Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Final Fantasy characters or the
storyline.
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2 a.m. in the morning in the real world, Jacques was getting ready for bed. He was exhausted from the pressure of his college days. His examination ended and all he has to do now is rest and relax.
"Yawn... finally can get some real sleep," he yawned.
He looked at his watch and then his hand phone, "Lisa hasn't called me for a while, I wonder why? Is she mad at me? ... Can't be," he wondered as there weren't any new calls or messages from me.
He decided to give me a ring and dialed the number. It was out of order.
"That's weird, how could she change her number without informing me? Maybe I'm just dreaming. I'll try again first thing when I wake up." he was concerned about me.
*Click* the light was switched off and he was already in dreamland.
"Hey man, wake up." Wakka's voice called.
Jacques got up from the floor, startled being woken up by strange characters. He didn't recognize any of them as he never played any games from Squaresoft or Square Enix. Lulu wasted no time and went straight to business.
"We believe that you're acquainted with our heroine and have chosen you and a few others to assist her on her mission. You know her by the name of Lisa, but in our world she is known as Enima." She didn't miss any detail.
"Whoa, whoa, you mean she's in trouble? How, when, why?" he asked, stunned and surprised.
"In a way she is, but not in the way you mean. She's lonely for companionship." Tidus continued.
"Before we continue farther, let us introduce ourselves, I'm Yuna, he is Tidus, Mr. Wake up call is Wakka, the blonde girl over there is Rikku ..."
"I'm Paine, that guy over there looking serious is Squall, and the kids are Sora and Kairi." Paine connected the dots.
"You care for her, don't you; it's in your eyes. We've equipped you with items, equipment, armor, special abilities and new form. Take a look, what do you think." Kairi said as she held up a mirror.
He looked handsome in light swordsman armor with an invincible sword and whip strapped on a belt around his waist. His hair shone a deep sea green and his eyes were a lovely shade of purple. They even replaced some of his bulkiness with muscles.
"Ooh lookin' good dude." Rikku gave him thumbs up.
Speechless and concerned, his eyes trailed the floor. Jacques was the first guy to be my best friend ever since I was a child. Lastly, Wakka and Lulu gave him unlimited Gil like he did me and my brother, a PHS, some materia, his hand phone and a bag to carry them all in.
"Before you go to the designated destination, here's a tutorial just for you. Our world is the Final Fantasy world, Gil is the money we use and materia is a crystal that enables a person to use magic. Certain materia has its own attributes and abilities. Red ones enable us to call upon creatures to assist us in battle, yellow ones give us extra qualities like deathblow and double cut, purple ones help as lures , green ones are used to cast magic and grey ones help to control the green materia. The rest you'll learn along the way." Squall explained.
"Oh and another thing, the bag will enable your every wish except certain desires and as you're strangers to our world you and our heroine are immortals." Sora added. "Understood," Jacques gave thumbs up and was ready to rumble.
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"Shera ..." I called melodiously from out side her door.
She was surprised to find me at her doorstep and invited me in. I declined the offer and on the spot I revealed our identities to her. Naz explained the main reason why we wanted to see her.
She jumped at the idea and shivered, "You won't drop me, right?"
"Nah, I won't. I'm pretty strong and experienced with flying." I assured her.
Naz nodded and I picked her up gently. In the air, she gasped and clung to my suit. I nodded my head and signaled Naz to prepare for landing. The guy in charge of the tram rubbed his eyes over and over again when he saw us swoop down from the air and asked if we really flew. I answered and giggled at his reaction. Moments later, Cloud and party arrived. Cid was the first to notice Shera and again went ballistic. Everyone tried to reason with him but no sere. Only Shera managed to calm the raging dragon. It was a strange sight; she just reached out for him and held him close. Aww... and I thought Cid couldn't stand her. Go figure. Up the tram we went and I purchased Gold Tickets for everyone but Naz and Yuffie. Naz insisted that he bought his own ticket and for Yuffie. We spread out and did what we wanted. Followed Cloud and Aerith to the gondola and waited for them on a bench nearby, looking down below. I didn't realize the stranger sitting beside me, till he spoke.
"Isn't it a drag waiting for your friends alone?" he asked. "Yeah it is, but I don't really let it bother me." I answered, and then I twitched.
"What's your name stranger, I'm Enima?" I held out my hand and he took it.
