Chapter 10p.1: A Day at the Beach Note: Yep, this fic is in compliance with the new changes, as in, I have permission from all characters (except the purely fictional ones.) so all privacy is given to them, except for me because I take all responsibility for MY privacy, in case it is broken. All FICTIONAL characters belong to Squaresoft. AND it IS another chapter in parts, because 1 vacation isn't
good enough!

Rachel was sitting on the couch in Tifa's living room, quietly reading a manga. Aeris was in the other room, just talking to the Planet, and Tifa was taking a nap on the opposite end of the couch.
"BORING!", thought Rachel, placing the manga down next to her. It was the 10th straight day of rain, because of the wet season, and she wondered how she could've kept what sanity she had left. She pulled out her list called "Stuff I want to do in the world of FF7", and checked. Less than half were crossed out. "GOD! I NEED TO DO SOMETHING, NOW! I haven't even done a chocobo rodeo. . . GAK!" All of a sudden, a suitcase fell on her. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FOR!", she yelled and she flung it off. Vincent was the one who tossed her the suitcase.
"We're leaving."
"Where?"
"Does it matter?"
"If it's anywhere but here, no."
"Then start packing."
"But WHERE are we leaving?"
"We are to discuss that NOW. Come on, Cloud is waiting next door."
"What about sleeping beauty over there?" Rachel pointed to Tifa, who was beginning to drool a little and snore.
"Bring her, I'll take Aeris."
"Oh GAWD! Now how do I wake her. . .?", she mumbled. She picked up her sheathed katana and started poking her. A few sharp but strangled snores came from Tifa as Rachel blankly poked at her face. "Snore. . .snore. . .SNUCK!. . .snore. . . get. . .away. . .from him. . .you. . .zzzzz. . ."
"Awwww, she's thinking of me!", Rachel grinned. "But she's not getting up. Okay, I didn't want to do this, but I have no choice. . ." WHACK!
"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT??!!", screamed Tifa, rubbing the red mark left across her face when Rachel had to hit her.
"So? What are YOU gonna do? You're not my disciplinarian, Aeris is.", said Rachel, sticking her tongue out at her.

CRASH!
"What was that?", asked Aeris from the other room to Vincent. They peered over, and saw a dent in the wall, picture frames on the floor, and Rachel bleeding profusely in a heap on the floor.
"Tifa! I told you, I'd take care of it!", said Aeris. "I was JUST talking to someone for advice on them!"
"From who?", asked Tifa.
"Someone on the Planet."
"Oh, you mean, "the voices" again?"
"I AM NOT INSANE!", she yelled. Vincent was slowly backing out of the cat fight.
"I never said you were! It's just it looks weird."
"Yeah, whatever. . ."
"PLEASE!", gasped Rachel from the ground. "YOU'RE STEPPING ON ME!"
"Oh, sorry."

"OKAY!", said Cloud with a smile on his face. They all move to his house to discuss the topic.
"GET OFF!", yelled Vincent to Laura, who was clinging to him with a grip that was almost choking him.
"Never will I leave you, Vinnie darling!"
"Jesus. . ."
"It's been decided! WE ARE GOING TO THE BEACH!", said Cloud.
"I want to go snowboarding.", said Rachel.
"TOO BAD!", grinned Cloud.
"Oh yeah? Come here. . .", said Rachel as she pulled something out of her pocket. It was a picture, and she showed it to Cloud, and whispered something in his ear and pointed at Aeris.
"YOU WOULDN'T!"
"Yeah, I'd show her it."
"OKAY! OKAY! First, we'll go to the beach, THEN we'll go snowboarding."
"Better."
"What did you show him?", asked Tifa, snatching the picture.
"Oh boy. . .", sweat dropped Cloud.
"WHERE DID YOU GET THIS PICURE?!", she yelled.
"LOOK! IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, KEEP THE WINDOWS CLOSED!", yelled back Rachel.
"Do what?", asked Aeris.
"Oh, uh, nothing! ABSOLUTELY, nothing! Nada! Zilch! NONE.", they all said, shielding the picture from Aeris' innocent stare.
"Uhhhh, surrrrrrrrrrre. . ."
"VINNIE!"
"GRRRRR. . ."

