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Title: Fiery Red Horizon
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: A Little Delay
Author: Kage Kashu
Archive: Ask. Give credit where it's due. Then... ?
Genre: General. Humor/Drama/Angst/Romance/Action/Adventure
Story Summary: Sequel to Mako Blue Horizon. With Cloud's death weighing heavily on everyone' minds, the journey becomes tainted with a need for revenge. During the while Cloud finds out just how hard it is to deal with a madwoman.
Chapter Summary: A slightly shortish Vincent and Cid bit... Followed by a lot of Ward, Laguna and Kiros. And a teensy tiny bit of Cloud and Nibie.
Disclaimer: Dun own them, wish I did.
Author's notes: I figure... Normal thinking is between 'these things'. Jenova is going to be between -these, 'cause I didn't feel like being more creative for her-. And Aerith is going to be between ~these~. And Sephiroth's younger self is going to be between \these\. (Yeah, that works!) I suppose I also need something for talking through electronics. So, that will be in between =these=. When Laguna is "interpreting" what Ward is "saying", it'll be like his normal thoughts.
Warnings: Very AU. Er... Cursing in the form of a sneeze. Blame the Cid- muse. A lot of Ward.
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Mr. Holzoff's House
"Aaaaaaaaa...aaaaaaaa...shhhhhhhhhhitttttt..!" Cid rubbed his face, as Vincent glared at him reproachfully. "Wha? I din do nuhding... aaaaaaa... shhh..."
"If it weren't for you..." Vincent began indignantly, and Cid cut him off.
"If id weren'd fer me, dere'd be no one 'round 'ere who'd dry da force ya da have a bidda fun now and... Aaaaa... Damnid... Aaashhhiii..." Cid's eyes watered. "'Sides, id couldn'd have been my fauld... Or else you'd have id... but not everyone elss.... aaa... aaaaaaaa... aaaaaaaaaa... shhhhhhhhhhhit."
Vincent almost admitted that Cid had a point. After all, Vincent seemed to be the only one in the house, other than Mr. Holzoff himself, who didn't have a cold. Of course, he, after some internal deliberation, didn't admit this. Why? He would be admitting to Cid -who, it seemed was already insufferable enough- that he was wrong. "You do realize that your words are almost completely incoherent?"
"Why dat?"
"The cold is making your accent worse."
"..." Cid frowned at him. "Accend? I doen have an accend."
Vincent lifted an eyebrow. "Actually, you have a particularly strong accent. I would say that sometimes, it's hard to make out what you're saying."
"Bud I doen have an accend..." Cid sounded really sad that Vincent would accuse him of having an accent. "You do, dough..."
"I enunciate," Vincent shrugged as Zack fell from the floor above.
The brunette wrinkled his nose. "Did I interrupt something?"
They both shook their heads.
He sat up, nodding. "That's good anyway... Seph says we're leaving tomorrow. If you're too sick to go... You'll have ta stay behind."
Vincent leaned toward Zack, momentarily. "Do you have it?"
"?"
"The cold?"
Zack shook his head cheerfully. "I almost got pneumonia last time I was out here... but that was before I fell." He shrugged. "You all better catch some sleep if you want to go tomorrow."
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Costa del Sol
Oh, the warm beaches. Oh, the delicious heat. The beautiful sparkling water, the beautifully gleaming sand. Oh, the delicious sea breeze that wafted through the port. And oh-oh-oh, the beautiful ladies. Ward grinned. For once, Laguna had chosen an excellent vacation spot.
Kiros had to ruin the lovely feeling he was getting though... by breaking into his thought process, saying that he'd bet that the cars rust -really- fast.
He glanced at Laguna, who nodded, replying to the glance, "Yeah, Kiros -is- such a spoilsport. I mean, c'mon. Aren't you supposed to be a ladies man, Kiros?"
Ward's amused glance lifted to Kiros, who stood a good several inches taller than Laguna... but almost a foot shorter than himself.
"I'm just saying, this might be a nice place to vacation... but I would -not- want to live here."
Ward's gaze drifted along the things he had noticed before... Still very good... But permanently? No way. He lifted an eyebrow at Laguna, who, once again, nodded in response.
