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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Dec 29, 2009 21:30:46 GMT -5
Tifa was glad that Zack changed the topic she hated talking about Sephiroth or even mentioning his name and after what he did no one could blame her. Not only did he burn her home to the ground but he killed her father and friends.
"Hmm......" Tifa glanced back at the people walking down the street at Zack's words Could it really be that boring their lives. "I don't know..... but I thought it would be nice to live a life without worrying too much. Just to have a normal life, but I guess we would never know." She added letting out a small laugh returning to face Zack again.
"Well I....." At his question she paused to think. Why was she really back? "I guess I wanted to see this place again, but it no longer feels like my hometown even when I grow up her...... things really have changed." She said with a sigh but Tifa didn't regret going back there she wanted to know what happened to that town and now she got her answer. It might not be the one she wanted but she finally knew. "What about you why are you back in Neibelheim?"
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Post by Zack Fair on Dec 29, 2009 21:59:49 GMT -5
Zack Fair
Zack glanced at Tifa when she spoke. He had never knew she might want a normal life. He shrugged, "Normal is overrated..." His eyes fell on one of those people. The look on his face never seemed to change as he walked by. It looked like he had probably done the same thing for his entire life. He put his hands on his hips, before crossing them. "I for one wouldn't want to be normal...but then again, that might be because I never would have met Aerith if I was just a "normal" person!"
He smiled at the thought of the first time he had met her. His eyes went soft, his body relaxed completely for the first time in a long time. Aerith...he loved her! "hellooooo...that's all I did!" Her voice swept through his mind. He had laughed, but he had instantly liked her. with her, he could be so honest. He suddenly remembered where he was.
Shaking his head a little bit, his eyes glanced down at his feet. He stopped when she paused to look at him. He could tell it was hard for her to be here. He would be emotional if he went to Gongoga again. He suddenly wished he could go, at least to see what had happened to his family. His mother and father...Cissnei had promised they were safe, but that had been a long time ago.
"I spose it wouldn't feel like home after it was....burned...it isn't actually the place you grew up in, things are different..." At her question, his shoulders slumped a little bit. "Well...in Midgar, when Cloud found me, he said that you and Aerith would be here...so naturally, I came here looking for Aerith...and you..." He had come to see Aerith, but it was nice to see Tifa again. And plus, it had been worth it to just talk to her and get over their past. Now it wouldn't be awkward. "Cloud had to do something, or see someone, he said he would be coming later..."
He sighed, "But...I guess I wanted to come to just think about old memories!" He glanced at the town that had changed so much. "I...this was the last place I was where I wasn't hunted by ShinRa!" He felt some strong emotions. He remembered dragging Cloud through this place, unconscious. He hadn't regretted it. Cloud had gotten a chance for life...for Tifa...for everything. and now, he would get that chance too!
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Dec 29, 2009 22:33:00 GMT -5
Tifa paused to think about his words and nodded with a sighed if she was normal then she would have never joined the AVALANCHE and got the chance to find Cloud again, or do any of the things she already did. "Guess your right..... if I was normal then I would have never gotten the chance to see you or Cloud again, but sometimes I just want to live my life without worry and be with the ones I love."
She brushed her hair back and tucked it behind her ear as she paused to look at her hometown. "Alot of things have change but the one that hurt me the most is that no one here remember me ever being from this town......and when I said I was they all accused me of lying." Tifa let out another sigh before a smile returned to her lips.
"um Zack...." She said turning to face him. "I wanted to thank you.... about what you did for Cloud. He told me everything once he regained his memory." She stretched her hands behind her back before letting them fall to her side. "I am really glad your back Zack."
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Post by Zack Fair on Dec 29, 2009 23:11:49 GMT -5
Zack Fair
nodding, he brought back to Tifa from glancing down Nebelheim's street. He heard her when she spoke about not wanting to worry and everything. "Yeah...I don't know what its like not to worry all the time..." Shrugging, his gaze dropped to his hands, "I guess I just wasn't born to be normal..." Remembering that reasons why he hadn't been able to spend more time with Aerith, he sighed. "Yeah...ya know...my job has kept me from getting that close to anyone...its kept me away from a lot of things!"
He spoke with regret, yet, he did not regret his choice in life. He didn't regret the decisions he had made. If you spent your entire life regretting what you have done before, you will never be able to have a future! He thought about that, but sharply looked at Tifa. He knew that ShinRa had rebuilt the town, but he hadn't known they had called Tifa a lair about having lived there. "I bet it was hard...coming 'home' only to have people tell you that you were lying about it!"
