Tifa shook her head when she heard Cloud was planning on leaving by himself.
"Cloud!" She yelled from her room. Three heads poked in from the door.
"You guys are crushing me get off." Cloud snapped at the two who currently leaned on him.
"Sorry." Reno and Rude said at the same time. The three walked in. Cloud walked over to her and got down on his knee to change a bandage on her leg.
"You don't need to do that." Tifa said as she tired to push him away.
"It's soaked in pus and blood. I'm changing it." He removed the bandage, added some oniment and added a new one. "You called for me?"
"Are you seriously thinking about going on alone?" Cloud froze as he heard the anger in her voice. He stood up and turned away from her.
"Yes. I'll meet up with everyone when they get here."
"ARE YOU AN IDIOT?!" He winced at her sceams. Reno and Rude looked at each other like 'uh oh....'.
"Tifa, I'm fine."
"No you're not! You're sick! You can't stand for more then 5 minutes! You're acting reckless! Do you even care to what happens to you?! DO YOU?!" Cloud stared at the ground. Tifa could feel tears start as she continued. "'It's all right to die...' Is that what you're thinking?"
Cloud didn't answer. Instead he walked out, not saying a word. Reno and Rude watched him walk down the hall and up the stairs to his own room. They winced when they heard his door slam.
Rude turned his head back to Tifa.
"Are you sure that was smart?" He asked walking towards her.
"I'm not sure...."
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"Ow... My ass hurts."
"Wussie."
"Shut up I am not!"
"You are too!"
"Am not!!"
"Are too!"
"AM NOT!"
"Fine you're a chicken shit."
"Fine... Hey wait!! I am not!"
"I'm not going through that again."
"Fine....Pansy."
"I AM NOT A PANSY!"
"Yes you are! Look at your hair! All long and girly! Gilry man!!"
"At least I don't look like Elvis, oh sideburned one!!"
"Will you shut up? You two woke me up....... Why is there food all over? Yazuu.... what's in your hair?" Kadaj blinked at the scene after rubbing his young eyes. Yazuu and Loz had their hands around each other's neck. Yazuu had coffee grounds dumped in his hair. Loz had bits of bananas. The rest of their breakfast was thrown throughout the kitchen.
"Um... This? It's a new treatment curtisy of Loz. And um.. Good morning Kadaj." Yazuu smiled.
"Yeah good morning." Loz smiled sheepishly. Kadaj looked in Loz's direction and glared. He stalked over to him, shoved Yazuu out of the way and grabbed Loz's throat squeezing hard.
"Did you forget?! Sephiros had long hair too!! You're such a foolish person." He squeezed Loz's neck more and lifted him from the ground. Loz made gagging noises and grabbed onto Kadaj's wrist trying to make him let go. Then something caught his attention.
[Those aren't Kadaj's eyes......]
"KADAJ LET HIM GO!" Kadaj blink and dropped Loz. Loz hit the ground coughing. Yazuu ran up behind Kadaj and wrapped his arms around the boy. "Why?! Why did you do that?! He and I were only teasing each other!"
"I... don't know...."
"It wasn't Kadaj...." Loz got out as he stood. He still coughed a little. "Your eyes... They weren't yours. They were his."
"His?" Yazuu and Kadaj asked blinking.
"Sephiros's..."
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Cloud sat on his bed with his legs pulled up to his chest. He had his arms wrapped around his knees with his head resting in the crook. He stared straight in front of him at his dresser. A picture sat.
"Aerith....." He whispered. He did remember the picture. It was at Golden Saucer the first time they went. He sighed, he was ready to give up.
Her words echoed in his head.
[You're wrong..... You made me happy. Happier then anyone. Happier then Zax even.... You made me smiled in the darkest of times.... Look around.... I have found my promise land.]
"I want I be forgiven.... yeah......I want to be forgiven...." He got off his bed. He seached around his room for something.... pink. He found a ribbon that Tifa left him a while back. He remember her saying something along the lines of 'This is how we will remember her by.'
He nodded and pulled up his sleeve. Carefully he tied it around his arm. Satisfied on it's placement, he walked over to his window. He opened it up and turned around looking at his door.
"Sorry.... but i have to do this." He stepped onto his window sill and jumped to the ground.
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Kadaj smiled. All these people! Midgar sure boomed in no time.
"What are you planning?" Kadaj turned and his smiled brightened.
"One guy in a wheel chair as you requested." Yazuu patted Rufus's head as he spoke.
"Don't touch me." Rufus snapped and pulled away.
"My, my Mr. President has a temper!" Kadaj grinned as he spoke. He slowly stalked over to Rufus giggling most of the way. "After this final show I will retrieve Mother's head." Kadaj looked at Yazuu. "Where's Loz?"
"He's getting the children. I'll go help him."
"You do that." Kadaj nodded as Yazuu turned to leave. "So now that leaves you and me."
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"HE WHAT?!"
"Jumped out of his window...." Rude rubbed the back of his head. Man he was glad she didn't act like this on dates.
