Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A Hearts Second Chance ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )
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Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 06.13.2012 | Updated On: 06.13.2012 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 258 | Status: Work In Progress
Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 06.13.2012 | Updated On: 06.13.2012 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 258 | Status: Work In Progress
Cloud slowly became aware of the sound of hushed voices surrounding him as he rested on his bed.
“Damn. I didn’t think I’d hit him that hard.” One male said. The voice sounded familiar to him but he couldn’t remember who the voice belonged to.
“Well he did die for a moment Zachary. Perhaps you should be more careful during your sparing sessions until he has received his first Mako treatment.” A velvety smooth voice came from somewhere around the foot of the bed. This mans voice was unknown but yet he had a feeling he should know him.
Cloud moaned as the pain in his body began to make itself known. What had happened?
The last thing he could remember was …….That was odd, he couldn’t seem to remember anything. He could remember saving the world twice. He could also remember training the orphaned Denzel.
He could also remember Aerith talking to him……
Then it all returned in a flash of memory so painful he sat up quickly, grabbing his head as it throbbed from the sudden motion. She had taken him from his world and sent him somewhere “He needed to be” she had said. In their discussions she had never mentioned pain.
“Hey. You shouldn’t be moving. You’re still injured.” The familiar voice said at his side, gently pushing on him to get him to lay back down. Cloud blinked his eyes to get them to focus. When all he saw was a blurry blob he closed them again and rubbed on them. Opening his eyes again he watched as the face started to come into focus.
“Zack.” Cloud whispered. He blinked again expecting his long gone friend to disappear. But when he opened them Zack was still there.
“Hey buddy. Sorry ‘bout this. I really didn’t mean to hit you so hard.” Zack said blushing a little. “We thought we lost you for a moment. You actually quit breathing and your heart stopped. If it hadn’t been for the General you may not have came back.” He added turning his head to acknowledge the other man in the room.
Cloud turned his head and meet the pale blue/green eyes of the man he had killed twice. He jumped back in the bed stopping only when he meet the metal bars of the headboard. His heart began beating fast, threatening to burst from his chest. The machine beside his bed began to scream in its high pitched tones.
“Cloud calm down. The nurses are going to drug you if you don’t. Please Cloud take a deep breath.” Zack begged as he stepped between him and Sephiroth. The mans eyes looked confused, without any sign of the malice that usually clouded them.
Zack grabbed Cloud’s shoulder causing him to wince from the jolt of pain. “Come on. Take a deep breath.” Cloud meet his clear Mako blue eyes. Eyes he hadn’t seen in so long. Taking a deep breath when Zack gave him a gentle shake, Cloud could feel the burst of adrenaline leave his body. His eyes became too heavy to hold up, then he was sucked into the darkness again.
Zack watched as Cloud passed out. Sighing, he gently pulled Cloud back down in the bed as the nurses rushed into the room. He pulled the blanket back over his friend hoping that he would be alright. The nurses pushed Zack out of the way as they began checking his vitals. He leaned against the wall beside Sephiroth watching the nurses hovering around his friend.
“That was an odd reaction. It was almost like he expected me to kill him.” Sephiroth said in his annoyingly calm voice.
“Well what do you expect. You always look like you are going to slice everyone around you to pieces with Masamune.” Zack said while he laced his fingers behind his head.
Zack looked up at his friend and boss. Sephiroth truly looked bothered by Clouds reaction to him just now. He looked over at Cloud and thought back to the moment Cloud woke. When Clouds eyes had focused on him it was almost like the blonde had been looking at a ghost. Then the moment he had seen Sephiroth his face turned to a mixture of panic and fear. What could possibly cause that reaction.
“I think I may have hit him too hard.” Zack whispered
Sephiroth kept silent. He had seen that fear behind Clouds eyes many times in his life. It was the fear of a man who knew he was about to be killed. Sephiroth thought back to their few meetings trying to remember if he had ever done anything to cause such a reaction, but could not think of a single episode.
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Cloud felt like he was floating. Slowly he opened his eyes seeing a pale blue sky stretched above him. Looking to his side he wondered where he was now. There were bright yellow flowers covering the ground he was laying on, reaching out he caressed the petals of a flower. He had been here before when he spoke with Aerith the many times since her death. Sitting up, he pushed himself to his feet. He could feel her presence around him, but as he looked around she was no where to be seen. Then he felt her hands on his arms, and her head pressed into his back between his shoulders.
“I know this must be confusing.” She whispered.
He didn’t respond to her statement, there was no need. He looked down at the flowers surrounding his black boots.
“I’m sure you have many questions for me.” She said.
“Is this the past?” He asked
“No. This is another world.” She responded.
“Why am I here?” He had been shocked to see Zack, but seeing Sephiroth had been painful. The man was still alive. Would he have to kill him all over again?
“I brought you here to be happy, Cloud.”
“I don’t understand.” He said turning his head to look down at the top of her head.
“The Cloud from this world died when Zack struck him with his sword. The planet and I replaced his dying body with your soul so you could have a second chance at the life you wanted.”
