Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters they all belong to square soft. I actually own nothing. So no spark, no flame.
Author's note-Thank you very much for those who reviewed. This chapter is dedicated to my first two reviewers.^o^'
~The Letter~
The sunlight shone brightly through the partially open curtains. Cloud blinked a couple of times to regain his eyesight before he lazily rolled over on his side and looked glanced up at the clock that read 8:32 A.M. Usually he would fall back asleep until 9:00, but he remembered what he needed to do today. He yawned quietly to himself as he stretched his arms, then walked into the bathroom and splashed some cool water on his face a few times. Afterwards he brushed his teeth and gelled his hair back into spikes. For some reason he felt nervous. He looked at himself in the mirror and started to practice his apology.
"Ugh, I am not good at these things," Cloud told himself before walking back into his room and glancing at the clock. It was almost 9:00. "I better go if I want to talk to her alone." In the corner of his eye something caught his attention. It was the Letter. He walked over and picked it up. 'What can this be?' he thought. There was no name on it but he opened it anyway.
Cloud,
There's so much that I want to tell you. I never felt this way before towards anyone. I like you so much to the point that I think…I love you. But I know you don't feel the same way for me. You love Aeris. Even though she's gone you still love her so much. I want to be with you, but there's no way you would love another. This is hard on me but I must leave the Avalanche…its for the best. They don't need me. They need you, their leader…the hardest thing in life is to watch the one you love, love someone else. I finally know how that feels…hey, don't try to find me, this is my loss. Tell the others I said bye. Good-bye, Cloud.
-Tifa Lockheart
Cloud stared at the letter blankly as everything sank in. 'She's not gone,' he thought in disbelief.
"Everyone! Come here!" Yuffie's voice came trailing from Tifa's room. Cloud dashed down the hall into her room.
"What's wrong?" Vincent asked. Everyone waited for her reply. Yuffie looked up at everyone.
"She's gone," the words came out in a small shrill. Cloud's eyes widened. In that moment he started to believe. Cloud looked around nervously trying to find a way to cover the truth. Not knowing how to respond, Cloud blurted out.
"Someone must have kidnapped her. We must find her." Cloud ordered as he secretly placed the letter in his pocket.
"What?" Yuffie glanced at Cloud with a puzzled face.
"You sure she's kidnapped?" Cid paused as he opened her closet. "All of her clothes are gone. She probably ran away."
"No, why would she run away? She didn't even say bye," Yuffie sulked, shaking her head. Vincent went to her side. Cloud felt the letter in his pocket.
'I know why,' he thought to himself, 'its because of me.' He pushed away his thoughts. "Either way we must find her!" Cloud commanded.
"So if she ran away, you would drag her all the way back here against her will?"
Cid said as he crossed his arms.
"She didn't run away, damn it! She was kidnapped!" Cloud argued, lost in lies.
"Look at the clues. She took all her stuff. Its obvious she left on her own," Red XIII tried to compromise.
"I don't care what you think, I'm going to find her," Cloud said resolutely. Cid walked in front of the door, blocking Cloud's way. Cloud glared into his eyes. "Get out of my way. I'll rip apart who's trying to stop me…let me through." His voice was quiet but threatening.
"Calm down, Cloud." Vincent pulled him back away from Cid.
"What are you going to do? Get in my way too?!" Cloud tore away from Vincent's grasp.
"Cloud! You're not the only one who wants to find her," Vincent fought back.
"I want to help to," Yuffie added.
"We need a plan," Red suggested, sounding more like a leader then Cloud at this moment.
"...you're right, Red," Cloud sighed. "We'll search the whole town by sections. Yuffie and Vincent, you guys go check out the north side. Cid, you go east. Red south and I'll go west. If you guys find anything come back here and report it."
"If I find her and she doesn't want to come back I'm not gonna force her," Cid repeated.
"I don't care, I just want to make sure she's safe," Cloud said finally in a calm tone, looking towards the ground. Everyone started to head out.
