Chapter 3, "Tough Life"
~Tifa and Cloud~
Tifa: Cloud, don't you think the two of them are speaking the truth?
Cloud: I have full trust in them.
Tifa: What I mean is, the final frontier is impossible to reach. They were able to pass the final frontier for a long time. Is that possible for man to reach?
Cloud: Kaithae told me once that Earthlings have intelligence beyond your imagination.
Tifa: Cloud, why do you believe that?
Cloud: You ask me why, because I understand Kaithae and Athen. Try to understand Tifa, look inside of them. Their past is heavy and still, you don't care. You still have the dark doubts in your mind. You must release those doubts, Tifa.
Athen and Kaithae walked near Cloud and Tifa.
Athen: Are you finished doing that? Tifa: Yeah, why?
Kaithae: I made some sandwiches and tea at the Sarinia, we are having our lunch.
The four of them walked in the Sarinia's kitchen. They saw Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Red XIII and Barret eating sandwiches and drinking the tea.
Vincent: Kaithae, from what is this tea made from.
Kaithae: It is Darjeeling Tea. Why, is there a problem?
Vincent: Nothing, I just thought it was nice. Lucrecia used to made teas that tasted like this.
Athen: "Used to"?
Vincent: Lucrecia perished in this world a long time ago. I wasn't able to save her from Hojo.
Athen: Who is Hojo?
Cloud: Let us sit for a while. Okay Vincent, lets hear the story.
The four sat down. Vincent started to tell the story.
Vincent: Hojo was a professor of Shinra. He participated in the Jenova Project. Lucrecia was my friend, the one that is most important to me. Hojo made my girlfriend Lucrecia pregnant, for an evil reason, to be a specimen for the Jenova Project. Jenova's cells were injected to Lucrecia's body for her child. After Lucrecia gave birth, everything was normal until a few days later, she died. I blamed Hojo for everything, but Hojo shot me with his gun. He sealed me inside this coffin (spoiler) in the Shinra Mansion, until Cloud found me.
Yuffie: Yup, that's the story.
Barret: It makes me melt whenever I hear that story.
Cloud: That's what happened.
Tifa: Yeah, it's quite sad, you know.
Athen: Hey, now that we're all here, let's hear the story of all you people.
Cloud: I'll go first. When I was young, I dreamt about being a member of SOLDIER, I never made it to SOLDIER though, but I made myself believe I was when I'm not. I pretended to be Zack so I can make up stories relevant to the current events. On one mission, Sephiroth, Zack, me and another soldier came to Nibelheim to check on the broken reactor. Tifa was our guide, so we went to the reactor. There, Sephiroth and I saw a few more specimens in the Jenova Project. He thought he was different, in some way, but that thought drove him crazy. He confined himself in the inn and suddenly came to the Shinra Mansion to study about the Jenova Project. After a few nights, he came out of the Shinra Mansion, and burnt Nibelheim...
Athen: Sephiroth was in a big part of your life, isn't he Cloud?
Kaithae: So, who's next?
Cait Sith: I will. My past is quite clear, so hear it goes. I am a member of Shinra. I work for them, using this toy body. I met with Cloud on the Gold Saucer and stole his Keystone for Shinra. After that, I still wanted to help Shinra but I wanted to save the planet. Therefore, I trusted Cloud and because of my high position in Shinra, I was able to control Shinra and take them out of Cloud's mission.
Yuffie: That's it.
Tifa: It's a nice story.
Cloud: ...
Cid: ...
Vincent: You're lucky you had a good past.
Cait Sith: Yeah, I am happy.
Tifa: Who's next?
Yuffie: I will. I was born in Wutai, a far off place. When I was young, we lost the war, we got peace but...we lost something else. If you can see Wutai now, it used to be important. Now it's just a resort town! I tried to retrieve Wutai's greatness by having materia, but all in vain. Well, that's my past.
Athen: So, your home was nothing important anymore.
Yuffie: Yeah. Nevertheless, I know, someday, it will gain its pride once more!
Kaithae: Wow, you have a lot of spirit.
Yuffie: Of course I do.
Kaithae: Yeah, so...who's next?
