FINAL FANTASY VII
Chapter Five:  The Hopeless Rebels

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Meteor had been unleashed by the Black Materia.  A series of the Planet's creatures known simply as Weapon roamed around the oceans.  The leaders of Shinra had barely escaped from the northern crater.  They took with them the members of the heroic party, which had left Cloud inside the crater with Sephiroth and Jenova.  Most of them were ignored by Shinra, but Barret and Tifa were leaders of Avalanche, the rather annoying rebellion against the company.

It had been five days since Sephiroth called Meteor to destroy the Planet.  Barret and Tifa were locked up in a small chamber in Shinra's Junon Headquarters.  Tifa had been unconscious since that fateful day.  Barret could only watch as she lay still on her bed, silent and unmoving.  She barely seemed alive.

As Barret looked at Tifa, his mind was flooded with memories of the past.  Three years ago, Tifa had come to the Sector 7 Slums.  She was new to Midgar.  She asked Barret if she could join Avalanche, still a growing group at that point.  He had asked her why.  She told him she had something against Shinra, like himself.  She had mentioned a young man she was searching for, someone named Cloud.

As he continued thinking, Barret began to realize how much Tifa reminded him of his lost wife.  They were both very young and full of energy.  Common to both of them was their undying determination.  She had been so lively.  But the fire that ravaged Corel four years ago had taken her away from him.

As Barret looked at Tifa, he noticed how peacefully she slept.  She was quite lovely lying in her bed, still and undisturbed.  Cloud, the object of her dreams, had left her.  Barret knew they were meant for each other, but he had said nothing.  As he looked upon her calm body, he wondered how she would live without Cloud.

Barret wanted to make Tifa happy.  He walked over to her bed and placed her body across his lap.  He held her head in his left hand.  She seemed to be smiling back at him.  Barret vowed not to lose Tifa.  She had searched so hard for Cloud.  The lies of his past had been revealed to all.  He was gone now.  What would Tifa do without Cloud?  Barret didn't know.  She was still unconscious.

Ever since the death of his wife, Barret had been lonely.  He had hoped to find another woman like her.  He thought about her and the girl lying across his lap.  He wanted so badly to talk to Tifa, but that was impossible.  He enjoyed holding her in his arms.  It reminded him of his past.

Barret continued thinking.  He and his wife had agreed to wait until they were both ready.  But their chance never came, for she died before her time.  Tifa would never see Cloud again, or so Barret believed.  Both he and she were victims of love.  She would have to move on, and who better to help her than her leader from Avalanche?

Barret rested Tifa's still body back down on her bed.  He had never made love.  Using his left hand, he carefully removed Tifa's fighting uniform from her body.  He then gently undid her bra and removed her underwear.  Barret stared at Tifa's tits while pulling down his own pants.  He uncovered his large, dark penis and lay down on the bed by Tifa.  He then turned her over on top of him and began sliding her body downward.

Barret felt a great sensation as he wedged his penis deep into Tifa's vagina.  He began breathing rapidly as he lie under Tifa's naked body.  She too seemed to become more and more excited.  Barret ejaculated around Tifa several times as he made love to her.

As he finished up, Barret looked around the room and found some paper towels to clean up the mess.  He went back to Tifa and properly dressed her.  Well, as properly as she had been dressed before, anyway.  Barret stared deeply into her calm and smiling face.  They would be together in a place better than this, maybe as friends, maybe as lovers.  Glancing out the window, Barret sighed in worry at Meteor, flying toward the Planet.

I've lost too much, he said to himself.  There ain't no way that fuckin' Meteor gonna be hittin' our Planet!  Least, not if I can do somethin' 'bout it...

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Barret and Tifa are good friends throught Final Fantasy VII.  Sure, Tifa drools over Cloud, and Barret just get pissed off at everyone a whole lot, but the two do have their moments.  This chapter is one of those moments.

Okay, here's something I can't figure out.  When Tifa is getting gassed, Barret pulls on the door with both of his hands.  How can he do that if his right hand is a gun?

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