Final Fantasy VII
Restoration
Chapter Eighteen
Back to Normal
Everyone stood around the three graves, grim looks on their faces. The world was safe once again, but they had lost an important man. None really knew what to say, so they remind silent. Enjoying the cool breeze over their skin. They all realized they had so much ahead of them, and Vincent had died so they could experience it all. Somewhere deep inside, they all knew he was happy now. He was with his love, Lucrecia, and his son, Sephiroth, and the man who ruined his and so many other lives was finally dead. For real this time. He had planned to die today, they knew that now, for once they arrived, they found three marking stones. Two for his family, then one for himself.
Cloud shook his head slightly and turned toward his friends. "It is time to go. We still have much to do. We have a new government to build and lives to live. There isn't any point in staying here any longer. We have laid Vincent to rest... It's time to leave," The blonde said, his voice still quite heavy from sadness. Everyone quickly turned and walked back toward the Highwind. Ready to begin their new lives.
***A Couple Of Weeks Later***
Reno stood just outside of his Junon apartment, waiting for Sonrei. She came running down, a bag in hand. She now wore a regular pair of black pants and a longsleeved shirt, along with her long tenchcoat, which was pulled tightly to her, disguising the various weapons she still wore, she held her pair of sunglasses in a free hand, and her hair was pulled up into a loose braid. She smiled at him.
"So you came to see me off, eh?"
"Yeah..." Reno smirked slightly as she wrapped her arms around him. She gently pressed her lips to his.
"I'll come back, I promise, Reno."
"I know you will."
"You'll be in Kalm now, right?" The redhead nodded.
"Okay. I'll come back there. Bye, Reno! I'm going to be late for my boat!" She said as she turned to leave, Reno gently grabbed her wrist and pulled her back, pressing his lips to hers.
"Remember, you have to come back," He said, she smiled up at him and nodded. She then took off running, pausing to wave once.
Reno watched as she faded out of sight, a smile crossing his usually cold expression. He wasn't sure how to feel about this new emotion... He never really had someone to live for. Now he did. Actually, he had something else to live for also. He had his job back. Reeve had asked Rude to restart the Turks, and, of course, Rude had hired Reno and Elena back. Only the Gods know why, but he did. He shook his head, because for once in his life, he could honestly say without any hesitation, he was happy.
He quickly made it toward the car that Reeve sent to pick them up. Elena waitd outside of it, reading a paper. She glanced up, a scowl falling upon her face.
"Are you ready, Reno?" Elena asked with an annoyed hiss. He laughed a little.
"You need to calm down a little, Elena."
"Screw you, Reno. I've been waiting for you for over an hour! Didn't Rude to tell you to come here right after you saw Sonrei?"
"Yeah..."
"Then, where the Hell were you?"
"Hey, I didn't think it would cause a problem if I showed up a little late!"
"Calm down, Elena, you know stress causes wrinkles... Then how would you impress Rude if you look like an old woman?" Elena blushed slightly and quickly tossed her paper at him. Ah, it was good to be back to normal.
***
Barret hurriedly made his way toward Elmyra's house. As he expected, the door swung open and Marlene ran out, followed closely by Elmyra. "Papa!" She cried happily and held her arms up, awaiting him to pick her up. Barret laughed and lifted her onto his shoulder.
"Papa! Your hand! What happened?" Barret glanced down at his new hand. He didn't get a new weapon, but instead chose an actual hand that could be used for building. There was no need to fight anymore. It was time for peace. He smiled. "Thought it was time ta' get a hand I could use to buil' wit insteada' hurtin'" He said. Elmyra smiled at this.
"You have changed, Barret."
"Think we all have."
"Papa, can I come home with you now?"
"Yeah, Marlene, ya can."
"I'm so happy, Papa!" The little girl excitedly hugged her father.
***
Yuffie knelt down, panting, but laughing. Her father had collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily. "Hahah! I finally did it, you old fart!" She chimed happily.
"Now that I kicked your ass, you have to give me what I want!" Her father nodded and handed her a small pouch with some dust in it.
"Yeah! I finally got it!" The teenager happily said as she ran from the Pagoda where she grabbed a random person on the street.
"After ten times, look! I finally got it! My fifth attack! My final Limit Break!" She chimed again. She ran quickly into another part of town. It was time to celebrate a little! She stopped once she saw Reeve standing by the bar.
"What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy!?" Yuffie asked, annoyed. Reeve smiled.
"I thought you wanted me to buy you a drink?" The girl looked shocked for a second, then smiled.
"Umm, Reeve, what's with you?" The older man shrugged a bit.
"This will probably be the last time I can go out in public unnoticed... Figured I would enjoy it as long as I can." Yuffie smiled again and latched onto Reeve's arm.
