A/N: Remember the ship scene? Where Anya almost jumps to her death? Well that is what is about to happen to Red. He gets to have a dream that starts out good but ends bad. Luckily Tifa was there to save him. Again.

Chapter 6.

Before the four left Gold Saucer, Reeve gave them new bags full of some of their stuff that hadn't be destroyed and not to mention brand new cloths. He had given Red a set of brand new cloths for the meeting with his uncle. It was a nice black suit with a silky black shirt under it. For some reason it reminded Red of something but he couldn't put his finger on it. He kept it in his new traveling bag for the trip.

Gold Saucer had provided them a car as well. So they drove to Costa Del Sol. Along the way they continued with Red's tests and memory boosters so Cid liked to call them. They told him about the rest of the Shinra family and about several of the employees that worked for Augustice Shinra. Red was getting good at it though.

Finally they arrived in Costa Del Sol. It was very warm there. There were girls in bikinis which Red grinned and checked them out. Tifa poked him the side and told him to behave. Cid just laughed along with Yuffie. They were now looking up at the ship that they would be taking. It was a large yacht. A very excellent looking ship. Red and Yuffie was staring with awe. "What a beautiful ship." Yuffie said. Tifa smiled up at it. "It used to be a private yacht before the government took it over and started to use it." She said. She tried to remember who owned it. Cid scratched his head. "Yes. It was the seagoing vessel of great elegance. A large & party boat. It belonged to……Who was it again?" He asked. Red bit his lip thinking it was a quiz. He squinted his eyes.

"Don Corneo of Midgar City. He used it for his private parties. It was like a large night time pleasures for men." He made a disgusted face. "My uncle despised Don Corneo. That man was always rude and had the most annoying laugh." He said. Tifa and Cid looked at each other with wide eyes. They knew they had never told Red that.

That night, Red was going to try on the new outfit that Reeve gave him. The other three were waiting outside on the deck. Yuffie was looking off into the distance with a peaceful look on her face. Tifa was talking to Cid about a few things. That was until Red stepped out of the cabins.

All three turned their eyes onto him and their jaws fell. Red looked so handesome in his new outfit. It was perfect. His hair was much cleaner and looked a little glossy with the light shining on it. He was adjusting a tie with much difficulty. "Do I really have to wear a tie? I hate ties!" He grumbled.

Tifa smiled and shook her head. She stepped forward and took the tie off. "No. You never looked good with ties anyway." She said tossing over board. Red nodded. "Thanks." He said. Tifa nodded. Cid stepped forward. "Now it's time for another lesson. Dancing." He said. He looked at Tifa offering his hand. Tifa nodded taking it. "Now, watch carefully." She told Red who stepped back to watch. Cid placed his hand behind Tifa's back and held her hand while she placed other hand on his shoulder. They began a small waltz but Cid was terrible though. Red and Yuffie laughed most of the time.

Finally Cid decided it was Red's turn. He was going to try with Yuffie who groaned and whined the whole time. They kept trying but Yuffie would trip over Red's feet. "Hell! Forget it! I'm not dancing person." She said stomping over to the side. Tifa sighed. "Fine. I'll do it." She stepped over and they both got into position. Then they began to waltz and very nicely. Cid and Yuffie watched with smiles. Both Tifa and Red were dancing very well. They were staring into each other's eyes again. Just like they did at Gold Saucer. That was then Cid frowned as he watched. His eyes lit up and his unlit death stick fell from his mouth.

"Oh no." He whispered. Yuffie looked at him. "What?" She asked. Cid glanced at her. "We shouldn't have let them danced." He whispered. Yuffie looked back at Red and Tifa. "Why not? They're good." She said. Cid shook his head and swore silently. "No, it's not that they're bad. They're real good. (&&$ good. It's just……it's just something I left out that I shouldn't have left out." He said. Yuffie looked at him again. "What's that?" She asked. Cid sighed shaking his head watching the two. "Romance."

