"What? Cloud! What are you talking about..?"
"Yeah... he is going to kill me, just to get to you..." explained Cloud.
"Oh? No... how do you know?" Asked Tifa in disbelief.
"The Watcher of Dreams... you see, this man will give you these dreams, and make them come true..."
"Oh my gosh, Cloud, you are right..." Tifa was afraid. For herself and Cloud...
"Tif, is my dying really your worst fear...?"
"Yeah... it is."
"Tifa..." Tifa began to cry, and Cloud took her into his arms.
"It'll be okay..."
"No!" said Tifa in between sobs. "It won't be! Don't you see?!"
"Hey, we'll just get rid of this guy."
"Thats impossible..." There was silence, all except for Tifas occasional sniffle.
"Cloud?"
"Yeah..?"
"If I were to die, this would all stop, and you wouldn't have to die... Maybe... if I were to kill myself...-"
"TIFA!!!! Don't you talk like that!!! I'd much rather die than see you even harmed!! Don't you understand!?! ... " Yelled Cloud. He stood up angrily, knocking Tifa off of the sofa. That was the first time Cloud had yelled at her.
"Cloud..." Whispered Tifa as she looked up from the floor. "I..." Cloud cleared his throat.
"I'm sorry..." He murmered. Cloud kneeled down and kissed her gently. She smiled alittle, and Cloud helped her off of the floor.
"Tifa... I don't want to see you hurt... not at all... I want you to realize that."
"I do, Cloud... but, this is my fault... if, that man does kill you, I'll regret it... forever." Said Tifa slowly.
"Regret what?"
"My ever meeting you, you would've just gone off with your life, and wouldnt be dead."
"Tifa! I want you to stop talking like this! Everything *will* be okay."
"Cloud." They stood there for awhile, in an embrace, and Cloud could feel her tears falling gently on his shoulder. He wished they could just dissapear together. To someplace untouched by humans... all alone, they would be, and Tifa and him would love every moment of it.
"Stop your crying..." Cloud said as he wiped tears off of her cheeks. Tifa sniffled and and sat on the sofa. She had never felt so much love before... even from Cloud in the past. She smiled softly.
"Tifa, what do you think we should do now...?" Asked Cloud.
"I'm not sure... I think we should ask Barret if he can help us... you know, to get rid of that man..."
"Well, yeah, ok. I'll go get him. Stay here... don't leave..."
"Ok, Cloud." Tifa hated to lie to the one she loved, but it had to be done-to save his life.
"I'll hurry back!" And he left. Tifa began to write a letter.
'I'll love you always Cloud... Please realize why I did this.
~Tifa'
She left it on the nightstand, by their bed. She slowly walked into the bathroom, and took about 6 sleeping pills. She waltzed over to the bed, and collapsed.
~~~***~~~
"Barret! Hurry up!!"
"I'm comin'!" They walked out of Barret's house, and took a cab over to the Cloud's house. Cloud had told Barret everything Tifa had said, only to get a reply of "Tifa really loves ya, Cloud." But, Cloud didnt think much of it... But, he would realize the truth of how deep Tifa's love was, when he got home.
Cloud told the cab driver to wait, and told Barret to stay. It suddenly started pour, rain fell on his skin. It was cold rain. When Cloud entered the house, there was an erie silence that almost made Cloud deaf.
"Tifa...?" He remembered what she had said earlier; "If I were to die, this would all stop, and you wouldn't have to die... Maybe... if I were to kill myself..."
"Tifa?!" Cloud ran about the house in a fury. He came to the bedroom. Tifa was sleeping? He looked at the note at the night table.
"I'll love you always Cloud... Please realize why I did this.
~Tifa"
"No! You didnt! Tifa..." Cloud began to cry. Yeah, Cloud cried.
"Cloud, man? Wut up in there?" Barret came in. "Cloud? Whats wrong? What..." He seen Tifa and knew... he knew.
"That BASTARD!!!" Screamed Cloud. He grabbed his sword and tore out of the door.
Hmm, thought Barret, if this didnt happen too long ago, and I rush her in, she can be saved... He tore out of the house, carrying Tifa.
~~~***~~~
Once Cloud arrived at Nibelhiem, he followed Tifa's directions to the man's residence. He silently snuck in the door, which was conviently unlocked.
"COME IN, MR. STRIFE."
"You bastard. You are going to die." He charged forward with his sword in hand, but was thrown back.
"HAHA. NICE TRY." Cloud tried again, and again, but the act kept being repeated. Cloud thought of Tifa's note, and her words, and her lifeless expression on the bed. With his last strength, and the thought of Tifa, his love, he rushed foward, and nearly killed the man.
"You..." said the man, his voice shaking.
"Why Tifa?!" Demanded Cloud.
"She... she is..."
"Say it, damnit!"
" She is... Sephiroth's daughter."
"What?! Explain!!!" Yelled Cloud. But the mysterious man had died. Sephiroth's daughter.... how?!