"I'm Speed, pleased to meet you... Guess I've found you ...Lisa." "Jacques... oh my god, it's you, what are you doing here?" I asked as I jumped into his open arms.
"Wakka, a friend of yours summoned me saying that you're in trouble. Now here I am in the form they chose and with you. I really missed you." He stroked my hair gently.
"Didn't think I'd find you here and I missed you, too." I snuggled up to him resting my head on his shoulder. Cloud and Aerith emerged from the gondola and saw us together. Cloud smiled at Aerith and cleared his throat.
Snapped out of the romantic scene, scratched my head and introduced them. Aerith giggled and Cloud welcomed him aboard. The battle dome was where we gathered as we needed to entertain Dio to get the keystone of the Temple of the Ancients. The challenge was to beat as many monsters as we could to satisfy his thirst for amusement. Cloud called us in a huddle and asked for any volunteers.
Two were needed than the usual single. I rose up my arm and Jacques followed. The others were amazed at me and Naz grumbled. Even though, Naz, Jacques and I had similar accessories and skills, I couldn't let Naz go in as he would go with Yuffie. Naz may not suffer, but she will.
"Splendid, splendid, shall we begin?" he gestured.
I swooshed my fist as a sign that we were ready. The battle arena was no larger than three quarter of soccer field. It had to be as some the monsters which appeared were humongous. It was a breeze, defeating the monsters as we weren't affected by the flaws used at the battle arena. It may be cheating, but we can't help not being from this topsy-turvy world. Successfully, we walked out of the arena with top battle points and Dio was impressed. As a token of appreciation, he gave us the keystone we've been yearning for. But I wasn't done yet. We needed to get the W-summon materia. Dio was amazed at my character, so was Barret. After all this time, they never saw how much spunk I had. I was on a roll.
"Well little lady, you've earned my respect." Barret patted my head.
"Gee, thanks, Barret." I smiled childishly.
"And don't call me Barret, call me 'dad'," he snickered.
Ok... I guess that isn't so bad. All pitched in, including Aerith who amazingly survived all eight battles without getting wiped out.
(After three hours)
"Total Battle points = 666666" the ticket girl announced, "And here's your prize, the W-Summon materia." She passed the W-Summon to Cloud who held it up in triumph, while Barret carried me on his shoulder like he did Marlene.
"Hope I'm not too heavy," I felt a little embarrassed but glad, as I've never been on a person's shoulder before.
Night approached, and it was Enchantment Night tonight. A special night as we only experience it once in the game. Yuffie was overreacting as it was her first night on a date with someone. She pestered me to show her how to dress, how she should act and what not. I giggled at her and pulled out Paine's Lady Luck dress sphere.
"Hold it up, Yuffie," and shouted dress change.
She transformed, "Wow, it looks awesome," she blushed.
I told her to be herself and not to worry. She jumped into a hug on me and zoomed like a F1 car out of the room to Naz. He wore his new outfit, a Chinese traditional suit with a red dragon on the back, and wasn't wearing his helmet.
"Looking good little brother," I smiled, gave him a thumb up and got ready.
Only Cloud, Vincent and Aerith didn't dress up as they weren't keen to. I managed to dab some powder and glitter on Aerith before she combed her hair and went to see Cloud. Tifa wore the outfit she used when we were at Don Corneo's mansion, why the dress up, it beats me. She asked to use some of my makeup and I asked her to help herself.
"Thank you, I'll only need these," she took the maroon lipstick and the foundation powder.
Is that all, of the load my aunt gave for my birthday, that was all? Very unpredictable, half expected her to take some blush and the glittering blue eye shadow.
"Need help?" I asked.
"No, but thanks anyway, sweetie." She smiled and closed the door of the bathroom.
I shook my head and took out Paine's trainer dress sphere and transformed. Flurry, Paine's lovable and magnificent bird, didn't mind me a bit even though I wasn't her original mistress.
"Ok, girl, I'll be out for a while. Stay with Cait Sith and Red XIII, they'll take care of you. Be good," I said as I stroked her gently under her neck.
She understood and rubbed her little head on my neck (hi, hi, that tickled).
Red XIII called from the other end of the room, "Have a good time," And in the next room, Cait Sith was snoozing and for a robot cat, he could snore even louder than Barret.
Jacques greeted me at the door, right after I put on my favorite lip gloss. He was stunned at my appearance as I was at his.
