 Aerith Gainsborough is first introduced as a flower seller , when she briefly converses with Cloud Strife , a mercenary working for the anti @-@ government group AVALANCHE , who are fleeing from the bombing of a Mako reactor . The two later meet in Aerith 's church in the Sector 5 slums , where she is faced with the possibility of capture by the Turks . Aerith asks Cloud to be her bodyguard for the cost of one date . She is eventually apprehended , but is ultimately rescued by Cloud and his allies . Aerith then joins them in the pursuit of Sephiroth , while also embarking on her own journey of self @-@ discovery . 
 Aerith Gainsborough is first introduced as a flower seller , when she briefly <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>converses</mark></a> with Cloud Strife , a mercenary working for the anti @-@ government group AVALANCHE , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>are fleeing from the bombing of a Mako reactor . The two later meet in Aerith <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>church in the Sector 5 slums , where she is faced with the possibility of capture by the Turks . Aerith <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>asks</mark></a> Cloud to be her bodyguard for the cost of one date . She is eventually apprehended , but is ultimately rescued by Cloud and his allies . Aerith then <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>joins</mark></a> them in the pursuit of Sephiroth , while also embarking on her own journey of self @-@ discovery . 
Aerith Gainsborough is first introduced as a flower seller , when she briefly converse with Cloud Strife , a mercenary working fir da anti @-@ government group AVALANCHE , are fleeing from the bombing of a Mako reactor . Tdatwo later meet in Aerith  church in the Sector 5 slums , where she is faced with thdaossibility of capture by the Turks . Aerith ask Cloud to be her bodyguard fir thedast of one date . She is eventually apprehended , but is ultimately rescued by Cloud and his allies . Aerith then join em in the pursuit of Sephiroth , while also embarking on her own journey of self @-@ discovery .