Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story. I just own their actions, ideas, thoughts and general well-being.
Background information
In a land of fantasy and magic, where Aeris Gainsborough never died and the atrocities in your normal FF7 never took place, trouble is stirring in the hearts of the hopeful. There has been a new threat introduced into the world. A man that goes by "Project X" has been appearing in a lt of newspapers and no one knows who he is or where he came from. But, rumors are flying around about what he does in his laboratory. They speak of his experiments on fatally wounded people and combining them with mechanical parts to make them not only live again but to be better than they were. But on a lighter note Cloud and Aeris are a team in the exterminating business. They deal with threats to villages and cities.
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"Stand back, Aeris, I can handle this," Cloud shouted as he unsheathed his sword.
"But, I can help you...all I want to do is help." Aeris spoke under her breath.
Cloud pulled all of his inner strength and relinquished it into his sword and with a Deathblow he struck down the Red Dragon and saved the village. While Cloud soaked up the limelight, Aeris sat in the back and noticed a dark-haired figure run out of a nearby house.
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Back at the Freelancer's Guild (rebuilt Tifa's Heaven) Cloud collects his reward for taking care of the Red Dragon attacking the village of Gonandoga.
Cloud looks to Aeris, "So, Aeris, I was thinking maybe later we could-"
"Oh so now you have time for me," Aeris said as she berated him with her stare as a tear trickled down her cheek, " I was just trying to help but you just need your nuts to feel bigger, don't you? Why don't you go visit that whore upstairs, Tifa, you seem to love her."
"I'm sorry Aeris, it's just that I didn't-" Cloud started.
"You know I don't have time for this," she screamed, "call me when you need me, ok?" She walked out and slammed the door behind her.
"-want to see you get hurt." cloud finished with his ego thoroughly damaged. And he stormed out witha head full of thoughts and a body full of evil chi and went to see BugenHagen to find himself and clear his mind.
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Cloud paced around the Cosmo Candle and tried to concentrate but Aeris's face kept jumping into his mind. As he wiped away his fear and sweat he walked up to the Observatory to talk to BugenHagen.
"I dont' know what's wrong with me, Grandpa, but I just can't focus with her in my mind," Cloud spoke in a dispatched voice, as if he still couldn't get rid or her in his mind, "you don't think that I could be in...love with her... do you?"
BugenHagen spoke in his usual stone-cold emotion, "It seems that you may have feelings for her, but it might be unrecoited love. The best remedy for this would be to find Aeris, make up, get on with your life and wait until the right moment to tell her how you feel." BugenHagen turns around and notices his door is open. "Kids."
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With newly restored hope he sets out for Midgar, on his motorcycle, to find Aeris and go back to work with her. But while in the jungles of Junon, he has a pit stop to deal with a new-found foe.
"Don't you know who I am," Cloud hears a voice from the trees, "I am the greatest ninja in the wo-"
And with a crash a young girl falls out of the trees and hits the ground with a large sack full of materia and a bladed frisbee.
"Wait, I didn't get your name," Cloud chuckles.
"Hey, leave me alone, you big meanie," The girl said as she rubbed her possibly bruised ass, "you're the reason that I fell. I saw a person up there that looked just like you and that's when you pushed me out of the tree."
Cloud asked her in a giggilish voice, " Do you need a ride somewhere, because I'm going to a friend's house and she is a damn good healer?"
"Ok," She responded, "My name is Yuffie, can you teach me how to move that fast like you did?"
"What are you talking about, I was on the ground the whole time." Cloud started to get concerned, "Maybe it was a figment of your imagination, come on let's go."
Cloud and Yuffie got on the bike and set off. Cloud looked back and saw a dark-haired figure for a split second, then it vanished.
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Cloud and Yuffie finally reach Midgar and set off to Aeris' Church to find Cloud's partner. He walks to the chapel door and finds it ajar.
"Hello, is anyone here?" Cloud shouts into the dark church.
"CLOUD, HELP ME. SOMEONE IS HERE AND HE JUST TRIED TO KILL ME" Cloud hears Aeris' screams echo through the dark and dank church.
Cloud hears footsteps in the rafters and throws Fire up there to get light into the church. But his Fire falls back down to earth very fast as if it was thrown back down. While Cloud and Yuffie look at the crater, a crack of light comes and goes and there were fleeting footsteps on the roof.
"Aeris, where are you?" Cloud beckoned. "I'm over here" He heard Aeris call.
Cloud rushed to her voice and found her body lying in the dirt next to a pool of blood.
Aeris cried, "I think I wounded him. I'm so scared."
"Don't worry Aeris, I'm here and I won't leave you alone again. You can depend on me." Cloud comforted her, "Don't worry, no one is going to hurt you as long as I'm here."
"He told me his name was Zack. And he said he was going to get revenge on you, if it was the last thing he did." Aeris recalled.
"Don't you waste your thoughts on my well being. I'll be all right. As long as I hold a breath in my body, you will be safe." Cloud said.