"Didn't think a tomboy like you would take the time to dress up," he teased.
"Well I didn't half expect you to look like you're ready for a valentine social," I teased him back.
He wore an indigo T-shirt underneath and on top he wore shirt with neon colored blue tiger on it.
"Shall we go?" he offered to escort me out of the room like a gentleman.
I giggled and went with the flow. First stop was the event square, a popular spot for couples. We sat at the very front row and were in time for the show. As they were the 100th couple, Cloud and Aerith played the main leads in the show. I applauded as soon I saw them on stage. Cloud played as a knight who was to save the Princess Rosa, Aerith from the evil clutches of the Evil Dragon King, Valvados. He became a magic user and asked for the weak points of the E.D.K. He kneeled before Aerith, when she and Valvados appeared, and kissed her hand.
I glanced around and saw Naz with Yuffie, who was cuddling up to him, and smiled. Not far away, a familiar face appeared at the corner of my eye; Tifa was sitting with Vincent and were smooching? I blinked and shook my, to double check if my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. Nope, it was real. After the show was over someone patted me on the back. It was Barret with Myrna, his wife whom I brought to life for a night, something like a Cinderella movie, out of permission from Wakka and Lulu.
"I don't know how to thank you for reuniting me with Myrna, even though it's for only one night," he gave me a hug and Myrna pecked me on the cheek.
"My pleasure, as you've done so much for me," Smiled back at them.
Next, we stopped by the Chocobo square where we bumped into Cid and Shera who were betting on the chocobo races. They looked happy, which was a strange turn from Cid as he was nicer to her now. She had it in her all along. "Want to go ride on the gondola, Lisa?" Jacques asked suddenly.
"Why not," I answered following his lead.
At the station, Yuffie and Naz were there waiting.
"Lisa, could I go on the gondola with Naz." She asked shyly.
"Of course you can, you didn't have to ask." I replied.
Maybe she wasn't sure or Naz asked her to ask me. She jumped at me again and Naz asked the ticket girl for two tickets.
"Take care of her, bro." I cried out to him from the station.
"Do you still want to go on? Or would you rather sit there, where we found each other?" I asked.
"Yeah, let's go." He got the tickets and we were off.
It was a spectacular site. The view from the shooting coaster, the live scene of the chocobo races and the fireworks made the place even look more beautiful.
"What do you think of the view?" I asked him.
"Almost perfect," he said. He didn't tell me why until the ride was over.
"Let's rest a while," he said as he pulled me to the bench.
"Are you ok? You're acting pretty weird," I asked, startled.
No reply, but instead he removed a few strands of loose hair from my face and kissed me tenderly. I was surprised at first, but accepted it and wrapped my hands around his neck. He let go as soon as he heard Cloud and Aerith's voice. Didn't think it would take them that long to get out of the event square. They went on the gondola like we did.
I couldn't help but see what they did on it. It was as if a television screen had appeared in my mind. Aerith was admiring the sites as Cloud watched her. She was lovely; he was handsome, nothing like a ride on the gondola to soften a tough guy's heart like Cloud's. Soon, the dialogue in the game appeared. Aerith said she wanted to meet Cloud and that she saw Zack again in Cloud. Cloud was puzzled as he was with her. But what she meant was that she wanted to be in a relationship with him. He must have understood as the next thing I saw was that he leaned in, lifted her chin, stared deeply into her eyes and kissed her passionately. I blushed and snapped out of the vision. Jacques noticed this and tightened his hold over me.
I was glad, but at the same time worried as her end was near and I didn't want any sadness in his heart as he loved her. Jacques again saw me shiver and lifted my head closer for another kiss, longer this time until he didn't realize we had an audience. Cloud and Aerith had emerged from the gondola hand in hand. Both turned tomato red and it took only a sneeze from the ticket girl at the booth to startle us.
"Eep..." I was embarrassed to see them there, so was Jacques.
"Uh... we uh..." Jacques couldn't think of what to say.
Cloud and Aerith gave a little laugh and told us not to worry.
"Let's get back to the inn, it's late." Cloud informed us.
"And we have to be up bright and early tomorrow," Aerith continued.
I nodded and followed them from behind with Jacques.
At the station square, Cait Sith was sneaking around and had stolen the keystone we worked so hard to get!
