Cloud and Tifa

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Oh, the couple that I don't know what to do with.

See, Cloud refuses to acknowledge Tifa because he's too busy dealing with his darkness.  Which, I get and all... I mean... was Riku thinking about anyone when he was dealing with his? Nope.

But, I mean... Cloud and Tifa's not even officially canon in FF7.  It's ambiguous.  And it's supposed to be that way.

However, I'm not shipping Clerith.  I'm shipping CloTi.  Cloud just has to get passed everything.  And Tifa will wait for him.

However, Tifa is his light...

art by Risachantag on dA.  (Good artist btw)

I thought that picture was appropriate.

Anyway, even though they're not actually a couple... they're still really good friends.  And they're still really powerful fighters.  I mean, when you look past the whole dealing with darkness thing, Cloud is ridiculously powerful.  Omnislash, anyone? He's a good fighter, a good leader when he has to be, he knows not to play around.

Basically, if I were placing him in an army... I'd want him to be a general.  (Not that the army ever works like that... but still...)

And Tifa is so horribly stubborn.  She's a good fighter.  (I mean, she takes on enemies with her FISTS and wins.)  She's also good at finding people/keeping up with people.  (Cloud.)  She's good at keeping everyone together and keeping a positive attitude.  

As a team, the two of them are very good fighters.  They watch each other’s backs almost instinctively.  They know the others weaknesses and how to adjust/compensate for that.  Tifa knows when to interfere with Sephiroth, and when not to.  Cloud would prefer that Tifa stays out of all the battles, because he doesn't want her to get hurt--but at the same time, he's secretly grateful for her help.  They grew up together... that helps too.

When it comes to light/darkness... yes, Cloud's dark enough to have a shadow of his own.  No, he hasn't been able to deal with it as fast as Cloud in rar's universe.  Cloud in rar's universe had extra incentive to deal with his darkness, actually.  He got really angry and took it out on his shadow.  But, not my story to tell.  MY Cloud's still dealing with Sephy.  It's an ongoing thing.  However, for every bit of darkness that Cloud has, Tifa balances it with light.

No, she's not Aerith... she's not a Princess of Heart.  But she's bright.  I can't explain why, she just is.  See the picture above.

Regardless of what happens, Tifa will continue to follow Cloud wherever he goes--keeping him out of trouble and making sure he doesn't take on too much.  (He's not Zack with an ego... but he's like Mr. Incredible when he thinks that he has to take out a giant robot (Sephy) all on his own to protect those he loves and cares about.)

So yeah... there's my couple that's not really a couple.

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