If you've played the whole Final Fantasy VII and paired Cloud with Aerith and you have watched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, you can skip this chapter because I got most of the dialogue straight from the game/movie. But if you really are a kind person and reads this even if you've played the game/watched the movie, then thank you very much.

Title: Aerith

Rating: K+

Genre: Friendship/Romance/Hurt/Comfort

Characters: Cloud and Aerith

Warning: The characters might end up getting OoC, spoiler up to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children


Cloud was running out of an exploding Mako Reactor when he saw a woman in pink approaching him and asked him what was going on. He told her nothing was wrong and he noticed that she had a basket filled with flowers and thought to himself 'flowers? Midgar can't grow flowers'. The woman then asked him if he wanted to buy a flower "It's only 1 gil" she reminded him. Cloud bought the flower and the woman thanked him and started walking away, 'probably to sell more flowers' he thought to himself and started to head for the train. As he turned in the corner of a street, soldiers started chasing him and instead of fighting them he jumped on the train that was approaching.

As soon as the soldiers stopped shooting, Cloud opened the door of the train and jumped in. He was greeted by everyone, and they were off to go back to Sector 7.


On their next mission Tifa had joined them to make the Mako Reactor in Sector 5 explode.

Cloud was told to activate the bomb and before he got near the reactor he started to feel dizzy and he felt he was about to faint. Tifa was worried for Cloud had just suddenly sat there. Cloud suddenly stood up and activated the bomb on the reactor and they ran fast enough out of the reactor. They were about to leave when President Shinra approached them and left them to battle one of his robots. Cloud did the finishing move on the robot and it exploded causing the ground, that Cloud was standing on, to break. Tifa tried to reach out for Cloud but Barret had stopped her and Cloud reassured her that he'll be just fine and that's when he fell.

Cloud woke up and he saw the same woman he saw in Sector 1. She told him that he came crashing down and gave her a fright and that the roof and the flowers broke his fall. After that she told him her name was Aerith and then she asked for his "Cloud" he said still amazed at the numerous flowers he saw. She told him that only flowers grew here, in the church, and near her house. After a while Reno barged in the doors of the church and told them that the flower girl needs to go with him. Aerith then asked Cloud if he could be her bodyguard for the cost of one date, Cloud nodded. After that Aerith told him that they should just escape through the backdoor for she doesn't want the flowers to get destroyed. They exited through the door at the side of the church and while they were running some of the soldiers had started appearing. Cloud and Aerith started climbing towards the roof and on the way there was a big gap on the ground. Cloud jumped and told Aerith to follow him, Aerith shook her head and said she couldn't do it but tried anyway when the soldiers started getting closer. Aerith slipped while trying to get on the other side and ended up sliding down. Aerith called for help since the soldiers started getting nearer to her, Cloud saw four barrels on the roof and started to make each one fall and hit Aerith's pursuers. Aerith finally got up to where Cloud was, and they headed out of the roof. Cloud then asked her why was Reno following her and she replied "Maybe I have what it takes to be in SOLDIER" Cloud giggled and teased her that in the condition she's in she doesnt have what it takes to be in SOLDIER.

They contiued jumping on the roofs and when they got to down they started walking towards Aerith's house. They entered and was greeted happily by Elmyra. Aerith then told Cloud that he should stay first in her house for the time being before going back to where he had to got, Elmyra then told Aerith to ready his bed and so she went up and Elmyra secretly told Cloud to leave while he can for he is associated with SOLDIER. Cloud agrees to this and plans to leave early. Cloud went up the stairs and saw Aerith she told him to sleep in the room on the right. Cloud entered it but since he felt tired he fell asleep, when he woke up he rushed to get outside and leave without Aerith knowing it. Cloud left the house and ran towards the entrance to Sector 6, as he approached the entrance he saw Aerith standing there waiting for him. She told him she'd go with him and he has no other option, Cloud agreed and they were off. They reached an old park and Aerith asked Cloud if they could stop there for a while and she explained that she had memories of her first boyfriend in the playground, Cloud again agreed. While they were talking on the slide Cloud saw Tifa in a chocobo-drawn carriage(1).


Cloud and Aerith reached the borderline of Sector 5 and 6. Cloud agreed to let Aerith join him to find Tifa, and they were off to Sector 6. Reaching Sector 6 Cloud and Aerith found out Tifa went to Don Corneo's mansion. They walked towards the Don's mansion, they approached the entrance and the guard told him that they have a strict 'no men' policy. Aerith told the guard that she and a cute friend would come and see the Don, the guard agreed and Aerith went to where Cloud was and told him of her plan to let him look lie a girl. At first Cloud was doubting the plan but later on agreed to it. They entered a tailor shop and found out that the tailor doesn't make dresses anymore unless they can talk him to doing it. Aerith and Cloud go out of the tailor shop and into a bar where the tailor was supposed to be in. They saw the tailor and Aerith talked to him she even told him "For once in his life he wanted to wear a dress" but Cloud didn't hear this for Aerith told him she'll talk to the tailor alone. The tailor agreed to do it and they walked out of the bar and went to the tailor's shop where they made the dress. After the tailor finished the dress he said he has a friend in the gym who can lend him a wig. Cloud and Aerith headed to the gym and acquired the wig there, after they got the wig they headed back to the tailor's shop and put on the dress and Aerith wore a red dress. They thanked the tailor and headed towards the Don's mansion. They walked towards the guard and he told Aerith that she was right about her friend being cute. They entered the mansion and went to the basement, upon entering the basement Cloud saw Tifa and quickly hid his face. Aerith approached Tifa and hinted to her that the 'girl' she's with is Cloud. Cloud and Tifa talk and when they finish their conversation one of the Don's men picked them up.