Tifa and Red were still dancing and gazing into each other's eyes. A smile on their faces. It was no doubt that they were attracted to each other. "You are very good, Tifa." He said. Tifa smiled at him. "Huh? Oh, thank you. So are you." She told him sounding a little dreamy. Red shared the same dreamy look at her. "Thank you." He told her. The boat swayed a little sending Tifa staggering closer to Red. They both laughed a little and didn't bother to readjust themselves. They just kept on dancing. Tifa then did something unbelievable. She laid her head against Red's chest looking very cozy. Red rested his head on hers and swayed with her.

Finally Cid decided to break it up. Talking very nervously at that. He had to interrupt or something would have happened. He knew it would have. "You are a natural, Red! Don't know how you (&$$ learned to dance so well but you were great." He said patting Red on the back. He grabbed Tifa's arm and lead her away. "Tifa, we need to go over the battle plans of how we're going to get to Midgar." He said. Tifa nodded. "Oh, yeah. Right. Come on Red and Yuffie." She said following him. Red smiled and followed with Yuffie behind them.

That night, they were in the their room. A storm had whipped up and the wind howled against the ship. The waves were just a little violent. No one was suppose to leave their room especially during the stormy nights. Red was looking through a book again about his family. Yuffie was curled up in her own bed trying to get to sleep but it was a little hard when the ship rocked so much. Tifa and Cid was going through their bags looking what they still had. "Well, we lost a few of the pictures but you can remember them, right? There were just some pictures of the old Turks." Tifa said picking up the bag. Just then something dropped out of it and hit the ground. Making a small thud on the wooden floor. Because the ship was tilting a little, it rolled right towards Red. Tifa gasped as she spun around and dropped her bag. "No." She scrambled to get it before it could roll under the dresser or something. But Red bent down quickly and caught whatever it was. "Got it. Here you……" he paused looking at it.

It was a small music box made out of metal. It had the most interesting design on it. And a small hole for a key. Red couldn't help but just stare at it. Tifa and Cid stepped over to see it. "What is this?" Red asked still looking at it. Tifa looked at it. "It's a music box." She said softly. Red fingered it. There was something about it. He knew it from some where. "Was it his? Rufus Shinra's?" He asked. Cid decided to let Tifa handle this one. He went over and climbed into bed while Tifa sat down next to Red and looked at the box. "Yes. You still don't believe your him, do you?" She asked. Red shrugged still looking at the music box. "I know I had something to do with that house in Nibelhiem. I just don't know what. I've got memories of elegant parties. Women in fancy dresses and jewels dangling from them. Men greeting each other with the latest news of their companies. And that boy, Rufus Shinra. I keep seeing him." He said. Tifa nodded slowly. "But it doesn't matter. As long I find out who I am and find my home, my place in life, I'll be happy." Red said handing the box back to Tifa. Tifa took it and looked at it.

"You know, the only thing you've got to worry about is losing that home. Just like I did when that war broke out." She said. Red looked at her. He folded his arms and tilted his head. "What did you lose? When the Shinra Family fell. Why won't you tell me about your family? You've told me all about mine and I'm happy for that. But what about yours?" He asked. Tifa sighed letting her hand fall into her lap and she looked away. Red couldn't help but look at her. She looked so beautiful even though she had that sad look on her face. He wished she would smile. She should always smile. "I've lost my family." Tifa simply said. Red frowned and squinted his eyes. "What?"

Tifa sighed and looked back at him. "It was that night. When the Shinra Family were killed. My only family, my father was murdered for trying to help some of the family escape. He was trying to get them to the train station before the train left with the Shinra Family. I was only a little girl and I had no one else." She stopped looking at the ground. Red stared at her with a painful look on his face. "What happened?" He asked softly. Tifa closed her eyes remembering. Tears flooded her eyes. "I found him just outside of town. He had been shot several times. He died in my arms. My mother died when I was only a very little child. I never had any brothers and sisters. I had no one." She looked towards Cid. "Then I went to Rocket Town hoping to find some work as a child. I ran right into Cid and he took me in. End of story." She said with a shrug.

