Ok, I have loads of holiday activities this week so updates might not be as regular as you may have thought. I know I said my stories would be updated by tonight but the camping plans have changed and we're now heading out this afternoon, in an hour in fact, so I've only managed to finish this. But I have started the next chapters of my other stories so updates shouldn't be too long, probably Wednesday. Anyways on with the review replies:
Angelicxox: Yeah I know I want to watch the movie too. Both of them! I'm glad you like Yuffie and Cloud being close. I wanted them to have a close relationship for later on when all the bad stuff happens.
cloriths 4ever clotis never: Your name made me like you even before I read the review lol. Continuing now.
Ghost-in-the-Mirror: Lol yeah he does. Maybe I could get Sephy to make Vincent sing as Scar did to Zazu. Seph singing "I have a lovely bunch of coconuts" LMAO
PrincessHermioneNekoAyamani: Wow they are my favourite songs too! Timon and Pumba? That's a while yet so you won't find out for a few chapters.
Silver Chocobo15: LOL! Silly you! Yep they are but still a few more chapters til they appear.
RaeDragonGirl: Will do: )
Thanks reviewers! Now for the story.
Chapter 3: Out For Adventure
Cloud raced through the street of Midgar until he reached an old-style Church. He saw Yuffie outside on the grass with a older boy with fire-red hair. Both looked up when they heard his feet pounding against the ground.
"Yo Cloud." The redhead greeted. "What are you up to?"
"Hey Reno. I just found out about this really cool place. We gotta go and check it out!" Yuffie looked interested, immediately getting to her feet and jumping around.
"Yay an adventure!" She cheered. Reno raised and eyebrow and folded his arms.
"This really cool place won't involve me falling face first in Chocobo dung again will it?"
"No." Cloud smirked at the memory of the Chocobo stables.
"And I won't be bounced on by those weird white rabbits?"
"No." Yuffie replied, hiding her laugh behind her hands as she remembered her father taking the group to the Northern Continent for a holiday.
"And it won't involve me dressing like a girl and dancing for Rude?" Cloud raised an eyebrow.
"I wasn't there when that happened." He said.
"Me neither." Yuffie added. Reno blinked.
"No me neither it was just a hypothetical thing." He answered, rubbing the back of his neck. Cloud looked around.
"Well, has anyone seen Aeris? She should get invited too."
"She's with Ilfana and Mum in the dining hall." Yuffie replied.
"Ok, stay here and I'll come back with her in a minute." He ordered as he took off for the palace. He pushed through the doors and barged through into the dining room where Tifa was having coffee with Ilfana. Aeris was currently having her hair braided by her mother. Cloud walked up to her.
"Hey Aeris." Her green eyes snapped open and turned to him, a warm smile gracing her young features.
"Hi, Cloud."
"Aeris, I just found out about this really cool place and me, Yuffie and Reno are going to investigate. Come on." He said, bouncing about impatiently. Aeris' eyes narrowed.
"Cloud, I'm getting my hair done." She pronounced every syllable to emphasise the importance. Cloud blinked before he felt his arm being grabbed and he ended up in the chair in front of his mother.
"I'm going to cut those spikes off one of these days."
"No no no no no! Not the spikes!" Cloud cried, leaping away. Ilfana finished braiding Aeris' hair and let her go.
"So, where are we going?" She asked Cloud as she picked up her pink bag.
"You'll love it! It's going to be so amazing!" He replied, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Oh really?" His mother questioned as she put her cup down. "And where exactly is this place that you are so worked up about?" Cloud bit his lip before turning to Tifa.
"It's by the well."
"The well?" Aeris repeated, throwing her pink bag down and putting her hands on her hips.
"What's so great about the well?" Cloud's gaze fell on her, trying to tell her with his eyes as he replied.
"I'll show you when we get there." Aeris smiled in understanding.
"Mum?" She pleaded, turning to her mother.
"Oh I don't know." She murmured.
"Alright." Aeris and Cloud high-fived before Tifa cleared her throat for attention.
"But Vincent is going too!" Cloud and Aeris' hands, as well as their faces, fell.
"Not Vincent." Cloud complained. However, he knew his mother would not relent on this.
Yuffie let out an exaggerated sigh as the four traipsed along behind the Royal Advisor.
"Hurry up." He shouted to them. "The sooner we get there the sooner we can leave." Yuffie hit Reno's arm and mouthed tag. Cloud moved closer to Aeris to let Reno and Yuffie past.
"So where is this place?" She whispered as Reno and Yuffie bolted past Vincent.
"It's a clone's graveyard." He replied in an equally quiet tone. Aeris' eyes lit up and she totally forgot about Vincent.
"Oh cool!" She cried.
"Shut up." Cloud hissed. Vincent's eyes shifted a little so he could see the two from the corner of his eye.
"How are we going to get rid of him?" She asked. Cloud scratched his head and shrugged.
"I don't know but we gotta distract him somehow."
