*This was the first fanfic
I ever attempted to write... I couldn't find my original copy... (lost
it SOMEWHERE in my computer) so I tried to rewrite it as close as to the
original as I could... The Final Fantasy 7 characters do not belong to
me, even though I wish they did, so dun sue me...Enjoy*
The sun rose over the
hills where the small, quiet town of Kalm stood. Small rays of sunshine
poked through Tifa Lockheart's bedroom window, caressing her cheek softly
as she turned around, trying to hide the sun from her eyes so she could
continue sleeping. She heard a set of footsteps climbing up the stairs.
Tifa supposed it was Cloud, who had probably gone downstairs to get a glass
of water and was coming back up to join her in bed and have a very lazy,
Saturday morning. She heard the door crack open just a bit, and decided
to continue to sleep. Since she wasn't fully awake, it didn't take her
long to do so.
The shadow standing
at Tifa's bedroom door smirked evilly, realizing that she was still asleep.
It stumbled down the stairs, careful not to wake anyone else up and marched
outside.
"So, are they there?"
Cid grinned as Yuffie walked out the door of the bar, towards him.
"I couldn't find Cloud,
but Tifa's in there, still sleeping. I just had the best idea." the ninja
jumped unto the Highwind that was standing tall and proud behind Cid. The
man followed, not far behind. He found Yuffie, looking around the deck
and then going below, probably in direction of the bridge.
"What are you looking
for exactly?!?" Cid looked at the ninja curiously as she dug up from underneath
the old piles of rubbish and garbage that Cid had stuffed in a corner of
the Highwind that Shera would've never thought to look.
"Where's that damned
cat when you need him?!?" Yuffie stomped one foot to the ground, obviously
losing a little of the small patience she already had.
"Oh! You mean Cait
Sith. I think he was going to take a walk around town with Red and Vincent.
But why would you need Cait Sith?" Cid followed Yuffie as she threw her
arms exsaparingly in the airs, leaving the bridge of the ship.
"Cid, make sure the
Tifa DOES NOT wake up until I found Cait Sith... I want to have the honours
to wakwe her up." Yuffie grinned that evil grin of hers, the kind of grin
that anyone who knew Yuffie well would say it was the kleptomaniac part
of her brain, waking up and ready to do damage. Cid caught on immediately.
"Oooohhhh! I know...
You're not really gonna do THAT, are you?" Cid smirked at the ninja as
she waved at him, leaving on the search for Cait Sith. He pulled out a
lighter from his pocket and lighted a new cigarette, his third since that
morning. And it was only 8 o' clock.
In the meanwhile,
Cloud, who was always bright and early, had decided to go take a walk.
He had snuck quietly out of bed, careful not to wake Tifa, cause if she
would've known that he was walking, ALONE, in Kalm, she would've took a
heart attack But Cloud felt as though he was old enough to take care of
himself. After all, he was almost twenty-two years old. He looked around
at the small, laid-back town. Some people were already up, running some
errands, walking around. And in all this, Cloud felt like an undercover
spy, trekking around, being careful not to be seen by someone he knew that
would go tell Tifa that he was running around town without her permission.
He walked on his tiptoes, being very careful not to get noticed by anyone,
even though by doing so, he drew more attention than he didn't, when suddenly,
a giant gust of wind had swept over the city, a dark shadow covering the
light of the new day.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
WEAPON!!!" Cloud dove for cover behind a pile of old carton boxes that
were just lying around. Everyone that was around him heard the blood curdling
scream and looked up to the Heaven's above to see what was going on. All
they saw was a giant piece of metal, also known as the Highwind, passing
a few meters over the small town, to land just a couple of feet away
from it.
"Ummph.... Tourists..."
an old man past right next to the boxes where Cloud had cleverly hidden
himself after crying bloody murder. Cloud jumped out of the boxes, snorting
at the old man, giving him his best look-at-me-I'm-cool pose. Then he remembered
why he had hidden. The giant monster, also known as Weapon, was right outside
the town, waiting patiently for him to go and beat the crap out of it.
He approached cautiously, pulling out his Ultima Sword, scaring the hell
out of the old lady he was standing next to, until he was only a few feet
away from it. It looked as though it was dead. Cloud decide he wouldn't
take any chances.
