This is an AU story, using the cast of Final Fantasy VII. It’s a supernatural story, inspired by too much X-files, set in New York in our days. The story deals with shounen-ai / yaoi, but isn’t likely to get too graphic, because I can’t write good lemons… …The pairings are Sephiroth x Cloud, Cid x Vincent and Sephiroth x Vincent.
The characters doesn’t belong to me, no matter how much I wish otherwise. Instead, they’re the property of Squaresoft, who probably won’t really need to sue me, seeing how I am a broke student while they are a giant company.
Cloud strode into the office, Cid following shortly behind. He walked over to the reception desk and firmly placed the rapport on the surface, causing the secretary to jump. “Jesus, Cloud. You know exactly how to scare me, don’t you?” Ruby, the secretary, asked, pulling the headset off. Cloud only snorted, a hidden smile flickering quickly over his lips. He eyed Ruby’s outfit with an amused expression. “Nice dress, Weapon. Is it new?” he asked. Ruby chuckled. “Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. I didn’t know you actually paid attention to what I wear, Agent Strife.”
“Hey, Strife! Quit hitting on the fucking secretary and let’s go!” Cid growled, obviously becoming impatient. Cloud and Ruby both started laughing, which caused Cid to glare at them. “What the fuck is so funny, huh? I can understand that you rather flirt with a pretty woman like that, but we have a fucking work to do!” By now, Ruby was laughing so hard she almost fell off her chair, and Cloud wasn’t much better. He straightened up, still laughing slightly, and looked at Cid. “I’m not flirting, Cid. Ruby’s my cousin. Besides, I prefer real females, if you get my point…” Cid’s eyes widened to an almost impossible size. “You’re a fucking guy?” he asked, shocked.
Ruby grinned, and offered a perfectly manicured hand. “Yes sir! Ruby Weapon, to your service!” Cid accepted the hand, but looked a bit green. Ruby just kept smiling, tilting his head. “You look a little sick. You’ve got problems with homosexuality? I can understand it if you do.” Cid shook his hair. “Nah, not against gays. Just can’t see why any sane man would want to dress like a fucking female.” Ruby slowly licked his red lips. “I’ve never claimed to be sane, Agent Highwind…”
Cloud snorted, and leaned over the desk to look at a bunch of photos that were lying there. He chuckled as he saw the one on the top, which showed a dark haired man with his hair in pigtails and wearing shocking pink make-up. “Sanity seems to be missing from your side of the gene pool, Ruby,” he said pushing the photo towards his cousin. Ruby smiled, looking positively wicked. “My dear brother doesn’t handle alcohol very well, it seems,” he said, studying his nails.
“Are you here to see Mr. Shinra?” He asked after a while. Cloud nodded, still shuffling through the photos. “Yeah, that was the fucking idea,” Cid growled. “But I guess he’s playing unavailable again, that fucking brat.” Ruby giggled slightly, covering his mouth with his hand. “Nah, not today. But his ‘secretary’ is with him, so I doubt he’ll be in a good mood.” Cloud groaned. He wasn’t very fond of Scarlet Mirage, the head of the weapon division, and Mr. Shinra’s self-appointed ‘secretary’. It was common knowledge that she wanted to be Mrs. Shinra, to Rufus Shinra’s disgust.
“You don’t like her? How can that possibly be? She’s so charming!” Ruby said, sarcasm dripping off every syllable. Cloud gave him a nasty look, and put down the photos. “Oh, I don’t know,” he said, “I guess it’s the whole ‘bitch’ image. It’s a real turn-off.” Ruby giggled again, and turned to tell Mr. Shinra that they were coming, when the door flew open and Scarlet stomped out, slamming the door behind her.
“What are you looking at?” she asked sharply, as she saw the three of them staring at her, two pair of blue eyes and one pair of red. Ruby chortled, desperately trying not to laugh. He was failing miserably. “What’s wrong, Scarlet? Bad morning?” Scarlet gave him a glare worthy of a medusa. Ruby burst out laughing. “None of your business, Weapon!” she snapped, still glaring. “Aw, Scarlet! Don’t be so mean. I was just trying to be polite.”
Scarlet snorted, crossing her arms over her breasts, which were quite visible due to the cut of her dress. “I don’t need your politeness, thank you very much,” she growled, nails digging into her arms. “I’ve already had enough of false politeness from Mr. Shinra. He just told me he’d rather kiss Jenova than sleep with me!”
That was the last drop. Cloud, Cid and Ruby all burst out laughing, causing Scarlet to glare angrily at them. “What’s so funny?” She asked, eyes blazing. “Nothing,” they managed to say between gasps for air, “nothing at all.” Shaking her head, Scarlet strode off, no doubt to make life miserable for someone.
It was common knowledge among most members of the Agency that their leader, Rufus Shinra, was sleeping with his bodyguard, Tseng. No one cared, of course, but they all knew. The two men weren’t very good at being discreet, and even if they had been, Rufus tended to be rather loud, so it wasn’t exactly a secret. However, Scarlet remained in firm denial.
Ruby finally managed to control himself enough to inform Mr. Shinra that Cloud and Cid were waiting for admission. Still, he had to concentrate hard not to giggle.
-TBC…
Author’s note: I know I’m terrible to Scarlet in this. I just needed someone to be a nasty bitch, and considering that Aeris and Tifa are a couple of airheads, Scarlet was the obvious choice. Oh, and all the blame for making Ruby a cross-dresser is Ahri’s. It was all his idea… Next chapter will introduce Sephy and Vincent…