Tifa: Mine is all the same as Cloud, so will I still tell mine?
Athen: If you don't want to, then don't. If you want to, go ahead.
Tifa: Never mind.
Barret: Okay. Therefore, my past is about Shinra, saving the planet, Marlene and Dyne. Damn those bastards, Shinra. They burnt my town to the ground, made me lose my arm, and killed my friends and family. Therefore, I turned against Shinra and fought for everything against them.
Kaithae: Wait a minute I noticed something. What is the root of all your sufferings is Shinra. Is that why you all understand each other? I hoped to have things that way, but if you lost your planet, you could've understood. However, you didn't. Therefore, you won't understand anything.
Cid: The first time I noticed it.
All except Cid: Hey Cid, you haven't told us your story yet.
Cid: It's about Shinra also. They made my dream impossible. I wanted to explore the outer space. Though it was hard, my dream was at my hands. My friend, Shera, wanted to sacrifice herself to fix the oxygen tank, at least. However, I didn't want to kill her so, I delayed the mission, Shinra promised to resume the mission but they made it poof, and disappeared. They took the space away from me and they wanted my plane, the Tiny Bronco. They took space away from me and now they are taking the skies away from me too...to hell with Shinra...
Athen: It doesn't feel good when your dream is ruined.
Kaithae: What a good past.
Cid: What? You actually think the story is good. Well, if you're so smart, let's hear your story.
Kaithae: Don't remind me of my past Cid!
Athen: Yeah, Cid. It's better if you do not remind her.
Cid: Hmph...
Cloud: Everyone told their story.
Kaithae: Hey, Cloud, can you take us to Gold Saucer? I think I want to check it out.
Cloud: Okay then.
Cid: Yeah, well...may I pilot the Sarinia? She's very beautiful.
Athen: Of course. Well there are some problems.
Cid: What?
Kaithae: Do you know how to pilot?
Cid: Umm...no.
Athen: Kaithae and I will pilot this. You go to the Highwind instead.
Cloud: Will you be okay?
Kaithae: Why are you worried?
Cloud: ...
Tifa: Cloud?
Cloud: It is nothing, really
~Tifa and Cloud~
Tifa: Cloud, don't you think the two of them are speaking the truth?
Cloud: I have full trust in them.
Tifa: What I mean is, the final frontier is impossible to reach. They were able to pass the final frontier for a long time. Is that possible for man to reach?
Cloud: Kaithae told me once that Earthlings have intelligence beyond your imagination.
Tifa: Cloud, why do you believe that?
Cloud: You ask me why, because I understand Kaithae and Athen. Try to understand Tifa, look inside of them. Their past is heavy and still, you don't care. You still have the dark doubts in your mind. You must release those doubts, Tifa.
Athen and Kaithae walked near Cloud and Tifa.
Athen: Are you finished doing that? Tifa: Yeah, why?
Kaithae: I made some sandwiches and tea at the Sarinia, we are having our lunch.
The four of them walked in the Sarinia's kitchen. They saw Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Red XIII and Barret eating sandwiches and drinking the tea.
Vincent: Kaithae, from what is this tea made from.
Kaithae: It is Darjeeling Tea. Why, is there a problem?
Vincent: Nothing, I just thought it was nice. Lucrecia used to made teas that tasted like this.
Athen: "Used to"?
Vincent: Lucrecia perished in this world a long time ago. I wasn't able to save her from Hojo.
Athen: Who is Hojo?
Cloud: Let us sit for a while. Okay Vincent, lets hear the story.
The four sat down. Vincent started to tell the story.
Vincent: Hojo was a professor of Shinra. He participated in the Jenova Project. Lucrecia was my friend, the one that is most important to me. Hojo made my girlfriend Lucrecia pregnant, for an evil reason, to be a specimen for the Jenova Project. Jenova's cells were injected to Lucrecia's body for her child. After Lucrecia gave birth, everything was normal until a few days later, she died. I blamed Hojo for everything, but Hojo shot me with his gun. He sealed me inside this coffin (spoiler) in the Shinra Mansion, until Cloud found me.
Yuffie: Yup, that's the story.
Barret: It makes me melt whenever I hear that story.
