Dislaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII any of it's characters or references.

Alright I know this chapter is extremely late...I apologize but things have been hectic.

Chapter 7: Intermission of Passion

A few hours had gone past since Tifa had set her terms with Cloud if he ever wanted to be with her again, and Cloud countered by setting his own terms and both silently agreed to each other terms. Whoever would submit to the other first would be placed under the power of the other. Honestly Tifa knew she could outlast her male counterpart because aside from the previous night she had never had sex before, while Cloud had several relationships in the past, and though the sex she had was mind-blowing and couldn't wait till they had another opportunity she could refrain. Also there was a part of her that wanted him under her control. As a form of payback for the years of hurt, the silent sobs and tearless cries she had shed for him.

Tifa had finally awoken and gotten changed. A part of her was a bit worried that both her and Cloud were a bit to loud and the children might have heard their actions despite having their doors closed. She walked out of her room and towards the end of the hallway where the children's room were located. Ever so cautiously she turned the bronze doorknob and pulled the door out a bit, she peeked into the room with one eye and found both children sleeping soundly on their beds.

She exhaled a sigh but that didn't mean that both her and Cloud were unheard, the children could have awoken during the night and heard both her and Cloud screaming and tried their best to ignore it and go back to sleep. The young crimson eyed maiden mentally slapped herself, from now on both her and Cloud would have to be more discreet and quieter, she would have to find a subtle way of find out if the children heard them, and if they did…Gaia help her…she didn't know how she would explain it to two eight-year-olds.

With the same cat-like reflexes that she used to stealthily open the children's door she closed it and proceeded to walk downstairs toward the bar. Once the young female stepped into the bar area she immediately saw him, he was behind the bar-counter but facing away from her, he seemed to be preparing a drink. A smirk formed on her lips when she heard him exhale a soft sigh, it carried little emotion but she was a master as reading him and realized that he was annoyed.

"Is something the matter?" His Goddess asked.

The blond-haired swordsman immediately turned around to see his raven-haired counterpart dressed in her usual attire smiling at him. She leaned forward and propped her elbow up on the counter, she rested her chin on her palm and seductively smirked at him.

Cloud could barely contain the redness forming on his cheeks as she seductively smiled at him from the opposite side of the counter.

"I…I was…just looking for something to drink," He managed to speak. Seeing her again had caused a rage of emotions to erupt within him, it also caused a tingle deep within his chest.

Tifa stood back upright and walked behind the bar, "Well Cloud this is a bar, there are countless drinks," She explained.

Cloud looked around the bar, there were so many things there, he couldn't decide what was what. Tifa spotted Cloud's confused, her plan had already begun, and the light teasing that she was doing now was only the beginning.

"Here let me," She said and walked past him. The blue-eyed warrior realizing he would only get in the way decided to walk outside the counter. Now both he and Tifa had traded places. The small tingle had grown into a warmth that spread throughout his body he couldn't explain it but it was there s warmth whenever he saw her.

"Alright," Tifa spoke facing Cloud with only the counter between them, look at the menu and tell me what drink you want.

Cloud looked down on the wooden counter to see that there was a menu on it, it was comprised of a piece of cardboard held within a leather bind and plastic covering where the cardboard displayed the various drinks. On the front cover of the leather was the words written Seventh Heaven matching the logo of the bar that was on display at the front. The menu itself consisted of eight pages written on both sides of the pages. Cloud opened the menu ad began to browse through it, there weren't normal alcohol there but mixed beverages, he saw ones that consisted of fruits, ice-cream and a mixture of several alcohol beverages he had never heard of before.

However when he was at the sixth page, something caught his attention, it was a drink called 'Three Kings', curious to taste it he looked up to see Tifa eyeing him attentively to see what he would choose.

Tifa noticed Cloud had stopped on a page and that must mean he had found something, "Find something?" She asked.

"Yeah…the Three Kings," Cloud said somewhat embarrassed with a pink tinge on his cheeks. He couldn't believe his girl knew more about alcohol than him.

"Ahh," Tifa said with a sparkle in her eyes, "One Three Kings coming up,"

His face was once again buried within the menu but all the pores on his skin were hypersensitive. He could not see Tifa, his eyes were not on her mainly because he didn't want her to catch him staring at her it would only add fuel to the fire and make it look like she was stronger than him, but most important it made him afraid that it would make him look weak in her eyes.

