*This was the first fanfic
I ever attempted to write... I couldn't find my original copy... (lost
it SOMEWHERE in my computer) so I tried to rewrite it as close as to the
original as I could... The Final Fantasy 7 characters do not belong to
me, even though I wish they did, so dun sue me...Enjoy*
The sun rose over the
hills where the small, quiet town of Kalm stood. Small rays of sunshine
poked through Tifa Lockheart's bedroom window, caressing her cheek softly
as she turned around, trying to hide the sun from her eyes so she could
continue sleeping. She heard a set of footsteps climbing up the stairs.
Tifa supposed it was Cloud, who had probably gone downstairs to get a glass
of water and was coming back up to join her in bed and have a very lazy,
Saturday morning. She heard the door crack open just a bit, and decided
to continue to sleep. Since she wasn't fully awake, it didn't take her
long to do so.
The shadow standing
at Tifa's bedroom door smirked evilly, realizing that she was still asleep.
It stumbled down the stairs, careful not to wake anyone else up and marched
outside.
"So, are they there?"
Cid grinned as Yuffie walked out the door of the bar, towards him.
"I couldn't find Cloud,
but Tifa's in there, still sleeping. I just had the best idea." the ninja
jumped unto the Highwind that was standing tall and proud behind Cid. The
man followed, not far behind. He found Yuffie, looking around the deck
and then going below, probably in direction of the bridge.
"What are you looking
for exactly?!?" Cid looked at the ninja curiously as she dug up from underneath
the old piles of rubbish and garbage that Cid had stuffed in a corner of
the Highwind that Shera would've never thought to look.
"Where's that damned
cat when you need him?!?" Yuffie stomped one foot to the ground, obviously
losing a little of the small patience she already had.
"Oh! You mean Cait
Sith. I think he was going to take a walk around town with Red and Vincent.
But why would you need Cait Sith?" Cid followed Yuffie as she threw her
arms exsaparingly in the airs, leaving the bridge of the ship.
"Cid, make sure the
Tifa DOES NOT wake up until I found Cait Sith... I want to have the honours
to wakwe her up." Yuffie grinned that evil grin of hers, the kind of grin
that anyone who knew Yuffie well would say it was the kleptomaniac part
of her brain, waking up and ready to do damage. Cid caught on immediately.
"Oooohhhh! I know...
You're not really gonna do THAT, are you?" Cid smirked at the ninja as
she waved at him, leaving on the search for Cait Sith. He pulled out a
lighter from his pocket and lighted a new cigarette, his third since that
morning. And it was only 8 o' clock.
In the meanwhile,
Cloud, who was always bright and early, had decided to go take a walk.
He had snuck quietly out of bed, careful not to wake Tifa, cause if she
would've known that he was walking, ALONE, in Kalm, she would've took a
heart attack But Cloud felt as though he was old enough to take care of
himself. After all, he was almost twenty-two years old. He looked around
at the small, laid-back town. Some people were already up, running some
errands, walking around. And in all this, Cloud felt like an undercover
spy, trekking around, being careful not to be seen by someone he knew that
would go tell Tifa that he was running around town without her permission.
He walked on his tiptoes, being very careful not to get noticed by anyone,
even though by doing so, he drew more attention than he didn't, when suddenly,
a giant gust of wind had swept over the city, a dark shadow covering the
light of the new day.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
WEAPON!!!" Cloud dove for cover behind a pile of old carton boxes that
were just lying around. Everyone that was around him heard the blood curdling
scream and looked up to the Heaven's above to see what was going on. All
they saw was a giant piece of metal, also known as the Highwind, passing
a few meters over the small town, to land just a couple of feet away
from it.
"Ummph.... Tourists..."
an old man past right next to the boxes where Cloud had cleverly hidden
himself after crying bloody murder. Cloud jumped out of the boxes, snorting
at the old man, giving him his best look-at-me-I'm-cool pose. Then he remembered
why he had hidden. The giant monster, also known as Weapon, was right outside
the town, waiting patiently for him to go and beat the crap out of it.
He approached cautiously, pulling out his Ultima Sword, scaring the hell
out of the old lady he was standing next to, until he was only a few feet
away from it. It looked as though it was dead. Cloud decide he wouldn't
take any chances.
"TAAAAAKEEEEE THAAAAAAT!!!!"
