18 Works in Essai (Compilation of FFVII)

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    Zack gets obsessed with the hot guy at his gym who won’t give anyone the time of day.

    Things get stranger and stranger from there.

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    English
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    Chapters:
    15/16
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    395
    Kudos:
    382
    Bookmarks:
    54
    Hits:
    8,703
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    "There is an ocean of silence between us… and I am drowning in it."
    ― Ranata Suzuki

    Keeping his hand still gripped on the boot, Zack meets Cloud’s glare, defiant and determined, “And I meant it when I said to let me make you my responsibility.”

    “I don’t want to be your responsibility,” Cloud snaps. “I’m done, Zack. I’m done being some plaything for you. Half-in half-out, just to get picked up when you feel like it again. I let you take and take and take and I have nothing left to give you anymore.”

    Zack and Cloud are best friends and college roommates who take their friendship to the next level during their first year. Absolutely nothing goes wrong with this.

    Language:
    English
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    60,591
    Chapters:
    5/8
    Comments:
    156
    Kudos:
    395
    Bookmarks:
    94
    Hits:
    10,579
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    Thieving that was all Cloud Strife knew in his eighteen years of living.

    He was the Bronze Moon of the Triple-Moon thieves guild; a Master Thief that had yet to be caught. His luck is great- that is, until one of his missions ends up with him in shackles.

    On his execution day, he is saved by the eccentric Prince Rufus Shinra, who is known for collecting the oddball warriors. With the choice of joining the prince’s elite warriors or beheading, Cloud chooses the former.

    Secrets are unburied. Forgotten prophecies found. And an old threat to Gaia resurfaces.

    Can Cloud find the heir of Minerva, Gaia's Chosen, before Jenova and her minions do?
    Fantasy AU

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    7,952
    Chapters:
    2/?
    Comments:
    9
    Kudos:
    18
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    298
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    “I want to become a Hunter.”

    Looking back now those were the words that sealed Cloud Strife's fate and made him what he is. Throughout his younger years, Cloud always dreamed of following in his father’s footsteps to become a Hunter of Beasts. The moment the chance arose he took it and worked hard to achieve his dream.

    Being a Hunter for Shinra isn't the glory he thought it was. It makes him wish he could turn back time to the day he threw his life away. Especially when he loses those he holds most dear. To protect everyone- Cloud's willing to do anything to see the Nightmare over.

    For those that cross Shinra- They learn exactly what the Nightmare truly is.

    FFVII with Bloodborne Twist.

    Language:
    English
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    3,215
    Chapters:
    1/?
    Kudos:
    9
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    91
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    Cloud Strife had it all, or so he thought. He accomplished his dream of SOLDIER, was mentored by one of the legendary First Class and even reached First Class himself. His life was perfect- that is until the mission he is sent on alongside the other Firsts. He meets a rather dashing Captain, and Cloud realizes there was something missing from his life after all.
    When bodies of missing people, start turning up. The blame is thrown towards the sea-fairing sailors causing tensions to rise between Shinra and the sailing guild.
    Cloud is caught in the middle- torn between his duty to Shinra and his love for a certain raven haired captain.

    (18th Century Fantasy AU)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    22,443
    Chapters:
    5/?
    Comments:
    8
    Kudos:
    28
    Bookmarks:
    4
    Hits:
    528
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    Cloud stopped believing in happily ever afters. He gets one anyway.

    Eventually.

    Language:
    English
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    5,089
    Chapters:
    1/?
    Comments:
    9
    Kudos:
    49
    Bookmarks:
    10
    Hits:
    757
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    Limerence
    [ li-mer-uhns ]

    "The state of being obsessively infatuated with someone, usually being accompanied by delusions of thoughts and fantasies or a desire for an intense romantic relationship with that person."

    .....whether that person is aware of it or not.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,317
    Chapters:
    1/?
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    32
    Bookmarks:
    9
    Hits:
    572
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    Zack decides to get revenge on a certain red haired commander. It works; up until his favorite little chocobo gets held hostage, his friends set on fire, and Angeal has to intervene. Shinra was not ready for the destructive war between a First and a Second.

