As Tifa entered the room all thoughts of Vincent left and she was immediately full of concern for the man that was petrified on the couch. She quickly administered the antidote and hoped for the best.

He slowly began to move and as soon as he could stand he almost ran to the bathroom. Tifa couldn't help but to giggle. Once he came out, she realized how gorgeous he really was.

His dark brown hair reached to just above his shoulders, and it looked as if it was tied back most of the time. He wore one necklace that had a small feather tied to it. His shirt was a black tunic type with simple, blue embroidery around the edges. Over this was leather armor that went all the way down his arms. His pants were simply lose jeans, with a leather belt.

She realized she had been staring at him for quite some time, she blushed and looked away. He was the one to break the silence.

"My name is Daniel. Thank you for saving me, im sure I'd still be laying out there if it wasn't for you." She smiled at this.

"Im Tifa..." she wasn't sure what to say next and ended up looking around nervously.

As if saving the situation, he offered to take her to lunch for saving her. She agreed and they went to the restaurant just across the way.

They enjoyed a nice lunch and they really hit it off. In actuality Tifa was a higher level but his strength was massive. They compared armor, weapons and materia. He had never even heard of Ultima and asked her about it. This time when she thought of Cloud she didn't break into tears or freeze, she simply told him that she got it from a friend.

After lunch she told him where she needed to go. He said he would join her if she liked. She thought about it and decided that it would probably be okay.

As they went on there way, Tifa couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched.

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It was the next day and Elmyra was getting more and more concerned about Tifa. Barret kept trying to comfort her but to no avail. She continued pleading with Barret to let her go and find her but he assured her that she would show up.

After another hour Tifa did show and Elmyra was relieved. She hugged her and so did Barret and Marlene. They were also introduced to the strange man.

"Tifa, why don't you tell us how you've been doing?" Elmyra wanted to know what could be so serious as to make Tifa part ways with Cloud and she, after a few hours, had her answer.

"My goodness, im so sorry for you loss tifa." Elmyra was truly shocked by the turn of events and couldn't bear to know that this happened to such a good person.

"I otta go find the bastard and beat it out of him." Barret was visibly disgruntled. Elmyra calmed him enough to sit back down. He had stood up full of rage.

"Its okay...I've dealt with it. I've realized that I don't need Cloud. It still hurts, but I think ill live." She looked over at Daniel and realized how little he actually knew of these events. He looked a little angry. When he looked into her eyes, he was almost immediately calm. She thought this was kind of eerie.

After a meal and a good long conversation all were ready for bed. Tifa noticed that Daniel hadn't said much but that was to be expected. He was surrounded by strangers.

Everyone slept well that night.