Whoa…I have to say. Got two reviews. Hehe I'm surprised normally I only get reviews on my wild arms story. But oh well. Thanks for the reviews. I guess it isn't only me that like my story. But many people don't like may sue stories. Why? I dunno…you would think everyone would, because you get to put your self in the story. But oh well. But still getting very close to the end of the story; so into the chapter.
Final Fantasy 7 Advent
23: Damnit Confession
Damnit! Cloud thought. How could he have been so foolish and stupid! Why didn't he think this was all part of they're plan! They needed her gone! Damnit…Damnit! Cloud! He yelled at him self inside his head. Cloud raced out of town. But where in the world…could she have gone? He wondered.
Some place far away…but not a place they would look for her at the same time. Couldn't be Cosmo Canyon; they had found her there before. But…the next town after…Cosmo Canyon was…! No…She couldn't have. He thought. She couldn't have gone there! He had to check. He had too! He quickly picked up his legs running toward the town. The town where it all started; the town called Nibelheim.
Cloud soon got to the town. He quickly stops before the town trying to catch his breath. He could hear him self breathing heavy. He slowly looked up at the town; the place where it all started. Even if it was his home town…he never wanted to come here again. Never…come here again. He thought. He started going inside the town but quickly stopped. He saw his bike laying on it side. "No…she is here…!" cloud yelled hurrying into town.
But as he entered he felt something wet under his shoes. He looked down to find water all over the street. "Water…? But…it hasn't rained…for a month or two…" cloud whispered looking confused toward the water. "Why would water be…?" he slowly came up to the middle of town. He stepped back a bit. The water tower had been knocked down! But how could someone knock down something that big? He didn't understand at all.
But something under the fallen water tower; cloud saw. He saw two bodies under it. "n-no…i-it couldn't be…!" cloud quickly hurried over to the fallen tower. He saw a body with silver hair under the main part of the fallen tower. "…kadaj…" cloud whispered. He was bleeding a lot. It looked like the fallen tower hit him head on. They're no way; he could have lived from that. W-wait…didn't he see two bodies…? "No!" he quickly stood up and turned around to have a look. He slowly shook his head stepping back a bit. The second body was…of Sara.
He quickly raced over to her. Some of the wood of the tower had fallen on her. "Sara! Sara!" cloud yelled shaking her arm. But she didn't answer. "n-no! Wake up!" cloud yelled back still didn't get any answer out of her. Cloud quickly tries to move the wood off of her. But it was too heavy to move by him self. "D-damnit…" cloud whispered under his breath as he felt another hand grab into the wood. "Need some help?" cloud quickly looked up to find Vincent standing there.
"V-Vincent? Why are you here?" cloud asked. "Do you really have time to be asking that now?" Vincent asked looking back toward the wood on top of her. Cloud knew he was right. Cloud had to check to make sure she was alright. "Ok…1…2…3!" cloud yelled as they both pulled the wood off of her. Cloud quickly dropped to his knees to check on her. "Sara! Sara!" cloud yelled as Vincent made his way over to the body of the silver hair man.
Cloud tries to touch her shoulder again. "Sara?" but as he touched her; he found his hand get burned. "Ouch! What the hell?" cloud asked quickly pulling his hand away to look at it. It was burned. He slowly looked back at her. He could see a weak barrier around her. "A-A barrier…?" cloud whispered to him self. "c-could this be from jenova power as well…?" cloud whispered to him self again.
He needed to wake her up. She didn't have much time as it was. "Sara…?" he asked as he slowly started to move his hand toward her again. But as he got close his head started to spin. He started to see flashes of pictures. "n-no not now…!" he cried. "Please not now!" cloud cried grabbing into his head. Cloud felt him self slowly falling into his back. "CLOUD!" he heard Vincent yell to him as he black out.
Why now? Cloud wondered. Why of all time? WHY! He could see a light before him. But as he got close to the light; He heard a voice. He was scared to hear again. "Your one lucky little bastard you know that cloud?" the voice said. Cloud knew that voice. That voice was from! "What are you talking about zack?" teen cloud asked. "Oh, come on…you got team up with a cute girl…you're so lucky…I wish I could have been teamed up with her…" zack said feeling tears rolling down his cheek. Cloud stared in shock. Was this a memory he had forgotten? Teen cloud gave zack a weird look. "You act like it a big deal…" cloud whispered to zack. "You just don't get it, do you cloud?" zack asked putting an arm over cloud's shoulder.
"Get what?" cloud asked. Zack sighed a bit shaking his head. "You really don't…" zack sighed again. "Don't you wonder why…the teams are all girls and guys?" zack asked with a small grin across his face. "What are you trying to say…?" cloud asked feeling some sweat roll down his face. "There a reason…they only let the strong in…cloud…they want the guy to force them selves into the girl they are teamed up with!" cloud quickly pulled zack's arm off his shoulder.
