Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to any of the Final Fantasy games or
characters, but if Square would like to use my idea for a game, that would
be nice (hint hint Square)
Chapter 1: X-zone
A few years after the Life Stream stopped Meteor from ravish the planet, our heroes went back to their every day lives. No one really knows exactly who or what stopped Sephiroth, and Cloud and his friends decided to keep it that way. They weren't into having all of that public attention.
Vincent went back to sleep. Cait Sith, aka Reeve, stopped pretending to be something he's not, and got an honest job as an airship pilot, training under Cid, who decided to keep building and flying airships. Yuffie went back to Wutai and took all of the team's materia back to her father, but, they didn't seem to really care. Red XIII watches over Cosmo Canyon, as does Barret, who always wanted to live there since the forming of Avalanche. Cloud and Tifa got themselves a place in good old Nibelheim. Tifa opened her bar in town and that's where the money in the house mostly comes from, since jobs are short for mercenaries now days. Cloud tried to work in the bar, but wound up drinking while working and well..... let's not go there.
Cloud missed Aeris, and he barely noticed Tifa anymore. Cloud always liked Tifa, but he loved Aeris, and no one would ever replace her in his heart. Tifa was deeply in love with Cloud, but didn't try to initiate anything because she knew to whom his heart belonged. There was nothing she could do but hope that he got over her and realized who was right there with him all along.
Cloud walked into Seventh Heaven and sat at the bar. "What can I do for you Cloud?" Tifa asked as formally as possible.
"Gimme something hard." Cloud replied.
"Hard day?"
"Not really, just need something to drink." She gave him a shot glass, and he downed it, just like usual. Pretty soon, it was closing time and the drunks left. Cloud had downed about five shots, and he was just getting started.
"Cloud, what's bothering you?" Tifa asked sincerely. "You know you can tell me anything. Cloud chose not to answer. It was the same thing everytime, it was always her, Aeris.
"Her." Cloud finally muttered. This time Tifa said nothing. She knew that was it, but she always asked anyway, just to show that she cared.
"Well, I mean, what's done is done, there's nothing we can do." Tifa said as three suspicious looking men burst in through the door. They had the old Shinra logo on their badges. One of them spoke, "Are you Cloud Strife?"
"What's it to you?" Cloud replied defiantly.
"Are you Cloud Strife?" The man asked a bit more firmly this time.
"Yeah." Cloud responded. "What do you want with me?"
"The new President of Shinra Inc. requests that you be brought to him, dead or alive."
"Well, it'll have to be dead, if you think you can that is..."
Suddenly the three men rushed him with swords drawn. Cloud jumped behind the bar and pulled out his trusty Buster Sword from it's cubby-hole. He made a quick move to the left and downed one of the men with a quick swipe of his blade. The other two stared in horror as Cloud rushed toward them, his sword swinging. They attempted to block, but Cloud was just too powerful, downing both of them with one swing.
"Tifa! Where are you?" Cloud screamed.
"I'm fine," Tifa replied. He had thought that she was hiding, but he had to be sure.
"Okay, everything's okay, you can come out now."
"Not so fast." One of the men said. "If we can't kill you, then we'll just make you disappear! X-zone!" Suddenly a dark star-filled void opened around Cloud and was pulling him in.
"Cloud!" Tifa screamed. "You bastard, what are you doing to him!?"
"This spell swallows him into a space known as the X-zone." The dying man said. "You cannot save him, and you will never see him again. No one ever returns from the X-zone. You.....better say...... anything.......that you might....... need to say.......aaaahhhh......."Then the man exhaled his final breath and collapsed.
"Cloud!" Tifa screamed again. "I love you!" Cloud said nothing and vanished into the space.
Author's Notes: Sorry about the Tifa bashing guys, I have nothing against her, but in order for the story to work, Cloud can't like Tifa in that way. He'll still be stuck on Aeris until..... well you'll find out if you keep reading. To find out where our hero winds up, give me some reviews, and I'll think about posting the second chapter. Later......