Cloud: That's what happened.
Tifa: Yeah, it's quite sad, you know.
Athen: Hey, now that we're all here, let's hear the story of all you people.
Cloud: I'll go first. When I was young, I dreamt about being a member of SOLDIER, I never made it to SOLDIER though, but I made myself believe I was when I'm not. I pretended to be Zack so I can make up stories relevant to the current events. On one mission, Sephiroth, Zack, me and another soldier came to Nibelheim to check on the broken reactor. Tifa was our guide, so we went to the reactor. There, Sephiroth and I saw a few more specimens in the Jenova Project. He thought he was different, in some way, but that thought drove him crazy. He confined himself in the inn and suddenly came to the Shinra Mansion to study about the Jenova Project. After a few nights, he came out of the Shinra Mansion, and burnt Nibelheim...
Athen: Sephiroth was in a big part of your life, isn't he Cloud?
Kaithae: So, who's next?
Cait Sith: I will. My past is quite clear, so hear it goes. I am a member of Shinra. I work for them, using this toy body. I met with Cloud on the Gold Saucer and stole his Keystone for Shinra. After that, I still wanted to help Shinra but I wanted to save the planet. Therefore, I trusted Cloud and because of my high position in Shinra, I was able to control Shinra and take them out of Cloud's mission.
Yuffie: That's it.
Tifa: It's a nice story.
Cloud: ...
Cid: ...
Vincent: You're lucky you had a good past.
Cait Sith: Yeah, I am happy.
Tifa: Who's next?
Yuffie: I will. I was born in Wutai, a far off place. When I was young, we lost the war, we got peace but...we lost something else. If you can see Wutai now, it used to be important. Now it's just a resort town! I tried to retrieve Wutai's greatness by having materia, but all in vain. Well, that's my past.
Athen: So, your home was nothing important anymore.
Yuffie: Yeah. Nevertheless, I know, someday, it will gain its pride once more!
Kaithae: Wow, you have a lot of spirit.
Yuffie: Of course I do.
Kaithae: Yeah, so...who's next?
Tifa: Mine is all the same as Cloud, so will I still tell mine?
Athen: If you don't want to, then don't. If you want to, go ahead.
Tifa: Never mind.
Barret: Okay. Therefore, my past is about Shinra, saving the planet, Marlene and Dyne. Damn those bastards, Shinra. They burnt my town to the ground, made me lose my arm, and killed my friends and family. Therefore, I turned against Shinra and fought for everything against them.
Kaithae: Wait a minute I noticed something. What is the root of all your sufferings is Shinra. Is that why you all understand each other? I hoped to have things that way, but if you lost your planet, you could've understood. However, you didn't. Therefore, you won't understand anything.
Cid: The first time I noticed it.
All except Cid: Hey Cid, you haven't told us your story yet.
Cid: It's about Shinra also. They made my dream impossible. I wanted to explore the outer space. Though it was hard, my dream was at my hands. My friend, Shera, wanted to sacrifice herself to fix the oxygen tank, at least. However, I didn't want to kill her so, I delayed the mission, Shinra promised to resume the mission but they made it poof, and disappeared. They took the space away from me and they wanted my plane, the Tiny Bronco. They took space away from me and now they are taking the skies away from me too...to hell with Shinra...
Athen: It doesn't feel good when your dream is ruined.
Kaithae: What a good past.
Cid: What? You actually think the story is good. Well, if you're so smart, let's hear your story.
Kaithae: Don't remind me of my past Cid!
Athen: Yeah, Cid. It's better if you do not remind her.
Cid: Hmph...
Cloud: Everyone told their story.
Kaithae: Hey, Cloud, can you take us to Gold Saucer? I think I want to check it out.
Cloud: Okay then.
Cid: Yeah, well...may I pilot the Sarinia? She's very beautiful.
Athen: Of course. Well there are some problems.
Cid: What?
Kaithae: Do you know how to pilot?
Cid: Umm...no.
Athen: Kaithae and I will pilot this. You go to the Highwind instead.
Cloud: Will you be okay?
Kaithae: Why are you worried?
Cloud: ...
Tifa: Cloud?
Cloud: It is nothing, really