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"KUPOKO!!!!!!! KUPO! AERIS! KUPO KUPO!" Screamed Kupiko.

(Kupoko! Aeris! Get out of there! Hurry!)

Smoke was pouring out of the door…the flames were now monster size…

It looked hopeless…

The moogles hung their heads low….for the fallen Ancient and Kupoko….

Tears fell from their eyes as they mourned..

Kupiko held his head down…streaming tears for the brave Ancient…

Tap…

Tap…

Bang!

Aeris and Kupoko jumped out of the hole in the hut that Aeris had created by punching her staff into the wall and landed safely on the ground…

The moogles cheered.

"Kupoko!" The mother moogle screamed…taking her baby…"Kupo Kupo Ku- Kupoko!"

(Kupoko! Thanks for saving my baby Kupoko…)

"Kupop po.." Aeris replied.

(You're welcome…)

'Kupopo Ku Ku Kuku!" Said Kupiko.

(We thank you with all our hearts….)

SCREECH!!!!

"KUPO???" yelled the elder.

(What is it?)

"Kupoko! KU KU KUKU PO!"screamed the mother…

(KUPOKO! He's not breathing…)

Kupoko lay still on the ground…

Aeris hurried to the baby's side…

What can I do??? Cmon Aeris think! Think what would Cloud would do…

*Flashback

"Pricilla!"

"The monster attacked her…" Cloud said apologetically…

The old man examined the little girl… " You! Young man! Perform CPR!"

"Me?" Cloud pointed to himself.

"Yes! You! Hurry!"

With a shrug Cloud pressed his breath into the little girl…

Nothing happened…

He continually breathed and pressed his breath and eventually…

Ugh…

"Pricilla you're awake!" cried the old man happily swooping her into his arms…

"Ughh…Granddad you're hurting me…"

*End Flashback.

I have to do CPR! If Cloud can do it I can too…

Aeris pressed her breath into the young moogle…

Nothing happened.

She did it again..

Nothing…

Again…

Nothing…

Why can't I DO IT??? Cmon Aeris for Cloud to see him again!

She breathed a long deep breath and PRESSED!

"Ku….po…"

"KUPOKO!" The mother hugged her baby almost knocking the baby moogle out…

"Ku Ku…Kupo…" he whimpered.

(Ugh…Mom you're hurting me…)

Kupiko turned to Aeris…

"Ku ku Ku Lu Ko!" Said the moogle..

(Thank you…We'll take you back to the other continent as soon as possible…it's the least we can do…)

"Kupopo…" said Aeris gratefully.

(Thank you so much)

She took her Princess Guard and walked towards the docks…

I'm coming home…home to Cloud…

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Cloud was walking down the Marketplace in Nibelheim…

"Hmmm…Soap…shampoo….food…" Cloud mumbled while he picked through the shelves…

He went down the Hair styling products aisle…

"Yes! SALE ON HAIR GEL!!!" Cloud laughed.

He took three bottles off the shelves and placed it in the shopping basket.

Now let's see…

He strolled down the aisle again trying to find a red tie for Tifa… She had asked him to buy her one that morning.

Red ties…Red Hair ties…

He turned the aisle and looked in the shelves…

He stopped.

There on the shelf sat a hair ribbon. Pink and gentle…just like…

Aeris'

Memories flooded in.

*Flashback

It was a deep starry night…Aeris had gone off into the cliffs outside of Nibelheim…she had been gone for hours…the party was getting worried…

Actually Cloud was getting worried… "Aeris?"

Aeris was sitting in the grass while the wind played with her hair…

She looked over to him…

Cloud sat next to her…

"Why are you out here…?"

'Thinking…"

"About?"

"Things…" There was a long silence between the two…Cloud stared at her beautiful facial features…wondering how she could have lived in the slums so long…a beautiful flower growing in a such a dark dreary town… "Cloud…?"

"Yeah?"

"You'll always protect me right?"

"Always…"

"You promise?"

"I promise…"

"Thank you Cloud…"

* End Flashback

Cloud hung his head down in sorrow…

He…failed her…

He couldn't protect her…

I wonder what she's thinking now…

Would she hate me?

"I-I …miss her…so much…" Cloud sobbed.

Cloud sauntered towards the register and paid. Then he left and slowly walked home…

I wish I could bring you back to me…

Cloud hung his head low…he was wishing for the impossible. There was no way she could come back.

I have to move on…

I have to…

She would want that…

Wouldn't she?

Confusion rocked his head.

He threw his groceries on the floor and stumbled up the stairs towards his bed…

Why is this torturing me? Why can't I seem to rest…?

He knew the answer…

Cause I still want her with me…