Wow! Nine reviews?! Well, I'm used to like not less than 20 per chapter, usually, but nine is a great result for such a young section of this site! I feel happy and loved. :3 Well, here you go. Second chapter. Warning, crack ahead. :P Enjoy.

VI-VII-Guests: Love Square

"… And basically, they call a stalemated love triangle. Because the first choice is dead and I was unwilling to move on."

"… Was?" The past tense had made her blink. When she had asked Cloud about his love life, she had regretted it. She didn't even know herself why she asked, but she had made him recall painful memories. She could see. From what he had been through, she could easily believe that he would still be stuck in the past, but then he had gone and used past tense. "You're not… Not anymore?"

"… No." Then, he did something un-Cloud Strife like. He blushed, and then he slowly grasped her left hand with his own right one, crossing their fingers together, squeezing it gently. "Not anymore."

"A-Ah. I… I see." Terra on her part didn't object nor move away, not at all. She blushed too and turned her head away. Too bad, otherwise she would have seen him smiling at the same time as her. From behind a bush, an Onion Knight blushed.

"… No shame at all."

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"T-T-T-THAT BITCH!" From the lifestream, the last of the ancient raged, bending in half a metal staff, much to the scare of most of the spirits around, including her ex-boyfriend. "HOW DARE SHE!"

"I don't think that's grammatically correct… Oh, come on, Aerith!" Zack tried to calm her down and approach her, only for the lifestream to become awfully cold under her gaze. "Ehrm… I mean, you should be happy for him, right?"

"HAPPY FOR HIM?!" He saw death again for an instant, there.

"Ehrr… Yeah. T-That he moved on… And stuff… Right? Isn't that how it works?!"

"NO, IT DOESN'T!" Zack 'eeped' and hid behind another soul, asking himself just when did his sweet Aerith become so… Possessive. Well, dieing while being in love with someone was hard, he knew, but she just couldn't get over it, it seemed. "… ALRIGHT! I STALLED THIS ENOUGH TIME!"

"W-Where are you going?!"

"TO GO ASK FOR A RESURRECTION, OF COURSE! IF TIDUS GOT ONE AND HE WAS JUST A DREAM, WHY THE HELL CAN'T I?!"

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From behind another bush, a martial artist girl glared. "T-T-T-THAT BITCH!" She turned around and broke a boulder in half with a fist. "AND HERE I WAS ALL READY TO SURPRISE HIM WITH MY CAMEO AND WHAT DO I FIND?! HE AND THAT HUSSY HOLDING HANDS… AAAAAAAARGH!"

She chopped a tree in the middle. Somewhere, Ex-Death shuddered. "SERIOUSLY, THOUGH! WHAT'S WITH CLOUD'S TASTE?! HE LIKES FLAT CHESTS OR SOMETHING?!" Cloud sneezed, loudly. "FIRST AERITH, NOW THIS TERRA! BOTH PERFECT EXAMPLES OF IRONING BOARDS! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! DID I MAKE HIM IMMUNE TO BIG CHESTS BY GROWING UP WITH HIM OR SOMETHING?!" She stomped the ground strongly enough to create a small crater. That actually left her panting.

"… Alright. I need a plan. No more playing nice girl. This time, I kick ass and take Clouds." That was lame, I know. Humor her.

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"I wonder, though… Weren't the world supposed to return to their original forms? Instead, they basically melted together…"

"From what I understand, it caused by the influence of Bartz's world, Terra. Something like that happened to his world too… Well, I can't say I mind, though!" Cartographers had one hell of a headache, though. Onion Knight just enjoyed the wonders of other worlds, like wutainese sweets. "Ohhhhh! Another shooting gallery!"

"From time to time, he shows his age, doesn't he?" Cloud rolled his eyes at Onion Knight's exuberance, while Terra just chuckled.

"Yeah… It doesn't help our image. People always think we're his parents…" That made Cloud blush, and Terra to giggle before giving the blonde's hand a light squeeze. "So… Daddy."

"Never call me that again." Cloud was amused how often he blushed around Terra. It was a gift in her blood, he guessed.

"Hmm… But I think you would be a wonderful dad." Saying that, Terra leaned her head on Cloud's right shoulder, making him blush even further. "By the way, when are you going to introduce your friends to me? I'd like to meet them." Suddenly, Cloud felt a sense of dread going up his spine.

"Ehm… Well, the problem is…"

"Love from above!"

"OOOOF!" Cloud was stopped by a flying glomp coming from the sky which also did a pretty good job of knocking him to the ground. "What the… AERITH?!"

"Nope. Aeris. Drop the new namesake, will ya? I don't like Kingdom Hearts that much…" The girl replied, before starting to smother Cloud in a hug again. "Ahhhhh! Did you miss me?! Sure you did!"