"n-No! That—that can't be true!" cloud cried quickly shaking his head a lot. "Cloud thinks about it…why do you think…they want us to know each other so well?" zack asked. "n-no…y-your lying…" cloud whispered covering his ears. "What going on here?" cloud and zack quickly looked toward the door way where little Sara was standing. "Nothing nothing, just a guy to guy talk right cloud?" zack asked looking toward his blonde friend. Cloud didn't answer, he had a shocked on look his face. "Cloud? Are you alright?" Sara asked stepping toward him a bit.
He quickly snapped out of it seeing her before him. "I'm—I'm fine…Sara…" cloud answered quickly looking away. "Well, I have to go buddy!" zack said quickly making his way to the door. Cloud quickly turned around to look toward him. "Have fun buddy!" zack said winking toward him. Cloud watched the door close behind zack; as a worried look appeared on his face. "He still as weird as ever…" Sara whispered tiring her hair off with a towel. Cloud slowly turned back around to watch her. "…" his dream was to be in soldier…but not this way.
He couldn't do it to her. She was his first real friend. But…what could he do? Question after question popped into his head. He didn't know how to answer any of them. But he wondered did she know? Did she know the reason why only some female got in too? No how could she…they're no way she would know. But…he couldn't do it to her. He just couldn't. Even if it did mean…never making it into soldier.
He watched her slowly sit down on her bed. Cloud slowly made his way over to her. "S-Sara…?" he asked. She slowly looked up at him taking the towel off of her head. "Hmm? Yes, cloud?" she asked. "…I need to tell you about something…" cloud whispered sitting beside her on the bed. "Ok…" She whispered placing her towel on her lap. Cloud slowly opened his mouth and told her what he had learned. But as he finished telling her; she had a look of shock on her face. But he couldn't really blame her.
"No…nooo..." she said as she shook her head closing her eyes. Cloud watched her closely. She looked scared. He didn't blame her. "Sara…" cloud whispered to her. "y-you aren't planning on doing that to me…are you?" she asked. "What? No! I would never do that too you!" cloud said quickly taking her hands in his. "I promise Sara…" cloud whispered to her. As she opened her eyes he could see tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Sara…don't cry…" he whispered pulling her into his arms hugging her. He could hear her crying on his shirt. He did his best to try to keep her claim; even if he wasn't having much luck with that. He softy rubbed her back a bit. "It's ok…as long as I'm here…I'll never let any guy do that to you…" cloud whispered into her ear. "y-you…promise?" she asked slowly looking up at him. "Yes…I do…" cloud whispered lowering his face toward her a bit. "C-cloud…?" she asked as she watched his face come closer and closer to her. "Ahhh! Stop!" she yelled pushed cloud away from her. Cloud fell off the bed all surprised.
"Cloud can you hear me?" A man voice called to him. "CLOUD!" the voice called again. Cloud quickly opened his eyes sitting up. "Ouch ouch! I hear you Vincent not so loud!" cloud yelled rubbing his head. Cloud had forgotten all about telling Sara. When they tried to join soldier, he told her the reason why they we're teamed together. How much more had he really forgotten? He even tried to kiss her then…and she did the same thing; as she did back in the church. Cloud sighed a bit to him self. He wished he wouldn't have remembered that part.
Wait…Sara! He forgot all about her. "Where?" he asked looking toward Vincent. "She still has the barrier around her…not even my claw hand can break it…" Vincent whispered looking toward the girl on the ground. "And it isn't a very strong barrier…just it energy is powerfully…" Vincent whispered eyeing cloud. "Jenova energy…" cloud whispered to him self. Jenova's powers…we're still inside of her. But when would they leave her for good? Even if they we're protecting her for the time being.
Cloud could hear her breath heavy. She was running out of time; little by little. "Sara!" cloud yelled to her but didn't get an answer still. "Damnit…" cloud whispered. As long as that barrier was there; He couldn't do anything for her! Cloud tried to touch her; but only got burned by the barrier again. "Ouch, damnit!" cloud whispered rubbing his hand. "Keep calling to her…" Vincent whispered to him. Cloud quickly gave Vincent a weird look. "Only you can…wake her up…" Vincent whispered standing up and walking back toward the shinra house.
This may have been one of the only times, cloud knew Vincent was right. He had to keep calling out to her. "Sara!" cloud yelled toward her again. "God damnit Wake up!" cloud yelled closing his eyes. "Hmm?" he quickly opened his eyes hearing something. He watched her slowly sit up. "Hmm? What's going on…?" Sara asked as the barrier around her slowly disappeared. "S—Sara!" cloud yelled jumping at her and hugging her. "W-what the hell!" she yelled watching cloud throw his arms around her.
