Well hey there!Thanks you,to all that have reviewed my story and favorite-ed it,fills my little heart up with joy! So I'll be continuing this story and hopefully you all enjoy it.=]
Disclaimer:If I owned Final Fantasy it'd be a total sausage fest lol and I don't own the title either it belongs to the Tom Tom Club.:P
Cloud P.O.V.
They were lead into an auditorium with a massive surround sound system and huge T.V.'s displayed at the top. Somehow there were enough seats for every trooper to be sat down. The seats weren't anything extravagant but they served their purpose. Cloud felt like a stranger in a strange land and it made him feel uncomfortable. He saw people around him already making new friends and he felt socially awkward. He felt cursed, why had this always happen? It brought back memories from back in the days when he was younger. The way children his age made him feel like the village freak. He was always pushed around, beaten down, and metaphorically speaking put down. He didn't even have a true friend up until about a year ago when Tifa finally decided to get to know him. By than though his childhood crush for her had long ended when he saw the true nature of the brunette and was replaced by the silver headed general. Although he did make the promise to Tifa it was nothing more than being a loyal friend and not a lover as she saw it. Cloud made a promise to himself that he would never treat anyone the way they treated him.
Suddenly the lights slowly began to dim cuing the grunts to stop talking. The silence fell over the wave of green soldiers like a gentle wave and all eyes were on the platform that held Shinra executives, the Turks, and 1st class soldiers. Cloud saw him, blue eyes open twice their size, the man that made Shinra so well known across the world. He was sitting, a monotonous expression on his angelic face, next to a red head he assumed to be Genesis Rhapsodos and a rather burly man obviously Angeal Hewley. There was another man next to Angeal who he didn't quite recognize. If it wasn't for his great eye sight the green eyes beauty would have been nothing but a blur. A smile tried to break it's way free on Cloud's face and he restrained himself as much as he could. As the the rest of the auditorium fell into darkness he allowed himself a small smile. He couldn't believe he was finally climbing to the top. He had endured so much just to get to where he was now. He endured the cold bus ride from Nibelhiem, practically puking out a lung on the boat trip, and the constant, abusive yelling of the rude sergeants.
Suddenly his seat felt like a massage chair. he felt like he could prove everyone in Nibelhiem wrong. He wanted to see his smile from ear to ear and hug him with tears of joy in her blue eyes. Everyone in Nibelhiem would run after him apologizing for their cruel and unusual behavior. He would fight along side All the great 1st class warriors including Sephiroth. Yeah right. A negative voice in his head told him and his smile deteriorated. He needed to stop thinking like that. This wasn't his hometown anymore. It was a new start, a new chapter in life and he needed to grasp it while he was still in his prime.
His eyes hadn't left Sephiroth but suddenly a rather large man blocked the view of his as he would call it 'favorite show' and grabbed the microphone. Cloud recognized him as the president of Shinra, the man that always had some sort of female clinging to him like a barnacle. His favorite show had suddenly become very ugly.
"Hello? Can I have everyone's attention! Yes hello I am the infamous president Shinra! It's good to see this year we have another fresh batch of young aspiring soldiers ready to fight for justice and to purge this world of unnecessary evil !"
Cloud tuned out a bit and drifted in the back of his head. The lights were on but no one was home.
Sephiroth P.O.V.
His eyes had followed Cloud go into the auditorium and sit looking quite lonesome. He was one of the only few that wasn't communication with the people around him. Luckily for him he could see the little blond cupid with his heightened sense of vision. If he could he would just pinch the color out of those cheeks! Once again he kept these sort of thoughts to himself. Just imagine the great scary general lovestruck and brought on to his knees by some 16 year old boy. His enemies could use him against him and try to capture the poor soul! No, Sephiroth sure as hell wouldn't allow that. He wouldn't even let them lay a finger on a strand of hair much less get their hands on him. Heads would roll and bodies would fall to the ground. The thoughts this beautiful creature gave him was beyond him. He could have sworn that Cloud was looking at back at him though but than again he was having thoughts about pinching his cheeks so this could've been mere coincidence.
"What're you thinking about? it looks like there's a war going on inside your head...!" Zack whispered, or in this case, 'Zack whispered' which was a regular volume for everyone. Zack looked at him straight in the eyes and it was too latte for Sephiroth to shadow over the mixture of emotions.
But before Sephiroth could respond Genesis opened his mouth, "Leave him alone can't you see he's having fantasies about smashing the cute, little blond?"
"Excuse me Genesis?-"
"Why does it always have to be sex with you Genesis? What if he's thinking about talking him on a nice romantic date to dinner with candles underneath the moonlight?" Angeal's gruff voice interjected.
"Will you let me answer-"
"Can you all be quiet? Our slave driver- I mean president is about to start his speech." Tseng commanded more than asked.
The three 1st class soldiers felt a bit proud of themselves seeing as how they successfully irritated the 'Great' Sephiroth. Sephiroth recollected his thoughts and began to think to himself again. The speech. The same one that president Shinra has made for as long as Sephiroth could remember. The only thing that had changed was the fact that every year the president became more fatter and uglier. Sephiroth himself managed to memorize the entire thing.
