It was a fine day in Kalm. But the atmosphere in the 7th Heaven was terrible. Everyone was there but they were all very quiet. Something’s missing. Their cocky leader Cloud Strife was missing. And he will be, forever.

Aeris was sitting in front of the window, her eyes were red, and obviously she had been crying for the past few days. She looked really depressed.

"Cloud…where are you now?" Aeris whispered softly to herself.

Suddenly she felt a hand comforting her on her shoulder. She turned her head and saw Tifa. Her eyes were red too. She must have been crying lately too.

"Looks like both of us lost the all ones we loved, right?" Tifa started.

Tifa was right, Aeris thought. She had lost all her family and friends in the destruction of Nibelherm. The only person that she grew up with was Cloud. But now he was gone too. Although she still had the Avalanche with her, but that wasn’t enough. She needed someone that grew up with her to care about her. Now she really lost all her past.

"So what are you going to do?" Aeris asked.

"I don’t know. But I have to go on with my life, so I guess I will have to live on with this inn and the others. What about you?" Tifa replied.

"I thought about it. This place had too many painful memories. I thought of going back to the icicle inn to learn more about the ancients." Aeris said.

"That is a good idea too. So when are you leaving?" Tifa asked.

"Tomorrow." Aeris replied.

Aeris was standing on the deck of the highwind. She had left Kalm in the highwind that morning. She wanted to continue her journey to the icicle inn, somewhere that she could live in peace and quiet, and somewhere that she could forget about all that had happened. She looked at the blue skies, there were some Clouds floating peaceful beyond the horizon.

"Aeris."

Aeris turned her head. She saw Tifa coming from behind her.

"The clouds. They are beautiful aren’t they?" Aeris said.

"They are indeed. But they really reminded me of someone else." Tifa replied.

"It’s Cloud isn’t it?" Aeris asked.

Tifa nodded.

"I really miss him. But he will never be back. I guess I better go back down. Yuffie is having her airsick again." Tifa said and walked back into the highwind.

Aeris followed her. But then she turned her head and had a last look at those clouds.

"Cloud, I will miss you, always."

The End

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So...did you like it? This was actually an improved version of the actual fic on FF8source. I am currently working on a sequel and if you would to read it, visit http://www.oocities.org/stormguy71/ to know what happened then!

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