"And that's the end of my story," said Cloud, shortly.
"Wait a damn minute! Ain't there more!? How can you just end it there!? What happened to Sephiroth!?" protested Barret, angrily, shaking his fist.
"I don't remember. I wish I could tell you all more, but that's all I can remember," replied Cloud, wearily.
"So what do you think might have happened to Sephiroth?" asked Aeris, curiously.
"Well, in terms of skill, I couldn't possibly have killed him," replied Cloud.
"Official records state that Sephiroth is dead. I read it in the newspaper," said Tifa, firmly. Aeris shook her head.
"Shinra Incorporated owns all the newspapers, so you can't rely on that information. I wouldn't trust anything they say on the matter," said Aeris.
Tifa nodded in agreement, realising her point. Cloud looked grim and thoughtful.
"I want to know the truth. I want to know what happened back then. I rushed in and challenged Sephiroth himself, and yet…I lived. Why didn't he just kill me? Surely for him to survive, I would have been killed. I was allowed to live, but why was that?" asked Cloud, bewildered, fully aware that no one else in the room had an answer to it.
"I'm alive too…but what's obvious right now is that Sephiroth vanished five years ago, and has chosen to resurface now, at this point in time," said Tifa.
"But a lot of this still doesn't make any sense, though. What about Jenova? From what you've all said before, it was in the Shinra Headquarters, right?" asked Aeris, curiously.
"Shinra must have shipped it from Nibelheim to Midgar, to keep it in their headquarters, experiment on it, and examine it thoroughly," said Cloud, thoughtfully, nodding.
"Did someone else carry it out after that? It was missing from the Shinra Headquarters after Sephiroth attacked, if you remember," said Aeris.
"Could it have been Sephiroth that took Jenova? Is that why he went to the Headquarters?" asked Tifa, thoughtfully.
"Damn! Don't none of this make any sense at all!? I'm going, going, gone! And I'm leaving all the thinking to you!" shouted Barret, irritably.
He started to run out of the room, but then he turned back and faced Cloud and the others, looking both angry and extremely impatient.
"Cloud! Let's get a move on! Come on, let's go! I ain't letting no Shinra and no Sephiroth get to that Promised Land, otherwise we'll all be screwed!" shouted Barret.
Without another glance or word, Barret quickly ran out of the room, and he ran to the entrance of the inn, barging noisily down the stairs.
"Oh brother…" sighed Cloud, shaking his head.
Tifa walked up to Cloud, and she laid her hand gently on his shoulder, looking up at him, seeming both curious and strangely anxious for some reason.
"Cloud? Just how…how bad was I when Sephiroth cut me?" asked Tifa, curiously, almost hesitantly.
"You were in a very bad way. I honestly thought that you were going to die. I was really sad," replied Cloud, sorrowfully.
Tifa nodded, a concerned and strangely worried expression on her face, while Aeris also seemed to be deep in thought, her head bowed.
"The Ancients…the Cetra…Jenova…Sephiroth…and myself. We could all be the same. I have to find out the truth once and for all," said Aeris, determinedly.
"Let's go. Barret's waiting," said Tifa.
"Right at this moment? Shouldn't we get some rest first?" asked Cloud.
"We've been in one place here for far too long, and don't forget that Shinra are likely to already be hunting us, and I don't want anything bad to happen to us…or worse," explained Tifa.
Cloud nodded in agreement, seeing her point.
"Alright then. Judging by what is on this side of the Planet, it's likely that Sephiroth is headed to the nearest place to here in the opposite direction of Midgar. The only other major city on this continent is southwest of here. The city of Junon. That must be where Sephiroth is heading. The pursuit is on," said Cloud.
Tifa and Aeris both nodded, as they both clearly understood that this would be only the beginning of a long search for the great Sephiroth himself.
"What a fascinating story…" muttered Red XIII, thoughtfully, also deep in thought, and was silent for a while.
Cloud, Tifa, Aeris and Red XIII all walked out of the room, and they walked down the stairs, to the entrance of the inn where Barret was waiting.
"Hey, Cloud. Here, take this," said Barret, and he handed Cloud a PHS. PHS was a mobile phone, which could be used in any distances.
"PHS will put us in constant contact with each other," explained Red XIII.
"But don't use it too much though, it uses the same frequency as the Shinra phones. We don't want to risk them tracing us," said Barret.
"Can't argue with that. Did you find out more information about the land?" asked Cloud.
"I've heard that the place has a lot of mountains that are in between Midgar and Junon. It will be difficult to journey across them, that's for sure," said Barret.
"I figured as much, but I also heard that there are mines nearby the mountains that grant passage to Junon. Maybe we could travel through those," suggested Cloud. Barret nodded.
"Good plan. Alright then, we should get out of here," said Barret. Cloud nodded, and they all walked out of the inn.
Cloud, Tifa, Aeris, Barret and Red XIII brought more Materia from the Materia shop in Kalm. They brought enhanced weaponry from the weapon shop. After that, they all left Kalm and continued their journey.