I seriously can't believe that there's people out there that enjoyed this lol. Well, since a few of you asked me to continue with this, I've decided to try another chapter. I hope y'all realize that this fic doesn't have any sort of plot whatsoever. Now let me think... where and when should this one be taking place? Um... I'll say, in the plain of Rocket Town, after the group goes through Mt. Nibel for the first time. Alrighty then, let's see what I can make of this heh heh.
Disclaimer- Nope.. still don't own Final Fantasy Seven.
Evil Crickets And Marshmallows
Eep..eep...eep.. eep. Fists clench the sleeping bag tightly in the person's annoyance. Eep..eep..eep..eep.. Eyes narrow in the darkness as the person continues to listen to the little obnoxious bugs outside her tent. She tries to block out the sound by covering her head with her sleeping bag. Eep..eep...eep...eep. Yuffie growls in anger as she uncovers her head and sits up. It's now official, she won't be getting any sleep with all those little annoying evil cricket's 'Eep' echoing constantly through her head. If she could, she'd gather all the little bugs up in one large group and burn their little bug asses with a Fire2 spell. Eep...eep...eep...eep. Yuffie's eye twitches, crickets are now on the top of her 'Things That I Hate Most List'.
Yuffie shuffles out of her sleeping bag muttering something about 'evil crickets' under her breath. Walking over to the entrance of her small tent she unzips the door and walks out. Turning around she zips the tent back up, not wanting to let any of the 'evil crickets' inside of her tent where they'd be able to crawl all over her if she decides to go back and try to get some sleep. Turning around she looks over to the fire burning in the middle of their campsite. A certain spiky blonde swordsman is kneeled in front of it, as he pokes the fire absentmindedly with a stick.
"Can't sleep?" Cloud asks, not even bothering to turn to look who came out.
Yuffie brows lower in annoyance, "How can anyone with all those annoying crickets out there!?" Yuffie huffs as she walks towards the fire where it'll be warmer.
Cloud gives out a short laugh. Yuffie looks around the campfire, "Isn't there supose to be two people on watch duty at a time?" Yuffie asks, noticing that Cloud is alone.
Cloud nods, yawning a bit, "Vincent's out circling the area for any monsters nearby. I told him it wasn't necessary but he replied with his usual answer, (.....) and walked off." Cloud explains.
Yuffie's face scrunches up in discomfort, "Man is Vincent ever weird! I never met someone so.. so... depressing then him!" Yuffie clears her throat, "Don't look at me, I have sinned, I don't deserve to be with anyone, how about I go and just jump back in my dirty, moldy, smelly, coffin for another few decades until I have repent for crimes I have committed that no one cares to hear!" Yuffie says using a poor imitation of Vincent's voice.
"........" Cloud decides to just keep out of the conversation, not finding it very safe to get into. Believe it or not, the dark enigma know as Vincent Valentine kind of freaks Cloud out a bit. He'd rather not have him overhear anything Cloud says about him. He's rather not get shot in the ass or have him release the Galion Beast to bite his head off.
When the energetic ninja doesn't say anything else, Cloud turns his gaze from the fire to Yuffie. A teasing grin spreads across his face, "Cute pajamas." Cloud comments, giving a small chuckle.
Yuffie glances down at what she's wearing and blushes in embarrassment, pink pajamas with little white moogles scattered across them. She forgot that she was wearing them, "They're not mine! they're Tifa's!" Which is the truth, these aren't exactly Yuffie's type of clothing but her own pajama's haven't been washed in who knows how long that the smell is actually giving her a headache when she wears them.
"Uh-huh sure." Cloud says smirking a bit as he turns his gaze back to the fire and pokes it with a stick again.
"Oh what do I care!" Yuffie exclaims, "This is coming from someone who's pajamas are most likely just his boxers!"
"Actually.." Cloud pauses as he rolls a log in the fire with the stick in his hand. "I sleep naked."
From the tone of his voice, Yuffie can't tell whether he's joking or not. She stared at Cloud for a moment as her mind begins to wonder, she pictures Cloud in his tent with nothing covering him other then his sleeping bag. Yuffie's face heats up, 'Eww.... GAWD! Why the HELL did I just picture him like that!?' A chill runs down her spine.