"TAAAAAKEEEEE THAAAAAAT!!!!"
Cloud gave the horrible monster his biggest and bestest Omnislash he had
ever done. After having done so, he looked around at the roughly scratched
surface and the pile of 9999s lying around on the grass, a satisfying smirk
on his face, under the incredulous looks of the small crowd that had gathered
around.
"Hey you there!!! What
are-- OMYGOD!!! WHAT IN THE @%$! DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?!" Cloud turned
around to see an angry blond man running towards him, a spear in hand,
ready to chop him up in pieces.
"Whatever it is I did,
I didn't do it..." Cloud took a crouching position, putting his hands over
the top of his head. The blond man looked at him questionably, as if he
thought he had already seen him somewhere, ready to strike his spear on
the poor, unfortunate soul's head. He stopped midway through his swing.
"Cloud?!? You !?%@$!#!%@!!!
What are you doing here?" Cid recognized the other blond man by the spikes
sticking out from where his hands were. Cloud looked up to see Cid smiling
down at him. He jumped back up to his feet, taking his usual look-at-me-I'm-cool
pose. (Again)
"Oooh!!! Hi Cid!!!!!
I--I--I was just...uh... checking the Highwind's durability... Yeah that's
it..." Cloud shifted his weight nervously from one foot to the other, as
if he was a little kid who had just been caught whizzing on the school
fence.
"You said that last
time..." Cid rolled his eyes as he passed right beside Cloud and entered
the Highwind, smirking silently. Cloud always had that way to make him
laugh. "I mean, the kid's so stupid it's not even funny..." Cid walked
around the deck a few minutes, completely forgetting that Cloud had completely
destroyed the right side of the Highwind. "Whoa... wait a minute..." Cid
returned in his tracks. "Didn't he just..." Cid looked over the railing
of the Highwind, just in time to see Cloud, running back to the town like
a little idiot who had just seen a bear. "YOU LITTLE !?@%#!&#%!!! COME
BACK HERE!!!" Cid jumped back off the Highwind, engaging himself in a wild
goose chase after Cloud.
***
Vincent Valentine entered
the small materia shop in Kalm. He was finally at peace after having sent
Red XIII to the pet grooming salon, just below. He loved the quiet of this
town. Later he would have to go join the others and go eat at that restaurant
that Yuffie had suggested. Vincent particularly hated eating at restaurants,
mostly because most of the people would just stare at him like he was some
kind of got person or something. Okay, so he did admit that his red eyes,
black hair that fell down in his back, red cape and black outfit didn't
help for the matter but, hey, let them stare. He knew he was sexy- looking,
he couldn't help it. He was strung out of his reverie when he heard two
sets of footsteps climbing up in direction of the Materia shop.
"VIIIIINNYYYYYY!!!
HEEEEEELP MEEEEEE!!!! Cloud entered the Materia shop in a hurry, running
to hide behind Vincent. He gripped onto the bottom of his pants leg, almost
bringing Vincent down with him.
"Cloud!?! What are
you–" Vincent didn't have time to finish his phrase that he saw Cid, Venus
Gospel in hand, enter the Materia shop.
"Where is that little
$!#@%?!? Where is he?" Cid looked around the Materia shop, almost seeing
red. The man behind the counter ducked behind it, looking really afraid.
"Cid, what are you
doing?" Vincent approached the enraged man, cautiously. He didn't want
a Venus Gospel by the face. Cait Sith had had that experience before. He
had said it had been painful.
"That &!%@)# Cloud
destroyed the right side of the Highwind... AGAIN!!! Where is he???" Cid
continued to look around. Cloud still hung to Vincent's pants, being dragged
along by him as he slowly approached the angry blond man. He dared to speak
up.
"It wasn't me... I
was framed by... DUM DUM DUUUUH!!! Sephiroth!!! Yeah... that's it!!!" Cloud
looked around nervously at Cid, then at Vincent then back at Cid to see
if they bought it. It didn't seem to be working.
"Yeah and we're supposed
to buy that?!? Cid smirked evilly, approaching Cloud a bit, his eye¤s
almost glowing red. Vincent shifted nervously around, not knowing if he
should get out of the way or stay and protect Cloud.
