Yes! HSPAs are finally friggen over! I can now breath again! But now baseball started! And I still have the damn play! (Falls off his chair) Ahem.. Anyways.. Replies!

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NTRshadow- (Confused) Eh? Knew what now? Um... If this is about what I said about Aerith telling Sora who Cloud is searching for. Well, that scene is only in the Final Mix Version, which is in Japan. But anyways! Glad I'm good enough to make it to your favorite author list Sorry if I cut chapter short. But there's a lot of people out there who make shorter chapter than me.

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HypernatedRikku- The Final Mix Version is Kindom Hearts game in Japan. It was redone and had some stuff added to it that the American version had that they didn't. For instance, the game didn't have Sephiroth in it to fight. So Japan added that plus a few other things that the American version doesn't have. The Final Mix Version has two knew keyblades, One-Winged Angel which you get after beating Sephiroth, and Shiva which you get after beating Ice Titan. Then there's a scene between Cloud and Sephiroth that the American version doesn't have and a scene where Aerith explains to Sora who exactly Cloud is searching for. um... My Tidus/Rikku fic was my first attempt at writing. After finishing it, I threw it away because it was just too corny for me to ever post. It never made it to sorry.

Annjrika- Ah... I see someone is good at picking up foreshadows. How will it some back and haunt them indeed? Heeheehee... That's actually an interesting story...

Aoi-butterfly- I was just making things up for their apartment as I went with it. Some of it I made off the top of my head, and things, like their bathroom, is based off of my house lol.

SwT-LiL-AnGeL- Sorry I made Aerith seem annoying. That really wasn't what I was aiming for. I just wanted her to seem really excited about getting their own apartment. Plus I don't have much experience with Aerith's character. In all my Final Fantasy VII fics, Aerith is either already dead, or I kill her off early in the fic. Heh heh... bet that wasn't something you wanted to hear.

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The Café Incident

Leon and Aerith both arrived at the hotel about an hour after their last 'house hunt'. The trip back was mainly traveled in silence. Each not having much to say. "I wonder if Cloud is alright." Aerith thinks aloud.

Leon rolls his eyes, not bothering to remind her that Cloud is capable of taking care of himself. Especially since they're no Heartless left. But then again, if he had to spend the day with Yuffie, Leon can see why Aerith might be a little worried. Trouble seems to follow the ninja wherever she goes. Mostly caused on her own accord. "I'll call tomorrow morning." Leon suddenly says, "If we're fortunate enough, we'll be able to move in by this week."

A smile forms on Aerith's face, "I hope so. The hotel isn't the most spacious place for all of us to stay. Plus it'll be nice not to worry about costs per night and the other guests." Leon shrugs his shoulders. Aerith claps her hands excitedly, "I can't wait to see the expression on their faces when we tell them that we found a new home."

"Probably isn't going to be that great." Leon mutters to himself as the two heads through the hotel doors. "I'm heading for my room." Leon announces. Aerith nods her head and decides to go to the room that Yuffie and herself are sharing.

Leon runs a hand through his long hair before opening up the door to his room. His hand goes to the wall, searching for the light switch, finding it, it flips it on. Immediately, a tired groan echoes in the room, causing the Gunblade specialist to become alert. His eyes give the room a once over, his gaze landing on the bundle underneath Cloud's sheets. Leon relaxes as he recognizes the blond spikes poking out from underneath the covers, "What are you still doing in bed?" Leon asks somewhat confused, "I thought Yuffie was going to show you around town."

Cloud pushes the covers off his head so he could look at the other man, "We made it as far as the cafe. Then we had to come back here." Leon crosses his arms and raises an eyebrow as if asking 'why'. Cloud rubs his eyes with his index finger and thumb, "Yuffie..."

"What do you mean you forgot to bring money?" Aerith asks the girl in bed.

Yuffie scratches the back of her head, smiling a bit nervously, "Well... See... Um... I was a bit too hungry to worry about it at the time. I mean... I thought I had some money! I really did!" Yuffie defends.

Aerith tilts her head to the side in question, "So... Cloud ended up paying?"

"No." Cloud replies quietly. Leon blinks in confusion. Cloud shakes his head, "I've been living at the Coliseum for a long time. Do I look like I have munny?"

Leon has to admit, he does have a point. He really wouldn't have use for munny at the Coliseum. If your in the tournament, the people at the Coliseum supply you with food and a place to stay. So you could actually live quite easily at the Coliseum, that is, if you're a good fighter. "If you didn't pay, then who did?"

Cloud rubs his temples, "No one..."

"You ran from the cafe?" Aerith asks in disbelief. Yuffie gulps and nods her head slowly, "Yuffie! How could you've run out on a meal? The least you could have done was work it off if you didn't have the munny. Or you could have sent Cloud back to grab some while you waited!"

Yuffie scratches her head, "Yeah well.. That's the interesting part. You see... That was what we had planned. Except I was the one who was going to get the munny since I know where it is, while Cloud waited."

