Aeris stood cheerfully on the docks of the Kupo Village.
I'm going home…I'm going home to Cloud!!
She was excited. Tingling
with anticipation. She wanted to see him so much…
"Ku-?"
(Aeris?)
Aeris turned to see a
little moogle in a sailor suit.
"Kupo?" Aeris asked.
(Yes?)
'Ku Ku Kupo Mog! Ku KU
Kupo!" said the sailor moogle.
(My name is Mog. The boat
is ready for sail. Are you ready to go?)
"Kupo Ku!" said Aeris
softly.
(More than ever…)
The little moogle guided
her to the boat…
It was a crude little
thing made of Banana leaves and Kupo tree wood.
She stepped onto the boat
and stood on the side of the deck. The warm sea breeze blew through her
honey-brown hair.
She looked to the now
risen sun. Birds flew overhead as Mog shouted:
"KUPO!!!!"
(Sails away!)
I'm coming home…finally I'm going to be happy. To be with the one I love…to be with Cloud…
I'm coming home…
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Knock!
"Hmm?"
Knock, Knock!
"Someone's at the
door…"
Cloud got up groggily and
sauntered slowly towards the door. His hair was a mess…He was tired…
He opened it…
"Hi Cloud!" said a
cheerful voice.
"Oh…Hey Tifa…"Cloud
said tiredly.
"Um…I was thinking do
you think we could go out tonight?" Tifa said shyly.
"Huh? Oh…sure…"
Cloud said groggily.
'YAY! Pick me up at
7!" she whooped as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye Tifa…"
"Bye Cloud!" squealed
Tifa running back to her house next door.
Cloud closed the door and
sighed.
Why do I feel so guilty?
Tears trinkled down his
handsome face…
He remembered his and
Aeris' first date…
The fun they had….
The smiles exchanged…
And how…he never told
her…
Told her how I feel…
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Aeris was watching as the
birds flew by…it was almost dusk now… she was almost there….
Oh Cloud…
I'm almost home…
She turned to the working
moogles who were steering and setting the sails of the boat.
Looks like they need some help…
She ran up to the moogles
and helped them with the cleaning and sail raising…
She hummed merrily as she
worked.
Nothing could make her
feel down right now…
She was going home…
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Cloud and Tifa were at a
restaurant eating spaghetti and meatballs. Not that glamorous…but hey it's
the first date.
Tifa was wearing a blue,
satin dress while Cloud was wearing a white shirt and green jacket with tan
pants…
He really didn't care
about his appearance but he felt he'd look stupid in a restaurant in armor…
The restaurant was an
expensive one…The food was genuine Italian food unlike the usual greasy spoon
diners…
There was silence between
the two…for a long while…
..except for Cloud's
loud munching.
"Cloud…?" Tifa
asked.
"Yea…?"
"Do you wanna go to the
well after dinner…?" Tifa asked.
"…er…Sure…We haven't been there since we were kids…" Cloud replied.
"Yeah I know…I just
thought it would be nice…"
"Okay…we'll
go…"Cloud said smiling.
"Yay!" said Tifa
happily as she munched down her spaghetti quickly…
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Aeris waved to the
moogles with thank yous and kisses goodbye as they set sail for home.
Instead of taking her
only to the other continent, they took her all the way to the fields of
Nibelheim as a thank you for saving Kupoko…
It's only a little more…a little more…
She was extremely
exausted. She sauntered slowly through the fields…making her way slowly to
Nibelheim…
Cmon…
Come on…
She was breathing heavily
and on the brink of fainting…
Aeris hurry
She said tiredly…
…for Cloud…
She walked slowly…every
muscle in her body ached…
GROWL!
Oh no…
Not now…
She turned around to see
three vicious Nibel wolves…
They snarled at her
grimacingly…
They're hungry…She
realized…
They're not going to let me run…
She braced her staff…
The leader wolf snarled.
She attacked first with a
fierce blow to the wolf's head.
It yipped and fell to the
ground whimpering in pain!
The other two wolves
lunged at her striking her arm and leg.
She fell to the ground
with a thud..
Ugh…
The lead wolf sprang to
it's feet.
It's yellow eyes
shone…
Aeris still lay on the
ground in the pain…
It snarled and leaped!
The wolf landed on Aeris'
back and began tearing at her skin…
Snarf! GROWL!
Cloud…
The other two wolves also
jumped and snarled.
No I can't let it end this way!
Not again!
"EYAGHHH!" She hurled
the wolves off her and took her staff and began twirling it in the air with
force.
She began to glow with a
powerful glow.
The three wolves snarled.
No one is going to stand in the way of the man I love…
Cloud I want to come home to you so bad…
I would do anything for you…
I love you…
Her staff glowed with a
powerful aura. Aeris narrowed her eyes….
I can feel the power…
"CETRA LEND ME YOUR
POWER!!!!"
Lifestream appeared
around her as the wind blew through her long hair. It flew wildly around her as
her eyes glowed with a higher radiance than ever before…
The staff glowed brighter
and brighter…
HOLY CETRA CRESCENT
BEAM!!!!!!
A holy beam with intense
light shot through all three of the Nibel wolves.
They yelped and screeched
in pain as the light penetrated through them…
The pain had only lasted
for a fraction of a second…
…for the next second
they were nothing left but a pile of dust…
Aeris sighed…
It wasn't their fault…that they were hungry…
She sat down on the
fields and clasped her hands together for a place in the lifestream for the
three wolves…
Then she picked up her
staff and walked towards Nibelheim…