A/N: Hey guys. Ta, if you reviewed. I thought the last chapter was going to be boring but that's my opinion. Anyway, here's chapter 6.

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Summary – The gang was introduced to Tifa, and was offered a place to stay. Squall notices strange things about Cloud and talks to Tifa about it. She doesn't say much so Squall drops the subject. Everyone finds out that Cloud's sword, is the same one held by the Ultima WEAPON Squall and the others had fought. But Cloud's sword is unique. What did it mean?

Chapter 6 – The Walk Of Wallace

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Squall woke up the next morning, very tired. He hadn't slept well. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Rinoa. She wasn't there. He quickly got up and dressed and headed downstairs. Tifa, Quistis, Zell and Irvine were all sitting at the table. They each held a mug of coffee and were talking quietly. They all looked round as they saw Squall coming down the stairs.

"S'up Squall?" Zell greeted him happily. "Man, you look terrible. Didn't sleep well?"

Squall nodded simply and headed into the kitchen and got some coffee. He sat next to Quistis and began to drink it. He instantly felt the caffeine kick in.

He drained half the cup before he spoke.

"Where's Rinoa and Selphie?" he asked.

"They're exploring the town. It looks like we might be here a while. Since we don't know how to get back to Garden."

"How did you get here anyway?" Tifa asked curiously

"We were in an airship called the Ragnarok," Quistis explained, "There was a storm and the Ragnarok was struck by lightning. We crashed into the sea and thanks to Squall we managed to escape. We swam to shore, located each other and started to head here. That's when Cloud found us."

"Where is Cloud? I haven't seen him all morning." Irvine asked Tifa.

"He's out training."

"Why? He's perfectly strong enough." Squall asked

"Well," Tifa said, "Unlike you, we don't have GF's to junction to, to make us stronger. The materia we use actually makes us weaker in strength and stamina, so that's why we train more."

"I guess…but wait. How do you know about the GF's?"

"Rinoa explained it to me and Cloud this morning"."

Squall felt a twinge of jealousy. Rinoa seemed to be telling Cloud more than he needs to know.

They were interrupted by a knock at the door. Before Tifa could answer it, the man walked in. Tifa face owned a wide smile as she saw who it was.

"Hey Tif. Long time no see."

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Cloud was on his way home. He was covered in sweat, having been training so hard. He couldn't wait to get back to the bar, cleaned and have a nice mug of coffee to drink. The bar wouldn't be open for another few hours. He turned the corner to the Town Square when he heard a familiar voice.

"Uncle Cloud!"

He turned round to see 5 year old Marlene run up to him. He picked her up as she reached him.

"Hey Marlene." He hugged her and she hugged him.

"Guess what, daddy came. He went to the bar." She squealed happily in his arms.

Cloud smiled. He hadn't seen his friend in a while, and for some reason, he wasn't looking forward to seeing him again.

"C'mon lets go see him."

"YEAH!!"

He let Marlene down and she walked beside him as they headed to the bar.

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"Barret!" She yelled happily, seeing her old friend. She ran up to him and hugged him. He gave her his usual bear-hug until she could hardly breathe.

Squall had never seen anyone like him. He was about six and a half feet tall and had very dark skin. He wore baggy green trousers and an old brown waistcoat, which had some tears in it. He had a skull tattoo on his left arm and wore fingerless gloves. On his left hand anyway, his right wasn't there. Instead there was a grafted gun.

"Whoa!" Zell gasped as he noticed the gun-arm. "That is so cool."

Barret gave them an awkward look, "What you never seen a grafted gun before?" All 4 SeeD's shook their heads.

Tifa gave a slight cough and hurriedly said, "They're not from around here."

"Oh, well it ain't none o' ma business. Yo Tif, where's spike?"

'Spike?' Squall wondered who he was talking about. His trail of thought was broken as a small girl walked into the bar, closely followed by Cloud. Squall thought Cloud looked absolutely exhausted. And what Barret did next must have made him worse.

