A New Ally (Remake)

"Damn it! What is taking them so damn long?" Hiro said outloud. He was sitting down on a bench outside of the Golden Saucer, and he sighed. "Damn it I'm so bored. Almost as bored as the time I didn't get to practice fight with anyone when I was six." Hiro said to himself, but a hyperactive voice made him look up.

"Did somebody say bored?" Hiro looked up to see a giant doll, and a strange cat on top.

"Umm..Yea. That was me." Hiro said, looking at the strange cat.

"May I tell you your fortune? Only a hundred gil!" The strange cat said, and Hiro narrowed his eyes at it.

"That's sort of a ripoff." Hiro said, and the cat glared at him.

"I'm trying to make a living here just pay me the money!!" Hiro sighed.

"Come on, I'm bored, give me a free one." Hiro said, and the cat glared at him.

"No! I want money!"

The cat gasped when Hiro had the tip of his blade at it's neck.

"Tell me a free fortune or I'll chop your little head off!" Hiro growled. The cat gasped.

"A-Alright! Please don't kill me!" Hiro placed the blade back into it's sheath.

"Jeez..can't believe you fell for that." Hiro said, smirking.

The cat sighed, and he pulled out a small piece of paper from the giant robot doll. "You will be heartbroken, but you shall get back up on your feet." The cat said.

Hiro just blinked in confusion. "What does that have to do with anything?" Hiro said, and the cat sighed.

"I have no idea." The cat responded, and Hiro sighed.

Wonder what Cloud's doing right now?

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The complete silence continued, and Cloud was getting a bit tired of it. It's been about a minute Yuffie. He thought, about to tell the girl to answer, but then she smiled.

"I'll give him the answer myself okay?" Yuffie said, and Cloud nodded.

"Alright." He said, returning to the window. Why do I have a bad feeling about this? She does want to give Hiro the answer herself. Cloud thought to himself.

The ride was over after a couple minutes of silence. They both got off the ride, and Tifa was waiting for them.

"The others are already back at the entrance." Tifa said, and Cloud nodded. Yuffie walked ahead of them, and Tifa went up to Cloud quickly.

"What did she say?" Tifa said, and Cloud sighed. "She wants to tell him the answer herself. I don't know why."

They followed Yuffie back to the entrance, where they saw the others. The cat, who Hiro met earlier, called himself Cait Sith. Hiro called him Cait for was standing up, giving his seat to Cait and Aeris. Yuffie was smiling when she walked up to them.

"Hey, how was your dates?" Yuffie asked the others, totally ignoring the blonde boy.

"Oh fine." Aeris said, and Yuffie giggled.

"Oh really? Must of been hard with Red as your date! No offense Red." Red nodded, and Hiro looked at Cloud. Cloud shrugged.

"Umm..Yuffie.." Hiro was trying to talk to the ninja, who turned to him.

She glared at him.

"Who said you could speak to me?" She said, surprising everyone with the hateful tone she used

. "Umm..Sorry, I was wondering..did Cloud-?" Before he could finish, Yuffie nodded.

"Yes, and would you like to know the answer?" Hiro nodded.

SMACK

Yuffie slapped the blonde boy across the face, making everyone gasp.

"You actually believe you have a chance with me!? I wouldn't give you a chance at all you thief!!!" Cloud sighed.

Yuffie calling Hiro a thief is just like a pot calling a kettle black. Cloud thought to himself, while everyone besides Cait and Hiro thought the same thing.

"What did I-" He was cut off by Yuffie smacking him again.

"You don't remember?! You stole materia from my family in Wutai!! Don't you remember!?!" Yuffie screamed at Hiro, causing unwanted attention. Spectators came to watch them, and Cloud sighed again.

"I..don't remember Yuffie!" Yuffie smacked him again. Hiro had red hand marks on his face, and he thought long and hard."Wait..you can't be the same girl that I met in Wutai with Zek?" Hiro said, in complete shock.

