Where the Wild Things Are
AN: Ooooopsies, my bad. ^^; I had this written but forgot to post. But hey, it’s still less than the usual week between chapters. Hope you have as much fun reading this as I did writing it. Enjoy!
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Zack blinked a few times, wondering when the sky had gotten so dark.
Then he realized the darkness was due to his pack being smushed against his face.
Growling and tossing his bag to one side he looked around, trying to figure out just what had happened. Looking up he spotted the trail he’d been walking on some way above him. No way was he going to get back to that unless he either left his pack behind or walked the long way around.
Just as he was getting his pack settled on his back and resigning himself to taking the long way a long, loud and -close- howl caught his full attention.
The Nibel wolf that had swung him around like a toy came barreling down the side of the hill, straight for him.
As he reached for his sword he realized it had fallen off in the tumble. He gave a very susinct summary of the situation.
“Crap.”
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Zack growled, tail straight out behind him.
Cloud was laughing at him from up in a tree.
And he couldn’t jump to get over the wolf and pounce the choco-butt without getting pounced himself.
Damnit.
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“ACK!”
Zack winced as he was swung into another tree. It wasn’t even by that wolf!
…. He was going to kick Reno’s ass later for showing him that move.
Looking around he tried to find the re-vanished cadet. His scent was all over the place from their fighting plus the scent from his wolf was helping to mask things.
“Damnit!”
He yipped when his tail was tugged. Spinning around he grabbed for the culprit only to swat air. The chocobo had vanished again!
He swore the wolf was laughing at him.
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“Eww! Bleh!”
He rushed back, wiping the slobber from his face.
This was supposed to be a fight, not a drooling contest!
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He pounded through the undergrowth, a bright spot of blonde bobbing along the trail in front of him.
He heard his quarry make a soft ‘eep!’ as he stumbled over a root and grinned. The cadet sounded like a squeaky toy!
Choco-head was so not living that down.
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Zack stood panting, eyeing the wary and weary blonde backed up against the cliff face.
“I’ll give you this, you gave me one hell of a chase. But you so loose this bet, Choco-butt.”
The wary look abruptly vanished.
“Wanna bet?”
The grin was practically … evil!
Thinking the wolf had snuck up behind him he spun around to fend off the bigger threat.
There was nothing there.
He fell face forward with a startled cry as a surprisingly aggressive cadet tackled him from behind.
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Angeal stood relaxed, leaning against a tree, idly brushing at the paintball stains on his sweater. One radar-dish nee ear turned towards the slumbering cadet.
They were both filthy, covered in twigs, mud and who-knows-what-else.
And sweet Shiva, was that fun!
Snickering softly he watched at the helicopter landed, rotors slowing to a stop before Genesis, Sephiroth and Tseng came out.
“I see you’ve worn the little cadet out.”
“No as much as you might think.”
A small sound had him looking back towards the chopper to see Dr. Shikoba climbing out, very carefully stepping on the natural ground. Apparently she had gotten used to the concrete and steel of Shinra so it was natural this came next.
Not even thinking about it he went over and gave her his arm to lean on when she became a bit wobbly.
They all knew better than to just scoop her up.
“So Wolfy, do I win the bet?”
“Bet?”
Black ears went lopsided in an adorably confused manner.
“You were betting on this too?”
Everyone turned to eye the apparently awake cadet.
“You bet. So, how’d it go?”
“Where is Zackary?”
Tseng’s question brought a rather evil grin to Cloud’s face and a smirk to Angeal’s.
Before any of them could question it the blonde turned and gave a sharp whistle.
Out of the treeline came a very large wolf.
Dangling a very put out Zack.
Tseng’s eyes threatened to drop out of his head from shock, Sephiroth looked like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing, Genesis was looking somewhat impressed and the former doctor looked ready to glomp the cadet.
Then Zack had to put his two bits in.
“I am so going to get you for this choco-head.”
The first was actually pouting, arms crossed as he dangled from the wolf’s mouth by his belt.
He really should have kept his mouth shut.
“Mjolner, hatch!”
