I'm writing while listening to Cloud's Theme, Aerith's Theme, and Tifa's Theme and well I love it because the idea just flow in my head.

Well a little later in the story there is going to be a major turning point and will have nothing to do with the original Final Fantasy VII, just giving a heads up. Ok I also know how they never really showed Kunsel without a helmet in Crisis Core so I'm just going to make him look the way I've always imagined him.

I decided to put some small romance hints in this chapter haha.

First Night as Fugitives

-Turks-

"What?! Veld wants to talk to us?" Cissnei said taking a few steps forward, uncrossing her arms. Reno only nodded his head and closed his eyes. Cissnei then reached in for the files that she had grabbed earlier inside of Shinra Building and opened them.

"Cissnei don't you think it's too soon?" Tifa asked coming closer to her.

Cissnei ignored what the dark haired woman just said and began to read the files.

First Name: Cassandra

Last Name: Unidentified

Turk Code Name: Cissnei

Mentor/Guardian: Veld

Parents: Unknown

Summary: Young at age. Her skills are those that Veld once had maybe even superior. She was brought here from an orphanage in Nibelheim at her own will. She is the youngest person to ever become a Turk and is respected for that. Best friends in Shinra are fellow Turks Tseng, Reno, and Rude. Other acquaintance is First Class SOLDIER, Zack Fair.

"I guess all I did was for nothing," she said to herself after reading what the files said. Her eyes then landed on a picture that was paper clipped on the right top corner of the files and smiled. The picture showed a little girl about seven years old with reddish brown hair that was tied up in two low pigtails. She had a happy and joyful look on her face. Cissnei reached to grab the picture, "Only if I knew what I was getting myself into," she said quietly to herself in her mind.

"Ciss, we need to get going so we'll split up into two groups like you said and start making our way," Zack said interrupting her thoughts.

Cissnei nodded in approval, she put the picture she had grabbed in her pocket and then closed the files, "Alright, since Reno and me are the only ones who know where Veld lives we'll be the team leaders. Is that understood Barret?" she said lifting and eyebrow and crossing her arms.

"Yea, yea I understand."

"Alrighty then who's going to be with who?"

"Aerith, you, Zack, Kunsel, and Red are going to be with me," Cissnei said, "Reno, you'll guide the others," she added.

"Aye, aye captain," Reno said playfully winking at his fellow ex-Turk. He then signaled the team he got assigned to get a move on, "We'll enter from the right side of town," he said to Cissnei giving her his back.

"Mm," Cissnei nodded and signaled her team to get a move on as well.

"I don't feel like it's a good idea to split up," Cissnei heard Tifa say from not to far away. She stopped in her tracks and looked back to see that Reno had also stopped in his tracks. He then turned around to give the brunette a small shy smile and then rubbing the back of his head. Cissnei shyly smiled back at him and nodded her head.

"Uh, what's that suppose to mean?" they heard Cloud ask.

"It means we're not splitting up Cloudy boy," Zack said playfully ruffling the blonde's hair.

"Zack, stop!" Cloud said in a whining tone. Kunsel who was standing in the middle of Aerith and Tifa shrugged his shoulders, sighed and began to walk in front of the group. Tifa followed shortly after with Aerith by her side. As the girls passed by they couldn't help but laugh at the sight that Zack and Cloud's play fighting had turned a little to rough which ended up with both of them all dirty and on the floor.

"Zack get serious, it might not be easy to get Kalm. Shinra might know that we're planning on going there so we need to move fast," Cissnei said helping Cloud get up.

"Yea Zack, listen to what she has to say," Cloud said wiping the dirt off his clothes.

"Cloud you also need to get serious," Reno said gently patting the blonde on his shoulder. Cloud just sighed and began to follow the ex-Turks as they passed Kunsel who was in front of the gang, "Wow they walk fast," he heard Kunsel say.

"It's called not wanting to get caught," Cloud said passing the ex-First Class SOLDIER.

