A/N: This might be a little cheesy.

Chapter Six-The Meeting of the Black Cloaked Clones/New Arrivals

As they stared at the clear night sky, Cloud turned to Aeris and said to her

"Aeris, I have a confession to make." She looked at him with a confused look in her eyes, as he continued

"I…I never made as a 1st Class SOLDIER, I left my hometown to join but I never quite made it that far. I only made it into fourth class. The First Class SOLDIER, who went to Nibelheim all those years ago with Sephiroth, was your old boyfriend, my best friend at the ShinRa, Zack. I was just one of the grunts who was supposed to keep a lookout for trouble makers." She stared at him before going into a fit of giggles. He stared at her, bewildered.

"What?" she turned to him and said

"I didn't think that sounded quite right, you just didn't seem to be the type who could make it into First Class." He stared at her before saying

"So…you're not mad?" She laughed harder, and would've fallen off the fence they were sitting on, if he hadn't caught her arm.

"No you crazy chocobo. I can never be mad at the one I love, well at least not for long." He smiled, taking her into his arms, as they gazed upward at the fireworks display, a symbol it seemed, of their love for each other.

******

"So why were you crying." The man asked Tifa, as he handed her another napkin. Sighing she responded quietly

"Because I waited too long to tell the one I love how I felt, and now his heart is with another. But…she's a good, capable girl, I'm certain she'll be able to take care of him for the rest of his life, and at least this way I know he's happy." He nodded understandingly; placing his hand on her knees, staring into her wine colored eyes with his own purple ones.

"I know how you feel, I loved this one girl, with all my heart and soul, but she died before I could tell her. So I can sympathize with you on that level." She smiled back at him, and asked

"You know, we don't know each other's names do we. I'm Tifa, Tifa Lockheart." He smiled, standing up, and straightening out his denim vest jacket, and said

"Me? I'm Jerom, Jerom HeartWood." She smiled,

"Nice to meet you, Mr. HeartWood." He laughed shaking his head gently

"No fancy titles please, just call me Jerom, Tifa Lockheart." She laughed in return

"Alright, as long as you call me just Tifa." Nodding he said

"Alright then Tifa." He gazed out the window and said

"You know, I'm not in a hurry, so would you like to see the fireworks with me?" Smiling she responded quietly

"I'd love to Jerom."

"Then let's go."

Taking each other's hands they ran outside to the nearby fence.

******

Yuffie gazed out the window, whispering

"It's beautiful. Just like mom was."

"Was she?" She turned to see a tall, slender boy, with midnight black hair, and dark brown eyes, framed with thin wire glasses, staring at her. Blushing she nodded and said

"Yeah, mom was an angel. She could make the birds and violets in her garden sing. She loved trying new things, making something new to present to her family. She loved dad, and wanted to have a lot of children. But she died when I was six."

"I'm sorry, my dad died when I was eight, I never really knew him to be honest, I knew he used to live in a faraway place called Wutai, and met my mom when she went there for a school assignment. When he died mom took me back to Midgar where her family lived. Then she died when the Sector 7 Plate came down. All I have left our their pictures, and my old man's sword." Yuffie stared at him; he did have some Wutaian heritage in his face. He stared back at her and said

"Hey, what's your name. You told me your history but not your name."

"Yuffie, Yuffie Kisagari." He smiled and said

"I'm Koan Ymanez, and I'd like to take you outside to view the fireworks with me. Don't refuse, you're the first pretty lady I've met since my mom." Giggling, she replied

"Alright, but be warned, if you have any materia, hope you're not too attached to it, I am an expert thief." Shaking his head, he her led outside to the fireworks.

******

The group returned to meet at the Ghost Hotel as promised. All were surprised to see the new faces among them. After introductions had been given the group went to the upstairs bedroom to discuss their tactics. Koan and Jerom had been given the download of the adventure so far.

"So what do we do now?" Cid asked, puffing on the cigarette in his mouth

"I don't know, I have no idea what Sephiroth's next move will be." Cloud answered. Koan lifted his head at that moment

"Did you say the name Sephiroth? By any chance he doesn't wear a black trench coat does he?" Cloud nodded, raising an eyebrow.

"Well," he continued, "there's this weird cult or something that arrived here earlier this morning, all of them were wearing black coats. And they kept muttering something about 'Sephiroth is returning,' and 'The Calamity of the Skies will return again' and all sorts of other shit." This caught everyone in the room's attention.

"So you know where Koan?" Tifa asked gently. Nodding he said

"I think it was going to be in the Event Square at midnight, they're going to clean everything up and give it a makeover for the big celebration or whatever's going on there." Barret slammed his fist on the table swearing

"Dammit! Shoulda figured he get some sort of followers ta help his mad ass." Nodding Cloud said

"We'll have to discover a way to sneak into the Event Square tonight." Koan shook his head and said

"That shouldn't be hard, just drape some black curtains over yourselves and you're in." Cait Sith bounded up and said

"I'll do one better, Reeve says he can send us some of the bona fide coats themselves." Nodding Cloud said

"Then it's settled, come midnight we're going to Event Square."

End Chapter Six.