'If anything happens to you, I'll never forgive myself,' Cloud thought to himself as he got on to his chocobo. He rode all around the west segment yet found nothing. 'Where can she be?' Cloud finally stopped at the last place that he hadn't checked. 7th Heaven. 'She must be here or left some kind of clue of where she has gone to.' He walked in; surprisingly it was open this early. No one was there. He walked around searching for a clue or something. Finally he saw what he been looking for across the room.
"Tifa..?" he whispered to himself. She didn't turn around, but Cloud was sure enough that it was her. That was her long black hair, she was the only person in town with such striking figure. He ambled towards her back. "Tifa, where have you been?" he asked, placing his hand on her petite shoulder. She let out a small shriek as she jumped back in fright, dropping her clipboard and pen. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," he said as he helped her pick up her stuff.
"Um, thanks," she replied. Cloud look down at her while she was hugging the clipboard. Instantly all the hope he built up was washed away.
"You're not Tifa," he said helping the girl to her feet.
"Sorry, I'm Ryukku. I just bought the bar from Tifa last night and was taking a look around before I reopen it," Ryukku answered, still holding the clipboard close to her.
"No, I'm sorry that I scared you like that," Cloud said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. "You said you bought the bar from Tifa last night, right?" The girl nodded. "Do you have any idea where she went afterwards?"
"No, she just gave me all the papers and stuff that night. It seemed like she really wanted to get rid of this place," Ryukku answered.
"Is there anything else important that you heard or saw that can lead to her whereabouts?"
"Um, no," Ryukku shook her head.
Cloud let out a sigh. "Thanks," he said, heading out the door. Ryukku looked down at the floor, feeling sorry that she hadn't helped him out and was trying to figure out something important to say.
"Um," she started. Cloud looked up with little hope. "Last night when I saw her, she seemed to be really depressed. I could tell she'd been crying," she blurted out. Cloud paused and looked half way past his broad shoulders, but then continued out the door.
He got back on his chocobo. "She was crying because of me," he whispered miserably. He rode the yellow bird around the west side again before returning home.
He was the last to return. Everyone was sitting in the living room, and by their expressions he knew they hadn't any luck either.
"Hey Cloud, you find anything?" Yuffie asked with a weak smile. Cloud didn't say anything but shook his head. "Us either," Yuffie replied with a less cheerful voice. He started out for the door. "Cloud, you're not going back out to look for her, are you?" He nodded.
"Its late," Red protested.
"I don't care. I have to find her,"
"Strife, its better if you rest now and search during the day," Vincent added. Cloud knew they were right. He turned and headed into his room.
Cloud fell back on his bed, 'Tifa, where are you? I'm sorry, I didn't mean those words I said. If anything happens to you it's going to be my fault. I'm going to find you and make everything all right again. I already lost Aeris…I can't lose you too," Cloud deliberated as he looked up at the lonely but brightest star in the velvet sky.
~*~
Tifa was lying in a field of flowers looking at the exact same star. 'They're so beautiful.' She watched as they glimmered in the gloomy sky. 'Hmm, I wonder what the others are doing,' she thought as she sat up. 'They're probably worried about me…except for Cloud. He wanted me to leave,' she said, hugging her knees as the cold night mist started to nip her bare legs. 'It's getting cold, I wish I could rent a room in a hotel but I can't, they'll probably turn me in. Knowing my friends, they would've informed everyone that I'm missing.' A sudden chill ran down her back. She shuddered as she turned around to put on her jacket, when out of nowhere a hand covered her mouth. Tifa screamed, but nothing came out. She fought back by there was no use.
