Chapter 7: The Fair Comes To Town

The gang arrived at the pretty lighted fair.

"Like, it's so pretty and colorful! I love fairs!" Rinoa exclaimed clasping her hands together.

"Whose gonna eat hot dogs at the fair? Zell's gonna eat hot dogs at the fair, yeah, that's right...," Zell said to himself. Everyone looked at him oddly and then started to walk to the entrance.

"I can't wait to get my hands on some cotton candy, but not the pink kind! I'm cool, so I eat the blue kind," Tidus said matter of factly.

"Ooh Tidus! You're such a rebel!" Cloud squealed in a fan girl voice.

"You...do that way too well...," Wakka said to Cloud suspiciously. Cloud shifted his eyes. When they got inside Rinoa ran to a stand and started jumping up and down.

"Oh, look! A pink unicorn! I wanna have it! Squall! Squall! Win it for me, please? Pretty, please?" Rinoa pleaded, spazzing out. Squall shook his head and walked over to the stand.

"That'll be three Gil, Pretty Boy," The buck toothed guy at the stand said with his hand out. Squall reached in his pocket and paid for a round. He had to pop all the balloons to win.

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon! Hurry and get it already!" Rinoa cried shaking Squall's shoulders. Squall tried to concentrate and aimed the dart. He got three balloons, and had two more to go. When he missed and only had one dart left, he made sure no one was looking and whacked the Guy At Stand with his blade, knocking him unconscious. Then he popped the balloon with his blade and made sure to get the pink unicorn.

"Um...ok. Yay anyway!" Rinoa cheered and hugged the stuffed animal.

"Tidus, get me a prize. Now." Yuna pointed at a stand and Tidus marched there obediently. Tidus went to a stand where you had to throw a base ball and knock down all the cans. He lost the first time, and kept losing over and over again. Everyone left and went on rides, and after like an hour they came back to Tidus.

"Did ya get it yet?" Yuna asked eating a corn dog.

"No," Tidus muttered angrily and slammed down more Gil on the stand.

2 hours later...

"Um, Sir, are you ok?" The lady working at the stand asked Tidus. He was shaking all over with madness and slamming more and more Gil on the stand even though he hadn't finished th previous round yet.

"Must...get...stuffed...animal," He sputtered. The lady was scared now and looked around for help. When Tidus knocked three cans down at the same time, he cackled maniacally and started to throw the Gil instead at the cans.

"Take this! And this!" He cried hysterically chucking the money at the cans, the lady, and other unfortunate bystanders.

"Sir! You have to calm down!" The lady cried helplessly. The others were nearby watching a magic trick stand, and Vincent and Yuna were talking to each other and joking around modestly.

"I...think Tidus is having some trouble getting you that prize you wanted," Vincent said, suddenly looking over at the commotion.

"Oh...he's always over reacting!" Yuna grumbled rubbing her forehead. "I'll go get him."

Yuna handed Vincent her cotton candy to hold and turned around to walk over to Tidus. She pushed her way through the crowd and to the front of the stand. "Tidus!" Yuna scolded.

"You...you know him?" The poor lady at the stand asked shrilly as she used the stand's sign to block the Gil and base balls being bombarded at her by Tidus.

"Yes...he's uh, my...boyfriend," Yuna replied shifting her eyes.

Some of the people around her actually gasped, and the lady at the stand shouted out, "Good Lord!"

Yuna turned red and grabbed a chunk of Tidus's hair, pulling him down. "Ow!" He yelped falling down. Yuna dragged him to where everyone else was, and away from that particular stand. "Yuna! Let go!" Tidus whined. Yuna let go and as Tidus scrambled up she tapped her foot and glared at him.

"What the hell was that about?" Yuna demanded.

"I was doing what you told me to do! Is that so much? That I would spend hours trying to get you a stupid prize?" Tidus cried.

"It's not that! It's just that you take things too seriously and over react all the time! I mean, if you lost all your money and didn't get the prize after hours, a normal person would have stopped trying by then!" Yuna snapped.