"CAAAAAIIIIIIT SIIIIIIIITH!!!
WHEEEEEEEREEEEEE AAAAAAAREEEEEEE YOOOOOOOUUUUU?!?!" a loud scream was heard
from across the door. Cid slapped his forehead, recognizing the voice.
He put down his Venus Gospel and headed out the door, Vincent with Cloud
hanging by his pants leg, not far behind. The small group stepped outside
to see what all the commotion was about. They saw Yuffie, standing on her
tiptoes, screaming the bloody hell out of herself, trying to find Cait
Sith. Cid put away his spear, much to Cloud's content, and approached the
ninja.
"Shuuuut!!! We don't
want to wake up Tifa you know..." Cid whispered in Yuffie's ear. She put
a hand over her mouth, not having thought about that. She heard a small
sound, like a window opening up.
"WHAT IN THA ?!%@ IS
ALL DA RACKET ABOUT?!?!" Barret popped his head out of the window, Cait
Sith's head not far behind. The ninja looked up.
"CAIT SITH!!! THERE
YOU ARE!!!" Yuffie ran towards the building, not even giving it second
thought. Cid, Cloud and Vincent followed.
***
"So what are youz guys
doin' here, anyway??? Cait Sith tried ta explain ta me but I dun quite
trust Shinra slob." Barret shot a death glare at Cait Sith. He knocked
him over the head with his megaphone. Barret pulled out his gun arm and
pointed it at Cait Sith but Vincent got between the two of them.
"The original idea
was to take you guys, here in Kalm, out for a quiet evening dinner. Yuffie
entered Tifa's bar, saw she was still sleeping and decided she would do
something unforgivable to her, something that includes Cait Sith's megaphone.
Then, Cloud thought the Highwind was a WEAPON and attacked it with the
biggest Omnislash I ever saw him do. I started chasing him around town,
where we met up with Vincent again and we still don't know where Red is..."
Cid explained in one breath. Barret just nodded.
"I think Red must still
be at that grooming salon." Vincent thought of what Red would look like
when he got out of there. A cute little pink bow on top of his fire-red
head. He muffled a laugh. Everyone looked his way. "No... Nothing... don't
pay any attention to me..." he flushed a bright color of red. "Almost as
red as Red's fur...Ó he muffled another laugh, turning around so
no one would see him.
"Sooo... what restaurant
are a guys takin' us to?" Barret ignored Vincent's laughing fits, looking
over at Cid.
"Well, I heard there
was this great new place in Midgar. I thought we might be able to go there."
Cid started. He was caught off by Yuffie yelling after Cait Sith.
"YOU DAMNED CAT!!!
GIVE ME THAT MEGAPHONE!!! NOW!!! CAIT SITH... I DUN HAVE ALL DAY!!" Yuffie
stomped her foot to the ground as Cait Sith looked around, trying to find
where he had last put that megaphone of his.
"Are you sure we wanna
bring this whol' crazy gang to the restaurant?!?" Barret returned to Cid
after watching a bit of Yuffie trying to choke Cait Sith. He thought he
had a déjà-vu there. Cid looked at Barret with big, spooked
out eyes.
"I'm not sure I want
to anymore..."
***
Yuffie finally managed
to get Cait Sith's megaphone, which she was mostly proud of, by threatening
him a bit with the tip of her Rising Sun on the robotic cat's nose, saying
"Reeve, I know where you live..." It had worked well. Now she headed towards
Tifa's bar, again, with the whole pack of people following her, including
Red XIII, which Vincent had insisted on getting at the pet grooming salon.
She smirked at the thought of seeing Red XIII come out of the shop, with
a big pink bow on the top of his head. He had insisted on having one of
them take it off. It hadn't pleased any of them, for shaming Red XIII was
Yuffie and Cid's favorite pastime.
She opened the door
to the bar. Cloud gasped in horror seeing her do so.
"How did you do that?!?!"
he inquired, looking at the ninja in amazement, as though what she had
just done deserved an Nobel Peace Prize, if it had existed in the Final
Fantasy 7 universe.
"Someone..." Yuffie
rolled her eyes as she entered the house, the rest of the gang following,
"...left the door unlocked before leaving to take a walk this morning..."
"Oh! I knew that...
