Okay! Chapter 2 is up and I'm way excited!

There are no romantic parts here yet, I guess. Anyway, the story's gonna be great I promise.

Here's a Final Fantasy VII story. Hope you'll like it. If you think it's lame, just let me know.It's my first time writing something about Final Fantasy.=3 Oh just to let you know I changed my E-mail ad. This is a Tifa x Cloud fic so you Aerith/Aeris x Cloud fans out there, BuTT oFF!! I love this pairing and all that surrounds it (except Aerith, I HATE HER)

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy and Squaresoft. I'm doing this for fun and I promise not to use Final Fantasy and all it's other stuff in vain. I'll quit bashing Aerith(for now) blah blah blah...

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Chapter 2: It's You

The only sound that can be heard in a tiny room was the sound of the ceiling fan's clicking. The room was dimly lighted by a single light bulb. Shadows of the fan danced around on the face of a blonde haired teen, lying motionless on a bed. Soft breaths escaped from the boy's lips.

CLANK!!

" Take your ASS off the bed, Cloud!" A rugged man shouted swinging a bronze kettle in the air. " Damn, kid." He muttered as he headed down the stairs.

" Darn, Barret." Cloud scratched his head. " This would take forever to shrink." He walked towards a mirror above his bed. " Hmmm. I wonder. Was that- for real?" He narrowed his eyes, staring at his own reflection. He scratched his head again. " Nah, Couldn't be."

" GET THAT ASS OF YOURS A'MOVIN CLOUD!!" Barret's cry echoed through the halls.

" That dream, Maybe I drank too much last night." Cloud smiled.

He trudged down the stairs hoping not to get a sermon from Barret who was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper at the bar's counter.

Cloud's head throbbed. ' I guess I DID drink too much last night.' He thought.

And what a night that was. There he was in the middle of a huge crowd. Shining crimson grasping a bottle of really heavy stuff. He was forced to drink. Let's just say Cloud had a great time and earned much money that night.

" Mornin, Cloud!" Marlyn greeted. She slid a plate of sunny-side up eggs and bacon at Cloud's front who was uneasily seated next to Barret. " Did you sleep well, Cloud?" she smiled.

" My night was like walking through a path of hot coal, dipped in tar, mocked, not paid and like wolves were biting from my legs to my neck on Friday the thirteenth." Cloud finished his sentence, stabbing his sunny- side ups repeatedly. He stared at Marlyn who was staring blankly at him. " No, Marlyn. I had a terrible night."

" What are you yappin' about?" Barret wrapped his arms around Cloud's neck. " That was the greatest night ever!" He began singing the chorus of the song they sang that night. " Come on Cloud, sing with me!"

" Barret," Cloud stared(T . T ). " Whoa.. Look at the time! I'd better get to work or the good job's gone!" Cloud grinned and slipped away from Barret's huge hands. Cloud stood up and headed for the door.

" Whatever DAMN kid!"

Cloud shook his head. ' Sheesh, Barret's really loud even early in the morning.' He smiled and looked up at the sky. He smiled in delight as the cold fresh morning air filled his lungs. The sky did look pretty dark but, It looks like perfect day to start earning money. " Agh!"

" Sorry!" A girl's voice called out from a crowd in front of Cloud.

" Hey, come back here!" Cloud called out, stretching his arms toward the person. ' What's up with girls today?' He searched the perimeter looking for a place to insert in hoping to catch up to the person who bumped unto him.

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" Sorry mister!" She called out. Her deep black hair flew behind her. She panted through the mass of crowd that surrounded her. ' At last! It's complete!' She closed her eyes in delight.

She stopped in front an old building. She stepped inside. Cobwebs hung from places. She scanned the room and halted at a place under the stairs. " I've been waiting, for such a long time and now It' all over!" She grabbed a box and when she opened it her eyes widened with astonishment. Inside the box was tons of Gils! " My whole life's savings!"

She raced towards a covered window and opened the cloth that covered it, revealing the whole city. " Finally, I can go and search how vast this world is."

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" Shoot, Where could she be?" Cloud snorted. He stared at the old structure in front of him. He slipped through the flowing pack of people. He glanced up and saw that a person was standing near the broken down window. " Hmm, What are you up to?"

Cloud went inside the decaying building. Every step he made created a wave of dust on the floor. Rats cowered everywhere and spiders were all around. He climbed the crooked stairs, leading him above a huge hall. He could barely see through the rotten floorboards he was standing on. He narrowed his eyes for a better look. There she was the girl who bumped into him in the crowd. Flashbacks of what happened flickered in Cloud's mind. Up above he listened to everything the girl cited.

" I feel great!" She yelped. " I'm finally leaving this crummy place! I'm gonna search the whole world now! I can't help but shout it all out!!" She twirled twice and back from her normal position. " I can' t help but wonder, If anyone is there to share this happiness with me."

The statement made Cloud red. He didn't know the person but, why is he so curious of what's happening. He stayed for another moment.

"I know that someday I'm not in this alone!" The girl smiled. She went close to picture hanging from a dusty wall. " It feels like, I've known you for so very long.." The picture was covered from edge to edge with gray dust.

' A portrait?' Cloud muttered. ' But who is it?'

" Someday, I'll see your face!" She cried out.

Cloud waltzed down the stairs. He crept behind the wall of the painting that the girl was talking to and listened to what was happening.

" I'll see you tomorrow okay?" She brushed off dirt from the picture. " I'm getting a job somewhere. Wish me luck!" She pranced off leaving Cloud behind the precious wall she called her own.

Cloud slid down from his standing position and sat down. ' This girl, this girl is actually.' Cloud shook his head. " What's her purpose? Why does she want to leave the city very badly?" He brushed off the filth on his clothes. He stepped out the shadows and entered the quiet room. Beams of light that seeped out from the broken boards and cement lighted the room. The place was truly unimaginable. He stared at the picture hanging. His memories flooding back. " What- what's going on?" Cloud shivered. He clenched his hands. " This picture. This picture is-" His eyes, confused. ==+==+

Hahahahaha! A cliffhanger! Okay, okay enough. Make sure you people review please..=3 This chapter was great! Anywayz, this is going to be long story so people R & R. Need them for motivation for the upcoming chapters. The plot I made is really great. Make sure you keep on reading. I'm really inspired now.. No writer's block that I promise!

Note: I changed my name from Kurt-Hiwatari and check out what was it. was it Rinoa Squall or I dunno. That's Shenny G. Potter! If you want FFVIII stories check it out. That person's my counter part in Final Fantasy! Okay then peace!