Tifa's New Love
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(disclaimer: I do not own any character from Final Fantasy 7, NONE! I REPEAT NONE! Thank you! ::hands you a cookie::)
Chapter 1: Goodbye Avalanche, Hello ShinRa
A long horrid journey, finally ended. Sephiroth was dead, well at least they thought. The meteor was destroyed. The group headed back to their new bar.
Tifa sits down, sighing. She thought to herself, "I hate Avalanche…It's getting so... boring. Everyone is buggin' me too." Aeris, surprisingly alive, sits at the bar counter. "What's the matter Tifa?" Aeris asks, while sitting down. Tifa glares at her and walks towards the bar entrance.
"You guys, I'm leaving," Tifa informs to them.
"Where are you going?" Cloud asks her, lifting his head from his drink.
"I'm going to find a new job," Tifa says.
"WHAT??!" Cloud stands up shocked. "Why should it matter to you Cloud?" Tifa walks to him, pointing her finger at him. "Your always saying you love me... but you're sleeping with Aeris and Yuffie!" Tifa yells out.
"What!?" Cid and Cait Sith said shocked. "Red and Vincent know. They are always telling me... and sometimes Cloud... You're so desperate, you and... Barret! You make me sick," Tifa yells out. Everyone stares at her shocked. "I might come back, I might not, but Cloud. You are just plain sick!" Tifa storms out and starts heading towards a familiar place, ShinRa Inc.
Aeris looks out the bar entrance, then walks back in, "Where do you think she is going?" Aeris wonders. "I don't know, but I'll go follow her," Red sits up and walks out of the bar.
"I'll go too," Vincent stands up, glares at Cloud, with a gleam in his eye and walks out. Cait Sith bounces out of the bar, without saying a word.
"Does it really take three people to go follow her?" Aeris asks. Cloud shrugs, while looking his beer mug. Red XIII walks back in. "Vincent and Cait Sith said they'll go, and said I should stay," He said, while lying on the ground, under the bar counter. Barret looked at the entrance and wondered, "Hmmm..."
Tifa walked slowly, thinking what she just did. "Ah, who cares? Not me! I'm glad I'm leaving," She said smiling. Cait Sith and Vincent were walking quietly, on the side, behind some trash. Cait Sith knocked over something, which caused a small noise. Tifa stopped in her tracks and turned around.
"Who's there?" She put up her fists. Vincent punched Cait Sith into his fluffy back. Tifa straighten up and shrugged, "Probably a cat." She started to walk a bit faster. Another thing fell over. "Cait!" Vincent whispered. Tifa started to walk a bit faster.
This time, it was Vincent knocking over something. Cait Sith turned around to him and yelled out, "I can't walk in this trash!" Tifa jumped and turned to the area where they were hiding and put up her fists again. "Come out!" She yelled out. Cait Sith and Vincent popped their heads up from their hiding spot.
"H-h-hi Tifa," Cait Sith said. Tifa sighed and put her fist down, "Only you two, what are you doing? Following me?" Tifa said, with relief. Vincent stood up fast and jumped from his hiding spot, in front of Tifa, "We are not really following you, we are... wondering where you are going."
"You're following me," Tifa said, walking to where she was going, but Cait Sith got in front of her. "Hey move it!" She tried kicking the plushie goodness.
"We know where you are going," Cait Sith said, blocking her way, "I read it in a fortune." He started moving back and forth, and he grabbed his fortune. "You will receive underwear for Christmas. Um... oops wrong fortune," Cait Sith said. A sweat drop appeared on Vincent and Tifa's head. He started moving back and forth again and grabbed his fortune.
"Ah, here it is! An enemy will join your alliance," Cait Sith read, promptly. "And what's that supposed to mean?" Tifa snapped at him. Vincent walked next Cait and started to explain, "My previous, well still is, job is working for ShinRa." Tifa shifted back shocked. "And Cait Sith here, isn't really working for Avalanche. His is a ShinRa spy. The guy behind Cait Sith is Reeve," Vincent continued.
"Well that's a total surprise!" Tifa said, straightening herself, "Yes, but…what does that have to do with me leaving?" Vincent smirked and put his hand--erm--claws on her shoulder, "You're going to ShinRa." Tifa snatched back and looked at the ground, with a mean look on her face. "So what if I am. I hate Cloud... I hate Avalanche... I just wanna leave and find a more better job," Tifa responded with anger in her voice.
