Well I hope you guys like it so far! Oh and I have no idea if you have to put a disclaimer, but I guessI will...I never do though...

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or VIII

Chapter Two

Cloud felt great confusion and shock over the pain in his head. How could Squall not know who Sephiroth was? He didn't know, but he guessed it would hurt to tell Squall. He took a deep breath, closing his eyes as images filled his mind. Cloud saw flashes of Sephiroth as he threw himself into the Mako pool, he saw Sephiroth's face full of shock when Cloud had slung him into a steel wall. He took another deep breath and opened his Mako blue eyes. "Sephiroth, he is the son of Lucrecia and Vincent. Sephiroth wasn't always the insane murderer he is now. He was injected with JENOVA Cells before he was born and then had Mako injected into him and everything. Well he was raised in Shin-Ra headquarters as he super SOLDIER. He became the General of the first class SOLDIERS. And friend of mine, Zack, was also a first class SOLDIER. Well they were going to Nibelheim and apparently, Sephiroth found something."

"It was a report that told him everything. Because he was raised in Shin-Ra headquarters and he never knew his real mother, Sephiroth believed that JENOVA was his real mother. So when he read the report that JENOVA was supposedly a Cetra, he believed, being JENOVA's only son, that he too, was a Cetra. He thinks that he is ruler to the planet and that every human is a traitor to the planet. But now Sephiroth is dead." Cloud finished, thinking he hadn't left anything out.

"Oh," Squall said, nodding, "what happened to your friend Zack? And…what's Mako?"

Cloud blinked, okay, either this person was stupid, or Cloud most certainly was not on his planet. This guy didn't look stupid, but how could Cloud be on another planet? Was that even possible? How had he gotten there? Cloud suddenly shook his head and forced himself to respond to Squall as if nothing was wrong, "Zack, I don't know where he is. Personally, I think he's dead. And as for the Mako, it's something that is in the Lifestream."

Squall nodded again and asked another question, "What's a SOLDIER?"

Cloud sighed heavily. His headache had dulled greatly because the aspirin was working at its heights at the moment. Cloud was positive that it he hadn't had medicine in him, he'd have an even worse headache. "A SOLDIER is what protected Shin-Ra. Every SOLDIER was injected Mako, well most of them at least, not all of them. The first class SOLDIERS were the best and strongest. It's hard to get to first class, but if you did, that meant you were skilled, very skilled."

Cloud stopped right there as Squall asked one more question, "One of your friends, they said you were an ex-SOLDIER, were you a first class?"

Cloud blinked and shook his head, sighing, "No, I wasn't as skilled as Zack. Zack helped me escape from Hojo. He helped a lot of people. He didn't like to kill or see people hurt. Me, I always kept to myself and killed what I had to. If was life or death for me, in my opinion." Cloud responded.

He knew Squall would have asked something else if it hadn't been for the fact that Barret and Red came back. "Cloud!" an anxious voice filled the room. Cloud turned his head to see a black hair woman rushing towards him. They had found Tifa. She stopped in front of him and asked suddenly, "Have you seen Marlene anywhere?"

Cloud sighed heavily at the question, "No." People ask too many questions. Maybe I should stop answering them all…

"Spiky, you feelin' better? Well good! Now get off your sorry ass so we can go find Marlene!" Barret growled, not waiting for an answer from Cloud. Cloud just blinked and stayed put. He knew that he should go find Marlene, but now that he thought about it, questions swarmed within his mind.

Where was he? What was his purpose for being here? Where is here? Why didn't these people know anything about Sephiroth? Could this truly be another planet? But…that might make it so…so that Marlene was never taken here! No, she was with Tifa, she had to have been taken too, right? Cloud didn't voice his troubled thoughts because he knew that Barret would become upset about Marlene.

