Aeris escorted Cloud to the town in Sector 5. The sector 5 down was better spaced out than Sector Seven but believe it or not, it was an even poorer area. The shacks looked even worse but the people were nice. There was actually good shopping in the town, Cloud took the opportunity to buy 3 Titan bangles for his protection and for other people.
    Aeris realized something and took him to a pipe and they went inside. The pipe wasn't badly furnished for just a pipe on the ground. The pipe had a bed, some trophies on the wall and a T.V. but it looked broken.

Aeris: "This is the man, someone found him unconscious and they dragged him here."

Cloud: (Turns to her) "Listen...I'm no doctor so I don't know if I'll be able to help very much."

Aeris: "According to one of the people, he was from SOLDIER. He has a number on his arm that was tattooed. Number 2..."

Cloud: "I don't know him...but it looks like he's had too much mako. I don't know what else to say." (They both leave the pipe and return to town.)

    Aeris walks Cloud to her house and it was really a sight. You'd never know it was from Midgar, the sun shone through the plate above and there were plants growing off to the side. Among the plants shone a purple Cover materia. Cloud rushed over to get it and ran back to show it to Aeris. Aeris smiled and shrugged, someone from above must have dropped it. Cloud and Aeris go inside the house, where Elmyra, Aeris' mother waited.
    The house was just as beautiful as the area around it. There was a kitchen nook to the side and it had a cozy atmosphere. There were stairs in the back that led to the upper floor of the houses. Probably has the bedrooms up there.

Elmyra: "You worried me!"

Aeris: "Mom, I'd like you to meet Cloud, my body guard."

Elmyra: "What?! You were followed again? Are you hurt?!"

Aeris: "No, I'm fine."

Elmyra: "Thank goodness! Well, is Vex all right?"

Aeris: "I think he went exploring. I don't know when or if he'll come back here."

Elmyra: "Well, I hope he's all right...but he DID protect you so I'm sure he'll be fine." (Goes upstairs)

Cloud: "Is that the name of the kid I saw with you? Is he..."

Aeris: "I don't know...but he feels like someone I'm...never mind, sorry! Babbling!"

Cloud: "Well...now that you're home, I'm going to go back to sector seven now. I have to return to Tifa and tell her I'm all right."

Aeris: "So...is Tifa a girl?"

Cloud: "Yeah."

Aeris: "A girl...friend?"

Cloud: "Of course not!"

Aeris: "You don't have to get all moody!" (Moves a little closer to him.) "Well that's...nice. If you need to get to sector seven, you'll have to go through Sector 6. Sector 6 is a little...dangerous so I'll go with you."

Cloud: "...hmm, I don't know. I'll be getting help from a girl..."

Aeris: "What's THAT supposed to mean? I can't lie down and let you get away with something like that! I'm coming with you!"

Elmyra: (Comes back downstairs) "What? Are you really...oh I give up, you never listen once you've made up your mind...but don't don't go tonight, it's too late."

Aeris: "I'll make the bed, Vex probably left it in a mess...being a kid and all..." (Aeris goes upstairs)

Elmyra: "So you were in SOLDIER?" (Bows to Cloud) "Could you do me a favor? Could you leave here early and leave Aeris here?"

Cloud: (Nods, and goes upstairs.)

Aeris: (Walking out of the guest room but was mumbling) "I thought it would be in a mess... leave it in a mess. Well, your room is all ready! Good night!"

    Cloud steps into the room and falls almost instantly asleep. During his sleep, he has a dream. And in the dream, Cloud finds the voice that was communicating in the church.

Voice: "It's been a long time since you've got to sleep in a bed like this."

Cloud: "You again? Who are you?"

Voice: "You'll find out soon enough, but more importantly...seven years ago..."

    Cloud opened his eyes and found himself in his old house. He was lying on his own bed. The house smelled like the same lovely smell as Aeris' house. He looked at his mother, an energetic woman with the same color hair as him.

Cloud's Mom: "...My how you've grown. I'll bet the girls never leave you alone..."

Cloud: "Not really..."

Cloud's Mom: "...There's a lot of temptations in the city. I'd feel a lot better if you settled down with a nice girl. I think...it should be an older woman, one who'll take care of you."

Cloud: "I'm not interested."

