III Miss Cloud

He made sure Cloud got Aerith home safely before leaving them alone to go find Angeal. He had to talk to him about Cloud being able to hear him, and what ShinRa was doing. It wasn't hard to find him, especially considering he did have to do any searching. All he had to do was concentrate on the person or place he wanted to go, and the lifestream took him there. It was really convenient for him, especially when he had to bounce back and forth between Aerith and Cloud.

"And you're absolutely sure of this?" Angeal asked when Zack was done telling him what had happened.

"Yeah, he talked back to me and everything"

"Interesting" he said as he paced a bit as he thought it over. "And you said Aerith is the last ancient?"

"Yeah. Does that mean something to you?"

"Well, years ago I read some things about the Ancients. Apparently they could hear and talk to the planet, so it's a bit strange that Cloud can hear you, but she can't"

Zack blinked. It made sense, but at the same time it just made things more confusing.

"So what exactly are you saying?" he asked, trying to put everything together.

"Well," Angeal began. "It could be that since you and Cloud were close friends and he's taken on your identity by mistake that you have a connection, but it's just a theory"

The next day when he went to check on Cloud and Aerith again, he got a bit of a surprise: Cloud was wearing a dress. A very girly, silky, purple dress with a big red bow in the back. He raised an eyebrow at this wondering what the heck was going on, and couldn't help but chuckling.

"You need a wig" Aerith told him.

Of course at that Zack just burst out laughing at the whole situation, and judging by Cloud's expression he guessed he could hear him again, and was trying to figure out where his voice was coming from.

For the next couple of hours he followed them around Wall Market and got Cloud his wig, as well as some make up, perfume, and some jewelry to complete the look. He also found out that they were trying to get into Don Cornero's place to get Tifa, and Cloud needed to pretend to be a girl to get in.

It made sense, but when he saw Cloud come out of the dressing room he couldn't help laughing again, and while he knew he was probably wishing he was never born, it was just to much, especially when Aerith called him "Miss Cloud". Man how he wished he had a camera.

Then Aerith took her time to change, and came out wearing a cherry red spaghetti strap dress that went a little passed her knees, and her usual braided hair down so it hung down her back very waves from always having it braided.

Wow...

He had a hard time not drooling over her, and he noticed even Cloud was blushing and trying not to stare.

They then put their little plan into action, and he followed them to see how it turned out, and to make sure that none of the perverts touched Aerith. They found Tifa in the basement, and she explained that she needed to interrogate Cornero for AVALANCHE, and therefore had to be the girl he picked for the night, but then Aerith said that she and Cloud could be the other two girls, so she wouldn't have to worry about not being picked.

They agreed, but both he and Cloud weren't to happy about it. Zack didn't want Aerith to get involved in this, especially on the off change that she would get picked. Thankfully, that's not how it worked out.

"Woo-hoo," Corneo hooted, jumping up. "I've made up my mind! My choice for tonight is...This healthy-looking girl!" he shouted pointing at Cloud of all people.

Relief swept over Zack and Aerith, and both of them started chuckling

"Wa, wait a sec!" Cloud said freaking out, but then realized he didn't change his voice. "I mean, uh, please wait a moment!" he corrected in a more high pitched female voice.

"Woo-hoo! I love chickies who play hard to get! Yeowza!"

Oh how he had to see how his old friend handled this.

"You can have the other ones!" Corneo told his assistants.

"Yes, sir! Thank you sir!"

Ok change of plan; he had to beat up the guy that was gonna try and get his hands on Aerith.

Touching things was similar to the way he could travel, but required more focus and concentration. His main thought had to be on the solid object he wanted to touch, otherwise it wouldn't work and he would pass right through it. In this case, it wasn't that difficult for him. Since his main thought at the moment when Aerith was being led down to the basement was "I'm gonna beat the crap out of this guy" he just changed it to "I'm gonna kick this guy in the balls" when he started to chase Aerith around the room when she tried to get away.

So, With the right timing, Zack got in front of him, and gave him a nice kick in the crotch. This of course caught him completely by surprise, and stumbled over from the pain giving Aerith the chance to run upstairs and get away.

She then met up with Tifa (Who had also gotten away) and they changed back into their regular clothes, then barged into the Don's room to see Corneo puckered up within an inch of Cloud's face, which, in turn, was nearly the same shade of red as the bright blinding red walls.

"..."

"Cloud..." Tifa said. "Were you really..."

Cloud quickly shook his head and bolted for the girls.

"What's goin' on? Somebody get in here NOW!" Cornero shouted

"No one'll be coming to help," Tifa said, voice cold.

They made their threats, and eventually convinced him to talk. He told them that ShinRa was planning to break the support system of the Sector 7 plate, they would kill hundreds in the slums just to get rid of AVALANCHE. Zack had a feeling that his days of laughter were over, and he was right.

Author's Notes

Alright here's the next chapter. Plot wise only the beginning's important, but I just had to do the Wall Market scene. Again I took some of the game's dialogue, but only a little in this chapter. So, please review, and I should update again shortly.