A New Ally (Remake)
Hiro and Avalance walked towards Cid Highwind's house, a man who actually would let them use his own plane to get to where they needed to go. Hiro sighed deeply when they made it to the house, which was filled with Shinra soilders. "Damn.." Hiro muttered, knowing that they would know who he was.
Yuffie noticed the worry in his eyes, so she decided to grab his hand. "It's okay, we'll be fine." Yuffie said, and that made Hiro feel a bit better. The first stage of their relationship.
"You're right." Hiro said, and Yuffie nodded. Yuffie still had anger towards him, but she kept it to herself. However, she squezzed his hand. "Ow, Yuffie...you're squeezing my hand to hard." Hiro muttered.
Yuffie stopped. "Oh, sorry..still have some anger towards you, haha." She laughed, and Hiro shook his head, smiling.
"Anyway, Cloud, what should we do?" Hiro asked. Cloud noticed that a part of the house was unguarded.
"Aeris, Hiro, and Yuffie come with me. Arxen too. We'll go through the back and get to the plane. I'm sure Cid is waiting for us." Cloud said, and Tifa was about to complain, but Cloud turned to her.
"I have a important job for you Tifa. I need you and the others to distract the guards." Cloud said, and Hiro could of sworn he saw Cloud winking at her.
Tifa nodded. Arxen must of saw it too, since he turned to Cloud with a strange look on his face. "Not like that. Idoit." Cloud sighed, and he led the group to the backyard.
A chubby man was in the backyard, talking to Cid. Hiro gasped when he saw him. "Palmer..damn it." Hiro muttered, remembering the chubby man from his past.
"How do you know his name Hiro?" Yuffie asked, and Hiro sighed. "
Very long story." He didn't want to tell her his past, afraid that it would affect their relationship.
Palmer then noticed Hiro, and Hiro gasped. "Crap.." He muttered, and Palmer narrowed his eyes.
"Do I know you?" Palmer asked, and Hiro sighed in relief.
"No." He quickly said, but Palmer narrowed his eyes some more.
"I'm sure I d-" But he was cut off when Arxen tried to attack him with his double-blade, but Palmer jumped back.
"H-How dare you!" Palmer said, and Arxen smirked.
"Every Shinra empolyee is a enemy of mine. So back off fat boy." Arxen said, and Hiro smirked. Palmer took out his gun, and everyone took out their weapons. Palmer knew he was outnumbered, but he wasn't going to give up.
"I'm-" But before he could finish, Hiro dropped kicked him in the face, sending him flying. Hiro recovered in the air, and he got back on the ground. Palmer was pretty far, laying on the ground.
"Wow..that was easy. I guess fat men can fly huh?" Hiro asked Arxen, who laughed.
"Yea, I guess. Listen, I'm going to go help the others. I don't think the Tiny Bronco can hold us all." Arxen explained, and Hiro nodded.
"Yea, I think so too. Sorry dude." Hiro said, and Arxen nodded.
"Hey, it's okay." He said, walking away.
Cid lit a ciggerate, and smoked. "So, are you guys comin?" Cid asked, and Hiro nodded. "
Yea, by the way, my name is Hiro Aoyama." Hiro introduced himself, and Cid nodded.
"Nice to meet ya kid. You better be careful on my plane or else I will beat the crap out of you."
After getting on the plane, which took about five minutes. (Considering the fact that Shinra guards were trying to get on.) Everyone was fine. Hiro and Yuffie were sitting together, while Aeris and Cloud sat together. Hiro noticed that they weren't cuddling up or anything, and Hiro wondered why. Yuffie noticed, and sighed.
"I think Tifa and Cloud make a cute couple, don't you?" Yuffie asked, and Hiro nodded.
"Yea, I think so too. I just always thought that Aeris and Cloud-" But Yuffie shook her head.
"Nope, not at all. It's more like a brother-sister relationship." Hiro couldn't help but smile at that comment she made. Yuffie noticed.
"What are you smiling about?" She asked, and Hiro shook his head.
"No, nothing. So anyway," Hiro said a bit loud, so everyone could hear him. "where are we going?"
"Golden Saucer. Then we are going to the Ancient's Temple." Cloud explained, and Hiro nodded.
"Yea. Okay." Hiro said, and Yuffie put her head on Hiro's shoulder.
"I'm going to go to sleep. Would you mind?" She asked, and Hiro shook his head. Second stage of their relationship, Hiro thought.