"I didn't want you mad at me!" Tidus cried back.

"I wouldn't really care...all that much!" Yuna protested and crossed her arms turning her back to him. Tidus threw his arms up and rolled his eyes.

"Oh, c'mon guys! How about we go on a group ride, eh?" Rinoa asked putting her arms around Tidus and Yuna's shoulders.

"Fine," Yuna and Tidus grumbled in unison.

Rinoa clapped her hands and beamed. She hummed and joined Tidus and Yuna's hands together and pushed them along to walk. "Now don't let go!" Rinoa ordered and whistled to everyone else. "C'mon, let's go back to the rides and find something we can all go on," Rinoa said.

"Finally. That magic stand was so boring," Tifa grumbled. Aeris nodded writing on her notebook.

"I don't want to go on any more rides, I don't want to continue walking through this wretched place, and I want to go home," Sephiroth snarled.

"All you do is complain Sephiroth! Here, have some candy and lighten up!" Cloud cried and thrust a candy bar at Sephiroth.

"...Candy?" Sephiroth repeated, as if foreign to it.

"Yeah...candy. It's magical!" Cloud said in a magical voice sarcastically.

"Do you honestly think that a mere sugared product is going to solve all my temper problems?" Sephiroth boomed while eating a big chunk of it and chewing noisily. Vincent laughed and Sephiroth turned on him, silencing him.

"Fine, I can't laugh anymore," Vincent muttered miserably.

"I mean, candy is just there to waste your money! And your teeth! Who, in their right mind, would look to candy for comfort?" Sephiroth continued as he went to a candy stand and bought more. Cloud got kinda scared, and inched away from Sephiroth.

"I don't want to hold hands with you, I'm mad at you," Yuna said to Tidus.

"I'm mad at you too," Tidus replied.

"Good, cause I'm mad at you. Just because I'm getting on this ride with you, doesn't mean anything. I'm still mad at you," Yuna said as she and Tidus got in a cart in the Ferris Wheel.

"Fine," Tidus replied.

"Fine," Yuna replied back. Rinoa and Squall got in the same cart as them.

"Are we speaking to each other again? How nice...," Rinoa beamed at Yuna and Tidus as if they were five years old. Tidus and Yuna turned their heads away from each other. "Oh Squall, don't you hate it when our friends fight?" Rinoa pouted. Squall didn't say anything.

Cloud was getting in the same cart Zell and Wakka had gone in, while leading Aeris inside. Tifa came out of nowhere and tripped him.

"Ah!" Cloud cried and fell on his face.

"Cloud?" Aeris called worriedly.

"Oops! My bad! Hurry up and go in Cloud, you don't wanna get stuck outside!" Tifa said hurriedly and pushed him inside as he tried to get up.

"But-," Aeris started but Tifa ran inside after Cloud was in and shut the cart door on Aeris's face.

"Only four per cart m'am," The Ferris Wheel dude said halting Aeris.

"But that leaves me with-," Aeris said turning around to face Vincent and...Sephiroth. Vincent shifted his eyes.

"I need to go use the facilities," Vincent said hastily and swooped away. Aeris gave Sephiroth a very frightened look, like when you're driving and you are about to run over a deer and the head lights go in the deer's eyes and it knows what's coming and it is truly frightened. Yeah, that look.

"Well? Are you going to go in?" Sephiroth snarled.

"I-I guess," Aeris muttered and shakily walked in, sitting at the very corner, trying to make herself as small as possible. Sephiroth muttered some things under his breath and walked in, slamming the cart door shut. When it locked Aeris whimpered. Sephiroth started to happily eat more candy and munched on it loudly.

"Hmm...candy," Sephiroth murmured. Aeris was trembling and hugged her knees. She tried to focus out the window, but Sephiroth kept eating that candy so damn loud...

"Want some?" Sephiroth asked with his mouth full and extended his arm with a candy bar in it. Aeris slowly shook her head, and turned her gaze back out the window.

Meanwhile.

