DISCLAIMER: I really don't own Kingdom Hearts or the Avril Lavigne song "Unwanted."  Don't sue me… I don't have much money anyways… Only about 2 bucks, and that's my lunch money. 

Videl:Warrior Princess: Hey guys and gals!  I'm back!  I know it's been awhile since I've updated "The Beauty That Tamed The Beast" but I'm working on it!  I'm almost done with chapter four, and currently over 3 pages long!  ::gasp::  Wow, isn't that long?  Anyway, I love Leon and Yuffie together, and one fellow author decided that I should write a fic about them, since I already wrote a decent Cloud/Aerith fic.  So, here it is.  This fic is dedicated to the one who asked if I would write it.  That's right, I'm talking about you.  Snowri Leonhart, this is for you.  Hope you like it.

Great Super Gohan: Ahem….

Videl:Warrior Princess: Oh hi Gohan.

Great Super Gohan: Shouldn't you be typing up your English paper that's due before Friday?…

Videl:Warrior Princess: I will.

Great Super Gohan: Not Thursday morning before second period when you have English…

Videl:Warrior Princess: Heh, heh, heh….  Well, you heard him folks!  I got to go!  Ja ne!

I'm With You

Chapter One: "Unwanted"

Yuffie stared at Leon's back both lovingly and painfully.  She loved him, she truly loved him, but…he didn't seem to really care.  She tighten her fist as she felt hot, hurtful tears filling her eyes, and she stifled a sniffle and turned around away from him and began walking, remembering the first day she met him.

/*/*/*/*/*/*/

She was running from Cid, having taken a gummi block from him and came barreling into Cloud's back.  He mumbled a swear, from almost falling forward, and Aerith giggled as she helped both of them stand.  "Speak of the devil," Cloud muttered.

"Hm?" Yuffie asked, confused by what he said.  Aerith took a half step away, revealing to Yuffie the most handsome man she had ever seen. 

He was tall, he even stood an inch and a half taller than Cloud.  He was muscular, but had a leaner build than other men she had seen.  He had deep, dark brown eyes that seem to be in some deep, harsh thought, and his long, brown spiky hair almost fell down to his shoulders.  And slightly darken than his tanned skin was a scar that was between his eyes.

Yuffie almost gasped in shock and could feel her cheeks warm slightly.  She was standing there gaping when Aerith smiled and waved a hand to the man.

"Yuffie, this is our friend Squall," she replied, and Yuffie snapped out of her daze. 

Squall?  *This* was Squall?  She had heard Aerith and Cloud talk about him a lot, but she never imagined that he would look so…damn sexy!  She always thought he would look like Cid, not this handsome man before her.

"H…Hi…" Yuffie said in a whisper, extending her nervous, shaking hand towards his.  He glanced down at it for a second, then grasp hold of it in a weird way, as though he was holding a gun; she vaguely hoped he was going to kiss it.  However, he just shook it.

"Hello," he said in his deep voice.  "Aerith and Cloud told me a lot about you."  However, Yuffie only nodded wordlessly.  He was charming, absolutely charming.

~ All that I did walk over

Start off by shaking your hands

That's how it went

I had a smile on my face

And I sat up straight ~

Squall looked up again to Cloud and Aerith.  "Well, I got to go," he began as he let go of Yuffie's hand and returned it to his side.  "See you two later."  With that said, he turned around and walked away.  However, Yuffie stared dreamingly at him as he walked off, not paying attention to the fact he didn't even tell *her* good-bye.  Aerith frowned slightly at this and looked to Cloud.

"I can't believe he didn't say bye to her too," she replied.  Cloud shrugged.

"You know Squall; he's like me, not very social.  He probably wasn't that interested," Cloud answered.  Yet again, however, Yuffie didn't notice or even really hear their comments. 

~Oh yeah, I wanted to know you

I wanted to show you~

"He'll be interested when he gets to know me…" she thought gleefully.  She was going to prove to him that he was the one for her. 

/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/

Yuffie frowned as she roughly wiped away the hot, plentiful tears that filled her eyes with her leather-clad hand and sniffled.  She looked up to see she was right outside Moogle Sweet Palace in District Two.  With a heavy sigh, she went into the restaurant and sat at a stool.  A Moogle bounced over to her side.

"Kupo!" it said with a smile.  "What do you want today Yuffie?" it asked, knowing her from Leon and her and Aerith fighting the Heartless.  Yuffie tossed the Moogle a sad, half smile. 

"Give me two cherry ice cream sodas," she answered, pulling out some munny.  The Moogle nodded and took it and ran off behind the counter into the kitchen to make her order. 

She tapped her fingers on the counter top and smirked sadly as she sighed again and leaned her head on her left hand.  Her plan didn't work though…

/*/*/*/*/*/*/

Leon grumbled under his breath as Yuffie giggled and pulled him into an arcade.  It was just a week after they had met, and she wanted to prove to him that they belonged together.  Although he seem grim, he was nice to her and agreed to whatever she wanted to do.

"Why are we here?" he sighed as Yuffie plopped in another token into the machine and began playing again for the fourth time. 

"Well, this is what I like to do," Yuffie answered.  He grumbled some more.  "You just don't know everything about me yet!" she chimed, trying to get a mysterious glint to her eyes as she smiled innocently at him.

"I don't want to know everything about you…"  She almost didn't hear his growl.  His words stunned her though, straight through her heart.  Why was he so cold now?  He looked down at his watch, and she was about to ask her question when he spoke again.

