THE TOUR

K, if you're reading this, it's cause you liked chapter two, either that or I'm threatening you with a sharp object....

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After the contest in the girls' cabin...

"I can't believe they sabotaged our boards!" said Aeris

"And don't forget the course!" reminded Tifa

"Well, that's gonna be nothing compared to Dawn's plan" laughed Elana

"What plan?" asked Red as he came through the door with the kids

"Nothing!" said Tifa quickly

"Well, I better go. I just came to drop off the kids." said Red

"You better take Matt and Chris back with you" warned Katie, "They've been fighting more and more with Dawn and Casey"

"Ok, c'mon boys." said Red. He seemed eager to leave. "See ya later, girls"

"That was a close one!" said Aeris as soon as the door shut. "Do you think he suspects anything???"

"What plan?" asked Casey

"I hope not" said Yuffie

"What plan?" repeated Casey

"We'd better be more careful. We've got everthing down to spilt second timing and can't afford any mistakes"

"What plan?" said Casey, starting to whine

"Speaking of which, we better leave now!" said Yuffie, grabbing her coat

"What plan?" repeated Casey. By now she was whining

"C'mon. We'll tell you on the way" said Aeris

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So, at the boys' cabin...

"YUK!" yelled Rude "Something's wrong with this cake!"

"I thought Tifa was a great cookr" said Red

"She IS! She was just still mad at us and put something in the cake" said Vincent

"Ok that's it." said Cid "I'm throwing it out"

"Even smells bad, too" said Reeve

"But remember," said Cloud "We picked up their share of the money and said we'd give it to them right away 'cause they were here with us. This just gives the perfect excuse not to give it to them"

"Heeeeey," said Cid "You're right!" and headed out the door to the trash bin outside

After stuffing the cake into the trash bin, Cid headed back to the cabin. All of a sudden Tifa jumped in front of him

"Hey Teef." said Cid "What the $#(& did you put in that cake?"

Tifa pretented to cry "You mean you didn't like my cake?"

She began wailing and Cid looked at the girl nervously. What's he supposed to do with this blubbering girl?

"Hey what are you doing here anyways?" he asked and Tifa looked up.

"Hey," said Cid "You weren't crying, what's going on?"

Suddenly Elana and Aeris showed up and Elana hit him on the head with a large stick, knocking him out. While Aeris and Tifa dragged the uncounsious Cid back to their cabin, Elana threw a brick with a note on it threw a window. Hearing the crash, the boys ran into the next room and found the brick with the note tied to it.

"It says: Hey guys, we've got one of you, and you've our prize money! Get the picture? Tomorrow, meet us at the post office and we'll talk." read Cloud

"Those girls......." growled Barret, "Now you know what we have to do, right?"

"Yeah," said Rude "Go to their cabin and capture one of them"

"I was thinkin' bust in and capture Cid back, but that'll work"

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Back at the girls' cabin...

"Ok, we've got Cid tied up tightly in the basement with the door locked" said Aeris

"Hide the key. They'll probably bust right in and get him back" warned Yuffie

"It's getting late. We'd better get to sleep but everyone be on the alert!" warned Tifa "They are likely to come at any hour"

"Someone oughta gaurd him" decided Nipala

"We will!" voluntered Dawn and Casey

"Are you two sure you wanna do this?" asked Tifa "I mean, do you really wanna stand up to them? And stay up that late?"

"Sure.." said Dawn. "We both have a mean bite and we always stay up real la..." she stopped when she realized her mom was listening

"Really" said Katie "How late do you two stay up?"

"Uuumm, about three minutes past our bedtime!" Casey said quickly "We'll go stand gaurd now.."

"Wait" said Aeris. "Somebody should gaurd upstairs also"

"I'll do it" volunteered Katie

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Two Hours later...

Barret, Reeve, and Cloud were standing outside one of the windows

"Can you see who's in there?" asked Reeve "Cause if it's Katie we're making a BIG miskake"

"Ok, here's the plan: Barret, you stay here and get ready to catch whoever it is we're passing to you. Reeve, you're coming in with me and be the lookout" instructed Cloud

Once inside, Cloud and Reeve tried to find their way through the dark

"This is gonna be rough!" whispered Reeve nervously

"Ssshhhhh!" whispered Cloud as they found their way to the bed

"Can you see who it is?" whispered Cloud

"No... it's too dark. Let's just get this over with" whispered Reeve

Reeve grabbed the girl and covered her mouth. Startled, she open her eyes and tried to scream.

"Quiet" shushed Cloud as he threw a pillow case over her head "If you go along with this, you won't be harmed"

The girl kicked Reeve "OW!" he yelled

Cloud passed the girl out the window to Barret as Katie ran in the room

"Hiiii" said Reeve, nervously

Katie started growling

"What are you doing? Where is she?" growled Katie as Reeve scrambled out the window

Cloud tossed a note on the bed and climbed out the window, not answering Katie

"What's going on?" asked Yuffie as she burst into the room but stopped when she saw the winndow left open and a note on the bed

"Oh no!" Yuffie picked up the note and started reading, "Ok... you've got one of us, and we've got one of you. NOW we're even. Don't bother going to the office tomorrow cause we're not showing up at all. If you want to make the switch, you come to US!"

"This is war!" mumbled Katie

"You know we can't go" said Yuffie "It's a trap."

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Back at the boys' cabin...

Barret just walked in the door carrying the girl with Cloud and Reeve close behind

"Ok, who'd you get?" asked Rude

"Don't know..... yet" said Reeve, "It was too dark to tell"

Barret put the girl on the floor and pulled the pillow case off her head, revealing an angry Aeris

"Look who we have here!" said Rude

Aeris started trying to untangle the ropes around her hands

"I don't think so" said Rude as he grabbed her hands and pulled her to her feet

"Lemme go!" yelled Aeris

"Just put her in the room downstairs" ordered Barret

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Next Day

Tifa is sitting at a small table in a restarant drinking out of a glass

"So what are we gonna do now?" asked Dawn and Casey, who were sitting on the next chair

"I don't know" replied Tifa just as the restarant doors opened and Cloud walked in. Spotting Tifa, he walked over to the table and sat in the chair in front of her

"Hello there!" he laughed

"Go away!" said Casey

"Soooooo," Cloud began "You have Cid, we have Aeris.."

"I'll bite ya!" warned Dawn

"Don't forget our share of the prize money which you never gave us yet" said Tifa, not looking at him

"And I'll draw blood!" continued Dawn

"That's our money!" snapped Cloud "It makes up for the cake that you gave us"

"But you sabotaged our boards and not to mention the entire race!" said Tifa, "And don't forget not getting snowboards for us girls!"

"10...9...8...7...6...5.." said Dawn

"That has nothing to do with this!" said Cloud

"Hello..... that's what started the entire mess!" yelled Tifa

"2...1! THAT'S IT!" yelled Dawn as she jumped towards Cloud, ready to bite him

"Hey!" he yelled as he jumped from his chair, avoiding Dawn

Dawn took one last jump towards Cloud and bite him in the ankle

"OW! OW!" he yelled as he shook Dawn off

Casey then jumped at Cloud but he jumped out of the way

"That's it!" You two little brats are way past in trouble! And don't forget, Tifa, " he said as he limped towards the door, "that if you want Aeris, you'll come to us!" and Cloud left the restarant

"We'll see about that" mumbled Tifa

(to be continued. go to part 3)
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