"Damnit…don't do that again…" cloud whispered rubbing her back. "Do…what?" she asked watching him feeling confused. Cloud shook his head a bit as he let go of her. "Nothing…" cloud sighed to him self. Did she not remember anything? "Wait…wasn't a silver hair man following me?" she asked looking around quickly. "It alright…" cloud whispered watching her. "Huh?" she quickly looked toward cloud. "He no longer alive…" cloud whispered patting her head a bit.
"…" Sara slowly looked toward her feet. She saw part of the fallen tower. "So it did work…" she whispered. But she didn't sound too happy about it. "What?" cloud asked. "…I burned the legs of the tower…when he had my back to the tower…it was the only way to stop him…but I knew…if the tower hit me…it could kill me as well…but…" she whispered looking down at her hands. "I'm still alive…so far…that is…" she couldn't help but wonder why she kept on lucking out.
"Why would you do something so stupid and foolish?" Cloud yelled quickly placing his hands on her shoulders. "I had too…" Sara whispered looking up at cloud. "Don't give me that! They're had to be another way…around this…aside from putting your self in danger like this!" Sara gave him a weird look. "…why are you so angry? I'm still alive aren't I?" she asked. "That isn't the point! Don't do that again!" cloud yelled letting go of her shoulders. "Can't you see Sara!" he asked quickly turning his back to her.
"…?" she could only look lost toward him. "I was worried about you! Like I have been for a long time!" cloud yelled feeling his body shaking a bit. "C-Cloud what are you trying to say…?" she still didn't get it. How couldn't she get it by now? By now what he was trying to say! "God damnit…Sara! Can't you see? That I'm in love with you!" cloud yelled quickly turning around to look at her. A look of shock quickly came into her face. She felt her mouth open but she couldn't say anything.
Did-Did she just hear that right? No…she had to have heard it wrong. It couldn't have been what she thought she heard right? "w-what did you say?" she asked. "You…heard me…" cloud whispered placing his hands on her shoulders again. "I said…I'm in love with you…" cloud whispered lowering his face toward her a bit. "C-cloud…but…!" cloud whispered placed a finger over her mouth for a second. "Shh…" cloud whispered softy pressing his lips into her. The kiss wasn't very long. But it didn't need to be. He only needed to show her; he was serious about her.
"C-cloud…" she whispered as she quickly tried to hide her red face. Cloud didn't say a word as he watched her. "That…why you kept on asking about…" cloud slowly nodded to her. "Let me…be the one to give you…the energy you need…Sara…" Sara didn't say a word. Because they're still one thing she didn't tell him about it. "Are…you sure about this, cloud?" Sara asked looking up at him.
"Yes…more sure then anything…" cloud whispered to her with a small smile across his face. "…ok…" she whispered back to him. She took a small pen out of her pocket. "I need you to open your shirt a bit, then…" she whispered. Cloud nodded to her and did so. She started to draw something on him. "…what's that?" cloud asked watching her.
"In ancient times…my people would draw this…a circle with a star inside of it to cast spells…but now theses days…because material…around…" Sara whispered finishing drawing it. "It isn't needed anymore?" cloud asked. "Yes…only the mega sealed spells needed this as well…to unseal them then cast them…" She whispered putting the pen back into her pocket. "But…cloud I will not lie…this will painful…" She whispered placing her hand over the sign. "That…fine…as long as someone promises me another kiss…" cloud whispered to her.
"…are you trying to make me nervous…?" Sara asked glaring up at him a bit. "Well maybe a little…" cloud whispered with a small grin across his face. "…" she didn't say another word as she looked back down at her hand over the sign. She shook her head a bit. "…ok…here we go…" she whispered pressing her hand into the sign.
It couldn't hurt as much as she said it would could it? He wondered. Well he would find out soon. Then he felt it. A shape pain in his chest. "Uh! Ugh…!" cloud cried quickly closing his eyes. She hasn't been kidding at all. This was…painful! He never felt pain like this before; Even when sephiroth had stabbed him. But this pain felt stronger. Cloud opened one eye looking up toward Sara. Both of her eyes we're closed.
"S-Sara…" he whispered watching her. "Just a bit more…cloud…I know it painful…" she whispered keeping her eyes closed. But cloud saw something around her. He saw an aura…why didn't he see this before? Was that aura there because of what she was doing? Then he felt the shape pain slowly go away. Was she done that quickly? He wondered. "There…" she whispered removing her hand from the sign.
"Sara…?" cloud asked opening one of his eyes. "Hmm?" she slowly looked up at him. He could still see that aura around her; As well as energy circling around her now as well. Was that the energy…he willing gave to her? "W…what's that aura…around you?" cloud asked. "…y-you can see it?" she asked as a shock look came into her face again. "…yeah…?" cloud said looking lost at her.
