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Chapter 9: Beginning of a Journey
Tifa opened her eyes and squinted as the sunlight hit her in the face. 'Ugh, it's morning already.' She moved a little and noticed an arm resting across her body. 'What the…' She sat up, looked over to her right side, and saw a head of blonde hair. Suddenly, realization of the previous night came to her. 'Oh my god!' She screamed in her mind as she leaned too far off the edge of the bed and fell on the ground with a loud thud. A small groan of annoyance came from the man that was previously sleeping on the bed. A small ruffling sound was heard as Tifa saw the sheets moving.
Cloud groaned in annoyance as he heard the loud noise that woke him up from his relaxing sleep. He sat up and noticed the body that was supposed to be next to him was missing. He crawled over to the edge of the bed and looking down, seeing Tifa laying on the floor with discomfort. He found it slightly amusing to see her jaw drop with shock and those wine colored eyes widen. He propped an elbow on the bed and put his head in his hand with a smirk. "So did you roll out of bed while you were sleeping? Or were you actually clumsy enough to trip while getting out of bed?"
She sat up and gave an annoyed look as she furrowed her brows. "Haha, very funny." She rubbed her bottom and said a small "ow" as she stood up. Tifa looked out of the window and then gave a loud groan as she put her hands on her head.
Cloud raised a brow. "What?"
"I wasn't supposed to spend the night! I was supposed to just hang out and then leave. Papa and Mama are gonna be so furious!"
Cloud sat up and shrugged, "You were tired and it was past midnight, of course you would be fall asleep. Hey, I'm surprised you actually woke up right at sunrise."
Tifa sighed. "Well, I gotta rush back home. I'll see you in a bit." She opened the window and climbed out. She gave a quick wave and smile as she closed the window and climb down the building.
Cloud sighed. "I need more sleep." He muttered to himself as flopped back onto the bed.
-Tifa-
Tifa panted as she reached for the door to her house. The sprint from the Inn to the house was pretty tough in her opinion. She pulled the door open and walked into the kitchen, seeing Shera at the stove already making breakfast and Cid walking in as he was putting on his shirt.
"So where have you been for the last hour?" Shera asked with a sly smile.
"Jogging." Tifa said as she bent over a little to catch some air. 'Luckily I stopped by the well and splashed some water on me really quick.'
"For an hour?" Cid raised a brow as he took a seat in his chair.
"Wow, an hour?" She walked over to Shera as Shera handed her a full cup of water. "Guess I didn't notice the time pass by so quickly." She shrugged and swallowed a large gulp water, finishing half of the cup.
"Well, glad you got your exercise, not go wake up Vincent. I don't know how you do it Tifa. That kid, no matter how much I try to get him up, he just won't budge." Cid said with an annoyed sigh.
Tifa gave a laugh, "I got this." She winked as she brought her half full cup with her to Vincent's room. She slowly opened the door and looked around. "Dang, this place needs some light." She muttered to herself as she looked at the almost completely dark room. She walked over to the left wall and slid the curtains open, bringing a great amount of sunlight into the room. A small groan of annoyance could be heard coming from Vincent as he pulled the blankets over his head.
"Wakey, wakey Mr. Vampire." She said in a singsong voice.
A grumble was all that he gave.
"Vincent," Tifa put the cup down on the table, "wake up." She said as she tried shaking him awake.
"Ugh." He turned over onto his side.
"Vincent." She said in a slightly louder voice.
An irritated grumble was heard as he tried going deeper under his covers.
"Okay~ you asked for it." Tifa grabbed the cup and poured the half empty cup all over Vincent.
"AH!" He jolted upright as he felt the cold liquid seep through his blankets and onto his skin and clothing. "What the—" He looked at his soaked clothes and gave Tifa a deadly look. "Tifa…" He said in a warning tone.
She slowly backed away. "Well…" She put her hands up and in a 'surrendering' manner, "I tried to get you up, but you just wouldn't budge so I…bye!" She turned around and tried running away, but she wasn't quick enough to escape from Vincent's room.
Vincent quickly flung his blankets out of his way and jumped at Tifa, tackling her to the ground. He rolled her over and pinned her to the ground.
Tifa gave a small squeal as she found herself pinned. She looked up and gave an innocent grin. "Sorry?"
He smirked. "Not gonna work this time."