"What should I pack?", asked Laura to Rachel.
"Well, what do you want to do there?", asked Rachel.
"Get married to Vinnie-poo."
"OTHER than getting married to Vincent."
"Getting a marriage proposal from Pooky darling."
"STOPPIT WITH THE NAMES! Please, they're beginning to haunt my nightmares."
"FINE. Surf, tan, impress Vinnie. . . Stuff like that."
"I thought you gave up surfing, and you can't tan for beans."
"Don't remind me. . . But what about Vinnie?"
"Well, all you HAVE to do is the ear trick."
"That's already been done. I need something new."
"Just pack a bathing suit. Or one of those surfing things."
"Speedo?"

"Yeah, but to me it sounds strange coming from a girl."
"Whatever. . . What did you pack? We're staying there for 2 days, you know."
"A rubber ducky, my PS2, manga, clothes, bathing suit. . ."
"I thought you were hydrophobic."
"Who says I need to go in the water?"
"Yeah. . . A rubber ducky? AND WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PS2!?"
"Wal-mart."
"NO, I mean, how did it get here?"
"I dunno. I think it was on the table I fell asleep on. Everything on it came with us."
"No wonder I had Starbucks all over me when I woke up."
"HEY! DUMB AND DUMBER! MOVE IT!", yelled Tifa
"Who's who?", asked Rachel.
"Does it matter? Move it."
"Are you all ready?", asked Cloud when they got down.
"YEP!"
"Hey, where's Vincent?", asked Aeris.
"Ready."
"OKAY! LET'S LOAD UP THE CHOCOBOS!"
"WHOA! TIFA, WHAT'S WITH ALL THAT?!", shouted Aeris.
"What? I need all these suitcases to hold everything!", she defended.
"Okay, but if Choco collapses, it isn't our fault."
"HEAVE!", said Cloud, picking up the suitcases and putting the on Choco. "Uh, Tifa, you might want to lighten the load a bit."
"Why?"
"Look." Choco was on the ground, clearly being squished by all the weight, and was left gasping for air in muffled warks.
"Oops. . ."

"YEAH! SUN, SURF, AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!", shouted Cloud enthusiastically as soon as they entered Costa del Sol. "To the cabana!"
"Aeris, what's taking so long?", asked Tifa standing outside of the bathroom door, waiting to change into her bathing suit. Cloud and Vincent were staying in a separate place, due to the fact that Laura and Rachel took up the rest of the space in the cabana.
"There, I'm done!", Aeris said as she stepped out in a red, two-piece bikini.
"Good. You know, we're gonna meet Cloud and Vincent on the beach, right?"
"Yeah, yeah. I know. Is Laura back yet?"
"YEAH! I'M BACK!", shouted Laura as she entered the door, already in her bathing suit, followed by Rachel, toting in a surf board.
"WHY am I holding this thing?", asked Rachel.
"I'm putting on the suntan lotion."
"But you don't tan easily! Even if you got -999 SPF, you wouldn't get a tan!"
"QUIET! There's ALWAYS hope! Must. . .get. . tan. Must. . .impress Vinnie!", she said as she rubbed suntan lotion furiously across her skin.
"Okay! Let's go!", said Tifa, stepping out of the bathroom, in a VERY revealing bathing suit.
"JESUS WOMAN!", yelled Rachel. "WHY MUST EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU JUST SCREAM 'SEX'!?"
"WHAT!? IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, SAY IT TO MY FACE!", growled Tifa.
"Okay! We are here to RELAX. Not kill each other or maim one another into a bloody pulp.", said Aeris, restraining both of them. "Now, let's just go to the beach, and RELAX. Okay?"
"Fine.", said Tifa, beginning to head towards the door. "But all bets are off once we get home."

"HI CLOUD!", shouted Aeris, Tifa, and Rachel as soon as they spotted Cloud and Vincent on the beach.
"GAHHHH. . .", drooled Cloud, looking at Tifa and Aeris, his nose beginning to bleed. "WHOA! Did it just get hotter out?!"
"Back Cloud.", said Vincent. "STAY!"
"VINNIE!", squealed Laura, charging straight forward at the raven- haired bishonen in crimson swimming trunks.
"YAH!"
"CLOUDY!", shrieked Aeris, Tifa, and Rachel, also charging straight forward.
"AAHHHH!" They were all holding onto him, fondling his features while all the other men on the beach scowled with jealousy.
"Lucky bastard. . .", they all muttered. "Some of em' have ALL the luck. . ."

