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Disclaimer: I do not own FF7 or any of the characters. (that downright stinks.)

Cloud and Tifa were just teaching Denzel and Marlene how to play on the new chocobo chess set Cloud had bought quite some time ago for the kids. All four of them sprawled on their bellies on the sleek wooden floor of the living room. It was in the late afternoon when the doorbell finally rang. Smiles appeared on all of their faces as Tifa scrambled to get the door.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiii!" Yuffie practically pounced on Tifa immediately after she opened the door pulling her into a bone-breaking hug.

"Hi… Yuffie… cough Yuffie…"

"Oh, sorry." Yuffie smiled apologetically as she broke away from the hug.

"Hi everyone else!" Yuffie greeted as she ran into the living room.

Tifa ushered the others inside while Cloud put aside the chess set and brought Denzel and Marlene to say hello to their friends. After much hellos and hugs all around, everyone more or less settled down in the living room, taking seats on the couch. Yuffie was so excited at the reunion that she couldn't stop talking and Vincent, to his dismay, was sitting beside her.

"Wutai is really progressing now with me back and all…"

"Yuffie…"

"and I think I want to adopt more stray cats and raise the population of pandas…"

"Yuffie…"

"and Daddy's really happy with me saving the world and…"

"YUFFIE!"

"Oh sorry Vinc, you want to join in my conversation with Tifa?"

"arghhhh…" Vincent turned away and propped up his elbow to support his face.

"Okay so now the people of Wutai…"

(And Yuffie keeps going on and on… )

Tifa and Denzel were seated on either sides of Cloud while Marlene chose to sit on Barret's lap to make up for some lost time.

"Daddy your whiskers tickle!"

Nanaki was seated on the floor and Cid was trying to make him do tricks.

"Come on #, SIT already!"

"Sigh…" just to amuse Cid, Nanaki just decided to sit down.

"Good boy…" Cid scratched Nanaki behind his ears as a reward.

"What do you think you're doi-- Ooooooh… That felt gooooood…"

"Hey Cid, where exactly did you leave the Highwind?" Cloud enquired, feeling the need to save Nanaki from such 'torture'.

"I didn't bring the Highwind this time," Cid said in his usually scruffy voice. "I brought the Shera instead. The one we used when we last fought that !# of a Sephiroth resurrected. Complete with stealth mode." He finished with a huge grin plastered on his face, clearly proud of his own creation.

"But that still doesn't answer my question. Where did you leave it?" Cloud repeated the question slower and emphasized each word through gritted teeth while the rest watched on. They too wanted to know where Cid parked that humongous 'hunk-of-junk'.

"Just above your little #$ house here spike!" Cid waved his finger at the roof as he spoke.
"Cid, mind your language. There are minors in the house if you haven't realized." Tifa clearly
protective over Denzel and Marlene.

"Sorry ma'am." Cid apologized with a nod.

"And I noticed you didn't bring along the real Shera." Tifa added with a wink.

"&#!" Cid's ears were starting to redden. "Uh, someone had to take care of the house you see…"

"Are you telling us your house doesn't have a lock?" Cloud did that thing with his eyebrow as he questioned Cid.

"Yeah my house has a lock! But… Wait, Tifa what are you doing?"

"I'm calling Shera just to check up on her. You don't mind do you Cid?" Tifa tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

"Noooooo!" Cid exclaimed as he lunged for the phone.

Too late.

"Hi, Shera? This is Tifa." Cid slumped back into his seat and fumbled to light a cigar.

"OOOH…" Tifa's eyes widened as Cloud took Cid's cigar and stubbed it out before he left out a huge puff.

"Thanks a lot Shera!" Tifa grinned as she put down the receiver with a click and turned to Cid. He sunk lower into the red puffy couch as if to hide himself.

Tifa put her hands on her hips as she said, "Why didn't you tell us that you were getting married!" apparently Shera was eager to tell everyone and Tifa didn't need much exchange over the telephone before she got to that.

"Yeah yeah… Shera wanted to stay back at Rocket Town to take care of the preparations. I was gunna invite you guys when it was all ready." Cid explained, ears almost glowing red.
"I heard its gonna be on the airship?" Tifa asked. Cid nodded his head.

"I'm afraid you'll have to call the wedding off." Cloud stated blankly.

"WHAT? #&!#& You try telling that to Shera yourself!" Cid responded almost jumping in his seat.

"Could we get down ta business? Enough with ya wedding plans." Barret grumbled as he motioned Marlene to go play with Denzel.

"Yeah, we should get started. " Vincent agreed.

"Alright then." Cloud waited for the kids to leave the room then leaned forward and explained the situation and the level of danger that the Bahamuts infestation in the world was causing. And Reeve (who unfortunately couldn't be there with them at that time) was having trouble containing the outbreak of monsters.

"So what do you guys suggest we should do? This concerns the safety of the world now." Cloud leaned back into the sofa as everyone was deep in thought, taking in all that Cloud had mentioned in the past ten minutes.

"Well? " After five minutes no one had said a word.

Cloud sighed as he slumped deeper into the cushions. Tifa saw the worry etched all over Cloud's face and wanted so badly to pull him into a hug to comfort him. But all she could do for now was just to slip her slender fingers in between his, and she gave his hand a small squeeze as she entwined her fingers with his. Cloud appreciated Tifa for her great timing.

She always knew when he needed uplifting.

She always knew when he needed her.

"Well," Yuffie muttered suddenly, making almost everyone jump in their seats. "Don't you think we should start off by finding the cause of the infestation and their breeding grounds?"

"Reeve already sent the Turks to investigate that." Cloud answered. "But there has been no results so far. I fear something big will start if we don't end this soon."

"Like a mass outbreak?" Vincent added coolly.

"Exactly." Cloud finished with a solemn look on his face.

"Hey, it's getting kinda late." Tifa indicated to the dark sky. "why not we rest up and we can continue tomorrow?"

"Yeah that sounds like a good idea." Yuffie yawned widely and stretched as she stood up from the couch, legs wobbling slightly from sitting too long.

"You guys could sleep in the living room. The couches are makeshift beds." Cloud indicated as he pulled one out.

"I'll go get the pillows." Tifa said as she made her way up the stairs at the corner of the living room.

"I'm going back to the airship to catch some shut eye alright." Cid stepped outside with a yawn.

"I think I'll make do in here." Yuffie collapsed on the bed that Cloud pulled out earlier and fell asleep almost instantly.

Cloud pulled out another two beds for Vincent and Barret ( yes they have 3 sofas don't ask me why ) while Nanaki was perfectly fine with the carpet. Tifa draped a blanket over Yuffie as she handed Barret and Vincent theirs.

"Good night!" Cloud and Tifa made their way up the stairs to tuck Marlene and Denzel in before they made their was to their respective bedrooms.

Author's note: I think this fic is gonna be kinda long as in many many chapters so please bear with me:)