Note: Pro-Game as usual. None of the characters,
towns, objects belong to me, except John. This
one is weird and I have no idea where it's heading.
Please bear with me. Thanks. 5-28-01
chizuru
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Prologue: Taking Off



"Hey, Teef!" I could hear Barret's baritone call
out to her. I looked up from the day's paper,
wondering why Barret sounded so unsure. "Teef,
where ya goin'?"

Does he still need to ask? She's probably going to
pick up some groceries! Heavens forbid! Is he
that dense? So dense that he can't even pick up
Tifa's daily routines?

But there was something else that widened his blue
mako eyes. He dropped the paper that he once
held firmly abruptly and stood up from the comfortable
couch that he occupied and ran towards the door.

"Tifa." He said, barely above a whisper. Confused
thoughts raced through his mind. His blonde brows
knitted together in frustration.

"Hey, Cloud." She said with a smile, as she shifted a brown
duffel bag atop of Kane, a golden chocobo that they had raised
together.

"Uh, um..." He stuttered as he observed the girl that stood in
front of him, "Well, are you going somewhere?"

She wasn't planning on leaving him... was she?

A shy smile played on her rosy lips, "Honestly, I don't know
where I might be going. But since everything's settled down, I've
decided to go traveling around the world for a bit." He nodded,
while some spiky golden hair fell in front of his eyes.

Cloud could feel someone watching him intensely from beside,
he quickly turned his head towards his left and discovered
that Barret had been standing there. He had forgotten that Barret
had been there all along.

"Spike." Barret said in a dangerously low tone.

A puzzle expression masked his face. "Yea?"

The older man sighed and shook his head, then looked up at Tifa,
"Well, doll, where you be headin'?"

"Eh?" She paused and held a thoughtful look upon her features,
then, a playful mask was pulled across her face. "I actually haven't
thought about that yet. I just..."

"Just what?"

The girl shrugged, and stuck her tongue out. "I just wanna get out of
here."

Cloud could feel the world around him shatter.

Did she want to get away from this place? Or away from... from him?

"Are... are you coming back at all?" He couldn't hide the desperate tone in
his normally levelly voice.

Tifa smiled brightly at the blonde man, "Of course I am! I won't be away
for long, don't worry about me." Her hand brushed the side of his arm softly,
before hiking herself on top of Kane. She waved a gloved hand and smiled
again. "See you all later, guys!"

"Ti-" Before he could get it out, the girl had kicked the side of the bird and
jetted off.

"Spike!"

"Damnit! What?" His tone was harsh, his blue eyes burned as he turned towards
the bigger man. As fast as it came, the fire died off in his eyes, "Barret... did I
mess up... again?"

"Heck, son! You ..." Barret Wallace sighed before patting the boy on the back.

Cloud shoved Barret's arm away, "No! Don't give me that. When do you think
she'll be back?"

"Honest?"

Cloud stared at him before continuing, something did NOT sound right.
"Well, duh! Yea!"

Silence embraced the two as they stared at each other. Finally, the gruff man
was the one that broke the silence.

"Never."

End Prologue

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Note: This fiction is weirder then I had thought it would be. So please continue
reading and please feel free to give me some suggestions on where this series
should head. Cool. Thanks for reading this, and please drop a simple review.
chizuru