Chapter 20: First love, Second friends
Chapter 20
"You…Will never be a hero" Those words still haunted Cloud Strife more than anything he couldn't sleep the night before….the day he fought him for some reason it hurt more than it should've. He kept spacing out in his brooding even Yuffie's antics couldn't break him from his slump. He still laid in bed sulking, even after the first night of sleeping ever so close to Tifa…he couldn't bring himself to forget, and Tifa knew that, and thought of the only way to break him of it.
"You're going to WHAT!" Yuffie screeched
"You heard me; this is the only way for him to understand…that he's a hero to us…" Tifa couldn't help but fidget
"You…you could just give him a heartwarming speech, I think you're just trying to justify going this far because you're sexually frustrated" Cid deduced much to Yuffie's shock
"N-No I'm not!" She retaliated embarrassed enough as it is
"Ten to one you've been trying to keep quiet while in bed because you realized how close he was to you every night and couldn't keep it in your pants but at the same time hoped he'd notice and take advantage of yu-" Cid's rant was effectively silenced by Tifa's fist to the face
"You jerk you just have to say things that you shouldn't because you have E.D!" To this Sora couldn't help but laugh although Yuffie couldn't help but take it a step further and was rolling around on the ground leaving trails of tears because of the laughing fit she was in.
"Now, if you two don't mind, leaving for a while, I want to make everything perfect!"
"What about Denzel and Marlene?" Sora asked a bit perplexed at her idea
"Barrett took care of them" Tifa quipped
"What about Tidus, Yuna, Wakka and –"He was tackled
"Rikku reporting for…Hey what happened to daddy?" She asked in a blur of words
"Dammit Tidus, why didn't you just leave when I asked…this is my story dammit!" Sora shouted much to his dismay it just made her tug on the teen that much tighter
"Rikku didn't want to leave her papa or you, that and I thought this would be funny, and don't take Auron's words as your own!"
"Why does it matter apparently I learned more from him than you did!" Sora shouted now squirming under the pressure of having his torso squeezed
"Let go of him Rikku he's mine!" Yuffie shouted tackling
"So, learn to share!" Rikku squealed
"I don't have to share when he's my boyfriend!" Yuffie retaliated
"No rule against sharing those ether!"
Ohhh…no" Sora mentally chanted over and over
"Enough, Rikku, Yuffie don't even think about running today, if you both want to fight over Sora, do it somewhere else!" Tifa's attitude was more than angry furious even…not wanting to get her angry Yuffie stalked off with Sora a clinging Rikku as well as Yuna and Tidus, Wakka had already left when he had the chance not wanting to cause problems let alone miss the birth of his child.
"Must be nice, having a child don't you think? Yuna asked a bit warmly and Tidus had a bit of a shocked look to him
"Well, I don't know if Tidus would be the best father around" Sora laughed much to Yuna's small pout
"He isn't as bad of a guy as you make him out to be, and how do we know your all you're cracked up to be!" Yuna retaliated much to
"I'm only joking with him he knows that, and as far as me being all I'm cracked up to be…to take a quote from our own Solider, you, could never understand! Sephiroth, is a monster"
"This Sephiroth is probably nothing to sin" Yuna retaliated Sora's as well as Yuffie's faces grew hard an ebb of hurt washed over their faces and anguish in their hearts...
"Tidus, didn't you say that was a giant fish…?" Sora asked side glancing to Tidus
"Yeah but inside it, was my father" Tidus said coolly
"Huh, odd I guess all the child abuse he caused you -"Tidus silenced him hitting the brunette in the jaw hard
"Don't you dare talk about my dad like you know him!" Tidus shouted
"Even if I don't know him I know you hate him, furthermore you hitting me was uncalled for, if you really want to do this, I won't hold back!" Sora's eyes flickered
"Sora~! Quit being an instigator and let's go before Tifa gets angry and beats all of us," Yuffie shouted grabbing the brunettes hand and rushing off much to the protests of Rikku
"I never…really did get to learn much about you, did I…Tidus"
Cloud sat up again from his monumental amount of brooding, he didn't even remember why he was anymore, he tried getting up only to quickly figure out his body felt like glass and he felt a hand clasp around his.
