cloud is not a soldier

She tells Cloud that he reminds her of her first love, but Cloud's vision goes blurry and his ears begin to ring as she says his name.

His selfless and kind nature lets him overcome Sephiroth time and again. I still do believe that Cloud ended up strongest out of all the soldiers (Angeal, Zack, Sephiroth, Genesis) due to the events of VII. So Cloud is powerful because he received the SOLDIER treatment. It has nothing to do with the Jenova Reunion. Aerith is the woman selling flowers he had met earlier, and she hires him to escort her home without Cloud even explaining that he is a mercenary. I am not a salesman. What do you say? Cloud was born in the mountain village of Nibelheim, and was a neighbor of a girl a year younger than him, Tifa Lockhart. Avalanche member Jessie hires Cloud to help her procure a new blasting agent from a Shinra warehouse, and Cloud ends up in a motorcycle race against a SOLDIER member called Cloud parachutes back down to the slums with Wedge while Jessie and Biggs ride on another parachute, and Wedge shows him around the slums and tells him about his cats. Wedge's grappling gun softens his landing and Tifa and Aerith stay behind to help him while Cloud races up the steps to help Barret and the others. They only find Leslie, who promises to provide them the means if they help him find Corneo first, and afterward gives them super-powered grappling guns which the trio uses to propel themselves across the devastation of the Sector 7 ruins. The kana in his name can be also read as "Claude Strauss", which is a real-world German name, but were intentionally read as Cloud to fit the theme of his character arc. She is glad Cloud cares for her enough to want to come save her, but warns him to not fall in love with her.

Cloud and the group cross Mt. Former 1st Class SOLDIER. He admits to Tifa his problems arise from being unable to "reclaim lost lives", referring to his perceived guilt in the deaths of Aerith and Zack. Cloud tapped fingers on the counter, deep in thought for a few seconds. She hesitates over what path they should follow, as the mysterious beings that have been intermittently tormenting and helping them are When Cloud goes after Sephiroth, he is pulled into a vision of what Sephiroth calls the edge of creation. I have no doubt that Cloud is stronger for the treatments.

He runs into Biggs who looks like he is on the verge of death. The only thing I care about is finishin' this job before security and the Roboguards come.Though Cloud puts up an indifferent front, he is more troubled than he lets on. But as we learn later, he wasn't mentally fit for it. It is something Cloud has to overcome by himself." The next morning the mysterious invisible ghosts attack the slums and slow Cloud and Tifa down when they are trying to reach the bar. After almost a year of running, the pair arrives outside Midgar in September 0007. Some people are just better at certain things than others? It's through redemption from his friends and having children to protect that he becomes stronger." The next day Cloud, Tifa and Barret head out to save Aerith and seek Corneo for a way topside as the trains have stopped running. Why can't they jump thousands of meters into the sky? I still do believe that Cloud ended up strongest out of all the soldiers (Angeal, Zack, Sephiroth, Genesis) due to the events of VII. After speaking to both Heidegger (head of Shinra's military) and President Shinra himself (CEO), Cloud falls off the crumbling walkway into the Midgar slums below and crashes through the roof of Aerith's church where he has a dream with a double of himself and Sephiroth. Cloud has a lighter side, Cloud suffers from motion sickness that is seemingly cured during the period he upholds a fake SOLDIER persona, but returns when his true self is restored. Cloud goes berserk and attacks Aerith, but his friends—including a new version of Cait Sith—knock him out. Cloud picks up Zack's Buster Sword, catches Sephiroth off guard in the reactor core, and impales him before attending to Tifa. After defecting from Shinra, Cloud began work as a mercenary for hire in Midgar. A true testament to Cloud's skill and might is how he has repeatedly fought, and even at times defeated, Sephiroth himself, who is considered the best SOLDIER of all time and unbeatable. Back in Edge, Kadaj threatens Rufus and summons Cloud battles Kadaj once more, but the remnant absorbs Jenova's remains he had obtained from Rufus earlier, and Sephiroth is reborn. Cloud claimed to be a member of SOLDIER; not to mention a First Classmen which is a honor in its own right. It's more than fair to say that Cloud is emphasized as "different," but I wouldn't say he's necessarily special. What kind of experiment did Hojo do with Cloud (and Zack)? When helping out the locals Tifa and Cloud spot a local man called Johnny being taken away by Shinra Public Security forces on suspicion of working with Avalanche.

Cloud never joined Soldier, not even as a 3rd, he was a basic Infantryman.

They visit Aerith's mother and find Aerith had brought Barret's daughter Marlene there before being taken away by the Turks. In a DVD extra, Cloud is making deliveries while taking calls from his friends. Also, in the game equipping materia changes your stats, which makes sense because it is a form of naturally refined Mako that you are putting into your body (as portrayed in AC) so maybe "the party" having so much exposure to materia over the course of FFVII (and Mako in general as I pointed out in an earlier post) helps them reach and possibly even increase their potential over normal humans?