This might have taken a little longer to update, sorry! But here it is; Chapter four! I've begun to type up chapter five, so that should be here soon too. Although I'm busy for the next three days, so maybe not...Be patient, dear readers! And enjoy this chapter :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, Soul Eater, or anything accossiated with either one. I do, however, own the plot of this story.

Kid's POV

After Father had made the arrangements (much to Cloud's displeasure), Cloud followed me, Liz and Patty back to Gallows Manor. It was decided that Cloud would get to know Death City, and then later on maybe enrol him into the academy, regardless of whether his weapon was human or not. The whole time he remained mostly silent, with a word here or there asking about Father or the academy. Upon arrival of the manor, he stopped to take everything in, a look of astonishment on his face.

"This is what you call a house? It's a frickin' mansion!" he exclaimed.

"Is there a problem?" I asked, whilst admiring the symmetry.

"Yeah, creepy, isn't it? I thought so, too" remarked Liz.

Well, I wouldn't call it creepy. I mean, just look at it! Beauty!

At Liz's remark, Cloud just shook his head and gave me a sharp nod, signalling we enter. In answer, I dug out my key and proceeded to unlock the door. Upon entry, Cloud stopped yet again. Probably admiring the beautiful symmetry!

"Dude," he glanced at me, "Do you really live here?"

"Of course I do. Just look at the symmetry! Who but me could have created such beauty! Oh symmetry, how I love you!"

"Don't mind him. He always acts like this. Now Kid, let's take him to his room, okay?" Liz offered. I ignored her, too busy inspecting every inch of the walls to make sure everything was perfect. We had to have to best for our guest, didn't we?

"Kid? Kid, you in there? Patty, work your stuff!"

"Alright sis! Oh Kid…" she said sweetly.

"GET YOUR ASS MOVING."

Oh no Patty, why do you do this to me!?

I sobbed as I trudged up the stairs, the sight of Patty threatening to crawl into my nightmares…

Noticing Cloud, I straightened up.

"Alright, come on. It's best if you get settled in as quickly as possible. Also, remember you live here now. We want you to feel comfortable, so make yourself at home. If you ever need anything, you may contact Liz, Patty or I. Well, probably not Patty. But still. Let's go."

Rather reluctantly, Cloud followed me up the stairs while Liz and Patty prepared for supper. I walked down the long hallway, not bothering to check if Cloud was following. I already knew from his heavy booted footsteps behind me. We passed a couple of doors before reaching one of our empty rooms. Opening the door, I gestured for Cloud to come inside. He looked at me, then slowly walked forward.

"This is where you'll be staying from now on," I said.

No reply, he was too busy examining the room.

"Do you need anything? And do you have any important belongings I should be aware of?"

He looked back at me and then turned around again.

"No thanks. And I'd like it if no one touched my buster sword."

"I'll see to it. Liz and Patty are making dinner, if you'd like to come down soon that would be great"

"Not hungry"

As if to disagree, his stomach growled in response.

"…Fine. I'll come down."

"Okay, see you downstairs then"

About to go downstairs, I stopped at the sound of Cloud's voice.

"…Thanks," he mumbled.

Looking over my shoulder, I gave him a soft smile and said "You're welcome."

Liz's POV

While Kid took Cloud upstairs to his room, Patty and I stayed downstairs to make dinner. We were making stir fry rice, with a side of vegetables and potatoes. I was doing most of the dangerous stuff, like using the stove and cutting up the vegetables while Patty was doing things that didn't need so much supervision, such as mashing up the potatoes.

"Hey, Patty" I turned to face her, only to have some mashed potato smack against my face.

"Ha ha! Oops! Sorry sis!" Patty grinned, her smile covering up most of her mug.

"It's okay" I said, wiping it off.

"So…what do you think? About that Cloud guy, I mean." I continued.

"He seems rather suspicious to me. I mean, he looks really powerful and has a huge sword on his back. He also refuses to answer any of our questions on where he came from."

"Well, I don't know, sis. He seems nice enough to me. If he wanted to do something bad, he would have done it already," she offered.

For once my sister had a good point…but what if he was going to kill us in our sleep or something!?

I wouldn't know; I'd just be snoring away! And he'd come in with that big sword of his, stab it in my chest, and I'd die instantly…or he'd use poisonous gas and fill the whole house, or -

"Liz, Patty. Are you finished yet?"

I snapped out of it, and slowly turned to look at Kid, who was suddenly leaning against the wall of the kitchen.

"When did you get there!?" I screeched at him.

"Oh, quite a while ago. I have to say, you two are very amusing sometimes."

"Hmph, well, yeah, we're almost done, just a couple more minutes. Will Cloud join us for dinner?"

"He said that he would. Did you make enough?"

"Yeah, don't worry, there are lots."

After a couple minutes of silence (and Patty's giggling), Kid spoke up.

"He asked us not to touch his sword, by the way. And I strongly suggest none of you bother him, either. To be completely honest, I don't fully trust him."

This surprised me. If Kid was suspicious of Cloud, then there must be something wrong. Oh no, he is going to kill us in our sleep! And even if I do wake up, I'll have no way to defend myself! Patty sleeps like a log, and Kid refuses to wake up before eight! I hope my death is painless, but why would it be, when he has that big sword of -

"Liz, I know what you're thinking. Don't worry; he's not going to kill you. He has no reason to. Anyways, we still don't fully understand him. His soul feels strange, but not evil. If anything, it's best he came on our side for the upcoming battle. You guys haven't forgotten about that, have you?"

Oh no!

The battle…how could I forget something like that!? We have yet to find the Kishin, but Noah still has Brew and the Book of Eibon. We have to fight them first, and according to Kid they're really powerful! Oh man.

"DINNER'S READY!" yelled Patty, not having heard any of our conversation.

"Liz, go call Cloud down" ordered Kid.

One look from me must have changed his mind, because he decided he'd go instead.

Patty and I set up the table as we waited for the two to get back. This was going to be a long night.

So? What did you guys think? Kid's going to discover something about Cloud in the next chapter, which I'm working on. :)
Reviews would be much appriciated! Thank you for reading ;D