How to Balance Music and Love
How to Balance Music and Love
Summary: He was the new kid. Her band needed him. She needed him for another reason.
Ages: Cloud, 17. Yuffie, 15. Vincent, 18. Tifa, 16.
Couples: Cloud x Yuffie, Vincent x Tifa, Reno x Elena.
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or the songs in the story.
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Chapter 1: Moving In.
"Ready to go son?" A blond middle aged woman called to her son.
"Just a second mom." The spike haired blond boy replied to his mother. He was happy to be moving back to his childhood town. He missed some friends he made there. He took his guitar case from his now empty room and walked out into the hallway to where his mother was standing at the front door, waiting for him dressed in a green dress and not much make-up on her face or any jewelry. Everything was already packed and she wasn't going anywhere in town, so there was no use dressing up fancy.
"Is that everything, Cloud?" She asked addressing him by his name. She didn't really want to move back to her old hometown, but there was no way she could find a job in the city of Midgar.
"Yeah, mom, I just need to put my guitar with my amps." He said walking out of his Midgar home for the last time. He liked his life here a little bit, but it felt good to leave and go back to his roots.
He walked over to the Uhaul trailer attached to his mothers silver Toyota Prius. Good thing he was driving his black Harley Fat Boy motorcycle. He would be caught dead in a car as girly as the Prius. He opened the trailer and looked over at the left side where his Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier amp stack stood next to his Mesa Boogie Lone Star combo amp. He placed his guitar case up in between the combo and amp stack where it was tight and couldn't move. He double checked the ropes that were holding them all up and smiled with relief when they were tight enough to stop them from moving on the road.
He shut the trailer door as his mom slowly walked towards her car. "Let's get going Cloud." She said to her son opening her car door. "Don't forget your jacket and helmet."
"I know mom." He said walking over to his motorcycle. He smiled at his black Harley Fat Boy. He picked up his brown leather jacket that was hanging over the seat and put it on over his black t-shirt. He sat in his seat and started up the engine. He loved the sound it made every time the engine roared. It made him feel more alive somehow. He didn't know how, but it made his motorcycle is one of his favorite things in the world. He placed his helmet over his spiked hair as his mom pulled out from the driveway. He took one quick glance at his house and thought back to all the time he had living in Midgar and quickly followed his mother out of the parking lot and away from the place that was once his home.
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Elsewhere… Three friends were busy working on their band. A short haired young girl was altering between her transparent red colored Washburn WI64 Idol guitar and her Yamaha keyboard. She was doing good rhythm wise, but she couldn't play lead to save her life. She hated herself for that sometimes, although she tried learning lead, she couldn't play a solo worth anything.
A long haired young man was playing his red colored Warwick Vampyre NT 4 string bass pretty well. Unlike the guitar playing girl, he was really good at keeping his beat thanks to his experience from his old band.
Finally, a young woman was sitting at her black colored standard five piece drum set made by Ludwig banging on her bass drum and tom drum as well as one of her three Yamaha cymbals. She was able to keep up with the bassist, but she still wanted to improve and be able to at least do a drum solo every now and then.
The only thing missing was a good lead guitar and a singer. The guitarist could sing, but she can't multitask and that is the biggest problem with the band. The bassist was finally sick of trying to sound good and turned off his Ampeg amp stack his bass was plugged into. "Stop, stop, stop" He said to his other band mates. He looked at the guitarist who was turning off Mesa Boogie Stiletto ACE amp stack and her Peavey combo keyboard amp. "Yuffie, seriously, you need to try hard at this whole thing." He said to her with a little aggravation in his voice. "If you want to get better you need to try harder at doing lead."
"I was trying my best." The young guitarist said to the man. "Vincent, you know that it's been a pain in the ass for me to even play my guitar with my slow reflexes in my hands." She said putting her guitar back on its stand. Her whole problem was her slow reflexes. She could move her finger fast enough to do a decent solo no matter who many times she tried. That was also why she couldn't multitask.
The drummer was getting tired of him bringing her down. "Vincent, take it easy on her." She stood up from her seat and walked towards them both. "You know Yuffie's problem. You need to stop."
Vincent sighed with frustration. He could never when an argument when she got involved. "Sorry, Tifa." He always felt bad after her telling him stuff like that. The last thing he wanted to do was get his girlfriend mad at him. He looked over at his girlfriend's best friend. "Sorry Yuffie."
"It's okay Vincent." Yuffie said sitting down on her couch. They always practiced at her house because her father was barely even there. Come to think of it, Vincent and Tifa never met Yuffie's dad. He must've rarely been home due to work or something like that. But, changing the subject. Something was catching Yuffie attention outside. Vincent and Tifa looked in the same direction as her and saw someone moving into the house across the street from her own. "I'm getting new neighbors." She said exciding. She started jumping up and down on her couch.
Tifa was looking at the motorcyclist taking off his helmet. She recognized the spike blond hair, but she couldn't really remember. Then she thought back to her childhood. That's it! She knew him as a kid. "Cloud! He moved back!" She was also friends with him on Myspace, but she's been barely online since she joined the band. "I can't believe it!"
"Cloud?" Vincent asked her. He felt a little jealous towards the blond boy because of how she was talking about him like that.
"He's an old friend of mine." She started to explain to the other two people in the room. "He lived here before you guys and moved away seven years ago." She just remembered why. His father's company was relocating. "I wonder why he moved back." Wait! Where's his father? "What happened to his dad? I don't see him anywhere."
"Maybe he'll be here later." Vincent said trying to hide his jealousy. Too bad it didn't work very well.
Tifa noticed it instantly. "Don't worry Vince." She put her arm around him. "I still love you." She kissed him gently on the cheek to assure him she was telling the truth.
Yuffie just rolled her eyes at the sight. That kind of thing made her feel sick. "Get a room." She always told herself she was too young for that kind of thing. She then noticed some things in the Uhaul trailer that was like gold to her. A guitar case and amps. "He's a guitarist!!" She yelled jumping to conclusions that they belonged to him.
"Oh yeah," Tifa said to the young girl. "He played guitar and sang lead vocals for his old band after the vocalist died." The band he was in, Soldier, also had a Myspace page. She was friends with them until they recently broke up. It must've been because Cloud was moving away from Midgar and back to Nibelheim.
That was it. He was the person they needed. He could use her mic and sound system and be lead guitar and lead vocals for her band. "Does he play solos?"
"Solos? Yes." Tifa replied. She was amazed when she first heard their songs. "He's an amazing lead guitarist."
Now it's official, they needed him. She needed to meet him. "I'm going over to help out. Be a good neighbor." She ran towards the door.
Tifa and Vincent both knew this couldn't end well if she tried to rush him into joining, but helping him move in might help them get a chance to get to know him better. Tifa knew he changed a lot since he lived in Nibelheim before. So, they both stood up and followed their young friend out of her house.
End of Chapter 1
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Author's Note: I was getting tired of doing Naruto fics, so I decided to change this one up and bring it back. If you remember the older version, you'll notice I worked on my description and changed a good number of things. Look forward to the next chapter.