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Any questions about the story please email me. I'm not fallowing the basic FF7 story line. This is a whole new story just with the same characters. Just tell me if I should continue. I have two more chapters typed up and yes I will update my others! My lap top died so I had to get all of the documents on it!!
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"Gia, you have five minutes 'til show time" yelled the sound guy from outside Gia Ferrell's door.
Tonight was her big comeback concert. Gia had been gone for a year writing songs and trying to be a normal person. Then again being a normal person would be possible if she didn't lead a double life. In the cameras eyes she was Gia Ferrell the beautiful and amazing pop singer. But at home and to the rest of the world she was simply Tifa Lockhart the fighter and leader of the 'terrorist' group avalanche and adoptive mother of two great kids. But tonight and at this moment, she had to be Gia for over five thousand screaming fans. At least she had her friends with her. Yuffie Kisaragi was one of her closest and only girlfriend she had. She was also a dancer for Gia, which helped keep her secret. The other dancer that was going to be onstage with her was just another girl that they had found; Tifa didn't really have that many girl friends that could dance for her. The other person who was in the room with them was her friend since she was a child; Cid. He was Gia's bodyguard, which made it so easy to keep people away from her and keep her double life. You would think that people would find out about there really not being a Gia Ferrell and that it was only Tifa Lockhart, but she made it hard. In order to keep up the persona of Gia she had to put a brown wig on and also put green contacts in. So people wouldn't ask questions if Tifa were to ever disappear, Tifa Lockhart was Gia's manager. But tonight wasn't about worrying about her life and her secret getting out. It was about having a good time with friends; fans and singing her new hit single "Come Hit Me Up" live for the first time. She was also going to sing five other hit songs from the past three years. Tifa was glad she was back on stage. Even though staying at home running her liquor business and finding jobs for Avalanche to do was fun, she still missed the idea of being someone else and not acting like your self.
"Gia, you ready?" asked Yuffie winking at her. She always did that when she called her Gia, Tifa always thought it was just her way of having fun. But it was Yuffie, she could make the dullest moment fun if she had to, which she usually did.
"Of course, Cid you ready to protect us?" asked Tifa jokingly.
"As always" said the big man getting up from his chair and opening the door for Tifa and Yuffie as they met up with their other dancer.
"Okay, you three can got out on stage" said the sound man as they walked up to him.
"You guys ready?" asked Tifa to Yuffie and the other dancer.
"Of course girl, now let's go" yelled Yuffie, who was pretty much pushing her onto stage.
Tifa loved that girl from the first day she met her. She always wondered why a Samurai Ninja would want to dance for a pop star, but there were things about Yuffie's past that would explain it, and she would never know them. As soon as she walked out on stage Tifa got this pure energy rush and yelled "Are you all ready to have fun?", with a big yell from the crowd the three of them got into position and waited for the music to come on. The clapping and stopping from the beat came on and they started. The concert that night was so crazy because of her energy. Tifa had forgotten how much she liked to perform and just being up there for half an hour reminded her. When the concert was done all three of them jumped up into a high five and waved good by at the crowd and walked off stage right into Cid and a bunch of reporters and people.
"Miss Ferrell what was it like being back after a year?" asked a reporter
"Will there be more songs and a cd coming out in the next couple of months?" asked another. Cid quieted them down so Tifa could answer, also letting Yuffie go pay the dancer for the night and making sure that Cid's ship was up and running.
"It was very exciting and amazing to be out on stage after a year. I had forgotten how much I've missed singing in front of a crowd. Yes, there will be other songs coming out in the next couple of months and I will hopefully release the CD next month" replied Tifa to the eager reporters.
"Do you know what your next single will be called?" asked another.
"I'm not sure, but I was thinking somewhere along the lines of something like Romeo and Juliet or about Love. Now I must be off, you can all submit your questions to my website and I will reply in the next few days and I will hopefully be on TV in the next week" replied Tifa as her and Cid started to walk away. As soon as they were away from everyone else and back in Tifa's room Yuffie showed up.
"Is the ship ready?" asked Cid as Tifa took out her contacts and took her wig off. "Yup, and I had no problems, though the cute guy upfront wanted me to give him something form Gia's house or dressing room. Yeah right" replied Yuffie smiling.
"Thanks Yuf" replied Tifa. "Know –"replied Yuffie getting cut off by a knock on the door. As soon as Tifa heard it she was Gia once again and then Cid opened the door to a man with black hair.
"Can I help you?" asked Gia moving to the door.
"I was told to give this to a Cid Highwind and anyone who was with him" replied the man, holding onto a letter.
"That's me" replied Cid standing up and grabbing the letter.
"Who's it from?" asked Yuffie jumping up and down trying to see over his shoulder.
