A/N: Thanks to my other reviewers! *hands all three reviewers virtual cookies.* Sorry they're not real
And as for the lengths… I'm writing them short so that I can put more of them out faster. This chappy is going to be long though because of the flow of story. And I had been rereading my past chapters… I found an error. This story takes place two years after Dirge of Cerberus. I made a mistake on the chapter where Vince goes to see Aerith and Zack. I had said that the pool was made two years ago. That's not correct for when the story takes place. Sorry everyone.

Chapter 7: How Blind can you be, don't you see – Bye Bye Beautiful
Chapter 8 (this Chapter) : Don't let the dreamer fade to grey like grass - Away


Not even two hours after Vincent left Yuffie came bursting into the church. I glanced up when the children ran to hide. It had been three years since Kadaj and his brothers had kidnapped them. But they remembered it all very well. Luckily they all recognized Yuffs.

She ran over and wrapped her arms around my waist. "Aerith…" She muttered into my dress.

"Yuffie-chan. Your hold is just a little tight. What's wrong?" The only time that she would act like this is when something really bad has happened.

"Vincent!" My younger ninja friend said. "He doesn't Love me!" She cried.

I sighed. "And what makes you think that Yuffie?"

"He turned me away." She said as she looked up at me with tears in her eyes.

This was very serious. If nothing was wrong, or she was just pretending, she would have wiped her eyes on my dress before she looked up at me. I could see her heart through her eyes. And as far as me helping her, I couldn't. Zack and I were here only for Tifa and Cloud. We could give advice and hope that the others followed it. But to actually "interfere" in their lives, that we couldn't do.

Taking Yuffie by the hands I led her over to one of the remaining benches, and sat her down. Kneeling in front of her, I looked her in the eyes. "Yuffie, Vincent Loves you very much. He's just very afraid to hurt you. He believes that if the two of you were to be together then he wouldn't be able to protect you. Or he'd hurt you in trying to."

Of course this only caused her to sniffle more, and I began to regret only coming back to be a guardian for Tifa and Cloud.

She leaned forward in her seat and hugged me. "But what do I do Aerith? Help me!"

I sighed. I couldn't help the way she wanted. But I could still give her helpful advice. So that's what I did. "Yuffie-chan, go home and wait until I can come up with something. Just don't talk to Vince right now okay?" She gave me a look that I almost laughed at if this wasn't serious. "We don't want you to make things worse then they already are. So wait and don't talk to him. I will see what I can do. I'll come to the Seventh Heaven in a week to a month okay?" I helped her up. Gave her a hug, and walked her out the doors.


Once she was gone, and the children returned to playing, I walked into the back of the Church. Zack was waiting there for me. I didn't really want to see him right now, since I knew that he wouldn't like what I said to Yuffie. But I smiled when I looked at him anyway. I couldn't help it. It was hard not to. He is the Love of my life after all. But the look of reproach on his face made my smile melt.

"You know we aren't allowed to help them." He said as he put his hands on his hips.

"I know." I started to chew my nail. "I was just thinking that maybe I could go petition the Gods. If nothing else they would know how I can help without helping."

"You know it's dangerous to petition the Gods."

"It's only because I could fail to come back from the Netherworlds. That's about it really. There really isn't another reason then that, ya'know." I said in my defense. I knew I was taking a risk, a very big one at that.

"Is it really all worth it? I mean, they could work it all out for themselves." I could tell by the look in his eyes that he knew that they wouldn't be able to figure this out on their own. He was just one of those people that had to voice all ideas that were playing through his head. It got him into a lot of trouble when we were alive.

"No. They're both too stubborn." I looked down at Zack's feet as I moved my hand to chew on my pinky nail, "Look at what happened. Vincent left, long enough that he had time to take a leisurely walk back to Edge. Then Yuffie comes bursting in and frightening the children to tell me that he still turned her down." Looking back to his face, "No, Zack. They won't work it out themselves."

He shrugged. "So say the Gods grant you an audience. What then?"

"Hmmn…" I stopped to think. "Well. I guess I'll just tell them that I want to be able to help Yuffie and Vincent as well as Tifa and Cloud."

"And if they won't let you?"

"I'll figure that out then. For now my only plan is getting there. So I don't get lost in the Nethers."


It took about six days of life on the Planet for my audience with the Gods. In the meantime I kept watch on Tifa and Cloud. And through them I kept an eye on Yuffie and Vincent. Things weren't getting worse at least. Yuffie was doing as I asked and keeping away from Vince. She usually stayed on the roof or at the Chocobo Ranch. Which I figured made sense, since they were the only way that Yuffie could travel without being sick. And a Chocobo is one of the best pets to talk to. Their sweet calm nature causes you to feel sort of lethargic.

Once it was over I was taken to a Goddess that didn't rule over our Planet. Her name was Bastet. She told me that she knew of the perfect one to help. She was a living girl on a planet that's Magic was very limited. But this girl had latent abilities so she should be able to stand the high amounts of Magic in our world. I didn't know what to think of this, as I had wished that I could help them, but knew that if she were to help Yuffie and Vincent then it was better than them living in complete loneliness for the rest of their lives.

I was to make a path through the Netherworlds connecting the Planet to the realm of the Gods. This girl would be brought over to our world through a connecting God. So I did just that. I wondered as I stepped through my portal which the connecting God would be.


I watched as Aerith walked back into our world and let out a breath that I didn't even need to hold in. I mean I am dead. As she turned to watch the portal she just came out of, I walk over to her. I needed to let her know how things had been these last two weeks.

I opened my mouth to start telling her how Vincent went off out of Edge, and Aerith held up one of her tiny hands. She seemed to be telling me to be still or something like that. She did that sometimes and I of course listened to her. I didn't want to upset her when she was doing magic of some kind. I remember how hard it was to learn how to properly use Materia. Though I know that Magic always came easy to her.

She clasped her hands and then seemed to be praying. The next thing I know a bright green light glows out of her and flows through the portal. Aerith fell to her knees. I wanted to go over and help her up but I couldn't, because I knew that she wasn't done. I stood there waiting in anticipation for what would be happening next.

Suddenly there was a bright light appearing right outside the portal. Then there was a flash of red, purple, blue, and green flames. As they died down I saw what looked like a young girl laying on her side in their center. Once they were gone the portal died with them. Aerith got up and walked over and knelt down next to the girl. She rolled her over to lay her head on her lap. That's when I saw that this girl wasn't ordinary. It would be really hard for her to fit in, that was for sure.

But then, this was all for Yuffie and Vincent. So I guess someone that wasn't all human would be better for them anyways. We couldn't let their Love die before it was given a chance.