Prexistence: This is the last chapter of this fic, sadly.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or any of its characters, if I owned them believe me Advent Children would of been out already.
I watched as one of the medical men on the Highwind began to wrap a bandage around Cloud's wound after they had stitched it up. Now we are going to Midgar to join the others in the fight against some creatures. I don't think it would be good for Cloud to join in the fight. He is injured already. I know if I tell him to not go he will argue with me. He is so stubborn.
I sigh as I look out the window and down at the water we are passing over, we should be there pretty soon. I can hear Yuffie in the background making puking noises. I just don't know what to do about Cloud. The enemy will have the advantage over him.
The medical man is now done bandaging up Cloud. He is now zipping up his shirt. He really should wearing something else that one is torn. This is just great, now there is land instead of water meaning we should be there within a minute now. Maybe since I can not stop him from fighting, I can maybe just keep an eye on him during the fight. That way if he is any trouble, I can go help him, yeah that's what I will do.
I can feel the Highwind begin to drop in the air. I hold onto the ledge of the window to keep my balance. Looks like Yuffie finally threw up in the trash can, poor girl. The door to the medical room opens and Cid now walks in.
"Alright, let's get outta here and go kick some ass!" He shouts, I am not sure if it is because he is nervous, excited, or frightened.
Yuffie begins to walk wobbly out of the room, followed by Cloud and myself. All four of us waited for the door to open up so we could proceed to the outside. I stared in horror of what was before my eyes. When we had left Midgar it looked terrible, but now there were these creatures that were roaming around, they reminded me of Red except all black and had spikes coming out of their back.
"You guys ready?" Cloud turned to the three of us. I don't think I have ever felt more determined before. This use to be my home and now these things have taken over it. From where we were standing it was visible where Barret, Vincent, and Red were at, from all the gun shots and creatures getting flung in the air.
We started walking to the site, some of the creatures spotted us and charged our way. Cloud drew his sword in front of him, Cid got out the Venus Gospel, and Yuffie stood in a fighting stance with her ninja stars drawn in front of her. There were about ten of them, I held my fists in front of me ready to defend myself if needed.
One of them ran and leap in the air at Cid, but Yuffie shot it down, making the creature howl in pain before falling dead or at least I hope it is dead. More started to move our way, but something silver caught my eye from the corner. It was a man with silver hair that fell to his shoulders. It really disturbed me, it looked similar to the one that attacked me here earlier.
Cloud I am guessing noticed him too, because he started walking through the crowd of creatures and heading right for him as the man did the same. It frightened me, should I stay to help Cid and Yuffie or help Cloud. I decided right now at the moment Cloud could hold his own, Cid and Yuffie were in more need of help than himself.
I turned to help my friends, kicking a creature that was sneaking up on Yuffie. She thanked me and continued to fight. I hadn't noticed that the others had been fighting their way over to us. It wasn't just Barret, Vincent, and Red, but also Reno, Elena, and Rude had joined the fight as well.
"Come on, let's take out the fuckin' trash!" I could hear Barret yell over the fight. Vincent, Barret, and Red had been holding up very well, I didn't even see one scratch on any of them. The creatures were actually not that hard to beat at all. I had kicked just another one, the thing cried in pain before disappearing into the earth. I don't know if they are going to retaliate and come back as a bigger creature, but it didn't look like it.
"Ha, this fight was nothing." Yuffie laughed as she killed another one. I couldn't believe it, these things were so sensitive. When we came there had to be like only eighty left, now we were down to fifteen. The two that had it is the easiest were Vincent and Barret. One shot from either of the two men and the creature was dead, for me I had to kick and punch it a few times and then it would finally give up.
I sighed in relief, this wasn't as bad as I imagined it. I turned back in the direction I saw Cloud run off to, to find he was not there. I began to running towards the direction, I don't know if anyone noticed that I had left or not. I really didn't care.
I ran through the deserted streets of old Midgar to find myself in front of Aeris's church once again. Maybe they had taken the fight in there, only one way to find out. I ran into the building and found no one there from what my eyes were telling me, but my ears were telling me something else. I could hear swords smashing against each other.
I ran to try and find the source of the noise. I found myself in the middle of the church near the flower bed. The fighting had stopped, I didn't know if that was good or bad. I began walking slowly, trying to not make any noise. When I heard foot steps coming from the upstairs.
