Part XLI

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Leon: whatever. here's the map. *hands it to Cloud* we want to find Balamb Seed Acadamy.
Leon: *opens his newspaper*
Cloud: ......and where are we now?
Yuffie: Give me that, useless. *takes map from him*
Cloud: .......
Yuffie: *looks at it* Balamb Market Plaza.
Yuffie: ...oohh..let's shop for a little bitttt
Leon: ...
Tifa: So we have to get over here...*traces a finger on the map*
Yuffie: Yeah.
Tifa: Um, I think we brought everything we need right now.
Tifa: We don't need to buy anything.
Yuffie: wah. fine.
Cloud: ........
Yuffie: We just keep going down this road...
Tifa: Maybe when we're done with this job, okay?
-something runs into Cloud's side-
-followed by another something running into his side-
-AND IT CLINGS TO HIM, OMG-
Cloud: Woah! *nearly loses his balance*
Tifa: *turns around* Wha--
-smaller kid falls to the ground-
Izzy: (awwwww)
Izzy: (kids.)
Izzy: (littles kidssssssssssss [/Sora])
Izzy: (....)
Little girl: *stares at Cloud, before starting to back up*
Aki: (XDDD)
Aki: (kidssss)
Cloud: ...you all right?
Tifa: ....
Little boy: *also stares at him wide eyed*
Izzy: (I guess Cloud is kinda scary looking. XD)
Girl: ...*smiles slightly, before latching onto him*
Cloud: ....
Boy: protect us?
Tifa: From what?
Boy: ...They're after us…
Cloud: ...../why am I a little kid magnet.../
Aki: (He really is... XD)
Tifa: *crouches down to their eye level* Someone's chasing you?
Boy: *nods* They took my sister's voice. She can't talk anymore.
Boy: But we got away
Tifa: ...voice?
Cloud: ....
Girl: ...*gives her little brother a small glare*
Boy: >_>
Tifa: *turns to the girl* are you all right?
Girl: *nods* *points to Cloud*
Cloud: ......
Boy: Some how...we feel like we know him, so we ran here…
Tifa: ...?
Boy: Hard to explain.
Tifa: Well, it's okay now, we'll help you.
Boy: Thanks.
Tifa: Won't we, Cloud?
Cloud: ........
Girl: ...*offers the gil from her pocket*
Izzy: (he's like "...little kids are clinging to me...")
Tifa: oh…
Cloud: It's all right. I don't need any.
Izzy: (but he's got a soft spot for them. XD)
Girl: *writes with her shoe "Ester"*
Tifa: "Ester"....is that your name?
Leon: ...*leans over the paper* my father's city is Ester...hmm *mutters*
Girl: *nods*
Tifa: Oh.
Cloud: *looks up at him*
Boy: Aarao is me. So...We can...pay you back Cloud.
Leon: ...
Cloud: .....
Cloud: It's all right. I don't need money.
Aarao: *frowns*
Cloud: ...../well, I'm already getting paid anyway/
Aarao: *sighs* all right..
Tifa: Don't worry about it, okay?
Aki: (haha, 19,000 gil an hour XD)
Izzy: (XD)
Tifa: Leon, do you have any idea what might be happening?
Leon: *not really paying attention, but rather, is speaking with Yuffie*
Leon: That's what I thought… Give me my freaking glasses, Yuffie..
Tifa: *turns back to Aarao* Can you tell us what happened?
Yuffie: smilleeee
Aarao: ...The Galbadian soldiers are after us. I don't really under stand why. I think Ester might, but she wont tell me anything.
Tifa: Are they the ones who...took her voice?
Izzy: (haha, Tifa does all the talking XD)
Izzy: (Cloud's just like "....small....children.....")
Aarao: Well, they were the ones who took her away from the orphange when it was blown up..
Aki: (What the heck, Cloud. jeez)
Izzy: (XD)
Cloud: ......
Tifa: *turns back to Leon to see if he'll say anything*
Ester: *skips off a little ways to check out a rabbit at the side of a small pond*
Cloud: ...Leon.
Leon: What…
Cloud: You realize you haven't exactly briefed us on what we're here for?
Cloud: Is there a possibility it has something to do with this?
Leon: I hardly know myself...I just came because it involved the orphanage…
Leon: and because Irvine--
Aarao: IRVINE
Tifa: ?
Aarao: Irvine Kenneas? The sniper guy, right?
Leon: ...yeah.
Aarao: One of 'the' orphans...from the very beginning. With Edea, and Ultimacia and---
Leon: yes
Aarao: ...Like Zell and Squall and Ellone too!
Leon: ...Ellone.