"Go on ahead. I may join you." Hiro said, and Aeris couldn't help but feel giddy about the young couple. She loved romance, and Cloud rose a eyebrow.
"You don't have to be so giddy about it." Cloud said, but then Aeris looked like she was on stage, with a light shining down on her.
"It is just like a romance novel.." She said, and Cloud sighed.
"Sometimes I don't understand you." Cloud joked, and Aeris laughed.
Yuffie was in a deep slumber, her head on Hiro's shoulder. Hiro tried not to move a inch, not wanting to disturb her. "Maybe one day you'll get a girl brat, and she will straigten you out. Don't act like it is all icky and yucky, trust me, I think you'll like it." A voice entered his mind, and Hiro smiled a bit.
I'm loving it. I wish you were here though. Hiro thought, remembering the voice. The reason he did not even think of her name is because it would bring back the memories of her leaving, and the memories of the incident that happened four years ago. Yuffie moved a little, but she was still asleep. Aeris noticed, and she giggled. Cloud sighed, but then had to grab Aeris because she was about to take a picture. Hiro chuckled a bit, but then couldn't help but fall asleep. Aeris took her chance, and she took a picture of the young couple. She showed the picture to Cloud, who actually smirked.
"I'll look at it later." Cid said, since Aeris tried to show him.
Cid sighed deeply while piloting the plane. "Young love. How good it must feel."
"What?! Are you crazy?!" Four figures stood inside of a dark room, each wearing a strange coat.
It looked like lab coats.
"Crazy? Me? Crazy?" A voice said, and one of the shadow figures nodded.
"Using..this as a expierment? You have gone off the deep end! What kind of deranged monster are you?!
" A figure sighed, and it removed a object from the coat. It pointed it to another's head, then shot.
The figure fell to the ground, and the rest gasped. "What the hell!?" One of them said, and the voice laughed.
"He was getting in my way..."
Hiro's eyes snapped open, and he got up. "Dude, you're finally awake." Arxen said. Hiro looked at his surroundings.
"Where are we?" Hiro asked, and Arxen smirked.
"Golden Saucer's brothel." Arxen said, and Hiro jumped up.
"WHAT?!"
Arxen laughed. "No a hotel. Dude I can't believe you actually fell for that." Arxen said, and Hiro glared at him.
"That wasn't funny!" Hiro said, and Arxen laughed.
"I was joking. Besides, knowing you, you wouldn't go to one because you know Yuffie would hate you even more than she did before.." Arxen said, and Hiro glared at him.
"You wouldn't go to one too!" Hiro said, and Arxen nodded.
"Yea, I know." Arxen said.
"Where is everyone anyway?" Hiro asked.
"Well, Event Square. Apparently, they are having some singing competiton. I like to sing, since I was in a chorus thing when I was a kid, but I never liked to get up on stage and sing in public. You?" Arxen asked.
"Well, when I was a kid, Zek took me and a couple of others to a karaoke thing. It was a little tournament. Zek dared me to try, so I joined. I actually did pretty well." Hiro said, and Arxen smirked.
"I dare you to do that competition." Arxen said, but Hiro shook his head.
"No way. I don't even know what to sing." Hiro said, and Arxen smiled.
"Your Mp3 probably has a song you could use." Arxen said, and Hiro nodded.
"Good idea..might as well go on and do it." Hiro said, shrugging. He stood up, and he grabbed his sword.
"By the way...Yuffie is actually giving you a chance, that's pretty good." Arxen said, smiling.
"Yea. It's pretty nice. I just don't know if she likes me as much as I like her." Hiro explained, walking out the door, Arxen quickly following.
Hiro and Arxen walked to Event Square, and Aeris was the first one to see them. "Oh Hiro! You're awake!" She said happily, and Hiro smiled.
"Yea, sorry about that." Hiro said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Anyway, we are all going on dates! I already got dibs on Arxen!" She said, making Arxen's eyes to widen.
"Woah, woah, woah! What!?" Arxen said, shocked. Aeris grabbed his hand, and Arxen turned to Hiro. Hiro just laughed, and Arxen cried a little while being dragged off in a random direction.
Hiro continued to laugh when someone grabbed his sleeve. "Hey, you're awake."
Hiro turned his head to see Yuffie. "Yea, sorry." Hiro said, and Yuffie giggled.
"It's okay, I wasn't mad or anything. How about we go on a ride? We can come back here after that since the singing event doesn't start for the next hour." Yuffie said, and Hiro nodded.
"Okay."
