a/n: If you think this chapter is short, wait till you see the next one!!!
Chapter XII: Aerith and Cloud Meet Their Doom (and boy is it scary!)
Commander Leonhart was more than happy to drag the two back to Fujin and Zidane and let them deal with the two. (He was, after all, on a date with another conductor from a different camp who just happened to be named Rinoa and he didn't want to deal with the two at the time.)
"What should we do with 'em?" Zidane looked to Fujin.
"Torture," Fujin said with a special smile. Zidane instantly knew what she meant.
"So, kids…Did you hear about the bassist who locked his keys in his car?"
Cloud blinked a few times. Although he played guitar, he'd never heard this one before. Well…actually, he probably had, but either hadn't been listening or had purposely forgotten it.
"It took them three hours to get the drummer out!" Zidane started laughing hysterically, and Aerith felt like crying.
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Three miserable hours later as Aerith and Cloud trudged up the stairs, Cloud glanced over to Aerith.
"Was it worth it?" he asked her.
She paused, then smiled.
"Yeah. Yeah, it was."
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