Tifa: *watching Ester out of the corner of her eyes, just in case*
Cloud: ....and that means...
Ester: *comes back and hands Cloud and Tifa flowers and skips back over to the pond*
Tifa: Thank you. ^^
Cloud: .....
Leon: ...*frowns, paying a bit more attention to Ester*
Leon: Absolutely nothing...really. Right, kid? *looks at Aarao*
Aarao: They fought the Galbadian army all by themselves. Irvine teaches at that school, and Zell is the lunch man, and gives us food. Ellone is the one that takes care of us...and Squall died a while after the big battle.
Cloud: ..........
Leon: So, you want these fighters to stop the army?
Izzy: (Zell is the hot dog man. XD)
Aarao: Yeah…
Aki: (yeah XD)
Aarao: I want to be a Seed, and be as great as them! But I can’t. They wont let us, since we belong to the government, I guess.
Cloud: ......*staring at Leon*
Leon: ...You said Ellone earlier..
Tifa: *still watching Ester*
Aarao: Yeah, she takes care of us, like a mommy!
Leon: What a good sister..*mutters to himself*
Leon: Tell you what. We'll help you out…
Ester: *freaks out slightly, before running to hide behind Tifa*
Aarao: *hides under Cloud's flap of fabric*
Tifa: What's wrong?
Izzy: (XD how old is he?)
Aki: (like 5)
Izzy: (awww)
Izzy: (he's smart for a five-year old)
Aki: (Ester's like 6 or 7)
Izzy: (kay)
Aki: (well, he's had to talk for Ester for a while)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Aki: (XD)
Cloud: ......
Leon: ...*Takes his glasses off, wipes them and puts them back on*
Cloud: ...care to explain?
Yuffie: *staring in a shop window*
Leon: It's probably some soldiers. *shrugs*
Yuffie: But, they didn't come by here, how could they tell..
Leon: I duno.
Cloud: ....what I mean is, you seem to have some idea of what's going on.
Leon: ...Yeah.
Leon: I guess I do

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Leon: whatever. here's the map. *hands it to Cloud* we want to find Balamb Seed Acadamy.
Leon: *opens his newspaper*
Cloud: ......and where are we now?
Yuffie: Give me that, useless. *takes map from him*
Cloud: .......
Yuffie: *looks at it* Balamb Market Plaza.
Yuffie: ...oohh..let's shop for a little bitttt
Leon: ...
Tifa: So we have to get over here...*traces a finger on the map*
Yuffie: Yeah.
Tifa: Um, I think we brought everything we need right now.
Tifa: We don't need to buy anything.
Yuffie: wah. fine.
Cloud: ........
Yuffie: We just keep going down this road...
Tifa: Maybe when we're done with this job, okay?
-something runs into Cloud's side-
-followed by another something running into his side-
-AND IT CLINGS TO HIM, OMG-
Cloud: Woah! *nearly loses his balance*
Tifa: *turns around* Wha--
-smaller kid falls to the ground-
Izzy: (awwwww)
Izzy: (kids.)
Izzy: (littles kidssssssssssss [/Sora])
Izzy: (....)
Little girl: *stares at Cloud, before starting to back up*
Aki: (XDDD)
Aki: (kidssss)
Cloud: ...you all right?
Tifa: ....
Little boy: *also stares at him wide eyed*
Izzy: (I guess Cloud is kinda scary looking. XD)
Girl: ...*smiles slightly, before latching onto him*
Cloud: ....
Boy: protect us?
Tifa: From what?
Boy: ...They're after us…
Cloud: ...../why am I a little kid magnet.../
Aki: (He really is... XD)
Tifa: *crouches down to their eye level* Someone's chasing you?
Boy: *nods* They took my sister's voice. She can't talk anymore.
Boy: But we got away
Tifa: ...voice?
Cloud: ....
Girl: ...*gives her little brother a small glare*
Boy: >_>
Tifa: *turns to the girl* are you all right?
Girl: *nods* *points to Cloud*
Cloud: ......
Boy: Some how...we feel like we know him, so we ran here…
Tifa: ...?
Boy: Hard to explain.
Tifa: Well, it's okay now, we'll help you.
Boy: Thanks.
Tifa: Won't we, Cloud?
Cloud: ........
Girl: ...*offers the gil from her pocket*
Izzy: (he's like "...little kids are clinging to me...")
Tifa: oh…
Cloud: It's all right. I don't need any.
Izzy: (but he's got a soft spot for them. XD)
Girl: *writes with her shoe "Ester"*
Tifa: "Ester"....is that your name?