They went up to the Don's room and he chose Tifa. Cloud was parted from Aerith, Cloud was sent to the room of the other men while Aerith was in the basement. After Cloud freed himself from the men's room he went to the basement and saw Aerith running away from an ugly guy. Aerith saw Cloud and ran up the stairs and pushed the poor man down the stairs. Cloud and Aerith go up to the Don's room and saves Tifa but they get thrown down into the sewer. After escaping from the sewer, they ended up in the train station of Sector 7.


Cloud and Aerith go on a date in the Gold Saucer. First they go to a play where they are the main characters, after that they ride on the Gondola ride and enjoyed the sights at the Gold Saucer which Aerith comments "Wow, how nice". While they were riding they saw the roller coaster, then a chocobo race started passing them by and Aerith comments again "It's so pretty", then the fire works start flashing up in the sky and she comments "...it's beautiful, isn't it?", then she started with her head bowed "...first off, it bothered me how you looked exactly alike" she looked up "Two completely different people, but look exactly the same. The way you walk, gesture..." she looked back down "I think I must have seen him again in you..." she looked at Cloud "But you're different. Things are different...Cloud...I'm searching for you." Cloud then looks at her with a quizzical look "...?" Aerith then says "I want to meet you" Cloud replies "But I'm right here" Aerith then thinks to herself 'I know..I know...what I mean is..' and she looks at Cloud again "I want to meet...you." After the ride Aerith says "I had fun tonight, let's go together again...you don't like being with me?" Cloud quickly shakes his head and says "That's not it" Aerith then says "I'm glad. Next time we come, let's take our time and go on more rides" Aerith looks at the clock "Oh, look at the time. We'd better get going" Cloud agrees and they leave. On their way out they see Cait Sith acting strange and Cloud saw him holding a keystone. Cait Sith makes a run for it and Cloud and Aerith follow shortly after. They chase him everywhere, but unfortunately Cait Sith hands the keystone to Tseng. The next day they go to the Temple of the Ancients and when they reach there they see Tseng wounded. Aerith then confesses to Cloud that she and Tseng knew each other since they were little.


Cloud started walking...he was headed towards Aerith. "Aerith?" Cloud says, Cloud continues to walk towards Aerith. Cloud approaches Aerith, when suddenly he is controlled by Sephiroth. Cloud grabs hold of his buster sword and faces Aerith, ready to attack her when suddenly Vincent (2) calls out his name and Cloud stops his blade from hitting Aerith. Cloud backs off and asks Sephiroth "What are you maing me do?". Aerith then looks up at him and gives him a faint smile suddenly Sephiroth, who was watching from above, jumps down and impales his sword through Aerith's back then Sephiroth smirks as he removes his sword from Aerith and her materia falls out of her ribbon as she falls down. Just before she hits the ground Cloud catches her and says "...Aerith" he started shaking her, but no movement. "This can't be real" Cloud shouts out just before Sephiroth says "Do not worry, soon the girl will become part of the planet's energy. All that is left is to go north. The Promised Land waits for me over the snowy fields. There, I will become a new being by uniting with the planet. As will this girl..." then Cloud says "...shut up. The cycle of nature and your stupid plan don't mean a thing. Aerith is gone. She will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry...or get angry..." Cloud looks at Aerith in his arms "What about us...what are WE supposed to do? What about my pain? My fingers are tingling, my mouth is dry, my eyes are burning!" Cloud starts to cry and Sephiroth looks at him and says "What are you saying? Are you telling me you have feelings too?" "Of course! Who do you think I am!?" Cloud shouts back glaring at Sephiroth. Sephiroth then laughs and tells Cloud "Stop acting as if you were sad, there's no need to act as though you're angry either." then he starts to ascend higher and says "Because Cloud, you are...". Jenova then says "Because you are...a puppet" Cloud then says "I'm...a puppet?". Cloud then carries Aerith and brings her out to the lake and set her down, he watched as she sinked deeper and deeper into the lake.


