Cloti

Cloti is the het ship between Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart from the Final Fantasy fandom.

Canon
Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart were born in the mountain village of Nibelhiem. Tifa was popular with the local boys, in which has Cloud trying to impress her and has often gets into fights with the other boys because of its. Cloud and Tifa were not friends, nor were they close during this time. When Tifa was eight years old she suffered from an accident that injured her father and the village blamed Cloud for it. Five years later, Cloud decides to leave Nibelhiem and become a SOLIDER. Tifa one night asks Cloud to the promise of rescuing her if she ever got into trouble. Cloud travels to Midgar and fails to make SOLIDER and joins the army as a Shinra MP instead.

Cloud eventually returns to his hometown during the Nibelhiem Incident. Tifa is not aware that one of the grunts is Cloud since he spends the whole mission hiding his face under his helmet in shame and embarrassment. Upon learning the secrets of his heritage, the first class SOLIDER Sephiroth goes insane and massacres Nibelhiem, killing Tifa's father and Cloud's mother. Tifa confronts Sephiroth but is injured and falls unconscious. Cloud is able to defeat Sephiroth by tossing him into the Lifestream, fulfilling his promise even if he didn't make SOLIDER.

Five years later, Cloud reappears in Midgar and is discovered by Tifa. He joins AVALANCHE as a mercenary, and "former SOLIDER". Tifa notices that Clouds memories do not match her own but does not say anything in fears of disturbing him. A resurgent Sephiroth exploits this to manipulate Cloud into giving his the Black Matra and calls upon its power to end the world. Tifa reveals to Cloud the truth and is able to help him realize that he had created and was living false persona, of his dead friend Zack Fair. With this knowledge Tifa and Cloud go on to confront Sephiroth and save the world.

Children
Denzel Denzel is an orphan boy that Cloud and Tifa took in, as they felt obligation to take care of him since they felt responsible for what happened to Sector 7, where Denzel's parents were two of the many victims of it. When Cloud had found Denzel by his motorbike he felt that him finding the boy was no coincidence, and that might Aerith might had been the one to bring Denzel to his bike so he could find him. Before Cloud had found Denzel, the boy had found Cloud's phone and called its incoming call list that had gotten him in contact with Tifa, who was surprised to learn that the person calling her isn't not Cloud. Denzel enjoys hearing Cloud's stories of the places he been to on his journey and had began to view Cloud as his hero. When Cloud and Tifa learned of Denzel's Geostigma illness, Cloud felt obligation to go in search of a cure for Denzel before he dies from it, but he began to lose hope when he realized that he has it too; while Denzel's own search for a cure had gotten him in the danger kind of trouble. That both Cloud and Tifa fought to save Denzel from. In end Cloud was finally cured of his Geostigma and later used the Lifestream infused water to cure Denzel's. Before the two went to help their friend Vincent in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, they spirited both Denzel and Marlene away to safety so the Deepground wouldn't harm them. Sometime during the following year, Denzel and Cloud go to visit the outskirts of Midgar where they see yellow colored flowers growing in the place where Zack died, Denzel asks if this is someone's grave and Cloud replies that it is the spot where a hero began his journey.

Fanon
Cloud/Tifa has been extremely popular since 1997. It is a popular Final Fantasy VII ship and one of the most popular ships in the entire series. It is considered a "rival ship" to Cloud/Aerith. Both ships have had evidence and materials to support them, although the fandom ship wars are ongoing.

On AO3, the ship has over 692 fanfics.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Cloud/Tifa tag on FanFiction.net
 * Cloud/Tifa tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * A few Cloti-like moments were seen in Kingdom Hearts II.

Variations

 * Clerifa refers to the ship between Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart and Aerith Gainsborough