Pairings: Zack/Cloud
Summary: Zack gets back from a mission and has a new materia.
"Spiky I'm back!" Zack called as he walked through the front door to the SOLDIER apartment.
Cloud was sitting on the couch reading a book when he looked up.
"You don't have to yell every time you come home." Cloud said with a small smile.
"Yeah I know, I just want to make sure you know," Zack said with his normal smile plastered to his face. "Oh hey check out what I found while I was on the mission."
Cloud closed his book and sat it down next to him on the couch. Zack was digging around in his bag looking for previously said item. Once he found it Cloud squinted and noticed that it was something similar to a materia.
"Is it materia?" Cloud questioned.
"That's what I thought but look," Zack walked over and sat down on the floor in front of Cloud. "This materia is too light of a green to be magic materia."
"Then what is it? Is it another marble?" Cloud chuckled to himself as he recalled Zack's materia mix up.
"Aw Cloudy you're so mean. Besides that was my summon Cloud matteria." Zack answered with a fake pout on his face, rolling the small ball in the palm of his hand.
At that moment the materia started to glow and grow a bit warm.
"Hmm?" Zack hummed, as he stopped rolling the ball to look closer at it.
Just then the ball shot off a bright light that momentarily blinded Zack. He could here Cloud gasp behind him.
"Wow!" said yelled tossing the ball away in shock.
After the light had disappeared Zack blinked a couple of times to try and see straight. Zack looked his body over.
"That was weird huh Spiky? What do ya think it did? Maybe everlasting life!" Zack waited for an answer while still inspecting his body until he heard a noise behind him that sounded like a small whimper.
Zack turned around to see what had Cloud making such a weird noise. When he did what Zack saw was not the Cloud he was looking for.
"Ahh! Kid, child, Cloud, baby! Ahh!" Zack yelled in shock point a finger at the baby now lying in the spot in which Cloud had just been sitting in.
The baby had blonde hair that spiked up all over his head and beautiful sapphire colored eyes. He lay their sucking his thumb looking straight into Zack's mako infused eyes.
Zack stared at the baby until it stuck its arms up at him wanting to be held.
"Uh you want me to hold you?" Zack questioned it.
The baby just laid there with its arms extended making little whimpering noises.
"Ok, ok don't cry." Zack begged, walking over to the baby and picking him up.
"Are you, Cloud?" Zack asked. "You gotta be. I mean you were laying right were he was sitting, you have his soft blonde hair and beautiful eyes. Wait, did I just say…? Well anyone would say your eyes beautiful right? I mean they are, right?"
Cloud just lay in Zack's arms sucking his thumb looking up at him.
"Aw you're so cute!" Zack said snuggling Cloud's hair.
Cloud made a squeal of laughter and started reaching for Zack's one strand of hair hanging in his face.
Zack, having never been around babies due to being an only child, didn't know what Cloud was going to do.
Cloud grabbed the strand of hair and began to feel it between his fingers.
"You like my hair?"
Cloud looked up and smiled big at Zack.
"Aw you never would have done that before!" Zack cooed snuggling Cloud's head again.
"Alright focus! What to do, what to do. Ok first to Seph's office. Maybe he can help us." Zack said looking around the room.
"But before that I need something to wrap you up in…" Zack walked over to the closet and pulled out a pillow case.
"This'll have to do for now." Zack closed the closet and walked back over to the couch, Cloud and pillow case in hand. Zack sat Cloud down on the couch and stared at him for a moment.
Cloud was sucking on the pillow case. When Zack went to take it away Cloud got mad and began to cry.
"Ok, ok um hold on a second." Zack made quick work of taking the pillow case away and wrapping it around Cloud. Once Cloud was fully wrapped up, Zack pulled a piece of the fabric up to Cloud's mouth and showed it to him.
"See you can suck on this part now and still be warm." Cloud took the fabric and began sucking on it as soon as he saw that it was there.
"Yeah, alright I think I can do this." Zack commented putting his hands on his hips and looking at the wall as if it were to give him an award.
