Final Fantasy 7 Advent
"Why do people keep secret from others?" "Is it to protect that person? Or do they fear that person will never return what they feel?" "To all feeling start with fear? Or out of love or hate?" "Is that why…they are called secrets…?"
Chapter 15: Why did you save her?
Cloud kept staring at the girl unsure of how to answer her. How could he answer her? Even if he did tell her the true would she even believe him? "Sara…I…uh…" he looked away. Was he too stubborn to tell her again? Would he just replace what he wanted to say with another question? Or something diffence to make them fight again?
He didn't want to fight with her. He wanted to do something for her. That she would forgive him. Was that why he saved her? No…that wasn't the reason. The reason he save her was because…he cared for her deeply. But he was too stubborn to say so.
The girl kept watching him. She didn't understand at all. Why would he save her? If he had tifa. There was no reason for him to come after her. "You should have stay with tifa...and not come after me…" she whispered turning away from him crossing her arms. Cloud felt confused hearing this. It sound like she was a bit jealous? No that couldn't be right; why would she be jealous?
"Sara…?" he asked looking confused at her. "You have tifa...so you have no idea to come after me…cloud..." she whispered still being turned away. "…I have tifa…? What are you talking about…?" she quickly turned around to look at him. "…tifa your girlfriend so why come after me?" cloud could only give her a lost look. "Girlfriend…? Tifa isn't my girlfriend…" cloud rubbed the back of his head.
She looked confused at him. "She…isn't…? But you said back then that you…" he quickly shook his head. He could hear gun fire. He didn't have time to tell her anymore right now. "I'll tell more about that later on…we don't have anymore time to talk…" he whispered getting into the bike. "But. How are you planning on getting us out of here?" she knew the front was blocked off by now. And she was pretty sure the back way of the stairs wall was as well.
He slowly nodded looking to her. "Get on Sara…!" he yelled looking up to her. She looked a bit confused but did as she was told too. "You may want to hold on tight. As well as keep your head down…" She started to worry hearing that. "Please…tell me you're not thinking about jumping out of a window on this bike…" she could hear him laugh to him self.
"I know you too well sometimes don't I?" she asked putting her arms around him. "Maybe…you do…" he whispered as he started toward the door of the store. She quickly put her head down as they broke out of the door then up some more stairs. He quickly stops 5 feet from a huge glass window in front of them.
Cloud stared at the window a bit he hoped that what happened to the store would buy them a bit of time. That all he could hope for. He slowly nodded to him self. "Ready…?" he asked looking back to the girl. "More ready. Then I will ever be…"she whispered closing her eyes. He nodded to him self looking forward again.
He held his foot on the brake as he hit the gas with his other foot he need a lot of speed to make the jump work. He quickly then let go of the brake as they when flying into the glass window; bikes of soldiers were seeing watching them. They quickly made it into the highway. And that was the hard part?
"You can open your eyes now…" cloud whispered as they landed on the highway. She did as she saw the highway street under them. She let out a sigh. "Were you a bit scared…?" he asked with a grin. "Why would I be scared?" She asked with a grin. It made him smile hearing her answer like this. He quickly kept his speed making his way north on the highway.
But before long they could hear other bikes behind them. "Hmm…?" cloud whispered looking in his mirror. "Soldiers..?" she asked trying to look over his shoulder. He nodded to her, "they came faster then I thought…" she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. "Don't tell me you don't have another plan…" she whispered. "Umm well not really…." He whispered keeping the bike moving. "…hand me a one handed sword…" she whispered into his ear.
"So you're going to fight them off…?" he asked. "…cloud. You know I'm as good with a one handed sword as you are…." He nodded to her. He opened where he kept the swords. He pulled one out. He handed to her right hand. She held it in her hand. It had been years from having a sword in her hand. But she would make do with this.
"Here they come…" he whispered as the soldier bikes came to side by side with them. "Give up the cetra!" one soldier yelled. She slowly nodded to her self as she quickly sliced the front wheel. The bike of the soldier's quickly when out of control as the soldier let out a yell falling off of it.
"Well. Looks like you still remember some…" cloud whispered with a grin. "…You should watch it. I could always hit you with the sword…" she whispered back with a glare. "…I'll be good…" cloud whispered feeling a sweat drop roll down the back of his head.
Back at the shinra Inc building. "…where is she..?" a silver hair man asked Rufus. "I don't know who you are asking about…" He asked slowly sitting up. The man slowly picked him up by the shirt. "Sir!" the Turks yelled as the other two silver hair men stood in they're way.
"Where is the cetra…?" the man asked with a glare. "Oh…her…" Rufus whispered closing his eyes. "Cloud…took her away from here…" the man quickly drops him. "no need to be here then…" the man whispered turning to the other silver hair men; They quickly start toward the door.
"Wait…!" Rufus yelled to them. They quickly stop. "Who. Are you…?" Rufus asked. The three of them slowly turned. The one who had picked Rufus into the air was the one to answer him. "I am Kada…the reincarnation…of sephiroth's clone known as kadaj…" Rufus stared at the man in shock. The long hair one pushed some hair out of his face. "I am yazo the reincarnation of sephiroth's clone known as Yazoo…" then the other one answer. He had tears in his eyes. "I am Zol...the recarnation of sephiroth's clone known as Loz…" Kada nodded to the other two.
"Let us. Be off…" kada whispered as the three ran out of the room. "Wait…!" Reno yelled getting to his feet. "Reno stop!" the three Turks quickly turned to the president. "But…sir…!" Elena said looking toward him. "No…do not go after those three…they're power is too much for us…" The three slowly nodded. But the president could only worry what they had plan for the cetra.