"I was also said to tell you that if you knew of anyone else skilled in a certain field, to bring them along. Now I must be going, have a good night Miss Ferrell" replied the man and then he left.
"It doesn't say" replied Cid answering Yuffie's question.
"Well read it aloud, I can't see over your shoulder. It's one disadvantage of me being five-two and you being six foot" said Yuffie with her arms crossed.
"Alright brat just give me one fucking minute and I'll read it" replied the big man "Mr. Highwind, I have acquired knowledge that you are a very skilled pilot and fighter and request that you and your friends join a meeting with people like yourself. Tonight at eleven o'clock be at the old warehouse in Midgar. That's all it says"
"Do you want to go, I'm always up for a challenge and it's in the same city we live in" said Tifa, who had changed back into herself.
"Yeah, please, please, please can we go" said Yuffie who was on her knees praying.
"It's up to Tifa, not me" replied Cid looking at Tifa.
"I say we go, what harm could it be?" stated Tifa looking at the other two.
As soon as Tifa said that Yuffie jumped up saying "YES! I haven't been out of my apartment in like a month because of all of those stupid dances we had to learn."
"You had fun didn't you?" asked Tifa
"Yeah, but I'm 19,
I should be out more than I am" replied the girl
"I'll go to the ship and make sure those fuckers haven't touched anything on it while you two change" replied Cid as he opened the door and walked out of the room.
As soon as he was gone the two girls got into their normal everyday clothes. Tifa was wearing a sleeveless black and hoodie, black shorts and her black sheepskin boots. Around her waist she had two pistols and had put her usual fighting gloves on. Yuffie was wearing her usual green headband and had put her hair up with the same fabric. She was wearing a wife beater and a green three quarters length hoodie that clung to her body just past her breasts. She was also wearing denim shorts and the same kind of boots as Tifa, but hers were a dark green. She also slung her conformer on her back. As soon as they were done changing Tifa put her hood up and put on a pair of black sunglasses so no one would recognize her on their way out. As soon as they got to their ship Cid closed the doors and they were off to Midgar. Midgar was only a half an hour ride from the concert hall was so it was a quick trip. When they arrived in the city they docked the ship in the usual place behind their houses right on the beach and next to 'Gia's 'house. They walked up to their places and went to go get their motorcycles. They all lived in houses right next to each other. Cid's was the biggest with five extra rooms and like Yuffie's was connected to Tifa's by a door. Cid also had his own airstrip and mechanics shop down the road where he spent most of his time. Tifa's house was in the center and on the corner of the street, the only one with access to the beach and the only one with no houses behind it. In front of her house was a bar that she owned, which was connected to it. Tifa's house is the next largest but it doesn't have any extra rooms because of the kids that lived with her. Yuffie's house was on the left side of Tifa's and was the smallest out them. She only had two bedrooms and one of them was hers. There was no one living with Yuffie or Cid but their friend Cait Sith, who was a robot moggle who was operated by a friend of theirs who worked in the government.
"Should we ask Cait Sith to come with us too?" asked Yuffie looking into Tifa's house from her bike.
"No, he has to watch Marlene and Denzel for me, he'll understand and I'll fill him in" replied Tifa as they started their bikes and headed to the warehouse.
When they arrived they were a little late but they hadn't planed on being up front anyways. In the building there had to be about fifty to seventy people. Some of them Tifa could tell were rouge agents that were hired by private groups to either get rid of aliens in the area or to protect and guard their facilities. The rest of the people in the room all had some form of weapon on them and were all in front of two men who were standing up on a platform so everyone could see them. One of them had black hair and the other had blond spiky hair. The one with the black hair was standing in front of the other and doing almost all of the talking. Cid, Yuffie and Tifa walked a little farther in so they weren't in the back. Tifa kept her hood and her glasses on so no one would recognize her from a job that had gone wrong because of Avalanche. However that didn't stop Tifa from noticing someone she recognized. The man with the blond standing on the platform looked so familiar to her. The hair, the spiky part about it reminded her of someone and then it clicked.
"Cid, is that Cloud and Kaden Strife?" asked Tifa trying to keep her voice low.
"Uh? Hold on" said Cid trying to get a better look at them. But Tifa knew she was right. She would never forget Cloud's spiky blond hair. They used to be friends and live in the same neighborhood until he moved when he was ten. She had guessed he that he would join the military and by the outfit that he was wearing he apparently joined on of their top branches, Soldier.
"Who's Cloud and Kaden?" whispered Yuffie.
"Cloud is an old friend of mine and Kaden is his brother. Cid knows them through me" replied Tifa just as softly.
"Oh" was the only thing that came out of Yuffie's mouth.
"It's definitely Cloud; I would know that hair anywhere. It probably is Kaden, but he has changed a lot" replied Cid as they stopped talking and got off the platform. Everyone around then started to talk to each other, Tifa figured it was about what Kaden had said but Tifa had only caught a few words of the speech.
