Again I don't own FF7, but most of the ideas in my fic are all original.

Chapter 3: Recalling the Past

Aeris's POV (Just to make the story a little interesting)

We all woke up still on the train, still had about 30 minutes until we made it to the transfer station to New Shinra Headquarters. I had slept very well resting my head on Perry's lap. The three of us had gotten very close over the years, especially that one time a few days after Perry arrived back in our world again.

"You up Aeris?" Yuffie asked waking up. "Yeah, I slept very well. It sure made up for my lack of sleep lately." I said with a smile. "Why have you been getting little sleep anyway?" she asked me. "Well Perry has been acting differently lately. He went to visit Tifa in Nibelhiem and came back terrible." I muttered feeling depressed for my older brother, even though I am aware I'm older. "Wonder what happened to him?" Yuffie asked concerned. "He guys." Perry yawned, awaking. "What's the plan?" I asked him getting straight to business. "Well, let's see if Reeve can give us any information on this other company. Like where it's located." He suggested. "Sounds good, but do you think just the three of us can do this?" Yuffie wondered. "She has a point Perry, we may need some help from our friends." I told him. "Absolutely not. I don't want any help from 'her'!" he yelled sounding very angry at the mere thought of it. "Her? Why no help from Tifa?" I asked him. "I don't want to talk about it." He said calming down a little. "Won't even tell your own sister?" I asked one last time. "Sorry sis, but no." he said getting mad again.

The train reached the transfer point and we got off and onto another train. "This new train system is nice, very clear." I noted. "Reeve has been doing a good job rebuilding Shinra, less corruption." Perry added. The whole station was so much cleaner. "It should take around an hour to reach the Shinra Building." Yuffie told us. Good plenty of time to tell you about that one time years ago. When Yuffie made four of us much closer.



Yuffie's POV

Has it been some trip since we got Sephiroth. I was very happy to know Perry would stay with us here in our world. We don't live together quite yet. My DAD doesn't think he's worthy enough for me. Yeah, sure dad? I went to visit Vincent in Nibelheim. Well not as much Vincent but Tifa and Cloud. The two of them have gotten really close. Perry thought that he'd pick Aeris. I mean, he told me the game suggests that. Well who cares? I approached the Shinra Mansion with some fear in my heart. Perry was living with Aeris in Kalm for the time being.

"Anybody home? Vince?" I shouted upon entering. It was a bit less dead than last I saw it. Vince must be keeping it in shape. Bet he still sleeps in that coffin. I decided to look for him.

Perry's POV

Being here in FF7 was great. Sis and I are living in Kalm now. She sells the best flowers in town. I was trying to plan how to start our Materia Bandits. Guess I'm doing what Cloud used to do. We get by just fine. I always though Cloud would be with Aeris but he's with Tifa. I never saw that one. Not that I'm not happy for both of them. I keep thinking that sis is lonely without Cloud. She's always give me that bright smile and tell me "Having a boyfriend isn't important to me. I have my friends and especially you."

Well Aeris was going away to the Chocobo Ranch for the day to buy some greens for Gold, my gold chocobo, and some for her gold chocobo, Bright. Cloud and Tifa were coming over to visit us. Tifa wanted to spend the day with me because it had been a year since I arrived in this world. I told her I didn't need that. She disagreed. And boy is it hard to change that girl's mind. I was nervous about Cloud though. He intimidated me, I always felt like he never thought that high of me.

Yuffie's POV

Vince had cleared out all the monsters. This place is almost livable. Down in his basement I entered his little room and he was standing there. I walked in and he turned and looked at me.

"Why are you here?" he asked in a calm manner. "Just seeing what you're up to." I told him. "Well do whatever you wish." He said in that lifeless tone. Sometimes I really didn't understand that guy.

"Whatcha doing?" I asked with my usual energy. "Just reflecting" he informed me. "Isn't that the Death Penalty?" I wondered aloud. "That it is. I don't want it. Reminds me of her." He said with sorrow in his deep shy voice. "Cheer up!" I added bending in front of his face smiling brightly.

"Just let me be." He said quietly but firmly. "Whatever." I answered looking at an old book. Ancient Magic? Sounds interesting. I read through some of the pages. This one spell caught my eye. Controlling thoughts. Maybe I could convince Godo that Perry is worthy of me. I mean, nobody else is. I read through and began silently chanting the command words. I turned the page and finished. Purple lights shot out of the book and I didn't see where they went. Maybe it worked. Vince seemed like he had a headache.

Tifa's POV

Visiting Perry and Aeris seemed fun. I mean, I was Perry's first friend here. Even though we've been through rough times he really still enjoyed the time that we were considered a couple. He's still happy being friends. By his tone of voice on the PHS he seemed like he was in a bad mood. Well one of my "famous" hugs would change that. He's been down some days and one hug from me made him forget all that. He says that I put more feeling in it than anyone else.

Don't know why he'd be down, but I know once Cloud and I arrive we'll be happy. Once we arrived at Kalm we walked up to the house and Perry answered. I greeted him with a hug and it caught him by surprise. He didn't seem to like it.

"What's wrong?" I asked concerned. "Nothing" he said in a very deep voice. Familiar though.

Aeris's POV

Walking to Chocobo Ranch was very nice. The sun was shining. The planet seemed to be a peace. The grass was nice. I just loved it! Perry seemed down lately. Ever since he came to me asking to live together. Said Yuffie and him weren't ready. I didn't know what he meant but I'm sure big brother would tell his little sister. He was busy lately planning how to start his little business up. I was prepared to join, but I'd need a new look, according to Yuffie.

I didn't fight any enemies. Cloud gave me an Enemy Away materia to keep me from being attacked by monsters. This shouldn't take long. All I had to get were a couple greens for Gold and Bright. I loved that little guy Gold. I mean, I kinda owe him my life too. Without his help Perry wouldn't be able to reach me when he did.

