Chapter 3: Defend You

A/N: Here we are in the next chapter in this installment. I hope you're looking forward to seeing Cloud get mad. I'm sure the title can explain why.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7. I do own Mikomi, Usagi, and Yuri while Bakuto Masaki owns Bakuto, Taimat and Myou.

Warning! There will be some future characters in this chapter, so if you don't want to know who they are, then don't read this chapter!

"Talking"

"Thinking"

Enjoy!

Cloud was pretty much out of it on the couch.

He spent the whole day training with Yuri and had to break up Naruto's latest fight with Sasuke.

Said blonde was sitting in a chair a little ways off with a huge bump on his head.

"Ni-san's hand really hurts sometimes" he thought.

The only way that Cloud could make Naruto stop fighting was a good whack in the head with his Buster Sword or a solid punch.

And to top it all off, he would put him in time out like he was a little kid.

Naruto pouted as he sat out in time out.

"I can't believe Ni-san would do this. I'm 13, not 3! He only does this to embarrass me and stab my pride! He never does this with Nee-Chan, well…he sort of does worse, he grounds her. Maybe I don't have it so bad after all"

He looked at his brother to see that he was out like a light.

A foxy grin appeared on his face.

"Looks like his training with Yuri wore him off. Since he's asleep, then maybe I don't have to sit in time out"

He slowly got up from his sleep and started to tip toe out of the living room.

"Don't even think about it" Cloud said without opening his eyes.

Naruto fell over anime style.

"AW, come on, Ni-san! How were you able to hear that?!"

Cloud cracked an eye open and looked at him.

"Having Mako run through your veins gives you an advantage. Now go back to your seat, you're still in time out"

Naruto grumbled and sat back down with a pout.

"You know, just because you're our older brother now doesn't mean you have to treat me like this. 3 year olds don't get time outs"

"Oh? And since when do 13 year olds fight with their teammates like they were 3? If you're going to act like I 3 year old, then you're going to be treated like one"

"That's not fair! It was all Sasuke's fault! He kept dissing me about my dream to become Hokage. He said I don't have what it takes!"

"Well, with the way that you're acting, he's right"

"What?!"

Realizing that he wasn't going to get any sleep, he sat up and looked at his brother.

"You think being Hokage is all fun and games? A Hokage needs to be level headed and suddenly fight anyone who ticks him off. You can't be Hokage if you're fighting with Sasuke on a daily basis. You need to act more mature. No one wants a childish Hokage"

Naruto just stuck his tongue out.

"Whatever. Like you know a Hokage can and can't do"

Cloud just lay back down.

"When you have Yuri for a Godmother, she tends to talk about random things. Being Hokage is one of them"

He closed his eyes to sleep again.

"Now you stay put and endure you're time out. You still have 15 minutes left"

Naruto crossed his arms and pouted.

When he figured that his brother was asleep, he stuck his tongue out at him.

"Saw that"

Mikomi came back from and Anbu mission two hours later.

Naruto jumped from his seat and ran to his sister for a hug.

"Hi, Nee-chan! Welcome home!"

Mikomi didn't say anything and just hugged him in return.

Her fox mask was secured tightly over her face, so no one really saw her expression.

She looked at Cloud and waved at him.

Cloud found this odd.

She never waved at him when she came home from a mission. What made it even odder was that she didn't take her mask off, which she normally did when she came home.

Mikomi let Naruto go and went to head upstairs.

"Freeze" Cloud said.

Mikomi halted when she got to the first step.

Cloud got up from where he sat on the couch and walked over to her.

Mikomi kept her back to him the whole time.

"Turn around" he ordered.

She did as she was told and looked at him, but kept her head bowed.

Cloud lifted her chin with his finger and examined her for a moment.

Without warning, he gently took her mask off to reveal her face.

What he saw completely took him off guard.

His sister's normally bright green eyes were all blood shot and had tear streaks running down her face.

She had been crying.

"What happened?" he asked softly.

Mikomi looked away from her brother and just shook her head.

"Nothing, it was just a long day"

"Don't lie to me. You don't cry so easily, so what happened?"

Mikomi just rubbed her eyes and gave him a stubborn look.

"Nothing, I just had a long day and I'm really tired. It that a crime? Am I not allowed to be tired?" She snapped.

Cloud glared at her .

"Don't get snippy with me"

"I'm not. Now could you please leave me alone so I can rest up?"

She stormed upstairs and slammed her door.

Naruto looked uneasy.

"Nee-chan is mad"

"I don't think mad is the right word" Cloud said. "I think she's upset"

Naruto looked at his brother.

"What would she be upset about?"

"That's what I would like to know"

He grabbed his Buster Sword that was leaned against the wall and strapped it to his back.

