Final Fantasy 7 Advent

"Change can be good or bad thing when it comes to people or things for that matter…" "But how can people change?" "Do people change after something happens to a person?" "Or does the change take place in another way?"

Chapter 17: The one chosen by the heart

"Tifa…? Are you alright…?" She quickly blinked hearing that voice of that girl. No that women in front of her. She stared at her for a second without saying a word. She felt so worried by what aerith had said. But she couldn't give it away.

"I'm alright…" She said with a weak smile on her face. The girl looked a bit lost toward her. Just then tifa could see some mark on the girl's neck. "Oh…Sara what is that…?" tifa asked pointing to her neck.

Sara quickly placed her hand over where it was. "What…is what…?" She asked feeling her self blushing. "Umm that mark that under your hand…" as tifa finished saying that she looked toward cloud. He quickly closed his eyes starting to blush as well.

"It—it's...umm…" She couldn't get anymore words out of her mouth. "J-just a red mark from me resting my hand there…" tifa watched her sweating. Then tifa glare slowly turned toward cloud again. "w-what…?" he asked opening his eyes to find tifa glaring at him.

Tifa quickly pulled cloud aside from Sara. "You…did that and didn't even tell her…?" She whispered still glaring at him. "…" He nodded rubbing the back of his head. "w-well she was upset and crying…so I…err…" tifa shook her head hearing this.

"Cloud…you have to tell her…" cloud nodded to tifa knowing he really did have to tell her. Sara watched the two whispering about something looking confused. She more so wondered why cloud was being yelled at and what about; Then again it was cloud. He had to have done something to get yelled at by tifa.

But she did want to ask cloud why he had been like he was on that die end street. Why he didn't want to see her sad; as he put it. And why he had kissed her neck leaving that mark there. It made her blush just thinking about it.

"Tifa…me and…" But before cloud could say another word; tifa shook her head at him. "I know…and it safer for her not to be here…" Tifa looked away from cloud. "But…you better take good care of her…" Tifa said with a grin. "Tifa…" She covered his mouth.

"Not another word…just take care of her…for aerith…" cloud slowly nodded slowly stepping away from tifa. Cloud slowly smiled as he turned around to face Sara. But tifa look quickly change. She felt worried not just for Sara but for cloud as well. She was scared for both of them.

"What did you get in trouble for…?" Sara asked sticking her tongue out. Cloud rolled his eyes. "I'm not telling you…" he whispered taking a hold of her hand again. "But…did you tell…" he nodded. "Yes…she said it safer for you to leave…" With that the two slowly left the church.

Tifa felt helpless watching. She wanted to help protect her as well. But…she couldn't. She had her own things to take care of. The children without family she took care of now. The children who feared Sara. Because her and jenova were the same person; But they're too spirits were diffence one being light other being of darkness.

"Cloud…please takes really good care of the last cetra…" tifa whispered closing her eyes. She preyed that what she thought aerith said wouldn't come to be. She hopes the last cetra would live a long life.

A bit later outside the church; the two got ready to leave midgar for sometime. Sara kept looking back at the church as cloud got the bike ready for they're leave. He slowly looked up from the bike and to her. "…" he still haven't told her. He was so hopeless wasn't he? He just had to say three words and he couldn't do it.

Even if she wouldn't return the same feelings anymore; it was his fault. For turning her away before; when she did tell him of her feelings years ago. He slowly nodded to him self slowly walking up to her. "Sara…" she slowly turned around to look at him. "Hmm…?" she whispered looking up at him. "It's time to leave…" She slowly nodded. The two started toward the bike.

She looked back toward the church for a second. This was her final goodbye to this place. She bowed to it. She had learned lot from tifa in very little time. Tifa was her friend…her good friend. And tifa would always be her good friend no matter where she was. "Goodbye tifa…" she whispered. But this was also a goodbye to the place her older cousin loved to come too as well. Where aerith could make flowers grow.

"Sara…!" she quickly blinked hearing his voice. She snapped out of her thinking world. Where she would go to sometimes; "I know…I'm coming!" she yelled running toward cloud where he sat on the bike. He slowly nodded to her telling her to climb on. And with that she did; she climbed on behind him putting her arms around him again.

"Ready…?" he asked keeping one foot on the break and his other on the gas. She slowly nodded, "yes I am…" she quietly whispered back to him. With that cloud let go of the break and the two were off on the back. Heading toward the gate to take them out of midgar.