Leon: ...*leans over the paper* my father's city is Ester...hmm *mutters*
Girl: *nods*
Tifa: Oh.
Cloud: *looks up at him*
Boy: Aarao is me. So...We can...pay you back Cloud.
Leon: ...
Cloud: .....
Cloud: It's all right. I don't need money.
Aarao: *frowns*
Cloud: ...../well, I'm already getting paid anyway/
Aarao: *sighs* all right..
Tifa: Don't worry about it, okay?
Aki: (haha, 19,000 gil an hour XD)
Izzy: (XD)
Tifa: Leon, do you have any idea what might be happening?
Leon: *not really paying attention, but rather, is speaking with Yuffie*
Leon: That's what I thought… Give me my freaking glasses, Yuffie..
Tifa: *turns back to Aarao* Can you tell us what happened?
Yuffie: smilleeee
Aarao: ...The Galbadian soldiers are after us. I don't really under stand why. I think Ester might, but she wont tell me anything.
Tifa: Are they the ones who...took her voice?
Izzy: (haha, Tifa does all the talking XD)
Izzy: (Cloud's just like "....small....children.....")
Aarao: Well, they were the ones who took her away from the orphange when it was blown up..
Aki: (What the heck, Cloud. jeez)
Izzy: (XD)
Cloud: ......
Tifa: *turns back to Leon to see if he'll say anything*
Ester: *skips off a little ways to check out a rabbit at the side of a small pond*
Cloud: ...Leon.
Leon: What…
Cloud: You realize you haven't exactly briefed us on what we're here for?
Cloud: Is there a possibility it has something to do with this?
Leon: I hardly know myself...I just came because it involved the orphanage…
Leon: and because Irvine--
Aarao: IRVINE
Tifa: ?
Aarao: Irvine Kenneas? The sniper guy, right?
Leon: ...yeah.
Aarao: One of 'the' orphans...from the very beginning. With Edea, and Ultimacia and---
Leon: yes
Aarao: ...Like Zell and Squall and Ellone too!
Leon: ...Ellone.
Tifa: *watching Ester out of the corner of her eyes, just in case*
Cloud: ....and that means...
Ester: *comes back and hands Cloud and Tifa flowers and skips back over to the pond*
Tifa: Thank you. ^^
Cloud: .....
Leon: ...*frowns, paying a bit more attention to Ester*
Leon: Absolutely nothing...really. Right, kid? *looks at Aarao*
Aarao: They fought the Galbadian army all by themselves. Irvine teaches at that school, and Zell is the lunch man, and gives us food. Ellone is the one that takes care of us...and Squall died a while after the big battle.
Cloud: ..........
Leon: So, you want these fighters to stop the army?
Izzy: (Zell is the hot dog man. XD)
Aarao: Yeah…
Aki: (yeah XD)
Aarao: I want to be a Seed, and be as great as them! But I can’t. They wont let us, since we belong to the government, I guess.
Cloud: ......*staring at Leon*
Leon: ...You said Ellone earlier..
Tifa: *still watching Ester*
Aarao: Yeah, she takes care of us, like a mommy!
Leon: What a good sister..*mutters to himself*
Leon: Tell you what. We'll help you out…
Ester: *freaks out slightly, before running to hide behind Tifa*
Aarao: *hides under Cloud's flap of fabric*
Tifa: What's wrong?
Izzy: (XD how old is he?)
Aki: (like 5)
Izzy: (awww)
Izzy: (he's smart for a five-year old)
Aki: (Ester's like 6 or 7)
Izzy: (kay)
Aki: (well, he's had to talk for Ester for a while)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Aki: (XD)
Cloud: ......
Leon: ...*Takes his glasses off, wipes them and puts them back on*
Cloud: ...care to explain?
Yuffie: *staring in a shop window*
Leon: It's probably some soldiers. *shrugs*
Yuffie: But, they didn't come by here, how could they tell..
Leon: I duno.
Cloud: ....what I mean is, you seem to have some idea of what's going on.
Leon: ...Yeah.
Leon: I guess I do <_<
Cloud: *folds arms* "Squall died a while after the big battle" ....huh?
Aarao: Cloud should --Squall?
Aarao: *blinks* Where did that come from?
Aarao: He's a part of legendary history...so…
Leon: Let's head to the acadamy.
Cloud: It's nothing....look, Leon, I'm not trying to pry into your past, but I'd like a little more information before rushing into anything.
Leon: ...Well…
Aarao: ...so that makes you Squall.
Leon: No it doesn't mean anything.
Izzy: (haha, Cloud blew his cover. XD)
Aarao: Oh..okay.
