Blue Ocean – Chapter 2

By: Bahamuts AngelVII

A/N: Italics means thinking. Yes, it does. Umm… This might suck. Oh and, to you people, this is the revision of my old one. This is going to be longer and more interesting. Thanks. I'm glad I have so many faithful viewers. - Yeah, you might see some OOC-ness, like Tifa being super hyper-active… Later on the Santa Claus remark is NOT meant to offend people... If you're offended.

In the morning, Tifa was awoken by the bright sun. Godo apparently threw back the curtains. Tifa moaned and covered her forehead with her gloved hand. She turned on her side to see Cloud sitting up in his bed. He was rubbing his eyes. He was wearing only boxer shorts. Tifa giggled. He looked over to find her looking at him with a questioning look. He blushed and scratched his head.

"It was hot last night." He muttered.

She nodded and stood up. He watched her from where he sat. Cloud then stood up, and walked with Tifa to the door. She opened it and then turned to Cloud, who was leaning against the thin walls.

"Cloud, I'm gonna go change in the bathroom, okay? You change here and I'll come back when I'm done." Tifa said, and then walked down the hallway.

Cloud simply closed the door and put on the clothing he had with him. He was just finishing putting his shirt on, when Tifa walked in. She immediately jumped back and blushed. She covered her mouth with her hands, and peeked in.

"I'm sorry! I should've knocked." Tifa yelled to Cloud through her hands.

"It's okay, Tif. You can come in anyways. Look. Godo left us a package with meals and some extra clothing." Cloud replied, and he picked up the packages to show what Godo left.

"Really? That's nice of him." Tifa responded. She took one out of Cloud's hand and slung it over her shoulder. He smiled.

"Yeah! Let's go, Cloud!" Tifa laughed.

"Alright. Let's call—" Cloud began, but was interrupted by the shrill ringing of the phone. "Hel—" He started, but was once again interrupted by something that was less than shrill.

"CLOUD, WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR SPIKEY ASS?! Where the hell is Tifa?!" Barrett's voice boomed. Cloud held the phone away so he could properly understand Barrett without getting his eardrums bleeding.

"I, we're in Wutai. We're going to Gold Saucer then to the Ancient city. We'll call you later." Cloud yelled as quickly as he good, and then hung up. The started laughing.

"Come on, are we going? I can't wait to get to Gold Saucer…" Tifa asked, jumping up and down. Before Cloud could reply, she grabbed his arm and ran out of the house.

As they were leaving, Cloud yelled, "Thanks for everything, Godo!" He heard Godo yell a reply but he wasn't sure what it was, because Tifa was already jabbering in his ear.
When they left Wutai, Tifa looked back, her smile fading. She wondered if she would ever see it again… She shook her head and her benign smile filled her face. She grabbed her Chocobo's reins and mounted.

"Come on, Cloud! Let's go!" She exclaimed, almost bouncing up and down.

"What's the rush, Tif?" Cloud inquired as he slowly mounted his Chocobo. He looked over to see Tifa's hand at her mouth, thinking.

"Silly, we want to get there before dark!" She called, as she was already on the ocean, racing away. Cloud followed.

After an hour, Cloud and Tifa were riding side by side. They reached land, and Cloud went ahead to tease her. They reached the trail that would lead them to Gold Saucer.

Tifa sped down the trail closely following Cloud. The wind whipped around her face, and she smiled tenderly. Cloud looked behind him casually, and he smiled at Tifa, and she smiled back.
A few hours later, they arrived at Corel, which had been rebuilt. They stopped by a small Chocobo farm, which they could house their Chocobos in for 500 gil a night.
They paid upfront, and took the tram up to Gold Saucer. The fireworks exploded upon their arrival, and they showed the man working their lifetime ticket. He nodded, showing it was okay for them to go through.

"Let's go to...the arcade!" Tifa exclaimed, pulling Cloud along with her. He didn't say anything, but he just followed her.

"Tifa?"

Tifa whipped around to face Yuffie, who was holding a giant stuffed Chocobo in her arms. Yuffie was grinning widely.

"Won this from a new game." She stated plainly. Tifa and Cloud looked bewildered. They looked at each other, and Cloud raised an eyebrow.

"Yuffie! What are you doing here?" Tifa asked, while turning to face Yuffie again.

"Oh, yah know. Just hanging out." Yuffie responded.