The assembled persons of military and medical rank fell into fits of laughter as the wolf dropped the wide-eyed pup on the ground…
And sat on him.
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Zack blinked a few times, wondering when the sky had gotten so dark.
Then he realized the darkness was due to his pack being smushed against his face.
Growling and tossing his bag to one side he looked around, trying to figure out just what had happened. Looking up he spotted the trail he’d been walking on some way above him. No way was he going to get back to that unless he either left his pack behind or walked the long way around.
Just as he was getting his pack settled on his back and resigning himself to taking the long way a long, loud and -close- howl caught his full attention.
The Nibel wolf that had swung him around like a toy came barreling down the side of the hill, straight for him.
As he reached for his sword he realized it had fallen off in the tumble. He gave a very susinct summary of the situation.
“Crap.”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zack growled, tail straight out behind him.
Cloud was laughing at him from up in a tree.
And he couldn’t jump to get over the wolf and pounce the choco-butt without getting pounced himself.
Damnit.
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“ACK!”
Zack winced as he was swung into another tree. It wasn’t even by that wolf!
…. He was going to kick Reno’s ass later for showing him that move.
Looking around he tried to find the re-vanished cadet. His scent was all over the place from their fighting plus the scent from his wolf was helping to mask things.
“Damnit!”
He yipped when his tail was tugged. Spinning around he grabbed for the culprit only to swat air. The chocobo had vanished again!
He swore the wolf was laughing at him.
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“Eww! Bleh!”
He rushed back, wiping the slobber from his face.
This was supposed to be a fight, not a drooling contest!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
He pounded through the undergrowth, a bright spot of blonde bobbing along the trail in front of him.
He heard his quarry make a soft ‘eep!’ as he stumbled over a root and grinned. The cadet sounded like a squeaky toy!
Choco-head was so not living that down.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zack stood panting, eyeing the wary and weary blonde backed up against the cliff face.
“I’ll give you this, you gave me one hell of a chase. But you so loose this bet, Choco-butt.”
The wary look abruptly vanished.
“Wanna bet?”
The grin was practically … evil!
Thinking the wolf had snuck up behind him he spun around to fend off the bigger threat.
There was nothing there.
He fell face forward with a startled cry as a surprisingly aggressive cadet tackled him from behind.
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Angeal stood relaxed, leaning against a tree, idly brushing at the paintball stains on his sweater. One radar-dish nee ear turned towards the slumbering cadet.
They were both filthy, covered in twigs, mud and who-knows-what-else.
And sweet Shiva, was that fun!
Snickering softly he watched at the helicopter landed, rotors slowing to a stop before Genesis, Sephiroth and Tseng came out.
“I see you’ve worn the little cadet out.”
“No as much as you might think.”
A small sound had him looking back towards the chopper to see Dr. Shikoba climbing out, very carefully stepping on the natural ground. Apparently she had gotten used to the concrete and steel of Shinra so it was natural this came next.
Not even thinking about it he went over and gave her his arm to lean on when she became a bit wobbly.
They all knew better than to just scoop her up.
“So Wolfy, do I win the bet?”
“Bet?”
Black ears went lopsided in an adorably confused manner.
“You were betting on this too?”
Everyone turned to eye the apparently awake cadet.
“You bet. So, how’d it go?”
“Where is Zackary?”
Tseng’s question brought a rather evil grin to Cloud’s face and a smirk to Angeal’s.
Before any of them could question it the blonde turned and gave a sharp whistle.
Out of the treeline came a very large wolf.
Dangling a very put out Zack.
Tseng’s eyes threatened to drop out of his head from shock, Sephiroth looked like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing, Genesis was looking somewhat impressed and the former doctor looked ready to glomp the cadet.
Then Zack had to put his two bits in.
“I am so going to get you for this choco-head.”
The first was actually pouting, arms crossed as he dangled from the wolf’s mouth by his belt.
He really should have kept his mouth shut.
“Mjolner, hatch!”
The assembled persons of military and medical rank fell into fits of laughter as the wolf dropped the wide-eyed pup on the ground…
And sat on him.