-Turks-

Zack sighed as the group had already been walking for hours and it had been nothing but silence since they started making their way to Kalm. Aerith who was at his side just looked at him and smiled. He smiled back at her and then put an arm around her shoulder.

Kunsel was standing behind them and was lost in thoughts, "Never really imagined myself running away from the company I dedicated many years of my life to," his thoughts were stopped in a pinch when he smashed into Barret, "Ouch, sorry about that man," he said while rubbing his head.

"Yo, why you have to rub your head? Doesn't that helmet protect it?" Barret said giving Kunsel a hand to get up.

"Thanks," Kunsel grabbed Barret's hand to get up and wiped the dirt that was on him off, "And well no, you see this helmet is pretty lame. I just wear it for fun but I guess it's time for it to come off," Kunsel reached to grab the helmet he was wearing and gently took it off. His hair was a blonde to light brown color obviously darker than Cloud's and was not spiked as it was to short to really be able to have a signature hairdo like his companions. His eyes weren't the signature blue colored and were more of a flaming red color that was rarely ever seen.

"Kunsel I thought all SOLDIERs' had bright blue eyes," said Tifa shyly.

"My eyes are originally a deep reddish color so when I got infused with mako they turned bright red."

"So, Cloud got bright blue as his eye color because his eyes were originally blue," Tifa said as she looked at Cloud who was paying no attention to the conversation that was happening behind him.

"It's getting pretty dark now Reno, why don't call it a night and stop here," Cissnei said looking at her companion. Reno nodded in agreement and went to sit down by a rock he saw.

Cissnei turned back to look at all her other companions and saw that everyone was already beginning to split up. Even though nobody saw her, her eyes were full of worry for all of them. She would've been fine if it was only her and Reno, but no her friends and people she barely met this day were involved. She knew that if something happened to them she would feel responsible. The ex-Turk then saw that everyone was piling up some wood which she suspected was to start a campfire. She joined them in looking for wood.

-Turks-

Reno was sitting down leaning against the rock he had seen earlier and watched Cissnei in a way he never imagined he would see her. He never imagined that Cissnei would make him smile as much as she already had. He never would've figured that he would worry about her so much as he does now.

"What's wrong Reno can't figure out what the feeling you're feeling is?"

Reno slightly jumped up from the shock and from the corner of his eyes he saw that Zack was there, taking a seat next to him, "Hmph, what do you want?" he asked the former First Class.

"Just trying to help out here," replied Zack as he slowly got up.

Reno heard that Zack was slowly groaning and struggling a bit to stand up. He then noticed that Zack was grabbing his torso, "Zack move your hand out of the way, and it's a order," Reno had a serious face as he said those words to Zack because he knew that the other man would crack a joke if didn't have a serious face.

"Tch, you reminded me of Tseng when you said that," Zack replied as he removed his hand, revealing that he was bleeding on the right side of his torso.

"Zack why didn't you say anything about this!" Reno said in a concerned tone.

"This is from before infiltrating Shinra Building," answered Zack slowly and gently removing his suspenders followed by his shirt. He groaned as it pained him to even move a little. After he had removed his shirt Reno could see that Zack had a gauze wrapped around his torso and that is was full of blood, Zack was groaning and breathing heavily, "Guess the wound must've opened with everything that has happened."

Reno tried to help Zack get up but he feared that he might make the pain worst, "I'll go get Aerith so she can help," he said.

"NO! This will make Aerith freak out," Zack said a he slowly and weakly got up supporting himself with a boulder, "Get Chocobo Head and Teef," he said letting himself fall on the floor once again. Reno nodded and began to run towards where Cloud and Tifa were.

Cissnei was giving her back to Reno as he passed by her but she knew he had passed by. She smiled when he passed, "I'm so glad that I have him here with me," she said quietly to herself when a she suddenly started remembering something.

