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As he sat down on the chair of his Junon apartment, Cloud pondered many things. It has been a month since the event that was Meteor, but Cloud never stopped thinking about it. The journey that started out as a simple bombing mission of the Midgar Mako reactor number one, it turned out to be the life altering adventure that plagues his mind today.
Something I never thought of before, what would have happened if I never went on that bombing mission. Would meteor still be summoned? Yes and no, actually, yes it would have happened only difference I wouldn't have been there to stop Sephiroth. Wait! Clouds think about it, how many events could possibly have prevented me living the life I led. I mean what if, I never left Nibleheim in the first place; I never left to become SOLDIER. Then again I never became SOLDIER, I only pretended to be one. What if I did? What if, I actually became SOLDIER First Class, like Zack, Would I have been killed by Shinra trying to escape with Zack? I owe Zack my life. Zack died because of me, and now he won't be back. like . Aeris.
"Oh God!" said cloud covering his face with his hands. "Aeris! I would have saved you. I failed you in my promise." He smiles. "Of course I remembered, I'm a jack of all trades aren't I? How can I forget that I'm your bodyguard." Cloud paused. "Now I'm talking to myself. Aeris I do miss you. I understand that you won't be back. I want to find you at the Promise Land, but where?" He finally looked up from his hand, as if to brave the world, Cloud stood up from his chair and walked to his bedroom. Laying on his bed was a freshly ironed white short sleeve button up shirt. He put it on one sleeve at a time and left it open showing his torso. Cloud tugged the bottom of the shirt by his light colored khakis. "What else do I need?" he said to himself. Suddenly he remembered and walked to the closet opening it. When he pulled a black belt out he immediately put it on. He then sighed and brushed his blonde spikey hair back with his right hand. Knock, Knock! He heard at his door. He left his bedroom and crossed the living room to reach his front door; the large window by the door had its horizontal shades mostly open, the light illuminated the room with the feeling of calmness.
"Who is it?" asked Cloud
"Guess who!" a woman said.
"Uh.I dun no." Said Cloud
"Grrr. Cloud your no fun!"
He now recognized the frustrated voice of Tifa, he opened the door and smiled, "Hey."
She looked great, the wind blowing her dark brown hair, the sun setting into with the ocean behind her, and her beautiful red eyes just staring at him. She wore a white tank top and brown short shorts, with white sandals. "Hi!" she smiled, then she leaned in and gave him a huge hug. Cloud didn't know what to do, out of involuntary reaction only his left arm went around her. "Tifa remember you can break backs you know?" said Cloud painfully.
"Don't be such wimp!" she grinned and then laughed while letting him go. "So are you gonna let me in or what?"
"Actually I was about to leave" said Cloud.
"Really..." She said a little down.
"Well umm. if you like. you can. well you see I was going to take a walk for little while and watch the sunset. what I mean is. you uh wanna come?"
She smiled, "Sure!"
The setting was great for a walking conversation with an old friend. The wind made everything seem so peaceful. Cloud looked out to the ocean, his shirt flowing behind him showing of his chest and abs. Tifa's hair also danced with the wind. The sky painted with hues of orange. The tan-yellow buildings coinciding with the orange rays, it added to the mood of the ocean and sunset.
Cloud shoved his hands into the pockets of his khakis. "So what have you been up to lately?" asked Cloud
She looked at his blue eyes, staring ahead as they walked, "I helped Barrett and Marlene move in at Kalm." She looked ahead and brushed her hair with her left hand, "It's a nice apartment, since Midgar was destroyed, Kalm and other villages have been building homes.
"I should visit sometime." Said Cloud wondering how Barrett is.
"He's fine, so is Marlene." Said Tifa reading his mind
"How did ya guess? Whatever, no use explaining it, I probably won't get it anyway."
"Gosh Cloud! Your so hopeless!" nagged Tifa
He looked at her, she was still looking ahead, looked at her beautiful face. "And your point is?"
"Cloud you have to understand, stop bringing yourself down!" she said, she looked at him and mistakenly locked eyes. Her cheeks turned red, and she looked away.
You still have told him how you feel about him! She thought to herself. I hope he didn't notice me get uncomfortable. "You ok Tifa?" said Cloud noticing she still hasn't answered. She usually is quick to answer.
"Uh, Oh! Yea!" she said, She nervously with her left hand brought her her behind her ear. Her hair immediately went back to its dance with the wind.
"I was talking to Reeve the other day" said Cloud looking at the ocean, his hands still in his pocket. "I kinda missed that old stuffed mog, with the stupid cat on top of it." He laughed quietly.
