Well here I am again, bringing you another fanfic. =3 mew. I hope you like it.
I do not own ff7. There was some inspiration from the anime Elfen Lied so just to be safe I do not own that either. R/R!
The rain sprinkled down in the warm evening in Edge. It was close to summer and everyone seem to be happy, Sephiroth was gone, no more threat on the planet. It has been peace for a year, and Cloud was relieved, but he still had things to do, he set up a delivery service within the walls of the Seventh Heaven to help out Tifa, which secret he was in love with. He would someday tell her, but he had to figure out how to put it into words. There was a new member of the family, Denzel, he was an orphan Cloud had found a month ago and he seem to fit right in.
Cloud drove home from the outskirts of the town, the motorcycle's engine ripping and making loud engine like sounds..(A/N: obviously I don't know anything about bikes. Lol) He pulled into the drive way and parked, shutting the engine off. He stretched before getting off the bike and walking into the lovely home that Tifa kept. With a gentle smile he saw her, busy in the kitchen making dinner, the sweet smell of her cooking filled the room, his stomach growled, he blushed slightly from embarrassment and decided to make his presence known. He took a step forward and cleared his throat.
"I'm home, Tifa." he said in a relaxed tone of voice, the brunette beauty turned and smiled gently, soft and sweet smile.
"Welcome home Cloud." she said and set the pot lid on the pot. "How was your day at work?" she then asked moving closer over to him. He looked to her and smiled.
"It was alright, I got a lot done." he replied. Tifa continued to smile. "That's wonderful Cloud." she said Moving back to watch the food cook, Tifa stirred the sauce for the spaghetti they would soon have. Cloud went to put his things away upstairs, on his way to his room he peeked into the kids room to see Marlene and Denzel playing on the x-box that he and Tifa got them for Christmas, he tried playing once but utterly failed at it. He smiled softly, things were back to normal and he could focus on living his life peacefully. He returned downstairs.
"Need any help Tifa?" he asked softly. Tifa turned. "Well if you want you could start setting the table." she said smiling. The blonde haired man nodded and did so, setting the table for four. Tifa continued to cook, and began to serve the food.
"Cloud why don't you tell the kids the food is ready." she said and Cloud nodded, going upstairs.
"Marlene, Denzel, food is ready." he said. Marlene got down from the bed and helped Denzel down, together they went downstairs and sat at the table, Tifa was dishing out the food and they waited happily, wanting to fill they're empty tummies.
"So what did you and Denzel do today, Marlene?" asked Cloud. Marlene thought for a moment before answering.
"Oh we basically did our homework and play X-box." she said with a smile. Tifa had been home schooling them during the day, Tifa was big on education.
"What kind of games did you guys play?" he asked. Denzel grinned. "We played Guitar Hero."
"That's the game I never got the hang of." Cloud replied chuckling. Tifa just smiled. "Are you going to take the day off tomorrow Cloud?" Tifa asked.
"Yeah. I need a day to relax." he said. "Good then were are going on a picnic tomorrow with everyone." said Tifa.
"Oh really? Everyone is going to be there?" he asked.
"Well, Berret, Reeve, and Yuffie said they would be. I called Vincent and he said he might be there, and I couldn't get ahold of Red, but Yuffie said she would go and tell him, so I have no idea. I left a message for Cid but he hasn't called me back yet."
"Oh where are we having this outing at?" Cloud asked. Tifa grinned. "We're having it here, that's why the bar is closed tomorrow. We're having a mid summer barbecue!"
Cloud smiled. "So I hope your the one cooking Tifa." he said. Tifa only giggled. "Oh course." she smiled. Marlene blinked.
"You guys like to smile at each other a lot." she said. Cloud and Tifa blushed and looked away.
"Eat your food dear." said Tifa. Cloud just ate quietly, his cheeks still flushed red. Marlene and Denzel snickered.
