Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Final Fantasy characters or the scenes in the games.


Early thenext morning, who would come in the room and give me a wake up call...Yuffie... She was really hyper as she couldn't wait to tell me how her night was. I told her to wait outside as I got ready. Looked around the room and saw an adorable site. Jacques looked adorable the way he slept and Cloud and Aerith slept in each other's arms?

Ai... I guess none of us could do anything to separate them. I pecked Jacques's forehead and luckily he didn't stir but tossed the other way. Out side Yuffie gave back the dress sphere and shot right out. She told me that she had a romantic night with my brother. On the gondola, he hugged and kissed her.

They went over the edge when playing the games at the wonder square and gambled like crazy at the chocobo square. I laughed at her story. She made a sour face and asked what was funny. I just chuckled and as I found her rather cute.

Her actions portrayed that she had a crush on my brother. It was plain to see, and I'm sure Naz felt the same way. But there was a problem… What will we do when we have to leave? I don't mind her going out with my brother, but she isn't of our world and it will cause them both pain to part them.

"Lisa... heelllooo..." Yuffie waved a hand in front of me.

"Oh...I'm sorry Yuffie. I was thinking about something." My eyes swept the floor.

"It's ok, besides, he's calling you." she pointed behind me.

Jacques waved to us and the love birds emerged from the room, packed and ready to roll. Gathered downstairs, Cloud devised the teams. Roll call, Cloud... Aerith...Tifa... Barrett...Vincent... Yuffie... Cid... Red XIII... Cait sith... Naz...Jacques...Enima. So far there were 12 of us. Cloud concluded that there would be 3 teams.

The main team consists of Cloud, Aerith, Jacques and I. the second team was Tifa, Vincent, Naz and Yuffie. The last team consisted of Cid, Barrett, Red XIII and Cait Sith.

"Ok, we'll meet you at the Temple of the Ancients," Cloud concluded when Naz and I left to send Shera back to Rocket Town.

But Cid called us to wait and walked towards Shera. She stroked his face and wished us luck. He pulled her into a hug and apologized for being so nasty to her all that time. Shera blushed slightly and looked up at him. I was about to break them up but didn't have the heart.

Naz tapped Cid's shoulder and said, "Come on lover boy, we have business to attend to."

He let go of her reluctantly, and she kissed his cheek before we lift off. For the first time, we saw him blush and waved franticly to us.

Back at her house, Shera gave us some materia, which she bought especially for us to use. No words escaped my gaping mouth as I was speechless.

She did all this for us,

"You didn't have to do this, really I can't accept gifts I didn't deserve," She put a hand on top of mine and stared deep into my chestnut eyes, then to my brother's jade green ones.

"It's the least I could do for you, as you have done wonders for me," Through her eyes I understood what she meant and bowed before her.

"It was our pleasure to bring him to his senses. Oh, take these, he will love them and this to remember us by, if we don't see each other again," I took out two solar powered jet packs, which only recharge in the day, and a bracelet I carried for a long time but never used. After a last hug, we departed and set off to the Temple of the Ancients.

Reuniting with our assigned teams, we approached the temple. Upon arrival, Aerith kneeled before the entrance like she could understand what they were saying. Cloud stood by her till she jumped up and rushed to investigate.

Inside the temple was Tseng whom was severely wounded and murmured that Sephiroth had attacked him. As proof, that he didn't want any trouble, he returned the keystone to us. Reluctantly, we accepted his gesture, but even so, he was still a Turk and should not be trusted.

We placed the key at the altar and waited for what was to happen next. Like sinking in quiche sand, we were pulled through the floor. The floor was smooth beneath our feet and as we took in the environment, we stared in awe.

The temple was enormous as well as magnificent. The structure was strong and yet ancient like its namesake. There were temple keepers all around, who put us through a high speed chase as we barely caught up with them.

As they have been cooped up in the temple for centuries, they had lost the ability to speak. But was it possible that they had lived there for centuries? Even so, Aerith was able to communicate with them. They themselves were ancients but stayed behind while the others moved on.

There were many temple keepers whom we needed to chase, till we reached the room with murals on the walls, where we encountered Sephiroth which caused Cloud to lose himself.

"SLAP…!"Jacques slapped his face hard. It worked, he was back.

Aerith reached out to him, he held her close. She was frightened that he'll go mad and he didn't want to lose her either. The walls told the story of the Planet and that disaster will strike.

It showed that a meteor would come and destroy the Planet and only the Ancients and Holy could stop it.

The black materia turned out to be a weapon of mass destruction and was transformed into the temple so none could retrieve it without risking their lives. The PHS rang and Jacques answered.

It was Cait Sith on the line. He had overheard our conversation about the temple it self being the black materia, and announced that he was willing to sacrifice that body of his as it was a toy.

