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Last Chapter: Ash, Cloud, and Aeries found Tifa and Misty! But they were taken to Don's mansion, and only girls are allowed to enter. So how did they get in? They dressed up as girls of course! When they got in, they discovered Shinra were going to destroy the sector 7 pillar to kill AVALANCHE. But before they could do anything, Don set a trap that sent them into a sewer were they had to destroy a monster called Aps. Now they have exited the sewer, but they are in another area of danger, the train graveyard!

Note: This is one of a few Pokemon/FF7 crossovers, and I got my idea from stories like 'New Friends' and 'Transformations'. I hope that you like my version of my story, I know I like it so far, but please tell me if there is something I should add or not. Thanks!

Note2: Ok, I need to know, for later chapters, should I have Aeries die? And what should I do about Seprioth? Please REVIEW and tell me, it would be highly appreciated. (I am officially brain-dead)

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Chapter 5: Pillar Problem

Ash looked around. He could definitely tell why it was called the train graveyard. Broken trains and their tracks were littered everywhere, and the area itself was murky, dark and foggy. What made it even creepier was the fact that some of the lights were still flashing on and off. How? He really didn't care; he just wanted to get the hell out of there.

"Let's not just stand here! We have our friends to save!" Tifa shouted to the group.

Everyone nodded to her outburst and huddled together. They walked through broken catwalks and tracks, through holes in the trains, and even on top of them. Suddenly Misty let out a scream, and Ash ran over to her.

"Misty! Are you ok? What happened?"

"S-Something touched me, and it wasn't any of you." She answered, white as hospital bed sheets.

Everyone turned in the direction Misty said the touch came from and stared. Moments inched by, and suddenly three white ghosts appeared. Misty screamed again, and Ash attempted to slash through the ghost, but it just went right through it.

"Damn! Looks like we'll have to use Materia!" Ash shouted and cast a bolt on the ghost, killing it. (How can you kill a ghost? Oh well, whatever.)

They nodded, and also began lashing out on the ghosts with their Materia. It didn't take long to defeat them, and Misty calmed down considerably, although she kept extra close to Ash.

They continued through the graveyard, killing a few more ghosts on the way and a monster that resembled a dead man riding a dead chariot. Tifa managed to steal a new staff for Aeries, the Striking Staff. Cloud had to actually move some trains so they could continue, and soon they were finally out of the horrible train graveyard.

At the station, the sound of bullets could be heard, along with many explosions. Without thinking anymore, they all ran the rest of the way to Sector 7. Looking up, they could see the bullets and the cursing shouts of Barret and Brock.

"Ash! Take Aeries and hide, we'll be right back." Cloud said. "Pikachu, go with him"

"Pika pi pi!" Said the yellow electric mouse, following the disappearing Aeries and Ash.

"Ok, let's go!" Cloud said to the two girls.

The girls nodded and followed Cloud up the winding stairs of the pillar, meeting red SOLDIERS wielding propellers. Misty got sick of them quickly and dispatched them with her 'Water Smash' limit and they increased their speed up the stairs.

Halfway up, they encountered a wounded Jessie, who told them to just continue and help Brock and Barret. Hesitantly, they agreed and soon reached the top, were they were greeted by non other than Reno of the Turks.

"Damn!" Cloud shouted.

"Yo spiky ass! Bout time you got your ass up here!" Barret yelled over the gunfire.

Misty sighed and ran over to Reno. Tifa, Cloud, Brock, and Barret soon followed.

"We cannot allow you to destroy this pillar!" Tifa shouted.

Reno yawned and pretended to pull earwax out of his ear, then he pulled out his night stick and smiled.

"Let's just see about that!"

The first thing he did was fire an electrically charged blast at Tifa, paralyzing her on the ground. Togepi, who was with Misty at the time, began her Metronome attack, sending a psychic wave at Reno, making him blast backwards.

"Damn!" Reno said, then looked at his watch. "Time to go!"

A helicopter flew near the pillar, and the door opened, revealing and unconscious Ash and pikachu and a screaming Aeries. Behind them was a black- haired man in a Turks uniform. Reno jumped into the helicopter and shouted to them.

"To bad for you! This place will blow and now we have both Ancients! Have a horrible day!" And with that they flew off.

"Damn!" Cloud shouted as Tifa attempted to defuse the bomb and Misty was crying hysterically.

"I can't defuse it! We need to get out of here now!" Tifa shouted, grabbing a crane.

They all went to the crane, Brock having to drag Misty and Togepi, and they leapt to the safety of Sector 6 right when the bomb exploded, causing the plate to come crashing down on the slums. When the smoke and debris cleared, all they could see was a wall were the slums were. Barret got so mad, he began to fire at it, and Misty continued to cry.

