Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII
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To die for a friend
Tifa was cold, really cold. Her body shivered involuntary and Tifa bolted upright. Images flashed through her mind as she remembered being stabbed by Sephiroth and saving Aerith. Her hand flew up to her mouth as she chocked back a sob. 'Am I dead?' The last thing she remembered seeing was Cloud's shocked face. 'Cloud!' She was dead, she could never go back, never see them again. She never got a chance to tell Cloud that she loved him. She snivelled and took a look at her surroundings.
Darkness.
All was black apart from the lifestream that flowed freely around her, it was beautiful. Move tears leaked out of her eyes and then she thought of someone, if she was dead, he would be here, wouldn't he? But why did she thing of him before her parents?
"Zack Fair," Tifa breathed, it sounded strange hearing her own voice again. Suddenly she heard footsteps; they were getting closer and louder. For a moment she panicked but soon relaxed when she heard a familiar voice.
"Someone say my name?"
There he was in all his glory, Zack Fair. For some reason this brought on a whole new wave of tears and they rained down on Tifa like a tone of bricks. She ran to him and in a flash she was in his arms, crying softly into his shoulder.
"Wha...?" He looked down and saw someone he didn't think he would see in a long time.
"Tifa?"
Said woman nodded into his top, "I'm sorry Zack, I'm so sorry!"
He was taken aback for a moment, "For what?"
"The last time I saw you I told you that I hated you, I don't, I was mad and..."
"Hush, it's alright you're forgiven," He held her at arms length, she was beautiful; even with messy hair and tear stained cheeks. His face turned serious, "What are you doing here?"
"I-I'm dead, aren't I?" More tears.
"You are sweetheart, what happened?" He wiped away her tears with his thumb and she shakily leaned into his touch and retold her death.
What seemed like hours later Zack sat on the floor with Tifa in between his legs, her story made him sad but now he admired the brown haired beauty even more. She was always there for Cloud when
he needed her; she was there for everyone even though she knew that they took her for granted. She knew exactly how to cheer her friend up and give them support, even if she was crying inside she always put on a smile, she had too. What made Zack proud was when she told him how she backed down from Cloud when Aerith showed interest in him, which took a lot of effort to give up your first love.
This woman didn't deserve to die, but she died saving a friend and that was a good enough reason as any to die; for a friend.
There was a moment's pause, then Tifa asked: "Zack, what do you do once you're dead?"
He scratched his chin slowly and Tifa couldn't help but admire his good looks.
"Well, it's just like living really. You just hang around with the people who have past away, I just have a laugh with my dead friends- so it's just like living."
"Oh." Tifa replied quietly.
'My dear children please do not be alarmed by the sound of my voice.'
Tifa and Zack both shot to their feet in shock.
"What the fu...!?"
"Did you hear that?" Tifa asked, cutting Zack off. The unknown voice sounded in their heads again.
'To answer your unspoken question; I am the planet, and I am contacting you two because you are not meant to die yet.'
"What do you mean?" Tifa asked hesitantly.
'On the day you died Tifa Lockheart, the world was saved. Events have passed and Sephiroth was temporarily gone. Now however, two years have passed and Sephiroth is returning and you two play a part in bringing him down.'
"How come Tifa has been dead for two years, it's barely been two years here?"
'Time is a strange thing here in the lifestream. Now, it is time for you to return to the living."
"What? /Wait!" They said together but were cut of when a blinding bright white light enveloped them, then blackness over took.
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A/N: Thanks too all the people who wanted me to continue.
