While Tifa and Vincent were walking back cloud seemed to have regrets about leaveing, he looked back, and then up and then behind them again. Tifa looked down at the small child like version of Cloud.

"What's wrong Cloud?" asked Tifa.

"... I'm worried about the Cetra Lady." said Cloud like it was her name.

"I'm sure she's fine." said Tifa giving hima reassureing face, but her inner thoughts kept telling her she was dead and... So was Cloud and they both were laid to rest with each other. Tifa looked away as tears accumulated in her eyes, and she wiped her eyes of the tears, Cloud did not understand why she was crying.

"Why are you crying?" asked Cloud as he tugged on her skirt to get her attention.

"Oh, I wasn't cry," she lied, "I just... Had something in me eye!"

Vincent knew she was crying, he knew her well enough to know if she go something in her eye she'd just say 'ouch' not cry, but then, that little Cloud would not know that. Vincent shook his head, as they continued to the Highwind.

'How are we supposed to explain this situation to everyone?' thought Vincent.

Finally they arrived it was huge and Cloud's eyes gleamed looking at it. The ship he thought to crush them easily, but it was so magnifigant to look at, and he smiled, luckily he didn't walk to the side with the picture of the lady in the bikini painted on the Highwind.

"Hey Cloud, Ill show you to your room ok?" asked Tifa.

"Okay!" said Cloud as he smiled up at her. Tifa lead him to a room but of course everyone saw her, and before anyone could ask questions she ran off. Vincent walke din to see everyone else looking in the direction Tifa had run off to.

"I guess I'll explain things." said Vincent. Cid and yuffie who did not hear him jumped and looked at him, and everyone else turned around.

"That child like verson of Cloud you saw... Is not Cloud." said Vincent.

"What the hell are you talking about!" asked Cid.

"Well his name is Cloud oddly enough... But..." said Vincent.

"So what happend to Cloud!" asked Yuffie.

"Your not makeing any since." said Red and Cait Sith and Barret agreed.

"... The Cloud we all knew... Died." said Vincent.

"What!" shouted just about everyone.

"He was killed fighting a monster. Then this child came along, it was right after we left his body in the subterrainian lake Aeris is burried in as well."

"You've gotta be kidding me. How could he die!" said Yuffie rubbing her eyes.

Vincent looked down, he thought he let the news off easy but alas, he actually made them more questioning, and a few upset. Barret was even though he'd never let anyone know, Cid was like a bomb about ready to explode with rage, Yuffie was like one of those water fountains you'd see with water spewing out of faucets on them, Red looked down mourningly, and Cait sith did as well. It was like without Cloud all the fun and happiness died in the Highwind.

"Why didn't you $ing help him!" screamed Cid.

"We! ... We couldn't do anything ok!" shouted Vincent back, that retort made everyone just stop. Vincent never sreamed or looked up set, apathetic yes, but anger and sorrow masked his face this time. He turned and walked out with an air of anger surrounding him, he wanted to help, he wanted Cloud back, he wanted things to remain normal.

Cid just stood there dumbfounded, Vincent was different, and it scared him a little. Yuffie watch vincent walk off and moved a little, because it was obvious Vincent did not want to talk. It probably took him everything to tell them that.

"Here we are." said Tifa leading Cloud into a room.

"Wow! it's like my own room only it's metal, and what are these?" asked Cloud as he looked through 'Cloud's' things, and he pulled out a pair of black boxers.

"Uh... Nothing hold on while I get all of this outta here, then we'll later go get you some new clothes ok?" asked Tifa as she strifled a giggle.

"Ok?" replied Cloud confused but trying to sound confident. He watched as Tifa took all of the old clothes out and put them in her room, and started to straighten things out.

Later on Tifa slumped in her room, it was harder than it looked to remove all of Cloud's old things, it was harder on her heart, because, it was like takeing a pat of her heart and throwing it away, she looked down at the other outfit that Cloud had, the purple one, then she got the idea. She took out scissors and some needles and a lot of thread.

Cloud sat in his old room without realizeing it, he looked around the room and noticed a picture on his desk, it was a picture or the cetra lady and himself? He looked at it in confusion. But he smiled, because now he had a picture of the cetra lady with him. Tifa wlked in as he hid it under his bed, it looked a little suspisious, but then she thought he was just lookign around.

"I have something for you!" she smiled.

"What?" asked Cloud. She then presented the purple outfit it looked really good, although she rarely sowed. Cloud looked at it oddly, and thought it looked really cool but maybe just a little queer

"Do you want to put it on?" asked Tifa.

"Okay!" said Cloud as he took his shirt off, to reveal a large scar on his arm, and there was a scar on his cheast and stomach as well. Tifa thought about it Cloud if he had lived would've had all those scars as well including if he had kept his arm. She tugged his shirt on him and then she helped him put on the pants and take off the hat. She looked at him, he looked exactally like the Cloud Strife she knew and loved, the only difference was, he was a lot smaller. He looked up at her and smiled, and looked at himself int he mirror and tried to stand on his toes to make him look taller, but instead he fell backwards and Tifa caught him.

"Let's go show everyone else." said Tifa smieing at Cloud.

"Okay, let's go!" said Cloud as he took Tifa by the hand and ran off with her fallowing, just like when Cloud was excited about something when he was an adult, and she smiled a happier yer forlorn smile.