"Hey, Cait Sith what are you up, to?" Cloud shouted.
Realizing that he was found out he put up a high speed chase. Cloud and Aerith went after him at the speed square and the wonder square.
"I know his next stop, come on," I shouted to Jacques as I jumped down the chocobo square tube.
We were just in time, Cait Sith had just led them into the building. I went head on to try stopping him but he pushed me forcefully out of the way till I crashed on the stairs.
"Lisa!" all three shouted in unison.
Aerith helped lift me up while Cloud and Jacques charged at him as he threw the keystone to Tseng on the helicopter. The cat was out of the bag, Cait Sith was Reeve, a Shinra spy and personnel. He confessed and said he was disturbed with our way of life, fighting for others for nothing. Made sure we listened when he pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"Marlene!" Aerith and I cried.
Reeve or Cait Sith didn't want to use such drastic measures, but it was the only way we'd listen.
"About the temple of the Ancients, I know where it is," he continued.
"So do I, don't say it's impossible," I shouted, struggling to get up.
"Oh I'm sorry; I didn't mean to hit you that hard." He rushed towards me and Aerith, who pulled me away.
"Let's get back to the Inn and treat it as if it never happened." He informed us and left.
We were worried, not just about Marlene, but Elmyra, too. At the Inn, Flurry was fast asleep beside Red XIII. I transformed back and she disappeared. Naz and Yuffie snored away in the room. I removed my stuff which I had left there and returned to my room, only to find Tifa and Vincent still smooching on the bed. Shera and Cid were there too, chatting. Ok, it was occupied. Checked Barret's room, both Barret and Cait Sith were snoring so loudly that I thought I felt the floor rumble. Guess not this room either.
I went to Aerith's room next. Luckily the occupants weren't asleep. Cloud had moved in as Shera had left the room and that Aerith was all alone. Jacques was there, too.
His excuse was, "I couldn't stand the noise Barret made whilst he slept." he poked his ear.
My excuse was my room was conquered by Cid and Vincent who were 'busy' with Shera and Tifa. We laughed at each other's stories and got ready for bed. Even though they were in the same room, Cloud kissed Aerith good night and I gave Jacques a hug. He hugged me back and went to bed.
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2 a.m. in the morning in the real world, Jacques was getting ready for bed. He was exhausted from the pressure of his college days. His examination ended and all he has to do now is rest and relax.
"Yawn... finally can get some real sleep," he yawned.
He looked at his watch and then his hand phone, "Lisa hasn't called me for a while, I wonder why? Is she mad at me? ... Can't be," he wondered as there weren't any new calls or messages from me.
He decided to give me a ring and dialed the number. It was out of order.
"That's weird, how could she change her number without informing me? Maybe I'm just dreaming. I'll try again first thing when I wake up." he was concerned about me.
*Click* the light was switched off and he was already in dreamland.
"Hey man, wake up." Wakka's voice called.
Jacques got up from the floor, startled being woken up by strange characters. He didn't recognize any of them as he never played any games from Squaresoft or Square Enix. Lulu wasted no time and went straight to business.
"We believe that you're acquainted with our heroine and have chosen you and a few others to assist her on her mission. You know her by the name of Lisa, but in our world she is known as Enima." She didn't miss any detail.
"Whoa, whoa, you mean she's in trouble? How, when, why?" he asked, stunned and surprised.
"In a way she is, but not in the way you mean. She's lonely for companionship." Tidus continued.
"Before we continue farther, let us introduce ourselves, I'm Yuna, he is Tidus, Mr. Wake up call is Wakka, the blonde girl over there is Rikku ..."
"I'm Paine, that guy over there looking serious is Squall, and the kids are Sora and Kairi." Paine connected the dots.
"You care for her, don't you; it's in your eyes. We've equipped you with items, equipment, armor, special abilities and new form. Take a look, what do you think." Kairi said as she held up a mirror.
He looked handsome in light swordsman armor with an invincible sword and whip strapped on a belt around his waist. His hair shone a deep sea green and his eyes were a lovely shade of purple. They even replaced some of his bulkiness with muscles.
"Ooh lookin' good dude." Rikku gave him thumbs up.
Speechless and concerned, his eyes trailed the floor. Jacques was the first guy to be my best friend ever since I was a child. Lastly, Wakka and Lulu gave him unlimited Gil like he did me and my brother, a PHS, some materia, his hand phone and a bag to carry them all in.