I just... wanted to see... how smart you were... Yeah! that's it!!!" Cloud
took his usual look-at-me-I'm-cool pose, again(again). Everyone sweat dropped,
including Red XIII, for whom it was usually hard to sweat drop through
all that fur.
Yuffie threw her hands
in the air, starting up the stairs. Cloud, who had been quiet up till then
started talking very loudly to Cait Sith. "Hey, Cait Sith... THIS IS MY
HOUSE!!! It makes such a loong time you didn't visit, RIGHT?!?"
"SHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTT!!!"
the rest of the gang turned around to tell Cloud to shut up as they continued
up the stairs. Arriving in front of Tifa's door she cracked it open very,
very, very quietly, with her superior ninja skills. She tiptoed inside,
right next to Tifa's bed. Pulling up Cait Sith's megaphone up to her lips,
which were curled in a devious smile, she placed it right next to Tifa's
ear.
"RISE AND SHINEEEEEE!!!"
she yelped happily as she saw Tifa scream in fright and holding her ears,
jumping almost a mile up in the air. Cid, Red, Vincent, Barret, Cait Sith,
Cloud and Yuffie, were twisted in a devious laughter, rolling on the floor,
as tears of laughter rolled down their cheeks. Tifa held a hand to her
heart, still breathing heavily from the scare Yuffie had given her. They
were so busy laughing, they didn't even notice Tifa getting up, putting
on some proper kick-some-ass clothes (putting it over her teddy bear pyjamas,
of course) and taking Premium Heart out of her sock and undergarments drawer.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!! OOOH!!!
That was a funny one, right, Tif'?" Yuffie finally took a breather from
laughing to look up at Tifa's bed. She was gone. She looked around the
room and saw Tifa, standing up, looking at the entire gang with a if-looks-could-kill-you'd-be-dead
glare as she slipped Premium Heart onto her fists. Yuffie suddenly stopped
laughing altogether and gave the others a nervous glance. They had also
noticed that Tifa wasn't laughing at their little joke. They all got up
from the floor as Tifa approached them slowly, as she would approach the
enemy. They looked at her questionably, still standing by the door, when
she went to put her steal-toe boots.
"I'll give you a head
start... Why don't you start running, if you want to save your lives?"
Tifa calmly put one boot, tied it then put the other, tied it and got up
again. She saw the others hadn't budged one bit. "You wouldn't run?!? Well,
I guess I'll have to make you run... No one... makes fun of Tifa Lockheart
in such an indecent matter." she started walking towards them, Premium
Heart in a tight ball.
"Oh SH--!!! SHE'S GONNA
USE FINAL HEAVEN ON US!!!" Cid yelped as he headed out the door, the rest
of the gang following not far behind as Tifa ran after them. They ran outside
the bar, Tifa chasing after them, fists charged up with the worst Final
Heaven the rest of the gang will have ever felt...
***
"That'll teach you
to make fun of me..." Tifa wiped her hands together, a satisfied smirk
on her face. Cid, Vincent, Yuffie, Barret, Red XIII, Cloud and Cait Sith
were all lying in a dog pile, K-Oed, eyes in swirls, having felt the worst
of the worst Final Heavens Tifa had ever done, all except for Cloud. She
had decided to treat him differently. She had given him a small knock over
the head, sending him K-O, because she knew he didn't wear his HP Plus
materia on vacation time. She took Life 2-All from Cloud's Ultima Sword
and put it in her Premium Heart, using it to revive the rest of the gang.
It would save her time and lots of potions doing so, even if it used up
quite a bit of her magic, since she didn't have her MP Plus Materia with
her. The rest of the group started getting up slowly, painfully.
"I promise I'll never
say anything about Tifa being weak ever again." Cid scratched his head,
wincing as he hit a bump. Tifa was not only strong, she had a damn good
aim.
"Hi guys... Did you
have a good sleep?" Tifa put on her best lovey-dovey face, smiling her
widest smile. They all knew she had gotten the best of them. Yuffie flushed
red.
"You didn't have to
be so rough..." she looked at the red mark that Final Heaven had left on
her green tank top. It would cost her thousands of Gil to get that out.
She pouted.
"What was the reason
for this visit?!?" Tifa ignored Yuffie's remark and turned to Cid. He almost
backed off seeing her looking at him.
