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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------She looked at his fast fading figure, then looked up at the sky. There was then a faint breeze, and Elmyra could have sworn she had heard a voice being carried on the wind.

The Cry of a woman...

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The sky overhead had started to darken, and Cloud felt so bad. He had made Elmyra cry, which was one of the very last things on Gaia he wanted to do. He stopped Fenrir on the cliff overlooking the dead city of Midgar. Looking up, Cloud saw many clouds gathering to form one, and it seemed it was about to rain. Cloud sighed very deeply, and looked down towards Midgar.

"Aerith, why?" He whispered, and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath. "Why won't you come back!" He screamed toward the city. His hand tightened around the handles of his motorbike,and he lowered his head towards them, screwing his eyelids shut.

Then he raised his head to sky once again. He felt a drop of water fall on his forehead, then the rain started falling all around him. It rained once a month, and Cloud took it has a gift from Aerith, seeing as it cured all those the rain touched, like it once had cured him of Geostigma. A gush of wind blew towards Cloud, and he thought he heard a voice on it...

The Cry of...

So sorry.

Cloud whipped his head around to see who spoke, yet there was no one. He thought the voice might have been Aerith, but then, it sounded nothing like hers but he was sure it was a woman's. Gripping onto the handlebars, he turned Fenrir's engine on. He glanced up at the sky, then started to make his way to Edge.

About two minutes later, he was riding though the center of Edge, he turned his head to the left, and saw the Meteorfall monument. It was now fully prepared after Bahamut Sin had blew it up, but had took a while to fix it, even months after the Omega crisis.

He looked forwards, and saw Seventh Heaven in the distance. Swerving past a truck, he parked in front of the entrance to Tifa's bar, and also the home of the kids. He stepped off his bike, and walked towards the door. He barely had time to open it before...

"CLOUD!!!!" He felt arms wrap around his waist, and he looked down to see Marlene looking up at him, with a very serious expression on her face. "Tifa's gonna give you yet another lecture when she comes down, you better get ready." Marlene finished with her hug, and took two steps backwards, never breaking eye contact. "Where were you anyway?" She questioned him.

Marlene is way too clever for an kid, Cloud thought, but he said "I went to go see..." he was unable to complete his sentence when heard two sets of footsteps running downstairs. Turning his eyes towards the staircase, he saw Tifa and Denzel looking at him, Denzel with a big smile on his face, but Tifa was looking deadly serious.

"Marlene, Denzel, would you go upstairs please?" Tifa asked the two youngsters in the room. Nodding in unison, the children ran after each other, laughing intil the went into their rooms.

"Tifa.." Cloud took a step towards Tifa, but she shook her head. Walking towards the bar, Tifa sat and frowned at Cloud.

"Where have you been this time? Are you running away again?" She tilted at her head slighty, waiting for Cloud to answer.

"I went to see Elmyra, thats all. I haven't seen her for ages." Cloud took the seat next to Tifa, and put his head down slightly, yawning.

"Oh, I thought..." Tifa looked around the room, and shook her head again. She stood up, and said "Time for bed, sleepy." Cloud smiled a little, and stood up himself.

"Night Tifa." he said, and started his way up the stairs. Tifa looked at Cloud's back before it dissapred from view.

"Night." She whispered as she picked up a cloth and started wiping the bar.

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Next morning, Cloud was rudely awoken by his bedroom door flying open, a voice shouting his name, and a body jumping on him. While whoever was jumping on him was doing just that, another person wrenched open the curtains, so a blinding light fell on Cloud's face.

"Cloud! Up! Church! Now!" A girl's voice shouted very loudly. "CLOUUUUUUD!!!" Marlene jumped a little harder then she meant to, and made Cloud curl up in pain.

"Later, need more sleep" he said, his voice muffled by the pillow that he had to bite slightly to stop himself shouting out in pain. Yeah, he thought, she knew EXACTLY where to jump.

"Neowwwwwww Cloud, you promised!" Marlene jumped on him once more for good measure, and then got off him. Cloud sat up, and looked towards the doorway. Denzel was leaning on the door frame, looking amused at the sight that was happening before him.

"Ugh...al right then, everyone out! I need to get dressed." He got of the bed walked towards the wardrobe, and he heard footsteps and the door closing.

A couple of minutes later, Cloud was standing by the doorway outside, while Marlene and Denzel was running around, getting things ready. "Hurry up, jeez."

"Okay, we're ready." Denzel said, walking towards Cloud holding a watering can, while Marlene was a few steps behind him, holding a basket and a trowel. Eyeing the tools, Cloud knew what they we're for. He opened the door, and allowed the kids to go through, before stepping through himself, and locking the door behind him.

10 minutes later, Marlene was rushing towards the wooden door that allowed entrance into Aerith's church. She pushed the doors open, which wasn't very hard as the doors were just hanging on to the hinges. The trio walked in tightener, but when they saw the flowers, both Marlene and Denzel ran towards them, while Cloud hung back.

He sat on one of the benches that escaped the fate of being smacked into by Tifa when she was being flung around by Loz. He watched the children take care of the flowers, just like Aerith used to. He started to remember how the two first met, but then his thoughts were interrupted by Denzel's voice.

"Marlene, didn't you say this was were Sissy always used to come?" Cloud's head snapped towards them, knowing who they were talking about.

"Yeah, she loved her flowers." Marlene sniffed, and rubbed her right eye with her wrist, seeing how her hands were covered in mud.

"Huh? Why are you crying?" Denzel asked, and to his words, Cloud rushed over to Marlene's side, and she threw her arms around him.

"Why... why won't she come back Cloud. She said she would, didn't she!" Marlene cried, resting her head on Cloud's shoulder. Denzel just sat there, looking shunned, and Cloud was lost for words.

"Marlene...she.." Marlene suddenly pulled back, and ran a little towards the door. She stopped and turned, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm going home!" She shouted, then she ran out of the church doors. Denzel shot up from his sitting position, and ran after her, shouting her name. Cloud followed them both, shouting both their names. He felt so sad, first Elmyra, and now Marlene. Who was next to cry for Aerith, he wondered.

But then, the rain had started again. And with it, the voice Cloud had heard before...

The Cry of a child...

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Ick, I'm sorry it's so long. I needed to get Cloud from one place to another to another to another. Ugh, sorry again.

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