Cloud's True Feelings

Chapter Three: Chocobo Captor Cloud!

(OMG It's been more than a year since I touched this little nugget of gold! I'll be really surprised if any of the people that were first reading this still decide to read this chapter. ;; Guess that's cause I'm not a very reliable updater. But now I am! Ha ha! So, anyway, thanks bunches to all my great reviewers! And of course, any flames I get will simply be kept and made fun of by absolutely everyone, and possibly, even in the actual fic. XD On with the show!! By the way, if you've got it on your computer somewhere, listen to the FFVII Chocobo Salsa Mix while you read this just for fun.)

Well, I decided to take a break from talking about S-S-S-S-S...yeah. You all know what I mean! Heehee...So, today, I thought I'd talk about the time when I first tried to catch a chocobo!

I'm sure everybody reading this knows what a chocobo is. But, for those that don't, it's a big yellow bird. Like a chicken. A BIG, GIANT chicken. Only it's yellow. And BIG. In other words, it's like that Sesame Street Character, only not as big. The one named Big...something. We'll just call it...

Uh...

...Um...

Big Pimpin'.

Yeah. That's what its name was! Or, at least, I think so. Ever since I had that Mako poisoning, my memory's been a little hazy. But anyway, I used to watch Sesame Street when I was little. But now I've moved on to (datdadadaaaaaa!) Captain Planet! It's such a cool show! Everyone should watch it!!

Anywho, after Barret, Tifa, Aeris, Red XIII (that red, wolf-kitty dude), and I got out of Midgar, we went to Kalm Town. I told them 'bout my exciting days in SOLDIER. Nrrr...After that, we split up. Tifa and Aeris came with me cuz I'm such a lady's man...

...woman...

Er...No! Man!

Why's there have to be a difference anyway? Tee hee, I keep getting off the subject. Hee hee hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee cough cough gasp!!!

Y'know, I got stabbed by S-S-S-Sephiroth. That was a long time ago. And then I got Mako poisoning!

I'm so accident prone!

There I go again!

So Tifa, Aeris, and I began heading toward the nearby Chocobo ranch. We got in a few squabbles along the way, but we managed to get rid of the scary monsters just fine. In fact, we were even able to level up and get some stuff from the scary monsters and super creeps! It was so totally cool.

We reached the ranch, and saw a bunch of Chocobos in a fenced in area. After I picked up a materia, they all started dancing! I think I was the only one who noticed, but there was a guy with a boom box in the distance playing some music and dancing too! I was impressed that the Chocobos could all learn choreographed dance moves.

After the awesome dance routine, we all herded into house, where we learned that there was a big snake called the Midgar Zolom in the marshes...And in order to get to Junon, we had to go through there! So we'd have to fight the Zolom.

But then, we also learned that if we were riding Chocobos, the snake wouldn't attack us.

How much sense does that make?!

Slightly dismayed, the girls and I went into the barn, where we met a snot-nosed brat we refer to as "Choco-Billy." This kid was so rude! He acted like he knew everything about Chocobos (which he did) and that we knew nothing (which we don't)!! He was all in our faces about how, "IF YA WANNA CATCH A CHOCOBO YOU GOTTA USE A GREEN!!!!! DON'T EVER ATTACK IT!!! JUST USE THE GREEEEEEEN!!!!!!!!"

Aeris told him that we understood perfectly, and so, we bought some greens from the kid and then moseyed on out of the ranch to find some Chocobo tracks and catch some for us. After fighting in what seemed like 3446653454657676311 random battles, we FINALLY got in one where there was a big yellow Chocobo!! None of us were sure what to do, so Tifa just chucked one of the greens at it, and it said "Wark!" and started munching on it. Meanwhile, we took care of the baddies.

Once the battle was over, the Chocobo remained with us. It was totally awesome! The only problem was, there was only one of him, and three of us. So, of course, Tifa figured out what to do. She's so smart! Her and Aeris were able to catch Chocobos of their own without any problems, as usual.

Why am I always the one with bad luck?

scratches head and shrugs ...I dunno.

So, once we got our Chocobos we decided to ride around a bit and get used to them. I think mine thought that my hair was a baby Chocobo cuz it kept "warking" at it and trying to chew on it. It was a little scary...

Aeris and her Chocobo got along just fine! She's always had such a way with everything. Tifa, on the other hand, kept almost getting thrown off. I guess her Chocobo didn't like her very much.

Once we were used to them, we decided to head across the marsh, where the dreaded Midgar Zolom lived! It was really smelly, and from what I could tell, the ground was really mushy. My Chocobo kept sinking into it. Ewwww. There were also bugs everywhere. Aeris and Tifa didn't seem to be bothered by them, but they kept buzzing around my head, probably because I used so much stuff on my hair.

...I love my hair. I take at least two and a half hours every morning styling it to make it absolutely perfect! S-S-Sephiroth and Zack used to say it was ridiculous how much time I spent on it.

Zack always told me it looked great anyway.

...Aaah, Zack...I miss you.

Errrr...Anywho, the Zolom started chasing us, hissing and spitting everywhere. It was really nasty. Eventually though, we made our way through the marsh and got to a scary tunnel. I didn't like the way that looked.

...Especially because there was another Zolom impaled on a tree. This was no doubt, S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-Sephiroth's work.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

WHAT'S MY NUMBER?!?!?!?!!!!!

(end chapter three! The next chapter: Nibel Mountains Part 2!!)