"We...wantedtobringyouCloudandBarrettoanewrestaurantinMidgarwithusbutI
guessyoudon'twanttocomenowwouldyou?!?" Cid stammered in one breath, scared
that Tifa might get mad again.
"Could you say that
again, a little bit slower, Cid?!?" Tifa looked confused as to why he was
so scared of her, as if she had already forgotten what she had all done
to them.
"He wants to know if
you and Cloud want to come to the restaurant with us this evening?" Yuffie
rephrased before Cid had the chance to say anything, still trying to get
that stain out of her tank top.
"Come to the bar...
We'll talk it over there..." Tifa started walking towards the bar. The
others stared deliberately at her, as if she was crazy. She turned around
and lifted her Premium Heart in the air again, tightening her fist in a
small ball again. "Unless, of course, you want to negotiate in more strenuous
matters." She chuckled as she saw the rest of the gang scrambling to their
feet and racing towards the bar door.
***
"So the question is,
to go or not to go?" Tifa cleaned a few glasses she had left standing at
the bar last night. She hadn't had the strength to clean them then.
"Well, pretty much
yes... We thought it might've been interesting, since we haven't been *clonk*
out the entire gang *BOOM* for quite some time now *bang*' Cid tried to
explain as Yuffie and Cait Sith fought a pots-and-pans battle, Vincent
experienced with some of the drinks in the bar and Red XIII howling the
theme to 'The Love Boat' while Barret rapped country and whirled his chain
saw in the background.
"Are you sure you want
to bring this *cough, cough* entire gang to the restaurant?" Tifa shot
a nervous look over at Yuffie and Cait Sith, who were still fighting, then
at Vincent and Red XIII who had decided to give up their experiments
and were playing a quiet game of chess in one corner of the room then glanced
over at Cloud, who was talking to himself, like he usually did when boredom
started sinking in his mind, then back at Cid.
"Well, we could always
give it a try..." Cid nibbled on the end of his cigarette. He had a very
bad predicament about it but it was worth the try. He hadn't been away
from that damned Shera for almost a year now, and he needed an excuse to
get away. He didn't know how much more of her clean-the-house-Cid stuff
he could take. She had even made him put a pink, PINK, apron to do the
dishes. Claiming it was essential that, to do some housework, you had to
be dressed properly. Cid had almost died in mortification when Palmer,
that fat ball of lard, had gone through the door, begging Shera for her
famous get-high-on-caffeine tea. Just thinking of that moment was enough
to send shivers down Cid's back. He looked around the room once more, seeing
nothing much had changed, then gave Tifa a look to see what she thought.
"Well.... okay, we'll
give it a try...." she smirked slightly at Cid's bewildered look.
"I hadn't excepted
to hear that from you.... Well, we better get going if we want to have
place in the restaurant." Cid got up from his chair and started walking
toward the giant stuffed cat and the ninja, who were now throwing knives
at one another, while Tifa pulled Vincent and Cloud out the door by the
ears, a snickering Red XIII behind them.
***
The people of Midgar
had been quite skeptical about the fact of having a giant airship parked
in the middle of the restaurant's rather small parking space. A few of
them let go a few curses as Cid, who had always been the best pilot in
the world, parked over a few cars, smashing them to smithereens as he swept
low above them, until he finally came to a stop, making sure the bad side
of the Highwind (the one Cloud had completely destroyed that morning) was
completely hidden, destroying another few cars in the process.
"The... Black Cauldron?!?
What kind of name is that?!?" Cid inquired as he jumped off the Highwind
and walked towards the dark building, the rest of the gang following not
far behind.
"It looks somewhat
gloomy... Cid, are you sure this is the place?!?" Tifa shivered as she
hugged her arms close around her, since a cool breeze had passed over the
group.
They entered one after
the other, Tifa, Barret and Cloud first, then Cid, Vincent and Red XIII
and last but not least, Yuffie and Cait Sith. A gloomy- looking waiter
in a black cloak was waiting at the door, ready to serve them, menus in
hand.
