Chapter 6: The Idea

Cloud awoke as his alarm was going off. He sleepily reached out and shut it off.

"That was one heck of a dream." thought Cloud to himself as he got out of bed. "It was a nice dream, nice, but extremely weird." he thought as his eyes found the calendar on the wall. "Today is that breakfast that the gang was planning for me to cheer me up. I'd better get ready." he remembered as he quickly got dressed and headed out to the restaurant where it was going to be.

As he pulled up he saw Yuffie jumping up and down franticly waving him down. Standing next to her was a guy that Cloud didn't recognize. "That must be her boyfriend." thought Cloud as he quickly parked and walked over to Yuffie.

"So, Yuffie who is this?" asked Cloud.

He looked to be in his mid 20's, with dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. He was in good shape, tall and appeared to be very strong.

"This is my boyfriend Jason. I met him in Wutai while he was there on vacation. He is a professional monster hunter who specializes in finding and destroying powerful monsters." said Yuffie with a hint of pride in her voice. "Anyway, let's get inside everyone is waiting for you." said Yuffie as she hurried him inside.

Yuffie led Cloud to a large table where many people were seated. He saw Barret, Cid and his wife Shera, Red, Vincent, and a few of his other friends. "Here's your chair Cloud" directed Yuffie as she led him to the head of the table.

"Thanks guys, I really appreiciate this." said Cloud with a smile. They ordered their food and were soon enjoying a wonderful breakfast.

While they were eating Cloud spoke, "I had a very interesting dream last night. I was in the Church back in the Sector 5 slums 8 years ago. I was standing near the patch of flowers in the church when this blue portal thing appeared. I couldn't figure out what was going on. Then 2 people stepped through the portal and you won't believe who it was. It was Tifa and Aeris."

"Are you serious?" questioned a surprised Barret.

"You're kidding, right?" asked a puzzled Yuffie.

"I'm very serious. It was even stranger when they walked up to me and started talking to me. I could even understand them and talk back. We had a long conversation then Aeris pulled out this little remote and pushed a button which caused the portal to appear. They said good-by and then walked through the portal after which I woke up.

"You're right Cloud that was weird." remarked a puzzled Yuffie.

"Yea, man that was really strange Cloud." said Barret.

"It was really nice seeing them again though. What's funny though is that Tifa died only a few days ago and Aeris died over 8 years ago. I wonder why both of them would be in my dreams at the exact same time. Anyway seeing them made me realize how much I really miss them. On my way over here I got to thinking that what if we could bring them back to life? Wouldn't that be great?" said Cloud to his very confused friends.

"Bring them back to life? How in the world are you going to do that?" asked Yuffie.

"I agree. There isn't anything that I know of that can bring dead people back to life." said Cid.

"Yeah, man there isn't anything that can do that" agreed Barret.

"There has to be something out there and I'm going to find it!" announced Cloud. "By the way guys thanks for the breakfast. I'll be at the library if anyone needs me." said Cloud as he walked out to his car and drove off.

"What the heck is up with Cloud?" asked Yuffie.

"I don't know. He's never acted like this before." said Barret.

"Well, whatever it is, let's just leave him alone for a while and see what happens." said Cid. So everyone went home and went to bed except Cloud who was at the library pouring over book after book.