Cloud stared up at the two wolves that he thought he would never see again. Had hoped he would never see again. "How? How are you still alive?! After all this time!!" Cloud stuttered while shaking his head in disbelief, nearly throwing himself to the ground in the process.
Jenova just looks at the tiny puppy with a gentle smile the only way she could smile and begins walking over towards Cloud, but the pup began to move away only to fall flat on his butt in the attempt. Jenova made a move to approach Cloud but stopped knowing that now was the time to tell him what is going on and why he is now a wolf instead of rotting away in a grave somewhere. "Cloud, please let me explain things before you jump to any form of conclusion here." She said slowly so not to scare him, "Can you tell me what you remember last before waking up as a pup?"
Cloud tried to think of his last memory before all this happened. But all he got were blurred images, screams, pain, and… wait… Tifa! That one name made the images more clear in his head and he was able to remember what happened, "Tifa and I were attacked while we were on my motorcycle driving back to 7th Heaven Bar. We were trying to make it back before Barret took his daughter home so that she could spend a little more time with Denzel. She was going to have her ninth birthday at the bar, but Barret and Marlene had a long drive to their new home. Tifa and I were shot at while trying to make our way home. I remember getting hit a few times trying to protect Tifa, but nothing hurt more than the crash…" Cloud said as his eyes glazed over in his memories.
Jenova looks on sadly at the tiny pup, "There is a reason why you are like this, my son. You remember when I sent Kadaj, Loz, and Yazooh out for Reunion?" Cloud nods his head, "When you still had geostigma, it had tainted your soul to the point where you can not return to the lifestream when you died. Like what happened a few months ago..."
"WHAT!!! IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO!!!!!" Cloud exclaimed in shock.
"Yes my son. But through this transformation your soul will cleanse itself of what is left of geostigma and will be pure again. This is what the planet has decided for us." she says to him.
Cloud looks on in disbelief at Jenova's statement, "No! No!!" Cloud tried to run pasted Jenova and Sephiroth but end up falling flat on his face instead. "This can't be happening…" he sobs out.
Jenova lays down by Cloud in her same motherly way and nuzzles him affectionately, "I know, little one. But that is just how things are for now. Rest now, we have much to discuss tomorrow." she says and lifts him up by the neck with her jaws and gently carries him back to the nest.