Chapter 7: The Search
Yuffie woke with a yawn. She looked over at the calendar on the wall and groaned. It was her turn to take a meal over to Cloud. Cloud had been in the library for almost 3 weeks straight. After a while everyone decided to take turns making sure he was ok and that he had enough to eat.She rolled slowly out of bed, took a shower and got dressed. She went down to her kitchen and found Jason cooking breakfast.
"I didn't know you could cook!" she exclaimed as she looked at all the food set out on the table.
There was enough food to feed an army.
"Well, it never hurts to have a few diffrent talents. Anyway, eat up and then we'll take the leftovers to Cloud." said Jason as he sat down to eat.
Yuffie and Jason sat down and ate a wonderful breakfast. "Jason that was great! Those were the best pancakes I have ever had. You are quite the cook."
Yuffie said as she helped Jason clean up and put the leftovers in a box to take to Cloud.
"Well let's get these over to your friend at the library." said Jason as he led Yuffie to his car which was parked out front.
They drove over to the library and went inside. Yuffie asked where Cloud was and the librarian pointed them to a pile of books in a far corner of the upper level.
"He has been up there for quite some time now. I don't know what he is looking for but he is very intent on finding it." the librarian said.
"I don't know what has gotten into him. He was never like this, but ever since he lost Tifa in a monster attack a few weeks ago he has been acting very strange." Yuffie said to both the librarian and Jason who looked very surprised.
On the way over to where Cloud was Jason asked "How come you never told me he lost his wife?"
"I didn't want to tell you because it brings back painful memories. I should tell you too that he also lost one of his dearest friends 8 years ago. Her name was Aeris. She was killed by a man named Sephiroth. Right before he came here he was talking about finding a way to bring them back to life. I think that is what he is looking for." Yuffie told Jason.
When they reached the far corner they found several huge stacks of books. They had to weave in between them to get to Cloud who was seated at a small desk quietly pouring over an old book. Yuffie spoke up "Cloud, we brought you some breakfast."
Cloud looked up from his book and saw Yuffie and Jason standing there looking at him with puzzled faces.
"Thanks Yuffie and Jason." he said as he started eating.
"So, uh, Cloud have you found anything?" asked Jason as he moved some books off of some chairs and sat down along with Yuffie.
"I haven't found anything and as you can see I have been through quite a few books. This is the last of them. He opened it up and began reading. After several minutes his face lit up with a smile.
"I think I have found what I have been looking for!" Cloud exclaimed. "This is an old record of an ancient city built by the Cetra. It was the most advanced city of its time. It is said that they developed a way to bring the dead back to life. The City was abandoned and the keys to the gate locked away in different parts of the world. If I could find these keys, the city, and this machine I could bring Tifa and Aeris back to life." said Cloud with hope in his voice.
"Well Cloud, let's go tell the others and bring that book with you." said Yuffie as all three of them went out to her car.
