Raven listened as Aeris explained what had happened before she had plowed
her way into the fight.
"Oh. Wow. That sounds fun. Well we kinda need to get back so they don't
think I plotted your so-called death okay. Oh and will you protect me from
Barret...please."
she clung to Cloud as the entered sector 8 town. Aeris giggled at the
girl's desperation.
"Raven I don't think you have much to worry about. We'll be at my house
tonight."
She led them up to a two-story house with a large garden growing beside it.
Raven's eyes grew wide in awe.
"I thought that plats couldn't grow in Midgar!"
Aeris smiled shyly.
"I guess this area is special."
Barret hit the punching bag as hard as he could. "DAMN!!!!!! Cloud!!! You numbskull!!!!" Tifa was upstairs cleaning the bar and Biggs was helping her. Marlene was sitting on a file cabinet as Jesse explained how to lock the hideout to her. Wedge had gone off shopping. Tifa's voice floated down to the gang. "Hey guys. The clean up is gone and Im going out for a bit."
Aeris and Cloud climbed the stairs and Raven stayed outside to look at the garden. "Whoa. Last time I saw a garden I was 5. That was back in the mountains. Before Hojo came and kidnapped my little sister and I. I wonder where she is and how she is doing. Thank goodness Okaasan got her out of there." Raven glanced up at the house into what seemed to be Aeris' window. Running her fingers over the bud of a red rose a sigh rose from her chest as a single salty water droplet fell onto a velvet petal.
Tifa frowned at the man as he spoke. "So. It'll give ya good cash if you come anyhow. We aint gonna just letcha go and not give ya somethin for your time." Tifa closed her deep brown eyes in thought, brushing her brown ponytail behind her she asked the man a question. "Will I be able to talk to the Don before the desision." The mans response was not what she wanted. "That's up to Corneo doll." Tifa sighed. "I'll be out in a sec."
Cloud swiftly climbed down the stairs and out the door where he met the waiting Raven. Her voice was quiet. "What about Aeris. Aint she comin?" Cloud shook his head. "Her mom wanted me to leave without her. Lets move." Raven nodded and they ran into the main part of town. As they approached the sector 6 maze that Raven had to navigate through earlier Cloud stammered in shock and stopped causing Raven to run right into him. "A-A- Aeris!! What are you doing here?" Raven laughed. "Lemme guess you have the hots for him and there isnt any way your just gonna let em go?" Aeris smiled fondly at the older girl. "Close. I told him I'd get him back to sector 7. It was a promise. SO I keep my promises." Cloud shook his head. "Fine." Raven ran over to Aeris and linked arms with her. "Oh Cloud. You know you wanted her to come all along. Now lets get a move on."
Tifa walked out the door and jumped onto the wagon. Smiling at Barret she waved. "Take care! I'll be back quit looking so upset!"
Raven glared at Cloud and thought about kicking him in the shin. "Cloud.quit being such a jerk.I can so kick President Shinra to the curb. As well as his wannabe military force. SO QUIT CALLING ME A WEAKLING, PUTZ!!!" Cloud snickered and watched Aeris' back as she climbed onto the children's slide. "Weakling." Raven's foot swung into the back of his leg and she shoved him to the ground. "That's it! I'm just gonna have to prove you wrong then!" Both individuals reached for their swords and held them at each others throats. Aeris impatiently rolled her eyes. That was the seventh time they had pulled something like that. For the first time she was truly becoming annoyed. "WILL YOU TWO MORONS STOP IT!!!!" Raven blinked in pure shock and Cloud felt like he was going to faint. Both slowly slid their swords into the appropriate sheath and stood to their feet staring at the fuming brunette. Raven grinned. "She yelled!! IM SO PROUD OF HER!!!" Aeris sighed. That girl was impossible. The trio stopped talking to each other and turned to a wagon leaving sector seven. Cloud's eyes narrowed at the woman who was riding on the back. "Tifa.." Raven shook her head. "Your just the." she paused and stared intently at the wagon, "hey wait a sec.that was Corneo's wagon." Cloud blinked. "Corneo?? But why." Raven grabbed his hand and chased after Aeris who already began to charge after the wagon. "WHY DO YA THINK DIM WAD..we gotta go get her."
