A/n; Well heres the second chapter hope you like, I really enjoyed writing
it.
4Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy Characters, Square does.
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Unfinished Business
1 Chapter 2
The next day was just like any other day was just like any other day. All the celebrations had ended and life was getting back to the way it usually was. Cloud was unusually quiet that day and Tifa was getting worried, she took him into the next room so they could be alone to talk.
"What's wrong Cloud?"
"Nothing"
"Cloud you can't hide your problems from me, why don't you just tell me and we could save a lot of effort"
"You wouldn't understand either"
"Cloud! Just tell me what's wrong!"
"……I had this dream……last night.."
"Is that all? You…" Tifa was interrupted by what Cloud had to finish saying.
"Aeris was in it…. She came with a warning….." Cloud was distant, very distant you could hear it in his voice, It was cold and barley above a whisper. He was in a world of his own one filed with memories of good and bad. All he was doing was staring right past Tifa as though she wasn't even there, staring into nothingness.
"Warning? Warning of what?"
"Sephiroth" It was still said silently and with hatred
"What does he have to do with any of this. He's dead. Remember we killed him 2 years ago."
Cloud snapped back out of his dream land "I know that"
"But this dream was…..strange" He was getting further and further away again
"Well are you gonna hurry up and tell me or not" Tifas voice had the bitterness of anger in it, she couldn't understand why Cloud just wouldn't tell her.
This time Cloud stared at the ground his voice even softer than before.
"He's coming back" Clouds voice was cold, cold and harsh, there was no emotion in it or any showing on his face. He wasn't even staring at Tifa. Tifa was just as confused as Cloud was now.
"Coming back? From where? How? When? Why?"
"I don't know, all Aeris told me is that he'll be coming back on the anniversary of his death next year, from lifestream and something else she said 'be prepared'"
"If he's coming back then we must tell the others and do what Aeris said, get ready" Tifas voice held panic in it. Cloud was still off in a daze he suddenly got pulled of the wall and came round.
"Tifa wait! What do we tell them 'Sephiroth's coming back lets all go and get killed'"
"Cloud that's not helping!"
"Look we don't even know if he's still evil"
"And we can take the chance. If you don't tell them then I will!" Tifa ran out of the room to gather everyone.
Cloud eventually surfaced some 2 hours later, by now everyone knew and were all staring at him as he entered the room. Cloud walked right past everyone and out through the door on the opposite side of the room, leading out onto the streets of Junon.
"Cloud wait" Cloud paused as Tifa caught up to him. Everyone knows and they want to help, they want to get prepared just in case Sephiroth hasn't changed, were all leaving to return to our homes today and meeting a month before the 'appearance at Nibelheim Mansion there we'll stay together ready and waiting for him"
"Tifa! You don't understand! We don't even know where he'll appear or if this is even gonna happen!" Cloud was angry, he didn't want to talk or listen to anybody, all he wanted to do was be alone and be given time to think through his thoughts.
"I'm leaving, please don't follow" and with that Cloud was gone, running down the street to get as far away from people as possible.
Tifa went back inside alone. They all looked at her as she came in silent.
"Tifa where's Cloud?" Came a voice from Reeve
"Gone"
"Gone? Gone where?"
"I don't know, just gone"
Red XIII finally spoke up as he came to stand next to Tifa "Maybe it's for the best, he needs time to think through things, don't worry he'll be back"
"Yeah you're right" Tifa tried it act confident but her voice wasn't letting her. She was concerned for her friend.
Later that afternoon everyone said their goodbyes and left they all promised to keep in contact and to meet in 11 months.
Cloud didn't come back to Nibelheim for a week, by now Tifa was as worried as anybody would have been over a lost lover and Vincent had to calm her down. Cloud finally showed up one night while they were having dinner, he came in said nothing and went to his room. A few minutes later Tifa walked in and sat on the bed next to Cloud. "Cloud, you know you can tell me anything, I want to be here for you, just talk to me please" She then got up, hugged Cloud and kissed his cheek on the way out she close the door and left him sitting on his bed still in thought.
