Summary: AU "I love walking in the rain, 'cause then no-one knows I'm crying."
Under Falling Rain
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Chapter 1
Under the Stars
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"Waiting on forever and always."
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Yuffie Kisaragi slammed her fist on the oaken desk that lay in front of her. "Leon! Get off the computer! You've been on it all day!" Yuffie crossed her arms over her chest and puffed out her cheeks. She has short black hair that goes a little below her chin and curves in along with deep chocolate brown eyes. She wore a baby blue shirt with knee long black shorts and knee high boots that tied around her legs.
"Alright already, are you that eager to talk to him?" Leon joked, laughing lightly. A small growl emitted from her throat. "Fine, have it your way." He stood up and walked out of the room with his hands behind his head. "Brat."
"I heard that!" she screamed back at her brother. But she received no answer or sarcastic remark.
The computer screen flashed in front of her as her fingers glided across the keys. Every few seconds you would hear a beep or a buzz come back at her. A grin creped on her face.
YuffiexNinja: Hiya!
Axis Axel: Dumb as ever I see. : p
YuffiexNinja: Thanks.
YuffiexNinja: What did my brother tell you this time?
Axis Axel: The usual. : )
YuffiexNinja: …
YuffiexNinja: C'mon tell me! I've known you for three years now!
Axis Axel: And?
YuffiexNinja: You suck!
"Yuffie! Tifa is here!" Leon yelled to her from downstairs. She didn't even hear the doorbell ring. "You might want to come down!"
YuffiexNinja: Be right back. Tifa is here.
Axis Axel: Ok. He he.
YuffiexNinja: I am away and gone forever! I'm lost in playing video games or hanging out with friends…since I have some! Unlike some people--Axel.
Axis Axel: …We'll see about that.
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"Tifa!" Yuffie smiled at her, but not before glaring at her brother who stood watching them. He snorted then walked away and upstairs to his room. Tifa has mid-length dark brown hair with dark brown eyes that look almost black. She wore loose black pants and a white tank top. Small black boots wrapped around her ankle and below tying in front.
They made their way upstairs and into Yuffie's room. Tifa took a seat on the computer chair and leaned back. Yuffie sat diagonal from her on her bed.
"I came here to ask you if you wanted to go shopping with Aerith, Cloud, Reno and me tomorrow? It's one week until summer ends so I decided we needed to get out more." Tifa winked.
"Sounds great!" Yuffie laid down on her bed and looked up at the ceiling. Her thoughts led her else where ignoring the chit-chat of Tifa.
"Yuffie, are you listening to me?" Tifa asked annoyed.
"Huh?" Knowing what Tifa just said she shot up and rubbed the back of her head nervously. Tifa ignored her and turned toward the computer screen. She clicked around on a few websites and downloaded some videos.
"Whose Axis Axel?" she inquired. She had Yuffie's full attention now. "Hel-lo," she mouthed out loud.
"Tifa! Don't talk to him! He's an idiot!" Yuffie was fuming with what seemed to be anger, but since it was coming from her no one could usually tell her moods.
YuffiexNinja: She called you an idiot.
Axis Axel: Really, huh? Thanks for the information. : )
"Ah!" screamed Tifa as Yuffie tackled her to the ground. They threw punch after punch at each other trying to see who would give in first.
Axis Axel: Don't worry…She didn't tell me a thing.
Axis Axel: Axis Axel Signed off
"Now he got off," Yuffie complained as she got off of Tifa. She crossed her arms over her chest and flopped down on her bed.
Tifa brushed herself off and walked over to the door. Without looking back she spoke a few words. "See you tomorrow, lazy." Her figure faded down the hallway and Yuffie could hear as she walked down the stairs and out the door. The house became quiet once again and the only noise that could be heard was the snoring of her brother Leon in the room next to hers. She sighed heavily and turned on her back.
It's been seven years since her parents died in a car crash. She was nine at the time and her brother was eleven. All she could remember from that night was getting a call in the middle of the night and hearing a hoarse voice on the other line say "sorry, they didn't make it." Being to little to understand what was going on, she ran upstairs and woke up her brother. After a few minutes of him nodding his head and saying yes he hung up the phone.
"Sis," he had said in a low voice where she could barely hear him. "Our parents…are dead." She saw a small tear roll down her brothers cheek, even if it was only for a second. That was the first, and the last, time she ever saw her brother cry. And not to long after she found herself bawling into her brothers arms as well.
The night after that they were taken to their aunts house to live, which was the only remaining family they had left. They lived with her until she died when Leon was sixteen and Yuffie was fourteen. After that Leon decided to buy a house of their own and pay for it using the money they had saved up in the bank all these years. Most of it came from bonds that their mother had saved for them for college. But, they had enough to last a long time. Ever since then they had to cope on their own.
A loud ringing from the computer woke her from her reverie. Axis Axel signed on appeared across the bottom of the screen in bold blue and black colors. She typed in a quick hey but received no answer. The screen flashed again and said Axis Axel signed off.
I wonder if he's mad at me? she thought. She clicked on Shutdown and headed over to her bed where she collapsed in seconds.