"No!" Cloud was wailing on his knees in the other cart.

"Cloud, get a grip," Tifa snapped.

"Aeris...inside the same cart...as Sephiroth...She's doomed!" Cloud cried, banging his head against the door and staying that way.

"Whoop-dee-doo," Tifa replied in a bored voice.

"You! You planned this didn't you!" Cloud cried pointing at Tifa.

"Did not!" Tifa snapped.

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"Yes you did!" Cloud cried. Tifa crossed her arms and turned her head away from him. "Good thing I'm always prepared," Cloud suddenly added and everyone turned to him. He was rummaging through his pocket and took out a mini microphone.

"What the hell is that?" Tifa demanded. Cloud didn't answer her and pressed the little red button.

"Hello? Hello?" He said into it.

Meanwhile, in Sephiroth's cart.

"Ah!" Sephiroth suddenly cried out plugging one ear. Aeris had jumped at his yell and almost had a heart attack.

"Hello?" Came Cloud's voice into Sephiroth's ear.

"Strife! What the hell is this?" Sephiroth cried. Aeris was on the verge of crying. She was stuck inside the same cart as a delusional killer...

"Is that...Sephiroth on the other line?" Tifa demanded going up to Cloud. Cloud shushed her and sat in the corner to hear better.

"Sephy, what are you doing right now?" Cloud asked.

"Pfft, like he'd tell you!" Tifa replied. Cloud shushed her again and she rolled her eyes.

"Not eating candy if that's what you mean," Sephiroth replied hurriedly.

"No, no! Where's Aeris?" Cloud asked.

"Oh, she's uh...just, sitting there...," Sephiroth said lowly.

"Oh, good," Cloud replied wiping his forehead.

"Want me to kill her for you?" Sephiroth asked eagerly. Aeris let out a weird noise.

"No! That's what I don't want you to do!" Cloud cried.

"Oh...," Sephiroth replied sadly. "Wait, Strife, how the heck did you get a microphone in my ear?" Sephiroth asked.

"Um...a long time ago...me and Vincent were bored...," Cloud replied shifting his eyes. Sephiroth growled. "So uh...are you just going to sit there with her?" Cloud asked to change the subject.

"I guess...what do you want me to do?" Sephiroth hissed.

"Talk to her, because, well...CPR doesn't work on people who've fainted," Cloud joked and snorted. Tifa sweat dropped and growled. Wakka and Zell looked at each other and shrugged.

"You disgust me to the fullest extent Strife," Sephiroth replied grimly.

"Why does everyone say that to me?" Cloud wondered out loud. But suddenly there was a jerk and the ride was over. "Anyway, the ride is over so I better find her without a scratch!" Cloud warned.

"Wait, the ride isn't over," Sephiroth replied.

"No time for jokes Sephiroth! C'mon, just let her go!" Cloud cried.

"No, seriously, I mean the ride isn't over! I'm still in the cart suspended in midair!" Sephiroth replied looking out the cart window.

"What the?" Cloud wondered and looked up. Everyone had exited their carts on the Ferris Wheel except for one that was stuck on the very top, which so happened to have Sephiroth's face pressed up against the glass to glare at Cloud. "Oh no! You're stuck!" Cloud cried.

"What?" Sephiroth erupted with his fist shaking.

"Aeris is stuck in the cart with Sephiroth? Ha! Priceless...," Tifa cried out in joy, and maybe even triumph.

Suddenly Cloud's bottom lip trembled and he started to wail. He flung his arms around Tifa and sobbed dramatically on her shoulder. "Aeris is going to die!" He wailed. Tifa grimaced and patted his back without much enthusiasm.

"Don't worry Strife, I'm not going to freakin' eat her," Sephiroth replied through the microphone.

"What?" Cloud asked pushing himself away from Tifa.

"I won't kill her! Geez," Sephiroth replied slapping his forehead. Aeris was plugging her ears and humming to herself while rocking back and forth.

