Hey there. I know I said I would wait until I got at least 5 new reviews, but I couldn't help myself. Plus I know someone who is pestering me to get this chapter up. Umm, oh yeah, a couple of things. 1, for anyone who is wondering, this fic takes place around, lets say, when Sora is halfway done with Monstro and still has to do Atlantica, Halloween Town, and Neverland. For those who don't know what I'm talking about it doesn't matter. 2, I stopped using the word "flashback." Yay!!! Anyways, in this chapter Tifa, Aeris and Barret appear a little. Alright, thanks for the review. On with the fic!

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Cloud didn't know how long he had been sinking in this darkness. He did know, however, that it was still sucking up his energy. At this rate he would lose conciseness in only a few minutes. It also occurred to him that he couldn't breath, but it didn't seem to matter in this stuff. He didn't feel like he needed to breath. The last of his energy left Cloud's body, and he blacked out.

He had a dream:

Cloud opened his eyes and looked around. He was sitting in a cell, like one in a prison. He looked outside past the bars. To his shock, the outside world seemed to be split into two different views:

On the left was the inside of a house. No, it looked like more than just a house, it was a small bar. The bar was empty except for a girl cleaning up and doing small chores. The girl had long brown hair and deep brown eyes. She was wearing a white tank top and black pants. She didn't seem to notice Cloud at all, and just went along tidying things up. Cloud had a strange feeling that all this was familiar, though.

On the right was a dark street in a city. The place looked very polluted, and the tall dark buildings only added to that look. Very few people were out, but there was a girl on the street. She was selling flowers, roses to be exact. She had long brown hair in a braid, and blue eyes. She wore a long pink dress. She too didn't notice Cloud, but offered flowers to a man who walked by. Cloud felt that he had also been here.

Cloud walked up to the bars so that he could see both girls. "Hey, could you help me out of here?" He asked both, but neither girl noticed him. He tried pulling on the bars, but nothing seemed to work. He walked back over to the wall of the cell and sat down with a grunt.

In is head, he tried to sort out what was happening. But no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't seem to make sense of anything. And it was strange how familiar both of those girls looked. When he looked at them, something itched at the back of his head. It was like his brain was trying to remember something, but it was locked away in an airtight safe. And it was driving him crazy.

Something caught his attention. He looked up over to where the noise came from. The flower girl! She had come over to the outside of the cell.

"Hello Mr." She greeted Cloud as he walked up to her. She showed him her flower basket. "Would you like to buy a flower? They're very rare here and I'm selling them cheap."

Cloud stood there and thought about it. Why would he want to buy a flower? It wasn't like him to. But there was something about that girl. Again, he felt some forgotten memory pulling at his brain. What was it? He tried to concentrate . . .

Suddenly the flower girl gasped. Cloud snapped out of it and looked around, alerted for some kind of danger. But the girl was staring at him with a terrified face. She was looking at him like he was some kind of hideous monster. With a scream, she threw the basket of roses at him and turned to run. "You can have them, just keep away!" She yelled. The basket hit the bars of the cage and some roses spilled in.

Cloud could only stand in shock and watch the girl run away from him. He didn't understand it. And he certainly didn't expect that sudden outburst. He quickly checked to see if his wing was hidden and out of sight, but it couldn't be seen with the spell Cloud had put on it to make it stay hidden until he needed it. So he stood confused until he regained his normal attitude. 'What was that all about?' He thought in his head.

Cloud decided to shrug it off for the time being. But the flower girl noticing him did give him hope. Maybe that other girl would notice him too, and he could get out of this cell.

He walked over to the left side of the bars. He tried calling to the girl inside the house. "Umm . . . Hello? Excuse me, I need help." The girl just continued with her cleaning. Cloud frowned, and began to feel alone again. "Please!" He begged. "Help me . . ."

