As I said, Tifa-bashing (done mostly by Sora) and there will be some code, between Kairi and Sora in this chap.
What they said will be at the end of the chapter, even if it's not all that hard to figure it out. Despirte it being kinda easy, Tifa has YET to figure out what they're saying.
Needless to say, Cloud can keep up without a problem.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Kingdom Hearts II/Sailor Moon
"Dance of the Sovereign Calamity"
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Chapter 2
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Sora cleared a recently vacated table, grumbling to himself. "Damn Tifa and giving me her jobs."
A familiar laugh got Sora to look up from wiping down the table. "Busing tables, Sora? Hell, I'd thought Strife had enough brains to put you with a route rather than doing this kiddy job."
"Hi, Riku." Sora gave his best friend a wry half smile. "What's got you coming to my end of domestic hell?"
"Eh, nothing much." Riku shrugged, turning a chair around backwards and straddling it. "I take it you were snoozing and Lockheart dragged you down to do grunt work?"
"Yeah, an' it's pissing me off how she keeps saddling me with her jobs." The Keyblade Master snorted. "Hell, I handled the bar 3 days ago when she was supposed to be doing it. She gives Kairi the easy jobs but gives me all the grunt stuff. I just don't get it—do I have 'Shadow Man Slave' or 'Lacky of Tifa' on my back or something?"
Riku laughed at his friend's complaints. "Hey, it could be worse. You could be living with the 'Chosen One' and those 3 Remnant nutcases."
Sora laughed at that. "Fair enough, Man. You definitely got it rough with Sephiroth, Loz, Yazoo and Kadaj."
"Yeah, well…" Riku brushed his hair out of his face as he trailed off. "Hey, Sora. Have you ever been to the city?"
"The city?" Sora asked, moving on to another table. "You mean, Crystal Tokyo?" He earned a nod. "No, man, never. Cloud might've, on a delivery but the bitch in the other room keeps me here. I'm telling you—Roxas is one lucky SOB to get out of this hell while he got a chance."
Riku looked around and got out of his seat, looking around again. He leaned close to Sora over his shoulder. "There's talk that Organization XIII is trying to get back together. The lesser Nobodies have suddenly made themselves scarce."
"And the Heartless?" Sora asked in a low voice.
"I've got no idea. I just know what Sephiroth tells me." Riku shook his head.
"Find out for me?"
Riku nodded. "You got it, Man." He looked around, patting Sora's back. "I've got to go. I only had time to tell you that much."
Sora caught his arm. "What's going on?"
A wry smirk crossed his best friend's face. "Apparently Jenova's been uneasy." He said in a low voice. "She can sense somebody nearby who has a lot of power."
"That could esxplain why none of us can get any sleep at night, why we have to crash during the daylight hours." Sora muttered darkly, getting a nod. "That could be a problem if this power happens to be a new bad guy, like a mix between the Heartless and Nobodies that Pete was talking about with Jafar."
"Yeah, I know. I'll see you around." Riku promised. "I'll fill you in if Sephiroth tells me anything new. Keep an eye on Denzel and Marlene. We've got Fracks running around. 8 kids came down with Geostygma again. And tell Kairi to watch her back."
Fracks were Fractured Remnants, slang mmainly used by the whole Remnants and those who fought them and Sephiroth. Sora had only faced a few and nearly drained himself to death keeping the bothersome Shinra Company's escappes back, protecting Marlene, Denzel and Kairi.
"Will do. Watch your ass." Sora called after his friend as Riku hustled out the door with a distracted wave. Sora sighed and shook his head as he wiped up the table he had cleared. "Man, what I wouldn't give to get some action in these boondocks of hell. You'd have to leave Midgar to get into a decent fight."
Mentally grumbling about the need to lash out at some "poor" Shadow or Dusk, Sora made it through the rest of the floor, clearing and cleaning tables before the rush hour hit. A zing went up his spine when his back was turned to the door, telling him someone was too close. He spun around, the Ultima Weapon manifesting itself in his hand. He growled and relaxed.
"Dammit, Seifer! I could've killed you!" Sora snapped, the Keyblade dissolving away again. Seifer lowered his mid block with a scowl.
"Why the hell are you so damn jumpy? Midgar's safe. Twilight Town's finest just had their collective asses kicked." Seifer growled as Sora picked up the dish filled tub. "What the hell are you doing? Carrying out a bet?"
"No, pulling my weight. I'm supposed to be a courier, like Cloud took me into do but Tifa's got this stick up her ass that makes her think that I'm her slave." Sora told the taller blond. "Go around back. I'll go wake up Cloud."
Sora went into the kitchen backwards and glared daggers at Tifa as he half slammed the tub of dishes on the counter by the sink. "There, I cleared your damn tabels. I've got to go wake Cloud."
"No, you can't go wake Cloud—he just got back." Tifa denied as Sora looked at the pink clad 15-year-old girl on Tifa's other side, cutting up vegetables. So, Kairi got snared into Tifa's jobs, too. Fantastic.
"He's got company." Sora shot back. "Kairi—WYB."
"HC?" Kairi asked surprised.
"FOSMC. KAEODAM." Sora got a nod. "Riku says 'hi'."
"Be careful, Cloud's got his sword by his bed." Kairi warned as Sora went upstairs. A stuffed Moogle baring hover ship nearly plowed how over in the hall.
"Oops." Marlene muttered.
"Sorry, Sora." Denzel said with a laugh. "Didn't know you were coming up the stairs. Didn't hear you."
"Keep it contained, okay?" Sora couldn't get mad at them. Denzel and Marlene were just innocent kids. They deserved to enjoy their time as kids. God knew Sora fought to keep them that way, innocent and pure.
Sora knocked on Cloud's door and opened it slowly, cautiously. He was ready to use the Keyblade to keep the room's occupant from cutting off his head by accident. "Yo, Cloud. You coherent?" He poked his head in, seeing Cloud half rolled over and a pair of half lidded blue eyes looking at him. "Seifer's around back. He's waiting for you. Apparently, we got Fracks in Twilight Town. The finest got their asses handed to them."
"Right, I'll be down in a minute." Cloud replied, ruffling his own hair to make it look less bed tassled. Sora closed the door and went to his own room. Denzel and Marlene weren't in the girls' doorway anymore and a shriek of both kids' names from downstairs told Sora their little toy had crashed into Tifa. It brought a smile to his face as he flopped backwards onto his bed.
He put on his headphones and hit "play" on his MP3 player. Closing his eyes, Sora lost himself in the music. This was as close to paradise as he was going to get while doing Tifa's To Do list for her.
Sora and Kairi's code:
WYB--Watch Your Back
HC--How Come
FOSMC--Fracks Outside Midgar City
KAEODAM--Keep An Eye On Denzel And Marlene
The code originated between Riku, Roxas, Sora and Kairi so they could talk amongst themselves and keep Barret and Yuffie from easdropping. It not only baffles THEM, but Tifa as well so Sora and Kairi use more than the other 2 do. Again, Cloud knows what they're saying but so does Vincent (though he doesn't really care) and Sephiroth...and maybe Yazoo but it goes over Loz's head and Kadaj doesn't really have the patience to figure it out so Yazoo's probably the translator.
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(So far i have yet to be attacked by chars! ^_^ I'm happy!)