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First half of the Alphabet Meme challenge. I'll try to get the other half up in the next few days.
A- Abused: Hojo/Younger Sephiroth,![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-userinfo.gif)
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He knew that his fingers would leave bruises, not that they would stay. None of the marks never stayed, and Hojo was never sure if he was pleased by this or not. It was pleasing to see the rate at which the boy healed. Indicated good work.
But if the marks fade, then Sephiroth would never learn his lesson about listening.
So, Hojo simply left more marks as reminders.
A- Articulate: Axel!Zack, Cloud, Leon (Squall),rosethornliYes, there are more than one As too. Shush
It was another of those dreams. It had to be. Though Spike hadn’t ever given him one of those looks before, and Zack wasn’t sure if he liked it now.
They didn’t like us being there, in their precious Hollow Bastion. Thought that just because we didn’t have hearts, we were Heartless. Not that the Keyblade carrier helped us out all.
“What do you want?” This came from the guy beside Cloud, a scar on his face, eyes narrowed, blade drawn.
“Just checking out the place,” came the voice that spoke to Zack all the time. “Seeing what the fuss is over this place.”
This was where it all started. All of it.
Zack didn’t know what was going on, but he really wished that things would start to make sense. It would make life so much easier.
B- Beach: Zack/Cissnei(feel free to throw Aeris in),kiraya
The look Aeris gave the other woman was not the friendliest. “Who are you to be sharing someone else’s secrets, hmm?”
The Turk just gave her a steady look back. “He should know. If you are going to put him in danger like that, he has ever right to know.”
Zack grimaced. This was really something he had been trying to avoid. But, since it was going to happen anyway….
“Can we argue this over pie?” He gave Aeris puppy eyes. She had the smell of fresh baked pie all over her, and he was really, really hungry.
A pause as both women stopped glaring at each other to give him a -look-, then Aeris laughed. “Why do we keep such a goofy man like you around?”
“Because I’m hot and funny, and you like feeding me pie?”
This time it was Cissnei who laughed. “You are still a puppy dog,” she said, looking back to Aeris. “I suppose you had better feed him, or he’ll whine the whole time.”
“Oh, you have no idea. Once time….”
It wasn’t the glaring match anymore. Wasn’t sure if this was much better, but Zack preferred them laughing to possible fighting.
C- Chocobo: Cloud, Sephiroth,ladynero
Cloud couldn’t believe it. He blinked, then looked at Sephiroth, sure the man was kidding.
“Go ahead,” said the older man. “She’s yours.”
Looking at the little ball of fluff that had followed Sephiroth’s own bird up, Cloud crouched and petted the baby.
His own chocobo. His very first one.
C- Complicated: Zack/Cloud,cleflinkYes, I know there are two. Shut up
“Do I even…no, I don’t.”
“Aw, Spike, you aren’t even going to ask? I even came up with an awesome story to explain it and everything.”
“Zack, if I do that, it’ll make sense, and I’ll forget this probably happened because you were most likely being an idiot.”
“That’s mean, Spike.”
“Maybe, but I really don’t want to know how you managed to get yourself tied up like this. Really. I don’t.”
D- Diva: Cloud/Tifa(or just one or another),elanor_pam
Cloud shook his head, handing Tifa the cup of tea that she always drank when she came off stage. It was easier on her throat than plain water would be, plus it was her favorite.
“One day, you are going to do that move, fall down, and we’ll have to carry you off stage before the crowd swarms your immobile body.”
Over the years, her show had gotten more and more complicated, and sometimes Cloud couldn’t help but worry about her.
“Then you’ll just have to come rescue me, won’t you?”
The smile he gave her was brilliant.
E- Epiphany: Nanaki,pegunicent
This…was what Grandfather always spoke of. When he talked about the Planet, when he talked about Shin-Ra. Everything.
Watching the green glow of lifestream spiral up to help Holy repel Meteor, Nanaki suddenly understood so much more about his Grandfather.
E- Eclipse: Riku and Sora,croixsouillees
Riku was never supposed to stop shining. He was the strong one, the pretty one. He was the one who was in charge, and the others always looked up to him.
On the play island, he was their sun.
Especially Sora’s.
Sora never wanted to make that stop happened, but, somehow, without knowing how, he did.
He made Riku go dark.
Just for a while, though.
And when Riku came back, he was just as bright as ever.
F- Fire: Zack/Sephiroth/Cloud,dogmatix
He was ice.
When people looked at General Sephiroth, they thought he was like ice. Cold, icy logic. No compassion, no care for those he fought for or against.
They were wrong. They just didn’t know where to look to see what he cared for.
His skin was hot.
They always seemed to latch onto Zack when they slept. He teased them for it, but they did it anyway. He was always warm, and the heat of his skin was comforting.
Zack always hugged them closer, because he always felt colder without them.
