"Final Fantasy * Suicide Kings"
Chapter Two: "Tomorrow"
by nuri (gel_edge@hotmail.com)
{Author's Note}
This is just a stupid fanfic. It should only be read by smart, open minded people, but probably no one at all. It involves the characters from FF7 (which is copyright of Square, but yo, this fic ain't gonna make any money, believe you, me) and a weird "twist" of course. A previous knowledge of FF7 IS required, I guess, but I added a lot of made up stuff and real life non-made up stuff. All I ask is that you don't flame me, cause flames aren't worth ANYONE'S time. : 9
BTW, I guessed there were more towns built after the events of FF7 : D
{End Note.}
Nuri Medeiros was back the jobs board, waiting. The sun felt horrible today, and it Kalm's location didn't help. There were no trees to shade anything... The other job-seekers were feeling the intense heat almost as much as Nuri was...
"Aren't you rich?" One man cried to another.
"Why do you need the job?!" A woman shouted.
"Why don't you just shut the fuck up and keep this line moving?!" A teenager shouted.
"You wanna make me?!" An old man yelled in reply.
Nuri sighed and rolled her eyes. She walked down the stairs, and Cloud, also waiting, surprisingly follwed her. "What's your problem?" He confronted her.
"They're up there squabbling like babies. I hate it." She sighed, wiping the sweat from her brow. She smoothed down her leather jacket. She noticed a small announcement beside her foot... it must have fallen down from all the commotion... 'Chocobo Ranch for sale - See Chocobo Billy, 2 hours from Kalm Southeast'. She placed it into her pocket.
"Yeah." He nodded, breaking her thoughts.
"You feel the same way about those people?" She looked up at him, with a small smile.
"Yeah."
"Hey."
"Yeah?"
"Stop saying yeah all the time." Nuri replied.
"Ok." he nodded, looking up at the job posts.
"You should go, if you really need the money, hero." She said softly, sitting upon a wooden gate.
"Who says I need the money?!" He said, annoyed.
"Just a thought, no need to get angry. You wouldn't be here if you didn't need the money, right? Right." Nuri looked back at him and pulled back some loose strands of hair from her face.
"..." He didn't respond, and Nuri sighed, shaking her head.
"RIGHT."
"Hmn?" Nuri looked at Cloud. He looked at her, wondering if she had said anything too.
"RIGHT, DAMN IT!" A firm hand grabbed the back of her jacket and pulled her backwards off the gate onto the ground. She shakily got up, but a foot kept her on the ground.
"Sin!" Nuri cried, looking up at the face above her.
"Right." Sin smiled evily. "Nergal. Capture him. Sephiroth will be pleased..."
"Right." Nergal smiled. Cloud backed away from her grip.
"He's back?!!" he cried, pulling his ultima sword from off his back.
"How can a wimp like you wield that thing?" Nergal frowned. "Oh well. When I capture you, I'll take that sword of your's, too."
"Don't you dare touch him." Nuri warned. She pulled Sin's foot from her chest and knocked her onto the ground. Nergal laughed at the challenge.
"She's patheic and weak too. How refreshing. A FIGHT!" Nergal laughed. Sin pushed her friend aside. "Nani?"
"No. She's mine. Take him." Sin smiled.
"Nuri...?" Cloud whispered, looking at her. She shook her head and looked at him. "Why are you doing this? Are you insane?"
"Sin, c'mon! FIGHT ME!" Nuri cried. Sin smiled and started to build up a massive amount of energy in her right hand. Before Nuri could react, it sliced her shoulder.
"It's not nice to hit other ladies!" A flash flew by Nuri, knocking Sin to the ground. Nergal watched, dumbfounded.
"What was that?!" Cloud cried, looking around.
His blue mako filled eyes focuses on a blonde man in a blue jacket. He had goggles around his forehead and weird, blonde hair...
"Are you okay, miss?" The stranger smiled brightly at Nuri.
"Are you an absolute MORON?!" Nuri cried.
"Mm..." he put a finger to his lips. "Not that I know of." He started laughing, "Momma didn't raise no fools."
"Cid?!" Cloud cried. He ran to the man, but found him to be a much younger man... around his age probably...?
"Cid? Is that what you call all men you don't know, miss?" He said to Cloud, smiling. Cloud didn't like the glint in this man's eyes and looked away with a sneer.
" 'Miss' ?" Cloud gritted his teeth.
"Potekyon!" Nuri shouted, interrupting the boys. Nuri's body filled with bright pink colored energy, circulating in a cylinder around her. The energy transferred up into the air until it hit a high point in the sky, sparkling off in all directions. The energy then transferred into comets, hitting the Sin and Nergal at a fast speed.
