Kelly: Yippee, part to is here

Disclaimer: Cloud belongs to Square Enix, Kokoro belongs to Diamond.

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The night seemed to pass slowly for both Kokoro and Cloud. Cloud kept blaming himself for Cady's kidnapping, and Kokoro just fearing for her friend's life. The two were on equal terms with each other, and they didn't even know why or how.

Finally morning came and the two set off on their journey. At the start, they didn't talk to each other at all, one hardly looking at the other. But they both noticed that as the days passed, they began to enjoy each other's company.

Starting out with simple conversations, evolving into telling about themselves, then increasing to telling each other about their pasts. The good times and the bad. Without knowing it, they were laughing with each other and talking as though they had known each other for years. More days passed as they continued on their journey and they became closer and closer to each other.

One day as they walked down a long desert road, they both realized just how close they had become. Walking down the road, they noticed that they had been holding hands. Just how long, they didn't know. But it felt good to them. Kokoro realized she had started to like Cloud more than just the friend he was. There was something more there between them than just friendship and that day, walking down the road, they saw what it was. Over the period they had been traveling, which happened to be about a month and a half now to be precise, they had grown to love each other.

Then there was the night they admitted their feelings. What a night that was. They were camping out under a clear, starry night and they then looked at each other. Staring at each other for nearly ten minutes, they blurted out "I love you!" at the same time. Then they turned away from each other in a nano second, their faces blood red. But they were holding hands. They became a real couple then.

On the next day, the last day of their journey, they walked up to an abandoned factory in a run down city. Cloud gave Kokoro's hand a squeeze of encouragement. Kokoro smiled and took a deep breath. Cloud smiled at her and leaned down and planted a kiss on her mouth. Once they had pulled away, Kokoro smiled back and they entered the building. Cloud held out his sword before him and Kokoro was behind him, prepared to pound the shit out of Sephiroth. The two walked into a large room where bended and broken bars hung all around them. Tanks with shattered glass lay all around and tubes and wires lay broken all over the floor.

"The main lab" Cloud thought aloud.

Kokoro nodded. The two then heard a loud laugh. They looked up and saw Sephiroth smirking down at them.

"So you've finally come." He smiled.

Kokoro didn't waste time.

"Where the hell is my friend you bastard!" She screamed at him.

Sephiroth only smiled. He then jumped down from the platform he stood on and pulled out his long sword. He wasted no time in flying towards Kokoro. Cloud grabbed her wrist and pulled her away from Sephiroth and countered his attack with his long, bulky blade. Kokoro fell back onto the concrete floor.

"Kokoro! Go find Cady! I'll take care of Sephiroth!" He demanded.

Kokoro was regretting leaving Cloud's side, but she knew he would be fine. She nodded and took off running. Once again, Cloud and Sephiroth went at each other without hesitation. They clashed at each other with all their strength, and Cloud was winning. He took one final swing and snapped Sephiroth's sword in half, the broken blade flying overhead and landing behind Cloud with a loud clang. Cloud used the butt of his sword and slammed it into Sephiroth's stomach, causing him to fall to his knees and cough up blood. Cloud loomed overhead of him, his sword held up, and ready to stab.

"This is it Sephiroth, no more of this, you're finished." He said, delivering the deathblow.

Blood flew and hit Cloud's face and clothes, his sword dripping with Sephiroth's blood. It was finally over, kind of. He still had to find Cady, if Kokoro hadn't already. He made a mad dash down the hallways, looking in every room he passed. No Cady. He and Kokoro looked in each room, going to different floors and making every attempt not to trip over cables and broken pillars. Kokoro was the first to hear Cady's quiet sobs. She dashed into a smaller version of the lab Cloud had defeated Sephiroth in and looked around. She saw the silhouette of a girl in a large tank that oddly hadn't been destroyed. The girl was curled up and was sobbing harshly. Kokoro ran up to the tank and it was Cady no doubt. Kokoro was relieved to find her friend ok, apart from the fact that she had been sobbing for days. Cloud then ran into the room and up to her. Kokoro knocked on the glass and Cady looked over at them. Automatically, a smile spread on her face and her crying ceased. Kokoro smiled at her and Cloud did as well. He then took his sword and used the back of it to smash the glass of the tank. Cady covered her head from the shards until they had all fallen and then leaped out of the tank and into her friends' arms. Kokoro and Cloud smiled at each other. Cloud then leaned in and kissed her lightly.

They were all together again.