ATE: Another update. I just finished this and I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter 3
Meeting The Family
I woke up to find that it was already morning. I looked at the spot next to me and saw that Cloud was still asleep. I smiled. I looked at my alarm clock and saw that it was 6:30. I may have enough time to take a shower before breakfast.
I carefully got out of bed so I wouldn't wake up Cloud, picked out a pair of jeans and a grey shirt along with some other stuff, and went into the bathroom closing the door behind me.
As soon as I was inside where my shower was I turned on the water and waited for it to become the right temperature before stepping in.
Cloud's POV
I woke up and found that Tori was gone. I soon heard the sound of water running and figured that she was taking a shower. I might as well look around her room while waiting for her.
I got out of her bed and stood up, feeling that my muscles being stiff. I stretched until all my limbs felt relaxed and walked around the room looking at everything.
I saw that she had a small TV, a closet (but I didn't look inside it), and a desk with a computer on it. But what caught my eyes was a DVD box. I picked it up and saw that the title read 'Final Fantasy VII Advent Children' on it, along with a picture of...me and Sephiroth.
I soon heard a door open and turned to see that Tori came out with her hair wet
Back To Tori's POV
When I was done taking a shower and getting dressed, I went back to my room, and I opened the door to see that Cloud was awake.
"I see you're awake." I said with a smile.
Cloud gave me a smile, it was faint, but it was there. I walked over to him.
"Let's get something to eat. My parents should be home and I think you should meet them."
I opened my door and went outside with Cloud following behind me as I went downstairs. We came into the kitchen and I saw that Dad was at the table reading the newspaper, Jackie at the table sitting, and Mom cooking breakfast. When they heard us coming in, they turned their heads to Cloud and I.
"Morning, guys." I said.
They then greeted me back.
"Who's this?" Asked Mom.
"This is Cloud. I told all of you about him, remember?"
"So that would explain the huge motorcycle in the driveway." Said Dad.
I remembered when I was watching Advent Children when Dad said that Cloud, Kadaj, and Yazoo looked like girls. I had to tell him that they weren't. Well it's true that Kadaj and Yazoo looked like girls, what with the long hair and all. But seriously, Cloud looked nothing like a girl. Maybe it was his face. The world may never know.
"Would you like some coffee?" Asked Mom.
"Sure." Said Cloud.
Mom poured Cloud a cup of coffee and handed it to him.
"You should go sit at the table." I told Cloud.
He simply nodded and then sat at the table.
I went over to the fridge and got out the orange juice. I shook it up and poured some into a cup and sat at the table next to Cloud, who was quietly sipping his coffee.
It was then that Mom was done cooking the food and was putting plates in front of everyone.
"So Cloud. What do you do as a job?" Asked Dad.
"I deliver packages for a business that I set up called Strife Delivery Service. You were right about the motorcycle that's in your driveway belonging to me. It's called Fenrir."
"Why is it so big?"
"The motorcycles in this world are just small compared to Fenrir. Mine is normal size in my world. I also have all my swords in it."
"Real swords?"
"Yeah, swords. They're those long, sharp, pointy objects that can be used as weapons." I said.
"We know what swords are, Tori." Said Jackie.
"So Tori stayed with you, right?"
"It wasn't just me. There was also my friend Tifa and the kids Marlene and Denzel. Tifa owns a bar called the Seventh Heaven, which is also where we live."
"Yeah. And we would do pranks on each other." I said.
"What kind of pranks?"
"The first one was when I made Cloud think that I was teaching the kids how to play poker out of a game of go fish. Another one I did to him was the whipped cream and feather duster while he was asleep, but I got caught."
"What happened?"
"I simply tied her arms and legs with rope and covered her mouth shut." Said Cloud.
Everyone laughed
"You see, I usually started it and then he gets me back right after I do it." I said. "But last time, he started it when he set up a bucket of water hanging from the ceil, which poured all over me when I got outside my room. I got him back with the same trick and when he got downstairs, his upper half was soaking wet, along with his hair. And he got me back by hugging me, causing me to get wet again."
"Sounds like you two had fun." Said Jackie.
I simply glared at my little sister.
"How about we see those swords after breakfast?" Asked Dad.
"We could have them watch us spar too." I said.
"That a good idea." Said Cloud.
We all finished our breakfast and I quickly went into my room to get my sword before going outside with everyone else to see all of Cloud's swords. He pressed a certain button on Fenrir and the sides opened up and all the hilts from his swords were sticking out. Cloud took one of them out and I saw that it was the one that he used against Sephiroth in Advent Children. I think it was called First Tsurugi? I'm not sure.
"It's huge. Is it heavy?"
"Not for me, but I'm not sure you could lift it."
"Let me see."
Oh no. Dad was going to make the worse mistake in his life. Might as well watch. Cloud handed his sword to Dad, but when it was in his hands, the weight of the sword cause him to fall over. He could barely lift it.
"It's heavy. How are you able to lift it?"
"I had Mako injections. They enhance the abilities of people, making them stronger than a normal person."
"Why did you get the injections?"
"If you wanted to work for the Shinra company or join a group of warriors that work for them called SOLDIER, you had to get them."
"So you were a SOLDIER?"
I knew Cloud didn't want to talk about what his first job was. He wanted to join SOLDIER but he never made it and instead become a regular Shinra guard. I thought that I should tell them that he worked as a SOLDIER once like he said he did in the Final Fantasy VII game.
"He was one, but now he's an ex-SOLDIER." I said.
It seemed that Cloud saw what I was trying to do, so he joined in.
"Like Tori said, I was in SOLDIER."
"I think we're ready to watch you guys spar." Said Jackie.
For once, I was thankful for Jackie changing the subject. We all went into the backyard since we would have enough space to fight. Mom, Dad, and Jackie went to sit on the porch to watch.
I got my sword out and Cloud still had his. I did the first move to start the fight and charged towards him to attack him, only for him to block me. He tried to slash at me, but I jumped out of the way just in time. I knew that Cloud was good at fighting, so I tried to think of a way to win. I soon got an idea in my head.
I charged at him and attack him high up. He brought up his sword but I simply slashed at him from below, causing him to fall to the ground. I placed the tip of my sword to his throat.
"Give up?" I asked.
I expected him to just give up, but what happened next took me by surprise. He kicked my feet from under me and I fell to the ground as he got up. I quickly got up just in time to see Cloud quickly take his sword apart so that he was hold to swords in his hand.
"Oh shit!" I thought. "He must of known that what I did to him was going to happen so he tricked me."
I then jumped backwards as Cloud swung his sword at me. He has an advantage over me with having two sword. He swung again and I blocked it, but he used his other sword to knock me to the ground. I was about the get up, but the tip of Cloud's sword was to my neck.
"I win." He said with a smirk.
"And I give up." I said.
He took his sword away from my neck and helped me to my feet. I then heard clapping and saw that it was coming from my family.
"Great job." I heard Jackie.
"Oh, by the way. Ashleigh's coming back home for her break today." Said Mom.
"She is?" I asked.
"You know what that means?"
"We get to play DDR!"
"DDR?" Asked Cloud.
"It's short for Dance Dance Revolution. It's video game that's really fun. We always play it every night when Ashleigh comes back." I explained. "I'll have to teach you how to play before she gets here. I should actually teach you now, since I have an idea that it'll take awhile for you to get used to it."
"Okay."
Everyone else went inside except for Cloud and I. I went with him to put his sword back in Fenrir. After he was done, we went back inside.
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