Chapter 5: Journey to Coral

It had been two hours since Drogo and Tifa left Edge to head for the Western Continent. As soon as they had left Edge Tifa called a neighbour to keep an eye on Marlene and Denzel and she even called them herself to reassure them that she wouldn't be gone for more than a couple of days. Since the new Highway had been built passing to the other side of the mountains was easier than it was before and had cut half on hour off their over all journey.

"Wow!" Tifa exclaimed as they passed the Mythril Mines, "and to think a few years back we had to cross the marshes and walk through the Mythril Mines."

Drogo smiled at Tifa, "I guess it's a good thing they built this Highway then."

Thanks to the improvements Drogo had made to the car it was able to go twice as fast as before and it had much better suspension on it. It wasn't long before they were about to pass Fort Condor.

"Hey look!" Tifa yelled and she pointed to a mountain to their left. "There's Fort Condor!"

Drogo looked at where Tifa was pointing and he gave her a confused stare. "Why is it called Fort Condor?" He asked.

"Because all the condors used to live there," Tifa answered with a sigh, she remembered the gang fighting Shinra on Fort Condor for the Huge Materia a few years back. Tifa herself was in Midel tending to Cloud while he was ill with Mako Posioning.

"I see…" Drogo responded he saw the sad look on Tifa's face and he quickly changed the subject. "How many miles till we reach Junon?"

Tifa brighten up, "let's see," she started to thin, "it's about 4000 miles to Junon."

"Right…" Drogo said with a wide grin on his face, "no problem."

Drogo pushed a red button and the exhausts began to ignite.

Tifa stared at Drogo, "what button did you just press?" She asked a look of worry and fear on her face.

Drogo grinned at Tifa, "nitrox afterburner," he answered slyly.

"Nitrox what...!?" Tifa yelled, she fell back in her chair as the nitrox afterburner kicked in causing the car to charge forwards. The speedometer almost broke trying to register the speed, a digital speedometer was saying 500-510mph.

Tifa glared at Drogo, "are you trying to destroy my car and get us killed in the process?" She shouted and she bawled her fist threatningly at Drogo.

"Relax Tifa," Drogo stated calmly, "I improved the body work so the car can go twice as fast as it is now."

Tifa continued to stare at Drogo, "twice as fast?"

Drogo nodded, "yeah," he pushed another button next to the gear stick and a moving bar appeared on the screen of the onboard computer . "That's the car's performance," Drogo explained as he pointed at the moving bars on the screen.

Tifa looked at the screen, "I see. Were you by any chance a mechanic?" She asked curiously.

Drogo shook his head, "no," he answered in great detail, "I learned by street racing. I was the King of thieves so I stole a lot of cars."

Tifa stared at Drogo in shock, "but you look too young to be the King of the Thieves," she stated then just out of curiosity she added, "how old are you?"

"19," Drogo answered keeping his eyes on the road, "I became skilled at a young age."

"How old were you when you became the King of Thieves?"

"13," He answered briefly.

Tifa continued to give him a shocked stare, "you were that young?"

Drogo grinned at Tifa, "and I was that skilled," he stated smugly.

"How old were you when you became a thief?" Tifa found herself deeper into Drogo's past, she didn't mean to, it was just that she was interested in people's pasts. After she had a lot of practice what with helping Cloud find himself when they were both in the life stream.

Drogo sighed, "11," he answered wondering when Tifa was going to stop asking questions about his past.

"Was it a family thing?"

Drogo shook his head and he began to look sad, "Not really," was all he said.

Tifa looked at Drogo, "then…" she began.

Drogo hung his head, "I lost my family," he finished Tifa's sentence.

"Oh…" Tifa replied, trying to think of something she could say to console him, but she knew that it was too late for that. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's ok," Drogo replied, he looked at the speedometer and noticed that it was going down.

"How did it happen?" Tifa continued to ask questions.

"The house burned down with them in it," Drogo answered a hint of sadness in his voice. It had taken him a while to finally get over his family's death, and now it was being dragged up again. Drogo knew that it wasn't Tifa's fault, she was just curious, he didn't say anything else about it, but he just pushed the nitrox afterburner button again.

