Savin' Me

"Show me what it's like to be the last one standing, teach me wrong from right, and I'll show you what I can be." - Nickelback ~ Savin' me

For the next few days Tifa had gotten used to her new high school system, learning to get to the hot dog queues as soon as possible (they sold out quickly), being on time for her calculus class and finding out what clicks were in and what clicks were out. She had been successful with the 'fitting in' process and had made a bunch of friends along the way. Of course there were flaws like the ever-so adoring Reno who would not leave her alone, still failing in calculus and of course, the most important in Tifa's eyes. Cloud Strife. He had still been ignoring her every biology lesson. Every time Tifa had acquired the courage to talk to him he would dismiss it swiftly, either with returning to the work or giving one of his 'oh-god-please-stop-talking-to-me' nods. It was like he was making an effort to avoid her conversations. By Friday it looked like Tifa was on the edge of giving up completely. There was just so much rejection a girl could take in one week.

"So yeah you wanna' come or what?" Aerith asked, munching on a appetising peach, "It'll be fun!"

Tifa looked her way pausing, completely out of it. Obviously she had other things on her mind...

"What?"
Reno slapped the palm of his hand onto his forehead in annoyance.

"Loveless Academy!" Tifa gave a look which simply meant she had no idea what they were going on about.

"Basically, every Friday night we go to this Academy where bands play, it's fun," Cissnei cut in, running her fingers through her auburn, wavy hair. Every Friday night? Friday's today, Tifa thought

briefly to herself.

"Oh, I don't know guys...I have a lot of essay questions to finish off..." They all turned to her, each raising their eyebrows making Tifa blush a deep crimson. "...but what am I saying? Of course I'll go!" She let out a forced laugh and looked immediately down at her empty food plate.

"Awesome!" Reno smiled and began swinging on his chair.

"So we're meeting outside Loveless about six o'clock on the dot." Aerith said, exaggerating the 'on the dot,' looking in Reno's direction.

"That was one time man!" He yelled, rocking backwards and forwards, "Not my fault!"

Tifa looked at Aerith with a questionable look.

"We arranged to meet outside Loveless around six o'clock but Reno was late and made us wait outside in the freezing cold for 2 hours!" She explained, not looking at all happy."Not to mention it was raining like crazy and these creepy guys kept asking us for our numbers!"

Tifa made a face and shuddered at the thought.

"Edge does get a little bit dangerous at night time," Cissnei added, Rude nodded silently to this.

"Don't worry Tifa, you don't have to worry I'll protect you!" Reno grinned darkly, looking her way.

"Ew, you're such a pervert," Cissnei instantly flicked her hair over her shoulder, distracting Reno for a split second, making him lean backwards. Suddenly his chair slipped for underneath him making him fall on the floor with a massive thud. Their table and other tables around the cafeteria all burst an uproar of laughter accompanied with students pointing and passing professors and lecturers shaking their heads in a disapproving manner.

"Thanks a lot you bitch," Reno muttered, crawling on his hands and knees.

"No problem..." She bent down to his eye level with their noses almost touching, "...honey," They both stayed there exchanging dark looks. She got back to table level and grinned.

"Rude do something!" Reno yelped, also getting up and returning his chair back to its normal upright position.

"Sorry, I don't hit girls," Rude answered quietly, pushing his dark shades further up his nose and looking in Aerith's, Tifa's and Cissnei's direction, "no offence."

"None taken," Cissnei nodded happily. Reno grumbled and sat back down on his chair, crossing his arms over.

"Such drama," Tifa whispered to Aerith who was sitting next to her.

"Yeah..." Aerith agreed, biting the last bit of her peach.

"So anyway, I'll call you tonight around five and I'll pick you up okay?" Aerith turned to Tifa.

"Sure, you know where I'm staying right?" Aerith's eyes squinted, a sign that she was concentrating.

"Yeah that 7th heaven bar place?" Tifa nodded to this.

"What do I bring?" Tifa asked.

"Just some money and yourself," Aerith smiled, packing up her lunch.

"Don't worry I've got fake ID's so you don't have to sneak in any beer or anything," Reno cut in, sorting out his hair which had got dismantled during his fall.

"You're not getting one though," Reno stated sharply, eyes on Cissnei.

"Oh come on it was a joke you big girl!" She laughed, shuffling her chair close to his.

"Beg." Reno grinned darkly again looking down at Cissnei. She instantly flung her hand which met his cheek.