"SURF'S UP!", yelled someone, while Laura was waiting in the line up. She came to her feet on the board, and began cutting across the waves, but her gaze was averted to Vincent waving on the beach to her.
"Vinnie? AARRRGGHHHH!", she screamed as she wiped out, and floated and dragged herself across the beach. He was stifling a laugh as she stomped across the beach towards him, but he burst as soon as he saw her enraged expression.
"AHAHAHAHA! That was too priceless!", he shouted in pain from all the laughter from her embarrassing accident. Rachel was sitting next to him, as they were both sitting on stools at an on-the-beach drink bar, sitting under the shade. She was also almost laughing. WHOMP!!
"OUCH! HEY, I WASN'T THE ONE WHO DID ANYTHING!", shouted Rachel, rubbing a bump on her head where Laura hit her on the head.
"Doesn't matter, you were STILL laughing."
"BUT SO WAS HE!"
"Which reminds me YOU. . .", she said in a threatening tone to Vincent.
"Hey, HEY! It was YOUR fault you looked away. And besides, I thought you liked me."
"BUT you STILL messed me up. NOBODY messes me up!", she said with fire in her eyes.
"Eeee. . .", muttered Vincent.
"Er yeah, did I mention she's very competitive when it comes to surfing?", said Rachel, slowly walking away from the scene.
"NOW you tell me. . ." SMACK! Laura hit him square in the face with her staff, leaving a dent in his face.
"Owwwww. . ."
"Awwww, you poor thing. . .", said a young woman to Vincent as soon as both Laura and Rachel departed. Vincent was knocked unconscious, and the young woman walked away with Vincent leaning heavily on her shoulder.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm. . .", hummed Aeris melodically as she walked across the beach. Tifa was walking behind her, and they were both approaching Cloud, whom they left on the sand on a towel. But when they found him, group of girls had found him, and were feeding him peeled grapes as his head laid in one of their laps.
"Huh?", he said as he opened his eyes, only to see their angry faces staring back down at him, his head hitting the ground as all the young women fled at the sight of them. "Er, I CAN EXPLAIN!"
"Yes, we would like to see WHY exactly they were feeding grapes to you like a man-god.", said Aeris with great contempt.
"Er, um, well uh. . .grapes anyone?", he said, lifting up the bowl. "GYAHHHH!" A blood curdling scream was echoed across they beach as they pounded him into the sand.
"Daddy?", asked a little girl to her father.
"Yes sweetie?", he asked.
"Why is the sand red and lumpy around here?", she asked as she began kicking at the mound of sand. Suddenly, an arm erupted out of the sand.
"EEEEEK! DADDY! HELP!", shouted the little girl as she ran away. "IT'S THE SAND MAN!"
"Don't worry honey, I'll get it!", said her father as he stomped down on the mound, until he noticed the mound of sand was screaming in pain. "What?" Cloud's head was poking out of the sand, all bruised and bloody. "AAHHH! RUN HONEY!"
"Hee, Tifa, I think they found Cloud.", giggled Aeris as she heard the screams of pain coming from Cloud as some other kids ran over to him and began kicking at his head.
"Heh, the jerk deserves it.", said Tifa with a smile of satisfaction. They both sat down on their towels, under the shade of an umbrella, getting some rest, until a bunch of men showed up.