"How about we check in to a hotel first, eh Ward? Then we can go..." he stared around, for a moment, before spotting a really nice looking bar, "...there." He pointed.
As far as Ward was concerned, that was a great way to start and end a vacation. A visit to a top quality bar. Of course, the middle of the vacation ought to be sprinkled with other things... Hm... but what? His questioning gaze drifted back to Laguna.
"Hey man, I'm not the one to ask on that matter... Costa del Sol wasn't this big, last time I was here... Although... We could try surfing? Nah... How about we'll do whatever when we get there? Just go with the flow, right, man?"
Laguna, he noticed, had a distinct tendency to "go with the flow". He didn't mind, really. It got really fun, sometimes, even if it often got them into trouble... Like that time on the movie set. Who would have known that there were Ruby Dragons out there? Trouble, Ward suspected, was Laguna's middle name. But there were also times when going with the flow got really boring...
And then Kiros would do something. Kiros... was a rather strange man. He seemed like he would make a great artist, not a fighter. But he was a damn good fighter as well. Ward suspected that Kiros greatly missed his chance at higher education. He could just see him wondering why he had joined the military in the first place. Not that Kiros seemed unhappy, really... it was just too obvious that the man was out of his element.
He did well with the paperwork though. He snorted to himself at the thought, and Laguna glanced up at him curiously. He nodded at Kiros, and Laguna nodded agreeably.
He wasn't sure why it was... but Laguna always seemed to know what he wanted to say. Of course, there were times when his interpretation was completely off, and on those rare occasions, Ward never really had any clue what the hell Laguna had thought he meant...
Ah, yes. He'd almost forgotten. Hotel, then bar... (For some reason, when they were all drunk, Kiros seemed to understand Ward much better...) Although, he wondered what exactly that meant about how much their thought processes differed...
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Icicle Area
A huge wolf ran across the snow. If one looked closely at her, it was obvious that she didn't belong in this region. Her coat was brown, whereas the local wolves were grey. Not to mention that she was much bigger than any wolf of this region could ever hope to be.
Although her appearance was great, that wasn't the strangest thing about her. No, indeed. The strange thing... was the boy clinging to her back. He looked chilled to the bone, but he hung on like his life depended on it... which it could. He was also heading quite obviously in the direction of Icicle Inn.
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You all know the drill... read review.
Mako-Magic, Pocky is a Japanese snack food. You see it in manga all the time. Its kinda like a sweet pretzel stick with flavored yogurt or chocolate coating. Strawberry pocky rocks.
Danyella Skyler Silverfire, Why am I not surprised you're gloating? (Cause she's always gloating...) Right...
Minako, Aerith is what Sephiroth was in the game... being quite dead, but rebuilding her body in a little Mako thingy... And Cloud, (as you'll come to see...) knows all... I only feel sorry for Zack, 'cause he don't know what's wrong with him but that he's changing into something.
rei, Glad ya like it, an' here ya go.
ChibiBoko, =^.^= Elefino. Too bad Sephy-kun doesn't know yet, ne-ne? Not quite. His body was there. Hers isn't. It's just that she wouldn't necessarily avoid the blue like the green did. Meh. Vinny and Ciddy-poo were making fun of each other, really. (At least... that's what they would say, yah?) Hmm... If I do a prequel, you'll see Turk-days Vincent. I'm thinking about doing that... Oh! And Zack is turning into =this part is edited out, do to the nature of the comment=. It'll be really interesting. =^.^=
Miniature Rant of the Day-
On Music: I currently can't even think properly, because the lyrics of Silver and Cold are just slipping in and out of my mind... I like the song and all... but does it have to stick even when I'm trying to write? (I personally think it would be a nice background for a vampire songfic.) *Sings* I, I will paint you in silver, I will wrap you in cold... *stops singing* That's the part that makes me think "Vampire! Vampire!!" Hm... I think I had a plotbunny... (Just so long as there aren't any mutant fleas, I'm happy...)
If you actually read my rants, thank you.
Thank you, for reading.