Aki: (haha)
Aki: (Stupid cloud)
Izzy: (XD)
Izzy: (he doesn't understand why Leon is hiding XD)
Aarao: Oh right...forgot to mention that the Garden doesn't really...exist anymore...well...at least the west wing doesn't...there's been wars, and mentions of a certain type of people
Aarao: Who can help do something. I don’t know what, though. Blah.
Leon: It doesn't exist..anymore?
Aarao: Nope. blown up.
Izzy: (*totally lost*)
Aki: (I plotted)
Izzy: (haha)
Izzy: (*still totally lost*)
Aki: (ah, Leon wants to go the acadamy, but apparently it's dangerous.)
Izzy: (okay XD)
Aarao: Irvine would kick some asssss.
Aarao: I bet Cloud can kick ass.
Cloud: Maybe we should go find him first, then.
Tifa: *smiles a bit*
Ester: *nods at Aarao's comment*
Leon: ...He'd be at his house…
Cloud: ...which is...?
Leon: *points to a green house down the street*
Tifa: Maybe he can give us some answers.
Ellone: Kids! There you are!
Tifa: It looks like things have changed since you've been here, huh, Leon...
Ellone: *runs down the street*
Cloud: ....
Leon: Yea--...
Leon: *steps behind Cloud*
Cloud: .........
Ellone: Awww. I'm sorry mister...?
Cloud: It's Cloud Strife.
Tifa: it's all right, they weren't bothering us.
Ellone: oh..well..then..
Ellone: Thanks for watching out for them..
Ellone: I just lost them when they ran...they love being outside.
Tifa: Are you... Ellone, then?
Ellone: Yes…
Tifa: We're looking for a man named Irvine...
Ellone: Oh.
Ellone: He's at his house.
Ellone: I'll take you there.
Tifa: Thank you.
Cloud: ......
Cloud: ....Leon, what are you doing.
Ellone: ...
Leon: ...nothing.
Cloud: .......
Ellone: You've still got your horrible habits, don't you. I won’t tell anybody. *walks off, leading the way*
Tifa: ...is something...uhhh....
Leon: ................
Tifa: .....*decides not to ask, follows Ellone*
Aki: (cloud blew it twice XD)
Izzy: (XD I think that's his purpose here. XD)
Aki: (haha)
Izzy: (He really doesn't get why Leon's hiding. XD)
Yuffie: Come on Squall~ *runs off after Ellone* Elllllloonneeee~
Cloud: *shrugs and follows Tifa*
Leon: *annoyed*
Aarao: *clinging to Cloud still*
Estar: *taps Cloud's arm*
Cloud: ...what is it.
Ester: *takes his hand and puts something in it* Here...*runs after Ellone*
Cloud: .........
Aki: (she was obviously faking not speaking XD)
Cloud: *looks at it*
Cloud: *looks up after her*
Aki: (lol Yuffie would like it)
Izzy: (what is it? XD)
Izzy: (OH XD)
Aki: (XD)
Izzy: (*is slow*)
Aki: (no Materia in Balamb, though so..)
Izzy: (er...)
Aki: (but it's a materia)
Izzy: (okay XD)
Ellone: Halt!
Ellone: *opens the door* IRVINE KENNEAS, YOUVE GOT VISITORS
Aarao: ...chocobo!
Aarao: it's shineyyy.
Cloud: Yeah. Her name's Fenrir.
Aarao: Fenrirrr.
Aarao: Can I see her?
Cloud: She's still a baby, so be careful.
Cloud: She bites.
Cloud: Sometimes.
Aarao: Oh.
Aarao: *reaches up for the chocobo*
Aki: (Fenrir's lodged pretty deep in the pocket)
Izzy: (haha)
Cloud: Fenrir...be nice.
Fenrir: *sticks afoot against Cloud's back*
Cloud: ...ow.
Fenrir: ...wark.
Aarao: Chocobo…
Fenrir: *sticks head over the pocket*
Izzy: (such a cute image in my head right now... XD)
Aki: (XDD)
Aki: (sameee)
Aarao: Where'd you get the chocobo, Cloud? They're rare, around here..
Cloud: A friend gave her to me.
Cloud: he found her wild.
Aarao: A wild one?
Cloud: Yeah.
Aarao: that's pretty lucky..
Irvine: ...a wild GOLD chocobo? that's like...a one in a million chance. maybe a billion.
Izzy: (haha, here I was about to say "where's irvine?" XD)
Irvine: *picks Fenrir out of her pocket*
Cloud: ...hey...
Irvine: *looks at her *
Fenrir: ...*ruffles her feathers*
Izzy: (watch her bite him. XD)
Aki: (watch her meteor him XD)
Izzy: (XDD)
Izzy: (Cloud: ...oh yeah, I forgot to mention the flaming sky rocks.)
