:sweatdrop: Mann.... do I make Barret sound like Hagrid or what!? O.o
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Chapter 9 "Arrival in Alexandria"
"An hour doing nothing but sitting around in this airship!" Cait Sith moaned and shook his head, his Mog mimicking his gestures.
Yuffie said nothing but was trembling unceasingly, fairing much worse than before. Red XIII looked after her while Tifa worked in the kitchen (yep. Cid and his crew members decided to build a kitchen in the ship in order to enjoy Tifa's fine cookery ), making a concoction that would cure Yuffie's sickness. Barret started yapping away at Vincent while the cloaked man silently listened, seemingly. Cloud entered the kitchen.
"Need any help?"
"Could you pass me a cup of dried, green tea leaves, please? It's on the second row of the cupboards. Third to the left."
He opened the cupboard door and found it. He took the box labeled "Grrreat Green Tea Leaves For You!" and handed it to Tifa.
"Thanks", she said as she dumped some into the steaming pot.
She turned the heat off from under it and poured the concoction into a cup. They walked out of the kitchen to where Yuffie laid, who was being closely watched by Red XIII.
"Here, Yuffie. Drink this," Tifa said.
Yuffie slowly got up, took the cup and drank it all down.
"You have been causing quite some trouble back at Rocket Town. It seemed as if it came back to give you a lesson," Tifa told her, sitting on her knees, hands on lap. Yuffie looked up then sighed and bowed her head.
"I'm real sorry. Thanks for the tea, Tifa. I feel much better now."
Tifa got up, "You're welcome."
Yuffie pranced off with a chuckle but accidentally bumped into Barret and landed right on her bottom.
"Watch it #$&$&!!" Barret spewed angrily, raising his arms to show his bad temper.
Yuffie shook her head, stood up, pulled a finger over her eye and stuck a tongue at Barret, then took off. The big man with the gunarm sighed with a shake of the head and looked at the woman with the long, black dolphin hair,
"Hey Tifa. Could ya make us somethin' to eat? I'm hungry."
Tifa nodded and walked towards the kitchen.
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The food was delicious. When they were done, Cid had told everyone that they had finally reached land and will only give everyone five minute to prepare. Seeing as how Tifa was already ready, she decided to walk around the air/sub ship and look at its new, renovated state. Yuffie was playfully being rude at Cait Sith as Red XIII observed with a she'll-never-learn-to-stop look smeared across his face. Barret proceeded with his blabbering at Vincent again.
"So whut ya gonna do when yeh get on land?"
"Start a new beginning in life."
"You not gonna miss anythin' from Earth?"
"My past lies behind me."
Cloud came by and both Barret and Vincent looked at him. The spiky, blonde-haired man seemed to be searching for something.
"Yo Cloud! What are ya doin'?" Barret asked him.
Cloud looked at him, "I'm just looking for -- - -" Cid came out of the conductor's hangout,
"Hey peeps! Let's go to the main room!"
Everyone gathered to find a big surprise up ahead of them.
"Wow..." Cait Sith said, in complete awe.
Cloud walked up to the very front and held onto the bars. He was soon joined by the rest of the crew. The view was absolutely breathtaking. Surrounded by thick, puffy clouds was a city atop a steep cliff. Filled with many towns, there, in the center, lied a grand and royal castle which was the nucleus of the whole city.
"Land on the outskirts!" Cid commanded.
"Yes, sir!"
"Sum view, eh?" Barret commented.
There was an abrupt flash. Cait Sith had just taken a picture of the beautiful city with his camera before it went out of sight.
"Hoof! That picture'll be somethin'!"
"It is quite a magnificent sight," Red XIII admitted.
"This place is filled with spoiled, rich asses," Cid bluntly stated, not impressed at all.
"Royal people live there? Sheesh... They think they're so cool.." Yuffie said with disdain.
Cait Sith began to ponder. "Hmmm... Y'know.. We're gonna be stared at big-time walking around there with the clothes that you guys wear."
"I wear whatever I goddamn wanna wear! There ain't no way I'm gonna wear stupid, rich clothes!!" Barret hollered.
"I think Vincent needs the ultimate change. He'll scare all the people away," Yuffie remarked. The ex-Turk showed no sign of being hurt, let alone show any awareness to the fact that he had just been insulted.
"We'll simply tell 'em that we're foreigners, what else??" Cid simply said.
"I doubt that your response won't raise any suspicion," Red XIII countered.
"Yah! They'll call the soldiers and arrest us for looking funny!" Cait Sith added in. Nanaki let out a sigh of mild fatigue and turned to the leader of the group,
"Cloud, you're still considered the one in charge. What do you think we should do?"
"We ain't got no time to buy rich clothes!!" Barret protested.
"We'll set off right now. It'll be too much of a hassle to fit in with the crowd. We'll make an excuse of some sort," Cloud said.
"Awright! Now let's head out!!" Barret impatiently exclaimed and ran out.
Everyone nodded and followed him. Vincent and Yuffie were the last of the pack.
"Hmph. It seems like you got away with your silly, little costume of yours," Yuffie said in an accused fashion.
Yuffie couldn't bear the silence and ran off,
"Creep!"
Vincent said nothing and followed her out.
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haha.. Yuffie cracks me up sometimes. XD Well, I hope it wasn't too boring for you guys. I leave here to put up the next chapter! :swish: