Hello Stranger

Tifas POV:

In just a few minutes Mrs Strife will be walking down this alley drunk.

I jump up to a roof above the alleyway.

You Probably want to know quite a few things about me

Like Why am i blindfolded? Thats something you'll have to find out for your self

Why I didn't kill Cloud I mean Mr Stife even though i knew it wasn't my glass in the safe? ghuess i still have a few emotions left in me so as not to kill an old friend i may seem heartless but not to the point i would kill a friend.

one of the reasons i took the job was to see him again.

Another reason was so i could actaully fight someone who would be a challenge but that didn't happen in the end.

Why didn't i tell him my name? Simply because I don't want him to remember me Like i said He shouldn't have to strain on the memory.

Why did i keep the glass that was mine. Duh! Because if i left it there then i'd be in deep shit plus it would be unprofessional

You know what i'm telling you way to much so i'll leave you with just this.

My name is Tifa lockheart

My age is 16

Me and Cloud were friends since we were kids. We just got separted on the way of growing up thats all.

I am the owner of seventh heaven I work there when i am not on the job.

I hear footsteps below me thats her. I'm glad i didn't have to kill Cloud but He could have put up at least a bit of a fight instead of just trying to trick me.

I jump down on her shoulders with her head between my feet i do a full turn twisting her head with my feet and back flip without using my hands .she flips over with me and i land on her back with one foot and i spin on my heel cracking her spine. I step off her. What a slut I take out her wallet and throw it somewhere making it look like someone mugged her but dropped the item in panic.

My job is finished next i'll wait for cloud in his apartment.

I reach for my PHS.

I freeze The glass wheres my glass it's supposed to be in that pocket?!

I check the other pockets

Nothing

Damn it! he must have taken it! but when?

FLashback to before tifa left on the job:

'Who are you...?'

'You'll have to find out for yourself. because it's not like i'm going to tell you-

I was cut off from the sharp movement of him. I was crushed in a hug. before i could retaliate He released me but kept a firm grip on my shoulders.

'I know it's you... Please just take off the blindfold.'

'You know it's who?'

'I just need to know you really are her'

'Who is her?' he just kept staring at me for i could feel his gaze

'Teef' he whispered 'I know it's you it just has to be' I can't let him know it's me it'll just make everything complicated.

''Answer me teef please just let me know it's you!'

'I'm not tifa. TIfa is dead!' I walked out the room on the way to Mrs strife

Reality

Uuurgh he must have taken it when he hugged me!

'I'm gonna get him!'

Clouds POV

I'm sitting staring at my cards and the money that i've put to gamble.

I kind of regret going home because i know she be there waiting for me probably with a knife. Maybe i should have left her with the glass.

By now they would have her finger prints printed for me and put in my safe.

Clouds POV of flashback before Tifa left

'Who are you...?'

'You'll have to find out for yourself.' It can't be Tifa... she's dead... she couldn't have survived that... but then again i survived When sephiroth pierced my heart 2 times not to mention i fell into the mako It must be her but i need to be sure. First i need her glass for DNA this might be difficult though since i don't know how good this girl is. I hear her carry on talking '

because it's not like i'm going to tell you-

Before she could say anything else i did the first thing that came to my mind in order to get the glass back. i hugged her tightly, Stuck my hand in her pocket got the glass and put it up my sleeve. iI released her. luckily she didn't notice that i took it from her. I did not let go of her shoulders. now the next part. If i keep on insisting then maybe she'll let slip something.. I just need to see her eyes if it really is teef then they should be big and bright ruby.

'I know it's you... Please just take off the blindfold.'

'You know it's who?'

'I just need to know you really are her'

'Who is her?' I kept staring at her trying to pick up any trace of nervousness that she was lying. But i found none.

'Teef' i whisper

'I know it's you it just has to be' I've lived with the guilt of letting you die for so long now i just need to know you alive and safe..

''Answer me teef please just let me know it's you!'

'I'm not tifa. TIfa is dead!' Thats all i needed to know to proove that it was her. Nobody else knows of what happend in nibelheim apart fromt he people that were there but those people are dead accept 2. She is tifa how else would she know of her 'death'.

Reality

I feel happy that she is alive. But i need to see her again. It's harsh but thats why i'm blackmailing her. Knowing her she dosen't want to cause me any guilt. I will protect her no matter what.

It's 1am i leave the club and drive my car home.

