Chapter 4: The Fall of the Rain
Note: All characters and setting belong to Squaresoft. Also, this chapter
is extremely short, so if you think it's cut off, think again! RR!
"HAHA! Cleaned all you guys out!", said Yuffie with a wide smile as she raked in all the poker chips. She had taken almost everything they had, and you can tell by their appearance. Reeves was sitting without his jacket and shoes, Barret without his pants, and Vincent, despite his almost unmatched poker face was completely cleaned out, and he was sitting there quietly in his boxers. A group of women walked by and saw Vincent and giggled, leaving their numbers as they looked at his raven hair, smooth muscles, and deep red eyes.
"Have you seen Tifa!?", asked Cloud frantically as he busted through the door. "I scoured through the Gold Saucer, but I couldn't find her!"
"Whoa, calm down, what happened?", asked Barret.
"This girl pinned me and kissed me, and she saw and stormed out of there! I haven't seen her for hours! I don't want her to be hurt!"
"I'll look around this area.", said Vincent as he took his clothes back from Yuffie. "We'll all split up."
"Right! I'll look around the north part of town.", said Cloud. "The rest just go and look. I need to find her!"
Tifa lay on her side turned way from Reno as she clung tightly to the velvet coverlets of the huge bed, feeling Reno's touch move across her bare skin. She was crying, and he heard her new outbreak of tears.
"Hey babe, what's there to cry about?", he asked as he moved closer.
"I.don't think I did the right thing.", she said.
"Heh. THAT wasn't anything to be ashamed of. Well, maybe just a little bit." But she moved away from his hand as it crept closer to her, as she was plagued in thinking about what to do. It was if her world was darkened, without any light to guide her. And through this cold darkness that clouded her consciousness, she only felt that she needed to be alone, as there was either no place she wanted, or any place it seemed to her that she was wanted. And there it was. Forsaken again by the only one she ever loved, she didn't have much left to hang on to. So, as love had forsaken her, she had left it, too.
"Hey, what's up?", he asked as she removed herself from his bed and started changing hastily. But she didn't leave because of what she had to do, but what she didn't have. She had nothing.
"Tifa! Tifa!", cried Cloud through an alley way, getting drenched with rain. He was seized by the neck, and turned around to see Rude and Elena.
"Follow us."
"Hey, where are you going?", asked Reno, getting out of the bed, but he still had boxers on.
"I have to go."
"Why so sudden? I was just getting started."
"I can't be here."
"Why? Did you ditch Cloud to come here?" She just turned away and twisted the knob of the door and opened it.
"See you later. Or maybe not."
"She's here.", said Elena flatly, arriving at the door of the hotel. "With Reno."
"Why are you helping me?", asked Cloud.
"Well, you know us. We have to keep up our image." He looked at them strangely, because their image was a bunch of murderers, but he went through the doors nonetheless, as finding Tifa was his only priority.
"Excuse me.", he said to the person at the front desk. "Where can I find Reno?"
"Hmmm.Reno.ah, here he is. He is in the penthouse room. May I ask who you are?" But Cloud was already dashing off to an open elevator, madly clicking the top floor button.
Tifa left on the elevator, going down to the lobby. And even thought their paths crossed, they never saw each other.
Cloud ran out of the elevator and saw Reno's door at the end of the hallway, because his was the only door there. BANG BANG! Reno heard the pounding at the door and lazily got up from his bed and answered it. "I knew you'd be-"
"Where is she!", yelled Cloud.
"Who? Tifa?"
"No, your mama. Tell me where she is!", demanded Cloud.
"I dunno! She left a minute ago! You must've seen her somewhere!"
"I'll take your word for it.", he said as he looked around for any sign of her. "But if anything happened to her.." He took his hand and clutched Reno's throat, and took out his sword and put it near his throat. "I will personally kill you." He threw back Reno, and ran off toward the elevator, still in a frantic search.
It was still pouring out, as Tifa walked through an empty park, walking past an abandoned swing set. She heard water rushing somewhere, and walked toward the sound. It was a large stream for a park, as she couldn't see the bottom, but she could see her reflection past the ripples in the water. She only acted on this feeling, to stand on the red wooden bars of the bridge that connected the park. Not much feeling came to her as she stepped on the bridge, as if her body went numb. She looked up, and she could feel the cold touch of the water splash her face, falling upon her lips. She just stood there and kissed the rain, until she could only feel a falling, floating sensation, and she fell into the water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------. WOO! Yep, much shorter. And next chapter's probably better. So if you think this was the most horrible thing you've ever read on the planet, you're probably right, but it gets better. Really. Honestly, I swear. Oh, and Ch.5 should also be up soon! RR!
is extremely short, so if you think it's cut off, think again! RR!