Barret, who had turned around and was about to leave, twisted his head to face them. Everyone but Cloud gave him a glare. Cloud was looking at him, but he wasn't really seeing things. He looked as if he were in deep thought. "Heh-heh, you look like Squall does when ever he's thinking!" A cheerful voice filled the room and Cloud was flung out of his thoughts as he saw a young woman with brown hair walking in. There was a kind smile on her face. She turned to Squall, "Rinoa was looking for you, Squall, she was in the Cafeteria last time I checked."

"Well I'm right here now." Another woman's voice floated into the room. She stepped in, wearing light blue clothing. Her silky, black hair reached her shoulders and she had warm brown eyes. She was smiling as she spoke, "You're always hiding, Squall!"

"I'm not hiding! I was going to my dorm when these two," Squall pointed at Red and Barret, "asked me if I'd seen him." Squall then pointed at Cloud and then he sighed, turning back to Rinoa, but he didn't say anything else.

"Oh, I see. Who are you guys anyway?" Rinoa asked, looking at Cloud, then Red and Barret. Then she glanced at Tifa, "Someone from Balamb? Or Dollet? Or some place else?"

"Some place else." Tifa responded. She would have told them that she was from Nibelheim, but Cloud interjected, "Where are we? You guys…don't know who Sephiroth is, you don't know what ShinRa is, you don't know what Mako is…why?" Tifa instantly knew that Cloud was troubled, and she could tell that his headache was returning. Why is he in such pain anyway?

"What? Are you sure you're okay? You didn't hit your head or something? That would explain the headache." Nurse Janie asked him, laying a hand on Cloud's shoulder.

Cloud only shrugged it off and growled, "I didn't hit my head. I'm not crazy either. We're no where near Midgar…we're not even on the Planet anymore, are we?" Cloud's temper was rising from everyone misunderstanding. His own confusion wasn't helping. He had no idea why his head was hurting as bad as it did and why everyone else was fine, Cloud didn't know…he just didn't know…

Apparently Cloud had voiced everyone's fears because Tifa spoke up, "I've been wondering that too…I asked someone outside here if they knew where Nibelheim was and they said they'd never heard of it. Then I asked about Midgar and ShinRa and every other place I could think of. They only told me that I was crazy."

"But how do you suppose we got here? That's not possible, is it?" Red asked.

"Maybe…we're all just dreaming…?" Cloud said quietly, not raising his head. He was now looking at his hands, his eyes glazed and distant.

"But you wouldn't be able to feel the pain, Cloud." Tifa pointed out. Cloud nodded and sighed, closing his eyes. How had they gotten here?

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Squall didn't know what to say. At the moment, when Cloud had said that they may not be on their planet anymore, Squall believed that they were all crazy. But…maybe they were aliens or they could be drunk…Squall wasn't sure if he should believe them. The story about Sephiroth sounded way to far-fetched for him. Who the hell could be that powerful? No one. That was the answer and that only made Squall believe even more that all of these guys were crazy and drunk too much some where. After all, headaches are a side effect of too much alcohol, and Cloud was stumbling around a lot. But what about he other three? They seem just fine. Maybe…maybe they are crazy. Squall thought, looking at Tifa. She didn't seem crazy nor the type to drink. Barret, Barret though, he seemed as if he could drink a lot and at the first glance, Squall had thought this man was crazy. Then came Red.

Red was a cat…or at least Squall thought he was. There was fire on the end of his tail and he had tattoos on his dark red fur. His eyes were red and the strangest thing was, was that he could talk. Squall decided that Red had to be a monster, but how could he talk? I guess some monsters are actually smart…but strange.

Squall looked over at Rinoa and stood up. Maybe he should tell her about everything so she wouldn't blurt out something…and Selphie too. He walked over to Rinoa and Selphie and motioned for them to follow him outside the Infirmary. Once they were out of earshot and Squall had shut the door, he spoke.

"These guys, I think…I think they're crazy. The blonde one, Cloud, he seems drunk." Squall blurted out.