"Remember me?" hissed a bloodcurdling voice. Tifa's eyes instantly filled with fear. She knew that voice…
Author's note- Okies, I think that's a good spot to stop. So how did you like the second chapter? I thought It was short and boring but, oh well I needed some way to make everything fall into place. My next chapter would probably me my final chapter for this fic so i promised it would be at least 10 times better then this one. I'm not going to put up the next chapter unless I have new reviews because if people don't read it there's no point I should continue. So please review !^o^'
Author's note-Thank you very much for those who reviewed. This chapter is dedicated to my first two reviewers.^o^'
~The Letter~
The sunlight shone brightly through the partially open curtains. Cloud blinked a couple of times to regain his eyesight before he lazily rolled over on his side and looked glanced up at the clock that read 8:32 A.M. Usually he would fall back asleep until 9:00, but he remembered what he needed to do today. He yawned quietly to himself as he stretched his arms, then walked into the bathroom and splashed some cool water on his face a few times. Afterwards he brushed his teeth and gelled his hair back into spikes. For some reason he felt nervous. He looked at himself in the mirror and started to practice his apology.
"Ugh, I am not good at these things," Cloud told himself before walking back into his room and glancing at the clock. It was almost 9:00. "I better go if I want to talk to her alone." In the corner of his eye something caught his attention. It was the Letter. He walked over and picked it up. 'What can this be?' he thought. There was no name on it but he opened it anyway.
Cloud,
There's so much that I want to tell you. I never felt this way before towards anyone. I like you so much to the point that I think…I love you. But I know you don't feel the same way for me. You love Aeris. Even though she's gone you still love her so much. I want to be with you, but there's no way you would love another. This is hard on me but I must leave the Avalanche…its for the best. They don't need me. They need you, their leader…the hardest thing in life is to watch the one you love, love someone else. I finally know how that feels…hey, don't try to find me, this is my loss. Tell the others I said bye. Good-bye, Cloud.
-Tifa Lockheart
Cloud stared at the letter blankly as everything sank in. 'She's not gone,' he thought in disbelief.
"Everyone! Come here!" Yuffie's voice came trailing from Tifa's room. Cloud dashed down the hall into her room.
"What's wrong?" Vincent asked. Everyone waited for her reply. Yuffie looked up at everyone.
"She's gone," the words came out in a small shrill. Cloud's eyes widened. In that moment he started to believe. Cloud looked around nervously trying to find a way to cover the truth. Not knowing how to respond, Cloud blurted out.
"Someone must have kidnapped her. We must find her." Cloud ordered as he secretly placed the letter in his pocket.
"What?" Yuffie glanced at Cloud with a puzzled face.
"You sure she's kidnapped?" Cid paused as he opened her closet. "All of her clothes are gone. She probably ran away."
"No, why would she run away? She didn't even say bye," Yuffie sulked, shaking her head. Vincent went to her side. Cloud felt the letter in his pocket.
'I know why,' he thought to himself, 'its because of me.' He pushed away his thoughts. "Either way we must find her!" Cloud commanded.
"So if she ran away, you would drag her all the way back here against her will?"
Cid said as he crossed his arms.
"She didn't run away, damn it! She was kidnapped!" Cloud argued, lost in lies.
"Look at the clues. She took all her stuff. Its obvious she left on her own," Red XIII tried to compromise.
"I don't care what you think, I'm going to find her," Cloud said resolutely. Cid walked in front of the door, blocking Cloud's way. Cloud glared into his eyes. "Get out of my way. I'll rip apart who's trying to stop me…let me through." His voice was quiet but threatening.
"Calm down, Cloud." Vincent pulled him back away from Cid.
"What are you going to do? Get in my way too?!" Cloud tore away from Vincent's grasp.
"Cloud! You're not the only one who wants to find her," Vincent fought back.
"I want to help to," Yuffie added.
"We need a plan," Red suggested, sounding more like a leader then Cloud at this moment.
"...you're right, Red," Cloud sighed. "We'll search the whole town by sections. Yuffie and Vincent, you guys go check out the north side. Cid, you go east. Red south and I'll go west. If you guys find anything come back here and report it."
"If I find her and she doesn't want to come back I'm not gonna force her," Cid repeated.
"I don't care, I just want to make sure she's safe," Cloud said finally in a calm tone, looking towards the ground. Everyone started to head out.