"Come on, hurry up.  I've got to meet Cloud for a match," he ordered in his deep voice calmly, not noticing the tears that were filling Yuffie's eyes or how sluggishly she moved out of the arcade and followed him to the stadium to meet Cloud.  But that wasn't the biggest blow…

Squall pulled Cloud to the side and glared at him.  "Tell Aerith I'm not doing anymore favors for her… That little kid is annoying; she never stops talking.  Got it?" he hissed to Cloud.

Yuffie didn't even listen to how Cloud cursed him for insulting her and Aerith or see how Cloud pulled back his arm and threaten to cut off Squall's head with his Buster Sword right there and now.  She just kept hearing Squall's words over and over again in her head.  He didn't see her leaning against the wall to his back as he told Cloud his information, and Cloud didn't see her run away from there crying.  She couldn't believe it.  Her first date ever, and with the only man she had ever loved, and it was all set up!  He only went out with her because Aerith told him to!  She ran back to her room, never stopping, never silencing her sobs as she cried on her bed to sleep.

~You don't know me

Don't ignore me

You don't want me there

You just shut me out

You don't know me

Don't ignore me

If you had your way

You'd just shut me up

Make me go away~

/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/

Yuffie snapped out of her daze and hiccupped as she took the last sip of her drink.  Aerith… He was always talking to Aerith, never her.  Hell, she wasn't that much younger than him!  Only two years thank you very much!  Why couldn't he ever talk to her?  Did he love her, Aerith?  Impossible!  No!  He knew that Cloud was head over heels in love with her and how much she loved him back!  It would be pointless to be chasing after someone like that.  Wait… Was… Was that what *she* was doing?  

~No, I just don't understand why

You won't talk to me ~

"Maybe it's about time I took my *own* advice…" she thought sadly.  She got up from her stool, sniffling some more, the tears getting harder to fight as she left the restaurant.  She walked to the hotel and walked into their room… But then, it wasn't…  The day Sora came was the only time they were in that room together.  He had spent the rest of the time talking with Aerith or Cid.  He didn't want her… He didn't want her at all… To him, she was just a "annoying kid" and would never be anything more… 

She fell upon the bed and curled herself up into a ball, her shoulders shaking as she continued to keep up with the struggle against her tears.  She was the proud ninja Yuffie… She couldn't cry.  It would be…un-ninja like.  But… The pain was too great still.

~It hurts that

I'm so unwanted for nothing

Don't talk words against me

I wanted to know you

I wanted to show you~

"Why won't you let me show you that I love you… Leon?…" she whispered hoarsely in the lonely Green Room.  However, there was no response to her question except for the ticking of the clock that hung above the doorway.  Clear, quick, hurtful tears slid down her cheeks but no one could see in the dim room, in which the only light was from the lamp on the dresser.  He kept pushing her away… And all she kept doing was walking right back to him, like a little puppy dog, but he wasn't her happy master, and he never would be now. 

~You don't know me

Don't ignore me

You don't want me there

You just shut me out

You don't know me

Don't ignore me

If you had your way

You'd just shut me out

Make me go away~    

She clutched herself even tighter as she buried her face on her knees sobbing loudly, not caring if Aerith was next door and heard her.  She didn't care about anything really anymore.  Leon hated her; no matter what she did, even if it would seem like the best idea, she would never gain his love in return.  Even if Leon had came in and told her a couple of sweet lines, she wouldn't change her mind.  Her heart was shattered beyond repair; she would never love anyone again. 

~I tried to belong

It didn't seem wrong~

Yuffie shook her head as she continued crying.  Her head, her shoulder, and most of all her heart were all hurting… She just wanted the pain to stop.  But she knew only three things could take away her pain: 1) the Heartless stealing her heart, and surely Leon would help fight to keep that from happening… Right?  He didn't hate her that much… Did he?  2) her own death, and right now at this point, that didn't seem like such a bad idea  or  3) Leon holding her in his arms and telling her that *he* loved her back, and that would never happen.

~My head aches

It's been so long

I'll write down this song

If that's what it takes

You don't know me

Don't ignore me

You don't want me there

You just shut me out

You don't know me

Don't ignore me

If you had your way

You'd just shut me up

Make me go away~

Why couldn't she stop crying over him?  She shook her head as she spread her down across the bed and rested her head on the pillow, and she grabbed onto it for dear life, as if by holding it, she could end her pain.  But it didn't work, just like she knew it wouldn't.  He didn't want to know her, he didn't want to be around her, he didn't want to love her.  She just had to accept that, no matter how much it hurt.

~You don't know me

Don't ignore me

You don't want me there

You just shut me out

You don't know me

Don't ignore me

If you had your way

You'd just shut me up

Make me go away~

She finally fell asleep, wishing that he would love her, but knowing that he wouldn't, and she would go back into her own little world and try to be happy without him she decided and go away like he wanted.

~Make me go away~

  

Special Author's Note: Ok, ok, I **know* someone's going to flame me for this, so I better put this here so I can explain.  Anyway, I know Yuffie's 16 in FF7 and how KH is supposed to take place one year after all the games they're featured in except for Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie.  However, being that Leon (or Squall, your choice) is in his mid-twenties(?), I wanted to make Yuffie 19 in this.  If it's that big a deal to some people, you can disregard Yuffie's earlier thought or just not read.  Your choice.