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The bright colors of white and a cream colored yellow stirred Yuffie in her sleep. Her brown eyes opened, shimmering in the morning glow that appeared through her window. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up. Once her vision adjusted she scanned her room.
"Leon!" her voice growled as she saw him typing away on her computer. "Get out! I need to get dressed." Her voice started to fade away.
"Sheesh, calm down," he said irritably. He was just as bad as a morning person as she was.
"Out!"
He turned around and a large fluffy pillow collided with his face. Feathers flew out and fell from above, covering him completely. He opened his eyes and suppressed a growl.
"Sorry!" He ignored her attempt at apologizing and left the room. "Cranky…" She shut her door and headed over to the computer for her daily talk. She signed on aim and looked for Axis Axel. Once again he wasn't on. She sighed and gazed up at the ceiling letting her thoughts take her away. A place better left alone. Axel…I hope you're ok…
"I hate everything about you so why do I love you."
"My phone?" She picked up her cell phone on her desk and checked who was calling. "Hey Tifa. Yeah the mall I got it…What? Now? I'm not even…Ok, ok I get it…No, I'm good. Bye."
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Yuffie threw her head back in laughter. In front of her stood Cloud carrying all the shopping bags. He looked annoyed, and Reno laughing next to him didn't make things any simpler.
"Keep laughing, I dare you," Cloud mumbled to Reno.
"You're just jealous that I don't get stuck looking like an idiot." He grinned.
Yuffie looked away for a second admiring the scenery around her. It was rare that her brother would let her out of the house. He was really protective of her, whether he admitted it or not. The neighborhood they lived in wasn't a particularly bad one, but quite a few weird things have happened. Especially when Roxas and Sora ran around naked. But that was a different story.
Weird…Axel. I've known him for so long, but whenever something's wrong he stays offline and never tells me why when he gets back on.
"Yuffie…snap out of it," Aerith said between laughs. Yuffie was confused on why she was laughing, but didn't regret wondering when she looked over at Reno and Cloud. Reno was now carrying a load of bags as well, leaving Cloud as free as a bird. She couldn't help but laugh at the sight.
After having a good laugh everyone decided to get a bite to eat. Reno and Cloud stood talking, or rather fighting, at the table while Yuffie and the others sat down and talked about random things.
"So, Yuffie, whose this Axel guy?" Tifa inquires, smiling gently.
Startled at the question, she almost fell out of her chair due to shock. "J-just an old friend." Her eyes darted to the ground refusing to meet the intent gaze of Tifa that was on her.
"Oh, hiding something from us?" Aerith questioned.
"Friend?"
"Close friend?"
"Lover? Boyfriend?"
Yuffie blushed and threw her hands up frantically in the air waving off their ideas. "No, no, nothing like that. Just a friend." For some reason she regretted saying that, though she just couldn't point out why.
"Then what?" Aerith asked, winking.
She slouched down in her chair and stretched out her arms. "Nothing! But oh, Tifa. Got the hots for Cloud?"
"Or is it Leon?" Aerith asked stifling a laugh.
"My brother! Ugh, disgusting! Who could like him!" She gagged at the thought of seeing those two together. Heck, she gagged at the thought of anyone being with her brother.
"I can't believe we have to go back to school in another week," Tifa complained resting her chin on her hand and using her elbow as support. "The hell hole never leaves."
The subject quickly faded with a nod from Yuffie and Aerith. The sun was starting to set in the sky and people were quickly filtering out of the mall. The small group decided to hang out again another day and departed.
"Later guys, see you Saturday at the party!" Tifa and Aerith exited along with Cloud and Reno snickering at each other. Why? She didn't even want to know that answer.
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She got home around eight and headed straight up to her room where she usually was. She wanted to head online and see if Axel was on, but didn't even give it a second thought when her heart knew he wouldn't be on.
"Sis!" called Leon from outside her room. "I'm coming in." He opened the door and took a seat on her computer chair.
"I didn't give you permission to come into my room!"
"Are you having a fight with Axel again? You're extra pissed today."
"What! What are you talking about!" she fumed.
He ignored her and typed away at the keyboard. After calming down a bit she looked over his shoulder and checked to see what he was doing.
BlackClaws17: Hey.
Axis Axel is not currently signed on.
"He hasn't been on at all lately."
"If you're that worried maybe you should meet him," he suggested. "Ever thought about that?"
She thought for a second then quickly pushed the thought from her mind. "No, and I never will…" Leon looked back at her with troubled eyes, but said nothing and left.
What's going on…?Yuffie asked herself. Why do I feel so troubled? She pushed her bangs out of her eyes and stretched out on her bed. Meet him…no I couldn't. It could ruin everything to a friendship we ever had…
"This sucks!" she yelled out to no one in particular.
"Shut up, normal people are trying to sleep!"
"Yeah…" Whatever… She turned over on her side and shut her eyes. It doesn't matter…
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Short Chapter, others will be longer. The end of the next chapter is when the story really begins. So you know they start off as really good friends so it seems like I'm taking things fast, but…I'm not. I hope.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for the storyline…how I wish I owned more.
It all beings with a simple hello. On how the meeting of Axel and Yuffie online all began. And the meeting in real life is starting to hit Yuffie more then ever before is she wants to fix whats wrong.
Chapter 2: Cloaked in Black