"I lost my family too," Tifa stated trying to console Drogo.

"Well at least you didn't have a drinking problem like I did," Drogo admitted, he focused on the road again.

"No," Tifa replied sadly, " but I was lonely and depressed for a while."

"I see," Drogo said sympathetically, he knew what it meant to lose a family since he went through it himself. He knew how it felt to be alone, "what happened to your family?"

"My mother died when I was about seven," Tifa explained, she was over it now to an extent, but it still haunted her sometimes. "And my father was murdered, but I don't really want to talk about it."

"Oh…"

Tifa quickly steered the subject away from the death of her parents. "So…you said you had a drinking problem."

Drogo nodded, "yeah, I started drinking strong alcohol to forget my past." Drogo wasn't ashamed to admit his drinking problem anymore.

Tifa stared at Drogo, her eyes were wide with shock. "Why would you want to do that?" She asked purely out of concern.

Drogo sighed, "I lost my family," he answered, "I wanted to forget my sorrow."

"How old were you when you lost your family?"

"I was 11 years old," Drogo explained truthfully, the truth wasn't such a taboo subhect to Drogo anymore. "I became a thief a few days after I lost my family."

"And you started drinking?" Tifa questioned still unable to believe that Drogo actually did that to himself.

Drogo nodded, "yeah," came the reply, "I drunk so much that I got to the point where the strongest alcohol was my every day drink, I could drink 4 bottles of the stuff without falling unconscious, a normal person couldn't take one sip of it."

"What was the strongest alcohol you drank?"

"Deadly Nightshade."

"I've never heard of it," Tifa stated looking confused.

"It's powerful stuff," Drogo answered.

"Didn't you think about stopping?"

Drogo looked at Tifa, "from the moment I started drinking," he said telling her everything. "I was hooked on the stuff. Besides my life was a complete wreck, I even tried to kill myself by drinking five bottles of Triple Nightshade."

Tifa stared at Drogo in shock at what he had just said. "Why did you do that?" She asked quickly.

Drogo hung his head, "I got into an argument with Sunny," he answered sadly, "she tried to get me to stop but I wouldn't listen to her. I remembered my family and what they were like, I tried too hard to forget them and it didn't work. In the end, I almost died."

"What happened?"

"My heart stopped," Drogo continued, "Max had to use a shock spell to restart it. Then he used a hangover cure called the Old Oyster to wake me up. After that, I talked to Sunny and she said for the sake of my health I should quit drinking. Now I only drink Sake."

Tifa heaved a huge sigh of relief and she smiled at Drogo, "Sunny must be truly amazing to get you to stop drinking."

Drogo smiled back at Tifa, "oh, she is, Sunny helped me to turn my life around. I'm now one of the best cops in my town."

"Yeah…" Tifa agreed, "I was always so worried about Cloud."

Drogo gave Tifa a knowing look, "Geostigma, right?" He asked.

"Well, yes and no…" Tifa continued, she stared at Drogo when she realised what he had said. "How do you know about Geostigma?"

Drogo grinned at Tifa, "I read some books on the world history," he explained, "meteor fall, Geostigma, Omega Weapon, Jenova."

"Yeah," Tifa stated, "those were some tough times, but we managed to defeat Sephiroth and Jenova and stop meteor. With some help from our friends, but Cloud was feeling a lot of guilt afterwards."

"Then I…read your old diary that was under your bed," Drogo confessed, he flinched slightly as he learned first hand the previous night what Tifa was capable of.

Tifa stared at Drogo with a mixture of anger and shock, "you found my diary?" Was all she said.

Drogo grinned, "yes," he said, "the electric lock was easy to break."

"You shouldn't read other people's diaries!" Tifa yelled at Drogo.

"Hey, it was taunting me," Drogo said in his defence, "oh, you left 8000gil in between the pages."

"Drogo!"

"I didn't spend it on me," Drogo replied, "I spent it on the car."

Tifa breathed in deeply, "ok," she said calmly, "but you really shouldn't take things that don't belong to you."

"I didn't take it," Drogo stated quickly, insulted that Tifa would think that of him. "Your car didn't even start when I tried to turn it on."

