Chapter 7

Lately Aeris seemed to be very uncomfortable at dinner. She glanced at Cloud; he gave her a reassuring smile. She took in a deep breath, "Everyone I have something I must tell you." She told them everything. The entire time she watched her feet. "I'm truly sorry for not telling you sooner." She finally looked up into shocked faces. Barret was the first to talk, "Well this is just great he was hard to kill the first time!" Cloud shot him a look of back off or else. Aeris looked at him "Sorry." Cloud stood up "We'll start preparing tomorrow. Everyone rest up." Aeris followed him up the stairs. "Thank you Cloud, Sleep well." They parted and went to their separate rooms.

Aeris woke up well rested. She had this overwhelming feeling that Sephiroth was watching her. She went to Cloud's room and sat on the floor by his bed. He looked cute when he slept. She didn't know how long she sat there, and then she heard Tifa yell breakfast. She smiled and woke Cloud up. They walked down stairs and sat down. Cloud looked up. "Okay we're going to have to work as a team. We can't let Sephiroth defeat us!" He glanced at all of them. Yuffie looked at him "How do we find him?" Cloud sighed "We'll split into teams. Yuffie and Barret, Tifa and Nanoki, Me and Aeris, and Vincent works best by himself." Vincent gave him a grateful glance. Cloud looked at them "Get ready in 40 minutes and we set out."