Prexistence: I know I know, I really need to update this fic more often than I have been.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or its Sequel Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children the belongs to Square Enix
We walked through the ruins of Midgar what seemed like forever. I really wish the man who brought me here left, had stayed and waited until I was done. I still can't believe it is still dark and gloomy in this area of the planet. Even after the buildings and everything else had been destroyed by Meteor, the darkness still remains here. It is probably for the best, serves as a reminder to all of what we did.
I looked over at Yuffie, who seemed to not be worried about any of this. I wonder how she does it, right now I am almost making myself sick over thinking of what Cloud is going through. I must say that I admire her. She takes charge when it is needed and knows when things must be done no matter what. For instance when she stole our materia when we first met her. She did it to protect her people in Wutai.
She almost reminds me of Aeris. I could never measure up to her, she sacrificed herself so everyone could live on. How do you compete with that? I know Cloud loved her. We all did. I know I could never have Cloud's heart that belongs to the flower lady, but I will not rest until I know he is safe.
Yuffie stopped her in tracks beside me. "What's wrong?" I asked her. She didn't answer, she only placed a finger to her lips signaling me to be quiet. She bent long and snuck behind a large boulder of what use to be a building. I followed her, interested in knowing what she heard.
"This is not over. We will meet again." I could hear a man say from the distance. Yuffie peeked her head over to check out what was going on. She came back down and whispered to me, "It's Reno and Rude they were fighting a different guy with silver hair. He escaped." She then lifted herself from the crouched position and stood up. I did the same, not wanting to be left behind.
"Hey, Turks, what are you doing here?" Yuffie called over to them as she made her way over. The red head and the bald men glanced over in our direction as we came near. "I would like to know what you two are doing here also. This place is restricted from civilians. You both need to leave now." Reno told us in an annoyed fashion.
"Cool it, we are on our way out of here." Yuffie shot back at them. Yuffie walked by them, not wanting to bug them anymore. "Who was that man?" I asked the two Turks. They both eyed in suspiciously. At that time, Yuffie stopped walking and waited for me. "It is none of your business, it would be best if you both just go home and forget about everything you saw here." Rude said to me.
"You know what they are, don't you?" I questioned him. I could tell now they were getting really upset. "No, we don't. We are trying to figure out the same as you are." Reno said as he looked over where the long silver haired man once stood. "So you better stay out of our way." He looked over at me. "We weren't in your way. I was just asking a simple question." I told them. I had enough talking to those two and started walking over to Yuffie to continue our quest out of Midgar and to find Cloud.
After fifteen minutes of walking we were in far reach of where the Turks had been and were almost out of Midgar finally. "What a bunch of jerks." Yuffie kept complaining. "I bet they are behind all of this. I bet that silver haired dude was Elena in disguise and they are just trying to play dumb. That's not hard for them." She went on. I just shook my head and couldn't help but smile.
However, the encounter with the Turks did bring up another question, are they really hiding something? They sounded as if they knew and didn't want to give us any information about what is going on. All of it doesn't matter though, we will find out for ourselves.
While I was thinking and Yuffie kept yapping how she was going to knock the Turks heads off, I felt like someone was watching us. I stopped walking and stayed still. Yuffie didn't seem to notice and kept walking straight. I turned and looked behind me and saw no one there. I could have sworn someone was right behind us.
When I went to turn around and figure was standing a few feet away. It startled me. Luckily I was able to recognize the man, who looked as if he was in his thirties. "Vincent, what are you doing here?" I asked, still in shock of seeing the ex-Turk.
Yuffie had turned around as soon as I spoke out and jumped. "Vincent!" She cheered and ran to join us. "I suspect your looking for Cloud." He spoke, not answering my question. How did he know I was looking for Cloud? Did he know where he was?
"Yeah, we are. I talked to him earlier, but he didn't sound right. So we are going to go find him, do you know where he is?" I asked the red capped man. He closed his eyes and answered. "I saw him, when I traveled through the City of the Ancients. He told me they are hunting him, so he is hunting them. I had asked him if he needed any help, but only replied he was going to do it himself."
"Do it himself? How much gel does he have in that thick skull of his? It is better when you have other people helping you." Yuffie said, her hands in tiny fists. "He said he needs to do this for her, that she had told him in a dream that those people are a threat to the planet." Vincent told us, he looked at the sky and then back at us. "I need to be going." He said as he turned to leave.
"Wait!" I called to him. He stopped in his tracks, waiting to hear what I had to say. "Do you know what those people are?" I asked him, hoping he knew. "They are mistakes, they have only one thing on their mind and that is what they were programed to do. That is all I can tell you." He started walking ahead again. "Why don't you join us?" Yuffie shouted at him. "Sorry, there is other things I need to find out about all of this." He answered her.
Yuffie turned to me. "So, what are we waiting for? Let's go to Ancient City and knock some sense into him." Yuffie said cheerily once again. I didn't answer her, my mind was in too much thought. Would he want us to be there? Then again, if he doesn't want me there it is alright with me. He can hate me until one of us dies, if he is alright that is good enough for me.
"Yeah, let's go." I told her, with a smile upon my face. "Alright let's go." She started walking off to the direction of the exit of Midgar. "You go ahead. I'll be there in a second." Yuffie looked a bit confused at me, but obeyed my wish and started ahead.
When she was a bit further, I reached into my pocket and pulled out a ribbon. It was nothing fancy. Most people by now would have thrown it away. I remember when it was pink, now. It is a shade of black. I looked down at it and squeezed it in my hand. "Don't worry. We will both protect him." I whispered as I started to tie the ribbon to my arm. Once it was securely on, I went to catch up with Yuffie.
"Please Aeris, protect until I get there."
End of Chapter 3
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