Cloud awoke to Tifa's movements beside him, he knew see was awake but he didn't want to disturb her. Cloud looked over at her, strands of brown hair cover her face. He felt like he was sleeping on a bed of feathers, he felt lucky for Tifa to have such a comfy bed to go to each night. Cloud was glad to be back in a normal bed, he was always sleeping in a tent in the middle of nowhere.
Cloud slowly got up and headed out the door to the bar where everyone else slept.
"Where were ya?" Barret said in a secure tone. He was sitting with the rest at a table, all of which were looking up at him, slight smirk alone each face.
"Uh, Bathroom, why?" Cloud pushed through his lips, a white lie never hurt.
"No reason." Barret whispered, looking down at his cereal bowl in front of him "sleep well?"
"Dandy" he replied, frustrated. He knew they weren't telling him something. "Why the sudden interest, Barret" he asked as he reached for a bowl and cereal.
"Jus', wit yer nightmares an' all that." Barret said, sensing the frustration in his voice.
Cloud poured a bowl and sat beside Yuffie at the table. "Is Teefy up yet, Cloud?" She said to him, smirking while she said it.
"How should I know?" He said, obvious of what was to come
"Cause you slept wit her last night didn't ya?" Cid blurted, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
"You make it sound like I did something wrong, Cid" Cloud said, knowing that he couldn't deny it.
"She sleep well?" Barret said
"Hope so, got a tough day ahead of us." Cloud exclaimed, taking a spoonful of cereal. "Did all of you sleep well?"
"Enough" was the majority of replies he received.
"Morning" came a tired voice from behind them, a few mumbles from the rest of the group. Tifa obtained a bowl and walked up to Cloud to take a seat beside him, reaching for the milk and cereal box that sat on the table in front of him. "When do we leave?" she asked.
"When your all ready." Said RedXIII, crawling up beside Barret.
"you not having breakfast yourself RedXIII" Tifa said, reaching over to pet the Wild animal behind the ear.
"Don't eat much, not unless it moves or has been decomposing for a few days." He said as he smiled at them. Everyone moved their bowl I front of them, but Cloud, who continued to eat his, attracting the attention of everyone else.
"What?" Cloud said looking up at everyone, all with disgust on their face. "I'm not going to allow him to get me with that again!" he exclaimed. "Besides, I had to do it myself once in a time." Smiling at the reaction of everyone to what he said. RedXIII's grin widening.
When everyone was prepared to go, Tifa locked the bar and put the key in her pocket. Every one had their own things to carry.
"So which direction should we go first?" Yuffie said
"Junon. We need a boat to get to the northern continent." Cloud said.
"We coulda been there in no time if we 'ad me highwin' handy" Cid grumbled
"Well, Cid, we don't have it, can you deal with that." Tifa exclaimed. "Because if you can't deal with that, then you shouldn't be here. I'm sure no-one would mined if you went home, you got a family and all."
"Nah, I can't leave yea kids on yer own. Yea'd get killed out there without me." He replied, trying to sound cool under Tifa's pressure.
"Good, lets get going, to Junon. First stop, Fort Condor." She said, looking round the group for any other ideas.
"RRRRRight, onwards" RedXIII growled as the left Kalm for Condor.
They were walking for about 4 hours before they seen the chocobo ranch, which brought a smile to everyone's faces.
"Hey, Blondie, did ye not 'ave a gold chocobo in that there ranch" Barret pointed out
"Yea, why?" Cloud said, curious at Barret's question.
"Then why tha hell are we walking!" Barret shouted.
"Do you really want to take the chocobo?" Cloud said, he already thought about this.
"Damn straight I do!" said Barret, frustrated.
"Look, I already thought of that Barret, the chocobo could carry three or four of us at a time, it'll have severe trouble carrying all of us." Cloud said, looking at Barret with satisfied eyes.
"We'll why can't we try it, no harm in us trying it, right?" Barret said, slightly anxious.
"What! No Barret, you'd kill the poor thing!" Tifa screamed at him, "It's only a bird!"
"Sorry" Barret said, trying to calm the aggravated lady. "Jus' a suggestion, don't see anyone else proposing ideas."
RedXIII was prancing ahead of everyone. He was the only one with energy to do so, even Yuffie didn't have the energy to keep up with the vigorous wild cat.
"We'll head across the swamp today, should be across by sundown." RedXIII said, looking up at the sky for a while.
"What about the Midgar Zolom." Vincent said, his head rising to look at the frantic beast. "Its hp is 4000, its mp is 348, and its level is 46. some of us haven't had a fight in a year.
"That shouldn't be a problem for us, we defeated Sephiroth. Besides, all the monsters disappeared after meteor." RedXIII said as he leaped onto the swamp, feet sinking 3 inches.
Cloud didn't feel right when Red turned to them. He reached for his sword and withdrew it, taking steady steps towards Red.
"What's wrong Cloudy." Yuffie said, pondering Clouds suspicious acting.
The ground started to shake; Tifa lost her balance and fell to her knees. Cloud could see in the distance dirt rise and a shadow as it gained on RedXIII.
Cloud knew that the shadow was traveling at tremendous speed towards them. "RED! Move!" He shouted, jus catching his attention in time.
RedXIII rotated his head over his shoulder to catch a glimpse of the dirt- slid heading towards him. Acting purely on instinct, RedXIII pounced with his immense leg muscles 20 feet in the air to get away from the Zoloms jaws as they clenched from underneath them, jus' barely missing him as the snake towered above them, even RedXIII's jump didn't reach the heights the snake reached.
RedXIII landed right beside Cloud, sliding and spinning to face the menace, glower on his face. The snake almost got his tail but let go due to the flames intensity, he could feel as its venom ran down his tail, giving a quick whip to rid it.