Aerith crosses her arms, her fingers drumming on her arm as she waits impatiently, frowning at the ninja, "And?" She presses on.

Yuffie gives an innocent smile, "Heh heh... It didn't quite work out as we planned."

Aerith's eyes narrow in suspicion, "What do you mean?"

"Oh I can't wait to hear this story." Leon comments with the rolls of his eyes.

Cloud resists the urge to glare at him, keeping his face neutral, "Let me start from the beginning..."

Earlier That Day

Yuffie drummed her fingers on the table as she watched Cloud finish up his meal. She honestly couldn't believe how long it takes for the man to eat one meal. She's beginning to think he's taking his sweet time just to annoy her. 'Wonder how much this is going to cost anyway.' Followed by that thought was Yuffie's exclamation of, "Uh-oh..." Cloud glanced up briefly before continuing on his meal. While Cloud is eating, Yuffie checked all of her pockets quickly, searching for any munny that she may have. Her search was in vain however, she unfortunately found none.

Suddenly feeling uncomfortable in her seat. Yuffie straightens up and glances around, 'What am I going to do?' She thought about asking Cloud if he had any, but with one look at him, she quickly analyzed that he doesn't have any. 'Maybe I can make a run for it... no... Everybody in this cafe knows us! GAWD! How could I be so dumb to forget some munny!' Her gaze lands on their waiter as he makes his way towards their table, 'Maybe if I ask REAL nicely, he'll let us off.'

"Everytheen okay?" The waiter asks while adjusting his glasses.

"Y-Yes! Everything is great. Um... I have a question though." Yuffie shifts in her seat uncomfortably.

"Yes? Would you like another drink?"

"No.. nothing like that." Yuffie scratches the back of her head, grinning embarrassedly, "You see.. um... That is... What's your name?"

"What's my name?" The waiter repeats the question in confusion.

Yuffie would have smacked herself if there weren't people around. She decides to just go with it. "Uh, yeah. See, I come here often, I basically know everyone that works here. I haven't seen you before."

"Oh. Well, my names Rick. I just started here last week or so." The waiter replies.

"Oh Rick.." Yuffie gives a uncomfortable laugh, "So where did you used to work?"

"In a factory."

"Oh! And uh... did you make anything interesting?"

"Did we ever!" Rick's voice raises a bit in his excitement. "We made chalk!"

Yuffie blinks a few times, evidently dazed, "Oh, uh... Chalk?" Yuffie asks while trying to find something interesting about making chalk.

Rick nods his head with a grin upon his face, "Yup, we made chalk."

Yuffie nods her head, "Did you make anything else? Or just the chalk?"

Rick shrugs his shoulders, "Just the chalk."

"Just the chalk, uh-huh." Yuffie glances around, trying to think of something else to say, "Um.. and what was your part in the process?"

Rick clears his throat and straightens up, "Why I was an inspector!"

Yuffie could hardly believe how much pride the guy seemed to have about his last position, "Oh? And what does an inspector do?"

Rick shrugs his shoulders, "Sit there and inspect the chalk."

Yuffie forces a smile onto her face, "And... what is it you look for?" Confusion masks Rick's face so Yuffie quickly adds, "Do you look for uh... broken pieces, color variations or what?"

Ricks shrugs again, "We just make sure there is some."

Yuffie gives a dumbfounded look, holding her arms out as if saying, 'What?' "Some what?"

"Some chalk in the crates!"

"Oh. Oh! I get it!" Yuffie chuckles at her own stupidity, "So there's sometimes no chalk in the crates?"

Rick gives her a stupid look, scratching his head, "There's ALWAYS chalk in the crates. They're crates of CHALK. We wouldn't just send crates without chalk in them. Why would we do that?" Rick shakes his head in disbelief.

"So... what is it you do?" Yuffie asks confused.

"What do I do? I make sure there's some chalk in the crates!"

"Oh." Yuffie raises an eyebrow, 'I think this guy inhaled too much chalk dust or something.

"It sounds neat, but it's really not."

"Yeah um.. listen...Could you like... Go away now?" Yuffie tries to ask as kindly as possible.

Rick shrugs his shoulders, "Sure, I'll be back with your check in a few minutes."

Yuffie groans and drops her forehead to the side of the table. 'What an idiot I have for a waiter. I think my IQ just dropped.'

"That... was interesting."

Yuffie sits up straight and glares at Cloud, "Interesting? That guy has a room temperature IQ!" Yuffie sighs and rubs her temples. After starring at the man across from her for a moment, Yuffie decides to go ahead and ask, "Say... you wouldn't happen to have any money on you, would you?"

Cloud's brows raise ever so slightly, "No. You don't have any money." He wasn't asking her, he was merely stating it.