He was fire.
When people talked about Cloud, after everything was over, they always talked about his burning desire to find Sephiroth and get revenge on the man for what he had done to everyone. How Cloud was always ready to take the fight to Jenova’s child.
He hadn’t. Cloud had just wanted to see if the man he remembered being with Zack was still in the General’s eyes.
G- Glut: Cloud and Chaos,danceindarkness
Chaos liked the little blond one. For such a small creature, he held much power, and if there was anything that attracted Chaos, it was power.
The slender form was full of it, so much strength wafting off him that it made Chaos’s mouth water. Not that he could ever touch it. No, his host would never allow it.
But watching….Oh, watching was almost enough.
One day, he would be able to touch the blond, and there would be such a feast.
H- Happenstance: Ansem the Wise, Malificent (or King Mickey, if she's too hard to write),rosethornli
“You are a fool.”
Malificent did not like this man. He was interfering with her plans. But she did not wish to deal with the issue of the Organization herself. So he would simply have to do.
Ansem looked at her disdainfully. Oh, he was hiding behind that false name and bandages, but Malificient knew it was him. She would have recognized the man who had lead her obtaining control over the Heartless through better masks than that.
“Malificent, it is not I who am the fool. For all you warn others to be wary of how they deal with the heartless, you do not even see the danger to yourself. After seeing so many others fall to darkness, why have you not come to your senses about it?”
“They were weak. You plan on destroying Kingdom Hearts with that?” She gestured to the device he carried. “Then you are the one who will never learn.” A slim smirk. “I, at least, am fully aware that hearts cannot be controlled through such means.”
He did not listen, and she saw what happened.
Fool.
I- Inheritance: Angeal, Zack, Cloud,kiraya
She was a good blade, wielded by good men.
The two seem to go hand in hand.
When one died, the next took her up in their grief. Then, they would go on to make great changes.
They passed to each other survival, and determination.
J- Justified: Lucretia,tripoverhercats
Hojo had cost her her son, her world, and even her death. Though she could not die, she could not live, and she was trapped here. Trapped in this nightmare situation, waiting, always waiting for her child. One day, he would die, and she would know, and could go to him.
But Hojo….
He had hurt her, and he had hurt Vincent.
Vincent.
She was still guilty for so many things involving Vincent.
But maybe this would make up for a it, just a little.
She couldn’t wait for him, it broke her heart, but he did seem to find use in what she left him.
Death Penalty was a good weapon.
K- King: Mickey and Riku,raisedbymoogles
Riku remembered the stories he used to read. That his mom used to tell him. About kings and knights and dragons. But he never really understood why people listened to kings. They were just other people. Sure, maybe they had really cool swords and horses and got to go do interesting things, but why did everyone always seem so happy to see the king? Well, other than the bad guys.
Then he met King Mickey.
Suddenly, Riku understood a lot more about fairy tales.
L- Lollygagging: Vincent/Cloud,skeren
Anyone else would have gotten razed for sitting outside like this, just flopped out and soaking up sunlight. They were only trying to save the world, after all.
But finding Cloud and Vincent, both sound asleep, probably after doing long, long silences at each other, according to Yuffie, was a bit of a surprise.
If anyone had really been paying close attention, they would have seen a tiny curl of Cloud’s lips when Tifa threatened to hurt anyone who woke up the men.
M- Memory: Red XIII,kitsune_wolf
Sometimes, he finds himself thinking back.
So many years had passed since humans had gone. Green had taken over, and his grandcubs didn’t believe him when he said that the entire area had once been full of people, sucked dry and bare by a need for power that had almost killed the planet.
But his grandcubs were silly things. They still believed that he and Cloud had been there forever, and would always be there.
He wondered how right they were.
Cloud was back in the Canyon, watching over things while Nanaki took his yearly journey to Midgar, remembering and showing the children what had come before.
A- Abused: Hojo/Younger Sephiroth,
jessara40kHe knew that his fingers would leave bruises, not that they would stay. None of the marks never stayed, and Hojo was never sure if he was pleased by this or not. It was pleasing to see the rate at which the boy healed. Indicated good work.
But if the marks fade, then Sephiroth would never learn his lesson about listening.
So, Hojo simply left more marks as reminders.
A- Articulate: Axel!Zack, Cloud, Leon (Squall),
rosethornliIt was another of those dreams. It had to be. Though Spike hadn’t ever given him one of those looks before, and Zack wasn’t sure if he liked it now.
They didn’t like us being there, in their precious Hollow Bastion. Thought that just because we didn’t have hearts, we were Heartless. Not that the Keyblade carrier helped us out all.
“What do you want?” This came from the guy beside Cloud, a scar on his face, eyes narrowed, blade drawn.
“Just checking out the place,” came the voice that spoke to Zack all the time. “Seeing what the fuss is over this place.”