"You won't? Oh, Sephiroth, I love you! Even though I'd never thought I'd ever say those words in like a billion years, I still wanna say them and say them again! I love you!" Cloud cried. Some people passing by stared at Cloud. There was a very long silence at the other end of the microphone line.

"Just for saying that...I will kill her," Sephiroth finally muttered.

"No! What have I done?" Cloud cried out in anguish.

"Hey Mommy! Look at that guy! He has a big head and is screaming for no apparent reason!" A little girl walking by with her mom said and pointed at Cloud.

"No Sweetie, no pointing at crazy people and don't stare!" Her mom said and pushed her daughter along away from Cloud. Sephiroth laughed evilly on the other end.

"Ok, fine, fine! I take it back! I don't love you, I hate you! I hate you, you selfish bastard! Oh, I hate you! Please don't kill her!" Cloud cried hastily.

"Hmm...," Sephiroth replied, thinking about it. "Fine. Just if you ever...ever...say that you love me again-,"

"I understand! Now, is she...still alive?" Cloud asked shrilly.

"Yeah, yeah," Sephiroth mumbled flicking some lint of his sleeve.

"Wait... I have a good idea," Cloud replied.

"And what would that be?" Sephiroth snarled.

"I mean...Aeris is sweet and everything...but I don't think I want her as a girlfriend," Cloud started as he walked.

"...Yes...And...?" Sephiroth asked.

"I mean, we had a fling or two in the past, nothing too big. I mean, with my work, and all that I don't have much time...," Cloud continued.

"And?" Sephiroth asked again.

"She's really a nice girl and all, but she's not really my type really, I mean all she wants to do is write and read, and write some more and-," Cloud continued but Sephiroth cut him off.

"Ok I get it, you don't want to fucking date her now what's your plan?" Sephiroth boomed. (You know, you'd think Aeris was hearing all this but I don't think she is...)

"I mean, you're my friend...uh...sort of, and Aeris is definitely one of my good friends, but we always had a difficulty...if you've noticed...hanging out together in a group," Cloud said.

"Yes...I've noticed...," Sephiroth replied stroking his chin.

"I mean, ever since Final Fantasy VII kinda came out, and when we did the 'scene' she's been kinda...traumatic, I'd call it," Cloud continued.

"Yes...," Sephiroth agreed.

"So! I think this is a perfect opportunity, to solve three problems, all at once!" Cloud said.

"Shoot," Sephiroth replied.

Yards away Vincent got a zombie like stare and raised his gun, shooting off into space. After a few seconds he shook his head and looked around confused. He shrugged and walked away.

"I think...you and Aeris...should get together," Cloud proposed. There was a longer silence on the other end. "Think about it! It would solve this 'hanging out' problem, now we can all be in the same room without the other having a heart attack at your presence! Also, it would solve that whole triangle thing I have with Aeris and Tifa, I mean both of them is too much on my plate and one of 'em has got to go, or both if you ask me, but since I can't get rid of Tifa even if I tried, Aeris could actually be a little easy. And then maybe having a girlfriend for awhile can, you know...who knows? Lighten your temper a bit, ease your problems-," Cloud started but Sephiroth cut him off again.

"No," He simply replied. Except his voice was all weird and squeaky.

"Seph...you ok? Besides, what do you mean no? C'mon! How else are you going to move on and...I don't know...have a life? You need to start dating man!" Cloud replied. (Cloud...giving...Sephiroth...dating...advice. I never thought I'd see the day).

"I said no Strife! Damn, how do you turn this thing off?" Sephiroth cried poking inside his ear.

"It's no use...," Cloud replied and laughed evilly.

"Listen you!" Sephiroth cried. Then he lowered his voice in spite of Aeris. "...I will not even consider going to such limits as to actually 'dating' someone, much less take advice on it by you!" He snarled.

"C'mon...it'll be funny!" Cloud replied. Sephiroth growled. "Tell her that she looks nice in that dress," Cloud suddenly ordered taking Sephiroth aback.

"No!" Sephiroth sputtered.

"Do it!"

