Foreword- There really isn't much to say here. The only place that this
chapter takes place in is on Bylandrias with Cloud and company.
Cloud had arrived at the garage. He walked up to a blue, war type car that Rinoa was standing by.
"I don't know how to drive so you guys will have to." explained Cloud, with a touch of embarrassment.
"That's ok. We kinda planned for that. Irvine is an excellent driver. He'll take the wheel." said Rinoa with a smile. Cloud liked it when Rinoa smiled. Her smile seemed to make the mood a little warmer. Cloud got in the back and sat next to Selphie.
"So, you have a weapon with you?" asked Selphie. Cloud had forgotten all about his sword. He reached out his hand. His sword appeared with a flash of blinding bluish-green light. Selphie's eyes were wide.
"How did you do that!?" asked Selphie in amazement.
"The Oracle's gave me this sword. I didn't actually think that it would work. I just figured that it would stay with Me." explained Cloud, who also seemed to be amazed by the sword's sudden appearance.
"Ok back there, we're about to leave so fasten your seatbelts." said Irvine over the car's primitive intercom system.
Cloud watched Selphie attach her seatbelt. Cloud did the same, although it took him a while. He had never ridden in a car like this before. Selphie pulled out a magazine. Cloud put his head back and almost instantaneously sleep overcame him.
Cloud's dream was a very strange one. He saw all sorts of images. Yuffie, Vincent, Tifa, Cid, Rinoa, Sephiroth, Seifer, Aeris, Selphie, and Irvine all danced around in his head. He relived the horrible death of Tifa again. He could still hear the unbearable clunk that he heard after Tifa's lifeless body slammed into the ground. It was now an eerie scream. It overcame every aspect of his dream until.........
Irvine smashed on the breaks. Cloud was lurched violently. He awoke with a scream.
"Everyone out...NOW!" screamed Irvine over the intercom. Cloud unbuckled himself quickly. Selphie was already out of the car when Cloud got unbuckled. Cloud ran out of the door.
Selphie, Irvine, and Rinoa had already drawn their weapons. Cloud couldn't see what had caused Irvine to stop until he emerged from the side of the car. There was a small beam of light erupting from the sky into the ground. The Oracle's Stone encrusted in Cloud's sword was giving off the same eerie glow as it had when he found it in the shrine.
There was huge surge in the beam of energy. And the ground erupted where the beam was blasting at. After the eruption the beam stopped. There was a huge flash of light. Cloud could make out a figure of a person. It was a woman.
The light died down and Cloud could hardly believe his eyes. Standing there as if nothing had ever happened was Tifa.
(Author's Note: Sephiroth is in control of Tifa's body. Although this is the case, everything that Sephiroth says will be followed by something like TIFA says, not SEPHIROTH says. I hope this helps some of the confusion that this could have caused)
"TIFA! What are you doing here?!" thought Cloud to himself. He didn't want to give away the fact that he was Cloud since this could be a trick. "Since when have you had Silver hair? And why are you wearing Sephiroth's clothes?!"
Tifa just smirked. "I have come for the Stone Cloud." Cloud was appalled. He heard Sephiroth's voice!
"That is right Cloud... It's me Sephiroth. I have taken Tifa's body. I will have my revenge now." said Tifa as she drew Sephiroth's sword from a sheath on her back.
Cloud stepped forward. "You guys! Step back! He is much more dangerous than you think! I will handle this!" Irvine, Selphie, and Rinoa walked back towards the car. Cloud drew the Oracle's Sword.
Tifa lunged. Cloud lunged. They both disappeared. Selphie and the others watched in horror as randomly, the ground, statues, trees, and other such things were blown to bits by the invisible force of Cloud and Tifa's forceful battle.
The noise of the invisible battle taking place in front of Selphie was excruciating. The noise was getting louder. Rinoa had a feeling. She grabbed Selphie's and Irvine's hands and ran, dragging them with all of her might.
