I Promise........
Chapter 23
Cid sighed, he didn't know what the heck he was thinking. I've been cruel and mean to her all of these years and NOW I realize it. At the most impossible undoable moment. I can't believe this &$*!! (&#)**$&*&%(&$* " In deep thought again Cid?" Cid turned around and there stood Red. " Maybe." Red looked at Cid questiongly, it wasn't often that he gave a lot of thought into something." " You realize something that I have known for quite some time haven't you?" Cid turned his back on him, " Maybe…" Red shook his head, " Well I would tell her before it is too late." With that said Red turned around and headed towards the door.
" What do you mean too late?" Red just shook his head and walked out. What the f*ck does that mean? Cid shook his head, maybe he should tell her after this was all over. I mean she was accompany them on the Highwind tomorrow. Cid knew he could not tell her yet, he would feel bad. Reeve sits in a damp cell probably having the beating of his lifetime while I celebrate a wedding. That would not do. Just then Cloud walked in, " Hey Cid, you alright?" Cid nodded his head. " Okay, just checking to make sure." Cloud turned around to leave. " Hey Spiky a$$, I have a question for you." " Sure." " If you err…liked…someone and you been ^#($&%) mean to her for years…..how would you tell her that you….uh…" " Love?" " Too %#*%(^* a word."
" Alright, I get your point. This…person is it SHERA?" Cid glared at Cloud. Cloud put up his hands and made a gesture to say 'I surrender'. " Alright, a little touchy. Okay, well tell her that you like her and hope all those years of b*#)%($ and complaining meant something." Cid nodded his head, once again in deep thought. " Alright I will tell her, thanks Spiky a$$." Cloud waved at him before turning around to leave again. " Oh and Cid." " What?!" " You should also work on your language, like Yuffie says, swallow a big bar of soap it'll help." Cid picked up one of his spears that just so happened to be laying near him and threw it at Cloud. Cloud laughed before quickly dashing out the door and hearing a bang on the door. " Hmm….the spear hit where I was standing a few moments ago…"
" You should avoid him for a while Cloud." Cloud surprised turned around and there stood his beloved Tifa. " Hey Tifa." " Just checking, I heard some voices down hear and decided to investigate." Cloud smiled, " Well you should head off to bed, we have a long day ahead of us." Tifa nodded her head and Cloud walked her to her room. " Good night Tifa." " Good night Cloud." Tifa gave him a light kiss on the cheek and went inside her room closing the door behind her. Cloud stood there dazed, she kissed him. He raised his hand and touched his left cheek where she had kissed him. He walked to his room, heck more like floating. If Barret saw him now he would probably be like, " We got Meteor coming down to destroy our a$$e$ and you ain't dazed. You get a kiss and you are f&(#&$% floating and can't believe what the ^$(^ happened. Do you see a problem, cuz I sure do." Cloud smiled and walked towards his room to sleep and dream about him and Tifa.
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Reeve sighed, he was starving. Every day if it was a new day they fed him a morsel of food. Some stale bread and warm water. The bread was about one inch long and one inch wide from what he figured. Not even enough to feed an ant. Heck less likely to fill a grown man. Darn it! When will they come? Are they going to rescue me? Or have they forgotten about me? Reeve felt ashamed of himself. How could he doubt his friends. They were his only friends, and at this very moment through all the times they fought even during the fight with Sephiroth he hadn't doubted them, not once. Now of all the places and moment he was doubting them. " Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Reeve yelled at the top of his lungs. " I am HUNGRY!" Reeve waited for a moment before someone stepped in. It was the guard, " Finally, I am starving." The guard smirked, " Eat this then." He grabbed a rat that was crawling around his feet and threw it at Reeve. Reeve moved his head quickly before the rat came flying crashing right next to his head. Why did he have to ask him, he hadn't noticed rats before... why now? " Hey Hey! I am allergic to rats, this isn't sanitary." The guard shook his head, ' I am sorry, was it supposed to be?" Reeve gritted his teeth together. " You are a coward, pick on a man chained up. Hell, you are freaking afraid of me. You pick on me now knowing that I can't get up and beat the hell out of you!"
The guard infuriated drew his sword and just when he was about to slice Reeve's head off. Jet appeared and quickly disarmed the guard. " What do you think you are doing?" " N-nothing s-sir." The guard was stuttering which showed how much he feared Jet. " Hey..err…Guard, why the heck you fear this low life scum." Reeve felt so much pain in his gut that he felt like he was gonna die. " Don't under-estimate me Reeve." " Yeah Whatever." Jet glared at Reeve before turning around, " Joe, don't hurt him, even if he annoy the hell out of you…don't. He is our bait." " And without me no Yuffie. Now where's my food." " We already fed you." " That food isn't even enough to feed a damn ant!" Jet walked away with the guard in front of him. He closed the cell door behind him. " Didn't you hear me! It is not enough!!!!!!" Right when Reeve said that Colantel walked in. " Oh, its you again…." " You sound disappointed to see me."
" I would love to see you if you brought a huge plate of food in." Colantel chuckled and walked towards Reeve until he was about three feet in front of him. He shook his head and bent over so he would be in his face. " Where are your friends hiding?" Reeve spat at him. " Okay, fine then." They left Reeve to be. " Colantel ordered his men to search the entire perimeter around the Northern Continent.
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Yuffie sighed, today was the day when they would go and rescue their friend Reeve. And so far her day was not going good. It got worse after last night.
Reno stormed in wondering what was wrong. Instead he found Yuffie and Vincent carrying a conversation. He had slipped in quietly where no one would hear him but…" What are you doing here Reno?" Reno gritted his teeth, " What are you doing here?" " Nothing." After that Reno tried to accuse Vincent of trying to cause trouble and so on. He swung a punch at Vincent. Vincent dodged and then they began their fight. Vincent blocked one of Reno's kicks and kicked the nightstick out of his hand. Reno swung another punch at Vincent missing and instead got a bloody nose. Vincent won easily with no cut or scratches. And Reno left making sure Vincent came with him. Yuffie was left alone for the rest of the night. Not guarded by her one true friend. She wondered why he was the only one who understood her. She sighed grabbing one of the pills by her bed. " Take one of them and no more Yuffie. They will help you go to sleep and ease your fatigue." Yuffie remembered Tifa telling her that and obliged. Making sure it was one and the right one.