Promise by Aridea Moons

|Chapter 87|

"Cloud, you look hurt. You okay buddy?"
The sound of ringing filled his ears in a dark place with water on the floor, there was no sign of anything not a single life or color. The blonde stood there and took a step forward as he heard the sound of water beneath his feet, he looked at his own reflection stunned by the place suddenly a recognizable voice was heard echoing the entire domain.
"clooouudd? ( he sung) You there buddy?..oh dont tell me your chickening out after all we've been through"
The blonde looked up with his eyes wondering
C: "Zack?", he made a bummed face
"You know you're supposed to be resting"
C: "What?"
"Your supposed to be resting, why are you trying to snap back up after a blow like that?"
C: "Why would I.."
"Come on Cloud, dont you ever take a day off? (Sighs) look if you want to defeat Seph and finally be done with him you need to let yourself grow"
C: "I dont think I can", he doubted
"Eeh I mean the guy is a douche, now remember what I taught you on your last fight..you really need it now"
C: "What do you mean?"
The blondes question echoes suddenly he found himself alone as his eyes wondered around his gaze fell to the sudden spark of light that seemed far away. He walked closer towards it then he saw a woman with glowing white skin as if she was a spiritual entity, suddenly everything began to corrupt in white.
"You are the water that flows gently, peacefully and at times you are the tide that brings destruction suffocating everyone in it but water can drown even your fellow loved ones. Which will it be? A blossoming flower or a Tide? A cloud or the sky? The sun or the moon? Day or night?"
The blonde narrowed his eyebrows in thought as he stared at his own reflection from the water beneath his feet.
A brunette slowly opened her eyes as her ears were blocked from sound, she heard voices from memories and images. She found herself laying down floating in a heavenly white space as her hair was floating then she felt someones hand touch her forehead but she could not see who they were from the beam of light blocking her eyes.
"Your okay", a woman said to her
The brunette shot open her eyes and began coughing as she found herself in the dirt on her stomach, her skin is covered in dirt and she felt herself panicking from the blocked sound and ringing ears. She began to take short breathes as she struggles to get up then her hand slips in the mud as her arm slips midway, she looked around to see a crater was formed. She looked around for any sign of the blonde then she begins to panic as she stands up yelling but she could not hear herself. The brunettes fingers touch her ears to reveal a brown liquid at the tip of her fingers, she then looks around and takes a step forward as she falls on the ground with her hands touching the mud. She begins to wince in pain closing her eyes tightly as her arms began to shake causing her to fall on the ground as her body felt weak. Her spine began to hurt suddenly as if someone beat her with a bat and her scraped arms began to reveal bruising as she began to feel her heart pound from the stress in her body undergoing different amounts of pain. The brunette turns her body slowly as her hip began to hurt from a cut, she looks at the sky as if she was a dead person. Meanwhile the blonde began to awaken as his body started to feel a massive amount of pain all at once, his body felt so heavy and his ears were ringing. He slowly began to get up to his surprise he was staring down at a flat rock then red liquid dripped on the hard surface from his head. The blood was rushing towards the side of his face as he felt so much pain, he began to stand up holding himself up from falling kneeling on one knee and one hand on over his eyes. The blonde took a minute for himself then began to stand up carrying his heavy body walking up a hill where he fell from. The blondes ears stopped ringing and he was able to hear the critters of the jungle once again, the brunettes ears stopped ringing and she began to pant staring at the blue sky. Suddenly to her surprise a dark figure was standing over her and he fell down on his knees weakly beside her as he began to lean closer to her. She met the blondes blue eyes as he touched her face and the brunette gulps as she continues to pant, the blonde looks at her hand over her side and moves it to see she was bleeding. The brunette began closing her eyes as the blonde noticed he began to shake her from sleeping.
C: "Tifa..Tifa-"
The brunette closes her eyes gently
Highwind
Cid: "ah they're fine"
R: "How do you know?"
Cid: "I dont..but if he lets me down...Tsk! (His teeth cut the cigarette) They're alive"
The red fur animal looks at the dirty blonde who was obviously worried
Midgar
A teenage female is sitting down in a gloomy room with one light from the window, shes sitting down on her bed with her hands touching and her gaze looking down at the wooden dusty floor boards. Her watery eyes begin to shine as a teen male with baggy pants and a black shirt was leaning in the corner with one foot on the wall behind him, he was standing by the window with his eyes staring at the wooden floor.
Denzel: "You think they're coming?"
M: "....They're busy we need to handle this ourselves"
D: "....yea your right"
M: "Remember when Tifa would get harassed at work..and Cloud wasn't home to see it?"
D: "I always wanted to punch those guys"
M: "Yea..but she would kick them out the bar before they could even lay a finger..literally kick them"
The two snicker at the story
D: "...I remember seeing Cloud at the basement a lot.."
M: "What?"
D: "The basement, he always there fixing his motorcycle"
M: "We have a basement?"
D: "You didn't know?", he looked at her from the side
M: "No", she made a confused look
D: "Figures you were always with your dad to notice"
M: "What does that mean?"
D: "...It means your oblivious to the things around you"
M: "Im not? Why do you think that?"
D: "because you were talking about your dad, when he was coming for visits and when you invite I dont have fun."
M: "You didnt?"
D: "...you have a family member to look after you, you wouldn't understand"
M: "but...hmm"
D: "...none of my family members wanted me..I spent my time in the slum looking through trash and dead corpses...I couldn't even get Cloud to notice me..and Tifa was the only one that cared"
M: "I-"
D: "They remind me of my parents..they always had fights and they were always working. Trust me..the fact that they aren't here now is because they dont care enough"
The teen female with her blue jeans and pink shirt walked towards him
SMACK
The teenage boy widened his blue eyes he looked at Marlene with her long black hair falling on her shoulders smoothly, she looked mad at him.
M: "Dont say that... I thought you would know better..I went to see Tifa at the hospital today and even though its not her, I know they love us because they gave a roof over our head, they fed us and Cloud worked his ass off for us to maintain our home. You cant let their efforts be thrown away like that!"
Denzel widened his eyes at her and began to laugh crossing his arms
M: "wha-what so funny?"
D: "Your starting to sound like Tifa", he continues to laugh a little more then Marlene gets angry again kicking him in the shins and walking away
M: "Not so funny now huh?! Dont forget your mopping the floors today"
D: "Aww what?! Since when?!", he complains grabbing the back of his head
M: "Since Rose decided to last week"
D: "uh but theres five floors in this building?!"
M: "Not my problem is it? At least your not cleaning toilets"
D: "aww come on Ill switch with you, pleeaaassee"
Marlene glares at him then turns her head, "hmph!"
D: "Ah! What?!.. okay now your definitely acting like Tifa", he smirks crossing his arms
Marlene gasps offended as Denzel widened his eyes and his smirk faded away as he looked horrified bringing his hands up saying, "Uh wait! No wait! Dont-" a bucket was thrown over his head and the mop hit the bucket causing him to fall on his back groaning. The boy lifts the bucket over his head annoyed at Marlene who was holding her laugh then smiles at him as she leaves.