"Argh! I hate that attack of your's!" Sin spat. "Nergal! Stop standing there and help me! We made a deal, remember! I own your skinny ass until they're all MINE for the killing!"
"But that hurt!" Nergal spat back. "I want to go home!"
"Twit!" Sin sneered. "Nuri! This isn't over yet! Nergal, do it!"
Nergal nodded, throwing a last attack before she and Sin left, "Dark Mars Fire Ignite Fire Soul!" The attack hit the blonde newcomer.
"Dude!" Nuri cried. She took off her jacket and started hitting him until the fire was out.
He looked up at her, surprised. "Hey... you saved me."
Nuri looked around to see if Cloud was still there... He was, and watching carefully. Nuri kicked the blonde newcomer, "Yeah! Well, no thanks to you! Why'd you interfere?"
"Because you looked liked you needed help. Say 'thank you' at least!" He folded his arms and looked away. Nuri shook her head. "Oh, I'm Tobias, by the way. Tobias Carollston." He put out his hand to be shaken. She accepted it, hesitating at first.
"Nuri Medeiros." She nodded. She took a step back, waiting for Cloud to introduce himself.
"Hey! You're... Cloud, right? I saw you in the papers awhile back." Tobias smiled. Cloud nodded, as he always did whenever people recognized him. "Man... you and some fine woman saved the world."
"Fine woman? You mean Tifa?" Cloud raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah... the bar owner chick, right? Damn, she's fine. Could use some more clothes though, unless she likes men to think those kind of thoughts about her..." Tobias rambled on.
"Hey now. Don't talk trash like that about her." Cloud fronted.
"Sorry," Tobias smiled, "Why you hatin? She your woman or somethin?"
"Gods!" Nuri interrupted, "You are SUCH a ... a... MAN!" She stormed off angrily.
"Well, anyway." Tobias shrugged.
"She ain't my woman." Cloud replied to Tobias's earlier comment. "She's just a friend."
"Burn..." Tobias smirked, "I bet she'd be hurt if she heard you say such a thing."
Cloud sighed, holding his head, "Whatever..."
Nuri walked straight into a Chocobo Rental on the outskirt of Kalm.
"Hi miss!" An old man energetically said to her, "Can I help you in finding yourself a fine bred Chocobo? We have plenty to choose from! Old, young, weak, old, young, old... weak.. uh... Miss?"
"I'll take this one." She pointed to a yellow chocobo in the stable. He shook his head.
"Fine choice! His name is Marsden... that'll be 1500 Gil, miss." The old man said. She paid him and led out Marsden to the road. "Thank you!" He shouted to her, "Have a nice day!"
She took the chocobo and tied him to a fence as she scanned the area for any sign of Cloud.
'I wonder...' She thought, 'How he feels about what.. I'm doing for him. I don't mean to intrude, but... I have to get Sin back. I just have to... she's done too much... to me.'
"Nuri?" A familiar voice said softly. It was Cloud. He seemed slightly annoyed, yet relieved for some reason. Marsden warked and started pecking at the ground.
"Cloud... where are you and Tifa stayng?" Nuri said slowly. She still wasn't sure about Cloud's relationship with the 'fine woman' as the womanizing anti-feminist Tobias put it.
"It's not just us, okay? We're not fucking each other's brains out or anything!" He snapped.
"Sorry... I didn't know. I didn't mean to imply that." She stared at her boots for a moment.
"Nuri..." He felt bad for snapping at her. It's not like she could have known.
"Listen, I just wanted to tell you, you and her have a safe place to stay." She gave him the flyer. "Sin and her friends will be looking for you." He took it and scanned it over.
"I've been here before. Business there is really slow. Once you see someone you never see them again." Cloud thought outloud.
"If you want, you can take this chocobo there. It'll be easier for you." Nuri untied the reigns from the fence and gave it to him.
"Why are you doing all this for me?" He said softly.
"It doesn't matter." She said softly, in reply.
"What's your connection? I know you must have one." He urged, "You can't be all that shrouded in mystery. Nuri, just tell me."
"Just go, Cloud... please. Okay? I'm going to stay here tonite to see if Sin--"
"Sin! That's it. Your rival!"
"Stop analyzing everything!" Nuri snapped, "Jesus, just ... whatever. I'm trying to be nice, call it something to thank you for saving the world last year!"
They stood there, in silence for awhile... staring at their boots.
"I'll come and see you tomorrow to see if everything's okay." She said softly.
"Okay." She walked off before he could say anything more. He rode on the chocobo out of Kalm.
Nuri walked back to the bulletin boards, seeing the crowd died down a bit.
"Hey, Nuri, right? Of course!" It was Tobias standing behind her. ugh.
"Hey... uhm..." She remembered, "Tobias."
"Hey, you probably hate me, don't you?" He teased. She didn't answer. "Pretty lady."
