It
was late at night and the snowing stopped. The cold wind blew gently and
darkness covered the white snow. Icicle Inn was very beautiful at a moment like
this. In front of Aeris's house, someone was sitting on the doorstep. It was
Aeris. She sat quietly hugging her legs and stared at the snow.
"Couldn't
sleep?" A voice came from behind her.
Aeris
turned her head. She saw Tifa standing behind her. Aeris nodded.
"How
is your face?" Tifa asked.
Aeris's
left cheek was still red in color. Tifa's slap was so hard that it left a red
hand shaped mark on her left cheek.
"It's
okay, it will get better in a few days." Aeris replied.
Tifa
closed the door and sat down beside Aeris.
"I
am sorry about just now. I…"
"I
understand. It was all a misunderstanding." Aeris interrupted Tifa's apology.
"I
just want you to know I felt really bad about that. I just want you to know
that I am sorry." Tifa apologized again.
Aeris
didn't say anything. She just stared off into the horizon. There was a long
silence. None of them didn't know what to say to each other.
"Icicle
Inn looks so beautiful at night isn't it?" Tifa finally spoke.
"You
must have hated me by now right?" Aeris asked.
Tifa
didn't expect Aeris to ask such a question. She looked at Aeris that was still
staring at the horizon.
"Why…why
would I hate you?" Tifa asked.
"Ever
since I was revived, Cloud and your relationship wasn't that close anymore.
Only a while after I arrived at Kalm, I ruined your wedding and messed up your
life. Although I tried as hard as I could to get away from Cloud, I couldn't.
And today morning when you just just arrived, you saw me and Cloud were…"
Aeris
stopped. She couldn't continue anymore. She hung down her head and rested it on
her knees. She couldn't bear to look into Tifa's eyes. She felt really guilty
for her.
"No…I
didn't hate you, Aeris. You were my best friend, remember?" Tifa told Aeris.
"You
still take me as a friend after what I did to you?" Aeris asked.
"You
didn't do it on purpose, did you?" Tifa answered.
"I
just…I just can't get out from this love triangle. Every time I wanted to
forget him, something will happen and messed things up. You and Cloud loved
each other since you were still kids. You two are a perfect couple and you two
were meant to be together." Aeris said.
"But
you still loved him, right?" Tifa asked.
Aeris
finally brought up her head. She looked at Tifa. She don't know what to tell
her. After a while, she turned away her head.
"I…I
can't control myself. Deep down myself, I still love him. I tried very hard to
get rid of this feeling, but I sorry Tifa. I can't." Aeris covered her face
when she said this. Tears started to stream down her hands.
Tifa
just sat there listening. She just don't know what to say to Aeris. She
couldn't hate Aeris. There is no way she could do that because Aeris was her
best friend. She just can't hate her. Though she ruined her marriage and messed
up her life, she just couldn't hate. Tifa wrapped her arm around Aeris's
shoulder and comforted her. She couldn't believe that the one she was
comforting was actually the one who took Cloud from her.
Somewhere
deep under the forgotten city lay the most astonishing place on the planet
called the city of the ancients. This place was very quiet. There were crystals
everywhere and this place is an artist's paradise.
Suddenly,
footsteps were heard. They grew louder and louder and suddenly it stopped. A
man was standing in front of a huge lake. He had spiky hair and had a huge
sword strapped onto his back. It was Sephiroth in Cloud's body.
Sephiroth
stared at the lake for a moment. Then he mumbled something in his mouth. The
mumbling lasted for quite a long time. Then he suddenly raised his hands up
towards the sky. Nothing happened. He raised his hands for a moment and then
put them down. Still, nothing happened.
He
stood there, observing the lake. The lake was so calm and looked so peaceful.
Suddenly, circles were formed on the surface on the lake. Sephiroth looked at
the circles formed. Then, he saw something coming up very slowly. At first only
the tip was seen. But when more part came out, it was a human hand. A smirk was
formed on Sephiroth's lips. Now, a head popped out. The eyes opened and it
looked at Sephiroth. The another hand and the body was out and the human walked
slowly towards Sephiroth. The human climbed out of the lake and kneeled in
front of Sephiroth.
Now,
more circles formed on the surface of the lake. And in only a few second,
hundred of hands popped up followed by the other parts of the body. All of them
crawled out of the lake and kneeled in front of Sephiroth. More and more people
came out from the lake. It looked like a few hundred, no it reached thousand
and more is still coming out. This beautiful place wasn't actually only a
forgotten city, it was also a massive graveyard.
Now,
Sephiroth climbed up to the highest place and looked down. He began laughing
like a mad man. Now, he had a large army to aid him in the quest to rule the
world.