"What did he say?" She asked interested, gazing with her red eyes ahead, The end was coming soon, so they would have to turn back.
Cloud stopped walking in the direction they were headed and walked to the ledge. He sat on it letting he feet dangle in the air, he looked down to see the waves hitting the wall, and they were pretty high from the water. Tifa joined and sat to his left.
"Nothing much, he couldn't stay long, he told me he left Cait Sith on the Highwind with Cid." Said Cloud thinking of what else Reeve said. "Also he told me that his people are still trying to dig under the top plate to find more survivors in the slums. Too many people died though. Now that Shinra is running under the command of Reeve we know whatever can be helped, will be helped." Said Cloud
"Speaking about Shinra, I almost forgot to tell you something." Said Tifa.
"What?" Cloud asked reluctantly
"Barrett removed the gun grafted to his arm." She said
"He did!?!" obviously shocked.
"Yep! He said quote unquoted, Tifa since Shinra is not my enemy, I don't need to have this damn gun for an arm anymo! My revenge is over, its time I took care of Marlene." She said trying to impersonate is low grunting voice, she laughed.
"Wow!" said Cloud laughing, her impersonation was rather humorous.
"He has a prosthetic arm now, fully functional too! Its still metal though, he figured he might still need something like that in case he got into a fight, I just told him, That's what you have me for" she said and scratched her nose with her right thumb and grinning.
It started to get dark; the light post in Junon started flickering to life all over the once military city. Buildings start to shine as many apartments had their lights on. Junon has converted itself into and actual city you can live in. not the housing of a military base like it once was. The once setting sun was swallowed by the ocean, now the night has twinkling stars and the ocean as well twinkled, dark blues took over the sky, with barely a cloud in sight.
"Cloud can I ask you a question" said Tifa, he looked at her and realized she was looking at him, their eyes locked into each other, the perfect color match, blue and red. "I have a room in the motel but I don't feel right." She said, then quickly thought about what to say next. "What I want to is. can I stay over your place, I can pick up my bag, I only have one bag so you don't have to worry about a mess or anything." She paused, looked down. "I want to feel safe again. I feel lonely."
Clouds stare softened, his blue eyes showing some compassionate thoughts that must be occurring in his mind. "Sure Tifa, you can stay as long as you want." His finger brought her chin up. "Don't feel embarrassed to ask me Tifa, were best friends right?" he smiled.
She immediately smiled and replied, "Yea." Of course she wished it could be more, but he still stuck on Aeris she thinks. Suddenly overwhelmed by happiness, she hugged him, this time he hugged back, she felt good, she felt. right. Once the hug finished she said, "Go to you apartment I'll be their in ten minutes ok?" she smiled at him and leaned over to his left cheek, Tifa then gave a small kiss on his cheek and then ran off to the motel that was apparently across the street.
Cloud put his hand on his cheek. "Wonder what got into her?" said Cloud
Later that night Cloud was setting several blankets on top of each other, that was what he is going to sleep on, he placed a small pillow on one end and left a large blanket on the other. Cloud's apartment was meant for one person, he let Tifa sleep on his bed, while he would soon sleep on the living room floor. He thought of many things while he lay in bed. He was wearing only shorts up to the bottom of his knees.
It feels good knowing Tifa is around, kinda wish this was a little more permanent, I mean after all she's my childhood friend. I had the biggest crush on her when we were little. In fact I attempted to join SOLDIER for her, but that's another promise I failed to achieve. I have to stop making promises; I end up disappointing myself in the end. Why did she give me that kiss on the cheek.? I mean Tifa has always been friendly with me, but now that I think about it. not friendly like that, with all these kisses and hugs, I would think she liked me or something. Cloud get over it, she never liked you the same way you liked her, she cares about you but only as a friend. She's just happy to see her best friend. She's just happy. If only we fell in love, but something my happen to her too if I fell in love with her. Like what happened to Aeris, but theres no more Sephiroth. I made sure of that, God Sephiroth you robbed me of my love, you hurt so many people, and killed many others, you tried to hurt my friend, I. I remember how I finished you off, it was just me and you, a showdown, you swung at me and missed. I then showed you how powerful I have become, and I attacked you, for me, for Aeris, for Tifa, Barret, the others, the world, I fought you for humanity. I unleashed a barrage of attacks that even you the mighty Sephiroth couldn't withstand. He thought about that encounter very well. That was the settling of everything between him and Cloud. He was responsible for Aeris's cold- blooded murder. He was to pay for that. Cloud shrugged the thought of Sephiroth out of his mind. Started wonder how all the others are. Slowly he drifted to sleep wondering how tomorrow would be. Then the gentle tyrant known as sleep took over.