   Cloud suddenly woke up. He blinked a couple of times and sat up in bed. He saw that he was back in Aeris' house. He looked around and saw that he had slept for most of the night.

Cloud: "Must have fell asleep." (Cloud gets up and slowly creeps down the stairs. He creeps out the house and goes outside.)

Vex: (Jumps off of the roof and approaches him) "Hooeee!!!! Connichiwa!"

Cloud: (Whispers harshly) "Hey! not so loud, I'm trying to get out of here before Aeris wakes up..."

Vex: (Pretty much yelling) "Whaat!!? I can't hear what you're saying!!"

Cloud: (Goes blue in the face, realizing that they've probably woke Aeris and Elmyra too.) "You're  such a pain! Run along home!"

Vex: "You really don't know how to deal with us do you sir?" (Leaps up on Cloud's shoulders and flicks at his hair) "Wow! This IS real hair! I thought it was plastic!"

Cloud: "Get OFF!! You creepy little..." (Tries furiously to rip the kid off of him.)

Vex: (Leaps off of Cloud, knocking him to the ground. He leaps up 10 feet in the air and gracefully lands. He smiles at Cloud.) "Knock, Knock!"

Cloud: (Running out of patience but sighs.) "... ... who's there?"

Vex: "I. Gadda"

Cloud: "I. Gadda who?"

Vex: (Smiles mischievously and takes out a piece of purple materia, Cloud's cover materia.) "I. Gadda yo cover materia!!" (Starts jumps back and dashes away while laughing.)

Cloud: "Hey!!" (Cloud chases after him.)

    Cloud chases Vex to a corner and corners him. Cloud attempts to rush him but Vex leaps clear over him. He throws and flaunts the materia and gives Cloud a peace sign as well as a haughty little smile. He then dashes out of the Sector 5 town and Cloud is forced to chase him down again. He runs toward the gateway that leads to Sector 6 and Cloud gasped when he saw Aeris standing there, with a not so pleased expression.

Aeris: "You're up bright and early."

Cloud: "I'm sorry, it's too dangerous. I can't let you get involved..."

Aeris: "Are you done? In order to get to Tifa's Seventh Heaven, you need to get through sector 6. I'll show you the way. (She looks at Vex who smiles back. Then she smirked at Cloud) "I suppose that you've met Vex here!"

Cloud: "I knew you seemed familiar. So you're Vex, huh? That name suits you perfectly."

Vex: (Smiles) "Thank you! I suppose you want this back." (Vex goes to hurl it at Cloud and Cloud cringes. Vex does it again and again, Cloud was once again losing patience, then Vex walks closer to him and places it on the ground and walks back.)

Cloud: (Grabs it and glares at Vex and he smiled back.) "You need a behavior adjustment." (Cloud gained a slightly confused look.) "Is that a shinra uniform you're wearing?"

Vex: "Correct! You're so observant! It was the first thing I put on. I think it's pretty practical since it allows you to move pretty much any way you want." (Vex crouches and leaps up to the top of a junk pile.) "Well, Aeris...I'm gonna go, I'll see you again! Count on it! (Vex runs into the darkness that was left of the night.)

Aeris: "Take care, Vex! Well, let's go, Cloud!"

    They ran through sector six passage, hoping that they wouldn't wake up the whole eaters that live there. They managed to get through the dingy and junky area without alerting any monsters to their presence. They made it to the park. The park was small but still had a glimmer of life and happiness in the dead of the slums. There was a slide that looked like a cat with it's tongue sticking out and a sandbox to the right. There was one of those old fashioned things that spin when you get on and there were still a few blades of grass growing about.

Aeris: "I want to rest here! Come on!" (Aeris runs to the cat slide and climbs onto it.) "I can't believe it's still here!" (Cloud followed her up the slide and they sat together at the top.) "Well...you were in soldier right? What rank were you in?"

Cloud: "I was in...(Cloud's mind flashed) ...first class."

Aeris: "...Just the same as him."

Cloud: "The same as...who?"

Aeris: "My first boyfriend."

Cloud: "Were you...serious?"

Aeris: "No...but I liked him for a while."

Cloud: "So I guess this is where you and I are going to part ways..."

Aeris: "It's too dangerous for me to return by myself! Oh my! Whatever will I do? Isn't that what you want me to say...?"