"Fine...I guess...," Sephiroth cleared his throat and turned to Aeris. She had fainted. (Aha! That was why she was...not...listening...)

"What the?" Sephiroth cried.

"What?" Cloud demanded.

"Wake up you! C'mon!" Sephiroth cried and shook her.

"Cloud, it's been over an hour, are you still talking to Sephiroth? Is...he still stuck in that cart with Aeris?" Tifa asked.

"What?" Rinoa asked shocked. Squall snorted. "Squally! This is serious!" Rinoa scolded.

Meanwhile...

"Rinoa is gone you know," Tidus suddenly said.

"Huh?" Yuna asked and looked around. In fact, everyone was gone and they were still sitting at a bench holding hands. "Oh, finally!" Yuna hastily added and pulled her hand free from Tidus.

"Finally I say! I have to go," Tidus replied and ran to the bathroom. Yuna rolled her eyes and slumped against the bench. Suddenly a cotton candy wad that was half melted and melting still appeared in front of her face and she gave a little shriek.

"Oh! Didn't mean to scare you...I-I was uh...returning your, um, cotton candy...thing...," Vincent said coming out from behind her.

"Oh...Vincent. Oh, why, thanks...though I don't see why I would be needing it anymore," Yuna laughed and poked at the melting cotton candy. Vincent laughed nervously. "Hmm...there was something I needed to ask you...oh right!" Yuna said while spinning the cotton candy stick in her hands then throwing it backwards when she remembered what she wanted to ask.

Kenshin was peacefully strolling along when out of nowhere a cotton candy wad came at him and hit his head. "Oro? Ew...this is all sticky!" He cried.

"Um...Kenshin...that's melted cotton candy and it just got all over your hair...there's only one thing left to do!" A fan girl who was stalking him and then came out said.

"What's that?" Kenshin asked gulping.

"We're... going to have to cut off all your hair!" The fan girl cried taking out a giant pair of scissors.

Kenshin fell on his knees and wailed, "No!" but super long. (FanFiction won't let me type it uber long, of course.)

"What was that?" Yuna asked when she and Vincent heard the long "No."

"I have...no clue," Vincent replied shuddering.

"Anyway, I needed some pictures from the wedding. Do you have any?" Yuna asked.

"Oh...right. Actually, I so happen to have some," Vincent replied.

"Oh lemme see!" Yuna squealed.

"My apologies Lady Yuna, the camera is in my room back at the hotel," Vincent replied.

"Oh...ok. Tomorrow I'll come by and I can have it then!" Yuna suggested. Vincent's eyes widened all of a sudden.

"No, no...I'll come by your room and give it to you," Vincent replied.

"Don't be silly! I can come by your room just as easily as you can come by mine," Yuna said.

"Really, that won't be necessary," Vincent replied.

"How about...whoever wakes up first?" Yuna challenged and laughed. Vincent shifted his eyes.

"Really, it won't be necessary-," He repeated. Yuna giggled and shook her head.

"Fine...we'll have it your way. But whether you like it or not, I'm getting those pictures and I will see you! And eventually I'll find out what you're hiding too!" Yuna said.

Vincent raised an eyebrow. "Hiding? I'm not hiding anything," He replied shifting his eyes.

"Ah, but you must be," Yuna said coming closer and looking up at him. "Then why don't you want me to come in your room?"

Vincent didn't reply.

"Exactly," Yuna replied to his silence, and turning around she started to walk away.

"Wait!" He called. Yuna stopped and twirled around. "The fair...it's almost closing," Vincent said.

"Yeah? And?" Yuna replied.

"You...never got your stuffed animal prize," Vincent said back after awhile.

Yuna smiled.

"Huh?" Aeris said dizzily and looked up. She screamed as she saw Sephiroth's face above hers.

"Did ya say you liked her dress yet?" Cloud asked Sephiroth through the microphone.

"No, Strife! She's freakin' unconscious already!" Sephiroth boomed. But then Sephiroth looked down and noticed Aeris who was shaking. "Oh, wait, she's awake," He said hurriedly then pulling on his collar he stuttered, "I...uh...like your dress."