"Why are you here anyway?" Nuri asked, raising her eyesbrow.
"I was looking for work. Just like you." He smiled.
"You're not 'just like me'." Nuri scowled. He wrapped his arms around her at her shoulders and bounced around on his heels.
"Listen, seeing as though we're perfect for one another, I think we should work together." He said happily. "I'm a good fighter. You're a good fighter."
" 'And it's all about the he said she said bullshit '?" Nuri smirked.
"Aw, c'mon." Tobias said, "What do you have to lose? I'll help you fight those women."
"What's in it for you?" Nuri questioned.
"I get to spend time with you! DUH."
Nuri removed his arm then turned around to face him. "You have to fight me first."
"Hey, I don't wanna hurt you." he joked.
"Sorry, but I feel differently about that." Nuri smiled, "Hand to hand."
"Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you." He stiffled a laugh.
Nuri took the first swing at his face, but Tobias evaded and counterattacked, punching her in the stomach. She took a step back to catch her breath.
"Sorry, babe!" He took a step forward to see if she was okay, but she gave him a swift roundhouse kick in the chest. He stumbled back into the rail beside the stairs. He ran towards her, but she threw a right cross-- and missed. He rammed into her with his shoulder into the bulletin board.
"Ahh--!" She collided with it, and it fell behind her. A piece of it cut her arm. A crowd was beginning to form.
"Maybe I'll take it a bit lighter on you..." Tobias smirked.
"Bastard..." She sighed, catching her breath and holding her wound. She was losing...
She started up, launching a kick to his chest. He evaded it, but she caught herself and swept his feet from under him. He fell to the wooden planks hard. With a sly smile, he pulled her feet from under her. She started kicking at his face until he let go.
Nuri stood up, holding her arm. "I hate you."
He smiled as he stood up, and bandaged her arm. "I guess that means I get to come along."
She made a 'Yeah-you-can-come-along-but-I-still-hate-you-and-one-day-I'm-going-to-beat-your-ass' sigh as he finished wrapping her arm.
"Hey, I'm really sorry though. I didn't mean for you to get hurt like this."
"I've had worse." She replied.
"So, where to, oh, leader of mine?" Tobias chuckled.
"It's getting late so we should find an inn to stay at." Nuri said.
"You work fast!" He said, excitedly. "Okay, but it has to big bed."
"You're such a pervert." Nuri lowered her eyes.
"Pretty lady." Tobias chimed again.
"I'm going to sleep. We leave at dawn. If you're not here by then, I'll leave you." Nuri walked to the inn, leaving Tobias standing there.
"Hey!" A random passerby shouted. "Who broke the damn board?!"
Tobias inched away, not far behind Nuri.
Apsu scowled at Sin and Nergal. "Sin, I thought you were going to take care of him."
"I want to crush him, immediately!" Sephiroth commanded. Nergal flinched.
"Sephiroth!" Apsu hissed, "You are not allowed to command my warriors in such a manner."
"My apologies... Aspu..." he sighed.
"My lord," Sin bowed, "I deeply apologize for my last two failures. I shall attempt--"
"No." Apsu stopped her. "I shall send Nabu and Marduk this time. You must rest, my most reliable warrior. Nergal, return to your quarters as well."
"My lord." Sin and Nergal bowed, then walked out of the throne room.
"Is she alive?" Sephiroth questioned. Apsu raised an eyebrow. "The Cetra."
"Yes. Holy ressurected her as I ressurected you." Apsu answered.
"But... why?" Sephiroth walked to the window.
"For you to live again, there had to be balance." Apsu sat down in her royal throne. She rested her head on her hand.
"But I am an Ancient!" Sephiroth retorted. "I AM the balance!"
"You are NOT." Apsu silenced him. "The Cetra of the name Aeris is the ultimate good while you, Sephiroth, are the lowly ultimate evil of the world one year ago. You can only make your status higher by killing those who defeated you."
"Cloud..." Sephirtoh clenched his fist.
Cloud returned to Marietta Inn where he and his friends were staying.
"Cloud!" Aeris said happily as he walked in. "How was job hunting? I would have come with Tifa to see you, but she wouldn't let me. I made 100 gil selling flowers today! Isn't that great?"
"That's great, Aeris." Cloud gave a weak smile, sitting down on one of the beds. "Everyone, we have to talk, right now."
"Cl-LOUD!" Yuffie whined. "I'm kicking Tifa's ass at this game! Can't it wait?"
"No." Cloud said.
"This must be serious." Vincent stood beside the window with Barret and Red XIII. Cid looked up from his bed. Cait Seth bounced to a nearby spot onto the bed.
"Sephiroth is... alive." Cloud said. Everyone gasped, not believing it.