"Well, let's go, then! While you're at it, you can treat me to dinner, too! I know of a great, very expensive place in town!" Yuffie laughed happily. Reeve sighed, suddenly regretting coming.
***
Bugenhagen listened carefully as Nanaki finished his story. "Then we buried Vincent Valentine near the waterfall with his family... That is pretty much all that has happened." The older man fell into a contemplative silence. "Hoo, Hoo Hoo, what an intriguing story!" He finally said.
***
Cid yawned sleepily as he walked in from working on the Tiny Bronco. He ran a grease stained hand over his just as dirty face. "Finished it, Captain?" asked Shera. He nodded once and fell into one of the kitchen chairs, and placed one leg up on the table.
"I just got word that Reeve's gonna reopen the space program."
"Really?" Shera asked as she took a seat across from him.
"Yeah, and he wants me to start buildin' the new ship."
"That's great, Captain!" She chimed.
"Yeah, finally gettin' my dreams to come true." Cid yawned once more then stood.
"Well, I'm goin' to take a shower, then I'm goin' ta' bed."
"Okay, good-night!"
***
Tifa smiled broadly as she laid beside Cloud on the bed, who was reading through something. "I can't believe it! Our wedding's only a couple months away!" She finally said, Cloud looked toward her and smiled.
"Yeah I know."
"Let's have several children, okay?" Tifa said, smiling.
"Um, okay, but not so soon, Tifa," Cloud said, scratching the back of his head. Tifa laughed.
"Well, someday!"
***
Rude quietly waited outside for his friends. They should have arrived over an hour ago, but no sign yet. He hoped that they hadn't ran into anymore trouble. He leaned against a wall as he saw a car pull up. It was them. Elena was the first to storm out.
"If we didn't work together, Reno, I would gladly beat you bloody!" She screeched, Reno was the next to storm out.
"Damn it, quit being a bitch, Elena!"
"Me!? A bitch!? How dare you! You Bastard!" Rude shook his head. Just like old times.
"Calm down."
"Yeah, Elena, you're not looking very attractive now." Rude rolled his eyes.
"I was talking to both of you." Reno's head shot back, a frown crossed his face.
"She's the one that's been the bitch! I didn't do anything-"
"But show up an hour late!" Elena interjected angrily. Worse than children... Rude slumped his shoulders and began walking off, followed by his bickering friends.
***Wedding Day***
Tifa and Cloud both leaned toward each other. Tifa's hands falling on Cloud's chest, as he rested a hand on her waist, both of their lips pressed together. Tifa wore a long, white wedding dress that was strapless. Cloud wore a simple black suit. Bugenhegan stood in front of the couple. He had agreed to wed the two the previous month. All of their friends had been able to make it, and it was sort of surprising to see some of the pairings. Yuffie and Reeve had surprisingly started dating, as had Barret and Elmyra. It was quite shocking, but it was indeed a day of happiness.
And they knew in their souls that this happiness would last no matter what. Even though, they had all been upset that Vincent wasn't there to see the wedding, they knew he was happy for them. And this time, even if the peace didn't stay and a new enemy rose, they would fight, and they would do all in their power to win, for they would not let their friend down who so bravely sacrificed everything for them.
Author's Comments: Wow, I'm finished! Overall, I think this story's pretty good! And I think I'm finally getting Barret's character, too! So, I'm pretty happy. Anyway, I can't really think of anything to note. I think my favorite characters in this whole story were Reno, Vincent, Cid, and Futago. All of you may flame me now, if you wish, for killing off such a cool character. Don't get me wrong, Vincent was my favorite character (Well, and obviously Reno and Cid), but I thought he probably would much prefer to be with Lucrecia. And while it is debatable on who Sephiroth's father really is, I always got the feeling that it was Vincent, if you don't agree, eh, then, well, fine. But anyway, I really like how this story turned out. And I know most of you are wondering why, if Reno and Sonrei said they loved each other, she just ran off to go on some world tour, eh? Well, remember a couple chapters back before they reached the Ancient City, she said that she wanted to go and explore the world once and she wanted somebody to come back to, a home. Reno said who would be that person. So, she does intend to come back to him, then they'll continue where they left off most likely. Wait for the sequels. Oh, and my brother brought it to my attention yesterday that they actually said 'God' instead of 'Gods', well, I screwed that part up, but I don't really want to go through and change it all... Besides, I've seen other people use 'Gods' in their FFVII fanfics. Well, thank you for wasting some of your precious time to read my fanfic! I've had fun writing and stay tuned for the next exciting part of Fianl Fantasy VII: Restoration: Ai! Okay, so it's not so exciting.~ Chiron, your FF obsessed, loyal writer
Restoration
Chapter Eighteen
Back to Normal
Everyone stood around the three graves, grim looks on their faces. The world was safe once again, but they had lost an important man. None really knew what to say, so they remind silent. Enjoying the cool breeze over their skin. They all realized they had so much ahead of them, and Vincent had died so they could experience it all. Somewhere deep inside, they all knew he was happy now. He was with his love, Lucrecia, and his son, Sephiroth, and the man who ruined his and so many other lives was finally dead. For real this time. He had planned to die today, they knew that now, for once they arrived, they found three marking stones. Two for his family, then one for himself.
