The Fighter and The Monster *A beauty and the beast/ FF7 Fanfiction*

Chapter 3: The Deal

After 35 minutes of walking Tifa starts to get a little tired. So she decides to step off the path into the woods and finds a large flat rock where could sit down to take a quick break.

Once she felt refreshed, she hopped off the rock and was about to walk back to the path until she heard movement in the bushes. She tried to walk back to the path again but sounds from the bushes were starting to become louder and closer. Then she makes the mistake by shouting,

"Hello? Who's there?"

The brushing turned into growls. Canine growls. And it was at this moment Tifa realized that she was definitely not alone.

Oh shit.

She makes a break for it and runs off the path that would take her to the station. When she looks back she sees hungry wolves chasing after her.

Even though Tifa is very fit and nimble with a lot of stamina from training, she knew that she couldn't keep running forever. When she looked back she saw that the wolves were definitely not stopping but getting closer by the second.

They're gaining! If I don't find a place to hide I'm done for! I need to think fast!

Tifa looks around to see if there's any place she can hide. When she starts to think that she's a goner she looks to the ground to see that the path went from being dirt, rocks, sticks, and leaves to now stone and brick. Which she may mean that she's getting close to shelter.

She looks up ahead to see a large open metal gate and she uses her skills to slide through the gate and closes it before the wolves could catch her. She backs away from the gate as the wolves try to reach for her.

Well... That was a close call....

She turns and gasps at what she sees. A very old but grand castle right before her eyes.

"Was this castle always out here...?" She questions out loud.

I really don't want to go in there but, staying out here isn't really an option...

She reluctantly goes inside hoping that the castle is abandoned.

As she walks through the halls she couldn't help but feel and think that she's being watched.

The castle was dark and cold and very very large. It felt like she could get lost there if she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings.

After walking for a while she accidentally leads herself into a deep end.

She slowly turns her head to see who or what has been watching her. And when she looks she gasps in shock, for she couldn't believe who she was seeing.

"You're trespassing here..."

"What?? You??" She questioned.

"Hello again, Tifa." Yazoo greeted.

"Hey, Tifa." Loz greeted.

"Hi, Tifa." Kadaj greeted.

"B-but this should be impossible... You three can't be here and still alive, you're supposed to be-" She says as she starts to back away from the Triplets.

"Dead? Oh we were. But our master found out what happened to us and decided to bring us back to life to serve him. And serve him we shall." Yazoo interrupted.

"Y-you're master...? You don't mean...?"

"Oh but we do. After all, this is HIS castle."

Tifa then felt two fur like hands with a grip into her shoulders. She looks at the hands and sees very large and sharp claws that are also starting to dig into her skin.