Cloud knew that this was going to come, the team would have to face terrors which others would not dare to face.
Cloud slowly got up and headed out the door to the bar where everyone else slept.
"Where were ya?" Barret said in a secure tone. He was sitting with the rest at a table, all of which were looking up at him, slight smirk alone each face.
"Uh, Bathroom, why?" Cloud pushed through his lips, a white lie never hurt.
"No reason." Barret whispered, looking down at his cereal bowl in front of him "sleep well?"
"Dandy" he replied, frustrated. He knew they weren't telling him something. "Why the sudden interest, Barret" he asked as he reached for a bowl and cereal.
"Jus', wit yer nightmares an' all that." Barret said, sensing the frustration in his voice.
Cloud poured a bowl and sat beside Yuffie at the table. "Is Teefy up yet, Cloud?" She said to him, smirking while she said it.
"How should I know?" He said, obvious of what was to come
"Cause you slept wit her last night didn't ya?" Cid blurted, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
"You make it sound like I did something wrong, Cid" Cloud said, knowing that he couldn't deny it.
"She sleep well?" Barret said
"Hope so, got a tough day ahead of us." Cloud exclaimed, taking a spoonful of cereal. "Did all of you sleep well?"
"Enough" was the majority of replies he received.
"Morning" came a tired voice from behind them, a few mumbles from the rest of the group. Tifa obtained a bowl and walked up to Cloud to take a seat beside him, reaching for the milk and cereal box that sat on the table in front of him. "When do we leave?" she asked.
"When your all ready." Said RedXIII, crawling up beside Barret.
"you not having breakfast yourself RedXIII" Tifa said, reaching over to pet the Wild animal behind the ear.
"Don't eat much, not unless it moves or has been decomposing for a few days." He said as he smiled at them. Everyone moved their bowl I front of them, but Cloud, who continued to eat his, attracting the attention of everyone else.
"What?" Cloud said looking up at everyone, all with disgust on their face. "I'm not going to allow him to get me with that again!" he exclaimed. "Besides, I had to do it myself once in a time." Smiling at the reaction of everyone to what he said. RedXIII's grin widening.
When everyone was prepared to go, Tifa locked the bar and put the key in her pocket. Every one had their own things to carry.
"So which direction should we go first?" Yuffie said
"Junon. We need a boat to get to the northern continent." Cloud said.
"We coulda been there in no time if we 'ad me highwin' handy" Cid grumbled
"Well, Cid, we don't have it, can you deal with that." Tifa exclaimed. "Because if you can't deal with that, then you shouldn't be here. I'm sure no-one would mined if you went home, you got a family and all."
"Nah, I can't leave yea kids on yer own. Yea'd get killed out there without me." He replied, trying to sound cool under Tifa's pressure.
"Good, lets get going, to Junon. First stop, Fort Condor." She said, looking round the group for any other ideas.
"RRRRRight, onwards" RedXIII growled as the left Kalm for Condor.
They were walking for about 4 hours before they seen the chocobo ranch, which brought a smile to everyone's faces.
"Hey, Blondie, did ye not 'ave a gold chocobo in that there ranch" Barret pointed out
"Yea, why?" Cloud said, curious at Barret's question.
"Then why tha hell are we walking!" Barret shouted.
"Do you really want to take the chocobo?" Cloud said, he already thought about this.
"Damn straight I do!" said Barret, frustrated.
"Look, I already thought of that Barret, the chocobo could carry three or four of us at a time, it'll have severe trouble carrying all of us." Cloud said, looking at Barret with satisfied eyes.
"We'll why can't we try it, no harm in us trying it, right?" Barret said, slightly anxious.
"What! No Barret, you'd kill the poor thing!" Tifa screamed at him, "It's only a bird!"
"Sorry" Barret said, trying to calm the aggravated lady. "Jus' a suggestion, don't see anyone else proposing ideas."
RedXIII was prancing ahead of everyone. He was the only one with energy to do so, even Yuffie didn't have the energy to keep up with the vigorous wild cat.
"We'll head across the swamp today, should be across by sundown." RedXIII said, looking up at the sky for a while.
"What about the Midgar Zolom." Vincent said, his head rising to look at the frantic beast. "Its hp is 4000, its mp is 348, and its level is 46. some of us haven't had a fight in a year.
"That shouldn't be a problem for us, we defeated Sephiroth. Besides, all the monsters disappeared after meteor." RedXIII said as he leaped onto the swamp, feet sinking 3 inches.
Cloud didn't feel right when Red turned to them. He reached for his sword and withdrew it, taking steady steps towards Red.
"What's wrong Cloudy." Yuffie said, pondering Clouds suspicious acting.
The ground started to shake; Tifa lost her balance and fell to her knees. Cloud could see in the distance dirt rise and a shadow as it gained on RedXIII.
Cloud knew that the shadow was traveling at tremendous speed towards them. "RED! Move!" He shouted, jus catching his attention in time.
RedXIII rotated his head over his shoulder to catch a glimpse of the dirt- slid heading towards him. Acting purely on instinct, RedXIII pounced with his immense leg muscles 20 feet in the air to get away from the Zoloms jaws as they clenched from underneath them, jus' barely missing him as the snake towered above them, even RedXIII's jump didn't reach the heights the snake reached.
RedXIII landed right beside Cloud, sliding and spinning to face the menace, glower on his face. The snake almost got his tail but let go due to the flames intensity, he could feel as its venom ran down his tail, giving a quick whip to rid it.
Cloud knew that this was going to come, the team would have to face terrors which others would not dare to face.