Disclaimer: Redundance, redundance, redundance....I don't own any of this god forsaken crap that has to do with Final Fantasy VII....it says it right before the game...Squaresoft owns it.
A/N: Well here's chapter 3. I'm glad you guys like it so far. I was really worried about posting this fic, but I'm glad it is being well accepted.
Artinia's cottage...
Nanaki woke up and yawned. He looked down at himself and did a double take. He had forgotten momentarily of the events of the day before. A smile came to his face. He got up to find Artinia already awake.
After practicing the whole day before he was pretty good at walking so he walked over to him. You wouldn't even know he didn't use to be human. Artinia looked up and smiled at Nanaki.
"Did you sleep well?"Artinia asked.
"Yes, thank you,"Nanaki replied groggily.
"I suppose you'll be leaving today?"
"I guess."
"You seem nervous,"Artinia noted.
"I am,"Nanaki admitted.
"Do not worry. You will be fine. Your girl Tifa will be lucky to have you."
"IF she'll have me,"Nanaki said sadly.
"I'll have none of that. Now go on get out of here. Go get yourself fixed up and go see her."
"Thank you for all that you've done for me,"Nanaki said.
"Think nothing of it,"Artinia said smiling again.
"I guess I'll be going now,"Nanaki said heading to the door.
"Good luck!"Artinia called after him.
Outside Nanaki removed the platform on his chocobo. He hopped on and took off. He decided to head to the new and improved in the process of being built Midgar to pick up some nicer clothes. Luckily some stores and things had already opened
When he got there he headed to the clothing store. After looking around for a while he finally settled on an outfit. He came out wearing a pair of baggy blue jeans, black boots, and a black short-sleeved button up shirt over a white T-shirt. It was now time to head to Kalm.
Tifa's bar in Kalm...
It was around 11 o'clock and Tifa's busiest time. She didn't even have time to breathe between serving drinks to the various alcoholics that frequented her bar. Cloud was almost passed out in a corner. Tifa just sighed.
Then an odd character walked through the door. He was tall and pretty muscular and quite handsome, but the weird thing was his hair. It was spiky and red with a black stripe going up the middle. He approached Tifa.
"Can I help you, sir?"she asked politely.
"Hello, Tifa. How are you?"the stranger asked.
"Do I know you?"
"I didn't expect you to recognize me,"he said smiling,"It's me, Nanaki."
Tifa laughed,"That's funny, but you psycho stalkers have got to start doing you're homework. Nanaki is not human."
"I found a way to become human!"
"Yeah, sure. If you're not going to order a drink would you please leave?"she asked, getting a little nervous about the stranger.
"Look into my eyes, Tifa. Remember when we were sneaking on the ship to Costa Del Sol and I looked like an idiot because I had to try to walk on two legs and when we got there the kids kept kicking a soccer ball to me and I'd roar and knock it back?"
Tifa gazed deeply to the man's eyes. She smiled.
"It is you!"she exclaimed jumping into his arms. Nanaki was ecstatic. He'd wanted to be able to hold her since he met here.
"In the flesh. Speaking of which...what do you think?" Tifa finally broke from the embrace.
"Oh my God! I can't believe it! You look great!"
"Thank you. I'd really like to talk to you and catch up. Do you think you could get away?"
"Well, I close early tonight could you stop by my house in about an hour?"she asked.
"Sure. Which one is it?"
"Leaving from here it's the second house on the right."
"All right, I'll see you in about an hour."
"Bye, Nanaki,"Tifa called as he walked out. She couldn't believe that Nanaki was human. She knew it was him though. She knew and loved his eyes. She often gazed at the thoughtful expressions in Nanaki's eyes without him knowing it. She was really sad that he shut himself off from anybody after they defeated Selphiroth. She couldn't figure out why, but she had really missed him. And he was human now. She had to admit he was quite the human man.
'Oh great,'Tifa thought,'I just now see him as a human and I'm already checking him out.'
It was finally midnight. Nanaki was very nervous. He had been pacing around his room at the inn for the whole hour. He approached Tifa's door and knocked. Tifa opened the door and smiled.
"Hi. Glad you came,"she said,"Come on in."
"Thanks,"Nanaki said nervously.
He entered the house and Tifa closed the door behind him. Tifa walked deeper into the room and turned around. Nanaki started to walk over to her, but he stumbled and toppled into her arms. Fortunately she was very strong so they didn't fall over, but she was still supporting Nanaki.
"Sorry,"Nanaki said, embarrassed,"I'm still getting used to these legs."
"It's okay,"Tifa said blushing. Nanaki took his weight off of her and stood up straight again.
The two just stood there staring at each other until suddenly the door burst open and Cloud stumbled in.
"I'm hungry,"he said,"Fix me some food."
