Chapter 4: A New life
The group stood at the small pond located somewhere in the City of the Ancients, the longest standing city known to anyone on the Planet. Red was reading over his book once more, making sure he had brought everything along that was instructed.
"Someone has to dive down and retrive her body." Nanaki pointed out.
"I'll go!" Yuffie said almost instantly. She quickly dove down into the water before anyone could protest her. Several minutes went by before Yuffie's head pocked through the calm surface of the water. Aeris was laying limp in her arms. "I got her." She exclaimed inbetween gasps for air.
"Set her up here." Nananki instructed. Yuffie did as she was told and lay the dripping Aeris in front of Nananki. The red creature set the green materia on Aeris's stomach. A mastered Revive. Then he set another. The restore materia. Then he set the white holy materia inbetween the two. Another artifact that Yuffie had collected.
"Ancients live, Ancients die. Here the ancient came to lie. Great lifestream grant our wish, let this ancient live the rest of her life." The materia began to glow. Green-White-Green. The three magical orbs glowing brighter and stronger. Suddenly Aeris's body was lifted from the ground. The materia rolled off as she was set up straight on her feet. Then, her eyes fluttered open.
"Wha-What happened?" She looked around, her green eyes fluttering.
"You're alive again Aeris." Nananki said.
She looked at her mid section. The stab wound was gone. Then she looked back up and noticed Cloud wasn't there. "Cloud told me everything." She said solemly.
"You saw Cloud?" Tifa asked, carrying the baby in her arms.
"Yes, he was there, in the lifestream. He told me about Sephiroth. Who's the baby?" She asked, suddenly noticing him.
"L'il Cloud." Tifa responded.
"He looks a lot like his father." Aeris said, a twinge of saddness in her voice.
A tear rolled down Tifa's face, "Yes, he does, doesn't he?"
"So why did you ressurect me?" She asked abruptly.
"We need you to help us fight Sephiroht." Nananki pointed out.
"I see. But wouldn't it have made more sense to ressurect Cloud?"
"Only Ancients can be ressurected."
"Who said Cloud didn't have Ancient blood in him?"
"He can be ressurected then?"
"Sure," She said, smiling at the group. They met her eyes with amazement. "Just lead me to his body."
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Sephiroth clutched the black materia in his hands. The materia was glowing now. "Yes, yes, it is comming. It will happen." The materia grew brighter and brighter. Sephiroth's headache was still pounding at his head. Incesently rattling at his mind, bringing him more and more over the insane edge that he had crossed so long ago.
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The freshly dug dirt lay in a pile to the side of the grave. The mourning dew had collected on the neatly cut lawn of the grave yard. The assebled group looked on as the casket was raised by Barret and Cid.
"Give me the materia." Aeris instructed. Her hand quickly came to contain a Restore, Recover and her Holy materia. "Thanks," She replied as she took a step toward the casket. Barret and Cid each unlatched a side. The casket popped open and Cloud lay there, his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes closed. The stab marks were covered up by the new clothes that he had gotten after his demise.
Aeris began to murmur some words that no one was able to hear as she placed the materia on Cloud's chest. The three materia began to glow, as they had with Aeris. Brighter and stronger. Green-White-Green.
His body was suddenly lifted off the ground. "She never even saw the incantation." Nanaki muttered. The materia rolled off onto the ground. Cloud's eyes began to flutter.
"I-I- What the hell?" He said suddenly, as he was revived to life.
"Cloud!" Tifa ran at him, hugging him with the baby in her arms.
"Ti-Tifa?!"
"Cloud, you're really back!" She said, trying to press herself as close to him as she could without squishing the baby.
"Who's this?" Cloud looked down at the baby.
"We call him L'il Cloud, but we can think of a different name." She said, smiling up at him.
"You were pregnant?" His line of questions continued, a look of suprise on his face.
"Yea, I found out a few days after you died..." She said. "But, you're alive now and that's all the matters."
Cloud suddenly saw over Tifa's shoulder and his jaw dropped in wonderment yet again. "Aeris?"
She looked up into his Mako colored eyes. "Hi, Cloud. Welcome back." She smiled at him.
"You're alive too? Damnit, what did I miss?"
"Not much, they just brought me back to help fight against Sephiroth and I thought that it would be a good idea to bring you back to help in the fighting as well."
"Aeris, I'm-I'm sorry I couldn't save you back at the City of the Ancients..."
"It's ok Cloud, that's all behind us." She said, as Cloud hugged Aeris, leaving Tifa behind him, who was looking as angry as possible.
"Hey, no more time for this jibba jabba (author's note: sorry I had to add this ^_^) We gotta get on the road and kill Sephiroth."
"Barret's right." Nananki said. The reunion was quickly over as the group of friends began another quest to yet again stop Sephiroth.
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Soon now...soon it will all be over. Sephiroth thought to himself as the materia glowed even more brightly in his hands. Over head the image of a Meteor was seen in the sky. Tinting the usually blue sky red. The headache continued to knaw at his existance. And the presence hadn't left either. It seemed to just sit at his side, and do nothing.