Barret hit the punching bag as hard as he could. "DAMN!!!!!! Cloud!!! You numbskull!!!!" Tifa was upstairs cleaning the bar and Biggs was helping her. Marlene was sitting on a file cabinet as Jesse explained how to lock the hideout to her. Wedge had gone off shopping. Tifa's voice floated down to the gang. "Hey guys. The clean up is gone and Im going out for a bit."
Aeris and Cloud climbed the stairs and Raven stayed outside to look at the garden. "Whoa. Last time I saw a garden I was 5. That was back in the mountains. Before Hojo came and kidnapped my little sister and I. I wonder where she is and how she is doing. Thank goodness Okaasan got her out of there." Raven glanced up at the house into what seemed to be Aeris' window. Running her fingers over the bud of a red rose a sigh rose from her chest as a single salty water droplet fell onto a velvet petal.
Tifa frowned at the man as he spoke. "So. It'll give ya good cash if you come anyhow. We aint gonna just letcha go and not give ya somethin for your time." Tifa closed her deep brown eyes in thought, brushing her brown ponytail behind her she asked the man a question. "Will I be able to talk to the Don before the desision." The mans response was not what she wanted. "That's up to Corneo doll." Tifa sighed. "I'll be out in a sec."
Cloud swiftly climbed down the stairs and out the door where he met the waiting Raven. Her voice was quiet. "What about Aeris. Aint she comin?" Cloud shook his head. "Her mom wanted me to leave without her. Lets move." Raven nodded and they ran into the main part of town. As they approached the sector 6 maze that Raven had to navigate through earlier Cloud stammered in shock and stopped causing Raven to run right into him. "A-A- Aeris!! What are you doing here?" Raven laughed. "Lemme guess you have the hots for him and there isnt any way your just gonna let em go?" Aeris smiled fondly at the older girl. "Close. I told him I'd get him back to sector 7. It was a promise. SO I keep my promises." Cloud shook his head. "Fine." Raven ran over to Aeris and linked arms with her. "Oh Cloud. You know you wanted her to come all along. Now lets get a move on."
Tifa walked out the door and jumped onto the wagon. Smiling at Barret she waved. "Take care! I'll be back quit looking so upset!"
Raven glared at Cloud and thought about kicking him in the shin. "Cloud.quit being such a jerk.I can so kick President Shinra to the curb. As well as his wannabe military force. SO QUIT CALLING ME A WEAKLING, PUTZ!!!" Cloud snickered and watched Aeris' back as she climbed onto the children's slide. "Weakling." Raven's foot swung into the back of his leg and she shoved him to the ground. "That's it! I'm just gonna have to prove you wrong then!" Both individuals reached for their swords and held them at each others throats. Aeris impatiently rolled her eyes. That was the seventh time they had pulled something like that. For the first time she was truly becoming annoyed. "WILL YOU TWO MORONS STOP IT!!!!" Raven blinked in pure shock and Cloud felt like he was going to faint. Both slowly slid their swords into the appropriate sheath and stood to their feet staring at the fuming brunette. Raven grinned. "She yelled!! IM SO PROUD OF HER!!!" Aeris sighed. That girl was impossible. The trio stopped talking to each other and turned to a wagon leaving sector seven. Cloud's eyes narrowed at the woman who was riding on the back. "Tifa.." Raven shook her head. "Your just the." she paused and stared intently at the wagon, "hey wait a sec.that was Corneo's wagon." Cloud blinked. "Corneo?? But why." Raven grabbed his hand and chased after Aeris who already began to charge after the wagon. "WHY DO YA THINK DIM WAD..we gotta go get her."