"Oh...hi Cloud. Sure it'll be just a minute,"Tifa said passively.
"Good,"he said plopping down on the couch.
"Wait a second,"Nanaki said, not at all happy about the interruption,"You don't have to do that. Come on, I really wanted to talk to you. Cloud can go make his own damn food."
"It's all right, Nanaki. I don't mind,"Tifa said. She didn't want Nanaki to make Cloud angry.
Nanaki wasn't hearing it, he knew better,"Really, Tifa, you don't have to do this."
"She said she didn't mind dipshit,"Cloud said.
Nanaki ignored him,"I'm not buying that." Nanaki then picked Tifa up. It was pretty awkward since he wasn't used to being able to use his arms that way, but he finally got the hang of it and carried Tifa out of the house. Tifa was too shocked to speak.
Nanaki carried her out of the town and found a grassy area on a hill with a great view of the moon and set Tifa down.
"I'm sorry about that, Tifa,"Nanaki said sitting down beside her.
"It's all right, Nanaki,"she said.
"I just really wanted to talk to you and I guess I just lost my head."
"It's all right. I'm glad you did it. Now...I've been dying to know...how did you become human?"
"Well, my grandfather told me about a master of materia that could supposedly alter the effects of the Transform materia. I went to him and he said he would try to make me human. So we tried it and it worked and here I am,"Nanaki concluded.
"Human or not, Nanaki, I'm really glad to see you,"Tifa said sincerely. Nanaki blushed.
"I'm glad to be here."
"Nanaki, can I ask you a question?"Tifa asked.
"Anything."
"Why did you shut yourself off from everybody since we defeated Sephiroth?"she asked looking down.
"Gosh...I was hoping you would ask that. Well, to be honest I really don't know exactly why. I just got really depressed and mixed up about different things. It's hard to explain,"Nanaki replied. He wasn't quite ready to tell her about his recent revelation.
"Maybe you can explain it better later. I only asked because...I really missed you, Nanaki...a lot,"Tifa said, blushing. Nanaki grinned.
"I missed you, too. I'm sorry."
"It's okay. You're here now,"Tifa said scooting closer to Nanaki and putting her head on his shoulder,"Promise me you won't leave me like that again."
Nanaki put his arm around her shoulders.
"I promise,"he whispered in her ear.
"I think I'm really starting to like you as a human,"Tifa said snuggling closer to Nanaki. They sat that way for a few minutes, but something had been eating at Nanaki.
"Tifa?"
"Yes,"she said lifting herself off of him.
"Why do you let Cloud treat you like that?"
"Oh, that. Well you guys know how I feel about him and well...I just..."Tifa looked down at the ground. She couldn't explain why she was still there for Cloud because it didn't make any sense to her either. Nanaki lifted her chin with one finger so that she was looking him in the eyes.
"Tifa, honestly, it was easy to tell that you were in love with Cloud, but now you know he was in love with Aeris and he treats you like dirt. He doesn't deserve your love,"Nanaki said meaning every word of it.
"I know. I should have known better than to think I could ever compete with Aeris anyway,"Tifa said sadly.
Nanaki raised an eyebrow. He didn't even think Aeris was in the same league as Tifa. He wanted to show her somehow.
Tifa was just sitting in silence. Then she felt Nanaki's hand slowly reach up and touch the side of her neck very gently. She closed her eyes and shuddered under his gentle touch.
"Tifa, Tifa, Tifa,"Nanaki said softly,"when are you going to realize how amazing you are?"
Tifa finally opened her eyes to see Nanaki leaning closer to her. She just closed her eyes again and felt Nanaki lips brush against hers very gently.
Nanaki didn't know what he was doing. He had never kissed somebody before. He had never been able to. He was pretty much going on instinct. Tifa started to help, though. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck so he wrapped his around her waist. They tightened their embrace and deepened the kiss. Both of their minds went blurry.
A few minutes later they finally broke apart. Nanaki slowly opened his eyes as did Tifa.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that,"Nanaki said immediately feeling bad for what he had done. He hadn't known whether she wanted to be kissed or not.
"Come on, Nanaki, you know if I hadn't wanted to do that I could have beaten the Hell out of you,"Tifa said smiling.
Nanaki laughed,"Yes, I guess you're right. It's late, come on, I'll walk you home."
"Okay."
They got up and headed back to town.
They stopped outside Tifa's door. Cloud had left. Nanaki bent down and kissed Tifa. It got passionate and they both broke off breathlessly. Nanaki was beginning to like being human.
"Do you want to, um, maybe stay here tonight?"Tifa asked nervously. Then it hit Nanaki as to what she was getting at and he suddenly got scared.
"Um, no thank you. I really have to go,"Nanaki said walking away quickly leaving a very confused Tifa behind.