Over the two years since Aerith died, Cloud blamed himself on her death. When he finds out he has geostigma he starts distancing himself from his friends and starts staying in Aerith's church. One day he receives a message from Tifa that Reno called and asked her to tell Cloud to go to Healin Lodge. Cloud rides his motorcycle and heads towards Healin. While going towards his destination three men in black leather suits and silver hair follow him, attack him. After getting away from the ambush Cloud gets to Healin where he has a conversation with Rufus. After talking to Rufus he heads towards the church and sees Tifa on the flower field hadly conscious. After asking Tifa who did this to her, his geostigma starts acting up and he faints. He wakes up in Tifa's Seventh Heaven where Reno jokes him about being heavy and tells him that Marlene and Denzel were taken by Kadaj and his gang. At first, Cloud tells Reno and Rude to go to the Forgotten Capital to get the kids when Tifa scolds him about distancing himself from them and asks him "Which is it: a memory or us?". Cloud then agrees to get the children himself when he enters the life stream. "You came" said a familiar voice "Even if you're about to break" she holds him "That's a good sign" she turns back again "So why did you come?" "I think...I want..to be forgiven...more than anything" Cloud replies "By who?" teased the woman. Cloud suddenly notices that he had been seen by the three men and they start to attack him, using the children they captured to surround him. Cloud sees Denzel and Marlene and falls out of his motorcycle. He is approached by the leader of the three, Kadaj, who tells the children he is their 'big brother' and that he is the family's black sheep. Cloud reminds him that he only went there for the kids. Marlene calls his name and he grabs his sword and attacks Kadaj. After losing to Kadaj, Vincent appears and rescues Cloud. Cloud then says that he was right and that he was useless and Vincent explains what he had learned from hearing Kadaj and his brothers' conversation. Marlene starts running through a bush and bumps into Cloud. She then asks him about Tifa and Denzel and Cloud says "Tifa is alright" "I want to talk to her" Marlene states. Cloud searches for his phone and realizes that his phone is gone "May I?" Marlene asks Vincent "You don't have a phone?" Marlene then asks Vincent realizing he doesn't have a phone. Cloud then asks Vincent to take Marlene to Tifa and that he'll talk to Rufus about something when Marlene butts in saying that Cloud doesn't spend anytime with them anymore. Cloud then tries to explain to her what's happening and asks her if she understands. Marlene answers "No, I don't!" and Vincent asks Cloud if it is really about fighting. Cloud then remembers the question Tifa sked him earlier "Which is it: a memory or us?". Cloud then talks again to the woman he talked to earlier "But I let you die" the woman sighed and said "Dilly dally, shilly shally. Isn't it time you did the forgiving?". Cloud then asks Vincent "Are sins ever forgiven?" Vincent then answers "I've never tried" "Never tried" Cloud repeated while thinking to himself. After a while he tells Marlene he's going back to Tifa's Seventh Heaven and they leave together.


Morning arrived and Cloud headed towards the center of Edge, to where the remnants of Sephiroth are causing mayhem. Cloud arrives there and he sees most of his friends (3). He then tells Tifa he eft Marlene at the bar and that he feels lighter (4). He heads towards the Bahamut SIN and catches Barret right before he falls and drops him immediately.Cloud attacks the bahamut with his two swords but the bahamut was able to dodgel most of his attacks so combined them into one . With help from Barret he attacks the bahamut but after hitting it, the bahamut kicks Cloud and Cid uses his spear to catch and balance Cloud. As soon as Cloud jumps from the spear Red XIII, together with Cait Sith, help Cloud ascend higher. Yuffie then helps Cloud go even higher, followed by Vincent then Tifa. When he got high enough, Bahamut SIN let out the attack it was building up. Cloud, using his sword as a sort of shield, he enters the ball of blue fire (5) suddenly he sees Aerith who reaches out to him asking him if he is ready. He then gets out of the ball of fire and attacks and defeats the Bahamut SIN.


After Cloud finishes his fight with Kadaj, who later enters the life stream after hearing Aerith's voice and it starts raining and he suddenly gets shot in the back by Yazoo. Yazoo and Loz attempt to attack Cloud and successfully did it causing Cloud to enter the life stream. In the life stream as he floats, Aerith puts her hand on his forehead and he says "Mother?". Aerith and Zack then tease him about being to big for Aerith to adopt and that there is no space for him in the lifestream yet.

Cloud wakes up surrounded by children in the life stream infused water in Aerith's church (6). He is told that not all of the children are healed yet hinting one of them is Denzel. Cloud approaches Denzel and pours water over his after that his geostigma disappears. While Cloud was looking around he sees Aerith sitting near a few children by the door of the church. After a while she stands up and walks towards the door, faces him and says "Everything's alright now". She walks into the light and Zack follows after her after waving bye to Cloud. Cloud smiles and thinks to himself 'I know, I'm not alone...not anymore'


A few days later Cloud goes out and heads to field of flowers where Aerith is patiently waiting for him. When Cloud gets back he leaves the flowers he got from the field on his table infront of his new group picture (7).


The End

1-Is that what it was really called

2-He was the one who called out to Cloud in the version I watched

3-A.K.A. the party members in the game

4-He says it's because of all the dilly dallying he did but actually he refers to being forgiven

5-Am I right? It was a ball of fire?

6-It happened when Cloud was fighting Kadaj and Kadaj blows up the patch of flowers and water started coming out of the hole

7-A group picture with every party member (not including Aerith)

This is one of the longest things I have ever typed (with my own free will) in my life

The next chapter is about Elmyra Gainsborough

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