"No..." Aeris gasped, holding her stomach... "No... it's not fair..." Tears fell from her eyes. "It's all my fault!"
"No, Aeris!" Tifa said, "It's not your fault! Cloud, are you sure about this?"
"At Kalm, he had these Henchwomen try to capture me. But... they weren't successful." He sighed. "He's going to come back for all of us."
"Throwed!" Yuffie shouted angrily.
"We're all going to move into this farm." He handed the announcement of the Chocobo Ranch to Aeris. "We'll be leaving as soon as possible, so get yout things ready."
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Cloud?" Vincent asked.
"We can't let Sephiroth take out his revenge on us." Cloud replied, grabbing his duffel bag.
"This must be related to why I'm alive again." Aeris said softly.
"Don't sweat it, Aeris." Barret reassured her. "We'll all try not to make the same mistakes again."
"Again..." Red XIII said softly. Vincent nodded slowly.
"Let's get ready to go at noon tomorrow." Cloud said.
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Tobias was all ready waiting with a chocobo as Nuri walked to the former locale of the jobs board. He looked up at her with a smile.
"Pretty lady." He chimed, "Let's go."
"One chocobo?" Nuri sweatdropped.
"With you in front!" He smiled, seemingly glowing.
"You're so...!" She stopped, "...Oh! I can't even think of any insults for you anymore!"
"Pretty lady!" He got onto the chocobo and reluctantly, she did also. He happily put his arms around her stomach tightly.
"Don't get too comfortable, okay?" She warned him.
"Ok..." He moped.
Time passed quickly as the two made their way to the Chocobo Ranch.
"Hey! Look! Nuri, look!" Tobias screamed happily, "It's that fine woman!"
"I'm only pretty..." She said softly, moping.
"Damn, she looks good." He smiled. Nuri elbowed him in the stomach. "But, hey! Too bad I don't have a chance with her! Ow..."
"Nuri!" Cloud waved. "Hey!"
"Cloud." She waved back to him.
"Cloud, who are they?" Aeris whispered.
"Friends." He smiled.
They all stopped to get acquainted with one another.
"...But we're on our way there now." Cloud explained to Nuri.
"Okay. Tobias and I will join you then, if that's okay." Nuri smiled.
"It's fine." Cloud smiled in return.
Aeris and Tifa watched. "Who IS that?" Aeris whispered.
"I don't know... Cloud...?" Tifa whispered.
"Nuri... the sky." Tobias interrupted them. The sky started to darken and clouds formed.
"DARK SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
Thunder started to storm down, and everyone attempted to get out of the way...
"They're back!" Nuri cried. "Tobias, get ready!"
"I'm all over it!" Tobias replied, standing next to her.
The thunder started to storm down harder, breaking the Earth. A huge chasm started to form, getting deeper and deeper at each strike of lighting and pound of thunder.
"It's so deep!" Tifa stood back. "And... huge!"
"Aa--" Tobias started.
"This is no time for your sexual innuendoes, Tobias." Nuri warned.
"DARK MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!"
A deep mist started forming around them...
"Cloud! Are you okay?" Nuri cried.
"We're okay!" He cried in reply.
"Hm... the spikey one is Cloud." A female voice said.
"Interesting. We'll have some fun with them ... before they all die." Another replied.
"Damn it..." Nuri shivered. "We're helpless in this mist. Like sitting ducks..."
"It's okay, Nuri. We're going to make it." Tobias reassured her.
"TEMPEST!" The entire area was covered in ice, and high amounts of wind.
"Shit--!" Nuri stuttered, losing her footing. She feel back into the chasm...
"Nuri!!!" Tobias screamed. "Nuri! Nuriiiii--!!!"
"What?!" Cloud cried. "No!"
"Come here to your makers..." A voice taunted in Cloud's direction.
"You...!" Cloud gritted his teeth. He pulled off his sword and started attempting to cast a fire spell.
"DARK JUPITER OAK REVOLUTION!" The spell hit Cloud hard, sending him into the chasm as well.
"Cloud!" Aeris and Tifa shouted.
"We have to get past this mist!" Red XIII cried.
"What are we going to do?!" Yuffie screamed at him.
"Cyclone Force!" Tobias cried. He swung his sword forward, creating a huge cyclone of air. It took care of the mist so they all could see who they were dealing with...
"We are the Opposito Senshi!" The two women cried.
"I'll kill you for what you did to Nuri!" Tobias tightened the grip on his sword.
"Same here for Cloud!" Cid shouted. Everyone agreed and got into their battle positions.
"This will be interesting." The blue haired female smirked.
