A/N: Well, no reviews yet. But the Login area had been disabled so I understand. Chapter 12 is just a lot of random stuff I thought up, nothing of real importance. Two new characters are introduced and a new airship. Title is a dead give away.

Summary – Arriving at Gold Saucer the group get some R and R before the promotion. Everyone goes to enjoy themselves, but Cloud got more 'Excitement' than he bargained for. And the outcome wasn't pretty.

Chapter 12 – Mogs and Cats Up Highwind

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Cloud woke up late the next morning. He tried to sit up but his ribs felt like they were going to crack. He felt a bit dizzy and his vision was foggy. He then remembered what happened the night before.

'No wonder I'm in such a bad state!' he thought to himself.

He laid his head back on his pillow and closed his eyes. He almost fell asleep again until he heard his door open. It was Tifa.

"Hey Tifa." He said.

"Hey Cloud, you're looking better." She commented.

"Try telling that to my ribs." Tifa laughed slightly and looked at him with concerned eyes.

"I'm surprised you got better this quickly. You took a real beating last night. I was worried sick."

She sat down next to him and helped him sit up. He groaned slightly as a sharp pain went through his body. He rested his head against the headboard and closed his eyes. Tifa's eyes drifted down to his chest. The cuts he had received were almost totally healed, but some would leave light scars. Tifa realised that he still had his trousers on, even though they were almost totally ripped off.

"Why don't you get changed? Your clothes are in ruins."

"Yeah I guess your right." He went to stand up but Tifa stopped him. She had her hand on his shoulder as he looked at her confusedly. She simply held up her hand, in which she was holding an Elixir.

"You need to drink this first." She handed him the small bottle, "And they brought you some new clothes. They're on the floor next to you."

"Thanks Tif. I owe you one." He said to her. She smiled and headed out of the room. Cloud quickly downed the Elixir and instantly felt his strength return. He got out of his bed, put on his clothes and went outside.

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Squall walked down to the Wonder Square. The place was quiet, except for the music and bright lights. The few people that were there looked at Squall strangely, having not seen anyone like him before. But Squall was ignoring them. He was thinking again.

A lot of things had been happening, and some were more shocking than others. Being pulled back in time, meeting AVALANCHE, learning how to use materia; and most of all, Cloud. Squall frowned slightly. Cloud has shown amazing strength the night before. He had taken on some of the biggest monsters Squall had ever seen. Most of the time, he got only slightly hurt. In the end, it seemed like he was nearly beaten to death.

'How can anyone be so powerful?' Squall thought. 'Some of the things about seem so unnatural, its king of freaky.'

He was pulled from his train of thought when he heard Rinoa call on him.

"Squall!" She shouted, running down the stairs, "Have you seen the others?"

Squall shook his head and she sighed.

"What's up?" He asked.

"I just have to find them and tell them that we should be leaving in about 2 hours. On of Cloud's friends will be coming to pick us up."

"Well what do you want to do?"

Rinoa smiled and walked up to Squall, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Well, I was thinking about spending some time with you. If that's alright with you."

"Now…" he said leaning down, "What kind of a stupid question is that?" He captured her lips with his and kissed her passionately. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. They didn't realise that someone was watching them.

They heard the sound of someone clearing their throat. They broke their kiss and looked to where the sound had come from. There stood a foot tall black cat, on top of a 3 foot Mog. The cat held a small microphone in his hand and wore a crown on its head. Rinoa and Squall looked at it, totally bewildered. They all looked at each other before it finally spoke.

"Sorry to interrupt but would you like your fortunes told?" it said.

"Um…okay." Rinoa said hesitantly.

They stared in amazement as the Mog started dancing and bouncing. After a moment it stopped and handed them a piece of paper.

It read…

YOUR ENEMY IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. BE CAUTIOUS.

"Hey, what does it say?" Rinoa asked eagerly. Squall handed it to her.