"Oh..so you do remember! I'm shocked! Now you know the reason why I totally hate you!" Yuffie hissed at the blonde, who stood there, still in complete shock. Yuffie smirked at him. "I wouldn't ever do anything with you. I hate your guts. Hell, If I had a choice to choose only one person to die in this whole world, it would be you! You made me a disgrace to the village, I couldn't protect our village's materia! You can just go to hell!" Yuffie screamed at the blonde, making the crowd around them to get bigger.

Yuffie slapped Hiro again in the face, and she walked away, huffing with anger. She walked past Tifa, leaving the park. The crowd was whispering many things: 'Poor guy.' or 'That girl has alot of issues to work out.'. Of course, some of them took Yuffie's side, but they agreed that Yuffie didn't have to be that angry and violent. The crowd walked away, and Hiro stood back up. He had sadness in his eyes, but he sighed.

There was total silence until Barret broke it. "Okay..I'm sorry for askin, but who in the hell is Zek?" Barret said, and Hiro turned to him.

"My friend who died three years ago. I would rather not talk about it." Hiro said to the man, who nodded.

"I understand." Barret said, and Hiro looked down.

"Well...anyway, this is Cait Sith. I was wondering if he could join us." Hiro said, changing the subject. Cloud looked at Cait Sith, and then nodded.

"Alright." He said, and Cait jumped up on the giant doll.

"Alright! I won't bother anyone!" Cait said, and Hiro smiled a bit.

"Sure you won't. You annoyed me the whole time I was out here." He joked, and Cait glared at the blonde. Cloud noticed Hiro's eyes. They were still full of sadness, and Cloud sighed.

"Barret, Tifa, Aeris.." He said quietly, while Hiro argued with Cait. Red watched the debate, and the three Cloud called for came up to him.

"Alright. I have a plan, you just have to follow it. We are going to Cosmo Canyon, and when we stay at the inn, I want Aeris and Tifa to talk to Yuffie. Barret, you and I will talk to Hiro. I actually want these two together.." Cloud admitted.

Cosmo Canyon (A couple of hours later)

Hiro was walking beside of Cait, and the both of them were in the back of the group. Yuffie was infront of the group, looking at new materia. Everyone remained silent while they entered the city. Red looked up to Cloud.

"My grandfather lives here. May I go visit him?" Cloud, not knowing what to say, nodded. Red ran up the hills of the canyon, and Cloud turned to the others.

"Alright. We are going to a inn to rest." Cloud looked at Tifa, who winked. They walked up to the inn. The innkeeper smiled at them when they walked up to the counter.

"Welcome! I suppose you adventurers will need a couple of rooms?" Cloud nodded.

"Yes. We need three rooms. Two with three beds." Cloud said, and the innkeeper nodded. He walked over to some rack with keys. He took three keys, and turned around.

"Here you go. Sleep well!"

Cloud's room

"So where is Hiro anyway? He disappeared." Barret said.

Hiro disappeared from the group while entering the inn. Cloud shrugged. "I'm not sure. I didn't see him leave." Cloud said, wondering where the blonde warrior went to.

"Who knows where the kid is." Barret said. It was silent for a while until Barret broke the silence. "What do you think of that kid Cloud?" Barret asked the spikey blonde, who shrugged.

"He is pretty nice, a bit cocky sometimes, but overall a good guy." Cloud said.

"Yea, I think so too. Sort of strange though. I wonder why he wouldn't let us call him a brat?" Barret asked, and Cloud sighed.

"I don't know either Barret. Apparently, someone must of called him that before." Barret laughed.

"I'm pretty sure someone has." Barret said, and Cloud smiled.

"He is really strong too, especially with a sword. We saw what he did to that creature Aeris and Red were having a hard time with." Barret said, and Cloud nodded in agreement.

"But then there is his connection with Sephiroth." Cloud brought up the subject, and Barret nodded.

"Yea. It seems as though they have known each other for awhile." Barret said, and Cloud turned around, staring out the window.

"Sephiroth seemed really angry to see that kid. Though Hiro did say that he stole one of Sephiroth's materias." Barret said, but was surprised when Cloud shook his head.

"No. There has to be something else. Sephiroth wouldn't get that angry over a materia being stolen." Cloud explained, while Barret sat there in surprise.

