Disclaimer: I still do not own pokemon or FF7. If I did, I would be very happy, but no. They belong to Game Freak and Squaresoft. Lucky them. Hey! I found a quarter! ~Smiles~

Last Chapter: Everyone was captured and put in cells. In the middle of the night, actually, early morning, the door to cloud's cell was open. Taking the opportunity, they all escaped, and followed the trail of blood that was on the ground. It leads to the slain president Shinra. Now Rufus is the president. They escaped through ~cough~ borrowed vehicles, and made their way out of Midgar. Now they are out, and starting their journey in peruse of Sephiroth. What will this journey lead to?

Note: Oh no! Not another nearly impossible combination of two games! Heh heh. Think about it. It really is a pain in the ass to smash these two together. Major writers blocks ya know. Ah heck with it. It's a blast to write! Does anyone notice that if someone writes a poke/FF7 crossover, they always stop right when they leave Midgar? Not very nice, is it? Oh well, at least I'm still a write'n.

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Chapter 8: Memories

It took nearly two days to reach the (excuse the pun) calm village of Kalm. They all went inside the inn, were they had agreed to meet. Climbing the stairs, they were met by Brock, who escorted them the rest of the way us and led them to a room.

When they got inside, Ash took note that everybody was already in the room. He sat in-between Misty and Brock and opened a can of Dr. Pepper, compliments to Tifa.

"I suppose you would like to know more about Sephiroth." Cloud said.

"That would greatly help" Red said.

The rest of the group nodded. Cloud sighed.

"Alright, this is what happened"

~Flashback in Cloud's point of view~

It was my very first mission in SOLDIER. I was a little disappointed that all the wars were over already, so I didn't get much action. We were in the van. It was raining at the time. I was all exited because I was given some new Materia. Suddenly the van shook. The driver said that it was being attacked by a monster. Sepiroth and I went out and defeated it, though I did very little. It was Sephiroth who did everything.

When we reached Nibelheim, we stopped at the inn to rest. I explored the town at the time, stopping at my mom's house and even paid a visit to Tifa's home. But she wasn't there at the time, so I went back to the inn for the night.

The next morning, we met outside in front of the Nibelheim Mansion. Tifa was there, and I found it quite interesting to discover that she was going to be out guide for the trip. A local photographer saw us, and before we left, we had our picture taken. He said that he would give us copies once they were developed.

We left soon after. The Nibel Mountains are a gold mine for Mako. The rocks themselves glow because of all the Mako, and that's why a reactor was built there. That was our target.

When we were climbing through the mountains, we began to cross a bridge. It must not have been sturdy enough, because when we were all on it, the ropes snapped and we all tumbled down the mountain. Collecting ourselves together, we realized we were missing a troop, but Sephiroth insisted we leave him, no matter how cold it was.

Eventually, we did end up continuing, and we stumbled upon a Mako fountain. A natural spring of Mako. Apparently, Materia is the knowledge of the Ancients, and that is why they hold power.

Finally we reached the reactor. Tifa was kept outside, while Sephiroth and I went inside to exterminate the problem. At first it appeared that it was only a broken valve, but it ended up being more than that. Inside the pods, which were lined up in the reactor, were actually humans, being extremely exposed to Mako, turning them literally into monsters. Strange enough, the project was called project Jenova, the name of Sephiroth's supposed mother.

When we went back to Nibelheim, Sephiroth immediately went into the Nibelheim Mansion, were he stayed by himself for nearly a weak. One day, I just got sick of waiting and went to find him. He was found in the basement, books all over the place. He kept on talking about a 2000 year old, thing, was found apparently dead. It was called Jenova. According to Hojo, this Jenova was an Ancient. I think staying down there and reading all that shit drove him mad. He exited the mansion, and I followed soon after.

Outside, everything was on fire. Houses, people, you name it, and my mother was one of the unfortunates. All I could do was stare in horror as Sephiroth continued to kill people on his way towards the Nibel reactor.

Coming to my senses, I chased Sephiroth all the way back to the reactor, to witness Tifa grieving over her slain father and attempt to kill him herself, only to end up hurt herself. I continued to chase Sephiroth into the Jenova chamber. He ripped away the machine part, to reveal the Jenova you saw at the Shinra HQ. Unfortunately, the rest I do not remember.

~End of Flashback~

"What the hell do you mean you don't remember?!" Barret yelled.

"Like I said, I don't remember." Cloud answered.

Barret looked like he was about to attempt to strangle Cloud, but Tifa stopped him. Barret huffed, and Ash snickered at the sight. When everything had settled down, Tifa handed everyone something that resembled a cell phone.

"This is so we can keep in touch during our travels. Since we are not always going to be together, I figured that these would come in handy!"

"Thank you" Ash said, soon followed by everyone else's versions of thanks.

"Alright people. We have another day ahead of us tomorrow. Let's rest up and figure what to do in the morning," Cloud said.

Everyone readily agreed and they all went to their rooms for a good nights rest. They all figured that they would need it.

The next morning, they all met in front of the inn again. Even though they were all still tiered, they knew they needed an early start.

"Alright, same groups as last time. Now, there is supposed to be a Chocobo farm southeast from there. We'll all meet there and discuss what to do from there." Cloud announced.

Everyone nodded, and went to stock up their supplies in the town. They refilled their potion inventory, bought some better armor, and got some more Materia.

Finally they were ready to go. Brock, Barret, Aeries, and Red had left earlier, and now Ash, Misty, Cloud, and Tifa were now leaving.

"So, we're meeting them at the chocobo farm? That picture you showed me of them helps a lot. They are so cute! I can't wait to see them! I wonder if I'll get to ride one!" Misty squealed. Ever since she had seen that picture, she couldn't wait to leave.

"Maybe, we'll find out when we get there." Ash told his girlfriend.

Tifa chuckle. She found watching the two teenagers so amusing to watch, especially when they were arguing. She looked up at Cloud and smiled sadly. If only he knew.

"Come on slowpokes! Snails are faster!" Misty shouted ahead of them, waving her hand in the air.

Ash sighed. This was going to be an interesting journey.

Next Chapter: Well, now that you know a little about Cloud and Sephiroth, and that they're finally on the road, they are going to head towards the Chocobo farm. What is the Midgar Zolem? How will they pass it? What ever happened to the Turks? Stay tuned and find out!

Note: Still wanna know if I should kill Aeries or not. I didn't really like that part in the game. Hmmm. And what about Sephiroth? Tell me PLEASE!!!!

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Yay! I got reviews!

Now, how to answer them. . .

Well, I got one review asking why I had Ash as a main focus. It's not because I like Pokemon, hell, I haven't watched that show in like three years, and even then it was rare and only out of boredom. It's because 1: I'm attempting to change things from the game, 2: It is sooooo damn easy to make fun of Ash, and 3: Having him in there gives an over serious game a little humor.

I got another review, that one was a little confusing. By the look of it, a couple people wrote in the same review. Heh heh, it was a little funny too. Anyway, hope you like the Misty/Ash and Cloud/Tifa. Some people say that there are to many A/M's, but, they seem to go together perfectly. I mean, come on, some people pair him up with like, Sabrina, or Duplica, or if they want to get on the freakishly disturbing side, Gary. ~shudder~ Sorry if this offends anyone, but geez.

Anyway, that's my notes and stuff for now. Please review back to me. Oh yeah! Before I forget. I want to know about other pairings. I might go with Aeris/Brock, that's a 80% er, but, what about the others? If you haven't figured it out, I'm using ALL the FF7 characters and maybe even some new added ones. Ooh, should I have them find another one of Red's specie? You tell, I write.

That's all folks!

Blue Dragon