Hey, I'm back with another chapter….yeah its been like 2 months I'm so sorry. I know I should be updating more but for some reason I've been very slow lately. Anyways hope you enjoy this chapter

Chapter 3 - Friends or Foes?

The people didn't seem to notice the two girls. Tara and Shizuma listened on the conversation (more like a fight). They were saying stuff about a girl and she's the final ancient. Tara was so confused she had no idea what they were talking about. Shizuma didn't seem to understand either but she was so impatient she went on and barged in their argument.

"What in the hell are you guys talking about?" Shizuma yelled out on the top of her lungs. Everyone turned around to look at them. The ones in the black suits scattered and ran out of the cave. The spiky haired guy took out his sword angrily. "Who are you?" He asked.

Tara took a step back while Shizuma stood her ground. "You could be a little more polite, I'm Shizuma and that's Tara" she snorted. The girl in the pink dress stepped up. "Oh hello, my name is Aeris. I'm sorry for Cloud over here being rude. We thought you were with the Turks." She sighed. "Who are the Turks?" Tara asked she was still really confused. "Well they work for Shinra and they keep coming after Aeris, they keep following us" the other girl added.

Tara nodded but she still didn't quiet understand this little situation they're in. The one called Aeris remembered that they didn't exactly have a great introduction. "I guess you probably wonder who we are" she said innocently. "Like I told you before I'm Aeris, the other girl is Tifa, then there's Barret, Red XIII is down here and over here in the back is Cloud" she chuckled. The two waved but Cloud stayed silent. "Aww aren't you a cutie" Tara went up and scratched Red behind the ear but while she was scratching him he backed away and growled. "Can you please stop that, I don't like when people do that" he asked nicely. Tara nodded apologetically and went back next to Shizuma.

"So what exactly are you two doing here?" asked Barret. "I'm looking for a man called Sephiroth…have any of you heard of him?" Tara asked hopefully. All five of the new comers mouth dropped.

"You…you..you…mean you know Sephiroth?" Cloud teeth chattered together angrily. "Yeah….but I wish I didn't" Tara grabbed her pentacle and closed her hand around it. Shizuma looked at her strangely, she never really knew Tara's story…she decided she would ask her after they found a quieter place.

"Grrrr I'm looking for that bastard too!" Cloud now clutched his fist. That suddenly caught Tara's attention. She looked at Cloud and recognized that same anger wilding up inside of her.

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Well there yeah go, that's my chapter. I know it's like extremely short….I'm so very sorry again for the long wait. I would like to thank my lone fan Shizuma the Black Magician Alchemist, you're the best. Thank You!