Before long Sara had taken out all of the soldiers on they're bikes. Cloud nodded to her. It looked like it a safe going now. Nothing more to worry about; She slowly let out a sigh. She really needed to practice more with a sword later on. She was out of practice with it. Cloud could feel her head resting on him. He slowly smiled. He liked seeing her like this even if she was tried.
She looked so cute and helpless like that, He thought. He closed his eyes for a second he had to tell her. The truth…about why he saved her. Even if she wouldn't believe him; He had to get it off his chest. He slowly nodded to him self. He wasn't going to chicken out again. He felt his mouth slowly opening.
"Sara…?" he whispered quietly. "Hmm…?" was all the answer she gave him. She keeps her head resting on him. "About…why…I saved you…I…" but before cloud could say anymore he could see three bikes close behind them in his mirror. "…!" cloud started to feel worried. More soldiers…? He thought.
No those aren't soldiers' bike! Cloud quickly step hard on the gas and took off as fast as he could. Sara quickly sat up giving him a weird look. "Cloud…what are you doing…?" She yelled holding into him still. "We are being followed…" he whispered. She quickly looked behind them to find three bikes there.
"But…who…?" she asked. "I believe they are the ones from outside of cosmo crayon…" she started to feel worried hearing that. "Just hold on tight…" he whispered flooring it as best as he could.
"Hmm…they are trying to get away brother…" a long hair one said. "I see that…" the middle one answered. "What the plan…?" the short hair one asked. "Easy…" he whispered pushing hair out of his face. "Stop…the cetra for good…" kada whispered to the other two. "You're the boss…." Zol said. "I'll deal with big brother…" Kada yelled riding a head of them.
Cloud looked in his mirror again. They were getting closer and closer and he was still flooring the gas! Damnit…it, cloud thought. Sara still had the sword by her self she knew it looked like she may need to protect her self with it again. She slowly nodded as she watched one of the bike come side by side with them.
The man turned to look at cloud. "It been…sometime big brother…" the man said with a grin. Cloud looked at the man in shock. "Uh…" was all cloud could answer with. The man tried to hit cloud with his small sword. Cloud did his best to move the bike out of the way in time.
"Stop protecting the cetra…" the man whispered to cloud. He knew who he was now. "Kadaj…" cloud whispered under his breath. The man shook his head. "No. I am kada…" cloud looked a bit lost about the whole thing. The other two bikes came by Sara's side. She looked over to the long hair and short hair ones.
They both grinned at her. "Mother…" one whispered looking at her. She looked a bit lost at them. "Pay back time…" the short hair one whispered trying to hit her leg with his hand. But she quickly pulled her sword up protecting her self. "I am not this 'mother' you speak of…" she answered still holding her sword up.
"But you are mother…or should I say jenova…?" the long hair one asked. She stared at them in shock. Could they be…? No! They couldn't be them! They were killed by jenova! They both grinned seeing a shock look on the girl's face.
"Yes…mother it is us…your sons…yazo or better known as yazoo and zol or better known as loz…" the long hair said with a grin still on his face. "your…alive…?" the girl whispered. But before she knew it the sword was hit out of her hand by the long hair one. She looked shocked at him. But then the long hair one shot at her left leg; She let out a loud scream.
Cloud quickly turned to look at her. "Sara…?" cloud yelled. The one who was side by side with cloud nodded. Then the three started to back away. As they were a backing away the long hair one shot toward the girl again; Cloud quickly made a turn on one of the wheels of the bike. Losing his hold he quickly put an arm around the girl as they jumped off the bike rolling as the bike with up in smoke behind them.
After rolling on the ground a bit cloud quickly sat up seeing the three sitting there on the bikes grinning; Then the middle one nodded as the three started away from them. "What the hell was that about…?" cloud whispered watching them disappear. "Ugh…" cloud quickly looked down at the girl holding into her leg in pain.
"Sara…let me see…!" he yelled sounding worried. She moved her hands aside from her left leg. Cloud looked at it and saw. She had been shot there. Cloud felt angry coming over him. How much more pain did she have to take? It wasn't fair to her. Was this his fault as well…? He wondered. But now wasn't the time for him to think things like this.
"Sara…I'm going to pull it out…" he whispered. The girl looked worried toward him. "But…" she whispered, she watched the boy shake his head. "No. but…I don't like seeing you in pain..." the pain as he started to try to take it out. "…?" the girl could only feel confused. What did he mean by that she wondered.
But before she knew it she felt a strong pain in her leg. "It over…" he whispered showing her the cell. She didn't say a word as she stared at it. But her leg was still bleeding. The problem was stopping the blood now. Cloud quickly put some of his shirt off and tied it around her leg. It was the best he could do for now.
She looked down at her leg still feeling confused by what she had seen out of him. This wasn't like the cloud she knew. Right? It wasn't…or was it…? "Cloud…you still didn't tell me why. You came to save me…" she whispered still not looking up at him. "…" cloud just stared at her. "Umm now isn't the time for that…" cloud whispered rubbing the back of his head.
"We should leave the city before. The Turks come after you again…" cloud whispered standing up. "No. I want to tell tifa I'm ok first…" cloud hated when she did this. She would never give up. She always had to have her way didn't she? "Fine…" he gives in? She looked up at him in surprised. "Fine…?" she asked.
"We will go show tifa you're alright...but then we are leaving…understand…?" he asked looking away blushing a bit. She slowly smiled then nodded to him. "Yes…I understand…and. thank you...cloud…" she whispered looking at him with a small smile.
He could only look at her in surprise to see a smile on her face. "Uh…yeah...no problem…" he whispered helping her into her feet. With that two head back to the church where tifa waited.