Tifa stood there not moving staring at Cloud. She couldn't believe Cloud's words. Aeris is alive? How could that be possible? Everyone saw that. Sephiroth viciously stabbed her in the back. She couldn't possibly be alive. What wrong with Cloud? Had he gone mad? Unless...

"Cloud, you think you can get away with this by saying that Celes is Aeris? " Tifa spoke.

Tifa didn’t buy it. She didn’t believe Cloud this time.

"Tifa, I..." Cloud tried to explain but was cut off by Tifa.

"If you love her more than me, then stop torturing yourself and go back to her! " Tifa exclaimed. She then ran off leaving Cloud in a devastated state.

Cloud gazed at the spot where Tifa ran off. He didn’t chase her. He wasn't sure what he had just done was right. He doubted his decision for not showing up at the wedding. Now he was really desperate.

Tifa went back to the 7th Heaven after that incident. She changed into her usual outfit and sat at the reception table. She stared at the door but actually her mind was somewhere else. She hadn't spoken a word since she came back. Only Yuffie, Red XIII and Cait Sith were in the 7th Heaven, trying to calm Cloud down.

"Tifa! Stop thinking about Cloud! He didn't show up at the wedding! He is a scum! He doesn’t deserve a girl like you! Dump him! " Yuffie persuaded Tifa to dump Cloud.

"Yuffie you are making things worse. " Red XIII interrupted.

"Yea, Red's right! Tifa, don't worry. We will find him. " Cait Sith consoled.

"No, you all don't need to look for him. I already found him. " Tifa replied.

"You already found him? Where is he? " Red XIII asked curiously.

“He was with...someone else.” Tifa answered and the others were astonished.

"When I found him, he was...he was with Celes. Celes was in his arms and they were..." Tifa stopped. She couldn’t bear to continue. Tears began to form in her eyes.

"See! I told ya! Cloud is a scum! He just knew that girl for a couple of days and on his wedding day he was with her instead of you! God know what they were doing in that alley that night! Dump him Tifa! Dump him! " Yuffie persuaded Tifa to dump Cloud even more.

"I am sure Cloud won't do something like that! He must have his reasons. Right Red? " Cait Sith asked Red XIII.

"I am not sure. I had to admit I was quite shocked with this at first, but I believed Cloud still has feelings for Aeris, and since Celes looked so much like Aeris, I fear that..." Red XIII gave his opinion.

"No! I don't want to hear! Just leave me alone! "

Tifa cried out loud and then burst out into tears. They others looked at her with sympathy. She was once such a strong female that could resist any type of pain and go through all sorts of hardships. Now she was crying, because of someone, someone called Cloud.

"What’s da hell wrong witcha Cloud?! How could yer just dump Tifa back at dat wedding?! Arggg!!! If it isn't because of Tifa I would had already blasted yer spiky ass! " Barret shouted out with his gunarm in the air.

"Barret's damn right Cloud. You really screwed up! I mean you really, really screwed up! How could you do that to Tifa?! I thought that dumb Shera screwed up enough, but you are ten times even worst than her! Goddammit! I felt like shove my spear into yer f*(kin' ass! " Cid continued.

Barret and Cid found Cloud later that day in the bar. The minute they saw Cloud, all sorts of “phrases” were heard in a kilometer’s radius. The both of them nearly killed him for not showing up at the wedding.

"It's Aeris. It's because I still love Aeris. " Cloud said coldly.

"Whatcha doin' wit a dead person?! Goddammit, Aeris was dead, you hurt Tifa's feelings for a dead person?! " Barret shouted again.

"Aeris is alive. She is alive. " Cloud continued.

"What did ya mean Aeris alive?! Have you gone nuts because of the freakin' drink last night?! Did you want me to slap your f*&kin' ass so hard to make you wake up?! " Cid scolded.

"Aeris is here. You know her. You actually saw her but you don't know it's her. " Cloud replied.

"So who the hell is her?! " Cid and Barret asked with the top of their voices.

"Celes. " Cloud answered and took a sip of his drink. Cid and Barret looked at each other. Cloud needed a medical checkup.

A few hours past by and Aeris was still sitting on the sidewalks of the streets, alone. She felt really bad for what happened just now. She didn’t know what to do next.

Tifa....poor Tifa, how could she take it? She loved Cloud so much but all in a sudden her heart was mercilessly broken into pieces, all because of her. She shouldn't come to Kalm at the first place. She shouldn’t even have been revived too. Tears formed in her eyes and they suddenly just burst out.

"Aeris. "

Aeris lifted up her head and saw Vincent standing in front of her. She was shocked to hear Vincent called her Aeris. She stood up to start a conversation.

"I am sorry that you mistaken me for someone..."

"Don't deny it, Aeris. Don't deny it. I know it's you. From the way you talk and walk I am absolutely sure that you are Aeris. " Vincent replied coldly.

Aeris was really shocked to hear Vincent said something like this. She didn't know that she was so transparent. She remained silent for a moment, and then Vincent spoke.

"Why are you crying? Is it because of Tifa? "

Aeris was even more shocked, how could Vincent know about everything? Did Cloud tell him about this?

"Did Cloud..." Aeris spoke but was cut off.

"No. Cloud didn't tell me. I just know. Tell me, do you love Cloud?"

Aeris didn't expect Vincent to ask something so directly. She didn’t know what to say, but eventually she hung down her head and spoke.

"I do love Cloud. I love him very much. But I shouldn’t. Cloud belongs to Tifa, they knew each other since they were still kids, and Tifa really cared for him. She could stay by him in the hospital of Mideel when Cloud lost his mind; she even risked her life to save him in the life stream. She loved him so much and she was so excited about the wedding. They were meant to be together, I couldn't just walk in and break them up. "

"So that's why you concealed your true identity so that they can be together? " Vincent said.

Aeris nodded.

"Come on, I got to bring you back. You got a lot of explanation to make. "

Vincent said and then stood up to lead Aeris back to the 7th Heaven. Aeris at first hesitated but then she knew she must explain what was going on. She looked at Vincent’s back, and slowly followed him to face the others.

Cloud was now in the 7th Heaven. After Cid and Barret heard that he said Celes is Aeris, they brought him back for investigation. Everyone was there except for Vincent and Aeris.

Tifa was in her room. She was crying her heart out. She couldn’t believe what had just happened. Had Cloud gone crazy and took Celes for Aeris? Why must he did that to her? More of her tears started to come down. But what if she really is Aeris? Aeris had always been a good friend to her, she treated her just like a sister, she just couldn’t hate her, Aeris is just too…. nice.

Probably Cloud and Aeris were meant to be together. Even Cait Sith said that in the Temple of the Ancients. Cloud was really devastated when they lost Aeris. She just couldn’t break them apart after all this had happened. But…She still love Cloud, she couldn’t bear to him go...

Tifa sank her head down and broke into tears again. Suddenly there was some loud noise outside the room. Tifa quickly wiped off her tears and walked out of the room.

"What da hell ya mean Celes is Aeris? Are ya nuts or what? " Barret exclaimed.

"Aeris is an ancient, we don't know what she is capable of. " Red XIII interrupted.

"But if all ancient can revive like she could, their race won't even extinct! " Yuffie added.

"But Aeris is special! She probably is the last of her kind so the planet doesn’t want her to die! " Cait Sith added some more.

Everyone was busy arguing about this issue. But Cloud and Tifa just stay still at their positions quietly listening to the others. They just don't have the mood to talk about this. After all this that happened, they couldn't just stop thinking about it.

Suddenly the door opened. Two person came in. It was Vincent and Aeris. Cloud walked towards Aeris, faced everyone and announced.