A/N: This story takes place a year after Dirge of Cerberus.

Final fantasy VII and it's characters solely belongs to Square-enix (Formerly Squaresoft).

Chapter one

It was an extremely busy day at Seventh heaven, the weekend rush had finally come again and patrons from all over Edge had been coming and going to enjoy a much deserving relaxation along with friends or family, just drink, talk, laugh and unwind from all the stress of everyday life. Tifa sighed as she busied herself with glasses to be washed, she was exhausted but there's no helping it, she was alone after all.

Barret had taken the kids with him in Corel for the weekend while Cloud was busy himself with his booming business. Tifa frowned when she remembered how most of his costumers would be female, giggly, flirty females, she might add, she was the one answering his calls for him at home after all. She had a feeling that they had been using his delivery service as an excuse to see the blonde swordsman as often as possible. There was one girl named Phoebe, who would have him deliver 'gifts' for her friends every single day. Tifa's blood boiled when she remembered how the girl would question her repeatedly about her relationship with Cloud over the phone.

Thank you very much for reminding me! She thought angrily while she aggressively wiped the glass she was holding with her lips pursing with every angry stroke of her towel. It has been a year since Deepground and their relationship hadn't progressed at all, though Cloud had changed drastically, like he would return with a large bouquet of flowers or he would kiss her cheek goodbye and goodnight, he was even smiling more and she knew he was going back to his old self and she was happy for it. There was even one time that he was so drunk on her birthday that he said he had a special gift for her and asked her to go upstairs in her room after five minutes, he went on his way up, staggering and mumbling to himself while trying to hold himself up on the walls on his side, she remembered how she watched him with a questioning look and she had no idea what he was up to. When five minutes was up, she went upstairs to her room to find the shock of her life.

Cloud Strife, the greatest hero of the planet, laying on her bed on his side with an elbow supporting his upper body, his legs greatly spread and what had her sweating furiously was the big red bow wrapped on his shirtless torso. But Tifa couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand to stop her laugh when she saw the look on his face though, his eyes were glazed over like he was almost falling asleep while swaying slightly and he had a not so sexy smirk on his face, it looked goofy and pathetic.

"Cem heres my shweet." Was all he could slur to her when she poked him on the shoulder and pushed him down to fall on his back. He snored loudly just seconds after she did so.

It was never discussed in the morning why Cloud had woken up in Tifa's bed, with his head pounding, shirtless and a big red bow wrapped on his torso. He was scared of what she will reveal if he asks so he decided to shove the event somewhere far away in his mind, lock it away, never to open it again. He locked himself in his room the whole day out of embarrassment and he seemed to develop a phobia for red bows, for his eyes would pop out of his sockets when he sees one, he even burned the one that was wrapped around his body before. That was the closest they had gone to almost having done the deed and Cloud doesn't even remember any of it. If he had really intended that 'gift' when he was still normally functioning or just came up with it when he became dead drunk, Tifa would never know.

A patron had been observing the angry barmaid from the side with his brows raised up in amusement when she suddenly leaned on top of the sink with her hands and started shaking with silent laughter. Just then, the phone rang so she immediately went out of her own world and went over to the phone that was hanging on the wall at the end of the bar.

"Seventh heaven, Tifa Lockhart speaking." She said with a smile though the person on the other end couldn't see it.

"Tifa, it's been a while. It's me, Reeve." Tifa smiled brighter when she heard him.

"It has been, how are you?"

"I'm fine, but I have a matter to discuss with you, is it okay if I drop by tonight in let's say... thirty minutes?" He asked which had her raising her eyebrow. She looked at the time and it was almost closing time but she knew that it must be urgent so she couldn't say no.

"Of course, I'll be waiting."

"Excellent, I'll see you later." Then there was a click, Tifa pulled away the earpiece from her ear and stared at it for a moment.

I wonder what was that about. And speaking of Cloud, I wonder what time will he be home?