Title: Fiery Red Horizon
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: A Little Delay
Author: Kage Kashu
Archive: Ask. Give credit where it's due. Then... ?
Genre: General. Humor/Drama/Angst/Romance/Action/Adventure
Story Summary: Sequel to Mako Blue Horizon. With Cloud's death weighing heavily on everyone' minds, the journey becomes tainted with a need for revenge. During the while Cloud finds out just how hard it is to deal with a madwoman.
Chapter Summary: A slightly shortish Vincent and Cid bit... Followed by a lot of Ward, Laguna and Kiros. And a teensy tiny bit of Cloud and Nibie.
Disclaimer: Dun own them, wish I did.
Author's notes: I figure... Normal thinking is between 'these things'. Jenova is going to be between -these, 'cause I didn't feel like being more creative for her-. And Aerith is going to be between ~these~. And Sephiroth's younger self is going to be between \these\. (Yeah, that works!) I suppose I also need something for talking through electronics. So, that will be in between =these=. When Laguna is "interpreting" what Ward is "saying", it'll be like his normal thoughts.
Warnings: Very AU. Er... Cursing in the form of a sneeze. Blame the Cid- muse. A lot of Ward.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Mr. Holzoff's House
"Aaaaaaaaa...aaaaaaaa...shhhhhhhhhhitttttt..!" Cid rubbed his face, as Vincent glared at him reproachfully. "Wha? I din do nuhding... aaaaaaa... shhh..."
"If it weren't for you..." Vincent began indignantly, and Cid cut him off.
"If id weren'd fer me, dere'd be no one 'round 'ere who'd dry da force ya da have a bidda fun now and... Aaaaa... Damnid... Aaashhhiii..." Cid's eyes watered. "'Sides, id couldn'd have been my fauld... Or else you'd have id... but not everyone elss.... aaa... aaaaaaaa... aaaaaaaaaa... shhhhhhhhhhhit."
Vincent almost admitted that Cid had a point. After all, Vincent seemed to be the only one in the house, other than Mr. Holzoff himself, who didn't have a cold. Of course, he, after some internal deliberation, didn't admit this. Why? He would be admitting to Cid -who, it seemed was already insufferable enough- that he was wrong. "You do realize that your words are almost completely incoherent?"
"Why dat?"
"The cold is making your accent worse."
"..." Cid frowned at him. "Accend? I doen have an accend."
Vincent lifted an eyebrow. "Actually, you have a particularly strong accent. I would say that sometimes, it's hard to make out what you're saying."
"Bud I doen have an accend..." Cid sounded really sad that Vincent would accuse him of having an accent. "You do, dough..."
"I enunciate," Vincent shrugged as Zack fell from the floor above.
The brunette wrinkled his nose. "Did I interrupt something?"
They both shook their heads.
He sat up, nodding. "That's good anyway... Seph says we're leaving tomorrow. If you're too sick to go... You'll have ta stay behind."
Vincent leaned toward Zack, momentarily. "Do you have it?"
"?"
"The cold?"
Zack shook his head cheerfully. "I almost got pneumonia last time I was out here... but that was before I fell." He shrugged. "You all better catch some sleep if you want to go tomorrow."
~*~
Costa del Sol
Oh, the warm beaches. Oh, the delicious heat. The beautiful sparkling water, the beautifully gleaming sand. Oh, the delicious sea breeze that wafted through the port. And oh-oh-oh, the beautiful ladies. Ward grinned. For once, Laguna had chosen an excellent vacation spot.
Kiros had to ruin the lovely feeling he was getting though... by breaking into his thought process, saying that he'd bet that the cars rust -really- fast.
He glanced at Laguna, who nodded, replying to the glance, "Yeah, Kiros -is- such a spoilsport. I mean, c'mon. Aren't you supposed to be a ladies man, Kiros?"
Ward's amused glance lifted to Kiros, who stood a good several inches taller than Laguna... but almost a foot shorter than himself.
"I'm just saying, this might be a nice place to vacation... but I would -not- want to live here."
Ward's gaze drifted along the things he had noticed before... Still very good... But permanently? No way. He lifted an eyebrow at Laguna, who, once again, nodded in response.
