Hello.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Final Fantasy franchise or Final Fantasy VII, they belong to Square Enix, which I hope to be able to work for someday.
It gets boring at the middle, but read on, the best part is the last. XD
Chapter 1 - Thrift
"Rufus."
Rufus Shinra looked up from the large pile of documents on his desk to see who had spoken the most holy of holy names.
And then he sighed when he saw who it was.
"What is it, Cloud?"
The delivery boy had somehow gotten into his office without him noticing. That and he wasn't supposed to be able to get in in the first place.
"Our monthly electricity bill... well, I delivered that box you wanted―"
"The one that doesn't contain anything live or dangerous or illegal, right?" There was a steely glint in his eyes as he said this.
Cloud wasn't stupid; he knew perfectly well the box had contained something very alive, very dangerous, and extremely illegal.
"Yeah, that box, and well, you sorta promised Tifa you'd pay for the bill if I delivered it..."
"Oh, yes, already covered."
"Right." And the delivery boy turned to leave, but before he could, his curiosity dominated him and he stopped in his tracks.
"I have a question, Rufus."
"Yes, what is it, Strife?"
"Where's all your money?"
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry, but I had to ask... where do you get your money?"
"What are you implying?"
"N-nothing, it's just... when your dad died, you got all of the Shinra Company's money, but when Avalanche coughblewupthebuilding your money probably got fried, right?"
"Go on."
"Um... and after two years of being low-profile, you probably ran out of profits, right? And you can't have a bank account because of your... image, and yet you run Shinra, the WRO, you pay the Turks, you pay for coughme and Seventh Heaven, you pay for damages nearly every week (Rufus coughed something that suspiciously sounded like Reno) and, y'know, then some."
"Hm... you have a point, Cloud."
"So, where do you keep all of your money? Is it locked up in a high-tech safe in another country? Do the Turks deposit it for you? And where do you even get all the money?"
"This interests you how?"
Startled, Cloud said, "Oh, I'm not planning on stealing it or anything, I was just curious, and I kind of wanted tips on how to be rich."
"Ah, I see." There was a long pause.
"Um... and?"
"I'm afraid that is classified information, Cloud Strife."
"Oh. Of course. Sorry." And Cloud scurried off without another word.
As soon as the door closed behind the delivery boy, Rufus smiled that ultra-sexy-Carlisle-Cullen-I-know-something-and-you-don't smile of his.
"They'll never know my secret..." he chuckled as he proceeded to take something out of a drawer in his desk.
He held up a small, pink, plastic pig to his face and smiled.
"Hello, Mr. Porkchops. I'd like to loan 3000 girl today."
WHOO! XD
Yeah, all of Shinra's money is in that piggybank.
Don't be like my beta-reader Jaja and insist that all that money can't fit in a piggybank.
Rationality and feasibility are lost to Mochible stories.
Next chapter features a long-lost character, unless I decide to put a different chapter in.
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