Disclaimer: I own NONE of these characters. They belong to Squaresoft. *sniffles*
"Give it back!"
"No! 'smine!"
"Tifa! Sephiroth won't give me my black marble back!"
Sephiroth stuck his tongue out at Cloud. "Yeah, get your girlfriend to protect you. 'Fraidy cat!" He made kissing noises at the smaller boy.
Cloud made a face. "Eww...gross!"
Tifa glared at him. "You don't want a kiss? Fine!" She immediately turned and kissed Rudolph, who was sitting next to her. Rude blushed.
Cloud glared at Tifa. "Meanie! You don't love me!" He began to cry.
"Shuttup!" Sephiroth bashed him on the head with the stick he liked to pretend was a sword. "You're such a baby!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"See? Told ya!"
Cloud's lip trembled. "Waaah! Tiiiifaaaa! Sephiroth tricked meee!"
Sephiroth bashed him over the head again. "Shut up! You are so stupid!"
"Waaaaah! Tiii-"
"Shut up!" Tifa jumped up and kicked him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Cloud tried to hit her back, but Sephiroth whacked him in the stomach, then dropped his pet snake, Zolom, on Cloud.
"My hero!" Tifa flung her arms around Sephiroth's neck and kissed him. Sephiroth yelped and jumped backwards, tripping over Tifa's cat, Nanaki. They both fell on the floor.
"Ewwww!" Came the exclamation from Rude and his best friend, Reno.
Tifa grinned and was about to kiss Sephiroth again when loud, colorful swears were heard. Cid, Cloud's older brother, had tripped over Sephiroth's fallen 'sword'.
"Goddamn kids! What the hell's wrong with you, leaving sticks on the floor for people to trip on?" He chased them all outside, flinging the stick he'd broken in half after them.
Sephiroth held up his broken sword sadly. It was the very best sword he'd ever had, ever since his mom broke his first one for spilling grape juice on her new white rug. He didn't see why she'd been so mad. Purple was so much prettier than white. Turning so no one could see him, Sephiroth let the tears roll down his cheeks. But Zack, Cloud's other older brother, was sitting on the porch and saw him.
"Hey, kid." He came over to kneel beside the silver-haired child. "What's wrong?"
Sephiroth turned his head away and refused to answer, but held up the broken stick for Zack to see. The teenager took both halves in his hand and examined them. "Don't worry. Would you like me to take you to find another one?" He waited until the boy nodded before standing up.
Yuffie watched Zack and Sephiroth closely. She had no idea what was going on, but she was determined to make trouble. Creeping up behind Sephiroth, she grabbed two fistfuls of his long, silver hair and yanked. Hard. Sephiroth shrieked. Whipping around, he drove both of his small fists into Yuffie's stomach. She screamed and yanked harder. He reached around and grabbed both of her braids, pulling just as hard as she was.
They continued yanking each other's hair until Barret, the chubby new kid on the block, bowled them both over in his enthusiasm to meet new people.
"Hey guys!" He said cheerily, a huge smile on his face. "I'm Barret. What're your names?"
Yuffie held out her hand after she picked herself up off the ground. "I'm Yuffie. This is Sephiroth. Nice ta meetcha, Barrel."
"It's Barret." Barret corrected, oblivious to the insult.
"Oh, right." Yuffie giggled and Sephiroth hid a smirk. "Sorry, Barrel."
"Uhhh..." Barret said before catching sight of someone else. "Vincent, over here! This is Yuffie and Sephiroth. Guys, this my nanny, Vincent Valentine.
"Nanny?" Came a voice. A blonde child dressed in white came up behind Barret. Rufus Shin-Ra, the poorest kid in the neighborhood. "You're one of those lazy little richboys, aren't ya?"
Barret looked down his nose at the scruffy boy. "Lazy! You louse!"
"What the hell does that mean? Elena! Tseng!"
Rufus' older sister, Elena, came running up, along with her boyfriend, Tseng.
"He called me a louse!" Rufus shrieked, pointing an accusing finger at Barret.
"Did not!"
"Liar!" Yuffie screeched. "We saw you, didn't we Sephy?"
"Don't call me that!"
