Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII if I did; I would be rich and wouldn't need to write this.
I hit a stumbling block in my other two stories so I thought writing something new might help.
This story is about the bond of brotherhood between Sephiroth, Genesis, Angeal, Zack, and Cloud. I will be completely ignoring Crisis Core since I've never played it, so the whole degeneration thing with Genesis and Angeal going AWOL will not have happened in my story. I guess that means this is sort of an AU, which seems to be the only kind of stories I can write. Anyway I hope you all enjoy the first chapter of More like Mako Brothers.
Chapter 1: A Mission Back Home
It was a clear day on the road to Nibelheim. The grass was green and sky was blue and clear of all bad weather. It seemed nothing could interrupt the beauty and serenity of this day… that is until a rickety old grey supply truck came sputtering down the old country road.
The old truck made supply runs to the country town of Nibelheim every few weeks. It also wasn't unusual for the stray passenger in the old supply truck on their way to or from the small town. However what was unusual was for there to be five soldiers from Shinra hitching a ride on it; two First Class SOLDIERS, a Second Class SOLDIER, and two grunts from the regular army. The two grunts were inconsequential, but the three SOLDIERS had significance to the little town of Nibelheim; the General Sephiroth, his SiC Zack Fair, and native Cloud Strife were about to shock the townsfolk in more ways than one.
Cloud Strife, Second Class SOLDIER and apprentice to some of the most powerful men on the Planet (guess who), was currently trying to forget he was cramped inside the small supply truck on its way to his loathsome hometown. He cursed his so called best friend for the nth time for telling General Sephiroth that the next mission was in his hometown, Nibelheim. So the Great General that Sephiroth was, thinking he was doing the young SOLDIER a favor, assigned Cloud to the mission too. To say he was livid at the news was the understatement of the century, not that he said anything to Zack or Sephiroth, Cloud was sure they thought they were doing him a favor. He hoped so anyway.
Zack, Sephiroth, Angeal, and Genesis were the four most powerful SOLDIERS on the Planet, and they took him, normal ordinary Cloud with nothing special, under their wings (so to speak). They were his mentors and more importantly his family in all but blood. And like any family they always tried to do nice things for him (the operative word being tried), and likewise he tried to do the same (again operative word), but it always either ended up with him needing to be saved, or a giant mess that involved fire and explosions. Really it was a wonder how he managed to make SOLDIER with all the mishaps he's had. Cloud had asked Angeal once why they included him in their tight-knit group, but Angeal had simply said, "You're our friend Cloud," and promptly began a rigorous set of training exercises for the young blond to complete. Cloud had asked Genesis the same thing as well, but the auburn haired man had only said something about feeling lighter around him (whatever that meant; Genesis was kind of weird sometimes) and spouted out some quote from Loveless.
So yet again Cloud found himself in a situation where his friends (Was he allowed to call the General friend?) were trying to do something 'nice' for him. He just knew this was going to end in disaster, and not just because that was how these things usually went, but also because they were headed straight for his dreaded hometown.
It was no secret in Nibelheim that the townsfolk had a certain animosity toward the Strife family, Cloud in particular, and the Strifes in return held no love for the townsfolk. However, no one in Midgar knew this and until this mission he had hoped that they would never know. Unfortunately for him it was only a matter of time before two of the most important people to him found out about it thanks to this stupid mission.
Anyway back to the problem at hand; ignore the motion sickness of being cramped with five big and healthy men in a cramped moving vehicle. "Stupid mission" Cloud muttered to himself, his voice barely audible over the racket of the old truck moving.
"You say something Spikey?" a disgustingly cheerful voice asked from his right.
"No Zack," the rather irritated blond practically growled at his so called best friend Zack Fair, in other words the one who instigated this whole 'let's take Spikey with us on our next mission it's in his hometown Seph, I'm sure he misses being home.' Oh how Cloud loathed his friend right now.
"You know with all the mako injections you've gotten so far, you'd think motion sickness wouldn't affect ya so much anymore," the glare that the cheery first class got in response would've killed any other man who dared to glance at the blond SOLDIER.
"Zackary," the warning voice of the General stopped Cloud from making the scathing remark he was going to, and stopped Zack from teasing the miserable little blond any further.
Zack looked back at Sephiroth who raised an eyebrow (in the way only Sephiroth can) and tilted his head toward the poor blond teenager. Cloud looked pitiful huddled in on himself and avoiding looking out at the scenery, unlike Zack who had been doing just that while he teased the poor Second Class. The older First immediately regretted his teasing even though he had been trying to cheer his little buddy up. And little was right; Cloud was only sixteen and was also one of the youngest SOLDIERs to have ever made it in the program (besides Seph who was built to be a SOLDIER, but we all love the guy anyway right). The blond was also tiny for his age (which worried his friends to no end), he barely reached to Zack's chin, and he only reached that high because of his Spikey hair. But despite his height, Cloud managed to make SOLDIER on his own with relatively little help from Zack. The darker and spikier haired man was proud of his little buddy and wasn't afraid to show it. But on occasion, the dark haired man (with hair just as Spikey as Cloud's) forgot how young his friend was, and how emotionally vulnerable the kid was, though Cloud would never admit to it.
Zack snapped out of his little reverie and glanced guiltily at his blond friend again, who still hadn't lifted his head from its hiding place on his knees. Poor guy, I shouldn't have made fun of him for his motion sickness.
He rubbed his head, "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that, Spike." Cloud risked glancing up at his older friend and nodded, but didn't say anything else. Zack narrowed his eyes at the teen's silence, that wouldn't do.
"So, got a girl back in Nibelheim waiting for you, Spike?" that ought to get the blond talking.
The blonde's head popped up and he gazed wide eyed at his friend while sputtering out denials.
"Oh, so you do have a girl, what's she like, c'mon tell me Cloud!" the older man would have been jumping up and down like the puppy he was nicknamed after if the space had allowed it.
"Zack, I don't have a girlfriend!"
"Aww c'mon, you can't hide something like that from me," Zack swung an arm around his friend and said teasingly, "Besides, I give great tips on how to handle women, and get into their pants!"
"Zack!" Cloud looked mortified.
Thankfully Sephiroth interrupted the two before the dark haired SOLDIER could make even more lewd comments, "Commander Fair perhaps, you would refrain from comments like that while working, besides, I believe we are here where you may see for yourself it young Strife had a 'girl'."
The two looked up, Cloud had not even noticed they had gotten there; he had been so preoccupied with Zack's teasing that he hadn't noticed he no longer felt sick. The General's announcement filled Cloud with dread at what was to come, however it made a certain Puppy even more hyper than usual.
"Oh Yeah! Spikey's hometown here we are!" Zack cheered while Cloud seemed to fall into an even more morose mood than before.
Well, here it goes, my reputation with Sephiroth and Zack is about to be ruined. The blond thought darkly.
Well how was it, this was actually kind of easy for me to write, unlike my other two stories currently :( oh well i'm sure i'll get out of the little funk that i'm in and i'll be able to update my storiers quiker.
Anyway please tell me if you like this story and hit the little button at the bottom that says review ;)