    Language:
    English
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    4,112
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Kudos:
    31
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    314
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    What would you do if you were given a chance to go back to the past and change any event to make a better future?

    Isla Fair-Crescent is given a chance to do that but she can't let the ones in the past know about where she really is from. How will she handle the stress while trying to keep the truth from spilling out?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,353
    Chapters:
    4/?
    Kudos:
    2
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    556
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    Throughout his life, Zack tells many lies. Some on purpose, others he didn't mean. Either way, he knows better.

    This is a character study, going through Zack's internal motivations throughout scenes from pre-canon and during the events of Crisis Core.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    11,161
    Chapters:
    13/13
    Comments:
    7
    Kudos:
    12
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    163
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    Zack's preconceived notions of a certain shy and reserved trooper is challenged after a night out.

    That, and his self-control.

    Series
    Language:
    English
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    11,835
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    36
    Kudos:
    369
    Bookmarks:
    64
    Hits:
    8,192
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    Retelling of Cloud’s cadet days while aiming to be SOLDIER, but this time with Zack’s cohort. Which is great! Until one crazy, supernatural circumstance leads to another and Cloud starts questioning if he’s as “weak” and “pathetic” as his bullies want him to believe.

    In the other corner, Shinra is up to their usual gambit of causing massive destruction and blaming terrorists. One day they cross a line they shouldn’t. Our hero decides that if Shinra wants a terrorist from the middle of nowhere, he would damn well give them one.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    27,541
    Chapters:
    8/?
    Comments:
    18
    Kudos:
    49
    Bookmarks:
    11
    Hits:
    1,393
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    After witnessing a triple murder by the Corneo Group, Cloud Strife gets buried in a protection program when the mafia begins to hunt him down. Placed under the care of FBI agent bodyguards, he's enrolled in a private and prestigious academic institute under the guise of an older female student. Living with the fear of being found, Cloud also has the added stress of keeping up his ruse. This becomes more difficult as he makes new friends and enemies.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    70,192
    Chapters:
    17/17
    Comments:
    2
    Kudos:
    108
    Bookmarks:
    19
    Hits:
    2,525
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    After witnessing a murder, Cloud must disguise himself as a girl to hide from the criminals searching for him. Once in his new home and school, he meets several new people that he becomes close to, despite the awkwardness of his situation.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    67,530
    Chapters:
    16/?
    Comments:
    129
    Kudos:
    556
    Bookmarks:
    65
    Hits:
    10,112
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    Exactly what it says on the tin:

    A piece of meta about small-but-noteworthy details that are found in materials from the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, all of which are considered "canonical"/"official"... but which are not as readily accessible or widely-known for most English-speaking fans, due to being from media that didn't get Officially translated.

    Covers at least part of the On The Way to A Smile novellas, as well as Before Crisis.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,045
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    12
    Kudos:
    201
    Bookmarks:
    73
    Hits:
    1,610
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    Out on the town with a small group of friends, Zack Fair soon takes notice of a peculiar blond eating at a restaurant by himself. Curious as ever, he just has to know why.

    Clackweek2018 Day 3: Meeting

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,179
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    127
    Bookmarks:
    14
    Hits:
    1,811
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    The owners of Starlight have strange notions about the games we play. Most people play in the dark, behind closed doors, ashamed to let anyone in. The masters have different opinions. Games like ours, they say, are best played beneath the stars.

    Or, that one where Cloud is sold to a brothel/dungeon to pay off a loan shark and finds it’s actually not completely the worst thing that could happen to him.

    (Fusion with Hoshi no Yakata)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,046
    Chapters:
    1/10
    Comments:
    13
    Kudos:
    39
    Bookmarks:
    4
    Hits:
    1,486
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    Tumblr request. Zack sees Genesis for the First time in real life. He's not very impressed.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,115
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Kudos:
    30
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    319

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