Ok this is set 7 years later so Yuffie is 7 and Cloud is 11. Ok Review replies:
corneliaandcaleb4ever : I don't know if I will. Maybe but I'd have to get characters sorted for it
Angelicxox: No you're sane because I used to know it by heart. Still do actually. I used to get teddies and hold them up pretending they were Simba LOL!
Ghost-in-the-Mirror: Hey hows the exams going? I'm glad you're liking the stories. I felt sorry for Vincent too.
"Cloud!" The Prince groaned as his little sister continued to shout in his ear as he tried to sleep.
"Oh Cloudy!" She called. He threw the covers off with such force that the Princess was thrown off the bed.
"What!" He shouted. Yuffie looked up at him with big grey eyes filling with confusion and fright. She held up a creased bit of paper, covered in glitter and random pictures.
"Happy Birthday." She said softly, too scared to say it louder. Cloud's anger melted away as he took the card and opened it.
To my big brother
I think you're the best brother in the whole wide world.
Love Yuffie xx
Cloud looked up.
"You made this yourself?" He asked. She nodded timidly and took the card, pointing to the pictures. Two faces were on the front, one with huge yellow lines, which Yuffie said was his spiky yellow hair. The other had a few straight black lines, and Yuffie said that was herself.
"Thanks Yuffie." He said giving her a hug.
"You're my favourite brother Cloud." She said hugging him tighter. Cloud laughed.
"I'm your only brother." He reminded her. She looked confused for a second but her face soon brightened.
"Oh, well that's even cooler then." There was a knock at the door and Zack and Tifa entered.
"Hey, it's the birthday boy." Zack grinned. Cloud rolled his eyes at his father's childish antics.
"We've got a very special present for you." Tifa smiled, causing Cloud's eyes to glow in curiosity. Yuffie jumped up and down on the bed.
"I know what it is! I know! It's a Bus…"
"Yuffie!" Zack ordered softly. The hyper Princess sat down, but her face still held the smug look of knowing something Cloud didn't. Cloud was used to her behaviour. Though they annoyed each other to no end sometimes, a lot of the time they were inseparable. He watched as Zack took his hands from behind his back to produce a long, thick present. Cloud's eyes widened at the sight and he carefully took the gift, surprised at the weight of it. He tore the paper carefully and his heart almost stopped as he saw a leather hilt and the glint of metal catching the light from the window. Not able to hold on any longer, Cloud ripped the rest off and gasped.
A Buster Sword, complete with an ice and a lightning materia was the content of the gift. Cloud looked up in awe. Zack chuckled at his son.
"Now, I don't expect you to use it yet but I'll train you someday to use it." He explained. Cloud nodded eagerly.
"Can I go out now?" Yuffie asked. Tifa nodded and within a shot, the Princess was gone. Tifa walked out soon after to start on breakfast. Zack ruffled Cloud's hair. Cloud looked out of the window, his eyes just catching the ridge of the mountain on the outskirts of the city.
"Hey Dad."
"Yeah?"
"Why have you never told me or Yuffie what was on that mountain?" Zack's expression turned grim.
"I told you never to go there, that's all you need to know."
"But…"
"No buts!" Zack cried. Cloud looked down, biting his lip. Zack sighed and leaned down next to him.
"Why don't you go and find your sister, Reno and Aeris?" He suggested. Cloud nodded and left the room. As he walked towards the stairs, he noticed his uncle's bedroom door was open. He hadn't seen him in a while so he decided to visit today. He tentatively opened the door to see his Uncle writing furiously at his desk.
"Hey Uncle Seph." He said, not identifying the sudden change in mood in the room. Sephiroth sighed and turned to his nephew.
"What do you want?" He asked. Cloud just smiled.
"Guess what." He said. Sephiroth groaned.
"I despise guessing games."
"I'm gonna be King of Midgar in exactly ten years!" Cloud stated happily.
"Oh goody." Sephiroth replied sarcastically. Cloud didn't catch it.
"When I'm King, what will that make you?"
"A Chocobo's uncle." Cloud frowned in confusion.
"You're so weird."
"You have no idea." Sephiroth answered. "So, I suspect your father showed you everything then."
"Yup."
"Even the mountain that overlooks the city?" Cloud's cheerful expression fell and he looked at the ground.
"No, he said I can't go there."
"And he's absolutely right! Far too dangerous. Only the brave go there."
"Well I'm brave." Cloud snapped. "What's out there?"
"I'm sorry Cloud, I just can't tell you."
"Why not?" Cloud whined. Sephiroth ruffled his blond spikes.
"I'm only looking out for the well-being of my favourite nephew." He replied. Cloud raised an eyebrow.
"I'm your only nephew."
"All the reason to be more protective. A clone's graveyard is far too dangerous…oops!" He slapped a hand to his mouth in mock shock. Cloud's eyes widened.
"Wow!"
"Oh dear I've said too much!" Sephiroth cried, carrying on his act. "Well, you would have figured it out anyway, being so clever and all." He said. Cloud smiled and ran to the door.
"Cloud, just promise me one thing." He called as the boy made to leave. The Prince turned back to his uncle.
"You'll never visit that dreadful place." Cloud bit his lip but soon looked up and nodded.
"I promise."
"Good boy, now run along and have fun." Sephiroth said. "And remember, it's our little secret."