"Geez, no fair!" She pouted.
Vincent couldn't help but notice how cute she looked when she made that pouting face and when she pursed her lips like that. The way she grinned and how the light danced in her eyes. He just couldn't understand how she could be so amazing—with her beauty, intelligence, strength, and caring character—how was it that someone could be so…wow.
Tifa looked up at him and noticed that Vincent was in a little trance of his own. She was about to open her mouth to snap him out of it, but the look he had in his eyes made her freeze. It was such a deep look that was simply too hard for her to describe. Not once has she noticed how deep his red eyes were, until now. She slowly turned from his eyes and looked at his other features that she didn't really notice before. She thought it was kind of attractive as to the way his slightly wet hair clung to the side of his face. She trailed her eyes down his neck and to his chest. 'Wow…' She thought to herself as she saw his chest. The top three buttons to his sleeping shirt were undone and she could see how built he was. The water that she splashed on him only made his shirt cling to his muscular build even more. 'Has he always been this built?' She trailed her eyes back to his face, 'and this good looking?' She blushed at the thought.
Tifa cleared her throat as she tried to get out of this now awkward position. "Vincent." She called out.
Vincent snapped out of his thoughts and looked down at her. "What?"
"You've been uh…pinning me down for a while now." She said as she turned her head to the side—slightly embarrassed to look at him in the eyes.
"Oh." He rolled off of her and sat on the ground.
"Well…" Tifa stood up, "I'm gonna go wash up and eat. Don't just sit there all day now; we have a long trip ahead of us." She said with wink as she walked out the room and shut the door behind her.
Vincent sat still on the floor and put a hand over his mouth. "Geez, what was I doing?" He muttered to himself as his face turned a little pink.
Tifa walked out to the back of the house and fetched some water from the well to wash her face. She splashed water on her face and looked at her blushing reflection. 'What was that?' She yelled in her mind as she tried to get the recent event that wouldn't stop her face from turning red out of her thoughts.
"Tifa!" Shera called out to her from the doorway.
"Yes?"
"Hurry up and come eat! You need all the food you can get!"
"Okay!" She quickly poured out the water and headed back inside the house.
Tifa sat down in her chair and Vincent sat in his rightful chair as well. She tried her best to avoid eye contact to prevent her face from turning red once again.
"So kids—"
"Hey guys!" Zack flung the door open and his voice boomed through the house, cutting off Cid from what he was gonna say. "Guess who I found on the way here?" He moved out of the way and in stepped Yuffie, Aerith, and Cloud.
"What a surprise." Vincent said in a sarcastic voice.
Zack gave him a quick glare, "Well anyways, they didn't eat yet either so I thought I would bring them here for food." He said with a grin.
Cid raised a brow, "First, you come barging into my house and interrupting me from what I was gonna say and now you're inviting people to eat at MY house?"
"Yup!" He gave a wink and a charming smile.
"What if we don't have enough food?"
"But Mrs. Sierra always has extra food for outsiders just in case!" Zack insisted.
"That's true Cid." Shera said with a grin as she set plates for their guests.
Cid turned to his food and grumble to himself—saying something along the lines "rude, unrespectful brat" and "one day I'll give that kid the worst beat down…"
Tifa giggled as she heard Cid's complaints. She smiled at Yuffie, Aerith, and Cloud as they sat down across from her at the table and as Zack slid into the seat on her right.
"Wow Mrs. Sierra, this looks amazing!" Yuffie said with glee as she looked at the rice and fried fish on her plate.
"Well dig in then." Shera said with a smile as she took her seat next to Cid and began eating her breakfast.
After breakfast, Tifa and Vincent went to their rooms and came back with their bag for the journey. With that, all of them walked from the house to the entrance of the village, where the villagers were waiting to see them off.
Yells and cries of "Tifa" came from the guys, "Zack" cries came from the girls, while "Nanaki" cries came from the kids.
Cid smirked as he nudges Vincent. "And aren't you Mr. Loner over here, with no fans."
Vincent turned and gave an equal smirk. "I'm not the only one without a fan club Mr. No Fans."
Cid turned and grumbled to himself once again with something along the lines of "stupid, take everything to the butt, gotta one up me brat."
After Tifa, Zack, and Nanaki's fans left, everyone said goodbye to the other villagers. The villagers wished them for a safe journey and that they would come home safe and sound.