Tifa sighed as much as she hated to admit it, she knew that Drogo was right. "I suppose it did need fixing," she agreed, "anyway, how much of my diary did you actually read?"

"Well," Drogo started to answer, "the page I got up to was where Vincent had defeated Omega Weapon, you and Cloud had a great idea too."

"You didn't read passed that did you?" Tifa asked a look of worry was clearly visible on her face.

"Unless you've forgotten that was the last page," Drogo stated with a wide grin on his face. "It took you that long to admit to cloud you feel that way?"

"I..." Tifa stammered while glaring at Drogo, "it was complicated, Cloud had a lot of issues."

Drogo nodded, "I read about Cloud not remembering who he was, Aerith, and your dream about you and Cloud going…"

"Stop right there!" Tifa quickly cut in before Drogo could finish his sentence.

Drogo laughed at the expression on Tifa's face.

"Cloud felt guilty and responsible for Aerith's death," Tifa tried to explain herself but she knew it was useless.

Drogo's grin grew wider, "is that why you slept with him?" He asked slyly.

"No!" Tifa yelled wishing that Drogo would just drop it.

"Oh, so it was your own guilt?" Drogo questioned playfully.

Tifa gave Drogo an evil glare, "you're overstepping the mark."

"Ok, ok, I'll stop," Drogo said out of fear of getting the crap kicked out of him. "Sheesh, you remind me of a certain bat who would sooner shoot a fireball at me if I overstep the mark."

"Who's that?" Tifa quizzed.

"Pandora," Drogo replied, "she's a black mage. She once worked for a guy who tried to kill us, she's arrogant and she loves Max."

Tifa smiled at Drogo, "is she Max's girlfriend."

Drogo shook his head, "no worse…" he said with a disgusted look on his face, "she's his wife, and is soon to be the Queen of the Kitsunes."

Tifa gave Drogo a confused stare, "what's a Kitsune?" She asked anxious to find out more.

"A Kitsune is a fox with multiple tails," Drogo explained to Tifa, "Celeste the oldest Kitsune has 9 tails, Max has 5 tails and Nightshade has 7 tails."

"Who's Nightshade?"

"Max's father," Drogo replied with an amused expression on his face, "they didn't get along at first but after a while they found closure."

"Why didn't they get along?" Tifa questioned enquiringly.

"Max grew up in an orphanage," Drogo enjoyed talking about his friend's lives, "Nightshade was on the run because his brother made him a wanted man."

Tifa was shocked at this news, "why would his own brother do that to him?"

"It gets worse, Max's mum was killed by Nightshade's brother."

Tifa shook her head, "Max sure has some strange family relationships."

"Oh it gets better," Drogo continued, "Max's cousin tried to have him killed, she tried to use Nightshade to find the soul of some evil queen. Then she fused with said evil queen to become omni powerful."

"That's terrible!" Tifa exclaimed angrily, "I hope she got what she deserved!"

"Oh we managed to defeat her, it took all of us to do it, but we finally won. Max and Pandora got married and are waiting to be crowned."

"And you all went your separate ways?" Tifa asked, she knew all too well what all her friends did after they had saved the world.

"I went to live with Sunny and I got married to her," Drogo told Tifa, "Lance and Angel went back to their home town to rebuild it, they also got married, Isis became a bounty hunter, and Nightshade lives in the palace with Max and Pandora. He's like an accountant to make sure they don't spend too much money."

"How long were your worlds at peace for?"

"For some time now," Drogo answered, "I still can't believe that I got a job as a cop."

Tifa smiled at Drogo, "well it just goes to show that you can turn your life around, especially when you have someone to help you," she stated encouragingly.

Drogo nodded, "yeah," he agreed, "so how many of you saved your world?"

"Let's see," Tifa explained as she counted off all her friends on her fingers, "there was. Cloud, me, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, Vincent, Reeve and Cait Sith."

"Cid swears a lot right?" Drogo asked.

Tifa nodded and smirked, "yes, he can't say anything without swearing. But there's still one other person who without her we wouldn't even be here." She hung her head sadly.

Drogo gave Tifa a sympathetic look, "Aerith?"

Tifa looked up at Drogo, "yeah, I still miss her sometimes, we all do."