Red lowered his head. "I'm sorry. For your family." He said. Tifa shook her head and forced a smile. "Hey, don't matter. You got to make your own way into the world. Don't be sorry for me. I just want to see you get your family. I'll get what I want. Cid and I are going to try and open up the biggest travelling agency in Rocket Town. Where anyone, even commoners can get travelling papers. We're going to be big. It's just going to be me, Cid and Cid's wife, Shera." She said. Red smiled faintly. "I didn't know Cid was married." He said looking at the sleeping cussing pilot. Tifa smiled and shook her head. "Yeah. Shera's a great woman. She's the only one who doesn't fuss over his swearing and smoking. Okay, maybe she does over his smoking but she loves him so much. Cares so much about him. And about me. She even told me that I was like a daughter to her. I have a family with those two." She said. Red smiled again.

He could see that Tifa was awfully tired. "You better get some sleep." He told her. Tifa nodded. "You too. We have a big day of travelling tomorrow." She said. Red nodded and laid down watching Tifa blow out the candles and climbed into her bed. He smiled seeing her sleeping. She was so beautiful. He wanted to caress her skin with his fingers, hold her tight but he knew it was never going to happen. He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

They were standing on cliff side in the rain just staring off at the ocean demonically. Jagged bolts of lightning lit up their features. Hojo held up the black orb. "Show me the boy." He said. Black and purple smoke formed the images of Red sleeping in his room. The evil scientist smirked. "Perfect." He said. Sephiroth looked at him with his cool green eyes. "What is?" He asked. Hojo nodded as more smoke began to flow from the orb. "Tell me. What would happen if someone was sleep walking on a deck of a ship in this storm?" he asked.

Sephiroth frowned deeply already knowing what was going on in his father's head. "You can't. Shouldn't we just kill him the normal way?" He asked. Hojo rolled his eyes. "No. This will be the perfect death. An 'accident'." He said smirking. He held it higher. "My great power, kill him with pleasurable dreams then dreams of fear. He will drown." He said. The smoke shot off towards the sea.

Back on the ship, Red was snuggled in his blankets. The black smoke flow through the cracks of the window and right over to the sleeping young man. It swirled around his head and inside. Red then smiled in his sleep.

He was dreaming about himself walking through a beautiful forest on a spring day. He was wearing a white outfit. A black turtle neck shirt under a white trench coat that matched his white pants. His hands were stuffed into his pockets. Red's strawberry blonde hair was combed back but several bangs hung over his crystal blue eyes. It was just a brilliant blue sky day. White fluffy clouds dotted the giant blue. For some reason there was a pink glow around him. Red stopped and picked a pretty flower and smelled it with a smile. He loved the smell of flowers.

He kept on walking when he saw someone standing in front of him. It was the blonde haired boy from the portrait. Red's eyes widen seeing him. The boy followed his movements. Red squinted his eyes and the boy did the same. Then they both smiled at each other. The boy held out his hand and Red did the same. They took hands and walked together practically skipping with happiness. The boy lead him towards a river.

Outside of his dreams, Red had stood smiling with his eyes closed. He walked towards the door with his arms raised a little to help him balance. He bumped into Yuffie's bed though, hitting her foot. Her eyes slowly opened sleepily and she yawned. She looked up to see Red opening the door. "Uh, Red? Where are you going?" She asked softly. But Red didn't answer. "Red?" She asked again. Red slowly turned a little to close the door and Yuffie got to see his eyes were closed. Yuffie gasped and jumped out of bed. "Red!" She cried out and hurried to the door but it closed and wouldn't open again. Red on the other hand was walking up stairs still smiling in his sleep.

Back in his dreams he was climbed a small hill with little Rufus. They were laughing as they slipped a few times but kept going up. They came to a large yard with a large pond. It was beautiful though. Always clean and small lily pads dotted here and there. A beautiful woman was on the bank enjoying the sun. Sitting next to her was a large built man smoking a cigar. Two tall men were in the water splashing each other and laughing. Both Red recognized as Rupert Feine and his friend, Vincent. They all looked up to see Red and Rufus. They smiled and waved.

Just then light surrounded Red and light smoke swirled around him. He blinked and looked down. He had just transformed into a little boy. The little boy. Rufus Shinra. He smiled seeing the happy faces and them waving at him.