"…looks like you got some of my power as well…" she whispered to her self. "…what?" Sara shook her head a bit toward him. "This aura…is my life energy…the color means how weak it is…it is blue…and red means…very strong…" cloud hoped she didn't mean what he was thinking. "Blue…means…dieing…" she whispered closing her eyes. "…but. I gave you some of my energy…" she slowly nodded. "Yes…so I can live ten more years…"
She had been keeping this from him…he knew it now. "What do you mean…ten more years…?" cloud whispered quietly. She didn't answer. "…I thought this was a cure…" cloud looking angry toward her. "You knew…you knew…this…then why didn't you say anything!" he yelled. "…it only a cure for the time being…if I had taken anymore energy from you…your body couldn't make anymore…" She whispered slowly opening her eyes looking at him.
"I don't care! Take more now!" Sara glared toward him a bit. "No…" she whispered turning away from him. "…ten years…? That all I get to be with you? That's isn't fair…" cloud whispered pulling her into his lap. She quickly started to blush. "…it can't be helped…I'm sorry…" Sara whispered watching his arms go around her. "…it isn't your fault…" cloud whispered resting his head on her left shoulder.
The two sat there quietly not saying another for a bit. But the silent they had didn't stay too long. They heard someone running toward them. Cloud quickly pulled his head off of her shoulder. Could it be zol? Cloud wondered. No, this feeling…it wasn't Zol…it was! The person quickly stops before them. "Well…well don't we look cute…" Cloud slowly looked up toward the voice. "…it only you yuffie…" cloud said rolling his eyes looking away from her.
"What do you mean only me!" yuffie yelled waving her arms over her head. Sara felt a sweat drop roll down the back of her head as she looked up toward the ninja. "…yuffie? Why are you here?" she asked. "Oh…yeah that right! Where is he!" yuffie yelled looking angry toward him. "…where's who?" cloud asked. "You know who! Where are you hiding him!" yuffie yelled jumping up and down a bit.
"…oh, I guess your speaking of Vincent…?" cloud asked. "Yes! He ran off when I told him to stay in wufai and wait for me!" yuffie yelled pointing toward them. "Now, what the hell is he! He is going to get it!" Sara slowly looked up at cloud. "You sure…you should tell her?" Sara whispered to him. "…well as long as I don't get in trouble…I see no reason not too…" cloud whispered with a grin across his face.
"Hey! Stop whispering and tell me!" yuffie yelled kneeing down in front of them. "He in the shinra house…" cloud whispered pointing toward the big house by the end of town. "Ha! I'll get you Vincent!" Yuffie yelled running toward the house. "…I think I feel sorry for Vincent…" Sara whispered. Cloud couldn't help but laugh to him self.
"THERE YOU ARE!" cloud and Sara both felt sweat drop roll down the back of they're heads. "Y-yuffie…uh what are you doing here?" they heard Vincent's voice ask. "Don't you yuffie me! I told you to do one thing! And you couldn't even do that…!" yuffie yelled back at Vincent. "H-hey! W-what what are you doing!" they could hit things falling from outside. Soon the door of the shinra's house opened. Yuffie came out pulling Vincent with her.
"…when we get back to wufai…you will not be a happy so called man…I'll be sure to be the one wearing pants!" yuffie yelled pulling Vincent toward the broken water tower where cloud and Sara we're sitting; As the two slowly passed them. "w-why aren't you helping…?" Vincent whispered toward them.
The two watching yuffie and Vincent leave town a bit after that. "…I'm glad…you aren't like that…" cloud whispered down to Sara. "I hope never to be like that…" cloud laughed a bit to him self. "…cloud can we leave…I don't want to be here any longer…" she whispered rubbing her head a bit. "Sure…let's head back to Costa del Sol…" cloud whispered slowly moving her off his lap. He then stood up and helped her to her feet. "You're…tired aren't you?" cloud asked. "Yes…" she whispered closing her eyes. "You can rest when we get back to Costa del Sol…" cloud whispered as the two left town.
Soon after they left town; Zol ran into town. "Kadaj?" he called. But he didn't get an answer. "Brother? Where are you?" he asked. He quickly stopped looked down at the broken water tower. "…what the hell?" he whispered. He looked over the broken tower. He could see a body with silver hair under it. "n-nooo!" he quickly ran over to where the body was. "Brother!" he yelled. He didn't get an answer. He quickly pushed the wood off of him. "Brother answer me!" he yelled shaking him.
His body felt cold. "Noo…she even got you…" he could feel tears rolling down his cheeks. He wouldn't let this go on. He was the only one left now. He had to stop her; for his fallen brothers. "Don't worry…Kadaj…Yazoo…I promise I will…stop mother…for good…" zol whispered holding his hand together as he hit the ground around him. "I will make sure…she pays with her life…" he whispered as a small grin came across his face.