Suddenly the girl stopped cleaning and looked straight up at cloud. Cloud looked surprised and hoped desperately that she could see him. She looked so familiar that Cloud was sure that they had met before. The girl was walking up to him now, and Cloud reached out between the bars.

She looked at him with shining eyes. He read her expression. It was like she was seeing in front of her something she would not believe, but had desperately hoped for. " . . . Cloud?" She asked.

Cloud almost did a double take. She knew his name!

The girl continued to stare at him with questioning eyes. But the suddenly, she looked down. "Oh, I'm sorry. You're not Cloud, are you?" She sighed in a sad way.

"No wait! Yes! I'm Cloud!" Cloud yelled, trying to get the girl back over to him. But it was as it he had disappeared from her world again. She couldn't hear him.

"No . . ." Cloud gave up again. He needed her to hear him. He walked over to the cell wall and sat down again. Trying to look for something that would get her attention again, Cloud suddenly spotted the roses. The roses! Maybe that would work. He ran up and grabbed one of the roses that had slipped between the bars.

Walking back up to the house, Cloud stuck the flower between the bars. He couldn't take this alone feeling anymore. And the feeling of trying to remember. "Hey, please. I'll give this to you if you help me out of here." Cloud asked. "Or just talk to me again."

The girl paused, and turned towards Cloud again. She walked up and looked at the rose. "Oh, how beautiful." She commented. She took the rose and held it delicately in her hands. Then she walked over to a table and sat down at it, looking at the flower. Cloud gazed at her, not knowing what to do. But then the girl started to break down crying. Cloud looked confused, but then to his horror both the outside worlds faded to black.

He couldn't see her anymore. He couldn't see anything outside anymore. There was nothing, nothing outside but darkness. And Cloud felt cold and alone again.

He grabbed the bars and shook them with all his might, but nothing happened. "All right! That's it! I've had enough of this!" He grabbed his giant sword and swung it against the bars. Sparks flew. Still no opening. He tried again, only this time on the wall. More sparks. But he just struck the wall over and over until . . . A crack!

Cloud couldn't believe it. It was just a small crack, but if he struck it some more he should be able to open it a little bit wider. So that's what he did. He aimed his sword at the crack and swing with all his might. After doing this a few more times the crack was big enough for Cloud to look through. He walked up and put his eye up to the crack. He was surprised by what he saw.

On the other side of the wall was another house. But there was no girl this time. Instead, a big tough-looking guy sat on a chair by a table. The man had a gun installed in his right arm. Cloud was surprised by this, but again he felt something familiar about this man. The more he looked at him, the more his head began to hurt. It was all so confusing!

Suddenly, a big blast came from the crack. Cloud yelled, as his face had been right up to it, and was thrown back. This caused him more confusement, and his head continued to hurt. As he tried to figure out what just happened, flashes of the flower girl, the other girl and the man speed through his head, along with feelings he couldn't place or remember. He couldn't concentrate. It was pushing him to insanity. Holding his head, all he could do was let out a terrifying scream. . .

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Leon slowly opened his eyes. He blinked and looked around. Where was he? He knew he wasn't in that strange liquid anymore, and he knew he was awake now.

Leon stood up. The first thing he did was make sure he had his weapon the Gunblade with him. It had been lying on the ground next to him. He picked it up. Then he looked around. He appeared to be in a very large room, although he couldn't tell how large because there were no lights or windows. But he did have a weird sense that felt like even if he could find a door, he wouldn't be able to open it. He could feel the Heartless' presence.

Leon decided to sit down and make a plan. As he sat against a wall, he couldn't help but remember:

He was in that field again, with all the flowers. And with Rinoa.

"I'll be waiting." Rinoa said.

"Waiting? Waiting for what?"

"For you to return. I'll wait right here." Rinoa said.

"For you." Rinoa said.

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Leon couldn't believe it. She was gone . . .

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YAY!!!! I'M DONE!!! Looked longer on paper though . . . Anyways, sorry Leon's part was so short. I just need a break . . . Please read and review! ^_^