Cloud glances over to Yuffie and raises an eyebrow at the expression across his face. Cloud shakes his head in disbelief, "I was joking Yuffie." Cloud says.
"I KNEW that!" Yuffie immediately replies.
Cloud contains the smirk that threatens to appear across his face, "Oh really? Cuz I was just lying, I really DO sleep naked. It's rather more comfortable." Cloud rubs his mouth with his hand as he hides his smile that appears on his face from Yuffie's expression. His brows raise in amusement, "You should give it a try sometime." Cloud suggests, keeping his voice as neutral as possible.
"I. Think. Not." Yuffie says slowly, making sure that he understands her. She sticks her tongue out in disgust, "I did not need to know about how you sleep, you know?"
Cloud shrugs uncaringly, "You brought the subject up." He points out.
Cloud follows Yuffie with his eyes as she stands up and walks over to one of the group's packs sitting near one of the tents. She opens one up and digs through its contents. Cloud raises a questioning eyebrow, "What're you doing." Yuffie pulls out what she was looking for and turns around, holding it up to show Cloud, a grin spread across her face.
"Marshmallows?" Cloud questions.
Yuffie rolls her eyes, "Well sorry if I'm hungry and since you got a fire going I might as well find some use for it since I'm not asleep."
"You wouldn't be hungry if you had eaten before." Cloud points out.
"Well SO sorry that I didn't eat that crap that you cooked, telling everyone that it's food when it looked like a pile of chocobo dung!" Yuffie exclaims as she walks back over to the fire. As she passes Cloud, she snatches the stick out of his hand.
"It was stew Yuffie. I told you that before. You're the only one who had a problem with it." Cloud says seemingly insulted.
Yuffie opens the bag of marshmallow, "I'll also be the only one without food poisoning for the rest of the week." She raises an eyebrow as she thinks of something. "I don't remember seeing you eat any of that crap you ate." Yuffie says as she puts her Marshmallow in the fire.
Cloud gives a half-smile, "I wasn't hungry." Cloud replies.
Yuffie laughs, "You're full of it." She says pulling her marshmallow out of the fire, the marshmallow itself is on fire though as it turns into a puffy black marshmallow. She blows on it to put the small fire on her marshmallow out. She brings the tip of her stick to her mouth and places the marshmallow in her mouth, "Mmm..." Her face scrunches up in disgust as she eats the marshmallow, "This is SO good. It tastes just like a piece of charcoal!" Yuffie says sarcastically.
Cloud shakes his head, laughing a bit, "You're suppose to hold it above the fire, not directly in it!"
Yuffie sticks another marshmallow on the tip of her stick. She raises her arm up and holds it right above the flames. It starts to turn a golden brown before it catches on fire. Yuffie brings the stick back and blows the fire out on the black marshmallow. She places the black marshmallow in her mouth and eats it. She shrugs her shoulders at Cloud, "It still tastes like a piece of charcoal" Yuffie states.
Cloud places a hand across his face and shakes his head, "You're not suppose to let it turn black. Don't let it catch on fire." Cloud advises.
Yuffie sticks another marshmallow on her stick and sticks it right above the flames again. It soon turns golden brown, a second later it's on fire. Yuffie quickly pulls it back blowing the fire out. Too late, it's already burned. She eats the marshmallow, "Who knows? If I keep this up I may start liking the taste of charcoal." Yuffie says placing another marshmallow on the stick and placing it above the fire.
Cloud watches as Yuffie concentrates on trying to not catch her marshmallow on fire. Cloud turns his gaze to the marshmallow and watches it turn a golden brown. The marshmallow begins to catch on fire. Yuffie gasps and shakes the stick quickly trying to put the fire out. The marshmallow slides off the stick and hits Cloud in the face. Yuffie sucks in her lips to hold back her laughter as Cloud wipes the melted marshmallow off his face with his hand. He glares at Yuffie before standing up and stepping over to her. He snatches the stick out of her hand and sits down. He grabs the bag of marshmallow and places one on the stick.