"I'll be back. I'm going to ask Myou what's going on"

"What should I do then?" Naruto asked.

"Just stay put. I shouldn't be gone for very long"

"What should I do about dinner?"

Cloud just raised his eyebrow at him.

"Does he think about nothing but food?"

"See if Bakuto will make something, if not, then you can order out. And don't order just ramen" he warned.

He remembered when he let Naruto order out, he ordered at least 70 bowls of ramen.

Naruto laughed nervously.

"Ok. Just be careful, ok Ni-san?"

"I will, and you stay out of trouble"

"Fine"

Cloud walked outside to find Mikomi's loyal lieutenant .

It didn't take him long to track down the Hyuga.

Myou's blue hair made her stand out in the streets.

"Myou!"

He flagged her down as he went up to her.

They Hyuga gave him a soft smile.

"Hello, Cloud-san. What brings you here?"

Cloud didn't beat around the bush and just straight out told her what was on his mind.

"Mikomi came home crying today. Since she doesn't normally cry, I figured something was up and she won't tell me. Do you know what's going on?"

Myou's face grew sad.

She fiddled with her fingers in a Hinata manner.

"W-well…when we were doing our daily patrols, we passed by this drunk who recognized her and, um…said something to her"

"What did he say?"

Myou bit her lip as she looked at the ground.

"Well…he called her the you-know-what"

Cloud's blood ran cold.

He knew what you-know-what meant.

Jinchuriki.

That was a bad word to him and the rest of AVALANCHE. No one said that word unless they wanted to be punished.

He remembered the last time someone called his sister by that name.

Flashback

Naruto and Cloud sat by Ichiraku Ramen as they waited for their sister.

Naruto's stomach growled loudly with hunger.

"Ni-san, can't we just eat now? I'm starving"

Cloud gave him a look.

"No. We're waiting for sis. She always waits for us, so we'll wait for her. It's only fair"

"Well being fair sucks. I'm hungry"

"Just suck it up"

Mikomi ran over to them.

She waved her hand as she got closer.

"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late!"

As she got closer, she passed an old drunk who stuck his foot out and made her trip.

She fell face first into the dirt.

Cloud got up from his seat and quickly help her up.

"You ok?"

She nodded but held her scraped arm.

The drunk just gave her a dirty look.

"Watch where you're going, you filthy Jinchuriki"

End Flashback

Her face after that pained him greatly.

She was strong and never cried about anything, but when it came to that, she would just break down.

He remembered after words that she was sobbing and didn't want to eat her ramen.

His hand balled into a fist.

Someone was going to get hurt.

Myou looked at him uneasily.

"Cloud-san? Are you ok?"

His mako blue eyes were as cold as ice.

"Do you know where this asshole went?"

Myou thought for a moment.

"Last I saw, he was at the bar. He was wearing his Jonin outfit and he had red messy hair. I think he's still there"

"Thanks"

He walked off to the bar.

He cracked his knuckles as he went.

He didn't care how much trouble he was going to be in when was through with this guy, but that didn't matter.

All that mattered to him was that he needed to defend his little sister.

The bar was pretty much empty when he stepped in. The only people who were around were a couple of old drunks and what looked liked to be Tsunade passed out in one of the booths.

He spotted the red head right away.

He was sitting on one of the bar stools and did a few shots.

Cloud's jaw went rigid as he walked over to him.

This guy was going to wish that he didn't mess with his sister.

When he was right behind him, he swung him around in his seat until he faced him.

The drunk was surprised. He didn't remember moving.

He looked at Cloud and gave him a drunken smile.

"Hey, if it isn't the Jinchuriki's brother. How are ya doin?"

Cloud grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him off his seat.

"You and I need to have a little talk"

He dragged him outside and slammed him against the nearest wall.

"Hey! What was that for?" the drunk slurred.

Cloud didn't pay any attention to it and just chewed him out.

"Rumor has it that you were picking on my sister"

The Drunk hiccupped.

"Me? Naw, I was just saying hi to her, that's all"

"What did you say to her?"

The drunk looked as if he was thinking for a moment.

"Let me see, um…Oh yeah! I said 'how're you doing, you filthy Jinchuriki'"

Cloud slammed him into the wall again.

"Hey, that hurt" the drunk whined.

Cloud didn't pay attention to his whining.

"Listen, you stuck up, drunken excuse for a ninja. Don't you ever that way about my sister, or even my brother for that matter. They have done nothing wrong to deserve to be treated like this. "

He let him go and watched as he dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes.

"If I ever hear that you were harassing my sister again, then you're going to be my next target dummy for training"

He started to walk away, but the drunk stopped him with his next comment.