"Well, now that all the villagers are gone, we wanted to wish all of you a safe trip." Cid said as Shera nodded her head with a sweet smile. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything for you guys. Midgar is a tough area—thievery, murder, fights—you'll hav to deal with all of those over here. So helping the slums and finding info on Sector 7 will be a hard task. Just don't give up and eventually, we'll be able to take down Jenova and ShinRa." The group nodded in understanding. "Don't forget that you're all each other have, so don't turn your back on one another and remember—none of you are getting left behind."
"Yes sir."
"Zack."
"Yes sir?"
Cid had a slanted smile. "You may be a pain in the ass,"
"Gee, thanks."
Cid sighed, "You need to listen before replying! As I was saying, you may be a pain in the ass, but I trust you enough to let you go on this mission and I know you won't disappoint me."
Zack grinned. "Thanks!" He went up to Cid and gave him a big hug.
"Okay, okay, let go." After all these years, Cid was still a man that wasn't good with affection. "Cloud, Aerith, and Yuffie."
"Yes sir." They said in unison.
"I honestly don't know you all at all, but you were recommended greatly from Barret. And I trust his judgment, I'll I'm putting my trust in you three as well."
Cloud gave a smirk, Aerith gave a wide smile, and Yuffie gave a huge grin and a perky "Yes sir!"
"Nanaki." Cid bent down as the red lion stepped forward. "Be good and remember; attack and protect."
Nanaki roared in reply and Cid pet him on the head with a smirk on his lips.
"Vincent."
Vincent nodded.
"You'll always be a part of this family. No matter what happens, you're always welcome back."
"I thought that was given." He replied with a smirk.
Cid smirked. "Yeah, and if you don't stop being so damn cheeky with me, maybe you won't be allowed back!"
"Well we can't figure that out until I get back right?" Vincent cocked his head to the side as his smirk grew wider.
Cid nodded with a slanted smile. "Yeah." He turned to Tifa. "Now, you're turn."
"Well, what do you have for me?" She asked with a grin.
He put a hand on her head and gave a soft smile. "Don't forget where you come from, ever."
Tifa gave a slow nod as a look of determination found its' way to her eyes. She gave a smirk to match her determined eyes, "Definitely."
Cid dropped his hand and turned to the group with serious look. "This is goodbye, but you all better come back. And now is the beginning of your journey." He said with a smile that a leader would give to inspire and raise the hopes of his people.
Alright!
Here's chapter 9! :D
hope you guys liked it x]
sorry it's so short! i kinda ran out of ideas :( haha nad i've been so off track. So turns out i wasn't gonna be as busy as i thought these past few weeks and i COULD have updated but...i was too busy being a lazy person and watching tv x] but at least i finally updated right? :D
Okay, sooo if there's errors, i'm sorry :/
oh snapppppp Cloud flirty? o.O
Vincent and Tifa! :O
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Chibi Emo-Chan: Haha, well youi don't have to be upset anymore, i finally updated :D Thank you! ^^
tatoo26: haha i liked Vincent and Zack's moment as well x] you're vacation is over already? mine just started! :O danggg. awww well hope you find some time! p.s Our Own Fairytale is updated if you haven't found out ;] chapter 10 came out a while ago. :)
Tifa4Buhay: Glad you liked last chapter! Hope you like this one as well :)
fantasydreamer94: Oh why i'm glad you lied it :) haha sweet i was trying for the shifting thing and was hoping it turned out all right ^^ oh well the bed thing...that's explained in this chapter right? :D if not...then woops... :O well it was just that she was tired lol imean it WAS past midnight and they did just get home from a long journey. heck if i was her i would knock out like that x] loll well about the tattoo thing, i'm still iffy. haha my mom wants a new one for herself though. Well i'm just kinda afraid like what if i don't want it anymore in the future? removing is painful TT^TT
Eclipse Storywriter: haha i know right? ughhh unemotional characters are too hard to write ;( ahahaha yes yes cloti fluff lol ohhh what if Tifa loses? :O ohh ok thanks! i used "laying" is that correct or no? ughh i hate that word :(
Well... i honestly don't know when i'll be updating lol but the updates might be faster since i'm on break :) but it will just depend on how lazy i'm being x]
well hope you guys liked it!
Thanks everyone! :D
until next time!
- sportiegrl out~