Yuffie gulps nervously before shaking her head, "No, no, no. Of course I do!" She tries to pull off the most innocent smile she can, but it turned out to be just the corner of her lips twitching, as if she was unsure of what she wanted to do. "Um... I need to go..." Yuffie rolls her eyes upward to help her think, "...to the bathroom! Yea! I need to go to the bathroom." Yuffie announces before standing up, "So you just wait here. I'll be right back okay?"

Cloud doesn't respond, although he wouldn't have had time to even if he wanted. Yuffie quickly ran off behind him. Cloud shakes his head after a moment and waits. "Excuse me, waiter?" Cloud glances over to his right to see a young man calling for a waiter's attention, "Where's the bathroom?"

"Sorry. This cafe doesn't have one. You'll have to try somewhere else."

Cloud's eyes narrow in suspicion, 'She didn't have any munny so she left me here to work it off.' If he had to work it off, than she should have to also. He'll find her and drag her back to the cafe. Standing up from his seat, Cloud quickly glances around before heading towards the direction Yuffie went. It doesn't take him long to find her. She's sneaking around the corner of the cafe, evidently she had walked around it so she wouldn't be seen leaving while Cloud had just walked out.

Walking quickly towards the ninja, he reached out and grabbed her arm before she got the chance to take off. Yuffie gave out a loud 'yelp' of surprise before seeing that it's only Cloud. "GAWD! Don't do that! Hey, how'd you manage to sneak up on me?" As an afterthought she asks, "And what're you doing here? You're suppose to be at the table."

"Trying to run off without paying?" Cloud asks coldly.

Yuffie opens her mouth to reply but is cut off. "There they are! Those two officer!" Rick their waiter shouts from the entrance of the cafe. "They left without payeen'!"

"Oh crap!" Yuffie exclaims before taking off.

Cloud glanced from the officer running his way to Yuffie's retreating form. Not really knowing the punishments on this planet, Cloud decides to take a chance and takes off after Yuffie.

Aerith couldn't help but giggle a little at Yuffie, "Oh poor Cloud. You dragged him into trouble." Though she usually takes things seriously, Aerith can't help but find humor in the story.

Yuffie rolls her eyes at the older woman, "I'm so glad you so concerned. It's not like it's my fault. Isn't the guy suppose to pay for the food anyway?"

Aerith shakes her head, an amused smile still on her face, "That's on a date Yuffie. Ans even then, that's not necessarily true. It's just what guys usually do."

"Well how am I suppose to know?"

"Don't worry." Aerith says, "I'll call the owner of the cafe tomorrow morning and ask about the payment. We're regular costumers so I'm sure he'll be alright with this incident." Aerith reassures. Aerith's face brightens as she suddenly remembers what she wants to tell Yuffie, "Oh Yuffie! Guess what?"

"What?"

"Leon and I found a place for us! Leon's going to call about it tomorrow. If we're lucky we'll be able to move in this week! Isn't that great?"

Yuffie smiles and nods her head, "Uh... Yeah... Of course it is Aerith. So what's it like?" Aerith takes a seat on Yuffie's bed and begins telling her all about their new home.

"So we might be moving again sometime this week." Leon explains, having decided to forget about the whole 'cafe incident'. Cloud just nods his head once in understanding. Leon rolls his eyes at the blond haired man, "I'm glad to see you're so excited about it." He comments sarcastically.

"You want me to prance around the room?" Cloud asks, his eyebrows raising slightly.

Leon just rolls his eyes at Cloud, "If I saw you doing that, I'd have to believe my sanity is gone."

Ring! Ring! Ring! "Hello, Hello?"

"Hey old man! You won't believe it! I sold one today! Ha! And you said I lacked the social skills!"

"Oh? Did you get the asking price for it?"

"Well... Not exactly. There was this couple and I kind of slipped up."

"A couple huh?"

"Yeah... There was this real hot chick."

"Oh no.."

"Yeah..."

"You're hopeless."

"Yeah..."

"... So you slipped up? How much?"

"Um... about seven hundred and fifty dollars."

"Oh... How will I survive now? That money is going to cost me food, I'll waste away till there's-"

"Shut up old man. I don't have time for your exaggerations. I called to tell you that they'll be calling you about the house. When they set up a meeting, contact me and let me know when. Make sure you tell them, "Mr. Hyuaga will meet with them."

"Hyuaga? Sigh... When I said to change you're name, I meant to use something that isn't close to the real thing."

"What? Hyuaga and Hyuga aren't close. They sound completely different."

"You're a nincompoop, Yuri"

"And your a freaky old troll, Roger."

(Whistles innocently) Yeah um... Heh heh. That's the end of this chapter. (Jumps out of the way of the flying tomatoes.) Um wait, wait, wait! Okay. Here's a little trivia question for ya! The people on the phone are not made up characters, they're from a different game however. Who can guess what game? First person to guess correctly gets... um... I'll grant one wish, as long that it doesn't mess with the fic. So no making me kill anyone, and no asking me to make the fic into Clouffie or Squaffie, since that's already been figured out. So other than that, I can make some sort of scene that you want. Well that's it everyone. TTNC! Review please!