Where are we?
"So where are you from exactly?" Tifa put her hands on her hips, and looked down at a girl who was soaking wet in a tattered white spaghetti strap and black cargo shorts. She had brown hair, with blue and silver streaks layered, that was past her shoulders about four inches, silver cloudy eyes, slim body, sort of like Tifa's but with out the double E breast more like C's.
"I don't remember. I told you. I was just put here. I woke up and here I was. By the way where am I?" She looked at Tifa then at Cloud.
"You're at the shore of Cosmo Canyon." Cloud offered her a hand to help her up.
She grabbed it and pulled up. Her legs wobbled a little "There," She regained her balance. "Thank you..." No sooner then she said that she fell back down. "Damn! I feel like I haven't walked in a long time. If I could only remember what happened and where I was…" She looked down at the wet sand.
"Here let me cast a full cure on you." Cloud pulled out his sword and started to summon the cure. His materia glowed a pale green, the got brighter with every word he whispered. Then bright green circles glowed around her. As soon as he did that the girl jumped up and began to walk around.
"Ahhh! This feels much better. Thank you." She looked down the beach. She saw something glimmer in the sand. "Ah-ha!" She began the jog over the things glimmering in the sand. The others followed her. "Ahhh, my babies!" She picked up two katanas.
"I remember these, but why don't I remember anything else?"
"It should all slowly come back to you." Cloud looked at her.
She turned around and looked at him. "I hope." She looked towards Nibelbeim. "Thank you for everything." She began to walk towards Nibelbeim.
"Where are you going?" Cloud looked at her.
"Nibelbeim. I feel I have to go there."
"Well, we're going there too. Maybe you can come with us. Plus it might be a little too dangerous for you to go off by yourself, but if you want to go by yourself and get killed… Go ahead, but your welcomed to stay." Cloud began to walk towards Cosmo Canyon. "Are you coming Tifa?" He turned back around to Tifa.
"Yeah…" Tifa turned and began to run towards Cosmo Canyon.
Misty began to walk towards Nibelbeim. Then she looked towards Cosmo Canyon. Cloud and Tifa were already there. "Why the hell not?" She then began to run towards Cosmo Canyon. "Hey, Cloud! Wait!"
Cloud stopped and waited for Misty. "So I see you choose to come with us?"
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to get killed. Plus who knows when the last time I use these," She held the katanas in the air. "I'd probably kill myself then the monsters."
Tifa saw the blue, green, yellow, pink, and red materia in Misty's swords. "What kinda materia is that?" She pointed to the handles of the katanas.
"All-lighting mastered, all-heal mastered, Sense, Mp plus mastered, and Shiva summon mastered." Misty looked at Cloud. "Wow, I can't believe I remembered that!"
"Me either…" Tifa muttered.
"What was that?" Misty turned and looked at Tifa.
"Uh, nothin'." Tifa crossed her arms in front of her over sized breast. "I'm going to go tell the others." She stomped her why up the stairs to Cosmo's kitchen.
"What's her problem?"
Cloud shrugged. "Come on, let's go tell the others before Tifa messes up."
And they ran up the same stairs Tifa ran up.
Barret, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Yuffie, Vincent, and Aerith sat in the kitchen eating apple dumplings.
"These are really good!" Barret managed to say under all the dumplings that were in his mouth.
"Thank you." The cook was cooking some other foods for them.
Tifa ran in. "Hey guys! Guess what me and Cloud found!"
"What? Is it food?" Barret looked up from his apple dumplings. His cheeks puffed out with dumplings.
"No, is it…" Tifa turned to see Misty and Cloud at the doorway. "A girl." Tifa crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I'd like you guys to meet Misty, Misty," He looked at Cait Sith. "This is Cait Sith."
Cait waved.
"Barret Wallace."
Barret looked up from his plate of food. "Hi." Crumbs flew out of his mouth.
Cloud rolled his eyes. "Red XIII, also known as Nanaki. This is his home town."
"How do you do?" Red bowed his head to Misty.
She looked at Red in shock. "F-f-fine, thank you." She gave him an awkward smile.
"Yes, I talk." He looked at her solely.
"Right," Cloud moved on. "This is Cid Highwind."
"What up?" He looked over his cigarette.
"This is Yuffie Kisaragi."
"Yo!??! You like fighting!??!" Yuffie jumped up.
Cloud rolled his eyes again. "Just ignore her. She's annoying."
"Shut up, Cloud!!!" Yuffie stomped.
"This is Vincent Valentine. He was with the Turks, now he's against them."
Vincent didn't say anything he just stared at Misty.
"He keeps to himself a lot."
"Oh." She stared back at him.
"And last but not least, this is Aerith Gainsborough."
Misty's mouth dropped open. "H-h-hi." She managed to spit out.
Aerith smiled. "Hi."
"Well, since we all know each other, Misty is going to be joining our journey. She will help us find Sephiroth." Cloud looked at everyone in the room. "And she doesn't remember anything yet, and when she does she'll stay with us or leave us."
"We don't know if she's working for Sephiroth or Shin- Ra. We shouldn't trust her." Vincent stood up from his seat at the end of the table. "We don't know anything about her."
"Yeah, and she doesn't know anything about herself either!" Cloud shouted at Vincent. "All we're asking is that, could we help her find herself?" Cloud glared at Vincent.