"This is how you do it!" Cloud says in annoyance as he holds the marshmallow above the fire. He rotates the marshmallow, making it turn a golden brown all around before pulling it away from the fire and waving it in Yuffie's face, "See? That isn't too hard is it?" Yuffie shakes her head before slowly reaching for the marshmallow. Before she's able to get her hands on it, Cloud pops it in his mouth and grin, "Mmm.. now that's a GOOD marshmallow."
Yuffie shoots him a glare as he places another marshmallow on the stick. This time he shoves the marshmallow straight into the fire, "Since I know you're a slow learner," Cloud says earning himself another glare, "I'll teach you a trick about cooking marshmallows." Cloud pulls the marshmallow out and blows the fire out on the black marshmallow. Cloud gently grabs the marshmallow between his thumb and middle finger. He pulls the surface of the black marshmallow off leaving the white melted inside on the stick. He throws the burned part back into the fire and eat the rest of the marshmallow. "That's not hard to do is it?" Cloud asks.
Yuffie rolls her eyes as she watches Cloud as he cooks another marshmallow above the fire again, rotating the stick to make sure he turns the entire marshmallow a golden brown. He surprises Yuffie when he hold the marshmallow up to her mouth. Yuffie blinks a bit before opening her mouth enough for him to put the marshmallow in her mouth. She closes her mouth and he slides the stick out. Yuffie chews the cooked marshmallow and smiles when she swallows it, "That one was better tasting then charcoal." Yuffie says as a compliment.
Cloud slowly nods his head as he focuses on cooking another marshmallow. When it's a golden brown he holds it up to Yuffie's mouth again for her to take. Yuffie tilts her head to the side, "Aren't you going to eat it?" She asks curiously.
Cloud shakes his head, "I'm not hungry." He replies quietly. Yuffie shrugs and eats the marshmallow. Cloud places another marshmallow on the stick again. He places it above the fire, a moment later they here a gunshot. "Sounds like Vincent found something." Cloud comments.
"Shouldn't we go help him?" Yuffie asks.
Cloud gives a short laugh, "The monsters in these areas are weak. Vincent can take care of himself."
Yuffie shrugs and stands up giving a yawn. She turns around, "Well time to go see if I can get back to sleep. Night Cloud." Yuffie places her hand on his shoulder as she walks away.
Cloud turns around a bit, "Goodnight." He says as she goes into her tent. He turns his gaze to the marshmallow that's now on fire. "SH!" He pulls the marshmallow out of the fire and blows out the fire on it. After looking at the puffy black marshmallow a moment, he shrugs and pops it into his mouth, its not like a little charcoal will kill him.
Yuffie climbs back into her sleeping bag and sighs as she gets comfortable. She closes her eyes as sleep slowly overcomes her. Eep...eep...eep...eep. Yuffie's eyes snap open. Eep...eep...eep...eep. She growls in annoyance at the 'evil crickets' outside her tent. An idea crosses her mind, causing a smirk to play across her lips. Reaching over to the side of the tent she picks up her Twin Viper and grabs one of the green materias in its slot. If the 'evil crickets' won't be quiet, she'll just outsmart them. Concentration on the green orb, she whispers out the spell, "Sleepel." And falls into a deep sleep that even the 'evil crickets' won't be able to awaken her from.
Heh heh heh. I don't even wanna know why I actually wrote more to this. OR stayed up this late to do it. It's 3:13 in the morning. (Shakes head) I need to get a life. Well it was somewhat fun typing it up, I did the whole marshmallow bit since I'm going camping with my Ma this weekend. I especially liked one part in this chapter. When Yuffie said, 'Mmm... This is SO good. It tastes just like a piece of charcoal.' Heh heh. I don't know why I found that funny. Oh and I apologize for bashing Vincent a bit. I don't hate him, matter of fact he's one of my favorite characters, probably because of how morbid and mysterious and demonic looking he is. Heh heh. Well never know. I might make another update to this sometime. Till then, Review! TTNC!