"Oh. Well, I didn't know that. I didn't know him as well as you do Cloud. I think you are the one who knows him the most." Barret said, but Cloud shook his head.

"I remember Sephiroth being very close to someone..but I forget who." Cloud admitted. The silence appeared again.

"Where's Red?" Barret changed the subject, and Cloud shrugged.

"I don't know. He mentioned he was going to go see his grandfather, Bugenhagen. Strange. Maybe Hiro is out there visiting him."

Tifa's room

There was a awkward silence between the three girls. Tifa was planning on talking to Yuffie about Hiro, as was Aeris.

"Hey Yuffie." Aeris broke the silence, and the ninja looked over at her.

"Hm?" She was curious on what the flower girl wanted to talk about.

"Why do you hate Hiro?" Aeris tried to begin the conversation. The ninja scoffed, and turned her head away.

"He made me a disgrace to Wutai. I couldn't even protect the hidden materia!" Yuffie said.

"Wutai was hiding materia?" Tifa asked, and Yuffie nodded.

"Of course. We couldn't live without materia, so my father hid some from Shinra. Ever since the Wutai War ended, it was offical that we couldn't keep any materia. So, my father hid some of it from the officals. It was atleast four years that he came and stole our materia."

"Do you think he had a reason? Maybe to help someone?" Yuffie shook her head at Tifa's question.

"Of course not. I doubt he had a real good reason!" Yuffie said, and Tifa sighed.

"Yuffie, you didn't even give him a chance to tell you why he did all that." Tifa said, but Yuffie sighed.

"I refuse to talk to him about it. I'm a disgrace to my family, a disgrace to Wutai itself." Yuffie said, sounding a bit sad, but then had a angry look on her face. "And it is all that bastard's fault!" Yuffie growled, and Tifa sighed.

"Yuffie, give the guy a chance. Hiro is a nice guy." Yuffie's eyes widened.

"HELL NO!" She said, loudly.

"Yuffie! Come on! You think you hate him, but you know you like him deep down!" Aeris said, smirking a bit.

Yuffie glared at the flower girl. "Shut up!" She threw a pillow at Aeris, who got hit in the face.

"Yuffie! Calm down!" Tifa said, and Yuffie scoffed.

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"Seto? Who's that?" Hiro asked the floating old man. His name was Bugenhagen, Red's 'grandfather'. He floated on a green ball, and Hiro thought it was strange at first.

"Nanaki's father." Bugenhagen told Hiro, who nodded.

"Oh." He said. Red asked Hiro to come with him to visit his grandfather, and Hiro, who was curious, decided followed Red to the top of the hill, and met Bugenhagen, which kinda shocked Hiro. Hiro got over the shock, and talked to the oldman about various subjects. Hiro then learned about Red's real name, Nanaki.

"Hiro, how are your real parents? Why aren't they with you?" Red asked the young boy, who sighed.

"I don't know my real parents. Apparently, they died when I was born. I don't know how though." Hiro said, and Red gasped.

"Oh, I'm sorry Hiro, I didn't mean to-" Hiro interruped him.

"No, it is fine. Anyway, Bugenhagen, what happened to Seto?"

"My father was a coward!" Red said, surprising both Hiro and Bugenhagen.

"Nanaki! Your father was a hero!" Bugenhagen exclaimed.

"How was he a hero?!"

"Your father fought the Gi Tribe all by himself! He sacrificed himself for Cosmo Canyon! He was shot by many poison arrows, but he defeated the Gi Tribe!" Red's eyes widened.

"What?" He said surprised.

"Do you want to visit your father Nanaki?"

Hiro decided to leave them, and he walked out of the house.

"Red's father. I wonder what he was like? Hell, I wonder what my father is like." Hiro said, walking down the path.

As he walked down the path, he felt a shiver go up his spine.

"What is this feeling?" Hiro said, feeling a bit werid. "Is..someone watching me?" Hiro said quietly, looking around. All of a sudden, a monster appeared out of nowhere, and Hiro removed his sword. "What the?"