"You're gonna get it!" They both stood up and started running through the Cafeteria and out the doors at lightning speed leaving Rude, Aerith and Tifa at the table. Tifa gave Aerith a confused look.

"Are they always like that?" Tifa asked, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Nah, but Reno knows what buttons to push to get her aggravated," Tifa nodded to this.

Aerith turned to Rude who was drinking out of his cup, "Rude you coming to Loveless?"

"Yeah," He said putting down the plastic cup and crossing his arms over.

"Cool," As soon as the word left her cherry pink lips the bell started to ring.

"Yay, Calculus..." Tifa stated sarcastically, getting up and swung her bag over her shoulders. Aerith and Rude followed.

"See ya tonight Rude!" They both called. He nodded while Tifa and Aerith both started to walk off in the opposite direction. He had English Lit while Aerith and Tifa had Calculus.

They swiftly made their way out of the cafeteria then around the corner to go up the stairs. As they turned to go up the stairs Tifa suddenly noticed a familiar face coming down the stairs. It was him. He was utterly breathtaking. He was wearing a loose long sleeve white shirt with a pair of rocker-type black jeans accompanied with black converse. His hair was In his normal gratify defying style. Tifa caught her breath and suddenly that feeling, the one with the butterflies, rushed within her, nearly knocking all the breath out of her lungs. She kept her head down as he got to the bottom of the stairs, turning around them, almost in arms reach. Almost touching arms. Like usual he passed her without even acknowledging she was there. The moment passed at lightning speed and then it was gone. She looked behind her shoulder quickly, watching him breeze off in that adoring way he did. She could have sworn he had looked back at her too but she wasn't sure, he was too far away to tell.

"Hello? Anyone home?" Aerith laughed, waving a hand in Tifa face repeatedly. Tifa looked at her stunned and immediately snapped out of it.

"Calculus! Lets go to calculus!" She perked up, making a start up the stairs. Aerith raised an eyebrow and followed her, giggling to herself. Once they got to the top Aerith walked in front of Tifa, hands on her hips.

"Hey wait! Spill the beans!" She laughed, blocking Tifa from entering class.

"Aerith come on! We're gonna' be late!" Tifa yelled, trying to push pass her.

"Not until you tell me what that was all about!" Tifa shot her a questioning look.
"What? What was what about?" Aerith smiled lightly to herself. They looked at each other for around 4 seconds. Aerith squinted her eyes and looked deep into Tifa's eyes, like she was reading her mind or something. Her eyes widened and she gasped out loud.

"What?" Tifa laughed nervously, "What?" She repeated. Aerith turned around and headed for class, giggling to herself.

"Aerith what!" Tifa jogged to her side grabbing her arm.

"I don't blame you though, he is quite dreamy!" She laughed louder making Tifa suddenly stop. She opened the door to Calculus and entered.

"What the hell are you on about woman!"

Its was obvious that Tifa was playing dumb to Aerith's accusation. There was no way she was going to admit it. Not now, not ever.

Tifa glanced at the clock which hung lifelessly on her bedroom wall. It read 5:55PM. She was sat down on the edge of her bed staring into space. I wonder where we're going first? Surely it shouldn't take us a whole hour to get to Loveless Academy,She thought to herself. She got up and checked that she had her white purse which was resting on her night stand. She gazed passed her night stand, towards the long rectangular mirror that was hanging of her wall. She gazed at her reflection, looking at her choice of clothes that she had picked out. She was wearing black skin tight jeans, a cute blue T-shirt and blue Vaans. She then looked at her hair and face. Her velvety dark glossy hair was hanging long and loosely. I guess I look okay... Just then her cell started to ring and light up. She grabbed at it and checked the screen which read 'Aerith'.

"Hey Aerith,"

"Hey Tifa, I'm outside now," Tifa made her way to the window and looked outside. She saw a green car parked up the kerb with Aerith inside waving frantically up at her with a cell phone pressed up against her ear.

"Okay I'm coming down now," Tifa smiled and waved back at her friend. She clicked 'end call' and grabbed her purse, exiting the room swiftly.

"Bye Barret, I'll be back at 12," Tifa called, as she descended the stairs and almost ran to the front door of the bar, carefully passing tables. She knew it would be OK for her to return at that hour because the bar was still open at that time anyway.

She unlatched the door and exited quickly. She looked around and spotted Aerith's green car, waving again at her friend.

"Hey!" Aerith grinned as Tifa shut the car door and sat in shot gun seat. Aerith had her hair down which was a change and was wearing a red dress with red sandals.