I walk up to my apartment door and before i touch the handle i take deep breaths. i open the door slowlyand slip in thorught the crack as quickly and as silently as i could i wasn't dead yet...

'phew' i wipe my forehead with the back of my hand and continue to walk towards the living room just as i was about to reach the safe . until Something whizzed past my i look to the wall next to me it was about 2 cms away from my forehead. I look to where it was thrown but i saw no one there.

I sigh

'look I know your mad at me for taking the glassbut-

'You stole ' I tried to detect where the voice came from and attempted to remove the knife from the wall but found i couln't pull it out then another knife flew by my hand and made a tiny cut on my index finger it was only the size of a paper cut though it stang like hell. I knew she'd get a knife but not 2! GOd she must really wanna kill me now.

i walk towards the kitchen and i almost walked into the other knife she was holding straight at my face.

'My money pleaze and the glass.'

'Now why would i do that i'll give you the money but i don't know how to get the glass.'

'Stop bullshitting and get the glass now' she said calmly

'I really can't get it they've put it in a safe that i don't even know the code of. SO that if i get blackmailed into getting it out like your doing to me now i can't get it out'

she stabbed the table with the knife.

'What the hell do you want with me? I know you took it for a reason not just to ensure your future life so tell me why?'

I shrug

so far she has not got angry though i find it hard to believe that

'If you would have just left the glass with me i would have left you alone!'

'But i don't want that. Tell me why do you want the glass so badly?'

'because if you die then i die too when it wasn't my fault'

'what makes you think i could die so easily'

'... give me a straight answer... What do you want?'

'I know who you are' She remains still and she put her hand on the knife stuck in the table and clenches it in anger

'Tell me who i am then.. and give me proof..'

'The reason you don't want me to have the glass is because you were afraid i'd find out about you thorugh the DNA on there.'

'Tell me who i am'

'Why don't you want me to know who you are so badly'

'Tell me' she said monotoniously.. she picked up the knife and spun it in the air and caught it again she threw t at me i caught it and threw it at another wall. she started throwing punches at me.

'What do you want to hide from me?'

'Just tell me' she back flipped and tried to round horsekick me but i caught her foot and threw it the otherway. i hug her from behind to stop her from moving. she wriggled adn i struggled to keep her still.

'Stop playing games teef'

'Let go of me'

'No, not until you tell me why'

'why what?'

'don't play dumb, Why do you want me to carry on believing that your dead?'

'Why do you want to belielve that Tifa is alive'

'Stop talking as if your not her teef! I've found you out now give up and tell me why' she stopped struggling

there was silence for a few seconds

'I didn't want to draw you back to the past and make you feel guilt and regret...' I turned her around so she was facing me. Typical Tifa always thinking of others.

'Teef... Don't you think i'd be happier if i knew you were alive? You've been my closest friend since birth'

'But up until now you were happy and had forgotten about the past.'

'who says i'm not happy now'

'But you can't say that you don't feel guilty about my so called death' I stay silent 'Will you forgive yourself now that i'm back?'

'I'll try' I let go of her

'Thats all you needed right? To know that i'm alive?'

'...yeah'

'Then i'll be off you don't need me here anymore'

'So your gonna just leave?' she stayed silent. She dosen't want to be near me because of the past? 'Is it because of the past? Do i bring you to it do i remind you of what happend?'

'There are things in the past i want to know and i suspect somethings for you too' what did she mean? 'Alot of things happend during the time you went to train for soldier, aswell as the time during my death onwards' I stay silent what things?

'Your best friend died didn't he?' my eyes went wide with shock is that what happend between the time she was dead? was she there to see him die?

'How do you know of that?' I never knew how zack died or who killed him all i know is that it was murder. I lost aeris on the same day aswell she was murdered too... i need to know.

'I lost a dear friend in the same incident of his death' What?

'Who?' She started walking away i rush after her and push her against the wall

'Tell me how you know all of this!' She kept her head hung and palm punched my arm off her shoulders she ran for the window opened it and jumped out i ran to the window and looked out she was no where to be seen. How does she know?

i punch the wall in frustration lean my forehead against it. i slide down the wall till my knees are on the floor.

I need to find out...

PLease review! i'll try to do more chapters but right now i'm doing 2 fics at a time... and it's hard to find time with school

rubbish excuse but it's the only one i've got thats good enough.