Drops and Ripples

Title: Smoke
Author: Kiraya
Characters: Subaru
Word Count: 224
Author's Notes: Slight spoilers for volume 16.

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Title: Bad Day
Author: Kiraya
Characters: Zack, Cloud
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Late response for ffvii_100's alternate universe prompt. Very likely to be expanded on in the future.

Today, Zack decided, struggling fruitlessly, was not his day.

He’d been walking through the slums, minding his own business, when he’d been attacked. Odd enough that someone was crazy enough to assault a SOLDIER — though it was odder still that this guy was stronger than he. And Zack could feel the strength ebbing from him, once the guy’d sunk his teeth into his throat.

The world spun, and suddenly his attacker was gone, blasted away. Zack stared, dazed, up at the boy who’d saved him — barely fifteen, but his eyes were so old…

“Oh, hell,” said his rescuer.

Title: Limbo
Author: Kiraya
Characters: Vincent
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Late response for ffvii_100's alternate universe prompt. Butterfly Effect sidestory/snippet; may be edited and/or expanded upon in the future.

Vincent hadn’t really known what to do with himself after Cloud left for Midgar. The first few weeks were especially difficult, as he’d wake up, make a little tea for breakfast, and sit there brooding as he gazed into the fire. Eventually he began hunting monsters for parts and selling them, upgrading his gun and buying better materia. He became a sort of mountain guardian, fending off monsters that ventured too close to Nibelheim. After all, it wasn’t like there was much else to do in the area.

Even so, he was never quite able to convince himself to leave.

Title: Suspicion
Author: Kiraya
Characters: Tifa, Sephiroth, Aeris
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Late response for ffvii_100's alternate universe prompt.

“I don’t trust you,” Tifa told him bluntly, watching him warily from behind the bar.

“In all honesty, Ms. Lockhart,” Sephiroth replied, “I’m not sure I trust myself.” He looked away. “I cannot understand why they would choose to bring a dangerous madman back to life…”

Tifa paused at that, the tirade she’d nearly begun fizzling as the former SOLDIER gave voice to her own opinion. The others she could understand — seeing Aeris again was wonderful, and they had all easily come to like Zack, but… why Sephiroth?

“Because everyone deserves a second chance,” said Aeris, from the doorway.