In reality, Red was standing on the deck looking down at the churning ocean below. The rain pounding on him but didn't wake him. He was still smiling and sleeping.

Yuffie was trying her hardest to open the door. Tears running down her face. "Open! Open, please!" She begged. Tifa stirred hearing her crying. She slowly opened her eyes. "Yuffie……" She said sitting up on her elbows. Yuffie spun around. "Tifa! Red's outside!" She cried. Tifa jerked fully awake and looked at Red's bed which he wasn't in. She gasped and threw her blankets off of her. "Cid! Get up!" She screamed and ran to the door to help Yuffie open it. Cid woke up quickly and looked around.

Red was waving towards the ocean as if waving at someone and laughing. "Hello!" He called out cheerfully. Back in his dreams he was waving at the Shinra Family. They were happy to see him. "Come on in, Rufus! The water is great!" Rupert called. Red nodded and climbed up to the edge. "Come on, Rufus!" Vincent called smiling.

Tifa kicked the door hard sending it flying open. She ran down the hall with Yuffie and Cid right behind her. "Red!" They all cried out. Tifa staggered up the stairs and onto the deck. They look over and saw Red standing on a railing getting ready to step off. "Red!" Tifa screamed.

Red in his dreams heard someone calling him. He slowly turned his head a little but something caught his eye. Everything was darkening. The sky was going black and the trees around him were dying. Red looked down and gasped with horror. The pond had turned into a lake of fire and burning his family. They were crying out to him. A man was standing on a large boulder grinning evilly at him. "Come to me, Rufus Shinra. You will complete the curse." He said reaching out towards him. Red saw a flash of a memory of this man. This man was evil. He tried to step back but started to fall forward towards the fire. He let out a yell of fear. That is until a demon grabbed his arm and pulled him backwards. They both fell back and hit the ground hard.

The demon sat over him now and looked at him with wide eyes. Red yelled out and his eyes shot open. He saw Tifa looking down at him. "What the hell are you doing!" She screamed. Red sat up and looked around. His chest was heaving still trying to slow. His eyes were wide with fear. Cid and Yuffie were standing off looking at him with wide eyes. "What the (&$#( were you doing, Rufus!" Cid exclaimed. Red gasped for his breath trying to calm down. He squeezed his eyes shut and rubbed his eyes. "There was so many faces. A face that terrified me. I'm……s-sorry." He said weakly pressed his face against Tifa's shoulder. Tifa blinked a few times before wrapping her arms around his head and hugged him.

Hojo and Sephiroth had been watching through the black orb. The short evil scientist seething quietly while Sephiroth smirked. He found this very interesting. It was not every day he got to see something like this. He had never seen two people just fall in love like this. And now new thoughts were going through his mind. "Hm. Interesting." He said. Hojo sent him a sharp look then looked back at Tifa and Red in the orb. "That boy leads a charmed life. Someone is always saving his life or he saving himself. I would have had him killed as a child but someone saved him. He would have died by my minions but someone saved him. That boy would have died in that cart but he saved himself and his friends. And then now, he would have drowned but someone saved him again." He growled.

"What is more interesting is, it is always that girl saving him. She saved him as a child and she saved him now." He growled. Sephiroth looked at him through his cool eyes. "She is just a girl, Hojo. He doesn't remember who he is. Maybe we should just leave them alone." He said. Hojo shot him a dirty look. "Sephiroth, if I didn't know better you are trying to change my mind in killing that brat. You have been going soft since that one girl from the church. You better toughen up or I will make sure that the flower girl will never see you again." He growled. Sephiroth gave him a dark look but didn't say anything.

Hojo looked back at the black orb and narrowed his eyes. "You are toying with me, aren't you?" He asked it. The black orb gave a small green shine and eyes narrowed right back at him. Hojo smirked and shook his head. He gave a small chuckle. He looked at Sephiroth. "We will continue to try and kill them. In the mean time, that girl will die as well. She can not be around to continue saving Rufus Shinra." He said turning away and walking off into the darkness. Sephiroth watched him go before sighing softly. He shook his head. "Father, this has to stop. This will be the end of you." He whispered before following him.