-Turks-

On top of Shinra Building there was a teenage girl and a boy a bit older than the girl, they were both breathing exhaustingly and gave each other smirks, "I have to admit Reno your skills are getting better," said the girl twirling her shuriken and then throwing it towards the boy

The boy back flipped to dodge and when he was up right again, gave the girl a flirtatious smile, "Not so bad yourself Ciss," he replied.

They both stood still for a moment and then began to run towards each other. It seemed that when they collided it would be intense only if the boy had tied his shoelaces. When both of the teens were a few inches away from each other Reno tripped and fell on top Cissnei. They were both panting from the exhaustion and their faces were about five inches apart.

Reno slowly began to lean in closer to Cissnei's lips when suddenly, "Alright you two great training," suddenly they weren't at the top of Shinra Building anymore, they were inside a training room. She pushed Reno off of her and began to run out of the training room, "Tseng wait up!" she shouted trying to catch up to her superior.

Tseng stopped when he heard Cissnei and turned around to look at her, "As a Turk you can't have feelings for anyone understood!" he shouted.

"B-but Tseng."

"Hey Ciss, wait 's go grab a bite yea?" Reno said walking up to her. She shook her head and just walked away.

-Turks-

Remembering that time made her smile but at the same time it reminded her that, that was the day her illusions of ever finding love in her life were lost because she was a Turk and a Turk should never have feelings.

She turned around to see that Kunsel had already started the fire and everyone was gathering around it. Kunsel signaled her to join them and she did, she gently dropped the wood she had collected by her side and took a seat. Cissnei curled up and hugged her knees with both her arms until she felt someone put something on her shoulders. She looked up to see Reno with his arms around her placing his suit jacket over her shoulders, "So you don't catch a cold," he said softly walking away.

"Thank you," she said as the red head walked away. She looked to see who were the people around the fire and to her surprise she only saw Aerith, Kunsel, Red, and Barret who were all sleeping even with Barret's loud snoring. She stared at the fire as it danced towards whatever direction the wind was blowing. She got lost staring at the sight for quite sometime until…

"AAAHHHH!" she heard a shout of pain come from behind a pile of boulders and ran towards there to see what was happening. When she arrived she saw Reno and Cloud holding Zack who had blood on his chest, while Tifa tried her best not to hurt him as she tried to close the wound again.

"How did this happen?" she asked quietly getting closer to try and help out.

"He had wounds when he arrived at the Seventh Heaven a few days ago, I sewed the wound close but I guess all the action from today made it open up again," answered Tifa trying not to take her focus off of her duty.

"But how on in the world did you get a needle?"

"I keep some with me just in case of an emergency," answered Tifa giving Cissnei a quick smile, "And for the string well Cloud volunteered a loose string there was on his shirt which surprisingly is long enough to close the wound," she added giving the final touch to her job.

"Thanks Teef," Zack said getting up with the help of Reno and Cloud, "Did I wake anyone up with my shouting?" he asked Cissnei.

Cissnei shook her head, "I guess Barret's snoring didn't let them hear you," she answered whispering. Zack nodded and walked to Aerith's side to lay himself there.

"Cissnei, why don't you and Reno go to sleep, Cloud and me will take first watch," Tifa said.

"Thanks Tifa, wake us up in an hour and we'll take it from there," Cissnei replied.

"What? Why can't Zack and Aerith take second watch?" Reno said quietly whining.

"Because Zack needs rest, that's why him and Aerith will take the final watch," answered Cissnei laying down on the floor.

Reno sighed and shrugged his shoulders then went to Cissnei's side and laid down. Tifa grabbed Cloud by the wrist and pulled him towards a boulder that was big enough for them both to sit on.

-Turks-

They could hear the crackling sound that the fire made as they were sitting down. Tifa was hugging her knees because she was cold and Cloud was laying on the rock they were on with his arms behind his head. He looked at the stars and Tifa was looking at the full moon that was in front of her.