"You…don't have to be alone, Cloud I'm here with you just like everyone else"
"Tifa…" Cloud whispered
"I want to prove to you, how much you mean to me, if you'll let me" Cloud's eyes had a small glimmer even among his soulless blue eyes
"Tifa…what do you mean…" He asked almost…afraid
"Let me show you…"
"But…I'm afraid to let you love me, what if you get hurt…"
On the outskirts of town they sat, the young ninja and the keyblade's chosen one leaning against each other in a moment of bliss watching the sun slowly fall into the abyss of the sky so many questions that could've been answered at that moment but Sora didn't take the initiative Yuffie did.
"You, love me right…?" She asked softly much to Sora's shock
"Of course I do what would you have me do to prove it, meet your father?" Sora asked a bit rushed
"You'd meet daddy? But he's…" Yuffie stopped shortly after words looking for the correct way to put it
"A giant samurai" Sora sweat dropped
"You'd have to fight him to win his approval" Yuffie finished looking directly into his sun covered blue eyes, which only added to the brightness within them
"I'd do anything to prove it." He gently kissed the hyperactive ninja much to her surprise she returned it, but it ended all too quickly
"Sora! Does that mean you'd fight my daddy too?"
"…Beating up Cid would only make things…worse"
"Oh c'mon why are you only-" the rest of the conversation faded for Yuffie as her eyes were glued to the brunette with a sympathetic smile on his face a small smile found its way to her face
"Then it's settled, will meet him, after this is over…" Yuffie whispered to herself a radiant glow hued in her eyes
"You really have changed…haven't you Tidus" Sora asked amongst the talking of females who quickly dispersed into the sleeping quarters
"Do you really expect me to stay a kid forever?" He asked flabbergasted
"Sorry," Tidus looked at him utterly confused "For saying those things, I don't know what you went through, but if I had been there you wouldn't have been the star" Sora chuckled
"If I had gone with you on your journey you sure as hell wouldn't be not even a supporting role!" Tidus shot back
"Well…at least we have this journey together, hope you can share the spotlight even if it is just for a little bit" Sora said softly
"Of course, will stop that Genesis bastard together, and end this once and for all!" Tidus smirked
"YOU GUYS KEEP IT DOWN OR I"LL HURT YOU!" Tifa screamed
Sora ran for the window as did Tidus both in panic and fear of the hostess they both ran for it when the door opened to show a barely clothed Tifa and a half naked Cloud.
They both stopped a few feet away from the door of the seventh heaven the females of the group now looking out of windows hoping to hear the conversation
"…It's been five hours and you guys have been in there long enough…Cloud put your pants back on" Sora tried to reason
"Don't tell me when to put my pants back on we weren't even cl-"Cloud was stopped by obnoxious noises
"I can't hear you I don't want to know what you two did lalalalala!" Sora chanted as he ran away with Tidus following suit Yuffie and Yuna shouting for them to return and Rikku cheering on the couple below
"Even now, they both can still act like children…" Tifa smiled sadly
"They aren't going to get beaten down by what happened before…they won't let Genesis get to them, and we shouldn't ether" Cloud picked up Tifa in a bridal fashion
"Let's go back inside, I still have some forgetting to do" Cloud whispered huskily into Tifa's ear as he closed the door leaving Sora and Tidus to fend for themselves
"Shouldn't we go back?" Tidus shouted
"Do you want to hear them having sex!" Sora retorted
"Good point…" Tidus responded in a dismayed fashion
Near the old church Genesis couldn't help but smirk he found a box, nearly empty but still a bit left were the remains of her.
"I've finally found you…Jenova" Genesis smirked as he slowly but elegantly drank her remains
"Now, shall I show them the power for a true hero?" Genesis asked himself in a state of hysteria