"Before you go to the designated destination, here's a tutorial just for you. Our world is the Final Fantasy world, Gil is the money we use and materia is a crystal that enables a person to use magic. Certain materia has its own attributes and abilities. Red ones enable us to call upon creatures to assist us in battle, yellow ones give us extra qualities like deathblow and double cut, purple ones help as lures , green ones are used to cast magic and grey ones help to control the green materia. The rest you'll learn along the way." Squall explained.
"Oh and another thing, the bag will enable your every wish except certain desires and as you're strangers to our world you and our heroine are immortals." Sora added. "Understood," Jacques gave thumbs up and was ready to rumble.
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"Shera ..." I called melodiously from out side her door.
She was surprised to find me at her doorstep and invited me in. I declined the offer and on the spot I revealed our identities to her. Naz explained the main reason why we wanted to see her.
She jumped at the idea and shivered, "You won't drop me, right?"
"Nah, I won't. I'm pretty strong and experienced with flying." I assured her.
Naz nodded and I picked her up gently. In the air, she gasped and clung to my suit. I nodded my head and signaled Naz to prepare for landing. The guy in charge of the tram rubbed his eyes over and over again when he saw us swoop down from the air and asked if we really flew. I answered and giggled at his reaction. Moments later, Cloud and party arrived. Cid was the first to notice Shera and again went ballistic. Everyone tried to reason with him but no sere. Only Shera managed to calm the raging dragon. It was a strange sight; she just reached out for him and held him close. Aww... and I thought Cid couldn't stand her. Go figure. Up the tram we went and I purchased Gold Tickets for everyone but Naz and Yuffie. Naz insisted that he bought his own ticket and for Yuffie. We spread out and did what we wanted. Followed Cloud and Aerith to the gondola and waited for them on a bench nearby, looking down below. I didn't realize the stranger sitting beside me, till he spoke.
"Isn't it a drag waiting for your friends alone?" he asked. "Yeah it is, but I don't really let it bother me." I answered, and then I twitched.
"What's your name stranger, I'm Enima?" I held out my hand and he took it.
"I'm Speed, pleased to meet you... Guess I've found you ...Lisa." "Jacques... oh my god, it's you, what are you doing here?" I asked as I jumped into his open arms.
"Wakka, a friend of yours summoned me saying that you're in trouble. Now here I am in the form they chose and with you. I really missed you." He stroked my hair gently.
"Didn't think I'd find you here and I missed you, too." I snuggled up to him resting my head on his shoulder. Cloud and Aerith emerged from the gondola and saw us together. Cloud smiled at Aerith and cleared his throat.
Snapped out of the romantic scene, scratched my head and introduced them. Aerith giggled and Cloud welcomed him aboard. The battle dome was where we gathered as we needed to entertain Dio to get the keystone of the Temple of the Ancients. The challenge was to beat as many monsters as we could to satisfy his thirst for amusement. Cloud called us in a huddle and asked for any volunteers.
Two were needed than the usual single. I rose up my arm and Jacques followed. The others were amazed at me and Naz grumbled. Even though, Naz, Jacques and I had similar accessories and skills, I couldn't let Naz go in as he would go with Yuffie. Naz may not suffer, but she will.
"Splendid, splendid, shall we begin?" he gestured.
I swooshed my fist as a sign that we were ready. The battle arena was no larger than three quarter of soccer field. It had to be as some the monsters which appeared were humongous. It was a breeze, defeating the monsters as we weren't affected by the flaws used at the battle arena. It may be cheating, but we can't help not being from this topsy-turvy world. Successfully, we walked out of the arena with top battle points and Dio was impressed. As a token of appreciation, he gave us the keystone we've been yearning for. But I wasn't done yet. We needed to get the W-summon materia. Dio was amazed at my character, so was Barret. After all this time, they never saw how much spunk I had. I was on a roll.
"Well little lady, you've earned my respect." Barret patted my head.
"Gee, thanks, Barret." I smiled childishly.
"And don't call me Barret, call me 'dad'," he snickered.
Ok... I guess that isn't so bad. All pitched in, including Aerith who amazingly survived all eight battles without getting wiped out.