"Hey Aerith," Tifa answered, throwing her purse in the back seat.

"We need to pick Cissnei up and then we're gonna' drive straight to Loveless," Tifa nodded at this and stared ahead of her as Aerith brought the car to life and started down the road.

"Why do you pick everyone up? Like we all have cars, you shouldn't have to go out of your way," Tifa said, turning the radio on.

"Ah well it saves gas if one person picks everyone up," She answered, hands on the steering wheel, looking intently on the road, "We take it in turns every Friday,"

"Ah cool," Then followed an awkward silence. Tifa reached for the radio again and switched stations going from rock stations to pop then to screamo, which made both Aerith and Tifa wince at the sound of it.

"Hey Aerith?"

"Yeah?"

"What are the bands like?" Tifa asked, settling on a station. "You know, at Loveless?"

Aerith flicked the indicators on and turned into a narrow side road.

"Depends, mostly rock-type bands I guess," She answered, eyes still on the road.

It took 30 minutes to get to Cissnei's house. Aerith went through the same process, calling to say that she was outside. 3 minutes later Cissnei appeared, shutting the front door behind her.

"Hey guys," Cissnei said, jumping into the back, shutting the side door.

"Hey," and with this Aerith started up the car again and started down the road.

"Cissnei, you look nice!" Tifa said, craning her neck so she could talk to Cissnei through the gap between the two front seats. She really did. She was wearing a cute black dress with long black boots, a bunch of accessories including a chain heart necklace. Her medium auburn hair hung loosely and freely as ever.

"Thanks!" Cissnei smiled, showing her pearl white teeth.

"Any particular reason why you look so lovely Cissnei?" Aerith laughed but in a different sort of way. Cissnei kept quiet and scrunched her face up.

"Aerith, not this again..." Tifa raised her eyebrow up. Obviously she was missing the punch line.

"What's going on?"

Aerith turned the car onto a main road, keeping a massive grin on her face.

"I have this theory that-"

"-it's not true! Don't listen to her!" Cissnei sharply cut in but was still laughing.

"-She likes Reno!" Aerith blurted out before she could get another chance to be interrupted.

"Well well well!" Tifa laughed, feeling a little bit bad for Cissnei. Reno had been giving her all the attention since she moved into town.

"I don't like Reno, period."

Aerith giggled and smiled at Tifa.
"Sure, we totally believe you!"

"Not!" Both Aerith and Tifa burst out laughing while poor Cissnei shook her head not looking at all in the mood to joke around.
"I really don't..." Cissnei argued with a serious look. Aerith made a 'pffft' sound, eyes still on the road.

"No fair, I want somebody to crush over, you two are too lucky!" She pouted, flicking her hair from her eyes,

"Huh? Who are you crushing over Tifa?" Cissnei questioned, leaning over to the gap between the two front seats.

"Nobody," Tifa answered solemnly, but her cheeks that were turning rose colour were doing nothing in her favour.

"She likes that Cloud Strife," Aerith was on a roll tonight.

Cissnei had a puzzled look on her face, "Oh... him, the blonde right?"

Aerith nodded to Cissnei's question, flicking on the car indicators.

"Look guys, I don't like him okay? I don't even know him!" Tifa yelped, rubbing her forehead with angst.

"I can't blame you though," Aerith continued, totally ignoring Tifa's statement, "he is truly brilliant and he looks so handsome..." A silence shortly followed between the three girls. All that could be heard was the radio and the gentle, bump bump, of the car wheels until Cissnei finally spoke up.

"Well its not all about looks,"

Both Tifa and Aerith nodded to this.

"But they do help..." Aerith giggled silently while looking slowly to Tifa, Tifa doing the same, trying to muffle a laugh. They then all burst out in a unison of laughter. This is what Tifa loved the most, laughing and smiling with her new friends. She always wanted her days to be like this and there was no doubt in anyone's mind that Aerith and Cissnei felt the same way too.

Reno and Rude were waiting outside Loveless right on time, looking rather flash. Aerith parked her car in the car lot just around Loveless Academy and then the three girls went to meet them.