Vincent and Cait Sith turned to each other and smiled, "Well let's go back to the bar first. Let's... pay our "respects" and say our goodbye... ShinRa style," Vincent said with a smirk. Tifa looked up and grinned, "Let's," she responded, turning around, running back to the bar.
Tifa walked back in the bar, with Vincent and Cait Sith behind her. "Tifa!" Aeris ran up to her and hugged her, then backed off. "Where did you go?" She asked. Tifa smiled and said, "I went out for a walk... and Vincent and Cait made me change my mind," Tifa had an evil smile on her face.
Tifa walked up to Cloud; "I'm going to miss you..." She smiled, then punched him in the stomach, "...not." She laughed, watching Cloud fall to the ground, wincing in pain. "Hey!" Aeris ran up to her, from behind and grabbed Tifa.
"Move away from me Aeris. I don't want to hurt the last Ancient," Tifa said. "What?" Aeris backed away. Vincent knocked Cid out, and Cait Sith shouted in his megaphone, knocking Barret out. Yuffie and Aeris stood there completely shocked, until Yuffie gained her senses and jumped up to Tifa.
"What are you doing, Tifa?" Yuffie said, grabbing a couple of ninja stars. Tifa smiled and said, "My job." Vincent and Cait Sith started walking out of the bar. "We'll be seeing you," Tifa said, while walking out. Red XIII got in their way, growling.
"You're not going!" Red growled at them. Vincent disappeared, and reappeared outside. Cait Sith jumped over Red. Tifa stumbled a bit backwards. "Red, don't do this. I care about you too much, to hurt you," she stammered. "If you care, then don't go," Red snarled. "I warned you!" Tifa kicked Red, and he whimpered away.
Tifa thought to herself, "I'm sorry Red, but I'm not sorry Cloud." Aeris went to Red and Yuffie went to Cloud. Marlene was downstairs, but came up and saw Barret lying there. She screamed out, "Daddy!" and went to his side. Tifa grabbed a hood and cape and threw it over her head. She ran out of the bar and caught up with Vincent and Cait Sith. They started running towards ShinRa Inc.
Tifa started thinking, "Hey Vincent... Do you think they will hire me?" Vincent slowed down and looked at her, "Why wouldn't they?" Tifa stops running. "I don't know. Considering I WAS A PART OF AVALANCHE!" She yells.
"No need to yell Tifa," Cait Sith says, trying to calm her down. Vincent steps in front of Tifa, "We'll take care of it, OK? If they ask why, we'll explain." Tifa nods and continue running.
A few hours later, they start to slow down. "OK, how long does it take to get to ShinRa?" Tifa asks. "Well it'll take a couple more hours, but it's getting late. Let's head on to the Wall Market and rest there," Vincent said, not out of breath from running. "Good idea," Cait Sith says, bouncing into the Wall Market. Vincent runs into the Inn. Tifa walks in slowly and looks to her right. "Hmm...The Honeybee?" She starts walking over to the area.
A bunch of guys are at the front walking around and talking. Tifa walks up and the guys turning to her, noticing that a girl walked over to them. "Ooo whoo, what do we have here?" A guy with red, spiked hair walks up to her. "Looks like a new girl. Mmm... Nice and fresh, just how I like 'em," a blonde hair guy said. "Back off punks, I work for ShinRa," Tifa says, sticking up her fists, punching a guy.
He rubs his face from the punch, "Feisty, no?" They smirk and let her pass by. Tifa walks to the entrance. The bouncer outside stops her, "Hey babe. Since you're a cute one, I'll let you in for free," he says, smirking. She gives an evil look and walks in. When she walks in, a lady in a bumblebee outfit walks up to her. Tifa removes her hood and lets it rest on her shoulders.
"Welcome to The Honeybee! Please choose a room quickly," She buzzes. Tifa walks around and looks for a room. She starts to forget about Vincent and Cait Sith and chooses a room. "This one," Tifa points to the door. "Very well," The Honeybee worker unlocks the door and hands Tifa the key. "Have a nice night," she says smiling. Tifa nods in appreciation and walks in.
The door closes behind her and she looks around. "Huh?!" She looks at a person, standing in her room. "Sephiroth?" But the image disappears. She shakes her head. "It must have been a marriage." She lies down on the bed, sighing.
Meanwhile, Vincent and Cait Sith check into the Inn.