Cloud: "I'll take you home..."

Aeris: "We could do that but won't that be out of your way?"

    There was a slight scraping noise, and suddenly the gate to Sector 7 opened. What came out was a wagon drawn by a yellow chocobo with a girl in a pretty blue dress. Cloud got up and gasped, it was Tifa and she was heading into the Wall Market. Cloud jumped down from the slide and Aeris followed. Aeris ran after her first and Cloud followed her saying. "Don't worry about it! Go home, Aeris!"
    They walked into a somewhat snazzier part of Sector 6. There were cheesy christmas lights on most of the buildings. The men here were either dressed as punks or pimps or even women. The area was bright with neon lights and there wasn't a 'real' woman in sight. Aeris turned to Cloud and told him. "This place is scary in a lot of ways, especially for a girl so we need to find Tifa, fast." Cloud shrugged and walked up to a kid staring at a giant Cat statue.

Cloud: "Excuse me, have you seen a chocobo wagon around here?"

Boy: "I think it went to the mansion up north. It had a girl in it...she's probably out to work in that cool lookin' inn to the east." (Points north and then east.) "Well anyway...I like cats but this one's a little big huh?"

Cloud: (Inspects the cat statue) "Yeah it is...well, thanks for the info!" (Walks toward the west but finds a man who seems stressed about something. Cloud shrugs and continues.)

Aeris: "That was really good how you handled that kid!"

Cloud: "Thanks...so is that Vex kid your little brother?"

Aeris: "No, he's a friend who protected me from a man who almost made off with my money. You should have saw the way he handled him, it was so heroic. Vex seems really strong, I wonder why?"

    They finally approached the inn. It was a strange and exotic looking inn with lots of signs, lights and anime girls that looked like bees that floated around the building. It looked really sleazy but that's what people apparently wanted around there.

Cloud: (They walked up to the inn in question and he turns to Aeris) "This is the place..." (Cloud walked up to the bouncer.) "Umm..."

Bouncer: "This is the Honeybee Inn, a special hotel. It's also only for members so I can't let you in."

Aged Man: "Right! This is the Honeybee Inn, where even unpopular dweebs like you can meet your destiny here!"

Cloud: "You know a girl named Tifa?"

Aged Man: "You're really on the ball! Tifa is the newest employee, but she's at the Don's mansion doing an interview."

Cloud: "...The Don?"

Aged Man: "Don Corneo is a famous person here, he runs almost everything. Right now though, he's in the market for a bride. His mansion is up north."

Cloud: (Begins running to the mansion with Aeris) "Thanks for the info."

    They ran to the mansion and it looked not much different from the rest of the town. It also had lights and weird stuff out in the front. It also looked very sleazy. The mansion was guarded by a man wearing odd clothes and large shoes. He had a dumb, gruff look about him.

Guard: "Hey! You've got a cute one!"

Aeris: (Takes Cloud and moves to a quieter place.) "Aeris went in here. I'll go in and tell her you're here." (Attempts to go in.)

Cloud: (Stops her) "Wait! It's too dangerous. Do you have any idea about what sort of....place this is?"

Aeris: "What do you intend to do then?"

Cloud: "We could sneak in together but...being a man, that'll be really hard and we can't bust through here, it'll cause too much commotion...but I can't let you go in alone...oh man..."

Aeris: (Starts to snicker to herself.)

Cloud: "Huh? What's so funny?"

Aeris: "How about if we dress you up like a girl? It's the only way."

Cloud: "WHAT?!"

Aeris: (Runs to the guard) "Just you wait, I have a cute friend I want to bring!" (Walks back to Cloud.) "The first thing you need is a cute, pretty dress. There's a dress shop on the way back."

Cloud: (Sighs) "Oh god...this is gonna be a long day..."

    They walk back to the dress shop and walk inside. It looked pretty normal for a dress shop, there was regular dresses and fetish dresses like cheerleader's outfits and girls school uniforms. There was a teenage girl at the counter, she was dressed in a loose blue shirt and looked honest enough. Aeris looked over the dresses but found out they were just samples. Dresses had to be made for them.

Aeris: "Hi, I'd like to buy a dress..."

Employee: "Well, you can but it might take a little while..."