Cloud looked up from his pillow case sucking and started making noises and waving his little hand around to try and get Zack's attention.
When Zack looked down he saw Cloud's gestures and remembered the task at hand.
"Oh right! Geez Cloudy I bet your thinking your thinking I have a really short attention span huh?" Zack said, picking up Cloud and heading out the door.
As Zack was walking down the hall he received multiple weird glances, questions, and greetings being cut of by the sight of a baby on Shin-Ra grounds.
"Hey Zack what's going- Zack what is that!?" questioned Kunsel once he saw Zack running through the halls with a baby in his hands.
"Sorry Kunsel no time now!" Zack practically yelled as he ran past him.
Kunsel just starred after him.
"Man Zack is in for it this time. Wonder where Cloud is. He's normally with…. No that wasn't…. It wasn't right?" Kunsel said to him self, shaking his head.
As Kunsel turned to walk down the hall he saw all the SOLDIERs standing in shock at what had just happened.
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Once Zack reached Sephiroth's office he slammed open the door ignoring the stare Sepheroth's assistant was giving him.
"Seph help!" Zack yelled, running to Sephiroth's desk.
Sephiroth looked up from his paper work calmly and looked into the face of an almost out of breath Zack Fair.
"Zackary, why are you carrying a baby?" Sephiroth questioned in his mono tone voice.
"No he's not a baby! I mean he is now but he wasn't! I mean he was born as one but he isn't now! No I mean he is now! He was, is, I mean he's-"
"Zackary, calm down and tell me what happened. I know I am going to regret it however." Sephiroth interrupted, keeping calm the entire time.
Zack told Sephiroth the whole story of how cute teenage Cloud was turned into cute baby Cloud, pausing to tell him all the cute baby things Cloud did before they made it to his office.
"Zackary listen to me," Zack nodded as to continue. "Go back and get the materia and bring it back here. Take him with you." Sephiroth said with the flick of his wrist.
"But Seph if I take him back through the halls everyone is gonna get freaked out again! Can't I leave him here with you?"
Once Zack spoke those words Cloud stopped staring at Zack and started to flail around making whining noises. He most definitely didn't want to be left there alone with 'The Great Sephiroth' as a baby. He could accidently sit on him or kick him across the room! Just because he was a baby didn't mean he didn't think the same as he did before. Sure some things were out of his control, such as sucking on the pillow case. He had to admit though showing his affection for Zack was nice instead of having it bottled up.
"See Zackary even Strife doesn't want you to leave him."
"Well of course not you were mean to him!" Zack said cuddling Cloud's head once more. This time however Cloud cuddled back.
"Zackary go get the materia." Sephiroth said again.
With the nod of his head and baby Cloud still held tight in his grasp he headed out the door.
Once Zack made it to the elevator he took out his phone and sent Kunsel an e-mail.
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Kunsel was sitting in a chair looking out a window over looking Midgar when his phone went off.
When Kunsel opened his phone he noticed he had gotten a text from Zack.
New Message from Zackary Fair:
Kunsel! Remember that baby I was carrying? Well I need you to watch him for a couple of minutes! Please dude! I'm in serious shit and I need help! Where you at?
"Great. I could just tell him no but he seems dispirit." Kunsel said to himself.
Kunsel sent a peply telling Zack where he was and that he better explain him self soon.
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Zack ran to the location Kunsel state he was at.
"Kunsel! Kunsel Kunsel! Thank you so much! Here just hold him for a second or minute or something!" Zack said handing Cloud over then running off.
"Hey wait! Zack! Tell me what's going on!" Kunsel yelled after him.
Kunsel looked down at the baby in his arms.
"I guess we could go back to my place for now." Kunsel started, walking away from the sitting area.
On his way back to his room he received weird glances and stares.
"Now I know how Zack felt when he Was walking through here. Well more like running." Kunsel said more to himself than to Cloud.
Cloud giggled at the statement and then lost his train of thought when he realized he was with Kunsel.
I can't believe I didn't notice this earlier! I must have been caught up in the moment. I'm with Kunsel and I've always wondered what his face looks like. Now's my chance! When we get back to his apartment I'll-!