"Vincent, where is Tifa?" Cait Sith hops up. Vincent turns to him and then looks outside, "I don't know. I'll go find her."
Tifa starts to fall asleep. "So tired..." She falls asleep in an instant.
Tifa! Why did you leave? We meant no harm.
Who's that?
What caused you to leave?
I don't know. It... got boring.
Boring is not the correct answer. Don't you love us?
Yea…
Don't you love... Cloud?
Yes...
knock knock knock
Come back Tifa... Wake up and come home.
pound pound pound
Wake up...
"TIFA??" Vincent was pounding at the door. Tifa woke up and sat straight up. "WHAT??!" She yelled, while getting up. She unlocked the door and Vincent came in. "Tifa, I have been looking for you. Why did you come here?" He asked. "I don't know...It was like, telling me to come here," Tifa said, drowsy. "Well let's go to the Inn. You're lucky you didn't have to pay, we have no gil left!" Vincent said, stammering out the door. Tifa yawned and walked out. Right before she left the room, she turned around and looked inside once more, "Hmmm..."
The next morning, the got ready for their couple hour trip to ShinRa. Cait Sith was already awake and outside, holding a box. Vincent and Tifa walked out. "What's with the box?" Tifa asked, poking around. "It's for you. I had some gil, so I bought you something. A "Welcome to ShinRa" gift," Cait Sith, handing the box to her. He leaned over to her and whispered, "I didn't tell Vincent I had more gil. He thought we had no more left," He smiled.
"Why, thank you Cait!" She smiled and opened the box. It was a nice, blue dress, similar to the one she had previous, but it got torn and dirty. Tifa smiled and hugged the lifeless plushie. "Oh thanks! I always wanted to get another dress, but, I never got a chance," She said happily. Cait Sith had a bigger smile on his face. "Your welcome," he smiled. Vincent nodded and started walking out of the Wall Market, "We should be going you two." Tifa nodded and Cait Sith replied, "Right."
Tifa put her hood on, over her head, and started running out of the Wall Market, but before she left, she took one last glance and thought, " Is this my last chance of being free?" She shrugged and started to run.
A couple hours later, they made it to the ShinRa Inc. building. Tifa stopped in front of it and looked up at the very top.
"It's been a while," She said, glancing at it. "Yup, but you'll get used to be here after a while," Cait Sith informed her. "Well, how long have you guys been working here?" Tifa said, while glancing down at the bottom again. "I was an experiment and forgot a few things, but I've been working for ShinRa for a while now," Vincent said, while leaning against a wall. Cait Sith shrugged, "I'm a doll and was created to be a spy. How should I know?"
Tifa shrugged and started walking slowly. Vincent and Cait Sith were ahead of her and she stopped. Vincent turned around to her and asked, "What's the matter? Why did you stop?" She looked down at the ground, removed her hood and then looked up at Vincent. "I don't know. I'm… scared," Tifa said. "Scared?" Cait Sith said, bouncing up to her. "Yea. Like they are not going to accept me. Do you think I did the right thing? Leaving Avalanche?" Tifa said, looking at the ground again. "We'll have to find out, don't we?" Vincent tried to encourage her.
"What happens if they don't? Where would I go?" Tifa started feeling sad. "I bet they will! ShinRa is not all mean, you know," Cait Sith said, patting her shoulder. "Now let's go in," He bounced into the ShinRa building. Vincent and Tifa nodded at each other and walked inside.
"Where do we go first?" Tifa asked, looking around. "We'll have to take you to meet the president," Vincent walked over to the elevator. "They got a new president?" Tifa wondered. "Rufus is dead, so I wonder who is the new president? And the Turks? Aren't they dead too? So many questions. Once I go to meet them, I'll know." Tifa walked into the elevator, followed by Cait Sith.
Tifa looked outside, threw the glass outing of the elevator. The elevator stopped and they got out. Vincent held out his hand, "Are you ready?" Tifa looked at his hand, then to him. She nodded, "Yes," and grabbed his hand. They walked forward and stopped in front of a desk. The chair behind it was turned around and they couldn't see if someone was there. Tifa looked around and got shocked, "The Turks? They're alive?!" She thought to herself.
"Heh heh heh," A voice wondered from the chair. "I've been waiting for your return." The chair turned around and sitting in it was Rufus! "RUFUS? YOU'RE ALIVE?" Tifa said shocked.