He glanced at her sympathetically seeing the frown on her face as she sighed. He couldn't imagine going home to Gongaga and having no one know him, but then again, that's what was going to happen when he went there. Turning to her once again, a big smile spread across his face. "Well...I'm sure Cloud made it out to be more then it was! I was helping him because he was my friend...my best friend, and that meant a lot to me!" he chuckled, "But it was interesting dragging him around for so long!" When her arms dropped, a small smile lifted on his face again. "You and me both Tifa!"
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Dec 29, 2009 23:52:09 GMT -5
"Then I guess I would have to say the same thing" Tifa added. She was always one to worry about everyone ever since she was a child she was just born to care about everyone and always wanted to help. One thing she hatted was to see others depressed and giving up. She always tried to lift others spirit's up especially with Cloud.
"Dilly Shally Shilly Shally..." She said with a chuckle. Tifa was tired of thinking about life and the past and wanted to do something to take her mind off things. "Yeah they did to both me and Cloud...... after that I could no longer call this town my home. Thats why I continued living in Midgar. I said I would find a new home with all my friends." Yet she always came back here from time to time to just see the town that was once her home.
"Hm Zack.... want to go somethwere else? Or do you want another tour around this Town?"
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Post by Zack Fair on Dec 30, 2009 12:41:29 GMT -5
Zack Fair
Zack smiled at Tifa. She was always the wise, uplifting one. She was never the depressed, angst one. He wondered how she and Cloud did so well together. They were completely different, yet they loved each other so much. She had that uplifting spirit, kind of like Zack. He glanced over at her. Yeah, they were a lot alike in different ways. They were the ones who almost always saw the glass as half full, not half empty.
He chuckled when she did the shilly shally thing. Shaking his head, he imagined it would have been hard on Cloud. Harder then it had been on Tifa probably. Zack cleared his throat. “It seems that Heartless have been attacking Midgar…” He spoke slowly, when he had been in Midgar, a lot of it had been destroyed, or at least the part he had seen. He wondered what Heartless were. It defiantly wasn’t anything friendly, that was for sure.
He glanced around, before looking at her once more. “Well…it sure has changed, but I think I’ve seen enough of Neibelheim for the time being!” He cocked his head, “But where else do you suggest going?” He wondered if the mako Reactor was still there. They had probably tore it down…it would have been a good thing. That’s where all hell started! He smiled for a second, “I remember the first time I came to Neibelheim! Cloud wouldn’t even take his helmet off because he was scared of having you think less of him!” His eyes glittered with amusement, “I told him to just talk to you…tell you how he felt, but…well…I guess I’m not really one to be giving advice in that area!”
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Dec 30, 2009 18:23:38 GMT -5
"You heard about that?" Tifa asked once Zack mentioned the attack by the Heartless and nodded as she remained silent for a few minutes. "Yeah..... but the thing is its not only Midgar but our world Gaia. Every town and city was attacked and some were destroyed."
"I fear this is just the beginning..... but even so I will see it thought till the end and do all I can to help. Some how we will make it though we will win this war again." Tifa always looked on the bright side, she always was cheerful and optimistic. Even with everything that happened that never changed.
"Alot of things have changed around here.... I almost don't recognize this place....." She turned with another smile. "I don't know but I thought that was better than standing here all day. Unless you have somewhere you want to go."
"So thats where he got the courage" Tifa chuckled remembering the day on Destiny Island when Cloud all of the sudden kissed her. She was shocked and surprised from that but after they both were finally able to confess about their hidden feelings and after that everything changed
"I don't know what yo told him Zack but in the end it some how worked. Well he didn't say anything about his feeling or hinted anything just kissed me all of the sudden. After that we talked and everything was finally out in the open. Its funny how everything turned out."
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Post by Zack Fair on Dec 31, 2009 9:18:53 GMT -5
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Zack nodded, "Yeah...I was in Midgar...it was kinda all around me!" He froze..."all of Gaia?" He sighed, again? They were going to have to save the world yet again. He wished at the moment that the world would just stay healthy for one year. but that never seemed to happen. It always was in need of help, something always came up. He wondered about his own home town, "Tifa...did you hear anything about Gongaga?" He wanted to go see what had happened to his parents. They were probably gone by now, but he couldn't be sure.
He wondered where Cissnei was. She would probably know about his parents. She was the last one to have seen them that he knew. She had promised that they were safe...but he hadn't heard anything about her after that. Everything was so different, He didn't like it either. "I guess we will just have to win this time...the hero's always win in the end right?" He smiled, he had become a hero in the end, but he had also found that being a Hero wasn't what he had originally thought it was.