They got on the same ride Yuffie and Cloud got on before, and Hiro sat across from Yuffie. The ride began, and they started to move. "Hey Hiro, I have a couple of questions that have been making me curious."
"What are they?" Hiro asked, and Yuffie wondered.
"Am I the only girl you have ever-" For some odd reason, she couldn't bring herself to finish it. She knew that Hiro would say no, but she was actually shocked by the answer.
"Dating wise, yes. I had a couple of women and girls in my lifetime that were family to me." Hiro said, and Yuffie was curious.
"Family?" She asked, and Hiro laughed a bit.
"Yea. Rachel and Larsina." Hiro said, and that made Yuffie gasp.
"Hiro, you know Larsina?"
"Yea. Did you?" Hiro asked, and Yuffie nodded.
"I went to her eighth birthday party. That's where I got my first kiss." Yuffie admitted, and Hiro's eyes widened.
"Wait what?" Hiro was confused.
"Yea, I was only nine at the time, so I didn't know what was going on. There was a really cute boy I shared that kiss with.." She said, and Hiro sat up in his seat.
"Yuffie, that boy was me! I can't believe it."
Yuffie looked closer, and gasped. "Yea, you are that kid! All you need to do is lose the-" She stopped herself from saying 'scar'. She didn't want to be mean to him, or atleast, attempt not to.
Hiro shook his head. "It's alright, you can say it. It won't bring back bad memories." Hiro told her.
"Anyway, I know you had more women in your life before that Hiro, don't lie to me." Yuffie said, and Hiro sighed.
"Yea you're right." He said, smiling afterwards.
"What are you smiling about?"
"I miss her."
"Who?" Yuffie was now really curious about it. She wanted to know if this girl would be a girl that was interested in Hiro, but wait, why would she really care? She didn't like Hiro that much, did she?
"A woman who is very special to me. Really special to me." Hiro said, and he noticed a flash of curiousty in Yuffie's eyes.
"This woman is fifteen years older then me, and helped me through alot when I was younger." Hiro said, and Yuffie tilted her head.
"Who is it?" Yuffie asked, wanting to know the name.
Hiro remembered the brown haired woman who was very special to him. Though they argured a bit back when they saw each other again, deep down, they still loved each other. She was there for him, and Hiro was there for her. She gave him the nickname: 'Brat', which is why he told Cloud not to call him that. After being called brat for awhile, Hiro became more then just a friend to her. He became her little brother.
"Tiamatt. Tiamatt is her name."
"Tiamatt? That's a pretty name." Yuffie said.
"Well, she was pretty, I have to admit, but she is one violent person. She was cold, mean, and she could easily kill a SOILDER in-" Hiro snapped his fingers, and Yuffie was surprised.
"She could really do that?"
Hiro nodded. "Yea. She was powerful. But sometimes I could even keep her at bay." Hiro said, remembering the sparring matches he had with her. Yet I would sometimes lose. Most of the time lose. She was older then me.. Hiro thought to himself.
"What do you mean?" Yuffie asked, curious.
"Well, I was always good with a sword. For some akward reason." Hiro said, looking down at the sword next to him.
"Wow, that's pretty cool Hiro." Yuffie said trying to make a good compliment about her new boyfriend, and Hiro shook his head.
"Nah...you're amazing though Yuffie, a one of a kind girl." Hiro said, and that comment made her blush.
"T-Thank you for the compliment." Yuffie said, her face red, and her hands together on her lap.
Hiro smiled."You're welcome! I was just spreading the truth!" Hiro said, and Yuffie smiled too.
"Well, I'm not that great. Remember I'm a thief." Yuffie said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Remember I am too. All the materia?" Hiro said, but Yuffie shook her head.
"You had a reason remember?" Yuffie pointed out. Hiro nodded, and sighed.
"Yea, I did have a reason." Hiro said, and then Yuffie noticed that the ride stopped.
"Oh! Come on! The rides over!" Yuffie said, grabbing Hiro's hand.
Hiro quickly grabbed his sword and walked out of the ride. "So where to next?" Yuffie asked, and Hiro looked down at his phone. He sent a text message to Arxen.
"We'll find out." Hiro said, and a text came back.
"Oh. It looks like the singing event is about to start." Hiro said, and Yuffie smiled.
"It'll be fun to watch right?" She couldn't help but glance at the message Hiro got, and she gasped.
"You're going to sing in it Hiro?" Yuffie asked, and Hiro shook his head.