The ground erupted all around Rinoa as she pulled Irvine and Selphie away from the car. She was running towards a small gap in the ground. She jumped down pulling Irvine and Selphie with her. She was just in time. They all heard the noise of metal cutting through metal. This noise was followed by an explosion. They had destroyed the car. Fire erupted over the tops of Rinoa, Selphie, and Irvine's heads.
When the dust died down Rinoa looked up. She saw, to her fright (and amazement) Cloud and Tifa, standing there, like nothing had even happened.
"Even though you are in Tifa's body Sephiroth doesn't mean I won't kill you." said Cloud in a voice full of hatred.
"You would sacrifice your only chance to be with Tifa again? You are a fool." Tifa told Cloud with a hateful smirk.
"Tifa was gone ever since you killed her Sephiroth. There was no way to bring her back. Just because your spirit lived on after I destroyed your body doesn't mean that Tifa's didn't. Weaker souls will die when the body that they inhabit dies. Her soul died. Somehow she was possessed and you just transferred your soul to occupy her body. If your soul left her body then Tifa would be nothing more than a mindless zombie. And anyway, a soul can only live through a habitatial death once. If I kill you here and now your soul will also die. You are making a grave mistake Sephiroth, fighting me here. I have a better reason to kill you now. Prepare yourself. The end awaits you." said Cloud in a voice that was almost too calm, considering the mood. He smiled at Tifa, who also returned the smile. They lunged again.
They fought in a slower fashion than before. You could actually see their fighting. Cloud easily connected with Tifa's stunningly fast blows. They managed to keep blocking each other's blows for about ten minutes. Tifa started to sweat after a few minutes of fighting. All of this swinging was taking a toll on Tifa's body. Tifa's body didn't have as much endurance as Sephiroth's old body did. Sephiroth wouldn't even have developed a sweat until maybe an hour and a half into this fighting. Tifa was developing one at around ten minutes. This body that Sephiroth had chosen, that seemed like the perfect choice at the time was now slowly but surely getting more and more useless.
Cloud snickered. Tifa looked furious. Before Tifa could lunge an eruption of blue light blinded everyone temporarily. Cloud looked towards the source of the light. There was the same beam that had transported Tifa to Bylandrias. The only difference was that the stone on Cloud's sword was going berserk. It was vibrating and light erupted from it like crazy.
Tifa thought that this would be the best time to strike since Cloud was distracted. She tried this. Cloud spun around and blocked the blow. The irregular angle at which the swords had connected was putting a marvelous amount of strain on Sephiroth's sword. Cloud pushed harder and snapped Sephiroth's sword in two.
Before Cloud could deliver the final blow a demon appeared right in front of him. Cloud stepped back... this demon looked very familiar. The demon grabbed Tifa's throat with both hands.
"Sephiroth... You die here and now! I will not allow you to wander these planets anymore. The despair you cause people is overwhelming. It must stop. I am going to be the one to make sure that it happens. Say goodbye!" screamed the demon before he twisted his two hands different direction violently, snapping Tifa's neck, instantly killing her. He threw the corpse of Tifa down on the ground several feet away from Cloud.
The demon began to glow. After the blinding light subsided Cloud could make out a person. The man he saw in front of him had Black hair, a red bandana, red robes, and a claw on his arm. Could it be?! Vincent!?
"Vincent! It can't be you!" Cloud screamed. Vincent turned revealing his face... but it wasn't Vincent's face at all. It was Yuffie's. "Yuffie?!"
"Yes, Cloud. It is me. I told you that I would find a way to come and help you." said Yuffie cheerfully in a voice that was half hers and half Vincent's. "Vincent's soul and my soul underwent a Soul Fusion. Our souls combined into one. I now can use Vincent's abilities. I used Darkside just then. You may have already noticed. I also got Vincent's clothes. I think I look pretty cool. Don't you?"
"Yeah! I'm just surprised you even got here! How did you anyway?" asked Cloud.