"Cloud…"

"Huh?" Cloud picked himself up and was now leaning on his elbows, "What's up… Teef?" He could here sobbing. He turned around and thanks to the brightness of the moon he could see that Tifa's face was buried into her knees. A confused face formed on his face but then it turned into a worrying look. He quickly got himself into a better posture, then he wrapped one arm around her.

"Cloud how did this happen to me? I was perfectly happy with my life before, before the stupid Nibelheim incident." Cloud turned to look at her, he saw that she was looking towards the direction where Nibelheim was located, "Cloud… do you ever wander if the town got rebuilt?" she asked now looking at the blonde and straight into his shining blue eyes.

"Hmph, I was out for four years remember. When I got out of the mansion I was completely blacked out. Zack's the one who did everything, I was just something that was slowing him down," answered the spiky head with his head lowered down.

"Then let's go to Nibelheim together and see if it's back on it's feet, the way it was and how I remember it," Tifa suggested giving her old friend a big and warm smile. Cloud smiled in response and nodded his head. When they went back to silence, "Cloud…"

"Yea Teef?"

She turned to her left side and smiled because Cloud still had his arm wrapped around her, "Oh it's nothing," everything then silenced down and Tifa leaned to her right and put her head in Cloud's shoulder. The blonde formed a smile on his face and just began to look at the bright full moon in front of him, "I'll admit the truth soon Teef, the truth about how I feel." He then turned to face Tifa and saw that her eyes were closed. She then slowly began to fall to his lap but he let her. When she was finally set on his lap he began to stroke her head, "Goodnight Tifa," he then leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.

-Turks-

Tifa opened her eyes slowly and realized she was in a sideways laying down position. She then turned around to look at the sky's direction and saw something bright that sticked out form the dark night sky. When her eye sight was completely focused she realized the bright thing that was sticking out were Cloud's bright mako infused eyes.

Cloud was stroking her hair soft and gently to make sure he didn't wake her up, "Guess you were having a nice dream," Tifa then gave Cloud a confused look. The blonde just let a little chuckle out, "I know it was a nice dream because you were smiling."

Tifa began to blush from embarrassment, "My bad I guess I forgot we were in watch," then remembered something, she checked her watch and turned to look at Cissnei and Reno. She saw that they were laying close to each other and Reno almost was hugging her by the waist, "Their turn is about to start so you'll be able to get some rest," she said to the blonde.

They began to make their way towards the Turks when Cloud gently grabbed Tifa by the hand, "Teef… I uh need to tell you something," when Tifa turned around to look at him she saw that he was looking down at the floor.

She had a worried look on her face, "Cloud what's wrong?" she asked slowly lifting his head up by the chin and then making eye contact with him. Cloud turned his head away after he stared about ten seconds into the maroon eyes in front of him.

Cloud then gave Tifa his back and touched his chest with one of his hands. He could feel that his heart was beating faster than it ever has, "T-there's something I uh I been wanting to tell you since the day I told you I was leaving to join SOLDIER," he replied still giving him his back.

"And that is?" Tifa asked raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms.

Cloud turned around to look at her, he could feel his face was burning with embarrassment and thus was thankful it was dark because that prevented Tifa from seeing how red he imagined he was, "I uh I lo-"

An alarm from a watch started and Tifa turned around to see her group of friends that were sleeping by the campfire that was almost gone. She saw that Cissnei was the one moving her arms around as if she was going to shut it off.

-Turks-

Cissnei woke up when she heard her watch start making the beeping noise and quickly shut it off. Soon after that she felt someone hugging her around her waist from behind and turned around to see it was Reno. She let out a quiet giggle and then just smacked his forehead so he would wake up, "Ow what was that for?!" Reno shouted.

Cissnei but her index finger by his lips, "Shh you'll wake up everyone else," she said whispering. She then turned around to see Tifa laughing at them, "Besides it our turn to take watch," she said smiling.

Well I hope you guys liked it. I had this chapter saved on my computer such a long time and I kept forgetting to post it up, haha oops my bad.

-ZackandAerithFair2012