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Chapter 5: "It's Aerith"
Cloud sat up. His head hurt. He reached up and felt. There was a bandage on his head. Oh yeah. The surgery Cloud thought. He looked over. Aerith was asleep in an armchair next to his bed. Cloud smiled and touched her arm. Aerith woke up. She saw Cloud.
"CLOUD!" Aerith said. She hugged him and smiled.
"Hey Aerith could you ease up. My head hurts." Cloud said. Aerith giggled and let go. She took one of Cloud's hands.
"Cloud. You know that we love you like a brother. And we were so worried about you. How could you run away like that?" Aerith questioned. Cloud looked at his feet.
"I heard you talking about the surgery. So I decided to get my own money." Cloud said. There came a knock on the door.
"Come in." Aerith said. Leon walked in.
"Hey buddy your awake." Leon said.
"Yeah." Cloud said. Leon pulled up a chair and sat next to Aerith.
"I was just going to ask Cloud where he got the money for his surgery." Aerith said. Leon and Aerith looked at each other.
"Well. When I was two, Sephiroth sent three men to murder my mother. They kept me alive only to torture and abuse me." Cloud said.
FLASHBACK
WHIP!
"I told you NEVER to come out of your cage. -WHIP- and what do you do? -WHIP- you come out!" Sephiroth said, whipping a five year old Cloud.
"I-I was hungry...OW! P-please S-sephiroth OW! Ow, that hurts, please STOP OW!" Cloud cried.
"Well I told you as long as you stayed in your cage, trained, and slept, you would be fed. Now, see what happens?" Sephiroth said.
"NOOOOO!"
END OF FLASHBACK
"I have lived with that man for 20 years, and now I finally realize that no one should live like that." Cloud said. He looked over. Aerith was in tears and Leon'e eyes were watery.
"Oh Cloud. I had no idea it was that bad." Leon said.
"Yeah Cloud. We are so sorry for you." Aerith said.
Then the door opened. It was Dr.Green.
"Knock Knock. Well good news and bad news. The good news is Cloud's tumor is gone. The bad news is we found some unusual marks in the back of his neck." Dr. Green said. He ushered Cloud to stand and Leon and Aerith walked over. There were 4 long marks on his neck that looked like old scars.
"Oh, um that was from when we all took a trip to New Mexico and Cloud fell on a cactus." Leon lied.
"Oh. Ok then. Well Cloud we will release you tomorrow." Dr.Green said. He walked out. Cloud layed back on the bed.
"I feel, dizzy... OW! AHH OW OW!" Cloud screamed. He grabbed the sheets and cried. Aerith pushed the nurse button. A nurse came in and looked at Cloud's vital signs.
"His morphene is wearing off." She said. She grabbed a needle and poked Cloud's arm. She inserted the liquid. Cloud calmed down and slept. Aerith looked at the nurse.
"Does he live by himslef?" The nurse asked.
"No he lives with us." Leon said, sitting down and watching Cloud.
"Well you are going to need to inject morphene in him every six to eight hours. Depends if he wakes up in pain." She said. Aerith nodded and the nurse left.
"Well I am going to go home and call everyone let them know Cloud is safe. I will also clean the house and get Cloud's room ready." Aerith said. She hugged Leon and left. Leon sighed. This was going to be a long night.
The next day Cloud woke up. He looked over. Leon was asleep in his chair. Cloud sood up and walked out, dragging his IV stand with him. He walked to a counter.
"Can I leave yet?" He asked a nurse.
"Umm sure. We need you to sign this waver though." The man at the counter said. He handed Cloud a clipboard and Cloud signed it. The man at the table handed Cloud his clothes.
"Go to the third door on the left. A nurse will check your head and take out your IV." The man said. Cloud nodded and walked down the hall. The nurse smiled when she saw Cloud.
"Hello. Let me see your head." she said. She unwrapped his head and looked at his incision.
"Ok. Looks ok. Let me get your IV out and your good to go." She said. The nurse pulled the needle from Cloud's arm and set in on the table.
