Promise by Aridea Moons

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In the midst of the winter season, Tifa and Cloud rode a helicopter by the help of the Turks as usual a red head with a bald man.
Reno: "Now listen up..I wouldn't get stranded or lost in there if I were you."
Rude: "They'll be fine"
T: "Ya we will be fine", she tugs on Clouds arm smiling as he nods.
As Reno pulled over, Rude dropped the ladder sending them both down in a blizzard as Tifa wore her long black coat and fighting gloves. The blonde well..he was always warm to begin with his long coat around his waist that made it look like drapes of some sort. When they both entered the dungeon of the unknown, Tifa held his arm again as they both walk together it was then Cloud realized something.
C: "Tifa..why are you so close? Your not scared of the dark are you?"
T: "Well its..I just don't want to be away"
C: "Is she shaking? No she's trembling—she's scared", he thought to himself as they both walk together closely.
C: "Everything will be alright", he says moving forward as Tifa looks up at him from his side profile as she smiles but it didn't stop her from trembling and he knew it. As they walk further down into the darkness, the blonde took out his phone using it as light as they can hear the blizzard storm from outside. Lightning struck the mountain which caused a sudden quake and the blonde moved his arm in front of the brunette as they both held their stance.
T: "That was-"
C: "Lightning"
They continue to walk further down as it grew colder with every breath.
T: "Could we be heading towards an exit?"
C: "No..keep close"
The brunette hid behind the blonde grabbing onto his waist robe as she looks down with a worried expression, suddenly she pulls on him causing him to stop as he turned his ear to her.
T: "...I.."
The blonde turned around grabbing onto her shoulders as he looked a brunette looking down.
C: "Tifa..Why did you come with me?"
She widened her eyes
T: "..Well I..I just..(sighs)..I don't want you to go away"
C: "...Ill be fine..you know me"
T: "No", she looks up at him, "I just don't want our journey to suddenly end if I'm not with you. I rather have our last journey together if-"
C: "We are gonna make it out of this..and we will win..again..I promise"
She looks to the side sighing
T: "I-..No your right..we will be okay..", she says in doubt then he grabs her hand.
C: "..If it does end..Im glad I get to spend it with you..and..", he turns around, "Do you remember our last Christmas?"
The brunette looks up at him
T: "huh?"
C: "...Never mind..lets go", he walks on ahead as she follows closely. As they both continue on their journey with their phone as their only use of light, it wasn't the only one. A sudden flash of light blinked in their eyes as the blonde became serious feeling the brunettes hand slip away from his cloth. He gasps and quickly turns around to see that Tifa was out of sight.
C: "Tifa..TIFA!", he yells as his voice echoed down the walls, "Tsk! AAAAGHHH!!"
A pair of mako cat eyes look to the side to where the sound of a bear growling echoing through a cave, a smirk curved his lips. Meanwhile the brunette was thrown onto the ground from lightning speed as she groans. Tifa lifted her head up from the ground to see a woman with silver hair and mako cat eyes, wearing a black mouth mask as well as leather tight clothing. She knew from the sight that she was a killer when the woman lifted her chin with the end of her katana. The woman pulled down her mask to reveal her burns, "Remember me?", she says with a deep voice.
T: "You..", she widened her eyes, "You're-"
"From nibelheim"
T: "But there were no survivors-"
"Thats what they wanted everyone to believe.."
T: "You..you bullied us-"
"Ya..I did and it was fun at the time but I did swear I would get you back for that punch..remember?"
T: "How..what happened to you?"
"You and your mentor were trying to save everyone in the village..but you didn't save me"
T: "...We did everything we could-"
"It wasn't good enough!! I screamed for help..I was trapped inside my house...and your lil friend Elony..came to my rescue or so I thought..she couldn't open the door for me-"
Years ago
"HELP! Someone help me! Im trapped!!!"
A knocking in the window occurred in her living room as she runs towards it banging the glass to see Elony with worried eyebrows.
"Help me!"
E: "Ill try and open the door!", she leaves in a hurry as she moves the wood as much as she can but she struggles with the fire as her hand got burnt, there stood on the other side was the blonde bully with blue eyes banging on the window.
"Hurry!"
Elony pushes the wood with her body getting herself dirty with ashes until she removed it suddenly all of the burning wood fell on top of her as the blonde widened her eyes in fear to see her dirty hand sticking out in the burning wood.
——
T: "How did you get out?"
"I didn't..I sat down crying in the corner waiting for my death..but the lack of oxygen was too much I fainted and then my whole roof collapsed on me burning my skin. When I woke up..I thought I died, instead I saw a bright light when I opened my eyes. I found myself in a lab and there he was..Sephiroth the war hero", she tilts her head to the side with killer stare.
T: "He..did this to you?"
"I experienced so much pain that I don't even feel it anymore..and he made me this..apart of him, be trained me so that I can be here today. So I can kill you", she says with widened eyes still holding her katana at her throat. When Tifa moves her blade in a second with her wrist hitting her with lightning magic but she disappeared in lightning speed hiding in the shadows. Tifa lifts her fists eyeing the place around her then she kicks behind her to hit her face as she fell on the floor groaning, "Tsk!",she puts on her mask with an angry face before she disappears again. The brunette moves to the side avoiding her blades hitting the ground before disappearing again, Tifa was getting nervous as she managed to dodge that in time before cutting her up. Suddenly the lights went out in the room and Tifa couldn't see a thing, her heart leaps but her ears alerted her as she dodges her blades attack except this time she wasn't fleeing. Tifa got nervous breaking a sweat when she feels a cut on her arm and cheek, she widens her eyes lifting herself from gravity then gets hit on her back causing her to fall on the ground. Suddenly her ears weren't alerting her..it was too quiet which terrified her.
T: "How can she be so fast without making a single sound?!"
The brunette stood up with her fists on guard again, except this time she lowers her heart beat as she takes a breather. She closes her eyes knowing she can't see anyways then meditates remembering her mentors training in the dark.
Z: "If your hearts too fast lower it, chances are your hearing your heart beat not the battle itself"
Tifa exhales then she feels her chakra running under her skin, her eyes suddenly glow red then anticipates her knife attack from behind as she moves her head dodging it then grabs her wrist throwing her onto the ground twisting her arm while she faced the floor.
"AAGH!"
T: "You don't have to do this..I know you..you can't be a killer maybe a bully but not a killer. You were a sweet child-"
"AAAGHHH!! Shut up! You don't know anything!!", she yells in hatred
Tifa saddens her face
"Don't look at me like that! I don't need your pity! I swore I'll beat you up and I will"
T: "....you can stop now..you can stop the hate"
She struggles to release herself from Tifas grasp, then she turns her body grabbing her arm with her legs throwing her off as her heel was on her face cutting her lip, they both switched places.
"Hehe I can't stop even if I wanted to..", she smirks, "I have no will", her mako cat eyes glow. The brunette widens her eyes as she let go of Tifas arm, and she widens her eyes to feel the enemy kick Tifas abdomen so hard she flew through the wall out into the snow. Her body slid through the snow as she struggles to get up, she shakes it off closing her eyes tightly from the pain on her side. She stood up and widens her eyes to feel her presence behind her.
"Ill die a puppet"
T: "puppet?", she widens her eyes then a pair of blades stab her from behind causing her to fall into the snow unconscious.