Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Difficult Romance ❯ Chapter Four ( Chapter 4 )

DM: Um, hi.

Cloud: Where the hell were you?

DM: Sorry, I had a bit of writer's block. But I have just finished chapter four. I wrote Aeris before writer's block and Cloud after. Enjoy.

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Difficult Romance

Chapter four

Aeris's POV

I get out of the car and look around. There they all are. The people who journeyed with me to save the planet. Most of them look exactly as they did one year ago at the time of our adventure. Tifa has cut her hair a tiny bit. Vincent looks better with shorter hair. He looks more, how should I put it, more living. Yuffie looks completely different. Her hair is now shoulder length and is also orange. They aren't saying anything, so I'll say something first.

"Hi, everyone"

"Aeris, is that you?" asks a very surprised Red XIII.

"Yup Red it's me. You didn't think that only Yuffie would get a new look, did you?"

Yuffie gives me a big smile and says "Finally, someone recognizes me. I like what you've done with your hair too."

I take off my sunglasses while talking.

"Thank you Yuffie. It seems that only you are able to talk to me because everyone else is doing nothing but looking."

At that moment it seems that everyone comes back to reality.

"So let's go inside. I want to show you guys something." Says Red XIII.

As we go up the stairs I wonder what he is going to show us. I am walking ahead of everyone except Red. I turn my head around for a second and my green eyes meet Cloud's glowing ocean blue ones. I look into them for about two seconds before I have to look ahead because I almost walked into a wall, fuck. Soon we get to the top and go into the late Bugenhagen's observatory. Red starts up the machine which he enlarged so that more people could fit in it and we go up.

Red then begins to talk: "I want to show you the planet right now. But first, do you remember how it looked here a year ago?"

"It looked very pale. As if it was ready to collapse. There was very little color on it." answers Cloud.

"Precisely, it has been one year since the extraction of the spirit energy of the planet has ceased because of our deeds and because of the materia which Reeve created. Take a look at our planet now" says Red as he points to a planet above us and we all look up. I can't believe my eyes. Above us is a bright planet which is full of color.

"Wow, that's pretty" Says Marlene.

Cloud asks "Is that actually our planet, Red?"

"It's hard to believe, isn't it Cloud? But it's true. We can't see the results by just looking at the ground when we are outside, but this machine shows the spirit energy of the planet. The planet is much; you can put it as healthier than it was when Shinra was around with its reactors. That continuously extracted the spirit energy" Replies Red. The machine then turns off and Red tells us to go to the inn where there is food for us to eat.

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Cloud's POV

As we walk down the stairs, I look at Aeris once again. When we were going up the stairs I was filled with great joy when she looked at me with those emeralds, but for some reason she doesn't look at me now. But it's great that I have finally seen her again, and looking at right now. If only I could be alone with her. Soon we reach the Cosmo Candle inn. It's not at all how I remember it from a year back. The counter and the small tables are gone and in their place now rest a massive table that can seat us all. I try to sit with Aeris but then Red XIII speaks,

"Cloud, Aeris you two were the greatest and most important part of our journey so you two must sit at each head of the table."

I am greatly disappointed with this, but before anyone can let a word out of their lips Aeris herself opens hers to speak,

"Yes, that would be just fine for me, Red"

She then gives everyone a beautiful heartwarming smile and quickly rushes to her seat. I sigh and go to my seat. I really wanted to sit with her, but at least I can see her beautiful eyes and face. I couldn't believe my eyes when she stepped out of her car. She looks good in red, but then again she always is the most beautiful to me no matter what she has on. I was also very stunned when I saw her hair. She does look very beautiful with it but, I was not expecting her to look like this. I guess I was expecting to see that Aeris which I saw in the church so long ago. Fuck, I'm really stupid. Of course she would have changed over this time. Although Yuffie seems to be really happy and joyful that she's not the only one who changed her look. I envy Yuffie a lot. I wish that I could be as greatly happy as she is. I wonder what Aeris is thinking about right now.

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DM: Sorry for keeping you guys waiting. I want to tell you something. If you have an idea for the story please contact me. Either E-mail me at doom3018@yahoocom or Soulcreator23@hotmail.com. If you want to talk to me however, the best would be to chat with me on AIM, I am vortex5093. Please contact me if you have questions, ideas, or if you just wanna talk about this story, okay?