'If anything happens to you, I'll never forgive myself,' Cloud thought to himself as he got on to his chocobo. He rode all around the west segment yet found nothing. 'Where can she be?' Cloud finally stopped at the last place that he hadn't checked. 7th Heaven. 'She must be here or left some kind of clue of where she has gone to.' He walked in; surprisingly it was open this early. No one was there. He walked around searching for a clue or something. Finally he saw what he been looking for across the room.
"Tifa..?" he whispered to himself. She didn't turn around, but Cloud was sure enough that it was her. That was her long black hair, she was the only person in town with such striking figure. He ambled towards her back. "Tifa, where have you been?" he asked, placing his hand on her petite shoulder. She let out a small shriek as she jumped back in fright, dropping her clipboard and pen. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," he said as he helped her pick up her stuff.
"Um, thanks," she replied. Cloud look down at her while she was hugging the clipboard. Instantly all the hope he built up was washed away.
"You're not Tifa," he said helping the girl to her feet.
"Sorry, I'm Ryukku. I just bought the bar from Tifa last night and was taking a look around before I reopen it," Ryukku answered, still holding the clipboard close to her.
"No, I'm sorry that I scared you like that," Cloud said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. "You said you bought the bar from Tifa last night, right?" The girl nodded. "Do you have any idea where she went afterwards?"
"No, she just gave me all the papers and stuff that night. It seemed like she really wanted to get rid of this place," Ryukku answered.
"Is there anything else important that you heard or saw that can lead to her whereabouts?"
"Um, no," Ryukku shook her head.
Cloud let out a sigh. "Thanks," he said, heading out the door. Ryukku looked down at the floor, feeling sorry that she hadn't helped him out and was trying to figure out something important to say.
"Um," she started. Cloud looked up with little hope. "Last night when I saw her, she seemed to be really depressed. I could tell she'd been crying," she blurted out. Cloud paused and looked half way past his broad shoulders, but then continued out the door.
He got back on his chocobo. "She was crying because of me," he whispered miserably. He rode the yellow bird around the west side again before returning home.
He was the last to return. Everyone was sitting in the living room, and by their expressions he knew they hadn't any luck either.
"Hey Cloud, you find anything?" Yuffie asked with a weak smile. Cloud didn't say anything but shook his head. "Us either," Yuffie replied with a less cheerful voice. He started out for the door. "Cloud, you're not going back out to look for her, are you?" He nodded.
"Its late," Red protested.
"I don't care. I have to find her,"
"Strife, its better if you rest now and search during the day," Vincent added. Cloud knew they were right. He turned and headed into his room.
Cloud fell back on his bed, 'Tifa, where are you? I'm sorry, I didn't mean those words I said. If anything happens to you it's going to be my fault. I'm going to find you and make everything all right again. I already lost Aeris…I can't lose you too," Cloud deliberated as he looked up at the lonely but brightest star in the velvet sky.
~*~
Tifa was lying in a field of flowers looking at the exact same star. 'They're so beautiful.' She watched as they glimmered in the gloomy sky. 'Hmm, I wonder what the others are doing,' she thought as she sat up. 'They're probably worried about me…except for Cloud. He wanted me to leave,' she said, hugging her knees as the cold night mist started to nip her bare legs. 'It's getting cold, I wish I could rent a room in a hotel but I can't, they'll probably turn me in. Knowing my friends, they would've informed everyone that I'm missing.' A sudden chill ran down her back. She shuddered as she turned around to put on her jacket, when out of nowhere a hand covered her mouth. Tifa screamed, but nothing came out. She fought back by there was no use.
"Remember me?" hissed a bloodcurdling voice. Tifa's eyes instantly filled with fear. She knew that voice…
Author's note- Okies, I think that's a good spot to stop. So how did you like the second chapter? I thought It was short and boring but, oh well I needed some way to make everything fall into place. My next chapter would probably me my final chapter for this fic so i promised it would be at least 10 times better then this one. I'm not going to put up the next chapter unless I have new reviews because if people don't read it there's no point I should continue. So please review !^o^'
