Hey, I am finally back with another chapter. I'm sorry for the extremely long wait. I didn't intend to take this long to update. Well I hope you forgive me. I also hope you enjoy this fresh new chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or any of its characters. I only own Tara, my own character.

Chapter 7- Protected?

It suddenly felt like Tara knew everything about Shizuma and Shizuma knew everything about Tara. They both spilled their awful past to each other. It was kind of funny because before Tara met Shizuma, she would have never spoke of what had happened to her. She seemed to be the only one she trusted.

It had been some time since they had left Junon. It was night time and they were all taking a rest on the grass. They had been walking for about 5 days straight and they only had stopped for food, supplies and rest.

"Owww! My feet hurt!" yelped Tifa "I really think we should stop and put up the tents". Cloud had a slight annoyed look on his face but he then noticed that everyone else was just as sore and tired as Tifa. "Alright, alright will stop here. Let's put up the tents".

There were 3 tents. Cloud and Barret put one up and they had no problem at all. Tifa, Aeris and Red XIII (he tried to help) got the second tent up, they took a little while but they got it. Shizuma and Tara were in charge of the third one. It was a disaster, everything was lope sided.

"Aw man! I hate this stupid thing!" Shizuma yelled in frustration. "Me to! We try every time we put up the tents and we still can't get it" Tara sighed. Shizuma kicked the unfinished tent and walked off to the nearby shore.

Tifa and Aeris laughed and then went on to fix the tent just like they always do when Tara and Shizuma fail. They got it up in no time.

"There you go. Was it that hard?" asked Tifa. Tara could never understand how they could get the tents up so easily. "How the hell do you do that?" Tara was lost when it came to making things. Tifa laughed again, she then tried to explain how to do the tent but that was just getting Tara even more confused so Tifa simply gave up.

Shizuma finally decided to come back. She didn't even bother thanking anybody for making the tent. She just went straight into the tent to get some sleep.

"I guess she won't be the one who's going to be on the lookout tonight" sighed Aeris. "Don't worry. I'll stay up this time. All of you should get some rest now" said Tara.

Everyone gave a thankful nod and went off to sleep in their respectful tents. Tara stood on the outside to watch for anything that may come and steal all their supplies or any animal that might want to eat their food. She soon found herself to be very tired and she started falling asleep.

"I can't fall asleep" she thought to herself "Everyone is counting on me to stay awake".

Just about right after she finished her thoughts she fell asleep. She was just to tired to stay awake.

-In the morning-

"WHAT THE HELL!" someone's screams echoed through the little valley.

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That's the end of my chapter, not very long I know. I wanted to make it longer but then it would start screwing up with my idea for the next chapter. I hope you liked this chapter and I'll try really really hard to update faster this time. Thank you for reading!