The Return of Zack A Lost Soldier This is written by Recowa ^.^ I hope that you like it as much as I do. This fiction is my second try at writing a final fantasy fanfiction and I know I won't get writers block on this one for sure ^.~ Just needed to start over. Oh ya this is going to be yaoi everyone (Zack X Cloud)

It was that cold night in front of Midgar when Cloud remembered Zack lying upon the ground dead as could be filled from the neck down with bullets from those Shinra riffles. There was nothing Cloud could do to save him. Zack, the one that helped him escape his imprisonment. The one that helped him break out of the test tube in the Shinra mansion, overall his lover. Cloud couldn't take it anymore and his mind clicked back into check this happened. He didn't want to remember this horrible incident anymore instead he just wanted to fade away, he just wanted to forget about everything. Clouds body was numb from all the injections but somehow he was gathering enough of strength. "Zack" Tears was streaming from his face and all of a sudden he snapped and placed those hands upon his head clutching it. "No!" Cloud screamed to the top of his lungs and trembling. He picked up the broad sword that was on the ground and started to run towards Midgar.

Cloud sat up in his bed frantically, that nightmare was coming to him more often and he was losing a sleep over it. He ran his fingers threw that wild blond hair before taking in the wrinkled sheets on the bed. It had been two years after they had finally defeated Sephiroth, but over time he had let that wild hair of his grow out enough to put it in a ponytail-again. The door to his room creaked open with the scent of breakfast in that familiar girls hand, followed with a concerned expression. "Rise and shine Cloud, you need some sun" Cloud looked to Tifa and managed that strained smile regardless of it being false.

Cloud looked over towards the window where you could see the light more in sector three then anywhere else in Midgar. It was like Cloud was compelled to stay there even if there were better places to live. "Cloud what's on your mind?" Tifa asked in a curious tone of voice. It must have been obvious that he had something else on his mind. She probably figured that out because he didn't seemed interested in the food; however he had a deeper reasoning behind that. Cloud had become pale over the last month since he didn't want to leave the house and hadn't really been eating. "I'm fine… I was just thinking of something. I'm sorry I don't feel much like eating right now, I'll eat it later but for now I think I will go out for a walk." The sound of his bed creaking while the tall muscular male stood up from his bed grabbed the clean rather tethered SOLDIER uniform that was lying on the chair. It was old and held a lot of memories for the blond, and was one of the few articles of clothing that he held onto for his dear life.

There wasn't much of a word as he bypassed Tifa left the room, the sound of the bathroom door was heard closing. Those stripped pajamas were quickly stripped tossing each piece on to the floor. The only thing wasn't removed those dog tags. There was no reason to remove them after all and held a certain sentimental value to him. He held one for the Shinra Army and the other that was for SOLDIER that said private first class. There were a lot of things that he still couldn't remember try as he might with the memory struggle, but Hojo poisoned him to the point where life was a confusing mess. At times some of his memories were from his best friend, and yet he felt they were his own. Well after the final battle with Sephiroth, he went to see someone that worked in the Shinra medical center and was diagnosed with long term amnesia. He was told that it was a miracle that he could remember Zack Fair or anything at all from that time.

Stepped into the shower and turned on the water allowing the warm water to hit his body. He loved warm showers something that he didn't get to often being part of the police or a fugitive on the run. A pleasant feeling turning sour though, the first moment where he remembered he had to go to Midgar. Those hands clutching head with one of those hands looking down to the drenched body of his best friend kept him from sleeping at night. There was more to him…it had to be. That head resting against the shower wall as water dripped from the shower melded with the moisture from his eyes. That heart tightening up as if someone simply reached their hand around that heart and gave it a squeeze.

It was as if he was there…

Now what was it this time? "Cloud would you like for me to join you. You have been in there for ten minutes already." Zack said walking over towards the shower and pulling back the curtain. There Zack tugged Clouds naked form close to him in an embracive hug and placed gentle kiss upon those soft lips.

Was that a memory…?

Cloud head snapped up from the shower wall before looking frantically around the shower for the black haired male.

He wasn't there.

Immediately he pulled back the shower curtain. There was nothing but the door where he had heard Zack's footsteps echo from, he was hearing things. Cloud sighed and started to lather up after closing the curtain. Cloud did not take long in the shower because after that event he didn't want to stay in there. "Zack we must have been more than just friends." Cloud put on those clean SOLDIERS clothing and walked out of the house right past Marlene, Barrett and Tifa.

Meanwhile a man was walking around the top plate dressed in an old faded SOLDIER uniform. There was an older man accompanying him. This man was a spitting image of Zack but fairly older, not to say he didn't look much like himself since there was something that was different about his eyes. He seemed to look lost. "Well I finished fixing up your apartment old man." The long black haired man would say to the older man before starting off at nothing in particular. "Very good Zack thanks, and if you ever need a place to stay again I'm here. Don't be a stranger. Zack turned and started to walk away from the man that was looking back towards him sadly, sad to say the younger man wasn't the type that would settle down doing house work for other people. He wanted to get out and do something. Zack started to walk towards the training area of Shin-Ra if it wasn't for his dog tags he wouldn't even know that he was a SOLDIER named Zack.

Upon approaching the gym he saw someone walking up towards the gym in his direction. The other did look weak and seemed to be in SOLDIER, spiky long blonde hair and mako enhanced sky blue eyes. There was something Zack was trying to remember but he had no clue to who this man was. The face was just all too much familiar to him though that he didn't know what else to do but wait there for the other to approach him.

~*~*~tbc Well how did you like this part of the story? I hope you enjoyed it. I will be trying to update this one weekly. I wanted to write something about Zack since he was my favorite mystery character in the game. ^.^ Please review because with reviews I am encouraged to write more and I'm getting better with my English with college and all. Update re-wrote this 10-20-2017