"Uhhh....little brother? Me 'n' Tseng, we like, don't give a crap about your petty little problems, ya know?" She looked at Tseng. "Ain't that right, Tsengie?"
Tseng jerked. He had been staring fixedly at Barret's handsome nanny. "Uhhh...right."
With that, Tseng and Elena left, headed for makeout point. Barret and Vincent left as well, headed back to Barret's mansion.
"Hey, Yuffie!" Tifa called from the porch. "Wanna play dolls with me?"
"Sure." She got up and ran towards Tifa. "Bye Sephy!" She called.
Sephiroth sat by himself for a minute, watching Cloud try to break Zolom's hold on his leg. Then he wandered over to Zack, who was talking to a girl in a ripped pink dress.
"Look, Aeris, I tell you this every day. My mom has a flower garden. I'm not buying flowers!"
Aeris leaned forward and whispered something into Zack's ear. He recoiled in horror. "You skank! You know I'm dating Scarlet! Get out of here!" She made a pouting face, but turned and walked away. Zack looked down at Sephiroth, who was tugging on his sleeve. "Oh. You wanna go find a new stick now?"
Sephiroth grinned and nodded
"Okay, but first, would you mind rescuing my idiot little brother from your pet snake?"
"Why?"
Zack rolled his eyes as he wondered the same thing. "Just do it."
Sephiroth walked over to where Zolom had wrapped himself around Cloud's leg and held out his hand. Zolom hissed. But he let Cloud go and glided up to Sephiroth's shoulders. Sephiroth stroked the snake's scaly obsidian head and Zolom hissed happily.
As Sephiroth turned to go with Zack, something rammed into him, knocking him backwards. A black cat riding a moogle bounded up beside him, holding a remote control. "Oh. I'm sorry. I'm Cait Sith. This is my remote-controlled boy, Reeve. Isn't he great?"
The silver haired child turned to examine the robot. He was quite lifelike. Sephiroth jumped back in surprise when it spoke. "Hi, I'm Reeve. What's your name?"
The boy looked from Cait Sith to Reeve in confusion, unsure of which one was addressing him. He was rescued from the situation as Zack picked him up and carried him off, whispering into the boy's ear. "Don' talk to him. He works for Hojo."
Sephiroth shuddered. Hojo was the crazy old mad scientist who lived up on the hill. According to rumors, he was married to a headless, limbless alien named Jenova. The little boy's mother, Lucrecia, often said that he was a brilliant, completely sane man before he married Jenova. He was still brilliant now, just completely insane.
Zack carried Sephiroth on his shoulders until they reached the forest. He set the child on the ground. "Find a stick you like and I'll get it for you."
Sephiroth gave a slow smirk. He walked over to a bramble and pointed to a thick, thorny branch. "I like this one."
"Uhhhh....I'm not so sure!"
Sephiroth's lip trembled. "Zack! You promised!" He was good at faking emotions when he needed to be. Tears rolled down his cheeks and he looked mournfully up at Zack, whom he judged to be only slightly more intelligent than Cloud.
"Okay, okay! Stop crying." Zack bent to cut the bramble branch for Sephiroth. He carefully cut enough thorns away to allow the boy to hold it without getting pricked. The boy's sad face changed to a derisive smirk as he accepted the branch and test swung it. At Zack. Who jumped back just in time before it hit him in the leg. "Ahh! You little bastard!" He ran after Sephiroth, who was already running towards the river.
On the bank of the river, Dr. Hojo and his wife Jenova were in the midst of a lovely little picnic. Resting on the red and white checkerboard tablecloth was a loaf of bread, a block of cheese, a baked ham, and an array of various fruits and vegetables. Hojo opened Cokes for himself and his wife and the happy couple sat down to a peaceful quiet lunch.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!! GET BACK HERE!!!"
Sephiroth bounded out of the forest, paying no attention the picnic. He raced right across the tablecloth, scattering the food as he went. He then tried to jump onto the rocks in the river, but Jenova caught him and held him fast in one of her tentacles. Zolom was flung into the river with a hiss. Zack dashed out of the trees next, and Hojo shot him up with a syringe of fast acting tranquilizer. Zack snored where he fell. Sephiroth screamed and beat Jenova where her head should have been with his stick.