"Oh my GOD!!! This
guy looks like a grim reaper..." Yuffie whispered to Cloud's ear, causing
him to burst out in laughter. Tifa shot him a death glare and pointed to
her handbag, where her Premium Heart gloves stuck out just a bit. Cloud
backed off a bit, in fear that Tifa would use Final Heaven on them again.
Cid rescued the moment
by coming between the two of them. "Ummm... Table for eight please..."
he said calmly, to the surprise of the rest of the gang, because usually,
Cid would get really overexcited about things like these, and that was
when the bad words came into play.
"Right this way." The
hooded figure pointed a bony finger in direction of a dark corner of the
room. He nodded at a large table for eight, lighted by candle light. Even
though it was still light enough outside, the room appeared dark and gloomy.
"Thanks." Tifa smiled
at the hooded figure. He just nodded as he left the menus on the table.
They all took one, and started looking through it when they saw a young
girl come out the door. She was wearing a short sleeved white shirt and
a black miniskirt that showed her nicely shaped legs. Cid let out a low
whistle, before being nudged in the ribs by Tifa, who gave him a low, dirty
look. Cid shuddered in his seat, thinking of a few hours before when Tifa
had had that same look in her eyes, before blasting them all away in the
worst Final Heaven either of them had ever seen. He looked over at Cloud,
who was practically drooling over the table napkin at the sight of the
girl. He also saw Tifa's eyes burning red with rage. Cloud seemed to have
noticed it too, since he straightened in his seat.
"Hi I'm Misty... I'll
be your waitress for tonight... Have you guys decided what you'll be having
for dinner yet???" She was perky and happy-go-lucky. Tifa hated her already.
She shot her a death glare, but stopped when she heard Cid speak up.
"Umm... some... nice,
fat chicken legs would be nice...." Cid was looking at what seemed to be
the floor, but was actually the waitress legs. He shot up to look
at Tifa after she gave him a blow in the ribs. He choked out the last of
his phrase as the waitress looked up at him weirdly.
"No, it's nothing,
don't pay attention to me, I just have a... bad cold, yeah that's it!!!"
Cid tried to smile as he winced in pain. Tifa smirked evilly.
"Ummm... Excuse me,
Miss?!? Is this your cat and dog??? I'm sorry but pets aren't allowed in
this restaurant" The waitress pointed at Red XIII and Cait Sith, who were
trying vainly to managed to sit on one of the stuffy chairs at the table.
Red XIII was about to say something mean to the waitress but noticed Tifa
looking at him strangely and decided to just let it go. They both started
to head for the door, after Cid's deaf-inducing shout about : 'We'll keep
you some leftovers, Red XIII.' or 'Don't have too much fun with Cait Sith
while we're not there...' followed by Yuffie's muffled laughter or Vincent's
attempt to keep a straight face. He was NOT pleased by this turn out of
the outing but, he couldn't do anything about it. He headed in front of
Cait Sith, jumping up on the Highwind. This would be a long night out.
***
Fifteen minutes later...
The entrees had been
served to the friends. The dinner was going on quite peacefully until now,
but things were going to take a turn for the worst.
"Ewww... What is this?!?"
Yuffie poked at a piece of what seemed to be a nacho chip covered with
spicy sauce as if she was scared it was alive. Cid looked at her with exasperated
eyes. Of course, everyone knows that once nacho chips are boiled or fried,
they don't live very long *tee-hee*. She made a disgusted face, looking
up at the waitress.
"It's what you ordered,
miss. I'm sorry if you don't like it. Try it and see..." The waitress dropped
the plate gently in front of the young girl as she started to walk away.
Yuffie continued to poke at her nacho chips a bit, before actually deciding
to take a bite. She made a disgusted face, imitated a few choking sounds,
and...
"Hey, this is good..."
She started gulping the chips down as the others around the others around
the table sweat dropped. "What was that look?!?" She looked around with
her dumb, brown eyes.
Everyone sitting at
the table turned around, not wanting to get one of Yuffie's 'I'm-not-as-dumb-as-I-look'
speeches, even though she is as dumb as she looks, even maybe a bit dumber.
"Worse than Aeris used to be" Tifa shuddered at the simple thought of the
name. But for now, she really had to the bathroom, or her blather was going
to explode. "Cid, I'm leaving the table in your command. Please, TRY not
to make too big of a mess." Tifa rolled her eyes as she passed by, noticing
Cid hadn't heard a simple word that she had said.