Rinoa and Selphie looked at him and then nodded, "Yeah, I know what you mean. I have no idea what they're talking about, and it's not possible that there's another planet out there with human life forms on it, right?" Rinoa asked, her confusion and doubt plain.

"Yeah, that's not possible. These people are just a little drunk." Selphie agreed.

"All right then, I guess we just need to play along with whatever they say, at least until they come to their senses, agreed?" Squall questioned.

"Agreed, but you have to be more social to them, it might help." Rinoa comfirmed.

Squall nodded reluctantly, "I'll try…"

"Okay then, let's go back in!" Selphie was smiling as brightly as ever as she wheeled around and went back into the Infirmary.

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"Back to the subject about Marlene. We have to find her, she's too young to be running around here by herself." Barret told his friends. Everyone knew that Barret didn't want to see Marlene in trouble. No one wanted that.

Cloud nodded and stood up, looking around the room at everyone. "Okay then, now we can go look for Marlene, right Barret? And when I say 'we' I mean all of us!" Cloud's eyes flashed. He was not going to stay in here all day!

Tifa looked at him, "Cloud…" But she didn't get to say anything else as Barret nodded, "Yeah, now let's get goin'!" They started for the door just as Selphie, Squall, and Rinoa returned.

"Where are you all going?" Rinoa asked.

"To find Marlene? Have you seen her? Youngest person here, brown hair-" Barret didn't finish as Rinoa intervened, "No, but we can help you look for her, if you want." Rinoa offered.

"Would you? Thanks!" Tifa said quickly. "I guess we need to split up in teams, and since none of us no this place, we can go with someone who does."

"Fine, I can take Cloud and the cat with me." Squall responded, his voice sounding serious, yet at the same time annoyed.

"What's up with him?" Tifa muttered under her breath.

"Oh, don't mind him, he's always like that. You can go with me if you like…and I guess the big guy can go with Selphie." Rinoa explained, waving Squall off and sounding carefree.

"Hey the big guy's got a name! It's Barret!" Barret growled.

"And I am Red, Red XIII, not 'cat'!" Red snapped.

"Oh, leave him be. He's just like that. Well, let's get going." Rinoa said and turned with Tifa following her, she left. Selphie went next and Barret.

"Don't give her a hard time, Barret," Red warned, "or else you'll have us to talk too!"

"Ah quit that, I ain't gonna get mad at her!" Barret growled.

Cloud just shook his head. He walked over to Squall, Red following at his side. Squall turned away from him and walked out the door. Cloud didn't speak as he followed silently. From the lack of conversation, his mind began to fill with thoughts. He noticed how Squall had suddenly taken a turn and was now acting as if something was wrong. He didn't know what, nor did he care. If they knew where Marlene was, Cloud believed that one of them would have told him or at least Barret or Tifa. Squall didn't seem to be one to not trust, but he still didn't seem like an ally. But of course…he was just one who kept to himself.

Cloud turned down the hallway, following Squall until they came upon an elevator. "We'll check the upper levels first." Squall said as he entered the elevator.

Cloud didn't respond as the elevator went up to the second floor. When it opened, Cloud took a quick glance around and didn't see Marlene anywhere. Red looked up and Cloud and said, "I do not believe she is on this level, but there are so many scents, it is hard to tell."

Cloud nodded as Squall led them to a door. "Alright," Squall said, turning around, "this is a classroom. I have no idea if they're having classes because I don't take them anymore because I'm a SeeD now. But if they are, be quiet."

Squall opened the door and stepped inside, looking around. Cloud grew even more confused. Was this a school of some sort. "And what the hell is a SeeD?" Cloud whispered to himself.

If you're a Vincent fan, he's coming up in the next chpter! I've already got most of the third chapter typed so I'll put it up maybe tommorow night-I have other fanficsI need to be working on, so I'll just add chappie 3 later tommorow, I would put it up tonight, but I'm tired. It's 2:12 AM over here and I want to go to sleep!