Well there it is....hope ya like it...l8er.
A/N: Well here's chapter 3. I'm glad you guys like it so far. I was really worried about posting this fic, but I'm glad it is being well accepted.
Artinia's cottage...
Nanaki woke up and yawned. He looked down at himself and did a double take. He had forgotten momentarily of the events of the day before. A smile came to his face. He got up to find Artinia already awake.
After practicing the whole day before he was pretty good at walking so he walked over to him. You wouldn't even know he didn't use to be human. Artinia looked up and smiled at Nanaki.
"Did you sleep well?"Artinia asked.
"Yes, thank you,"Nanaki replied groggily.
"I suppose you'll be leaving today?"
"I guess."
"You seem nervous,"Artinia noted.
"I am,"Nanaki admitted.
"Do not worry. You will be fine. Your girl Tifa will be lucky to have you."
"IF she'll have me,"Nanaki said sadly.
"I'll have none of that. Now go on get out of here. Go get yourself fixed up and go see her."
"Thank you for all that you've done for me,"Nanaki said.
"Think nothing of it,"Artinia said smiling again.
"I guess I'll be going now,"Nanaki said heading to the door.
"Good luck!"Artinia called after him.
Outside Nanaki removed the platform on his chocobo. He hopped on and took off. He decided to head to the new and improved in the process of being built Midgar to pick up some nicer clothes. Luckily some stores and things had already opened
When he got there he headed to the clothing store. After looking around for a while he finally settled on an outfit. He came out wearing a pair of baggy blue jeans, black boots, and a black short-sleeved button up shirt over a white T-shirt. It was now time to head to Kalm.
Tifa's bar in Kalm...
It was around 11 o'clock and Tifa's busiest time. She didn't even have time to breathe between serving drinks to the various alcoholics that frequented her bar. Cloud was almost passed out in a corner. Tifa just sighed.
Then an odd character walked through the door. He was tall and pretty muscular and quite handsome, but the weird thing was his hair. It was spiky and red with a black stripe going up the middle. He approached Tifa.
"Can I help you, sir?"she asked politely.
"Hello, Tifa. How are you?"the stranger asked.
"Do I know you?"
"I didn't expect you to recognize me,"he said smiling,"It's me, Nanaki."
Tifa laughed,"That's funny, but you psycho stalkers have got to start doing you're homework. Nanaki is not human."
"I found a way to become human!"
"Yeah, sure. If you're not going to order a drink would you please leave?"she asked, getting a little nervous about the stranger.
"Look into my eyes, Tifa. Remember when we were sneaking on the ship to Costa Del Sol and I looked like an idiot because I had to try to walk on two legs and when we got there the kids kept kicking a soccer ball to me and I'd roar and knock it back?"
Tifa gazed deeply to the man's eyes. She smiled.
"It is you!"she exclaimed jumping into his arms. Nanaki was ecstatic. He'd wanted to be able to hold her since he met here.
"In the flesh. Speaking of which...what do you think?" Tifa finally broke from the embrace.
"Oh my God! I can't believe it! You look great!"
"Thank you. I'd really like to talk to you and catch up. Do you think you could get away?"
"Well, I close early tonight could you stop by my house in about an hour?"she asked.
"Sure. Which one is it?"
"Leaving from here it's the second house on the right."
"All right, I'll see you in about an hour."
"Bye, Nanaki,"Tifa called as he walked out. She couldn't believe that Nanaki was human. She knew it was him though. She knew and loved his eyes. She often gazed at the thoughtful expressions in Nanaki's eyes without him knowing it. She was really sad that he shut himself off from anybody after they defeated Selphiroth. She couldn't figure out why, but she had really missed him. And he was human now. She had to admit he was quite the human man.
'Oh great,'Tifa thought,'I just now see him as a human and I'm already checking him out.'
It was finally midnight. Nanaki was very nervous. He had been pacing around his room at the inn for the whole hour. He approached Tifa's door and knocked. Tifa opened the door and smiled.
"Hi. Glad you came,"she said,"Come on in."
"Thanks,"Nanaki said nervously.
He entered the house and Tifa closed the door behind him. Tifa walked deeper into the room and turned around. Nanaki started to walk over to her, but he stumbled and toppled into her arms. Fortunately she was very strong so they didn't fall over, but she was still supporting Nanaki.
"Sorry,"Nanaki said, embarrassed,"I'm still getting used to these legs."
"It's okay,"Tifa said blushing. Nanaki took his weight off of her and stood up straight again.
The two just stood there staring at each other until suddenly the door burst open and Cloud stumbled in.
"I'm hungry,"he said,"Fix me some food."
"Oh...hi Cloud. Sure it'll be just a minute,"Tifa said passively.