"With this," said Yuffie as she held up what looked like a Materia, "The part of Vincent's soul that occupied Vincent's memory, which isn't used in Soul Fusion, transformed into this. Now I can help you throughout your whole journey! Isn't that awesome?"
Cloud nodded. He gestured for Irvine and the others to come. They came over.
"Irvine Selphie, Rinoa I'd like you to meet one of my good good friends Yuffie. She is going to join us on our quest. She will be a great asset."
"Nice to meet ya'!" exclaimed Yuffie, smiling. "Oh! Don't mind my voice. It changed to this after I fused my soul with another. Don't worry about it." She could tell they were kind of nervous about her half Vincent voice.
"Well we better get going. Seifer isn't going to wait for us to sort through these introductions." Cloud pointed out. The others nodded.
"We should use Bahamut now that our car has been destroyed." said Irvine thoughtfully. Selphie seemed excited about it, Rinoa looked a little nervous. Cloud didn't exactly what a Bahamut was so he had mixed feelings.
"What's a Baha..." Cloud was cut off before he could finish his question.
"MEGA-FLARE!" yelled Irvine. The same two shining orbs that had swirled around Cloud had reappeared, this time surging around Irvine. They shot into the air after they had finished there spinning. After a few seconds a huge shadow covered the clouds. It was in the shape of a huge dragon.
The clouds parted and, just as Cloud had predicted, a huge black dragon swooped over their heads and landed about fifty feet ahead of them. He turned.
"Where are the foes you wish to me to vanquish for you?" asked Bahamut in a booming voice.
"We need you to take us to Esthar Bahamut." explained Irvine. Bahamut nodded and bent down. Selphie, Rinoa, and Irvine climbed on Bahamut's back. Cloud started to get on but realized there wouldn't be enough for him and Yuffie both to get on.
"Hey Yuffie, can you transform into Darkside again?" asked Cloud.
"I don't think so. I used a lot of energy transforming into it in the first place. I even practiced before I traveled here." explained Yuffie, she was already sounding drowsy. Cloud had an idea.
He had flown before, using the wing of an angel and a wing of a devil. He concentrated on these wings with all of his might. Veins on his forehead were starting to pop up. He concentrated for what seemed like forever to him. Two words appeared in his head.
Oracle's Wings
Cloud opened his eyes. The wings hadn't grown.
"I can't believe this. The wings from that stinking Oracle don't work here. I can't even believe that I only got to use those Oracle's Wings once! That was a ji..." Cloud couldn't finish. There was a pain in his back. A familiar pain. The pain that occurred on Archemus.
Cloud...it's time for you to spread your wings
He unfolded the wings. They were just like before. Rinoa and the others were all breath taken by the sight of their friend Squall, with wings on his back.
"How in the wor..." Selphie began, but Cloud cut her off by holding his hand up.
"Like I said before... Seifer won't wait on us. I'll explain later when we have time. You guys can ride Bahamut and I'll carry Yuffie. We need to catch up on some things." Cloud told the others. They nodded.
Cloud walked over toYuffie and lifted her up. She put her arms around his neck and then he took off. Bahamut was quick to follow.
Bahamut easily pulled ahead of Cloud, who was still just getting used to his wings. Although Bahamut was ahead of him he could still manage to keep up.
"So Yuffie, how did you get back to Vincent so quickly after I left Archemus?" wondered Cloud. Yuffie smiled.
"With those hover boots, remember. I was wearing them when we got captured by the bandit leader." Cloud remembered now.
Yuffie yawned loudly.
"You should rest Yuffie. I'm guessing this is going to be a long trip to Esthar. Otherwise they wouldn't need to ride such a huge dragon. Sleep until you can transform into Darkside again. By then I'll need to rest. You won't have to carry me though, I'll ride on Bahamut." Yuffie nodded again in the middle of another loud and long yawn. She placed her head against Cloud's chest and almost immediately fell asleep.
