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It had been happening often now. It started out as something small, even when I started growing, I was more than happy about it, if only I knew. Ignorance is truly bliss.
"Like Oh My LEVIATHAN! Tifa! I am now officially 5'6! I'm only one inch shorter than Spikes now!"
"Well, I'm impressed. You grew four inches in 6 months. Are you sure that's normal?"
"Of course Teef! It's all those hormones that were lacking during puberty that woke up!"
Tifa smiled at this, a sly "I'm-plotting-something-you-won't-like-but-I-will-love" smile.
"Well! This calls for a girls shopping day out! I'll call Shelke and Elena."
With that she left, leaving me begging Leviathan for mercy on my Ninja soul.
Then, my senses improved. Smells became stronger; I started recognizing people before they entered the room simply because their scent was near.
"You better hide that cell phone Denzel. Spikes is coming."
"You're just saying that to scare me!"
"Fine! Don't believe me!"
"Denzel what are you doing with my cell phone"
"…"
"Told ya he was coming."
"Yuffie, how did you know I was coming?"
"Yeah how did you!"
"I could smell your hair spray and the gasoline from Fenrir's exhaust."
"…"
"… Impressive."
My hearing increased, my sense of touch became more vivid, and then my eyesight became sharper. Red Lights should have gone off when I grew so fast, but I only started getting scared when I realized the darkness didn't affect me. I went to the only person I knew could help me or at least understand - Vincent.
"Vinnie?"
"It's Vincent."
"Vincent I - Hey! Don't look at me like that I'm being serious!"
"I apologize; you never call me by my proper name."
"Well, this is a serious matter! Vincent I need your help!"
"With?"
"The Dark"
"I refuse to check for monsters in your bedroom Yuffie"
"No Vincent! I mean - I mean the dark isn't affecting me."
"…"
"As in, I can see in the dark as clear as daylight and …"
"And?"
"And I - I can hear it, hear it calling for help."
Vincent didn't take kindly to my "joke" as he so called it. As a matter of fact, he left me with only a warning about my sick humor being hurtful or something! Jerk! How dare he assume I was joking about something so serious? From that day on I stopped talking to Vinnie - err - I mean Vincent. Since apparently, he still saw the lying materia thief, not a good friend who saved his life - twice! Thank you very much.
In 6 months I grew 4 inches, in 7 my senses enhanced ten-fold, and in 8 the whispers started. The most reasonable thing would be that everything would stop right? Wrong! 10 months after the fall of DeepGround, the whispers turned to screams and when they happened all I saw was black and purple swirls surround me. Much like right now actually! Only a minute ago I sat up screaming for help in my bed (more like Spikes and Teef's guest bed in 7th Heaven), and now the dark engulfed as I heard the pleas for help.
There was no question about it as my forehead laid in between my knees and my arms hugged my legs to my chest - I needed help. But who could I tell! Vincent practically gave me the invisible finger with what he did. Cid and Barret were just too old, too close-minded; I can picture them telling me to stop being a brat and just drink my beer! Tifa … no, definitely not Tifa, she would be too protective, too passive. Maybe I could tell Cloud, there is a chance his reaction will be a Vincent replay but - I don't have a choice at this point.
Speak of JENOVA! I could hear Clouds voice as the voices quieted down, but the swirls remained.
"Are you okay? I could hear your scream for help in the garage?" his tone non-interested as always. I could tell Tifa sent him.
"Cloud … I can't believe I'm admitting this out loud Spikes" My voice came as a barely audible whisper. "I'm scared"
"It was only a nightmare Yuffie. You will live."
"No Cloud … I can't see you. All I see is black."
"Yuff -"
"ALL I SEE IS DARKNESS! CLOUD PLEASE! ALL I SEE IS THE DARK!"
My body involuntarily started jerking and sobbing. The swirls of dark and purple slowly diminished and I saw Cloud reaching for me as a more familiar darkness took over. Unconsciousness is a bitch.
"Cloud, what exactly happened to Yuffie? Reeves voice sounded strained, being head of the WRO was a full time job after all. After Yuffie passed out, Tifa had called Reeve - which in turn called all of AVALANCHE to an emergency meeting.
"She screamed for help while I was working on Fenrir. I went to her bedroom to check on her, she was rocking back and forth on the bed." Clouds eyes were staring at the coffee mug in front of him, contemplating what he saw. "She told me she was scared, that all she could see was the darkness. After that she screamed and passed out."
"That's when I came into the room" Tifa followed in, "Cloud was trying to hold her still."
"Hold'er Still? I thought you said she passed out dammit!" Cid's smoke was about to fall off his mouth into his own coffee mug as he yelled across the table.
"She was … but she kept clawing her face in an unconscious state, begging to be found and helped."
"It is unlike Yuffie to hide something like this." Nanaki spoke, his tone still containing his infinite wisdom. "She would have mentioned this to someone while it was still early. She is not one to keep secrets like this."
No one notice Vincent sink deeper in his chair and collar - No one but Cloud that is. Mako blue met a stoic crimson gaze, he knew something alright.
"Vincent. What do you know about this?" All eyes turned to gunslinger; he did not move a muscle just looked up to meet his leader's eyes.
"Yuffie had mentioned this … Two months prior" Hell broke loose as the tan fist of a pilot connected with the pale chin of the gunman
"You pasty son of bitch! She told you and you said nothing!
"Calm yer ass down foo! We don't need yo murdering the vampire!
"Cid, I merely thought it was a tasteless joke." Vincent kept his monotone as he spoke to Cid. "As for you Barret I assure you I am not a vampire."
This was not the kind of meeting Reeve was expecting when he called up the team. The Head of the Air Force being held back by the Head of Energy Development from attacking his Head of Security. At the same time his other head of departments just sat contemplating what had happened. He didn't even realize Shelke now stood in front of the open door staring blankly at the scene before her.
"Members of AVALANCHE, Commander Tuesti. We have Yuffies' test results." The brawl stopped immediately, before Cid could open his mouth again Reeve responded.
"What's her condition?"
"She is currently in a drug induced state to prevent her from injuring herself. Physically she is … Superior. Her senses are comparable to those of Vincent Valentine, her blood also showed evidence of an advanced genetic pattern found in DeepGround soldiers more specifically Tsviets and …"
"Shelke … what is it?"
"Yuffie Kisaragi's blood contains contaminated deposits of bioplasma … Terra Corrupt"
"How could that be possible! Yuffie has never been exposed to contaminated Lifestream!"
"Actually Commander Tuesti, I believe she was … Nero the Sable"
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