End Chapter 3.
"Yeah... he is going to kill me, just to get to you..." explained Cloud.
"Oh? No... how do you know?" Asked Tifa in disbelief.
"The Watcher of Dreams... you see, this man will give you these dreams, and make them come true..."
"Oh my gosh, Cloud, you are right..." Tifa was afraid. For herself and Cloud...
"Tif, is my dying really your worst fear...?"
"Yeah... it is."
"Tifa..." Tifa began to cry, and Cloud took her into his arms.
"It'll be okay..."
"No!" said Tifa in between sobs. "It won't be! Don't you see?!"
"Hey, we'll just get rid of this guy."
"Thats impossible..." There was silence, all except for Tifas occasional sniffle.
"Cloud?"
"Yeah..?"
"If I were to die, this would all stop, and you wouldn't have to die... Maybe... if I were to kill myself...-"
"TIFA!!!! Don't you talk like that!!! I'd much rather die than see you even harmed!! Don't you understand!?! ... " Yelled Cloud. He stood up angrily, knocking Tifa off of the sofa. That was the first time Cloud had yelled at her.
"Cloud..." Whispered Tifa as she looked up from the floor. "I..." Cloud cleared his throat.
"I'm sorry..." He murmered. Cloud kneeled down and kissed her gently. She smiled alittle, and Cloud helped her off of the floor.
"Tifa... I don't want to see you hurt... not at all... I want you to realize that."
"I do, Cloud... but, this is my fault... if, that man does kill you, I'll regret it... forever." Said Tifa slowly.
"Regret what?"
"My ever meeting you, you would've just gone off with your life, and wouldnt be dead."
"Tifa! I want you to stop talking like this! Everything *will* be okay."
"Cloud." They stood there for awhile, in an embrace, and Cloud could feel her tears falling gently on his shoulder. He wished they could just dissapear together. To someplace untouched by humans... all alone, they would be, and Tifa and him would love every moment of it.
"Stop your crying..." Cloud said as he wiped tears off of her cheeks. Tifa sniffled and and sat on the sofa. She had never felt so much love before... even from Cloud in the past. She smiled softly.
"Tifa, what do you think we should do now...?" Asked Cloud.
"I'm not sure... I think we should ask Barret if he can help us... you know, to get rid of that man..."
"Well, yeah, ok. I'll go get him. Stay here... don't leave..."
"Ok, Cloud." Tifa hated to lie to the one she loved, but it had to be done-to save his life.
"I'll hurry back!" And he left. Tifa began to write a letter.
'I'll love you always Cloud... Please realize why I did this.
~Tifa'
She left it on the nightstand, by their bed. She slowly walked into the bathroom, and took about 6 sleeping pills. She waltzed over to the bed, and collapsed.
~~~***~~~
"Barret! Hurry up!!"
"I'm comin'!" They walked out of Barret's house, and took a cab over to the Cloud's house. Cloud had told Barret everything Tifa had said, only to get a reply of "Tifa really loves ya, Cloud." But, Cloud didnt think much of it... But, he would realize the truth of how deep Tifa's love was, when he got home.
Cloud told the cab driver to wait, and told Barret to stay. It suddenly started pour, rain fell on his skin. It was cold rain. When Cloud entered the house, there was an erie silence that almost made Cloud deaf.
"Tifa...?" He remembered what she had said earlier; "If I were to die, this would all stop, and you wouldn't have to die... Maybe... if I were to kill myself..."
"Tifa?!" Cloud ran about the house in a fury. He came to the bedroom. Tifa was sleeping? He looked at the note at the night table.
"I'll love you always Cloud... Please realize why I did this.
~Tifa"
"No! You didnt! Tifa..." Cloud began to cry. Yeah, Cloud cried.
"Cloud, man? Wut up in there?" Barret came in. "Cloud? Whats wrong? What..." He seen Tifa and knew... he knew.
"That BASTARD!!!" Screamed Cloud. He grabbed his sword and tore out of the door.
Hmm, thought Barret, if this didnt happen too long ago, and I rush her in, she can be saved... He tore out of the house, carrying Tifa.
~~~***~~~
Once Cloud arrived at Nibelhiem, he followed Tifa's directions to the man's residence. He silently snuck in the door, which was conviently unlocked.
"COME IN, MR. STRIFE."
"You bastard. You are going to die." He charged forward with his sword in hand, but was thrown back.
"HAHA. NICE TRY." Cloud tried again, and again, but the act kept being repeated. Cloud thought of Tifa's note, and her words, and her lifeless expression on the bed. With his last strength, and the thought of Tifa, his love, he rushed foward, and nearly killed the man.
"You..." said the man, his voice shaking.
"Why Tifa?!" Demanded Cloud.
"She... she is..."
"Say it, damnit!"
" She is... Sephiroth's daughter."
"What?! Explain!!!" Yelled Cloud. But the mysterious man had died. Sephiroth's daughter.... how?!
End Chapter 3.