"Hello? Can I have everyone's attention! Yes hello I am the infamous president Shinra! It's good to see this year we have another fresh batch of young aspiring soldiers ready to fight for justice and to purge this world of unnecessary evil!" Was the same ridiculous line that he always started with and nothing had changed. Sephiroth watched in silience as the president stood up and grabbed the microphone.
"Hello? Can I have everyone's attention! Yes hello I am the infamous president Shinra! It's good to see this year we have another fresh batch of young aspiring soldiers ready to fight for justice and to purge this world of unnecessary evil!" The president voice rang in everyone's ears like an annoying bell. See? Proved himself right like always. Sephiroth glanced at Genesis, Angeal, and Zack all three of them trying to hold back laughs. Tseng ever so lightly cringed as the fat man continued.
All Sephiroth could do was wait until this pompous man finished to have his moment with Cloud.
After the president was done with his speech it was usually the turn of one of the first class soldiers to say a few words to the new troopers. The large president quickly called on Sephiroth to bring the students back from the coma the president had just put them through. Snapping out of his world Sephiroth stood up and all eyes were on him especially a certain pair of blue ones.
"Hello fellow Shinra troopers. My name is Sephiroth, I'm sure most of you know me by now. First class soldiers Genesis Rhapsodos, Angeal Hewley, and our newest first class Zack Fair along with myself will divide you all into four groups according to your last names in alphabetical order for a tour of the facilities and to assign bunks." The wave of green soldiers created a thunderous amount of clapping and cheering for the few spoken words the general had made. Zack and Genesis chuckled seeing as how the president was insulted by this.
They left the platform in order to regroup in the next room which was larger. Sephiroth walked with his team until they got to this room where they met up with Tseng.
"Ok guys now I'm going to assign you to the groups you're supposed to tour around and it's your yada yada blah blah you already know the drill." Tseng said bored out of his mind.
Sephiroth had been waiting for this moment the whole time, the time to meet the beautiful Cloud Strife. He told Genesis that make sure that he was put in charge of Cloud's group. He was confident the red head could do that.
"Ok Angeal, you're in charge of the last names A-F. Sephiroth you're in charge of G-L. Zack you take care of M-S and Genesis you're in charge of T-Z. Now if you'll excuse me there's a cup of noodles at my home with my name on it. Good luck." Tseng hurried away, hating the first day of new troops. Zack looked a bit shocked, Angeal turned to Sephiroth with an 'uh oh' expression, and Genesis smiled without a care in the world.
"Genesis, what the hell!" Sephiroth asked angrily. "Why am I not assigned to Cloud's group!"
"Uh, yes you are didn't you hear Tseng?" Genesis said.
"Tseng said I was in charge of the group A-F!" Anger began to bubble out and pop. Zack and Angeal hoped that a fight wouldn't break out right than and there.
"Exactly! Cloud Frife! Just like you said on the note you left me." The red head replied calmly.
There was a moment of awkward silence between the four as Sephiroth mentally slapped Genesis. The red head a bit confused asked, "I don't get it. What did I do wrong?"
"...His last name is Strife, not Frife..." Zack stated stoically.
"Strife? Well.. Maybe you should work on your cursive. All your S's look like F's."
"Who the FUCK gets an F from an S!" Sephiroth was ready to kill his teammate for provoking him.
"Well sorry my bad..! But look if Zack's in charge you still have a chance of getting to know him. I mean Zack is a people person and think about it, how would you confront him?" Genesis was a great improviser. Sephiroth began to relax and he took he deep breath. He had a point and Zack was so much more better at these things than him. The only problem was, was that he had to take care of cadets he could care less about.
Zack became excited and assured his silver headed friend, "Don't you worry just leave this to me! Before you know it you'll be in the arms of the petite blond!"
Sephiroth let out a small smile. He felt so lucky to have friends like this. Well at least he considered them that.
"So let operation 'Capture Blond' begin!" Zack said with optimism sprinkled in his voice and went into the direction of where the troopers were waiting.
Sephiroth walked in the direction of his friend Zack. Today might still be a good day.
As Genesis and Angeal slowly began to walk in the direction of the giant mob known as cadets Angeal whispered harshly to Genesis, "Are you sure you're not a natural blond?"
Genesis laughed at the insult, "Nope this is all me." He said winking.
They both let out genuine laughs and headed to the large hangar.
Cloud P.O.V.
After the orientation Cloud couldn't wait for the tour. He prayed to Gaia that he was lucky enough to get Sephiroth to show him around. He lined up under the M-S sign. He thought about his last name, Strife, how distinguishable it was. There was no way you'd be able to mistake if for anything else. He chuckled slightly at the thought.
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And that's a wrap!I'll be working on chapter 3 soon!Sorry I couldn't answer you guys sooner, my modem was acting crazy..