The group stood at the small pond located somewhere in the City of the Ancients, the longest standing city known to anyone on the Planet. Red was reading over his book once more, making sure he had brought everything along that was instructed.
"Someone has to dive down and retrive her body." Nanaki pointed out.
"I'll go!" Yuffie said almost instantly. She quickly dove down into the water before anyone could protest her. Several minutes went by before Yuffie's head pocked through the calm surface of the water. Aeris was laying limp in her arms. "I got her." She exclaimed inbetween gasps for air.
"Set her up here." Nananki instructed. Yuffie did as she was told and lay the dripping Aeris in front of Nananki. The red creature set the green materia on Aeris's stomach. A mastered Revive. Then he set another. The restore materia. Then he set the white holy materia inbetween the two. Another artifact that Yuffie had collected.
"Ancients live, Ancients die. Here the ancient came to lie. Great lifestream grant our wish, let this ancient live the rest of her life." The materia began to glow. Green-White-Green. The three magical orbs glowing brighter and stronger. Suddenly Aeris's body was lifted from the ground. The materia rolled off as she was set up straight on her feet. Then, her eyes fluttered open.
"Wha-What happened?" She looked around, her green eyes fluttering.
"You're alive again Aeris." Nananki said.
She looked at her mid section. The stab wound was gone. Then she looked back up and noticed Cloud wasn't there. "Cloud told me everything." She said solemly.
"You saw Cloud?" Tifa asked, carrying the baby in her arms.
"Yes, he was there, in the lifestream. He told me about Sephiroth. Who's the baby?" She asked, suddenly noticing him.
"L'il Cloud." Tifa responded.
"He looks a lot like his father." Aeris said, a twinge of saddness in her voice.
A tear rolled down Tifa's face, "Yes, he does, doesn't he?"
"So why did you ressurect me?" She asked abruptly.
"We need you to help us fight Sephiroht." Nananki pointed out.
"I see. But wouldn't it have made more sense to ressurect Cloud?"
"Only Ancients can be ressurected."
"Who said Cloud didn't have Ancient blood in him?"
"He can be ressurected then?"
"Sure," She said, smiling at the group. They met her eyes with amazement. "Just lead me to his body."
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Sephiroth clutched the black materia in his hands. The materia was glowing now. "Yes, yes, it is comming. It will happen." The materia grew brighter and brighter. Sephiroth's headache was still pounding at his head. Incesently rattling at his mind, bringing him more and more over the insane edge that he had crossed so long ago.
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The freshly dug dirt lay in a pile to the side of the grave. The mourning dew had collected on the neatly cut lawn of the grave yard. The assebled group looked on as the casket was raised by Barret and Cid.
"Give me the materia." Aeris instructed. Her hand quickly came to contain a Restore, Recover and her Holy materia. "Thanks," She replied as she took a step toward the casket. Barret and Cid each unlatched a side. The casket popped open and Cloud lay there, his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes closed. The stab marks were covered up by the new clothes that he had gotten after his demise.
Aeris began to murmur some words that no one was able to hear as she placed the materia on Cloud's chest. The three materia began to glow, as they had with Aeris. Brighter and stronger. Green-White-Green.
His body was suddenly lifted off the ground. "She never even saw the incantation." Nanaki muttered. The materia rolled off onto the ground. Cloud's eyes began to flutter.
"I-I- What the hell?" He said suddenly, as he was revived to life.
"Cloud!" Tifa ran at him, hugging him with the baby in her arms.
"Ti-Tifa?!"
"Cloud, you're really back!" She said, trying to press herself as close to him as she could without squishing the baby.
"Who's this?" Cloud looked down at the baby.
"We call him L'il Cloud, but we can think of a different name." She said, smiling up at him.
"You were pregnant?" His line of questions continued, a look of suprise on his face.
"Yea, I found out a few days after you died..." She said. "But, you're alive now and that's all the matters."
Cloud suddenly saw over Tifa's shoulder and his jaw dropped in wonderment yet again. "Aeris?"
She looked up into his Mako colored eyes. "Hi, Cloud. Welcome back." She smiled at him.
"You're alive too? Damnit, what did I miss?"
"Not much, they just brought me back to help fight against Sephiroth and I thought that it would be a good idea to bring you back to help in the fighting as well."
"Aeris, I'm-I'm sorry I couldn't save you back at the City of the Ancients..."
"It's ok Cloud, that's all behind us." She said, as Cloud hugged Aeris, leaving Tifa behind him, who was looking as angry as possible.
"Hey, no more time for this jibba jabba (author's note: sorry I had to add this ^_^) We gotta get on the road and kill Sephiroth."
"Barret's right." Nananki said. The reunion was quickly over as the group of friends began another quest to yet again stop Sephiroth.
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Soon now...soon it will all be over. Sephiroth thought to himself as the materia glowed even more brightly in his hands. Over head the image of a Meteor was seen in the sky. Tinting the usually blue sky red. The headache continued to knaw at his existance. And the presence hadn't left either. It seemed to just sit at his side, and do nothing.
