"Do you have a gold pass? Or would you like to buy a one-time pass? One time passes are-" said the ticket girl, but she was cut off by Sephiroth.

"I have a gold pass, it's for me and the girl." He murmured.

"yes sir. Enjoy your stay at Gold Saucer!" The lady said, with a big smile on her face.

A man stood in the lobby and greeted them. "Hello there! It's couple's night, so all the rides are free! There's also a show-"

Sephiroth had jerked Kali into a portal before the man could finish.

She wanted to hear what he had to say.she was very disappointed.

"here, its wonder square. Go play." He said with a smirk on his face.

He followed her up to the game room and watched her play a few games, wondering why he had even bothered.

"Come on Sephi! Play this one with me!"

He growled a bit then said, "My name is Sephiroth! Stop calling me Sephi. And no, I wont play any of these games with you!"

"ohh, why not?"

"I don't need to give you a reason! Do you want to go now? I'll leave you here, stranded if you like."

"NO!..no.it's uh..hey..lets get on that gondola ride." She said timidly.

Surprised by her sudden change of tone, the features on his face softened.

"why?" he asked bitterly.

"just for fun. I promise, after we ride that we can go. I can tell you hate me..but, I just want to ride this one ride...a non-romantic gondola ride..and it'll be free.."

He nodded, feeling bad now that he had shown such hatred toward her.

They got to the gondola ride, and got into the wooden carriage.

Kali leaned against the side of it, were the window was while she sat. Sephiroth sat next to the window, but only stared out of it because he had nowhere else to look. He had also never been on the ride, but he never cared to in the first place.

Kali sighed, making Sephiroth take notice of her sad expression.

"I.I don't hate you, Kali..it's the coldness in me. I can't help it. Im sorry." He mumbled.

She smiled a bit then returned to her sad face she had on before.

"what's wrong now?" Sephiroth exclaimed softly. I will never understand women, they are far too complicated. he thought while waiting for an answer.

"nothing..I just remember my first boyfriend..he took me on a date here. He was a lot like you, ya know. Only he didn't have silver hair..and he was a bit nicer. Anyways, he took me on this very ride. He told me he'd never let me go...a few days later..a horrible accident happened in Bone village..he was working at that time. It turned out that some explosives had been misplaced and had caused a miniature landslide. It killed three men. One was my best friend, the other was my uncle...and.. that last one...was.." She stopped, holding back her tears. "my boyfriend, Cane. My father showed up at Wutai, when I was staying with Yuffie over there, bringing the horrible news..and.." She brought her necklace from under her shirt, it appeared to be hematite, carved like a dagger. "gave me his necklace...Cane's necklace was very special to him. His father had given it to him before he died. He was going to give it to me, once we were married..but.." Her voice died away as her gaze returned to the window.

"you two had future plans as well?...I-im so sorry."

"Don't be sorry for things that you have no control over. It.it wasn't your fault..he.he.." tears came from her eyes freely as she strived to talk. "he shouldn't have been working that day! It's all my fault! I-I should've held him back or something! I could've made him go to Wutai with me!!! But no, I let him go. This is why im so annoying and clingy towards you.. you remind me so much of.. him.. I can't let that happen again."

He felt like sitting beside her to comfort her, but he only sat there and stared out the window, seeing that the ride had come to an end.

"The ride's over, Kali." He said softly.

She got up and wiped her red eyes, and walked out of the gondola with a heavy heart. Sephiroth followed her, and walked beside her as they left.