(After three hours)
"Total Battle points = 666666" the ticket girl announced, "And here's your prize, the W-Summon materia." She passed the W-Summon to Cloud who held it up in triumph, while Barret carried me on his shoulder like he did Marlene.
"Hope I'm not too heavy," I felt a little embarrassed but glad, as I've never been on a person's shoulder before.
Night approached, and it was Enchantment Night tonight. A special night as we only experience it once in the game. Yuffie was overreacting as it was her first night on a date with someone. She pestered me to show her how to dress, how she should act and what not. I giggled at her and pulled out Paine's Lady Luck dress sphere.
"Hold it up, Yuffie," and shouted dress change.
She transformed, "Wow, it looks awesome," she blushed.
I told her to be herself and not to worry. She jumped into a hug on me and zoomed like a F1 car out of the room to Naz. He wore his new outfit, a Chinese traditional suit with a red dragon on the back, and wasn't wearing his helmet.
"Looking good little brother," I smiled, gave him a thumb up and got ready.
Only Cloud, Vincent and Aerith didn't dress up as they weren't keen to. I managed to dab some powder and glitter on Aerith before she combed her hair and went to see Cloud. Tifa wore the outfit she used when we were at Don Corneo's mansion, why the dress up, it beats me. She asked to use some of my makeup and I asked her to help herself.
"Thank you, I'll only need these," she took the maroon lipstick and the foundation powder.
Is that all, of the load my aunt gave for my birthday, that was all? Very unpredictable, half expected her to take some blush and the glittering blue eye shadow.
"Need help?" I asked.
"No, but thanks anyway, sweetie." She smiled and closed the door of the bathroom.
I shook my head and took out Paine's trainer dress sphere and transformed. Flurry, Paine's lovable and magnificent bird, didn't mind me a bit even though I wasn't her original mistress.
"Ok, girl, I'll be out for a while. Stay with Cait Sith and Red XIII, they'll take care of you. Be good," I said as I stroked her gently under her neck.
She understood and rubbed her little head on my neck (hi, hi, that tickled).
Red XIII called from the other end of the room, "Have a good time," And in the next room, Cait Sith was snoozing and for a robot cat, he could snore even louder than Barret.
Jacques greeted me at the door, right after I put on my favorite lip gloss. He was stunned at my appearance as I was at his.
"Didn't think a tomboy like you would take the time to dress up," he teased.
"Well I didn't half expect you to look like you're ready for a valentine social," I teased him back.
He wore an indigo T-shirt underneath and on top he wore shirt with neon colored blue tiger on it.
"Shall we go?" he offered to escort me out of the room like a gentleman.
I giggled and went with the flow. First stop was the event square, a popular spot for couples. We sat at the very front row and were in time for the show. As they were the 100th couple, Cloud and Aerith played the main leads in the show. I applauded as soon I saw them on stage. Cloud played as a knight who was to save the Princess Rosa, Aerith from the evil clutches of the Evil Dragon King, Valvados. He became a magic user and asked for the weak points of the E.D.K. He kneeled before Aerith, when she and Valvados appeared, and kissed her hand.
I glanced around and saw Naz with Yuffie, who was cuddling up to him, and smiled. Not far away, a familiar face appeared at the corner of my eye; Tifa was sitting with Vincent and were smooching? I blinked and shook my, to double check if my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. Nope, it was real. After the show was over someone patted me on the back. It was Barret with Myrna, his wife whom I brought to life for a night, something like a Cinderella movie, out of permission from Wakka and Lulu.
"I don't know how to thank you for reuniting me with Myrna, even though it's for only one night," he gave me a hug and Myrna pecked me on the cheek.
"My pleasure, as you've done so much for me," Smiled back at them.
Next, we stopped by the Chocobo square where we bumped into Cid and Shera who were betting on the chocobo races. They looked happy, which was a strange turn from Cid as he was nicer to her now. She had it in her all along. "Want to go ride on the gondola, Lisa?" Jacques asked suddenly.
"Why not," I answered following his lead.
At the station, Yuffie and Naz were there waiting.
"Lisa, could I go on the gondola with Naz." She asked shyly.
"Of course you can, you didn't have to ask." I replied.
Maybe she wasn't sure or Naz asked her to ask me. She jumped at me again and Naz asked the ticket girl for two tickets.
"Take care of her, bro." I cried out to him from the station.
"Do you still want to go on? Or would you rather sit there, where we found each other?" I asked.