"If it isn't Cid Highwind" yelled a voice from across the room.
"And if it isn't Cloud and Kaden Strife, my two favorite trouble makers" replied Cid as he went up to the two and exchanged hugs.
"How have you been?" asked Kaden, as Yuffie and Tifa were talking about something behind Cid. Yuffie was annoyed that she didn't know anyone there and had to complain to Tifa about it.
"Good, real good. I see leaving Nibelheim was good for the both of you" replied Cid.
"Yeah, moving here was good. But you didn't stay either" replied Cloud.
"No Airstrip, remember I was the teenager that taught you two how to put engines on everything when you were little" said Cid as they both laughed.
"I heard you became a very good pilot in these past 12 years and at this point in time is flying Gia Ferrell herself around?" stated Kaden.
"Being a good pilot, yes, but I occasionally fly Gia around. But her main pilot was trained by me. I instead fly Tifa and our friend Yuffie around" replied Cid looking for Tifa.
"You're still friends with Tifa, uh?" asked Kaden.
"Yeah, after her parents died she came to live with me. She's been like a sister to me" said Cid becoming sad about the late Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart.
"I didn't know they had died" said Cloud who also seemed sad.
"Yeah bout ten years ago. They were sent on a peace mission to another planet and never came back. They were apparently killed in some fucking battle a battle that had taken place. Damn aliens were the cause of it. Real sad, I don't think Tifa has ever gotten over it" replied Cid.
"Okay, enough talking about the past, is Tifa here or did you come without her?" asked Cloud as his brother started to look around the large room.
"She's here, somewhere. Just look for a young brat dressed in pretty much all green, and stealing what ever the hell she can get her hands on, she'll be with her."
"I think I found them" replied Kaden pointing to the two women who were talking to each other. As they started to walk up to them they heard what they were talking about.
"I say no, Marlene and Denzel are not allowed to watch rated R movies" said Tifa in a strong tone.
"Why not, I was watching movies like that at their age" replied the young girl
"But that was because you ran away from home" replied Tifa putting her hands on her hips.
"So" replied the young ninja smiling.
"You're never gonna win kid, Tifa always gets her way" replied a voice behind them, which made the two women turn around.
"Oh my god, Cloud and Kaden!" replied Tifa as she hugged both of them "How have you two been?"
"Good and always getting into trouble" replied Cloud still staring at Tifa.
"Looks like some things never change" said Tifa.
"And you might be?" asked Kaden looking at Yuffie.
"Yuffie Kisaragi," replied the girl as she shook Kaden and Cloud's hands.
"It's very nice to meet you Yuffie" replied Kaden
"Kisaragi, Any relation to President Kisaragi?" asked Cloud
"Nope"
"So have you known Tifa and Cid long?" asked Cloud
"About three, four years. I met them dancing for Gia" replied Yuffie who regretted what she had said the moment she had said it.
"Sorry, Tif, I forgot we had agreed-"said Yuffie getting cut off
"-no talking about Gia when we go out. It's okay Yuf" replied Tifa.
"I heard about that, you being the manager for a top pop star. That sounds like fun" said Kaden as they all moved to sit around a table, everyone except Yuffie sat down. She decided making new friends was more fun then catching about past things with people she didn't know; or rather stealing things from random people was way more fun.
"How old is she?" asked Kaden looking at Yuffie.
"Who, Yuffie, nineteen, but she acts like a six year old" replied Cid as he got hit by Tifa and yelled.
"You might not think so, but it does hurt when you punch people" replied Cid rubbing his arm.
"So, Yuffie is just a spirited person. I haven't learned much about her past but all I know is that she ran away from home and was trained by ninjas and became a ninja. Otherwise, she has many secrets" replied Tifa looking at Cid "and that's what makes her Yuffie"
"Enough with talk about now, what have you two done over the past couple of years?" asked Cloud looking very curious.
"Well you know about me being a pilot"
"And you know about me managing for Gia"
"Tell us something we don't know" said Kaden
"I can kick anyone's ass with any thing that looks like a stick and Tifa here can kick anyone's ass with her fists."
"Shut up Cid. That's about it" replied Tifa looking at them.
"That's all you guys have done? I expected more from you two. I figured you two were the ones who created that group of so called terrorists, what's its name?" asked Kaden to no one in particular.
"Avalanche" replied his brother.
"That's it, we've been trying to track them down for the past couple of years because there are some people who want to join them" replied Kaden.
"Yeah, it's really amazing that five people could terrorize a lot of aliens and destroy about a hundred assassination attempts" replied his brother smiling. Cloud knew that is was Tifa and Cid who had created the group. He just wanted them to confess for themselves. In all reality he wanted to know how they had done everything. Five people had accomplished in four years what fifty couldn't do in four months and he wanted to be apart of it.