"No, seriously, what the hell?! You were alive?!" Cloud said, which made Aeris confused. "I mean, do you have any idea how much therapy I had to go through because of your death?! I lost the count of the Sephiroth-shaped manikins I destroyed! And you were alive all along?!"

"Ehm, not really. I was dead. Really, really dead. But I just got a resurrection!" Aeris replied cheerfully, while Cloud… Stared.

"… And… Why didn't you resurrect earlier?"

"Paperwork." Cloud stared.

"Paperwork."

"Paperwork."

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"A-Athena, my lady… Is that a staff sticking out of…"

"Yes, Genesis. It's a damn staff. Damn love-struck ancients. Now, will you help me get it out or not?!"

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"Well? Aren't you happy?"

"… Yes, I am. But…" He slowly got back on his feet as Aeris had done the same, and he suddenly felt a very fiery aura coming from behind him. "Ehm, Aeris. Meet…"

"Terra." The esperkin stated, and Cloud could almost taste the venom in her voice as she latched onto his right arm again, even if her face kept on being as cheerful as Aeris' one. "You know… His girlfriend."

"Ah, yes. I'm Aeris. You know… The love of his life?" From now on, the exchange of sentences between these two will be translated for your comfort.

"Ah, yes. How awful! He told me how that bad Sephiroth killed you!" You've got your chance, bitch. I think death counts as very bad case of falling out. Or decomposition, your choice.

"Eheheh… Yeah. Good thing I managed to convince the goddess of the lifestream to resurrect me, hn?" Well, you know what? I staff-raped a goddess into resurrecting me. Now get lost before I do the same to you, only with a telephone pole.

"Yes, it's a really good thing. I guess these are things that happen when you save the world from egomaniacs from good-like powers. I have a certain experience with that." Know what? Don't care. Also, unlike you, I survived fighting against a madman, so that makes me better than you. You get lost before I Ultima your ass back to the planet again.

"Well, it wasn't that bad… I mean, I had to die to release a particularly powerful magic, and I basically became the one in charge of the lifestream after my death… Why, I still am." Though luck: I command the planet now and its goddess doesn't want to see me before she can walk straight again. So, you get lost.

While the two continued their veiled threats, Cloud had managed to sneak away quietly and unnoticed. He sighed and slumped to the ground, just in time to dodge a flying glomp from Tifa, who ended up flying into the mirror maze. How he missed the blood-curling scream is beyond me. "… This day can't possibly get more messy."

"Cloooooooooooud!"

"Hold that thought. OK?" He turns to his right to see a distressed Onion Knight running to him.

"You've got to help me!" Cloud sighed, as the blonde continued to talk. "Bartz is trying to set me up with a girl he knows, but I already have a girlfriend but he persists… Can you please get him out of my hair?"

"… Sure. Go hiding." Cloud said, sighing in submission, much to the younger blonde's happiness.

"Thanks! I owe you one!" The young warrior complied and ran away to hid himself somewhere, just in time for Bartz to appear in front of him.

"Hey, little guy! Where have you gone? Hey, Cloud!" The brown haired warrior turned to him just as he got back on his feet. "Have you seen Onion Knight? He seems to always hang around you, lately…"

"… Nope. We got separated early." Bartz 'tsk-ed' and snapped his fingers, and then fell deep in thought. He snapped his fingers again, this time with a grin on his face, having had an idea.

"Clooooud… Can you do me a favour?" The spiky haired blonde groaned. "You see, two of my friends came to visit me, but I'd like to get more… 'Friendly' with the oldest of the two. Can you take care of the other? You're so good with kids…"

"… Sure. Whatever." Bartz 'Yes!'-ed and basically pushed a girl out of a bush and in front of Cloud.

"This is Cloud! Be a good girl, alright?! Later!" Bartz was away while calling for someone called 'Faris', while Cloud was left with observing a girl who could be no more than sixteen years old, standing in front of him, hands joined and wearing a long skirt. Blue eyes, long blonde hair.

"… Your name?"

"Krile." Pretty voice. Cloud then raised an eyebrow.

"You're not a… Kid."

"Tell that to Bartz." She joked. Cloud rolled his eyes and then observed her better. She was cute and mostly, she was silent. If the explosions coming from behind him were any indications, his other two 'loves' were not.

"… Wanna get some caramel apples?" Krile blinked but then smiled, nodded and gently took Cloud's offered arm. As long as I can get away from the mayhem that is about to unleash around here. And there is fanart of us two already. "So, you're a princess."

"Yes. My grandpa was named Galuf, and he…"

"MELTDOWN, YOU UNDEAD SLUT!"

"HOLY, YOU FURRY BITCH!"

"… The pain…" Tifa was going to spend days getting glass out of her long, black hair.