FINAL FANTASY VII – MEETING

It was quite a while till Cloud and Rude made it to the place where Cloud was to meet Aeris. The car finally came to a halt. Cloud sat motionless, as he did for most of the trip. Rude was growing worried. Maybe he was acting this way because of Reno's yelling before the leave or maybe it was just a usual child spasm they throw when they were angry. Either way, it didn't seem normal.

Rude sighed and opened the car door for Cloud. Cloud didn't bother undoing his seat belt or even looking at Rude. Rude undid the belt himself and even had to carry the motionless child out of the car.

The house they were in front of was a small one and even the location didn't look its best in the sunrise of the early noon. Inside the small house, close to the look of a cottage, was a giant iron. Way inside was a room. The room was very small with a sink and a toilet and then going off to a bed and a dresser near. A closet stood alone near the small dresser.

Rude put Cloud down on the ground and knocked at the door. The door was already open; Cloud didn't just understand why Rude would do something like that. It was then that some footsteps came near them. Cloud, mildly afraid, hid behind Rude's leg.

The footsteps came to a halt. The sound belonged to none other than a young woman who looked around the same age as Zack or maybe even a year younger. Her hair was a light brown as it hung in a ponytail, swaying in a magnificent curl near the ends. Her jacket was red and slightly hung above her slim waist. The dress she wore was a light pink. Open slightly for her legs to have enough movement to walk. In her hair, to hold the ponytail, was a pink bow. Her eyes were like a calm sea. She looked down at Cloud and smiled. Cloud didn't hide this time but instead, he felt as if it was safe to come to her.

He came out a little more from behind Rude's leg. Rude smiled at the sight of this. He took a deep breath and with a deep voice he said:

"Lovely Aeris, Flower girl of the town, good noon time, is it not?"

Aeris only smiled and bowed.

"Yes, it is." She said softly. "Thank you for the kind invitation."

She looked down at Cloud.

"And who is this?" She asked.

Rude pushed his glasses a little closer to his face.

"This is Cloud. He is Zack's child."

"Child? To whom?"

"Oh, no, madam. He didn't have an actual child but he has done none other than adopted Cloud here. Cloud is only six years old and Zack, himself, told us to bring him to you in hopes that you will take care of Cloud since he has much work to do."

Aeris bowed and held out her hand to Cloud.

"Of course I will take care of Cloud." She said. "Come with me, Cloud. My name is Aeris. I'll take care of you."

Cloud wouldn't stop staring at Aeris. Right at that second, in his very eyes, his mother was standing there.

Hello, reader. The... sixth... seventh chapter, I think. I really appreciate most of the reviews and compliments. :3 Thank you so much for it all. Also, sorry if this chapter is kind of... short or somethin'. Anyway, take care. :3 Thank you so much again.

-The Craptastic Author: Shanyu Hitachi.