Tifa left to go to
the bathroom and noticed people coming in the restaurant, being greeted
by the grim reaper dude at the front door. She thought she had seen them
somewhere before but didn't think too much about it. If she had known who
it had been, she would've let her blather explode instead of leaving her
friends alone in the same room as the new 'guests'.
***
Rufus Shinra was glad
to move again. Since the Turks had beaten Cloud and his company at finding
the Phoenix Pinion, he had been the one revived. He was glad to have employees
like them. He entered the restaurant in his newly bought tailor-made suit
which cost him about 1,000,000,000,000 gil, and he made heads turn. Maybe
since they weren't used to see a revived dead person or for no matter what
reason, the people just stared as he entered the room and went to sit in
back of a very loud table of 6 people, where the grim reaper had pointed
them to go. He glanced a quick look at the table, and couldn't help but
think he had seen the blond man with the pilot glasses, the man with the
gun arm, the spiky blond-haired guy who was drooling all over the table,
the girl in the ninja getup picking in Elena's purse... Whoa, the ninja
picking in Elena's purse! Something was wrong with that picture, but he
couldn't quite put his hand on it... He scratched his chin.
In the meanwhile, Reno,
Rude, Tseng (who had somehow, survived against the deadly blow Sephiroth
had given him) and Elena were getting seated and comfortable. Reno looked
straight ahead, ready to space on the next unmoving object, which was most
likely the wall, when he noticed the table in front of him. He had seen
most of them before, he just couldn't placed them. The young blond, spiky-haired
dude, who was drooling all over a napkin, he had seen him somewhere before.
"Reno, snap out of
it! You're spacing... again..." Tseng snapped his fingers in front of the
young man, who nearly jumped a feet above his chair. "The young girl here
wants to give you a menu..." He took the menu from Misty's hands and passed
it over to Reno.
He took a nice, long
look at the waitress, from top to bottom and let out a low whistle, whispering
to Rude, "Man, the chick's got a nice pair o' legs..." before he was nudged
in the ribs by a certain brainless ditz who hadn't had any intention of
coming here with a bunch of boys but was left with no choice. Anyway, President
Rufus might be an easy catch... She grinned evilly, her elbow still stuck
in Reno's side, as he winced in pain.
***
From their side of
the view, not even one of the 6 people sitting at the opposite table noticed
who it was that had arrived, and personally, none of them seemed to care.
"2000 gil, 3000 gil,
4000 gil, 5000 gil, 6000 gil... This should do... for a while." Yuffie
grinned evilly as she looked over to the short, blond girl she had stolen
from. "What a brainless ditz..." She took a drink from Cid's Tropikiwi
Cooler, without him noticing, of course. It was the third bottle she had
downed on Cid's expense! And he didn't even noticed... "Boy, Cid, must
be some strong shit you be smokin' there..." She grinned evilly, looking
at the pack of cigarettes, lying on the table. At that moment, Tifa came
back. She sat down and found her lunch at her place, untouched.
"Wow, what is this?
Did you guys actually use your... man~~~ners... OH MY GOD!!! WHERE DID
YOU COME FROM?!?" She got up in a hurry, knocking over a few chairs in
the process, running towards Rufus Shinra, patting his arm, making sure
he was real.
"Hey Tifa... Who's
that?!? Another ex-boyfriend of yours whom I happen not to know about..."
Tifa smacked her forehead at Cloud's ridiculous pouting, even though it
had been true that she had never told Cloud about her 'other' profession,
but still... He had no motive to accuse him of this.
"Didn't you guys even
notice him?!? This is Rufus SHINRA!!! He was revived somehow..." She took
a hold of his arm, and pulled him up to his feet. The President gave Tseng
a helpless look, but Rude got up almost at once and got between the two.
"..." Was the only
thing he said before taking his seat next Reno, who was now smacking his
forehead in disbelief.
"Alright, everyone,
break it up, back to your places... Now I don't want to get another complaint
about you guys or else, you'll be like that dog, cat, whatever it was that
left out the door here a few minutes ago..." The waitress was losing her
temper towards them. And Misty usually had an incredible patience. Something
was horribly wrong here...
End o' part 1 (Please
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