Author's Notes: Okay, the spelling error has been pointed out by Ah-Choo.
'Show' was meant to be 'so' at the end of the last chapter. Thanks very much for that, much appreciated. And xin-jia, your story is going well - I
will keep reading!
Fear and Courage Chapter 19
The AVALANCHE crew walked out onto the open field of dry grass, stretching and yawning from the trip. With the Chocobo tracks still visible and the Chocobo Ranch ahead, they all thought back, for a few moments, to when they
all tried to catch the beautiful birds and raise them there, in the
stables.
"We should go and see Chocobo Billy." The silence was broken by Cloud, looking at his comrades. They nodded all at once (like they do) and walked
towards the ranch, only to be greeted by the man himself.
Billy smiled. "Hey! Not seen you guys for some time now. How are you all?"
They all looked at each other. Thinking of Tifa, they couldn't tell him
what was really going on - so they told him a little white lie. "We're
fine. Thanks Billy!" Yuffie chirped, since no one else would talk.
"Well, you better come in, see how much they've grown." They all walked
into the stables in groups and pairs, Tifa, ironically, walking next to Cloud. He held out his arm for her to link, which she accepted gratefully. She smiled and watched the Chocobos in the pen outside, doing the Chocobo
Waltz for them.
The pair of them smiled at each other, and continued into the stables,
where they saw their golden S-class Chocobos sat. Cloud had named his
Tidus, and Tifa had named hers Yuna. (Final Fantasy X names – I haven't
made them up, OK?)
They were both in the same stable, snuggling up to one another. They looked
so peaceful together like that. "God," Tifa thought. "I wish the owners
could do the same thing." Yuffie was in awe of how cute they looked together. While Tifa and Cloud stood next to each other, she whispered to
Cid that the Chocobos weren't the only ones looking cute together.
The tranquil moment was spoilt rudely by the wailing and loud chirping of
the Chocobos in the pen, followed by a crunching sound and roaring. "Oh
no," Vincent murmured. Him and Yuffie were the first to run outside,
pursued by a scream from the young ninja.
The rest came up behind to find a huge Chocobo Eater (from FFX and X-2 so I don't own them please don't sue me!) with an innocent young Chocobo between his evilly smiling jaws. His huge arms demolished anything that stood in
its way, and the saviours were not going to be let off lightly.
"Please don't tell me we've gotta fight that thing!" Yuffie yelled in shock and disgust, as it opened its mouth to display the contents, as if to say
'This will be you soon!' His breath was even more ghastly than the poor
Chocobo he spat out onto the ground.
"Sorry Yuffie, I can't promise that," Nanaki coolly replied as they all prepared for battle. Tifa adjusted her gloves and ran towards the team to
aid her allies.
"Alright everyone!" Barret bellowed. "This is it!" This annoyed Cait Sith. "Don't say that! That's what we said in the battle with Sephiroth!" Which
was true.
They split up into teams. Cloud was not going to leave Tifa's side. Not
ever. So he took her and Vincent with him, leaving Barret, Yuffie and
Nanaki in one team and Cid and Cait Sith in the last team. The Chocobo
Eater was so huge; they were going to have to attack from each side.
The first team ran straight to the front, while the others ran to either side of the foul creature. In turn, Cloud ran at the monster at full speed
and raised his Ultimate Weapon over his head. With all his might, he
slashed his sword through its body and jumped back. Tifa, wearing her Premium Heart, then ran in and threw a forceful fore fist punch and then hit it with a front kick. Vincent spun his Death Penalty round his finger
and shot the fiend through its head.
On the other side, Barret fired shots at its arm with his Missing Score, Yuffie cut its arm deeply with her Conformer and Nanaki, equipped with his
Limited Moon, somersaulted and threw an attack at it.
Meanwhile Cid stabbed the opponent's other limb with his Venus Gospel and Cait shouted orders to attack through his HP Shout, which were followed by
his giant mog swinging his fists at it.
The Chocobo Eater wanted a turn, and decided to pick on Yuffie first. He threw his enormous fist at her, causing quite a lot of damage and threw her back, and then hit Nanaki. This made everyone more determined to kill it
soon.
Tifa was so angry now; her Limit Breaks were set - all of the reels saying
'Yeah!' she shouted "Beat Rush!" and ran in to perform them, one after
another. Then came Somersault, Water Kick, Meteordrive, Dolphin Blow, Meteor Strike and last of all, Final Heaven. This left the creature a hell
of a lot weaker.
The rest performed their Limit Breaks, Vincent morphing into Chaos and
attacking with Satan Slam. Cloud used Omnislash, Barret carried out his Catastrophe, and Yuffie used All Creation. Nanaki performed Cosmo Memory,
Cid used Highwind and Cait Sith used Slots. This was enough to kill the enormous beast and everyone showed off their victory poses like old times.
They all breathed out a heavy sigh. "I can't thank you enough. I'll have to
clear up this mess." Billy said, pointing to the corpse of the Chocobo. Vincent morphed back to himself and Tifa ran in and brought out Tidus and Yuna from the stables. "I don't want anything to happen to them. It would
be best if we brought them with us."
"Of course Teef," Cloud replied. "There will be room, won't there, Cid?"
"Yeah sure jus' get 'em on board." Cid walked off back to the ship.
Cloud took Tidus to help Tifa and carried on walking ahead. Yuffie ran up
to Tifa and whispered, "You need to tell him, y'know?"
"I know Yuffie, I know. Here, have this. And give one to Nanaki, Okay?"
Tifa placed two Cure materias in Yuffie's hand and walked on.
Yuffie handed one to Nanaki and were both healed fully. The rest ran on board the ship and were on their way again, both Chocobos were situated in
the stable near the Operation Room.
