A New Toy
"It's done then. Cloud we must go to him! He is a cetra, so he must be here!" Cried a shallow, breathy voice.
"You are correct Miss Aeris! However if the New Kingdom is unfavorable, nothing can be done. The kingdom will come, and with it a new ruler." Said the old man in his raspy voice.
"No! I won't take him anymore. I can't take him anymore. I will see him killed. Whether his will endures or not, my sword will pierce him again!" Yelled a young hardy voice.
"Cloud. I'm sorry but Klinken..."
"Shut up Aeris!" yelled Cloud, shutting Aeris off in mid-sentence. Aeris's eyes grew deeper, showing her concern. They squinted and shook her head, waving her hair into her face. Her eyes dampened and a tear began to role down her cheek, when it was caught by the back of her hand.
Cloud clenched his fist in fury, his veins nearly pulsing out of his arm.
Why did he do this? Why did he ruin my life? He made me kill Tifa. She's gone. And who knows how the others are. I hate you Sephiroth!
In deepened anger Cloud took three deep breaths and loosened his tense arms. He looked over to Aeris, still in tears, and smiled. He walked over to Aeris and hugged her gently. She put her head on his shoulder and cried more.
"I'm sorry. I'm angry. I was wrong. I have to go to him. I am connected to him. He binds me somehow. In a way, I am him. It's guilt that I never wish I had to bear, but I've got to get rid of it. Get rid of him." He murmured into her ear.
"Thank you, For being such a great friend. If you don't want to follow me, that is your choice." He said.
Aeris looked up into his face and shook her head. "No. I won't leave you." She said as she smiled briefly. "Besides, I want a piece of him too!" she yelled, hitting him on the chest.
Cloud laughed and slowly let go of her.
Klinken stood laughing at both of them. "You are fools for trying to stop Sephiroth, but perhaps he is not the ruler destined to the Promise Land. Yes, Perhaps not." He said. "I commend you two for you efforts. Take this. I knew it would some day have some use." He chuckled.
Klinken reached out to Cloud's hand, giving him a small silver key.
"What's this?" asked Cloud, looking into Klinken's palm.
"A vehicle. Who knows if it works." He laughed, shaking his head.
"Thank you. I'll make it work." Said Cloud.
"Oh! And you need this!" said Klinken. "Wait one moment please." He said. Klinken walked into a small room to the left and grabbed a long black wool cloak. The cloak was held at the neck by a small golden chain, which held a small piece of green materia in the center, and had a black hood lined in a silver ivy design. He threw the Cloak at Cloud.
Cloud ducked and caught the Cloak as it flew towards him. He looked it over and smiled. "Thank you again!" he said. He nodded and looked to Aeris who stood smiling at both of them.
"Let's get going." She said as they both ran out of the house.
"Wait!" yelled Cloud as he jolted to an abrupt halt. "Where is this Vehicle?" he asked Klinken.
Klinken laughed. "Out back. You won't miss it." He said.
"Thanks." Said Cloud again as he ran back out the front door. "Come on Aeris keep up!"
Aeris laughed in arrogance. "Right Cloud!" she said as she followed him to the back of the house. The house was surrounded by thick patches of red and blue flowers and a single fruit-bearing tree. Behind the house in the center of a flower patch, sat a large hover vehicle. It had two seats and in front had the steering handles and a couple small switches. It was pointy at the front and got broader as it went to the rear, changing from silver to red in the same direction.
Cloud looked, elated at the gadget Klinken had let them take. His face lit up like a child's on Christmas and he ran instantly for the hover car.
"Right on!" he yelled. He looked to the back of the hover ship and read in small white print, Nerin Duil.
"What a quacky name!" he yelled to Aeris, trying to pronounce it.
She laughed and shook her head. "No Cloud. It's in out language. It means Enjoy."
"Oh. Well then Enjoy. Let's go." Cloud took the Cloak from beneath his arm and threw it around his neck, latching it tightly with the materia pin. He threw the hood over his spiky hair and pressed harshly trying to keep it from standing up.
Cloud jumped onto the hover craft and stuck in the silver key, turning it to the right. The car started up, but ran quietly, barely noticeable. He looked in surprise. "Why no sound?" he asked.
"It runs on mako." She said as she threw herself onto the second seat. She looked him in the eyes and then threw on a sarcastic facial expression.
"You gonna ride or what?" She snipped.
Cloud looked back to the controls, waiting for another quick snip remark from Aeris. She said nothing, but quickly smacked him on the backside of his shoulder.
Cloud stopped for a moment, breaking the humor. "This is it. If he is there, this is our end."
Aeris's face dropped from it's grin and she let down her head, hiding it in her hands.
"I'm sorry Aeris. I should have never come here." He said I regret.
"No. I'm glad, that you're here." She replied. Aeris smiled and lifted her head out of her palms.
"Thank you Aeris. I need to do this. I need to see him again."
Aeris looked off into the distant, glaring at the steep mountain range, which shadowed the Holy Summoning Grounds.
Cloud. I'm so sorry you have to go through this. I'm sorry I can't
stop him.
