{ When Everything become Nothing }

[Tifa Lockhart]

Tifa finally lifted her body and begun to slowly pull herself together. It wasn't so much that she had a new found hope rather it was simply just her stubborn ways. Yes it may be true that she could not bring Cloud back but in truth she had only tried once and there was always room to try harder.

Tifa made her way to the bathroom and begun to strip off her clothes; slowly she pulled off her top as to not aggravate her wound anymore that she already had. She was grateful that Sephiroth's cure had healed nearly all of it but if she didn't keep it looked after it would heal at all. She looked at herself in the mirror as she begun to undo the many bloodied bandages around her torso. The scar wasn't overly big but it did sting like hell.

Tifa moved to the shower; her naked body moving slowly, she turned the taps and waited for the water to warm before finding the right temperature. Gracefully she entered the shower, letting the warm welcoming water rush over her skin like a soft blanket. Every now and then she winced as the water rushed over her wound but Tifa being Tifa with her knew found stubbornness pushed the pain away.

She watched the shower floor as the water become bloodied, to her it looked like red liquid silk. It soon faded into clear once more as her wound was washed of the dry blood and no-longer bled. Raising her head she let the water rush over her face and into her midnight black hair causing it to stick a little to her shapely body. She ran her hands through it not really thinking as she washed it, rather Tifa had many thoughts of Cloud and recently Sephiroth plaguing her mind. She began to wonder just how Sephiroth would make himself 'helpful' she how she too could help Cloud. She didn't want to involve the others for fear they would get hurt like she did but she knew that if it got to tough she let them, that she'd seek their help.

"So, now I guess I just have to find him...."