"Hey there ladies.", said a man with green eyes and blonde hair, with a bunch of other men behind him. "I see you left that other guy back there. If you come with us, we'll treat ya' real nice.", he said with a wide grin. Tifa merely glanced up, removing her sunglasses briefly, put them back on and lied back down, giving him the finger rather nonchalantly. "HEY! NOBODY PUTS DOWN THE 'SAND STINGERS'!", he said outraged, the other men getting angry as well.
"Bug off, freak.", said Aeris, sitting up, also peering past her sunglasses. Both she and Tifa stood up, and took their weapons.
"Oh, so you're the type of ladies that need to be won, eh? Very well then. MEN! GO AND TAKE THESE BEAUTIFUL LADIES TO THE CABANA! CHARGE!"
"YAAAHH!!", they all yelled, charging straight towards Aeris and Tifa. Tifa assumed her fighting stance, promptly taking out 5 or so guys in a few punches, while Aeris spun her staff so that anyone who approached her was hit mercilessly.
"Heh.", said Tifa while smirking. "Too easy."
"Oh come on, you're the one who started the fight so put more effort into it.", said Aeris.
"Oh yeah! MEN! WE WON'T GIVE UP THIS EASILY TO THEM! ATTACK!" But all of the gang were already sneaking away from him. "HEY! COME BACK!", he yelled, half angry, half scared. "DON'T LEAVE ME HERE! THEY'LL MASSACRE ME! MEN?! Oh shoot. . ."
"Hmph. Well then, you're the only one left. Aeris, you may do the honors."
"Thank you Tifa. YAH!" Aeris slid under the man, trip him with the staff, performed a vertical hit while he was still falling, launching him into the air, the used the staff as a bat and knocked him clear down the beach.
"Eeeee. . ." All the men that were working up the courage to approach them began slinking away, fearing for their safety.
"Hey, Aeris. What was that all about?", asked Rachel as she and Laura walked over.
"Nothing, just a bunch of creeps. Oh and tough luck Laura, we saw your wipeout.", said Tifa.
"GOD! DID THE WHOLE BEACH SEE THAT?!", shouted Laura.
"Yeah, it wasn't hard to miss.", said Aeris with a nervous smile.
"Grrr. . ."
"Wait. Where's Cloudy?", asked Rachel.
"Oh he's here somewhere. . ."
"Huh?", said Cloud, waking up out of unconsciousness, looking at a close object that he couldn't identify because his vision was blurry. He squinted his eyes into focus, and saw a crab with huge pincers eyeing his head. "Gulp. HELP! ANYBODY! LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THESE CLAWS! ANYBODY?! Oh sweet Jesus. . . AAAHHHHHHHHGGGGGHHHHHHH!" The crab latched onto his nose, and once again his blood curdling cry was heard throughout Costa del Sol.
"What was that?", asked Rachel.
"Nothing. Come on, the sun is setting, let's find Vincent. Where was he last?", asked Tifa.
"We last saw him at the bar.", said Laura.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Someone with a lot of wounds quickly ran by them, yelling with a crab attached to their face.
"Why did that man look familiar?", asked Rachel.
"You're just seeing things.", said Aeris with another nervous smile.
"HAH! LOOK AT THAT WEIRDO OVER THERE!", shouted Laura while pointing at a man with black hair that was tied back, flailing his arms up and down trying to get a squid off of his face in the surf.
"GOD GET THIS THING OFF ME!" the man yelled in a muffled voice. Aeris quickly ran up and pried the squid off the man's face. "Oh thank you miss- HEY! I KNOW YOU! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!", yelled the man through thick looking glasses.
"You look familiar as well. . .", said Aeris. "Professor Hojo?"
"Heh, indeed my dear.", he said as readjusted his spectacles. "I see you're doing well. And who's this?", he asked while looking at Rachel.
"HOJO!? Can I kill him?", she asked, lifting her katana to his neck.
"Eeep!"