Cloud gave the horrible monster his biggest and bestest Omnislash he had
ever done. After having done so, he looked around at the roughly scratched
surface and the pile of 9999s lying around on the grass, a satisfying smirk
on his face, under the incredulous looks of the small crowd that had gathered
around.
"Hey you there!!! What
are-- OMYGOD!!! WHAT IN THE @%$! DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?!" Cloud turned
around to see an angry blond man running towards him, a spear in hand,
ready to chop him up in pieces.
"Whatever it is I did,
I didn't do it..." Cloud took a crouching position, putting his hands over
the top of his head. The blond man looked at him questionably, as if he
thought he had already seen him somewhere, ready to strike his spear on
the poor, unfortunate soul's head. He stopped midway through his swing.
"Cloud?!? You !?%@$!#!%@!!!
What are you doing here?" Cid recognized the other blond man by the spikes
sticking out from where his hands were. Cloud looked up to see Cid smiling
down at him. He jumped back up to his feet, taking his usual look-at-me-I'm-cool
pose. (Again)
"Oooh!!! Hi Cid!!!!!
I--I--I was just...uh... checking the Highwind's durability... Yeah that's
it..." Cloud shifted his weight nervously from one foot to the other, as
if he was a little kid who had just been caught whizzing on the school
fence.
"You said that last
time..." Cid rolled his eyes as he passed right beside Cloud and entered
the Highwind, smirking silently. Cloud always had that way to make him
laugh. "I mean, the kid's so stupid it's not even funny..." Cid walked
around the deck a few minutes, completely forgetting that Cloud had completely
destroyed the right side of the Highwind. "Whoa... wait a minute..." Cid
returned in his tracks. "Didn't he just..." Cid looked over the railing
of the Highwind, just in time to see Cloud, running back to the town like
a little idiot who had just seen a bear. "YOU LITTLE !?@%#!&#%!!! COME
BACK HERE!!!" Cid jumped back off the Highwind, engaging himself in a wild
goose chase after Cloud.
***
Vincent Valentine entered
the small materia shop in Kalm. He was finally at peace after having sent
Red XIII to the pet grooming salon, just below. He loved the quiet of this
town. Later he would have to go join the others and go eat at that restaurant
that Yuffie had suggested. Vincent particularly hated eating at restaurants,
mostly because most of the people would just stare at him like he was some
kind of got person or something. Okay, so he did admit that his red eyes,
black hair that fell down in his back, red cape and black outfit didn't
help for the matter but, hey, let them stare. He knew he was sexy- looking,
he couldn't help it. He was strung out of his reverie when he heard two
sets of footsteps climbing up in direction of the Materia shop.
"VIIIIINNYYYYYY!!!
HEEEEEELP MEEEEEE!!!! Cloud entered the Materia shop in a hurry, running
to hide behind Vincent. He gripped onto the bottom of his pants leg, almost
bringing Vincent down with him.
"Cloud!?! What are
you–" Vincent didn't have time to finish his phrase that he saw Cid, Venus
Gospel in hand, enter the Materia shop.
"Where is that little
$!#@%?!? Where is he?" Cid looked around the Materia shop, almost seeing
red. The man behind the counter ducked behind it, looking really afraid.
"Cid, what are you
doing?" Vincent approached the enraged man, cautiously. He didn't want
a Venus Gospel by the face. Cait Sith had had that experience before. He
had said it had been painful.
"That &!%@)# Cloud
destroyed the right side of the Highwind... AGAIN!!! Where is he???" Cid
continued to look around. Cloud still hung to Vincent's pants, being dragged
along by him as he slowly approached the angry blond man. He dared to speak
up.
"It wasn't me... I
was framed by... DUM DUM DUUUUH!!! Sephiroth!!! Yeah... that's it!!!" Cloud
looked around nervously at Cid, then at Vincent then back at Cid to see
if they bought it. It didn't seem to be working.
"Yeah and we're supposed
to buy that?!? Cid smirked evilly, approaching Cloud a bit, his eye¤s
almost glowing red. Vincent shifted nervously around, not knowing if he
should get out of the way or stay and protect Cloud.
"CAAAAAIIIIIIT SIIIIIIIITH!!!
WHEEEEEEEREEEEEE AAAAAAAREEEEEEE YOOOOOOOUUUUU?!?!" a loud scream was heard
from across the door. Cid slapped his forehead, recognizing the voice.
