Disclaimer: Yo! I don't own Final Fantasy VII or…anything else that makes money…-sigh-

A/N: It's been a while, huh? Sorry 'bout the wait! Also, the "bad language" used bt Relm is meant to show how much Sephiroth's sudden departure effected her.

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I was fed up with just waiting for letters that never came…I was going to get out of this small town and find Sephiroth…no matter what…

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I packed up only the things I knew I would absolutely need: a few items, clothing, sword, and some food. I stood in my room, wondering what else I might need, when a small voice behind me startled me.

"Are you going somewhere, Relm?"

I turned around, "T-Tifa? How many times have I asked you to knock first?"

The girl smiled from her place in the doorway, "A lot."

I smiled back and sighed, "So, what is it you need?"

Tifa looked away uncomfortably, "Did you hear about Cloud?"

"No. What should I have heard?"

"He's gonna join SOLDIER to be like Sephiroth."

I flinched at the name, "Why?"

"I don't know. I came to ask what's so good about that Sephiroth that makes Cloud wanna be like him."

"W-Why ask me?"

She shrugged, "I heard my daddy saying that you probably know something about him, and that's why you don't like hearing bout him."

I sighed and pulled two chairs together, sat in one, and beckoned Tifa over, "Come sit with me."

As she sat down, I leaned in close, "Can you keep a secret?"

She nodded excitedly.

I smiled, "I really did know Sephiroth."

Tifa stared at me for a moment, "But then…why don't you like to hear about him or talk about him? Wasn't he your friend?"

I leaned back in my chair, "I guess you might say we were friends, but then, four years ago, he did something I could never forgive."

Tifa scooted to the edge of her seat to listen, "What?"

I looked her in the eye, "He left to join SOLDIER, just like Cloud wants to. I haven't seen him since. At first, he would write, but the letters stopped. I suppose I don't like hearing about him because…it puts me in a bad mood to think about him and what he did. It's like my only friend betrayed me…"

"But…you don't seem to be in a bad mood right now…"

I shrugged, "I guess that's because…I'm going out to find him."

"So…you are leaving…" Tifa smiled, "Well, good luck in finding him! What'll you do when you see him?"

I pulled my pack over my shoulder, "First, I'll give him a good smack in the face…then I guess…Well I really hadn't thought past that!"

Tifa waved, then gasped, "Right! What about Cloud?"

I turned and smiled at her, "Whatever you do, don't let him join SOLDIER!"

With those words, I left Nibelheim.

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A/N: -sigh- another short chapter….WILL THIS BE A STORY OF SHORT CHAPTERS?….who knows, but I'll just keep apologizing for it. SORRY!

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