"HAHA! Cleaned all you guys out!", said Yuffie with a wide smile as she raked in all the poker chips. She had taken almost everything they had, and you can tell by their appearance. Reeves was sitting without his jacket and shoes, Barret without his pants, and Vincent, despite his almost unmatched poker face was completely cleaned out, and he was sitting there quietly in his boxers. A group of women walked by and saw Vincent and giggled, leaving their numbers as they looked at his raven hair, smooth muscles, and deep red eyes.
"Have you seen Tifa!?", asked Cloud frantically as he busted through the door. "I scoured through the Gold Saucer, but I couldn't find her!"
"Whoa, calm down, what happened?", asked Barret.
"This girl pinned me and kissed me, and she saw and stormed out of there! I haven't seen her for hours! I don't want her to be hurt!"
"I'll look around this area.", said Vincent as he took his clothes back from Yuffie. "We'll all split up."
"Right! I'll look around the north part of town.", said Cloud. "The rest just go and look. I need to find her!"
Tifa lay on her side turned way from Reno as she clung tightly to the velvet coverlets of the huge bed, feeling Reno's touch move across her bare skin. She was crying, and he heard her new outbreak of tears.
"Hey babe, what's there to cry about?", he asked as he moved closer.
"I.don't think I did the right thing.", she said.
"Heh. THAT wasn't anything to be ashamed of. Well, maybe just a little bit." But she moved away from his hand as it crept closer to her, as she was plagued in thinking about what to do. It was if her world was darkened, without any light to guide her. And through this cold darkness that clouded her consciousness, she only felt that she needed to be alone, as there was either no place she wanted, or any place it seemed to her that she was wanted. And there it was. Forsaken again by the only one she ever loved, she didn't have much left to hang on to. So, as love had forsaken her, she had left it, too.
"Hey, what's up?", he asked as she removed herself from his bed and started changing hastily. But she didn't leave because of what she had to do, but what she didn't have. She had nothing.
"Tifa! Tifa!", cried Cloud through an alley way, getting drenched with rain. He was seized by the neck, and turned around to see Rude and Elena.
"Follow us."
"Hey, where are you going?", asked Reno, getting out of the bed, but he still had boxers on.
"I have to go."
"Why so sudden? I was just getting started."
"I can't be here."
"Why? Did you ditch Cloud to come here?" She just turned away and twisted the knob of the door and opened it.
"See you later. Or maybe not."
"She's here.", said Elena flatly, arriving at the door of the hotel. "With Reno."
"Why are you helping me?", asked Cloud.
"Well, you know us. We have to keep up our image." He looked at them strangely, because their image was a bunch of murderers, but he went through the doors nonetheless, as finding Tifa was his only priority.
"Excuse me.", he said to the person at the front desk. "Where can I find Reno?"
"Hmmm.Reno.ah, here he is. He is in the penthouse room. May I ask who you are?" But Cloud was already dashing off to an open elevator, madly clicking the top floor button.
Tifa left on the elevator, going down to the lobby. And even thought their paths crossed, they never saw each other.
Cloud ran out of the elevator and saw Reno's door at the end of the hallway, because his was the only door there. BANG BANG! Reno heard the pounding at the door and lazily got up from his bed and answered it. "I knew you'd be-"
"Where is she!", yelled Cloud.
"Who? Tifa?"
"No, your mama. Tell me where she is!", demanded Cloud.
"I dunno! She left a minute ago! You must've seen her somewhere!"
"I'll take your word for it.", he said as he looked around for any sign of her. "But if anything happened to her.." He took his hand and clutched Reno's throat, and took out his sword and put it near his throat. "I will personally kill you." He threw back Reno, and ran off toward the elevator, still in a frantic search.
It was still pouring out, as Tifa walked through an empty park, walking past an abandoned swing set. She heard water rushing somewhere, and walked toward the sound. It was a large stream for a park, as she couldn't see the bottom, but she could see her reflection past the ripples in the water. She only acted on this feeling, to stand on the red wooden bars of the bridge that connected the park. Not much feeling came to her as she stepped on the bridge, as if her body went numb. She looked up, and she could feel the cold touch of the water splash her face, falling upon her lips. She just stood there and kissed the rain, until she could only feel a falling, floating sensation, and she fell into the water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------. WOO! Yep, much shorter. And next chapter's probably better. So if you think this was the most horrible thing you've ever read on the planet, you're probably right, but it gets better. Really. Honestly, I swear. Oh, and Ch.5 should also be up soon! RR!