Aeris raised an eye brow and looked puzzled.

"This isn't working!" Sephiroth hissed turning his back on Aeris.

"Give her some time...you know how confused she must be now?" Cloud asked.

"Fine...but I want you to leave," Sephiroth replied. Aeris couldn't be happier to leave. But she then realized with horror and panic that she was stuck in the Ferris Wheel and couldn't leave. "Fine. Bye." Sephiroth then turned around to face Aeris. Aeris watched his mouth twitch up many times, then slowly... slowly raise into a half, pathetic attempt at a smile.

"So...why did ya faint?" Sephiroth asked in this weird nice voice. Aeris looked around for her note book and hugged it close to her tightly. "Ok...well I guess you can write if you want," Sephiroth said scratching the back of his neck.

Cloud meanwhile, turned off the micro phone and just let Sephiroth handle things for himself. And if he messed up (like Cloud knew he would) he would always talk to Aeris or plan some other plan for them. Cloud went up to Rinoa and Squall who were sharing a sundae and sat with them. "Hey, you know where everyone went?" He asked absent mindedly. Rinoa shrugged.

"Nobody tells me anything," Rinoa replied looking up at the sky, away from Cloud.

"Oh come on! I thought you knew Aeris was in the same cart as Sephiroth," Cloud replied. Squall snorted again and Rinoa kicked him under the table.

"Fine...I guess. But actually, I don't know where everyone is. Zell and Wakka said something about causing havoc in the Kiddie Area, I left Tidus and Yuna alone at a bench an hour ago, and Tifa said she gave up hope on ever thinking you would be sane again," Rinoa explained.

"Oh, well then, thanks a lot Tifa," Cloud grumbled.

"She was just freaked out that you were talking to Sephiroth through a mini micro phone installed in Sephiroth's ear...but then again, who knows?" Rinoa replied shrugging and eating another cherry. After Squall and Rinoa were done eating they decided to round everyone up so they could go home.

They found Wakka and Zell running around popping all the balloons from the kids and laughing their heads off. Then they finally found Tidus wearing a Fair Worker uniform and actually acting like he worked there and instructing people the wrong way on how to put on their seat belts in the roller coaster.

"Where could Yuna and Vincent be?" Tifa asked looking around, after they found her miserably throwing pennies into a fountain by herself.

"Over there! I'll get her," Rinoa cried and as everyone else walked out of the exit Rinoa ran to where Vincent and Yuna were at a game stand, trying to shoot the most targets possible to win a prize.

"You've been lucky a few times Yuna, but I'm going to beat you now," Vincent declared aiming his gun as the Stand Guy was about to count down.

"Oh really? We'll see," Yuna challenged and laughed. The light turned green and they began to shoot. The bell rang and Yuna threw her hands up. "Yes! I win, I win!" Yuna cheered dancing around and boogie dancing.

"It's these...cheap guns!" Vincent sputtered shaking his fist. Yuna laughed and stuck her tongue out at him.

"You just can't accept the fact that I'm better than you!" Yuna replied jokingly.

"Here's another prize for you m'am," The stand guy said in a bored voice and handed Yuna another stuffed animal Moogle. Yuna thanked him and turned to a little kid. "Hey, you want this?" Yuna asked leaning down and handing it to him.

"Thanks lady!" The kid cried happily and ran with his new prize. Vincent smiled at her as she got back up.

"Another round?" Vincent proposed.

"Actually, Rinoa is coming for us. I think it's time to go," Yuna giggled.

"Alright. But let's get something straight that even though you won more then me, I still got you that prize you wanted in the first place," Vincent said walking with Yuna to where Rinoa was waiting for them.

"Yeah, I love it!" Yuna cried hugging the big, soft, purple bunny rabbit. (See Alyssa! The bunny is purple. Not brown!)

"Weird company name that makes these," Vincent noted, lightly pulling the tag. Yuna laughed.