"Hmmm," Drogo changed the subject, "you said Vincent was a sour case right?"

Tifa nodded and she grinned, "sometimes it's hard to tell who's more miserable, Cloud or Vincent."

"Isis is just as miserable," Drogo replied he too was grinning, "she calculates the chance of success before I do something. She wields a lot of guns and is a bit of a show off with them."

Tifa laughed at this, "that sounds like Vincent."

Drogo also laughed, "if those two ever meet up, they could write a book on how to be a show off and a misery guts," he said wittily.

"Yeah, what are your other friends like?"

"Well," Drogo stated, "Angel's a noble, she's quite upper class and has a lot of etiquette."

Tifa laughed, "maybe she could give Cid a few pointers," she suggested as a joke.

"Lance," Drogo continued, "is Mr Straight arrow, he's a bodyguard who's now married to Angel. It took a while but now I can talk to him without exchanging insults."

Tifa gave Drogo an amused look, "you never got along, did you?"

"It was friendly banter!" Drogo yelled quickly causing Tifa to laugh.

"I can imagine."

"Nightshade is very calm and under control at times. He only speaks when he has to and is never out of place."

"How old is Nightshade?" Tifa found herself asking.

"39," Drogo answered.

"And he hangs around with teenagers?"

"Hey, 39 is still very young for a Kitsune. They live for…well, forever."

"You mean they don't age?" Tifa questioned.

Drogo shook his head, "they stop aging after they become adults," he explained carefully, "believe it or not, the whole group drank an elixir, now we can't die of old age."

"So Kitsunes can't die?"

"They can still be killed," Drogo continued his explanation, "Max's mum had her spine severed by Nightshade's brother. Nightshade had to watch the whole thing knowing that he couldn't do anything about it."

Tifa gave Drogo a worred look, "why couldn't he do anything?"

"He was stunned, his brother's doing."

Tifa shook her head, "poor Nightshade," she said sympathetically, "I guess the prospect of becoming a single parent was too much for him."

Drogo shook his head, "it wasn't that, Nightshade had to go into hiding. He didn't want that kind of life for Max."

"And Max thought that Nightshade had abandoned him and didn't care."

"Yeah," Drogo agreed, "it took a while but they finally patched things up."

"Yeah…so what are your other friends like?"

"The only people I have to tell you about are Max and Pandora," Drogo answered, "Pandora is a fem fatal, she looks nice but she can be quite deadly, she's kind but can be harsh when she needs to. Insulting her will get you a fireball up your ass, she uses boots and magic in fights and does anything in her power to keep her friends safe."

Tifa tried hard not to laugh, "didn't you say you had a fireball up the ass a few times?" She asked gleefully.

"Yeah, she's really powerful. In fact she's on par with Max when it comes to magic."

"Are you afraid of her?" Tifa asked.

"Only when she's angry," Drogo explained, "especially when she fuses two spells together. I can safely say that I ran with my tail between my legs." He saw the smirk on Tifa's face. "Hey you would too if you saw a fireball as big as a house above someone's head."

Tifa looked impressed, "she seems really talented."

"Max is just as talented when it comes to magic."

"What's Max like?" Tifa asked curiously, "I know I've heard his voice on the phone but…"

"He's really friendly," Drogo replied, "a quick thinker, likes to build stuff all the time."

"Sounds like someone I know."

Drogo: He has an alter ego.

Tifa: What do you mean?

Drogo: Max and Nightshade have Dark Kitsune blood in them. They have dark forms, in battle the dark forms are useful but Max had to learn how to control his, if he didn't he might have killed Pandora.

Tifa: Killed?

Drogo: Max's darker half was uncontrollable for a time, he almost strangled Pandora, but Max turned back to normal and had to use CPR

Tifa: What happened after that?

Drogo: Max took lessons from Nightshade on how to control it.

Tifa: And he's been able to control it since?

Drogo: Yeah, in a fight it can be real helpful in dispatching enemies

Tifa: How is it triggered?

Drogo: Max taps into his dark powers, he fills up with hatred for his enemy and turns in to his darker half. After that the enemies soon die.

Tifa: I see. How did Max and Nightshade have Dark Kitsune blood in them?