"Highly." The brunnette smiled.
end chapter two
To Be Continued
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nuri's note: How come no one read this fic, like, ever? O.o Is it THAT bad or does no one like the idea of the FF7 charas being protected? Must they all die?! Augh! *throws fists in the air*
Chapter Two: "Tomorrow"
by nuri (gel_edge@hotmail.com)
{Author's Note}
This is just a stupid fanfic. It should only be read by smart, open minded people, but probably no one at all. It involves the characters from FF7 (which is copyright of Square, but yo, this fic ain't gonna make any money, believe you, me) and a weird "twist" of course. A previous knowledge of FF7 IS required, I guess, but I added a lot of made up stuff and real life non-made up stuff. All I ask is that you don't flame me, cause flames aren't worth ANYONE'S time. : 9
BTW, I guessed there were more towns built after the events of FF7 : D
{End Note.}
Nuri Medeiros was back the jobs board, waiting. The sun felt horrible today, and it Kalm's location didn't help. There were no trees to shade anything... The other job-seekers were feeling the intense heat almost as much as Nuri was...
"Aren't you rich?" One man cried to another.
"Why do you need the job?!" A woman shouted.
"Why don't you just shut the fuck up and keep this line moving?!" A teenager shouted.
"You wanna make me?!" An old man yelled in reply.
Nuri sighed and rolled her eyes. She walked down the stairs, and Cloud, also waiting, surprisingly follwed her. "What's your problem?" He confronted her.
"They're up there squabbling like babies. I hate it." She sighed, wiping the sweat from her brow. She smoothed down her leather jacket. She noticed a small announcement beside her foot... it must have fallen down from all the commotion... 'Chocobo Ranch for sale - See Chocobo Billy, 2 hours from Kalm Southeast'. She placed it into her pocket.
"Yeah." He nodded, breaking her thoughts.
"You feel the same way about those people?" She looked up at him, with a small smile.
"Yeah."
"Hey."
"Yeah?"
"Stop saying yeah all the time." Nuri replied.
"Ok." he nodded, looking up at the job posts.
"You should go, if you really need the money, hero." She said softly, sitting upon a wooden gate.
"Who says I need the money?!" He said, annoyed.
"Just a thought, no need to get angry. You wouldn't be here if you didn't need the money, right? Right." Nuri looked back at him and pulled back some loose strands of hair from her face.
"..." He didn't respond, and Nuri sighed, shaking her head.
"RIGHT."
"Hmn?" Nuri looked at Cloud. He looked at her, wondering if she had said anything too.
"RIGHT, DAMN IT!" A firm hand grabbed the back of her jacket and pulled her backwards off the gate onto the ground. She shakily got up, but a foot kept her on the ground.
"Sin!" Nuri cried, looking up at the face above her.
"Right." Sin smiled evily. "Nergal. Capture him. Sephiroth will be pleased..."
"Right." Nergal smiled. Cloud backed away from her grip.
"He's back?!!" he cried, pulling his ultima sword from off his back.
"How can a wimp like you wield that thing?" Nergal frowned. "Oh well. When I capture you, I'll take that sword of your's, too."
"Don't you dare touch him." Nuri warned. She pulled Sin's foot from her chest and knocked her onto the ground. Nergal laughed at the challenge.
"She's patheic and weak too. How refreshing. A FIGHT!" Nergal laughed. Sin pushed her friend aside. "Nani?"
"No. She's mine. Take him." Sin smiled.
"Nuri...?" Cloud whispered, looking at her. She shook her head and looked at him. "Why are you doing this? Are you insane?"
"Sin, c'mon! FIGHT ME!" Nuri cried. Sin smiled and started to build up a massive amount of energy in her right hand. Before Nuri could react, it sliced her shoulder.
"It's not nice to hit other ladies!" A flash flew by Nuri, knocking Sin to the ground. Nergal watched, dumbfounded.
"What was that?!" Cloud cried, looking around.
His blue mako filled eyes focuses on a blonde man in a blue jacket. He had goggles around his forehead and weird, blonde hair...
"Are you okay, miss?" The stranger smiled brightly at Nuri.
"Are you an absolute MORON?!" Nuri cried.
"Mm..." he put a finger to his lips. "Not that I know of." He started laughing, "Momma didn't raise no fools."
"Cid?!" Cloud cried. He ran to the man, but found him to be a much younger man... around his age probably...?
"Cid? Is that what you call all men you don't know, miss?" He said to Cloud, smiling. Cloud didn't like the glint in this man's eyes and looked away with a sneer.
" 'Miss' ?" Cloud gritted his teeth.
"Potekyon!" Nuri shouted, interrupting the boys. Nuri's body filled with bright pink colored energy, circulating in a cylinder around her. The energy transferred up into the air until it hit a high point in the sky, sparkling off in all directions. The energy then transferred into comets, hitting the Sin and Nergal at a fast speed.
"Argh! I hate that attack of your's!" Sin spat. "Nergal! Stop standing there and help me! We made a deal, remember! I own your skinny ass until they're all MINE for the killing!"