"That's not the name of the company, it's the name of the rabbit. They each come with a name! This one for example is Foofy," Yuna read.

"Strange name all the same," Vincent chuckled.

"You guys walk too slow! Just watch and see if I wait around any longer!" Rinoa cried and stormed off. Vincent and Yuna laughed and watched as some old guy pushed a button and all the lights in the Fair except for some lone street lights turned off.

"Thanks," Yuna said all of sudden.

"For the prize? Sure," Vincent replied.

"And...also for not calling me Lady Yuna that one time," Yuna giggled.

"Oh...," Vincent replied turning slightly red. "I just always thought to call you Lady Yuna...I don't know why. Did I really only call you Yuna?" Vincent asked.

"Yeah, back at the stand. But it's no big deal, I've always wondered why you always called me Lady Yuna," Yuna replied.

"Do you wish for me not to call you Lady Yuna anymore, Lady Yuna?" Vincent asked jokingly. Yuna laughed.

"I don't mind...but it's kinda like that sort of thing where nobody calls me that anymore," Yuna replied smiling at him.

"That's why I'm unique," Vincent said. "But...I guess I won't call you that anymore," He added.

"Once again, I don't mind-," Yuna replied laughing.

"Fine, every other week day I call you Lady Yuna and the whole weekend I call you Yuna," Vincent suggested and Yuna laughed.

"Deal," She replied and they shook hands.

"Do you...wanna play cards or something?" Sephiroth asked Aeris. She slowly shook her head. Sephiroth sighed. "Look...I know that you're scared of me...but we're stuck in this damn cart together and you have to understand that I'm not going to kill you!" Sephiroth cried. Aeris stared at him. "I'm serious!" He added.

Aeris looked down at her lap and sighed. "F-F-Fine. It's just that...I'm cold and hungry, and not to mention tired. I mean, when are they going to fix this thing? Plus I have to get home to type up all my studies, and I'm not even done making my business cards yet-," Aeris started.

"Business cards?" Sephiroth wondered.

"Yes...uh, I'm done with my project...that's why I have to type everything up. Plus, now I can officially start my sessions," Aeris replied.

"Who do you have to uh... 'therapize'," Sephiroth asked.

"Um...m-mostly you but you don't have to do-," Aeris started hastily.

"I'll do it!" Sephiroth cried before she finished, slamming the wall with his fist. Aeris squeaked. "Uh...sorry. But I will! I don't see how it works, but at this point I'm sick of everyone-well...in general I'm sick of everyone-but Cloud has told me a million times I should sign up for this shindig and he says you're pretty good at it," Sephiroth replied.

"Oh...that's really nice of him to say," Aeris said and shuffled through her notebook. "So you're sure? You want to try it? You are my...um...main object of psychology in my studies," Aeris asked.

"Yes, and if I don't like it I could always leave," Sephiroth replied shrugging one shoulder. Aeris laughed nervously and handed him a pink business card. He pocketed it and there was a turn of wheel sound, and before they knew it they were back on ground.

"Sorry for the inconvenience-," A guy started as Sephiroth slammed the door opened and lead Aeris outside.

"Yeah, whatever pal," He snarled at the guy before he could finish. Aeris looked around at the empty fair.

"Oh dear," She said worriedly.

"Don't worry, we'll still get home," Sephiroth assured her and grabbing her arm he walked quickly out the exit.

"Sephiroth, slow down," Aeris said as she tried to keep up with him.

"I wanna get out of this horrid place as quickly as possible," Sephiroth hissed and practically sprinted into the parking lot.

Ah...isn't love sweet? And it seems to be in the air anyway. No wonder it smelled a little funky back there. Anyway, that was all for chapter um...7? Chapter 8 will come up with lot's of the usual surprises, funny things, and uh...funny things. Will Sephiroth really go to Aeris's therapy session and will he survive? Will Yuna really get those wedding pictures...or something else? (Bad question). Is Kenshin really bald now? Will the gang ever find out why there's a secret plastic bag under Tidus and Yuna's bed, and what it's there for? In time!