A/N: Wow, you people really love my fic. Kudos to all those wonderful reviewers. Especially you WD5. :)
Again, just in case you missed the notes in the first few chapters: this whole fic is the response to my first taken challenge, by WishingDreamer5. Enjoy.
07: Cry
Even before the restoration was complete the town withheld its name. Radiant Garden. The name just radiated peace and happiness. And too much happiness made Cloud sick.
Sure, he didn't want the Heartless around and definitely not the Nobodies and Organization XII. He detested evil. But then he also detested not having any evil butt to kick. He detested seeing everyone go around town with nothing bad happening. And he detested the fact that he detested all those things. Detest. The word was losing its meaning to him.
He was sitting on the edge of a roof with Yuffie and Aerith. He didn't mind their company but he needed something to do other than just sitting around. During the resoration he remembered having fought with Sephiroth. Then it dawned on him. He's still alive.
"I'll be right back", he said before jumping off the roof in a steep somersault and making a smooth landing, his scarf blowing behind him in the wind. In seconds he was already half way across the district. Yuffie and Aerith looked at each other and looked back at Cloud, running further away with his back to them.
He ran all the way to the Cystal Chasms. Hoping to find Sephiroth here he stabbed his buster sword in the ground and yelled, "Sephiroth! Show yourself!"
Seconds passed before he heard steps approaching. He readied his sword for battle but lowered it when he saw who it was. "Tifa? What are you doing here?"
Without a word she ran up to him and locked him in a hug that could have crushed a bear. Cloud just stood there with his eyes wide in shock. He felt her tears on his shoulder. He couldn't help but give in to her embrace.
A/N: Yeah, another one down. Sometimes I doubt myself in being able to ever complete the whole challenge.