"Well well well, look what the Tonberry brought in!" They all walked through the entrance of the Loveless academy, paying for their entry tickets. As soon as Tifa pushed the heavy metal door back she felt a rush of hot air and the thudding of the music coming from downstairs. She followed Aerith who was in front down going down a dark stairway. The thudding music got louder and louder the more Tifa took a step down until it was blaring. She could also hear crowds screaming, jumping, to the beats of the music. This is mental! Tifa thought to herself as they came to a long hallway lit by a dim light that kept flickering. Aerith moved down the hallway, Tifa following, and pushed another metal door open and with that they were in. It was manic. Tifa saw the stage area were band members were flying everywhere and anywhere. The crowd was massive. They all looked packed as sardines. Tifa felt sorry for the poor members of the audience squashed at the front as everyone moshed forward to the heavy metal guitar solo. It smelt of stale beer and sweat. Nice...But the atmosphere was amazing. Almost electrifying.

"Right I got the ID's guys, anyone want anything? Tifa?" Reno shouted over the loud music.

"No its okay I don't want anything yet!" Tifa shouted back, plugging her fingers in her ear holes.

"Yeah I want something!"

"Me too!" Both Cissnei and Rude screamed. Aerith was driving back so she was warming up the bench for tonight. The three of them went to the bar while Aerith and Tifa stayed near the crowd.

"Amazing isn't it?" Aerith shouted in Tifa's ear. Tifa nodded with a grin, and turned to face the stage area. She had to stand on her tip toes to see over the crowds. The heavy metal band had finished their song and left the stage area.

"Thank god for that they sucked!" Aerith said, returning to her normal volume. A dark haired boy with sapphire eyes walked on stage. He had a microphone in his hand. Tifa recognized him from somewhere... Where have I seen him before? Tifa pondered to herself.

"And that was Hot Bloooded!" He presented, followed by the crowd cheering. Tifa suddenly remembered his voice. Zack Fair! That guy who had that motorcycle accident!

"Next on is a new band who actually come from Edge! It's their first gig guys so play nice!" Some crowd members laughed to this, some cheered. "The one, the only, AVALANCHE!" Zack ran off stage to the right and three members of Avalanche ran on from the left. They set their instruments up and were rearing to go.

"Oh my god..." Aerith stammered, putting a hand to her face.

"What? What's up Aerith?" Aerith pointed to the staging area with Tifa following her gestured hand and saw 3 also very familiar faces...

"Yo! Hows it goin' Edge!" The girl at the front screamed into the microphone. Tifa gasped. It was the ninja girl from school.

"Then they must be..." Vincent, Yuffie... And him. They're a band? Tifa thought to herself, still in shock.

"We're gonna' rock this joint! HIT IT!" Vincent, who was on drums, slammed a wild drum solo why Cloud and Yuffie followed in with their bass and electric guitars. It was sensational. They played brilliantly.

"Come on!" Aerith pulled Tifa into the wild crowd, pushing past people. Tifa had never got knocked around so much In her life, with people hitting, pushing past. She held onto dear life, clutching Aerith's hand with much force. They got to the middle, near, but not close enough to see. Suddenly the crowd surged forward and Tifa let go of Aerith's hand, getting taken away with the crowd. She was on her own now. Oh Crap...

"Aerith!" She screamed but her efforts were all in vain, you could hardly hear her over the strumming of the two guitars. Tifa got surged to the front and got seriously squashed. She pushed back and made a space for her to stand. I'm not a pushover! She screamed in her head. She was ready to punch anyone who violated her, or even pushed her more into the metal gate that was surrounding the stage. At least she had made it to the front.

"Hey back off!" She shouted at the top of her lungs at a guy next to her who was trying to steal her spot. He backed off immediately, sensing that she wasn't the type to mess around. Jeez... how do I get out of here? Suddenly she stopped in her tracks and looked up on stage. This was the very first time she had heard Cloud Strife speak. Then again he wasn't speaking, he was singing. He was pitch perfect, and she watched him take the lead on the stage. He was more gorgeous then ever with his hair hanging a little bit more loosely but still in its usual spikes. As he sung, the song became gradually slower, with the quiet strumming from Yuffie and slow beats from Vincent. Wow... He was memorising and obviously Tifa wasn't the only girl who thought that.

"The lead singing is hot!" A girl said, who was behind Tifa.

"I know, he's so gorgeous...I wonder if we can go backstage and meet him?" The other whispered to her friend. Tifa glanced behind her shoulder and saw the two girls totally starstruck. They were so pretty and fashionable. Tifa felt a wash of sadness come over her. What am I doing? He will never even give me a second look compared to those girls... She sighed and returned her sight to the stage. They had finished their first song and the crowd cheered, whistled and applauded them. They were a hit. Afterwards, they played a further 4 more songs which were also a big hit with the crowd. At the end of their 4th song, Yuffie walked up to the microphone and tapped it repeatedly with the palm of her hand.