Cloud shook his head slightly and turned toward his friends. "It is time to go. We still have much to do. We have a new government to build and lives to live. There isn't any point in staying here any longer. We have laid Vincent to rest... It's time to leave," The blonde said, his voice still quite heavy from sadness. Everyone quickly turned and walked back toward the Highwind. Ready to begin their new lives.
***A Couple Of Weeks Later***
Reno stood just outside of his Junon apartment, waiting for Sonrei. She came running down, a bag in hand. She now wore a regular pair of black pants and a longsleeved shirt, along with her long tenchcoat, which was pulled tightly to her, disguising the various weapons she still wore, she held her pair of sunglasses in a free hand, and her hair was pulled up into a loose braid. She smiled at him.
"So you came to see me off, eh?"
"Yeah..." Reno smirked slightly as she wrapped her arms around him. She gently pressed her lips to his.
"I'll come back, I promise, Reno."
"I know you will."
"You'll be in Kalm now, right?" The redhead nodded.
"Okay. I'll come back there. Bye, Reno! I'm going to be late for my boat!" She said as she turned to leave, Reno gently grabbed her wrist and pulled her back, pressing his lips to hers.
"Remember, you have to come back," He said, she smiled up at him and nodded. She then took off running, pausing to wave once.
Reno watched as she faded out of sight, a smile crossing his usually cold expression. He wasn't sure how to feel about this new emotion... He never really had someone to live for. Now he did. Actually, he had something else to live for also. He had his job back. Reeve had asked Rude to restart the Turks, and, of course, Rude had hired Reno and Elena back. Only the Gods know why, but he did. He shook his head, because for once in his life, he could honestly say without any hesitation, he was happy.
He quickly made it toward the car that Reeve sent to pick them up. Elena waitd outside of it, reading a paper. She glanced up, a scowl falling upon her face.
"Are you ready, Reno?" Elena asked with an annoyed hiss. He laughed a little.
"You need to calm down a little, Elena."
"Screw you, Reno. I've been waiting for you for over an hour! Didn't Rude to tell you to come here right after you saw Sonrei?"
"Yeah..."
"Then, where the Hell were you?"
"Hey, I didn't think it would cause a problem if I showed up a little late!"
"Calm down, Elena, you know stress causes wrinkles... Then how would you impress Rude if you look like an old woman?" Elena blushed slightly and quickly tossed her paper at him. Ah, it was good to be back to normal.
***
Barret hurriedly made his way toward Elmyra's house. As he expected, the door swung open and Marlene ran out, followed closely by Elmyra. "Papa!" She cried happily and held her arms up, awaiting him to pick her up. Barret laughed and lifted her onto his shoulder.
"Papa! Your hand! What happened?" Barret glanced down at his new hand. He didn't get a new weapon, but instead chose an actual hand that could be used for building. There was no need to fight anymore. It was time for peace. He smiled. "Thought it was time ta' get a hand I could use to buil' wit insteada' hurtin'" He said. Elmyra smiled at this.
"You have changed, Barret."
"Think we all have."
"Papa, can I come home with you now?"
"Yeah, Marlene, ya can."
"I'm so happy, Papa!" The little girl excitedly hugged her father.
***
Yuffie knelt down, panting, but laughing. Her father had collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily. "Hahah! I finally did it, you old fart!" She chimed happily.
"Now that I kicked your ass, you have to give me what I want!" Her father nodded and handed her a small pouch with some dust in it.
"Yeah! I finally got it!" The teenager happily said as she ran from the Pagoda where she grabbed a random person on the street.
"After ten times, look! I finally got it! My fifth attack! My final Limit Break!" She chimed again. She ran quickly into another part of town. It was time to celebrate a little! She stopped once she saw Reeve standing by the bar.
"What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy!?" Yuffie asked, annoyed. Reeve smiled.
"I thought you wanted me to buy you a drink?" The girl looked shocked for a second, then smiled.
"Umm, Reeve, what's with you?" The older man shrugged a bit.
"This will probably be the last time I can go out in public unnoticed... Figured I would enjoy it as long as I can." Yuffie smiled again and latched onto Reeve's arm.