After about an hour of flying Cloud was beginning to slow down. Yuffie still hadn't woken up. The others were to far ahead for him to call to them...or even get their attention for that matter. He had to let her down or he wouldn't be able to go on any farther.
He thought hard about what he should do. He didn't know if Shiva or Tonberry could fly. He decided to try Shiva.
"Diamond Dust!" Cloud yelled. The two spheres swirled around him like they had before. This time Cloud directed them to collide about 50 feet in front of him. They did and left a vertical circle of Ice in the air. Just like before the pillar of Ice erupted from the circle. Shiva opened her eyes and shattered the pillar. She fell.
Cloud searched frantically through Squall's brain for an answer. He found it. He pointed his fingers at Shiva and yelled "FLOAT!" a beam of energy shot from the tip of Squall's fingers and connected with Shiva, who immediately stopped falling. She flew up to Cloud.
"Why did you do that?! You know I can't fly! What are you an imbecile?!" screamed Shiva.
Cloud blushed. "I'm sorry Shiva. I forgot that's all. I won't forget again. I promise."
"You better promise. Anyway, what did you need me for?" wondered Shiva.
"I need you to carry her for me. Carry her and follow Bahamut until she wakes up and then transforms. Then after she does that you can go." explained Cloud. Shiva nodded. She took Yuffie into her arms and shot forward. Cloud was relieved that Shiva was so understanding.
He flew a lot faster than before, now that he didn't have to carry the weight of two people. He finally landed on Bahamut's back, got himself situated and fell asleep.
After a few hours of sleeping, Cloud awoke.
"Cloud, I'm glad to see that you're awake. We will be arriving at Esthar shortly." Irvine explained.
Cloud was relieved. He didn't like the wind blowing through his hair for so long. He was glad that they would be landing soon. Although little did he know, the citizens of Esthar were expecting them. And they weren't going to be throwing a welcome party.
Afterword- Like I said before. Email me any questions and comments that you may have. Please review. I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks for reading!
Cloud had arrived at the garage. He walked up to a blue, war type car that Rinoa was standing by.
"I don't know how to drive so you guys will have to." explained Cloud, with a touch of embarrassment.
"That's ok. We kinda planned for that. Irvine is an excellent driver. He'll take the wheel." said Rinoa with a smile. Cloud liked it when Rinoa smiled. Her smile seemed to make the mood a little warmer. Cloud got in the back and sat next to Selphie.
"So, you have a weapon with you?" asked Selphie. Cloud had forgotten all about his sword. He reached out his hand. His sword appeared with a flash of blinding bluish-green light. Selphie's eyes were wide.
"How did you do that!?" asked Selphie in amazement.
"The Oracle's gave me this sword. I didn't actually think that it would work. I just figured that it would stay with Me." explained Cloud, who also seemed to be amazed by the sword's sudden appearance.
"Ok back there, we're about to leave so fasten your seatbelts." said Irvine over the car's primitive intercom system.
Cloud watched Selphie attach her seatbelt. Cloud did the same, although it took him a while. He had never ridden in a car like this before. Selphie pulled out a magazine. Cloud put his head back and almost instantaneously sleep overcame him.
Cloud's dream was a very strange one. He saw all sorts of images. Yuffie, Vincent, Tifa, Cid, Rinoa, Sephiroth, Seifer, Aeris, Selphie, and Irvine all danced around in his head. He relived the horrible death of Tifa again. He could still hear the unbearable clunk that he heard after Tifa's lifeless body slammed into the ground. It was now an eerie scream. It overcame every aspect of his dream until.........
Irvine smashed on the breaks. Cloud was lurched violently. He awoke with a scream.
"Everyone out...NOW!" screamed Irvine over the intercom. Cloud unbuckled himself quickly. Selphie was already out of the car when Cloud got unbuckled. Cloud ran out of the door.
