Il ne devient qu'un simple fantassin dans l'armée de la Shinra. She gets him an apartment next to hers, but his neighbor turns out to be an ill man wearing a dark cloak whom Cloud sees as Sephiroth come back to taunt him. Resolving to become a hero like him, Cloud decided to set out and join SOLDIER. 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. Inquiet pour elle, Cloud l'accompagne, mais Tifa est blessée au cours de l'expédition.
Soudain, une Arme arrive et détruit l'île.
After getting out of the illusion, Cloud runs into a woman acting oddly who offers him a flower.
L'ayant vaincu, Cloud sent néanmoins que Séphiroth n'est pas mort, et le suivit mentalement dans la Rivière de la Vie afin de le détruire une bonne fois pour toute. Strife. This reminds Cloud of his past, but the mysterious invisible beings stop them from going in any further and eject the party. Après la chute de Séphiroth dans les tréfonds du réacteur, sa volonté de vivre se manifesterait en Cloud, car il aurait eu besoin d'un corps pour obtenir la Matéria noire. Séphiroth apparait, et crée plusieurs illusions, montrant les événements de Nibelheim, sauf que Cloud n'y est pas présent : Cloud se met réellement à croire qu'il a été fabriqué de toutes pièces des mains du scientifique, et donne la Matéria noire à Séphiroth.
He tells Despite being a mere infantryman considered not fit enough to join SOLDIER, Cloud already displayed impressive skills with a blade that impressed one of the Turks. Le groupe découvre ensuite qu'Aerith avait une Matéria blanche permettant de lancer Sacre, le sort pouvant contrer le Météore, et qu'elle avait prié afin de l'activer. His selfless and kind nature lets him overcome Sephiroth time and again.
Once he contracts Geostigma, he leaves, secretly moving out into the Sector 5 Slums Church.In the "Lifestream" chapters, Cloud is mentioned as being the core of Sephiroth's being. 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 possède des yeux bleus légèrement brillants, signe distinctif des personnes possédant de la Mako dans leur organisme. Ashamed of his failure, he doesn't keep in contact with the people from his hometown. Pour utiliser les limites de niveau 3, Cloud doit perdre un total de 144,4 % de ses HP max. Injecting them with Jenova's cells and exposing them to mako, Hojo attempts to test his Jenova Four years later (December 19th, 0006) Zack breaks out of his confinement and helps a vegetative Cloud escape, giving him a SOLDIER uniform to wear as his old clothes are soaked with mako. Une explosion s'en suit, les tuant apparemment. Durant leur fuite, Zack parle à Cloud de son envie de devenir mercenaire, et de sa tentative de rejoindre Midgar afin de retrouver Cloud se rend à Midgar, et se retrouve sur un train, l'Épée Broyeuse en main, habillé comme un membre du SOLDAT, première classe.
They learn that Shinra is planning on abandoning Midgar anyway, and thus will drop the Sector 7 plate onto the slums to crush Barret's group and then blame it on Avalanche and Wutai, a rival nation to Shinra.
Cloud aurait ensuite appris que Séphiroth voulait prendre le contrôle de son corps, et la volonté de Séphiroth sur son esprit ainsi que les traumatismes de Cloud aurait créé la fausse personnalité de Cloud. 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.