Cloud's thoughts were cut short when he and Kunsel arrived at the apartment.
Kunsel unlocked the door, stepped inside, closed the door, and sat on the floor with Cloud in front of him.
Cloud sat with no expression on his face.
Now is my chance to get that helmet off. Cloud thought while crawling over to Kunsel.
"Hey uh what's your name?" Kunsel asked with a small smile.
Cloud didn't answer, just continued to crawl.
"Hey what're you doing?" Kunsel asked in surprise, as Cloud crawled into his lap.
Cloud looked up at Kunsel for a few seconds then out of no where started hitting Kunsel on the head as hard as he could.
"Ow ow! Hey stop it!" Kunsel pleaded, pulling Cloud away from his helmet. Kunsel rubbed the top of his helmet hoping it would soth the pain without him having to take it off.
How could still have his helmet on!? I hit it with everything I had! Geez my hand hurts now! What're those things made out of? Cloud thought to himself.
I need to find another way. Cloud thought looking around the room. I got it! If I run around enough and cause enough havoc then he's sure to get worn out and then he'll take off his helmet! It's a fool proof plan! Even Zack couldn't mess this one up!
After Cloud thought his plan through fully, he got into his crawling position and crawled like there was no tomorrow.
"Hey where're you going now? Wait up!" Kunsel called, getting up from his spot on the floor.
Each time Kunsel got close to Cloud, Cloud would either speed up or maneuver away from him.
"Man you've got to be kidding me!" Kunsel yelled, throwing his arms above his head.
Cloud on the other hand was watching around a corner, thinking of something he could knock off without breaking it.
Wait, doesn't Shin-Ra pay for the things SOLDIERS break? So if I break something either way it'll be all right. Right?
"Ok Cloud let's just calm down and maybe we can-" Kunsel was cut off short by see Cloud sitting onto of the counter with a coffee cup above his head.
"Cloud, don't throw that! N-no, no! Cloud don't!" Kunsel made a dive bomb to the floor when Cloud through the mug on the ground. When Kunsel caught the mug he exhaled his held breath and sat the mug back on the counter.
"How did he even get up there?"
With the handles on the draws dumbass! You can't possibly tell me that you didn't do that when you were a kid. Cloud thought to himself. Let's see what else can I break? Cloud looked around the room and spotted a picture of him and Zack when they first joined Shin-Ra.
That looks like it holds some meaning. Is it right to destroy something like that just for my own selfish-
"Cloud, where did you go now?" Kunsel called from the kitchen.
Cloud bolted for the desk on which the picture frame was sitting on. There was a slight problem though; the desk was too high up for him. He had a heck of a time trying to get up on the counter due to his lack of leg strength.
During Cloud's thought process, Kunsel was quietly sneaking up on him. Once Kunsel was close enough he grabbed Cloud from behind which resulted in a flailing baby being held in the arms of a 'not so familiar with babies person'.
"Hey calm down now! It's ok!" Kunsel attempted, attempted being the keyword here, to calm Cloud down. Cloud didn't really care about calming down at this point. He was on a roll, so he thought.
Due to Cloud's goal of 'Get Kunsel to take off his helmet' he had to figure out a way to get Kunsel to put him down. The first thing that came to mind was to kick and flail like he did when Zack would hug him, however; It was clear as rain as that was not working. Cloud's second thought was quickly put into action. Plan B was to bite. Once that happened Cloud was surprised at how loud Kunsel could yell.
"OW! Come on Cloud I thought we were friends!" Kunsel exclaimed sitting Cloud on the floor and examining his finger.
"Man I think I'm bleeding. How many teeth you got?" Kunsel questioned getting close to Cloud's mouth.
"Go 'Ahhh'." Kunsel explained opening his mouth as an example.
Cloud just sat in front of him with a 'you look like a complete moron' look on his face. Either way Cloud complied by opening his mouth to show Kunsel how many teeth he had. From the feel of the bite it felt like he had one.
"Hmm, one tooth. Still that hurt like hell."
