SOLDIER Bros.: Chp 4
Zack and Cloud proudly skipped back to the Seventh Heaven and shown everyone their prize.
"You got it! I'm so happy!", Tifa cheered.
"We knew we could count on you!", Yuffie said.
Suddenly, the doors to the Seventh Heaven were opened and Aeris walked in with a little, crying boy. She was trying to calm him down, but it was no use.
"What's wrong with the kid?", Cid asked.
"He lost his invitation when the wind blew it out of his hands", Aeris answered sadly.
Cloud and Zack looked down at their invitation. Zack nodded and Cloud frowned.
"Is this it?", Zack asked the little boy, holding up the paper.
The little boy grinned widely and took the invitation.
"Th-Thank you!", he said, wiping away his tears with his sleeves.
He happily skipped out of the shop and down the street. Everyone sighed. They were invitation-less once again. Just when things began looking down, a happy Elena walked in.
"What's with the sad faces?", she asked.
"We don't have any invitations to that party practically everyone in town was invited to", Cait Sith sobbed.
Elena held up a big stack of invitations tied to a balloon in her hand.
"Will these take those frowns away?", asked Elena.
"I-Invitations!", Zack said. "But…but…how?".
Elena smiled shyly. "I sorta forgot to give 'em to you guys. Sorry about that", she replied.
Finally, the invitations were theirs for good. As Elena held out her hand to give the balloon to Cloud, her fingers slipped and the balloon floated to the ceiling, out of anyone's reach.
"Oh, my! I'm so sorry!", Elena apologized.
Cloud and Zack looked up at the balloon. It was slowly drifting to a large crack in the ceiling.
"We gotta get that balloon before it goes through that hole!", Zack shouted.
"How? We can't reach it!", Yuffie argued.
Cid reached back to throw his spear at it, but Tifa stopped him. She did not want any more holes in her ceiling, even if it was to get those invitations. One hole in the roof was enough.
"I've got it!", Cloud shouted."Zack, lemme stand on your shoulders!".
Zack kneeled and Cloud climbed onto his shoulders, but they still were not tall enough. The balloon was only a few inches away from the hole in the ceiling. Barret suddenly lifted Zack and Cloud up so that Zack was on his shoulders.
"Run to the right!", Cloud shouted, reaching for the desired invitations. Barret wobbled to the right and tripped over a stool. They all tumbled down onto each other in a cloud of dust. Aeris and Tifa quickly ran up to them.
"Are you guys alright?", Aeris asked quickly. They nodded.
"Oh no! The invitations flew away…", Yuffie cried, pointing up at the empty ceiling.
Cloud shook his head and triumphantly held up the balloon with the papers attached.
"You did it! I knew you could!", Tifa cheered, hugging Cloud tightly.
The invitations were finally theirs.
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