"Fine." Vincent said solemnly
Misty stepped forward. "I'd just like to thank everyone, for letting me stay." She looked at Vincent. "I'll leave as soon as I remember what happened to me." She turned away and walked outside.
Nobody said anything. They all stared at Cloud and the door Misty walked out of, except for Vincent.
"What's wrong with you Vincent!?!" Yuffie shoved him. "She looks like a good fighter!!!" Yuffie stared at him. "You're a jerk!" Yuffie got up and walked out the same door Misty did. "I can't believe him…" Yuffie began to mumble when she was walking out the door.
"Well, what do you think of this Aerith?" Vincent turned to Aerith. "You think we should trust her? Am I just overreacting?" He looked at her in the eyes.
Aerith looked down then back up at him. "I think you should give her a chance. I think we all should give her a chance. We don't know her very well, and she doesn't know herself that well either." She looked back at Vincent. "You're not overreacting, you're just… scared." She took a long pause. "You need to give people a chance. Just because your insecure about your past doesn't mean you should blame other people for it. You need to let go."
There was a long pause between both of them. Vincent was thinking of what had happened to him. What Professor Gast did to him. What he had lost. Aerith just sat next to him. Waiting for him to say something. She stared at the wall. Then Vincent made a loud sigh.
"I guess I should let go and do something about it." He sighed again. "I trust you Aerith. For some reason I do. I guess there's something about her, even though… I dunno. All I can do is to wait and see what happens." He got up and swung his cape around. "See ya later." He walked out the door leaving Aerith with the others.
"Hey!"
A squeaky female voice came from behind Misty's back. Misty slowing turned from the cliffs edge.
"Hey, don't jump!" It was Yuffie.
Misty looked up. "It wasn't going to. I was just standing here thinking." She looked up into the sky.
"Ummm, yeah… So, do you know how to fight?" Yuffie raised her left eyebrow.
She looked down at Yuffie. "I don't know… I can't remember…" Misty reached to her back for her katanas. She pulled them out of their holsters. She looked at their shiny stainless steal. She ran her fingers over the steal and materia. Memories flashed into her mind. She remembered fighting monsters. Blood, pain, the thirst to fight, and the enjoyment of a new challenge. She looked up at Yuffie. "Can you handle it?" Misty had an evil grin.
"Let's do it." Yuffie jumped down from rock to rock, down to the flat ground below them.
Misty was already down there when Yuffie finished.
"Wow! You're good." Yuffie pulled out her Wind Slash. "Now let's fight." Yuffie smiled devilishly. She jumped forward and jabbed at Misty with her Wind Slash.
Misty blocked it with one of her katanas, and tried to stab Yuffie in the leg. Adrenaline ran through her veins. Remembrance of her swift karate, and fist fighting moves came back. Misty was blocking all of Yuffie's hits and throws. Then Misty saw a chance to hit Yuffie. Misty slid under Yuffie's legs and kicked her in the back. Yuffie turned around on her back to see Misty standing above her with her katanas pointed at Yuffie's throat. Cloud, Vincent, Aerith, Barret, Tifa, and Red XII came running out of Cosmo's Restaurant. They all stared at Misty and Yuffie. The town's people started to gather around them.
"Tsk, Tsk. I thought you'd be smarter then that." Misty looked down at Yuffie from her blades. "You should practice more." Misty put her blades away and offered Yuffie a hand up.
"Yeah, I'll do that." Yuffie began to get up. She pushed away Misty's hand. "I can get up on my on my own." She looked at Misty wildly.
"Fine." Misty began to walk away. She looked at Vincent. "Yes?" She put her hand at her hips and tilted her head to the left side.
Vincent looked at the ground. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry, about earlier." He turned a bit to the left.
"Apology excepted." Misty turned away and began to walk towards Cosmo's Inn. When she heard someone call her name.
"Misty!"
She turned around slowly to see who it was. Cloud. "Yes?" She smiled at him. "How may I help you?" She got some of her hair and twirled it around her finger.
"You fight like a SOLDIER. I've never seen someone fight like that. No one who can fight like that with out some SOLDIER training." He looked at her brown eyes. He lifted one eyebrow. "Didn't you have teal eyes?" He stared at her.
"I dunno, I can't quite remember. The fighting came as a flash to me, and then I remembered my moves. She triggered my fighting skills." Misty turned back around to the Inn. "I want to rest up for tomorrows trip." She walked in leaving Cloud. As she walked in the Inn's keeper came up to her.
"Bugenhagen has informed me to tell you and your friends that you may stay here for free." He smiled at her. "Your room is on the second floor. You have a bath and shower, king size bed, a balcony, towels and three extra pair of clothes for tonight, and your trip." He smiled at her.
"Thank you." She smiled. She began to climb the staircase up to her room. She opened the door to her room. "Finally." She went to the bathroom. And saw a pair of black jean shorts and teal tank top. "Clothes for tomorrow?" She turned on the warm water to a bath and poured in the bath gel and then began to peal off her tattered clothes. She pulled off her worn out boots and tossed them to the side with her clothes. She stepped in the tub and turned off the water. She sat in the tub, letting her skin soak in the Green Tea bath gel. The salt lifted off her body and she began to lather her hair in shampoo.
After she was done she went to bed…