I could feel myself go numb, please be Cloud, please be Cloud. I repeated to myself as I waited for whoever it was that would emerge. I felt relieved when I saw his blonde spiky hair come into view. A smile spread across my face. However, he did not look happy to see me.
He raised his sword in my direction. "Get the hell away from her!" I heard him yell at me. I was in lose of words, what was he talking about? The wave of confusion disappeared when a hand came across my mouth and brought my back into the owners body.
"What's the matter Strife, afraid of losing another." A man shouted from behind me. I recognized that voice, this was the same man I fought here before. Cloud started moving our way, but the man only held me closer, using me as a shield.
"This is between you and me. Let her go!" Cloud shouted at him again.
"As you wish." I heard the man say, I didn't like the sound of his voice. There was no way he was going to let me go, knowing Cloud was going to kill him when I was out of the way. Or maybe he was stronger than the other silver man that he fought earlier. Why did I have to be so stupid I fell into a trap, if I was not here then Cloud would be able to fight the man without having someone in the way.
He then released his hand around my mouth and let me go. I didn't get it, what was the catch? It was then I started to feel something coming up inside my throat. I looked back at Cloud and he looked horrified, I didn't get what was wrong. Until I looked down.
The man had run his sword right through me. It was then I started feeling all the pain from the wound. The man then put his hand on my back and shoved me off his sword. I cried in pain as I hit the ground. I could see the anger in Cloud's face as he rushed at the silver haired man. I could feel myself begin to lose consciousness, but I tried to refuse giving into it. I needed to make sure Cloud was going to be okay. But my body refused my wish as my vision went white.
When she wakes up
I finally opened my eyes then later, I saw a flower in my line of vision and stared at it. I felt my head perched up on something. I remembered being stabbed with the sword and then that was it. Cloud! My thoughts immediately went to him. I tried to get up, but a hand stopped me.
"It's alright Tifa." I heard Cloud's voice reassure me. I looked up to see his handsome facing starring down at me, stroking my head. I noticed that little bits of green were floating in the air around us. What were they? They reminded me of the Lifestream. "It's healing you." He explained to me.
"What is it?" I asked him, blinking a few times to make sure this was no a dream.
"Red gave a prayer to the Planet to help heal, it appears it has answered." He smiled down at me. I noticed that the little green things were surrounding him in his wounded area as well as his arm.
"What happened to you?" I asked him, remembering him clutching his arm in pain and coughing.
"From what I understand of it. During the battle between me and Sephiroth, before he died he left a curse on me. I didn't want to tell you about it so I left. That was when I encountered Loz, Yazoo, and Kadja, who were clones of Sephiroth out to revive him. They failed at that." He smiled down at me.
I couldn't help but relax finally. He was safe. "So what happens now?" I ask him as I sit up slowly, feeling better already. He shrugged at me.
"Not sure, I have no where to go. I was actually kinda hoping you could stay with you, if you didn't mind of course." He said to me, his blue eyes locking mine.
"Sure!" I told him excitedly. I would love for him to stay with me, it is what I have dreamed of. He smiled back at me. He then leaned closer to me, was he going to whisper something to me? What he did caught me off guard.
He kissed me. I wrapped his arms around my waist to pull me closer to him. When he kissed me I was in total shock, but did not refuse the kiss, I kissed him back. I wrapped my arms around his neck. In the background I heard a big "Aww." I heard Yuffie, Cid, Barret, Red, and Vincent all say.
I turned around to them and smiled. It was good to see they were all safe as well. Cloud stood up and helped me up as well. "Come on, let's go home." He said as he wrapped his arm around me and led me out of the church.
I can't believe it, I never thought in a million years he would have feelings for me. Apparently I was wrong. I lean my head against his strong chest as we walk. Finally things were going to be better.
End of Can't Run Forever
A/N: I know cheesy ending for this fic. I don't remember what the original version of this was. I know it ended something like this, but I don't remember --. Well I hope you liked the fic and weren't disappointed.
Ravenfett: I couldn't let Cloud die, I am not that mean. I am glad ya liked the story, it makes it worth my time to finish writing it knowing someone likes it, even though I really don't remember how I originally wanted this to go. I hope you weren't disappointed with this ending now. Thanks for reviewing.
Also thanks to squishysquashy, anya112, Yuki the Kitsune Youkia, Nightcrawler03, Amethyst Wings, and Ah-choo for reviewing this fic.