to be honest it is my house but I use it to work. I can sell you any type of Gem to Bracelet you need " politely said the salesman.
" What!! This isn't owned by Corneo. Good, I always hated that creep for treating me that w.. I mean , how he treated Tifa and Aeris the way he did.. hehe.. Anyways. Sorry to scare you. My name is......" stuttered Cloud
" Cloud Strife " interrupted Crypto
" Yes, Yes How did you know that? " questioned Cloud with a raised eyebrow.
" Calm down " with that the guy grabs a magazine called Heroes and Heroines, that had Clouds picture on the front.
" Oh. hehe.. Sorry forgot about that" once again apologizes Cloud. " Since I am here do you have a Minerva Band. Tifa, my wife lost hers the crater during the last battle and since then we haven't been able to find one. And since they covered the crater there is no way of getting it back. I did hear there is another one. Do you know of where it may be? "
" Do I.. Yes of course. I got it a while ago. I kept it for a special occasion and I feel this is it.. If you want it will be 150,000 GIL." Inferred the crafty salesman.
" 150,000 GIL.. WOW " says Cloud astonished at the price. " We promised to only spend 50,000 total.. Oh Well I will take. " *I hope she likes it * Remembering the time all he brought her was a flower and how she just yelled and yelled about how cheap he was and then they didn't talk for about an hour.
With that the salesman walked into the backroom and game out with a package. Laying it on the counter he unwrapped the package to reveal the Minerva Band. The bracelet was covered in pure 24K gold with Four gems the size of 2" pebbles each a different color to signify the colors of each element that protected the woman who wore it: Red for Fire, Deep Blue for Cold, Black for Black Whole of Gravity, and White for the purity of Holy. * It sure is a butte! *
" There you go " says the salesman as he handed it over to Cloud. Looking at the bracelet made the young warrior feel uneasy as he remembered the days of Battle. It had been three years since the last bloody battle had ended on the fields outside of Kalm that ended with over 2,000 dead men and woman, after the once mighty Shinra tried to retake Midgar from the new world leaders: Avalanche.
" Thank you " whispered Cloud as he left the shop.
As he walks out of the store he couldn't believe his eyes.. It was Sephiroth. Standing there in front of Cloud with dark eyes that would drown a puppy in a puddle of mud. They were so deep and cold, but out of the blue Sephiroth ran!!
*CRUD. Wait it must be a trick. But wait why would he run? Why show his face and then run. Well who knows. I do know that I got to catch him before he causes trouble!* After throwing all this thru his mind he ran after the image that was thought to be Sephiroth. Drawing his sword as he ran through the busy market, knocking over people, animals, and food, in fact anything that got in his way. If it was Sephiroth, he needed to DIE right now and then Cloud mumbled to himself..
Is that figure really Sephiroth or is it that bracelet got him seeing things. Find out in the next Chapter of Final Fantasy VII: The Second Coming