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And on this note I finish Chapter One. I hope you enjoyed it. If you're an avid FF Fan you might tune in for Chapter Two, if you don't it's ok. In Chapter Two I will pull back the shroud. You may know who the enemy is already, but you don't know what is in store for Cloud, Aeris and the world in the next installment of:
Final Fantasy:Project X
Background information
In a land of fantasy and magic, where Aeris Gainsborough never died and the atrocities in your normal FF7 never took place, trouble is stirring in the hearts of the hopeful. There has been a new threat introduced into the world. A man that goes by "Project X" has been appearing in a lt of newspapers and no one knows who he is or where he came from. But, rumors are flying around about what he does in his laboratory. They speak of his experiments on fatally wounded people and combining them with mechanical parts to make them not only live again but to be better than they were. But on a lighter note Cloud and Aeris are a team in the exterminating business. They deal with threats to villages and cities.
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"Stand back, Aeris, I can handle this," Cloud shouted as he unsheathed his sword.
"But, I can help you...all I want to do is help." Aeris spoke under her breath.
Cloud pulled all of his inner strength and relinquished it into his sword and with a Deathblow he struck down the Red Dragon and saved the village. While Cloud soaked up the limelight, Aeris sat in the back and noticed a dark-haired figure run out of a nearby house.
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Back at the Freelancer's Guild (rebuilt Tifa's Heaven) Cloud collects his reward for taking care of the Red Dragon attacking the village of Gonandoga.
Cloud looks to Aeris, "So, Aeris, I was thinking maybe later we could-"
"Oh so now you have time for me," Aeris said as she berated him with her stare as a tear trickled down her cheek, " I was just trying to help but you just need your nuts to feel bigger, don't you? Why don't you go visit that whore upstairs, Tifa, you seem to love her."
"I'm sorry Aeris, it's just that I didn't-" Cloud started.
"You know I don't have time for this," she screamed, "call me when you need me, ok?" She walked out and slammed the door behind her.
"-want to see you get hurt." cloud finished with his ego thoroughly damaged. And he stormed out witha head full of thoughts and a body full of evil chi and went to see BugenHagen to find himself and clear his mind.
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Cloud paced around the Cosmo Candle and tried to concentrate but Aeris's face kept jumping into his mind. As he wiped away his fear and sweat he walked up to the Observatory to talk to BugenHagen.
"I dont' know what's wrong with me, Grandpa, but I just can't focus with her in my mind," Cloud spoke in a dispatched voice, as if he still couldn't get rid or her in his mind, "you don't think that I could be in...love with her... do you?"
BugenHagen spoke in his usual stone-cold emotion, "It seems that you may have feelings for her, but it might be unrecoited love. The best remedy for this would be to find Aeris, make up, get on with your life and wait until the right moment to tell her how you feel." BugenHagen turns around and notices his door is open. "Kids."
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With newly restored hope he sets out for Midgar, on his motorcycle, to find Aeris and go back to work with her. But while in the jungles of Junon, he has a pit stop to deal with a new-found foe.
"Don't you know who I am," Cloud hears a voice from the trees, "I am the greatest ninja in the wo-"
And with a crash a young girl falls out of the trees and hits the ground with a large sack full of materia and a bladed frisbee.
"Wait, I didn't get your name," Cloud chuckles.
"Hey, leave me alone, you big meanie," The girl said as she rubbed her possibly bruised ass, "you're the reason that I fell. I saw a person up there that looked just like you and that's when you pushed me out of the tree."
Cloud asked her in a giggilish voice, " Do you need a ride somewhere, because I'm going to a friend's house and she is a damn good healer?"
"Ok," She responded, "My name is Yuffie, can you teach me how to move that fast like you did?"
"What are you talking about, I was on the ground the whole time." Cloud started to get concerned, "Maybe it was a figment of your imagination, come on let's go."
Cloud and Yuffie got on the bike and set off. Cloud looked back and saw a dark-haired figure for a split second, then it vanished.
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Cloud and Yuffie finally reach Midgar and set off to Aeris' Church to find Cloud's partner. He walks to the chapel door and finds it ajar.
"Hello, is anyone here?" Cloud shouts into the dark church.
"CLOUD, HELP ME. SOMEONE IS HERE AND HE JUST TRIED TO KILL ME" Cloud hears Aeris' screams echo through the dark and dank church.
Cloud hears footsteps in the rafters and throws Fire up there to get light into the church. But his Fire falls back down to earth very fast as if it was thrown back down. While Cloud and Yuffie look at the crater, a crack of light comes and goes and there were fleeting footsteps on the roof.
"Aeris, where are you?" Cloud beckoned. "I'm over here" He heard Aeris call.
Cloud rushed to her voice and found her body lying in the dirt next to a pool of blood.
Aeris cried, "I think I wounded him. I'm so scared."
"Don't worry Aeris, I'm here and I won't leave you alone again. You can depend on me." Cloud comforted her, "Don't worry, no one is going to hurt you as long as I'm here."
"He told me his name was Zack. And he said he was going to get revenge on you, if it was the last thing he did." Aeris recalled.
"Don't you waste your thoughts on my well being. I'll be all right. As long as I hold a breath in my body, you will be safe." Cloud said.
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And on this note I finish Chapter One. I hope you enjoyed it. If you're an avid FF Fan you might tune in for Chapter Two, if you don't it's ok. In Chapter Two I will pull back the shroud. You may know who the enemy is already, but you don't know what is in store for Cloud, Aeris and the world in the next installment of:
Final Fantasy:Project X