Kadaj and Tifa reached Nibelheim easily and many of the townsfolk were glad to see that she was okay.
"Cloud will be glad to know you're alright" one old woman said; these words made Tifa feel worse. Tifa was about to knock on the manor's doors when she heard shouting in the garden. Swiftly she shoved the doors open and ran through into the garden followed by Kadaj who knew nothing about where he was or where he was going. Tifa and Kadaj went running out into the garden surprising Lucrecia, Vincent and Yuffie.
"You're alive!" Yuffie said
"Yeah, what's the shouting about?" Tifa said quickly
"Sephiroth and Cloud just fell down there" Vincent informed her. Kadaj dropped his bag and began to empty it quickly. Tifa was surprised to see that he had some rather professional climbing equipment.
"I can go down quite far" Kadaj said "Then I can drop some flares to see just how far down the cave goes"
"You don't even know who you're saving!" Tifa told him
"Sephiroth, I'm guessing it's the one I'm thinking of and Cloud, the Soldier from 1st class, correct?" Kadaj guessed. Tifa nodded
"How do you know Cloud?" Tifa asked him
"I'm part of Soldier, or at least I was until it got disbanded" Kadaj attached the end to the rock face before dropping into the hole and out of sight.
"You seem to have a thing for heroes" Yuffie said tartly. Tifa ignored her; she just wanted to know if they were okay.
As Sephiroth was flying upwards Cloud was having a look around the cave. There was a small fissure that he crawled through into a larger room. Cloud created another ball of light and threw it. He was at the edge of a small cliff that dropped into a large pit. As his sphere fell towards the ground it lit up a miraculous sight. Cloud smiled as many ideas formed in his mind about what all this could give him.
Kadaj reached the end of the rope and so withdrew a flare. He looked down; he did not seem to be any closer to the ground. He ignited the end of the flare and threw it into the darkness and watched as it fell. He started as Sephiroth appeared next to him in mid-air.
"Who are you?" Sephiroth asked
"The man who's meant to be saving you" Kadaj told him "Where's Cloud?"
"He is back down there, how far are you from the surface?" Sephiroth enquired
"Not very far" Kadaj explained "Look" he pointed to a small white light which was the hole.
"Okay, I will go get Cloud and then meet you at the top" Sephiroth told Kadaj before he dropped back into the darkness. Kadaj shrugged and began to climb back up the rope.
Tifa held out her hands and Kadaj took them and the young woman pulled him out.
"Well they are alive, Sephiroth just went back down to get Cloud and they should be up in a bit" Kadaj explained to the group of people. Back in the cavern Cloud had crawled back out from his find and waited patiently for Sephiroth. Two or three minutes later Sephiroth landed
"Ready?" he asked Cloud. Cloud nodded
"Oh yes" Cloud muttered. Sephiroth turned his back to Cloud
"Climb on then; I doubt you would like to be carried" Sephiroth told him. Cloud put his arms around Sephiroth's neck and Sephiroth shot upwards with Cloud.