Woot! I finished chapter 6, and it's posted! :D Enjoy reading! ^_^


Chapter 6 – Kitten Cloud

The next morning found Cloud fast asleep in Yuffie's room, in the doll house, when it was still the ungodly hour of o'dark hundred. Yuffie roused herself. She was going to have to be quick if she wanted to catch as many heartless as she wanted before breakfast that morning. One thing Leon and the others never knew was that Merlin had discovered a drove of heartless and Yuffie had followed him silently. He'd been meaning to tell Leon about it when she's popped up and offered to take care of it. A powerful fire spell later and the drove was burning and she was quickly taking out the escaping heartless that were pouring out by the hundreds.

Quickly dressing Cloud in that days' outfit she then disappeared out the window. She had a few hours until dawn.


Cloud awoke that morning feeling very warm, and a lot larger than normal. Stretching, he very quickly became aware of the fact that he was lying on Yuffie's duvet cover and it was already time everyone was up. A knock on the door had Cloud looking at it as it opened to reveal Cid. "I was told to come and get you for breakfast," he grumbled and chuckled when he saw the blond on the bed. "My god… this is something I never thought I'd see."

"What?" Cloud asked in confusion and pushed himself upright, almost overbalancing and blinking when he realised just how far his arms could extend. "What the hell?"

Sighing, Cid walked over and picked the small blond up before walking over to the mirror on Yuffie's wardrobe.

Cloud stared at his reflection in shock. He was in a kitten suit. A two centimetre thick padded kitten suit, that was his exact shade of yellow. Where the hell did Yuffie get these outfits? And when did she get Cloud into this one? "I'm…"

"…A cat," Cid finished with a snort of amusement.

Cloud reached up a padded paw and pulled it off his hand before reaching up to touch a furry blond cat ear that was looking quite solid. "This is so weird."

"I agree. Come on, let's get you down to breakfast," Cid grumbled and left the ninja's room.

Cloud put the paw back on as they were walking down the stairs. Aerith squealed when she saw the small fighter and flew forwards, snatching him from Cid's hands to crush Cloud in a hug. "You're so cute!"

Leon just blinked at the odd scene before him before going back to his coffee with an amused smirk and a shake of his head. Cloud clutched at his head, highly disorientated by the sudden movement and nuzzling to his head that was happening. "Aerith…" he moaned eventually and she immediately stopped, holding him up at arm's length to scrutinise him with a smile.

"You really are cute. Yuffie really outdid herself this time around."

Cloud sighed heavily and blew a stray spike out of his eyes. "Thanks…"

"Now, Cloud, what would you like for breakfast?" Aerith asked as she put the blond down on the bench.

"Something," he replied and attempted to stand upright in the padded kitten suit. "I feel like a big blob of cuteness," Cloud grumbled and gave up, giving into the shape of the suit and curled up on the bench with a yawn, the pads providing enough comfort to lie comfortably.

Aerith giggled and went around cutting up some cheese and carrot sticks, along with some milk and other things for her friend before placing them on a plate. "Here you are Cloud."

"Thanks," he said and sat up, pulling the paws off and began eating with little difficulty.

Leon stood up and walked over, placing his coffee cup in the sink to be washed at a later date while he eyed off the blond curiously. Eventually he scowled and reached over to gently lift the padded Cloud off the bench.

"Hey, what are you…!" Cloud began as he was gently turned and lifted to eye-level with the brunette.

"I'm sorry Cloud, I just have to do this," Leon apologised with a grimace and held their smallest charge in both hands. "It's just too tempting."

"What are you talking about?" Cloud asked curiously and squeaked as he felt the padded suite being squeezed around his torso. "Leon!"

"That's kind of cool…" said brunette responded with a curious look as he continued to gently squeeze repeatedly.

Cloud blushed and glared at the other fighter. "Shut up and put me down."

Leon smirked in amusement but complied with the request, a tell-tale gleam to his eyes as his fingers gently tugged on the blond ears.

"Ow… ow! Hey, ow!" Cloud protested as his hair was yanked.

"She actually attached them to your hair?" he asked in amazement as cloud batted his fingers away while clutching at his abused scalp.

"Unfortunately, yes," the blond grumbled and crawled back over to where his food was sitting. "She's probably the only one that knows how to get them off too."

"Probably," Aerith sighed and began cleaning up breakfast. "Speaking of Yuffie, I hope she got something to eat before she left."

"Knowing that girl more than likely," Cid grunted as he finished his coffee.

Aerith nodded and left everything on the sink to dry by itself after having been washed up. "I'm going to go find Patch and put him outside."

"Alright," Leon answered with a nod and cleaned Cloud's plate as the last piece of food was finished, leaving it to dry on the sink with the others.

Aerith walked out of the kitchen and Cloud got up to wash his hands before putting the paws back on.

A few minutes later the brunette woman walked in with a book. "I can't find him so maybe he's already put himself out?"

"Maybe," Leona greed and turned to walk out of the kitchen door. "Come on Cid, we've got rounds to do."

Cid grumbled and stood up. "Fine. Later Aerith, Spike."

"Bye," Aerith waved while Cloud just watched them go. "Well, now they're gone I think I want to finish my book."