"Hold still. . .", said the young woman who found Vincent. He was just regaining consciousness as he lifted up his hand to see who it was. "No, stay still. There, that's better. Can you see?" His head was bandaged, as she removed some bandages form around his eyes so he could see better. Through the bandages and the blurryness, he could make out a young woman around his age with light brown hair and freckles. "Red eyes. How strange. I only knew one other man with eyes like yours. . . But he disappeared years ago.

"Don't kill me!", shouted Hojo.
"And why not?", asked Tifa.
"Yeah!", chimed in Laura. "You hurt poor Vinnie!"
"Heh, yes, that fool. But I DO have the one thing he wants most."
"New underwear?"
"NO!"
"Then what? That weird duck inner tube you have on you?"
"NO!" But the tide came crashing in and knocked Hojo out of Tifa's grip, which was the only thing keeping him here.

"There. All your bandages are gone. Don't strain yourself. That girl hit you pretty hard.", said the woman as she laid down the bandages next to her. They were in a cabana, and he could tell he was still on the beach from the loud crash of the wave sounding in through the open window.
"Who are you?", he asked as he sat up.
"Me? Oh I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Lucretia."

"HAH! Those baboons won't find me! But if they're here, that Turk might be here as well. I'd better call her. . .", said Hojo, stepping out of the surf on a rather abandoned part of the beach.

"LUCRETIA!", thought Vincent. But before he could do or say anything, the telephone rang.
"Lucretia!", said a voice on the phone.
"Oh, is this you Hojo? What is it?", she answered.
"HOJO!", thought Vincent with urgency.
"Yes, uh huh. . . Stay away? But he seems nice. And he's rather cute, too. . . Well, if you say so. Yes. I'll leave right away.", she said before she hung up. "I'm sorry, I really have to go!" She bolted out the door before he could catch her, and when he looked out the door, she was gone.

"THAT PENCIL NECKED WEENIE!", shouted Rachel. "If that tide didn't come in . . ."
"HAllO GuyS. . .", said Cloud in a tired, disoriented, almost drunk tone. "I sheEE YOUU tOok YouR GrAnD olD TiMe. . .", he said, but he steadied himself. "WHILE I LAID IN THE SAND BLEEDING HALF TO DEATH, AND GETTING ATTACKED BY A MAN EATING CRAB!"
"Well, what else? You could've been just as easily attacked by THIS man eating crab . . .", said Rachel, insinuating about Tifa.
"WHAT?!", she yelled.
"Nothing, I didn't say a word. . ."
"Cloud, didn't you KILL Hojo?", asked Aeris.
"Yeah. Why?"
"We just saw him a moment ago."
"What?!"

"Good Lucretia, you came.", said Hojo as he met up with her.
"Yes, of course. Why, was he really that dangerous?", she asked.
"Yes, he's VERY dangerous. He would've killed you."
"But I could see in his eyes that he was really very nice. Those eyes. . ."
"Don't even think about his eyes. That's how he mesmerizes his victims."
"Okay, if you say so. . ."
"Come on, we have to leave."
"We're going so soon? But it's so cold back where we came from."
"Don't worry, we'll just come back when they leave. Okay?"
"Well, okay. . ."
"Heh heh, perfect. You'll NEVER have Lucretia back Vincent.", thought Hojo as he walked across the beach with the young freckled girl trailing behind him. "Not as long as she doesn't remember you. . ."

"VINNIE!", shouted Laura as she saw him run to them across the beach.

"HOLD ON THERE, SHE-DEVIL!", he yelled. "I just saw Lucretia!"
"Lucretia? But we just saw Hojo!"
"Yes, I heard them talking on the phone!", said Vincent. "We must find them!"
"But their probably gone.", said Cloud.
"But I can't give up!", said Vincent.
"He's probably right Vincent.", agreed Tifa. "Most likely, they're gone. That was a half hour ago."
"Hmmm, Lucretia. . .", she whispered.
"Come on Vincent.", said Cloud. "We're going to our next vacation spot. You'll feel better after a little R&R. Okay?" They all began walking off the beach, but Vincent hesitated a little as he stared into the waning sunset.
"I promise I'll find you. . .Lucretia."

"Lalalalala. . .", hummed Rachel.
"What are YOU so happy about?", asked Cloud, tending to his injuries.
"I FOUND A PET!", shouted Rachel happily.
"Oh yeah? What kind of pet?"
"I call him Bob the crab!"
"A crab?" He looked at the crab she was holding up to his face, and it glared back angrily at him, for it was the same one that attacked him earlier. "Good crab. Nice crab. . . ARRRGGGHHHHHH!" It jumped and latched back onto his face, and he shot forward running and screaming.
"HEY! YOU TOOK MY PET!", shouted Rachel, chasing after him with the umbrella.
"What's she chasing after him for?", asked Aeris.
"Her pet. . .", said Laura, a sweat drop building, and all of them watched with nervous smiles as Rachel ran up and down the beach after Cloud, whacking him with the umbrella.
"Pass the popcorn Tifa.", said Aeris, as Tifa was just watching them run back and forth. THWOCK! THUD!
"Ooooohhh, that's GOTTA hurt!"