A second chance? The life he wanted? He could barely remember what that was anymore. Leaning his head back he looked up at the sky. Did he want to live again?
“Damn. I didn’t think I’d hit him that hard.” One male said. The voice sounded familiar to him but he couldn’t remember who the voice belonged to.
“Well he did die for a moment Zachary. Perhaps you should be more careful during your sparing sessions until he has received his first Mako treatment.” A velvety smooth voice came from somewhere around the foot of the bed. This mans voice was unknown but yet he had a feeling he should know him.
Cloud moaned as the pain in his body began to make itself known. What had happened?
The last thing he could remember was …….That was odd, he couldn’t seem to remember anything. He could remember saving the world twice. He could also remember training the orphaned Denzel.
He could also remember Aerith talking to him……
Then it all returned in a flash of memory so painful he sat up quickly, grabbing his head as it throbbed from the sudden motion. She had taken him from his world and sent him somewhere “He needed to be” she had said. In their discussions she had never mentioned pain.
“Hey. You shouldn’t be moving. You’re still injured.” The familiar voice said at his side, gently pushing on him to get him to lay back down. Cloud blinked his eyes to get them to focus. When all he saw was a blurry blob he closed them again and rubbed on them. Opening his eyes again he watched as the face started to come into focus.
“Zack.” Cloud whispered. He blinked again expecting his long gone friend to disappear. But when he opened them Zack was still there.
“Hey buddy. Sorry ‘bout this. I really didn’t mean to hit you so hard.” Zack said blushing a little. “We thought we lost you for a moment. You actually quit breathing and your heart stopped. If it hadn’t been for the General you may not have came back.” He added turning his head to acknowledge the other man in the room.
Cloud turned his head and meet the pale blue/green eyes of the man he had killed twice. He jumped back in the bed stopping only when he meet the metal bars of the headboard. His heart began beating fast, threatening to burst from his chest. The machine beside his bed began to scream in its high pitched tones.
“Cloud calm down. The nurses are going to drug you if you don’t. Please Cloud take a deep breath.” Zack begged as he stepped between him and Sephiroth. The mans eyes looked confused, without any sign of the malice that usually clouded them.
Zack grabbed Cloud’s shoulder causing him to wince from the jolt of pain. “Come on. Take a deep breath.” Cloud meet his clear Mako blue eyes. Eyes he hadn’t seen in so long. Taking a deep breath when Zack gave him a gentle shake, Cloud could feel the burst of adrenaline leave his body. His eyes became too heavy to hold up, then he was sucked into the darkness again.
Zack watched as Cloud passed out. Sighing, he gently pulled Cloud back down in the bed as the nurses rushed into the room. He pulled the blanket back over his friend hoping that he would be alright. The nurses pushed Zack out of the way as they began checking his vitals. He leaned against the wall beside Sephiroth watching the nurses hovering around his friend.
“That was an odd reaction. It was almost like he expected me to kill him.” Sephiroth said in his annoyingly calm voice.
“Well what do you expect. You always look like you are going to slice everyone around you to pieces with Masamune.” Zack said while he laced his fingers behind his head.
Zack looked up at his friend and boss. Sephiroth truly looked bothered by Clouds reaction to him just now. He looked over at Cloud and thought back to the moment Cloud woke. When Clouds eyes had focused on him it was almost like the blonde had been looking at a ghost. Then the moment he had seen Sephiroth his face turned to a mixture of panic and fear. What could possibly cause that reaction.
“I think I may have hit him too hard.” Zack whispered
Sephiroth kept silent. He had seen that fear behind Clouds eyes many times in his life. It was the fear of a man who knew he was about to be killed. Sephiroth thought back to their few meetings trying to remember if he had ever done anything to cause such a reaction, but could not think of a single episode.
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Cloud felt like he was floating. Slowly he opened his eyes seeing a pale blue sky stretched above him. Looking to his side he wondered where he was now. There were bright yellow flowers covering the ground he was laying on, reaching out he caressed the petals of a flower. He had been here before when he spoke with Aerith the many times since her death. Sitting up, he pushed himself to his feet. He could feel her presence around him, but as he looked around she was no where to be seen. Then he felt her hands on his arms, and her head pressed into his back between his shoulders.
“I know this must be confusing.” She whispered.
He didn’t respond to her statement, there was no need. He looked down at the flowers surrounding his black boots.
“I’m sure you have many questions for me.” She said.
“Is this the past?” He asked
“No. This is another world.” She responded.
“Why am I here?” He had been shocked to see Zack, but seeing Sephiroth had been painful. The man was still alive. Would he have to kill him all over again?
“I brought you here to be happy, Cloud.”
“I don’t understand.” He said turning his head to look down at the top of her head.
“The Cloud from this world died when Zack struck him with his sword. The planet and I replaced his dying body with your soul so you could have a second chance at the life you wanted.”
A second chance? The life he wanted? He could barely remember what that was anymore. Leaning his head back he looked up at the sky. Did he want to live again?