One bright sunny day, Cloud and the others were out training as usual. Cloud was deep in thought other wise, Vincent usually was asleep or stalking people, Cid was flying the highwind, and the rest did their normal activities. Tifa sighed, Cloud has not been the same since Aeris died, it was a hard way to go, just loesing Aeris then haveing to kill Sephiroth. She looked back at him, he was polishing his weapon and prepareing it for battle.

"Cloud?" asked Tifa walking over to him and sitting beside him.

"Hm? What is it Tifa?" asked Cloud.

"... Oh nothing just wanted to say 'Hi'." said Tifa smileing at Cloud.

"I see. Well hello to you too." said Cloud, never looking up from his weapon the buster blade.

"Oh ok, I'll go see the others for a moment ok?" asked Tifa.

"Ok see you." said Cloud. Tifa walked off it was like he didn't even notice her. Cloud looked up at the sky, it was clear, sun shineing, he wished Aeris was here to enjoy the planet, she sacrificed herself, for some thing she could not enjoy.

"Aeris... I wish you were here." said Cloud, he finished cleaning his sword, he looked at his reflection, he looked so much like Sephiroth, "My relfection is my curse..."

Tifa had tripped over Vincent not paying attention to where she was going. "Eep!" said Tifa. Just then Vincent caught her 2cm from the ground.

"Are you alright?" asked Vincent coldly, apparently he was asleep.

"I'm fine." said Tifa standing up and looking at Vincent. Vincent brushed himself off and walked over to Cloud.

"Hey, if become over obsessed with a weapon, then you shall become the weapon it's self." said Vincent.

"Huh? Oh morning, Vincent." said Cloud. He looked back down, he smiled then looked back at vincent, "What did you mean by that?"

"Oh nothing important, just the usual." said Vincent sarcastically. Cloud stood up and put away the weapon, he started to walk off. Vincent stood up and looked after him with his gaze.

Tifa was inside mean while, she looked at a picture of her and Cloud, it was when they were kids, Cloud looked so sad, since he wasn't ment to be in the picture, just Tifa, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie, not Cloud. Tifa remembered she made Cloud be part of it, she sighed and put it down, then she looked up at the ceiling.

"Oh, Cloud, if I could I'd give you another chance on earth to have a better life." She looked down, she knew it wasn't possible, she wiped a few tears away from her eyes. She looked down, she wished she could help, Cloud hasn't fully recovered from his childhood, and when Sephiroth killed the only family member Cloud had that loved him, and then he almost made Cloud kill Aeris. She punched the wall and the wall dented, she held back her sobs, she was grieveing for Cloud, and Cloud didn't even notice her.

"Hey, no crying, it doesn't fit you." said Cloud sneeking up behind her.

"Uh... Cloud, when did you get in here!" asked Tifa.

"I came to see you." he smiled at her, it was apathetic but it was a smile. He wiped away her tears, and embraced her, "Listen, we've saved the planet, there's no need to be sad."

"I know, but.."

"I won't leave your side, I'll never leave you Tifa." said Cloud makeing her a promise.

"Cloud... I'm so happy to hear that." said Tifa, she closed her eyes and held her head against his cheast. He held her in a tighter embrace, and closed his eyes as well. They were surrounded in a never ending time or so it felt, just then they landed near the lost city of the ancients.

"Well let's go see if we can retreave the holy materia." said Cloud, he smiled at her, then he started to walk out, Tifa fallowed him, she looked about the city, it seemed so empty, so scary, she hated it, and knowing her best friend's body was here made it even more emptier and scarier. She walked faster as if she were trying to escape horrible memories.

"It's so sad." said Tifa, "Returning here, it seems like a nightmare."

"I know, it' like a dream, just hard to imagine, what happened here, and who lost their life, or lives, who knows how many died here." said Cloud, walking down the narrow path, finally they were about to get to the building which Aeris died in, when they saw a shadowy monster figure in the distance. The monster then lunged at them, Cloud threw tifa out of the way, he jumped at the last second, pulling out his Buster Blade to attack, then he landed, he jumpe dout of the way again as it swung at him, but it hit his arm cutting it off. Cloud yelled in pain, Tifa covered her mouth, her eyes filled up with tears, then she scrame out, Vincent, and a few others heard he shout.

"Cloud no!" said Tifa running over to him, he held his hsoulder from which his arm was torn off.

"Tifa, run." said Cloud standing up, "Go to the Highwind, it's not safe here."

Vincent showed up to see the bloody scean, Cloud holding his shoulder of what was left of his arm, blood spewed across the ground, and on the monsters claws. His eyes widened, then sharpend, his body transformed into Chaos and he attacked the monster head on.

"Vincent, no!" said Tifa, "Help me get Cloud out of here!"

Cloud stood up, and used Knight of the Round, and attacked the beast with the summon, the monster was supposedly destroyed. Cloud limped over to pick up his sword, his arm was bleed perfusely, and he was starting to feel, tired.

"Cloud..." said Vincent.

"No... I'm fine..." said Cloud.

"Your arm." said Tifa.

"I'll be fine, I'll go get a robotic one, that's all." said Cloud, not to fond of the idea, but willing to go through with it. They were starting to enter the building, when a sharp pain shot through Cloud's back, he stopped, blood trickled out of his mouth, his eyes widend, and a sharpclaw was stabbed through his heart.

"...!" said Tifa, she was to horrified to make a sound. vincent stood there, but caught Cloud, he layed Cloud on the floor, he was dead, his life drained from his body. The monster retreated back into the form of a woman, then dissapeared. Tifa stood there in shock, her heart was beating fast, she knelt down, Cloud looked like he was in pain, but he wasn't anymore.

"...Cloud... Cloud!" shouted Tifa, she embraced Cloud's limp body, she began crying, "You can't die, not yet, you just made a promise, you can't give up on it now!"

Vincent averted his eyes, he knew he'd watch as all his friends grew old and died, and he's stay the same and wouldn't parish, but he didn't expect to lose one so soon, he held his eys, and began to tear up himself, not makeing a sound, he looked down at the floor.

"Cloud, please... You can't be... You just can't..." said Tifa. Vincent looked upon the water they had up Aeris in it was sparkleing with beautiful light, Vincent picked up Cloud's body, and started to walk to the water, Tifa walke dinto the water too, she couldn't bare to watch from afar. Vincent put Cloud's body in the water, Tifa put her head in Vincent's cheast, as Cloud sunk to the bottom, just as Aeris did, he fallowed in her foot steps.

They were walking out of the water, just then they heard, a child's laughing, and the sound of a ball bounceing up and down comeing from the building.

Hi this is Vampire, heh I'm gonna probably get flames, but oh well this is gonna have odd twists I hope you all like it!