New friends
By Vincent Valentine

A/N: I just have to say thank you Scizor for telling me about what the polearm was. I just need to know. Is the thing attached to his arm like Barrets gun or does it have arm in for no apparent reason?

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This part will be in no ones pov

"President Shinra?" Barret said.

"Why is the president here?" Tifa Asks.

"So this is the president of that stupid company." Misty muttered.

The president started walking down the walkway. He wore an exspensive suit that was a light crimson color. Several place on the suit there was what looked like solid gold. As he walked you could hear his expensive black shoes echoing through out the area. "Hmm... So you all must be that... ...what was it?" He said in a very deep voice. He knew exactly who we were but he was just doing that to be annoying.

"Avalanche! And don't ya forget it! And you're President Shinra, huh?" Barret yelled.

Cloud then stepped foreward and started speaking. "Long time no see, President." he said.

The President looked slighty confused at that statment. "... Long time no see?" then finnaly relization hit him. "Oh... you. Your the one who quit SOLDIER and joined Avalanche. I knew you were exposed to Mako, from the glow of your eyes..." he then started walking a little closer to Cloud."Tell me traitor... what was your name?"

"Cloud." Cloud replied.

"Forgive me for asking, but I can't be expected to remember each person's name. Unless you become another Sephiroth." The president began to smile. "Yes, Sephiroth... He was brilliant.Perhaps to brilliant..."

"Sephiroth.....?" cloud said in a dazed voice but soon recovered.

"Shut your mouth you bastard." Ash yelled out.

"I see you've got several kids with you. I bet you let them join cause thats the best you could get" The presdent taunted. "How pathetic"

"Don't give a damn 'bout none of that! This place'e goin' up with a big BANG soon! Serves y'all right!" Barret growled.

"And such a waste of good fireworks, just to get rid of vermon like you ..." He replied.

At that Ash got really mad. He ran up beside cloud with his katana drawn. He then lunged at President Shinra and did a horizontal slash. He was almost about to hit him when the president dodged the move. For a fat old guy he was really fast. The president then took out a Materia and chanted "FIRE". Ash was sent all the way back towards cloud from the blast.

"The kid is good I must say. If he hadn't been tainted by you scum he might have become a great SOLDIER." the president said.

"Shut up before we kill you" Cloud replied.

"...You are beginning to bore me. Im a very busy man, so if you'll excuse me... I have a dinner I must attend." he said in a rather bored voice.

Barret then pointed his gun at him. "Dinner!? Don't gimme that shit! I Ain't even started wit' you yet!" Barret yelled.

"But, I've made made arrangments for a playmate for you all." He said with an evil glint in is eyes. He then snaps his fingers. Soon a buzzing can be heard. Barret then runs back to the split in the walkway.

"What's that noise?" she asked.

"The hell is that thing?" Barret questioned.A huge robot then hovers towards the group. It passes them and then turns around and focuses its sensers on them.

"Meet 'Airbuster,' a techno-soldier,. Our weapon development department created him." he said with a menacing tone. Im sure the data he'll extrat from your dead corpses will be very valueable in future experiments."

"...Techno-soldier?" Cloud wondered. Before he could do anything the sound of prepelors were heard above them. A helicopter came down and the the president got inside. Cloud tries to stop the chopper but it gets away.

"Yo, Cloud! We've got to do somethin' about him." Barret yelled. Soon the machine started to advace on them.

"Ash help" Misty screamed as Airbuster sent its hand crashing down near he leaving a huge print.Both Ash and Cloud ran over and got in fighting stance and so did the rest of the group. Airbuster then turned around and hit Ash. The mixture of pain and anger caused his limit break to avtivate. He reached for the pokeball on his belt and he threw it to the ground. Out poped cindyquill ready to battle.

"Cindyquill Fire blast" he yelled. At the command cindyquills eyes began to glow and it let out a huge flame in the shape of some chinese symbol. (does anyone no what the hell that thing is.) The thing took a fair ammount damage but sinse it wasnt weak against the element it wasnt hurt to bad.

"When its back is facing you attack and those who have bolt spells cast them." Cloud said obviously making a strategy. It worked pretty well and it wasnt long before the thing started to short circuit. When the thing exploded it took the ground with it and both Ash and Cloud were dangling from debris that was still attached.

"Misty I cant hold on much longer" Ash yelled. "Go on with out me".

"No I wont Ash. I love you to much to leave you." She replied.

"Dont worry well be fine" Cloud said."Just go before the reactor blows".

"Cloud I have something to say to you" Tifa yelled. "We've known each other for so long and I just want to say that I love you" She then began to burst into tears at the thought of losing him.

"Tifa I feel the same just get out of here. Im not gonna die anytime soon!" He said.

"Okay. We'll see each other at my bar when you make it out of this."

"I promice I'll be there." Cloud said. Just then the reactor began to explode. Tifa ,Misty, and Barret made it out while Cloud and Ash fell from the blast. The last thing they saw was the fire of the explosion while they plummeted towards the slums.
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How did you like the fic. I worked really hard on this and I hope you all like it.