"How about we check in to a hotel first, eh Ward? Then we can go..." he stared around, for a moment, before spotting a really nice looking bar, "...there." He pointed.
As far as Ward was concerned, that was a great way to start and end a vacation. A visit to a top quality bar. Of course, the middle of the vacation ought to be sprinkled with other things... Hm... but what? His questioning gaze drifted back to Laguna.
"Hey man, I'm not the one to ask on that matter... Costa del Sol wasn't this big, last time I was here... Although... We could try surfing? Nah... How about we'll do whatever when we get there? Just go with the flow, right, man?"
Laguna, he noticed, had a distinct tendency to "go with the flow". He didn't mind, really. It got really fun, sometimes, even if it often got them into trouble... Like that time on the movie set. Who would have known that there were Ruby Dragons out there? Trouble, Ward suspected, was Laguna's middle name. But there were also times when going with the flow got really boring...
And then Kiros would do something. Kiros... was a rather strange man. He seemed like he would make a great artist, not a fighter. But he was a damn good fighter as well. Ward suspected that Kiros greatly missed his chance at higher education. He could just see him wondering why he had joined the military in the first place. Not that Kiros seemed unhappy, really... it was just too obvious that the man was out of his element.
He did well with the paperwork though. He snorted to himself at the thought, and Laguna glanced up at him curiously. He nodded at Kiros, and Laguna nodded agreeably.
He wasn't sure why it was... but Laguna always seemed to know what he wanted to say. Of course, there were times when his interpretation was completely off, and on those rare occasions, Ward never really had any clue what the hell Laguna had thought he meant...
Ah, yes. He'd almost forgotten. Hotel, then bar... (For some reason, when they were all drunk, Kiros seemed to understand Ward much better...) Although, he wondered what exactly that meant about how much their thought processes differed...
~*~
Icicle Area
A huge wolf ran across the snow. If one looked closely at her, it was obvious that she didn't belong in this region. Her coat was brown, whereas the local wolves were grey. Not to mention that she was much bigger than any wolf of this region could ever hope to be.
Although her appearance was great, that wasn't the strangest thing about her. No, indeed. The strange thing... was the boy clinging to her back. He looked chilled to the bone, but he hung on like his life depended on it... which it could. He was also heading quite obviously in the direction of Icicle Inn.
~*~*~*~*~*~
You all know the drill... read review.
Mako-Magic, Pocky is a Japanese snack food. You see it in manga all the time. Its kinda like a sweet pretzel stick with flavored yogurt or chocolate coating. Strawberry pocky rocks.
Danyella Skyler Silverfire, Why am I not surprised you're gloating? (Cause she's always gloating...) Right...
Minako, Aerith is what Sephiroth was in the game... being quite dead, but rebuilding her body in a little Mako thingy... And Cloud, (as you'll come to see...) knows all... I only feel sorry for Zack, 'cause he don't know what's wrong with him but that he's changing into something.
rei, Glad ya like it, an' here ya go.
ChibiBoko, =^.^= Elefino. Too bad Sephy-kun doesn't know yet, ne-ne? Not quite. His body was there. Hers isn't. It's just that she wouldn't necessarily avoid the blue like the green did. Meh. Vinny and Ciddy-poo were making fun of each other, really. (At least... that's what they would say, yah?) Hmm... If I do a prequel, you'll see Turk-days Vincent. I'm thinking about doing that... Oh! And Zack is turning into =this part is edited out, do to the nature of the comment=. It'll be really interesting. =^.^=
Miniature Rant of the Day-
On Music: I currently can't even think properly, because the lyrics of Silver and Cold are just slipping in and out of my mind... I like the song and all... but does it have to stick even when I'm trying to write? (I personally think it would be a nice background for a vampire songfic.) *Sings* I, I will paint you in silver, I will wrap you in cold... *stops singing* That's the part that makes me think "Vampire! Vampire!!" Hm... I think I had a plotbunny... (Just so long as there aren't any mutant fleas, I'm happy...)
If you actually read my rants, thank you.
Thank you, for reading.