Final Fantasy 7 Advent
"Why do things start over again?" "And never end happy ever after?" "Are those ends only in books and not in real life?" "Do any real people live happy ever after?"
Chapter 13: Turks attack and kidnap the cetra
Damnit...it here too…" tifa sighed placing the paper down. "It everywhere cloud! This paper goes to every town!" did that mean she would be a target in every town? "I know it isn't her fault. But the people don't know that. You can't really blame them…" tifa said shaking her head a bit. "Turks have even put up wanted posters of her…in midgar…" cloud had thought as much.
"They came after her. In Cosmo…as well did ninjas…" tifa didn't look too surprised. "Yes. That why you have to take her out of midgar and to some place safer…" he shook his head. "But. She too stubborn she wouldn't listen to me before…" he sighed to him self. How could he take her out of midgar without her fighting him?
"Cloud you have to talk to her about that. And the other thing…" cloud looked surprised at tifa. She knew. That he liked Sara…? "Tifa…" he whispered looking at her. "Cloud. You know how I feel about you…but..." tifa kicked a small rock with her shoe. "She needs you more…" cloud was speak less. "Tifa…" she quickly places a hand over his mouth. "Cloud…go. And take her out of midgar...before something happens…" he slowly nodded to her. He step back a bit then quickly ran to the back door where Sara was.
He stood in the door way; "Ahh! She here!" a boy yelled looking at Sara. A little girl ran in front the boy. "Don't hurt him you monster!" the girl yelled waving her arms around. Sara slowly step back a bit. The children really did hate her. "…." She didn't say a word as she looked at the floor. "Why did you even come back here? To finish us off?" another boy asked. "No. I…" but the children covered they're ears.
"Lala! We don't want to hear it!" they yelled looking at her. "She's the monster who was trying to destroy the world…! We saw you on the newspaper!" the little boy said standing up. A little girl quickly ran in front of Sara. "Stop that! That wasn't Sara…!" Sara quickly looked up to see Marlene in front of her. "Marlene…" she whispered watching the little girl. "Don't you remember? How she would feed us good lunches? How she would take care of us at bed time? Don't you remember how kind she was?" The children just gave Marlene a weird look. "That picture wasn't Ms. Sara! I'm sure someone made it up!" Marlene yelled with her hands by her sides.
Sara slowly placed a hand into Marlene's shoulder. "Marlene…that's ok…" Marlene blinked and looked up at her. "But…!" she said looking up set. Sara shook her head a bit, "just because others don't believe in what you do…you shouldn't try to change. them…" Marlene didn't look too happy hearing this. "But…I know that wasn't a picture of you!" Marlene yelled up to her.
"Marlene…let it go…" she whispered walking pass Marlene. The children quickly ran to another side of the room. They were scared to even be by her. Cloud slowly steps inside of the room. He didn't like how the children reaction toward her as much as Marlene did. But he knew Sara was right. You can't change what people think even if it was right too.
Cloud started toward Marlene, he stop in back of her. Marlene blinked and quickly turns around to look at him. "Cloud…they act like she a monster…" Marlene whispered feeling tears rolling down her face. He shook his head kneeing down to her. "We both know she isn't…" cloud whispered patting her head. "Yes. But…" she sniffed a bit. "Don't cry…you will make her sad if you do…" Marlene blinked at him. "If she can fight back tears so can you. Marlene…" A smile appeared on the child face.
She nodded to him, "yes. I will not cry anymore cloud…" cloud slowly smiled patting her head again before standing up. Cloud started where Sara was standing. He didn't understand…why would she still want to be here? Even the children hated her. They feared her.
He shook his head a bit stopping in back of her. He stared at her a bit; he didn't know how to say it. Or how to even start for that matter; he try somewhat before to tell her. And what did he get? A hit on the head; He slowly sighed to him self.
She slowly blinked seeing a bit shadow over her self. She slowly turned around to have it look. "Cloud…?" she asked looking confused at him. He didn't say a word as he keeps staring at her. "…?" she keeps looking confused at him. "Sara…" he whispered still staring at her. She started to worry if she had something on her face.
"Umm…yes…?" she asked still looking confused at him. "Cloud make sure she doesn't return!" a child yelled. Hearing this angry cloud;" don't act like she's a monster!" he growled yelling toward the child. She felt surprised hearing this out of him. She slowly placed a hand on his arm. "Cloud…stop that…" he quickly turned to look at her. "It isn't they're fault they don't understand…" cloud slowly nodded looking at the floor.