Leon: ...Cloud, don't let her fry anyone…
Fenrir: ....warrkkk..
Cloud: She won't. Fenrir...
Irvine: ...She's got some black on her too?
Cloud: what?
Irvine: she's got some black on her, as well. Not all gold chocobo, here.
Irvine: *shakes her a bit*
Cloud: ...hey--
Fenrir: Wark!
Fenrir: *bites his hand*
Irvine: ...Nice try pipsqueak. I handle chocobos every day. A bite doesn’t hurt.
Cloud: ......she doesn't just bite.
Fenrir: *ruffles feathers*
Fenrir: wrkkk...
Cloud: I wouldn't annoy her, unless you want to be pelted with flaming rocks...
Irvine: Ohh. Meteor. What level is she?
Izzy: (she SHOULD Meteor him. xD)
Aki: (XD)
Izzy: (Just because. )
Aki: (She's not in a good position for it XD)
Izzy: (aww)
Cloud: ....*reaches out to take her back*
Izzy: (he's like "...my baby.")
Irvine: *lets him take her back*
Aki: (good, Cloud. XD)
Irvine: Rinoa, Selphie! We’ve got a baby chocobo out here!
Cloud: *smooths her feathers back down* It's okay now.
Ellone: ...Seriously Irvine…
Fenrir: *snuggles in his hand*
Tifa: *somewhat amused by the whole thing*
Fenrir: *clicks her tongue slightly, before staring at the door*
Tifa: So you're Irvine? The one who asked for us?
Irvine: Yeah.
Irvine: so we've got Spiky, and hey there Yuffie..
Yuffie: Hi
Irvine: What's your name, miss? *looks to Tifa*
Tifa: *holds out a hand* I'm Tifa.
Tifa: Tifa Lockheart.
Irvine: *takes her hand* Nice to meet you.
Izzy: (Bond. James Bond. ...anyway.)
Aki: (XDD)
Cloud: .....
Aki: (watchout Tifa, Irvine's a womanizer..)
Izzy: (I know. XD)
Izzy: (she held out her hand to shake.)
Izzy: (somehow I don't think he's gonna let go right away...)
Aki: (he's not XD)
Aki: (Not until Selphie hits him XD)
Izzy: (hahaha now we get to see Cloud get jealous XD)
Tifa: ...umm...
Tifa: Pleased to meet you...
Irvine: Delighted here.
Tifa: .....*wondering why he's not letting go*
Cloud: ..........
Irvine: *gets hit on the back of the head*
Selphie: Bastard.
Selphie: *huffs*
Irvine: *lets go* ow..
Tifa: *a bit startled*
Selphie: I'm Selphie Tilmitt.
Irvine: Aha.
Fenrir: wark..
Tifa: Nice to meet you.
Cloud: .......
Tifa: Cloud!
Cloud: .....Cloud Strife....nice to meet you....
Selphie: nice to meet you too.
Izzy: (haha introductions...)
Yuffie: You know meee~
Selphie: Yuffie!
Rinoa: *comes downstairs* Oh, they're here already?
Izzy: (I love how everyone knows Yuffie XD)
Aki: (XDD )
Yuffie: :oo Hi Rinoaaa
Rinoa: Hello Yuffie! Long time no see!
Fenrir: warrrkkk.
Yuffie: :]
Cloud: .....
Fenrir: *hops out of his hands*
Rinoa: That's the chocobo Irvine was yelling about?
Rinoa: *crouches down to get a better look*
Fenrir: ....*blinks*
Rinoa: Well, aren't you a pretty little thing.
Irvine: It's tiniest I've seen EVER.
Yuffie: Small enough to live under Cloud's pants.
Irvine: ah.
Irvine: It's cute though.
Rinoa: Hello there. *smiles at Fenrir*
Fenrir: Wark~
Izzy: (I guess she likes cute things. XD)
Aki: (she has a dog, so yeah XD)
Aki: (Angelooo XD)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Grrface: ....RAGOONA.
Leon: what the HELL!
Rinoa: *stands up*
Leon: get off of me you---you..UGH.
Rinoa: *blinks*
Grrface: >_>
Cloud: *steps back and turns around to see what's going on*
Grrface: *on top of Leon's head*
Rinoa: ........
Leon: Get off, you retard.
Grrface: ....urbasrii
Leon: No, shut up.
Fenrir: ....*hides under Cloud's pants again cuz Grrface it there*
Irvine: But it's a wuss…
Irvine: All the chocobos here can handle a moomba.

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