It was a Behemoth, which surprised Hiro. "You can only find those in Sector 8. Why the hell is there one here!?" Hiro said, preparing for combat. The Behemoth roared, and charged at Hiro.

It tried to strike him with it's claws, but Hiro quickly dodged the attack by doing a side jump. Hiro slashed the side of the Behemoth quickly, making the Behemoth roar in pain. Hiro then started to slash the monster repeatly, making various wounds on the Behemoth's side. The Behemoth, on the other hand, was pretty strong, so it took all the hits. Hiro jumped back, ready for the next attack from the monster. The Behemoth turned and roared at Hiro, and Hiro smirked.

"Come on! Is that all you got?" Hiro mocked the monster. The Behemoth growled, and roared, making fire balls to fly from the sky to hit the blonde.

Hiro dodged everyone, and then did a backflip to dodge the last one. "Alright, now its my turn!" Hiro said, casting multiple spells on the Behemoth. He used the materia that Cloud gave him the other day, and the Behemoth was roaring in pain. Hiro smirked, knowing that he got him.

"Contain!" Hiro said, making the Behemoth stay in the same exact spot.

"Good thing this is a mastered materia. Flare!" Hiro casted the fire spell, hitting the Behemoth dead-on. The Behemoth growled, having numerous wounds on it's body wouldn't help. The Behemoth tried to charge, but Hiro smirked.

"Stop!" The Behemoth stopped in place, and Hiro's smirk remained.

Hiro prepared his sword, and he charged at the monster. He slashed the monster across the face, making one of it's eyes to bleed. It threw it's claw at Hiro's chest, and Hiro was hit.

He was sent flying to the side, but he recovered. Thanks to the Shinra armor he was still wearing, it decreased the damage from the hit. The Behemoth roared, and a spell hit Hiro, burning him.

"Damn!" Hiro exclaimed, when he got back up.

"Silence!" He casted the spell on the Behemoth, and he smirked. "Now, let me finish this!" Hiro said, charging at the Behemoth.

He stabbed the Behemoth in the forehead, making blood pour from the giant wound. The Behemoth roared once, and then fell to the ground, eyes lifeless. The Behemoth died, and Hiro smirked. "Thank lord.." Hiro said, removing the sword from it's head. Hiro sighed, and he wiped the blood off of the blade, and he placed it back on it's sheath. "Now, I should get back." Hiro said, turning around. He began to walk back. All of a sudden, clapping was heard.

"Good job Hiro Aoyama. You have gotten stronger.." Hiro's eyes widened, and he pulled his sword out quickly.

ClOuD

"I'm getting worried." Cloud said, walking down the hallway of the inn. Barret was following him. Hiro has been gone for hours, and they wondered where he was at.

"So we are getting the girls right?" Barret asked the spikey blonde, who nodded.

"We may need their help." Cloud admitted, and Barret chuckled.

"Since Tifa would probably beat you up if you didn't take her along, right Spikey?" Barret asked Cloud, who glared at the man.

"Shut up. She could beat you up." Barret still laughed at Cloud, who crossed his arms. When they reached the girl's room, Cloud opened the door. "Have any of you seen Hiro?" Tifa looked up at Cloud, and shook her head.

"No, have you?"

"No, we are going to go search for him. We need your help. Aeris, Yuffie, you two come as well." Cloud said, but Yuffie laughed.

"So the pain in the neck is finally gone! Thank God! I hope he disappeared or maybe even better, dead!" Yuffie said, and Cloud punched the nearest wall near him. It scared everyone, even Tifa.

"Shut up Yuffie, no one cares if you hate him or not. Now are you going to help or not?! I'm willing to send you back to Wutai!!" Cloud told Yuffie, who gasped.

"Listen Yuffie, you are just saying those things are just because you are confused. Now come on! We are going to go look for Hiro." Aeris said, standing up. She took out her staff, and everyone ran out of the inn.

Barret and Yuffie went to go look up at Bugenhagen's, while Aeris, Cloud, and Tifa were going to the city square. "Where is he!?" Cloud said, looking around.

"DIE!"

Cloud heard the sound, and they gasped when they reached the town square.

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