Disclaimer: None of this is mine...
Sora came back later to Merlin's house to find Yuffie there. Cid was there as well typing away ferociously at the computer.
"Find Cloud yet?"
"Nope." Yuffie said. She was sitting down with her head in her hands look really dismal.
"Are you trying to do anything?" Sora asked.
"Cid's looking to see if he can kind any information on Sephiroth."
"Any luck?"
"Nope."
"So, I still don't really get this whole thing."
"Well a long long time ago the Planet was in trouble. So somehow all of us: Me, Vincent, Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, Cid, Red XIII, and Cait Sith all got together as AVALANCHE. Don't ask how. It's a long story. There was a meteor heading for the Planet as well as Sephiroth who wanted to destroy the planet. Plus a whole bunch of other things happened but yeah much to long to get into. Aerith is that Last Cetra, or Ancient, on this Planet. They are a special people with certain abilities. They also can reach a place called the Promise Land. It's very confusing and the definition is not exact so believe what you will."
"So what happened?"
"Well as the last Cetra Aerith was able to summon Holy. Unfortunately Sephiroth killed her."
"HE WHAT?" Sora asked mortified.
"She died." Yuffie said looking away, a tear pulled at her eyes.
"Then how is she here?"
"Well when you die you go to the lifestream. But when the planet was overrun by heartless… Aerith was able to come back."
"Good. I would have been freaked out if Aerith had been a ghost this whole time."
"Anyway. The only way Holy would work is if Sephiroth was defeated. He was and the Planet was saved. A lot happened after that. There was Geostigma a disease. And stuff. You know how Cloud's acting now? Well he acted like that before. During Geostigma. He was harboring a lot of guilt about Aerith's death. But he finally came out of it. And that's when the Heartless came and you know what happens after that."
"Wow…"
"Wee… our story…" Yuffie said unenthusiastically.
"That reminds me of Auron…" Sora mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing… So Sephiroth… how did he come back?"
"Good question."
"What about the way Aerith came back? Could he have come back the same way?"
Yuffie shook her head, "Aerith sacrificed herself for the planet. When she asked to come back, as the Planet was being taken, over the Planet agreed. They would not have let Sephiroth come back."
"Oh."
"So Aerith is looking for Cloud now?"
"Yep."
"Good luck. I'll help if I can." He said and stated to leave.
"Thanks Sora."
Cloud paced back in forth across the Market at Hollow Bastion… or recently renamed… to its original name Radiant Garden. He was close now, Sephiroth was somewhere nearby. It drove him crazy that he couldn't find him. Was this just another game? He felt so close to the final confrontation. Being so close to everyone he knew made him nervous and worried. He didn't want them involved but he was afraid Sephiroth would involve them. Suddenly Sora rushed up to him.
"Have you seen Sephiroth?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Thanks."
Sora watched him leave… somehow he had a feeling he should tell someone else about this but he couldn't remember. He and his friends followed Cloud.
Clash, thud, swish. Metal clashing rang in her head. She tossed and turned.
"No…" She murmured a swamp of blackness covering her.
With each clash and band the scene became clearer. A large cliff lay before her. Two men stood fighting. People watched from the distance.
"NO! CLOUD!" She gasped waking up. She had been having dreams ever since Cloud had left the last time. They had not found a trace of him or any evidence on Sephiroth's return. She had taken a nap after a long day of researching and looking for Cloud but now she wished she had been awake…But the dream…
"Cloud…" She muttered running from the room. The cliff was the one over looking the castle. The people fighting were Cloud and Sephiroth. She had to get to him. She had to help him. No she couldn't make it there in time. What was she going to do? What could she do? Without knowing she had run into the church, her church. There was only one thing she could do.
She kneeled down praying hard, images coming to her.
"Tifa stay back!"
"Let me help you Cloud!"
Swish…
Sephiroth laughter floated through the air
"Here you can have my light, Cloud" Tifa told him
"I just… don't know."(Some parts from KH2. NOT MINE)
"CLOUD!" Aerith cried out, Take Tifa's light. She's there. She can help you. She must be your light… why won't you take it???? Silence. If you won't take her light take mine! And with those words she passed out.
"CLOUD!" She cried wrenching herself up, pain shot through her.
"It's alright. Clam down…" Faces surrounded her.
"NO! …Cloud… Sephiroth…" She said. How could she make them understand?
"Sora and Tifa came and told us everything." Yuffie reassured her.
"But where's Cloud?"
"He's fighting Sephiroth." Sora said.
"You left him!?!"
"No, Sephiroth and Cloud disappeared. They went somewhere else to fight their battle." Tifa answered.
"By the way, why aren't you all shocked like we were?" Yuffie asked.
"She needs to rest." Merlin grumbled.
"I had a dream about the battled and I went to pray… I really don't remember much… I saw… images of it." Aerith answered.
"Did he take it?" Aerith asked after a moment.
"What?"
"Did he take your light?" She asked.
"I… think so." Tifa answered.
"You think so?"
"He had light but… somehow I thought it would feel different if he took my light."
"But he'll be ok?" She asked worryingly. Why wasn't Tifa positive? You must be his light? Why didn't he take it? She grumbled. Is that why you were avoiding me? Because of Tifa?
"Don't worry Aerith, he had light." Sora answered.
"Tifa…?"
"Maybe it was from his own heart." Sora answered.
"I doubt it." Was Cid's reply.
"He'll be safe. Don't worry about Cloud. He'll be back in no time."
"Yeah…" Aerith said but she couldn't help but think there was something she was missing.
"It's time to let her rest! NOW!" Merlin ordered and everyone scrambled away.
"It's not like I can't heal myself…" She muttered feeling her forehead gingerly but within seconds she was asleep.
(A/N: So... Ummm... Tell me what you think)