On Insanejournal, there is a weekly prompt series called FFVII 100. I tend to write for it on a regular basis. One hundred word drabbles, focused around FFVII and prompts given out on each week. Well, now I'm going to post them here as well. Each chapter should be be at least one week's prompt replies, maybe more than one week.
Various ratings, characters, and I don't own FFVII.
Job Perks
Bike
(Cloud)
The fresh air, seeing people smile when he gave them a package from a loved one. That's why Cloud did this job with a smile.
Though, sometimes, he did it simply because it let him get away from everything.
Edge, the remains of Midgar, and a cliff with a sword and a church full of flowers.
The traveling though was one of the best reasons. He got to like roaming, and being the driver of a delivery service provided that.
Coming home was nice, too.
Still, the very best thing about his job was getting to ride his bike.
Character's Children
Your Eyes
(surprise)
The first time she held her girl, she could feel the strength in her. Just like her father.
She nurtured that strength, even when her baby's dad never came home.
She never knew what happened, if he died, if he had just left. Maybe he was still out there, wanting to come back to her.
She had never told him she was pregnant. Didn't known until over a month after he had gone.
One day, watching the dark haired little girl playing, she knew what had happened.
Looking into the rain, she shut her eyes.
"She has your eyes, Zack."
Unsure
(Vincent, Cloud, mention of Tifa)
He never expected to hold a child like this. After Hojo's testing, the demons. Vincent expected that to count against him.
He wasn't sure if he wanted this. It was possible that, like many times in his life, he would end up doing the wrong thing. Like he had before.
The touch drew his attention from the baby.
Cloud smiled at him. "Tifa is sleeping. She wanted me to make sure that you didn't have yourself a panic attack."
Vincent nodded. He wasn't sure about this, but his lovers were strong enough to make sure that it would be fine.
Power
(Rufus)
There was no great company to hand over, no name of power or glory.
Rufus Shinra was almost pleased at that.
It meant that his daughter would have to start from scratch, have to build her own name up into power. She would rule, it was in her blood, but the way she came to that power would be her own.
He had obviously been watching the eco-terrorists too much if that sort of shit was coming to mind. But, watching her play Horsie with Reno did bring to mind plans of taking over the world.
Especially when she kicked.
Blond Toy
(Cloud, Nanaki)
They didn't know how close it came to them never being born.
If Nanaki had his way, they wouldn't.
It involved labs, and saving children who had be created in a tube from a fate that he would never condemn them or any others to.
For that, he would always be grateful to Cloud.
Maybe he should rescue the man, who was playing "toy" for Nanaki's children.
Or maybe Nanaki would just sit where he was and watch. Cloud was his friend, but the man had been too quiet for too long. Outliving everyone did that to people.
Even heros.
Present
(Barrett, Marlene)
"Dad!"
"Hey!," he shouted back, scooping Marlene up and swinging her around once before hugging her. "You been good?"
She nodded, smiling brightly, and he could see his friends smile clearly. "I've been good. Tifa's been showing me basic moves!"
His baby girl sounded so excited about it that Barrett had to smile for her. "Got a present."
Marlene bounced in his arms. "What?"
When he gave her the flower seeds, he smiled again, listening to her go on about how she was going to plant them in the church.
It was good to make his daughter smile like that.
Children of Heroes
(Mentions of Cloud, Tifa, Cid, Vincent, Sherra, and Johnny)
They were the children of heroes. No matter how much the older ones tried to hide it, the kids knew what the world talked about.
Heroes of the Jenova War.
No matter how much their parents had left that behind them, it always managed to pop up. Even when they had moved on, like Tifa finally married Johnny, or when Cid finally roped Vincent and Sherra into whatever they had.
There was no surprise, when Sephiroth came yet again, they went with Cloud. No matter how the others tried to stop it, their kids were just too much like themselves.
Roofwalkers
(Cloud, Tifa, mentions of Yuffie)
"STOP RUNNING ON THE HOUSE!"
He paused, listening carefully, hearing children giggle.
Shaking his head, Cloud looked at Tifa, who was hiding a smile behind her hand. "I never expected this, you know," she said. "It never even really formed in my mind."
Cloud gave a small smile back. "Mine, either. But, you know how things are…?"
"I do. Sometimes, I wonder what I would have done if Rude hadn't asked me out?" She smiled. "But you and Yuffie getting together…."
"I know. Though I didn't expect our kids to inherit the love of heights we both got."
Beginning
(Tseng)
It was a simple exercise. Hit, step, hit, step. The first, most basic steps of any hand to hand fighting. At least in the styles he knew.
The world wasn't a nice place, and Tseng refused to let his child go without being able to defend himself
The boy would never be big. Not with Tseng and Elena for parents. Both of them were fine-boned. But they were fast, and he would train his son to use that speed.
Perhaps, he would end up using in to help defend Rufus's daughter.
They were already protective of each other.
Cycles
(Cloud, mentions of Vincent and Nanaki)
Children were born, and they grew up. Soon, they would find someone to be with themselves.
It was life, and Cloud knew it.
Still, it hurt to watch those he knew grow old and die.
Especially his children.
Vincent and Nanaki were still around. They were the last two, and he spent a lot of time with them.
But he never failed to do this.
Sitting by her bed, Cloud kissed his youngest granddaughter's forehead as she fell asleep. She wouldn't wake up, and he knew it.
But he would still be here for her, to say goodbye.