Aeris: "What's wrong?"

Employee: (Gets depressed.) "Well, my Dad makes the clothing here and...he's been in a slump lately. He just gets plastered at the bar nowadays."

Aeris: "So let's help him out. I mean, if we don't, then we won't get a dress now do we?"

Employee: (Perks up) "Really? You'd help him? Thanks!"

    Aeris and Cloud take a walk to the bar which was a little bit up north. They stepped in and looked around. The bar wasn't well lighted but it was clean and there was a restaurant there too. There was the older man working at the counter and a couple eating dinner at a table and they espied a man downing his sorrows just to the right of them.

Aeris: (Approached him and then turned to Cloud) "Cloud, why don't you get a drink?" (Cloud goes to get one and Aeris turns to the dressmaker.) "We came from the dress shop, are you her father?"

Dress Man: "Yeah, I own the dress shop but I ain't your father."

Aeris: "I didn't say that...I want to have clothes made for him over there." (Points to Cloud.)

Dress Man: "What? I don't make menswear and I don't feel like making anything right now."

Aeris: "... ... you know, one of his wishes is to...just once, dress up like a girl."

Dress Man: "A tough looking guy like that?"

Aeris: "Right..."

Dress Man: "Well, what are you looking for?"

Aeris: "...Something that feels soft. And...something that shimmers...."

Dress Man: "Right! I got it, I know someone who has similar taste as him. I'll have it ready in an hour."

Aeris: "Really?! Wow!!"

    Within an hour, the dress was made. It was a beautiful silk dress that was blue and purple. It looked really expensive, but it was on the house for getting the dress man's creativity flowing again. Cloud took it and put it on but has a bit of trouble with it. Aeris looks in to see what he's doing and finds that his costume was incomplete. A wig is what was needed but where could they find one? The gym, of course! Cloud took the dress off and asked the dress man to hold it for him. They ran to the gym and saw the big brutes working out there. Among them, was a petite and pretty little woman.

Woman: (Walks up to Cloud and Aeris) "I heard all about it...are you the one who wants to be cute?"

Cloud: "What? Cute?"

Muscle Men: "Right! The only way you'll get it is from big bro!"

Aeris: "Right. Wait...are you??? THE beautiful bro?"

Beautiful Bro: "Right, haven't you wondered why they run around saying 'big bro this, big bro that?'
Oh well...anyway, I heard about the wig but it'll cost you."

Muscle Man: "The only way you'll get it is if you compete! I'll beat you out of this gym!"

Beautiful Bro: "Right, you'll have to compete against him for the wig. He wants it too. You guys will have to do 'squats' whoever does the most in a minute wins."

Muscle Man: "I'm not going to lose. Big bro's wig is MINE!"

    The beautiful bro offered Cloud some practice but he refused it. The competition began, and Cloud squatted and squatted as did the man challenging him. Cloud fell on his butt and fell behind but worked his hinies overtime to catch up to him. The man and Cloud competed faster and faster and faster and faster. It impressed everyone there, including Aeris. Suddenly the man fell on his back and struggled to get up. Cloud took the advantage to get far ahead of him and the minute was up.

Cloud: (Wiped sweat from his brow.) "Wow, that was harder than I thought."

Beautiful Bro: "You did 50 squats and he did 46. Wow! That's great! Well, I'm a man of my word so here you go." (Hands the sexy looking blond wig to him.)

Muscle Man: "I'm mad! So SO MAD!!"

Beautiful Bro: (Turns to the Muscle Man and punches him hard in the face, he slams against the wall and collapses and twitches from the shock.) "Shut up! Don't cry just because you lost!"

Other Muscle Guys: "Big Bro's fists cut to the bone!"

    Cloud triumphantly walks back to the dress shop and walks in, holding the wig in a way that it won't get hurt. Aeris followed him in, giggling from the way Cloud is delicately treating the wig. Everyone inside the dress shop smiled at Cloud's achievement.

Aeris: "Are you ready to change? Aren't you going to make your look more convincing?"

Cloud: "... ...Okay, I'll go to the honeybee inn!" (Runs out of the dress shop)

Aeris: (Sighs) "Dumb boys...I suppose it's because of his gender. Once he becomes a girl, he'll probably gain more respect for us women...wait, once he becomes a girl...? That doesn't sound right!" (Runs after him.)