This was where it all started. All of it.
Zack didn’t know what was going on, but he really wished that things would start to make sense. It would make life so much easier.
B- Beach: Zack/Cissnei(feel free to throw Aeris in),
kirayaThe look Aeris gave the other woman was not the friendliest. “Who are you to be sharing someone else’s secrets, hmm?”
The Turk just gave her a steady look back. “He should know. If you are going to put him in danger like that, he has ever right to know.”
Zack grimaced. This was really something he had been trying to avoid. But, since it was going to happen anyway….
“Can we argue this over pie?” He gave Aeris puppy eyes. She had the smell of fresh baked pie all over her, and he was really, really hungry.
A pause as both women stopped glaring at each other to give him a -look-, then Aeris laughed. “Why do we keep such a goofy man like you around?”
“Because I’m hot and funny, and you like feeding me pie?”
This time it was Cissnei who laughed. “You are still a puppy dog,” she said, looking back to Aeris. “I suppose you had better feed him, or he’ll whine the whole time.”
“Oh, you have no idea. Once time….”
It wasn’t the glaring match anymore. Wasn’t sure if this was much better, but Zack preferred them laughing to possible fighting.
C- Chocobo: Cloud, Sephiroth,
ladyneroCloud couldn’t believe it. He blinked, then looked at Sephiroth, sure the man was kidding.
“Go ahead,” said the older man. “She’s yours.”
Looking at the little ball of fluff that had followed Sephiroth’s own bird up, Cloud crouched and petted the baby.
His own chocobo. His very first one.
C- Complicated: Zack/Cloud,
cleflink“Do I even…no, I don’t.”
“Aw, Spike, you aren’t even going to ask? I even came up with an awesome story to explain it and everything.”
“Zack, if I do that, it’ll make sense, and I’ll forget this probably happened because you were most likely being an idiot.”
“That’s mean, Spike.”
“Maybe, but I really don’t want to know how you managed to get yourself tied up like this. Really. I don’t.”
D- Diva: Cloud/Tifa(or just one or another),
elanor_pamCloud shook his head, handing Tifa the cup of tea that she always drank when she came off stage. It was easier on her throat than plain water would be, plus it was her favorite.
“One day, you are going to do that move, fall down, and we’ll have to carry you off stage before the crowd swarms your immobile body.”
Over the years, her show had gotten more and more complicated, and sometimes Cloud couldn’t help but worry about her.
“Then you’ll just have to come rescue me, won’t you?”
The smile he gave her was brilliant.
E- Epiphany: Nanaki,
pegunicentThis…was what Grandfather always spoke of. When he talked about the Planet, when he talked about Shin-Ra. Everything.
Watching the green glow of lifestream spiral up to help Holy repel Meteor, Nanaki suddenly understood so much more about his Grandfather.
E- Eclipse: Riku and Sora,
croixsouilleesRiku was never supposed to stop shining. He was the strong one, the pretty one. He was the one who was in charge, and the others always looked up to him.
On the play island, he was their sun.
Especially Sora’s.
Sora never wanted to make that stop happened, but, somehow, without knowing how, he did.
He made Riku go dark.
Just for a while, though.
And when Riku came back, he was just as bright as ever.
F- Fire: Zack/Sephiroth/Cloud,
dogmatixHe was ice.
When people looked at General Sephiroth, they thought he was like ice. Cold, icy logic. No compassion, no care for those he fought for or against.
They were wrong. They just didn’t know where to look to see what he cared for.
His skin was hot.
They always seemed to latch onto Zack when they slept. He teased them for it, but they did it anyway. He was always warm, and the heat of his skin was comforting.
Zack always hugged them closer, because he always felt colder without them.
He was fire.
When people talked about Cloud, after everything was over, they always talked about his burning desire to find Sephiroth and get revenge on the man for what he had done to everyone. How Cloud was always ready to take the fight to Jenova’s child.
He hadn’t. Cloud had just wanted to see if the man he remembered being with Zack was still in the General’s eyes.
G- Glut: Cloud and Chaos,
danceindarknessChaos liked the little blond one. For such a small creature, he held much power, and if there was anything that attracted Chaos, it was power.
The slender form was full of it, so much strength wafting off him that it made Chaos’s mouth water. Not that he could ever touch it. No, his host would never allow it.
But watching….Oh, watching was almost enough.
One day, he would be able to touch the blond, and there would be such a feast.
H- Happenstance: Ansem the Wise, Malificent (or King Mickey, if she's too hard to write),
rosethornli“You are a fool.”
Malificent did not like this man. He was interfering with her plans. But she did not wish to deal with the issue of the Organization herself. So he would simply have to do.
Ansem looked at her disdainfully. Oh, he was hiding behind that false name and bandages, but Malificient knew it was him. She would have recognized the man who had lead her obtaining control over the Heartless through better masks than that.