"No. Arxen is trying to get me to try out for it, but I don't-" He was cut off by Yuffie.
"I think it is cool! You should do it." Yuffie smiled, and Hiro sighed, and shook his head.
"Yuffie-"
Yuffie once again interjected in the conversation, this time giving him a pouting look.
"Please?" She asked, and Hiro smirked. This time they really acted like a couple.
"I'm the master of that look. You can't get me with it!" Hiro said, and Yuffie sighed.
"Fine. Do whatever you want. I don't care." Yuffie said, crossing her arms.
"Yuffie? You aren't mad at me are you?" Hiro asked, and Yuffie ignored him.
"Come on! I just don't want to embarrass myself!" Hiro said, and Yuffie still gave him the cold shoulder. Hiro sighed, and he had to give up.
"Fine..I'll do it." Hiro muttered, and Yuffie smiled.
"Yes!" She said, and Hiro sighed again. She got him.
When they made it to the square, Hiro signed up, surprising everyone besides Yuffie and Arxen.
"You're...seriously...going...to..sing Hiro?" Barret asked slowly, and Hiro nodded.
"Yea.." He was about to explain until Barret, Cid, and Cait Sith started to laugh. Hiro glared at them, while Cloud just stood there with a strange look on his face.
"You're serious?" Cloud asked, and Hiro nodded.
"She forced me into it." Hiro pointed at Yuffie, who was giggling. Tifa patted Hiro's back.
"I'm sure you'll do fine. I mean, all you got to do is sing. I bet you're not that bad." Tifa said, and Barret began to mock him by singing a note.
"Laaaaa!" Cid and Cait Sith laughed. Vincent sighed deeply, and Arxen looked at him.
"What do you think of all this?" Arxen asked.
"It's completely stupid." Vincent told him.
While they watched a bunch of people sing, Hiro had his arms cross, waiting for his turn. He hasn't spoken a word since the incident when Barret mocked him. He sat between Yuffie and Arxen. Yuffie was concerned about Hiro's mood, while Arxen snickered a bit.
"Hiro, are you okay?" Hiro only nodded to Yuffie's surprising concern, and he put his head back down. A man was attempting to sing This Moment by the band Disturbed. Everyone watched him, and he choked on stage. Aeris felt bad for the poor man, while Cid, Barret, and Cait Sith mocked everyone on stage. (That had a bad voice, would choke on stage, etc. Of course, they didn't do it infront of their faces.) Cloud was tapping his foot, waiting for Hiro's turn. He wanted to see if the blonde boy could sing pretty well. That could be a weapon Cloud could use against him if Hiro insulted him again. Tifa was also waiting for Hiro's turn, wanting to know what song he was singing. Red and Vincent were sitting there, Red was asleep, while Vincent...no one actually knew what he was doing.
"Excuse me..Mr. Aoyama?" A voice called his name. Hiro looked up, and he sighed. He stood up, and walked off with the stranger, while everyone watched him go. Hiro left his sword behind, knowing that if he carried it up on stage, people would call him a maniac. When he got to the lobby, people were sitting patiently for their turns. Hiro was going to be up soon, so he stood up against a wall. He noticed some people being nervous, others crying that they didn't want to do this infront of hundreds of people. Hiro smirked a bit, since he wasn't really nervous at all. He's been through worse. Sure, he was a tad nervous that he may choke, but Hiro has done stupid things like this before, so why not do it again? Especially for Yuffie, his girlfriend.
Well, the girl he's dating that isn't really acting like it, but they still had time to get close.
"Hiro Aoyama! You're up kid!" A voice called for him. Hiro sighed, and walked over to the exit of the lobby.
The man put his hand on Hiro's shoulder. "Nervous?" Hiro shook his head. "Alright!"
Hiro walked up on the stage, the light blaring on him. They announced his name, and people clapped. Hiro could of sworn he heard 'Go Hiro!' It sounded like Arxen and Yuffie, so Hiro grabbed the mic, and the music began.
I'm in over my head.
Hiro knew this song from his childhood, and it was on his mp3. He heard it alot on the radio. Thanks to Zek and Rachel, Hiro heard them sing it alot. So he decided to sing this song. Besides, it was one of the only songs that he had memorized.
They wanna try and build me up
So they can tear me down
I wish that I could be back there
But I'm writing here right now
Barret, Cait Sith, and Cid couldn't even think up a insult. Instead, Barret smirked. "Damn, he is pretty good!"