"Our next song is a cover of Nickelback's song 'Savin' me'," She grinned, "You should all know the words..."

And with that Cloud started the guitar solo, followed with Yuffie and Vincent joining in with drum and bass. The crowd all started to join in, swaying to the melody. All band members on the stage started to sing too, even Vincent. Tifa knew the words by heart and she found herself singing too.

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And say it for me, say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me
at it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Hurry I'm fallin'
And say it for me, say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

As Cloud strummed the last note the crowd went wild, some applauding, some whistling. Tifa found herself captivated. She couldn't keep her eyes off the stage for one second. She glanced towards Cloud, watching him run his hand through his hair. He looked so natural.

"Thank you for havin' us! It's been a pleasure!" Yuffie screeched down the microphone and with that the three band members made an exit backstage, taking their instruments with them.
"It's time for break now but come back soon we've still got a load of more bands!" Zack presented, as he appeared on stage once again. The crowd started to disperse, leaving Tifa with more room to move around freely. Finally... Tifa sighed with relief.

"Hey it's you!"

Tifa looked up on stage to see a smiling Zack, looking at her In disbelief.

"Hey Zack," Tifa smiled. They both smiled at each other for a awhile, thinking about the odds of seeing each other again. Someone yelled his name from backstage and he made a face.

"...Look Tifa, I have to go backstage for a sec, I'll come back though and we can talk later okay?" He said urgently. Tifa nodded to this and with that Zack was gone. Tifa started to look for the others she had lost and found Aerith near the exit.

"Aerith!" Tifa called from across the room. Aerith looked around wildly, not looking at all happy. Almost frustrated.
"Tifa, we have to leave now," She said in a serious manner as Tifa got to her.

"Why? What happened?" Tifa questioned, sensing an edge to her voice.

"The guys at the bar found out their ID's were fake and kicked them out, I'm gonna' have to drive them back so you coming?" Tifa sighed at this. She couldn't leave because she had promised to talk to Zack. She couldn't leave him hanging.

"I'm gonna' stay here for awhile, don't worry about me I'll get a taxi home or something," Aerith nodded and hugged Tifa.
"Thanks for coming," She smiled sweetly and then briskly exited the room.

Tifa made her way back to the staging area and sat on a nearby red couch, waiting for Zack to make a reappearance. She waited patiently, looking around the large room, hands in lap. Her mind wondered to the band 'Avalanche' and Cloud. They were amazing, she thought to herself, smiling. She was still mesmerised with the whole thing that she forgot where she was.

"I'm back!" Tifa looked up to see Zack grinning at her. She smiled back and moved along the couch, giving Zack room to sit down.

"So you enjoying the night?" He asked as he sat down next to her.

"Yeah it's pretty good, I like this place," She grinned, looking around the room again.

"This your first time here?" She nodded at his question, tucking a strand of hair behind her ears.

"Ah," he paused, "I'm guessing you're new in town, right?" She nodded again and laughed.

"That day we met was the day I arrived." Zack made a face at this.

"What?" She asked.

Zack scratched the back of his head and looked to the floor, "boy...I'm sorry again for nearly killing you,"

"But you didn't so you haven't got anything to apologise for," Tifa smiled again, "but its good in a way."

Zack looked up and raised is eyebrow, "How exactly?"

"Well, we would never have met right? And I wouldn't be talking to you now,"

"Oh yeah!" He shinned, both smiling at each other.

"So you work here? Must be great," Tifa changed the subject swiftly.

"Yeah it is! Going backstage and all is great but it can be quite crazy at times,"

"Cool,"

"Hey!" Zack perked up, startling Tifa, "next time you come here I can get you backstage passes for you and your friends if you want."

"You don't have to do that," Tifa said feeling a little guilty.

"No no! Call it a formal a apology for almost running you over, its not much but I guess it will do," Tifa sighed and punched him lightly on the shoulder.

"Forget that! It's in the past now," She told him in a serious manner, "We're friends now, right?"

He looked back at her and took a pause.

"What? You're freakin' me out here!" She laughed again. He shook his head lightly and grinned.

"Friends it is!" Giving her a light high 5. They fell about laughing. Tifa found that it was so easy to talk to Zack. More so then Aerith. She liked being with him and loved being in his presence. She had hoped he felt the same way too.

"Zack, get over here! We need you!" A voice screamed from behind the scenes of the stage.
"That's my cue," Zack got up, Tifa joining him.