"Was there something you needed…?" she asked still watching him. "Yes…I need to speak with you…" she slowly sat down on the floor. "No. I mean...er..." he blushed a bit rubbing the back of his head as he looked around. "…?" she looked confused at him. "I mean alone…" She slowly stood up but didn't understand why he wanted to speak with her alone. "Umm ok…" she whispered as they head back into the main room of the church.
Tifa watched the two of them enter the room. Tifa nodded to cloud, "I'll go check on the children…" tifa said quickly leaving the room. Sara looked a bit confused as she sat down on the floor by the flowers. Cloud keep standing he knew it was better this way. "…Sara. You should leave midgar…" he whispered keeping his eyes on the ground.
"Don't start this again…." She said crossing her arms. "I told you before. I'm not leaving…" cloud quickly looked at her. "Why do you have to be so stubborn? Don't you understand? They are after your life!" He yelled holding his hands at his side. "I know. That…but I don't care. I am staying and that final! Don't tell me leave again!" she yelled quickly standing up. She started to glare at him in the eyes.
"Fine! Do whatever you want! See if I care!" he yelled running toward the door to exit. Tifa quickly ran back into the room seeing cloud running for the door. "W-what happened?" she asked looking to Sara. "…cloud wouldn't listen. When I said I wasn't leaving and got upset…" she said looking away. As soon Sara finished saying that tifa ran after cloud.
Cloud was getting on his bike. "Cloud!" he stops and looked to see tifa standing there. "…" he looked away. "You didn't even tell her…" he shook his head a bit. "It doesn't matter. Even if I do. She wouldn't believe me…" Cloud whispered putting some black sun glasses on. "So you're giving up like that…?" she asked placing her hands behind her back.
"…I feel too angry to talk to her now…plus she too stubborn just like me to listen…" cloud kicked his bike stand up. Cloud waved to tifa riding away from the church. Tifa stood there shaking her head. Why would she believe him? What had happened to them? That they couldn't believe each other, she wondered. Tifa slowly head back inside the church.
Sara was taking care of the flowers. Tifa slowly walked up to her watching. She felt like she was watching aerith. Even those she knew aerith was gone. She couldn't even try to understand how Sara felt. She was truly alone, she was…no she is the last cetra. She had been willing to give her life for the planet. The cetra were like planet protector. They were the will of the planet it self. But as a human was that the only diffence?
No…Sara was a human. A kind human who had a really bad life; But somehow her heart stay kind. Was that the reason cloud picked Sara over her self? Tifa wondered. Or was it because of something that happened to Sara? Tifa wanted to know. But knew it wasn't fair to ask of this.
"Tifa...is something wrong…?" tifa quickly blinked out of her thought seeing the blue-ish of the girl staring up at her. "No. it nothing...sorry I was just lost in thought…" tifa said as a small smile appeared on her face. "…?" Sara kept looking at her. She felt like tifa wanted to ask her something.
"Sara….?" Tifa started to say. "Hmm?" she asked still looking up at her. "…did something happen to you and cloud…?" she looked surprised that tifa even ask that question. She slowly looked away from her. "Sara…?" she asked but she wasn't surprised by her reaction. "Yes…something did…" she shook head a bit. "…I met cloud years ago when I try to enter soldier as he tried as well…" tifa couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"But I thought women couldn't enter…!" she slowly nodded to tifa. "Yes…only the very strong women got in…as I was one of them…." She didn't look too happy talking about it. "The only had one reason for having women in…" "They wanted the men trying to get to rape the women…" tifa looked shock at her. "You mean cloud…?" she quickly shook her head.
"No…he believes it wasn't right. And he said he would never do that to me…" tifa was glad to hear that. "Cloud. Was like a big brother to me then…but…" she whispered closing her eyes. Tifa gave her a confused look. "I slowly fell in love with him…" tifa looked at her in shock. "That why it hurts to see him sometimes…" tifa didn't understand. Didn't she tell him?
"I told him how I felt. But he said…he join to get someone from his hometown to notice him…" Sara slowly looked up at tifa. "Sara…" she shook her head. "He told me it was you tifa…and I'm jealous…of you because of that…" she knew Sara still loved cloud. But they both didn't know each other feelings.