“Malificent, it is not I who am the fool. For all you warn others to be wary of how they deal with the heartless, you do not even see the danger to yourself. After seeing so many others fall to darkness, why have you not come to your senses about it?”
“They were weak. You plan on destroying Kingdom Hearts with that?” She gestured to the device he carried. “Then you are the one who will never learn.” A slim smirk. “I, at least, am fully aware that hearts cannot be controlled through such means.”
He did not listen, and she saw what happened.
Fool.
I- Inheritance: Angeal, Zack, Cloud,
kirayaShe was a good blade, wielded by good men.
The two seem to go hand in hand.
When one died, the next took her up in their grief. Then, they would go on to make great changes.
They passed to each other survival, and determination.
J- Justified: Lucretia,
tripoverhercatsHojo had cost her her son, her world, and even her death. Though she could not die, she could not live, and she was trapped here. Trapped in this nightmare situation, waiting, always waiting for her child. One day, he would die, and she would know, and could go to him.
But Hojo….
He had hurt her, and he had hurt Vincent.
Vincent.
She was still guilty for so many things involving Vincent.
But maybe this would make up for a it, just a little.
She couldn’t wait for him, it broke her heart, but he did seem to find use in what she left him.
Death Penalty was a good weapon.
K- King: Mickey and Riku,
raisedbymooglesRiku remembered the stories he used to read. That his mom used to tell him. About kings and knights and dragons. But he never really understood why people listened to kings. They were just other people. Sure, maybe they had really cool swords and horses and got to go do interesting things, but why did everyone always seem so happy to see the king? Well, other than the bad guys.
Then he met King Mickey.
Suddenly, Riku understood a lot more about fairy tales.
L- Lollygagging: Vincent/Cloud,
skerenAnyone else would have gotten razed for sitting outside like this, just flopped out and soaking up sunlight. They were only trying to save the world, after all.
But finding Cloud and Vincent, both sound asleep, probably after doing long, long silences at each other, according to Yuffie, was a bit of a surprise.
If anyone had really been paying close attention, they would have seen a tiny curl of Cloud’s lips when Tifa threatened to hurt anyone who woke up the men.
M- Memory: Red XIII,
kitsune_wolfSometimes, he finds himself thinking back.
So many years had passed since humans had gone. Green had taken over, and his grandcubs didn’t believe him when he said that the entire area had once been full of people, sucked dry and bare by a need for power that had almost killed the planet.
But his grandcubs were silly things. They still believed that he and Cloud had been there forever, and would always be there.
He wondered how right they were.
Cloud was back in the Canyon, watching over things while Nanaki took his yearly journey to Midgar, remembering and showing the children what had come before.
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Talking about Divas, have you ever heard the song by Mark Mancina? I could send up a download link if you're interested. It's gorgeous.
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*goes back to read the rest ^_~*
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Oh, all so lovely and I hardly even know where to begin in exclaiming over them. Love mine to bits, first of all, the comraderie is lovely and I like how well they know each other (and Zack would so think up a huge, elaborate excuse for whatever insanity he's been waylaid by this time).
THe baby chocobo was absolutely precious
just like it's new owner. Lucrecia was so messed up and broken in her priorities, and it was really neat to see how her care transferred onto Vincent. Chaos' POV was super nifty and Cloud and Vincent sleeping in the grass is the sort of thing that makes me wish I could draw. Sora was such a cutie in his sad, almost-but-not-quite angsty sort of way and Riku's unspoken respect for King Mickey is so appropriate.And this line rocked lots:
“Because I’m hot and funny, and you like feeding me pie?” *loves on the Zack*
And, and, and, I'm sure there's more, but I've rambled enough. *hearts* Thank you!
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"Glut" - X_x Is it bad that I want to see this happen...? *hides from Cloud and Chaos*
"Memory" - the cubs are so cute in the movies, and I feel really sad that Cloud and Nanaki had to outlive the others.
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I like Memory as well. It was a fun prompt.
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Inheritance would just have to be bittersweet, really. *pets the sad boys*
And no, I hadn't heard that song, but I always enjoy new music.
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Cloud+Chocobo=autocute. I swear it does.
Zack enjoys thinking up insane excuses. It gives him something to pass the time with.
Lucrecia...well, she's her. She had to have given him that gun for some reason, after all.
Chaos is just nuts. *pokes him with a long, long stick* And I wish I could draw, too. That would be a fun scene to see.
I'm glad I did okay with Sora and Riku, they are interesting, and Riku's was fun to play with.
And that's a total Zack line, and he believes every part of it. Shy and lacking self confidence, my Zack's do not.
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*eyes Chaos* I'm still not even sure what Chaos wants to -do- with Cloud, but I'm sure it can't be healthy for Cloud. At all.
They are very placid about it. At least they have someone to talk to who was there.
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