Selphie, Irvine, and Rinoa had already drawn their weapons. Cloud couldn't see what had caused Irvine to stop until he emerged from the side of the car. There was a small beam of light erupting from the sky into the ground. The Oracle's Stone encrusted in Cloud's sword was giving off the same eerie glow as it had when he found it in the shrine.
There was huge surge in the beam of energy. And the ground erupted where the beam was blasting at. After the eruption the beam stopped. There was a huge flash of light. Cloud could make out a figure of a person. It was a woman.
The light died down and Cloud could hardly believe his eyes. Standing there as if nothing had ever happened was Tifa.
(Author's Note: Sephiroth is in control of Tifa's body. Although this is the case, everything that Sephiroth says will be followed by something like TIFA says, not SEPHIROTH says. I hope this helps some of the confusion that this could have caused)
"TIFA! What are you doing here?!" thought Cloud to himself. He didn't want to give away the fact that he was Cloud since this could be a trick. "Since when have you had Silver hair? And why are you wearing Sephiroth's clothes?!"
Tifa just smirked. "I have come for the Stone Cloud." Cloud was appalled. He heard Sephiroth's voice!
"That is right Cloud... It's me Sephiroth. I have taken Tifa's body. I will have my revenge now." said Tifa as she drew Sephiroth's sword from a sheath on her back.
Cloud stepped forward. "You guys! Step back! He is much more dangerous than you think! I will handle this!" Irvine, Selphie, and Rinoa walked back towards the car. Cloud drew the Oracle's Sword.
Tifa lunged. Cloud lunged. They both disappeared. Selphie and the others watched in horror as randomly, the ground, statues, trees, and other such things were blown to bits by the invisible force of Cloud and Tifa's forceful battle.
The noise of the invisible battle taking place in front of Selphie was excruciating. The noise was getting louder. Rinoa had a feeling. She grabbed Selphie's and Irvine's hands and ran, dragging them with all of her might.
The ground erupted all around Rinoa as she pulled Irvine and Selphie away from the car. She was running towards a small gap in the ground. She jumped down pulling Irvine and Selphie with her. She was just in time. They all heard the noise of metal cutting through metal. This noise was followed by an explosion. They had destroyed the car. Fire erupted over the tops of Rinoa, Selphie, and Irvine's heads.
When the dust died down Rinoa looked up. She saw, to her fright (and amazement) Cloud and Tifa, standing there, like nothing had even happened.
"Even though you are in Tifa's body Sephiroth doesn't mean I won't kill you." said Cloud in a voice full of hatred.
"You would sacrifice your only chance to be with Tifa again? You are a fool." Tifa told Cloud with a hateful smirk.
"Tifa was gone ever since you killed her Sephiroth. There was no way to bring her back. Just because your spirit lived on after I destroyed your body doesn't mean that Tifa's didn't. Weaker souls will die when the body that they inhabit dies. Her soul died. Somehow she was possessed and you just transferred your soul to occupy her body. If your soul left her body then Tifa would be nothing more than a mindless zombie. And anyway, a soul can only live through a habitatial death once. If I kill you here and now your soul will also die. You are making a grave mistake Sephiroth, fighting me here. I have a better reason to kill you now. Prepare yourself. The end awaits you." said Cloud in a voice that was almost too calm, considering the mood. He smiled at Tifa, who also returned the smile. They lunged again.
They fought in a slower fashion than before. You could actually see their fighting. Cloud easily connected with Tifa's stunningly fast blows. They managed to keep blocking each other's blows for about ten minutes. Tifa started to sweat after a few minutes of fighting. All of this swinging was taking a toll on Tifa's body. Tifa's body didn't have as much endurance as Sephiroth's old body did. Sephiroth wouldn't even have developed a sweat until maybe an hour and a half into this fighting. Tifa was developing one at around ten minutes. This body that Sephiroth had chosen, that seemed like the perfect choice at the time was now slowly but surely getting more and more useless.