Zack grinned when he heard her talk about Cloud. Her eyes lit up, her mouth turned up into a smile. "So that son of a gun finally told you did he?" His eyes showed their happiness. "Well, I'm glad! I was hoping he had, and wasn't still cowering in the background, loving you, yet never saying anything about it!" He shook his head, "I think I would have had to shave his head if he was still like that!" He chuckled at the thought of Cloud being bald. "OH man...I don't think he would appreciate that!"
He was now happy again, with that thought in his head. Always full of fun, Zack hadn't been able to resist saying that. Shaking his head, he turned to Tifa. "Sorry, couldn't resist! So...what else is there to do around here? Is there anywhere else to go?" He wondered if she had meant somewhere around Neibelheim, or somewhere totally different.
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Jan 1, 2010 12:51:25 GMT -5
Tifa shook her head at Zack's question. "No..... sorry Zack but I don't know what happened to that town." Gongaga was Zack's hometown Tifa knew that from the first time they met. She remembered Zack telling her that. "But I am sure its alright.... we managed to stop those Heartless before they cause any real damage but.... they escaped with the summoning materia" She let out a sighed. Tifa had no idea what Genesis wanted with that or what he had planned.
Glancing back at Zack she could tell that he could do without bad news for the day and so she changed the subject. "Nothing really changed around here, but I thought we could both take a look around. Its better than standing here all the time right?"
Tifa let out a chuckle at Zack's words "But yeah.... Cloud has been more open lately about his feelings. Things are going great between us and..... we are going on a date in just a few days." She was excited about that thought and couldn't wait for that day to come.
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Post by Zack Fair on Jan 2, 2010 16:06:37 GMT -5
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Zack sighed. He wished he knew what had happened to Gongaga. He was attached to that town. Even though he hadn't been there in years, it was still the place of his birth, where he had grown up. Nothing would change that! He wondered how they had stopped Heartless. he knew he would find out soon enough. After all, he would probably get involved with this. He couldn't keep out of things when it was hurting innocent people. That was one thing about being a Hero. You couldn't walk out of anything.
damn... So thats what Genesis had been after, the summoning materia. He crossed his arms with a huff. Genesis...he was so irritating! Zack wished he would just stay dead, rather then coming back to life. "So Genesis is back once again eh?" He grumbled under his breath, "That's another guy I wish would just stay dead..." He shrugged, "But that doesn't seem to ever work!"
"Hey! Is there anywhere around here to buy a good ride? I need a bike...I don't feel like walking everywhere!" He said with a laugh, his eyes sparkling. He didn't know if there was in Neibelheim, but there might be in a larger village. At the mention that Cloud had taken her out on a date, Zack laughed, "That's awesome Tifa! I hope he isn't going to take you to go sword shopping!" He spoke with amusement, he hoped Cloud had learned something about women from Tifa.
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Jan 5, 2010 12:07:55 GMT -5
She nodded with a sighed why did those two always seemed to come back. "Yeah Genesis is back and stronger than before.... He was after the summoning materia and he got them. The Heartless were just a diversion so while everyone was busy fighting he would be able to get the materia.... and his plan worked" Tifa explained what ever he planned to do with the materia was bad news but they would just have to be ready for anything.
"Cloud" Tifa chuckled at that thought Cloud taking her sword shopping. "I don't know..... but I don't think he will be doing that at least not on our first date."
A bike shop.... She paused remembering seeing one a few hours ago when she was wandering the streets. "So you finally got tired of walking? Yeah their is a shop down the street. Its not like the ones in Midgar but it does have a few good bikes want to go there and have a look?"
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Post by Zack Fair on Jan 6, 2010 14:18:13 GMT -5
Zack Fair
Sighing, he listened to Tifa talk about Genesis becoming stronger. Materia? Why would Genesis be stealing Materia? He didn't like the thought of what he might be doing with the materia that he had stolen. He didn't like it...not at all! Genesis was a strong fighter with Materia, he knew how to use it! He was great with magic, so knowing he had his hands on all that materia was enough to scare Zack a little bit. He also knew however, that he could take Genesis. He had done it more times then he would have liked too. "I don't like the idea of Genesis with all that materia in his possesion!" He spoke freely, then shrugged. "I guess we will just have to go get it back eh?"
It was what they had always done, and always would do. The 'Hero's' would always prevail...right? They had too...it was just that simple. He grinned again at Tifa's words. even though he was still thinking of Genesis. "Maybe not...or at least, I hope not!" He shrugged, "Well, its not like I can really talk about taking a girl on a great date, although at least I know enough to buy her a present!" He spoke with a chuckle. "Guys just didn't know exactly what to do or say to girls to make them happy."