Cloud was restless while he paced up and down his Ghost Hotel room in Gold Saucer, his delivery for Dio was an unfortunate one, he had a hard time looking for him all over the place and when he finally did and he suddenly received a bone crushing hug while his bottoms were being groped. He had enough groping for the day from his female costumers and it irritated him to need end.

I should sue for sexual harassment. He thought angrily.

He was lucky that it was his last destination before heading home but he cursed his luck when a terrible sand storm started outside the desert surrounding the amusement park.

Dammit. I can't even call Tifa and I know she would worry about me. He narrowed his eyes at his drained PHS then angrily threw it away on the bed which landed on the carpeted floor with a muffled thud. He went over the window to glumly look out. I wish this sandstorm would over already. Reeve had called him earlier before the delivery and asked him to go to the WRO headquarters, he had told him about the reports that the intelligence team, which was led by Yuffie Kisaragi, had found an abandoned underground laboratory in Wutai, Yuffie and some WRO soldiers she was with had encountered someone who had attacked them on the said underground laboratory. When they returned to the headquarters, they were greatly injured, Yuffie said that the attacker has great strength even though he was alone, they couldn't stand a chance, he didn't kill them and casually let them go but before he disappeared, he told Yuffie that 'It is coming' and what he was talking about, Reeve had no idea. But Cloud shuddered inwardly when the president of WRO told him how the person's eyes were glowing, as per Yuffie's description.

Just like his.

Just then, a white, transparent ghost slowly appeared beside him that let out an irritating ghostly sound that had him jumping in surprise.

"Shut the hell up!" He angrily yelled at the thing for disturbing his deep thoughts and tried to strangle the ghost but his hands only went through it and it disappeared while laughing in menacing manner. Then he yelled like a mad man while he looked up, his fist clenched on front of him, his knees bent and spread apart, clearly very angry over the events of the day.

"So... you want me and Cloud to go undercover... as a newlywed couple in a honeymoon in Costa del sol?" She asked, trying her best to hide her impending grin of super success but failing. Reeve raised his eyebrow at her but he knew, well, everyone knew how she felt for the dense blonde and he could tell that she was very, very happy about the set up, despite the threat of the situation. He cleared his throat.

"Yes, we have received reports that a lot disappearances has been happening at the place lately and we need you to find out what is going on."

"Do you think that it has got to do with happened with Yuffie?" Tifa asked, her grin of success gone and replaced by genuine concern. Reeve sipped his tea, his pinky sticking out before putting the down the cup down.

"I'm not sure, but we hope we can find out as soon as possible." He thought for a moment. I just hope I am wrong with my speculations. If the eyes were glowing like that... Could it be...?

"Reeve?" Tifa snapped him out of his thoughts that had him looking up. He smiled then grabbed his tea again to take a sip. Tifa narrowed her eyes at his extended pinky and suddenly felt ashamed that Reeve drank more femininely than her.

"I will make the arrangements, you and Cloud will be going in two days so it's best that you prepare." Reeve said then looked at his watch. "Oh, I better be going, still have paperworks to do." He stood up which was followed by Tifa.

"So busy. Alright, I'll be waiting for your update then." She said as she followed him to the door going outside. He turned around and smiled the martial artist then nodded his head before heading on his way with Tifa closing the door behind him. The truth is, he wasn't going to do any paperwork that night, he was just going to miss his favorite soap opera that was showing in thirty minutes so he hurriedly went over to his car and drove off.

This is the night where Gardo will confess to Amylia that Bren is his illegitimate son, I wonder how she will react? He thought grinning, excited about the night's heavy drama episode.

Tifa on the other hand had been wearing a worried look on her face while she stood in the middle of her room.

What is going to happen? I hope we can get through this as soon as possible, when will this all end. She thought with a sigh. Then her face suddenly changed into a smirk when she remembered the condition of the mission. Time to buy that sexy red corset I saw last week. Should I buy the whip that goes along with it too?