disclaimer: FF7 doesn't belong to me. In no way, shape or form. Damn it...
Lost In My Father's Shadow - ch.1 - by neko_valentine
Fourteen years later, Cloud Strife sat at the counter reading a magazine in the new and improved Seventh Heaven in Kalm. He and Tifa had started work on it and made it their home almost a day after Sephiroth had been defeated.
"Cloud?" came Tifa's voice from upstairs. "Could you come here for a second?"
"Gimme a second, Tif," he replied as he finished off the page he was reading. He headed upstairs and into the room where Tifa's voice had come from. "Yes, Tif?"
Tifa smiled at him. "Could I see your shirt for a second?"
"Why?" Cloud asked, puzzled.
"Because that's the same shirt you wore when you defeated Sephiroth and it's all torn and stuff so I thought you'd like a new one," she said and took a deep breath. "So I need to see that one so I know what size to make it."
He shrugged. "Ok..." he said and slipped off the purple tank top. He handed it to her. "Here ya go."
She smiled. "Thanks." She pointed to the bed. "You can sit there if you want. I'll only be a minute."
Cloud nodded and headed over to the bed. He sat down on one side, his back to her. He was starting to get a chill from the lack of clothing on his upper body.
After a few minutes, Tifa finished. "Here you are, Cloud!" she said. "All don-" She stopped abruptly as she caught sight of his back. Her eyes widened as she saw all the long, nasty looking scars all over his back. "Cloud, what happened to your back!?"
He turned around so he faced her. "Nothing... It's nothing."
Tifa flocked to him like a worried mother hen. "Those scars don't look like nothing!!" she exclaimed. "What happened?! That didn't happen while we were on our journey, did it?! Tell me! I need to know!!"
"No... it didn't... it's from-"
A sudden knock at the front door interrupted Cloud's statement. "I'll get that," he said. In his mind he was getting ready to kiss the person who'd knocked. He grabbed his shirt and put it on as he made his way down the stairs and to the front door.
He opened the door and had to look down. He saw a small, brown haired girl standing there; she had on a red halter top and baggy blue jeans. Her eyes shone a beautiful silver-gray and she wore a familiar green headband with two brown braids sticking out of the back. She kind of looked like...
"Yuffie?" he said. "Is that you?"
The girl smirked and flung herself at him. She hugged him tightly around the waist. "Yup!" she said cheerfully. "For a second there I thought you didn't recognize me!"
Cloud smiled. "How could I forget the girl who stole all of AVALANCHE's materia?" he said as he hugged her back.
"I apologized for that!" she exclaimed.
"Hey, Cloud?" came Tifa's voice from upstairs. "Who's at the door?"
"Yuffie," Cloud called back.
A scoff could be heard from upstairs. "Well, invite her in already!"
Cloud looked down at the little ninja and realized that he still had her in an embrace. Not that it was bad or anything...
'Wait a minute!' he thought. 'Not that bad? Where the hell did that come from? I couldn't be... falling for her... could I?' It was true that he'd kind of liked her on their adventures together, but he'd gotten over that! Hadn't he?
Yuffie stood there, hugging Cloud around the waist, seeming unwilling to let go. 'Oh man,' she thought. 'If only I could stay like this forever...' Her eyelids dropped shut a little before she realized what she was saying. 'What the HELL?!' she thought. 'I don't like Cloud, do I? Oh man, Tifa's gonna kill me! Not if she doesn't find out though! Heh heh...' She pulled out of the embrace and smiled up at him.
"Well, are you gonna invite me in or am I going to have to go to a hotel?" she asked, mock angry.
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~fin of ch.1~
A/N: Tell me what you think. Be honest. It might turn out a little different than you expected, but that's 'kay! ~__^ Anywho, R+R and I'll be very happy! Oh, and if you know what's gonna happen (or you think you know) then don't say so in a review. Tell me in an e-mail. Some people aren't as smart as you are!
Lost In My Father's Shadow - ch.1 - by neko_valentine
Fourteen years later, Cloud Strife sat at the counter reading a magazine in the new and improved Seventh Heaven in Kalm. He and Tifa had started work on it and made it their home almost a day after Sephiroth had been defeated.
"Cloud?" came Tifa's voice from upstairs. "Could you come here for a second?"
"Gimme a second, Tif," he replied as he finished off the page he was reading. He headed upstairs and into the room where Tifa's voice had come from. "Yes, Tif?"
Tifa smiled at him. "Could I see your shirt for a second?"
"Why?" Cloud asked, puzzled.
"Because that's the same shirt you wore when you defeated Sephiroth and it's all torn and stuff so I thought you'd like a new one," she said and took a deep breath. "So I need to see that one so I know what size to make it."
He shrugged. "Ok..." he said and slipped off the purple tank top. He handed it to her. "Here ya go."
She smiled. "Thanks." She pointed to the bed. "You can sit there if you want. I'll only be a minute."
Cloud nodded and headed over to the bed. He sat down on one side, his back to her. He was starting to get a chill from the lack of clothing on his upper body.
After a few minutes, Tifa finished. "Here you are, Cloud!" she said. "All don-" She stopped abruptly as she caught sight of his back. Her eyes widened as she saw all the long, nasty looking scars all over his back. "Cloud, what happened to your back!?"
He turned around so he faced her. "Nothing... It's nothing."
Tifa flocked to him like a worried mother hen. "Those scars don't look like nothing!!" she exclaimed. "What happened?! That didn't happen while we were on our journey, did it?! Tell me! I need to know!!"
"No... it didn't... it's from-"
A sudden knock at the front door interrupted Cloud's statement. "I'll get that," he said. In his mind he was getting ready to kiss the person who'd knocked. He grabbed his shirt and put it on as he made his way down the stairs and to the front door.
He opened the door and had to look down. He saw a small, brown haired girl standing there; she had on a red halter top and baggy blue jeans. Her eyes shone a beautiful silver-gray and she wore a familiar green headband with two brown braids sticking out of the back. She kind of looked like...
"Yuffie?" he said. "Is that you?"
The girl smirked and flung herself at him. She hugged him tightly around the waist. "Yup!" she said cheerfully. "For a second there I thought you didn't recognize me!"
Cloud smiled. "How could I forget the girl who stole all of AVALANCHE's materia?" he said as he hugged her back.
"I apologized for that!" she exclaimed.
"Hey, Cloud?" came Tifa's voice from upstairs. "Who's at the door?"
"Yuffie," Cloud called back.
A scoff could be heard from upstairs. "Well, invite her in already!"
Cloud looked down at the little ninja and realized that he still had her in an embrace. Not that it was bad or anything...
'Wait a minute!' he thought. 'Not that bad? Where the hell did that come from? I couldn't be... falling for her... could I?' It was true that he'd kind of liked her on their adventures together, but he'd gotten over that! Hadn't he?
Yuffie stood there, hugging Cloud around the waist, seeming unwilling to let go. 'Oh man,' she thought. 'If only I could stay like this forever...' Her eyelids dropped shut a little before she realized what she was saying. 'What the HELL?!' she thought. 'I don't like Cloud, do I? Oh man, Tifa's gonna kill me! Not if she doesn't find out though! Heh heh...' She pulled out of the embrace and smiled up at him.
"Well, are you gonna invite me in or am I going to have to go to a hotel?" she asked, mock angry.
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~fin of ch.1~
A/N: Tell me what you think. Be honest. It might turn out a little different than you expected, but that's 'kay! ~__^ Anywho, R+R and I'll be very happy! Oh, and if you know what's gonna happen (or you think you know) then don't say so in a review. Tell me in an e-mail. Some people aren't as smart as you are!