Smiling, he glanced at Tifa from the corner of his eyes. "yeah, walking is good for you and everything, but I would kinda like to have something other then my legs to get me to where I need to go! faster that way at least!" he winked at her, "But running everywhere wasn't so bad, after all, thats what keeps ya in shape!" Nodding, he smiled, "yeah, lets go check it out!" As they walked to the store, he looked around Neibleheim. It sure was different. When they got to the store, he put his hands on his hips. "well, good thing I still have money eh?" He still had his wallet from when he died, and he actually had quite a bit of money saved up.
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Jan 6, 2010 21:38:59 GMT -5
"Yeah he is up to no good again..... what scares me is what if he teams up with Sephiroth of something?" Tifa sighed shaking her head. Now wasn't the time to worry. "I guess we will just have to deal with that when it comes. Whether he is alone or with Sephiroth we will find a way to stop them. I just hope next time they stay dead."
Taking a few steps down the street Tifa smiled at the thought of the date. She couldn't wait to have one with Cloud. This has been something she has been longing to do ever since they confessed their feelings but with all that has happened they will weren't able to go on a date. "Cloud might not be good with words..... but at least now he is honest about his feelings. This is enough for me." She added with another smile and turned to Zack.
"I thought you liked running everywhere or did seeing Cloud's bike change your mind?" She asked with a chuckle before nodding and lead him down the streets. Their were so many different shops around them all of the citizens gathered there. It was difficult to make it though the crowd and once they did she pointed to a small shop in the corner. "Over there.... thats also Cloud's favorite shop around here."
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Post by Zack Fair on Jan 7, 2010 19:04:33 GMT -5
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Zack crossed his arms as they walked. At the mention of Genesis and Sephiroth possibly working together, Zack shook his head. He couldn't imagine them together once again...ever. Sephiroth thought Genesis had betrayed him, and Genesis thought Sephiroth had betrayed him. He knew they hated each other. Genesis had always been jealous of Sephiroth, saying that he had stolen the glory that should have been his.
Sephiroth had been a hero, and Genesis had hated him for it, thinking that he should have been the hero. In the end, neither of them were hero's, choosing the route they did made that impossible. They were not hated by everyone, or so it seemed.
"I don't know if they would pair up...they hate each other, quite readily...." He shrugged, "But maybe I'm mistaken...either way, like we always have, we will defeat them!" He smiled at the thought, but then his eyes changed. Always hunting, getting told who the enemy was. He had always lived that life. Hunting, and being hunted. He didn’t want to just follow orders anymore, and he wasn’t going to!
He nodded, “Cloud has a lot of feelings, I’m glad he is telling you them! He doesn’t seem to talk all that often, but his mind is full of words he wants to get out!” He was truly happy that Cloud was talking out his thoughts and feelings now. A smile was still up on his face. Even he didn’t get his feelings out all the time! He was most comfortable around Aerith and Cloud, but other then that, he didn’t tell his true deep feelings to just anybody.
Lifting his shoulders in a shrug, he had a bounce in his stride. “Yeah, the Fenrir is pretty dang nice! I’ve always liked bikes though, just didn’t have enough money to buy one then…” His eyes twinkled; “being in SOLDIER was only for the excitement, not too great at getting you rich!” When they got the shop, a huge grin split his face. “Hey! This is nice!” He was excited, always Zack the puppy, excited and restless. Walking in, he saw bikes lined up, ready to sell. It wasn’t a huge place, but the stuff they had seemed to be good quality. He ran his hand down a few of them.
He looked up to see Tifa glancing at him and chuckled. “Their pretty nice alright!” He looked at them all, but one stood out. It had a symbol on the side, a falcon. He smiled, running his hand across the symbol that was on the side. He checked the entire thing out, everything he could see about it. His eyes shone, this was the one he wanted. “I like this one…what do you think?”
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Post by Tifa Lockhart on Jan 7, 2010 22:53:59 GMT -5
"Yeah I guess your right..... I don't see a reason for those two to work together. Just hope those too keep hating each other that would make things easier for us." If those two joined sides..... Tifa didn't want to think of the possibility or was she just over thinking everything again. It just worried her that they both were back, but Zack was right just because they were on the same side the Darkness didn't mean they would end up working together.
"Yeah it is nice I have to admit I do enjoy riding it with Cloud" She smiled Tifa did prefer walking but sometimes it was nice to just ride the Fenrir to get to somewhere fast. Tifa chuckled at Zack his reaction was the same as Cloud when ever he came here. "Found anything you like?" She asked following him into the shop and waited as he started to choose between one of the bikes.
She glanced around the place then notice the bike he picked up. Walking closer to stand next to Zack and to get a better look. She glanced at the symbol and then at the rest of the bike. "Looks good...... I would say this one is the best here."
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