Authors Note To You.
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I'm sorry for updating SO late. In all honesty this was supposed to up in September. And I'm not lying, but things have been rough. I've been transferring schools across the state and we're still at it. If you not convinced by this, make it known to you its true, but there's more to it than that. I won't bore you with details since, it's a REALLY long story, and I know most of you are dying to read and have been waiting most patiently if not impatiently.
But a fair warning is required.
This was written at the end of August and the beginning of September, and I was using and old laptop, I mean this thing was so old it didn't even have spell check on it, and only had the notepad and wordpad…version 1.0 !
Yeah it was that old. So if there are any spelling errors or sentence mistakes I'm sorry.
And thank you for the reviews. Sorry if I didn't respond or anything.
So that's all I have to say. I'm sorry for its lateness, I hope you'll forgive me, and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
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Oh and HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEARS, ONE AND ALL!!!
Enjoy!
Tifa heard the door open but hesitated for a moment, thinking it could just be Yuffie going out for some air. So she relaxed back in her chair.
Yazoo didn't seem to care she was staying. To him it was a vacation away from Yuffie. He just didn't know how Tifa could put up with the young ninja.
Cloud came through the door, his sword sheathed and a box in his arm.
"CLOUD!!!" Yuffie exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I live here. Have you forgotten?" He retorted with a somewhat sort of scowl.
"No, but I think you forgot you moved. Remember?"
Cloud rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He over looked the room, to find no one in sight. Not like he expected to or anything, he was hoping to at least find his friend. "Where's Tifa?"
Yuffie eyed him. "Where are the kids?" She answered his question with another, and smirked when she saw his face narrow.
"I left them with Barret and Cid. They said they wanted stay longer at the Golden Saucer so they took the kids. I didn't feel like staying. So I came back. Now whe-"
"And where were you exactly, hm?" She cut him off with irritated him.
Cloud sighed and shifted his position. "I told you already. We were at the Golden Saucer."
"And you don't even tell Tifa?"
"I DID! I told YOU to tell her for me since she wasn't here!" He shouted.
Yuffie thought for a moment. "I don't remember that."
"That's because you weren't paying attention! Look I don't have time for this. Where's Tifa?"
Yuffie scolded. "As if I'd tell you now that you yelled at me like that." She pouted as she crossed her arms and turned away from him.
Cloud smacked his forehead. "Yuffie please tell me where she is."
"That sounded more like a demand than a request."
"Forget it! I don't have time for this!" He began to make his way upstairs. Yuffie's brain kicked in and remembrance picked up.
"Cloud wait!" She called. Hopping off the couch and rushing towards the staircase. Cloud looked back at Yuffie. She scurried towards him and stood in front of him, blocking off access upstairs.
"What? Is there something you don't want me to see?"
"Umm...not really."
"Then there's no reason for me not to see it." He tried to ascend up the stairs but Yuffie pushed him back. "You can't! I-I-its..." A light bulb lit up above her head. "It's a surprise!"
Cloud raised an eyebrow. "A surprise?"
Yuffie nodded. "Yeah! For you. If you see it now, it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?"
"I guess, but..." He turned his head down and looked away.
Yuffie had a puzzled expression. "What's wrong?" She raised her hands to grab his shoulders, but no sooner than she did, had he escaped past her barrier and up the stairs.
"AW SHIT!" Yuffie raced after him. When she caught up she tripped him and raced to Yazoo's bedroom. "TIFA!" She shouted. Right after she had done so, Cloud had already recovered and jumped her. A loud thud was heard as the two crashed onto the floor.
Cloud was quick to recover, yet again. He stood and ran to the bedroom.
When he reached it though he stopped dead in his tracks.
Tifa and Yazoo had been talking. Yazoo had been wearing only a white shirt and black pajama pants. Tifa was wearing her usual attire. Both had been sitting on the edge of the bed cross-legged.
They both had stopped their conversation when Cloud was heard at the door. When they turned to see it was him, both were shocked. Though Yazoo was both shocked and a little scared, for some odd reason, his facial expression stayed the same. On the other hand Tifa was just out right shocked ad somewhat happy.
"Cloud!" She exclaimed.
Cloud looked at Tifa, then at the long haired man sitting next to her. Rage built within him. He acted on pure instinct and the built on this young man. On this clone. Sephiroth's clone.
Cloud charged at Yazoo, tackling him off the bed and onto the floor. Yazoo winced.
"Yazoo! Cloud, what are you doing?" Tifa shouted her question, but it was never answered. Cloud didn't respond.
Cloud straddled Yazoo and looked down at him. "What the hell are you doing here? What do you want?"
Yuffie was heard standing at the doorway. She held an apologetic expression when Tifa looked over at her. They both looked over at the sconce before them.
Yazoo didn't respond right away, which only upset Cloud further. Speak dammit!" He pulled his hair, which pulled his head back, giving him access to look over his face.
Yazoo's glowing mako eyes were shifting his pupils back and forth between cat slits and regularly. They wouldn't decide which to choose yet, meaning he was a bit irritated, but not really or he was holding back.
Cloud noticed this and whispered so only he could hear. "Come on. You can't decide for yourself whether or not you want to fight? Yet, you can still hurt innocent people and kill people who are completely defenseless?" Cloud nearly snorted. "You and your brothers are complete cowards!"
Something triggered inside of Yazoo, for anger soon swelled up inside of him and he flipped them over, somehow, so he was now straddling him. Though not as securely.