"It was nice seeing you again Zack," Tifa smiled. Zack returned his smile and nodded.

"Yeah," He agreed.

"I'll come back to Loveless next week sometime and we can hang out if you want?" He grinned again at this.

"Sure, I'll see you sometime next week then!" Zack waved to her and ran back, towards the backstage immediately leaving Tifa. Tifa had nothing else to do so she made her way to the exit. So to sum up the night in one word would be... Mental! She thought to herself, pushing the huge metal door back. A rush of cold night air attacked her like sharp needle-pricks. She shuddered, and wished she had brought a jacket, rubbing her arms to keep warm. She reached to her bag and took out her purse. Crap... She had no money left in it. She had spent it all on the entry ticket. She checked the time on her phone which read 11:20. She still had time to get back to the bar but she had no idea how to get back on foot. She couldn't remember the way Aerith had took her. She started walked down the dark path hastily, trying to come up with a plan. She got her phone out again and started to dial for Barret's number. She clicked the call button and waited patiently on the line, still walking down the dark path. There was no answer. Damn, the bar must be too busy for him to hear the phone ring... She turned to the right, trying to retrace the way back home. The only light visible were the street headlights. She could see lights of places that were still open. Maybe she could ask someone for directions... But there's nobody here? It was true. There was no one on the streets. It was late and everyone was either in nightclubs or at home cosy in their warm beds. This is when Tifa started to panic, redialling '7th heaven'. Still no answer. She thought about going back to Loveless Academy but she had already been walking for a good 20 minutes and it was too far to walk all the back. She started to walk at a faster pace now, looking around wildly for signs. She suddenly stopped in her tracks. She caught her breath, eyes wide open. In front of her was a 2 large black outlines. They were walking up to her, sneering to each other. She turned around quickly and started to walk away from them, sensing a possible threat. She glanced over her shoulder quickly and noticed that they started walking faster too. She crossed the road and turned right, looking for some help. She got her phone out, ready to dial 911 if anything happened. She stopped to catch her breath, adrenaline pumping through her veins. She looked back again and noticed they had gone. She sighed in relief and looked forward. She couldn't have been more wrong.

"Hey Sweetie pie," one of the thugs sneered, walking up to her, almost a few steps away.

"Don't come any closer!" She warned, holding her phone, ready to dial for emergency services.

"Oh don't be like that honey," The other thug said, coming up from behind her. She gasped in shock, dropping her phone on the ground. It smashed on the floor, breaking the screen. She winced, now terrified.

"Oh dear, look at the mess you've made," The other thug said, who was in front of her. They started to corner her like lions hunting for their prey.

The thug behind her clasped his hand over her mouth. She violently scratched him on his arms, making him scream out in pain. He let go of her and she clenched her fists ready for battle.

"Right you little bitch," The thug she had scratched came up from behind her. He tried to attack her but she dodged him and punched him hard in his nose causing him to bleed. She could defend herself against one but two became a struggle. The other thug grabbed her hair and swung her into a dark alley. She hit into the wall with hard impact.

"Uh.." She could feel a sticky red pulsing liquid drip down her face but she could feel no pain. Her adrenaline rush numbed her whole body. The thug ran up to her and turned her around, grabbing her by the throat.

"Take...it..." she struggled to say, hardly able to breath. She meant her purse, even though their was nothing much in it.

"What makes you think I want that?" He asked, smiling darkly whilst tightening his grip around her neck, coming up closer to her face. She started to cry, realising his hidden meaning and tried to move her head away from his. She couldn't believe that this was happening to her. The next few seconds where a blur to her. She could remember the thug being peeled off her and thrown with amazing force into the wall. She dropped to the floor and lifted her head up trying to see what was happening. The other thug came up being the shadow trying to attack but the shadow was too quick from him. The shadow appeared behind the thug at lightning speed and threw him hard to the floor. The shadow picked the thug back up and lifted him up with inhuman strength. The thug screamed and pleaded from him to let go. Tifa strained to see who it was. She lifted her head higher, wincing at the pain. She gasped as the street headlight revealed who her saviour was. Her eyes met with the same sapphire orbs she had been gazing at in her biology lessons. The same blonde spiky hair. The same angelic face... Cloud Strife...

A/N Oh god this chapter took me forever to finish T_T"""" hope you like it and i'm sorry if their are any mistakes i missed. A thankyou for the people who have reviewed this story so far and a thankyou for future reviews! I hope you like it :D