Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

1.5: Aeris

Cloud wakes up in a church in the Sector 5 slums, in the company of the flower girl from earlier. You learn that her name is Aeris, and she’d like you to be her bodyguard. As you’re talking, a shady character struts into the church, and Aeris remains mostly calm in telling Cloud that they need to leave. It’s Reno of the Turks, with some Shinra help.

Follow Aeris, then run to the right until you're across from some stairs. Turn towards them, and you'll jump. Head up, and eventually Aeris will fall down, putting herself in a position to be attacked. She can run, fight or wait. I usually just have her wait, but if she fights, she gets a little experience.

Cloud, in between battles, can push down barrels from the top, trying to hit/put off the enemy. If you tell Aeris to ‘hold on a minute’, you can usually push over a well-targeted barrel to help her, but make sure you're pushing the right one. If you can't hit them with barrels, Aeris can defeat them anyway.

Leave, exiting over the log to the left that's sticking up, and keep hitting left to jump.