A/N: It's been a while since I wrote in this section. For those who read Hidden Love, it will be coming back soon. I just haven't had time to work on that because I've put it on the back burner. I had to regroup with the ideas because it was becoming stressing to figure out what was going to happen next. So, I took a break from the story. Other stories pumped my ideas for that one out, as well as the one that I'm going to write right now.
Pairings: Leon/Squall and???? (I'm not giving it to you! You can review and try to guess!!!)
Setting: AU gamish. It's in the game, but after the second one. It's also going to be talking about the time before the game, when Hollow Baston was attacked by the Heartless.
Well, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own the game or anything that Square Enix does. I own only my plot.
Chapter One
He ran down one of the back alley ways. He was tracking a Heartless down. The rain clouded his vision, but he knew that he was getting close to his mark. He silently cursed the abnormal weather. It was a hassle.
He came around the corner and was ambushed. He brought out his gunblade and started slashing. He heard someone behind him. She jumped over him and started fighting with her fists.
"Cloud's back?" he asked her. Tifa turned and grinned while she fought with the Heartless.
"Yeah, he's back to see Aerith," she said. Leon frowned at that. He thought that Tifa loved Cloud, but every time she surprised him.
They quickly finished off all of the Heartless. It had stopped raining, he noticed. She pulled her gloves off and sat on the ground. He put his blade down and joined her. She looked up at the clearing sky. She grinned.
"Why do you always follow Cloud?" Leon asked her abruptly.
"A promise I made to someone. Every time I see that sight, I think of that guy," she said. Leon looked over at her. She wore a tender expression on her face.
"When we were kids, he would always make sure that I was protected. He taught me how to fight, y'know," she said. She looked at the sky blue. "His eyes were that color."
"Who?" Leon asked her. She turned her head and looked at him.
"You were too involved in your career, weren't you?" she asked. Leon slowly nodded. She sighed and looked up at the sky again.
"Zack Fair," she said. "He was one of the soldiers for Hollow Baston. We protected the castle, when we had nobility. You were a part of the soldiers that protected the city, so you never crossed paths. He was very funny. He loved having a sense of humor. He was everything that I wished I could be. He was Cloud's mentor…"
"Cloud had a mentor?" Leon asked in bewilderment.
"Yeah. He taught Cloud everything he knew. He protected Cloud because he knew that Cloud needed it," Tifa laughed humorlessly. "He died during the final battle. He had taken a hit for Cloud. Cloud hadn't even noticed, he was so absorbed in the fight. I stopped and went over to him.
"He told me to always protect Cloud. No matter what, I had to protect Cloud. He told me that he loved me, and that I was his dream come true… a few minutes later, he died," she said with a single tear running down her left cheek.
Tifa sighed and looked up at the sky.
"After that, I just followed Cloud. I guess that it became an obsession because Cloud was my only link to the man I love," Tifa said. She smiled at Leon.
"What about you? Do you have anyone that you loved?" she asked him. He only nodded.
A couple of hours later, they were back at Merlin's. Yuffie was abnormally silent when she saw Tifa. Tifa had only nodded at her. Cloud and Aerith had disappeared. cid was on his computer making sure that everything was in working order.
"It was weird," he muttered. "That the Heartless came here," he said. Tifa lifted an eyebrow. He explained. "The system that I've set up kills them on sight."
"There must be a rupture, or something like that," Leon said. "It can always be repaired."
"Hey, guys, where are Cloud and Aerith?" Yuffie abruptly asked. Tifa looked at her and thought for a minute.
"They're probably at the village market. They always loved that place at sunset," she replied. Yuffie nodded.
"Why aren't you getting jealous?" she asked Tifa. Tifa laughed at the question.
"You know that answer," she said. Yuffie sighed.
"You are still not hung up on him," she said. Tifa nodded. Yuffie pushed her hands on the wall that she had been leaning on. She grumbled about something and went outside.
Merlin decided that time to pop out and look around. He saw tifa and motioned for her to talk to him. No one had noticed that Leon had disappeared.
He was in the bailey, overlooking the castle view. He sighed as memories came crashing around him.
"I love you, you know," she said laughing at the sunset.
"If I could do one thing in the world, it would be to freeze this moment in time," she said when they had walked around the market place quietly.
"Every time you get that serious look in your eyes, I know that there's going to be trouble," she had said when he always looked serious. He had smiled at her and she would grin back.
"Leave me alone," he said to his brain. "I don't want to remember. It hurts too much."
A/N: What do you think?
And I'm going to give one hint: Whoever she is, she's not dead. That's all!
Thank you for reading. I hope you review!!!