Okay! so we're half way through this thing! I said I would upload this on Friday but that didn't happen... sorry. *hides*
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Sephy the Kitty- 4) Betrayal
Cloud was wondering why his life had to be so complicated. First there was the whole confusion on if he was a real person or not. Then there was the question if he was going crazy due to the voices in his head. Oh yes, he had to face many demons to come this far. And up until recently, he thought that his life was going the way he wanted it to be; he had the children that adored him, the prettiest finacee, and a dog that stopped destroying everything. But then Tifa had to bring that demon home. And it awakened the wolf side of Zack that was never seen before.
The day started off normally, Cloud eating breakfast with Tifa before he had to make deliveries. The kids just left for school a few moments before; they said that there was going to be a special guest at their school or something like that, so they wanted to leave quickly. Of course, the children being young loved the monster, and he tolerated them, which was more than what he felt for the savior of the planet.
"I think we should start making wedding plans," Tifa said suddenly, putting down her spoon to her oatmeal. Cloud, a little shocked, freezing his fork halfway to his mouth. "You don't have to look so shocked. It has been a year you know."
"You're right" Cloud said, resuming his eating. "Well I was thinking…" Cloud stopped suddenly. Tifa sighed. She new that when Cloud stopped mid-sentence, that usually means that a certain demonic cat walked in the room. Tifa looked over the counter and saw that Sephy was sitting next to Cloud, who was sitting on a bar stool. Cloud was looking down while Sephy was looking up. Another staring match.
Sephy turned his back suddenly, and walked towards the stair case. He turned his head back to look at Cloud again with a gleam in his eyes. His tail twitched in the direction he was going.
"I think he wants you to follow him," Tifa said with a smile. Cloud gulped. He stood up cautiously, as if Sephy might strike him while his guard is down. Sephy just turned back around and climbed the stairs.
The first thing that Cloud noticed was that there was a strange sound coming from his and Tifa's bedroom. Sephy bumped his head lightly against the door, signaling he should open it. Cloud did so slowly.
"What the-? Zack! You don't do that to the furniture!" Tifa heard from the bar. She stopped what she was doing and dashed up the stairs.
"What's going on?" Tifa asked as she entered their bedroom. She saw Cloud holding Zack by the collar, and Zack looking a little pleased with himself. Sephy was on their bed, enjoying the show. Aerith casually strolled into the room when she heard the commotion.
"Zack-he was violating the chair!"
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Now Zack's pleased expression turned to one of anxiousness, guilt, and slight betrayal as the traveled to the veterinarian office. Cloud was driving the car that they borrowed from Barrett, because they couldn't possible use Fenrir, and Tifa was in the passengers seat. Sephy was sitting in her lap, looking amused as he glance back at the nervous wolf in the back seat. Aerith was sitting next to Zack, occasionally pushing her head against his neck to calm him down. But he wasn't able to calm down.
They were about to take his manhood, after all.
"Why is it so far now?" Cloud gritted out. The vet office that they went to when the first got Zack was moved due to certain circumstances, and they now find themselves going to a place on the other side of the city. The old vet was so convenient too, because it was a couple of blocks away from the bar. Now they had to pass through the Christmas shopping traffic, and the people who actually stopped to look at the Christmas lights.
"I don't know," Tifa said, rubbing her fingers through Sephy's silver fur. He purred a little.
But within a matter of minutes, they were trying to find a free space in the parking lot. Zack was getting more and more nervous by the second. Tifa reached in the back seat so she could attach the leash to Zack's collar. Usually Cloud and Tifa never had to strap him and Aerith up, but they didn't trust Zack at the moment to think rationally. Tifa handed Cloud the leash.
"Welcome," The secretary said as Cloud and Tifa entered with all of the animals. "How can I help you?"
"Hi, we called ahead to have our dog neutered." Tifa said and Zack visibly flinched. The secretary looked over the desk and saw all the animals looking up at her. She smiled.
"You've got quite a crowed there,"
"We know," Cloud muttered and Tifa elbowed him. The secretary just looked confused. Cloud was just glad it wasn't the same secretary as last year...
