Behind the Scenes of Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII (2)
                 
                   *I don't own FF7 or any of it's characters. But I do own Faith, she's my OC*

Zack and a Shinra Storm Trooper walk side-by-side as Tseng an another Storm trooper fall behind in the Winter tundra near Modeoheim.
Zack: “At least someone’s keeping up!”
Storm Trooper: “Well, I’m a country boy too.”
Zack: “From where?”
Storm Trooper: “Niblehiem.” Zack laughs at this. “What about you?”
Zack: “Me? Gongaga!” The Storm Trooper laughs at Zack’s hometown name. “Hey! What’s so funny about that? You know Gongaga?”
Storm Trooper: “No, but its such a backwater name.”
Zack: “Ditto Niblehiem.”
Storm Trooper: “Like you’ve been there.”
Zack: “I haven’t, but there’s a reactor there, right?” The Trooper nods. “A Mako Reactor outside Midgar usually means….”
Both: “…Nothing else out there.” They both laugh.
Zack: “Good news, Tseng! Me and…” The Storm Trooper removes his helmet
Cloud: “Cloud.”
(FROM HERE ON IS COMPLETELY MADE UP!!)

Zack: “Cloud? What kinda name is THAT?! What, was your mom’s name Earth, and your dad’s Sky?”
Cloud: “What?! NO! What the Hell are you talking about? How dare you insult my parent!”
Zack: “Yeah, and that comes from a guy who used to have a pony-tail!” Zack cracks up as he hold up a picture of Cloud and Tifa in Niblehiem. “Ooohh, and you left your girlfriend behind!”
Cloud: “Give me that!” He dives for the picture in Zack’s hand, but misses and falls in a deep snow bank. He pops his head out with snow all over him. “Where’d you get that?!”
Faith: “It helps when he’s got his own Jack-of-all-trades. I mean, it’s soo easy when you work with Director Lazard and know absolutely everything about everyone in SOLDIER and the Shinra Army!”
Zack: “God, I love you, Faith.” He hugs her.
Faith: “Don’t touch me and you won’t wake up tomorrow underwater.”
Zack: “Yes, ma’am!” He hastily let’s go of her.
Cloud: “You guys are so mean! Give it back!”
Faith: “It won’t matter. Any other combination to your locker, you’ll forget. I mean, who puts a post-it note on his locker door that says, ‘Month, Day, Age=Combination’!” Her voice cracks from bursting out in laughter. “That’s so easy when you’re me! 10-23-15!”
Zack: “Whoops. Heh, better change my combination then….”
Faith: “We even got your diary!”
Cloud: (cries) “The one with the frilly pink lace?”
Zack: (voice cracking) “Yep!”
Cloud: “Bastards! Give it back, now!” He tries to jump up to reach it as Zack holds it out of his reach.
Zack: “My god, you’re a little short to be a Shinra Storm Trooper, don’t you think?”
Tseng: “Zack, we’re here to investigate Modeohiem, not look like little monkeys with their brains freezing in the snow.”
Zack: “Aw, c’mon, Tseng, we’re just teasing him. Keep you’re tux on.”
Tseng: (whining) “I like my tux.”
Faith: “C’mon, shorty. Jump! Jump!”
Cloud: “Cut it out! I’ll use my rifle!”
Zack: “’Dear Diary, I wish I didn’t have my rifle. I’d rather have a sword like Sephiroth’s. Truth is, I can’t figure out how to turn the safety off.’” Faith and Zack laugh their heads off. Faith looses balance on her wings and falls in the snow sprawling in laughter.
Cloud: “That’s not funny! These guns are tricky!”
Zack: “Hey, you back there! Yeah, Storm Trooper! You got any problems back there with your gun?” The Trooper takes out his gun, cocks it and fires a bullet straight up in the air.
Storm Trooper: “Nope, just fine, sir.”
Zack: (laughing) “Thanks, that’s all I needed to know!”
Cloud: “You two watch! When I become 1st Class, you’ll regret this!”
Faith: “Yeah, when you figure out to use a sword too!”
Cloud: “I bet I’ll be more recognized by Sephiroth than you, Zack!”
Zack: “Doubt it! He’s already trusted me enough to take care of Faith for him, AND he even told me things about himself you’ll never know!”
Cloud: “You’ll see! One day!”
Faith: “Not with that diary, you won’t!
Cloud: “IT’S A JOURNAL TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL MY MISSIONS DAMMIT!!!”
Zack: (smirks) “Mhmmm…and I suppose the pink lace is to throw off enemies? Or perhaps Shinra got a low budget with the supplies…?”
Cloud: (sobs) “NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME!!!!” He runs off screaming waving his arms in the air, flying past a very confused Sephiroth.
Sephiroth: “What an idiot…” (thinks) ‘I know exactly how he feels…’

~A Year Later, in the SOLDIER lounge~
Cloud with his helmet off stands beside two other Storm Troopers, Zack and Faith come in to check on them as Sephiroth comes in.
Zack: “By the way, where are we going?”
Sephiroth: “Niblehiem.” Cloud gapes his mouth open surprised at their destination. Sephiroth notices him and says, “What’s wrong with you?”
Cloud: “Nothing, sir!”
Sephiroth: “God, you’re a little short to be a Storm Trooper, aren’t you?” Zack and Faith chuckle at this.
Cloud: (groans) “Whatever you say, sir.”
Sephiroth: “Oh, wait I know you.” Cloud smiles a bit and stands up straight. “You’re that Storm Trooper that had the diary and the pony-tail! Uh…Cloud, right?” Zack and Faith’s laughing intensifies. The other two Storm Troopers start to chuckle. Cloud looks down dissatisfied.
Cloud: (glumly) “Yes, sir.”
Sephiroth: “I can’t believe you can’t work that rifle! What, are you from Niblehiem or something?” Everyone except Cloud and Sephiroth burst into laughter and fall on the floor laughing.
Cloud: (becoming annoyed) “Yeah, and my parents’ names are Earth and Sky!”