Drogo: Nightshade was born half Dark Kitsune and Max was born ¼ Dark Kitsune. The Dark Kitsunes captured him at one point and altered his DNA.

Tifa: Altered his DNA?

Drogo: Replaced half his Kitsune blood with Dark blood.

Tifa: So he's now half Dark Kitsune.

Drogo nodded, "yeah."

"Hmmm..." Tifa thought for a while, but her thoughts were interrupted as she saw Junon in the background, "hey look!" She exclaimed, "there's Junon!"

Drogo also saw Junon, "that's Junon?" He asked staring at Tifa.

Tifa nodded, "yes," she replied.

Drogo stared at Tifa, "where's the parking lot?"

Tifa stared back at him, "the parking lot is inside Junon."

Drogo grinned sheepishly, "oh..."

After five minutes Drogo and Tifa arrive in Junon, Drogo dropped the speed to 90mph.

Tifa stared at Drogo, "you do know that there is a 30mph speed limit on this road," Tifa warned him.

Drogo stared back at Tifa, "and me being a cop means nothing on your world?"

"I know that," Tifa retorted, "but the cops here don't."

"Oh…right, sorry," Drogo apologised as he dropped his speed to 30mph. "Is there a ferry so we can take the car?"

"There should be one docking now," Tifa answered, "but we have to buy tickets first."

Drogo nodded, "you get the tickets and I'll wait here."

"Good idea," Tifa agreed, "the last thing people need right now is seeing a giant talking hedgehog, no offence."

Drogo grinned, "none taken."

"I'll go and get the tickets you stay here."

Tifa got out of the car and walked across the parking lot to the nearby ticket booth to buy the ferry tickets. Another car rolled up beside Drogo, the window wound down and a street racer looked at the car.

"Hey!" The street racer yelled as he laughed at Tifa's car. "What are you doing with that piece of trash?"

Tifa came out of the ticket booth and made her way back towards the car where she saw the street racer talking to Drogo.

"What's going on?" Tifa demanded staring at the street racer.

"This guy's ride is a piece of junk," The street racer laughed, "I bet my car could beat it."

Tifa glared at the street racer, "actually," she stated through gritted teeth, "I think you'll find that that's my car and we have a ferry to catch."

The street racer laughed even harder, "that car is the biggest pile of shit I've ever seen!" He yelled loudly.

Drogo grinned at the street racer, "what are you wagering?" He asked slyly.

Tifa stared at Drogo in disbelief, "Drogo!"

The street racer grinned back, "Pink Slips," He said confident that he'd win.

"You're on," Drogoagreed, he looked at his surroundings and he saw a bridge not too far away, "that bridge is half a mile away," Drogo stated, "the first one there wins."

Tifa got into the passenger seat and glared at Drogo,"are you crazy?"

Drogo looked at Tifa, "I know what I'm doing," He replied confidently.

"As soon as the light turns green," The street racer told them, "it's on."

"I thought you wanted to find Sunny," Tifa reminded Drogo.

"Don't worry," Drogo reassured Tifa, "we'll find her, and you'll have two cars."

Tifa sighed, "I just hope you know what you're doing."

The light turned green and both cars raced off down the street, despite the modifications Drogo added to Tifa's car, the street racer's car was far superior and it wasn't long before the street racer's car began to pull ahead. As the car began to pull away Drogo shifted the car from 3rd gear to 4th gear.

"Damn," Drogo cursed under his breath, "he's got a good car."

"We have to beat him," Tifa said urgently, "or we'll lose the car."

"Don't worry, I'm on it."

Drogo shifted the car into 5th gear and it began to speed up as it raced round the corner on to another street. The street racer's car stopped pulling away.

"We're catching up!" Tifa squealed in excitement.

Drogo nodded, "yeah," he said enthusiastically, he pointed to the bridge that was even closer now, "and the bridge is a ¼ of mile away."

"Can't you make the car go any faster?"

"Yeah..." Drogo replied, "see…" He pusheed the Nitrox afterburner button and shouted at the street racer as they sped passed, the speedometer began to read 590-600 and was still climbing,"ya!"

The street racer banged his fists on the steering wheel, "no, no, no, no!"

