I knew you were getting board of me. Of my constant… 'Oh don't forget me. Pity me! Pity me!'. So, I showed you an up point in my life.
Who was the woman I spoke of? An angel. A Goodie goodie angel that, at just 13, I loved. I was stupid.
No, don't get me wrong, I loved Aerith. I really did… but… I left her you see. For…
For…
For a woman that was less then respectable. I would find myself sneaking into bars, or buying drinks and a few friends and I would go hide in the church Aerith was so fond of at night, and invite a few women over for a party. I love women, you see, so…
For Aerith's sake, our love never lasted long. I didn't want to hurt her, and she scared me. Well, not really. You see, she could hear the planet. Speak to the dead…I feared waking up one morning and hearing her speak to me an have ME be dead because of her mother. Or one of the planets goons coming to avenge her… Jeez.
Anyways. What I haven't said is that Cloud and I have already been on a few missions. Nothing much. Patrols of town really. SOLDIER members get to bring along a guard every mission. Someone of their choice, and… as always my little brother would be my companion. I knew he loved adventure, so I brought him along…
But… Soon I went up in rank, fast, climbing to First Class after less then a year. Ivy was to thank. She and her Buster Sword. Fox would lend me hers, and we would fight. Ivy always whipped me good, but her training send me up in ranks fast, for though I was still not as good as Ivy, I was being taught by one of the best ever… and her training was better then some of the pros it seemed, for I became stronger and more skilled then the other men there.
Time went on, and I soon became 14. Cloud turned 13 about a month ahead of my birthday. We had slipped into the month of September when Ivy received an… odd letter.
