Emo turned Geek
By RenzokukenZ
Cloud was quite surprised when Denzel ran through the front door with a package in his hands and headed straight to his room. He was even more surprised when he noticed the clock and saw that there was still 5 hours of school remaining. So while playing the role of father-figure, Cloud headed up to Denzel's room and knocked on the door lightly.
"Denzel, what are you doing?"
"I'm in my room, why?" From where he was Cloud could hear the package being opened by hungry hands.
"Well, for one you were in quite a hurry to get to your room with whatever it was that was in your hands, and two you're 5 hours early from school. Care to explain?"
"Uh, school was canceled."
"So where's Marlene?"
"Uh, she, uh, went to some friend's house."
Cloud shook his head in amusement. Denzel was never good at making up lies, and he must be desperately trying to lie to cover up what he has.
"Alright then, answer me this. What's in the package?"
There was dead silence inside Denzel's room, and Cloud actually thought that the boy sneaked out through the window in his room, so he grabbed the door knob and turned it. Surprisingly it was unlock, and what Cloud saw was both strange and confusing for the blond to handle.
It was Denzel wearing his hoodie while holding what looked like a metal pipe in his hands. Denzel looked up to see the swordsman staring at him and he jumped in surprise.
"Oh, hey Cloud! Ever heard of knocking?"
"I guess not. So are you going to tell me what that is?"
The young boy looked at the item clutched in his hands and a smirk formed on his lips.
"Well, I was browsing around the internet last week when I saw this for sale in one of those bidding sites and I bought it for only 30 Gil! I knew the package was going to come sometime today so I skipped class to get it."
Cloud still didn't know what was going on, since Denzel's confession seemed to only give more questions than answers. "If you knew it was coming today, then why didn't you just wait til after school to get it?"
"Because then you would return it since it was in a different name. Come on, you think they would sell this to a 10-year-old?" Denzel shifted his hands up as if to say 'duh' and this made Cloud irritated.
"Alright, hand it over and go back to school. This is just too confusing." Cloud stated and reached out his hand for the pipe-looking object.
"Oh come on, Cloud. You have to understand where I'm going with this and how I feel." Denzel pouted, which wasn't really helping his case at all.
"Care to explain this to Tifa when she comes back from the store?"
All color escaped the face of the boy and he dropped the object, picked up his backpack, and ran out of the room and out of the bar. Cloud chuckled for a short while after that happened. "That never fails to work. Now let's see what it is that was so awesome he forged a name to get."
Cloud grabbed the object and inspected it. Up close it looked like a handle for some type of weapon, and judging from the feel and grip, it was for a sword. "He skipped school for a sword handle? Just what is that boy smoking? I don't see how impressive this is." He threw the handle on the floor and something amazing happened. Out of the top end of the handle came a bright light, and this startled the blond swordsman. After the light dimmed a bit, he saw that it took the form of a long slender blade.
"What in Gaia is this!?" He reached down and picked it up, careful not to touch the light. He swung it around a few times, the sword making a 'shwoong' noise with every spin. This impressed Cloud. "This is cool! No wonder Denzel skipped school for this. It's awesome! Hmm…" the swordsman looked at his watch and saw that the boy wouldn't return for another 5 hours, which means that Denzel wouldn't know if he played with it or not. With a sly grin on his face, he rushed out of his room and headed out of the bar, unbeknownst to him that Tifa was right on the door.
"Hey Cloud! Where are you going? I need your help with the groceries!"
"Not now Tifa!" Cloud stopped and drew his new sword out, the light blade 'shwoonging' with every turn and swing. "I got some hero business to take care of!" He jumped on Fenrir and stormed off, the only thing visible was the light blade. Tifa had no idea what was going on.
"I don't know what's going on, but at least it's better than having him mope around all day."