"Good,"he said plopping down on the couch.
"Wait a second,"Nanaki said, not at all happy about the interruption,"You don't have to do that. Come on, I really wanted to talk to you. Cloud can go make his own damn food."
"It's all right, Nanaki. I don't mind,"Tifa said. She didn't want Nanaki to make Cloud angry.
Nanaki wasn't hearing it, he knew better,"Really, Tifa, you don't have to do this."
"She said she didn't mind dipshit,"Cloud said.
Nanaki ignored him,"I'm not buying that." Nanaki then picked Tifa up. It was pretty awkward since he wasn't used to being able to use his arms that way, but he finally got the hang of it and carried Tifa out of the house. Tifa was too shocked to speak.
Nanaki carried her out of the town and found a grassy area on a hill with a great view of the moon and set Tifa down.
"I'm sorry about that, Tifa,"Nanaki said sitting down beside her.
"It's all right, Nanaki,"she said.
"I just really wanted to talk to you and I guess I just lost my head."
"It's all right. I'm glad you did it. Now...I've been dying to know...how did you become human?"
"Well, my grandfather told me about a master of materia that could supposedly alter the effects of the Transform materia. I went to him and he said he would try to make me human. So we tried it and it worked and here I am,"Nanaki concluded.
"Human or not, Nanaki, I'm really glad to see you,"Tifa said sincerely. Nanaki blushed.
"I'm glad to be here."
"Nanaki, can I ask you a question?"Tifa asked.
"Anything."
"Why did you shut yourself off from everybody since we defeated Sephiroth?"she asked looking down.
"Gosh...I was hoping you would ask that. Well, to be honest I really don't know exactly why. I just got really depressed and mixed up about different things. It's hard to explain,"Nanaki replied. He wasn't quite ready to tell her about his recent revelation.
"Maybe you can explain it better later. I only asked because...I really missed you, Nanaki...a lot,"Tifa said, blushing. Nanaki grinned.
"I missed you, too. I'm sorry."
"It's okay. You're here now,"Tifa said scooting closer to Nanaki and putting her head on his shoulder,"Promise me you won't leave me like that again."
Nanaki put his arm around her shoulders.
"I promise,"he whispered in her ear.
"I think I'm really starting to like you as a human,"Tifa said snuggling closer to Nanaki. They sat that way for a few minutes, but something had been eating at Nanaki.
"Tifa?"
"Yes,"she said lifting herself off of him.
"Why do you let Cloud treat you like that?"
"Oh, that. Well you guys know how I feel about him and well...I just..."Tifa looked down at the ground. She couldn't explain why she was still there for Cloud because it didn't make any sense to her either. Nanaki lifted her chin with one finger so that she was looking him in the eyes.
"Tifa, honestly, it was easy to tell that you were in love with Cloud, but now you know he was in love with Aeris and he treats you like dirt. He doesn't deserve your love,"Nanaki said meaning every word of it.
"I know. I should have known better than to think I could ever compete with Aeris anyway,"Tifa said sadly.
Nanaki raised an eyebrow. He didn't even think Aeris was in the same league as Tifa. He wanted to show her somehow.
Tifa was just sitting in silence. Then she felt Nanaki's hand slowly reach up and touch the side of her neck very gently. She closed her eyes and shuddered under his gentle touch.
"Tifa, Tifa, Tifa,"Nanaki said softly,"when are you going to realize how amazing you are?"
Tifa finally opened her eyes to see Nanaki leaning closer to her. She just closed her eyes again and felt Nanaki lips brush against hers very gently.
Nanaki didn't know what he was doing. He had never kissed somebody before. He had never been able to. He was pretty much going on instinct. Tifa started to help, though. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck so he wrapped his around her waist. They tightened their embrace and deepened the kiss. Both of their minds went blurry.
A few minutes later they finally broke apart. Nanaki slowly opened his eyes as did Tifa.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that,"Nanaki said immediately feeling bad for what he had done. He hadn't known whether she wanted to be kissed or not.
"Come on, Nanaki, you know if I hadn't wanted to do that I could have beaten the Hell out of you,"Tifa said smiling.
Nanaki laughed,"Yes, I guess you're right. It's late, come on, I'll walk you home."
"Okay."
They got up and headed back to town.
They stopped outside Tifa's door. Cloud had left. Nanaki bent down and kissed Tifa. It got passionate and they both broke off breathlessly. Nanaki was beginning to like being human.
"Do you want to, um, maybe stay here tonight?"Tifa asked nervously. Then it hit Nanaki as to what she was getting at and he suddenly got scared.
"Um, no thank you. I really have to go,"Nanaki said walking away quickly leaving a very confused Tifa behind.
Well there it is....hope ya like it...l8er.