After dinner the children returned to playing video games and Tifa began to clean up and do the dishes. After the chores were done she sat down and looked to Cloud.
"Care for a drink?" she asked. Cloud nodded. "Yeah, sure." he smiled. She handed him a beer and had one for herself, they sat and talked for a while.
The rain poured down in sheets, the white trees seem to glow bright within the rain. The sound of wet footsteps echoed through the forest. The hard and fast breathing was all that he heard, his own breathing as he fled, he leaped into the air and decided to take flight his left black wing stretching out, he was being followed, he was scared. He threw through the hard rain, hitting his body like small bullets, he ignored the pain, just wanting to get away.
"You won't escape us, brother!" one of the pursuers called behind him. He flew as fast as he could, his eyes full of panic. He decided to fly higher and disappeared into the clouds. The followers growled and decided for the better to leave him alone for now. They turned and retreated back into the forest. Once in the forest one pulled out a cellphone.
"We lost him Weiss." he spoke into the receiver.
Its alright, here is a new experiment, let see how he reacts within society, besides we don't need him right now, without any memories, how will he survive?
"Alright, then we will watch him from afar then." said the one speaking to Weiss.
The one who fled from Weiss continued to fly quickly, he didn't know if he was still being followed or not but he didn't want to find out. He was about to make a dive out of the clouds to see where he was but suddenly he was struck by lightening, his body became numb his eyes widen with pain as he began to fall, he fell fast, crashing into through the windows of a certain bar. He skidded into a stop in the kitchen, sliding through the kitchen's swinging doors. Tifa and Cloud jumped up with fright.
"What the hell!?" Tifa gasped and looked to Cloud. Cloud grabbed his sword in case of any kind of danger as he and Tifa slowly crept into the kitchen, there stopped by the counter lied in a mess of black feathers and cooking supplies was a reddish-brownish haired man, the hair was long like Vincent's but it kinda stuck out at the ends, the wing sprouted from his back was bent the opposite way it should have been going, it was broken. The young man didn't seem to be moving.
"An angel?" Tifa questioned. Cloud was silent. He slowly walked over and knelt down, he brushed the hair from the angel's face to see who it was. Cloud's eyes widen slightly, he took a step back and stared at it, it was Genesis Rhapsodos.
"Tifa I know who it is, I think.." said Cloud. Tifa looked to him. "Really who is it?" Cloud was silent for a moment, if it was really Genesis then he had to be really careful because Genesis wasn't exactly sane the the last time he saw him, and he was degrading, but looking at him, he was degrading at all.
"When I was in SOLDIER, Zack and I were assigned a mission where we encountered a man named Genesis, this is him, but he seems different." Tifa looked to him.
"What should we do?" Tifa asked. "Well his clothes look really ripped he may be hurt, he looks a lot smaller when he did back in SOLDIER, he doesn't have muscle anymore. So he probably won't fit in my clothes."
Tifa nodded. "Well maybe some of your old high school clothes." Tifa said and walked upstairs to get towels, bandages, and clothes. Cloud then carefully moved him, his wing was broken, how was he going to fix that, suddenly, the wing then fell off. Cloud blinked.
"It fell off..." Cloud stated to no one, it made it a lot easier to carry him to a better place then the kitchen, which the floor was covered in blood. Tifa returned and helped Cloud with cleaning the cuts on Genesis, but there wasn't any serious wounds. After that,Tifa took off his wet clothes and put dry ones on him, and with Cloud's help they moved him onto the couch. Genesis' cheeks were flushed with fever.
"Cloud he spiked a fever...will you go get me some aspirin and a wet cloth?" Tifa asked. Cloud nodded and left to get those things. The children came down in they're pj's.
"What was that Tifa?" asked Marlene. "There was a big crash!" said Denzel.
"Its alright kids, we just have an unexpected visitor crash through the window. Don't go in the kitchen, its still a mess and there is glass everywhere." she said.