Cloud: (Runs to the honeybee inn but gets confronted by a balding and overweight man.) "Huh?"

Man: "Take this if you want in, I don't have the nerve..." (Gives a Honeybee membership card.) "You won't be able to get in without it."

Cloud: "Thanks!" (Runs to the honeybee inn.)

    Cloud comes back to the honeybee in, it was the same as before even with it's audience of loyal perverts. Aeris walks up and everyone diverts their attention to her and walk up to her, meek and innocent looking. Aeris was getting irritated. Cloud looks over to her and says. "Guess I'll complete my disguise..." Aeris looks back, skeptical and replies. "Sure, good excuse."
    Cloud went in and saw the place. It was very brightly lit with the emblem painted on the floor. The room was honeycomb shaped and there were six doors on it. A cute girl dressed as a honeybee bounced up to him and told him to hurry. Cloud looked at the room names. There were the: "Lover's Room" "Queen's Room" "Fu&^ Room" "Group Room" "Employee's Only" and the exit. Cloud looked at the "Fu&^ Room" and said to her "I'll take this one..." She bounced up to him and asked if he was gonna have a change of heart and he said no. He walked into the room and saw something shocking.

Cloud: "What in the!" (Rushes over to what looked like a ghost of himself,  wielding a buster sword, I'll call him Cloud Z. Suddenly he hears a ringing in his mind.)

Cloud Z: (Slowly gets up and stares at him) "What are you doing in a place like this, you idiot?"

Cloud: (A little freaked) "What are you!?"

Cloud Z: "Ha ha ha... Do you honestly think your problems are going to go away by simply not thinking about them...?" (Cloud Z starts to choke him and Cloud hears the ringing again. Cloud Z disappears and Cloud collapses to the ground.)

Employee: "The person who is to see you is...Oh NO! Someone Help! Come here, Quick!" (Rushes to tend to the downed Cloud.)

    Cloud could feel someone prodding and rubbing him. "Poke poke poke, rub, rub, rub, poik, poik ... squish ..." Cloud felt good and energized until the slapping began...slap slap slap! The person prodding him began to slap him until he woke up. He opened his eyes to see the smiling face of a man dressed only in a blue thong. He with a beard and a very muscular build. He leapt off of him and landed on the bed space beside him.

Mukki: "Aahh! The first time is always the best, eh Bubby?" (Looks at his watch and it beeps.) "Well time's up, friend! I hope we meet again..." (He runs out of the room, making a loud shuffling noise.)

Cloud: "...What have I been doing? I'd rather not know..." (Gets off of the bed and a girl employee bounces up to him.)

Employee: "We're sorry for any inconvenience and for whatever happened back there. Please accept this as a token of apology." (Employee hands a set of lingerie to him.)

Cloud: (To himself) "What is this rag? Am I supposed to wear this?" (He walked out and then looked at the "Employees only" Room. He ran in there, hoping he'd find something else to use.)

Girl1: "Agh! What the hell are you doing in here?" (Whispers to her friend) "Yuck, a pervert..."

Girl2: "Don't watch me change, you sicko!"

Girl3: (Putting on her makeup.) "... ... ...well, how do you do, Sir?"

Cloud: "You know, I'll bet you have to do that making up carefully right?"

Girl3: "...right, why?" (Gains a bit of a strange look.)

Cloud: "Do you think you could, make me up too?"

Girl3: (Turns to see him) "...Yeah, I could do that..." (She begins making him up to look real pretty. After a couple of minutes she was done.) "Yeah, that's definitely you!"

Girl 1 and 2: (Look at him and gain an astonished look) "...Oh my..."

    Cloud leaves the employee room and walks out of the Honeybee Inn, lingerie in hand and with the face of a pretty girl. Aeris looked at him and snickered a bit. She then showed Cloud all of the money she made from her sales of flowers at 400 Gil of piece. Aeris had managed to make 3300 Gil there! The men around her had flowers in their hand and were swooning.
    Cloud and Aeris ran back to the dress shop. Cloud nodded to her and ran into the changing room and changed into is beautiful gown. He came out and everyone in the whole store gasped at the vision before them.
 

That's the end of chapter three, I thought it was pretty funny. What did you think?