"Ok. Hope we won't see you again soon!" She chuckled. Cloud walked out. He went back into his room and went into the bathroon. He took off the hospital gown and looked in the mirror. He turned. A series of scars went across his back. He cringed at the memories they brought. Cloud sighed and put his clothes on. Cloud walked out. Leon was still asleep. Cloud walked over to him and touched his arm. Leon woke up and saw Cloud dressed. He stood up.
"It's time to go. Have a nice sleep?" Cloud asked.
"Um, yeah for the most part. Hospital chairs make lovely beds." Leon chuckled. The two walked out and went to Leon's car. They drove home. Leon unlocked the front door and opened it. The lights were out and the house was dark.
"Umm, Aerith are you in here?" Leon said. Then the lights came on.
"SURPRISE! WELCOME HOME CLOUD!" Came about fifty voices. Cloud looked around. Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Barret, Marlene, Denzel, Reno, and Rude were all in the house. Leon smiled.
"Who are all you people?" Cloud asked.
"Well, this is..." Aerith said as she pointed to each person and named them.
"Oh, and we know them how?" Cloud asked.
"Hehe they are our friends. I called them all and told them you are back!" Aerith said. Marlene and Denzel walked up to Cloud.
"Hi! I'm Marlene, Barret's adopted daughter, and this is my best friend Denzel!" She said. Cloud nodded. Yuffie and Tifa walked up.
"I'm so glad your back!" Tifa said, she hugged Cloud.
"Yeah, we missed you!" Yuffie said, also hugging Cloud. The two girls stepped away. Reno walked up.
"That was some shit you pulled" Reno said, he hugged Cloud and walked to Tifa. Vincent walked up.
"I'm Vincent. Nice to see you." He said. Cloud looked at him.
"I've seen you somewhere before...but where?" Cloud said. Vincent shrugged.
"You probably saw him at the restaurant. Vincent is my brother!" Yuffie said. Cloud nodded.
After about another two hours of talking and partying, everyone left.
"Wow. That was fun. But oh, what a mess to clean up." Aerith said. Cloud walked into the kitchen. They heard rumbling and other noises and walked in their. Cloud had cleaned up the kitchen and just threw away the last piece of trash when they walked in.
"Umm. Cloud that was fast." Leon said.
"Well, I had to clean for Sephiroth, and if I didn't do it fast enough..." Cloud cringed.
FLASHBACK
Clip Clop Clip Clop... came the sound of Sephiroth's boots. He walked in the kitchen and saw Cloud still cleaning off his dinner table.
"Tsk Tsk Cloud. You should have cleaned faster." He said, Cloud cried as Sephiroth picked him up by his shoulders. He threw Cloud in the bathroom. Sephiroth dissapeared then came back. He was holding a bucket of amonia and clorox. He put it on the toilet.
"Maybe this will teach you to clean faster!" Sephiroth scoffed. Then he shut the door and locked it. Cloud breathed in the mixture and coughed.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Oh God...we should call someone about this.." Aerith said.
"NO! He will find me. He had been in jail. He escaped and came here. No don't, please!" Cloud pleaded.
"Ok. ok! I won't" Aerith said. Cloud yawned.
"I am going to sleep, night!" Cloud said, he walked up stairs. Aerith and Leon followed.
"Good night!" Aerith said, she walked into her room.
"Hey Leon. Can I talk to you." Cloud said. Leon nodded and walked into Cloud's room.
"Umm, well, whenever I am around...one of our friends..I get these wierd feelings. Like, my heart pounds, I feel like I can't talk. Shes just so...beautiful." Cloud said. He looked at Leon.
"Uh Oh it looks like someones in love.." Leon chuckled.
"Well, what do I do?" Cloud asked.
"Well, why don't you ask her out." Leon said. Cloud looked confused.
"Umm, out where?" Cloud asked.
"You know.. on a date? Ask her if she would like to date you." Leon said. Cloud nodded.
"Ok. Thanks. I'll ask her tomorrow." Cloud said. Leon stood up. He walked to the door and turned.
"Bye the way, who is it?" Leon asked.
"It's Aerith."
