Dammit!!! I just lost to my a$$hole cousin in DOTA… That's the last time I ever use Lion 1v1! Oh well… Here's Chapter 6. WARNING: Slight swearing and the use of the F word.

CHAPTER 6

All of AVALANCHE had gathered in the 7th Heaven. Most of them couldn't help but wonder why a "certain someone" had asked them to meet up at the bar, and what was more peculiar was the fact that this "certain someone" was never a person who liked reunions in the first place.

'What's that fuckin kid up to now?!' Cid was clearly irritated and he was growing very impatient.

'Keep your pants on Gramps!' said Yuffie who was never really a fan of Cid's constant cursing.

'How many times do I have to tell you, BRAT, to stop calling me grandpa! I'm not that old you know!'

'Heh! Compared to me your practically a living fossil, don't you agree Vinnie?'

'Both of you stop arguing!' Nanaki was now tired of his two friends constant bickering.

'The way you two argue, it's hard for anyone to think that you guys are actually friends.' Cait Sith retorted.

Vincent who had been quietly standing at the corner of the bar finally broke his silence. 'Barret, why exactly did Cloud gather all of us here in the first place?'

'I absolutely have no idea… Tifa was the one who told me that spike wanted to meet up with all of us… He's suppose to tell us something really important.'

'Hey, maybe their gonna get married or something! Is that what their gonna tell us, hahaha! Yuffie jokingly replied. It took her a couple of seconds to realize that she was the only one who was laughing and that everyone had grown silent.

'I seriously doubt that…' said Cait Sith

What's the matter with you stiffs! Will you all just lighten up a bit!' Yuffie protested.

Just then, the door of the 7th Heaven opened as both Cloud and Tifa entered.

'Finally! What the hell took you so long! Because of you I had to listen to this Brat's constant whining!'

'Shut up Grandpa!'

'Both of you stop it!' Barret admonished the two.

'So Cloud, what did you want to tell us?' Vincent who was in the corner started to walk towards Cloud.

Cloud was silent; he didn't know what exactly he'd say to them.

Nanaki was bothered by Cloud's silence. 'Are you alright Cloud?'

"Everyone, I-I wanted to ask all of you for one last favor."

'Favor? Does it involve lots of materia?! Oww!' Yuffie was suddenly hit by both Cid and Barret.

'What the! Why'd you hit me?!'

'That's what you get for acting like a spoiled brat.' Retorted Cid

'Screw you gramps!' Yuffie pulled out her tongue in retaliation.

'Kids! They've got no respect for adults.' Cid immediately replied.

'Let's just get back to our original discussion shall we!' Nanaki was now seriously getting annoyed. 'So what favor were you going to ask of us Cloud?'

Cloud slowly pulled out the red stone from his pocket.

'What is that?! A materia?!' Yuffie asked the blonde-haired warrior. Cid once again tried to hit Yuffie at the back of the head but she was able to dodge it.

"All of you. I want you to help me... Please... Help me bring her back!"

Cloud's eyes were filled with determination and as the members of AVALANCHE stared upon their leader's Mako blue eyes, right then and there they knew exactly who he was referring to.

Everyone was silent, even Yuffie suddenly became serious.

'You sure about this spike?' Barret broke the silence.

"Yeah. I'll tell you the details later, but right now all I want to know is if guys are with me or not."

Silence once again enveloped the 7th Heaven.

'All right! Count me in!' said Yuffie. Everyone started to stare at the young ninja from Wutai.

'I still owe you remember! And let's not forget, you did help me gather all those materia a few years ago. Besides... I really miss Aeris, and if there's a way to get her back then I wanna help out!'

'You can count me in too!' replied Cait Sith. 'I haven't forgotten how she trusted me back then, so this is the least I can do.'

'Being the responsible adult that I am...' Yuffie sniggered at Cid's words. '...I'm going to have to look out for all of you so you can count me in.'

'I will join you as well' spoke Nanaki.

Vincent stared at Cloud. 'I'm really not sure about this but I will try and help you.'

Cloud then stared at Barret.

Barret replied with a slight smirk on his face. 'I haven't forgotten how she saved Marlene, and she'd probably want to see Aeris as well, so I guess I'm with you all the way.'

Cloud, to everyone's surprise, smiled at the group.

"Thank you... everyone. I promise I won't forget this."

'Stop getting all emotional on us Cloud, it's really creeping me out' Yuffie jokingly replied.

Cid started to stand up. 'Anyway, since this does count as a reunion how about we celebrate with a couple of beers!'

'All right! I want some of that too!' Yuffie excitedly spoke.

'Keep dreamin kid! I'm not gonna let you drink on my watch!' retorted Cid.

'Hey! I'm legally an adult you know!

'Then start acting like one.' Cid scolded.

As the two bickered, Barret stared at Tifa. She had been silent for the entire night. She looked depressed and Barret could not help but wonder why.

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As the others celebrated inside the bar, Tifa was outside staring at the night sky.

'Hey Tifa. ya alright?' it was Barret.

'Yeah' Tifa replied. She had a solemn expression on her face.

Barret raised an eyebrow. 'Tifa, I've been you're friend for years now and I can tell when you're lying.'

Tifa smiled at Barret. 'I'm fine Barret. Honest.'

Barret knew that it was all just a front but he decided that he shouldn't force Tifa to talk about something that she clearly wasn't comfortable with.

'Alright, if you say so.'

As Barret was about to enter the bar, he glanced back at Tifa.

'Hey Tifa, remember that were always here for you. OK.'

'I know. Thanks Barret'

As Tifa continued to stare at the night sky, tears slowly fell from her eyes.

'Cloud... Why am I not good enough for you...?'

I had a really hard time writing this chapter since I'm not used to writing stories were 6-8 characters interact with each other at the same time. I hope I did alright though. Anyway it's time for me to eat something since I'm starving and I haven't eaten anything for the past 8 hours!

Author's Note: I'm saying this right now!!! I will not –I repeat- will not refer to Nanaki as Red XIII since it's just weird that you keep calling a friend of yours by such a lame name