Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Again this one has some qoutes from the games/Advent Childern. None of them are mine.

Cloud made it to Hollow Bastion and the place was crawling with the beings known as heartless. After making his way up some elevators he made it to the large doors of Hollow Bastion.

He made his way in drawing his sword cautiously.

"What do you want?" Someone called. Cloud noticed a tall brown haired man with his sword pointed at him.

"I'm looking for someone named Leon."

"Is that so? What business do you have with him?"

"I was told to come here by a person I met. I am acquainted with Sora. I come looking for…" Cloud said wondering how to say it with out making a fool of himself. he hated stooping to this level. He hated being helpless, asking others for help.

"I come looking for friends of my past."

"And Leon is one of them?"

"No. I don't think so. But someone said that he could help me find what I seek."

The man pondered this and then put away his sword.

"I am Leon. And I will help you."

"In return for what?"

"We are helping Sora with his mission to find his friends and destroy Ansem. If you can help us with that…"

"…"

"You look exhausted. I know that it must have been a rough journey here. Hollow bastion is not always friendly. I know I told you my name but I do not believe I know who you are."

"I am Cloud Strife." Cloud was hesitant to give out his name. But he needed to rust this man in order to find her.

"Welcome aboard Cloud."

Leon led him to a room, "You should be safe here."

He slept fitfully. He felt so close to finding his light… finding her. But was this right? Images of Zach, who was almost whole in his memories. The memories of Sephiroth, the memories of the too recent past with Hades. His contract to kill so he could find what he wanted… he tossed and turned more. No… He didn't deserve to live and find his light. He didn't deserve any of this. He had failed Zach, he had failed her. And worse he just felt it… he couldn't remember it. Just this pain in guilt that he carried with him.

"LEON! YUFFIE! I COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE!" A voice cried out. Cloud scrambled from the bed. The voice…

He grabbed his sword banging the door open. Down the hall heartless swarmed around someone. Large green eyes fixed on him. He felt his whole body stop… could it be? Was it really her? A large heartless leaped at her.

"Ahhhhh…" The girl yelled furiously pulling her eyes away and drawing her staff ready.

What are you doing!!!! He screamed at himself furiously. HELP HER!!!!

He ran forward slashing the heartless away. He saw her fall as the last heartless disincarnated. He ran toward her side, breathing hard wondering….

Her clear green eyes roamed his face, confused yet happy.

"You found me."

"I…I did." He said.

Her smiled brightened and she through her arms around his neck, "I'm so happy you're here. I've missed you so much."

"So have I." The words tumbled out of him.

"What's going on…? Cloud?" Leon said appearing, "you know him?"

"Leon! This is Cloud… He lived with us in our world. Before we met you… But he's here! He's here! He found us."

"…" Leon looked away.

"…Cloud?" Another voice called appearing.

"IT'S CLOUD!"

"YIPEEE!" Yuffie yelled jumping on both of them giving them hugs.

"How did you find us?" Yuffie demanded.

"It was a long journey." Cloud answered. Bits and pieces of memories floated to him. Materia knowledge, bits and pieces of a journey they had once undertook together.

"Was it?" Yuffie asked, "Barret and Cid and Vincent will be so glad to see you!"

Barret…AVALANCHE…. A mission… to save the planet….

"Is something wrong?" The girl with the green eyes asked.

He looked at her. Remembering more about her…

Will you be my bodyguard?

Be strong, I'll be back when it's all over

Let me deal with Sephiroth.

You want to be forgiven? By who? (Lines from FFVII/Advent Children)

"It's nothing…" he said still not remembering his whole story.

"I think I know you better than that Cloud Strife."

"…" Great someone knows me better than me. He felt so foolish, so helpless, so…

"You don't remember do you?" She asked softly. Her words cut through his heart, despite how true they were. He had misplaced so much… he remembered so much now… but so many things… gone.

"WHAT!! You forgot the great ninja Yuffie???"

"I have remembered and forgotten many things. I remember Sephiroth and AVALANCHE and our mission. I remember…" His eyes roved back to her. Her, his light…

But who was she? The words stung him and he hated himself… more than he thought he ever could.

"I'm going to tell everyone that you're back." Yuffie said leaving.

"…" Leon turned walking away, leaving the two alone.

"I don't understand. How do you all have your memories and all I have bits and pieces of a dream?"

"I… don't know." She said.

"Are your really here?" He asked suddenly, his fingers reached for her cheek, touching the soft flesh. He was afraid she would flinch but she just smiled.

"Yes. The lifestream warned us that something was going to happen to our Planet… this Planet. Many decided that they would become parts of the planet in order to put it back together. This included Biggs, Tseng, and Zach… The lifestream changed when our world disappeared breaking its hold on many things. I was able to come back and be a human, so I could live out the rest of my life..." She paused thinking of something, "When someone dies they go to the lifestream, you remember?"