"Give it back!"
"No! 'smine!"
"Tifa! Sephiroth won't give me my black marble back!"
Sephiroth stuck his tongue out at Cloud. "Yeah, get your girlfriend to protect you. 'Fraidy cat!" He made kissing noises at the smaller boy.
Cloud made a face. "Eww...gross!"
Tifa glared at him. "You don't want a kiss? Fine!" She immediately turned and kissed Rudolph, who was sitting next to her. Rude blushed.
Cloud glared at Tifa. "Meanie! You don't love me!" He began to cry.
"Shuttup!" Sephiroth bashed him on the head with the stick he liked to pretend was a sword. "You're such a baby!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"See? Told ya!"
Cloud's lip trembled. "Waaah! Tiiiifaaaa! Sephiroth tricked meee!"
Sephiroth bashed him over the head again. "Shut up! You are so stupid!"
"Waaaaah! Tiii-"
"Shut up!" Tifa jumped up and kicked him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Cloud tried to hit her back, but Sephiroth whacked him in the stomach, then dropped his pet snake, Zolom, on Cloud.
"My hero!" Tifa flung her arms around Sephiroth's neck and kissed him. Sephiroth yelped and jumped backwards, tripping over Tifa's cat, Nanaki. They both fell on the floor.
"Ewwww!" Came the exclamation from Rude and his best friend, Reno.
Tifa grinned and was about to kiss Sephiroth again when loud, colorful swears were heard. Cid, Cloud's older brother, had tripped over Sephiroth's fallen 'sword'.
"Goddamn kids! What the hell's wrong with you, leaving sticks on the floor for people to trip on?" He chased them all outside, flinging the stick he'd broken in half after them.
Sephiroth held up his broken sword sadly. It was the very best sword he'd ever had, ever since his mom broke his first one for spilling grape juice on her new white rug. He didn't see why she'd been so mad. Purple was so much prettier than white. Turning so no one could see him, Sephiroth let the tears roll down his cheeks. But Zack, Cloud's other older brother, was sitting on the porch and saw him.
"Hey, kid." He came over to kneel beside the silver-haired child. "What's wrong?"
Sephiroth turned his head away and refused to answer, but held up the broken stick for Zack to see. The teenager took both halves in his hand and examined them. "Don't worry. Would you like me to take you to find another one?" He waited until the boy nodded before standing up.
Yuffie watched Zack and Sephiroth closely. She had no idea what was going on, but she was determined to make trouble. Creeping up behind Sephiroth, she grabbed two fistfuls of his long, silver hair and yanked. Hard. Sephiroth shrieked. Whipping around, he drove both of his small fists into Yuffie's stomach. She screamed and yanked harder. He reached around and grabbed both of her braids, pulling just as hard as she was.
They continued yanking each other's hair until Barret, the chubby new kid on the block, bowled them both over in his enthusiasm to meet new people.
"Hey guys!" He said cheerily, a huge smile on his face. "I'm Barret. What're your names?"
Yuffie held out her hand after she picked herself up off the ground. "I'm Yuffie. This is Sephiroth. Nice ta meetcha, Barrel."
"It's Barret." Barret corrected, oblivious to the insult.
"Oh, right." Yuffie giggled and Sephiroth hid a smirk. "Sorry, Barrel."
"Uhhh..." Barret said before catching sight of someone else. "Vincent, over here! This is Yuffie and Sephiroth. Guys, this my nanny, Vincent Valentine.
"Nanny?" Came a voice. A blonde child dressed in white came up behind Barret. Rufus Shin-Ra, the poorest kid in the neighborhood. "You're one of those lazy little richboys, aren't ya?"
Barret looked down his nose at the scruffy boy. "Lazy! You louse!"
"What the hell does that mean? Elena! Tseng!"
Rufus' older sister, Elena, came running up, along with her boyfriend, Tseng.
"He called me a louse!" Rufus shrieked, pointing an accusing finger at Barret.
"Did not!"
"Liar!" Yuffie screeched. "We saw you, didn't we Sephy?"
"Don't call me that!"