The car Drogo and Tifa were in crossed the bridge and both cars parked in a quiet spot.

Tifa smirked at the street racer, "so…" she said smugly, "you were saying?"

The street racer sighed, "fine, take my car, but I will be back with a faster car, you'd better watch out for me cos i will be back!"

"Yeah…sure."

The street racer stormed off.

Drogo: got out of the driver's side, "Tifa you take this car," he told her, "I'm going to give the new one a test run."

Tifa climbed over into the driver's seat as Drogo got into the new car. "Ok, we better get going, the ferry leaves in ten minutes."

Within ten minutes the cars were docked on the ferry.

"Hmmm…" Drogo thought for a while, then he spoke to Tifa, "I wonder if they sell any Sake."

"Maybe," Tifa spoke back, "I could go and find out. Just try to keep a low profile, ok."

Drogo gave Tifa a sceptical look,"err…how?"

"Well," Tifa tried to explain as best as she could, "you could flatten the spines on your back."

"And the spines on my head?" Drogo asked as he pointed to his head spines.

"You used to be a thief right," Tifa replied, "surely you would have had to disguise yourself at one point."

Drogo nodded, "never as a human though," he stated, "I only disguised myself in different clothing."

"Well, all you have to do is hide your spines and tail."

"The spines on my head," Drogo repeated his earlier statment.

Tifa shrugged trying to think of an answer. "Maybe you could wear something with a hood."

"How about I stay in the car and wait," Drogo suggested, "and you get any stuff I need, as in Sake?"

"Are you sure?" Tifa asked.

Drogo nodded, "I'm used to waiting things out," he replied.

"I'll be right back."

Tifa left the parking lot on the ferry and went upstairs. Drogo crossed his legs, he leaned against the car and went into a trance like state. After 40 minutes he snapped out of his trance and turned the car's computer on.

"Hmmm…" Drogo said to himself, "this guy's a street racer who likes Techno music."

Tifa returned to the car with a bottle of Sake.

"You're lucky," she said as she handed over a bottle of Sake to Drogo, "there was only one bottle left."

Drogo took a swig out of the bottle,"thanks," he replied gratefully, "hmmm… the guy I beat is a Techno fan."

"I guess you also like Techno, huh?" Tifa asked curiously.

Drogo nodded,"yeah," he answered, "and if it's Techno I can mod this car inside and out."

Tifa stared at Drogo, "what do you mean?"

"Any street racer who likes Techno also drives street bred cars," Drogo explained, "they're perfect in balance can reach 180 on their own and when modified can reach 300 on their own."

Tifa nodded obviously impressed, "I see," she responded, "well it'll be 2 hours until we reach the other side. I think I'll call Cloud, see where he is."

"Tell Max I said hi."

"I will," Tifa took her Phs out of her pocket and dialled Cloud's number, the phone rang.

Drogo turned the music system on as the car's neon lights flashed to the beat. He climbed into the driver's seat and listened to the music.

"I'm gonna go somewhere a bit quieter," Tifa told Drogo.

"Ok."

Tifa walked over to the furthest corner of the parking lot just as Cloud answered the phone.

"Hello?" Cloud asked on the phone.

"Cloud it's me," Tifa answered.

"Can I hear music in the background?" Cloud asked Tifa, "I thought you were supposed to be meeting us in Coral."

"We're on the Ferry now," Tifa replied, "Drogo's just listening to the sound system on the new car."

"New car?"

Tifa: sighed,"don't ask…anyway,where are you?"

"We're just going passed the Gold Saucer," Cloud answered.

Tifa was shocked to hear that Cloud was almost in Coral, "You're nearly there already!"

"Max is riding my bike," Cloud replied.

"Max can drive a bike?"

"Yeah."

"Even when we do reach Coral and meet Sunny," Tifa stated, "we still need to find the rest of them."

Cloud thought about this, "hmmm…have you found anyone else?"

Tifa shook her head, "no, Drogo doesn't seem to know where the rest of his friends are. Oh, tell Max that Drogo said hi."

"I heard," Max suddenly spoke up on Cloud's end.

"How good is his hearing?" Tifa asked curiously.

