Possession Of Flame

DnCnChIcK369

A Puppy or a Yuffie?

A/N: LOL lok at that chapter title! Please tell me it's as stupid as I think it is, but there IS a point to it… okay, I would like to thank my very first reviewer: corkykiggs! Thanks so much!

I don't own anything… except for MOST of the pairings and the plot… like I don't own the idea of Cloud/Aeris, you know? And I huess I wasn't the FIRST to think up all the other ones… but I didn't necissarily copy anyone either, so either way, do not sue me please!

Now I have some thanks to the following people: corkykiggs, saberchic, and blueravenchick! Luv you guys, so cookies to you! And strawberries! And mini Rufus, Cloud, and Sephiroth action figures:)

Well, I think I'm gonna get to actually typing the story now, and stop my random rambling… enjoy!

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"Tifa, wake up."

Tifa slowly opened her eyes, happy that she woke from such a bad nightmare, about her eyes being two different colors… but then she noticed she was on the couch… which confused her greatly…

"Huh?" She asked as she sat up.

"Tifa, what are you doing on the couch?" Cloud asked. Tifa looked around the room, not understanding why she was in the couch… downstairs, in the actual bar.

"I… I don't know Cloud… but I had the strangest dream… it started out as a nightmare, where I had a nightmare about a fire… Cloud, why are you looking at me like that?" Tifa asked Cloud, seeing his questioning expression.

"I just… I already know that Tifa… you told me last night, after the-"

"Oh my god, are you telling me… give me my mirror please…" Tifa asked him. Cloud hesitantly walked behind the counter and brought Tifa her miniature mirror.

And when Tifa looked in said mirror… she screamed… again.

"Tifa it's okay, I have something that will be arriving soon that I KNOW will make you feel better," Cloud said smiling.

"Really? What is it? I know you don't wanna ruin the surprise and all, but maybe I'll feel better if I know what it is," Tifa suggested. She hated surprises… when people told her that they weren't telling her about one.

"Okay fine," Cloud said smiling. "I got you a puppy."

"Oh really Cloud! Thank you so much!" Tifa exclaimed, jumping up from the couch and giving Cloud a big hug.

"No problem Teef, now stop strangling me please?" Cloud choked out.

"Sorry," Tifa replied, letting Cloud go.

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"I'll get it!" Tifa exclaimed happily, now completely forgetting about her eye. She ran to the door, smiling, and gasped in surprise when she opened it, before closing it, suddenly remembering her… facial problem.

"CLOUD! I thought you said you got me a puppy, not a Yuffie!" Tifa exclaimed quietly.

"What?" He asked.

"I can't let them see me like this! Oh no oh no oh no…" Tifa said to herself, wondering about what they would say about her eye.

"Wait… they?" Cloud asked.

"Yes THEY! Reno is with Yuffie outside the door!"

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"Okay, you go and change… I'll answer," Cloud offered. Tifa nodded and scurried (Lol such a fun word) up the stairs, and into her room to change.

Cloud opened the door and invited Yuffie and Reno inside… or tried to, throught their bickering. (Italics means it's Cloud talking, okie dokie?)

"Why did you even come anyway? It wasn't YOURS to deliver!" Reno yelled.

"Hey guys, wanna-"

"Well, Mr. Sir Face, I wanted to see my two friends again, thank you very much!" Yuffie replied, also yelling.

"Will you just sto-"

"You could have come earlier on YOUR OWN without feeling the need to BUG ME and deliver this package!" Reno yelled so loud that he spit on Yuffie.

"Don't even think abou-"

"EEEEEWWWWW! GROSSNESS! YOU SPIT ON ME!" Yuffie yelled, wiping her face off, then turning to Cloud, and wiping her hands on his shirt, before turning back to Reno.

"Yuffie, stop wiping things on me and both of yo-"

"YEAH? WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP BEING SO DAMN ANNOYING AND I WOULDN'T NEED TO YELL AT YOU!" Reno yelled.

"Please just shu-"

"YEAH? WELL MAYBE IF YOU-" Yuffie began before…

"WILL YOU BOTH JUST SHUT THE HELL UP AND GET INSIDE THIS DAMN HOUSE?" Cloud yelled. Yuffie and Reno instantly stopped fighting and walked into the bar, sitting down beside each other on the cough, Reno still holding a somewhat large package.

"I take it that is Tifa's puppy?" Cloud asked.

Reno and Yuffie nodded… staring up at him like lost puppies.

"Look guys, you can talk, just stop fighting, okay?" Cloud told them.

Reno and Yuffie nodded… still staring up at him like lost puppies.

"Tifa, a little help please?" Cloud yelled up the stairs. He heard a faint "Just a minute" and stood there in silence, waiting for Tifa to come back downstairs. When she did, Reno and Yuffie now stared at HER in… complete shock.

"Please stop staring?"

"Guys, don't even ask, okay? She doesn't know how, or why, her eye changed colors… so don't ask," Cloud explained for Tifa.

"Okay," The two said in unison.

"Glad to see you two are speaking again."

"Uhm… anyone that was still asleep is now awake I'm sure," Tifa told the three of them. Marlene and Denzel trudged sleepily from their rooms.

"Tifa, who was yelling?" Marlene asked. She had been staying here with Tifa, since Barret was off finding oil and couldn't take her with him.

"MARLENE! GUESS WHO'S HERE?" Yuffie yelled, running up the stairs to Marlene.

"Auntie Yuffie!" Marlene exclaimed, hugging Yuffie. Tifa just laughed lightly and walked down to where Reno and the package were… when she suddenly fainted…

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A/N: Sorry… It IS a bit short, AND a cliffhanger isn't it? I'm still getting back into the groove of writing though, and there was just too much left without a good ending point for me to continue it all in this chapter! I still don't think it's very good…

Alyssa