"Well, let's go, then! While you're at it, you can treat me to dinner, too! I know of a great, very expensive place in town!" Yuffie laughed happily. Reeve sighed, suddenly regretting coming.
***
Bugenhagen listened carefully as Nanaki finished his story. "Then we buried Vincent Valentine near the waterfall with his family... That is pretty much all that has happened." The older man fell into a contemplative silence. "Hoo, Hoo Hoo, what an intriguing story!" He finally said.
***
Cid yawned sleepily as he walked in from working on the Tiny Bronco. He ran a grease stained hand over his just as dirty face. "Finished it, Captain?" asked Shera. He nodded once and fell into one of the kitchen chairs, and placed one leg up on the table.
"I just got word that Reeve's gonna reopen the space program."
"Really?" Shera asked as she took a seat across from him.
"Yeah, and he wants me to start buildin' the new ship."
"That's great, Captain!" She chimed.
"Yeah, finally gettin' my dreams to come true." Cid yawned once more then stood.
"Well, I'm goin' to take a shower, then I'm goin' ta' bed."
"Okay, good-night!"
***
Tifa smiled broadly as she laid beside Cloud on the bed, who was reading through something. "I can't believe it! Our wedding's only a couple months away!" She finally said, Cloud looked toward her and smiled.
"Yeah I know."
"Let's have several children, okay?" Tifa said, smiling.
"Um, okay, but not so soon, Tifa," Cloud said, scratching the back of his head. Tifa laughed.
"Well, someday!"
***
Rude quietly waited outside for his friends. They should have arrived over an hour ago, but no sign yet. He hoped that they hadn't ran into anymore trouble. He leaned against a wall as he saw a car pull up. It was them. Elena was the first to storm out.
"If we didn't work together, Reno, I would gladly beat you bloody!" She screeched, Reno was the next to storm out.
"Damn it, quit being a bitch, Elena!"
"Me!? A bitch!? How dare you! You Bastard!" Rude shook his head. Just like old times.
"Calm down."
"Yeah, Elena, you're not looking very attractive now." Rude rolled his eyes.
"I was talking to both of you." Reno's head shot back, a frown crossed his face.
"She's the one that's been the bitch! I didn't do anything-"
"But show up an hour late!" Elena interjected angrily. Worse than children... Rude slumped his shoulders and began walking off, followed by his bickering friends.
***Wedding Day***
Tifa and Cloud both leaned toward each other. Tifa's hands falling on Cloud's chest, as he rested a hand on her waist, both of their lips pressed together. Tifa wore a long, white wedding dress that was strapless. Cloud wore a simple black suit. Bugenhegan stood in front of the couple. He had agreed to wed the two the previous month. All of their friends had been able to make it, and it was sort of surprising to see some of the pairings. Yuffie and Reeve had surprisingly started dating, as had Barret and Elmyra. It was quite shocking, but it was indeed a day of happiness.
And they knew in their souls that this happiness would last no matter what. Even though, they had all been upset that Vincent wasn't there to see the wedding, they knew he was happy for them. And this time, even if the peace didn't stay and a new enemy rose, they would fight, and they would do all in their power to win, for they would not let their friend down who so bravely sacrificed everything for them.
Author's Comments: Wow, I'm finished! Overall, I think this story's pretty good! And I think I'm finally getting Barret's character, too! So, I'm pretty happy. Anyway, I can't really think of anything to note. I think my favorite characters in this whole story were Reno, Vincent, Cid, and Futago. All of you may flame me now, if you wish, for killing off such a cool character. Don't get me wrong, Vincent was my favorite character (Well, and obviously Reno and Cid), but I thought he probably would much prefer to be with Lucrecia. And while it is debatable on who Sephiroth's father really is, I always got the feeling that it was Vincent, if you don't agree, eh, then, well, fine. But anyway, I really like how this story turned out. And I know most of you are wondering why, if Reno and Sonrei said they loved each other, she just ran off to go on some world tour, eh? Well, remember a couple chapters back before they reached the Ancient City, she said that she wanted to go and explore the world once and she wanted somebody to come back to, a home. Reno said who would be that person. So, she does intend to come back to him, then they'll continue where they left off most likely. Wait for the sequels. Oh, and my brother brought it to my attention yesterday that they actually said 'God' instead of 'Gods', well, I screwed that part up, but I don't really want to go through and change it all... Besides, I've seen other people use 'Gods' in their FFVII fanfics. Well, thank you for wasting some of your precious time to read my fanfic! I've had fun writing and stay tuned for the next exciting part of Fianl Fantasy VII: Restoration: Ai! Okay, so it's not so exciting.~ Chiron, your FF obsessed, loyal writer