"He's psychic," Cloud answered.

"Oh yeah…I forgot."

"Tell Drogo I said hi back," Max said to Tifa, "I'm guessing he won the new car."

"How did you know?" Tifa questioned.

"He has a car back home that can reach 300mph no problem," Max answered.

"I see…" Tifa said, "well I guess we'll be seeing you both and Sunny in Coral."

"See ya," Cloud said to Tifa.

"Bye Cloud."

Tifa hung up on the phone and walked back over to Drogo, she told him about the conversation she had with Cloud and that they were almost there.

"I'm guessing they're almost there."

"Yeah," Tifa replied, "listen I'm gonna go upstairs for a bit."

Drogo nodded, "ok."

Tifa left the parking lot and went upstairs for some fresh air, it gave her a chance to think quietly to herself. Well almost quietly as the music from Drogo's car below began to get louder, a member of staff walked up to her.

"Excuse me miss," he said politely, "can you turn your car off, the other passengers are complaining about the noise."

"Just a second," Tifa walked back down the stairs and headed straight to Drogo's car.

"Drogo, turn the car off," she said loudly so that he could hear her over the music.

Drogo turned the car's sound system off,"what?" He asked just as loudly.

"The staff told me to turn the car off, people were complaining."

"Oh," Drogo said apologetically, "how long have we got till we reach the other side?"

Tifa looked at her watch, "about ten minutes," she answered.

Drogo and Tifa could hear a voice on the intercom. "Please return to your vehicles we will be docking shortly!"

"Let's go," Tifa said as she got into her car and turned the engine on.

Drogo sighed happily, "finally," he turned the car's engine on.

After 20 minutes of getting off the ferry the cars pulled out of the docks and were on there way to Coral.

"I wonder if Cloud and Max are already there," Tifa thought to herself, her thoughts were cut short when she heard Drogo's voice on her car radio.

"Testing 1, 2…"

What the hell?" Tifa asked.

"I installed a microphone system into the cars so we can talk while on the road," Drogo explained.

"I can hear you loud and clear," Tifa spoke into the microphone.

"That's good," Drogo replied, "you lead I'll follow."

Ten minutes later and Drogo and Tifa were driving down the road to Coral, the road was narrow and bumpy but they still carried on going.

"How much longer?" Drogo asked Tifa.

"About five more minutes," Tifa answered.

Drogo sighed and muttered to himself, "why oh why did we have to take this shitty road?"

"It used to be a train track," Tifa spoke up.

"And…"

"When Coral was being rebuilt," Tifa explained, "they converted the train track into a road to make it easier to get to Coral."

"What was that thing we passed five minutes a go?" Drogo questioned Tifa.

"That was a Mako reactor."

"So that's what that thing was? Does it still work?"

"No, the WRO shut it down a few months after meteor." Tifa replied.

"Aaaahhh…"

"It's not much further to Coral now," Tifa said, "oh, what energy source did they use on your world?"

"Well we had natural sources like dams and solar panels," Drogo answered.

"Were they dangerous?"

"Well if you fell off a dam you would die, but they weren't harmful to the planet."

"Not like Mako was," Tifa stated.

Tifa looked out in front of her and saw the town of Coral not too far away.

"It looks like we're almost there," Tifa told Drogo.

Meanwhile Barret and Sunny were sat in the living room in Barret's house, they had received word that Cloud and Max and Tifa and Drogo were on their way.

Barret looked at Sunny, "So," he said making an effort at conversation, "this Drogo guy sounds like a real charmer."

Sunny nodded, "yes he is," she responded, "I remember when I first met him."

Barret and Sunny heard the sound of a motorbike outside.

"Sounds like Cloud just parked outside," Barret stated as he walked over to the window to look outside.

Music could be heard in the background Sunny tapped the same tune on the arm of her chair.

Barret turned to face Sunny, "how do you know that tune?" He asked obviously impressed.

"Drogo likes Techno music," Sunny answered still tapping the tune.

Cloud and Max walked in through the door.

"We're here," Cloud announced as he and Max entered the living room, "hey does anyone hear techno music in the background?"

Sunny stood up, "that's Drogo!"

Max waved at Sunny to get her attention, "hi Sunny."