Tifa understood the feeling of heart break. It had to be killing her. "But. What if cloud feels the same…?" tifa asked looking at the girl. "…I know he doesn't. So no reason to say it again just to get my feelings hurt…" she whispered turning back around to work on the flowers again. "…" tifa wanted to tell her. That cloud did truly love Sara and not her self. But she knew at the same time she shouldn't jump in the middle of them. It felt painfully just watching them.
Tifa shook her head watching her. She felt bad for asking her to begin with. She could hear foot steps behind them. "Well. Well who knew the cetra would be so close to home…?" tifa quickly turned to find Reno and rude standing there. Tifa stood in front of Sara even had her back to tifa. "…!" but Sara slowly turned to see two of the Turks standing there. "..You..." she whispered still on her knees.
Reno grinned. "Aww you remember us?" Reno asked holding his rod by his side. "Sara…stays back…" tifa yelled running toward the two. Reno nodded to rude watching the girl running toward them. Rude nodded stepping forward ready for tifa. "Ha!" Tifa yelled meeting hand to hand with rude. But rude didn't really react as he hit her back.
As tifa was dealing with rude; Reno made his way to the cetra. "…we should get moving or the president. Will be angry…" he said with a grin. Reno started to move his hand toward the girl. She quickly jumped to her feet stepping back. "Oh..? Not going to come the easy way..?" He asked sighing to him self. "Why. Would I come with you? After all shinra has done too me..?" she asked holding her hands in front of her ready to fight her way out of this.
"Hmm…" Reno said rubbing the back of his head. "That. Is a good point…" he whispered with a shrug. "But...oh well…just following what I was told to do…" he grinned running toward her. She slowly nodded to her self. She couldn't have other protecting her any longer. She had to fight for her self now. She ran toward Reno; But as she tried to punch him. He disappeared. She looked lost standing there. She didn't see him anywhere.
Then she heard a voice behind her. "I'm a bit faster then I look…" Reno whispered brings his lightning rod up to the back of her neck. She let out a loud scream. Tifa quickly turned hearing this. "SARA!" she yelled but as she did rude took a shot at her. He hit tifa in the stomach knocking her out.
Sara fainted Reno quickly put his lightning rod away. Then put the girl over his shoulder. Reno grinned to rude. Rude shook his head a bit holding his arms out. "Oh you want to catch her?" rude shrugged at him. "Fine fine then!" Reno said handing the girl over to him. "Well now that was easy…let us return to the president…" with that the two Turks quickly left the church. They started they way back to the president. But why he wanted this girl was still unknown.
A bit later tifa woke up. Her stomach was in a lot of pain. But she quickly snapped and looked around. "SARA!" she yelled but found her no where to be found. "No..!" she yelled hit the floor with her hand. They had taken her away. But why did they need her to start with?
"If only her and cloud haven't had a fight. Then…" she quickly stop at that thought. She had to call cloud and tell him what happened. Even if it would angry him; She slowly nodded taking her cell phone out. She started calling cloud number. But she could only guess his reaction.
Cloud was in midgar square staring at the big round ball. That had been the meteor two years ago. He felt stupid how he acted. He knew he shouldn't have yelled at her like that. But…he was just worried about her safety. So. He couldn't help it. But he knew he was right. They were both very stubborn.
"I still want to be forgiven…" he whispered to him self closing his eyes. Just then he heard his cell phone ring. He looked a bit confused at his pocket. He slowly pulled it out. He looked at the number. It was tifa. "…I wonder why she calling now…" He whispered to him self. He slowly opened it and placed it by his ear. "Tifa..?" He asked sounding confused.
"C-cloud…" tifa answered breathing heavy. He could tell something wasn't right. Tifa never called him for nothing. "What's wrong…tifa..?" he asked. "S-she! I mean they!..." she sounded very worried about something. "Tifa..?" He asked sounding confused. "The Turks took Sara…away!" hearing that cloud drop his cell phone; Cloud sat there in shock.
He was so stupid for leaving not only Sara but tifa as well. Was tifa hurt because of him? But it made angry him more. That he would let getting a bit up set take so much away from him. "Cloud? Cloud are you there…?" he shook his head a bit picking up his cell phone. "Sorry. About that...tifa...dont worry I'll save her…" he said nodding to him. "But. Cloud--!" but before tifa could say anymore he closed his cell phone.
He put his black sun glasses on then hops into his bike. He started his bike up then kicks the bike stand up. He nodded to him self. He was going to save her. He didn't care what shinra wanted to her. They would not have her for long.