Cloud awoke to the sweet sound of piano music. At first he just lay there and listened before his mind clicked to the thought who's playing? Cloud rolled off his bed and retrieved his Buster Sword from beneath the bed. Cloud snuck silently through the manor until he reached the dining room door. When he got there he paused and listened; the playing had stopped and now he could hear a low squeaking. Cloud shunted the door hard and rolled inside, sword raised. Sephiroth was stood leaning over the piano tuning it.
"Morning" said Sephiroth looking a bit confused "Sorry if I woke you" Cloud put the sword against the cabinet
"I was just wondering who was playing" said Cloud.
"Apparently I can play the piano" said Sephiroth "And read sheet music"
"So what are you doing?" Cloud asked walking over
"Tuning the piano" said Sephiroth "When I do things like this I get some fresh memories of me doing this in the past"
"That's good" said Cloud
"I know" said Sephiroth with a smile as he finished tuning the piano. Sephiroth closed it and sat down and began to play.
Cloud took a seat and watched as his childhood idol played incredibly well, Cloud had never pictured Sephiroth as a musician. With Sephiroth finding things out again and telling Cloud he was finding out more about Sephiroth than he had known in the past. Cloud enjoyed the company of this new Sephiroth; it was almost relaxing just having him around.
When Sephiroth finished the seven minute piece Cloud applauded
"I had never known that you played" said Cloud.
"A couple of hours ago neither did I" said Sephiroth with a smile. Cloud nodded
"Touché" said Cloud clicking his fingers.
"What's that mean?" Sephiroth asked him
"I think it means good point" said Cloud "If it doesn't then I've been making an idiot out of myself every time I use it" Sephiroth and Cloud both laughed.
"So what are we up to today?" Sephiroth asked
"I haven't thought about it" said Cloud
"Could we go up there?" Sephiroth asked pointing out of the misted up windows at the mountains.
"Of course" said Cloud "It's a nice place"
"Can we go now?" Sephiroth asked. Cloud checked the clock which Sephiroth had fixed 5:17 it said.
"Sure" said Cloud "The sun's only just coming up so it will be a bit cold, but we're tough" Sephiroth and Cloud both laughed. Cloud used the bathroom and picked up his Buster Sword before leaving the Mansion with Sephiroth.
Sephiroth rolled over the wall and landed on his back
"Argh" he said with a laugh. Cloud vaulted the wall and landed on his hands before rolling onto his feet.
"Ta-da" said Cloud. Sephiroth rolled backwards onto his feet
"Was ever any good at gymnastics?" Sephiroth asked as the two of them walked between the mountains on the path that would lead them to mount Nibel.
"Probably" said Cloud "You were a very good martial artist"
"How good?" Sephiroth asked
"Impossibly" said Cloud "But no one really saw you use your martial arts, no enemy every got close enough"
"Can you explain?" asked Sephiroth
"We have a long walk so sure" said Cloud "You had a sword called the Masamune, it was a beautiful weapon, no one knows where you got it"
"Was it like yours?" Sephiroth asked
"No" said Cloud "It must have been around four and a half feet long, thin and curved"
"What happened to it?" Sephiroth asked
"When I found you it wasn't there so maybe you lost it in the aftermath of the battle" said Cloud.
"I seem to remember a lot of green light" said Sephiroth.
"That was the Lifestream, the energy of our planet" said Cloud "There was a big rush of it after the battle because of the meteor"
"Meteor?" Sephiroth asked
"A powerful magic that was going to destroy the planet" said Cloud "But it's gone now, it would have been about there" Cloud pointed to the sky wondering where the meteor had gone, when he first awoke he had glimpsed it hovering above them like a new moon.
"Is that what we were fighting?" Sephiroth asked
"We were fighting a person who was protecting it" said Cloud "The summoner"
"Right" Sephiroth said "I don't really know much about the battle"
"Another time" said Cloud "When it's more appropriate, when you've got most of your memories back I'll tell you about it"
"Thank you, loud" said Sephiroth
"For what?" Cloud asked
"Doing this, helping me out" said Sephiroth "Most people wouldn't have done it"
"Well I'm glad we've got the old you back" said Cloud absent mindedly. Sephiroth stopped in his tracks
"Old me?" he asked looking at the back of Cloud's blonde head. Idiot! Cloud thought to himself.
"Yeah" said Cloud turning to face Sephiroth "You went a bit off the rails before the last battle when you found out about Jenova and Hojo but now you're back to the you that people look up to"
"Oh" said Sephiroth with a smile "Glad to hear that" he said and continued to walk with Cloud towards Mt. Nibel.