Chewie-2006: Yes I'm finally here with the second half of the chapter. Sorry about the delay, but work does come first unfortunately. Thanks for the reviews. David: Don't worry; Aeris will get her time to shine. Now I give the rest of the chapter.

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Oh dear god. Cloud was thinking as he heard someone sing some really bad karaoke to The Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots.

The party had been going on for awhile now, and about fifteen minutes ago someone had brought out the karaoke machine and the madness had begun. Cloud was enjoying himself, he had gotten a beer when Tifa had offered him one, but he didn't really like it, so he hadn't drank another one. Tifa had only had one too, only she kept asking him if he wanted another one, he just kept turning it down.

Right now he and Tifa were talking to a couple of fellow freshman they had met. At first Cloud didn't want to talk to them, but he got used to them and was carrying on some decent conversation with them.

"My god that's horrible." One of them said, referring to the karaoke singer who was still attempting to sing the STP song.

"No kidding." Cloud replied. "He's practically ruined one of my favorite songs."

This got a small laugh from everyone around him.

"Oh crap." Tifa said suddenly.

"What wrong?" he turned and asked her.

"I have to be home in a little bit." She said sounding a bit angry. "We'd better get going."

"Ok." Cloud said.

They said they're good byes to everyone. Cloud turned around and started to walk only to turn around and walk right into someone. He fell on his ass and then realized he had run into the same kid who had ran into him on the first day of school. Barret, that's what he had heard his name was.

"What the hell?' Barret said, sounding a bit drunk. He turned around and looked down at Cloud.

"You little shit!" he said "What's your problem with running into people."

"You were in my way." Cloud replied defiantly.

Barret then proceeded to grab him by the shirt and lift him off the ground.

Oh shit bad move. Cloud thought to himself. He noticed the only people paying attention were those right around him. Everyone else was just going on about they're business.

"Yea get em Barry ol buddy!" A kid that Cloud had seen around Barret was screaming at the top of his lungs. He sounded a lot drunker than Barret.

"I'm gonna rip you apart." Barret said lifting his fist back ready to punch.

Cloud readied himself for the hit, but as soon as Barret swung, a hand caught his fist.

Both Cloud and Barret turned to see Sephiroth with Barret's fist in his grasp. Cloud felt overly relieved.

"What this?" Sephiroth asked Barret "Are you trying to make a mess out of my party."

"The little bastard ran right into me." Barret said angrily. "Why shouldn't I be able to pummel him?"

Sephiroth let go of Barret's hand.

"Because," Sephiroth started. "If I saw you fighting than I would have to challenge you to a fight, and if you know anything about my reputation. I don't really think you want that."

Cloud was really glad Sephiroth had stepped in. He knew he would have been beaten on pretty badly. He just wished Barret would put him down now.

"So, what now?" Sephiroth asked. "Do you wish to continue?"

"I guess not." Barret said.

"Good," said Sephiroth "How about putting him down now."

Barret put Cloud down. He'd never felt so free I his life,

"Thanks." he said to Sephiroth.

"No problem." Sephiroth replied.

Cloud grabbed Tifa's arm and they hurried out of the party.

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Sephiroth went back to his spot hanging around his fellow seniors. Earlier he had been standing there when he saw her. The most beautiful freshman he had ever seen. She had long black hair and a rather large chest for a freshman.

He knew he had to have her, but there was one problem. She was hanging real close around another freshman. A boy with spiky blonde hair.

When he first saw the little beating that was about to occur, he was going to let it happen. He then realized if he showed he could be rather caring. It might be able to get her. So, he put on an act, and stopped the fight from happening.

He hoped his plan would work. She would be his.

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Cid was disappointed; he wanted to see Barret beat the crap out of that other kid.

Cid was feeling pretty good, he had lost track of how much he had drank a long time ago. Everyone seemed so friendly and seemed to like him.

No wonder the old man does this all the time. It lets you forget everything.

"Who's next?" the kid running the karaoke asked.

"Oh, me, me!" Cid said excitedly, he hopped up beside the karaoke machine. Ready to sing.

"What do you want to sing?" The machine runner asked him

"Surprise me." Cid told him.

The kid put in a CD and started it up. The sound of Touch Me by The Doors filled the room. Cid looked at the screen with the words, only to see that he'd drank so much that the words were all fuzzy. He decided he would just have to try and improvise what words he couldn't make out.

"C'mon, C'mon and touch me bake," he began; he didn't think that sounded right, but that what the fuzzy words read. 'Can't you see that I am very afraid?"

"What the hell?" somebody yelled "That isn't how the song goes."

Cid heard this but he didn't care, he was saying what the fuzzy words said. He was about to continue when he got the sudden urge to hurl. He threw down the microphone and ran out of the house looking for a place to puke.

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Yuffie was so excited, she was glad Reno was with her. They had decided to leave the party and go for a walk.

They had found that they had a lot in common, they liked the same kind of movies and music.

"So you're originally from Wutai?" Reno asked her.

Yuffie was even more excited; he actually wanted to know about her life.

"Yea," Yuffie told him. "I lived there with my dad. My parents were divorced when I was young. My dad is a big wig with the martial arts council there, and he's never around, so I decided to come here to live with my mom."

"Oh, I take you were trained by the martial arts council too?" Reno asked her.

"Yep, I've been trained in 5 different forms of martial arts."

"That's cool." Reno told her.

Wow he actually thinks what I do is cool

"Have you always lived in Midgar?" Yuffie asked him.

"Yea," he told her. "My parents work for Shinra Inc. So, I've always lived on the rich end of town."

"Doesn't it get kind of old living around all these rich people?" Yuffie asked him.

"Yea, real old." he said. "Most of them think they're something special and are above everyone else. When they're really just arrogant and are really below everyone else."

"I guess I've never thought of it that way." Yuffie told him Wow he's really deep.

Eventually they got to Yuffie's front door step.

"I had a really good time walking and talking with you." Reno told her.

YAY!

"Me too." Yuffie said.

Reno put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her on the cheek. Although she couldn't see herself she knew that she was blushing.

"Good night." he said.

"Good night" Yuffie told him.

Then he had walked down the street and was gone. Yuffie was so happy as she walked inside. She knew what her dreams would be full of tonight.

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Tifa plan had kind of worked. She had only gotten Cloud to drink one beer, but after they talked to people he loosened up.

They were on their way to Tifa's house now. It was almost her curfew.

"So did you have fun tonight?" Cloud asked her.

"Of course." she told him. She grabbed his arm and put her head on his shoulder while still continuing to walk. "I'm betting it's always fun with you. How about you? Did you have fun?'

"Of course I did." He told her. "I don't think I could have had more fun with anyone else."

This made Tifa happy. She knew she had him now. She knew this would be her new boyfriend.

When they got to her front door Tifa was wishing they were still a couple blacks away.

"Good night." Cloud said.

He started to go in to kiss her on the cheek, but Tifa took advantage of this and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

"Good night," she told him and went inside.

Perfect. I've really got him now.

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Chewie-2006: Well there's the rest of the chapter. Please keep those reviews and suggestions coming. I also strongly advise you to check into all bands and song I mention throughout this story, because they are all awesome. Well, peace.