The next day, they met up back at the rocket.
“What the hell is wrong with this place” Said Cloud. “All I did was go into somebody’s house and look in their cupboards, and they attack me!”
“Oh! So unprovoked!” Added Tifa.
“And none of these shops accept Gil!” Said Cid.
“And I went into every weapon shop in town, and couldn’t find ONE comb. And none of their manufacturers use Mithril!” Said Red XIII.
“What about me? I went into a store and asked about materia.” Yelled yuffie.
“They refused to reply, so I got a little riled. So they sent the Turks after me!”
The crowd gasped.
“Well they were wearing different uniforms,” Continued Yuffie. “But it MUST have been them. Who else could it have been?”.
“And apparently, Phoenix downs are preeeeeetty hard to find.” Said Vincent.
“And why do people keep giving me strange looks?” Asked Cait Sith.
The crowd continued to mumble about their predicament until Aeris looked around worriedly.
“Say, has anyone seen Barret.”
Tifa looked at Aeris and started to whimper. “They took him away. They said it was for his own good. They took him to some place called an A-S-Y-L-U-M, I think.”

Sephiroth strode down the street. He knew they were here. He could sense it, AND he’d read the script. What was this place? What did it matter, soon this place would be a broken shell of a planet, its lifeblood drained to feed his power. But they, that pitiful group could defeat him. That’s why he had to find them, and DESTROY them.

“Anyone find anything useful?” Asked Cloud. The crew looked at each other, and a series of shrugs and moans told Cloud that their trip had been a disaster.
“Well....” Said Cid. “I found a pretty good yoghurt place, but that doesn’t count does it?”
“Perhaps it WOULD count if we were writing the “Michelin guide to Earth”, but when saving two planets from an genetically altered evil madman, its not perfect information!” Said Cait Sith cynically.
“Why don’t we just fight him?” Asked Yuffie “It worked before.”
“Because we’re CRAP, that’s why” Replied Tifa. “And we have to get rid of him differently, to make this story original.”
“Well......” Said Vincent.
“Yes” Replied Cloud.
“We’re FICTIONAL heroes, yeah?”
“In a way, yes.”
“So there must be fictional heroes here too.”
“Yeah?”
“So if we gather them together” Continued Vincent. “We could use our combined strength to defeat Sephiroth!” Cloud ignored Vincent.
“I’VE GOT IT!!!” Shouted Cloud.
“We can’t be the only fictional heroes around here, so we should gather the fictional heroes of Earth and use our combined strength to defeat Sephiroth!” He continued, waving his arms around in the air.
The group cheered Cloud, except for Vincent who made mocking hand signals behind Cloud’s back.
“But how do we get them together?” Asked Red XII.
“Well......Uhhhh.....You see......” Cloud flustered.
“Advertising?” Whispered Vincent.
“ADVERTISING!!!” Shouted Cloud.

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