The real guy was at Shinra head quarters controlling him and that there were many other Cait Sith bodies, he explained. Aerith thought the idea was suicidal as he was sacrificing himself for our sake. The ones on the other side of the PHS with Cait Sith understood his plan but were just as shocked.

A fair decision it was, but toy or not, he was our friend and cannot be replaced.

"Meet me at the exit." He said before he hung up.

There was one problem, as soon as he hung up, a red dragon appeared. It was big, fiery and ruby red. Like most dragons it breathed out fire and was weak against water. For protection, Aerith immediately cast 'Planet Protector' on all of us. Among us, we had Leviathan and the Aqualung enemy skill.

"Tidal Wave...!" Jacques yelled as the material glowed in his hand.

"Aqua lung...!" Aerith shouted ... as the monster groaned in pain ... weakening with every attack.

As a Grand Finale...Cloud used Meteor Rain with a dash of storm arrows backing it up.

With a last cry of pain, the dragon fell dead at our feet and dematerialized into thin air.

As a parting gift, it left the ever so handy Bahamut materia.

Before I forget, there were a few treasures to pick up and the bridge at the time keeper had already stopped at 6 o'clock.

Ai... I leaped to the respected entrances and retrieved the treasures which included Aerith's most powerful weapon, the Princess Guard.

"Aerith, you may find this weapon rather useful, " I beamed at her as she stared at it thoughtfully.

It was after all her greatest weapon of all and only she could use it . Once that was over, we hastily made our way to the main exit.

At the exit, the door wouldn't budge. I rammed in to it a few times and it still wouldn't give. Just then an eerie sound filled the air, looked up and saw the head and hands of the hell's wall (a monster which looks like an alien and is part of a wall with the head and hands sticking out), Very creepy.

It seemed to have no weakness like the usually monsters we beat. Not to worry, all the practice we had paid off. The level of strength each of us had was up to critical mass. Not even Jenova would be able to defeat us. With the new Bahamut materia equipped, it gave a boost of power on our side. We gave it a meal that it wouldn't forget.

First on themenu was...

"Elemental Spring...!" I yelled as my arrows flew like darts at the beast.

"Mega Flare!" called Cloud.

Jacques used multiple limit breaks and attacks on it till it wailed bitterly.

Aerith cast all sorts of magic from ice to lightning spells which finished off the monster for good with a huge BOOM!

At last the door flew open and the whole crew flowed in. Cait Sith said he was going to complete the puzzle at that moment, but before he did he asked everyone if anyone had any last questions. Aerith clapped her hands together and asked him to read their fortunes.

Each of us had a turn. I just so happened, Aerith and Cloud had asked how compatible they were. The answer made Tifa a little jealous, but as soon Vincent wrapped his arms around her, she chilled.

Cloud and Aerith were perfectly matched and their stars showed a bright future. It may have been a coincidence, but Vincent's and Tifa's were highly compatible as well, so he said. He asked the rest of us if we wanted to know the future, but we passed the offer.

Instead I gave him a hug which made him look like a cherry on an ice-cream, Naz and Yuffie carried him and their shoulders, Cid patted him on the shoulder, Jacques and Barrett shook his hand.

As he walked out of the room, in unison we shouted to him, "Be strong."

We waited outside the perimeter and watched as I the temple shrunk smaller and smaller. Within 10 minutes it was no bigger than an ordinary materia.

Cloud rushed down to retrieve it, but I couldn't trust him with it. I dived in the pit and grabbed hold of the materia.

Aerith followed behind me as I retrieved it. Through my eyes I told my reasons off my behavior and she understood.

Again, those two love birds couldn't hide it and wrapped their arms around each other. I kept the materia in my bag, and watched the two about to kiss again, at a time like this. Jacques swooped down and joined me below.

Suddenly, an evil aura filled the air and a dark cloud revealed an evil presence. Sephiroth had appeared to steal the black materia!

"Aaaaagggghhhhh...!" Cloud screamed and rushed towards me.

He thrust me to the ground and snatched the black materia from my bag. Jacques ran in front of him thinking he would stop, but he was pushed aside forcefully.

I cried after Cloud, but he was engulfed in a trance. Too late, Sephiroth had the materia now and he left Cloud in a very bad state.

Aerith went up to Cloud but he slapped her.

"No!" I shouted and rushed to her aid.

I grabbed his over raging hands and with all my might threw him off. Even so, he came at us in hot pursuit, I was ready. Barrett leaped from above and knocked him out. Aerith revived as quickly as she fell and held Cloud tenderly in her arms not wanting to let him go.


Phew... finally managed to edit it. hopefully it is more exciting to read and hope you all enjoy it :).