The smile Cloud gave him was a look of 'part five of my mission was a success and I plan on biting you as many times as I must to get what I want'. This wasn't to far from the truth.
Kunsel knew Zack had a soft spot for Cloud but he had had enough of this. Kunsel sent Zack an e-mail on his phone and went back to watching Cloud. When Kunsel turned around he wasn't too shocked to what he didn't see.
"Oh man. I knew I shouldn't have taken my eyes off of him."
Cloud had taken off while Kunsel was sending Zack the e-mail.
Geez you would've thought that- WOW A DOOR! Cloud cut his own thought of with a second more random thought. Cloud stopped crawling for a second and looked around.
Did I just get distracted by a door? Geez that seems like something Zack would do. Cloud thought to himself. Anyways, back to my door. Cloud crawled over to the door witch was slightly open. Cloud pulled opened the door the rest of the way by putting his hand in the small crack that was already opened.
A closet… Well let's look through it! Cloud was sure that he would find something worth breaking in the closet. What he did find was beyond what his wondering mind was expecting.
Zack? In side Kunsel's closet was a Zack Fair Soldier 1st Class plush.
I'm not sure weather to be happy or totally freaked out. Cloud thought. But for some reason he felt really sad and wanted to be by Zack. Cloud grabbed the Zack plush and sat in the hall looking at it with adoring eyes.
Kunsel found Cloud sitting in the hallway holding the Zack Fair plush he had found just that day while out and about.
"You like it?" Kunsel questioned Cloud. Cloud looked up at Kunsel then back at the plush and smiled. "Why don't go into the living room and play with it?" Kunsel suggested hopefully. Cloud looked up again and nodded.
Kunsel took Cloud into the living room and set him down in the middle of the room. Cloud was clutching onto the Zack plush, taking in every detail.
Wow they even got his cocky smile right. Cloud thought looking at the doll. His eyes are perfect too.
Kunsel sat in front of Cloud on the floor watching him.
Geez the kid really likes him. Man it's hot. Kunsel thought to himself. Kunsel took of his helmet revealing Kunsel's orangey-red hair and soft features.
I miss- Hey Kunsel took his helmet off! Cloud thought to himself. I wonder if Zack has ever seen Kunsel without his helmet.
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Zack was with Sephiroth in the science department waiting for an analysis on the strange material he found when his phone went of, signaling that he had a new e-mail.
New message from: Kunsel Tilling
Zack, hurry up with what ever you're doing. Cloud seems to be a little depressed. I think he misses you.
"Aww!" Zack yelled after reading the message. "Hey Sephy! Baby Chocobo misses me!" Zack shoved his phone in Sephiroth's face as if his words weren't enough reassurance.
"Can I go see him? Please with ice cream and a cherry and some sprinkles!? No potions though! Those are nasty!"
Sephiroth stared at Zack with his blank expression for a moment to see what he would do next. Sephiroth was secretly amazed at how short of an attention span Zack could have.
"What were we talking about…? Ahh my Baby Chocobo! Can I go see him please Seph!" Zack pleaded, using his award winning puppy eyes.
"Go get your precious chocobo and stay at you're apartment till I get the results back on the materia."
"Well I was thinking I was just gonna stay over at Kunsel's."
"Do as you please Zackary; I just need to know where you will be."
"Alrighty! I'll be at Kunsel's!" Yelled Zack as he ran down the
hall.
"I get to see my little Chocobo! I wonder how he was for-!" Zack was interrupted by a door straight to his face.
"Ah. Hello Zackary." Genesis said, looking up from his Loveless book to look behind the door at said SOLDIER lying on the floor holding his face.
"OUCH! Geez Genny that hurt! Wait, Zackary? " Zack questioned, totally forgetting about his face. "Come on Genny not you too! My name is Zack!"
"Not according to your record. Your name is Zackary Fair." Genesis pointed out, going back to reading his book.
"Oh come on Genny! Call me Zack, please!" Zack begged, still sitting on the floor, giving his ever so famous puppy dog eyes.
"Fine Zackary, only if you stop calling me Genny." Genesis bargained.