"Your enemy may be closer than you think?" She read out. "What do you think it means?" she asked him. He shrugged and took the paper back. He couldn't help but feel like there was some truth behind it.

"Well?" The cat asked. "You think it's good?"

Squall was about to answer, when he got interrupted by someone behind him.

"Still trying to read people's fortunes, huh?"

Squall and Rinoa turned round just in time to see Cloud jump down the stairs. He landed just behind them and walked forward to the cat and Mog. He smiled at them.

"Long time no see Cloud." It said.

He nodded and turned to Squall and Rinoa.

"Guys, this is Cait Sith. He's a member of AVALANCHE." He told them. As he did so, Cait bowed.

"Cait Sith at your service." Rinoa smiled and walked forward and clapped him on the head.

"Is he real?" Rinoa asked Cloud.

"No. He's controlled by a human." He answered.

"Not exactly Cloud."

Cloud swung round and saw Reeve, Tifa and Marlene walking down the stairs.

"Hey Reeve." Cloud greeted happily. He then turned back round to Squall and Rinoa. "This is Reeve. He created Cait." He paused before he asked Reeve something. "Did you modify him so he has free will?"

"Yes, I did. He can now act on his own but he'll never do anything that could be dangerous without consulting me first."

"That's pretty cool." Squall said, speaking for the first time in a while. "Cloud, when are we getting picked up?"

"Oh yeah. That's what I was coming to tell you. Cid should be here in 10 minutes. We need to find the others and tell them to go to the airport."

"No problem." Squall said simply, showing him his cell phone. He called Selphie and put the phone to his ear. "Yeah, Selph? It's Squall. Yeah, meet us at the airport A.S.A.P. Alright, later." He nodded to tell them that he was finished and they headed to the airport.

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Everyone was in the airport 5 minutes later. They each sat waiting for Cid to come. Squall sat on a bench with his arm draped around Rinoa, while she laid her head on his shoulder. Marlene and Cait Sith were on the floor playing with Angelo. Barret and Reeve talking and watching them play. Zell was practicing his martial arts with Tifa watching, being a martial artist herself. Irvine was cleaning his gun with Selphie's head on his lap, while she lay down sleeping. Quistis was sitting on the floor snoozing and Cloud was leaning against the wall. He had his back on the wall, his head down and his eyes closed. To Squall, he looked like he was meditating.

"Man…" Zell said impatiently, "When is our ride gonna get here?"

Cloud's eyes snapped open and he stood up.

"He's here now." Everyone suddenly heard the low grumble of an engine, slowly getting louder. Suddenly, a huge airship came into their view. It looked like a cross between a blimp and a plane. It was painted blue and had a bikini woman painted on the side. Cloud stepped forward to the edge and waved at the ship. He stepped to the side, to allow the ship to land. It didn't exactly land, but it hovered a few feet of the ground. One of the slabs on the wall of the plane opened, revealing an entrance. The slab hit the floor with a loud clunk. A middle-aged man stood at the top. He looked just taller than Squall. He had spiked up blond hair and goggles on his head. He wore a bomber man uniform with a spear strapped on his back. There was a cigarette hanging loosely at the corner of his mouth, and he looked pissed.

"WELL!" he shouted, "You fuckin' gettin' on or whit!?"

Cloud, Tifa, Barret and Reeve exchanged smiles before following him in. The others came in last.

Everyone was stunned. There were over a dozen seats around the deck and a huge control panel. There were parachutes on the walls and there were small doors leading to gun cockpits.

"Well?" Cid said, "What do ye think? She's a cracker ain't she? Ah've called it the Sentinel."

"Wow Cid, you've really put a lot of work into this one." Cloud complimented him, "A lot of new things as well. I thought it would be the same as the Highwind, 'cause you really liked that ship."

Cid lowered his head, remembering his old ship. It had been almost totally destroyed after Holy and the Lifestream had beaten Meteor.

