Title: The Kadaj Chronicles
Author: Chibi Envy Chan
Pairing(s): Cloud/Kadaj, later on Zack/Cloud/Kadaj, Rude/Reno, Vincent/Yazu, Yuffie/Aerith, LozxTifa, TsengxElena, RufusxScarlet, Wesley(OMC)/Hikari(OMC), Sephiroth/?
Warnings: shounen ai, male/male relationship, spoilers for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Summary: Christmas has finally arrived for the Strife household. What did Cloud get for Kadaj? Does it have any secret meaning? Who is this one-winged angel?

There will be male/male relationships. You have been warned repeatedly.

Episode Fourteen: Talking Animals

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"Yazu, what are you doing?"

The long haired clone glanced over his shoulder before resuming what he was doing. "What do you think I'm doing?"

Vincent looked from the clone to the pot and then to the stove. "You don't need to eat."

"Thank you for the memo. I don't, but you do, and I'm not going to let you eat that slop you call breakfast." Yazu continued to stir the pot, not allowing it to settle and burn. He didn't make a lot as only one person in the residence ate. Said person ate moderately unlike some people who had black holes for stomachs.

The former Turk frowned. What was wrong with his breakfast? It didn't take long to prepare and could keep longer. He moved to the table, his red cape floating behind him. From his viewpoint, he could see a large bowl near the pot. Was he making soup?

Yazu felt someone watching him and turned his gaze upon the dark haired man. He didn't feel threatened, but at the same time, he was uncomfortable. While he was used to being watched out of fear or hatred, he wasn't used to curious and friendly watching, outside of his brothers.

Vincent still had his Turk skills. As he took a seat, he noticed Yazu turning off the stove. The stuff was thick as it plopped into the bowl. Was it gruel or something else? No, Yazu wouldn't do that to him.

"Eat up." The clone placed a bowl in front of the older gunner.

It had to be oatmeal. That would explain the fresh fruit nearby. Vincent could do without them for awhile, but Yazu had other things on mind. It was definitely healthier than his instant noodles. "Thank you." With his metal hand or claw, he carefully dropped the pieces of fruit into his bowl and started eating once it was cool enough.

Meanwhile, Yazu began cleaning up the kitchen. Unlike his brothers, he kept their place clean. Loz was the worst of them, not having learned good habits. Kadaj could be clean when he wanted to be. He hated not being able to find things, and when he couldn't, he started cleaning up whatever area happened to be nearby. The middle clone observed his host eating his healthy meal in silence.

"Since when did you learn how to cook?" Vincent asked after a long period of silence. He wasn't one for cooking, but being a Turk, he learned how to survive. It might not taste good, but at least it was edible. Not that he complained.

What brought about this question? "If I wanted something to eat, I needed to cook it myself. Loz can't be trusted in a kitchen, and Kadaj tends to be overenthusiastic about it. Trust me, you don't want either of them to cook for you."

Vincent paused in his eating. "Is that why Loz has yet to enter my kitchen?" He allowed his metallic arm to rest upon the table.

"Yes," Yazu replied. "He somehow managed to blow up a fridge and microwave at the same time. Don't ask how. I don't know nor do I want to." He puttered around the kitchen, reminding Vincent of a housewife. If he valued his manliness, then he should keep such thought to himself.

"Yaz, Yaz, Yaz!" A frantic Loz shouted in the next room as he searched for the younger clone erratically, causing things to fall. As his place was sparse, there weren't many items he could break.

The middle clone shook his head when he heard more banging. He wondered how long it would take for Loz to realize he was in the restricted kitchen. It was entertaining to say the least.

However, Vincent didn't find it amusing. He moved into his living area to salvage his home. While it wasn't expensive, they made it his home. He looked down at the frightened clone and before he could say anything, he nearly fell over in shock as Loz clung to him.

"There's a talking porcupine!" The clone wailed and hugged the former Turk tighter.

"Animals can't talk," Vincent sighed. He could feel the onset of a migraine. Yuffie on a sugar high was tolerable.

"What about Red XIII?" Loz asked tentatively. His unnatural green eyes stared into crimson ones.

"… I'll go take a look," Vincent reluctantly agreed. Soon after, he felt the strong arms let go.

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Things are coming together. Who did Loz see? What is Vincent going to do about the 'talking porcupine?' Will Chibi ever find a plot to this?

Or for that matter, post regularly?