"But that hurt!" Nergal spat back. "I want to go home!"
"Twit!" Sin sneered. "Nuri! This isn't over yet! Nergal, do it!"
Nergal nodded, throwing a last attack before she and Sin left, "Dark Mars Fire Ignite Fire Soul!" The attack hit the blonde newcomer.
"Dude!" Nuri cried. She took off her jacket and started hitting him until the fire was out.
He looked up at her, surprised. "Hey... you saved me."
Nuri looked around to see if Cloud was still there... He was, and watching carefully. Nuri kicked the blonde newcomer, "Yeah! Well, no thanks to you! Why'd you interfere?"
"Because you looked liked you needed help. Say 'thank you' at least!" He folded his arms and looked away. Nuri shook her head. "Oh, I'm Tobias, by the way. Tobias Carollston." He put out his hand to be shaken. She accepted it, hesitating at first.
"Nuri Medeiros." She nodded. She took a step back, waiting for Cloud to introduce himself.
"Hey! You're... Cloud, right? I saw you in the papers awhile back." Tobias smiled. Cloud nodded, as he always did whenever people recognized him. "Man... you and some fine woman saved the world."
"Fine woman? You mean Tifa?" Cloud raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah... the bar owner chick, right? Damn, she's fine. Could use some more clothes though, unless she likes men to think those kind of thoughts about her..." Tobias rambled on.
"Hey now. Don't talk trash like that about her." Cloud fronted.
"Sorry," Tobias smiled, "Why you hatin? She your woman or somethin?"
"Gods!" Nuri interrupted, "You are SUCH a ... a... MAN!" She stormed off angrily.
"Well, anyway." Tobias shrugged.
"She ain't my woman." Cloud replied to Tobias's earlier comment. "She's just a friend."
"Burn..." Tobias smirked, "I bet she'd be hurt if she heard you say such a thing."
Cloud sighed, holding his head, "Whatever..."
Nuri walked straight into a Chocobo Rental on the outskirt of Kalm.
"Hi miss!" An old man energetically said to her, "Can I help you in finding yourself a fine bred Chocobo? We have plenty to choose from! Old, young, weak, old, young, old... weak.. uh... Miss?"
"I'll take this one." She pointed to a yellow chocobo in the stable. He shook his head.
"Fine choice! His name is Marsden... that'll be 1500 Gil, miss." The old man said. She paid him and led out Marsden to the road. "Thank you!" He shouted to her, "Have a nice day!"
She took the chocobo and tied him to a fence as she scanned the area for any sign of Cloud.
'I wonder...' She thought, 'How he feels about what.. I'm doing for him. I don't mean to intrude, but... I have to get Sin back. I just have to... she's done too much... to me.'
"Nuri?" A familiar voice said softly. It was Cloud. He seemed slightly annoyed, yet relieved for some reason. Marsden warked and started pecking at the ground.
"Cloud... where are you and Tifa stayng?" Nuri said slowly. She still wasn't sure about Cloud's relationship with the 'fine woman' as the womanizing anti-feminist Tobias put it.
"It's not just us, okay? We're not fucking each other's brains out or anything!" He snapped.
"Sorry... I didn't know. I didn't mean to imply that." She stared at her boots for a moment.
"Nuri..." He felt bad for snapping at her. It's not like she could have known.
"Listen, I just wanted to tell you, you and her have a safe place to stay." She gave him the flyer. "Sin and her friends will be looking for you." He took it and scanned it over.
"I've been here before. Business there is really slow. Once you see someone you never see them again." Cloud thought outloud.
"If you want, you can take this chocobo there. It'll be easier for you." Nuri untied the reigns from the fence and gave it to him.
"Why are you doing all this for me?" He said softly.
"It doesn't matter." She said softly, in reply.
"What's your connection? I know you must have one." He urged, "You can't be all that shrouded in mystery. Nuri, just tell me."
"Just go, Cloud... please. Okay? I'm going to stay here tonite to see if Sin--"
"Sin! That's it. Your rival!"
"Stop analyzing everything!" Nuri snapped, "Jesus, just ... whatever. I'm trying to be nice, call it something to thank you for saving the world last year!"
They stood there, in silence for awhile... staring at their boots.
"I'll come and see you tomorrow to see if everything's okay." She said softly.
"Okay." She walked off before he could say anything more. He rode on the chocobo out of Kalm.
Nuri walked back to the bulletin boards, seeing the crowd died down a bit.
"Hey, Nuri, right? Of course!" It was Tobias standing behind her. ugh.
"Hey... uhm..." She remembered, "Tobias."
"Hey, you probably hate me, don't you?" He teased. She didn't answer. "Pretty lady."