"Aye, but ah decided tae make it the same but a lot better. Ah've pit in original gun pits and other weapons. It's a lot better." Cid finally noticed Squall and the others looking around. "Yo, wha's the new kids?"

At that they all looked round. Squall scowled slightly, he hated being called a kid. Cloud saw this and decided to break the silence.

"This is Cid Highwind, guys. He's the best pilot in the world." Cid grinned at this. But he was the best pilot in the world. He had piloted the Highwind, a spaceship, a submarine. Hell, he could pilot anything. "Cid, this is Selphie, Irvine, Zell, Quistis, Rinoa and Squall." Cloud continued, pointing to each of them in turn. Cid nodded.

"It's gonna tak me a while tae remember yer names, ah ain't got as gid a memory as ah yist tae." He headed to the pilots seat and sat down. "A'right numbskulls, buckle yersel's up."

They each did what they were told. Selphie sat near the front, wanting to see how the Sentinel was driven. As soon as Cid heard the last belt buckled up, he turned on the engines and flew off. They were up in the air for a few minutes before anyone took their belts off. Cloud was the first to undo his. Tifa was next and she quickly walked over to him.

"Cloud, are you going to be okay?" she asked him. She was concerned about his motion sickness.

"I'll be fine Tif. Besides, I've rode on Cid's ship before and I've never been sick. I was close once though. That was after I had finished talking to Yuffie."

Tifa laughed. Yuffie had an even worse case of motion sickness than Cloud. Whenever she got on the Highwind, she'd be at the top deck, spewing every five minutes.

"Hey Tif. You want to let our summons stretch their wings?" Cloud asked her.

"Yeah, okay." She said, "Wait. Squall!" she shouted. He turned round to show she had gotten his attention. "You want to let some of your GF's get some exercise?"

"Yeah sure, I'll be up in a minute."

Tifa nodded and followed Cloud up to the air deck. They both concentrated on their materia and called forth their summons.

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Squall and Zell went up to the air deck, junctioned with Quetzacotl and Bahamut. As they reached the deck, they saw only Tifa. Cloud had disappeared.

"Yo Tifa?" Zell asked, "Where's Cloud?"

She turned round and smiled. "He'll be back in a minute. Go ahead and release your GF's."

They both nodded and called forth their Guardian Forces. Two holes appeared in between the clouds. Two flying monsters burst through. First was Bahamut, surrounded by a blinding white light. Quetzacotl came through in a shower of lightning. Its large bird like form and slick body, occasionally sparking, made it quite a sight.

Tifa gasped. She had never seen a Quetzacotl before and was fascinated by it. She stood watching it before her attention was caught by a loud screech. She turned round to see her Bahamut playing with Zell's. They all laughed as the Bahamuts tried to bite and claw at each other. Squall was just relieved that they weren't using their Mega Flares. They suddenly heard an even louder screech. They each had to cover their ears. Quetzacotl cried out and shot up, as if running away. Next second a huge dragon, twice as big as Bahamut, came into view. Cloud was riding on the back, while it's 2 pairs of wings flapping in unison.

Squall couldn't believe what he was seeing. The dragon was huge. It looked almost as big as the Ragnarok. The dragon moved closer to the ship and Cloud jumped off. He landed safely on the deck while the dragon flew up higher.

"What the hell is that?" Squall asked.

Cloud looked at him calmly before he spoke. "It's a summon called Neo Bahamut. Let's just say it's Bahamuts big brother."

Squall stood speechless as Cloud and Tifa headed back downstairs. He didn't know much about Bahamuts big brothers but he did know one thing.

It was going to take some time to get used to this place.

A/N: This chapter was a day late and I'm sorry. Slap me. *SMACK* Owww. I said I was sorry. Anyway, chapter 13 might take a while cause I've kinda ran out of ideas. Please send me some, I'm begging you!!!!!! Oh and R&R. Please put ideas in!!!! *SOB* I'm running low.