Chapter 10: To protect
Disclaimer: I don't own Final fantasy.
He tossed and turned in his bed all night, he couldn't bring himself to sleep, not from all the events that had happened.
Tifa's back story really bothered him, and he admired her even more that she was able to endure all of that without losing her sanity. His eyes hardened again when he thought about Kadaj and his gang, how they have tortured her, even raped her, he was furious and he swore to himself that he will protect Tifa.
"Make sure she doesn't get into any more fights Cloud, she has violent tendencies when provoked and she loses self control, like what happened to that schoolmate of yours. But she could be much worst than that. Please watch out for her."
He remembered Sephiroth saying that to him. It made him want to protect her even more.
Then he remembered her face, her smile, her cry, images of Tifa was flashing through his mind causing him to blush and hide his face in his hands like a love struck elementary school boy.
How embarrassing. He thought.
Tifa woke up to an annoying alarm sound. But it was not the same buzzing sound from her old one, instead, it was the muffled sound from the loud mouth of a certain red head yelling insults to his bald headed partner in crime outside the hall. She groaned then covered her head with a big fluffy pillow.
"Hey Tifa! Breakfast is ready yo!" Reno pounded her door and she bolted up groaning once again.
"Yeah yeah! I'm coming!" She blew her bangs away from her eyes.
She got ready for school, this time, in her real appearance, her dark blue school jacket was not loose anymore but it showed off her curves, her black dress shirt has one button opened and her bow tie is a little lose. Her skirt is now shorter, it was now showing her creamy legs, she wore a black knee high socks and brown school shoes. Her hair is loose, bangs are now even and greatly showed off her pretty face.
She greeted everyone at the dining hall and was surprised at what she saw, they were all somehow wearing Midgar High's uniform. She furrowed her brows. Sephiroth wore his jacket which was opened all the way showing his neatly placed tie, his hair tied loosely on his back in a ponytail, Genesis and Angeal wore theirs the same way but the ties were loose. Reno kept his jacket opened as well but he didnt wore his neck tie while Rude was all prim and proper, but wore several earring on both ears. Elena wore everything perfectly except there was no bow tie and the skirt is shorter. Rufus wore everything in order and it was screaming 'Shinra heir' when you look at him, and Tseng wore his uniform like what a good student should be.
"Might want to welcome us to our new school?" Rufus said with a smirk.
"What...?" Her mouth fell open.
"We'll be staying here so might as well continue our senior year here." Elena said happily as she popped a grape to her mouth.
"What about your parents?!" Tifa asked suddenly. The all laughed.
"Rufus used his charms, as usual." Reno said while stabbing his pancakes then shoving it to his mouth. Tifa looked at Rufus then he shrugged in the most classy manner. Tifa shook her head.
"Okay...?" Sephiroth, Genesis, Angeal, Rude and Tseng smirked at her face.
"We better get going or we'll be late." Tseng said looking at his watch. Sephiroth waved a toast at Tifa's face, she said thanks and took it along with her towards the front door. They all got inside the cars then drove off.
Cloud was quietly getting his needed books in his locker while being surrounded by a bunch of giggling girls, he rolled his eyes.
"Cloud!" He looked at his left to see Aeris and the rest coming his way. He closed his locker and walked towards them.
"Have you seen Tif-" Zack stopped and looked ahead, Cloud saw his eyes widen, he furrowed his brows then looked at the direction he was looking at, his eyes widened as well.
Tifa appeared from around the corner and was now walking in the middle of the hall, her hips swayed with every step, hair swaying gracefully, her face wearing a dashing smile as she caught sight of them, every student turned their heads on the hot newcomer, he felt himself drooling a little so he licked his lips then he returned her smile but it melted when he saw eight more people appearing from the corner. They all started walking behind her, each one of them smirking. Everyone turned their heads at the scary looking group, some even backed away slowly. Some of them noticed the young heir and the name 'Rufus Shinra' was whispered repeatedly.
"What are they doing here?" Zack asked.
"And why are they wearing the school uniform?" Vincent asked.
"And why are they all smirking?" Yuffie asked.
"You guys!" Aeris said cheerfully and ran towards the group. They all smiled at her.
They all gave their greetings. Cloud and Tifa looked at each other and smiled.
The news of the beautiful newcomer was non other than the geeky Tifa Lockhart spread like wildfire throughout the school. The boys who were making fun of her before was now drooling over her, and the girls, specially Scarlet, were scoffing at the sight of her, they were jealous, extremely jealous, specially when the prince of the school, Cloud Strife, was following her around all day.
"I talked to the school board and they allowed the bodyguards to surround the school since I am attending here as well." Rufus said calmly as he ate his lunch. They all nodded.
"Thank you so much for doing this Rufus..." Tifa said to the heir smiling, Rufus smiled back.
"It's not a problem, I will help as much as I can. You are the only real friends I've got, everyone wanted to be my friend because of my status, but not you guys, and for that I am grateful."
It was true, when they met Rufus they would always decline his offers which would involve money, they would treat him like a normal highschool student and they would insist to treat him and pay for him while they were out instead of the other way around. It was actually the first time they said yes to his offer to stay at their mansion, but it was because of Tifa's safety so they didn't have a choice on the matter.
The day was over without any problems, except for Reno and Rude causing a scene at the school grounds, again. They all went home, but Cloud decided to go to the Shinra mansion for the day.
"This will be the death of me!" Cloud sratched his head in frustation over his calculus homework. Tifa giggled at him. They were in Tifa's study table inside her room.
"Here let me help you." She was now behind him and looked over at his paper when he turned his head around only for his face to bump on her chest. He yelled and fell off his chair landing on his butt in the process.
"Oh my God! Are you okay?" She held her hand on her mouth to stop herself from laughing. He stood up then rubbed his bottoms.
"Ha ha very funny Teef." He looked at her with a fake angry pout then she burst out laughing. He laughed as well then started chasing her around the room while she yelped.
Sephiroth was walking down the hall and walked past at Tifa's door when he heard her muffled giggling and yelping from behind the door. He smirked and shook his head then went on his way.
Cloud caught her by the waist then pulled her to the bed and they started rolling while laughing hysterically, just then, Reno opened her door then poked his head in time see Cloud on top of a laughing Tifa, they both looked and stood up hastilly, Reno gave them a sinister smirk.
"Hey Cloudy, don't forget this yo!" He threw something at Cloud's direction and he caught it. Both of them looked at it and their eyes widened.
"You idiot!" Tifa shouted then ran after the red head while he cackled.
Cloud felt his forehead sweat as he stared at the piece of condom he held in his hand.
A/N: Why the hell was Reno carrying a condom around? Because he's Reno!