Chapter 3: Tabby is HUNGRY!
'What am I going to do? What am I going to do?' Vincent intoned as he walked around in circles in his residence. 'You didn't know what would happen, it's not your fault Vincent' Aeris politely said. Everyone has come to Vincent's house as soon as the news spread. Tifa had taken Cloud to hospital and Vincent was a total state. 'Well then foo',' Barett spoke, 'why don't ya put up lost posters, someone is bound to see or pick the thing up.' 'What a great idea Barett!' Aeris squealed delightedly and immediately began work on the posters. Vincent just sat down, pale faced, thinking. //This shouldn't be happening. How could this happen? An insane kitty is on the run and it's all my fault.//
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Tabby was strutting down the busy road that had just been built that connected Wutai with the main continent. No one who was walking the path took any notice of him. Cats walked around all the time and no one knew that Tabby could be Sephiroth revived.
As Tabby was such a small animal, progress across the water was quite slow, and it was getting dark by the time he alit on the mainland. He made it to the nearest city, the one time Rocket Town, before it got too dark. He was hungry and needed to find something to eat. As Sephiroth, he would have hardly cared that much, but he was a cat, and cats seemed to have an insatiable appetite. He entered the hotel, hoping that he could somehow find some food, but was immediately thrown out. Not used to this, he tried to enter again, with the same results. //Damnit!// Sephiroth in Tabby's mind thought, //I'm HUNGRY!// He started mewing and scratching at the door, but when the door opened, the man standing in the doorway kicked him across the street. 'AND STAY OUT YOU WORTHLESS STRAY CAT!' the man shouted before slamming the door shut. Tabby, shaken, slowly stood up and turned around. He poked his tongue out at the closed doorway and trotted off down the street.
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'Aww, it's so cuuuuuute!' Pricilla cried and quickly snatched the silver- tabby kitten off the street, 'Can I keep it?' 'Well.' Pricilla's mother spoke, 'if you feed it and look after it, you can keep it' 'Yay!' Pricilla's smile spread from ear to ear. She gathered the kitten close to her and hopped off along the street.
//Grrr, what misfortune!// Sephiroth cried in Tabby's mind //This little girl is going to interfere with my great plans!// Tabby heard a noise coming from the kitchen of the small house. Wondering of its source, he trotted towards the room to investigate. 'Hello Kitty!' Pricilla hopped over to the kitten and picked him off the floor, 'I got you some milk. Come on, drink up!' Tabby just eyed her as she placed him on the table. Looking over to the bowl in front of him, his kitten mind shouted 'FOOD! F-O-O-D!!' and Tabby quickly lapped up the bowl of milk. //Actually, I take back what I last said, this girl isn't so bad after all// Tabby purred as Pricilla watched him finish his milk.
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Cloud lay on the hospital bed, Tifa beside him as the nurse attempted to stitch up the many cat scratches on his face. 'If you don't stay still, Mr. Strife, I'm afraid that I may have to sedate you.' The nurse calmly spoke whilst Cloud still struggled. At Tifa's touch, Cloud calmed down and the nurse was able to finish off stitching his face and left. 'Tifa,' Cloud wondered, 'where's Aeris?' But Cloud was wondering something else also. That kitten, Tabby or whatever its name was, had had a look in its eyes that Cloud had recognised just before it had attacked. Cloud thought that something weird was going on. He was sure that that look had seemed similar to that of Sephiroth's, just before their final showdown in the Northern Crater. Cloud had no time to ponder this, as another nurse came in holding a slip of paper. 'Here is your hospital bill, Mr. Strife.' 'Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!' Cloud's scream could be heard throughout the entire city.
'What am I going to do? What am I going to do?' Vincent intoned as he walked around in circles in his residence. 'You didn't know what would happen, it's not your fault Vincent' Aeris politely said. Everyone has come to Vincent's house as soon as the news spread. Tifa had taken Cloud to hospital and Vincent was a total state. 'Well then foo',' Barett spoke, 'why don't ya put up lost posters, someone is bound to see or pick the thing up.' 'What a great idea Barett!' Aeris squealed delightedly and immediately began work on the posters. Vincent just sat down, pale faced, thinking. //This shouldn't be happening. How could this happen? An insane kitty is on the run and it's all my fault.//
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Tabby was strutting down the busy road that had just been built that connected Wutai with the main continent. No one who was walking the path took any notice of him. Cats walked around all the time and no one knew that Tabby could be Sephiroth revived.
As Tabby was such a small animal, progress across the water was quite slow, and it was getting dark by the time he alit on the mainland. He made it to the nearest city, the one time Rocket Town, before it got too dark. He was hungry and needed to find something to eat. As Sephiroth, he would have hardly cared that much, but he was a cat, and cats seemed to have an insatiable appetite. He entered the hotel, hoping that he could somehow find some food, but was immediately thrown out. Not used to this, he tried to enter again, with the same results. //Damnit!// Sephiroth in Tabby's mind thought, //I'm HUNGRY!// He started mewing and scratching at the door, but when the door opened, the man standing in the doorway kicked him across the street. 'AND STAY OUT YOU WORTHLESS STRAY CAT!' the man shouted before slamming the door shut. Tabby, shaken, slowly stood up and turned around. He poked his tongue out at the closed doorway and trotted off down the street.
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'Aww, it's so cuuuuuute!' Pricilla cried and quickly snatched the silver- tabby kitten off the street, 'Can I keep it?' 'Well.' Pricilla's mother spoke, 'if you feed it and look after it, you can keep it' 'Yay!' Pricilla's smile spread from ear to ear. She gathered the kitten close to her and hopped off along the street.
//Grrr, what misfortune!// Sephiroth cried in Tabby's mind //This little girl is going to interfere with my great plans!// Tabby heard a noise coming from the kitchen of the small house. Wondering of its source, he trotted towards the room to investigate. 'Hello Kitty!' Pricilla hopped over to the kitten and picked him off the floor, 'I got you some milk. Come on, drink up!' Tabby just eyed her as she placed him on the table. Looking over to the bowl in front of him, his kitten mind shouted 'FOOD! F-O-O-D!!' and Tabby quickly lapped up the bowl of milk. //Actually, I take back what I last said, this girl isn't so bad after all// Tabby purred as Pricilla watched him finish his milk.
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Cloud lay on the hospital bed, Tifa beside him as the nurse attempted to stitch up the many cat scratches on his face. 'If you don't stay still, Mr. Strife, I'm afraid that I may have to sedate you.' The nurse calmly spoke whilst Cloud still struggled. At Tifa's touch, Cloud calmed down and the nurse was able to finish off stitching his face and left. 'Tifa,' Cloud wondered, 'where's Aeris?' But Cloud was wondering something else also. That kitten, Tabby or whatever its name was, had had a look in its eyes that Cloud had recognised just before it had attacked. Cloud thought that something weird was going on. He was sure that that look had seemed similar to that of Sephiroth's, just before their final showdown in the Northern Crater. Cloud had no time to ponder this, as another nurse came in holding a slip of paper. 'Here is your hospital bill, Mr. Strife.' 'Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!' Cloud's scream could be heard throughout the entire city.