"I'll come in with you," Cloud said and grumbled quietly to himself as Aerith picked him up to cart into the lounge room with her and sat him down on a cushion beside her.

"Here you are. Just tell me if you want anything, alright?"

Cloud nodded and yawned, curling up on the cushion. "Sure."

Aerith smiled and opened her book to start reading. When quiet snores reached her ears she looked down and giggled. Cloud really was too cute in that outfit for his own good. Resting a hand on her friend, she gently scratched his head with a finger and went back to her book.

Leon walked back through the front door sometime before lunch and found Aerith in the lounge room, her nose stuck in a book. She looked up as he put his gunblade down by the door. "Welcome back."

"I ran into Yuffie. She'll be back for lunch."

Aerith nodded and stood up, putting her book down where she was previously sitting. "Cloud's asleep. Let's go into the kitchen and I'll make some tea."

Leon nodded and followed her as she led the way into the kitchen.

"Where's Cid?"

"Fixing something for someone. I don't know the details but it'll take him a few hours."

"Alright," Aerith said with a sigh as she boiled the jug. "Any luck on finding the heartless information from Tron?"

"No, unfortunately," Leon sighed. "There's no information about Rouge Book Heartless anywhere on that computer. They must have evolved after Ansem the Wise."

The brunette woman sighed again as she poured the tea. "I wonder how long he'll be stuck like this."

"Until Merlin gets back at the very least, as far as we know."


Cloud shifted in his sleep as he slowly carted himself out of his dreams. For some reason he felt like he was swaying… Maybe Aerith was moving him somewhere. The movements stopped and Cloud curled up around himself again. He wasn't quite ready to wake up just yet.


Aerith felt panic zip through her as she walked out into the lounge room and Cloud was gone. "…Cloud?" she called as she walked over to look in the indentions in the couch. Maybe he'd rolled into one of them? "Cloud!" she called again when she couldn't find him, her panic growing. "Cloud!"

"What's wrong?" Leon asked as he emerged from the kitchen.

"Cloud's gone," she blurted out and ducked down to check under the couch. "We were only talking for five minutes. How could he disappear?" She jumped up again and Leon watched as Aerith ran around in a panic. "Cloud!"

Leon raised a hand to stop her and sighed when she rushed out of the lounge room. Hand dropping, Leon walked over to where he'd seen Cloud sleeping before and knelt down, eyes narrowing as he spotted a white hair on the blue couch. Maybe…

Getting up, he walked over to Patch's basket and shook his head with a smile as he noticed the small yellow ball of fluff that was being licked my Merlin's large cat.

Patch growled a warning at Leon as he pulled Cloud closer.

"Alright you, let Cloud go," Leon sighed as he reached a hand forward to pluck Patch rather ungracefully by the ruff and held him up in the air.

Patch hissed and made a swipe for Leon's hand, meowing loudly in agitation when he missed and made another swipe.

Leon watched in amusement. "You're a fowl tempered thing, aren't you?" Patch just growled deep in the back of his throat and glared at the man holding him.

Cloud groaned and blinked slowly, coming back to consciousness. "Why does my cushion smell like cat…?"

"Probably because you're in the cat basket," Leon explained in amusement.

The blond blinked and sat up groggily. "Why am I here?"

Patch yowled unhappily in Leon's grip as the brunette reached forward to pluck the smaller blond out of the basket.

"Oh shush you," he snapped as he dropped Patch back in his basket that was now Cloud free. "Come on, let's go and find Aerith before she starts tearing her hair out."

Cloud yawned and rubbed his eyes sleepily. "Okay…"

Leon chuckled and began scratching the blonde's head with a finger, smirking when Cloud whimpered and let his head fall forward. "You know, you're kind of cute like this."

"Shut it," the shrunk fighter grumbled and closed his eyes again.

"Aerith!" Leon yelled loudly and there was a loud crashing from upstairs.

"Did you find him?" she called frantically.

"Yes!"

"Oh thank goodness!" The brunette woman raced down the stairs and plucked him from Leon's hands to hug the blond. "Where was he?"

"Kidnapped by Patch."

"You know, I am right here," Cloud grumbled.

"I'm so sorry Cloud."

"Hey guys, I'm back!" Yuffie called happily as she bounced through the front door. "Cloud!" she squealed happily and rushed forward to look at him more closely. "I was right! You do look cute in that outfit! Why are you wet?"

"Patch," Leon explained and Yuffie frowned.

"Damn, now I have to wash the cat suit."

"Is that all you were worried about?" Cloud shrieked and beat his fists on Aerith's hands. "I could have been eaten!"

Yuffie grinned and plucked him from the brunette's hands. "Nah, he's smarter than that."

"What's in the bag?" Leon asked curiously and pointed at the plastic bag she had on her arm.

Yuffie smirked and tapped the side of her nose. "You'll see. It's for me to know and you to find out."

Well, it's been a long day but I managed to get enough munny to go shopping so prepare for lots more outfits in the future. Kitten Cloud is adorable! Unfortunately Patch (Merlin's cat) found him while I was out exterminating heartless so the outfit needs a wash. I'll do that tonight. Anyway, I'm exhausted so I'll talk to you all tomorrow. Later!

Greatestninjaever~!