Despite his eyes not being fixed on her like he wanted them to be he could still see her. His whole body was alert to every movement she took, every muscle within her perfect body that moved, he was aware to it, he could see her clearly, from every single angle, her face, her legs, her hands, and not with his five senses but with his entire body. His body was fully aware of Tifa's.

It only took a few minutes but the drink was already before him in glass with a straw in it. He took a sip of it and immediately the alcohol registered but he found the taste intoxicating.

Before he could go back to drinking his mixture before him there was knock on the front door followed by a loud boisterous voice.

"Hey Tifa, Cloud you both in there, come on open up don't leave us out here!" The familiar voice of Barret called out.

Cloud looked at Tifa, "Everyone seems to be in a state of bliss."

"Well last time, there was so much sorrow we didn't feel like celebrating, remember," Tifa reminded him.

"Should we let them in?" Cloud asked her.

Tifa smiled at him, "I guess we should."

"I'll do it," yet another familiar voice spoke.

Cloud and Tifa immediately turned to the far eastern end of the bar opposite the staircase to see a tall figure with a red cape.

"Vincent!" They both said in unison.

"I'll open the door for them," He said as he shifted from leaning on the wall and proceeded towards the entrance.

Once again Tifa's gaze were on Cloud sitting before her, she already had a plan in store to seduce him, but she had to will till Denzel and Marlene left with everyone else and only her and Cloud was left.

Cloud however was still trying to formulate a plan on how to seduce Tifa, he had a lot of experience in this field mainly because he was always around Zack who was quite popular with the ladies.

As soon as Vincent opened the doors, the entire Ex-Avalanche group walked in, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, Reeve and finally Red.

"Reeve, you can be free today?" Cloud asked when he saw him enter, "Doesn't the WRO have to help clean up the mess?"

"No, there are others in charge who can do that sort of thing, I don't always have to be present to make all the decisions, the smaller ones can be carried out by others," The dark haired man responded as he adjusted the neck piece of his blue suit.

Cloud's eyes narrowed and focused on Reeve.

"What don't tell me I'm was not a member of Avalanche, we all fought alongside each other back then, I thought I would at least be an honorary member," Reeve said slightly hurt.

"It's not that," Cloud replied.

"Yeah, you're very much a member of…" Yuffie was cut off.

"You're a part of Avalanche okay," Cid summarized not wanting to listen to one of the hyperactive ninja's over the top speeches.

"Cid why do you always have to interrupt me!" Yuffie yelled at him.

"What, you're the one that always over-exaggerates," Cid replied.

"Well forgive me for trying to add a little flair to name Avalanche," She then stuck her tongue out at him.

"You're not Reeve, you're Cait Sith," Cloud stated bluntly.

Everyone was surprised even Vincent, the all turned their attention towards their companion, immediately Reeve body parts broke apart like that of a mannequin and from within the torso the small feline figure emerged.

"Hey all, I'm Cait Sith number six," It spoke in it's Scottish accent.

"Number six already what happened from two to five?" Yuffie asked standing in front the puppet and looking down at him.

"Well the first Cait Sith you encountered wasn't number one, you know," The small figure replied.

"Makes sense, but why did you hide inside a Reeve mannequin?" Vincent asked.

"Well the real Reeve's busy with some new developments but didn't want to miss the reunion so I came," It explained.

"Is that so," Barret said he then turned to Cloud and Tifa, "Is Marlene up yet?"

She shook her head in response, "You can go wake them up if you want."

"Oh, you two still didn't say if you were coming today?" Yuffie spoke as she bounced toward the bar counter.

"Actually I have some stuff to take care off so I won't be able to go with you," was Tifa's excuse.

"Yeah and I sill got a few deliveries to make," Cloud also created an excuse.

While everyone else bought the excuse Yuffie eyed both of them with a sly look. Within a few minutes both Marlene and Denzel came down the stairs, Marlene was holding on Barret's artificial arm, while Denzel trailed behind them, both were already dressed in their usual attire.

"Are we leaving yet?" Marlene exclaimed almost as hyper as Yuffie.

"Yeah as soon as Cloud and Tifa's ready," Barret explained to his daughter.

"Actually they're not going," Yuffie said to Barret.