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As he sat down on the chair of his Junon apartment, Cloud pondered many things. It has been a month since the event that was Meteor, but Cloud never stopped thinking about it. The journey that started out as a simple bombing mission of the Midgar Mako reactor number one, it turned out to be the life altering adventure that plagues his mind today.
Something I never thought of before, what would have happened if I never went on that bombing mission. Would meteor still be summoned? Yes and no, actually, yes it would have happened only difference I wouldn't have been there to stop Sephiroth. Wait! Clouds think about it, how many events could possibly have prevented me living the life I led. I mean what if, I never left Nibleheim in the first place; I never left to become SOLDIER. Then again I never became SOLDIER, I only pretended to be one. What if I did? What if, I actually became SOLDIER First Class, like Zack, Would I have been killed by Shinra trying to escape with Zack? I owe Zack my life. Zack died because of me, and now he won't be back. like . Aeris.
"Oh God!" said cloud covering his face with his hands. "Aeris! I would have saved you. I failed you in my promise." He smiles. "Of course I remembered, I'm a jack of all trades aren't I? How can I forget that I'm your bodyguard." Cloud paused. "Now I'm talking to myself. Aeris I do miss you. I understand that you won't be back. I want to find you at the Promise Land, but where?" He finally looked up from his hand, as if to brave the world, Cloud stood up from his chair and walked to his bedroom. Laying on his bed was a freshly ironed white short sleeve button up shirt. He put it on one sleeve at a time and left it open showing his torso. Cloud tugged the bottom of the shirt by his light colored khakis. "What else do I need?" he said to himself. Suddenly he remembered and walked to the closet opening it. When he pulled a black belt out he immediately put it on. He then sighed and brushed his blonde spikey hair back with his right hand. Knock, Knock! He heard at his door. He left his bedroom and crossed the living room to reach his front door; the large window by the door had its horizontal shades mostly open, the light illuminated the room with the feeling of calmness.
"Who is it?" asked Cloud
"Guess who!" a woman said.
"Uh.I dun no." Said Cloud
"Grrr. Cloud your no fun!"
He now recognized the frustrated voice of Tifa, he opened the door and smiled, "Hey."
She looked great, the wind blowing her dark brown hair, the sun setting into with the ocean behind her, and her beautiful red eyes just staring at him. She wore a white tank top and brown short shorts, with white sandals. "Hi!" she smiled, then she leaned in and gave him a huge hug. Cloud didn't know what to do, out of involuntary reaction only his left arm went around her. "Tifa remember you can break backs you know?" said Cloud painfully.
"Don't be such wimp!" she grinned and then laughed while letting him go. "So are you gonna let me in or what?"
"Actually I was about to leave" said Cloud.
"Really..." She said a little down.
"Well umm. if you like. you can. well you see I was going to take a walk for little while and watch the sunset. what I mean is. you uh wanna come?"
She smiled, "Sure!"
The setting was great for a walking conversation with an old friend. The wind made everything seem so peaceful. Cloud looked out to the ocean, his shirt flowing behind him showing of his chest and abs. Tifa's hair also danced with the wind. The sky painted with hues of orange. The tan-yellow buildings coinciding with the orange rays, it added to the mood of the ocean and sunset.
Cloud shoved his hands into the pockets of his khakis. "So what have you been up to lately?" asked Cloud
She looked at his blue eyes, staring ahead as they walked, "I helped Barrett and Marlene move in at Kalm." She looked ahead and brushed her hair with her left hand, "It's a nice apartment, since Midgar was destroyed, Kalm and other villages have been building homes.
"I should visit sometime." Said Cloud wondering how Barrett is.
"He's fine, so is Marlene." Said Tifa reading his mind
"How did ya guess? Whatever, no use explaining it, I probably won't get it anyway."
"Gosh Cloud! Your so hopeless!" nagged Tifa
He looked at her, she was still looking ahead, looked at her beautiful face. "And your point is?"
"Cloud you have to understand, stop bringing yourself down!" she said, she looked at him and mistakenly locked eyes. Her cheeks turned red, and she looked away.
You still have told him how you feel about him! She thought to herself. I hope he didn't notice me get uncomfortable. "You ok Tifa?" said Cloud noticing she still hasn't answered. She usually is quick to answer.
"Uh, Oh! Yea!" she said, She nervously with her left hand brought her her behind her ear. Her hair immediately went back to its dance with the wind.
"I was talking to Reeve the other day" said Cloud looking at the ocean, his hands still in his pocket. "I kinda missed that old stuffed mog, with the stupid cat on top of it." He laughed quietly.