"Fine, alright." Zack said getting to his feet.
"Where were you headed at such a speed?" Genesis asked.
"I was going to… Cloud!" Zack cut his and Genesis' visit short and took off down the hall. "Sorry Gen I have to go take care of something!"
Zack ran down the halls, maneuvering around SOLDIERS, Infantryman and even his mentor, Angeal. Zack was still receiving weird glances, questions as to where he was going, and even one that asked if he was busy later.
Once Zack mad his way to Kunsel's apartment he quickly nocked on the door and waited for an answer. On the other side you could hear movement and the door unlocking.
"Thank god you're here Zack!" Kunsel exclaimed, pulling Zack in by his shirt.
"Damn Kunsel what happened in here?" Zack asked, looking around the room then back at Kunsel.
"Cloud is what happened." Kunsel replied.
"Cloud my precious!" Zack exclaimed running across the room and cuddling his ever so beloved baby. "Hey Kunsel you're helmet's off."
"God your slow, Zack!"
"But I ran here as fast as I could."
Kunsel stood in his spot looking at Zack in disbelief. Zack really was too worried about his Little Chocobo to focus on anything more. After all, a lot happened in such a short time. Zack just wanted to make sure that his best friend wasn;t going to be stuck as a baby forever. Cloud seemed to being fine from Zack's point of view.
"Hey what's this?" Zack asked picking up the Zack Fair plush. "Why do you have it? Where did you get it?"
"Don't think of it like that!" Kunsel yelled. "When I was out earlier I saw it in a window at a store and thought you might find it cool. I mean it is you and you're a little self-"
"Dude this is too cool!" Zack exclaimed, cutting Kunsel off short.
"You just proved my point." Kunsel said giving Zack a 'You're a complete moron look'.
"Geez I get a lot of those looks you know!"
"Well, will you tell me what's going on?"
"Yeah, I owe you anyways." Zack explained everything that happened in his serious tone. This told anyone who was listening that what ever happened was something that was very important to Zack. This tone was normally only used for Shin-Ra matters but, some things outside of Shin-Ra are important to.
"I see." Kunsel said after Zack finished his story. Kunsel looked over at Cloud who was asleep in Zack's lap, snuggled up against his stomach. "Why don't you guys stay here for the night? It's almost ten."
"Really, I can just carry him back he only weighs like 7 pounds."
"No," Kunsel said shaking his head. "You guys can stay in the guest room. You're not going to squish him in your sleep are you?"
Zack smiled at the small joke.
"No don't worry." Zack got up carefully and walked into Kunsel's guest bedroom.
In the guest room there was a bed pushed to the left wall, a desk with a computer on it on the back wall and the f=door was located on the right wall in front the wall.
The bed was a twin size with black sheets, a black pillow case, and a black blanket. It was the original sheets that Shin-Ra had supplied to the Second Class SOLDIERS. Since they were already there and Kunsel never really had anyone over except his girlfriend. Of course he never admitted to have her as his girlfriend but Zack always joked to him about it.
Zack walked over to the bed and laid Cloud down on the right side against the wall. He then carefully laid down next to Cloud while pulling the covers carefully over the two of them.
"Don't worry Cloud we'll have you back at your right age in no time." Zack said, running his fingers through soft blonde hair.
Zack spent the rest of his time a wake thinking of how he could help his favorite blonde. It didn't take to long after words to be over come by sleep.
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Author's note
Ok so this is like my first time writing a fan fiction. I just want to say that during my 8th grade year I spent most of my time acting like Cloud and pretending Zack was really there…O_o I think I'm crazy. Any who while acting out my video game life I continuously thought of Cloud getting changed into a baby by some materia of the sort. So I finally decided to post this on Fanfiction. I will say it might take me longer to post this story up since I, like most, am in school. Not to mention I'm on my mom's work laptop so she might take it back to work. Also I have Algebra I homework every freakin night! Since I'm so stupid I miss all the problems on my homework from the previous night and spend the next class time, which is an hour and a half, at the board fixing them! Well enough with my rambling. Please leave a review!