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Sephy the Kitty- 6) The Tree Watcher

"He's so cute!" Yuffie gushed as she looked at the bored looking cat. He was sitting on top of the bar and yawned. Zack was trotting around, happily, wanting to leave as soon as possible. Aerith, who was starting to starting to show signs of her pregnancy, was watching Zack. Tifa was helping the kids get their heavy gear on and Cloud was trying to decide which saw to bring with him.

Sephy showed no signs of wanting to go cut down a Christmas tree with them. None whatsoever. He kept peeking at the fools who were busy getting ready from the corner of his eye and would then look back at the annoying ninja trying to wiggle a piece of string in his face. His annoyance with her got the best of him and he swiped at the string. She kept dangling it away from his reach, so he found himself going on his back so he could swipe at it with both paws.

"I think he likes me!" Yuffie said with a giggle.

"That's good," Tifa said as she finished up with the kids and watched Sephy attack the string. "Now you know what to do right? No alcohol to kids, and keep an eye on Sephy,"

"Yes, I know," Yuffie said with a roll of her eyes. "I have watched over the bar before, and me an' Sephy get along great!"

"Then let's get going," Cloud said with a sense of urgency. He wanted to get away from the evil little thing as quickly as possible, it would be one of the first times that he would go out with his family with out the devil. But Sephy seemed to sense his urgency, because he jumped off the counter, and clung the back of Cloud's jacket. Cloud jumped and tried to throw the prying thing off his back. Before Cloud could get a hold on him, he jumped off of his back and into Tifa's arms. He looked up at her with pleading kitten eyes. Tifa crumbled.

"Aw! He wants to come with us!" Marlene said as he looked at her too.

"That's a great idea!" Yuffie said from behind the bar and Sephy looked at Cloud in victory. "Then I could give him my Christmas present early!" She lifted up a little cat sweater that had the same material that Cloud's shirts have. "I hope you don't mind, Spike, but I cut up some of your shirts to make this.

Cloud looked at her briefly before ripping off his jacket and groaning when he realized that he had a huge square hole on the back of his shirt. He clunked up the stair to get another shirt.

Every year the Chocobo farms have a Christmas tree sale, where happy tourists could cut down their own trees. It attracted a lot of people, and that is no exception to the people that once saved the world. While the people and animals of the 7th Heaven were there, they ran into Vincent Valentine. Although he was not going to cut down his own tree, he enjoyed looking at them. It freaked some of the tourists out when they saw the Very pale man with a red cape and black thick clothing staring at a large tree. He glanced at the group that was approaching him.

"You did not bring Yuffie, I hope?" He asked them and Tifa smiled. The last time they ran into Vincent, they had Yuffie with them and she clung to him the entire time. He seemed to be traumatized from that incident.

"Your safe today, Vincent." Tifa said and Cloud grunted before walking past the group.

"You have a new animal?" He asked as he looked at Sephy. Something clicked in his head and he took his Cerberus out of his concealed hiding place before pointing it to Sephy. "Sephiroth!" Tifa shielded Sephy.

"Don't worry! Sephy isn't going to hurt anybody!" Tifa said, trying to calm Vincent down.

"Speak for yourself," Cloud said from his hiding place behind a tree. Vincent paused for a second, before deciding to trust Tifa and putting his weapon away. She breathed out a sigh of relief. She was slightly thankful that the kids were a little further behind, roasting marshmallows.

He looked toward Aerith. "And she is pregnant," He observed. "What is to become of the puppies?"

"We're not sure yet, we might keep one, but the others…"

"I shall take one,"

"Huh?"

"You prefer gil?'

'"You really want one?" Tifa asked in disbelief.

"I believe I need a companion to accompany me in my travels."

"Then why don't you take Yuffie?" Vincent looked horrified, "I'm kidding!"

While this little exchange was going on, Cloud started to look around for any good trees. Then he spotted it. One that would look perfect in the living room behind the bar. While Cloud was taking a closer look at the tree, a little silver head poked out slowly. Cloud froze. Sephy's eyes slanted a little, and he gave Cloud what looked like and evil smile, showing off his sharp teeth. Cloud screamed.

Tifa looked over and saw that Cloud now was on the ground looking at the tree. "Oh, Cloud, it's perfect!" She walked up to the tree.

"No!" Cloud squeaked.

"What?" as she turned to look at him, Sephy poked his head out of the tree, trying to look as innocent as possible. She turned around and brought a hand to her mouth.

"Awwww!" She said as she scooped up Sephy and hugged him to her chest. Sephy looked at Cloud smugly. "See? Sephy likes it!"

"Yeah, sure he likes it," Cloud muttered.

It took Cloud a while to actually cut the tree down; everyone, including Vincent, was just watching him cut down the tree. The branches were slapping him in the face and he got sap all over his gloves. Then he had to drag it to the van but that time Denzel offered some help to his hero and carried the top of the tree. Marlene carried the kitty and Tifa was holding the dog leases. And as it was all going on, Tifa created a plan to get the silent gunman to face his fears.

"So did you find a tree?" Yuffie asked as Tifa and the kids walked into the bar. Their faces were a little red from being out in the cold, and Tifa started to help the kids take off their heavy gear.

"Yes we found a very good one," Tifa said as she started to unwind the scarf from Marlene's neck. Sephy jumped on the bar. "The boys are getting it off the van."

Yuffie was a little confused for a minute. "Boys" was plural, but last time she recalled, the only boys that went were Denzel and Cloud. And Denzel was standing in front of her, pulling off his mittens.

Then her question was answered when she saw Vincent and Cloud bring in the tree.

"Vinnie!" Yuffie called as she ran over to him. He froze and had to drop the tree when she nearly tackled him.

"You did not tell me that she would be here." Vincent said to Tifa. She tried to look as innocent as possible.

"I didn't? Weird, I thought I did." Vincent glared at her.

"Vinnie! I missed you! Why didn't you call me?"

While Yuffie kept yelling at Vincent, Tifa grabbed the other end of the tree so they could get it in the living room. After they managed to get the tree set up, they walked back to the bar to see Yuffie still yelling at Vincent. Zack and Aerith were cleaning their fur, but they notice one particular demon that seemed to be missing. Cloud froze.

"Tifa! Come see this!" Marlene called from the stairs. Both Cloud and Tifa rushed to the kids room and saw Sephy sleeping on Denzel's lap. For the second time that day, Tifa brought a hand to her mouth.

"Awww!" She gushed quietly, trying not to wake him.

"He still looks evil to me," Cloud grunted before walking out of the room.

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