"Why are you here anyway?" Nuri asked, raising her eyesbrow.
"I was looking for work. Just like you." He smiled.
"You're not 'just like me'." Nuri scowled. He wrapped his arms around her at her shoulders and bounced around on his heels.
"Listen, seeing as though we're perfect for one another, I think we should work together." He said happily. "I'm a good fighter. You're a good fighter."
" 'And it's all about the he said she said bullshit '?" Nuri smirked.
"Aw, c'mon." Tobias said, "What do you have to lose? I'll help you fight those women."
"What's in it for you?" Nuri questioned.
"I get to spend time with you! DUH."
Nuri removed his arm then turned around to face him. "You have to fight me first."
"Hey, I don't wanna hurt you." he joked.
"Sorry, but I feel differently about that." Nuri smiled, "Hand to hand."
"Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you." He stiffled a laugh.
Nuri took the first swing at his face, but Tobias evaded and counterattacked, punching her in the stomach. She took a step back to catch her breath.
"Sorry, babe!" He took a step forward to see if she was okay, but she gave him a swift roundhouse kick in the chest. He stumbled back into the rail beside the stairs. He ran towards her, but she threw a right cross-- and missed. He rammed into her with his shoulder into the bulletin board.
"Ahh--!" She collided with it, and it fell behind her. A piece of it cut her arm. A crowd was beginning to form.
"Maybe I'll take it a bit lighter on you..." Tobias smirked.
"Bastard..." She sighed, catching her breath and holding her wound. She was losing...
She started up, launching a kick to his chest. He evaded it, but she caught herself and swept his feet from under him. He fell to the wooden planks hard. With a sly smile, he pulled her feet from under her. She started kicking at his face until he let go.
Nuri stood up, holding her arm. "I hate you."
He smiled as he stood up, and bandaged her arm. "I guess that means I get to come along."
She made a 'Yeah-you-can-come-along-but-I-still-hate-you-and-one-day-I'm-going-to-beat-your-ass' sigh as he finished wrapping her arm.
"Hey, I'm really sorry though. I didn't mean for you to get hurt like this."
"I've had worse." She replied.
"So, where to, oh, leader of mine?" Tobias chuckled.
"It's getting late so we should find an inn to stay at." Nuri said.
"You work fast!" He said, excitedly. "Okay, but it has to big bed."
"You're such a pervert." Nuri lowered her eyes.
"Pretty lady." Tobias chimed again.
"I'm going to sleep. We leave at dawn. If you're not here by then, I'll leave you." Nuri walked to the inn, leaving Tobias standing there.
"Hey!" A random passerby shouted. "Who broke the damn board?!"
Tobias inched away, not far behind Nuri.
Apsu scowled at Sin and Nergal. "Sin, I thought you were going to take care of him."
"I want to crush him, immediately!" Sephiroth commanded. Nergal flinched.
"Sephiroth!" Apsu hissed, "You are not allowed to command my warriors in such a manner."
"My apologies... Aspu..." he sighed.
"My lord," Sin bowed, "I deeply apologize for my last two failures. I shall attempt--"
"No." Apsu stopped her. "I shall send Nabu and Marduk this time. You must rest, my most reliable warrior. Nergal, return to your quarters as well."
"My lord." Sin and Nergal bowed, then walked out of the throne room.
"Is she alive?" Sephiroth questioned. Apsu raised an eyebrow. "The Cetra."
"Yes. Holy ressurected her as I ressurected you." Apsu answered.
"But... why?" Sephiroth walked to the window.
"For you to live again, there had to be balance." Apsu sat down in her royal throne. She rested her head on her hand.
"But I am an Ancient!" Sephiroth retorted. "I AM the balance!"
"You are NOT." Apsu silenced him. "The Cetra of the name Aeris is the ultimate good while you, Sephiroth, are the lowly ultimate evil of the world one year ago. You can only make your status higher by killing those who defeated you."
"Cloud..." Sephirtoh clenched his fist.
Cloud returned to Marietta Inn where he and his friends were staying.
"Cloud!" Aeris said happily as he walked in. "How was job hunting? I would have come with Tifa to see you, but she wouldn't let me. I made 100 gil selling flowers today! Isn't that great?"
"That's great, Aeris." Cloud gave a weak smile, sitting down on one of the beds. "Everyone, we have to talk, right now."
"Cl-LOUD!" Yuffie whined. "I'm kicking Tifa's ass at this game! Can't it wait?"
"No." Cloud said.
"This must be serious." Vincent stood beside the window with Barret and Red XIII. Cid looked up from his bed. Cait Seth bounced to a nearby spot onto the bed.
"Sephiroth is... alive." Cloud said. Everyone gasped, not believing it.
"No..." Aeris gasped, holding her stomach... "No... it's not fair..." Tears fell from her eyes. "It's all my fault!"