"Who is he?" asked Marlene. Tifa sighed. "I'm not sure." Tifa got up. "Just leave him alone." she said as Cloud returned with supplies, Tifa thanked him and placed the cloth upon the redhead's forehead. Tifa and Cloud then cleaned up the mess in the kitchen, it was a long night. Tifa then looked to Cloud.
"Maybe someone should stay down here in case he wakes up." Cloud thought for a moment. "Yeah your right, why don't you head off to bed? I'll stay down here in case he wakes up." Tifa nodded.
"Alright. Good night Cloud." she smiled. Cloud smiled too. "Good night Tifa." Tifa then walked up the stairs taking the kids with her. Cloud then looked back to the sleeping Genesis on his couch.
"What are you doing here, were you running from something?" Cloud asked softly. He remembered Genesis as the 1st that abandoned SOLDIER and took a bunch of seconds and thirds with him. Other then that, he didn't really know Genesis, he didn't know what he had been through or what his past was. All he knew is that Zack tried like hell to save him, so he decided he would hold off judgment until he knew more about Genesis and why he came crashing through the window.
The next morning the sun shone beautifully, the rays creeping through the curtains, Cloud ended up falling asleep in a chair. He slowly woke up and looked over to Genesis, who was still asleep. He got up and began to attempt to make breakfast, he figured Tifa could use an extra few minutes of sleep, so he began to cook. He heard a whimper like sound and turned staring at the couch.
Genesis slowly opened his beautiful azure eyes, they shifted, loo0king around, everything was blurry to him, he groaned softly and soon his eyes focused and he looked around some more, he slowly sat up his hair a bit messy, his skin was pale, he was smaller, was this really the Genesis back in SOLDIER it had to be, Cloud figured, all the clones were wiped out. Someone must have been hiding him, Cloud didn't know who, he was afraid it might have been someone who knew Hojo or something, someone who liked experimenting on people. He prayed that wasn't case as to why Genesis looked younger then he was suppose to. Cloud thought, Genesis he believe had to be around eighteen or nineteen when he was in SOLDIER. Its been what...seven or eight years? He would be around twenty seven then, why did he look so much younger then that?
Cloud slowly made his way to the couch and stared at him, Genesis blinked and stared blankly at him. Cloud felt a bit awkward and so he decided to break the silence.
"Are you alright?" he asked softly, Genesis blinked and didn't say anything. Cloud blinked then asked again.
"Are you alright?" he said a bit louder. Genesis eyes widen slightly and he hid under the blanket. Cloud blinked, did he just scare him. Cloud anime sweatdropped. (A/N: yay for anime effects!) Tifa then came down.
"Cloud is he awake?" Cloud nodded. "But I think I scared him..." he said. Tifa blinked and stared at the shaking lump hidden by the blanket.
"It's like he's a little kid." she said. Cloud nodded. "I don't think he can speak."
"Well, maybe he went through something really traumatic." Tifa replied. "I don't think he remembers anything about himself." said Cloud.
"Well that's alright, I'm sure if he stayed here he will remember." Tifa said. Cloud sighed softly, he knew Tifa wouldn't make him leave, but Tifa's mother like nature was something Cloud always liked about her.
Tifa then slowly lifted the blanket to see him. "Hey there why don't you come out and have breakfast with us?" she smiled. Genesis blinked and examined her for a moment before coming out of hiding from under the blanket and looked around.
"He seems a lot better, Cloud why don't you continue cooking?" Tifa smiled and helped Genesis to his feet. Cloud smiled and nodded, he knew something had to happen to Genesis to render him into this state, but what he was afraid of was who did it...He would probably find out sometime in the future but for now he would help Tifa take care him...
Whew! A long chapter! Well I hope you guys like this! Oh for the next chapter Genesis acts uber cute and he can only say "Nyu." ---this the elfen lied reference. If you end up not liking this, then don't bother commenting because your mean comments will be ignoerd. Hehe