Cloud snickered. Tifa looked furious. Before Tifa could lunge an eruption of blue light blinded everyone temporarily. Cloud looked towards the source of the light. There was the same beam that had transported Tifa to Bylandrias. The only difference was that the stone on Cloud's sword was going berserk. It was vibrating and light erupted from it like crazy.
Tifa thought that this would be the best time to strike since Cloud was distracted. She tried this. Cloud spun around and blocked the blow. The irregular angle at which the swords had connected was putting a marvelous amount of strain on Sephiroth's sword. Cloud pushed harder and snapped Sephiroth's sword in two.
Before Cloud could deliver the final blow a demon appeared right in front of him. Cloud stepped back... this demon looked very familiar. The demon grabbed Tifa's throat with both hands.
"Sephiroth... You die here and now! I will not allow you to wander these planets anymore. The despair you cause people is overwhelming. It must stop. I am going to be the one to make sure that it happens. Say goodbye!" screamed the demon before he twisted his two hands different direction violently, snapping Tifa's neck, instantly killing her. He threw the corpse of Tifa down on the ground several feet away from Cloud.
The demon began to glow. After the blinding light subsided Cloud could make out a person. The man he saw in front of him had Black hair, a red bandana, red robes, and a claw on his arm. Could it be?! Vincent!?
"Vincent! It can't be you!" Cloud screamed. Vincent turned revealing his face... but it wasn't Vincent's face at all. It was Yuffie's. "Yuffie?!"
"Yes, Cloud. It is me. I told you that I would find a way to come and help you." said Yuffie cheerfully in a voice that was half hers and half Vincent's. "Vincent's soul and my soul underwent a Soul Fusion. Our souls combined into one. I now can use Vincent's abilities. I used Darkside just then. You may have already noticed. I also got Vincent's clothes. I think I look pretty cool. Don't you?"
"Yeah! I'm just surprised you even got here! How did you anyway?" asked Cloud.
"With this," said Yuffie as she held up what looked like a Materia, "The part of Vincent's soul that occupied Vincent's memory, which isn't used in Soul Fusion, transformed into this. Now I can help you throughout your whole journey! Isn't that awesome?"
Cloud nodded. He gestured for Irvine and the others to come. They came over.
"Irvine Selphie, Rinoa I'd like you to meet one of my good good friends Yuffie. She is going to join us on our quest. She will be a great asset."
"Nice to meet ya'!" exclaimed Yuffie, smiling. "Oh! Don't mind my voice. It changed to this after I fused my soul with another. Don't worry about it." She could tell they were kind of nervous about her half Vincent voice.
"Well we better get going. Seifer isn't going to wait for us to sort through these introductions." Cloud pointed out. The others nodded.
"We should use Bahamut now that our car has been destroyed." said Irvine thoughtfully. Selphie seemed excited about it, Rinoa looked a little nervous. Cloud didn't exactly what a Bahamut was so he had mixed feelings.
"What's a Baha..." Cloud was cut off before he could finish his question.
"MEGA-FLARE!" yelled Irvine. The same two shining orbs that had swirled around Cloud had reappeared, this time surging around Irvine. They shot into the air after they had finished there spinning. After a few seconds a huge shadow covered the clouds. It was in the shape of a huge dragon.
The clouds parted and, just as Cloud had predicted, a huge black dragon swooped over their heads and landed about fifty feet ahead of them. He turned.
"Where are the foes you wish to me to vanquish for you?" asked Bahamut in a booming voice.
"We need you to take us to Esthar Bahamut." explained Irvine. Bahamut nodded and bent down. Selphie, Rinoa, and Irvine climbed on Bahamut's back. Cloud started to get on but realized there wouldn't be enough for him and Yuffie both to get on.
"Hey Yuffie, can you transform into Darkside again?" asked Cloud.
"I don't think so. I used a lot of energy transforming into it in the first place. I even practiced before I traveled here." explained Yuffie, she was already sounding drowsy. Cloud had an idea.