"Hey, hey Spike! How ya bin?" He yelled happily, grabbing Cloud in a headlock and scalping his head with his knuckles. Squall started silently laughing, clutching his ribs because he was laughing so hard. The scene made Barret look like a sixteen year old playing with his ten year old brother. Especially with the size difference. Barret was easily almost a foot taller than Cloud.

"Ow! I was fine till you came, now get off me!" he yelled back. Barret let go of his head and picked up Marlene. Cloud, meanwhile stood up straight and started rubbing his neck. "Do you have to do that every time you come round?"

"Yep." He said shortly and put Marlene down again. Then someone else came into the bar. It was Selphie, Rinoa and Angelo.

"PUPPY!!" Marlene yelled with excitement, running up to Angelo and cuddling her. She pulled away and Angelo licked her. Marlene giggled in pleasure. Not one person in the room couldn't not smile. Selphie and Rinoa took their seats next to their boyfriends. Rinoa gave Squall a quick kiss on the cheek, they had made up after Rinoa had gotten Squall angry the day before.

"So, who are you kids?" Barret asked. Squall frowned slightly. He hated being called a kid. But he could accept it from Barret. He looked almost twice his age, maybe a few years above.

"We're from a place called Garden. You probably haven't heard of us. We're SeeD's." Quistis explained.

Barret was more confused than Cloud had been when he first heard that. He proved that straight away.

"You guys run a flower show or somethin'?"

Cloud and Tifa, silently, burst out laughing. Tifa had to hold onto Cloud for support, where as Cloud looked like he was crying. They both had their hands on their mouths to stifle the sound.

"No. Garden is a military school." Quistis continued "And SeeD are mercenaries. We except missions from towns or cities that need help."

"Oh! Right. But I ain't never heard of ya."

"That's alright," Irvine said, "Not many people round here have."

Tifa and Cloud had finally stopped laughing and had pulled themselves together.

"So Barret, what brings you here?" Cloud asked "Is it a quick stop or have you brought something for us."

"Both, actually." Barret said. He put his hand in his pocket and brought out a small frame. He handed it to Tifa who gasped.

"Cloud look!"

She signalled him to look at the picture in the frame. As he did, a wide smile grew on his face.

It was a picture of AVALANCHE outside the ruins of Midgar. Cloud, Tifa, Cid, Barret, Vincent, Red XIII, Cait Sith and Yuffie. They were all standing near the badly damaged Highwind airship. It had been taking a few hours after Meteor had been destroyed. The date was at the bottom. 5 July 3025. That night, there had been a huge celebration in Gold Saucer. Everyone across the world had come. AVALANCHE, of course, were special guests.

"Thanks Barret." Cloud said. "I forgot about getting this done."

"No prob. Now as thanks, you can introduce me to these kids."

After short introductions were made, Cloud went to make some coffee while Tifa put the picture up on the wall. She then went to the kitchen along with the others. Squall however took a look at the picture. He could see the flame infested ruins of Midgar in the background and all of AVALANCHE standing in front. He smiled as he saw the happy look on all of their faces. His eyes then scrolled down to the date. He gasped. His eyes went wide and his face had been drained of all colour. 3025! That couldn't be right.

He started to find it hard to breathe and he went outside for some air.

Rinoa heard the bar door shut and she quickly followed him.

Squall stood next to the wall. Rinoa walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Squall, what is it?"

He slowly turned to face her. His face was white and he looked as if someone had just told him one of his friends had died.

"I know how we got here." He said quietly.

"How?"

He hesitated before asking Rinoa, "Rinoa, what year is it?"

She was surprised. Why was he asking her this? "4379."

Squall shook his head. "No it isn't."

Rinoa was starting to get scared. "Squall what's wrong?" she asked in a scared voice.

"We didn't just land, hundreds of miles away from Garden." He said, barely audible, "We went back in time. Over a thousand years back in time."

A/N: OMG. Back in time, that would be cool. Anyway. Please, please review. And again. Check my profile for some news on my fics, plus summaries.