"I think I'll take a break. I'm beat." I said to myself. I became very exhausted. I thought I'd just rest my head on the soft grass. I fell asleep but I don't remember staying on that grass.

Vincent's POV

My life had returned to its normal self before Cloud came into my tomb. Defeating Sephiroth might have lifted a sin off of me, but I still had my sin to deal with. This morning was very different. Yuffie came into the mansion. I don't know why everyone doesn't just get the message and leaves me to my sin. She only makes it harder on me. Her cheerfulness is too much for a normal person. Maybe that's why Perry gets along with her. I'm still skeptic about those two. Love only means sorrow and sin later in life.

"I'm gonna look at this book for a second." That vibrant girl told me. "Do whatever you like." I told her. Just let me be. I was concerned about what she would find in that book. I found it long ago and kept it here. It contains powerful magic. But I felt an odd presence come over me. Next thing I knew Tifa had her arms wrapped tightly around me.

"What's wrong?" She said in a concerned manner. "Nothing." I said back but not in my normal voice. The tone was correct but it definitely was not my own voice.

Perry's POV

Last thing I remember after Tifa began to hug me I was in the basement of the Shinra Mansion. I was wearing a lot of clothes and my left arm felt concealed. I saw Yuffie.

"Well I'm going Vince. I hope you're okay with that." She told me tilting her head in that manner that just looks so adorable. I was too confused to notice. "Well...ok then. Later." She said walking away. I watched her leave. Staring at her. She had "grown" a bit. She wasn't 16 anymore. She was 17 and I was 18. But if I'm correct in this assumption than I'm around 27.

"Am I Vincent?" I said looking at my hands.

Tifa's POV

I didn't like what Perry was doing. He just said he was going to bed without saying anything. He kept to himself the whole time we were here. I was getting depressed. I'm not letting him off that easy. "I'm making him happy by the time we leave!" I shouted.

"Tifa, maybe he just wants to be left alone. I mean sometimes it helps to be left alone." Cloud suggested to me. "Cloud. Perry is my best friend, aside from you. I won't let him end up like he did last time we were here." I said back remembering when I broke his heart. But then a fatigue came over me and I felt very weak.

"What's wrong honey?" Cloud asked me. "Just very tired. Guess the trip here took its toll on me. I'm going to bed." I said holding my head. "Here." He said lifting me up and carrying me to bed. I remember the soft sheets in the house and then...blades of grass across my body.

Vincent's POV

I had concluded I was somehow in Perry's body. I looked in the mirror in his house and it was his reflection staring back at me. Yuffie! She must have done this by accident. Accident or not she will learn that it's not smart to cross me. I didn't want to but I felt like Chaos may take over at any moment. Wait! I don't feel Chaos' presence over me any longer. Maybe this change has its advantages. I had to get used to a teenage body again though.

Aeris's POV

I woke up in the bed at home. Did I pass out or something? Maybe Perry found me and brought me home. But I did feel very different. I was in my pajamas that I usually wear. Maybe I dressed myself at night but was too tired to remember. They fit a little tighter than usual around the top. I got out of bed and looked at myself. My hair seemed darker than usual, and my breasts were larger than before. This is some growth spirt for a 23 year old. When I looked in the mirror though I just screamed.

"Oh my GOD! I'm Tifa!" I shouted to the mirror. That explains the sudden "change". How did this happen? I sure hope everything is okay. But if I'm Tifa, what happened to her? Is she in my body?

"I heard a scream, is everything alright love?" Cloud said running in the room. "Oh, I was just startled by an insect when I looked in the mirror." I said back trying to sound like Tifa would. "Alright. Perry's awake in case you want to know" he said leaving.

Perry! Oh big brother will understand. He'll make me feel better about my whole situation. I went into his normal room and found that the lights were turned off.

"Perry, where are you?" I asked feeling my way around. I fell and landed on him. He caught me on the bed. "There you are. Why are the lights out?" I wondered. "It hurts my eyes. What are you doing here?" he said back to me. "Well you may not believe this but I've somehow switched my body with Tifa." I told him without expecting what he'd respond. "I believe it alright. Mainly because you're talking to Vincent." He said back in a deep tone. Just like Vincent would say.

Perry's POV

I'd love to just walk up to Yuffie and give her such a great big hug. We haven't seen one another since Godo beat the hell out of me in Wutai. He said if I beat him he'd let me love Yuffie. I lost though. He was a good fighter. I felt unworthy to have Yuffie after that. But I couldn't touch her. Not like this.

"Hey, who are you, what are you doing in this vessel?" a voice in my head said. "Who's there?" I said looking around the room. "You're not Vincent are you?" it told me. "No, wait, are you Chaos?" I asked the voice in my head. "I am." Chaos responded. "Well, I'm not Vincent, and I don't know how I ended up in his body." I told him.

Tifa's POV

I woke up in a field. It wasn't the bed I remembered. Was this Cloud or Perry playing a joke on me? If it were there would be hell to pay. I wasn't in Aeris's pajamas anymore. I had put them on when Cloud carried me to bed. Instead I was in a pink dress with most of my legs showing, but not as much as my skirt. My hair was lighter and my chest felt a little lighter. Wait! Pink?

"Don't tell me I'm Aeris!" I shouted. Only animals heard me. I looked around and Kalm was in the distance. Good, not too far. Maybe I'll get to the bottom of this. One things for sure though. This wasn't going to be an easy trip in Aeris's body.

I hoped you all enjoyed this part of the story. I hope I didn't switch POV's too much. But I think it's interested how four people switched. Plus it gives you some idea of what happened after the first fic but before the second.