Chapter 4
Hojo
awoke in shock.He didn't know how long he had been asleep,and he
surely didn't know where Cloud was.He raised his arm that had
Geostigma.The bandage was gone,and so was the Geostigma.Tifa ran into
the room."Your awake.Hey Cloud.He's awake.",said Tifa as
footsteps could be heard from the stairs.Cloud rushed into the
room."Have you any clue why you fell?",asked Cloud."I
heard Sephiroth.",said Hojo."What did Sephiroth tell
you?",asked Tifa."He said that he had a surprise for you
before you fought him.",said Hojo."Tifa can I talk with you
and the others alone?",asked Cloud."Sure.",said
Tifa."Go gather them.This is not for the children to hear.",said
Cloud.Tifa ran downstairs to get the group together."Hey,Cloud.",said
Hojo."Yeah?",asked Cloud."The Geostigma has been
cured.",said Hojo."How the hell did this happen?",asked
Cloud."I had a dream about a woman.",said Hojo."Oh.",said
Cloud walking through the doorway."Hey Cloud.What's the big
idea?",ssaid Yuffie."That kid had Geostigma a few days
ago.It has now been cured.",said Cloud."I wonder what his
name is.",said Tifa."Yo,Spikey.",said
Barret."Yeah?",Cloud answered."That boy can hear
Sephiroth,right?Then If he gets the location of Sephiroth then we can
fight him.',said Barret."I'm afraid it don't work that way.The
boy was knocked down when Sephiroth talked to him.Sephiroth said the
he has a few surprises for us before we fight him.",said
Cloud."Well I ain' waitin' to long to fight him.",said
Cid."Lets bring the kid down here.",said Yuffie."I'll
go get him.",said Cloud.Cloud climbed the stairs in a hurry to
get back to the others.He reached the bedroom to find the boy Hojo on
the floor."What the hell!",said Cloud.A sharp pain hit
Cloud.His head started to hurt,and his legs felt weak.Cloud fell to
the floor unconscious.Cloud awoke in a room that was completely
white.He remembered that he had been here before."Hey.",said
a familiar voice."Aeris?",asked Cloud."You
remembered.",said Aeris."What is the matter with the boy.He
said that you cured his Geostigma.",said Cloud."His name is
Hojo after his father.This means you can be considered his
brother.Remember that you were a project of Hojo.He cosidered you a
son.',said Aeris."I didn't know Hojo had a family.",said
Cloud."He did.All the kid wants is for his friends to be
reunited with their families,and for him to be reunited with
his.There is a problem.",said Aeris."What is it.",asked
Cloud."If you're considered his brother then you'll have to
die.",said Aeris."Why can't you bring his parents back to
life?",asked Cloud."I wish I could,but the only way
Sephiroth won't return is if you die.You'll have to find a body for
you to return to.That way you'll restart your past.",said
Aeris."If I can find another body,and bring it to you.Then I can
live?",said Cloud."Yes.The boy was suppose to give his body
to you,but you being part of his family means that it won't
work.",said Aeris."Then I'll find a body,and I've figured
out who.'',said Cloud."Who?'',asked Aeris."You'll see him
soon enough.",said Cloud.
Cloud awoke quickly to find Tifa
standing over him."What happened?",he asked."You came
upstairs to get the boy,but didn't come back down.I got worried,so I
came looking for you.The boy was lying on the floor beside you.",said
Tifa."Which means that he talked to Sephiroth.",said
Cloud."I did.",said Hojo."What did he say.Just tell me
what he said Hojo.",said Cloud."What did you call
him?",asked Tifa."He said that he is waiting for you in the
Sector 7 Slums.",said Hojo."Wait.I'm confused.His name is
Hojo,but we watched the real Hojo die.",said Tifa."The real
Hojo?'',said Hojo."Yeah.He attacked us.On top of one of the
Shinra buildings.",said Cloud."But my mom said before she
died that my dad died defending his research.",said
Hojo."Wait.If Hojo was your dad then that would mean you two are
brothers.",said Tifa.Cloud and Hojo looked at each other."I
guess its true.I was suppose to be a failed experiment of Sephiroth.I
was born a regular human,but when I joined SOLDIER Hojo preformed
experiments on me.",said Cloud."Then your my only living
relative.",said Hojo."Yeah.Tifa I need to talk to him
alone.",said Cloud."Okay.",said Tifa."How did you
know my name?",asked Hojo."Aeris told me in the dream I was
having.",said Cloud."Then if your my brother the deal is
off.",said Hojo."The deal about being reunited with your
family?No,Aeris said that if I found a body with a lost soul I could
have it,and Hojo,your mother,you,and all your friends will be
returned to their parents.",said Cloud."I see.".said
Hojo."If he awaits then I'm ready.",said Cloud.