"WHAT!" Barret almost shouted, "But you two should me the most excited to go, we all thought the old Seventh Heaven was destroyed!"

"I know Barret but I was finally able to let go of that place and the memories, it makes no difference if I go or not," Tifa explained to him 'Plus I have more important plans' she thought.

"Yeah besides that place doesn't hold much importance to me anyway…I was only a hired mercenary…remember," Came Cloud's response.

"Hmph, fine, let's go everyone," Barret said slightly annoyed walking out the bar.

Everyone sensed the change in Barret, not wanting to drag out the issue, followed him. Both Cloud and Tifa watched as everyone left leaving only the two alone, Tifa turned to Cloud.

"You have deliveries, do you?" She asked seductively, "Interesting since the register is empty."

Cloud could barely contain himself the burning feeling he was experiencing was engulfing him. A painful and invisible inferno hidden within his body that conceived itself whenever he was around Tifa for more than ten minutes was spreading like a wildfire.

"What about you what do you have that is so important that you blow off Barret?" Cloud asked.

"Well I just have to go pick up something, if you have nothing to do you're more than welcome to join me," She told him before she headed toward the staircase.

"Wait, where are you going?" He asked when he saw her move toward the staircase.

She turned her face towards him and smiled, "I'm going to get changed," were her final words before disappearing up the staircase, leaving a very confused Cloud sitting on a bar stool.

'She was already dressed in her casual attire. Why does she have to go get changed?' were the question he asked himself in his mind. Thousands of thoughts invaded his minds all of them about the raven-haired beauty, but then again thoughts of the crimson-eyed maiden were commonplace in his mind, there was scarcely a moment when he never thought of her, ever since her figure had invaded his mind when he first meet her as a young child, she became the dominant figure. But now he knew what she was planning wasn't going to be good.

Tifa was now in her room, she had already decided on a way to break Cloud, going through her closet she found what she was looking for, it was her old outfit, consisting of a black micro-skirt and small white tank top.

Earlier today she had sensed something strange from Cloud, it was when she was preparing the drink for him, she could feel his eyes on her, his piercing gaze following her every movement. When she turned to meet his gaze she found his eyes were on the menu but even when looking at him she still felt his eyes staring into her, she couldn't explain it but it felt strange. Quickly she stripped herself down to her underwear and proceeded to put on her tank top, she struggled with it a bit trying to bring it over her bosom but finally succeeded, in the end it was a tight fit and she found it extremely uncomfortable, next came the black micro-skirt it didn't give any problems mainly because her long legs were slender and toned, it fitted her perfectly and showed off her long legs.

She looked at herself in the mirror and smirked to herself. She wasn't naïve, she had caught many men gaping at her with their mouths wide open and drooling, and with this outfit, her legs exposed as well as her slim and slender waist and the large mounds of her bosom in plain view it would certainly attract some attention. It was ironic during their travels two years ago she had also caught Cloud staring at her, and he eyes were not her face, legs or exposed torso. In truth she never liked being watched which is why she immediately changed her outfit when they had finished with their travels, but when Cloud had his eyes on her it would often cause a deep blush to form on her cheeks, and earlier she had felt something from Cloud.

Her body had become conscious of his, and if felt an intense heat permeating from him and seeping into her. The heat was intense, she had never felt anything like it before, it caused rage of desire to rise, it took every ounce of her strength to hide and suppress it. Now she was sure he was barely containing himself and with the first part of her plan in motion it won't take long before she broke him.

"Hey Tifa are you ready yet?" Cloud called but his wasn't filled with annoyance or aggravation but concern.

"Coming Cloud, I'm almost finished," She answered.

Taking one last look at herself in the mirror, she straightened out her skirt and walked out the room, down the stairs and headed towards her unaware victim.

To Be Continued...

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Okay again I apologize for the late update, and I must thank everyone for thier input in the last chapter, it seems everyone want's Cloud to submit to Tifa but only a handfull wanted Tifa to submit, things weren't as spicy in this chapter as they were in the others but another lemon is coming one more lemony than the last. Don't worry the next chapter would be out much sooner, hopefully sometime this week.

Please don't let the lack of spice in this chapter hinder you from reviewing...it's the motivation for me to continue this fic and not delete it. So do post your thoughts...and remember flames are also welcome.

Till Next Time...