"Ah so romantic." Vincent suddenly voiced stopping and facing the two youngsters behind him. Yuffie and Reno stopped playing their game of tag in interest of what the Advisor was going to say. Cloud watched Vincent carefully, an eyebrow rising when he didn't say anything.
"What's romantic?" he asked.
"Well, with you two being betrothed and all." Vincent answered, elaborating with his hand. Aeris and Cloud looked at each other in horror.
"Eww!" They said in unison. Yuffie looked around in confusion.
"What does betrothed mean?" Vincent turned to her.
"One day these two will be married." He explained. Yuffie gained a mischievous grin as she started dancing around.
"Cloud and Aeris up a tree! K.I.S.S.I.N.G!" She sang.
"Yuffie shut up!" Cloud yelled. Yuffie stopped rather reluctantly as her brother turned to Vincent.
"Sorry, but that's never going to happen." He said. Vincent coughed.
"It is tradition." He explained, hinting that there was no way out. Cloud shrugged and pushed past the older male.
"Well, when I'm King that will be the first thing to go." Aeris nodded in agreement as she and the other two youngsters followed Cloud. Vincent stuck his head up in the air and folded his arms.
"Well so long as I'm there, I shall make sure they are kept."
"Then you're fired." Cloud retorted without looking over his shoulder. Vincent laughed.
"Only the King can do that." He smirked as he walked after them. Yuffie turned to him and put her hands on her hips.
"Well Cloudy is the future King." She snapped, poking the man in the ribs. "So you do what you are told!" Vincent batted her hand away.
"I don't have to do anything yet!" He replied coldly. "And he is going to be a pathetic King indeed if he doesn't shape up!" That stopped everyone in their tracks as they spun around to Vincent.
"Not the way I see it." Cloud replied. "I'll be a better King than even my Dad."
"Nobody could be a better King than your father." Vincent snapped. Yuffie stamped hard on his foot causing him to yell. She replaced her hands on her hips and looked up at him with a scowl.
"Cloudy will be the best King." She repeated her brother's words. Even though she only came to Vincent's knee, she continued to glare at him as though he was smaller than she was.
"This is pathetic." Vincent sighed turning away from the group in exasperation. Aeris rolled her eyes but as she looked up, her eyes caught an old net in the trees. She nudged Cloud and pointed.
"If we get someone up there we can cut that down and tie it around him and I can cast Stop." Cloud smiled and began to climb up the tree. Vincent turned back around.
"Right this is enough!" He snapped. "We're moving on. Where is Cloud?" Aeris shrugged innocently and Yuffie looked around her and put her hands up.
"He's gone." She stated dumbly. Vincent groaned.
"Cloud you get here in five seconds or else!" Vincent yelled. "Five." Cloud reached the branch that held the net and slowly crawled across it.
"Four."
He began to untie the knots of the net with his hands, checking that Vincent was still in the right place.
"Three. I mean it Cloud." The Prince finished untying the net and held it in his hands.
"Two." He stood up on the branch and held the net over the place where Vincent stood. When the Advisor said one, he let go.
"Argh!" Vincent cried as Yuffie grabbed the rope around the net and started to ran around him, tying him inside.
"Stop!" Aeris shouted. A circle of green light started at her feet and up through her body before speeding towards Vincent. It hit him straight in the chest and he stopped struggling, unable to move. Yuffie, Reno and Aeris high-fived as Cloud jumped from the tree. The four took off into the forest around Midgar, turning left and right to make Vincent lose their trail. When they reached the edge, Yuffie started jumping up and down.
"Yay, we lost him!" She cheered. Reno laughed at the Princess' antics. Aeris started dusting down her dress as Cloud emerged.
"Yeah. I am a genius." He said proudly. Aeris stopped with her dress and glared at him.
"Excuse me but it was my idea!" She argued. Cloud shrugged.
"But I pulled it off." He replied. Before he had time to react, Aeris had charged for him, pushing him to the ground and standing over him with her weapon, a silver rod, hovering above his head.
"You're getting weak Soldier." She teased. Cloud wrinkled his nose and sat up, pushing her away.
"Not fair, I wasn't prepared."
"You won't be prepared in a real battle." She reminded him. Cloud was silent as she turned her back on him. Carefully, he got to his feet and a mischievous smile snaked its way onto his face. He tiptoed up behind her as she fixed her hair and got ready to pounce. However, Aeris sidestepped and stuck her leg out causing him to fall on his face. Yuffie started laughing hysterically and Reno shook his head. Cloud grabbed her leg and pulled her down with him, and tried to pin her down. Aeris used all her strength to push him off and rolled them over. Quickly, taking advantage of his surprise, she stood up again, pinning him down gently with her boot. She had a triumphant smile on her face as she leaned over him.
"I win again." Cloud glared at her and turned his eyes away. They widened instantly as he pushed Aeris off him. Intrigued, Aeris looked in the direction.
"Guys, this is it!" He breathed. Yuffie and Reno's heads looked up at the mountain. Cloud turned to them all, excitement written all over his face.
"The Clone's Graveyard is just up here, come on!"