"It is amazing" replied Tifa smiling "But I must get going, I have kids to take care of"
"Tifa you have kids?" asked Kaden looking shocked.
"Two, I adopted one of them from off the streets and the other one lives with because her father is a high ranking military officer and her mother died" replied Tifa as they all stood up.
"How nice of you to do that" said Cloud smiling.
"Just a favor, anyways you guys should stop by sometime tomorrow. I own a bar called Seventh Heaven on Jagen Street, my treat on drinks?" said Tifa
"I have to pass; I need to get back to Junon. Someone has to run its police force" replied Kaden.
"I have to stay in Midgar for a couple of days. Mind of I stop by with some friends?" asked Cloud smiling
"The more the merrier" replied Tifa
"Brat time to go!" yelled Cid from across the room.
"See you tomorrow" said Tifa and then she started to walk towards the door.
"But I don't want to go. I've met so many cool people here" replied the ninja in a sad tone.
"You only like them because they have deep pockets filled with money and materia" replied Cid as he stepped out the door.
"Hey! You shouldn't have said that. You won't wake up tomorrow morning big guy!" yelled Yuffie as she ran after them.
After Yuffie left Cloud only heard three loud motorcycle engines start and then fade away in the distance.
"Well have fun tomorrow….lover boy" said Kaden to his brother and then he started to walk away.
"What did you say?" asked Cloud who practically bit off his brother's head in response to what he said.
"I saw the way you looked at her" replied Kaden turning around "for the past ten or so years you've kept a picture of her on your dresser. I'm not blind little brother"
"That doesn't mean I like her" replied Cloud as he followed him to his bike
"Whatever, just don't get into too much trouble while I'm gone. I'll come back to visit before Christmas" replied Kaden who then started the engine.
"Man two months, how much damage can one person do?" asked Cloud smiling to himself.
"Not funny little brother. Be good, and find out who exactly created Avalanche" replied his brother.
"I will and how come you can't find out?" asked Cloud a little confused thinking that his brother was actually going back to Junon.
"I have to go off world for a while. A friend found something that I should look at on a distant planet. Don't worry, it might help us save this one" replied his brother who then sped off.
"Yeah right" replied Cloud to himself and then walked back inside to talk to some of his friends.
When Tifa and the other's arrived home, they arrived to a very mad Cait Sith and two very tired kids.
"Why aren't you guys in bed" asked Tifa picking up Marlene.
"We wanted to wait up for you guys" replied the very tired seven year old.
"You could've told me you were going to be out this late, and then I would've not told the kids they could stay up" said Cait in a mad voice.
"Oh deal with it you big baby, we ran into some old friends" replied Cid as he picked up Denzel and brought him upstairs to the kid's room.
"Yuffie, you can go home. Were all just going to go to bed" said Tifa as they all started to walk upstairs.
"I will leave in a minute, I just want to check the news" replied the girl as she sat on the couch.
"Don't you have a TV?" asked Cid, who was opening the door to his own house.
"You don't want to know what happened to it" replied Yuffie smiling and then Cid left shaking his head, Cait Sith went into the corner and shut down for the and Tifa came back down after a couple of minutes.
"What happened to your TV?" asked Tifa as she sat down next to her.
"I kind of got a little mad at it. One of my favorite TV shows killed off the cutest guy ever, so I decided to throw my conformer at it" replied Yuffie while Tifa was staring at her angrily "I'm sorry, I thought it was a good idea at the moment" replied the girl in her defense.
"How many TV's is that this month?" asked Tifa getting up to do some dishes.
"Four" replied Yuffie who was still watching the TV "Hey look it's us!"
"What?" asked Tifa running into the room.
"Well it's a story on Avalanche, so close enough" stated Yuffie as they sat down to listen.
"In recent news, it looks like the group called Avalanche has struck again. Last week they apparently took out an oil refinery that was supplying energy to the Valicon (alien) ships. It was the second attack for the group in the last three months" said the reporter, then Yuffie turned off the TV saying "good times"
"What was good?"
"Blowing up stuff, what else? So when's the next mission?" asked the excited girl as she opened the door that connected her house to Tifa's.
"I don't know, but we're having guests over tomorrow" replied Tifa as Yuffie started to walk into her house but stopped.
"Who?"
"Cloud and some of his friends. I have a feeling they know who we really are" replied Tifa as she went over to the door.
"Oh well, the more the merrier. Plus more equals bigger jobs and bigger places to take out" laughed Yuffie as she shut the door.
"Hopefully" replied Tifa to herself and then went upstairs.
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Thank you for reading and please review! Next chapter should be up by the end of next week!