"Uhhh....little brother? Me 'n' Tseng, we like, don't give a crap about your petty little problems, ya know?" She looked at Tseng. "Ain't that right, Tsengie?"
Tseng jerked. He had been staring fixedly at Barret's handsome nanny. "Uhhh...right."
With that, Tseng and Elena left, headed for makeout point. Barret and Vincent left as well, headed back to Barret's mansion.
"Hey, Yuffie!" Tifa called from the porch. "Wanna play dolls with me?"
"Sure." She got up and ran towards Tifa. "Bye Sephy!" She called.
Sephiroth sat by himself for a minute, watching Cloud try to break Zolom's hold on his leg. Then he wandered over to Zack, who was talking to a girl in a ripped pink dress.
"Look, Aeris, I tell you this every day. My mom has a flower garden. I'm not buying flowers!"
Aeris leaned forward and whispered something into Zack's ear. He recoiled in horror. "You skank! You know I'm dating Scarlet! Get out of here!" She made a pouting face, but turned and walked away. Zack looked down at Sephiroth, who was tugging on his sleeve. "Oh. You wanna go find a new stick now?"
Sephiroth grinned and nodded
"Okay, but first, would you mind rescuing my idiot little brother from your pet snake?"
"Why?"
Zack rolled his eyes as he wondered the same thing. "Just do it."
Sephiroth walked over to where Zolom had wrapped himself around Cloud's leg and held out his hand. Zolom hissed. But he let Cloud go and glided up to Sephiroth's shoulders. Sephiroth stroked the snake's scaly obsidian head and Zolom hissed happily.
As Sephiroth turned to go with Zack, something rammed into him, knocking him backwards. A black cat riding a moogle bounded up beside him, holding a remote control. "Oh. I'm sorry. I'm Cait Sith. This is my remote-controlled boy, Reeve. Isn't he great?"
The silver haired child turned to examine the robot. He was quite lifelike. Sephiroth jumped back in surprise when it spoke. "Hi, I'm Reeve. What's your name?"
The boy looked from Cait Sith to Reeve in confusion, unsure of which one was addressing him. He was rescued from the situation as Zack picked him up and carried him off, whispering into the boy's ear. "Don' talk to him. He works for Hojo."
Sephiroth shuddered. Hojo was the crazy old mad scientist who lived up on the hill. According to rumors, he was married to a headless, limbless alien named Jenova. The little boy's mother, Lucrecia, often said that he was a brilliant, completely sane man before he married Jenova. He was still brilliant now, just completely insane.
Zack carried Sephiroth on his shoulders until they reached the forest. He set the child on the ground. "Find a stick you like and I'll get it for you."
Sephiroth gave a slow smirk. He walked over to a bramble and pointed to a thick, thorny branch. "I like this one."
"Uhhhh....I'm not so sure!"
Sephiroth's lip trembled. "Zack! You promised!" He was good at faking emotions when he needed to be. Tears rolled down his cheeks and he looked mournfully up at Zack, whom he judged to be only slightly more intelligent than Cloud.
"Okay, okay! Stop crying." Zack bent to cut the bramble branch for Sephiroth. He carefully cut enough thorns away to allow the boy to hold it without getting pricked. The boy's sad face changed to a derisive smirk as he accepted the branch and test swung it. At Zack. Who jumped back just in time before it hit him in the leg. "Ahh! You little bastard!" He ran after Sephiroth, who was already running towards the river.
On the bank of the river, Dr. Hojo and his wife Jenova were in the midst of a lovely little picnic. Resting on the red and white checkerboard tablecloth was a loaf of bread, a block of cheese, a baked ham, and an array of various fruits and vegetables. Hojo opened Cokes for himself and his wife and the happy couple sat down to a peaceful quiet lunch.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!! GET BACK HERE!!!"
Sephiroth bounded out of the forest, paying no attention the picnic. He raced right across the tablecloth, scattering the food as he went. He then tried to jump onto the rocks in the river, but Jenova caught him and held him fast in one of her tentacles. Zolom was flung into the river with a hiss. Zack dashed out of the trees next, and Hojo shot him up with a syringe of fast acting tranquilizer. Zack snored where he fell. Sephiroth screamed and beat Jenova where her head should have been with his stick.