A/N: Chap 10! Checked by 6jrz422
Yuffie: "What are you doing? Why am I not there? You really think the readers are going to like a fic were Aerith and I are two harpies and Vincent and I don't even know each other? How are you going to hook us together when we aren't even friends? And Zack and Aerith too, even the Cloti you adore. When are you going to start? Ten chaps already and not a single reference to love. And how about the 'Rapsodos' siblings? You only presented them. And where's Angeal all the time? You know, you should-"
LTS: "-Disclaimer: I don't own anything."
Everyone: "Finally!"
LTS: "Sorry guys, I swear this is the last time I call Yuffie to make the disclaimer."
Title: Breaking point.
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Cloud, Tifa and Zack exited the cinema and went to buy some snacks, they took a shortcut through some alleys but before they reached the shop, someone stopped them. Zack was already in front of Tifa as a human shield while Cloud stayed at her side, ready to yank her by the arm and start to run if things got ugly.
"We've been searching for you, Lockhart." Yazoo approached one step closer to them, but Zack didn't budge.
"We wanted to visit you." Loz was on Yazoo's right.
"What do you two want?" Zack was serious.
"We only want to talk to the last Lockhart." Tifa glared at Yazoo. "You sure have your mother eyes." Tifa's eyes widened. They knew her mother? Zack looked at her over his shoulder and then turned back to the unwelcome guests. "You have made our master suffer. Now you must suffer too." Cloud and Zack readied themselves. "Calm down you two. We don't want anything to do with you both, yet." Loz laughed at Yazoo's words. "I'm sure you inherited your parents' tainted blood, so you must have those nice 'attacks'-"
"Shut up." Zack interrupted him. No way were they going to talk about this in the middle of the street.
"Ah, Zack. You try so hard to protect her, even if she's nothing to you." Yazoo snickered.
"After what she's done, you're still with her. Do you really think she won't harm you because you've been nice to her?"
"Shut up!" Zack gritted his teeth. Cloud was still there and those silver-haired bastards were going to blow up everything! And how the hell did they know so much about Tifa?
Yazoo took another step forward and put a finger on Zack's left cheek, he jerked away. "That scar, she gave it to you didn't she? Probably during one of her 'attacks', she got that from her father." Loz and Yazoo laughed at Tifa's face. She was on the verge of tears and shaking her head.
"No… Zack... I'm sorry... It was my fault..." She grabbed her head with both of her hands. "No… Dad... Mom... No…" Tifa broke. She was screaming and crying. "NO!... Zack! I..." Tifa sank to her knees and kept crying. Cloud tried to lift her up. "NO! Don't touch me!" Tifa tried to run away, but her legs weren't responding. "Don't hurt me!" Cloud was frozen.
She was terrified. He had never seen something like this. Zack took a step towards her and sat on his heels in front of her. She sat hugging her legs and her head on her knees, crying and muttering to herself. Loz and Yazoo left at her first scream, as if their mission was completed. Zack slowly put a hand on her head and talked to her.
"I'm not going to hurt you Tifa." She didn't answer. Cloud was still watching them, unable to move. "I'm here with you Tifa, Cloud's here too." Zack looked at him and Cloud nodded, he kneeled on the floor and tried to touch her but his hand stopped halfway extended at her next words.
"I'll kill you…" Cloud's eyes widened. "Zack… I... I'll kill you one day..." She was shaking.
"Tifa, you won't kill anyone. It's been eight years since we've been together and the only time you hurt me was the day of the scar." Tifa shook her head.
"No… If you stay with me... Maybe next time I'll kill you..." She turned her head a little and Cloud could see her red eyes shinning, they looked... Evil. "Are you afraid of me?" Cloud's throat felt dry. He wasn't afraid. He was terrified. His blood felt cold in his veins, his limbs were trembling. Tifa tuned her head again and he could feel something inside him breaking. Alarms were screaming in his head, as if he had to do something.
Tifa tried to get up while Zack tried to stop her. She turned around in one swift movement and punched Zack sending him flying into the wall, he let out a groan and tried to get up, but to no avail. "Tifa. I'm not leaving you!" Zack winced, something had sliced his left leg and he couldn't use it for the moment. "I don't care if you hurt me, beat me any time you want. I deserve it. But I won't let you go!"
Cloud's head was spinning. Tifa's eyes were still shining and her hair covered most of her face.
For a moment her eyes softened and then she turned around and started to walk. "Tifa, no!" Zack tried to get up, even if it wasn't a serious injury, it still hurt too much to walk. "Tifa!"
She was walking towards Mount Nibel and accelerating her pace. Cloud got up. He didn't know what was happening, but he knew he had to do something. The look in Tifa's eyes before she turned around told him she had given up, and the alarms in his head were still ringing. He didn't like it one bit.
Cloud tossed his phone to Zack and followed Tifa.
A/N: Cliff-hanger! Muahahaha! (Reviews means less time to wait! They do wonders for the inspiration!)
LTS: "This is all until next week. But the next chaps are finished, so the next update will be soon.
Tifa: "..."
Cloud: "..."
Zack: "... I'm going to die of blood loss?"
LTS: "Hell no! Why do you think Cloud tossed you his phone? So you can call an ambulance or something!"
Zack: "Oh!"
Yazoo: "Disclaimer: LadyTeefStrife doesn't own anything."
LTS: "I saw an image of ACC where you scared me. I had to erase it... I've been afraid of that image ever since then..."
Loz: "R&R. And thanks for reading."
LTS: "You ** I HATE YOU! How could you hurt Tifa so bad!"
Cloud/Tifa: *stops LTS from killing Loz with her own hands* "Calm down."
LTS: "You ** I'm going to ** kill you some day, **!"
CIH! 09/02/2010