"What did he say?" She asked interested, gazing with her red eyes ahead, The end was coming soon, so they would have to turn back.
Cloud stopped walking in the direction they were headed and walked to the ledge. He sat on it letting he feet dangle in the air, he looked down to see the waves hitting the wall, and they were pretty high from the water. Tifa joined and sat to his left.
"Nothing much, he couldn't stay long, he told me he left Cait Sith on the Highwind with Cid." Said Cloud thinking of what else Reeve said. "Also he told me that his people are still trying to dig under the top plate to find more survivors in the slums. Too many people died though. Now that Shinra is running under the command of Reeve we know whatever can be helped, will be helped." Said Cloud
"Speaking about Shinra, I almost forgot to tell you something." Said Tifa.
"What?" Cloud asked reluctantly
"Barrett removed the gun grafted to his arm." She said
"He did!?!" obviously shocked.
"Yep! He said quote unquoted, Tifa since Shinra is not my enemy, I don't need to have this damn gun for an arm anymo! My revenge is over, its time I took care of Marlene." She said trying to impersonate is low grunting voice, she laughed.
"Wow!" said Cloud laughing, her impersonation was rather humorous.
"He has a prosthetic arm now, fully functional too! Its still metal though, he figured he might still need something like that in case he got into a fight, I just told him, That's what you have me for" she said and scratched her nose with her right thumb and grinning.
It started to get dark; the light post in Junon started flickering to life all over the once military city. Buildings start to shine as many apartments had their lights on. Junon has converted itself into and actual city you can live in. not the housing of a military base like it once was. The once setting sun was swallowed by the ocean, now the night has twinkling stars and the ocean as well twinkled, dark blues took over the sky, with barely a cloud in sight.
"Cloud can I ask you a question" said Tifa, he looked at her and realized she was looking at him, their eyes locked into each other, the perfect color match, blue and red. "I have a room in the motel but I don't feel right." She said, then quickly thought about what to say next. "What I want to is. can I stay over your place, I can pick up my bag, I only have one bag so you don't have to worry about a mess or anything." She paused, looked down. "I want to feel safe again. I feel lonely."
Clouds stare softened, his blue eyes showing some compassionate thoughts that must be occurring in his mind. "Sure Tifa, you can stay as long as you want." His finger brought her chin up. "Don't feel embarrassed to ask me Tifa, were best friends right?" he smiled.
She immediately smiled and replied, "Yea." Of course she wished it could be more, but he still stuck on Aeris she thinks. Suddenly overwhelmed by happiness, she hugged him, this time he hugged back, she felt good, she felt. right. Once the hug finished she said, "Go to you apartment I'll be their in ten minutes ok?" she smiled at him and leaned over to his left cheek, Tifa then gave a small kiss on his cheek and then ran off to the motel that was apparently across the street.
Cloud put his hand on his cheek. "Wonder what got into her?" said Cloud
Later that night Cloud was setting several blankets on top of each other, that was what he is going to sleep on, he placed a small pillow on one end and left a large blanket on the other. Cloud's apartment was meant for one person, he let Tifa sleep on his bed, while he would soon sleep on the living room floor. He thought of many things while he lay in bed. He was wearing only shorts up to the bottom of his knees.
It feels good knowing Tifa is around, kinda wish this was a little more permanent, I mean after all she's my childhood friend. I had the biggest crush on her when we were little. In fact I attempted to join SOLDIER for her, but that's another promise I failed to achieve. I have to stop making promises; I end up disappointing myself in the end. Why did she give me that kiss on the cheek.? I mean Tifa has always been friendly with me, but now that I think about it. not friendly like that, with all these kisses and hugs, I would think she liked me or something. Cloud get over it, she never liked you the same way you liked her, she cares about you but only as a friend. She's just happy to see her best friend. She's just happy. If only we fell in love, but something my happen to her too if I fell in love with her. Like what happened to Aeris, but theres no more Sephiroth. I made sure of that, God Sephiroth you robbed me of my love, you hurt so many people, and killed many others, you tried to hurt my friend, I. I remember how I finished you off, it was just me and you, a showdown, you swung at me and missed. I then showed you how powerful I have become, and I attacked you, for me, for Aeris, for Tifa, Barret, the others, the world, I fought you for humanity. I unleashed a barrage of attacks that even you the mighty Sephiroth couldn't withstand. He thought about that encounter very well. That was the settling of everything between him and Cloud. He was responsible for Aeris's cold- blooded murder. He was to pay for that. Cloud shrugged the thought of Sephiroth out of his mind. Started wonder how all the others are. Slowly he drifted to sleep wondering how tomorrow would be. Then the gentle tyrant known as sleep took over.