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"Zack! Sit still!" Cloud tried to calm the large beast down. It wasn't helping that the vet was trying to stick a needle in him. And it didn't help that Tifa was in the waiting room with Aerith and Sephy. Cloud knew how humiliated Zack would be if his girlfriend and enemy saw his manhood destroyed.
Cloud looked at the vet and saw that he was also trying to help. It was the same vet as last year when they came in to give Zack his shots. "This is normal, it's like they know what's about to happen." He smiled.
Cloud finally got a hold of the large dog and the vet immediately inserted the needle. Zack gave Cloud one final look of betrayal before blacking out. The look would haunt Cloud for a very long time.
Not wanting to see some private parts of Zack chopped off, Cloud left the room as the vet was loading Zack on the table. Tifa stood up when she saw him come out of the room with a haunted expression. Aerith immediately walked up to him, concerned. Sephy, who was now sporting a black leather collar, halter and leash from the shelters gift shop area, was looking evil as normal.
"Is everything okay?" Tifa asked, putting the cat on the ground.
"Yeah. The vet said it would take around forty five minutes." He slumped down in one of the chairs, still looking haunted.
"Are you okay?" Tifa sat down next to him.
"Yeah." He looked up at her then cracked. "No. You should have seen the way he looked at me before he blacked out. It was they way I imagine how the real Zack looked at me when I couldn't help him before he died."
Tifa wrapped her arms around his head and brought him down to her chest. "Zack wouldn't have looked at you that way. He did it all for you." Aerith walked back over and rested her head on his lap, silently telling him that it was okay. Cloud wrapped his arms around Tifa's waist and buried his head in her neck.
Another vet came out of one of the rooms. "Oh, sorry. Am I interrupting something?" Cloud was tempted to say yes but instead he untangled himself from his fiancée. "I was told that you are getting one of your dogs neutered." She looked at a file in her hand. "We have a policy that if you get one of your dogs neutered/spayed we could get the other one neutered/spayed at half price on the same day."
Both Tifa and Cloud looked at Aerith. She looked unaffected. "I don't know…"
The vet pushed her glasses up her nose. "Well, it's up to the owner. But did you know that there is an over population of animals in the world? Because of that many dogs are strays and are caught by the pounds. Also, did you know that 90% of animals that enter kill shelters are euthanized? And absolutely nothing may be wrong with them. They could be dogs like Zack or Aerith. So we try to preach people to get their animals neutered or spayed, so we stop the unnecessary breeding of puppies or kittens."
Tifa was now becoming teary eyed and stood up. "Okay, lets do it." She handed over Sephys leash to Cloud, who was now dumb founded. When Tifa left the room Cloud looked at the evil kitten. He hissed at him. He stood up immediately and followed Tifa in the room.
"First we'll have to conduct some tests to make sure she's okay to get spayed." The doctor took out a needle. Aerith didn't even flinch when she inserted the needle. "This should take about five to ten minutes."
When the vet came back she was holding a clipboard with a puzzled expression. "You said Aerith is around a year right?"
Cloud and Tifa looked at each other before looking back at the vet. "Yes?"
"And Zack's around that age too, right?"
"Yes."
The vet lowered her clipboard. "I'm sorry, we can't spay her."
They both looked at each other again before Tifa spoke up. "Why not?"
"Because she's pregnant."
"Pre-pregnant?" Cloud nearly hissed. He could see all the money in his wallet fade away. It was expensive enough to have the two dog and the evil kitty, but another set of dogs?
"Isn't that great?" Tifa was nearly jumping in joy, and Cloud looked at her with a blank expression.
"You- You're happy about this?" Cloud asked incredulously. Tifa nodded her head quickly, a big smile planted on her face. He sighed.
"Why do these things always happen to me?"
Sephy seemed to sense Cloud's distress because he started to scratch up his pants.
The fact about 90% of animals entering kill-shelters are euthanized is true. My sister recently started volunteering at an animal shelter (no-kill!) and they told her that.
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