But little did they know. They had been being watching by three shadows a bit away. The middle shadow nodded a bit as the other two slowly looked over toward him. "What do you want us to do about mother?" the tallest one asked. The middle one slowly looked toward the right.

"You should know what has to be done…" he answered the one to the right of him. The tallest one slowly nodded to him. "Understood…just make sure she gone…then…" the tallest one disappeared.

Then the one to the left turn toward the other one. "That…or make her lose her memories…" he whispered before disappearing at well. "Memories…even without her memories she would still be a problem to us…" "The new leaders of this…sad world…" the middle whispered disappearing as well.

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They were close to town square now. They would soon be to the gates that would take them out of this mako energy dieing city. Very soon. And the sooner the better. Cloud knew this for sure. She would be safer as far as from midgar as they could get.

And cloud knew where he could take her. Where they wouldn't think of looking for the time being. Costa Del sol. He had brought a place there sometime ago. And he would travel back there sometimes. But it would be weird living there for sometime now. But the place was over the ocean. So he would need to drop off his bike to get his chocobo at the farm first.

He slowly nodded to him self. He could see the gate some miles ahead of them. It wouldn't be long now. He told him self. He started to feel better. Specially knowing she truly would be safe soon.

But something inside of him; Felt like something bad was about to happen soon. But what this something was…He had no idea at all.

Sara slowly looked up toward cloud head. He had been pretty quiet for sometime. But that was normal for him. Wasn't it? Even those he had been acting weird lately. She felt somewhat uneasy being around him. Even those she knew he was just worried about her.

But she didn't like the feeling of being protected. No it made her feel so helpless. She didn't like it at all. This feeling made her want to just scream out loud. And let it all out. But she kept it all inside. Even those she knew it wasn't good to do this.

She slowly let out a sigh. As she closed her eyes. She only hoped when they got out of midgar that this feeling would truly disappear from her. Or she would have a hard time of traveling with cloud.

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A shadow then appeared on top of a high cliff of a broken building by the end of midgar. The shadow slowly looked down toward the ground. It looked like he was watching for something but what?

"Hmm…where are they…?" the shadow whispered to him self. He only had to take care of that girl. Oni-san didn't matter for the time being. He slowly nodded. But he would be the one to deal with oni-san and the girl. Or so he hoped so.

He then saw a small bike coming closer and closer. "Right on time…" he whispered. He slowly held his hand close to his chest. Then looked toward a huge rock in front of him; He slowly nodded. "Time. For your end mother…" he whispered as he quickly hit the rock as it quickly started to fall toward the two on the bike.

He slowly grinned then disappeared.

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Cloud was still silent seeing the gate getting closer and closer to them. They would be out in a good ten minutes. He slowly smiled. Just then he felt something hit his head. A small rock rolled off his shoulder. "A...rock..?" he whispered then he quickly looked up into the air.

"…!" he stared in shock. A huge rock was falling toward them. But where from? But now wasn't the time for that. They're no where he could out ride it! They could only do one thing.

"Sara jump!" he yelled as he jumped off his bike. "w-what…?" She asked as she looked up and saw what he was talking about. She made a jump for it as well. But didn't make it in time. The rock hit her in the back and sends her flying into a wall close by.

The rock had destroyed the bike. Cloud quickly got into his feet. And started looking around for Sara. "Sara…!" he yelled he saw her lying knocked out by a wall. And it looked like her was bleeding a bit as well.

He ran over to her and quickly picks her up shaking her. But she didn't answer him. His feeling had been right; something bad did happen. But she was just knocked out. He was glad that she was still alive.

He watched as her eyes slowly opened looking up toward him. "Sara…!" he cried as a smile slowly appeared on his face. She gave him a confused look. "Sara…?" he asked wondering what that look was for. "…are you talking to me…?" she asked.

Cloud hoped she was joking around. But even if she was joking; it wasn't funny! "Sara…stops joking around!" He yelled at her. "I'm…not joking…is my name…Sara…?" she asked. Cloud stared at her in shock. "…y-you lost your memory…?" he asked. "…?" she could only give him a blank look back.

(Author note: I know it took me forever to get this chapter out…and it a short one? What is she thinking? Your asking? Well sorry about that. That because I was beating dragon quest 8 and started up wild arms 4 so I may take sometime to finish the new chapters for my other stories as well. But no worry I will get the next chapters out this month. Well maybe not the wild arms story. But the others. I will! )