They've taken everything that I've had to give and
They say it's over but man I'm still here livin
I don't know what to do, I think that maybe
"Damn..." Arxen sat there, shocked by Hiro's talent at singing. "He should of been a famous singer.." Arxen joked around, knowing that Hiro would hate that sort of life.
I'm in over my head
Stuck in the red
Somethin they said
Makes me think that I'm in over my head
Over my head
Over my head
"What do you think of Hiro singing now?" Aeris asked Cid, who's dropped his pack of one of his most precious items in the world. "That is what I thought!" Aeris said, smiling a bit.
I've got to get away from here
And it couldn't be too soon
Cuz I see the stars are here with me
Like rockets to the moon
"Damn.." The guy who choked was watching Hiro's perfomance, surprised by the fact Hiro didn't choke or look nervous. "Kid must of done it before." He said, turning back towards the trash can he puked in earlier.
You take me everywhere that I've never been and
Show me the meaning of what life had to give and
I don't know what to say, I think that maybe
Hiro was looking at the people while he sang, something he got from Zek when he sang sometimes. He was use to the fact that people would stare at him. Thanks to his talent with a sword, and thanks to the scar on his right eye. He didn't really care for the scar, but sometimes that gave people the wrong message about him. They thought he was a delinquent, a troublemaker. But he was use to it.
I'm in over my head
Lyin in her bed
Somethin she said
Makes me think that I'm in over my head
Over my head
Over my head
Yuffie blinked a bit at the 'Lyin in her bed' part, and Arxen noticed. "He is just singing a song Yuffie, not pointing out a dirty message to you. Hiro isn't like that remember?" Arxen chuckled a bit, and Yuffie nodded.
They've taken everything that I've had to give and
They say it's over but man I'm still here livin
I don't know what to do, I think that maybe
Hiro knew the song was about to end, and he was actually glad that the song was about to end. He only sang this song because it was the one on top of his head when he was choosing. He would of sighed in relieve, but he was still on stage, singing the song for Yuffie and his friends.
I'm in over my head
Stuck in the red
Somethin they said
Hiro scanned through the crowd to see Yuffie, and he winked at her. Some girls around them were fighting over who he winked at, but Yuffie smiled and winked back. Arxen played around, and he winked at Hiro too. Hiro smiled.
Makes me think that I'm in over my head
Over my head
Over my head
Cloud was actually listening to Hiro, since he liked the song he was singing. Tifa was smiling while listening, and Red's tail was wagging, indicating that he was enjoying Hiro's peformance. Unaware to any of them, Vincent was listening to Hiro as well.
I'm in over my head
I'm in over my head
I'm in over my head
I'm in over my head
Hiro put the mic back when he was done singing, and the crowd erupted with cheers. Hiro bowed, and he smiled when getting back up. Hiro then noticed Yuffie walking towards him, so he jumped off the stage. Yuffie stopped infront of him, smiling.
"You did really good Hiro." Yuffie told him.
"I sang it for you, so I had to do good." Hiro smiled.
Some of the girls looked envious of Yuffie, and Arxen noticed this.
"Sorry ladies.." He said, patting one of them on the shoulder.
Yuffie smiled, and slipped her hand into his. Hiro smiled even more.
"So what should we do now?" Hiro asked, looking at Cloud.
"Well, I think we should get some rest. I mean, we have a big day tomorrow anyway." Cloud said, and Hiro nodded. Hiro turned to Yuffie, who smiled.
"Yea. I think we should get some sleep." Yuffie said, and Hiro nodded.
iNn
"So I have a room with Cloud and Arxen?" Hiro asked, and Tifa nodded.
"I have a room with Yuffie and Aeris." Tifa said, smiling.
"Oh." Hiro didn't understand why Tifa was smiling.
"Hey Hiro..could you do me a big favor?" She asked, and Hiro nodded.
"Yea, of course." Tifa smile got even bigger.
"Will you spy on Cloud for me?" Hiro was surprised.
"Why?" He asked, and Tifa shrugged.
"Well, I want to know what he is doing, so will you?" Hiro sighed.
"Yea, I'll do it." Hiro said, and Tifa hugged him.
"Thanks." She said, and Hiro was a bit surprised by the hug.
"You're one of my best friends." Tifa said, letting go of him. Hiro smiled.
"I'll make sure to spy on him for you."
Hiro laid down on his bed, and sighed. Tomorrow, they go to the Temple of the Ancients. He fell into a deep slumber, hoping that he didn't have anymore bad dreams.