He had flown before, using the wing of an angel and a wing of a devil. He concentrated on these wings with all of his might. Veins on his forehead were starting to pop up. He concentrated for what seemed like forever to him. Two words appeared in his head.
Oracle's Wings
Cloud opened his eyes. The wings hadn't grown.
"I can't believe this. The wings from that stinking Oracle don't work here. I can't even believe that I only got to use those Oracle's Wings once! That was a ji..." Cloud couldn't finish. There was a pain in his back. A familiar pain. The pain that occurred on Archemus.
Cloud...it's time for you to spread your wings
He unfolded the wings. They were just like before. Rinoa and the others were all breath taken by the sight of their friend Squall, with wings on his back.
"How in the wor..." Selphie began, but Cloud cut her off by holding his hand up.
"Like I said before... Seifer won't wait on us. I'll explain later when we have time. You guys can ride Bahamut and I'll carry Yuffie. We need to catch up on some things." Cloud told the others. They nodded.
Cloud walked over toYuffie and lifted her up. She put her arms around his neck and then he took off. Bahamut was quick to follow.
Bahamut easily pulled ahead of Cloud, who was still just getting used to his wings. Although Bahamut was ahead of him he could still manage to keep up.
"So Yuffie, how did you get back to Vincent so quickly after I left Archemus?" wondered Cloud. Yuffie smiled.
"With those hover boots, remember. I was wearing them when we got captured by the bandit leader." Cloud remembered now.
Yuffie yawned loudly.
"You should rest Yuffie. I'm guessing this is going to be a long trip to Esthar. Otherwise they wouldn't need to ride such a huge dragon. Sleep until you can transform into Darkside again. By then I'll need to rest. You won't have to carry me though, I'll ride on Bahamut." Yuffie nodded again in the middle of another loud and long yawn. She placed her head against Cloud's chest and almost immediately fell asleep.
After about an hour of flying Cloud was beginning to slow down. Yuffie still hadn't woken up. The others were to far ahead for him to call to them...or even get their attention for that matter. He had to let her down or he wouldn't be able to go on any farther.
He thought hard about what he should do. He didn't know if Shiva or Tonberry could fly. He decided to try Shiva.
"Diamond Dust!" Cloud yelled. The two spheres swirled around him like they had before. This time Cloud directed them to collide about 50 feet in front of him. They did and left a vertical circle of Ice in the air. Just like before the pillar of Ice erupted from the circle. Shiva opened her eyes and shattered the pillar. She fell.
Cloud searched frantically through Squall's brain for an answer. He found it. He pointed his fingers at Shiva and yelled "FLOAT!" a beam of energy shot from the tip of Squall's fingers and connected with Shiva, who immediately stopped falling. She flew up to Cloud.
"Why did you do that?! You know I can't fly! What are you an imbecile?!" screamed Shiva.
Cloud blushed. "I'm sorry Shiva. I forgot that's all. I won't forget again. I promise."
"You better promise. Anyway, what did you need me for?" wondered Shiva.
"I need you to carry her for me. Carry her and follow Bahamut until she wakes up and then transforms. Then after she does that you can go." explained Cloud. Shiva nodded. She took Yuffie into her arms and shot forward. Cloud was relieved that Shiva was so understanding.
He flew a lot faster than before, now that he didn't have to carry the weight of two people. He finally landed on Bahamut's back, got himself situated and fell asleep.
After a few hours of sleeping, Cloud awoke.
"Cloud, I'm glad to see that you're awake. We will be arriving at Esthar shortly." Irvine explained.
Cloud was relieved. He didn't like the wind blowing through his hair for so long. He was glad that they would be landing soon. Although little did he know, the citizens of Esthar were expecting them. And they weren't going to be throwing a welcome party.
Afterword- Like I said before. Email me any questions and comments that you may have. Please review. I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks for reading!