"Yeah, let's go." He got the tickets and we were off.
It was a spectacular site. The view from the shooting coaster, the live scene of the chocobo races and the fireworks made the place even look more beautiful.
"What do you think of the view?" I asked him.
"Almost perfect," he said. He didn't tell me why until the ride was over.
"Let's rest a while," he said as he pulled me to the bench.
"Are you ok? You're acting pretty weird," I asked, startled.
No reply, but instead he removed a few strands of loose hair from my face and kissed me tenderly. I was surprised at first, but accepted it and wrapped my hands around his neck. He let go as soon as he heard Cloud and Aerith's voice. Didn't think it would take them that long to get out of the event square. They went on the gondola like we did.
I couldn't help but see what they did on it. It was as if a television screen had appeared in my mind. Aerith was admiring the sites as Cloud watched her. She was lovely; he was handsome, nothing like a ride on the gondola to soften a tough guy's heart like Cloud's. Soon, the dialogue in the game appeared. Aerith said she wanted to meet Cloud and that she saw Zack again in Cloud. Cloud was puzzled as he was with her. But what she meant was that she wanted to be in a relationship with him. He must have understood as the next thing I saw was that he leaned in, lifted her chin, stared deeply into her eyes and kissed her passionately. I blushed and snapped out of the vision. Jacques noticed this and tightened his hold over me.
I was glad, but at the same time worried as her end was near and I didn't want any sadness in his heart as he loved her. Jacques again saw me shiver and lifted my head closer for another kiss, longer this time until he didn't realize we had an audience. Cloud and Aerith had emerged from the gondola hand in hand. Both turned tomato red and it took only a sneeze from the ticket girl at the booth to startle us.
"Eep..." I was embarrassed to see them there, so was Jacques.
"Uh... we uh..." Jacques couldn't think of what to say.
Cloud and Aerith gave a little laugh and told us not to worry.
"Let's get back to the inn, it's late." Cloud informed us.
"And we have to be up bright and early tomorrow," Aerith continued.
I nodded and followed them from behind with Jacques.
At the station square, Cait Sith was sneaking around and had stolen the keystone we worked so hard to get!
"Hey, Cait Sith what are you up, to?" Cloud shouted.
Realizing that he was found out he put up a high speed chase. Cloud and Aerith went after him at the speed square and the wonder square.
"I know his next stop, come on," I shouted to Jacques as I jumped down the chocobo square tube.
We were just in time, Cait Sith had just led them into the building. I went head on to try stopping him but he pushed me forcefully out of the way till I crashed on the stairs.
"Lisa!" all three shouted in unison.
Aerith helped lift me up while Cloud and Jacques charged at him as he threw the keystone to Tseng on the helicopter. The cat was out of the bag, Cait Sith was Reeve, a Shinra spy and personnel. He confessed and said he was disturbed with our way of life, fighting for others for nothing. Made sure we listened when he pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"Marlene!" Aerith and I cried.
Reeve or Cait Sith didn't want to use such drastic measures, but it was the only way we'd listen.
"About the temple of the Ancients, I know where it is," he continued.
"So do I, don't say it's impossible," I shouted, struggling to get up.
"Oh I'm sorry; I didn't mean to hit you that hard." He rushed towards me and Aerith, who pulled me away.
"Let's get back to the Inn and treat it as if it never happened." He informed us and left.
We were worried, not just about Marlene, but Elmyra, too. At the Inn, Flurry was fast asleep beside Red XIII. I transformed back and she disappeared. Naz and Yuffie snored away in the room. I removed my stuff which I had left there and returned to my room, only to find Tifa and Vincent still smooching on the bed. Shera and Cid were there too, chatting. Ok, it was occupied. Checked Barret's room, both Barret and Cait Sith were snoring so loudly that I thought I felt the floor rumble. Guess not this room either.
I went to Aerith's room next. Luckily the occupants weren't asleep. Cloud had moved in as Shera had left the room and that Aerith was all alone. Jacques was there, too.
His excuse was, "I couldn't stand the noise Barret made whilst he slept." he poked his ear.
My excuse was my room was conquered by Cid and Vincent who were 'busy' with Shera and Tifa. We laughed at each other's stories and got ready for bed. Even though they were in the same room, Cloud kissed Aerith good night and I gave Jacques a hug. He hugged me back and went to bed.
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