I was out on a boat yesterday and got a little seasick myself, so I had fresh sympathy for Cloud's plight while writing this. ^_^

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5618
Total length: 33,768

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( What do I look like, a chocobo? )

Finally have some time off work, and I'm slowly recovering from exhaustion and burnout. I'll write as I am able to. Hopefully this bloody headache will go away soon. I'm now on day 28. ;p

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5705
Total length: 28,150

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( Are you trying to give your poor summoner a heart attack? )

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5632
Total length: 22,445

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( Any of the stunts Zack made look so easy would have landed Cloud in the water before he could say 'let's blitz'. )

As usual, the number of chapters is constantly shifting and changing on me. Writing with a rough outline is definitely easier than writing entirely by the seat of my pants, but I still end up with a lot of changes.

I still hate writing by hand. ;p

Does anyone know any good comms to post this to? It doesn't seem appropriate to put it up on ffvii_yaoi, my usual comm, since there's no yaoi in it.

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5821
Total length: 16,813

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.


( C'mon, shows of genuine respect from me are few and far between. Don't check the toes of a gift chocobo. )

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 4800
Total length: 10,992

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( How soon do you think I can sneak away? Without offending anyone more than I already do just by existing, I mean. )

Okay, so... I don't normally write fusions. The idea for this started as an RP years ago, and has stayed with me ever since. I'm having trouble writing much of anything at the moment, so I'm jumping on anything that I can get excited about. Much thanks to killiana for RPing this idea with me in the first place, and for giving me permission to make a fic out of it.

What this IS: a fic about FFVII characters, as if they had grown up on Spira rather than Gaia. It is a fusion, not a crossover. There are some obvious parallels, and some things that I've changed completely. This is still my pre-Crisis Core-release concept of these three characters, though I've included a few elements from CC as well. At the moment it's planned to be gen, (with some mention of and leaning towards canon het pairings, ie Zack/Aerith and Cloud/Tifa. Please do not bitch to me about the inclusion of these pairings. I like them, they're an integral part of the characterization, and there won't be anything blatant. Deal.) But we all know how fast things can turn yaoi in my stories. ;p

What this is NOT: a retelling of FFX events with the FFVII characters inserted in place of the originals. Obviously places and certain events are the same, but the plot is entirely constructed around the FFVII characters. There are no appearances of any FFX main characters. This is not one of my 'RP-style' stories; it is written as a true narrative and is only loosely related to the original RP we wrote.

I'm replaying FFX now to remind me of the settings and situations, but there may be errors in this story for things I haven't found again in the game. If you see anything blatantly wrong, please let me know!

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 6192
Total length: 6192

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( Despite himself Cloud was touched by the obvious and unquestioning support. He still had to wonder about Zack's sanity, but he no longer doubted the man's sincerity. )