"He… Sephiroth… killed you."

She reached her hand to touch his arm, "It was my destiny… and we saved the planet together."

"You saved us when we were plagued by sickness the years after." Cloud remembered.

"I sent the rain, yes." She said, but her voice had changed tones…

"I've hurt you haven't I?" he asked acutely aware of her facial expression, "I'm sorry I can't remember... I was so afraid… I had so many dreams… I was afraid you were dead and I could never see you again. I just feel so…"

"I'm right here." She said interrupting him softly, "And I will wait for you until you remember, as you have waited for me to come back from the lifestream." She said smiling, tears fell down her cheek. She stood, "Come. Let's find a place to chat. Shall I tell you what we've been up to?"

She extended her hand to him and he grasped it firmly. There was hope for him.

She spun her tale about how she met everyone up at Traverse Town. Including Leon. Who was from Hollow Bastion as well but none of them had known him. How they met up with Sora, Donald, and Goofy to help save the worlds. How they made their way back here, to Hollow Bastion. Cloud knew that she wanted to know what his journey had been like but he wondered if she really wanted to hear. She didn't bring up the fact that he couldn't remember certain things and said nothing about telling him what it was like. He wasn't sure if he wanted to hear about a life he still couldn't remember clearly.

"I'll take you back to your room." She said finally, "I will see you in the morning."

"Thanks..." He said wishing she didn't have to leave. He just needed to remember. After all this searching and finding he just felt as lost as before, except worse because now he was hurting her.

"Cloud…" She called before she shut his door, "My name… is Aerith…" And then she disappeared. Cloud blinked as she disappeared.

"Aerith…: He whispered wondering how she knew that he hadn't remembered her name. But as the word rolled off his lips he remembered… He then dozed off.

Crash! BANG! THUD! He landed hard. A pair of green eyes starring at him.

"Hello, hello! You okay? This is a church in the Sector 5 slums. You suddenly fell on top of me. You really gave me quite a scare." She said.

Cloud "...I came crashing down?"

"The roof and the flower bed must have broken your fall. You're lucky."

"Flower bed... is this yours? Sorry about that."

"That's all right. The flowers here are quite resilient because this is a sacred place. They say you can't grow grass and flowers in Midgar. But for some reason, the flowers have no trouble blooming here. I love it here."

"I'm Aerth Gainsborough." (NOTE: their Conversation from FFVII game)

This was the first time they had met… well he had seen her before. She had given him a flower…Suddenly starring at her he realized it… he remembered everything… memories flared some more prominent then others. He grabbed his head. It was painful, emotions, thoughts, actions, rage from one extreme to another… and suddenly he found himself awake.'

He sprang from bed rushing out side. He felt like screaming "I remember! I remember!!!" But he didn't. It was a strange yet euphoric feeling. Some of it was painful memories, others good memories. He had to find Aerith. He come all this way and had finally found his light. He had found her. And she was alive and would be with him forever. He had to tell her.

He turned down the halls wondering where he was going. Lost… but it didn't feel like that. Softly he heard someone… crying?

He turned into a garden find Aeris sitting in the grass, a hand to her face.
"Aerith…?" He called.

"Oh! Cloud… It's you…. I was just sitting out here…" She said her face washing away whatever feelings she had been feeling before.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. It's been such a peculiar and long day. I couldn't sleep so I came out here…"

"You're hurt because I don't remember?"

"Of course not! I love you for who you are no matter if you remember me or not."

…Love?

"I remembered." He said dumbly. Had she really meant that? It came so easily off her lips.

"Hmmm?"

"I had a dream. About the first time we met. You remember."

"Like it was yesterday." She said smiling.

"And… then everything else… just came."

She nodded slowly.

"Aerith…?"

"Yes Cloud?"

"I…I…" He stuttered. God what was this! Damn it! Tell her how you feel!

"Sit with me would you?" She asked.

He tensed, thinking of sitting next to her… somehow he didn't think that would help his speech but he sat down next to her anyways.

"I remembered everything," He said taking her hands in his, "And I've been searching for you so long. And today just… Listening to you talk about everything that's happen has been wonderful but there something I didn't say. That I should have said earlier."

He was shaking, and realized she was shaking to. Time had seemed endless before but now that he realized how long they had been apart… how long he had waited he couldn't imagine it.

"Aerith I... I love you. And I want to be with you forever. And..."
Aerith shushed him with a finger to his lips, tears pilling down her cheeks.

"Cloud… I love you. And I've been waiting for those words since the day I met you… I'll be with you forever… I promise…"

Cloud smiled, brighter than he ever had, brighter than when he had laid eyes on her. He leaned in and kissed her wrapping her in his arms. She kissed them back and then snuggled into his embrace.

"Be with me always Cloud." She whispered.

"I promise." He said kissing her again, my love, my angel, my light.

(A/N: I hope you enjoyed this! Please Read and Review!)