I'm so sorry ppl, i'm replacing the old chapter with this one. I accidentally put Ezel as Babus. It was like 2 in the morning when i wrote this and the next chapter, so, here's the chapter with corrections to the names. the next chapter is corrected too.

Another FFTA Story Cloud

Okay, so I was basically screwed over. I was high off life, and having a blast. But seeing my own team mate bruised and beaten ruined my almost perfect day. But now I'm screwed.

Our little clan has been together for almost 2 weeks now. Marche has gotten a new sword, Babette has gotten a Crainquin, Barret has gotten a Cure Staff, Lucas has Dream Claws. I have no new weapons, and have only mastered Powerbreak. Marche has mastered Powerbreak, Mindbreak, and has a combo attack.

So, like I said, I'm screwed. I'm quick, and can jump high, but I'm not very powerful.

I go to the battlefield, planning on doing my best. If worse comes to worse, I'll have to give up some money. I went to the center of town, my Shortsword that I dubbed "Mr. Stubbs" over my shoulder. I waited for a minute, and heard someone call my name. I looked in the direction of which it was called. I saw Lucas.

Lucas and I had become fast friends after meeting in the forest. He was giving me tips on swordsmanship (his father was a Warrior) and I gave him tips on using claws (I boxed a lot back at my village).

As he ran towards me, he tossed me something. It was an ability weapon. I caught it, and felt how light it was. It was sort of like a fencer's sword, but a little wider, nevertheless, still very light. He kept running past me, telling me to use it. I looked off and saw the leader of the gang, and two grunts by his side running in my direction.

A judge appeared.

"Clan Nutsy and visitor vs. Borzoi Grunts and Dread Raven. Laws forbid the use of frog. Battle commencing. Ready, GO!" The judge blew his whistle.

I looked behind me, and saw Lucas moving into battle position. 'Visitor?' I thought. I didn't see anyone else.

The leader, Dread Raven, charged strait at me, swinging wildly. I managed to dodge the first 2 blows, and then he kicked me in my side. I had the wind knocked out of me, but as I fell, I copied a move I saw the fighter Riku use. I hopped up, while kicking him at the same time. This stunned him for a moment, allowing me to strike him in his arm with my new sword.

With one arm out of commission, Raven resorted to more desperate measures. He started shooting blizzard spells at me. Just one snowflake touched me, and my whole body felt a cold come over it. I ignored the cold and started hacking away at Raven's other arm plate. This was his left arm, so it was more armored than the right. Finally I hit the sweet spot, and broke through his armor, preventing his other arm from using any spells. As a final move I kicked him in the stomach. He fell over, bleeding from the mouth. Of course, he'd wake up by the end of the battle, but for now, he was out of it.

I turned around to see Lucas fighting two grunts at once. I looked around for the visitor, only seeing a man with blonde hair leaning on a Hardedge. Lucas was close to being knocked out. Then, the blonde man walked over, punching the men. They looked stunned to see him there, since he hadn't fought them till the end of the battle.

They attempted to stab him with their small knives, but he blocked them with his hardedge. I realized it then. He was a fighter. Fighters didn't use the sword Hardedge. Greatswords were too heavy for a fighter, who has to be quick.

He made quick work of the two grunts, winning the battle. The judge awarded us the money, and I split it with him.

"Who are you?" asked Lucas. The man looked at us.

"Cloud..." he said. As he turned to walk off, I grabbed him by the arm.

"Hey, do you wanna join our clan? Or at least stay with us for a little while? It'll be returning the favor of helping us," I offered.

"A meal would be good." He said.

We brought cloud back to the inn. The other clan members were told the story of how he defeated 2 people in a matter of minutes. We all bought him a good meal and the best ale in the place.

Cloud had a great constitution. He drank 3 bottles of ale and didn't get close to getting drunk. He did loosen up a little bit, and took a liking to Montblanc. Though, it did seem like Babette was stuttering and mixing her words together a lot when he was around.

The next day, we left for Cadoan. Cloud knew a friend who could make antilaw and law cards. He was going to take us to his place.

On the way there, our motley crew of seven ran into some old "friends" – namely, the three we ran into when we met Barret- Sora, Riku, And Kairi.

All of us in the clan just glared, and Cloud nodded toward them, who nodded back.

"You know him?" Barret asked.

"Yes, I fought Sora in a tournament." He said. Then seemed to reflect on something in the past.

We camped out about 3 miles from town when it hit dusk. No point in traveling when we can't see our own noses. Cloud slept outside, while we took the tents.

We reached Cadoan the next day, just to get trapped in the middle of a battle. There was an older Nu Mou being ganged up on by 8 other enemies. The Nu Mou cast Night, and all of the enemies were out like a light bulb.

"Looks like we've gotta help out Ezel," muttered Cloud. He beckoned Marche, Babette, and I. Babette looked ecstatic to be put in battle. "Okay, here's the plan, kill them."

Then a judge appeared and said the usual battle things. We were beat the sleeping enemies. We thought we were on our way, till A man in armor showed up. He looked like a judge. Two lower judge generals followed behind him. Ezel (as Cloud called the Nu Mou) exchanged a few words with the man. He looked awfully familiar.

"Uh!" I said out loud. Marche and Babette were looking at me like I was crazy. But Lucas, Montblanc, and Barret knew who he was too.

The Judge Master Cid!

I bet you're wondering why Babette doesn't know who the judge master is. Well, if you remember from the very first chapter, she was closed up for years in that house. She just recently got out, and hasn't heard any news. So let me get the ages strait for you (not Cloud or the other temporary characters).

Marche – 14

Babette – 17

Pablo – 18

Lucas – 23

Barret – 21

Montblanc – 127 (yes, you read it right.)

Just to set stuff strait. If you noticed, Lucas is developed so that he seems older, acting as a big bro to Pablo. Babette is meant to contrast with Pablo, causing arguments. Barret is the quiet one who doesn't talk a lot (he's only said one line this whole chapter.) Marche is always the main character in most stories, so I decided to make it more based around individual characters. It's easier to flesh out the characters this way.