Finally! I've updated! Try again soon. Cheers Sally xxx
'Show' was meant to be 'so' at the end of the last chapter. Thanks very much for that, much appreciated. And xin-jia, your story is going well - I
will keep reading!
Fear and Courage Chapter 19
The AVALANCHE crew walked out onto the open field of dry grass, stretching and yawning from the trip. With the Chocobo tracks still visible and the Chocobo Ranch ahead, they all thought back, for a few moments, to when they
all tried to catch the beautiful birds and raise them there, in the
stables.
"We should go and see Chocobo Billy." The silence was broken by Cloud, looking at his comrades. They nodded all at once (like they do) and walked
towards the ranch, only to be greeted by the man himself.
Billy smiled. "Hey! Not seen you guys for some time now. How are you all?"
They all looked at each other. Thinking of Tifa, they couldn't tell him
what was really going on - so they told him a little white lie. "We're
fine. Thanks Billy!" Yuffie chirped, since no one else would talk.
"Well, you better come in, see how much they've grown." They all walked
into the stables in groups and pairs, Tifa, ironically, walking next to Cloud. He held out his arm for her to link, which she accepted gratefully. She smiled and watched the Chocobos in the pen outside, doing the Chocobo
Waltz for them.
The pair of them smiled at each other, and continued into the stables,
where they saw their golden S-class Chocobos sat. Cloud had named his
Tidus, and Tifa had named hers Yuna. (Final Fantasy X names – I haven't
made them up, OK?)
They were both in the same stable, snuggling up to one another. They looked
so peaceful together like that. "God," Tifa thought. "I wish the owners
could do the same thing." Yuffie was in awe of how cute they looked together. While Tifa and Cloud stood next to each other, she whispered to
Cid that the Chocobos weren't the only ones looking cute together.
The tranquil moment was spoilt rudely by the wailing and loud chirping of
the Chocobos in the pen, followed by a crunching sound and roaring. "Oh
no," Vincent murmured. Him and Yuffie were the first to run outside,
pursued by a scream from the young ninja.
The rest came up behind to find a huge Chocobo Eater (from FFX and X-2 so I don't own them please don't sue me!) with an innocent young Chocobo between his evilly smiling jaws. His huge arms demolished anything that stood in
its way, and the saviours were not going to be let off lightly.
"Please don't tell me we've gotta fight that thing!" Yuffie yelled in shock and disgust, as it opened its mouth to display the contents, as if to say
'This will be you soon!' His breath was even more ghastly than the poor
Chocobo he spat out onto the ground.
"Sorry Yuffie, I can't promise that," Nanaki coolly replied as they all prepared for battle. Tifa adjusted her gloves and ran towards the team to
aid her allies.
"Alright everyone!" Barret bellowed. "This is it!" This annoyed Cait Sith. "Don't say that! That's what we said in the battle with Sephiroth!" Which
was true.
They split up into teams. Cloud was not going to leave Tifa's side. Not
ever. So he took her and Vincent with him, leaving Barret, Yuffie and
Nanaki in one team and Cid and Cait Sith in the last team. The Chocobo
Eater was so huge; they were going to have to attack from each side.
The first team ran straight to the front, while the others ran to either side of the foul creature. In turn, Cloud ran at the monster at full speed
and raised his Ultimate Weapon over his head. With all his might, he
slashed his sword through its body and jumped back. Tifa, wearing her Premium Heart, then ran in and threw a forceful fore fist punch and then hit it with a front kick. Vincent spun his Death Penalty round his finger
and shot the fiend through its head.
On the other side, Barret fired shots at its arm with his Missing Score, Yuffie cut its arm deeply with her Conformer and Nanaki, equipped with his
Limited Moon, somersaulted and threw an attack at it.
Meanwhile Cid stabbed the opponent's other limb with his Venus Gospel and Cait shouted orders to attack through his HP Shout, which were followed by
his giant mog swinging his fists at it.
The Chocobo Eater wanted a turn, and decided to pick on Yuffie first. He threw his enormous fist at her, causing quite a lot of damage and threw her back, and then hit Nanaki. This made everyone more determined to kill it
soon.
Tifa was so angry now; her Limit Breaks were set - all of the reels saying
'Yeah!' she shouted "Beat Rush!" and ran in to perform them, one after
another. Then came Somersault, Water Kick, Meteordrive, Dolphin Blow, Meteor Strike and last of all, Final Heaven. This left the creature a hell
of a lot weaker.
The rest performed their Limit Breaks, Vincent morphing into Chaos and
attacking with Satan Slam. Cloud used Omnislash, Barret carried out his Catastrophe, and Yuffie used All Creation. Nanaki performed Cosmo Memory,
Cid used Highwind and Cait Sith used Slots. This was enough to kill the enormous beast and everyone showed off their victory poses like old times.
They all breathed out a heavy sigh. "I can't thank you enough. I'll have to
clear up this mess." Billy said, pointing to the corpse of the Chocobo. Vincent morphed back to himself and Tifa ran in and brought out Tidus and Yuna from the stables. "I don't want anything to happen to them. It would
be best if we brought them with us."
"Of course Teef," Cloud replied. "There will be room, won't there, Cid?"
"Yeah sure jus' get 'em on board." Cid walked off back to the ship.
Cloud took Tidus to help Tifa and carried on walking ahead. Yuffie ran up
to Tifa and whispered, "You need to tell him, y'know?"
"I know Yuffie, I know. Here, have this. And give one to Nanaki, Okay?"
Tifa placed two Cure materias in Yuffie's hand and walked on.
Yuffie handed one to Nanaki and were both healed fully. The rest ran on board the ship and were on their way again, both Chocobos were situated in
the stable near the Operation Room.
Finally! I've updated! Try again soon. Cheers Sally xxx