He put down his Venus Gospel and headed out the door, Vincent with Cloud
hanging by his pants leg, not far behind. The small group stepped outside
to see what all the commotion was about. They saw Yuffie, standing on her
tiptoes, screaming the bloody hell out of herself, trying to find Cait
Sith. Cid put away his spear, much to Cloud's content, and approached the
ninja.
"Shuuuut!!! We don't
want to wake up Tifa you know..." Cid whispered in Yuffie's ear. She put
a hand over her mouth, not having thought about that. She heard a small
sound, like a window opening up.
"WHAT IN THA ?!%@ IS
ALL DA RACKET ABOUT?!?!" Barret popped his head out of the window, Cait
Sith's head not far behind. The ninja looked up.
"CAIT SITH!!! THERE
YOU ARE!!!" Yuffie ran towards the building, not even giving it second
thought. Cid, Cloud and Vincent followed.
***
"So what are youz guys
doin' here, anyway??? Cait Sith tried ta explain ta me but I dun quite
trust Shinra slob." Barret shot a death glare at Cait Sith. He knocked
him over the head with his megaphone. Barret pulled out his gun arm and
pointed it at Cait Sith but Vincent got between the two of them.
"The original idea
was to take you guys, here in Kalm, out for a quiet evening dinner. Yuffie
entered Tifa's bar, saw she was still sleeping and decided she would do
something unforgivable to her, something that includes Cait Sith's megaphone.
Then, Cloud thought the Highwind was a WEAPON and attacked it with the
biggest Omnislash I ever saw him do. I started chasing him around town,
where we met up with Vincent again and we still don't know where Red is..."
Cid explained in one breath. Barret just nodded.
"I think Red must still
be at that grooming salon." Vincent thought of what Red would look like
when he got out of there. A cute little pink bow on top of his fire-red
head. He muffled a laugh. Everyone looked his way. "No... Nothing... don't
pay any attention to me..." he flushed a bright color of red. "Almost as
red as Red's fur...Ó he muffled another laugh, turning around so
no one would see him.
"Sooo... what restaurant
are a guys takin' us to?" Barret ignored Vincent's laughing fits, looking
over at Cid.
"Well, I heard there
was this great new place in Midgar. I thought we might be able to go there."
Cid started. He was caught off by Yuffie yelling after Cait Sith.
"YOU DAMNED CAT!!!
GIVE ME THAT MEGAPHONE!!! NOW!!! CAIT SITH... I DUN HAVE ALL DAY!!" Yuffie
stomped her foot to the ground as Cait Sith looked around, trying to find
where he had last put that megaphone of his.
"Are you sure we wanna
bring this whol' crazy gang to the restaurant?!?" Barret returned to Cid
after watching a bit of Yuffie trying to choke Cait Sith. He thought he
had a déjà-vu there. Cid looked at Barret with big, spooked
out eyes.
"I'm not sure I want
to anymore..."
***
Yuffie finally managed
to get Cait Sith's megaphone, which she was mostly proud of, by threatening
him a bit with the tip of her Rising Sun on the robotic cat's nose, saying
"Reeve, I know where you live..." It had worked well. Now she headed towards
Tifa's bar, again, with the whole pack of people following her, including
Red XIII, which Vincent had insisted on getting at the pet grooming salon.
She smirked at the thought of seeing Red XIII come out of the shop, with
a big pink bow on the top of his head. He had insisted on having one of
them take it off. It hadn't pleased any of them, for shaming Red XIII was
Yuffie and Cid's favorite pastime.
She opened the door
to the bar. Cloud gasped in horror seeing her do so.
"How did you do that?!?!"
he inquired, looking at the ninja in amazement, as though what she had
just done deserved an Nobel Peace Prize, if it had existed in the Final
Fantasy 7 universe.
"Someone..." Yuffie
rolled her eyes as she entered the house, the rest of the gang following,
"...left the door unlocked before leaving to take a walk this morning..."
"Oh! I knew that...
I just... wanted to see... how smart you were... Yeah! that's it!!!" Cloud
took his usual look-at-me-I'm-cool pose, again(again). Everyone sweat dropped,
including Red XIII, for whom it was usually hard to sweat drop through
all that fur.
Yuffie threw her hands
in the air, starting up the stairs. Cloud, who had been quiet up till then
started talking very loudly to Cait Sith. "Hey, Cait Sith... THIS IS MY
HOUSE!!! It makes such a loong time you didn't visit, RIGHT?!?"