Cloud got up and got changed, he hoped into bed and fell asleep quickly.
"Cloud. What's wrong? Came the familiar voice. It was soft like gentle music.
"Aeris…It's good to hear your voice"
"What's wrong Cloud, you can talk to me"
"I'm….I'm confused…..when you said Sephiroth's coming back…..there's a lot I still need to know"
"Ask me now"
"Why is he coming back?"
"He's been working hard in lifestream to pay back all that had happened, he's still got a lot of work to do before next year"
"Yes, but why is he coming back to here?"
"Lifestream thinks his debts are almost paid off and they want to give him a second chance to redeem himself, so they're allowing him to come back"
"Then why can't you come back? You've done nothing wrong?"
"I don't know, maybe they need me here more than I am needed there"
"Is Sephiroth still evil?"
"I'm not sure on that. I want to believe that he's changed but something tells me he still could change back, that's why I said to be prepared just in case"
"Do you know where he'll reappear?"
"Daylight comes and Darkness goes, he will appear where spirits go to gather"
"What does that mean?" it was to late Aeris was already gone. Although Cloud was happier that he got some of his questions answered.
Cloud woke the next morning in a better mood. He had a smile on his face when he came down for breakfast. The first voice he heard for the day was Tifas "Morning Cloud, how'd you sleep?"
Cloud walked up to Tifa with a smile on his face, she was cooking the three of then breakfast, "Thanks Tifa"
"Oh Cloud, I've missed you"
"It's okay now, I'm back"
Vincent walked in at the two of them hugging "hmmmmmm"
"Oh sorry Vincent" a startled Cloud said
"Nevermind, it's good to have you back"
"Lets eat"
After breakfast and everything was cleaned up Cloud went for a shower and then promised Tifa that they'd train after eh got ready. They went up in to the mountains on Nibel, there they could train with all the monsters that gather around.
~~~~~11 months later~~~~~~
Cid brought the highwind round to gather everyone and then came to Nibelheim
"Good to see you again" Tifa yelled as she ran out to see everyone. Of course they kept in contact through the year, but seeing them in flesh was even better. All of them looked like they had been training, just like they said over PHS.
Cid started the conversation when they all got inside "So Cloud, Tifa never did tell us where you went for the week you ran off" Of course Cid already had a smoke in his mouth and was acting like he was thew best again.
"That's cause Tifa didn't know"
Of course Tifa had wondered but she didn't want to ask him just in case he went back into that mood and ran off again, this time maybe for good.
Cloud looked at Red as Red nodded, "I was at the City of Ancients" He looked relieved after he said that but still tense in many ways. " I wanted to be near Aeris and I thought if I went there, there were still so many questions I needed to know from her, and I thought I could get them answered if I went there."
"And did you find tem" A curious Yuffie asked.
"I didn't get hem answered until I came back here. Aeris came to me in a dream again the night I came back she answered my questions for me."
"Some more about Sephiroth"
"Oh"
"She gave me a hint to where he might be but I haven't been able to figure out where it is yet. She told me" Cloud thought long and hard to say what she told, and was thinking through it every step of the way trying to figure it out for himself. "Daylight comes and Darkness goes, he will appear where spirits go to gather." After that he was finally relived.
Red came up to him afterwards while everyone was deep in thought. "You did good"
"Thanks for not telling anyone"
Red knew where Cloud was the whole week he was away, because when Red returned to Cosmo Canyon, Cloud was there and he need guidance. Red was the one who suggested that he go to the Forgotten Capital. So all along Red knew and he didn't tell anyone.
It would be a month until Sephiroth was due to appear and the group could hardly wait.
A/n: Well there is the next chapter, hope you liked it. Any thoughts on where Sephiroth is going to appear? This really was a good chapter to write, It shows the different personalities that the characters go through, (When you play the game on more than 1 occasion you get to know both sides of them, sometimes even more). Please press that little box in the bottom corner and review, thanks!
4Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy Characters, Square does.
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Unfinished Business
1 Chapter 2
The next day was just like any other day was just like any other day. All the celebrations had ended and life was getting back to the way it usually was. Cloud was unusually quiet that day and Tifa was getting worried, she took him into the next room so they could be alone to talk.
"What's wrong Cloud?"
"Nothing"
"Cloud you can't hide your problems from me, why don't you just tell me and we could save a lot of effort"
"You wouldn't understand either"
"Cloud! Just tell me what's wrong!"
"……I had this dream……last night.."
"Is that all? You…" Tifa was interrupted by what Cloud had to finish saying.
"Aeris was in it…. She came with a warning….." Cloud was distant, very distant you could hear it in his voice, It was cold and barley above a whisper. He was in a world of his own one filed with memories of good and bad. All he was doing was staring right past Tifa as though she wasn't even there, staring into nothingness.
"Warning? Warning of what?"
"Sephiroth" It was still said silently and with hatred
"What does he have to do with any of this. He's dead. Remember we killed him 2 years ago."
Cloud snapped back out of his dream land "I know that"
"But this dream was…..strange" He was getting further and further away again
"Well are you gonna hurry up and tell me or not" Tifas voice had the bitterness of anger in it, she couldn't understand why Cloud just wouldn't tell her.
This time Cloud stared at the ground his voice even softer than before.
"He's coming back" Clouds voice was cold, cold and harsh, there was no emotion in it or any showing on his face. He wasn't even staring at Tifa. Tifa was just as confused as Cloud was now.
"Coming back? From where? How? When? Why?"
"I don't know, all Aeris told me is that he'll be coming back on the anniversary of his death next year, from lifestream and something else she said 'be prepared'"
"If he's coming back then we must tell the others and do what Aeris said, get ready" Tifas voice held panic in it. Cloud was still off in a daze he suddenly got pulled of the wall and came round.
"Tifa wait! What do we tell them 'Sephiroth's coming back lets all go and get killed'"
"Cloud that's not helping!"
"Look we don't even know if he's still evil"
"And we can take the chance. If you don't tell them then I will!" Tifa ran out of the room to gather everyone.
Cloud eventually surfaced some 2 hours later, by now everyone knew and were all staring at him as he entered the room. Cloud walked right past everyone and out through the door on the opposite side of the room, leading out onto the streets of Junon.
"Cloud wait" Cloud paused as Tifa caught up to him. Everyone knows and they want to help, they want to get prepared just in case Sephiroth hasn't changed, were all leaving to return to our homes today and meeting a month before the 'appearance at Nibelheim Mansion there we'll stay together ready and waiting for him"
"Tifa! You don't understand! We don't even know where he'll appear or if this is even gonna happen!" Cloud was angry, he didn't want to talk or listen to anybody, all he wanted to do was be alone and be given time to think through his thoughts.
"I'm leaving, please don't follow" and with that Cloud was gone, running down the street to get as far away from people as possible.
Tifa went back inside alone. They all looked at her as she came in silent.
"Tifa where's Cloud?" Came a voice from Reeve
"Gone"
"Gone? Gone where?"
"I don't know, just gone"
Red XIII finally spoke up as he came to stand next to Tifa "Maybe it's for the best, he needs time to think through things, don't worry he'll be back"
"Yeah you're right" Tifa tried it act confident but her voice wasn't letting her. She was concerned for her friend.
Later that afternoon everyone said their goodbyes and left they all promised to keep in contact and to meet in 11 months.
Cloud didn't come back to Nibelheim for a week, by now Tifa was as worried as anybody would have been over a lost lover and Vincent had to calm her down. Cloud finally showed up one night while they were having dinner, he came in said nothing and went to his room. A few minutes later Tifa walked in and sat on the bed next to Cloud. "Cloud, you know you can tell me anything, I want to be here for you, just talk to me please" She then got up, hugged Cloud and kissed his cheek on the way out she close the door and left him sitting on his bed still in thought.