"I TOLD YOU TWO TO WATCH HIM!!"
"Eh.... We...Were.... Look how'd we know he's jump a two story building?" Reno shyed away from her. Man how could Rude date her?!
"HE'S JUMPED OUT A 3 STORY BUILDING BEFORE!" Tifa snapped. She was fuming!! They just let him jump out of his window, get on his bike and leave!!
"We called everyone though." Rude cut off her thoughts. She looked at him.
"Everyone?"
"Cid is picking them up in his ship."
"Vincent is here already."
"He's alway here when Cloud does something stupid." She replied
"Really....I don't want to see that brat..." Reno scratched his head.
"Aw but Yuffie digs you man." Rude punched his arm playfully.
"Dude shut up! That's not cool!" Tifa smiled and laughed a little at their child like bickering.
"You two act like children. How'd you ever become a Turk?" The two stopped as Vincent walked between them to Tifa. "Cloud is doing the right thing this time. He's focused. Something has happened to him."
"Yeah...Vince is right..." Reno scratched his chin in the 'I'm Thinkin'' position.
"Don't call me Vince..." Vincent glance at him and then turned his attention back to Tifa.
"Vince is right! Cloud smiled! Remember Reno?"
"Don't call me that..."
"Oh yeah! It was after he passed out! He woke up told us to contact everyone so they'd get their ass here and then winked and gave a huge grin!" Reno drew his fingers in a smile on his face as he spoke.
"Almost like he wasn't Cloud. It was freaky I didn't know he could smile..." Rude shrugged. "But I guess he can."
"What could have caused that?" Tifa asked Vincent as she stared at him with hope.
"She has helped him...."
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"YOU PUKE ON MY FUCKING PLANE I WILL THROW YOU OVER BOARD!!!.......GODDAMNIT!!!! YOU!!! GET A MOP!! AND YOU OFF OF MY PLANE!!!" Cid stamped his foot in anger. That brat!! First she takes their materia and now this!!! Son of a biscut eater!!
"Sorry...urk...." Yuffie leaned over the railing this time.
"DAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! FUCKING DAMNIT SHIT!"
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The four got to Midgar to a crowd in panic. Creatures ran around attacking people. What was worse though.... Was no Cloud.
"We have to do something!" Tifa yelled over the crowd. Reno pointed up.
"Well there's Kadaj." Rude said as he watched the boy flick them off from his high perch.
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Kadaj did a happy dance of sorts. Finally the one he was waiting for come!! He turned towards Rufus with a grin. He pulled his arm up so his first was even with the top of his head.
Below him the children formed a circle with Loz and Yazuu standing in the center directly infront of the group.
The children began to glow green with a strange power that shot up straight at Kadaj. He absorbed all the power they sent to him. It began to build up on his arm. Finally with enough power he shot it into the sky with a satisfactory smirk.
The beams of energy began to build up forming a creature.
"Bahamut...." Rufus watched in horror as the giant dragon god roared as it was completely complete.
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Tifa didn't know what to do. She had to find Denzel and Marlene! She spotted Marlene on the spot and called to her. She didn't respond, instead she just stood there.
"I'll take care of her" Vincent placed a hand on her shoulder. "Find Denzel."
"We'll take care of those two." Reno pointed at Yazuu and Loz.
"Will you be ok?" Tifa asked. Rude cracked his knuckles and Reno stuck his tounge out.
"Of course!" With that the four parted.
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Yazuu grinned. It was all going correct!
"Look they're coming over here." Loz pointed at Reno and Rude.
"Yo! I heard there was going to be this killer party! So we came." Reno called out to the two.
"Killer is right." Yazuu smiled.
"Aw.... Don't you know? Turks never lose!" Rude cracked his neck. Yazuu looked at Loz. He scooted closer and huddled.
"What's a Turk?"
"Isn't that like a nationality?"
"I thought that was Turkish."
Reno and Rude stared at the two.
"I thought they were bad guy...." Rude gave Reno a puzzled look.
"I know.... Since when did bad guys huddle? I mean we were bad guys once..... Did we ever huddle?" Reno scratched his head.
"No we had meetings." Rude stated as-matter-o-factly.
"Ah yeah....But we got paid..."
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Kadaj was a happy Kadaj as he peered down at the frantic world. He had mother.... in his hands....
"Nothing can stop me now...." He laughed.
"I can." He turned around just in time to get tackled.
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Loz and Yazuu looked down at Rude and Reno who they had just beaten down.
"What was that about never losing?" Yazuu peered in closer.
"Ready?" Reno asked. Rude nodded. The two whirled up in spiral kicks knocking the two back. As Yazuu fell to the ground he noticed something falling.
"KADAJ!!!"
"SHIT! HE MUST HAVE FOUND HIM USING MOTHER!" Everyone looked up. Sure enough the boy was falling off the building... along with...
"HOLY FUCK CLOUD!" Reno pointed to the blond.
"That's a lot higher then 3 stories...." Rude shut his eyes as the two continued to fall.