"SOLDIER Girl"

Chapter 1

---Enlisting---

A/N: May i say that i worked on this for ages on end, and i think it still isn't perfect, but i love the pairing and i wanted to do something unique for once. So yeah i hope you all like it and if so, welllll there just might be more chapters coming your way. Unfortunatly i can say there is only a brief gimpse of Zack in this chapter, but in the next one...you never know. This goes to the amazing Erika ^-^ Love you forever m'dear xxx Please take the time to Review it is much appreciated and will help me to improve ^^

~11tiggers

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Marlene had a tight grip on Tifa's hand, whether she was scared or amazed by what she see's, Tifa just watched them in fascination.

There eyes, there deep, blue, mako filled eyes, swelling with the exhilaration of war, of course......it was SOLDIER. Marlene's grip tightened as one of the 'Blue - Eyed' men approached her and Tifa.

"This is for you." Said a calm voice.

"M....Me." Marlene stuttered.

He handed her a flower, a pale blue with a red inset. The petals were delicate and soft to the touch, the leaves brushed her hand as she took a grip of the so - called 'Mako Flower'.

"They look like your eyes." Marlene gleamed.

"They do." The SOLDIER tilted his head to one side in wonder.

"Calm.....and full of fear." Marlene explained, her own eyes shining with fear.

"OI, FAIR, GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!" A SOLDIER shouted while marching the normal SOLDIER march.

"That's my cue." He bowed his head.

As he slowly bowed his head his exchange of eyesight turned to Tifa, for a second she looked into his eyes, Marlene was right....they are...full of fear. She turned avoiding his gaze, he then turned tail and ran towards the group of marching SOLDIERS. Tifa was left speechless, Why.....why did he give Marlene the flower, and that gaze....

Tifa shook her head and lost the interest in the SOLDIER...or so she thought.

Marlene's grip lostened and she focused on the adequite flower, Tifa looked at her as it seemed her whole world was poured into this Mako Flower.

"Tifa, i'm going to go back to Seventh Heaven."

"Okay, do you want me to take you." Tifa offered.

"Not it's fine, afterall...i'm all grown up now." Marlene smiled.

Tifa nodded in acknowledgment, and Marlene faded into the crowd. Tifa turned her attention back to the SOLDIER'S, she studied them carefully, taking in every aspect, blue eyes, uniform...MEN! That's what stunned her, MEN! no women, none at all.

Turning she started walking back to Seventh Heaven, when a man stood in front of her, blocking her path. He was short and stubby, while being thin at the same time, he seemed to not be a threat. His freckled face was covered in fair, light smears of mud and his hair looked like a dusty mop.

"Oi, lemme make this quick, 'kay." The man offered.

"What." Tifa sighed.

"I'm guessin, ya have a husband or man nearby, so what'dya say to givin 'im this."

The man handed her a leaflet clearly stating:

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

FIGHT FOR HONOUR

FIGHT FOR SHIN-RA

SOLDIER HQ

Now Enlisting

New Members

JOIN US!

*Male Only*

Tifa read it carefully, coursly reading each word, then it struck her *MALE ONLY* in small print.

"Thank........" Tifa paused.

The man had vanished back into the crowd, Tifa turned her attention back to the leaflet. MEN ONLY, MALE ONLY. Why not male and female? Like there's any difference. She remembered when she was younger, how all the young men left Nibelheim. How she just saw them walk out and some...never returned. Doesn't ShinRA ever consider the feelings of women, and there strengths, or are they just passers by...nothing important, Tifa was about to prove them wrong.

Full of rage and determination she ran back to Seventh Heaven, trying to make her strides as big as possible, her charcoal hair whipped her face and then flew back to it's normal sitting position on her shoulders. She reached Seventh Heaven and opened the door so it hit the back wall making a bang, she flew upstairs and straight into Cloud's room. Shuffling through his drawers, she didn't want to know what man stuff he had in there, but when a woman is this eager, i guess theres nothing you can really do.

She pulled out a white T-Shirt, she slipped off her leather tank top and upon went the T-Shirt. Baggy and dull, she didn't care, as long as anything made her look like a guy. Now changing positions she went to his cupboard. Swung the doors open to find a vast selection of clothing attire. She wasted no time and quickly picked out a pair of black baggy trousers to go with her white baggy T-Shirt. Taking her leather trousers off, she slipped on the trousers, now for shoes.

She realised Cloud only had one pair of shoes....and that were his SOLDIERS shoes, she had to think until.......BARRET! She ran straight into his room and found five pairs of different foot wear, she just chose any old pair, they were going to be too big for her anyways. The black, trainer - like shoes matched the whole attire perfectly, now she was ready.

WAIT!

HAIR!

She looked at herself in the mirror and saw her black hair, hanging loosely to the middle of her back. What was she going to do? Cut it...NOOOO...she couldn't do that.

Tifa dived into her room and grabbed a hair scrunchie she tied her hair into a bun and then got a few clips to even it out, she got a hat from Barret's room and placed it gently upon her head, it hid her bun perfectly and made her physique looked identical to a boys, even though her breasts stood out a little, she could just say it's muscle, she chuckled at her remark.

She made her way to a queue of strong, good-looking, guys. She felt a bit ridiculous, trying to prove her point and thus dressing up like a guy, but it was the only way to get into SOLDIER.

It was her next to get assessed and hopefully approved to be allowed into SOLDIER and start training as a 3rd Class. The red-haired turk looked at Tifa, studied her from feet to head, top to bottom...Tifa felt a heat of red fill her face, she unknownly was holding her breath.

"Hmmmm, Name." The fire-haired turk sharply said.

CRAP...she hadn't thought of a name, her lips twisted as she tried to think hard.

"Uhhhhh....CLOUD!" Tifa quickly replied.

"Full name, including the surname....Cloud."

"Cloud Lockheart."

"You seem to be fit for the purposes of SOLDIER, go on through."

"Thank you."

"NEXT!"

Tifa had made it, she strolled into ShinRA HQ, a SOLDIER uniform was thrown into her.

"Put this on...and this."

Also pair of shoes were chucked to her, she grabbed with ease and bowed her head as a thanks, she made her way to the changing rooms where all the other SOLDIER trainees were.

Gahhhh, she had to close her eyes, the SOLDIER guys were stripping before her very eyes to get into there SOLDIER uniforms, Tifa quickly ran into one of the cubicles, and got changed there.

After that dramatic appearance she rushed out to join all the other 3rd Class SOLDIERS, another Turk was about to speak...this time a woman with fair blonde hair and thin physique.

"Okay so the first one for mako treatment is......Cloud Lockheart." The woman called out.

"M...Me." Tifa walked up to meet the woman.

"Now if you would be so kind to follow me, we will get this over as soon as possible."

"Uh...okay."

The woman took Tifa, along with the accompaniments of 2 SOLDIER Infantry men to a room where there was a chair and a professor. What were they going to do to her?