"NEVER talk about them like that! They were MY brothers! I knew them much better than you!" He retorted back coldly.
Cloud smirked. "Oh really?"
"Cloud! Come on. Just call it quits. He's not going to do anything. He can be a royal pain in the ass, but so are you. He can't even look me in the eye, let alone start a conversation." Yuffie wasn't one to stand up in a bad guy's defense, but this was an exception. Cloud wasn't himself.
Tifa noticed this and kept some thoughts stored in her head for later investigation. Meanwhile trying to stop this feud, before it boiled over to more crucial violence.
"Cloud, please-"
"Mind your own Tifa! This man hurt innocent lives and kidnapped children. And have you forgotten, his brother nearly killed you?" Tifa was a bit taken aback by all of this. She remembered fighting his brother. She remembered that so clear. But she never knew his name.
But that doesn't really matter anymore.
Cloud is being completely not himself. She knew he always gave people a second chance, sometime even a third. But this? This was not him.
"So are you going to decide? Or am I going to have to do it for you?"
Yazoo didn't respond again. Cloud smirked. "Fine."
He pushed Yazoo off and stood up quickly, as did Yazoo. He was completely ignoring Tifa's and Yuffie's shouts and yells of disapproval. He was now merely focusing on Yazoo.
Cloud rushed forward. Yazoo only waited for the oncoming blow. A fist connected with his jaw and Yazoo, head flew back momentarily as he recovered.
His mind was now made up.
Yazoo stepped forward his mako eyes now slit fully and burning with passion.
He and raised his leg in means to kick, Cloud. But backfired when his foot was caught, and twisted in the opposite direction. He took this as an opportunity and twisted his body along with the twist, slamming his other foot into Cloud's cheek, none too gently.
Cloud backed up. He touched his cheek and grinned. "So you can fight. Good."
They glared long and hard at each other.
Yazoo took a few unnoticed steps backwards. Tifa and Yuffie were the only ones who had probably noticed and most likely knew his intentions.
He took another few steps back, but only this time, Cloud caught him. There was a long pause. Pure silence.
Yazoo turned swiftly and exited the room, Yuffie letting him pass. Cloud was unfortunate as Yuffie blocked him off.
"Move dammit!" He shoved Yuffie back and ran passed her as she fell on her bottom.
"Ouchies! Could you be anymore considerate?" She said sarcastically.
"Come on!" Tifa said as she ran by, grabbing Yuffie's are and dragging her along as she tried running with her.
Yazoo was at the stairs. He began descending down them until he felt someone grab at him. He turned around only to be met with Cloud, as he tackled him. For a brief moment they were airborne. They tumbled down. Crashing down nearly every stair, landing on his broken arm, knee, or back. Cloud didn't seem to care about crashing down on the stairs.
He was so focused on trying to fight, or more appropriate kill Yazoo.
Yazoo groaned in pain when their landing had commenced. The shock of both their weight crushing his small frame had sent pain surging down his spine, up his neck, to his head, and circling through his broken arm.
Tifa and Yuffie were at the top of the stairs watching the sconce before them. They both rushed down the stairs.
Cloud straddled Yazoo, trapping his arms under his knees. Yazoo squirmed under the weight. He didn't mind being under a ton of weight. It wasn't as bad as the pain in his arm. It waved through hitting right nerves to make him squirm more.
"Aww, what's the matter? Am I really that heavy? ...Or is there something wrong with you and it hurts?"
Cloud slithered his hands down Yazoo's arms. When he felt Yazoo tense at the touch he smirked. "Perhaps, a strained arm? Sprained? ...possibly, broken?" He said coolly, literally squeezing his arm, making Yazoo scream in pain.
Yazoo gained enough strength to wiggle his good arm free, and punch Cloud dead in the face. Cloud was forced to sit up straight. Yazoo slipped out from under him and kicked his foot in Cloud's chest sending him backwards. Yazoo rose to his feet.
Cloud did as well and glared at Yazoo. Blood was seemed dripping down the corner of his mouth.
Cloud ran up to Yazoo, ramming him into a nearby wall. He pulled his hair back and punched him. He waited until Yazoo looked back up, and punched him again. He sent another blow to his nose. When he was about to send another, Yazoo dodged it, ducking under, and took a step forward before he punched Cloud in the stomach.
Cloud recovered all too quickly and spun Yazoo around before he had to react. He grabbed his bad arm and twisted it behind his back. Yazoo hissed, and before he knew it Cloud slammed his body into the wall again and pressed his body against Yazoo's, for better strength.
Cloud was right up against him and enough to whisper into his ear so no one else could hear but him. "I guess even bad guys have a certain weakness. And seeing as how you react whenever I touch your arm," He said lightly squeezing the said limb, sending a thrill of pain shown in Yazoo's expression. "I'm guessing you broke it, hm?" He chuckled.
"I'll be sure to tell everyone about this one, especially your brothers."
Authors note
How's that for ya?
I tried my best on the fight scene and thought up an even better plot than before. :3
Cloud found out Yazoo, but what will happen next?
Will he kill him? Let him live? Throw him out? No one knows….except…ME!
I'll post the next chapter soon. REAL soon. It's already done, but I'm going to use spell check on it and rewrite some sentences.
Well thanks for reading. Send some reviews my way and I'll post up the next one! And you can even hold me to that!