"No, Aeris!" Tifa said, "It's not your fault! Cloud, are you sure about this?"
"At Kalm, he had these Henchwomen try to capture me. But... they weren't successful." He sighed. "He's going to come back for all of us."
"Throwed!" Yuffie shouted angrily.
"We're all going to move into this farm." He handed the announcement of the Chocobo Ranch to Aeris. "We'll be leaving as soon as possible, so get yout things ready."
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Cloud?" Vincent asked.
"We can't let Sephiroth take out his revenge on us." Cloud replied, grabbing his duffel bag.
"This must be related to why I'm alive again." Aeris said softly.
"Don't sweat it, Aeris." Barret reassured her. "We'll all try not to make the same mistakes again."
"Again..." Red XIII said softly. Vincent nodded slowly.
"Let's get ready to go at noon tomorrow." Cloud said.
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Tobias was all ready waiting with a chocobo as Nuri walked to the former locale of the jobs board. He looked up at her with a smile.
"Pretty lady." He chimed, "Let's go."
"One chocobo?" Nuri sweatdropped.
"With you in front!" He smiled, seemingly glowing.
"You're so...!" She stopped, "...Oh! I can't even think of any insults for you anymore!"
"Pretty lady!" He got onto the chocobo and reluctantly, she did also. He happily put his arms around her stomach tightly.
"Don't get too comfortable, okay?" She warned him.
"Ok..." He moped.
Time passed quickly as the two made their way to the Chocobo Ranch.
"Hey! Look! Nuri, look!" Tobias screamed happily, "It's that fine woman!"
"I'm only pretty..." She said softly, moping.
"Damn, she looks good." He smiled. Nuri elbowed him in the stomach. "But, hey! Too bad I don't have a chance with her! Ow..."
"Nuri!" Cloud waved. "Hey!"
"Cloud." She waved back to him.
"Cloud, who are they?" Aeris whispered.
"Friends." He smiled.
They all stopped to get acquainted with one another.
"...But we're on our way there now." Cloud explained to Nuri.
"Okay. Tobias and I will join you then, if that's okay." Nuri smiled.
"It's fine." Cloud smiled in return.
Aeris and Tifa watched. "Who IS that?" Aeris whispered.
"I don't know... Cloud...?" Tifa whispered.
"Nuri... the sky." Tobias interrupted them. The sky started to darken and clouds formed.
"DARK SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
Thunder started to storm down, and everyone attempted to get out of the way...
"They're back!" Nuri cried. "Tobias, get ready!"
"I'm all over it!" Tobias replied, standing next to her.
The thunder started to storm down harder, breaking the Earth. A huge chasm started to form, getting deeper and deeper at each strike of lighting and pound of thunder.
"It's so deep!" Tifa stood back. "And... huge!"
"Aa--" Tobias started.
"This is no time for your sexual innuendoes, Tobias." Nuri warned.
"DARK MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!"
A deep mist started forming around them...
"Cloud! Are you okay?" Nuri cried.
"We're okay!" He cried in reply.
"Hm... the spikey one is Cloud." A female voice said.
"Interesting. We'll have some fun with them ... before they all die." Another replied.
"Damn it..." Nuri shivered. "We're helpless in this mist. Like sitting ducks..."
"It's okay, Nuri. We're going to make it." Tobias reassured her.
"TEMPEST!" The entire area was covered in ice, and high amounts of wind.
"Shit--!" Nuri stuttered, losing her footing. She feel back into the chasm...
"Nuri!!!" Tobias screamed. "Nuri! Nuriiiii--!!!"
"What?!" Cloud cried. "No!"
"Come here to your makers..." A voice taunted in Cloud's direction.
"You...!" Cloud gritted his teeth. He pulled off his sword and started attempting to cast a fire spell.
"DARK JUPITER OAK REVOLUTION!" The spell hit Cloud hard, sending him into the chasm as well.
"Cloud!" Aeris and Tifa shouted.
"We have to get past this mist!" Red XIII cried.
"What are we going to do?!" Yuffie screamed at him.
"Cyclone Force!" Tobias cried. He swung his sword forward, creating a huge cyclone of air. It took care of the mist so they all could see who they were dealing with...
"We are the Opposito Senshi!" The two women cried.
"I'll kill you for what you did to Nuri!" Tobias tightened the grip on his sword.
"Same here for Cloud!" Cid shouted. Everyone agreed and got into their battle positions.
"This will be interesting." The blue haired female smirked.
"Highly." The brunnette smiled.
end chapter two
To Be Continued
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nuri's note: How come no one read this fic, like, ever? O.o Is it THAT bad or does no one like the idea of the FF7 charas being protected? Must they all die?! Augh! *throws fists in the air*