Miralover: I haven't updated in forever! Sorry, I have so much work to do.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy VII.
Business was pretty slow. There were only nine people total.
"Hey Bartender, hit me with another one," yelled a man seated by the door.
Tifa grabbed a glass cup that hung upside down on a rack above her head, placed a lot of ice in it, and poured some beer inside. She walked quickly over and handed the man his drink. As she went to resume her post, Barrette enters the bar with a doctor trailing behind him silently. They both go down to Barret's secret room where Cloud and the kid are lying in beds. The doctor quickly gets to work. He checks them over and takes their temperature.
"I have come to final conclusion. They seem to have mako poison," the doctor concluded.
"And?" Barret asks.
"You'll just have to wait and see what happens," the doctor replied as he pushed the bridge of his glasses up with his finger.
"Some help you are! Get out!" Barret shouted as he showed the doctor out.
As he slammed the door behind the doctor, Tifa gives him an expectant look his way.
"What a waste of my fking time! I coulda told ya that they had mako posionin'. After all, they're covered in it for Pete's sake!" Barret complained as he sat down at the counter in front of Tifa.
Tifa just giggled as his comment and went back to cleaning glasses.
"You know, you're not being fair to that doctor, Barret. It's not his fault that he doesn't know how to cure mako poisoning. No one does yet. Cloud sure did give us a scare the way he came in here, didn't he." Tifa replied with a sad smile.
"Ya, but when he wakes up, I'm gonna knock him out!" Barret replied as he slammed his fist into the counter with a loud bang.
"Uhhhh…." Sauske groaned as he opened his eyes. He clutched his head as he felt a headache beginning to take form.
"Where am I?" He mumbled as he forced himself to sit up. For some reason, something felt off to him. He couldn't figure out what it was though. His thoughts were interrupted when he saw a woman with long brown hair that went down to her knees come into the room.
"Oh, your awake! I thought you might have been in a coma!" Tifa replied happily as she went over to him. As she got closer, she took more of a look at his face and gasped.
"You're eyes….they're red." Tifa said with amazement as she took in the detail of the tear shapes around his pupils.
"Where am I and who are you?" Sasuke asked as he ignored her staring into his eyes.
"My name is Tifa Lockheart and you are in Barret's room as of right now. You have been out like a light for a week." She chirped happily.
"A week?" Sasuke thought to himself. He tried to sit up, but Tifa quickly stopped him from doing so.
"Let me go!" Sasuke yelled as he tried to pry her arms off him.
"No way! You're no condition to be doing anything right now. Your mother must be worried sick about you!" She replied as she tightened her grip on him. Tifa was surprised when she felt him give up, but she loosed her grip on him anyway.
"Hey, what's with all the noise back there! My daughter is trying to sleep ya know! You're makin' enough noise to wake the whole sector!" Barret yelled.
"Sorry Barret, but he was trying to escape!" Tifa replied with a sigh. She quickly got up and disappeared behind a door to his left that Sasuke didn't notice earlier.
"What did she mean about my eyes being red? They're only red when….." Sasuke quickly shot out the bed and went to a mirror that was hanging the wall to his right. His eyes were red all right! He stared back at his reflection for a while with a gaping mouth. Sasuke turned around as he heard footsteps approaching his direction. It was only Tifa.
"I thought you might be hungry so I brought you some food…" Tifa whispered as she set the tray down on his bed and motioned him over. Tifa giggled as she heard Sasuke's stomach growl in hunger. He quietly made his way over and grabbed the tray. He tried looking at the food with disinterest as he poked the food with his fork.
"Come on. Eat up. It's only spaghetti. It won't bite." Tifa giggled. There was a loud thump against the wall and you could hear someone groaning in pain. Tifa quickly got up and left the room. Sasuke took the opportunity to take a bite of the spaghetti. He took a liking to it and ate it up quickly. He placed the tray back onto the bed and went back to stand in front of the mirror.
"These are my sharigan eyes…Why won't they go away?" Sasuke asked himself as try to make them go to normal. His thoughts were cut short when he could hear an argument approaching the room he was staying in.
"Cloud, get back here! He just woke up! He needs to rest first!" Tifa yelled.
"I just wanna see if he came out okay…" Cloud replied as he reached the door.
"Have you eaten your breakfast? Cloud! Are you listening to me?" Tifa roared behind him. Cloud just ignored her and entered into the room. He saw Sasuke standing in front of the mirror looking at his reflection.
"Something wrong?" Cloud asked as he watched Sasuke whirl his head around. The first thing that caught Cloud's eye was the fact that Sasuke's eyes were red. He just shook his head and strolled into the room. He took a seat at the foot of the bed and noticed the empty tray of food lying there.
"Hi. My name is Cloud. What's yours?" Cloud asked with a smirk and an out stretched hand toward Sasuke. Sasuke just stared at Cloud's out stretched hand for a while before he decided to reply.
"Sasuke Uchiha." He replied flatly as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Okay…So, why were you in that lake full of mako?" Cloud asked as he put his arm down on his lap. Sasuke looked at him in confusion.
"Mako?" Sasuke repeated. Now Cloud was the one to looked confused.
"He doesn't know what mako is? Hmmmmm…" Cloud thought.
"Where are you from?" Cloud asked. Sasuke was growing irritated with all the questions.
"What's it to you?" Sasuke replied with a smirk.
"Oh, he thinks he's a wise guy," Cloud thought to himself as he saw Tifa come in to the room. She picked up the empty tray and walked back out of the room. She turned her a Cloud and gave him the we-are-so-gonna- talk-later look as she walked out. Cloud inward shivered as he thought about the long lecture she might give him.
"Oh no reason. It just seems that you're not from around here if you don't know what mako is. Your probably just a farmer's boy is all I'm saying." Cloud replied.
"Hn." Sasuke replied as he walked passed Cloud. He found his way to the top floor where the bar was. He quickly stepped outside without a second thought. The first thing that hit him was the smell of garbage and exhaust. He coughed as he walked down the street. As he kept walking, he passed piles of trash and metal. As he turned around the corner, he spotted a pink goblin like creature. It had spikes coming out of its back and it had a large potbelly that jiggled as it walked. It spotted Sasuke and let out a screech. Sasuke covered his ears in agony as the monster took a step toward him. He quickly pulled out his kunai and started to throw them at it. It didn't seem to be didn't and damage to the monster at all.
Sasuke tried to step around it, but two more showed up. He was surround and he couldn't find any openings. "Crap!" Sasuke thought to himself.
Miralover: What will Sasuke do? Read and Review Please.