SephiroththeOneWingedAngel: I am so so so so sorry for not updating I've been in a kind of writers slump, but I did get a Spirited Away fan fic up review that if you want! (I know you guys haven't been reviewing my stuff but I am begging you please R&R!!!!!

Chapter 3 (Tifa) = "Wow Cloud I cant believe its you!" Tifa said in her happy-go-lucky voice.

"Um… high Tifa it's nice to see you too." Cloud felt that his ambiguous style of talking would be noticed by his best friend whom he had not seen in almost 5 years.

"Well make yourself at home. I'll make us some drinks"

Barret, Cloud, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie all went and sat at the few tables in Tifas bar. Her bar "Tifas 7th Heaven" sat in the middle of the Sector 7 slums and was probably the only part of the sector that showed any affinity. Mismatched chairs and tables sat close to the bar where Tifa made drinks. The abundance of drunks in the slums meant for a pretty successful businnes for Tifa, but also meant plenty of dangers for the 22 year old bartender. Cloud noticed she seemed more muscular than the last time he had seen her.

"Well I guess we'll need to get down to business… now when we get to the sector 8 reactor where gonna have to…"

"Wait, Wait, Wait." Cloud blurted out. "What about my money? I'm not a free recruit for AVALANCHE remember?"

"Yes I remember, keep your damn head on!" Barret shouted in an aggravated voice.

"Anyways, we're going to need more bang for our buck so Biggs I want you on that right away."

"You got it Big B! *smirk*"

"AND DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Barret said word for word just to make himself clear.

Tifa walked over and placed the hard liquor drinks on the table.

"Well here are the drinks, it's the specialty of the house, don't you like it Cloud?"

Cloud who wasn't much of a drinker took one sip of the concoction and shuddered involuntarily, and said in a hoarse voice "Oh yeah… that's …great"

Tifa looked shocked and she was giggling as she spoke "Well I knew you weren't much of a drinker but my god you really cant hold your liquor huh?!"

Barret broke in before anything else was said.

"Lets get back on track, Jessie, Wedge I'm gonna need both of you to work double time and get the security system down by the time we get to the reactor." Barret said clearly.

"I already got our fake I.D's ready for the train" Jessie said in her brisk voice, Wedge added, "We already have everything prepared to shut down for the amount of time we're going to be in there."

"Well better safe than sorry" said Cloud with skepticism.

All was quiet for a moment then Barret called for Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge to follow him down to the basement to get ready for the mission tomorrow. As they filed out of the bar Tifa walked over to cloud and layed her gntle hands on his left shoulder which was not covered by the standard issue SOLDIER uniform.

"So how have things been lately" she asked gently.

"Well all right I guess, I mean it isn't like I have much to say, I mean you have Barret, this successful bar, and you fulfilled your dream of moving to Midgar, but I bet you didn't expect to end up in the slums."

"Barret is not my husband," Tifa said quickly and stubbornly "He's just… my friend." But Cloud knew Barret and Tifa went back a long way.

" And this bar is successful but I hate all these idiots who come in here get drunk and try and hit on me, mind you that my punch is pretty damn hard!"

"I won't argue with that."

They both laughed and were both silent for a while.

"Well we better get to bed we have a long day ahead of us."

"You're going Tifa?" Cloud asked a little skeptically.

"Well duh! I want to kick Shinras ass as much as you do!" She said forcefully but the next thing she said was full of warmth and affection

" Well good night Cloud I'll see you in the morning."

"Yeah good night Tifa its good to see you to."

Tifa went to the second floor of the bar which he guessed had been converted into a little home. Cloud sat silently for a little while then got up and began heading upstairs to go to bed, and though he didn't know it his journey with Tifa andBarret was only starting.

Yay! This is probably my best fic so far I hope you enjoy it. Next chapter (Sector 8 and President Shinra)