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There, the village people had all gathered at the edge of the village to greet her. The man came forward, " did you meet the dragon, miss?" he asked. Tifa took out the two dragon heads and the village people moved further away from her at the sight of them. "Yes I met your dragon and its mate, they shall not bother you any longer" Tifa reassured them. The village people cheered and offered Tifa food and drinks.

She looked to the sky and saw that it was almost night. " Crap! Cloud should be coming home soon!" she said to herself.

"Look!" a small boy cried out, pointing to something in the distance. As it got nearer, Tifa realised from the sound of its engine that it was Cloud's fenrir. "Oh boy, I wonder what he's gonna say" she thought.

Cloud reached the village and pulled over. "Tifa Lockhart! What in the world do you think you're doing slaying dragons all by yourself? You could have been killed!"

"Yeah but someone had to help them" Tifa told him and got onto his fenrir.

As they drove through the night, Tifa had to endure a lecture from Cloud, " Do you know dangerous dragons are? What if you had been killed? Who's going to take care of the kids?"

"It's not like you've ever cared about me" Tifa thought to herself.

"Promise me you'll never do that again" Cloud said.

"Promise you?" Tifa asked in surprise. To herself she thought " The last time we made a promise to each other was in Nibelheim, before you left, does this mean…."

"Yes, promise me" Cloud said firmly.

Tifa sighed, " Cloud, I can't"

"Why not?"

"Today," she hesitated, " when I fought the dragons. I actually felt… … free."

"Free?"

"Yeah, it's been a really long time since I've last put on my gloves to fight, you know" Tifa said with a smile.

"I guess it's all the stress and loneliness from being in the bar that has gotten onto you. I'm sorry, I forgot that while you were working day after day in the bar, I was actually out there doing things."

"Hey man it's ok, I'll try not to do it again if you really don't want me too."

"No, you should go, if you like it."

"Really?"

They had finally reached Seventh Heaven and Cloud swerved into the front.

"Yeah. And as for that buster sword, keep it, it's a spare." Cloud said.

"Sweet, thanks!" Tifa laughed.

The two of them were alone out in the moonlight. They admired the clear sky and the full moon in companionable silence. Each thinking about the their past.

Tifa was the first to break the silence. "Remember when in Nibelheim, you asked me to meet you out in the moonlight?"

Cloud slowly nodded, " Yeah, I told you that I was going to join SOLDIER."

"Yeah, and then I made you promise me something."

" To save you when you needed help."

Tifa laughed. "I was just a young girl then. A young girl who honestly believed in fairy tales. All the knights-in-shining-armour rescuing princesses from the bad guys and all that. One would almost believe that fairy tales really existed in real life!"

Cloud paused for a moment, " Don't they?"

Tifa glanced at him and then looked down, " I don't know Cloud, I don't know."

They both lapsed into silence again, neither knowing what to say. The conversations were getting more and more uncomfortable these days.

"Cloud?"

"Yes?"

"Can you promise me something? Just one last thing I swear."

"Erm…Ok I'll try to."

"Promise me that one day, when I die, you won't grieve over my death? Not that much at least. Not like how you grieved over Aer… …" Tifa stopped midway, mentally kicking herself for almost reminding Cloud about Aerith's death when he had just gotten over it. "… … Just promise me that you will get over it fast and you will continue with your life as normal. Promise me?"

Cloud didn't know what to say for a moment. "Why… … why are you suddenly making me promise this kind of thing?"

"I don't know. I just felt like it I guess."

Cloud pondered over what Tifa had just wanted him to promise her. "What is she truly thinking about?"

"Well ok, I promise." Cloud said reluctantly.

Tifa breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well then, good night!" she said, walking into the house.

"Good night" Cloud said.