Chapter 1 (Trip to the Barber)
The mall was filled with bustling people, including the Strife family. The Strife family consisted of a father, mother, and currently five children. The father, Hojo Strife, was always busy and never had much time for his family. The mother, Jenova Strife, was…how to say this…quite strange in the very least. She also was currently 6 months pregnant. The five children were Sephiroth, 6 years old, Cloud, 5 years old, Loz, the first triplet, 3 years 2 min old, Yazoo, the second triplet, 3 years 1 minute old, and Kadaj, the third triplet, 3 years old. All had their own personal flares and flaws. Sephiroth loved his long hair and was very mature for his age, unfortunately that included swearing and an obsession with violent movies. Cloud loved spiking his hair (he thought it made him stand out, but he was also the only one of his family with blond hair) and had an obsession with stuffed animals, chocobos and cactaurs mostly. Loz cried a lot and loved playing, though sometimes the games would get violent. Yazoo never really talked much and was quite calm about most things, but had quite a temper when angered. Kadaj, being the youngest, was overly curious, and often got into trouble.
Anyway, everyone at the mall was enjoying the stores, when a strong burning aroma rose into the air, and suddenly the noise of the crowd was drowned out by the most horrifying scream.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The scream came from the escalator. Poor Sephiroth had caught his long silver hair in the moving stairs.
"Sephy!" Jenova cried, "Don't worry, we'll get it out!" 2 hours of screaming and reassuring later, the hair came free, and was badly burned.
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sephiroth cried. His beautiful hair…burned!
"It's okay Sephy. We'll just have to fix it!" Jenova grabbed her children and rushed out of the mall to the car and headed to the barbershop. Sadly, in her rush, her packages were left behind.
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At the barbershop, the other four kids were entertaining themselves with watching their poor brother sitting in the chair, fidgeting. "Mr. Barber, what should we do?" Jenova asked. The barber whispered into he ear, before Jenova cried, "WHAT? I can't do that!"
"It's the only available option, unless you want it all off…?"
"Okay, okay. Let me tell him first." Jenova walked over to her nervous wreck of a son, fidgeting in the chair. "Sephy, I have some good news…and some bad news." Sephy glanced up nervously.
"What's the good news?"
"We can fix your hair!"
"What's the bad news?"
"Uh, well…in order to fix it, we have to cut it."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sephiroth erupted into tears. His poor hair! "Isn't there another option?" his voice was the very meaning of pleading.
"No…unless you want it all off…" The barber replied form the back.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! That's even worse! Fine…I'll get it c-c-cut." Jenova hugged her son, trying to make him feel better; after all he was her favorite son.
"Don't worry Sephy. After this, I'll give you a present." She smiled.
"Okay." Sephiroth replied preparing himself for the worst nightmare ever!
Now normally, it takes only a few minutes to cut someone's hair. However, being Sephiroth, he burst into tears at every lock of hair cut making the ordeal last an hour and 27 minutes. It was no help what-so-ever that Cloud and Kadaj found the sight quite amusing and laughed uncontrollably, Loz cried himself, and Yazoo just sat their like nothing was happening. It was quite a relief for the barber, Jenova, and Sephiroth when it was over (Sephiroth's hair now only reached his shoulders). When they got in the car to go home, Sephiroth cried out. "It's not FAIR! No I look ugly like Kadaj and Yazoo (Since Yazoo is younger, his hair is the same length as Kadaj's)
"Hey! You're a big meanie-kabob-it Sephy!" Kadaj whined.
"Sephy, that was uncalled for!" Yazoo agreed. This led to an intense argument all the way back to the Strife household. When they arrived, Jenova shooed her kids into the living room so she could work on dinner: spaghetti!
"Boys, why don't you watch a movie?" Jenova suggested, while getting out the ingredients.
"Can we watch Saw?" Sephiroth asked.
"No, Sephy, it's too scary for you brothers." Sephiroth turned his head to glare harshly at his brothers. "Now, don't get angry at them. It's not their fault they're still too young." Sephiroth thought a moment.
"What about Pirates of the Caribbean?" Sephiroth asked.
"Sure. That's not too scary for them." A chorus of cheers erupted, and Cloud went to put the DVD in the player. Once the movie started, Sephiroth watched intently to the swordplay. Cloud was pretty bored, but he squealed whenever he saw the cute dog with the keys. Loz cried when things got a little too scary for him, and Yazoo poked fun at the romantic scenes. Kadaj didn't really understand most things, and kept asking Yazoo or Cloud to explain it to him. Finally, dinner was ready and everyone piled around the table.
"Mother, where's father?" Yazoo asked.
"Your father's still working at Shinra. He might be working almost the whole night. He works to hard." Jenova answered placing spaghetti on each of the plates as she walked around the table. Things continued normally throughout dinner; normal for the Strife's that is. That meant Sephiroth and Kadaj were throwing meatballs, Loz was crying. Yazoo was ignoring everyone, and Cloud was trying to feed one of his stuffed animals spaghetti. After dinner, Jenova put Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, and Cloud to bed. Sephiroth was sitting at the computer playing a game, when Jenova called him over to the T.V. "Okay, here's your present." She presented to him, The Last Samurai. "Would you like to watch it?"
"Does it have swordplay?"
"Yes."
"Alright!" So the mother and son watched the movie, before Sephiroth went to bed, smiling, because he quite enjoyed his last day of summer…except the hair cut part.