The gang entered the city and found themselves in a town. There were ordinary people who spoke English, though their clothes were indeed proper and clean, unlike the crew's. What surprised them was the fact that there were animals that acted like humans. They included horses, rats, pigs, hippopotamus, birds, goats, dogs, and many more. They spoke, walked on two legs, and wore human attire. A little boy came up to Cloud and company,
"You guys must be from out of town."
"Yeah," Cloud replied. Barret stepped up to ask a question,
"Say, uh, kid. What's the name o' this place?" The boy looked up at the gunarmed man.
"Alexandria town."
"An' what's this planet called?" Barret suddenly imposed. The boy jumped at that question,
"What planet are YOU from?!" and ran away after giving him and the group a quizzical look.
"Good job! Now he's gonna tattle tale on us and say how we're nuts and then we'll get arrested, thanks to you!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Calm down, Yuffie," Red XIII jumped in. He then turned to Barret,
"That wasn't clever. We mustn't ask these people any questions out of the ordinary or else it'll lead us to trouble."
Cloud nodded, "That's right." He turned to face everyone.
"Time to look around. We'll split up into pairs. If anything bad happens, we can contact eachother through the PHS. Let's meet back here at this fountain in 5 hours."
Nanaki and Yuffie paired up, so did Cait Sith and Cid, and Barret and Vincent. That automatically left Cloud with Tifa.
"Alright. See you all then," Cloud said, and they all parted in separate ways.
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Barret was in Burgie's Pub, sitting at the counter drinking. Vincent sat quietly, watching him. The bartender looked at him and asked Barret,
"You know him?" Barret looked up at him and bluntly replied,
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, for one, he's scaring my customers away..."
"So? Whaddya want me to do about it?"
The bartender simply let out a sigh and resumed to wiping mugs. Barret put down his mug and looked at Vincent.
"Why you here anyway? Aren't ya gonna go look around?"
"This place does not interest me," the cloaked man replied, calmly.
"Nothin' does," Barret said, shaking his head and went back to drinking.
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Yuffie went up to a young hippo, dressed in overalls and had a tuft of hair on his fat head.
"Hey Hippoboy," she called out to him. He turned around to face her and his face instantly lit up,
"Hiya! Wanna play tetra with me??"
"Tetra? What's that?"
"It's a card game!! Everyone knows what Tetra Master is!" the hippoboy told her, in disbelief. Yuffie jumped,
"Oh er- Well.. I'm a traveller.. Yeah, that's right."
The hippoboy shook his head. "No wonder. Here, let me teach you..."
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Cid put his hands on his hips. Cait Sith walked up to him.
"Not my type of place, I can tell ya that!" Cid said.
"You'll find a place to call Rocket Town #2 eventually," Cait Sith assured him.
(screen moves to show Yuffie sitting on the ground, the hippoboy across from her)
"Dammit! Why do I keep losing?!" Yuffie exclaimed, frustrated.
"Hey Yuffie!" Cait said, going up to her.
"Whatcha doin'? Oooh! A card game, huh? Lemme see..." he said and sat down to join them.
Cid shook his head, "Whatever. I'm goin' to the pub."
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"Hey. Did you see that scary-looking guy with the red cape?"
"Yah. He has a claw for a hand!!"
"He's a vampire, look at his eyes!!"
Kids nearby whispered to eachother as they saw Vincent brooding through the street. Red XIII came from the other side, spotted Vincent and ran towards him.
"Have you seen Yuffie?"
"She's playing a card game with Cait Sith and a talking hippo."
"Oh, I see. Where's Barret?"
"The pub. Cid's in there, too."
(camera goes to Burgie's Pub as you can hear the two men making a huge racket inside with their ranting and singing)
"I guess the pairings haven't been separated after all."
"Supposedly."
There was a brief pause as Nanaki's tail swayed from side to side. "Well, let's go look around then."
They both walked on.
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Mwahaha! Wasn't that an awkward moment between Red XIII and Vincent or what?! hehe Vincent's cool in my fanfic. :glomps him: And Yuffie's pretty funny, eh? She's been introduced to Tetra Master!!!! I had no clue how to play the game but I always beat the crap out of the person I was pitted against eeeeverytime. Poor Yuf.. she's having problems winning against Hippoboy lol. Well :stretches: That's all the chapters I had prepared so far. Dunno when I'll plan to continue this. Although it's not that urgent since this fanfic seems to be pointless anyways. It was fun while it lasted. I honestly did not expect anyone to R&R but I'm very very happy that three people did!! : ) If I'm feeling nonsense-ish, then I'll work on this. But I would like to start another fanfic (centered on Sesshoumaru/Kikyou pairing from Inuyasha) because that's where my heart is really set on right at this moment. So once again, I thank you three ppl: WildfireDreams, Emzies-and-mog, and Sweet Ruby Moon!!! You all get pocky and chocolate!! :showers it over the three heads:
Time to go now. See ya everyone!
Thief Rikku