Sector 5

Sector 5 (伍番街) is a location in Final Fantasy VII. Located in lower Midgar, it is under the Shinra company's control. Like every sector of the metropolis, it is composed of both Slums and Plate sections, though no media depicts the Plate.

Sector 5 slums are Aerith Gainsborough's adopted hometown where she spends most of her life under the care of her adoptive mother, Elmyra Gainsborough. During this time, she manages to avoid capture from the Turks, as Shinra is seeking her for her Ancient heritage. Aerith spends most of her time at the Sector 5 Church and her ability to grow flowers in the metropolis's inhospitable climate becomes an inspiration for the local citizens.

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
In Episode 11 of Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-, the player's Turk protects Aerith from kidnapping from the terrorist group AVALANCHE, in what they call "Operation Laura". The AVALANCHE commanders, Shears and Fuhito, are caught by surprise by the Turk's appearance, since none of their intelligence stated a Turk had been dispatched.

The player Turk stumbles upon the AVALANCHE attack by accident and Shears defeats the Turk, capturing the player and Aerith. Aerith is brought to the AVALANCHE leader, Elfé, and is told to reveal the location of the Promised Land, so that it cannot end up in Shinra hands. The Turk breaks in and fights the AVALANCHE leaders, but seems beaten. He or she is saved when Elfé collapses, forcing AVALANCHE to retreat.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Zack Fair falls through the Upper Plate after being defeated by Angeal Hewley up in the Sector 5 Reactor. He falls the 150 meter drop down into the slums, but the church flowers save his life by softening the landing. He thanks Aerith by giving the compensation of one date. While Zack and Aerith are out, a boy steals his wallet in the marketplace.

After wandering around asking the less than helpful citizens for help, Zack finally gets it back; the boy's wallet had been eaten by a group of monsters in the Sector 6 park, so Zack defeats them and gets the boy his money back. Aerith and Zack go to the playground where they discuss SOLDIER members' supernatural abilities. Their date is cut short when Zack receives a call from his superior, Sephiroth, telling him to return to the Headquarters immediately. Afterward, the player can travel to Sector 5 slums whenever by boarding a train from Sector 8.

Later on, Zack builds Aerith a flower cart and helps her sell flowers at the park, although this does not go well.

Final Fantasy VII
Five years later, after Zack has disappeared from Aeris's life, Cloud Strife falls into the church in similar fashion. Aeris offers Cloud to be her bodyguard in exchange for a date, just like Zack offered her many years ago. He helps Aeris escape from the Turk Reno and back to her adopted mother's house. Cloud spends the night at the house, but leaves in secret at Elmyra's urging. He tries to sneak away, but Aeris follows.

Later on, after Sector 7's destruction, Cloud, along with Barret Wallace and Tifa Lockhart, use Aeris's house as a temporary base to plan their next move, and Elmyra recites the story of Aeris's childhood. Barret's daughter Marlene is kept in the house for a time, until she is later moved to Kalm by Reeve. Sector 5 can be revisited later on discs 2 and 3 after finding the Sector 5 Key in Bone Village, although there isn't anything new to discover, apart from how the delirious man in the pipe has disappeared.

The town is largely destroyed along with the rest of Midgar by the fall of Meteor.

Hidden Money
In one of the houses, there is a boy sleeping upstairs. If the player looks into the drawers, they can find 5 gil in a hidden compartment. If the player takes the money they will later find the boy crying over having lost his savings. If the player leaves the money, the boy will give them a Turbo Ether later on. The boy's room also has one of the Turtle's Paradise flyers on the wall.

Items Found

 * Ether
 * Cover Materia
 * Potion
 * Phoenix Down

Final Fantasy VII
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Item Shop

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Weapon Shop

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Materia Shop

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Sector 5 Slums

 * 2x Whole Eater
 * 1x Whole Eater, 2x Hedgehog Pie
 * 2x Vice
 * 1x Vice (Back-attack only)

Musical Themes
In Final Fantasy VII "Flowers Blooming in the Church" (教会に咲く花) plays in Aeris's church, Aeris's house and the areas nearby to the two areas. Additionally, "Under the Rotting Pizza" (腐ったピザの下で) plays inside the Sector 5 city.

In Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- the theme of the slums is "Where Light Does Not Reach". "A Flower Blooming in the Slums (from FFVII "Aerith's Theme")" plays in scenes involving Aerith.

Trivia

 * Various Japanese text can be seen around the backgrounds on Sector 5 in Final Fantasy VII. The pipe with the man inside reads "Safety First". In the screen before the church there is a graffiti on a piece of metal that reads "We Gods". The big red graffiti on the wall leading to Sector 6 reads "Yamato" (大和), an old name of Japan.