"How did you get in?" Cloud flashed thepass in her face.Yuffie looked at him and smiled even wider.

"It's what ninjas do! Haven't you learned that yet?" She laughed and playfully hit Cloud on the shoulder.

"Well, gotta go before they start looking for me. See ya!" Yuffie said, and she reached into her pocket.

She threw on a fake white beard, and she got questioning looks from Cloud and Tifa.

"It's a DISGUISE!" Yuffie said, and then she jumped off the building.

Tifa laughed and looked at Cloud, who was laughing too. Tifa decided that Yuffie looked like Santa Claus except a Santa Claus with liposuction and that's a female… Maybe Santa got a sex-change? She laughed. How completely opposite of what she thought would happen. She expected Yuffie to have a magical cape or materia that would make her invisible. But instead, she had a mask. How childish, how Yuffie.
They went up to play the snowboarding game in the building. Cloud put some GP into the slot and stood on the snowboard.

"Woo! Go Cloud!" Tifa cheered him on as Cloud jumped, flipped, and turned his way down the mountain. When he finished, Tifa asked him if she could try.

"Sure."

Tifa hopped on, and Cloud helped her secure her feet to the board. She strapped it on and turned her body to face him. He walked over so it would be easier for Tifa to talk, without twisting her body to face Cloud.

"Ever play before?" He asked her while he walked around to watch.

"Yeah, the first time we came here I played… you know when we all split into pairs, I went with Yuffie and you went with... Aeris..." There was a long period of silence.

"O-oh. Yeah I remember that… Hey look, it's starting!" Cloud looked up.

"Yay!" Tifa laughed and concentrated on the screen.

A few hours later, Tifa and Cloud were finished with their games. They had hogged the snowboarding came for 3 hours. They decided to go to a new restaurant, named Café Shimmer. They ate a dinner consisting of soup, salad, rice, and pork.

"Wow, this is good food." Tifa suddenly said.

"Mmm-hmm. Delicious. I wonder who the chef is." Cloud replied.

As if on cue, the chef came through the swinging door holding a giant cake. Tifa turned red in the face, and buried it in her hands. Cloud almost choked on a piece of food, but he managed not to. The Chef was Yuffie. Surprisingly, no one noticed Yuffie's "disguise", and still thought she was an old man… Crazy people… Cloud thought.
Yuffie brought the cake over and left it on the table. She said it was on the house, and as she turned to leave, she looked over her shoulder.

"Have fun!" she winked at them and went into the kitchen.

When Cloud divided up the cake, he found a small white note covered in little bits of pink frosting. He read it out loud to Tifa.

"Hey. I was wondering if I could join on your little adventure, at least until we get to rocket town. You don't need to answer. I'll meet both of you in the Ghost Hotel at 11:30 pm. See you then." Cloud put down the letter on the table, and Tifa glanced at it.

"Should we let her come?" Cloud asked.

"Sure, I don't see why not." Tifa responded.

She picked up the letter and put it in her jacket pocket.

Later that night

"Cloud, what time is it?"

"It's about 10 o'clock... do you wanna go on the Gondola with me?" He asked shyly.

"Sure."

They went on the ride in silence, and they both seemed very preoccupied in watching the Chocobo Racers. The fireworks went on, and Tifa could feel tears in her eyes. Why am I crying? Things like these always made her feel a little… sad. She couldn't put her finger on why, though.

"C-cloud?"

"Yeah."

"Did you have fun with Aeris when you went on the Gondola?"

"…"

"…Sorry."

"It's okay. Don't worry about it."

Tifa turned away from Cloud and acted like she was completely immersed in the lights outside. She felt a tapping on her knee. She turned to see Cloud leaning over to see her face.

"Tifa. What's wrong?" Cloud asked her.

"N-nothing… I'm fine." Tifa replied. She wondered how much time was left in the ride.

She felt Cloud looking away, and she was a little relieved, but also disappointed. She then felt his presence next to her. Tifa turned away from the window to face him. She was scared of his bright mako eyes… They looked like they could pierce her, as if they could read all her thoughts. She felt herself falling into him.
Cloud held her close, and she loved it. She loved him. She wished this moment could last forever, sitting in the arms of the only man she ever loved… The only man she would ever love.

A/N: Yeah, that was kind of pointless and nothing was really going on there… and that ending thing pissed me off but I couldn't think of like... a good ending for the chapter.