Cloud got up and got changed, he hoped into bed and fell asleep quickly.
"Cloud. What's wrong? Came the familiar voice. It was soft like gentle music.
"Aeris…It's good to hear your voice"
"What's wrong Cloud, you can talk to me"
"I'm….I'm confused…..when you said Sephiroth's coming back…..there's a lot I still need to know"
"Ask me now"
"Why is he coming back?"
"He's been working hard in lifestream to pay back all that had happened, he's still got a lot of work to do before next year"
"Yes, but why is he coming back to here?"
"Lifestream thinks his debts are almost paid off and they want to give him a second chance to redeem himself, so they're allowing him to come back"
"Then why can't you come back? You've done nothing wrong?"
"I don't know, maybe they need me here more than I am needed there"
"Is Sephiroth still evil?"
"I'm not sure on that. I want to believe that he's changed but something tells me he still could change back, that's why I said to be prepared just in case"
"Do you know where he'll reappear?"
"Daylight comes and Darkness goes, he will appear where spirits go to gather"
"What does that mean?" it was to late Aeris was already gone. Although Cloud was happier that he got some of his questions answered.
Cloud woke the next morning in a better mood. He had a smile on his face when he came down for breakfast. The first voice he heard for the day was Tifas "Morning Cloud, how'd you sleep?"
Cloud walked up to Tifa with a smile on his face, she was cooking the three of then breakfast, "Thanks Tifa"
"Oh Cloud, I've missed you"
"It's okay now, I'm back"
Vincent walked in at the two of them hugging "hmmmmmm"
"Oh sorry Vincent" a startled Cloud said
"Nevermind, it's good to have you back"
"Lets eat"
After breakfast and everything was cleaned up Cloud went for a shower and then promised Tifa that they'd train after eh got ready. They went up in to the mountains on Nibel, there they could train with all the monsters that gather around.
~~~~~11 months later~~~~~~
Cid brought the highwind round to gather everyone and then came to Nibelheim
"Good to see you again" Tifa yelled as she ran out to see everyone. Of course they kept in contact through the year, but seeing them in flesh was even better. All of them looked like they had been training, just like they said over PHS.
Cid started the conversation when they all got inside "So Cloud, Tifa never did tell us where you went for the week you ran off" Of course Cid already had a smoke in his mouth and was acting like he was thew best again.
"That's cause Tifa didn't know"
Of course Tifa had wondered but she didn't want to ask him just in case he went back into that mood and ran off again, this time maybe for good.
Cloud looked at Red as Red nodded, "I was at the City of Ancients" He looked relieved after he said that but still tense in many ways. " I wanted to be near Aeris and I thought if I went there, there were still so many questions I needed to know from her, and I thought I could get them answered if I went there."
"And did you find tem" A curious Yuffie asked.
"I didn't get hem answered until I came back here. Aeris came to me in a dream again the night I came back she answered my questions for me."
"Some more about Sephiroth"
"Oh"
"She gave me a hint to where he might be but I haven't been able to figure out where it is yet. She told me" Cloud thought long and hard to say what she told, and was thinking through it every step of the way trying to figure it out for himself. "Daylight comes and Darkness goes, he will appear where spirits go to gather." After that he was finally relived.
Red came up to him afterwards while everyone was deep in thought. "You did good"
"Thanks for not telling anyone"
Red knew where Cloud was the whole week he was away, because when Red returned to Cosmo Canyon, Cloud was there and he need guidance. Red was the one who suggested that he go to the Forgotten Capital. So all along Red knew and he didn't tell anyone.
It would be a month until Sephiroth was due to appear and the group could hardly wait.
A/n: Well there is the next chapter, hope you liked it. Any thoughts on where Sephiroth is going to appear? This really was a good chapter to write, It shows the different personalities that the characters go through, (When you play the game on more than 1 occasion you get to know both sides of them, sometimes even more). Please press that little box in the bottom corner and review, thanks!