"Why do you care so much for that monster?" he slurred.

"Why do you defend that abomination, know it caused this village so much trouble for this village?"

Cloud just gave him an icy glare.

"Because she's my sister. That's the only reason I need"

He left the drunk and went back home to see how Mikomi was doing.

Mikomi sat on her bed while she clutched Haruna to her chest.

(A/N: Haruna is a character that we'll see later on in the main story)

The little robot looked at her master sadly.

She still had tears running down her face.

Zack jumped up on the bed and nudged her with his nose.

"Don't cry, Mikomi. I'm sure that drunk didn't mean it"

Mikomi just shook her head.

"He meant it. Everyone in this village hates my brother and I. I don't see what they have to treat us this way when we did nothing wrong"

The wolf nuzzled his master.

"Don't say that. We don't hate you"

Haruna agreed.

"That's right. We love you very much. You're a good person and you've never done anything bad to anyone. Well...that is except on missions."

Mikomi gave them a weak smile.

"Thanks guys"

Someone suddenly knocked on her door.

"It's me" Cloud said. "Can I come in?"

When she said yes, the blonde came in.

He saw that she was still crying a tiny bit.

He sat on the edge of her bed and looked at her.

"I heard about what happened today"

Mikomi looked away embarrassed.

"Why didn't you tell me what was going on?"

She just held Haruna tighter.

"It's because I've dealt with it before and it was no big deal"

"Says the girl who is crying her eyes out"

Cloud rubbed her shoulder.

"Mikomi. I'm your older brother now. You need to tell these things. How am I going to protect you if you just hide things from me and cry in your room"

He gave her a soft smile.

"I don't want to see you cry like that. It makes me really sad. You don't want to see me sad, do you?"

Mikomi shook her head.

"Then let me see a smile"

She managed to give him a small smile.

"That's better"

He pulled her into a hug.

"Just remember that I'm here for you. Ok? I'll always look after you"

Mikomi hugged her brother in return.

"Thanks, Ni-san"

Zack pounced on them.

"Hey! I want a hug too!"

Haruna jumped into a group as well.

"Me too!"

They all laughed as they were in a pile.

Naruto poked his head through the door with an uneasy look on his face.

"Um… Ni-san?"

Cloud looked at his brother and knew that something bad had happened.

"What is it?"

"Um, I did what you said about ordering out for dinner and not to go crazy buying ramen"

"Ok"

"Well, I thought it would be cool if we had sushi for dinner, but I didn't know how many platters to get for everyone, and they only sell them by a dozen"

"Ok"

"Well, I asked for 12 of them, since I thought that would be enough to everyone, but I guess they only sell them in dozens"

Cloud didn't like where this was going.

"What are you trying to get at, Naruto?"

Naruto gulped a little.

"I might have accidently order 12 dozen platters of sushi"

Cloud's eyes bugged out.

He dashed downstairs to see the kitchen filled with takeout sushi.

"NARUTO!!!!!!"

Naruto gulped as he tried to run outside to hide.

Cloud grabbed him by the back of his collar and held him up to his eye level.

"What did I tell you about over doing it on take out?! Do you realize how much this probably cost?!"

Naruto waved his hands defensively.

"It's not like I used your cash or anything. Yuri gave me pervy sage's credit card and told me to use it for situations like this"

"Cloud held the bridge of his nose with his free hand.

"You are such an idiot that it scares me"

Mikomi came downstairs and looked at all of the food that was in the kitchen.

She suddenly burst out laughing and fell to her knees.

Zack came down and laughed too when he saw everything.

"Aw man, we're going to be eating a lot of fish for a while" the wolf laughed.

Naruto laughed a little too when he saw his sister which turned into a nervous laugh when he saw his brother's stern look.

Cloud just sighed and let Naruto go.

It couldn't be helped that his brother was a natural idiot.

But at least he was able to make Mikomi smile.

Mikomi finally calmed herself down and got up.

"Hey, Ni-san. Let's have a big dinner tonight since we have all of this sushi"

Cloud just sighed, but agreed.

Zack ran up the stair and shouted out that they were having order out for dinner.

That was good news to everyone because that meant that Yuri wasn't cooking and meant they weren't going to be sick tonight.

Naruto started bringing the sushi platters to the dining room with Clouds help.

The blonde was about to go to the next room, when Mikomi hugged him from behind.

"Thanks for looking out for me, Ni-san"

Cloud gave her a small smile.

"It's like I said. I'm your big brother, I'll always look out for you"

Mikomi smiled at him and helped him bring the food into the dining room.

The rest of the night was spent eating the tons of sushi that Naruto bought them.

That night, Jiraiya went through his wallet and noticed that something was missing.

"Hey, where's my credit card?"

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