"It's done then. Cloud we must go to him! He is a cetra, so he must be here!" Cried a shallow, breathy voice.
"You are correct Miss Aeris! However if the New Kingdom is unfavorable, nothing can be done. The kingdom will come, and with it a new ruler." Said the old man in his raspy voice.
"No! I won't take him anymore. I can't take him anymore. I will see him killed. Whether his will endures or not, my sword will pierce him again!" Yelled a young hardy voice.
"Cloud. I'm sorry but Klinken..."
"Shut up Aeris!" yelled Cloud, shutting Aeris off in mid-sentence. Aeris's eyes grew deeper, showing her concern. They squinted and shook her head, waving her hair into her face. Her eyes dampened and a tear began to role down her cheek, when it was caught by the back of her hand.
Cloud clenched his fist in fury, his veins nearly pulsing out of his arm.
Why did he do this? Why did he ruin my life? He made me kill Tifa. She's gone. And who knows how the others are. I hate you Sephiroth!
In deepened anger Cloud took three deep breaths and loosened his tense arms. He looked over to Aeris, still in tears, and smiled. He walked over to Aeris and hugged her gently. She put her head on his shoulder and cried more.
"I'm sorry. I'm angry. I was wrong. I have to go to him. I am connected to him. He binds me somehow. In a way, I am him. It's guilt that I never wish I had to bear, but I've got to get rid of it. Get rid of him." He murmured into her ear.
"Thank you, For being such a great friend. If you don't want to follow me, that is your choice." He said.
Aeris looked up into his face and shook her head. "No. I won't leave you." She said as she smiled briefly. "Besides, I want a piece of him too!" she yelled, hitting him on the chest.
Cloud laughed and slowly let go of her.
Klinken stood laughing at both of them. "You are fools for trying to stop Sephiroth, but perhaps he is not the ruler destined to the Promise Land. Yes, Perhaps not." He said. "I commend you two for you efforts. Take this. I knew it would some day have some use." He chuckled.
Klinken reached out to Cloud's hand, giving him a small silver key.
"What's this?" asked Cloud, looking into Klinken's palm.
"A vehicle. Who knows if it works." He laughed, shaking his head.
"Thank you. I'll make it work." Said Cloud.
"Oh! And you need this!" said Klinken. "Wait one moment please." He said. Klinken walked into a small room to the left and grabbed a long black wool cloak. The cloak was held at the neck by a small golden chain, which held a small piece of green materia in the center, and had a black hood lined in a silver ivy design. He threw the Cloak at Cloud.
Cloud ducked and caught the Cloak as it flew towards him. He looked it over and smiled. "Thank you again!" he said. He nodded and looked to Aeris who stood smiling at both of them.
"Let's get going." She said as they both ran out of the house.
"Wait!" yelled Cloud as he jolted to an abrupt halt. "Where is this Vehicle?" he asked Klinken.
Klinken laughed. "Out back. You won't miss it." He said.
"Thanks." Said Cloud again as he ran back out the front door. "Come on Aeris keep up!"
Aeris laughed in arrogance. "Right Cloud!" she said as she followed him to the back of the house. The house was surrounded by thick patches of red and blue flowers and a single fruit-bearing tree. Behind the house in the center of a flower patch, sat a large hover vehicle. It had two seats and in front had the steering handles and a couple small switches. It was pointy at the front and got broader as it went to the rear, changing from silver to red in the same direction.
Cloud looked, elated at the gadget Klinken had let them take. His face lit up like a child's on Christmas and he ran instantly for the hover car.
"Right on!" he yelled. He looked to the back of the hover ship and read in small white print, Nerin Duil.
"What a quacky name!" he yelled to Aeris, trying to pronounce it.
She laughed and shook her head. "No Cloud. It's in out language. It means Enjoy."
"Oh. Well then Enjoy. Let's go." Cloud took the Cloak from beneath his arm and threw it around his neck, latching it tightly with the materia pin. He threw the hood over his spiky hair and pressed harshly trying to keep it from standing up.
Cloud jumped onto the hover craft and stuck in the silver key, turning it to the right. The car started up, but ran quietly, barely noticeable. He looked in surprise. "Why no sound?" he asked.
"It runs on mako." She said as she threw herself onto the second seat. She looked him in the eyes and then threw on a sarcastic facial expression.
"You gonna ride or what?" She snipped.
Cloud looked back to the controls, waiting for another quick snip remark from Aeris. She said nothing, but quickly smacked him on the backside of his shoulder.
Cloud stopped for a moment, breaking the humor. "This is it. If he is there, this is our end."
Aeris's face dropped from it's grin and she let down her head, hiding it in her hands.
"I'm sorry Aeris. I should have never come here." He said I regret.
"No. I'm glad, that you're here." She replied. Aeris smiled and lifted her head out of her palms.
"Thank you Aeris. I need to do this. I need to see him again."
Aeris looked off into the distant, glaring at the steep mountain range, which shadowed the Holy Summoning Grounds.
Cloud. I'm so sorry you have to go through this. I'm sorry I can't
stop him.