Sunny stared at Max, "Max is that you?" She asked rubbing her eyes, unsure of whether or not this was a dream.

Max nodded, "Yeah, Cloud let me ride his bike."

Sunny looked over at Cloud, "Hi," she said nervously.

"Hi," Cloud said back just as nervously.

"I'm Sunny."

"I'm Cloud."

"So you found Max?"

Cloud nodded, "yeah."

Two cars pulled up, one car had neon lights flashing.

"That's Drogo!" Sunny squealed in excitement, "sorry but I have to go!" She ran out of the room and out of the house to meet Drogo.

Tifa got out of her car, the speakers in the other car were switched off and Drogo got out of it.

Drogo tossed the keys to Tifa,"here catch."

Tifa caught the keys, "thanks," she said gratefully.

Drogo started looking at his surroundings hoping to spot any signe of Sunny. "I wonder where Sunny is," He whispered to himself. Drogo didn't suspect a thing as Sunny crept up behind him and gave him a big hug.

"Drogo!" Sunny yelled happily tightening her grip. "There you are! Oh, I've missed you so much!"

Drogo smiled at Sunny, "it's good to see you Sunny," he gasped,"air, I need air."

Sunny released Drogo and he slowly began to recover from being hugged. "Where have you been?"

Drogo sighed, "long story," he answered, "we had to take a ferry to get here."

Sunny stared at Drogo, "we?"

Drogo pointed at Tifa, "Tifa showed me how to get here."

Sunny turned to look at Tifa and she smiled at her, "thank you."

Tifa smiled back, "it was no problem he wasn't much trouble."

Cloud walked out of the house closely followed by Max and Barret, he stared at Tifa's car. "What happened to your car?" He asked her.

"Drogo…" Tifa started.

"I may have improved it…" Drogo cut in quickly, "a tiny bit…"

Tifa glared at Drogo, "a tiny bit…"

"So how did you get the other car?" Cloud quickly changed the subject.

"We won it in a drag race,"

Drogo laughed nervously, "eh he he he… Oh shit."

Sunny glared at Drogo, "that's not very cop like! Is it?" She admonished, pointing at Drogo.

"He called the car shit," Drogo was quick to defend himself. "I had to do something."

"Anyway," Tifa quickly cut in before Sunny could respond, "we're here now, that's the main thing."

"I guess we'll be staying here for the night, right?" Max asked staring intently at Barret as he said this.

Barret smiled and nodded, "sure it's no trouble." He turned his attention to Tifa. "Marlene is safe, right?"

Tifa nodded, "yes," she answeredm, "a neighbour is keeping an eye on her and Denzel."

"Hey, do you have any spare motorbikes?" Max asked eager to get on the road again to find Pandora and the others.

"I haven't seen any around," Sunny stated shrugging her shoulders.

Tifa looked at Max, "you want to find your wife right?"

Max nodded, "yeah, but I can't borrow Cloud's bike, so I was hoping if I could borrow a bike that no one's using."

"There's a bike in my garage," Barret answered pointing to a rundown building next to the house, "but you'll have to fix it as it is all banged up right now."

Max and Drogo give Barret an evil grin.

"How much would you be willing to let us borrow to fix up said bike?" Drogo asked trying to choose his words carefully. "And if you're willing you could lend us some extra money so I can fix up the cars."

Barret thought about it for a while then he nodded, "alright, but would you guys mind looking at my truck, it's been acting up a lot lately?" Barret requested.

Max nodded, "I'm sure I could fix it in no time," he replied grinning smugly. "Where are the tools?"

"They should be in the garage," Barret answered, "I'll take you there."

Barret led Max, Drogo and Sunny to his garage where he kept the bike and the truck. Tifa and Cloud brought the cars into the garage and returned to the house with Barret, Max set off to work on the bike and Drogo made a start on the new car, while Sunny watched him glad that she was with him again.

There you have it, chapter 5 is finally finished. I know there wasn't much action in that one but I guess you can't have action in ever chapter. Chapter 6 is coming soon, just a reminder that I don't own Final Fantasy vii or any affiliated characters, they belong to Square Enix. I do however own characters I made myself.