"Stop it everyone!" Tifa shouted, getting everyone's attention "We can't just hang around here! We need to plan to save Ash and Aeris! They were taken by the Shinra! We can't let them get away with that! Come on! We need to rescue them! Who's with me!"

"I am" Said Misty.

"I'm not letting you go by yourself." Cloud added.

"I'm going! Those Shinra are going to get their asses whooped!" yelled Barret.

"I go with my friends" Brock put in.

And so they all agreed to raid the Shinra HQ to save Ash, Aeries, and Pikachu. But first, they wanted to go to Aeries's house and tell what happened to Aeries and also see Barret's adopted daughter, Marlene.

The group walked through the sector 6 slums to the sector 5 slums to Aeries's house, were they were greeted by Elmyra and a energetic Marlene. They quickly explained the situation, and watched as her eyes turned sad.

"I knew something like this would happen ever since I took her in and found out she was an Ancient."

"What? You mean your not Aeries's real mom?" Said Tifa.

"No, you see, I was waiting for my husband to come home, and I waited many days, but he never showed up. One day, a dying woman was there, and asked me to take care of Aeries, so I did. Then, on just a normal day, she told me that my husband had returned to the planet. I didn't know what it meant at first, but a few days later I got a letter saying my husband was dead. Ever since then, I knew Aeries was an Ancient. But unfortunately, so did the Shinra. They were trying to capture her ever since. You see, the Ancients were people who were supposed to help the planet, and then finally end up at the Promised Land, a place fertile and full of Mako. The Shinra want the Promised Land for themselves, and will use Aeries and that boy Ash to try and get it" Elmyra said.

"Oh my God" Misty mumbled.

Everybody thanked Elmyra and exited her house. After picking up a few supplies from the slums, they went to the Wall Market, were they heard from a rumor that their was a was to get to the Shinra HQ from there.

Entering the Wall Market, they looked around for a way into the Shinra HQ. Misty ended up wandering into the weapons shop, were she bought batteries, which the old man who owned the shop said that she might need. After nearly an hour of searching, they spotted a group of kids run into an alley they had not seen before.

They entered the alley and noticed a big pole. Each of them climbed up it one by one, and soon they were on their way up. Misty used the batteries she bought to power a propeller to help them continue their trek up, and they also had to swing on a metal rod to be able to reach another wire to climb.

Finally they reached the Shinra HQ. It was a huge building. And when I say huge, I mean HUGE!

"So what do we do now?" Misty asked.

"I say we charge in!" Barret yelled.

"No, we should sneak in. What do you say Cloud?" said Tifa.

"It's best not to attract attention, we'll sneak in through the back stairs" Cloud answered.

Everyone agreed but Barret, but he was forced into it anyway. They climbed the never-ending set of stairs, nearly killing themselves from exhaustion. Stairs, stairs, and more stairs. There was nearly no ending it. After and hour of climbing alone, they finally reached the end. Everyone was huffing and puffing on the floor when they finished.

"C-come on. W-we n-need to fi-find our friends!" Misty huffed, and everyone nodded and began their search.

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Ash felt horrible. He felt like he was caught in a plane engine. He groggily opened his eyes, taking note of all the scientific machinery around him.

"So, your awake." Said a voice.

Ash looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a man in his 50~60s. Some how, his hair still had black in it, he had huge scientific glasses, and a white lab coat on.

"Where the hell am I?" Ash asked, getting very angry.

"It doesn't matter. Now let's see how you behave with another species. You seem to get along with that yellow monster. I'll see how you behave with that too." The guy said, flipping a switch.

The ground under Ash moved, and he ended up in another room, were he saw Aeries and Pikachu. Before he could do anything, a red creature was raised into the room. It looked like a lion, only it was red, his mane went down his back, and his tail was a flame. The creature stepped up to them, and began growling. Pikachu was about to thunder shock it, but Ash stopped him. He walked up to the creature and began scratching it behind the ears. The creature just stared at him, and Ash smiled.

"Well, looks like we're all stuck here for a while, do you know how to play cards?"

"I know how to play crazy 8s" The creature replied.

"You can talk? Cool! What's your name?" Ash asked

"The numbers on my arm says Red XIII, so you and your friends can call Red." Red replied.

"Ok!" Ash said excitedly.

So they all got in a circle and began to play crazy 8s, talking to each other the entire time. Red was really surprised to discover that they were ancients, and they learned that Red was from a place from Cosmo Canyon. They continued to talk, waiting for anything to happen, or at least dinner.

Next Chapter: Will Cloud and the others find Ash and Aeries? Or will they get caught instead! You decide! Whoops! I already know! And will Seprioth make an appearance? What about the Shinra? Find out next time!