Chapter 1: X-zone
A few years after the Life Stream stopped Meteor from ravish the planet, our heroes went back to their every day lives. No one really knows exactly who or what stopped Sephiroth, and Cloud and his friends decided to keep it that way. They weren't into having all of that public attention.
Vincent went back to sleep. Cait Sith, aka Reeve, stopped pretending to be something he's not, and got an honest job as an airship pilot, training under Cid, who decided to keep building and flying airships. Yuffie went back to Wutai and took all of the team's materia back to her father, but, they didn't seem to really care. Red XIII watches over Cosmo Canyon, as does Barret, who always wanted to live there since the forming of Avalanche. Cloud and Tifa got themselves a place in good old Nibelheim. Tifa opened her bar in town and that's where the money in the house mostly comes from, since jobs are short for mercenaries now days. Cloud tried to work in the bar, but wound up drinking while working and well..... let's not go there.
Cloud missed Aeris, and he barely noticed Tifa anymore. Cloud always liked Tifa, but he loved Aeris, and no one would ever replace her in his heart. Tifa was deeply in love with Cloud, but didn't try to initiate anything because she knew to whom his heart belonged. There was nothing she could do but hope that he got over her and realized who was right there with him all along.
Cloud walked into Seventh Heaven and sat at the bar. "What can I do for you Cloud?" Tifa asked as formally as possible.
"Gimme something hard." Cloud replied.
"Hard day?"
"Not really, just need something to drink." She gave him a shot glass, and he downed it, just like usual. Pretty soon, it was closing time and the drunks left. Cloud had downed about five shots, and he was just getting started.
"Cloud, what's bothering you?" Tifa asked sincerely. "You know you can tell me anything. Cloud chose not to answer. It was the same thing everytime, it was always her, Aeris.
"Her." Cloud finally muttered. This time Tifa said nothing. She knew that was it, but she always asked anyway, just to show that she cared.
"Well, I mean, what's done is done, there's nothing we can do." Tifa said as three suspicious looking men burst in through the door. They had the old Shinra logo on their badges. One of them spoke, "Are you Cloud Strife?"
"What's it to you?" Cloud replied defiantly.
"Are you Cloud Strife?" The man asked a bit more firmly this time.
"Yeah." Cloud responded. "What do you want with me?"
"The new President of Shinra Inc. requests that you be brought to him, dead or alive."
"Well, it'll have to be dead, if you think you can that is..."
Suddenly the three men rushed him with swords drawn. Cloud jumped behind the bar and pulled out his trusty Buster Sword from it's cubby-hole. He made a quick move to the left and downed one of the men with a quick swipe of his blade. The other two stared in horror as Cloud rushed toward them, his sword swinging. They attempted to block, but Cloud was just too powerful, downing both of them with one swing.
"Tifa! Where are you?" Cloud screamed.
"I'm fine," Tifa replied. He had thought that she was hiding, but he had to be sure.
"Okay, everything's okay, you can come out now."
"Not so fast." One of the men said. "If we can't kill you, then we'll just make you disappear! X-zone!" Suddenly a dark star-filled void opened around Cloud and was pulling him in.
"Cloud!" Tifa screamed. "You bastard, what are you doing to him!?"
"This spell swallows him into a space known as the X-zone." The dying man said. "You cannot save him, and you will never see him again. No one ever returns from the X-zone. You.....better say...... anything.......that you might....... need to say.......aaaahhhh......."Then the man exhaled his final breath and collapsed.
"Cloud!" Tifa screamed again. "I love you!" Cloud said nothing and vanished into the space.
Author's Notes: Sorry about the Tifa bashing guys, I have nothing against her, but in order for the story to work, Cloud can't like Tifa in that way. He'll still be stuck on Aeris until..... well you'll find out if you keep reading. To find out where our hero winds up, give me some reviews, and I'll think about posting the second chapter. Later......