Chapter6: I don’t remember
~~~Somewhere in another city, inside the old worn house ~~~
The eyes opened all bloodshot, it panted heavily in pain and hauled it self to its feet, it remembered that weak afraid figure that had pointlessly but bravely stood against it, long ago, but then it started to melt into a female form, slowly the features showed, the long black hair, the dark blue jeans, the red t-shirt, the studded glove and the black converse shoes, and finally braided her hair. She store at the open door, and walked out, into freedom, and it faced its master, and received its orders, and shrivelled into a sparkly red materia form, the master placed it in its pocket knowing his creation will be of use, later.
~~~back to Midgar~~~
Once again you were sitting on the window sill starring out to the evening sky, and when you looked below, you saw Cloud leaving for the night, and he drove out of the bar into a random direction, you watched as he disappeared down the road
“Now where is he going?”
You jumped all the way down landing softly on your feet and you rode after him until you lost him, damn then a thought hit you
“Okay, Aerith, wait, Aerith, the church, it's got to be, and that’s the only place where I had seen flowers. But why would he be interested in flowers? O_O”
With that breakthrough, you tried to remember the direction of the church but you managed to get there, you spied another bike smartly hidden, but you just parked on the side and walked up to the doors, that’s when you saw a shadow glide over you inside, you stopped for a moment and listened through the heavy doors, clutching your weapon in case something happened
Voice: I knew I'd find you here
* A grunt in reply *
Voice: Kadaj, he's moving again, I saw him close to the Forbidden City, and he's searching for something other than what we thought of
Cloud: what do you mean?
Voice: what happened the other day, he was searching for her, and she may be in danger
Cloud: who?
Voice: you perfectly know well who
Cloud: but what's anything got to do with her?
Voice: if she's lucky, it will no longer exist in her body, if she isn't, they are going to find her and use her
Cloud: then we have to tell her, she has to know
Voice: we cant, I know her, she won't accept and she'll just go into danger
Cloud: I'll watch her, make sure she doesn’t, I don’t want to risk Sephiroth again
Voice: I know there is more to it than that Cloud, you have to keep your distance, or you'll just end up hurting her
Cloud: when I did that they died; I'm not going to let them take her
Voice: only time can say that Cloud, they will eventually get her, and when they do you know what to do Cloud
Cloud: I won't do it; I'm not going to kill her
Voice: you MIGHT have to if ShinRa does destroy the damn Genova cells, it takes all their chances away, and they will be easier to destroy, again
Cloud: she had done nothing to deserve what's going to happen to her
Voice: things may go a different way, we just have to wait and see what happens
Cloud: *sighs *
Voice: you can not tell her anything, half of these things might not even happen
Cloud: it's just; I don’t want to see her hurt, again
Voice: if things go according to plan you won't have to
You ducked in time behind the bushes as you heard some whispering and the shadow loom over the church and into the distance, you sat there in silence even more confused
“Who were they talking about?”
You got out of your hiding place and placed your hand on the wooden doors, not knowing wether to enter or not, so you decided to, and you pushed the doors open, you saw Cloud there who had flinched slightly, but still with that plain hurt face
Cloud: when did you … come here?
You: I, uh, just got here
And then he turned away
You: this place looked as if it took quite a beating, and yet it's still here
But he didn’t say anything; he still looked away from you facing the garden of flowers which had seemed to glow in the evening darkness
You: are you okay Cloud?
“What a stupid question”
He just grunted in reply, even though you only just met him you had never seen him so sad, his face was stern but it was full of sadness and looked as if he really wanted to cry, making you fell guilty for no reason. You cautiously placed your hand on his shoulder scared of his reaction, but he simply looked down at you with slight confusion, that’s when you saw a single tear slide down his cheek, and then he turned away
You: I know what its like to loose two people who meant the world
He still didn’t look at you but you felt that he was listening
Cloud: what are you doing here?
You: *sighs * not even I know what I'm doing here; I just want to help you
Then once again the room was in silence, until he broke it again
Cloud: why did you leave Soldier?
That made you think
“Why did I leave?”
You tried to think really hard about why you left but it was out of your reach for now
You: I don’t, really remember
Cloud: what do you remember?
You: just some memories with the Turk's and a small memory of my family, but that’s nothing much really
You let him go and you turned away hoping that he wouldn’t ask questions
“But why would he?”
Cloud: you can tell me
“Why am I the chosen one?”
You: well its more of a dream and memory, I was about 9, and my mum and dad were killed by this thing, I didn’t know what it was, but it nearly got me if it hadn’t been for somebody, they came in just in time for me, but it was too late for my parents, sometimes I blamed myself for not pulling that trigger or had done something to help them, but, I never remembered that persons face, sometimes I wish I could
You felt his eyes on you as you looked away in case you cried, which you usually did when you talked about your family, but you kept it in this time
Cloud: … same …
Then you couldn’t help but think about the few memories of your parents which were hardly any left for you to remember which made plenty of tears fall down, you felt really bad crying in front of him so you your turned and tried to walk out, but he caught you
Cloud: … it's alright
He looked down at you with your face down at your feet as he brushed away your tears
You: I'm sorry for this, I didn’t mean too
Cloud: a long time ago I got this a lot from somebody I know, it's going to be okay
You: the things you had done for me so far, thank you Cloud
And in no time you had finally calmed down
“Stupid Sora, concentrate”
Cloud: I think you should go back to Tifa, she'll be worried sick
You: what about you?
Cloud: what about me?
He then took you outside and then he drove you on your bike back to the bar, since that he was driving you rested your head on his back while looking at the night sky filled with the cool air and bright stars, and then you seemed like in a trance and then your eyes closed as you surrendered to sleep.
He parked your bike in front of the bar and carried you inside, it was very late and the bar was closed for the night when he ran into Tifa
Tifa: where was she?
Cloud: it's alright, she was with me, and she just fell asleep
Tifa: oh Sora you're going to get yourself killed if you keep doing this
He took you up to your room where he spotted the open window where you had sat, he gently placed you on the raised platform below the window sill and grabbed a pillow and placed it under your head and wrapped a blanket around you. He then left and took one last look at you before he closed the door. He went back outside and back to the church where he then finally slept
