The Words of Yuffie

by KristalFlare

It's a year after Advent Children. The gang is celebrating the anniversary of when they all met. But Yuffie has a WHOLE bunch a secrets that will ruin the party and the gang will have to fight again! *Yuffie&Vincent*

1. Words Of A Child

I don't own FF7 or any of the characters! Square-Enix owns Final Fantasy! P.O.V. stands for Point of View.

Title: Words of a Child

Yuffie P.O.V.

Tifa, Cloud, Vincent, and I were in the Mall in Costa Del Sol. Nanaki and Reeve was in the sun on the beach minding their business. Barret and Cid were getting drunk (like always) in the bar. We're shopping for swimsuits but I didn't want to go. I was forced by Tifa. Cloud forces Vincent to come too.

Cloud beat Kadja and his gang a year ago so we can all relax. We also beat Sephiroth 3 years ago too.

But today is special. Today is the day when we all were together for the first time! When we our final teammate, Cid, joined our party. If only Aerith was here... Then it WOULD be a reunion. Not the bad reunion but the good one. But Aerith is in all our hearts so I guess it's okay to be happy. "Sigh..."

Nanaki is now a Guardian of his hometown now and we are VERY close. Like brother n' sister. Cid is married to Shera and has a kid named after Aerith. They roamed around the world in the Highwind. Cloud and Tifa is NOW (finally...) a couple. They run Seventh Heaven together and adopted Denzel. Barret runs an Oil mine with Marlene which he FINALLY adopted too. They're racking in a lot of money. Reeve (Cait Sith) is running the Turks with President Rufus. Reno, Rude, Tseng, and Elena think its okay, though. So they're no trouble. Vincent seems a little bit of a meanie now. (What else is new?) He tried to go back into his coffin but Cloud went all mid-evil on him. I feel sorry for Vincent. Me? I figured out my parents aren't really my parents... It destroyed my life. Now, I'm stuck shopping with these three. "Sighhhhh..."

"Yuff," Tifa asked. I looked at her. "We're here." She smiled slightly.

I nodded "Sorry..." Vincent tapped my shoulder and I looked at him "Yes?" I did a fake laugh.

He was glaring at me "May I borrow you for a bit?"

I shuttered "Yeah...?"

He pulled me out of the shop by my left arm. He pinned me to a wall outside of the mall. "What's wrong?" He asked. I was avoiding eye contact. This is TOO close that my heart is pound a mile a second. "Why have you been avoiding us?"

"Should I ask you the same thing?" I hate this... "Hojo is dead! Lucertia been avenged! You don't see Cloud moping around 'cuz Aerith AND Zack are dead!" I couldn't control myself. "No wonder! Cloud stopped you from going to the coffin only because of the MA-TER-IA you have equipped!" I pushed him away.

He looked pissed. "I only wanted to help you!" He shouted.

"Live a little! How bout going for a walk? Get drunk! Laugh! Flirt! I DON'T KNOW! YOU ARE WAYYYY TO GLOOMY FOR A HOT GUY!"

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT, BRAT!" Vincent point to me "Wait... Hot?"

POP! (That was the sound of my sanity exploding) "I HATE YOU!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO HELP ME AGAIN YOU BIG... BIG... BIG... POO BRAIN!"

His face was priceless. "Poo brain?"

I ran in the mall holding back tears. I tripped and fell to the ground. Tifa and Cloud looked at me with a confused look. I was into the floor. 'Shoot!' My mind screamed.

Cloud and Tifa ran over. "Yuffie," Cloud helped me up. I clenched on to him very fast.

"I'M A MORON! I hurt Vinnie!" I cried on Cloud shoulder. I hugged him tightly. He gave the bag to Tifa. "I'm a brat! A BIG SPOIL BRAT!" I started to tremble. He hugged me lightly back.

"Tiffy please talk to Vincent." Cloud whispered to Tifa and she nodded. "Come on lets get ice cream, Yuffie."

Later

"...And that's what happened." I sniffed. Cloud handed me an ice cream cone. The ice cream was strawberry with a waffle cone. He had a chocolate ice cream cup with hot fudge. "I should have not come!" I licked the ice cream while still crying. "Hick..."

Cloud sighed "I have two things to say about that! First of all: You were wrong about me and Vincent. I didn't want him moping around all gothic like! I wanted for him to be happy which is WAYYYY to hard for him. Secondly: Here!" He handed me a bag and looked into it. There was a swimsuit in it. "Tiffy knew your measurement so it's a gift. We didn't know when your birthday was."

Switch Scenes (Vinnie P.O.V)

Tifa and I were in a coffee shop. "...That what happened, Tifa." I sighed.

"Song of Childhood or When a Child was a Child." Tifa sighed.

I looked at her with a confused look. "Huh?"

"It's one of my favorite poems by Peter Handke. It's weird, huh? It's remind me a little of Yuffie." She smirked.

"I never heard of the poem before." I looked at the coffee cup in front of me.

"It goes like this..." Tifa began.

When the child was a child
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.

When the child was a child,
it didn't know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
And all souls were one.

When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
And made no faces when photographed.

When the child was a child,
It was the time for these questions:
Why am I me, and why not you?
Why am I here, and why not there?
When did time begin, and where does space end?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
Not just an illusion of a world before the world?
Given the facts of evil and people.
Does evil really exist?
How can it be that I, who I am,
didn't exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
Will no longer be who I am?

When the child was a child,
It choked on spinach, on peas, on rice pudding,
and on steamed cauliflower,
And eats all of those now, and not just because it has to.

When the child was a child,
it awoke once in a strange bed,
And now does so again and again.
Many people, then, seemed beautiful,
And now only a few do, by sheer luck.

It had visualized a clear image of Paradise,
and now can at most guess,
could not conceive of nothingness,
And shudders today at the thought.

When the child was a child,
It played with enthusiasm,
and, now, has just as much excitement as then,
But only when it concerns its work.

When the child was a child,
It was enough for it to eat an apple, … bread,
And so it is even now.

When the child was a child,
Berries filled its hand as only berries do,
and do even now,
Fresh walnuts made its tongue raw,
and do even now,
it had, on every mountaintop,
the longing for a higher mountain yet,
and in every city,
the longing for an even greater city,
and that is still so,
It reached for cherries in topmost branches of trees
with an elation it still has today,
has a shyness in front of strangers,
And has that even now.
It awaited the first snow,
And waits that way even now.

When the child was a child,
It threw a stick like a lance against a tree,
And it quivers there still today.

"Beautiful." I muttered before Tifa sat down. Smiles all around me. Now Cloud smile too but Yuffie lost hers. For good if nothing that can happen to make her smile again. I made it worse.

"Vinnie... It's time to listen to the words of a child. They may be the wisest words you ever heard." Tifa lift my head and smiled "Now! I'm gonna enjoy the beach in my new bikini! Oh! There is going to be a big dance tonight. Your coming, right?" She asked.

"Oh course." I smiled a warm smile. She smiled back.

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Chapter 1 is done. Chapter 2 will come up soon if I get reviews. Let's put a number a review so I know to update. think...think... -tap head like Winnie the Pooh-AH! Three! Three reviews then I'll try to update. Sorry for being picky.