Me: Shoot! The PMs are down so some people don't know that I've undated. (sigh)
Lloyd: Whoa! I'm surprised your sitting here typing the story when there's a Naruto marathon going on right now!
Me: Yeah well it's just the Chunin Exams and … wait a sec! How do you know about Naruto?
Lloyd: I was flipping through the channels and saw the Gaara/Rock Lee fight. It was awesome!
Me: How did you access a TV?
Lloyd: (shrugs) Don't know. Your room I suspect.
Me: You went into my room!?
Lloyd: I guess, I don't know. You're the one typing this so you should know.
Me: Grrr! Lloyd! Humph!
Lloyd: What? I'm sorry ok.
Me: Maybe I should go watch Naruto, then I wouldn't have to deal with you and I could watch Naruto be thrown off a cliff again and watch him try to gain the respect of Gama Bunta the chief toad.
Lloyd: What but what about the flash back?
Me: oh yeah. (sigh) I guess I better do another since I haven't done one in a while.
Lloyd: Good, I wanted to know what was gonna happen next anyways. Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF, only Tiamatt and the Oblivion Blade.
"Tifa! Cloud!" Tiamatt lowered her sword to her side at the sight of her old friends. Tifa's eyes widened in shock as Cloud looked at her curiously.
"Tiamatt, what are you doing here?" Tifa asked running up and giving her old friend a hug.
"I came to investigate the cause of death around the building." Tiamatt told her calmly as she examined the group in front of her. A tall black man with a gun arm stood next to Cloud. A girl in a pink dress and her hair in a braid stood on Cloud's other side with a strange lion like creature at her side. "Who are you? Why are you in President Shinra's office?"
"Tiamatt?" Tifa began, startled at her friend's change over the years. The woman looked over the Cetra, examining the Turk uniform that Tiamatt wore. "You work for Shinra still?"
"Yes. Now tell me, who are all of you and why are you in here?" Tiamatt replied coldly.
"You…you were in SOLDIER." Cloud said, finally recognizing the Turk.
"Have you forgotten everything?" Tiamatt asked, confused by the blonde man's behavior.
"What do you mean?" the swordsman asked.
"Forget it." The Cetra shook her head and returned to her cold glare. "I have yet to here the answer to my questions."
"Why should we be tellin' ya our names if you work for Shinra?" The black man griped.
"Barret! She's an old friend!" Tifa shouted. "This is Barret. The girl in pink is Aeris and the cat is Red XIII."
"We followed the trail of blood from Jenova's chamber in the lab up here where we found Shinra dead." Aeris explained.
"Jenova! She's escaped!" Tiamatt shouted, eyes widening in fear. "And President Shinra? You said he was dead?" Aeris nodded and pointed to the body that was lying on a desk, an abnormally long katana stick up from his spine. "The Masamune? I thought only Sephiroth could wield that sword."
"Yeah. I guess this means he's back." Cloud nodded. Tiamatt looked down at her feet, eyes clouding over. "What's wrong with you?"
"You truly don't remember do you?" Tiamatt asked sadly.
"You, you're an Ancient aren't you?" Tiamatt looked up to see Aeris.
"How did you…?"
"The planet, it told me there was one other. I feel it, you the other Cetra." Aeris explained. "Can't you hear the planet?"
"No, I can't. I know I'm a Cetra but for some reason I can't sense to the planet. I never have been able to." Tiamatt told the group.
"Wait a sec. You tellin' us that you an Ancient too? And what's with the sudden change in behavior here?" Barret asked.
"Shinra is dead. The contract is broken. I no longer have to stay with Shinra. And I don't have to return to Hojo." Tiamatt snarled the man's name.
"You were used in an experiment too?" Red XIII asked. Tiamatt looked shocked that he could talk but nodded. "How many lives must that man ruin?"
"We shouldn't linger." Cloud warned. Sure enough, the sound of a chopper could be heard outside. "I guessing that that is Rufus Shinra, the vice president."
"Well, why don't we give him a welcoming party?" Barret smirked, patting his gun arm.
"I no longer have to stay loyal to Shinra so I will agree with that plan." Tiamatt said calmly.
The group all agreed and went out onto the helicopter pad to confront the Vice President of the Shinra Corporation. Cloud pulled the Buster Sword and held it ready as Rufus stood in front of them.
"Humph, so you're the ones that have been causing all the ruckus." Rufus smirked, as he looked the group over. "You there, Turk! Why have you not arrested the intruders?"
"I don't have to take orders from you!" Tiamatt snarled, baring dragon fangs.
"You're the one under contract with my father correct? Then you must take orders and I said to arrest these people." Rufus barked.
"Shinra is dead. The contract is no more and I am free to live my own life." Tiamatt growled.
"So my father is dead. It doesn't matter, I will take the position and build up more power then my father ever did." Rufus laughed.
"You're sick." Aeris cried. "You're father just died and you already are planing on ways to increase your power."
"My father was weak. He tried to gain the people's trust, slowly building power. But the only way to gain power is to seize it through fear." Rufus grinned.
"Grr! You guys get out of here while I take care of him!" Cloud ordered. The others agreed, except for Tiamatt who continued to stand her ground as she raised her sword.
"Tiamatt, get out of here!"
"No, I'm going to kill the last Shinra here and now!" Tiamatt replied as she watched Rufus pull out a gun. Cloud nodded and together they fought against Shinra. Rufus was, however, a coward at heart and escaped on his helicopter before the battle could be finished.
Tiamatt and Cloud returned inside the building and made their way down to the first floor where the others were having trouble escaping. Cloud grabbed a motorcycle from the garage in the building as the others jumped into a truck. Crashing through the large glass windows, the group began their mad dash out of Midgar as the Shinra soldiers chased them. Finally they got out of Midgar and sat at the outskirts, discussing their next course of action.
"We need to find Sephiroth. Something wasn't right about that attack and I want to find out why." Cloud said.
"I just want to go home." Red mummered.
"You can travel with us for a while till we reach your home." Aeris suggested. Red smiled and nodded.
"There's no point in splitting up so I'm gonna continue traveling with Tifa and Cloud." Barret said, crossing his arms.
"Humph, whatever! I think I'll just go on my own then." Tiamatt began walking away from the group.
"What? But you can come with us!" Aeris cried.
"Thanks but I just want to be on my own for now. This is the first time in many years that I've been free of Shinra so I think I'll just enjoy this time before I do anything else." Tiamatt smirked, looking at the other Cetra. With that, Tiamatt walked away, hands in her pockets with her sword strapped across her back as she head for the mountains to the south of Midgar.
"Bye Tiamatt!" Tifa and Aeris waved at the now ex-Turk as they head towards the small town of Kalm.
Me: Haha! Tiamatt's escape from Shinra! But don't think it's all over yet! Nope! Anyways, please read and review as I go to watch the 3rd round of the Chunin Exams! Oh and a Happy New Year to everyone!